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FORM S-1

EXHIBIT 2.1

EXHIBIT 2.2

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Exhibit 2.2

SEPARATION, DISTRIBUTION AND SALE AGREEMENT
   

dated as of
   
May 20, 2018
   
among   
   

GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY,
   
TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS HOLDINGS INC.,
   
WESTINGHOUSE AIR BRAKE TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION
   

and
   

WABTEC US RAIL, INC.
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   

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ARTICLE 1
DEFINITIONS AND INTERPRETATION
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
ARTICLE 2
THE DIRECT SALE AND SEPARATION
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
ARTICLE 3
THE DISTRIBUTION
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
ARTICLE 4
CERTAIN COVENANTS
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

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ARTICLE 5
INDEMNIFICATION
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
ARTICLE 6
PRESERVATION OF RECORDS; ACCESS TO INFORMATION; CONFIDENTIALITY; PRIVILEGE
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
ARTICLE 7
MISCELLANEOUS
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

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EXHIBITS
   
 
Exhibit A
Form of Employee Matters Agreement
Exhibit B
Form of IP Cross License Agreement
Exhibit C
Form of Trademark License Agreement
Exhibit D
Form of Transition Services Agreement
Exhibit E
Form of Tax Matters Agreement
Exhibit F
Form of R&D Agreement
Exhibit G
Form of India R&D Agreement
Exhibit H
Co-Location Term Sheet
Exhibit I
Digital Term Sheet
   
 
ANNEXES
   
 
Annex A
Tiger Assets
Annex B
Excluded Assets
Annex C
Tiger Liabilities
Annex D
Excluded Liabilities

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SEPARATION, DISTRIBUTION AND SALE AGREEMENT

SEPARATION, DISTRIBUTION AND SALE AGREEMENT (this “Agreement”), dated as of May 20, 2018, is entered into by and among General Electric Company, a New York corporation (the “Company”), Transportation Systems Holdings Inc., a Delaware corporation and a wholly owned Subsidiary of the Company (“SpinCo”), Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies Corporation, a Delaware corporation (“Parent”), and Wabtec US Rail, Inc., a Delaware corporation and a wholly owned Subsidiary of Parent (“Direct Sale Purchaser”).

W I T N E S S E T H :

WHEREAS, the Board of Directors of the Company (together with any duly authorized committee thereof, the “Board”) has determined that it is appropriate, desirable and in the best interests of the Company and its stockholders to separate (the “Separation”) the Tiger Business from the remaining businesses of the Company and its Subsidiaries;

WHEREAS, pursuant to the Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of the date hereof (the “Merger Agreement”), among the Company, SpinCo, Parent and Wabtec US Rail Holdings, Inc., a Delaware corporation and wholly owned Subsidiary of Parent (“Merger Sub”), immediately following the Distribution, Merger Sub will merge with and into SpinCo (the “Merger”) and, in connection with the Merger, SpinCo Common Stock will be converted into the right to receive shares of common stock of Parent, par value $0.01 per share, on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in the Merger Agreement;

WHEREAS, upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in this Agreement and to effect the Separation and the Merger, the Company desires to reorganize the Tiger Business so that, other than with respect to the Direct Sale Assets and Direct Sale Liabilities, it is conducted through SpinCo and its Subsidiaries;

WHEREAS, prior to the Distribution Effective Time, the Company desires to sell the Direct Sale Assets to Direct Sale Purchaser, and to assign to Direct Sale Purchaser all Direct Sale Liabilities, and Direct Sale Purchaser desires to receive the Direct Sale Assets and assume the Direct Sale Liabilities (the “Direct Sale”);

WHEREAS, the Company, Parent and Direct Sale Purchaser intend that, for U.S. federal income tax purposes, the Direct Sale will be treated as a taxable purchase and sale of the Direct Sale Assets;

WHEREAS, in connection with the reorganization of the Tiger Business, the Company desires to assign, transfer, convey and deliver (“Transfer”), or cause the other members of the Company Group to Transfer, to the SpinCo Group all SpinCo Assets, and to assign, or cause the other members of the Company Group to assign, to members of the SpinCo Group all SpinCo Liabilities, and the members of the SpinCo Group desire to receive such SpinCo Assets and assume such SpinCo Liabilities;

WHEREAS, to implement the Separation, following the Internal Reorganization, the Direct Sale and the SpinCo Transfer, and upon the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement and subject to Section 8.07(f) of the Merger Agreement, the Board has determined to either (a) distribute, without consideration, a number of shares of SpinCo Common Stock, as determined by the Board but in no event constituting less than the Distribution Share Minimum or more than the Distribution Share Maximum. to the Company’s stockholders by way of a pro rata dividend (the “One-Step Spin-Off”) or (b) consummate an offer to exchange a number of shares of SpinCo Common Stock as determined by the Board (but no more than the Distribution Share Maximum) for currently outstanding shares of Company Common Stock (the “Exchange Offer”) and, in the event that the number of shares of SpinCo Common Stock for which the Company’s stockholders subscribe in the Exchange Offer is less than the Distribution Share Minimum the Company shall (and in the event the Company’s stockholders subscribe for more than the Distribution Share Minimum but less than the Distribution Share Maximum, the Company may), distribute on the Distribution Date immediately following the consummation of the Exchange Offer, without consideration and pro rata to holders of Company Common Stock, a number of shares of SpinCo Common Stock determined by the Board so that, following such distribution (and taking into account the Exchange Offer), a number of shares of SpinCo Common Stock not less than the Distribution Share Minimum nor more than the Distribution Share Maximum shall have been distributed (the “Clean-Up Spin-Off”);

WHEREAS, the disposition by the Company of SpinCo Common Stock as set forth above to the Company stockholders, whether by way of the One-Step Spin-Off or the Exchange Offer (followed by any Clean-Up Spin-Off, if necessary), is referred to as the “Distribution”;

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WHEREAS, it is a condition to the Merger that, prior to the Merger Effective Time, the Internal Reorganization, the SpinCo Transfer, the Direct Sale and the Distribution shall have been completed;

WHEREAS, the Company and SpinCo intend that, for U.S. federal income Tax purposes, the Internal Reorganization, the SpinCo Transfer and the Distribution will be treated as contemplated by the Tax Matters Agreement and, accordingly, that (a) the SpinCo Transfer and the Distribution, taken together, qualify as a “reorganization” within the meaning of Section 368(a)(1)(D) of the Code and that each of the Company and SpinCo will be a “party to the reorganization” within the meaning of Section 368(b) of the Code and (b) the Distribution, as such, qualifies as (i) a distribution of SpinCo Common Stock to the Company’s stockholders pursuant to Section 355(a) of the Code and (ii) a “qualified stock disposition” within the meaning of Treasury Regulations Section 1.336-1(b)(6) by reason of the application of Treasury Regulations Section 1.336-1(b)(5)(ii), such that an election under Section 336(e) of the Code shall be made with respect to the Distribution; and

WHEREAS, Section 355(e) of the Code is intended to apply to the Distribution by reason of the “acquisition” (within the meaning of Section 355(e) of the Code) of a number of the Company’s Parent Shares as part of a plan (or series of related transactions) as described in Section 355(e) of the Code that includes the Distribution (taken together with the Merger).

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing and the mutual agreements, provisions and covenants contained in this Agreement, the parties hereby agree as follows:

ARTICLE 1
DEFINITIONS AND INTERPRETATION

Section 1.01.   General.  (a) As used in this Agreement, the following terms shall have the following meanings:

Accounting Principles” means the accounting policies, principles, practices and methodologies set forth on Schedule 1.01(a).

Action” has the meaning set forth in the Merger Agreement.

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

Ancillary Agreement” means each of the Employee Matters Agreement, the IP Cross License Agreement, the Trademark License Agreement, the Tax Matters Agreement, the Shareholders Agreement, the R&D Agreement, the India R&D Agreement and the Transition Services Agreement.

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

Assets” means all assets, properties, rights, licenses, Permits, Contracts, Intellectual Property Rights, Software, Data, Technology and causes of action of every kind and description, wherever located, real, personal or mixed, tangible or intangible, whether accrued, contingent or otherwise.

Available Insurance Policies” means the Insurance Policies listed on Schedule ‎2.08.

Business Day” has the meaning set forth in the Merger Agreement.

Closing” has the meaning set forth in the Merger Agreement.

Code” has the meaning set forth in the Merger Agreement.

Company Business” means (i) those businesses, operations and activities (whether or not such businesses, operations or activities are or have been terminated, divested or discontinued) as conducted at any time prior to the Distribution Effective Time by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, other than the Tiger Business and (ii) those entities or businesses acquired or established by or for any member of the Company Group after the Distribution Effective Time.

Company Common Stock” has the meaning set forth in the Merger Agreement.

Company Data/Technology” means all Technology and Data that is owned, licensed or used by any member of the Company Group or Tiger Group or any of their respective Affiliates (other than the Tiger Data/Technology and Technology rights under the Contracts constituting a Tiger Asset), including that Technology and Data set forth on Annex B-10 and those internet protocol addresses allocated to or used by any member of the Company Group or Tiger Group or any of their respective Affiliates as of the Distribution Date.

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Company Designees” shall mean any and all Persons that are designated by the Company and that will be members of the Company Group as of immediately following the Distribution Effective Time.

Company Group” means (i) prior to the Distribution Effective Time, the Company and each Person that will be a Subsidiary of the Company immediately following the Distribution Effective Time and (ii) from and after the Distribution Effective Time, the Company and each Person that is then a Subsidiary of the Company.

Company Indemnitees” means the Company and its Affiliates and its and their respective directors, officers and employees, and each of the heirs, executors, successors and assigns of the foregoing.

Company Intellectual Property” means all Intellectual Property Rights that are owned, licensed or used by any member of the Company Group or Tiger Group or any of their respective Affiliates (other than the Tiger Intellectual Property and Intellectual Property Rights under the Contracts constituting Tiger Assets), including the Intellectual Property Rights set forth on Annex B-10.

Company Names and Marks” means the names or marks owned, licensed or used by the Company, any member of the Company Group or any of their respective Affiliates, including names that use or contain “GENERAL ELECTRIC” (in block letters or otherwise), the General Electric monogram, “General Electric Company” and “GE,” either alone or in combination with other words and all marks, trade dress, logos, monograms, domain names and other source identifiers confusingly similar to or embodying any of the foregoing either alone or in combination with other words. For the avoidance of doubt, Company Names and Marks excludes all Trademarks included on Annex A-7.

Company Software” means all Software that is owned, licensed or used by any member of the Company Group or Tiger Group or any of their respective Affiliates (other than the Tiger Software and Software rights under the Contracts constituting a Tiger Asset), including that Software set forth on Annex B-10.

Company’s Parent Shares” has the meaning set forth in the form of Tax Matters Agreement set forth in Exhibit E.

Confidentiality Agreement” has the meaning set forth in the Merger Agreement.

Consents” means any consents, waivers, notices, reports or other filings to be obtained from or made, including with respect to any Contract, or any registrations, licenses, permits, authorizations to be obtained from, or approvals from, or notification requirements to, any Third Parties, including any Governmental Authority.

Continuing Employee” has the meaning set forth in the Employee Matters Agreement.

Contract” means any contract, subcontract, agreement, option, lease, license, cross license, binding sale or purchase order, commitment or other legally binding instrument, arrangement or understanding of any kind.

Conveyance and Assumption Instruments” means, collectively, such instruments of Transfer or other Contracts, including related local asset transfer agreements or intellectual property assignment agreements, and other documents entered into prior to the Distribution Effective Time and as may be necessary to effect the Transfer of Assets and the assumption of Liabilities in the manner contemplated by this Agreement, or otherwise relating to, arising out of or resulting from the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.

Data” means all data and collections of data, whether machine readable or otherwise, including to the extent applicable the following: financial and business information, including rates and pricing data and information, earnings reports and forecasts, macro-economic reports and forecasts, marketing plans, business and strategic plans, general market evaluations and surveys, budgets, accounting, financing and credit-related information, quality assurance policies, procedures and specifications, customer information and lists, and business and other processes, procedures and policies (including, for example, handbooks and manuals, control procedures, and process descriptions), including any blueprints, diagrams, flow charts, or other charts, user manuals, training manuals, training materials, command media, and documentation, and other financial or business information. For the avoidance of doubt, Data excludes Software and Technology.

Direct Sale Adjustment Amount” means, whether positive or negative, an amount equal to Final Direct Sale Closing Cash minus Final Direct Sale Closing Indebtedness.

Direct Sale Assets” means the Tiger Assets listed or described on Schedule ‎2.01(a).

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Direct Sale Cash Amount” means, whether positive or negative, as of any time, the aggregate amount of cash and cash equivalents held by any Direct Sale Transferred Subsidiary (in each case other than Restricted Cash held by any Direct Sale Transferred Subsidiary), including the amount of any checks and drafts (i) received by any Direct Sale Transferred Subsidiary but not yet deposited and (ii) deposited for the account of any Direct Sale Transferred Subsidiary but not yet cleared as of immediately prior to the consummation of the Direct Sale (but only to the extent actually cleared thereafter); provided that the value of any cash and cash equivalents held in non-U.S. jurisdictions shall be determined in accordance with the Accounting Principles. As used herein, “drafts” shall include both written and electronic fund transfer orders. The Direct Sale Cash Amount will be reduced by an amount equal to any cut but uncashed checks as of immediately prior to the consummation of the Direct Sale (to the extent that such cut but uncashed checks are drawn from bank accounts that are included in the Direct Sale Assets or which obligations otherwise constitute Direct Sale Liabilities).

Direct Sale Indebtedness” means, without duplication, any Indebtedness of any Direct Sale Transferred Subsidiary; provided that Direct Sale Indebtedness shall not include any Liabilities solely between Direct Sale Transferred Subsidiaries.

Direct Sale Liabilities” means the Tiger Liabilities listed or described on Schedule ‎2.01(a).

Direct Sale Transferred Subsidiary” means any Subsidiary of the Company the equity interest of which is Transferred in the Direct Sale to Direct Sale Purchaser.

Disposed Tiger Business” means any business or line of business disposed of or discontinued, or any facility or other real property disposed of, by or on behalf of the Tiger Business prior to the Distribution Date, including under any Contract providing for the sale of any such business, line of business, facility or real property.

Distribution Date” means the date on which the Distribution occurs.

Distribution Effective Time” means the time established by the Board as the effective time of the Distribution on the Distribution Date.

Distribution Share Maximum” has the meaning set forth in the Merger Agreement.

Distribution Share Minimum” has the meaning set forth in the Merger Agreement.

Employee Matters Agreement” means the Employee Matters Agreement to be entered into prior to the Distribution Effective Time by and among the Company, SpinCo, Parent and Direct Sale Purchaser in the form set forth as Exhibit A, which may be supplemented by such exhibits or schedules as may be agreed to by the parties.

Employee Plans” has the meaning set forth in the Employee Matters Agreement.

Environmental Laws” means any Applicable Law relating to protection of the environment or protection of human health and safety, including the use, handling, transportation, treatment, storage, disposal, discharge, Release or threat of Release of, or exposure to Hazardous Materials.

Environmental Permit” means any Permit that is required under any Environmental Law to operate any aspect of the Tiger Business as of the date hereof.

Evaluation Material” has the meaning set forth in the Confidentiality Agreement.

Excess Factored Customer Receivables” means the excess, if any, of (i) the amount of Factored Customer Receivables over (ii) the lesser of (A) $180,000,000 and (B) (1) 60%, multiplied by (2) the Gross Customer Receivables.

Exchange Agent” has the meaning set forth in the Merger Agreement.

Excluded Assets” means any and all of the following Assets that are owned, used or held, at or prior to the Distribution Effective Time, by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries:

(i)subject to Section 2.07, cash and cash equivalents, other than cash and cash equivalents counted in determining the Final Direct Sale Closing Cash and Restricted Cash held by any member of the Tiger Group as of the Distribution Effective Time;

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(ii)all rights to the Company Names and Marks, together with any Contracts granting rights to use the same;
(iii)except as set forth on Annex A-1 or Annex A-2, all of the Company Group’s or Tiger Group’s right, title and interest in owned and leased real property and other interests in real property including all such right, title and interest under each real property lease pursuant to which any of them leases, subleases (as sub-landlord or sub-tenant) or otherwise occupies any such leased real property, including all buildings, structures, improvements, fixtures and appurtenances thereto and rights in respect thereof;
(iv)other than any loans or advances between or among the Company and its Subsidiaries on behalf of the Tiger Business (and not any Company Business), all loans or advances among the Company and any of its Subsidiaries (including, for the avoidance of doubt, advances made in connection with the Trade Payables Program);
(v)any work papers of the Company’s auditors and any other Tax records (including accounting records) of any member of the Company Group (subject to Section 6.01), provided, however, that SpinCo shall in all events be entitled to copies of, and shall be entitled to use, any such books and records to the extent solely related to the Tiger Business, SpinCo or any Direct Sale Transferred Subsidiary;
(vi)the Employee Plans, except to the extent expressly Transferred to, or retained by, the Tiger Group in the Employee Matters Agreement;
(vii)without limiting SpinCo’s rights expressly provided under Section 2.08, all Insurance Policies of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, and all rights of any nature with respect to any Insurance Policy, including any recoveries thereunder and any rights to assert claims seeking any such recoveries;
(viii)for the avoidance of doubt, any Assets held on the date hereof, or acquired after the date hereof, and sold or otherwise disposed of prior to the Distribution Effective Time;
(ix)all rights, claims, causes of action (including counterclaims and rights of set-off) and defenses against Third Parties to the extent relating to any of the Excluded Assets or the Excluded Liabilities as well as any books, records and Privileged Information relating thereto;
(x)except as expressly contemplated pursuant to the Ancillary Agreements, all Company Intellectual Property, Company Software and Company Data/Technology;
(xi)all Assets expressly retained by or Transferred to the Company Group pursuant to the Employee Matters Agreement;
(xii)any Permits, including Environmental Permits, held by any member of the Company Group that are not Related to the Business;
(xiii)all interests of any member of the Company Group under the Transaction Agreements and the Confidentiality Agreement;
(xiv)all personnel and employment records for employees and former employees of any member of the Company Group or the Tiger Group who are not Continuing Employees, except to the extent necessary for the Tiger Group to meet its obligations pursuant to this Agreement or the Employee Matters Agreement;
(xv)any other Assets of any member of the Company Group or the Tiger Group to the extent not Related to the Business, except (x) Tiger Intellectual Property, Tiger Software and Tiger Data/Technology and (y) Assets expressly to be retained by or Transferred to the Tiger Group pursuant to the Employee Matters Agreement;
(xvi)other than (A) any accounts receivable exclusively between or among the Company and its Subsidiaries on behalf of the Tiger Business (and not any Company Business) and (B) any Surviving Intercompany Accounts, any intercompany accounts receivable owing from the Company or any of its Affiliates;

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(xvii)(A) all corporate minute books (and other similar corporate records) and stock records of any member of the Company Group, (B) any books and records relating to the Excluded Assets, (C) any books and records or other materials of or in the possession of any member of the Company Group or the Tiger Group that (x) any of the members of the Company Group are required by Applicable Law to retain, (y) any of the members of the Company Group reasonably believes are necessary to enable the Company Group to prepare and/or file Tax Returns, or (z) any member of the Company Group is prohibited by Applicable Law from delivering to the Tiger Group or Parent (including by Transfer of equity of any member of the Tiger Group), including any books and records, reports, information or other materials that disclose in any manner the contents of any other books and records, reports, information or other materials that any member of the Company Group is prohibited by Applicable Law from delivering to the Tiger Group or Parent (including by Transfer of equity of any member of the Tiger Group) or (D) any copies of any books and records that any member of the Company Group retains pursuant to Section 6.05;
(xviii)(A) all records and reports prepared or received by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries in connection with the disposition of the Tiger Business or the transactions contemplated hereby, including all analyses relating to the Tiger Business or Parent so prepared or received, (B) all confidentiality agreements with prospective purchasers of the Tiger Business or any portion thereof (other than to the extent set forth in clause (xv) of the definition of “Tiger Assets”), and all bids and expressions of interest received from Third Parties with respect to the Tiger Business, and (C) all Privileged materials, documents and records that are not Related to the Business;
(xix)the Factored Customer Receivables; and
(xx)the Assets listed on Annex B-20.

Excluded Liabilities” means all Liabilities of the Company and its Subsidiaries to the extent arising from or related to the Excluded Assets or the Company Business. Without limiting the generality of the forgoing, the Excluded Liabilities shall include the following Liabilities:

(i)any Liability to the extent relating to any Excluded Asset;
(ii)any Liability expressly retained by, or Transferred to, the Company Group pursuant to the Employee Matters Agreement or the Tax Matters Agreement;
(iii)other than (A) intercompany accounts payable exclusively between or among the Company and its Subsidiaries on behalf of the Tiger Business (and not any Company Business) and (B) Surviving Intercompany Accounts, any Liability for any intercompany accounts payable to the Company or any of its Affiliates, which intercompany accounts payable shall (subject to the foregoing exceptions) be extinguished at Closing;
(iv)all Liabilities, whether presently in existence or arising after the date of the Agreement, relating to fees, commissions or expenses owed to any broker, finder, investment banker, accountant, attorney or other intermediary or advisor employed by members of the Company Group or, to the extent the relevant engagement was entered into prior to the Closing, members of the Tiger Group in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or the Transaction Agreements (other than, for the avoidance of doubt, to the extent otherwise provided in the Merger Agreement or any Ancillary Agreement);
(v)all Liabilities to the extent relating to:
(A)the conduct and operation of the Company Business (including, to the extent relating to the Company Business, any Liability relating to, arising out of or resulting from any act or failure to act by any directors, officers, partners, managers, employees or agents of any member of the Company Group (whether or not such act or failure to act is or was within such Person’s authority)); or
(B)any warranty, product liability obligation or claim or similar obligation entered into, created or incurred in the course of the Company Business with respect to its products or services, whether prior to, at or after the Distribution Effective Time;

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(vi)all Liabilities to the extent arising under the allocated portion of any Shared Contract that is assigned to a member of the Company Group in accordance with Section 2.05(c);
(vii)all Liabilities of any member of the Company Group under the Transaction Agreements; and
(viii)all fines or penalties imposed by any Governmental Authority relating to the matter set forth on Annex D-8 to the extent relating to filings made by the Company prior to the Distribution Effective Time.

Factored Customer Receivables” means any Gross Customer Receivables that as of the Distribution Effective Time have been sold to a third party, including any Factoring Entity, subject to a factoring agreement, as determined in a manner consistent with the historical accounting practices of the Tiger Business.

Factoring Entity” means each of General Electric Working Capital Solutions, LLC, Working Capital Solutions Funding LLC and each other Person designated by the Company as a “Factoring Entity” following the date hereof.

Financing” has the meaning set forth in the Merger Agreement.

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

Governmental Authority” has the meaning set forth in the Merger Agreement.

Gross Customer Receivables” means any amounts billed by the Tiger Business to customers for the sale and delivery of goods and services that have not yet been collected as of the Distribution Effective Time, as determined in a manner consistent with the historical accounting practices of the Tiger Business.

Group” means (i) with respect to the Company, the Company Group and (ii) with respect to SpinCo, the Tiger Group, as the context requires.

Hazardous Materials” means any substance, material or waste that is defined or regulated as “hazardous,” “toxic,” “dangerous,” a “pollutant,” a “contaminant” or words of similar effect under any applicable Environmental Law, including asbestos, polychlorinated biphenyls, radioactive materials, petroleum and petroleum by-products and distillates.

Identified Shared Contracts” means the Shared Contracts (i) that are material to the Tiger Business and identified on a Schedule to be delivered by Parent to the Company within 60 days of the date hereof or (ii) with respect to which the parties mutually agree in good faith prior to the Distribution Effective Time to seek separation pursuant to Section 2.05(c).

Indebtedness” means, without duplication, all principal, all accrued and unpaid interest thereon, premiums, penalties, costs incurred in connection with payment or prepayment (such as breakage costs, prepayment or early termination penalties, foreign currency charges or conversion expenses), fees or other amounts owing in respect of: (i) indebtedness for borrowed money or indebtedness issued or incurred in substitution or exchange for indebtedness for borrowed money, (ii) obligations evidenced by mortgages, bonds, notes, debentures or other similar instruments or by letters of credit, solely to the extent drawn as of the relevant date of determination, (iii) obligations as lessee under leases that have been, or should have been, recorded as capital leases in accordance with GAAP (as in effect on the date hereof) and with respect to which the asset being leased is not available to the Tiger Business as of the Distribution Date, (iv) amounts owing as deferred purchase price of, or a contingent payment for, property, including any deferred acquisition purchase price (but excluding any such deferred purchase price or contingent payment in respect of property that is a Tiger Asset as of the Distribution Date or that would have been a Tiger Asset at the time such property was utilized or consumed) and (v) guarantees or other similar obligations (including so called keep-well agreements) with respect to any indebtedness, obligation, claim or liability of any member of the Company Group of a type described in clauses (i) through (iv) above unless the Company agrees to indemnify the guarantor in respect thereof; provided that “Indebtedness” shall not include (x) the items set forth or described on Schedule 1.01(f) or (y) the Transferred Notes.

Indemnifiable Losses” means any and all Liabilities, including damages, losses, deficiencies, obligations, penalties, judgments, settlements, claims, payments, fines and other costs and expenses of any and all Actions, demands, assessments, judgments, settlements and compromises relating thereto and the reasonable costs and expenses of attorneys’, accountants’, consultants’ and other professionals’ fees and expenses incurred in the

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investigation or defense thereof or the enforcement of rights hereunder; provided, however, that in no event shall “Indemnifiable Losses” include (i) punitive damages, except to the extent awarded by a court of competent jurisdiction or arbitral tribunal in connection with a Third-Party Claim, or (ii) consequential, special or indirect damages, including loss of future profits, revenue or income, diminution in value or loss of business reputation or opportunity unless (A) such damages were the reasonably foreseeable result of the action or omission giving rise to such damages or (B) such damages have been awarded by a court of competent jurisdiction or arbitral tribunal in connection with a Third-Party Claim.

Indemnifying Party” means, with respect to any Direct Claim or Third-Party Claim, the party against whom indemnification is being sought pursuant to Article 5.

Indemnitee” means, with respect to any Direct Claim or Third-Party Claim, the Company Indemnitee or SpinCo Indemnitee, as the case may be, that is seeking indemnification pursuant to Article 5.

India R&D Agreement” means the Research & Development Agreement by and between John F. Welch Technology Center (A Division of GE India Industrial Pvt Ltd) and SpinCo, in the form set forth as Exhibit G.

Insurance Policies” means all policies and programs of or agreements for insurance and interests in insurance pools and programs, in each case including self-insurance and insurance from Affiliates.

Insurance Proceeds” means those monies (i) received by an insured from a Third Party insurance carrier or (ii) paid by a Third Party insurance carrier on behalf of an insured, in either case net of any applicable deductible or retention.

Intellectual Property Rights” means all of the following intellectual property and similar rights, title or interest in or arising under the laws of the U.S. or any other jurisdiction: (i) patents, patent applications and patent rights, including any reissue, reexamination, division, extension, provisional, continuation or continuation-in-part, (ii) copyrights, moral rights, mask works rights, database rights and design rights, in each case, other than such rights to Software and Data, whether or not registered, and registrations and applications thereof, and all rights therein provided by international treaties or conventions, (iii) Trademarks and (iv) Trade Secrets. For the avoidance of doubt, for the purposes of this Agreement, Intellectual Property Rights excludes Software and Data.

Intercompany Account” means any receivable, payable or loan between the Company or any of its Subsidiaries on behalf of the Company Business, on the one hand, and the Company or any of its Subsidiaries on behalf of the Tiger Business, on the other hand.

Intercompany Agreement” means any Contract between the Company or any of its Subsidiaries on behalf of the Company Business, on the one hand, and the Company or any of its Subsidiaries on behalf of the Tiger Business, on the other hand, excluding, for the avoidance of doubt, any Contract to which any Third Party is a party.

Internal Reorganization” means the allocation and Transfer of Assets and Liabilities in accordance with the terms of this Agreement and the Step Plan, including by means of the Conveyance and Assumption Instruments, resulting in (i) the SpinCo Group owning and being liable for, as the case may be, the SpinCo Assets and SpinCo Liabilities, and (ii) the Company Group owning and being liable for, as the case may be, the Excluded Assets and Excluded Liabilities (including by Transferring any such Excluded Assets or Excluded Liabilities held by a Direct Sale Transferred Subsidiary to a member of the Company Group) (clauses (i) and (ii), the “Agreed Allocation”).

IP Cross License Agreement” means the Intellectual Property Cross License Agreement to be entered into prior to the Distribution Effective Time by and between the Company and SpinCo, in substantially the form set forth as Exhibit B.

JV Interest” means the equity interests in the JVs held by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries.

JVs” means, collectively, the entities listed on Annex A-14.

Lender Related Parties” has the meaning set forth in the Merger Agreement.

Liabilities” means any liability, debt, guarantee, damage, penalty, fine, assessment, charge, cost, loss, claim, demand, expense, commitment or obligation (whether direct or indirect, known or unknown, absolute or

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contingent, asserted or unasserted, accrued or unaccrued, liquidated or unliquidated, matured or unmatured or due or to become due and whether or not the same would be required by GAAP to be reflected in the financial statements or disclosed in the notes thereto) of every kind and description, including all costs and expenses related thereto.

Merger Effective Time” means the effective time of the Merger in accordance with the terms and conditions set forth in the Merger Agreement.

NYSE” means the New York Stock Exchange.

Parent Commitment Letter” has the meaning set forth in the Merger Agreement.

Parent Financing” has the meaning set forth in the Merger Agreement.

Permit” means all permits, authorizations, licenses, Consents, registrations, concessions, grants, franchises, certificates, identification numbers exemptions, waivers and filings issued or required by any Governmental Authority under Applicable Law.

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

R&D Agreement” means the Research & Development Agreement by and between General Electric Company, acting through its GE Global Research Center, and SpinCo, in the form set forth as Exhibit F.

Record Date” means the time and date to be determined by the Board as the record date for determining the holders of shares of Company Common Stock entitled to receive shares of SpinCo Common Stock in the Distribution, to the extent the Distribution is effected through a One-Step Spin-Off, or in connection with any Clean-Up Spin-Off.

Record Holders” means holders of record of Company Common Stock on the Record Date.

Registrable IP” means, to the extent owned by any member of the Company Group or Tiger Group, patents, patent applications, statutory invention registrations, registered Trademarks, registered service marks, copyright registrations and invention disclosures.

Related to the Business” means (i) other than with respect to Intellectual Property Rights, Software, Technology and Data, used more than 80% in or arising, directly or indirectly, more than 80% out of or related more than 80% to the operation or conduct of the Tiger Business (as conducted by the Company Group and the Tiger Group and the JVs as of the Distribution Date) and (ii) with respect to Intellectual Property Rights, Software, Technology and Data, limited to Tiger Intellectual Property, Tiger Software and Tiger Data/Technology.

Release” means any release, spill, emission, leaking, pumping, pouring, injection, escaping, deposit, disposal, discharge, dispersal, dumping, or leaching of any Hazardous Material through the environment.

Representatives” has the meaning set forth in the Merger Agreement.

Restricted Cash” means, except as set forth on Schedule 1.01(b), cash that is classified as restricted cash in accordance with the Accounting Principles; provided that, with respect to the Tiger Group, any cash that would reasonably be expected to be used by or released to any member of the Tiger Group in connection with the Tiger Business in the 12 months immediately following the Distribution Effective Time shall not be considered “Restricted Cash” for purposes of calculating the SpinCo Cash Amount or the Direct Sale Cash Amount, as applicable, to the extent such used or released cash would not reasonably be expected to be replaced with cash that, based on the same restrictions, is classified as restricted cash in accordance with the Accounting Principles.

SEC” has the meaning set forth in the Merger Agreement.

Shared Contract” means any Contract entered into prior to the Distribution Effective Time to which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is a party that relates to both (i) the Tiger Business and (ii) the Company Business.

Shareholders Agreement” has the meaning set forth in the Merger Agreement.

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Software” means all (i) computer programs, including all software implementation of algorithms, models and methodologies, whether in source code, object code, human readable form or other form and (ii) descriptions, flow charts and other work products used to design, plan, organize and develop any of the foregoing, screens, user interfaces, report formats, firmware, development tools, templates, menus, buttons and icons, in each case (i)-(ii), excluding Data.

SpinCo Adjustment Amount” means, whether positive or negative, an amount equal to (i) Final SpinCo Closing Cash minus (ii) Final SpinCo Closing Indebtedness minus (iii) Final Excess Factored Customer Receivables, if any.

SpinCo Assets” means all Tiger Assets other than the Direct Sale Assets.

SpinCo Cash Amount” means, whether positive or negative, as of any time, the aggregate amount of cash and cash equivalents held by the members of the SpinCo Group (in each case other than Restricted Cash held by any member of the SpinCo Group), including the amount of any checks and drafts (i) received by a member of the SpinCo Group but not yet deposited and (ii) deposited for the account of a member of the SpinCo Group but not yet cleared as of immediately prior to the Distribution Effective Time (but only to the extent actually cleared thereafter); provided that the value of any cash and cash equivalents held in non-U.S. jurisdictions shall be determined in accordance with the Accounting Principles. As used herein, “drafts” shall include both written and electronic fund transfer orders. The SpinCo Cash Amount will be reduced by an amount equal to any cut but uncashed checks as of immediately prior to the Distribution Effective Time (to the extent that such cut but uncashed checks are drawn from bank accounts that are included in the SpinCo Assets or which obligations otherwise constitute SpinCo Liabilities).

SpinCo Common Stock” has the meaning set forth in the Merger Agreement.

SpinCo Designees” means any and all Persons that are designated by SpinCo and that will be members of the SpinCo Group as of immediately following the Distribution Effective Time.

SpinCo Group” means SpinCo and each Person that will be a Subsidiary of SpinCo immediately following the Distribution Effective Time.

SpinCo Indebtedness” means, without duplication, Indebtedness of SpinCo or any member of the SpinCo Group; provided that SpinCo Indebtedness shall not include any Liabilities solely among the members of the SpinCo Group.

SpinCo Indemnitees” means SpinCo and its Affiliates and its and their respective directors, officers and employees, and each of the heirs, executors, successors and assigns of the foregoing.

SpinCo Liabilities” means all Tiger Liabilities other than the Direct Sale Liabilities.

SpinCo Registration Statement” has the meaning set forth in the Merger Agreement.

SpinCo Transfer” means the contribution of the SpinCo Assets pursuant to Section 2.02 by the Company and other members of the Company Group to SpinCo in consideration for the issuance of the SpinCo Common Stock and the assumption of the SpinCo Liabilities pursuant to Section 2.02, in each case, in accordance with the requirements of this Agreement.

Step Plan” means the step plan for the Internal Reorganization provided by the Company to Parent prior to the date hereof, as amended from time to time in accordance with Section 2.13.

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

Surviving Intercompany Account” means any Intercompany Account that (i) expressly arises pursuant to any Transaction Agreement, (ii) is a receivable or payable arising from purchases or sales of products or services in the ordinary course between the Company or any of its Subsidiaries on behalf of the Company Business, on the one hand, and the Company or any of its Subsidiaries on behalf of the Tiger Business, on the other hand (including payables under the Trade Payables Program), or (iii) is set forth on Schedule 1.01(c); provided that, for the avoidance of doubt, the Intercompany Accounts set forth on Schedule 1.01(d) shall not be Surviving Intercompany Accounts.

Surviving Intercompany Agreement” means any Intercompany Agreement that (i) is a Transaction Agreement or (ii) is set forth on Schedule 1.01(e).

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Tax” or “Taxes” has the meaning set forth in the form of Tax Matters Agreement set forth in Exhibit E.

Tax Matters Agreement” means the Tax Matters Agreement to be entered into prior to the Distribution Effective Time by and among the Company, SpinCo, Parent and Direct Sale Purchaser in the form set forth as Exhibit E, which may be supplemented by such exhibits or schedules as may be agreed to by the parties.

Tax Proceeding” has the meaning set forth in the form of Tax Matters Agreement set forth in Exhibit E.

Tax Return” has the meaning set forth in the form of Tax Matters Agreement set forth in Exhibit E.

Tax-Free Status” has the meaning set forth in the form of Tax Matters Agreement set forth in Exhibit E.

Technology” means, collectively, all technology, designs, procedures, models, discoveries, processes, techniques, ideas, know-how, research and development, tools, materials, specifications, processes, inventions (whether patentable or unpatentable and whether or not reduced to practice) apparatus, creations, improvements, works of authorship in any media, confidential, proprietary or non-public information, and other similar materials, and all recordings, graphs, drawings, reports, analyses and other writings, and other tangible embodiments of the foregoing in any form whether or not listed herein, and all related technology, other than Software and Data.

Third Party” means any Person other than the parties hereto or any of their respective Subsidiaries.

Tiger Assets” means, in each case to the extent existing and owned or held immediately prior to the Direct Sale by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, the following Assets, but in each case excluding any Excluded Assets:

(i)all Tiger Owned Real Property, together with all buildings, structures, improvements, fixtures and appurtenances thereto and rights in respect thereof Related to the Business;
(ii)all Tiger Leased Real Property;
(iii)all rights of the Company or its applicable Subsidiary under (A) other than with respect to Intellectual Property Rights, Software and Technology, Contracts Related to the Business (including (x) the real property leases in respect of the Tiger Leased Real Property and (y) any Contract entered into in the name of, or expressly on behalf of, the Tiger Business), except as required by Applicable Law in the case of Contracts relating to labor and employment, and (B) those Intellectual Property Rights, Software and Technology licenses from Third Parties listed on Annex A-3;
(iv)all accounts and other receivables to the extent related to the Tiger Business, other than Factored Customer Receivables;
(v)all expenses to the extent related to the Tiger Business that have been prepaid by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, including lease and rental payments to the extent related to the Tiger Business;
(vi)all rights, claims, credits, causes of action (including counter-claims and rights of set-off) against Third Parties to the extent related to the Tiger Business, including unliquidated rights under manufacturing and vendors’ warranties to the extent related to the Tiger Business;
(vii)all Tiger Intellectual Property, Tiger Software and Tiger Data/Technology;
(viii)all Permits, including Environmental Permits, that are Related to the Business;
(ix)the Tiger Books and Records;
(x)all Assets expressly to be retained by or Transferred to the Tiger Group pursuant to the Employee Matters Agreement;
(xi)all personal property and interests therein, including furniture, furnishings, office equipment, communications equipment, vehicles, and other tangible personal property, in each case Related to the Business (including, in each case, rights, if any, in any of the foregoing purchased subject to any conditional sales or title retention agreement in favor of any other Person);
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(xiii)the shares of common stock or other equity interests in the Subsidiaries of the Company set forth on Annex A-13;
(xiv)the JV Interests;
(xv)the right to enforce the confidentiality or assignment provisions of any confidentiality, non-disclosure or other similar Contracts (including any Contracts with prospective purchasers of the Tiger Business or any portion thereof) to the extent related to confidential information of the Tiger Business;
(xvi)all rights of the Tiger Group under this Agreement or any other Transaction Agreements and the certificates and instruments delivered in connection therewith;
(xvii)all Assets set forth on or reflected in the December 31, 2017 balance sheet included in the Tiger Unaudited Financial Statements (including the notes thereto), as the same may change as a result of the operation of the Tiger Business between the date of such balance sheet and the Distribution Date;
(xviii)Restricted Cash held by any member of the Tiger Group and cash and cash equivalents included in the SpinCo Adjustment Amount;
(xix)Transferred Notes in the amount set forth on Schedule 2.01(a); and
(xx)all other Assets of a type not expressly covered in this definition that are owned by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries and Related to the Business.

Tiger Books and Records” means (i) all corporate or limited liability company minute books and related stock records of the members of the Tiger Group and (ii) all other books, records, files and papers, whether in hard copy or computer format, including invoices, ledgers, correspondence, plats, drawings, photographs, product literature, sales and promotional literature, equipment test records, studies, reports, manufacturing and quality control records and procedures, research and development files, manuals and data, sales and purchase correspondence, distribution lists, customer lists, lists of suppliers, personnel and employment records and accounting and business books, records, files, documentation and materials, in each case that are Related to the Businesses, other than any Tax Returns and other Tax records.

Tiger Business” means (i) the Company’s Transportation business as described in the segment disclosures in the Company’s annual report on Form 10-K filed with the SEC for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2017 and (ii) to the extent included as part of the Company’s Transportation business in the segment reporting in the Company’s annual report on Form 10-K filed with the SEC for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2017, the worldwide business of sourcing, manufacturing, developing, providing and selling transportation products and services for the railroad, mining, marine, stationary power and drilling industries (including (A) freight and passenger locomotives, (B) rail services, (C) high-horsepower, diesel electric locomotives (including digital solutions, electronic controls and related products and services), (D) support advisory services, parts, integrated software solutions and data analytics, (E) software solutions, (F) mining equipment and services, and (G) marine diesel engines and stationary power diesel engines and motors for land and offshore drilling rigs) as conducted by the Company and its Subsidiaries. For the avoidance of doubt, for purposes of determining the Tiger Liabilities the Tiger Business includes each Disposed Tiger Business.

Tiger Data/Technology” means all of the following to the extent owned by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries: (i) all Technology that is Used exclusively by the Company and its Subsidiaries in the Tiger Business and (ii) all Data that is Used exclusively by the Company and its Subsidiaries in the Tiger Business.

Tiger Group” means (i) prior to the Merger Effective Time, SpinCo, each Person that will be a Subsidiary of SpinCo immediately following the Distribution Effective Time and the Direct Sale Transferred Subsidiaries and (ii) from and after the Merger Effective Time, SpinCo and each Person that is a Subsidiary of SpinCo and Direct Sale Purchaser and each Person that is a Subsidiary of Direct Sale Purchaser.

Tiger Intellectual Property” means all of the following to the extent owned by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries: (i) the Registrable IP set forth on Annex A-7, (ii) all other Intellectual Property Rights

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(excluding, for the avoidance of doubt, the Company Names and Marks and Registrable IP) that are Used exclusively in the Tiger Business by any member of the Company Group or Tiger Group and (iii) the right to sue and collect damages for past, present and future infringement, misappropriation, violation or dilution of any of the forgoing.

Tiger Leased Real Property” means the leasehold interests of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries under the real property leases governing the leased real property set forth on Annex A-2.

Tiger Liabilities” means all Liabilities of any member of the Company Group or the Tiger Group to the extent arising from or related to the Tiger Assets or the Tiger Business, as the same shall exist at or after the Distribution Effective Time and irrespective of whether the same shall arise prior to, at or after the Distribution Effective Time. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Tiger Liabilities shall include the following Liabilities:

(i)all Liabilities set forth on or reflected in the December 31, 2017 balance sheet included in the Tiger Unaudited Financial Statements (including the notes thereto), as the same may change as a result of the operation of the Tiger Business between the date of such balance sheet and the Distribution Date;
(ii)all Liabilities under the Surviving Intercompany Accounts, including Liabilities for advances made under the Trade Payables Program;
(iii)all Liabilities arising under Contracts referred to in clause (iii) of the definition of Tiger Assets;
(iv)all Liabilities to the extent Related to the Business (including all Liabilities with respect to the Tiger Assets), whether accruing before, on or after the Distribution Date (whether direct or indirect, known or unknown, absolute or contingent, asserted or unasserted, accrued or unaccrued, liquidated or unliquidated, matured or unmatured or due or to become due as of the Distribution Date);
(v)all Liabilities, whether accruing before, on or after the Distribution Date, (A) (1) under Environmental Laws, including those relating in any way to the environment or natural resources, human health and safety or Hazardous Materials and (2) arising from or relating in any way to the Tiger Assets, the Tiger Business or otherwise to any past, current or future businesses, operations or properties of or associated with the Tiger Assets or the Tiger Business (including any businesses, operations or properties for which a current or future owner or operator of the Tiger Assets or the Tiger Business may be alleged to be responsible as a matter of Applicable Law, contract or otherwise) or (B) relating to the use, application, malfunction, defect, design, operation, performance or suitability of, or actual or alleged presence of Hazardous Materials in, any product or component sold or distributed prior to the Distribution Effective Time by, or service rendered prior to the Distribution Effective Time by or on behalf of, the Company or any of its Subsidiaries (in connection with the Tiger Business or otherwise with any past, current or future businesses, operations or properties of or associated with the Tiger Assets or the Tiger Business) to any Person (including any products or components for which a current or future owner or operator of the Tiger Assets or the Tiger Business may be alleged to be responsible as a matter of Applicable Law, Contract or otherwise);
(vi)all Liabilities expressly Transferred to, or retained by, the Tiger Group pursuant to the Employee Matters Agreement;
(vii)all Liabilities to the extent arising from or related to any Disposed Tiger Business;
(viii)all Liabilities described on Annex C-8;
(ix)any Liability for Taxes expressly Transferred to, or retained by, SpinCo or a SpinCo Designee pursuant to the Tax Matters Agreement;
(x)any warranty, product liability obligation or claim or similar obligation entered into, created or incurred in the course of the Tiger Business with respect to its products or services, whether prior to, at or after the Distribution Effective Time;
(xi)all Liabilities allocated to any member of the Tiger Group under the Transaction Agreements;

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(xii)all Liabilities to the extent arising under the allocated portion of any Shared Contract that is assigned to a member of the Tiger Group in accordance with Section 2.05(c);
(xiii)all Liabilities relating to any Transferred Notes; and
(xiv)all Liabilities to the extent related to (A) SpinCo Indebtedness (to the extent taken into account in the determination of Final SpinCo Closing Indebtedness pursuant to Section 2.10), (B) Direct Sale Indebtedness (to the extent taken into account in the determination of Final Direct Sale Closing Indebtedness pursuant to Section 2.11) or (C) the Financing.

Tiger Owned Real Property” means the real property owned by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries set forth on Annex A-1, together with all fixtures and improvements thereon and all appurtenant rights, privileges and easements relating thereto.

Tiger Software” means, to the extent owned by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, the Software set forth on Annex A-7.

Tiger Unaudited Financial Statements” has the meaning set forth in the Merger Agreement.

Trade Payables Program” means the General Electric Trade Payables Program for the Tiger Business administered by the General Electric Trade Services Program (TPS).

Trade Secrets” means confidential and proprietary information, including rights relating to know-how or trade secrets, including ideas, concepts, methods, techniques, inventions (whether patentable or unpatentable), and other works, whether or not developed or reduced to practice, rights in industrial property, customer, vendor and prospect lists, and all associated information or databases, and other confidential or proprietary information, in each case, other than Software.

Trademark License Agreement” means the General Electric Trademark License Agreement to be entered into prior to the Distribution Effective Time by and between the Company and SpinCo, in substantially the form set forth as Exhibit C.

Trademarks” means trademarks, service marks, trade names, service names, domain names, trade dress, logos and other identifiers of same, including all goodwill associated therewith, and all common law rights, and registrations and applications for registration thereof, all rights therein provided by international treaties or conventions, and all reissues, extensions and renewals of any of the foregoing.

Transaction Agreement” means each of this Agreement, the Merger Agreement, the Ancillary Agreements and all Conveyance and Assumption Instruments.

Transferred Notes” has the meaning set forth on Schedule ‎2.01(a).

Transition Services Agreement” means the Transition Services Agreement to be entered into at or prior to the Distribution Effective Time by and between the Company and SpinCo, substantially in the form set forth in Exhibit D.

Used” means used, practiced, licensed, sublicensed, reproduced, distributed, performed, displayed and otherwise exploited, made, had made, sold, had sold, imported and otherwise provided, and prepared modifications, derivative works or improvements or commercialized or legally disposed of products and services thereunder.

(b)Each of the following terms is defined in the Section set forth opposite such term:
Term
Section
Agreed Allocation
1.01(a)
Agreement
Preamble
Board
Recitals
Claiming Party
‎5.04(b)
Clean-Up Spin-Off
Recitals
Co-Location Term Sheet
‎4.07
Company
Preamble
Company Claim
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Term
Section
Company Released Persons
‎5.01(a)(ii)
Definitive Co-Location Agreement
‎4.07
Definitive Digital Agreement
‎4.07
Digital Term Sheet
‎4.07
Direct Claim
‎5.04(a)(ii)
Direct Sale
Recitals
Direct Sale Deficit Amount
‎2.11(d)
Direct Sale Dispute Notice
‎2.11(b)
Direct Sale Increase Amount
‎2.11(d)
Direct Sale Independent Accounting Firm
‎2.11(c)
Direct Sale Proposed Statement
‎2.11(a)
Direct Sale Purchase Price
‎2.01(d)
Direct Sale Purchaser
Preamble
Direct Sale Unresolved Items
‎2.11(c)
Distribution
Recitals
Distribution Share Maximum
Recitals
Distribution Share Minimum
Recitals
Exchange Offer
Recitals
Final Direct Sale Closing Cash
‎2.11(c)
Final Direct Sale Closing Indebtedness
‎2.11(c)
Final SpinCo Closing Cash
‎2.10(c)
Final SpinCo Closing Indebtedness
‎2.10(c)
Final Excess Factored Customer Receivables
‎2.10(c)
Indemnity Payment
‎5.05(a)
Lender Provisions
‎7.06(a)
Merger
Recitals
Merger Agreement
Recitals
Merger Sub
Recitals
New Corporate Names
‎4.02(d)
One-Step Spin-Off
Recitals
Parent
Preamble
Privilege
‎6.07(a)
Privileged Information
‎6.07(a)
Proposed Direct Sale Closing Cash
‎2.11(a)
Proposed Direct Sale Closing Indebtedness
‎2.11(a)
Proposed Excess Factored Customer Receivables
‎2.10(a)
Proposed SpinCo Closing Cash
‎2.10(a)
Proposed SpinCo Closing Indebtedness
‎2.10(a)
Separation
Recitals
Single Jurisdiction Direct Sale
2.01(d)
SpinCo
Preamble
SpinCo Claim
‎5.02
SpinCo Deficit Amount
‎2.10(d)
SpinCo Dispute Notice
‎2.10(b)
SpinCo Increase Amount
‎2.10(d)
SpinCo Independent Accounting Firm
‎2.10(c)
SpinCo Proposed Statement
‎2.10(a)
SpinCo Unresolved Items
‎2.10(c)
Third-Party Claim
‎5.04(b)
Third-Party Proceeds
‎5.05(a)
Tiger Docketed IP/Data/Technology
‎4.03(a)
Tiger Released Persons
‎5.01(a)(i)
Transfer
Recitals
Unscheduled Registrable IP
‎4.03(a)
   
 

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Section 1.02.   Other Definitional and Interpretative Provisions.  The words “hereof”, “herein” and “hereunder” and words of like import used in this Agreement shall refer to this Agreement as a whole and not to any particular provision of this Agreement. The captions herein are included for convenience of reference only and shall be ignored in the construction or interpretation hereof. References to Articles, Sections, Exhibits, Annexes and Schedules are to Articles, Sections, Exhibits, Annexes and Schedules of this Agreement unless otherwise specified. All Exhibits, Annexes and Schedules annexed hereto or referred to herein are hereby incorporated in and made a part of this Agreement as if set forth in full herein. Any capitalized terms used in any Exhibit, Annex or Schedule but not otherwise defined therein, shall have the meaning as defined in this Agreement. Any singular term in this Agreement shall be deemed to include the plural, and any plural term the singular. Whenever the words “include”, “includes” or “including” are used in this Agreement, they shall be deemed to be followed by the words “without limitation”, whether or not they are in fact followed by those words or words of like import. “Writing”, “written” and comparable terms refer to printing, typing and other means of reproducing words (including electronic media) in a visible form. References to any statute, law or regulation shall be deemed to refer to such statute, law or regulation as amended from time to time and to any rules or regulations promulgated thereunder. References to any Contract are to that Contract as amended, modified or supplemented from time to time in accordance with the terms hereof and thereof. References to any Person include the successors and permitted assigns of that Person. References from or through any date mean, unless otherwise specified, from and including or through and including, respectively. The word “extent” in the phrase “to the extent” shall mean the degree to which a subject or other theory extends and such phrase shall not mean “if”. The parties have participated jointly in the negotiation and drafting of this Agreement and, in the event an ambiguity or question of intent or interpretation arises, this Agreement shall be construed as jointly drafted by the parties and no presumption or burden of proof shall arise favoring or disfavoring any party by virtue of the authorship of any provision of this Agreement. The terms “or”, “any” and “either” are not exclusive, except to the extent expressly provided otherwise.

ARTICLE 2
THE DIRECT SALE AND SEPARATION

Section 2.01.   Restructuring; Direct Sale.  (a) Internal Reorganization. At or prior to the consummation of the Direct Sale, to the extent not already completed, each of the Company and SpinCo shall, and shall cause their respective Subsidiaries to, take such steps (which may include Transfers of shares or other equity interests, formation of new entities or declarations of dividends) as may be required to effect the Internal Reorganization in accordance with the terms of this Agreement.

(b)Transfer of Direct Sale Assets.  Upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in this Agreement, on the Distribution Date (immediately prior to the completion of the transactions contemplated by Section 2.02), the Company shall, and shall cause the applicable members of the Company Group to, Transfer to Direct Sale Purchaser, and Direct Sale Purchaser shall accept, or shall cause one or more of its Subsidiaries to accept, from the Company and the applicable members of the Company Group, all of the Company’s and each such Company Group member’s respective right, title and interest in and to all Direct Sale Assets held by the Company or a member of the Company Group (it being understood that if any Direct Sale Asset shall be held by a Person all of the outstanding equity interests of which is included in the Direct Sale Assets to be Transferred pursuant to this Section 2.01(b), such Direct Sale Asset may be considered to be so Transferred to Direct Sale Purchaser (or its applicable Subsidiary) as a result of the Transfer of all of the equity interests in such Person from the Company or the applicable member(s) of the Company Group to Direct Sale Purchaser (or its applicable Subsidiary)). Parent hereby covenants and agrees that (i) Direct Sale Purchaser shall not be a direct or indirect Subsidiary of Merger Sub and (ii) Merger Sub shall not be a direct or indirect Subsidiary of Direct Sale Purchaser.
(c)Assumption of Direct Sale Liabilities.  Upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in this Agreement, on the Distribution Date (immediately prior to the completion of the transactions contemplated by Section 2.02), the Company shall, or shall cause another member of the Company Group to, Transfer to Direct Sale Purchaser, and Direct Sale Purchaser shall (or shall cause one or more of its Subsidiaries to) accept, assume and perform, discharge and fulfill, in accordance with their respective terms, all of the Direct Sale Liabilities, in each case regardless of (i) when or where such Liabilities arose or arise, (ii) where or against whom such Liabilities are asserted or determined, (iii) whether such Liabilities arise from or are alleged to arise from negligence, gross negligence,

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recklessness, violation of Applicable Law, willful misconduct, bad faith, fraud or misrepresentation by any member of the Company Group or the Tiger Group, as the case may be, or any of their past or present respective directors, officers, employees, or agents, (iv) which Person is named in any Action associated with any Liability and (v) whether the facts on which such Liabilities are based occurred prior to, on or after the date hereof.

(d)Direct Sale Purchase Price.  The purchase price for the Direct Sale Assets to be purchased hereunder is $2.9 billion (the “Direct Sale Purchase Price”). On the Distribution Date, Direct Sale Purchaser shall pay the Direct Sale Purchase Price to the Company or one or more members of the Company Group designated by the Company, by wire transfer of immediately available funds to such bank account or accounts as per written instructions of the Company given to Parent at least two Business Days prior to the Distribution Date. Notwithstanding any provision contained herein to the contrary, each of Parent and Direct Sale Purchaser shall be entitled to deduct and withhold from the consideration otherwise payable to any Person pursuant to this Section 2.01(d) (and any post-Distribution Date payment made with respect to the sale of the Direct Sale Assets, including any payment made pursuant to Section 2.11(d)) such amounts as it is required to deduct and withhold with respect to the making of such payment under any provision of Applicable Law. Any such deductions or withholdings with respect to the purchase and sale of a Direct Sale Asset in the Direct Sale in which the member of the Company Group that sold the Direct Sale Asset and the member of the Parent Group that purchased the Direct Sale Asset are both resident for Tax purposes in the same jurisdiction (a “Single Jurisdiction Direct Sale”) shall be treated for all purposes of this Agreement as having been paid to the member of the Company Group in respect of which such deduction or withholding was made. With respect to the purchase and sale of any Direct Sale Asset, other than a Single Jurisdiction Direct Sale, in respect of which withholding or deductions are required under Applicable Law, Parent shall cause the applicable member of the Parent Group to pay to the applicable member of the Company Group an additional amount so that the member of the Company Group receives, after such deduction or withholding (including any deduction or withholding on payments required by this sentence) the same amount it would have received had such purchase and sale been a Single Jurisdiction Direct Sale (for the avoidance of doubt, determined by reference to the jurisdiction in which the member of the Company Group is tax resident). In the event that Parent or Direct Sale Purchaser determines that any such deduction or withholding is required, then Parent or Direct Sale Purchaser, as relevant, shall notify the Company as promptly as practicable and work in good faith with the Company to mitigate such deduction or withholding, including by accepting any Tax forms, certifications or other documentation provided by the Company to eliminate or reduce such deduction or withholding if and to the extent consistent with Applicable Law.

Section 2.02.   Transfer of Assets; Assumption of Liabilities.  (a) Transfer of Assets and Assumption of Liabilities. Except as otherwise expressly provided in this Agreement or in any Ancillary Agreement, and except to the extent previously effected pursuant to the Internal Reorganization, upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in this Agreement, effective as of immediately prior to the Distribution Effective Time and immediately following the transactions contemplated by Section 2.01:

(i)Transfer of SpinCo Assets.  The Company shall, and shall cause the applicable members of the Company Group to, Transfer to SpinCo or the applicable SpinCo Designees, and SpinCo or such SpinCo Designees shall accept from the Company and the applicable members of the Company Group, all of the Company’s and each such Company Group member’s respective right, title and interest in and to all SpinCo Assets held by the Company or a member of the Company Group (it being understood that if any SpinCo Asset shall be held by a Person all of the outstanding equity interests of which is included in the SpinCo Assets to be Transferred pursuant to this Section 2.02(a)(i), such SpinCo Asset may be considered to be so Transferred to SpinCo or the applicable SpinCo Designee as a result of the Transfer of all of the equity interests in such Person from the Company or the applicable member(s) of the Company Group to SpinCo or the applicable SpinCo Designee).
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Group, all of SpinCo’s and such SpinCo Group member’s respective right, title and interest in and to all Excluded Assets held by SpinCo or a member of the SpinCo Group (it being understood that if any Excluded Asset shall be held by a Person all of the outstanding equity interests of which is included in the Excluded Assets to be Transferred pursuant to this Section 2.02(a)(ii), such Excluded Asset may be considered to be so Transferred to the Company as a result of the Transfer of all of the equity interests in such Person from SpinCo or the applicable member(s) of the SpinCo Group to the Company or the applicable Company Designee).

(iii)Assumption of Liabilities.  (A) The Company shall, or shall cause another member of the Company Group to, Transfer to SpinCo or the applicable SpinCo Designees, and SpinCo shall, or shall cause another member of the SpinCo Group to, accept, assume (or, as applicable, retain) and perform, discharge and fulfill, in accordance with their respective terms, all of the SpinCo Liabilities and (B) SpinCo shall, or shall cause another member of the SpinCo Group to, Transfer to the Company or the applicable Company Designees, and the Company shall, or shall cause another member of the Company Group to, assume all of the Excluded Liabilities, in each case regardless of (1) when or where such Liabilities arose or arise, (2) where or against whom such Liabilities are asserted or determined, (3) whether such Liabilities arise from or are alleged to arise from negligence, gross negligence, recklessness, violation of Applicable Law, willful misconduct, bad faith, fraud or misrepresentation by any member of the Company Group or the SpinCo Group, as the case may be, or any of their past or present respective directors, officers, employees, or agents, (4) which Person is named in any Action associated with any Liability and (5) whether the facts on which such Liabilities are based occurred prior to, on or after the date hereof.
(b)In the event of any inconsistency or conflict that may arise in the application or interpretation of the definitions of “Tiger Assets”, “Excluded Assets”, “Tiger Liabilities” and “Excluded Liabilities”, (i) the explicit inclusion of an item on any Annex referred to in any such definition shall take priority over any textual provision of either definition that would otherwise operate to include or exclude such Asset or Liability, as the case may be, from the applicable definition and (ii) any specific reference in a given definition will be given priority over a general reference in another definition.
(c)In the event that at any time or from time to time at or after the Distribution Effective Time, any member of the Company Group or the Tiger Group is the owner of, receives or otherwise comes to possess any Asset (including the receipt of payments made pursuant to Contracts and proceeds from accounts receivable) or Liability that is allocated to any Person that is a member of the other Group pursuant to this Agreement or any Ancillary Agreement (except in the case of any acquisition of Assets from the other party for value subsequent to the Distribution Effective Time), such member of the Company Group or the Tiger Group, as applicable, shall promptly Transfer, or cause to be Transferred, such Asset or Liability to the Person so entitled thereto; provided, however, that the provisions of this Section 2.02(c) are not intended to, and shall not, be deemed to constitute an authorization by any party to permit the other to accept service of process on its behalf, and no party is or shall be deemed to be the agent of any other party for service of process purposes. Prior to any such Transfer, such Asset or Liability shall be held in accordance with Section 2.05(b). For the avoidance of doubt, this Section 2.02(c) will apply to the Direct Sale Assets and Direct Sale Liabilities.
(d)In furtherance of the Separation (including the Internal Reorganization) and the Direct Sale, subject to the provisions of Section 2.05, the Company and Parent shall, and shall cause their respective applicable Subsidiaries to, execute and deliver prior to the Distribution Effective Time all Conveyance and Assumption Instruments as may be necessary to effect the Internal Reorganization and the Transfers of the SpinCo Assets, the SpinCo Liabilities, the Direct Sale Assets, the Direct Sale Liabilities, the Excluded Assets and the Excluded Liabilities, as applicable, in accordance with the terms of this Agreement. The parties agree that each Conveyance and Assumption Instrument shall be in a form consistent with the terms and conditions of this Agreement or the applicable Ancillary Agreement(s) with such provisions as are required by Applicable Law in the jurisdiction in which the relevant Assets or Liabilities are located.

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(e)The Company hereby waives, to the extent permitted under Applicable Law, compliance by itself and each and every member of the Company Group with the requirements and provisions of any “bulk-sale” or “bulk transfer” Applicable Laws of any jurisdiction that may otherwise be applicable with respect to the Transfer or sale of any or all of the Excluded Assets to the Company or any member of the Company Group.
(f)SpinCo hereby waives, to the extent permitted under Applicable Law, compliance by itself and each and every member of the SpinCo Group with the requirements and provisions of any “bulk-sale” or “bulk transfer” Applicable Laws of any jurisdiction that may otherwise be applicable with respect to the Transfer or sale of any or all of the SpinCo Assets to SpinCo or any member of the SpinCo Group.
(g)Direct Sale Purchaser hereby waives, to the extent permitted under Applicable Law, compliance with the requirements and provisions of any “bulk-sale” or “bulk transfer” Applicable Laws of any jurisdiction that may otherwise be applicable with respect to the Transfer or sale of any or all of the Direct Sale Assets to Direct Sale Purchaser.
(h)Notwithstanding anything in Section 2.01, this Section 2.02, Section 2.03, or Section 2.05 to the contrary, no party or any of its Affiliates shall be required to undertake any action or arrangement contemplated by such section that would, or could reasonably be expected to, result in Tax treatment that is inconsistent with the Tax-Free Status; provided, however, that nothing in this Section 2.02(h) shall entitle the Company Group to fail to Transfer any Tiger Assets to the Tiger Group or the Tiger Group to fail to Transfer any Excluded Assets to the Company Group.

Section 2.03.   Intercompany Accounts, Intercompany Agreements and Certain Other Liabilities.  (a) Each Intercompany Account, other than any Surviving Intercompany Account, shall be satisfied, settled or otherwise terminated by the relevant members of the Company Group and the Tiger Group no later than the Distribution Effective Time with no further Liability of any member of either the Tiger Group or the Company Group with respect thereto by (i) forgiveness by the relevant obligor, (ii) one or a related series of distributions of capital, (iii) non-cash intercompany transfer and settlement through the Company’s corporate procedures, or (iv) cash payment, in each case as determined by the Company.

(b)Each Intercompany Agreement, other than any Surviving Intercompany Agreements, and all rights and obligations of the members of the Tiger Group and the Company Group with respect thereto shall be terminated at or prior to the Distribution Effective Time, with no further Liability of any member of the Tiger Group or any member of the Company Group with respect thereto.
(c)Each Liability to a Direct Sale Transferred Subsidiary, if it would constitute SpinCo Indebtedness if it remained in existence as of immediately prior to the Distribution Effective Time, and each Liability to a member of the SpinCo Group, if it would constitute Direct Sale Indebtedness if it remained in existence as of immediately prior to the consummation of the Direct Sale, shall be settled or otherwise terminated by the relevant members of the Tiger Group prior to the consummation of the Direct Sale. For the avoidance of doubt, the Transferred Notes shall not be terminated pursuant to this Section 2.03.

Section 2.04.   Limitation of Liability.  Except as provided in Article 5, neither the Company nor SpinCo nor any member of their respective Groups shall have any Liability to the other or any member of its Group based upon, arising out of or resulting from any agreement, arrangement, course of dealing or understanding existing on or prior to the Distribution Effective Time, other than pursuant to any Surviving Intercompany Agreement or Surviving Intercompany Account, and any such Liability, whether or not in writing, is hereby irrevocably cancelled, released and waived effective as of the Distribution Effective Time. No such terminated agreement, arrangement, course of dealing or understanding (including any provision thereof that purports to survive termination) shall be of any further force or effect after the Distribution Effective Time. For the avoidance of doubt, this Section 2.04 will not alter or limit the parties’ respective rights or obligations under the Tax Matters Agreement, Employee Matters Agreement or other Ancillary Agreements.

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Excluded Asset or Excluded Liability, shall, unless the parties shall mutually otherwise determine, be automatically deemed deferred, and any such purported Transfer or assumption shall be null and void until such time as all legal impediments are removed or such Consent has been obtained or made. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any such Asset or Liability shall continue to constitute a SpinCo Asset, a SpinCo Liability, a Direct Sale Asset, a Direct Sale Liability, an Excluded Asset or an Excluded Liability, as applicable (including for purposes of Article 5), and be subject to Section 2.05(b). From and after the Distribution Date until the date that is 12 months following the Distribution Date, the parties shall use their respective reasonable best efforts (including by seeking novations and taking the actions set forth on Schedule ‎4.05, but, for the avoidance of doubt, subject to the second sentence of Section 4.05) to continue to seek to remove any legal or contractual impediments or to secure any contractual Consents required from Third Parties or Governmental Authorities necessary to Transfer such Assets (or written confirmation that no Consent is required) to the extent that any such Consent has not been obtained as of the Distribution Effective Time. If and when the legal or contractual impediments the presence of which caused the deferral of Transfer of any Asset or Liability pursuant to this Section 2.05 are removed or any Consents the absence of which caused the deferral of Transfer of any Asset or Liability pursuant to this Section 2.05 are obtained, the Transfer of the applicable Asset or Liability shall be effected promptly without further consideration in accordance with the terms of this Agreement or the applicable Ancillary Agreement(s) and shall, to the extent possible without the imposition of any undue cost on any party and to the fullest extent permitted by Applicable Law, be deemed to have become effective as of the time such Transfer would have otherwise been made pursuant to Section 2.01 or Section 2.02, as applicable. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary, this Section 2.05(a) does not apply to Intellectual Property Rights, which are the subject of Section 4.03.

(b)If the Transfer of any Asset or Liability intended to be Transferred is not consummated prior to or at the Distribution Effective Time as a result of the provisions of Section 2.05(a) or for any other reason (including any misallocated Transfers subject to Section 2.02(c)), then, insofar as reasonably possible (taking into account any applicable restrictions or considerations, in each case relating to the contemplated Tax treatment of the transactions contemplated hereby) and to the extent permitted by Applicable Law, the Person retaining such Asset or Liability, as the case may be, (i) shall thereafter hold such Asset or Liability, as the case may be, in trust for the use and benefit and burden of the Person entitled thereto (and at such Person’s sole expense) until the consummation of the Transfer thereof (or as otherwise determined by the parties) and (ii) with respect to any deferred Assets or Liabilities, use reasonable best efforts to develop and implement mutually acceptable arrangements to place the Person entitled to receive such Asset or Liability, insofar as reasonably possible, in substantially the same position as if such Asset or Liability had been Transferred as contemplated hereby and so that all the benefits and burdens relating to such Asset or Liability, including possession, use, risk of loss, potential for gain, dominion, ability to enforce the rights under or with respect to and control and command over such Asset or Liability, are to inure from and after the time such Transfer would have otherwise been made pursuant to Section 2.01 or Section 2.02, as the case may be, to the applicable member or members of the Company Group or the Tiger Group entitled to the receipt of such Asset or required to assume such Liability. In furtherance of the foregoing, the parties agree that to the fullest extent permitted by Applicable Law, (x) as of the time such Transfer would have otherwise been made pursuant to Section 2.01 or Section 2.02, as the case may be, each applicable member of the Company Group and the Tiger Group shall be deemed to have acquired complete and sole beneficial ownership over all of the Assets, together with all rights, powers and privileges incident thereto, and shall be deemed to have assumed in accordance with the terms of this Agreement all of the Liabilities, and all duties, obligations and responsibilities incident thereto, which such Person is entitled to acquire or required to assume pursuant to the terms of this Agreement and (y) each of the Company and SpinCo shall, and shall cause the members of its Group to, (A) treat for all Tax purposes the deferred Assets as Assets having been Transferred to and owned by the Person entitled to such Assets not later than the time such Transfer would have otherwise been made pursuant to Section 2.01 or Section 2.02, as the case may be, (B) treat for all Tax purposes the deferred Liabilities as having been assumed by the Person intended to be subject to such Liabilities not later than the time such Transfer would have otherwise been made pursuant to Section 2.01 or Section 2.02, as the case may be, and (C) neither report nor take any Tax position (on a Tax Return or otherwise) inconsistent with such treatment (unless, in case of clause (A), (B) or (C), otherwise required by applicable Tax law or the resolution of a Tax Proceeding prosecuted in accordance with Section 17 of the Tax Matters

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Agreement). Any Person retaining an Asset or a Liability due to the deferral of the Transfer of such Asset or Liability, as the case may be, shall not be required, in connection with the foregoing, to make any payments, incur any Liability or offer or grant any accommodation (financial or otherwise, regardless of any provision to the contrary in any underlying Contract, including any requirements for the securing or posting of any bonds, letters of credit or similar instruments, or the furnishing of any guarantees) to any Third Party, except to the extent that the Person entitled to the Asset or responsible for the Liability, as applicable, agrees to reimburse and make whole the Person retaining an Asset or a Liability, to such Person’s reasonable satisfaction, for any payment or other accommodation made by the Person retaining an Asset or a Liability at the request of the Person entitled to the Asset or responsible for the Liability.

(c)The parties shall use commercially reasonable efforts to separate the Identified Shared Contracts into separate Contracts effective as of the Distribution Effective Time or as promptly as practicable thereafter so that the Tiger Group shall be entitled to rights and benefits and shall assume the related portion of Liabilities with respect to each Identified Shared Contract to the extent related to the Tiger Business and the Company Group shall have the rights and benefits and shall assume the related portion of Liabilities with respect to such Shared Contract to the extent related to the Company Business (provided that, notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, neither Group shall be required to pay any amount to any Third Party, commence or participate in any Action or offer or grant any accommodation (financial or otherwise, including any accommodation or arrangement to remain secondarily liable or contingently liable for any Liability of the other Group) to any Third Party to obtain any such separation). Upon such separation of such Shared Contract, the separated Contract will be a Tiger Asset or an Excluded Asset, as applicable. If the counterparty to any Identified Shared Contract that is entitled under the terms of such Shared Contract to Consent to the separation of such Shared Contract has not provided such Consent, the terms of Section 2.05(b) shall apply to such Contract, mutatis mutandis. The obligations to seek separation set forth in this Section 2.05(c) shall terminate on the first anniversary of the Distribution Date or, if earlier with respect to any Identified Shared Contract, upon the expiration of the term of such Shared Contract (without any obligation to renew or extend).

Section 2.06.   Disclaimer of Representations and Warranties.  (a) EXCEPT AS EXPRESSLY SET FORTH IN THIS AGREEMENT OR IN ANY OF THE OTHER TRANSACTION AGREEMENTS, EACH PARTY ON BEHALF OF ITSELF AND EACH OF ITS AFFILIATES UNDERSTANDS AND AGREES THAT NO OTHER PARTY NOR ANY OF THEIR RESPECTIVE AFFILIATES IS MAKING ANY REPRESENTATION OR WARRANTY OF ANY KIND WHATSOEVER, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, TO THE OTHER PARTIES OR ANY OF THEIR RESPECTIVE AFFILIATES OR TO ANY OTHER PERSON IN RESPECT OF THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY OR ANY INFORMATION THAT MAY HAVE BEEN EXCHANGED OR PROVIDED PURSUANT TO THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY OTHER TRANSACTION AGREEMENT, AND THAT ALL TIGER ASSETS ARE BEING ASSIGNED AND TRANSFERRED, AND ALL TIGER LIABILITIES ARE BEING ASSUMED, ON AN “AS IS,” “WHERE IS” BASIS. WITHOUT LIMITING THE GENERALITY OF THE FOREGOING, EXCEPT AS EXPRESSLY SET FORTH IN ANY OF THE OTHER TRANSACTION AGREEMENTS, (I) NEITHER THE COMPANY NOR ANY OF ITS AFFILIATES HAS MADE OR SHALL BE DEEMED TO HAVE MADE ANY REPRESENTATIONS OR WARRANTIES IN ANY PRESENTATION OR WRITTEN INFORMATION RELATING TO THE TIGER BUSINESS GIVEN OR TO BE GIVEN IN CONNECTION WITH THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY OR IN ANY FILING MADE OR TO BE MADE BY OR ON BEHALF OF THE COMPANY OR ANY OF ITS AFFILIATES WITH ANY GOVERNMENTAL AUTHORITY, AND NO STATEMENT MADE IN ANY SUCH PRESENTATION OR WRITTEN MATERIALS, MADE IN ANY SUCH FILING OR CONTAINED IN ANY SUCH OTHER INFORMATION SHALL BE DEEMED A REPRESENTATION OR WARRANTY HEREUNDER OR OTHERWISE, AND (II) THE COMPANY, ON ITS OWN BEHALF AND ON BEHALF OF THE OTHER MEMBERS OF THE COMPANY GROUP, EXPRESSLY DISCLAIMS ANY AND ALL EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING WARRANTIES OF FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, AND WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY. EACH OF SPINCO, PARENT AND DIRECT SALE PURCHASER ACKNOWLEDGES THAT THE COMPANY HAS INFORMED IT THAT NO PERSON HAS BEEN AUTHORIZED BY THE COMPANY OR ANY OF ITS AFFILIATES TO MAKE

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ANY REPRESENTATION OR WARRANTY IN RESPECT OF THE TIGER BUSINESS OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY (AND HEREBY ACKNOWLEDGES THAT IT HAS NOT RELIED ON ANY SUCH REPRESENTATION OR WARRANTY).

(b)Each of the Company (on behalf of itself and each member of the Company Group), SpinCo (on behalf of itself and each member of the Tiger Group) and Parent and Direct Sale Purchaser (on behalf of themselves and their respective Affiliates) further understands and agrees that if the disclaimer of express or implied representations and warranties contained in Section 2.06(a) is held unenforceable or is unavailable for any reason under the Applicable Laws of any jurisdiction outside the United States or if, under the Applicable Laws of a jurisdiction outside the United States, (x) both the Company or any member of the Company Group, on the one hand, and SpinCo or any member of the SpinCo Group, on the other hand, are jointly or severally liable for any Excluded Liability or any SpinCo Liability or (y) both the Company or any member of the Company Group, on the one hand, and Parent, Direct Sale Purchaser or any of their respective Affiliates, on the other hand, are jointly or severally liable for any Direct Sale Liability, then, in each case, the parties intend that, notwithstanding any provision to the contrary under the Applicable Laws of such non-U.S. jurisdictions, the provisions of the Transaction Agreements (including the disclaimer of all representations and warranties, allocation of Liabilities among the parties and their respective Subsidiaries, releases, indemnification and contribution of Liabilities) shall to the fullest extent permitted by Applicable Law prevail for any and all purposes between the parties and their respective Subsidiaries and Affiliates.

Section 2.07.   Cash Management.  From the date of this Agreement until the Distribution, the Company and its Subsidiaries shall be entitled to use, retain or otherwise dispose of all cash generated by the Tiger Business and the Tiger Assets or otherwise held by any member of the Tiger Group. Without limiting Section 2.10, all cash and cash equivalents held by any member of the Tiger Group as of the Distribution Effective Time shall be a Tiger Asset and all cash and cash equivalents held by any member of the Company Group as of the Distribution Effective Time shall be an Excluded Asset. For the avoidance of doubt, nothing in this Section 2.07 shall be deemed to supersede or otherwise limit any provision of the Merger Agreement.

Section 2.08.   Insurance.  (a) From and after the Distribution Date, the members of the Tiger Group shall cease to be in any manner insured by, entitled to any benefits or coverage under or entitled to seek benefits or coverage from or under any Insurance Policies of the Company Group other than (i) any Insurance Policy issued exclusively in the name and for the benefit of any member of the Tiger Group, (ii) with respect to any matters covered by an Insurance Policy that have been properly reported to the relevant insurer(s) prior to the Distribution Date, or (iii) for claims brought solely under the Available Insurance Policies, for any claim, occurrence, injury, damage or loss that occurred or existed prior to the Distribution Date, in each case under clauses (i) through (iii) above subject to the terms and conditions of the relevant Insurance Policies and this Agreement, except to the extent otherwise mandated by Applicable Law. The members of the Tiger Group shall procure all contractual and statutorily obligated insurance at the Distribution Effective Time.

(b)The rights of the members of the Tiger Group under subparagraphs (ii) and (iii) of Section 2.08(a) are subject to and conditioned upon the following:
(i)Members of the Tiger Group shall be solely responsible for notifying any and all insurance companies of such claims and complying with all policy terms and conditions for pursuit and collection of such claims. The members of the Tiger Group shall not, without the written consent of the Company, amend, modify or waive any rights of the Company or other insureds under any such Insurance Policies and programs. The members of the Tiger Group shall exclusively bear and be liable (and the Company shall have no obligation to repay or reimburse any member of the Tiger Group) for all uninsured, uncovered, unavailable or uncollectible amounts relating to or associated with all such claims.
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Company directly or indirectly through the insurers or reinsurers of the Available Insurance Policies relating to any unsuccessful coverage claims pursued at SpinCo’s written request. The members of the Tiger Group shall not assign any Available Insurance Policies or any rights or claims under the Available Insurance Policies.

(c)Notwithstanding anything contained in this Agreement, (i) nothing in this Agreement shall limit, waive or abrogate in any manner any rights of the Company to insurance coverage for any matter, whether relating to the members of the Tiger Group or otherwise, and (ii) the Company shall retain the exclusive right to control the Available Insurance Policies and all of its other Insurance Policies, including the right to exhaust, settle, release, commute, buy-back or otherwise resolve disputes with respect to any of its Insurance Policies and to amend, modify or waive any rights under any such Insurance Policies, notwithstanding whether any such Insurance Policies apply to any liabilities or losses as to which any member of the Tiger Group has made, or could in the future make, a claim for coverage; provided, that the members of the Tiger Group shall cooperate with the Company with respect to coverage claims and requests for benefits and sharing such information as is reasonably necessary in order to permit the Company to manage and conduct its insurance matters as the Company deems appropriate.
(d)Nothing in this Section 2.08 shall limit, modify or in any way affect the rights and obligations of the parties under Article 5; provided, however, that any Insurance Proceeds actually collected with respect to a particular Indemnifiable Loss shall be taken into account under and to the extent required by Section 5.05. No payments due under this Section 2.08 shall affect, be affected by, or be subject to set off against, any payments due pursuant to Section 2.10 or Section 2.11. Whenever this Section 2.08 requires any member(s) of the Tiger Group to take any action after the Closing, such requirement shall be deemed to constitute an undertaking on the part of Parent to take such action or to cause such member(s) of the Tiger Group to take such action.

Section 2.09.   Ancillary Agreements.  On or prior to the Distribution Date as set forth in the Merger Agreement, each of the Company, SpinCo, Parent and Direct Sale Purchaser shall (and shall cause each of their applicable Subsidiaries to) execute and deliver each of the Transaction Agreements to which it is a party that have not previously been executed. A reasonable period of time in advance of the anticipated Closing Date, the Company shall notify Parent of any inability on the Company’s part to provide transition services to SpinCo under the Transition Services Agreement as a result of not having received any necessary third party consents or licenses to provide such services.

Section 2.10.   SpinCo Cash, Indebtedness and Receivables Adjustment.   (a) Promptly following the Distribution Date, but in no event later than 60 days after the Distribution Date, SpinCo shall, at its expense, prepare and submit to the Company a statement (the “SpinCo Proposed Statement”) prepared in accordance with the Accounting Principles setting forth, in reasonable detail, SpinCo’s calculation of (i) the SpinCo Cash Amount as of immediately prior to the Distribution Effective Time (the “Proposed SpinCo Closing Cash”), (ii) SpinCo Indebtedness as of immediately prior to the Distribution Effective Time (the “Proposed SpinCo Closing Indebtedness”) and (iii) the Excess Factored Customer Receivables, if any (the “Proposed Excess Factored Customer Receivables”). For the avoidance of doubt, pursuant to Section 2.03(c), each Liability to a Direct Sale Transferred Subsidiary which would constitute SpinCo Indebtedness if it remained in existence as of immediately prior to the Distribution Effective Time shall be settled or otherwise terminated prior to the Distribution Effective Time and, accordingly, shall not be taken into account in determining Proposed SpinCo Closing Indebtedness or Final SpinCo Closing Indebtedness.

(b)In the event the Company disputes the correctness of the Proposed SpinCo Closing Cash, the Proposed SpinCo Closing Indebtedness or the Proposed Excess Factored Customer Receivables, the Company shall notify SpinCo in writing of its objections within 60 days after receipt of the SpinCo Proposed Statement, and shall set forth, in writing and in reasonable detail, the reasons for the Company’s objections the amount of each item in dispute and the basis therefor and the amount that the Company believes is the correct amount for each such disputed item (such writing, the “SpinCo Dispute Notice”) (including if the Company believes that it does not have sufficient information because SpinCo failed to make available to the Company all books, records, documents and work papers required to be made available to the Company under Section 2.10(e); provided that, in such circumstance, the Company’s obligation to provide reasonable detail of its objections set forth in the

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SpinCo Dispute Notice shall be limited to the information that it has actually received from or on behalf of SpinCo). The Company shall be deemed to have agreed with all other items and amounts contained in the SpinCo Proposed Statement not so objected to in a SpinCo Dispute Notice within the 60-day review period specified in this Section 2.10(b). In the event that the Company fails to provide a SpinCo Dispute Notice to SpinCo within the 60-day review period specified in this Section 2.10(b), the Company will be deemed to have agreed with all of the items in the SpinCo Proposed Statement, and the SpinCo Proposed Statement shall be final, binding and conclusive upon the parties.

(c)In the event that the Company timely delivers a SpinCo Dispute Notice to SpinCo in accordance with the terms hereof, SpinCo and the Company shall negotiate in good faith to reconcile their differences, and any resolution by them as to any such disputes shall be final, binding and conclusive on all of the parties. If the Company and SpinCo are unable to resolve any such dispute within 10 Business Days of SpinCo’s receipt of the SpinCo Dispute Notice from the Company, SpinCo and the Company shall submit the items remaining in dispute (such items, the “SpinCo Unresolved Items”) for resolution to Deloitte & Touche LLP or, if such firm is unwilling to act, a nationally recognized accounting firm mutually agreed by SpinCo and the Company (the “SpinCo Independent Accounting Firm”). Promptly following the engagement of the SpinCo Independent Accounting Firm, and in any event within 10 Business Days following such engagement, SpinCo and the Company shall submit to such SpinCo Independent Accounting Firm (and the other party) all documentary materials and analyses that SpinCo or the Company, as the case may be, believes to be relevant to a resolution of the SpinCo Unresolved Items; provided that the value of any SpinCo Unresolved Items submitted to the SpinCo Independent Accounting Firm shall not be (x) greater than the greatest value for such item claimed in the SpinCo Dispute Notice, on the one hand, and the SpinCo Proposed Statement, on the other hand, or (y) less than the smallest value for such item claimed in the SpinCo Dispute Notice, on the one hand, and the SpinCo Proposed Statement, on the other hand. The parties agree that there shall be no ex parte discussions with the SpinCo Independent Accounting Firm. The SpinCo Independent Accounting Firm shall consider only the SpinCo Unresolved Items. The SpinCo Independent Accounting Firm shall, within 30 days after receipt of all such submissions by SpinCo and the Company, determine and deliver to SpinCo and the Company a written report containing such SpinCo Independent Accounting Firm’s determination of all SpinCo Unresolved Items (which determinations shall be made in accordance with the Accounting Principles), and such written report and the determinations contained therein shall be final, binding and conclusive on all of the parties; provided that the SpinCo Independent Accounting Firm shall not assign a value to any SpinCo Unresolved Items greater than the greatest value for such item claimed by either party or less than the smallest value for such item claimed by either party. All fees and expenses of the SpinCo Independent Accounting Firm relating to the work, if any, to be performed by the SpinCo Independent Accounting Firm hereunder shall be borne between SpinCo, on the one hand, and the Company, on the other hand, based upon a fraction, the numerator of which is the portion of the aggregate amount of the SpinCo Unresolved Items not awarded to the applicable party and the denominator of which is the aggregate amount of all of the SpinCo Unresolved Items. For example, if the Company challenges items underlying the calculations of Proposed SpinCo Closing Indebtedness in the net amount of $1,000,000, and the SpinCo Independent Accounting Firm determines that the Company has a valid claim for $400,000 of the $1,000,000, the Company shall bear 60% of the fees and expenses of the SpinCo Independent Accounting Firm and SpinCo shall bear 40% of the fees and expenses of the SpinCo Independent Accounting Firm. The SpinCo Cash Amount as of immediately prior to the Distribution Effective Time, as finally determined pursuant to this Section 2.10 (whether by agreement of the Company and SpinCo or by determination of the SpinCo Independent Accounting Firm), is referred to herein as the “Final SpinCo Closing Cash”. The SpinCo Indebtedness as of immediately prior to the Distribution Effective Time, as finally determined pursuant to this Section 2.10 (whether by agreement of the Company and SpinCo or by determination of the SpinCo Independent Accounting Firm), is referred to herein as the “Final SpinCo Closing Indebtedness”. The Excess Factored Customer Receivables, as finally determined pursuant to this Section 2.10 (whether by agreement of the Company and SpinCo or by determination of the SpinCo Independent Accounting Firm), is referred to herein as the “Final Excess Factored Customer Receivables”.
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Amount”), then, promptly (and in any event within three Business Days) following the determination of Final SpinCo Closing Cash, Final SpinCo Closing Indebtedness and Final Excess Factored Customer Receivables, SpinCo shall pay to the Company an amount equal to the SpinCo Increase Amount in immediately available funds by wire transfer to a bank account or accounts designated in writing by the Company. If the SpinCo Adjustment Amount is a negative number (the absolute value of such amount, the “SpinCo Deficit Amount”), then, promptly (and in any event within three Business Days) following the determination of Final SpinCo Closing Cash, Final SpinCo Closing Indebtedness and Final Excess Factored Customer Receivables, the Company shall pay, or cause to be paid, to SpinCo an amount equal to the SpinCo Deficit Amount in immediately available funds by wire transfer to a bank account designated in writing by SpinCo.

(e)Each of the Company and SpinCo shall make available to the other party and, if applicable, to the SpinCo Independent Accounting Firm, all books, records, documents and work papers (subject to, in the case of independent accountant work papers, such other party or the SpinCo Independent Accounting Firm, as applicable, entering into a customary release agreement with respect thereto) used, created or prepared by or for SpinCo in connection with the preparation of the SpinCo Proposed Statement; provided that the Company shall not be obligated to provide books, records, documents and work papers pursuant to this Section 2.10 other than to the extent such books, records, documents and work papers relate to the Tiger Business and existed prior to the Closing.

Section 2.11.   Direct Sale Cash and Indebtedness Adjustment.   (a) Promptly following the Distribution Date, but in no event later than 60 days after the Distribution Date, Direct Sale Purchaser shall, at its expense, prepare and submit to the Company a statement (the “Direct Sale Proposed Statement”) prepared in accordance with the Accounting Principles setting forth, in reasonable detail, Direct Sale Purchaser’s calculation of (i) the Direct Sale Cash Amount as of immediately prior to the consummation of the Direct Sale (the “Proposed Direct Sale Closing Cash”) and (ii) the Direct Sale Indebtedness as of immediately prior to the consummation of the Direct Sale (the “Proposed Direct Sale Closing Indebtedness”). For the avoidance of doubt, pursuant to Section 2.03(c), each Liability to a member of the SpinCo Group which would constitute Direct Sale Indebtedness if it remained in existence as of immediately prior to the consummation of the Direct Sale shall be settled or otherwise terminated prior to the consummation of the Direct Sale and, accordingly, shall not be taken into account in determining Proposed Direct Sale Closing Indebtedness or Final Direct Sale Closing Indebtedness.

(b)In the event the Company disputes the correctness of the Proposed Direct Sale Closing Cash or the Proposed Direct Sale Closing Indebtedness, the Company shall notify Direct Sale Purchaser in writing of its objections within 60 days after receipt of the Direct Sale Proposed Statement, and shall set forth, in writing and in reasonable detail, the reasons for the Company’s objections the amount of each item in dispute and the basis therefor and the amount that the Company believes is the correct amount for each such disputed item (such writing, the “Direct Sale Dispute Notice”) (including if the Company believes that it does not have sufficient information because Direct Sale Purchaser failed to make available to the Company all books, records, documents and work papers required to be made available to the Company under Section 2.11(e); provided that, in such circumstance, the Company’s obligation to provide reasonable detail of its objections set forth in the Direct Sale Dispute Notice shall be limited to the information that it has actually received from or on behalf of Direct Sale Purchaser). The Company shall be deemed to have agreed with all other items and amounts contained in the Direct Sale Proposed Statement not so objected to in a Direct Sale Dispute Notice within the 60-day review period specified in this Section 2.11(b). In the event that the Company fails to provide a Direct Sale Dispute Notice to Direct Sale Purchaser within the 60-day review period specified in this Section 2.11(b), the Company will be deemed to have agreed with all of the items in the Direct Sale Proposed Statement, and the Direct Sale Proposed Statement shall be final, binding and conclusive upon the parties.
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dispute (such items, the “Direct Sale Unresolved Items”) for resolution to Deloitte & Touche LLP or, if such firm is unwilling to act, a nationally recognized accounting firm mutually agreed by Direct Sale Purchaser and the Company (the “Direct Sale Independent Accounting Firm”). Promptly following the engagement of the Direct Sale Independent Accounting Firm, and in any event within 10 Business Days following such engagement, Direct Sale Purchaser and the Company shall submit to such Direct Sale Independent Accounting Firm (and the other party) all documentary materials and analyses that Direct Sale Purchaser or the Company, as the case may be, believes to be relevant to a resolution of the Direct Sale Unresolved Items; provided that the value of any Direct Sale Unresolved Items submitted to the Direct Sale Independent Accounting Firm shall not be (x) greater than the greatest value for such item claimed in the Direct Sale Dispute Notice, on the one hand, and the Direct Sale Proposed Statement, on the other hand, or (y) less than the smallest value for such item claimed in the Direct Sale Dispute Notice, on the one hand, and the Direct Sale Proposed Statement, on the other hand. The parties agree that there shall be no ex parte discussions with the Direct Sale Independent Accounting Firm. The Direct Sale Independent Accounting Firm shall consider only the Direct Sale Unresolved Items. The Direct Sale Independent Accounting Firm shall, within 30 days after receipt of all such submissions by Direct Sale Purchaser and the Company, determine and deliver to Direct Sale Purchaser and the Company a written report containing such Direct Sale Independent Accounting Firm’s determination of all Direct Sale Unresolved Items (which determinations shall be made in accordance with the Accounting Principles), and such written report and the determinations contained therein shall be final, binding and conclusive on all of the parties; provided that the Direct Sale Independent Accounting Firm shall not assign a value to any Direct Sale Unresolved Items greater than the greatest value for such item claimed by either party or less than the smallest value for such item claimed by either party. All fees and expenses of the Direct Sale Independent Accounting Firm relating to the work, if any, to be performed by the Direct Sale Independent Accounting Firm hereunder shall be borne between Direct Sale Purchaser, on the one hand, and the Company, on the other hand, based upon a fraction, the numerator of which is the portion of the aggregate amount of the Direct Sale Unresolved Items not awarded to the applicable party and the denominator of which is the aggregate amount of all of the Direct Sale Unresolved Items. For example, if the Company challenges items underlying the calculations of Proposed Direct Sale Closing Indebtedness in the net amount of $1,000,000, and the Direct Sale Independent Accounting Firm determines that the Company has a valid claim for $400,000 of the $1,000,000, the Company shall bear 60% of the fees and expenses of the Direct Sale Independent Accounting Firm and Direct Sale Purchaser shall bear 40% of the fees and expenses of the Direct Sale Independent Accounting Firm. The Direct Sale Cash Amount as of immediately prior to the consummation of the Direct Sale, as finally determined pursuant to this Section 2.11 (whether by agreement of the Company and Direct Sale Purchaser or by determination of the Direct Sale Independent Accounting Firm), is referred to herein as the “Final Direct Sale Closing Cash”. The Direct Sale Indebtedness as of immediately prior to the consummation of the Direct Sale, as finally determined pursuant to this Section 2.11 (whether by agreement of the Company and Direct Sale Purchaser or by determination of the Direct Sale Independent Accounting Firm), is referred to herein as the “Final Direct Sale Closing Indebtedness”.

(d)If the Direct Sale Adjustment Amount is a positive number (such amount, the “Direct Sale Increase Amount”), then, promptly (and in any event within three Business Days) following the determination of Final Direct Sale Closing Cash and Final Direct Sale Closing Indebtedness, Direct Sale Purchaser shall pay to the Company an amount equal to the Direct Sale Increase Amount in immediately available funds by wire transfer to a bank account or accounts designated in writing by the Company. If the Direct Sale Adjustment Amount is a negative number (the absolute value of such amount, the “Direct Sale Deficit Amount”), then, promptly (and in any event within three Business Days) following the determination of Final Direct Sale Closing Cash and Final Direct Sale Closing Indebtedness, the Company shall pay, or cause to be paid, to Direct Sale Purchaser an amount equal to the Direct Sale Deficit Amount in immediately available funds by wire transfer to a bank account designated in writing by Direct Sale Purchaser.
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Sale Independent Accounting Firm, as applicable, entering into a customary release agreement with respect thereto) used, created or prepared by or for Direct Sale Purchaser in connection with the preparation of the Direct Sale Proposed Statement; provided that the Company shall not be obligated to provide books, records, documents and work papers pursuant to this Section 2.11 other than to the extent such books, records, documents and work papers relate to the Tiger Business and existed prior to the Closing.

Section 2.12.   Issuance of SpinCo Common Stock.  On or before the Distribution Date, in connection with the Transfer of the SpinCo Assets and the assumption of the SpinCo Liabilities as provided in this Agreement, SpinCo will issue and deliver to the Company 8,700,000,000 (or such other amount as the Company shall determine, subject to the consent of Parent not to be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed) shares of SpinCo Common Stock in book-entry form.

Section 2.13.   Amendments to the Step Plan.   The Company shall be permitted to make, from time to time, such amendments to the then-current Step Plan (and conforming amendments to Annex A-13 and Schedule ‎2.01(a)) as the Company deems, in its sole discretion, to be necessary or desirable; provided, however, that the Company shall not make any such amendment (a) that is inconsistent with the Agreed Allocation or the Transfer of the Direct Sale Assets and Direct Sale Liabilities otherwise contemplated by this Article 2 or (b) that gives rise to any material third party consent that is not contemplated by the SpinCo Disclosure Schedules (as defined in the Merger Agreement); and provided, further, that the Company shall notify Parent in writing prior to making any such amendment to the then-current Step Plan and shall consult with Parent in connection therewith in good faith. Without limiting or modifying in any respect the rights of the Company set forth in the immediately preceding sentence, the Company shall consider in good faith (x) any timely comments from Parent as to such an amendment and (y) any proposed amendments to the then-current Step Plan reasonably requested in writing by Parent (with the decision whether to implement such comments or amendment being made by the Company in its sole discretion).

Section 2.14.   FIRPTA.  Prior to the Direct Sale and the payment of the Direct Sale Purchase Price, for each member of the Company Group that is both (a) a “transferor” (within the meaning of Treasury Regulations Section 1.1445-1(g)(3)) and (b) not a “foreign person” (within the meaning of Section 1445 of the Code), the Company shall provide Parent with a certification of non-foreign person status prepared in accordance with Treasury Regulations Section 1.1445-2(b)(2) that is reasonably acceptable to Parent. No “foreign person” (within the meaning of Section 1445 of the Code) shall transfer a “United States real property interest” (within the meaning of 897(c)(1) of the Code) in the Direct Sale.

ARTICLE 3
THE DISTRIBUTION

Section 3.01.   Form of Distribution.  (a) The Company shall elect, in its sole discretion, to effect the Distribution in the form of either (i) the One-Step Spin-Off or (ii) the Exchange Offer, including any Clean-Up Spin-Off. In the event the Company elects to effect a One-Step Spin-Off, as promptly as practicable following the Record Date, the Company shall provide to Parent and SpinCo a list of Record Holders entitled to receive SpinCo Common Stock in connection with such Distribution.

(b)If the Company elects to effect the Distribution in the form of the One-Step Spin-Off, the Board (or a committee of the Board acting pursuant to delegated authority), in accordance with all Applicable Laws and the rules and regulations of NYSE, shall set the Record Date and the Distribution Date, and the Company shall establish appropriate procedures in connection with the Distribution, and shall declare, pay and otherwise effectuate the Distribution, in accordance with all Applicable Laws and the rules and regulations of NYSE. In connection with the One-Step Spin-Off, no less than the Distribution Share Minimum (or more than the Distribution Share Maximum) of the shares of SpinCo Common Stock will be distributed to Record Holders in the manner determined by the Company and in accordance with Section 3.02.
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the Distribution Share Minimum and no more than the Distribution Share Maximum), the period during which the Exchange Offer will remain open, the procedures for the tender and exchange of shares and all other terms and conditions of the Exchange Offer, which terms and conditions shall comply with all Applicable Laws and the rules and regulations of NYSE; provided, however, that except to the extent required by Applicable Law, the period of the Exchange Offer (including any extension thereof) may not be more than 35 Business Days following satisfaction of the conditions to Closing set forth in Sections 9.01 and 9.03 of the Merger Agreement (other than consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and satisfaction of those conditions to be satisfied as of the Closing Date (as defined in the Merger Agreement); provided that such conditions are capable of being satisfied at such date); provided that, for the avoidance of doubt, the Company may extend the period of the Exchange Offer following the satisfaction of such conditions and the conditions set forth in Section 3.03 so long as the offer period set forth in such extension will not expire after the expiration of the 35 Business Day limit set forth in this sentence. In the event the Company’s stockholders subscribe for less than the Distribution Share Minimum of shares of SpinCo Common Stock in the Exchange Offer, the Company shall (and in the event that the Company’s stockholders subscribe for more than the Distribution Share Minimum but less than the Distribution Share Maximum, the Company may) consummate the Clean-Up Spin-Off on the Distribution Date immediately following consummation of the Exchange Offer, and the Record Date for the Clean-Up Spin-Off shall be set as of such date in the same manner as provided in Section 3.01(b). The terms and conditions of any Clean-Up Spin-Off shall be as determined by the Company (provided that the aggregate number of shares of SpinCo Common Stock subscribed for in the Exchange Offer and distributed to the Company’s stockholders in the Clean-Up Spin-Off shall not be less than the Distribution Share Minimum or more than the Distribution Share Maximum) and shall comply with all Applicable Laws and the rules and regulations of NYSE.

Section 3.02.   Manner of Effecting Distribution.  (a)If the Distribution is effected by means of the One-Step Spin-Off, subject to the terms and conditions established pursuant to Section 3.01(b), each Record Holder shall be entitled to receive a number of shares of SpinCo Common Stock equal to the number of shares of SpinCo Common Stock to be distributed in the One-Step Spin-Off, multiplied by a fraction, the numerator of which is the number of shares of Company Common Stock held by the Record Holder on the Record Date and the denominator of which is the total number of shares of Company Common Stock outstanding on the Record Date (excluding treasury shares held by the Company).

(b)If the Distribution is effected by means of the Exchange Offer, subject to the terms and conditions established pursuant to Section 3.01(c), each Company stockholder may elect in the Exchange Offer to exchange a number of shares of Company Common Stock held by such Company stockholder for shares of SpinCo Common Stock at such exchange ratio and subject to such other terms and conditions as may be determined by the Company and set forth in the SpinCo Registration Statement. The terms and conditions of any Clean-Up Spin-Off shall be as determined by the Company, subject to the provisions of Section 3.02(a), mutatis mutandis, and in compliance with all Applicable Laws and the rules and regulations of the NYSE.
(c)No party, nor any of its Affiliates, shall be liable to any Person in respect of any shares of SpinCo Common Stock, or distributions in respect thereof, that are delivered to a public official in accordance with the provisions of any applicable escheat, abandoned property or similar Applicable Law.

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the One-Step Spin-Off or Exchange Offer (including any Clean-Up Spin-Off), respectively. Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, the parties agree that the Distribution Effective Time shall occur on the same date as the Closing, as determined in accordance with the applicable terms and conditions of the Merger Agreement.

Section 3.04.   Additional Matters in Connection with the Distribution.   (a) The Company, SpinCo and the Exchange Agent appointed in connection with the Distribution, as applicable, shall be entitled to withhold and deduct from the consideration otherwise payable pursuant to this Agreement such amounts as are required to be withheld and deducted in connection with such payments under Applicable Law. Any withheld amounts shall be treated for all purposes of this Agreement as having been paid to the Persons otherwise entitled thereto.

(b)Upon consummation of the One-Step Spin-Off or the Exchange Offer, the Company shall deliver to the Exchange Agent book-entry shares representing the SpinCo Common Stock being distributed in the One-Step Spin-Off or exchanged in the Exchange Offer, as the case may be, for the account of the Company stockholders that are entitled to such shares. Upon a Clean-Up Spin-Off, if any, the Company shall deliver to the Exchange Agent additional book-entry shares representing the SpinCo Common Stock being distributed in the Clean-Up Spin-Off for the account of the Company stockholders that are entitled to receive shares of Company Common Stock in such Clean-Up Spin-Off. The Exchange Agent shall hold such book-entry shares for the account of the Company stockholders pending the Merger, as provided in the Merger Agreement. From immediately after the Distribution Effective Time and to the Merger Effective Time, the shares of SpinCo Common Stock shall not be transferable and the transfer agent for the SpinCo Common Stock shall not transfer any shares of SpinCo Common Stock. the Company shall give written notice of the Distribution Effective Time to the Exchange Agent with written authorization to proceed as set forth in Section 3.02.

ARTICLE 4
CERTAIN COVENANTS

Section 4.01.   Further Assurances.   Subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement and the Merger 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 party in doing or causing to be done, all things necessary, proper or advisable under Applicable Laws to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby as soon as practicable after the date hereof and as may be otherwise required to consummate and make effective the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.

Section 4.02.   Company Names and Marks.   (a) With respect to the licensing of the Company Names and Marks, the parties shall enter into the Trademark License Agreement. Except as otherwise provided in this ‎Section 4.02 or the Trademark License Agreement, SpinCo and its Affiliates shall cease and discontinue all uses of the Company Names and Marks immediately upon the Distribution Effective Time. SpinCo, for itself and its Affiliates, agrees that the rights of the members of the Tiger Group and their respective Affiliates to the Company Names and Marks pursuant to the terms of any trademark agreements or otherwise between the Company or any of its Affiliates, on the one hand, and the members of the Tiger Group or their respective Affiliates, on the other, shall terminate on the Distribution Date and be replaced by such rights as are provided under this ‎Section 4.02 and by the Trademark License Agreement.

(b)SpinCo and its Affiliates shall (i) except as permitted under this Section 4.02 and the Trademark License Agreement, (A) immediately upon the Distribution Date cease all use of any of the Company Names and Marks on or in connection with all stationery, business cards, purchase orders, lease agreements, warranties, indemnifications, invoices and other similar correspondence and other documents of a contractual nature and (B) complete the removal of the Company Names and Marks from all product, services and technical information promotional brochures prior to expiration of the Trademark License Agreement and (ii) with respect to Assets or SpinCo Assets bearing any Company Names and Marks, use their commercially reasonable efforts to relabel such Assets or SpinCo Assets or remove such Company Names and Marks from such Assets or SpinCo Assets as promptly as practicable, and in any event prior to the expiration of the Trademark License Agreement.
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Distribution Date, will represent in writing to the owners or lessors of such Assets or other assets that such Assets or other assets are those of SpinCo and its Affiliates and not those of the Company and its Affiliates and (iii) except to the extent otherwise provided in the Trademark License Agreement, will cooperate with the Company and its Affiliates in terminating any Contracts pursuant to which the members of the Company Group or the members of the Tiger Group license any Company Names and Marks to customers in connection with the Tiger Business. SpinCo and its Affiliates shall take all necessary action to ensure that other users of any Company Names and Marks, whose rights terminate upon the Distribution Effective Time pursuant to this ‎Section 4.02, shall cease use of the Company Names and Marks, except as expressly authorized thereafter by the Company.

(d)Except as contemplated by the Trademark License Agreement, promptly after the Distribution Date, but in any event no later than 10 Business Days after the Distribution Date, SpinCo and its Affiliates shall make all filings with any and all offices, agencies and bodies and take all other actions necessary to adopt new corporate names, registered names, and registered fictitious names of the members of the Tiger Group and their respective Affiliates that do not consist in whole or in part of, and are not dilutive of or confusingly similar to, the Company Names and Marks (“New Corporate Names”). Upon receipt of confirmation from the appropriate registry that such name changes have been effected, SpinCo shall provide the Company with written proof that such name changes have been effected. SpinCo and its Affiliates shall use best efforts to adopt New Corporate Names as soon as possible after the Distribution Effective Time.
(e)SpinCo, for itself and its Affiliates, acknowledges and agrees that, except to the extent expressly provided in this ‎Section 4.02 or in the Trademark License Agreement, neither SpinCo nor any of its Affiliates shall have any rights in any of the Company Names and Marks and neither SpinCo nor any of its Affiliates shall contest the ownership or validity of any rights of the Company or any of its Affiliates in or to any of the Company Names and Marks.

Section 4.03.   Further Action Regarding Intellectual Property Rights.  (a) If, after the Distribution Date, the Company or SpinCo identifies any item of (i) Tiger Intellectual Property, (ii) Tiger Software, (iii) Tiger Data/Technology, (iv) Registrable IP owned by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries that was not set forth on Annex A-7 or Annex B-10 but for which the Tiger Business is responsible as reflected in the Company’s Intellectual Property Rights docketing systems (it being understood that the Company and SpinCo shall discuss in good faith any identified misallocation of designations of responsibility within such docketing systems) (“Unscheduled Registrable IP”), or (v) Intellectual Property Rights (other than Registrable IP and the Company Names and Marks), Data or Technology owned by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries that is not Used exclusively in the Tiger Business or set forth on Annex B-10 but for which the Tiger Business is responsible as reflected in the Company’s Intellectual Property Rights docketing systems (it being understood that the Company and SpinCo shall discuss in good faith any identified misallocation of designations of responsibility within such docketing systems) (“Tiger Docketed IP/Data/Technology”), in each case, that inadvertently was not previously transferred or set forth on the applicable Annex, as applicable, by any member of the Company Group or any of its Affiliates to SpinCo, then, to the extent that the Company has the right to do so and without paying additional consideration (other than a nominal fee (e.g., $1)) to a Third Party, the Company shall (or shall cause a member of the Company Group or its Affiliates to) Transfer such Tiger Intellectual Property, Tiger Software, Tiger Data/Technology, Unscheduled Registrable IP or Tiger Docketed IP/Data/Technology to SpinCo pursuant to the terms hereof for no additional consideration; provided that if such Transfer requires payment of additional consideration, then SpinCo may elect to have such license so Transferred at its own expense. Until such time that a member of the Company Group or any of its Affiliates Transfers such Tiger Intellectual Property, Tiger Software, Tiger Data/Technology, Unscheduled Registrable IP or Tiger Docketed IP/Data/Technology to SpinCo, such member of the Company Group, on behalf of itself and its Affiliates, hereby grants to SpinCo and its Subsidiaries (i) a non-exclusive, royalty-free, fully paid-up, worldwide, irrevocable, sublicensable and transferable right and license (or sublicense, as the case may be) to fully use, practice and otherwise exploit such Tiger Intellectual Property, Tiger Software, Tiger Data/Technology, Unscheduled Registrable IP, or Tiger Docketed IP/Data/Technology Controlled (as such term is defined in the IP Cross License Agreement) by the applicable member of the Company Group and its Affiliates and (ii) a covenant not to sue with respect to the foregoing activities, in each case under (i) and (ii), effective as of the Distribution Date.

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Property, Company Software or Company Data/Technology (other than Unscheduled Registrable IP and Tiger Docketed IP/Data/Technology) that was (i) Transferred by a member of the Company Group or any of its Affiliates or (ii) owned by any member of the Tiger Group prior to the Distribution Date and that was not Transferred to the Company or an Affiliate of the Company prior to the Distribution Date, SpinCo shall, or shall cause the applicable member of the Tiger Group to, promptly Transfer such Company Intellectual Property, Company Software or Company Data/Technology to the Company or its designated Affiliate pursuant to the terms hereof for no additional consideration. Until such time that SpinCo or any of its Affiliates Transfers such Company Intellectual Property, Company Software or Company Data/Technology to the Company or its designated Affiliate, SpinCo, on behalf of itself and its Affiliates, hereby grants to the Company and its Affiliates (i) a non-exclusive, royalty-free, fully paid-up, worldwide, irrevocable, sublicensable and transferable right and license (or sublicense, as the case may be) to fully use, practice and otherwise exploit such Company Intellectual Property, Company Software or Company Data/Technology Controlled (as such term is defined in the IP Cross License Agreement) by the applicable member of the Tiger Group and its Affiliates and (ii) a covenant not to sue with respect to the foregoing activities, in each case under (i) and (ii), effective as of the Distribution Date.

Section 4.04.   Third Party Licenses.  To the extent that any Intellectual Property Rights, Software, Technology or Data included in SpinCo Assets or Direct Sale Assets is licensed or sublicensed from a Third Party under a Contract (other than a Contract set forth in clause (iii) of the definition of SpinCo Assets), such Intellectual Property Rights, Software, Technology or Data is subject to all of the terms and conditions of the Contract between the member of the Company Group and such Third Party pursuant to which such Intellectual Property Rights, Software, Technology or Data has been licensed or sublicensed to such member of the Company Group, including limitations to the field or scope of use.

Section 4.05.   Third Party Consents.   Prior to the Distribution Effective Time, each party agrees to cooperate to obtain any Consents (together with novations) from any Third Party (other than a Governmental Authority) that may be required in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby, including taking the actions set forth on Schedule ‎4.05. Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, except as otherwise set forth on Schedule ‎4.05, neither the Company nor Parent nor any of their respective Affiliates shall be required to compensate any Third Party, commence or participate in any Action or offer or grant any accommodation (financial or otherwise, including any accommodation or arrangement to remain secondarily liable or contingently liable for any Tiger Liability) to any Third Party to obtain any such Consent.

Section 4.06.   Factored Customer Receivables.  The Company shall cause the Tiger Business not to have any accounts receivable of the Tiger Business as of the Distribution Effective Time sold or otherwise transferred or divested by the Tiger Business to any Person, or otherwise subject to any factoring arrangement, as of the Distribution Effective Time, other than Factored Customer Receivables.

Section 4.07.   Interim Period Agreements.  Each of the parties hereto agrees to (a) negotiate in good faith to finalize (i) a definitive agreement with respect to certain co-location arrangements on the terms set forth in Exhibit H (the terms set forth on Exhibit H, the “Co-Location Term Sheet” and, such definitive agreement, the “Definitive Co-Location Agreement”) and (ii) a digital services agreement on the terms set forth in Exhibit I (the terms set forth on Exhibit I, the “Digital Term Sheet” and, such definitive agreement, the “Definitive Digital Agreement”) and (b) prior to the Distribution Effective Time, cause the applicable parties to enter into the Definitive Co-Location Agreement and the Definitive Digital Agreement. Following the time at which each of the Definitive Co-Location Agreement and Definitive Digital Agreement is entered into, such definitive agreement shall be deemed a Surviving Intercompany Agreement for all purposes hereunder; provided that, notwithstanding anything to the contrary set forth herein or in the Co-Location Term Sheet or Digital Term Sheet (including for clarity any references therein to their non-binding nature), as applicable, in the event that the Definitive Co-Location Agreement or Definitive Digital Agreement is not entered into prior to the Distribution Effective Time, the terms set forth in the Co-Location Term Sheet or Digital Term Sheet, as applicable, shall be binding on the parties hereto and thereto after the Distribution Effective Time (and shall be deemed to be a Surviving Intercompany Agreement for all purposes hereunder), unless and until the Definitive Co-Location Agreement or Definitive Digital Agreement, as applicable, has been executed and delivered in accordance with the terms of this Agreement.

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ARTICLE 5
INDEMNIFICATION

Section 5.01.   Release of Pre-Distribution Claims.   (a) Except as provided in Section 5.01(b), effective as of the Distribution Effective Time:

(i)The Company, for itself and each member of the Company Group and, to the extent permitted by Applicable Law, all Persons who at any time prior to the Distribution Effective Time were directors, officers, partners, managers, agents or employees of any member of the Company Group (in their respective capacities as such), in each case, together with their respective heirs, executors, administrators, successors and assigns, does hereby remise, release and forever discharge SpinCo and the other members of the Tiger Group, their respective Affiliates, successors and assigns, and all Persons who at any time prior to the Distribution Effective Time have been stockholders, members, partners, directors, managers, officers, agents or employees of any member of the Tiger Group (in each case, in their respective capacities as such), and their respective heirs, executors, administrators, successors and assigns (collectively, the “Tiger Released Persons”) from any and all Liabilities, whether at law or in equity (including any right of contribution), whether arising under any Contract, by operation of law or otherwise, in each case, existing or arising from any acts or events occurring or failing to occur or alleged to have occurred or to have failed to occur or any conditions existing or alleged to have existed on or before the Distribution Effective Time, including in connection with the Separation and the Distribution and any of the other transactions contemplated hereunder and under the Transaction Agreements. Without limitation, the foregoing release includes a release of any rights and benefits with respect to such Liabilities that the Company and each member of the Company Group, and their respective successors and assigns, now has or in the future may have conferred upon them by virtue of any statute or common law principle which provides that a general release does not extend to claims which a party does not know or suspect to exist in its favor at the time of executing the release, if knowledge of such claims would have materially affected such party’s settlement with the obligor. In this regard, the Company hereby acknowledges that it is aware that factual matters now unknown to it may have given or may hereafter give rise to Liabilities that are presently unknown, unanticipated and unsuspected, and it further agrees that this release has been negotiated and agreed upon in light of that awareness and it nevertheless hereby intends to release the Tiger Released Persons from the Liabilities described in the first sentence of this Section 5.01(a)(i).
(ii)SpinCo, for itself and each member of the Tiger Group and, to the extent permitted by Applicable Law, all Persons who at any time prior to the Distribution Effective Time were directors, officers, partners, managers, agents or employees of Parent or any member of the Tiger Group (in their respective capacities as such), in each case, together with their respective heirs, executors, administrators, successors and assigns, does hereby remise, release and forever discharge the Company and the other members of the Company Group, their respective Affiliates, successors and assigns, and all Persons who at any time prior to the Distribution Effective Time have been stockholders, members, partners, directors, managers, officers, agents or employees of any member of the Company Group (in each case, in their respective capacities as such), and their respective heirs, executors, administrators, successors and assigns (collectively, the “Company Released Persons”) from any and all Liabilities, whether at law or in equity (including any right of contribution), whether arising under any Contract, by operation of law or otherwise, in each case, existing or arising from any acts or events occurring or failing to occur or alleged to have occurred or to have failed to occur or any conditions existing or alleged to have existed on or before the Distribution Effective Time, including in connection with the Separation and the Distribution and any of the other transactions contemplated hereunder and under the Transaction Agreements. Without limitation, the foregoing release includes a release of any rights and benefits with respect to such Liabilities that SpinCo and each member of the Tiger Group, and their respective successors and assigns, now has or in the future may have conferred upon them by virtue of any statute or common law principle which provides that a general release does not extend to claims which a party does not know or suspect to exist in its favor at the time of executing the release, if knowledge of such claims would have materially affected such party’s settlement with the obligor. In this regard, each of Parent and SpinCo hereby acknowledges that it

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is aware that factual matters now unknown to it may have given or may hereafter give rise to Liabilities that are presently unknown, unanticipated and unsuspected, and it further agrees that this release has been negotiated and agreed upon in light of that awareness and SpinCo nevertheless hereby intends to release the Company Released Persons from the Liabilities described in the first sentence of this Section 5.01(a)(ii).

(b)Nothing contained in Section 5.01(a) shall limit or otherwise affect any Person’s rights or obligations pursuant to or contemplated by, or ability to enforce, any Surviving Intercompany Agreement or Surviving Intercompany Account, in each case in accordance with its terms.
(c)Following the Distribution Effective Time, the Company shall not, and shall cause each other member of the Company Group not to, make any claim or demand, or commence any Action asserting any claim or demand, including any claim of contribution, recovery or any indemnification, against Parent, SpinCo or any of their respective Affiliates, or any other Person released with respect to any Liabilities released pursuant to Section 5.01(a)(i). Following the Distribution Effective Time, Parent shall not, and shall cause its Affiliates, SpinCo and each other member of the Tiger Group not to, make any claim or demand, or commence any Action asserting any claim or demand, including any claim of contribution, recovery or any indemnification, against the Company or any of its Affiliates, or any other Person released with respect to any Liabilities released pursuant to Section 5.01(a)(ii).

Section 5.02.   Indemnification by the Company.  Without limiting the indemnity provisions of any Ancillary Agreements, from and after the Distribution Effective Time, the Company shall indemnify, defend (or, where applicable, pay the defense costs for) and hold harmless the SpinCo Indemnitees from and against, and shall reimburse such SpinCo Indemnitees with respect to, any and all Indemnifiable Losses of the SpinCo Indemnitees to the extent arising out of, resulting from or related to (without duplication): (a) any Excluded Liabilities, including the failure of any member of the Company Group to assume any Excluded Liabilities or (b) any breach by the Company or any other member of the Company Group of any obligations to be performed by such Persons pursuant to this Agreement subsequent to the Distribution Effective Time (each, a “SpinCo Claim”).

Section 5.03.   Indemnification by Parent.  Without limiting the indemnity provisions of any Ancillary Agreements, from and after the Distribution Effective Time, Parent shall indemnify, defend (or, where applicable, pay the defense costs for) and hold harmless the Company Indemnitees from and against, and shall reimburse such Company Indemnitees with respect to, any and all Indemnifiable Losses of the Company Indemnitees to the extent arising out of, resulting from or related to (without duplication): (a) any SpinCo Liabilities, including the failure of any member of the SpinCo Group to assume any SpinCo Liabilities, (b) any Direct Sale Liabilities, including the failure of Direct Sale Purchaser to assume any Direct Sale Liabilities, or (c) any breach by SpinCo, any other member of the Tiger Group, Parent or Direct Sale Purchaser of any obligations to be performed by such Persons pursuant to this Agreement subsequent to the Distribution Effective Time (each, a “Company Claim”).

Section 5.04.   Procedures for Indemnification.  (a) Direct Claims. Other than with respect to Third-Party Claims, which shall be governed by Section 5.04(b):

(i)if a SpinCo Indemnitee has made a determination that it is or may be entitled to indemnification in respect of any SpinCo Claim, the SpinCo Indemnitee shall so notify the Company as promptly as reasonably possible after becoming aware of the existence of such SpinCo Claim; and
(ii)if a Company Indemnitee has made a determination that it is or may be entitled to indemnification in respect of any Company Claim, the Company Indemnitee shall so notify Parent as promptly as reasonably possible after becoming aware of the existence of such Company Claim (any such claim made pursuant to Section 5.04(a)(i) or this Section 5.04(a)(ii), a “Direct Claim”).

Each such notice shall be in writing and shall describe in reasonable detail the basis for the claim for indemnification hereunder and set forth, to the extent known, the estimated amount of Indemnifiable Losses for which indemnification may be sought hereunder relating to such claim and, to the extent practicable, the method of computation thereof; provided, however, that the failure to provide (or delay in providing) such written notice shall not release the Indemnifying Party from any of its obligations except and solely to the extent the Indemnifying Party shall have been actually prejudiced as a result of such failure or delay.

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(b)Third-Party Claims.  If an Indemnitee receives notice or otherwise learns of the assertion by any Third Party of any claim or demand or of the commencement by any Third Party of any Action as to which an Indemnifying Party may be obligated to provide indemnification pursuant to this Agreement (a “Third-Party Claim”), the Company (on behalf of the Company Indemnitees) or Parent (on behalf of the SpinCo Indemnitees), as applicable (such claimant, the “Claiming Party”), shall promptly notify the Indemnifying Party of the Third-Party Claim in writing and in reasonable detail describing the basis for any claim for indemnification hereunder; provided, however, that the failure to provide notice of any such Third-Party Claim pursuant to this sentence shall not release the Indemnifying Party from any of its obligations except and solely to the extent the Indemnifying Party shall have been actually prejudiced as a result of such failure.
(c)Subject to the provisions of this Section 5.04(c), the Indemnifying Party has the right, exercisable by written notice to the Claiming Party within 30 days after receipt of notice from the Claiming Party pursuant to Section 5.04(b), to assume and conduct the defense (including settlement) of such Third-Party Claim in accordance with the limits set forth in this Agreement with counsel selected by the Indemnifying Party and reasonably acceptable to the other party. If the Indemnifying Party does not assume the defense of a Third-Party Claim in accordance with this Section 5.04(c), the Indemnitee may defend the Third-Party Claim. If the Indemnifying Party has assumed the defense of a Third-Party Claim as provided in this Section 5.04(c), the Indemnifying Party shall not be liable for any legal expenses incurred by the Indemnitee in connection with the defense of the Third-Party Claim; provided, however, that if (A) after consultation with outside counsel, there exists a conflict of interest between the Indemnifying Party and the applicable Indemnitee(s) in the defense of such Third-Party Claim by the Indemnifying Party, (B) the Third-Party Claim seeks an injunction or equitable relief against the Indemnitee or any of its Affiliates, (C) the Third-Party Claim relates to or arises in connection with any criminal proceeding, action, indictment, allegation or investigation or (D) the Indemnifying Party fails to take reasonable steps necessary to defend diligently such Third-Party Claim, then, in each case, the Indemnitee may assume its own defense, and the Indemnifying Party shall be liable for the reasonable costs or expenses incurred in connection with such defense. The Indemnifying Party or the Indemnitee, as the case may be, has the right to participate in (but, subject to the prior sentence, not control), at its own expense, the defense of any Third-Party Claim that the other party is defending as provided in this Agreement. The Indemnifying Party, if it has assumed the defense of any Third-Party Claim as provided in this Agreement, may not, without the prior written consent of the Indemnitee, consent to a settlement or compromise of, or the entry of any judgment arising from, any such Third-Party Claim that (i) does not include as an unconditional term thereof the giving by the claimant or the plaintiff to the Indemnitee of a complete release from all liability in respect of such Third-Party Claim or (ii) provides for injunctive or other nonmonetary relief affecting the Indemnitee or any of its Affiliates, or for monetary relief with respect to which the Indemnitee and its Affiliates are not entitled to indemnification under this Agreement. The Indemnitee shall not consent to a settlement or compromise of, or the entry of any judgment arising from, any Third-Party Claim, without the prior written consent of the Indemnifying Party (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed).
(d)The Claiming Party and the Indemnifying Party shall (and the Claiming Party shall cause the applicable Indemnitee(s) to) make reasonably available to each other and their respective agents and Representatives all relevant information available to them that are necessary or appropriate for the defense of any Third-Party Claim, subject to any bona fide claims of attorney-client privilege, and each of the Indemnifying Party and the Claiming Party shall use its reasonable efforts to assist, and to cause the employees and counsel of such party to assist, in the defense of such Third-Party Claim. If a party asserts its right to participate in the defense of any Third-Party Claim, the party controlling the defense and investigation of such Third-Party Claim shall act in good faith and reasonably consult and cooperate with the Indemnitee or the Indemnifying Party, as the case may be, in connection with any appearances, briefs, arguments and proposals made or submitted by or on behalf of any party in connection with the Third-Party Claim (including considering in good faith all reasonable additions, deletions or changes suggested by the Indemnitee or the Indemnifying Party, as the case may be, in connection any filings made with any Governmental Authority or proposals to the Third Party claimant in connection therewith).

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(e)The provisions of this Section 5.04 (other than this Section 5.04(e)) and Section 5.07 (other than Section 5.07(f)) shall not apply to Taxes (Taxes being governed by the Tax Matters Agreement).
(f)Each party shall, and shall cause its Subsidiaries to, use commercially reasonable efforts to collect or recover, or allow the Indemnifying Party to collect or recover, or cooperate with each other in collecting or recovering, any Insurance Proceeds that may be collectible or recoverable respecting the Liabilities for which indemnification may be available under this Article 5. If an Indemnifying Party makes any payment for any Indemnifiable Losses pursuant to the provisions of this Article 5, such Indemnifying Party shall be subrogated, to the extent of such payment, to all rights and remedies of the Indemnitee to any insurance benefits or other claims of the Indemnitee with respect to such Indemnifiable Losses and with respect to the matter giving rise to such Indemnifiable Losses.

Section 5.05.   Indemnification Obligations Net of Insurance Proceeds and Other Amounts.   (a) Any recovery by any party (including any of its Indemnitees) for any Indemnifiable Loss subject to indemnification pursuant to this Article 5 shall be calculated (i) net of Insurance Proceeds actually received by such party (or any of its Indemnitees) with respect to any Indemnifiable Loss and (ii) net of any proceeds actually received by such party (or any of its Indemnitees) from any Third Party with respect to any such Liability corresponding to the Indemnifiable Loss (“Third-Party Proceeds”), in the case of (i) and (ii) net of the costs of collection thereof and any increase in premium attributable thereto. Accordingly, the amount which any Indemnifying Party is required to pay pursuant to this Article 5 to any Indemnitee pursuant to this Article 5 shall be reduced by any Insurance Proceeds or Third-Party Proceeds theretofore actually recovered by or on behalf of the Indemnitee corresponding to the related Indemnifiable Loss, in each case net of the costs of collection thereof and any increase in premium attributable thereto. If an Indemnitee receives a payment required by this Agreement from an Indemnifying Party corresponding to any Indemnifiable Loss (an “Indemnity Payment”) and subsequently receives Insurance Proceeds or Third-Party Proceeds, then the Indemnitee shall pay to the Indemnifying Party an amount equal to the excess of the Indemnity Payment received over the amount of the Indemnity Payment that would have been due if the Insurance Proceeds or Third-Party Proceeds had been received, realized or recovered before the Indemnity Payment was made.

(b)The parties hereby agree that an insurer or other Third Party that would otherwise be obligated to pay any amount shall not be relieved of the responsibility with respect thereto or have any subrogation rights with respect thereto by virtue of any provision contained in this Agreement or any Transaction Agreement, and that no insurer or any other Third Party shall be entitled to a “windfall” (e.g., a benefit they would not otherwise be entitled to receive, or the reduction or elimination of an insurance coverage obligation that they would otherwise have, in the absence of the indemnification or release provisions) by virtue of any provision contained in this Agreement or any Transaction Agreement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, an Indemnifying Party may not delay making any Indemnity Payment required under the terms of this Agreement, or otherwise satisfying any indemnification obligation, pending the outcome of any Action to collect or recover Insurance Proceeds, and an Indemnitee need not attempt to collect any Insurance Proceeds prior to making a claim for indemnification or receiving any Indemnity Payment otherwise owed to it under this Agreement or any Transaction Agreement.
(c)Any recovery by any party (including any of its Indemnitees) for any Indemnifiable Loss subject to indemnification pursuant to this Article 5 shall be calculated net of any Tax benefit actually realized by the Indemnitee arising from the incurrence or payment of any such Indemnifiable Loss (determined on a “with and without” basis and by treating the loss or deduction (or a carryforward thereof) attributable to such Indemnifiable Loss as the last item taken into account in determining the applicable Indemnitee’s Tax liability).

Section 5.06.   Contribution.  If the indemnification provided for in this Article 5 is unavailable for any reason to an Indemnitee (other than, and to the extent resulting from, failure to provide notice with respect to any Third-Party Claims in accordance with Section 5.04(b)) in respect of any Indemnifiable Loss, then the Indemnifying Party shall, in accordance with this Section 5.06, contribute to the Indemnifiable Losses incurred, paid or payable by such Indemnitee as a result of such Indemnifiable Loss in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect the relative fault of Parent, Direct Sale Purchaser, SpinCo and each other member of the Tiger Group, on the one hand, and the Company and each other member of the Company Group, on the other hand, in connection with the circumstances which resulted in such Indemnifiable Loss. Solely for purposes of determining relative fault pursuant to this Section 5.06: (a) any fault associated with the conduct of the Company Business prior to

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the Distribution Effective Time shall be deemed to be allocated to the Company and the other members of the Company Group, and no such fault shall be deemed to be the fault of SpinCo or any other member of the Tiger Group; and (b) any fault associated with the conduct of the Tiger Business prior to the Distribution Effective Time shall be deemed to be the fault of SpinCo and the other members of the Tiger Group, and no such fault shall be deemed to be the fault of the Company or any other member of the Company Group.

Section 5.07.   Additional Matters; Survival of Indemnities.   (a) The agreements contained in this Article 5 shall remain operative and in full force and effect, regardless of (i) any investigation made by or on behalf of any Indemnitee, and (ii) the knowledge by the Indemnitee of Indemnifiable Losses for which it might be entitled to payment hereunder. The agreements contained in this Article 5 shall survive the Distribution.

(b)The rights and obligations of each party and their respective Indemnitees under this Article 5 shall survive (i) the sale or other Transfer by any party or its Subsidiaries of any Assets or businesses or the assignment by it of any Liabilities and (ii) any merger, consolidation, business combination, sale of all or substantially all of the Assets, restructuring, recapitalization, reorganization or similar transaction involving either party or any of its Subsidiaries.
(c)The parties intend and hereby agree that this Article 5 sets forth the exclusive remedy of the parties and the parties to the Conveyance and Assumption Instruments, as applicable, following the Distribution Effective Time for any Liabilities arising out of any breach of the covenants contained in this Agreement (including with respect to Indemnifiable Losses arising out of, resulting from or related to Excluded Liabilities, Direct Sale Liabilities or SpinCo Liabilities, as the case may be) or any Conveyance and Assumption Instrument, except that nothing contained in this Section 5.07(c) shall impair any right of any Person (i) to specific performance under this Agreement or (ii) to equitable relief as provided in Section 7.14 or in any other Transaction Agreement. In furtherance of the foregoing, each party waives, to the fullest extent permitted under Applicable Law, any and all rights, claims and causes of action it may have against the other party in connection herewith or any Conveyance and Assumption Instrument or arising under or based upon any Applicable Law other than the right to seek indemnity pursuant to this Article 5 and the right to seek the relief described in clauses ‎(i) or ‎(ii) of the preceding sentence. Each party shall cause its Representatives to comply with this Section 5.07(c).
(d)Any amounts payable pursuant to this Article 5 shall be paid without duplication, and in no event shall any party be indemnified or receive contribution under different provisions of any Transaction Agreement for the same Liabilities. In furtherance of the foregoing, the Company shall not be required to indemnify any SpinCo Indemnitee for any Liability pursuant to Section 5.02 if and to the extent such Liability was taken into account in the calculation of Final SpinCo Closing Indebtedness or Final Direct Sale Closing Indebtedness.
(e)From and after the Distribution Effective Time, with respect to any Action where the Company or SpinCo (or any member of such other party’s Group) is a defendant, when and if requested by such party, the other party shall use commercially reasonable efforts to petition the applicable court or tribunal to remove the requesting party as a defendant to the extent that such Action relates solely to Assets or Liabilities that the other party (or any member of such other party’s Group) has been allocated pursuant to Article 2, and the other party shall cooperate and assist in any required communication with any plaintiff or other related Third Party.
(f)The parties shall report for all Tax purposes any amounts payable pursuant to this Article 5 in accordance with Section 15(b) of the Tax Matters Agreement.
(g)No party shall have any right to set off any losses (including Indemnifiable Losses) under this Article 5 against any payments to be made by such party pursuant to this Agreement or any other agreement between the parties, including the Merger Agreement or any of the Ancillary Agreements.
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ARTICLE 6
PRESERVATION OF RECORDS; ACCESS TO INFORMATION; CONFIDENTIALITY; PRIVILEGE

Section 6.01.   Access Generally.  (a) Other than for matters related to provision of Tax records (in which event the provisions of the Tax Matters Agreement shall govern), and subject to appropriate restrictions for Privileged Information or Evaluation Material, from and after the Distribution Effective Time and until the later of (i) the sixth anniversary of the Distribution Effective Time and (ii) the expiration of the relevant statute of limitations period, if applicable, and subject to compliance with the terms of the Transaction Agreements, upon the prior written reasonable request by the Company or SpinCo, the applicable party shall use commercially reasonable efforts to provide, as soon as reasonably practicable following the receipt of such request, reasonable access or, to the extent such information is reasonably practicable to identify and extract, copies of such information in the possession or control of such applicable party (or its Affiliates), but only to the extent such requested information is not already in the possession or control of the requesting party or any of its Affiliates and is necessary for a reasonable business purpose. Each of the Company and SpinCo shall make their respective personnel available during regular business hours to discuss the information exchanged pursuant to this Article 6.

(b)Each of the Company and SpinCo shall inform their respective Representatives who have or have access to the other party’s Evaluation Material or other information provided pursuant to this Article 6 of their obligation to hold such information confidential in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement.
(c)Nothing in this Article 6 shall require any party to violate any agreement with any Third Party regarding the confidentiality of confidential and proprietary information relating to that Third Party or its business; provided, however, that in the event that a party would be required under this Section 6.01 to disclose any such information, such party shall use commercially reasonable efforts to seek to obtain such Third Party’s written consent to the disclosure of such information and to otherwise disclose any such information in a manner that would not reasonably be expected to violate such agreement.

Section 6.02.   Financial Statements and Accounting.  Without limitation of Section 6.01, from the Distribution Effective Time, each of the Company and SpinCo agrees to provide reasonable assistance and, subject to Section 6.06, reasonable access to its properties, books and records, other information and personnel, and to use its commercially reasonable efforts to cooperate with the other party’s requests, in each case to enable (a) such other party to meet its timetable for dissemination of its earnings releases, financial statements and management’s assessment of the effectiveness of its disclosure controls and procedures and its internal control over financial reporting in accordance with Items 307 and 308, respectively, of Regulation S-K, (b) such other party’s accountants to timely complete their review of the quarterly financial statements and audit of the annual financial statements of such other party, including, to the extent applicable to such party, its auditor’s audit of its internal control over financial reporting and management’s assessment thereof in accordance with Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 and the SEC’s and Public Company Accounting Oversight Board’s rules and auditing standards thereunder, and (c) such other party to respond to any written request or official comment from a Governmental Authority, including in connection with responding to a comment letter from, or investigation by, the SEC; provided, that in connection with this clause ‎(c), each party shall provide reasonable access on the terms set forth in this Section 6.02 until the matter relating to such comment letter or investigation is resolved.

Section 6.03.   Witness Services.  At all times from and after the Distribution Effective Time, each of the Company and SpinCo shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to make available to the other party, upon reasonable written request, its and its Subsidiaries’ officers, directors, employees and agents (taking into account the business demands of such individuals) as witnesses to the extent that (a) such Persons may reasonably be required to testify in connection with the prosecution or defense of any Action in which the requesting party may from time to time be involved (except for claims, demands or Actions in which one or more members of one Group is adverse to one or more members of the other Group) and (b) there is no conflict in the Action between the requesting party and the other party. A party providing a witness to the other party under this Section 6.03 shall be entitled to receive from the recipient of such witness services, upon the presentation of invoices therefor, payments for such amounts, relating to supplies, disbursements and other out-of-pocket expenses (which shall not

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include the costs of salaries and benefits of employees who are witnesses or any pro rata portion of overhead or other costs of employing such employees which would have been incurred by such employees’ employer regardless of the employees’ service as witnesses), as may be reasonably incurred and properly paid under Applicable Law.

Section 6.04.   Reimbursement.  Except as otherwise set forth in the Merger Agreement or any Ancillary Agreement, the party requesting information or services pursuant to this Article 6 agrees to reimburse the other party for the reasonable out-of-pocket costs, if any, actually incurred in connection with delivering such information or services, to the extent that such costs are incurred for the benefit of the requesting party.

Section 6.05.   Retention of Books and Records.  (a) The Company and its Affiliates shall have the right to retain copies of all books and records of the Tiger Business relating to periods ending on or before the Distribution Date; provided, that such copies shall be deemed Evaluation Material and shall be subject to the provisions of Section 6.06. SpinCo agrees that it shall preserve and keep all original books and records in respect of the Tiger Business in the possession or control of SpinCo or its Affiliates for the longer of (i) any applicable statute of limitations and (ii) a period of six years from the Distribution Date.

(b)During such six-year or statute of limitations period, as applicable, (i) Representatives of the Company and its Affiliates shall, upon reasonable written notice and for any reasonable business purpose, have reasonable access during normal business hours to examine, inspect and copy such books and records and (ii) SpinCo shall provide to the Company and its Affiliates reasonable access to such original books and records of the members of the Tiger Group and the Tiger Business as the Company or its Affiliates shall reasonably request in connection with any Action to which the Company or any of its Affiliates are parties or in connection with the requirements of any Applicable Law. The Company or its Affiliates, as applicable, shall return such original books and records to SpinCo or its Affiliate as soon as such books and records are no longer needed in connection with the circumstances described in the immediately preceding sentence.
(c)After such six-year or statute of limitations period, as applicable, before SpinCo or any of its Affiliates shall dispose of any of such books and records, SpinCo shall give at least 90 days’ prior written notice of such intention to dispose of any such books and records to the Company, and the Company and its Affiliates shall be given an opportunity, at their cost and expense, to remove and retain all or any part of such books and records as it may elect upon reasonable written notice to SpinCo.
(d)Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section 6.05, the Tax Matters Agreement will govern the retention of Tax Returns, schedules and work papers and all material records or other documents relating thereto.

Section 6.06.   Confidentiality.  (a) From and after the Distribution Effective Time, the Company shall not, and shall cause each member of the Company Group and its and their respective Representatives not to, directly or indirectly, without the prior written consent of SpinCo, disclose to any Third Party (other than to each other and their respective Representatives who need to know the information and who are advised of the confidential nature of such information) any Evaluation Material related to the Tiger Business; provided, that the foregoing restrictions shall not (i) apply to any information available to the public (other than as a result of disclosure in violation of this Section 6.06(a)) or (ii) prohibit disclosure required by Applicable Law so long as, to the extent legally permissible, the Company or such member of the Company Group provides SpinCo with reasonable prior written notice of such disclosure and a reasonable opportunity to contest such disclosure at SpinCo’s sole expense. From and after the Distribution Effective Time, the Company shall, and shall cause each member of the Company Group and its and their respective Representatives to, use such Evaluation Material related to the Tiger Business only in connection with the purpose for which such Evaluation Material was retained by the Company or such member of the Company Group in accordance with this Agreement, and for no other reason (and only for so long as such purpose continues to be applicable to the Company or such member of the Company Group).

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any information available to the public (other than as a result of disclosure in violation of this Section 6.06(b)) or (ii) prohibit disclosure required by Applicable Law so long as, to the extent legally permissible, SpinCo or such member of the Tiger Group provides the Company with reasonable prior written notice of such disclosure and a reasonable opportunity to contest such disclosure at the Company’s sole expense. From and after the Distribution Effective Time, SpinCo shall, and SpinCo shall cause Parent and its Subsidiaries, including SpinCo and each other member of the Tiger Group, and its and their respective Representatives to, use such Evaluation Material related to the Company Business only in connection with the purpose for which such Evaluation Material was retained by SpinCo or such member of the Tiger Group in accordance with this Agreement, and for no other reason (and only for so long as such purpose continues to be applicable to SpinCo or such member of the Tiger Group).

(c)For the avoidance of doubt and notwithstanding any other provision of this Section 6.06, (i) the sharing of Privileged Information shall be governed solely by Section 6.07, and (ii) information that is subject to any confidentiality provision or other disclosure restriction in any Ancillary Agreement shall be governed by the terms of such Ancillary Agreement.

Section 6.07.   Privilege Matters.  (a) Pre-Distribution Services. The parties recognize in certain instances legal and other professional services that have been and will be provided prior to the Distribution Effective Time have been and will be rendered for the collective benefit of each of the members of the Company Group and the Tiger Group, and, to the fullest extent permitted by Applicable Law, that each of the members of the Company Group and the Tiger Group should be deemed to be the client with respect to such pre-Distribution services for the purposes of asserting all privileges, immunities or other protections from disclosure which may be asserted under Applicable Law, including attorney-client privilege, business strategy privilege, joint defense privilege, common interest privilege and protection under the work-product doctrine (“Privilege”). To the fullest extent permitted by Applicable Law, the Company and SpinCo shall have a shared Privilege with respect to all information subject to Privilege (“Privileged Information”) which relates to such pre-Distribution services. For the avoidance of doubt, Privileged Information within the scope of this Section 6.07(a) includes, but is not limited to, services rendered by legal counsel retained or employed by any the Company or SpinCo (or any member of such party’s respective Group), including outside counsel and in-house counsel.

(b)Post-Distribution Services.  The parties recognize that legal and other professional services will be provided following the Distribution Effective Time to each of the Company and SpinCo. The parties further recognize that certain of such post-Distribution services will be rendered solely for the benefit of the Company or SpinCo, as the case may be, while other such post-Distribution services may be rendered with respect to Actions or other matters which involve both the Company and SpinCo. To the fullest extent permitted by Applicable Law, with respect to such post-Distribution services and related Privileged Information, the parties agree as follows:
(i)All Privileged Information relating to any claims, proceedings, litigation, disputes or other matters which involve both the Company Group and the Tiger Group shall be subject to a shared Privilege among the parties involved in the claims, proceedings, litigation, disputes or other matters at issue; and
(ii)Except as otherwise provided in Section 6.07(b)(i), Privileged Information relating to post-Distribution services provided solely to one of the Company Group or the Tiger Group shall not be deemed shared between the parties; provided, that the foregoing shall not be construed or interpreted to restrict the right or authority of the parties (x) to enter into any further agreement, not otherwise inconsistent with the terms of this Agreement, concerning the sharing of Privileged Information or (y) otherwise to share Privileged Information without waiving any Privilege which could be asserted under Applicable Law.
(c)The parties agree as follows regarding all Privileged Information with respect to which the parties shall have a shared Privilege under Section 6.07(a) or ‎(b):
(i)subject to Section 6.07(c)(iii), no member of the Company Group or Tiger Group may waive, or allege or purport to waive, any Privilege which could be asserted under any Applicable Law, and in which the other (or a member of its Group) has a shared Privilege, without the written consent of the other party;

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(ii)if a dispute arises between or among the parties or their respective Subsidiaries regarding whether a Privilege should be waived to protect or advance the interest of any party, each party agrees that it shall negotiate in good faith, shall endeavor to minimize any prejudice to the rights of the other party and each of the Company and SpinCo, on behalf of themselves and their respective Group, specifically agrees that it shall not withhold consent to waive for any purpose except to protect its own legitimate interests; and
(iii)in the event of any litigation or dispute between the parties, or any members of their respective Groups, either the Company or SpinCo, on behalf of themselves and their respective Group, may waive a Privilege in which the other party or member of such Group has a shared Privilege, without obtaining the consent of the other party; provided, that such waiver of a shared Privilege shall to the fullest extent permitted by Applicable Law be effective only as to the use of Privileged Information with respect to the litigation or dispute between the parties and/or the applicable members of their respective Groups, and shall not operate as a waiver of the shared Privilege with respect to Third Parties.
(d)The transfer of all information pursuant to this Agreement is made in reliance on the agreement of the Company or SpinCo as set forth in Section 6.06 and this Section 6.07(d), to maintain the confidentiality of Privileged Information and to assert and maintain any applicable Privilege. The access to information being granted pursuant to Section 6.01 and Section 6.02, the agreement to provide witnesses and individuals pursuant to Section 6.03, the furnishing of notices and documents and other cooperative efforts contemplated by Section 5.04 and the transfer of Privileged Information between the parties and their respective Subsidiaries pursuant to this Agreement shall not be deemed a waiver of any Privilege that has been or may be asserted under this Agreement or otherwise.

Section 6.08.   Ownership of Information.  Any information owned by one party or any of its Subsidiaries that is provided to a requesting party pursuant to this Article 6 shall be deemed to remain the property of the providing party. Unless expressly set forth herein, nothing contained in this Agreement shall be construed as granting a license or other rights to any party with respect to any such information, whether by implication, estoppel or otherwise.

Section 6.09.   Other Agreements.  The rights and obligations granted under this Article 6 are subject to any specific limitations, qualifications or additional provisions on the sharing, exchange or confidential treatment of information set forth in any Transaction Agreement.

ARTICLE 7
MISCELLANEOUS

Section 7.01.   Complete Agreement.  This Agreement, the other Transaction Agreements, the Conveyance and Assumption Instruments and the Confidentiality Agreement constitute the entire agreement of the parties with respect to the subject matter hereof and thereof and supersede all prior agreements and undertakings, both written and oral, among the parties with respect to the subject matter hereof and thereof.

Section 7.02.   Counterparts.  This Agreement may be signed in any number of counterparts, each of which shall be an original, with the same effect as if the signatures thereto and hereto were upon the same instrument. This Agreement shall become effective when each party shall have received a counterpart hereof signed by the other parties. Until and unless each party has received a counterpart hereof signed by the other parties, this Agreement shall have no effect and no party shall have any right or obligation hereunder (whether by virtue of any other oral or written agreement or other communication).

Section 7.03.   Survival of Covenants.  Except as otherwise contemplated by this Agreement or any other Transaction Agreement, all covenants of the parties contained in this Agreement and each Transaction Agreement shall survive the Distribution Effective Time and remain in full force and effect in accordance with their applicable terms.

Section 7.04.   Expenses.  Except as otherwise provided in this Agreement or any other Transaction Agreement, each party shall be responsible for its own fees and expenses.

Section 7.05.   Notices.  All notices, requests and other communications to any party hereunder shall be in writing (including facsimile transmission and e-mail transmission, so long as a receipt of such e-mail is requested and received) and shall be given:

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If to the Company, or to SpinCo prior to the Distribution Effective Time:

 
General Electric Company
 
 
33-41 Farnsworth Street
 
 
Boston, MA 02210
 
 
Attention:
General Counsel
 
 
Facsimile No.:
+44 207302 6834
 
 
E-mail:
jim.waterbury@ge.com
 
 
 
 
 
 
with a copy to:
 
 
 
 
 
Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP
 
 
450 Lexington Avenue
 
 
New York, New York 10017
 
Attention:
William L. Taylor
 
 
 
Lee Hochbaum
 
 
Facsimile No.:
(212) 701-5800
 
 
E-mail:
william.taylor@davispolk.com
 
 
 
lee.hochbaum@davispolk.com
 

If to Parent, Direct Sale Purchaser, or to SpinCo after the Distribution Effective Time:

 
Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies Corporation
 
 
1001 Air Brake Avenue
 
 
Wilmerding, Pennsylvania
 
 
Attention:
David L. DeNinno
 
 
Facsimile No.:
412-825-1305
 
 
E-mail:
ddeninno@wabtec.com
 
 
 
 
 
 
with a copy to:
 
 
 
 
 
Jones Day
 
 
250 Vesey Street
 
 
New York, New York 10281
 
 
Attention:
Robert A. Profusek
 
 
 
Peter E. Izanec
 
 
Facsimile No.:
(212) 755-7306
 
 
E-mail:
raprofusek@jonesday.com
 
 
 
peizanec@jonesday.com
 

or to such other address or facsimile number as such party may hereafter specify for the purpose by notice to the other party. All such notices, requests and other communications shall be deemed received on the date of receipt by the recipient thereof if received prior to 5:00 p.m. on a Business Day. Otherwise, any such notice, request or communication shall be deemed to have been received on the next succeeding Business Day.

Section 7.06.   Amendment and Waivers.  (a) Except as otherwise provided in Section 2.13 and Schedule ‎2.01(a), any provision of this Agreement may be amended or waived if, but only if, such amendment or waiver is in writing and is signed, in the case of an amendment, by Parent and the Company or, in the case of a waiver, by each party against which the waiver is to be effective; provided that any amendments or waivers of this Section 7.06, Section 7.11, Section 7.12, Section 7.13 or Section 7.18 (or of any other provision of this Agreement to the extent that a waiver of such provision would modify the substance of any such Section) (collectively, the “Lender Provisions”), to the extent adversely affecting any of the Lender Related Parties, shall not be effective with respect to such affected Lender Related Parties unless such affected Lender Related Parties provide their prior written consent to such amendment or modification.

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(b)No failure or delay by any party in exercising any right, power or privilege hereunder shall operate as a waiver thereof nor shall any single or partial exercise thereof preclude any other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right, power or privilege. The rights and remedies herein provided shall be cumulative and not exclusive of any rights or remedies provided by Applicable Law.

Section 7.07.   Termination.  This Agreement shall terminate without further action at any time before the Distribution Effective Time upon termination of the Merger Agreement. If terminated, no party shall have any Liability of any kind to any other party or any other Person on account of this Agreement, except as provided in the Merger Agreement.

Section 7.08.   Assignment.  This Agreement and the rights and obligations hereunder may not be assigned or delegated in whole or in part by any party by operation of law or otherwise without the express written consent of Parent, in the case of an attempted assignment or delegation by the Company, or the Company, in the case of an attempted assignment or delegation by Parent, Direct Sale Purchaser or SpinCo except that Direct Sale Purchaser may assign or delegate any of its rights or obligations pursuant to this Agreement, in whole or in part, to one or more wholly owned Subsidiaries of Parent (other than Merger Sub or any of its Subsidiaries) without the prior consent of the Company; provided that such assignment or delegation shall not relieve Direct Sale Purchaser of its obligations under this Agreement. Any attempted assignment that is not in accordance with this Section 7.08 shall be null and void.

Section 7.09.   Successors and Assigns.  The provisions of this Agreement and the obligations and rights hereunder shall be binding upon, inure to the benefit of and be enforceable by (and against) the parties and their respective successors and permitted assigns.

Section 7.10.   Subsidiaries.  Each of the parties shall cause to be performed, and hereby guarantees the performance of, all actions, agreements and obligations set forth herein to be performed by any Subsidiary of such party or by any Person that becomes a Subsidiary of such party as a result of the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby, in each case to the extent such Subsidiary remains a Subsidiary of the applicable party.

Section 7.11.   Third-Party Beneficiaries. Except (a) as provided in Article 5 relating to Indemnitees and for the releases under Section 5.01 of any Person as provided therein and (b) as specifically provided in any Transaction Agreement, no provision of this Agreement is intended to confer any rights, benefits, remedies, obligations or liabilities hereunder upon any Person other than the parties hereto and their respective successors and assigns. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Lender Related Parties are third party beneficiaries of the Lender Provisions.

Section 7.12.   Governing Law; Jurisdiction.  This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Delaware, without regard to the conflicts of law rules of such state. Notwithstanding the foregoing, each of the parties hereto agrees all litigation, suits, proceedings, or actions (whether at law, in equity, in contract, in tort or otherwise) against any of the Lender Related Parties that may be based upon, arising out of or related to this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby, including any dispute relating to the Financing or the Parent Financing, shall be exclusively governed by and construed in accordance with the internal laws of the State of New York, without regard to the conflicts of law rules of such state. The parties hereto agree that any litigation, suit, proceeding or action seeking to enforce any provision of, or based on any matter arising out of or in connection with, this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby (whether brought by any party or any of its Affiliates or against any party or any of its Affiliates) shall be brought in the Delaware Chancery Court or, if such court shall not have jurisdiction, any federal court located in the State of Delaware or other Delaware state court, and each of the parties hereby irrevocably consents to the jurisdiction of such courts (and of the appropriate appellate courts therefrom) in any such litigation, suit, proceeding or action and irrevocably waives, to the fullest extent permitted by law, any objection that it may now or hereafter have to the laying of the venue of any such litigation, suit, proceeding or action in any such court or that any such litigation, suit, proceeding or action brought in any such court has been brought in an inconvenient forum. Process in any such litigation, suit, proceeding or action may be served on any party anywhere in the world, whether within or without the jurisdiction of any such court. Without limiting the foregoing, each party agrees that service of process on such party as provided in Section 7.05 shall be deemed effective service of process on such party. Notwithstanding the foregoing, each party hereto agrees (i) that it will not bring or support any litigation, suit, proceeding, or action against any of the Lender Related Parties that may

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be based upon, arising out of or related to this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby, including any dispute relating to the Financing or the Parent Financing, in any forum other than the federal court located in the Borough of Manhattan within the City of New York or, if the federal courts shall not have subject matter jurisdiction, in the New York state court located in the Borough of Manhattan within the City of New York, (ii) to submit and hereby submits to the exclusive jurisdiction of such courts for itself and with respect to its property, generally and unconditionally, with regard to any such litigation, suit, proceeding, or action based upon, arising out of or related to this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby, including any dispute relating to the Financing or the Parent Financing, and (iii) to waive and hereby waives, to the fullest extent permitted by Applicable Law, any objection which such party may now or hereafter have to the laying of venue of, and the defense of an inconvenient forum to the maintenance of, any such litigation, suit, proceeding, or action in any such court.

Section 7.13.   Waiver of Jury Trial.  EACH OF THE PARTIES HERETO HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES ANY AND ALL RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY LEGAL PROCEEDING ARISING OUT OF OR RELATED TO THIS AGREEMENT OR THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY (INCLUDING AGAINST ANY LENDER RELATED PARTY OR IN RESPECT OF THE FINANCING OR THE PARENT FINANCING).

Section 7.14.   Specific Performance.  The parties agree that irreparable damage would occur, and that the parties would not have any adequate remedy at law, in the event that any of the provisions of this Agreement were not performed in accordance with their specific terms or were otherwise breached. It is accordingly agreed that the parties shall be entitled to an injunction or injunctions to prevent breaches of this Agreement and to specifically enforce the terms and provisions of this Agreement, without proof of actual damages or otherwise, in addition to any other remedy to which any party is entitled at law or in equity. Each party agrees to waive any requirement for the securing or posting of any bond in connection with such remedy. The parties further agree not to assert that a remedy of specific enforcement is unenforceable, invalid, contrary to law or inequitable for any reason, nor to assert that a remedy of monetary damages would provide an adequate remedy.

Section 7.15.   Severability.  If any term, provision, covenant or restriction of this Agreement is held by a court of competent jurisdiction or other Governmental Authority to be invalid, void or unenforceable, the remainder of the terms, provisions, covenants and restrictions of this Agreement shall remain in full force and effect and shall in no way be affected, impaired or invalidated so long as the economic or legal substance of the transactions contemplated hereby is not affected in any manner materially adverse to any party. Upon such a determination, the parties shall negotiate in good faith to modify this Agreement so as to effect the original intent of the parties as closely as possible in an acceptable manner in order that the transactions contemplated hereby be consummated as originally contemplated to the fullest extent possible.

Section 7.16.   No Admission of Liability.  The allocation of Assets and Liabilities herein (including on the Schedules hereto) is solely for the purpose of allocating such Assets and Liabilities between the Company, SpinCo and Direct Sale Purchaser and is not intended as an admission of liability or responsibility for any alleged Liabilities vis-à-vis any Third Party, including with respect to the Liabilities of any non-wholly owned Subsidiary of the Company or SpinCo.

Section 7.17.   Non-Applicability to Taxes and Employee Matters.  Except as otherwise specifically provided herein, Tax matters shall be exclusively governed by the Tax Matters Agreement, employee and employee benefit matters shall be exclusively governed by the Employee Matters Agreement and, in the event of any inconsistency between the Tax Matters Agreement or the Employee Matters Agreement and this Agreement, the Tax Matters Agreement or Employee Matters Agreement, as applicable, shall control. The procedures relating to indemnification for Tax matters shall be exclusively governed by the Tax Matters Agreement.

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negotiation, execution or performance of this Agreement, the Merger Agreement or any Ancillary Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby, including any dispute relating to the Financing or the Parent Financing, whether sounding in contract or tort, or whether at law or in equity, or otherwise under any legal or equitable theory.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have caused this Agreement to be duly executed as of the day and year first above written.

 
GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
 
 
 
 
 
By:
/s/ Aris Kekedjian
 
 
 
Name:
Aris Kekedjian
 
 
 
Title:
Vice President
 
 
TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS HOLDINGS INC.
 
 
 
 
 
By:
 
 
 
 
Name:
 
 
 
 
Title:
 
 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have caused this Agreement to be duly executed as of the day and year first above written.

 
GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
 
 
 
 
 
By:
 
 
 
 
Name:
 
 
 
 
Title:
 
 
 
TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS HOLDINGS INC.
 
 
 
 
 
By:
/s/ William John Godsman
 
 
 
Name:
William John Godsman
 
 
 
Title:
Vice President
 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have caused this Agreement to be duly executed as of the day and year first above written.

 
WESTINGHOUSE AIR BRAKE TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION
 
 
 
 
 
By:
/s/ Albert J. Neupaver
 
 
 
Name:
Albert J. Neupaver
 
 
 
Title:
Executive Chairman
 
 
WABTEC US RAIL, INC.
 
 
 
 
 
By:
/s/ Scott E. Wahlstrom
 
 
 
Name:
Scott E. Wahlstrom
 
 
 
Title:
Vice President
 

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EXHIBIT 2.3

Exhibit 2.3

VOTING AND SUPPORT AGREEMENT

VOTING AND SUPPORT AGREEMENT (this “Agreement”), dated as of May 20, 2018, by and among General Electric Company, a New York corporation (the “Company”), and each of the Persons listed on Schedule 1 hereto (each, a “Stockholder” and, collectively, the “Stockholders”).

W I T N E S S E T H:

WHEREAS, concurrently with the execution of this Agreement, Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies Corporation, a Delaware corporation (“Parent”), Wabtec US Rail Holdings, Inc., a Delaware corporation and a wholly owned Subsidiary of Parent (“Merger Sub”), the Company and Transportation Systems Holdings Inc., a Delaware corporation and a wholly owned Subsidiary of the Company (“SpinCo”), are entering into an Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of the date hereof (as amended, supplemented, restated or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Merger Agreement”), pursuant to which, among other things, Merger Sub will merge with and into SpinCo (the “Merger”) with SpinCo surviving the Merger as a wholly owned Subsidiary of Parent;

WHEREAS, as of the date hereof, each of the Stockholders is the Beneficial Owner (as defined herein) of such Stockholder’s Existing Shares (as defined herein);

WHEREAS, as a condition and inducement to the Company entering into the Merger Agreement, the Company has required that each Stockholder agree, and each Stockholder has agreed, to enter into this Agreement and abide by the covenants and obligations with respect to such Stockholder’s Covered Shares (as defined herein); and

WHEREAS, the Board of Directors of Parent has adopted the Merger Agreement and approved the transactions contemplated thereby, and has approved the execution and delivery of this Agreement in connection therewith, understanding that the execution and delivery of this Agreement by each of the Stockholders is a material inducement and condition to the Company’s willingness to enter into the Merger Agreement.

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing and the mutual representations, warranties, covenants and agreements herein contained, and intending to be legally bound hereby, the parties hereto agree as follows:

ARTICLE 1
GENERAL

Section 1.01.   Defined Terms.  Capitalized terms used but not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings ascribed thereto in the Merger Agreement. The following capitalized terms, as used in this Agreement, shall have the following meanings:

Affiliate” means, with respect to any Person, any other Person that directly, or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, controls, is controlled by or is under common control with, such specified Person; provided that Parent shall not be deemed an Affiliate of any Stockholder. For purposes of this Agreement, “control” when used with respect to any Person means the power to direct the management and policies of such Person, directly or indirectly, whether through the ownership of voting securities, by contract or otherwise, and the terms “controlling” and “controlled” have correlative meanings.

Beneficial Ownership” has the meaning ascribed to such term in Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange Act. The terms “Beneficially Own”, “Beneficially Owned” and “Beneficial Owner” shall each have a correlative meaning.

Covered Shares” means, with respect to a Stockholder, the specified Stockholder’s Existing Shares (subject to any Permitted Transfer by such Stockholder of all or a portion of such Existing Shares), together with any shares of Parent Common Stock or other capital stock of Parent and any shares of Parent Common Stock or other capital stock of Parent issuable upon the conversion, exercise or exchange of securities that are as of the relevant date securities convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for shares of Parent Common Stock or other capital stock of Parent, in each case that such specified Stockholder has or acquires Beneficial Ownership of on or after the date hereof.

Existing Shares” means, with respect to a Stockholder, the shares of Parent Common Stock set forth opposite such Stockholder’s name on Schedule 1 hereto.

Expiration Time” means the earliest of (a) the date on which the Parent Stockholder Approval is obtained, (b) the time at which the Merger Agreement is terminated in accordance with its terms and (c) one year after the time either the Company or Parent sends a notice of termination of the Merger Agreement to the other party (a “Notice of Termination Event”) that is not withdrawn prior to the end of such one-year period.

Faiveley Entities” means Financiére Faiveley S.A. and Famille Faiveley Participations S.A.S.

Faiveley Shareholders Agreement” means the Shareholder Agreement, dated October 6, 2016, among Parent, the Faiveley Entities and the other parties thereto, as in effect on the date hereof.

Permitted Transfer” means (a) with respect to any Stockholder, (i) a Transfer of Covered Shares by a Stockholder to an Affiliate of such Stockholder, or (ii) with respect to any Stockholder that is an individual, a Transfer of Covered Shares (A) to any member of such Stockholder’s immediate family or to a trust solely for the benefit of such Stockholder and/or any member of such Stockholder’s immediate family, (B) to any Person for bona fide estate planning purposes or (C) upon the death of such Stockholder pursuant to the terms of any trust or will of such Stockholder or by the Applicable Laws of intestate succession, (b) with respect to any Faiveley Entity, a Transfer of Covered Shares that is permitted under the Faiveley Shareholders Agreement without Parent’s approval, or (c) with respect to any Stockholder, a Transfer of Covered Shares to any third party so long as after giving effect to such Transfer such Stockholder (together with any transferee of such Stockholder pursuant to the foregoing clause (a) or (b)) continues to have Beneficial Ownership and record ownership of a number of shares of Parent Common Stock at least equal to 90% (or, if the Transfer occurs after a Notice of Termination Event and prior to the withdrawal of the related notice of termination, 80%) of such Stockholder’s Existing Shares, provided that (x) in the case of clause (a)(i), such Affiliate shall remain an Affiliate of such Stockholder at all times following such Transfer and (y) in the case of both clauses (a) and (b) (but, in the case of clause (b), only in connection with a Transfer to a “Permitted Transferee” (as defined in the Faiveley Shareholders Agreement)), prior to the effectiveness of such Transfer, such transferee executes and delivers to the Company a written agreement, in form and substance reasonably acceptable to the Company, to assume all of such Stockholder’s obligations hereunder in respect of the Covered Shares subject to such Transfer and to be bound by the terms of this Agreement, with respect to such Covered Shares, to the same extent as such Stockholder is bound hereunder and to make each of the representations and warranties hereunder in respect of itself and such Covered Shares as such Stockholder shall have made hereunder.

Representatives” means, with respect to a Person, the officers, directors, employees, agents, advisors and Affiliates of such Person.

Transfer” means, directly or indirectly, to sell, transfer, assign, pledge, create any Lien upon, hypothecate or similarly dispose of (including by merger (including by conversion into securities or other consideration), by tendering into any tender or exchange offer, by testamentary disposition, by operation of law or otherwise), either voluntarily or involuntarily, or to enter into any contract, option or other arrangement or understanding with respect to the voting of or sale, transfer, assignment, pledge, Lien, hypothecation or similar disposition of (including by merger, by tendering into any tender or exchange offer, by testamentary disposition, by operation of law or otherwise).

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ARTICLE 2
VOTING

Section 2.01.   Agreement To Vote.

(a)Each Stockholder (severally and not jointly) hereby irrevocably and unconditionally agrees that until the Expiration Time, at the Parent Stockholder Meeting and at any other meeting of the stockholders of Parent, however called, in each case including any adjournment or postponement thereof, such Stockholder shall, in each case to the fullest extent that the Covered Shares of such Stockholder are entitled to vote thereon or consent thereto:
(i)appear at each such meeting or otherwise cause such Covered Shares to be counted as present thereat for purposes of calculating a quorum; and
(ii)vote (or cause to be voted), in person or by proxy, all of such Covered Shares (A) in favor of the approval of the Parent Share Issuance, the Parent Charter Amendment and any related action reasonably requested by the Company in furtherance of the foregoing, including, without limiting any of the foregoing obligations, in favor of any proposal to adjourn or postpone the Parent Stockholder Meeting to a later date if there are not a quorum or sufficient votes for approval of such matters on the date on which the Parent Stockholder Meeting is held to vote upon any of the foregoing matters, (B) against any action or agreement that would result in a breach of any covenant, representation or warranty or any other obligation or agreement of Parent contained in the Merger Agreement or of such Stockholder contained in this Agreement, and (C) against any Acquisition Proposal or Superior Proposal and against any other action, agreement or transaction involving Parent or any of its Subsidiaries that would reasonably be expected to materially impede, interfere with, delay, postpone, adversely affect or otherwise materially adversely affect or prevent the consummation of the Merger or the other transactions contemplated by the Merger Agreement or the performance by Parent of its obligations under the Merger Agreement or by such Stockholder of its obligations under this Agreement.
(b)Each Stockholder hereby agrees (i) not to commence or participate in and (ii) to take all actions necessary to opt out of any class in any class action with respect to, any claim, derivative or otherwise, against Parent, Merger Sub, the Company, SpinCo or any of their respective Affiliates relating to the negotiation, execution or delivery of this Agreement or the Merger Agreement or the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby, including any claim (A) challenging the validity of, or seeking to enjoin the operation of, any provision of this Agreement or (B) alleging a breach of any fiduciary duty of the Board of Directors of Parent in connection with this Agreement, the Merger Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby.
(c)The obligations of each Stockholder specified in this ‎Section 2.01 shall apply whether or not the Parent Share Issuance, the Parent Charter Amendment or any action described above is recommended by the Board of Directors of Parent (or any committee thereof).

Section 2.02.   No Inconsistent Agreements.  Except for this Agreement, each Stockholder (severally and not jointly) hereby covenants and agrees that such Stockholder shall not, at any time prior to the Expiration Time (a) enter into any voting agreement or voting trust with respect to the Covered Shares of such Stockholder, (b) grant a proxy (except pursuant to ‎Section 2.03), consent or power of attorney with respect to the Covered Shares of such Stockholder, or (c) knowingly take any action that would make any representation or warranty of such Stockholder contained herein untrue or incorrect or have the effect of preventing or disabling such Stockholder from performing any of its obligations under this Agreement; provided, however, that this ‎Section 2.02 shall not preclude such Stockholder from Transferring Covered Shares pursuant to a Permitted Transfer. Each Stockholder (severally and not jointly) hereby revokes (and shall cause to be revoked) any and all previous proxies, powers of attorney, instructions or other requests with respect to such Stockholder’s Covered Shares.

Section 2.03.   Proxy.  Until the Expiration Time, each Stockholder hereby irrevocably appoints as its proxy and attorney-in-fact, the Company and any Person designated in writing by the Company, each of them individually, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, to vote such Stockholder’s Covered Shares regarding the matters referred to in ‎Section 2.01 as provided therein prior to the Expiration Time at the Parent Stockholder Meeting and at any annual or special meeting of stockholders of Parent (or adjournments or postponements thereof) at which any of the matters described in ‎Section 2.01 is to be considered; provided,

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however, that such Stockholder’s grant of the proxy contemplated by this ‎Section 2.03 shall be effective if, and only if, such Stockholder has not delivered to the Secretary of Parent at least ten Business Days prior to the meeting at which any of the matters described in ‎Section 2.01 is to be considered a duly executed irrevocable proxy card validly directing that the Covered Shares of such Stockholder be voted in accordance with ‎Section 2.01. This proxy, if it becomes effective, is coupled with an interest, is given as an additional inducement of the Company to enter into the Merger Agreement and shall be irrevocable prior to the Expiration Time, at which time any such proxy shall terminate. Each Stockholder (solely in its capacity as such) shall take such further actions or execute such other instruments as may be necessary to effectuate the intent of this proxy. The Company may terminate this proxy with respect to any such Stockholder at any time at its sole election by written notice provided to such Stockholder.

ARTICLE 3
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES

Each Stockholder (severally and not jointly) hereby represents and warrants to the Company as follows:

Section 3.01.   Authorization; Validity of Agreement.  If such Stockholder is an entity, such Stockholder is duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its organization. Such Stockholder has the requisite capacity and authority to execute and deliver this Agreement, to perform its obligations hereunder and to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby. This Agreement has been duly authorized (to the extent authorization is required), executed and delivered by such Stockholder and, assuming this Agreement constitutes a valid and binding obligation of the Company, constitutes a legal, valid and binding obligation of such Stockholder, enforceable against such Stockholder in accordance with its terms (subject to the Bankruptcy Exceptions). If such Stockholder is married and such Stockholder’s Covered Shares constitute community property under Applicable Law, this Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by, and constitutes the valid and binding agreement of, such Stockholder’s spouse (subject to the Bankruptcy Exceptions).

Section 3.02.   Ownership; Voting Agreements; Proxies.  Unless Transferred pursuant to a Permitted Transfer, and except for Erwan Faiveley and the Faiveley Entities in respect of sub-paragraph (b):

(a)(i) Such Stockholder’s Existing Shares are, and all of the Covered Shares Beneficially Owned by such Stockholder from the date hereof through and at the Expiration Time will be, Beneficially Owned by such Stockholder and (ii) such Stockholder has good and valid title to such Stockholder’s Existing Shares, free and clear of any Liens other than (x) pursuant to this Agreement, under applicable federal or state securities laws or pursuant to any written policies of Parent only with respect to restrictions upon the trading of securities under applicable securities laws or (y) Liens that would not, individually or in the aggregate, impair such Stockholder’s ability to comply with its obligations under this Agreement.
(b)As of the date hereof, such Stockholder’s Existing Shares constitute all of the shares of Parent Common Stock (or any other equity interests of Parent) Beneficially Owned by such Stockholder and all of the shares of Parent Common Stock (or any other equity interests of Parent) owned of record by such Stockholder. No proxies, powers of attorney, instructions or other requests given by such Stockholder prior to the execution of this Agreement in respect of the voting of such Stockholder’s Covered Shares, if any, are irrevocable.
(c)Unless Transferred pursuant to a Permitted Transfer, after giving effect to the revocation contemplated by the last sentence of ‎Section 2.02, such Stockholder has and will have at all times through the Expiration Time sole voting power (including the right to control such vote as contemplated herein), sole power of disposition, sole power to issue instructions with respect to the matters set forth in ‎Article 2, and sole power to agree to all of the matters set forth in this Agreement, in each case with respect to all of such Stockholder’s Existing Shares and with respect to all of the Covered Shares Beneficially Owned by such Stockholder at all times through the Expiration Time. References to “sole” in this Section 3.02(c) mean, in the case of the Faiveley Entities, “sole or joint”, provided that in the case of joint voting power the fact that it is joint will not prevent the Faiveley Entities from complying with the terms of this Agreement.

Section 3.03.   No Violation.  The execution and delivery of this Agreement by such Stockholder does not, and the performance by such Stockholder of its obligations under this Agreement will not, (a) conflict with or

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violate any Applicable Law or, if applicable, any certificate or articles of incorporation, as applicable, or bylaws or other equivalent organizational documents of such Stockholder or (b) violate, conflict with, result in a breach of any provision of or the loss of any benefit under, constitute a default (or an event which, with notice or lapse of time, or both, would constitute a default) under, result in the termination of or a right of termination or cancellation under, accelerate the performance required by, or result in the creation of any Lien upon any of the properties or assets of such Stockholder under, any of the terms, conditions or provisions of any note, bond, mortgage, indenture, deed of trust, license, lease, agreement or other instrument or obligation to which such Stockholder is a party, or by which it or any of its properties or assets may be bound.

Section 3.04.   Consents and Approvals.  The execution and delivery of this Agreement by such Stockholder does not, and the performance by such Stockholder of its obligations under this Agreement and the consummation by it of the transactions contemplated hereby will not, require such Stockholder to obtain any consent, approval, authorization or permit of, or to make any filing with or notification to, any Governmental Authority, other than the filings of any required reports or information with the SEC.

Section 3.05.   Absence of Litigation.  As of the date hereof, there is no litigation, action, suit or proceeding pending or, to the knowledge of such Stockholder, threatened against or affecting such Stockholder and/or any of its Affiliates before or by any Governmental Authority that would reasonably be expected to materially impair or materially delay the performance by such Stockholder of its obligations hereunder or to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby.

Section 3.06.   Adequate Information.  Such Stockholder is a sophisticated holder with respect to the Covered Shares and has adequate information concerning the transactions contemplated by the Merger Agreement and concerning the business and financial condition of Parent and SpinCo to make an informed decision regarding the matters referred to herein and has independently, without reliance upon the Company, and based on such information as such Stockholder has deemed appropriate, made such Stockholder’s own analysis and decision to enter into this Agreement.

Section 3.07.   Finder’s Fees.  No investment banker, broker, finder or other intermediary is entitled to a fee or commission from the Company, SpinCo, Merger Sub or Parent in respect of this Agreement or the Merger Agreement based upon any arrangement or agreement made by or on behalf of such Stockholder.

Section 3.08.   Reliance by the Company.  Such Stockholder understands and acknowledges that the Company is entering into the Merger Agreement in reliance upon the execution and delivery of this Agreement by such Stockholder and the representations and warranties of such Stockholder contained herein. Such Stockholder understands and acknowledges that the Merger Agreement governs the terms of the Merger and the other transactions contemplated thereby.

Section 3.09.   No Other Representations.  Except for the representations and warranties set forth in this Article 3, no Stockholder makes any express or implied representations or warranties with respect to such Stockholder, the Covered Shares or otherwise.

ARTICLE 4
OTHER COVENANTS

Section 4.01.   Prohibition On Transfers; Other Actions.  Until the Expiration Time, each Stockholder (severally and not jointly) agrees that it shall not (a) Transfer or permit the Transfer of any of such Stockholder’s Covered Shares, Beneficial Ownership thereof or any other interest therein unless such Transfer is a Permitted Transfer, (b) enter into any agreement, arrangement or understanding with any Person, or take any other action, that violates or conflicts with or would reasonably be expected to violate or conflict with, or result in or give rise to a violation of or conflict with, such Stockholder’s representations, warranties, covenants and obligations under this Agreement or (c) take any action that could restrict or otherwise affect such Stockholder’s legal power, authority and right to comply with and perform its covenants and obligations under this Agreement. Any Transfer in violation of this provision shall be void ab initio. Until the Expiration Time, each Stockholder (severally and not jointly) (i) shall not request that Parent or its transfer agent register the transfer (book-entry or otherwise) of any of such Stockholder’s Covered Shares or any certificate in respect thereof and (ii) hereby consents to the entry of stop transfer instructions by Parent of any transfer of such Stockholder’s Covered Shares, unless, in each case, such transfer is a Permitted Transfer.

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Section 4.02   Stock Dividends, Etc.  In the event of any change in Parent Common Stock by reason of any reclassification, recapitalization, reorganization, stock split (including a reverse stock split) or subdivision or combination, exchange or readjustment of shares, or any stock dividend or stock distribution, merger or other similar change in capitalization, the terms “Existing Shares” and “Covered Shares” shall be deemed to refer to and include such shares as well as all such stock dividends and distributions and any securities into which or for which any or all of such shares may be changed or exchanged or which are received in such transaction.

Section 4.03.   No Solicitation; Support Of Acquisition Proposals.

(a)Subject to the provisions of ‎Section 5.02 of this Agreement, prior to the Expiration Time, each Stockholder (severally and not jointly) agrees that it shall not, and shall cause each of its Subsidiaries, Affiliates and Representatives (it being understood that the Company will not deemed to be a Subsidiary, Affiliate or Representative of any of the Stockholders for purposes of this Section 4.03) not to, directly or indirectly, (i) initiate, solicit, knowingly encourage or knowingly facilitate inquiries or proposals with respect to any Acquisition Proposal, (ii) engage or participate in any negotiations with any person concerning any Acquisition Proposal, (iii) provide any confidential or nonpublic information or data to, or have or participate in any discussions with, any person relating to any Acquisition Proposal, (iv) make or participate in, directly or indirectly, a “solicitation” of “proxies” (as such terms are used in the rules of the SEC) or powers of attorney or similar rights to vote, or seek to advise or influence any Person, with respect to the voting of any shares of Parent Common Stock in connection with any vote or other action on any matter, other than to recommend that the stockholders of Parent vote in favor of the approval of the Parent Share Issuance and the Parent Charter Amendment as otherwise expressly provided in this Agreement, (v) approve, adopt, recommend or enter into, or publicly propose to approve, adopt, recommend or enter into, or allow any of its Affiliates to enter into, a merger agreement, letter of intent, term sheet, agreement in principle, share purchase agreement, asset purchase agreement, share exchange agreement, option agreement, voting, profit capture, tender or other similar contract providing for, with respect to, or in connection with, or that is intended to or could reasonably be expected to result in any Acquisition Proposal, or (vi) agree or propose to do any of the foregoing. Each Stockholder (severally and not jointly) and its Subsidiaries, Affiliates and Representatives shall immediately cease and cause to be terminated all discussions or negotiations with any Person conducted heretofore (other than with the Company) with respect to any Acquisition Proposal, and shall take the necessary steps to inform its Affiliates and Representatives of the obligations undertaken pursuant to this Agreement, including this ‎Section 4.03. Any violation of this ‎Section 4.03 by any such Stockholder’s Affiliates or Representatives shall be deemed to be a violation by such Stockholder of this ‎Section 4.03. Each Stockholder (severally and not jointly) agrees to promptly (and in any event within the next Business Day) notify the Company after receipt of an Acquisition Proposal.
(b)For the avoidance of doubt, for the purposes of this ‎Section 4.03, any officer, director, employee, agent or advisor of Parent (in each case, in their capacities as such) shall be deemed not to be a Representative of any Stockholder.

Section 4.04.   Notice Of Acquisitions.  Each Stockholder (severally and not jointly) agrees to notify the Company as promptly as reasonably practicable (and in any event within two Business Days after receipt) orally and in writing of the number of any additional shares of Parent Common Stock or other securities of Parent of which such Stockholder acquires Beneficial Ownership on or after the date hereof. For purposes of the preceding sentence, information included in filings of such Stockholder on Form 4 and Schedule 13D, and amendments thereto, made with the Securities and Exchange Commission and publicly available on EDGAR shall be deemed to have been timely provided to the Company provided that such filings are made within the time periods required under Applicable Law.

Section 4.05.   Further Assurances.  From time to time, at the Company’s reasonable request and without further consideration, each Stockholder (severally and not jointly) agrees to use its reasonable best efforts to cooperate with the Company in making all filings and obtaining all consents of Governmental Authorities and third parties and to execute and deliver such additional documents and take all such further actions as may be necessary or desirable to effect the actions contemplated by this Agreement. Without limiting the foregoing, each Stockholder hereby authorizes the Company to publish and disclose in any announcement (but in such a case the

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information shall be provided on an aggregate basis and shall not identify any Stockholder individually) or any disclosure required by the SEC and in the Proxy Statement, Registration Statements and, if necessary, the Schedule TO such Stockholder’s identity and ownership of such Stockholder’s Covered Shares and the nature of such Stockholder’s obligations under this Agreement.

ARTICLE 5
MISCELLANEOUS

Section 5.01.   Termination.  This Agreement shall remain in effect until the Expiration Time, at which time this Agreement shall terminate and be of no further force or effect without liability of any party to the other parties hereto; provided that, if such termination resulted from a willful and material breach by any party (or one or more parties), such party (or parties) shall be fully liable for all liabilities and damages incurred or suffered by the other parties as a result of such breach. Nothing in the Merger Agreement shall relieve any Stockholder from any liability arising out of or in connection with a breach of this Agreement.

Section 5.02.   No Agreement As Director or Officer.  Notwithstanding any provision in this Agreement to the contrary, nothing in this Agreement shall limit or restrict a Stockholder in his or her capacity as a director or officer of Parent from (a) acting in such capacity or voting in such capacity in such person’s sole discretion on any matter, including in exercising rights under the Merger Agreement, and no such actions in and of themselves shall be deemed a breach of this Agreement or (b) exercising such Stockholder’s fiduciary duties as an officer or director of Parent or its Subsidiaries (it being understood that this Agreement shall apply to each Stockholder solely in such Stockholder’s capacity as a stockholder of Parent).

Section 5.03.   No Ownership Interest.  Each Stockholder has agreed to enter into this Agreement and act in the manner specified in this Agreement for consideration. Except as expressly set forth in this Agreement, all rights and all ownership and economic benefits of and relating to a Stockholder’s Covered Shares shall remain vested in and belong to such Stockholder, and except as expressly set forth in this Agreement, nothing herein shall, or shall be construed to, grant the Company any power, sole or shared, to direct or control the voting or disposition of any of such Covered Shares. Nothing in this Agreement shall be interpreted as creating or forming a “group” with any other Person, including the Company, for purposes of Rule 13d-5(b)(1) of the Exchange Act or any other similar provision of Applicable Law.

Section 5.04.   Notices.  All notices, requests and other communications to any party hereunder shall be in writing (including facsimile transmission and e-mail transmission, so long as a receipt of such e-mail is requested and received) and shall be given:

if to the Company to:

 
General Electric Company
 
 
33-41 Farnsworth Street
 
 
Boston, MA 02210
 
 
Attention: James M. Waterbury
 
 
Facsimile:
+44 207302 6834
 
E-mail:
jim.waterbury@ge.com

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

 
Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP
 
 
450 Lexington Avenue
 
 
New York, New York 10017
 
 
Attention:
William L. Taylor
 
 
 
Lee Hochbaum
 
 
Facsimile:
(212) 701-5133
 
 
 
(212) 701-5736
 
 
E-mail:
william.taylor@davispolk.com
 
 
 
lee.hochbaum@davispolk.com
 

and

if to a Stockholder, to the applicable address set forth on Schedule 1,

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or to such other address or facsimile number as such party may hereafter specify for the purpose by notice to the other parties hereto. All such notices, requests and other communications shall be deemed received on the date of receipt by the recipient thereof if received prior to 5:00 p.m. on a Business Day. Otherwise, any such notice, request or communication shall be deemed to have been received on the next succeeding Business Day.

Section 5.05.   Interpretation.  The words “hereof”, “herein” and “hereunder” and words of like import used in this Agreement shall refer to this Agreement as a whole and not to any particular provision of this Agreement. The captions herein are included for convenience of reference only and shall be ignored in the construction or interpretation hereof. References to Articles, Sections and Schedules are to Articles, Sections and Schedules of this Agreement unless otherwise specified. All Schedules annexed hereto (including Schedule 1) or referred to herein are hereby incorporated in and made a part of this Agreement as if set forth in full herein. Any capitalized terms used in any Schedule but not otherwise defined therein, shall have the meaning as defined in this Agreement. Any singular term in this Agreement shall be deemed to include the plural, and any plural term the singular. Whenever the words “include”, “includes” or “including” are used in this Agreement, they shall be deemed to be followed by the words “without limitation”, whether or not they are in fact followed by those words or words of like import. “Writing”, “written” and comparable terms refer to printing, typing and other means of reproducing words (including electronic media) in a visible form. References to any statute, law or regulation shall be deemed to refer to such statute, law or regulation as amended from time to time and to any rules or regulations promulgated thereunder. References to any agreement or contract are to that agreement or contract as amended, modified or supplemented from time to time in accordance with the terms hereof and thereof. References to any Person include the successors and permitted assigns of that Person. References from or through any date mean, unless otherwise specified, from and including or through and including, respectively. The word “extent” in the phrase “to the extent” shall mean the degree to which a subject or other theory extends and such phrase shall not mean “if”. The parties hereto have participated jointly in the negotiation and drafting of this Agreement and, in the event an ambiguity or question of intent or interpretation arises, this Agreement shall be construed as jointly drafted by the parties hereto and no presumption or burden of proof shall arise favoring or disfavoring any party by virtue of the authorship of any provision of this Agreement.

Section 5.06.   Counterparts.  This Agreement may be signed in any number of counterparts, each of which shall be an original, with the same effect as if the signatures thereto and hereto were upon the same instrument. This Agreement shall become effective when each party hereto shall have received a counterpart hereof signed by all of the other parties hereto.

Section 5.07.   Entire Agreement.  This Agreement and, to the extent referenced herein, the Merger Agreement, together with the several agreements and other documents and instruments referred to herein or therein or attached hereto or thereto, constitute the entire agreement among the parties with respect to the subject matter hereof and thereof and supersede all prior agreements and understandings, both oral and written, among the parties with respect to the subject matter hereof and thereof.

Section 5.08.   Governing Law; Consent To Jurisdiction; Waiver Of Jury Trial.

(a)This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Delaware, without regard to the conflicts of law rules of such state.
(b)The parties hereto agree that any suit, action or proceeding seeking to enforce any provision of, or based on any matter arising out of or in connection with, this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby (whether brought by any party or any of its Affiliates or against any party or any of its Affiliates) shall be brought in the Delaware Chancery Court or, if such court shall not have jurisdiction, any federal court located in the State of Delaware or other Delaware state court, and each of the parties hereby irrevocably consents to the jurisdiction of such courts (and of the appropriate appellate courts therefrom) in any such suit, action or proceeding and irrevocably waives, to the fullest extent permitted by law, any objection that it may now or hereafter have to the laying of the venue of any such suit, action or proceeding in any such court or that any such suit, action or proceeding brought in any such court has been brought in an inconvenient forum. Process in any such suit, action or proceeding may be served on any party anywhere in the world, whether within or without the jurisdiction of any such court. Without limiting the foregoing, each party agrees that service of process on such party as provided in ‎Section 5.04‎ shall be deemed effective service of process on such party.

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(c)EACH OF THE PARTIES HERETO HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES ANY AND ALL RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY LEGAL PROCEEDING ARISING OUT OF OR RELATED TO THIS AGREEMENT OR THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY.

Section 5.09.   Amendment; Waiver.  Any provision of this Agreement may be amended or waived if, but only if, such amendment or waiver is in writing and is signed, in the case of an amendment, by each party to this Agreement or, in the case of a waiver, by each party against whom the waiver is to be effective, but such waiver shall not operate as a waiver of, or estoppel with respect to, any subsequent or other failure.

Section 5.10.   Remedies.  The parties hereto agree that irreparable damage would occur, and that the parties would not have any adequate remedy at law, in the event that any of the provisions of this Agreement were not performed in accordance with their specific terms or were otherwise breached. It is accordingly agreed that the parties shall be entitled to an injunction or injunctions to prevent breaches of this Agreement and to specifically enforce the terms and provisions of this Agreement, without proof of actual damages or otherwise, in addition to any other remedy to which any party is entitled at law or in equity. Each party agrees to waive any requirement for the securing or posting of any bond in connection with such remedy. The parties further agree not to assert that a remedy of specific enforcement is unenforceable, invalid, contrary to law or inequitable for any reason, nor to assert that a remedy of monetary damages would provide an adequate remedy.

Section 5.11.   Severability.  If any term, provision, covenant or restriction of this Agreement is held by a court of competent jurisdiction or other Governmental Authority to be invalid, void or unenforceable, the remainder of the terms, provisions, covenants and restrictions of this Agreement shall remain in full force and effect and shall in no way be affected, impaired or invalidated so long as the economic or legal substance of the transactions contemplated hereby is not affected in any manner materially adverse to any party. Upon such a determination, the parties shall negotiate in good faith to modify this Agreement so as to effect the original intent of the parties as closely as possible.

Section 5.12.   Successors And Assigns; Third Party Beneficiaries.  No party may assign, delegate or otherwise transfer any of its rights or obligations under this Agreement without the consent of each other party hereto. No provision of this Agreement is intended to confer any rights, benefits, remedies, obligations or liabilities hereunder upon any Person other than the parties hereto and their respective successors and assigns.

Section 5.13.   Expenses.  All costs and expenses incurred in connection with this Agreement shall be paid by the party incurring such cost or expense.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be signed (where applicable, by their respective officers or other authorized Person thereunto duly authorized) as of the date first written above.

 
GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
 
 
 
 
 
By:
/s/ Aris Kekedjian
 
 
Name:
Aris Kekedjian
 
 
Title:
Vice-President

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STOCKHOLDER
 
 
 
 
 
By:
/s/Erwan Faiveley
 
 
Name:
Erwan Faiveley, on behalf of himself
 
And for and on behalf of
 
FINANCIÉRE FAIVELEY S.A.,
 
as its President
   
 
 
And
   
 
 
FAMILLE FAIVELEY PARTICIPATION
S.A.S.,
 
as its President
 
STOCKHOLDER
 
 
 
 
By:
/s/ Emilio A. Fernandez
 
 
Name: Emilio A. Fernandez
 
STOCKHOLDER
 
 
 
 
By:
/s/ David L. DeNinno
 
 
Name: David L. DeNinno
 
STOCKHOLDER
 
 
 
 
By:
/s/ Lee B. Foster
 
 
Name: Lee B. Foster
 
STOCKHOLDER
 
 
 
 
By:
/s/ William Kassling
 
 
Name: William Kassling
 
STOCKHOLDER
 
 
 
 
By:
/s/ Albert Neupaver
 
 
Name: Albert Neupaver
 
STOCKHOLDER
 
 
 
 
By:
/s/ Philippe Alfroid
 
 
Name: Philippe Alfroid
 
STOCKHOLDER
 
 
 
 
By:
/s/ Patrick D. Dugan
 
 
Name: Patrick D. Dugan

[Signature Page to Voting and Support Agreement]

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STOCKHOLDER
 
 
 
 
 
By:
/s/ Stéphane Rambaud-Measson
 
 
Name:
Stéphane Rambaud-Measson
 
 
Title:
COO
 
STOCKHOLDER
 
 
 
 
By:
/s/ Brian Hehir
 
 
Name: Brian Hehir
 
STOCKHOLDER
 
 
 
 
By:
/s/ Robert J. Brooks
 
 
Name: Robert J. Brooks
 
STOCKHOLDER
 
 
 
 
By:
/s/ Scott E. Wahlstrom
 
 
Name: Scott E. Wahlstrom
 
STOCKHOLDER
 
 
 
 
By:
/s/ Michael W. D. Howell
 
 
Name: Michael W. D. Howell
 
STOCKHOLDER
 
 
 
 
By:
/s/ Raymond T. Betler
 
 
Name: Raymond T. Betler
 
STOCKHOLDER
 
 
 
 
By:
/s/ Linda S. Harty
 
 
Name: Linda S. Harty

[Signature Page to Voting and Support Agreement]

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SCHEDULE 1

OWNERSHIP OF EXISTING SHARES

Beneficial Owner
Number of Existing
Shares of Parent
Common Stock
Address for Notice
Raymond T. Betler
 
187744
 
All notices should be sent to the relevant parties identified for all notices to be sent to Parent under the Merger Agreement, as provided in Section 11.01 thereof.
Patrick D. Dugan
 
75,295
 
Stéphanie Rambaud-Measson
 
16,000
 
David L. DeNinno
 
65,888
 
Scott E. Wahlstrom
 
125,725
 
Albert J. Neupaver
 
683,475
 
Philippe Alfroid
 
3,380
 
Robert J. Brooks
 
472,145
 
Erwan Faiveley
 
3,898
(1)
Financiére Faiveley S.A. Famille Faiveley Participations
 
6,305,582
(2)
Emilio A. Fernandez
 
1,388,370.54
 
Lee B. Foster, II
 
70,106
 
Linda S. Harty
 
6,254
 
Brian P. Hehir
 
29,524.54
 
Michael W.D. Howell
 
5,650.17
 
William E. Kassling
 
1,205,378.20
 
(1)For purposes of this Agreement, Erwan Faiveley will not be deemed to Beneficially Own any of the 6,305,582 Existing Shares attributed to Financiére Faiveley S.A. and Famille Faiveley Participations S.A.S. in this table (or any Covered Shares arising therefrom).
(2)For purposes of this Agreement, Financiére Faiveley S.A. and Famille Faiveley Participations S.A.S. will not be deemed to Beneficially Own any of the 3,034 Existing Shares attributed by Erwan Faiveley in this table (or any Covered Shares arising therefrom).

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EXHIBIT 2.4


Exhibit 2.4


 FORM OF SHAREHOLDERS AGREEMENT

This SHAREHOLDERS AGREEMENT (this “Agreement”), dated as of [●], is between Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), and General Electric Company, a New York corporation (the “Shareholder” and, together with the Company and each Person that has executed and delivered to the Company a joinder to this Agreement in accordance with Section 5.6, collectively, the “Parties”).

RECITALS

WHEREAS, pursuant to the Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of May 20, 2018 (as amended from time to time, the “Merger Agreement”), among the Shareholder, Transportation Systems Holdings Inc., a Delaware corporation and a wholly owned Subsidiary of the Shareholder (“SpinCo”), the Company and Wabtec US Rail Holdings, Inc., a Delaware corporation and wholly owned Subsidiary of the Company (“Merger Sub”), Merger Sub merged with and into SpinCo (the “Merger”) and, in connection with the Merger, SpinCo Common Stock was converted into the right to receive shares of common stock of the Company, par value $0.01 per share (“Common Shares”) and SpinCo Class C Preferred Stock was converted into the right to receive shares of Class A non-voting, convertible preferred stock of the Company (“Class A Preferred Shares”) on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in the Merger Agreement, as amended on January 25, 2019;

WHEREAS, pursuant to the Merger, the Shareholder became the Beneficial Owner of [●] Common Shares (the “Initial Shares”) and 10,000 Class A Preferred Shares (the “Initial Preferred Shares”); and

WHEREAS, this Agreement sets forth certain rights and obligations of the Parties with respect to the Subject Shares and the Preferred Shares.

NOW, THEREFORE, the Parties agree as follows:

ARTICLE I
Definitions; Interpretive Matters

Section 1.1          Defined Terms.  Capitalized terms used herein but not defined shall have the meanings ascribed to them in the Merger Agreement.  In addition to the terms defined elsewhere in this Agreement, the following terms have the meanings indicated when used in this Agreement with initial capital letters:

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

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


Additional Preferred Shares” means any Class A Preferred Shares issued or issuable directly or indirectly with respect to or on account of the Initial Preferred Shares, including Class A Preferred Shares issued by way of share dividend or distribution, stock split or other subdivision or in a combination of stock, recapitalization, reclassification, merger, amalgamation, consolidation or similar capital transactions.

Additional Shares” means any equity securities (other than Class A Preferred Shares) of the Company issued or issuable directly or indirectly with respect to or on account of the Initial Shares or the Preferred Shares, including Common Shares issued by way of share dividend or distribution, stock split or other subdivision or in a combination of stock, recapitalization, reclassification, merger, amalgamation, consolidation or similar capital transactions; provided that, Additional Shares shall not include any Common Shares issued upon conversion of any Preferred Shares.

Average VWAP” means, for any date of determination, the average of the Daily VWAPs for the ten consecutive trading days ending on and including the trading day that is two trading days prior to the date of determination.

Beneficial Owner,” “Beneficially Own” and “Beneficial Ownership” have the meanings given to those terms in Rule 13d-3 under the 1934 Act, and a Person’s beneficial ownership of securities will be calculated in accordance with the provisions of such Rule; provided that, for purposes of this Agreement, Shareholder Parties that Beneficially Own Preferred Shares are understood to “Beneficially Own” the Common Shares underlying such Preferred Shares.

Board” means the Board of Directors of the Company.

Change of Control” means an event or series of events by which (a) any “person” or “group” (within the meaning of Section 13(d)(3) of the 1934 Act) directly or indirectly becomes the Beneficial Owner of 50% or more of the outstanding Common Shares, (b) all or substantially all of the consolidated assets of the Company are sold, exchanged or otherwise transferred to any “person” or “group” (within the meaning of Section 13(d)(3) of the 1934 Act), (c) the Company is consolidated, merged, amalgamated, reorganized or otherwise enters into a similar transaction in which it is combined with another Person, unless the Persons who Beneficially Own the outstanding Common Shares immediately before consummation of the transaction Beneficially Own a majority of the outstanding voting securities of the combined, resulting or surviving entity (or any parent entity of such entity) immediately thereafter, (d) the Company’s shareholders approve of any plan or proposal for the liquidation or dissolution of the Company, or (e) the Continuing Director Termination Date occurs.

Company Closing Share Count” means the number of Common Shares of the Company outstanding immediately after the closing on a Fully Diluted Post-Merger Basis.

Confidential Information” means all confidential and proprietary information and data of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries disclosed or otherwise made available to the Shareholder Parties or any representative thereof (together, for this purpose, a “Recipient”) pursuant to the terms of this Agreement, whether disclosed electronically, orally or in writing or through other methods made available to the Recipient. Notwithstanding the foregoing, for purposes of this Agreement, Confidential Information will not include any information (a) already in the public domain at the date of the transmission, or which has become generally available to the public other than as a result of a disclosure by the Recipient in breach of this Agreement, (b) in the Recipient’s possession and which is not, or was not at the time of acquisition of possession, to the Recipient’s actual knowledge, covered by any confidentiality agreements between the Recipient, on the one hand, and the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, on the other hand, (c) which the Recipient may receive on a non-confidential basis from a third party and which is not, to the Recipient’s actual knowledge, covered by a confidentiality agreement with the Company or any of its respective Subsidiaries or (d) that was provided prior to the date hereof and is subject to the Confidentiality Agreement or the confidentiality restrictions set forth in the Merger Agreement, Separation Agreement or any Ancillary Agreement.
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Continuing Director” means, as of any date of determination, any member of the Board who (a) is a member of the Board as of the date hereof, (b) was appointed to the Board pursuant to the Merger Agreement or (c) was nominated for election or elected to the Board with the approval of a majority of the directors who were members of the Board at the time of such nomination or election.

Continuing Director Termination Date” means the date on which a majority of the Board no longer consists of Continuing Directors.

Daily VWAP” means, for any given trading day, the volume weighted average of the trading prices of Common Shares on the Principal Exchange (as reported by Bloomberg L.P. or, if not reported therein, in another authoritative source selected in good faith by the Board) on such trading day.

Existing Faiveley Agreement” means the Shareholders Agreement, dated October 6, 2015, among Wabtec Corporation and the Faiveley Parties.

Faiveley Parties” means Erwan Faiveley, Francois Faiveley, Financiére Faiveley S.A. and Famille Faiveley Participations S.A.S.

Faiveley Registration Rights” means the registration rights included in the Existing Faiveley Agreement.

First Anniversary Sell Down Amount” means [____]1 Common Shares Beneficially Owned by the Shareholder Parties (equal to 18.5% of the Company Closing Share Count).



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To be filled in on the Closing Date as 18.5% of Company Closing Share Count.

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First Tranche Maximum” means [____]2 Common Shares Beneficially Owned by the Shareholder Parties (equal to 10% of the Company Closing Share Count).

First Tranche Minimum” means [____]3 Common Shares Beneficially Owned by the Shareholder Parties (equal to 5% of the Company Closing Share Count).

First Tranche Pricing Date” means the date on which an underwriting agreement or other contract is entered into for sale by the Shareholder Parties of the First Tranche Shares.

Law” means any federal, state or local law (statutory, common or otherwise), constitution, treaty, convention, ordinance, code, rule, regulation, directive, order, injunction, judgment, decree, ruling or other similar requirement enacted, adopted, promulgated, enforced or applied by a Governmental Authority.

Market Disruption Event” means (a) a suspension of the trading of or material limitation on the price for the Common Shares a lack of any trades in Company Common Shares during a trading day, (b) a general suspension of trading in, or material limitation on prices for, securities on NYSE or the NASDAQ Global Market for a period of more than one business day, (c) the declaration of a banking moratorium or any suspension of payments in respect of banks in the United States (whether or not mandatory), or (d) any decline in any of the Dow Jones Industrial Average, the Standard and Poor’s Index of 500 Industrial Companies or the NASDAQ Computer Index by an amount in excess of 10% during any five trading day period.

Material Disclosure Event” means (a) a material transaction which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is in good faith considering, proposes to engage in or is engaged in, including a purchase or sale of assets or securities, financing, merger, consolidation, tender offer or other material corporate development or (b) any other material non-public event or development, in each case with respect to which the Board determines in good faith that compliance with Article IV may reasonably be expected to either (x) materially and adversely interfere with the Company’s or such Subsidiary’s ability to enter into or consummate such transaction (in the case of clause (a)) or require the Company to disclose material, non-public information in a manner (including as to timing) that would materially and adversely impact the Company or (y) breach a confidentiality undertaking entered into by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries prior to the date hereof.

Permitted Transferee” means any Affiliate of a Shareholder Party, provided that, solely with respect to any proposed Transfer of Preferred Shares, such Affiliate shall not be a permitted transferee if such Transfer would cause such Preferred Stock to convert into Common Shares.



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To be filled in on the Closing Date as 10% of Company Closing Share Count.
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To be filled in on the Closing Date as 5% of Company Closing Share Count.
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Preferred Shares” means, collectively, (i) the Initial Preferred Shares and (ii) any Additional Preferred Shares.

Principal Exchange” means the New York Stock Exchange or, if the Common Shares cease to be traded on the New York Stock Exchange, such other exchange on which the Common Shares are traded and designated as such by the Board.

Public Offering” means any primary or secondary public offering of Common Shares and/or Preferred Shares pursuant to a Registration Statement under the 1933 Act, other than pursuant to a Registration Statement on Form S-4 or Form S-8 or any successor or similar form.

Registrable Securities” means, as of any date of determination, all Subject Shares or Preferred Shares Beneficially Owned by a Shareholder Party and, prior to conversion of a Preferred Share, any Common Shares issuable upon conversion thereof; provided, however, that such securities will cease to be Registrable Securities (i) when such securities have been sold or transferred by the applicable Shareholder Party and are no longer Beneficially Owned by any Shareholder Party or (ii) if such securities have ceased to be outstanding.

Registration Statement” means a registration statement filed with the SEC on which it is permissible to register securities for sale to the public under the 1933 Act.

Second Tranche Pricing Date” means the date on which an underwriting agreement or other contract is entered into by the Shareholder Parties for sale of the Second Tranche Shares.

Shareholder Parties” means the Shareholder and any of its Permitted Transferees that holds Subject Shares or Preferred Shares and has executed and delivered to the Company a joinder to this Agreement in accordance with Section 5.6.

Subject Shares” means, collectively, (i) the Initial Shares and (ii) any Additional Shares.

Subsequent Tranche Maximum” means [____]4 Common Shares Beneficially Owned by the Shareholder Parties (equal to 7.5% of the Company Closing Share Count).

Section 1.2          Other Definitional and Interpretative Provisions.  The words “hereof,” “herein” and “hereunder” and words of like import used in this Agreement shall refer to this Agreement as a whole and not to any particular provision of this Agreement.  The captions herein are included for convenience of reference only and shall be ignored in the construction or interpretation hereof.  References to Articles and Sections are to Articles and Sections of this Agreement unless otherwise specified.  Any singular term in this Agreement shall be deemed to include the plural, and any plural term the singular.  Whenever the words “include,” “includes” or “including” are used in this Agreement, they shall be deemed to be followed by the words “without limitation,” whether or not they are in fact followed by those words or words of like import.  “Writing,” “written” and comparable terms refer to printing, typing and other means of reproducing words (including electronic media) in a visible form.  References to any statute, law or regulation shall be deemed to refer to such statute, law or regulation as amended from time to time and to any rules or regulations promulgated thereunder.  References to any Person include the successors and permitted assigns of that Person.  References from or through any date mean, unless otherwise specified, from and including or through and including, respectively.  The word “extent” in the phrase “to the extent” shall mean the degree to which a subject or other theory extends and such phrase shall not mean “if”.  The Parties have participated jointly in the negotiation and drafting of this Agreement and, in the event an ambiguity or question of intent or interpretation arises, this Agreement shall be construed as jointly drafted by the Parties and no presumption or burden of proof shall arise favoring or disfavoring any Party by virtue of the authorship of any provision of this Agreement.  The terms “or,” “any” and “either” are not exclusive, except to the extent expressly provided otherwise.



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To be filled in on the Closing Date as 7.5% of Company Closing Share Count.
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Section 1.3          Actions by Shareholder.  Unless otherwise expressly provided herein, any action permitted or contemplated to be taken by any Shareholder Party (a “Shareholder Action”) will be by written notice of the Shareholder (acting on behalf of the Shareholder Parties) furnished to the Company pursuant to Section 5.3. The Company will have no obligation to inquire as to the validity of any such written action so provided and may conclusively rely thereon.

ARTICLE II
Corporate Governance Rights

Section 2.1          Confidentiality.  Each Shareholder Party will, and will cause its Representatives to, (a) keep confidential all Confidential Information received by it from the Company or any of its Affiliates (including pursuant to Section 2.4), (b) not disclose or reveal any such information to any Person without the prior written consent of the Company other than to such Shareholder Party’s Representatives whom such Shareholder Party determines in good faith need to know such information for the purpose of evaluating, monitoring or taking any other action with respect to the investment by such Shareholder Party in the Company, and (c) use its reasonable best efforts to cause its Representatives to observe the terms of this Section 2.1 as if they were Parties to this Agreement; provided, however, that nothing herein will prevent any Shareholder Party from disclosing any information that is required to be disclosed by Law so long as, prior to such disclosure, such Shareholder Party, unless prohibited by Law, uses its reasonable efforts to notify the Company of any such disclosure, uses reasonable efforts (at the Company’s sole expense) to limit the disclosure to only those portions that are required to be disclosed under such Law and maintains the confidentiality of such other information to the maximum extent permitted by Law.

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Section 2.2          Standstill Restrictions.  From the date of this Agreement and until the earlier of (i) the later of (x) the 24-month anniversary of the Closing Date and (y) the 3-month anniversary of the date on which the Shareholder Parties first cease to Beneficially Own any Subject Shares or Class A Preferred Shares and (ii) a Change of Control (the “Expiration Date”), the Shareholder Parties will not, and will cause all of their respective Subsidiaries and controlled Affiliates not to, directly or indirectly through another Person, unless expressly invited in a writing with the approval of a majority of the directors on the Board:

(a)          acquire, offer to acquire or agree to acquire, by purchase or otherwise, Beneficial Ownership of Common Shares or Class A Preferred Shares or any other security, including any cash-settled option or other derivative security that transfers all or any portion of the economic benefits or risks of the ownership of Common Shares to any Person, other than the acquisition of any Additional Shares or Additional Preferred Shares;

(b)          make any statement or proposal to the Company or any of the Company’s stockholders regarding, or make any public announcement, proposal or offer (including any “solicitation” of “proxies” as such terms are defined or used in Regulation 14A of the 1934 Act) with respect to, or otherwise solicit or effect, or seek or offer or propose to effect (whether directly or indirectly, publicly or otherwise) (i) any business combination, merger, tender offer, exchange offer or similar transaction involving the Company or any of its Subsidiaries that may reasonably be expected to result in a Change of Control, (ii) any restructuring, recapitalization, liquidation, dissolution or similar transaction involving the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, including any material divestiture, break-up or spinoff, (iii) any acquisition of any equity securities of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or rights or options to acquire interests in the equity securities of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, or (iv) the composition of or election of any individual to the Board, except as permitted by this Agreement (and as may be required by applicable Law in connection therewith);

(c)          enter into any discussions, negotiations, arrangements or understandings with any third Person with respect to the actions prohibited by Section 2.2(a) or Section 2.2(b), or form, join or participate in a “group” (within the meaning of Section 13(d)(3) of the 1934 Act) with respect to the Common Shares or Class A Preferred Shares in connection with any of the actions prohibited by Section 2.2(a) or Section 2.2(b);

(d)          request, call or seek to call a meeting of the stockholders of the Company, nominate any individual for election as a director of the Company at any meeting of stockholders of the Company, submit any stockholder proposal (pursuant to Rule 14a-8 promulgated under the 1934 Act or otherwise) to seek representation on the Board or any other proposal to be considered by the stockholders of the Company, or recommend that any other Company stockholders vote in favor of, or otherwise publicly comment favorably or unfavorably about, or solicit votes or proxies for, any such nomination or proposal submitted by another stockholder of the Company, or otherwise publicly seek to control or influence the Board, management or policies of the Company;

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(e)          deposit any Subject Shares, Preferred Shares or any other Common Shares in a voting trust or similar arrangement or subject any Subject Shares, Preferred Shares or any other Common Shares to any voting agreement, pooling arrangement or similar arrangement (in each case other than as contemplated in this Agreement or solely among a group comprised solely of the Shareholder Parties and their respective controlled Affiliates); or

(f)          take any action which would reasonably be expected to require the Company to make a public announcement regarding (including any public filing) any of the actions prohibited by this Section 2.2;

provided that the foregoing limitations will (i) not preclude any confidential proposal made to the Board that is expressly conditioned upon the maintenance of the confidentiality thereof, (ii) in no way limit the activities of any Person appointed to the Board pursuant to the terms of the Merger Agreement taken in his or her capacity as a director of the Company or (iii) not preclude the exercise of any rights received as a dividend or other distribution (x) in a rights offering or other issuance in respect of any Subject Shares or (y) pursuant to the terms of the Preferred Shares.  If, after the date hereof and prior to the Expiration Date, the Company enters into any agreement with any of the Faiveley Parties with standstill provisions that are less favorable to the Company in the aggregate than the provisions contained in this Section 2.2 (or if the Company amends or waives the standstill provisions in the Existing Faiveley Agreement in a manner such that the standstill provisions thereunder are less favorable to the Company in the aggregate than the provisions contained in this Section 2.2), the Company shall notify the Shareholder Parties of the terms of such standstill provisions as soon as reasonably practicable after the execution (or amendment or waiver) of such agreement, and in which case this Section 2.2 shall if elected by the Shareholder Parties be amended to be no more favorable to the Company than the enforceable (after giving effect to any waiver) standstill provisions contained in such third party agreement.  The Company represents and warrants that, as of the date hereof, it is not party to any agreement with any of the Faiveley Parties containing standstill provisions other than those set forth in the Existing Faiveley Agreement.  For the avoidance of doubt, the expiration of the standstill obligations under the Existing Faiveley Agreement in accordance with its current terms shall not be deemed to be an amendment or waiver of the Existing Faiveley Agreement.

Section 2.3          Voting Agreement.  For as long as the Shareholder Parties hold any Subject Shares, with respect to any matter presented for a vote of the Company’s stockholders, each Shareholder Party will vote all Subject Shares that it Beneficially Owns and over which it maintains sole voting power in the same proportion as the votes cast by all Common Shares not Beneficially Owned by the Shareholder Parties on such matter.  For purposes of the preceding sentence, a Shareholder Party will be deemed to have “sole” voting power over any Subject Shares if it shares voting power over the Subject Shares solely with other Shareholder Parties.

Section 2.4          Access.  So long as the Shareholder Parties, in the aggregate, hold at least 5% of the then-outstanding Common Shares, the Company shall meet with representatives of the Shareholder Parties at such times as the Shareholder Parties may reasonably request (which meetings may be in person or telephonic, provided that the Company will not be required to meet more with such Representatives any more often than once per calendar quarter, and for no more than two hours at a time).  The Company shall furnish to the Shareholder Parties such financial and operating data and other information relating to the Company and its Subsidiaries as such Persons may reasonably request in light of the investment they hold in the Company.
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ARTICLE III
Transfer of Shares

Section 3.1          Required Divestiture by First Anniversary.  Subject to the Company’s material compliance with its obligations and covenants in Sections 4.1, 4.2 and 4.3 hereof, on or prior to the date that is 12 months following the Closing Date (the “First Anniversary Sell Down Date”), and without limiting the obligations of the Shareholder Parties under Section 3.5(b), the Shareholder Parties will sell, transfer or otherwise divest in compliance with the terms of this Article III a sufficient quantity of Subject Shares and/or Preferred Shares such that as of such first anniversary, the Shareholder Parties shall Beneficially Own a number of Common Shares less than the First Anniversary Sell Down Amount.  Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section 3.1, if any event of the type contemplated in any of Section 4.1(c), 4.1(d), 4.2(b), 4.3(c) or 4.4(g) or request pursuant to Section 4.8 occurs (each, a “Registration Delay Event”) or is continuing within the 20 trading days prior to the First Anniversary Sell Down Date, and, as a result, the Shareholder Parties are prevented from either registering or divesting a sufficient number of Subject Shares and/or Preferred Shares to comply with this Section 3.1 during such 20 trading day period, the First Anniversary Sell Down Date shall automatically be extended by a number of days equal to the number of days during which such prevention persists.

Section 3.2          First Tranche.

(a)          For a period of 30 days following the Closing Date, the Shareholder Parties will not, directly or indirectly through another Person, offer, sell, contract to sell or otherwise dispose of (or enter into any transaction which is designed to, or might reasonably be expected to, result in the disposition (whether by actual disposition or effective economic disposition due to cash settlement or otherwise)), including establishing or increasing a put equivalent position, or liquidating or decreasing a call equivalent position within the meaning of Section 16 of the 1934 Act with respect to, any Subject Shares, any Preferred Shares or any securities convertible into, or exercisable or exchangeable for Subject Shares or Preferred Shares, or publicly announce an intention to effect any such transaction (collectively, “Transfer”); provided that such prohibition shall not (x) prevent (A) the filing of a Registration Statement pursuant to an exercise of the Shareholder Parties’ rights under Section 4.1 or 4.3 or (B) the participation in a Piggyback Registration pursuant to an exercise of the Shareholder Parties’ rights under Section 4.2 or (y) apply to Transfers (i) to Permitted Transferees, (ii) pursuant to a bona fide third party tender offer or exchange offer or (iii) pursuant to any merger or other similar business combination transaction effected by the Company.
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(b)          Subject to the Company’s material compliance with its obligations and covenants in Sections 4.1, 4.2 and 4.3 hereof, on or prior to the date that is 120 days following the Closing Date (the “First Tranche Sell Down Date”), the Shareholder Parties shall sell, transfer or otherwise divest, in a single transaction or offering or series of related transactions or offerings consummated on the same date, Subject Shares and/or Preferred Shares (the “First Tranche Shares”) that they Beneficially Own comprising and/or convertible into a number of Common Shares (i) greater than or equal to the First Tranche Minimum and (ii) less than or equal to the First Tranche Maximum, unless the Company consents in writing to a greater amount (which consent may be withheld by the Company in its sole discretion).  Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section 3.2(b), if a Registration Delay Event occurs or is continuing within the 20 trading days prior to the First Tranche Sell Down Date, and, as a result, the Shareholder Parties are prevented from either registering or divesting the First Tranche Shares during such 20 trading day period, the First Tranche Sell Down Date shall automatically be extended by a number of days equal to the number of days during which such prevention persists.

Section 3.3          Second Tranche.

(a)          For a period of six months following the First Tranche Pricing Date, the Shareholder Parties will not Transfer any Subject Shares, any Preferred Shares or any securities convertible into, or exercisable or exchangeable for Subject Shares or Preferred Shares; provided that such prohibition shall not (x) prevent (A) the filing of a Registration Statement pursuant to an exercise of the Shareholder Parties’ rights under Section 4.1 or 4.3 or (B) the participation in a Piggyback Registration pursuant to an exercise of the Shareholder Parties’ rights under Section 4.2 or (y) apply to Transfers (i) to Permitted Transferees, (ii) pursuant to a bona fide third party tender offer or exchange offer or (iii) pursuant to any merger or other similar business combination transaction effected by the Company.

(b)          On or after the date that is six months after the First Tranche Pricing Date, the Shareholder Parties may sell, transfer or otherwise divest, in a single transaction or offering or series of related transactions or offerings consummated on the same date, Subject Shares and/or Preferred Shares (the “Second Tranche Shares”) that they Beneficially Own comprising and/or convertible into a number of Common Shares less than or equal to the Subsequent Tranche Maximum, unless the Company consents in writing to a greater amount (which consent may be withheld by the Company in its sole discretion).

Section 3.4          Remaining Shares.

(a)          For a period of three months following the Second Tranche Pricing Date, the Shareholder Parties will not Transfer any Subject Shares, any Preferred Shares or any securities convertible into, or exercisable or exchangeable for Subject Shares or Preferred Shares; provided that such prohibition shall not (x) prevent (A) the filing of a Registration Statement pursuant to an exercise of the Shareholder Parties’ rights under Section 4.1 or 4.3 or (B) the participation in a Piggyback Registration pursuant to an exercise of the Shareholder Parties’ rights under Section 4.2 or (y) apply to Transfers (i) to Permitted Transferees, (ii) pursuant to a bona fide third party tender offer or exchange offer or (iii) pursuant to any merger or other similar business combination transaction effected by the Company.
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(b)          On or after the date that is three months after the Second Tranche Pricing Date, the Shareholder Parties may sell, transfer or otherwise divest all of the Subject Shares and the Preferred Shares that they Beneficially Own, at any time and from time to time, in any manner not prohibited by this Agreement; provided, that the Shareholder Parties shall not sell, transfer or otherwise divest Subject Shares and/or Preferred Shares comprising and/or convertible into a number of Common Shares greater than the Subsequent Tranche Maximum in a single transaction or offering or series of related transactions or offerings, unless the Company consents in writing to a greater amount (which consent may be withheld by the Company in its sole discretion).

(c)          By no later than the third anniversary of the Closing Date (the “Final Sell-Down Date”), the Shareholder Parties will sell, transfer or otherwise divest all of the Subject Shares and the Preferred Shares that they Beneficially Own; provided that the Final Sell-Down Date will be extended by 60 calendar days if a Market Disruption Event has occurred and is continuing within 10 trading days of the original Sell-Down Date.

Section 3.5          Miscellaneous.

(a)          Except as provided in Section 3.1 through Section 3.4, neither the Subject Shares nor Preferred Shares shall be subject to transfer restrictions pursuant to this Agreement; provided that the Shareholder Parties shall not Transfer any Subject Shares or Preferred Shares, in each case (or any combination thereof) constituting, in the aggregate (on an as-if converted basis), more than 1.0% of the outstanding Common Shares to any “person” or “group” (in each case within the meaning of Section 13(d) of the 1934 Act), in a single transaction or series of related transactions, if such Shareholder Party actually knows, after making such inquiry as such Shareholder Party determines to be reasonable under the circumstances, that such “person” or “group” holds 2.0% or more of the outstanding Common Shares prior to the Transfer; provided, further, that such prohibition shall not apply to, and for the avoidance of doubt no inquiry shall be required in connection with, Transfers (i) to Permitted Transferees, (ii) pursuant to a bona fide tender offer or exchange offer, (iii) pursuant to any merger or other similar business combination transaction effected by the Company, (iv) to an underwriter in connection with a Public Offering, (v) in an open market transaction effected through a broker-dealer, (vi) to a broker-dealer in a block sale so long as such broker-dealer makes block trades in the ordinary course of its business, or (vii) to (A) a registered investment fund, (B) a separately managed account not associated with a hedge fund, (C) a pension fund, or (D) a shareholder of the Company as of March 31, 2018.

(b)          Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, if, as of the date that is seven calendar days prior to the First Anniversary Sell-Down Date (the “Testing Date”), any of the Shareholder Parties holds Common Shares and/or Class A Preferred Shares that would cause SpinCo or the Company to have, on the First Anniversary Sell-Down Date, a relationship to any of the Shareholder Parties that is described in Treasury Regulations section 1.197-2(h)(6)(i), solely by reason of such Shareholder Parties’ ownership of such Common Shares and/or Class A Preferred Shares and disregarding any action taken by the Company after the date hereof (a “Relationship”), then the Shareholder Parties shall, after receipt of written notice provided by the Company on or after the Testing Date to the effect that it elects to exercise its right set forth in this Section 3.5(b), sell to the Company on the First Anniversary Sell Down Date a number of Common Shares and/or Class A Preferred Shares representing a number of Common Shares specified in such notice (in each case, free and clear of all claims, liens, charges or encumbrances), for an amount per share equal to the Average VWAP (and calculating the amount per share for the Class A Preferred Shares on an as-if converted basis), reasonably necessary to ensure that, in the reasonable good faith judgment of the Company, after consultation with counsel, no Relationship exists after such purchase.
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ARTICLE IV.
Registration Rights

Section 4.1          Registration on Request. (a)  Subject to the Shareholder’s material compliance with its obligations under Section 6.05(a) of the Merger Agreement and subject to Section 4.1(c), if at any time following the Closing Date, the Company receives a written request (a “Registration Request”) from any Shareholder Party by Shareholder Action that the Company file a Registration Statement covering the registration of Common Shares or Class A Preferred Shares, in each case (or any combination thereof), having an aggregate market value (based on Average VWAP and calculating, with respect to Preferred Shares, on an as-if converted basis) of at least $100.0 million as of the date of such Registration Request, then the Company shall use reasonable best efforts to, as expeditiously as possible, effect the registration of such portion of the Registrable Securities set forth in such Registration Request, together with any securities required to be included in such Registration Statement(s) pursuant to the Faiveley Registration Rights, in accordance with the intended method of distribution stated in such Registration Request, pursuant to a Registration Statement, to the extent necessary to permit the disposition of the Registrable Securities to be so registered. Each Registration Request pursuant to this Section 4.1 must be in writing and specify the number of Registrable Securities requested to be registered and the intended method of distribution. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company will not be obligated to file a Registration Statement requested pursuant to this Section 4.1:

(i)          within a period of 90 calendar days after the date of delivery of any other Registration Request pursuant to this Section 4.1;

(ii)          during such time as the Shareholder Parties may sell Registrable Securities, in accordance with the intended method of distribution stated in the Registration Request, pursuant to a Shelf Registration Statement under Section 4.3;
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(iii)          on a total of more than three occasions in any calendar year (if, on each such occasion, the registration shall have been deemed to have been effected in accordance with Section 4.1(b) of this Agreement);

(iv)          in any particular jurisdiction in which the Company would be required to execute a general consent to service of process in effecting such registration, qualification or compliance, unless the Company is already subject to service of process in such jurisdiction and except as may be required by the 1933 Act; or

(v)          if the Shareholder Parties propose to dispose of Registrable Securities that may be registered at such time pursuant to a Registration Statement contemplated in Section 4.2.

(b)          A registration requested pursuant to this Section 4.1 will not be deemed to have been effected unless the Registration Statement has become effective; provided, however, that if, within the period ending on the earlier to occur of (i) 90 days after the applicable Registration Statement has become effective (provided, that such period will be extended for a period of time equal to the period the holder of Registrable Securities refrains from selling any securities included in such Registration Statement at the request of the Company or the lead managing underwriter(s) pursuant to the provisions of this Agreement) and (ii) the date on which the distribution of the securities covered thereby has been completed, the offering of securities pursuant to such Registration Statement is interfered with by any stop order, injunction or other order or requirement of the SEC or other Governmental Authority, such Registration Statement will be deemed not to have been effected; provided, further, that if the requesting Shareholder Parties, after exercising their right to request a registration pursuant to this Section 4.1 withdraw from a registration so requested after the filing thereof, such registration will be deemed to have been effective with respect to the Shareholder Parties in accordance with this Section 4.1.

(c)          Subject to Section 4.2, if, within five Business Days of the Company’s receipt of a Registration Request, the requesting Shareholder Parties are advised in writing (the “Underwriter’s Advice”) that the Company has in good faith commenced the preparation of a Registration Statement for an underwritten Public Offering in which the Shareholder Parties received a Piggyback Notice in accordance with this Agreement prior to receipt by the Company of such Registration Request and the managing underwriter of the proposed Public Offering has determined that, in such firm’s judgment, a registration at the time and on the terms requested would materially and adversely affect such underwritten Public Offering, then the Company will not be required to effect such requested registration pursuant to this Section 4.1 until the earliest of:

(i)          the abandonment of such underwritten Public Offering by the Company;
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(ii)          45 days after receipt of the Underwriter’s Advice by the Shareholder Parties, unless the Registration Statement for such offering has become effective and such Public Offering has commenced on or prior to such 45th day; and

(iii)          if the Registration Statement for such Public Offering has become effective and such Public Offering has commenced on or prior to such 45th day, the day on which the restrictions on the Shareholder Parties contained in the related lock-up agreement lapse with respect to such Public Offering.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company will not be permitted to defer a registration requested pursuant to this Section 4.1 in reliance on this Section 4.1(c) more than once in any 365-day period.

(d)          The Company may postpone the filing or effectiveness of any Registration Statement and suspend the Shareholder Parties’ use of any prospectus which is a part of the Registration Statement (in which event the Shareholder Parties will discontinue sales of the Registrable Securities pursuant to the Registration Statement) for a period of up to an aggregate of 60 days, and no more than once, in any 365-day period, exclusive of days covered by any lock-up agreement executed by the Shareholder Parties in connection with any underwritten Public Offering after the request for registration pursuant to this Section 4.1 if the Company delivers to the Shareholder Parties a certificate signed by either the chief executive officer or the chief financial officer of the Company certifying that the conditions constituting a Material Disclosure Event exist at such time.

(e)          The Company will have the right to cause the registration of additional securities for sale for the account of any Person other than the Shareholder Parties (including the Company) in any registration requested pursuant to this Section 4.1 to the extent the managing underwriter or other independent marketing agent for such offering (if any) determines that, in its judgment, the additional securities proposed to be sold will not materially and adversely affect the offering and sale of the Registrable Securities to be registered, and otherwise to the extent required by the Faiveley Registration Rights, in accordance with the intended method or methods of disposition then contemplated by such registration requested pursuant to this Section 4.1.

(f)          Any time a registration requested pursuant to this Section 4.1 involves an underwritten Public Offering, the requesting Shareholder Parties will, after consultation in good faith with the Company, select the investment banker(s) and manager(s) that will serve as managing underwriters (including which such managing underwriters will serve as lead or co-lead) and underwriters with respect to the offering of such Registrable Securities; provided, that such investment banker(s) and manager(s) are reasonably acceptable to the Company (such acceptance not to be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed); provided, further, that in connection with an underwritten Public Offering of the First Tranche Shares, the Company shall have the right to (i) select one managing underwriter to serve as co-lead with the title of “Global Coordinator” for such offering and (ii) to determine and control, in consultation with the Shareholder Parties, the marketing strategy for such offering; it being understood that the Shareholder Parties shall have the right to select one or more additional managing underwriter(s) to serve as co-lead(s) with the title of “Global Coordinator” for such offering.
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(g)          If a holder of Registrable Securities makes a Registration Request that comprises an offer to exchange Registrable Securities for any securities issued by it or any other Person (an “Exchange Offer Registration”), the Company shall effect the registration of such offer to exchange on Form S-4, any similar successor form or any other form permitted under the Securities Act for such Exchange Offer Registration.

Section 4.2          Piggyback Registration.  (a)  Subject to the Shareholder’s material compliance with its obligations under Section 6.05(a) of the Merger Agreement, if, after the Closing Date, the Company proposes or is required to file a Registration Statement under the 1933 Act or any other securities Laws with respect to an offering of any Common Shares, whether or not for sale for its own account (other than a Registration Statement (i) on Form S-4, Form S-8 or any similar form under non-U.S. Laws or (ii) filed solely in connection with any employee benefit or dividend reinvestment plan), then the Company will give prompt written notice of such proposed filing at least 10 Business Days before the anticipated filing date (the “Piggyback Notice”) to the Shareholder Parties. Such Piggyback Notice must specify the number of Common Shares proposed to be registered, the proposed date of filing of such Registration Statement with the SEC, the proposed means of distribution, the proposed managing underwriter(s) (if any) and a good faith estimate by the Company of the proposed minimum offering price of such Common Shares. The Piggyback Notice will offer the Shareholder Parties the opportunity to include in such Registration Statement the number of Registrable Securities as it may request (a “Piggyback Registration”), subject to Section 4.2(b). The Company will include in each such Piggyback Registration all Registrable Securities with respect to which the Company has received a written request for inclusion therein from any Shareholder Party (without need for Shareholder Action), subject to Section 4.2(b). The Shareholder Parties will be permitted to withdraw all or part of the Registrable Securities from a Piggyback Registration at any time at least three Business Days prior to the effective date of the Registration Statement relating to such Piggyback Registration. The Company will be required to maintain the effectiveness of the Registration Statement for a Piggyback Registration for a period of 60 days after the effective date thereof or such shorter period during which all Registrable Securities included in such Registration Statement have actually been sold.

(b)          If the managing underwriter or underwriters of a proposed underwritten offering advise the Company and the holders of such Registrable Securities that, in their judgment, because of the size of the offering which the Shareholder Parties, the Company and/or such other Persons (as applicable) intend to make, the success of the offering would be materially and adversely affected by inclusion of the number of Registrable Securities requested to be included (taking into account, in addition to any considerations that the managing underwriter or underwriters reasonably deem relevant, the timing and manner to effect the offering), then the number of Registrable Securities to be offered for the account of the Shareholder Parties shall be reduced to the extent necessary (i) to reduce the total amount of securities to be included in such offering to the amount recommended by such managing underwriter or underwriters or (ii) to the extent necessary to comply with the requirements of the  Faiveley Registration Rights; provided that if Common Shares and/or Class A Preferred Shares are being offered for the account of Persons other than the Company, then the Common Shares and/or Class A Preferred Shares intended to be offered for the account of such other Persons shall, except to the extent not permitted by the Faiveley Registration Rights, be reduced pro rata to the extent necessary to permit the Shareholder Parties to include all of its Registrable Securities in such offering.
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Section 4.3          Shelf Registration.  (a)  Subject to the Shareholder’s material compliance with its obligations under Section 6.05(a) of the Merger Agreement, if at any time following the Closing Date, subject to the availability of registration on Form S-3 or any successor form thereto (“Form S-3”) to the Company, the Company receives a written request (a “Shelf Notice”) from any Shareholder Party, then the Company will use reasonable best efforts to, as expeditiously as possible, file and cause to be declared effective by the SEC, a Registration Statement on Form S-3 providing for an offering to be made on a continuous basis pursuant to Rule 415 under the 1933 Act (the “Shelf Registration Statement”) relating to the offer and sale from time to time through agents, underwriters or dealers, directly to purchasers, or through a combination of any of these methods of sale, at fixed prices, prevailing market prices, at prices related to prevailing market prices or at privately negotiated prices, of all or any portion of the Registrable Securities then Beneficially Owned by the Shareholder Parties; provided that if the Company remains a well-known seasoned issuer (as defined in Rule 405 under the 1933 Act), a Shelf Notice will not be required and the Company will file, in order that such Shelf Registration Statement is effective on the date of the two-month anniversary of the Closing Date, a Shelf Registration Statement in the form of an automatic shelf registration statement (as defined in Rule 405 under the 1933 Act) or any successor form thereto registering an offering to be made on a continuous or delayed basis pursuant to Rule 415 under the 1933 Act relating to the offer and sale, from time to time through agents, underwriters or dealers, directly to purchasers, or through a combination of any of these methods of sale, at fixed prices, prevailing market prices, at prices related to prevailing market prices or at privately negotiated prices, of all or any portion of the Registrable Securities then held by the Shareholder Parties.

(b)          Subject to Section 4.1(d), the Company will use reasonable best efforts to keep the Shelf Registration Statement continuously effective, including by renewing the Shelf Registration Statement, until the earlier of (i) three years after the Shelf Registration Statement first becomes effective and (ii) the date on which all Registrable Securities covered by the Shelf Registration Statement have been sold thereunder in accordance with the plan and method of distribution disclosed in the prospectus included in the Shelf Registration Statement, or otherwise cease to be Registrable Securities.

(c)          The Company will be entitled, from time to time, by providing written notice to the holders of Registrable Securities who elected to participate in the Shelf Registration Statement, to require such holders of Registrable Securities to suspend the use of the prospectus for sales of Registrable Securities under the Shelf Registration Statement for a period of up to an aggregate of 60 calendar days, and no more than once, in any 365-day period, exclusive of days covered by any lock-up agreement executed by the Shareholder Parties in connection with any underwritten Public Offering if the Company delivers to the Shareholder Parties a certificate signed by either the chief executive officer or the chief financial officer of the Company certifying that the conditions constituting a Material Disclosure Event exist at such time.  Following the earlier of (i) the termination of the conditions constituting a Material Disclosure Event and (ii) 60 calendar days following delivery of the notice certifying the existence of a Material Disclosure Event, without any further request from a holder of Registrable Securities, the Company to the extent necessary will use reasonable best efforts to, as expeditiously as possible, prepare a post-effective amendment or supplement to the Shelf Registration Statement or the prospectus, or any document incorporated therein by reference, or file any other required document so that, as thereafter delivered to purchasers of the Registrable Securities included therein, the prospectus will not include an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading.
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(d)          At any time that a Shelf Registration Statement is effective, if any Shareholder Party holding Registrable Securities delivers a notice to the Company (a “Take-Down Notice”) stating that it intends to sell all or part of its Registrable Securities included by it on the Shelf Registration Statement in an underwritten Public Offering (a “Shelf Offering”), then, the Company will, as expeditiously as possible, amend or supplement the Shelf Registration Statement as may be necessary in order to enable such Registrable Securities to be distributed pursuant to the Shelf Offering (taking into account the inclusion of securities pursuant to the Faiveley Registration Rights). In connection with any Shelf Offering that is an underwritten Public Offering and where the plan of distribution set forth in the Take-Down Notice includes a customary “road show” (including an “electronic road show”) involving substantial marketing efforts by the Company and the underwriters (a “Marketed Underwritten Shelf Offering”):

(i)          the Company will forward the Take-Down Notice to all other Persons, if any, included on the Shelf Registration Statement pursuant to the Faiveley Registration Rights and the Company will permit each such Person to include its securities included on the Shelf Registration Statement in the Marketed Underwritten Shelf Offering if such holder notifies the Company within five days after delivery of the Take-Down Notice to such Person; and

(ii)          if the managing underwriter(s) advises the Company and the holders of Registrable Securities that, in its opinion, the inclusion of all of the securities sought to be sold in connection with such Marketed Underwritten Shelf Offering would materially and adversely affect the success thereof, then there will be included in such Marketed Underwritten Shelf Offering only such securities as is advised by such lead managing underwriter(s) can be sold without such effect, and such number of Registrable Securities shall be allocated in the same manner as described in Section 4.2(b).

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For the avoidance of doubt: (x) an underwritten Public Offering involving a sale to a broker-dealer in a block sale so long as such broker-dealer makes block trades in the ordinary course of its business shall not constitute a Marketed Underwritten Shelf Offering and (y) an underwritten Public Offering that involves representatives of the Company or the underwriters having discussions with potential investors in connection with the underwritten Public Offering, but without a customary “roadshow”, shall not constitute a Marketed Underwritten Shelf Offering.

Section 4.4          Registration Procedures.  If and whenever the Company is required to use reasonable best efforts to effect the registration of any Registrable Securities under the 1933 Act as provided herein, the Company covenants that:

(a)          before filing a Registration Statement (which for purposes of this Section 4.4 includes any Shelf Registration Statement) or any amendments or supplements thereto, the Company will furnish to the Shareholder Parties and their respective Representatives copies of all such documents proposed to be filed, which documents will be subject to their review and reasonable comment, and other documents reasonably requested by any Shareholder Party, including any comment letter from the SEC, and, if requested, provide the Shareholder Parties and their respective Representatives reasonable opportunity to participate in the preparation of such documents proposed to be filed and such other opportunities to conduct a reasonable investigation within the meaning of the 1933 Act, including reasonable access to the Company’s officers, accountants and other advisors;

(b)          subject to terms and conditions of this Article IV, the Company will prepare and file with the SEC a Registration Statement with respect to such Registrable Securities on any form for which the Company then qualifies or which counsel for the Company in good faith deems appropriate and which form will be available for the sale of such Registrable Securities in accordance with the intended methods of distribution thereof, use its best efforts to cause such Registration Statement to become and remain effective for the period referred to accordance with this Article IV and comply with the provisions of the 1933 Act with respect to the disposition of all securities covered by such Registration Statement;

(c)          the Company will prepare and file with the SEC or other Governmental Authority having jurisdiction such amendments and supplements to such Registration Statement as may be necessary to keep such Registration Statement effective continuously for the period referred to in accordance with this Article IV;

(d)          if requested by the managing underwriter(s), if any, or any Shareholder Party, the Company will promptly prepare a prospectus supplement or post-effective amendment and include in such prospectus supplement or post-effective amendment such information as the lead managing underwriter(s), if any, and any Shareholder Party may reasonably request in order to permit the intended method of distribution of such securities and make all required filings of such prospectus supplement or such post-effective amendment as expeditiously as possible after the Company has received such request;
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(e)          the Company will furnish to the managing underwriter(s), if any, and the Shareholder Parties 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 1933 Act and any “issuer free writing prospectus” as such term is defined under Rule 433 promulgated under the 1933 Act), all exhibits and other documents filed therewith and such other documents as any Shareholder Party may reasonably request including in order to facilitate the disposition of its Registrable Securities;

(f)          the Company will register or qualify such Registrable Securities under such other securities or blue sky Laws of such jurisdictions as any Shareholder Party or managing underwriter(s), if any, reasonably requests and do any and all other acts and things that may be reasonably necessary or reasonably advisable to enable each Shareholder Party to consummate the disposition in such jurisdictions of the Registrable Securities owned by such Shareholder Party, 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;

(g)          the Company will notify the Shareholder Parties at any time when a prospectus relating to the Registrable Securities is required to be delivered under the 1933 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 the Shareholder Parties 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;

(h)          the Company will notify the Shareholder Parties (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 SEC or other Governmental Authority 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 SEC or other Governmental Authority 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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(i)          the Company will cause all such Registrable Securities (other than Class A Preferred Shares) to be listed on each securities exchange on which similar securities issued by the Company are then listed, if applicable;

(j)          the Company will provide a transfer agent and registrar for all such Registrable Securities not later than the effective date of such Registration Statement;

(k)          the Company will make available for inspection by the Shareholder Parties and their counsel, any underwriter participating in any disposition pursuant to such Registration Statement and any attorney, accountant or other agent retained by any Shareholder Party or any underwriter, all financial and other books and records, pertinent corporate documents and documents relating to the business of the Company and customarily provided in a secondary offering, and cause the Company’s officers, directors, employees and independent accountants to supply all information reasonably requested by any Shareholder Party or any underwriter, attorney, accountant or agent in connection with such Registration Statement, provided that it will 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 use commercially reasonable efforts to minimize the disruption to the Company’s business in connection with the foregoing;

(l)          the Company will, if requested, obtain a “comfort” letter or letters from the Company’s independent public accountants in customary form and covering matters of the type customarily covered by “comfort” letters as any Shareholder Party reasonably requests;

(m)          the Company will, if requested, obtain a legal opinion and “10b-5” disclosure letter of the Company’s outside counsel in customary form and covering such matters of the type customarily covered by legal opinions or “10b-5” disclosure letters of such nature and reasonably satisfactory to the requesting Shareholder Party, which opinion or “10b-5” disclosure letter will be addressed to any underwriters and such Shareholder Party;

(n)          the Company will, if applicable, reasonably cooperate with the Shareholder Parties and each underwriter or agent participating in the disposition of such Registrable Securities and their respective counsel in connection with any filings required to be made with the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, and any other agencies or authorities as may be reasonably necessary to enable the Shareholder Parties to consummate the disposition of such Registrable Securities;

(o)          the Company will enter into such agreements (including an underwriting agreement in form, scope and substance as is customary in underwritten offerings) and use its reasonable best efforts to take all such other actions reasonably requested by any Shareholder Party therewith (including those reasonably requested by the managing underwriter(s), if any) to expedite or facilitate the disposition of such Registrable Securities, and in such connection, whether or not an underwriting agreement is entered into and whether or not the registration is an underwritten Public Offering, (i) make such representations and warranties to the Shareholder Parties and the underwriters, if any, with respect to the business of the Company, and the Registration Statement, prospectus and documents, if any, incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference therein, in each case, in form, substance and scope as are customarily made by issuers in underwritten offerings, and, if true, confirm the same if and when requested, (ii) to the extent an underwriting agreement or similar agreement is entered into, provide an indemnity to the Shareholder Parties and the underwriters in form, scope and substance as is customary in underwritten offerings, and (iii) deliver such documents and certificates as reasonably requested by any Shareholder Party and the lead managing underwriters(s), if any, to evidence the continued validity of the representations and warranties made pursuant to sub-clause (i) above and to evidence compliance with any customary conditions contained in the underwriting agreement or other agreement entered into by the Company, in each case as and to the extent required thereunder;
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(p)          the Company will use reasonable best efforts to obtain the withdrawal of any order suspending the effectiveness of any Registration Statement filed pursuant to this Article IV, or the lifting of any suspension of the qualification (or exemption from qualification) of any of the Registrable Securities for sale in any jurisdiction at the earliest reasonable practicable date, 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; and

(q)          the Company will endeavor in good faith to have appropriate officers of the Company prepare and make presentations at a reasonable and customary number of “road shows” and before analysts and rating agencies, as the case may be, and other information meetings reasonably organized by the underwriters and otherwise use reasonable best efforts to cooperate as reasonably requested by the Shareholder Parties and the underwriters in the offering, marketing or selling of the Registrable Securities.

Section 4.5          Provision of Information.  As a condition to registering Registrable Securities under this Article IV, (a) the Shareholder shall have complied in all material respects with its obligations under Section 6.05(a) of the Merger Agreement and (b) each Shareholder Party will furnish the Company such information regarding such Shareholder Party 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.

Section 4.6          Registration Expenses.  (a) Subject to Section 4.6(b), all expenses incidental to the Company’s performance of or compliance with this Agreement, including all registration and filing fees, word processing, duplicating and printing expenses, messenger and delivery expenses, and fees and disbursements of counsel for the Shareholder Parties (all such expenses, “Registration Expenses”) will be borne by the Shareholder Parties. The Shareholder Parties will pay all underwriting discounts, selling commissions and transfer taxes applicable to the sale of Registrable Securities hereunder.
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 (b)          The Company will, in any event, pay its internal expenses (including all salaries and expenses of its officers and employees performing legal or accounting duties), the expenses of any annual audit or quarterly review and, if applicable, 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, and the fees and disbursements of counsel for the Company and all independent certified public accountants and other Persons retained by the Company.

Section 4.7          Shareholder Participation.  (a) No Shareholder Party may participate in any registration hereunder that is underwritten unless such Shareholder Party (i) agrees to sell its Registrable Securities on the basis provided in any underwriting arrangements approved by it (including pursuant to the terms of any over-allotment or “green shoe” option requested by the managing underwriter(s), provided that such Shareholder Party will not be required to sell more than the number of Registrable Securities that such Shareholder Party has requested the Company to include in any registration), (ii) completes and executes all questionnaires, powers of attorney, indemnities, underwriting agreements, lock-up or holdback agreements and other documents reasonably required under the terms of such underwriting arrangements and customary in a Public Offering, so long as such provisions are substantially the same for all selling shareholders, and (iii) uses commercially reasonable efforts to cooperate with the Company’s reasonable requests in connection with such registration or qualification. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the liability of any Shareholder Party or any transferee participating in such an underwritten registration will be limited to an amount equal to the amount of net proceeds attributable to the sale of such Shareholder Party’s Registrable Securities in such registration.

(b)          Each Shareholder Party agrees that, in connection with any registration hereunder, upon receipt of any notice from the Company of the happening of any event of the kind described in Section 4.4(g), such Shareholder Party will forthwith discontinue the disposition of its Registrable Securities pursuant to the Registration Statement until such Shareholder Party receives copies of a supplemented or amended prospectus as contemplated by such Section 4.4(g). In the event the Company gives any such notice, the applicable time period during which a Registration Statement is to remain effective under this Article IV shall 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 4.7(b) to and including the date on which the Shareholder Parties will have received the copies of the supplemented or amended prospectus contemplated by Section 4.4(g).

Section 4.8          Holdback.  (a)  In consideration for the Company agreeing to its obligations under this Agreement, the Shareholder Parties agree that in the event of an underwritten offering by the Company (whether or not such Person is participating in such registration), upon the request of the Company and the managing underwriter(s), on the same terms to which all directors and officers agree, not to effect (other than pursuant to such underwritten offering, in accordance with this Agreement) any public sale or distribution of Registrable Securities 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 the managing underwriter(s), as the case may be, during such period as may be required by the managing underwriter(s); provided, that in no event shall such period exceed more than 60 days following the date of the prospectus used in connection with such offering.
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(b)          If any Shareholder Party notifies the Company in writing that it intends to effect an underwritten sale under a Shelf Registration Statement pursuant to this Article IV, the Company shall not effect any public sale or distribution of its equity securities, or any securities convertible into or exchangeable or exercisable for its equity securities (other than pursuant to registrations on Form S-4 or Form S-8 or any successor form or to the extent required pursuant to the Faiveley Registration Rights), without the prior written consent of the managing underwriter(s) during such period as may be required by the managing underwriter(s); provided, that in no event shall such period exceed more than 60 days following the date of the prospectus used in connection with such offering.

Section 4.9          Indemnification.  (a)  The Company agrees to indemnify and hold harmless, to the fullest extent permitted by Law, the Shareholder Parties and their respective Affiliates and their and their Affiliates’ respective officers, directors, employees, managers and agents and each Person who controls (within the meaning of Section 15 of the 1933 Act and Section 20 of the 1934 Act) any Shareholder Party or such other indemnified Person and the officers, directors, employees, managers and agents of each such controlling Person, each underwriter, if any, and each Person who controls (within the meaning of Section 15 of the 1933 Act and Section 20 of the 1934 Act) such underwriter, from and against all losses, claims, damages, liabilities, costs, expenses (including reasonable expenses of investigation and reasonable attorneys’ fees and expenses), judgments, fines, penalties, charges and amounts paid in settlement (collectively, the “Losses”), as incurred, arising out of, caused by, resulting from or relating to any untrue statement (or alleged untrue statement) of a material fact contained in any Registration Statement or Shelf Registration Statement filed pursuant to this Article IV, and any prospectus or preliminary prospectus or issuer free writing prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto or any omission (or alleged omission) of 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 and (without limitation of the preceding portions of this Section 4.9(a)) will reimburse each Shareholder Party, each of its Affiliates, and each of its and their respective officers, directors, employees, managers and agents and each such Person who controls such Shareholder Party and the officers, directors, employees, managers and agents of each such controlling Person, each such underwriter and each such Person who controls any such underwriter, for any legal and any other expenses reasonably incurred in connection with investigating and defending or settling any such claim, Loss, damage, liability or action, except insofar as the same are caused by any information furnished in writing to the Company by any other party expressly for use therein.
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(b)          In connection with any Registration Statement or Shelf Registration Statement in which a Shareholder Party is participating the Shareholder shall indemnify the Company, its directors and officers, and each Person who controls (within the meaning of Section 15 of the 1933 Act and Section 20 of the 1934 Act) the Company, from and against all Losses, as incurred, arising out of, caused by, resulting from or relating to any untrue statement (or alleged untrue statement) of material fact contained in the Registration Statement or Shelf Registration Statement, or any prospectus or preliminary prospectus or issuer free writing prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto or any omission (or alleged omission) of 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, and (without limitation of the preceding portions of this Section 4.9(b)) will reimburse the Company, its directors and officers and each Person who controls the Company (within the meaning of Section 15 of the 1933 Act and Section 20 of the 1934 Act) for any legal and any other expenses reasonably incurred in connection with investigating and defending or settling any such claim, Loss, damage, liability or action, in each case solely to the extent, but only to the extent, that such untrue statement or omission is made in such Registration Statement or Shelf Registration Statement, or any prospectus or preliminary prospectus or issuer free writing prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto in reliance upon and in conformity with written information furnished to the Company by the Shareholder Parties for inclusion in such Registration Statement or Shelf Registration Statement, prospectus or preliminary prospectus or issuer free writing prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, no Shareholder Party will be liable under this Section 4.9(b) for amounts in excess of the net proceeds received by such Shareholder Party in the offering giving rise to such liability.

(c)          Any Person entitled to indemnification hereunder will give prompt written notice to the indemnifying party of any claim with respect to which it seeks indemnification; provided, however, the failure to give such notice will not release the indemnifying party from its obligation, except to the extent that the indemnifying party has been actually and materially prejudiced by such failure to provide such notice on a timely basis.

(d)          In any case in which any such action is brought against any indemnified party, and it notifies an indemnifying party of the commencement thereof, the indemnifying party will be entitled to participate therein, and, to the extent that it may wish, to assume the defense thereof, with counsel reasonably satisfactory to such indemnified party, and after notice from the indemnifying party to such indemnified party of its election so to assume the defense thereof and acknowledging the obligations of the indemnifying party with respect to such proceeding, the indemnifying party will not (so long as it shall continue to have the right to defend, contest, litigate and settle the matter in question in accordance with this paragraph) be liable to such indemnified party hereunder for any legal or other expense subsequently incurred by such indemnified party in connection with the defense thereof other than reasonable costs of investigation, supervision and monitoring (unless (i) such indemnified party reasonably objects to such assumption on the grounds that there may be defenses available to it which are different from or in addition to the defenses available to such indemnifying party and, as a result, a conflict of interest exists or (ii) the indemnifying party will have failed within a reasonable period of time to assume such defense and the indemnified party is or would reasonably be expected to be materially prejudiced by such delay, in either event the indemnified party will be promptly reimbursed by the indemnifying party for the reasonable expenses incurred in connection with retaining one separate legal counsel (for the avoidance of doubt, for all indemnified parties in connection therewith)). For the avoidance of doubt, notwithstanding any such assumption by an indemnifying party, the indemnified party will have the right to employ separate counsel in any such matter and participate in the defense thereof, but the fees and expenses of such counsel will be at the expense of such indemnified party except as provided in the previous sentence. An indemnifying party will not be liable for any settlement of an action or claim effected without its consent (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed). No matter may be settled by an indemnifying party without the consent of the indemnified party (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed), unless such settlement (i) includes as an unconditional term thereof the giving by the claimant or plaintiff to such indemnified party of a release from all liability in respect to such claim or litigation, (ii) does not include any statement as to or any admission of fault, culpability or a failure to act by or on behalf of any indemnified party and (iii) does not involve any injunctive or equitable relief that would be binding on the indemnified party or any payment that is not covered by the indemnification hereunder.
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(e)          The indemnification provided for under this Agreement shall survive the disposal of the Registrable Securities and the termination of this Agreement.

ARTICLE V
Miscellaneous

Section 5.1          Termination.  This Agreement will terminate, except for this Article V and as otherwise provided in this Agreement, with respect to each Shareholder Party, at the time at which such Shareholder Party ceases to Beneficially Own any Subject Shares or Preferred Shares or, if earlier, upon the written agreement of the Company and such Shareholder Party.

Section 5.2          Expenses.  Except as otherwise expressly provided herein (including in Section 4.6) or in the Merger Agreement, all expenses incurred in connection with this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby will be paid by the Party incurring such expenses.

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Section 5.3          Notice.  All notices, requests, demands and other communications to any Party hereunder shall be in writing (including facsimile transmission and e-mail transmission, so long as a receipt of such e-mail is requested and received) and shall be given:

 
 (a)
 If to the Company, to:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies Corporation
 
 
 
 
1001 Air Brake Avenue
 
 
 
 
Wilmerding, Pennsylvania
 
 
 
Attention:
David L. DeNinno
 
 
 
Facsimile No.:
 (412) 825-1305
 
 
 
E-mail:
 ddeninno@wabtec.com
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
With a copy to:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Jones Day
 
 
 
 
250 Vesey Street
 
 
 
 
New York, New York 10281
 
 
 
Attention:
Robert A. Profusek

 
   
Peter E. Izanec
   
 
Facsimile No.:
(212) 755-7306
   
 
E-mail:
raprofusek@jonesday.com
   
   
peizanec@jonesday.com
   
         
   (b)
If to the Shareholder:
   
         
   
General Electric Company
   
   
33-41 Farnsworth Street
   
   
Boston, MA 02210
   
 
Attention:
James M. Waterbury
   
 
Facsimile No.:
(203) 286-1656
   
 
E-mail:
jim.waterbury@ge.com
   
         
   
With a copy to:
   
   
Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP
   
   
450 Lexington Avenue
   
    New York, New York 10017    
 
Attention:
William L. Taylor
   
   
Lee Hochbaum
   
 
Facsimile No.:
(212) 701-5800
   
 
E-mail:
william.taylor@davispolk.com
   
   
lee.hochbaum@davispolk.com
   

or to such other address or facsimile number as such Party may hereafter specify for the purpose by notice to the other Parties.  All such notices, requests and other communications shall be deemed received on the date of receipt by the recipient thereof if received prior to 5:00 p.m. on a Business Day.  Otherwise, any such notice, request or communication shall be deemed to have been received on the next succeeding Business Day.
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Section 5.4          Governing Law; Jurisdiction; Waiver of Jury Trial.  (a)  This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Delaware, without regard to the conflicts of law rules of such state

(b)          The Parties agree that any litigation, suit, proceeding, or action seeking to enforce any provision of, or based on any matter arising out of or in connection with, this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby (whether brought by any Party or any of its Affiliates or against any Party or any of its Affiliates) shall be brought in the Delaware Chancery Court or, if such court shall not have jurisdiction, any federal court located in the State of Delaware or other Delaware state court, and each of the Parties hereby irrevocably consents to the jurisdiction of such courts (and of the appropriate appellate courts therefrom) in any such litigation, suit, proceeding, or action and irrevocably waives, to the fullest extent permitted by law, any objection that it may now or hereafter have to the laying of the venue of any such litigation, suit, proceeding, or action in any such court or that any such litigation, suit, proceeding, or action brought in any such court has been brought in an inconvenient forum.  Process in any such litigation, suit, proceeding, or action may be served on any party anywhere in the world, whether within or without the jurisdiction of any such court.  Without limiting the foregoing, each Party agrees that service of process on such party as provided in Section 5.3 shall be deemed effective service of process on such Party.

(c)          EACH OF THE PARTIES HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES ANY AND ALL RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY LEGAL PROCEEDING ARISING OUT OF OR RELATED TO THIS AGREEMENT OR THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY.

Section 5.5          Specific Performance. The Parties agree that irreparable damage would occur, and that the Parties would not have any adequate remedy at law, in the event that any of the provisions of this Agreement were not performed in accordance with their specific terms (including failing to take such actions as are required of them hereunder to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby) or were otherwise breached.  It is accordingly agreed that the Parties shall be entitled to an injunction or injunctions to prevent breaches of this Agreement and to specifically enforce the terms and provisions of this Agreement, without proof of actual damages or otherwise, in addition to any other remedy to which any Party is entitled at law or in equity.  Each Party agrees to waive any requirement for the securing or posting of any bond in connection with such remedy.  The Parties further agree not to assert that a remedy of specific enforcement is unenforceable, invalid, contrary to law or inequitable for any reason, nor to assert that a remedy of monetary damages would provide an adequate remedy.

Section 5.6          Successors and Assigns; Assignment.  Except as otherwise expressly provided herein (a) the provisions hereof will inure to the benefit of, and be binding upon, the successors, permitted assigns, heirs, executors and administrators of the Parties and (b) no Party may assign, delegate or otherwise transfer any of its rights or obligations under this Agreement without the consent of each other Party; provided that the Shareholder Parties may assign such rights and delegate such obligations to a Permitted Transferee in connection with any Transfer of Subject Shares or Class A Preferred Shares to such Permitted Transferee.  Each Permitted Transferee that receives a Transfer of Subject Shares or Class A Preferred Shares shall be required, at the time of and as a condition to such Transfer, as applicable, to become a party to this Agreement by executing and delivering to the Company a joinder to this Agreement, which joinder shall be in a form reasonably acceptable to the Company, whereupon such Permitted Transferee shall be treated as a “Shareholder Party” for all purposes of this Agreement.
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Section 5.7          Amendment and Waiver.  No amendment, waiver or other modification of, or consent under, any provision of this Agreement will be effective against the Company unless it is approved in writing by the Company, and no amendment, waiver or other modification of, or consent under, any provision of this Agreement will be effective against any Shareholder Party unless it is approved in writing by Shareholder Action; provided, further, that notwithstanding the foregoing, (x) the addition of a Permitted Transferee as a party hereto will not constitute an amendment hereto and may be effected by the execution of a joinder or counterpart hereto executed by the Company and such Permitted Transferee and (y) any amendment effected in accordance with the penultimate sentence of Section 2.2 shall require only the election specified therein. No waiver of any breach of any provision herein contained will be deemed a waiver of any preceding or succeeding breach thereof or of any other provision herein contained. The failure or delay of any of the Parties to assert any of its rights or remedies under this Agreement will not constitute a waiver of such rights nor will it preclude any other or further exercise of the same or of any other right or remedy.

Section 5.8          No Third-Party Beneficiaries.  This Agreement is for the sole benefit of the Parties, their permitted assigns and nothing herein expressed or implied will give or be construed to give any Person, other than the Parties, such permitted assigns, any legal or equitable rights hereunder.

Section 5.9          Entire Agreement.  This Agreement, the Merger Agreement, the Separation Agreement and the Transaction Agreements (as defined in the Separation Agreement) constitute the entire agreement of the Parties with respect to the subject matter hereof and thereof and supersede all prior agreements and undertakings, both written and oral, among the Parties with respect to the subject matter hereof and thereof.

Section 5.10          Severability. If any term, provision, covenant or restriction of this Agreement is held by a court of competent jurisdiction or other Governmental Authority to be invalid, void or unenforceable, the remainder of the terms, provisions, covenants and restrictions of this Agreement shall remain in full force and effect and shall in no way be affected, impaired or invalidated so long as the economic or legal substance of the transactions contemplated hereby is not affected in any manner materially adverse to any Party.  Upon such a determination, the Parties shall negotiate in good faith to modify this Agreement so as to effect the original intent of the Parties as closely as possible in an acceptable manner in order that the transactions contemplated hereby be consummated as originally contemplated to the fullest extent possible.
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Section 5.11          Counterparts. This Agreement may be signed in any number of counterparts, each of which shall be an original, with the same effect as if the signatures thereto and hereto were upon the same instrument.  This Agreement shall become effective when each Party shall have received a counterpart hereof signed by the other Party.  Until and unless each Party has received a counterpart hereof signed by the other Party, this Agreement shall have no effect and no Party shall have any right or obligation hereunder (whether by virtue of any other oral or written agreement or other communication).

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Parties have executed this Agreement as of the date first set forth above.

   

WESTINGHOUSE AIR BRAKE TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION
     

By:  
 
Name:
 
Title:
   

GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
     

By:  
 
Name:
 
Title:



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EXHIBIT 2.5


Exhibit 2.5
 
FORM OF TAX MATTERS AGREEMENT
 
among
 
General Electric Company,
on behalf of itself
and the members
of the Company Group,
 
and
 
Transportation Systems Holdings Inc.
on behalf of itself
and the members
of the SpinCo Group
 
and
 
Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies Corporation
on behalf of itself
and the members
of the Parent Group
 
and
 
Wabtec US Rail, Inc.
 
Dated as of [●]
 

TABLE OF CONTENTS

   
Page
     
SECTION 1.
Definitions.
1
SECTION 2.
Sole Tax Sharing Agreement..
15
SECTION 3.
Certain Pre-Closing Matters.
16
SECTION 4.
Allocation of Taxes.
16
SECTION 5.
Preparation and Filing of Tax Returns.
19
SECTION 6.
Apportionment of Tax Attributes.
23
SECTION 7.
Utilization of Tax Attributes.
23
SECTION 8.
Deductions and Reporting for Certain Awards.
24
SECTION 9.
Tax Refunds.
25
SECTION 10.
Certain Covenants.
25
SECTION 11.
Section 336(e) and Section 338(h)(10) Elections.
26
SECTION 12.
Direct Sale Matters..
28
SECTION 13.
Allocation of Shared Tax Refunds.
30
SECTION 14.
Indemnities.
32
SECTION 15.
Payments.
34
SECTION 16.
Communication and Cooperation.
35
SECTION 17.
Audits and Contest.
36
SECTION 18.
Notices.
38
SECTION 19.
Costs and Expenses.
39
SECTION 20.
Effectiveness; Termination and Survival.
39
SECTION 21.
Specific Performance.
39
SECTION 22.
Captions.
40
SECTION 23.
Entire Agreement; Amendments and Waivers.
40
SECTION 24.
Governing Law and Interpretation.
41
SECTION 25.
Dispute Resolution.
41
SECTION 26.
Counterparts.
41
SECTION 27.
Successors and Assigns; Third Party Beneficiaries.
41
SECTION 28.
Authorization, Etc.
42
SECTION 29.
Change in Tax Law.
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TAX MATTERS AGREEMENT
 
This TAX MATTERS AGREEMENT (the “Agreement”) is entered into as of [●] among General Electric Company (the “Company”), a New York corporation, on behalf of itself and the members of the Company Group, Transportation Systems Holdings Inc. (“SpinCo”), a Delaware corporation, on behalf of itself and the members of the SpinCo Group, Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies Corporation (“Parent”), a Delaware corporation, on behalf of itself and the members of the Parent Group, and Wabtec US Rail, Inc. (“Direct Sale Purchaser”), a Delaware corporation.
 
WITNESSETH:
 
WHEREAS, pursuant to the Tax laws of various jurisdictions, certain members of the SpinCo Group presently file certain Tax Returns on an affiliated, consolidated, combined, unitary, fiscal unity or other group basis (including as permitted by Section 1501 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”)) with certain members of the Company Group;
 
WHEREAS, the Company, Parent, SpinCo and Direct Sale Purchaser have entered into a Separation, Distribution and Sale Agreement, dated as of May 20, 2018 (as amended pursuant to the [   ], the “Separation Agreement”) and the Company, Parent, SpinCo and Merger Sub have entered into an Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of May 20, 2018 (as amended pursuant to the [    ], the “Merger Agreement”) pursuant to which the Internal Reorganization, the Direct Sale, the SpinCo Transfer, the Distribution and the Merger and other related transactions will be consummated;
 
WHEREAS, the parties intend that the Intended Tax Treatment apply;
 
WHEREAS, the Company, Parent and SpinCo desire to set forth their agreement on the rights and obligations of the Company, SpinCo, Parent and the members of the Company Group, the SpinCo Group, and Parent Group respectively, with respect to (A) the administration and allocation of U.S. federal, state, local and non-U.S. Taxes incurred in Taxable periods beginning prior to the Distribution Date, as defined below, and (B) various other Tax matters;
 
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual covenants and agreements hereinafter set forth, the parties agree as follows:
 
SECTION 1.          Definitions.
 
(a)           As used in this Agreement:
 
Affiliate” shall mean, with respect to any Person, any other Person directly or indirectly controlling, controlled by, or under common control with such specified Person, whether now or in the future, as of the date on which, or at any time during the period for which, the determination of affiliation is being made.  For purposes of determining whether a Person is an Affiliate, the term “control” shall mean the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of a Person, whether through ownership of securities, contract or otherwise.  It is expressly agreed that, from and after the Distribution Date, no member of the Company Group shall be deemed to be an Affiliate of any member of the SpinCo Group, and no member of the SpinCo Group shall be deemed to be an Affiliate of any member of the Company Group.
 

Agreement” shall have the meaning ascribed thereto in the preamble.
 
Applicable Law” (or “Applicable Tax Law,” as the case may be) shall mean, with respect to any Person, any U.S. federal, state, county, municipal, local, multinational or non-U.S. statute, treaty, law, common law, ordinance, rule, regulation, order, writ, injunction, judicial decision, decree, permit or other legally binding requirement of any Governmental Authority applicable to such Person or any of its respective properties, assets, officers, directors, employees, consultants or agents (in connection with such officer’s, director’s, employee’s, consultant’s or agent’s activities on behalf of such Person).
 
Basis Adjustment” means the cumulative increase to the tax basis of any Reference Asset as a result of (i) the SpinCo Transactions, (ii) the Section 336(e) Elections, (iii) the Section 338(h)(10) Elections, (iv) the Internal Reorganization, (v) the Direct Sale or (vi) payments made pursuant to Section 13, in each case, for U.S. federal, state and local income tax purposes.
 
Business Day” shall mean a day, other than a Saturday, Sunday or other day on which commercial banks in New York, New York are authorized or required by law to close.
 
Closing Date” shall have the meaning ascribed thereto in the Merger Agreement.
 
Closing of the Books Method” shall mean the apportionment of items between portions of a Taxable period (i) as required under the Treasury regulations promulgated under Sections 336(e) and 338 of the Code, respectively, in connection with the Section 336(e) Elections, the Section 338(h)(10) Elections and any election made under Section 338(g) of the Code pursuant to Section 10(b), as the case may be, and (ii) if and to the extent the preceding clause (i) is inapplicable, based on a closing of the books and records on the close of the Distribution Date (in the event that the Distribution Date is not the last day of the Taxable period, as if the Distribution Date were the last day of the Taxable period), and in the case of this clause (ii), subject to adjustment for items accrued on the Distribution Date that are properly allocable to the Taxable period following the Distribution, as reasonably agreed by the Company and Parent; provided that, for the avoidance of doubt, any transaction deemed to occur for U.S. federal income tax purposes as a result of the Section 336(e) Elections, the Section 338(h)(10) Elections or any election made under Section 338(g) of the Code pursuant to Section 10(b) shall be deemed for all purposes of this Agreement to have occurred prior to the Distribution Effective Time; provided, further, that any items not susceptible to such apportionment shall be apportioned on the basis of elapsed days during the relevant portion of the Taxable period.
 
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Code” shall have the meaning ascribed thereto in the recitals.
 
Combined Group” shall mean any group that filed or was required to file (or will file or be required to file) a Tax Return on an affiliated, consolidated, combined, unitary, fiscal unity or other group basis (including as permitted by Section 1501 of the Code) that includes at least one member of the Company Group and (i) at least one member of the SpinCo Group or (ii) at least one Direct Sale Transferred Subsidiary.
 
Combined Tax Return” shall mean a Tax Return filed in respect of U.S. federal, state, local or non-U.S. income Taxes for a Combined Group, or any other affiliated, consolidated, combined, unitary, fiscal unity or other group basis (including as permitted by Section 1501 of the Code) Tax Return of a Combined Group.
 
Company” shall have the meaning ascribed thereto in the preamble.
 
Company Business” shall mean the business conducted by the Company and its Affiliates, other than the SpinCo Business.
 
Company Group” shall mean the Company and each of its direct and indirect Subsidiaries immediately after the Distribution, including any predecessors or successors thereto (other than those entities comprising the SpinCo Group or the Parent Group).  For the avoidance of doubt, any reference herein to the “members” of the Company Group shall include the Company.
 
Company Separate Tax Return” shall mean any Tax Return that is required to be filed by, or with respect to, a member of the Company Group that is not a Combined Tax Return.
 
Compensatory Equity Interests” shall mean any options, stock appreciation rights, restricted stock, stock units or other rights with respect to the Company’s stock that are granted on or prior to the Distribution Date by any member of the Company Group in connection with employee, independent contractor or director compensation or other employee benefits (including, for the avoidance of doubt, options, stock appreciation rights, restricted stock, restricted stock units, performance share units or other rights issued in respect of any of the foregoing by reason of the Distribution or any subsequent transaction).
 
CFC” means a “controlled foreign corporation” within the meaning of Section 957 of the Code.
 
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Credit Event” means the occurrence of any of the following events: (a) an involuntary proceeding shall be commenced or an involuntary petition shall be filed, and which such filing is not contested within 30 days or dismissed within 60 days after the filing, seeking (i) liquidation, reorganization or other relief in respect of any member of the Parent Group or its debts, or of a substantial part of its assets, under any U.S. federal, state or non-U.S. bankruptcy, insolvency, receivership or similar law now or hereafter in effect or (ii) the appointment of a receiver, trustee, custodian, sequestrator, conservator or similar official for any member of the Parent Group or for a substantial part of its assets, and, in any such case, such proceeding or petition shall continue undismissed for 60 days or an order or decree approving or ordering any of the foregoing shall be entered; (b) any member of the Parent Group shall (i) voluntarily commence any proceeding or file any petition seeking liquidation, reorganization or other relief under any U.S. federal, state or non-U.S. bankruptcy, insolvency, receivership or similar law now or hereafter in effect, (ii) apply for or consent to the appointment of a receiver, trustee, custodian, sequestrator, conservator or similar official for any member of the Parent Group or for a substantial part of its assets, or (iii) make a general assignment for the benefit of creditors; or (c) any member of the Parent Group engages in any other action or fails to take any action that constitutes an ‘event of default’ under any indebtedness or guarantee having an aggregate principal amount (including undrawn committed or available amounts and including amounts owing to all creditors under any combined or syndicated credit arrangement) of more than $[·]1 million if such event of default is not waived by the applicable creditor or cured by the applicable member of the Parent Group within 30 days of its occurrence.
 
Default Rate” shall mean a rate per annum equal to LIBOR plus 500 basis points.
 
Direct Sale” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in the Separation Agreement.
 
Direct Sale Allocation Principles” shall mean the principles set forth on Schedule A hereto.2
 
Direct Sale Assets” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in the Separation Agreement.
 
 “Direct Sale Consideration” means the Direct Sale Purchase Price plus, to the extent properly taken into account under Section 1060 of the Code or any comparable statutes in any other jurisdiction, the Direct Sale Liabilities.
 
Direct Sale Deficit Amount” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in the Separation Agreement.




1 Note to Draft: Parties to discuss.
 
2 Note to Draft:  Parties to discuss.
 
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Direct Sale Increase Amount” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in the Separation Agreement.
 
Direct Sale Liabilities” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in the Separation Agreement.
 
Direct Sale Purchase Price” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in the Separation Agreement.
 
Direct Sale Separate Tax Return” shall mean any Tax Return that is required to be filed by, or with respect to, any Direct Sale Transferred Subsidiary that is not a Combined Tax Return.
 
Direct Sale Structure Tax Asset” shall mean any (i) Basis Adjustment in respect of a Direct Sale Asset and (ii) any deduction for Imputed Interest with respect to payments under Section 13(c) that are attributable to the Direct Sale.
 
Distribution” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in the Separation Agreement.
 
Distribution Date” shall mean the date on which the Distribution occurs.
 
Distribution Date QBAI” shall mean, for any relevant CFC, the product of (i) such CFC’s “qualified business asset investment” (as defined in Section 951A(d)(1) of the Code) for the taxable year of such CFC that includes the Distribution Date, determined as though such taxable year ended on the Distribution Date, and (ii) a fraction, the numerator of which is the number of days in the portion of such taxable year ending on the Distribution Date and the denominator of which is the total number of days in such taxable year.
 
Distribution Effective Time” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in the Separation Agreement; provided that, for the avoidance of doubt, any transaction deemed to occur for U.S. federal income tax purposes as a result of the Section 336(e) Elections, the Section 338(h)(10) Elections or any election made under Section 338(g) of the Code pursuant to Section 10(b) shall be deemed for all purposes of this Agreement to have occurred prior to the Distribution Effective Time.
 
Equity Interests” shall mean any stock or other securities treated as equity for Tax purposes, options, warrants, rights, convertible debt, or any other instrument or security that affords any Person the right, whether conditional or otherwise, to acquire stock or to be paid an amount determined by reference to the value of stock.
 
Escheat Payment” shall mean any payment required to be made to a Governmental Authority pursuant to an abandoned property, escheat or similar law.
 
Final Determination” shall mean (i) with respect to U.S. federal income Taxes, (A) a “determination” as defined in Section 1313(a) of the Code (including, for the avoidance of doubt, an executed IRS Form 906), or (B) the execution of an IRS Form 870-AD (or any successor form thereto), as a final resolution of Tax liability for any Taxable period, except that a Form 870-AD (or successor form thereto) that reserves the right of the taxpayer to file a claim for refund or the right of the IRS to assert a further deficiency shall not constitute a Final Determination with respect to the item or items so reserved; (ii) with respect to Taxes other than U.S. federal income Taxes, any final determination of liability in respect of a Tax that, under Applicable Tax Law, is not subject to further appeal, review or modification through proceedings or otherwise; (iii) with respect to any Tax, any final disposition by reason of the expiration of the applicable statute of limitations (giving effect to any extension, waiver, or mitigation thereof); or (iv) with respect to any Tax, the payment of such Tax by any member of the Company Group, any member of the SpinCo Group or any member of the Parent Group, whichever is responsible for payment of such Tax under Applicable Tax Law, with respect to any item disallowed or adjusted by a Taxing Authority; provided that, in the case of this clause (iv), the provisions of Section 17 have been complied with, or, if such Section is inapplicable, that the Member Company responsible under this Agreement for such Tax is notified by the Member Company paying such Tax that it has determined that no action should be taken to recoup such disallowed item, and the other Member Company agrees with such determination.
 
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Governmental Authority” shall mean any multinational, U.S., non-U.S., federal, territorial, state or local governmental authority, quasi-governmental authority, instrumentality, court, government or self-regulatory organization, commission, tribunal or organization or any regulatory, administrative or other agency, or any political or other subdivision, department or branch of any of the foregoing.
 
Group” shall mean the SpinCo Group, the Company Group or the Parent Group, as appropriate.
 
Imputed Interest” shall mean any interest imputed under Section 1272, 1274 or 483 of the Code or any other provision of the Code with respect to the payment obligations under Section 13(c).
 
Indemnified Party” shall mean the party which is entitled to seek indemnification from another party pursuant to the provisions of Section 14.
 
Indemnifying Party” shall mean the party from which another party is entitled to seek indemnification pursuant to the provisions of Section 14.
 
Intended Tax Treatment” shall mean:
 

(a)
The treatment of the SpinCo Class A Preferred Stock and the SpinCo Class B Preferred Stock as stock subject to Section 1504(a)(4) of the Code;
 

(b)
The treatment of the formation of SpinCo, the Internal Reorganization, the Direct Sale, the SpinCo Transfer, the Distribution, the Merger and the Post-Closing Transfers as (i) a series of transactions effected pursuant to an integrated plan to dispose of the stock of SpinCo and other entities comprising the SpinCo Business (within the meaning of Treasury Regulations Section 1.336-1(b)(5)(iii) and 1.338-3(b)(3)(ii)(C)) and (ii) a series of related transactions (within the meaning of Treasury Regulations Section 1.197-2(h)(6)(ii)(B));
 

(c)
The treatment of the SpinCo Transactions, by virtue of the transactions occurring thereby and the Section 336(e) Elections and the Section 338(h)(10) Elections, as giving rise for U.S. federal, state and local income tax purposes to a taxable purchase and sale of the assets held immediately after the SpinCo Transfer by SpinCo and each other Applicable Subsidiary (other than the Equity Interests of the Applicable Subsidiaries); and
 
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(d)
The treatment of the Direct Sale for U.S. federal, state and local income tax purposes as a taxable purchase and sale of the Direct Sale Assets (including the assets held, or treated for U.S. federal income tax purposes as held, immediately prior to the Direct Sale by any Direct Sale Transferred Subsidiary for which an election is made under Section 338(h)(10) of the Code pursuant to Section 12(d), but excluding the Equity Interests of any such Direct Sale Transferred Subsidiary).
 
Internal Reorganization” shall have the meaning ascribed thereto in the Separation Agreement.
 
IRS” shall mean the United States Internal Revenue Service.
 
Material Breach Payment” has the meaning set forth in Section 13(c)(vi).
 
Member Company” shall mean the Company, SpinCo or Parent (or the appropriate member of each of their respective Groups), as appropriate.
 
Merger” shall mean, collectively, (i) the merger of Merger Sub with and into SpinCo, with SpinCo continuing as the surviving corporation, pursuant to the Merger Agreement, and (ii) Parent’s acquisition of all of the SpinCo Class B Preferred Stock for  $10,000,000 cash immediately prior to the transactions described in item (i) and pursuant to the Merger Agreement.
 
Merger Agreement” shall have the meaning ascribed thereto in the recitals.
 
Merger Effective Time” shall have the meaning ascribed thereto in the Merger Agreement.
 
Merger Sub” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in the Merger Agreement.
 
Non-Stepped-Up Basis” shall mean the tax basis of any Reference Asset in respect of which a Basis Adjustments occurs, as determined before giving effect to the first event described in clauses (i)-(vi) of the definition of “Basis Adjustment” that gave rise to an adjustment to the tax basis of such Reference Asset.
 
Parent” shall have the meaning ascribed thereto in the preamble.
 
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Parent Change of Control” means the occurrence of any of the following events:
 
(a)          any “person” or “group” (within the meaning of Sections 13(d) and 14(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934) becomes the beneficial owner of securities of Parent representing more than fifty percent (50%) of the combined voting power of Parent’s then outstanding voting securities;
 
(b)          the shareholders of Parent approve a plan of complete liquidation or dissolution of Parent or there is consummated an agreement or series of related agreements for the sale, lease or other disposition, directly, or indirectly, by Parent of all or substantially all of Parent’s assets, other than such sale, lease or other disposition by Parent of all or substantially all of Parent’s assets to an entity at least fifty percent (50%) of the combined voting power of the voting securities of which are owned by shareholders of Parent in substantially the same proportions as their ownership of Parent immediately prior to such disposition;
 
(c)          there is consummated a merger or consolidation of Parent or any direct or indirect subsidiary of Parent with any other corporation or other entity, and, immediately after the consummation of such merger or consolidation, either (i) the board of directors of Parent immediately prior to the merger or consolidation does not constitute at least a majority of the board of directors of the company resulting from or surviving such merger or consolidation or, if such company is a Subsidiary, the ultimate parent thereof, or (ii) all of the Persons who were the respective beneficial owners of the voting securities of Parent immediately prior to such merger or consolidation do not Beneficially Own, directly or indirectly, more than 50% of the combined voting power of the then outstanding voting securities of the Person resulting from or surviving such merger or consolidation or, if such company is a Subsidiary, the ultimate parent thereof;
 
(d)          a “change of control” or similar defined term in any agreement governing indebtedness of the Parent Group with aggregate principal amount or aggregate commitments outstanding in excess of $[·].3
 
Notwithstanding the foregoing, except with respect to clause (c)(i) above, a “Change of Control” shall not be deemed to have occurred by virtue of the consummation of any transaction or series of integrated transactions immediately following which the record holders of Parent Common Stock immediately prior to such transaction or series of transactions continue to have substantially the same proportionate ownership in and voting control over, and own substantially all of the shares of, an entity which owns all or substantially all of the assets of Parent immediately following such transaction or series of transactions.
 
Parent Common Stock” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in the Merger Agreement.
 


3 Note to Draft: Parties to discuss.
 
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Parent Class A Preferred Stock” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in the Merger Agreement.
 
Parent Group” shall mean (i) Parent and each of its direct and indirect Subsidiaries immediately prior to the Merger and (ii) after the Merger, the entities described in (i) and the entities comprising the SpinCo Group, including any predecessors or successors thereto (other than those entities comprising the Company Group).  For the avoidance of doubt, any reference herein to the “members” of the Parent Group shall include Parent.
 
Parent Group Return” shall mean the consolidated U.S. federal income tax return of the “affiliated group” (within the meaning of Section 1504(a) of the Code) of which Parent is the common parent.
 
Person” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in Section 7701(a)(1) of the Code.
 
Post-Closing Transfers” shall mean the sale, transfer or other divestiture by the Company of shares of Parent Class A Preferred Stock and/or Parent Common Stock pursuant to Article III of the Shareholders Agreement dated as of [●] between Parent, the Company and the other parties thereto.
 
Post-Distribution Period” shall mean any Taxable period (or portion thereof) beginning after the Distribution Date.
 
Pre-Distribution Period” shall mean any Taxable period (or portion thereof) ending on or before the Distribution Date.
 
Reference Asset” means any asset:
 
(i)          owned immediately prior to the Distribution by (A) an Applicable Subsidiary, (B) an entity that, for U.S. federal income tax purposes, is treated as a partnership one or more direct or indirect partners of which are Applicable Subsidiaries, provided that, if an Applicable Subsidiary is an indirect partner, any intermediate entity between such Applicable Subsidiary and the relevant partnership shall be treated for U.S. federal income tax purposes as an entity that is disregarded as separate from its owner or as a partnership, (C) a branch of any entity described in the preceding clauses (A) and (B), or (D) an entity that, for U.S. federal income tax purposes, is disregarded as an entity separate from any entity described in the preceding clauses (A) and (B),
 
(ii)         transferred, or treated for U.S. federal income tax purposes as transferred (including, for the avoidance of doubt, pursuant to a sale deemed to occur by reason of an election under Section 338(h)(10) of the Code), in the Direct Sale and owned immediately prior to the Direct Sale by (A) the Company, (B) an Affiliate of the Company that is treated as a domestic corporation for U.S. federal income tax purposes (other than any Direct Sale Transferred Subsidiary), (C) a Direct Sale Transferred Subsidiary with respect to which an election is made under Section 338(h)(10) of the Code pursuant to Section 12(d), (D) an entity that is treated, for U.S. federal income tax purposes, as a partnership one or more direct or indirect partners of which are entities described in the preceding clauses (A) through (C), provided that, if an entity described in the preceding clauses (A) through (C) is an indirect partner, any intermediate entity between such entity and the relevant partnership shall be treated for U.S. federal income tax purposes as an entity that is disregarded as separate from its owner or as a partnership, (E) a branch of any entity described in the preceding clauses (A) through (D), or (F) an entity that, for U.S. federal income tax purposes, is disregarded as separate from any entity described in the preceding clauses (A) through (D), or
 
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(iii)        owned, or treated for U.S. federal income tax purposes as owned, immediately before the Direct Sale by an entity that is treated as a partnership for such purposes, but only to the extent that equity interests of such entity also constitute Reference Assets;
 
provided, however, that (X) a partnership will be treated as being described in one of the preceding clauses (i)(B), (ii)(D) and (iii) and (Y) an entity or branch will be treated as being described in one of the preceding clauses (i)(C), (i)(D), (ii)(E) and (ii)(F), only if such partnership, entity or branch, as the case may be, is listed on Schedule B hereto.4  A Reference Asset also includes any asset of a member of the Parent Group the tax basis of which is determined, in whole or in part, by reference to the tax basis of an asset that is described in the preceding sentence, including “substituted basis property” within the meaning of Section 7701(a)(42) of the Code.  For the avoidance of doubt, no asset owned (or treated as owned for U.S. federal income tax purposes) by an entity for which an election is made under Section 338(g) of the Code pursuant to Section 10(b) shall be treated as a Reference Asset.
 
Separation Agreement” shall have the meaning ascribed thereto in the recitals.
 
Specified SpinCo Pre-Closing Tax Matters” shall mean any (i) change in method of accounting for a Taxable period ending on or prior to the Distribution, including pursuant to Section 481 of the Code, (ii) “closing agreement” as described in Section 7121 of the Code executed on or prior to the Distribution, (iv) installment sale or open transaction disposition made on or prior to the Distribution, (v) prepaid amount received on or prior to the Distribution, (vi) any election under Section 108(i) of the Code made on or prior to the Distribution, or (vii) corresponding or similar item under any provision of state, local or non-U.S. Tax Law.
 
SpinCo” shall have the meaning ascribed thereto in the preamble.
 
SpinCo Business” shall have the meaning ascribed to the term “Tiger Business” in the Separation Agreement.
 
SpinCo Class A Preferred Stock” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in the Separation Agreement.
 
SpinCo Class B Preferred Stock” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in the Separation Agreement.
 
SpinCo Class C Preferred Stock” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in the Separation Agreement.
 



4 Note to Draft:  Schedule B will list all partnerships described in clauses (i)(B), (ii)(D) or (iii) above and all DREs and branches that hold any Reference Assets pursuant to clauses (i) and (ii) above.
 
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SpinCo Common Stock” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in the Separation Agreement.
 
SpinCo Deficit Amount” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in the Separation Agreement.
 
SpinCo Group” shall mean SpinCo, each of its direct and indirect Subsidiaries immediately after the Distribution, including any predecessors or successors thereto (other than those entities comprising the Company Group).  For the avoidance of doubt, any reference herein to the “members” of the SpinCo Group shall include SpinCo.
 
SpinCo Increase Amount” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in the Separation Agreement.
 
SpinCo Preferred Stock” means the SpinCo Class A Preferred Stock, the SpinCo Class B Preferred Stock and the SpinCo Class C Preferred Stock.
 
SpinCo Tax Attribute” means any Tax Attribute allocated, or otherwise made available, to a member of the SpinCo Group pursuant to Section 6.
 
SpinCo Separate Tax Return” shall mean any Tax Return that is required to be filed by, or with respect to, any member of the SpinCo Group that is not a Combined Tax Return.
 
SpinCo Transactions” means, collectively, the SpinCo Transfer, the Distribution and the Merger.
 
SpinCo Transfer” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in the Separation Agreement.
 
Structure Benefit Payment Cap” means $470,000,000.
 
Structure Benefits” means the reduction in U.S. federal, state and local cash Taxes actually payable by the Parent Group (calculated on a “with and without” basis) derived from the Structure Tax Assets, including, for the avoidance of doubt, any such reduction in cash Taxes actually payable that is derived from a Basis Adjustment in respect of any “qualified property” within the meaning of Section 168(k)(2) of the Code; provided that Structure Benefits shall be determined disregarding any reduction in Taxes attributable to any transaction entered into outside of the ordinary course of business and which has a significant purpose of reducing Taxes payable by the Parent Group (excluding, for the avoidance of doubt, mergers, acquisitions, dispositions, and other similar commercial transactions that may occur outside the ordinary course of business but that are not primarily motivated by Tax planning).
 
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Structure Tax Assets” means (i) the Basis Adjustments and (ii) any deduction for Imputed Interest.
 
Subsidiary” shall mean, with respect to any Person, any other Person of which the specified Person, either directly or through or together with any other of its Subsidiaries, owns more than 50% of the voting power in the election of directors or their equivalents, other than as affected by events of default.
 
Subsidiary Stock” means the stock of any member of the SpinCo Group that is classified as an association taxable as a corporation for U.S. federal income tax purposes, other than SpinCo.
 
Supporting Information” shall mean documentation and information reasonably necessary to verify the calculation or determination for which such documentation and information is requested or provided.
 
Tax” (and the correlative meaning, “Taxes,” “Taxing” and “Taxable”) shall mean (i) any tax, including any net income, gross income, gross receipts, alternative or add-on minimum, sales, use, business and occupation, business, professional and occupational license, value-added, trade, goods and services, ad valorem, franchise, profits, license, business royalty, withholding, payroll, employment, capital, excise, transfer, recording, severance, stamp, occupation, premium, property, asset, real estate transfer, environmental, custom duty, impost, obligation, assessment, levy, tariff or other tax or other like assessment or charge of any kind whatsoever (including, but not limited to, any Escheat Payment), together with any interest and any penalty, addition to tax or additional amount imposed by a Taxing Authority; or (ii) any liability of any member of the Company Group, the SpinCo Group or the Parent Group for the payment of any amounts described in clause (i) as a result of any express or implied obligation to indemnify any other Person, as a transferee or successor, or by operation of Law (including Treasury Regulations Section 1.1502-6).
 
Tax Attribute” shall mean a net operating loss, net capital loss, unused foreign tax credit, excess charitable contribution, unused general business credit, or any other Tax Item that could reduce a Tax liability.
 
Tax Item” shall mean any item of income, gain, loss, deduction, credit, recapture of credit or any other item that increases or decreases Taxes paid or payable.
 
Tax Proceeding” shall mean any Tax audit, dispute, examination, contest, litigation, arbitration, action, suits, claim, cause of action, review, inquiry, assessment, hearing, complaint, demand, investigation or proceeding (whether administrative, judicial or contractual).
 
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Tax Refund” shall mean any refund of Taxes (or credit in lieu thereof), including the recovery of any recoverable value added or similar Taxes.
 
Tax Return” shall mean any Tax return, statement, report, form, election, bill, certificate, claim or surrender (including estimated Tax returns and reports, extension requests and forms, and information returns and reports), or statement or other document or written information filed or required to be filed with any Taxing Authority, including any amendment thereof, appendix, schedule or attachment thereto.
 
Tax Year” shall mean the taxable year of Parent for U.S. federal income tax purposes, as defined in Section 441(b) of the Code.
 
Taxing Authority” shall mean any Governmental Authority (U.S. or non-U.S.), including any state, municipality, political subdivision or governmental agency, responsible for the imposition, assessment, administration, collection, enforcement or determination of any Tax.
 
Transaction Agreement” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in the Separation Agreement.
 
Transfer Taxes” shall mean all U.S. federal, state, local or non-U.S. sales, use, privilege, transfer, documentary, stamp, duties, real estate transfer, controlling interest transfer, recording and similar non-income Taxes and fees (including any penalties, interest or additions thereto) imposed upon any member of the Company Group, any member of the SpinCo Group or any member of the Parent Group in connection with the Internal Reorganization, the Direct Sale, the SpinCo Transfer, the Distribution or the Merger.
 
Valuation Assumptions” shall mean, as of the date that a Material Breach Payment becomes payable pursuant to Section 13(c)(iv), the assumptions that:
 
(1)          in each Tax Year ending on or after such date of a Material Breach Payment, the Parent Group will have taxable income sufficient to fully use (x) the deductions arising from the Basis Adjustments and (y) the SpinCo Tax Attributes, in each case, during such Tax Year or future Tax Years (including, for the avoidance of doubt, Basis Adjustments that would result from future payments pursuant to Section 13(c) that would be paid in accordance with the Valuation Assumptions) in which such deductions or SpinCo Tax Attributes, as the case may be, would become available;
 
(2)          the U.S. federal, state and local income tax rates that will be in effect for each such Tax Year will be those specified for each such Tax Year by the Code and other Law as in effect on the date of a Material Breach Payment, except to the extent any change to such tax rates for such Tax Year have already been enacted into law, in which case the changed tax rates shall be used as the tax rates in effect for such Tax Year;
 
(3)          all taxable income of the Parent Group will be subject to the maximum applicable tax rates for U.S. federal, state and local income taxes throughout the relevant period;
 
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(4)          any loss or credit carryovers generated by any Basis Adjustment or SpinCo Tax Attribute (including such Basis Adjustment generated as a result of payments under this Agreement) and available as of such date of the Material Breach Payment will be used by the Parent Group ratably in each Tax Year from such date of the Material Breach Payment through the scheduled expiration date of such loss or credit carryovers or, if there is no scheduled expiration date for any such loss or credit carryover, the fifth anniversary of the date of such a Material Breach Payment;
 
(5)          any non-amortizable Reference Assets (other than Subsidiary Stock) will be disposed of in a fully taxable transaction on the later of (i) the fifteenth anniversary of the applicable Basis Adjustment and (ii) such date of the Material Breach Payment, for an amount sufficient to fully utilize the Basis Adjustment with respect to such Reference Asset;
 
(6)          any Subsidiary Stock will be deemed never to be disposed of; and
 
(7)          any payment obligations pursuant to Section 13(c) will be satisfied on the date that any Tax Return to which such payment obligation relates is required to be filed excluding any extensions.
 
(b)          Each of the following terms is defined in the Section set forth opposite such term:
 
Term
Section
336(e) Agreement
Section 11(c)
Acquired Subpart F Taxes
Section 4(c)(i)
Applicable Subsidiary
Section 11(b)
Certification
Section 13(b)(iii)
Company Structure Benefits
Section 13(a)
Company Tax Proceeding
Section 17(b)
Direct Sale Allocation
Section 12(a)
Direct Sale Allocation Statement
Section 5(f)(i)
Due Date
Section 15(a)
Election Statement
Section 15(a)
Material Breach Payment
Section 13(c)(vi)
Past Practices
Section 5(f)(i)
Section 336(e) Election
Section 11(b)
Section 338(h)(10) Election
Section 11(b)
SpinCo Allocation Statement
Section 11(c)
SpinCo Value Allocation
Section 11(c)
Tax Arbiter
Section 25
Tax Referee
Section 11(c)
Tax Refund Recipient
Section 9(c)

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(c)          All capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the same meanings as in the Separation Agreement.  Any term used in this Agreement which is not defined in this Agreement or the Separation Agreement shall, to the extent the context requires, have the meaning assigned to it in the Code or the applicable Treasury Regulations thereunder (as interpreted in administrative pronouncements and judicial decisions) or in comparable provisions of Applicable Tax Law.  The words “hereof”, “herein” and “hereunder” and words of like import used in this Agreement shall refer to this Agreement as a whole and not to any particular provision of this Agreement.  The captions herein are included for convenience of reference only and shall be ignored in the construction or interpretation hereof.  References to Sections and Schedules are to Sections and Schedules of this Agreement unless otherwise specified.  All Schedules annexed hereto or referred to herein are hereby incorporated in and made a part of this Agreement as if set forth in full herein.  Any capitalized terms used in any Schedule but not otherwise defined therein, shall have the meaning as defined in this Agreement.  Any singular term in this Agreement shall be deemed to include the plural, and any plural term the singular.  Whenever the words “include”, “includes” or “including” are used in this Agreement, they shall be deemed to be followed by the words “without limitation”, whether or not they are in fact followed by those words or words of like import.  “Writing”, “written” and comparable terms refer to printing, typing and other means of reproducing words (including electronic media) in a visible form.  References to any statute, law or regulation shall be deemed to refer to such statute, law or regulation as amended from time to time and to any rules or regulations promulgated thereunder.  References from or through any date mean, unless otherwise specified, from and including or through and including, respectively.  The word “extent” in the phrase “to the extent” shall mean the degree to which a subject or other theory extends and such phrase shall not mean “if”.  The parties have participated jointly in the negotiation and drafting of this Agreement and, in the event an ambiguity or question of intent or interpretation arises, this Agreement shall be construed as jointly drafted by the parties and no presumption or burden of proof shall arise favoring or disfavoring any party by virtue of the authorship of any provision of this Agreement.  The terms “or”, “any” and “either” are not exclusive, except to the extent expressly provided otherwise.
 
SECTION 2.      Sole Tax Sharing Agreement.  Any and all existing Tax sharing agreements or arrangements, written or unwritten, between any member of the Company Group, on the one hand, and any member of the SpinCo Group, on the other hand, if not previously terminated, shall be terminated as of the Distribution Date without any further action by the parties thereto.  Following the Distribution, no member of the SpinCo Group or the Company Group shall have any further rights or liabilities thereunder, and, [except for [·]]5, this Agreement shall be the sole Tax sharing agreement between the members of the SpinCo Group or the Parent Group, on the one hand, and the members of the Company Group, on the other hand.




5 Note to Draft: Tax-related provisions of other Ancillary Agreements and the Canada Bill of Sale to be cross-referenced. Currently, agreements to be cross-referenced are: Sections 3 and 4 of the Assignment and Assumption Agreement and Bill of Sale among General Electric Canada, General Electric Canada Company and Wabtec Transportation Canada Inc.; Sections 4.03 and 4.04 of the Research Center Rental Agreement, dated as of December 1, 2018, between GE India Industrial Pvt Ltd and GE Global Sourcing India Private Limited; Section 5.04 of the Transition Services Agreement between General Electric Company and Transportation Systems Holdings Inc.; Sections 4.04 and 4.05 of the Research and Development Agreement between General Electric Company and Transportation Systems holdings Inc.; the Employee Matters Agreement (to the extent relating to Taxes) among General Electric Company, Transportation Systems Holdings Inc., Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies Corporation and Wabtec US Rail, Inc.; and Sections 4.04 and 4.05 of the Research & Development Agreement between GE India Industrial Pvt Ltd and Transportation Systems Holding Inc.
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SECTION 3.      Certain Pre-Closing Matters. [Intentionally Omitted]
 
SECTION 4.      Allocation of Taxes.
 
(a)          General Allocation Principles.  Except as provided in Section 4(b), all Taxes shall be allocated as follows:
 
(i)          Allocation of Taxes for Combined Tax Returns.  The Company shall be allocated all Taxes reported, or required to be reported, on any Combined Tax Return that any member of the Company Group files or is required to file under the Code or other Applicable Tax Law; provided, however, that to the extent any such Combined Tax Return includes any Tax Item attributable to any member of the SpinCo Group or the SpinCo Business for any Post-Distribution Period, SpinCo shall be allocated all Taxes attributable to such Tax Items, determined on a “with and without” basis.
 
(ii)          Allocation of Taxes for Separate Tax Returns.
 
(A)          The Company shall be allocated all Taxes reported, or required to be reported, on (x) a Company Separate Tax Return, (y) a SpinCo Separate Tax Return with respect to a Pre-Distribution Period or (z) any SpinCo Separate Tax Return or a Tax Return of a member of the Parent Group to the extent attributable to, resulting from or arising in connection with a Specified SpinCo Pre-Closing Tax Matter.
 
(B)          SpinCo shall be allocated all Taxes reported, or required to be reported, on a SpinCo Separate Tax Return with respect to a Post-Distribution Period, other than to the extent attributable to, resulting from or arising in connection with a Specified SpinCo Pre-Closing Tax Matter.
 
(iii)        Taxes Not Reported on Tax Returns.
 
(A)          The Company shall be allocated any Tax attributable to any member of the Company Group or the Company Business that is not required to be reported on a Tax Return.
 
(B)          Any Tax attributable to any member of the SpinCo Group or the SpinCo Business that is not required to be reported on a Tax Return shall be allocated to (x) the Company, if with respect to a Pre-Distribution Period, and (y) SpinCo, if with respect to a Post-Distribution Period.
 
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(b)          Special Allocation Rules.  Notwithstanding any other provision in this Section 4, the Taxes set forth in this Section 4(b) shall be allocated as follows:
 
(i)          Transfer Taxes.  Transfer Taxes (other than those attributable to the Internal Reorganization and the SpinCo Transfer) shall be allocated 50% to the Company and 50% to SpinCo.  Any Transfer Taxes attributable to the Internal Reorganization or the SpinCo Transfer shall be allocated solely to the Company.
 
(ii)         Taxes Relating to Compensatory Equity Interests.  Any Tax liability (including, for the avoidance of doubt, the satisfaction of any withholding Tax obligation) relating to the issuance, exercise, vesting or settlement of any Compensatory Equity Interest shall be allocated in a manner consistent with Section 8.
 
(iii)        [Intentionally Omitted]
 
(iv)        Section 336(e) and Section 338(h)(10) Elections.  Any liability for any Tax (other than Transfer Taxes, the allocation of which shall be governed by Section 4(b)(i)) payable with respect to the Section 336(e) Elections or the Section 338(h)(10) Elections shall be allocated to the Company.
 
(v)         Section 338(g) Elections. Any liability for any Tax (other than Transfer Taxes, the allocation of which shall be governed by Section 4(b)(i)) payable with respect to any election under Section 338(g) of the Code with respect to any member of the SpinCo Group or any Direct Sale Transferred Subsidiary, in each case, shall be allocated to (a) the Company, (A) in the case of GE Transportes Ferroviarios S/A, and (B) in cases where such election is expressly required to be made pursuant to Section 10(b) (and, for the avoidance of doubt, the Company has not identified the applicable CFC as being subject to the proviso to Section 10(b), and (b) Parent, otherwise (including, for the avoidance of doubt, where the Company has identified the applicable CFC as being subject to the proviso to Section 10(b)).
 
(vi)        Direct Sale Assets and Liabilities. Except as provided in Section 4(b)(iv), Section 4(b)(v) or Section 4(c)(i): (a) any liability for (A) Taxes imposed or assessed on or in respect of the Direct Sale Assets or Direct Sale Liabilities for a Pre-Distribution Period and (B) Taxes of any Direct Sale Transferred Subsidiary for a Pre-Distribution Period (in each case, other than Transfer Taxes, the allocation of which shall be governed by Section 4(b)(i)) shall be allocated to the Company; and (b) any other liability for Taxes (X) imposed or assessed on or in respect of the Direct Sale Assets or Direct Sale Liabilities and (Y) of any Direct Sale Transferred Subsidiary (in each case, other than Transfer Taxes, the allocation of which shall be governed by Section 4(b)(i)) shall be allocated to Parent.
 
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(c)          Allocation Conventions.
 
(i)          All Taxes allocated pursuant to Section 4(a) shall be allocated in accordance with the Closing of the Books Method; provided, however, that if Applicable Tax Law does not permit a SpinCo Group member or Direct Sale Transferred Subsidiary to close its Taxable year on the Distribution Date, the Tax attributable to the operations of the members of the SpinCo Group and the Direct Sale Transferred Subsidiaries for any Pre-Distribution Period shall be the Tax computed using the Closing of the Books Method; provided, further, that any and all Taxes reported, or required to be reported, on a SpinCo Separate Tax Return or a Direct Sale Separate Tax Return, or a Tax Return of a member of the Parent Group to the extent attributable to a member of the SpinCo Group or a Direct Sale Transferred Subsidiary, under Section 951(a), Section 951A(a) or Section 965(a) of the Code (“Acquired Subpart F Taxes”) that, in each case, are attributable to Tax Items for a Pre-Distribution Period (determined as though the Taxable year of each specified foreign corporation (within the meaning of Section 965(e) of the Code) giving rise to Tax Items ended on the Distribution Date) shall be allocated to the Company, and that any Acquired Subpart F Taxes that, in each case, are attributable to Tax Items for a Post-Distribution Period (determined as though the Taxable year of each specified foreign corporation (within the meaning of Section 965(e) of the Code) giving rise to Tax Items ended on the Distribution Date) shall be allocated to Parent; provided, further, that for purposes of determining the amount of Acquired Subpart F Taxes allocated to the Company pursuant to the preceding proviso, (i) the portion of any Subpart F Taxes under Section 951A and Section 965(a) of the Code, respectively, allocated to the Company shall not exceed the amount of Taxes that the SpinCo Group would have been required to pay (for the avoidance of doubt, taking into account all items of deduction and credit which would have been allowed to members of the SpinCo Group) in respect of inclusions under Section 951A and Section 965 of the Code, respectively, if (x) the SpinCo Group were a stand-alone affiliated group of corporations the domestic members of which joined in the filing of a consolidated U.S. federal income tax return, (y) the Direct Sale Transferred Subsidiaries were members of such group, and (z) the Taxable year of each member of the SpinCo Group and each Direct Sale Transferred Subsidiary ended on the Distribution Date, and (ii) the “qualified business asset investment” (as such term is used in Section 951A(d) of the Code) of each relevant CFC for a Pre-Distribution Period shall be deemed to be the Distribution Date QBAI of such CFC.
 
(ii)         Any Tax Item of SpinCo, Parent, or any member of their respective Groups arising from a transaction engaged in outside the ordinary course of business on the Distribution Date after the Distribution Effective Time shall be properly allocable to SpinCo and any such transaction by or with respect to SpinCo, Parent, or any member of their respective Groups occurring after the Distribution Effective Time (including the Merger) shall be treated for all Tax purposes (to the extent permitted by Applicable Tax Law) as occurring at the beginning of the day following the Distribution Date in accordance with the principles of Treasury Regulations Section 1.1502-76(b); provided that the foregoing shall not include any action that is undertaken pursuant to the Internal Reorganization, the SpinCo Transfer or the Distribution.
 
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SECTION 5.      Preparation and Filing of Tax Returns.
 
(a)          Company Group Combined Tax Returns.
 
(i)          The Company shall prepare and file, or cause to be prepared and filed, Combined Tax Returns which a member of the Company Group is required or, subject to Section 5(f)(iv), permitted, to file.  Each member of any such Combined Group shall execute and file such consents, elections and other documents as may be required, appropriate or otherwise requested by the Company in connection with the filing of such Combined Tax Returns (provided that, in the case of any such document the filing of which is not required, the execution and filing of such document could not reasonably be expected to adversely affect such member or the Parent Group (or any member thereof) for a Post-Distribution Period).
 
(ii)         The parties and their respective Affiliates shall elect to close the Taxable year of each SpinCo Group member and each Direct Sale Transferred Subsidiary, in each case, on the Distribution Date, to the extent permitted by Applicable Tax Law.
 
(b)          Separate Tax Returns.
 
(i)          Tax Returns to be Prepared by the Company.  The Company shall prepare (or cause to be prepared) and, to the extent permitted by Applicable Law, file (or cause to be filed) all SpinCo Separate Tax Returns and Direct Sale Separate Tax Returns for any Taxable period that ends on or before the Distribution Date; provided, however, that with respect to any such Tax Return that is prepared by the Company but required to be filed by a member of the Parent Group under Applicable Law, the Company shall provide such Tax Returns to Parent not less than three (3) Business Days prior to the due date for filing such Tax Returns (taking into account any applicable extension periods) with the amount of any Taxes shown as due thereon, and Parent shall execute and file (or cause to be executed and filed) the Tax Returns.
 
(ii)         Tax Returns to be Prepared by Parent.  Parent shall prepare and file (or cause to be prepared and filed) all SpinCo Separate Tax Returns and all Direct Sale Separate Tax Returns, in each case, that are not described in Section 5(b)(i).
 
(c)          Provision of Information; Timing.  SpinCo and Parent shall maintain all necessary information for the Company (or any of its Affiliates) to file any Tax Return that the Company is required or permitted to file under this Section 5, and shall provide the Company with all such necessary information in accordance with the Company Group’s past practice.  The Company shall maintain all necessary information for Parent (or any of its Affiliates) to file any Tax Return that Parent is required or permitted to file under this Section 5, and shall provide Parent with all such necessary information in accordance with the SpinCo Group’s and the Direct Sale Transferred Subsidiaries’ past practice.
 
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(d)          Review of Separate Tax Returns.  Parent shall submit to the Company a draft of each SpinCo Separate Tax Return and each Direct Sale Separate Tax Return (other than a SpinCo Separate Tax Return or Direct Sale Separate Tax Return that (i) relates solely to a Post-Distribution Period or (ii) is a Tax Return filed on an affiliated, consolidated, combined, unitary, fiscal unity or other group basis with Parent or any of its Affiliates (other than any such group that includes solely one or more members of the SpinCo Group, one or more Direct Sale Transferred Subsidiaries, or a combination thereof)) described in Section 5(b)(ii) at least thirty (30) days prior to the due date for the filing of such Tax Return, taking into account any applicable extensions (or, in the case of non-income tax returns, such shorter period as circumstances may reasonably require).  The Company shall have the right to review such Tax Return, and Parent shall (i) make any reasonable changes to such Tax Return submitted by the Company, if such changes relate to items in respect of which Parent may have claim for indemnity under Section 14 and (ii) consider in good faith any other changes to such Tax Return submitted by the Company, in each case, provided that such changes are submitted no later than fifteen (15) days prior to the due date for the filing of such Tax Return (or, in the case of non-income tax returns, such shorter period as circumstances may reasonably require).  The parties agree to consult and to attempt to resolve in good faith any issues arising as a result of the review of any such Tax Return.
 
(e)          Review of Combined Tax Returns with Separate Tax Liability.  The Company shall submit to Parent a draft of the portions of any Combined Tax Returns (including pro forma portions thereof) that relate solely to one or more members of the SpinCo Group, one or more Direct Sale Transferred Subsidiaries, or a combination thereof, and that reflect a Tax liability allocated to SpinCo pursuant to Section 4(a)(i) at least thirty (30) days prior to the due date for the filing of such Tax Return, taking into account any applicable extensions (or, in the case of non-income tax returns, such shorter period as circumstances may reasonably require).  Parent shall have the right to review such portions, and the Company shall (i) make any reasonable changes to such Tax Return submitted by Parent, if such changes relate to items in respect of which the Company may have claim for indemnity under Section 14 and (ii) consider in good faith any other changes to such Tax Return submitted by Parent, in each case, provided that such changes are submitted no later than fifteen (15) days prior to the due date for the filing of such Tax Return (or, in the case of non-income tax returns, such shorter period as circumstances may reasonably require).  Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, in no event shall Parent or any of its Affiliates be entitled to receive or review all or any portion of any affiliated, combined, consolidated or unitary Tax Return that includes any member of the Company Group (other than a member of the SpinCo Group and any Direct Sale Transferred Subsidiary), except as expressly set forth in this Section 5(e).
 
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(f)          Special Rules Relating to the Preparation of Tax Returns.
 
(i)          General Rule.  Except as provided in this Section 5(f)(i), the Company shall prepare (or caused to be prepared) any Tax Return for which it is responsible under this Section 5 in accordance with past practices, permissible accounting methods, elections or conventions (“Past Practices”) used by the members of the Company Group and the members of the SpinCo Group prior to the Distribution Date with respect to such Tax Return (except as otherwise required by Applicable Law), and to the extent any items, methods or positions are not covered by Past Practices, in accordance with reasonable Tax accounting practices selected by the Company.  With respect to any Tax Return that Parent has the obligation and right to prepare, or cause to be prepared, under this Section 5 (other than any Tax Return that (i) relates solely to a Post-Distribution Period or (ii) is a Tax Return filed on an affiliated, consolidated, combined, unitary, fiscal unity or other group basis with Parent or any of its Affiliates (other than any such group that includes solely one or more members of the SpinCo Group, one or more Direct Sale Transferred Subsidiaries, or a combination thereof)), such Tax Return shall be prepared in accordance with Past Practices used by the members of the Company Group, the members of the SpinCo Group and the Direct Sale Transferred Subsidiaries prior to the Distribution Date with respect to such Tax Return (except as otherwise required by Applicable Law), and to the extent any items, methods or positions are not covered by Past Practices, in accordance with reasonable Tax accounting practices selected by Parent. Notwithstanding the foregoing and any other provision of this Agreement, no provision of this Agreement shall be applied to prevent Parent from causing an entity treated as a partnership for U.S. federal income tax purposes to make an election under Section 754 of the Code or any corresponding or similar provision of state or local or non-U.S. Tax Law, as applicable.
 
(ii)         Consistency with Intended Tax Treatment.
 
(A)          The parties shall report the Internal Reorganization in the manner determined by the Company; provided that the Company communicates its treatment of the Internal Reorganization to Parent no fewer than thirty (30) days prior to the due date (taking into account any applicable extensions) for filing an applicable Tax Return that reflects the Internal Reorganization and such treatment is supportable on an at least “more likely than not” level of comfort, unless, and then only to the extent, an alternative position is required pursuant to a Final Determination.
 
(B)          The parties shall report the SpinCo Transactions and the Direct Sale for all Tax purposes in a manner consistent with the Intended Tax Treatment and the making of the Section 336(e) Elections and the Section 338(h)(10) Elections unless, and then only to the extent, an alternative position is required pursuant to a Final Determination.
 
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(iii)        Separate Tax Returns.  With respect to any SpinCo Separate Tax Return or Direct Sale Separate Tax Return for which Parent is responsible pursuant to this Agreement, Parent and the other members of the Parent Group shall include all Tax Items in such SpinCo Separate Tax Return or Direct Sale Separate Tax Return, as the case may be, in a manner that is consistent with the inclusion of such Tax Items in any related Tax Return for which the Company is responsible to the extent such Tax Items are allocated in accordance with this Agreement.
 
(iv)        Election to File Combined Tax Returns.  The Company shall have the sole discretion of filing any Combined Tax Return if the filing of such Tax Return is elective under Applicable Tax Law, except where such an election would be binding on Parent for a Taxable period beginning on or after the Distribution.
 
(v)          Preparation of Transfer Tax Returns.  The Member Company required under Applicable Tax Law to file any Tax Returns in respect of Transfer Taxes shall prepare and file (or cause to be prepared and filed) such Tax Returns.  If required by Applicable Tax Law, the Company, SpinCo and Parent shall, and shall cause their respective Affiliates to, cooperate in preparing and filing, and join in the execution of, any such Tax Returns.
 
(g)          Payment of Taxes.  The Company shall pay (or cause to be paid) to the proper Taxing Authority (or to Parent with respect to any SpinCo Separate Tax Return or Direct Sale Separate Tax Return prepared by the Company but required to be filed by a member of the Parent Group under Applicable Tax Law) the Tax shown as due on any Tax Return for which a member of the Company Group is responsible under this Section 5, and Parent shall pay (or cause to be paid) to the proper Taxing Authority the Tax shown as due on any Tax Return for which a member of the Parent Group is responsible under this Section 5.  If any member of the Company Group is required to make a payment to a Taxing Authority for Taxes allocated to SpinCo or Parent under Section 4, Parent shall pay the amount of such Taxes to the Company in accordance with Section 14 and Section 15.  If any member of the Parent Group is required to make a payment to a Taxing Authority for Taxes allocated to the Company under Section 4, the Company shall pay the amount of such Taxes to Parent in accordance with Section 14 and Section 15.
 
(h)          Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, in no event shall any member of the Company Group or the Parent Group, as the case may be, be entitled to receive, review or otherwise have access to all or any portion of any Tax Return filed on an affiliated, consolidated, combined, unitary, fiscal unity or other group basis by members of the other Group, other than pro forma portions thereof that relate solely to one or more members of the SpinCo Group, one or more Direct Sale Transferred Subsidiaries, or a combination thereof, and reflect a Tax liability allocated to a member of such first Group hereunder.
 
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SECTION 6.      Apportionment of Tax Attributes.
 
(a)          Tax Attributes arising in a Pre-Distribution Period will be allocated to (and the benefits and burdens of such Tax Attribute will inure to) the members of the Company Group, the members of the SpinCo Group and the Direct Sale Transferred Subsidiaries in accordance with the Company’s historical practice (except as otherwise required by Applicable Law), the Code, Treasury Regulations, and any applicable state, local and non-U.S. law, as determined by the Company in its reasonable discretion.
 
(b)          After the close of the Taxable period in which the Distribution Date occurs, the Company shall in good faith advise Parent in writing of the portion, if any, of Tax Attributes, or other consolidated, combined or unitary attribute which the Company determines shall be allocated or apportioned to the members of the SpinCo Group or the Direct Sale Transferred Subsidiaries under Applicable Tax Law.  All members of the Parent Group shall prepare all Tax Returns in accordance with such written notice, except as otherwise required by Applicable Law.  In the event of an adjustment to any Tax Attributes or other consolidated, combined or unitary attribute determined by the Company, the Company shall promptly notify Parent in writing of such adjustment.  For the avoidance of doubt, the Company shall not be liable to any member of the Parent Group for any failure of any determination under this Section 6(b) to be accurate under Applicable Tax Law, provided such determination was made in good faith.
 
(c)          Except as otherwise provided herein, to the extent that the amount of any Tax Attribute is later reduced or increased by a Taxing Authority or as a result of a Tax Proceeding, such reduction or increase shall be allocated to the Member Company to which such Tax Attribute was allocated pursuant to this Section 6, as determined by the Company in its reasonable discretion.
 
SECTION 7.      Utilization of Tax Attributes.
 
(a)          Amended Returns.  Any amended Tax Return or claim for a refund with respect to any member of the SpinCo Group or any Direct Sale Transferred Subsidiary may be made only by the party responsible for preparing the original Tax Return with respect to such member of the SpinCo Group or Direct Sale Transferred Subsidiary pursuant to Section 5.  Except as required by Applicable Law, such party shall not file or cause to be filed any such amended Tax Return or claim for a refund without the prior written consent of the other party, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed, if such filing, assuming it is accepted, could reasonably be expected to change the Tax liability of such other party (or any Affiliate of such other party) for any Taxable period.
 
(b)          Carryback of Tax Attributes.
 
(i)          To the extent permitted by Applicable Tax Law, Parent shall cause the SpinCo Group and each Direct Sale Transferred Subsidiary to elect to forego carrybacks of any Tax Attributes of the SpinCo Group or such Direct Sale Transferred Subsidiary to a Pre-Distribution Period.
 
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(ii)         If Parent is unable to forego carrybacks of any Tax Attributes of the SpinCo Group or a Direct Sale Transferred Subsidiary to a Pre-Distribution Period, the Company Group shall, at the request of Parent and at Parent’s sole expense, file any amended Tax Returns reflecting such carryback (unless such filing, assuming it is accepted, could reasonably be expected to increase the Tax liability of the Company or any of its Affiliates for any Taxable period).  If the Company Group (or any member thereof) receives a Tax Refund as a result of such a carryback (or otherwise realizes a reduction in cash Taxes actually payable, determined on a “with and without” basis), the Company shall remit the amount of such Tax Refund (or an amount equal to any such other reduction in cash Taxes) to Parent in accordance with Section 9(b).
 
(c)          Carryforwards to Separate Tax Returns.  If (i) any net operating loss, net capital loss, or any tax credit is allocated to a member of a Combined Group pursuant to Section 6 and is carried forward to a SpinCo Separate Tax Return or Direct Sale Separate Tax Return, as applicable, and (ii) the Parent Group (or any member thereof) receives a Tax Refund as a result of such a carryforward (or otherwise realizes a reduction in cash Taxes actually payable, determined on a “with and without” basis), Parent shall remit the amount of such Tax Refund (or an amount equal to any such other reduction in cash Taxes) to the Company in accordance with Section 9(c).  If a portion or all of any Tax Attribute is allocated to a member of a Combined Group pursuant to Section 6, and is carried forward to a Company Separate Tax Return, any Tax Refunds arising from such carryforward shall be retained by the Company Group.
 
SECTION 8.      Deductions and Reporting for Certain Awards.
 
(a)          Deductions.  Solely the member of the Group for which the relevant individual is currently employed or, if such individual is not currently employed by a member of the Group, was most recently employed at the time of the issuance, vesting, exercise, disqualifying disposition, payment, settlement or other relevant Taxable event, as appropriate, in respect of the Compensatory Equity Interests shall be entitled to claim, in a Post-Distribution Period, any income Tax deduction on its Tax Return in respect of such equity awards and other incentive compensation on its respective Tax Return associated with such event.
 
(b)          If, notwithstanding clause (a), the SpinCo Group or the Parent Group actually utilizes any deductions for a Taxable period ending after the Distribution Date with respect to (i) the issuance, exercise, vesting or settlement after the Distribution Date of any Compensatory Equity Interests, or (ii) any liability with respect to compensation which is required to be paid or satisfied by, or is otherwise allocated to, any member of the Company Group in accordance with any Transaction Agreement, Parent shall remit an amount to the Company equal to the overall net reduction in actual cash Taxes paid (determined on a “with and without” basis) by the SpinCo Group or the Parent Group, as applicable, resulting from the event giving rise to such deduction (and any income in respect of such event, subject to Section 15(b)) in the year of such event.  If a Taxing Authority subsequently reduces or disallows the use by the SpinCo Group or the Parent Group, as applicable, of such a deduction, the Company shall return an amount equal to the overall net increase in Tax liability of the SpinCo Group or the Parent Group, as applicable, owing to the Taxing Authority to the remitting party.
 
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(c)          Withholding and Reporting.  For any Taxable period (or portion thereof), except as the Company may at any time otherwise determine in its reasonable discretion, the Company shall satisfy, or shall cause to be satisfied, all applicable withholding and reporting responsibilities (including all income, payroll, or other Tax reporting related to income to any current or former employees) with respect to the issuance, exercise, vesting or settlement of such Compensatory Equity Interests that settle with or with respect to stock of the Company.  The Company, SpinCo and Parent acknowledge and agree that the parties shall cooperate with each other and with third-party providers to effectuate withholding and remittance of Taxes, as well as required Tax reporting, in a timely manner.
 
SECTION 9.      Tax Refunds.
 
(a)          Company Tax Refunds.  The Company shall be entitled to any Tax Refunds (including, in the case of any refund actually received, any interest thereon actually received from a Taxing Authority) received by any member of the Company Group or any member of the Parent Group with respect to any Tax allocated to a member of the Company Group under this Agreement, including, for the avoidance of doubt, the recovery by any member of the Parent Group of any value added or similar Taxes that are attributable to the transfer of the Direct Sale Assets in the Direct Sale.
 
(b)          SpinCo and Parent Tax Refunds.  SpinCo or Parent, as the case may be, shall be entitled to any Tax Refunds (including, in the case of any refund actually received, any interest thereon actually received from a Taxing Authority) received by any member of the Company Group or any member of the Parent Group after the Distribution Date with respect to any Tax allocated to a member of the SpinCo Group under this Agreement.
 
(c)          A Member Company receiving (or realizing) a Tax Refund to which another Member Company is entitled hereunder (a “Tax Refund Recipient”) shall pay over the amount of such Tax Refund (including interest received from the relevant Taxing Authority, but net of any Taxes imposed with respect to such Tax Refund and any other reasonable costs) within thirty (30) days of receipt thereof (or from the due date for payment of any Tax reduced thereby); provided, however, that the other Member Company, upon the request of such Tax Refund Recipient, shall repay the amount paid to the other Member Company (plus any penalties, interest or other charges imposed by the relevant Taxing Authority) in the event that, as a result of a subsequent Final Determination, a Tax Refund that gave rise to such payment is subsequently disallowed.
 
SECTION 10.    Certain Covenants.
 
(a)          On or after the Distribution Date, neither SpinCo nor Parent will, nor will either permit any other member of its Group to, make or change any Tax election, change any accounting method, amend any Tax Return or take any Tax position on any Tax Return, take any other action or enter into any transaction that could reasonably be expected to result in any increased Tax liability or reduction of any Tax asset of any member of the Company Group in respect of any Pre-Distribution Period; provided that this Section 10(a) shall not apply to the incurrence of any Tax liability (or the reduction in any Tax asset) of the Company Group as a result of the SpinCo Transfer, the Internal Reorganization, the Distribution or the Merger.
 
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(b)          Parent and SpinCo shall (and shall cause the members of their respective Groups to) make timely elections under Section 338(g) of the Code in respect of (i) each member of the SpinCo Group and (ii) each Direct Sale Transferred Subsidiary, in each case, that is a CFC for U.S. federal income Tax purposes; provided, however, that, without the Company’s prior written consent (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed), neither Parent nor SpinCo shall make, or permit any member of its respective Group to make, any such election with respect to a member of the SpinCo Group or a Direct Sale Transferred Subsidiary, in each case, if the Company shall have identified such CFC as being subject to this proviso by written notice delivered to Parent no later than 120 days after the Closing Date; and provided further, that, in all cases an election shall be made under Section 338(g) of the Code with respect to GE Transportes Ferroviarios S/A.  The provisions of Section 11(c) shall apply to any election made pursuant to this Section 10(b) mutatis mutandis, except that the Company shall deliver to Parent any SpinCo Allocation Statement with respect to any election made pursuant to this Section 10(b) within 180 days of the Closing Date.
 
(c)          If Parent becomes aware of an event described in clause (c) of the definition of Credit Event, Parent shall provide prompt written notice to the Company.
 
SECTION 11.    Section 336(e) and Section 338(h)(10) Elections.
 
(a)          The Company, Parent and SpinCo agree that the SpinCo Transactions are intended to be treated as described in the definition of “Intended Tax Treatment.”
 
(b)          The Company, Parent and SpinCo agree (and shall cause the members of their respective Groups) to make timely elections under Section 336(e) of the Code (with respect to SpinCo and each other Applicable Subsidiary for the Distribution and the Merger, together) and Section 338(h)(10) of the Code (with respect to each Applicable Subsidiary other than SpinCo (to the extent transferred on or after [·]6) for the SpinCo Transfer and with respect to SpinCo and each other Applicable Subsidiary for the Merger), including in each case the Treasury Regulations issued thereunder and elections under any comparable statutes in any other jurisdiction, for each member of the SpinCo Group that is a domestic entity taxable as a corporation for U.S. federal income Tax purposes (each such member (including SpinCo), an “Applicable Subsidiary,” and each such election, a “Section 336(e) Election” or a “Section 338(h)(10) Election,” as applicable) and to file each such election in accordance with Applicable Law. Without limiting the foregoing:  (1) as soon as reasonably practicable after the execution of this Agreement, but in any event prior to the due date for the Company’s consolidated U.S. federal income Tax Return for the taxable year that includes the Closing Date, the Company, SpinCo and each other Applicable Subsidiary shall enter into a written, binding agreement to make the Section 336(e) Elections as described in Treasury Regulations Sections 1.336-2(h)(1)(i) and 1.336-2(h)(4) (the “336(e) Agreement”), (2) the Company shall retain a copy of the 336(e) Agreement, in accordance with Treasury Regulation Section 1.336-2(h)(1)(i), (3) the Company shall timely file with its consolidated U.S. federal income Tax Return for the taxable year that includes the Closing Date an election statement for each Section 336(e) Election satisfying the requirements of Treasury Regulation Section 1.336-2(h)(1)(i), (h)(5) and (h)(6) (each, an “Election Statement”), a draft of which the Company shall provide to Parent for its review and comment at least 30 days prior to such due date, (4) prior to the due date for the Company’s consolidated U.S. federal income Tax Return for the taxable year that includes the Closing Date, the Company shall provide SpinCo and each other Applicable Subsidiary with its respective Election Statement, in accordance with Treasury Regulation Section 1.336-2(h)(1), (5) the Company shall timely file or cause to be timely filed two IRS Forms 8883 (or successor or comparable form with respect to elections under Section 336(e)) reflecting each Section 336(e) Election with respect to SpinCo and each other Applicable Subsidiary that is consistent with the SpinCo Value Allocation (as defined in Section 11(c) below), in accordance with Treasury Regulations Section 1.336-2(h)(7), (6) the Company and Parent shall timely file an IRS Form 8023 for each Section 338(h)(10) Election (or, where applicable, IRS Forms 8023 applicable to multiple Section 338(h)(10) Elections, addressing all of the Section 338(h)(10) Elections), and (7) the Company and Parent shall timely file or cause to be timely filed an IRS Form 8883, consistent with the SpinCo Value Allocation (as defined in Section 11(c) below), reflecting each Section 338(h)(10) Election with respect to SpinCo and/or each other Applicable Subsidiary. As promptly as practicable (and in any event within ten (10) Business Days) following the due date of the Company’s consolidated U.S. federal income Tax Return for the taxable year that includes the Closing Date, the Company shall provide (or cause to be provided) to Parent written confirmation or other evidence reasonably satisfactory to Parent that the Election Statements have been attached to such Tax Return, in accordance with Treasury Regulation Section 1.336-2(h)(1)(iii). In the event of an adjustment to the SpinCo Allocation Statement as provided in Section 11(c), the Company and Parent shall (or shall cause the relevant members of their respective Groups) to file amended IRS Forms 8883 as required to reflect such adjustment.
 


6 Note to Draft: The date on which the Amendment to the Separation Agreement is executed.
 
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(c)          Within 90 days after the Closing Date, the Company shall deliver to Parent a statement (the “SpinCo Allocation Statement”) allocating (i) the “aggregate deemed asset disposition price” and “adjusted grossed-up basis” (as such terms are defined in Treasury Regulations Sections 1.336-3 and 1.336-4) of the assets of SpinCo and each other Applicable Subsidiary in accordance with the Treasury regulations promulgated under Section 336(e), (ii) the “aggregate deemed sale price” and “adjusted grossed-up basis” (as such terms are defined in Treasury Regulations Sections 1.338-4 and 1.338-5) of the assets of SpinCo and each other Applicable Subsidiary in accordance with the Treasury regulations promulgated under Section 338, and (iii) the consideration for the acquisition of such assets (including any assumed liabilities to the extent properly taken into account under Section 1060 of the Code) among such assets in accordance with Section 1060 of the Code. Parent shall have the right to review the SpinCo Allocation Statement.  If within 45 days after receipt of the SpinCo Allocation Statement Parent notifies the Company in writing that it disagrees with one or more items on the SpinCo Allocation Statement, the Company and Parent shall negotiate in good faith to resolve such dispute. If the Company and Parent fail to resolve such dispute within 30 days, an accounting firm of national standing mutually acceptable to the Company and Parent (the “Tax Referee”) shall determine the appropriate allocation and revise the SpinCo Allocation Statement accordingly. If Parent does not respond within 45 days of its initial receipt of the SpinCo Allocation Statement, or upon resolution of the disputed items, the allocation reflected on the SpinCo Allocation Statement (as such may have been adjusted) shall be the “SpinCo Value Allocation” and shall be binding on the parties hereto. The Company, Parent and SpinCo agree to act in accordance with the SpinCo Value Allocation in the preparation, filing and audit of any Tax Return.  If an adjustment is made pursuant to Section 2.10 of the Separation Agreement, the SpinCo Value Allocation shall be adjusted in accordance with Sections 336(e), 338 and 1060 of the Code and the Treasury Regulations promulgated thereunder, as mutually agreed by the Company and Parent.  In the event that agreement is not reached within 20 days after the determination of the SpinCo Increase Amount or SpinCo Deficit Amount (as the case may be and, in each case, as defined in the Separation Agreement), any disputed items shall be resolved by the Tax Referee.
 
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(d)          The Company, Parent, and SpinCo acknowledge and agree that one or more of the elections or forms to be filed under this Section 11 may be filed on a “protective” basis.
 
(e)          [To the extent permitted by Applicable Law, the parties shall treat the assets set forth on Schedule C as “qualified property” within the meaning of Section 168(k)(2) of the Code.7]
 
SECTION 12.    Direct Sale Matters.
 
(a)          The Company, Parent and SpinCo agree that the Direct Sale is intended to be treated as described in the definition of “Intended Tax Treatment.”
 
(b)          Within 90 days after the closing of the Direct Sale, the Company shall deliver to Parent a statement (the “Direct Sale Allocation Statement”) allocating the Direct Sale Consideration among the Direct Sale Assets in accordance with Section 1060 of the Code and any comparable statutes in any other applicable jurisdiction. Parent, on behalf of Direct Sale Purchaser, shall have the right to review the Direct Sale Allocation Statement.  If within 45 days after receipt of the Direct Sale Allocation Statement, Parent notifies the Company in writing that it disagrees with one or more items on the Direct Sale Allocation Statement, the Company and Parent shall negotiate in good faith to resolve such dispute. If the Company and Parent fail to resolve such dispute within 30 days, the Tax Referee shall determine the appropriate allocation and revise the Direct Sale Allocation Statement accordingly. If Parent does not respond within 45 days of its initial receipt of the Direct Sale Allocation Statement, or upon resolution of the disputed items, the allocation reflected on the Direct Sale Allocation Statement (as such may have been adjusted) shall be the “Direct Sale Allocation” and shall be binding on the parties hereto. the Company, Direct Sale Purchaser and Parent agree to act in accordance with the Direct Sale Allocation in the preparation, filing and audit of any Tax Return. In all events, the Direct Sale Allocation shall be consistent with the Direct Sale Allocation Principles.8  If an adjustment is made pursuant to Section 2.11 of the Separation Agreement, the Direct Sale Allocation shall be adjusted in accordance with Section 1060 of the Code (and the Treasury Regulations promulgated thereunder) and any comparable statutes in any other applicable jurisdiction, as mutually agreed by the Company and Parent.  In the event that agreement is not reached within 20 days after the determination of the Direct Sale Increase Amount or Direct Sale Deficit Amount (as the case may be and, in each case, as defined in the Separation Agreement), any disputed items shall be resolved by the Tax Referee.
 


7 Note to Draft: Parties to determine if, at Closing, the SpinCo Group will hold any such property.
 
8 Note to Draft: Direct Sale Allocation Principles to include an allocation of Direct Sale Consideration by jurisdiction and, where already agreed, among each asset within a jurisdiction.
 
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(c)          To the extent permitted by Applicable Law, the parties shall treat the assets set forth on Schedule D as “qualified property” within the meaning of Section 168(k)(2) of the Code.
 
(d)          If the Company (or any of its Affiliates) and Direct Sale Purchaser (or any of its Affiliates) are eligible to make an election under Section 338(h)(10) of the Code in respect of the actual or deemed purchase and sale of the equity interests of a Direct Sale Transferred Subsidiary in the Direct Sale, the Company and Direct Sale Purchaser shall (or, if applicable, shall cause their respective Affiliates to) jointly make a timely election under Section 338(h)(10) of the Code and the Treasury Regulations issued thereunder (and under any comparable statutes in any other jurisdiction) in respect of such purchase and sale and shall file each such election in accordance with Applicable Law. The provisions of Section 11(c) shall apply to any such election mutatis mutandis.
 
(e)          Section 2.01(d) of the Separation Agreement is incorporated herein by reference.
 
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SECTION 13.          Allocation of Structure Benefits.
 
(a)          Structure Benefits shall be allocated as provided below.
 
(i)          The Company Group shall be entitled to 100% of Structure Benefits until the Company Group has been allocated Structure Benefits equal to the Structure Benefit Payment Cap (“Company Structure Benefits”).
 
(ii)         The Parent Group shall be entitled to retain any Structure Benefits that are not Company Structure Benefits.
 
(b)          Determination of Structure Benefits.
 
(i)          No later than one hundred twenty (120) days after the Closing Date, the Company shall deliver to Parent a certification, signed by the chief financial officer of the Company, setting forth information regarding the Non-Stepped-Up Basis of the Reference Assets at a level of detail reasonably necessary to permit the determination of Structure Benefits for each Tax Year.
 
(ii)         No later than thirty (30) days after the due date (taking into account extensions validly obtained) for filing the Parent Group Return for each Tax Year, Parent shall provide the Company with a certification signed by the chief financial officer of Parent setting forth the amount, if any, with respect to such Tax Year of the Structure Benefits realized by the Parent Group and the amount of such Structure Benefits that are Company Structure Benefits.
 
(iii)        The certifications pursuant to clauses (b)(i) and (b)(ii) of this Section (each, a “Certification”) shall (A) set forth in reasonable detail the basis for the applicable calculation or determination, (B) be delivered together with any Supporting Information and (C) in the case of a Certification described in clause (b)(ii) of this Section, shall include a statement to the effect that all such calculations and determinations have been made without regard to any transaction a significant purpose of which is to reduce or defer any amount payable by Parent.  If the chief financial officer of the preparing party determines that it is necessary to adjust any computations required by the preceding sentence, then such chief financial offer will be permitted to make such adjustments in a manner reasonably acceptable to the non-preparing party.
 
(iv)        Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Section 13(b), (i) the Company and Parent shall use commercially reasonable efforts to resolve any disputes with respect to the Certifications, and (ii) if the Company and Parent are unable to resolve such dispute within ten (10) days, the applicable Certification and a certification prepared by the chief financial officer of the non-preparing party that resolves the disputed item or items in the manner that such chief financial officer believes is appropriate and sets forth in reasonable detail the basis for the determination shall be submitted to the Tax Arbiter for resolution in accordance with Section 25.
 
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(c)          Payment of Structure Benefits.
 
(i)          In General. With respect to each Tax Year, within ten (10) days of the agreement by the Company and Parent that the applicable Certification is acceptable to each party, Parent shall make a payment to the Company equal to the Company Structure Benefits with respect to such Tax Year, if any.
 
(ii)         Tax Treatment. Unless otherwise required pursuant to a Final Determination, the parties agree to treat, for U.S. federal and applicable state and local income tax purposes:
 
(A)          Any payment (or portion thereof) pursuant to this Section 13(c) that is not attributable to the Direct Sale as an upward adjustment to the “aggregate deemed asset disposition price” and “adjusted grossed-up basis” (as such terms are defined in Treasury Regulations Section 1.336-3 and 1.336-4) or an upward adjustment to the “aggregate deemed sale price” and “adjusted grossed-up basis” (as such terms are defined in Treasury Regulations Sections 1.338-4 and 1.338-5), as applicable, of the assets of SpinCo and/or each other Applicable Subsidiary; and
 
(B)          Any payment (or portion thereof) pursuant to this Section 13(c) that is attributable to the Direct Sale (other than amounts accounted for as interest under the Code) as an adjustment to the Direct Sale Consideration.
 
For purposes of this Agreement, a payment (or portion thereof) is attributable to the Direct Sale to the extent that the Structure Benefit corresponding to such payment (or portion thereof) was derived from any Direct Sale Structure Tax Asset.
 
(iii)        Payments Following a Parent Change of Control.  In the event of a Parent Change of Control, all payments with respect to Structure Benefits following such Parent Change of Control shall be mutually determined by the Company and Parent acting in good faith based on the Parent Group’s projected standalone taxable income, which shall be calculated at the time of such Parent Change of Control based on the Parent Group’s standalone activities, balance sheet, Tax Attributes and other characteristics, in each case, immediately before such Parent Change of Control.
 
(iv)        Late Payments.  Any payment required to be made by Parent under this Agreement with respect to Structure Benefits that is not made when due under the terms of this Agreement shall be payable together with any interest thereon, computed at the Default Rate and commencing from the date on which such payment was due and payable.
 
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(v)         Acceleration on Material Breach.  In the event that (i) (x) Parent fails to make any payment (other than a payment of a de minimis amount) under this Agreement with respect to Structure Benefits within thirty (30) days after the date when due, (y) following the expiration of such thirty (30) day period, the Company provides written notice to Parent of such failure and (z) Parent fails to cure such failure within ten (10) days of receipt of such written notice, or (ii) a Credit Event has occurred, then all obligations hereunder with respect to such Structure Benefits shall be accelerated and become immediately due and payable, and shall include, without duplication: (1) the Material Breach Payment; (2) any prior payments with respect to Structure Benefits that are due and payable but that still remain unpaid as of the date of such acceleration; and (3) any current payments with respect to Structure Benefits due for the Tax Year ending with or including the date of such acceleration; provided that, in the event that a Credit Event occurs within the thirty (30) day period described in clause (i)(x) above, such thirty (30) day period shall be deemed to end on the date of the Credit Event and clauses (i)(y) and (i)(z) shall not apply.
 
(vi)        Payment Upon Material Breach.  The “Material Breach Payment” payable to the Company pursuant to Section 13(c)(v) shall equal the present value, discounted at the Default Rate, of all payments with respect to Structure Benefits that would be required to be paid to the Company using the Valuation Assumptions.
 
(vii)       Repayment Upon Certain Occurrences. In the event that (i) any Structure Benefit is disallowed pursuant to a Final Determination and (ii) after giving effect to such Final Determination, (x) the aggregate amount of payments previously made to the Company in respect of Structure Benefits (and not repaid pursuant to this Section 13(c)(vii)) exceeds (y) the aggregate amount of Structure Benefits previously recognized (and not disallowed), the Company shall pay to Parent an amount equal to such excess; provided that, for purposes of Section 13(a)(i), the portion of such disallowed Structure Benefit in respect of which a payment is made by the Company pursuant to this Section 13(c)(vii) shall thereafter be deemed never to have been allocated to the Company.
 
(viii)     Withholding.  Parent, the Company and their respective Affiliates shall be entitled to deduct and withhold from any amount payable pursuant to this Agreement such amounts as are required to be deducted and withheld under the Code or any provision of state, local or non-U.S. Law.  To the extent that amounts are so withheld and paid over to the appropriate taxing authority, such withheld amounts shall be treated for all purposes of this Agreement, other than Section 13(c)(i), as having been paid to the Person in respect of whom such withholding was made.
 
SECTION 14.    Indemnities.
 
(a)          Parent Indemnity to the Company.  Parent and each other member of the Parent Group shall jointly and severally indemnify the Company and the other members of the Company Group against, and hold them harmless, without duplication, from:
 
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(i)          any Tax liability allocated to SpinCo or Parent pursuant to Section 4; and
 
(ii)         all liabilities, costs, expenses (including reasonable expenses of investigation and attorneys’ fees and expenses), losses, damages, assessments, settlements or judgments arising out of or incident to the imposition, assessment or assertion of any Tax liability or damage described in (i), including those incurred in the contest in good faith in appropriate proceedings relating to the imposition, assessment or assertion of any such Tax, liability or damage.
 
(b)          Company Indemnity to Parent.  Except in the case of any liabilities described in Section 14(a), the Company and each other member of the Company Group will jointly and severally indemnify Parent and the other members of the Parent Group against, and hold them harmless, without duplication, from:
 
(i)          any Tax liability allocated to the Company pursuant to Section 4;
 
(ii)         any Taxes of the Company (or any Subsidiary of the Company immediately prior to the Merger Effective Time) payable as a result of the Internal Reorganization;
 
(iii)        any Taxes imposed on any member of the SpinCo Group or Parent Group under Treasury Regulations Section 1.1502-6 (or similar or analogous provision of state, local or non-U.S. law) as a result of any such member being or having been a member of a Combined Group; and
 
(iv)        all liabilities, costs, expenses (including reasonable expenses of investigation and attorneys’ fees and expenses), losses, damages, assessments, settlements or judgments arising out of or incident to the imposition, assessment or assertion of any Tax liability or damage described in (i), (ii), or (iii), including those incurred in the contest in good faith in appropriate proceedings relating to the imposition, assessment or assertion of any such Tax, liability or damage.
 
(c)          Discharge of Indemnity.  Parent, the Company and the members of their respective Groups shall discharge their obligations under Section 14(a) or Section 14(b), respectively, by paying the relevant amount in accordance with Section 15, within 30 Business Days of demand therefor.  Any such demand shall include a statement showing the amount due under Section 14(a) or Section 14(b), as the case may be.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, if any member of the Parent Group or any member of the Company Group disputes in good faith the fact or the amount of its obligation under Section 14(a) or Section 14(b), then no payment of the amount in dispute shall be required until any such good faith dispute is resolved in accordance with Section 25; provided, however, that any amount not paid within 30 Business Days of demand therefor shall bear interest as provided in Section 15.
 
(d)          Tax Benefits.  If an indemnification obligation of any Indemnifying Party under this Section 14 arises in respect of an adjustment that makes allowable to an Indemnified Party any offsetting deduction or other item that would reduce taxes which would not, but for such adjustment, be allowable, then any such indemnification obligation shall be an amount equal to (i) the amount otherwise due but for this Section 14(d), minus (ii) the reduction in actual cash Taxes payable by the Indemnified Party in the year such indemnification obligation arises, determined on a “with and without” basis.
 
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SECTION 15.    Payments.
 
(a)          Timing.  All payments required to be made under this Agreement (excluding, for the avoidance of doubt, any payments to a Taxing Authority described herein) shall be made in immediately available funds.  Except as otherwise provided, all such payments will be due thirty (30) Business Days after the receipt of notice of such payment or, where no notice is required, thirty (30) Business Days after the fixing of liability or the resolution of a dispute (the “Due Date”).  Payments shall be deemed made when received.  Any payment that is not made on or before the Due Date shall bear interest at the rate equal to the “prime” rate as published on such Due Date in the Wall Street Journal, Eastern Edition, for the period from and including the date immediately following the Due Date through and including the date of payment.  With respect to any payment required to be made under this Agreement, the Company and Parent have the right to designate, by written notice to the other party, which member of the designating party’s Group will make or receive such payment; provided, however, that all such payments shall be made by a Person that is a “domestic corporation” within the meaning of Section 7701(a) of the Code.
 
(b)          Treatment of Payments.  To the extent permitted by Applicable Tax Law and except as otherwise provided herein, any payment made by the Company or any member of the Company Group to Parent or any member of the Parent Group, or by Parent or any member of the Parent Group to the Company or any member of the Company Group, pursuant to this Agreement, the Separation Agreement, the Merger Agreement or any other Transaction Agreement that relates to Taxable periods (or portions thereof) ending on or before the Distribution Date shall be treated by the parties hereto for all Tax purposes as an adjustment to the “aggregate deemed asset disposition price” and “adjusted grossed-up basis” (as such terms are defined in Treasury Regulations Section 1.336-3 and 1.336-4) or as an adjustment to the “aggregate deemed sale price” and “adjusted grossed-up basis” (as such terms are defined in Treasury Regulations Sections 1.338-4 and 1.338-5), as applicable, of the assets of SpinCo and each other Applicable Subsidiary; provided, however, that any payment made pursuant to Section 2.05 of the Separation Agreement shall instead be treated as if the party required to make a payment of received amounts received such amounts as agent for the other party; provided, further, that any payment made pursuant to the Transition Services Agreement, the R&D Agreement, the India R&D Agreement or other Ancillary Agreement, in each case, that is in the nature of compensations for services shall be treated as such; and provided, further, that any payment made in respect of Direct Sale Assets or Direct Sale Liabilities (including any indemnification payment in respect of the Direct Sale) shall be treated as an adjustment to the Direct Sale Consideration.  In the event that a Taxing Authority asserts that a party’s treatment of a payment described in this Section 15(b) should be other than as required herein, such party shall use its reasonable best efforts to contest such assertion in a manner consistent with Section 17.
 
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(c)          No Duplicative Payment.  It is intended that the provisions of this Agreement shall not result in a duplicative payment of any amount required to be paid under the Separation Agreement, the Merger Agreement or any other Transaction Agreement, and this Agreement shall be construed accordingly.
 
SECTION 16.    Communication and Cooperation.
 
(a)          Consult and Cooperate.  SpinCo, the Company and Parent shall consult and cooperate (and shall cause each other member of their respective Groups to consult and cooperate) fully at such time and to the extent reasonably requested by the other party in connection with all matters subject to this Agreement.  Such cooperation shall include:
 
(i)          the retention, and provision on reasonable request, of any and all information including all books, records, documentation or other information pertaining to Tax matters relating to the SpinCo Group, any necessary explanations of information, and access to personnel, until one year after the expiration of the applicable statute of limitation (giving effect to any extension, waiver, or mitigation thereof);
 
(ii)         the execution of any document that may be necessary (including to give effect to Section 17) or helpful in connection with any required Tax Return or in connection with any Tax Proceeding; and
 
(iii)        the use of the parties’ commercially reasonable efforts to obtain any documentation from a Governmental Authority or a third party that may be necessary or helpful in connection with the foregoing.
 
(b)          Provide Information.  Except as set forth in Section 17, the Company, SpinCo and Parent shall keep each other reasonably informed with respect to any material development relating to the matters subject to this Agreement.
 
(c)          Tax Attribute Matters.  The Company, SpinCo and Parent shall promptly advise each other with respect to any proposed Tax adjustments that are the subject of a Tax Proceeding, and that may affect Structure Benefits or any Tax liability or any Tax Attribute (including, but not limited to, basis in an asset or the amount of earnings and profits) of any member of the Parent Group or any member of the Company Group, respectively.
 
(d)          Confidentiality and Privileged Information.  Any information or documents provided under this Agreement shall be kept confidential by the party receiving the information or documents, except as may otherwise be necessary in connection with the filing of required Tax Returns or in connection with any audit, proceeding, suit or action.  Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement or any other agreement, (i) no member of the Company Group or Parent Group, respectively, shall be required to provide any member of the Parent Group or Company Group, respectively, or any other Person access to or copies of any information or procedures other than information or procedures that relate solely to SpinCo, the business or assets of any member of the SpinCo Group or matters for which Parent or Company Group, respectively, has an obligation to indemnify under this Agreement, and (ii) in no event shall any member of the Company Group or the Parent Group, respectively, be required to provide any member of the Parent Group or Company Group, respectively, or any other Person access to or copies of any information if such action could reasonably be expected to result in the waiver of any privilege.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the event that the Company or Parent, respectively, determines that the provision of any information to any member of the Parent Group or Company Group, respectively, could be commercially detrimental or violate any law or agreement to which the Company or Parent, respectively, is bound, the Company or Parent, respectively, shall not be required to comply with the foregoing terms of this Section 16(d) except to the extent that it is able, using commercially reasonable efforts, to do so while avoiding such harm or consequence.
 
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SECTION 17.    Audits and Contest.
 
(a)          Notice.  Each of the Company, SpinCo and Parent shall promptly notify the other parties in writing upon the receipt from a relevant Taxing Authority of any notice of a Tax Proceeding that may give rise to an indemnification obligation under this Agreement or a change to Structure Benefits; provided that a party’s right to indemnification or with respect to Structure Benefits under this Agreement shall not be limited in any way by a failure to so notify, except to the extent that the Indemnifying Party or the counterparty with respect to Structure Benefits, as the case may be, is prejudiced by such failure.
 
(b)          Company Control.  Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary and except as otherwise provided in Section 17(d), the Company shall have the right to control any Tax Proceeding with respect to any Tax matters of (i) a Combined Group or any member of a Combined Group (as such), (ii) any member of the Company Group and (iii) any member of the SpinCo Group with respect to a Pre-Distribution Period (each, a “Company Tax Proceeding”).  The Company shall have absolute discretion with respect to any decisions to be made, or the nature of any action to be taken, with respect to any Tax matter described in the preceding sentence; provided, however, that to the extent that any Tax Proceeding relating to such a Tax matter is reasonably likely to give rise to an indemnity obligation of SpinCo or Parent under Section 14, materially increase the Taxes allocated to any member of the Parent Group pursuant to Section 4 or materially affect the Tax Attributes allocated to any member of the SpinCo Group pursuant to Section 6, the Company shall keep Parent informed of all material developments and events relating to any such Company Tax Proceeding and the Company shall not settle or compromise any such contest without Parent’s written consent, which consent may not be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed.
 
(c)          Parent Assumption of Control.  The Company, in its sole discretion, may permit Parent to elect to assume control of a Company Tax Proceeding at Parent’s sole cost and expense; provided, however, that Parent shall have no obligation to elect to control any Company Tax Proceeding but, if Parent so elects, it will (i) be responsible for the payment of any liability arising from the disposition of such matter notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement to the contrary and (ii) indemnify the Company Group for any increase in a liability and any reduction of a Tax asset of the Company Group arising from such matter.
 
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(d)         Consolidated Group Tax Matters.  The Company, in the case of any Tax Proceeding with respect to the consolidated U.S. federal income Tax Return (or any similar state and local Tax Return filed on a group basis) of the Company Group, and Parent, in the case of any Tax Proceeding with respect to the consolidated U.S. federal income Tax Return (or any similar state and local Tax Return filed on a group basis) of the Parent Group, shall have the right to control any such Tax Proceeding relating to the Intended Tax Treatment; provided that (i) the controlling party shall keep the non-controlling party fully informed of all material developments, (ii) the non-controlling party (at its own cost) shall have the right to participate in the defense of such Tax Proceeding, and (iii) the controlling party shall not settle or compromise any such Tax Proceeding without the non-controlling party’s written consent, which consent may not be unreasonably withheld, conditioned, or delayed (in the case of clause (ii) and (iii), only if such Tax Proceeding could reasonably be expected to (A) result in an obligation under Section 13(c)(vii), Section 14(a) or Section 14(b) or (B) adversely affect the Structure Tax Assets); provided, further, that if the non-controlling party withholds its consent to a settlement or compromise, then the non-controlling party shall be liable for Taxes resulting from a Final Determination to the extent the basis for the Final Determination is such that the non-controlling party would have liability, in whole or in part, under Section 13(c)(vii), Section 14(a) or Section 14(b), as applicable, as a result of such Final Determination. The Company and Parent shall use their reasonable best efforts to ensure that the Final Determination clearly provides the basis for such determination.
 
(e)          Parent Control.  Parent shall have the right to control any Tax Proceeding with respect to SpinCo, or any member of the SpinCo Group, relating to one or more members of the SpinCo Group and to any Post-Distribution Period; provided, however, that to the extent any such matter may give rise to a claim for indemnity by SpinCo or Parent against the Company under Section 14(b) of this Agreement or, except as described in Section 17(d), relates to Structure Benefits allocated to the Company under Section 13(a), (i) Parent shall keep the Company informed of all material developments and events relating to such matters, (ii) at its own cost and expense, the Company shall have the right to participate in (but not to control) the defense of any such tax claim, and (iii) Parent shall not settle or compromise any such tax claim without the prior written consent of the Company (which shall not be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed).
 
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SECTION 18.    Notices.  All notices, requests and other communications to any party hereunder shall be in writing (including telecopy or similar writing) and shall be given,
 
if to the Company or the Company Group, to:
 
General Electric Company



 

 
Attention:  []
Telecopy:  (___) ___-____
 
with a copy (which shall not constitute notice) to:
 
Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP
450 Lexington Avenue
New York, New York 10017
Attention:              Neil Barr
       William Curran
Telecopy: (212) 450-5581
 
if to SpinCo or the SpinCo Group, to:
 
Transportation Systems Holdings Inc.
 

 


 
Attention:  []
 
Telecopy:  (___) ___-_____
 
with a copy (which shall not constitute notice) to:
 
Transportation Systems Holdings Inc.
 

 


 
Attention:
Telecopy:  (___) ___-_____
 
and
 
Jones Day
250 Vesey Street
New York, New York 10281
Attention: [           ]
Facsimile No.: [               ]
E-mail:      [                  ]
 
if to Parent or the Parent Group, to:
 
Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies Corporation
 
with a copy (which shall not constitute notice) to:
 
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Jones Day
250 Vesey Street
New York, New York 10281
Attention: [           ]
Facsimile No.: [               ]
E-mail:      [                  ]
 
or to such other address or telecopy number and with such other copies, as such party may hereafter specify for that purpose by notice to the other party.  Each such notice, request or other communication shall be effective (a) on the day delivered (or if that day is not a Business Day, on the first following day that is a Business Day) when (i) delivered personally against receipt or (ii) sent by overnight courier, (b) on the day when transmittal confirmation is received if sent by telecopy (or if that day is not a Business Day, on the first following day that is a Business Day), and (c) if given by any other means, upon delivery or refusal of delivery at the address specified in this Section 18.
 
SECTION 19.    Costs and Expenses.  Except as expressly set forth in this Agreement, each party shall bear its own costs and expenses incurred pursuant to this Agreement.  For purposes of this Agreement, costs and expenses shall include, but not be limited to, reasonable attorneys’ fees, accountants’ fees and other related professional fees and disbursements.  For the avoidance of doubt, unless otherwise specifically provided in the Transaction Agreements, all liabilities, costs and expenses incurred in connection with this Agreement by or on behalf of SpinCo or any member of the SpinCo Group in any Pre-Distribution Period shall be the responsibility of the Company and shall be assumed in full by the Company.
 
SECTION 20.    Effectiveness; Termination and Survival.  Except as expressly set forth in this Agreement, as between the Company and SpinCo, this Agreement shall become effective upon the consummation of the Distribution, and as between the Company, SpinCo and Parent, this Agreement shall become effective upon the consummation of the Merger.  All rights and obligations arising hereunder shall survive until they are fully effectuated or performed; provided that, notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, this Agreement shall remain in effect and its provisions shall survive for one year after the full period of all applicable statutes of limitation (giving effect to any extension, waiver or mitigation thereof) and, with respect to any claim hereunder initiated prior to the end of such period, until such claim has been satisfied or otherwise resolved.  This agreement shall terminate without any further action at any time before the Merger Effective Time upon termination of the Merger Agreement.
 
SECTION 21.    Specific Performance.  Each party hereto acknowledges that the remedies at law of the other party for a breach or threatened breach of this Agreement would be inadequate and, in recognition of this fact, any party to this Agreement, without posting any bond, and in addition to all other remedies that may be available, shall be entitled to obtain equitable relief in the form of specific performance, a temporary restraining order, a temporary or permanent injunction or any other equitable remedy that may then be available.
 
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SECTION 22.    Captions.  The captions herein are included for convenience of reference only and shall be ignored in the construction or interpretation hereof.
 
SECTION 23.    Entire Agreement; Amendments and Waivers.
 
(a)          Entire Agreement.
 
(i)          This Agreement, the other Transaction Agreements and any other agreements contemplated hereby or thereby constitute the entire agreement between the parties with respect to the subject matter hereof and supersede all prior agreements, understandings and negotiations, both written and oral, between the parties with respect to the subject matter hereof.
 
(ii)         THE PARTIES ACKNOWLEDGE AND AGREE THAT NO REPRESENTATION, WARRANTY, PROMISE, INDUCEMENT, UNDERSTANDING, COVENANT OR AGREEMENT HAS BEEN MADE OR RELIED UPON BY ANY PARTY OTHER THAN THOSE EXPRESSLY SET FORTH IN THIS AGREEMENT AND IN THE OTHER TRANSACTION DOCUMENTS.  WITHOUT LIMITING THE GENERALITY OF THE DISCLAIMER SET FORTH IN THE PRECEDING SENTENCE, NEITHER THE COMPANY NOR ANY OF ITS AFFILIATES HAS MADE OR SHALL BE DEEMED TO HAVE MADE ANY REPRESENTATIONS OR WARRANTIES IN ANY PRESENTATION OR WRITTEN INFORMATION RELATING TO THE SPINCO BUSINESS GIVEN OR TO BE GIVEN IN CONNECTION WITH THE CONTEMPLATED TRANSACTIONS OR IN ANY FILING MADE OR TO BE MADE BY OR ON BEHALF OF THE COMPANY OR ANY OF ITS AFFILIATES WITH ANY GOVERNMENTAL AUTHORITY, AND NO STATEMENT MADE IN ANY SUCH PRESENTATION OR WRITTEN MATERIALS, MADE IN ANY SUCH FILING OR CONTAINED IN ANY SUCH OTHER INFORMATION SHALL BE DEEMED A REPRESENTATION OR WARRANTY HEREUNDER OR OTHERWISE.  SPINCO ACKNOWLEDGES THAT THE COMPANY HAS INFORMED IT THAT NO PERSON HAS BEEN AUTHORIZED BY THE COMPANY OR ANY OF ITS AFFILIATES TO MAKE ANY REPRESENTATION OR WARRANTY IN RESPECT OF THE SPINCO BUSINESS OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE CONTEMPLATED TRANSACTIONS, UNLESS IN WRITING AND CONTAINED IN THIS AGREEMENT OR IN ANY OF THE OTHER TRANSACTION DOCUMENTS TO WHICH THEY ARE A PARTY.
 
(b)          Amendments and Waivers.
 
(i)          This Agreement may be amended, and any provision of this Agreement may be waived if and only if such amendment or waiver, as the case may be, is in writing and signed, in the case of an amendment, by the parties or, in the case of a waiver, by the party against whom the waiver is to be effective.
 
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(ii)         No failure or delay by either party in exercising any right, power or privilege under this Agreement shall operate as a waiver thereof nor shall any single or partial exercise thereof preclude any other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right, power or privilege.  Except as otherwise provided herein, no action taken pursuant to this Agreement, including any investigation by or on behalf of any party, shall be deemed to constitute a waiver by the party taking such action of compliance with any representations, warranties, covenants or agreements contained in this Agreement.  Any term, covenant or condition of this Agreement may be waived at any time by the party that is entitled to the benefit thereof, but only by a written notice signed by such party expressly waiving such term, covenant or condition.  The waiver by any party of a breach of any provision hereunder shall not operate or be construed as a waiver of any prior or subsequent breach of the same or any other provision hereunder.
 
SECTION 24.    Governing Law and Interpretation.  This Agreement shall be construed in accordance with and governed by the law of the State of Delaware (without regard to the choice of law provisions thereof).
 
SECTION 25.    Dispute Resolution.  In the event of any dispute relating to this Agreement, including but not limited to whether a Tax liability is a liability of the Company Group, the SpinCo Group or the Parent Group, the parties shall work together in good faith to resolve such dispute within thirty (30) days.  In the event that such dispute is not resolved, upon written notice by a party after such thirty (30)-day period, the matter shall be referred to a U.S. Tax counsel or other Tax advisor of recognized national standing (the “Tax Arbiter”) that will be jointly chosen by the Company and Parent; provided, however, that, if the Company and the Parent do not agree on the selection of the Tax Arbiter after five (5) days of good faith negotiation, the Tax Arbiter shall consist of a panel of three U.S. Tax counsel or other Tax advisors of recognized national standing with one member chosen by the Company, one member chosen by Parent, and a third member chosen by mutual agreement of the other members within the following ten (10)-day period.  Each decision of a panel Tax Arbiter shall be made by majority vote of the members.  The Tax Arbiter may, in its discretion, obtain the services of any third party necessary to assist it in resolving the dispute.  The Tax Arbiter shall furnish written notice to the parties to the dispute of its resolution of the dispute as soon as practicable, but in any event no later than ninety (90) days after acceptance of the matter for resolution.  Any such resolution by the Tax Arbiter shall be binding on the parties, and the parties shall take, or cause to be taken, any action necessary to implement such resolution.  All fees and expenses of the Tax Arbiter shall be shared equally by the parties to the dispute.
 
SECTION 26.    Counterparts.  This Agreement may be signed in any number of counterparts (including by facsimile or PDF), each of which shall be an original, with the same effect as if the signatures thereto and hereto were upon the same instrument.
 
SECTION 27.    Successors and Assigns; Third Party Beneficiaries.  Except as provided below, this Agreement shall be binding upon and shall inure only to the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective successors and assigns, by merger, acquisition of assets or otherwise (including but not limited to any successor of a party hereto succeeding to the Tax Attributes of such party under Applicable Tax Law).  This Agreement is not intended to benefit any Person other than the parties hereto and such successors and assigns, and no such other Person shall be a third party beneficiary hereof.  Upon the Merger Effective Time, this Agreement shall be binding on Parent and Parent shall be subject to the obligations and restrictions imposed on SpinCo hereunder, including the indemnification obligations of SpinCo under Section 14.
 
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SECTION 28.    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 or law or of its charter or bylaws or any agreement, instrument or order binding on such party.
 
SECTION 29.    Change in Tax Law.  Any reference to a provision of the Code, Treasury regulations or any other Applicable Tax Law shall include a reference to any applicable successor provision of the Code, Treasury regulations or other Applicable Tax Law; provided that, in the event of any amendment to any provision of the Code, Treasury regulations or any other Applicable Tax Law (or any successor provision thereto) or any promulgation of official, published guidance with respect thereto, the underlying principles of calculation and allocation in this Agreement shall apply mutatis mutandis, and the parties hereto shall cooperate in good faith to apply such principles in such manner.
 
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have executed and delivered this Agreement as of the day and year first written above.
 
 
The Company on its own behalf and on behalf of the members of the Company Group.
 
By:
 
   
Name:
   
Title:

 
 
SpinCo on its own behalf and on behalf of the members of the SpinCo Group.
 
By:
 
   
Name:
   
Title:

 
 
Parent on its own behalf and on behalf of the members of the Parent Group.
 
By:
 
   
Name:
   
Title:
   
 
Direct Sale Purchaser
   
 
By:
 
   
Name:
   
Title:
 
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SCHEDULE A
 
DIRECT SALE ALLOCATION PRINCIPLES
 
[TO COME]
 
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SCHEDULE B
 
REFERENCE ASSET PARTNERSHIPS, DISREGARDED ENTITIES AND BRANCHES
 
[TO COME]
 
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SCHEDULE C
 
“QUALIFIED PROPERTY” (TRANSACTIONS OTHER THAN DIRECT SALE)
 
[TO COME, IF APPLICABLE]
 
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SCHEDULE D
 
“QUALIFIED PROPERTY” (DIRECT SALE)
 
[TO COME]
 

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EXHIBIT 2.6

Exhibit 2.6

FORM OF EMPLOYEE MATTERS AGREEMENT

This EMPLOYEE MATTERS AGREEMENT, dated as of [•], 201[•] (this “Agreement”), is entered into by and among General Electric Company, a New York corporation (the “Company”), Transportation Systems Holdings Inc., a Delaware corporation and a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company (“SpinCo”), Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies Corporation, a Delaware corporation (“Parent”), and Wabtec US Rail, Inc., a Delaware corporation and an indirect subsidiary of Parent (“Direct Sale Purchaser”). “Party” or “Parties” means the Company, SpinCo, Parent or Direct Sale Purchaser, as applicable, individually or collectively, as the case may be. Capitalized terms used and not defined herein shall have the meanings set forth in, as applicable, the Separation, Distribution and Sale Agreement by and among the Company, SpinCo, Parent and Direct Sale Purchaser, dated as of May 20, 2018 (the “Separation Agreement”), or the Agreement and Plan of Merger by and among the Company, SpinCo, Parent and Wabtec US Rail Holdings, Inc., a Delaware corporation and wholly owned subsidiary of Parent, dated as of May 20, 2018 (the “Merger Agreement”).

WHEREAS, as contemplated by the Separation Agreement, the Parties desire to enter into this Agreement to provide for the allocation of Assets, Liabilities, and responsibilities with respect to certain matters relating to employees (including employee compensation and benefit plans and programs) among them; and

WHEREAS, in connection with the Separation Agreement and the Merger Agreement, the Company, SpinCo, Parent and Direct Sale Purchaser desire to enter this Agreement with respect to certain employee matters following the Distribution Effective Time and Merger Effective Time.

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

ARTICLE I
DEFINITIONS

Section 1.1   General. For purposes of this Agreement, the following terms shall have the meanings ascribed to them in this ‎ARTICLE I.

Automatically Transferring Tiger Employee” means any employee of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries whose employment automatically transfers to a Tiger Group Member by operation of the Regulations as a consequence of the arrangements contained in this Agreement and the Separation Agreement.

Collective Bargaining Agreement” means each U.S. CBA and each Non-U.S. CBA.

Company Corporate Rotational Program” means the Company’s corporate rotation program.

Company Personal Data” means any information relating to an identified or identifiable natural person that (i) is obtained by Parent or any of its Affiliates from the Company or any of its Affiliates or Representatives, (ii) is processed by Parent or any of its Affiliates on behalf of the Company or any of its Affiliates, (iii) pertains to the personnel of the Company or any of its Affiliates, or (iv) is created by Parent or any of its Affiliates based on information of the types referred to in any of clauses (i), (ii) or (iii) above.

Company Plan” means each Employee Plan which is not a Transferring Arrangement.

Continuation Period” means for each Continuing Employee, the period of twelve (12) months following the Merger Effective Time or the Closing Date, as applicable.

Continuing Employee” means each (i) Tiger Employee who continues employment with a SpinCo Group Member or Direct Sale Transferred Subsidiary as of the applicable Employment Commencement Date, (ii) Automatically Transferring Tiger Employee, (iii) Offer Employee (other than an Inactive Offer Employee) who is offered employment with Direct Sale Purchaser or one of its Subsidiaries in accordance with‎ ‎Section 2.1(a)(iii), accepts such offer of employment and commences employment with Direct Sale Purchaser or one of its Subsidiaries as of the Closing Date, and (iv) Inactive Offer Employee who is offered employment with Direct Sale Purchaser or one of its Subsidiaries and commences such employment in accordance with ‎Section 2.1(a)(iv).

Employee Agreements” means the Retention Agreements and all other individual employment, retention, termination, severance and other similar agreements, in each case (i) (x) materially consistent with the forms of agreement set forth on Annex A to this Agreement or (y) which are governed by non-U.S. law and immaterial to

the Tiger Group as a whole and do not provide for the payment of severance, retention or change in control compensation or benefits, and (ii) entered into (x) between a Tiger Group Member and any current employee of such Tiger Group Member, Offer Employee, or Former Tiger Employee or (y) between the Company or its Affiliates and any Continuing Employee or Former Tiger Employee.

Employee Plans” means all (i) employee benefit plans (within the meaning of Section 3(3) of ERISA), whether or not subject to ERISA, (ii) retirement, welfare benefit, bonus, stock option, stock purchase, restricted stock, incentive, supplemental retirement, deferred compensation, retiree health, life insurance, severance, Code Section 125 flexible benefit, or vacation plans, programs or agreements, and (iii) individual employment, retention, termination, or severance agreements, in each case pursuant to which the Company or any of its Affiliates currently has any obligation with respect to any Tiger Employee, Offer Employee or Former Tiger Employee, other than governmental plans or arrangements (including severance, termination indemnities or other similar governmental benefits maintained for employees outside of the United States).

Employment Commencement Date” means (i) for any Continuing Employee who is employed by a SpinCo Group Member or Direct Sale Transferred Subsidiary, the Distribution Date, (ii) for any Automatically Transferring Tiger Employee, the later of the Distribution Date and the date on which such employee’s employment transfers to a Tiger Group Member automatically by operation of the Regulations, (iii) for any Continuing Employee who is an Inactive Offer Employee, the date on which such Continuing Employee commences active employment with Direct Sale Purchaser or one of its Subsidiaries, and (iv) for any Continuing Employee not described in clause (i), (ii) or (iii), the Closing Date.

Employment Liabilities” means (i) Liabilities, whether arising prior to, at or after the Distribution Effective Time, relating to any Continuing Employee, and (ii) Liabilities, in each case arising prior to the Distribution Effective Time, relating to any Former Tiger Employee or any Tiger Employee or Offer Employee who, in either case, does not become a Continuing Employee, in each of the cases of items (i) and (ii), other than the Excluded Employment Liabilities.

ERISA” means the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended.

Excluded Employment Liabilities” means any Liabilities (i) relating to or arising from the U.S. CBAs (including, but not limited to, any pending grievances, arbitrations, settlements, side letters, memoranda of agreement or other obligations under the U.S. CBAs), (ii) relating to or arising from any Employee Plans that are not expressly allocated to a Tiger Group Member pursuant to the terms of this Agreement, or (iii) expressly allocated to the Company or its Affiliates pursuant to the terms of this Agreement; provided that, any such Liabilities under clause (ii) above that are obligations of a Tiger Group Member that exists as of the date of execution of the Merger Agreement will remain the obligations of such Tiger Group Member, other than those obligations (A) expressly allocated to the Company or its Affiliates pursuant to the terms of this Agreement or (B) that are contractual obligations of the Company or its Affiliates that are not Tiger Group Members but which, as a result of Applicable Law, have become obligations of a Tiger Group Member. For the avoidance of doubt, nothing in this Agreement will require a Tiger Group Member to assume sponsorship or maintenance of any Company Plan, other than the Employee Agreements.

Former Tiger Employee” means an individual who is not employed by the Company or its Affiliates (including the SpinCo Group or any Direct Sale Transferred Subsidiary) immediately prior to the Distribution Effective Time but was immediately prior to the termination of such individual’s employment either (i) employed by a SpinCo Group Member or any Direct Sale Transferred Subsidiary or (ii) employed by the Company or its Affiliates (excluding the SpinCo Group and any Direct Sale Transferred Subsidiaries) and providing at least 80% of such individual’s business services in support of the Tiger Business.

Inactive Offer Employee” means each Offer Employee primarily employed in the United States who (i) is employed by the Company or its Affiliates (excluding the SpinCo Group and the Direct Sale Transferred Subsidiaries), (ii) immediately prior to the Distribution Date, is on leave of absence (excluding vacation, holiday, jury duty or similar absence), and (iii) has a right of reinstatement pursuant to a policy of the Company or its Affiliates or Applicable Law.

Non-U.S. CBA” means each collective bargaining agreement, works agreement or other agreement that was, prior to the Distribution Effective Time, entered into between the Company, or an Affiliate of the Company, and any labor union, works council or other labor organization representing any Non-U.S. Continuing Employee.

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Non-U.S. Company Plan” means a Company Plan which is not a U.S. Company Plan.

Non-U.S. Continuing Employees” means Continuing Employees who are not U.S. Continuing Employees.

Non-U.S. Transferring Arrangements” means the Transferring Arrangements that are not U.S. Transferring Arrangements.

Offer Employee” means each employee who is employed by the Company or its Affiliates (other than a SpinCo Group Member or a Direct Sale Transferred Subsidiary) and is providing at least 80% of such employee’s business services in support of the Tiger Business, provided such employee is not an Automatically Transferring Tiger Employee.

Parent Benefit Plan” has the meaning set forth in the Merger Agreement.

Regulations” means (i) the Acquired Rights Directives 2001/23/EC and all national legislation enacted to give effect to the Acquired Rights Directives 2001/23/EC in each member state of the European Economic Area in which one or more Tiger Employees are based or carry out their work from time to time, and (ii) all other national legislation or common law in any applicable country which effects the automatic transfer of employees on the sale or transfer or continuation of a business.

Restricted Employees” means the categories of employees identified in ‎Section 11.5 and ‎Section 11.6.

Retention Agreements” means the written agreements regarding retention award payments between the Company or one of its Affiliates and certain employees, a form of which has been provided to Parent prior to the execution of the Merger Agreement.

SpinCo Group Member” means SpinCo and each other member of the SpinCo Group.

Tiger Benefit Plan” has the meaning set forth in the Merger Agreement.

Tiger Employee” means any (i) employee who immediately prior to the Distribution Effective Time is employed by a SpinCo Group Member or a Direct Sale Transferred Subsidiary or (ii) Automatically Transferring Tiger Employee.

Tiger Group Member” means each member of the Tiger Group.

Transferring Arrangements” means each of the Employee Plans set forth on Annex B to this Agreement.

U.S. CBA” means each agreement governed by Section 301 of the Labor Management Relations Act, 29 U.S.C. § 185, between the Company, or an Affiliate of the Company, and any labor organization representing any employees working for the Tiger Business and employed in the United States.

U.S. Company Plans” means any Company Plans primarily covering (i) current employees of the Company or any of its Affiliates who are employed in the United States or (ii) former employees of the Company or any of its Affiliates who immediately prior to the termination of their employment were employed in the United States.

U.S. Continuing Employees” means all Continuing Employees employed in the United States.

U.S. Transferring Arrangements” means each Transferring Arrangement primarily covering Tiger Employees or Offer Employees who are primarily employed in the United States or Former Tiger Employees who were primarily employed in the United States.

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ARTICLE II
EMPLOYMENT OF TIGER EMPLOYEES AND OFFER EMPLOYEES

Section 2.1   Continuation of Employment and Offers of Employment.

(a)As of the applicable Employment Commencement Date,
(i)(A) SpinCo shall, or shall cause a SpinCo Group Member to, continue to employ each Tiger Employee who immediately prior to such Employment Commencement Date was employed by a SpinCo Group Member, and (B) Direct Sale Purchaser shall cause a Direct Sale Transferred Subsidiary to continue to employ each Tiger Employee who immediately prior to such Employment Commencement Date was employed by such Direct Sale Transferred Subsidiary;
(ii)SpinCo and Direct Sale Purchaser shall, or shall cause their respective Subsidiaries to, accept the automatic transfer and continue the employment of the Automatically Transferring Tiger Employees as successor employers;
(iii)Direct Sale Purchaser shall, or shall cause one of its Subsidiaries to, offer employment to each Offer Employee who is not an Inactive Offer Employee;
(iv)Direct Sale Purchaser shall, or shall cause one of its Subsidiaries to, offer employment to each Inactive Offer Employee, provided that, not later than the later of (i) twelve (12) months after the Distribution Date or (ii) such longer period as required by Applicable Law, such Inactive Offer Employee presents himself or herself to Direct Sale Purchaser or its applicable Subsidiary as able to commence active employment with Direct Sale Purchaser or such Subsidiary and actually commences such employment by such date.

Each offer of employment made pursuant to this ‎Section 2.1 will be consistent with the terms and conditions set out in this Agreement.

(b)Census.  Prior to the execution of the Merger Agreement, the Company provided to Parent a true and complete census (the “Employee Census”), as of the date provided, of all (i) employees of a SpinCo Group Member, (ii) employees of a Direct Sale Transferred Subsidiary, (iii) Automatically Transferring Tiger Employees, and (iv) Offer Employees, with each individual identified by name (where permitted by Applicable Law), employee identification number, employing entity, location, title and active or inactive status. The Company shall provide to Parent between ten (10) Business Days and fifteen (15) Business Days prior to the Distribution Date an updated version of the Employee Census, which shall be true and complete as of the date provided, and which shall (A) reflect employment terminations and new hires and transfers and (B) identify whether each individual is employed by a Tiger Group Member, is an Automatically Transferring Tiger Employee, or is an Offer Employee (separately identifying whether any such individual is in the Company Corporate Rotational Program). Prior to the Distribution Date the Company may only add individuals to the Employee Census (x) who are hired or transferred in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice either (I) to replace individuals who were removed from the Employee Census due to employment terminations or (II) as manufacturing or production employees or (y) with the prior written consent of Parent (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed).

Section 2.2   No Guarantee of Employment.  Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, the Separation Agreement, the Merger Agreement or any Collective Bargaining Agreement, and subject to Applicable Law, no Tiger Group Member shall be obligated to continue to employ any Continuing Employee for any specific period of time following his or her Employment Commencement Date.

Section 2.3   Terms and Conditions of Employment.   

(a)Generally.  During the applicable Continuation Period, while employed by SpinCo, Parent, Direct Sale Purchaser, any Direct Sale Transferred Subsidiary or any of their respective Affiliates, each Continuing Employee shall be entitled to receive from Parent, SpinCo, Direct Sale Purchaser, any Direct Sale Transferred Subsidiary or one of their respective Affiliates:
(i)at least the same salary or wages, same cash incentive compensation opportunities and same cash bonus opportunities as were provided to such Continuing Employee immediately prior to the Distribution Effective Time;

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(ii)employee benefits having a comparable aggregate employer-provided value (including the value of tax qualified and non-tax qualified defined benefit plans and retiree health benefits) to those provided to such Continuing Employee by the Company and its Affiliates immediately prior to the Distribution Effective Time; provided, that for purposes of this covenant, stock options and other equity awards shall be disregarded, except as otherwise required by Applicable Law; and
(iii)to the extent required by Applicable Law or a Transferring Arrangement, other material terms and conditions of employment as were provided to such Continuing Employee immediately prior to the Distribution Effective Time, subject to the terms and conditions of this ‎ARTICLE II.
(b)Bonuses.  As of the Distribution Effective Time, SpinCo, Direct Sale Purchaser and each Direct Sale Transferred Subsidiary shall, or shall cause one of their respective Affiliates to, honor all obligations of the Company and its Affiliates to each Continuing Employee pursuant to any cash incentive or bonus program covering such Continuing Employee as of the Distribution Effective Time. SpinCo, Direct Sale Purchaser and each Direct Sale Transferred Subsidiary shall, or shall cause one of their respective Affiliates to, pay Continuing Employees cash incentives or bonuses for the entire applicable performance measurement period which includes the Distribution Effective Time in accordance with such programs.
(c)Vacation and Paid Time Off.  SpinCo, Direct Sale Purchaser and each Direct Sale Transferred Subsidiary shall, or shall cause one of their respective Affiliates to, provide vacation benefits to Continuing Employees for so long as they are employed with SpinCo, Direct Sale Purchaser, any Direct Sale Transferred Subsidiary or one of their respective Affiliates that are at least as favorable as those provided to Continuing Employees under the applicable vacation program of the Company or its Affiliates immediately prior to the Distribution Effective Time. Effective as of the Distribution Effective Time, SpinCo, Direct Sale Purchaser and each Direct Sale Transferred Subsidiary shall, or shall cause one of their respective Affiliates to, honor all obligations of the Company, SpinCo and their respective Affiliates for the accrued, unused vacation and paid time off as of the Distribution Effective Time for Continuing Employees.
(d)Severance Benefits.  SpinCo, Direct Sale Purchaser and each Direct Sale Transferred Subsidiary shall, or shall cause one of their respective Affiliates to, provide severance benefits to any Continuing Employee who is laid off or terminated by SpinCo, Direct Sale Purchaser, any Direct Sale Transferred Subsidiary or any of their respective Affiliates during the applicable Continuation Period in an amount that is equal to the greater of (i) the severance benefits that the Continuing Employee would have been entitled to pursuant to the terms of any Tiger Benefit Plan or severance and/or layoff plan of the Company or its Affiliates, as applicable, as would have applied to such Continuing Employee immediately prior to the Distribution Effective Time, or (ii) the severance benefits provided under the severance arrangements of Parent, SpinCo, Direct Sale Purchaser, any Direct Sale Transferred Subsidiary or one of their respective Affiliates applicable to similarly-situated employees, in either case to be calculated on the basis of the Continuing Employee’s compensation and service at the time of the layoff or other termination. Severance benefits shall be administered under the terms of the applicable severance plan of Parent, SpinCo, Direct Sale Purchaser, a Direct Sale Transferred Subsidiary or any of their respective Affiliates. In addition, SpinCo shall consider such laid off or terminated Continuing Employee for a pro rata bonus under the terms of the bonus plan of Parent, SpinCo or their respective Affiliates in which the employee participates, including as contemplated by ‎Section 2.3(b).
(e)Credit for Service.  SpinCo, Direct Sale Purchaser, and each Direct Sale Transferred Subsidiary shall, or shall cause one of their respective Affiliates to, credit Continuing Employees for service earned prior to the Distribution Effective Time with the Company or any of its Affiliates based on information provided by the Company to SpinCo, in addition to service earned with Parent, SpinCo, Direct Sale Purchaser, a Direct Sale Transferred Subsidiary and any of their respective Affiliates after the Distribution Effective Time, (i) to the extent that service is relevant for purposes of eligibility, vesting or the calculation of vacation, sick days, severance, layoff and similar benefits under any retirement or other employee benefit plan, program or arrangement of Parent, SpinCo, Direct Sale Purchaser, a Direct

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Sale Transferred Subsidiary or any of their respective Affiliates for the benefit of the Continuing Employees after the Distribution Effective Time, and (ii) for such additional purposes as may be required by Applicable Law; provided, however, that nothing herein shall result in a duplication of benefits with respect to the Continuing Employees.

(f)Pre-existing Conditions; Coordination.  SpinCo, Direct Sale Purchaser and each Direct Sale Transferred Subsidiary shall, and shall cause their respective Affiliates to, waive limitations on benefits relating to any pre-existing conditions of the Continuing Employees and their eligible spouses and dependents. SpinCo, Direct Sale Purchaser and each Direct Sale Transferred Subsidiary shall, and shall cause their respective Affiliates to, recognize for purposes of annual deductible and out-of-pocket limits under their health plans applicable to Continuing Employees, deductible and out-of-pocket expenses paid by Continuing Employees and their respective spouses and dependents under the Company’s or any of its Affiliates’ health plans in the calendar year in which the Distribution Effective Time occurs.
(g)Non-U.S. Continuing Employees.  In the case of the Non-U.S. Continuing Employees, SpinCo, Direct Sale Purchaser, each Direct Sale Transferred Subsidiary, and their respective Affiliates shall comply with any additional obligations or standards required by Applicable Laws and any applicable Non-U.S. CBA governing the terms and conditions of their employment or severance of employment in connection with the Distribution, the Direct Sale, the Merger or otherwise.
(h)Collective Bargaining Agreements.  The Parties understand and agree that the obligations referenced in subsections ‎(a), ‎(c), ‎(d) and ‎(e) above shall be superseded by the terms of any collective bargaining agreement entered into on or after the Closing Date with respect to any Continuing Employees covered by such collective bargaining agreement.

Section 2.4   Collective Bargaining Agreements.

(a)U.S. CBAs.  For the Continuing Employees who are Offer Employees covered by any U.S. CBA, Parent shall, or shall cause Direct Sale Purchaser to, consistent with Applicable Law and to the extent Parent and/or Direct Sale Purchaser is deemed to be a successor employer under the National Labor Relations Act, recognize and, if requested to, bargain in good faith as a successor employer with any labor organization that has been certified or recognized as the exclusive collective bargaining representative of any Continuing Employee who is an Offer Employee; provided, that nothing in this Agreement, the Separation Agreement or the Merger Agreement requires Parent, Direct Sale Purchaser or any of their Affiliates to assume any U.S. CBAs.
(b)Non-U.S. CBAs.  Subject to Parent’s compliance with its obligations pursuant to ‎Section 2.4(c), prior to the Distribution Effective Time, the Company shall, or cause an Affiliate of the Company to:
(i)ensure that a Tiger Group Member assumes or maintains each Non-U.S. CBA that (A) covers any Non-U.S. Continuing Employees, (B) otherwise requires assumption by Applicable Law, or (C) expressly states that such agreement applies to successors;
(ii)provide notice of the Distribution and Merger to each labor organization representing any Non-U.S. Continuing Employee that is covered by a Non-U.S. CBA in accordance with the Regulations and/or other Applicable Laws, if applicable;
(iii)ensure that a Tiger Group Member recognizes and bargains in good faith with the applicable representative bodies of any Non-U.S. Continuing Employees, in each case, in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and the Separation Agreement, to the extent applicable;
(iv)comply with any consultation obligations with labor unions, works councils or other labor organizations representing employees of the Tiger Business employed outside of the United States in accordance with the Regulations and/or other Applicable Laws; and
(v)take no actions in violation of the Regulations or other Applicable Laws pertaining to the protection of employee rights in the event of the transfer of undertakings.

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(c)Cooperation by Parent.  Parent shall, and shall cause its Affiliates to, cooperate in good faith with the Company and its Affiliates to enable the Company to meet its obligations pursuant to Section 2.4(b), including, without limitation, by promptly providing the Company with any such information as the Company may reasonably request in order to meet its consultation obligations pursuant to ‎Section 2.4(b)(iv).
(d)Collective Bargaining.  Prior to the Merger Effective Time, the Company or an Affiliate of the Company will comply with any notice and/or collective bargaining obligations under Applicable Laws or Regulations with respect to the transactions contemplated by the Merger Agreement, the Separation Agreement and this Agreement. Subject to Applicable Law, the Company shall provide advance notice to Parent of any material modifications to any Collective Bargaining Agreement covering any employees of the Tiger Business; provided that, prior to the Merger Effective Time, the Company shall retain the sole authority to agree to or implement any modifications.
(e)Indemnification for Certain Excluded Employment Liabilities.  Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, Parent will indemnify the Company for any monetary losses suffered by the Company or any of its Affiliates as a result of pending or future claims asserted by any Offer Employees (or labor organizations representing Offer Employees on behalf of such Offer Employees) under any U.S. CBAs (including, but not limited to, grievances, arbitrations, settlements or other obligations under the U.S. CBAs), excluding any claims asserted by Offer Employees (or labor organizations representing Offer Employees) pertaining to modification, termination or denial of any benefits provided under any Employee Plans that are not expressly allocated to a Tiger Group Member, provided that nothing herein shall be construed to require Parent or any Subsidiary or Affiliate of Parent to assume any contractual obligation under such U.S. CBAs.

Section 2.5   Liabilities.  As of the Distribution Effective Time, SpinCo shall, or shall cause another Tiger Group Member or another Affiliate of SpinCo to, assume or retain any and all Employment Liabilities, and such Employment Liabilities shall be treated for all purposes as SpinCo Liabilities under the Separation Agreement. As of the Distribution Effective Time, the Company shall, or shall cause an Affiliate of the Company (other than a Tiger Group Member) to, assume or retain any and all Excluded Employment Liabilities, and such Excluded Employment Liabilities shall be treated for all purposes as Excluded Liabilities under the Separation Agreement, subject to Parent’s indemnification obligations under ‎Section 2.4(e) of this Agreement.

ARTICLE III
CONTINUING EMPLOYEES – ADDITIONAL EMPLOYMENT TERMS

Section 3.1   Individual Employee Agreements.  Within ten (10) Business Days after the execution of the Merger Agreement, the Company shall provide to Parent a true and complete list of all individuals who are a party to a Retention Agreement, including the aggregate retention payment due to each individual under the applicable Retention Agreement. Each SpinCo Group Member and Direct Sale Transferred Subsidiary shall retain exclusive responsibility at and after the Distribution Effective Time for all Employee Agreements applicable to such SpinCo Group Member or Direct Sale Transferred Subsidiary. As of the applicable Employment Commencement Date, SpinCo and Direct Sale Purchaser shall, or shall cause their respective Affiliates to, assume all obligations of the Company and its Affiliates (other than SpinCo Group Members and Direct Sale Transferred Subsidiaries) under all Employee Agreements for any Continuing Employees or Former Tiger Employees to which the Company or any of its Affiliates (other than SpinCo Group Members and any Direct Sale Transferred Subsidiaries) has any obligation, contingent or otherwise; provided, however, that the Company or such Affiliates shall be exclusively responsible for making any payments that vest as of the Closing Date (the “Closing Payments”) under the Retention Agreements, and Parent and its Affiliates shall be exclusively responsible for making any payments that vest under the Retention Agreements following the Closing Date for all Continuing Employees; provided further that, to the extent that the aggregate amount of such payments required to be made by Parent and its Affiliates exceeds $32,500,000, the Company or one of its Affiliates shall promptly pay Parent an amount equal to such excess. All Tax deductions with respect to the Closing Payments shall be for the account of the Company and its Affiliates, and the SpinCo Group and Direct Sale Purchaser shall not claim any such deductions.

Section 3.2   Corporate Program Rotational Employees.  Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary contained herein, each employee of the Company or any of its Affiliates who is in the Company Corporate Rotational Program and engaged in the Tiger Business on the Distribution Date shall be deemed to be an Offer

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Employee and may elect prior to the Distribution Effective Time either to (i) accept an offer of employment pursuant to ‎Section 2.1(a)(iii) with the opportunity to become a Continuing Employee in accordance with this Agreement and be allowed to continue the coursework to earn a certificate under the Company Corporate Rotational Program, or (ii) complete his or her rotation with the Tiger Business as an employee of the Company or any of its Affiliates and thereafter be transferred to any of the businesses of the Company or any of its Affiliates other than the Tiger Business.

ARTICLE IV
U.S. COMPANY PLANS

Section 4.1   No Assumption or Transfer of U.S. Company Plans.  Except as otherwise specifically provided herein, the SpinCo Group, Direct Sale Purchaser and each Direct Sale Transferred Subsidiary shall not assume, and the Company or its Affiliates shall retain, any obligations or Liabilities under or with respect to, or receive any right or interest in any trusts relating to, any assets of or any insurance, administration or other contracts pertaining to, any of the U.S. Company Plans.

Section 4.2   Participation in U.S. Company Plans.  Except as otherwise specifically provided herein, all U.S. Continuing Employees will cease, effective as of the applicable Employment Commencement Date, any participation in and any benefit accrual under each of the U.S. Company Plans, except as required by Applicable Law. The Company shall, and shall cause its Affiliates to, take all necessary actions to effect such cessation of participation by U.S. Continuing Employees under the U.S. Company Plans. Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this ‎Section 4.2, U.S. Continuing Employees may continue after their respective Employment Commencement Date to participate in accordance with, and subject to, their eligibility under the terms of the applicable U.S. Company Plans as in effect from time to time as follows:

(a)each U.S. Continuing Employee shall continue participation under the U.S. Company Plans which provide health, disability, worker’s compensation, life insurance or similar benefits with respect to claims incurred by such U.S. Continuing Employee and his or her eligible spouse, dependents or qualified beneficiaries, as applicable, on or prior to the applicable Employment Commencement Date;
(b)each U.S. Continuing Employee shall continue participation under the U.S. Company Plans which are pension plans with respect to vested, accrued benefits as of the applicable Employment Commencement Date;
(c)each U.S. Continuing Employee shall continue participation under the U.S. Company Plans with respect to outstanding stock options or other equity awards;
(d)each eligible U.S. Continuing Employee may elect to participate in post-retirement coverage under the Company Life, Disability and Medical Plan as in effect from time to time; and
(e)each U.S. Continuing Employee shall continue participation in the U.S. Company Plans to the extent required by Applicable Law or the terms of the U.S. Company Plans.

SpinCo, Direct Sale Purchaser and each Direct Sale Transferred Subsidiary shall, or shall cause one of their respective Affiliates to, reimburse the Company promptly for any payments under ‎Section 4.2(a), as well as accrued and unpaid insurance premiums and other amounts, in each case, with respect to the benefits provided under ‎Section 4.2(a), as of the Distribution Effective Time relating to the U.S. Company Plans with respect to the Tiger Business, upon receipt of periodic billing for such amounts.

Section 4.3   Flexible Spending Plan Treatment.  With respect to any U.S. Continuing Employee who immediately prior to such U.S. Continuing Employee’s Employment Commencement Date was a participant in a health or dependent care flexible spending account plan maintained by the Company or any of its Affiliates (collectively, the “Company FSA Plans”): (i) if SpinCo, Direct Sale Purchaser or any of their respective Affiliates maintains a general purpose health flexible spending account plan (a “GPHFSA Plan”), SpinCo, Direct Sale Purchaser and the Company shall, or shall cause one of their respective Affiliates to, effect an FSA Transfer (as defined below) of such U.S. Continuing Employee’s account balance (if any) under the Company GPHFSA Plan to the GPHFSA Plan of SpinCo, Direct Sale Purchaser or one of their respective Affiliates; (ii) if SpinCo, Direct Sale Purchaser or any of their respective Affiliates maintains a limited purpose health flexible spending account plan (a “LPHFSA Plan”), SpinCo, Direct Sale Purchaser and the Company shall, or shall cause one of their respective Affiliates to, effect an FSA Transfer of such U.S. Continuing Employee’s account balance (if any) under the Company LPHFSA Plan to the LPHFSA Plan of SpinCo or one of its Affiliates; and (iii) if

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SpinCo, Direct Sale Purchaser or any of their respective Affiliates maintains a dependent care flexible spending account (a “DCFSA Plan”), SpinCo, Direct Sale Purchaser and the Company shall, or shall cause one of their respective Affiliates to, effect an FSA Transfer of such U.S. Continuing Employee’s account balance (if any) under the Company DCFSA Plan to the applicable DCFSA Plan of SpinCo or one of its Affiliates. For purposes of this ‎‎Section 4.3 and subject to all applicable rules as required by Applicable Law and SpinCo’s, Direct Sale Purchaser’s or their respective Affiliates’ plans, an “FSA Transfer” involves (A) SpinCo, Direct Sale Purchaser or one of their Affiliates (I) effectuating the election of a U.S. Continuing Employee in effect under the applicable Company FSA Plans immediately prior to the applicable Employment Commencement Date and (II) assuming responsibility for administering and paying under the applicable plans of the Tiger Group all eligible reimbursement claims of such U.S. Continuing Employee incurred in the calendar year in which the applicable Employment Commencement Date occurs that are submitted for payment on or after such Employment Commencement Date, whether such claims arose before, on or after such Employment Commencement Date and (B) as soon as practicable following the applicable Employment Commencement Date, the Company shall (or shall cause any of its Affiliates to) cause to be transferred to a Tiger Group Member in connection with the actions taken pursuant to clauses (A) and (B) an amount in cash equal to (1) the sum of all contributions to the applicable Company FSA Plans made with respect to the calendar year in which such Employment Commencement Date occurs by or on behalf of such U.S. Continuing Employee prior to such Employment Commencement Date, reduced by (2) the sum of all claims incurred by such U.S. Continuing Employee under the applicable Company FSA Plans in the calendar year in which the applicable Employment Commencement Date occurs that are submitted for payment prior to such Employment Commencement Date; provided, however, that if the amount described in clause (2) above exceeds the amount described in clause (1) above, SpinCo or Direct Sale Purchaser shall, or shall cause a SpinCo Group Member or Direct Sale Transferred Subsidiary to, reimburse the Company for such difference.

ARTICLE V
U.S. TRANSFERRING ARRANGEMENTS

Section 5.1   As of the Distribution Effective Time, SpinCo or Direct Sale Purchaser shall assume and discharge, or cause a SpinCo Group Member or Direct Sale Transferred Subsidiary to assume or to continue sponsorship of, as the case may be, each U.S. Transferring Arrangement or shall cause their respective Affiliates to assume and discharge all obligations with respect to the U.S. Transferring Arrangements.

Section 5.2   SpinCo and the Company shall, or shall cause their respective Affiliates to, as the case may be, take any necessary actions to cause, no later than immediately prior to the Distribution Effective Time, any current or former employees of the Company and its Affiliates (other than the Tiger Employees, Offer Employees and Former Tiger Employees) who are covered by any U.S. Transferring Arrangement that is a cash bonus or cash incentive plan to cease coverage under such U.S. Transferring Arrangement.

ARTICLE VI
NON-U.S. CONTINUING EMPLOYEES

Section 6.1   Terms and Conditions of Employment.  In the case of the Non-U.S. Continuing Employees, SpinCo and Direct Sale Purchaser shall, and shall cause one of their respective Affiliates to, in addition to meeting the requirements of this Agreement, comply with any additional obligations or standards required by Applicable Laws governing the terms and conditions of their employment or severance of employment in connection with the transfer of the Tiger Business or otherwise.

Section 6.2   Severance Indemnity.  In the event (i) the SpinCo Group, Direct Sale Purchaser or any of their respective Affiliates do not provide Non-U.S. Continuing Employees a mirror benefit plan that is identical to the provisions that are in effect as of the Distribution Effective Time under each Non-U.S. Company Plan covering Non-U.S. Continuing Employees, or (ii) the SpinCo Group, Direct Sale Purchaser or any of their respective Affiliates amends or otherwise modifies on or after the Merger Effective Time any such mirror benefit plan, any Non-U.S. Transferring Arrangement in which any Non-U.S. Continuing Employee was covered or eligible for coverage immediately prior to the Distribution Effective Time, or other term or condition of employment applicable to such Non-U.S. Continuing Employee immediately prior to the Distribution Effective Time, in each case in a manner that results in any obligation, contingent or otherwise, of the Company or its Affiliates to pay any severance, termination indemnity, or other similar benefit (including such benefits required under Applicable Law) to such person, such severance, termination indemnity, or other similar benefits (and any additional

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Liability incurred by the Company or any of its Affiliates in connection therewith) shall be treated as SpinCo Liabilities subject to indemnification under the Separation Agreement.

ARTICLE VII
NON-U.S. COMPANY PLANS

Section 7.1   In the case of a Non-U.S. Company Plan, the Company or its Affiliates shall take any necessary actions to cause, as of their respective applicable Employment Commencement Dates, all Non-U.S. Continuing Employees and their eligible spouses, dependents and beneficiaries who are covered by any Non-U.S. Company Plan to cease coverage under such Non-U.S. Company Plan. With respect to a Non-U.S. Company Plan that is a defined benefit or defined contribution plan with assets set aside in a trust or other vehicle to fund the plan, except as otherwise required by Applicable Law or this Agreement, the Company and its Affiliates shall retain all Assets and Liabilities with respect to such Non-U.S. Continuing Employees and their eligible dependents and beneficiaries.

Section 7.2   In relation to the Pension Regulations 67 Years of Stichting Company - Pensioenfonds (Company Pension Foundation), the SpinCo Group or Direct Sale Purchaser will pay to the trustees of that plan such sum as the trustees shall demand in respect of exit, indexation, recovery and exception costs. Such payment will be made within 30 days of receipt of such demand. With respect to any Non-U.S. Company Plan subject to the laws of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, SpinCo Group or Direct Sale Purchaser shall, or shall cause their respective Affiliates to, pay to the trustees of each such plan all Liabilities payable under Section 75 of the Pensions Act 1995 (as modified by regulations under that Act, the Pensions Act 2004 and the Occupational Pension Schemes (Employer Debt) Regulations 2005) related to any Continuing Employee, Tiger Employee, Offer Employee or Former Tiger Employee. Any amounts paid by the SpinCo Group, Direct Sale Purchaser, or any other Tiger Group Member pursuant to this ‎Section 7.2 shall be treated as Excluded Liabilities subject to indemnification under the Separation Agreement.

ARTICLE VIII
NON-U.S. TRANSFERRING ARRANGEMENTS

Section 8.1   As of the Distribution Effective Time, SpinCo or Direct Sale Purchaser shall assume and discharge, or shall cause a SpinCo Group Member or Direct Sale Transferred Subsidiary to assume or to continue sponsorship of, as the case may be, each Non-U.S. Transferring Arrangement or shall cause their respective Affiliates to assume and discharge all obligations with respect to the Non-U.S. Transferring Arrangements.

Section 8.2   SpinCo and the Company shall, or shall cause their respective Affiliates to, as the case may be, take any necessary actions to cause, no later than immediately prior to the Distribution Effective Time, any current or former employees of the Company and its Affiliates (other than the Tiger Employees, Offer Employees and Former Tiger Employees) and their eligible spouses, dependents and beneficiaries who are covered by any Non-U.S. Transferring Arrangement to cease coverage under such Non-U.S. Transferring Arrangement.

ARTICLE IX
AUTOMATICALLY TRANSFERRING TIGER EMPLOYEES

Section 9.1   Without prejudice to SpinCo’s and Direct Sale Purchaser’s obligations under this Agreement, the Regulations will apply to the transactions contemplated by the Separation Agreement, including the Internal Reorganization, in the jurisdictions subject to the Regulations. The Parties confirm that it is their intention that the contracts of employment of the Tiger Employees in such jurisdictions (including any rights, powers, duties and Liabilities under or in connection with their contracts) shall, to the extent required by the Regulations, transfer by operation of Applicable Law to the SpinCo Group and Direct Sale Purchaser with effect from such employee’s Employment Commencement Date, and each such Tiger Employee shall be an Automatically Transferring Tiger Employee for the purposes of this Agreement.

Section 9.2   If any contract of employment (including any rights, powers, duties and Liabilities under or in connection with such contract) of any person who should have been a Continuing Employee, was intended to be an Automatically Transferring Tiger Employee and was listed on the Employee Census (each, an “Intended Transferee”) is found or alleged to continue with the Company or its Affiliates after the Closing Date, the Parties agree that: (a) a SpinCo Group Member, Direct Sale Purchaser or one of their Affiliates shall within fourteen (14) days of discovering such a finding or allegation make to such Intended Transferee an offer in writing to

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employ him or her under a new contract of employment to take effect upon the termination referred to below; (b) such offer of employment will satisfy the obligations set out in Section 2.1 except as otherwise provided in this ARTICLE IX; and (c) upon that offer being made by such SpinCo Group Member, Direct Sale Purchaser or Affiliate or on the expiry of the fourteen (14)-day period from the date of discovery of such a finding or allegation, the Company or its Affiliates will terminate the employment of the Intended Transferee, and any Liabilities of any kind suffered or incurred by the Company or its Affiliates as a direct or indirect result of the employment or termination of employment of such Intended Transferee shall be treated as SpinCo Liabilities subject to indemnification under the Separation Agreement.

ARTICLE X
PENSION PLAN FUNDING

Section 10.1   Transferred Pension Plan Final PBO Amount.  For purposes of this ‎ARTICLE X, actuarial determinations shall be based upon actuarial assumptions and methodologies used in preparing the most recent audited financial statements of the Company as of the date of the determination (“Company’s GAAP Assumptions”), with the exception that the discount rate used in the Company’s GAAP Assumptions will be adjusted (in a manner consistent with the discount rate calculated in the Company’s GAAP Assumptions) for the movement in the underlying discount rate from the date that the Company’s GAAP Assumptions were originally determined to the Distribution Effective Time. The Company shall cause a qualified actuary (“Company’s Actuary”) to provide a report within forty-five (45) days following the Distribution Effective Time setting forth a detailed calculation and breakdown of its determination of the actuarial present value of the “projected benefit obligation” as defined in Topic 715 in the FASB’s Accounting Standards Codification (the “PBO”) for each Employee Plan that transfers to the Tiger Group, Parent or one of their Affiliates pursuant to Applicable Law and Transferring Arrangement that, in each case, is a defined benefit pension or termination indemnity plan (such Employee Plans and Transferring Arrangements, the “Transferred Pension Plans”), as of the Distribution Effective Time and any back-up information reasonably required by Parent or its qualified actuary (“Parent’s Actuary”) to confirm the accuracy of such determination. Unless Parent notifies the Company of an objection to the determination by the Company’s Actuary of the PBO within forty-five (45) days following the Company’s delivery of the determination by the Company’s Actuary, such initial determinations of the PBO will become final and binding on the Company, Parent and their respective Affiliates. If Parent disputes the accuracy of the determinations, Parent and Parent’s Actuary and the Company and the Company’s Actuary shall cooperate to identify the basis for such disagreement and act in good faith to resolve such dispute. If Parent and the Company are able to reach agreement, then they will reduce such agreement to writing and such agreement will become final and binding on the Company, Parent and their respective Affiliates. To the extent that a dispute is unresolved after a forty-five (45)-day period following identification of such dispute, the determinations shall be verified by an independent third-party actuary selected by the mutual agreement of the Company and Parent. The decision of such third-party actuary shall be made within thirty (30) days after its engagement and shall be final, binding and conclusive on the Company, Parent and their respective Affiliates. The Company and Parent shall share equally the costs of such third-party actuary. The PBO of the Transferred Pension Plans as finally determined in accordance with this ‎Section 10.1 shall be the “Final PBO Amount.”

Section 10.2   Pension Transfer Amounts.  Within forty-five (45) days following the Distribution Effective Time, with respect to any Transferred Pension Plan that is funded immediately prior to the Distribution Effective Time, the Company may cause the assets of the trusts or other funding vehicles under such Transferred Pension Plan to be transferred to the corresponding trusts or other funding vehicles of the Tiger Group in the form of cash (or, if mutually agreed by the Company and Parent, in the form of cash equivalents, marketable securities or insurance contracts (to the extent allowable under the terms of such contracts and exclusively intended to cover plan benefits)). The amount of assets actually transferred to the trust or other funding vehicle of the Tiger Group pursuant to this ‎Section 10.2 with respect to each Transferred Pension Plan is referred to as the “Pension Transfer Amount.”

Section 10.3   Reimbursement for Underfunding.  Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, with respect to each Transferred Pension Plan, in the event the Pension Transfer Amount is less than the Final PBO Amount with respect to such plan, the Company will pay to Parent a cash amount equal to such deficit within thirty (30) days after the determination of the Final PBO Amount with respect to such plan.

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ARTICLE XI
EMPLOYEE MATTERS FOLLOWING THE MERGER EFFECTIVE TIME

Section 11.1   Continuing Employees – Additional Employment Terms.  From and after the Merger Effective Time, Parent shall, and shall cause the Tiger Group and their respective Affiliates to, honor all obligations of the Tiger Group under this Agreement. In addition, if Parent or Parent’s Affiliate (other than a Tiger Group Member) employs any Continuing Employee from or after Merger Effective Time, Parent or such Affiliate shall comply with all obligations of the Tiger Group under this Agreement with respect to Parent’s or its Affiliate’s employment of such employee.

Section 11.2   Non-U.S. Continuing Employees.

(a)Terms and Conditions of Employment.  In the case of the Non-U.S. Continuing Employees, Parent shall, and shall cause each Tiger Group Member to, in addition to meeting the requirements of this ‎Section 11.2, comply with any additional obligations or standards required by Applicable Laws governing the terms and conditions of their employment or severance of employment in connection with the Separation, the Direct Sale, the Distribution, the Merger or otherwise.
(b)Severance Indemnity.  In the event (i) Parent, SpinCo, Direct Sale Purchaser or any of their respective Affiliates does not provide Non-U.S. Continuing Employees a mirror benefit plan that is identical to the provisions that are in effect as of the Merger Effective Time under each Non-U.S. Company Plan covering Non-U.S. Continuing Employees, or (ii) Parent, SpinCo, Direct Sale Purchaser or any of their respective Affiliates amends or otherwise modifies on or after the Merger Effective Time any such mirror benefit plan, any Non-U.S. Transferring Arrangements in which any Non-U.S. Continuing Employee was covered or eligible for coverage immediately prior to the Distribution Effective Time, or other term or condition of employment applicable to such Non-U.S. Continuing Employee immediately prior to the Distribution Effective Time, in each case in a manner that results in any obligation, contingent or otherwise, of the Company or its Affiliates to pay any severance, termination indemnity, or other similar benefit (including such benefits required under Applicable Law) to such person, such severance, termination indemnity, or other similar benefits (and any additional Liability incurred by the Company or any of its Affiliates in connection therewith) shall be treated as SpinCo Liabilities under the Separation Agreement.

Section 11.3   Cooperation and Assistance.

(a)Mutual Cooperation by the Company and Parent.  From and after the date of this Agreement and after the Merger Effective Time, the Company and Parent shall, and each shall cause their respective Affiliates (including, in the case of Parent, SpinCo and Direct Sale Purchaser) to, cooperate with the other party and its Affiliates to facilitate the obligations of Parent, SpinCo, Direct Sale Purchaser and their respective Affiliates under this Agreement, including but not limited to (i) providing (to the extent permitted by Applicable Law) such current information regarding Continuing Employees or Former Tiger Employees on an ongoing basis as may be necessary to facilitate determinations of eligibility for, and payments of benefits to, such employees (and their spouses and dependents, as applicable) under the Parent Benefit Plans, Transferring Arrangements or Company Plans, as applicable, and (ii) giving such assistance as either party may reasonably require to comply with Applicable Law and regulations governing the transfer of employment from the Company or its Affiliates to SpinCo, Direct Sale Purchaser or their respective Affiliates (including Parent).
(b)Consultation with Employee Representative Bodies.  The Parties shall, and shall cause their respective Affiliates to, mutually cooperate in undertaking all legally required provision of information to, or consultations, discussions or negotiations with, employee representative bodies (including any unions or works councils that represent any individuals who are intended to become Continuing Employees covered by a Collective Bargaining Agreement) which represent employees affected by the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, the Separation Agreement and the Merger Agreement.

Section 11.4   Employee Data Protection.

(a)Parent shall, and shall cause SpinCo, Direct Sale Purchaser and any applicable Affiliate of Parent, SpinCo or Direct Sale Purchaser to, comply with all Applicable Laws regarding the maintenance, use, sharing and processing of Company Personal Data, including, but not limited to (i) compliance with

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any applicable requirements to provide notice to, or obtain consent from, the data subject for processing of Company Personal Data or the identification of such other lawful basis for processing after the Merger Effective Time, and (ii) taking any other steps necessary to comply with Applicable Laws in relation to data protection, including but not limited to, the execution of any separate agreements with the Company or its Affiliates to facilitate the lawful processing of certain Company Personal Data (such agreements to be executed before or after the Merger Effective Time, as necessary).

(b)The Company shall, and shall cause its Affiliates to, comply with all Applicable Laws regarding the maintenance, use, sharing and processing of Company Personal Data, including, but not limited to (i) compliance with any applicable requirements to provide notice to, or obtain consent from, the data subject for processing of Company Personal Data or the identification of such other lawful basis for processing before the Distribution Effective Time (including with respect to transfer of Company Personal Data to Parent or any of its Affiliates), and (ii) taking any other steps necessary to comply with Applicable Laws in relation to data protection, including but not limited to, the execution of any separate agreements with Parent, SpinCo or their respective Affiliates to facilitate the lawful processing of certain Company Personal Data (such agreements to be executed before or after the Merger Effective Time as necessary, notwithstanding anything to the contrary above).
(c)Parent shall, and shall cause SpinCo, Direct Sale Purchaser and all applicable Affiliates of Parent, SpinCo and Direct Sale Purchaser to, share and otherwise process Company Personal Data only as legally permitted. Parent, SpinCo, Direct Sale Purchaser and their respective Affiliates shall use appropriate technical and organizational measures to ensure the security and confidentiality of Company Personal Data in order to prevent, among other things, accidental, unauthorized or unlawful destruction, damage, modification, disclosure, access or loss. Parent agrees that, before the Merger Effective Time, neither it nor its Affiliates shall disclose any Company Personal Data to third parties without the express written approval of the Company, unless required by Applicable Law. Parent, SpinCo, Direct Sale Purchaser and their respective Affiliates shall promptly inform the Company of any breach of this security and confidentiality undertaking, unless prohibited from doing so by Applicable Law.

Section 11.5   Non-Solicitation by the Company.  During the twelve (12)-month period following the Merger Effective Time, the Company shall not, and shall cause its Subsidiaries not to, directly or indirectly, solicit or induce or attempt to solicit or induce any Continuing Employee who was a member of the Company’s executive band or higher immediately prior to the Distribution Effective Time to leave the employ of Parent, SpinCo or their respective Affiliates.

Section 11.6   Non-Solicitation by Parent.  During the twelve (12)-month period following the Merger Effective Time, Parent shall not, and shall cause its Subsidiaries (including SpinCo, Direct Sale Purchaser and its Subsidiaries) not to, directly or indirectly, induce or attempt to induce to leave the employ of the Company or its Affiliates any person who at the time occupies, or at any time during the preceding twelve (12) months occupied, a position: (i) assigned to the executive band or higher and working on matters relating to SpinCo or any other Tiger Group Member or the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, the Ancillary Agreements and the Merger Agreement or (ii) in connection with the provision of services to Parent, SpinCo, Direct Sale Purchaser or their respective Affiliates pursuant to a transition services agreement, in each case, whether or not such employee is a full-time or a temporary employee of the Company or its Affiliates, and whether or not such employment is pursuant to a written agreement.

Section 11.7   Exceptions to Non-Solicitation Restrictions.  Notwithstanding the limitations in ‎Section 11.5 and ‎Section 11.6 applicable to the Restricted Employees, such limitations shall not prohibit the Company and its Affiliates or Parent, SpinCo, Direct Sale Purchaser and their respective Affiliates from: (i) soliciting any Restricted Employee whose employment has been terminated, or who has been provided with formal notice of layoff, by Parent, SpinCo, Direct Sale Purchaser or their respective Affiliates or the Company or its Affiliates, as the case may be, (ii) placing public advertisements or conducting any other form of general solicitation that is not specifically targeted towards the Restricted Employees, or (iii) soliciting specifically identified Restricted Employees with the prior written agreement of the other Party.

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ARTICLE XII
MISCELLANEOUS

Section 12.1   Impermissibility; Good Faith.  In the event that any provision of this Agreement is not permissible under any Applicable Law or practice, the Parties agree that they shall proceed in good faith under such Applicable Law or practice to carry out to the fullest extent possible the purposes of such provision.

Section 12.2   No Third Party Beneficiaries.  Notwithstanding the provisions of this Agreement or any provision of the Separation Agreement or the Merger Agreement, nothing in this Agreement (whether express or implied) is intended to or shall (i) create any third party beneficiary or other rights in any employee or former employee of the Company, Parent, the Tiger Group Member or any of their respective Subsidiaries or Affiliates (including any beneficiary or dependent thereof), or any other Person, (ii) amend any Employee Plan or any other employee benefit plan, program, policy or arrangement, (iii) require any Tiger Group Member, Parent, the Company or their respective Affiliates to continue any employee benefit plan, program, policy or arrangement beyond the time when it otherwise lawfully could be terminated or modified or (iv) provide any Tiger Employee, Offer Employee, Continuing Employee or any other individual with any rights to continued employment or in any way limit the ability of the Company, Parent, any Tiger Group Member or any of their respective Affiliates to terminate the employment of any individual at any time and for any reason.

Section 12.3   Incorporation by Reference from Separation Agreement.  The provisions of Article 7 of the Separation Agreement are incorporated by reference into this Agreement mutatis mutandis.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Parties have caused this Agreement to be duly executed as of the day and year first above written.

 
GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
 
 
 
 
 
By:
 
 
 
 
Name:
 
 
 
Title:
 
 
TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS HOLDINGS INC.
 
 
 
 
 
By:
 
 
 
 
Name:
 
 
 
Title:
 
 
WESTINGHOUSE AIR BRAKE TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION
 
 
 
 
 
By:
 
 
 
 
Name:
 
 
 
Title:
 
 
WABTEC US RAIL, INC.
 
 
 
 
 
By:
 
 
 
 
Name:
 
 
 
Title:
 

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Annex A

Employee Agreements

All Tiger Benefit Plans that are designated as “Employment Contract Templates” on Section 4.17(a) of the SpinCo Disclosure Schedule are incorporated by reference herein.

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Annex B

Transferring Arrangements

1.   Transferred Pension Plans

All Tiger Benefit Plans designated as “Transferring Defined Benefit and Termination Benefit Plans” on Section 4.17(a) of the SpinCo Disclosure Schedule are incorporated by reference herein.

2.   Transferred Bonus Plans

All Tiger Benefit Plans designated as “Incentive Plans” on Section 4.17(a) of the SpinCo Disclosure Schedule are incorporated by reference herein.

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EXHIBIT 2.7


Exhibit 2.7

Execution Version

AMENDMENT TO AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER

AMENDMENT TO AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER, dated as of January 25, 2019 (this “Amendment”), to the Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of May 20, 2018 (the “Merger Agreement” and, together with the Separation Agreement, the “Agreements”), is entered into between General Electric Company, a New York corporation (the “Company”), Transportation Systems Holdings Inc., a Delaware corporation and a wholly owned Subsidiary of the Company (“SpinCo”), Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies Corporation, a Delaware corporation (“Parent”), and Wabtec US Rail Holdings, Inc., a Delaware corporation and a wholly owned Subsidiary of Parent (“Merger Sub”)Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the meanings ascribed to them in the Merger Agreement.

WHEREAS, the Company, SpinCo, Parent and Merger Sub entered into the Merger Agreement as of May 20, 2018 (the “Original Execution Date”);

WHEREAS, Section 11.03 of the Merger Agreement permits the parties to amend the Merger Agreement by an instrument in writing signed by the Company, SpinCo, Parent and Merger Sub;

WHEREAS, under the Merger Agreement and the Separation Agreement, Parent agreed to acquire the Company’s Transportation business by effecting a series of transactions, including the Merger (“GE Transportation Acquisition”), for a combination of $2.9 billion in cash, certain additional payments in respect of tax benefits, assumption of certain liabilities and the issuance of shares of Parent Common Stock in an amount equal to approximately 50.1% of the outstanding Parent Common Stock (on a Fully Diluted Basis) after giving effect to the Merger (collectively, the “Transaction Value”), with the Company receiving approximately 9.9% of the outstanding Parent Common Stock (on a Fully Diluted Basis) after giving effect to the Merger and the Company’s stockholders receiving approximately 40.2% of the outstanding Parent Common Stock (on a Fully Diluted Basis) after giving effect to the Merger, as a result of the Spin- or Split-off of SpinCo to the Company’s stockholders immediately prior to the Merger;

WHEREAS, the Company, SpinCo, Parent and Merger Sub desire to amend the Merger Agreement;

WHEREAS, contemporaneously with their entry into this Amendment, the Company and Parent are entering into an amendment to the Separation Agreement (the “Separation Agreement Amendment” and together with this Amendment, the “Amendments”);

WHEREAS, pursuant to the Amendments:


The terms of the GE Transportation Acquisition remain the same in all material respects, except that Parent will issue 3,300,000 fewer shares of Parent Common Stock in the Merger;



In consideration for, and on the same date as, the SpinCo Transfer, the Company shall receive (a) a number of shares of SpinCo Common Stock such that, after the SpinCo Transfer, the Company will own approximately 8,700,000,000 shares of SpinCo Common Stock, (b) 15,000 shares of SpinCo Class A Preferred Stock (as defined in the Separation Agreement as amended by this Amendment), (c) 10,000 shares of SpinCo Class B Preferred Stock (as defined in the Separation Agreement as amended by this Amendment) and (d) one share of SpinCo Class C Preferred Stock (as defined in the Separation Agreement as amended by this Amendment);


Immediately prior to, and on the same date as, the Merger, (a) the Company shall spin off all of the SpinCo Common Stock to the Company’s stockholders (the “Distribution”), and (b) the Company shall retain (i) all of the SpinCo Class A Preferred Stock, (ii) all of the SpinCo Class B Preferred Stock and (iii) all of the SpinCo Class C Preferred Stock (which, as a result of the Merger, will be converted into the right to receive (A) shares of Parent Class A Preferred Stock, convertible into 15% of the shares of Parent Common Stock (on a Fully Diluted Post-Merger Basis) and (B) a number of shares of Parent Common Stock equal to 9.9% of the shares of Parent Common Stock (on a Fully Diluted Post-Merger Basis));


Immediately prior to the Merger Effective Time, Parent shall pay to the Company $10,000,000 in cash in exchange for all of the shares of SpinCo Class B Preferred Stock; and


On the terms and subject to the conditions in the Amendments, as consideration for the Merger, Parent shall issue a number of shares of Parent Common Stock equal to approximately 49.2% of Parent Common Stock (on a Fully Diluted Post-Merger Basis) as follows: (a) in exchange for the SpinCo Common Stock held by the Company’s stockholders, approximately 24.3% of the outstanding Parent Common Stock (on a Fully Diluted Post-Merger Basis), and (b) in exchange for the share of SpinCo Class C Preferred Stock held by the Company, (i) 10,000 shares of Parent Class A Preferred Stock that, in the aggregate, are convertible, upon specified sales or transfers by the Company of such shares of Parent Class A Preferred Stock (pursuant to the terms and conditions of the Parent Class A Preferred Stock), into a number of shares of Parent Common Stock equal 15% of the outstanding Parent Common Stock (on a Fully Diluted Post-Merger Basis) and (ii) a number of shares of Parent Common Stock equal to 9.9% of the outstanding Parent Common Stock (on a Fully Diluted Post-Merger Basis).

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NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing and the respective representations, warranties, covenants and agreements contained herein, and intending to be legally bound hereby, the Company, SpinCo, Parent and Merger Sub hereby agree as follows:

1.          Recitals.


a.
The second recital to the Merger Agreement shall be amended and restated in its entirety to read as follows:

“WHEREAS, on or prior to the Closing Date, and subject to the terms and conditions set forth in the Separation Agreement, the Company will complete the Internal Reorganization, and following the Internal Reorganization, the Direct Sale and the SpinCo Transfer and prior to the Effective Time, and upon the terms and conditions set forth in the Separation Agreement, the Company will distribute all of the outstanding shares of SpinCo’s common stock, par value $0.01 per share (“SpinCo Common Stock”) to holders of the Company’s common stock, par value $0.06 per share (“Company Common Stock”), by way of a pro rata dividend (the “Distribution”), and the Company shall retain all of the shares of SpinCo Preferred Stock;”


b.
The fifth recital to the Merger Agreement shall be amended and restated in its entirety to read as follows:

“WHEREAS, the parties intend that, for U.S. federal income Tax purposes, the Internal Reorganization, the SpinCo Transfer, the Distribution and the Merger will be treated in accordance with the Intended Tax Treatment (as defined in the Tax Matters Agreement);”


c.
The third, sixth, eighth and ninth recitals to the Merger Agreement shall be deleted in their entirety.

2.          Section 1.01(a).  Section 1.01(a) of the Merger Agreement is hereby amended as follows:


a.
by deleting the definitions of “Alternative Tax Counsel,” “Alternative Separation Opinion Tax Counsel,” “Company Tax Counsel,” “Distribution Share Maximum,” “Distribution Share Minimum,” “Exchange Ratio,” “New Issuance,” “Parent Tax Counsel,” “Ruling,” “Section 355(e) Minimum Percentage,” “Tax Representation Letters,” “Tax-Free Status” and “Tax-Free Status of the External Transactions” in their entirety;


b.
by adding the following as new defined terms in the appropriate alphabetical order:

Class C Common Stock Portion” means (i) the sum of the Fully Diluted Parent Shares plus the Fully Diluted New Common Stock Issuance multiplied by (ii) 0.099.

Class C Common Exchange Ratio” means the quotient of (i) the Class C Common Stock Portion divided by (ii) the number of shares of SpinCo Class C Preferred Stock issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time, subject to adjustment as set forth herein.
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Common Stock Exchange Ratio” means the quotient (rounded to six decimals) of (i) the Distribution Common Stock Portion divided by (ii) the number of shares of SpinCo Common Stock outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time.

Distribution Common Stock Portion” means (i) the Fully Diluted New Common Stock Issuance minus (ii) the sum of (A) the Preferred Stock Portion and (B) the Class C Common Stock Portion.

“Fully Diluted Basis” means calculated, as of a given time, on a fully-diluted, as converted and as exercised basis, including shares of Parent Common Stock underlying outstanding Parent Stock Awards and any other outstanding Parent Securities convertible into or exercisable for shares of Parent Common Stock.  For the avoidance of doubt, such calculation shall include (i) any and all shares of Parent Common Stock underlying Parent Stock Awards that are settled only in cash, or in cash or stock, other than up to 182,110 shares of Parent Common Stock underlying restricted stock units that are settled only in cash and outstanding as of the date hereof, (ii) in the case of Parent Stock Awards, the maximum number of shares of Parent Common Stock underlying such Parent Stock Awards and (iii) in the case of any measurement after the Effective Time, any and all shares of Parent Common Stock into which the Parent Class A Preferred Stock can be converted.

Fully Diluted New Common Stock Issuance” means (i) (A) the Fully Diluted Parent Shares multiplied by (B) the quotient of (1) 50.1 divided by (2) 49.9 minus (ii) 3,300,000.

Fully Diluted Post-Merger Basis” means calculated on the basis that the number of shares of Parent Common Stock outstanding equals the sum of the Fully Diluted Parent Shares plus the Fully Diluted New Common Stock Issuance.

Parent Class A Preferred Stock” means shares of Class A non-voting, convertible preferred stock of Parent, which will be subject to the principal terms set forth in Exhibit B. Parent and the Company, acting in good faith, will mutually agree upon the Certificate of Designations for the Parent Class A Preferred Stock prior to Closing.

Preferred Stock Exchange Ratio” means 10,000 shares of Parent Class A Preferred Stock divided by the number of shares of SpinCo Class C Preferred Stock issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time, subject to adjustment as set forth herein.

Preferred Stock Portion” means (i) the sum of the Fully Diluted Parent Shares plus the Fully Diluted New Common Stock Issuance multiplied by (ii) 0.15.

SpinCo Class A Preferred Stock” has the meaning set forth in the Separation Agreement.
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SpinCo Class B Preferred Stock” has the meaning set forth in the Separation Agreement.”

SpinCo Class C Preferred Stock” has the meaning set forth in the Separation Agreement.

SpinCo Preferred Stock” has the meaning set forth in the Separation Agreement.”


c.
by amending the defined term “Shareholders Agreement” to replace the words “Exhibit B” with the words “Exhibit A.”

3.          Section 1.01(b).   Section 1.01(b) of the Merger Agreement is hereby amended by:


a.
Deleting the definitions of “Clean-Up Spin-Off”, “Company Merger Tax Opinion,” “Company RMT Tax Opinions,” “Company Separation Tax Opinion,” “Company Separation Tax Opinion Condition,” “Distribution Share Maximum,” Distribution Share Minimum”, “Exchange Offer,” “Exchange Offer Number,” “Parent Merger Tax Opinion” and “Restructuring Commencement Date” in their entirety; and


b.
Adding the following defined terms in the appropriate alphabetical order, together with their respective corresponding section references): “Aggregate Combined Printing and Mailing Cost”, “Aggregate Standalone Printing and Mailing Cost”, “GET Portion”, “GET Printing and Mailing Fees”, “GET Standalone Printing and Mailing Cost”, “Wabtec Portion”, “Wabtec Printing and Mailing Fees” and “Wabtec Standalone Printing and Mailing Cost”.

4.          Section 2.01(b).  Section 2.01(b) of the Merger Agreement is hereby amended and restated in its entirety as follows:

“(b)          Subject to the satisfaction or waiver of the conditions set forth in Article 9 (other than conditions that by their nature are to be satisfied at the Closing, but subject to the satisfaction or, to the extent permissible, waiver of those conditions at the Closing), the closing of the Merger (the “Closing”) shall take place in New York City at the offices of Jones Day, 250 Vesey Street, New York, New York, 10281 on the Distribution Date, or at such other place or remotely by electronic transmission, at such other time or on such other date as Parent and the Company may mutually agree.”

5.          Section 2.01(c).


a.
Section 2.01(c) of the Merger Agreement is hereby amended and restated in its entirety as follows:

“(c)          At the Closing, SpinCo and Merger Sub shall file a certificate of merger with the Delaware Secretary of State and make all other filings or recordings required by Delaware Law in connection with the Merger. The Merger shall become effective at such time (the “Effective Time”) as the certificate of merger is duly filed with the Delaware Secretary of State (or at such later time as the parties may agree and as is specified in the certificate of merger); provided that the Effective Time shall in all cases be on the Distribution Date.”
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6.          Section 2.02.


a.
Section 2.02(a) of the Merger Agreement is hereby amended and restated in its entirety as follows:

“(a)          At the Effective Time, by virtue of the Merger and without any action on the part of Parent, Merger Sub, SpinCo, the Company or the holders of SpinCo Common Stock, except as otherwise provided in Section 2.02(b), (i) each share of SpinCo Common Stock outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time shall be converted into the right to receive a number of fully paid and non-assessable shares of Parent Common Stock equal to the Common Stock Exchange Ratio, and (ii) each share of SpinCo Class C Preferred Stock (all shares of SpinCo Common Stock and SpinCo Class C Preferred Stock being, collectively, the “Shares”) outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time shall be converted into the right to receive (A) a number of fully paid and non-assessable shares of Parent Class A Preferred Stock equal to the Preferred Stock Exchange Ratio and (B) a number of shares of Parent Common Stock equal to the Class C Common Exchange Ratio (clauses (i) and (ii), collectively the “Merger Consideration”).  As of the Effective Time, all such shares of SpinCo Common Stock and SpinCo Class C Preferred Stock shall no longer be outstanding and shall automatically be canceled and retired and shall cease to exist, and shall thereafter represent only the right to receive the Merger Consideration contemplated in clauses (i) or (ii), respectively, and any dividends or other distributions pursuant to Section 2.03(c) and cash in lieu of any fractional shares payable pursuant to Section 2.03(e), in each case to be issued or paid, without interest.  At the latest practicable time prior to the Closing so as to allow the parties to calculate the Common Stock Exchange Ratio, the Preferred Stock Exchange Ratio and the Class C Common Exchange Ratio, Parent shall deliver to the Company a certificate, duly executed by an executive officer of Parent, setting forth the number of Fully Diluted Parent Shares, as of the Closing, together with reasonable supporting documentation.”


b.
Section 2.02(b) of the Merger Agreement is hereby amended and replaced in its entirety as follows:

“(b)          At the Effective Time, by virtue of the Merger and without any action on the part of Parent, Merger Sub, SpinCo or the Company, each Share held by SpinCo as treasury stock or owned by Parent immediately prior to the Effective Time shall be canceled, and no payment shall be made with respect thereto.”
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c.
Section 2.02 of the Merger Agreement is hereby amended by adding the following as new clauses (d) and (e):

“(d)          At the Effective Time, by virtue of the Merger and without any action on the part of Parent, Merger Sub, SpinCo or the holders of Merger Sub, each share of SpinCo Class A Preferred Stock outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time shall remain outstanding as Class A preferred stock of the Surviving Corporation with the same powers, designations, rights and preferences as are provided for in the certificate of designation for the SpinCo Class A Preferred Stock and the certificates representing SpinCo Class A Preferred Stock immediately prior to the Merger will represent the Class A preferred stock of the Surviving Corporation.”

“(e)          At the Effective Time, by virtue of the Merger and without any action on the part of Parent, Merger Sub, SpinCo or the holders of Merger Sub, each share of SpinCo Class B Preferred Stock outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time shall remain outstanding as Class B preferred stock of the Surviving Corporation with the same powers, designations, rights and preferences as are provided for in the certificate of designation for the SpinCo Class B Preferred Stock and the certificates representing SpinCo Class B Preferred Stock immediately prior to the Merger will represent the Class B preferred stock of the Surviving Corporation.”

7.          Section 2.03.


a.
The second sentence of Section 2.03(a) of the Merger Agreement is hereby amended by adding the words “and such book-entry shares of Parent Class A Preferred Stock” after the words “such book-entry shares of Parent Common Stock”.


b.
Section 2.03(b) of the Merger Agreement is hereby amended and replaced in its entirety with the following:

“(b)          As promptly as practicable after the Effective Time, Parent shall cause the Exchange Agent to (i) distribute the shares of Parent Common Stock into which the shares of SpinCo Common Stock have been converted pursuant to the Merger, which, in the case of the shares of SpinCo Common Stock distributed in the Distribution, shall be distributed on the same basis as the shares of SpinCo Common Stock were distributed in the Distribution and to the Persons who received the shares of SpinCo Common Stock in the Distribution, and (ii) distribute the shares of Parent Class A Preferred Stock and Parent Common Stock into which the share of SpinCo Class C Preferred Stock has been converted pursuant to the Merger to the holder of the SpinCo Class C Preferred Stock.  Each holder of Shares shall be entitled to receive in respect of the Shares held by such Person a book-entry authorization representing the number of whole shares of Parent Common Stock and shares of Parent Class A Preferred Stock, as applicable, that such holder has the right to receive pursuant to this Section 2.03(b) (and cash in lieu of fractional shares of Parent Common Stock, as contemplated by Section 2.03(e), and any dividends or distributions and other amounts pursuant to Section 2.03(c)).  The Exchange Agent shall not be entitled to vote or exercise any rights of ownership with respect to Parent Common Stock or Parent Class A Preferred Stock held by it from time to time hereunder, except as contemplated by Section 2.03(c).”
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c.
Section 2.03(d) of the Merger Agreement is hereby amended and replaced as follows:

“(d)          All shares of Parent Common Stock and Parent Class A Preferred Stock issued upon the exchange of SpinCo Common Stock or SpinCo Class C Preferred Stock, as applicable, in accordance with the terms of this Section 2.03 (including any cash paid pursuant to Section 2.03(c) or Section 2.03(e)) shall be deemed to have been issued or paid, as the case may be, in full satisfaction of all rights pertaining to such shares of SpinCo Common Stock or shares of SpinCo Class C Preferred Stock, as applicable.”


d.
Section 2.03(f) of the Merger Agreement is hereby amended and replaced as follows:

“(f)          The Common Stock Exchange Ratio, the Preferred Stock Exchange Ratio and the Class C Common Exchange Ratio shall be adjusted to reflect appropriately the effect of any stock split, reverse stock split, stock dividend (including any dividend or distribution of securities convertible into Parent Common Stock, Parent Class A Preferred Stock, SpinCo Common Stock or SpinCo Class C Preferred Stock), extraordinary cash dividends, reorganization, recapitalization, reclassification, combination, exchange of shares or other like change with respect to Parent Common Stock, Parent Class A Preferred Stock, SpinCo Common Stock or SpinCo Class C Preferred Stock (other than (i) issuance of stock by SpinCo in connection with the Separation or other transactions contemplated by this Agreement or the Separation Agreement and (ii) any extraordinary cash dividends with respect to SpinCo Common Stock) with a record date occurring on or after the date hereof and prior to the Effective Time; provided that nothing in this Section 2.03(f) shall be construed to permit SpinCo, Parent or Merger Sub to take any action with respect to its securities that otherwise is prohibited by the terms of this Agreement.”


e.
Section 2.03(i) of the Merger Agreement is hereby amended by replacing the words “shares of SpinCo Common Stock” with the word “Shares”.


f.
Section 2.03 of the Merger Agreement is hereby amended by adding the following as a new clause (k):

“(k)          Immediately prior to the Closing, Parent shall pay to the Company $10,000,000 in cash in immediately available funds to an account designated by the Company in exchange for all of the shares of SpinCo Class B Preferred Stock, and the Company shall transfer all of the shares of SpinCo Class B Preferred Stock to Parent.”
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8.          Section 3.01.  Section 3.01 of the Merger Agreement is amended to add the following sentence at the end:

“Parent agrees that, prior to the Effective Time, Parent shall cause the certificate of incorporation of Merger Sub to be revised to the extent necessary to give effect to the issuance and conversion of the SpinCo Preferred Stock as provided in this Amendment.”

9.          Section 4.03(i).  Section 4.03(i) of the Merger Agreement is hereby amended by adding the words “and the filing of Certificate of Designations for the SpinCo Preferred Stock” after the words “the filing of a certificate of merger”.

10.          Section 4.05(a).  The second sentence of Section 4.05(a) of the Merger Agreement is hereby amended and restated in its entirety to read as follows:

“Immediately following the Distribution, (A) the number of shares of SpinCo Common Stock issued and outstanding shall equal 8,700,000,000 and the number of authorized shares of SpinCo Common Stock shall exceed that number, (B) 15,000 shares of SpinCo Class A Preferred Stock will be issued and outstanding, (C) 10,000 shares of SpinCo Class B Preferred Stock will be issued and outstanding, (D) one share of SpinCo Class C Preferred Stock will be issued and outstanding (and a number of shares of SpinCo Common Stock will be reserved for issuance on conversion of the SpinCo Class C Preferred Stock in an amount equal to (1) the number of shares of SpinCo Common Stock issued and outstanding multiplied by (2) 1.02270397), (E) the number of authorized shares of SpinCo Preferred Stock shall exceed 25,001 and (F) no Shares will be held by SpinCo in its treasury.”

11.          Section 4.16(g). Section 4.16(g) of the Merger Agreement is hereby amended and restated in its entirety to read as follows: “[Intentionally omitted]”.

12.          Section 5.03(i).  Section 5.03(i) of the Merger Agreement is hereby amended by adding the words “and the filing of Certificate of Designations for the Parent Class A Preferred Stock” at the end of such clause.

13.          Section 5.05(c).  Section 5.05(c) of the Merger Agreement is hereby amended by adding the words “and shares of Parent Class A Preferred Stock” after the words “Parent Common Stock”.

14.          Section 5.17(g).  Section 5.17(g) of the Merger Agreement is hereby amended and restated in its entirety to read as follows: “[Intentionally omitted]”.
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15.          Section 6.05. The second sentence of Section 6.05 of the Merger Agreement is hereby amended and replaced in its entirety with the following:

“In the event that the Closing has not occurred prior to March 31, 2019, the Company shall deliver to Parent, on March 31, 2019, the audited combined financial statements for the Tiger Business and, if financial statements of SpinCo are required by the rules and regulations of the SEC to be included in the Registration Statements, for SpinCo (except as set forth on Section 6.05 of the SpinCo Disclosure Schedule) as of the end of, and for, the fiscal year ending December 31, 2018, consisting of the balance sheets as of the end of such fiscal year and the related statements of income, comprehensive income, equity and cash flows for such fiscal year, in each case accompanied by a report satisfying the requirements of Regulation S-X of the independent registered public accounting firm for the Tiger Business and, if financial statements of SpinCo are required by the rules and regulations of the SEC to be included in the Registration Statements, for SpinCo (the “2018 Audited Financial Statements”, and together with the Initial Audited Financial Statements, the “Audited Financial Statements”). The Company shall (i) use its reasonable best efforts to cause the majority of work necessary to complete the audit for the 2018 Audited Financial Statements (the “2018 GET Audit”) to be completed on or prior to March 1, 2019 (including reasonable best efforts to cause the completion of what is commonly referred to as the “substantive” procedures of the accounts and records on or prior to March 1, 2019) and (ii) direct the auditor for the 2018 GET Audit to complete the work on the 2018 GET Audit in such a manner and on a timetable consistent with the timing requirements contemplated in clause (i) of this proviso and a completion of the 2018 GET Audit by March 31, 2019.  In the event that Closing occurs prior to March 31, 2019, then the Company and Parent will work together in good faith, between the Closing Date and March 31, 2019, to allow Parent and the auditor for the 2018 GET Audit to complete the 2018 GET Audit on or prior to March 31, 2019.

16.          Section 6.06. Section 6.06 of the Merger Agreement is hereby amended by replacing the words “From and after the date hereof until the nine-month anniversary of the date of this Agreement” wherever they occur with “From and after the date of this Agreement until the earlier of (x) the Closing Date and (y) the End Date”.

17.          Section 7.07.  Section 7.07 of the Merger Agreement is hereby amended by adding “(including the shares of Parent Common Stock issuable upon conversion of the Parent Class A Preferred Stock)” immediately after “shares of Parent Common Stock”.

18.          Section 8.02.  Section 8.02 of the Merger Agreement is hereby amended and replaced in its entirety with the following:

          Section 8.02          Registration Statements.  (a) As promptly as reasonably practicable, but in any event no later than January 25, 2019, (i) the Company, SpinCo, Parent and Merger Sub shall jointly prepare, and Parent shall file with the SEC, an amendment to Parent’s registration statement on Form S-4 (333-227444) to register under the 1933 Act the Parent Share Issuance (together with all supplements, amendments, prospectuses and/or information statements, the “Parent Registration Statement”) and (ii) subject to the last sentence of this Section 8.02(a), the Company, SpinCo, Parent and Merger Sub shall jointly prepare, and SpinCo shall file with the SEC a registration statement on Form S-1 to register under the 1933 Act, the SpinCo Common Stock to be distributed in the Distribution (together with all supplements, amendments, prospectuses and/or information statements, the “SpinCo Registration Statement” and, together with the Parent Registration Statement, the “Registration Statements”). Each of the Company, SpinCo, Parent and Merger Sub shall use its reasonable best efforts to have the Registration Statements filed with the SEC become effective under the 1933 Act on or before February 14, 2019. Each of Parent and SpinCo and the Company shall also take any action required to be taken under any applicable state securities laws in connection with, in the case of Parent, the Parent Share Issuance and, in the case of the Company, the issuance and distribution of the SpinCo Common Stock in the Distribution. The parties hereto shall cooperate in preparing and filing with the SEC the Registration Statements and any necessary amendments or supplements thereto.  Parent and Merger Sub shall furnish all information concerning Parent and its Subsidiaries, and the Company and SpinCo shall furnish all information concerning the Company, SpinCo, the Tiger Business and the Transferred Subsidiaries, as may be reasonably requested by the other parties hereto in connection with the preparation, filing and distribution of the Registration Statements or the prospectus contained therein, as applicable, and any necessary amendments or supplements thereto.  None of the Registration Statements or prospectus contained therein, as applicable, or any amendment or supplement thereto shall be filed or mailed to stockholders without the written consent of all of the parties hereto (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed), except as required by Applicable Law.  Following the date hereof, if doing so would not delay the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby (except for any delay that would not, in the aggregate, result in a delay of Closing by more than three Business Days), the Company may elect for SpinCo to file with the SEC a registration statement on Form 10 in lieu of the registration statement on Form S-1 described above (and if the Company makes such an election, the term “SpinCo Registration Statement” shall refer to such Form 10 (and not the SpinCo Form S-1) for all purposes hereunder).
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(b)          Parent and the Company, as applicable, shall advise the other promptly after receiving oral or written notice of (i) the time when a Registration Statement has become effective or any supplement or amendment to a Registration Statement has been filed, (ii) the issuance of any stop order, (iii) the suspension of the qualification for offering or sale in any jurisdiction of the Parent Common Stock issuable in connection with the Merger or the SpinCo Common Stock issuable in connection with the Distribution, or (iv) any oral or written request by the SEC for amendment of a Registration Statement or SEC comments thereon or requests by the SEC for additional information.  Parent and the Company shall promptly provide each other with copies of any written communication from the SEC and convey to each other summaries of any oral communications with the SEC, in each case, with respect to the Registration Statements and shall cooperate to prepare appropriate responses thereto (and will provide each other with copies of any such responses given to the SEC) and make such modifications to the Registration Statements as shall be reasonably appropriate.

(c)          If, at any time prior to the Effective Time, any event or circumstance shall be discovered by a party hereto that should be set forth in an amendment or a supplement to a Registration Statement so that any such document 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, such party shall promptly inform the other parties hereto and the parties hereto shall cause an appropriate amendment or supplement describing such information to be promptly filed with the SEC and, to the extent required by Applicable Law, disseminated to stockholders.

(d)          In connection with the filing of the Registration Statements and other SEC filings contemplated hereby, each of the Company and Parent shall use its reasonable best efforts to (i) cooperate with the other to prepare pro forma financial statements that comply with the rules and regulations of the SEC to the extent required for such filings, including the requirements of Regulation S-X and (ii) provide and make reasonably available upon reasonable notice the senior management employees of the Company or Parent, as the case may be, to discuss the materials prepared and delivered pursuant to this Section 8.02(d).”
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19.          Section 8.07. Section 8.07 of the Merger Agreement is hereby amended and restated in its entirely to read as follows:

“(a) Immediately prior to the Closing, the Company shall, or shall cause SpinCo to, deliver to Parent (i) a certificate from SpinCo, dated as of the Closing Date and prepared in accordance with Treasury Regulations sections 1.897-2(h) and 1.1445-2(c)(3), stating that equity interests in SpinCo are not “United States real property interests,” together with (ii) notice of such certificate to the IRS in accordance with Treasury Regulations section 1.897-2(h) (which notice shall be mailed to the IRS by SpinCo following the Closing in accordance with Treasury Regulations section 1.897-2(h)), in case of clause (i) and (ii), in form and substance reasonably acceptable to Parent.

(b) Except as otherwise expressly provided herein, this Agreement shall not govern Tax matters (including any administrative, procedural and related matters thereto), which shall be exclusively governed by the Tax Matters Agreement.”

20.          Section 8.11.


a.
Section 8.11(a) of the Merger Agreement is hereby amended by deleting the words “(x) consistent with the Tax-Free Status, as reasonably determined by the Company, and (y).”


b.
Section 8.11(f) of the Merger Agreement is hereby amended and restated in its entirety to read as follows:  “[Intentionally omitted].”

21.          Article 9.


a.
Section 9.01(b) of the Merger Agreement is hereby amended by replacing the words “been declared effective by the SEC” with the words “become effective”.


b.
Section 9.01(c) of the Merger Agreement is hereby amended by adding “(including the shares of Parent Common Stock issuable upon conversion of the Parent Class A Preferred Stock)” immediately after “shares of Parent Common Stock”.


c.
Each of Section 9.02(b) and Section 9.03(b) of the Merger Agreement is hereby amended and restated in its entirety to read as follows: “[Intentionally omitted];”.

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22.          Section 10.01.  Section 10.01(b)(i) of the Merger Agreement is hereby amended by amending and restating the second proviso in its entirety to read as follows:

provided, further, that if, (x) as of three Business Days prior to the End Date, one or more of the conditions to the Closing set forth in Section 9.01(e), Section 9.01(f) or Section 9.01(g) (if the Applicable Law relates to any of the matters referenced in Section 9.01(e) or Section 9.01(f)) shall not have been satisfied, but all other conditions to the Closing (other than (i) Section 9.01(a) and Section 9.03(e) and (ii) those conditions which by their terms or nature are to be satisfied at the Closing; provided that any conditions not so satisfied are capable of being satisfied promptly if the Closing were to occur) have been satisfied, then the End Date shall be extended to the 15-month anniversary of the date of this Agreement, if either the Company or Parent notifies the other party in writing on or prior to the one-year anniversary of the date of this Agreement of its election to so extend the End Date or (y) as of ten Business Days prior to the End Date, the Registration Statements shall not become effective, but all other conditions to the Closing (other than those conditions which by their terms or nature are to be satisfied at the Closing, provided that any conditions not so satisfied are capable of being satisfied promptly if the Closing were to occur) have been satisfied, then the End Date shall be extended to the date that is 30 days after the date that the Registration Statements become effective; provided, further, that, in the case of this clause (y), in no event shall the End Date be extended beyond the date that is 15 months after the date of this Agreement.”

23.          Section 10.03.  Section 10.03(e) of the Merger Agreement is hereby amended by and restated in its entirety as follows:

“(e)          Except as otherwise specifically provided herein (including in Section 8.11(e) and this Section 10.03), all costs and expenses incurred in connection with this Agreement shall be paid by the party incurring such cost or expense, provided that, with respect to the printing and mailing of materials to Company stockholders in connection with the Distribution and the Parent Share Issuance, Parent shall be responsible for payment of the Wabtec Printing and Mailing Fees and the Company shall be responsible for payment of the GET Printing and Mailing Fees.  For purposes of this Agreement:

(i)          Aggregate Combined Printing and Mailing Cost” means the aggregate cost to print and mail (A) the prospectus included within the Parent Registration Statement (excluding any appendices thereto) and (B) all materials (other than the prospectus identified in (A)) that are included as part of the SpinCo Registration Statement (including the appendices thereto), to all Company stockholders required under Applicable Law to receive the foregoing materials in connection with the Distribution and the Share Issuance.
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(ii)          Aggregate Standalone Printing and Mailing Cost” means sum of the GET Standalone Printing and Mailing Cost and the Wabtec Standalone Printing and Mailing Cost.

(iii)          GET Portion” means the amount equal to (A) the GET Standalone Printing and Mailing Cost divided by (B) the Aggregate Standalone Printing and Mailing Cost.

(iv)          GET Printing and Mailing Fees” means the amount equal to (A) the GET Portion multiplied by (B) the Aggregate Combined Printing and Mailing Cost.

(v)          GET Standalone Printing and Mailing Cost” means the aggregate cost to print and mail the prospectus and all other materials that are included as part of the SpinCo Registration Statement (including any appendices thereto) to all Company stockholders required under Applicable Law to receive the foregoing materials in connection with the Distribution.

(vi)          Wabtec Portion” means the amount equal to (A) the Wabtec Standalone Printing and Mailing Cost divided by (B) the Aggregate Standalone Printing and Mailing Cost.

(vii)          Wabtec Printing and Mailing Fees” means the amount equal to (A) the Wabtec Portion multiplied by (B) the Aggregate Combined Printing and Mailing Cost.

(viii)          Wabtec Standalone Printing and Mailing Cost” means the aggregate cost to print and mail the prospectus included within the Parent Registration Statement (excluding any appendices thereto) to all Company stockholders required under Applicable Law to receive the foregoing materials in connection with the Share Issuance.”

24.          Representations and Warranties.  (a) The representations and warranties in Sections 4.01, 4.02(a), 4.03 and 4.04 of the Merger Agreement apply, mutatis mutandis, to this Amendment and the Separation Agreement Amendment, except that such representations and warranties are initially given as of the date of this Amendment and (b) the representations and warranties in Sections 5.01, 5.02(a), 5.03 and 5.04 of the Merger Agreement apply, mutatis mutandis, to this Amendment and the Separation Agreement Amendment, except that such representations and warranties are initially given as of the date of this Amendment.
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25.          Shareholders Agreement.  The Form of Shareholders Agreement attached as Exhibit A to the Merger Agreement is hereby deleted and replaced in its entirety by Exhibit A attached to this Amendment.

26.          Terms of Parent Class A Preferred Stock. The Merger Agreement is hereby amended by adding Exhibit B of this Amendment to the Merger Agreement as Exhibit B thereto.

27.          Termination of Amendments.  If any Governmental Authority shall have issued any order, decree or judgment restraining, enjoining or otherwise prohibiting the Amended Transactions and such order, decree or judgment shall be either permanent or have been continuing in effect for no fewer than 20 calendar days as of the date of termination, then (a) either Parent or the Company may terminate this Amendment and the Separation Agreement Amendment upon delivery of written notice to the other and upon such a termination this Amendment and the Separation Agreement Amendment will have no further force or effect and (b) if either Parent or the Company elects to terminate this Amendment and the Separation Agreement Amendment, the Parties will (i) enter into the Second Amendment to Agreement and Plan of Merger in the form attached hereto as Exhibit C and (ii) enter into and will cause their applicable Affiliates to enter into the Second Amendment to Separation, Distribution and Sale Agreement in the form attached hereto as Exhibit D.

28.          No Other Modification.  The Merger Agreement shall not be modified by this Amendment in any respect except as expressly set forth herein.

29.          Miscellaneous.  Sections 1.02 (Other Definitional and Interpretative Provisions), 11.02 (Survival of Representations, Warranties and Covenants), 11.06 (Governing Law), 11.07 (Jurisdiction), 11.08 (Waiver of Jury Trial), 11.09 (Counterparts; Effectiveness) and 11.12 (Specific Performance) of the Merger Agreement are hereby incorporated into this Amendment mutatis mutandis as if set forth in full herein.  Each reference in the Merger Agreement (or in any and all instruments or documents provided for in the Merger Agreement or delivered or to be delivered thereunder or in connection therewith) to “this Agreement”, “hereunder”, “hereof”, “herein”, or words of like import shall, except where the context otherwise requires, be deemed a reference to the Merger Agreement as amended hereby; provided that, for purposes of Articles 4 and 5, this Amendment and the Separation Agreement Amendment shall be ignored for purposes of determining whether the representations and warranties in such Articles were true and correct as of the Original Execution Date. No reference to this Amendment need be made in any instrument or document at any time referring to the Merger Agreement, and a reference to the Merger Agreement in any of such instruments or documents will be deemed to be a reference to the Merger Agreement as amended hereby.  The parties agree that all references in the Merger Agreement to “the date hereof” or “the date of this Agreement” shall refer to the Original Execution Date.

[Signature page follows]
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have caused this Amendment to be executed as of the date first written above by their respective officers thereunto duly authorize.


  GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY 
     
  By:  /s/ James Waterbury 
    Name: James Waterbury
    Title: Vice President
   
 
TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS HOLDINGS INC.
     
 
By:
/s/ Rafael Santana
 
Name:
Rafael Santana
 
Title:
President & CEO
     
 
WESTINGHOUSE AIR BRAKE TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION
     
 
By:
/s/ David L. DeNinno
 
Name:
David L. DeNinno
 
Title:
Executive Vice President, Secretary and General Counsel
     
 
WABTEC US RAIL HOLDINGS, INC.
     
:
By
/s/ David L. DeNinno
 
Name:
David L. DeNinno
 
Title:
President and Secretary
     
     

[Signature Page to Amendment to Agreement and Plan of Merger]
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Summary of Principal Terms of Wabtec Preferred Stock


Issuer
Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies Corporation (“Wabtec”).

Security Type
Non-voting convertible Class A preferred stock, par value $0.01 per share (the “Wabtec Preferred Stock”).

Size
10,000 shares of Wabtec Preferred Stock.

Purchase Price
The Wabtec Preferred Stock will be issued to General Electric Company (“GE”) in connection with the merger (the “Merger”) of Wabtec US Rail Holdings, Inc. (“Merger Sub”) with and into Transportation Systems Holdings Inc. (“SpinCo”) following the automatic conversion of one share of SpinCo Class C Preferred Stock into the right to receive 10,000 shares of Wabtec Preferred Stock.

Dividends and Distributions
If Wabtec shall declare or make any dividend or distribution on the common stock of Wabtec, par value $0.01 per share (the “Wabtec Common Stock”), including, without limitation, any distribution of cash, stock or other securities, property or rights, options or warrants by way of a dividend, distribution, spin-off, reclassification or other similar transaction, but excluding any dividend or distribution consisting solely of shares of Wabtec Common Stock, holders of Wabtec Preferred Stock will be entitled to receive such dividend or distribution at the same time as, and on a pro rata, as converted, basis with, holders of the Wabtec Common Stock.  Except as set forth in the immediately preceding sentence, no dividends will be paid on the Wabtec Preferred Stock.

Conversion
Shares (or fractional interests therein) of Wabtec Preferred Stock will be automatically converted into the right to receive Wabtec Common Stock upon the (i) sale or other transfer (excluding any bona fide pledge) of such shares (or fractional interests therein) to third parties who are not affiliates of GE, (ii) pro rata distribution to holders of GE common stock or (iii) exchange in an exchange offer with holders of GE common stock by GE of the Wabtec Preferred Stock. Shares (or fractional interests therein) of Wabtec Preferred Stock will not be convertible into Wabtec Common Stock at any time at which they are beneficially owned by GE or its subsidiaries. Upon the acquisition of beneficial ownership of a share (or fractional interests therein) of the Wabtec Preferred Stock by a purchaser, transferee or recipient, such Wabtec Preferred Stock will be automatically converted into the right to receive Wabtec Common Stock at a per share conversion rate equal to the quotient of (i) the Preferred Stock Portion, as such term is defined in the Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated May 20, 2018, by and among Wabtec, GE, SpinCo and Merger Sub, as amended on January 25, 2019 (the “Merger Agreement”), divided by (ii) 10,000.  The conversion rate will be proportionally adjusted in the event of any share split or combination in respect of the Wabtec Common Stock or any issuance of Wabtec Common Stock as a dividend or distribution on Wabtec Common Stock.  In connection with such a sale or other transfer, pro rata distribution or exchange offer by GE, (i) the Wabtec Preferred Stock may, at the request of the holder thereof, be subdivided, transferred and distributed in fractional amounts specified by such holder, which fractional amounts need not be identical and may be further aggregated or subdivided at such holder’s request, with the per share conversion rate to be subdivided and/or aggregated accordingly and (ii) Wabtec shall immediately upon registration of such transfer issue to the purchaser, transferee or recipient of the Wabtec Preferred Stock the number of shares of Wabtec Common Stock to which such purchaser, transferee or recipient shall be entitled. No fractional shares of Wabtec Common Stock will be issued upon the conversion of the Wabtec Preferred Stock, and any such fractional shares to which the purchaser, transferee or recipient would otherwise be entitled to receive shall be aggregated by the exchange agent and the whole shares obtained thereby shall be sold on the open market, with the net proceeds thereof to be made available on a pro rata basis.


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Registration Rights
Registration of the Wabtec Preferred Stock, and the Wabtec Common Stock into which the Wabtec Preferred Stock will convert, will be effected as set forth in the Shareholders Agreement to be entered into as of the closing date of the Merger, between Wabtec and GE (the “Shareholders Agreement”).

Priority
The Wabtec Preferred Stock will rank senior to the Wabtec Common Stock and to all other classes or series of equity securities of Wabtec with respect to all rights upon a liquidation, dissolution or winding up (a “Liquidation”).

Liquidation Preference
In the event of a Liquidation of Wabtec, the holders of the Wabtec Preferred Stock would be entitled to receive, for each share of Wabtec Preferred Stock held, an amount of proceeds equal to (x) $100 plus (y) the amount that would be received if the holders of Wabtec Preferred Stock were to receive proceeds on a pro rata, as converted, basis with holders of the Wabtec Common Stock. The holders of the Wabtec Preferred Stock will be entitled to receive the amount described in clause (x) prior to and in preference to any distribution of proceeds to the holders of the Wabtec Common Stock.

Voting Rights
The Wabtec Preferred Stock will have no voting rights, except as set forth below or as otherwise required by applicable law. The Wabtec Preferred Stock will have class voting rights for amendments to the Wabtec certificate of incorporation or the certificate of designations for the Wabtec Preferred Stock (including those effected by way of merger of Wabtec with another entity) that adversely affect the rights, preferences, privileges or powers of the Wabtec Preferred Stock; provided that any amendment that affects all Wabtec Common Stock equally and does not affect the rights, preferences, privileges or powers of the Wabtec Preferred Stock except insofar as it so affects the Wabtec Common Stock to be issued on conversion of the Wabtec Preferred Stock will not be deemed to adversely affect the rights, preferences, privileges or powers of the Wabtec Preferred Stock.


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Optional Redemption
The Wabtec Preferred Stock will not be redeemable at the option of Wabtec.

No Mandatory Redemption
The holders of the Wabtec Preferred Stock will not have a right to require Wabtec to redeem the Wabtec Preferred Stock.

Transfer Restrictions
The Wabtec Preferred Stock will be transferrable, subject to the requirements and restrictions set forth in the Shareholders Agreement.

Mergers, etc.
For so long as the Wabtec Preferred Stock is outstanding, Wabtec will not consummate a binding share exchange or reclassification involving the Wabtec Preferred Stock or merge or consolidate with any other person unless the Wabtec Preferred Stock either remains outstanding or is exchanged for equivalent securities of the surviving or acquiring company and, in each case, the Wabtec Preferred Stock or such equivalent securities have such rights, preferences, privileges and powers, taken as a whole, as are not materially less favorable to the holders thereof than the rights, preferences, privileges and powers of the Wabtec Preferred Stock immediately prior to such consummation, taken as a whole.
 
In the event of a merger or consolidation of Wabtec with, or sale, transfer, lease or conveyance of all or substantially all of the consolidated properties and assets of Wabtec and its subsidiaries to, another person, or reclassification or statutory exchange of the Wabtec Common Stock, in each case as a result of which the Wabtec Common Stock would be converted into, or exchanged for, securities, cash or other property, each share of Wabtec Preferred Stock shall become convertible into the kind and amount of securities, cash and other property that the holder of such share would have been entitled to receive if such holder had converted its Wabtec Preferred Stock into Wabtec Common Stock immediately prior to such event.  If such event causes the Wabtec Common Stock to be converted into, or exchanged for, the right to receive more than a single type of consideration (determined based in part upon any form of stockholder election), then the property into which the Wabtec Preferred Stock will be convertible shall be deemed to be the weighted average of the types and amounts of consideration actually received by the holders of Wabtec Common Stock.

Certain Events
Each holder of Wabtec Preferred Stock will be entitled to (i) participate in any tender or exchange offer for shares of Wabtec Common Stock made by Wabtec or its subsidiaries and (ii) exercise any rights, options or warrants received pursuant to “Dividends and Distributions” above, in each case, as if such holder held the number of shares of Wabtec Common Stock into which such holder’s shares of Wabtec Preferred Stock are convertible.


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SECOND AMENDMENT TO AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER

SECOND AMENDMENT TO AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER, dated as of [●], 2019 (this “Amendment”), to the Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of May 20, 2018 and amended as of January 25, 2019 (the “Merger Agreement”), is entered into between General Electric Company, a New York corporation (the “Company”), Transportation Systems Holdings Inc., a Delaware corporation and a wholly owned Subsidiary of the Company (“SpinCo”), Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies Corporation, a Delaware corporation (“Parent”), and Wabtec US Rail Holdings, Inc., a Delaware corporation and a wholly owned Subsidiary of Parent (“Merger Sub”)Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the meanings ascribed to them in the Merger Agreement.

WHEREAS, the Company, SpinCo, Parent and Merger Sub entered into the Merger Agreement as of May 20, 2018 (the “Original Execution Date”);

WHEREAS, Section 11.03 of the Merger Agreement permits the parties to amend the Merger Agreement by an instrument in writing signed by the Company, SpinCo, Parent and Merger Sub;

WHEREAS, the Company, SpinCo, Parent and Merger Sub desire to amend the Merger Agreement; and

WHEREAS, contemporaneously with their entry into this Amendment, the Company and Parent are entering into an amendment to the Separation Agreement (the “Separation Agreement Amendment”).

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing and the respective representations, warranties, covenants and agreements contained herein, and intending to be legally bound hereby, the Company, SpinCo, Parent and Merger Sub hereby agree as follows:

1.          Recitals.


a.
The second recital to the Merger Agreement shall be amended by deleting the words “to Section 8.07(f) below, and”.


b.
The fifth recital to the Merger Agreement shall be amended and restated in its entirety to read as follows:

“WHEREAS, the parties intend that, for U.S. federal income Tax purposes, the Internal Reorganization, the SpinCo Transfer, the Distribution and the Merger will be treated in accordance with the Intended Tax Treatment (as defined in the Tax Matters Agreement);”


c.
The sixth and ninth recitals to the Merger Agreement shall be deleted in their entirety.

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2.          Section 1.01(a).  Section 1.01(a) of the Merger Agreement is hereby amended as follows:


a.
by deleting the definitions of “Alternative Tax Counsel,” “Alternative Separation Opinion Tax Counsel,” “Company Tax Counsel,” “Parent Tax Counsel,” “Ruling,” “Section 355(e) Minimum Percentage,” “Tax Representation Letters,” “Tax-Free Status” and “Tax-Free Status of the External Transactions” in their entirety;


b.
by amending and restating the definition of “Distribution Share Maximum” in its entirety to read as follows:

““Distribution Share Maximum” means a percentage of the then-outstanding shares of SpinCo Common Stock equal to 80.25%.”


c.
by amending and restating the definition of “Exchange Ratio” in its entirety to read as follows:

““Exchange Ratio” means the quotient (rounded to six decimals) of (i) the New Issuance divided by (ii) the number of shares of SpinCo Common Stock issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time, subject to adjustment as set forth herein.”



d.
by adding the following as new defined terms between the definition of “Software” and the definition of “SpinCo Disclosure Schedule”:

““SpinCo Class A Preferred Stock” has the meaning set forth in the Separation Agreement.

SpinCo Class B Preferred Stock” has the meaning set forth in the Separation Agreement.”


e.
by adding the following as new defined term between the definition of “SpinCo Disclosure Schedule” and the definition of “SpinCo Transfer”:

““SpinCo Preferred Stock” has the meaning set forth in the Separation Agreement.”

3.          Section 1.01(b).  Section 1.01(b) of the Merger Agreement is hereby amended by (a) deleting the definitions of “Company Merger Tax Opinion,” “Company RMT Tax Opinions,” “Company Separation Tax Opinion,” “Company Separation Tax Opinion Condition,” “Parent Merger Tax Opinion” and “Restructuring Commencement Date” in their entirety and (b) adding the following defined terms in the appropriate alphabetical order, together with their respective corresponding section references): “Aggregate Combined Printing and Mailing Cost”, “Aggregate Standalone Printing and Mailing Cost”, “GET Portion”, “GET Printing and Mailing Fees”, “GET Standalone Printing and Mailing Cost”, “Wabtec Portion”, “Wabtec Printing and Mailing Fees” and “Wabtec Standalone Printing and Mailing Cost”.
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4.          Section 2.02.


a.
Section 2.02 of the Merger Agreement is hereby amended by adding the following as new clauses (d) and (e):

“(d)          At the Effective Time, by virtue of the Merger and without any action on the part of Parent, Merger Sub, SpinCo or the holders of Merger Sub, each share of SpinCo Class A Preferred Stock outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time shall remain outstanding as Class A preferred stock of the Surviving Corporation with the same powers, designations, rights and preferences as are provided for in the certificate of designation for the SpinCo Class A Preferred Stock and the certificates representing SpinCo Class A Preferred Stock immediately prior to the Merger will represent the Class A preferred stock of the Surviving Corporation.”

“(e)          At the Effective Time, by virtue of the Merger and without any action on the part of Parent, Merger Sub, SpinCo or the holders of Merger Sub, each share of SpinCo Class B Preferred Stock outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time shall remain outstanding as Class B preferred stock of the Surviving Corporation with the same powers, designations, rights and preferences as are provided for in the certificate of designation for the SpinCo Class B Preferred Stock and the certificates representing SpinCo Class B Preferred Stock immediately prior to the Merger will represent the Class B preferred stock of the Surviving Corporation.”

5.          Section 2.03.  Section 2.03 of the Merger Agreement is hereby amended by adding the following as a new clause (k):

“(k)          Immediately prior to the Closing, Parent shall pay to the Company $10,000,000 in cash in immediately available funds to an account designated by the Company in exchange for all of the shares of SpinCo Class B Preferred Stock, and the Company shall transfer all of the shares of SpinCo Class B Preferred Stock to Parent.”

6.          Section 3.01.  Section 3.01 of the Merger Agreement is amended to add the following sentence at the end:

“Parent agrees that, prior to the Effective Time, Parent shall cause the certificate of incorporation of Merger Sub to be revised to the extent necessary to give effect to the issuance and conversion of the SpinCo Preferred Stock as provided in this Amendment.”

7.          Section 4.03(i). Section 4.03(i) of the Merger Agreement is hereby amended by adding the words “and the filing of Certificate of Designations for the SpinCo Preferred Stock” after the words “the filing of a certificate of merger”.
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8.          Section 4.05(a).  The second sentence of Section 4.05(a) of the Merger Agreement is hereby amended and restated in its entirety to read as follows:

“Immediately following the Distribution, (A) the number of Shares issued and outstanding shall equal 8.7 billion (or such other amount as the Company shall determine, subject to the consent of Parent not to be unreasonably withheld, delayed or conditioned), and the number of authorized Shares shall exceed that number, (B) 15,000 shares of SpinCo Class A Preferred Stock will be issued and outstanding, and the number of authorized shares of SpinCo Class A Preferred Stock will be 15,000, (C) 10,000 shares of SpinCo Class B Preferred Stock will be issued and outstanding, and the number of authorized shares of SpinCo Class B Preferred Stock will be 10,000 and (D) no Shares will be held by SpinCo in its treasury.”

9.          Section 4.16(g). Section 4.16(g) of the Merger Agreement is hereby amended and restated in its entirety to read as follows: “[Intentionally omitted]”.

10.        Section 5.17(g).  Section 5.17(g) of the Merger Agreement is hereby amended and restated in its entirety to read as follows: “[Intentionally omitted]”.

11.        Section 6.05.  The second sentence of Section 6.05 of the Merger Agreement is hereby amended and replaced in its entirety with the following:

“In the event that the Closing has not occurred prior to March 31, 2019, the Company shall deliver to Parent, on March 31, 2019, the audited combined financial statements for the Tiger Business and, if financial statements of SpinCo are required by the rules and regulations of the SEC to be included in the Registration Statements, for SpinCo (except as set forth on Section 6.05 of the SpinCo Disclosure Schedule) as of the end of, and for, the fiscal year ending December 31, 2018, consisting of the balance sheets as of the end of such fiscal year and the related statements of income, comprehensive income, equity and cash flows for such fiscal year, in each case accompanied by a report satisfying the requirements of Regulation S-X of the independent registered public accounting firm for the Tiger Business and, if financial statements of SpinCo are required by the rules and regulations of the SEC to be included in the Registration Statements, for SpinCo (the “2018 Audited Financial Statements”, and together with the Initial Audited Financial Statements, the “Audited Financial Statements”). The Company shall (i) use its reasonable best efforts to cause the majority of work necessary to complete the audit for the 2018 Audited Financial Statements (the “2018 GET Audit”) to be completed on or prior to March 1, 2019 (including reasonable best efforts to cause the completion of what is commonly referred to as the “substantive” procedures of the accounts and records on or prior to March 1, 2019) and (ii) direct the auditor for the 2018 GET Audit to complete the work on the 2018 GET Audit in such a manner and on a timetable consistent with the timing requirements contemplated in clause (i) of this proviso and a completion of the 2018 GET Audit by March 31, 2019.  In the event that Closing occurs prior to March 31, 2019, then the Company and Parent will work together in good faith, between the Closing Date and March 31, 2019, to allow Parent and the auditor for the 2018 GET Audit to complete the 2018 GET Audit on or prior to March 31, 2019.”
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12.          Section 6.06.  Section 6.06 of the Merger Agreement is hereby amended by replacing the words “From and after the date hereof until the nine month anniversary of the date of this Agreement” wherever they occur with “From and after the date of this Agreement until the earlier of (x) the Closing Date and (y) the End Date.”

13.          Section 8.07. Section 8.07 of the Merger Agreement is hereby amended and restated in its entirety to read as follows:

“(a) Immediately prior to the Closing, the Company shall, or shall cause SpinCo to, deliver to Parent (i) a certificate from SpinCo, dated as of the Closing Date and prepared in accordance with Treasury Regulations sections 1.897-2(h) and 1.1445-2(c)(3), stating that equity interests in SpinCo are not “United States real property interests,” together with (ii) notice of such certificate to the IRS in accordance with Treasury Regulations section 1.897-2(h) (which notice shall be mailed to the IRS by SpinCo following the Closing in accordance with Treasury Regulations section 1.897-2(h)), in case of clause (i) and (ii), in form and substance reasonably acceptable to Parent.

(b) Except as otherwise expressly provided herein, this Agreement shall not govern Tax matters (including any administrative, procedural and related matters thereto), which shall be exclusively governed by the Tax Matters Agreement.”

14.          Section 8.11(a).  Section 8.11(a) of the Merger Agreement is hereby amended by deleting the words “(x) consistent with the Tax-Free Status, as reasonably determined by the Company, and (y).”

15.          Article 9. Each of Section 9.02(b) and Section 9.03(b) of the Merger Agreement is hereby amended and restated in its entirety to read as follows: “[Intentionally omitted]”

16.          Section 10.01.


a.
Section 10.01(b)(i) of the Merger Agreement is hereby amended and restated in its entirety to read as follows:

“(i)          the Merger has not been consummated on or before the one-year anniversary of the date of this Agreement (as it may be extended in accordance with this Section 10.01(b)(i), the “End Date”); provided that the right to terminate this Agreement pursuant to this Section 10.01(b)(i) shall not be available to (i) any party whose breach of any provision of this Agreement results in the failure of the Closing to have occurred by such time or (ii) Parent at a time when the Company is permitted to terminate this Agreement pursuant to Section 10.01(d)(iv); provided, further, that if, (x) as of three Business Days prior to the End Date, one or more of the conditions to the Closing set forth in Section 9.01(e), Section 9.01(f) or Section 9.01(g) (if the Applicable Law relates to any of the matters referenced in Section 9.01(e) or Section 9.01(f)) shall not have been satisfied, but all other conditions to the Closing (other than (i) Section 9.01(a) and Section 9.03(e) and (ii) those conditions which by their terms or nature are to be satisfied at the Closing; provided that any conditions not so satisfied are capable of being satisfied promptly if the Closing were to occur) have been satisfied, then the End Date shall be extended to the 15-month anniversary of the date of this Agreement, if either the Company or Parent notifies the other party in writing on or prior to the one-year anniversary of the date of this Agreement of its election to so extend the End Date or (y) as of the End Date, the Registration Statements have become effective but the 35 Business Day period referred to in Section 3.01(c) of the Separation Agreement (as the same may be extended in accordance with Section 3.01(c)) has not expired, then the End Date shall be extended to the extent necessary to the date following the day on which the 35 Business Day period referred to in Section 3.01(c) of the Separation Agreement expires (as the same may be extended in accordance with Section 3.01(c) of the Separation Agreement); provided, further, that, in the case of this clause (y), in no event shall the End Date be extended beyond the date that is 15 months after the date of this Agreement.”
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17.          Section 10.03.  Section 10.03(e) of the Merger Agreement is hereby amended by and restated in its entirety as follows:

“(e)          Except as otherwise specifically provided herein (including in Section 8.11(e) and this Section 10.03, all costs and expenses incurred in connection with this Agreement shall be paid by the party incurring such cost or expense, provided that, with respect to the printing and mailing of materials to Company stockholders in connection with the Distribution and the Parent Share Issuance, Parent shall be responsible for payment of the Wabtec Printing and Mailing Fees and the Company shall be responsible for payment of the GET Printing and Mailing Fees.  For purposes of this Agreement:

(i)          Aggregate Combined Printing and Mailing Cost” means the aggregate cost to print and mail (A) the prospectus included within the Parent Registration Statement (excluding any appendices thereto) and (B) all materials (other than the prospectus identified in (A)) that are included as part of the SpinCo Registration Statement (including the appendices thereto), to all Company stockholders required under Applicable Law to receive the foregoing materials in connection with the Distribution and the Share Issuance.

(ii)          Aggregate Standalone Printing and Mailing Cost” means sum of the GET Standalone Printing and Mailing Cost and the Wabtec Standalone Printing and Mailing Cost.

(iii)          GET Portion” means the amount equal to (A) the GET Standalone Printing and Mailing Cost divided by (B) the Aggregate Standalone Printing and Mailing Cost.

(iv)          GET Printing and Mailing Fees” means the amount equal to (A) the GET Portion multiplied by (B) the Aggregate Combined Printing and Mailing Cost.
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(v)          GET Standalone Printing and Mailing Cost” means the aggregate cost to print and mail the prospectus and all other materials that are included as part of the SpinCo Registration Statement (including any appendices thereto) to all Company stockholders required under Applicable Law to receive the foregoing materials in connection with the Distribution.

(vi)          Wabtec Portion” means the amount equal to (A) the Wabtec Standalone Printing and Mailing Cost divided by (B) the Aggregate Standalone Printing and Mailing Cost.

(vii)          Wabtec Printing and Mailing Fees” means the amount equal to (A) the Wabtec Portion multiplied by (B) the Aggregate Combined Printing and Mailing Cost.

(viii)          Wabtec Standalone Printing and Mailing Cost” means the aggregate cost to print and mail the prospectus included within the Parent Registration Statement (excluding any appendices thereto) to all Company stockholders required under Applicable Law to receive the foregoing materials in connection with the Share Issuance.”

18.          Representations and Warranties.  (a) The representations and warranties in Sections 4.01, 4.02(a), 4.03 and 4.04 of the Merger Agreement apply, mutatis mutandis, to this Amendment and the Separation Agreement Amendment, except that such representations and warranties are initially given as of the date of this Amendment and (b) the representations and warranties in Sections 5.01, 5.02(a), 5.03 and 5.04 of the Merger Agreement apply, mutatis mutandis, to this Amendment and the Separation Agreement Amendment, except that such representations and warranties are initially given as of the date of this Amendment.

19.          No Other Modification.  The Merger Agreement shall not be modified by this Amendment in any respect except as expressly set forth herein.

20.          Miscellaneous.  Sections 1.02 (Other Definitional and Interpretative Provisions), 11.02 (Survival of Representations, Warranties and Covenants), 11.06 (Governing Law), 11.07 (Jurisdiction), 11.08 (Waiver of Jury Trial), 11.09 (Counterparts; Effectiveness) and 11.12 (Specific Performance) of the Merger Agreement are hereby incorporated into this Amendment mutatis mutandis as if set forth in full herein.  Each reference in the Merger Agreement (or in any and all instruments or documents provided for in the Merger Agreement or delivered or to be delivered thereunder or in connection therewith) to “this Agreement”, “hereunder”, “hereof”, “herein”, or words of like import shall, except where the context otherwise requires, be deemed a reference to the Merger Agreement as amended hereby; provided that, for purposes of Articles 4 and 5, this Amendment and the Separation Agreement Amendment shall be ignored for purposes of determining whether the representations and warranties in such Articles were true and correct as of the Original Execution Date. No reference to this Amendment need be made in any instrument or document at any time referring to the Merger Agreement, and a reference to the Merger Agreement in any of such instruments or documents will be deemed to be a reference to the Merger Agreement as amended hereby.  The parties agree that all references in the Merger Agreement to “the date hereof” or “the date of this Agreement” shall refer to the Original Execution Date.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have caused this Amendment to be executed as of the date first written above by their respective officers thereunto duly authorize.

 
GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
 
By:
  
   
Name:
 
   
Title:
 
       
 
TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS HOLDINGS INC.
 
By:
  
   
Name:
 
   
Title:
 
       
 
WESTINGHOUSE AIR BRAKE TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION
 
By:
  
   
Name:
 
   
Title:
 
       
 
WABTEC US RAIL HOLDINGS, INC.
 
By:
  
   
Name:
 
   
Title:
 
       

[Signature Page to Amendment to Agreement and Plan of Merger]
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SECOND AMENDMENT TO SEPARATION, DISTRIBUTION AND SALE AGREEMENT

SECOND AMENDMENT TO SEPARATION, DISTRIBUTION AND SALE AGREEMENT, dated as of [●], 2019 (this “Amendment”), to the Separation, Distribution and Sale Agreement, dated as of May 20, 2018 and amended as of January 25, 2019 (the “Separation Agreement”), is entered into between General Electric Company, a New York corporation (the “Company”), and Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies Corporation, a Delaware corporation (“Parent”)Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the meanings ascribed to them in the Separation Agreement.

WHEREAS, the Company, SpinCo, Parent and Direct Sale Purchaser entered into the Separation Agreement as of May 20, 2018;

WHEREAS, Section 7.06 of the Separation Agreement permits the parties to amend the Separation Agreement by an instrument in writing signed by the Company and Parent; and

WHEREAS, the Company and Parent desire to amend the Separation Agreement.

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing and the covenants and agreements contained herein, and intending to be legally bound hereby, the Company and Parent hereby agree as follows:

1.          Recitals.


a.
The 2nd recital to the Separation Agreement is hereby amended by inserting the words “, as amended on January 25, 2019 and [●], 2019” immediately after the words “dated as of the date hereof”.


b.
The 9th recital to the Separation Agreement is hereby amended by inserting the word “and” at the end thereof.


c.
The 10th recital to the Separation Agreement is hereby amended and restated in its entirety to read as follows:

“WHEREAS, the parties intend that, for U.S. federal income Tax purposes, the Internal Reorganization, the SpinCo Transfer, the Distribution and the Merger will be treated in accordance with the Intended Tax Treatment (as defined in the Tax Matters Agreement).”


d.
The 11th recital to the Separation Agreement is hereby deleted in its entirety.

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2.          Section 1.01(a).  Section 1.01(a) of the Separation Agreement is hereby amended as follows:


a.
by deleting the definition of “Tax-Free Status” in its entirety; and


b.
by amending the definition of “SpinCo Transfer” in Section 1.01(a) of the Separation Agreement by (i) deleting the word “the” before the words “SpinCo Common Stock” and (ii) inserting the words “, the issuance of the SpinCo Preferred Stock” immediately after the words “SpinCo Common Stock”.

3.          Section 1.01(b).  Section 1.01(b) of the Separation Agreement is hereby amended by adding the terms (a) “SpinCo Class A Preferred Stock” and “SpinCo Class B Preferred Stock” (and their corresponding section references) between the terms “SpinCo Claim” and “SpinCo Deficit Amount”, (b) “SpinCo Preferred Stock” (and its corresponding section reference) between the terms “SpinCo Independent Accounting Firm” and “SpinCo Proposed Statement” and (c) “Exchange Offer Window” (and its corresponding section reference) between the terms “Exchange Offer” and “Final Direct Sale Closing Cash”.

4.          Section 2.01(d).  Section 2.01(d) of the Separation Agreement is hereby amended to delete the reference to “$2.9 billion” in the first sentence of Section 2.01(d) of the Separation Agreement and to replace it with “$2,875,000,000”.

5.          Section 2.02(a).  The first sentence of Section 2.02(a) of the Separation Agreement is hereby amended to replace the phrase “effective as of immediately prior to the Distribution Effective Time and immediately following the transactions contemplated by Section 2.01” with the phrase “effective as of the date of, or a date that shall be no more than five calendar days prior to, the date that the Company reasonably expects the Distribution Effective Time to occur”.

6.          Section 2.02(h).  Section 2.02(h) of the Separation Agreement is hereby amended and restated in its entirety to read as follows:  “[Reserved.]”.

7.          Section 2.12.  Section 2.12 of the Separation Agreement is hereby amended and restated in its entirety to read as follows:

“Section 2.12.          Issuance of SpinCo Stock.  In connection with the Transfer of the SpinCo Assets and the assumption of the SpinCo Liabilities as provided in this Agreement, SpinCo will issue and deliver to the Company (a) a number of shares of SpinCo Common Stock in book-entry form such that immediately thereafter the Company owns 8,700,000,000 shares of SpinCo Common Stock and (b) 15,000 shares of Class A non-voting preferred stock (“SpinCo Class A Preferred Stock”) and 10,000 shares of Class B non-voting preferred stock (“SpinCo Class B Preferred Stock” and, together with the SpinCo Class A Preferred Stock, the “SpinCo Preferred Stock”), in each case on the terms set forth on Exhibit J.”

8.          Section 3.01(a).  Pursuant to Section 3.01(a) of the Separation Agreement, the Company hereby elects to effect the Distribution in the form of the Exchange Offer, including any Clean-Up Spin-Off.
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9.
Section 3.01(c).


a.
Section 3.01(c) of the Separation Agreement is hereby amended by adding the following as a new second sentence immediately following the first sentence in Section 3.01(c):

“If at any time during the 35 Business Day period referred to in the immediately preceding sentence any event or circumstance of the type described in Section 8.02(d) of the Merger Agreement occurs, Parent and the Company shall reasonably cooperate to resolve such circumstance to permit the closing of the Exchange Offer as promptly as reasonably practicable, which the parties understand may be after the expiration of the 35 Business Day period referred to in the immediately preceding sentence.”

10.          Exhibit E. The Separation Agreement is hereby amended by amending and restating Exhibit E thereto in the form set forth as Exhibit A of this Amendment.

11.          Exhibit J.  The Separation Agreement is hereby amended by adding Exhibit B of this Amendment to the Separation Agreement as Exhibit J thereto.

12.          Ukraine Arrangements.  With respect to the arrangements set forth as #12 on Schedule 1.01(e) of the Separation Agreement (the “Ukraine Arrangements”), the Company and Parent agree that (a) any Liability of the Company or any of its Affiliates relating to the Ukraine Arrangements that would have constituted a Tiger Liability if the applicable Asset or Liability had been transferred pursuant to Section 2.01 or 2.02 of the Separation Agreement will continue to constitute a Tiger Liability (including for purposes of Article 5 of the Separation Agreement) and (b) any Liability of Parent or any of its Affiliates relating to the Ukraine Arrangements that would have constituted an Excluded Liability if the applicable Asset or Liability had been transferred pursuant to Section 2.02 of the Separation Agreement will continue to constitute an Excluded Liability (including for purposes of Article 5 of the Separation Agreement).

13.          Conveyance and Assumption Instruments.


a.
As used in any Conveyance and Assumption Instrument, the term “Permitted Affiliate” means any Subsidiary of Parent, other than Merger Sub or any of Merger Sub’s Subsidiaries.


b.
The parties hereby agree that, to the extent that (i) the Applicable Laws of any foreign jurisdiction will require a portion of the Direct Sale Adjustment Amount to be paid in a currency other than United States dollars (“local currency”) or (ii) any Conveyance and Assumption Instrument provides for a portion of the Direct Sale Adjustment Amount to be paid in local currency, it will be so paid and the Direct Sale Adjustment Amount otherwise payable under the Separation Agreement shall be appropriately adjusted to take into account the aggregate amount paid in such local currency such that the aggregate amount paid in local currency and under the Separation Agreement equals the amount that would have been paid under the Separation Agreement if there were no local currency payments required.  For this purpose, any amounts paid in local currency shall be translated into United States dollars using an exchange rate as provided in the Accounting Principles.


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c.
The parties hereby agree that, to the extent that (i) the Applicable Laws of any foreign jurisdiction will require a portion of the Direct Sale Purchase Price to be paid in local currency or (ii) any Conveyance and Assumption Instrument provides for a portion of the Direct Sale Purchase Price to be paid in local currency, it will be so paid and the Direct Sale Purchase Price otherwise payable under the Separation Agreement shall be appropriately adjusted to take into account the aggregate amount paid in such local currency such that the aggregate amount paid in local currency and under the Separation Agreement equals the amount that would have been paid under the Separation Agreement if there were no local currency payments required.  For this purpose, any amounts paid in local currency shall be translated into United States dollars using an exchange rate as provided in the Accounting Principles, except that the it will be determined as of the fifth Business Day immediately preceding the Distribution Effective Time.


d.
Except for any Conveyance and Assumption Instrument that specifically refers to this Section 13.d. (each, an “Excluded Instrument”), the parties hereby agree that (i) each Conveyance and Assumption Instrument is subject in all respects to the terms and conditions of the Separation Agreement and the Tax Matters Agreement, (ii) neither the making nor the acceptance of any Conveyance and Assumption Instrument shall enlarge, diminish, restrict, amend or otherwise modify the terms of the Separation Agreement or the Tax Matters Agreement or constitute a waiver or release by the Company, Parent or any of their respective Subsidiaries of the liabilities, duties or obligations imposed upon any of them by the terms of the Separation Agreement or the Tax Matters Agreement and (iii) in the event of any conflict between the provisions of any Conveyance and Assumption Instrument and the provisions of the Separation Agreement or the Tax Matters Agreement, the provisions of the Separation Agreement or the Tax Matters Agreement, as applicable, shall govern and control.  In furtherance of the foregoing, the Company and Parent shall not, and shall cause their respective Affiliates not to, bring any claim for any cause of action under any Conveyance and Assumption Instrument (other than any Excluded Instrument).

14.          Amendments to Schedules and Annexes.


a.
Annex A-13 of the Separation Agreement is hereby amended and restated in its entirety to read as set forth on Exhibit C hereto.


b.
Schedule 1.01(e) of the Separation Agreement is hereby amended and restated in its entirety to read as set forth on Exhibit D hereto.


c.
Schedule 2.01(a) of the Separation Agreement is hereby amended and restated in its entirety to read as set forth on Exhibit E hereto.


d.
Schedule 2.09 of the Separation Agreement is hereby deleted in its entirety.

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15.          No Other Modification.  The Separation Agreement shall not be modified by this Amendment in any respect except as expressly set forth herein.

16.          Miscellaneous.  Sections 1.02 (Other Definitional and Interpretative Provisions), 7.02 (Counterparts), 7.12 (Governing Law; Jurisdiction), 7.13 (Waiver of Jury Trial) and 7.14 (Specific Performance) of the Separation Agreement are hereby incorporated into this Amendment mutatis mutandis as if set forth in full herein.  Each reference in the Separation Agreement (or in any and all instruments or documents provided for in the Separation Agreement or delivered or to be delivered thereunder or in connection therewith) to “this Agreement”, “hereunder”, “hereof”, “herein”, or words of like import shall, except where the context otherwise requires, be deemed a reference to the Separation Agreement as amended hereby. No reference to this Amendment need be made in any instrument or document at any time referring to the Separation Agreement, and a reference to the Separation Agreement in any of such instruments or documents will be deemed to be a reference to the Separation Agreement as amended hereby.  The parties agree that all references in the Separation Agreement to “the date hereof” or “the date of this Agreement” shall refer to May 20, 2018.

[Signature page follows]
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have caused this Amendment to be executed as of the date first written above by their respective officers thereunto duly authorized.

 
GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
       
 
By:
  
       
   
Name:
 
   
Title:
 
       
 
WESTINGHOUSE AIR BRAKE TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION
       
 
By:
  
       
   
Name:
 
   
Title:
 


[Signature Page to Separation Agreement Amendment]




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EXHIBIT 2.8


Exhibit 2.8

Execution Version

AMENDMENT TO SEPARATION, DISTRIBUTION AND SALE AGREEMENT

AMENDMENT TO SEPARATION, DISTRIBUTION AND SALE AGREEMENT, dated as of January 25, 2019 (this “Amendment”), to the Separation, Distribution and Sale Agreement, dated as of May 20, 2018 (the “Separation Agreement”), is entered into between General Electric Company, a New York corporation (the “Company”), and Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies Corporation, a Delaware corporation (“Parent”)Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the meanings ascribed to them in the Separation Agreement.

WHEREAS, the Company, SpinCo, Parent and Direct Sale Purchaser entered into the Separation Agreement as of May 20, 2018;

WHEREAS, Section 7.06 of the Separation Agreement permits the parties to amend the Separation Agreement by an instrument in writing signed by the Company and Parent;

WHEREAS, under the Merger Agreement and the Separation Agreement, Parent agreed to acquire the Company’s Transportation business by effecting a series of transactions, including the Merger (“GE Transportation Acquisition”), for a combination of $2.9 billion in cash, certain additional payments in respect of tax benefits, assumption of certain liabilities and the issuance of shares of Parent Common Stock in an amount equal to approximately 50.1% of the outstanding Parent Common Stock (on a Fully Diluted Basis (as defined in the Merger Agreement, as amended)) after giving effect to the Merger (collectively, the “Transaction Value”), with the Company receiving approximately 9.9% of the outstanding Parent Common Stock (on a Fully Diluted Basis) after giving effect to the Merger and the Company’s stockholders receiving approximately 40.2% of the outstanding Parent Common Stock (on a Fully Diluted Basis) after giving effect to the Merger, as a result of the Spin- or Split-off of SpinCo to the Company’s stockholders immediately prior to the Merger;

WHEREAS, the Company and Parent desire to amend the Separation Agreement;

WHEREAS, contemporaneously with their entry into this Amendment, the Company and Parent are entering into an amendment to the Merger Agreement (the “Merger Agreement Amendment” and together with this Amendment, the “Amendments”);

WHEREAS, pursuant to the Amendments:


The terms of the GE Transportation Acquisition remain the same in all material respects, except that Parent will issue 3,300,000 fewer shares of Parent Common Stock in the Merger;


In consideration for, and on the same date as, the SpinCo Transfer, the Company shall receive (a) a number of shares of SpinCo Common Stock such that, after the SpinCo Transfer, the Company will own approximately 8,700,000,000 shares of SpinCo Common Stock, (b) 15,000 shares of SpinCo Class A Preferred Stock (as defined in the Separation Agreement as amended by this Amendment), (c) 10,000 shares of SpinCo Class B Preferred Stock (as defined in the Separation Agreement as amended by this Amendment) and (d) one share of SpinCo Class C Preferred Stock (as defined in the Separation Agreement as amended by this Amendment);



Immediately prior to, and on the same date as, the Merger, (a) the Company shall spin off all of the SpinCo Common Stock to the Company’s stockholders (the “Distribution”), and (b) the Company shall retain (i) all of the SpinCo Class A Preferred Stock, (ii) all of the SpinCo Class B Preferred Stock and (iii) all of the SpinCo Class C Preferred Stock (which, as a result of the Merger, will be converted into the right to receive (A) shares of Parent Class A Preferred Stock, convertible into 15% of the shares of Parent Common Stock (on a Fully Diluted Post-Merger Basis) and (B) a number of shares of Parent Common Stock equal to 9.9% of the shares of Parent Common Stock (on a Fully Diluted Post-Merger Basis));


Immediately prior to the Merger Effective Time, Parent shall pay to the Company $10,000,000 in cash in exchange for all of the shares of SpinCo Class B Preferred Stock; and


On the terms and subject to the conditions in the Amendments, as consideration for the Merger, Parent shall issue a number of shares of Parent Common Stock equal to approximately 49.2% of Parent Common Stock (on a Fully Diluted Post-Merger Basis) as follows: (a) in exchange for the SpinCo Common Stock held by the Company’s stockholders, approximately 24.3% of the outstanding Parent Common Stock (on a Fully Diluted Post-Merger Basis), and (b) in exchange for the share of SpinCo Class C Preferred Stock held by the Company, (i) 10,000 shares of Parent Class A Preferred Stock that, in the aggregate, are convertible, upon specified sales or transfers by the Company of such shares of Parent Class A Preferred Stock (pursuant to the terms and conditions of the Parent Class A Preferred Stock), into a number of shares of Parent Common Stock equal to 15% of the outstanding Parent Common Stock (on a Fully Diluted Post-Merger Basis) and (ii) a number of shares of Parent Common Stock equal to 9.9% of the outstanding Parent Common Stock (on a Fully Diluted Post-Merger Basis).

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing and the covenants and agreements contained herein, and intending to be legally bound hereby, the Company and Parent hereby agree as follows:

1.    Recitals.

 
a.
The 2nd recital to the Separation Agreement is hereby amended and replaced in its entirety as follows:

“WHEREAS, pursuant to the Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of the date hereof, as amended on January 25, 2019 (the “Merger Agreement”), among the Company, SpinCo, Parent and Wabtec US Rail Holdings, Inc., a Delaware corporation and wholly owned Subsidiary of Parent (“Merger Sub”), immediately following the Distribution, Merger Sub will merge with and into SpinCo (the “Merger”) and, in connection with the Merger, SpinCo Common Stock will be converted into the right to receive shares of common stock of Parent, par value $0.01 per share (“Parent Common Stock”), and SpinCo Class C Preferred Stock will be converted into the right to receive shares of Parent Class A Preferred Stock (as defined in the Merger Agreement) and shares of Parent Common Stock, on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in the Merger Agreement;”.

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b.
The 7th recital to the Separation Agreement is hereby amended and restated in its entirety to read as follows:

“WHEREAS, to implement the Separation, following the Internal Reorganization, the Direct Sale and the SpinCo Transfer, and upon the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement, the Board has determined to distribute all of the shares of SpinCo Common Stock outstanding immediately prior to the Distribution (such shares, the “Distribution Shares,” which is expected to be approximately 8,700,000,000) to the Company’s stockholders by way of a pro rata dividend (the “Distribution”);”.


c.
The 9th recital to the Separation Agreement is hereby amended by inserting the word “and” at the end thereof.


d.
The 10th recital to the Separation Agreement is hereby amended and restated in its entirety to read as follows:

“WHEREAS, the parties intend that, for U.S. federal income Tax purposes, the Internal Reorganization, the SpinCo Transfer, the Distribution and the Merger will be treated in accordance with the Intended Tax Treatment (as defined in the Tax Matters Agreement).”


e.
The 8th and 11th recitals to the Separation Agreement are hereby deleted in their entirety.

2.    Section 1.01(a).  Section 1.01(a) of the Separation Agreement is hereby amended as follows:


a.
by deleting the definitions of “Company’s Parent Shares”, “Distribution Share Maximum”, “Distribution Share Minimum” and “Tax-Free Status” in their entirety;


b.
by amending the definition of “Record Date” to delete the phrase “, to the extent the Distribution is effected through a One-Step Spin-Off, or in connection with any Clean-Up Spin-Off” in its entirety.


c.
by amending the definition of “SpinCo Transfer” in Section 1.01(a) of the Separation Agreement by (i) deleting the word “the” before the words “SpinCo Common Stock” and (ii) inserting the words “, the issuance of the SpinCo Preferred Stock” immediately after the words “SpinCo Common Stock”.

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3.    Section 1.01(b).


a.
Section 1.01(b) of the Separation Agreement is hereby amended by adding the terms (a) “Distribution Shares” (and its corresponding section reference) between the terms “Distribution” and “Exchange Offer”, (b) “Parent Common Stock” (and its corresponding section reference) between “Parent” and “Privilege”, (c) “SpinCo Class A Preferred Stock”, “SpinCo Class B Preferred Stock”  and “SpinCo Class C Preferred Stock” (and their corresponding section references) between the terms “SpinCo Claim” and “SpinCo Deficit Amount”, and (d) “SpinCo Preferred Stock” (and its corresponding section reference) between the terms “SpinCo Independent Accounting Firm” and “SpinCo Proposed Statement”.


b.
Section 1.01(b) of the Separation Agreement is hereby amended by deleting the terms “Clean-Up Spin-Off”, “Distribution Share Maximum”, “Distribution Share Minimum”, “Exchange Offer” and “One-Step Spin-Off”.

4.    Section 2.01(d).  Section 2.01(d) of the Separation Agreement is hereby amended to delete the reference to “$2.9 billion” in the first sentence of Section 2.01(d) of the Separation Agreement and to replace it with “$2,875,000,000”.

5.    Section 2.02(a).  The first sentence of Section 2.02(a) of the Separation Agreement is hereby amended to replace the phrase “effective as of immediately prior to the Distribution Effective Time and immediately following the transactions contemplated by Section 2.01” with the phrase “effective as of the date of, or a date that shall be no more than five calendar days prior to, the date that the Company reasonably expects the Distribution Effective Time to occur”.

6.    Section 2.02(h).  Section 2.02(h) of the Separation Agreement is hereby amended and restated in its entirety to read as follows:  “[Intentionally Omitted]”.

7.    Section 2.12.  Section 2.12 of the Separation Agreement is hereby amended and restated in its entirety to read as follows:

“Section 2.12. Issuance of SpinCo Stock.  In connection with the Transfer of the SpinCo Assets and the assumption of the SpinCo Liabilities as provided in this Agreement, SpinCo will issue and deliver to the Company (a) a number of shares of SpinCo Common Stock in book-entry form such that immediately thereafter the Company owns 8,700,000,000 shares of SpinCo Common Stock, (b) 15,000 shares of Class A non-voting preferred stock (“SpinCo Class A Preferred Stock”) and 10,000 shares of Class B non-voting preferred stock (“SpinCo Class B Preferred Stock”) in each case on the terms set forth on Exhibit J, and (c) one share of Class C non-voting preferred stock (“SpinCo Class C Preferred Stock”, and together with the SpinCo Class A Preferred Stock and the SpinCo Class B Preferred Stock, the “SpinCo Preferred Stock”), on the terms set forth on Exhibit K.  Parent and the Company, acting in good faith, will mutually agree upon the Certificates of Designation for the SpinCo Class A Preferred Stock, SpinCo Class B Preferred Stock and SpinCo Class C Preferred Stock prior to the Closing.”

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8.    Section 3.01.


a.
Section 3.01(a) of the Separation Agreement is hereby amended and replaced to read as follows: “[Intentionally Omitted]”.


b.
Section 3.01(b) of the Separation Agreement is hereby amended and replaced to read as follows:

“The Board (or a committee of the Board acting pursuant to delegated authority), in accordance with all Applicable Laws and the rules and regulations of NYSE, shall set the Record Date and the Distribution Date, and the Company shall establish appropriate procedures in connection with the Distribution, and shall declare, pay and otherwise effectuate the Distribution, in accordance with all Applicable Laws and the rules and regulations of NYSE.  In connection with the Distribution, the Distribution Shares will be distributed to Record Holders in the manner determined by the Company and in accordance with Section 3.02. The Company hereby agrees (i) to set a Record Date of no later than February 14, 2019, subject to the SpinCo Registration Statement becoming effective on or prior to February 14, 2019; provided that, if the SpinCo Registration Statement becomes effective after February 14, 2019, the Company shall set a Record Date of no later than the date on which the SpinCo Registration Statement becomes effective, and (ii) to set the Distribution Date no later than 10 days after the SpinCo Registration Statement becomes effective (provided that, if the 10th day falls on a day other than a Business Day, the Distribution Date shall be the immediately following Business Day).”


c.
Section 3.01(c).  Section 3.01(c) of the Separation Agreement is hereby amended and replaced to read as follows: “[Intentionally Omitted]”.

9.    Section 3.02.


a.
Section 3.02(a) of the Separation Agreement is hereby amended and replaced to read as follows:

“(a)       In the Distribution, subject to the terms and conditions established pursuant to Section 3.01(b), each Record Holder shall be entitled to receive a number of shares of SpinCo Common Stock equal to the number of Distribution Shares multiplied by a fraction, the numerator of which is the number of shares of Company Common Stock held by the Record Holder on the Record Date and the denominator of which is the total number of shares of Company Common Stock outstanding on the Record Date (excluding treasury shares held by the Company).”

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b.
Section 3.02(b) of the Separation Agreement is hereby amended and replaced to read as follows: “[Intentionally Omitted]”.

10.  Section 3.03.  The second proviso in the first sentence of Section 3.03 of the Separation Agreement is hereby amended and replaced in its entirety to read as follows: “provided that such conditions shall be required to remain satisfied (or capable of being so satisfied, as applicable) from the commencement of Distribution through the consummation of the Distribution”.

11.   Section 3.04.  Section 3.04(b) of the Separation Agreement shall be amended as follows:


a.
The first sentence of Section 3.04(b) of the Separation Agreement shall be amended and restated to read as follows:  “Upon consummation of the Distribution, the Company shall deliver to the Exchange Agent book-entry shares representing the Distribution Shares being distributed in the Distribution for the account of the Company stockholders that are entitled to such shares.”


b.
The second sentence of Section 3.04(b) of the Separation Agreement shall be deleted in its entirety.

12.  Exhibit E. The Separation Agreement is hereby amended by amending and restating Exhibit E thereto in the form set forth as Exhibit A of this Amendment.

13.  Exhibit J.  The Separation Agreement is hereby amended by adding Exhibit B of this Amendment to the Separation Agreement as Exhibit J thereto.

14.  Exhibit K.  The Separation Agreement is hereby amended by adding Exhibit C of this Amendment to the Separation Agreement as Exhibit K thereto.

15.  Ukraine Arrangements.  With respect to the arrangements set forth as #12 on Schedule 1.01(e) of the Separation Agreement (the “Ukraine Arrangements”), the Company and Parent agree that (a) any Liability of the Company or any of its Affiliates relating to the Ukraine Arrangements that would have constituted a Tiger Liability if the applicable Asset or Liability had been transferred pursuant to Section 2.01 or 2.02 of the Separation Agreement will continue to constitute a Tiger Liability (including for purposes of Article 5 of the Separation Agreement) and (b) any Liability of Parent or any of its Affiliates relating to the Ukraine Arrangements that would have constituted an Excluded Liability if the applicable Asset or Liability had been transferred pursuant to Section 2.02 of the Separation Agreement will continue to constitute an Excluded Liability (including for purposes of Article 5 of the Separation Agreement).

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16.  Conveyance and Assumption Instruments.


a.
As used in any Conveyance and Assumption Instrument, the term “Permitted Affiliate” means any Subsidiary of Parent, other than Merger Sub or any of Merger Sub’s Subsidiaries.


b.
The parties hereby agree that, to the extent that (i) the Applicable Laws of any foreign jurisdiction will require a portion of the Direct Sale Adjustment Amount to be paid in a currency other than United States dollars (“local currency”) or (ii) any Conveyance and Assumption Instrument provides for a portion of the Direct Sale Adjustment Amount to be paid in local currency, it will be so paid and the Direct Sale Adjustment Amount otherwise payable under the Separation Agreement shall be appropriately adjusted to take into account the aggregate amount paid in such local currency such that the aggregate amount paid in local currency and under the Separation Agreement equals the amount that would have been paid under the Separation Agreement if there were no local currency payments required.  For this purpose, any amounts paid in local currency shall be translated into United States dollars using an exchange rate as provided in the Accounting Principles.


c.
The parties hereby agree that, to the extent that (i) the Applicable Laws of any foreign jurisdiction will require a portion of the Direct Sale Purchase Price to be paid in local currency or (ii) any Conveyance and Assumption Instrument provides for a portion of the Direct Sale Purchase Price to be paid in local currency, it will be so paid and the Direct Sale Purchase Price otherwise payable under the Separation Agreement shall be appropriately adjusted to take into account the aggregate amount paid in such local currency such that the aggregate amount paid in local currency and under the Separation Agreement equals the amount that would have been paid under the Separation Agreement if there were no local currency payments required.  For this purpose, any amounts paid in local currency shall be translated into United States dollars using an exchange rate as provided in the Accounting Principles, except that the it will be determined as of the fifth Business Day immediately preceding the Distribution Effective Time.


d.
Except for any Conveyance and Assumption Instrument that specifically refers to this Section 16.d. (each, an “Excluded Instrument”), the parties hereby agree that (i) each Conveyance and Assumption Instrument is subject in all respects to the terms and conditions of the Separation Agreement and the Tax Matters Agreement, (ii) neither the making nor the acceptance of any Conveyance and Assumption Instrument shall enlarge, diminish, restrict, amend or otherwise modify the terms of the Separation Agreement or the Tax Matters Agreement or constitute a waiver or release by the Company, Parent or any of their respective Subsidiaries of the liabilities, duties or obligations imposed upon any of them by the terms of the Separation Agreement or the Tax Matters Agreement and (iii) in the event of any conflict between the provisions of any Conveyance and Assumption Instrument and the provisions of the Separation Agreement or the Tax Matters Agreement, the provisions of the Separation Agreement or the Tax Matters Agreement, as applicable, shall govern and control.  In furtherance of the foregoing, the Company and Parent shall not, and shall cause their respective Affiliates not to, bring any claim for any cause of action under any Conveyance and Assumption Instrument (other than any Excluded Instrument).

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17.  Amendments to Schedules and Annexes.


a.
Annex A-13 of the Separation Agreement is hereby amended and restated in its entirety to read as set forth on Exhibit D hereto.


b.
Schedule 1.01(e) of the Separation Agreement is hereby amended and restated in its entirety to read as set forth on Exhibit E hereto.


c.
Schedule 2.01(a) of the Separation Agreement is hereby amended and restated in its entirety to read as set forth on Exhibit F hereto.


d.
Schedule 2.09 of the Separation Agreement is hereby deleted in its entirety.

18.  No Other Modification.  The Separation Agreement shall not be modified by this Amendment in any respect except as expressly set forth herein or in the Merger Agreement Amendment.

19.  Miscellaneous.  Sections 1.02 (Other Definitional and Interpretative Provisions), 7.02 (Counterparts), 7.12 (Governing Law; Jurisdiction), 7.13 (Waiver of Jury Trial) and 7.14 (Specific Performance) of the Separation Agreement are hereby incorporated into this Amendment mutatis mutandis as if set forth in full herein.  Each reference in the Separation Agreement (or in any and all instruments or documents provided for in the Separation Agreement or delivered or to be delivered thereunder or in connection therewith) to “this Agreement”, “hereunder”, “hereof”, “herein”, or words of like import shall, except where the context otherwise requires, be deemed a reference to the Separation Agreement as amended hereby. No reference to this Amendment need be made in any instrument or document at any time referring to the Separation Agreement, and a reference to the Separation Agreement in any of such instruments or documents will be deemed to be a reference to the Separation Agreement as amended hereby.  The parties agree that all references in the Separation Agreement to “the date hereof” or “the date of this Agreement” shall refer to May 20, 2018.

[Signature page follows]

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

 
GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
   
 
By:
/s/ James Waterbury
   

     Name
James Waterbury
   
Title:
Vice President
       
 
WESTINGHOUSE AIR BRAKE TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION
   
 
By:
/s/ David L. DeNinno
   


   
Name:
David L. DeNinno
   
Title:
Vice President, Secretary and General Counsel

[Signature Page to Separation Agreement Amendment]


Summary of Principal Terms of SpinCo Preferred Stock – First Amendment

Issuer
Transportation Systems Holdings Inc. (“SpinCo”).
   
Security Type
Non-voting cumulative perpetual preferred stock (the “Preferred Stock”).
   
Size
In the case of (i) SpinCo Class A Preferred Stock - $15 million and (ii) SpinCo Class B Preferred Stock - $10 million.
   
Purchase Price
$1,000 per share of Preferred Stock.
   
Dividends
Cumulative dividends at an annual rate of the three month LIBOR (as such value appears on Reuters Screen LIBOR01 Page as of 11:00 a.m., London time, on the Closing Date) plus 4.7% (such sum, the “Dividend Rate”), payable quarterly.1  Any unpaid dividends will accrue dividends at the Dividend Rate.  No dividends will be paid on any junior securities of SpinCo unless the full cumulative dividends on the Preferred Stock have been paid (for periods prior to the termination of Wabtec’s Credit Agreement, such restriction to only apply when SpinCo is a subsidiary guarantor under Wabtec’s Credit Agreement).  During the term of Wabtec’s Credit Agreement, Wabtec shall not permit SpinCo to cease to be a subsidiary guarantor under such Credit Agreement.
   
Priority
The Preferred Stock will rank pari passu with the SpinCo non-voting convertible Class C Preferred Stock and senior to the common stock of SpinCo (the “Common Stock”) and to all other classes or series of equity securities of SpinCo with respect to all rights upon a liquidation, dissolution or winding up (a “Liquidation”).
   
Liquidation Preference
In the event of a Liquidation of SpinCo, the holders of the Preferred Stock would be entitled to receive, prior to and in preference to the holders of the Common Stock, for each share of Preferred Stock held, an amount of proceeds equal to $1,000 per share plus accrued but unpaid dividends.

A (i) merger or consolidation (other than one in which stockholders of SpinCo own a majority (by voting power) of the outstanding shares of the surviving or acquiring corporation), (ii) sale, transfer, exclusive license or lease or other disposition of all or substantially all of the assets of SpinCo, or (iii) acquisition of beneficial ownership of at least a majority of the equity (measured by either voting power or economic interests) of SpinCo by a person or group (as that term is defined under Rule 13d-3 promulgated under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934) other than Wabtec and its subsidiaries, will be treated as a Liquidation, thereby triggering payment of the preferences as described above.



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The parties agree that the Dividend Rate is intended to result in the Preferred Stock having a fair market value equal to par immediately following the Closing. If, as a result of changes taking place after the date of this amendment, the Dividend Rate would result in the Preferred Stock having a fair market value different than par immediately following the Closing, the parties will cooperate in good faith to adjust the Dividend Rate to the extent necessary for the Preferred Stock to have a fair market value equal to par.


Voting Rights
The Preferred Stock will have no voting rights, except (i) for the right to elect one director to the SpinCo board of directors if the dividend has not been paid such that an arrearage of at least three full quarters of dividend payments exists (such board seat to remain until there is no arrearage) and (ii) as otherwise required by applicable law. The Preferred Stock will have class voting rights for amendments (including those effected by way of merger of SpinCo with another entity) that have an adverse discriminatory effect against the rights of the Preferred Stock relative to their effect on the rights of the other equity securities of SpinCo in any material respect.
   
Optional Redemption
The Preferred Stock will be redeemable, at the option of SpinCo, at any time following the seventh anniversary of the issuance of the Preferred Stock for a price equal to $1,000 per share plus accrued but unpaid dividends.
   
No Mandatory Redemption
The holders of the Preferred Stock will not have a right to require SpinCo to redeem the Preferred Stock.
   
Transfer Restrictions
The Preferred Stock will not be directly or indirectly transferrable prior to the first anniversary of issuance.  Thereafter, the Preferred Stock will be freely transferable, subject to any applicable securities laws, and upon any proposed transfer to any holder other than GE or a subsidiary thereof, such transfer shall be subject to the written consent of Wabtec (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed).
   
Mergers
For so long as the Preferred Stock is outstanding, SpinCo will not merge or consolidate with any other person unless the Preferred Stock either remains outstanding or is exchanged for equivalent securities of the surviving or acquiring company (except if such transaction is treated as a Liquidation as described above).


Summary of Principal Terms of SpinCo Class C Preferred Stock

Issuer
Transportation Systems Holdings Inc. (“SpinCo”).
   
Security Type
Non-voting convertible Class C preferred stock, par value $0.01 per share (the “SpinCo Class C Preferred Stock”).
   
Size
1 share of SpinCo Class C Preferred Stock.
   
Purchase Price
The SpinCo Class C Preferred Stock will be issued to General Electric Company (“GE”) in connection with the SpinCo Transfer (as defined in the Separation Agreement).
   
Dividends and Distributions
If SpinCo shall declare or make any dividend or distribution on the common stock of SpinCo, par value $0.01 per share (the “SpinCo Common Stock”), including, without limitation, any distribution of cash, stock or other securities, property or rights, options or warrants by way of a dividend, distribution, spin-off, reclassification or other similar transaction, but excluding any dividend or distribution consisting solely of shares of SpinCo Common Stock, holders of SpinCo Class C Preferred Stock will be entitled to receive such dividend or distribution at the same time as, and on a pro rata, as converted, basis with, holders of the SpinCo Common Stock.  Except as set forth in the immediately preceding sentence, no dividends will be paid on the SpinCo Class C Preferred Stock.
   
Conversion
The share (or fractional interests therein) of SpinCo Class C Preferred Stock will, at the holder’s option, be convertible into the right to receive a number of shares of SpinCo Common Stock equal to (1) the number of shares of SpinCo Common Stock issued and outstanding immediately before the Distribution multiplied by (2) 1.0232587.  The holder is not permitted to exercise the conversion right so long as the Merger Agreement is in effect. The conversion rate will be proportionally adjusted in the event of any share split or combination in respect of the SpinCo Common Stock or any issuance of SpinCo Common Stock as a dividend or distribution on SpinCo Common Stock.
   
Priority
The SpinCo Class C Preferred Stock will rank pari passu with the SpinCo Class A Preferred Stock and SpinCo Class B Preferred Stock and senior to the SpinCo Common Stock and to all other classes or series of equity securities of SpinCo with respect to all rights upon a liquidation, dissolution or winding up (a “Liquidation”).
   
Liquidation Preference
In the event of a Liquidation of SpinCo, the holders of the SpinCo Class C Preferred Stock would be entitled to receive, for each share of SpinCo Class C Preferred Stock held, an amount of proceeds equal to (x) $100 plus (y) the amount that would be received if the holders of SpinCo Class C Preferred Stock were to receive proceeds on a pro rata, as converted, basis with holders of the SpinCo Common Stock. The holders of the SpinCo Class C Preferred Stock will be entitled to receive the amount described in clause (x) prior to and in preference to any distribution of proceeds to the holders of the SpinCo Common Stock.


Voting Rights
The SpinCo Class C Preferred Stock will have no voting rights, except as set forth below or as otherwise required by applicable law. The SpinCo Class C Preferred Stock will have class voting rights for amendments to the SpinCo certificate of incorporation or the certificate of designations for the SpinCo Class C Preferred Stock (including those effected by way of merger of SpinCo with another entity) that adversely affect the rights, preferences, privileges or powers of the SpinCo Class C Preferred Stock; provided that any amendment that affects all SpinCo Common Stock equally and does not affect the rights, preferences, privileges or powers of the SpinCo Class C Preferred Stock except insofar as it so affects the SpinCo Common Stock to be issued on conversion of the SpinCo Class C Preferred Stock will not be deemed to adversely affect the rights, preferences, privileges or powers of the SpinCo Class C Preferred Stock.
   
Optional Redemption
The SpinCo Class C Preferred Stock will not be redeemable at the option of SpinCo.
   
No Mandatory Redemption
The holders of the SpinCo Class C Preferred Stock will not have a right to require SpinCo to redeem the SpinCo Class C Preferred Stock.
   
Transfer Restrictions
The SpinCo Class C Preferred Stock will be transferrable.
   
Mergers, etc.
For so long as the SpinCo Class C Preferred Stock is outstanding, SpinCo will not consummate a binding share exchange or reclassification involving the SpinCo Class C Preferred Stock or merge or consolidate with any other person unless the SpinCo Class C Preferred Stock either remains outstanding or is exchanged for equivalent securities of the surviving or acquiring company and, in each case, the SpinCo Class C Preferred Stock or such equivalent securities have such rights, preferences, privileges and powers, taken as a whole, as are not materially less favorable to the holders thereof than the rights, preferences, privileges and powers of the SpinCo Class C Preferred Stock immediately prior to such consummation, taken as a whole.  The restriction provided in the preceding sentence will not be applicable to, or otherwise deemed to prohibit or impede, the merger of SpinCo contemplated by that certain Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of May 20, 2018, among General Electric Company, Transportation Systems Holdings Inc., Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies Corporation and Wabtec US Rail Holdings, Inc., as amended. (the “Wabtec Merger”).

In the event of a merger or consolidation of SpinCo with, or sale, transfer, lease or conveyance of all or substantially all of the consolidated properties and assets of SpinCo and its subsidiaries to, another person, or reclassification or statutory exchange of the SpinCo Common Stock, in each case as a result of which the SpinCo Common Stock would be converted into, or exchanged for, securities, cash or other property, each share of SpinCo Class C Preferred Stock shall become convertible into the kind and amount of securities, cash and other property that the holder of such share would have been entitled to receive if such holder had converted its SpinCo Class C Preferred Stock into SpinCo Common Stock immediately prior to such event.  If such event causes the SpinCo Common Stock to be converted into, or exchanged for, the right to receive more than a single type of consideration (determined based in part upon any form of stockholder election), then the property into which the SpinCo Class C Preferred Stock will be convertible shall be deemed to be the weighted average of the types and amounts of consideration actually received by the holders of SpinCo Common Stock.  This paragraph will not be deemed to apply to the Wabtec Merger.
   
Certain Events
Each holder of SpinCo Class C Preferred Stock will be entitled to exercise any rights, options or warrants received pursuant to “Dividends and Distributions” above as if such holder held the number of shares of SpinCo Common Stock into which such holder’s shares of SpinCo Class C Preferred Stock are convertible.



EXHIBIT 3.1


Exhibit 3.1


STATE OF DELAWARE

AMENDED AND RESTATED CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION

OF

TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS HOLDINGS INC.

FIRST. The name of the corporation is Transportation Systems Holdings Inc. (the “Corporation”).

SECOND. The address of the Corporation’s registered office in the state of Delaware is 1209 Orange Street, Wilmington, New Castle County, Delaware 19801. The name of the Corporation’s registered agent at such address is The Corporation Trust Company.

THIRD. The purpose of the Corporation is to engage in any lawful act or activity for which corporations may be organized under the DGCL.

FOURTH. The total number of shares of stock which the Corporation shall have authority to issue is 18,000,050,000, consisting of (i) 18,000,000,000 shares of common stock, par value of $0.01 per share and (ii) 50,000 shares of preferred stock, par value of $0.01 per share (“Preferred Stock”).

FIFTH. The board of directors is hereby empowered, without any action or vote by the Corporation’s stockholders, to authorize by resolution or resolutions from time to time the issuance of one or more classes or series of Preferred Stock and to fix the designations, powers, preferences and relative, participating, optional or other rights, if any, and the qualifications, limitations or restrictions thereof, if any, with respect to each such class or series of Preferred Stock and the number of shares constituting each such class or series, and to increase or decrease the number of shares of any such class or series to the extent permitted by the DGCL.

SIXTH. The incorporator of the Corporation is Brittany Gurgle, whose mailing address is 191 Rosa Parks Street, 11th Floor, Cincinnati, Ohio 45202.

EXHIBIT 3.2


Exhibit 3.2


BYLAWS

OF

TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS HOLDINGS INC.
(the “Corporation”)

ARTICLE I
Meetings of Stockholders

Section 1.1. Annual Meetings. If required by applicable law, an annual meeting of stockholders shall be held for the election of directors at such date, time and place, if any, either within or without the State of Delaware, as may be designated by resolution of the Board of Directors from time to time. Any other proper business may be transacted at the annual meeting. The Corporation may postpone, reschedule or cancel any annual meeting of stockholders previously scheduled by the Board of Directors.

Section 1.2. Special Meetings. Special meetings of stockholders for any purpose or purposes may be called at any time by the Board of Directors, but such special meetings may not be called by any other person or persons. Business transacted at any special meeting of stockholders shall be limited to the purposes stated in the notice. Meetings may be held at such place, if any, within or without the State of Delaware as may be designated by resolution of the Board of Directors from time to time. The Corporation may postpone, reschedule or cancel any special meeting of stockholders previously scheduled by the Board of Directors.

Section 1.3. Notice of Meetings.  Whenever stockholders are required or permitted to take any action at a meeting, a notice of the meeting shall be given that shall state the place, if any, date and hour of the meeting, the means of remote communications, if any, by which stockholders and proxy holders may be deemed to be present in person and vote at such meeting, the record date for determining the stockholders entitled to vote at the meeting (if such date is different from the record date for stockholders entitled to notice of the meeting) and, in the case of a special meeting, the purpose or purposes for which the meeting is called. Unless otherwise provided by law, the certificate of incorporation or these Bylaws, the notice of any meeting shall be given not less than ten (10) days nor more than sixty (60) days before the date of the meeting to each stockholder entitled to vote at the meeting as of the record date for determining the stockholders entitled to notice of the meeting. If mailed, such notice shall be deemed to be given when deposited in the United States mail, postage prepaid, directed to the stockholder at such stockholder’s address as it appears on the records of the corporation.

Section 1.4. Adjournments. Any meeting of stockholders, annual or special, may adjourn from time to time to reconvene at the same or some other place and notice need not be given of any such adjourned meeting if the time and place thereof are announced at the meeting at which the adjournment is taken. At the adjourned meeting, the Corporation may transact any business which might have been transacted at the original meeting. If the adjournment is for more than thirty (30) days, a notice of the adjourned meeting shall be given to each stockholder of record entitled to vote at the meeting. If after the adjournment a new record date for determination of stockholders entitled to vote is fixed for the adjourned meeting, the Board of Directors shall fix as the record date for determining stockholders entitled to notice of such adjourned meeting the same or an earlier date as that fixed for determination of stockholders entitled to vote at the adjourned meeting, and shall give notice of the adjourned meeting to each stockholder of record as of the record date so fixed for notice of such adjourned meeting.
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Section 1.5. Quorum. Except  as  otherwise  provided  by  law,  the certificate of incorporation or these Bylaws, at each meeting of stockholders the presence in person, or by proxy of the holders of a majority in voting power of the outstanding shares of stock entitled to vote at the meeting shall be necessary and sufficient to constitute a quorum. In the absence of a quorum, the stockholders so present may, by a majority in voting power thereof, adjourn the meeting from time to time in the manner provided in Section 1.4 of these Bylaws until a quorum shall attend. Shares of its own stock belonging to the Corporation or to a subsidiary of the Corporation, if a majority of the shares entitled to vote in the election of directors of such subsidiary of the Corporation is held, directly or indirectly, by the Corporation, shall neither be entitled to vote nor be counted for quorum purposes; provided, however, that the foregoing shall not limit the right of the Corporation or any subsidiary of the Corporation to vote stock, including but not limited to its own stock, held by it in a fiduciary capacity.

Section 1.6. Organization. Meetings of stockholders shall be presided over by the Chairperson of the Board, if any, or in his or her absence by the Vice Chairperson of the Board, if any, or in his or her absence by the President, or in his or her absence by a Vice President, or in the absence of the foregoing persons by a chairperson designated by the Board of Directors, or in the absence of such designation by a chairperson chosen at the meeting. The Secretary shall act as secretary of the meeting but in his or her absence the chairperson of the meeting may appoint any person to act as secretary of the meeting.

Section 1.7. Voting; Proxies. Except as otherwise provided by or pursuant to the provisions of the certificate of incorporation, each stockholder entitled to vote at any meeting of stockholders shall be entitled to one vote for each share of stock held by such stockholder which has voting power upon the matter in question. Each stockholder entitled to vote at a meeting of stockholders or to express consent to corporate action in writing without a meeting may authorize another person or persons to act for such stockholder by proxy, but no such proxy shall be voted or acted upon after three years from its date, unless the proxy provides for a longer period. A proxy shall be irrevocable if it states that it is irrevocable and if, and only as long as, it is coupled with an interest sufficient in law to support an irrevocable power. A stockholder may revoke any proxy which is not irrevocable by attending the meeting and voting in person or by delivering to the Secretary of the Corporation a revocation of the proxy or a new proxy bearing a later date. Voting at meetings of stockholders need not be by written ballot. At all meetings of stockholders for the election of directors at which a quorum is present a plurality of the votes cast shall be sufficient to elect. All other elections and questions presented to the stockholders at a meeting at which a quorum is present shall, unless otherwise provided by the certificate of incorporation, these Bylaws, the rules or regulations of any stock exchange applicable to the Corporation, or applicable law or pursuant to any regulation applicable to the Corporation or its securities, be decided by the affirmative vote of the holders of a majority in voting power of the shares of stock of the Corporation which are present directly or by proxy and entitled to vote thereon.

Section 1.8. Fixing Date for Determination of Stockholders of Record.

(a)          In order that the Corporation may determine the stockholders entitled to notice of any meeting of stockholders or any adjournment thereof, the Board of Directors may fix a record date, which record date shall not precede the date upon which the resolution fixing the record date is adopted by the Board of Directors, and which record date shall, unless otherwise required by law, not be more than sixty (60) nor less than ten (10) days before the date of such meeting. If the Board of Directors so fixes a date, such date shall also be the record date for determining the stockholders entitled to vote at such meeting unless the Board of Directors determines, at the time it fixes such record date, that a later date on or before the date of the meeting shall be the date for making such determination.      If no record date is fixed by the Board of Directors, the record date for determining stockholders entitled to notice of or to vote at a meeting of stockholders shall be at the close of business on the day next preceding the day on which notice is given, or, if notice is waived, at the close of business on the day next preceding the day on which the meeting is held. A determination of stockholders of record entitled to notice of or to vote at a meeting of stockholders shall apply to any adjournment of the meeting; provided, however, that the Board of Directors may fix a new record date for determination of stockholders entitled to vote at the adjourned meeting, and in such case shall also fix as the record date for stockholders entitled to notice of such adjourned meeting the same or an earlier date as that fixed for determination of stockholders entitled to vote in accordance herewith at the adjourned meeting.
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(b)          In order that the Corporation may determine the stockholders entitled to receive payment of any dividend or other distribution or allotment of any rights, or entitled to exercise any rights in respect of any change, conversion or exchange of stock or for the purpose of any other lawful action, the Board of Directors may fix a record date, which record date shall not precede the date upon which the resolution fixing the record date is adopted, and which record date shall not be more than sixty (60) days prior to such action. If no such record date is fixed, the record date for determining stockholders for any such purpose shall be at the close of business on the day on which the Board of Directors adopts the resolution relating thereto.

(c)          Unless otherwise restricted by the certificate of incorporation, in order that the Corporation may determine the stockholders entitled to express consent to corporate action in writing without a meeting, the Board of Directors may fix a record date, which record date shall not precede the date upon which the resolution fixing the record date is adopted by the Board of Directors, and which record date shall not be more than ten (10) days after the date upon which the resolution fixing the record date is adopted by the Board of Directors. If no record date for determining stockholders entitled to express consent to corporate action in writing without a meeting is fixed by the Board of Directors, (i) when no prior action of the Board of Directors is required by law, the record date for such purpose shall be the first date on which a signed written consent setting forth the action taken or proposed to be taken is delivered to the Corporation in accordance with applicable law, and (ii) if prior action by the Board of Directors is required by law, the record date for such purpose shall be at the close of business on the day on which the Board of Directors adopts the resolution taking such prior action.

Section 1.9. List of Stockholders Entitled to Vote. The officer who has charge of the stock ledger shall prepare and make, at least ten (10) days before every meeting of stockholders, a complete list of the stockholders entitled to vote at the meeting (provided, however, if the record date for determining the stockholders entitled to vote is less than ten (10) days before the date of the meeting, the list shall reflect the stockholders entitled to vote as of the tenth day before the meeting date), arranged in alphabetical order, and showing the address of each stockholder and the number of shares registered in the name of each stockholder. Such list shall be open to the examination of any stockholder for any purpose germane to the meeting at least ten (10) days prior to the meeting on a reasonably accessible electronic network, provided that the information required to gain access to such list is provided with the notice of meeting or (ii) during ordinary business hours at the principal place of business of the Corporation. If the meeting is to be held at a place, then a list of stockholders entitled to vote at the meeting shall be produced and kept at the time and place of the meeting during the whole time thereof and may be examined by any stockholder who is present. If the meeting is to be held solely by means of remote communication, then the list shall also be open to the examination of any stockholder during the whole time of the meeting on a reasonably accessible electronic network, and the information required to access such list shall be provided with the notice of the meeting. Except as otherwise provided by law, the stock ledger shall be the only evidence as to who are the stockholders entitled to examine the list of stockholders required by this Section 1.9 or to vote in person or by proxy at any meeting of stockholders.
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Section 1.10. Remote attendance and remote communication. The  Board  of  Directors in its sole discretion may permit stockholders and proxy holders to attend meetings remotely. The Board of Directors may, in its sole discretion, determine that any meeting shall not be held at any place, but may instead be held solely by means of remote communication. If so authorized, and subject to such guidelines and procedures as the Board of Directors may adopt, stockholders and proxy holders not physically present at a meeting of stockholders may, by means of remote communication, participate in a meeting of stockholders and be deemed present in person and vote at a meeting of stockholders whether such meeting is to be held at a designated place or solely by means of remote communication, provided that (i) the Corporation shall implement reasonable measures to verify that each person deemed present and permitted to vote at the meeting by means of remote communication is a stockholder or proxy holder, (ii) the Corporation shall implement reasonable measures to provide such stockholders and proxy holders a reasonable opportunity to participate in the meeting and to vote on matters submitted to the stockholders, including an opportunity to read or hear the proceedings of the meeting substantially concurrently with such proceedings, and (iii) if any stockholder or proxy holder votes or takes other action at the meeting by means of remote communication, a record of such vote or other action shall be maintained by the Corporation.

Section 1.11. Action By Written Consent of Stockholders. Any action required or permitted to be taken at any annual or special meeting of the stockholders may be taken without a meeting, without prior notice and without a vote, if a consent or consents in writing, setting forth the action so taken, shall be signed by the holders of outstanding stock having not less than the minimum number of votes that would be necessary to authorize or take such action at a meeting at which all shares entitled to vote thereon were present and voted and shall be delivered to the Corporation by delivery to its registered office in the State of Delaware, its principal place of business, or an officer or agent of the Corporation having custody of the book in which minutes of proceedings of stockholders are recorded. Delivery made to the Corporation’s registered office shall be by hand or by certified or registered mail, return receipt requested. Prompt notice of the taking of the corporate action without a meeting by less than unanimous written consent shall, to the extent required by law, be given to those stockholders who have not consented in writing and who, if the action had been taken at a meeting, would have been entitled to notice of the meeting if the record date for notice of such meeting had been the date that written consents signed by a sufficient number of holders to take the action were delivered to the Corporation.

Section 1.12. Conduct of Meetings. The date and time of the opening and the closing of the polls for each matter upon which stockholders will vote at a meeting shall be announced at the meeting by the person presiding over the meeting. The Board of Directors may adopt such rules and regulations for the conduct of the meeting of stockholders as it shall deem appropriate. Except to the extent inconsistent with such rules and regulations as adopted by the Board of Directors, the person presiding over any meeting of stockholders shall have the right and authority to convene and (for any or no reason) to recess and/or adjourn the meeting, to prescribe such rules, regulations and procedures and to do all such acts as, in the judgment of such presiding person, are appropriate for the proper conduct of the meeting. Such rules, regulations or procedures, whether adopted by the Board of Directors or prescribed by the presiding person of the meeting, may include, without limitation, the following: (i) the establishment of an agenda or order of business for the meeting; (ii) rules and procedures for maintaining order at the meeting and the safety of those present; (iii) limitations on attendance at or participation in the meeting to stockholders entitled to vote at the meeting, their duly authorized and constituted proxies or such other persons as the presiding person of the meeting shall determine; (iv) restrictions on entry to the meeting after the time fixed for the commencement thereof; and (v) limitations on the time allotted to questions or comments by participants. The presiding person at  any  meeting  of  stockholders,  in  addition  to  making  any  other  determinations that may be appropriate to the conduct of the meeting, shall, if the facts warrant, determine and declare to the meeting that a matter or business was not properly brought before the meeting and if such presiding person should so determine, such presiding person shall so declare to the meeting and any such matter or business not properly brought before the meeting shall not be transacted or considered. Unless and to the extent determined by the Board of Directors or the person presiding over the meeting, meetings of stockholders shall not be required to be held in accordance with the rules of parliamentary procedure.
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ARTICLE II
Board of Directors

Section 2.1. Number. The number of directors who shall constitute the whole Board of Directors shall be such number as the Board of Directors shall from time to time have designated except that in the absence of such designation, such number shall be one (1) or, if more than one (1) director is required by applicable law, then such number shall be the minimum number of directors required by applicable law. Directors need not be stockholders. Whenever the authorized number of directors is increased between annual meetings of the stockholders, a majority of the directors then in office shall have the power to elect such new directors for the balance of a term. Any decrease in the authorized number of directors shall not become effective until the expiration of the term of the directors then in office unless, at the time of such decrease, there shall be vacancies on the board which are being eliminated by the decrease or one or more of the directors resign such that the number of directors remaining is equal to the decreased number of directors authorized.

Section 2.2. Qualifications. Each director shall possess such skills, knowledge, experience and expertise required to perform their duties as board members under applicable law. Each director shall be free of conflicts of interest that may impact such director’s ability to perform his/her duties as a director of the Corporation and shall be required to disclose such conflicts of interest prior to assuming his/her position as director.

Section 2.3. Election; Resignation; Vacancies. The Board of Directors shall initially consist of the person(s) named as (a) director(s) in the certificate of incorporation or elected by the incorporator of the Corporation, and each director so elected shall hold office until the first annual meeting of stockholders or until his or her successor is duly elected and qualified unless such director(s) do not meet the qualifications of Section 2.2. At the first annual meeting of stockholders and at each annual meeting thereafter, the stockholders shall elect (a) director(s) each of whom shall hold office for a term of one year or until his or her successor is duly elected and qualified, subject to such director’s earlier death, resignation, disqualification or removal. Any director may resign at any time upon notice to the Corporation. Unless otherwise provided by law or the certificate of incorporation, any newly created directorship or any vacancy occurring in the Board of Directors for any cause may be filled by a majority of the remaining members of the Board of Directors, although such majority is less than a quorum, or by a plurality of the votes cast at a meeting of stockholders, and each director so elected shall hold office until the expiration of the term of office of the director whom he or she has replaced or until his or her successor is elected and qualified.

Section 2.4. Regular Meetings. Regular meetings of the Board of Directors may be held at such places within or without the State of Delaware and at such times as the Board of Directors may from time to time determine.
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Section 2.5. Special Meetings.  Special meetings of the Board of Directors may be  held at any time or place within or without the State of Delaware whenever called by the President, any Vice President, the Secretary, or by any member of the Board of Directors. Notice of a special meeting of the Board of Directors shall be given by the person or persons calling the meeting at least twenty-four hours before the special meeting.

Section 2.6. Telephonic Meetings Permitted.  Members of the Board of Directors, or any committee designated by the Board of Directors, may participate in a meeting thereof by means of conference telephone or other communications equipment by means of which all persons participating in the meeting can hear each other, and participation in a meeting pursuant to this bylaw shall constitute presence in person at such meeting.

Section 2.7. Quorum; Vote Required for Action. At all meetings of the Board of Directors the directors entitled to cast a majority of the votes of the whole Board of Directors shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business. Except in cases in which the certificate of incorporation, these Bylaws or applicable law otherwise provides, a majority of the votes entitled to be cast by the directors present at a meeting at which a quorum is present shall be the act of the Board of Directors.

Section 2.8.  Organization.  Meetings of the Board of Directors shall be presided over by the Chairperson of the Board, if any, or in his or her absence by the Vice Chairperson of the Board of Directors, if any, or in his or her absence by the President, or in their absence by a chairperson chosen at the meeting. The Secretary shall act as secretary of the meeting, but in his or her absence the chairperson of the meeting may appoint any person to act as secretary of the meeting.

Section 2.9. Action by Unanimous Consent of Directors. Unless otherwise restricted by the certificate of incorporation or these Bylaws, any action required or permitted to be taken at any meeting of the Board of Directors, or of any committee thereof, may be taken without a meeting if all members of the Board of Directors or such committee, as the case may be, consent thereto in writing or by electronic transmission and the writing or writings or electronic transmissions are filed with the minutes of proceedings of the Board of Directors or committee in accordance with applicable law.

Section 2.10. Compensation. The members of the Board of  Directors  shall  not receive compensation for services to the Corporation in their capacities as directors or otherwise; provided, however, that the Board of Directors may authorize the Corporation to reimburse the members of the Board of Directors for reasonable expenses incurred by such individuals in connection with attendance of meetings of the Board of Directors. The Corporation will not pay any management or monitoring fees to any of the directors.

ARTICLE III
Committees

Section 3.1. Committees. The Board of Directors may designate one or more committees, each committee to consist of one or more of the directors of the Corporation. The Board of Directors may designate one or more directors as alternate members of any committee, who may replace any absent or disqualified member at any meeting of the committee. In the absence or disqualification of a member of the committee, the member or members thereof present at any meeting and not disqualified from voting, whether or not he, she or they constitute a quorum, may unanimously appoint another member of the Board of Directors to act at the meeting in place of any such absent or disqualified member. Any such committee, to the extent permitted by law and to the extent provided in the resolution duly adopted by the Board of Directors, shall have and may exercise all the powers and authority of the Board of Directors in the management of the business and affairs of the Corporation, and may authorize the seal of the Corporation to be affixed to all papers which may require it.
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Section 3.2.  Committee Rules.  Unless the Board of Directors otherwise provides,  each committee designated by the Board of Directors may make, alter and repeal rules for the conduct of its business. In the absence of such rules each committee shall conduct its business in the same manner as the Board of Directors conducts its business pursuant to Article II of these Bylaws.

ARTICLE IV
Officers

Section 4.1. Officers; Election; Vacancies. The Board of Directors shall elect  a President and Secretary, and it may, if it so determines, choose a Chairperson of the Board and a Vice Chairperson of the Board from among its members. The Board of Directors may also choose one or more Vice Presidents, one or more Assistant Secretaries, a Treasurer and one or more Assistant Treasurers and such other officers as it shall from time to time deem necessary or desirable. Any vacancy occurring in any office of the Corporation may be filled by the Board of Directors at any regular or special meeting.

Section 4.2. Term, Resignation, Removal, Qualification.

(a)          Term: Each officer of the Corporation shall hold office until the earliest of (i) his or her successor is elected and qualified; (ii) his or her resignation; (iii) his or her removal; and (iv) his or her disqualification.


(b)
Resignation: Any officer may resign at any time upon notice to the Corporation.

(c)          Removal: The Board of Directors may remove any officer with or without cause at any time, but such removal shall be without prejudice to the contractual rights of such officer, if any, with the Corporation.

(d)          Qualification: Any number of offices may be held by the same person. Each officer shall possess such skills, knowledge, experience and expertise as is required to perform his or her duties as under applicable law.  An officer may also be a director.

Section 4.3.  Powers and Duties of Officers.   The officers of the Corporation shall   have such powers and duties in the management of the Corporation as may be prescribed in a resolution by the Board of Directors or as set forth in these Bylaws. Without limiting the foregoing, the officers shall have the powers set forth below.

(a)          President: The President shall be the chief executive officer of the Corporation, shall have general and active management of the business of the Corporation and shall see that all orders and resolutions of the Board of Directors are carried into effect. He or she shall have all powers and duties as are commonly incident to the office of chief executive or which are delegated to him or her by the Board of Directors. In furtherance and not in limitation of the foregoing, he or she shall have the power to execute any contract, lease, license, assignment, bond, other obligation of the Corporation, stock certificate, power of attorney, proxy, court pleading, release, tax return, regulatory filing and related documents or other instrument of the Corporation. The President shall have the authority to delegate his or her authority as granted herein by written Power of Attorney or Delegation of Authority.
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(b)          Vice Presidents:     In the absence of the President or in the event of his or her inability or refusal to act, the Vice President (or in the event there be more than one Vice President, the Vice Presidents in the order designated by the directors, or in the absence of any designation, then in the order of their election) shall perform the duties of the President, and when so acting, shall have all the powers of and be subject to all the restrictions upon the President. The Vice Presidents shall perform such other duties and have such other powers as the Board of Directors may from time to time prescribe. In furtherance and not in limitation of the foregoing, each Vice President shall have the power to execute any contract, lease, license, assignment, bond, other obligation of the Corporation, stock certificate, power of attorney, proxy, court pleading, release, tax return, regulatory filing and related documents or other instrument of the Corporation. Each Vice President shall have the authority to delegate his or her authority as granted herein or as granted by written Power of Attorney or Delegation of Authority.

(c)          Secretary: The Secretary shall attend all meetings of the Board of Directors and all meetings of the stockholders and record all the proceedings of the meetings of the Corporation and of the Board of Directors in the records to be kept for that purpose, and shall perform like duties for the standing committees when required. He or she may give, or cause to be given, notice of all meetings of the stockholders and meetings of the Board of Directors, and shall perform such other duties as may be prescribed by the Board of Directors or President, under whose supervision he or she shall act. He or she shall have custody of the corporate seal of the Corporation and he or she, or an Assistant Secretary, shall have authority to affix the same to any instrument requiring it and when so affixed, it may be attested by his or her signature or by the signature of such assistant secretary. The Board of Directors may give general authority to any other officer to affix the seal of the Corporation and to attest the affixing by his or her signature. The Secretary shall have the authority to delegate his or her authority as granted herein or as granted by written Power of Attorney or Delegation of Authority.

(d)          Assistant Secretary: The Assistant Secretary, or if there be more than one, the Assistant Secretaries in the order determined by the Board of Directors (or if there be no such determination, then in the order of their election) shall, in the absence of the Secretary or in the event of his or her inability or refusal to act, perform the duties and exercise the powers of the Secretary and shall perform such other duties and have such other powers as the Board of Directors may from time to time prescribe. Each Assistant Secretary shall have the authority to delegate his or her authority as granted herein or as granted by written Power of Attorney or Delegation of Authority.

(e)          Treasurer: The Treasurer shall have the custody of the corporate funds and securities and shall keep full and accurate accounts of receipts and disbursements in books belonging to the Corporation and shall deposit all moneys and other valuable effects in the name and to the credit of the Corporation in such depositories as may be designated by the Board of Directors. He or she shall disburse the funds of the Corporation as may be ordered by the Board of Directors, taking proper vouchers for such disbursements, and shall render to the President and the Board of Directors, at its regular meetings, or when the Board of Directors so requires, an account of all his or her transactions as Treasurer and of the financial condition of the Corporation. The Treasurer shall have authority to delegate his or her authority granted herein by written Power of Attorney or Delegation of Authority.

(f)          Assistant Treasurer: The Assistant Treasurer, or if there be more than one, the Assistant Treasurers in the order determined by the Board of Directors (or if there be no such determination, then in the order of their election) shall, in the absence of the Treasurer or in the event of his or her inability or refusal to act, perform the duties and exercise the powers of the Treasurer and shall perform such other duties and have such other powers as the Board of Directors may from time to time prescribe. Each Assistant Treasurer shall have the authority to delegate his or her authority as granted herein or as granted by written Power of Attorney or Delegation of Authority.
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Section 4.4. Appointing Attorneys and Agents; Voting Securities of Other Entities. Unless otherwise provided by resolution adopted by the Board of Directors, the Chairperson of the Board, the President or any Vice President and the Treasurer may from time to time appoint an attorney or attorneys or agent or agents of the Corporation, in the name and on behalf of the Corporation, to cast the votes which the Corporation may be entitled to cast as the holder of stock or other securities in any other corporation or other entity, any of whose stock or other securities may be held by the Corporation, at meetings of the holders of the stock or other securities of such other corporation or other entity, or to consent in writing, in the name of the Corporation as such holder, to any action by such other corporation or other entity, and may instruct the person or persons so appointed as to the manner of casting such votes or giving such consents, and may execute or cause to be executed in the name and on behalf of the Corporation and under its corporate seal or otherwise, all such written proxies or other instruments as he or she may deem necessary or proper. Any of the rights set forth in this Section 4.4 which may be delegated to an attorney or agent may also be exercised directly by the Chairperson of the Board, the President, or any Vice President.

Section 4.5. Delegation by the Board. The Board of Directors may from time to time delegate the powers or duties of any officer to any other officer, agent or attorney, notwithstanding any provision hereof.


ARTICLE V
Stock

Section 5.1. Certificates.

(a)          The shares of the Corporation shall be uncertificated, provided, however, that the Corporation may issue shares in certificated form at its sole discretion.

(b)          Every holder of stock represented by certificates shall be entitled to have a certificate signed by or in the name of the Corporation by any two authorized officers of the Corporation certifying the number of shares owned by such holder in the Corporation. Any of or all the signatures on the certificate may be a facsimile. In case any officer who has signed or whose facsimile signature has been placed upon a certificate shall have ceased to be such officer before such certificate is issued, it may be issued by the Corporation with the same effect as if such person were such officer at the date of issue.

(c)          In the event any shares of the Corporation are issued by the Corporation in certificated form, the Corporation may issue a new certificate of stock in the place of any certificate theretofore issued by it, alleged to have been lost, stolen or destroyed, and the Corporation may require the owner of the lost, stolen or destroyed certificate, or such owner’s legal representative, to give the Corporation a bond sufficient to indemnify it against any claim that may be made against it on account of the alleged loss, theft or destruction of any such certificate or the issuance of such new certificate.
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ARTICLE VI
Indemnification and Advancement of Expenses

Section 6.1. Right to Indemnification.

(a)          The Corporation shall indemnify and hold harmless, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law as it presently exists or may hereafter be amended, any person (a “Covered Person”) who was or is made or is threatened to be made a party or is otherwise involved in any action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative (a “Proceeding”), by reason of the fact that he or she, or a person for whom he or she is the legal representative, is or was a director or officer of the Corporation or, while a director or officer of the Corporation, is or was serving at the request of the Corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation or of a partnership, joint venture, trust, enterprise or nonprofit entity, including service with respect to employee benefit plans, against all liability and loss suffered and expenses (including attorneys’ fees) reasonably incurred by such Covered Person; provided, however, that no indemnification shall be provided to any such person if a judgment or other final adjudication adverse to the director or officer and from which there is no further right to appeal establishes (i) his or her acts were committed in bad faith or were the result of active and deliberate dishonesty and, in either case, were material to the cause of action so adjudicated, or (ii) he or she personally gained in fact a financial profit or other advantage to which he or she was not legally entitled. Notwithstanding the preceding sentence, except as otherwise provided in Section 6.3, the Corporation shall be required to indemnify a Covered Person in connection with a proceeding (or part thereof) commenced by such Covered Person only if the commencement of such Proceeding (or part thereof) by the Covered Person was authorized in the specific case by the Board of Directors of the Corporation.

(b)          The Corporation may indemnify to the fullest extent permitted by law any person who is not a director or officer of the Corporation to whom the Corporation is permitted by applicable law to provide indemnification, whether pursuant to, or provided by, the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware or other rights created by (i) resolution of stockholders, (ii) resolution of directors, or (iii) a written agreement providing for such indemnification authorized by any officer designated by the Board of Directors of the Corporation for such purpose, it being expressly intended that these Bylaws authorize the creation of such rights in any such manner.

Section 6.2. Advancement of Expenses.

(a)          The Corporation shall to the fullest extent not prohibited by applicable law pay the expenses (including reasonable attorneys’ fees) incurred by a Covered Person in defending any Proceeding in advance of its final disposition, provided, however, that, to the extent required by law, such payment of expenses in advance of the final disposition of the proceeding shall be made only upon receipt of an undertaking by the Covered Person to repay all amounts advanced if it should be ultimately determined that the Covered Person is not entitled to be indemnified under this Article VI or otherwise.

(b)          The Corporation may pay the expenses (including attorneys’ fees) incurred by a person who is not a director or officer of the Corporation to whom the Corporation is permitted by applicable law to provide advancement of expenses in defending any Proceeding for which such person may be entitled to be indemnified pursuant to Section 6.1(b) in advance of its final disposition; provided, however, that, to the extent required by law, such payment of expenses in advance of the final disposition of the Proceeding shall be made only upon receipt of an undertaking by such person to repay all amounts advanced if it should be ultimately determined that such person is not entitled to be indemnified under this Section 6 or otherwise.
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Section 6.3. Claims. If a claim for indemnification under this Article VI (following the final disposition of such Proceeding) or advancement of expenses under this Article VI is not paid in full within thirty days after a written claim therefor by the Covered Person has been received by the Corporation, the Covered Person may file suit to recover the unpaid amount of such claim and, if successful in whole or in part, shall be entitled to be paid the expense of prosecuting such claim to the fullest extent permitted by law. In any such action the Corporation shall have the burden of proving that the Covered Person is not entitled to the requested indemnification or advancement of expenses under applicable law.

Section 6.4. Nonexclusivity of Rights.  The rights conferred on any Covered Person  by this Article VI shall not be exclusive of any other rights which such Covered Person may have or hereafter acquire under any statute, provision of the certificate of incorporation, these Bylaws, agreement, vote of stockholders or disinterested directors or otherwise.

Section 6.5. Other Sources. The Corporation’s obligation, if any, to indemnify or to advance expenses to any Covered Person who was or is serving at its request as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust, enterprise or nonprofit entity shall be reduced by any amount such Covered Person may collect as indemnification or advancement of expenses from such other corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust, enterprise or non-profit enterprise including amounts received from insurance.

Section 6.6. Amendment or Repeal. Any right to indemnification or to advancement of expenses of any Covered Person arising hereunder shall not be eliminated or impaired by an amendment to or repeal of these Bylaws after the occurrence of the act or omission that is the subject of the civil, criminal, administrative or investigative action, suit or proceeding for which indemnification or advancement of expenses is sought.

Section 6.7.  Other Indemnification and Advancement of Expenses.  This Article VI shall not limit the right of the Corporation, to the extent and in the manner permitted by law, to indemnify and to advance expenses to persons other than Covered Persons when and as authorized by appropriate corporate action.

Section 6.8. Nature of Rights. The rights conferred upon indemnitees in this Section shall be contract rights and such rights shall continue as to an indemnitee who has ceased to be a Covered Person and shall inure to the benefit of the indemnitee’s heirs, executors and administrators.

Section 6.9. Insurance. The Corporation may maintain insurance, at its expense, to protect itself and any director, officer, employee or agent of the Corporation or another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise against any expense, liability or loss whether or not the Corporation would have the power to indemnify such person against such expense liability of loss under applicable law.

ARTICLE VII
Dividends

Section 7.1. Declaration of Dividends. Dividends upon the capital stock of the Corporation, subject to the provisions of the certificate of incorporation, if any, may be declared by the Board of Directors at any regular or special meeting, pursuant to law. Dividends may be paid in cash, in property, or in shares of the capital stock, subject to the provisions of the certificate of incorporation.
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Section 7.2.    Reserve: Before payment of any Dividend.  There may be set aside out of any funds of the Corporation available for dividends such sum or sums as the directors from time to time, in their absolute discretion, think proper as a reserve or reserves to meet contingencies, or for equalizing dividends, or for repairing or maintaining any property of the Corporation, or for such other purpose as the directors shall think conducive to the interest of the Corporation, and the directors may modify or abolish any such reserve in the manner in which it was created.

ARTICLE VIII
Miscellaneous

Section 8.1. Fiscal Year. The fiscal year of the Corporation shall be determined by resolution of the Board of Directors. In the absence of a delegation the fiscal year shall be the calendar year.

Section 8.2. Seal. The corporate seal shall have the name of  the  Corporation inscribed thereon and shall be in such form as may be approved from time to time by the Board of Directors.

Section 8.3. Manner of Notice. Except as otherwise provided herein or permitted by applicable law, notices to directors and stockholders shall be in writing, and delivered personally or mailed to the directors or stockholders at their addresses appearing on the books of the Corporation. Without limiting the manner by which notice otherwise may be given effectively to stockholders, and except as prohibited by applicable law, any notice to stockholders given by the Corporation under any provision of applicable law, the certificate of incorporation, or these Bylaws shall be effective if given by a single written notice to stockholders who share an address if consented to by the stockholders at that address to whom such notice is given. Any such consent shall be revocable by the stockholder by written notice to the Corporation. Any stockholder who fails to object in writing to the Corporation, within 60 days of having been given written notice by the Corporation of its intention to send the single notice permitted under this Section 8.3, shall be deemed to have consented to receiving such single written notice. Notice to directors may be given by telecopier, telephone or other means of electronic transmission.

Section 8.4. Waiver of Notice of Meetings of Stockholders,  Directors  and  Committees. Any notice required by these Bylaws, Certificate of Incorporation or by applicable law may be waived by the recipient. Any waiver of notice, given by the person entitled to notice, whether before or after the time stated therein, shall be deemed equivalent to notice. Attendance of a person at a meeting shall constitute a waiver of notice of such meeting, except when the person attends a meeting for the express purpose of objecting, at the beginning of the meeting, to the transaction of any business because the meeting is not lawfully called or convened. Neither the business to be transacted at nor the purpose of any regular or special meeting of the stockholders, directors, or members of a committee of directors need be specified in a waiver of notice.

Section 8.5. Form of Records. Any records maintained by the Corporation in the regular course of its business, including its stock ledger, books of account, and minute books, may be kept on, or by means of, or be in the form of, any information storage device or method, provided that the records so kept can be converted into clearly legible paper form within a reasonable time.

Section 8.6. Amendment of Bylaws. These Bylaws may be altered, amended or repealed, and new Bylaws made, by the Board of Directors, but the stockholders may make additional Bylaws and may alter and repeal any Bylaws whether adopted by them or otherwise.

  Section 8.7 Electronic Signatures. Unless otherwise provided by applicable law, directors, officers and agents of the Corporation may execute documents, including, without limitation, proxies, powers of attorney, certificates, agreements, consents and stock powers, by electronic means and the Corporation agrees to be bound by the electronic signatures of its duly authorized directors, officers and agents.

Adopted as of May 15, 2018.

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EXHIBIT 5.1


Exhibit 5.1 and 23.1

 
New York
Northern California
Washington DC
São Paulo
London
Paris
Madrid
Tokyo
Beijing
Hong Kong
 
   
Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP
450 Lexington Avenue
New York, NY 10017
212 450 4000 tel
212 701 5800 fax
 
 


January 25, 2019

Transportation Systems Holdings Inc.
41 Farnsworth Street
Boston, MA 02210

Ladies and Gentlemen:

Transportation Systems Holdings Inc. (the “Company”), a Delaware corporation and wholly owned subsidiary of General Electric Company (“GE”), has filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission a Registration Statement on Form S-1 (the “Registration Statement”) and the related prospectus (the “Prospectus”) for the purpose of registering under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), 8,700,000,000 shares of its common stock, par value $0.01 per share (the “Company Common Stock”), to be distributed to holders of GE common stock, par value $0.06 per share, pursuant to the pro rata spin-off described in the Registration Statement.

We, as your and GE’s counsel, have examined originals or copies of such documents, corporate records, certificates of public officials and other instruments as we have deemed necessary or advisable for the purpose of rendering this opinion.

In rendering the opinion expressed herein, we have, without independent inquiry or investigation, assumed that (i) all documents submitted to us as originals are authentic and complete, (ii) all documents submitted to us as copies conform to authentic, complete originals, (iii) all signatures on all documents that we reviewed are genuine, (iv) all natural persons executing documents had and have the legal capacity to do so, (v) all statements in certificates of public officials and officers of the Company that we reviewed were and are accurate and (vi) all representations made by the Company as to matters of fact in the documents that we reviewed were and are accurate.

Based upon the foregoing, and subject to the additional assumptions and qualifications set forth below, we advise you that, in our opinion, (1) the shares of Company Common Stock that have been issued prior to the date hereof are validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable and (2) the shares of Company Common Stock to be issued pursuant to the Agreement and Plan of Merger by and among GE, the Company, Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies Corporation (“Wabtec”) and Wabtec US Rail Holdings, Inc., dated as of May 20, 2018 and amended as of January 25, 2019, and the Separation, Distribution and Sale Agreement by and among GE, the Company, Wabtec and Wabtec US Rail, Inc., dated as of May 20, 2018 and amended as of January 25, 2019, when so issued, will be validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable, except that, in the case of both (1) and (2), pursuant to Section 630 of the New York Business Corporation Law, the ten largest shareholders are potentially personally liable for all debts, wages or salaries due and owing to any laborers, servants or employees of the Company, when the unpaid services are performed in New York.


We are members of the Bar of the State of New York and the foregoing opinion is limited to the laws of the State of New York and the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware.

We hereby consent to the filing of this opinion as an exhibit to the Registration Statement and further consent to the reference to our name under the caption “Legal Matters” in the Prospectus. In giving this consent, we do not admit that we are in the category of persons whose consent is required under Section 7 of the Securities Act.

Very truly yours,

/s/ Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP

EXHIBIT 8.1


Exhibit 8.1 and 23.1

 
New York
Northern California
Washington DC
São Paulo
London
Paris
Madrid
Tokyo
Beijing
Hong Kong
 
   
Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP
450 Lexington Avenue
New York, NY 10017
212 450 4000 tel
212 701 5800 fax
 
 

January 25, 2019

Re:
Registration Statement on Form S-1

General Electric Company
41 Farnsworth Street
Boston, MA 02210

Ladies and Gentlemen:

We have acted as counsel for General Electric Company (the “Company”), a New York corporation, in connection with certain transactions contemplated by (i) the Separation, Distribution and Sale Agreement (as amended from time to time, and together with all schedules, exhibits, attachments and annexes thereto, the “Separation Agreement”), dated as of May 20, 2018, by and between the Company, Transportation Systems Holdings, Inc., a Delaware corporation and wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company (“SpinCo”), Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies Corporation, a Delaware corporation (“Parent”), and Wabtec US Rail, Inc., a Delaware corporation and a wholly owned Subsidiary of Parent (“Direct Sale Purchaser”) and (ii) the Agreement and Plan of Merger (as amended from time to time, and together with all schedules, exhibits, attachments and annexes thereto, the “Merger Agreement”), dated as of May 20, 2018, by and among the Company, SpinCo, Parent, and Wabtec US Rail Holdings, Inc., a Delaware corporation and a wholly owned Subsidiary of Parent (“Merger Sub”). This opinion is being delivered in connection with the Registration Statement of SpinCo on Form S-1 (the “Registration Statement”) filed on January 25, 2019, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, which includes the Prospectus (the “Prospectus”). Unless otherwise indicated, each capitalized term used herein has the meaning ascribed to it in the Separation Agreement.

In connection with this opinion, we have examined the Separation Agreement, Merger Agreement, the Registration Statement, the Prospectus, the representation letter of the Company delivered to us for purposes of this opinion (the “Representation Letter”) and such other documents as we have deemed necessary or appropriate in order to enable us to render our opinion.  In such examination, we have assumed the genuineness of all signatures, the legal capacity of natural persons, the authenticity of all documents submitted to us as originals, the conformity to original documents of all documents submitted to us as duplicates or certified or conformed copies, and the authenticity of the originals of such latter documents.  We have not, however, undertaken any independent investigation of any factual matter set forth in any of the foregoing.  For purposes of this opinion, we have assumed, with your permission, that (i) the transactions contemplated by the Separation Agreement and the Merger Agreement (the “Transactions”) will be consummated in the manner described in the Separation Agreement, the Merger Agreement and the Registration Statement, (ii) the statements concerning the Transactions set forth in the Separation Agreement, the Merger Agreement and the Prospectus are true, complete and correct and will remain true, complete and correct at all times up to and including the Merger Effective Time, (iii) the representations made by the Company in the Representation Letter are true, complete and correct and will remain true, complete and correct, and (iv) any representations made in the Representation Letter “to the knowledge of,” or based on the belief of the Company or similarly qualified are true, complete and correct and will remain true, complete and correct at all times up to and including the Merger Effective Time, in each case without such qualification.  We have also assumed that the parties have complied with and, if applicable, will continue to comply with, the obligations, covenants, and agreements contained in the Separation Agreement and the Merger Agreement.  In addition, our opinion is based solely on the documents that we have examined, the additional information that we have obtained, and the representations made by the Company referred to above, which we have assumed will be true as of the Merger Effective Time.


General Electric Company
 2
January 25, 2019

Based upon the foregoing, and subject to the assumptions, limitations and qualifications set forth herein and in the Prospectus, we hereby confirm that the discussion in the Prospectus under the heading “Material U.S. Federal Income Tax Consequences of the Distribution and the Merger to GE Stockholders” constitutes the opinion of Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP.

We express our opinion herein only as to those matters specifically set forth above and no opinion should be inferred as to the tax consequences of the Transactions under any state, local or foreign law, or with respect to other areas of U.S. federal taxation.  We are members of the Bar of the State of New York, and we do not express any opinion herein concerning any law other than the federal law of the United States.

This opinion is furnished to you solely for use in connection with the Registration Statement.  We hereby consent to the filing of this opinion as an exhibit to the Registration Statement and the references to our firm name in the Prospectus in connection with references to this opinion and the material U.S. federal income tax consequences of the Distribution and the Merger.  In giving such consent, we do not thereby admit that we are in the category of persons whose consent is required under Section 7 of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder.

 
Very truly yours,
   
 
/s/ Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP


EXHIBIT 15.1


Exhibit 15.1

January 25, 2019

General Electric Company
 Boston, Massachusetts

Re: Registration Statement on Form S-1 of Transportation Systems Holdings Inc.

With respect to the subject registration statement, we acknowledge our awareness of the use on this Form S-1 of Transportation Systems Holdings Inc. of our report dated November 2, 2018, except for the last paragraph of Description of Business in Note 1, which is as of January 25, 2019, related to our review of interim financial information of GE Transportation (a carve-out business of General Electric Company).

Pursuant to Rule 436 under the Securities Act of 1933 (the Act), such report is not considered part of a registration statement prepared or certified by an independent registered public accounting firm, or a report prepared or certified by an independent auditor within the meaning of Sections 7 and 11 of the Act.

/s/ KPMG LLP

Chicago, Illinois



EXHIBIT 21.1


Exhibit 21.1

Transportation Systems Holdings Inc. – Subsidiaries

Legal Entity Name
Country Incorporated
GE Transportation Systems Deutschland GmbH
Germany
GE Diesel Locomotive Private Limited
India
GE Global Sourcing LLC
United States
GE Global Sourcing II LLC
United States
East Erie Commercial Railroad
United States
GE Transportation Engines Holding B.V.
Netherlands
GE Transportation Systems Ltd
United Kingdom
ShipXpress Technologies (Private) Limited
Sri Lanka
GE Transportation Parts, LLC
United States
GE Global Sourcing India Pvt Ltd
India
GE Mozambique Limitada
Mozambique
GE-UGM, LLC
United States
Limited Liability Company Transportation Ukraine
Ukraine
Transportation Global LLC
United States
Railcar Management, LLC
United States
Transportation Holdings UK Limited
United Kingdom
Transportation Kazakhstan Limited Liability Partnership
Kazakhstan
Transportation Poland sp. z o.o.
Poland
Transportation Rus Limited Liability Company
Russia
Transportation Services and Technologies Nigeria Ltd
Nigeria
Transportation Systems and Services Cameroon LTD
Cameroon
Transportation Systems Pakistan (Private) Limited
Pakistan
Transportation Systems Services Operations Inc.
United States
Transportation Turkey Transportation Systems and Services Incorporated Company
Turkey
TRSP Systems (Malaysia) SDN. BHD
Malaysia
TRSP Systems and Services Kenya Ltd
Kenya
TRSP Systems and Services Singapore Pte. Ltd.
Singapore


EXHIBIT 23.2


Exhibit 23.2

Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

We consent to the reference to our firm under the caption "Experts" and to the use of our report dated February 26, 2018, except for Notes 2, 4, 8, 13, 20, 21, 22, and 23, as to which the date is September 10, 2018, with respect to the consolidated financial statements and schedule of Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies Corporation, and the use of our report dated February 26, 2018, with respect to the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting of Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies Corporation, included in the Registration Statement (Form S-1) and related Prospectus of Transportation Systems Holdings Inc. for the registration of shares of its common stock.

/s/ Ernst & Young LLP

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
January 24, 2019



EXHIBIT 23.3


Exhibit 23.3

CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM

We hereby consent to the use in this Registration Statement on Form S-1 of Transportation Systems Holdings Inc. of our report dated February 23, 2017 relating to the financial statements of Faiveley Transport, which appears in this Registration Statement. We also consent to the reference to us under the heading “Experts” in such Registration Statement.

/s/ PricewaterhouseCoopers Audit

Neuilly-sur-Seine, France
January 23rd , 2019



EXHIBIT 23.4


Exhibit 23.4

Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

The Board of Directors
General Electric Company:

We consent to the use of our report dated June 4, 2018, except for the last paragraph of Description of Business in Note 1, which is as of January 25, 2019, with respect to the combined statement of financial position of GE Transportation (a carve-out business of General Electric Company) as of December 31, 2017 and 2016, the related combined statements of earnings, comprehensive income, changes in equity, and cash flows for each of the years in the three-year period ended December 31, 2017, and the related notes, included herein and to the reference to our firm under the heading “Experts” in the registration statement.

/s/ KPMG LLP

Chicago, Illinois
January 25, 2019


EXHIBIT 99.1

Exhibit 99.1

200 West Street | New York, NY 10282-2198
Tel: 212-902-1000 | Fax: 212-902-3000


May 20, 2018
Board of Directors
Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies Corporation
1001 Air Brake Avenue
Wilmerding, Pennsylvania 15148

Lady and Gentlemen:

You have requested our opinion as to the fairness from a financial point of view to Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies Corporation (the “Company”) of the Aggregate Consideration (as defined below) to be paid by the Company pursuant to the Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of May 20, 2018 (the “Merger Agreement”), by and among General Electric Company (“Golf”), Transportation Systems Holdings Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Golf (“Newco”), the Company and Wabtec Us Rail Holdings, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company (“Merger Sub”). For purposes of this opinion, the “Aggregate Consideration” shall mean (i) the New Issuance (as defined in the Merger Agreement), (ii) the Direct Sale Purchase Price (as defined in the Separation, Distribution and Sale Agreement, dated as of May 20, 2018 (the “Separation Agreement”), among Golf, Newco, the Company and Merger Sub), as adjusted pursuant to Section 2.11 of the Separation Agreement, and (iii) the payments relating to the Company Structure Benefits (as defined in Exhibit E to the Separation Agreement (the “Tax Matters Agreement” and, together with the Merger Agreement and the Separation Agreement, the “Agreements”), among Golf, Newco, the Company and Merger Sub) pursuant to Section 13 of the Tax Matters Agreement (the “TMA Payments”).

You have informed us that pursuant to the Separation, Distribution and Sale Agreement, among other things, prior to the Effective Time (as defined in the Merger Agreement), Golf and Newco shall effect the Internal Reorganization, the SpinCo Transfer, the Direct Sale and the Distribution (each, as defined in the Separation Agreement) and that pursuant to the Tax Matters Agreement, among other things, after the Effective Time, the Company shall make the TMA Payments to Golf on the terms contemplated thereby.

Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC and its affiliates are engaged in advisory, underwriting and financing, principal investing, sales and trading, research, investment management and other financial and non-financial activities and services for various persons and entities. Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC and its affiliates and employees, and funds or other entities they manage or in which they invest or have other economic interests or with which they co-invest, may at any time purchase, sell, hold or vote long or short positions and investments in securities, derivatives, loans, commodities, currencies, credit default swaps and other financial instruments of the Company, Golf, Newco, Merger Sub, any of their respective affiliates and third parties, or any currency or commodity that may be involved in the transactions contemplated by the Agreements (collectively, the “Transactions”). We have acted as financial advisor to the Company in connection with, and have participated in certain of the negotiations leading to, the Transactions. We expect to receive fees for our services in connection with the Transactions, all of which are contingent upon consummation of the Transactions, and the Company has agreed to reimburse certain of our expenses arising, and indemnify us against certain liabilities that may arise, out of our engagement. At your request, an affiliate of Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC has entered into financing commitments to provide the Company with a Senior Unsecured 364 Day Bridge, incremental and refinanced term loan, and revolving credit facilities in connection with the consummation of the Transactions and subject to the terms of such commitments and pursuant to which such affiliate expects to receive compensation. We have provided certain financial advisory and/or underwriting services to Golf and/or its affiliates from time to time for which our Investment Banking Division has received, and may receive, compensation, including having acted as joint bookrunner with respect to an initial public offering of 260,610,000 shares of common stock of Moneta Money Bank, a former Golf subsidiary (“MMB”), in May 2016; as financial advisor to Golf in connection with the sale of General Electric Appliances, a former Golf subsidiary, in June 2016; as joint bookrunner with respect to a follow on public offering of 125,000,000 shares of common stock of MMB in September 2016; as financial advisor to

Securities and Investment Services Provided by Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC

General Electric Capital Corporation, a subsidiary of Golf (“GCC”), in connection with GCC's sale of a 23.3% stake in Hyundai Capital Services in September 2016; as joint bookrunner with respect to a follow on public offering of 92,214,009 shares of common stock of MMB in November 2016; as financial advisor to GCC in connection with GCC's sale of a 43% stake in Hyundai Card in February 2017; as joint bookrunner with respect to a public offering of the 2.125% Senior Unsecured Notes due 2037, 1.500% Senior Unsecured Notes due 2029, 0.875% Senior Unsecured Notes due 2025 and 0.375% Senior Unsecured Notes due 2022 (aggregate principal amount $8.7 billion) of Golf in May 2017; as financial advisor to Golf in connection with the sale of General Electric Water, a former Golf subsidiary, in September 2017; as financial advisor to Golf in connection with the sale of General Electric Industrial Solutions, a Golf subsidiary, announced in September 2017; as co-manager with respect to the public offering of the 4.080% Senior Notes due 2047, 3.337% Senior Notes due 2027 and 2.773% Senior Notes due 2022 (aggregate principal amount $4 billion) of Baker Hughes, a subsidiary of Golf, in December 2017; and as financial advisor to GCC in connection with the formation of a joint venture involving General Electric Capital Aviation Services in December 2017. We may also in the future provide, and may currently be providing, financial advisory and/or underwriting services to the Company, Golf, Newco, Merger Sub and their respective affiliates for which our Investment Banking Division may receive compensation.

In connection with this opinion, we have reviewed, among other things, the Merger Agreement; the Separation Agreement; the Tax Matters Agreement; annual reports to stockholders and Annual Reports on Form 10-K of the Company and Golf for the five years ended December 31, 2017; certain interim reports to stockholders and Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q of the Company and Golf; certain other communications from the Company and Golf to their respective stockholders; certain publicly available research analyst reports for the Company and Golf; the Tiger Unaudited Financial Statements (as defined in the Merger Agreement); certain internal financial analyses and forecasts for the Tiger Business (as defined in the Merger Agreement) prepared by the management of Golf; certain internal financial analyses and forecasts for the Company standalone and pro forma for the Transactions, certain financial analyses and forecasts for tax benefits, including the Company Structure Benefits, associated with the Transactions, and certain financial analyses and forecasts for the Tiger Business, in each case as prepared by the management of the Company and approved for our use by the Company (the “Forecasts”); certain operating synergies projected by the management of the Company to result from the Transactions, as approved for our use by the Company (the “Synergies”); estimates of the SpinCo Adjustment Amount and the Direct Sale Adjustment Amount (each as defined in the Separation Agreement) prepared by the management of the Company and approved for our use by the Company (the “Adjustment Estimates”); and estimates of the amounts and timing of the TMA Payments prepared by management of the Company and approved for our use by the Company (the “TMA Payment Estimates”). We have also held discussions with members of the senior managements of the Company and Golf regarding their assessment of the past and current business operations, financial condition and future prospects of the Tiger Business, and with the members of senior management of the Company regarding their assessment of the past and current business operations, financial condition and future prospects of the Company and the strategic rationale for, and the potential benefits of, the Transactions; reviewed the reported price and trading activity for the shares of common stock of the Company; compared certain financial and stock market information for the Company and certain financial information for the Tiger Business with similar financial and stock market information for certain other companies the securities of which are publicly traded; reviewed the financial terms of certain recent business combinations in the rail transportation industry and in other industries; and performed such other studies and analyses, and considered such other factors, as we deemed appropriate.

For purposes of rendering this opinion, we have, with your consent, relied upon and assumed the accuracy and completeness of all of the financial, legal, regulatory, tax, accounting and other information provided to, discussed with or reviewed by, us, without assuming any responsibility for independent verification thereof. In that regard, we have assumed with your consent that the Forecasts, the Synergies, the Adjustment Estimates and the TMA Payment Estimates have been reasonably prepared on a basis reflecting the best currently available estimates and judgments of the management of the Company. We have not made an independent evaluation or appraisal of the assets and liabilities (including any contingent, derivative or other off-balance-sheet assets and liabilities) of the Company, Newco, Merger Sub or Golf or any of their respective subsidiaries and we have not been furnished with any such evaluation or appraisal. We have assumed that all governmental, regulatory or other consents and approvals necessary for the consummation of the Transactions will be obtained without any adverse

   

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effect on the Company, the Tiger Business or Newco or on the expected benefits of the Transactions in any way meaningful to our analysis. We also have assumed that the Transactions will be consummated on the terms set forth in the Agreements, without the waiver or modification of any term or condition the effect of which would be in any way meaningful to our analysis.

Our opinion does not address the underlying business decision of the Company to engage in the Transactions, or the relative merits of the Transactions as compared to any strategic alternatives that may be available to the Company; nor does it address any legal, regulatory, tax or accounting matters. This opinion addresses only the fairness from a financial point of view to the Company, as of the date hereof, of the Aggregate Consideration to be paid by the Company pursuant to the Merger Agreement. We do not express any view on, and our opinion does not address, any other term or aspect of the Agreements or Transactions or any term or aspect of any other agreement or instrument contemplated by the Agreements or entered into or amended in connection with the Transactions, including, without limitation, the Shareholders Agreement, the Tax Matters Agreement, the Employee Matters Agreement, the Internal Reorganization, the SpinCo Transfer, the Distribution, any allocation of the Aggregate Consideration or liabilities assumed as part of the Direct Sale or any indemnification or adjustments contemplated by the Agreements; the fairness of the Transactions to, or any consideration received in connection therewith by, the holders of any class of securities, creditors or other constituencies of the Company; nor as to the fairness of the amount or nature of any compensation to be paid or payable to any of the officers, directors or employees of the Company, Newco, Golf or any class of such persons, in connection with the Transactions, whether relative to the Aggregate Consideration to be paid by the Company pursuant to the Merger Agreement or otherwise. We are not expressing any opinion as to the prices at which shares of common stock of the Company will trade at any time or as to the impact of the Transactions on the solvency or viability of the Company, Newco, Merger Sub, the Tiger Business or Golf or the ability of the Company, Newco, Merger Sub, the Tiger Business or Golf to pay their respective obligations when they come due. Our opinion is necessarily based on economic, monetary, market and other conditions as in effect on, and the information made available to us as of the date hereof, and we assume no responsibility for updating, revising or reaffirming this opinion based on circumstances, developments or events occurring after the date hereof. Our advisory services and the opinion expressed herein are provided for the information and assistance of the Board of Directors of the Company in connection with its consideration of the Transactions and such opinion does not constitute a recommendation as to how any holder of shares of common stock of the Company should vote with respect to such Transactions or any other matter. This opinion has been approved by a fairness committee of Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC.

Based upon and subject to the foregoing, it is our opinion that, as of the date hereof, the Aggregate Consideration to be paid by the Company pursuant to the Merger Agreement is fair from a financial point of view to the Company.

Very truly yours,

/s/ GOLDMAN SACHS & CO. LLC
GOLDMAN SACHS & CO. LLC

   

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EXHIBIT 99.2


Exhibit 99.2

Letterhead of Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC

January 25, 2019

Board of Directors
Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies Corporation
1001 Air Brake Avenue
Wilmerding, Pennsylvania 15148


Re:
Initially Filed Registration Statement on Form S-1 of Transportation Systems Holdings   Inc. filed January 25, 2019 (the “Registration Statement”)

Lady and Gentlemen:

Reference is made to our opinion letter, dated May 20, 2018 (“Opinion Letter”), with respect to the fairness from a financial point of view to Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies Corporation (the “Company”) of the Aggregate Consideration (as such term is defined in the Opinion Letter) to be paid by the Company pursuant to the Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of May 20, 2018, by and among General Electric Company (“Golf”), Transportation Systems Holdings Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Golf, the Company, and Wabtec US Rail Holdings, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company.

The Opinion Letter is provided for the information and assistance of the Board of Directors of the Company in connection with its consideration of the transaction contemplated therein. We understand that the Company has determined to include our opinion in the Registration Statement. In that regard, we hereby consent to the reference to our Opinion Letter under the captions “The Transactions - Background of the Transactions,” “The Transactions - Wabtec’s Reasons for the Transactions” and “The Transactions - Opinion of Wabtec’s Financial Advisor” and to the inclusion of the foregoing opinion as an Exhibit to the Registration Statement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, it is understood that our consent is being  delivered solely in connection with the filing of the Registration Statement and that our Opinion Letter is not to be used, circulated, quoted or otherwise referred to for any other purpose, nor is it to be filed with, included in or referred to, in whole or in part in any registration statement (including any subsequent amendments to the Registration Statement), proxy statement or any other document, except in accordance with our prior written consent. In giving such consent, we do not thereby admit that we come within the category of persons whose consent is required under Section 7 of the Securities Act of 1933 or the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission thereunder.

Very truly yours,

/s/ Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC
(GOLDMAN SACHS & CO. LLC)


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