-----BEGIN PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE----- Proc-Type: 2001,MIC-CLEAR Originator-Name: webmaster@www.sec.gov Originator-Key-Asymmetric: MFgwCgYEVQgBAQICAf8DSgAwRwJAW2sNKK9AVtBzYZmr6aGjlWyK3XmZv3dTINen TWSM7vrzLADbmYQaionwg5sDW3P6oaM5D3tdezXMm7z1T+B+twIDAQAB MIC-Info: RSA-MD5,RSA, SiXGZRE0PLakF3hNKsfLZ20mca5HlbUnxVTKsZBX2uJaqYR1QTsVTZqX3gbjZ6PI QnTJs/xNvsVZQ3g0hJd4gw== 0001193125-07-077144.txt : 20070409 0001193125-07-077144.hdr.sgml : 20070409 20070409170731 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001193125-07-077144 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 425 PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 7 FILED AS OF DATE: 20070409 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20070409 SUBJECT COMPANY: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: MARSHALL & ILSLEY CORP/WI/ CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000062741 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: NATIONAL COMMERCIAL BANKS [6021] IRS NUMBER: 390968604 STATE OF INCORPORATION: WI FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 425 SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 001-15403 FILM NUMBER: 07756883 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: ATTN: OFFICE OF THE GENERAL COUNSEL STREET 2: 770 NORTH WATER STREET CITY: MILWAUKEE STATE: WI ZIP: 53202 BUSINESS PHONE: 4147657801 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 770 NORTH WATER ST CITY: MILWAUKEE STATE: WI ZIP: 53202 FILED BY: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: MARSHALL & ILSLEY CORP/WI/ CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000062741 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: NATIONAL COMMERCIAL BANKS [6021] IRS NUMBER: 390968604 STATE OF INCORPORATION: WI FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 425 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: ATTN: OFFICE OF THE GENERAL COUNSEL STREET 2: 770 NORTH WATER STREET CITY: MILWAUKEE STATE: WI ZIP: 53202 BUSINESS PHONE: 4147657801 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 770 NORTH WATER ST CITY: MILWAUKEE STATE: WI ZIP: 53202 425 1 d8k.htm FORM 8-K Form 8-K

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 OR 15(d) of

The Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported) April 3, 2007

MARSHALL & ILSLEY CORPORATION

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Wisconsin

(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)

 

1-15403   39-0968604
(Commission File Number)   (IRS Employer Identification No.)

770 North Water Street

Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53202

(Address of principal executive offices) (zip code)

(414) 765-7801

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

 


Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):

 

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Item 1.01. Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.

On April 3, 2007, Marshall & Ilsley Corporation (“Marshall & Ilsley”) entered into the following agreements:

 

   

an Investment Agreement (the “Investment Agreement”) with Metavante Corporation (“Metavante”), a subsidiary of Marshall & Ilsley, Metavante Holding Company (“Metavante Holding”), a subsidiary of Marshall & Ilsley, Montana Merger Sub Inc. (“Merger Sub”), a subsidiary of Metavante Holding, and WPM, L.P., an affiliate of Warburg Pincus (“Investor”);

 

   

a Separation Agreement (the “Separation Agreement”) with Metavante, Metavante Holding and New M&I Corporation (“New Marshall & Ilsley”), a subsidiary of Metavante Holding;

 

   

an Employee Matters Agreement (the “Employee Matters Agreement”) with Metavante, Metavante Holding and New Marshall & Ilsley; and

 

   

a Tax Allocation Agreement (the “Tax Allocation Agreement”) with Metavante, Metavante Holding and New Marshall & Ilsley.

Pursuant to the transactions contemplated by the Investment Agreement and the other transaction documents, Marshall & Ilsley and Metavante will be split into two independent public companies and Investor will purchase approximately 25% of the common stock of Metavante Holding for $625 million and the shareholders of Marshall & Ilsley will receive the remaining 75% of the shares of common stock of Metavante Holding. These transactions will be implemented through the spin-off of Marshall & Ilsley and is intended to be tax-free to Marshall & Ilsley and its shareholders.

Following the completion of the transactions contemplated by the Investment Agreement and the other transaction agreements, Marshall & Ilsley shareholders of record that held such stock as of the record date established therefor by the Board of Directors of Marshall & Ilsley will receive:

 

   

one share of common stock of New Marshall & Ilsley, which will own and operate Marshall & Ilsley’s banking business (the “M&I Banking Business”); and

 

   

one share of common stock of Metavante Holding for every three shares of Marshall & Ilsley common stock then held, which will own and operate Marshall & Ilsley’s Metavante business (the “Metavante Business”).

The description below of the Investment Agreement, the Separation Agreement, the Employee Matters Agreement, the Tax Allocation Agreement and the Stock Purchase Right Agreement is subject to, and qualified in its entirety by reference to, such agreements which are filed herewith and are incorporated herein by reference. All shareholders of Marshall & Ilsley are urged to read these agreements carefully to understand the rights and obligations of the parties under those agreements.

Transaction Structure

To effect the transactions described above, Marshall & Ilsley and certain of its subsidiaries and Investor will, subject to the terms and conditions of the transaction agreements, engage in the following transactions, all of which will occur on the closing date:

 

   

Merger of Marshall & Ilsley. Merger Sub will merge with and into Marshall & Ilsley, with Marshall & Ilsley being the surviving corporation and becoming a subsidiary of Metavante Holding and with each share of Marshall & Ilsley common stock being converted into one-third of a share of Metavante Holding common stock. As a result of the merger, Metavante Holding will be a new publicly traded

 

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company. Fractional shares of Metavante Holding will not be issued in connection with the Marshall & Ilsley merger. Holders of shares of common stock of Marshall & Ilsley that would otherwise be entitled to receive fractional shares of Metavante Holding resulting from the Marshall & Ilsley merger will be paid cash in lieu of such fractional shares based on the closing price of the common stock of Marshall & Ilsley prior to the closing date.

 

   

Internal Business Transfers. Marshall & Ilsley and Metavante Holding will effect transactions in the equity interests of its subsidiaries so that the M&I Banking Business will be held by New Marshall & Ilsley and the Metavante Business will be held by Metavante and each of those entities will be a direct, wholly-owned subsidiary of Metavante Holding. These transactions, together with the Marshall & Ilsley merger described above, are referred to as the “Internal Transactions.”

 

   

Investor’s Acquisition of Metavante Holding Shares. During the Internal Transactions, Investor will pay Metavante Holding $625 million for newly issued shares of Class A common stock of Metavante Holding that will convert automatically into shares of common stock of Metavante Holding on the day following the Share Distribution, which shares of common stock will represent approximately 25% of the common stock of Metavante Holding.

 

   

Debt Financing. During the Internal Transactions, Metavante Holding or one or more of its subsidiaries will incur approximately $1.75 billion of indebtedness. In connection therewith, Metavante has secured a term loan facility in an aggregate principal amount of up to $1,750,000,000 and a revolving facility in an aggregate principal amount up to $250,000,000, both of which will be provided pursuant to and in accordance with the terms and conditions contained in a commitment letter from JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. and Morgan Stanley Senior Funding, Inc.

 

   

Repayment of Intercompany Debt; Dividend to New Marshall & Ilsley. During the Internal Transactions, Metavante Holding will pay off certain intercompany indebtedness plus accrued and unpaid interest owed to Marshall & Ilsley (the amount currently owed is approximately $982 million) and contribute to New Marshall & Ilsley an amount in cash equal to $1.665 billion (which includes the $625 million of proceeds from the sale of the Metavante Holding common stock to Investor).

 

   

Share Distribution. Holders of shares of Metavante Holding common stock (i.e., former holders of shares of Marshall & Ilsley common stock prior to the Internal Transactions) as of the record date established therefor will receive three shares of New Marshall & Ilsley common stock for each share of Metavante Holding common stock held (the “Share Distribution”) and retain their shares of common stock of Metavante Holding. The Class A common stock of Metavante Holding acquired by Investor will not be entitled to receive shares of Metavante Holding in the Share Distribution.

Investment Agreement

Pursuant to the Investment Agreement and subject to its terms and conditions, on the closing date of the transactions and prior to the Share Distribution, (i) Marshall & Ilsley and its subsidiaries will effect the Internal Transactions and (ii) Investor will purchase newly issued shares of Class A common stock of Metavante Holding for $625 million, which will, on the day following the Share Distribution, automatically convert into shares of common stock of Metavante Holding representing approximately 25% of the common stock of Metavante Holding.

The Investment Agreement provides that, as of the time of the Share Distribution and thereafter until changed in accordance with the organizational documents of Metavante Holding, applicable laws, and a Shareholders Agreement entered into between Investor and Metavante Holding as of the date of the Share Distribution (the “Shareholders Agreement”), Metavante Holding will have an eleven member board of directors, and Marshall & Ilsley and Metavante Holding will take all actions necessary so that, at the effective time of the Share Distribution, the board of directors will be comprised of eleven directors, consisting of (i) three directors designated by Investor, (ii) two directors who shall be officers of Metavante, one of whom shall be the President and

 

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Chief Executive Officer and one of whom shall be the Senior Vice President and Chief Operating Officer, (iii) one director who shall be designated by Marshall & Ilsley and shall initially be Dennis J. Kuester and (iv) five additional directors selected by Marshall & Ilsley after consulting with the President and Chief Executive Officer of Metavante and with the consent of Investor (which shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed), each of whom shall qualify as independent directors (within the meaning of the rules of the national securities exchange on which shares Metavante Holding common stock will be listed) and one of whom shall be a director of Marshall & Ilsley. The Investment Agreement also provides that Metavante Holding will take all actions necessary to adopt a Restated Certificate of Incorporation and Amended and Restated By-laws prior to the Share Distribution, which, along with the Shareholders Agreement will provide for certain governance arrangements with respect to Metavante Holding as described under “Shareholders Agreement” below.

Marshall & Ilsley, Metavante Holding and Metavante each made representations, warranties and covenants in the Investment Agreement, including, among others, (i) representations regarding Metavante and the Metavante Business and, to a more limited extent, Marshall & Ilsley, (ii) covenants not to solicit proposals relating to alternative business combination transactions involving either Marshall & Ilsley or Metavante and, subject to certain exceptions, not to enter into discussions concerning alternative business combination transactions involving either Marshall & Ilsley or Metavante, (iii) covenants to cause a meeting of the shareholders of Marshall & Ilsley to adopt the Investment Agreement and approve the transactions contemplated by the Investment Agreement, including the issuance of shares of Metavante Holding to Investor and the merger of Marshall & Ilsley described above, and (iv) subject to the fiduciary duties of the board of directors of Marshall & Ilsley, for the board of directors of Marshall & Ilsley to recommend approval of the matters described above.

Investor made representations, warranties and covenants in the Investment Agreement, including, among other things, representations regarding the ability of Investor to acquire the necessary funding to perform its obligations under the Investment Agreement.

Consummation of the transactions contemplated by the Investment Agreement is subject to various conditions, including, without limitation, receipt of the requisite approval by the shareholders of Marshall & Ilsley, no legal or governmental impediment to the transactions, receipt of required regulatory approvals, including certain banking approvals, receipt of a Private Letter Ruling from the Internal Revenue Service and an opinion from legal counsel that the spin-off will be a tax-free distribution and the closing of debt financing (as described above).

The Investment Agreement contains certain termination rights for both Marshall & Ilsley and Investor, and further provides that, if the Investment Agreement is terminated, a termination fee may be payable under specified circumstances, including (i) if Marshall & Ilsley terminates to accept an acquisition proposal for Marshall & Ilsley, a fee of $75 million would be payable by Marshall & Ilsley to Investor, (ii) if the board of directors of Marshall & Ilsley changes its recommendation of the transactions or fails to hold a shareholders meeting and Investor terminates, a fee of $75 million would be payable by Marshall & Ilsley to Investor, (iii) generally if the Investment Agreement is terminated by either party because the transactions have not occurred on or before April 4, 2008 or Investor terminates on the basis of any breach of the Investment Agreement by Marshall & Ilsley, Metavante, or Metavante Holding such that the closing conditions are not capable of being satisfied, a fee of $75 million is payable by Marshall & Ilsley to Investor in the event Marshall & Ilsley closes or enters into a definitive agreement with respect to an acquisition involving either Marshall & Ilsley or Metavante during the twelve months after such termination, (iv) if either Marshall & Ilsley or Investor terminates because shareholder approval is not obtained, a fee of $20 million is payable by Marshall & Ilsley to Investor; provided, that an additional fee of $55 million will be payable by Marshall & Ilsley to Investor in the event Marshall & Ilsley closes or enters into a definitive agreement with respect to an acquisition involving either Marshall & Ilsley or Metavante during the twelve months after such termination, and (v) if either party intentionally and materially breaches the Investment Agreement and the non-breaching party terminates the Investment Agreement, a fee of $75 million is payable by the breaching party to the non-breaching party.

The obligation of Investor to pay the termination fees payable by Investor and related costs and expenses in connection with enforcing such obligations are guaranteed by Warburg Pincus Private Equity IX, L.P. (the “Equity Fund”) pursuant to a limited guarantee of the Equity Fund.

 

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The Investment Agreement also provides that, at the closing of the transactions, Metavante Holding and Investor will enter into a Stock Purchase Right Agreement (the “Stock Purchase Right Agreement”), which gives Invesor the right to purchase shares of common stock of Metavante Holding if employee stock options that are outstanding immediately following the Share Distribution are exercised after the Share Distribution. The Stock Purchase Right Agreement will ensure that Investor will own 25% of the common stock of Metavante Holding following consummation of the Share Issuance.

The Investment Agreement provides that (i) if the transactions are not consummated each party will bear their own expenses and (ii) if the transactions are consummated, Metavante and/or Metavante Holding will pay all of their own expenses and all of Investor’s expenses and Marshall & Ilsley and/or New Marshall & Ilsley will pay all of their own expenses incurred in connection with the transactions.

Separation Agreement

Pursuant to the Separation Agreement, following the Internal Transactions and the other transactions described above, Metavante Holding will, subject to the terms and conditions of the Separation Agreement, effect the Share Distribution.

Immediately following the purchase of Metavante Holding shares by Investor and the consummation of the other transactions described above, Metavante Holding will transfer $1.665 billion (which includes the proceeds from the sale of the Metavante Holding common stock to Investor) to New Marshall & Ilsley. All intercompany receivables, payables and loans (other than trade payables and a specified amount of transaction expenses between Metavante Holding or any of its subsidiaries, on the one hand, and New Marshall & Ilsley or any of its subsidiaries, on the other hand,) will be cancelled immediately prior to the Share Distribution (other than the payments described above). In addition, immediately prior to the Share Distribution, all intercompany agreements between Metavante Holding or any of its subsidiaries (other than Marshall & Ilsley and its subsidiaries), on the one hand, and New Marshall & Ilsley or any of its subsidiaries, on the other hand, will terminate, other than those specifically designated to survive following the Share Distribution.

The Share Distribution is subject to the satisfaction or waiver of certain conditions set forth in the Separation Agreement, including the absence of any legal impediments prohibiting the Share Distribution, the closing of the sale of the Metavante Holding common stock to Investor and the satisfaction or waiver of all conditions to closing of the transactions under the Investment Agreement.

Pursuant to the Separation Agreement, Marshall & Ilsley and New Marshall & Ilsley, on the one hand, and Metavante and Metavante Holding, on the other hand, will indemnify the other group and their representatives for liabilities relating to their own respective businesses, subject to certain exceptions.

Employee Matters Agreement

The Employee Matters Agreement generally provides that at the time of the Share Distribution, the employees of Metavante Holding and Metavante will, subject to certain exceptions, cease participation in the employee benefit plans of Marshall & Ilsley and become participants in employee benefit plans to be established by Metavante Holding and Metavante. At the time of the Share Distribution the assets and liabilities under the Marshall & Ilsley 401(k) plan attributable to the employees of Metavante Holding and Metavante will be transferred to a new 401(k) plan to be established by Metavante Holding. In addition, at the time of the Share Distribution, Metavante Holding and Metavante will assume all liabilities and obligations with respect to existing or terminated employee benefit plans in which the sole participants are employees or former employees of businesses acquired by or divested from Metavante, with respect to severance payments to former Metavante employees payable after the Share Distribution and with respect to long-term disability and workers’ compensation benefits payable to employees of Metavante Holding and Metavante after the Share Distribution. Marshall & Ilsley and New Marshall & Ilsley will retain the liabilities and obligations with respect to retiree medical coverage for Metavante retirees who are eligible for retiree medical coverage as of the time of the Share Distribution. In addition, Metavante Holding and Metavante employees who meet the eligibility requirements of the Marshall & Ilsley retiree medical program at the time of the Share Distribution will continue to be eligible for retiree medical coverage under the Marshall & Ilsley retiree medical program at the time they retire from Metavante Holding and Metavante. Metavante Holding and Metavante

 

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will be responsible for providing any retiree medical benefits associated with any other employees or former employees of Metavante Holding and Metavante. The Employee Matters Agreement also provides, following the Share Distribution, for the conversion of Marshall & Ilsley options held by employees of Marshall & Ilsley and New Marshall & Ilsley into New Marshall & Ilsley options and for the conversion of Marshall & Ilsley options held by employees of Metavante Holding and Metavante into Metavante Holding options.

Tax Allocation Agreement

The Tax Allocation Agreement allocates liability for taxes, including any taxes that may arise in connection with separating New Marshall & Ilsley from Metavante Holding. Under the Tax Allocation Agreement, New Marshall & Ilsley and Metavante Holding will generally each be responsible for taxes attributable to its respective business. In addition, the Tax Allocation Agreement provides the extent to which, and the circumstances under which, the parties would be liable if the Share Distribution were not to constitute a tax-free distribution under Section 355 of the Internal Revenue Code. The Tax Allocation Agreement is not binding on the Internal Revenue Service and does not affect the liability of each of New Marshall & Ilsley, Metavante Holding and their respective subsidiaries to the Internal Revenue Service for all federal taxes of the consolidated group relating to periods through the date of the Share Distribution.

Metavante Holding Shareholders Agreement

As noted above, prior to the closing of the transactions, Metavante Holding will adopt and be governed by a Restated Certificate of Incorporation and Amended and Restated By-laws and at the closing of the transactions will enter into a Shareholders Agreement with Investor, which will provide for, among other things, specified governance matters.

Pursuant to the Shareholders Agreement, following the 2008 annual meeting of Metavante Holding and until ten years after the closing of the transactions, Investor will have the right to designate for nomination and election, the following number of directors: (i) so long as the Investor Percentage Interest (as defined in the Shareholder Agreement) equals or exceeds 17.5%, Investor shall have the right to nominate three directors; (ii) if the Investor Percentage Interest is less than 17.5% but equals or exceeds 7.5% Investor shall have the right to nominate two directors; (iii) if the Investor Percentage Interest is less than 7.5% but the fair market value of its Metavante Holding stock equals or exceeds $150,000,000, Investor shall have the right to nominate one director; and (iv) if the fair market value of Investor’s Metavante Holding stock is less than $150,000,000, Investor shall not have the right to nominate any directors.

The Shareholders Agreement provides that board of directors of Metavante Holding will have three standing committees, an audit committee, a compensation committee, and a nominating and corporate governance committee. Each of the committees will be comprised of 3 members, at least one of whom will be an Investor designee. The Shareholders Agreement provides that the chairman of the compensation committee shall be an Investor designee.

In addition, pursuant to the Shareholders Agreement, Investor will agree that it would not acquire any additional shares of the capital stock of Metavante Holding or any of its subsidiaries until the second anniversary of the closing of the transactions if such purchase would cause it to own in excess of 40% of the outstanding shares of Metavante Holding, subject to change of control events or the non-election of the Investor designees to the board of directors. Investor will further agree in the Shareholders Agreement described below not to (i) sell its shares of Metavante Holding common stock for a period of one year after the closing of the transactions and (ii) from the first anniversary of the closing to the second anniversary of the closing, sell its shares of Metavante Holding common stock if such sales would result in Investor holding less than 17.5% of the common stock of Metavante Holding, in each case, subject to certain exceptions.

 

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ADDITIONAL INFORMATION AND WHERE TO FIND IT

In connection with this proposed transactions, a registration statement of Metavante Holding, which will contain a proxy statement/prospectus, and a registration statement of New Marshall & Ilsley will be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”). Investors are urged to carefully read the proxy statement/prospectus and any other relevant documents filed with the SEC when they become available because they will contain important information. Investors will be able to get the proxy statement/prospectus and all relevant documents filed by Marshall & Ilsley, Metavante Holding and New Marshall & Ilsley with the SEC free of charge at the SEC’s website www.sec.gov or, with respect to documents filed by Marshall & Ilsley, from Marshall & Ilsley Investor Relations at (800) 642-2657.

PARTICIPANTS IN THE SOLICITATION

The directors, executive officers and other members of management and employees of Marshall & Ilsley may be deemed to be participants in the solicitation of proxies from its shareholders in favor of the transactions. Information concerning persons who may be considered participants in the solicitation of Marshall & Ilsley’s shareholders under the rules of the SEC is set forth in public filings filed by Marshall & Ilsley with the SEC and will be set forth in the proxy statement/prospectus when it is filed with the SEC. Information concerning Marshall & Ilsley’s participants in the solicitation is contained in Marshall & Ilsley’s Proxy Statement on Schedule 14A, filed with the SEC on March 13, 2007.

 

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Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits

The following exhibits are included herein.

 

Number

  

Description

2.01

   Investment Agreement, dated as of April 3, 2007, among Marshall & Ilsley Corporation, Metavante Holding Company, Metavante Corporation., Montana Merger Sub Inc. and WPM, L.P.

2.02

   Separation Agreement, dated as of April 3, 2007, among Marshall & Ilsley Corporation, Metavante Holding Company, Metavante Corporation and New Marshall & Ilsley Corporation

10.01

   Tax Allocation Agreement, dated as of April 3, 2007, among Marshall & Ilsley Corporation, Metavante Holding Company, Metavante Corporation and New Marshall & Ilsley Corporation

10.02

   Employee Matters Agreement, dated as of April 3, 2007, among Marshall & Ilsley Corporation, Metavante Holding Company, Metavante Corporation and New Marshall & Ilsley Corporation

10.03

   Form of Shareholders Agreement

10.04

   Form of Stock Purchase Right Agreement

 

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SIGNATURE

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

 

MARSHALL & ILSLEY CORPORATION
By:   /s/ Randall J. Erickson
Name:   Randall J. Erickson
Title:   Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary

Date: April 9, 2007

 

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Exhibit Index

 

Exhibit No.

  

Description

2.01

   Investment Agreement, dated as of April 3, 2007, among Marshall & Ilsley Corporation, Metavante Holding Company, Metavante Corporation., Montana Merger Sub Inc. and WPM, L.P.

2.02

   Separation Agreement, dated as of April 3, 2007, among Marshall & Ilsley Corporation, Metavante Holding Company, Metavante Corporation and New Marshall & Ilsley Corporation

10.01

   Tax Allocation Agreement, dated as of April 3, 2007, among Marshall & Ilsley Corporation, Metavante Holding Company, Metavante Corporation and New Marshall & Ilsley Corporation

10.02

   Employee Matters Agreement, dated as of April 3, 2007, among Marshall & Ilsley Corporation, Metavante Holding Company, Metavante Corporation and New Marshall & Ilsley Corporation

10.03

   Form of Shareholders Agreement

10.04

   Form of Stock Purchase Right Agreement

 

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EX-2.01 2 dex201.htm INVESTMENT AGREEMENT, DATED AS OF APRIL 3, 2007 Investment Agreement, dated as of April 3, 2007

Exhibit 2.01

Execution Version

INVESTMENT AGREEMENT

DATED AS OF APRIL 3, 2007

AMONG

MARSHALL & ILSLEY CORPORATION,

METAVANTE CORPORATION,

METAVANTE HOLDING COMPANY,

MONTANA MERGER SUB INC.

AND

WPM, L.P.


Table of Contents

 

          Page

ARTICLE I

  

DEFINITIONS

   2

Section 1.1

  

Definitions

   2

ARTICLE II

  

SHARE PURCHASE

   10

Section 2.1

  

Share Purchase

   10

Section 2.2

  

Payment Terms of the Share Purchase

   10

Section 2.3

  

Investor Share Number

   10

ARTICLE III

  

MERGER, OTHER TRANSACTIONS, EXCHANGE OF SHARES, ETC.

   10

Section 3.1

  

Merger and Other Transactions

   10

Section 3.2

  

Closing

   12

Section 3.3

  

Effective Time of the MI Merger and the MI Conversion

   12

Section 3.4

  

Effects of the MI Merger and the MI Conversion

   12

Section 3.5

  

Organizational Documents of MI Corp., MVT Holding and MI LLC.

   12

Section 3.6

  

Effect on Capital Stock

   13

Section 3.7

  

Exchange of Shares.

   14

Section 3.8

  

Directors and Officers of MVT Holding and MI Corp.

   15

Section 3.9

  

Other Transaction Matters.

   15

Section 3.10

  

Options; Restricted Stock.

   16

Section 3.11

  

MVT Holding Class A Common Stock

   16

Section 3.12

  

Initiation of the Closing Transactions

   16

ARTICLE IV

  

REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES

   16

Section 4.1

  

Representations and Warranties of Investor

   16

Section 4.2

  

Representations and Warranties of MI Corp

   20

Section 4.3

  

Representations and Warranties of MI Corp., MVT Holding and MVT Corp

   27

Section 4.4

  

Representations and Warranties of MI Corp. and MVT Holding

   38

ARTICLE V

  

COVENANTS RELATING TO CONDUCT OF BUSINESS

   41

Section 5.1

  

Covenants of MI Corp. and MVT Corp

   41

Section 5.2

  

Control of Other Party’s Business

   45

Section 5.3

  

Transfer of Investor Interests

   45

ARTICLE VI

  

ADDITIONAL AGREEMENTS

   46

Section 6.1

  

Preparation of Form S-4, Proxy Statement and Form 10; Shareholders Meeting.

   46

Section 6.2

  

Governance Matters.

   47

Section 6.3

  

Access to Information

   48

Section 6.4

  

Reasonable Best Efforts.

   49

Section 6.5

  

MI Acquisition Proposal; Change in Recommendation.

   51

 

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Table of Contents

(continued)

 

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Section 6.6

  

Fees and Expenses

   55

Section 6.7

  

Public Announcements

   56

Section 6.8

  

Takeover Statutes

   56

Section 6.9

  

Advice of Changes

   56

Section 6.10

  

Private Letter Ruling; Tax-Free Reorganization Treatment; Pre-Distribution Tax Returns.

   56

Section 6.11

  

Obligations under Separation Agreement

   57

Section 6.12

  

Employee Benefits Matters

   57

Section 6.13

  

Debt Financing.

   57

Section 6.14

  

Shareholders Agreement; Stock Purchase Right Agreement; Continuing Business Agreements.

   58

Section 6.15

  

Listing

   59

Section 6.16

  

Investor Activity

   59

Section 6.17

  

Valuation Firm

   59

Section 6.18

  

Merger Sub Activity

   60

Section 6.19

  

Sole Shareholder Approval

   60

Section 6.20

  

Affiliates

   60

Section 6.21

  

Non-Competition; Non-Solicitation.

   60

Section 6.22

  

Transaction Agreements

   61

ARTICLE VII

  

CONDITIONS PRECEDENT

   62

Section 7.1

  

Conditions to Each Party’s Obligation to Effect the Transactions

   62

Section 7.2

  

Additional Conditions to Obligations of Investor

   64

Section 7.3

  

Additional Conditions to Obligations of MI Corp., MVT Corp. and MVT Holding

   65

ARTICLE VIII

  

TERMINATION AND AMENDMENT

   66

Section 8.1

  

Termination

   66

Section 8.2

  

Effect of Termination.

   67

ARTICLE IX

  

GENERAL PROVISIONS

   69

Section 9.1

  

Non-Survival of Representations and Warranties

   69

Section 9.2

  

Notices

   69

Section 9.3

  

Amendment

   70

Section 9.4

  

Extension; Waiver

   71

Section 9.5

  

Interpretation

   71

Section 9.6

  

Counterparts

   71

Section 9.7

  

Entire Agreement; No Third Party Beneficiaries.

   71

Section 9.8

  

Governing Law

   71

Section 9.9

  

Severability

   71

Section 9.10

  

Assignment

   72

Section 9.11

  

Submission to Jurisdiction; Waivers

   72

Section 9.12

  

Enforcement

   73

 

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Table of Contents

(continued)

 

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Section 9.13

  

Disclosure Schedule

   73

Section 9.14

  

Mutual Drafting

   73

 

EXHIBITS

    

Exhibit A -

  

Separation Agreement

Exhibit B -

  

Employee Matters Agreement

Exhibit C -

  

Tax Allocation Agreement

Exhibit D -

  

Form of Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation of MVT Holding

Exhibit E -

  

Form of Amended and Restated By-laws of MVT Holding

Exhibit F -

  

Form of Shareholders Agreement

Exhibit G -

  

Investor Share Number Calculation

Exhibit H -

  

Form of Stock Purchase Right Agreement

 

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INVESTMENT AGREEMENT

INVESTMENT AGREEMENT, dated as of April 3, 2007 (this “Agreement”), among MARSHALL & ILSLEY CORPORATION, a Wisconsin corporation (“MI Corp.”), Metavante Corporation, a Wisconsin corporation and, as of the date hereof, a wholly-owned subsidiary of MI Corp. (“MVT Corp.”), METAVANTE HOLDING COMPANY, a Wisconsin corporation and, as of the date hereof, a wholly-owned subsidiary of MI Corp. (“MVT Holding”), MONTANA MERGER SUB INC., a Wisconsin corporation and, as of the date hereof, a wholly-owned subsidiary of MVT Holding (“Merger Sub”), and WPM, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership (“Investor” and, collectively with MI Corp., MVT Corp., MVT Holding and Merger Sub, the “Parties”).

WITNESSETH:

WHEREAS, the Board of Directors of MI Corp. deems it advisable and in the best interests of MI Corp. and its shareholders that the following transactions be consummated subject to the terms and conditions hereof:

(a) the merger (the “MI Merger”) of Merger Sub with and into MI Corp., whereby each share of common stock, $1.00 par value per share, of MI Corp. (the “MI Common Stock”), shall be converted into one-third of a share of common stock, $0.01 par value per share, of MVT Holding (the “MVT Holding Common Stock”), MI Corp. shall be the surviving corporation and MI Corp. shall become a wholly-owned subsidiary of MVT Holding;

(b) immediately after the effective time of the MI Merger, the conversion (the “MI Conversion”) of MI Corp. into a limited liability company organized under the laws of the State of Wisconsin (“MI LLC”), whereby the outstanding shares of MI Common Stock shall be converted into membership interests in MI LLC;

(c) the distribution by MI LLC of all of the outstanding shares of common stock, $0.01 par value per share, of MVT Corp. (“MVT Common Stock”) to MVT Holding (the “MVT Distribution”), whereby MVT Corp. shall become a wholly-owned subsidiary of MVT Holding;

(d) the (i) issuance and sale by MVT Holding to Investor of a number of shares of Class A Common Stock, $0.01 par value per share, of MVT Holding (the “MVT Holding Class A Common Stock”) equal to the Investor Share Number (the “Share Issuance”), (ii) the consummation of the Debt Financing by MVT Holding and/or one or more of its wholly-owned Subsidiaries and (iii) the payment of the Intercompany Debt Amount to MI LLC;

(e) the payment by MVT Corp. to MVT Holding of a dividend in the amount of $1,040,000,000 in cash (the “MVT Dividend”);

(f) the contribution by MVT Holding to New M&I Corporation, a Wisconsin corporation and, as of the date hereof, a wholly-owned subsidiary of MVT

 

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Holding (“New MI Corp.”), of (i) all the membership interests of MI LLC (the “MI LLC Contribution”) and (ii) an amount in cash equal to the MI Cash Contribution (the MI Cash Contribution together with the MI LLC Contribution, the “MI Contribution”); and

(g) the distribution (the “Share Distribution”) of all of the issued and outstanding shares of common stock, par value $0.01 per share of New MI Corp. (“New MI Corp. Common Stock”), on a pro rata basis to the holders of record of MVT Holding Common Stock (based upon a distribution ratio of three shares of New MI Corp. Common Stock for every one Share of MVT Holding Common Stock) upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in the Separation Agreement, dated as of the date hereof, among MI Corp., MVT Holding, MVT Corp. and New MI Corp. and attached hereto as Exhibit A (the “Separation Agreement”) (the transactions described in clauses (a) through (g) of this recital are referred to as the “Closing Transactions,” and together with the other transactions contemplated hereby, the “Transactions”);

WHEREAS, for United States federal income tax purposes, it is intended that (a) the MI Merger and the MI Conversion shall qualify as a reorganization under Section 368(a)(1)(F) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”), and that this Agreement is intended to be, and is hereby adopted as, a plan of reorganization and (b) the MI Contribution and the Share Distribution shall qualify as a reorganization under Section 368(a)(1)(D) of the Code and a distribution eligible for nonrecognition under Sections 355(a) and 361(c) of the Code;

WHEREAS, MI Corp., MVT Corp., MVT Holding and Investor each desire to make certain representations, warranties, covenants and agreements in connection with the Transactions and to prescribe the various conditions to the Transactions.

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing and the respective representations, warranties, covenants and agreements set forth in this Agreement, and intending to be legally bound hereby, the parties hereto agree as follows:

ARTICLE I

DEFINITIONS

Section 1.1 Definitions. Capitalized terms used in this Agreement have the meanings set forth in this Agreement or, when so indicated, in the applicable Transaction Agreement. As used in this Agreement:

(a) “Additional Required Approvals” means (i) approval of the MI Merger by MVT Holding, as the sole shareholder of Merger Sub, (ii) approval of the MI Conversion by the Board of Directors of MI Corp. and by MVT Holding, as the sole shareholder of MI Corp., (iii) approval of the MVT Distribution by the Board of Directors (or similar body) of MI LLC, (iv) approval of the MVT Dividend by the Board of Directors of MVT Corp., (v) approval of the MI LLC Contribution by the Board of Directors of MVT Holding, (vi) approval of the MI Cash Contribution by the Board of Directors of MVT Holding, and (vii) approval of the Share Distribution by the Board of Directors of MVT Holding.

 

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(b) “Administrative Services Agreement” means the Administrative Services Agreement, dated as of the date hereof, among MVT Holding, MVT Corp., New MI Corp. and MI Corp., in substantially the form provided to Investor.

(c) “Affiliate” means (except as specifically otherwise defined), with respect to any specified Person, any other Person that, directly or indirectly, controls, or is controlled by, or is under common control with, such specified Person. As used in this definition, “control” (including, with its correlative meanings, “controlled by” and “under common control with”) means the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management or policies of a Person, whether through the ownership of voting securities or partnership or other ownership interests, by contract or otherwise.

(d) “Applicable Laws” means all applicable laws, statutes, ordinances, orders, decrees, rules, regulations, policies or guidelines promulgated, or judgments, decisions, orders or arbitration awards entered, by any Governmental Entity.

(e) “Board of Directors” means the board of directors of any specified Person.

(f) “Business Day” means any day on which banks are not required or authorized to close in the City of New York.

(g) “Computer Software” means (i) computer programs, including any and all software implementations of algorithms, models and methodologies, whether in source code, object code, executable or binary code (ii) databases and compilations, including any and all data and collections of data, whether machine readable or otherwise, (iii) descriptions, flow-charts and other work product used to design, plan, organize, maintain, support or develop any of the foregoing, and (iv) all documentation, including programmers’ notes and source code annotations, user manuals and training materials relating to any of the foregoing, including any translations thereof.

(h) “Continuing Business Agreements” means the Contracts set forth in Section 1.1 of the MI Disclosure Schedule among certain members of the MI Group, on the one hand, and certain members of the MVT Group, on the other hand, which are being entered into on the date hereof in substantially the form provided to Investor (other than those Contracts identified in Section 1.1 of the MI Disclosure Schedule which are to be entered into prior to Closing Date with the consent of Investor (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld)).

(i) “Employee Matters Agreement” means the Employee Matters Agreement, dated as of the date hereof, among MVT Holding, MVT Corp., New MI Corp. and MI Corp., in the form attached hereto as Exhibit B.

 

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(j) “ERISA” means the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended.

(k) “ERISA Affiliate” when used with respect to any Person, means any trade or business, whether or not incorporated, that, together with such Person, would be deemed to be a “single employer” within the meaning of Section 4001(b) of ERISA.

(l) “Form 10” means the registration statement with respect to the shares of New MI Corp. Common Stock to be distributed in the Share Distribution.

(m) “GAAP” means United States generally accepted accounting principles, consistently applied.

(n) “Intercompany Debt Amount” means the aggregate principal amount of indebtedness for borrowed money owed to MI Corp. by MVT Corp. pursuant to the MVT Notes, plus, in each case, accrued and unpaid interest thereon as of the Closing Date.

(o) “Investor Tax Affiliate” means any entity or individual (i) whose ownership of stock would be attributable to or aggregated with Investor under Section 355(e)(4)(C) of the Code, (ii) who is a member of any “coordinating group” (within the meaning of Treasury Regulation Section 1.355-7(h)(4)) that includes Investor, or (iii) who is acting pursuant to a “plan or arrangement” (within the meaning of Section 355(d)(7)(B) of the Code) with Investor.

(p) “Known” or “Knowledge” means, (i) with respect to MVT Holding, MI Corp. or MVT Corp., the actual knowledge, after reasonable inquiry, of any of the persons set forth in Section 1.1 of the MI Disclosure Schedule and (ii) with respect to Investor, the actual knowledge of any of the following persons: James Neary, Adarsh Sarma or Alex Berzofsky.

(q) “Limited Guarantee” means the Limited Guarantee, dated as of the date hereof, by the Equity Fund as guarantor of Investor in favor of MI Corp. and MVT Corp. as the guaranteed parties.

(r) “Material Adverse Effect” means any effect, change, circumstance or development that, individually or in the aggregate with other such effects, changes, circumstances or developments, is both material and adverse to, (i) with respect to any Person, the ability of such Person (or, in the case of MI Corp. or MVT Corp., any member of either of the MI Group or the MVT Group) to consummate the Transactions or (ii) with respect to MVT Corp., the business, financial condition, operations, results of operations, properties, assets or liabilities of MVT Corp. and its Subsidiaries (or with respect to the businesses engaged in prior to the MVT Distribution Time by the MVT Group that constitute MI Corp.’s Metavante Corporation segment for reporting purposes as listed in the latest Annual Report on Form 10-K of MI Corp. included in the MI Corp. Filed SEC Reports) taken as a whole, other than, in the case of this clause (ii), any effect, change, circumstance or development (A) resulting from the

 

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announcement of the execution of this Agreement or any of the Transaction Agreements or of the Transactions, (B) relating to state, national or international political, social, general business or economic conditions (but only if such Person and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, are not disproportionately affected thereby in any material respect as compared to other comparable companies in their industry), (C) relating in general to the industries in which such Person and its Subsidiaries operate (but only if such Person and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, are not disproportionately affected thereby in any material respect as compared to other comparable companies in their industry), (D) relating to any action of MVT Holding, MI Corp., MVT Corp. or any Subsidiary of any of them taken with the express prior written consent of Investor after the date hereof, (E) relating to the commencement, occurrence or continuation of any war, armed hostilities or acts of terrorism involving or affecting the United States of America or any other jurisdiction in which such Person or any of its Subsidiaries operates (but only if such Person and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, are not disproportionately affected thereby in any material respect as compared to other comparable companies in their industry), (F) relating to financial, banking, or securities markets (including any disruption thereof and any decline in the price of any security or any market index), (G) relating to changes after the date hereof in United States GAAP or the accounting rules and regulations of the SEC (but only if MVT Corp. and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, are not disproportionately affected thereby in any material respect as compared to other comparable companies in their industry) or (H) relating to changes in Applicable Laws.

(s) “MI Cash Contribution” means an amount in cash equal to $1,665,000,000.

(t) “MI Group” means New MI Corp., MI Corp. and each of the Subsidiaries of MI Corp. (after giving effect to the MVT Distribution).

(u) “Multiemployer Plan” means any “multiemployer plan” within the meaning of Section 4001(a)(3) of ERISA.

(v) “MVT Distribution Time” means the time at which the distribution of all outstanding MVT Common Stock to MVT Holding is effective as determined by the MI Corp. Board of Directors.

(w) “MVT Group” means MVT Holding, MVT Corp. and each Subsidiary of MVT Corp. or MVT Holding other than a member of the MI Group.

(x) “MVT Notes” means the (A) Unsecured Note, dated April 1, 2003, in the aggregate principal amount of $67,000,000, issued by MVT Corp. to MI Corp., (B) Unsecured Note, dated May 27, 2004, in the aggregate principal amount of $165,000,000, issued by MVT Corp. to MI Corp., (C) Unsecured Note, dated July 1, 2004, in the aggregate principal amount of $140,000,000, issued by MVT Corp. to MI Corp. and (D) Unsecured Note, dated July 30, 2004, in the aggregate principal amount of $610,000,000, issued by MVT Corp. to MI Corp.

 

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(y) “MVT Plan” means any material employee benefit plan, program, policy, practice or other arrangement providing compensation or benefits to any current or former MVT Employee or any beneficiary or dependent thereof that is sponsored, maintained or contributed to by MI Corp. or MVT Corp. or any of its other ERISA Affiliates or other Subsidiaries or to which MI Corp. or any of its ERISA Affiliates or other Subsidiaries contributes or is obligated to contribute, whether or not written, including any material employee benefit plan within the meaning of Section 3(3) of ERISA (whether or not such plan is subject to ERISA) and any material bonus, incentive, deferred compensation, welfare, paid time off, bereavement, tuition, employee assistance, relocation, vacation, stock purchase, stock option, equity or equity-based compensation, severance, termination, employment, change of control or fringe benefit plan, program or agreement.

(z) “NYSE” means The New York Stock Exchange, Inc.

(aa) “Person” means an individual, corporation, limited liability company, partnership, association, joint venture, trust, unincorporated organization, other entity or group (as defined in the Exchange Act), including any Governmental Entity.

(bb) “SEC” means the Securities and Exchange Commission.

(cc) “Stock Purchase Right Agreement” means the Stock Purchase Right Agreement between MVT Holding and Investor in the form attached as Exhibit H.

(dd) “Subsidiary” means, when used with respect to any Person, any corporation or other organization, whether incorporated or unincorporated, at least a majority of the securities or other interests of which having by their terms ordinary voting power to elect a majority of the Board of Directors or others performing similar functions with respect to such corporation or other organization is directly or indirectly owned or controlled by such Person or by any one or more of its Subsidiaries, or by such Person and one or more of its Subsidiaries.

(ee) “Successor Fund” means one or more successor funds to the Investor Fund, each of which is controlled (as defined in Section 1.1(c)) by Warburg Pincus LLC and/or Warburg Pincus & Co. (or a controlled Affiliate of one of such entities) and is managed by Warburg Pincus LLC or its Affiliates.

(ff) “Tax” (and, with correlative meaning, “Taxes” and “Taxable”) means any tax, in any sense, including (i) any federal, state, municipal, county, local, foreign or other Governmental Entity net income, gross income, receipts, windfall profit, severance, real, personal, tangible, escheatable, unclaimed or abandoned property, goods and services, value added, estimated, capital stock, production, sales, use, license, excise, franchise, employment, unemployment, social security, payroll, withholding, alternative or add-on minimum, ad valorem, transfer, stamp, or environmental tax, or any other tax, customs, duty or other like assessment or charge of any kind whatsoever, together with any interest or penalty, addition to tax or additional

 

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amount imposed by any Governmental Entity, including any fines, penalties or interest arising under ERISA; and (ii) any liability for payments of a type described in clause (i) as a result of being or having been a member of an affiliated, consolidated, combined, unitary or similar group.

(gg) “Tax Allocation Agreement” means the Tax Allocation Agreement, dated as of the date hereof, among MVT Holding, MVT Corp., New MI Corp. and MI Corp., in the form attached hereto as Exhibit C.

(hh) “Tax Return” means any return, report or similar statement required to be filed with respect to any Taxes (including any attached schedules), including any information return, claim for refund, amended return or declaration of estimated Tax.

(ii) “Transaction Agreements” means collectively, the Separation Agreement, the Employee Matters Agreement, the Tax Allocation Agreement, the Shareholders Agreement, the Stock Purchase Right Agreement, the Limited Guarantee, the Administrative Services Agreement, the Continuing Business Agreements and the other agreements, if any, entered into or to be entered into in connection with the Transactions.

Each of the following terms is defined in the Section of this Agreement or the agreement set forth opposite such term:

 

Action    4.1(d)(i)   

Equity Financing

   4.1(f)
Agreement    Preamble   

Equity Fund

   4.1(f)
Alternative Debt Financing    6.13(b)   

Exchange Act

   4.1(b)(iii)
BHC Act    4.2(a)   

Exchange Agent

   3.7(a)
Cap    8.2(f)   

Exchange Fund

   3.7(a)
Capitalization Date    4.2(b)   

Executive Committee

   6.21(b)
Change in the MI Recommendation    6.5(c)   

Expenses

   6.6
Closing    3.2   

Force the MI Vote Notice

   6.1(b)
Closing Date    3.2   

Form S-4

   6.1(a)
Closing Price    3.6(c)   

FRB

   6.4(b)
Closing Transactions    Recitals   

FTC

   6.4(b)
Code    Recitals   

Governmental Entity

   4.1(b)(iii)
Confidentiality Agreement    6.3   

Hazardous Materials

   4.3(h)
Contract    4.1(b)(ii)   

HSR Act

   4.1(b)(iii)
Conversion Effective Time    3.3   

Independent Director

   6.2(a)
Customer Contracts    4.3(k)(i)   

Injunction

   7.1(b)
Debt Commitment Letter    6.13(a)   

Intellectual Property

   4.3(i)
Debt Financing    6.13(a)   

Investor

   Preamble
DOJ    6.4(b)   

Investor Necessary Consents

   4.1(b)(iii)
Environmental Laws    4.3(h)   

Investor Share Number

   Exhibit G
Environmental Liabilities    4.3(h)   

IRS

   4.2(h)
Equity Commitment Letter    4.1(f)   

Liens

   4.1(b)(ii)
     

Merger Sub

   Preamble

 

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Merger Sub Common Stock

   3.6(d)   

MVT Corp.

   Preamble

MI Acquisition Agreement

   6.5(a)   

MVT Disclosure Schedule

   4.3

MI Acquisition Proposal

   6.5(b)   

MVT Distribution

   Recitals

MI Articles of Merger

   3.3   

MVT Dividend

   Recitals

MI Cash Contribution

   Recitals   

MVT Employee

   Employee Matters
Agreement

MI Certificate

   3.6(b)   

MVT Financial Statements

   4.3(d)(i)

MI Certificate of Conversion

   3.3   

MVT Holding

   Preamble

MI Certificate of Formation

   3.3   

MVT Holding Class A Common Stock

   Recitals

MI Common Stock

   Recitals   

MVT Holding Common Stock

   Recitals

MI Contribution

   Recitals   

MVT Holding Necessary Consents

   4.4(c)(iii)

MI Conversion

   Recitals   

MVT Holding Prospectus

   6.1(a)

MI Corp.

   Recitals   

MVT Holding Voting Debt

   4.4(b)(ii)

MI Corp. Sale Transaction

   6.4(e)   

MVT Lease

   4.3(p)

MI Disclosure Schedule

   4.2   

MVT Material Contracts

   4.3(k)(i)

MI Effective Time

   3.3   

MVT Necessary Consents

   4.3(c)(iv)

MI Filed SEC Reports

   4.3(d)(iii)   

MVT Option

   3.10(a)

MI LLC

   Recitals   

MVT Permits

   4.3(f)(ii)

MI LLC Contribution

   Recitals   

MVT Significant Subsidiary

   4.3(a)(ii)

MI Merger

   Recitals   

MVT Voting Debt

   4.3(b)(ii)

MI Necessary Consents

   4.2(c)(iv)   

NASD

   4.2(c)(iv)

MI Options

   4.2(b)(i)   

New MI Corp.

   Recitals

MI Option Plans

   4.2(b)(i)   

New MI Corp. Common Stock

   Recitals

MI Permits

   4.2(i)   

New MI Corp. Option

   3.10(b)

MI Preferred Stock

   4.2(b)(i)   

Parties

   Preamble

MI Recommendation

   6.1(b)   

Private Letter Ruling

   7.1(f)(i)

MI Restricted Stock

   4.2(b)(i)   

Proxy Statement

   6.1(a)

MI Restricted Stock Plans

   4.2(b)(i)   

Purchase Price

   2.1

MI SEC Reports

   4.2(d)(i)   

Required Approvals

   6.4(a)

MI SPACES Plan

   4.2(b)(i)   

Required Retained Cash Amount

   Separation Agreement

MI Stock Purchase Plan

   4.2(b)(i)   

Restricted Activities

   6.21(a)(i)

MI Shareholders Meeting

   6.1(b)   

Sarbanes Act

   4.2(d)(i)

MI Transaction Approval

   4.2(c)(i)   

Securities Act

   4.1(b)(iii)

MI Vote

   6.1(b)   

Separation Agreement

   Recitals

MI Voting Debt

   4.2(b)(ii)   

Share Distribution

   Recitals

MVT Acquisition Proposal

   6.5(a)   

Share Distribution Time

   3.1(h)

MVT Business Personnel

   4.3(m)   

Share Issuance

   Recitals

MVT Business

   Separation
Agreement
  

Shares

   2.1

MVT CEO

   6.2(a)   

Shareholders Agreement

   6.14

MVT Common Stock

   Recitals   

Superior MVT Acquisition Proposal

   6.5(b)
     

Surplus and Solvency Opinions

   6.17
     

Surviving Corporation

   3.1(a)
     

Termination Agreement

   4.3(l)(vi)

 

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Termination Date

   8.1(b)      

Termination Fee

   8.2(h)      

Transactions

   Recitals      

Valuation Firm

   6.17      

Violation

   4.1(b)(ii)      

WBCL

   3.1(a)      

WDFI

   3.1(h)      

WLLCL

   3.1(b)      

 

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ARTICLE II

SHARE PURCHASE

Section 2.1 Share Purchase. Upon the terms and subject to the conditions of this Agreement, at the Closing and immediately after the MVT Distribution, but prior to the MI Contribution, MVT Holding shall issue and sell to Investor and Investor shall purchase from MVT Holding a number of previously unissued shares of MVT Holding Class A Common Stock determined in accordance with Exhibit G (the “Shares”), which Shares shall be subject to the transfer restrictions and other terms set forth in the Shareholders Agreement. In consideration for the issuance and sale of the Shares, and upon the terms and subject to the conditions of this Agreement, at the Closing and immediately after the MVT Distribution, but prior to the MI Contribution, Investor shall pay, or cause to be paid, to MVT Holding an amount equal to $625 million (the “Purchase Price”) in accordance with Section 2.2.

Section 2.2 Payment Terms of the Share Purchase. At the Closing and immediately after the MVT Distribution, but prior to the MI Contribution, upon the terms and subject to the conditions of this Agreement MVT Holding shall issue and deliver to Investor a certificate representing the Shares duly registered in the name of Investor. Prior to the MI Merger, Investor shall deliver the Purchase Price provided for in Section 2.1 by wire transfer of immediately available funds to an account designated by MVT Holding at least two days prior to the Closing Date and effective immediately after the MVT Distribution but prior to the MI Contribution such Purchase Price shall be deemed to have been paid in satisfaction of the Investor’s obligations under Section 2.1.

Section 2.3 Investor Share Number. During the two trading days prior to the Closing Date, Investor and MI Corp. shall mutually determine in good faith the Investor Share Number in a manner consistent with the terms and methodology set forth on Exhibit G.

ARTICLE III

MERGER, OTHER TRANSACTIONS, EXCHANGE OF SHARES, ETC.

Section 3.1 Merger and Other Transactions. Upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in this Agreement, the transactions set forth in this Section 3.1 shall take place in the order set forth below:

(a) The MI Merger. At the MI Effective Time, Merger Sub shall be merged with and into MI Corp. in accordance with the Wisconsin business corporation law (the “WBCL”). MI Corp. shall be the surviving corporation (the “Surviving Corporation”) in the MI Merger and shall continue its corporate existence under the laws of the State of Wisconsin and shall succeed to and assume all of the rights and obligations of MI Corp. and Merger Sub in accordance with, and shall have the effects set forth in, this Agreement and the WBCL. As a result of the MI Merger, MI Corp. shall become a wholly-owned subsidiary of MVT Holding. Upon consummation of the MI Merger, the separate corporate existence of Merger Sub shall terminate.

 

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(b) The MI Conversion. Immediately following the MI Effective Time, MI Corp. shall effect the MI Conversion pursuant to applicable provisions of the WBCL and the Wisconsin limited liability company law (the “WLLCL”). Following the MI Conversion, (i) MI LLC shall be a limited liability company which shall be disregarded as an entity separate from MVT Holding for U.S. federal income tax purposes and (ii) all of the membership interests of MI LLC shall be held by MVT Holding.

(c) The MVT Distribution. Immediately following the Conversion Effective Time, MI LLC shall distribute all of the outstanding shares of MVT Common Stock to MVT Holding. Following the MVT Distribution, all of the outstanding shares of capital stock of MVT Corp. shall be owned by MVT Holding.

(d) Share Purchase; Debt Financing. Immediately following the MVT Distribution Time, (i) Investor shall purchase the Shares and deliver the Purchase Price to MVT Holding in consideration of the Shares in accordance with Article II hereof and (ii) the Debt Financing shall be consummated by MVT Holding and/or one or more of its wholly-owned Subsidiaries.

(e) Payment of the Intercompany Debt Amount. Upon receipt of the proceeds from the Debt Financing, MVT Holding and/or one of its Subsidiaries shall pay to MI LLC an amount in cash equal to the Intercompany Debt Amount.

(f) MVT Dividend. Immediately following the purchase of Shares by Investor, the consummation of the Debt Financing and the payment of the Intercompany Debt Amount to MI LLC, MVT Corp. shall pay the MVT Dividend to MVT Holding.

(g) The MI Contribution. Immediately following the MVT Dividend, MVT Holding shall contribute to New MI Corp. (i) all of the membership interests of MI LLC and (ii) the MI Cash Contribution. Following the MI Contribution, all of the outstanding membership interests in MI LLC shall be owned by New MI Corp.

(h) Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation. Prior to the Share Distribution Time, MVT Holding and New MI Corp. shall, or shall cause New MI Corp. to file amended and restated articles of incorporation of New MI Corp. with the Department of Financial Institutions of the State of Wisconsin (the “WDFI”), which, among other things, shall change the name of New MI Corp. to Marshall & Ilsley Corporation.

(i) Share Distribution. Upon the terms and subject to the conditions of the Separation Agreement, following the MI Contribution and at the time established by the Board of Directors of MVT Holding (the “Share Distribution Time”), MVT Holding shall effect the Share Distribution (based upon a distribution ratio of three shares of New MI Corp. Common Stock for every one share of MVT Holding Common Stock) as contemplated by the Separation Agreement. Effective immediately following the Distribution Time, the Board of Directors of MVT Holding shall be reconstituted as contemplated by Section 6.2.

 

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Section 3.2 Closing. The closing of the Closing Transactions (the “Closing”) will take place as soon as practicable, but in any event within three Business Days after the satisfaction or waiver (subject to Applicable Laws) of the conditions (excluding conditions that, by their nature, cannot be satisfied until the Closing Date) set forth in Article VII (but not prior to October 2, 2007), unless this Agreement has been theretofore terminated pursuant to its terms or unless another time or date is agreed to in writing by the parties hereto (the actual time and date of the Closing being referred to herein as the “Closing Date”)). The Closing shall be held at the offices of Sidley Austin LLP, One South Dearborn Street, Chicago, Illinois, unless another place is agreed to in writing by the parties hereto.

Section 3.3 Effective Time of the MI Merger and the MI Conversion. Upon the terms and subject to the conditions of this Agreement, (a) the MI Merger shall become effective as set forth in the articles of merger relating thereto (the “MI Articles of Merger”) that shall be filed with the WDFI on or prior to the Closing Date and (b) the MI Conversion shall become effective as soon as practicable on the Closing Date following the MI Effective Time, as set forth in the certificate of conversion of MI Corp. (the “MI Certificate of Conversion”) and the articles of organization of MI LLC (the “MI Certificate of Formation”), each of which shall be filed with the WDFI on or prior to the Closing Date. The time the MI Merger shall become effective as set forth in the MI Articles of Merger is referred to as the “MI Effective Time,” and the time the MI Conversion shall become effective as set forth in the MI Certificate of Conversion and the MI Certificate of Formation is referred to as the “Conversion Effective Time.”

Section 3.4 Effects of the MI Merger and the MI Conversion. The MI Merger and the MI Conversion shall have the effects set forth in this Agreement and the applicable provisions of the WBCL and the WLLCL, respectively.

Section 3.5 Organizational Documents of MI Corp., MVT Holding and MI LLC.

(a) (i) At the MI Effective Time, (A) the articles of incorporation of MI Corp., as in effect immediately prior to the MI Effective Time, shall be the articles of incorporation of MI Corp., as the surviving corporation in the MI Merger and (B) the by-laws of MI Corp., as in effect immediately prior to the MI Effective Time, shall be the by-laws of MI Corp. as the surviving corporation in the MI Merger, in each case until superseded by the MI Certificate of Formation filed as part of the MI Conversion; and

(ii) At the Conversion Effective Time, MVT Holding shall cause MI LLC to adopt an operating agreement.

(b) MI Corp. and MVT Holding shall take all necessary action so that, at the MI Effective Time, (i) the articles of incorporation of MVT Holding shall be in the form attached as Exhibit D hereto and (ii) the by-laws of MVT Holding shall be in the form attached as Exhibit E hereto.

 

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Section 3.6 Effect on Capital Stock. At the MI Effective Time, by virtue of the MI Merger and without any action on the part of the holders of any capital stock of Merger Sub or MI Corp.:

(a) Each share of MI Common Stock issued and outstanding immediately prior to the MI Effective Time (other than shares of MI Common Stock that are held by MI Corp. in treasury or that are owned by any Subsidiary of MI Corp.) shall be automatically converted into one-third of a fully paid and nonassessable (except to the extent provided in former Section 180.0622(2)(b) of the WBCL) share of MVT Holding Common Stock. Each share of MI Common Stock held by MI Corp. in treasury or owned by MI Corp. or any of its Subsidiaries shall be cancelled and shall cease to exist and no shares of stock or other consideration shall be delivered in exchange therefor.

(b) All shares of MI Common Stock converted into MVT Holding Common Stock pursuant to this Article III shall no longer be outstanding and shall automatically be canceled and shall cease to exist, and each certificate or book-entry credit previously evidencing any such shares of MI Common Stock (an “MI Certificate”) shall thereafter evidence only rights with respect to certificates or book-entry credits (or cash in lieu of fractional shares in accordance with Section 3.6(c)) representing the number of shares of MVT Holding Common Stock into which the shares of MI Common Stock formerly evidenced by such MI Certificate have been converted pursuant to this Section 3.6.

(c) No certificates for fractions of shares of MVT Holding Common Stock and no scrip or other certificates evidencing fractional interests in such shares shall be issued pursuant to Article III. If the conversion of a Person’s aggregate holdings of MI Common Stock at any time results in a fractional share of MVT Holding Common Stock or interest therein, such Person shall, in lieu thereof, be entitled to be paid cash in an amount equal to the value of such fractional share or interest based on the Closing Price of MI Common Stock on the last Business Day prior to the MI Effective Time. Any person otherwise entitled to a fractional share or interest shall not be entitled by reason thereof to any voting, dividend or other rights as a stockholder of MVT Holding. The “Closing Price” of MI Common Stock on any Business Day shall for all purposes of this Agreement be the last sale price, or the closing bid price if no sale occurred, of MI Common Stock on The New York Stock Exchange, Inc. or such other national securities exchange on which MI Common Stock is then principally traded.

(d) Each share of common stock, par value $0.01 per share, of Merger Sub (“Merger Sub Common Stock”) issued and outstanding immediately prior to the MI Effective Time shall be automatically converted into one fully paid and nonassessable (except to the extent provided in former Section 180.0622(2)(b) of the WBCL) share of common stock, par value $0.01 per share, of the Surviving Corporation.

 

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(e) Each share of MVT Holding Common Stock held by MI Corp. immediately prior to the MI Effective Time shall be cancelled and shall cease to exist and no stock or other consideration shall be delivered in exchange therefor.

Section 3.7 Exchange of Shares.

(a) On or prior to the Closing Date, MI Corp. and MVT Holding shall deposit, or shall cause to be deposited, with Continental Stock Transfer and Trust Company or a bank or trust company appointed by MVT Holding prior to the Closing Date and reasonably acceptable to Investor (the “Exchange Agent”), for exchange in accordance with this Article III, certificates representing the shares of MVT Holding Common Stock to be issued in connection with the MI Merger pursuant to Section 3.6 and delivered pursuant to Section 3.7(b) in exchange for MI Certificates and cash in lieu of fractional shares to be issued thereon in accordance with Section 3.6(c) (such shares of MVT Holding Common Stock and cash being referred to as the “Exchange Fund”).

(b) MI Corp. and MVT Holding shall instruct the Exchange Agent to deliver after the MI Effective Time, to each holder of record of MVT Holding Common Stock as of the MI Effective Time, upon surrender of such holder’s certificates representing shares of MI Common Stock, a certificate representing the number of shares of MVT Holding Common Stock and/or a check payable to such holder to effect the payment of cash in lieu of any fractional shares to be delivered in accordance with Section 3.6(c) into which such holder’s shares of MI Common Stock shall have been converted pursuant to the provisions of this Article III and the MI Certificate as converted shall forthwith be canceled.

(c) Other than the Share Distribution, no dividends or other distributions will be declared on the MVT Holding Common Stock in connection with the Transactions. The shares of New MI Corp. Common Stock to be distributed in the Share Distribution shall be held by the Exchange Agent pursuant to Article III of the Separation Agreement.

(d) All shares of MVT Holding Common Stock and/or cash in lieu of fractional shares in accordance with Section 3.6(c) issued or delivered upon conversion of MI Common Stock in accordance with the terms of this Article III shall be deemed to have been issued in full satisfaction of all rights pertaining to shares of MI Common Stock converted in the MI Merger in accordance with Section 3.6. At the MI Effective Time, there shall be no further transfers on the stock transfer books of MI Corp. of the shares of MI Common Stock that were issued and outstanding immediately prior to the MI Effective Time.

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Stock as of the MI Effective Time who have not theretofore complied with this Article III shall thereafter look only to MVT Holding for payment of the shares of MVT Holding Common Stock and any unpaid dividends and distributions on MVT Holding Common Stock deliverable in respect of each share of MI Common Stock formerly evidenced by such MI Certificates as determined pursuant to this Agreement, without any interest thereon, and MVT Holding shall not charge such holders in connection with the delivery of such shares of MVT Holding Common Stock, unpaid dividends or distributions and cash in lieu of fractional shares. Any such portion of the Exchange Fund remaining unclaimed by holders of MI Common Stock entitled thereto five years after the MI Effective Time (or such earlier date immediately prior to such time as such amounts would otherwise escheat to or become property of any Governmental Entity) shall, to the extent permitted by Applicable Laws, become the property of MVT Holding free and clear of any claims or interest of any Person previously entitled thereto.

(f) None of Investor, MVT Holding, MI Corp., New MI Corp., Merger Sub, the Surviving Corporation, the Exchange Agent or any other Person shall be liable to any holder of MI Common Stock as of the MI Effective Time for any shares of MVT Holding Common Stock and any dividend or other distribution or cash in lieu of fractional shares with respect thereto delivered in good faith to a public official pursuant to applicable abandoned property, escheat or similar Applicable Laws.

Section 3.8 Directors and Officers of MVT Holding and MI Corp.

(a) MI Corp. The officers of MI Corp. at the MI Effective Time shall be the initial officers of the Surviving Corporation and the directors of MI Corp. at the MI Effective Time shall be the initial directors of the Surviving Corporation, in each case, until such time as their respective successors are duly elected or appointed and qualified in the manner provided in the articles of incorporation or by-laws of the Surviving Corporation or as otherwise provided by Applicable Law.

(b) MVT Holding. The officers and directors of MVT Holding at the MI Effective Time shall be the officers and directors of MVT Holding immediately prior to the MI Effective Time, until the officers and directors are duly elected or appointed pursuant to Section 6.2.

Section 3.9 Other Transaction Matters.

(a) Principal Corporate Offices. MVT Holding’s headquarters and principal corporate offices immediately following the Transactions shall be the current MVT Corp., headquarters and principal corporate offices, and New MI Corp.’s headquarters and principal corporate offices shall be the current MI Corp. headquarters and principal corporate offices in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

(b) Ticker Symbol. The Parties shall use their reasonable best efforts to cause New MI Corp. to have the NYSE ticker symbol “MI.”

 

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Section 3.10 Options; Restricted Stock.

(a) As of the MI Effective Time, each MI Option held by a MVT Employee that is outstanding as of the MI Effective Time shall be converted into an option to purchase shares of MVT Holding Common Stock (a “MVT Option”), as set forth in the Employee Matters Agreement. After the MI Effective Time, except as provided above in this Section 3.10, each MVT Option shall have the same terms and conditions as the corresponding MI Option to which it relates, as set forth in the Employee Matters Agreement.

(b) As of the MI Effective Time, each MI Option held by an employee of the MI Group that is outstanding as of the MI Effective Time shall be converted into an option to purchase shares of New MI Corp. (a “New MI Corp. Option”), as set forth in the Employee Matters Agreement. After the MI Effective Time, except as provided above in this Section 3.10, each New MI Corp. Option shall have the same terms and conditions as the corresponding MI Option to which it relates, as set forth in the Employee Matters Agreement.

(c) As of the MI Effective Time, each share of MI Restricted Stock shall be treated the same as all other outstanding shares of MI Corp. Common Stock in the transactions contemplated by the Investment Agreement and the Separation Agreement; provided, however, that each share of MVT Holding Common Stock and New MI Corp. Common Stock received in such transactions shall be subject to the same restrictions as the corresponding share of MI Restricted Stock to which such share relates and shall continue to be subject to the terms of the applicable MI Option Plan.

Section 3.11 MVT Holding Class A Common Stock. At 12:01 a.m. Eastern Standard Time on the first day following the Closing Date, each outstanding share of MVT Holding Class A Common Stock shall automatically be converted into one share of MVT Holding Common Stock.

Section 3.12 Initiation of the Closing Transactions. The parties hereto hereby acknowledge and agree that upon consummation of the MI Merger all conditions precedent to the Closing set forth in Sections 7.1, 7.2 and 7.3 shall be deemed to have been satisfied or waived in full and it is the agreement of the parties that once the MI Merger is consummated all other Closing Transactions shall be consummated as set forth in Section 3.1.

ARTICLE IV

REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES

Section 4.1 Representations and Warranties of Investor. Investor represents and warrants to MVT Holding, MI Corp. and MVT Corp. as follows:

(a) Organization, Standing and Power. Investor is a limited partnership duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware. Investor has not conducted any business prior to the date hereof and has no, and prior to the Closing Date will have no, assets, liabilities or obligations of any nature other than those incident to its formation and pursuant to this Agreement and

 

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the Transactions. Investor and its Affiliates do not own beneficially or of record any shares of capital stock of MI Corp. As of the date hereof, Investor is a direct or indirect wholly-owned subsidiary of the Equity Fund.

(b) Authority; No Conflicts.

(i) Investor has all requisite limited partnership power and authority to enter into this Agreement and the Transaction Agreements with respect to which Investor is contemplated thereby to be a party and to consummate the Transactions. The execution and delivery of this Agreement and the Transaction Agreements with respect to which Investor is contemplated thereby to be a party by Investor and the consummation by Investor of the Transactions have been duly authorized by all necessary limited partnership action on the part of Investor. This Agreement has been, and the Transaction Agreements with respect to which Investor is contemplated thereby to be a party will be, duly executed and delivered by Investor and, assuming the due authorization and valid execution and delivery of this Agreement or the applicable Transaction Agreement with respect to which Investor is contemplated thereby to be a party by the other parties hereto and thereto, as applicable, constitutes or will constitute a valid and binding agreement of Investor, enforceable against Investor in accordance with their respective terms, except as such enforceability may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, fraudulent conveyance, moratorium and similar Applicable Laws relating to or affecting creditors generally or by general equity principles (regardless of whether such enforceability is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law).

(ii) The execution and delivery of this Agreement by Investor does not, the execution and delivery by Investor of the Transaction Agreements with respect to which Investor is contemplated thereby to be a party will not, and the consummation of the Transactions will not, conflict with, or result in any breach or violation of, or constitute a default (with or without notice or lapse of time, or both) under, or give rise to a right of or result by its terms in the termination, amendment, cancellation or acceleration of any obligation or the loss of a benefit under, or the creation of any material pledges, claims, liens, charges, encumbrances and security interests of any kind or nature whatsoever (collectively, “Liens”), “put” or “call” right or other encumbrance on, or the loss of, any assets (any such conflict, breach, violation, default, right of termination, amendment, cancellation or acceleration, loss or creation, a “Violation”) (with or without notice or lapse of time, or both) under: (A) any provision of the organizational documents of Investor or (B) except as, individually or in the aggregate, would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect on Investor, subject to obtaining or making Investor Necessary Consents, (1) any loan or credit agreement, note, instrument, mortgage, bond, indenture real estate or other lease or sublease, benefit plan, license, sublicense, memorandum of understanding, sales order, purchase order, open bid or other contract, agreement or obligation, in each case, including all amendments, modifications and supplements thereto and waivers and consents thereunder (a “Contract”) to which Investor or any of its Subsidiaries is a party or by which any of them or any of their respective properties or assets is bound or (2) any permit, concession, franchise, license, judgment, order, decree, statute, law, ordinance, rule or regulation applicable to Investor or any Subsidiary of Investor or their respective properties or assets.

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or foreign government, any instrumentality, subdivision, court, administrative agency, board, commission or other authority thereof, any arbitral tribunal, or any quasi-governmental or private body exercising any regulatory, taxing, importing or other governmental or quasi-governmental authority (a “Governmental Entity”) or any other Person is required to be obtained or made by or with respect to Investor or any Subsidiary of Investor in connection with the execution and delivery of this Agreement and the Transaction Agreements with respect to which Investor is contemplated thereby to be a party by Investor or the consummation by Investor of the Transactions, except for those required under or in relation to (A) the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976, as amended (the “HSR Act”), (B) state securities or “blue sky” laws or regulations, (C) the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), (D) the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), (E) the rules and regulations of the NYSE and, if different, such national securities exchange designated by MVT Holding and Investor pursuant to Section 6.15, (F) antitrust or other competition laws of other jurisdictions, (G) applicable state or federal banking laws or regulations and (H) such consents, waivers, approvals, orders, authorizations, registrations, declarations and filings the failure of which to make or obtain, individually or in the aggregate, would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect on Investor. Consents, approvals, orders, authorizations, registrations, declarations and filings required under or in relation to any of the foregoing clauses (A) through (G) are referred to as the “Investor Necessary Consents.”

(iv) Equity Fund is the “ultimate parent entity” (as defined in 16 C.F.R. Section 801.1(a)(3)) of the Investor.

(c) Information Supplied.

(i) None of the information supplied or to be supplied by Investor specifically for inclusion or incorporation by reference in (A) the Form S-4 will, at the time it becomes effective under the Securities Act, contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, (B) the Proxy Statement will, on the date it is first mailed to MI Corp. shareholders and at the time of the MI Shareholders Meeting, respectively, contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading and (C) the Form 10 will, at the time the Form 10 becomes effective, contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading.

(ii) Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Section 4.1(c), no representation or warranty is made by Investor with respect to statements made or incorporated by reference in the Form S-4, Form 10 or the Proxy Statement based on information supplied by or on behalf of MI Corp. or MVT Corp. for inclusion or incorporation by reference therein.

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against Investor or any property or asset of Investor or any Affiliate of Investor which, individually or in the aggregate, would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect on Investor, nor is there any judgment, decree, injunction, rule or order of any Governmental Entity or arbitrator outstanding against Investor or any Affiliate of Investor which, individually or in the aggregate, would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect on Investor.

(ii) None of Investor or any of its Affiliates is in violation of, and Investor and its Subsidiaries have not received since Investor’s inception any written notices of violations with respect to, any Applicable Laws, except for violations which, individually or in the aggregate, would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect on Investor.

(e) Brokers or Finders. No agent, broker, investment banker, financial advisor or other firm or Person is or will be entitled to any broker’s or finder’s fee or any other similar commission or fee in connection with any of the Transactions based upon arrangements made by or on behalf of Investor or any of its Affiliates, except Morgan Stanley & Co. Incorporated, whose fees and expenses shall be paid by Investor (or its Affiliates).

(f) Equity Financing. Concurrently with the execution of this Agreement, Investor has delivered true, correct and complete copies of (i) an executed commitment letter, dated the date hereof (the “Equity Commitment Letter”), from Warburg Pincus Private Equity IX, L.P. (the “Equity Fund”) to MVT Corp. and MVT Holding to provide equity financing in an aggregate amount of $625,000,000 to fund the Purchase Price (such equity financing from the Equity Fund and/or any Successor Fund in accordance with the terms hereof, the “Equity Financing”), and (ii) an executed copy of the Limited Guarantee. As of the date hereof, the Equity Commitment Letter and the Limited Guarantee in the form so delivered are in full force and effect and no event has occurred which, with or without notice, lapse of time or both, would constitute a default or breach on the part of Investor under any term or condition of the Equity Commitment Letter or the Limited Guarantee. There are no conditions precedent or other contractual contingencies to Investor’s right to require the funding of the full amount of the Equity Financing, other than as set forth in or contemplated by the Equity Commitment Letter. As of the date of this Agreement, assuming the accuracy of the representations set forth in Sections 4.2, 4.3 and 4.4 and the satisfaction of the conditions set forth in Sections 7.1 and 7.2, Investor does not have any reason to believe that any of the conditions to the Equity Financing will not be satisfied or that the Equity Financing will not be available to Investor on the Closing Date.

(g) Acquisition for Investment. Investor is acquiring the Shares being purchased by it for its own account for the purpose of investment and not with a view to or for sale in connection with any distribution thereof, and Investor has no present intention or plan to effect any distribution of shares of MVT Holding Class A Common Stock; provided, however; that the disposition of such Investor’s property, including any shares of MVT Holding Class A Common Stock, shall at all times be and remain within its control, subject to the provisions of this Agreement and the Transaction Agreements, including the restrictions on transfer set forth in the Shareholders Agreement.

 

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(h) No Investment Company. Investor is not, and after giving effect to the Share Issuance will not be, required to register as an “investment company” as such term is defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended.

(i) Ownership of Stock. Neither Investor nor any Investor Tax Affiliate owns any shares, or options to acquire shares, of MI Common Stock or has any plan or intention to acquire any shares, or options to acquire shares, of capital stock of MVT Holding or any of its Subsidiaries (other than the Shares and shares acquired in a transaction that complies with Section 4.02 of the Tax Allocation Agreement).

Section 4.2 Representations and Warranties of MI Corp. Except as set forth in the MI Disclosure Schedule delivered to Investor prior to the execution of this Agreement (the “MI Disclosure Schedule”) (each section of which, to the extent specified therein, qualifies the correspondingly numbered representation and warranty of MI Corp. herein and any disclosure in such section qualifies any other representation and warranty of MI Corp. or MVT Corp. contained herein to which its application or relevance is reasonably apparent on its face), MI Corp. represents and warrants to Investor as follows:

(a) Organization. (i) MI Corp. is a corporation duly organized, validly existing and in active status under the laws of the State of Wisconsin. MI Corp is duly registered as a bank holding company under the Bank Holding Company Act of 1956, as amended (the “BHC Act”) and is a financial holding company pursuant to Section 4(l) of the BHC Act and meets the applicable requirements for qualification as such. Each of MI Corp. and the Subsidiaries of MI Corp. is duly qualified and in good standing or active status under the laws of its jurisdiction of incorporation or organization, and in each jurisdiction in which the property owned, leased or operated by the MVT Business or the nature of the MVT Business makes such qualification necessary, in each case other than in such jurisdictions where the failure to so qualify or to be in good standing, individually or in the aggregate, would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect on MVT Corp. or a Material Adverse Effect on MI Corp. True, correct and complete copies of the articles of incorporation and by-laws of MI Corp. in effect on the date hereof have been delivered or made available to Investor.

(ii) Merger Sub is a corporation duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of Wisconsin. Prior to the MI Merger, Merger Sub will not have conducted any operations and will have no assets or liabilities other than those incident to Merger Sub’s formation and those pursuant to this Agreement and the Transactions. True, correct and complete copies of the articles of incorporation and by-laws of Merger Sub in effect on the date hereof have been delivered or made available to Investor.

 

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(b) Capital Structure.

(i) The authorized capital stock of MI Corp. consists of 700,000,000 shares of MI Common Stock and 5,000,000 shares of Preferred Stock (the “MI Preferred Stock”) of which, as of this date hereof, 2,000,000 shares of the MI Preferred Stock have been designated Series A Convertible Preferred Stock. At the close of business on March 28, 2007 (the “Capitalization Date”), (A) 256,673,530 shares of MI Common Stock were issued and outstanding, all of which were validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable (subject to the personal liability which may be imposed on shareholders by former Section 180.0622(2)(b) of the WBCL for debts incurred prior to June 14, 2006 (for debts incurred on or after such date, Section 180.0622(2)(b) of the WBCL has been repealed) owing to employees for services performed, but not exceeding six months’ service in any one case) and free of preemptive rights, (B) no shares of MI Preferred Stock were issued or outstanding, (C) 5,298,894 shares of MI Common Stock were held in the treasury of MI Corp.; (D) 17,644,536 shares of MI Common Stock were reserved for issuance pursuant to outstanding options (the “MI Options”) to purchase shares of MI Common Stock pursuant to the plans and agreements listed in Section 4.2(b)(i) of the MI Disclosure Schedule (collectively, the “MI Option Plans”); (E) 824,682 shares of MI Common Stock were reserved for issuance pursuant to MI Corp.’s Amended and Restated 2000 Employee Stock Purchase Plan (the “MI Stock Purchase Plan”); (F) the issued and outstanding MI Common Stock included 601,620 restricted shares issued to employees of MI Corp. (the “MI Restricted Stock”) pursuant to the plans and agreements listed in Section 4.2(b)(i) of the MI Disclosure Schedule (collectively, the “MI Restricted Stock Plans”); and (G) 10,800,000 shares of Common Stock were reserved for issuance pursuant to units of Common SPACES issued by MI Corp. and an Affiliate thereof (the “MI SPACES Plan”). Except as set forth in the preceding sentence and except for shares reserved for issuance pursuant to outstanding registration statements of MI Corp., and additional shares issuable upon anti-dilution adjustment of the MI SPACES Plan, as of the Capitalization Date, (x) no shares of capital stock or other voting securities of MI Corp. were issued, reserved for issuance or outstanding, and (y) there are no options, warrants, calls, rights, puts or Contracts to which MI Corp. or any of its Subsidiaries is a party or by which any of them is bound obligating MI Corp. or any of its Subsidiaries to issue, deliver, sell or redeem or otherwise acquire, or cause to be issued, delivered, sold or redeemed or otherwise acquired, any additional shares of capital stock or MI Voting Debt (or any securities convertible or exercisable or exchangeable for shares of capital stock of MI Corp. or any of its Subsidiaries or MI Voting Debt) of MI Corp. or any of its Subsidiaries or obligating MI Corp. or any of its Subsidiaries to grant, extend or enter into any such option, warrant, call, right, put or Contract. As of the Capitalization Date, the MI Stock Option Plans, MI Stock Purchase Plan and the MI Restricted Stock Plans are the only benefit plans of MI Corp. or its Subsidiaries under which any shares of capital stock of MI Corp. or any of its Subsidiaries are issuable or which provide for stock appreciation rights or other rights the value of which is determined in whole or in part by reference to the value of securities of MI Corp. or any of its Subsidiaries. Each share of MI Common Stock which may be issued pursuant to any MI Option Plan, MI Stock Purchase Plan, MI Restricted Stock Plan or MI SPACES Plan has been duly authorized and, if and when issued pursuant to the terms thereof, will be validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable and free of preemptive rights.

(ii) Except as set forth in clause (i) above, as of the Capitalization Date, no bonds, debentures, notes or other indebtedness of MI Corp. having the right to vote (or convertible into or exchangeable for securities having the right to vote) on any matters on which shareholders of MI Corp. may vote (“MI Voting Debt”) are issued or outstanding.

 

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(iii) Other than the Transaction Agreements, as of the date hereof, there are no shareholder agreements, voting trusts or other Contracts to which MI Corp. is a party or by which it is bound relating to the voting or transfer of any shares of capital stock of MI Corp.

(iv) The authorized capital stock of Merger Sub consists of 1,000 shares of Merger Sub Common Stock, all of which are owned beneficially and of record by MVT Holding and are validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable.

(c) Authority; No Conflicts.

(i) MI Corp. has all requisite corporate power and authority to enter into this Agreement and the Transaction Agreements with respect to which MI Corp. is contemplated thereby to be a party and to consummate the Transactions, subject to obtaining the MI Transaction Approval and the Additional Required Approvals. The execution and delivery of this Agreement and the Transaction Agreements with respect to which MI Corp. is contemplated thereby to be a party by MI Corp. and the consummation by MI Corp. of the Transactions have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action on the part of MI Corp., subject to obtaining the MI Transaction Approval and the Additional Required Approvals. The only votes of the holders of capital stock (at any time any shares of such stock are held by any Person other than a member of the MI Group or the MVT Group) or other securities of MI Corp. necessary in connection with the Transactions are (A) the approval of the Share Issuance by the affirmative vote of a majority of the shares of MI Common Stock represented at the MI Shareholders Meeting and entitled to vote (provided that a majority of the shares of MI Common Stock entitled to vote is represented in person or by proxy at such meeting) and (B) the adoption of the MI Merger by the affirmative vote of a majority of the outstanding shares of MI Common Stock, it being understood and agreed that notwithstanding the foregoing, the parties hereto have agreed that the approval and adoption of this Agreement and the Transactions, including the Share Issuance and the MI Merger, by the MI Vote (the “MI Transaction Approval”) is a condition to their respective obligations hereunder to effect the Transactions. This Agreement has been, and the Transaction Agreements with respect to which MI Corp. is contemplated thereby to be a party will be, duly executed and delivered by MI Corp. and, assuming the due authorization and valid execution and delivery of this Agreement and the Transaction Agreements with respect to which MI Corp. is contemplated thereby to be a party by the other parties hereto and thereto, as applicable (other than Merger Sub, MVT Holding and MVT Corp.), constitute or will constitute valid and binding agreements of MI Corp., enforceable against MI Corp. in accordance with their respective terms, except as such enforceability may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, fraudulent conveyance, moratorium and similar Applicable Laws relating to or affecting creditors generally or by general equity principles (regardless of whether such enforceability is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law).

(ii) Merger Sub has all requisite corporate power and authority to enter into this Agreement and the Transaction Agreements with respect to which Merger Sub is contemplated thereby to be a party and to consummate the Transactions, subject to the adoption of this Agreement by MVT Holding as the sole shareholder of Merger Sub. The execution and

 

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delivery of this Agreement and the Transaction Agreements with respect to which Merger Sub is contemplated thereby to be a party by Merger Sub and the consummation by Merger Sub of the Transactions have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action on the part of Merger Sub, subject to the adoption of this Agreement by MVT Holding as the sole shareholder of Merger Sub. This Agreement has been, and the Transaction Agreements with respect to which Merger Sub is contemplated thereby to be a party will be, duly executed and delivered by Merger Sub and, assuming the due authorization and valid execution and delivery of this Agreement or the applicable Transaction Agreement with respect to which Merger Sub is contemplated thereby to be a party by the other parties hereto and thereto (other than MI Corp., MVT Holding and MVT Corp.), as applicable, constitutes or will constitute a valid and binding agreement of Merger Sub, enforceable against Merger Sub in accordance with their respective terms, except as such enforceability may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, fraudulent conveyance, moratorium and similar Applicable Laws relating to or affecting creditors generally or by general equity principles (regardless of whether such enforceability is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law).

(iii) The execution and delivery by MI Corp. and Merger Sub of this Agreement does not, the execution and delivery by MI Corp. and Merger Sub of the Transaction Agreements with respect to which MI Corp. or Merger Sub, as the case may be, is contemplated thereby to be a party will not, and the consummation by MI Corp. or Merger Sub, as the case may be, of the Transactions will not result in a Violation (with or without notice or lapse of time, or both) under: (A) any provision of the articles of incorporation or by-laws of MI Corp. or Merger Sub or (B) except as, individually or in the aggregate, would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect on MVT Corp. or a Material Adverse Effect on MI Corp., subject to obtaining or making the MI Necessary Consents or the MVT Necessary Consents, (1) any Contract to which MI Corp., MVT Corp. or any of their respective Subsidiaries is a party or by which any of their respective properties or assets is bound or (2) any permit, concession, franchise, license, judgment, order, decree, statute, law, ordinance, rule or regulation applicable to MI Corp., MVT Corp. or any Subsidiary of MI Corp. or MVT Corp. or their respective properties or assets.

(iv) No consent, approval, waiver, order or authorization of, or registration, declaration or filing with, any Governmental Entity or any other Person is required to be obtained or made by or with respect to MI Corp. in connection with the execution and delivery of this Agreement and the Transaction Agreements with respect to which MI Corp. is contemplated thereby to be a party by MI Corp. or the consummation by MI Corp. of the Transactions, except for those required under or in relation to (A) the HSR Act, (B) state securities or “blue sky” laws or regulations, (C) the Securities Act, (D) the Exchange Act, (E) filings under the WBCL and the WLLCL to effect the transactions contemplated by Section 2.01 of the Separation Agreement and Article III of this Agreement, (F) the rules and regulations of the NYSE and, if different, such national securities exchange designated by MVT Holding and Investor pursuant to Section 6.15, (G) applicable state or federal laws or regulations and the rules and regulations of the National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. (the “NASD”) or any other applicable regulatory authority regulating broker-dealers, investment advisors and insurance companies, (H) antitrust or other competition laws of other jurisdictions, (I) applicable state or federal banking laws or regulations, (J) obtaining the MI Transaction Approval and the Additional Required Approvals and (K) such consents, waivers, approvals, orders,

 

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authorizations, registrations, declarations and filings the failure of which to make or obtain, individually or in the aggregate, would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect on MVT Corp. or a Material Adverse Effect on MI Corp. Consents, approvals, orders, authorizations, registrations, declarations and filings required under or in relation to any of the foregoing clauses (A) through (J) or set forth in Section 4.2(c)(iv) of the MI Disclosure Schedule are referred to as the “MI Necessary Consents.”

(v) The Board of Directors of MI Corp., by resolution duly adopted at a meeting duly called and held and not subsequently rescinded or modified in any way, has duly (i) determined that this Agreement and the Transactions are advisable and in the best interests of MI Corp. and its shareholders and (ii) resolved to recommend to the shareholders of MI Corp. that the shareholders of MI Corp. approve the Transactions. No “fair price,” “business combination,” “moratorium,” “control share acquisition” or other form of anti-takeover statute or regulation under Wisconsin law or any anti-takeover provision in the articles of incorporation or by-laws of MI Corp. or other similar organizational documents of MI Corp. is applicable to the Transactions.

(d) Reports and Financial Statements.

(i) All forms, reports and other documents filed by MI Corp. and its Subsidiaries with the SEC since January 1, 2005 (collectively, including all exhibits thereto, the “MI SEC Reports”) at the time they were filed (or, if amended or superseded by a filing prior to the date of this Agreement, then on the date of such filing), complied in all material respects with the requirements of the Securities Act, the Exchange Act, the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, as amended (the “Sarbanes Act”) and the NYSE and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder, as applicable, and none of such MI SEC Reports contained any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading.

(ii) Each of the principal executive officer of MI Corp. and the principal financial officer of MI Corp. (or each former principal executive officer of MI Corp. and each former principal financial officer of MI Corp., as applicable) has made all certifications required by Rule 13a-14 or 15d-14 under the Exchange Act and Sections 302 and 906 of the Sarbanes Act with respect to the MI SEC Reports and the statements contained in such certifications are true, complete and correct. For purposes of this Section 4.2(d), “principal executive officer” and “principal financial officer” shall have the meanings given to such terms in the Sarbanes Act.

(iii) With respect to MVT Corp. and its Subsidiaries, MI Corp. and its Subsidiaries have designed and maintain a system of internal controls over financial reporting (as defined in Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f) of the Exchange Act) sufficient to provide reasonable assurances regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with GAAP. MI Corp. (A) has designed and maintains disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e) of the Exchange Act) to ensure that material information required to be disclosed by MI Corp. (with respect to MVT Corp. and its Subsidiaries) in the reports that MI Corp. files or submits under the

 

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Exchange Act is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified in the SEC’s rules and forms and is accumulated and communicated to MI Corp.’s management as appropriate to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure and to make the certifications of the principal executive officer and principal financial officer of MI Corp. required under the Exchange Act with respect to such reports and (B) has disclosed, based on its most recent evaluation of such disclosure controls and procedures prior to the date hereof to its auditors and the audit committee of its Board of Directors (x) any significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of MI Corp.’s internal controls over financial reporting (with respect to members of the MVT Group) that are reasonably likely to adversely affect in any material respect MI Corp.’s ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information (with respect to members of the MVT Group) and (y) any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees of members of the MVT Group who have a significant role in MI Corp.’s internal controls over financial reporting. MI Corp. has made available to Investor all available minutes of the audit committee of MI Corp.’s Board of Directors from January 1, 2006 until the date hereof.

(e) Information Supplied.

(i) None of the information supplied or to be supplied by MI Corp. for inclusion or incorporation by reference in (A) the Form S-4 will, at the time it becomes effective under the Securities Act, contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, (B) the Proxy Statement will, on the date it is first mailed to MI Corp. shareholders and at the time of the MI Shareholders Meeting, contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading and (C) the Form 10 will, at the time it becomes effective, contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading.

(ii) Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Section 4.2(e), no representation or warranty is made by MI Corp. with respect to statements made or incorporated by reference in the Form S-4, the Form 10 or the Proxy Statement based on information supplied by or on behalf of Investor for inclusion or incorporation by reference therein.

(f) Brokers or Finders. No agent, broker, investment banker, financial advisor or other firm or Person is or will be entitled to any broker’s or finder’s fee or any other similar commission or fee in connection with any of the Transactions based upon arrangements made by or on behalf of MI Corp. or any of its Subsidiaries, except J.P. Morgan Securities Inc., whose fees and expenses shall be paid in accordance with Section 6.6.

(g) Valuation Letter of MI Corp. Financial Advisor. MI Corp. has received the view of J.P. Morgan Securities Inc., as of the date hereof, with respect to the valuation range of MVT Corp. as of such date. The Purchase Price falls within the range of values indicated by J.P. Morgan Securities Inc.

 

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(h) Taxes.

(i) All Tax Returns required to be filed with respect to each of MI Corp. and its Subsidiaries have been timely filed, or requests for extensions to file such Tax Returns have been timely filed, granted and have not expired, and all such Tax Returns are complete and correct, except to the extent that such failures to file, to have extensions granted that remain in effect or to be complete or correct, individually or in the aggregate, would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect on MVT Corp. All material Taxes due with respect to MI Corp. and its Subsidiaries have been paid or accrued in accordance with GAAP. Since the date of the most recent MI Filed SEC Reports, no Tax liability with respect to MI Corp. and its Subsidiaries has been incurred outside the ordinary course of business or otherwise inconsistent with past custom and practice. All material Tax Returns required to be filed by each of MVT Corp. and its Subsidiaries have been timely filed, or requests for extensions to file such Tax Returns have been timely filed, granted and have not expired, and all such Tax Returns are complete and correct in all material respects.

(ii) No deficiencies for any Taxes have been proposed, asserted or assessed in writing in respect of or against MI Corp. or any of its Subsidiaries that are not adequately reserved for in the financial statements of MI Corp. included in the MI Filed SEC Reports (and in the case of MVT Corp., the MVT Financial Statements), except for deficiencies that, individually or in the aggregate, would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect on MVT Corp. No material deficiencies for any Taxes have been proposed, asserted or assessed in writing against MVT Corp. or any of its Subsidiaries that are not adequately reserved for in the MVT Financial Statements. The applicable statutes of limitations have expired for all Tax periods through 2001 for all material Tax Returns of MI Corp. and each of its Subsidiaries. Since January 1, 2001, no written claim has been made to MI Corp. or any of its Subsidiaries by a Governmental Entity in a jurisdiction where MVT Corp. or any of its Subsidiaries does not file a Tax Return that any of MVT Corp. or its Subsidiaries is or may be subject to a material Tax liability in that jurisdiction.

(iii) None of MI Corp. or its Subsidiaries has taken any action, and to the Knowledge of MI Corp. there is no fact, agreement, plan or other circumstance, that could reasonably be expected to prevent (A) the MI Merger and the MI Conversion from together qualifying as a reorganization within the meaning of Section 368(a) of the Code or (B) the MI Contribution and the Share Distribution from qualifying as a reorganization under Section 368 (a)(1)(D) of the Code and a distribution eligible for nonrecognition under Sections 355(a) and 361(c) of the Code.

(iv) None of MI Corp. or any of its Subsidiaries is a party to any Tax sharing or Tax indemnity agreements entered into after January 1, 2001 (other than the Tax Allocation Agreement and any agreements between or among MVT Corp. and its Subsidiaries) that could reasonably be expected to result in a material Tax liability to MVT Corp. or any of its Subsidiaries.

(v) Other than with respect to the Share Distribution, within the past five years, none of MI Corp. or any of its Subsidiaries has been a “distributing corporation” or a “controlled corporation” in a distribution intended to qualify under Section 355(a) of the Code.

 

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(vi) None of MVT Corp. or any of its Subsidiaries is obligated to make any payments, or is a party to any Contract or MVT Plan that could obligate it to make any payments, that would not be deductible by reason of Section 162(m) or Section 280G of the Code.

(vii) None of MVT Corp. or any of its Subsidiaries has agreed to make, or is required to make, any material adjustment affecting any open taxable year or period under Section 481(a) of the Code or any similar provision of state, local or foreign law by reason of a change in accounting methods or otherwise.

(viii) Since January 1, 2001, none of MVT Corp. or any of its Subsidiaries has been required to reallocate, or is subject to an Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”) or other Governmental Entity challenge that would require the reallocation of, gross income, deductions, credits or allowances, or of any item or element affecting taxable income, by reason of Section 482 of the Code.

(ix) Other than pursuant to the Tax Allocation Agreement, neither MVT Corp. nor any of its Subsidiaries has any material liability under Treasury Regulation Section 1.1502-6 (or any comparable or similar provision of federal, state, local or foreign Applicable Laws), as a transferee or successor, pursuant to any contractual obligation, or otherwise for any Taxes of any person other than MVT Corp. or any of its Subsidiaries.

(x) Neither MVT Corp., nor any of its Subsidiaries has engaged in one of the types of transactions the IRS has determined to be a tax avoidance transaction and identified by notice, regulation, or other form of published guidance as a “listed transaction,” as set forth in Treasury Regulation Section 1.6011-4(b)(2).

(i) Permits; Compliance with Laws. Members of the MI Group (A) hold all permits, licenses, franchises, variances, exemptions, orders and approvals of all Governmental Entities which are necessary for the operation of the business of the MI Group as currently conducted (the “MI Permits”), and no suspension or cancellation of any of the MI Permits is pending or, to the Knowledge of MI Corp., threatened and (B) are in compliance in all respects with the terms of the MI Permits, except in each case where the failure to hold such MI Permits or the suspension or cancellation of any such MI Permits or the noncompliance with respect to such MI Permits would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect on MI Corp. or a Material Adverse Effect on MVT Corp. None of the members of the MI Group is in violation of, and MI Corp. and its Subsidiaries have not received since January 1, 2005 any written notices of violations with respect to, any Applicable Laws, except where such violations would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect on MI Corp. or a Material Adverse Effect on MVT Corp.

Section 4.3 Representations and Warranties of MI Corp., MVT Holding and MVT Corp. Except as set forth in the MVT Disclosure Schedule delivered by MVT Corp. to Investor prior to the execution of this Agreement (the “MVT Disclosure Schedule”) (each section of which, to the extent specified therein, qualifies the correspondingly numbered representation and warranty of MVT Corp. contained herein and any disclosure in such section

 

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qualifies any other representation and warranty of MI Corp. or MVT Corp. contained herein to which its application or relevance is reasonably apparent on its face), each of MI Corp., MVT Holding and MVT Corp. represent and warrant to Investor as follows:

(a) Organization, Standing and Power; Subsidiaries.

(i) MVT Corp. is a corporation duly incorporated, validly existing and in active status under the laws of State of Wisconsin. Each of the Subsidiaries of MVT Corp. is a corporation or other organization duly organized, validly existing and in good standing or active status (where applicable) under the laws of its jurisdiction of incorporation or organization, and MVT Corp. and each of its Subsidiaries has the requisite power and authority to own, lease and operate its properties and to carry on the MVT Business as now being conducted and as it will be conducted through the Closing Date, except where the failure to be so organized, existing and in good standing or to have such power and authority, individually or in the aggregate, would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect on MVT Corp., and each of MVT Corp. and its Subsidiaries is duly qualified and in good standing to do business in each jurisdiction in which the nature of the MVT Business or the ownership or leasing of its properties makes such qualification necessary, in each case other than in such jurisdictions where the failure to so qualify or to be in good standing, individually or in the aggregate, would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect on MVT Corp. True, correct and complete copies of the articles of incorporation and by-laws of MVT Corp. in effect on the date hereof have been delivered or made available to Investor.

(ii) Section 4.3(a)(ii) of the MVT Disclosure Schedule sets forth a list of all the Subsidiaries of MVT Corp. which as of the date of this Agreement would be Significant Subsidiaries of MVT Corp. (as defined in Rule 1-02(w) of Regulation S-X of the SEC) if the Share Distribution had occurred immediately prior to the date hereof (the “MVT Significant Subsidiaries”). All the outstanding shares of capital stock of, or other equity interests in, each such MVT Significant Subsidiary have been validly issued and are fully paid and nonassessable (except, in the case of any Significant Subsidiaries that are Wisconsin corporations or foreign corporations that are qualified to do business in Wisconsin, subject to the personal liability which may be imposed on shareholders by former Section 180.0622(2)(b) of the WBCL for debts incurred prior to June 14, 2006 (for debts incurred on or after such date, Section 180.0622(2)(b) of the WBCL has been repealed) owing to employees for services performed, but not exceeding six months’ service in any one case) and are owned directly or indirectly by MVT Corp., free and clear of all material Liens and free of any other material restriction (including any restriction on the right to vote, sell or otherwise dispose of such capital stock or other equity interests, but excluding restrictions under the Securities Act). None of MVT Corp. or any MVT Significant Subsidiaries directly or indirectly owns any equity or similar interest in, or any interest convertible into or exchangeable or exercisable for any equity or similar interest in, any corporation, partnership, joint venture or other business association or entity (other than Subsidiaries of MVT Corp.) that is or would reasonably be expected to be material to MVT Corp. and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole.

(b) Capital Structure.

(i) The authorized capital stock of MVT Corp. consists of 1,000 shares of MVT Common Stock, all of which are, as of the date hereof, and at all times prior to the MVT Distribution Time will be, owned of record and beneficially by a member of the MI Group or the MVT Group free and clear of any Liens. There are no other shares of capital stock or other equity securities of MVT Corp. that are authorized or outstanding. Immediately following the MVT Distribution all of the outstanding shares of MVT Common Stock will be owned of record and beneficially by MVT Holding, and no shares of MVT Common Stock will be held by MVT Corp. in its treasury. All issued and outstanding shares of MVT Common Stock are duly authorized, validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable (subject to the personal liability which may be imposed on shareholders by former Section 180.0622(2)(b) of the WBCL for debts incurred prior to June 14, 2006 (for debts incurred on or after such date, Section 180.0622(2)(b) of the WBCL has been repealed) owing to employees for services performed, but not exceeding six months’ service in any one case), and the shares of MVT Common Stock are not entitled to preemptive rights.

 

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(ii) No bonds, debentures, notes or other indebtedness of MVT Corp. having the right to vote (or convertible into or exchangeable for securities having the right to vote) on any matters on which shareholders of MVT Corp. may vote (“MVT Voting Debt”) are issued or outstanding.

(iii) Except as contemplated by this Agreement and the Transaction Agreements, there are no securities, options, warrants, calls, rights, commitments, agreements, arrangements or undertakings of any kind to which MVT Corp. or any of its Subsidiaries is a party or by which any of them is bound obligating MVT Corp. or any of its Subsidiaries to issue, deliver or sell, or cause to be issued, delivered or sold, additional shares of capital stock of MVT Corp. or any of its Subsidiaries, MVT Voting Debt, MVT Common Stock or other voting securities of MVT Corp. or any of its Subsidiaries or obligating MVT Corp. or any of its Subsidiaries to issue, grant, extend or enter into any such security, option, warrant, call, right, commitment, agreement, arrangement or undertaking. There are no, except as provided for in or permitted by this Agreement or the Transaction Agreements, outstanding obligations of MVT Corp. or any of its Subsidiaries to repurchase, redeem or otherwise acquire any shares of capital stock of MVT Corp. or any of its Subsidiaries.

(iv) Other than the Contracts contemplated to effect the Transactions, there are no shareholder agreements, voting trusts or other Contracts to which MVT Corp. is a party or by which it is bound relating to the voting or transfer of any shares of capital stock of MVT Corp.

(c) Authority; No Conflicts.

(i) MVT Corp. has all requisite corporate power and authority to enter into this Agreement and the Transaction Agreements with respect to which MVT Corp. is contemplated thereby to be a party and to consummate the Transactions, subject to the MI Transaction Approval and the Additional Required Approvals. The execution and delivery of this Agreement and the Transaction Agreements with respect to which MVT Corp. is contemplated thereby to be a party by MVT Corp. and the consummation by MVT Corp. of the Transactions have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action on the part of MVT

 

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Corp., subject to the MI Transaction Approval and the Additional Required Approvals. This Agreement has been, and the Transaction Agreements with respect to which MVT Corp. is contemplated thereby to be a party will be, duly executed and delivered by MVT Corp. and, assuming the due authorization and valid execution and delivery of this Agreement or the applicable Transaction Agreements with respect to which MVT Corp. is contemplated thereby to be a party by the other parties hereto and thereto, as applicable (other than MI Corp., Merger Sub and MVT Holding), constitute or will constitute valid and binding agreements of MVT Corp., enforceable against MVT Corp. in accordance with their respective terms, except as such enforceability may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, fraudulent conveyance, moratorium and similar Applicable Laws relating to or affecting creditors generally or by general equity principles (regardless of whether such enforceability is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law).

(ii) The execution and delivery by MVT Corp. of this Agreement does not, the execution and delivery by MVT Corp. of the Transaction Agreements with respect to which MVT Corp. is contemplated thereby to be a party will not, and the consummation by MVT Corp. of the Transactions will not result in a Violation (with or without notice or lapse of time, or both) under: (A) any provision of the articles of incorporation or by-laws or similar organizational documents of MVT Corp. or any Subsidiary of MVT Corp. or (B) except as, individually or in the aggregate, would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect on MVT Corp., subject to obtaining or making the MVT Necessary Consents, (1) any Contract to which MVT Corp. or any of its Subsidiaries is a party or by which any of them or any of their respective properties or assets is bound or (2) any permit, concession, franchise, license, judgment, order, decree, statute, law, ordinance, rule or regulation applicable to MVT Corp. or any Subsidiary of MVT Corp. or their respective properties or assets.

(iii) The Board of Directors of MVT Corp., by resolutions duly adopted by unanimous written consent and not subsequently rescinded or modified in any way has duly (A) determined that this Agreement, the Transactions and the Transaction Agreements with respect to which MVT Corp. is contemplated thereby to be a party are advisable and in the best interests of MVT Corp. and its shareholder and (B) approved this Agreement, the Transactions contemplated hereby and by the Transaction Agreements.

(iv) No consent, approval, waiver, order or authorization of, or registration, declaration or filing with, any Governmental Entity or any other Person is required to be obtained or made by or with respect to MVT Corp. or any Subsidiary of MVT Corp. in connection with the execution and delivery by MVT Corp. of this Agreement and the Transaction Agreements with respect to which MVT Corp. is contemplated thereby to be a party or the consummation by MVT Corp. of the Transactions, except for those required under or in relation to (A) the HSR Act, (B) state securities or “blue sky” laws or regulations, (C) the Securities Act, (D) the Exchange Act, (E) the rules and regulations of the NYSE and, if different, such national securities exchange designated by MVT Holding and Investor pursuant to Section 6.15, (F) antitrust or other competition laws of other jurisdictions, (G) applicable state or federal laws or regulations and the rules and regulations of the NASD or any other applicable regulatory authority regulating broker dealers, investment advisors and insurance companies, (H) applicable state or federal banking laws or regulations, (I) obtaining the MI Transaction Approval and the Additional Required Approvals, and (J) such consents, approvals, waivers, orders,

 

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authorizations, registrations, declarations and filings the failure of which to make or obtain, individually or in the aggregate, would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect on MVT Corp. Consents, waivers, approvals, orders, authorizations, registrations, declarations and filings required under or in relation to any of the foregoing clauses (A) through (I) or set forth in Section 4.3(c)(iv) of the MVT Disclosure Schedule are referred to as the “MVT Necessary Consents.”

(d) Reports and Financial Statements; No Undisclosed Liabilities

(i) As of the date hereof, neither MVT Corp. nor any of its Subsidiaries is required to file any form, report or other document with the SEC. Included in Section 4.3(d)(i) of the MVT Disclosure Schedule are the consolidated balance sheets of MVT Corp. and its Subsidiaries as of December 31, 2006 and 2005, and the related consolidated statements of income, cash flows and shareholders’ equity for the fiscal years ended December 31, 2006 and 2005, in each case audited by MVT Corp.’s independent public accountants, whose report thereon is included therewith (such statements, together with the notes thereto, the “MVT Financial Statements”). The MVT Financial Statements (including the related notes thereto) fairly present, in all material respects, the consolidated financial position and consolidated results of operations and cash flows of MVT Corp. and its consolidated Subsidiaries as of the respective dates or for the respective periods set forth therein, all in conformity with GAAP consistently applied during the periods covered thereby except as otherwise noted therein.

(ii) Each of the principal executive officer of MVT Corp. and the principal financial officer of MVT Corp. have made back-up certifications with respect to the MVT Business to the principal executive officer of MI Corp. and the principal financial officer of MI Corp. necessary to allow such officers of MI Corp. to make all certifications required by Rule 13a 14 or 15d 14 under the Exchange Act and Sections 302 and 906 of the Sarbanes Act with respect to the Annual Report on Form 10-K of MI Corp. for the year ended December 31, 2006. For purposes of this Section 4.3(d), “principal executive officer” and “principal financial officer” shall have the meanings given to such terms in the Sarbanes Act and applying such terms to MVT Corp. as though it were a separate reporting company under the Exchange Act.

(iii) Except as disclosed in the MI SEC Reports filed after January 1, 2007 and publicly available prior to the date hereof, other than the text of any “risk factors” and the text of any disclaimers with respect to forward-looking statements (such MI SEC Reports, other than such “risk factors” and disclaimers, the “MI Filed SEC Reports”) or as set forth in the MVT Financial Statements, as of the date hereof none of MVT Corp. nor any of its Subsidiaries have any liabilities or obligations of any nature (whether absolute, accrued, indirect, direct or contingent) other than (A) liabilities or obligations incurred in the ordinary course of business or (B) liabilities or obligations that, individually or in the aggregate, do not exceed $15 million.

(e) Information Supplied.

(i) None of the information supplied or to be supplied by MVT Corp. specifically for inclusion or incorporation by reference in (A) the Form S-4 will, at the time it becomes effective under the Securities Act, contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements

 

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therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, (B) the Proxy Statement will, on the date it is first mailed to MI Corp. shareholders and at the time of the MI Shareholders Meeting respectively, contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading. and (C) the Form 10 will, at the time the Form 10 becomes effective contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading.

(ii) Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Section 4.3(e), no representation or warranty is made by MVT Corp. with respect to statements made or incorporated by reference in the Form S-4, the Form 10 or the Proxy Statement based on information supplied by or on behalf of Investor for inclusion or incorporation by reference therein.

(f) Litigation; Compliance with Laws.

(i) Except as set forth in the MI Filed SEC Reports, or in the MVT Financial Statements, there is no Action pending or, to the Knowledge of MVT Corp., threatened against MI Corp. or any Subsidiary of MI Corp. or any property or asset of MI Corp. or any Subsidiary of MI Corp. which, individually or in the aggregate, would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect on MVT Corp., nor is there any material judgment, decree, injunction, rule or order of any Governmental Entity or arbitrator outstanding against MI Corp. or any of its Subsidiaries with respect to the MVT Business.

(ii) Members of the MVT Group hold all material permits, licenses, franchises, variances, exemptions, orders and approvals of all Governmental Entities which are necessary for the operation of the MVT Business (the “MVT Permits”), and no suspension or cancellation of any of the MVT Permits is pending or, to the Knowledge of MVT Corp., threatened. Members of the MVT Group are in compliance in all material respects with the terms of the MVT Permits. None of MI Corp. or any of its Subsidiaries is, in any material respect, in violation of, and MI Corp. and its Subsidiaries have not received since January 1, 2005 any written notices of material violations with respect to, any Applicable Laws.

(g) Absence of Certain Changes or Events. Except (i) as specifically contemplated or permitted by this Agreement or the Transaction Agreements or (ii) as set forth in the MI Filed SEC Reports or in the MVT Financial Statements, since December 31, 2006 through the date hereof, (A) members of the MVT Group have conducted their business only in the ordinary course, consistent with past practice, and (B) there has not been any event, change, circumstance or development (including any damage, destruction or loss whether or not covered by insurance) which, individually or in the aggregate, has had, or would reasonably be expected to have, a Material Adverse Effect on MVT Corp. From December 31, 2006 through the date of this Agreement, except as set forth in the MI Filed SEC Reports or in the MVT Financial Statements, none of MI Corp. or any of its Subsidiaries has taken any action that, if taken without the consent of Investor during the period from the date of this Agreement through the Closing Date, would constitute a breach of Sections 5.1(e), 5.1(h), 5.1(j) or 5.1(k).

 

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(h) Environmental Matters. Except as, individually or in the aggregate, would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect on MVT Corp.: (i) the operations of members of the MVT Group have been and are in compliance with all applicable Environmental Laws and with all MVT Permits required by applicable Environmental Laws; (ii) there are no pending or, to the Knowledge of MVT Corp., threatened, Actions under or pursuant to Environmental Laws against MVT Corp., or other members of the MVT Group, or, to the Knowledge of MVT Corp., any other Person whose Environmental Liabilities or any member of the MVT Group has or may have retained or assumed by contract or operation of law, or involving any real property currently or, to the Knowledge of MVT Corp., formerly owned, operated or leased by any member of the MVT Group; and (iii) members of the MVT Group and, to the Knowledge of MVT Corp., Persons whose Environmental Liabilities any member of the MVT Group has or may have retained or assumed by contract or operation of law are not subject to any Environmental Liabilities and, to the Knowledge of MVT Corp., there are no facts, circumstances or conditions (including the presence, release or threatened release of Hazardous Materials at any location whether or not owned or operated by any member of the MVT Group) which would reasonably be expected to result in Environmental Liabilities for any member of the MVT Group, or, to the Knowledge of MVT Corp., any other Person whose Environmental Liabilities any member of the MVT Group has or may have retained or assumed by contract or operation of law.

As used in this Agreement, “Environmental Laws” means any and all foreign, federal, state, local or municipal laws, rules, orders, regulations, statutes, ordinances, codes, decisions, injunctions, orders, decrees, requirements of any Governmental Entity, any and all common law requirements, rules and bases of liability regulating, relating to or imposing liability or standards of conduct, in each case, concerning pollution, Hazardous Materials (as defined below) or protection of human health or the environment, and includes the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act, 42 U.S.C. Section 9601 et seq., the Hazardous Materials Transportation Act, 49 U.S.C. Section 1801 et seq., the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act, 42 U.S.C. Section 6901 et seq., the Clean Water Act, 33 U.S.C. Section 1251 et seq., the Clean Air Act, 33 U.S.C. Section 2601 et seq., the Toxic Substances Control Act, 15 U.S.C. Section 2601 et seq., the Occupational Safety and Health Act, 29 U.S.C. Section 651 et seq. (but solely as it relates to the exposure of Hazardous Materials) and the Oil Pollution Act of 1990, 33 U.S.C. Section 2701 et seq., as such laws have been amended or supplemented, and the regulations promulgated pursuant thereto, and all analogous state or local statutes. As used in this Agreement, “Environmental Liabilities” with respect to any Person means any and all liabilities of or relating to such Person or any of its Subsidiaries (including any entity which is, in whole or in part, a predecessor of such Person or any of such Subsidiaries), whether vested or unvested, contingent or fixed, actual or potential, known or unknown, which (i) arise under or relate to matters covered or regulated by, or for which liability is imposed under, Environmental Laws and (ii) relate to actions occurring or conditions existing on or prior to the Closing Date. As used in this Agreement, “Hazardous Materials” means all substances defined in, regulated under or for which liability is imposed by Environmental Laws, including Hazardous Substances,

 

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Oils, Pollutants or Contaminants as defined in the National Oil and Hazardous Substances Pollution Contingency Plan, 40 C.F.R. § 300.5., asbestos, mold, polychlorinated biphenyls and radioactive materials.

(i) Intellectual Property. Except as set forth in the MI Filed SEC Reports and except as would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect on MVT Corp.: (i) the members of the MVT Group own, or are licensed to use, all trademarks, service marks, trade dress, logos, trade names, service names, corporate names, domain names, brand identifiers, copyrights, proprietary designs, Computer Software, databases, trade secrets, know-how, patents, patent applications, inventions and similar rights (“Intellectual Property”) used in the conduct of the MVT Business as currently conducted; (ii) to the Knowledge of MVT Corp., all Intellectual Property owned by the members of the MVT Group is valid and enforceable and the use of any Intellectual Property by the members of the MVT Group does not infringe upon, misappropriate or otherwise violate the Intellectual Property rights of any Person; (iii) to the Knowledge of MVT Corp., the use by the members of the MVT Group of Intellectual Property which is licensed to any member of the MVT Group is substantially in accordance with the terms of the applicable license agreement pursuant to which the applicable member of the MVT Group acquired the right to use such Intellectual Property; (iv) to the Knowledge of MVT Corp., no Person is infringing, misappropriating or otherwise violating any right of any member of the MVT Group with respect to any Intellectual Property owned by and/or exclusively licensed to any member of the MVT Group; (v) there is no claim or proceeding pending or, to the Knowledge of MVT Corp., threatened against any member of the MVT Group challenging their respective use of Intellectual Property; and (vi) to the Knowledge of MVT Corp., no Intellectual Property owned by any member of the MVT Group is being used by or enforced by any member of the MVT Group in a manner that would reasonably be expected to result in the abandonment, cancellation or unenforceability of such Intellectual Property.

(j) Title to Properties; Assets/Services. Each of MVT Corp. and its Subsidiaries has good and valid title to, or, in the case of leased properties and assets, valid leasehold interests in, all of its tangible properties and assets, except where the failure to have such good and valid title, or valid leasehold interest, would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect on MVT Corp. The tangible property and assets of MVT Group., together with the services to be provided by the MI Group to the MVT Group pursuant to the Transaction Agreements, constitute (i) all of the tangible property and assets necessary to permit MVT Group to carry on the MVT Business after the Closing Date in all material respects as conducted by the MVT Group prior thereto and (ii) as of the date hereof, all of the tangible property and assets primarily used by the MVT Group in carrying on the MVT Business as of the date hereof.

(k) Certain Contracts.

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Contract that (A) is a “material contract” (as such term is defined in Item 601(b)(10) of Regulation S-K promulgated by the SEC and applying such term to MVT Corp. as though it were a separate reporting company under the Exchange Act for purposes of this Section 4.3(k)), (B) limits or purports to limit the ability of MVT Corp. or any of its Subsidiaries to incur indebtedness or pay dividends, (C) is a loan agreement, credit agreement, note, bond, mortgage, indenture or other agreement or instrument pursuant to which any indebtedness of MVT Corp. or any of its Subsidiaries in an aggregate principal amount in excess of $10 million is outstanding or may be incurred, (D) is a limited liability company agreement, partnership agreement, joint venture agreement or other similar agreement relating to any partnership or joint venture that is material to the MVT Business other than any such limited liability company agreement, partnership agreement, joint venture agreement or other similar agreement with respect to a wholly-owned Subsidiary of MVT Corp., (E) limits in any material respect the right of MVT Corp. or its Subsidiaries to engage or compete in any line of business that is material to MVT Corp. and its Subsidiaries as a whole, (F) contains “most favored nation” pricing provisions, that would reasonably be expected to be material to MVT Corp. or its Subsidiaries, (G) grants any exclusive rights, rights of first refusal, rights of first negotiation or similar rights to any person, in each case in any respect material to the business of MVT Corp. and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, (H) provides for the acquisition or disposition (pending as of the date hereof), directly or indirectly (by merger or otherwise), of assets or capital stock or other equity interests of another person for aggregate consideration under such Contract in excess of $50 million, (I) is an acquisition or disposition Contract pursuant to which MVT Corp. or its Subsidiaries has continuing indemnification, “earn-out” or other contingent payment obligations, in each case, that could reasonably be expected to result in payments by MVT Corp. in excess of $10 million, (J) is a Contract to provide services to any of MVT Corp.’s twenty largest customers, measured by net revenues during the fiscal year ended December 31, 2006 (the “Customer Contracts”), (K) calls for or could reasonably be expected to require aggregate payments by MVT Corp. or its Subsidiaries in excess of $30 million over the remaining term of such Contract, or in excess of $10 million in any twelve month period, or (L) is a Contract between or among any member or members of the MVT Group, on the one and, and any member or members of the MI Group, on the other hand, that is material to the business of the MVT Group as a whole. Each Contract of the type described in this Section 4.3(k)(i), whether or not listed in Section 4.3(k) of the MVT Disclosure Schedule, is referred to herein as a “MVT Material Contract.”

(ii) Each MVT Material Contract is valid and in full force and effect (except those which are cancelled, rescinded or terminated after the date hereof in accordance with their terms), except where the failure to be in full force and effect would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect on MVT Corp. To the Knowledge of MVT Corp., no Person is challenging the validity or enforceability of any MVT Material Contract, except such challenges which would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect on MVT Corp. Neither MVT Corp. nor any of its Subsidiaries has Knowledge of, or has received written notice of, any violation of or default under (or any condition which with the passage of time or the giving of notice would cause such a violation of or default under) any MVT Material Contract or any other Contract to which it is a party or by which it or any of its properties or assets is bound, except for violations or defaults that would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect on MVT Corp. As of the date hereof, neither MVT Corp. nor any of its Subsidiaries has Knowledge of, or has received written notice of, any customer’s intention not to renew any Customer Contract. True and

 

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complete copies of all MVT Material Contracts have been delivered or made available to Investor, which copies, in the case of Customer Contracts, may have been redacted to exclude confidential or competitively sensitive information.

(l) Employee Benefits.

(i) Section 4.3(l)(i) of the MVT Disclosure Schedule contains a true and complete list of each MVT Plan. As of the date hereof, with respect to each MVT Plan, MVT has made available or delivered to Investor a true, correct and complete copy of such plan and the current summary plan description and any material modifications thereto, if any, and, if such plan will be maintained by the MVT Group following the Closing: (A) all related trust agreements, and insurance contracts and other funding vehicles; (B) the two most recent Annual Reports (Form 5500 Series) and accompanying schedules and exhibits, if any; (C) the two most recent annual financial reports, if any; (D) the two most recent actuarial reports, if any; and (E) the most recent determination letter from the IRS, if any. With respect to each MVT Plan, MVT Corp. and its ERISA Affiliates and other Subsidiaries have complied in all material respects with, and are now in compliance in all material respects with, to the extent applicable, all provisions of ERISA, the Code and all other Applicable Laws and regulations. Each MVT Plan has been operated and administered, in all material respects, in accordance with its terms. Except as set forth in Section 4.3(l)(i) of the MVT Disclosure Schedule, no MVT Plan is (or was, during the past six years) subject to Title IV or Section 302 of ERISA. No material liability under Title IV or Section 302 of ERISA has been incurred by MVT Corp. or any of its ERISA Affiliates or other member of the MVT Group that has not been satisfied in full, and no condition exists that presents a material risk to MVT Corp. or any of its ERISA Affiliates or other member of the MVT Group of incurring any such liability, other than liability for premiums due the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation. All premiums due the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation have been fully paid on a timely basis. No MVT Plan provides for post-employment welfare benefits, except as required under Applicable Laws or specified in Section 4.3(l)(i) of the MVT Disclosure Schedule. MI Corp. and its Affiliates have reserved the right to amend, terminate or modify at any time all plans or arrangements providing for retiree health or life insurance coverage, and with respect to any plan or arrangement that does not provide such benefits, there has not been, to the Knowledge of MVT Corp., any communication by MI Corp. or its Subsidiaries to MVT Employees which could reasonably be interpreted to promise or guarantee retiree health or life insurance or other retiree death benefits on a permanent basis. All MVT Plans subject to the Applicable Laws of any jurisdiction outside of the United States (1) have been maintained in all material respects in accordance with all applicable requirements, (2) if they are intended to qualify for special Tax treatment meet all requirements for such treatment in all material respects, and (3) if they are intended to be funded and/or book-reserved are fully funded and/or book-reserved, as appropriate, based upon reasonable actuarial assumptions.

(ii) As of the date hereof, each MVT Plan that is intended to be “qualified” within the meaning of Section 401(a) of the Code, and the trust maintained pursuant thereto, has been determined to be so qualified and exempt from federal income Taxation under Section 501 of the Code by the IRS, and to the Knowledge of MVT Corp. and MI Corp., nothing has occurred with respect to the operation of any such MVT Plan that would reasonably be expected to cause the loss of such qualification of exemption from Tax.

 

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(iii) As of the date hereof, no member of the MVT Group has any material liability under or obligation to any Multiemployer Plan and no MVT Plan is a Multiemployer Plan. The MVT Plans provide benefits only to current and former employees of the MVT Group.

(iv) Except as contemplated by the Employee Matters Agreement or this Agreement, the consummation of the Transactions (either by themselves or in combination with another event) do not (A) entitle any current or former employee, director or officer of MVT Corp. or any of its Subsidiaries to any severance pay, unemployment compensation or any other payment or (B) accelerate the time of payment or vesting of benefits, or materially increase the amount of compensation, due any such current or former employee, director or officer of MVT Corp. or any of its Subsidiaries.

(v) MI Corp., MVT Corp. and their Subsidiaries and their ERISA Affiliates have paid all amounts that they are required to pay as contributions to the MVT Plans as of the last day of the most recent fiscal year of each of the MVT Plans; all benefits accrued under any funded or unfunded MVT Plan have been paid, accrued or otherwise adequately reserved for in accordance with GAAP as of December 31, 2006; and all monies withheld from employee paychecks with respect to MVT Plans have been or will be transferred to the appropriate MVT Plan in a timely manner as required by Applicable Law.

(m) Labor Relations. On the date hereof, neither MI Corp. or any of its Subsidiaries (in each case, with respect to any Persons employed by or otherwise performing services primarily for MVT Corp. or any of its Subsidiaries (the “MVT Business Personnel”)), MVT Corp. nor any of its Subsidiaries is a party to any material collective bargaining Contract, work rules or practices, or any other labor-related agreements or arrangements with any labor union, labor organization or works council. As of the date hereof, (i) no labor organization or group of MVT Business Personnel has made a material pending demand for recognition or certification, (ii) there are no material representation or certification proceedings or petitions seeking a representation proceeding presently pending or, to the Knowledge of MVT Corp., threatened to be brought or filed, with the National Labor Relations Board or any other domestic or foreign labor relations tribunal or authority, and (iii) to the Knowledge of MVT Corp., there are no labor union organizing activities with respect to any MVT Business Personnel. Neither MI Corp., MVT Corp. nor any of their Subsidiaries has engaged in any material unfair labor practice with respect to any MVT Business Personnel, and there is no material unfair labor practice complaint or grievance against MI Corp., MVT Corp. or any of their Subsidiaries by the National Labor Relations Board or any comparable state agency pending or threatened in writing with respect to MVT Business Personnel. Between January 1, 2005 and the date hereof, there have been no actual, or to the Knowledge of MVT Corp., material threatened, strikes, work stoppages, slowdowns, lockouts, arbitrations, grievances or other labor disputes involving MVT Business Personnel.

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businesses similar to that of MVT Corp. (taking into account the cost and availability of such insurance). Section 4.3(n) of the MVT Disclosure Schedule sets forth, as of the date hereof, a complete and correct list of all material insurance policies owned or held by MI Corp. or its Subsidiaries with respect to MVT Corp. or its Subsidiaries. As of the date hereof, with respect to each such insurance policy, except as would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect on MVT Corp., (i) the policy is legal, valid, binding and enforceable in accordance with its terms and, except for policies that have expired under their terms in the ordinary course, is in full force and effect; (ii) neither MI Corp., MVT Corp. nor any Subsidiary is in material breach or default (including any such breach or default with respect to the payment of premiums or the giving of notice), and, to MI Corp.’s Knowledge, no event has occurred which, with notice or the lapse of time, would constitute such a breach or default, or permit termination or modification, under the policy; (iii) to the Knowledge of MI Corp., no insurer on the policy has been declared insolvent or placed in receivership, conservatorship or liquidation; and (iv) to the Knowledge of MI Corp., no notice of cancellation or termination has been received other than in connection with ordinary renewals.

(o) Liens. No Liens exist on any assets of any member of the MVT Group, except as would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect on MVT Corp.

(p) Real Property.

(i) Section 4.3(p) of the MVT Disclosure Schedule contains as of the date hereof a list of all real property relating to the MVT Business that is (A) owned by MVT Corp. or its Subsidiaries or (B) leased or subleased by MVT Corp. or its Subsidiaries, as lessee or sublessee, except for such leases or subleases that provide for payments of less than $50,000 in the aggregate in any given year (the “MVT Leases”).

(ii) Each MVT Lease is valid and in full force and effect (except those which are cancelled, rescinded or terminated after the date hereof in accordance with their terms), except where the failure to be in full force and effect would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect on MVT Corp. Neither MVT Corp. nor any of its Subsidiaries has Knowledge of, or has received written notice of, any violation of or default under (or any condition which with the passage of time or the giving of notice would cause such a violation of or default under) any MVT Lease, except for violations or defaults that would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect on MVT Corp. True and complete copies of all MVT Leases have been delivered or made available to Investor.

Section 4.4 Representations and Warranties of MI Corp. and MVT Holding. Each of MVT Holding and MI Corp. represent and warrant to Investor as follows:

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or liabilities other than the capital stock of New MI Corp. and Merger Sub, those incident to MVT Holding’s formation and the holding of the capital stock of New MI Corp. and those pursuant to this Agreement and the Transactions.

(b) Capital Structure.

(i) On the date hereof, the authorized capital stock of MVT Holding consists of 1,000 shares of MVT Holding Common Stock, all of which are, as of the date hereof, and at all times prior to the MI Effective Time will be, owned of record and beneficially by MI Corp. free and clear of any Liens. As of the date hereof there are no and as of the MI Effective Time (except as permitted pursuant to this Agreement or pursuant to the Transaction Agreements) there will be no other shares of capital stock or other equity securities of MVT Holding that are outstanding. Immediately following the MI Effective Time, there will be outstanding a number of shares of MVT Holding Common Stock equal to the number of shares of MI Common Stock outstanding as of immediately prior to the MI Effective Time. All issued and outstanding shares of MVT Holding Common Stock are duly authorized, validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable, and the shares of MVT Holding Common Stock are not entitled to preemptive rights. There are no outstanding options, warrants, Contracts or other rights to acquire capital stock of MVT Holding.

(ii) No bonds, debentures, notes or other indebtedness of MVT Holding having the right to vote (or convertible into or exchangeable for securities having the right to vote) on any matters on which shareholders of MVT Holding may vote (“MVT Holding Voting Debt”) are issued or outstanding.

(iii) Except as contemplated by this Agreement and the Transaction Agreements, there are no securities, options, warrants, calls, rights, commitments, agreements, arrangements or undertakings of any kind to which MVT Holding or any of its Subsidiaries is a party or by which any of them is bound obligating MVT Holding or any of its Subsidiaries to issue, deliver or sell, or cause to be issued, delivered or sold, additional shares of capital stock of MVT Holding or any of its Subsidiaries, MVT Holding Voting Debt, MVT Holding Common Stock or other voting securities of MVT Holding or any of its Subsidiaries or obligating MVT Holding or any of its Subsidiaries to issue, grant, extend or enter into any such security, option, warrant, call, right, commitment, agreement, arrangement or undertaking. Except as contemplated by this Agreement and the Transaction Agreement there are no outstanding obligations of MVT Holding or any of its Subsidiaries to repurchase, redeem or otherwise acquire any shares of capital stock of MVT Holding or any of its Subsidiaries.

(iv) Other than the Contracts contemplated to effect the Transactions, there are no shareholder agreements, voting trusts or other Contracts to which MVT Holding is a party or by which it is bound relating to the voting or transfer of any shares of capital stock of MVT Holding.

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is contemplated thereby to be a party and to consummate the Transactions, subject to the Additional Required Approvals. The execution and delivery of this Agreement and the Transaction Agreements with respect to which MVT Holding is contemplated thereby to be a party by MVT Holding and the consummation by MVT Holding of the Transactions have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action on the part of MVT Holding, subject to the Additional Required Approvals. This Agreement has been, and the Transaction Agreements with respect to which MVT Holding is contemplated thereby to be a party will be, duly executed and delivered by MVT Holding and, assuming the due authorization and valid execution and delivery of this Agreement or the applicable Transaction Agreement with respect to which MVT Holding is contemplated thereby to be a party by the other parties hereto and thereto (other than MI Corp., Merger Sub and MVT Corp.), as applicable, constitutes or will constitute a valid and binding agreement of MVT Holding, enforceable against MVT Holding in accordance with their respective terms, except as such enforceability may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, fraudulent conveyance, moratorium and similar Applicable Laws relating to or affecting creditors generally or by general equity principles (regardless of whether such enforceability is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law). After the MI Effective Time, no approval of holders of MVT Holding capital stock will be required to effect the Transactions.

(ii) The execution and delivery of this Agreement by MVT Holding does not, the execution and delivery by MVT Holding of the Transaction Agreements with respect to which MVT Holding is contemplated thereby to be a party will not, and the consummation of the Transactions will not result in a Violation under: (A) any provision of the organizational documents of MVT Holding or (B) except as, individually or in the aggregate, would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect on MVT Corp., subject to obtaining or making MVT Holding Necessary Consents, any permit, concession, franchise, license, judgment, order, decree, statute, law, ordinance, rule or regulation applicable to MVT Holding.

(iii) No consent, waiver, approval, order or authorization of, or registration, declaration or filing with, any Governmental Entity or any other Person is required to be obtained or made by or with respect to MVT Holding in connection with the execution and delivery of this Agreement and the Transaction Agreements with respect to which MVT Holding is contemplated thereby to be a party by MVT Holding or the consummation by MVT Holding of the Transactions, except for those required under or in relation to (A) the HSR Act, (B) state securities or “blue sky” laws or regulations, (C) the Securities Act, (D) the Exchange Act, (E) filings under the WBCL and the WLLCL to effect the transactions contemplated by Section 2.01 of the Separation Agreement and Article III of this Agreement, (F) the rules and regulations of the NYSE and, if different, such national securities exchange designated by MVT Holding and Investor pursuant to Section 6.15, (G) applicable state or federal banking laws or regulations, (H) applicable state or federal laws or regulations, and the rules and regulations of the NASD or any other applicable regulatory authority (including the NASD), regulating broker dealers, investment advisors and insurance companies, (I) obtaining the MI Transaction Approval and the Additional Required Approvals, (J) antitrust or other competition laws of other jurisdictions, and (K) such consents, waivers, approvals, orders, authorizations, registrations, declarations and filings the failure of which to make or obtain, individually or in the aggregate, would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect on MVT Corp. Consents, waivers, approvals, orders, authorizations, registrations, declarations and filings required under or in relation to any of the foregoing clauses (A) through (J) are referred to as the “MVT Holding Necessary Consents.”

 

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(d) Information Supplied.

(i) None of the information supplied or to be supplied by MVT Holding specifically for inclusion or incorporation by reference in (A) the Form S-4 will, at the time it becomes effective under the Securities Act, contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, (B) the Proxy Statement will, on the date it is first mailed to MI Corp. shareholders or at the time of the MI Shareholders Meeting, respectively, contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading and (C) the Form 10 will, at the time it becomes effective, contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading.

(ii) Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Section 4.4(d), no representation or warranty is made by MVT Holding with respect to statements made or incorporated by reference in the Form S-4, the Form 10 or the Proxy Statement based on information supplied by or on behalf of MI Corp. or MVT Corp. for inclusion or incorporation by reference therein.

(e) Litigation. There is no Action pending or, to the Knowledge of MVT Holding, threatened against MVT Holding which, individually or in the aggregate, would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect on MVT Corp., nor is there any judgment, decree, injunction, rule or order of any Governmental Entity or arbitrator outstanding against MVT Holding which, individually or in the aggregate, would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect on MVT Corp.

(f) Status of MVT Holding Shares. Assuming the MI Transaction Approval has been obtained, the Shares and the shares of MVT Holding Common Stock being issued at the Closing will have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action on the part of MI Corp. and MVT Holding, and such Shares and the shares of MVT Holding Common Stock will have been validly issued and, assuming payment therefor has been made, will be fully paid and nonassessable, and the issuance of such Shares and the shares of MVT Holding Common Stock will not be subject to preemptive rights.

ARTICLE V

COVENANTS RELATING TO CONDUCT OF BUSINESS

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MVT Corp. each agrees that except as required or otherwise expressly contemplated or expressly permitted by this Agreement, the Transaction Agreements or Section 5.1 of the MI Disclosure Schedule or the MVT Disclosure Schedule or to the extent that Investor shall otherwise consent in writing, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld, delayed or conditioned (other than with respect to Sections 5.1(b), (c), (d), (j) and (l) in which case such consent may be withheld, delayed or conditioned in Investor’s sole discretion):

(a) Ordinary Course. The members of the MI Group (solely with respect to the MVT Business) and the members of the MVT Group shall carry on their respective businesses in the ordinary course, in substantially the same manner as heretofore conducted (and the members of the MI Group shall allow the MVT Group to carry on the MVT Business with a level of autonomy that is consistent with the MI Group’s past practice with respect to the MVT Business, subject to Applicable Laws), and shall use their reasonable best efforts to preserve intact their present business organizations, maintain their material rights, licenses and permits, keep available the services of their current officers and other key employees and preserve their relationships with customers, franchises and others having business dealings with them to the end that their ongoing businesses and goodwill shall not be materially impaired at the Closing Date.

(b) Dividends; Changes in Share Capital. MVT Holding, MI Corp. and MVT Corp. shall not, and MI Corp. and MVT Corp. shall not permit any Subsidiary of MVT Holding or MVT Corp. to, nor shall MVT Holding, MVT Corp. or any Subsidiary of MVT Holding or MVT Corp. propose to, declare, set aside or pay any dividends on or make other distributions (whether in cash, stock or property or any combination thereof) in respect of any capital stock of MVT Holding, MVT Corp. or any Subsidiaries of MVT Holding or MVT Corp., except (i) for the MVT Distribution, the MVT Dividend, the Share Distribution and the MI Contribution, and (ii) for the declaration and payment of cash dividends or distributions by any wholly-owned Subsidiary of MVT Holding or MVT Corp. to MVT Holding or MVT Corp., as applicable, except for quarterly cash dividends from the MVT Group to the MI Group in an amount not to exceed $1,000,000 per quarter. Each of MVT Holding and MVT Corp. shall not, (A) split, combine or reclassify any of its capital stock, except for any such transaction by a wholly-owned Subsidiary of MVT Corp. or of MVT Holding which remains a wholly-owned Subsidiary after consummation of such transaction or (B) amend the terms or change the period of exercisability of, purchase, repurchase, redeem or otherwise acquire any shares of its capital stock or any securities convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for, or any rights, warrants, calls or options to acquire, any shares of its capital stock.

(c) Issuance of Securities. MVT Holding and MVT Corp. shall not, and MVT Holding and MVT Corp. shall not permit any of their respective Subsidiaries to, issue, deliver, sell, pledge, dispose of or otherwise encumber, or authorize or propose the issuance, delivery, sale, pledge, disposition or encumbrance of, (x) any shares of its capital stock of any class, (y) any MVT Voting Debt or MVT Holding Voting Debt or (z) any securities convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for, or any rights, warrants, calls or options to acquire, any such shares or MVT Voting Debt or MVT

 

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Holding Voting Debt, or enter into any commitment, arrangement, undertaking or agreement with respect to any of the foregoing, other than issuances, redemptions, deliveries and sales by a wholly owned Subsidiary of MVT Holding or MVT Corp. of capital stock of such Subsidiary to such Subsidiary’s parent or another wholly owned Subsidiary of MVT Holding or MVT Corp.

(d) Governing Documents. Except to the extent specifically required to comply with its obligations hereunder or under the Transaction Agreements, MVT Holding and MVT Corp. shall not amend or propose to amend its articles of incorporation, by-laws or other governing documents. Except to the extent specifically required to comply with its obligations hereunder and under the Transactions Agreements, MI Corp. will not amend or propose to amend the articles of incorporation or by-laws of MI Corp. in any manner that would prevent or materially delay the consummation of the Transactions.

(e) No Acquisitions. Each of MI Corp. (solely with respect to the MVT Business), MVT Holding and MVT Corp. shall not, and shall not permit any Subsidiary of MVT Corp. or MVT Holding to, in a single transaction or series of related transactions, acquire or agree to acquire by merger or consolidation, or by purchasing an equity interest in or a portion of the assets of, or by any other manner, any business or any corporation, partnership, limited liability entity, joint venture, association or other business organization or division thereof or otherwise acquire or agree to acquire any assets, in each case if such acquisition would prevent or materially delay obtaining any consents, approvals or expirations of waiting periods from any Governmental Entity required for the consummation of the Transactions contemplated by this Agreement or the Transaction Agreements or otherwise would materially impede, frustrate or delay the consummation of the Transactions.

(f) No Dispositions. MVT Holding and MVT Corp. shall not, and shall not permit any of their Subsidiaries to, in a single transaction or a series of related transactions, sell (including sale-leaseback), lease, license or otherwise encumber or subject to any Lien or otherwise dispose of to any Person that is not a Subsidiary of MVT Corp., or agree to sell (or engage in a sale-leaseback), lease, license or otherwise encumber or subject to any Lien or otherwise dispose of to any Person that is not a Subsidiary of MVT Corp., any assets of MVT Corp. or any Subsidiary of MVT Holding or MVT Corp. (including capital stock of MVT Corp. and any MVT Subsidiary), other than (i) in the ordinary course consistent with past practice or (ii) sales (including sale-leasebacks), leases, licenses, encumbrances, Liens or other dispositions of assets with a fair market value of no more than $3,000,000 in the aggregate.

(g) Capital Expenditures. Other than in connection with acquisitions permitted by Section 5.1(e), MVT Holding and MVT Corp. shall not, and shall not permit any of their respective Subsidiaries to, commit to any capital expenditures that would reasonably be expected to be incurred after the Closing Date or incur any obligations or liabilities in connection with any capital expenditures that would reasonably be expected to be incurred after the Closing Date, in each case other than (i) any capital expenditure involving commitments of less than $1,000,000 in the aggregate or (ii) any capital expenditure set forth in the capital expenditure plan in effect on the date hereof and attached hereto in Section 5.1 of the MVT Disclosure Schedule.

 

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(h) Settlement of Litigation. MVT Holding, MVT Corp. and MI Corp. shall not, and MVT Corp. shall not permit any other member of the MVT Group to, settle any litigation, investigation, arbitration, proceeding or other claim if (i) MVT Corp., MVT Holding or any of their Subsidiaries would be required to pay following the Closing Date in excess of $4,000,000 for any such settlement or $15 million in the aggregate for all such settlements or (ii) if such settlement would obligate MVT Holding, MVT Corp. or any other member of the MVT Group to take any action or restrict MVT Holding, MVT Corp. or any other member of the MVT Group from taking any action at or after the Closing Date that would be material to MVT Corp. and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole.

(i) Compensation. MVT Corp. and its Subsidiaries, and MI Corp. and its Subsidiaries with respect to any MVT Employee, shall not (i) accelerate the vesting of, or the lapsing of restrictions with respect to, any stock options or other stock-based compensation, except (x) as required by Applicable Laws, or (y) in accordance with the existing terms of such awards or Contracts in existence on the date hereof, (ii) increase, or commit to increase, the amount of compensation or employee benefits of any current or former MVT Employee except for increases in compensation or employee benefits for individual MVT Employees (as opposed to increases applicable to MVT Employees generally) other than members of the Executive Committee of MVT in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice, (iii) enter into any new, or amend any existing Contract with any MVT Employee or consultant of MVT Corp. or any other member of the MVT Group, regarding his or her employment, compensation or benefits (other than any such actions taken in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice with respect to employees who are not members of the Executive Committee of MVT); provided, however, that nothing in this clause (iii) shall limit or prevent MVT Corp. from hiring or extending an offer to employment to any person to serve as the Chief Financial Officer of MVT Corp. or entering into any Contract in connection therewith regarding his or her employment, compensation or benefits; provided, further, that MVT Corp. shall consult with Investor prior to hiring such person and in entering into such Contract, or (iv) transfer any employees primarily providing services to the MVT Business to a member of the MI Group or transfer any employees primarily providing services to businesses of MI Corp. and its Affiliates other than the MVT Business to a member of the MVT Group.

(j) Tax Matters. Except as required by Applicable Laws or as contemplated by this Agreement or the Tax Allocation Agreement, neither MVT Corp. nor any of its Subsidiaries shall (i) make, amend or change any material Tax election, (ii) make a request for a material Tax ruling (other than the Private Letter Ruling) or enter into a material closing agreement, (iii) settle or compromise any material Tax liability or material Tax claims, (iv) file any material amendments to any previously filed material Tax Returns or (v) surrender any right to claim any material amount of refund of any Taxes.

 

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(k) Accounting Methods. Except as disclosed in the MI Corp. Filed SEC Reports or the MVT Financial Statements, as required by a Governmental Entity or as required by changes in GAAP as concurred by MVT Corp.’s independent public accountants, MVT Corp. shall not make any material change to its methods of accounting in effect at December 31, 2006 (including procedures with respect to revenue recognition, payments of accounts payable and collection of accounts receivable).

(l) Related Party Agreements Indebtedness. Except in connection with the Transactions contemplated hereby, MVT Holding, MI Corp. and MVT Corp. shall not, and MI Corp. and MVT Corp. shall cause their respective Subsidiaries not to, enter into, waive any material rights under or amend in any material respect any material Contract between any member of the MVT Group, on the one hand, and any member of the MI Group, on the other hand, that, (x) pursuant to the Separation Agreement, will survive the Distribution Time; or (y) provides for indebtedness for borrowed money (including any amendment or waiver with respect to the MVT Notes); provided, however, that MVT Corp. and MI Corp. may amend the Continuing Business Agreements in the ordinary course of business. MVT Holding, MI Corp. and MVT Corp. shall not and shall cause their respective Subsidiaries to not (i) transfer any material assets that relate primarily to the MVT Business from any member of the MVT Group to any member of the MI Group or (ii) transfer any material liabilities (other than those liabilities that relate primarily to the MVT Business) from any member of the MI Group to any member of the MVT Group. MVT Holding and MVT Corp. shall not, and shall not permit any of their respective Subsidiaries to, incur any indebtedness for borrowed money, other than (A) trade payables incurred in the ordinary course of business, (B) draws on MVT Corp.’s revolving line of credit for settlement-type transactions, and (C) the Debt Financing.

(m) No Related Actions. MVT Holding and MI Corp. (as to MVT Corp. and the MVT Subsidiaries and/or the MVT Business) will not, and MVT Corp. will not, and will not permit any of its Subsidiaries to, agree or commit to do any of the actions specified in Sections 5.1(b) through 5.1(l).

Section 5.2 Control of Other Party’s Business. Nothing contained in this Agreement shall give MI Corp. or MVT Corp., directly or indirectly, the right to control or direct Investor’s business prior to the Closing. Nothing contained in this Agreement shall give Investor, directly or indirectly, the right to control or direct the operations of the MVT Business prior to the Closing.

Section 5.3 Transfer of Investor Interests. Between the date hereof and the Closing Date, Investor shall ensure that it remains wholly-owned by the Equity Fund, except that nothing herein shall prevent (i) interests in Investor from being assigned to or issued to any Successor Fund or (ii) a de minimis portion of the interests in Investor (no more than 1%) from being assigned to any Person or Persons; provided, that, such transfer would not be reasonably likely to prevent or impair or delay the consummation of the Transactions; provided, further, no such assignment shall relieve the Equity Fund of any of its obligations under the Limited Guarantee or the Equity Commitment Letter.

 

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ARTICLE VI

ADDITIONAL AGREEMENTS

Section 6.1 Preparation of Form S-4, Proxy Statement and Form 10; Shareholders Meeting.

(a) As promptly as practicable following the date hereof, MI Corp. shall or shall cause MVT Holding to prepare a proxy statement to be mailed to MI Corp.’s shareholders in connection with the MI Shareholders Meeting (such proxy statement, and any amendments or supplements thereto, the “Proxy Statement”) and a registration statement on Form S-4 with respect to the shares of MVT Holding Common Stock to be issued in the MI Merger (the “Form S-4” and the prospectus of MVT Holding included in the Form S-4 the “MVT Holding Prospectus”), in each case in consultation with Investor, and shall or shall cause MVT Holding to file the Form S-4 and the Proxy Statement with the SEC. The Form S-4 and the Proxy Statement will comply as to form in all material respects with the requirements of the Exchange Act and the Securities Act, as applicable, and the rules and regulations of the SEC thereunder. MI Corp. shall use its reasonable best efforts to have the Proxy Statement cleared by the SEC as promptly as practicable after filing with the SEC and to have the Form S-4 declared effective by the SEC as promptly as practicable after filing with the SEC. MI Corp. shall use its reasonable best efforts to cause the Proxy Statement and the MVT Holding Prospectus to be mailed to MI Corp.’s shareholders as promptly as practicable after the Proxy Statement is cleared by the SEC and the Form S-4 is declared effective by the SEC. MI Corp. shall, as promptly as practicable after receipt thereof, provide to Investor copies of, consult with Investor and prepare written responses with respect to, any written comments received from the SEC with respect to the Form S-4 and the Proxy Statement and advise Investor of any oral comments with respect to the Form S-4 and the Proxy Statement received from the SEC. Notwithstanding any other provision herein to the contrary, no amendment or supplement to the Form S-4 or the Proxy Statement shall be made, and no correspondence filed with the SEC with respect thereto, without the approval of Investor, which approval shall not be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed. MI Corp. will advise Investor, promptly after it receives notice thereof, of the time when the Proxy Statement has been cleared and the Form S-4 has been declared effective by the SEC, the issuance of any stop order with respect to the Proxy Statement or MVT Holding Prospectus or any request by the SEC for amendment of the Form S-4 or the Proxy Statement. If at any time prior to the Closing Date any information relating to Investor, MI Corp. or MVT Corp., or any of their respective Affiliates, officers or directors, should be discovered by Investor, MI Corp. or MVT Corp. which should be set forth in an amendment or supplement to the Form S-4 or the Proxy Statement so that any of such documents would not include any misstatement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, the party which discovers such information shall promptly notify the other parties hereto and, to the extent required by Applicable Laws, an appropriate amendment or supplement describing such information shall be promptly filed by MI Corp. with the SEC and disseminated to the shareholders of MI Corp. Investor shall

 

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cooperate with MI Corp. in the preparation of the Proxy Statement, the Form 10 and the Form S-4 or any amendment or supplement thereto. MI Corp. shall prepare and shall cause New MI Corp. to file with the SEC as promptly as practicable after the date hereof the Form 10 and MI Corp. shall use its reasonable best efforts to cause the Form 10 to be declared effective and mailed to its shareholders as promptly as practicable.

(b) MI Corp. shall duly take all lawful action to call, give notice of, convene and hold a meeting of its shareholders as promptly as practicable after the date of this Agreement (including any adjournment or postponements thereof, the “MI Shareholders Meeting”) for the purpose of obtaining the MI Transaction Approval by a majority of the outstanding shares of MI Common Stock (the “MI Vote”). Unless the Board of Directors of MI Corp. shall have made a Change in the MI Recommendation pursuant to Section 6.5, MI Corp. shall use reasonable best efforts to solicit the MI Transaction Approval by the MI Vote and the Board of Directors of MI Corp. shall declare that this Agreement and the Transactions (including the Share Issuance and the MI Merger) are advisable and in the best interests of MI Corp. and its shareholders and recommend to the shareholders of MI Corp. approval of this Agreement and the Transactions (including the Share Issuance and the MI Merger) by the shareholders of MI Corp. (the “MI Recommendation”). Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, if a Change in the MI Recommendation is made and within fifteen Business Days after Investor receives any written notice from MI Corp. of such Change in the MI Recommendation pursuant to Section 6.5(d)(ii) or (iii), Investor delivers a written notice (a “Force the MI Vote Notice”) to MI Corp. that Investor desires that this Agreement and the Transactions (including the Share Issuance and the MI Merger) be submitted to the shareholders of MI, then this Agreement and the Transactions (including the Share Issuance and the MI Merger) shall be submitted to the shareholders of MI at the MI Shareholders Meeting for the purpose of obtaining the MI Transaction Approval and nothing contained herein shall be deemed to relieve MI of such obligation, unless this Agreement has previously been terminated pursuant to Sections 8.1(e) or 8.1(h).

(c) Subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, MI Corp., MVT Holding and MVT Corp. shall take or cause to be taken all actions necessary to obtain the Additional Required Approvals.

Section 6.2 Governance Matters.

(a) MVT Holding and MI Corp. shall take all actions necessary to cause the Board of Directors of MVT Holding, effective at the Share Distribution Time and thereafter until changed in accordance with the organizational documents of MVT Holding, Applicable Laws and the Shareholders Agreement, to consist of eleven directors, consisting of (subject to Section 6.4(c)) (i) three directors designated by Investor, (ii) two directors who shall be officers of MVT Corp., one of whom shall be the President and Chief Executive Officer and one of whom shall be the Senior Vice President and Chief Operating Officer, (iii) one director who shall be designated by MI Corp. and shall initially be Dennis J. Kuester and (iv) five additional directors selected by MI Corp. after consulting with the President and Chief Executive Officer of MVT Corp. and with the consent of Investor (which shall not be unreasonably withheld or

 

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delayed), each of whom shall qualify as Independent Directors and one of whom shall be a director of MI Corp.; provided, however, that if any of the individuals described in clauses (i) through (iv) are unable to begin serving as a director of MVT Holding at the Share Distribution Time, the MVT Holding Board of Directors shall not include such individual until he or she is able to serve as a director; provided, that he or she shall have agreed to begin to serve within a reasonable period of time thereafter; then such directors shall be Independent Directors selected pursuant to the foregoing clause (iv) in a manner which addresses the reason that the designee was originally prevented from being designated; provided, further, that if Investor or MI Corp. is prevented by Applicable Law or regulatory process from designating any of its designees pursuant to the foregoing clause (i), (iii) or (iv) (in the case of an MI Corp. director), as applicable, or if such designation would result in MVT Holding being an affiliate of MI Corp. for purposes of Sections 23A or 23B of the Federal Reserve Act, then such directors shall be Independent Directors designated pursuant to the foregoing clause (iv) in a manner which addresses the reason that the designee was originally prevented from being designated for prevention or prohibition. The term “Independent Director” means an individual who, as a member of the Board of Directors of MVT Holding following the Closing Date, would be independent of MVT Holding under the applicable rules of the NYSE or such other national securities exchange designated by MVT Holding and Investor pursuant to Section 6.15. The MVT Holding Board of Directors will have committees as contemplated by the Shareholders Agreement. The Chairman of the Board of MVT Holding shall be Dennis J. Kuester for a period of one year from the date hereof. If Dennis J. Kuester is unable to serve during such one-year period, and after such one-year period Frank Martire, shall, subject to the approval of the Board of Directors of MVT Holding, succeed Dennis J. Kuester as Chairman of the Board of MVT Holding. Until the Board of Directors of MVT Holding shall determine otherwise, the regular meetings of the Board of Directors shall be on the third Thursday of each February, April, June, August, October and December.

(b) The President and Chief Executive of MVT Corp. immediately prior to the Closing Date shall be the President and Chief Executive Officer of MVT Holding at the Share Distribution Time and thereafter until duly changed in accordance with the organizational documents of MVT Holding and Applicable Law.

Section 6.3 Access to Information. Upon reasonable notice, each of MI Corp. and MVT Corp. shall (and shall cause its Subsidiaries to), during the period prior to the earlier of the Closing Date or the date this Agreement is terminated, afford to Investor and to its respective officers, employees, accountants, counsel, financial advisors and other authorized representatives, reasonable access during normal business hours, to all the books, records, Contracts, properties, plants and personnel of the MVT Business and, during such period, MI Corp. or MVT Corp. shall (and shall cause its Subsidiaries to) furnish promptly to Investor (a) notice of each material report, schedule, registration statement and other document filed, published, announced or received by MVT Corp. during such period pursuant to the requirements of Federal or state securities laws, as applicable (other than documents which MI Corp. or MVT Corp. is not permitted to disclose under Applicable Laws) and (b) all information concerning MVT Corp. and its business, properties and personnel as Investor may reasonably request; provided, however, that MI Corp. or MVT Corp. may restrict the foregoing access to the

 

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extent that (i) any Applicable Laws or Contracts requires MI Corp., MVT Corp. or their Subsidiaries to restrict or prohibit access to any such properties or information, (ii) disclosure of such information would violate confidentiality obligations to a third Person, (iii) disclosure of such information would be reasonably likely to result in significant competitive harm to MI Corp. or MVT Corp. if the Transactions were not consummated or (iv) in the case of MVT Corp. and its Subsidiaries the information is not related to the MVT Business. Investor will hold any such information obtained pursuant to this Section 6.3 in confidence in accordance with, and will otherwise be subject to, the provisions of the Confidentiality Agreement dated January 29, 2007 between MI Corp. and Warburg Pincus LLC (as it may be amended or supplemented, the “Confidentiality Agreement”). The Confidentiality Agreement shall survive any termination of this Agreement. Any investigation by Investor shall not affect the representations and warranties contained herein or the conditions to the respective obligations of the parties to consummate the Transactions.

Section 6.4 Reasonable Best Efforts.

(a) Subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, each party will use its reasonable best efforts to take, or cause to be taken, all actions and to do, or cause to be done, and to assist and cooperate with the other parties in doing or causing to be done, all things necessary, proper or advisable under this Agreement and Applicable Laws to consummate the Transactions as soon as reasonably practicable after the date hereof, including (i) preparing and filing as promptly as practicable all documentation to effect all necessary applications, notices, petitions, filings, waivers and Tax ruling requests and to obtain as promptly as practicable all Investor Necessary Consents, MI Necessary Consents, MVT Necessary Consents and MVT Holding Necessary Consents and all other consents, waivers, licenses, orders, registrations, approvals, permits, rulings, authorizations and clearances necessary or advisable to be obtained from any third party and/or any Governmental Entity in order to consummate the Transactions (collectively, the “Required Approvals”) and (ii) taking all reasonable steps as may be necessary to obtain all Required Approvals. In furtherance and not in limitation of the foregoing, each party hereto agrees to make (A) an appropriate filing of a Notification and Report Form pursuant to the HSR Act with respect to the Transactions as promptly as reasonably practicable after the date hereof, and (B) all other necessary filings with other Governmental Entities relating to the Transactions as promptly as reasonably practicable, and, in each case, to supply as promptly as reasonably practicable any additional information and documentary material that may be requested pursuant to such Applicable Laws or by such authorities and to use its reasonable best efforts to cause the expiration or termination of the applicable waiting periods under the HSR Act and the receipt of the Required Approvals under such other Applicable Laws or from such authorities as soon as reasonably practicable.

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such party from, or given by such party to, the Antitrust Division of the Department of Justice (the “DOJ”), the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”), the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (the “FRB”), or any other Governmental Entity and of any material communication received or given in connection with any proceeding by a private party, in each case regarding any of the Transactions and (iii) permit the other party to review any communication given by it to, and consult with each other in advance of any meeting or conference with, the DOJ, the FTC, the FRB or any such other Governmental Entity or, in connection with any proceeding by a private party, with any other Person, and to the extent appropriate or permitted by the DOJ, the FTC, the FRB or such other applicable Governmental Entity or other Person, give the other party the opportunity to attend and participate in such meetings and conferences.

(c) In furtherance and not in limitation of the covenants of the parties contained in Section 6.4(a) and Section 6.4(b), if any administrative or judicial action or proceeding, including any proceeding by a private party, is instituted (or threatened to be instituted) to prohibit or make illegal the Transactions, or if executive order, decree, injunction or administrative order is enacted, entered, promulgated or enforced by a Governmental Entity which would make any of the Transactions illegal or would otherwise prohibit or materially impair or delay the consummation of any of the Transactions, each of MI Corp., MVT Corp., MVT Holding and Investor shall cooperate in all respects with each other and use its respective reasonable best efforts, to contest and resist any such action or proceeding and to have vacated, lifted, reversed or overturned any decree, judgment, injunction or other order, whether temporary, preliminary or permanent, that is in effect and that prohibits, prevents or restricts consummation of any of the Transactions and to have such executive order, decree, injunction or administrative order repealed, rescinded or made inapplicable so as to permit consummation of the Transactions. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, each of Investor, MI Corp., MVT Corp., and MVT Holding will agree to any restrictions or modifications, or take any action or enter into any settlement or other agreement or binding arrangement to sell, hold, separate or otherwise dispose of any assets, including the capital stock of any Subsidiary, suggested or requested by any Governmental Entity in order to facilitate the receipt of any Required Approval (including modifications to the Shareholders Agreement, the Administrative Services Agreement, or the Continuing Business Agreements), so long as such restrictions, modifications, sales, disposals or other actions would not, individually or in the aggregate, (i) reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect on MVT Corp. or MVT Holding, (ii) reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on MI Corp., (iii) materially detract from the expected financial benefits from the Transaction to the MI Group or (iv) in the case of Investor, result in (A) an increase in the Purchase Price or a decrease in the percentage of fully diluted shares of MVT Holding Common Stock represented by the Investor Share Number or (B) Investor or any Affiliate of Investor (other than members of the MVT Group) becoming subject to bank regulation or supervision (including being required to register as a bank holding company), other than any bank regulation that Investor or such Affiliates are, or become subject to, for reasons unrelated to the Transactions; it being understood that no modification to the provisions of Section 6.2 hereof or Sections 1.1 or 1.2 of the Shareholders Agreement shall be considered to have any of the effects referred to in the foregoing clauses (i) through (iv).

 

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(d) Notwithstanding the foregoing or any other provision of this Agreement, nothing in this Section 6.4 shall (i) limit a party’s right to terminate this Agreement pursuant to Section 8.1(b) or Section 8.1(c) so long as such party has complied with its obligations under this Section 6.4, (ii) limit MI Corp.’s right to make a Change in the MI Recommendation in accordance with Section 6.5, or (iii) limit MI Corp.’s ability to enter into any MI Acquisition Agreement so long as MI Corp. has previously terminated this Agreement pursuant to Section 8.1(h) and paid Investor the Termination Fee in accordance with the terms of Section 8.2(c).

(e) Except as set forth in Section 6.4(c) after giving effect to the limitations set forth therein, nothing in this Section 6.4 shall require any of Investor, MI Corp. or MVT Corp., MVT Holding or any of their respective Subsidiaries to take any action or enter into any settlement or other agreement or binding arrangement that requires such Person to sell, hold separate or otherwise dispose of any businesses, product lines or assets of MI Corp., MVT Corp., MVT Holding Investor or any of their Subsidiaries including the capital stock of any such Subsidiary. This Section 6.4 shall not be deemed to address the obligations of the parties with respect to the Private Letter Ruling, which are addressed in Section 6.10, the Debt Financing, which are addressed in Section 6.13 or, with respect to the obligations of MI Corp. and its Subsidiaries, the Surplus and Solvency Opinions, which are addressed in Section 6.17.

Section 6.5 MI Acquisition Proposal; Change in Recommendation.

(a) From and after the date of this Agreement until the earlier of the Closing Date or the termination of this Agreement in accordance with Article VIII, MI Corp. agrees that neither it, any of its Subsidiaries nor any of the executive officers or directors of MI Corp. or of MVT Corp. shall, and MI Corp. shall not authorize any of its or its Subsidiaries respective officers, directors, employees, agents or representatives to (and shall instruct J.P. Morgan Securities Inc., in its capacity as MI Corp.’s investment banker, not to), directly or indirectly, (A) solicit, initiate or knowingly encourage (including by way of furnishing non-public information) the making of any inquiry, offer or proposal which constitutes or that would reasonably be expected to lead to, any MI Acquisition Proposal or MVT Acquisition Proposal, (B) enter into any letter of intent, agreement in principle, merger agreement, acquisition agreement, option agreement, or other agreement providing for any MI Acquisition Proposal (each, an “MI Acquisition Agreement”) or any MVT Acquisition Proposal or (C) participate in any discussions or negotiations regarding any MI Acquisition Proposal or any MVT Acquisition Proposal; provided, however, that if, without any breach of the terms of this Section 6.5(a), MI Corp. receives an unsolicited bona fide written MI Acquisition Proposal or MVT Acquisition Proposal from any Person, MI Corp. may (x) furnish information (including non-public information) with respect to MI Corp. and its Subsidiaries, including MVT Corp., to any such Person pursuant to a confidentiality agreement, which in the case of an MVT Acquisition Proposal, shall contain terms no less restrictive on such Person than those in the Confidentiality Agreement are to

 

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Investor and (y) participate in negotiations with such Person regarding such MI Acquisition Proposal or MVT Acquisition Proposal, if, (1) in each case, in the good faith judgment of the Board of Directors of MI Corp. after consultation with its outside legal counsel, failure to take such action would be inconsistent with the fiduciary duties of the Board of Directors of MI Corp. to its shareholders under Applicable Laws and (2) in the case of an MVT Acquisition Proposal only, in the good faith judgment of the Board of Directors of MI Corp., after consultation with its outside legal counsel and financial advisor(s), such MVT Acquisition Proposal is or is reasonably likely to lead to a Superior MVT Acquisition Proposal. MI Corp. shall (i) promptly (and in any case within 48 hours) notify Investor if MI Corp. has received any MVT Acquisition Proposal and (ii) keep Investor reasonably informed on a prompt basis as to any material developments regarding any such MVT Acquisition Proposal. Such notification shall include, to the extent then known, the identity of the parties and a copy of any MVT Acquisition Proposal and the material documents submitted therewith and, if conveyed orally, a description of the material terms thereof. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, MI Corp. shall not be deemed to have failed to comply with the provisions of this Section 6.5 solely because of a failure to comply with the preceding two sentences of this Section 6.5(a), so long as it shall have materially complied with those two sentences. Notwithstanding anything contained herein to the contrary, nothing herein shall prohibit MI Corp. from, following receipt of an MI Acquisition Proposal or an MVT Acquisition Proposal, contacting the Person making such MI Acquisition Proposal or MVT Acquisition Proposal and its advisors solely for the purpose of clarifying the proposal and the material terms thereof and the conditions to consummation; provided, however, that nothing in this sentence shall relieve MI Corp. of its obligations to notify Investor and keep Investor reasonably informed of any such MVT Acquisition Proposal and any material developments with respect thereto.

(b) For purposes of this Agreement, (i) “MI Acquisition Proposal” means any inquiry, proposal or offer (other than an MVT Acquisition Proposal) from any Person with respect to (A) a merger, reorganization, share exchange, consolidation, business combination, recapitalization, liquidation, dissolution or similar transaction involving MI Corp. or any of its Subsidiaries that, if consummated, would result in any Person (or the shareholders of such Person in the aggregate) beneficially owning securities representing 25% or more of the total voting power of MI Corp. then outstanding, (B) any direct or indirect purchase or sale, lease, exchange, transfer or other disposition of 25% or more of the consolidated assets (including stock of MI Corp.’s Subsidiaries) of MI Corp. and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, or (C) any direct or indirect purchase or sale of, or tender or exchange offer for, or similar transaction with respect to, the equity securities of MI Corp. that, if consummated, would result in any Person (or the shareholders of such Person in the aggregate) beneficially owning securities representing 25% or more of the total voting power of MI Corp. (or of the surviving parent entity in such transaction) then outstanding, including in the case of each of clauses (A) through (C), any single or multi-step transaction or series of related transactions (other than an inquiry, proposal or offer made by Investor or any Affiliate thereof); provided, however, that no such inquiry, proposal or offer shall be considered to be an MI Acquisition Proposal if it relates to a transaction that the Board of Directors of MI Corp. reasonably determines in good faith, after consultation

 

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with its outside legal counsel, is not reasonably likely to prevent or materially impair, modify or delay the consummation of the Transactions, (ii) “MVT Acquisition Proposal” means any inquiry, proposal or offer from any Person solely with respect to (A) a merger, reorganization, share exchange, consolidation, business combination, recapitalization, liquidation, dissolution or similar transaction solely involving MVT Corp. or any of its Subsidiaries that, if consummated, would result in any Person (or the shareholders of such Person in the aggregate) beneficially owning securities representing 25% or more of the total voting power of MVT Corp. then outstanding, (B) any direct or indirect purchase or sale, lease, exchange, transfer or other disposition of 25% or more of the consolidated assets (including stock of MVT Corp.’s Subsidiaries) of MVT Corp. and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, or (C) any direct or indirect purchase or sale of, or similar transaction with respect to, the equity securities of MVT Corp. that, if consummated, would result in any Person (or the shareholders of such Person in the aggregate) beneficially owning securities representing 25% or more of the total voting power of MVT Corp. (or of the surviving parent entity in such transaction) then outstanding, including in the case of each of clauses (A) through (C), any single or multi-step transaction or series of related transactions (other than an inquiry, proposal or offer made by Investor or any Affiliate thereof), and (iii) “Superior MVT Acquisition Proposal” means any unsolicited bona fide written MVT Acquisition Proposal on terms that, in the good faith judgment of the Board of Directors of MI Corp. after consultation with its outside legal counsel and financial advisor(s) and after taking into account all legal, financial, regulatory and other aspects of the proposal, including the financing terms thereof, is (A) reasonably capable of being consummated and (B) superior from a financial point of view to the shareholders of MI Corp. to the Transactions contemplated by this Agreement (as may be modified by any revised proposals contemplated by Section 6.5(d)(i)(C)).

(c) Neither the Board of Directors of MI Corp. nor any committee thereof shall (A) withdraw, modify, qualify or amend the MI Recommendation in any manner adverse to Investor, (B) fail to publicly reaffirm the MI Recommendation within five Business Days after receiving a written request to do so from Investor in response to any public statement or disclosure by MI Corp. or any of its Affiliates that could reasonably be interpreted to have any of the effects set forth in clause (A) or (C) of this sentence, if such request is made by Investor within five Business Days after such public statement or disclosure, (C) approve, recommend, agree to or accept, any MI Acquisition Proposal or (D) approve, recommend, agree to or accept, any MVT Acquisition Proposal (each of the actions in clauses (A) through (D), a “Change in Recommendation”); provided, however, that at any time prior to the receipt of the MI Transaction Approval (or in the case of clause (C) above, at any time subject to compliance with the next proviso of this Section 6.5(c)), the Board of Directors of MI Corp. may make a Change in the MI Recommendation if (x) MI Corp. has complied with this Section 6.5, (y) in the good faith judgment of the Board of Directors of MI Corp., after consultation with the outside legal counsel of MI Corp., the failure to make such Change in the MI Recommendation would be inconsistent with the fiduciary duties of the Board of Directors of MI Corp. to its shareholders under Applicable Laws and (z) in the case of a Change in the MI Recommendation in response to an MVT Acquisition Proposal, the Board of Directors of MI Corp., after consultation with its outside legal

 

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counsel and financial advisors, has also determined in its good faith judgment that such MVT Acquisition Proposal is a Superior MVT Acquisition Proposal; provided, further, that at any time, the Board of Directors of MI Corp. may take any of the actions described in clause (C) with respect to any MI Acquisition Proposal if (1) MI Corp. has complied with this Section 6.5, (2) in the good faith judgment of the Board of Directors of MI Corp., after consulting with its outside legal counsel, the failure to take such action would be inconsistent with the fiduciary duties of the Board of Directors of MI Corp. to its shareholders under Applicable Laws and (3) prior to or concurrently with authorizing or permitting MI Corp. or any of its Subsidiaries to enter into any MI Acquisition Agreement, MI Corp. has terminated this Agreement pursuant to Section 8.1(h) and has paid the Termination Fee pursuant to Section 8.2(c).

(d) Notices.

(i) The Board of Directors of MI Corp. shall not make any Change in the MI Recommendation in response to an MVT Acquisition Proposal unless (A) MI Corp. and its Subsidiaries shall not have breached this Section 6.5; (B) MI Corp. shall have provided prior written notice to Investor, at least five Business Days in advance, of its intention to take such action, which notice shall specify the material terms and conditions of such MVT Acquisition Proposal (including the identity of the Person making such proposal) and shall enclose a copy of the current version of the proposed transaction agreement, if any, with the Person making such proposal; and (C) prior to effecting such Change in the MI Recommendation, MI Corp. shall, and shall cause its financial and legal advisors to, during such five Business Day period, negotiate in good faith with Investor (to the extent Investor desires to negotiate) to make such adjustments to the terms and conditions of this Agreement as may be proposed by Investor; provided, that in the event of any material revision to any such MVT Acquisition Proposal, MI Corp. shall be required to deliver a new written notice to Investor and to again comply with the requirements of clause (B) with respect to such new written notice (except that the notice period shall be two Business Days instead of five Business Days).

(ii) In any case, and in addition to the notice requirements of Section 6.5(d)(i), if applicable, MI Corp. shall notify Investor in writing that a Change in the MI Recommendation has occurred no later than twenty four hours after a Change in the MI Recommendation has occurred (a “Change in Recommendation Notice”), which Change in Recommendation Notice shall set forth the principal reasons for the Change in the MI Recommendation. No later than fifteen Business Days after Investor receives such written notice, Investor shall provide the Force the MI Vote Notice to MI Corp. in accordance with Section 6.1(b) if it desires that the Transactions (including the Share Issuance and the MI Merger) be submitted to the shareholders of MI Corp. For the avoidance of doubt, the failure to provide such verbal and/or written notice shall in no way affect Investor’s right to terminate this Agreement pursuant to Section 8.1(e).

(iii) If, at any time after MI Corp. has provided a Change in Recommendation Notice pursuant to Section 6.5(d)(ii) and this Agreement has not been terminated pursuant to Article VIII, the Board of Directors of MI Corp. shall make a further change in its recommendation to the shareholders of MI Corp. as to approval of this Agreement and the Transactions by the shareholders of MI Corp. based on subsequent material

 

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developments, then (A) MI Corp. shall deliver a new Change in Recommendation Notice to Investor in accordance with Section 6.5(d)(ii), (B) any prior Force the MI Vote Notice shall be of no further force or effect (other than that MI Corp. shall have no right to terminate this Agreement pursuant to Section 8.1(h) until the fifteen Business Day period referred to in clause (C) of this sentence has elapsed), and (C) Investor shall have a new fifteen Business Day period from the time of delivery of the notice pursuant to clause (A) in which to provide a Force the MI Vote Notice to MI Corp. in accordance with Sections 6.1(b) and 6.5(d)(ii).

(iv) For the avoidance of doubt, no notice shall be required to be made pursuant to this Section 6.5(d) at any time after this Agreement has been terminated pursuant to Section 8.1(h).

(e) Nothing contained in this Section 6.5 shall prohibit MI Corp. from complying with Rules 14d-9 or 14e-2 promulgated under the Exchange Act with respect to an MI Acquisition Proposal or from making any disclosure to the shareholders of MI Corp. with respect to an MI Acquisition Proposal or an MVT Acquisition Proposal, if, in the good faith judgment of the Board of Directors of MI Corp., after consultation with outside legal counsel, failure to make such disclosure would be inconsistent with the fiduciary duties of the Board of Directors of MI Corp. to its shareholders under Applicable Laws; provided, however, that compliance with such rules shall not in any way limit or modify the effect that any action taken pursuant to such rules has under any other provision of this Agreement, including clause (B) of Section 6.5(c).

Section 6.6 Fees and Expenses. Without in any way limiting Sections 8.2(b) and 8.2(c), if the Closing does not occur, (i) all Expenses incurred by Investor shall be paid by Investor and (ii) all Expenses incurred by the MI Group or the MVT Group shall be paid by MI Corp. or MVT Corp., as the case may be. If the Closing occurs, all Expenses incurred by Investor on or prior to the Closing Date shall be paid by MVT Holding or MVT Corp. within three Business Days of the Closing Date by wire transfer of immediately available funds to an account specified in writing by Investor (and no MI Group member shall have any obligation with respect thereto), all Expenses incurred by MVT Group shall be paid by MVT Corp. and all Expenses incurred by the MI Group shall be paid by MI Corp. All Expenses of any party incurred after the Closing Date shall be paid by such party. As used in this Agreement, “Expenses” means all out-of-pocket expenses (including applicable filing and registration fees and all fees and expenses of counsel, accountants, investment bankers, printers, experts and consultants to a party hereto and its Affiliates) incurred by a party hereto or on its behalf in connection with or related to the authorization, preparation, negotiation, execution and performance of this Agreement, the Transaction Agreements and the Transactions and the transactions contemplated under the Transaction Agreements, including the preparation, printing, filing and mailing of the Form S-4, the Form 10 and the Proxy Statement and all other matters related to the Transactions. All fees or expenses charged by Persons providing the Debt Financing to MVT Holding, MVT Corp. and their respective Subsidiaries, any interest expenses of the Debt Financing and any reasonable and documented out-of-pocket expenses of MI Corp., MVT Corp., MVT Holding or any of their respective Subsidiaries and, if the Closing occurs, Investor or the Equity Fund (including applicable filing and registration fees and all fees and expenses of counsel, accountants, investment bankers, printers, experts and consultants to a party hereto and its Affiliates), incurred in connection with the Debt Financing shall be borne by MVT Corp. or MVT Holding).

 

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Section 6.7 Public Announcements. The parties shall each use reasonable best efforts to develop a joint communications plan and each party shall use reasonable best efforts (a) to ensure that all press releases and other public statements with respect to the Transactions shall be consistent with such joint communications plan and (b) unless otherwise required by Applicable Laws or by obligations pursuant to any listing agreement with or rules of any securities exchange or automated quotation system, to consult with each other before issuing any press release or, to the extent practicable, otherwise making any public statement with respect to this Agreement or the Transactions.

Section 6.8 Takeover Statutes. If any “fair price,” “moratorium,” “control share acquisition” or other form of antitakeover statute or regulation shall become applicable to the Transactions, each of MI Corp., Merger Sub, MVT Corp. or MVT Holding and their respective Boards of Directors shall use its reasonable best efforts to grant such approvals and take such actions as are reasonably necessary so that the Transactions may be consummated as promptly as practicable on the terms contemplated hereby and otherwise act to eliminate or minimize the effects of such statute or regulation on the Transactions.

Section 6.9 Advice of Changes. Each of Investor, MI Corp., MVT Corp. and MVT Holding shall as promptly as reasonably practicable after becoming aware thereof advise the others of any change or event (a) having, or which would, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect on MVT Corp., or (b) which has resulted, or which, insofar as can reasonably be foreseen, would result, in any of the conditions set forth in Article VII not being satisfied; provided, however, that no such notification shall alter or affect in any manner the representations, warranties, covenants or agreements of the parties or the conditions to the obligations of the parties under this Agreement.

Section 6.10 Private Letter Ruling; Tax-Free Reorganization Treatment; Pre-Distribution Tax Returns.

(a) MI Corp. shall use its reasonable best efforts to obtain the Private Letter Ruling as soon as practicable after the date hereof. MI Corp. shall (i) use its reasonable best efforts to allow Investor to participate in all meetings and material telephone calls with the IRS with respect to the Private Letter Ruling, (ii) use its reasonable best efforts to allow Investor a reasonable period of time (consistent with IRS requests as to timing) to review and comment on any material written submissions related to the Private Letter Ruling and incorporate any reasonable comments provided by Investor with respect thereto, (iii) provide to Investor a copy of any written submission to the IRS or any written material received from the IRS with respect to the Private Letter Ruling, and (iv) keep Investor fully informed of the status of IRS review and any material issue that arises during the course of such review and consult with Investor concerning such status and any such issue. MI Corp. and Investor agree that each will consider in good faith any reasonable modifications to the structure of the Transactions, such as adding new steps or altering the timing of steps set forth in the recitals and Section 3.1 of this Agreement that will facilitate the receipt of the Private

 

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Letter Rulings, so long as none of the Parties is materially prejudiced thereby and the anticipated Tax consequences of the Transactions set forth in the recitals are not affected.

(b) Neither MI Corp. nor any of its Subsidiaries shall take or cause to be taken any action, on or before the Closing Date, that (i) would result in any failure to obtain the Private Letter Ruling or (ii) could be reasonably expected to prevent the MI Merger and the MI Conversion from qualifying as a reorganization under Section 368(a) of the Code or the MI Contribution and the Share Distribution from qualifying as a reorganization under Section 368(a)(1)(D) of the Code and a distribution eligible for nonrecognition under Sections 355(a) and 361(c) of the Code. Investor will not, and will cause each Investor Tax Affiliate not to, (x) acquire any shares of MI Common Stock prior to the Closing Date or (y) acquire any shares of capital stock of MVT Holding or any of its Subsidiaries until the second anniversary of the Closing, other than the Shares and shares acquired in a transaction that complies with Section 4.02 of the Tax Allocation Agreement. For the avoidance of doubt, no member of the MI Group or the MVT Holding Group shall be considered an Affiliate of Investor for purposes of the preceding sentence.

(c) From the date hereof to the Share Distribution Time, MI Corp. shall timely file or cause to be timely filed all Tax Returns with respect to the MVT Group on a basis consistent with past practice (unless there has been a change in Applicable Laws).

(d) To the extent MVT Corp. or MVT Holding pays any of the Expenses as contemplated by the proviso in the first sentence of Section 6.6 hereof, such payment shall be treated as an adjustment to the Purchase Price for U.S. federal income tax purposes.

Section 6.11 Obligations under Separation Agreement. Each of MI Corp., MVT Corp. and MVT Holding will prior to the Closing Date (a) perform its respective obligations and covenants under the Separation Agreement in accordance with the terms of the Separation Agreement and (b) enforce and preserve its respective rights under the Separation Agreement to the full extent permitted under the Separation Agreement.

Section 6.12 Employee Benefits Matters. MVT Holding shall provide employees of MVT Corp. and its Subsidiaries with benefits as set forth in the Employee Matters Agreement pursuant to and in accordance with the terms thereof.

Section 6.13 Debt Financing.

(a) MI Corp. and MVT Holding have received an executed commitment letter dated the date hereof pursuant to which J.P. Morgan Securities Inc. and Morgan Stanley Senior Funding, Inc. have each agreed to provide debt financing in the amount of $1,750,000,000 (one billion seven hundred fifty million dollars) (the “Debt Financing”) to MVT Holding and/or one or more of its Subsidiaries (the “Debt Commitment Letter”). MI Corp., MVT Corp., MVT Holdings and Investor each agrees

 

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to use its reasonable best efforts to provide, and to cause its respective Subsidiaries and its and their respective officers, employees, independent auditors, counsel and other representatives to provide, all timely cooperation reasonably required in connection with the arrangement of the Debt Financing provided for in the Debt Commitment Letter; provided, however, that no member of the MI Group or any of their respective officers or employees shall be required to execute any document in connection with the Debt Financing and none of MVT Corp., MVT Holding or any of their respective Subsidiaries or any of their respective officers or employees shall be required to or execute any document in connection with this Section 6.13 which document would be effective at any time before the time that will be immediately prior to the Share Distribution Time unless an earlier time would be necessary in order to effect the Debt Financing in which case the applicable document shall be effective at such earlier time and such document shall expressly provide that if the Share Distribution does not occur, such document and each of its provisions shall be of no force or effect ab initio.

(b) MVT Corp., MVT Holding and MI Corp. shall use, and shall cause their respective Subsidiaries to use, their respective reasonable best efforts to enforce the provisions of the Debt Commitment Letter.

(c) If any portion of the Debt Financing becomes unavailable on the terms and conditions contemplated in the Debt Commitment Letter, Investor may arrange to obtain alternative financing from alternative sources following the occurrence of such event, in an amount sufficient (when taken together with the aggregate proceeds contemplated by the Equity Commitment Letter and the portion, if any, of the Debt Financing that remains available under the Debt Commitment Letter on the terms and conditions contemplated therein) to consummate the Transactions (the “Alternative Debt Financing”), and Investor, MI Corp. and its Subsidiaries (including MVT Corp.) shall use their respective reasonable best efforts to provide all timely cooperation reasonably required in connection with the arrangement of the Alternative Debt Financing in accordance with the provisions of Section 6.13(a), mutatis mutandis; provided, however, that any such Alternative Debt Financing shall be on terms and subject to conditions reasonably acceptable to MVT Corp.

Section 6.14 Shareholders Agreement; Stock Purchase Right Agreement; Continuing Business Agreements.

(a) MVT Holding and Investor shall take all necessary action to, immediately prior to the Closing, execute and deliver the shareholders agreement in the form of Exhibit E (the “Shareholders Agreement”).

(b) MVT Holding and Investor shall take all necessary action to, immediately prior to the Closing, execute and deliver the Stock Purchase Right Agreement in the form of Exhibit H.

(c) MI Corp., MVT Holding and MVT Corp., shall take all necessary action to cause any Continuing Business Agreements that have not been executed as of the date hereof to be executed and delivered prior to the Closing Date.

 

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Section 6.15 Listing. Each of MI Corp. and MVT Holding shall use its reasonable best efforts to cause (a) the shares of MVT Holding Common Stock to be issued in the MI Merger and the shares of MVT Holding Common Stock to be reserved for issuance upon exercise of MVT Options and (b) the shares of New MI Corp. Common Stock to be distributed in the Share Distribution and the shares of New MI Corp. Common Stock to be reserved for issuance upon the exercise of New MI Corp. Options, to be approved for listing on the NYSE or on such other national securities exchange as MVT Holding and Investor may mutually agree, subject to official notice of issuance, prior to the Closing Date.

Section 6.16 Investor Activity. During the period from the date of this Agreement through the Closing Date, Investor shall not engage in any activity of any nature except as provided in or contemplated by this Agreement.

Section 6.17 Valuation Firm. MI Corp. has engaged American Appraisal Associates to act as a valuation or appraisal firm in connection with the Transactions (American Appraisal Associates or any valuation or appraisal firm engaged by MI Corp. in replacement of American Appraisal Associates with the consent of Investor (which shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed), the “Valuation Firm”) MI Corp. shall use its reasonable best efforts to obtain from the Valuation Firm an opinion addressed to the Board of Directors of MI Corp., MVT Corp. and MVT Holding dated as specified by MI Corp. after the date hereof and on or prior to the Closing Date to the effect that (a) with respect to the MVT Distribution (i) MI LLC will be able to pay its debts as they mature or become due (ii) the fair value of MI LLC’s total assets will not be less than the sum of its total liabilities, (iii) MI LLC’s assets will not be unreasonably small in relation to its business or the MVT Distribution and (iv) MI LLC will have property remaining that does not constitute unreasonably small capital; (b) with respect to the MI LLC Contribution and the MI Cash Contribution (i) MVT Holding will be able to pay its debts as they mature or become due (ii) the fair value of MVT Holding ‘s total assets will not be less than the sum of its total liabilities, (iii) MVT Holding’s assets will not be unreasonably small in relation to its business or the MI LLC Contribution and the MI Cash Contribution and (iv) MVT Holding will have property remaining that does not constitute unreasonably small capital; (c) with respect to the MVT Dividend (i) MVT Corp. will be able to pay its debts as they mature or become due (ii) the fair value of MVT Corp.’s total assets will not be less than the sum of its total liabilities, (iii) MVT Corp.’s assets will not be unreasonably small in relation to its business or the MVT Dividend and (iv) MVT Corp. will have property remaining that does not constitute unreasonably small capital; (d) with respect to the Share Distribution (i) MVT Holding will be able to pay its debts as they mature or become due (ii) the fair value of MVT Holding’s total assets will not be less than the sum of its total liabilities, (iii) MVT Holding’s assets will not be unreasonably small in relation to its business or the Share Distribution and (iv) MVT Holding will have property remaining that does not constitute unreasonably small capital; and (e) with respect to consummation of the Closing Transactions, each of MVT Holding, MVT Corp., New MI Corp. and MI LLC will (i) be able to pay each of their respective debts as they mature or become due (ii) the fair value and present fair saleable value of each of their respective assets will not be less than the sum of each of their respective aggregate liabilities; (iii) each of their respective assets will not be unreasonably small in relation to each of their respective businesses and (iv) each will have property remaining that does not constitute unreasonably small capital (the opinions in clauses (a), (b), (c), (d) and (e) collectively, the “Surplus and Solvency Opinions”). For the avoidance of doubt, MI Corp. and its Subsidiaries shall have no obligation to make any capital contribution or loan to any member of the MVT Group or take any other action not expressly required by this Agreement in connection with this Section 6.17.

 

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Section 6.18 Merger Sub Activity. During the period from the date of this Agreement through the Closing Date, neither Merger Sub nor MVT Holding shall engage in any activity of any nature except as provided in or contemplated by this Agreement.

Section 6.19 Sole Shareholder Approval. Promptly (and in any event no later than 48 hours) after the execution of this Agreement, MVT Holding, as the sole shareholder of Merger Sub, shall vote to adopt this Agreement in accordance with the WBCL.

Section 6.20 Affiliates. Not less than 30 days prior to the Closing Date, MI Corp. shall deliver to Investor and MVT Holding a letter identifying all Persons who, in the judgment of MI Corp., may be deemed at the Closing Date, “affiliates” of MVT Holding for purposes of Rule 145 under the Securities Act and applicable SEC rules and regulations, and such list shall be updated as necessary to reflect changes from the date of delivery thereof. MI Corp. shall use its reasonable best efforts to cause each person identified on such list to deliver to MVT Holding not less than 15 days prior to the Closing Date, a written agreement mutually agreeable to Investor and MI Corp.

Section 6.21 Non-Competition; Non-Solicitation.

(a) Non-Competition.

(i) MI Corp. agrees that for a period of 36 months following the Closing Date New MI Corp. shall not and shall cause its Subsidiaries not to engage, within the United States, in competition with members of MVT Group in any business with financial services firms and related businesses that MVT Corp. is engaged in as of the date hereof in any substantial respect (collectively, the “Restricted Activities”), provided, that, the Restricted Activities shall not include: (A) any business engaged in by members of MI Group as of the date hereof, (B) any activities engaged in solely to service the operations of the MI Group and (C) any other traditional banking services which shall include credit services, deposit taking, lending services, trust products or services, cash management services, wealth management products or services and financing commercial and residential real estates;

(ii) Section 6.21(a)(i) shall be deemed not to be breached as a result of (A) the ownership by New MI Corp. or any of its Subsidiaries of: (1) less than an aggregate of 5% of any class of capital stock of a Person engaged, directly or indirectly, in Restricted Activities; provided, however, that such capital stock is listed or quoted on a national securities exchange or the Nasdaq National Market, (2) less than 15% in value of any instrument of indebtedness of a Person engaged, directly or indirectly, in Restricted Activities or (3) any securities held in a fiduciary capacity, (B) New MI Corp. or any of its Subsidiaries acquiring control of any Person or business that for the fiscal year immediately preceding such acquisition derived less than 10% of its revenues from Restricted Activities, (C) New MI Corp. or any of its Subsidiaries acquiring control of any Person or business that for the fiscal year immediately preceding such acquisition derived more than 10% of its revenues but less than 35% of its revenues from Restricted Activities so long as New MI Corp. and its Subsidiaries shall use its

 

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reasonable best efforts to divest such operations as promptly as practicable and in any event within 12 months after the consummation of such acquisition of control, or (D) New MI Corp. or any of its Subsidiaries owning an interest acquired as a creditor in bankruptcy or otherwise than by a voluntary investment decision in a Person or business that for the fiscal year immediately preceding the acquisition of such interest by New MI Corp. or any of its Subsidiaries derived 10% or more of its revenues from Restricted Activities, so long as New MI Corp. or its applicable Subsidiary shall use its reasonable best efforts to divest such interest as promptly as practicable and in any event within 12 months after the acquisition of such interest; provided, however, that New MI Corp. or any of its Subsidiaries shall not be required to divest any such interest acquired pursuant to this clause (D) if its fair market value at the time of such acquisition is less than $1,000,000. For the avoidance of doubt, New MI Corp. or any of its Subsidiaries may actively operate, manage and control any Person or business any of them acquire in accordance with clause (B) and/or clause (C).

(iii) MI Corp. and Investor agree that the covenants included in this Section 6.21(a) are reasonable in their geographic and temporal coverage, and that neither MI Corp. nor Investor shall raise any issue of geographic or temporal reasonableness in any proceeding to enforce such covenant; provided, however, that if the provisions of this Section 6.21(a) should ever be deemed to exceed the time or geographic limitations or any other limitations permitted by Applicable Law in any jurisdiction, then such provisions shall be deemed reformed in such jurisdiction to the minimum extent required by Applicable Law to cure such problem. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, it is understood and agreed that monetary damages would be inadequate in the case of any breach of the covenants contained in this Section 6.21(a), and that Investor shall be entitled to seek equitable relief, including the remedy of specific performance, with respect to any breach or attempted breach of such covenants.

(b) MI Corp. Non-Solicitation. MI Corp. agrees that for a period of six months following the Closing Date neither New MI Corp. nor any of its Subsidiaries will encourage any MVT Employee listed in Section 6.21(b) of the MVT Disclosure Schedule (such employees, the “Executive Committee”) to terminate his or her employment with any member of the MVT Group, or solicit such individual for employment outside the MVT Group which would end or diminish such employee’s service to the MVT Group.

(c) MVT Holding Non-Solicitation. MVT Holding and MVT Corp. each agrees that for a period of six months following the Closing Date neither MVT Holding nor any of its Subsidiaries will encourage any employee listed in Section 6.21(c) of the MI Disclosure Schedule to terminate his or her employment with any member of the MI Group or solicit such individual for employment outside the MI Group which would end or diminish that employee’s services to the MI Group.

Section 6.22 Transaction Agreements. From the date hereof until the earlier of the Closing Date and the termination of this Agreement in accordance with Article VIII, without the written consent of Investor, none of MI Corp., MVT Corp., MVT Holding and Merger Sub shall (i) make, propose or agree to any amendment or modification of any of the Transaction Agreements to which any of them is a party or (ii) waive compliance with any obligations of any party thereunder; provided, however, that MVT Corp. and MI Corp. may amend the Continuing Business Agreements in the ordinary course of business.

 

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ARTICLE VII

CONDITIONS PRECEDENT

Section 7.1 Conditions to Each Party’s Obligation to Effect the Transactions. The respective obligations of Investor, MI Corp., MVT Corp. and MVT Holding to effect the Closing Transactions are subject to the satisfaction or waiver on or prior to the Closing Date of the following conditions:

(a) Shareholder Approval. MI Corp. shall have obtained the MI Transaction Approval.

(b) No Injunctions or Restraints, Illegality. No Applicable Laws shall have been adopted, promulgated or enforced by any Governmental Entity, and no temporary restraining order, preliminary or permanent injunction or other order issued by a court or other Governmental Entity of competent jurisdiction (an “Injunction”) shall be in effect, having the effect of making the Transactions illegal or otherwise prohibiting consummation of the Transactions.

(c) No Pending Governmental Actions. No proceeding initiated by any Governmental Entity seeking an Injunction having the effect of making the Transactions illegal or otherwise prohibiting consummation of the Transactions shall be pending.

(d) HSR Act. The waiting period (and any extension thereof) applicable to the Transactions under the HSR Act shall have been terminated or shall have expired.

(e) Effectiveness of the Form S-4, Form 10 and the Proxy Statement. The Form S-4 shall have been declared effective by the SEC in accordance with the Securities Act, the Form 10 shall have been declared effective by the SEC and the Proxy Statement shall have been cleared by the SEC and none shall be the subject of any stop order or proceedings seeking a stop order.

(f) Private Letter Ruling and Tax Opinion.

(i) MVT Holding shall have received a private letter ruling from the IRS in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to each of MI Corp. and Investor to the effect that, on the basis of the facts, representations and assumptions set forth in the written request for such ruling which are consistent with the state of facts existing at the Share Distribution Time, (a) the MI Merger and the MI Conversion qualify as a reorganization under Section 368(a) of the Code and (b) the MI Contribution and the Share Distribution qualify as a reorganization under Section 368(a)(1)(D) of the Code and a distribution eligible for nonrecognition under Sections 355(a) and 361(c) of the Code (the “Private Letter Ruling”) and such ruling shall, as of the Closing Date, remain in full force and effect and shall not have been modified or amended in any respect adversely affecting the Tax consequences set forth therein.

 

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(ii) MI Corp. and MVT Holding shall have received a reasoned opinion letter from Sidley Austin LLP (or other law firm of national standing) addressed to MI Corp. and MVT Holding, dated the Closing Date, such opinion letter to be in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to MI Corp. and Investor (including, for the avoidance of doubt, with respect to any underlying assumptions or representations), to the effect that, on the basis of facts, representations and assumptions set forth in such opinion which are consistent with the state of facts existing at the Share Distribution Time, the Share Distribution will (i) be treated as satisfying the business purpose requirement described in Treasury Regulation Section 1.355-2(b)(1); (ii) not be treated as being used principally as a device for the distribution of earnings and profits of the distributing corporation or the controlled corporation or both under Section 355(a)(1)(B) of the Code; and (iii) not be taxable as a result of the application of Section 355(e) of the Code. In rendering the opinions referred to in the preceding sentence, Sidley Austin LLP (or such other law firm of national standing) may rely as to matters of fact upon the representations contained herein and representations from MI Corp., MVT Corp., Investor and other parties (including, but not limited to, any major shareholders of MI Corp. and/or MVT Corp.) as Sidley Austin LLP (or such other law firm of national standing) may reasonably request for purposes of rendering such opinions.

(g) Listing. The (i) shares of MVT Holding Common Stock to be issued in the MI Merger and to be reserved for issuance upon exercise of MVT Options and (ii) the shares of New MI Corp. Common Stock to be distributed in the Share Distribution and the shares of New MI Corp. Common Stock to be reserved for issuance upon the exercise of New MI Corp. Options, shall each have been approved for listing on the NYSE or such other national securities exchange designated by MVT Holding and Investor pursuant to Section 6.15, subject to official notice of issuance.

(h) Surplus and Solvency Opinions. The Surplus and Solvency Opinions shall have been delivered in accordance with Section 6.17 and such opinions shall not have been withdrawn, modified or rescinded.

(i) Banking Approval. The state and federal banking approvals set forth in Section 7.1(i) of the MVT Disclosure Schedule shall have been obtained.

(j) Debt Financing. MVT Holding shall have received the proceeds of the Debt Financing pursuant to the terms of the Debt Financing Commitment or, if the Investor has secured Alternative Debt Financing on terms reasonably acceptable to MVT Corp. pursuant to Section 6.13(b), MVT Holding and/or one or more of its wholly-owned Subsidiaries shall have received the proceeds of the Alternative Debt Financing.

(k) MVT Dividend and MI Cash Contribution. Following the consummation of the Debt Financing (or Alternative Debt Financing, if applicable), MVT Corp., shall have funds sufficient to pay the MVT Dividend and to permit MVT Holding to make the MI Cash Contribution.

 

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Section 7.2 Additional Conditions to Obligations of Investor. The obligations of Investor to effect the Closing Transactions are subject to the satisfaction or waiver by Investor on or prior to the Closing Date of the following additional conditions:

(a) Representations and Warranties. Each of the representations and warranties of MI Corp., MVT Corp. and MVT Holding (i) in Section 4.2(a) (Organization), Sections 4.2(c)(i) and (v) (Authority; No Conflicts), Section 4.2(f) (Brokers or Finders), Section 4.3(a) (Organization), Section 4.3(b) Capital Structure), Sections 4.3(c)(i) and (iii) (Authority; No Conflicts), Section 4.4(a) (Organization), Section 4.4(c)(i) (Authority; No Conflicts), Section 4.4(b) (Capital Structure) and Section 4.4(f) (Status of MVT Holding Shares) shall be true and correct as of the date of this Agreement and as of the Closing Date as though made on and as of such dates (except to the extent that such representations and warranties speak only as of the date hereof or as of another date or dates in which case, only as of such date(s)), (ii) in Section 4.2(b)(i) (Capital Structure) shall be true and correct in all material respects as of the date of this Agreement and as of the Closing Date as though made on and as of such dates (except to the extent that such representations and warranties speak only as of the date hereof or as of another date or dates in which case, only as of such date(s)) and (iii) that is otherwise made in this Agreement shall be true and correct as of the date of this Agreement and as of the Closing Date as though made on and as of such dates (except to the extent that such representations and warranties speak only as of the date hereof or as of another date or dates in which case, only as of such date(s)), in each case in this clause (iii), except for changes therein specifically permitted by this Agreement or any transaction contemplated by this Agreement or the Transaction Agreements and, in each case in this clause (iii), except where the failure of such representations or warranties to be true and correct (without giving effect to any limitation as to “materiality” or “Material Adverse Effect” set forth in such representations and warranties) does not have and would not have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect on MVT Corp. Investor shall have received a certificate of MI Corp., MVT Corp. and MVT Holding executed by an executive officer of MI Corp., MVT Corp. and MVT Holding to such effect.

(b) Performance of Obligations of MI Corp., MVT Corp. and MVT Holding. MI Corp., MVT Corp. and MVT Holding shall have each performed or complied with all agreements and covenants required to be performed by it under this Agreement at or prior to the Closing Date that are qualified as to materiality or Material Adverse Effect and shall have performed or complied in all material respects with all other agreements and covenants required to be performed by it under this Agreement at or prior to the Closing Date that are not so qualified, and Investor shall have received a certificate executed by an executive officer of MI Corp., MVT Corp. and MVT Holding to such effect.

(c) Transaction Agreements. The Transaction Agreements contemplated to be in effect at such time shall be in full force and effect and each of MI Corp., MVT Corp. and MVT Holding shall have performed or complied with, in all material respects, the obligations required to be performed or complied with by it under the Transaction Agreements at or prior to the Closing Date.

 

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(d) Material Adverse Effect. Since the date of this Agreement, there shall not have been any Material Adverse Effect on MVT Corp or MVT Holding.

Section 7.3 Additional Conditions to Obligations of MI Corp., MVT Corp. and MVT Holding. The obligations of MI Corp., MVT Corp. and MVT Holding to effect the Closing Transactions are subject to the satisfaction or waiver by MI Corp. on or prior to the Closing Date of the following additional conditions:

(a) Representations and Warranties. Each of the representations and warranties of Investor (i) in Section 4.1(a) (Organization), Section 4.1(b)(i) (Authority; No Conflicts) and Section 4.1(e) (Brokers or Finders) shall be true and correct as of the date of this Agreement and as of the Closing Date as though made on and as of such dates (except to the extent that such representations and warranties speak only as of the date hereof or as of another date or dates in which case, only as of such date(s)), and (ii) that is otherwise made in this Agreement shall be true and correct as of the date of this Agreement and as of the Closing Date as though made on and as of such dates (except to the extent that such representations and warranties speak only as of the date hereof or as of another date or dates in which case, only as of such date(s)), in each case in this clause (ii), except for changes therein specifically permitted by this Agreement or any transaction contemplated by this Agreement or the Transaction Agreements and, in each case, except where the failure of such representations or warranties to be true and correct (without giving effect to any limitation as to “materiality” or “Material Adverse Effect” set forth in such representations and warranties) does not have and would not have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect on Investor. MI Corp. and MVT Corp. shall have received a certificate of Investor executed by an executive officer of Investor to such effect.

(b) Performance of Obligations of Investor. Investor shall have performed or complied with all agreements and covenants required to be performed by it under this Agreement at or prior to the Closing Date that are qualified as to materiality or Material Adverse Effect and shall have performed or complied in all material respects with all other agreements and covenants required to be performed by it under this Agreement at or prior to the Closing Date that are not so qualified, and MI Corp., MVT Corp. and MVT Holding shall have received a certificate of Investor executed by an executive officer of Investor to such effect.

(c) Transaction Agreements. The Transaction Agreements contemplated to be in effect at such time shall be in full force and effect and Investor shall have performed or complied with, in all material respects, the obligations required to be performed or complied with by it under the Transaction Agreements at or prior to the Closing Date.

(d) Equity Financing. The proceeds of the Equity Financing shall have been deposited with MVT Holding in accordance with Section 2.2.

 

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ARTICLE VIII

TERMINATION AND AMENDMENT

Section 8.1 Termination. This Agreement may be terminated at any time prior to the Closing Date, by action taken or authorized by the Board of Directors of the terminating party or parties, and except as provided below, whether before or after the MI Transaction Approval:

(a) by the mutual written consent of MI Corp. and Investor;

(b) by either MI Corp. or Investor if the Closing Date shall not have occurred on or before April 4, 2008 (the “Termination Date”); provided, however, that the right to terminate this Agreement under this Section 8.1(b) shall not be available to any party that has breached in any material respect any of its obligations under this Agreement that has been the cause of, or resulted in, the failure of the Closing Date to occur on or before the Termination Date;

(c) by either MI Corp. or Investor if any Governmental Entity shall have issued an order, decree or ruling or taken any other action (which action such party shall have used its reasonable best efforts to resist, resolve or lift, as applicable, in accordance with Section 6.4) permanently restraining, enjoining or otherwise prohibiting the Transactions, and such order, decree, ruling or other action shall have become final and nonappealable;

(d) by either MI Corp. or Investor if at the MI Shareholders Meeting the MI Transaction Approval shall not have been obtained;

(e) by Investor, if (i) (A) the Board of Directors of MI Corp. shall have failed to make the MI Recommendation or (B) the Board of Directors of MI Corp. or a committee thereof shall have made a Change in the MI Recommendation (or publicly announced its intention to take any such action referred to in clause (A) or (B)) and Investor has not delivered a Force the MI Vote Notice in accordance with Section 6.1(b) that remains in effect in accordance with Section 6.5(d)(iii), or (ii) MI Corp. shall have breached its obligations under this Agreement by reason of a failure to call and hold the MI Shareholders Meeting in accordance with Section 6.1(b);

(f) by MI Corp., if Investor shall have breached or failed to perform any of its representations, warranties, covenants or other agreements contained in this Agreement, such that the conditions set forth in Section 7.3(a) or Section 7.3(b) are not capable of being satisfied on or before the Termination Date;

(g) by Investor, if MVT Holding, MI Corp. or MVT Corp. shall have breached or failed to perform any of its representations, warranties, covenants or other agreements contained in this Agreement, such that the conditions set forth in Section 7.2(a) or Section 7.2(b) are not capable of being satisfied on or before the Termination Date; or

 

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(h) by MI Corp., if (i) (A) the Board of Directors of MI Corp. authorizes MI Corp. to enter into a MI Acquisition Agreement and (B) MI Corp. has paid to Investor the Termination Fee pursuant to Section 8.2(c) or (ii) (x) the Board of Directors of MI Corp. makes a Change in Recommendation in accordance with Section 6.5, (y) Investor has not delivered a Force the MI Vote Notice in accordance with Section 6.1(b) that remains in effect in accordance with Section 6.5(d)(iii) and the fifteen Business Day period for delivery of a Force the MI Vote Notice pursuant to Section 6.5(d)(ii) or (iii) has elapsed and (z) MI Corp. has paid to Investor the Termination Fee pursuant to Section 8.2(c).

Section 8.2 Effect of Termination.

(a) In the event of termination of this Agreement by either MI Corp. or Investor as provided in Section 8.1, this Agreement shall forthwith become void and there shall be no liability or obligation on the part of Investor, MI Corp., Merger Sub, MVT Holding or MVT Corp. or their respective Subsidiaries, officers or directors under this Agreement, except that the second and third sentences of Section 6.3 (regarding the Confidentiality Agreement), Section 6.6 (Fees and Expenses), this Section 8.2 and Article IX shall survive such termination and provided that nothing herein shall relieve any party from liability for its willful breach of this Agreement.

(b) If Investor shall terminate this Agreement pursuant to Section 8.1(e), MI Corp. shall pay Investor an amount equal to $75,000,000.

(c) If MI Corp. shall terminate this Agreement pursuant to Section 8.1(h), MI Corp. shall pay Investor an amount equal to $75,000,000.

(d) If (i) (A) either party shall terminate this Agreement pursuant to Section 8.1(b) or (B) Investor shall terminate this Agreement pursuant to Section 8.1(g) and (ii) at any time after the date of this Agreement and before any such termination, a bona fide MI Acquisition Proposal or MVT Acquisition Proposal shall have been publicly announced, become publicly known or otherwise been communicated to the senior management, the Board of Directors or stockholders of MI Corp. (whether or not conditional), then if within twelve months after such termination, MI Corp. or any of its Subsidiaries enters into a definitive agreement with respect to a MI Acquisition Proposal or MVT Acquisition Proposal, or consummates any MI Acquisition Proposal or MVT Acquisition Proposal, MI Corp. shall pay Investor an amount equal to $75,000,000.

(e) If (i) either party shall terminate this Agreement pursuant to Section 8.1(d), MI Corp. shall pay Investor an amount equal to $20,000,000 and (ii) at any time after the date of this Agreement and before the MI Shareholder Meeting, a bona fide MI Acquisition Proposal or MVT Acquisition Proposal (other than by Investor or any Affiliate thereof) shall have been publicly announced, become publicly known or otherwise been communicated to the senior management, the Board of Directors or stockholders of MI Corp. (whether or not conditional), then if within twelve months after such termination, MI Corp. or any of its Subsidiaries enters into a definitive agreement with respect to a MI Acquisition Proposal or MVT Acquisition Proposal, or

 

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consummates any MI Acquisition Proposal or MVT Acquisition Proposal, MI Corp. shall pay Investor an amount equal to $55,000,000 in addition to the amount paid to Investor pursuant to clause (i) above.

(f) If this Agreement is terminated by MI Corp. pursuant to Section 8.1(f) on the basis of an intentional and material breach by Investor, Investor shall pay to MI Corp. an amount equal to $75,000,000.

(g) If this Agreement is terminated by Investor pursuant to Section 8.1(g) on the basis of an intentional and material breach by MI Corp., MI Corp. shall pay to Investor an amount equal to $75,000,000.

(h) Any amount payable under clause (b) through (g) of this Section 8.2 is referred to herein as the “Termination Fee.” The Parties hereby acknowledge and agree that the amounts payable pursuant to clauses (b) through (g) are not cumulative, that the Termination Fee shall be paid only under one subsection of this Section 8.2 and that in no event shall the Termination Fee exceed $75,000,000. All payments to be made pursuant to this Section 8.2 shall be made by the applicable party as promptly as reasonably practicable (and, in any event, within three Business Days) following the date of termination of this Agreement pursuant to this Article VIII by wire transfer of immediately available funds to an account specified in writing by the party to receive such payments; provided, however, that any payment to be made pursuant to Section 8.2(c) shall be made to Investor prior to the termination of this Agreement pursuant to Section 8.1(h) by wire transfer of immediately available funds to an account specified in writing by Investor.

(i) The parties acknowledge and agree that, notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, (i) in no event shall the Investor, on the one hand, or any member of the MI Group or the MVT Group, on the other hand, be liable for, or seek to recover against the other party, any losses or damages with respect to this Agreement in excess of $75,000,000 (the “Cap”), (ii) the payment of the Cap by the Investor or the Equity Fund (in the case of the Equity Fund pursuant to the Limited Guarantee), on the one hand, or any member of the MI Group or the MVT Group, on the other hand, pursuant to this Section 8.2 shall be the sole and exclusive remedy of such party against the other party and such other party’s respective stockholders, partners, members, directors, officers, employees or agents for any losses or damages suffered such party as a result of the failure of the Transactions to be consummated or the termination of this Agreement, and (iii) upon payment of the Cap by the Investor or the Equity Fund (in the case of the Equity Fund pursuant to the Limited Guarantee), on the one hand, or any member of the MI Group or the MVT Group, on the other hand, pursuant to this Section 8.2 none of Investor or the Equity Fund, on the one hand, or any member of the MI Group or the MVT Group, on the other hand, or any of their respective stockholders, partners, members, directors, officers, employees or agents, as the case may be, shall have any further liability or obligation relating to or arising out of this Agreement or the Transactions. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the parties acknowledge that if any party fails to pay promptly any amount due pursuant to and in accordance with this Section 8.2, and, in order to obtain such payment, the other party

 

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commences a suit which results in a final, binding and nonappealable judgment against the breaching party for the fee set forth in this Section 8.2, the breaching party shall pay to the other party its reasonable attorneys’ fees and expenses in connection with such suit; provided, that, the amounts payable by either party pursuant to this sentence shall in no event exceed $2,000,000. The parties acknowledge that the agreements contained in this Section 8.2 are an integral part of the Transactions, and that, without these agreements, the parties would not enter into this Agreement.

ARTICLE IX

GENERAL PROVISIONS

Section 9.1 Non-Survival of Representations and Warranties. The representations and warranties in this Agreement shall not survive the Closing Date. This Section 9.1 shall not limit any covenant or agreement of the Parties which by its terms contemplates performance after the Closing Date.

Section 9.2 Notices. All notices and other communications hereunder shall be in writing and shall be deemed duly given (a) on the date of delivery if delivered personally, (b) upon confirmation of receipt if delivered by telecopy or telefacsimile, (c) on the first Business Day following the date of dispatch if delivered by a recognized next-day courier service, or (d) on the date received if delivered by registered or certified mail, return receipt requested, postage prepaid. All notices hereunder shall be delivered as set forth below, or pursuant to such other instructions as may be designated in writing by the party to receive such notice:

(a) if to MI Corp. or Merger Sub or, prior to the Closing Date, to MVT Corp. or MVT Holding to:

Marshall & Ilsley Corporation

770 N. Water Street

Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53202

Fax: (414) 765-7899

Attention: Dennis J. Kuester

                 Chairman and Chief Executive Officer

                 Randall J. Erickson

                 Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary

with a copy to:

Sidley Austin LLP

One S. Dearborn Street

Chicago, Illinois 60603

Fax: (312) 853-7036

Attention: Imad I. Qasim, Esq.

                 Pran Jha, Esq.

 

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(b) if to MVT Corp. or MVT Holding, to:

 

Metavante Holding Company
4900 West Brown Deer Rd.
Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53223
Fax: (414) 362-1705
Attention:    Frank Martire
   Chief Executive Officer
   Norrie J. Daroga
   Executive Vice President, Chief Risk Officer & Secretary
with a copy to:
Quarles & Brady LLP
411 East Wisconsin Avenue
Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53202-4497
Fax: (414) 978-8786
Attention:    Patrick M. Ryan, Esq.

(c) if to Investor, to:

 

WPM, L.P.
c/o Warburg Pincus & Co.

466 Lexington Avenue

New York, New York 10017

Fax: (212) 878-9351
Attention:    James Neary
with a copy to:
Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz
51 West 52nd Street
New York, New York 10019
Fax: (212) 403-2000
Attention:    Andrew R. Brownstein, Esq.
   Igor Kirman, Esq.

or to such other persons or addresses as may be designated in writing by the party to receive such notice as provided above.

Section 9.3 Amendment. Subject to Applicable Law, this Agreement may be amended by the parties hereto, by action taken or authorized by their respective Boards of Directors, at any time before or after approval of the matters presented in connection with this Agreement and the Transactions by the shareholders of MI Corp., but, after any such approval, no amendment shall be made which by law or in accordance with the rules of any relevant stock

 

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exchange requires further approval by such shareholders without such further approval. This Agreement may not be amended except by an instrument in writing signed on behalf of each of the parties hereto.

Section 9.4 Extension; Waiver. Subject to Applicable Law, at any time prior to the Closing Date, the parties hereto, by action taken or authorized by their respective Boards of Directors, may, to the extent legally allowed, (a) extend the time for the performance of any of the obligations or other acts of the other parties hereto, (b) waive any inaccuracies in the representations and warranties of other parties contained herein or in any document delivered pursuant hereto and (c) waive compliance with any of the agreements or conditions of other parties contained herein or in any document delivered pursuant hereto. Any agreement on the part of a party hereto to any such extension or waiver shall be valid only if set forth in a written instrument signed on behalf of such party. The failure of any party to this Agreement to assert any of its rights under this Agreement or otherwise shall not constitute a waiver of those rights.

Section 9.5 Interpretation. When a reference is made in this Agreement to Sections, Exhibits or Schedules, such reference shall be to a Section of or Exhibit or Schedule to this Agreement unless otherwise indicated. The table of contents and headings contained in this Agreement are for reference purposes only and shall not affect in any way the meaning or interpretation of this Agreement. Whenever the words “include,” “includes” or “including” are used in this Agreement, they shall be deemed to be followed by the words “without limitation.”

Section 9.6 Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in multiple counterparts, all of which shall be considered one and the same agreement and shall become effective when two or more counterparts have been signed by each of the parties and delivered to the other parties, it being understood that the parties need not sign the same counterpart.

Section 9.7 Entire Agreement; No Third Party Beneficiaries.

(a) This Agreement, the Confidentiality Agreement, the Transaction Agreements and the exhibits and schedules hereto and thereto and the other agreements and instruments of the parties delivered in connection herewith and therewith constitute the entire agreement and supersede all prior agreements, understandings, representations and warranties, both written and oral, among the parties with respect to the subject matter hereof and thereof.

(b) This Agreement shall be binding upon and inure solely to the benefit of each party hereto, and nothing in this Agreement, express or implied, is intended to or shall confer upon any other Person any right, benefit or remedy of any nature whatsoever under or by reason of this Agreement.

Section 9.8 Governing Law. This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Wisconsin (without giving effect to choice of law principles thereof).

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provision to Persons or circumstances other than those as to which it has been held invalid or unenforceable, shall remain in full force and effect and shall in no way be affected, impaired or invalidated thereby, so long as the economic or legal substance of the Transactions is not affected in any manner materially adverse to any Party. Upon any such determination, the parties shall negotiate in good faith in an effort to agree upon a suitable and equitable substitute provision to effect the original intent of the Parties.

Section 9.10 Assignment. This Agreement shall not be assignable by any party without the prior written consent of the other parties; provided, however, that Investor may assign all of its rights hereunder to the Equity Fund or any Successor Fund or any entity wholly owned (other than de minimis (no more than 1%) ownership by any other Person or Persons, provided, that, such assignment would not be reasonably likely to prevent or impair or delay the consummation of the Transactions) by the Equity Fund and/or any Successor Fund with the prior written consent of MI Corp., which consent will not be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed; provided, further, that (i) MI Corp. shall not be required to give its consent to any such assignment that would delay or impair the Closing, (ii) notwithstanding any such assignment, Investor shall remain liable to perform all of its obligations hereunder, (iii) the obligations of MI Corp., MVT Corp. and MVT Holding hereunder shall be subject to delivery by such assignee, on or prior to the Closing Date, of a certificate signed on its behalf containing substantially similar representations and warranties to those contained in Section 4.1 and (iv) Investor shall take all actions requested by MI Corp. in order to ensure that the Limited Guarantee and the Equity Commitment Letter remain in full force and effect after giving effect to such assignment. Subject to the foregoing, this Agreement shall be binding upon, inure to the benefit of, and be enforceable by the parties and their respective successors and assigns. If Investor requests that a portion of its rights hereunder be permitted to be assigned to any Person, MI Corp. will, subject to its consent rights, endeavor in good faith to accommodate such request.

Section 9.11 Submission to Jurisdiction; Waivers. (a) Each of Investor, MI Corp., MVT Corp. and MVT Holding irrevocably agrees that any legal action or proceeding with respect to this Agreement, the Transactions, any provision hereof, the breach, performance, validity or invalidity hereof or for recognition and enforcement of any judgment in respect hereof brought by another party hereto or its successors or permitted assigns may be brought and determined in any federal or state court located in the State of Wisconsin, and each of Investor, MI Corp., Merger Sub, MVT Corp. and MVT Holding hereby irrevocably submits with regard to any such action or proceeding for itself and in respect to its property, generally and unconditionally, to the exclusive jurisdiction of the aforesaid courts.

(b) Each of Investor, MI Corp., Merger Sub, MVT Corp. and MVT Holding hereby irrevocably waives, and agrees not to assert, by way of motion, as a defense, counterclaim or otherwise, in any action or proceeding with respect to this Agreement, the Transactions, any provision hereof or the breach, performance, enforcement, validity or invalidity hereof, (i) any claim that it is not personally subject to the jurisdiction of the above-named courts for any reason other than the failure to lawfully serve process, (ii) that it or its property is exempt or immune from jurisdiction of any such court or from any legal process commenced in such courts (whether through service of notice, attachment prior to judgment, attachment in aid of execution of judgment, execution of judgment or otherwise) and (iii) to the fullest extent permitted

 

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by Applicable Laws, that (A) the suit, action or proceeding in any such court is brought in an inconvenient forum, (B) the venue of such suit, action or proceeding is improper and (C) this Agreement, or the subject matter hereof, may not be enforced in or by such courts. EACH PARTY FURTHER ACKNOWLEDGES AND AGREES THAT ANY CONTROVERSY WHICH MAY ARISE UNDER THIS AGREEMENT IS LIKELY TO INVOLVE COMPLICATED AND DIFFICULT ISSUES, AND THEREFORE EACH SUCH PARTY HEREBY IRREVOCABLY AND UNCONDITIONALLY WAIVES ANY RIGHT SUCH PARTY MAY HAVE TO A TRIAL BY JURY IN RESPECT OF ANY LITIGATION DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT OR THE TRANSACTIONS. EACH PARTY CERTIFIES AND ACKNOWLEDGES THAT (a) NO REPRESENTATIVE, AGENT OR ATTORNEY OF ANY OTHER PARTY HAS REPRESENTED, EXPRESSLY OR OTHERWISE, TO IT THAT SUCH OTHER PARTY WOULD NOT, IN THE EVENT OF LITIGATION, SEEK TO ENFORCE THE FOREGOING WAIVER, (b) EACH PARTY UNDERSTANDS AND HAS CONSIDERED THE IMPLICATIONS OF THIS WAIVER, (c) EACH PARTY MAKES THIS WAIVER VOLUNTARILY AND (d) EACH PARTY HAS BEEN INDUCED TO ENTER INTO THIS AGREEMENT BY, AMONG OTHER THINGS, THE MUTUAL WAIVERS AND CERTIFICATIONS IN THIS SECTION 9.11.

Section 9.12 Enforcement. The parties agree that irreparable damage would occur in the event that any of the provisions of Section 6.21 of this Agreement, the third to last sentence of Section 6.3, or the Confidentiality Agreement were not performed in accordance with their specific terms. It is accordingly agreed that the parties shall be entitled to pursue specific performance of the terms of Section 6.21 of this Agreement, the third to last sentence of Section 6.3, or the Confidentiality Agreement, this being in addition to any other remedy to which they are entitled at law or in equity. Other than Section 6.21 of this Agreement, the third to last sentence of Section 6.3 and the Confidentiality Agreement, the parties shall not be entitled to pursue specific performance or other equitable relief with respect to any provision of this Agreement.

Section 9.13 Disclosure Schedule. The mere inclusion of an item in the relevant Disclosure Schedule as an exception to a representation, warranty or covenant shall not be deemed an admission by a party that such item represents a material exception or material fact, event or circumstance or that such item has had or would have a Material Adverse Effect with respect to MI Corp., Merger Sub, MVT Corp. or any Subsidiary of the foregoing, as applicable.

Section 9.14 Mutual Drafting. This Agreement shall be deemed to be the joint work product of Investor, MI Corp., Merger Sub, MVT Corp. and MVT Holding and any rule of construction that a document shall be interpreted or construed against a drafter of such document shall not be applicable.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be signed by their respective officers thereunto duly authorized, all as of the date first written above.

 

MARSHALL & ILSLEY CORPORATION
By:  

/s/ Mark F. Furlong

Name:   Mark F. Furlong
Title:  

President

METAVANTE CORPORATION
By:  

/s/ Donald Layden Jr.

Name:  

Donald Layden Jr.

Title:  

Senior Executive Vice President

METAVANTE HOLDING COMPANY
By:  

/s/ Gregory A. Smith

Name:   Gregory A. Smith
Title:  

President

MONTANA MERGER SUB INC.
By:  

/s/ Gregory A. Smith

Name:   Gregory A. Smith
Title:  

President

WPM, L.P.
By:   WPM GP, LLC, its general partner
By:  

/s/ James Neary

Name:   James Neary
Title:   Managing Director
EX-2.02 3 dex202.htm SEPARATION AGREEMENT, DATED AS OF APRIL 3, 2007 Separation Agreement, dated as of April 3, 2007

Exhibit 2.02

Execution Version

SEPARATION AGREEMENT

among

METAVANTE HOLDING COMPANY

METAVANTE CORPORATION,

NEW M&I CORPORATION

and

MARSHALL & ILSLEY CORPORATION

Dated as of April 3, 2007


TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

             Page
ARTICLE I   DEFINITIONS    2
        Section 1.01     Definitions    2
ARTICLE II   ACTIONS PRIOR TO THE DISTRIBUTIONS    9
        Section 2.01     Other Transactions    9
        Section 2.02     Capital Structure of New MI Corp    9
        Section 2.03     Financial Instruments    9
        Section 2.04     Related Party Agreements; Intercompany Accounts; MVT Cash    10
        Section 2.05     Resignations; Transfer of Shares Held as Nominee    11
        Section 2.06     Other Ancillary Agreements    12
ARTICLE III   THE DISTRIBUTIONS    12
        Section 3.01     MVT Holding Record Date and Distribution Date    12
        Section 3.02     The Distribution Agent    12
        Section 3.03     Delivery of Distribution Shares    12
        Section 3.04     The Distribution    12
        Section 3.05     Cooperation Prior to the Distribution    12
        Section 3.06     Conditions to the Distribution    13
        Section 3.07     Waiver of Conditions    13
ARTICLE IV   MUTUAL RELEASE; INDEMNIFICATION    13
        Section 4.01     Mutual Release    13
        Section 4.02     Indemnification by the MVT Parties    14
        Section 4.03     Indemnification by the MI Parties    15
        Section 4.04     Notice of Claims    15
        Section 4.05     Determination of Amount    15
        Section 4.06     Third Party Claims    16
        Section 4.07     Exclusive Remedy    18
        Section 4.08     Limitations    18
        Section 4.09     Survival of Indemnities    18
        Section 4.10     Exclusivity of Tax Allocation Agreement    19
ARTICLE V   CERTAIN OTHER MATTERS    19
        Section 5.01     Insurance    19
        Section 5.02     Use of Names    21
        Section 5.03     Subsequent Transfers    22
        Section 5.04     Consents    24


        Section 5.05     Reporting Cooperation    24
ARTICLE VI   ACCESS TO INFORMATION    24

        Section 6.01

    Provision of Corporate Records    24
        Section 6.02     Access to Information.    25
        Section 6.03     Production of Witnesses    26
        Section 6.04     Retention of Records    26
        Section 6.05     Confidentiality    27
ARTICLE VII   TERMINATION    28
        Section 7.01     Termination    28
        Section 7.02     Effect of Termination    28
ARTICLE VIII   MISCELLANEOUS    28
        Section 8.01     Entire Agreement; Construction    28
        Section 8.02     Survival of Agreements    28
        Section 8.03     Governing Law    28
        Section 8.04     Notices    28
        Section 8.05     Expenses    29
        Section 8.06     Consent to Jurisdiction    29
        Section 8.07     Amendments    30
        Section 8.08     Assignment    30
        Section 8.09     Captions; Currency    30
        Section 8.10     Severability    30
        Section 8.11     Parties in Interest    31
        Section 8.12     Schedules    31
        Section 8.13     Waivers; Remedies    31
        Section 8.14     Further Assurances    31
        Section 8.15     Counterparts    31
        Section 8.16     Performance    32
        Section 8.17     Interpretation    32
        Section 8.18     Limited Liability    32
        Section 8.19     Enforcement    32
        Section 8.20     Mutual Drafting    32


SCHEDULES

 

Schedule 1.01(a)

   Continuing Business Agreements

Schedule 1.01(b)

   MI Financial Instruments

Schedule 1.01(c)

   MVT Financial Instruments

Schedule 2.01

   Other Transactions

Schedule 2.04(b)

   Canceled Obligations


SEPARATION AGREEMENT

This SEPARATION AGREEMENT (this “Agreement”), dated as of April 3, 2007, is among Metavante Holding Company, a Wisconsin corporation (“MVT Holding”), Metavante Corporation, a Wisconsin corporation (“MVT Corp.”) (MVT Holding and MVT Corp., collectively, the “MVT Parties”), Marshall & Ilsley Corporation, a Wisconsin corporation (“MI Corp.”), and New M&I Corporation, a Wisconsin corporation (“New MI Corp.”) (MI Corp. and New MI Corp., collectively, the “MI Parties”).

W I T N E S S E T H

WHEREAS, the MVT Parties, MI Corp., and Montana Merger Sub Inc., a Wisconsin corporation and a wholly-owned subsidiary of MVT Holding, have entered into an Investment Agreement, dated as the date hereof (the “Investment Agreement”) with, WPM, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership (“Investor”) pursuant to which Investor will purchase shares of Class A common stock of MVT Holding, par value $0.01 per share, (“MVT Holding Class A Common Stock”) for $625 million (the “Equity Investment”);

WHEREAS, in connection with the transactions contemplated by the Investment Agreement, one or more of the members of the MVT Group will incur $1.75 billion of indebtedness (the “Debt Financing”);

WHEREAS, the Board of Directors of MI Corp. (the “MI Corp. Board”) has determined it is in the best interests of MI Corp. and its shareholders to effect the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and the Investment Agreement;

WHEREAS, subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, MVT Holding shall distribute to the holders of shares of common stock of MVT Holding, par value $0.01 per share, (“MVT Holding Common Stock”), other than the shares held in the treasury of MVT Holding, on a pro rata basis as provided for herein, all of the issued and outstanding shares of New MI Corp. common stock, par value $0.01 per share, (“New MI Corp. Common Stock”) (the “Distribution”); and

WHEREAS, the parties to this Agreement intend that the MI Merger (as hereinafter defined) and the MI Conversion (as hereinafter defined) together qualify as a reorganization within the meaning of Section 368(a)(1)(F) of the Code, the MI LLC Contribution and the MI Cash Contribution followed by the Distribution qualifies as a reorganization within the meaning of Section 368(a)(1)(D) of the Code, and that the Distribution qualifies as a distribution eligible for nonrecognition under Sections 355 and 361(c) of the Code.

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and of the respective agreements and covenants contained in this Agreement, the parties hereby agree as follows:


ARTICLE I

DEFINITIONS

Section 1.01 Definitions.

(a) As used in this Agreement, the following terms shall have the following meanings (such meanings to be equally applicable to both the singular and plural forms of the terms defined):

Administrative Services Agreement” means the Administrative Services Agreement, dated as of the date hereof, among the MVT Parties and the MI Parties.

Affiliate” means, as to any Person, any other Person which, directly or indirectly, controls, or is controlled by, or is under common control with, such Person and, with respect to the MVT Parties, following the Distribution Time, includes the Investor and any Affiliates of the Investor; provided, however, that for purposes of the Transaction Agreements, following the Distribution Time, no member of either Group shall be deemed to be an Affiliate of any member of the other Group. As used in this definition, “control” (including, with its correlative meanings, “controlled by” and “under common control with”) means the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of management or policies of a Person, whether through the ownership of securities or partnership or other ownership interests, by contract or otherwise.

Agreement” has the meaning set forth in the first paragraph of this Agreement.

Ancillary Agreements” means, collectively, the Employee Matters Agreement, the Tax Allocation Agreement, the Administrative Services Agreement and the other agreements, if any, entered into or to be entered into between or among any of the MI Parties and any of the MVT Parties in connection with the Distribution (other than the Investment Agreement).

Applicable Law” has the meaning set forth in the Investment Agreement.

Benefiting Person has the meaning set forth in Section 5.04.

Claim Notice has the meaning set forth in Section 4.04.

Claims Administration” means the processing of claims made under Policies, including the reporting of claims to the insurance carrier, management and defense of claims, and providing for appropriate releases upon settlement of claims.

Claims Made Policies” has the meaning set forth in Section 5.01(b).

Code” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.

Contract” means any loan or credit agreement, note, instrument, mortgage, bond, indenture, real estate or other lease or sublease, benefit plan, license, sublicense, memorandum of understanding, sales order, purchase order, open bid or other contract,

 

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agreement or obligation, whether written or oral, express or implied, that is legally binding on any Person or any part of such Person’s property, in each case, including all amendments, modifications and supplements thereto and waivers and consents thereunder.

Continuing Business Agreements” means any Contract by any Member of the MI Group, on the one hand, and any member of the MVT Group, on the other hand, contemplated by the Investment Agreement and the Transaction Agreements not to terminate as of the Distribution Date or any Contract contemplated by the Investment Agreement and the Transaction Agreements to be entered into, or that is otherwise entered into, prior to the Distribution Time, by any member of the MVT Group, on the one hand, and any member of the MI Group, on the other hand, including without limitation the Contracts listed on Schedule 1.01(a).

Data and Records” means financial, accounting, corporate, operating, design, manufacturing, test and other data and records (in each case, in whatever form or medium, including electronic media), including books, records, notes, sales and sales promotional material and data, advertising materials, creative materials, credit information, cost and pricing information, customer, supplier and agent lists, other records pertaining to customers (prospective or current), business plans, reference catalogs, payroll and personnel records and procedures, research and development files, sales order files, litigation files, minute books, share ledgers, share transfer records and other similar data and records.

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

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

Distribution Agent” means the Exchange Agent as defined in the Investment Agreement.

Distribution Agent Agreement” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.02.

Distribution Date” means the date determined by the MVT Holding Board in accordance with Section 3.01 as the date as of which the Distribution will be effective. The Distribution Date will be the MVT Holding Record Date.

Distribution Shares means the aggregate number of shares of New MI Corp. Common Stock constituting the Distribution.

Distribution Time” means the time on the Distribution Date at which the Distribution is effective as determined by the MVT Holding Board.

Employee Matters Agreement” means the Employee Matters Agreement, dated as of the date hereof, among the MVT Parties and the MI Parties.

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

Former Business” means any corporation, partnership, entity, division, business unit or business within the definition of Rule 11-01(d) of Regulation S-X (in each case, including

 

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any assets and liabilities comprising the same) that has been sold, conveyed, assigned, transferred or otherwise disposed of or divested (in whole or in part) or the operations, activities or production of which has been discontinued, abandoned, completed or otherwise terminated (in whole or in part).

GAAP means United States generally accepted accounting principles, consistently applied.

Group” means the MVT Group or the MI Group, as applicable.

Indemnifiable Losses” means any and all losses, Liabilities, claims, damages, deficiencies, obligations, fines, payments, Taxes, Liens, costs and expenses, in each case, matured or unmatured, absolute or contingent, accrued or unaccrued, liquidated or unliquidated, known or unknown, whenever arising and whether or not resulting from Third Party Claims (including the costs and expenses of any and all actions or proceedings; all amounts paid in connection with any demands, assessments, judgments, settlements and compromises relating thereto; interest and penalties with respect thereto; reasonable out-of-pocket expenses and reasonable attorneys’, accountants’ and other experts’ fees and expenses reasonably incurred in investigating, preparing for or defending against any such actions or proceedings or in asserting, preserving or enforcing an Indemnified Party’s rights hereunder; and any losses that may result from the granting of injunctive relief as a result of any such actions or proceedings).

Indemnified Party” has the meaning set forth in Section 4.04.

Indemnitor” has the meaning set forth in Section 4.04.

Information” means all records, books, contracts, instruments, computer data and other data and information (in each case, in whatever form or medium, including electronic media).

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

Investor” has the meaning set forth in the recitals to this Agreement or shall mean any assign of Investor permitted by the Investment Agreement.

Liabilities” means any and all claims, debts, losses, payments, liabilities, guarantees, commitments, causes of action and obligations of whatever nature, in each case, whether fixed, contingent or absolute, matured or unmatured, liquidated or unliquidated, accrued or not accrued, known or unknown, due or to become due, whenever or however arising (including those arising out of any Contract or tort, whether based on negligence, strict liability or otherwise) and whether or not the same would be required by generally accepted accounting principles to be reflected as a liability in financial statements or disclosed in the notes thereto, including all costs and expenses relating thereto.

MI Business” means (a) the businesses engaged in prior to the Distribution Time by the MI Group; (b) Former Businesses of the MI Group; and (c) activities related primarily to or in furtherance of the foregoing.

 

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MI Cash Contribution” has the meaning set forth in the Investment Agreement.

MI Conversion” has the meaning set forth in the Investment Agreement.

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

MI Corp. Board” has the meaning set forth in the recitals to this Agreement.

MI Financial Instruments” means all credit facilities, guaranties, foreign currency forward exchange contracts, letters of credit and similar instruments primarily related to the MI Business under which any member of the MVT Group has any primary, secondary, contingent, joint, several or other Liability, including those set forth on Schedule 1.01(b).

MI Group” means New MI Corp., MI Corp., MI LLC and each of the Subsidiaries of MI LLC (after giving effect to the MVT Distribution).

MI Group Assets has the meaning set forth in Section 5.03(a).

MI Indemnified Parties” means each member of the MI Group and each of their respective Representatives and each of the heirs, executors, successors and assigns of any of the foregoing.

MI Liabilities” means (a) all Liabilities of any member of the MI Group under, or for which any member of the MI Group is expressly made responsible pursuant to the Investment Agreement or any Transaction Agreement to which it is or becomes a party, including the breach by any member of the MI Group of any agreement or covenant contained therein that does not by its express terms expire at or prior to the Distribution Time; (b) all Liabilities of any member of the MI Group that are not MVT Liabilities; (c) all Liabilities of any member of the MVT Group existing immediately prior to or at the Distribution Time that are not MVT Liabilities and (d) all Liabilities of any member of the MI Group or the MVT Group with respect to indebtedness for borrowed money existing immediately prior to the Distribution Time (other than in the case of the MVT Group, the Debt Financing), in the case of each of clauses (a) and (b), regardless of whether such Liability existed prior to, at or after the Distribution Time.

MI LLC” has the meaning set forth in the Investment Agreement.

MI LLC Contribution” has the meaning set forth in the Investment Agreement.

MI Merger” has the meaning set forth in the Investment Agreement.

MI Parties” has the meaning set forth in the first paragraph of this Agreement.

MI Sell-off Period” has the meaning set forth in Section 5.02(d).

MI Subsidiaries” means each direct and indirect Subsidiary of MI Corp. and/or New MI Corp. other than members of the MVT Group.

MI Trademarks has the meaning set forth in Section 5.02(c).

 

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MVT Cash means the actual amount of cash and cash equivalents (including marketable securities and short term investments) on hand in all accounts owned by a member of the MVT Group with any financial institution, other than cash held for the account of any other Person.

MVT Corp.” has the meaning set forth in the first paragraph of the Agreement.

MVT Business” means (a) the businesses engaged in prior to the Distribution Time by the MVT Group and that constitute MI Corp.’s Metavante Corporation segment for reporting purposes as listed in the latest Annual Report on Form 10-K of MI Corp. included in the MI Corp. Filed SEC Reports; (b) Former Businesses of the MVT Group; and (c) activities primarily related to or in furtherance of the foregoing.

MVT Distribution” means the distribution by MI LLC of the common stock, par value $0.01 per share, of MVT Corp. to MVT Holding.

MVT Distribution Time” means the time at which the distribution by MI LLC of the common stock, par value $0.01 per share, of MVT Corp. to MVT Holding is consummated.

MVT Financial Instruments” means all credit facilities, guaranties, foreign currency forward exchange contracts, letters of credit and similar instruments primarily related to the MVT Business under which any member of the MI Group has any primary, secondary, contingent, joint, several or other Liability, including those set forth on Schedule 1.01(c).

MVT Group” means MVT Holding, MVT Corp. and each of the MVT Subsidiaries.

MVT Group Assets has the meaning set forth in Section 5.03(b).

MVT Holding” has the meaning set forth in the first paragraph of this Agreement.

MVT Holding Board” means the Board of Directors of MVT Holding or a duly authorized committee thereof.

MVT Holding Class A Common Stock” has the meaning set forth in the recitals to this Agreement.

MVT Holding Common Stock” has the meaning set forth in the recitals to this Agreement.

MVT Holding Record Date means the date set by the MVT Holding Board to determine holders of record of MVT Holding Common Stock entitled to receive the Distribution. The MVT Holding Record Date will be the close of business on the Closing Date.

 

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MVT Indemnified Parties” means each member of the MVT Group and each of their respective Representatives and each of the heirs, executors, successors and assigns of any of the foregoing.

MVT Liabilities” means (a) all Liabilities of any member of the MVT Group under, or for which any member of the MVT Group is expressly made responsible pursuant to the Investment Agreement or any Transaction Agreement to which it is or becomes a party, including the breach by any member of the MVT Group of any agreement or covenant contained therein that does not by its express terms expire at or prior to the Distribution Time; (b) all Liabilities of any member of the MVT Group to the extent based upon, arising out of or resulting from the MVT Business; (c) all Liabilities of any member of the MI Group to the extent based upon, arising out of or resulting from the MVT Business (other than Liabilities expressly assumed or retained by the MI Parties pursuant to the Investment Agreement or the Transaction Agreements), in the case of each of clauses (a) through (c), regardless of whether such Liability existed prior to, at or after the Distribution Time.

MVT Parties” has the meaning set forth in the first paragraph of this Agreement.

MVT Sell-off Period has the meaning set forth in Section 5.02(c).

MVT Subsidiaries” means each direct and indirect Subsidiary of MVT Corp. and/or MVT Holding other than a member of the MI Group.

MVT Trademarks” has the meaning set forth in Section 5.02(d).

New MI Corp.” has the meaning set forth in the first paragraph to this Agreement.

New MI Corp. Common Stock” has the meaning set forth in the recitals to this Agreement.

Occurrence Basis Policies” has the meaning set forth in Section 5.01(b).

Person” means an individual, corporation, limited liability company, partnership, association, joint venture, trust, unincorporated organization, other entity or group (as defined in the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended) including any Governmental Entity.

Policies” means all insurance policies, insurance contracts and claim administration contracts of any kind of any member of the MI Group and their predecessors which were or are in effect at any time at or prior to the Distribution Time (other than insurance policies, insurance contracts and claim administration contracts established in contemplation of the Distribution to cover only the members of the MVT Group after the Distribution Time), including primary, excess and umbrella, commercial general liability, fiduciary liability, product liability, automobile, aircraft, property and casualty, business interruption, directors and officers liability, employment practices liability, workers’ compensation, crime, errors and omissions, special accident, cargo and employee dishonesty insurance policies and captive insurance company arrangements, together with all rights, benefits and privileges thereunder.

 

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Privileged Information” means, with respect to either Group, Information regarding a member of such Group, or any of its operations, employees, assets or Liabilities (whether in documents or stored in any other form or known to its employees or agents) that is or may be protected from disclosure pursuant to the attorney-client privilege, the work product doctrine or other applicable privilege or that a Group is required to keep confidential pursuant to the terms of a Contract with a third Person.

Related Party Agreements” means any Contract between any member of the MI Group, on the one hand, and any member of the MVT Group, on the other hand.

Representative” means, with respect to any Person, any of such Person’s directors, officers, employees, agents, consultants, advisors, accountants, attorneys and representatives.

Required Consent has the meaning set forth in Section 5.04.

Shared Policies” means all Policies that include any member of the MVT Group and/or any or all of the MVT Business within the definition of the named insured.

Subsidiary” has the meaning set forth in the Investment Agreement.

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

Tax Allocation Agreement” means the Tax Allocation Agreement, dated as of the date hereof, among the MVT Parties and the MI Parties.

Third Party Claim” has the meaning set forth in Section 4.06(a).

Trade Payables means (i) all payables of any member of the MVT Group incurred in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice for purchases of goods or services from any member of the MI Group, and (ii) all payables of any member of the MI Group incurred in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice for purchases of goods or services from any member of the MVT Group.

Transaction Agreements” means, collectively, this Agreement and each Ancillary Agreement.

Transaction Payables means all expenses to be paid by the MVT Parties pursuant to Section 8.05.

Transferring Person has the meaning set forth in Section 5.04.

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ARTICLE II

ACTIONS PRIOR TO THE DISTRIBUTIONS

Section 2.01 Other Transactions. Prior to the Distribution Time, subject to the terms and conditions of the Investment Agreement, the MVT Parties and the MI Parties shall, and shall cause their respective Subsidiaries to, consummate the transactions set forth in Sections 3.1(a), (b), (c), (d), (e), (f), (g) and (h) of the Investment Agreement, including the MI Merger, the MI Conversion, the MVT Distribution, the MI Cash Contribution, and the MI LLC Contribution in the order set forth therein. Prior to the Distribution Time, the MVT Parties and the MI Parties may, and may cause their respective Subsidiaries to, consummate the transactions set forth on Schedule 2.01. For the avoidance of doubt, nothing in this Section 2.01 or Schedule 2.01 shall be deemed to limit the ability of the MVT Parties, the MI Parties and their respective Subsidiaries to take the actions they are permitted to take under the Investment Agreement, including under Section 5.1 thereof.

Section 2.02 Capital Structure of New MI Corp. After the transactions described Sections 3.1(a), (b), (c), (d), (e), (f), (g) and (h) of the Investment Agreement and on Schedule 2.01 of this Agreement are effected and prior to the Distribution Time, if necessary, the MVT Parties and the MI Parties shall cause (a) the number of authorized shares of New MI Corp. Common Stock to equal or exceed three times the number of shares of MVT Holding Common Stock issued as of the MVT Holding Record Date and (b) the number of shares of New MI Corp. Common Stock outstanding as of the MVT Holding Record Date to be increased to equal three times the number of shares of MVT Holding Common Stock issued and outstanding as of the MVT Holding Record Date.

Section 2.03 Financial Instruments.

(a) The MI Parties will use their reasonable best efforts to take or cause to be taken all actions, and enter into (or cause their Subsidiaries to enter into) such agreements and arrangements, as shall be necessary to cause, as of the Distribution Time, (i) the removal of members of the MVT Group from all MI Financial Instruments and (ii) the members of the MVT Group to be fully and unconditionally released from all Liabilities in respect of the MI Financial Instruments. It is understood and agreed that all Liabilities in respect of the MI Financial Instruments are MI Liabilities and the MI Parties shall indemnify the members of the MVT Group from any Liabilities suffered thereby arising out of, resulting from or relating to the MI Financial Instruments. Without limiting the foregoing, after the Distribution Time, the MI Parties will not, and will not permit any member of the MI Group to, renew, extend, modify, amend or supplement any MI Financial Instrument in any manner that would increase, extend or give rise to any Liability of a member of the MVT Group under such MI Financial Instrument.

(b) The MVT Parties will use their reasonable best efforts to take or cause to be taken all actions, and enter into (or cause their Subsidiaries to enter into) such agreements and arrangements, as shall be necessary to cause, as of the Distribution Time, (i) the removal of members of the MI Group from all MVT Financial Instruments and (ii) the members of the MI Group to be fully and unconditionally released from all Liabilities in respect of the MVT Financial Instruments. It is understood and agreed that all Liabilities in respect of the MVT

 

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Financial Instruments are MVT Liabilities and the MVT Parties shall indemnify the members of the MI Group from any Liabilities suffered thereby arising out of, resulting from or relating to the MVT Financial Instruments. Without limiting the foregoing, after the Distribution Time, the MVT Parties will not, and will not permit any member of the MVT Group to, renew, extend, modify, amend or supplement any MVT Financial Instrument in any manner that would increase, extend or give rise to any Liability of a member of the MI Group under such MVT Financial Instrument.

(c) The parties’ obligations under this Section 2.03 will continue to be applicable to all MI Financial Instruments and MVT Financial Instruments identified at any time by the MVT Parties or the MI Parties, whether before, at or after the Distribution Time.

Section 2.04 Related Party Agreements; Intercompany Accounts; MVT Cash.

(a) Immediately prior to the Distribution Time, all Related Party Agreements, other than the Investment Agreement and the Transaction Agreements, any Trade Payables, the Transaction Payables and the Continuing Business Agreements, shall automatically terminate.

(b) Effective immediately prior to the Distribution Time, all intercompany receivables, payables and loans (other than any amounts owed under the Investment Agreement, the Transaction Agreements, the Trade Payables, the Continuing Business Agreements and the Transaction Payables) between the members of the MVT Group, on the one hand, and the members of the MI Group, on the other hand, which are listed on Schedule 2.04(b), shall automatically be cancelled. All Trade Payables shall be promptly paid when due. All Transaction Payables shall be paid as provided in this Agreement and the Investment Agreement.

(c) Pursuant to Section 3.1 of the Investment Agreement, on the Distribution Date MVT Corp. shall pay the MVT Dividend to MVT Holding and MVT Holding shall make the MI Contribution to New MI Corp. Other than the MI Contribution and except quarterly cash dividends from the MVT Group to the MI Group (such quarterly dividends not to exceed $1,000,000 per quarter), between the date hereof and the Distribution Date, no MVT Group member shall make any dividend, distribution or contribution to capital consisting of assets, cash or cash equivalents to any MI Group member.

(d) At all times after the date hereof and prior to the Distribution Time, the MVT Parties shall cause all members of the MVT Group to collect receivables, pay and discharge payables and other Liabilities and maintain inventory levels, in each case in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice.

(e) Subject to the restrictions of Applicable Laws or the terms of any applicable Contracts, prior to the Distribution Time, the MI Parties will use their reasonable best efforts to cause each non-U.S. member of the MVT Group to have paid, and have satisfied any withholding obligations with respect to, all interest accrued on obligations owed to any other member of the MVT Group or any member of the MI Group. Subject to the restrictions of Applicable Laws or the terms of any applicable Contracts, the MI Parties will, in the case of any non-U.S. member of the MVT Group, use their reasonable best efforts to cause (i) the actual amount of MVT Cash (including marketable securities and short term investments) on hand in

 

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accounts owned by such non-U.S. member (plus the amount owed to such non-U.S. member by a U.S. member of the MVT Group) not to exceed (ii) the amount of cash reasonably needed to satisfy the needs of the business of such non-U.S. member (plus the amount owed by such non-U.S. member to a U.S. member of the MVT Group), in each case prior to the Distribution Time and to satisfy any withholding in connection with the foregoing in a manner expressed in the first sentence of this Section 2.04(e).

(f) The MI Group will ensure that, immediately after the Distribution Time, none of the MVT Parties shall have any outstanding indebtedness for borrowed money or be responsible for or be a guarantor of any indebtedness for borrowed money of any other Person who is not a member of the MVT Group, except, in each case, the Debt Financing.

Section 2.05 Resignations; Transfer of Shares Held as Nominee.

(a) Except to the extent provided in the Investment Agreement, MI Corp. will cause all of its employees and directors and all of the employees and directors of each other member of the MI Group to resign, effective not later than immediately prior to the Distribution Time, from all boards of directors or similar governing bodies of any member of the MVT Group on which they serve, and from all positions as officers of any member of the MVT Group in which they serve. Except to the extent provided in the Investment Agreement, and except as provided in the following sentence, the MVT Parties will cause all of their employees and directors and all of the employees and directors of each other member of the MVT Group to resign, effective not later than immediately prior to the Distribution Time, from all boards of directors or similar governing bodies of any member of the MI Group on which they serve, and from all positions as officers of any member of the MI Group in which they serve. The members of the MVT Holding Board shall resign effective as of the Distribution Time.

(b) MI Corp. will cause each of their employees, and each of the employees of the other members of the MI Group, who holds shares or similar evidence of ownership of any member of the MVT Group as nominee for such entity pursuant to the laws of the jurisdiction in which such entity is located to transfer such shares or similar evidence of ownership to the Person so designated by the MVT Parties to be such nominee as of and after the Distribution Time. The MVT Parties will cause each of their employees, and each of the employees of the other members of the MVT Group, who holds shares or similar evidence of ownership of any member of the MI Group as nominee for such entity pursuant to the laws of the jurisdiction in which such entity is located to transfer such shares or similar evidence of ownership to the Person so designated by the MI Parties to be such nominee as of and after the Distribution Time.

(c) Effective no later than immediately prior to the Distribution Time, the MVT Parties will cause each of their employees and each of the employees of the other members of the MVT Group to revoke or withdraw their express written authority, if any, to act on behalf of any member of the MI Group as an agent or representative therefor after the Distribution Time. Effective immediately prior to the Distribution Time, all authority of employees of the MVT Parties and employees of the other members of the MVT Group to act on behalf of any member of the MI Group shall automatically terminate. Effective no later than immediately prior to the Distribution Time, the MI Parties will cause each of their employees and each of the employees of the other members of the MI Group to revoke or withdraw their express written

 

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authority, if any, to act on behalf of any member of the MVT Group as an agent or representative therefor after the Distribution Time. Effective immediately prior to the Distribution Time, all authority of employees of the MI Parties and employees of the other members of the MI Group to act on behalf of any member of the MVT Group shall automatically terminate.

Section 2.06 Other Ancillary Agreements. Subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement and the Investment Agreement, at or prior to the Distribution Time, each of the MVT Parties and the MI Parties shall execute and deliver to the other the Ancillary Agreements not previously executed and delivered.

ARTICLE III

THE DISTRIBUTIONS

Section 3.01 MVT Holding Record Date and Distribution Date. Subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, the MVT Holding Board, in accordance with Applicable Law, shall establish the MVT Holding Record Date and the Distribution Date and any appropriate procedures in connection with the Distribution. Subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement and in accordance with Applicable Law, the Distribution Date shall be established to be the same as the Closing Date.

Section 3.02 The Distribution Agent. Prior to the Distribution Time and subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, MVT Holding shall enter into an agreement with the Distribution Agent providing for, among other things, the transactions described in this Article III (the “Distribution Agent Agreement”).

Section 3.03 Delivery of Distribution Shares. Subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, at or prior to the Distribution Time, MVT Holding shall deliver to the Distribution Agent for the benefit of each record holder of MVT Holding Common Stock on the MVT Holding Record Date (or, if applicable, any transferee of such holder that purchased such holder’s shares in the “regular way” market), the Distribution Shares (which shall represent all of the outstanding shares of New MI Corp. Common Stock). MVT Holding shall cause the transfer agent for the shares of New MI Corp. Common Stock to instruct the Distribution Agent to hold in trust the appropriate number of such shares of New MI Corp. Common Stock for each holder of record of MVT Holding Common Stock as of the MVT Holding Record Date (or, if applicable, any transferee of such holder that purchased such holder’s shares in the “regular way” market).

Section 3.04 The Distribution. Subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, MVT Holding shall instruct the Distribution Agent to effect the Distribution pursuant to the Distribution Agent Agreement to each holder of record of MVT Holding Common Stock on the MVT Holding Record Date (or, if applicable, any transferee of such holder that purchased such holder’s shares in the “regular way” market).

Section 3.05 Cooperation Prior to the Distribution. Prior to the Distribution, the MVT Parties and the MI Parties will use their reasonable best efforts to take all such action as may be necessary or appropriate under the securities or “blue sky” laws of the states or other

 

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political subdivisions of the United States and the securities laws of any applicable foreign countries or other political subdivisions thereof in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.

Section 3.06 Conditions to the Distribution. The obligation of MVT Holding to consummate the Distribution and the other transactions contemplated by this Agreement is subject to the satisfaction of the following conditions:

(a) each condition to the Investment Agreement shall have been fulfilled or, to the extent permitted under Applicable Law, waived by the party for whose benefit such condition exists; and

(b) the closing of the Equity Investment shall have occurred.

Section 3.07 Waiver of Conditions. None of the conditions set forth in Section 3.06 shall be waived by the MVT Holding Board without the prior written consent of MI Corp.; provided, however, that unless the Investment Agreement has been terminated, none of the conditions set forth in Sections 3.06 shall be waived unless MVT Holding receives the prior written consent of Investor, which shall not be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed.

ARTICLE IV

MUTUAL RELEASE; INDEMNIFICATION

Section 4.01 Mutual Release.

(a) Effective as of the Distribution Time and except as provided in Section 4.01(b) or as otherwise expressly provided in the Transaction Agreements or the Investment Agreement, each of the MVT Parties, on behalf of themselves and each of the other members of the MVT Group, including their successors and assigns, on the one hand, and the MI Parties, on behalf of themselves and each of the other members of the MI Group, including their successors and assigns, on the other hand, hereby releases and forever discharges the members of the other Group and their respective directors, officers and employees (in each case, in their respective capacities as such) and their respective heirs, executors, administrators, successors and assigns, of and from all debts, demands, actions, causes of action, suits, accounts, covenants, contracts, agreements, damages, claims, judgments and Liabilities whatsoever of every name and nature, both in law and in equity, whether direct or derivative, known or unknown, suspected or unsuspected, fixed or contingent, which the releasing party has or ever had or ever will have, which arise out of, result from or relate to events, circumstances or actions taken by such other party occurring or failing to occur or any conditions existing at or prior to the Distribution Time.

(b) Nothing in Section 4.01(a) shall in any way affect or impair the rights of any Person under this Agreement (including Sections 4.02 and 4.03), any other Transaction Agreement, the Investment Agreement and any Continuing Business Agreements. In addition, nothing in Section 4.01(a) shall release or discharge any Person from:

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

(iii) any Liability arising from or relating to the sale, lease, manufacture, construction, provision, or receipt of goods or services, payment for goods, property or services purchased, obtained or used in the ordinary course of business by a member of a Group from a member of the other Group prior to the Distribution Date or any related refund claims; or

(iv) any Liability the release of which would result in the release of any Person other than a member of the MVT Group or the MI Group or their respective directors, officers and employees; provided, however, that the parties agree not to and to cause the other members of their Group not to bring suit against any member of the other Group or any of their respective directors, officers and employees with respect to any such Liability.

(c) The MI Parties agree, for themselves and as agents for each other member of the MI Group, not to make any claim or demand, or commence any action asserting any claim or demand, including any claim of contribution or any indemnification, against either of the MVT Parties or any other member of the MVT Group or any of their respective directors, officers and employees, with respect to any Liabilities released pursuant to this Section 4.01. The MVT Parties agree, for themselves and as agents for each other member of the MVT Group, not to make any claim or demand, or commence any action asserting any claim or demand, including any claim of contribution or any indemnification, against either of the MI Parties or any other member of the MI Group or any of their respective directors, officers and employees, with respect to any Liabilities released pursuant to this Section 4.01.

(d) At any time, at the request of any other party, each party shall cause each member of its respective Group to execute and deliver releases reflecting the provisions of this Section 4.01, provided that such member is a member of the applicable Group at the time of such request.

(e) Each of the MVT Parties on behalf of itself and the other members of the MVT Group hereby releases and forever discharges each member of any Board of Directors of any member of the MVT Group (in each case, in their respective capacities as such) of and from all debts, demands, actions, causes of action, suits, accounts, covenants, contracts, agreements, damages, claims and Liabilities whatsoever of every name and nature, both in law and in equity, which the releasing party has or ever had or ever will have, which arise out of or result from the declaration by any such Board of Directors of the distributions included in the Closing Transactions (as defined in the Investment Agreement).

Section 4.02 Indemnification by the MVT Parties. Subject to the provisions of this Article IV, from and after the Distribution Time, the MVT Parties shall, and shall cause each member of the MVT Group to, indemnify, defend and hold harmless the MI Indemnified Parties from and against, and pay or reimburse, as the case may be, the MI Indemnified Parties for, all

 

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Indemnifiable Losses, as incurred, suffered by any MI Corp. Indemnified Party based upon, arising out of or resulting from the following:

(a) the MVT Liabilities (including the failure by MVT Holding or any other member of the MVT Group to pay, perform or otherwise discharge the MVT Liabilities in accordance with their terms), whether such Indemnifiable Losses are based upon, arise out of or relate to events, occurrences, actions, omissions, facts, circumstances or conditions occurring, existing or asserted before, at or after the Distribution Time;

(b) the enforcement by the MI Indemnified Parties of their rights to be indemnified, defended and held harmless under this Section 4.02; or

(c) the use by any member of the MVT Group of any MI Trademarks.

Section 4.03 Indemnification by the MI Parties. Subject to the provisions of this Article IV, from and after the Distribution Time, the MI Parties shall, and shall cause each member of the MI Group to, indemnify, defend and hold harmless the MVT Indemnified Parties from and against, and pay or reimburse, as the case may be, the MVT Indemnified Parties for, all Indemnifiable Losses, as incurred, suffered by any MVT Indemnified Party based upon, arising out of or resulting from the following:

(a) the MI Liabilities (including the failure by New MI Corp. or any other member of the MI Group to pay, perform or otherwise discharge the MI Liabilities in accordance with their terms), whether such Indemnifiable Losses are based upon, arise out of or relate to events, occurrences, actions, omissions, facts, circumstances or conditions occurring, existing or asserted before, at or after the Distribution Time;

(b) the enforcement by the MVT Indemnified Parties of their rights to be indemnified, defended and held harmless under this Section 4.03; or

(c) the use by any member of the MI Group of any MVT Trademarks.

Section 4.04 Notice of Claims. Any MVT Indemnified Party or MI Corp. Indemnified Party seeking indemnification hereunder (the “Indemnified Party”) shall give promptly to the Person obligated to provide indemnification to such Indemnified Party (the “Indemnitor”) a notice (a “Claim Notice”) describing in reasonable detail the facts giving rise to the claim for indemnification hereunder and shall include in such Claim Notice (if then known) the amount or the method of computation of the amount of such claim, or a reasonable estimate thereof, and a reference to the provision of this Agreement or any other agreement, document or instrument executed hereunder or in connection herewith upon which such claim is based; provided, however, that, in each case, the failure to give such notice shall not relieve the Indemnitor of its obligations hereunder except to the extent it shall have been prejudiced by such failure.

Section 4.05 Determination of Amount.

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be deducted any insurance recovery actually received by or on behalf of such Indemnified Party under any Policy (net of any deductibles, retentions or self insurance provisions). In determining the amount of any Indemnifiable Losses, such amount shall be (i) reduced to take into account any net Tax benefit realized by the Indemnified Party arising from the incurrence or payment by the Indemnified Party of such Indemnifiable Losses and (ii) increased to take into account any net Tax cost incurred by the Indemnified Party as a result of the receipt or accrual of payments hereunder (grossed-up for such increase), in each case determined by treating the Indemnified Party as recognizing all other items of income, gain, loss, deduction or credit before recognizing any item arising from such Indemnifiable Losses (provided that if the Tax benefit or cost is realized in a Tax period following the period in which the indemnity payment is made, the Tax benefit or cost amount (as the case may be) shall be paid over when realized). It is the intention of the parties to this Agreement that indemnity payments made pursuant to this Agreement are to be treated as relating back to the Distribution as an adjustment to capital (i.e., capital contribution or distribution), and the parties shall not take any position inconsistent with such intention before any Tax authority, except to the extent that a final determination (as defined in Section 1313 of the Code) with respect to the recipient party causes any such payment not to be so treated.

(b) After the giving of any Claim Notice pursuant to Section 4.04, the amount of indemnification to which an Indemnified Party shall be entitled under this Article IV shall be determined: (i) by the written agreement between the Indemnified Party and the Indemnitor; (ii) by a final judgment or decree of any court of competent jurisdiction; or (iii) by any other means to which the Indemnified Party and the Indemnitor shall agree. The judgment or decree of a court shall be deemed final when the time for appeal, if any, shall have expired and no appeal shall have been taken or when all appeals taken shall have been finally determined.

(c) The Indemnitor shall pay all amounts payable pursuant to Section 4.05(b) by wire transfer of immediately available funds promptly, but in no case later than ten (10) days, after the date on which such amount has been finally and conclusively determined.

Section 4.06 Third Party Claims.

(a) If a claim or demand is made against an Indemnified Party, or an Indemnified Party shall otherwise learn of an assertion, by any Person who is not a party to this Agreement (or an Affiliate thereof) as to which an Indemnitor is reasonably likely to be obligated to provide indemnification pursuant to this Agreement (a “Third Party Claim”), such Indemnified Party will notify the Indemnitor in writing, and in reasonable detail, of the Third Party Claim reasonably promptly, but in no event later than ten (10) days, after becoming aware of such Third Party Claim; provided, however, that failure to give such notification will not affect the indemnification provided hereunder except to the extent the Indemnitor shall have been actually prejudiced as a result of such failure. Such notice of a Third Party Claim shall include the amount or estimated amount of damages sought thereunder, any other remedy sought thereunder, any relevant time constraints relating thereto and any other material details pertaining thereto, in each case to the extent then known to the Person giving the notice. Thereafter, the Indemnified Party will deliver to the Indemnitor, promptly, but in no event later than ten (10) days, after the Indemnified Party’s receipt thereof, copies of all material notices and documents (including court papers) received or transmitted by or on behalf of the Indemnified Party relating to the Third Party Claim; provided, however, that failure to give such notification will not affect the indemnification provided hereunder except to the extent the Indemnitor shall have been actually prejudiced as a result of such failure.

 

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(b) If a Third Party Claim is made against an Indemnified Party, the Indemnitor will be entitled to participate in or to assume the defense thereof (in either case, at the election and expense of the Indemnitor) with counsel selected by the Indemnitor and reasonably satisfactory to the Indemnified Party. Should the Indemnitor so elect to assume the defense of a Third Party Claim, the Indemnitor will not be liable to the Indemnified Party for any legal or other expenses subsequently incurred by the Indemnified Party in connection with the defense thereof; provided, that if in the Indemnified Party’s reasonable judgment a conflict of interest exists in respect of such claim, such Indemnified Party will have the right to employ separate counsel reasonably satisfactory to the Indemnitor to represent such Indemnified Party and in that event the reasonable fees and expenses of such separate counsel (but not more than one separate counsel for all Indemnified Parties similarly situated) shall be paid by such Indemnitor. If the Indemnitor assumes the defense of any Third Party Claim, the Indemnified Party will have the right to participate in the defense thereof and to employ counsel, at its own expense, separate from the counsel employed by the Indemnitor, it being understood that the Indemnitor will control such defense. If the Indemnitor assumes the defense of any Third Party Claim, the Indemnitor will promptly supply to the Indemnified Party copies of all material correspondence and documents relating to or in connection with such Third Party Claim and keep the Indemnified Party informed of all material developments relating to or in connection with such Third Party Claim. If the Indemnitor chooses to assume the defense of a Third Party Claim, the parties hereto will cooperate in the defense thereof (such cooperation to be at the expense, including reasonable legal fees and expenses, of the Indemnitor), which cooperation shall include the retention in accordance with this Agreement and (upon the Indemnitor’s request) the provision to the Indemnitor of records and information that are reasonably relevant to such Third Party Claim, and making employees, officers, directors, and, to the extent practicable, agents available on a mutually convenient basis to provide additional information and explanation of any material provided hereunder. In any case, the Indemnitor and the Indemnified Party shall use commercially reasonable efforts to avoid production of Privileged Information, and to cause all communications among employees, counsel and others representing any party to the Third Party Claim to be made so as to preserve any applicable attorney-client or work-product privilege.

(c) No Indemnitor will consent to any settlement, compromise or discharge (including the consent to entry of any judgment) of any Third Party Claim without the Indemnified Party’s prior written consent (which consent will not be unreasonably withheld, delayed or conditioned); provided, that if the Indemnitor assumes the defense of any Third Party Claim, the Indemnified Party will agree to any settlement, compromise or discharge of such Third Party Claim that the Indemnitor may recommend and that by its terms obligates the Indemnitor to pay the full amount of Indemnifiable Losses in connection with such Third Party Claim and unconditionally and irrevocably releases the Indemnified Party and its Affiliates completely from all Liability in connection with such Third Party Claim; provided, however, that the Indemnified Party may refuse to agree to any such settlement, compromise or discharge that (i) provides for injunctive or other nonmonetary relief restricting the future activity or conduct of the Indemnified Party or any of its Affiliates, (ii) includes a finding or admission of violation of law, guilt or responsibility of the Indemnified Party or any of its Affiliates, (iii) includes a

 

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finding or admission that would have an adverse effect on other claims made or threatened against the Indemnified Party or any of its Affiliates, or (iv) in the reasonable opinion of the Indemnified Party, would otherwise materially adversely affect the Indemnified Party or any of its Affiliates. Whether or not the Indemnitor shall have assumed the defense of a Third Party Claim, the Indemnified Party will not admit any liability with respect to, or settle, compromise or discharge, such Third Party Claim without the Indemnitor’s prior written consent (which consent will not be unreasonably withheld, delayed or conditioned).

(d) If the Indemnitor (i) elects not to defend the Indemnified Party against a Third Party Claim or (ii) after assuming the defense of a Third Party Claim, fails to take reasonable steps to defend diligently such Third Party Claim within ten (10) days after receiving written notice from the Indemnified Party to the effect that the Indemnitor has so failed, the Indemnified Party shall have the right but not the obligation to assume or resume its own defense; it being understood that the Indemnified Party’s right to indemnification for a Third Party Claim shall not be adversely affected by assuming or resuming (or by not assuming or resuming) the defense of such Third Party Claim.

(e) In the event of payment in full of Indemnifiable Losses by an Indemnitor to any Indemnified Party in connection with any Third Party Claim, such Indemnitor will be subrogated to and shall stand in the place of such Indemnified Party as to any events or circumstances in respect of which such Indemnified Party may have any right or claim relating to such Third Party Claim against any claimant or plaintiff asserting such Third Party Claim or against any other Person. Such Indemnified Party will cooperate with such Indemnitor in a reasonable manner, and at the cost and expense of such Indemnitor, in prosecuting any subrogated right or claim.

Section 4.07 Exclusive Remedy. Subject to Section 4.10, this Article IV shall be the exclusive remedy with respect to matters covered by this Article IV.

Section 4.08 Limitations. IN NO EVENT SHALL ANY PARTY BE LIABLE FOR ANY SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL, CONSEQUENTIAL (INCLUDING LOSS OF REVENUES OR PROFITS), EXEMPLARY OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES ARISING UNDER ANY LEGAL OR EQUITABLE THEORY OR ARISING UNDER OR IN CONNECTION WITH THIS ARTICLE IV, ALL OF WHICH ARE HEREBY EXCLUDED BY AGREEMENT OF THE PARTIES REGARDLESS OF WHETHER OR NOT ANY PARTY TO THIS AGREEMENT HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES. INCIDENTAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, EXEMPLARY OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES PAID BY AN INDEMNIFIED PARTY TO A THIRD PERSON IN RESPECT OF A THIRD PARTY CLAIM SHALL NOT BE DEEMED TO BE SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, EXEMPLARY OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES FOR PURPOSES OF THIS AGREEMENT.

Section 4.09 Survival of Indemnities. The obligations of each of the MVT Parties and the MI Parties under this Article IV will not terminate at any time and will survive the sale or other transfer by any member of a Group of any assets or businesses or the assignment by any member of a Group of any Liabilities.

 

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Section 4.10 Exclusivity of Tax Allocation Agreement. Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, except for those tax matters specifically addressed herein, in the Investment Agreement or the Employee Matters Agreement, the Tax Allocation Agreement will be the exclusive agreement among the parties with respect to all Tax matters, including indemnification in respect of Tax matters.

ARTICLE V

CERTAIN OTHER MATTERS

Section 5.01 Insurance.

(a) Coverage. Subject to the provisions of this Section 5.01, coverage of the MVT Parties and their Subsidiaries under all Policies shall cease as of the Distribution Time. From and after the Distribution Time, the MVT Parties and their Subsidiaries will be responsible for obtaining and maintaining all insurance coverages in their own right. All Policies will be retained by the MI Parties and their Subsidiaries, together with all rights, benefits and privileges thereunder (including the right to receive any and all return premiums with respect thereto), except that the MVT Parties will have the rights in respect of Policies to the extent described in Section 5.01(b).

(b) Rights Under Shared Policies. From and after the Distribution Time, (i) the MVT Parties will have the right to assert claims (and the MI Parties will use reasonable best efforts to assist the MVT Parties in asserting claims if so requested) for any loss, liability or damage with respect to the MVT Business under Shared Policies with third party insurers that are “occurrence basis” insurance policies (“Occurrence Basis Policies”) arising out of insured incidents occurring from the date coverage thereunder first commenced until the Distribution Time to the extent that the terms and conditions of any such Occurrence Basis Policies and agreements relating thereto so allow; (ii) the MVT Parties will have the right to continue to prosecute claims with respect to the MVT Business properly asserted with the insurer prior to the Distribution Time (and the MI Parties will use reasonable best efforts to assist the MVT Parties in connection therewith if so requested) under Shared Policies with third party insurers that are insurance policies written on a “claims made” basis (“Claims Made Policies”) arising out of insured incidents occurring from the date coverage thereunder first commenced until the Distribution Time to the extent that the terms and conditions of any such Claims Made Policies and agreements relating thereto so allow; (iii) with respect to Shared Policies, the members of the MI Group shall request that the underwriters or claims administrators under such policies provide the MVT Parties with detailed loss information with respect to the MVT Business to the extent required to complete future renewal negotiations and actuarial reviews of the MVT Parties, in the case of each of clause (i) and (ii), at no cost to the MVT Parties; and (iv) to the extent that MI Corp. is able to keep members of the MVT Group as named insureds under Claims Made Policies at no expense or other cost (financial or otherwise) to any member of the MI Group or any of its Affiliates, which MI Corp. shall use its reasonable best efforts to do, and to the extent permitted by such Claims Made Policies, the MVT Parties may prosecute claims with respect to the MVT Business under such Claims Made Policy arising out of insured incidents occurring from the date of coverage thereunder first commenced until the Distribution Time to the extent that the terms and conditions of any such Claims Made Policies and

 

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agreements relating thereto so allow; provided, that in the case of clauses (i) through (iv), (A) all of the MI Parties’ and each of the other members of the MI Group’s reasonable costs and expenses incurred in connection with the foregoing are promptly paid by the MVT Parties, (B) the MI Parties and the other members of the MI Group may, at any time, without liability or obligation to the MVT Parties or any of their Subsidiaries (other than as set forth in Section 5.01(c)), amend, commute, terminate, buy-out, extinguish liability under or otherwise modify any Occurrence Basis Policies or Claims Made Policies (and such claims shall be subject to any such amendments, commutations, terminations, buy-outs, extinguishments and modifications), (C) such claims will be subject to (and recovery thereon will be reduced by the amount of) any applicable deductibles, retentions or self-insurance provisions, (D) such claims will be subject to (and recovery thereon will be reduced by the amount of) any payment or reimbursement obligations of the MI Parties, any of their Subsidiaries or any Affiliate of the MI Parties or any their Subsidiaries in respect thereof and (E) such claims will be subject to exhaustion of existing sublimits and aggregate limits. The MI Parties’ obligation to use reasonable best efforts to assist the MVT Parties in asserting claims under applicable Shared Policies will include using reasonable best efforts in assisting the MVT Parties to establish their right to coverage under such Shared Policies (so long as all of the MI Parties’ reasonable out-of-pocket costs and expenses in connection therewith are promptly paid by the MVT Parties). None of the MI Parties or their Subsidiaries will bear any Liability for the failure of an insurer to pay any claim under any Shared Policy. It is understood that except to the extent MI Corp. is able to keep members of the MVT Group as named insureds under Claims Made Policies as provided in, and subject to the terms and conditions of, clause (iv), any Claims Made Policies will not provide any coverage to the MVT Parties and other members of the MVT Group for incidents occurring prior to the Distribution Time but that are asserted with the insurance carrier after the Distribution Time.

(c) The MI Parties Actions. In the event that after the Distribution Time the MI Parties or any of their Subsidiaries propose to amend, commute, terminate, buy-out, extinguish liability under or otherwise modify any Shared Policies under which the MVT Parties have or may in the future have rights to assert claims pursuant to Section 5.01(b) in a manner that would adversely affect any such rights of the MVT Parties, (i) the MI Parties will give the MVT Parties prior notice thereof, but in no event less than thirty (30) days, and consult with the MVT Parties with respect to such action (it being understood that the decision to take any such action will be in the sole discretion of the MI Parties) and (ii) the MI Parties will pay to the MVT Parties their equitable share (which shall be mutually agreed upon by the MI Parties and the MVT Parties, acting reasonably, based on the amount of premiums paid by or allocated to the MVT Business in respect of the applicable Shared Policy), if any, of any net proceeds actually received by the MI Parties from the insurer under the applicable Shared Policy as a result of such action by the MI Parties (after deducting the MI Parties’ reasonable costs and expenses incurred in connection with such action).

(d) Administration. From and after the Distribution Time:

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(ii) the MVT Parties or one of their Subsidiaries, as appropriate, will be responsible for the Claims Administration with respect to claims of the MVT Parties and their Subsidiaries under Shared Policies.

(e) Insurance Premiums. From and after the Distribution Time, the MI Parties will pay all premiums, taxes, assessments or similar charges (retrospectively-rated or otherwise) as required under the terms and conditions of the respective Shared Policies in respect of periods prior to the Distribution Time, whereupon the MVT Parties will upon the request of the MI Parties, promptly reimburse the MI Parties for that portion of such premiums and other payments paid by the MI Parties.

(f) Agreement for Waiver of Conflict and Shared Defense. In the event that a Shared Policy provides coverage for both the MI Parties and/or one of their Subsidiaries, on the one hand, and the MVT Parties and/or one of their Subsidiaries, on the other hand, relating to the same occurrence, the MI Parties and the MVT Parties agree to defend jointly and to waive any conflict of interest necessary to the conduct of that joint defense. Nothing in this Section 5.01(f) will be construed to limit or otherwise alter in any way the indemnity obligations of the parties to this Agreement, including those created by this Agreement, by operation of law or otherwise.

(g) Duty to Mitigate Settlements. To the extent that any member of any Group is responsible for the Claims Administration for any claims under any Shared Policies after the Distribution Time, it shall use its reasonable best efforts to mitigate the amount of any settlements of such claims.

Section 5.02 Use of Names.

(a) Subject to Section 5.02(c) below, any material showing any affiliation or connection of any member of the MVT Group with any member of the MI Group shall not be used by the MVT Parties or any member of the MVT Group after the Distribution Date, except that the restrictions contained in this Section 5.02(a) shall not apply to filings, reports and other documents required by Applicable Laws or regulations of securities exchanges to be filed and/or made publicly available. On and after the Distribution Date, no member of the MVT Group shall represent to third parties that any of them is affiliated or connected with any member of the MI Group.

(b) Subject to Section 5.02(d) below, any material showing any affiliation or connection of any member of the MI Group with any member of the MVT Group shall not be used by the MI Parties or any member of the MI Group after the Distribution Date, except that the restrictions contained in this Section 5.02(b) shall not apply to filings, reports and other documents required by Applicable Laws or regulations of securities exchanges to be filed and/or made publicly available. On and after the Distribution Date, no member of the MI Group shall represent to third parties that any of them is affiliated or connected with any member of the MVT Group.

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their Subsidiaries (the “MI Trademarks”) to the extent that such MI Trademarks are contained as of the Distribution Date on any business cards, schedules, stationery, displays, signs, promotional materials, manuals, forms, computer software and other material used in the MVT Business, without any obligation on the part of the MVT Parties or any of their Subsidiaries to pay royalties or similar fees to any member of the MI Group during the MVT Sell-off Period; provided, however, that such use is in the same manner as prior to the Distribution Date and to the extent that it is used in connection with products and services only for the same products and services in connection with such use was made by the MVT Parties prior to the Distribution Date. The MVT Parties agree that, upon termination of the MVT Sell-off Period, the MVT Parties shall and shall cause the other members of the MVT Group to cease and thereafter not make any use of the MI Trademarks or any trademark confusingly similar thereto, except such restriction shall not apply to filings, reports and other documents required by Applicable Laws or regulations of securities exchanges to be filed and/or made publicly available.

(d) The parties agree that, during the period from the Distribution Date until 90 days after the Distribution Date (the “MI Sell-off Period”), the MI Group shall be entitled to continue to use all trademarks or other source identifiers owned by the MVT Parties and their Subsidiaries (the “MVT Trademarks”) to the extent that such MVT Trademarks are contained as of the Distribution Date on any business cards, schedules, stationery, displays, signs, promotional materials, manuals, forms, computer software and other material used in the MI Business, without any obligation on the part of the MI Parties or any of their Subsidiaries to pay royalties or similar fees to the MVT Parties during the MI Sell-off Period; provided, however, that such use is in the same manner as prior to the Distribution Date and to the extent that it is used in connection with products and services only for the same products and services in connection with such use was made by the MI Parties prior to the Distribution Date. The MI Parties agree that, upon termination of the MI Sell-off Period, the MI Parties shall and shall cause the other members of the MI Group to cease and thereafter not make any use of the MVT Trademarks or any trademark confusingly similar thereto, except such restriction shall not apply to filings, reports and other documents required by Applicable Laws or regulations of securities exchanges to be filed and/or made publicly available.

Section 5.03 Subsequent Transfers.

(a) If after the date hereof, a member of the MVT Group possesses or obtains any assets, rights or properties used primarily or held for use primarily by a member of the MI Group in the conduct of its businesses as conducted as of the Distribution Date (except (i) as otherwise contemplated by the Transaction Agreements; or (ii) those assets, rights and properties used primarily or held for use primarily by a member of the MVT Group) (the “MI Group Assets”), and the MI Parties notify the MVT Parties thereof (the “MI Asset Notice”) prior to the four-year anniversary of the Distribution Date, the MVT Parties shall cause the prompt transfer of such MI Group Assets to the MI Parties (even if such transfer cannot be completed before such four-year anniversary of the Distribution Date) subject to the MI Parties obtaining any required consents, approvals or authorizations of any Governmental Entity or third Person; provided, that in the event that such MI Group Asset shall have been sold, transferred or otherwise disposed of for consideration by any member of the MVT Group, the MI Parties shall be entitled to the net proceeds thereof so long as the MI Asset Notice is received prior to the four-year anniversary of the Distribution Date. If, prior to the four-year anniversary date of the

 

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Distribution Date, any member of the MVT Group has knowledge that it possesses an MI Group Asset, it shall promptly notify the MI Parties thereof and the MI Parties shall have thirty (30) days after receipt of such notice in which to notify the member of the MVT Group possessing such MI Group Asset of their intent to have such MI Group Asset transferred (the “MVT Transfer Request”). Any member of the MVT Group knowingly possessing any such MI Group Asset shall, subject to Applicable Law and applicable Contract restrictions and provided that the MVT Parties shall not be required to incur any expenses in connection therewith, operate and maintain such MI Group Asset in the ordinary course consistent with past practice and for the benefit of the MI Parties until the earlier of (i) the successful transfer of such MI Group Asset to the MI Parties, (ii) the receipt of notice from the MI Parties declining that such MI Group Asset be transferred, or (iii) the thirty-first day after delivery of the MI Asset Notice; provided, that the MI Parties have not received the MVT Transfer Request prior to such date. Notwithstanding anything in this Section 5.03(b), the MVT Group members shall have no obligation to make any investigation with respect to MI Group Assets.

(b) If after the date hereof, a member of the MI Group possesses or obtains any assets, rights or properties used primarily or held for use primarily by a member of the MVT Group in the conduct of its businesses as conducted as of the Distribution Date (except (i) for assets, rights and properties provided by members of the MI Group pursuant to the Administrative Services Agreement; (ii) as otherwise contemplated by the Transaction Agreements; or (iii) those assets, rights and properties used primarily or held for use primarily by a member of the MI Group) (the “MVT Group Assets”), and the MVT Parties notify the MVT Parties thereof (the “MVT Asset Notice”) prior to the four-year anniversary of the Distribution Date, the MI Parties shall cause the prompt transfer of such MVT Group Assets to the MVT Parties (even if such transfer cannot be completed before such four-year anniversary of the Distribution Date) subject to the MVT Parties obtaining any required consents, approvals or authorizations of any Governmental Entity or third Person; provided, that in the event that such MVT Group Asset shall have been sold, transferred or otherwise disposed of for consideration by any member of the MI Group, the MVT Parties shall be entitled to the net proceeds thereof so long as the MVT Asset Notice is received prior to the four-year anniversary of the Distribution Date. If, prior to the four-year anniversary date of the Distribution Date, any member of the MI Group has knowledge that it possesses an MVT Group Asset, it shall promptly notify the MVT Parties thereof and the MVT Parties shall have thirty (30) days after receipt of such notice in which to notify the member of the MI Group possessing such MVT Group Asset of their intent to have such MVT Group Asset transferred (the “MI Transfer Request”). Any member of the MI Group knowingly possessing any such MVT Group Asset shall, subject to Applicable Law and applicable Contract restrictions and provided that the MVT Parties shall not be required to incur any expenses in connection therewith, operate and maintain such MVT Group Asset in the ordinary course consistent with past practice and for the benefit of the MI Parties until the earlier of (i) the successful transfer of such MVT Group Asset to the MVT Parties, (ii) the receipt of notice from the MVT Parties declining that such MVT Group Asset be transferred, or (iii) the thirty-first day after delivery of the MVT Asset Notice; provided, that the MVT Parties have not received the MI Transfer Request prior to such date. Notwithstanding anything in this Section 5.03(c), the MI Group members shall have no obligation to make any investigation with respect to MVT Group Assets.

 

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(c) It is the intention of the parties to this Agreement that any transfers made pursuant to this Section 5.03 are to be treated as relating back to the Distribution as an adjustment to capital (i.e., capital contribution or distribution), and the parties shall not take any position inconsistent with such intention before any Tax authority, except to the extent that a final determination (as defined in Section 1313 of the Code) with respect to the recipient party causes any such transfer not to be so treated.

Section 5.04 Consents. Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, if a consent, authorization or approval of any third Person to the transactions contemplated hereby (a “Required Consent”) is necessary to preserve for any member of the MVT Group or the MI Group, as applicable (a “Benefiting Person”), any right or benefit to which it is entitled under any MVT Group Asset or MI Group Asset, respectively, or under any Contract to which any member of the Group of which the Benefiting Person is not a member is a party (the owner of such MVT Group Asset or MI Group Asset or the party to such Contract, the “Transferring Person”), and if the Required Consent is not obtained prior to the Distribution Time, the Transferring Person will, subsequent to the Distribution Time, cooperate with the Benefiting Person and use reasonable best efforts in attempting to obtain the Required Consent as promptly as reasonably practicable thereafter. Until such time (if any) as the Required Consent is obtained, the Transferring Person will use its reasonable best efforts to provide Benefiting Person with, or pass through to the Benefiting Person, the rights and benefits of the affected MVT Group Asset or MI Group Asset, as applicable, or the affected Contract to which the Benefiting Person is entitled, and, if and to the extent the Transferring Person provides or passes through such rights and benefits, the Benefiting Person shall assume the obligations and burdens in connection therewith.

Section 5.05 Reporting Cooperation. The MI Parties and their Affiliates shall, at the MVT Parties’ cost, provide reasonable assistance to the MVT Parties in connection with the collection of information by MVT Holding in connection with the preparation of its SEC reports and filings with respect to periods relating to the fiscal year in which the Distribution occurs, and the MVT Parties and their Affiliates shall, at the MI Parties’ cost, provide reasonable assistance to the MI Parties in connection with the collection of information by New MI Corp. in connection with the preparation of its SEC reports and filings with respect to periods relating to the fiscal year in which the Distribution occurs.

ARTICLE VI

ACCESS TO INFORMATION

Section 6.01 Provision of Corporate Records. Prior to or as promptly as practicable after the Distribution Time, the MI Parties shall deliver to the MVT Parties copies of all minute books and other records of meetings of the Board of Directors, committees of the Board of Directors and shareholders of each member of the MVT Group, all corporate books and records and other Data and Records of each member of the MVT Group in the MI Parties’ possession and the relevant portions (or copies thereof) of all corporate books and records of each member of the MI Group relating directly and primarily to the MVT Business, including, in each case, all active agreements and active litigation files. From and after the Distribution Time, all such books, records and copies shall be the property of the MVT Parties. Except as may

 

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otherwise be provided in the Administrative Services Agreement, prior to or as promptly as practicable after the Distribution Time, the MVT Parties shall deliver to the MI Parties all corporate books and records and other Data and Records of each member of the MI Group in the MVT Parties’ possession (other than the books, records and copies described in the first sentence of this Section 6.01) and the relevant portions (or copies thereof) of all corporate books and records of any member of the MVT Group relating directly and primarily to the MI Business, including, in each case, all active agreements and active litigation files. From and after the Distribution Time, all such books, records and copies shall be the property of the MI Parties.

Section 6.02 Access to Information.

(a) From and after the Distribution Time, the MVT Parties will, and will cause each of their Subsidiaries to, to the extent that such information has not previously been delivered pursuant to Section 6.01, afford to the MI Parties and their Representatives (at the MI Parties’ expense) reasonable access and duplicating rights during normal business hours and upon reasonable advance notice to all Information within the MVT Parties’ possession or control or in the possession or control of one of their Subsidiaries to the extent relating to the MI Parties, any of their Subsidiaries or the MI Business, insofar as such access is reasonably required by the MI Parties or any of their Subsidiaries; subject to the provisions below regarding Privileged Information.

(b) From and after the Distribution Time, the MI Parties will, and will cause each of their Subsidiaries to, to the extent that such information has not previously been delivered pursuant to Section 6.01, afford to the MVT Parties and their Representatives (at the MVT Parties’ expense) reasonable access and duplicating rights during normal business hours and upon reasonable advance notice to all Information within the MI Parties’ possession or control or in the possession or control of one of their Subsidiaries to the extent relating to the MVT Parties, any of their Subsidiaries or the MVT Business, insofar as such access is reasonably required by the MVT Parties or any of their Subsidiaries, subject to the provisions below regarding Privileged Information.

(c) Without limiting the foregoing, Information may be requested under this Article VI for audit, accounting, claims, litigation, insurance, environmental and safety and tax purposes, as well as for purposes of fulfilling disclosure and reporting obligations and for performing this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby.

(d) In furtherance of the foregoing:

(i) Each party acknowledges that (A) each of the MVT Parties and the MI Parties (and the members of the MVT Group and the MI Group, respectively) has or may obtain Privileged Information; (B) there are or may be a number of actions affecting one or more of the members of the MVT Group and the MI Group; (C) the parties may have a common legal interest in actions, in the Privileged Information, and in the preservation of the confidential status of the Privileged Information; and (D) each of the MVT Parties and the MI Parties intends that the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Agreements and any transfer of Privileged Information in connection therewith shall not operate as a waiver of any potentially applicable privilege.

 

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(ii) Each of the MVT Parties and the MI Parties agrees, on behalf of itself and each member of the Group of which it is a member, not to disclose or otherwise waive any privilege attaching to any Privileged Information relating to the business of the other Group without providing prompt written notice to and obtaining the prior written consent of the other, which consent will not be unreasonably withheld, delayed or conditioned. In the event of a disagreement between any member of the MVT Group and/or any member of the MI Group concerning the reasonableness of withholding such consent, no disclosure will be made prior to a final, nonappealable resolution of such disagreement by a court of competent jurisdiction.

(iii) Upon any member of the MVT Group or any member of the MI Group receiving any subpoena or other compulsory disclosure notice from a court, other Governmental Entity or otherwise that requests disclosure of Privileged Information, in each case relating to the business of the other Group, the recipient of the notice will promptly provide to the other party a copy of such notice, the intended response, and all materials or information relating to the other Group that might be disclosed. In the event of a disagreement as to the intended response or disclosure, unless and until the disagreement is resolved as provided in Section 6.02(d)(ii), the parties will cooperate to assert all defenses to disclosure claimed by either Group, at the cost and expense of the Group claiming such defense to disclosure, and shall not disclose any disputed documents or information until all legal defenses and claims of privilege have been finally determined.

Section 6.03 Production of Witnesses. Subject to Section 6.02, after the Distribution Time, each of the MVT Parties and the MI Parties will, and will cause each member of the MVT Group and the MI Group, respectively, to, make available to the other party and members of such other party’s Group, upon written request and at the cost and expense of the party so requesting, its directors, officers, employees and, to the extent reasonably practicable, agents as witnesses to the extent that any such Person may reasonably be required (giving consideration to business demands of such directors, officers, employees and agents) in connection with any actions or other proceedings in which the requesting party may from time to time be involved, provided that the same shall not unreasonably interfere with the conduct of business by the Group of which the request is made.

Section 6.04 Retention of Records. Except as otherwise required by law or agreed to by the parties in writing, if any Information relating to the business, assets or Liabilities of a member of a Group is retained by a member of the other Group, each of the MVT Parties and the MI Parties will, and will cause the members of the Group of which it is a member to, retain for the period required by the applicable records retention policy of the MI Parties in effect from time to time all such Information in such Group’s possession or under its control. In addition, after the expiration of such required retention period, if any member of either Group wishes to destroy or dispose of any such Information, prior to destroying or disposing of any of

 

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such Information, (a) the MVT Parties or the MI Parties, on behalf of the member of its Group that is proposing to destroy or dispose of any such Information, will provide no less than 30 days’ prior written notice to the other party, specifying in reasonable detail the Information proposed to be destroyed or disposed of, and (b) if, prior to the scheduled date for such destruction or disposal, the recipient of such notice requests in writing that any of the Information proposed to be destroyed or disposed of be delivered to such requesting party, the party whose Group is proposing to destroy or dispose of such Information promptly will arrange for the delivery of the requested Information to a location specified by, and at the expense of, the requesting party.

Section 6.05 Confidentiality. Subject to the provisions of Section 6.02, which shall govern Privileged Information, for a seven-year period after the Distribution Time, each of the MVT Parties and the MI Parties shall hold, and shall use their reasonable best efforts to cause members of their Group and their Representatives to hold, in strict confidence all Information concerning the other party’s Group or any of its operations, employees, assets or Liabilities, in its possession or control (including Information known to its employees or agents) or furnished to it by such other party’s Group pursuant to the Transaction Agreements or the transactions contemplated thereby and will not use such Information or release or disclose such Information to any other Person, except members of their Group and their Representatives, who will be bound by the provisions of this Section 6.05; provided, however, that the provision above shall apply for a period of ten years after the Distribution Time in respect of each Group’s trade secrets. Notwithstanding the above, any member of the MVT Group or the MI Group may disclose such Information to the extent that (a) disclosure is compelled by judicial or administrative process or, in the opinion of such Person’s counsel, by other requirements of law, regulation or listing standard (in which case the party required to make such disclosure will notify the other party as soon as practicable of such obligation or requirement and cooperate with the other party to limit the Information required to be disclosed and to obtain a protective order or other appropriate remedy with respect to the Information ultimately disclosed) or (b) such Person can show that such Information was (i) available to such Person on a nonconfidential basis (other than from a member of the other party’s Group) prior to its disclosure by such Person; (ii) in the public domain through no fault of such Person; or (iii) lawfully acquired by such Person from another source after the time that it was furnished to such Person by the other party’s Group, and not acquired from such source subject to any confidentiality obligation on the part of such source known to the acquiror, or on the part of the acquiror. Each of the parties acknowledges that it will be liable for any breach of this Section 6.05 by their Representatives to whom such Information is disclosed by such party. Notwithstanding the foregoing, each of the MVT Parties and the MI Parties will be deemed to have satisfied its obligations under this Section 6.05 with respect to preserving the confidentiality of any Information (other than Privileged Information) if it exercises the same care with regard to such Information as it takes to preserve confidentiality for its own similar Information.

 

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ARTICLE VII

TERMINATION

Section 7.01 Termination. Notwithstanding any provision hereof, this Agreement may be terminated by MI Corp. and the Distribution may be abandoned prior to the Distribution Time at any time following termination of the Investment Agreement.

Section 7.02 Effect of Termination. In the event of any termination of this Agreement prior to the Distribution Time pursuant to Section 7.01, no party to this Agreement (or any of its directors or officers) shall have any Liability or further obligation to any other party or third party with respect to this Agreement.

ARTICLE VIII

MISCELLANEOUS

Section 8.01 Entire Agreement; Construction. This Agreement, the Investment Agreement, the Continuing Business Agreements and the Ancillary Agreements, including any annexes, schedules and exhibits hereto or thereto, and other agreements and documents referred to herein and therein, will together constitute the entire agreement between the parties with respect to the subject matter hereof and thereof and will supersede all prior negotiations, agreements and understandings of the parties of any nature, whether oral or written, with respect to such subject matter. Notwithstanding any other provisions in the Transaction Agreements to the contrary, in the event and to the extent that there is a conflict between the provisions of this Agreement and the provisions of any Ancillary Agreement, the provisions of such Ancillary Agreement will control other than with respect to the provisions of Article III, in which case this Agreement will control.

Section 8.02 Survival of Agreements. Except as otherwise contemplated by the Transaction Agreements, all covenants and agreements of the parties contained in the Transaction Agreements will remain in full force and effect and survive the Distribution Time.

Section 8.03 Governing Law. This Agreement shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the State of Wisconsin regardless of the laws that might otherwise govern under applicable principles of conflicts of laws thereof.

Section 8.04 Notices. All notices and other communications hereunder shall be in writing and shall be deemed duly given (i) on the date of delivery if delivered personally, (ii) upon confirmation of receipt if delivered by facsimile, (iii) on the first Business Day following the date of dispatch if delivered by a recognized next-day courier service or (iv) when received if delivered by registered or certified mail, return receipt requested, postage prepaid. All notices hereunder shall be delivered as set forth below, or pursuant to such other instructions as may be designated in writing by the party to receive such notice:

 

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  (a) If to New MI Corp. or MI Corp. to:

Marshall & Ilsley Corporation

770 N. Water Street

Milwaukee, WI 53202

 

Fax:    (414) 765-7899
Attention:    Dennis Kuester
   President and Chief Executive Officer
   and
   Randall J. Erickson
   Senior Vice President, General Counsel
   and Corporate Secretary

with a copy to:

Sidley Austin LLP

One South Dearborn Street

Chicago, Illinois 60603

 

Fax:    (312) 853-7036
Attention:    Imad Qasim, Esq.
   Pran Jha, Esq.

 

  (b) If to MVT Holding or MVT Corp. to:

Metavante Corporation

4900 West Brown Deer Road

Milwaukee, WI 53223-2459

 

Fax:    (414) 362-1705
Attention:    Frank Martire
   President and Chief Executive Officer
   and
   Norrie Daroga
   Executive Vice President, Chief Risk Officer & Secretary

Section 8.05 Expenses. All costs and expenses of the MVT Parties and the MI Parties related to the negotiation, preparation, execution and delivery of this Agreement, the Investment Agreement and the Ancillary Agreements, the carrying into effect of the Distribution and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby shall be paid in accordance with the provisions of Section 6.6 of the Investment Agreement.

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transactions contemplated hereby, any provision hereof, the breach, performance, validity or invalidity hereof or for recognition and enforcement of any judgment in respect hereof brought by another party hereto or its successors or permitted assigns may be brought and determined in any federal or state court located in the State of Wisconsin, and each of the MVT Parties and the MI Parties hereby irrevocably submits with regard to any such action or proceeding for themselves and in respect to their property, generally and unconditionally, to the exclusive jurisdiction of the aforesaid courts. Each of the MVT Parties and the MI Parties hereby irrevocably waives, and agrees not to assert, by way of motion, as a defense, counterclaim or otherwise, in any action or proceeding with respect to this Agreement, the transactions contemplated hereby, any provision hereof or the breach, performance, enforcement, validity or invalidity hereof, (a) any claim that it is not personally subject to the jurisdiction of the above-named courts for any reason other than the failure to lawfully serve process, (b) that it or its property is exempt or immune from jurisdiction of any such court or from any legal process commenced in such courts (whether through service of notice, attachment prior to judgment, attachment in aid of execution of judgment, execution of judgment or otherwise) and (c) to the fullest extent permitted by Applicable Laws, that (i) the suit, action or proceeding in any such court is brought in an inconvenient forum, (ii) the venue of such suit, action or proceeding is improper and (iii) this Agreement, or the subject matter hereof, may not be enforced in or by such courts.

Section 8.07 Amendments. This Agreement cannot be amended except by a written agreement executed by the MVT Parties and the MI Parties; provided, that, unless the Investment Agreement shall have been terminated, any such amendment shall be subject to the prior written consent of Investor, such consent with respect to any such amendment after the Distribution Time not to be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed.

Section 8.08 Assignment. No party to this Agreement will (or permit any of the members of its Group) convey, assign or otherwise transfer any of its rights or obligations under this Agreement, in whole or in part, without the prior written consent of the other parties in their sole and absolute discretion; provided, that unless the Investment Agreement shall have been terminated, any such assignment prior to the Distribution Time shall be subject to the prior written consent of Investor. Any conveyance, assignment or transfer requiring the prior written consent of the other parties or Investor pursuant to this Section 8.08 that is made without such consent will be void ab initio. No assignment of this Agreement will relieve the assigning party of its obligations hereunder.

Section 8.09 Captions; Currency. The article, section and paragraph captions herein and the table of contents hereto are for convenience of reference only, do not constitute part of this Agreement and will not be deemed to limit or otherwise affect any of the provisions hereof. Unless otherwise specified, all references herein to numbered articles or sections are to articles and sections of this Agreement and all references herein to schedules are to schedules to this Agreement. Unless otherwise specified, all references contained in this Agreement, in any schedule referred to herein or in any instrument or document delivered pursuant hereto to dollars or “$” shall mean United States Dollars.

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invalid, void or unenforceable, the remaining provisions hereof, or the application of such provision to Persons or circumstances other than those as to which it has been held invalid or unenforceable, will remain in full force and effect and will in no way be affected, impaired or invalidated thereby. If the economic or legal substance of the transactions contemplated hereby is affected in any manner adverse to any party as a result thereof, the parties and Investor will negotiate in good faith in an effort to agree upon a suitable and equitable substitute provision to effect the original intent of the parties.

Section 8.11 Parties in Interest. This Agreement is binding upon and is for the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective successors and permitted assigns. This Agreement is not made for the benefit of any Person not a party hereto, and no Person other than the parties hereto or their respective successors and permitted assigns will acquire or have any benefit, right, remedy or claim under or by reason of this Agreement, except that (a) the provisions of Sections 4.01, 4.02, 4.03 and 8.18 shall inure to the benefit of the Persons referred to therein and (b) the provisions of Section 8.08, the proviso in Section 8.07, the proviso in Section 8.13 and this sentence of Section 8.11 shall also inure to the benefit of Investor.

Section 8.12 Schedules. All schedules attached hereto are hereby incorporated in and made a part of this Agreement as if set forth in full herein. Capitalized terms used in the schedules hereto but not otherwise defined therein will have the respective meanings assigned to such terms in this Agreement.

Section 8.13 Waivers; Remedies. Any agreement on the part of a party hereto to waive the performance by the other party of any of its covenants hereunder shall be valid only if set forth in a written instrument signed on behalf of such party; provided, that, unless the Investment Agreement shall have been terminated, any such waiver shall be subject to the prior written consent of Investor, such consent with respect to any such waiver after the Distribution Time not to be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed. No failure or delay on the part of either the MVT Parties or the MI Parties in exercising any right, power or privilege hereunder will operate as a waiver thereof, nor will any waiver on the part of either the MVT Parties or the MI Parties of any right, power or privilege hereunder operate as a waiver of any other right, power or privilege hereunder, nor will any single or partial exercise of any right, power or privilege hereunder preclude any other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right, power or privilege hereunder.

Section 8.14 Further Assurances. From time to time after the Distribution Time, as and when requested by either party hereto, the other party shall execute and deliver, or cause to be executed and delivered, all such documents and instruments and shall take, or cause to be taken, all such actions, in each case, at the requesting party’s expense, as the requesting party may reasonably request to consummate the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Agreements.

Section 8.15 Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in separate counterparts, each such counterpart being deemed to be an original instrument, and all such counterparts will together constitute the same agreement.

 

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Section 8.16 Performance. The MVT Parties will cause to be performed and hereby guarantee the performance of all actions, agreements and obligations set forth herein to be performed by any of their Subsidiaries. The MI Parties will cause to be performed and hereby guarantee the performance of all actions, agreements and obligations set forth herein to be performed by any of their Subsidiaries.

Section 8.17 Interpretation. Any reference herein to any federal, state, local, or foreign law shall be deemed also to refer to all rules and regulations promulgated thereunder, unless the context requires otherwise. For the purposes of this Agreement, (a) words in the singular shall be held to include the plural and vice versa and words of one gender shall be held to include the other gender as the context requires, (b) the terms “hereof”, “herein”, and “herewith” and words of similar import shall, unless otherwise stated, be construed to refer to this Agreement as a whole and not to any particular provision of this Agreement and (c) the word “including” and words of similar import when used in this Agreement shall mean “including, without limitation”.

Section 8.18 Limited Liability. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, no individual who is a director, employee or officer of the MI Parties or the MVT Parties, in their capacity as such, shall have any liability in respect of or relating to the covenants or obligations of such parties under this Agreement or any Ancillary Agreement or in respect of any certificate delivered with respect hereto or thereto and, to the fullest extent legally permissible, each of the MI Parties and the MVT Parties, for itself and its shareholders, directors, employees, officers and Affiliates, waives and agrees not to seek to assert or enforce any such liability that any such Person otherwise might have pursuant to applicable law.

Section 8.19 Enforcement. The parties agree that irreparable damage would occur in the event that any of the provisions of this Agreement were not performed in accordance with their specific terms. It is accordingly agreed that the parties shall be entitled to pursue specific performance of the terms hereof, this being in addition to any other remedy to which they are entitled at law or in equity.

Section 8.20 Mutual Drafting. This Agreement and the Ancillary Agreements shall be deemed to be the joint work product of the MVT Parties and the MI Parties and any rule of construction that a document shall be interpreted or construed against a drafter of such document shall not be applicable.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by the duly authorized officers of the parties as of the date first hereinabove written.

 

METAVANTE HOLDING COMPANY
By:  

/s/ Gregory A. Smith

Name:   Gregory A. Smith
Title:  

President

METAVANTE CORPORATION
By:  

/s/ Donald Layden Jr.

Name:  

Donald Layden Jr.

Title:  

Senior Executive Vice President

MARSHALL & ILSLEY CORPORATION
By:  

/s/ Mark F. Furlong

Name:   Mark F. Furlong
Title:  

President

NEW M&I CORPORATION
By:  

/s/ Gregory A. Smith

Name:   Gregory A. Smith
Title:  

President

 

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EX-10.01 4 dex1001.htm TAX ALLOCATION AGREEMENT, DATED AS OF APRIL 3, 2007 Tax Allocation Agreement, dated as of April 3, 2007

Exhibit 10.01

 

  EXECUTION
  VERSION

TAX ALLOCATION AGREEMENT

among

METAVANTE HOLDING COMPANY,

METAVANTE CORPORATION,

NEW M&I CORPORATION

and

MARSHALL & ILSLEY CORPORATION

Dated as of April 3, 2007


TAX ALLOCATION AGREEMENT

TAX ALLOCATION AGREEMENT (this “Agreement”), dated as of April 3, 2007, among Metavante Holding Company, a Wisconsin corporation and, as of the date hereof, a wholly-owned subsidiary of MI Corp. (“MVT Holding”), Metavante Corporation, a Wisconsin corporation and, as of the date hereof, a wholly-owned subsidiary of MI Corp. (“MVT Corp.”) (MVT Holding and MVT Corp., collectively, the “MVT Parties”), Marshall & Ilsley Corporation, a Wisconsin corporation (“MI Corp.”), and New M&I Corporation, a Wisconsin corporation (“New MI Corp.”) (MI Corp. and New MI Corp., collectively, the “MI Parties”).

RECITALS

WHEREAS, MI Corp. is the common parent of an affiliated group of corporations within the meaning of Section 1504(a) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”), which currently files consolidated federal Income Tax Returns (the “Affiliated Group”);

WHEREAS, pursuant to the Separation Agreement dated as of the date hereof between the MVT Parties and the MI Parties (as may be amended from time to time in accordance with its terms, the “Separation Agreement”) and the Investment Agreement (as defined below), MVT Holding will distribute all of the issued and outstanding shares of New MI Corp. common stock (“New MI Corp. Common Stock”) on a pro rata basis to holders of record of MVT Holding Common Stock (as defined in the Investment Agreement) (as described more fully in the Separation Agreement, the “Distribution”);

WHEREAS, the MVT Parties, Montana Merger Sub Inc., a Wisconsin corporation and, as of the date hereof, a wholly-owned subsidiary of MVT Holding (“Merger Sub”), and the MI Parties have entered into an Investment Agreement, dated as the date hereof (the “Investment Agreement”) with WPM, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership (“Investor”) pursuant to which, prior to the Distribution, MI Corp. will undertake the MI Merger, the MI Conversion, the MVT Distribution, the MI LLC Contribution and the MI Cash Contribution, and Investor will make the Equity Investment (as defined in the Separation Agreement);

WHEREAS, in connection with the transactions contemplated by the Investment Agreement, one or more of the members of the MVT Group (as defined below) will incur approximately $1.75 billion of indebtedness (the “Debt Financing”);

WHEREAS, the parties to this Agreement intend that (i) the MI Merger and the MI Conversion will qualify as a reorganization under Section 368(a)(1)(F) of the Code, (ii) following the MI Merger and the MI Conversion, MVT Holding will become the common parent of the Affiliated Group; (iii) the MI Contribution (as defined in the Investment Agreement) followed by the Distribution will qualify as a reorganization within the meaning of Section 368(a)(1)(D) of the Code; and (iv) the Distribution will qualify as a distribution eligible for nonrecognition under Sections 355(a) and 361(c) of the Code;

WHEREAS, after the Distribution, no member of the MI Group (as defined below) will be a member of the Affiliated Group for federal income tax purposes and MI Corp. will be disregarded as an entity separate from New MI Corp. for U.S. federal income tax purposes;


WHEREAS, after the Distribution the Affiliated Group will continue and MVT Holding will be treated as the common parent of the Affiliated Group for federal income tax purposes; and

WHEREAS, the MVT Group and the MI Group desire on behalf of themselves and their successors to set forth their rights and obligations with respect to Taxes due for periods before, on and after the Distribution Date.

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and of the respective agreements and covenants contained in this Agreement, the parties hereby agree as follows:

ARTICLE I

DEFINITIONS

SECTION 1.01. General. Capitalized terms used in this Agreement have the meanings set forth in this Agreement, or, when not so defined, in the Separation Agreement or the Investment Agreement. As used in this Agreement, the following terms shall have the following meanings (such meanings to be equally applicable to both the singular and plural forms of the terms defined):

Affiliate” has the meaning set forth in the Separation Agreement.

Affiliated Group” has the meaning set forth in the first recital.

Agreement” means this Tax Allocation Agreement as the same may be amended from time to time.

Applicable Federal Rate” means the federal short-term rate under Section 1274(d) of the Code, compounded quarterly.

Audit” means any audit, assessment of Taxes, other examination by any Governmental Entity (as defined in the Investment Agreement), proceeding, or appeal of such a proceeding relating to Taxes, whether administrative or judicial, including proceedings relating to competent authority determinations.

Code” has the meaning set forth in the first recital.

Controlling Party” means the party described as the Controlling Party in accordance with Section 3.01.

Covered Group” means, in the case of any Covered Group Taxes, the group of Persons that join in the filing of the consolidated, combined or unitary Tax Return upon which such Covered Group Taxes are reported.

 

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Covered Group Taxes” means any federal, state, local or foreign Taxes reportable on a consolidated, combined or unitary Tax Return for a group that includes any member of the MI Group, on the one hand, and any member of the MVT Group, on the other hand.

Covered Group Year” means, in the case of any Covered Group, any Taxable year of such Covered Group that ends prior to or includes the Distribution Date.

Debt Financing” has the meaning set forth in the fourth recital.

Distribution” has the meaning set forth in the second recital.

Distribution Date” has the meaning set forth in the Separation Agreement.

Filing Party” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.08.

Final Determination” means with respect to any issue (a) a decision, judgment, decree or other order by any court of competent jurisdiction, which decision, judgment, decree or other order has become final and not subject to further appeal, (b) a closing agreement (whether or not entered into under Section 7121 of the Code) or any other binding settlement agreement (whether or not with the IRS) entered into in connection with or in contemplation of an administrative or judicial proceeding, or (c) the completion of the highest level of administrative proceedings if a judicial contest is not or is no longer available.

GAAP” has the meaning set forth in the Investment Agreement.

Income Tax” means any franchise Tax and any federal, state, local or foreign Tax measured by or imposed on gross receipts or net income or profits. For the avoidance of doubt, the term “Income Tax” shall not include any sales or use Tax.

Income Tax Return” means any Tax Return with respect to Income Taxes.

Indemnifiable Losses” has the meaning set forth in the Separation Agreement.

Independent Firm” has the meaning set forth in Article VI.

Information” has the meaning set forth in the Separation Agreement.

Investment Agreement” has the meaning set forth in the third recital.

Investor” has the meaning set forth in the third recital.

Investor Factual Representation” means the representations of Investor set forth in Section 4.1 of the Investment Agreement and any factual representation provided by Investor in writing in connection with the Tax Opinion described in Section 7.1(f)(ii) of the Investment Agreement.

IRS” means the United States Internal Revenue Service.

 

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Liable Party” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.08.

MI Corp.” has the meaning set forth in the preamble.

MI Compensation Payments” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.06(a).

MI Group” has the meaning set forth in the Separation Agreement.

MI Parties” has the meaning set forth in the preamble.

MI Specified Refunds” means any refunds or credits relating to (i) the transactions described in the complaint filed on March 2, 2007, in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin, (ii) the “Tempest” transactions currently in appeals, and (iii) the amended tax returns filed in connection with securitizations involving auto loans.

MI Subsidiary” has the meaning set forth in the Separation Agreement.

MI Taxes” means any Taxes (excluding Restructuring Taxes) that are treated as MI Taxes under Section 2.05 of this Agreement.

New MI Corp.” has the meaning set forth in the preamble.

New MI Corp. Common Stock” has the meaning set forth in the second recital.

MVT Corp.” has the meaning set forth in the preamble.

MVT Compensation Payments” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.06(a).

MVT Group” has the meaning set forth in the Separation Agreement.

MVT Holding” has the meaning set forth in the preamble.

MVT Parties” has the meaning set forth in the preamble.

MVT Restructuring Tax Audit” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.02(a).

“MVT Separate Group Basis” means, in the case of any Covered Group Taxes for a Covered Group Year, the amount of such Covered Group Taxes for such Covered Group Year that would have been due if the underlying Covered Group consisted solely of members of the MVT Group and did not include any members of the MI Group and computed (i) by taking into account elections and accounting methods actually used in computing such Covered Group Taxes for such Covered Group Year, (ii) with appropriate adjustments to take into account the application of Treasury Regulations Section 1.1502-13 or similar provisions of state and local Tax law to any intercompany transactions between members of the MVT Group (on one hand) and members of the MI Group (on the other hand), (iii) consistent with past practice (including past practice of allocating state and local unitary Taxes and expenses to an entity if that entity caused the filing of a combined, consolidated or unitary Tax Return) and (iv) with such other adjustments as are contemplated by this Agreement; provided, however, that Tax liability for an entity with nexus in a combined return state shall be based on that entity’s relative apportionment percentage of the total apportionment percentage of the actual combined group.

 

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MVT Subsidiary” has the meaning set forth in the Separation Agreement.

MVT Tainting Act” means:

(a) any action (or failure to take any reasonably available action) by any of the MVT Parties or any Affiliate of the MVT Parties after the Distribution Date other than an action contemplated by the Investment Agreement or any of the Transaction Agreements;

(b) any inaccuracy of any Investor Factual Representation;

(c) any acquisition or other transaction involving the equity of any of the MVT Parties or any Affiliate of the MVT Parties (other than the distribution of the New MI Corp. Common Stock in the Distribution or the Equity Investment); or

(d) any Prohibited Act performed by any of the MVT Parties or any Affiliate of the MVT Parties after the Distribution Date.

MVT Taxes” means any Taxes (excluding Restructuring Taxes) that are treated as MVT Taxes under Section 2.05 of this Agreement.

Past Practice” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.01(e).

Person” has the meaning set forth in the Investment Agreement.

Post-Distribution Period” means any Taxable year or other Taxable period beginning after the Distribution Date and, in the case of any Taxable year or other Taxable period that begins on or before and ends after the Distribution Date, that part of the Taxable year or other Taxable period that begins at the beginning of the day after the Distribution Date.

Pre-Distribution Period” means any Taxable year or other Taxable period that ends on or before the close of the Distribution Date and, in the case of any Taxable year or other Taxable period that begins on or before and ends after the Distribution Date, that part of the Taxable year or other Taxable period through the close of the Distribution Date.

Private Letter Ruling” has the meaning set forth in the Investment Agreement.

Prohibited Acts” has the meaning specified in Section 4.02(a).

Restricted Period” has the meaning specified in Section 4.02(a).

Restructuring Taxes” means any Taxes (and other liabilities, including liability to stockholders and the costs of defending against the imposition of such Taxes and other liabilities) of any member of the MVT Group or the MI Group arising from or attributable to one or more of the Transactions (as defined in the Investment Agreement), including but not limited to (a) any failure of the Distribution to constitute a distribution eligible for nonrecognition under

 

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Sections 355(a) and 361(c), (b) any failure of the MI Contribution (as defined in the Investment Agreement) followed by the Distribution to qualify as a reorganization within the meaning of Section 368(a)(1)(D) of the Code, or (c) any failure of any stock of New MI Corp. to be treated as “qualified property” within the meaning of Section 355(c)(2) or Section 361(c)(2) of the Code because of the application of Section 355(d) or Section 355(e) of the Code to the Distribution; provided, however, that Restructuring Taxes shall not include any Taxes imposed on the MVT Dividend or any distributions of cash from Subsidiaries to fund the MVT Dividend (which Taxes are governed by Section 2.04(d)).

Separation Agreement” has the meaning set forth in the second recital.

Shared Return” means a Tax Return described in clause (a) of Section 2.01.

Subsidiary” has the meaning set forth in the Separation Agreement.

Tax” (and, with correlative meaning, “Taxes” and “Taxable”) has the meaning set forth in the Investment Agreement.

Tax Carryover Attribute” has the meaning specified in Section 2.07.

Tax Item” means any item of income, gain, loss, deduction or credit, or other attribute that may have the effect of increasing or decreasing any Tax.

Tax Opinion” means the tax opinion described in Section 7.1(f)(ii) of the Investment Agreement.

Tax Return” has the meaning set forth in the Investment Agreement.

Transaction Agreements” has the meaning set forth in the Investment Agreement.

Transaction Taxes” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.04(b).

ARTICLE II

TAX RETURNS, TAX PAYMENTS AND TAX SHARING OBLIGATIONS

SECTION 2.01. Obligations to File Tax Returns.

(a) From and after the Distribution Time, New MI Corp. shall prepare and timely file or cause to be timely filed all original Income Tax Returns with respect to any member of the MVT Group for any Taxable year ending on or before December 31, 2007 (including any original Income Tax Return for any Covered Group Taxes for any Taxable year ending on or before December 31, 2007), whether or not such Income Tax Return includes any member of the MI Group. To the extent a member of the MI Group is legally unable to sign any such Income Tax Return, MVT Holding shall sign or cause to be signed such Income Tax Return. The MVT Parties shall reimburse New MI Corp. for any Costs (as defined in Section 3.01) incurred by MI Corp. in preparing any Income Tax Return to the extent such Cost is attributable to the portion of such Income Tax Return relating to any member of the MVT Group.

 

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(b) From and after the Distribution Time, New MI Corp. shall in addition to the Income Tax Returns described in clause (a), prepare and timely file or cause to be timely filed any other Tax Return with respect to any member of the MI Group.

(c) From and after the Distribution Time, MVT Holding shall prepare and timely file or cause to be timely filed any Tax Returns (other than an Income Tax Return described in clause (a)) with respect to any member of the MVT Group (including, but not limited to, the federal consolidated Income Tax Return and state Income Tax Returns for the taxable year beginning January 1, 2008).

(d) For the avoidance of doubt, the provisions of this Section 2.01 apply only to the preparation and filing of Tax Returns. Each party shall be responsible for its own financial reporting, including but not limited to calculating and booking provisions for Income Taxes for GAAP purposes.

(e) All Income Tax Returns relating to any member of the MVT Group for Taxable years or periods ending on or before December 31, 2007 shall (to the extent permitted by Applicable Laws) be prepared on a basis consistent with the elections, methods of accounting, positions, conventions and principles of taxation and the manner in which any Tax item or other information is reported as reflected in comparable Income Tax Returns filed before the date of this Agreement (the manner in which so reported, “Past Practice”), provided that a different method can be used (x) if it would not increase Taxes for which the MVT Parties would be responsible under this Agreement or (y) with the prior written consent of MVT Holding (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld); provided further that if there is no Past Practice with respect to a material Tax item or other information to be reported on an Income Tax Return relating to any member of the MVT Group for Taxable years or periods ending on or before December 31, 2007, then New MI Corp. and MVT Holding shall mutually agree on the manner in which such Tax item or other information is reported. The preceding sentence shall not apply (i) to the extent otherwise contemplated or required by the Private Letter Ruling, or (ii) if there has been a change in Applicable Laws. Consent shall not be considered unreasonably withheld within the meaning of the second preceding sentence if such different method would increase Taxes for which the MVT Parties would be responsible under this Agreement and for which New MI Corp. does not compensate the MVT Parties. New MI Corp. shall (A) make available to MVT Holding any Shared Return it is responsible for filing at least 10 calendar days prior to filing, provided that MVT Holding shall supply New MI Corp. with all information regarding any member of the MVT Group reasonably necessary for preparing such Shared Return at least 100 calendar days prior to the due date for filing such Shared Return, and (B) make reasonable revisions to such Shared Returns that are requested by MVT Holding.

SECTION 2.02. Obligation to Remit Taxes. Following the Distribution Date, (a) New MI Corp. shall timely remit or cause to be remitted any Taxes due in respect of any Tax Return it or any member of the MI Group is required to file under applicable law (without regard to this Agreement), and (b) MVT Holding shall timely remit or cause to be remitted any Taxes due in respect of any Tax Return it or any member of the MVT Group is required to file under applicable law (without regard to this Agreement). To the extent a remittance by New MI Corp. includes any MVT Taxes, MVT Holding shall advance funds to New MI Corp. at least one (1) day prior to the date New MI Corp. is required to make such remittance, and to the extent a

 

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remittance by MVT Holding includes any MI Taxes, New MI Corp. shall advance funds to MVT Holding at least one (1) day prior to the date MVT Holding is required to make such remittance. For the avoidance of doubt, this Section 2.02 governs only the party responsible for making the initial remittance to a Taxing Authority and shall not govern the determination of whether the Taxes remitted are an MI Tax or an MVT Tax.

SECTION 2.03. Tax Indemnity; Prior Agreements; Refunds.

(a) From and after the Distribution Time, the MI Parties shall, in a manner consistent with the principles of Section 4.03 of the Separation Agreement, reimburse, indemnify, defend, and hold harmless the MVT Indemnified Parties from and against, any and all Indemnifiable Losses incurred or suffered by one or more of the MVT Indemnified Parties in connection with, relating to, arising out of, or due to, directly or indirectly, (i) any MI Taxes (including, for the avoidance of doubt, any MI Taxes arising from a redetermination thereof from an audit or examination); and (ii) any amount for which New MI Corp. is liable under Section 2.04.

(b) From and after the Distribution Time, the MVT Parties shall, in a manner consistent with the principles of Section 4.02 of the Separation Agreement, reimburse, indemnify, defend, and hold harmless the MI Indemnified Parties from and against, any and all Indemnifiable Losses incurred or suffered by one or more of the MI Indemnified Parties in connection with, relating to, arising out of, or due to, directly or indirectly, (i) any MVT Taxes (including, for the avoidance of doubt, any MVT Taxes arising from a redetermination thereof from an audit or examination); and (ii) any amount for which MVT Holding is liable under Section 2.04.

(c) Any and all prior Tax sharing agreements or practices between any member of the MVT Group, on the one hand, and any member of the MI Group, on the other hand, shall automatically be terminated as of the Distribution Date (other than any such agreements set forth in the Transaction Agreements). Upon termination of the existing tax allocation agreement between MI Corp. and MVT Corp., MVT Corp. shall pay to MI Corp. $730,000 in full satisfaction of any and all amounts due thereunder.

(d) From and after the Distribution Time, the MVT Parties shall be entitled to any refund of or credit for MVT Taxes, provided that the MI Parties shall be entitled to receive and retain any refund of Taxes to the extent such refund is attributable to a Tax Carryover Attribute of any member of the MI Group. From and after the Distribution Time, the MI Parties shall be entitled to any refund of or credit for Taxes to which the MVT Parties are not entitled pursuant to the preceding sentence.

(e) For the avoidance of doubt, (i) any MI Specified Refunds are solely for the benefit of the MI Parties, (ii) any payroll Tax refunds arising out of the Supreme Court’s decision in CSX Corp. v. United States shall be for the benefit of the MI Parties if a member of the MI Group incurred the payroll expense and for the benefit of the MVT Parties if a member of the MVT Group incurred the payroll expense, and (iii) any sales or use Tax Refunds shall be for the benefit of the MI Parties if a member of the MI Group incurred the original sales or use Tax and for the benefit of the MVT Parties if a member of the MVT Group incurred the original sales or use Tax.

 

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SECTION 2.04. Restructuring Taxes; Other Taxes Relating to the Distribution.

(a) Except to the extent otherwise provided in Section 2.04(b), (i) the MVT Parties shall be liable for any Restructuring Tax to the extent such Restructuring Tax would not have been imposed but for an MVT Tainting Act and (ii) the MI Parties shall be liable for any other Restructuring Taxes.

(b) The MVT Parties shall be liable for 50% and the MI Parties shall be liable for 50% of any sales, transfer, value added or other similar Taxes or fees (including all real estate, transfer Taxes and real estate recording fees but excluding patent, copyright, and trademark recording fees and similar items relating to patents, copyrights and trademarks (which are governed by Section 6.6 of the Investment Agreement)) payable in connection with the transactions contemplated by the Separation Agreement and the Investment Agreement (the “Transaction Taxes”). The parties agree to timely sign and deliver such certificates or forms as are requested by the other party and may be necessary or appropriate to enable such party to file promptly and timely the Tax Returns for such Transaction Taxes with the appropriate Taxing authorities and remit payment of the Transaction Taxes.

(c) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, the MI Parties shall be liable for all Taxes arising from or attributable to (i) any excess loss accounts or deferred intercompany transactions taken into account under Section 1502 of the Code or Treasury Regulations issued thereunder and any similar items (including but not limited to “deferred intercompany stock accounts” for California tax purposes) taken into account under state, local or foreign Tax laws as a result of the transactions contemplated by the Separation Agreement and the Investment Agreement (but not, for the avoidance of doubt, any excess loss accounts created as a result of such transactions that are not taken into account as a result of such transactions), (ii) Sections 301(c)(3), 311(b) or 357(c) of the Code and any similar provisions of state, local and foreign Tax law as a result of the transactions contemplated by the Separation Agreement or the Investment Agreement, and (iii) recapture of any “dual consolidated losses” attributable to any member of the MI Group within the meaning of Section 1503 of the Code.

(d) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, the MI Parties shall be liable for all Taxes imposed on the MVT Dividend or any distributions of cash from Subsidiaries to fund the MVT Dividend; provided, however, that the MVT Parties shall be liable for any such Taxes to the extent such Taxes would not have been imposed but for any structural changes made with respect to any member of the MVT Group between the Distribution Date and December 31, 2007 (including any taxes imposed as a result of a failure to comply with Wisconsin Statutes Section 71.26(3)(j)).

SECTION 2.05. MVT Taxes; MI Taxes.

(a) The portion of any Covered Group Taxes (including any state combined or unitary Taxes) for any Covered Group Year constituting MVT Taxes shall be computed on an MVT Separate Group Basis. The remaining portion of any Covered Group Taxes for any Covered Group Year shall constitute MI Taxes.

 

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(b) Any Tax (including escheat liability) other than Covered Group Taxes (which Taxes are addressed in Section 2.05(a) above) shall constitute (i) an MI Tax to the extent a member of the MI Group has the primary liability to a Governmental Entity for such Tax and (ii) an MVT Tax to the extent a member of the MVT Group has the primary liability to a Governmental Entity for such Tax, provided that any Tax of MI Corp. attributable to a Pre-Distribution Period for which MVT Holding is liable after the Distribution Date to such Governmental Entity as a “successor” to MI Corp. for Tax purposes for any Covered Group Year shall constitute an MI Tax.

SECTION 2.06. Calculation of Taxes.

(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, to the extent permitted by law, the following amounts (the “MVT Compensation Payments”) shall be treated as deductible by MVT Holding or its Subsidiaries for all Income Tax purposes (and not by any member of the MI Group): (A) any deduction arising by virtue of the exercise after the Distribution Time of any compensatory option to acquire MVT Holding Common Stock, (B) any deduction arising by virtue of the vesting after the Distribution Time of any restricted shares of MVT Holding Common Stock or New MI Corp. Common Stock held by an employee of a member of the MVT Group and (C) any deductible investment banking fees or other legal fees incurred and paid by any member of the MVT Group in connection with the Transactions. To the extent permitted by law, the following amounts (the “MI Compensation Payments”) shall be treated as deductible by MI Corp. or its Subsidiaries for all Income Tax purposes (and not by any member of the MVT Group): (A) any deduction arising by virtue of the exercise of any compensatory option to acquire MI Corp. Common Stock or New MI Corp. Common Stock, (B) any deduction arising by virtue of the vesting prior to the Distribution Time of any restricted shares of MI Corp. Common Stock, (C) any deduction arising by virtue of the vesting after the Distribution Time of any restricted shares of MVT Holding Common Stock or New MI Corp. Common Stock held by an employee of a member of the MI Group and (D) any deductible investment banking fees or other legal fees incurred and paid by any member of the MI Group in connection with the Transactions. In the event that, notwithstanding the foregoing, it is determined that any MVT Compensation Payment is deductible by MI Corp. or any of its Subsidiaries or any MI Compensation Payment is deductible by MVT Holding or any of its Subsidiaries, appropriate reconciliation payments shall be made between the parties.

(b) To the extent required by Applicable Laws, the Taxable year of each member of the MI Group shall close at the close of the Distribution Date and the Taxable income of such year for Income Tax purposes shall be computed taking into account the principles of Treasury Regulation Section 1.1502-76(b) or of a corresponding provision under the laws of an applicable state, local, municipal or foreign jurisdiction, except that no “ratable allocation election” shall be made.

SECTION 2.07. Carryback Provisions. Unless the parties otherwise agree in writing, the MI Parties and the MVT Parties shall elect and shall cause each of the MI Subsidiaries or MVT Subsidiaries to elect, where permitted by Applicable Laws, to carry forward any loss, credit or similar Tax attribute (“Tax Carryover Attribute”) arising in a Post-Distribution Period, with respect to a Shared Return, that could, in the absence of such election, be carried back to a Pre-Distribution Period. Any refund or credit of Taxes resulting from the required carryback of

 

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any Tax Carryover Attribute attributable to a member of the MI Group arising in a Post-Distribution Period shall be for the account and benefit of New MI Corp.; provided, however, that MVT Holding shall only be required to pay such amount to New MI Corp. at the time such amount is actually realized in cash, credit, refund or offset by the MVT Group after taking into account (i) all other Tax attributes of the Affiliated Group and (ii) any carryback of any Tax Carryover Attribute attributable to any member of the MVT Group. Any refund, credit or offset of Taxes resulting from the carryback of any Tax Carryover Attribute attributable to a member of MVT Group arising in a Post-Distribution Period shall be for the account and benefit of MVT Holding. If a member of the MI Group recognizes a Tax Carryover Attribute that, under Applicable Laws, must be carried back to a Pre-Distribution Period during which MI Corp. or any MI Subsidiary joined in filing a Tax Return on a consolidated, combined, or unitary basis with any member of the MVT Group, MVT Holding shall, at the expense of New MI Corp., file appropriate refund claims within a reasonable period after being requested by New MI Corp. to do so, unless such filing shall affect the liability or any attributes of the MVT Parties or any of their Affiliates under this Agreement (including the ability of any member of the MVT Group to carry back a Tax attribute), in which case such filing shall be subject to MVT Holding’s prior written consent (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld). Consent shall not be considered unreasonably withheld within the meaning of the preceding sentence if such filing would increase Taxes for which the MVT Parties would be responsible under this Agreement and for which New MI Corp. does not compensate the MVT Parties. If a refund claim for which the MI Parties have received payment from the MVT Parties is subsequently disallowed by the relevant Governmental Entity, the MI Parties shall promptly return such payment to the MVT Parties together with any interest, penalties and additions to Tax resulting from such disallowance.

SECTION 2.08. General Tax Payments. With respect to any Taxes for which one party (the “Liable Party”) is liable under Article II and that are to be remitted in connection with Tax Returns to be filed by the other party (the “Filing Party”) after the Distribution Date, the Liable Party shall make any payment of estimated Taxes no later than the fifth day after receipt of written request (but not before the fifth date preceding the due date for such payment) from the Filing Party setting forth the Filing Party’s good faith estimate of the Liable Party’s portion of the estimated Taxes to be remitted. Within 60 days after the date that the Tax Return for the Taxable period is due (including extensions), the Filing Party shall provide a written request to the Liable Party describing in reasonable detail the amount of any true-up payment owed to the Filing Party and to be made by the Liable Party or any true-up payment owed by the Filing Party to the Liable Party as a result of an overpayment by the Liable Party. A true-up payment shall be made no later than fifteen (15) days after receipt of the written request for the true-up payment.

SECTION 2.09. Other Payments. Other payments due to a party under Article II shall be due (a) in the case of the receipt or crediting of a refund, five (5) days after such receipt or crediting, provided, however, that any MI Specified Refund received by any member of the MVT Group shall be remitted to the MI Parties the next business day following receipt, and (b) in the case of a Final Determination, or the completion of an audit, assessment or examination or similar event, two (2) days prior to the date payment is to be made to the Governmental Entity. In the case of a delay in payment, the party required to have made payment shall pay interest to the other party at the Applicable Federal Rate.

 

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SECTION 2.10. Notice. MVT Holding and New MI Corp. shall give each other prompt written notice of any payment that may be due under this Agreement, provided that any failure to notify shall not cause any party to forfeit substantive rights, except to the extent the other party is materially prejudiced thereby. Any payment that may be due under this Agreement is to be made by wire transfer of immediately available funds to the account designated by MVT Holding or New MI Corp. in such notice or by any other method as shall be agreed upon by MVT Holding and New MI Corp.

SECTION 2.11. Amended Tax Returns. From and after the Distribution Time, the MVT Parties shall not, and shall not permit any of their Affiliates to, file any amended Income Tax Return for any Pre-Distribution Period that includes MI Corp. or any MI Subsidiary without the prior written consent of New MI Corp. (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld) unless such amended Income Tax Return does not affect the liability or any attributes of the MI Parties or any of their Affiliates under this Agreement or the Investment Agreement (including the ability of New MI Corp. to carry back a Tax Carryover Attribute in accordance with Section 2.07).

ARTICLE III

TAX AUDITS

The following provisions shall apply from and after the Distribution Time.

SECTION 3.01. In General. Except as otherwise provided in this Agreement, (i) New MI Corp. shall have the right to control (A) any Audit relating to Covered Group Taxes, (B) any Audit of a member of the MI Group relating to non-Covered Group Taxes and (C) any Audit relating to Restructuring Taxes and (ii) MVT Holding shall have the right to control any Audit of a member of the MVT Group relating to non-Covered Group Taxes (the party with the right to control such Audit, hereafter, the “Controlling Party”). Subject to Section 3.02(a), the Controlling Party’s rights shall extend to any matter pertaining to the management and control of an Audit, including execution of waivers, choice of forum, scheduling of conferences and the resolution of any Tax Item (including the decision to contest, settle or otherwise agree to any deficiency, claim or adjustment). Any costs incurred in handling, settling, or contesting an Audit shall be borne by the Controlling Party except that, in the case of Covered Group Taxes, MVT Holding shall reimburse New MI Corp. within five days of receiving an invoice for Costs (as defined in this Section 3.01) incurred by New MI Corp. for that portion of the Costs which were expended in connection with issues which arise in connection with Tax Items attributable to any member of the MVT Group. “Costs” means (i) an hourly charge for time expended by New MI Corp. personnel (such hourly charge not to include a profit component), (ii) a pass through of all billings of any third parties such as lawyers and accountants, and (iii) out-of-pocket costs incurred by New MI Corp., including, for example, photocopying (even if performed on New MI Corp. equipment, but with no profit component).

SECTION 3.02. Covered Group Audits; Restructuring Tax Audits.

(a) With respect to any Audit of Covered Group Taxes which involves a Tax Item for which MVT Holding is liable pursuant to this Agreement or any Audit relating to Restructuring Taxes for which MVT Holding may be liable pursuant to Section 2.04(a) of this Agreement (a

 

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MVT Restructuring Tax Audit”), New MI Corp. shall (i) keep MVT Holding informed in a timely manner of all actions taken or proposed to be taken by New MI Corp. with respect to such Tax Item or such MVT Restructuring Tax Audit, (ii) afford MVT Holding the right to attend material conference calls and meetings and to have reasonable comments incorporated in any written submission or response submitted to the relevant Tax authority with respect to such Tax Item or MVT Restructuring Tax Audit; (iii) consult with MVT Holding as to strategy and settlement decisions, including any correspondence or filings submitted in connection therewith; (iv) use its best efforts to arrive at a settlement of such Audit that reflects the ultimate merits of the issues without taking into account the fact that MVT Holding is liable for the Tax relating to such Tax Item under this Agreement; and (v) not settle, compromise, abandon or finally dispose of any such Audit or MVT Restructuring Tax Audit without obtaining the prior written consent, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld, of MVT Holding if such settlement, compromise, abandonment or final disposition could have an adverse impact on any member of the MVT Group. For the avoidance of doubt, the MI Parties shall be solely responsible for any sales or use tax audits relating to a member of the MI Group and the MVT Parties shall be solely responsible for any sales or use tax audits relating to a member of the MVT Group.

(b) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, New MI Corp. shall have sole and exclusive control of any Audit relating to the MI Specified Refunds.

SECTION 3.03. Notice. Within ten (10) days after a party receives a written notice of any audit or proposed adjustment to a Tax Item that would reasonably be expected to give rise to an indemnification obligation or other liability (including a liability for Tax) under this Agreement, such party shall notify the other party of such proposed adjustment, and thereafter shall promptly forward to the other party copies of notices and material communications with any Taxing Authority relating to such proposed adjustment; provided, however, that the failure to provide such notice shall not release the indemnifying party from any of its obligations under this Agreement except to the extent that such indemnifying party is materially prejudiced by such failure.

ARTICLE IV

COOPERATION

The following provisions shall apply from and after the Distribution Time.

SECTION 4.01. Inconsistent Actions. Each party hereto agrees to, and to cause each of its Affiliates to, (a) report the MI Merger and the MI Conversion as a reorganization within the meaning of Section 368(a)(1)(F) of the Code, the MI Contribution (as defined in the Investment Agreement) followed by the Distribution as a reorganization within the meaning of Section 368(a)(1)(D) of the Code, and the Distribution as a distribution eligible for nonrecognition under Sections 355(a) and 361(c) of the Code on all Tax Returns and other filings, and (b) comply with and take no action inconsistent with the representations and covenants provided to the IRS in connection with obtaining the Private Letter Ruling and the representations made in connection with the Tax Opinion, and (c) not fail to be engaged in the conduct of the active trade or businesses relied upon for purposes of satisfying the requirements of Section 355(b) of the Code for purposes of the Private Letter Ruling. For all Post-Distribution Periods, each party to this Agreement agrees to, and to cause each of its Affiliates to, in the absence of a controlling change

 

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in Applicable Laws or circumstances, report on all Tax Returns, the Tax consequences of the transactions undertaken pursuant to the Transaction Agreements and the Investment Agreement in accordance with the positions taken with respect to such transactions to the extent reported on Tax Returns filed with respect to all Covered Group Years in respect of such transactions.

SECTION 4.02. Prohibited Acts.

(a) For 24 months following the Distribution Date (the “Restricted Period”), each of the MVT Parties and their Affiliates, on the one hand, and each of the MI Parties and their Affiliates, on the other hand, agree that they will not (i) redeem or otherwise repurchase any capital stock of MVT Holding or New MI Corp. other than, in the case of New MI Corp. only, pursuant to open market stock repurchase programs meeting the requirements of Section 4.05(1)(b) of Rev. Proc. 96-30, 1996-1 C.B. 696, or (ii) enter into any agreements with respect to transactions or events (including, but not limited to, capital contributions or acquisitions, entering into any partnership or joint venture arrangements, stock issuances, stock acquisitions, option grants, or a series of such transactions or events (but excluding the Distribution)), in the case of each of clauses (i) and (ii) above that, if considered part of a plan that includes the Distribution would result in one or more Persons acquiring, directly or indirectly, stock of MVT Holding or New MI Corp. representing a “50-percent or greater interest” therein within the meaning of Section 355(d)(4) of the Code (the acts described in clauses (i) and (ii) above and any action inconsistent with the requirements of Section 4.01 hereof, collectively, the “Prohibited Acts”). Notwithstanding the foregoing, the following shall not be considered a Prohibited Act: (w) the issuance of any compensatory options by MVT Holding, (x) the issuance of any MVT Holding stock pursuant to any MVT Holding compensatory option, and (y) the repurchase of any MVT Holding restricted stock, in each case described in clauses (w), (x) and (y), if such action satisfies the conditions of Treasury Regulation 1.355-7(d)(8)(i) and (z) an action contemplated by the Investment Agreement or any of the Transaction Agreements. For the avoidance of doubt, any issuance of additional equity or rights to acquire new equity by MVT Holding to Investor or to new investors or a secondary acquisition of MVT Holding stock by Investor during the Restricted Period shall be considered a Prohibited Act.

(b) Notwithstanding the foregoing, a party may take any of the Prohibited Acts, subject to Section 2.04, if, (i) in the case of any Prohibited Act proposed to be taken by the MI Parties and their Affiliates, (A) New MI Corp. first obtains (at its expense) an opinion in form and substance reasonably acceptable to MVT Holding of Sidley Austin LLP or another nationally recognized law firm reasonably acceptable to MVT Holding, which opinion may be based on usual and customary factual representations, or (B) at New MI Corp.’s request, MVT Holding (at New MI Corp.’s expense) obtains a supplemental ruling from the IRS, or, (ii) in the case of any Prohibited Act proposed to be taken by the MVT Parties and their Affiliates, (A) MVT Holding first obtains (at its expense) an opinion in form and substance reasonably acceptable to New MI Corp. of Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz or another nationally recognized law firm reasonably acceptable to New MI Corp., which opinion may be based on usual and customary factual representations or (B) MVT Holding (at its expense) obtains a supplemental ruling from the IRS, in each case that such Prohibited Act(s), and any transaction related thereto, will not affect any of the conclusions set forth in the Private Letter Ruling or Tax Opinion, including (i) the qualification of the Distribution under Section 355 and Section

 

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368(a)(1)(D) of the Code, and (ii) the nonrecognition of gain to MVT Holding in the Distribution; provided, however, that a party may take any of the Prohibited Acts described in Section 4.02(a)(i) and (ii), without obtaining such an opinion or a supplemental ruling if, (x) such party provided reasonable notice to the other party prior to taking such Prohibited Act and (y) after giving effect to such Prohibited Act and considering such Prohibited Act part of a plan that includes the Distribution, one or more Persons would not have acquired directly or indirectly, stock of MVT Holding or New MI Corp. representing a more than 40% interest (by vote or value) therein. A party may also take any of the Prohibited Acts, subject to Section 2.04, with the written consent of the other party in the other party’s sole and absolute discretion. During the Restricted Period, the parties shall provide, and shall cause their respective Affiliates to provide, all information reasonably requested by the other party relating to any transaction involving an acquisition (directly or indirectly) of that party’s stock within the meaning of Section 355(e) of the Code. The parties hereto agree that the payment of monetary compensation would not be an adequate remedy to a breach of the obligations described in the Prohibited Acts, and each party consents to the issuance and entry of an injunction to prevent a breach of the obligations contained in the Prohibited Acts, subject to the waiver and consent described in the preceding sentence. New MI Corp. represents that, to its knowledge, from the date of this Agreement until the time of the Distribution, and except as contemplated by the Investment Agreement or the Transaction Agreements, there will be no agreement, understanding, arrangement or substantial negotiations by MVT Holding (or any of its Subsidiaries) concerning any acquisition of MVT Holding stock for purposes of applying Treasury Regulation Section 1.355-7(d)(3) and an opinion and/or ruling obtained in accordance with Section 4.02(b)(ii) may assume the accuracy of such representation (it being understood that New MI Corp makes no representation with respect to any events occurring before the date of this Agreement).

SECTION 4.03. Cooperation with Respect to Tax Return Filings, Examinations and Tax Related Controversies. In addition to any obligations imposed pursuant to the Separation Agreement, each party shall fully cooperate with the other party and its representatives, in a prompt and timely manner, in connection with (i) the preparation and filing of and (ii) any inquiry, audit, redetermination, examination, investigation, dispute, or litigation involving, any Tax Return required to be filed by such other party pursuant to this Agreement. Such cooperation shall include, but not be limited to, (x) the execution and delivery to such other party of any power of attorney required to allow such other party and its counsel to participate in or control any inquiry, audit or other administrative proceeding and to assume the defense or prosecution, as the case may be, of any suit, action or proceeding pursuant to the terms of and subject to the conditions set forth in Article III, including execution and delivery to New MI Corp. of the Power of Attorney in the form to be attached prior to the Distribution Date as Exhibit A hereto, and (y) making available, during normal business hours, and within 15 days of any written request therefor, all books, records and information, and the assistance of all officers and employees, necessary or useful in connection with the preparation of any Tax return or any Tax inquiry, audit, redetermination, examination, investigation, dispute, litigation or any other matter. Any recoveries by the MVT Parties, the MI Parties, or any of their respective Affiliates against third parties (including awards for damages) relating to Restructuring Taxes shall be shared and allocated by the parties consistently with the allocation of the underlying Restructuring Taxes.

 

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ARTICLE V

RETENTION OF RECORDS; ACCESS

The MI Group and the MVT Group shall retain all Information in accordance with Section 6.04 of the Separation Agreement. The MI Group shall be responsible for storage and maintenance of all Information relating to Tax Returns for which it is responsible for filing under Section 2.01(a); provided that New MI Corp. shall provide MVT Holding with (i) originals or copies of all non-Shared Tax Returns and associated workpapers (hardcopy and electronic) for the most recent four year period prior to the Distribution Date and (ii) copies of all 2006 and 2007 Shared Returns.

ARTICLE VI

DISPUTES

From and after the Distribution Time, if New MI Corp. and MVT Holding cannot agree on the calculation of any liability under this Agreement, or the interpretation or application of any provision under this Agreement, either party may provide to the other party written notice of intent to invoke the dispute resolution procedures of this Article VI. Within 10 days following the receipt of such written notice, New MI Corp. and MVT Holding shall jointly retain a nationally recognized law firm or “big four” accounting firm, which firm is independent of both parties (the “Independent Firm”), to resolve the dispute. If the parties cannot jointly agree on an Independent Firm to resolve the dispute within the 10 day period, then each party shall select a nationally recognized law firm or “big four” accounting firm, which firm is independent of both parties, and both law or accounting firms shall jointly select an Independent Firm which shall make the determination under this Article VI. The Independent Firm shall act as an arbitrator to resolve all points of disagreement and its decision shall be final and binding upon all parties involved, provided, however, that if the disagreement relates to an amount of Tax at issue (or potentially at issue) equal to or greater than $1,000,000, such decision shall be non-binding. The Independent Firm shall determine the appropriate outcome based upon this Agreement with respect to each disputed item. The Independent Firm shall have 90 days from the date that it is selected in which to make such determinations, unless New MI Corp. and MVT Holding mutually agree on an extension of such period or the Independent Firm, in its discretion, determines that an extension of such period is warranted by exceptional circumstances. New MI Corp. and MVT Holding shall provide the Independent Firm with such information or documentation as the Independent Firm deems in its discretion to be necessary for it to make the determinations requested of it. Any determination by the Independent Firm shall be in writing. Following the decision of the Independent Firm, New MI Corp. and MVT Holding shall each take or cause to be taken any action necessary to implement any binding decision of the Independent Firm. The fees and expenses relating to the Independent Firm shall be borne by the party that such Independent Firm determines has lost the dispute.

ARTICLE VII

SURVIVAL OF LIABILITIES

Notwithstanding any other provision in this Agreement, any liabilities under this Agreement shall survive for 60 days following any applicable statute of limitation; provided, however, that each party may continue to demand the full amount of payment to be made with respect to any such liabilities under this Agreement and such liabilities shall continue to survive until paid in full in accordance with this Agreement.

 

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ARTICLE VIII

MISCELLANEOUS

SECTION 8.01. Entire Agreement; Construction. This Agreement, the Separation Agreement, the Investment Agreement, the Continuing Business Agreements and the Ancillary Agreements, including any annexes, schedules and exhibits hereto or thereto, and other agreements and documents referred to herein and therein, will together constitute the entire agreement between the parties with respect to the subject matter hereof and thereof and will supersede all prior negotiations, agreements and understandings of the parties of any nature, whether oral or written, with respect to such subject matter. Notwithstanding any other provisions in this Agreement to the contrary, in the event and to the extent that there is a conflict relating to Taxes between the provisions of this Agreement and the provisions of the Separation Agreement, the Investment Agreement, the Continuing Business Agreements or any other Ancillary Agreements, the provisions of this Agreement shall control.

SECTION 8.02. Survival of Agreements. Except as otherwise contemplated by the this Agreement, all covenants and agreements of the parties contained in this Agreement will remain in full force and effect and survive the Distribution Time.

SECTION 8.03. Governing Law. This Agreement shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the State of Wisconsin regardless of the laws that might otherwise govern under applicable principles of conflicts of laws thereof.

SECTION 8.04. Notices. All notices and other communications hereunder shall be in writing and shall be deemed duly given (i) on the date of delivery if delivered personally, (ii) upon confirmation of receipt if delivered by facsimile, (iii) on the first Business Day following the date of dispatch if delivered by a recognized next-day courier service or (iv) when received if delivered by registered or certified mail, return receipt requested, postage prepaid. All notices hereunder shall be delivered as set forth below, or pursuant to such other instructions as may be designated in writing by the party to receive such notice:

 

  (a)   If to New MI Corp. or MI Corp. to:
    Marshall & Ilsley Corporation
    770 North Water Street
    Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53202
    Fax:   (414) 765-7809
    Attention:   Dennis Kuester
      President and Chief Executive Officer
      and
      Randall J. Erickson
      Senior Vice President, General Counsel
      and Corporate Secretary

 

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        with a copy to:
    Sidley Austin LLP
    One South Dearborn Street
    Chicago, Illinois 60603
    Fax:   (312) 853-7036
    Attention:   Imad Qasim, Esq.
      Pran Jha, Esq.
  (b)   If to MVT Holding or MVT Corp. to:
    Metavante Corporation
    4900 West Brown Deer Rd.
    Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53223
    Fax:   (414) 362-1705
    Attention:   Frank Martire
      President and Chief Executive Officer
      and
      Norrie Daroga
      General Counsel
    with a copy to:
    Quarles & Brady LLP
    411 East Wisconsin Avenue
    Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53202-4497
    Fax:   (414) 978-8786
    Attention:   Patrick M. Ryan, Esq.

SECTION 8.05. Payments. Any payment that may be due under this Agreement is to be made by wire transfer of immediately available funds to the account designated by the MI Parties or the MVT Parties in such notice or by any other method as shall be agreed upon by the MI Parties and the MVT Parties.

SECTION 8.06. Consent to Jurisdiction. Each of the MVT Parties and the MI Parties irrevocably agrees that any legal action or proceeding with respect to this Agreement, the transactions contemplated hereby, any provision hereof, the breach, performance, validity or invalidity hereof or for recognition and enforcement of any judgment in respect hereof brought by another party hereto or its successors or permitted assigns may be brought and determined in any federal or state court located in the State of Wisconsin, and each of the MVT Parties and the MI Parties hereby irrevocably submits with regard to any such action or proceeding for themselves and in respect to their property, generally and unconditionally, to the exclusive jurisdiction of the aforesaid courts. Each of the MVT Parties and the MI Parties hereby irrevocably waives, and agrees not to assert, by way of motion, as a defense, counterclaim or

 

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otherwise, in any action or proceeding with respect to this Agreement, the transactions contemplated hereby, any provision hereof or the breach, performance, enforcement, validity or invalidity hereof, (a) any claim that it is not personally subject to the jurisdiction of the above-named courts for any reason other than the failure to lawfully serve process, (b) that it or its property is exempt or immune from jurisdiction of any such court or from any legal process commenced in such courts (whether through service of notice, attachment prior to judgment, attachment in aid of execution of judgment, execution of judgment or otherwise) and (c) to the fullest extent permitted by Applicable Laws, that (i) the suit, action or proceeding in any such court is brought in an inconvenient forum, (ii) the venue of such suit, action or proceeding is improper and (iii) this Agreement, or the subject matter hereof, may not be enforced in or by such courts.

SECTION 8.07. Amendments. This Agreement cannot be amended except by a written agreement executed by the MVT Parties and the MI Parties; provided, that, unless the Investment Agreement shall have been terminated, any such amendment shall be subject to the prior written consent of Investor, such consent with respect to any such amendment after the Distribution Time not to be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed.

SECTION 8.08. Assignment. No party to this Agreement will (or permit any of the members of its Group to) convey, assign or otherwise transfer any of its rights or obligations under this Agreement, in whole or in part, without the prior written consent of the other parties in their sole and absolute discretion; provided, that unless the Investment Agreement shall have been terminated, any such assignment prior to the Distribution Time shall be subject to the prior written consent of Investor. Any conveyance, assignment or transfer requiring the prior written consent of the other parties or Investor pursuant to this Section 8.08 that is made without such consent will be void ab initio. No assignment of this Agreement will relieve the assigning party of its obligations hereunder.

SECTION 8.09. Captions; Currency. The article, section and paragraph captions herein and the table of contents hereto are for convenience of reference only, do not constitute part of this Agreement and will not be deemed to limit or otherwise affect any of the provisions hereof. Unless otherwise specified, all references herein to numbered articles or sections are to articles and sections of this Agreement and all references herein to schedules are to schedules to this Agreement. Unless otherwise specified, all references contained in this Agreement, in any schedule referred to herein or in any instrument or document delivered pursuant hereto to dollars or “$” shall mean United States Dollars.

SECTION 8.10. Severability. If any provision of this Agreement or the application thereof to any Person or circumstance is determined by a court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, void or unenforceable, the remaining provisions hereof, or the application of such provision to Persons or circumstances other than those as to which it has been held invalid or unenforceable, will remain in full force and effect and will in no way be affected, impaired or invalidated thereby. If the economic or legal substance of the transactions contemplated hereby is affected in any manner adverse to any party as a result thereof, the parties and Investor will negotiate in good faith in an effort to agree upon a suitable and equitable substitute provision to effect the original intent of the parties.

 

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SECTION 8.11. Parties in Interest. This Agreement is binding upon and is for the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective successors and permitted assigns. This Agreement is not made for the benefit of any Person not a party hereto, and no Person other than the parties hereto or their respective successors and permitted assigns will acquire or have any benefit, right, remedy or claim under or by reason of this Agreement, except that the provisions of Sections 8.08 and 8.10, the proviso in Section 8.07, the proviso in Section 8.13 and this sentence of Section 8.11 shall also inure to the benefit of Investor.

SECTION 8.12. Schedules. All schedules attached hereto are hereby incorporated in and made a part of this Agreement as if set forth in full herein. Capitalized terms used in the schedules hereto but not otherwise defined therein will have the respective meanings assigned to such terms in this Agreement.

SECTION 8.13. Waivers; Remedies. Any agreement on the part of a party hereto to waive the performance by the other party of any of its covenants hereunder shall be valid only if set forth in a written instrument signed on behalf of such party; provided, that, unless the Investment Agreement shall have been terminated, any such waiver shall be subject to the prior written consent of Investor, such consent with respect to any such waiver after the Distribution Time not to be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed. No failure or delay on the part of either the MVT Parties or the MI Parties in exercising any right, power or privilege hereunder will operate as a waiver thereof, nor will any waiver on the part of either the MVT Parties or the MI Parties of any right, power or privilege hereunder operate as a waiver of any other right, power or privilege hereunder, nor will any single or partial exercise of any right, power or privilege hereunder preclude any other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right, power or privilege hereunder.

SECTION 8.14. Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in separate counterparts, each such counterpart being deemed to be an original instrument, and all such counterparts will together constitute the same agreement.

SECTION 8.15. Performance. The MVT Parties will cause to be performed and hereby guarantee the performance of all actions, agreements and obligations set forth herein to be performed by any of their Subsidiaries. The MI Parties will cause to be performed and hereby guarantee the performance of all actions, agreements and obligations set forth herein to be performed by any of their Subsidiaries.

SECTION 8.16. Interpretation. Any reference herein to any federal, state, local, or foreign law shall be deemed also to refer to all rules and regulations promulgated thereunder, unless the context requires otherwise. For the purposes of this Agreement, (a) words in the singular shall be held to include the plural and vice versa and words of one gender shall be held to include the other gender as the context requires, (b) the terms “hereof”, “herein”, and “herewith” and words of similar import shall, unless otherwise stated, be construed to refer to this Agreement as a whole and not to any particular provision of this Agreement and (c) the word “including” and words of similar import when used in this Agreement shall mean “including, without limitation”.

 

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SECTION 8.17. Enforcement. The parties agree that irreparable damage would occur in the event that any of the provisions of this Agreement were not performed in accordance with their specific terms. It is accordingly agreed that the parties shall be entitled to pursue specific performance of the terms hereof, this being in addition to any other remedy to which they are entitled at law or in equity.

SECTION 8.18. Mutual Drafting. This Agreement shall be deemed to be the joint work product of the MVT Parties and the MI Parties and any rule of construction that a document shall be interpreted or construed against a drafter of such document shall not be applicable.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by the duly authorized officers of the parties as of the date first hereinabove written.

 

METAVANTE HOLDING COMPANY
By:  

/s/ Gregory A. Smith

 
Name:   Gregory A. Smith  
Title:  

President

 
METAVANTE CORPORATION  
By:  

/s/ Donald Layden Jr.

 
Name:  

Donald Layden Jr.

 
Title:  

Senior Executive Vice President

 
NEW M&I CORPORATION  
By:  

/s/ Gregory A. Smith

 
Name:   Gregory A. Smith  
Title:  

President

 
MARSHALL & ILSLEY CORPORATION
By:  

/s/ Mark F. Furlong

 
Name:   Mark F. Furlong  
Title:  

President

 

 

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EX-10.02 5 dex1002.htm EMPLOYEE MATTERS AGREEMENT, DATED AS OF APRIL 3, 2007 Employee Matters Agreement, dated as of April 3, 2007

Exhibit 10.02

Execution Version

EMPLOYEE MATTERS AGREEMENT

This EMPLOYEE MATTERS AGREEMENT (this “Agreement”) is entered into as of April 3, 2007, between Metavante Holding Company, a Wisconsin corporation (“MVT Holding”), Metavante Corporation, a Wisconsin corporation (“MVT Corp.”) (MVT Holding and MVT Corp., collectively, the “MVT Parties”), New M&I Corporation, a Wisconsin corporation (“New MI Corp.”), and Marshall & Ilsley Corporation, a Wisconsin corporation (“MI Corp.”) (New MI Corp. and MI Corp., collectively, the “MI Parties”). Capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined, shall have the respective meanings assigned to them in Article I hereof.

WHEREAS, the MVT Parties, MI Corp. and Merger Sub, a Wisconsin corporation (“Merger Sub”), have entered into an Investment Agreement, dated as of the date hereof (the “Investment Agreement”) with WPM, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership (“Investor”), pursuant to which Investor will purchase shares of MVT Holding common stock;

WHEREAS, the MVT Parties and the MI Parties have entered into a Separation Agreement dated as of the date hereof (the “Separation Agreement”) pursuant to which MVT Holding will distribute to the holders of shares of MVT Holding common stock (“MVT Holding Common Stock”), all of the issued and outstanding shares of New MI Corp. common stock (“New MI Corp. Common Stock”) on a pro rata basis (the “Distribution”); and

WHEREAS, in furtherance of the foregoing, the MVT Parties and the MI Parties have agreed to enter into this Agreement to allocate between them assets, liabilities and responsibilities with respect to certain employee compensation, benefit plans and programs, and certain employment matters with respect to their employees.

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing and the covenants and agreements set forth below, the parties hereto agree as follows:

ARTICLE I

DEFINITIONS

Wherever used in this Agreement, the following terms shall have the meanings indicated below, unless a different meaning is plainly required by the context. The singular shall include the plural, unless the context indicates otherwise. Headings of sections are used for convenience of reference only, and in case of conflict, the text of this Agreement, rather than such headings, shall control:

1.1. Affiliate. “Affiliates” means, with respect to any specified Person, any Person that directly, or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, controls, or is controlled by, or is under common control with such specified Person; provided, however, that for purposes of this


Agreement, (i) MVT Holding and its Subsidiaries (other than New MI Corp. and its Subsidiaries) shall not be considered Affiliates of New MI Corp and (ii) New MI Corp. and its Subsidiaries shall not be considered Affiliates of MVT Holding.

1.2. Agreement. “Agreement” means this Employee Matters Agreement and all amendments made hereto from time to time.

1.3. Business Day. “Business Day” means any day on which banks are not required or authorized to close in the City of New York.

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

1.5. Code. “Code” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended from time to time.

1.6. Distribution. “Distribution” means a distribution by MVT Holding to its shareholders on a pro rata basis of all of the issued and outstanding shares of New MI Corp. common stock.

1.7. Distribution Date. “Distribution Date” means the date that the Distribution is effective.

1.8. DOL. “DOL” means the United States Department of Labor.

1.9. ERISA. “ERISA” means the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended from time to time.

1.10. FMLA. “FMLA” means the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993, as amended from time to time.

1.11. HCFA. “HCFA” means the United States Health Care Financing Administration.

1.12. Intrinsic Value. “Intrinsic Value” means, in the case of a MI Corp. Option prior to the Distribution Date, the difference, if any, between the MI Corp. Pre-Distribution Stock Price and the exercise price per share of MI Corp. Common Stock subject to such MI Corp. Option, multiplied by the number of shares of MI Corp. Common Stock subject to such MI Corp. Option.

1.13. IRS. “IRS” means the United States Internal Revenue Service.

1.14. MI Corp. “MI Corp.” means MI Corporation, a Wisconsin corporation.

1.15. MI Corp. Pre-Distribution Stock Price. “MI Corp. Pre-Distribution Stock Price” means the closing price per share of MI Corp. Common Stock on the last full Business Day (as defined in the Investment Agreement) occurring before the date on which MI Corp. Common Stock begins to trade “ex-distribution.”

 

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1.16. MI Deferred Compensation Plans. “MI Deferred Compensation Plans” means the MI Corp. Amended and Restated Executive Deferred Compensation Plan and the MI Corp. 2005 Executive Deferred Compensation Plan, as amended.

1.17. MI Group. “MI Group” means New MI Corp., MI Corp. and each of the Subsidiaries of MI Corp., but not including any member of the MVT Group.

1.18. MI Health Plans. “MI Health Plans” means all medical, pharmaceutical, and dental plans, programs or arrangements maintained by MI Corp. or another member of the MI Group for the benefit of the employees of the members of the MI Group.

1.19. MI Health and Welfare Plans. “MI Health and Welfare Plans” means the health and welfare plans maintained by MI Corp. or another member of the MI Group for the benefit of employees and retirees of the MI Group as of the Distribution Date.

1.20. MI Option. “MI Option” means an option to purchase shares of MI Corp. common stock which was granted under an MI Option Plan and is outstanding immediately prior to the Distribution.

1.21. MI Option Plans. “MI Option Plans” means the 1989, 1997, 2000 and 2003 Executive Stock Option and Restricted Stock Plans, the 1993 Executive Stock Option Plan, the 2006 Equity Incentive Plan of MI Corp., the 1995 Director Stock Option Plan, and all option plans sponsored by entities acquired by MI Corp. or an Affiliate of MI Corp., as amended.

1.22. MI Retirement Program. “MI Retirement Program” means the tax-qualified defined contribution and 401(k) plan sponsored by MI Corp. or another member of the MI Group.

1.23. MI VEBAs. “MI VEBAs” means the MI Corp. Corporation Voluntary Employee Benefits Association Trusts which are intended to be voluntary employees’ beneficiary associations under Code Section 501(c)(9).

1.24. MVT Corp. “MVT Corp.” means MVT Corporation, a Wisconsin corporation.

1.25. MVT Group. “MVT Group” means MVT Holding, MVT Corp. and each direct and indirect Subsidiary of MVT Corp. or MVT Holding other than a member of the MI Group.

1.26. MVT Employee. “MVT Employee” means any individual who, as of the Distribution Date, is: (a) either actively employed by, or on a leave of absence from, a member of the MVT Group; (b) a MVT Terminated Employee; (c) an alternate payee under a QDRO, alternate recipient under a QMCSO, beneficiary, covered dependent, or qualified beneficiary (as such term is defined under COBRA), in each case, of an employee or former employee, described in clause (a) or (b) with respect to that employee’s or former employee’s benefit under

 

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the applicable Plan(s) (unless specified otherwise in this Agreement, such an alternate payee, alternate recipient, beneficiary, covered dependent, or qualified beneficiary shall not otherwise be considered a MVT Employee with respect to any benefits he or she accrues or accrued under any applicable Plan(s), unless he or she is a MVT Employee by virtue of clause (a) or (b)); or (d) an employee or group of employees designated by the MI Group and MVT Group, by mutual agreement, as MVT Employees. An employee may be a MVT Employee pursuant to this Section regardless of whether such employee is, as of the Distribution Date, alive, actively employed, on a temporary leave of absence from active employment, on layoff, terminated from employment, retired or on any other type of employment or post-employment status relative to a MI Health and Welfare Plan or the MI Retirement Program, and regardless of whether, as of the Distribution Date, such employee is then receiving any benefits from a MI Health and Welfare Plan or the MI Retirement Program. Notwithstanding anything else contained herein, the determination of whether the individuals who provide services to both MI Corp. and MVT Corp. listed on Exhibit A hereto are MVT Employees shall be based upon whether they are designated on such exhibit as “MVT Employees” or “Not MVT Employees”. The parties may modify Exhibit A hereto by mutual agreement.

1.27. MVT Health and Welfare Plans. “MVT Health and Welfare Plans” means the health and welfare plans to be established by the MVT Group pursuant to Article V or which the MVT Group chooses to establish in its sole discretion.

1.28. MVT Health Plans. “MVT Health Plans” means the health plans, programs and arrangements to be established by the MVT Group pursuant to Article V.

1.29. MVT Holding. “MVT Holding” means MVT Holding, a Wisconsin corporation. In all such instances in which MVT Holding is referred to in this Agreement, it shall also be deemed to include a reference to each member of the MVT Holding Group, unless specifically provided otherwise.

1.30. MVT Holding Common Stock. “MVT Holding Common Stock” means the common stock of MVT Holding.

1.31. MVT Holding Post-Distribution Stock Price. “MVT Holding Post-Distribution Stock Price” means the average closing price per share of MVT Holding Common Stock over the last full five (5) Business Days within the ten (10) Business Day period following the Distribution Date.

1.32. MVT Option. “MVT Option” means an option to purchase shares of MVT Holding common stock.

1.33. MVT Retirement Plan. “MVT Corp. Retirement Plan” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.1 hereof.

1.34. MVT Terminated Employee. “MVT Terminated Employee” means any individual who on his or her last date of employment was employed by the MVT Group (including, for this purpose, any entities, trades or businesses acquired by or divested from MVT Holding or another

 

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member of the MVT Group), the MI Corp. Data Services division of MI Corp. or MI Corp. Data Services, Inc. (jointly referred to as “DS”), including any individual who retired from MVT Corp. or DS. Notwithstanding the foregoing, “MVT Terminated Employee” shall not, unless otherwise expressly provided to the contrary in this Agreement, include any individual who is employed by a member of the MI Group at the Distribution Date.

1.35. New MI Corp. “New MI Corp.” means New MI Corporation, a Wisconsin corporation. In all such instances in which New MI Corp. is referred to in this Agreement, it shall also be deemed to include a reference to each member of the New MI Corp. Group, unless it specifically provides otherwise.

1.36. New MI Corp. Option. “New MI Corp. Option” means an option to purchase shares of New MI Corp. common stock.

1.37. New MI Corp. Post-Distribution Stock Price. “New MI Corp. Post-Distribution Stock Price” means the average closing price per share of New MI Corp. Common Stock over the last full five (5) Business Days within the ten (10) Business Day period following the date on which New MI Corp. Common Stock begins to trade on a “when issued” basis, or such other per share value as the Board of Directors of MI Corp. shall determine.

1.38. Person. “Person” means an individual, a partnership, a corporation, a limited liability company, an association, a joint stock company, a trust, a joint venture, an unincorporated organization, and a governmental entity or any department, agency or political subdivision thereof.

1.39. Plan. “Plan” means any plan, policy, program, payroll practice, arrangement, contract, trust, insurance policy, or any agreement or funding vehicle providing compensation or benefits to employees, former employees or directors of any member of the MI Group or the MVT Group.

1.40. QDRO. “QDRO” means a domestic relations order which qualifies under Code Section 414(p) and ERISA Section 206(d) and which creates or recognizes an alternate payee’s right to, or assigns to an alternate payee, all or a portion of the benefits payable to a participant under the MI Retirement Program.

1.41. QMCSO. “QMCSO” means a medical child support order which qualifies under ERISA Section 609(a) and which creates or recognizes the existence of an alternate recipient’s right to, or assigns to an alternate recipient the right to, receive benefits for which a participant or beneficiary is eligible under any of the Health Plans.

1.42. Separation Agreement. “Separation Agreement” means the Separation Agreement, dated as of the date hereof, between the MVT Parties and the MI Parties.

1.44. Subsidiary. “Subsidiary” means, with respect to any Person, any other Person a majority of the equity ownership or voting stock of which is at the time owned, directly or indirectly, by such Person and/or one or more other Subsidiaries of such Person; provided,

 

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however, that unless the context otherwise requires prior to the Distribution, a Subsidiary of MVT Holding shall only include Persons who would be a Subsidiary of MVT Holding assuming the Distribution has occurred immediately prior to the determination as to whether such Person were a Subsidiary of MVT Holding.

ARTICLE II

GENERAL PRINCIPLES

2.1. Termination of Participation in MI Group Plans. Except as otherwise specifically provided herein, effective as of the Distribution Date, each member of the MVT Group shall automatically cease to be a participating employer in any and all MI Group Plans and all MVT Employees shall automatically cease participation in any and all MI Group Plans.

2.2. Terms of Participation in MVT Group Plans.

(a) Non-Duplication of Benefits. As of the Distribution Date or such other date that applies to the particular MVT Group Plan established hereunder, the MVT Group Plans shall be, with respect to MVT Employees, in all respects the successors in interest to, and shall not provide benefits that duplicate benefits provided by, the corresponding MI Group Plans. In all events, MVT Employees shall no longer be participants in the MI Group Plans as of the Distribution Date unless this Agreement specifically provides to the contrary.

(b) Service Credit. Except as specified otherwise in this Agreement, with respect to MVT Employees, each MVT Group Plan shall provide that all service that, as of the Distribution Date, was recognized under the corresponding MI Group Plan shall, as of the Distribution Date, receive full recognition and credit and be taken into account under such MVT Group Plan to the same extent as if such service had occurred under such MVT Group Plan, except to the extent that duplication of benefits would result. The service crediting provisions shall be subject to any respectively applicable “service bridging,” “break in service,” “employment date,” “adjusted hire date” or “eligibility date” rules under the MVT Group Plans, the MI Group Plans or this Agreement. For a period of five years following the Distribution Date, New MI Corp. or MVT Holdings shall credit past service recognized as of the Distribution Date for rehired Employees of MVT Holdings or New MI Corp. who have not yet incurred a separation of service greater than five years from either MVT Holdings or New MI Corp., except to the extent provided in Section 2.2(a) above and, unless the Plan expressly contains a contrary provision or unless required by law.

2.3. MVT Group’s Obligation to Maintain Plans. Subject to Section 5.11 of this Agreement, the MVT Group may, at any time after the Distribution Date, amend, merge, modify, terminate, eliminate, reduce, or otherwise alter in any respect any MVT Group Plan, any benefit under any MVT Group Plan or any trust, insurance policy or funding vehicle related to any MVT Group Plan (except to the extent prohibited by law).

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Group in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice for all costs, expenses, fees and premiums which the MVT Group has historically paid to the MI Group for services or benefits provided to MVT Employees of a nature governed by this Agreement from the date hereof through and including the Distribution Date unless this Agreement specifically provides to the contrary.

2.5. Indemnification Provision. The indemnification procedures contained in Article IV of the Separation Agreement shall apply to this Agreement as if incorporated herein in their entirety.

2.6. Impact on MI Group Plans. Nothing in this Agreement shall limit the MI Group’s right to amend, merge, modify, terminate, eliminate, reduce or otherwise alter in any respect any MI Group Plan, any benefit under any MI Group Plan or any trust, insurance policy or funding vehicle related to any MI Group Plan (except to the extent prohibited by law).

2.7 Transfer of Employees. Prior to the Distribution Date, MI Corp. shall, or shall cause its Subsidiaries to, use their respective reasonable best efforts to ensure that, as of immediately prior to the Distribution Date, (i) all employees of MI Corp. and its Affiliates who primarily provide services to the MVT Business are employed by a member of the MVT Group, and (ii) all employees of MI Corp. and its Affiliates who do not primarily provide services to the MVT Business are employed by a member of the MI Group.

2.8 Non-MVT Employees. Notwithstanding anything else contained herein, as of the Distribution Date, the MI Group shall assume or retain, as applicable, and the MVT Group shall have no responsibility for, any liabilities relating to compensation or employee benefits in respect of current or former employees of MI Corp. and its Affiliates who are not MVT Employees.

ARTICLE III

QUALIFIED RETIREMENT PLANS

3.1. Establishment of 401(k) Plan and Trust Required. Effective as of the Distribution Date, the MVT Group shall establish a profit sharing retirement plan (the “MVT Retirement Plan”) and a related trust intended to be qualified under Code Section 401(a) and to be exempt from taxation under Code Section 501(a). Initially, the investment options (other than the M&I and MVT stock funds, which shall be governed by Section 3.8) offered under the MVT Retirement Plan shall be the same as those offered under the MI Retirement Program as of the Distribution Date.

3.2. Transfer of MI Retirement Program Assets and Liabilities. Effective as of the date established pursuant to Section 3.1, (i) the MVT Retirement Plan shall assume and be solely responsible for all liabilities for or relating to MVT Employees under the MI Retirement Program and (ii) the MI Group shall cause the accounts (including unvested amounts) of the MVT Employees under the MI Retirement Program and assets attributable thereto that are held by its related trust as of such date to be transferred to the MVT Retirement Plan and its related

 

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trust, and the MVT Group shall cause such transferred accounts and assets to be accepted by such plan and its related trust. Initially, the trust implementing the MVT Retirement Plan shall be established with the same trustee as the trustee of the trust which implements the MI Retirement Program. The transfer of assets shall be made in kind from the MI Retirement Program trust to the MVT Retirement Plan trust. To the extent that the MVT Group has not made all 401(k) contributions due to the MI Retirement Program as a participating employer therein by the asset transfer date, the MVT Group will promptly make those contributions to the MI Retirement Program trust following such date and the trustee of the MI Retirement Program trust shall be instructed by the MI Group to immediately transfer such amounts in cash to the MVT Retirement Plan trust to be held in the accounts of MVT Employees along with other transferred amounts. The MI Group and the MVT Group shall cooperate with one another and with the trustee in facilitating such transfer of final 401(k) contributions. The MVT Group further agrees to take all actions necessary to obtain, as soon as commercially practicable following the establishment of the MVT Retirement Plan, an Internal Revenue Service determination that such plan meets the requirements of Section 401(a) of the Code and that the trust which implements such plan meets the requirements of Section 401(a) and is exempt from tax under Section 501(a) of the Code.

3.3. No Distribution to MVT Employees. No distribution of account balances shall be made to any MVT Employee from the MI Retirement Program or the MVT Retirement Plan because of the fact that the MVT Group ceases to be affiliated with the MI Group and ceases to be a participating employer under the MI Retirement Program. Such events shall not be treated as a termination of employment for plan purposes and distribution shall not be otherwise specifically permitted under plan terms as a result of the cessation of affiliation and of participating employer status.

3.4. Final Year Profit Sharing and Matching Contributions. Profit sharing and matching contributions shall be made by the MVT Group to the MI Retirement Program for the plan year ending December 31, 2007 in amounts determined pursuant to the terms of the MI Retirement Program (except that any stock contributions shall be made in MVT stock) based on compensation paid to, and 401(k) contributions made by, MVT Employees from January 1, 2007 through, but not after, the Distribution Date. Such contributions shall be made with respect to MVT Employees who remain in the MVT Group’s employ on December 31, 2007 (or retire, die or become disabled during calendar year 2007) and who are eligible for an allocation under the terms of the MI Retirement Program taking into account employment with the MVT Group after the Distribution Date; provided, however, that if the MI Group determines that such contributions must also be made to persons who were MVT Employees on the Distribution Date who are not highly compensated employees within the meaning of Code section 414(q) and who terminate from the MVT Group prior to December 31, 2007 in order to preserve the tax qualified status of the MI Retirement Program, contributions shall also be made for such individuals. Such contributions shall be made at a time to be determined by the MI Group which is on or before September 15, 2008. Such contributions shall be paid to the MVT Retirement Plan trust where they shall be held in the accounts of MVT Employees along with other monies transferred pursuant to Section 3.2.

 

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3.5. Plan Loans. Effective as of the date established pursuant to Section 3.1, all outstanding loans of MVT Employees from the MI Retirement Program shall be transferred to the MVT Retirement Plan pursuant to Section 3.2. As of such date, the MVT Group shall be solely responsible for implementing its own payroll system and making payroll deductions for repayment of such loans.

3.6. Qualified Domestic Relations Orders. Effective as of the date established pursuant to Section 3.1, all QDROs pertaining to accounts of MVT Employees under the MI Retirement Program shall be transferred to the MVT Retirement Plan pursuant to Section 3.2 and shall be the sole responsibility of the MVT Group.

3.7. Testing. The MI Group will conduct applicable nondiscrimination tests for contributions made to the MI Retirement Program for the plan year in which the date established pursuant to Section 3.1 occurs. To the extent that the MI Group concludes that a distribution or reallocation must be made from a MVT Employee’s account balance in the MI Retirement Program to facilitate compliance with such tests after such account balance has been transferred to the MVT Retirement Plan, the MVT Group will cause the MVT Retirement Plan to make such distribution or reallocation as directed by the MI Group.

3.8. Stock Considerations. As a result of the Distribution and as a result of the transfer of assets and liabilities from the MI Retirement Program to the MVT Retirement Plan described in Section 3.2, the assets of the MI Retirement Program and the MVT Retirement Plan shall each include common stock of both New MI Corp. and MVT Holding. Each shall be solely responsible for determining the extent to which its plan shall continue to hold the common stock of the other, provided that, subject to applicable Law and fiduciary obligations, for a period of not less than two years after the Distribution, each plan shall maintain the common stock fund of the other employer as a permitted investment with respect to the portion of the transferred accounts invested in such fund as of the Distribution (which shall not be interpreted to require that additional investments in such fund must be permitted). The MI Group and the MVT Group each recognize that various legal requirements may be applicable to the holding of securities of New MI Corp. or MVT Holding in the plan sponsored by it and each agrees to be solely responsible for maintaining the plan sponsored by it in compliance with all applicable legal requirements. However, each party shall provide such information and deliver such notices to employees as may reasonably be requested by the other in order to facilitate compliance with applicable legal requirements.

3.9. Assumption of Obligations for Certain Plans. Effective as of the Distribution Date, the MVT Group will assume all liabilities and obligations with respect to all existing or previously terminated employee benefit plans in which the sole participants are employees or former employees (or their respective dependents and beneficiaries) of entities, trades or businesses acquired by or divested from the MVT Group.

 

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ARTICLE IV

NON-QUALIFIED RETIREMENT PLANS

MVT Employees shall be deemed to have terminated employment on the Distribution Date for purposes of the MI Deferred Compensation Plans and shall be entitled to the distribution of their account balances under the MI Deferred Compensation Plans in accordance with the terms thereof. To the extent of any underfunding in the MI Deferred Compensation Trust II as of the Distribution Date, the MVT Group shall, upon reasonable notice by the MI Group, contribute its proportional part of the underfunding to the MI Deferred Compensation Trust II. The MVT Group’s proportional share of such underfunding, if any, shall be equal to the excess of (i) the account balances of the MVT Employees in the MI Deferred Compensation Plans that are subject to the MI Deferred Compensation Trust II as of the Distribution Date (disregarding any restricted stock units forfeited as of the Distribution Date) over (ii) the fair market value of the assets of the MI Deferred Compensation Trust II as of the Distribution Date attributable to the contributions (and earnings thereon) of the MVT Group. The MVT Group shall reimburse the MI Group for the amounts by which the amounts credited after the Distribution Date to the accounts of MVT Employees invested in the Moody’s Single A Corporate Bond Rate exceed the actual earnings of the related assets attributable to such employees held under the MI Deferred Compensation Trust II during the same time period, which shall, after the Distribution Date, be invested consistent with past practices. The MVT Group shall make a profit sharing contribution to the MI Deferred Compensation Plans for the plan year ending December 31, 2007 in amounts determined pursuant to the terms of the MI Deferred Compensation Plans based on compensation paid to MVT Employees from January 1, 2007 through, but not after, the Distribution Date. Such contribution shall be made with respect to MVT Employees who remain in the MVT Group’s employ on December 31, 2007 (or retire, die or become disabled during calendar year 2007) and who are eligible for an allocation under the terms of the MI Deferred Compensation Plans taking into account employment with the MVT Group after the Distribution Date. Such contribution shall be made to the MI Deferred Compensation Trust II at a time to be determined by the MI Group which is on or before September 15, 2008. MVT Employees who forfeit restricted MI Corp. stock units credited to their accounts under the MI Deferred Compensation Plans as a result of being deemed to have terminated employment on the Distribution Date, will be granted restricted stock awards by MVT Holding with the same remaining restriction period as the forfeited restricted MI Corp. stock units. The number of shares of restricted stock so awarded shall equal the number of units so forfeited, multiplied by a fraction, the numerator of which is the MI Corp. Pre-Distribution Stock Price and the denominator of which is the MVT Holding Post-Distribution Stock Price.

ARTICLE V

HEALTH AND WELFARE PLANS

5.1. Establishment of Health and Welfare Plans. Except as provided otherwise in this Article V, effective as of the Distribution Date, the MVT Group shall establish the MVT Health and Welfare Plans.

 

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5.2. Transfer of VEBA Assets. The MI Group maintains VEBAs, one for the MI Health Plans for retirees (the “Retiree VEBA”), one for the Incurred But Not Reported (IBNR) claims under the MI Health Plans (the “IBNR VEBA”) and one for the MI Long-Term Disability Income Plan (the “LTD VEBA”). The MI Long-Term Disability Income Plan is self-insured and a portion of the MI Health Plans are self-insured.

(a) The LTD VEBA shall transfer the proportional part of the assets of the LTD VEBA as of the Distribution Date attributable to the MVT Group (based on the contributions made by the MVT Group and the benefit payments to MVT Employees) to a corresponding voluntary employees’ beneficiary association under Code Section 501(c)(9) established by the MVT Group (or, at the election of the MVT Group, the MI Group shall transfer an amount equal to the fair market value of such proportional part of the assets to the MVT Group) as soon as commercially practicable after the amount thereof is determined.

(b) Any assets held in the Retiree VEBA as of the Distribution Date attributable to the contributions of the MVT Group and the earnings thereon shall be retained in the Retiree VEBA. For the avoidance of doubt, on and after the Distribution Date, there shall be no transfer of assets from the Retiree VEBA to a corresponding voluntary employees’ beneficiary association under Code Section 501(c)(9) established by the MVT Group (or from the MI Group to the MVT Group) and the MVT Group shall not be required to make any contribution to the Retiree VEBA.

(c) To the extent of any underfunding in the IBNR VEBA as of the Distribution Date, the MVT Group shall, as soon as practicable after the receipt of reasonable notice by the MI Group, contribute its proportional part of the underfunding to the IBNR VEBA. If there is overfunding in the IBNR VEBA as of the Distribution Date, the IBNR VEBA shall transfer to a corresponding voluntary employees’ beneficiary association under Code Section 501(c)(9) established by the MVT Group its proportional part of such overfunding (or, at the election of the MVT Group, the MI Group shall transfer an amount equal to such excess (or such other amount as may be determined by the parties to be appropriate so as to effect such transfer on a tax neutral basis) to the MVT Group) as soon as commercially practicable after the amount thereof is determined. Whether there is over-or underfunding in the IBNR VEBA, as of the Distribution Date, shall be determined by multiplying the claims and administrative expenses paid for the self-insured portion of the MI Health Plans during that portion of the calendar year which precedes the Distribution Date, annualizing that amount, and multiplying by .20 to estimate the IBNR claim and expense amounts. The IBNR claim and expense amounts will be compared to the assets held in the IBNR VEBA as of the Distribution Date to determine if there is over-or underfunding. The MVT Group’s share of any over-or underfunding will be computed by multiplying the amount of any over-or underfunding by a fraction, the numerator of which is premiums paid with respect to MVT Employees under the self-insured portion of the MI Health Plans for the last full month prior to the Distribution Date and the denominator of which is the total premiums paid for the same period under the total self-insured portion of the MI Health Plans.

 

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5.3. Assumption of Health and Welfare Plan Liabilities.

(a) General. Except as specified otherwise in this Agreement, liabilities for or relating to claims incurred in respect of MVT Employees under the MI Health and Welfare Plans prior to the Distribution Date shall remain liabilities of the MI Health and Welfare Plans; provided, however, that the MVT Group shall reimburse the MI Group or the MI Health and Welfare Plans for third party administrative costs incurred in connection with the processing of run-out claims attributable to MVT Employees, but only if the MI Group has taken reasonable best efforts to secure a waiver of (or otherwise minimize the imposition of) such costs. Except as specified otherwise in this Agreement, in no event will the MI Health and Welfare Plans have any liability for claims incurred in respect of MVT Employees after the Distribution Date. For purposes of the foregoing, a claim shall be considered incurred when the applicable services are rendered, the supplies are provided or medication is prescribed.

(b) Hospitalizations. If a MVT Employee is in a hospital or other inpatient setting on the Distribution Date, the costs associated with such inpatient treatment shall be allocated between the MI Health Plans and the MVT Health Plans on a pro rata basis so that the MI Health Plans bear the costs associated with such treatment for the number of days ending with the day prior to the Distribution Date and the MVT Health Plans bear the cost associated with such treatment for the number of days beginning with the Distribution Date. The MI Health Plans shall pay for such treatment and the MVT Group or the MVT Health Plans shall reimburse the MI Health Plans or the associated MI VEBAs for that portion of the treatment which is its liability under this paragraph (b).

5.4. Elections, Deductibles, Co-Payments and Maximum Benefits. In designing the MVT Health Plans, the MVT Group will use its reasonable efforts to recognize and give credit for (A) all amounts applied to deductibles, out-of-pocket maximums, co-payments and other applicable benefit coverage limits with respect to expenses incurred by MVT Employees under the MI Health Plans for that portion of the calendar year prior to the Distribution Date, and (B) all benefits paid to MVT Employees under the MI Health Plans for purposes of determining when such persons have reached their lifetime maximum benefits under, the MVT Health Plans. The parties recognize that, for certain fully insured alternatives, such recognition and crediting may not be feasible.

5.5. HCFA Administration. As of the Distribution Date, the MVT Group shall assume all liabilities relating to, arising out of or resulting from claims verified by the MI Group or the MVT Group under the HCFA data match reports that relate to MVT Employees.

5.6. COBRA. The MI Group shall be responsible prior to the Distribution Date for compliance with the health care continuation coverage requirements of COBRA and the MI Health Plans with respect to MVT Employees and qualified beneficiaries (as such term is defined under COBRA) who have a qualifying COBRA event while participating in the MI Health Plans before the Distribution Date. Effective as of the Distribution Date, the MVT Group shall be solely responsible for compliance with the health care continuation coverage requirements of COBRA and the MVT Health Plans for MVT Employees and their qualified beneficiaries (as

 

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such term is defined under COBRA) who have a qualifying COBRA event while participating in the MI Health Plans before, or the MVT Health Plans on or after, the Distribution Date. In no event will the MI Group or the MI Health and Welfare Plans have any liability for providing COBRA health care continuation coverage to MVT Employees and their qualified beneficiaries (as such term is defined under COBRA) after the Distribution Date.

5.7. Flexible Spending Accounts. Effective as of the Distribution Date, the MVT Group shall adopt for the benefit of MVT Employees a Code Section 125 Plan containing flexible spending accounts, shall credit all MVT Employees with a balance (positive or negative) under such flexible spending accounts equal to the balance credited to the MVT Employee under the corresponding flexible spending account under the MI Health and Welfare Plans as of the Distribution Date, and shall reimburse each MVT Employee for eligible expenses incurred during the plan year of the applicable flexible spending account under the MI Health and Welfare Plans which includes the Distribution Date that had not previously been reimbursed under the applicable flexible spending account under the MI Health and Welfare Plans. As soon as reasonably practicable after the Distribution Date, the MI Group shall pay to the MVT Group Code Section 125 Plan the amount of the aggregate balances of the MVT Employees in the flexible spending accounts under the MI Health and Welfare Plans as of the Distribution Date, if such amount is positive, and the MVT Group shall pay the MI Group the amount of such aggregate balances, if such amount is negative.

5.8. Long-Term Disability. From and after the Distribution Date, the MVT Group shall be responsible for providing all benefits described in the summary plan description of the MI Long-Term Disability Plan to MVT Employees, including MVT Employees who are receiving benefits under a long-term disability income plan as of the Distribution Date. The long-term disability benefits of MVT Employees who are receiving benefits under a long-term disability income plan as of the Distribution Date shall be continued at the same level and subject to the same terms and conditions as in effect as of the Distribution Date under the applicable long-term disability income plan, it being understood that nothing in this Section 5.8 shall limit the ability of the MVT Group to modify such long-term disability plan in any manner in which the MI Group is currently permitted to modify the MI Long-Term Disability Plan.

5.9. Workers’ Compensation. From and after the Distribution Date, the MVT Group shall cease to be a sponsor of the insurance policy covering workers’ compensation claims and the related stop loss policy and shall make its own arrangements for payment of workers’ compensation claims. The MVT Group agrees to be responsible for any and all past, present and future workers’ compensation claims of MVT Employees which have not yet been paid at the Separation Date, whether arising before or after the Separation Date. Its responsibility shall extend to any and all direct costs specifically relating to the claims of MVT Employees including, but not limited to loss costs, claims administration fees and legal expenses.

5.10. Directors and Officers Insurance. The MVT Group intends to obtain D&O Insurance for its officers and directors effective as of the Distribution Date and the parties agree that they will coordinate coverage such that there is no period of time where current or former MVT Group directors and officers are not covered by D&O Insurance for actions taken while serving in those positions. If requested by the MVT Group, the MI Group shall make best efforts

 

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to purchase a “tail” D&O Insurance policy, with coverage for a period of not less than five (5) years, to cover MVT Group directors and officers for actions occurring before the Distribution Date in their capacities as MVT Group directors and officers, but for which claims are not made until after the Distribution Date (the terms of which tail shall be subject to the consent of the MVT Group), and if the MI Group is able to purchase such a “tail” policy with terms acceptable to the MVT Group, the MVT Group shall pay the full cost of any such “tail” insurance relating solely to service as an MVT Group officer or director. In addition, the MVT Group will reimburse the MI Group upon demand for (i) any liability or costs incurred by the MI Group with respect to the MVT Group’s officers and directors (related solely to service as an MVT Group officer or director ) subject to the deductible under D&O Insurance, (ii) any claims with respect to the MVT Group’s officers and directors (related solely to service as an MVT Group officer or director) in excess of the policy limits under D&O Insurance or (iii) any claims with respect to the MVT Group’s officers and directors (related solely to service as an MVT Group officer or director) determined to be outside of the coverage provided under D&O Insurance, provided that in the cases of (i) and (ii), the determination of to what degree a reimbursable claim pursuant to this sentence is subject to the deductible or is in excess of the policy limit shall be made by taking into account the total claims (including MI Group liabilities) subject to such deductible or such policy limit and calculating the ratable share of such total claims that represents claims that are reimbursable pursuant to this sentence. The MVT Group will also reimburse the MI Group for all direct administrative and other costs of administering, investigating and defending against such reimbursable claims, including reasonable attorneys’ fees, to the extent not otherwise reimbursed to the MI Group by D&O Insurance. The MI Group will consult with the MVT Group in connection with all material decisions regarding (i) administering, investigating and defending against any claims with respect to the MVT Group’s officers and directors (related solely to service as an MVT Group officer or director) and (ii) the MI Group’s D&O Insurance with respect to claims against MVT Group officers or directors (related solely to service as an MVT Group officer or director), and in each case shall not take any material action with respect to such claims or such D&O Insurance (including, without limitation, settling or compromising any such claims) without the prior consent of the MVT Group.

5.11. Retiree Health Insurance. From and after the Distribution Date, the MI Group will retain or assume, as applicable, the obligation to provide retiree medical coverage under the terms of the MI Group Retiree Medical Program to all MVT Group retirees eligible for medical coverage as of the Distribution Date (“Current Retirees”). In addition, MVT Employees who meet the eligibility requirements of the MI Group Retiree Medical Program at the time of the Distribution Date, but have not yet retired (“Current Eligibles,” and together with the Current Retirees, the “MI Retiree Medical Individuals”), will continue to be eligible for retiree coverage under the MI Group Retiree Medical Program at the time they retire from the MVT Group. For any Current Eligible who retires from the MVT Group before attaining age 62 as a result of any individual or group early retirement program instituted by the MVT Group, the MVT Group will transfer to the MI Group or the Retiree VEBA the present value of the employer subsidy for the period between the date on which such MVT Employee retires and the employee’s 62nd birthday. For purposes of the preceding sentence, the termination of employment of a Current Eligible by the MVT Group for cause, gross misconduct or as a result of documented material performance issues shall not be deemed to be as a result of any individual or group early retirement program

 

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instituted by the MVT Group. MVT Employees who satisfy the MI Group Retiree Medical Program eligibility requirements, as in effect on the Distribution Date, within twenty-four (24) months following the Distribution Date, determined based on service and participation under both the MI Health Plans and MVT Health Plans, will be provided retiree medical coverage by the MVT Group at the time of retirement through the date such MVT Employees become eligible for Medicare coverage, which shall be equal to the coverage provided under the MVT Health Plans to MVT Employees generally, except that the MVT Group may increase or decrease the contribution levels for retirees, regardless of whether corresponding actions are taken with respect to active employees. The MI Group will be solely responsible for, and, except to the extent provided above with respect to certain Current Eligibles who retire from the MVT Group before attaining age 62, will hold the MVT Group harmless with respect to, any retiree medical benefits associated with MI Retiree Medical Individuals. The MVT Group will be solely responsible for, and will hold the MI Group harmless with respect to, any retiree medical benefits associated with MVT Employees who are not MI Retiree Medical Individuals. For the avoidance of doubt, nothing in this Section 5.11 shall be construed as an amendment of the MI Group Retiree Medical Program or any other employee benefit plan.

5.12 MVT Employees on Severance as of the Distribution Date. From and after the Distribution Date, the MVT Group shall continue to pay severance to eligible MVT Employees whose employment terminated prior to the Distribution Date. If those employees elected COBRA continuation coverage under the MI Health Plan prior to the Distribution Date, from and after the Distribution Date, the MVT Group shall be responsible for providing such COBRA continuation coverage on the same terms as would have been applicable under the MI Health Plans.

ARTICLE VI

EQUITY AND OTHER COMPENSATION

6.1. MI Corp. Employee Stock Purchase Plan. The cash balances of all MVT Employees under the MI Corp. Amended and Restated 2000 Employee Stock Purchase Plan as of the Distribution Date shall be refunded to such individuals as soon as practicable following the Distribution Date.

6.2. MI Option Plans.

(a) Options Held by MVT Employees. Each MI Option held by a MVT Employee that is outstanding as of the Distribution shall be converted into a MVT Option, effective immediately after the Distribution.

(i) The number of shares of MVT Holding Common Stock subject to a MVT Option and the exercise price per share of MVT Holding Common Stock subject to a MVT Option shall be determined, as of the Distribution, in accordance with the following conversion formula (to be interpreted and applied in such a way as to minimize any adverse consequences of Section 409A of the Code with respect to such conversions):

 

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(A) The number of shares of MVT Holding Common Stock to be subject to each MVT Option shall be equal to (x) the product of (i) the number of shares of MI Corp. common stock subject to the applicable MI Option immediately prior to the Distribution and (ii) the MI Corp. Pre-Distribution Stock Price, divided by (y) the MVT Holding Post-Distribution Stock Price; provided that any fractional share resulting from such calculation shall be rounded down to the nearest whole number.

(B) The exercise price per share of MVT Holding Common Stock under each MVT Option shall be equal to (x) the exercise price per share of MI Corp. common stock at which the applicable MI Option was exercisable immediately prior to the Distribution divided by (y) the quotient obtained by dividing the MI Corp. Pre-Distribution Stock Price by the MVT Holding Post-Distribution Stock Price; provided that such exercise price shall be rounded up to the nearest whole cent.

(ii) Each MVT Option shall have the same terms and conditions (including vesting) as the corresponding MI Option to which it relates (except as adjusted as provided herein) and shall continue to be subject to the terms of the applicable MI Option Plan; provided, however, that for purposes of the MVT Options, unless the context otherwise requires, all references to “MI Corp.” therein shall, after the Distribution, be deemed to be to “MVT Holding” and all references to MI Corp. Common Stock shall be deemed to be to MVT Holding Common Stock. The MI Group and the MVT Group shall each take such actions as may be necessary to effectuate the provisions of this Section.

(b) Options Held by MI Group Employees and Directors. Subject to Section 6.2(c), each MI Option held by a MI Group employee or a director of MI Corp. that is outstanding as of the Distribution shall be converted into a New MI Corp. Option, effective immediately after the Distribution.

(i) The number of shares of New MI Corp. Common Stock subject to a New MI Corp. Option and the exercise price per share of New MI Corp. Common Stock subject to a New MI Corp. Option shall be determined, as of the Distribution, in accordance with the following conversion formula (to be interpreted and applied in such a way as to minimize any adverse consequences of Section 409A of the Code with respect to such conversions):

(A) The number of shares of New MI Corp. Common Stock to be subject to each New MI Corp. Option shall be equal to (x) the product of (i) the number of shares of MI Corp. common stock subject to the applicable MI Option immediately prior to the Distribution and (ii) the MI Corp. Pre-Distribution Stock Price, divided by (y) the New MI Corp. Post-Distribution Stock Price; provided that any fractional share resulting from such calculation shall be rounded down to the nearest whole number.

(B) The exercise price per share of New MI Corp. Common Stock under each New MI Corp. Option shall be equal to (x) the exercise price per share of

 

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MI Corp. common stock at which the applicable MI Option was exercisable immediately prior to the Distribution divided by (y) the quotient obtained by dividing the MI Corp. Pre-Distribution Stock Price by the New MI Corp. Post-Distribution Stock Price; provided that such exercise price shall be rounded up to the nearest whole cent.

(ii) Each New MI Corp. Option shall have the same terms and conditions (including vesting) as the corresponding MI Option to which it relates (except as adjusted as provided herein) and shall continue to be subject to the terms of the applicable MI Option Plan; provided, however, that for purposes of the New MI Corp. Options, unless the context otherwise requires, all references to “MI Corp.” therein shall, after the Distribution, be deemed to be to “New MI Corp.” and all references to MI Corp. Common Stock shall be deemed to be to New MI Corp. Common Stock.

(c) Options Held by Certain MI Group Employees and Directors. Notwithstanding anything in this Section 6.2 to the contrary, each MI Option that is outstanding as of the Distribution and that is held by an individual who, immediately following the Distribution, is a director of MVT Holding and either a MI Group employee or a director of New MI Corp. shall be converted, effective immediately after the Distribution, into both a New MI Corp. Option and a MVT Option using the methodology described above such that (i) the aggregate Intrinsic Value of all outstanding MI Options held by such an individual that are outstanding as of the Distribution shall be maintained under the corresponding New MI Corp. Options and MVT Options in accordance with the methodology set forth above and (ii) the ratio of the per share option exercise price of the New MI Corp. Option to the New MI Corp. Post-Distribution Stock Price and the ratio of the per share option exercise price of the MVT Option to the MVT Holding Post-Distribution Stock Price is maintained relative to the ratio of the per share exercise price of the related MI Option to the MI Corp. Pre-Distribution Stock Price in accordance with the methodology set forth above. 75% of the MI Options held by such individuals shall be converted into New MI Corp Options and 25% of such MI Options shall be converted into MVT Options.

(d) Restricted Stock and Stock Held in MI Deferred Compensation Trusts. All shares of MI Corp. restricted stock and all shares of MI Corp. stock held in the MI Deferred Compensation Trust II or the MI Corp. Amended and Restated Deferred Compensation Trust III (other than the shares associated with the MI Corp. restricted stock units which will be forfeited by MVT Employees as a result of such MVT Employees being deemed to have terminated employment on the Distribution Date, as described in Article IV hereof) shall be treated the same as all other outstanding shares of MI Corp. Common Stock in the transactions contemplated by the Investment Agreement and the Separation Agreement; provided, however, that each share of MVT Holding Common Stock and New MI Corp. Common Stock received in such transactions with respect to shares of MI Corp. restricted stock shall be subject to the same restrictions as the corresponding share of MI Corp. restricted stock to which it relates and shall continue to be subject to the terms of the applicable MI Option Plan.

 

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6.3. MVT Corp. Long Term Incentive Plan. The amounts of incentives earned by participants under the MVT Corp. Long Term Incentive Plan with respect to performance periods that include the Distribution Date that are based on the performance of MI Corp. will be determined jointly by the MI Group, the MVT Group, and Investor as of the Distribution Date. Payment of the amounts based on the performance of MI Corp. and payment of the amounts based on the performance of MVT Corp. will be made by the MVT Group following the end of the performance period to participants who are employed by the MVT Group at the end of the applicable performance period, or whose employment terminates during such performance period due to circumstances under which the terms of the MVT Corp. Long Term Incentive Plan provide for payment.

6.4 New MVT Equity Incentive Plans. MI Corp. will take, or will cause its appropriate Subsidiary to take, reasonable best efforts to cause MVT Holding to adopt prior to the Distribution Date an MVT Holding equity compensation plan (the “New MVT Option Plan”) and, if requested by Investor and agreed to by MI Corp., which agreement will not be unreasonably withheld, an MVT Holding annual bonus plan (the “New MVT Bonus Plan”), in each case, in a form satisfactory to the Investor. No fewer than the number of shares equal to 9% of the equity of MVT Holding on a fully diluted basis will be reserved for issuance under the New MVT Option Plan. If requested by the Investor, MI Corp. will submit the New MVT Option Plan and/or the New MVT Bonus Plan to its shareholders for approval in a manner that satisfies the requirements under Section 1.162-27(f)(4)(ii) of the Department of Treasury Regulations. MI Corp. further agrees that, if requested by Investor, it will, subject to fiduciary requirements, take reasonable best efforts to approve, on such terms as are requested by Investor, initial equity compensation grants to employees of the MVT Group, to be made effective as of the Distribution Date (including, if so requested, taking reasonable best efforts to ensure that awards to designated employees are approved by MI Corp. “outside directors” in a manner that satisfies the requirements of Section 1.162-27(f)(4) of the Department of Treasury Regulations). The MVT Group shall reimburse the MI Group for all reasonable out-of-pocket costs incurred by the MI Group in taking the actions required of it under this Section 6.4.

ARTICLE VII

ADMINISTRATIVE MATTERS

7.1. Reporting and Disclosure Communications to Participants. While any member of the MVT Group is a participating employer in the MI Plans, the MVT Group shall take, or cause to be taken, all actions necessary to facilitate the distribution of all MI Plan-related communications and materials to MVT Employees, including (without limitation) summary plan descriptions and related summaries of material modification(s), summary annual reports, investment information, prospectuses, notices and enrollment material for the MI Plans and MVT Plans. The MVT Group shall assist the MI Group in complying with all reporting and disclosure requirements of ERISA and the Code, including the preparation of Form Series 5500 annual reports for the MI Plans, where applicable.

 

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7.2. Audits Regarding Vendor Contracts. For the period beginning as of the Distribution Date and ending on such date as the MI Group and the MVT Group may mutually agree, the MI Group and the MVT Group and their duly authorized representatives shall have the right to conduct joint audits with respect to any vendor contracts that relate to both the MI Health and Welfare Plans and the MVT Health and Welfare Plans. The scope of such audits shall encompass the review of all correspondence, account records, claim forms, canceled drafts (unless retained by the bank), provider bills, medical records submitted with claims, billing corrections, vendors’ internal corrections of previous errors and any other documents or instruments relating to the services performed by the vendor under the applicable vendor contracts. The MI Group and the MVT Group shall agree on the performance standards, audit methodology, auditing policy and quality measures, reporting requirements, and the manner in which costs incurred in connection with such audits will be shared.

7.3. Employee Identification Numbers. Until the Distribution Date, the MI Group and the MVT Group shall not change any employee identification numbers assigned by MI Corp. The MI Group and the MVT Group mutually agree to establish a policy pursuant to which employee identification numbers assigned to either employees of the MI Group or the MVT Group shall not be duplicated between the MI Group and the MVT Group.

7.4. Cooperation. The MI Group and the MVT Group agree to cooperate and use reasonable efforts to promptly (i) comply with all requirements of this Agreement, ERISA, the Code and other laws and regulations which may be applicable to the matters addressed herein, and (ii) subject to applicable law, provide each other with such information reasonably required by the other party to assist the other party in administering its employee benefit plans covered by this Agreement and complying with applicable law and regulations and the terms of this Agreement.

7.5. Fiduciary Matters. The MI Group and the MVT Group each acknowledge that actions contemplated to be taken pursuant to this Agreement may be subject to fiduciary duties or standards of conduct under ERISA or other applicable law, and no party shall be deemed to be in violation of this Agreement if such party fails to comply with any provisions hereof based upon such party’s reasonable good faith determination that to do so would violate such a fiduciary duty or standard.

7.6. Consent of Third Parties. If any provision of this Agreement is dependent on the consent of any third party (such as a vendor) and such consent is withheld, the MI Group and the MVT Group shall use their commercially reasonable efforts to implement the applicable provisions of this Agreement. If any provision of this Agreement cannot be implemented due to the failure of such third party to consent, the MI Group and the MVT Group shall negotiate in good faith to implement the provision in a mutually satisfactory manner.

 

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ARTICLE VIII

EMPLOYMENT-RELATED MATTERS

8.1. Terms of MVT Group Employment. Subject to Section 5.11 of this Agreement, the MVT Group shall have sole responsibility for determining all basic terms and conditions of employment for MVT Employees including, without limitation, their pay and benefits in the aggregate. Nothing in this Agreement or any other agreement between the parties should be construed to change the at-will status of any of the employees of the MI Group or the MVT Group.

8.2. Confidentiality and Proprietary Information. No provision of this Agreement or any other agreement between the parties shall be deemed to release any individual for any violation of a MI Group or MVT Group agreement or policy pertaining to confidential or proprietary information of any member of the MI Group or the MVT Group, as the case may be, or otherwise relieve any individual of his or her obligations under such agreement or policy.

8.3. No Termination of Employment; No Third-Party Beneficiaries. No provision of this Agreement or any other agreement between the parties shall be construed to create any right, or accelerate entitlement, to any compensation or benefit whatsoever on the part of any MVT Employee, employee of MI Corp. or other future, present or former employee of the MVT Group or the MI Group under any MVT Plan, MI Plan or otherwise. No Person other than the parties hereto or their respective successors will acquire or have any benefit, right, remedy or claim under or by reason of this Agreement, except that Sections 6.3, 6.4 and the proviso in Section 9.7, as well as this sentence, shall inure to the benefit of Investor. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, except as provided in this Agreement, neither the Distribution nor the termination of the participating employer status of MVT Corp. or any member of the MVT Group shall cause any employee to be deemed to have incurred a termination of employment.

ARTICLE IX

GENERAL PROVISIONS

9.1. Effect if Distribution Does Not Occur. If the Distribution does not occur, then all actions and events that are, under this Agreement, to be taken or occur effective as of the Distribution Date, or otherwise in connection with the Distribution, shall not be taken or occur except to the extent specifically agreed by the MVT Group and the MI Group.

9.2. Relationship of Parties. Nothing in this Agreement shall be deemed or construed by the parties or any third party as creating the relationship of principal and agent, partnership or joint venture between the parties, the understanding and agreement being that no provision contained herein, and no act of the parties, shall be deemed to create any relationship between the parties other than the relationship set forth herein.

 

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9.3. Affiliates. Each of New MI Corp. and MVT Holding shall cause to be performed, and hereby guarantee the performance of, any and all actions of the MI Group or the MVT Group, respectively.

9.4. Governing Law. To the extent not preempted by applicable federal law, this Agreement shall be governed by, construed and interpreted in accordance with the laws of the State of Wisconsin, without giving effect to its conflicts of laws provisions.

9.5. Notices. Any notice, request, instruction or other document to be given or delivered under this Agreement by any party to another party shall be in writing and shall be deemed to have been duly given or delivered when (1) delivered in person or sent by telecopy to the facsimile number indicated below with a required confirmation copy sent in accordance with clause (2) below, (2) deposited in the United States mail, postage prepaid and sent certified mail, return receipt requested or (3) delivered to Federal Express or similar service for overnight delivery to the address of the party set forth below:

If to New MI Corp. or any member of the MI Group to:

Marshall & Ilsley Corporation

770 N. Water Street

Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53202

Fax: (414) 765-7899

Attention:   Dennis J. Kuester
 

Chairman and Chief Executive Officer

Randall J. Erickson

Senior Vice President, General Counsel

and Corporate Secretary

with a copy to:

Sidley Austin LLP

One S. Dearborn Street

Chicago, Illinois 60603

Fax: (312) 853-7036

Attention:   Imad I. Qasim, Esq.
  Pran Jha, Esq.

If to MVT Holding or any member of the MVT Group to:

Metavante Holding Company

4900 West Brown Deer Rd.

Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53223

Fax: (414) 362-1705

Attention:   Frank Martire
 

Chief Executive Officer

Norrie J. Daroga

Executive Vice President

 

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with a copy to:

Quarles & Brady LLP

411 East Wisconsin Avenue

Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53202-4497

Fax: (414) 978-8786

Attention: Patrick M. Ryan, Esq.

Either party may, by written notice to the other parties, change the address or the party to which any notice, request, instruction or other document is to be delivered.

9.6. Severability. If any term or other provision of this Agreement is determined to be invalid, illegal or incapable of being enforced by any rule of law or public policy, all other conditions and provisions of this Agreement shall nevertheless remain in full force and effect so long as the economic or legal substance of the transactions contemplated hereby is not affected in any manner materially adverse to either party. Upon such determination that any term or other provision is invalid, illegal or incapable of being enforced, the parties hereto and Investor shall negotiate in good faith to modify this Agreement so as to effect the original intent of the parties as closely as possible and in an acceptable manner to the end that transactions contemplated hereby are fulfilled to the fullest possible extent.

9.7. Amendment. The MVT Parties and the MI Parties may mutually agree to amend the provisions of this Agreement at any time or times, either prospectively or retroactively, to such extent and in such manner as they mutually deem advisable (subject to procedures required to amend Plans) provided, that, unless the Investment Agreement shall have been terminated, any such amendment shall be subject to the prior written consent of Investor, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed with respect to amendments made after the Distribution Date. Such amendment will only be effective if made in writing.

9.8 Successors. This Agreement shall be binding on and inure to the benefit and detriment of any successor, by merger, acquisition of assets or otherwise, to any of the parties hereto, to the same extent as if such successor had been an original party.

9.9. Conflict. In the event of any conflict between the provisions of this Agreement and any other agreements between the parties or any other Plans, the provisions of this Agreement shall control except to the extent prohibited by law.

9.10. Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in two or more counterparts each of which shall be deemed to be an original, but all of which together shall constitute but one and the same Agreement.

 

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9.11 Authorization, Etc. Each of the parties hereto hereby represents and warrants that it has the power and authority to execute, deliver and perform this Agreement, that this Agreement has been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action on the part of such party, that this Agreement constitutes a legal, valid and binding obligation of each such party and that the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement by such party does not contravene or conflict with any provision of law or of its charter or bylaws or any agreement, instrument or order binding on such party.

9.12 Entire Agreement. This Agreement contains the entire agreement among the parties hereto with respect to the subject matter hereof and supersedes any prior oral understandings among the parties as to the subject matter hereof.

9.13. Waivers, Etc. No failure or delay on the part of the parties in exercising any power or right hereunder shall operate as a waiver thereof, nor shall any single or partial exercise of any such right or power, or any abandonment or discontinuance of steps to enforce such right or power, preclude any other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right or power. No modification or waiver of any provision of this Agreement nor consent to any departure by the parties therefrom shall in any event be effective unless the same shall be in writing, and then such waiver or consent shall be effective only in the specific instance and for the purpose for which given.

9.14 Further Assurances. The MI Parties and the MVT Parties each agree to execute, acknowledge, deliver, file, record and publish such further certificates, amendments to certificates, instruments and documents, and do all such other acts and things as may be required by law, or as may be required to carry out the intent and purposes of this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each of the parties have caused this Employee Matters Agreement to be executed on its behalf by its officers thereunto duly authorized on the day and year first above written.

 

MARSHALL & ILSLEY CORPORATION
By:  

/s/ Mark F. Furlong

Name:   Mark F. Furlong
Title:  

President

NEW M&I CORPORATION
By:  

/s/ Gregory A. Smith

Name:   Gregory A. Smith
Title:  

President

METAVANTE HOLDING COMPANY
By:  

/s/ Gregory A. Smith

Name:   Gregory A. Smith
Title:  

President

METAVANTE CORPORATION
By:  

/s/ Donald Layden Jr.

Name:  

Donald Layden Jr.

Title:  

Senior Executive Vice President

 

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EX-10.03 6 dex1003.htm FORM OF SHAREHOLDERS AGREEMENT Form of Shareholders Agreement

Exhibit 10.03

Form of

METAVANTE HOLDING COMPANY

SHAREHOLDERS AGREEMENT

Dated as of []


Table of Contents

 

          Page
   ARTICLE I   
   GOVERNANCE   
1.1    Composition of the Board of Directors    2
1.2    Committees.    4
1.3    Articles of Incorporation and By-laws    4
1.4    Approval Rights    4
1.5    Venture Capital Qualifying Investment    5
1.6    Termination of Article I    5
   ARTICLE II   
   REGISTRATION RIGHTS   
2.1    Demand Registrations.    6
2.2    Piggyback Registrations.    9
2.3    Registration Procedures    10
2.4    Registration Expenses.    13
2.5    Participation in Underwritten Registrations.    13
2.6    Rule 144; Legended Securities; etc.    14
2.7    Holdback    15
   ARTICLE III   
   TRANSFERS; STANDSTILL PROVISIONS; PREEMPTIVE RIGHTS   
3.1    Investor Group Transfer Restrictions    15
3.2    Standstill Provisions    16
3.3    Anti-Takeover Provisions    18
3.4    Buyout Transactions    18
3.5    Preemptive Rights.    18
   ARTICLE IV   
   INDEMNIFICATION   
4.1    Indemnification.    21
   ARTICLE V   
   DEFINITIONS   
5.1    Defined Terms    24
5.2    Terms Generally    30

 

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Table of Contents

(continued)

 

          Page
   Article VI   
   MISCELLANEOUS   
6.1    Term    30
6.2    No Inconsistent Agreements    30
6.3    Legend.    30
6.4    Amendments and Waivers    31
6.5    Successors and Assigns    31
6.6    Severability    32
6.7    Counterparts    32
6.8    Descriptive Headings    32
6.9    Governing Law    32
6.10    Consent to Jurisdiction    32
6.11    Waiver of Jury Trial    32
6.12    Enforcement; Attorneys’ Fees    33
6.13    No Third Party Beneficiaries    33
6.14    Notices    33
6.15    Entire Agreement    34

 

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SHAREHOLDERS AGREEMENT, dated as of [] (as it may be amended from time to time, this “Agreement”), among (i) Metavante Holding Company, a Wisconsin corporation (the “Company”), (ii) WPM, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership (“Investor”), and (iii) any other Shareholder that may become a party to this Agreement after the date and pursuant to the terms hereof.

W I T N E S S E T H:

WHEREAS, pursuant to an Investment Agreement, dated as of April 3, 2007 (the “Investment Agreement”), among the Company, Marshall & Ilsley Corporation, a Wisconsin corporation (“MI Corp.”), New M&I Corporation, a Wisconsin corporation, Metavante Corporation, a Wisconsin corporation, and Investor, Investor has agreed to acquire, on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in such agreement, (i) newly issued shares of the Class A common stock, par value $0.01 per share (the “Class A Common Stock”) of the Company and (ii) certain purchase rights with respect to shares of Common Stock pursuant to the Stock Purchase Right Agreement, dated as of the date hereof, between the Company and Investor (“Purchase Rights”) (such transaction, the “Investment”);

WHEREAS, as of the date hereof, Investor will own [] shares of Class A Common Stock;

WHEREAS, at 12:01 a.m. Eastern Standard Time on the first day following the date hereof, each outstanding share of Class A Common Stock held by Investor shall automatically convert into a share of Common Stock;

WHEREAS, it is a condition to the consummation of the transactions contemplated by the Investment Agreement that the Company execute and deliver this Agreement; and

WHEREAS, each of the parties hereto wishes to set forth in this Agreement certain terms and conditions regarding the Investment and the ownership of shares of Common Stock, including certain registration rights applicable to such shares, restrictions on the transfer of such shares, restrictions on certain actions relating to the Company, and the management of the Company and its subsidiaries.

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual agreements contained herein, the parties hereto hereby agree as follows:


ARTICLE I

GOVERNANCE

1.1 Composition of the Board of Directors. (a) The by-laws of the Company shall provide that so long as this Article I is in effect the Board of Directors of the Company (the “Board”) shall consist of eleven directors, such directors to be nominated and elected in accordance with this Agreement and the provisions of the by-laws of the Company. As of the Closing Date, the directors shall consist of (i) three directors designated by Investor (such designees and any persons nominated pursuant to Section 1.1(b) and elected as directors and any persons designated as replacement directors for such designees or their replacements pursuant to Section 1.1(c), the “Investor Designees”), (ii) two directors who shall be officers of the Company, one of whom shall be the President and Chief Executive Officer of the Company and one of whom shall be the Senior Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of the Company, (iii) one director who shall be designated by MI Corp. and shall initially be Dennis J. Kuester (such designee and any person designated as a replacement director for such designee or their replacement pursuant to Section 1.1(d), the “MI Designee”), and (iv) five additional directors designated pursuant to Section 6.2 of the Investment Agreement, each of whom shall qualify as Independent Directors and one of whom shall also be a director of MI Corp. (such designees, any persons nominated and elected as directors or designated as replacement directors for such designees or their replacements pursuant to Section 1.1(d), the “Initial Unaffiliated Directors”); provided, however, that if Investor or MI Corp. is prevented by Applicable Law or regulatory process from designating any of its designees pursuant to the foregoing clause (i), (iii) or (iv) (in the case of a MI Corp. director), as applicable, or if such designation is otherwise prohibited by Section 6.2(a) of the Investment Agreement (because such designation would result in the Company being an affiliate of New MI Corp. for purposes of Section 23A or 23B of the Federal Reserve Act), then such directors shall be Independent Directors selected pursuant to the foregoing clause (iv) in a manner which addresses the reason that the designee was originally prevented from being designated. The Chairman of the Board of the Company shall be Dennis J. Kuester for a period of one year from the date hereof. If Dennis J. Kuester is unable to serve as Chairman of the Board during such one-year period, and after such one-year period, the President and Chief Executive Officer of the Company shall, subject to the approval of the Board, succeed Dennis J. Kuester as the Chairman of the Board. In connection with the 2008 annual meeting of the Company, the Company shall take all actions necessary to provide that the Investor Designees are nominated for re-election to the Board at such annual meeting and the remaining directors shall be nominated in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement and the by-laws of the Company.

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have the right to nominate three directors; (ii) if the Investor Percentage Interest is less than 17.5% but equals or exceeds 7.5% Investor shall have the right to nominate two directors; (iii) if the Investor Percentage Interest is less than 7.5% but the fair market value, as determined by the Board in good faith, of the Voting Securities Beneficially Owned by the Investor Group equals or exceeds $150 million, Investor shall have the right to nominate one director; and (iv) if the Investor Percentage Interest is less than 7.5% and the fair market value, as determined by the Board in good faith, of the Voting Securities Beneficially Owned by the Investor Group is less than $150 million, Investor shall not have the right to nominate any directors. Such nominees shall, subject to Applicable Law, be the Company’s nominees to serve on the Board and the Company shall solicit proxies for them to the same extent as it does for any of its other nominees to the Board. Following the 2008 annual meeting of shareholders of the Company, the remaining directors of the Board shall be nominated in accordance with this Agreement and the provisions of the by-laws of the Company.

(c) Subject to Section 1.1(b), the remaining Investor Designees then in office shall have the right to designate any replacement for an Investor Designee upon the death, resignation, retirement, disqualification or removal from office of such director; provided, that if an Investor Designee is removed for cause by the shareholders, the remaining Investor Designee shall not designate the person who was removed as such replacement Investor Designee.

(d) Until the 2008 annual meeting of shareholders of the Company, (i) the remaining MI Designees then in office shall have the right to designate any replacement for a MI Designee upon the death, resignation, retirement, disqualification or removal from office of such director; provided, that if an MI Designee is removed for cause by the shareholders, the remaining MI Designees shall not designate the person who was removed as such replacement MI Designee and (ii) the Initial Unaffiliated Directors by majority vote or consent of those Initial Unaffiliated Directors then in office shall have the right to designate any replacement for an Initial Unaffiliated Director upon the death, resignation, retirement, disqualification or removal from office of such director; provided, that if an Initial Unaffiliated Director is removed for cause by the shareholders, the remaining Initial Unaffiliated Directors shall not designate the person who was removed as such replacement Initial Unaffiliated Director.

(e) For purposes of constituting the initial Board as of the Closing Date upon consummation of the Transactions, no Investor Designee shall be deemed not to be an Independent Director because of the ownership of Common Stock by Investor or because of the rights of Investor under this Agreement.

(f) Until the Board shall determine otherwise, the regular meetings of the Board shall be held on the third Thursday of each February, April, June, August, October and December.

 

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1.2 Committees.

(a) The Board shall have the following committees: an Audit Committee, a Compensation Committee and a Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee (as such terms are defined in the Company’s by-laws). Each of the foregoing committees shall have three members.

(b) All the members of each of the Audit Committee, Compensation Committee and Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee shall qualify as Independent Directors. To the extent permitted by Applicable Law and the rules of the New York Stock Exchange, at least one member of the Compensation Committee (who shall be the Chairman of the Compensation Committee), Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee and the Audit Committee shall be an Investor Designee.

1.3 Articles of Incorporation and By-laws. The Company and Investor shall take or cause to be taken all lawful action necessary to ensure at all times as of and following the Closing Date that the articles of incorporation and by-laws of the Company are not inconsistent with the provisions of this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby.

1.4 Approval Rights. In addition to any other approval required, during any time that the restrictions of Section 3.1(a) and Section 3.1(b) are in effect, the Company shall not, and shall cause its subsidiaries not to, take any of the following actions without the approval of the Board by Supermajority Vote:

(i) entering into a merger, reorganization, share exchange, consolidation, business combination, recapitalization, liquidation, dissolution or similar transaction involving the Company that if consummated, would result in a Change of Control; provided, however, that for the purposes of this clause (i) of Section 1.4, the words “a majority of” and “all or substantially all of” in the definition of “Change of Control” shall be replaced by the words “twenty percent of”;

(ii) acquiring (including by merger, business combination, reorganization or other similar transaction), in a single transaction or a series of related transactions, any business or assets for consideration having a value (valuing any non-cash consideration at fair market value as determined by the Board in good faith) in excess of $300 million;

(iii) making or committing to make any capital expenditure or series of related capital expenditures in excess of $300 million;

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related transactions, any business or assets for consideration having a value (valuing non-cash consideration at fair market value as determined by the Board in good faith) in excess of $100 million; and

(v) (A) incurring any indebtedness for borrowed money or issuing any debt securities (other than indebtedness or debt securities owed or issued solely between or among the Company and/or one or more wholly owned Subsidiaries), or (B) guaranteeing any indebtedness for borrowed money of any other Person if the amount of such incurred or guaranteed indebtedness exceeds $300 million.

1.5 Venture Capital Qualifying Investment. (a) Investor represents and warrants that Investor Fund is a “venture capital operating company” within the meaning of Department of Labor “plan asset” regulations (“VCOC”). Investor agrees to notify the Company promptly if Investor Fund ceases to be a VCOC or if, in Investor’s good faith judgment, the provisions set forth in Section 1.5(b) are no longer required in order for the ownership of Common Stock to qualify as a venture capital investment within the meaning of Department of Labor “plan asset” regulations.

(b) The Company hereby agrees that, subject to Applicable Law and existing contractual restrictions and provided that Investor Fund executes a confidentiality agreement in form reasonably satisfactory to the Company covering Investor Fund and its representatives which governs the confidentiality and use of any information received by Investor Fund or its representatives from the Company pursuant to this Section 1.5, it shall (i) furnish Investor Fund with such financial and operating data and other information with respect to the business and properties of the Company as the Company prepares and compiles for its directors in the ordinary course and as Investor Fund may from time to time reasonably request, (ii) permit Investor Fund to discuss the affairs, finances and accounts of the Company, and to make proposals and furnish advice with respect thereto, with the principal officers of the Company within thirty days after the end of each fiscal quarter of the Company, and (iii) invite a representative of Investor Fund to attend all meetings of the Board in a nonvoting observer capacity if none of the Investor Designees is a member of the Board and, in this respect, shall give such representative copies of all notices, minutes, consents and other material that it provides to the directors and such representative shall be entitled to participate in discussions of matters brought to the Board. The provisions of this Section 1.5 (b) shall terminate on the earlier of (i) the date of termination of this Article I pursuant to Section 1.6, (ii) the date on which Investor Fund ceases to be a VCOC and (iii) the date on which, in Investor’s good faith judgment, the provisions of this Section 1.5(b) are no longer required in order for the ownership of Common Stock to qualify as a venture capital investment within the meaning of Department of Labor “plan asset” regulations.

1.6 Termination of Article I. Subject to Section 6.1, this Article I (other than Section 1.3) shall terminate and be of no further force or effect on the earlier of (i) the

 

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date on which the Investor Percentage Interest is less than 7.5% and the fair market value, as determined by the Board in good faith, of the Voting Securities Beneficially Owned by the Investor Group is less than $150 million and (ii) the tenth anniversary of the Closing Date.

ARTICLE II

REGISTRATION RIGHTS

2.1 Demand Registrations.

(a) Requests for Registration. At any time following the first anniversary of the Closing Date, Investor may request in writing, on behalf of Investor Group, that the Company effect the registration of all or any part of the Registrable Securities held by Investor Group (a “Registration Request”), provided that, prior to the second anniversary of the Closing Date, the number of shares of Common Stock to be sold by Investor Group pursuant to a Registration Request shall be limited to an amount that will not cause the Investor Percentage Interest to be less than 25%. Promptly after its receipt of any Registration Request, the Company will give written notice of such request to all other Shareholders, and will use its reasonable best efforts to register, in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement, all Registrable Securities that have been requested to be registered in the Registration Request or by any other Shareholders by written notice to the Company given within fifteen Business Days after the date the Company has given such Shareholders notice of the Registration Request. The Company will pay all Registration Expenses incurred in connection with any registration pursuant to this Section 2.1. Any registration requested by Investor pursuant to Section 2.1(a) or 2.1(c) is referred to in this Agreement as a “Demand Registration”.

(b) Limitation on Demand Registrations. Investor will be entitled to initiate no more than four Demand Registrations (including Short-Form Registrations permitted pursuant to Section 2.1(c)). No request for registration will count for the purposes of the limitations in this Section 2.1(b) if (i) Investor determines in good faith to withdraw the proposed registration prior to the effectiveness of the Registration Statement relating to such request due to marketing conditions or regulatory reasons relating to the Company, (ii) the Registration Statement relating to such request is not declared effective within 180 days of the date such Registration Statement is first filed with the Commission (other than solely by reason of Investor having refused to proceed) and Investor withdraws its Registration Request prior to such Registration Statement being declared effective, (iii) prior to the sale of at least 90% of the Registrable Securities included in the applicable registration relating to such request, such registration is adversely affected by any stop order, injunction or other order or requirement of the Commission or other governmental agency or court for any reason and the Company fails to have such stop order, injunction or other order or requirement removed, withdrawn or resolved to Investor’s reasonable satisfaction within thirty days of the date of such order, (iv) more

 

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than 10% of the Registrable Securities requested by Investor to be included in the registration are not so included pursuant to Section 2.1(f), or (v) the conditions to closing specified in the underwriting agreement or purchase agreement entered into in connection with the registration relating to such request are not satisfied (other than as a result of a material default or breach thereunder by Investor). Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company will pay all Registration Expenses in connection with any request for registration pursuant to Section 2.1(a) regardless of whether or not such request counts toward the limitation set forth above.

(c) Short-Form Registrations. The Company will use its reasonable best efforts to qualify for registration on Form S-3 or any comparable or successor form or forms or any similar short-form registration (“Short-Form Registrations”), and, if requested by Investor and available to the Company, such Short-Form Registration will be a “shelf” registration statement providing for the registration of, and the sale on a continuous or delayed basis of the Registrable Securities, pursuant to Rule 415. In no event shall the Company be obligated to effect any shelf registration other than pursuant to a Short-Form Registration. The Company will pay all Registration Expenses incurred in connection with any Short-Form Registration.

(d) Restrictions on Demand Registrations. If the filing, initial effectiveness or continued use of a registration statement, including a shelf registration statement pursuant to Rule 415, with respect to a Demand Registration would (i) require the Company to make a public disclosure of material non-public information, which disclosure in the good faith judgment of the Board (A) would be required to be made in any Registration Statement so that such Registration Statement would not be materially misleading, (B) would not be required to be made at such time but for the filing, effectiveness or continued use of such Registration Statement and (C) would in the good faith judgment of the Board reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on the Company or its business if made at such time, or (ii) would in the good faith and judgment of the Board reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on the Company or its business or on the Company’s ability to effect a planned or proposed acquisition, disposition, financing, reorganization, recapitalization or similar transaction, then the Company may upon giving prompt written notice of such action to the participants in such registration (each of whom hereby agrees to maintain the confidentiality of all information disclosed to such participants) delay the filing or initial effectiveness of, or suspend use of, such Registration Statement, provided, that the Company shall not be permitted to do so (x) more than three times during any twelve-month period or (y) for periods exceeding, in the aggregate, one hundred twenty-five days during any twelve-month period. In the event the Company exercises its rights under the preceding sentence, such Shareholders agree to suspend, promptly upon their receipt of the notice referred to above, their use of any prospectus relating to such registration in connection with any sale or offer to sell Registrable Securities. If the Company so postpones the filing of a prospectus or the effectiveness of a Registration Statement, Investor will be

 

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entitled to withdraw such request and, if such request is withdrawn, such registration request will not count for the purposes of the limitation set forth in Section 2.1(b). The Company will pay all Registration Expenses incurred in connection with any such aborted registration or prospectus.

(e) Selection of Underwriters.

(i) If Investor intends that the Registrable Securities covered by its Registration Request shall be distributed by means of an underwritten offering, Investor will so advise the Company as a part of the Registration Request, and the Company will include such information in the notice sent by the Company to the other Shareholders with respect to such Registration Request. In such event, the lead underwriter to administer the offering will be chosen by Investor subject to the prior written consent, not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed, of the Company.

(ii) If the offering is underwritten, the right of any Shareholder to registration pursuant to this Section 2.1 will be conditioned upon such Shareholder’s participation in such underwriting and the inclusion of such Shareholder’s Registrable Securities in the underwriting, and each such Shareholder will (together with the Company and the other Shareholders distributing their securities through such underwriting) enter into an underwriting agreement in customary form with the underwriter or underwriters selected for such underwriting. If any Shareholder disapproves of the terms of the underwriting, such Shareholder may elect to withdraw therefrom by written notice to the Company, the managing underwriter and Investor.

(f) Priority on Demand Registrations. The Company will not include in any underwritten registration pursuant to this Section 2.1 any securities that are not Registrable Securities, without the prior written consent of Investor. If the managing underwriter advises the Company that in its reasonable opinion the number of Registrable Securities (and, if permitted hereunder, other securities requested to be included in such offering) exceeds the number of securities that can be sold in such offering without adversely affecting the marketability of the offering (including an adverse effect on the per share offering price), the Company will include in such offering only such number of securities that in the reasonable opinion of such underwriters can be sold without adversely affecting the marketability of the offering (including an adverse effect on the per share offering price), which securities will be so included in the following order of priority: (i) first, Registrable Securities of Investor Group and (ii) second, Registrable Securities of any other Shareholders who have delivered written requests for registration pursuant to Section 2.1(a), pro rata on the basis of the aggregate number of Registrable Securities owned by each such Shareholder and (iii) any other securities of the Company that have been requested to be so included, subject to the terms of this Agreement.

 

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(g) Effective Registration Statement. A registration requested pursuant to Section 2.1(a) shall not be deemed to have been effected unless it is declared effective by the Commission and remains effective for the period specified in Section 2.3(b).

2.2 Piggyback Registrations.

(a) Right to Piggyback. Whenever the Company proposes to register any of its securities, other than a registration pursuant to Section 2.1 or a Special Registration, and the registration form to be filed may be used for the registration or qualification for distribution of Registrable Securities, the Company will give prompt written notice (and in any event no later than fifteen Business Days prior to the filing of a Registration Statement with respect to such registration) to all Shareholders of its intention to effect such a registration and, subject to Section 2.2(d), will include in such registration all Registrable Securities with respect to which the Company has received written requests for inclusion therein within ten Business Days after the date of the Company’s notice (a “Piggyback Registration”). Any Shareholder that has made such a written request may withdraw its Registrable Securities from such Piggyback Registration by giving written notice to the Company and the managing underwriter, if any, on or before the tenth Business Day prior to the planned effective date of such Piggyback Registration. The Company may terminate or withdraw any registration under this Section 2.2 prior to the effectiveness of such registration, whether or not any Shareholder has elected to include Registrable Securities in such registration, and except for the obligation to pay Registration Expenses pursuant to Section 2.2(c) the Company will have no liability to any Shareholder in connection with such termination or withdrawal.

(b) Underwritten Registration. If the registration referred to in Section 2.2(a) is proposed to be underwritten, the Company will so advise the Shareholders as a part of the written notice given pursuant to Section 2.2(a). In such event, the right of any Shareholder to registration pursuant to this Section 2.2 will be conditioned upon such Shareholder’s participation in such underwriting and the inclusion of such Shareholder’s Registrable Securities in the underwriting, and each such Shareholder will (together with the Company and the other Shareholders and other holders of securities distributing their securities through such underwriting) enter into an underwriting agreement in customary form with the underwriter or underwriters selected for such underwriting by the Company. If any Shareholder disapproves of the terms of the underwriting, such Shareholder may elect to withdraw therefrom by written notice to the Company, the managing underwriter and Investor.

(c) Piggyback Registration Expenses. The Company will pay all Registration Expenses in connection with any Piggyback Registration, whether or not any registration or prospectus becomes effective or final.

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underwriters advise the Company that in their reasonable opinion the number of securities requested to be included in such registration exceeds the number which can be sold without adversely affecting the marketability of such offering (including an adverse effect on the per share offering price), the Company will include in such registration or prospectus only such number of securities that in the reasonable opinion of such underwriters can be sold without adversely affecting the marketability of the offering (including an adverse effect on the per share offering price), which securities will be so included in the following order of priority: (ifirst, the securities the Company proposes to sell, (iisecond, Registrable Securities of any Shareholders who have requested registration of Registrable Securities pursuant to Sections 2.1 or 2.2, pro rata on the basis of the aggregate number of such securities or shares owned by each such Shareholder and (iiithird, any other securities of the Company that have been requested to be so included, subject to the terms of this Agreement.

2.3 Registration Procedures. Subject to Section 2.1(d), whenever the Shareholders of Registrable Securities have requested that any Registrable Securities be registered pursuant to Sections 2.1 or 2.2 of this Agreement, the Company will use its commercially reasonable efforts to effect the registration and sale of such Registrable Securities as soon as reasonably practicable in accordance with the intended method of disposition thereof and pursuant thereto. The Company shall use its reasonable best efforts to as expeditiously as possible:

(a) prepare and file with the Commission a Registration Statement with respect to such Registrable Securities, make all required filings with the National Association of Securities Dealers and thereafter use its reasonable best efforts to cause such Registration Statement to become effective as soon as reasonably practicable, provided that before filing a Registration Statement or any amendments or supplements thereto, the Company will, in the case of a Demand Registration, furnish to Shareholders’ Counsel copies of all such documents proposed to be filed, which documents will be subject to review of such counsel at the Company’s expense;

(b) prepare and file with the Commission such amendments and supplements to such Registration Statement as may be necessary to keep such Registration Statement effective for a period of either (i) not less than (A) three months, (B) if such Registration Statement relates to an underwritten offering, such longer period as a prospectus is required by law to be delivered in connection with sales of Registrable Securities by an underwriter or dealer or (C) two years in the case of shelf registration statements (or in each case such shorter period ending on the date that the securities covered by such shelf registration statement cease to constitute Registrable Securities) or (ii) such shorter period as will terminate when all of the securities covered by such Registration Statement have been disposed of in accordance with the intended methods of disposition by the seller or sellers thereof set forth in such Registration Statement (but in any event not before the expiration of any longer period required under the Securities Act), and comply

 

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with the provisions of the Securities Act with respect to the disposition of all securities covered by such Registration Statement until such time as all of such securities have been disposed of in accordance with the intended methods of disposition by the seller or sellers thereof set forth in such Registration Statement;

(c) furnish to each seller of Registrable Securities such number of copies, without charge, of such Registration Statement, each amendment and supplement thereto, including each preliminary prospectus, final prospectus, any other prospectus (including any prospectus filed under Rule 424, Rule 430A or Rule 430B under the Securities Act and any “issuer free writing prospectus” as such term is defined under Rule 433 promulgated under the Securities Act), all exhibits and other documents filed therewith and such other documents as such seller may reasonably request including in order to facilitate the disposition of the Registrable Securities owned by such seller;

(d) register or qualify such Registrable Securities under such other securities or blue sky laws of such jurisdictions as any seller reasonably requests and do any and all other acts and things that may be reasonably necessary or reasonably advisable to enable such seller to consummate the disposition in such jurisdictions of the Registrable Securities owned by such seller (provided that the Company will not be required to (i) qualify generally to do business in any jurisdiction where it would not otherwise be required to qualify but for this subsection, (ii) subject itself to taxation in any such jurisdiction or (iii) consent to general service of process in any such jurisdiction);

(e) notify each seller of such Registrable Securities and Shareholders’ Counsel, at any time when a prospectus relating thereto is required to be delivered under the Securities Act, upon discovery that, or upon the discovery of the happening of any event as a result of which, the prospectus contains an untrue statement of a material fact or omits any fact necessary to make the statements therein not misleading in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, and, as soon as reasonably practicable, prepare and furnish to such seller a reasonable number of copies of a supplement or amendment to such prospectus so that, as thereafter delivered to the purchasers of such Registrable Securities, such prospectus will not contain an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any fact necessary to make the statements therein not misleading in the light of the circumstances under which they were made;

(f) notify each seller of any Registrable Securities covered by such Registration Statement and Shareholders’ Counsel (i) when such Registration Statement or the prospectus or any prospectus supplement or post-effective amendment has been filed and, with respect to such Registration Statement or any post-effective amendment, when the same has become effective, (ii) of any request by the Commission for amendments or supplements to such Registration Statement or to amend or to supplement such prospectus or for additional information, and (iii) of the issuance by the Commission of any stop order suspending the effectiveness of such Registration Statement or the initiation of any proceedings for any of such purposes;

 

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(g) cause all such Registrable Securities to be listed on each securities exchange on which similar securities issued by the Company are then listed or, if no similar securities issued by the Company are then listed on any securities exchange, use its reasonable best efforts to cause all such Registrable Securities to be listed on the New York Stock Exchange or the NASDAQ stock market, as determined by the Company;

(h) provide a transfer agent and registrar for all such Registrable Securities not later than the effective date of such Registration Statement;

(i) enter into such customary agreements (including underwriting agreements and, subject to Section 2.7, lock-up agreements in customary form, and including provisions with respect to indemnification and contribution in customary form) and take all such other customary actions as Investor, the selling Shareholders or the underwriters, if any, reasonably request in order to expedite or facilitate the disposition of such Registrable Securities (including, without limitation, making members of senior management of the Company available to participate in “road show” and other customary marketing activities);

(j) make available for inspection by any seller of Registrable Securities and Shareholders’ Counsel, any underwriter participating in any disposition pursuant to such Registration Statement and any attorney, accountant or other agent retained by any such seller or underwriter, all financial and other records, pertinent corporate documents and documents relating to the business of the Company, and cause the Company’s officers, directors, employees and independent accountants to supply all information reasonably requested by any such seller, underwriter, attorney, accountant or agent in connection with such Registration Statement, provided that it shall be a condition to such inspection and receipt of such information that the inspecting Person (i) enter into a confidentiality agreement in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Company and (ii) agree to minimize the disruption to the Company’s business in connection with the foregoing;

(k) timely provide to its security holders earning statements satisfying the provisions of Section 11(a) of the Securities Act and Rule 158 thereunder;

(l) in the event of the issuance of any stop order suspending the effectiveness of a Registration Statement, or of any order suspending or preventing the use of any related prospectus or ceasing trading of any securities included in such Registration Statement for sale in any jurisdiction, use every reasonable effort to promptly obtain the withdrawal of such order;

(m) obtain one or more comfort letters, addressed to the underwriters, if any, dated the effective date of such Registration Statement and the date of the closing under the underwriting agreement for such offering, signed by the Company’s independent public accountants in customary form and covering such matters of the type customarily covered by comfort letters as such underwriters shall reasonably request; and

 

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(n) provide legal opinions of the Company’s counsel, addressed to the underwriters, if any, dated the date of the closing under the underwriting agreement, with respect to the Registration Statement, each amendment and supplement thereto (including the preliminary prospectus) and such other documents relating thereto as the underwriter shall reasonably request in customary form and covering such matters of the type customarily covered by legal opinions of such nature.

As a condition to registering Registrable Securities, the Company may require each Shareholder of Registrable Securities as to which any registration is being effected to furnish the Company with such information regarding such Shareholder and pertinent to the disclosure requirements relating to the registration and the distribution of such securities as the Company may from time to time reasonably request in writing.

2.4 Registration Expenses.

(a) Except as otherwise provided in this Agreement, all expenses incidental to the Company’s performance of or compliance with this Agreement, including, without limitation, all registration and filing fees, fees and expenses of compliance with securities or blue sky laws, word processing, duplicating and printing expenses, messenger and delivery expenses, and fees and disbursements of counsel for the Company and all independent certified public accountants, underwriters and other Persons retained by the Company (all such expenses, “Registration Expenses”), will be borne by the Company. The Company will, in any event, pay its internal expenses (including, without limitation, all salaries and expenses of its officers and employees performing legal or accounting duties), the expenses of any annual audit or quarterly review, the expenses of any liability insurance and the expenses and fees for listing the securities to be registered on each securities exchange on which similar securities issued by the Company are then listed or on the New York Stock Exchange or NASDAQ. All Selling Expenses will be borne by the holders of the securities so registered pro rata on the basis of the amount of proceeds from the sale of their shares so registered.

(b) In connection with each Demand Registration and each Piggyback Registration in which members of Investor Group participate, the Company will reimburse Investor for the reasonable fees and disbursements of one counsel (“Shareholders’ Counsel”).

2.5 Participation in Underwritten Registrations.

(a) No Shareholder may participate in any registration hereunder that is underwritten unless such Shareholder (i) agrees to sell its Registrable Securities on the basis provided in any underwriting arrangements approved by Investor (including, without limitation, pursuant to the terms of any over-allotment or “green shoe” option requested by the managing underwriter(s), provided that no Shareholder will be required to sell more than the number of Registrable Securities that such Shareholder has

 

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requested the Company to include in any registration), (ii) completes and executes all questionnaires, powers of attorney, indemnities, underwriting agreements and other documents reasonably required under the terms of such underwriting arrangements, and (iii) cooperates with the Company’s reasonable requests in connection with such registration or qualification (it being understood that the Company’s failure to perform its obligations hereunder, which failure is caused by such Shareholder’s failure to cooperate with such reasonable requests, will not constitute a breach by the Company of this Agreement). Notwithstanding the foregoing, no Shareholder will be required to agree to any indemnification obligations on the part of such Shareholder that are materially greater than its obligations pursuant to Section 4.1(b).

(b) Each Shareholder that is participating in any registration hereunder agrees that, upon receipt of any notice from the Company of the happening of any event of the kind described in Section 2.3(f), such Shareholder will forthwith discontinue the disposition of its Registrable Securities pursuant to the Registration Statement until such Shareholder receives copies of a supplemented or amended prospectus as contemplated by such Section 2.3(f). In the event the Company gives any such notice, the applicable time period mentioned in Section 2.3(b) during which a Registration Statement is to remain effective will be extended by the number of days during the period from and including the date of the giving of such notice pursuant to this Section 2.5(b) to and including the date when each seller of a Registrable Security covered by such Registration Statement will have received the copies of the supplemented or amended prospectus contemplated by Section 2.3(f).

2.6 Rule 144; Legended Securities; etc.

(a) The Company will use its reasonable best efforts to timely file all reports and other documents required to be filed by it under the Securities Act and the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations adopted by the Commission thereunder (or, if the Company is not required to file such reports, it will, upon the request of any Shareholder, make publicly available such information as necessary to permit sales pursuant to Rule 144), and will take such further action as any Shareholder may reasonably request, all to the extent required from time to time to enable such Shareholder to sell shares of Registrable Securities without registration under the Securities Act within the limitation of the exemptions provided by Rule 144. Upon the request of any Shareholder, the Company will deliver to such Shareholder a written statement as to whether it has complied with such information requirements.

(b) The Company will not issue new certificates for shares of Registrable Securities without a legend restricting further transfer unless (i) such shares have been sold to the public pursuant to an effective Registration Statement under the Securities Act or Rule 144, or (ii) (x) otherwise permitted under the Securities Act, (y) the Shareholder of such shares shall have delivered to the Company an opinion of counsel, which opinion and counsel shall be reasonably satisfactory to the Company, to such effect, and (z) the Shareholder of such shares expressly requests the issuance of such certificates in writing.

 

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2.7 Holdback. In consideration for the Company agreeing to its obligations under this Agreement, each Shareholder agrees in connection with any registration of the Company’s securities (whether or not such Shareholder is participating in such registration) upon the request of the Company and the underwriters managing any underwritten offering of the Company’s securities, not to effect (other than pursuant to such registration) any public sale or distribution of Registrable Securities, including, but not limited to, any sale pursuant to Rule 144 or Rule 144A, or make any short sale of, loan, grant any option for the purchase of, or otherwise dispose of any Registrable Securities, any other equity securities of the Company or any securities convertible into or exchangeable or exercisable for any equity securities of the Company without the prior written consent of the Company or such underwriters, as the case may be, during the Holdback Period, provided that nothing herein will prevent any Shareholder that is a partnership or corporation from making a distribution of Registrable Securities to the partners or shareholders thereof or a transfer to an Affiliate that is otherwise in compliance with applicable securities laws, so long as such distributees agree to be so bound. With respect to such underwritten offering of Registrable Securities covered by a registration pursuant to Sections 2.1 or 2.2, the Company further agrees not to effect (other than pursuant to such registration or pursuant to a Special Registration) any public sale or distribution, or to file any Registration Statement (other than such registration or a Special Registration) covering any, of its equity securities, or any securities convertible into or exchangeable or exercisable for such securities, during the Holdback Period with respect to such underwritten offering, if required by the managing underwriter, provided that notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, the Company’s obligations under this Section 2.7 shall not apply during any twelve-month period for more than an aggregate of ninety days.

ARTICLE III

TRANSFERS; STANDSTILL PROVISIONS; PREEMPTIVE RIGHTS

3.1 Investor Group Transfer Restrictions. (a) Prior to the first anniversary of the Closing Date, no member of Investor Group will, directly or indirectly, sell, transfer, make any short sale of, loan, grant any option for the purchase of or otherwise dispose of any shares of Common Stock (it being understood that transfers of, or other transactions with respect to ownership interests in the Investor Fund or ownership interests in other members of the Investor Group the purpose of which is not to transfer shares of Common Stock shall not be considered to be direct or indirect transfers of shares of Common Stock) except (i) to other members of Investor Group who agree in writing to be bound by the terms of this Agreement, (ii) pursuant to the terms of a Buyout Transaction, (iii) in connection with a bona fide pledge to, or similar arrangement in connection with a bona

 

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fide borrowing from, a financial institution, or (iv) in a transaction approved by a majority of the directors of the Company who qualify as Independent Directors who are not Investor Designees.

(b) Following the first anniversary of the Closing Date and prior to the second anniversary of the Closing Date, no member of Investor Group will, directly or indirectly, sell, transfer, make any short sale of, loan, grant any option for the purchase of or otherwise dispose of any shares of Common Stock (it being understood that transfers of, or other transactions with respect to ownership interests in the Investor Fund or ownership interests in other members of the Investor Group the purpose of which is not to transfer shares of Common Stock shall not be considered to be direct or indirect transfers of shares of Common Stock) except (i) to other members of Investor Group who agree in writing to be bound by the terms of this Agreement, (ii) pursuant to the terms of a Buyout Transaction, (iii) if following the closing of such transfer, the Investor Percentage Interest would not be less than 17.5%, (iv) in connection with a bona fide pledge to, or similar arrangement in connection with a bona fide borrowing from, a financial institution or (v) in a transaction approved by a majority of the directors of the Company who qualify as Independent Directors who are not Investor Designees.

(c) Any transfer or attempted transfer of shares of Common Stock in violation of this Section 3.1 shall, to the fullest extent permitted by law, be null and void ab initio, and the Company shall not, and shall instruct its transfer agent and other third parties not to, record or recognize any such purported transaction on the share register of the Company.

(d) Investor acknowledges that this Section 3.1 may be enforced by the Company at the direction of a majority of the Independent Directors who are not Investor Designees.

(e) This Section 3.1 shall terminate and be of no further force or effect on the second anniversary of the Closing Date, provided that such termination shall not relieve any party of liability for such party’s breach of this Article III prior to such termination.

3.2 Standstill Provisions. (a) Unless specifically requested in writing in advance by the Company’s Board of Directors, Investor will not and will cause each Investor Group member not to (and Investor will not and will cause each Investor Group member not to at any time assist or encourage others to):

(i) acquire or agree, offer, seek or propose to acquire, directly or indirectly, alone or in concert with any other Person, by purchase or otherwise, any (A) ownership of any of the material assets or businesses of the Company or any subsidiary thereof, or any rights or options to acquire such ownership (including from any third party), or (B) ownership, including, but not limited to, beneficial ownership as defined in Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange Act, of any

 

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securities of the Company or any subsidiary thereof, or any rights or options to acquire such ownership (including from any third party), if such ownership would result in an Investor Percentage Interest in excess of 40%;

(ii) solicit proxies (as such terms are defined in Rule 14a-1 under the Exchange Act), whether or not such solicitation is exempt under Rule 14a-2 under the Exchange Act, with respect to any matter from holders of any shares of stock of the Company or any securities convertible into or exchangeable for or exercisable (whether currently or upon the occurrence of any contingency) for the purchase of such stock, or make any communication exempted from the definition of solicitation by Rule 14a-1(l)(2)(iv) under the Exchange Act;

(iii) initiate, or induce or attempt to induce any other Person, entity or group (as defined in Section 13(d)(3) of the Exchange Act) to initiate, any shareholder proposal or tender offer for any securities of the Company or any subsidiary thereof, any change of control of the Company or any subsidiary thereof or the convening of a shareholders’ meeting of the Company or any subsidiary thereof;

(iv) enter into any discussions, negotiations, arrangements or understandings with any other Person with respect to any matter described in the foregoing subparagraphs (i) through (iii);

(v) request the Company (or its directors, officers, employees or agents), directly or indirectly, to amend or waive any provision of this Section 3.2(a); or

(vi) take any action with respect to any of the matters described in this Section 3.2(a) that requires public disclosure.

(b) The provisions of Section 3.2(a) shall not apply in respect of any action taken by the Investor Designees in their capacity as members of the Board.

(c) The provisions of Section 3.2(a) shall terminate on earliest of (i) the two year anniversary of the Closing Date, (ii) the date on which any Investor Designee that Investor is entitled to designate pursuant to Section 1.1(b) is not elected to the Board at any annual meeting of the shareholders of the Company (or at any special meeting held to elect directors in lieu of an annual meeting) and is not otherwise appointed to the Board, and (iii) the date of a Change of Control (the “Standstill Termination Date”). In addition, the provisions of Section 3.2(a) shall not apply at any time after (A) the Board resolves to pursue a Buyout Transaction or a transaction that is contemplated by the Board to result in a Change of Control or (B) the Board approves, recommends or accepts a Buyout Transaction or a transaction that would result in a Change of Control proposed by any Person (other than any Investor Group member); provided, however, that the provisions

 

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of Section 3.2(a) shall again become operative at any time that the Board (1) resolves not to pursue any such transaction described in clause (A) above or (2) rejects or announces that it has withdrawn its recommendation of any such transaction described in clause (B) above.

3.3 Anti-Takeover Provisions. From the date hereof until the Standstill Termination Date, the Company shall take all reasonable actions to ensure that (i) to the extent permissible under Applicable Law, no “fair price,” “moratorium,” “control share acquisition” or other form of antitakeover statute or regulation under Wisconsin law, (ii) no anti-takeover provision in the articles of incorporation or by-laws of the Company or other similar organizational documents of its subsidiaries, and (iii) no shareholder rights plan, “poison pill” or similar measure, in each case that contains restrictions that are different from or in addition to those contained in Sections 3.1 and 3.2 (including with respect to the time periods specified in Section 3.1), is applicable to Investor’s ownership of Common Stock.

3.4 Buyout Transactions. So long as Investor is in compliance with Section 3.1, nothing set forth in Section 3.1 or Section 3.2 shall prohibit Investor from (i) selling or transferring shares of Common Stock pursuant to the terms of a Buyout Transaction, (ii) voting its shares of Common Stock with respect to any Buyout Transaction or (iii) endorsing a Buyout Transaction or any other transaction that would constitute a Change of Control proposed by any Person (other than any member of the Investor Group or any Controlled Affiliate of a member of the Investor Group); provided that, in the case of clause (iii) above, (A) no member of the Investor Group or any Controlled Affiliate of a member of the Investor Group is an Acquiring Person with respect to any such transaction that constitutes a Change of Control, (B) no member of the Investor Group or any Controlled Affiliate of a member of the Investor Group solicits or induces such Person to propose such a transaction and (C) no member of the Investor Group or any Controlled Affiliate of a member of the Investor Group is providing equity or debt financing in connection with such transaction.

3.5 Preemptive Rights.

(a) Sale of New Stock. Until the date on which the Investor’s Investor Percentage Interest is less than 10%, if the Company at any time or from time to time makes a Qualified Equity Offering, Investor shall be afforded the opportunity to acquire from the Company for the same price and on the same terms as such securities are proposed to be offered to others, in the aggregate up to the amount of New Stock required to enable it to maintain its Investor Percentage Interest.

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financial institutions for resale pursuant to Rule 144A, no later than five business days after the initial filing of a registration statement with the Commission with respect to such underwritten public offering or the commencement of marketing with respect to such Rule 144A offering, it shall give Investor written notice of its intention (including, in the case of a registered public offering and to the extent possible, a copy of the prospectus included in the registration statement filed in respect of such offering) describing, to the extent then known, the anticipated amount of securities, range of prices, timing and other material terms of such offering. Investor shall have five business days from the date of receipt of any such notice to notify the Company in writing that it intends to exercise such preemptive purchase rights and as to the amount of New Stock Investor desires to purchase, up to the maximum amount calculated pursuant to Section 3.5(a) (the “Designated Stock”). Such notice shall constitute a non-binding indication of interest of Investor to purchase the Designated Stock so specified at the range of prices and other terms set forth in the Company’s notice to it. The failure to respond during such five Business Day period shall constitute a waiver of the preemptive rights in respect of such offering.

(ii) If the Company proposes to make a Qualified Equity Offering that is not an underwritten public offering or Rule 144A offering (a “Private Placement”), the Company shall give Investor written notice of its intention, describing, to the extent then known, the anticipated amount of securities, price and other material terms upon which the Company proposes to offer the same. Investor shall have five Business Days from the date of receipt of the notice required by the immediately preceding sentence to notify the Company in writing that it intends to exercise such preemptive purchase rights and as to the amount of Designated Stock Investor desires to purchase, up to the maximum amount calculated pursuant to Section 3.5(a). Such notice shall constitute the binding agreement of Investor to purchase the amount of Designated Stock so specified (or a proportionately lesser amount if the amount of New Stock to be offered in such Private Placement is subsequently reduced) upon the price and other terms set forth in the Company’s notice to it. The failure of Investor to respond during the five Business Day period referred to in the second preceding sentence shall constitute a waiver of the preemptive rights in respect of such offering.

(c) Purchase Mechanism.

(i) If Investor exercises its preemptive purchase rights provided in Section 3.5(b)(ii), the closing of the purchase of the New Stock with respect to which such right has been exercised shall be conditioned on the consummation of the Private Placement giving rise to such preemptive purchase rights and shall take place simultaneously with the closing of the Private Placement or on such other date as the Company and the Investor shall agree in writing; provided, that

 

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the actual amount of Designated Stock to be sold to the Investor pursuant to its exercise of preemptive rights hereunder shall be reduced if the aggregate amount of New Stock sold in the Private Placement is reduced and, at the option of the Investor (to be exercised by delivery of written notice to the Company within three Business Days of receipt of notice of such increase), shall be increased if such aggregate amount of New Stock sold in the Private Placement is increased. In connection with its purchase of Designated Stock, Investor shall execute an instrument in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Company containing representations, warranties and agreements of Investor that are customary for private placement transactions.

(ii) If the Investor exercises its preemptive purchase rights provided in Section 3.5(b)(i), the Company shall offer the Investor, if such underwritten public offering or Rule 144A offering is consummated, the Designated Stock (as adjusted to reflect the actual size of such offering when priced) at the same price as the New Stock is offered to the underwriters or initial purchasers and shall provide written notice of such price to Investor as soon as practicable prior to such consummation. Contemporaneously with the execution of any underwriting agreement or purchase agreement entered into between the Company and the underwriters or initial purchasers of such underwritten public offering or Rule 144A offering, Investor shall enter into an instrument in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Company acknowledging Investor’s binding obligation to purchase the Designated Stock to be acquired by it and containing representations, warranties and agreements of Investor that are customary in private placement transactions, and the failure to enter into such an instrument at or prior to such time shall constitute a waiver of the preemptive rights in respect of such offering. Any offers and sales pursuant to this Section 3.5 in the context of a registered public offering shall be also conditioned on reasonably acceptable representations and warranties of the Investor regarding its status as the type of offeree to whom a private sale can be made concurrently with a registered public offering in compliance with applicable securities laws.

(d) Failure of Purchase. In the event the Investor fails to exercise its preemptive purchase rights provided in this Section 3.5 within the applicable five Business Day period or, if so exercised, the Investor does not consummate such purchase within the applicable period, the Company shall thereafter be entitled during the period of 120 days following the conclusion of the applicable period to sell or enter into an agreement (pursuant to which the sale of New Stock covered thereby shall be consummated, if at all, within 60 days from the date of such agreement) to sell the New Stock not purchased pursuant to this Section 3.5 at a price which is at a discount (expressed as a percentage) to the market price of the shares of the Company that does not exceed by more than 5% the discount (expressed as a percentage) to the market price offered in the Qualified Equity Offering giving rise to such preemptive purchase rights

 

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hereunder (if such a discount was so offered). In the event the Company has not sold the New Stock or entered into an agreement to sell the New Stock within said 120 day period, the Company shall not thereafter offer, issue or sell such New Stock without first offering such securities to Investor in the manner provided in this Section 3.5.

(e) The Investor shall not have any rights to participate in the negotiation of the proposed terms of any Private Placement, underwritten public offering or Rule 144A offering.

(f) The Company and the Investor shall cooperate in good faith to facilitate the exercise of the Investor’s preemptive rights hereunder, including securing any required approvals or consents, in a manner that does not jeopardize the timing, marketing, pricing or execution of any offering of the Company’s securities.

ARTICLE IV

INDEMNIFICATION

4.1 Indemnification.

(a) The Company agrees to indemnify and hold harmless each Shareholder, its officers, directors and managers and each Person who is a controlling Person of such Shareholder within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act (each such person being referred to herein as a “Covered Person”) against, and pay and reimburse such Covered Persons for, any losses, claims, damages, liabilities, joint or several, to which such Covered Person may become subject under the Securities Act or otherwise, insofar as such losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions or proceedings, whether commenced or threatened, in respect thereof) arise out of or are based upon (i) any untrue or alleged untrue statement of material fact contained or incorporated by reference in any Registration Statement, prospectus or preliminary prospectus or any amendment thereof or supplement thereto, or any document incorporated by reference therein, or (ii) any omission or alleged omission of a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, and the Company will pay and reimburse such Covered Persons for any legal or any other expenses actually and reasonably incurred by them in connection with investigating, defending or settling any such loss, claim, liability, action or proceeding, provided that the Company shall not be liable to a Covered Person in any such case to the extent that any such loss, claim, damage, liability (or action or proceeding in respect thereof) or expense arises out of or is based upon an untrue statement or alleged untrue statement, or omission or alleged omission, made or incorporated by reference in such Registration Statement, any such prospectus or preliminary prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto, or any document incorporated by reference therein, in reliance upon, and in conformity with, written information prepared and furnished to the Company by such Covered Person expressly for use therein or arises out of or is based on

 

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such Shareholder’s failure to deliver a copy of the Registration Statement or prospectus or any amendments or supplements thereto after the Company has furnished such Shareholder with a sufficient number of copies thereof. In connection with an underwritten offering, the Company, if requested, will indemnify such underwriters, their officers and directors and each Person who controls such underwriters (within the meaning of the Securities Act) to the same extent as provided above with respect to the indemnification of the Covered Persons.

(b) In connection with any Registration Statement in which a Shareholder is participating, each such Shareholder will furnish to the Company in writing such information and affidavits as the Company reasonably requests for use in connection with any such Registration Statement or prospectus and, will indemnify and hold harmless the Company, its directors and officers, each underwriter and any Person who is or might be deemed to be a controlling person of the Company, any of its subsidiaries or any underwriter within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act against any losses, claims, damages, liabilities, joint or several, to which the Company or any such director or officer, any such underwriter or controlling person may become subject under the Securities Act or otherwise, insofar as such losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions or proceedings, whether commenced or threatened, in respect thereof) arise out of or are based upon (i) any untrue or alleged untrue statement of material fact contained in the Registration Statement, prospectus or preliminary prospectus or any amendment thereof or supplement thereto or (ii) any omission or alleged omission of a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, but only to the extent that such untrue statement or omission is made in such Registration Statement, any such prospectus or preliminary prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto in reliance upon and in conformity with written information prepared and furnished to the Company by such Shareholder expressly for use therein, and such Shareholder will reimburse the Company and each such director, officer, underwriter and controlling Person for any legal or any other expenses actually and reasonably incurred by them in connection with investigating, defending or settling any such loss, claim, liability, action or proceeding, provided that the obligation to indemnify and hold harmless will be individual and several to each Shareholder and will be limited to the net amount of proceeds actually received by such Shareholder from the sale of Registrable Securities pursuant to such Registration Statement.

(c) Any Person entitled to indemnification hereunder will (i) give prompt written notice to the indemnifying party of any claim with respect to which it seeks indemnification and (ii) unless in such indemnified party’s reasonable judgment a conflict of interest between such indemnified and indemnifying parties may exist with respect to such claim, permit such indemnifying party to assume the defense of such claim with counsel reasonably satisfactory to the indemnified party. If such defense is assumed, the indemnifying party will not, without the indemnified party’s prior consent,

 

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settle or compromise any action or claim or consent to the entry of any judgment unless such settlement or compromise includes as an unconditional term thereof the release of the indemnified party from all liability, which release shall be reasonably satisfactory to the indemnified party. An indemnifying party who is not entitled to, or elects not to, assume the defense of a claim will not be obligated to pay the fees and expenses of more than one counsel for all parties indemnified by such indemnifying party with respect to such claim, unless in the reasonable judgment of any indemnified party a conflict of interest may exist between such indemnified party and any other of such indemnified parties with respect to such claim.

(d) The indemnification provided for under this Agreement will remain in full force and effect regardless of any investigation made by or on behalf of the indemnified party or any officer, director or controlling Person of such indemnified party and will survive the registration and sale of any securities by any Person entitled to any indemnification hereunder and the expiration or termination of this Agreement.

(e) If the indemnification provided for in Section 4.1(a) or Section 4.1(b) is held by a court of competent jurisdiction to be unavailable to an indemnified party with respect to any loss, liability, claim, damage or expense referred to therein, then the indemnifying party, in lieu of indemnifying such indemnified party thereunder, will contribute to the amount paid or payable by such indemnified party as a result of such loss, liability, claim, damage or expense in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect the relative fault of the indemnifying party on the one hand and of the indemnified party on the other hand in connection with the statements or omissions which resulted in such loss, liability, claim, damage or expense as well as any other relevant equitable considerations. The relevant fault of the indemnifying party and the indemnified party will be determined by reference to, among other things, whether the untrue or alleged untrue statement of a material fact or the omission to state a material fact relates to information supplied by the indemnifying party or by the indemnified party and the parties’ relative intent, knowledge, access to information and opportunity to correct or prevent such statement or omission. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the amount any Shareholder will be obligated to contribute pursuant to this Section 4.1(e) will be limited to an amount equal to the net proceeds to such Shareholder of the Registrable Securities sold pursuant to the Registration Statement which gives rise to such obligation to contribute (less the aggregate amount of any damages which the Shareholder has otherwise been required to pay in respect of such loss, claim, damage, liability or action or any substantially similar loss, claim, damage, liability or action arising from the sale of such Registrable Securities). No person guilty of fraudulent misrepresentation (within the meaning of Section 11(f) of the Securities Act) shall be entitled to contribution from any person who was not guilty of such fraudulent misrepresentation.

 

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ARTICLE V

DEFINITIONS

5.1 Defined Terms. Capitalized terms when used in this Agreement have the following meanings:

Acquiring Person” has the meaning set forth in the definition of Change of Control; provided, however, that for purposes of Section 3.4, an Acquiring Person shall not include any Investor solely by reason of Investor’s taking or agreeing to take any action permitted under Section 3.4.

Affiliate” means, with respect to any Person, (i) any Person directly or indirectly Controlling, Controlled by or under common Control with such Person or (ii) any officer, director, manager, general partner or trustee of any of the foregoing; provided, however, that for purposes of this Agreement the Company and any Person directly or indirectly Controlled by the Company shall not be deemed to be Affiliates of Investor or of the Investor Group.

Agreement” has the meaning set forth in the preamble.

Applicable Law” means all applicable provisions of (i) constitutions, treaties, statutes, laws (including the common law), rules, regulations, ordinances, codes or orders of any Governmental Entity, (ii) any consents or approvals of any Governmental Entity, and (iii) any orders, decisions, injunctions, judgments, awards, decrees of or agreements with any Governmental Entity.

Beneficially Own” with respect to any securities shall mean having “beneficial ownership” of such securities (as determined pursuant to Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange Act), including pursuant to any agreement, arrangement or understanding, whether or not in writing.

Board” has the meaning set forth in Section 1.1(a).

Business Day” means any day on which banks are not required or authorized to close in the City of New York.

Buyout Transaction” means a tender offer, merger, sale of all or substantially all the Company’s assets or any similar transaction, except such a transaction that is proposed by or involves a member of the Investor Group or an Affiliate of any member of the Investor Group and has not been approved by the Board, that offers each holder of Voting Securities (other than, if applicable, the Person proposing such transaction) the opportunity to dispose of Voting Securities Beneficially Owned by each such holder for the same consideration or otherwise contemplates the acquisition of Voting Securities Beneficially Owned by each such holder for the same consideration.

 

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Change of Control” means the consummation of any transaction or series of related transactions involving (i) any purchase or acquisition (whether by way of merger, share exchange, consolidation, business combination or similar transaction or otherwise) by any Person or group (within the meaning of Section 13(d)(3) of the Exchange Act) (such other Person or group, an “Acquiring Person”), of any of (A) securities representing a majority of the outstanding voting power of the Company entitled to elect the Board, (B) the majority of the outstanding shares of common stock of the Company, or (C) all or substantially all of the assets of the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken together as a whole, (ii) any sale, lease, exchange, transfer, license or disposition of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken together as a whole, to an Acquiring Person or (iii) any merger, consolidation or business combination in which the holders of voting securities of the Company immediately prior to the transaction, as a group, do not hold securities representing a majority of the outstanding voting power entitled to elect the board of directors of surviving entity in such merger, consolidation or business combination.

Class A Common Stock” has the meaning set forth in the recitals.

Closing Date” has the meaning set forth in the Investment Agreement.

Commission” means the Securities and Exchange Commission or any other federal agency administering the Securities Act.

Common Stock” means the common stock, par value $0.01 per share, of the Company (i) into which the Class A Common Stock held by the Investor shall automatically convert pursuant to its terms and (ii) purchased by Investor pursuant to the exercise of the Purchase Rights and any securities issued in respect thereof, or in substitution therefor, in connection with any stock split, dividend or combination, or any reclassification, recapitalization, merger, consolidation, exchange or other similar reorganization.

Company” has the meaning set forth in the preamble.

Control” means the power to direct the affairs of a Person by reason of ownership of Voting Securities, by contract or otherwise.

Covered Person” has the meaning set forth in Section 4.1(a).

Demand Registration” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.1(a).

 

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Designated Stock” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.5(b)(i).

Exchange Act” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or any similar federal statute and the rules and regulations thereunder, as in effect from time to time.

Governmental Entity” means any federal, state, local or foreign court, legislative, executive or regulatory authority or agency.

Holdback Period” means, with respect to any registered offering covered by this Agreement, (i) ninety days after and during the ten days before, the effective date of the related Registration Statement or, in the case of a takedown from a shelf registration statement, ninety days after the date of the prospectus supplement filed with the Commission in connection with such takedown and during such prior period (not to exceed ten days) as the Company has given reasonable written notice to the holder of Registrable Securities or (ii) such shorter period as Investor, the Company and the underwriter of such offering, if any, shall agree.

Independent Director” means an individual who, as a member of the Board following the Closing Date, would be independent of the Company under the rules of the New York Stock Exchange, Inc. or such other securities exchange on which the Common Stock is listed.

Initial Unaffiliated Director” has the meaning set forth in Section 1.1(a).

Investment” has the meaning set forth in the recitals.

Investment Agreement” has the meaning set forth in the recitals.

Investor” has the meaning set forth in the preamble.

Investor Affiliate” means an Affiliate of Investor other than any “portfolio company” (as such term is customarily used among institutional investors) of Investor or any Affiliate of Investor.

Investor Cessation Date” has the meaning set forth in Section 6.1.

Investor Designees” has the meaning set forth in Section 1.1(a).

Investor Fund” shall mean Warburg Pincus Private Equity IX, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership, or any Successor Fund that Beneficially Owns Common Stock.

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Investor Percentage Interest” means the percentage of Total Voting Power, determined on the basis of the number of Voting Securities actually outstanding, that is controlled directly or indirectly by Investor Group, including as Beneficially Owned.

Investor Permitted Transferee” means each of (i) Investor Fund, (ii) an Investor Affiliate, (iii) the owners of Investor, including Beneficial Owners of any owners of Investor, in connection with any liquidation of, or a distribution with respect to equity interests owned in, Investor (including but not limited to any distributions by the owners of Investor to their Beneficial Owner) or (iv) any financial institution that acquires shares of Common Stock pursuant to Section 3.1(a)(iii).

MI Corp.” has the meaning set forth in the recitals.

MI Designees” has the meaning set forth in Section 1.1(a).

New Stock” means common stock of the Company or securities convertible into or exchangeable for common stock of the Company offered in a public or nonpublic offering by the Company.

Person” means an individual, a partnership, a joint venture, a corporation, a limited liability company, a trust, an unincorporated organization or a government or department or agency thereof.

Piggyback Registration” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.2(a).

Private Placement” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.5(b)(ii).

Public Offering” means an offering of Common Stock pursuant to a Registration Statement filed in accordance with the Securities Act.

Purchase Rights” has the meaning set forth in the recitals.

Qualified Equity Offering” means a public or nonpublic offering of common stock of the Company or securities convertible into or exchangeable for common stock of the Company (collectively, “New Stock”) solely for cash and not pursuant to a Special Registration; provided, however, that none of the following offerings shall constitute a Qualified Equity Offering: (i) any offering pursuant to any stock purchase plan, stock ownership plan, stock option plan or other similar plan where stock is being issued or offered to a trust, other entity or otherwise, to or for the benefit of any employees, officers, consultants, directors, customers, lenders or vendors of the Company, or (ii) any offering made as part of or in connection with a merger or acquisition, a partnership or joint venture or strategic alliance or investment by the Company or a similar non-capital-raising transaction.

 

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Register,” “registered” and “registration” refers to a registration effected by preparing and filing a Registration Statement in compliance with the Securities Act, and the declaration or ordering of the effectiveness of such Registration Statement, and compliance with applicable state securities laws of such states in which Shareholders notify the Company of their intention to offer Registrable Securities.

Registrable Securities” means (i) all Common Stock, (ii) any other stock or securities that the Shareholders of the Common Stock may be entitled to receive, or will have received pursuant to such Shareholders’ ownership of the Common Stock, in lieu of or in addition to Common Stock, or (iii) any equity securities issued or issuable directly or indirectly with respect to the securities referred to in the foregoing clauses (i) or (ii) by way of conversion or exchange thereof or share dividend or share split or in connection with a combination of shares, recapitalization, reclassification, merger, amalgamation, arrangement, consolidation or other reorganization. As to any particular securities constituting Registrable Securities, such securities will cease to be Registrable Securities when (w) they have been effectively registered or qualified for sale by prospectus filed under the Securities Act and disposed of in accordance with the Registration Statement covering therein, (x) they have been sold to the public pursuant to Rule 144 or Rule 145 or other exemption from registration under the Securities Act or (y) they have been acquired by the Company.

Registration Expenses” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.4(a).

Registration Request” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.1(a). The term Registration Request will also include, where appropriate, a Short-Form Registration request made pursuant to Section 2.1(c).

Registration Statement” means the prospectus and other documents filed with the Commission to effect a registration under the Securities Act.

Rule 144” means Rule 144 under the Securities Act or any successor or similar rule as may be enacted by the Commission from time to time, as in effect from time to time.

Rule 144A” means Rule 144A under the Securities Act or any successor or similar rule as may be enacted by the Commission from time to time, as in effect from time to time.

 

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Rule 145” means Rule 145 under the Securities Act or any successor or similar rule as may be enacted by the Commission from time to time, as in effect from time to time.

Rule 415” means Rule 415 under the Securities Act or any successor or similar rule as may be enacted by the Commission from time to time, as in effect from time to time.

Securities Act” means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or any similar federal statute and the rules and regulations thereunder, as in effect from time to time.

Selling Expenses” means all underwriting discounts, selling commissions and transfer taxes applicable to the sale of Registrable Securities hereunder and any other Registration Expenses required by law to be paid by a selling Shareholder.

Shareholder” means any Investor Permitted Transferee who holds outstanding Registrable Securities and is or becomes a party to this Agreement.

Shareholders’ Counsel” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.4(b).

Short-Form Registrations” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.1(c).

Special Registration” means the registration of (i) equity securities and/or options or other rights in respect thereof solely registered on Form S-4 or Form S-8 (or successor form) or (ii) shares of equity securities and/or options or other rights in respect thereof to be offered to directors, members of management, employees, consultants, customers, lenders or vendors of the Company or its direct or indirect subsidiaries or in connection with dividend reinvestment plans.

Standstill Termination Date” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.2(c).

Successor Fund” means one or more successor funds to the Investor Fund, each of which is Controlled by Warburg Pincus LLC and/or Warburg Pincus & Co. (or a Controlled Affiliate of one of such entities) and is managed by Warburg Pincus LLC or its Affiliates.

Supermajority Vote” means the affirmative vote of at least eight members of the Board.

Total Voting Power” at any time shall mean the total combined voting power in the general election of directors of all the Voting Securities then outstanding.

Transactions” has the meaning set forth in the Investment Agreement.

 

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Voting Securities” means, at any time, shares of any class of equity securities of the Company, which are then entitled to vote generally in the election of directors.

5.2 Terms Generally. The words “hereby”, “herein”, “hereof”, “hereunder” and words of similar import refer to this Agreement as a whole and not merely to the specific section, paragraph or clause in which such word appears. All references herein to Articles and Sections shall be deemed references to Articles and Sections of this Agreement unless the context shall otherwise require. The words “include”, “includes” and “including” shall be deemed to be followed by the phrase “without limitation”. The definitions given for terms in this Article V and elsewhere in this Agreement shall apply equally to both the singular and plural forms of the terms defined. Whenever the context may require, any pronoun shall include the corresponding masculine, feminine and neuter forms. References herein to any agreement or letter (including the Investment Agreement) shall be deemed references to such agreement or letter as it may be amended, restated or otherwise revised from time to time.

ARTICLE VI

MISCELLANEOUS

6.1 Term. This Agreement will be effective as of the date hereof and will continue in effect thereafter until the earliest of (a) its termination by the consent of all parties hereto or their respective successors in interest (with the consent of a majority of Independent Directors who are not Investor Designees), (b) except for those provisions of this Agreement that terminate as of a date specified in such provisions, which provisions shall terminate in accordance with the terms thereof, the date on which Investor Group ceases to hold any shares of Registrable Securities (“Investor Cessation Date”) and (c) the dissolution, liquidation or winding up of the Company.

6.2 No Inconsistent Agreements. The Company will not hereafter enter into any agreement with respect to its securities which is inconsistent with or violates the rights granted to the holders of Registrable Securities in this Agreement or grant any registration rights to any other Person without obtaining the prior approval of Investor.

6.3 Legend.

(a) All certificates representing the shares of Common Stock held by each Shareholder shall bear a legend substantially in the following form:

“THE SECURITIES REPRESENTED BY THIS CERTIFICATE ARE SUBJECT TO A SHAREHOLDERS AGREEMENT (A COPY OF WHICH IS ON FILE WITH THE SECRETARY OF THE COMPANY). NO TRANSFER, SALE, ASSIGNMENT, PLEDGE, HYPOTHECATION OR OTHER DISPOSITION OF THE SECURITIES

 

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REPRESENTED BY THIS CERTIFICATE MAY BE MADE EXCEPT IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS OF SUCH SHAREHOLDERS AGREEMENT AND (A) PURSUANT TO A REGISTRATION STATEMENT EFFECTIVE UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED, OR (B) PURSUANT TO AN EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION THEREUNDER. THE HOLDER OF THIS CERTIFICATE, BY ACCEPTANCE OF THIS CERTIFICATE, AGREES TO BE BOUND BY ALL OF THE PROVISIONS OF SUCH SHAREHOLDERS AGREEMENT.”

(b) Upon the permitted sale of any shares of Common Stock pursuant to (i) an effective Registration Statement under the Securities Act or pursuant to Rule 144 or (ii) another exemption from registration under the Securities Act or upon the termination of this Agreement, the certificates representing such shares of Common Stock shall be replaced, at the expense of the Company, with certificates or instruments not bearing the legends required by this Section 6.3 provided that the Company may condition such replacement of certificates under the foregoing clause (ii) upon the receipt of an opinion of securities counsel reasonably satisfactory to the Company.

6.4 Amendments and Waivers. Except as otherwise provided herein, the provisions of this Agreement may be amended or waived only upon the prior written consent of the Company (to the extent approved by a majority of Independent Directors who are not Investor Designees) and Investor. A copy of each such amendment shall be sent to each Shareholder and shall be binding upon each party hereto, provided that the failure to deliver a copy of such amendment shall not impair or affect the validity of such amendment.

6.5 Successors and Assigns. This Agreement will be binding upon and inure to the benefit of and be enforceable by the Company and its successors and permitted assigns and will be binding upon Investor and its successors and permitted assigns. This Agreement will inure to the benefit of and be enforceable by Investor and solely with respect to Article II and Article IV, any Shareholder who is a permitted assignee hereunder. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no member of Investor Group may assign its rights under this Agreement without the prior written consent of the Company, provided that, subject to Section 3.1, Investor may assign its rights under Article II and Article IV, absent such consent, in connection with a sale, transfer or disposition to any Investor Permitted Transferee who is a Shareholder. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, the Company may assign this Agreement in connection with a merger, reorganization or sale, transfer or contribution of all or substantially all of the assets or shares of the Company to any Person; provided, that such Person expressly or by operation of law or otherwise assumes the due and punctual performance and observance of every covenant, agreement and condition of this Agreement to be performed and observed by the Company.

 

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6.6 Severability. Whenever possible, each provision of this Agreement will be interpreted in such manner as to be effective and valid under Applicable Law, but if any provision of this Agreement is held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any respect under any Applicable Law or rule in any jurisdiction, such invalidity, illegality or unenforceability will not affect any other provision or the effectiveness or validity of any provision in any other jurisdiction, and this Agreement will be reformed, construed and enforced in such jurisdiction as if such invalid, illegal or unenforceable provision had never been contained herein.

6.7 Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed simultaneously in two or more counterparts, any one of which need not contain the signatures of more than one party, but all such counterparts taken together will constitute one and the same Agreement.

6.8 Descriptive Headings. The descriptive headings of this Agreement are inserted for convenience only and do not constitute a part of this Agreement.

6.9 Governing Law. This Agreement will be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Wisconsin regardless of the laws that might otherwise govern under applicable principles or rules of conflicts of law to the extent such principles or rules are not mandatorily applicable by statute and would require the application of the laws of another jurisdiction.

6.10 Consent to Jurisdiction. Each party irrevocably submits to the exclusive jurisdiction of any federal or state court located in the State of Wisconsin, for the purposes of any suit, action or other proceeding arising out of this Agreement or any transaction contemplated hereby (and agrees not to commence any such suit, action or other proceeding except in such courts). Each party further agrees that service of any process, summons, notice or document by U.S. registered mail to such party’s respective address set forth or referred to in Section 6.14 shall be effective service of process for any such suit, action or other proceeding. Each party irrevocably and unconditionally waives any objection to the laying of venue of any such suit, action or other proceeding in the above-named courts, or that any such suit, action or other proceeding brought in any such court has been brought in an inconvenient forum.

6.11 Waiver of Jury Trial. Each party hereby waives, to the fullest extent permitted by Applicable Law, any right it may have to a trial by jury in respect of any suit, action or other proceeding arising out of this Agreement or any transaction contemplated hereby. Each party (a) certifies and acknowledges that no representative, agent or attorney of any other party has represented, expressly or otherwise, that such other party would not, in the event of litigation, seek to enforce the foregoing waiver and (b) acknowledges that it understands and has considered the implications of this waiver and makes this waiver voluntarily, and that it and the other parties have been induced to enter into the Agreement by, among other things, the mutual waivers and certifications in this Section 6.11.

 

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6.12 Enforcement; Attorneys’ Fees. Each party hereto acknowledges that money damages would not be an adequate remedy in the event that any of the covenants or agreements in this Agreement are not performed in accordance with its terms, and it is therefore agreed that in addition to and without limiting any other remedy or right it may have, the non-breaching party will have the right to an injunction, temporary restraining order or other equitable relief in any court of competent jurisdiction enjoining any such breach and enforcing specifically the terms and provisions hereof, provided that no Shareholder will have any right to an injunction to prevent the filing or effectiveness of any Registration Statement of the Company. In any action or proceeding brought to enforce any provision of this Agreement, the successful party shall be entitled to recover reasonable attorneys’ fees in addition to its costs and expenses and other available remedies.

6.13 No Third Party Beneficiaries. Nothing in this Agreement shall confer any rights upon any Person other than the parties hereto and each such party’s respective heirs, successors and permitted assigns, all of whom shall be third party beneficiaries of this Agreement, provided that the Persons indemnified under Article IV are intended third party beneficiaries of Article IV.

6.14 Notices. All notices, requests, demands, waivers and other communications required or permitted to be given under this Agreement shall be in writing and shall be deemed to have been duly given if (a) delivered personally, (b) mailed, certified or registered mail with postage prepaid, (c) sent by reputable overnight courier or (d) sent by fax (provided a confirmation copy is sent by one of the other methods set forth above), as follows (or to such other address as the party entitled to notice shall hereafter designate in accordance with the terms hereof):

If to the Company, to it at:

Metavante Corporation

4900 West Brown Deer Road

Milwaukee, WI 53223-2459

Attention: Frank Martire

                 President and Chief Executive Officer

Facsimile: 414-362-1705

 

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

Metavante Corporation

4900 West Brown Deer Road

Milwaukee, WI 53223-2459

Attention: Norrie Daroga

                    Executive Vice President, Chief Risk Officer

                    and Secretary

Facsimile: 414-362-1705

If to Investor, to it at:

WPM, L.P.

c/o Warburg Pincus Private Equity IX, L.P.

466 Lexington Avenue

New York, New York 10017

Attention: James Neary

Facsimile: 212-878-9351

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

Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz

51 West 52nd Street

New York, New York 10019

Attention: Andrew R. Brownstein

                    Igor Kirman

Facsimile: (212) 403-2000

If to any other Shareholder, to its address set forth on the signature page of such Shareholder to this Agreement with a copy (which shall not constitute notice) to any party so indicated thereon.

All notices and other communications hereunder shall be in writing and shall be deemed duly given (w) on the date of delivery if by personal delivery, (x) upon confirmation of receipt if delivered by facsimile, (y) on the first Business Day following the date of dispatch if delivered by a recognized next-day courier service (z) when received if delivered by certified or registered mail, return receipt requested, postage prepaid.

6.15 Entire Agreement. This Agreement, constitutes the entire agreement and supersedes all prior agreements and understandings, both written and oral, among the parties with respect to the subject matter hereof.

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

 

METAVANTE HOLDING COMPANY  
By:  

 

 
Name:    
Title:    
WPM, L.P.  
By:   WPM GP, LLC, its general partner  
By:  

 

 
Name:    
Title:    

 

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EX-10.04 7 dex1004.htm FORM OF STOCK PURCHASE RIGHT AGREEMENT Form of Stock Purchase Right Agreement

Exhibit 10.04

METAVANTE HOLDING COMPANY

STOCK PURCHASE RIGHT AGREEMENT

Stock Purchase Right Agreement, dated as of [            ], 2007, (as it may be amended from time to time, this “Agreement”) between Metavante Holding Company, a Wisconsin corporation (the “Company”), and WPM, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership (“Investor”).

WHEREAS, pursuant to an Investment Agreement, dated as of April 3, 2007 (the “Investment Agreement”) among the Company, Marshall & Ilsley Corporation, a Wisconsin corporation, Metavante Corporation, a Wisconsin corporation, Montana Merger Sub Inc., a Wisconsin corporation, and Investor, Investor has agreed to acquire, on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in the Investment Agreement, newly issued shares of Class A common stock, par value $0.01 per share, of the Company, which shares shall be converted into shares of common stock, par value $0.01 per share, of the Company (the “Common Shares”); and

WHEREAS, the parties intend that on the terms and subject to the conditions hereof, Investor will own 25% of the Common Shares, on a fully diluted basis, upon consummation of the Share Issuance (as defined in the Investment Agreement) and the purchase of all the Subject Shares, and are entering into this Agreement in furtherance of that connection;

WHEREAS, this Agreement shall be effective as of the Closing Date of the Investment Agreement (the “Effective Time”).

1. Purchase Right Upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in this Agreement, the Company hereby grants to the Investor the right to purchase from the Company (the “Purchase Right”) the Subject Shares at the Purchase Prices; provided, however, that notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement, the total number of Subject Shares that may be purchased under this Agreement shall equal one third of the aggregate number of Common Shares that may be issued under the Subject Employee Options as of immediately following the Distribution, subject to reduction, if any, pursuant to Section 3.1(b) hereof. As of the Effective Time, there are a total of [            ] Subject Shares, and the expiration dates and exercise prices of the Subject Employee Options (in tranches) are as set forth in the attached Schedule I prepared by the Company in good faith.

2. Expiration Date. In no event may the Purchase Right be exercised, in whole or in part, after the earlier of (i) the date that is forty-five days after the Quarterly Notice (as defined herein) is given in respect of the calendar quarter in which all Subject Employee Options expire, (ii) the date that all Subject Shares (as they may have been reduced pursuant to Section 3.1(b)) have been purchased by the Investor or (iii) ten years from the date hereof, unless the Board shall extend the expiration date of any of the Subject Employee Options beyond the end of such ten-year period, in which case the Purchase Right shall be similarly extended (the “Expiration Date”).


3. Exercise of Purchase Right.

3.1. Quarterly Notice and Reduction of Right

(a) No later than the last day of each month following the end of each calendar quarter prior to the Expiration Date, the Company shall give the Investor a notice setting forth the following: (i) the aggregate number of Common Shares issued during such quarter upon the exercise of Subject Employee Options (ii) the aggregate exercise price of such Subject Employee Options for such Common Shares, and (iii) the Subject Employee Options that expired unexercised or were forfeited during such quarter (the “Quarterly Notice”). The Quarterly Notice shall be accompanied by a schedule setting forth, in the form of tranches of the same exercise dates and exercise prices, all unexercised Subject Employee Options as of the end of such quarter.

(b) The Subject Shares shall be automatically reduced by a number equal to one third of the Common Shares issuable (x) under Subject Employee Options that expire unexercised or are forfeited and (y) under Out of the Money Options as provided in Sections 3.2(a) and 3.2(c).

3.2. Method of Exercise.

(a) The Purchase Right shall automatically be deemed exercised to purchase a whole number of Subject Shares equal to one third of the aggregate number of Common Shares issued under the Subject Employee Options during each calendar quarter the exercise prices of which equal or are less than the Fair Market Value as of the date of exercise of the Purchase Right for such Subject Shares (each such Subject Employee Option, an “In-the Money Option”) and for an aggregate Purchase Price equal to one third of the aggregate exercise prices of such In-the-Money Options for such Common Shares, in each case as specified in the Quarterly Notice with respect to such quarter (it being understood that this number shall not be reduced for any such Common Shares that are withheld from employees to pay the exercise price of such Subject Employee Options, or any withholding taxes due, pursuant to net vesting settlement and similar provisions). Such purchase shall take place 45 days following the date the Quarterly Notice is given (or the first business day following such 45th day, if such day is not a business day). Following the Quarterly Notice and prior to such date of purchase, the Investor may deliver to the Company a notice (the “Cash Payment Notice”) electing to pay such Purchase Price by a Cash Payment, in which case the Cash Payment shall be made on the same date the Cash Payment Notice is delivered to the Company. In the event the Cash Payment Notice is not given and/or such payment is not so made with respect to any Quarterly Notice, such Purchase Price shall be paid by the Company withholding from the number of Subject Shares to be delivered to the Investor a number of Subject Shares having an aggregate Fair Market Value, determined as of the close of business on the business day immediately before the date of purchase, equal to such Purchase Price, which date shall also be deemed the date of exercise of the Purchase Right for purposes of determining the In-the Money Options and Out of the Money Options. Any fraction of a Subject Share which would be required to pay such Purchase Price shall be disregarded and the remaining amount due shall be paid in cash by the Investor. Upon the purchase of any Subject Shares pursuant to this Section 3.2(a), the number of Subject Shares remaining shall

 

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be reduced by the number of Subject Shares so purchased. The Subject Shares shall also be reduced by a number equal to one third of the number of Common Shares issued during each calendar quarter pursuant to Out of the Money Options.

(b) In the event the Investor sells, transfers, assigns or otherwise disposes of (whether by operation of law or otherwise) (but only in the event that the Purchase Right is not accelerated under Section 3.2(c) in connection with such event), to a third party that is not an affiliate of the Investor or distributes to its limited partners (collectively, “Transfers”), any of the Common Shares it acquired on the date of the Distribution, but not any Common Shares that it thereafter acquired in excess of such Common Shares, it may exercise the Purchase Right for a whole number of Subject Shares equal to the applicable Acceleration Subject Shares and for a purchase price equal to the related Acceleration Purchase Price, by delivering to the Company an irrevocable exercise notice within 10 days of such sale (the “Acceleration Notice”). The Acceleration Notice shall set forth the number of Common Shares that have been sold by the Investor, the dates of sales thereof, shall certify that such Notice is being given in accordance with Section 3.2(b), and shall specify whether the Investor wishes to pay the Purchase Price by a Cash Payment or through the Company withholding from the Subject Shares to be delivered to the Investor a number of Subject Shares having an aggregate Fair Market Value, determined as of the date the Acceleration Notice is given, equal to the aggregate Acceleration Purchase Price. Within 10 business days of receiving the Acceleration Notice, the Company shall give the Investor notice (the “Acceleration Details Notice”) of the Acceleration Purchase Price applicable to the Acceleration Notice as well as of its calculation of the number of Acceleration Subject Shares being purchased by the Investor pursuant to such Acceleration Notice. In the event that Investor elected to pay the Acceleration Purchase Price in cash, it shall deliver the Acceleration Purchase Price specified in the Acceleration Notice no later than three days following the giving of such Acceleration Details Notice. Upon the purchase of any Acceleration Subject Shares pursuant to this Section 3.2(b), the number of Subject Shares remaining shall be reduced by the number of Acceleration Subject Shares so purchased.

(c) Immediately prior to (i) any event causing the simultaneous acceleration of the vesting, or automatic exercise, of all the Subject Employee Options or (ii) a merger or other business combination involving the Company in which the Common Shares are converted into the right to receive cash in exchange for such Common Shares, the Purchase Right shall automatically be deemed exercised for all Subject Shares then still subject to the Purchase Right. The Purchase Price shall be an amount equal to the related Acceleration Purchase Price. Such Purchase Price shall be paid by the Company withholding from the number of Subject Shares to be delivered to the Investor a number of Subject Shares having an aggregate Fair Market Value, determined as of three business days before the date of such acceleration, equal to such Purchase Price. Any fraction of a Subject Share which would be required to pay such Purchase Price shall be disregarded and the remaining amount due shall be paid in cash by the Investor. The Subject Shares shall be reduced by a number equal to one third of the number of Common Shares subject to Out of the Money Options as of the date of an acceleration pursuant to this Section 3.2(c).

(d) The Purchase Right may be exercised by the Investor solely as and to the extent expressly set forth in this Section 3.2. In no event may the Purchase Right be exercised

 

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after it terminates as set forth in Section 2. No certificate representing a Subject Share shall be delivered until the full purchase price therefore has been paid. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement, the Company shall have no obligation to issue any fraction of a Subject Share under this Agreement, all of which shall be disregarded.

4. Additional Terms and Conditions of Purchase Right.

4.1. Nontransferability of Purchase Right. The Purchase Right is exercisable only by the Investor. The Purchase Right may not be sold, transferred, assigned, pledged, hypothecated, encumbered or otherwise disposed of (whether by operation of law or otherwise) or be subject to execution, attachment or similar process. Any attempt to so sell, transfer, assign, pledge, hypothecate, encumber or otherwise dispose of the Purchase Right, shall be null and void.

4.2. Investment Representation.

(a) The Investor hereby represents and warrants that (a) any Common Shares purchased upon exercise of the Purchase Right will be purchased for investment and not with a view to the distribution thereof within the meaning of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), unless such purchase has been registered under the Securities Act and any applicable state securities laws; (b) any subsequent sale of any such shares shall be made either pursuant to an effective registration statement under the Securities Act and any applicable state securities laws, or pursuant to an exemption from registration under the Securities Act and such state securities laws; and (c) if requested by the Company, the Investor shall submit a written statement, in form reasonably satisfactory to the Company, to the effect that such representation (x) is true and correct as of the date of purchase of any shares hereunder or (y) is true and correct as of the date of any sale of any such shares, as applicable.

(b) All Subject Shares issued under this Agreement shall bear the legend specified in Section 6.3 of the Shareholders Agreement.

4.3. Adjustment. In the event of any adjustment (i) in the Common Shares issuable upon exercise of Subject Employee Options or (ii) the terms of any of the Subject Employee Options, including the exercise prices, in each case including as a result of stock split, stock dividend, recapitalization, reorganization, merger, consolidation, combination, exchange of shares, liquidation, spin-off or other similar change in capitalization or event, the Subject Shares and the terms and conditions thereof (including without limitation the Purchase Price thereof) shall be equitably adjusted by the Board in the same manner as the Subject Employee Options.

4.4. Compliance with Applicable Law. The Purchase Right is subject to the condition that if the listing, registration or qualification of the Subject Shares upon any securities exchange or under any law, or the consent or approval of any governmental body, or the taking of any other action is necessary or reasonably desirable as a condition of, or in connection with, the purchase or delivery of Subject Shares, the Purchase Right may not be exercised, in whole or in part, unless such listing, registration, qualification, consent or approval shall have been effected or obtained. The Company and the Investor agree to use reasonable efforts to effect or obtain any such listing, registration, qualification, consent or approval.

 

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4.5. Delivery of Certificates. Upon the exercise of the Purchase Right, in whole or in part, the Company shall deliver or cause to be delivered one or more certificates representing the number of shares purchased against full payment therefore, subject to Section 4.2(b).

4.6. Purchase Right Confers No Rights as Stockholder. The Investor shall not be entitled to any privileges of ownership with respect to Subject Shares unless and until purchased and delivered upon the exercise of the Purchase Right, in whole or in part, and the Investor becomes a stockholder of record with respect to such delivered shares; and the Investor shall not be considered a stockholder of the Company with respect to any such shares not so purchased and delivered previously.

4.7. Company to Reserve Shares. The Company shall at all times prior to the expiration or termination of the Purchase Right reserve and keep available, either in its treasury or out of its authorized but unissued common shares, the full number of shares subject to the Purchase Right from time to time.

4.8. Shareholders Agreement. Any Subject Shares issued upon exercise of the Purchase Right shall be subject to the provisions of the Shareholders Agreement, and shall be shares of “Common Stock” that are “Beneficially Owned” by Investor for purposes of the Shareholders Agreement; provided, however, that no exercise of the Purchase Right shall in itself constitute a violation of Section 3.2(a) of the Shareholders Agreement. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, such Subject Shares shall be subject to (i) the registration rights provisions of Article II of the Shareholders Agreement, (ii) the transfer restriction provisions of Section 3.1 of the Shareholders Agreement, and (iii) the provisions of Section 6.3.

4.9. Defined Terms. Capitalized terms used in this Agreement have the following meanings:

Acceleration Purchase Price” shall mean with respect to any Acceleration Subject Shares, one third of the aggregate exercise price of the Subject Employee Options to the extent used in determining such Acceleration Subject Shares.

Acceleration Subject Shares shall mean (x) in the case of Section 3.2(b) a number of Subject Shares equal to one third of a percentage of the Reference Common Shares that is equal to the percentage of the Common Shares transferred by the Investor and in respect of which an Acceleration Notice had not been delivered previously, and (y) in the case of Section 3.2(c) a number of Subject Shares equal to one third of all Common Shares subject to then outstanding Subject Employee Options the exercise prices of which equal or are less than the Fair Market Value as of the date of an acceleration pursuant to Section 3.2(c).

Boardshall mean the Board of Directors of the Company, excluding any Investor Designees (as defined in the Shareholders Agreement).

 

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Cash Payment shall mean a wire transfer of immediately available funds to such account as the Company may specify from time to time.

Distribution shall have the meaning ascribed thereto in the Employee Matters Agreement.

Employee Matters Agreement shall mean that certain Employee Matters Agreement, dated as of April             , 2007, between the Company , New MI Corporation, and the other parties thereto

Fair Market Value shall mean the closing transaction price of a Common Share as reported in the New York Stock Exchange Composite Transactions (or the equivalent reporting system for any other national securities exchange on which the Common Shares are primarily listed) on the date as of which such value is being determined or, if there shall be no reported transactions for such date, on the next preceding date for which transactions were reported; provided, however, that if the Common Shares are not listed on any national securities exchange, the Fair Market Value may be determined by the Board by whatever means or method as the Board, in the good faith exercise of its discretion, shall at such time deem appropriate.

MVT Option shall have the meaning ascribed thereto in that Employee Matters Agreement

Out of the Money Options shall mean (x) in the case of Section 3.2(a), Subject Employee Options the exercise prices of which are greater than the Fair Market Value as of the date of exercise of the Purchase Right for such Common Shares, and (y) in the case of Section 3.2(c), Subject Employee Options the exercise prices of which are greater than the Fair Market Value as of the date of an acceleration pursuant to such Section 3.2(c).

Purchase Prices shall mean the purchase prices for which the Investor may purchase Subject Shares hereunder.

Reference Common Shares shall mean, as of any time of determination, the Common Shares subject to those Subject Employee Options (i) that are outstanding, unexercised and vested, (ii) the exercise prices of which equal or are less than the Fair Market Value as of such date, (iii) not previously used in determining the Acceleration Subject Shares in connection with any Acceleration Notice, and (iv) have the earliest grant dates (when compared to other Subject Employee Options that meet the specifications in clause (i) – (iii) immediately above).

Shareholders Agreement shall mean that certain Shareholders Agreement, dated as of [            ], 2007, among the Company, the Investor and any other Shareholders (as defined therein) that become a party thereto., as amended from time to time.

Subject Employee Options shall mean the MVT Options outstanding effective immediately after the Distribution.

Subject Shares shall mean the Common Shares issuable pursuant to Section 3 hereof.

 

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5. Miscellaneous Provisions.

5.1. Successors. This Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the Investor, the Company and the successors and assigns of the Company. The Investor may not assign any of its rights or obligations under this Agreement, whether by operation of law or otherwise. Nothing in this Agreement, express or implied, is intended to or shall confer upon any other person any right, benefit or remedy of any nature whatsoever under or by reason of this Agreement

5.2. Notices. All notices and other communications hereunder shall be in writing and shall be deemed duly given (a) on the date of delivery if delivered personally, (b) upon confirmation of receipt if delivered by telecopy or telefacsimile, (c) on the first business day following the date of dispatch if delivered by a recognized next-day courier service, or (d) on the date received if delivered by registered or certified mail, return receipt requested, postage prepaid. All notices hereunder shall be delivered as set forth below, or pursuant to such other instructions as may be designated in writing by the party to receive such notice:

if to the Company to:

Metavante Holding Company

4900 West Brown Deer Rd.

Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53223

Fax: (414) 362-1705

Attention: Norrie J. Daroga, Esq.

with a copy to:

Quarles & Brady LLP

411 East Wisconsin Avenue

Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53202-4497

Fax: (414) 978-8786

Attention: Patrick M. Ryan, Esq.

if to Investor, to:

WPM, L.P.

c/o Warburg Pincus & Co.

466 Lexington Avenue

New York, New York 10017

Fax: (212) 878-9351

Attention: James Neary

 

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with a copy to:

Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz

51 West 52nd Street

New York, New York 10019

Fax: (212) 403-2000

Attention:    Andrew R. Brownstein, Esq.

Igor Kirman, Esq.

or to such other persons or addresses as may be designated in writing by the party to receive such notice as provided above.

5.3. Governing Law. This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Wisconsin (without giving effect to choice of law principles thereof).

5.4. Consent to Jurisdiction. Each of Investor and the Company irrevocably agrees that any legal action or proceeding with respect to this Agreement, any provision hereof, the breach, performance, validity or invalidity hereof or for recognition and enforcement of any judgment in respect hereof brought by another party hereto or its successors or permitted assigns may be brought and determined in any federal or state court located in the State of Wisconsin, and each of Investor and the Company hereby irrevocably submits with regard to any such action or proceeding for itself and in respect to its property, generally and unconditionally, to the exclusive jurisdiction of the aforesaid courts. Each of Investor and the Company hereby irrevocably waives, and agrees not to assert, by way of motion, as a defense, counterclaim or otherwise, in any action or proceeding with respect to this Agreement, any provision hereof or the breach, performance, enforcement, validity or invalidity hereof, (i) any claim that it is not personally subject to the jurisdiction of the above-named courts for any reason other than the failure to lawfully serve process, (ii) that it or its property is exempt or immune from jurisdiction of any such court or from any legal process commenced in such courts (whether through service of notice, attachment prior to judgment, attachment in aid of execution of judgment, execution of judgment or otherwise) and (iii) to the fullest extent permitted by applicable laws, that (A) the suit, action or proceeding in any such court is brought in an inconvenient forum, (B) the venue of such suit, action or proceeding is improper and (C) this Agreement, or the subject matter hereof, may not be enforced in or by such courts.

5.5. Waiver of Jury Trial. EACH PARTY ACKNOWLEDGES AND AGREES THAT ANY CONTROVERSY WHICH MAY ARISE UNDER THIS AGREEMENT IS LIKELY TO INVOLVE COMPLICATED AND DIFFICULT ISSUES, AND THEREFORE EACH SUCH PARTY HEREBY IRREVOCABLY AND UNCONDITIONALLY WAIVES ANY RIGHT SUCH PARTY MAY HAVE TO A TRIAL BY JURY IN RESPECT OF ANY LITIGATION DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT OR THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY. EACH PARTY CERTIFIES AND ACKNOWLEDGES THAT (a) NO REPRESENTATIVE, AGENT OR ATTORNEY OF ANY OTHER PARTY HAS REPRESENTED, EXPRESSLY OR OTHERWISE, TO IT THAT SUCH OTHER PARTY WOULD NOT, IN THE EVENT OF LITIGATION, SEEK TO ENFORCE THE FOREGOING WAIVER, (b) EACH PARTY UNDERSTANDS AND HAS CONSIDERED THE IMPLICATIONS OF THIS WAIVER, (c)

 

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EACH PARTY MAKES THIS WAIVER VOLUNTARILY AND (d) EACH PARTY HAS BEEN INDUCED TO ENTER INTO THIS AGREEMENT BY, AMONG OTHER THINGS, THE MUTUAL WAIVERS AND CERTIFICATIONS IN THIS SECTION 5.5.

5.6. Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in two counterparts each of which shall be deemed an original and both of which together shall constitute one and the same instrument.

5.7. Descriptive Headings. The descriptive headings of this Agreement are inserted for convenience only and do not constitute a part of this Agreement.

5.8. Amendments and Waivers. The provisions of this Agreement may be amended or waived only upon the prior written consent of the Company (to the extent approved by a majority of Independent Directors who are not Investor Designees, each as defined in the Shareholders Agreement) and Investor .

5.9. Entire Agreement. This Agreement constitutes the entire agreement and supersedes all prior agreements, understandings, representations and warranties, both written and oral, among the parties with respect to the subject matter hereof and thereof.

 

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

 

METAVANTE HOLDING COMPANY
By:     
  Name:
  Title:

 

WPM, L.P.
By:   WPM GP, LLC, its general partner
By:     
  Name:
  Title:

[Signature Page to Stock Purchase Right Agreement]


Schedule I

Option Tranches

 

Expiration Date   Exercise Price   Common Shares
(1)   (2)   (3)

 

(1) To list each expiration date of Subject Employee Options.

 

(2) To list exercise price corresponding to each expiration date.

 

(3) To list number of shares subject to options corresponding to each expiration date.
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