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UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

 

FORM 10-Q

 

(Mark One)

 

x   QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

 

For the quarterly period ended June 30, 2005

 

OR

 

¨   TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

 

For the transition period from              to             

 

Commission file number 1-442

 

THE BOEING COMPANY


(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

Delaware   91-0425694

 
(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation or organization)
  (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
100 N. Riverside, Chicago, IL   60606-1596

 
(Address of principal executive offices)   (Zip Code)

 

(312) 544-2000


(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

 

 


(Former name, former address and former fiscal year, if changed since last report)

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days. Yes x No ¨

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an accelerated filer (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act). Yes x No ¨

 

As of July 22, 2005, there were 820,601,297 shares of common stock, $5.00 par value, issued and outstanding.

 

(This number includes 39 million outstanding shares held by the ShareValue Trust which are not eligible to vote and not included in earnings per share calculations.)


THE BOEING COMPANY

 

FORM 10-Q

 

For the Quarter Ended June 30, 2005

 

INDEX

 

Part I. Financial Information (Unaudited)

   Page
    Item 1.    Financial Statements     
         Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations    3
         Condensed Consolidated Statements of Financial Position    4
         Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows    5
         Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements    6
         Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm    37
    Item 2.    Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations    39
    Item 3.    Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk    67
    Item 4.    Controls and Procedures    67

Part II. Other Information

    
    Item 1.    Legal Proceedings    68
    Item 2.    Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities    69
    Item 4.    Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders    69
    Item 6.    Exhibits    71
   

Signature

   72
   

Exhibit (15) – Letter from Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm Regarding Unaudited Interim Financial Information

   73
   

Exhibit (31.1) – Section 302 Certification – CEO

   74
   

Exhibit (31.2) – Section 302 Certification – CFO

   75
   

Exhibit (32.1) – CEO Section 906 Certification

   76
   

Exhibit (32.2) – CFO Section 906 Certification

   77

 

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PART I. FINANCIAL INFORMATION

 

Item 1. Financial Statements

 

The Boeing Company and Subsidiaries

Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations

(Unaudited)

 

(Dollars in millions except per share data)    Six months ended
June 30
    Three months ended
June 30
 
     2005     2004     2005      2004  

Sales of products

   $ 23,185     $ 21,678     $ 12,394      $ 10,844  

Sales of services

     4,830       4,313       2,634        2,244  


Total revenues

     28,015       25,991       15,028        13,088  

Cost of products

     (19,017 )     (17,955 )     (10,187 )      (9,033 )

Cost of services

     (4,063 )     (3,631 )     (2,204 )      (1,842 )

Boeing Capital Corporation interest expense

     (179 )     (173 )     (90 )      (89 )


Total costs and expenses

     (23,259 )     (21,759 )     (12,481 )      (10,964 )


       4,756       4,232       2,547        2,124  

Income from operating investments, net

     44       40       28        27  

General and administrative expense

     (2,128 )     (1,811 )     (1,057 )      (988 )

Research and development expense

     (1,083 )     (996 )     (591 )      (522 )

Gain/(loss) on dispositions, net

     (92 )     6       (117 )      6  

Goodwill impairment

             (3 )              (3 )


Earnings from continuing operations

     1,497       1,468       810        644  

Other income, net

     65       225       81        66  

Interest and debt expense

     (171 )     (169 )     (84 )      (85 )


Earnings before income taxes

     1,391       1,524       807        625  

Income tax expense

     (311 )     (324 )     (241 )      (39 )


Net earnings from continuing operations

     1,080       1,200       566        586  

Cumulative effect of accounting change, net of taxes

     21                           

Income from discontinued operations, net of taxes

             16                7  

Net gain on disposal of discontinued operations, net of taxes

             14                14  


Net earnings

   $ 1,101     $ 1,230     $ 566      $ 607  


Basic earnings per share from continuing operations

   $ 1.36     $ 1.49     $ 0.72      $ 0.72  

Cumulative effect of accounting change, net of taxes

     0.03                           

Income from discontinued operations, net of taxes

             0.02                0.01  

Net gain on disposal of discontinued operations, net of taxes

             0.02                0.02  


Basic earnings per share

   $ 1.39     $ 1.53     $ 0.72      $ 0.75  


Diluted earnings per share from continuing operations

   $ 1.33     $ 1.48     $ 0.70      $ 0.72  

Cumulative effect of accounting change, net of taxes

     0.03                           

Income from discontinued operations, net of taxes

             0.02                0.01  

Net gain on disposal of discontinued operations, net of taxes

             0.02                0.02  


Diluted earnings per share

   $ 1.36     $ 1.52     $ 0.70      $ 0.75  


Cash dividends paid per share

   $ 0.50     $ 0.37     $ 0.25      $ 0.20  


Weighted average diluted shares (millions)

     807.7       811.2       807.4        812.3  


See notes to condensed consolidated financial statements.

 

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The Boeing Company and Subsidiaries

Condensed Consolidated Statements of Financial Position

(Unaudited)

 

(Dollars in millions except per share data)   

June 30

2005

    December 31
2004
 

Assets

                


Cash and cash equivalents

   $ 4,961     $ 3,204  

Short-term investments

     207       319  

Accounts receivable, net

     5,066       4,653  

Current portion of customer financing, net

     464       616  

Deferred income taxes

     2,037       1,991  

Inventories, net of advances and progress billings

     5,508       6,508  

Assets of discontinued operations

             70  


Total current assets

     18,243       17,361  

Customer financing, net

     9,894       10,385  

Property, plant and equipment (net of accumulated depreciation of
$11,417 and $12,962)

     8,121       8,443  

Goodwill

     1,906       1,948  

Other acquired intangibles, net

     919       955  

Prepaid pension expense

     12,705       12,588  

Deferred income taxes

     247       154  

Investments

     3,158       3,050  

Other assets

     1,301       1,340  


     $ 56,494     $ 56,224  


Liabilities and Shareholders’ Equity

                


Accounts payable and other liabilities

   $ 15,939     $ 14,869  

Advances and billings in excess of related costs

     6,875       6,384  

Income taxes payable

     801       522  

Short-term debt and current portion of long-term debt

     809       1,321  


Total current liabilities

     24,424       23,096  

Deferred income taxes

     1,222       1,090  

Accrued retiree health care

     6,005       5,959  

Accrued pension plan liability

     3,169       3,169  

Deferred lease income

     319       745  

Long-term debt

     10,223       10,879  

Shareholders’ equity:

                

Common shares, par value $5.00 –
1,200,000,000 shares authorized;
Shares issued – 1,011,870,159 and 1,011,870,159

     5,059       5,059  

Additional paid-in capital

     4,009       3,420  

Treasury shares, at cost – 192,234,458 and 179,686,231

     (9,637 )     (8,810 )

Retained earnings

     16,251       15,565  

Accumulated other comprehensive loss

     (1,973 )     (1,925 )

ShareValue Trust Shares – 39,301,252 and 38,982,205

     (2,577 )     (2,023 )


Total shareholders’ equity

     11,132       11,286  


     $ 56,494     $ 56,224  


See notes to condensed consolidated financial statements.

 

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The Boeing Company and Subsidiaries

Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows

(Unaudited)

 

(Dollars in millions)   

Six months ended

June 30

 
     2005     2004  

Cash flows – operating activities:

                

Net earnings

   $ 1,101     $ 1,230  

Adjustments to reconcile net earnings to net cash provided by operating activities:

                

Non-cash items:

                

Goodwill Impairment

             3  

Share-based plans expense

     446       283  

Depreciation

     711       634  

Amortization of other acquired intangibles

     47       46  

Amortization of debt discount/premium and issuance costs

     13       8  

Pension expense

     378       150  

Investment/asset impairment charges, net

     44       60  

Customer financing valuation provision

     14       39  

Net gain on disposal of discontinued operations

             (21 )

Loss/(gain) on dispositions, net

     92       (6 )

Other charges and credits, net

     124       (5 )

Excess tax benefits from share-based payment arrangements

     (46 )     (25 )

Non-cash adjustments related to discontinued operations

             26  

Changes in assets and liabilities –

                

Accounts receivable

     (510 )     (119 )

Inventories, net of advances, progress billings and reserves

     454       1,065  

Accounts payable and other liabilities

     782       351  

Advances in excess of related costs

     505       (131 )

Income taxes receivable, payable and deferred

     298       483  

Deferred lease income

     (426 )     28  

Prepaid pension expense

     (460 )     (2,013 )

Goodwill

     20       (2 )

Other acquired intangibles, net

     (11 )     (1 )

Accrued retiree health care

     46       102  

Customer financing, net

     501       (894 )

Other

     (73 )     (101 )

Net cash provided by operating activities

   $ 4,050     $ 1,190  

Cash flows – investing activities:

                

Discontinued operations customer financing, reductions

             106  

Property, plant and equipment additions

     (787 )     (342 )

Property, plant and equipment reductions

     19       48  

Acquisitions, net of cash acquired

             (36 )

Proceeds from dispositions of discontinued operations

             1,581  

Proceeds from dispositions

     1,028       90  

Contributions to investments

     (1,430 )     (38 )

Proceeds from investments

     1,377       119  

Net cash provided by investing activities

   $ 207     $ 1,528  

Cash flows – financing activities:

                

Debt repayments

     (1,160 )     (728 )

Stock options exercised, other

     169       52  

Excess tax benefits from share-based payment arrangements

     46       25  

Common shares repurchased

     (1,140 )     (204 )

Dividends paid

     (415 )     (312 )

Net cash used by financing activities

   $ (2,500 )   $ (1,167 )

Net increase in cash and cash equivalents

     1,757       1,551  

Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of year

     3,204       4,633  

Cash and cash equivalents at end of period

   $ 4,961     $ 6,184  

See notes to condensed consolidated financial statements.

 

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The Boeing Company and Subsidiaries

Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements

(Dollars in millions)

(Unaudited)

 

Note 1 – Basis of Presentation

 

The condensed consolidated interim financial statements included in this report have been prepared by The Boeing Company and its subsidiaries. In the opinion of management, all adjustments (consisting of normal recurring accruals) necessary for a fair presentation are reflected in the interim financial statements. The results of operations for the period ended June 30, 2005, are not necessarily indicative of the operating results for the full year. The interim financial statements should be read in conjunction with the audited consolidated financial statements and notes thereto included in our 2004 Annual Report on Form 10-K. Certain amounts in prior periods have been reclassified to conform to the current period’s presentation.

 

Our condensed consolidated financial statements and related footnote disclosures reflect the change in classification of the cash flow effects of customer financing transactions, as discussed in Note 17 and the change in classification of inventories to advances and billings in excess of related costs, as discussed in Note 5 and Note 9.

 

Note 2 – Standards Issued and Not Yet Implemented

 

In November 2004, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) issued Statement of Financial Accounting Standard (SFAS) No. 151, Inventory Costs – an amendment of ARB No. 43 . This Standard requires abnormal amounts of idle facility expense, freight, handling costs, and wasted material (spoilage) to be recognized as current period charges. Additionally, it requires that fixed production overhead costs be allocated to inventory based on the normal capacity of the production facility. The provisions of this Standard apply prospectively and are effective for us for inventory costs incurred after January 1, 2006. While we believe this Standard will not have a material effect on our financial statements, the impact of adopting these new rules is dependent on events that could occur in future periods, and as such, an estimate of the impact cannot be determined until the event occurs in future periods.

 

In March 2005, the FASB issued Interpretation No. (FIN) 47, Accounting for Conditional Asset Retirement Obligations – an interpretation of FASB Statement No. 143 . This Interpretation clarifies the term conditional asset retirement obligation as used in SFAS No. 143 and requires a liability to be recorded if the fair value of the obligation can be reasonably estimated. The types of asset retirement obligations that are covered by this Interpretation are those for which an entity has a legal obligation to perform an asset retirement activity, however the timing and (or) method of settling the obligation are conditional on a future event that may or may not be within the control of the entity. FIN 47 also clarifies when an entity would have sufficient information to reasonably estimate the fair value of an asset retirement obligation. This Interpretation is effective no later than December 31, 2005. We are currently evaluating the impact of FIN 47 on our financial statements.

 

In July 2005, the Emerging Issues Task Force (EITF) issued Issue No. 04-5, Determining Whether a General Partner, or the General Partners as a Group, Controls a Limited Partnership or Similar Entity When the Limited Partners Have Certain Rights . This EITF provides guidance as to when a general partner, or the general partners as a group, control a limited partnership or similar entity when the limited partners have certain rights. EITF No. 04-5 is effective as of June 29, 2005 for general partners of all new limited partnerships formed and for existing limited partnerships for which the partnership agreements are modified. EITF No. 04-5 is effective as of January 1, 2006 for all other limited partnerships. We are currently evaluating the impact of EITF No. 04-5 on our financial statements.

 

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In July 2005, the FASB issued Staff Position (FSP) No. APB 18-1, Accounting by an Investor for its Proportionate Share of Other Comprehensive Income of an Investee Accounted for under the Equity Method in Accordance with APB Opinion No. 18 upon a Loss of Significant Influence . This FSP provides guidance on how an investor should account for its proportionate share of an investee’s equity adjustments for other comprehensive income upon a loss of significant influence. FSP No. APB 18-1 is effective as of October 1, 2005. We are currently evaluating the impact of FSP No. APB 18-1 on our financial statements.

 

Note 3 – Earnings Per Share

 

The weighted average number of shares outstanding (in millions) used to compute earnings per share is as follows:

 

     Six months ended
June 30
   Three months ended
June 30
     2005    2004    2005    2004

Weighted average shares outstanding

   788.1    801.3    784.7    801.4

Participating securities

   7.9    6.0    8.6    6.4

Basic weighted average shares outstanding

   796.0    807.3    793.3    807.8

Dilutive potential common shares

   11.7    3.9    14.1    4.5

Diluted weighted average shares outstanding

   807.7    811.2    807.4    812.3

 

During the second quarter of 2004, we adopted EITF Issue No. 03-6, Participating Securities and the Two-Class Method under FASB Statement No. 128, Earnings Per Share , which did not have a material effect on our earnings per share.

 

Basic earnings per share is calculated by the sum of (1) net income less dividends paid divided by the basic weighted average shares outstanding and (2) dividends paid divided by the weighted average shares outstanding. Basic weighted average shares outstanding is based on the weighted average number of shares outstanding as well as participating securities that reduce basic earnings per share and excludes treasury shares and the outstanding shares held by the ShareValue Trust not committed for distribution. Participating securities consist of vested stock units associated with our deferred compensation plans.

 

Diluted earnings per share is calculated by dividing net income by the diluted weighted average shares outstanding. Diluted weighted average shares outstanding is based on that same number of basic weighted shares outstanding plus dilutive potential common shares. Dilutive potential common shares may include shares distributable under stock option, stock unit, Performance Shares and ShareValue Trust plans. These potential common shares are included in the computation of diluted shares outstanding if they would reduce earnings per share.

 

The weighted average number of shares outstanding (in millions), included in the table below, is excluded from the computation of diluted earnings per share because the average market price did not exceed the exercise/threshold price. However, these shares may be dilutive potential common shares in the future.

 

     Six months ended
June 30
   Three months ended
June 30
     2005    2004    2005    2004

Stock options

   3.4    16.7    0.3    13.5

Performance Shares

   28.3    30.2    28.3    30.2

ShareValue Trust

   35.1    38.7    33.5    38.2

 

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Note 4 – Income Taxes

 

The effective tax rate of 22.4% for the six months ended June 30, 2005 differed from the federal statutory rate of 35% due to Foreign Sales Corporation (FSC) and Extraterritorial Income (ETI) exclusion tax benefits, tax credits, state income taxes, a change in valuation allowances, and other provision adjustments. The effective income tax rate of 21.3% for the six months ended June 30, 2004 also differed from the federal statutory rate due to FSC and ETI exclusion tax benefits, tax credits, state income taxes, and tax benefits from a settlement with the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) for the years 1986-1997.

 

The effective tax rate of 29.9% for the three months ended June 30, 2005 differed from the federal statutory rate of 35% due to FSC and ETI exclusion tax benefits, tax credits, state income taxes, and other provision adjustments. The effective income tax rate of 6.2% for the three months ended June 30, 2004 also differed from the federal statutory rate due to FSC and ETI exclusion tax benefits, tax credits, state income taxes, and tax benefits from a settlement with the IRS of the years 1986-1997.

 

For the six months ended June 30, 2005 and 2004, net income tax (payments)/refunds were ($31) and $149.

 

During the six months ended June 30, 2005, we received federal income tax refunds totaling $95 (of which $43 represents interest). $41 of the interest was previously accrued in the Condensed Consolidated Statement of Operations and $2 has been accrued in the second quarter. These refunds related to the settlement of federal income tax audits for the 1987 through 1990 tax years. Also, an additional $17 of interest income has been accrued this quarter in the Condensed Consolidated Statement of Operations relating to the 1988 tax year.

 

IRS Audit Overview

 

We are currently under examination by the IRS for the years 1998-2001 and are in the final stages of the exam. An IRS audit report was received in June 2005 and is at the Joint Committee of Taxation for review. We expect the outcome of the exam to be at or below the accrued position. IRS examinations have been completed through 1997 and income taxes have been settled with the IRS for all years through 1996 and for McDonnell Douglas Corporation for all years through 1992. We have filed appeals with the IRS for 1993 through 1997 for McDonnell Douglas Corporation. We believe adequate provisions for all outstanding issues have been made for all open years.

 

Contingencies

 

We are subject to income taxes in the U.S. and numerous foreign jurisdictions.

 

Amounts accrued for potential tax assessments recorded in current tax liabilities total $1,641 and $1,678 at June 30, 2005 and December 31, 2004, respectively. Accruals relate to tax issues for U.S. federal, domestic state, and taxation of foreign earnings as follows:

 

·   The accruals associated with U.S. federal tax issues such as the tax benefits from the FSC/ETI tax rules, the amount of research and development tax credits claimed, deductions associated with employee benefit plans, U.S. taxation of foreign earnings, and valuation issues regarding charitable contributions claimed were $1,450 at June 30, 2005, and $1,412 at December 31, 2004.

 

·   The accruals for domestic state tax issues such as the allocation of income among various state tax jurisdictions and the amount of state tax credits claimed were $160 at June 30, 2005 and $214 at December 31, 2004, net of federal benefit.

 

·   The accruals associated with taxation of foreign earnings were $31 at June 30, 2005 and $52 at December 31, 2004.

 

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Legislative Update

 

The American Jobs Creation Act of 2004 (the Act) provides for a special deduction for qualified domestic production activities and a two-year phase-out of the existing ETI exclusion tax benefit for foreign sales which the World Trade Organization (WTO) ruled was an illegal export subsidy. These new provisions are not expected to have a material impact on the 2005 income tax rate.

 

The European Union believes that the Act fails to adequately repeal the illegal export subsidies because of the transitional provisions and has asked the WTO to review whether these provisions are in compliance with their prior ruling. It is not possible to predict what impact this issue will have on future earnings, cash flows and/or financial position pending the final resolution of this matter.

 

On December 21, 2004, FSP No. FAS 109-2, Accounting and Disclosure Guidance for the Foreign Earnings Repatriation Provision within the American Jobs Creation Act of 2004, was issued. FSP No. FAS 109-2 provides companies with additional time, beyond the financial reporting period during which the Act took effect, to evaluate the Act’s impact on a company’s plan for reinvestment or repatriation of certain foreign earnings for purposes of applying SFAS No. 109. FSP No. FAS 109-2 was effective upon issuance. As of June 30, 2005, we have not decided on whether and to what extent we might repatriate foreign earnings under the Act, and accordingly, the financial statements do not reflect any provisions for taxes on unremitted foreign earnings. Based on our analysis, although not yet finalized, it is possible that under the repatriation provision of the Act we may repatriate some amount of earnings between $0 and $350 with the respective tax liability ranging from $0 to $26. We expect to be in a position to finalize our assessment by September 30, 2005.

 

Note 5 – Inventories

 

Inventories consisted of the following:

 

    

June 30

2005

    December 31
2004
 

Long-term contracts in progress

   $ 14,176     $ 14,302  

Commercial aircraft programs

     5,837       6,049  

Commercial spare parts, used aircraft, general stock materials and other, net of reserves

     2,246       1,884  


       22,259       22,235  

Less advances and progress billings

     (16,751 )     (15,727 )


     $ 5,508     $ 6,508  


 

As of December 31, 2004, we reclassified ($3,044) of long-term contracts in progress and $783 of advances and progress billings to Advances and billings in excess of related costs on our Condensed Consolidated Statements of Financial Position. (See Note 9.)

 

As a normal course of our Commercial Airplanes segment production process, our inventory may include a small quantity of airplanes that are completed but unsold. As of June 30, 2005 and December 31, 2004, the value of completed but unsold aircraft in inventory was insignificant. Inventory balances included $234 subject to claims or other uncertainties primarily relating to the A-12 program as of June 30, 2005 and December 31, 2004.

 

Included in commercial aircraft program inventory and directly related to the sales contracts for the production of aircraft are amounts paid or credited in cash or other consideration, to airline customers totaling $769 and $665 as of June 30, 2005 and December 31, 2004. These amounts are referred to as early issue sales consideration. Early issue sales consideration is recognized as a reduction to

 

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revenue when the delivery of the aircraft under contract occurs. In the unlikely situation that an airline customer was not able to perform and take delivery of the contracted aircraft we believe that we would have the ability to recover amounts paid through retaining amounts secured by advances. However to the extent early issue sales consideration exceeds advances these amounts may not be recoverable and would be recognized as a current period expense. As of June 30, 2005 and December 31, 2004, the amount of early issue sales consideration net of advance deposits included in commercial aircraft program inventory amounted to $158 and $123, which related to one customer.

 

Commercial aircraft inventory production costs incurred on in-process and delivered units in excess of the estimated average cost of such units, determined as described in Note 1 of our 2004 Annual Report on Form 10-K, represent deferred production costs. As of June 30, 2005 and December 31, 2004, there were no significant excess deferred production costs or unamortized tooling costs not recoverable from existing firm orders. The deferred production costs and unamortized tooling included in the 777 program’s inventory are summarized in the following table:

 

     June 30
2005
   December 31
2004

Deferred production costs

   $ 551    $ 703

Unamortized tooling

   $ 443    $ 485

 

As of June 30, 2005 and December 31, 2004, the balance of deferred production costs and unamortized tooling related to all other commercial aircraft programs was insignificant relative to the programs’ balance-to-go cost estimates.

 

During the six months ended June 30, 2005 and the year ended December 31, 2004, we purchased $61 and $298 of used aircraft. Used aircraft in inventories totaled $201 and $162 as of June 30, 2005 and December 31, 2004. When our Commercial Airplane segment is unable to immediately sell used aircraft, we may place the aircraft on operating leases or we may finance the sale of new aircraft with a short-term note receivable. The carrying amount of aircraft recorded as operating leases, or sales financed under a note receivable, totaled $727 and $958 as of June 30, 2005 and December 31, 2004.

 

As of June 30, 2005, there were no material additional expenses related to the 767 United States Air Force (USAF) Tanker program.

 

Note 6 – Divestitures

 

On February 28, 2005 we completed the stock sale of Electron Dynamic Devices Inc. (EDD) to L-3 Communications. EDD was a separate legal entity wholly owned by us. The corresponding net assets of the entity were $46 and a gain of $25 was recorded in the Launch and Orbital Systems (L&OS) segment of Integrated Defense Systems (IDS) from the sale of the net assets. In addition, there was a related pre-tax loss of $68 recorded in the Condensed Consolidated Statement of Operations in Accounting differences/eliminations for net pension and other postretirement benefit curtailments and settlements. (See Note 14 for discussion of our environmental indemnification agreement with L-3.)

 

On February 22, 2005, we announced the sale of the Rocketdyne Propulsion and Power (Rocketdyne) business for cash proceeds of approximately $700 to United Technologies Corporation under an asset purchase agreement. This divestiture includes assets and sites in California, Alabama, Mississippi, and Florida. The Rocketdyne business primarily develops and builds rocket engines and provides booster engines for the space shuttle and the Delta family as well as propulsion systems for missile defense systems. The assets and liabilities as of June 30, 2005 that were subject to the transaction were $221 and $35. See breakout below for major classes of assets and liabilities. The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) requested additional information with respect to the sale in March 2005 and the

 

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transaction was under review as of June 30, 2005. Accordingly these assets were classified as held for use as of March 31, 2005 and June 30, 2005. On July 26, 2005, the FTC cleared the transaction, and the sale is now expected to close in August 2005. We expect to record a net pre-tax gain of approximately $575, predominantly in the L&OS segment, from the sale of the net assets in the third quarter of 2005. In addition, we expect to record a related pre-tax loss of $218 for estimated pension and postretirement curtailments and settlements in the fourth quarter of 2005 as Accounting differences/eliminations. (See Note 11 for the pension and postretirement effects.)

 

Assets


     

Liabilities


Accounts receivable

   $ 48      

Payables and accruals

   $ 6

Inventory

     70      

Employment and Other

     17

Property, Plant and Equipment

     99      

Environmental

     12

Other

     4               

     
     $ 221            $ 35

     

 

In addition to the assets and liabilities noted above, this transaction will reduce our prepaid pension expense in the amount of $253, our accrued pension plan liability by $2 and our accrued retiree health care liability by $33 as a result of the pension and other postretirement benefit curtailments and settlements. These amounts are included in the expected losses noted above.

 

On February 22, 2005, we announced the sale of substantially all of the assets at our Commercial Airplanes facilities in Wichita, Kansas and Tulsa and McAlester, Oklahoma to Onex Partners LP (Mid-Western Aircraft Systems, Inc. “Mid-Western”) under an asset purchase agreement. Mid-Western’s obligation to complete the purchase was subject to several significant conditions, including successful negotiation of collective bargaining agreements and Mid-Western receiving the proceeds of its debt financing in substantially the amount and form described in its financing commitments, therefore, as of March 31, 2005, the assets and liabilities of the business were classified as held for use. Mid-Western decided to proceed with the transaction without all collective bargaining agreements in place and the transaction closed June 16, 2005. Transaction consideration given to us includes cash of approximately $900, together with the transfer of certain liabilities and long-term supply agreements that provide us with ongoing cost savings. The assets and liabilities as of June 16, 2005 that were subject to the transaction were $1,037 and $97. See breakout below for major classes of assets and liabilities. We expect to record a total pre-tax loss of approximately $348 on the transaction, including pension and postretirement impacts. (See Note 11 for pension and postretirement effects). We recorded a pre-tax loss of $110 in the second quarter of 2005, which was recorded in the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations as Gain/(loss) on dispositions, net, of which $75 was recognized by the Commercial Airplanes segment and $35 was recognized as Accounting differences/eliminations and Unallocated expense. The remaining loss of $238 relates to estimated pension and postretirement curtailments and settlements and is expected to be recorded as Accounting differences/eliminations in the third quarter of 2005.

 

Assets


     

Liabilities


Inventory

   $ 477      

Accounts Payable

   $ 49

Property, Plant and Equipment

     521      

Employment (Vacation and Sick Leave)

     44

Other

     39      

Other

     4

     
     $ 1,037      

Total

   $ 97

     

 

Except for $37 in net assets which related to other segments, the above assets and liabilities were part of the Commercial Airplanes segment.

 

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In addition to the assets and liabilities noted above, this transaction will reduce our prepaid pension expense in the amount of $309, our accrued pension plan liability by $1 and our accrued retiree health care liability by $70 as a result of the pension and other postretirement benefit curtailments and settlements. These amounts are included in the expected losses noted above.

 

We have agreed to indemnify Mid-Western for certain environmental contamination that existed on or prior to the June 16, 2005 closing date. At this time, we cannot estimate the maximum amount of future payments under this guarantee. (See Note 14 for further discussion of this indemnification).

 

Note 7 – Discontinued Operations – Commercial Financial Services

 

On May 2, 2004, our Board of Directors approved a plan to sell all of the assets and business operations of Boeing Capital Corporation’s (BCC) Commercial Financial Services (CFS) business. This plan was approved by BCC’s Board of Directors on May 21, 2004. On May 24, 2004, BCC entered into a purchase and sale agreement with General Electric Capital Corporation (GECC) to sell substantially all of the assets related to its CFS business and the final asset sale closed on December 27, 2004. As of June 30, 2005, approximately $57 of assets had not been sold and continue to be marketed for sale. As of June 30, 2005, these assets are held for sale or re-lease and are included in Customer financing, net in our Condensed Consolidated Statement of Financial Position.

 

For the six and three months ended June 30, 2004, our condensed consolidated financial statements reflect the CFS business as discontinued operations with Income from discontinued operations of $25 ($16 net of taxes) and $11 ($7 net of taxes). For the same periods of 2004, the Net gain on disposal of discontinued operations was $21 ($14 net of taxes).

 

As part of the purchase and sale agreement with GECC, BCC agreed to a sharing arrangement for losses that may be incurred at the end of the initial financing terms of the transferred portfolio assets, or, in some instances, prior to the end of the financing term, such as certain events of default and repossession. The loss sharing arrangement provides that cumulative net losses (if any) are to be shared between BCC and GECC in accordance with the following formula: (i) with respect to the first $150 of cumulative net losses, BCC will be liable to GECC for 80% of the amount thereof (in such event GECC will bear 20% of such losses); (ii) with respect to cumulative net losses between $150 and $275, BCC will be liable to GECC for 100% of such additional cumulative net losses; and (iii) if cumulative losses exceed $275, GECC will bear 100% of the loss risk above $275. These provisions effectively limit BCC’s exposure to any losses as referred to herein at $245. In the event there are cumulative net gains on the portfolio, GECC is required to make an earn-out payment to BCC in an amount equal to 80% of such cumulative net gain. Gains and losses on the portfolio are to be measured on a cumulative basis over the remaining life of the portfolio assets. The amount of the gain or loss on any particular portfolio asset is the difference between the fair market value of the equipment asset securing the portfolio asset and the carrying value of the portfolio asset. BCC has the right in certain circumstances to participate in a refinancing or other redeployment of a portfolio asset for the purpose of minimizing any loss on such asset. BCC has provided a liability of $109 for its estimated losses under this sharing arrangement as follows:

 

     Reserve for sharing
arrangement

Balance as of December 31, 2004

   $ 90

Increase in reserve

     19

Balance as of June 30, 2005

   $ 109

 

During the six months ended June 30, 2005, BCC recorded a charge of $19 associated with its exposure to GECC under the loss arrangement for matters reported to it during the second quarter of 2005.

 

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Note 8 – Investments

 

Joint ventures and other investments

 

As of June 30, 2005 and December 31, 2004, Investments included $99 and $67 primarily attributable to investments in joint ventures. Investments also included non-marketable securities of $26 and $73 at June 30, 2005 and December 31, 2004.

 

On May 5, 2005, we entered into an agreement with Lockheed Martin Corporation (Lockheed) to create a 50/50 joint venture named United Launch Alliance (ULA), which will be accounted for as an equity investment. ULA will combine the production, engineering, test and launch operations associated with U.S. government launches of Boeing Delta and Lockheed Martin Atlas rockets. It is expected that ULA will reduce the cost of meeting the critical national security and NASA expendable launch vehicle needs of the United States. Closing is contingent upon approval by governmental agencies, which is expected to occur later in 2005. ULA will be reported in the L&OS segment of IDS. We do not expect this agreement to have a material impact to our earnings, cash flows and/or financial position.

 

On March 31, 2005, we executed a Purchase and Sale Agreement to sell certain investments in technology related funds and partnerships of $63 and related capital commitment obligations for a purchase price of $24. As a result of our decision to dispose of these assets, the investments were classified as held for sale. Therefore, during the six months ended June 30, 2005, we recorded an asset impairment charge of $42 as a result of this agreement, which is included in Other income, net on the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations. We have closed the sale on investments of $10 during the three months ended June 30, 2005 and expect the final closings to be consummated during the third quarter of 2005.

 

Investments in debt and equity securities

 

Short-term investments and Investments included the following:

 

     June 30, 2005

   December 31, 2004

     Amortized
Cost
   Gross
Unrealized
Gain
   Gross
Unrealized
Loss
   Estimated
Fair Value
   Amortized
Cost
   Gross
Unrealized
Gain
   Gross
Unrealized
Loss
  

Estimated
Fair

Value

Available-for-Sale

                                                       

Equity

   $ 4    $ 8           $ 12    $ 4    $ 9           $ 13

Debt (1)

     3,319           $ 91      3,228      3,267           $ 51      3,216

     $ 3,323    $ 8    $ 91    $ 3,240    $ 3,271    $ 9    $ 51    $ 3,229

(1)   At June 30, 2005 and December 31, 2004, debt securities with estimated fair values totaling $161 and $325 have been in a continuous unrealized loss position for 12 months or longer.

 

During 2004, we invested $3,000 of cash in an externally managed portfolio of investment grade fixed income instruments. The portfolio is diversified and highly liquid and primarily consists of U.S. dollar debt obligations of the United States Treasury, other government agencies, corporations, mortgage-backed and asset-backed securities. The portfolio has an average duration of 1.5 years. As of June 30, 2005 and December 31, 2004, amounts invested with a fair value of $2,773 and $2,718 were classified as available-for-sale Investments on the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Financial Position. We do not intend to hold these investments to maturity, nor do we intend to actively and frequently buy and sell these securities with the objective of generating profits on short-term differences in price. In addition, amounts totaling $71 and $108 were classified as Cash and cash equivalents and $207 and $173 were classified as available-for-sale Short-term investments as of June 30, 2005 and December 31, 2004. Gross unrealized losses on these investments, which are included in Investments and Short- term investments, primarily due to rising interest rates, were $22 and $12 as of June 30, 2005 and

 

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December 31, 2004, none of which have been in a continuous unrealized loss position for 12 months or longer. During the six months ended June 30, 2005 and 2004, gross realized gains and losses on these investments were not material.

 

On March 4, 2005, we completed the previously disclosed exchange transaction with Delta Air Lines, Inc. (Delta) in which we exchanged our investment in a D tranche Delta Enhanced Equipment Trust Certificate (EETC) with a carrying value of $145 and a face value of $176 for two C tranche Delta EETCs with face values totaling $176. During the six months ended June 30, 2005, the assets we received were recorded at their fair values of $143, and we recorded an asset impairment charge of $2. As of June 30, 2005, the unrealized loss on the two C tranche Delta EETCs was $30. At December 31, 2004, there was no unrealized loss on the Delta investment.

 

On an ongoing basis, we perform impairment tests on our investment securities to determine if the fair value decline of a security is other-than-temporary. If the impairment is other-than-temporary, we adjust the cost basis for the impaired security and record the charge in the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations.

 

As of June 30, 2005, our available-for-sale investments included subordinated debt investments in several Equipment Trust Certificates (ETC) and EETCs with estimated fair values totaling $250, which includes our Delta EETCs. Approximately $127 of these amounts relate to investments that were acquired in 2002. Due to the commercial aviation market downturn, with the exception of the Delta EETCs, these securities have been in a continuous unrealized loss position for 12 months or longer. Despite the unrealized loss position of these securities, we have concluded that these EETCs are not other-than-temporarily impaired. This assessment was based on the value of the underlying collateral to the securities, our ability to hold the investment until it recovers its fair value, the term of the securities, and both internal and third-party credit reviews and analyses of the counterparties, principally major domestic airlines. Accordingly, we have concluded that it is probable that we will be able to collect all amounts due according to the contractual terms of these debt securities.

 

Maturities of available-for-sale debt securities at June 30, 2005, were as follows:

 

     Available-for-Sale
     Amortized
Cost
   Estimated
Fair Value

Due in 1 year or less

   $ 208    $ 207

Due from 1 to 5 years

     2,200      2,138

Due from 5 to 10 years

     150      131

Due after 10 years

     761      752

     $ 3,319    $ 3,228

 

Note 9 – Advances and billings in excess of related costs

 

We receive advance payments, performance based payments and progress payments from our commercial and government customers. Historically we have recorded advance payments in excess of cost incurred in Advances in excess of related costs. Performance based payments and progress payments have historically been recorded as Inventories, net of advances and progress billings. In 2005, we began classifying performance based payments and progress payments in excess of inventoriable cost in Advances and billings in excess of related costs on the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Financial Position and reclassified prior years to conform with our new presentation. As of December 31, 2004, we reclassified $2,261 of performance based payments and progress payments in excess of inventoriable costs to Advances and billings in excess of related costs. See Note 16 for reclassified asset and liability balances as of December 31, 2004 for our IDS segment.

 

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Note 10 – Deferred Lease Income

 

During 2003, we delivered four 767 aircraft to a joint venture named TRM Aircraft Leasing Co. Ltd (TRM) and one 767 aircraft in 2004. TRM was established in the second quarter of 2003 in order to provide financing and arrange for a total of five 767 aircraft to be leased to Japan Airlines. The leases were accounted for as operating leases each with a term of seven years. We provided financing of approximately $42 related to the five aircraft, which in combination with an expense sharing arrangement with TRM, caused us to retain substantial risk of ownership in the aircraft. As a result, we were recognizing rental income over the term of the lease. As of December 31, 2004, the present value of the remaining deferred lease income was $379, discounted at a rate of 5.0%.

 

During April 2005, we received full repayment for the financing arrangement from TRM. Additionally, we signed an agreement to eliminate any ongoing obligations for TRM’s expenses effective April 28, 2005. As a result, during the six and three months ended June 30, 2005, we were able to recognize the remaining deferred lease income of $369 and repayment for the financing arrangement of $42 as Revenue and charged the remaining net asset value to Cost of services. This transaction resulted in earnings before income taxes of $63 in our Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations for the six and three months ended June 30, 2005.

 

Note 11 – Postretirement Plans

 

We have various pension plans covering substantially all employees. We also have postretirement benefits other than pensions which consist principally of health care coverage for eligible retirees and qualifying dependents, and to a lesser extent, life insurance to certain groups of retirees.

 

The components of net periodic benefit cost were as follows:

 

    

Six months ended

June 30

   

Three months ended

June 30

 
     2005     2004     2005     2004  

Components of net periodic benefit cost – pensions

                                

Service cost

   $ 438     $ 416     $ 219     $ 208  

Interest cost

     1,216       1,188       608       594  

Expected return on plan assets

     (1,743 )     (1,688 )     (872 )     (844 )

Amortization of prior service costs

     92       89       46       44  

Recognized net actuarial loss

     328       189       164       95  

Settlement/curtailment

     69                          


Net periodic benefit cost – pensions

   $ 400     $ 194     $ 165     $ 97  


 

    

Six months ended

June 30

   

Three months ended

June 30

 
     2005     2004     2005     2004  

Components of net periodic benefit cost – other postretirement benefits

                                

Service cost

   $ 74     $ 81     $ 37     $ 40  

Interest cost

     231       250       115       122  

Expected return on plan assets

     (3 )     (3 )     (2 )     (2 )

Amortization of prior service costs

     (57 )     (49 )     (28 )     (24 )

Recognized net actuarial loss

     83       97       42       43  

Settlement/curtailment

     (1 )                        


Net periodic benefit cost – other postretirement benefits

   $ 327     $ 376     $ 164     $ 179  


 

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We previously disclosed in our 2004 Annual Report on Form 10-K that we did not expect our required pension contributions under Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) regulations to be material in 2005. During the six months ended June 30, 2005 and 2004, we made discretionary pension contributions of $450 (pre-tax) and $2,000 (pre-tax). Subsequent to quarter-end, on July 14, 2005, we contributed an additional $550 (pre-tax) on a discretionary basis to our pension plans. We continue to evaluate additional discretionary pension and postretirement contributions and expect to contribute approximately $550 later this year to pension plans. During the six months ended June 30, 2005 and 2004, we made contributions to our other postretirement benefit plans of $8 and $8. We expect to contribute $13 to our other postretirement benefit plans in 2005.

 

As a result of our Wichita and Tulsa sale, we have an estimated pension and other postretirement benefit net loss of $238 comprised of a $308 loss on pension curtailment/settlement and other postretirement benefit curtailment gain of $70 which will be recognized in the third quarter of 2005. Additionally, the Wichita and Tulsa sale triggered a re-measurement of the affected pension and other postretirement benefit plans as of June 16, 2005. As a result of the low interest rate environment, the effective discount rate as of the re-measurement date for these plans was 5.25% for all but one of the pension plans and 5.0% for the remaining pension plan and all the other postretirement benefit plans, down from 5.75%, resulting in increased pension expense of $72 which will be recognized in the third and fourth quarters of 2005. This re-measurement also reduced other comprehensive income by $2,131 after-tax, which will also be recorded in the second half of 2005.

 

As a result of our Rocketdyne divestiture we have possible pension and postretirement net curtailment/settlement loss of $218 comprised of a $251 pension curtailment/settlement loss and other postretirement benefit curtailment gain of $33. These figures are estimates subject to re-measurement on the settlement date. In addition, there would be an impact to other comprehensive income, which could be material.

 

On February 28, 2005 we completed our stock sale of EDD Operations to L-3 Communications. The EDD sale generated pension settlement/curtailment loss of $69 and other postretirement benefit curtailment gain of $1.

 

Note 12 – Share-Based Compensation

 

In December 2004, the FASB issued SFAS No. 123 (revised 2004) (SFAS No. 123R), Share-Based Payment. We early adopted the provisions of SFAS No. 123R as of January 1, 2005 using the modified prospective method. SFAS No. 123R primarily resulted in a change in our method of measuring and recognizing the fair value of our Performance Shares and estimating forfeitures for all unvested awards. Additionally, prior to the adoption of SFAS No. 123R, we used the nominal vesting period approach for retirement eligible employees. Using this approach, we recognize compensation cost for share-based awards granted prior to 2005 over the stated vesting period for retirement eligible employees and, if an employee retires before the end of the vesting period, we recognize any remaining unrecognized compensation cost at the date of retirement. As a result of adopting SFAS No. 123R, we have changed our approach for recognizing compensation expense for new share-based awards granted to retirement eligible employees. For all share-based awards granted during 2005 and thereafter, SFAS No. 123R requires that we use the non-substantive vesting period approach to recognize compensation cost for retirement eligible employees over the period from the date of grant to the date retirement eligibility is achieved or one year of service (whichever is greater), if that is expected to occur during the nominal vesting period. Had we also applied the non-substantive vesting period approach to awards granted prior to 2005, compensation expense would have been $288 lower for the six months ended June 30, 2005 and $8 higher for the six months ended June 30, 2004. For the three months ended June 30, 2005, compensation expense would have been reduced by $135 under the non-substantive vesting period approach for awards granted before 2005; there would have been a reduction of $9 for the three months ended June 30, 2004.

 

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With the adoption of SFAS No. 123R, we recorded an increase in net earnings as a cumulative effect of accounting change based on SFAS No. 123R’s requirement to apply an estimated forfeiture rate to unvested awards. Previously, we recorded forfeitures as incurred. For the six months ended June 30, 2005, the amount of cumulative effect of accounting change for share forfeitures was $21, net of taxes of $12, and the net effect on basic and diluted earnings per share was $0.02 and $0.03, respectively. There was no impact for the three months ended June 30, 2005.

 

Our primary types of share-based compensation consist of Performance Shares, ShareValue Trust distributions and stock options and other stock unit awards, which are described below. The total number of shares authorized to be granted under all share-based plans is 94,000,000, excluding ShareValue Trust. Shares issued as a result of stock option exercise or conversion of stock unit awards will be funded out of treasury shares except to the extent there are insufficient treasury shares in which case new shares will be issued. We believe we currently have adequate treasury shares to meet any requirements to issue shares during 2005.

 

Share-based plans expense was previously presented as a separate line item on the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations. In accordance with Staff Accounting Bulletin No. 107 issued in March 2005, share-based plans expense has been included in general and administrative expense since it is incentive compensation issued primarily to our executives. Share-based plans expense consisted of the following:

 

     Six months ended
June 30
   Three months ended
June 30
     2005    2004    2005    2004

Performance Shares

   $ 381    $ 217    $ 168    $ 128

ShareValue Trust

     40      38      20      20

Stock options, other

     25      28      13      16

     $ 446    $ 283    $ 201    $ 164

 

During the first quarter of 2005, we recorded a $64 charge to share-based plans expense for the acceleration of compensation expense related to retired employees. The net income tax benefit recognized in the income statement for share-based plans was $168 and $103 for the six months ended June 30, 2005 and 2004 and $76 and $60 for the three months ended June 30, 2005 and 2004. Certain other deferred stock compensation plans are also reflected in general and administrative expense. We had issued 12,926,112 and 10,343,380 stock units as of June 30, 2005 and December 31, 2004 that are convertible to either stock or a cash equivalent, of which 11,839,212 and 9,549,837 are vested as of June 30, 2005 and December 31, 2004, and the remainder generally vest with employee service through retirement. These stock units principally represent a method of deferring employee compensation by which a liability is established based upon the current stock price. An expense or reduction to expense is recognized associated with the change in the liability balance which reflects stock price changes, earned dividends and amortization on stock units that can be settled in cash or stock. For the six months ended June 30, 2005 and 2004, general and administrative expense related to deferred stock compensation was $163 and $75. For the three months ended June 30, 2005 and 2004, general and administrative expense related to deferred stock compensation was $76 and $86.

 

Performance Shares

 

Performance Shares are stock units that are convertible to common stock, on a one-to-one basis, contingent upon stock price performance. If, at any time up to five years after award, the stock price reaches and maintains for twenty consecutive days a price equal to stated price growth targets, a stated percentage (up to 125%) of the Performance Shares awarded are convertible to common stock.

 

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For pre-2003 grants, if market conditions are not met during the five-year period, the Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors may, at its discretion, allow vesting of up to 100% of the target Performance Shares if our total shareholder return (stock price appreciation plus dividends) during the five-year period exceeds the average total shareholder return of the S&P 500 over the same period. For 2003 and 2004 grants, if less than 125% of the award has not vested at the end of the five-year period, up to 125% of the award may vest based on an award formula using the total shareholder return performance relative to the S&P 500. For 2005 grants, at the end of the five-year period, the Compensation Committee may, at its discretion, allow vesting of up to 125% of the award based on the total shareholder return performance relative to the S&P 100 and the five-year Treasury Bill rate. Performance Shares not converted to common stock due to not achieving market conditions expire five years after the date of the award. Dividends are accrued as additional Performance Shares and are converted to common stock at the same time as the related Performance Shares and in the same proportion as the originally granted Performance Shares. Dividends are not accrued on Performance Shares vesting percentages over 100%. In the event a participant has a termination of employment due to retirement, layoff, disability, or death, the participant (or beneficiary) continues to participate in outstanding performance cycles for Performance Shares that have been outstanding for at least one year. Payment of such awards will be made at the same time as payment would have been made had the participant not had a termination of employment. Unless otherwise provided by the Compensation Committee, Performance Shares that have been outstanding for less than one year as of the date of the participant’s termination of employment due to retirement, layoff, disability, or death and any accrued dividend equivalents will be canceled or forfeited. Except as provided above, participants must be employed by us on the date such awards become vested in order to receive payment for such awards. In the event of any termination of employment other than those described above, all outstanding Performance Shares and any accrued dividend equivalents will be canceled or forfeited as of the termination date. The Compensation Committee may, in its discretion, choose to allow a participant to continue to participate in an outstanding performance cycle upon such terms as it deems appropriate.

 

During the six months ended June 30, 2005, our stock price, on four occasions, met the cumulative growth rate levels above the grant price for Performance Shares granted in 2003. Accordingly, pursuant to the plan’s terms, an additional 50% of the 2003 Performance Shares awarded were converted to 2,448,988 shares of common stock with a total market value of $147 and 1,953,496 shares awarded were deferred as stock or cash at the employees election and therefore, are reported within Accounts payable and other liabilities within the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Financial Position. Additionally, during the six months ended June 30, 2005, our stock price, on one occasion, met the cumulative growth rate level above the grant price for Performance Shares granted in 2004. Accordingly, pursuant to the plan’s terms, 15% of the 2004 Performance Shares awarded were converted to 981,148 shares of common stock with a total market value of $62 and 626,464 shares awarded were deferred as stock or cash at the employees’ election and therefore, are reported within Accounts payable and other liabilities within the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Financial Position. For the six months ended June 30, 2005 and 2004, we recorded an additional $96 and $25 of compensation expense to reflect the cumulative expense for those Performance Shares converted to common stock. For the three months ended June 30, 2005 and 2004, we recorded an additional $41 and $25 of compensation expense to reflect the cumulative expense for those Performance Shares converted to common stock. For the six months ended June 30, 2005 and 2004, we used $4 and $2 in cash to settle the non-U.S. based payroll award conversions. For the three months ended June 30, 2005 and 2004, we used $2 and $1 in cash to settle the non-U.S. based payroll award conversions.

 

For Performance Shares granted prior to 2005, share-based expense was determined based on the market price of our stock at the time of the award applied to the maximum number of shares contingently issuable (up to 125%), and was amortized over a five-year period. For Performance

 

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Shares granted in 2005, the fair value of each award was estimated on the date of grant using a Monte Carlo simulation model instead of the grant date market price used for previous awards. We changed our valuation technique based on further clarification provided in SFAS No. 123R and the fact that our Performance Shares contain a market condition, which should be reflected in the grant date fair value of an award. The Monte Carlo simulation model utilizes multiple input variables that determine the probability of satisfying each market condition stipulated in the award grant and calculates the fair market value for each Performance Share granted. The valuation model used the following assumptions:

 

Grant Year    Grant Date   

Weighted
Average
Expected

Volatility

  

Expected

Dividend
Yield

  

Risk Free

Interest Rate

  

Stock

Beta

2005    2/28/2005    27.8%    1.9%    4.0%    1.03

 

Weighted average expected volatility is based on recent volatility levels implied by actively traded option contracts on our common stock and the historical volatility levels on our common stock. Expected dividend yield is based on historical dividend payments. Risk free interest rate reflects the yield on the 5-year zero coupon U.S. Treasury, based on the Performance Shares’ contractual term. Stock beta is a measure of how our stock price moves relative to the market as a whole. Stock beta and market volatility are acquired from a third-party source. The fair value of the 2005 Performance Shares is amortized over the expected term of each award. The expected term of 1 to 4 years for each award granted is derived from the output of the valuation model and represents the median time required to satisfy the conditions of the award, adjusted for the effect of retiree eligible participants. Each price growth target has a different expected term, resulting in the range of values provided.

 

The following tables summarize information about Performance Shares outstanding at June 30, 2005.

 

     June 30
2005
 
(Shares in thousands)    Shares  

Number of Performance Shares:

      

Outstanding at beginning of period

   28,623  

Granted

   8,134  

Transferred

   858  

Dividend

   241  

Converted or deferred

   (6,013 )

Forfeited

   (621 )

Canceled or expired

   (2,912 )


Outstanding at end of period

   28,310  


 

(Shares in thousands)         Performance Shares Outstanding

Grant

Date

  

Expiration

Date

  

Weighted Average
Grant Date

Fair Value

   June 30
2005

2/26/01

   2/26/06    $ 62.76    5,854

2/25/02

   2/25/07      44.94    5,588

2/24/03

   2/24/08      30.27   

2/23/04

   2/23/09      43.53    9,155

2/28/05

   2/28/10      33.05    7,713

 

 

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At June 30, 2005, there was $786 of total unrecognized compensation cost related to the Performance Share plan which is expected to be recognized over a weighted average period of 3.5 years.

 

ShareValue Trust

 

The ShareValue Trust, established effective July 1, 1996, is a 14-year irrevocable trust that holds our common stock, receives dividends and distributes to employees the appreciation in value above a 3% per annum threshold rate of return. The Trust was split between two funds, “fund 1” and “fund 2”, upon its initial funding. Each fund consists of investment periods which result in overlapping periods as follows:

 

Period 1 (fund 1):

   July 1, 1996 to June 30, 1998

Period 2 (fund 2):

   July 1, 1996 to June 30, 2000

Period 3 (fund 1):

   July 1, 1998 to June 30, 2002

Period 4 (fund 2):

   July 1, 2000 to June 30, 2004

Period 5 (fund 1):

   July 1, 2002 to June 30, 2006

Period 6 (fund 2):

   July 1, 2004 to June 30, 2008

Period 7 (fund 1):

   July 1, 2006 to June 30, 2010

 

An initial investment value is established for each subsequent investment period based on the lesser of the threshold amount or the fair market value of the immediately preceding investment period for that fund. This amount is then compounded by the 3% per annum to determine the threshold amount that must be met for that investment period. At the end of the investment period, participants will receive a distribution to the extent the market value of that investment period has increased above the threshold amount. A distribution is proportionally distributed among all the participants of an investment period in the ratio each participant’s number of months of participation relates to the total number of months earned by all participants in the investment period. At June 30, 2005, the Trust held 39,301,252 shares of our common stock in the two funds. The ShareValue Trust’s total compensation expense to be recognized over the life of the trust was determined using a binomial option-pricing model.

 

On June 30, 2004, the market value of fund 2 exceeded $913 (the threshold representing a 3% per annum rate of return). Based on the average stock price of $50.825 as of June 30, 2004, the market value of fund 2 exceeded the threshold by $143 resulting in a distribution to participants. The distribution was paid in Boeing common stock, except for partial shares, distributions to foreign employees and beneficiaries of deceased participants, which were paid in cash. After employee withholding taxes, approximately 1.7 million shares of common stock were distributed to participants. These transactions were recorded as a deduction from additional paid-in capital.

 

If on June 30, 2006, the market value of fund 1 exceeds $1,004, the amount in excess of the threshold will be distributed to employees in shares of common stock. Similarly, if on June 30, 2008, the market value of fund 2 exceeds $1,028, the amount in excess of the threshold will be distributed to employees in shares of common stock.

 

The ShareValue Trust is accounted for as a contra-equity account and stated at market value. Market value adjustments are offset to additional paid-in capital. At June 30, 2005, there was $359 of total unrecognized compensation cost related to the ShareValue Trust which is expected to be recognized over a period of 5.0 years.

 

Stock options

 

Our 1997 Incentive Stock Plan (1997 Plan) permits the grant of stock options, stock appreciation rights (SARs) and restricted stock awards (denominated in stock or stock units) to any employee of ours or

 

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our subsidiaries and contract employees. Under the terms of the plan, 64 million shares are authorized for issuance upon exercise of options, as payment of SARs and as restricted stock awards, of which no more than an aggregate of 6,000,000 shares are available for issuance as restricted stock awards and no more than an aggregate of 3,000,000 shares are available for issuance as restricted stock that is subject to restrictions based on continuous employment for less than three years. This authorization for issuance under the 1997 Plan will terminate on April 30, 2007. The 1993 Incentive Stock Plan permitted the grant of options, SARs and stock to employees of ours or our subsidiaries. The 1988 and 1984 stock option plans permitted the grant of options or SARs to officers or other key employees of ours or our subsidiaries. No further grants may be awarded under these three plans. As of June 30, 2005, no SARs have been granted under these plans.

 

On April 28, 2003, the shareholders approved The Boeing Company 2003 Incentive Stock Plan (2003 Plan). The 2003 Plan permitted awards of incentive stock options, nonqualified stock options, restricted stock, stock units, Performance Shares, performance units and other incentives. The aggregate number of shares of our stock available for issuance under the 2003 Plan will not exceed 30 million and no participant may receive more than 2,000,000 shares in any one calendar year. Under the terms of the 2003 Plan, no more than an aggregate of 6,000,000 shares are available for issuance as restricted stock awards and no more than an aggregate of 1,500,000 shares are available for issuance as restricted stock that is subject to restrictions based on continuous employment for less than three years. A summary of the principal features is provided in our 2004 Proxy Statement.

 

Options have been granted with an exercise price equal to the fair market value of our stock on the date of grant and expire ten years after the date of grant. Vesting is generally over a five-year service period with portions of a grant becoming exercisable at one year, three years and five years after the date of grant.

 

Information concerning stock options issued to directors, officers and other employees is presented in the following table:

 

     June 30, 2005
(Shares in thousands)    Shares     Weighted
Average
Exercise
Price

Number of shares under option:

            

Outstanding at beginning of period

   24,727     $ 44.49

Exercised

   (3,974 )     42.65

Forfeited

   (72 )     47.62

Expired

   (43 )     48.21

Outstanding at end of period

   20,638       44.83

Exercisable at end of period

   17,157       45.55

 

At June 30, 2005, 7,713,683 shares were available for grant under the 1997 Plan, 2,965,168 shares were available for grant under the Incentive Compensation Plan, and 10,459,769 shares were available for grant under the 2003 Plan.

 

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The following table summarizes information about stock options outstanding at June 30, 2005 (shares in thousands):

 

    

Options Outstanding

   Options Exercisable

Range of

Exercise Prices

   Shares    Weighted-
Average
Remaining
Contractual
Life (years)
   Weighted
Average
Price
   Shares    Weighted
Average
Price

$10 to $19

   1,170    3.28    $ 14.21    1,170    $ 14.21

$20 to $29

   287    7.78      28.80    97      28.94

$30 to $39

   4,320    5.85      37.20    3,119      38.22

$40 to $49

   6,155    4.48      42.13    4,781      42.55

$50 to $59

   8,459    3.56      54.92    7,795      54.78

$60 to $69

   247    5.69      63.78    195      63.64

     20,638                17,157       

 

We have determined the weighted-average grant date fair value of the 2004 stock options to be $18.60. No stock options were granted during the six and three months ended June 30, 2005. The total intrinsic value of options exercised was $66 and $21 during the six months ended June 30, 2005 and 2004 and $28 and $12 during the three months ended June 30, 2005 and 2004. The fair value of stock-based compensation awards granted was estimated using a binomial option-pricing model with the following assumptions:

 

Grant Year    Grant
Date
   Option
Term
   Expected
Volatility
   Dividend
Yield
   Risk Free
Interest Rate

2004

   12/17/04    9 years    31%    1.1%    4.2%

 

The option term of each award granted is based on our historical experience of employees’ exercise behavior. Expected volatility is based on historical volatility levels of our common stock. Expected dividend yield is based on a set dividend rate. Risk free interest rate reflects the yield on the 9-year zero coupon U.S. Treasury.

 

Cash received from options exercised for the six and three months ended June 30, 2005 was $169 and $108, with a related tax benefit of $46 and $25.

 

At June 30, 2005, there was $9 of total unrecognized compensation cost related to the Stock Option plan which is expected to be recognized over a weighted average period of 2.7 years.

 

Other stock unit awards

 

The total number of stock unit awards that are convertible only to common stock and not contingent upon stock price were 2,138,676 and 2,019,250 at June 30, 2005 and December 31, 2004.

 

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Note 13 – Shareholders’ Equity

 

Changes in shareholders’ equity for the six months ended June 30, 2005 and 2004, consisted of the following:

 

(Shares in thousands)                        
    2005     2004  
    Shares     Amount     Shares     Amount  

Common shares

                           

Beginning balance – January 1

  1,011,870     $ 5,059     1,011,870     $ 5,059  


Ending balance – June 30

  1,011,870     $ 5,059     1,011,870     $ 5,059  


Additional paid-in capital

                           

Beginning balance – January 1

        $ 3,420           $ 2,880  

Share-based compensation

          446             283  

Treasury shares issued for stock plans, net

          (424 )           (241 )

Tax benefit (expense) related to stock plans

          13             (31 )

ShareValue Trust distribution

                        (50 )

ShareValue Trust market adjustment

          554             371  


Ending balance – June 30

        $ 4,009           $ 3,212  


Treasury shares

                           

Beginning balance – January 1

  179,686     $ (8,810 )   170,388     $ (8,322 )

Treasury shares issued for stock plans, net

  (6,623 )     313     (3,419 )     167  

Share Repurchase Program

  19,172       (1,140 )   4,376       (204 )


Ending balance – June 30

  192,235     $ (9,637 )   171,345     $ (8,359 )


Retained earnings

                           

Beginning balance – January 1

        $ 15,565           $ 14,407  

Net earnings (loss) after cumulative effect of accounting change

          1,101             1,230  

Cash dividends declared

          (415 )           (337 )


Ending balance – June 30

        $ 16,251           $ 15,300  


Accumulated other comprehensive income (loss)

                           

Beginning balance – January 1

        $ (1,925 )         $ (4,145 )

Reclassification adjustment for (gain) loss realized in net earnings, net of tax of $2 and ($4)

          (7 )           15  

Unrealized gain on derivative instruments, net of tax of ($1) and ($1)

          3             2  

Unrealized (loss) on certain investments, net of tax of $16 and $ 0

          (25 )           (1 )

Foreign currency translation adjustment

          (19 )           (23 )


Ending balance – June 30

        $ (1,973 )         $ (4,152 )


ShareValue Trust shares

                           

Beginning balance – January 1

  38,982     $ (2,023 )   41,204     $ (1,740 )

Shares acquired from dividend reinvestment, net of fees

  320             336          

Shares paid out, net of fees

  (1 )           (2 )        

Market value adjustment

          (554 )           (371 )


Ending balance – June 30

  39,301     $ (2,577 )   41,538     $ (2,111 )


 

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No adjustments to accumulated other comprehensive income (loss) are included in reported net earnings during the six months ended June 30, 2005 and 2004 except for the $(7) and $15 reclassification adjustments, for (gain) loss realized in net earnings, net of tax.

 

In December 2000, a stock repurchase program was authorized by the Board of Directors, authorizing the repurchase of up to 85,000,000 shares of our stock. In June 2005, repurchase of an additional 40,000,000 was authorized. For the six months ended June 30, 2005 and 2004, we repurchased 19,185,223 shares, of which 13,623 were purchased in a stock swap, and 4,375,800 shares.

 

Note 14 – Arrangements with Off-Balance Sheet Risk

 

We enter into arrangements with off-balance sheet risk in the normal course of business, as discussed below. These arrangements are primarily in the form of guarantees, ETCs, and product warranties.

 

Guarantees

 

The following tables provide quantitative data regarding our third-party guarantees. The maximum potential payments represent a “worst-case scenario,” and do not necessarily reflect our expected results. Estimated proceeds from collateral and recourse represent the anticipated values of assets we could liquidate or receive from other parties to offset our payments under guarantees. The carrying amount of liabilities recorded on our Condensed Consolidated Statements of Financial Position reflects our best estimate of future payments we may incur as part of fulfilling our guarantee obligations.

 

As of June 30, 2005    Maximum
Potential
Payments
   Estimated
Proceeds
from
Collateral/
Recourse
   Carrying
Amount of
Liabilities*

Contingent repurchase commitments

   $ 4,087    $ 4,080       

Trade-in commitments

     1,044      1,021    $ 22

Asset-related guarantees

     408      296      15

Credit guarantees related to the Sea Launch venture

     495      297      198

Other credit guarantees

     44      17      1

Equipment trust certificates

     23              

Performance guarantees

     48      21      1

*   Amounts included in Accounts payable and other liabilities

                    
As of December 31, 2004    Maximum
Potential
Payments
   Estimated
Proceeds
from
Collateral/
Recourse
   Carrying
Amount of
Liabilities*

Contingent repurchase commitments

   $ 3,751    $ 3,743       

Trade-in commitments

     972      947    $ 25

Asset-related guarantees

     408      296      12

Credit guarantees related to the Sea Launch venture

     510      306      204

Other credit guarantees

     60      19      10

Equipment trust certificates

     28              

Performance guarantees

     64      21      1
* Amounts included in Accounts payable and other liabilities

 

As disclosed in the above table, the maximum amounts payable under trade-in commitments were $1,044 and $972 as of June 30, 2005 and December 31, 2004. Based on the best market information

 

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available at the time, it was probable that we would be obligated to perform on trade-in commitments with gross amounts payable to customers totaling $103 and $116 as of June 30, 2005 and December 31, 2004. The estimated fair value of trade-in aircraft related to probable contractual trade-in commitments was $81 and $91 as of June 30, 2005 and December 31, 2004. Accounts payable and other liabilities included $22 and $25 as of June 30, 2005 and December 31, 2004, which represents the exposure related to these trade-in commitments.

 

We have issued various asset-related guarantees, principally to facilitate the sale of commercial aircraft. Under these arrangements, we are obligated to make payments to a guaranteed party in the event the related aircraft fair values fall below a specified amount at a future point in time. These obligations are collateralized principally by commercial aircraft and expire within the next 13 years.

 

We have issued credit guarantees to creditors of the Sea Launch venture, in which we are a 40% partner, to assist the venture in obtaining financing. We have substantive guarantees from the other venture partners, who are obligated to reimburse us for their share (in proportion to their Sea Launch ownership percentages) of any guarantee payments we may make related to Sea Launch obligations. Some of these guarantees are also collateralized by certain assets of the venture. In addition, we have issued credit guarantees, principally to facilitate the sale of commercial aircraft. Under these arrangements, we are obligated to make payments to a guaranteed party in the event that lease or loan payments are not made by the original debtor or lessee. Our commercial aircraft credit-related guarantees are collateralized by the underlying commercial aircraft. A substantial portion of these guarantees has been extended on behalf of original debtors or lessees with less than investment-grade credit. Current outstanding credit guarantees expire within the next 10 years.

 

Relating to our ETCs, we have potential obligations relating to shortfall interest payments in the event that the interest rates in the underlying agreements with United Airlines, Inc. (United) are reset below levels specified in these agreements. These obligations would cease if United were to default on its interest payments to the ETC. These guarantees will expire over the next 11 years.

 

We have outstanding performance guarantees issued in conjunction with joint venture investments. Pursuant to these guarantees, we would be required to make payments in the event a third-party fails to perform specified services. Current performance guarantees expire over the next 12 years.

 

Our sales agreement for EDD provides indemnification to L-3 Communications for third-party litigation and damages relating to pre-closing environmental contamination. As it is impossible to assess whether there will be any third-party litigation or damages in the future or the amounts thereof, we cannot estimate the maximum potential amount of future payments under this guarantee.

 

Our sales agreement for the sale of our Commercial Airplanes facilities in Wichita, Kansas and Tulsa and McAlester, Oklahoma to Mid-Western dictates that we indemnify Mid-Western for certain environmental contamination that existed on or prior to June 16, 2005, which is the closing date of the sale. Per the agreement, notice must be given by Mid-Western of this contamination within seven and a half years from the closing date. As it is impossible to assess whether there will be any additional environmental liabilities in the future or the amounts thereof, we cannot estimate the maximum potential amount of future payments under this guarantee. (See Note 15 for further discussion of environmental contingencies.)

 

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Product warranties

 

The following table summarizes product warranty activity recorded during the six months ended June 30, 2005 and 2004.

 

     Product Warranty
Liabilities*
 
     2005     2004  

Beginning balance – January 1

   $ 781     $ 825  

Additions for new warranties

     65       58  

Reductions for payments made

     (74 )     (137 )

Changes in estimates

     (17 )     77  


Ending balance – June 30

   $ 755     $ 823  


* Amounts included in Accounts payable and other liabilities

 

Material variable interests in unconsolidated entities

 

As of June 30, 2005, our maximum exposure to economic loss from ETCs and EETCs is $273, which comprised our $250 investment balance and a maximum potential exposure of $23 relating to potential shortfall interest payments. Accounting losses, if any, from period to period could differ. As of June 30, 2005, the ETC and EETC transactions we participated in had total assets of $4,031 and total debt (which is non-recourse to us) of $3,781. During the six months ended June 30, 2005, we recorded revenue of $21 and cash flows of $30 related to these investments.

 

As of June 30, 2005, variable interest entity (VIE) arrangements of which we were not the primary beneficiary, other than the ETCs and EETCs noted above, had total assets of $392 and total debt (which is non-recourse to us) of $361. During the six months ended June 30, 2005, we recorded revenue of $1 and cash flows of $13 related to these VIEs.

 

During the second quarter of 2005, we adopted FSP No. FIN 46(R)-5, Implicit Variable Interests under FASB Interpretation No. 46 (revised December 2003), Consolidation of Variable Interest Entities , which had no effect on our financial statements.

 

Other commitments

 

Irrevocable financing commitments related to aircraft on order, including options, scheduled for delivery through 2007 totaled $8,776 and $6,661 as of June 30, 2005 and December 31, 2004. We anticipate that not all of these commitments will be utilized and that we will be able to arrange for third-party investors to assume a portion of the remaining commitments, if necessary.

 

As of June 30, 2005 and December 31, 2004, future lease commitments on aircraft and other commitments totaled $424 and $483. The future lease commitments extend through 2020, and our intent is to recover these lease commitments through sublease arrangements. As of June 30, 2005 and December 31, 2004, Accounts payable and other liabilities included $75 and $89 attributable to adverse commitments under these lease arrangements.

 

On March 31, 2005, we executed a Purchase and Sale Agreement to sell certain investments in technology related funds and partnerships of $63 with related capital commitment obligations of $76. We have closed the sale on investments of $10 during the three months ended June 30, 2005 and expect the final closings to be consummated during the third quarter of 2005. (See Note 8 for details of the sale.)

 

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McDonnell Douglas Corporation insured its executives with Company Owned Life Insurance (COLI), which are life insurance policies with a cash surrender value. Although we do not use COLI currently, these obligations from the merger with McDonnell Douglas Corporation are still a commitment at this time. We have loans in place to cover costs paid or incurred to carry the underlying life insurance policies. At June 30, 2005 and December 31, 2004, the cash surrender value was $1,543 and $1,468 and the total loans were $1,442 and $1,356, respectively. As we have the right to offset the loans against the cash surrender value of the policies, we present the net asset in Other assets on the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Financial Position at June 30, 2005 and December 31, 2004.

 

Note 15 – Contingencies

 

Legal

 

Various legal proceedings, claims and investigations related to products, contracts and other matters are pending against us. Most significant legal proceedings are related to matters covered by our insurance. Major contingencies are discussed below.

 

Government investigations

 

We are subject to various U.S. Government investigations, including those related to procurement activities and the alleged possession and misuse of third-party proprietary data, from which civil, criminal or administrative proceedings could result or have resulted. Such proceedings involve, or could involve claims by the Government for fines, penalties, compensatory and treble damages, restitution and/or forfeitures. Under government regulations, a company, or one or more of its operating divisions or subdivisions, can also be suspended or debarred from government contracts, or lose its export privileges, based on the results of investigations. We believe, based upon current information, that the outcome of any such government disputes and investigations will not have a material adverse effect on our financial position, except as set forth below.

 

A-12 litigation

 

In 1991, the U.S. Navy notified McDonnell Douglas Corporation (now one of our subsidiaries) and General Dynamics Corporation (the Team) that it was terminating for default the Team’s contract for development and initial production of the A-12 aircraft. The Team filed a legal action to contest the Navy’s default termination, to assert its rights to convert the termination to one for “the convenience of the Government,” and to obtain payment for work done and costs incurred on the A-12 contract but not paid to date. As of June 30, 2005, inventories included approximately $583 of recorded costs on the A-12 contract, against which we have established a loss provision of $350. The amount of the provision, which was established in 1990, was based on McDonnell Douglas Corporation’s belief, supported by an opinion of outside counsel, that the termination for default would be converted to a termination for convenience, and that the best estimate of possible loss on termination for convenience was $350.

 

On August 31, 2001, the U.S. Court of Federal Claims issued a decision after trial upholding the Government’s default termination of the A-12 contract. The court did not, however, enter a money judgment for the U.S. Government on its claim for unliquidated progress payments. In 2003, the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, finding that the trial court had applied the wrong legal standard, vacated the trial court’s 2001 decision and ordered the case sent back to that court for further proceedings. This follows an earlier trial court decision in favor of the Team and reversal of that initial decision on appeal.

 

If, after all judicial proceedings have ended, the courts determine, contrary to our belief, that a termination for default was appropriate, we would incur an additional loss of approximately $275,

 

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consisting principally of remaining inventory costs and adjustments, and, if the courts further hold that a money judgment should be entered against the Team, we would be required to pay the U.S. Government one-half of the unliquidated progress payments of $1,350 plus statutory interest from February 1991 (currently totaling approximately $1,175). In that event, our loss would total approximately $1,532 in pre-tax charges. Should, however, the March 31, 1998 judgment of the United States Court of Federal Claims in favor of the Team be reinstated, we would receive approximately $1,013, including interest.

 

We believe that the termination for default is contrary to law and fact and that the loss provision established by McDonnell Douglas Corporation in 1990, which was supported by an opinion from outside counsel, continues to provide adequately for the reasonably possible reduction in value of A-12 net contracts in process as of June 30, 2005. Final resolution of the A-12 litigation will depend upon the outcome of further proceedings or possible negotiations with the U.S. Government.

 

EELV litigation

 

In 1999, two employees were found to have in their possession certain information pertaining to a competitor, Lockheed Martin Corporation (Lockheed), under the Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle (EELV) Program. The employees, one of whom was a former employee of Lockheed, were terminated and a third employee was disciplined and resigned. On July 24, 2003, the U.S. Air Force (USAF) suspended certain organizations in our space launch services business and the three former employees from receiving government contracts as a direct result of alleged wrongdoing relating to possession of the Lockheed information during the EELV source selection in 1998. On March 4, 2005, the USAF lifted the suspension from government contracting of our space launch services business after we entered into an Interim Administrative Agreement. Under the terms of the Interim Administrative Agreement between us and the USAF (the Agreement), the USAF can reinstate the suspension if we are indicted or convicted in connection with the EELV matter, or if material new evidence is discovered. The Agreement requires periodic reporting to the USAF and also provides for appointment of a Special Compliance Officer responsible for verifying our implementation of remedial measures and compliance with other provisions of the Agreement. We have reimbursed the USAF $1.9 for costs relating to its investigation and have agreed that certain costs relating to the EELV matter and improvements to our Ethics and Business Conduct Program will be treated as unallowable. The USAF also terminated 7 out of 21 of our EELV launches previously awarded through a mutual contract modification and disqualified the launch services business from competing for three additional launches under a follow-on procurement. The same incident is under investigation by the U.S. Attorney in Los Angeles, who indicted two of the former employees in July 2003. In addition, in June 2003, Lockheed filed a lawsuit in the United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida against us and the three individual former employees arising from the same facts. Subsequently, Lockheed filed an amended complaint which added McDonnell Douglas Corporation and Boeing Launch Services as defendants and sought injunctive relief, compensatory damages in excess of $2,000 and treble and punitive damages. In August 2004, we filed counterclaims against Lockheed seeking compensatory and punitive damages. In addition, the Department of Justice has informed us that it is considering filing potential civil claims against us relating to the EELV incident.

 

As discussed in Note 8, on May 5, 2005, we entered into a Joint Venture Agreement with Lockheed to provide launch services to the U.S. Government. Pursuant to the terms of the Joint Venture Agreement and court order, the civil lawsuit has been stayed pending closing of the transaction, whereupon the parties have agreed to immediately dismiss all claims against each other. If the transaction does not close or if the Joint Venture Agreement is terminated according to its terms before April 1, 2006, either party may reinstate its claims against the other. It is not possible at this time to determine whether an adverse outcome would have a material adverse effect on our financial position should the claims be reinstated.

 

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Shareholder derivative lawsuits

 

In September 2003, two virtually identical shareholder derivative lawsuits were filed in Cook County Circuit Court, Illinois, against us as nominal defendant and against each then current member of our Board of Directors. These suits have now been consolidated. The plaintiffs allege that the directors breached their fiduciary duties in failing to put in place adequate internal controls and means of supervision to prevent the EELV incident described above, the July 2003 charge against earnings, and various other events that have been cited in the press during 2003. The lawsuit seeks an unspecified amount of damages against each director, the return of certain salaries and other remunerations and the implementation of remedial measures. The Court is currently considering a Motion to Dismiss filed jointly by the individual Board member defendants and us.

 

In October 2003, a third shareholder derivative action was filed against the same defendants in federal court for the Southern District of New York. This third suit charged that our 2003 Proxy Statement contained false and misleading statements concerning the 2003 Incentive Stock Plan. The lawsuit sought a declaration voiding shareholder approval of the 2003 Incentive Stock Plan, injunctive relief and equitable accounting. This case was dismissed by the court and the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit affirmed the dismissal on April 15, 2005. The plaintiff has moved for rehearing en banc before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit and a decision is pending.

 

It is not possible at this time to determine whether these shareholder derivative actions would have a material adverse effect on our financial position.

 

Department of Justice and Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) inquiry

 

On November 24, 2003, our Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, Mike Sears, was dismissed for cause as the result of circumstances surrounding the hiring of Darleen Druyun, a former U.S. Government official. Druyun, who had been vice president and deputy general manager of Missile Defense Systems since January 2003, also was dismissed for cause. At the time of our November 24 announcement that we had dismissed the two executives for unethical conduct, we also advised that we had informed the USAF of the actions taken and were cooperating with the U.S. Government in its ongoing investigation. The investigation is being conducted by the U.S. Attorney in Alexandria, Virginia, and the Department of Defense (DoD) Inspector General concerning this and related matters. Subsequently, the SEC requested information from us regarding the circumstances underlying dismissal of the two employees. We are cooperating with the SEC’s inquiry. In 2004, Druyun and Sears each pleaded guilty to a single conflict-of-interest-related criminal charge arising from Druyun having engaged in employment discussions with Sears more than two weeks prior to disqualifying herself from participating in USAF business involving us. At her sentencing, Druyun and the government asserted that she gave us favorable treatment on the USAF 767 Tanker negotiations, NATO AWACS claim, C-130 AMP Contract award, and C-17 negotiations in 2000, and that this treatment was influenced by employment negotiations and relationships with us. It is not possible to determine at this time what further actions the government authorities might take with respect to this matter, or whether those actions would have a material adverse effect on our financial position.

 

On October 13, 2004, the SEC requested information from us in connection with an inquiry concerning accounting issues involving pension and other postretirement benefits at several companies. We are cooperating with the SEC’s inquiry. Although an SEC spokesman has publicly stated that the agency has no evidence of wrongdoing, we cannot predict what actions, if any, the SEC might take with respect to this matter and whether those actions would have a material adverse effect on our financial position.

 

Employment discrimination litigation

 

We are a defendant in nine employment discrimination matters filed during the period of June 1998 through January 2005, in which class certification is sought or has been granted. Three matters were

 

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filed in the federal court for the Western District of Washington in Seattle; one case was filed in the federal court for the Central District of California in Los Angeles; one case was filed in state court in California; one case was filed in the federal court in St. Louis, Missouri; one case was filed in the federal court in Tulsa, Oklahoma; one case was filed in the federal court in Wichita, Kansas; and the final case was filed in the federal court in Chicago. The lawsuits seek various forms of relief including front and back pay, overtime, injunctive relief and punitive damages. We intend to continue our aggressive defense of these cases.

 

The lawsuits are in varying stages of litigation. One case in Seattle alleging discrimination based on national origin resulted in a verdict for the company following trial and is now on appeal. One case in Seattle alleging discrimination based on gender has been settled. Three cases – one in Los Angeles, one in Missouri, and one in Kansas, all alleging gender discrimination – have resulted in denials of class certification; the decisions in the Los Angeles and Kansas cases are being challenged, while the Missouri case is being dismissed with prejudice. The case in Oklahoma, also alleging gender discrimination, resulted in the granting of class action status, and is scheduled for trial in November 2005. The second case alleging discrimination based on gender in California, this one in state court, has been stayed pending the outcome of the appeal of the denial of class certification in the companion federal court case in Los Angeles. The court certified a limited class in the race discrimination case filed in federal court in Seattle (consisting of heritage Boeing salaried employees only) and set a December 2005 trial date. The final case, also alleging race discrimination and filed in Chicago, seeks a class of all individuals excluded from the limited class in the Seattle case.

 

BSSI/ICO litigation

 

On August 16, 2004, in response to a draft demand for arbitration from ICO Global Communications (Operations), Ltd. (ICO) seeking return of monies paid by ICO to Boeing Satellite Systems International, Inc. (BSSI) under contracts for manufacture and launch of communications satellites, BSSI filed a complaint for declaratory relief against ICO in Los Angeles County Superior Court. BSSI’s suit seeks a declaratory judgment that ICO’s prior termination of the contracts for convenience extinguished all claims between the parties. ICO filed a cross complaint with the court on September 16, 2004, alleging breach of contract, and other claims, and seeking recovery of all amounts it invested in the contracts, which are alleged to be approximately $2,000. We believe that ICO’s claims lack merit and intend to aggressively pursue our suit against ICO for declaratory relief and to vigorously defend against ICO’s cross-complaint.

 

It is not possible to determine whether any of the actions discussed would have a material adverse effect on our financial position.

 

Other commitments and contingencies

 

We are subject to federal and state requirements for protection of the environment, including those for discharge of hazardous materials and remediation of contaminated sites. Such requirements have resulted in our being involved in legal proceedings, claims and remediation obligations since the 1980s.

 

We routinely assess, based on in-depth studies, expert analyses and legal reviews, our contingencies, obligations and commitments for remediation of contaminated sites, including assessments of ranges and probabilities of recoveries from other responsible parties who have and have not agreed to a settlement and of recoveries from insurance carriers. Our policy is to immediately accrue and charge to current expense identified exposures related to environmental remediation sites based on our best estimate within a range of potential exposure for investigation, cleanup and monitoring costs to be incurred.

 

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The costs incurred and expected to be incurred in connection with such activities have not had, and are not expected to have, a material adverse effect on us. With respect to results of operations, related charges have averaged less than 1% of historical annual revenues. Although not considered likely, should we be required to incur remediation charges at the high level of the range of potential exposure, the additional charges would be less than 3% of historical annual revenues.

 

Because of the regulatory complexities and risk of unidentified contaminated sites and circumstances, the potential exists for environmental remediation costs to be materially different from the estimated costs accrued for identified contaminated sites. However, based on all known facts and expert analyses, we believe it is not reasonably likely that identified environmental contingencies will result in additional costs that would have a material adverse impact on our financial position or to our operating results and cash flow trends.

 

747 Program During the last three months, there has been solid customer interest and demand for new 747 airplanes to fulfill the growing need in cargo capacity. Additional anticipated firm orders and potential launch of a new derivative has pushed the program completion decision date into 2006 or beyond. The probability of terminating the program is remote.

 

767 Program During the last three months, market conditions have improved considerably. The accounting quantity for the 767 program was increased by 8 units during the second quarter of 2005 as a result of increasing customer demand for new 767 airplanes. As a result of recent airplane orders and additional potential orders within the next few months, the program completion decision date has moved to 2006. It is still reasonably possible a decision to complete production could be made within the next 12 months. A forward loss is not expected as a result of this decision but program margins would be reduced.

 

757 Program

 

On October 16, 2003, we decided to conclude production of the 757 commercial airplane program. We have $124 primarily related to vendor termination liability remaining in accounts payable and other liabilities. There was an $8 increase to vendor termination liability during the second quarter of 2005 due to a $13 increase in estimate offset by $5 in payments. No future charges related to the 757 airplane program are expected.

 

717 Program

 

On January 12, 2005, we decided to conclude production of the 717 commercial airplane in 2006 due to the lack of overall market demand for the airplane. The decision is expected to result in total pre-tax charges of approximately $380, of which $280 was incorporated in the 2004 fourth quarter and year-end results. The termination of the 717 line will result in approximately $380 of cash expenditures that are expected to occur during 2005 through 2009. This charge is determined based on current facts and information and we will revise our estimates accordingly as new facts and information become available. See table below for a breakout of the termination liability:

 

Termination liability   

December 31,

2004

   Change in
estimate
   

June 30,

2005

Supplier termination

   $ 171    $ 1     $ 172

Production disruption and shutdown related

     5            5

Pension/postretirement related

     42      2       44

Severance

     28      (3 )     25

Total

   $ 246          $ 246

 

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We have entered into standby letters of credit agreements and surety bonds with financial institutions primarily relating to the guarantee of future performance on certain contracts. Contingent liabilities on outstanding letters of credit agreements and surety bonds aggregated approximately $3,196 as of June 30, 2005 and approximately $3,183 as of December 31, 2004.

 

On October 26, 2004, ATA Holdings Corp. (ATA) filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. As a result, on December 29, 2004, BCC entered into an agreement in principle with ATA whereby ATA agreed to continue to lease 12 757 aircraft under restructured terms and agreed to return eight of the 12 757 aircraft during the second half of 2005 and early 2006. On July 14, 2005, the bankruptcy court approved the assumption of 11 757 aircraft leases. By mutual agreement between ATA and BCC, one 757 aircraft lease was terminated to accommodate BCC’s timely leasing of that aircraft to Continental Airlines, Inc. (Continental). ATA is obligated to pay rent on all aircraft until returned. The July 14, 2005 bankruptcy court order also approved a settlement agreement setting forth BCC’s potential deficiency claim for the four 757 aircraft to be retained by ATA and a process for determining the amount of our deficiency claims for the seven 757 aircraft and the one rejected 757 aircraft to be returned to BCC. In February 2005, following completion of certain conditions, BCC reclassified the 12 757 aircraft finance leases to operating leases due to new lease terms negotiated with ATA. BCC reduced the carrying value of the leases by $200 to the fair value of the underlying leased assets, which was recorded as a reduction of the allowance for losses on receivables of $119 recognized at BCC and $81 recognized at the Other segment. This transaction has no impact to earnings. With regard to eight of the 12 aircraft, BCC has entered into an agreement with Continental to lease the aircraft for periods ranging from five to eight years. The timing of the aircraft returns should enable BCC to meet the delivery dates committed to Continental as part of the agreement.

 

During the six and three months ended June 30, 2005, BCC recorded a recovery to reduce the allowance for losses on receivables by $32 and $36 which primarily consisted of a net benefit of $26 as a result of Hawaiian Airlines, Inc.’s (Hawaiian) emergence from bankruptcy (offset by a decline in the collateral value of other 717 aircraft leased to Hawaiian), a benefit of $16 as a result of the repayment of certain notes and a provision of $10 from normal portfolio run-off and other charges. During the six and three months ended June 30, 2004, BCC recorded a provision for losses of $9 and $4 to provide for the effect of declines in value of collateral for notes and finance lease receivables. During the six and three months ended June 30, 2005, the Other segment recorded a provision for losses of $46 primarily due to a decrease in the collateral value of the 717. During the six and three months ended June 30, 2004, the Other segment recorded a provision for losses of $34 due to deteriorated airline credit ratings and depressed aircraft values.

 

At June 30, 2005 and December 31, 2004, Viacao Aerea Rio-Grandense (VARIG) accounted for $327 and $400 (3.5% and 4.1%) of BCC’s total portfolio. On June 17, 2005, VARIG filed request for reorganization which was granted on June 22, 2005 by Brazilian courts. Under the laws of Brazil, VARIG has 60 days from July 13, 2005, the date the court order was published in the official gazette, to present a reorganization plan. As of June 18, 2005, VARIG has resumed making rent and maintenance reserve payments (however, not past due obligation payments). We exercised early lease termination rights and took possession of two MD-11 aircraft in April 2005 in the amount of $73. The aircraft were subsequently sold to another customer. At June 30, 2005, the VARIG portfolio consisted of two 737 aircraft and seven MD-11 aircraft. In recent years, VARIG has repeatedly defaulted on its obligations under leases with BCC, which has resulted in deferrals and restructurings, some of which are ongoing. BCC does not expect the VARIG transactions, including the impact of any future restructurings, to have a material adverse effect on its earnings, cash flows and/or financial position.

 

During the six and three months ended June 30, 2005, BCC recognized customer financing-related asset impairment charges of $9 and $2 as a result of declines in market values and projected future

 

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rents for aircraft and equipment. During the six months ended June 30, 2005, BCC also recognized a charge of $2 to record its investment in EETCs at their fair values. During the six months ended June 30, 2004, BCC recognized customer financing-related and investment-related asset impairment charges totaling $45. This was primarily comprised of $16 related to aircraft and equipment under operating lease and held for sale or re-lease and $29 related to an other than temporary impairment of a held-to-maturity investment in ATA maturing in 2015. During the three months ended June 30, 2004, BCC recognized customer financing-related and investment-related asset impairment charges totaling $32. This was primarily comprised of $3 related to aircraft and equipment under operating lease and held for sale or re-lease and $29 related to an other-than-temporary impairment of a held-to-maturity investment in ATA maturing in 2015. The Other segment did not recognize any asset impairment charges associated with customer financing activities during the six and three months ended June 30, 2005. However, the Other segment recognized charges of $11 during the six months ended June 30, 2004, which related to the decline in lease rates on certain aircraft. BCC carefully monitors the relative value of aircraft equipment since BCC remains at substantial economic risk to significant decreases in the value of aircraft equipment and their associated lease rates.

 

Aircraft financing is collateralized by security in the related asset; we have not experienced problems in accessing such collateral. However, the value of the collateral is closely tied to commercial airline performance and may be subject to reduced valuation with market decline. Our financing portfolio has a concentration of 757, 717 and MD-11 model aircraft that have valuation exposure. As of June 30, 2005 and December 31, 2004, notes receivable, sales-type/finance leases and operating leases attributable to aircraft financing included $1,257 and $1,457 attributable to 757 model aircraft ($980 and $475 accounted for as operating leases or available for sale or re-lease) and $2,454 and $2,328 attributable to 717 model aircraft ($635 and $591 accounted for as operating leases or available for sale or re-lease and $698 and $833 attributable to MD-11 model aircraft ($605 and $687 accounted for as operating leases or available for sale or re-lease).

 

In certain launch and satellite sales contracts, we include provisions for replacement launch services or hardware if we do not meet specified performance criteria. We have historically purchased insurance to cover these exposures when allowed under the terms of the contract. The current insurance market reflects unusually high premium rates and also suffers from a lack of capacity to handle all insurance requirements. We make decisions on the procurement of insurance based on our analysis of risk. There is one contractual launch currently scheduled for the third quarter of 2005 for which full insurance coverage was not procured. We estimate that the potential uninsured amount for the launch currently scheduled for the third quarter of 2005 could range between $65 to $315, depending on the nature of the uninsured event.

 

Included in other liabilities is $1,843 as of June 30, 2005 and $1,774 as of December 31, 2004 attributable to liabilities we have established for legal, environmental, and other contingencies we deem probable and estimable.

 

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Note 16 – Business Segment Data

 

The Boeing Company and Subsidiaries

Business Segment Data

(Unaudited)

 

(Dollars in millions)


     Six months ended
June 30
    Three months ended
June 30
 
     2005     2004     2005     2004  

Revenues:

                                

Commercial Airplanes

   $ 11,882     $ 11,001     $ 6,806     $ 5,671  

Integrated Defense Systems:

                                

Network Systems

     5,637       5,100       2,759       2,668  

Aircraft and Weapon Systems

     5,771       5,693       3,078       2,672  

Support Systems

     2,353       2,306       1,183       1,150  

Launch and Orbital Systems

     1,524       1,480       722       672  


Total Integrated Defense Systems

     15,285       14,579       7,742       7,162  

Boeing Capital Corporation

     501       480       264       229  

Other

     657       265       528       131  

Accounting differences/eliminations

     (310 )     (334 )     (312 )     (105 )


Total revenues

   $ 28,015     $ 25,991     $ 15,028     $ 13,088  


Earnings (loss) from continuing operations:

                                

Commercial Airplanes

   $ 864     $ 734     $ 475     $ 382  

Integrated Defense Systems:

                                

Network Systems

     380       395       167       218  

Aircraft and Weapon Systems

     811       862       441       386  

Support Systems

     348       290       179       142  

Launch and Orbital Systems

     124       (113 )     29       (50 )


Total Integrated Defense Systems

     1,663       1,434       816       696  

Boeing Capital Corporation

     156       88       112       15  

Other

     (177 )     (228 )     (105 )     (124 )

Accounting differences/eliminations

     (336 )     (106 )     (154 )     (36 )

Share-based plans expense

     (446 )     (283 )     (201 )     (164 )

Unallocated expense

     (227 )     (171 )     (133 )     (125 )


Earnings from continuing operations

     1,497       1,468       810       644  

Other income, net

     65       225       81       66  

Interest and debt expense

     (171 )     (169 )     (84 )     (85 )


Earnings before income taxes

     1,391       1,524       807       625  

Income tax expense

     (311 )     (324 )     (241 )     (39 )


Net earnings from continuing operations

   $ 1,080     $ 1,200     $ 566     $ 586  

Cumulative effect of accounting change, net of taxes

     21                          

Income from discontinued operations, net of taxes

             16               7  

Net gain on disposal of discontinued operations, net of taxes

             14               14  


Net earnings

   $ 1,101     $ 1,230     $ 566     $ 607  


Effective income tax rate

     22.4 %     21.3 %     29.9 %     6.2 %
                                  

Research and development expense:

                                

Commercial Airplanes

   $ 634     $ 476     $ 343     $ 251  

Integrated Defense Systems:

                                

Network Systems

     141       131       80       71  

Aircraft and Weapon Systems

     182       202       96       95  

Support Systems

     39       30       22       14  

Launch and Orbital Systems

     62       94       37       57  


Total Integrated Defense Systems

     424       457       235       237  

Other

     25       63       13       34  


Total research and development expense

   $ 1,083     $ 996     $ 591     $ 522  


 

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Our primary profitability measurements to review a segment’s operating results are earnings from operations and operating margins.

 

    

Six months ended

June 30

   

Three months ended

June 30

 
Accounting differences/eliminations    2005     2004     2005     2004  

Pension

   $ (196 )   $ 52     $ (64 )   $ 26  

Postretirement

     (61 )     (116 )     (30 )     (53 )

Capitalized interest

     (30 )     (27 )     (15 )     (14 )

Pre-modification aircraft elimination

     (21 )     13       (34 )     14  

Other

     (28 )     (28 )     (11 )     (9 )


Total

   $ (336 )   $ (106 )   $ (154 )   $ (36 )


 

As of June 30, 2005, all of our IDS segments classified performance based payments and progress payments in excess of inventoriable costs in Advances and billings in excess of related costs on our Condensed Consolidated Statements of Financial Position and reclassified prior years presented to conform with our current presentation. Assets and liabilities shown below are based on our current presentation of including performance based payments and progress payments in excess of inventoriable costs as liabilities. (See Note 9.)

 

Assets

    
 
June 30
2005
    
 
December 31
2004

Commercial Airplanes

   $ 5,742    $ 7,365

Integrated Defense Systems:

             

Network Systems

     4,161      4,078

Aircraft and Weapon Systems

     2,803      2,955

Support Systems

     1,877      1,665

Launch and Orbital Systems

     5,775      5,459

Total Integrated Defense Systems

     14,616      14,157

Boeing Capital Corporation

     9,462      9,678

Other

     7,310      7,343

Unallocated

     19,364      17,681

     $ 56,494    $ 56,224

Liabilities

    
 
June 30
2005
    
 
December 31
2004

Commercial Airplanes

   $ 8,429    $ 6,933

Integrated Defense Systems:

             

Network Systems

     1,012      1,260

Aircraft and Weapon Systems

     2,903      3,144

Support Systems

     751      851

Launch and Orbital Systems

     2,241      2,389

Total Integrated Defense Systems

     6,907      7,644

Boeing Capital Corporation

     7,104      7,509

Other

     402      868

Unallocated

     22,520      21,984

     $ 45,362    $ 44,938

 

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Note 17 – Statements of Cash Flows

 

Working capital includes customer financing transactions primarily in the form of notes receivable, sales-type/financing leases and operating leases. These transactions generally occur as the result of customer financing-related activities associated with items recorded in inventory. The origination and subsequent principal collections for these transactions were previously presented as investing activities in our Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows. Customer financing transactions by Commercial Airplanes were previously identified as non-cash and excluded from the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows. We received no cash from these customer financing transactions on a consolidated basis. We changed the classification of the cash flow effects of customer financing transactions stemming from concerns raised by the staff of the SEC. These transactions are currently presented as operating activities. The amounts for prior periods have been reclassified to be consistent with current year presentation. For the six months ended June 30, 2004, the net impact on operating cash flow in the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows was ($245) for customer financing transactions. The difference between the amounts on the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows and BCC’s Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows primarily relates to operating lease activity at the Commercial Airplanes segment.

 

The following table provides a reconciliation of amounts previously presented to the amounts currently presented for each period, which include the above adjustments.

 

     Prior Period
Presentation
For the six
months ended
June 30 2004
    Adjustments
For the six
months ended
June 30 2004
    Current
Presentation
For the six
months ended
June 30 2004
 

Cash flows – operating activities:

                        

Inventories, net of advances and progress billings

   $ 416     $ 649     $ 1,065  

Customer financing, net

             (894 )     (894 )


Net impact to operating activities

   $ 416     $ (245 )   $ 171  

Cash flows – investing activities:

                        

Customer financing and properties on lease, additions

   $ (395 )   $ 395          

Customer financing and properties on lease, reductions

     150       (150 )        


Net impact to investing activities

   $ (245 )   $ 245     $ 0  

 

We have $3,500 currently available under credit line agreements with a group of commercial banks. BCC is named a subsidiary borrower for up to $2,000 under these arrangements. Total debt interest, including amounts capitalized, was $349 and $378 for the six months ended June 30, 2005 and 2004. Interest expense recorded by BCC is reflected as a separate line item on our Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations, and is included in earnings from operations. Total interest payments were $345 and $338 for the six months ended June 30, 2005 and 2004.

 

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REPORT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM

 

To the Board of Directors and Shareholders of

The Boeing Company

Chicago, Illinois

 

We have reviewed the accompanying condensed consolidated statement of financial position of The Boeing Company and subsidiaries (the “Company”) as of June 30, 2005, and the related condensed consolidated statements of operations for the three-month and six-month periods ended June 30, 2005 and 2004, and of cash flows for the six-month periods ended June 30, 2005 and 2004. These interim financial statements are the responsibility of the Company’s management.

 

We conducted our reviews in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States). A review of interim financial information consists principally of applying analytical procedures and making inquiries of persons responsible for financial and accounting matters. It is substantially less in scope than an audit conducted in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States), the objective of which is the expression of an opinion regarding the financial statements taken as a whole. Accordingly, we do not express such an opinion.

 

Based on our reviews, we are not aware of any material modifications that should be made to such condensed consolidated interim financial statements for them to be in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.

 

We have previously audited, in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States), the consolidated statement of financial position of the Company as of December 31, 2004, and the related consolidated statements of operations, shareholders’ equity, and cash flows for the year then ended (not presented herein); and in our report dated February 25, 2005, we expressed an unqualified opinion on those consolidated financial statements. In our opinion, the information set forth in the accompanying condensed consolidated statement of financial position as of December 31, 2004 is fairly stated, in all material respects, in relation to the consolidated statement of financial position from which it has been derived.

 

/s/    Deloitte & Touche LLP

Deloitte & Touche LLP

Chicago, Illinois

 

July 26, 2005

 

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FORWARD-LOOKING INFORMATION IS SUBJECT TO RISK AND UNCERTAINTY

 

Certain statements in this report may constitute “forward-looking” statements within the meaning of the Private Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Words such as “expects,” “intends,” “plans,” “projects,” “believes,” “estimates,” and similar expressions are used to identify these forward-looking statements. These statements are not guarantees of future performance and involve risks, uncertainties and assumptions that are difficult to predict. Forward-looking statements are based upon assumptions as to future events that may not prove to be accurate. Actual outcomes and results may differ materially from what is expressed or forecasted in these forward-looking statements. As a result, these statements speak only as of the date they were made and we undertake no obligation to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise. Our actual results and future trends may differ materially depending on a variety of factors, including the continued operation, viability and growth of major airline customers and non-airline customers (such as the U.S. Government); adverse developments in the value of collateral securing customer and other financings; the occurrence of any significant collective bargaining labor dispute; our successful execution of internal performance plans, production rate increases and decreases (including any reduction in or termination of an aircraft product), acquisition and divestiture plans, and other cost-reduction and productivity efforts; charges from any future SFAS No. 142 review; an adverse development in rating agency credit ratings or assessments; the actual outcomes of certain pending sales campaigns, including the launch of the 787 program, and U.S. and foreign government procurement activities, including uncertainty associated with the procurement of tankers by the DoD; the cyclical nature of some of our businesses; unanticipated financial market changes which may impact pension plan assumptions; domestic and international competition in the defense, space and commercial areas; continued integration of acquired businesses; performance issues with key suppliers, subcontractors and customers; significant disruption to air travel worldwide (including future terrorist attacks); global trade policies; worldwide political stability; domestic and international economic conditions; price escalation; the outcome of political and legal processes; changing priorities or reductions in the U.S. Government or foreign government defense and space budgets; termination of government or commercial contracts due to unilateral government or customer action or failure to perform; legal, financial and governmental risks related to international transactions; legal and investigatory proceedings; tax settlements with the IRS and various states; U.S. Air Force review of previously awarded contracts; and other economic, political and technological risks and uncertainties. Additional information regarding these factors is contained in our SEC filings, including, without limitation, our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2004 and our Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2005.

 

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Item 2. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations

 

CONSOLIDATED RESULTS OF OPERATIONS AND FINANCIAL CONDITION

 

We operate in six principal segments: Commercial Airplanes; Network Systems, Aircraft and Weapon Systems (A&WS), Support Systems, and Launch and Orbital Systems (L&OS) collectively Integrated Defense Systems (IDS); and Boeing Capital Corporation (BCC). All other activities fall within the Other segment, principally made up of Boeing Technology and Connexion by Boeing SM . Our Commercial Airplanes operations primarily involve development, production and marketing of commercial jet aircraft and providing related support services, mainly to the commercial airline industry worldwide. IDS operations principally involve research, development, production, modification and support of the following products and related systems: military aircraft, helicopters and missiles, space systems, missile defense systems, satellites and satellite launching vehicles, rocket engines, and information and battle management systems. BCC is primarily engaged in supporting our major operating units by facilitating, arranging, structuring and providing selective financing solutions to our customers and managing overall portfolio risk exposures. Boeing Technology is an advanced research and development organization focused on innovative technologies, improved processes and the creation of new products. Connexion by Boeing SM provides two-way broadband data communications service for global travelers. Effective April 1, 2004, Air Traffic Management was absorbed into Phantom Works research division which is included within Boeing Technology. Financing activities other than those carried out by BCC are also included within the Other segment classification.

 

Consolidated Results of Operations

 

Results for the six and three months ended June 30, 2005 reflect continued strong operational and financial performance across our businesses as management and employees remained focused on execution of our business strategy. IDS delivered strong growth and improved profitability as its defense, space and intelligence businesses continued to perform in healthy markets. Commercial Airplanes captured key customer orders and increased aircraft deliveries while aggressively managing for profitability and investing to support long-term growth. Other businesses performed well as BCC focused on supporting our businesses and reducing portfolio risk.

 

The following table summarizes certain key indicators of consolidated results of operations for the six and three months ended June 30, 2005 and 2004.

 

     Six months ended
June 30
    Three months ended
June 30
 
Dollars in millions            2005             2004             2005             2004  

Revenues

   $ 28,015     $ 25,991     $ 15,028     $ 13,088  

Operating Earnings

   $ 1,497     $ 1,468     $ 810     $ 644  

Operating Margins

     5.3 %     5.6 %     5.4 %     4.9 %

Net Earnings

   $ 1,101     $ 1,230     $ 566     $ 607  

Effective Income Tax Rate

     22.4 %     21.3 %     29.9 %     6.2 %

 

    

June 30

2005

  

December 31

2004

Contractual Backlog

   $ 127,661    $ 109,600

Unobligated Backlog

   $ 41,726    $ 47,893

 

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Revenues

 

Our revenues for the six and three months ended June 30, 2005 when compared to the same periods in 2004 were higher due to the growth in all major business units. Commercial Airplanes increased sales by $881 million in the six months and $1,135 million in the three months ended June 30, 2005 as a result of increased airplane deliveries, a more favorable model mix, and higher used aircraft and aircraft modification sales. IDS generated higher revenues throughout all four segments on increased volumes in Future Combat Systems (FCS), Multi-mission Maritime Aircraft (MMA), Support programs, and increased satellite and C-17 deliveries. IDS sales increased by $706 million and $580 million for the six and three month periods, respectively. BCC revenues increased $21 million for the six months and $35 million for the three months ended June 30, 2005 mainly resulting from the sale of certain assets. Additionally, certain leases were reclassified from finance leases to operating leases, resulting in increased operating lease income. (For additional discussion of Commercial Airplanes, IDS and BCC revenues, see pages 47,55 and 63.) Other segment sales were up $392 million for the six month and $397 million for the three month periods driven by the recognition of revenue associated with four 767 aircraft delivered to TRM Aircraft Leasing Co. (TRM) in 2003 and one in 2004. (see Note 10 for additional details). In addition, higher intercompany eliminations resulted in a revenue decrease of $207 million in the three months ended June 30, 2005 as more intercompany deliveries occurred in the second quarter of 2005 compared to the second quarter of 2004.

 

Operating Earnings

 

Our operating earnings increased for the six and three months ended June 30, 2005 when compared to the same periods in 2004 as strong operating performance by our business units was partially offset by higher expenses for pension and share-based plans. Commercial Airplanes operating earnings increased $130 million for the six months and $93 million for the three months ended June 30, 2005 reflecting increased aircraft deliveries and improved cost performance partially offset by higher research and development spending and a charge from the sale of Wichita and Tulsa operations. IDS grew operating earnings by $229 million and $120 million for the six and three months ended June 30, 2005, respectively, driven by increased revenues and continued strong performance across key programs. BCC improved earnings by $68 million for the six months and $97 million for the three months ended June 30, 2005 primarily as a result of lower asset impairments and a reduction of reserves associated with Hawaiian Airlines’, Inc. (Hawaiian) emergence from bankruptcy partially offset by an increase in depreciation expense due to the reclassification of certain leases from finance leases to operating leases. (See pages 48, 55 and 63 for additional discussion of Commercial Airplanes, IDS and BCC operating earnings). Share-based plans expense, which is now included in general and administrative expense, increased $163 million in the six months and $37 million in the three months ended June 30, 2005 as compared to the same periods in 2004 reflecting the vesting of performance shares and acceleration of compensation expense for retirement eligible employees (see Note 12). Pension expense increased $248 million in the six months and $90 million in the three months ended June 30, 2005 mainly due to higher recognized net actuarial loss driven by a decrease in the discount rate and recognition of investment losses that occurred in 2000 and 2001. The six month pension expense increase was also affected by a $69 million settlement/curtailment charge associated with the sale of Electron Dynamic Devices Inc. (EDD) operations (see Note 11).

 

Net Earnings

 

The decrease in net earnings for the six months ended June 30, 2005 when compared to the same period in 2004 was largely attributable to higher Other income in 2004. Other Income included a receipt of interest of $219 million for the six months ended June 30, 2004 and $19 million for the same period in 2005 related to federal income tax refunds associated with Internal Revenue Service (IRS) settlement for prior years. Additionally, net earnings included $21 million cumulative effect of accounting change in 2005 and $16 million net income from discontinued operations and $14 million net gain on disposal of discontinued operations in 2004 (see Note 12 and Note 7 for discussion of the accounting change and the discontinued operations).

 

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For the three months ended June 30, 2005 net earnings decreased slightly as higher operating earnings were offset by the income tax expense increase. Income taxes are discussed below.

 

Income Taxes

 

The effective tax rate of 22.4% for the six months ended June 30, 2005 differed from the federal statutory rate of 35% due to Foreign Sales Corporation (FSC) and Extraterritorial Income (ETI) exclusion tax benefits, tax credits, state income taxes, a change in valuation allowances, and other provision adjustments. The effective income tax rate of 21.3% for the six months ended June 30, 2004 also differed from the federal statutory rate due to FSC and ETI exclusion tax benefits, tax credits, state income taxes, and tax benefits from a settlement with the IRS for the years 1986-1997.

 

The effective tax rate of 29.9% for the three months ended June 30, 2005 differed from the federal statutory rate of 35% due to FSC and ETI exclusion tax benefits, tax credits, state income taxes, and other provision adjustments. The effective income tax rate of 6.2% for the three months ended June 30, 2004 also differed from the federal statutory rate due to FSC and ETI exclusion tax benefits, tax credits, state income taxes, and tax benefits from a settlement with the IRS for the years 1986-1997.

 

IRS audit overview

 

We are currently under examination by the IRS for the years 1998-2001 and are in the final stages of the exam. An IRS audit report was received in June 2005 and is at the Joint Committee of Taxation for review. We expect the outcome of the exam to be at or below the accrued position. IRS examinations have been completed through 1997 and income taxes have been settled with the IRS for all years through 1996 and for McDonnell Douglas Corporation for all years through 1992. We have filed appeals with the IRS for 1993 through 1997 for McDonnell Douglas Corporation. We believe adequate provisions for all outstanding issues have been made for all open years.

 

Legislative update

 

The American Jobs Creation Act of 2004 (the Act) provides for a special deduction for qualified domestic production activities and a two-year phase-out of the existing ETI exclusion tax benefit for foreign sales which the World Trade Organization (WTO) ruled was an illegal export subsidy. These new provisions are not expected to have a material impact on the 2005 income tax rate.

 

The European Union believes that the Act fails to adequately repeal the illegal export subsidies because of the transitional provisions and has asked the WTO to review whether these provisions are in compliance with their prior ruling. It is not possible to predict what impact this issue will have on future earnings, cash flows and/or financial position pending the final resolution of this matter.

 

On December 21, 2004, FASB issued Staff Position (FSP) No. FAS 109-2, Accounting and Disclosure Guidance for the Foreign Earnings Repatriation Provision within the American Jobs Creation Act of 2004 . FSP No. FAS 109-2 provides companies with additional time, beyond the financial reporting period during which the Act took effect, to evaluate the Act’s impact on a company’s plan for reinvestment or repatriation of certain foreign earnings for purposes of applying SFAS No. 109. FSP No. FAS 109-2 was effective upon issuance. As of June 30, 2005, we have not decided on whether and to what extent we might repatriate foreign earnings under the Act, and accordingly, the financial statements do not reflect any provisions for taxes on unremitted foreign earnings. Based on our analysis, although not yet finalized, it is possible that under the repatriation provision of the Act we may repatriate some amount of earnings between $0 and $350 million with the respective tax liability ranging from $0 to $26 million. We expect to be in a position to finalize our assessment by September 30, 2005.

 

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Backlog

 

Contractual backlog of unfilled orders excludes purchase options, announced orders for which definitive contracts have not been executed, and unobligated U.S. and foreign government contract funding. The increase in contractual backlog during the six months ended June 30, 2005 is primarily due to orders exceeding deliveries at our Commercial Airplanes segment. Other factors contributing to the increase were incremental funding for F-15 Korea, C-17 multi-year, and FCS programs. In addition, orders in Proprietary, Supply Chain Services, and various other programs contributed to the backlog increase at our IDS segment.

 

Unobligated backlog decreased by approximately $6.2 billion for the six months ended June 30, 2005. This decrease is primarily due to the incremental funding released to F-15 Korea, C-17 multi-year, and FCS programs.

 

For segment reporting purposes, we record Commercial Airplanes contractual backlog for airplanes built and sold to other segments. Commercial Airplanes relieves contractual backlog upon the sale of these airplanes to other segments.

 

IDS contractual backlog includes the modification performed on intercompany airplane purchases from Commercial Airplanes. IDS relieves contractual backlog consistent with their revenue recognition policies.

 

Liquidity and Capital Resources

 

Primary sources of our liquidity and capital resources include cash flow from operations. Additionally we have substantial borrowing capability through commercial paper programs and long-term capital markets as well as unused borrowing on revolving credit line agreements. The primary factors that affect our liquidity position, other than operating results associated with current sales activity, include the following: timing of new and derivative programs requiring both high developmental expenditures and initial inventory buildup; growth and contractions in business cycles, including growth and expansion requirements and requirements associated with reducing sales levels; customer financing assistance; the timing of federal income tax payments/refunds as well as interest, debt and dividend payments; our stock repurchase plan; internal investments; pension contributions; and potential acquisitions and divestitures.

 

Cash flow summary

 

    

Six months ended

June 30

(Dollars in millions)    2005      2004

Net earnings

   $ 1,101      $1,230

Non-cash items

     1,823      1,192

Changes in working capital

     1,126      (1,232)

Net cash provided by operating activities

     4,050      1,190

Net cash provided by investing activities

     207      1,528

Net cash used by financing activities

     (2,500 )    (1,167)

Net increase in cash and cash equivalents

     1,757      1,551

Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of year

     3,204      4,633

Cash and cash equivalents at end of period

   $ 4,961      $6,184

 

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Non-cash items

 

Non-cash items in earnings primarily included depreciation, amortization, share-based plans expense, impairments, valuation provisions, and pension expense. Non-cash items and corresponding amounts are listed in our Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows .

 

Working capital

 

During the six months ended June 30, 2005, our investment in working capital decreased. This decrease is primarily due to the following:

 

·   decreased pension contributions in 2005 compared to 2004 (see discussion below on pensions).

 

·   an increase in accounts payable primarily due to accrued compensation benefits.

 

·   decreased investment in customer financing.

 

·   decreased deferred lease income (see Note 10).

 

·   decrease in inventories.

 

Working capital includes customer financing transactions primarily in the form of notes receivable, sales-type/financing leases and operating leases. These transactions occur as the result of customer related financing activities associated with items recorded in inventory. The origination and subsequent principal collections for these transactions were previously presented as investing activities in our Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows, consistent with the presentation by BCC in their stand alone financial statements. We changed the classification of the cash flow effects of customer financing transactions based on concerns raised by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) staff. The amounts for prior periods have been reclassified to be consistent with current year presentation. (See Note 17). For the six months ended June 30, 2004, the net impact on operating cash flow was ($245) million, for customer financing transactions.

 

For the six months ended June 30, 2005 and 2004 we contributed $0.5 billion and $2.0 billion of discretionary pension contributions which are included in operating cash flow. Subsequent to quarter-end, on July 14, 2005, we contributed an additional $0.6 billion on a discretionary basis to our pension plans, and anticipate additional contributions of approximately $0.5 billion in 2005. As previously disclosed in our 2004 Annual Report on Form 10-K, almost all of the contributions in 2004 were voluntary to improve the funded status of our plans. We expect to contribute approximately $13 million to our other postretirement benefit plans in 2005.

 

We annually update our estimate of future pension expenses based on plan actuarial factors, including our pension discount rate, as of our September 30 measurement date. Because long-term interest rates (specifically, the Moody’s Aa Corporate Bond Index) remain volatile and have fallen significantly over the last several months, the discount rate for 2006 may be lower than the 5.75 percent rate established for 2005. A 25 basis point decrease in the discount rate would increase the 2005 pension and other postretirement liabilities by approximately $1.5 billion and $213 million, and increase the service and interest cost components of the 2005 net periodic pension expense by approximately $14 million and increase other postretirement expense by approximately $1 million. Additionally, a 25 basis point decrease in the discount rate would increase pension expense by approximately $132 million because unrecognized net actuarial prior year losses will become subject to amortization. A decrease of the discount rate to the 5.00 – 5.25 percent range could significantly increase our minimum pension liability as well as cause a material non-cash reduction to our equity in 2005. We estimate that if the discount rate were to fall within the 5.00 – 5.25 percent range as of our remeasurement date, there

 

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could be a $6 billion pre-tax increase to our minimum pension liability as well as a material charge to Other Comprehensive Income. We will update our pension assessment after our September 30 measurement date.

 

In addition, in June 2005 we, re-measured those pension plans affected by the closing of the sale of our Commercial Airplanes operations in Wichita, Kansas and McAlester, Oklahoma and the related transfer of assets and liabilities. The discount rate applied to these re-measurements reflected interest rates as of that date and was 5.25% for all but one of the pension plans and 5.0% for the remaining pension and all other post-retirement benefit plans. This re-measurement resulted in an estimated pension net loss of $238 million comprised of a $308 million loss on pension curtailment/settlement loss and other post-retirement benefit curtailment/settlement gain of $70 million which will be recognized in the third quarter of 2005. The resulting pension related non-cash reductions to Other Comprehensive Income of approximately $2.1 billion post-tax will be recognized in the third quarter of 2005.

 

As a result of our Rocketdyne divestiture which is part of the re-measurement and subject to completion of certain reviews and conditions we have possible net pension and other postretirement benefit curtailment/settlement loss of $218 million subject to re-measurement of pension assets on the settlement date.

 

Investing activities

 

During 2004, we invested $3.0 billion of cash in an externally managed portfolio of investment grade fixed income instruments. The portfolio is diversified and highly liquid and primarily consists of U.S. dollar debt obligations of the United States Treasury, other government agencies, corporations, mortgage-backed and asset-backed securities. The portfolio has an average duration of 1.5 years. As of June 30, 2005, amounts invested with a fair value of $2.8 billion were classified as available-for-sale Investments on the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Financial Position. We do not intend to hold these investments to maturity, nor do we intend to actively and frequently buy and sell these securities with the objective of generating profits on short-term differences in price. In addition, amounts totaling $71 million were classified as Cash and cash equivalents and $207 million were classified as available-for-sale Short-term investments as of June 30, 2005.

 

The majority of BCC’s customer financing is funded by debt and cash flow from its own operations. As of June 30, 2005, we have outstanding irrevocable commitments of approximately $8.8 billion to arrange or provide financing related to aircraft on order or under option for deliveries scheduled through the year 2007. Based on historical experience, it is not anticipated that all of these commitments will be exercised by the customer.

 

For the six months ended June 30, 2005 cash provided by investing activities decreased from the comparable period in 2004. This is primarily related to cash received from the sale of our Commercial Airplanes operations in Wichita, Kansas and McAlester, Oklahoma offset by larger capital expenditures and net contributions to investments.

 

Financing activities

 

There were no debt issuances during the six months ended June 30, 2005. There were 19,171,600 shares repurchased at a price of $1.1 billion in our open market share repurchase program, and 13,623 shares repurchased in a stock swap during the six months ended June 30, 2005.

 

For the six months ended June 30, 2005 and 2004, we repaid $1.2 billion and $0.7 billion of debt. At June 30, 2005, debt balances attributable to Boeing and BCC totaled $3.9 billion and $6.5 billion. An

 

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additional $0.6 billion of debt attributable to customer financing activities, but nonrecourse to us, is also included in consolidated debt.

 

Credit Ratings

 

Our credit ratings are summarized below:

 

     Fitch    Moody’s    Standard
& Poor’s

Long-term:

              

Boeing/BCC

   A+    A3    A

Short-term:

              

Boeing/BCC

   F-1    P-2    A-1

 

Capital Resources

 

Boeing and BCC each have a commercial paper program that continues to serve as a significant source of short-term liquidity. As of June 30, 2005, neither we nor BCC had any outstanding commercial paper issuances.

 

We have additional substantial borrowing capability. Currently, we have $3.5 billion ($2.0 billion exclusively available for BCC) of unused borrowing on revolving credit line agreements with a group of major banks. BCC has $3.4 billion that remains available from shelf registrations filed with the SEC. We believe our internally generated liquidity, together with access to external capital resources, will be sufficient to satisfy existing commitments and plans, and also to provide adequate financial flexibility to take advantage of potential strategic business opportunities should they arise within the next year.

 

On March 23, 2004, we filed a shelf registration with the SEC for $1.0 billion for the issuance of debt securities and underlying common stock.

 

As of June 30, 2005, we continue to be in full compliance with all covenants contained in our debt agreements.

 

Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements

 

We enter into arrangements with off-balance sheet risk in the normal course of business. These arrangements are primarily in the form of guarantees, equipment trust certificate investments, and product warranties. See Note 14 to the condensed consolidated financial statements.

 

SEGMENT RESULTS OF OPERATIONS AND FINANCIAL CONDITION

 

COMMERCIAL AIRPLANES

 

Business Environment and Trends

 

The acceleration of world economic growth has slowed over the past few months due to high energy prices, inflation fears and some discouraging signs in the U.S. and other leading industrial countries. However, forecasts for world GDP growth in 2005 and 2006 remain above the long-term trend of 3%.

 

Crude oil prices remain high. However, the long-term price forecast has undergone a step increase over the past couple of months. The impact of this step-change on GDP growth is less significant than it has been historically and will lessen over time as developing economies become more fuel-efficient.

 

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GDP growth is the primary driver of air traffic growth. Worldwide passenger traffic growth continues to outpace increasing capacity and is well above year 2000 levels. High fuel prices and declining yields continue to degrade the financial performance of carriers around the world, although the results vary significantly by region and business model. Many airlines have been trimming costs and improving efficiency, but the gains have been mitigated by energy prices, declining fares and competition. Profits are particularly elusive for the U.S. network carriers despite a number of recent fare increases. Predictions of a strong summer travel season in the U.S. are tempered by the continued high price of jet fuel. However, the many airlines that are profitably growing to meet increased demand are acquiring new capacity from us and other manufacturers.

 

A number of new air service liberalization treaties were signed or announced. For example, India has expanded its agreements with the U.K. and U.S. and more capacity will open up between China and Canada. Continued liberalization is an important factor in the growth and network development of commercial aviation.

 

Exogenous shocks still represent further major uncertainties for the airline industry. Recurrence of disease outbreaks, increasing armed conflict, and/or terrorist attacks focused on air travel represent threats to the airline industry’s recovery. A prolonged period of oil prices at current high levels also represents a risk both due to the potential negative impact on worldwide economic growth as well as airline profitability as a result of higher jet fuel prices.

 

We are focused on improving our processes and continuing cost-reduction efforts. We continue to leverage our extensive customer support services network for airlines throughout the world to provide a higher level of customer satisfaction and productivity. These efforts enhance our ability to pursue pricing strategies that enable us to price competitively and maintain satisfactory margins.

 

Inherent business risks

 

Commercial jet aircraft are normally sold on a firm fixed-price basis with an indexed price escalation clause. Our ability to deliver jet aircraft on schedule is dependent upon a variety of factors, including execution of internal performance plans, availability of raw materials, performance of suppliers and subcontractors, and regulatory certification. The introduction of new commercial aircraft programs and major derivatives involves increased risks associated with meeting development, production and certification schedules.

 

The worldwide market for commercial jet aircraft is predominately driven by long-term trends in airline passenger traffic. The principal factors underlying long-term traffic growth are sustained economic growth, both in developed and emerging countries, and political stability. Demand for our commercial aircraft is further influenced by airline industry profitability, world trade policies, government-to-government relations, environmental constraints imposed upon aircraft operations, technological changes, price and other competitive factors.

 

Divestitures

 

On February 22, 2005, we announced the sale of substantially all of the assets at our Commercial Airplanes facilities in Wichita, Kansas and Tulsa and McAlester, Oklahoma to Onex Partners LP (Mid-Western Aircraft Systems, Inc. “Mid-Western”) under an asset purchase agreement. Mid-Western’s obligation to complete the purchase was subject to several significant conditions, including successful negotiation of collective bargaining agreements and Mid-Western receiving the proceeds of its debt financing in substantially the amount and form described in its financing commitments. Mid-Western decided to proceed with the transaction without all collective bargaining

 

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agreements in place and the transaction closed on June 16, 2005. Transaction consideration given to us includes cash of approximately $900 million, together with the transfer of certain liabilities and long-term supply agreements that provide us with ongoing cost savings. The assets and liabilities as of June 16, 2005 that were subject to the transaction were $1,037 million and $97 million. See breakout below for major classes of assets and liabilities. The consolidated net loss on this sale is expected to be $348 million on a pre-tax basis, including pension and postretirement impacts. (See Note 11 for the pension and postretirement effects.) We recognized a primarily non-cash loss of $110 million in the second quarter of 2005 which was recorded in the Condensed Consolidated Statement of Operations as Gain/(loss) on dispositions, net, of which $75 million was recognized by the Commercial Airplanes segment and $35 million was recognized as Accounting differences/eliminations and Unallocated expense. The remaining loss of $238 million relates to estimated pension and postretirement curtailments and settlement and is expected to be recorded as Accounting differences/eliminations in the third quarter of 2005.

 

Assets       Liabilities

(Dollars in millions)


     

(Dollars in millions)


Inventory

   $ 477      

Accounts Payable

   $ 49

Property, Plant & Equipment

     521      

Employment (Vacation & Sick Leave)

     44

Other

     39      

Other

     4

     
     $ 1,037            $ 97

     

 

Except for $37 million in net assets which related to other segments, the above assets and liabilities were part of the Commercial Airplanes Segment.

 

Operating Results

 

     Six months ended
June 30


    Three months ended
June 30


 
(Dollars in millions)            2005             2004             2005             2004  

Revenues

   $ 11,882     $ 11,001     $ 6,806     $ 5,671  

% of Total Company Revenues

     42 %     42 %     45 %     43 %

Operating Earnings

   $ 864     $ 734     $ 475     $ 382  

Operating Margins

     7.3 %     6.7 %     7.0 %     6.7 %
                      
 
June 30
2005
 
 
   
 
December 31
2004
 
 

Contractual Backlog

                   $ 86,678     $ 70,449  

 

Revenues

 

Commercial Airplanes revenue is derived primarily from commercial jet aircraft deliveries. Higher revenues for the six months ended June 30, 2005 when compared to the same period in 2004 was primarily due to increased airplane deliveries. The increase of $881 million was primarily due to increased airplane deliveries of $567 million, higher used airplane sales of $155 million and aircraft modification revenue and other of $159 million.

 

The increase of $1,135 million in revenue for the three months ended June 30, 2005 from the comparable period of 2004 was primarily attributable to increased airplane deliveries and a more favorable model mix of $1,014 million, higher used airplane sales of $51 million and aircraft modification revenue and other of $70 million.

 

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Commercial jet aircraft deliveries, including deliveries under operating lease, which are identified by parentheses, were as follows.

 

     Six months ended
June 30
    Three months ended
June 30
 
Model    2005     2004     2005     2004  

717

   6 (2)   6 (4)   3 (1)   3 (1)

737 Next-Generation

   113     105     59     50  

747

   7     9     4     4  

757

   2     8     1     4  

767*

   5     4 (1)   4     3  

777

   22     19     14     11  


Total

   155     151     85     75  


 

* Deliveries in the six and three months ended June 30, 2005, included two intercompany non U.S. Air Force (USAF) 767 tanker aircraft.

 

The cumulative number of commercial jet aircraft deliveries were as follows:

 

Model   

June 30

2005

  

March 31

2005

   December 31
2004

717

   143    140    137

737 Next-Generation

   1,735    1,676    1,622

747

   1,360    1,356    1,353

757

   1,049    1,048    1,047

767

   930    926    925

777

   521    507    499

 

The undelivered units under firm order* were as follows:

 

Model   

June 30

2005

   March 31
2005
  

December 31

2004

717

   12    15    18

737 Next-Generation

   970    766    771

747

   24    24    27

757

      1    2

767

   20    20    25

777

   172    167    167

787

   139    60    52

 

* Firm orders represent new aircraft purchase agreements where the customers’ rights to cancel without penalty have expired. Typical customer rights to cancel without penalty include the customer receiving approval from its Board of Directors, shareholders and government and completing financing arrangements. All such cancellation rights must be satisfied or expired even if satisfying such conditions are highly certain. Firm orders exclude option aircraft and aircraft subject to reconfirmation.

 

Operating earnings

 

The $130 million increase in operating earnings during the six months ended June 30, 2005 to the comparable period of 2004 was primarily attributable to earnings on increased aircraft deliveries of

 

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$173 million, earnings on increased revenue from aircraft modification and other of $64 million. Additionally, there was improved cost performance of $318 million mainly due to improved program margins which was offset by increased research and development costs of $166 million, a loss on the sale of Wichita & Tulsa operations of $75 million and period costs of $184 million. The increased cost performance includes adjustments of $42 million from spares and $62 million from outside procurements during the first quarter of 2005.

 

The $93 million increase in operating earnings during the three months ended June 30, 2005 to the comparable period of 2004 was primarily attributable to earnings on increased aircraft deliveries of $232 million, earnings on increased revenue from aircraft modification and other of $38 million. Additionally, there was improved cost performance of $139 million which was offset by higher research and development costs of $100 million, a loss on the sale of Wichita & Tulsa operations of $75 million and period costs of $141 million.

 

For the six months ended June 30, 2005, supplier development cost sharing payments for research and development earned were $302 million, which reduced research and development expense from $936 million to $634 million.

 

For the three months ended June 30, 2005, supplier development cost sharing payments for research and development earned were $152 million, which reduced research and development expense from $495 million to $343 million. These cost sharing arrangements with some suppliers for the 787 were established during the third quarter of 2004.

 

Backlog

 

Contractual backlog of unfilled orders excludes purchase options, announced orders for which definitive contracts have not been executed, and unobligated U.S. and foreign government contract funding. The increase in contractual backlog during the six months ended June 30, 2005 compared to December 31, 2004 is due to new orders exceeding deliveries.

 

Accounting quantity

 

For each airplane program, we estimate the quantity of airplanes that will be produced for delivery under existing and anticipated contracts. We refer to this estimate as the “accounting quantity.” The accounting quantity for each program is a key determinant of gross margins we recognize on sales of individual airplanes throughout the life of a program. See Note 1 of our 2004 Annual Report on Form 10-K for a discussion on Program Accounting. Estimation of the accounting quantity for each program takes into account several factors that are indicative of the demand for the particular program, such as firm orders, letters of intent from prospective customers, and market studies. We review and reassess our program accounting quantities on a quarterly basis in compliance with relevant program accounting guidance.

 

Commercial aircraft production costs include a significant amount of infrastructure costs, a portion of which do not vary with production rates. As the amount of time needed to produce the accounting quantity increases, the average cost of the accounting quantity also increases as these infrastructure costs are included in the total cost estimates, thus reducing the gross margin and related earnings provided other factors do not change.

 

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The program accounting quantities were as follows:

 

Model    June 30
2005
   March 31
2005
   December 31
2004

717

   156    156    156

737 Next-Generation

   2,600    2,600    2,400

747

   1,400    1,400    1,400

757

   1,050    1,050    1,050

767

   964    956    959

777

   750    700    700

 

717 Program The accounting quantity for the 717 program has been based on firm orders since the fourth quarter of 2001. As of June 30, 2005, of the 12 remaining undelivered units, 6 units will be delivered to a single customer with uncertain financial condition. As a result, on a consolidated basis, these aircraft are accounted for as long-term operating leases as they are delivered. The value of the inventory for the undelivered aircraft as of June 30, 2005 remained realizable.

 

On January 12, 2005, we decided to conclude production of the 717 commercial airplane in 2006 due to the lack of overall market demand for the airplane. The decision is expected to result in total pre-tax charges of approximately $380 million, of which $280 million was incorporated in the 2004 fourth quarter and year-end results. The termination of the 717 line will result in approximately $380 million of cash expenditures that are expected to occur during 2005 through 2009. This charge is determined based on current facts and information and we will revise our estimates accordingly as new facts and information become available. See table below for a breakout of the termination liability:

 

Termination liability (Dollars in millions)   

December 31,

2004

   Change in
estimate
   

June 30,

2005

Supplier termination

   $ 171    $ 1     $ 172

Production disruption and shutdown related

     5            5

Pension/postretirement related

     42      2       44

Severance

     28      (3 )     25

Total

   $ 246          $ 246

 

737 Next-Generation The accounting quantity for the 737 Next-Generation program was increased during the first quarter of 2005 as a result of the program’s normal progression of obtaining additional orders and delivering aircraft. There was no change to the accounting quantity during the second quarter of 2005.

 

747 Program During the last three months, there has been solid customer interest and demand for new 747 airplanes to fulfill the growing need in cargo capacity. Additional anticipated firm orders and potential launch of a new derivative has pushed the program completion decision date into 2006 or beyond. The probability of making a decision within the next 12 months to complete production is remote.

 

757 Program Due to lack of demand for the 757 program, a decision was made in the third quarter of 2003 to end production of the program. Production of the 757 program ended in October 2004. The last aircraft was delivered in the second quarter of 2005. We have $124 million primarily related to vendor termination liability remaining in Accounts payable and other liabilities. There was an $8 million increase to vendor termination liability during the second quarter of 2005 due to a $13 million increase in estimate offset by $5 million in payments. No future charges related to the 757 airplane program are expected.

 

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767 Program During the last three months, market conditions have improved considerably. The accounting quantity for the 767 program was increased by eight units during the second quarter of 2005 as a result of increasing customer demand for new 767 airplanes. As a result of recent airplane orders and additional potential orders within the next few months, the program completion decision date has moved to 2006. It is still reasonably possible a decision to complete production could be made within the next 12 months. A forward loss is not expected as a result of this decision but program margins would be reduced.

 

777 Program The accounting quantity for the 777 program was increased by 50 units during the second quarter of 2005 as a result of normal production planning in response to additional orders and deliveries of aircraft.

 

     717    737 Next-
Generation
    747     757    767     777  

June 30, 2005

                                  

Cumulative firm orders (CFO)*

   155    2,705     1,384     1,049    950     693  

Anticipated orders

   N/A    N/A     15     N/A    11     57  

Anticipated orders as a % of CFO

   N/A    N/A     1 %   N/A    1 %   8 %

March 31, 2005

                                  

Cumulative firm orders*

   155    2,442     1,380     1,049    946     674  

Anticipated orders

   N/A    156     19     N/A    7     26  

Anticipated orders as a % of CFO

   N/A    6 %   1 %   N/A    1 %   4 %

December 31, 2004

                                  

Cumulative firm orders*

   155    2,393     1,380     1,049    950     666  

Anticipated orders

   N/A    5     19     N/A    6     34  

Anticipated orders as a % of CFO

   N/A    0 %   1 %   N/A    1 %   5 %

 

* Cumulative firm orders represent the cumulative number of commercial jet aircraft deliveries plus undelivered units under firm order (see table in Commercial Airplanes Revenues discussion). Cumulative firm orders include orders that fall within the current accounting quantities as well as orders that extend beyond the current accounting quantities. Cumulative firm orders exclude program test aircraft that will not be refurbished for sale.

 

Deferred production costs

 

Commercial aircraft inventory production costs incurred on in-process and delivered units in excess of the estimated average cost of such units, determined as described in Note 1 of our 2004 Annual Report on Form 10-K, represent deferred production costs. As of June 30, 2005 and December 31, 2004, there were no significant excess deferred production costs or unamortized tooling costs not recoverable from existing firm orders for the 777 program.

 

The deferred production costs and unamortized tooling included in the 777 program’s inventory are summarized in the following table:

 

(Dollars in millions)    June 30
2005
   December 31
2004

Deferred production costs

   $ 551    $ 703

Unamortized tooling

   $ 443    $ 485

 

As of June 30, 2005 and December 31, 2004, the balance of deferred production costs and unamortized tooling related to all other commercial aircraft programs was insignificant relative to the programs’ balance-to-go cost estimates.

 

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INTEGRATED DEFENSE SYSTEMS

 

Inherent business risks

 

Our businesses are heavily regulated in most of our markets. We deal with numerous U.S. Government agencies and entities, including all of the branches of the U.S. military, NASA, and the Department of Homeland Security. Similar governmental authorities exist in our international markets.

 

The U.S. Government, and other governments, may terminate any of our government contracts at their convenience, as well as for default based on our failure to meet specified performance measurements.

 

If any of our government contracts were to be terminated for convenience (TFC), we generally would be entitled to receive payment for work completed and allowable termination or cancellation costs. If any of our government contracts were to be terminated for default (TFD), generally the U.S. Government would pay only for the work that has been accepted and can require us to pay the difference between the original contract price and the cost to reprocure the contract items, net of the work accepted from the original contract. The U.S. Government can also hold us liable for damages resulting from the default.

 

U.S. Government contracts also are conditioned upon the continuing availability of Congressional appropriations. Long-term government contracts and related orders are subject to cancellation if appropriations for subsequent performance periods become unavailable. On research and development contracts, Congress usually appropriates funds on a government fiscal year basis (September 30 year-end), even though contract performance may extend over several years.

 

Many of our contracts are fixed-price type (we estimate that just over 50% of our revenues are generated from fixed-price type contracts). Of the fixed-price contracts, an estimated 40% are fixed- price delivery contracts and an estimated 10% are fixed-price milestone. While firm, fixed-price contracts allow us to benefit from cost savings, they also expose us to the risk of cost overruns. If the initial estimates we use to calculate the contract price prove to be incorrect, we can incur losses on those contracts. In addition, some of our contracts have specific provisions relating to cost controls, schedule, and product performance. If we fail to meet the terms specified in those contracts, then we may not realize their full benefits. Our ability to manage costs on these contracts may affect our financial condition. Cost overruns may result in lower earnings, which would have an adverse effect on our financial results.

 

We estimate that just under 50% of our revenues are generated from cost type contracts. Revenues related to cost type contracts are recorded as costs are incurred plus negotiated profit in relation to the costs incurred. Cost type contracts are normally used for development and study type programs. Cost overruns on these contracts usually result in a lower profit to cost ratio. Sufficient notification must be given to the customer for any anticipated cost growth and the customer authorization to proceed must be received in order to be reimbursed for said costs. In some cost type contracts, additional fee may be awarded based on specified criteria. We estimate the fee value prior to actual award and accrue it. Actual fee awards that differ from the estimates and accruals could impact the financial results.

 

Sales of our products and services internationally are subject not only to local government regulations and procurement policies and practices, but also to the policies and approval of the U.S. Department of State and Department of Defense (DoD). The policies of some international customers require “industrial participation” agreements, which are discussed more fully in the “Disclosures about contractual obligations and commitments” section in our 2004 Annual Report on Form 10-K.

 

We are subject to business and cost classification regulations associated with our U.S. Government defense and space contracts. Violations can result in civil, criminal or administrative proceedings

 

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involving fines, compensatory and treble damages, restitution, forfeitures, and suspension or debarment from U.S. Government contracts. We are continuing discussions towards resolution with the U.S. Government regarding the allocation methodology of pension costs and have assessed the impact of potential outcomes. Based on our assessment, the most probable outcome of this matter is expected to be immaterial to our business, financial condition, results of operations, and liquidity. However, it is not possible at this time to predict when resolution will be reached or the final outcome.

 

On April 5, 2005, the U.S. Army announced that it plans to convert the FCS program from an Other Transaction Agreement (OTA) to a standard DoD contract. An OTA is contracted under a different congressional authority than a standard DoD contract and generally imposes fewer administrative contractual requirements. Although the specific details of the contract changes will not be known for some time, we believe the planned contract change will incorporate additional contract clauses. Based on our assessment of the possible contractual changes, we do not believe there will be a significant impact to earnings, cash flow and/or financial position.

 

On April 25, 2005 we received a “show cause” letter from the Joint Program Executive Office of the DoD notifying us of their concerns about the progress of the Joint Tactical Radio System (JTRS) Cluster 1 program. A “show cause” letter is a notification that gives the contractor thirty days to address any conditions that may negatively impact execution of a contract and to demonstrate that the contract requirements can still be met. On May 24, 2005 IDS provided a response which addressed the government’s concerns. We are continuing to work with our customer to restructure the JTRS program with an executable go-forward plan. Based on our discussions at this time, no material financial impact is anticipated.

 

Sea Launch

 

The Sea Launch venture, in which we are a 40% partner, provides ocean-based launch services to commercial satellite customers and is reported in the L&OS segment. For the six months ended June 30, 2005, the venture conducted three successful launches.

 

We have issued credit guarantees to creditors of the Sea Launch venture to assist the venture in obtaining financing. In the event we are required to perform on these guarantees, we have the right to recover a portion of the cost from other venture partners. We believe our total net maximum exposure to loss from Sea Launch at June 30, 2005 totals $131 million. The components of this exposure are as follows:

 

(Dollars in Millions)   

Maximum

Exposure

   Established
Reserves
   Estimated
Proceeds
from
Recourse
   Net
Exposure

Credit Guarantees

   $ 495    $ 198    $ 297       

Partner Loans (Principal and Interest)

     413      248      165       

Advances to Provide for Future Launches

     101             11    $ 90

Trade Receivable from Sea Launch

     233      233              

Performance Guarantees

     35      1      21      13

Subcontract Termination

     28                    28

Other Receivables from Sea Launch

     35      35              

     $ 1,340    $ 715    $ 494    $ 131

 

We made no additional capital contributions to the Sea Launch venture during the six months ended June 30, 2005.

 

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Delta

 

The cost estimates for the Delta II and Delta IV programs are based in part upon estimated quantities and timing of launch missions for existing and anticipated contracts (the Mission Manifest) to determine the allocation of fixed costs for individual launches. Revenue estimates include probable price adjustments due to contractual statement of work changes where we have established contractual entitlement. The Mission Manifest represents management’s best estimate of the launch services market taking into account all known information. Due to the volatility of the government launch market, it is possible that changes in quantity and timing of launches could occur that would change the Mission Manifest and therefore, the financial performance of the Delta programs. The Delta II and IV programs are reported in the L&OS segment.

 

The USAF lifted the Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle (EELV) suspension on March 4, 2005. After this action we were awarded a contract to provide infrastructure sustainment related to Delta IV launches. In addition, we are responding to the initial Request for Proposals for the EELV Buy III program. Buy III may ultimately include up to twenty-four launches and additional infrastructure sustainment funding.

 

Satellites

 

As is the standard for the commercial satellite industry, contracts are fixed-price in nature. Many of the existing satellite programs have very complex designs including unique phased array antenna designs. As technical or quality issues arise, we have continued to experience schedule delays and cost impacts. If the issues continue, they could result in a material charge. These programs are ongoing, and while we believe the cost estimates reflected in the financial statements are adequate and appropriate, the technical complexity of the satellites creates financial risk as additional completion costs may become necessary or scheduled delivery dates could be missed, which could trigger TFD provisions or other financially significant exposure. Our satellite programs are reported in either the Network Systems or L&OS segments.

 

In certain launch and satellite sales contracts, we include provisions for replacement launch services or hardware if we do not meet specified performance criteria. We have historically purchased insurance to cover these exposures when allowed under the terms of the contract. The current insurance market reflects unusually high premium rates and also suffers from a lack of capacity to handle all insurance requirements. We make decisions on the procurement of insurance based on our analysis of risk. There is one contractual launch currently scheduled for the third quarter of 2005 for which full insurance coverage was not procured. We estimate that the potential uninsured amount for the launch currently scheduled for the third quarter of 2005 could range between $65 million to $315 million, depending on the nature of the uninsured event.

 

IDS Operating Results

 

     Six months ended
June 30
    Three months ended
June 30
 
(Dollars in millions)    2005     2004     2005     2004  

Revenues

   $ 15,285     $ 14,579     $ 7,742     $ 7,162  

% of Total Company Revenues

     55 %     56 %     52 %     55 %

Operating Earnings

   $ 1,663     $ 1,434     $ 816     $ 696  

Operating Margins

     10.9 %     9.8 %     10.5 %     9.7 %
                 June 30
2005
    December 31
2004
 

Contractual Backlog

                   $ 41,004     $ 39,151  

 

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Revenues

 

For the six months ended June 30, 2005 revenues grew 5% compared to the same period in 2004 with increased revenue throughout all four segments. Network Systems had increased volume in FCS, 737 Airborne Early Warning and Control (AEW&C), MMA, and military satellite programs generating increased revenues of $948 million, partially offset by decreased volume in Proprietary, Homeland Security and Services, and Ground-based Midcourse Defense (GMD) of $473 million. A&WS revenues grew slightly between the two periods with increased deliveries on C-17, C-40, T-45, and Apache due to timing and higher F/A-18, F/A-22, and Apache development/support volume of $435 million, partially offset by decreased deliveries on F/A-18 and JDAM coupled with lower volume on V-22 and the Comanche termination of $351 million. Support Systems had increased volume in the Support programs (including C-17, C-130 and Special Operation Forces) of $199 million, partially offset by decreased activity in Maintenance, Modification & Upgrade, Training and Support Systems, and Supply Chain Services of $168 million. L&OS had increased launch and satellite deliveries and milestone completions coupled with Return to Flight activity on NASA programs generating increased revenues of $287 million, partially offset by a favorable TFC settlement on a commercial satellite program in 2004 and decreased NASA development volume in 2005 of $234 million. For the three months ended June 30, 2005 IDS revenues increased 8% compared to the same period in 2004 with increased revenue throughout all four segments, primarily from the same programs discussed above. A&WS had a slightly different product mix with additional C-17, C-40, T-45, F-15, and JDAM deliveries offset by fewer F/A-18 deliveries due to timing.

 

Operating Earnings

 

For the six months ended June 30, 2005 earnings grew 16% compared to the same period in 2004 generating a solid 10.9% margin for the first half of 2005. Network Systems decrease is due to the same program volume/mix stated above generating earnings of $41 million and improved performance on a military satellite program, Airborne Laser (ABL), National Industry Team, Patriot Advanced Capability-3 (PAC-3), and FCS of $53 million, offset by revised cost and fee estimates on Proprietary and 737 AEW&C in 2005 and performance improvement on a Homeland Security & Services program in 2004 of $115 million. A&WS had another outstanding first half with margins over 14% but did have decreased earnings from 2004 primarily caused by higher performance improvements from contract closeout activity in 2004 of $77 million, offset by lower Tanker CSR&D activity of $46 million and lower earnings related to contract mix of $24 million in 2005. Support Systems also generated solid double digit margins of 14.8% with increased earnings from the revenue volume/mix stated above of $10 million as well as performance improvements in Supply Chain Services, Training & Support Systems, and Engineering Logistics Support of $53 million. L&OS earnings improvement was driven primarily by the $25 million gain from the sale of EDD (excluding the impact of pension curtailment reported in the Other segment), $47 million higher contract values and mission manifest schedule changes for Delta IV launch contracts, decreased Delta IV heavy demo CSR&D, and International Space Station performance in 2005 compared to launch and satellite performance issues and satellite inventory write-downs in 2004. For the three months ended June 30, 2005, IDS earnings increased 17% compared to the same period in 2004 generating a solid 10.5% margin for the quarter primarily driven from the same program volume and performance changes discussed above.

 

Divestitures

 

On February 28, 2005 we completed the stock sale of EDD to L-3 Communications. EDD was a separate legal entity wholly-owned by us. The corresponding net assets of the entity were $46 million and a gain of $25 million was recorded in the L&OS segment of IDS from the sale of the net assets. In addition, there was a related pre-tax loss of $68 million recorded in the Condensed Consolidated Statement of Operations in Accounting differences/eliminations for net pension and other postretirement benefit curtailments and settlement.

 

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On February 22, 2005, we announced the sale of the Rocketdyne Propulsion and Power (Rocketdyne) business for cash proceeds of approximately $700 million to United Technologies Corporation under an asset purchase agreement. This divestiture includes assets and sites in California, Alabama, Mississippi, and Florida. The Rocketdyne business primarily develops and builds rocket engines and provides booster engines for the space shuttle and the Delta family as well as propulsion systems for missile defense systems. The assets and liabilities as of June 30, 2005 that were subject to the transaction were $221 million and $35 million. See breakout below for major classes of assets and liabilities. The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) requested additional information with respect to the sale in March 2005, and the transaction was under review as of June 30, 2005. Accordingly these assets were classified as held for use as of March 31, 2005 and June 30, 2005. On July 26, 2005, the FTC cleared the transaction, and the sale is now expected to close in August 2005. We expect to record a net pre-tax gain of approximately $575 million, predominantly in the L&OS segment, from the sale of the net assets in the third quarter of 2005. In addition, we expect to record a related pre-tax loss of $218 million for estimated pension and postretirement curtailments and settlements in the fourth quarter of 2005 as Accounting differences/eliminations.

 

Assets       Liabilities

(Dollars in millions)


     

(Dollars in millions)


Accounts receivable

   $ 48      

Payables and accruals

   $ 6

Inventory

     70      

Employment and other

     17

Property, Plant and Equipment

     99      

Environmental

     12

Other

     4               

     
     $ 221            $ 35

     

 

Backlog

 

For the six months ended June 30, 2005 contractual backlog increased almost 5% primarily due to incremental funding received on F-15 Korea, C-17 multi-year, and FCS programs. In addition, orders in Proprietary, Supply Chain Services, and various other programs helped contribute to the total contractual backlog increase of $1.9 billion, partially offset by sales throughout the segments.

 

Unobligated backlog decreased $6.2 billion primarily due to the incremental funding released on the programs mentioned above.

 

Network Systems

 

     Six months ended
June 30
    Three months ended
June 30
 
(Dollars in millions)            2005             2004           2005           2004  

Revenues

   $ 5,637     $ 5,100     $ 2,759     $ 2,668  

% of Total Company Revenues

     20 %     20 %     18 %     20 %

Operating Earnings

   $ 380     $ 395     $ 167     $ 218  

Operating Margins

     6.7 %     7.7 %     6.1 %     8.2 %
                 June 30
2005
    December 31
2004
 

Contractual Backlog

                   $ 9,459     $ 10,190  

 

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Revenues

 

For the six months ended June 30, 2005 revenues grew 11% compared to the same period in 2004 driven primarily by volume on FCS, 737 AEW&C, MMA, and military satellite programs, partially offset by decreased activity in Proprietary, Homeland Security and Services, and GMD. For the three months ended June 30, 2005 revenues grew 3% compared to the same period in 2004 from the same program volume/mix mentioned above.

 

Operating Earnings

 

For the six months ended June 30, 2005 earnings decreased 4% compared to the same period in 2004 from the program volume/mix mentioned above as well as improved performance on a military satellite program, ABL, National Industry Team, PAC-3, and FCS, offset by revised cost and fee estimates on Proprietary and 737 AEW&C in 2005 and performance improvements on a Homeland Security & Services program in 2004. For the three months ended June 30, 2005 earnings decreased 23% compared to the same period in 2004 due to the revised cost and fee estimates on Proprietary and 737 AEW&C partially offset by the increased revenue volume mentioned above and improved performance on ABL, National Industry Team, FCS, and PAC-3 in 2005.

 

Backlog

 

For the six months ended June 30, 2005, contractual backlog decreased 7% primarily due to Proprietary orders and incremental funding received on the FCS program offset by sales throughout the segment.

 

Aircraft and Weapons Systems

 

     Six months ended
June 30
    Three months ended
June 30
 
(Dollars in millions)            2005             2004             2005             2004  

Revenues

   $ 5,771     $ 5,693     $ 3,078     $ 2,672  

% of Total Company Revenues

     21 %     22 %     20 %     20 %

Operating Earnings

   $ 811     $ 862     $ 441     $ 386  

Operating Margins

     14.1 %     15.1 %     14.3 %     14.4 %
                 June 30
2005
    December 31
2004
 

Contractual Backlog

                   $ 20,609     $ 18,256  

 

Revenues

 

For the six months ended June 30, 2005 revenues increased slightly between the two periods with increased deliveries on C-17, C-40, T-45, and Apache due to timing and higher volume on F/A-18, F/A-22, and Apache development/support offset by decreased deliveries on F/A-18 and JDAM, lower volume on V-22, and the TFC of the Comanche program in the first quarter of 2004. For the three months ended June 30, 2005 revenues increased 15% compared to the same period in 2004 due to increased deliveries on C-17, F-15, C-40, T-45, and JDAM due to timing and higher Apache development/support volume partially offset by decreased deliveries on F/A-18 and lower volume on F/A-22, V-22, and the Comanche termination.

 

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Deliveries of units for principal production programs (new build aircraft only) were as follows:

 

     Six months ended
June 30
   Three months ended
June 30
     2005    2004    2005    2004

C-17 Globemaster

   9    8    5    3

F/A-18E/F Super Hornet

   21    25    11    12

T-45TS Goshawk

   5    4    3    2

F-15E Eagle

   2    2    2    1

CH-47 Chinook

   0    0    0    0

C-40A Clipper

   2    0    1    0

AH-64 Apache

   5    0    0    0

 

Operating Earnings

 

For the six months ended June 30, 2005 earnings decreased 6% compared to the same period in 2004 primarily driven by the performance improvements from contract closeout activity taken in 2004 and the contract mix in 2005, partially offset by decreased Tanker CSR&D design activity in 2005. Both periods benefited from solid performance from the production programs as well as ongoing lean and cost reduction initiatives throughout the business generating 14% margins. For the three months ended June 30, 2005 earnings increased 14% with the revenue growth mentioned above and decreased Tanker CSR&D design activity.

 

Backlog

 

For the six months ended June 30, 2005 contractual backlog increased almost 13% primarily driven by incremental funding received for F-15 Korea and C-17 multi-year programs in addition to orders for JDAM, Chinook, and V-22, partially offset by deliveries and sales throughout the segment.

 

Support Systems

 

     Six months ended
June 30
    Three months ended
June 30
 
(Dollars in millions)            2005             2004             2005             2004  

Revenues

   $ 2,353     $ 2,306     $ 1,183     $ 1,150  

% of Total Company Revenues

     8 %     9 %     8 %     9 %

Operating Earnings

   $ 348     $ 290     $ 179     $ 142  

Operating Margins

     14.8 %     12.6 %     15.1 %     12.3 %
                 June 30
2005
    December 31
2004
 

Contractual Backlog

                   $ 6,845     $ 6,505  

 

Revenues

 

For the six months ended June 30, 2005 revenues increased 2% due to increased volume in the Support programs (including the C-17, C-130 and Special Operations Forces), partially offset by reduced volume in Maintenance, Modification & Upgrades (KC-10 and KC-135 programs), Training and Support Systems (Fixed Wing program), and Supply Chain Services. For the three months ended June 30, 2005 revenues increased 3% primarily due to the same program volume/mix mentioned above.

 

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Operating Earnings

 

For the six months ended June 30, 2005 Support Systems earnings increased 20%, reflective of strong performance from Supply Chain Services, Training and Support Systems and Engineering Logistics Support and sustained performance throughout the other businesses in this segment as well as the increased volume mentioned above. For the three months ended June 30, 2005 Support Systems earnings increased 26% driven by the same revenue volume/mix and performance discussed above.

 

Backlog

 

For the six months ended June 30, 2005 contractual backlog increased 5% primarily due to orders in Supply Chain Services partially offset by sales throughout the segment.

 

Launch & Orbital Systems

 

     Six months ended
June 30
    Three months ended
June 30
 
(Dollars in millions)            2005             2004           2005             2004  

Revenues

   $ 1,524     $ 1,480     $ 722     $ 672  

% of Total Company Revenues

     5 %     6 %     5 %     5 %

Operating Earnings

   $ 124     $ (113 )   $ 29     $ (50 )

Operating Margins

     8.1 %     (7.6 )%     4.0 %     (7.4 )%
                 June 30
2005
    December 31
2004
 

Contractual Backlog

                   $ 4,091     $ 4,200  

 

Revenues

 

For the six months ended June 30, 2005 revenues increased 3% when compared to the same period in 2004 driven by increased launch and satellite deliveries and milestone completions coupled with Return to Flight activity on NASA programs partially offset by decreased NASA development volume and a favorable TFC settlement on a commercial satellite program in the first quarter of 2004. For the three months ended June 30, 2005 revenues increased 7% compared to the same period in 2004 primarily due to increased satellite deliveries and milestone completions offset by lower launch activity.

 

Deliveries of production units were as follows:

 

     Six months ended
June 30
   Three months ended
June 30
             2005            2004            2005            2004

Delta II

   2    1    1    1

Delta IV

   0    0    0    0

Commercial/Civil Satellites

   3    2    2    1

 

Operating Earnings

 

For the six months ended June 30, 2005 the L&OS segment returned to profitability driven by the gain on the sale of EDD, higher contract values and mission manifest schedule changes for Delta IV launch contracts, improved satellite program performance, International Space Station performance in 2005, and decreased CSR&D activity on Delta IV (Delta IV successfully conducted a Heavy Demo launch at

 

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the end of 2004). Earnings were negatively impacted in the same period in 2004 by cost growth and inventory write-downs in the satellite business and by a lower Delta IV mission manifest which resulted in higher cost estimates to complete the launches. For the three months ended June 30, 2005 earnings increased compared to the same period in 2004 primarily due to improved performance in the satellite business.

 

We are a 50/50 partner with Lockheed Martin Corporation (Lockheed) in a joint venture called United Space Alliance, which is responsible for all ground processing of the Space Shuttle fleet and for space-related operations with the USAF. United Space Alliance also performs modifications, testing and checkout operations that are required to ready the Space Shuttle for launch. United Space Alliance operations are performed under cost-plus type contracts. Our proportionate share of joint venture earnings is recognized as income. Included in the L&OS operating earnings for the three months ended June 30, 2005 were $25 million compared to $17 million for the same period in 2004. For the six months ended June 30, 2005, earnings were $37 million compared to $27 million for the same period in 2004.

 

We also have entered into an agreement with Lockheed to create a 50/50 joint venture named United Launch Alliance (ULA), which will be accounted for as an equity investment. ULA will combine the production, engineering, test and launch operations associated with U.S. government launches of Boeing Delta and Lockheed Martin Atlas rockets. It is expected that ULA will reduce the cost of meeting the critical national security and NASA expendable launch vehicle needs of the United States. This venture solidifies our position in the government expendable launch system market for the foreseeable future. Closing is contingent upon approval by governmental agencies, which is expected to occur later in 2005. ULA will be reported in the L&OS segment of IDS. We do not expect this agreement to have a material impact to our earnings, cash flows and/or financial position.

 

Backlog

 

For the six months ended June 30, 2005 contractual backlog decreased 3% due to satellite and expendable launch systems sales volume offsetting incremental funding and new orders.

 

BOEING CAPITAL CORPORATION

 

Business Environment and Trends

 

For the commercial aircraft market, BCC facilitates, arranges, structures and provides selective financing solutions to our Commercial Airplanes segment customers. For the defense and space markets, BCC primarily arranges and structures financing solutions for our IDS segment government customers.

 

On May 24, 2004, BCC entered into a purchase and sale agreement with General Electric Capital Corporation (GECC) to sell substantially all of the assets related to its former Commercial Financial Services (CFS) business which was primarily engaged in providing lease and loan financing to a broad range of commercial and industrial customers.

 

Refer to our discussion of the airline industry environment in the Commercial Airplanes – Business Environments and Trends. Future profitability is impacted by continued competitive fare pricing or a lack of improvement in yields.

 

Future airline profitability may lead to an increase in demand for new and used aircraft resulting in overall increase in values and lease rates for the aircraft in BCC’s portfolio.

 

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Aircraft values and lease rates are also impacted by the number and type of aircraft that are currently out of service. Approximately 1,900 commercial jet aircraft (10.4% of the current world fleet) continue to be parked, including both in production and out of production types of aircraft, of which over 50% are not expected to return to service.

 

At June 30, 2005, BCC’s portfolio consisted of finance leases, notes and other receivables, equipment under operating leases, investments and assets held for sale or re-lease totaling $9.4 billion, which was primarily commercial aircraft. While worldwide traffic levels are well above traffic levels carried by the airlines in 2000, the effects of declining yields and higher fuel prices on the airline industry continue to impact commercial aircraft values. Recently published sources and market transactions indicate that, while lease rates for aircraft are increasing, values for the various aircraft types serving as collateral in BCC’s portfolio generally have not increased. Aircraft valuations could decline materially if significant numbers of aircraft, particularly types with relatively few operators, are idled. At the same time, the credit ratings of many airlines, particularly in the United States, have remained at low levels.

 

On January 12, 2005, Commercial Airplanes decided to conclude production of the 717 program in 2006 due to the lack of overall market demand for the aircraft. At June 30, 2005, $2.5 billion of BCC’s portfolio was collateralized by 717 aircraft. During the six months ended June 30, 2005, BCC provided $15 million in valuation reserves due to a decrease in collateral value of the 717 aircraft. During the six months ended June 30, 2005, the Other segment also provided an additional $24 million in valuation reserves due to a decrease in the collateral value of the 717 aircraft. Should the 717 aircraft suffer an additional decline in utility and market acceptance, such impacts could result in a potential material adverse effect on its earnings, cash flows and/or financial position.

 

Significant Customer Contingencies

 

A substantial portion of BCC’s portfolio is concentrated among U.S. commercial airline customers. Certain customers have filed for bankruptcy protection or requested lease or loan restructurings; these negotiations were in various stages as of June 30, 2005. These bankruptcies or restructurings could have a material adverse effect on BCC’s earnings, cash flows and/or financial position.

 

At June 30, 2005 and December 31, 2004, United Air Lines, Inc. (United) accounted for $1.1 billion (11.8% and 11.7%) of BCC’s total portfolio. At June 30, 2005, the United portfolio was secured by security interests in two 767 aircraft and 13 777 aircraft and by an ownership and security interest in five 757 aircraft. At June 30, 2005, United was BCC’s second largest customer based on portfolio carrying value. United continues to operate under Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. On June 28, 2004, United’s application to obtain federal loan guarantees was denied by the Airline Transportation Stabilization Board, which also withdrew United’s eligibility to reapply. In March 2005, United obtained approval from the bankruptcy court to extend its debtor-in-possession financing credit facilities through December 31, 2005. United is continuing to pursue alternative financing through private investors. At June 30, 2005, United was current on all of its obligations related to these 20 aircraft.

 

United retains certain rights by operating under Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, including the right to reject the restructuring terms with its creditors and return aircraft, including BCC’s aircraft. The terms of BCC’s restructuring with United, which were approved by the federal bankruptcy court, set forth the terms under which all 20 aircraft financed by BCC are expected to remain in service upon United’s emergence from Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. If United exercises its right to reject the agreed upon restructuring terms, the terms of all of the leases and loans with United would immediately revert to the original terms, which are generally less favorable to United. United would retain its right under Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection to return the aircraft in the event of a reversion to the original lease and loan terms. During the fourth quarter of 2004, United requested BCC restructure its financing

 

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terms further as part of its ongoing efforts to emerge from bankruptcy. BCC is currently evaluating the request from United.

 

At June 30, 2005 and December 31, 2004, ATA Holdings Corp. (ATA) accounted for $496 million and $705 million (5.3% and 7.3%) of BCC’s total portfolio. At June 30, 2005, the ATA portfolio consisted of 12 operating leases for 757 aircraft and a note receivable.

 

On October 26, 2004, ATA filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. As a result, on December 29, 2004, BCC entered into an agreement in principle with ATA whereby ATA agreed to continue to lease the 12 757 aircraft under restructured terms and agreed to return eight of the 12 757 aircraft during the second half of 2005 and early 2006. On July 14, 2005, the bankruptcy court approved the assumption of 11 757 aircraft leases. By mutual agreement between ATA and BCC, one 757 aircraft lease was terminated to accommodate BCC’s timely leasing of that aircraft to Continental Airlines, Inc. (Continental). ATA is obligated to pay rent on all aircraft until returned. The July 14, 2005 bankruptcy court order also approved a settlement agreement setting forth BCC’s potential deficiency claim for the four 757 aircraft to be retained by ATA and a process for determining the amount of our deficiency claims for the 7 757 aircraft and the one rejected 757 aircraft to be returned to BCC. In February 2005, following completion of certain conditions, BCC reclassified the 12 757 aircraft finance leases to operating leases due to new lease terms negotiated with ATA. BCC reduced the carrying value of the leases by $200 million to the fair value of the underlying leased assets, which was recorded as a reduction of the allowance for losses on receivables of $119 million recognized at BCC and $81 million recognized at the Other segment. This transaction had no impact to earnings. With regard to eight of the twelve aircraft, we have entered into an agreement with Continental to lease the aircraft for periods ranging from five to eight years. The timing of the aircraft returns should enable BCC to meet the delivery dates committed to Continental as part of the agreement.

 

At June 30, 2005 and December 31, 2004, Viacao Aerea Rio-Grandense (VARIG) accounted for $327 million and $400 million (3.5% and 4.1%) of BCC’s total portfolio. On June 17, 2005, VARIG filed request for reorganization which was granted on June 22, 2005 by Brazilian courts. Under the laws of Brazil, VARIG has 60 days from July 13, 2005, the date the court order was published in the official gazette, to present a reorganization plan. As of June 18, 2005, VARIG has resumed making rent and maintenance reserve payments (however, not past due obligation payments). We exercised early lease termination rights and took possession of two MD-11 aircraft in April 2005 in the amount of $73 million. The aircraft were subsequently sold to another customer. At June 30, 2005, the VARIG portfolio consisted of two 737 aircraft and seven MD-11 aircraft. In recent years, VARIG has repeatedly defaulted on its obligations under leases with BCC, which has resulted in deferrals and restructurings, some of which are ongoing. BCC does not expect the VARIG transactions, including the impact of any future restructurings, to have a material adverse effect on its earnings, cash flows and/or financial position.

 

Summary Financial Information

 

     Six months ended
June 30
    Three months ended
June 30
 
(Dollars in millions)      2005       2004       2005       2004  

Revenues

   $ 501     $ 480     $ 264     $ 229  

% Of Total Company Revenues

     1.8 %     1.8 %     1.8 %     1.7 %

Operating Earnings

   $ 156     $ 88     $ 112     $ 15  

Operating Margins

     31.1 %     18.3 %     42.4 %     6.6 %

 

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Revenues

 

BCC segment revenues consist principally of interest from financing receivables and notes, lease income from operating lease equipment, investment income, gains/losses on disposals of investments and gains/losses on revaluation of derivatives.

 

For the six months ended June 30, 2005 revenues increased compared with the same period in 2004 primarily due to $26 million gain on disposal of four aircraft and one ferry which was part of the CFS portfolio in the first six months of 2005 compared with a $19 million net gain on sale on a partial sale of a note receivable in the first six months 2004. These types of gains are intermittent in nature and depend in part on the market conditions at the time of the disposal and BCC’s decision to sell or re-lease when aircraft are returned. There can be no assurance that BCC will recognize such gains in the future. Additionally, certain leases were reclassified from finance leases to operating leases, resulting in increased operating lease income.

 

Operating earnings

 

BCC’s operating earnings are presented net of interest expense, provision for losses, asset impairment expense, depreciation on leased equipment and other operating expenses. The increase in operating earnings during the six months ended June 30, 2005, was principally driven by a recovery of $32 million in the provision for losses compared to an additional provision of $9 million in the prior year. Additionally, BCC recognized lower asset impairment expense offset by increased depreciation expense and continued lower new business volume.

 

As summarized in the following table, during the six and three months ended June 30, 2005, we recognized pre-tax expenses of $25 million and $12 million in response to the deterioration in the credit worthiness of BCC’s airline customers, airline bankruptcy filings and the continued decline in the commercial aircraft and general equipment asset values. Of these amounts, BCC recognized income of $21 million and $34 million for the six and three months ended June 30, 2005. For the same periods in 2004, we recognized pre-tax expenses of $99 million, of which $54 million related to BCC, and $36 million, all of which related to BCC.

 

(Dollars in millions)    BCC
Segment
    Other
Segment
   Consolidated

Six months ended June 30, 2005

                     

Provision for losses

   $ (32 )   $ 46    $ 14

Asset impairment expense related to customer financing

     9              9

Other charges

     2              2

     $ (21 )   $ 46    $ 25

Six months ended June 30, 2004

                     

Provision for losses

   $ 9     $ 34    $ 43

Asset impairment expense related to customer financing

     16              16

Other charges

     29       11      40

     $ 54     $ 45    $ 99

 

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(Dollars in millions)    BCC
Segment
    Other
Segment
   Consolidated

Three months ended June 30, 2005

                     

Provision for losses

   $ (36 )   $ 46    $ 10

Asset impairment expense related to customer financing

     2              2

     $ (34 )   $ 46    $ 12

Three months ended June 30, 2004

                     

Provision for losses

   $ 4            $ 4

Asset impairment expense related to customer financing

     3              3

Other charges

     29              29

     $ 36            $ 36

 

During the six and three months ended June 30, 2005, BCC recorded a recovery to reduce the provision for losses by $32 million and $36 million, which primarily consisted of a net benefit of $26 million as a result of Hawaiian’s emergence from bankruptcy (offset by a decline in the collateral value of the 717 aircraft leased to Hawaiian), a benefit of $16 million as a result of the repayment of certain notes and a provision of $10 million from normal portfolio run-off and other charges. During the six and three months ended June 30, 2004, BCC recorded a provision for losses of $9 million and $4 million to provide for the effect of declines in value of collateral for notes and finance lease receivables. During the six and three months ended June 30, 2005, the Other segment recorded a provision for losses of $46 million primarily due to a decrease in the collateral value of the 717. During the six and three months ended June 30, 2004, the Other segment recorded a provision for losses of $34 million due to deteriorated airline credit ratings and depressed aircraft values.

 

During the six and three months ended June 30, 2005, BCC recognized customer financing-related asset impairment charges of $9 million and $2 million as a result of declines in market values and projected future rents for aircraft and equipment. During the six months ended June 30, 2005, BCC also recognized a charge of $2 million to record its investment in Enhanced Equipment Trust Certificates (EETC) at their fair values. During the six months ended June 30, 2004, BCC recognized customer financing-related and investment-related asset impairment charges totaling $45 million. This was primarily comprised of $16 million related to aircraft and equipment under operating lease and held for sale or re-lease and $29 million related to an other than temporary impairment of a held-to-maturity investment in ATA maturing in 2015. During the three months ended June 30, 2004, BCC recognized customer financing-related and investment-related asset impairment charges totaling $32 million. This was primarily comprised of $3 million related to aircraft and equipment under operating lease and held for sale or re-lease and $29 million related to an other than temporary impairment of a held-to-maturity investment in ATA maturing in 2015. The Other segment did not recognize any asset impairment charges associated with customer financing activities during the six and three months ended June 30, 2005. However, the Other segment recognized charges of $11 million during the six months ended June 30, 2004, which related to the decline in lease rates on certain aircraft. BCC carefully monitors the relative value of aircraft equipment since we remain at substantial economic risk to significant decreases in the value of aircraft equipment and their associated lease rates.

 

     June 30
2005
    December 31
2004
 

Portfolio

   $ 9,395     $ 9,680  

% of Total Receivables in Valuation Allowance

     1.9 %     4.2 %

Debt

   $ 6,604     $ 7,024  

Debt-to-Equity Ratio

     4.9-to-1       5.0-to-1  

 

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BCC’s portfolio at June 30, 2005 decreased from December 31, 2004 due to a reduction in new business volume in 2005 and the impact of restructuring certain ATA finance leases to operating leases resulting in a $200 million write-down to fair value. At June 30, 2005 and December 31, 2004, BCC had $118 million and $37 million of assets that were held for sale or re-lease, which, as of June 30, 2005, included $57 million of assets reclassified from assets of discontinued operations which are all performing assets. Of the remaining $61 million and $37 million of assets held for sale or re-lease at June 30, 2005 and December 31, 2004, $3 million and $25 million were identified with firm contracts to be placed on lease. Additionally, leases with a carrying value of approximately $796 million are scheduled to terminate in the next twelve months. The related aircraft will be remarketed, of which $334 million were identified with firm contracts in place at June 30, 2005 to be sold or placed on lease. While we have historically been successful in placing aircraft, potential delays in selling or placing these assets on lease at reasonable rates or declines in value may negatively affect BCC’s earnings, cash flows and/or financial position.

 

OTHER

 

Other segment losses were $177 million and $105 million for the six and three months ended June 30, 2005 as compared to losses of $228 million and $124 million for the six and three months ended June 30, 2004. Major factors contributing to the decrease in losses for the Other segment are described below.

 

On March 31, 2005, we executed a Purchase and Sale Agreement to sell certain investments in technology related funds and partnerships of $63 million and related capital commitment obligations for a purchase price of $24 million. As a result of our decision to dispose of these assets, the investments were classified as held for sale. Therefore, during the six months ended June 30, 2005, we recorded an asset impairment charge of $42 million as a result of this agreement, which is included in Other income, net on the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations. We have closed the sale on investments of $10 million during the three months ended June 30, 2005 and expect the final closings to be consummated during the third quarter of 2005.

 

During 2003, we delivered four 767 aircraft to a joint venture named TRM and one 767 aircraft in 2004. TRM was established in the second quarter of 2003 in order to provide financing and arrange for a total of five 767 aircraft to be leased to Japan Airlines. The leases were accounted for as operating leases each with a term of seven years. We provided financing of approximately $42 million related to the five aircraft, which in combination with an expense sharing arrangement with TRM, caused us to retain substantial risk of ownership in the aircraft. As a result, we were recognizing rental income over the term of the lease. As of December 31, 2004, the present value of the remaining deferred lease income was $379 million, discounted at a rate of 5.0%.

 

During April 2005, we received full repayment for the financing arrangement from TRM. Additionally, we signed an agreement to eliminate any ongoing obligations for TRM’s expenses after April 28, 2005. As a result, during the six and three months ended June 30, 2005, we were able to recognize the remaining deferred lease income of $369 million and repayment for the financing arrangement of $42 million as Revenue and charged the remaining net asset value to Cost of services. This transaction resulted in earnings before income taxes of $63 million in our Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations for the six and three months ended June 30, 2005.

 

As a result of deteriorated airline credit ratings and depressed aircraft values, we recorded loss provisions of $46 million and $34 million during the six months ended June 30, 2005 and 2004, respectively. The increased losses related to valuation allowances was offset by an $11 million charge during the six months ended June 30, 2004, which was related to a decline in lease rates on certain aircraft.

 

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Share-based compensation expense increased by $163 million in the six months and $37 million in the three months ended June 30, 2005 compared to the same periods one year earlier. The increases reflect the vesting of performance shares and acceleration of expense for retirement eligible employees.

 

In December 2004, the FASB issued SFAS No. 123 (revised 2004) (SFAS No. 123R), Share-Based Payment. We have early adopted the provisions of SFAS No. 123R as of January 1, 2005 using the modified prospective method. This Standard changes our method of measuring and recognizing compensation expense for our Performance Shares and requires a forfeiture assumption for our unvested awards.

 

For Performance Shares awarded in 2005 and forward, the fair value of each award is estimated on the date of grant using a Monte Carlo simulation model instead of the grant date market price used for previous awards. We changed our valuation technique based on further clarification provided in SFAS No. 123R and the fact that our Performance Shares contain a market condition, which should be reflected in the grant date fair value of an award. As a result, total compensation for the 2005 Performance Share awards will be reduced by approximately $265 million using the Monte Carlo simulation model instead of the grant date market price. However, using the Monte Carlo simulation model results in accelerated recognition of compensation expense since each stock price threshold is treated as a separate grant. The increase in compensation expense due to the change in valuation method was immaterial for the six months ended June 30, 2005. As of June 30, 2005, there was $786 million, $359 million and $9 million of total unrecognized compensation cost related to Performance Shares, ShareValue Trust and Stock Options which is expected to be recognized over a period of 3.5, 5.0 and 2.7 years, respectively.

 

With the adoption of SFAS No. 123R, we recorded an increase in net earnings as a cumulative effect of accounting change based on SFAS No. 123R’s requirement to apply an estimated forfeiture rate to unvested awards. For the six months ended June 30, 2005, the amount of cumulative effect of accounting change for share forfeitures was $21 million, net of taxes of $12 million; and the net effect on basic and diluted earnings per share was $0.02 and $0.03, respectively.

 

As of June 30, 2005, we have investments of approximately $3.0 billion. On an ongoing basis, we perform an impairment test on our investment securities to determine if the fair value decline of a security is other-than-temporary. If the impairment is other-than-temporary, we reset the cost basis for the impaired security and record the charge in the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations.

 

Standards Issued and Not Yet Implemented

 

In November 2004, the FASB issued SFAS No. 151, Inventory Costs – an amendment of ARB No. 43 . This Standard requires abnormal amounts of idle facility expense, freight, handling costs, and wasted material (spoilage) to be recognized as current period charges. Additionally, it requires that fixed production overhead costs be allocated to inventory based on the normal capacity of the production facility. The provisions of this Standard apply prospectively and are effective for us for inventory costs incurred after January 1, 2006. While we believe this Standard will not have a material effect on our financial statements, the impact of adopting these new rules is dependent on events that could occur in future periods, and as such, an estimate of the impact cannot be determined until the event occurs in future periods.

 

In March 2005, the FASB issued Interpretation No. (FIN) 47, Accounting for Conditional Asset Retirement Obligations – an interpretation of FASB Statement No. 143 . This Interpretation clarifies the term conditional asset retirement obligation as used in SFAS No. 143 and requires a liability to be recorded if the fair value of the obligation can be reasonably estimated. The types of asset retirement obligations that are covered by this Interpretation are those for which an entity has a legal obligation to

 

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perform an asset retirement activity, however the timing and (or) method of settling the obligation are conditional on a future event that may or may not be within the control of the entity. FIN 47 also clarifies when an entity would have sufficient information to reasonably estimate the fair value of an asset retirement obligation. This Interpretation is effective no later than December 31, 2005. We are currently evaluating the impact of FIN 47 on our financial statements.

 

In July 2005, the Emerging Issues Task Force (EITF) issued Issue No. 04-5, Determining Whether a General Partner, or the General Partners as a Group, Controls a Limited Partnership or Similar Entity When the Limited Partners Have Certain Rights . This EITF provides guidance as to when a general partner, or the general partners as a group, control a limited partnership or similar entity when the limited partners have certain rights. EITF No. 04-5 is effective as of June 29, 2005 for general partners of all new limited partnerships formed and for existing limited partnerships for which the partnership agreements are modified. EITF No. 04-5 is effective as of January 1, 2006 for all other limited partnerships. We are currently evaluating the impact of EITF No. 04-5 on our financial statements.

 

In July 2005, FSP No. APB 18-1, Accounting by an Investor for its Proportionate Share of Other Comprehensive Income of an Investee Accounted for under the Equity Method in Accordance with APB Opinion No. 18 upon a Loss of Significant Influence . This FSP provides guidance on how an investor should account for its proportionate share of an investee’s equity adjustments for other comprehensive income upon a loss of significant influence. FSP No. APB 18-1 is effective as of October 1, 2005. We are currently evaluating the impact of FSP No. APB 18-1 on our financial statements.

 

Item 3. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk

 

There have been no significant changes to our market risk since December 31, 2004.

 

Item 4. Controls and Procedures

 

(a) Disclosure controls and procedures.

 

Our principal executive officer and our principal financial officer, based on their evaluation of our disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) as of the end of the period covered by this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, have concluded that our disclosure controls and procedures are effective for ensuring that information required to be disclosed by us in the reports that we file or submit under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified in the SEC’s rules and forms.

 

(b) Changes in internal control over financial reporting.

 

There were no changes in our internal control over financial reporting that occurred during our last fiscal quarter that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting.

 

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PART II. OTHER INFORMATION

Item 1. Legal Proceedings

 

See Note 15 to the condensed consolidated financial statements, for additional information about the proceedings below.

 

In our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the period ended December 31, 2004, and our Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the period ending March 31, 2005 we reported that Lockheed Martin Corporation (Lockheed) filed a federal lawsuit in the United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida against us, McDonnell Douglas Corporation, Boeing Launch Services and three individual former employees alleging wrongdoing relating to the possession of Lockheed’s information during the Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle (EELV) Program source selection in 1998. The lawsuit includes some 29 causes of action, seeks injunctive relief, compensatory damages in excess of $2 billion and treble and punitive damages. In August 2004 we filed counterclaims against Lockheed seeking compensatory and punitive damages.

 

On May 5, 2005, we entered into a Joint Venture Agreement with Lockheed to provide launch services to the U.S. Government. Pursuant to the terms of the Joint Venture Agreement and court order, the civil lawsuit has been stayed pending closing of the transaction, whereupon the parties have agreed to immediately dismiss all claims against each other. If the transaction does not close or if the Joint Venture Agreement is terminated according to its terms before April 1, 2006, either party may reinstate its claims against the other.

 

Separately, on March 4, 2005, the U. S. Air Force lifted the suspension from government contracting of our space launch services business. The same circumstances remain under investigation by the U. S. Attorney in Los Angeles and the Department of Justice for possible criminal and civil penalties. Under the terms of the Interim Administrative Agreement between us and the Air Force (the Agreement), the Air Force can reinstate the suspension if we are indicted or convicted in connection with the EELV matter, or if material new evidence is discovered. The Agreement requires periodic reporting to the Air Force and also provides for appointment of a Special Compliance Officer responsible for verifying our implementation of remedial measures and compliance with other provisions of the Agreement.

 

In our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the period ended December 31, 2004, and in our Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q filed for the period ending March 31, 2005, we described two virtually identical shareholder derivative lawsuits filed in Cook County Circuit Court, Illinois in September 2003, against us as nominal defendant and against each then current member of our Board of Directors. The plaintiffs allege that the directors breached their fiduciary duties in failing to put in place adequate internal controls and means of supervision to prevent the EELV incident described above, the July 2003 charge against earnings, and various other events that have been cited in the press during 2003. The Court is currently considering a Motion to Dismiss filed jointly by the individual Board member defendants and us.

 

In October 2003, a third shareholder derivative action was filed against the same defendants in federal court for the Southern District of New York. This third suit charged that our 2003 Proxy Statement contained false and misleading statements concerning the 2003 Incentive Stock Plan. The lawsuit sought a declaration voiding shareholder approval of the 2003 Incentive Stock Plan, injunctive relief and equitable accounting. This case was dismissed by the court and the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit affirmed the dismissal on April 15, 2005. The plaintiff has filed a motion with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit for en banc hearing, which we opposed, and is pending.

 

There have been no other material developments in our other previously reported legal proceedings.

 

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Item 2. Unregistered Sale of Equity Securities and Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities

 

The following table provides information about purchases we made during the quarter ended June 30, 2005 of equity securities that are registered by us pursuant to Section 12 of the Exchange Act:

 

ISSUER PURCHASES OF EQUITY SECURITIES

 

     (a)

   (b)

   (c)

   (d)

Period   

Total Number

of Shares
Purchased (1)

  

Average Price

Paid per Share

  

Total Number of

Shares Purchased

as Part of Publicly

Announced Plans
or Programs (2)

  

Maximum Number

of Shares that May

Yet Be Purchased

Under the Plans

Or Programs

4/01/05 thru 4/30/05

   101,254    $ 57.67    100,000    20,556,644

5/01/05 thru 5/31/05

   4,822,974    $ 61.20    4,820,400    15,736,244

6/01/05 thru 6/30/05

   5,352,656    $ 64.48    5,351,200    50,385,044

TOTAL

   10,276,884    $ 62.87    10,271,600    50,385,044

 

(1)   We repurchased an aggregate of 10,271,600 shares of our common stock in the open market pursuant to our repurchase program that we publicly announced on May 3, 2004 (the Program) and an aggregate of 5,284 shares of our common stock in stock swap transactions outside of the Program.

 

(2)   Previously, our Board of Directors approved the repurchase of up to an aggregate of 85 million shares of our common stock pursuant to the Program. On June 27, 2005, our Board of Directors authorized a new share repurchase program for up to 40 million additional shares. Unless terminated earlier by resolution of our Board of Directors, our repurchasing programs will expire when we have repurchased all shares authorized for repurchase thereunder.

 

Item 4. Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders

 

(a)   Our Annual Meeting of Shareholders was held on May 2, 2005.

 

(b)   In an uncontested election, four nominees of the Board of Directors were elected for three-year terms expiring on the date of the annual meeting in 2008. The votes were as follows:

 

     For    Withheld

Kenneth M. Duberstein

   507,660,962    203,820,168

Lewis E. Platt

   509,606,344    201,874,786

Mike S. Zafirovski

   666,800,100    44,681,030

W. James McNerney, Jr.

   525,397,957    186,083,173

 

       The terms of the following directors continued after the annual meeting:

 

John H. Biggs

   Richard D. Nanula

John E. Bryson

   Rozanne L. Ridgway

Linda Z. Cook

   John M. Shalikashvili

John F. McDonnell

    

 

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(c)   The results of voting on Proposals 2 through 9 (as numbered in the 2005 Proxy Statement) were as follows:

 

  2.   Advisory vote on the appointment of Deloitte & Touche LLP as the Company’s independent auditors for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2005:

 

     Number of Votes

For

   684,246,341

Against

   15,319,560

Abstain

   11,915,229

Broker non-votes

   -0-

 

  3.   Shareholder proposal on human rights:

 

     Number of Votes

For

   113,400,605

Against

   420,973,999

Abstain

   75,454,665

Broker non-votes

   101,651,860

 

  4.   Shareholder proposal on military contracts:

 

     Number of Votes

For

   41,688,237

Against

   500,322,574

Abstain

   67,818,459

Broker non-votes

   101,651,860

 

  5.   Shareholder proposal on disclosure of political contributions:

 

     Number of Votes

For

   58,192,974

Against

   485,810,312

Abstain

   65,825,983

Broker non-votes

   101,651,860

 

  6.   Shareholder proposal on declassification of the board of directors:

 

     Number of Votes

For

   404,192,558

Against

   190,352,469

Abstain

   15,284,243

Broker non-votes

   101,651,860

 

  7.   Shareholder proposal on simple majority vote:

 

     Number of Votes

For

   399,055,893

Against

   196,010,560

Abstain

   14,762,817

Broker non-votes

   101,651,860

 

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  8.   Shareholder proposal on majority vote shareholder committee:

 

     Number of Votes

For

   182,455,661

Against

   412,066,732

Abstain

   15,306,876

Broker non-votes

   101,651,860

 

  9.   Shareholder proposal on independent board chairman:

 

     Number of Votes

For

   158,080,266

Against

   437,183,834

Abstain

   14,565,170

Broker non-votes

   101,651,860

 

Item 6. Exhibits and Reports on Form 8-K

 

(a) Exhibits:

 

(10)   Material Contracts

 

  (i)   Joint Venture Master Agreement by and among Lockheed Martin Corporation, The Boeing Company and a Delaware LLC, dated as of May 2, 2005.

 

  (ii)   Restricted Stock Award Agreement between The Boeing Company and W. James McNerney, Jr., dated July 1, 2005.

 

  (iii)   Restricted Stock Award Agreement between The Boeing Company and W. James McNerney, Jr., dated July 1, 2005.

 

  (iv)   Restricted Stock Award Agreement between The Boeing Company and W. James McNerney, Jr., dated July 1, 2005.

 

(15)   Letter from Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm regarding unaudited interim financial information. Filed herewith.

 

(31.1)   Certification of Chief Executive Officer pursuant to Section 302 of Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.

 

(31.2)   Certification of Chief Financial Officer pursuant to Section 302 of Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.

 

(32.1)   Certification of Chief Executive Officer pursuant to Section 906 of Sarbanes Oxley Act of 2002.

 

(32.2)   Certification of Chief Financial Officer pursuant to Section 906 of Sarbanes Oxley Act of 2002.

 

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SIGNATURE

 

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

 

               

THE BOEING COMPANY


                (Registrant)

July 27, 2005


             

/s/    Harry S. McGee III        


(Date)              

Harry S. McGee III

Vice President Finance

& Corporate Controller

(Chief Accounting Officer)

 

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EXHIBIT 10(i)

 


 

JOINT VENTURE MASTER AGREEMENT

 

Dated as of May 2, 2005

 

By and Among

 

LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION,

 

THE BOEING COMPANY

 

and

 

A DELAWARE LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY TO BE FORMED

 



TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

     P AGE

ARTICLE I DEFINITIONS

   1

    S ECTION 1.01       D EFINITIONS .

   1

ARTICLE II THE JOINT VENTURE

   1

    S ECTION 2.01       O RGANIZATION OF THE C OMPANY .

   1

    S ECTION 2.02       O PERATING A GREEMENT .

   2

    S ECTION 2.03       N AME .

   2

    S ECTION 2.04       P RINCIPAL P LACE OF B USINESS .

   2

    S ECTION 2.05       O THER F ACILITIES .

   2

    S ECTION 2.06       M EMBERS

   2

    S ECTION 2.07       B OARD OF D IRECTORS AND O FFICERS .

   2

    S ECTION 2.08       P URPOSE OF THE C OMPANY

   3

    S ECTION 2.09       T ERM .

   3

    S ECTION 2.10       T AX T REATMENT .

   3

    S ECTION 2.11       I NDEPENDENT O PERATION OF C OMPANY .

   4

    S ECTION 2.12       C OMPLIANCE WITH A PPLICABLE L AW .

   4

ARTICLE III TRANSACTIONS AND CLOSING

   4

    S ECTION 3.01       C LOSING T RANSACTIONS .

   4

    S ECTION 3.02       C LOSING .

   6

    S ECTION 3.03       O PENING S TATEMENT .

   6

    S ECTION 3.04       A DJUSTMENT OF C ONTRIBUTIONS .

   6

    S ECTION 3.05       A SSIGNMENT OF C ONTRACTS AND R IGHTS .

   9

ARTICLE IV REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES

   9

    S ECTION 4.01       R EPRESENTATIONS AND W ARRANTIES OF L OCKHEED M ARTIN .

   9

    S ECTION 4.02       R EPRESENTATIONS AND W ARRANTIES OF B OEING .

   9

    S ECTION 4.03       R EPRESENTATIONS AND W ARRANTIES OF THE C OMPANY .

   10

ARTICLE V COVENANTS AND AGREEMENTS OF THE PARTIES

   10

    S ECTION 5.01       C ONDUCT OF E LV B USINESSES .

   10

    S ECTION 5.02       C ONDUCT OF B USINESS OF THE C OMPANY .

   10

    S ECTION 5.03       A CCESS TO I NFORMATION ; C ONFIDENTIALITY .

   10

    S ECTION 5.04       P ROVISION AND P RESERVATION OF AND A CCESS TO C ERTAIN I NFORMATION ; C OOPERATION A FTER C LOSING .

   12

    S ECTION 5.05       I NSURANCE .

   14

    S ECTION 5.06       N ON - HIRE AND N ONSOLICITATION OF C ERTAIN E MPLOYEES .

   15

    S ECTION 5.07       F INANCIAL S UPPORT A RRANGEMENTS .

   17

    S ECTION 5.08       C ERTAIN I NTELLECTUAL P ROPERTY M ATTERS .

   17

    S ECTION 5.09       N OVATION OF G OVERNMENT C ONTRACTS .

   20


    S ECTION 5.10       C OMPANY F INANCING

   21

    S ECTION 5.11       C OMPETITIVE B USINESSES .

   21

    S ECTION 5.12       S TAY OF C IVIL P ROCEEDING .

   21

    S ECTION 5.13       N ON - COMPETITION A GREEMENT .

   23

    S ECTION 5.14       S PACEPORT L EASE .

   25

    S ECTION 5.15       C OMPLIANCE WITH A DMINISTRATIVE A GREEMENT .

   26

ARTICLE VI FURTHER COVENANTS AND AGREEMENTS OF THE PARTIES

   27

    S ECTION 6.01       F URTHER A SSURANCES .

   27

    S ECTION 6.02       C ERTAIN F ILINGS ; C ONSENTS .

   27

    S ECTION 6.03       P UBLIC A NNOUNCEMENTS .

   27

    S ECTION 6.04       A NTITRUST L AWS .

   27

    S ECTION 6.05       A GREEMENTS R EGARDING T AX M ATTERS .

   28

    S ECTION 6.06       A DMINISTRATION OF A CCOUNTS .

   30

    S ECTION 6.07       C LEARANCES ; U NDISCLOSED C ONTRACTS .

   30

    S ECTION 6.08       A UDITS .

   30

    S ECTION 6.09       C ERTAIN E NVIRONMENTAL M ATTERS .

   31

    S ECTION 6.10       P AYMENTS R ELATING TO C ERTAIN P RE - CLOSING A CTIVITIES .

   34

ARTICLE VII TRANSACTION DOCUMENTS

   34

    S ECTION 7.01       T RANSACTION D OCUMENTS

   34

ARTICLE VIII EMPLOYEE AND EMPLOYEE BENEFIT MATTERS

   34

    S ECTION 8.01       E MPLOYEE AND E MPLOYEE B ENEFIT M ATTERS .

   34

ARTICLE IX REAL PROPERTY AND RELATED MATTERS

   34

    S ECTION 9.01       C ERTAIN R EAL P ROPERTY AND R ELATED M ATTERS .

   34

ARTICLE X CONDITIONS TO CLOSING

   35

    S ECTION 10.01     C ONDITIONS TO O BLIGATIONS OF E ACH M EMBER .

   35

    S ECTION 10.02     C ONDITIONS TO O BLIGATIONS OF L OCKHEED M ARTIN .

   36

    S ECTION 10.03     C ONDITIONS TO O BLIGATIONS OF B OEING .

   37

    S ECTION 10.04     U PDATED D ISCLOSURE S CHEDULES .

   37

    S ECTION 10.05     M AE E XCEPTIONS .

   38

ARTICLE XI SURVIVAL; INDEMNIFICATION

   38

    S ECTION 11.01     S URVIVAL .

   38

    S ECTION 11.02     I NDEMNIFICATION .

   39

    S ECTION 11.03     P ROCEDURES .

   40

    S ECTION 11.04     L IMITATIONS .

   42

    S ECTION 11.05     R ECOVERY U NDER C ONTRACTS .

   43

ARTICLE XII TERMINATION

   45

    S ECTION 12.01     T ERMINATION .

   45

    S ECTION 12.02     E FFECT OF T ERMINATION .

   45

    S ECTION 12.03     N ON - EXCLUSIVE R EMEDIES .

   46

 

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ARTICLE XIII MISCELLANEOUS

   46

    S ECTION 13.01     N OTICES .

   46

    S ECTION 13.02     A MENDMENTS ; W AIVERS .

   48

    S ECTION 13.03     E XPENSES ; T AXES .

   48

    S ECTION 13.04     S UCCESSORS AND A SSIGNS .

   48

    S ECTION 13.05     D ISCLOSURE .

   49

    S ECTION 13.06     C ONSTRUCTION .

   49

    S ECTION 13.07     E NTIRE A GREEMENT .

   49

    S ECTION 13.08     G OVERNING L AW .

   50

    S ECTION 13.09     C OUNTERPARTS ; E FFECTIVENESS .

   50

    S ECTION 13.10     S EVERABILITY .

   50

    S ECTION 13.11     C APTIONS .

   50

    S ECTION 13.12     B ULK S ALES .

   51

    S ECTION 13.13     D ISCLAIMER OF A GENCY .

   51

    S ECTION 13.14     D ISPUTE R ESOLUTION .

   51

    S ECTION 13.15     J URISDICTION .

   53

    S ECTION 13.16     C ONSEQUENTIAL D AMAGES .

   53

    S ECTION 13.17     P ERFORMANCE .

   54

 

LIST OF EXHIBITS

 

Exhibit A

   Definitions

Exhibit B

   Representations and Warranties of Lockheed Martin

Exhibit C

   Representations and Warranties of Boeing

Exhibit D

   Representations and Warranties of the Company

 

LIST OF ATTACHMENTS

 

Attachment I-A

   Lockheed Martin Opening Statement

Attachment I-B

   Boeing Opening Statement

Attachment II

   Form of Certificate of Formation

Attachment III

   Form of Joinder to Joint Venture Master Agreement

Attachment IV

   Form of Operating Agreement

Attachment V-A

   Form of Lockheed Martin Contribution and Assumption Agreement

Attachment V-B

   Form of Boeing Contribution and Assumption Agreement

Attachment VI

   Form of Interim Operating Agreement

Attachment VII

   Form of Atlas Commercial Sales and Marketing Agreement with Term Sheet

Attachment VIII

   Form of Delta Commercial Sales and Marketing Agreement with Term Sheet

Attachment IX

   Denver Lease Agreement Term Sheet

Attachment X

   Form of Joint Signing Press Release

 

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Attachment XI

   Material Consents

Attachment XII

   Form of Settlement Agreement

Attachment XIII

   Delta Inventory Supply Agreement Term Sheet

 

LIST OF SCHEDULES

 

Transaction Agreement Schedules

 

Schedule 3.04(c)

   Lockheed Martin Threshold Amount

Schedule 3.04(d)

   Boeing Threshold Amount

Schedule 5.01

   Conduct of ELV Businesses

Schedule 5.06(a)

   Initial Lockheed Martin Business Employees

Schedule 5.06(b)

   Initial Boeing Business Employees

Schedule 11.02(a)

   Lockheed Martin Special Indemnity Items

Schedule 11.02(b)

   Boeing Special Indemnity Items

Schedule A-1

   Contributed Leased Real Property

Schedule A-2

   Contributed Owned Real Property

Schedule A-3

   Knowledge Groups

Schedule A-4

   Excluded Inventory

Schedule E.01

   Excluded Employees; Inactive Employees

Schedule E.05(e)

   Form of Amendment and Continuation of Pension Plan Agreement

Schedule E.05(f)

   Form of Pension Asset Transfer

Schedule E.05(g)

   Form of Amendment and Continuation of Pension Plan Agreement

Schedule E.14-1

   Certain Collective Bargaining Agreements

Schedule E.14-2

   Certain Collective Bargaining Agreements

Schedule E.14-3

   Certain Collective Bargaining Agreements

 

Lockheed Martin Disclosure Schedules

 

Schedule B.03

   Governmental Authorization

Schedule B.04

   Non-Contravention

Schedule B.05

   Opening Statement

Schedule B.06

   Absence of Certain Changes

Schedule B.07

   Sufficiency of and Title to Contributed Assets

Schedule B.08

   No Undisclosed Liabilities

Schedule B.09

   Litigation

Schedule B.10

   Material Contracts

Schedule B.11

   Licenses and Permits

Schedule B.13

   Environmental Compliance

Schedule B.14

   Compliance with Laws

Schedule B.15

   Intellectual Property

Schedule B.16

   Taxes

Schedule B.17

   Employee Benefit Matters

 

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Schedule B.18

   Government Contracts and Government Bids

Schedule B.19

   Government-Furnished Property or Equipment

Schedule B.20

   Backlog

Schedule B.21

   Labor and Employment Matters

Schedule B.22

   Product Warranties

Schedule B.23

   Insurance

Schedule B.24

   Clearances

Schedule B.25

   Foreign Corrupt Practices Act

Schedule B.26

   Export Control Laws

Schedule B.29

   Undisclosed Contracts

 

Boeing Disclosure Schedules

 

Schedule C.03

   Governmental Authorization

Schedule C.04

   Non-Contravention

Schedule C.05

   Opening Statement

Schedule C.06

   Absence of Certain Changes

Schedule C.07

   Sufficiency of and Title to Contributed Assets

Schedule C.08

   No Undisclosed Liabilities

Schedule C.09

   Litigation

Schedule C.10

   Material Contracts

Schedule C.11

   Licenses and Permits

Schedule C.13

   Environmental Compliance

Schedule C.14

   Compliance with Laws

Schedule C.15

   Intellectual Property

Schedule C.16

   Taxes

Schedule C.17

   Employee Benefit Matters

Schedule C.18

   Government Contracts and Government Bids

Schedule C.19

   Government-Furnished Property or Equipment

Schedule C.20

   Backlog

Schedule C.21

   Labor and Employment Matters

Schedule C.22

   Product Warranties

Schedule C.23

   Insurance

Schedule C.24

   Clearances

Schedule C.25

   Foreign Corrupt Practices Act

Schedule C.26

   Export Control Laws

Schedule C.28

   Undisclosed Contracts

 

Company Disclosure Schedules

 

Schedule D.03

   Governmental Authorization

Schedule D.04

   Non-Contravention

 

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JOINT VENTURE MASTER AGREEMENT

 

This Joint Venture Master Agreement (together with the Exhibits, Schedules and Attachments hereto, this “ Agreement ”) is made as of the 2 nd day of May 2005, by and among Lockheed Martin Corporation, a Maryland corporation (“ Lockheed Martin ”), The Boeing Company, a Delaware corporation (“ Boeing ”), and, subject to Section 2.01 hereof, a Delaware limited liability company to be formed (the “ Company ”). Lockheed Martin and Boeing are sometimes referred to herein as a “ Member ” or collectively as the “ Members .” The Members and the Company are sometimes referred to herein as a “ Party ” or collectively as the “ Parties .”

 

W I T N E S S E T H :

 

WHEREAS, each of the Members, among other things, is a developer and manufacturer of certain expendable launch vehicle systems and a supplier of related Launch Services to the U.S. Government;

 

WHEREAS, the Members desire to form a joint venture to develop and manufacture integrated ELV Systems and supply related Launch Services to the U.S. Government;

 

WHEREAS, the Members intend for the joint venture to maintain each of the Members’ independent ELV System platforms and thereby support assured access to space while operating as a combined entity to enhance operating efficiencies and reduce costs; and

 

WHEREAS, in furtherance of the objectives set forth above, the Parties desire to enter into this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents;

 

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual covenants and agreements of the Parties contained herein and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the Parties agree as follows:

 

ARTICLE I

DEFINITIONS

 

Section 1.01 Definitions . Capitalized terms used in this Agreement shall have the meanings specified in Exhibit A or elsewhere in this Agreement.

 

ARTICLE II

THE JOINT VENTURE

 

Section 2.01 Organization of the Company . Prior to the Closing, the Members shall cause the Company to be formed as a Delaware limited liability company by filing a certificate of formation with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware substantially in the form attached hereto as Attachment II (the “ Certificate of Formation ”). On or before the Closing Date, the Members shall cause the Company to execute a joinder to this Agreement as a Party hereto in the form attached hereto as Attachment III (the “ Joinder ”).


Section 2.02 Operating Agreement . From the date of its formation until the Closing Date, the affairs of the Company shall be governed by an interim Operating Agreement substantially in the form attached hereto as Attachment VI (the “ Interim Operating Agreement ”). On the Closing Date, each of the Members shall execute and deliver an Amended and Restated Operating Agreement governing the affairs of the Company and the conduct of the Company’s business substantially in the form attached hereto as Attachment IV (the “ Operating Agreement ”), which Operating Agreement shall amend and replace in its entirety the Interim Operating Agreement.

 

Section 2.03 Name . The name of the Company shall be as mutually agreed by the Members prior to the Closing.

 

Section 2.04 Principal Place of Business . The principal place of business of the Company shall be located at 12257 S. Wadsworth Blvd., Littleton, Colorado 80125. The headquarters, engineering and administrative functions of the Company shall be performed at the Company’s principal place of business. The principal place of business of the Company may be transferred from time to time to such other place as may be designated by the Board in accordance with the terms and conditions of the Operating Agreement.

 

Section 2.05 Other Facilities . The Company’s principal manufacturing operations shall be performed at 100 Decatur Way, Trinity, Alabama 35673. In addition, the Company shall maintain ancillary manufacturing operations at, among other places, 2717 Airport Drive, West Warehouse and 2800 Airport Drive, Harlingen, Texas 78550. The Company’s east coast launch operations shall be performed at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida, and the Company’s west coast launch operations shall be performed at Vandenberg Air Force Base, California. The location of each of the facilities may be changed from time to time as such places may be designated by the Board in accordance with the terms and conditions of the Operating Agreement.

 

Section 2.06 Members . Upon the formation of the Company, at all times prior to the Closing and immediately prior to the Closing, each of Lockheed Martin and Boeing shall have a 50% membership interest in the Company. As of the Closing, each of Lockheed Martin and Boeing shall transfer either (i) a portion of its membership interest in the Company to one or more of its direct or indirect wholly owned domestic Subsidiaries, or (ii) its entire membership interest in the Company to two or more of its direct or indirect wholly owned domestic Subsidiaries, which transfers shall in each case be made in accordance with and subject to the provisions of the Operating Agreement.

 

Section 2.07 Board of Directors and Officers . From and after the Closing, the Company shall be managed by the Board and by officers as provided in the Operating Agreement. Prior to the Closing, the Company shall be managed by the Members and may act only upon the unanimous written consent of the Members.

 

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Section 2.08 Purpose of the Company . Each of the Parties hereby acknowledges and agrees that the exclusive purposes for which the Company will be formed shall be:

 

(a) to design, develop, manufacture, sell, repair, service and support ELV Systems, and to supply related Launch Services using such ELV Systems, (i) to the U.S. Government pursuant to one or more Contracts between the Company and the U.S. Government or to any Person in furtherance of a DIO Contract, (ii) subject to the limitations set forth in Section 10.06 of the Operating Agreement, to commercial launch services providers (including the Members or their respective Affiliates) for marketing and sale to Commercial Customers, (iii) to a Member or an Affiliate of a Member where the Member or such Affiliate employs the Launch Services in connection with a DIO Contract, (iv) to Lockheed Martin or any of its Affiliates in connection with the development of, or the sale to the U.S. Government of, any component of an Atlas III or Atlas V, (v) to Boeing or any of its Affiliates in connection with the development of, or the sale to the U.S. Government of, any component of a Delta II or Delta IV, and (vi) pursuant to and in accordance with the terms and conditions of the Galex Contract and any follow on Contracts to the Galex Contract;

 

(b) to enter into agreements with the Members or their respective Affiliates for the purpose of designing and developing unique capabilities of expendable launch vehicles where the ultimate customer would be the U.S. Government, including under a DIO Contract, which agreements shall contain appropriate firewall and confidentiality provisions to protect the proprietary interests of the parties to the agreements (including proprietary trade secrets of the parties) and provisions relating to the ownership of any intellectual property created in connection with the work to be done under such agreements; and

 

(c) to enter into and perform its obligations under the Transaction Documents to which it is a party.

 

Notwithstanding the foregoing, it is acknowledged and agreed that the Company shall not at any time market or sell any ELV System or related Launch Service to any Commercial Customer except indirectly pursuant to a Contract between the Company and a commercial launch services provider. The Company may engage in any activity and perform any and all acts necessary, appropriate, proper, advisable, incidental or convenient to or in furtherance of the foregoing purposes.

 

Section 2.09 Term . The term of the Company shall be perpetual unless earlier terminated in accordance with the provisions of the Operating Agreement.

 

Section 2.10 Tax Treatment .

 

(a) It is the intent of the Members that the Company shall at all times be classified as a partnership for Income Tax purposes. The Company shall not elect to be treated as a corporation for Income Tax purposes unless each of the Members shall consent in writing. Neither Member shall recognize or report any income, deduction, gain, or loss for federal Income Tax purposes on the contribution and transfer of assets to the Company at the Closing or any other transaction under section 3.01 of this Agreement. Lockheed Martin agrees to continue prosecuting the change in accounting method for service contracts that it filed with the Internal Revenue Service on December 9, 2004. Each Member agrees not to take any position on any Tax Return or any Tax filing, or in any Tax audit or proceeding, that is inconsistent with this Section 2.10 (provided, however, that each Member shall have the right at any time to seek the

 

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opinion of independent tax counsel of national reputation reasonably acceptable to the other Member (“ Tax Counsel ”) that there is no reasonable basis for a position consistent with this Section 2.10, and upon providing such opinion of Tax Counsel to the other Member shall be entitled to take such an inconsistent position), and each Member agrees to provide the other Member with advance notice of any public filing or documentation that is inconsistent with this Section 2.10.

 

(b) Each Member acknowledges that reporting for financial accounting purposes may differ from federal Income Tax treatment, and that Section 2.10(a) shall not prevent either Member from appropriately reporting the transactions contemplated by this Agreement for financial accounting purposes as required under GAAP.

 

Section 2.11 Independent Operation of Company . Subject to the provisions of the Operating Agreement, the Company shall operate as an independent entity separate and apart from the Members. From and after the Closing, the Company shall take such actions as are consistent with the operation of an independent business, including hiring and maintaining its own workforce, entering into and fully performing its own Contracts and maintaining its own property, facilities and equipment. From and after the Closing, the Company shall assume complete ownership of and control over the Contributed Assets and shall assume complete responsibility for the Assumed Liabilities, including the assumption of performance of all Contracts constituting Contributed Assets, subject to the terms hereof.

 

Section 2.12 Compliance with Applicable Law . The Company shall, and the Members shall at all times cause the Company to, conduct all of its activities in full compliance with Applicable Laws and all ethics and compliance policies adopted from time to time by the Company.

 

ARTICLE III

TRANSACTIONS AND CLOSING

 

Section 3.01 Closing Transactions . Upon the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents, the Parties agree that at the Closing, among other things:

 

(a) Lockheed Martin shall contribute, or shall cause its Affiliated Transferors to contribute, the Lockheed Martin Contributed Assets to the Company in exchange for a 50% membership interest in the Company;

 

(b) Boeing shall contribute, or shall cause its Affiliated Transferors to contribute, the Boeing Contributed Assets to the Company in exchange for a 50% membership interest in the Company;

 

(c) the Company shall assume and agree to pay, satisfy and discharge the Lockheed Martin Assumed Liabilities;

 

(d) the Company shall assume and agree to pay, satisfy and discharge the Boeing Assumed Liabilities;

 

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(e) to effect the contribution of the Lockheed Martin Contributed Assets and the assumption of the Lockheed Martin Assumed Liabilities, Lockheed Martin or its Affiliated Transferors, as the case may be, and the Company shall execute and deliver the Lockheed Martin Contribution and Assumption Agreement;

 

(f) to effect the contribution of the Boeing Contributed Assets and the assumption of the Boeing Assumed Liabilities, Boeing or its Affiliated Transferors, as the case may be, and the Company shall execute and deliver the Boeing Contribution and Assumption Agreement;

 

(g) the Parties shall execute and deliver, and shall cause their respective Subsidiaries to execute and deliver, as applicable, the Transition Services Agreements, the Commercial Sales and Marketing Agreements, the Settlement Agreement and each of the other Transaction Documents contemplated to be executed and delivered at the Closing;

 

(h) each Member or its applicable Affiliated Transferor, as the case may be, and the Company shall execute and deliver assignment agreements for the assignment to the Company of the leases governing the Contributed Leased Real Property on terms and conditions to be mutually agreed between the Members; provided , however , that if any landlord of any Contributed Leased Real Property is unwilling either to release the applicable Member or its Affiliated Transferor from all liabilities and obligations under the lease relating to such Contributed Leased Real Property or to include in the consent to any such assignment a recapture provision that would allow such Member or its Affiliated Transferor to take back the lease in the event of a default by the Company under the lease, at the option of such Member, in lieu thereof, such Member or its applicable Affiliated Transferor, as the case may be, and the Company shall execute and deliver a sublease agreement for the sublease by the Company of such Contributed Leased Real Property on terms and conditions to be mutually agreed between the Members;

 

(i) to effect the lease of the Denver Facility and related matters, Lockheed Martin (or its Affiliated Transferors, as the case may be) and the Company shall execute and deliver one or more lease agreements on terms and conditions consistent with the terms and conditions summarized in Attachment IX (as the same may be amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “ Denver Lease Agreement ”);

 

(j) to ensure an adequate supply of certain components used in Delta II and Delta IV launch vehicles, Boeing (or its Affiliated Transferors, as the case may be) and the Company shall execute and deliver a supply agreement on terms and conditions consistent with the terms and conditions summarized in Attachment XIII , as the same may be amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time (the “ Delta Inventory Supply Agreement ”); and

 

(k) to ensure continuation of existing business relationships between Lockheed Martin’s ELV Business and other businesses of Lockheed Martin (including Lockheed Martin’s business unit in Fort Worth, Texas) and Boeing’s ELV Business and other businesses of Boeing (including Boeing’s business unit in Huntington Beach, California), the Company and Lockheed Martin and the Company and Boeing, as the case may be, shall enter into such supply, purchase and other arrangements as may be agreed upon by the Parties, on terms and conditions consistent with existing intercompany agreements or arrangements or on such other terms and conditions as may be agreed to by the Parties.

 

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Section 3.02 Closing . The closing (the “ Closing ”) of the Contemplated Transactions shall take place at the offices of King & Spalding LLP, 1700 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20006, at 10:00 a.m. on the third Business Day following the satisfaction or waiver (by the Member entitled to waive the condition) of all conditions to the Closing set forth in Article X, or at such other time and place as the Parties may agree. The Closing will become effective at 12:01 a.m., Eastern time, on the Closing Date.

 

Section 3.03 Opening Statement . Attached hereto as Attachment I-A and Attachment I-B , respectively, is an Unaudited Statement of Net Assets of each of Lockheed Martin’s and Boeing’s respective ELV Business at December 31, 2004, together with the Notes thereto (each, an “ Opening Statement ”).

 

Section 3.04 Adjustment of Contributions .

 

(a) Promptly following the Closing Date, but in no event later than 90 days after the Closing Date, each Member shall, at its expense and with the assistance of the Company, prepare and submit to the Company and the other Member a statement setting forth, in reasonable detail, such Member’s calculation of the Net Working Capital of its ELV Business as of the close of business on the day prior to the Closing Date (as to each Member, its “ Proposed Adjusted Net Working Capital Amount ”). In the event a Member disputes the correctness of the other Member’s Proposed Adjusted Net Working Capital Amount, such Member shall notify the other Member in writing of its objections within 60 days after receipt of the other Member’s calculation of its Proposed Adjusted Net Working Capital Amount and shall set forth, in writing and in reasonable detail, the reasons for its objections. To be assertable, an objection by a Member with respect to any individual item in respect of the other Member’s Proposed Adjusted Net Working Capital Amount must be in an amount equal to or greater than $25,000 (it being understood that, for purposes of clarification and not by way of limitation, a method of valuation or the application of an accounting principle used in the preparation of a Member’s Proposed Adjusted Net Working Capital Amount each shall be deemed a separate “item” for purposes of this Section 3.04(a)) and assert that the item was not prepared in accordance with Section 3.04(b). To the extent a Member does not so object, in writing and in reasonable detail as required and within the time period contemplated by this Section 3.04(a), each of the Members shall be deemed to have accepted the other Member’s calculation and presentation in respect of the matters not subject to objection and such matters shall not be considered to be in dispute. The Members shall endeavor in good faith to resolve any disputed matters within 60 days after the date on which the last notice of objections was delivered to a Member. If the Members are unable to resolve the disputed matters, the Members shall engage a nationally known independent accounting firm (the “ Unaffiliated Firm ”), other than Ernst & Young LLP or Deloitte & Touche LLP, to resolve the matters in dispute (in accordance with Section 3.04(b) and consistent, to the extent possible, with any matters not in dispute). The Members shall jointly engage the Unaffiliated Firm. Promptly after such engagement of the Unaffiliated Firm, the Members will provide the Unaffiliated Firm with a copy of this Agreement, the Opening Statements, the statements of Proposed Adjusted Net Working Capital Amounts and any written notices of objections related thereto. Each Member shall deliver to the Unaffiliated Firm a

 

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written submission of its position with respect to the matters in dispute, which submissions shall be delivered by each Member to the Unaffiliated Firm and to the other Member simultaneously within 15 days of the engagement of such Unaffiliated Firm. Each Member shall thereafter be entitled to submit a rebuttal to the other Member’s submission, which rebuttals shall be delivered to the Unaffiliated Firm and to the other Member simultaneously within 30 days of the delivery of the Members’ initial submissions. The Unaffiliated Firm may request additional information from either Member, but absent such a request neither Member may make (nor permit any of its Affiliates or Representatives to make) any additional submission to the Unaffiliated Firm or otherwise communicate with the Unaffiliated Firm, and in no event will either Member (i) communicate (or permit any of its Affiliates or Representatives to communicate) with the Unaffiliated Firm without providing the other Member a reasonable opportunity to participate in such communication or (ii) make (or permit any of its Affiliates or Representatives to make) a written submission to the Unaffiliated Firm unless a copy of such submission is simultaneously provided to the other Member. Either Member may make a written request for a hearing with the Unaffiliated Firm by delivering notice to the other Member and the Unaffiliated Firm within 15 days after the submission of rebuttals by the Members. Within 30 days of such written request, the Unaffiliated Firm shall hold a joint hearing, in person or by teleconference, at which each Member shall be entitled to make an oral presentation and rebuttal. The Unaffiliated Firm shall have 30 days from the date of such hearing (or, if no such hearing is requested, from the date of submission of written rebuttals) to review the documents provided to it pursuant to this Section 3.04(a) and deliver its written determination with respect to each of the adjustments in dispute submitted to it for resolution. The Unaffiliated Firm shall resolve the differences regarding the statements of Proposed Adjusted Net Working Capital Amounts based solely on the information provided to the Unaffiliated Firm by the Members pursuant to the terms of this Agreement (and not by independent review). The Unaffiliated Firm’s authority will be limited to resolving disputes with respect to whether the statements of Proposed Adjusted Net Working Capital Amounts were prepared in accordance with the terms of Section 3.04(b) with respect to the individual items on the statements of Proposed Adjusted Net Working Capital Amounts in dispute (it being understood that the Unaffiliated Firm will have no authority to make any adjustments to any financial statements or amounts other than the statements of Proposed Adjusted Net Working Capital Amounts and amounts set forth therein that are in dispute). In resolving any disputed item, the Unaffiliated Firm may not assign a value to such item greater than the greatest value for such item asserted by either Member or less than the smallest value for such item asserted by either Member. The determination of the Unaffiliated Firm in respect of the correctness of each matter remaining in dispute in accordance with this Section 3.04(a) shall be conclusive and binding on the Members and judgment may be entered thereon as an arbitration award pursuant to 9 U.S.C. § 9 in any court of competent jurisdiction. The Net Working Capital of each Member’s ELV Business as of the close of business on the day prior to the Closing Date, as finally determined pursuant to this Section 3.04(a), is referred to herein as the “ Adjusted Net Working Capital Amount ” of such Member’s ELV Business.

 

(b) The Proposed Adjusted Net Working Capital Amount and the Adjusted Net Working Capital Amount of each Member’s ELV Business shall be determined in accordance with the accounting principles, policies, practices, methods and procedures, applied on a consistent basis in accordance with past practice, utilized in the preparation of such Member’s Opening Statement as disclosed in the Notes to such Opening Statement, in each case except as otherwise set forth in the Notes to such Opening Statement.

 

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(c) If Lockheed Martin’s Adjusted Net Working Capital Amount is less than the amount set forth on Schedule 3.04(c) (the “ Lockheed Martin Threshold Amount ”), then Lockheed Martin shall pay the difference to the Company, and if Lockheed Martin’s Adjusted Net Working Capital Amount is greater than the Lockheed Martin Threshold Amount, then the Company shall pay the difference to Lockheed Martin, in each case with simple interest thereon from the Closing Date to the date of payment at a rate per annum equal to the per annum interest rate announced from time to time by JPMorgan Chase Bank as its prime rate in effect; provided , that neither Lockheed Martin nor the Company shall have any obligation to make a payment to the other under this Section 3.04(c) unless the amount of the difference (whether positive or negative) between Lockheed Martin’s Adjusted Net Working Capital Amount and the Lockheed Martin Threshold Amount shall be equal to or greater than $5,000,000 (it being understood that in the event any such adjustment shall be equal to or greater than $5,000,000, the Company or Lockheed Martin, as the case may be, shall pay to the other the entire amount of such difference). Any such payment shall be made in immediately available funds not later than five Business Days after the determination of Lockheed Martin’s Adjusted Net Working Capital Amount by wire transfer to a bank account designated in writing by the payee to the payor within two Business Days of the date of the determination of such Adjusted Net Working Capital Amount. The obligations of Lockheed Martin and the Company under this Section 3.04(c) are independent of the obligations of Boeing and the Company under Section 3.04(d).

 

(d) If Boeing’s Adjusted Net Working Capital Amount is less than the amount set forth on Schedule 3.04(d) (the “ Boeing Threshold Amount ”), then Boeing shall pay the difference to the Company, and if Boeing’s Adjusted Net Working Capital Amount is greater than the Boeing Threshold Amount, then the Company shall pay the difference to Boeing, in each case with simple interest thereon from the Closing Date to the date of payment at a rate per annum equal to the per annum interest rate announced from time to time by JPMorgan Chase Bank as its prime rate in effect; provided , that neither Boeing nor the Company shall have any obligation to make a payment to the other under this Section 3.04(d) unless the amount of the difference (whether positive or negative) between Boeing’s Adjusted Net Working Capital Amount and the Boeing Threshold Amount shall be equal to or greater than $5,000,000 (it being understood that in the event any such adjustment shall be equal to or greater than $5,000,000, the Company or Boeing, as the case may be, shall pay to the other the entire amount of such difference). Any such payment shall be made in immediately available funds not later than five Business Days after the determination of Boeing’s Adjusted Net Working Capital Amount by wire transfer to a bank account designated in writing by the payee to the payor within two Business Days of the date of the determination of such Adjusted Net Working Capital Amount. The obligations of Boeing and the Company under this Section 3.04(d) are independent of the obligations of Lockheed Martin and the Company under Section 3.04(c).

 

(e) Subject to any applicable privileges (including the attorney-client privilege), each Member shall make available to the other and, upon reasonable request, to the Unaffiliated Firm, the books, records, documents and work papers underlying the preparation of such Member’s Opening Statement and the calculation of such Member’s Proposed Adjusted Net Working Capital Amount and the relevant personnel of such Member.

 

(f) The fees and expenses, if any, of the Unaffiliated Firm shall be shared equally by the Members.

 

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Section 3.05 Assignment of Contracts and Rights . Anything in this Agreement to the contrary notwithstanding, this Agreement shall not constitute an agreement to contribute or otherwise sell, convey, transfer, assign or sublicense any Contract, license or permit constituting a Contributed Asset, or any claim, right or benefit arising thereunder or resulting therefrom, or to enter into any other agreement or arrangement with respect thereto, if an attempted assignment, sale, conveyance, sublicense or transfer thereof, or entering into any such agreement or arrangement, without the consent of a third party, would constitute a breach of, or other contravention under, any agreement to which either Member is a party, be ineffective with respect to any party thereto or in any way adversely affect the rights of either Member or the Company thereunder. With respect to any such Contract, license or permit or any claim, right or benefit arising thereunder or resulting therefrom, promptly after the date hereof, the Parties will use reasonable commercial efforts (but without any payment of money or other transfer of value by either Member or the Company or any of their respective Affiliates to any third party) to obtain any required consent for the assignment, transfer or sublicense of any such Contract, license or permit to the Company, or written confirmation reasonably satisfactory in form and substance to the Parties confirming that such consent is not required. If a required consent is not obtained with respect to any such Contract, license or permit, or if an attempted assignment, transfer or sublicense thereof would be ineffective or would adversely affect the right of either Member or the Company thereunder (a “ Consent Failure ”), the applicable Member and the Company will cooperate in a mutually agreeable arrangement under which the Company would obtain the benefits thereunder in accordance with this Agreement, including subcontracting or subleasing to the Company, subject to Applicable Law and the terms of any such Contract, license or permit, with the Company obtaining the claims, rights and benefits of the applicable Member and assuming the obligations under such Contract, license or permit in accordance with this Agreement, and the Members will enforce at the request of and for the benefit of the Company, with the Company assuming the Members’ obligations, any and all claims, rights and benefits of the Members against any third party thereto arising from any such Contract, license or permit (including the right to elect to terminate such Contract in accordance with the terms thereof upon the request of the Company). If any Consent Failure occurs and the applicable Member and the Company have failed to have entered into an arrangement to provide to the Company the benefits under the relevant Contract, license or permit, such Member and the Company shall cooperate following the Closing to obtain such consent or enter into an agreement with respect thereto as soon as reasonably practicable thereafter. Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Section 3.05, in the case of commercial off-the-shelf (“ COTS ”) software having an initial purchase price of $10,000 or less per copy, the Company shall have the sole responsibility for obtaining license rights to use such software at the Company’s cost and expense.

 

ARTICLE IV

REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES

 

Section 4.01 Representations and Warranties of Lockheed Martin . Lockheed Martin represents and warrants to Boeing and to the Company as set forth in Exhibit B .

 

Section 4.02 Representations and Warranties of Boeing . Boeing represents and warrants to Lockheed Martin and to the Company as set forth in Exhibit C .

 

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Section 4.03 Representations and Warranties of the Company . The Company represents and warrants to the Members as set forth in Exhibit D .

 

ARTICLE V

COVENANTS AND AGREEMENTS OF THE PARTIES

 

Section 5.01 Conduct of ELV Businesses . Except as set forth in Schedule 5.01 , as otherwise contemplated by this Agreement or as required by Applicable Law, from the date of this Agreement until the Closing Date, each of the Members shall conduct, and shall cause its respective Subsidiaries to conduct, its ELV Business in all material respects in accordance with the historical and customary operating practices relating to the conduct of such ELV Business and shall use reasonable commercial efforts to preserve intact its ELV Business and its relationships with employees and other third parties in connection with the operation of its ELV Business. In addition to and without limiting the generality of the foregoing, except (i) with the written consent of the other Member (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed), (ii) as set forth in Schedule 5.01 , or (iii) as required by Applicable Law or in accordance with the terms and conditions of Contracts (including any collective bargaining agreements) in existence on the date of this Agreement, neither Member shall, and each Member shall cause its Subsidiaries not to, (a) rebadge or otherwise transfer any Business Employee such that he or she no longer would be a Business Employee, or (b) engage in any transaction that, if engaged in since December 31, 2004, but on or before the date of this Agreement, and not listed in Schedule B.06 or Schedule C.06 , respectively, would constitute a breach of the representations and warranties of the Member contained in clauses (c) through (g) of Section B.06 of Exhibit B or Section C.06 of Exhibit C , respectively.

 

Section 5.02 Conduct of Business of the Company . From and after the formation of the Company in accordance with Section 2.01 and until the Closing Date, the Members (i) shall not conduct any business with or through the Company, and the Company shall not conduct any business, take any action or incur any liability, except as expressly provided in this Agreement or as otherwise expressly agreed in writing by the Members, and (ii) shall take such actions as may be necessary to cause the Company to satisfy its obligations under this Agreement in connection with the Contemplated Transactions. In addition to and notwithstanding the foregoing, any action of the Company prior to the Closing Date shall require the unanimous written consent of the Members.

 

Section 5.03 Access to Information; Confidentiality .

 

(a) Except as may be necessary to comply with any Applicable Laws (including Antitrust Laws and similar laws), subject to any applicable privileges (including the attorney-client privilege), subject to the terms and conditions of the Confidentiality Agreement and this Section 5.03, subject to the provisions of Section 5.11 and subject to the terms and conditions of any confidentiality or similar agreements between either of the Members and a third party, including customers, vendors and subcontractors, from the date of this Agreement until the Closing Date, each Member shall (i) during normal business hours and upon reasonable prior notice, give the other Member and its Representatives reasonable access to the records of such Member and its Subsidiaries relating to its ELV Business, (ii) during normal business hours and upon reasonable prior notice, give the other Member and its Representatives reasonable

 

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access to any facilities the possession of which shall be transferred to the Company at Closing, (iii) furnish to the other Member and its Representatives such financial and operating data and other information relating to its ELV Business as the other Member may reasonably request, (iv) instruct its employees and Representatives to provide reasonable cooperation to the other Member in the other Member’s investigation of its ELV Business and (v) use reasonable commercial efforts to obtain the consent or waiver of any third parties with whom such Member has entered into a confidentiality or similar arrangement in connection with such Member’s ELV Business to the disclosure of contracts or other information with respect to the Member’s relationship with such third parties. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, and subject to the limitations set forth in the first sentence of this Section 5.03(a), from the date of this Agreement until the Closing Date, each Member shall use reasonable commercial efforts to enable the other Member and its Representatives to conduct, at such other Member’s expense, business and financial reviews, investigations and studies as to the operation of such Member’s ELV Business, including with respect to any tax, operating or other efficiencies that may be achieved through the Company. Notwithstanding the foregoing, neither Member nor any of their respective Representatives shall have access to personnel records of the other Member relating to individual performance or evaluation records, medical histories or records or other information that in such other Member’s good faith opinion is sensitive or the disclosure of which could subject such Member or its Subsidiaries to risk of liability. Each Member shall make available to the Company personnel files of its respective Business Employees only after the Closing Date and only if and when the respective Member provides the Company with notice that the applicable Business Employee has provided the Member with a written release permitting transfer of those files; provided , however , that the Company shall hold the respective Member harmless from any and all Damages arising out of or relating to the transfer of the personnel files.

 

(b) Each Member agrees that all information provided or otherwise made available to it or any of its Representatives in connection with the Contemplated Transactions shall be governed by the provisions of, and treated as if provided or otherwise made available under, the Confidentiality Agreement (regardless of whether or not the Confidentiality Agreement is in effect or has been terminated or superseded); provided , that nothing in this Section 5.03 shall limit or otherwise restrict the applicability of any other confidentiality or similar provisions included in any of the Transaction Documents or any other agreement between the Members. Notwithstanding the provisions of this Section 5.03 or any other provision of this Agreement, the Members acknowledge and agree that all information disclosed or otherwise discovered by the Parties pursuant to this Section 5.03 shall be used solely for the purpose of evaluating the Contemplated Transactions and the satisfaction of the conditions to Closing set forth in this Agreement and that no such information shall be used for any other purpose, including in connection with the Civil Proceeding or any other Proceedings involving the Members and arising out of any matters other than the Contemplated Transactions.

 

(c) For a period commencing on the Closing Date and ending on the fifth anniversary of the Closing Date, each Member shall treat and hold as confidential (A) all confidential or proprietary information related to, in the case of Boeing, the Boeing Assumed Liabilities or the Boeing Contributed Assets and, in the case of Lockheed Martin, the Lockheed Martin Assumed Liabilities or the Lockheed Martin Contributed Assets, or related to the operations or affairs of the other Member’s ELV Business, and (B) all confidential or proprietary

 

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information of the other Member disclosed by such other Member under Section 5.03(a) or otherwise made available by the other Member in connection with the Contemplated Transactions. In addition, each Member shall continue to comply with all non-disclosure and confidentiality provisions of all Contracts in effect on the Closing Date that are contributed to the Company as Contributed Assets for the maximum period of time required under such Contracts. In the event any Member is requested or required (by oral or written request for information or documents in any legal proceeding, interrogatory, subpoena, civil investigative demand or similar process or by Applicable Law) to disclose any such confidential or proprietary information, then such Member shall notify the other Member or the Company, as the case may be, promptly of the request or requirement so that the other Member or the Company, at its expense, may seek an appropriate protective order or waive compliance with this Section 5.03. If, in the absence of a protective order or receipt of a waiver hereunder, a Member is, on the advice of counsel, compelled to disclose such confidential information, such Member may so disclose the confidential or proprietary information; provided that such Member shall use reasonable commercial efforts to obtain reliable assurance that confidential treatment shall be accorded to such confidential or proprietary information. The provisions of this Section 5.03(c) shall not be deemed to prohibit the disclosure by either Member of confidential or proprietary information relating to the operations or affairs of its ELV Business to the extent reasonably required (i) to prepare or complete any required Tax Returns or financial statements, (ii) in connection with audits or other proceedings by or on behalf of a Governmental Authority, (iii) in connection with any insurance or benefits claims, (iv) to the extent necessary to comply with any Applicable Laws, (v) to provide services to the Company in accordance with the terms and conditions of any of the Transaction Documents, (vi) in connection with asserting any rights or remedies or performing any obligations under any of the Transaction Documents, or (vii) in connection with any other similar administrative functions in the ordinary course of business; provided that in each such case such Member shall use reasonable commercial efforts to obtain reliable assurance that confidential treatment shall be accorded to such confidential or proprietary information. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the provisions of this Section 5.03 shall not apply to information that (x) is or becomes publicly available other than as a result of a disclosure by the Member required to keep the information confidential, (y) is or becomes available to a Member on a non-confidential basis from a source that, to such Member’s knowledge, is not prohibited from disclosing such information by a legal, contractual or fiduciary obligation, or (z) is or has been independently developed by the Member required to keep the information confidential (other than in connection with, in the case of Boeing, the Boeing Assumed Liabilities or the Boeing Contributed Assets or, in the case of Lockheed Martin, the Lockheed Martin Assumed Liabilities or the Lockheed Martin Contributed Assets) as evidenced by written documentation.

 

Section 5.04 Provision and Preservation of and Access to Certain Information; Cooperation After Closing .

 

(a) On and after the Closing Date, the Company shall preserve all books and records of the Members’ respective ELV Businesses for a period of six years commencing on the Closing Date (or (i) in the case of books and records relating to Tax, employment, environmental and employee benefits matters until such time as all statutes of limitations to which such records relate have expired, (ii) in the case of books and records relating to any Government Contract, until the date that is 12 months after the date on which Lockheed Martin, Boeing or the

 

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Company, as the case may be, reaches final agreement with the U.S. Government in respect of any open issues applicable to such Government Contract, including the resolution of the incurred costs applicable to such Government Contract, and (iii) in the case of books and records as to which Applicable Law requires a longer period, for such longer period), and thereafter the Company shall not destroy or dispose of such records without giving notice to the Members of such pending disposal and offering the applicable Member such records. In the event the applicable Member has not requested such materials or directed the Company to retain such materials for a longer period of time within 90 days following the receipt of such notice from the Company, the Company may proceed to destroy or dispose of such materials.

 

(b) Except as may be necessary to comply with any Applicable Laws (including Antitrust Laws and similar laws), subject to any applicable privileges (including the attorney-client privilege), subject to the terms and conditions of the Operating Agreement and this Section 5.04 and subject to the terms and conditions of any confidentiality or similar agreements between the Company and a third party, including customers, vendors and subcontractors, from and after the Closing Date, the Company shall (i) afford the Members and their respective Representatives reasonable access upon reasonable prior notice during normal business hours, to all employees, offices, properties, agreements, records, books and affairs of the Company and, at the applicable Member’s expense, provide copies of such information concerning the Company, as the Members may reasonably request for any proper purpose, (ii) use reasonable commercial efforts to cooperate with the Members for any of the purposes contemplated by the preceding clause (i), and (iii) use reasonable commercial efforts to cooperate with the Members in the defense of or pursuit of any Excluded Liability, Excluded Asset or Indemnified Claim between the Members, or any claim or action that relates to an Excluded Liability, Excluded Asset or Indemnified Claim between the Members; provided that the applicable Member shall reimburse the Company for any reasonable out-of-pocket expenses incurred by the Company in connection with any such defense, claim or action. Each Member agrees to treat and hold as confidential all information provided or otherwise made available to it or any of its Representatives under this Section 5.04(b) in accordance with the provisions of Section 5.04(d) and the confidentiality provisions of the Operating Agreement.

 

(c) Except as may be necessary to comply with any Applicable Laws (including Antitrust Laws and similar laws), subject to any applicable privileges (including the attorney-client privilege), subject to the terms and conditions of the Operating Agreement and this Section 5.04 and subject to the terms and conditions of any confidentiality or similar agreements between either of the Members and a third party, including customers, vendors and subcontractors, from and after the Closing Date, each Member shall, and shall cause each of its Subsidiaries to, at the Company’s expense (i) afford the Company and its Representatives reasonable access, upon reasonable prior notice during normal business hours, to all employees, offices, properties, agreements, records, books and affairs of such Member and its Subsidiaries to the extent relating to the conduct of such Member’s ELV Business prior to the Closing, as the Company may reasonably request for any proper purpose and (ii) use reasonable commercial efforts to cooperate with the Company with respect to matters relating to the conduct of such Member’s ELV Business prior to the Closing, including in the defense or pursuit of any Contributed Asset or Assumed Liability or any claim or action that relates to occurrences involving the Members’ respective ELV Businesses prior to the Closing Date; provided that the Company shall reimburse the Members for any reasonable out-of-pocket expenses incurred by

 

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the Members or their Subsidiaries in connection with any such defense, claim or action. The Company agrees to treat and hold as confidential all information provided or otherwise made available to it or any of its Representatives under this Section 5.04(c) in accordance with the provisions of Section 5.04(d) and the confidentiality provisions of the Operating Agreement.

 

(d) In the event a Member or the Company is requested or required (by oral or written request for information or documents in any legal proceeding, interrogatory, subpoena, civil investigative demand or similar process or by Applicable Law) to disclose any confidential or proprietary information provided to such Party under this Section 5.04, then such Member or the Company, as the case may be, shall notify the disclosing Party promptly of the request or requirement so that the disclosing Party, at its expense, may seek an appropriate protective order or waive compliance with Section 5.04(b) or Section 5.04(c), as the case may be. If, in the absence of a protective order or receipt of a waiver hereunder, such Party is, on the advice of counsel, compelled to disclose such confidential or proprietary information, such Party may so disclose the confidential or proprietary information; provided that such Party shall use reasonable commercial efforts to obtain reliable assurance that confidential treatment shall be accorded to such confidential or proprietary information. The provisions of this Section 5.04(d) shall not be deemed to prohibit the disclosure by any Party of confidential or proprietary information to the extent reasonably required (i) to prepare or complete any required Tax Returns or financial statements, (ii) in connection with audits or other proceedings by or on behalf of a Governmental Authority, (iii) in connection with any insurance or benefits claims, (iv) to the extent necessary to comply with any Applicable Laws, (v) to provide services to the disclosing Party or the Company in accordance with the terms and conditions of any of the Transaction Documents, (vi) in connection with asserting any rights or remedies or performing any obligations under any of the Transaction Documents, or (vii) in connection with any other similar administrative functions in the ordinary course of business; provided that in each such case such Party shall use reasonable commercial efforts to obtain reliable assurance that confidential treatment shall be accorded to such confidential or proprietary information. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the confidentiality restrictions of this Section 5.04 shall not apply to information that (x) is or becomes publicly available other than as a result of a disclosure by the receiving Party, (y) is or becomes available to a Party on a non-confidential basis from a source that, to such Party’s knowledge, is not prohibited from disclosing such information by a legal, contractual or fiduciary obligation, or (z) is or has been independently developed by the receiving Party as evidenced by written documentation.

 

Section 5.05 Insurance .

 

(a) Except as otherwise provided in Exhibit E and except for the replacement of existing insurance policies with substantially similar policies upon expiration of existing policies, on and after the date of this Agreement and until the Closing Date, the Members shall not take or fail to take any action if such action or inaction, as the case may be, would adversely affect the applicability of any insurance (including reinsurance) maintained by the Members and in effect on the date of this Agreement that covers all or any part of the assets that would constitute Contributed Assets (if owned, held or used by a Member or its Subsidiaries on the Closing Date), the Members’ ELV Businesses or the Business Employees. Except as otherwise provided in Exhibit E , on and after the Closing Date, neither Member shall intentionally take or intentionally fail to take any action if such action or inaction, as the case may be, would

 

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adversely affect any insurance proceeds constituting Contributed Assets to the extent such action relates to an event or occurrence prior to the Closing Date. Except as otherwise provided in Exhibit E , as required by any Contracts constituting Contributed Assets or as may otherwise be agreed in writing by the Members, neither Member shall have any obligation to maintain the effectiveness of any such insurance policy, or to make any monetary payment in connection with any such policy, after the Closing Date.

 

(b) Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 5.05(a), the Parties hereby acknowledge and agree that as of the Closing Date, neither the Company, the ELV Business, any property owned or leased by any of the foregoing, any directors, officers, employees (including the Transferred Employees) or agents of any of the foregoing nor the Contributed Assets, shall be insured under any insurance policies maintained by either of the Members or any of their Affiliates, except (i) in the case of certain claims made policies, to the extent that a claim has been reported as of the Closing Date, (ii) in the case of a policy that is an occurrence policy, to the extent the accident, event or occurrence that results in an insurable loss occurs prior to the Closing Date and has been, is or shall be reported or noticed to the respective carrier by the Company or the applicable Member in accordance with the requirements of such policies (which claims the applicable Member shall, at the Company’s cost and expense, use reasonable commercial efforts to pursue on the Company’s behalf, and the net proceeds of which claims (except to the extent they relate to Excluded Liabilities) shall be remitted promptly to the Company upon receipt thereof), and (iii) as otherwise provided in Exhibit E or otherwise agreed to in writing by the Parties. Except as otherwise provided in Exhibit E or as otherwise may be agreed to in writing by the Parties, from and after the Closing Date, neither Member shall have any obligation of any kind to maintain any form of insurance covering all or any part of the Contributed Assets, the ELV Business or the Transferred Employees.

 

(c) On and after the Closing Date, the Company shall reimburse the Members within 30 days of receipt of an invoice for any self insurance, retention, deductible, retrospective premium, cash payment for reserves calculated or charged on an incurred loss basis and similar items, including associated administrative expenses and allocated loss adjustment or similar expenses (collectively, “ Insurance Liabilities ”) allocated by either Member to its ELV Business on a basis consistent with past practices resulting from or arising under any and all current or former insurance policies maintained by such Member or its Affiliates to the extent that such Insurance Liabilities relate to or arise out of Assumed Liabilities or any activities of the Company. The Company agrees that, to the extent any of the insurers under the insurance polices, in accordance with the terms of the insurance policies, requests or requires collateral, deposits or other security to be provided with respect to claims made against such insurance polices relating to or arising from the ELV Business, the Company shall provide the collateral, deposits or other security or, upon request of the applicable Member, shall replace any collateral, deposits or other security provided by such Member or any of its Affiliates to the extent related to or arising out of Assumed Liabilities or any activities of the Company.

 

Section 5.06 Non-Hire and Nonsolicitation of Certain Employees .

 

(a) From and after the date of this Agreement until the Closing Date, neither Lockheed Martin nor Boeing, nor any of their Subsidiaries, shall, without the prior written approval of the other Member, directly or indirectly solicit any individual who is a Business

 

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Employee of the other Member to terminate his or her employment relationship with the other Member or its respective Subsidiaries; provided , however , that the foregoing shall not apply to any Business Employee hired as a result of the use of an independent employment agency (so long as the agency was not directed to solicit a particular individual or a class of individuals that could only be satisfied by employees of the other Member) or as a result of the use of advertisements and other general solicitation (such as an advertisement in newspapers, on Lockheed Martin or Boeing websites or internet job sites, or on radio or television) not specifically directed to Business Employees of the other Member. For purposes of this Section 5.06(a) only, the Members agree that the Business Employees of Lockheed Martin and its Subsidiaries shall consist of those employees listed on Schedule 5.06(a) and the Business Employees of Boeing and its Subsidiaries shall consist of those employees listed on Schedule 5.06(b) , which schedules are accurate as of April 29, 2005.

 

(b) From and after the Closing Date until the third anniversary of the Closing Date, neither Lockheed Martin nor Boeing, nor any of their Subsidiaries, shall, without the prior written approval of the Company, directly or indirectly solicit any individual who is a Transferred Employee to terminate his or her employment relationship with the Company; provided , however , that the foregoing shall not apply to (x) any Transferred Employee hired as a result of the use of an independent employment agency (so long as the agency was not directed to solicit a particular individual or a class of individuals that could only be satisfied by employees of the Company) or as a result of the use of advertisements and other general solicitation (such as an advertisement in newspapers, on Lockheed Martin or Boeing websites or internet job sites, or on radio or television) not specifically directed to Transferred Employees, or (y) any Transferred Employee whose employment is involuntarily terminated by the Company (other than for cause) after the Closing Date.

 

(c) Except as provided in Section E.01(b) or with respect to excluded Business Employees described on Schedule E.01 , or as otherwise may be required to comply with recall rights, if any, under any applicable collective bargaining agreement, from and after the Closing Date until the second anniversary of the Closing Date, neither Lockheed Martin nor Boeing (nor any of their Subsidiaries), shall (i) rehire or continue the employment following the Closing Date of any individual who was one of its or its Subsidiaries’ Business Employees at any time between the date of this Agreement and the Closing Date, or (ii) rehire any Transferred Employee who was one of its or its Subsidiaries’ Business Employees at any time between the date of this Agreement and the Closing Date; provided , however , that the foregoing shall not apply to (x) any Business Employee that the Members mutually agree to exclude from this Section 5.06(c) prior to the Closing Date, (y) any Transferred Employee whose employment is involuntarily terminated by the Company (other than for cause) after the Closing Date, or (z) any Transferred Employee whom the Company consents to release from his or her assignment with the Company earlier than two years following the Closing Date.

 

(d) Except as provided in Section E.01(b) or with respect to excluded Business Employees described on Schedule E.01 , from and after the Closing Date until the third anniversary of the Closing Date, the Company shall not, without the prior written approval of the applicable Member, directly or indirectly solicit any individual who (i) is not a Transferred Employee, and (ii) is employed by either Lockheed Martin or Boeing or any of their Subsidiaries, to terminate his or her employment relationship with Lockheed Martin or Boeing or

 

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their Subsidiaries, as the case may be; provided , however , that the foregoing shall not apply to (x) individuals hired as a result of the use of an independent employment agency (so long as the agency was not directed to solicit a particular individual or a class of individuals that could only be satisfied by employees of either Lockheed Martin or Boeing or any of their Subsidiaries) or as a result of the use of advertisements and other general solicitation (such as an advertisement in newspapers, on Company websites or internet job sites, or on radio or television) not specifically directed to employees of either Lockheed Martin or Boeing or any Subsidiary of Lockheed Martin or Boeing, or (y) individuals whose employment is terminated by Lockheed Martin or Boeing after the Closing.

 

Section 5.07 Financial Support Arrangements .

 

(a) The Parties shall seek in good faith to have the Members and their respective Affiliates released from all obligations under any Financial Support Arrangements maintained by the Members or any of their respective Affiliates in connection with the Members’ respective ELV Businesses effective as of the Closing Date. In furtherance of the foregoing, the Parties agree (i) to use reasonable commercial efforts to arrange for the provision by the Company of substitute Financial Support Arrangements on terms and conditions reasonably satisfactory to the beneficiaries thereof on the Closing Date, and (ii) to provide financial information concerning the Company and each Member’s ELV Business reasonably requested by those Persons for whose benefit the Financial Support Arrangements were made.

 

(b) If, at any time after the Closing Date, (i) any amount is drawn on or paid under any Financial Support Arrangement maintained by the Members or any of their respective Affiliates in connection with the Members’ respective ELV Businesses pursuant to which either of the Members or any of their respective Affiliates is obligated to reimburse the Person making such payment, or (ii) either of the Members or any of their respective Affiliates pays any amounts under, or any fees, costs or expenses relating to, any such Financial Support Arrangement, the Company shall reimburse the applicable Member such amounts promptly after receipt from such Member of written notice thereof accompanied by written evidence of the underlying payment obligation.

 

Section 5.08 Certain Intellectual Property Matters .

 

(a) Effective as of the Closing and subject to (x) any rights of the U.S. Government in all Intellectual Property licensed to the Company pursuant to this Section 5.08 and (y) any licenses of such Intellectual Property granted prior to the Closing (for purposes of this Section 5.08(a), the term “ Field of Use ” means any activity within the scope of the purpose of the Company as set forth in Section 2.08):

 

(i) License Grant by Boeing to the Company . Boeing hereby grants to the Company, solely for its use within the Field of Use, a worldwide, perpetual, irrevocable, non-transferable, no-cost, royalty-free nonexclusive license, with the right to grant sublicenses within the Field of Use and with written notice to Boeing, in the Intellectual Property owned or controlled by Boeing or any of its Subsidiaries and used by Boeing or any of its Subsidiaries as of the Closing in Boeing’s ELV Business (the “ Licensed Boeing Intellectual Property ”). This license includes the right of the Company to use the Licensed Boeing Intellectual Property for

 

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any purpose within the Field of Use, including the right to create derivative works and modifications, to manufacture products that incorporate Licensed Boeing Intellectual Property and to perform or have performed services which incorporate or otherwise use the Licensed Boeing Intellectual Property. Effective as of the Closing and until the expiration of the Non-Compete Term, subject to any rights of the U.S. Government in the Licensed Boeing Intellectual Property and any licenses thereof granted prior to the Closing, Boeing shall not (x) license or sublicense any of the Licensed Boeing Intellectual Property to any other Person within the Field of Use, or (y) transfer, assign, convey or sell any of the Licensed Boeing Intellectual Property to any Person without obtaining a covenant of such Person for the express benefit of the Company that such Person (together with its successors, assignees, licensees and sublicensees) will not use such Licensed Boeing Intellectual Property within the Field of Use; provided , however , that notwithstanding the foregoing, (A) Boeing may license or sublicense a Person to use Licensed Boeing Intellectual Property within the Field of Use: (1) to the extent necessary to allow such Person to make products or sell services for use by Boeing in Boeing’s ordinary course of business; or (2) as part of the sale to such Person of products or services in the ordinary course of Boeing’s business, to the extent the applicable Licensed Boeing Intellectual Property is used in such products or services, and (B) Boeing may, in connection with the sale of a portion of a business or product line of Boeing to a Person, license, sublicense, transfer, assign, convey or sell Licensed Boeing Intellectual Property used in such business or product line to such Person under terms permitting its use within the Field of Use, but not in a manner that would violate the provisions of Section 5.13 if used by Boeing in that manner.

 

(ii) License Grant by Lockheed Martin to the Company . Lockheed Martin hereby grants to the Company, solely for its use within the Field of Use, a worldwide, perpetual, irrevocable, non-transferable, no-cost, royalty-free nonexclusive license, with the right to grant sublicenses within the Field of Use and with written notice to Lockheed Martin, in the Intellectual Property owned or controlled by Lockheed Martin or any of its Subsidiaries and used by Lockheed Martin or any of its Subsidiaries as of the Closing in Lockheed Martin’s ELV Business (the “ Licensed Lockheed Martin Intellectual Property ”). This license includes the right of the Company to use the Licensed Lockheed Martin Intellectual Property for any purpose within the Field of Use, including the right to create derivative works and modifications, to manufacture products that incorporate Licensed Lockheed Martin Intellectual Property and to perform or have performed services which incorporate or otherwise use the Licensed Lockheed Martin Intellectual Property. Effective as of the Closing and until the expiration of the Non-Compete Term, subject to any rights of the U.S. Government in the Licensed Lockheed Martin Intellectual Property and any licenses thereof granted prior to the Closing, Lockheed Martin shall not (x) license or sublicense any of the Licensed Lockheed Martin Intellectual Property to any other Person within the Field of Use, or (y) transfer, assign, convey or sell any of the Licensed Lockheed Martin Intellectual Property to any Person without obtaining a covenant of such Person for the express benefit of the Company that such Person (together with its successors, assignees, licensees and sublicensees) will not use such Licensed Lockheed Martin Intellectual Property within the Field of Use; provided , however , that notwithstanding the foregoing, (A) Lockheed Martin may license or sublicense a Person to use Licensed Lockheed Martin Intellectual Property within the Field of Use: (1) to the extent necessary to allow such Person to make products or sell services for use by Lockheed Martin in Lockheed Martin’s ordinary course of business; or (2) as part of the sale to such Person of products or services in the ordinary course of Lockheed Martin’s business, to the extent the applicable Licensed Lockheed Martin

 

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Intellectual Property is used in such products or services, and (B) Lockheed Martin may, in connection with the sale of a portion of a business or product line of Lockheed Martin to a Person, license, sublicense, transfer, assign, convey or sell Licensed Lockheed Martin Intellectual Property used in such business or product line to such Person under terms permitting its use within the Field of Use, but not in a manner that would violate the provisions of Section 5.13 if used by Lockheed Martin in that manner.

 

(b) Covenant Not to Sue . Each Member, on behalf of itself and its Subsidiaries, hereby covenants not to sue or enforce against the Company or the Company’s customers any rights that a Member or its Subsidiaries may have in such Member’s Intellectual Property licensed under Section 5.08(a), except to the extent the Company or the Company’s customers breach the terms and conditions of Section 5.08(a)(i) or Section 5.08(a)(ii) of this Agreement.

 

(c) Future Licenses in Technology . The Company and the Members shall enter into such commercially reasonable written licensing or other agreements, if any, regarding rights in other Intellectual Property of the Company or of either Member relating to the business or operations of the Company at such times and upon such terms as shall be deemed necessary or appropriate by mutual agreement of the Members.

 

(d) Transferability . The licenses granted pursuant to this Section 5.08 shall be transferable by the Company only with the prior written consent of the Member that licensed the Intellectual Property, which consent may be granted or withheld in the sole discretion of such Member, except that such licenses may be transferred upon prior written notice to both Members in connection with a merger of the Company with and into another Person or the sale of all or substantially all of the Company’s assets, and provided that the Company may disclose Intellectual Property licensed hereunder that is Proprietary Information as permitted by (and defined in) Section 10.01 of the Operating Agreement.

 

(e) Noncompetition . A Member’s use of, or license to third parties to use, its Intellectual Property licensed under Section 5.08(a) to the Company shall be consistent with Section 5.13, and nothing in this Section 5.08 shall limit or otherwise modify the application of Section 5.13.

 

(f) Limitations . The Parties acknowledge and agree that except as otherwise specifically contemplated by the Transaction Documents, the Company is not obtaining any rights in, or to use, any Intellectual Property of the Members, and that, except as specified below, the Company is not obtaining any rights in or licenses to use any trademarks or trade names owned by Lockheed Martin or Boeing or any of their respective Subsidiaries, including the names “Lockheed Martin,” “Boeing,” “Martin Marietta,” “McDonnell Douglas” or any derivatives thereof. The Company further acknowledges and agrees that, except as specified below and notwithstanding any provision to the contrary in the Transaction Documents, the Company shall not use any trademark, logo or trade name owned or licensed by either Member or any of their respective Affiliates (other than any such trademark, logo or trade name that is used or planned for use exclusively in either Member’s ELV Business as of the Closing, which trademarks, logos or trade names shall be included in Intellectual Property licensed to the Company hereunder) or any trademarks, logos or trade names that are confusingly similar thereto

 

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or that are a translation or transliteration thereof into any language or alphabet. As soon as practicable following the Closing Date, but not later than 90 days after the Closing Date, the Company shall remove and change signage, change and substitute promotional or advertising material in whatever medium, change stationery and packaging and take all such other steps as may be required or appropriate to cease use of all such Intellectual Property not owned by or licensed to the Company; provided , however , that the Company shall not be deemed to have violated this Section 5.08(f) by reason of (i) its use after the Closing of any inventory constituting Contributed Assets, (ii) the appearance of any trademarks, logos or trade names of the Members or their Affiliates in or on any tools, dies, equipment, engineering/manufacturing drawings, manuals, work sheets, operating procedures, other written materials or other Contributed Assets that are used for internal purposes only in connection with the ELV Business; provided that the Company endeavors to remove such trademarks, logos or trade names in the ordinary course of the operation of the ELV Business where such removal is commercially practicable, and provided further , that all trademarks, logos and trade names of the Members and their Affiliates appearing on written materials shall be removed therefrom, covered over or otherwise obliterated prior to the one year anniversary of the Closing Date or (iii) its use of the names “Lockheed Martin” and “Boeing” as a historical reference to the ELV Business for the purpose of identifying the Company as the successor-in-interest thereof. The Company acknowledges and agrees that to the extent it shall use any trademark, logo or trade name of the Members or their respective Affiliates, the applicable Member shall retain exclusive ownership rights in such trademarks, logos or trade names, as the case may be, and all such uses shall inure to the benefit of the Member that owns such trademark, logo or trade name and shall be in accordance with the applicable Member’s quality control standards.

 

Section 5.09 Novation of Government Contracts . Immediately following the Closing, the Company shall, in accordance with, and to the extent required by the Federal Acquisition Regulation Part 42, Subpart 42.12, submit in writing to its Defense Contract Executive and each responsible contracting officer a request for the U.S. Government to recognize the Company as the successor in interest to all of the Government Contracts being sold, assigned, transferred and conveyed to the Company in accordance with the Transaction Documents. Each of the Members shall (i) provide the Company, its Defense Contract Executive and each responsible contracting officer all information necessary to obtain, to the extent required by the Federal Acquisition Regulation Part 42, Subpart 42.12, the consent of the U.S. Government to recognize the Company as the successor in interest to all of its Government Contracts being sold, assigned, transferred and conveyed to the Company in accordance with this Agreement and (ii) enter into novation agreements (the “ Novation Agreements ”) substantially in the form contemplated by such regulations. Each of the Members and the Company shall use reasonable commercial efforts to obtain all consents, approvals and waivers required for the purpose of processing, entering into and completing the Novation Agreements with regard to the Government Contracts, including responding to any reasonable requests for information by the U.S. Government with regard to such Novation Agreements. In the event of any delay in entering into such Novation Agreements or any inability to enter into such Novation Agreements, the Parties will treat the applicable Government Contracts in accordance with Section 3.05.

 

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Section 5.10 Company Financing .

 

(a) In order to fund the initial working capital needs of the Company, each of Lockheed Martin and Boeing shall make available to the Company an amount to be mutually agreed by the Members (each, a “ Working Capital Fund ”), in cash or immediately available funds and the Company shall have the right to draw against such Working Capital Funds from time to time upon written notice to the Members together with reasonable documentation of the Company’s requirement therefor and a statement of its then current working capital needs; provided , that any such draw by the Company shall be made from each Member’s Working Capital Fund in an equal amount. Any amounts drawn by the Company against the Member’s Working Capital Funds shall constitute a capital contribution by the Members to the Company and the Company shall have no obligation to repay any such amounts to the Members.

 

(b) The Company shall use reasonable commercial efforts (and each of the Members shall use reasonable commercial efforts to assist the Company) to enter into a revolving credit agreement or similar financing arrangement (the “ Initial Company Financing Arrangement ”) to support the Company’s working capital and other financing needs, the terms of which shall be mutually acceptable to the Members, at or as soon as possible following the formation of the Company and in any event prior to the Closing. To the extent necessary to obtain the Initial Company Financing Arrangement, each of the Members shall guarantee the obligations of the Company on a basis proportionate to their respective percentage ownership interest in the Company and on other terms and conditions reasonably acceptable to the Members.

 

Section 5.11 Competitive Businesses . Unless and until the Closing of the Contemplated Transactions is consummated, the Members will continue to operate as competitive businesses and will not collaborate in any manner, including with respect to Bids, or take any other action in violation of Applicable Law.

 

Section 5.12 Stay of Civil Proceeding .

 

(a) The Members agree that all proceedings and activities (including all dates established by any order of court, including discovery, appeal or objection deadlines, dates for filing of motions, hearing deadlines, and the date for trial) in the Civil Proceeding should be stayed until the Closing occurs. On or promptly (but in no event later than three Business Days) after the date of execution of this Agreement, the Members shall jointly advise the District Court before which the Civil Proceeding is pending that the Members have entered into this Agreement which, upon the occurrence of the Closing, will result in dismissal with prejudice of the Civil Proceeding. The Members shall also jointly request, and thereafter use reasonable efforts to cause, the entry by the District Court of a stipulated order staying all activities and proceedings in the Civil Proceeding until the Closing. The Members further agree that their jointly requested stipulated order shall include a provision that on the earlier of April 1, 2006 (if the Closing has not occurred before such date) or the date this Agreement is terminated pursuant to Section 12.01, either Member may apply to the District Court for an order lifting the stay and, upon such application, the Court shall enter an order lifting the stay and directing that all of said activities and proceedings that have been stayed may be recommenced, with all pretrial and trial dates, including all discovery obligations and deadlines, adjusted by the length of the stay. If pursuant to such application of either Member the stay is lifted prior to the termination of this Agreement, then either Member may terminate this Agreement upon written notice to the other Member.

 

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The Members further agree that neither shall file any other action or proceeding asserting any of the claims or counterclaims that are alleged in the Civil Proceeding unless and until the District Court lifts the stay.

 

(b) In the event the District Court does not stay all activities and proceedings in the Civil Proceeding or sua sponte lifts the stay prior to April 1, 2006 or the date of termination of this Agreement pursuant to Section 12.01, promptly (but in no event later than three Business Days) thereafter, the Members shall jointly request the dismissal without prejudice of the Civil Proceeding. To bring about said dismissal of the Civil Proceeding, Lockheed Martin shall dismiss without prejudice the Amended and Supplemental Complaint filed in the Civil Proceeding and Boeing shall dismiss without prejudice its Counterclaim filed in the Civil Proceeding. The Members further agree that if the Closing shall not have been consummated before April 1, 2006, or upon termination of this Agreement pursuant to Section 12.01, within 60 days thereafter but not sooner than 30 days thereafter, Lockheed Martin may re-commence the Civil Proceeding by filing a new complaint (the “ Replead Complaint ”) and in its response to such Replead Complaint, Boeing may re-file a new counterclaim (the “ Replead Counterclaim ”), provided , however , that neither Member may allege any claim that (i) is not presently alleged in the Member’s presently pending pleading or (ii) has been dismissed by the Court as of the date of the dismissal of the Civil Proceeding pursuant to this Section 5.12(b). The Members agree that any and all statutes of limitations applicable to the claims alleged in the Amended and Supplemental Complaint are tolled as to such claims during the period of time between the date of the dismissal of Lockheed Martin’s Amended and Supplemental Complaint pursuant to this Section 5.12(b) and the date upon which the Replead Complaint is filed. The Members agree that any and all statutes of limitations applicable to the claims alleged in the Counterclaim are tolled as to such claims during the period of time between the date of the dismissal of Boeing’s Counterclaim pursuant to this Section 5.12(b) and the date upon which the Replead Counterclaim is filed. The Members further agree that in the recommenced Civil Proceeding each will not plead or assert any statute of limitations, laches or other defense based upon the passage of time to the causes of action alleged in the Replead Complaint or in the Replead Counterclaim, except to the extent that such defenses were available to the Member under Applicable Law, including Fed. R. Civ. Proc. 15(c), as of the date any given cause of action was first filed. The Members further agree that all discovery obtained or produced in connection with the Civil Proceeding may be used by the Members in the recommenced Civil Proceeding, subject to the terms and conditions of the Amended Protective Order for Confidentiality dated January 26, 2005, until entry of a new protective order or the execution of a confidentiality agreement by the Members applicable to that discovery.

 

(c) Each of the Members agrees (for itself and for and on behalf of each of its divisions, Affiliates, Subsidiaries, predecessors, successors and assigns), from and after the execution of this Agreement, that it will not urge, recommend, advocate or request that any component of the U.S. Government initiate or pursue criminal proceedings against Boeing or Lockheed Martin (or any of their respective divisions, Affiliates or Subsidiaries) or administrative proceedings with respect to the present responsibility as a U.S. Government contractor of Boeing or Lockheed Martin (or of any of their respective divisions, Affiliates or Subsidiaries), including investigation, indictment, prosecution, suspension or debarment, based upon or arising out of any actual or alleged past act or omission of any of them in connection with: (i) any U.S. Government or commercial program (including any related competition,

 

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procurement, award or sale) relating to Delta II, Delta IV, Titan, Proton, Atlas III or Atlas V or any derivative of any of them; (ii) any event, fact or circumstance alleged in the Civil Proceeding or in the complaint or any amended complaint, counterclaim or other filing made in connection with the Civil Proceeding; (iii) any alleged or actual act or omission by Darleen Druyun; and/or (iv) any alleged or actual act or omission of either Member relating to Darleen Druyun; provided , however , that nothing herein is intended to interfere with either Member’s right or obligation to provide evidence and otherwise cooperate fully in connection with any U.S. Government investigation or other U.S. Government proceeding; and provided further that nothing herein is intended to interfere with Boeing’s right to submit evidence and argument in connection with or defense of any pending or future U.S. Government investigation or other U.S. Government proceeding with respect to Boeing relating to the above-referenced matters; and provided further that nothing herein is intended to interfere with Boeing’s reporting obligations under the Administrative Agreement. Upon execution of this Agreement, Lockheed Martin agrees not to file any lawsuit in Federal, state or local court naming Boeing as a party in which it alleges any claim relating to the conduct of Darleen Druyun, or of Boeing relating to Darleen Druyun unless and until this Agreement is terminated pursuant to Section 12.01.

 

Section 5.13 Non-Competition Agreement .

 

(a) Each Member agrees, on behalf of itself and each of its Subsidiaries, that (i) during the period beginning as of the Closing Date and ending seven and one-half years thereafter, or such earlier date as provided for in the Operating Agreement (the “ Non-Compete Term ”), it will not, and it will cause its Subsidiaries not to, directly or indirectly, either for itself or for any other Person, enter into, engage in, provide managerial, supervisory, administrative or consulting services or assistance to, represent or own any beneficial interest in, any business with operations engaged directly or indirectly in (A) the manufacture, sale, repair, service or support of Competitive Launch Vehicles for the U.S. Government or (B) providing to the U.S. Government the service of launching payloads into Earth orbit or beyond Earth orbit using Competitive Launch Vehicles, and (ii) during the period beginning as of the Closing Date and ending five years thereafter, it will not, and it will cause its Subsidiaries not to, directly or indirectly, either for itself or for any other Person, enter into, engage in, provide managerial, supervisory, administrative or consulting services or assistance to, represent, or own any beneficial interest in, any business with operations engaged directly or indirectly in the design or development of Competitive Launch Vehicles for the U.S. Government (all such operations described in the foregoing clauses (i) and (ii), for the respective periods set forth therein, collectively, the “ Competing Operations ”). For purposes of this Section 5.13, “ Competitive Launch Vehicle ” means any expendable launch vehicle capable of lifting payloads of up to a maximum of 70 metric tons into low Earth orbit (but excluding expendable launch vehicles capable of lifting no more than two metric tons into low Earth orbit) and any expendable launch vehicle capable of performance equivalent to such capacity beyond low Earth orbit (with a comparable exclusion).

 

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(b) The provisions of Section 5.13(a) shall not prohibit either Member or any of its Subsidiaries from:

 

(i) continuing anywhere in the world any type of business conducted by such Member or any of its Subsidiaries on the date hereof, which is not part of such Member’s ELV Business as conducted on the date hereof;

 

(ii) entering into any relationship with a Person not owned, managed, operated or controlled by such Member or any of its Subsidiaries for purposes primarily unrelated to Competing Operations;

 

(iii) acquiring or holding for investment purposes 10% or less of any class or series of equity securities of any Person, which class or series of equity securities is registered under Section 12 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, even if that Person is engaged in Competing Operations;

 

(iv) acquiring control of a business or Person (whether through the acquisition of assets, securities or other ownership interests, the effecting of a merger, consolidation, share exchange, business combination, reorganization, recapitalization or other similar transaction) (an “ Acquired Business ”) that is engaged in Competing Operations where the revenues of the Competing Operations of the Acquired Business in its most recently completed fiscal year were less than the lowest of (A) 10% of the total revenues of the Acquired Business for such fiscal year, (B) 20% of the total revenues of the Company for its most recently completed fiscal year (provided that this clause (B) will not apply prior to the end of the Company’s first full completed fiscal year) and (C) $400,000,000;

 

(v) acquiring control of an Acquired Business that is engaged in Competing Operations where the revenues of the Competing Operations of the Acquired Business in its most recently completed fiscal year were (x) higher than the lowest of (A) 10% of the total revenues of the Acquired Business for such fiscal year, (B) 20% of the total revenues of the Company for its most recently completed fiscal year (provided that this clause (B) will not apply prior to the end of the Company’s first full completed fiscal year) and (C) $400,000,000, but (y) lower than 50% of the total revenues of the Acquired Business for its most recently completed fiscal year; provided that such Member shall use commercially reasonable efforts to divest or discontinue the Competing Operations of the Acquired Business as promptly as practicable and in any event shall complete such divestiture or, subject to the last sentence of this Section 5.13(b)(v), discontinuance not later than 18 months following such acquisition. It is understood and agreed that, in connection with any such divestiture, the Company will be afforded an opportunity to participate in the Member’s divestiture process and to bid for the Competing Operations of the Acquired Business on a basis comparable to that afforded by the Member to other potential purchasers (but not on a preferred basis). Notwithstanding the foregoing, nothing in this Section 5.13(b)(v) shall prohibit a Member and its Subsidiaries from performing their obligations under binding agreements of the Acquired Business with customers, suppliers, employees and other Persons that either (A) were in effect prior to the consummation of the acquisition of the Acquired Business or (B) are entered into after the acquisition of the Acquired Business for so long as the Member is in good faith attempting to effect a divestiture of the Competing Operations in accordance with this Section 5.13(b)(v);

 

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(vi) the design, development, manufacture, sale, repair, service or support of reusable launch vehicles (including expendable components of reusable launch vehicles) or the supply of related services to the U.S. Government or any other Person;

 

(vii) the design, development, manufacture, sale, repair, service or support of components used in expendable launch vehicles;

 

(viii) entering into any business engaged in, engaging in, continuing to engage in or providing managerial, supervisory, administrative or consulting services or assistance to or representing any business engaged in (x) the design, development, manufacture, sale, repair, service or support of expendable launch vehicles for launches of payloads into Earth orbit and beyond Earth orbit for Commercial Customers, or (y) providing to Commercial Customers the service of launching payloads into Earth orbit or beyond Earth orbit using such expendable launch vehicles;

 

(ix) providing any services under a contract with the U.S. Government where the contract does not include as part of the goods or services provided thereunder an expendable launch vehicle;

 

(x) the design, development, manufacture, sale, repair, service or support of satellites and/or related payloads (whether manned or unmanned), for launch into Earth orbit or beyond Earth orbit or the integration of such satellites or payloads (whether manned or unmanned) with expendable launch vehicles, including pursuant to a DIO Contract;

 

(xi) holding any interest in the Company or taking any action, exercising any right or performing any obligation under the Transaction Documents; or

 

(xii) the design, development, manufacture, sale, repair, service or support of missiles that deliver warheads or that act as kinetic or ballistic weapons.

 

(c) If the final judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction declares that any term or provision of this Section 5.13 is invalid or unenforceable, the Parties agree that the court making the determination of invalidity or unenforceability will have the power to reduce the scope, duration or area of the term or provision, to delete specific words or phrases, or to replace any invalid or unenforceable term or provision with a term or provision that is valid and enforceable and that comes closest to expressing the intention of the invalid or unenforceable term or provision.

 

(d) Nothing in this Section 5.13 shall be deemed to prohibit, limit or restrict in any way any activities of (i) Boeing or its Subsidiaries related to Sea Launch vehicles or any expendable launch vehicles derived from the Space Shuttle or (ii) Lockheed Martin or its Subsidiaries related to the Titan (but only to the extent required to perform under Contracts existing on the date hereof), Proton, Angara, Falcon, Trident or Athena vehicles, or any expendable launch vehicles derived from the Space Shuttle.

 

Section 5.14 Spaceport Lease . The Company covenants and agrees that it shall at all times conduct its business in compliance with the terms and conditions of the Lease dated as of February 14, 2000 by and between Lockheed Martin, as Lessee and Mortgagor, and Spaceport

 

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Florida Authority, as Lessor and Mortgagee (the “ Spaceport Lease ”), as if the Company were the original direct Lessee thereunder. Lockheed Martin covenants and agrees that, in the event the Lease Balance (as defined in the Spaceport Lease) becomes due and payable under the terms of the Spaceport Lease as a result of the occurrence of a Lease Event of Default (as defined in the Spaceport Lease) under Section 16.1(e) of the Spaceport Lease and such Lease Event of Default is not cured or waived within the applicable grace period, Lockheed Martin will exercise its Early Prepayment Option (as defined in the Spaceport Lease) and prepay the Lease Balance (as defined in the Spaceport Lease) pursuant to and in accordance with Section 18.1 of the Spaceport Lease. For the remainder of the Term (as defined in the Spaceport Lease) the Company shall pay to Lockheed Martin the Basic Rent (as defined in the Spaceport Lease) at the times and in the amounts as would have been owed to the Lessor under the Spaceport Lease had Lockheed Martin not exercised the Early Prepayment Option in accordance with the terms of the lease assignment for the Spaceport Lease to be entered into pursuant to Section 3.01(h). Lockheed Martin further covenants and agrees that it will not take any action to amend the terms of the Spaceport Lease in a manner that is adverse to the interests of the Company as assignee of the Spaceport Lease without the prior written consent of the Company. Lockheed Martin agrees to cooperate reasonably with the Company in any efforts by the Company to obtain refinancing of the outstanding Lease Balance under the Spaceport Lease and the related Lessor financing so that the term of the Spaceport Lease may be renewed for a five year term, provided that Lockheed Martin shall not be obligated to remain liable under the Spaceport Lease beyond February 15, 2010.

 

Section 5.15 Compliance with Administrative Agreement . In accordance with the terms and provisions of the Interim Administrative Agreement dated March 4, 2005 (the “ Administrative Agreement ”) between Boeing and the United States Department of the Air Force (the “ Air Force ”), the Company and each of the Members agree that the Company shall, from and after the Closing, (i) maintain throughout the ELV Business, including Boeing’s former ELV Business, an ethics/compliance program generally comparable to the ethics/compliance program currently in existence at Boeing’s ELV Business and sufficient to establish the continued present responsibility of the Company, including Boeing’s former ELV Business, to the satisfaction of the Air Force and (ii) be accountable to the Air Force for compliance by the Company with respect to activities following the Closing, including Boeing’s former ELV Business, with other applicable terms of the Administrative Agreement. Without limiting the foregoing, the Company will appoint and maintain a special compliance officer to oversee the implementation of the applicable measures outlined in the Administrative Agreement, which compliance officer shall, at Boeing’s request and if permissible under the terms of the Administrative Agreement, be the same person serving as Boeing’s special compliance officer. The costs of compliance with the Administrative Agreement will be paid by the Company except to the extent any such cost is an Excluded Liability or is not allocable and allowable pursuant to Section 11.05. For the avoidance of doubt, such costs incurred by the Company that are unallowable under the terms of the Administrative Agreement shall be reimbursed to the Company by Boeing or paid by Boeing.

 

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ARTICLE VI

FURTHER COVENANTS AND AGREEMENTS OF THE PARTIES

 

Section 6.01 Further Assurances . Subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, each Party shall use reasonable commercial efforts to take, or cause to be taken, all actions and to do, or cause to be done, all things necessary or desirable under Applicable Law, to consummate or implement the Contemplated Transactions, including providing information reasonably requested by other Persons necessary for such Persons to evaluate whether to consent to the assignment of any Contracts, licenses or permits or related rights or obligations. The Parties shall execute and deliver, and shall cause their respective Subsidiaries, as appropriate or required as the case may be, to execute and deliver, such other documents, certificates, agreements and other writings and to take such other actions as may be necessary or desirable to consummate or implement the Contemplated Transactions. Except as otherwise expressly set forth in the Transaction Documents, nothing in this Section 6.01 or elsewhere in the Transaction Documents shall require any Party or any of their respective Affiliates to make any payments or issue any guarantee or other Financial Support Arrangements in order to obtain any consents or approvals necessary or desirable in connection with the consummation of the Contemplated Transactions.

 

Section 6.02 Certain Filings; Consents . The Parties shall cooperate with each other (a) in determining whether any action by or in respect of, or filing with, any Governmental Authority is required, or any actions, consents, approvals or waivers are required to be obtained in respect of any Contracts, licenses or permits constituting Contributed Assets, in connection with the consummation of the Contemplated Transactions and (b) subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, in taking any such actions or making any such filings, furnishing information required in connection therewith and seeking timely to obtain any such actions, consents, approvals or waivers.

 

Section 6.03 Public Announcements . On the date of execution and delivery of this Agreement, the Members shall issue a joint press release substantially in the form attached hereto as Attachment X . Prior to the Closing, the Parties shall not (and shall not permit any Affiliate to) issue any press release or make any public statement with respect to this Agreement or any of the Contemplated Transactions, except as may be required by Applicable Law or any listing agreement with any national securities exchange, in which case no Party shall issue any such press release or make any such public statement without prior discussion with the other Parties (to the extent reasonably practicable) and without complying with Applicable Law. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no provision of this Agreement shall (a) relieve either Member from any of its obligations under the Confidentiality Agreement or (b) terminate any of the restrictions imposed upon the Parties by Section 5.03.

 

Section 6.04 Antitrust Laws .

 

(a) The Members shall make the filings required under the HSR Act and any other Antitrust Laws. The Members shall also comply at the earliest practicable date with any request for additional information, documents or other materials received from the Federal Trade Commission or the Department of Justice or any other Governmental Authority, including the European Union Competition Commission and other international competition authorities. The Members shall use all reasonable commercial efforts to resolve objections, if any, that may be asserted by any Governmental Authority with respect to the Contemplated Transactions under any Antitrust Laws, including the HSR Act, the Sherman Act, as amended, the Clayton Act, as

 

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amended, and the Federal Trade Commission Act, as amended. If any judicial or administrative action or proceeding is initiated (or threatened to be initiated) by a Governmental Authority challenging the Contemplated Transactions as violative of any Antitrust Law or any other Applicable Law, for so long as both Members desire to oppose any such action or proceeding, the Members shall each cooperate to contest and resist any such action or proceeding, and to have vacated, lifted, reversed or overturned any decree, judgment, injunction, ruling, decision, finding or other order (whether temporary, preliminary, or permanent) until such time as a final, non-appealable order has been entered.

 

(b) Each Member covenants and agrees that, to the extent practicable, prior to engaging in any substantive discussions with any representatives of a Governmental Authority concerning the Contemplated Transactions, the Member will advise the other Member of the anticipated substance of the discussions, provide the other Member with copies of any written materials it intends to provide to or review with such representatives and afford the other Member a reasonable opportunity to comment upon the anticipated substance of the discussions or such written materials or to join the Member and participate in such discussions. In the event it is impracticable for a Member to comply with its obligations in the preceding sentence because the Member is contacted directly by a representative of a Governmental Authority without advance notice, or in any event such a discussion occurs without the presence of Representatives of both Members, as soon as practicable following any such discussions the Member shall advise the other Member of the discussions, the identity of the parties participating in the discussions and the substance of the discussions, and shall provide the other Member with copies of any written materials provided to, reviewed with or received from representatives of the Governmental Authority.

 

Section 6.05 Agreements Regarding Tax Matters .

 

(a) Each Member shall (i) provide the Company with such assistance as may be reasonably requested in connection with the preparation of any Tax Return or any audit or other examination by any Tax Authority or proceeding involving any Governmental Authority relating to liability for Taxes, (ii) retain for a period of six years following the end of the calendar year in which the Closing occurs and provide to the Company all records and other information that may be relevant to any such Tax Return, audit or examination, proceeding or determination, and (iii) provide the Company with a copy of any final determination of any such audit or examination, proceeding or determination that affects any amount required to be shown on any Tax Return of the Company for any period. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, each Member shall retain, until the expiration of the applicable statutes of limitation (including any extensions thereof), copies of all Tax Returns, supporting work schedules and other records relating to Tax periods or portions thereof ending on or prior to the Closing Date that concern the Contributed Assets or the Assumed Liabilities.

 

(b) The Members agree that the transactions contemplated by this Agreement constitute a disposition of a trade or business within the meaning of Section 41(f)(3) of the Code. The Members will provide to the Company upon request all information necessary to permit the Company to apply the provisions of Section 41(f)(3)(A) of the Code.

 

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(c) If either Member receives any refund of Taxes relating to its ELV Business for periods prior to the Closing Date and the Tax liability to which such refund relates was included as a cost in a cost-reimbursement or fixed-price incentive (cost-redeterminable) Government Contract, then such Member and the Company shall cooperate to determine the appropriate portion of such Tax refund due to any Governmental Authority pursuant to the applicable provisions of the Federal Acquisition Regulation as if the Company had pursued and obtained an identical Tax refund. Once the appropriate portion due any Governmental Authority is determined, such Member shall promptly remit such portion directly to such Governmental Authority.

 

(d) The Company shall timely prepare and, with the prior written consent of the Members (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed), file all Tax Returns, reports and forms required by any Tax Authority to be filed by the Company. The Company shall timely prepare and, with the prior written consent of the Members (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed), file all Non-Income Tax Returns with respect to the Contributed Assets or the ELV Business for any Tax period beginning before and ending after the Closing Date (a “ Straddle Period ”).

 

(e) The Company shall pay all Non-Income Taxes due with respect to any Straddle Period; provided , that the Members shall be liable for and, to the extent paid by the Company, shall reimburse the Company for any such Non-Income Taxes attributable to the portion of such Straddle Period beginning before and ending as of the effective time of the Closing (including Non-Income Taxes resulting from the transactions contemplated by this Agreement but, except as provided in Section 13.03, not including sales Taxes, transfer Taxes or stamp Taxes imposed with respect to the transfer of the Contributed Assets or the ELV Business pursuant to this Agreement), but only to the extent such Non-Income Taxes are not recoverable by the Company from a Governmental Authority pursuant to the Federal Acquisition Regulation. Any Non-Income Taxes arising from or with respect to the Contributed Assets or the ELV Business for a Straddle Period shall be apportioned between the Company and the Members by allocating real and personal property taxes between the Members and the Company based on the ratio of the number of days in the Straddle Period occurring before the Closing Date to the number of days in the Straddle Period occurring on or after the Closing Date and by assuming, with respect to all other Non-Income Taxes, that the ELV Business had a tax period that ended at the close of business on the day immediately prior to the Closing Date and closed its books as of that time. The Company shall reimburse the Members for any such Non-Income Taxes paid by the Members for which the Company is liable pursuant to this Section 6.05(e).

 

(f) Boeing shall be liable for and, to the extent paid by the Company shall reimburse the Company for, any Income Taxes attributable to the Boeing Contributed Assets and the portion of the ELV Business conducted by Boeing attributable to any Tax period that begins before and ends either (i) before, or (ii) as of the effective time of the Closing. Lockheed Martin shall be liable for and, to the extent paid by the Company shall reimburse the Company for, any Income Taxes attributable to the Lockheed Martin Contributed Assets and the portion of the ELV Business conducted by Lockheed Martin attributable to any Tax period that begins before and ends either (i) before, or (ii) as of the effective time of the Closing.

 

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(g) The Company shall engage an independent accounting firm of national reputation to assist in the preparation of the Company’s Income Tax Returns.

 

(h) Lockheed Martin shall be designated as the “tax matters partner” within the meaning of Section 6231(a)(7) of the Code and in any similar capacity under Applicable Law.

 

(i) The Company and the Members shall make the election under Treasury Regulation Section 301.6231(a)(1)-1(b) to have the TEFRA unified partnership procedures of Sections 6221 through 6231 of the Code apply with respect to the Company.

 

(j) The Company shall reimburse each Member for all state and local Income Taxes paid by such Member that are properly allocable to the Company under the Federal Acquisition Regulation.

 

Section 6.06 Administration of Accounts . All payments and reimbursements that constitute a Contributed Asset or relate to an Assumed Liability received by either Member after the Closing Date shall be promptly paid over to the Company without right of set-off. All payments and reimbursements that constitute Excluded Assets or relate to an Excluded Liability received by the Company after the Closing Date shall be promptly paid over to applicable Member without right of set-off.

 

Section 6.07 Clearances; Undisclosed Contracts . Promptly after the date hereof, subject to Applicable Law, each of Lockheed Martin and Boeing shall, with respect to each of the Contracts of its ELV Business that require security clearances and/or special program accesses, or that contain confidentiality or non-disclosure provisions requiring the specific approval of customers or other Persons for disclosure of the terms thereof (the “ Undisclosed Contracts ”), subject to national security restrictions, use reasonable commercial efforts to obtain all required security clearances, special program accesses and/or the approval of customers or other Persons as necessary to enable (i) each Member and its Representatives to conduct a review of the Undisclosed Contracts of the other Member’s ELV Business to which such Member shall have been denied access prior to the date hereof, and (ii) the Company to conduct the ELV Business from and after the Closing Date. Upon receiving the security clearances, special program accesses or approvals of customers or other Persons, as the case may be, as contemplated by the preceding clause (i), each Member shall permit the other Member’s Representatives to conduct a review of such Undisclosed Contracts, subject to the terms and conditions of the clearance, accesses and/or approvals, the provisions of the Confidentiality Agreement and the provisions of Applicable Law.

 

Section 6.08 Audits . Following the Closing Date, the Parties shall cooperate reasonably with each other in connection with any audit or review by any Governmental Authority with respect to the ELV Business and the businesses of the Members and their Subsidiaries (other than their ELV Businesses), provided that any Tax audit shall be governed solely by the terms of Section 6.05.

 

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Section 6.09 Certain Environmental Matters .

 

(a) Each of the Members covenants and agrees, to the extent necessary for continuation of the use as of the Closing Date of any real property constituting any of its Contributed Assets, or any real property leased or subleased by it to the Company pursuant to this Agreement, or as required by applicable Environmental Law, to pay (except to the extent that such obligation constitutes an Assumed Liability) or otherwise resolve, in cooperation with the Company, any Environmental Claim based on its respective Pre-Closing Environmental Conditions and to investigate, monitor, remediate, or otherwise respond to its respective Pre-Closing Environmental Conditions in accordance with applicable Environmental Laws (“ Remediation Programs ”). The Company acknowledges and agrees that neither Member shall have any obligation to (i) conduct or pay for any voluntary actions with respect to the Pre-Closing Environmental Conditions beyond that necessary for continuation of the applicable property’s use as of the Closing Date or otherwise mandated by applicable Environmental Laws or (ii) accelerate its respective Remediation Programs ahead of any legally mandated schedule. The Company acknowledges and agrees that each of the Members shall, in cooperation with the Company, have primary responsibility with regard to its respective Remediation Programs and related activities. The Company shall fully cooperate with the Members in connection with performance of the Remediation Programs and related activities and the Company shall use commercially reasonable efforts not to disturb, damage, delay, hinder or otherwise interfere with the Members’ Remediation Programs or related activities. Each of the Members will cooperate in good faith prior to the Closing to have prepared a Phase I environmental study of each of their respective Contributed Leased Real Properties and Contributed Owned Real Properties and, with respect to Lockheed Martin, the portion of the Denver Facility to be leased to the Company under the Denver Lease Agreement, and shall provide to the other Member the results of such Phase I studies prior to the Closing.

 

(b) The Company acknowledges and agrees that each of the Members shall be primarily responsible, in cooperation with the Company, for determining and developing the extent, contents, timetable and all other aspects of its respective Remediation Programs. The Members shall be responsible for all negotiations and other discussions with Governmental Authorities relating to compliance with Environmental Laws concerning the Pre-Closing Environmental Conditions, the Remediation Programs and any related matters, and the Company will not initiate or otherwise engage in any communications with any Governmental Authorities relating to compliance with Environmental Laws concerning Pre-Closing Environmental Conditions, the Remediation Programs or any related matters without the prior written consent of the applicable Member, which consent may be conditioned on such Member’s active participation in such communications. The Company shall promptly advise the applicable Member of any such communications initiated by a Governmental Authority relating to compliance with Environmental Laws and shall promptly provide such Member with copies of all documents received from a Governmental Authority relating to compliance with Environmental Laws concerning any such matters. Each of the Members shall promptly inform the Company of the substance and outcome of any negotiations between such Member and a Governmental Authority relating to compliance with Environmental Laws concerning any Pre-Closing Environmental Condition, Remediation Program or related matter. The Company acknowledges and agrees that the Members shall have primary responsibility, in cooperation with the Company, for all decisions regarding the selection and implementation of the Remediation Programs and any related matters.

 

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(c) The Company shall provide each Member and its respective Representatives and contractors with access to any and all portions of any property that have been or may have been affected by Pre-Closing Environmental Conditions that the applicable Member reasonably determines are necessary or appropriate to enter for conducting Remediation Programs, or that such Member reasonably determines are necessary or appropriate to enter to satisfy any applicable requirement of Environmental Law. To accomplish the foregoing, the Company hereby grants each of the Members and its respective Representatives and contractors an irrevocable license and right to enter upon any such property and to engage in all activities reasonably related to such tasks, including the right to collect environmental samples, install, operate, repair, and maintain wells, piping, treatment devices and other equipment, the right to review, copy or otherwise use the Company’s documents, computer files or other information reasonably related to such Member’s Pre-Closing Environmental Conditions and associated matters and the right to interview or otherwise consult with the Company’s Representatives and contractors concerning such Pre-Closing Environmental Conditions and associated matters. Such license shall be a covenant running with the land and shall be transferable to any party succeeding to the interests of the Members with respect to the performance of any Remediation Programs. The Company further agrees to execute any documentation in recordable form evidencing such license in favor of a Member as reasonably appropriate. Upon a Member’s request, the Company shall promptly provide such Member with copies of any documents, computer files or other information that the Member reasonably determines would be relevant to its ability to carry out its Remediation Programs or any related activities. Upon the Company’s or a Member’s request, a Member shall promptly provide the Company or the other Member with an annual remediation plan summarizing the anticipated remedial activities to be taken over the course of the following year and with copies of any documents, computer files or other information that the Company or the other Member reasonably determines would be relevant to its evaluation of a Remediation Program or any related activities, to support any filings with or submissions to Governmental Authorities or to confirm that the Remediation Program is being conducted in compliance with Applicable Law. Except in emergency situations, the Members and their Representatives and contractors agree to provide advance written or telephonic notice to the Company prior to entering any property of the Company. Upon satisfaction of the notice requirement and upon presentation of their credentials to the Company, the Company covenants and agrees to provide the Members and their Representatives and contractors with all reasonably required access to the relevant property, the Company’s information, and the Company’s personnel.

 

(d) The Company shall provide the Members with all water and utilities reasonably necessary to develop, implement and complete the Remediation Programs or other requirements of applicable Environmental Laws. The Company covenants and agrees to provide appropriate parking, administrative space, storage facilities, sanitary facilities and other support services that the Members may reasonably require to accomplish the foregoing.

 

(e) To the extent the Company’s consent, signature, authorization or other cooperation is necessary to obtain a permit from or the authorization or approval of any Governmental Authority to enable the Members to develop or implement the Remediation Program or to otherwise satisfy any applicable Environmental Laws, the Company hereby covenants and agrees promptly and fully to provide the same.

 

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(f) The Company acknowledges that the Members’ respective activities related to their Remediation Programs and/or compliance with applicable Environmental Laws may interfere with the Company’s use of some or all of the Company’s properties, may alter the properties or may limit future uses of the properties. To the extent permitted by the Remediation Programs and applicable Environmental Laws, the Members covenant and agree to make commercially reasonable efforts to minimize such interference, alteration or limitation and to consult with and seek the approval of the Company of any Remediation Programs, which approval shall not be unreasonably withheld. The Members and their Representatives and contractors shall make commercially reasonable efforts to prevent their activities from unreasonably interfering with or impeding the Company’s uses of the respective properties as of the Closing Date and to control dust, noise, vibration or other visible effects of their activities. Upon completion of the Remediation Programs, the Members shall remove their materials, equipment and debris promptly from the property and shall use reasonable efforts to restore the property to substantially its original condition. The Company shall not, without the applicable Member’s advance written consent, construct, modify, remove or install any equipment, building, paving or other item on any part of any properties previously designated by either of the Members as a Remediation Program area that could unreasonably interfere with or significantly increase the cost of the Members’ respective obligations arising under the Remediation Programs or any applicable Environmental Law.

 

(g) Each of the Members shall, in consultation with the Company if the Company so requests, have absolute discretion concerning the selection of its respective Representatives and/or contractors designated to perform the Remediation Programs and/or other obligations under applicable Environmental Laws.

 

(h) Each of the Members shall have authority, in cooperation with the Company, to resolve all issues and settle all matters relating to its respective Pre-Closing Environmental Conditions, and the Company agrees not to interfere with any such efforts by the Members and further agrees to join in and abide by any Member decisions regarding the foregoing. The Members shall keep the Company informed concerning the existence and nature of such issues and matters and any proposed decisions or settlements relating to the foregoing.

 

(i) In addition to complying with the other provisions of this Section 6.09 to the extent applicable to the Rancho Cordova Property, the Company and Boeing also will cooperate in continuing to implement the ongoing Remediation Program in respect of the Rancho Cordova Property, including by means of an agreement on mutually acceptable terms pursuant to which Boeing will administer the Remediation Program on behalf of the Company. Boeing and the Company agree that to the extent permitted by existing applicable agreements and administrative orders, they will keep each other fully informed about such Remediation Program, including allowing each other a reasonable opportunity to review and comment on all submissions to regulators prior to submission, and will cooperate with each other and take appropriate actions to ensure that there is full compliance with the existing agreements and administrative orders and other requirements of Applicable Laws. Upon the reasonable request of the Company, Boeing shall use reasonable commercial efforts to grant the Company access to the Rancho Cordova Property, it being understood that Boeing is not the current owner of the Rancho Cordova Property and therefore cannot assure such access.

 

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(j) The Company covenants and agrees not to transfer or assign any interest in any real property, whether constituting a Contributed Asset or leased or subleased to the Company, unless the transferee or assignee agrees, for the benefit of the Members and any of their successors, transferees or assignees, to comply with the provisions of this Section 6.09, as if such transferee or assignee was the Company under this Agreement.

 

(k) Nothing in this Section 6.09 shall be deemed to limit or otherwise modify any other provision of this Agreement, including clause (vii) of each of the definitions of Boeing Assumed Liabilities and Lockheed Martin Assumed Liabilities.

 

Section 6.10 Payments Relating to Certain Pre-Closing Activities . Promptly after receipt thereof, the Company will pay (i) to Lockheed Martin any amounts received by the Company from the U.S. Government with respect to Assured Access to Space infrastructure sustainment relating to an Atlas V to the extent relating to periods ending on or before the Closing Date and (ii) to Boeing any amounts received by the Company from the U.S. Government with respect to Assured Access to Space infrastructure sustainment relating to a Delta IV to the extent relating to periods ending on or before the Closing Date.

 

ARTICLE VII

TRANSACTION DOCUMENTS

 

Section 7.01 Transaction Documents . Each Party covenants and agrees, as an inducement to the others to enter into this Agreement and to consummate the Contemplated Transactions, to execute and deliver and to cause its respective Subsidiaries to execute and deliver each Transaction Document to which each is a party.

 

ARTICLE VIII

EMPLOYEE AND EMPLOYEE BENEFIT MATTERS

 

Section 8.01 Employee and Employee Benefit Matters . The Parties agree as to employee and employee benefit matters as set forth in Exhibit E .

 

ARTICLE IX

REAL PROPERTY AND RELATED MATTERS

 

Section 9.01 Certain Real Property and Related Matters . The Parties shall cooperate with each other and use reasonable commercial efforts to obtain any consents or approvals required in connection with the assignment of the leases to the Contributed Leased Real Property to the Company and to obtain from applicable landlords or other third parties the release of the applicable Member and its Affiliates from all liabilities and obligations under the leases in respect of the Contributed Leased Real Property; provided , however , that if any landlord of any Contributed Leased Real Property is unwilling either to release the applicable Member or its Affiliated Transferor from all liabilities and obligations under the lease relating to such Contributed Leased Real Property or to include in the consent to any such assignment a recapture provision that would allow such Member or its Affiliated Transferor to take back the lease in the event of a default by the Company under the lease, at the option of such Member, in lieu thereof, such Member or its applicable Affiliated Transferor, as the case may be, and the Company shall execute and deliver a sublease agreement for the sublease by the Company of such Contributed

 

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Leased Real Property on terms and conditions to be mutually agreed between the Members. In addition, (a) Lockheed Martin and the Company agree to enter into the Denver Lease Agreement, and (b) each of the Members and the Company agree to take such actions as necessary to transfer the Contributed Owned Real Property to the Company, in each case effective as of the Closing. Notwithstanding the foregoing, except as otherwise expressly set forth in the Transaction Documents, nothing in this Section 9.01 shall require any Party to make any payments in order to obtain such consents, approvals or releases, except for reasonable and customary costs to cover actual expenses incurred by landlords to process any requests for assignment.

 

ARTICLE X

CONDITIONS TO CLOSING

 

Section 10.01 Conditions to Obligations of Each Member . The obligations of each Member to consummate the Closing are subject to the satisfaction (or waiver by each Member) of the following conditions:

 

(a) any applicable waiting period (and any extension thereof) under any Antitrust Law (including the HSR Act) relating to the Contemplated Transactions shall have expired or been terminated and any necessary approvals under any Antitrust Law shall have been obtained, and there shall not be (i) any pending action or proceeding in which a Governmental Authority is seeking to enjoin the Contemplated Transactions, or (ii) a final, nonappealable order entered by a Governmental Authority that enjoins or otherwise prohibits the Contemplated Transactions;

 

(b) no provision of any Applicable Law and no judgment, injunction, order or decree issued by a court or other Governmental Authority of competent jurisdiction shall prohibit the Closing;

 

(c) no action or proceeding shall be pending before any court or other Governmental Authority that seeks to prohibit the Closing, or impose damages or obtain other relief in connection with the Contemplated Transactions that (i) is brought by any Governmental Authority having jurisdiction in respect thereof or (ii) is brought by any Person (other than a Governmental Authority) if in the case of this clause (ii) such action or proceeding reasonably could be expected to prohibit the Closing or result in a Material Adverse Effect on either of the Members or the ELV Business;

 

(d) all actions by or in respect of, or filings with, any Governmental Authority (other than actions or filings in connection with the Novation Agreements) required to permit the consummation of the Closing shall have been taken or made, and the Company and the Members shall have entered into one or more advance agreements, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Members, with the appropriate Governmental Authority concerning matters relating to the formation of the Company and the concept of its operations;

 

(e) neither Member nor the Company shall have received any official written notification from the Office of the Secretary of Defense of the United States Department of Defense (“ DOD ”) or the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration

 

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(“ NASA ”) that either the DOD and/or NASA objects to or intends to seek to prevent consummation of the Contemplated Transactions or intends to oppose the novation of Government Contracts from the Members to the Company;

 

(f) clearance under the federal rules and regulations relating to the National Industrial Security Program, in the form of approvals and agreement prescribed by the DOD, shall have been obtained from the DOD for the Company to own and operate those portions of the ELV Business that are governed by such program, and the Company shall have obtained all such security clearances and/or special program accesses as are necessary in order to enable the Company to continue the ELV Businesses of each of the Members as of the Closing Date;

 

(g) the Company shall have in place the Initial Company Financing Arrangement;

 

(h) the Members shall have obtained the consents, approvals or permits contemplated by Attachment XI ; and

 

(i) the representations and warranties of the Company contained in this Agreement shall be true and correct at and as of the date of the Joinder and as of the Closing Date, as if made at and as of each such date, except that those representations and warranties that by their express terms are made as of a specific date shall be required to be true and correct only as of such date, in each case except for inaccuracies that could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect on the Company.

 

Section 10.02 Conditions to Obligations of Lockheed Martin . The individual obligations of Lockheed Martin to consummate the Closing are subject to the satisfaction (or waiver by Lockheed Martin) of the following further conditions:

 

(a) (i) Boeing shall have performed in all material respects all of its obligations under this Agreement required to be performed by it at or prior to the Closing, (ii) the representations and warranties of Boeing contained in this Agreement shall be true and correct at and as of the date of this Agreement and as of the Closing Date, as if made at and as of each such date, except that those representations and warranties that by their express terms are made as of a specific date shall be required to be true and correct only as of such date, in each case except for inaccuracies that could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect on Boeing’s ELV Business or the Company, and (iii) Lockheed Martin shall have received a certificate signed by an officer of Boeing to the foregoing effect;

 

(b) except as contemplated in Schedule C.06 , since the date of this Agreement, no event shall have occurred that has had or reasonably could be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect on Boeing’s ELV Business;

 

(c) Boeing and the Company shall have entered into an agreement pursuant to which each shall (i) agree to flow through to the other, to the extent applicable, the protections of the CSLA, and (ii) waive all claims against the other and the U.S. Government, on behalf of itself and its contractors, subcontractors, suppliers and customers, and the contractors, subcontractors and suppliers of its customers, of a nature covered under the reciprocal waiver requirements of the CSLA, including claims for death, bodily injury or property damage or loss resulting from the supply of ELV Systems and related Launch Services; and

 

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(d) Boeing (or its applicable Subsidiaries) shall have executed and delivered, on or before the Closing Date, each of the Transaction Documents that are required to be executed by Boeing or its Subsidiaries.

 

Section 10.03 Conditions to Obligations of Boeing . The individual obligations of Boeing to consummate the Closing are subject to the satisfaction (or waiver by Boeing) of the following further conditions:

 

(a) (i) Lockheed Martin shall have performed in all material respects all of its obligations under this Agreement required to be performed by it at or prior to the Closing, (ii) the representations and warranties of Lockheed Martin contained in this Agreement shall be true and correct at and as of the date of this Agreement and as of the Closing Date, as if made at and as of each such date, except that those representations and warranties that by their express terms are made as of a specific date shall be required to be true and correct only as of such date, in each case except for inaccuracies that could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect on Lockheed Martin’s ELV Business or the Company, and (iii) Boeing shall have received a certificate signed by an officer of Lockheed Martin to the foregoing effect;

 

(b) except as contemplated in Schedule B.06 , since the date of this Agreement, no event shall have occurred that has had or reasonably could be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect on Lockheed Martin’s ELV Business;

 

(c) Lockheed Martin and the Company shall have entered into an agreement pursuant to which each shall (i) agree to flow through to the other, to the extent applicable, the protections of the CSLA, and (ii) waive all claims against the other and the U.S. Government, on behalf of itself and its contractors, subcontractors, suppliers and customers, and the contractors, subcontractors and suppliers of its customers, of a nature covered under the reciprocal waiver requirements of the CSLA, including claims for death, bodily injury or property damage or loss resulting from the supply of ELV Systems and related Launch Services; and

 

(d) Lockheed Martin (or its applicable Subsidiaries) shall have executed and delivered, on or before the Closing Date, each of the Transaction Documents that are required to be executed by Lockheed Martin or its Subsidiaries.

 

Section 10.04 Updated Disclosure Schedules . At any time prior to the Closing, each Member shall be entitled to deliver to the other Member updates to, or substitutions of, such Member’s Disclosure Schedules; provided , that such updates or substitutions are clearly marked as such and are addressed to the other Member at the addresses listed in Section 13.01. In the event any Member delivers updated or substitute Disclosure Schedules within three days of any date scheduled for Closing, the other Member shall be entitled to extend, by written notice to the updating Member, the scheduled date for Closing to the third day after it receives the updated or substitute Disclosure Schedules, or if such day is not a Business Day, to the next Business Day. The delivery by a Member of updated or substitute Disclosure Schedules shall not prejudice any rights of the other Member under this Agreement, including the right to claim that the

 

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representations and warranties of the updating Member, when made on the date of this Agreement or as of the Closing Date, were untrue, or that any condition to Closing (without regard to any such updates or substitutions) was unfulfilled.

 

Section 10.05 MAE Exceptions . It is acknowledged and agreed that the occurrence of one or more of the events that arguably could constitute a Material Adverse Effect on a Member’s ELV Business but for the application of subsections (v), (x), (y) and (z) of the proviso to the definition of “Material Adverse Effect” hereunder (the “ MAE Exceptions ”) shall not give rise to the right of either Member to terminate this Agreement pursuant to Section 12.01, or otherwise to assert that the closing conditions set forth in Section 10.02 or 10.03 have not been satisfied. In the event of the occurrence of one or more events constituting a MAE Exception, the Parties shall cooperate in good faith to minimize the impact of such MAE Exception on the Company and the ELV Business to be performed by the Company after the Closing Date.

 

ARTICLE XI

SURVIVAL; INDEMNIFICATION

 

Section 11.01 Survival . None of the representations, warranties, covenants or agreements of the Parties contained in this Agreement shall survive the Closing, except that:

 

(a) solely for purposes of the indemnification provided in Sections 11.02(a)(i)(1) and 11.02(b)(i)(1) and 11.02(c)(i):

 

(i) the representations and warranties in Sections B.01, B.02, C.01, C.02, D.01, D.02 and D.07 shall survive the Closing indefinitely;

 

(ii) the representations and warranties in Sections B.16 and C.16 shall survive the Closing for a period ending upon the later of three years from the Closing Date or the date on which the applicable statute of limitations expires; and

 

(iii) the representations and warranties in Exhibit B , Exhibit C and Exhibit D (other than those Sections referenced in the preceding clauses (i) and (ii), which shall survive solely to the extent provided by such clauses (i) and (ii)) shall survive the Closing for a period of two years from the Closing Date; and

 

(b) those covenants and agreements set forth in this Agreement that, by their terms, are to have effect after the Closing Date shall survive for the period contemplated by the covenants and agreements, or if no period is so contemplated, indefinitely.

 

The representations, warranties, covenants and agreements referenced in the preceding clauses (a) and (b) as surviving the Closing are referred to herein as the “ Surviving Representations or Covenants .” It is understood and agreed that (x) after the Closing, the sole and exclusive remedy with respect to any breach of any Surviving Representation or Covenant shall be a claim for Damages (whether by contract, in tort or otherwise, and whether in law, in equity or both) made pursuant to this Article XI; provided , that notwithstanding the foregoing, nothing in this Article XI shall limit the right of any Party (A) to pursue an action for or to seek remedies with respect to claims for fraud or (B) to seek specific performance or other equitable relief; and (y) before the Closing, the Parties shall be entitled to the termination and other remedies set forth in Article

 

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XII and indemnification under this Article XI shall not apply. Without limiting the foregoing, it is understood that except to the extent provided in this Article XI, neither Lockheed Martin nor Boeing shall have any liability to the other for any diminishment in value of the other’s ownership interest (or the ownership interest of the other’s Subsidiaries) in the Company as a result of any matters giving rise to a claim for indemnification under this Article XI.

 

Section 11.02 Indemnification .

 

(a) Effective as of the Closing and subject to the limitations set forth in Section 11.04(a), Lockheed Martin hereby indemnifies each of (x) Boeing, its Affiliates and its Representatives (together with their respective successors and permitted assigns) (the “ Boeing Indemnified Parties ”), and (y) the Company, its Affiliates and its Representatives (together with their respective successors and permitted assigns) (the “ Company Indemnified Parties ”) against, and agrees to defend and hold them harmless from, any and all Damages incurred or suffered by any of them (i) arising out of, resulting from or related to (1) any breach of any Surviving Representation or Covenant made or to be performed by Lockheed Martin or its Subsidiaries pursuant to this Agreement (for purposes of this clause (i)(1), all representations and warranties shall be read without reference to materiality, Material Adverse Effect or similar qualifications), (2) any Lockheed Martin Excluded Liabilities (including Lockheed Martin’s or any of its Subsidiaries’ failure to perform or in due course pay or discharge any Lockheed Martin Excluded Liability), or (3) any matters for which indemnification is provided by Lockheed Martin under Exhibit E (it being understood that the terms of such indemnification shall be governed by and subject to the terms of Exhibit E to the extent such terms differ from the provisions of this Article XI), and (ii) as contemplated in Schedule 11.02(a) ; provided , that Lockheed Martin shall have no obligation to indemnify the Boeing Indemnified Parties for breaches of representations and warranties under Section 11.02(a)(i)(1).

 

(b) Effective as of the Closing and subject to the limitations set forth in Section 11.04(b), Boeing hereby indemnifies each of (x) Lockheed Martin, its Affiliates and its Representatives (together with their respective successors and permitted assigns) (the “ Lockheed Martin Indemnified Parties ”), and (y) the Company Indemnified Parties, against, and agrees to defend and hold them harmless from, any and all Damages incurred or suffered by any of them (i) arising out of, resulting from or related to (1) any breach of any Surviving Representation or Covenant made or to be performed by Boeing or its Subsidiaries pursuant to this Agreement (for purposes of this clause (i)(1), all representations and warranties shall be read without reference to materiality, Material Adverse Effect or similar qualifications), (2) any Boeing Excluded Liabilities (including Boeing’s or any of its Subsidiaries’ failure to perform or in due course pay or discharge any Boeing Excluded Liability), or (3) any matters for which indemnification is provided by Boeing under Exhibit E (it being understood that the terms of such indemnification shall be governed by and subject to the terms of Exhibit E to the extent such terms differ from the provisions of this Article XI), and (ii) as contemplated in Schedule 11.02(b) ; provided , that Boeing shall have no obligation to indemnify the Lockheed Martin Indemnified Parties for breaches of representations and warranties under Section 11.02(b)(i)(1).

 

(c) Effective as of the Closing, the Company hereby indemnifies the Lockheed Martin Indemnified Parties and the Boeing Indemnified Parties against, and agrees to defend and hold them harmless from, any and all Damages incurred or suffered by any of them

 

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arising out of, resulting from or related to (i) any breach of any Surviving Representation or Covenant made or to be performed by the Company pursuant to this Agreement, (ii) any Assumed Liabilities (including the Company’s failure to perform or in due course pay or discharge any Assumed Liability), (iii) any Financial Support Arrangement, (iv) any matters for which indemnification is provided by the Company under Exhibit E (it being understood that the terms of such indemnification shall be governed by and subject to the terms of Exhibit E to the extent such terms differ from the provisions of this Article XI) or (v) any liabilities or obligations arising in connection with, resulting from or relating to (A) the ELV Business (but only to the extent conducted on or after the Closing Date), or (B) a facility the possession of which is transferred to the Company at Closing (but only to the extent relating to a period on or after the Closing Date), or (C) the use, ownership, lease or operation by the Company, an Affiliate of the Company or a successor of the Company or such Affiliate, of any facility the possession of which is transferred to the Company at Closing, whether vested or unvested, contingent or fixed, actual or potential, liability for which arises under or relates to Environmental Laws to the extent such liabilities or obligations arise out of, relate to, are based on or result from any action taken by the Company (or a failure by the Company to take action) or any event occurring on or after the Closing Date, including liabilities or obligations related to (1) Remedial Actions, (2) personal injury, wrongful death, economic loss or property damage, (3) natural resource damages, (4) violations of Applicable Law or (5) any other Damages with respect to Environmental Laws.

 

Section 11.03 Procedures .

 

(a) If any Party or any of the Parties’ respective Affiliates or Representatives shall seek indemnification pursuant to Section 11.02, the Person seeking indemnification (the “ Indemnified Party ”) shall give written notice to the Party from whom such indemnification is sought (the “ Indemnifying Party ”) promptly (and in any event within 30 days) after the Indemnified Party (or, if the Indemnified Party is a corporation, any officer or director of the Indemnified Party) becomes aware of the facts giving rise to such claim for indemnification (an “ Indemnified Claim ”) specifying in reasonable detail the factual basis of the Indemnified Claim, stating the amount of the Damages, if known, the method of computation thereof, containing a reference to the provision of this Agreement in respect of which such Indemnified Claim arises and demanding indemnification therefor. The failure of an Indemnified Party to provide notice in accordance with this Section 11.03, or any delay in providing such notice, shall not constitute a waiver of that Party’s claims to indemnification pursuant to Section 11.02, except to the extent that (i) any such failure or delay in giving notice causes the amounts paid or to be paid by the Indemnifying Party to be greater than they otherwise would have been or otherwise results in prejudice to the Indemnifying Party or (ii) such notice is not delivered to the Indemnifying Party prior to the expiration of the applicable survival period set forth in Section 11.01. If the Indemnified Claim arises from the assertion of any claim, or the commencement of any suit, action, proceeding or Remedial Action brought by a Person that is not a Party hereto (a “ Third Party Claim ”), any such notice to the Indemnifying Party shall be accompanied by a copy of any papers theretofore served on or delivered to the Indemnified Party in connection with such Third Party Claim.

 

(b) Upon receipt of notice of a Third Party Claim from an Indemnified Party pursuant to Section 11.03(a), the Indemnifying Party shall be entitled to assume the defense and control of such Third Party Claim subject to the provisions of this Section 11.03 by providing

 

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notice of such election to the Indemnified Party within 30 days of its receipt of notice of such Third Party Claim; provided , that any such assumption of the defense and control of a Third Party Claim shall constitute an acknowledgement and acceptance by the Indemnifying Party of its obligation to indemnify the Indemnified Party for all Damages arising out of such Third Party Claim under this Article XI. If the Indemnifying Party elects to assume the defense of a Third Party Claim, the Indemnifying Party will not be liable to the Indemnified Party for any legal or other expenses subsequently incurred by the Indemnified Party in connection with the defense thereof as long as the Indemnifying Party is conducting its defense in accordance with this Section 11.03(b); provided , that if in the written opinion of counsel to any Indemnified Party a conflict of interest exists in respect of such claim, such Indemnified Party will have the right to employ separate counsel reasonably satisfactory to the Indemnifying Party to represent such Indemnified Party and in that event the reasonable fees and expenses of such separate counsel will be paid by the Indemnifying Party; provided that in the event there are multiple Indemnified Parties, the Indemnifying Party shall only have an obligation to pay the fees and expenses of one separate counsel for all Indemnified Parties. If the Indemnifying Party does not assume the defense and control of a Third Party Claim within such 30 day period, the Indemnified Party shall have the right to defend such Third Party Claim in such manner as it may deem appropriate and the Indemnifying Party shall be liable for all Damages arising out of such Third Party Claim, to the extent that such Damages are subject to indemnification by the Indemnifying Party hereunder, and shall promptly pay or reimburse the Indemnified Party for all reasonable fees and expenses incurred in the defense by the Indemnified Party of such Third Party Claim. Whether the Indemnifying Party or the Indemnified Party is defending and controlling any such Third Party Claim, it shall select counsel, contractors, experts and consultants of recognized standing and competence, shall take all steps necessary in the investigation, defense or settlement thereof, and shall at all times diligently and promptly pursue the resolution thereof. The Party conducting the defense thereof shall at all times act as if all Damages relating to the Third Party Claim were for its own account and shall act in good faith and with reasonable prudence to minimize Damages therefrom. Each of the Indemnified Party and the Indemnifying Party shall, and shall cause each of its respective Affiliates and Representatives to, reasonably cooperate with the other in connection with any Third Party Claim at the request of the other and at the expense of the Indemnifying Party. In addition, the Party not conducting the defense shall have the right to participate in the defense of such Third Party Claim at its own expense.

 

(c) The Indemnifying Party shall be authorized to consent to a settlement of, or the entry of any judgment arising from, any Third Party Claims, and the Indemnified Party shall consent to a settlement of, or the entry of any judgment arising from, such Third Party Claims if (i) the Indemnifying Party shall pay or cause to be paid all amounts arising out of such settlement or judgment concurrently with the effectiveness thereof, (ii) such settlement shall not encumber any of the assets of the Indemnified Party or contain any restriction or condition that would apply to such Indemnified Party or to the conduct of that Party’s business, (iii) such settlement contains as a condition thereto a complete and unconditional release of the Indemnified Party, and (iv) such settlement does not contain any admission of wrongdoing by the Indemnified Party. Except for the foregoing, no settlement or entry of judgment in respect of any Third Party Claim shall be consented to by any Indemnifying Party without the express written consent of the Indemnified Party, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed. Whether or not the Indemnifying Party assumes the defense of a Third Party Claim, the Indemnified Party will not consent to a settlement of, or the entry of any judgment arising from, a Third Party Claim without the express written consent of the Indemnifying Party, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed.

 

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(d) If an Indemnifying Party makes any payment on an Indemnified Claim, the Indemnifying Party shall be subrogated, to the extent of such payment, to all rights and remedies of the Indemnified Party to any insurance benefits or other claims or benefits of the Indemnified Party with respect to such claim. Such Indemnified Party will cooperate with the Indemnifying Party in a reasonable manner, at the cost and expense of such Indemnifying Party, in prosecuting any subrogated right or claim.

 

(e) In the event that the Company is the Indemnified Party, the Member that is not the Indemnifying Party may elect to assert the Indemnified Claim on behalf of the Company and each of the Company and such Member shall be deemed an Indemnified Party for purposes of the procedural provisions of this Section 11.03. In such event, the Company shall reasonably cooperate with the Member deemed an Indemnified Party, which Member shall control the pursuit of the Indemnified Claim and shall do so in good faith and in a manner reasonably believed to be in the best interests of the Company. If and to the extent that the Indemnifying Party is successful in the defense of any such Indemnified Claim, the Member asserting the Indemnified Claim on behalf of the Company will promptly reimburse the Indemnifying Party for its reasonable fees and expenses incurred in the defense of the Indemnified Claim.

 

Section 11.04 Limitations . Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement or in any of the Transaction Documents:

 

(a) Lockheed Martin shall have liability to the Company Indemnified Parties with respect to breaches of the representations and warranties described in Section 11.02(a)(i)(1) to the extent (and only to the extent) (i) the aggregate Damages of all Company Indemnified Parties (taken as a whole) shall exceed $8,000,000 (it being understood that such $8,000,000 shall be a deductible amount and shall not be recoverable by the Company Indemnified Parties) and (ii) such matters were the subject of a written notice given by the Indemnified Party pursuant to Section 11.03(a) within the period following the Closing Date specified for each respective matter in Section 11.01. In addition, Lockheed Martin will not be responsible for making any payments with respect to Damages for any individual items relating to the representations and warranties described in Section 11.02(a)(i)(1) where Damages relating thereto are less than $25,000 (or, in the case of representations and warranties that include materiality, Material Adverse Effect or similar qualifications, $1,000,000) and such items shall not be aggregated for purposes of determining whether Damages incurred by Company Indemnified Parties exceed the deductible amount set forth in clause (i) above.

 

(b) Boeing shall have liability to the Company Indemnified Parties with respect to breaches of the representations and warranties described in Section 11.02(b)(i)(1) to the extent (and only to the extent) (i) the aggregate Damages of all Company Indemnified Parties (taken as a whole) shall exceed $8,000,000 (it being understood that such $8,000,000 shall be a deductible amount and shall not be recoverable by the Company Indemnified Parties) and (ii) such matters were the subject of a written notice given by the Indemnified Party pursuant to Section 11.03(a) within the period following the Closing Date specified for each respective matter in Section 11.01. In addition, Boeing will not be responsible for making any payments

 

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with respect to Damages for any individual items relating to the representations and warranties described in Section 11.02(b)(i)(1) where Damages relating thereto are less than $25,000 (or, in the case of representations and warranties that include materiality, Material Adverse Effect or similar qualifications, $1,000,000) and such items shall not be aggregated for purposes of determining whether Damages incurred by Company Indemnified Parties exceed the deductible amount set forth in clause (i) above.

 

(c) If and to the extent the Company shall assert a claim for indemnification against Lockheed Martin pursuant to Sections 11.02(a)(i)(1) (in respect of a breach of a covenant or agreement), 11.02(a)(i)(2), 11.02(a)(i)(3) or 11.02(a)(ii) for any matter, the Company shall not be required first to seek indemnification pursuant to Section 11.02(a)(i)(1) in respect of any breach of a representation or warranty arising from such matter. If and to the extent the Company shall assert a claim for indemnification against Boeing pursuant to Sections 11.02(b)(i)(1) (in respect of a breach of a covenant or agreement), 11.02(b)(i)(2), 11.02(b)(i)(3) or 11.02(b)(ii) for any matter, the Company shall not be required first to seek indemnification pursuant to Section 11.02(b)(i)(1) in respect of any breach of a representation or warranty arising from such matter.

 

(d) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, although a Party may be entitled to make a claim for indemnification pursuant to more than one provision of this Article XI, no Party shall be entitled to recover indemnification for the same claim under more than one provision of this Article XI.

 

Section 11.05 Recovery under Contracts .

 

(a) Except as otherwise provided in this Agreement, for purposes of any indemnification claim by a Company Indemnified Party, the amount of Damages payable by Lockheed Martin or Boeing, as the case may be, will be reduced by amounts deemed recoverable in accordance with this Section 11.05.

 

(b) For purposes of this Agreement, except as otherwise provided herein, any costs of the Company potentially indemnifiable by Lockheed Martin or Boeing under Section 11.02 will be deemed recoverable except to the extent such costs are (i) unallowable (whether or not by agreement with the U.S. Government or pursuant to the Federal Acquisition Regulation), or (ii) allowable, reasonable and allocable to definitized fixed price contracts between the Company and the U.S. Government, or options thereunder, or (iii) allocable to definitized contracts between the Company and any Person other than the U.S. Government, or options thereunder, in each case in accordance with the Company’s established cost accounting practices and the applicable provisions of the Federal Acquisition Regulation. Such calculation will be made as soon as practicable after the Damages subject to indemnification are identified and will be based on the Company’s best estimates of the then current and future costs and business base, consistent, to the extent possible, with the Company’s then current rate proposals used for pricing U.S. Government contracts.

 

(c) (i) Prior to asserting any claim for indemnification from a Member under this Agreement, the Company shall, subject to clause (ii) below, use commercially reasonable efforts and exhaust available administrative and judicial remedies to have any costs giving rise to

 

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such potential claim for indemnification treated as allowable, allocable and reasonable costs under its contracts with the U.S. Government and shall cooperate with the indemnifying Member in taking reasonable actions to obtain a determination from the U.S. Government that such costs can be treated as allowable, allocable and reasonable. The indemnifying Member shall be responsible and pay for any out of pocket costs and expenses as reasonably incurred by the Company in connection with such actions. To the extent the Company incurs or has incurred costs that are the subject of a dispute or that are not reimbursed by the U.S. Government within 90 days (other than for administrative reasons) of the Company’s initial billing of such costs to the U.S. Government, the indemnifying Member shall advance funds to the Company within 30 days of receipt of a properly documented invoice in an amount sufficient to cover such costs. Any such funds that are advanced by the indemnifying Member shall be repaid to the indemnifying Member, without interest (except to the extent that interest is recoverable from the U.S. Government), within 30 days of receipt of payment from the U.S. Government.

 

(ii) In the event the management of the Company determines in good faith that seeking a determination that costs giving rise to a potential claim for indemnification may be treated as allowable, allocable and reasonable costs under its Contracts with the U.S. Government would not be in the best interests of the Company, the Company shall promptly notify the indemnifying Member. If, after receiving such notice, the indemnifying Member provides the Company with an opinion of a law firm experienced in U.S. Government Contract matters on the list of approved law firms contemplated by Section 7.02(b)(xv) of the Operating Agreement that the costs claimed are not clearly unallowable costs under the Federal Acquisition Regulation, and that it is more likely than not that the Company will prevail on its claim, the Company shall continue to perform its obligations under Section 11.05(c)(i), unless and until the Members shall otherwise unanimously agree; provided , however , that in such event, the Company shall only be obligated to seek available administrative and judicial remedies through the level of the appropriate Board of Contract Appeals or the Court of Federal Claims; and provided , further , that the Company shall not be required to appeal any decision of the appropriate Board of Contract Appeals or the Court of Federal Claims unless the Members shall otherwise unanimously agree. If the indemnifying Member does not provide to the Company the opinion referred to in the immediately preceding sentence reasonably promptly after receiving such notice, the Company may elect not to continue to pursue the remedies provided for in Section 11.05(c)(i).

 

(d) If the amount of an indemnification by a Member is reduced by costs deemed recoverable in accordance with the foregoing, and it is later determined that such costs are actually unallowable after compliance with the provisions of Section 11.05(c), except to the extent that funds have already been advanced pursuant to Section 11.05(c)(i), the indemnifying Member will pay the Company the amount previously deemed recoverable to the extent later determined to be unallowable with simple interest thereon from the date applicable costs are incurred to the date of payment, at a rate per annum equal to the per annum interest rate announced from time to time by JPMorgan Chase Bank as its prime rate in effect.

 

(e) Nothing in this Section 11.05 shall prohibit the indemnifying Member from seeking recovery as an allowable, reasonable and allocable cost any such cost that is not deemed recoverable under this Section 11.05 (or that is initially deemed recoverable but later determined to be actually unallowable under Section 11.05(c)) under its own contracts, at its own election and expense.

 

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ARTICLE XII

TERMINATION

 

Section 12.01 Termination . This Agreement may be terminated at any time prior to the Closing:

 

(a) by mutual written agreement of the Members;

 

(b) by either Member if the Closing shall not have been consummated by March 31, 2006; provided , however , that neither Member may terminate this Agreement pursuant to this clause (b) if the Closing shall not have been consummated by such date by reason of the failure of such Member to perform, or to cause its Affiliates to perform, in all material respects any of its or their respective covenants or agreements contained in this Agreement;

 

(c) by either Member if there shall be any Applicable Law that makes consummation of the Contemplated Transactions illegal or otherwise prohibited, if consummation of the Contemplated Transactions would violate any nonappealable final order, decree or judgment of any Governmental Authority having competent jurisdiction over such Member or if a Governmental Authority has filed suit to enjoin or otherwise prohibit the Contemplated Transactions;

 

(d) by either Member in the event of a breach by the other Member of any representation, warranty, covenant or agreement under this Agreement, where the effect of such breach would be to cause the conditions to the obligation to consummate the Closing of the terminating Member not to be capable of being satisfied, and such breach is not cured by the breaching Party within 30 days of receiving written notice from the terminating Party of the breach or alleged breach, which written notice shall state that unless such breach is cured in accordance with this Section 12.01(d) the terminating Party intends to terminate this Agreement (it being understood that such 30 day cure period shall not under any circumstances extend the date set forth in Section 12.01(b)); and

 

(e) by either Member if the Closing shall not have been consummated by March 31, 2006 and either (i) the stay of the Civil Proceeding contemplated by Section 5.12(a) shall have been lifted or (ii) a Replead Complaint shall have been filed in accordance with Section 5.12(b).

 

Any Member desiring to terminate this Agreement pursuant to this Section 12.01 shall give written notice of such termination to the other Member.

 

Section 12.02 Effect of Termination . If this Agreement is terminated as permitted by Section 12.01:

 

(a) this Agreement shall forthwith become void and of no further force or effect, except for the following provisions, which shall remain in full force and effect: (i) the

 

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representations and warranties set forth in Sections B.12, C.12 and D.05 (relating to finders’ fees), (ii) Section 5.03 (relating to confidentiality), (iii) Section 6.03 (relating to publicity), (iv) this Section 12.02, (v) Section 13.03 (relating to expenses and certain Taxes), (vi) Section 13.07 (Entire Agreement), (vii) Section 13.08 (Governing Law), (viii) Section 13.15 (Jurisdiction), (ix) Section 13.16 (Consequential Damages) and (x) Section 13.17 (Performance);

 

(b) such termination shall be without liability of any Party (or any Affiliate, stockholder, consultant or Representative of such Party) to the other Parties to this Agreement; provided , however , that if the Contemplated Transactions fail to close as a result of a breach of any representation, warranty, covenant or agreement under this Agreement by any Member, or if, at the time of a termination of this Agreement pursuant to Section 12.01(e), any Member shall be in breach of any representation, warranty, covenant or agreement under this Agreement, then in either case such Member shall be fully liable for any and all damages or losses incurred or suffered by the other Member as a result of all such breaches if the other Member is ready, willing and able to otherwise satisfy its obligations under this Agreement; and

 

(c) the Members shall cause the termination and dissolution of the Company.

 

Section 12.03 Non-Exclusive Remedies . Notwithstanding any provision in this Article XII or elsewhere in this Agreement to the contrary, the rights and remedies provided in Section 12.02 shall be in addition to, and not exclusive of, any rights or remedies to which the Parties may be entitled under Applicable Law as a result of a termination of this Agreement.

 

ARTICLE XIII

MISCELLANEOUS

 

Section 13.01 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 Lockheed Martin:

 

Lockheed Martin Corporation

6801 Rockledge Drive

Bethesda, MD 20816

Attention:  Senior Vice President and General Counsel

Telecopy:  (301) 897-6791

 

with copies (which shall not constitute notice) to:

 

Lockheed Martin Space Systems Company

12257 S. Wadsworth Blvd. MS-5120

Littleton, CO 80125-8500

Attention:  Vice President and General Counsel

Telecopy:  (303) 971-4684

 

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and to

 

Lockheed Martin Corporation

6801 Rockledge Drive

Bethesda, MD 20816

Attention:  Marian S. Block

Telecopy:  (301) 897-6587

 

and to:

 

King & Spalding LLP

1700 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W.

Washington, D.C. 20006

Attention:  Glenn C. Campbell

Telecopy:  (202) 626-3737

 

if to Boeing:

 

The Boeing Company

100 N. Riverside

Chicago, IL 60606

Attention:  Vice President, Corporate and Strategic Development

Telecopy:  (312) 544-2755

 

with copies (which shall not constitute notice) to:

 

The Boeing Company

100 N. Riverside

Chicago, IL 60606

Attention:  Senior Vice President and General Counsel

Telecopy:  (312) 544-2829

 

and to:

 

Chadbourne & Parke LLP

30 Rockefeller Plaza

New York, New York 10112

Attention:  Peter R. Kolyer

Telecopy:  (212) 541-5369

 

if to the Company:

 

[The Company]

12257 S. Wadsworth Blvd.

Littleton, Colorado 80125

Attention:  Chief Executive Officer

Telecopy:  (303) 977-1145

 

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with copies (which shall not constitute notice) to:

 

[The Company]

12257 S. Wadsworth Blvd.

Littleton, Colorado 80125

Attention:  General Counsel

Telecopy:  (303) 977-1145

 

or to such other address or telecopy number and with such other copies, as such Party may hereafter specify in writing for the purpose by notice to the other Parties. Each such notice, request or other communication shall be effective (i) if given by telecopy, when such telecopy is transmitted to the telecopy number specified in this Section 13.01 and evidence of receipt is received or (ii) if given by any other means, upon delivery or refusal of delivery at the address specified in this Section 13.01.

 

Section 13.02 Amendments; Waivers .

 

(a) No provision of this Agreement may be amended or waived unless such amendment or waiver is in writing and signed, in the case of an amendment, by the Members, or in the case of a waiver, by the Party against whom the waiver is to be effective.

 

(b) No failure or delay by any 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.

 

Section 13.03 Expenses; Taxes . Except as otherwise provided in this Agreement, all costs and expenses incurred in connection with the preparation and negotiation of this Agreement and the Contemplated Transactions shall be paid by the Party incurring such cost or expense. Notwithstanding the foregoing, all transfer taxes and similar fees and governmental charges and all sales, use and similar taxes and governmental charges resulting from or relating to the contribution of the Contributed Assets to the Company by the Members or any of the Affiliated Transferors or resulting from or relating to the Contemplated Transactions, shall be borne by the Company. The Company shall promptly reimburse the Members for such fees, taxes or governmental charges contemplated by the preceding sentence and paid by the Members upon presentation of a demand therefor consistent with this Section 13.03. Notwithstanding the foregoing, all filing fees payable in connection with filings required under any Antitrust Laws shall be shared equally by Lockheed Martin and Boeing.

 

Section 13.04 Successors and Assigns . The provisions of this Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the Parties and their respective successors and permitted assigns. No Party may assign, delegate or otherwise transfer any of its rights or obligations under this Agreement without the prior written consent of the other Parties; provided , that any Party may assign its rights under this Agreement without the other Parties’ prior written consent upon written notice to the other Parties (i) to any of its direct or indirect wholly owned domestic Subsidiaries ( provided , that if any such Subsidiary assignee, delegatee or transferee shall at any time cease to be a direct or indirect wholly owned domestic Subsidiary of the assignor, delegator or transferor, as the case may be, the exception set forth in this clause (i) shall no longer apply and such assignment, delegation or transfer shall be void unless otherwise permitted under this

 

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Section 13.04) or (ii) in connection with the transfer or sale of all or substantially all of its assets or business or its merger or consolidation with another Person. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no assignment, delegation or other transfer of rights under this Agreement shall relieve the assignor of any liability or obligation hereunder. Any attempted assignment, delegation or transfer in violation of this Section 13.04 shall be void.

 

Section 13.05 Disclosure . Certain information set forth in the Disclosure Schedules has been included and disclosed solely for informational purposes and may not be required to be disclosed pursuant to the terms and conditions of this Agreement. The disclosure of any such information shall not be deemed to constitute an acknowledgement or agreement that the information is required to be disclosed in connection with the representations and warranties made in this Agreement or that the information is material, nor shall any information so included and disclosed be deemed to establish a standard of materiality or otherwise be used to determine whether any other information is material.

 

Section 13.06 Construction . As used in this Agreement, any reference to the masculine, feminine or neuter gender shall include all genders, the plural shall include the singular, and singular shall include the plural. Unless the context otherwise requires, the term “party” when used in this Agreement means a party to this Agreement. References in this Agreement to a party or other Person include their respective successors and permitted assigns. The words “include,” “includes” and “including” when used in this Agreement shall be deemed to be followed by the phrase “without limitation” unless such phrase otherwise appears. Unless the context otherwise requires, references in this Agreement to Articles, Sections, Exhibits, Schedules and Attachments shall be deemed references to Articles and Sections of, and Exhibits, Schedules and Attachments to, this Agreement. Unless the context otherwise requires, the words “hereof,” “hereby” and “herein” and words of similar meaning when used in this Agreement refer to this Agreement in its entirety and not to any particular Article, Section or provision of this Agreement. With regard to each and every term and condition of this Agreement, the Parties understand and agree that the same have or has been mutually negotiated, prepared and drafted, and that if at any time the Parties desire or are required to interpret or construe any such term or condition or any agreement or instrument subject thereto, no consideration shall be given to the issue of which Party actually prepared, drafted or requested any term or condition of this Agreement.

 

Section 13.07 Entire Agreement .

 

(a) This Agreement and the other Transaction Documents (including, to the extent contemplated herein, the Confidentiality Agreement) constitute the entire agreement among the Parties with respect to the subject matter of such documents and supersede all prior agreements, understandings and negotiations, both written and oral, among the Parties with respect to the subject matter thereof.

 

(b) THE PARTIES HERETO ACKNOWLEDGE AND AGREE THAT NO REPRESENTATION, WARRANTY, PROMISE, INDUCEMENT, UNDERSTANDING, COVENANT OR AGREEMENT HAS BEEN MADE OR RELIED UPON BY ANY PARTY HERETO OTHER THAN THOSE EXPRESSLY SET FORTH IN THE TRANSACTION DOCUMENTS. WITHOUT LIMITING THE GENERALITY OF THE DISCLAIMER SET

 

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FORTH IN THE PRECEDING SENTENCE, (I) NO MEMBER 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 ITS ELV 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 SUCH MEMBER 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) EACH OF THE MEMBERS, ON ITS OWN BEHALF AND ON BEHALF OF ITS RESPECTIVE SUBSIDIARIES, EXPRESSLY DISCLAIMS ANY IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING WARRANTIES OF FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY. EACH MEMBER ACKNOWLEDGES THAT THE OTHER MEMBER HAS INFORMED IT THAT NO PERSON HAS BEEN AUTHORIZED BY SUCH MEMBER OR ANY OF ITS AFFILIATES TO MAKE ANY REPRESENTATION OR WARRANTY IN RESPECT OF ITS ELV 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 SUCH MEMBER IS A PARTY.

 

(c) Except as expressly provided herein this Agreement is not intended to and does not confer upon any Person other than the Parties (and their successors and permitted assigns) any rights or remedies hereunder.

 

Section 13.08 Governing Law . This Agreement shall be construed in accordance with and governed by the laws of the State of Delaware (without regard to the choice of law provisions thereof).

 

Section 13.09 Counterparts; Effectiveness . This Agreement may be signed in any number of counterparts, each of which shall be deemed 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 Member shall have received a counterpart hereof signed by the other Member.

 

Section 13.10 Severability . Any provision of this Agreement that is prohibited or unenforceable in any jurisdiction shall, as to such jurisdiction, be ineffective to the extent of such prohibition or unenforceability without invalidating the remaining provisions of this Agreement or affecting the validity or enforceability of such provision in any other jurisdiction. To the extent any provision of this Agreement is determined to be prohibited or unenforceable in any jurisdiction, the Parties agree to use reasonable commercial efforts, and agree to cause their Subsidiaries to use reasonable commercial efforts, to substitute one or more valid, legal and enforceable provisions that, insofar as practicable, implement the purposes and intent of the prohibited or unenforceable provision.

 

Section 13.11 Captions . The captions herein are included for convenience of reference only and shall be ignored in the construction or interpretation hereof.

 

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Section 13.12 Bulk Sales . The Company hereby waives compliance by the Members and each Affiliated Transferor, in connection with the Contemplated Transactions, with the provisions of Article 6 of the Uniform Commercial Code as adopted in the States of Colorado, California, Alabama, Florida, Illinois, Texas and Maryland, and as adopted in any other states or jurisdictions where any of the Contributed Assets are located, and any other applicable bulk sales laws with respect to or requiring notice to the Members’ (or any Affiliated Transferor’s) creditors, as the same may be in effect on the Closing Date. The Members shall indemnify and hold the Company harmless against any and all liabilities (other than in respect of Assumed Liabilities) that may be asserted by third parties against the Company as a result of noncompliance with any such bulk sales law.

 

Section 13.13 Disclaimer of Agency . This Agreement shall not constitute any Party as a legal representative or agent of any other Party, nor shall a Party have the right or authority to assume, create or incur any liability or any obligation of any kind, expressed or implied, against or in the name or on behalf of any other Party, unless otherwise expressly permitted under the Operating Agreement or pursuant to an agreement in writing between or among any of the Parties.

 

Section 13.14 Dispute Resolution .

 

(a) Except as otherwise contemplated in Section 3.04, from and after the Closing, in the event of any controversy or claim between or among any of the Parties arising out of, relating to or in connection with any provision of this Agreement, or the rights or obligations of the Parties hereunder, the Parties shall try to settle their differences amicably between or among themselves.

 

(b) Any Party may initiate such informal dispute resolution by sending written notice of the dispute to the other Parties, and within 10 days after such notice, senior management level representatives of Lockheed Martin and Boeing shall meet, in person or by telephone, for attempted resolution by good faith negotiations. Such representatives shall be empowered and authorized to bind their respective companies with respect to the matter in dispute, and to settle the issue on behalf of their respective companies. If such representatives do not resolve such dispute within 30 days of receipt of the dispute notice for any reason, the Parties agree to submit the dispute to the Chief Executive Officers of Lockheed Martin and Boeing for resolution. If the Chief Executive Officers do not resolve the dispute within 30 days after submittal, then the Parties agree to submit the dispute to final and binding arbitration before a panel of three arbitrators in New York, New York under the Commercial Arbitration Rules of the American Arbitration Association (the “ AAA Rules ”).

 

(c) Arbitration will be commenced by any Party filing a demand for arbitration pursuant to the AAA Rules (an “ Arbitration Demand ”). That Party also shall send a copy of the Arbitration Demand to the other Parties. Each of Lockheed Martin and Boeing shall select an arbitrator within 10 days of the date of the Arbitration Demand and shall so notify the other Parties in writing, or, if Lockheed Martin or Boeing fails to select an arbitrator within such 10 day period, the American Arbitration Association (the “ AAA ”) shall make such appointment within five days thereafter and shall notify the Parties in writing. Within 10 days from their appointment, the two arbitrators thus appointed shall select a third arbitrator, who shall act as the

 

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chairman of the panel, and shall notify the Parties in writing of his or her selection. If the two arbitrators fail to agree on a third arbitrator within 10 days of their selection, the AAA shall make the appointment within five days thereafter and shall notify the Parties in writing. If an arbitrator so selected becomes unable to serve, his or her successors shall be similarly selected or appointed.

 

(d) The arbitration shall be conducted pursuant to the Federal Arbitration Act and such procedures as Lockheed Martin and Boeing may agree, or, in the absence of such agreement, pursuant to the AAA Rules. The arbitrators will agree to comply with the Federal Arbitration Act and the procedures agreed to by Lockheed Martin and Boeing, or if applicable, the AAA Rules (including without limitation any and all of the time deadlines governing the arbitrators’ conduct set forth in the Federal Arbitration Act, the procedures agreed to by Lockheed Martin and Boeing and the AAA Rules, as applicable) and the terms of this Section 13.14. The arbitrators shall have case management authority and shall resolve the dispute in final within 180 days from the commencement of the arbitration. In the event the arbitrators fail to resolve the dispute in final within 180 days from the commencement of the arbitration, either Lockheed Martin or Boeing may serve a written notice to the arbitrators and to the other Parties that requires the arbitrators to resolve the dispute in final within 30 days of service of such written notice, provided that if the Member not serving the written notice asserts that the failure to resolve the dispute within such 180-day period was due to delay by the Member serving the written notice, such 30-day period shall be extended by the number of days, if any, that the arbitrators (by written decision issued within such 30-day period) determine the Member serving the written notice was dilatory. If the arbitrators fail to resolve the dispute within such 30 (or extended) - day period, any Party may remove the case from arbitration and file the action as a lawsuit in accordance with Section 13.15. In the event a Party removes the case from arbitration pursuant to the provisions hereof, each Party hereby waives any objection that it may now or hereafter have to such removal or that such dispute continues to be subject to arbitration. For purposes of calculating the effects of any statutes of limitations, any lawsuit initiated pursuant to this provision will be deemed to have been filed on the date that the arbitration was commenced, as established by the Federal Arbitration Act or the AAA Rules, if applicable.

 

(e) The Parties agree that Lockheed Martin and Boeing shall have the right to conduct discovery and present evidence in accordance with the following rules. Each of Lockheed Martin and Boeing shall be allowed to conduct reasonable discovery through written document requests and depositions, the nature and extent of which discovery shall be determined by Lockheed Martin and Boeing; provided , that if Lockheed Martin and Boeing cannot agree on the terms of discovery, the nature and extent thereof will be determined by the arbitrators who will take into account the needs of the Parties and the purposes of arbitration to make discovery expeditious and cost effective. Access to any confidential or proprietary financial or other information produced in discovery will be limited to the discovering Member’s lawyers and other experts and a limited number (to be agreed by Lockheed Martin and Boeing) of senior managers of the discovering Member, who will be obligated to preserve the confidentiality of such information on reasonable and customary terms. Each Party shall provide to the others, reasonably in advance of the hearing, copies of all documents which such Party intends to present at the hearing. Each of Lockheed Martin and Boeing shall be entitled to make an oral presentation to the arbitrators.

 

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(f) The Parties agree that a judgment may be entered on the arbitrators’ award in any court of competent jurisdiction. The arbitrators in reviewing any claim under this Agreement shall have the exclusive authority to determine any issues as to the arbitrability of any such claim or related disputes hereunder. In reaching a decision, the arbitrators shall interpret, apply and be bound by this Agreement and by Applicable Law. The arbitrators shall have no authority to add to, detract from or modify this Agreement or any Applicable Law in any respect. The arbitrators may grant any remedy or relief that a court of competent jurisdiction could grant, except that the arbitrators may not grant any relief or remedy greater than that sought by the Parties, nor any special, indirect, punitive or consequential damages, including lost profits and opportunity costs (except in each case to the extent assessed in connection with claims by other Persons).

 

(g) Any up-front costs of the arbitrators shall be borne equally by the Parties engaged in such dispute; provided , however , that the non-prevailing Party in any such arbitration shall pay, and to the extent applicable reimburse the prevailing Party for, the costs and expenses of the arbitrators, including costs and expenses payable to the AAA and to the arbitrators; and provided further , that in the event each Party prevails as to certain claims in connection with any such arbitration, the fees of the arbitrators shall be paid and/or reimbursed in accordance with the decision of the arbitrators. Except as otherwise provided in Article XI, each Party shall bear its own costs incurred in connection with attorneys’ fees and related expenses.

 

(h) Notwithstanding the provisions of this Section 13.14, (i) nothing in this Agreement shall limit or in any way restrict the ability of any Party to seek injunctive or other equitable relief in a court or other judicial body and (ii) the Parties shall have no obligation to submit any matter prior to the Closing to arbitration in accordance with this Section 13.14, including any disputes as to whether the conditions to Closing set forth in Article X have been satisfied or whether a Member has the right to terminate this Agreement.

 

Section 13.15 Jurisdiction . Without limiting the provisions of Section 13.14, 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 Contemplated Transactions shall be brought in the United States District Court for the District of Delaware (or, if subject matter jurisdiction is unavailable, in the state courts of the State of Delaware), and each of the Parties hereby consents to the exclusive jurisdiction of such courts (and of the appropriate appellate courts) in any such suit, action or proceeding and waives any objection to venue laid therein. Process in any such suit, action or proceeding may be served on any Party anywhere in the world, whether within or without the State of Delaware. Without limiting the foregoing, the Parties agree that service of process upon such Party at the address referred to in Section 13.01, together with written notice of such service to such Party, shall be deemed effective service of process upon such Party.

 

Section 13.16 Consequential Damages . Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement or any other Transaction Document to the contrary, no Party shall be liable to any other Party (or its Affiliates) for special, indirect, punitive or consequential damages, including lost profits and opportunity costs (except in each case to the extent assessed in connection with claims by other Persons), resulting from or arising out of a breach of this Agreement or any other Transaction Document.

 

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Section 13.17 Performance . Each Party will 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.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Members have caused this Agreement to be duly executed by their respective authorized officers on the day and year first above written.

 

LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION
By:  

/s/ J EFFREY D. M AC L AUCHLAN


Name:   Jeffrey D. MacLauchlan
Title:   Vice President, Financial Strategies
THE BOEING COMPANY
By:  

/s/ J OSEPH T. L OWER


Name:   Joseph T. Lower
Title:  

Vice President, Corporate and

Strategic Development

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this Agreement to be duly executed by its authorized officer on this      day of                      2005, and hereby joins in this Agreement as of that date.

 

[LLC TO BE FORMED]
By:  

 


Name:    
Title:    

 

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EXHIBIT A

 

DEFINITIONS

 

(a) The following terms have the following meanings:

 

Affiliate ” means, with respect to any Person, any Person directly or indirectly controlling, controlled by, or under common control with such specified Person. 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. For purposes of this Agreement and the Contemplated Transactions, no Party shall be deemed an Affiliate of any other Party or of any of the other Parties’ Subsidiaries.

 

Affiliated Transferors ” means, with respect to each of Lockheed Martin and Boeing, a Subsidiary of Lockheed Martin or Boeing, respectively, that either (i) owns any of the assets that would constitute Contributed Assets if owned, held or used by Lockheed Martin or Boeing or their respective Subsidiaries, as the case may be, on the Closing Date or (ii) is liable for any of the Assumed Liabilities.

 

Antitrust Laws ” means all United States Federal and state, and any foreign, statutes, rules, regulations, orders, decrees, administrative and judicial doctrines, and other laws that are designed or intended to prohibit, restrict or regulate actions having the purpose or effect of monopolization or restraint of trade.

 

Applicable Law ” means, with respect to any Person, any statute, treaty, law, ordinance, rule, regulation, order, writ, injunction, judicial decision, decree or other legally binding requirement of any Governmental Authority (including any Environmental Law) 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).

 

Assumed Liabilities ” means, collectively, the Lockheed Martin Assumed Liabilities and the Boeing Assumed Liabilities.

 

Atlas Commercial Sales and Marketing Agreement ” means the Atlas Commercial Sales and Marketing Agreement to be entered into by Lockheed Martin and the Company on terms and conditions consistent with the terms and conditions summarized in Attachment VII hereto, as the same may be amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time.

 

Atlas Derivative ” means an expendable launch vehicle that is not an Atlas V or Atlas III but is launched from a launch pad that is a Lockheed Martin Contributed Asset; provided , that an expendable launch vehicle that consists of a lower stage substantially similar to an Atlas V or Atlas III lower stage and an upper stage substantially similar to a Delta IV or Delta II upper stage, or vice versa, shall not be an Atlas Derivative.


Benefit Arrangements ” means, with respect to each Member, all fringe benefit plans, holiday or vacation pay, profit sharing, incentive compensation, cafeteria plans, seniority, and other policies, practices, agreements or statements of terms and conditions providing employee or executive compensation or benefits to employees of such Member’s ELV Business or any of their dependents, maintained by such Member, other than an Employee Plan.

 

Bid ” means, with respect to any Person, any firm quotation, bid or proposal made by such Person that if accepted or awarded would lead to a Contract with the U.S. Government or any other Person.

 

BLS ” means Boeing Launch Services, Inc.

 

Board ” has the meaning set forth in the Operating Agreement.

 

Boeing Assumed Liabilities ” means the following liabilities and obligations of Boeing and its Subsidiaries, whether liquidated or unliquidated, known or unknown, fixed or contingent, accrued or unaccrued, matured or unmatured, absolute, determined, determinable or indeterminable, or otherwise, whether presently in existence or arising hereafter:

 

(i) all liabilities and obligations that (A) are set forth on or reflected in Boeing’s Opening Statement, (B) are taken into account in the calculation of Boeing’s Adjusted Net Working Capital Amount as determined in accordance with Section 3.04, or (C) are otherwise a liability or obligation of Boeing or its Affiliates that the Company is expressly assuming pursuant to this Agreement;

 

(ii) all liabilities and obligations arising under Boeing’s Contracts constituting Contributed Assets that have not been completed or terminated prior to the Closing Date, whether arising prior to, on or after the Closing Date, including liabilities and obligations arising from or relating to the performance or nonperformance of such Contracts by the Company or any other Person, but excluding liabilities and obligations contemplated by clauses (iii), (v), (vi), (vii), (x), (xv) and (xvi) of the definition of Boeing Excluded Liabilities;

 

(iii) all liabilities and obligations in respect of Transferred Employees who are employees of Boeing’s ELV Business immediately prior to the Closing, and beneficiaries of Transferred Employees who are employees of Boeing’s ELV Business immediately prior to the Closing, including liabilities and obligations under or relating to WARN or any similar state or local law, to the extent relating to or arising out of any actions taken by the Company on or after the Closing Date;

 

(iv) all liabilities and obligations under Boeing Employee Plans and Benefit Arrangements (A) in respect of Transferred Employees who are employees of Boeing’s ELV Business immediately prior to the Closing and dependents and beneficiaries of Transferred Employees who are employees of Boeing’s ELV Business immediately prior to the Closing, but only to the extent provided in Exhibit E to be assumed by the Company, and (B) in respect of any other Person, to the extent provided in Exhibit E ;

 

(v) all liabilities and obligations relating to errors or omissions or allegations of errors or omissions or claims of design or other defects with respect to any launch of an ELV

 

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System on or after the Closing Date (except as may otherwise be agreed under the Delta Commercial Sales and Marketing Agreement or any other Contract between the Company and Boeing or any of its Affiliates);

 

(vi) all liabilities and obligations relating to warranty obligations or services with respect to any launch of an ELV System on or after the Closing Date (except as may otherwise be agreed under the Delta Commercial Sales and Marketing Agreement or any other Contract between the Company and Boeing or any of its Affiliates);

 

(vii) (A) all liabilities and obligations in connection with Remedial Actions in respect of any Boeing Contributed Leased Real Property or any Boeing Contributed Owned Real Property, whether arising prior to, on or after the Closing Date; provided , that Boeing Assumed Liabilities shall not include (subject to clause (C) below): (x) any Environmental Liabilities in respect of tort claims (including claims for personal injury, wrongful death, economic loss or property damage) to the extent arising out of actions taken or omitted by any Person prior to the Closing Date or (y) any Environmental Liabilities to the extent arising out of actions taken or omitted by (I) any Person prior to the Closing Date, or (II) Boeing or any of its Affiliates on or after the Closing Date, that in each case do not constitute costs that are allowable, allocable and recoverable by the Company from the U.S. Government based on the assumptions and procedures contemplated by Section 11.05;

 

(B) all liabilities and obligations in connection with Remedial Actions in respect of the Rancho Cordova Property, whether arising prior to, on or after the Closing Date; provided , that Boeing Assumed Liabilities shall not include (x) any Environmental Liabilities in respect of tort claims (including claims for personal injury, wrongful death, economic loss or property damage) or (y) any Environmental Liabilities that do not constitute costs that are allowable, allocable and recoverable by the Company from the U.S. Government based on the assumptions and procedures contemplated by Section 11.05; and

 

(C) all Environmental Liabilities in respect of Boeing’s ELV Business arising out of actions taken or omitted after the Closing, or increases in such Environmental Liabilities arising out of actions taken or omitted by any Person after the Closing due to the operation or the use of the Boeing Contributed Leased Real Property or the Boeing Contributed Owned Real Property by the Company or any other Person after the Closing;

 

(viii) all liabilities and obligations for any Taxes arising from or with respect to the Boeing Contributed Assets or the operations of Boeing’s ELV Business prior to, on or after the Closing Date, other than Income Taxes in respect of any period (or portion thereof) ending on or before the Closing Date; provided , however , that Income Taxes for periods (or portions thereof) ending prior to or on the Closing Date that are not taken into account in the calculation of Boeing’s Adjusted Net Working Capital Amount shall be Boeing Assumed Liabilities to the extent such Income Taxes are recoverable by the Company from a Governmental Authority pursuant to the applicable provisions of the Federal Acquisition Regulation ( e . g ., 48 C.F.R. § 9904.403-61) governing the apportionment of such Income Taxes to operating businesses;

 

(ix) all liabilities and obligations (except to the extent they constitute Environmental Liabilities, which shall be governed by clause (vii) above) relating to the

 

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Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970, as amended, and any regulations, decisions or orders promulgated thereunder, together with any state or local law, regulation or ordinance pertaining to worker, employee or occupational safety or health in effect as the same may be amended, supplemented or superseded, to the extent arising out of actions taken or omitted on or after the Closing Date;

 

(x) all civil liabilities and obligations (other than fines, penalties, restitution or other settlement amounts payable to the U.S. Government) arising out of or relating to the Civil Proceeding or the Boeing Government Investigation, whether arising prior to, on or after the Closing Date, but only to the extent such liabilities or obligations constitute costs that are allowable, allocable and recoverable by the Company from the U.S. Government based on the assumptions and procedures contemplated by Section 11.05;

 

(xi) all liabilities and obligations arising from Proceedings directly or indirectly relating to Boeing’s ELV Business or any Boeing Contributed Asset, to the extent and only to the extent arising out of actions taken or omitted on or after the Closing Date, except for liabilities and obligations of a type contemplated by the foregoing clauses (ii) through (x), which shall be governed by such clauses; and

 

(xii) all liabilities and obligations created or incurred on or after the Closing Date in connection with the operation of the Company’s ELV Business on or after the Closing Date, including such liabilities and obligations relating to the ownership by the Company or any of its successors of the Boeing Contributed Assets, the lease of the Boeing Contributed Leased Real Property or the lease, sublease or use of any other properties in accordance with this Agreement and including, in each case, any and all Proceedings in respect thereof, except for liabilities and obligations of a type contemplated by the foregoing clauses (ii) through (xi), which shall be governed by such clauses.

 

Boeing Contributed Assets ” means, other than the Boeing Excluded Assets, all of the assets, properties, rights, licenses, permits, Contracts (except for leases of real property, which shall be a Boeing Contributed Asset only to the extent provided in clause (ii) below), real property, causes of action and business of every kind and description as the same shall exist on the Closing Date wherever located, real, personal or mixed, tangible or intangible, owned by, leased by or in the possession of Boeing or any of its Affiliated Transferors, whether or not reflected in the books and records thereof, and held or used primarily in the conduct of Boeing’s ELV Business as the same shall exist on the Closing Date, and including, except as otherwise specified herein, all direct or indirect right, title and interest of Boeing or any of its Affiliated Transferors in, to and under:

 

(i) Boeing’s Delta II and Delta IV launch vehicles, together with associated engineering, design, manufacturing, integration, assembly, test and launch operations used primarily in connection with Delta II and Delta IV;

 

(ii) the rights and interests of Boeing and its Subsidiaries pursuant to the assignment or sublease of the Boeing Contributed Leased Real Property in accordance with Section 3.01(h);

 

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(iii) the rights and interests of Boeing and its Subsidiaries in the Boeing Contributed Owned Real Property and any Government-Furnished Items granted pursuant to Contracts constituting Contributed Assets;

 

(iv) other than Intellectual Property and rights and interests therein (except software as set forth in clause (xviii) below), and except for the Excluded Inventory, all personal property and interests therein, including machinery, equipment, furniture, office equipment, communications equipment, vehicles, storage tanks, spare and replacement parts, fuel and other property (and interests in any of the foregoing) owned by Boeing or any of its Subsidiaries that are used primarily in connection with Boeing’s ELV Business;

 

(v) all Contracts (other than Intellectual Property licenses, which licenses constitute Boeing Contributed Assets only to the extent set forth in clause (xviii) below, and the leases of real property relating to the Boeing Contributed Leased Real Property, which leases constitute Boeing Contributed Assets only to the extent set forth in clause (ii) above) to which Boeing or any of its Subsidiaries is a party and which are related primarily to Boeing’s ELV Business;

 

(vi) all accounts receivable and notes receivable, whether or not billed, accrued or otherwise recognized in the Boeing Opening Statement or taken into account in the determination of the Boeing Adjusted Net Working Capital Amount, together with any unpaid interest or fees accrued thereon or other amounts due with respect thereto of Boeing or its Subsidiaries that relate primarily to Boeing’s ELV Business, and any security or collateral for any of the foregoing;

 

(vii) all expenses (other than in respect of Income Taxes) that have been prepaid by Boeing or any of its Subsidiaries relating primarily to the operation of Boeing’s ELV Business, including lease and rental payments;

 

(viii) all of Boeing’s or any of its Subsidiaries’ rights, claims, credits, causes of action or rights of set-off against Persons other than Boeing and its Subsidiaries relating primarily to Boeing’s ELV Business or the Boeing Contributed Assets, including unliquidated rights under manufacturers’ and vendors’ warranties (except to the extent relating to Boeing Excluded Assets or Boeing Excluded Liabilities);

 

(ix) all transferable franchises, licenses, permits or other authorizations issued by a Governmental Authority owned by or granted to, or held or used by, Boeing or any of its Subsidiaries and primarily related to Boeing’s ELV Business;

 

(x) except to the extent Boeing or any of its Subsidiaries is required to retain the originals pursuant to any Applicable Law (in which case copies shall be provided to the Company upon request), all business books, records, files and papers, whether in hard copy or computer format, of Boeing or any of its Subsidiaries used primarily in Boeing’s ELV Business, including books of account, invoices, engineering information, sales and promotional literature, manuals and data, sales and purchase correspondence, lists of present and former suppliers, lists of present and former customers, personnel and employment records of present employees (except to the extent Business Employees do not consent to the release of copies of such records

 

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to the Company), documentation developed or used for accounting, marketing, engineering, manufacturing, or any other purpose relating primarily to the conduct of Boeing’s ELV Business at any time prior to the Closing;

 

(xi) the right to represent to third parties that the Company is the successor to Boeing’s ELV Business in accordance with Section 5.08;

 

(xii) all insurance proceeds (except to the extent relating to Boeing Excluded Assets or Boeing Excluded Liabilities), net of any retrospective premiums, deductibles, retention or similar amounts, arising out of or related to damage, destruction or loss of any property or asset used primarily in connection with Boeing’s ELV Business to the extent of any damage or destruction that remains unrepaired, or to the extent any property or asset remains unreplaced at the Closing Date and such proceeds were taken into account in the calculation of the Boeing Adjusted Net Working Capital Amount;

 

(xiii) all assets relating to Boeing Employee Plans and Benefit Arrangements to the extent but only to the extent Exhibit E provides for the contribution of such assets to the Company or to a trust associated with an Employee Plan or Benefit Arrangement sponsored by the Company;

 

(xiv) except for the Excluded Inventory, all raw materials, work-in-process, finished goods, supplies, parts, spare parts and other inventories that are held, used or intended by Boeing or its Subsidiaries for use primarily in connection with Boeing’s ELV Business;

 

(xv) all Bids that are attributable to Boeing’s ELV Business (with any contracts awarded to Boeing or any of its Subsidiaries on or prior to the Closing Date in respect of such Bids being deemed Contracts under clause (v) above);

 

(xvi) all goodwill generated by or associated with Boeing’s ELV Business;

 

(xvii) except as set forth in Schedule C.05 , all other assets, properties and rights that (A) are set forth on or reflected in Boeing’s Opening Statement and are owned by Boeing as of the Closing, or (B) are taken into account in the calculation of Boeing’s Adjusted Net Working Capital Amount as determined in accordance with Section 3.04; and

 

(xviii) to the extent transferable, and subject to Section 3.05, all software programs, documentation and other related materials, including licenses from the licensor of the software, for (A) software embedded in any hardware or equipment that is a Boeing Contributed Asset or that is used in a separate computer to operate such hardware or equipment, and (B) operating system software and COTS software installed in any computer, workstation, personal digital assistant, cell phone or other communications device that is a Boeing Contributed Asset.

 

Boeing Contribution and Assumption Agreement ” means the Contribution and Assumption Agreement to be entered into by Boeing and the Company in the form contemplated by Attachment V-B hereto, as the same may be amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time.

 

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Boeing Excluded Assets ” means the following assets:

 

(i) all cash and cash equivalents of Boeing and its Subsidiaries, including cash and cash equivalents used as collateral for Financial Support Arrangements and deposits with utilities, insurance companies and other Persons, except to the extent included in the calculation of the Boeing Adjusted Net Working Capital Amount;

 

(ii) all original books and records that Boeing and its Subsidiaries shall be required to retain pursuant to any Applicable Law (in which case copies of such books and records to the extent relating to Boeing’s ELV Business shall be provided to the Company upon request), or that contain information relating to any business or activity of Boeing or any of its Subsidiaries not forming a part of Boeing’s ELV Business, or any employee of Boeing or any of its Subsidiaries that is not a Transferred Employee;

 

(iii) except to the extent that the following amounts are included in the calculation of the Boeing Adjusted Net Working Capital Amount or are reimbursable by the Company to a Governmental Authority pursuant to the Federal Acquisition Regulation, all refunds of Income Taxes and all prepaid Income Taxes arising from or with respect to the Boeing Contributed Assets prior to the Closing or arising from or with respect to the operations of Boeing’s ELV Business for periods (or portions thereof) ending on or prior to the Closing Date, including all refunds of Taxes for Straddle Periods properly allocable to amounts paid by Boeing pursuant to Section 6.05;

 

(iv) except to the extent included in the calculation of the Boeing Adjusted Net Working Capital Amount, all assets of Boeing and its Subsidiaries (other than Intellectual Property, which is governed by clause (viii) below) not held, owned or used primarily in connection with Boeing’s ELV Business;

 

(v) all rights and claims of Boeing and its Subsidiaries under any of the Transaction Documents and the agreements and instruments delivered to Boeing and its Subsidiaries by Lockheed Martin and the Company pursuant to any of the Transaction Documents;

 

(vi) all notes receivable (including intercompany promissory notes) or similar claims or rights (whether or not billed or accrued) of Boeing’s ELV Business from Boeing or any of its Subsidiaries relating to or arising out of the financing of Boeing’s ELV Business or the transfer of cash to or from Boeing’s ELV Business;

 

(vii) all capital stock or any other securities of Boeing or any of its Subsidiaries or any other Person;

 

(viii) all Boeing Intellectual Property (other than software as set forth in clause (xviii) of the definition of Boeing Contributed Assets), and all rights to sue at law or in equity for any infringement or other impairment thereof, including the right to receive all proceeds and damages therefrom, and all rights to obtain renewals, continuations, divisions or other extensions of legal protections pertaining thereto;

 

(ix) except as otherwise contemplated in the Transaction Documents, all Intracompany Work Agreements and all quotations, bids or proposals submitted by Boeing or any of its Subsidiaries in response to requests for intra Boeing quotations and all rights and

 

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benefits in respect of other inter-division or intra-Boeing agreements or arrangements such as intra-division work orders, memoranda of agreement, memoranda of understanding and teaming agreements in respect of Boeing’s ELV Business;

 

(x) Boeing’s and its Affiliates’ businesses (other than Boeing’s ELV Business and all assets related primarily thereto), including BLS and all assets related primarily to BLS;

 

(xi) all launch vehicles and related equipment, hardware, software and other Intellectual Property used for launches of payloads, whether into Earth orbit, beyond Earth orbit or otherwise, of Boeing and its Affiliates, other than (A) the ELV Systems and (B) inventory (including parts and work in process inventory) of Boeing’s ELV Business (other than the Excluded Inventory);

 

(xii) all rights, claims, credits, causes of action, rights of set-off or other assets related to any other Boeing Excluded Asset or to any Boeing Excluded Liabilities;

 

(xiii) all assets relating to Boeing Employee Plans and Benefit Arrangements, except to the extent Exhibit E provides for the contribution of such assets to the Company or to a trust associated with an Employee Plan or Benefit Arrangement sponsored by the Company; and

 

(xiv) the Excluded Inventory; and

 

(xv) Boeing’s right to payments relating to certain pre-Closing activity pursuant to Section 6.10.

 

Boeing Excluded Liabilities ” means all liabilities of Boeing and its Affiliates other than the Boeing Assumed Liabilities. Without limiting the foregoing, Boeing Excluded Liabilities include:

 

(i) all liabilities and obligations for any Income Taxes in respect of any period (or portion thereof) ending on or before the Closing Date, other than Income Taxes to the extent recoverable by the Company from a Governmental Authority pursuant to the applicable provisions of the Federal Acquisition Regulation ( e.g. , 48 C.F.R. § 9904.403-61) governing the apportionment of such Income Taxes to operating businesses;

 

(ii) all liabilities and obligations, whether presently in existence or arising after the date of the Agreement, in respect of notes payable (including intercompany promissory notes) or similar obligations (whether or not billed or accrued) to Boeing or any of its Subsidiaries relating to or arising out of the financing of Boeing’s ELV Business or the transfer of cash to or from Boeing’s ELV Business;

 

(iii) except as otherwise contemplated in the Transaction Documents, all liabilities and obligations in respect of Intracompany Work Agreements and all quotations, bids or proposals submitted by Boeing or any of its Subsidiaries in response to requests for intra-Boeing quotations and all liabilities and obligations in respect of inter-division or intra-Boeing agreements or arrangements such as intra-division work orders, memoranda of agreement, memoranda of understanding and teaming agreements in respect of Boeing’s ELV Business;

 

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(iv) all liabilities and obligations, 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 Boeing or any of its Subsidiaries in connection with the Contemplated Transactions;

 

(v) all liabilities and obligations under Boeing Employee Plans and Benefit Arrangements, except to the extent Exhibit E provides for the assumption by the Company of such liabilities and obligations;

 

(vi) all liabilities and obligations relating to errors and omissions or allegations of errors or omissions or claims of design or other defects with respect to any launch of an ELV System prior to the Closing Date;

 

(vii) all liabilities and obligations relating to warranty obligations or services with respect to any launch of an ELV System prior to the Closing Date;

 

(viii) all Environmental Liabilities arising in connection with or relating to Boeing’s ELV Business or Boeing’s or any of its Affiliates’ use or ownership thereof that arise out of conditions existing or actions taken or omitted prior to the Closing Date, except to the extent such Environmental Liabilities constitute Boeing Assumed Liabilities pursuant to clause (vii) of the definition of Boeing Assumed Liabilities;

 

(ix) all liabilities and obligations of Boeing and its Subsidiaries arising out of indemnity obligations for the benefit of directors, officers, employees and agents of Boeing and its Subsidiaries;

 

(x) all liabilities and obligations arising out of or relating to the results of any audits by the United States Defense Contract Audit Agency or any other Governmental Authority having jurisdiction over Government Contracts entered into by Boeing or any of its Subsidiaries, including liabilities and obligations in respect of inappropriate charges, allocations or expenses or any inaccurate disclosures, representations or certifications made by Boeing or any of its Subsidiaries in connection with any such Government Contracts or alleged violations of the Procurement Integrity Act, to the extent that such liabilities and obligations relate to actions taken or omitted prior to the Closing Date, except to the extent provided in clause (x) of the definition of Boeing Assumed Liabilities;

 

(xi) all criminal liabilities of Boeing and its Subsidiaries (whether arising out of actions of directors, officers, employees, agents or Affiliates) in connection with Boeing’s ELV Business, including civil, administrative or similar sanctions or penalties related thereto, arising prior to, on or after the Closing Date;

 

(xii) all liabilities and obligations of Boeing and its Subsidiaries arising out of allegations that actions taken prior to the Closing Date infringed the Intellectual Property rights of other Persons;

 

(xiii) all liabilities and obligations, whether presently in existence or arising after the date of this Agreement, relating to or arising out of Boeing Excluded Assets or any business of Boeing or any of its Subsidiaries other than Boeing’s ELV Business (including all

 

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liabilities and obligations in respect of the Rancho Cordova Property, and any agreements or arrangements between Boeing or any of its Affiliates and any other Person relating to the Rancho Cordova Property), except to the extent provided in clause (vii) of the definition of Boeing Assumed Liabilities;

 

(xiv) all liabilities and obligations of Boeing and its Subsidiaries arising out of any Launch Failure of Boeing or any of its Affiliates prior to the Closing;

 

(xv) all liabilities and obligations of Boeing and its Subsidiaries arising out of allegations that Boeing or any of its Subsidiaries has breached or is in default of any lease agreement governing the Boeing Contributed Leased Real Property; and

 

(xvi) all liabilities and obligations arising out of or relating to the Civil Proceeding or the Boeing Government Investigation (including all liabilities and obligations in respect of the Administrative Agreement and the implementation by the Company of the provisions of Section 5.15), to the extent such liabilities and obligations do not constitute costs that are allowable, allocable and recoverable by the Company from the U.S. Government based upon the assumptions and procedures contemplated in Section 11.05, and all fines, penalties, restitution or other settlement amounts payable to the U.S. Government arising out of or relating to the Civil Proceeding or the Boeing Government Investigation.

 

Boeing Government Investigation ” means, individually and collectively, the ongoing investigations, whether criminal, civil or administrative, by the United States Department of Justice and the DOD concerning alleged wrongdoing relating to the alleged possession of Lockheed Martin information during the Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle Program source selection in 1998 and thereafter, and any similar investigation now existing or hereafter commenced by any Governmental Authority relating to such allegations.

 

Business Day ” means 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.

 

Business Employee ” means an individual employed primarily in connection with a Member’s ELV Business. An employee shall be considered to be employed primarily in connection with a Member’s ELV Business (i) if such employee is badge- assigned (for purposes of this definition, “badge-assigned” shall mean any employee whose Human Resources or Accounting Department number is assigned to the Member’s ELV Business) to the Member’s ELV Business; or (ii) if 70% or more of such employee’s charging or regular work assignment is attributed to or has been attributed to a Member’s ELV Business over the six months preceding the date of this Agreement; provided that, such employees described in this clause (ii) shall not be considered Business Employees if such work assignment is on a temporary basis; and provided further that employees performing services under an Interdivisional Work Authorization at Boeing’s El Paso site and Rocketdyne business or out of Boeing’s Huntsville facility shall not be considered Business Employees.

 

Civil Proceeding ” means the proceeding captioned Lockheed Martin v. Boeing, Case No. 6:03 CV 796 ORL28KRS filed in the United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida.

 

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Closing Date ” means the date of the Closing.

 

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

 

Commercial Customer ” means any Person other than the U.S. Government, but does not include any Person providing ELV Systems and related Launch Services to the U.S. Government pursuant to a DIO Contract.

 

Commercial Sales and Marketing Agreements ” means, collectively, the Atlas Commercial Sales and Marketing Agreement and the Delta Commercial Sales and Marketing Agreement.

 

Company Benefit Arrangements ” means, with respect to the Company, all fringe benefit plans, holiday or vacation pay, profit sharing, incentive compensation, cafeteria plans, seniority, and other policies, practices, agreements or statements of terms and conditions providing employee or executive compensation or benefits to Transferred Employees or any of their dependents, maintained by the Company, other than a Company Employee Plan.

 

Company Employee Plans ” means, with respect to the Company, each “employee benefit plan” as defined in Section 3(3) of ERISA, maintained or contributed to by the Company which provides benefits to Transferred Employees or their dependents or beneficiaries.

 

Confidentiality Agreement ” means, collectively, (i) the Confidentiality Agreement by and between the Members dated November 27, 2002, (ii) the Supplemental Confidentiality Agreement Governing the Establishment of “Clean Teams” by and between the Members dated February 23, 2004, as amended as of June 21, 2004, August 9, 2004, and September 1, 2004, (iii) the letter agreement by and between the Members dated March 24, 2005, and (iv) any amendments to the foregoing, whether executed prior to, on or after the date of this Agreement, and any designation by either Member of information provided to the other Member as “Clean Team Evaluation Materials.”

 

Contemplated Transactions ” means the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents.

 

Contracts ” means, with respect to any Person, all contracts, agreements, consulting arrangements, leases and subleases (including leases and subleases of real property), licenses, commitments, sales and purchase orders, and other undertakings of any kind, whether written or oral, to which such Person is a party, under which such Person is otherwise entitled to benefits or by which such Person otherwise is bound.

 

Contributed Assets ” means, collectively, the Lockheed Martin Contributed Assets and the Boeing Contributed Assets.

 

Contributed Leased Real Property ” means, with respect to each Member, the real property leased or subleased to such Member or any of its Affiliated Transferors as set forth on Schedule A-1 , as the same may be amended and supplemented from time to time, including the interests of such Member or its Affiliated Transferor in any related facilities, fixtures and improvements located therein and any other real property leased or subleased to such Member or

 

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Affiliated Transferor pursuant to leases or subleases entered into after the date of this Agreement and on or prior to the Closing Date, in each case exclusively for the benefit of such Member’s ELV Business.

 

Contributed Owned Real Property ” means, with respect to each Member, the real property owned by such Member or any of its Affiliated Transferors as set forth on Schedule A-2 , as the same may be amended and supplemented from time to time, including any facilities and related fixtures and improvements located therein and any other real property acquired by such Member or Affiliated Transferor after the date of this Agreement and on or prior to the Closing Date, in each case exclusively for the benefit of such Member’s ELV Business.

 

Contribution and Assumption Agreements ” means, collectively, the Lockheed Martin Contribution and Assumption Agreement and the Boeing Contribution and Assumption Agreement.

 

CSLA” means the Commercial Space Launch Act, 49 U.S.C. §§ 70101-70121, as amended, and its implementing regulations at 14 C.F.R. Parts 440-450, as amended.

 

Damages ” means, except as otherwise provided in Schedule 11.02(a) or Schedule 11.02(b) , all demands, claims, actions or causes of action, assessments, losses, damages, costs, expenses, liabilities, judgments, awards, fines, sanctions, penalties, charges and amounts paid in settlement, including reasonable costs, fees and expenses of attorneys, experts, accountants, appraisers, consultants, witnesses, investigators and any other agents or representatives of such Person (with such amounts to be determined net of any resulting Tax benefit actually received or realized and net of any refund or reimbursement of any portion of such amounts actually received or realized, including reimbursement by way of insurance or third party indemnification), but specifically excluding (i) any costs incurred by or allocated to an Indemnified Party with respect to time spent by employees of the Indemnified Party or any of its Affiliates, (ii) any special, indirect, punitive or consequential damages, including lost profits or opportunity costs (except in each case to the extent assessed in connection with a Third Party Claim with respect to which the Person against which such damages are assessed is entitled to indemnification hereunder), (iii) the decrease in the value of any Contributed Asset to the extent that such valuation is based on any use of the Contributed Asset other than its use as of the Closing Date or any other prior use of such Contributed Asset, (iv) any amount based on or taking into account the use of any Contributed Asset other than its use as of the Closing Date or any other prior use of such Contributed Asset, (v) any amount that constitutes, with respect to the Person claiming indemnification, an allowable, allocable and recoverable cost based on the assumptions and procedures contemplated in Section 11.05, and (vi) any amount included in the calculation of the Boeing Adjusted Net Working Capital Amount or the Lockheed Martin Adjusted Net Working Capital Amount.

 

Delta Commercial Sales and Marketing Agreement ” means the Delta Commercial Sales and Marketing Agreement to be entered into by Boeing and the Company on terms and conditions consistent with the terms and conditions summarized in Attachment VIII hereto, as the same may be amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time.

 

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Delta Derivative ” means an expendable launch vehicle that is not a Delta IV or Delta II but is launched from a launch pad that is a Boeing Contributed Asset; provided , that an expendable launch vehicle that consists of a lower stage substantially similar to a Delta IV or Delta II lower stage and an upper stage substantially similar to an Atlas V or Atlas III upper stage, or vice versa, shall not be a Delta Derivative.

 

Denver Facility ” means the facility owned by Lockheed Martin and located at 12257 S. Wadsworth Blvd., Littleton, Colorado 80125, a portion of which will be leased to the Company as of the Closing Date in accordance with a lease agreement on terms and conditions consistent with the terms and conditions summarized in Attachment IX .

 

DIO Contract ” means a Contract between the U.S. Government and any Person other than the Company for the delivery of one or more satellites in orbit, with respect to which the U.S. Government has not separately contracted for the delivery of an ELV System or provision of a Launch Service.

 

Disclosure Schedules ” means, with respect to each Party, the Disclosure Schedules of such Party dated the date of this Agreement relating to this Agreement, as they may be amended from time to time in accordance with the terms of this Agreement.

 

ELV Business ” means (i) with respect to each Member and its Subsidiaries, the business of designing, developing and manufacturing ELV Systems for, and providing Launch Services using such ELV Systems to, the U.S. Government conducted by such Member as of the date of this Agreement, and (ii) with respect to the Company, the business of designing, developing and manufacturing ELV Systems for, and providing Launch Services using such ELV Systems to, the U.S. Government, and to other Persons to the extent contemplated in this Agreement, the Operating Agreement or the other Transaction Documents, to be conducted by the Company from and after the Closing in accordance with this Agreement, the Operating Agreement and the other Transaction Documents.

 

ELV Systems ” means Atlas V, Atlas III, Delta IV, Delta II, the Galex Launch Vehicle, any Atlas Derivatives and/or Delta Derivatives developed by the Company after the Closing Date and any other expendable launch vehicles developed by the Company after the Closing Date, in each case used for launches of payloads into Earth orbit and beyond Earth orbit and including in each case related equipment, hardware, software and other Intellectual Property, it being understood that “ELV Systems” shall not include the Athena, Titan, Proton, Angara, Falcon, Trident and Sea Launch vehicles, any expendable launch vehicles derived from the Space Shuttle or any components of a launch vehicle (except to the extent such components are incorporated into a launch vehicle).

 

Employee Plans ” means, with respect to each Member, each “employee benefit plan” as defined in Section 3(3) of ERISA, maintained or contributed to by such Member or any of its Affiliates, which provides benefits to employees or former employees of such Member’s ELV Business or their dependents or beneficiaries.

 

Environmental Claim ” means any written or oral notice, claim, demand, action, suit, complaint, proceeding or other communication by any third Person alleging liability or potential

 

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liability (including liability or potential liability for investigatory costs, cleanup costs, governmental response costs, natural resource damages, property damage, personal injury, fines or penalties) arising out of, relating to, based on or resulting from (i) the presence, discharge, emission, release or threatened release of any Hazardous Substances at any location, (ii) circumstances forming the basis of any violation or alleged violation of any Environmental Laws, or (iii) otherwise relating to obligations or liabilities under any Environmental Laws.

 

Environmental Laws ” means any and all past, present or future federal, state, local and foreign statutes, laws, regulations, ordinances, orders, injunctions, judicial decisions, permits, common laws or agreements with any Governmental Authority or other third party that relate to protection of the environment or that impose liability for, or standards of conduct concerning, the manufacture, processing, generation, distribution, use, treatment, storage, disposal, discharge, release, emission, cleanup, transport or handling of Hazardous Substances including the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act of 1976, as amended, the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act of 1980, as amended, the Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act of 1984, as amended, the Toxic Substances Control Act, as amended, and any other so-called “Superfund” or “Superlien” laws, and similar state laws, but excluding the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970, as amended, and similar state laws.

 

Environmental Liabilities ” means all liabilities, whether vested or unvested, contingent or fixed, actual or potential, that arise under or relate to Environmental Laws, including (i) Remedial Actions, (ii) personal injury, wrongful death, economic loss or property damage claims, (iii) claims for natural resource damages, (iv) violations of law or (v) any damages with respect thereto.

 

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

 

Excluded Assets ” means, collectively, the Lockheed Martin Excluded Assets and the Boeing Excluded Assets.

 

Excluded Inventory ” means the inventory that will be retained by Boeing and that will be subject to the terms of the Delta Inventory Supply Agreement, as more fully described in Attachment XIII hereto, which inventory shall have the agreed upon value reflected on Schedule A-4 .

 

Excluded Liabilities ” means, collectively, the Lockheed Martin Excluded Liabilities and the Boeing Excluded Liabilities.

 

FAA ” means the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration, including the Office of the Associate Administrator for Commercial Space Transportation, and any successor agency, office or organization.

 

Federal Acquisition Regulation ” means Title 48, Chapter 1, of the United States Code of Federal Regulations.

 

Financial Support Arrangements ” means any liabilities or obligations, contingent or otherwise, of a Person in respect of any indebtedness, obligation or liability (including assumed indebtedness, obligations or liabilities) of another Person (and, in the case of the Members,

 

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another division or business of the Members), including remaining obligations or liabilities associated with indebtedness, obligations or liabilities that are assigned, transferred or otherwise delegated to another Person, if any, letters of credit and standby letters of credit (including any related reimbursement or indemnity agreements), direct or indirect guarantees, endorsements (except for collection or deposit in the ordinary course of business), notes co-made or discounted, recourse agreements, take-or-pay agreements, keep-well agreements, agreements to purchase or repurchase such indebtedness, obligation or liability or any security therefor or to provide funds for the payment or discharge thereof, agreements to maintain solvency, assets, level of income or other financial condition, agreements to make payment other than for value received and any other financial accommodations.

 

Foreign Export and Import Laws ” means the laws and regulations of a foreign government regulating the provision of services to parties not of the foreign country or the export and import of articles and information from and to the foreign country and to parties not of the foreign country.

 

GAAP ” means United States Generally Accepted Accounting Principles as in effect on the date of the Agreement.

 

Galex ” means Galaxy Express Corporation, a Japanese corporation.

 

Galex Contract ” means, collectively, the GX Program Phase C Contract Restructure, JIU-02-0002, dated April 1, 2004 between Lockheed Martin Overseas Corporation and Galex, and the GX Program Phase D1, Stage I Delivery Contract, GX-03-0001, dated April 1, 2004 between Lockheed Martin Overseas Corporation and Ishikawajima-Harima Heavy Industries Co., Ltd. of Tokyo.

 

Galex Launch Vehicle ” means the expendable launch vehicle manufactured and delivered pursuant to the Galex Contract.

 

Galex Royalties ” means, collectively, each of the $1,000,000 payments to be made by Galex to Lockheed Martin or its Subsidiaries for each of the first fifteen Atlas III Stage I launch vehicle units delivered by Lockheed Martin or its Subsidiaries together with certain other contingent royalty payments due upon certain termination conditions, pursuant to the Galex Contract.

 

Government Contract ” means, with respect to any Person, any Contract, including any prime contract, subcontract, facility contract, teaming agreement or arrangement, joint venture, basic ordering agreement, pricing agreement, letter contract, purchase order, delivery order, change order or other contractual arrangement of any kind, between such Person and (i) the U.S. Government (acting on its own behalf or on behalf of another country or international organization), (ii) any prime contractor of the U.S. Government or (iii) any subcontractor with respect to any contract of a type described in clauses (i) or (ii) above.

 

Governmental Authority ” means any foreign, domestic, 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.

 

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Hazardous Substances ” means (i) substances defined as “hazardous substances” or “hazardous waste” pursuant to the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act of 1980, as amended, or the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act of 1976, as amended, (ii) substances defined as “hazardous substances” or “hazardous waste” in the regulations adopted pursuant to any of said laws, (iii) substances defined as “toxic substances” in the Toxic Substances Control Act, as amended, and (iv) petroleum, petroleum derivatives, petroleum products, asbestos and asbestos-containing materials and any other substances or materials as regulated pursuant to Environmental Laws.

 

HSR Act ” means the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976, as amended.

 

Income Taxes ” means Taxes on net income or gain and franchise Taxes where the amount of such franchise Taxes is measured by reference to net income or gain.

 

Intellectual Property ” means all (i) issued patents and all provisional and pending patent applications, copyrights, technology, know-how, processes, trade secrets, inventions (including inventions conceived prior to the Closing Date but not documented as of the Closing Date), proprietary data, formulae, research and development data and computer software programs, (ii) trademarks, trade names, service marks and service names, (iii) registrations, applications, recordings, licenses and common-law rights relating thereto, and (iv) other United States, state and foreign intellectual property.

 

Launch Failure ” means the failure to successfully complete any launch in accordance with contractual or other obligations.

 

Launch Services ” means the service of launching payloads (whether manned or unmanned) into Earth orbit or beyond Earth orbit using ELV Systems; provided , that such services are delivered in connection with or ancillary to a contract for the delivery of an ELV System.

 

Lien ” means, (i) with respect to any asset, any mortgage, lien, claim, pledge, charge, security interest or other encumbrance of any kind in respect of such asset, and (ii) with respect to real property, any title defects, encumbrances, easements and restrictions, invalidities or irregularities.

 

LMCLS ” means, collectively, Lockheed Martin Commercial Launch Services, Inc. and International Launch Services, Inc.

 

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Lockheed Martin Assumed Liabilities ” means the following liabilities and obligations of Lockheed Martin and its Subsidiaries, whether liquidated or unliquidated, known or unknown, fixed or contingent, accrued or unaccrued, matured or unmatured, absolute, determined, determinable or indeterminable, or otherwise, whether presently in existence or arising hereafter:

 

(i) all liabilities and obligations that (A) are set forth on or reflected in Lockheed Martin’s Opening Statement, (B) are taken into account in the calculation of Lockheed Martin’s Adjusted Net Working Capital Amount as determined in accordance with Section 3.04, or (C) are otherwise a liability or obligation of Lockheed Martin or its Affiliates that the Company is expressly assuming pursuant to this Agreement;

 

(ii) all liabilities and obligations arising under Lockheed Martin’s Contracts constituting Contributed Assets that have not been completed or terminated prior to the Closing Date, whether arising prior to, on or after the Closing Date, including liabilities and obligations arising from or relating to the performance or nonperformance of such Contracts by the Company or any other Person, but excluding liabilities and obligations contemplated by clauses (iii), (v), (vi), (vii), (x) and (xv) of the definition of Lockheed Martin Excluded Liabilities;

 

(iii) all liabilities and obligations in respect of Transferred Employees who are employees of Lockheed Martin’s ELV Business immediately prior to the Closing, and beneficiaries of Transferred Employees who are employees of Lockheed Martin’s ELV Business immediately prior to the Closing, including liabilities and obligations under or relating to WARN or any similar state or local law, to the extent relating to or arising out of any actions taken by the Company on or after the Closing Date;

 

(iv) all liabilities and obligations under Lockheed Martin Employee Plans and Benefit Arrangements (A) in respect of Transferred Employees who are employees of Lockheed Martin’s ELV Business immediately prior to the Closing and dependents and beneficiaries of Transferred Employees who are employees of Lockheed Martin’s ELV Business immediately prior to the Closing, but only to the extent provided in Exhibit E to be assumed by the Company, and (B) in respect of any other Person, to the extent provided in Exhibit E ;

 

(v) all liabilities and obligations relating to errors or omissions or allegations of errors or omissions or claims of design or other defects with respect to any launch of an ELV System on or after the Closing Date (except as may otherwise be agreed under the Atlas Commercial Sales and Marketing Agreement or any other Contract between the Company and Lockheed Martin or any of its Affiliates);

 

(vi) all liabilities and obligations relating to warranty obligations or services with respect to any launch of an ELV System on or after the Closing Date (except as may otherwise be agreed under the Atlas Commercial Sales and Marketing Agreement or any other Contract between the Company and Lockheed Martin or any of its Affiliates);

 

(vii) (A) all liabilities and obligations in connection with Remedial Actions in respect of any Lockheed Martin Contributed Leased Real Property or any Lockheed Martin Contributed Owned Real Property, whether arising prior to, on or after the Closing Date; provided , that Lockheed Martin Assumed Liabilities shall not include (subject to clause (B) below): (x) any Environmental Liabilities in respect of tort claims (including claims for personal injury, wrongful death, economic loss or property damage) to the extent arising out of actions taken or omitted by any Person prior to the Closing Date or (y) any Environmental Liabilities to the extent arising out of actions taken or omitted by (I) any Person prior to the Closing Date, or (II) Lockheed Martin or any of its Affiliates on or after the Closing Date, that in each case do not constitute costs that are allowable, allocable and recoverable by the Company from the U.S. Government based on the assumptions and procedures contemplated by Section 11.05; and

 

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(B) all Environmental Liabilities in respect of Lockheed Martin’s ELV Business arising out of actions taken or omitted after the Closing, or increases in such Environmental Liabilities arising out of actions taken or omitted by any Person after the Closing due to the operation or the use of the Lockheed Martin Contributed Leased Real Property or the Lockheed Martin Contributed Owned Real Property by the Company or any other Person after the Closing;

 

(viii) all liabilities and obligations for any Taxes arising from or with respect to the Lockheed Martin Contributed Assets or the operations of Lockheed Martin’s ELV Business prior to, on or after the Closing Date, other than Income Taxes in respect of any period (or portion thereof) ending on or before the Closing Date; provided , however , that Income Taxes for periods (or portions thereof) ending prior to or on the Closing Date that are not taken into account in the calculation of Lockheed Martin’s Adjusted Net Working Capital Amount shall be Lockheed Martin Assumed Liabilities to the extent such Income Taxes are recoverable by the Company from a Governmental Authority pursuant to the applicable provisions of the Federal Acquisition Regulation ( e.g. , 48 C.F.R. § 9904.403-61) governing the apportionment of such Income Taxes to operating businesses;

 

(ix) all liabilities and obligations (except to the extent they constitute Environmental Liabilities, which shall be governed by clause (vii) above) relating to the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970, as amended, and any regulations, decisions or orders promulgated thereunder, together with any state or local law, regulation or ordinance pertaining to worker, employee or occupational safety or health in effect as the same may be amended, supplemented or superseded, to the extent arising out of actions taken or omitted on or after the Closing Date;

 

(x) all liabilities and obligations arising from Proceedings directly or indirectly relating to Lockheed Martin’s ELV Business or any Lockheed Martin Contributed Asset, to the extent and only to the extent arising out of actions taken or omitted on or after the Closing Date, except for liabilities and obligations of a type contemplated by the foregoing clauses (ii) through (ix), which shall be governed by such clauses; and

 

(xi) all liabilities and obligations created or incurred on or after the Closing Date in connection with the operation of the Company’s ELV Business on or after the Closing Date, including such liabilities and obligations relating to the ownership by the Company or any of its successors of the Lockheed Martin Contributed Assets, the lease of the Lockheed Martin Contributed Leased Real Property or the lease, sublease or use of any other properties in accordance with this Agreement and including, in each case, any and all Proceedings in respect thereof, except for liabilities and obligations of a type contemplated by the foregoing clauses (ii) through (x), which shall be governed by such clauses.

 

Lockheed Martin Contributed Assets ” means, other than the Lockheed Martin Excluded Assets, all of the assets, properties, rights, licenses, permits, Contracts (except for leases of real property, which shall be a Lockheed Martin Contributed Asset only to the extent provided in

 

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clause (ii) below), causes of action and business of every kind and description as the same shall exist on the Closing Date wherever located, personal or mixed, tangible or intangible, owned by, leased by or in the possession of Lockheed Martin or any of its Affiliated Transferors, whether or not reflected in the books and records thereof, and held or used primarily in the conduct of Lockheed Martin’s ELV Business as the same shall exist on the Closing Date, and including, except as otherwise specified herein, all direct or indirect right, title and interest of Lockheed Martin or any of its Affiliated Transferors in, to and under:

 

(i) Lockheed Martin’s Atlas V and Atlas III launch vehicles, together with associated engineering, design, manufacturing, integration, assembly, test and launch operations used primarily in connection with Atlas V and Atlas III;

 

(ii) the rights and interests of Lockheed Martin and its Subsidiaries pursuant to the assignment or sublease of the Lockheed Martin Contributed Leased Real Property in accordance with Section 3.01(h);

 

(iii) the rights and interests of Lockheed Martin and its Subsidiaries in the Lockheed Martin Contributed Owned Real Property and any Government-Furnished Items granted pursuant to Contracts constituting Contributed Assets;

 

(iv) other than Intellectual Property and rights and interests therein (except software as set forth in clause (xix) below), all personal property and interests therein, including machinery, equipment, furniture, office equipment, communications equipment, vehicles, storage tanks, spare and replacement parts, fuel and other property (and interests in any of the foregoing) owned by Lockheed Martin or any of its Subsidiaries that are used primarily in connection with Lockheed Martin’s ELV Business;

 

(v) all Contracts (other than Intellectual Property licenses, which licenses constitute Lockheed Martin Contributed Assets only to the extent set forth in clause (xviii) below, and the leases of real property relating to the Lockheed Martin Contributed Leased Real Property, which leases constitute Lockheed Martin Contributed Assets only to the extent set forth in clause (ii) above) to which Lockheed Martin or any of its Subsidiaries is a party and which are related primarily to Lockheed Martin’s ELV Business, including the Galex Contract;

 

(vi) all accounts receivable and notes receivable, whether or not billed, accrued or otherwise recognized in the Lockheed Martin Opening Statement or taken into account in the determination of the Lockheed Martin Adjusted Net Working Capital Amount, together with any unpaid interest or fees accrued thereon or other amounts due with respect thereto of Lockheed Martin or its Subsidiaries that relate primarily to Lockheed Martin’s ELV Business, and any security or collateral for any of the foregoing;

 

(vii) all expenses (other than in respect of Income Taxes) that have been prepaid by Lockheed Martin or any of its Subsidiaries relating primarily to the operation of Lockheed Martin’s ELV Business, including lease and rental payments;

 

(viii) all of Lockheed Martin’s or any of its Subsidiaries’ rights, claims, credits, causes of action or rights of set-off against Persons other than Lockheed Martin and its Subsidiaries relating primarily to Lockheed Martin’s ELV Business or the Lockheed Martin

 

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Contributed Assets, including unliquidated rights under manufacturers’ and vendors’ warranties (except to the extent relating to Lockheed Martin Excluded Assets or Lockheed Martin Excluded Liabilities);

 

(ix) all transferable franchises, licenses, permits or other authorizations issued by a Governmental Authority owned by or granted to, or held or used by, Lockheed Martin or any of its Subsidiaries and primarily related to Lockheed Martin’s ELV Business;

 

(x) except to the extent Lockheed Martin or any of its Subsidiaries is required to retain the originals pursuant to any Applicable Law (in which case copies shall be provided to the Company upon request), all business books, records, files and papers, whether in hard copy or computer format, of Lockheed Martin or any of its Subsidiaries used primarily in Lockheed Martin’s ELV Business, including books of account, invoices, engineering information, sales and promotional literature, manuals and data, sales and purchase correspondence, lists of present and former suppliers, lists of present and former customers, personnel and employment records of present employees (except to the extent Business Employees do not consent to the release of copies of such records to the Company), documentation developed or used for accounting, marketing, engineering, manufacturing, or any other purpose relating primarily to the conduct of Lockheed Martin’s ELV Business at any time prior to the Closing;

 

(xi) the right to represent to third parties that the Company is the successor to Lockheed Martin’s ELV Business in accordance with Section 5.08;

 

(xii) all insurance proceeds (except to the extent relating to Lockheed Martin Excluded Assets or Lockheed Martin Excluded Liabilities), net of any retrospective premiums, deductibles, retention or similar amounts, arising out of or related to damage, destruction or loss of any property or asset used primarily in connection with Lockheed Martin’s ELV Business to the extent of any damage or destruction that remains unrepaired, or to the extent any property or asset remains unreplaced at the Closing Date and such proceeds were taken into account in the calculation of the Lockheed Martin Adjusted Net Working Capital Amount;

 

(xiii) all assets relating to Lockheed Martin Employee Plans and Benefit Arrangements to the extent but only to the extent Exhibit E provides for the contribution of such assets to the Company or to a trust associated with an Employee Plan or Benefit Arrangement sponsored by the Company;

 

(xiv) all raw materials, work-in-process, finished goods, supplies, parts, spare parts and other inventories that are held, used or intended by Lockheed Martin or its Subsidiaries for use primarily in connection with Lockheed Martin’s ELV Business;

 

(xv) all Bids that are attributable to Lockheed Martin’s ELV Business (with any contracts awarded to Lockheed Martin or any of its Subsidiaries on or prior to the Closing Date in respect of such Bids being deemed Contracts under clause (v) above);

 

(xvi) all shares of capital stock of Galex owned by Lockheed Martin and its Subsidiaries;

 

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(xvii) all goodwill generated by or associated with Lockheed Martin’s ELV Business;

 

(xviii) except as set forth in Schedule B.05 , all other assets, properties and rights that (A) are set forth on or reflected in Lockheed Martin’s Opening Statement and are owned by Lockheed Martin as of the Closing, or (B) are taken into account in the calculation of Lockheed Martin’s Adjusted Net Working Capital Amount as determined in accordance with Section 3.04;

 

(xix) to the extent transferable, and subject to Section 3.05, all software programs, documentation and other related materials, including licenses from the licensor of the software, for (A) software embedded in any hardware or equipment that is a Lockheed Martin Contributed Asset or that is used in a separate computer to operate such hardware or equipment, and (B) operating system software and COTS software installed in any computer, workstation, personal digital assistant, cell phone or other communications device that is a Lockheed Martin Contributed Asset; and

 

(xx) to the extent permitted by the U.S. Government, the right to use items of the Lockheed Martin Titan program Government-Furnished Items in connection with the operation of Lockheed Martin’s ELV Business.

 

Lockheed Martin Contribution and Assumption Agreement ” means the Contribution and Assumption Agreement to be entered into by Lockheed Martin and the Company in the form contemplated by Attachment V-A hereto, as the same may be amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time.

 

Lockheed Martin Excluded Assets ” means the following assets:

 

(i) all cash and cash equivalents of Lockheed Martin and its Subsidiaries, including cash and cash equivalents used as collateral for Financial Support Arrangements and deposits with utilities, insurance companies and other Persons, except to the extent included in the calculation of the Lockheed Martin Adjusted Net Working Capital Amount;

 

(ii) all original books and records that Lockheed Martin and its Subsidiaries shall be required to retain pursuant to any Applicable Law (in which case copies of such books and records to the extent relating to Lockheed Martin’s ELV Business shall be provided to the Company upon request), or that contain information relating to any business or activity of Lockheed Martin or any of its Subsidiaries not forming a part of Lockheed Martin’s ELV Business, or any employee of Lockheed Martin or any of its Subsidiaries that is not a Transferred Employee;

 

(iii) except to the extent that the following amounts are included in the calculation of the Lockheed Martin Adjusted Net Working Capital Amount or are reimbursable by the Company to a Governmental Authority pursuant to the Federal Acquisition Regulation, all refunds of Income Taxes and all prepaid Income Taxes arising from or with respect to the Lockheed Martin Contributed Assets prior to the Closing or arising from or with respect to the operations of Lockheed Martin’s ELV Business for periods (or portions thereof) ending on or prior to the Closing Date, including all refunds of Taxes for Straddle Periods properly allocable to amounts paid by Lockheed Martin pursuant to Section 6.05;

 

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(iv) except to the extent included in the calculation of the Lockheed Martin Adjusted Net Working Capital Amount, all assets of Lockheed Martin and its Subsidiaries (other than Intellectual Property, which is governed by clause (viii) below) not held, owned or used primarily in connection with Lockheed Martin’s ELV Business;

 

(v) all rights and claims of Lockheed Martin and its Subsidiaries under any of the Transaction Documents and the agreements and instruments delivered to Lockheed Martin and its Subsidiaries by Boeing and the Company pursuant to any of the Transaction Documents;

 

(vi) all notes receivable (including intercompany promissory notes) or similar claims or rights (whether or not billed or accrued) of Lockheed Martin’s ELV Business from Lockheed Martin or any of its Subsidiaries relating to or arising out of the financing of Lockheed Martin’s ELV Business or the transfer of cash to or from Lockheed Martin’s ELV Business;

 

(vii) all capital stock or any other securities of Lockheed Martin or any of its Subsidiaries or any other Person, except for all shares of capital stock of Galex owned by Lockheed Martin and its Subsidiaries;

 

(viii) all Lockheed Martin Intellectual Property (other than software as set forth in clause (xix) of the definition of Lockheed Martin Contributed Assets), and all rights to sue at law or in equity for any infringement or other impairment thereof, including the right to receive all proceeds and damages therefrom, and all rights to obtain renewals, continuations, divisions or other extensions of legal protections pertaining thereto;

 

(ix) except as otherwise contemplated in the Transaction Documents, all Intra-Lockheed Martin Work Transfer Agreements and all quotations, bids or proposals submitted by Lockheed Martin or any of its Subsidiaries in response to Requests for Intra-Lockheed Martin Quotations and all rights and benefits in respect of other inter-division or Intra-Lockheed Martin agreements or arrangements such as intra-division work orders, memoranda of agreement, memoranda of understanding and teaming agreements in respect of Lockheed Martin’s ELV Business;

 

(x) Lockheed Martin’s and its Affiliates’ businesses (other than Lockheed Martin’s ELV Business and all assets related primarily thereto), including LMCLS and all assets related primarily to LMCLS;

 

(xi) all launch vehicles and related equipment, hardware, software and other Intellectual Property used for launches of payloads, whether into Earth orbit, beyond Earth orbit or otherwise, of Lockheed Martin and its Affiliates other than (A) the ELV Systems and (B) inventory (including parts and work in process inventory) of Lockheed Martin’s ELV Business;

 

(xii) all rights, claims, credits, causes of action, rights of set-off or other assets related to any other Lockheed Martin Excluded Asset or to any Lockheed Martin Excluded Liabilities;

 

(xiii) all assets relating to Lockheed Martin Employee Plans and Benefit Arrangements, except to the extent Exhibit E provides for the contribution of such assets to the Company or to a trust associated with an Employee Plan or Benefit Arrangement sponsored by the Company;

 

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(xiv) Lockheed Martin’s and its Subsidiaries’ ownership interests in all real property owned by Lockheed Martin or any of its Subsidiaries (other than the Lockheed Martin Contributed Owned Real Property), whether or not used in Lockheed Martin’s ELV Business;

 

(xv) Lockheed Martin’s right to payments relating to certain pre-Closing activity pursuant to Section 6.10; and

 

(xvi) all Galex Royalties.

 

Lockheed Martin Excluded Liabilities ” means all liabilities of Lockheed Martin and its Affiliates other than the Lockheed Martin Assumed Liabilities. Without limiting the foregoing, Lockheed Martin Excluded Liabilities include:

 

(i) all liabilities and obligations for any Income Taxes in respect of any period (or portion thereof) ending on or before the Closing Date, other than Income Taxes to the extent recoverable by the Company from a Governmental Authority pursuant to the applicable provisions of the Federal Acquisition Regulation ( e.g. , 48 C.F.R. § 9904.403-61) governing the apportionment of such Income Taxes to operating businesses;

 

(ii) all liabilities and obligations, whether presently in existence or arising after the date of the Agreement, in respect of notes payable (including intercompany promissory notes) or similar obligations (whether or not billed or accrued) to Lockheed Martin or any of its Subsidiaries relating to or arising out of the financing of Lockheed Martin’s ELV Business or the transfer of cash to or from Lockheed Martin’s ELV Business;

 

(iii) except as otherwise contemplated in the Transaction Documents, all liabilities and obligations in respect of Intra-Lockheed Martin Work Transfer Agreements and all quotations, bids or proposals submitted by Lockheed Martin or any of its Subsidiaries in response to Requests for Intra-Lockheed Martin Quotations and all liabilities and obligations in respect of inter-division or intra-Lockheed Martin agreements or arrangements such as intra-division work orders, memoranda of agreement, memoranda of understanding and teaming agreements in respect of Lockheed Martin’s ELV Business;

 

(iv) all liabilities and obligations, 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 Lockheed Martin or any of its Subsidiaries in connection with the Contemplated Transactions;

 

(v) all liabilities and obligations under Lockheed Martin Employee Plans and Benefit Arrangements, except to the extent Exhibit E provides for the assumption by the Company of such liabilities and obligations;

 

(vi) all liabilities and obligations relating to errors and omissions or allegations of errors or omissions or claims of design or other defects with respect to any launch of an ELV System prior to the Closing Date;

 

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(vii) all liabilities and obligations relating to warranty obligations or services with respect to any launch of an ELV System prior to the Closing Date;

 

(viii) all Environmental Liabilities arising in connection with or relating to Lockheed Martin’s ELV Business or Lockheed Martin’s or any of its Affiliates’ use or ownership thereof that arise out of conditions existing or actions taken or omitted prior to the Closing Date, except to the extent such Environmental Liabilities constitute Lockheed Martin Assumed Liabilities pursuant to clause (vii) of the definition of Lockheed Martin Assumed Liabilities;

 

(ix) all liabilities and obligations of Lockheed Martin and its Subsidiaries arising out of indemnity obligations for the benefit of directors, officers, employees and agents of Lockheed Martin and its Subsidiaries;

 

(x) all liabilities and obligations arising out of or relating to the results of any audits by the United States Defense Contract Audit Agency or any other Governmental Authority having jurisdiction over Government Contracts entered into by Lockheed Martin or any of its Subsidiaries, including liabilities and obligations in respect of inappropriate charges, allocations or expenses or any inaccurate disclosures, representations or certifications made by Lockheed Martin or any of its Subsidiaries in connection with any such Government Contracts or alleged violations of the Procurement Integrity Act, to the extent that such liabilities and obligations relate to actions taken or omitted prior to the Closing Date;

 

(xi) all criminal liabilities of Lockheed Martin and its Subsidiaries (whether arising out of actions of directors, officers, employees, agents or Affiliates) in connection with Lockheed Martin’s ELV Business, including civil, administrative or similar sanctions or penalties related thereto, arising prior to, on or after the Closing Date;

 

(xii) all liabilities and obligations of Lockheed Martin and its Subsidiaries arising out of allegations that actions taken prior to the Closing Date infringed the Intellectual Property rights of other Persons;

 

(xiii) all liabilities and obligations, whether presently in existence or arising after the date of this Agreement, relating to or arising out of Lockheed Martin Excluded Assets or any business of Lockheed Martin or any of its Subsidiaries other than Lockheed Martin’s ELV Business;

 

(xiv) all liabilities and obligations of Lockheed Martin and its Subsidiaries arising out of any Launch Failure of Lockheed Martin or any of its Affiliates prior to the Closing; and

 

(xv) all liabilities and obligations of Lockheed Martin and its Subsidiaries arising out of allegations that Lockheed Martin or any of its Subsidiaries has breached or is in default of any lease agreement governing the Lockheed Martin Contributed Leased Real Property.

 

Material Adverse Effect ” means (i) with respect to the ELV Business of a Member, a material adverse effect on the assets, condition (financial or otherwise) or results of operations of

 

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the ELV Business of that Member, taken as a whole, or (ii) with respect to any other Person, a material adverse effect on the assets, condition (financial or otherwise) or results of operations of such Person and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole; provided , however , no (v) occurrence or failure to occur of any event, action or circumstance described in Schedule 11.02(a) or Schedule 11.02(b) , (w) effect, whether actual or prospective, arising from or relating to general economic or industry conditions, (x) effect of any report or recommendation of any Governmental Authority related to the launch services industry (including the Moorman Report and any supplements thereto that may be issued after the date of this Agreement) or actions taken by the U.S. Government as a result of any report or recommendation of any Governmental Authority, (y) award by the U.S. Government of any contract with respect to ELV Systems or Launch Services, reallocation of any award of any contract for ELV Systems or Launch Services, or similar announcement, indication or other activity of the U.S. Government with respect to ELV Systems or Launch Services to be performed by any Person (including Lockheed Martin, Boeing and their respective Affiliates), or (z) Launch Failure of Lockheed Martin, Boeing or any of their respective Affiliates after the date of this Agreement and prior to Closing, shall be deemed to constitute a Material Adverse Effect, or shall be taken into account in determining whether a Material Adverse Effect has occurred, with respect to the ELV Business of a Member or any other Person.

 

Moorman Report ” means any report issued by General Thomas Moorman at the request of the DOD relating to the procurement of Launch Services by the U.S. Government.

 

Net Assets ” means, with respect to each Member, (i) all Contributed Assets of such Member, minus (ii) all (A) Assumed Liabilities of such Member and (B) goodwill, in each case calculated in accordance with the accounting principles, policies, practices, methods and procedures utilized in the preparation of such Member’s Opening Statement as described in the Notes thereto.

 

Net Working Capital ” means, with respect to each Member, (i) all Contributed Assets of such Member characterized as “current assets,” minus (ii) all Assumed Liabilities of such Member characterized as “current liabilities,” in each case calculated in accordance with the accounting principles, policies, practices, methods and procedures utilized in the preparation of such Member’s Opening Statement as described in the Notes thereto.

 

Non-Income Taxes ” means all Taxes other than Income Taxes.

 

Permitted Liens ” means any of the following:

 

(i) Liens for Taxes that (x) are not yet due or delinquent or (y) are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings;

 

(ii) statutory Liens or landlords’, carriers’, warehousemen’s, mechanics’, suppliers’, materialmen’s, or other like Liens arising in the ordinary course of business with respect to amounts not yet overdue for a period of 60 days or amounts being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings;

 

(iii) leases or subleases granted to others that do not materially interfere with the ordinary conduct of the ELV Business;

 

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(iv) with respect to real property, any Liens that do not in the aggregate materially impair the use of such real property for its current use;

 

(v) Liens in favor of a customer of the ELV Business arising in the ordinary course of business;

 

(vi) rights and licenses granted to others in Intellectual Property;

 

(vii) with respect to any of the Contributed Leased Real Property, any Lien affecting the interest of the landlord thereunder;

 

(viii) Liens that have not had, and could not reasonably be expected to have, a Material Adverse Effect on a Member’s ELV Business;

 

(ix) Liens disclosed in the Disclosure Schedules; and

 

(x) rights of third party licensors in software licensed to a Party.

 

Person ” means an individual, a corporation, a general partnership, a limited partnership, a limited liability company, a limited liability partnership, an association, a trust or any other entity or organization, including a Governmental Authority.

 

Pre-Closing Environmental Conditions ” means all Environmental Liabilities arising out of conditions existing or actions taken or omitted prior to the Closing, whether or not such Environmental Liabilities are Assumed Liabilities or Excluded Liabilities.

 

Proceedings ” means governmental, judicial or adversarial proceedings (public or private), litigation, suits, arbitration, disputes, claims, causes of action or investigations.

 

Procurement Integrity Act ” means the Procurement Integrity Act, 41 U.S.C. § 423, as amended.

 

Public Law 85-804 ” means the Act to Authorize the Making, Amendment, and Modification of Contracts to Facilitate the National Defense, August 28, 1958, 50 U.S.C. §§ 1431-1435, as amended, and Executive Order 10789 of November 14, 1958, as amended.

 

Rancho Cordova Property ” means the former McDonnell Douglas Corporation site in Rancho Cordova, California that is described in and the subject of the Imminent and Substantial Endangerment Order dated June 30, 1994 issued by the California Department of Toxic Substances Control, and Clean Up and Abatement Order No. 97-093 dated June 19, 1997 issued by the California Regional Water Quality Control Board, Central Valley Region, as revised and modified.

 

Remedial Action ” means the investigation, clean-up or remediation of contamination or environmental damage caused by, related to or arising from the generation, use, handling, treatment, storage, transportation, disposal, discharge, release, or emission of Hazardous Substances, including investigations, response, removal and remedial actions under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act of 1980, as amended,

 

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corrective action under the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act of 1976, as amended, clean up requirements under the Toxic Substances Control Act, and clean-up requirements under similar state Environmental Laws.

 

Representatives ” means, with respect to a Person, each of its respective directors, officers, attorneys, accountants, employees, advisors or agents.

 

Settlement Agreement ” means the Agreement of Mutual Release to be entered into by Lockheed Martin, Boeing and certain Subsidiaries of Boeing in the form contemplated by Attachment XII hereto, as the same may be amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time.

 

Space Act ” means section 203(c)(13) of the National Aeronautics and Space Act of 1958, 42 U.S.C. § 2473(c)(13), as amended.

 

Subsidiary ” as it relates to any Person, means with respect to such 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; provided , that the Company shall not be considered a Subsidiary of either of the Members for purposes of this Agreement.

 

Tax Authority ” means a Governmental Authority having jurisdiction over the assessment, determination, collection or imposition of any Tax.

 

Tax Returns ” means all returns (including information returns), declarations, reports, estimates and statements regarding Taxes required to be filed with any Tax Authority.

 

Taxes ” means all taxes, and any charges, fees, imposts or other assessments with respect thereto, including all gross receipts, net income, sales, use, ad valorem, value added, transfer, franchise, license, withholding, payroll, employment, excise, estimated, severance, stamp, occupation and property taxes, tariffs and customs duties, together with any interest and any penalties, additions to tax or additional amounts imposed by any Tax Authority.

 

TEFRA ” means the Tax Equity and Fiscal Responsibility Act of 1982.

 

Transaction Documents ” means this Agreement, the Operating Agreement, the Contribution and Assumption Agreements, the Transition Services Agreements, the Commercial Sales and Marketing Agreements, the Denver Lease Agreement, the Settlement Agreement, the Delta Inventory Supply Agreement, the Interim Operating Agreement, the assignment agreements and/or subleases contemplated by Section 3.01(h), the agreements contemplated by Section 3.01(k), any other written agreement signed by the Parties that is expressly identified as a “ Transaction Document ” hereunder and any exhibits or attachments to any of the foregoing, as the same may be amended from time to time.

 

Transition Services Agreement (Boeing) ” means a transition services agreement on terms and conditions reasonably acceptable to the Parties pursuant to which Boeing will continue to provide certain services to the Company on a transition basis following the Closing, which services shall be of the same type as those services provided to Boeing’s ELV Business by other businesses of Boeing prior to the Closing and for which Boeing shall be paid an amount sufficient to cover its direct and indirect costs of providing such services.

 

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Transition Services Agreement (Lockheed Martin) ” means a transition services agreement on terms and conditions reasonably acceptable to the Parties pursuant to which Lockheed Martin will continue to provide certain services to the Company on a transition basis following the Closing, which services shall be of the same type as those services provided to Lockheed Martin’s ELV Business by other businesses of Lockheed Martin prior to the Closing and for which Lockheed Martin shall be paid an amount sufficient to cover its direct and indirect costs of providing such services.

 

Transition Services Agreements ” means, collectively, the Transition Services Agreement (Lockheed Martin) and the Transition Services Agreement (Boeing).

 

U.S. Export and Import Laws ” means the Arms Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. § 2778), the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) (22 C.F.R. § 120-130), the Export Administration Act of 1979, as amended (50 U.S.C. §§ 2401-2420), the Export Administration Regulations (EAR) (15 C.F.R. § 730-774), and all other laws and regulations of the U.S. Government regulating the provision of services to non-U.S. parties or the export and import of articles or information from and to the United Sates of America and non-U.S. parties.

 

U.S. Government ” means the federal government of the United States of America and any agencies, instrumentalities and departments thereof.

 

WARN ” means the Worker Adjustment Retraining and Notification Act, as amended.

 

(b) “To the knowledge,” “known by,” “known” or “knowingly” (and any similar phrase) means (i) with respect to Lockheed Martin, to the actual knowledge of the Lockheed Martin individuals listed in Schedule A-3 and, when used in a representation and warranty, shall be deemed to include a representation that a reasonable investigation or inquiry of the subject matter thereof has been made of such individuals, (ii) with respect to Boeing, to the actual knowledge of the Boeing individuals listed in Schedule A-3 , and, when used in a representation and warranty, shall be deemed to include a representation that a reasonable investigation or inquiry of the subject matter thereof has been made of such individuals.

 

(c) Each of the following terms is defined in the Section set forth opposite such term:

 

Term


   Section

AAA

   13.14

AAA Rules

   13.14

Accrued Vacation

   E.08

Acquired Business

   5.13

Active Employees

   E.01

Active Lockheed Martin Participants

   E.05

Adjusted Net Working Capital Amount

   3.04

Administrative Agreement

   5.15

Agreement

   Preamble

 

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Air Force

   5.15

Arbitration Demand

   13.14

Boeing

   Preamble

Boeing Indemnified Parties

   11.02

Boeing Leased Real Property

   C.07

Boeing Owned Real Property

   C.07

Boeing Threshold Amount

   3.04

Boeing’s Union Pension Plan I

   E.05

Boeing’s Union Pension Plan II

   E.05

Certificate of Formation

   2.01

Closing

   3.02

Company

   Preamble

Company Indemnified Parties

   11.02

Company Pension Plan

   E.05

Company Savings Plan

   E.06

Company VEBA

   E.11

Company’s Union Pension Plan I

   E.05

Company’s Union Pension Plan II

   E.05

Company’s Union Pension Plan III

   E.05

Company’s Union Pension Plans

   E.05

Competing Operations

   5.13

Competitive Launch Vehicle

   5.13

Consent Failure

   3.05

COTS

   3.05

DDTC

   D.06

Delta Inventory Supply Agreement

   3.01

Denver Lease Agreement

   3.01

DOD

   10.01

Environmental Permits

   B.13

Field of Use

   5.08

FSAs

   E.07

Government Bid

   B.18

Government-Furnished Items

   B.19

Inactive Employees

   E.01

Initial Company Financing Arrangement

   5.10

Indemnified Claim

   11.03

Indemnified Party

   11.03

Indemnifying Party

   11.03

Insurance Liabilities

   5.05

Interim Operating Agreement

   2.02

ITAR

   D.06

Joinder

   2.01

Launch Operations Employee

   E.01

Launch Operations Transfer Date

   E.01

Licensed Boeing Intellectual Property

   5.08

Licensed Lockheed Martin Intellectual Property

   5.08

 

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Lockheed Martin

   Preamble

Lockheed Martin Harlingen Pension Plan

   E.05

Lockheed Martin Indemnified Parties

   11.02

Lockheed Martin Leased Real Property

   B.07

Lockheed Martin Owned Real Property

   B.07

Lockheed Martin Threshold Amount

   3.04

MAE Exceptions

   10.05

Member

   Preamble

Members

   Preamble

Member’s Union Pension Plans

   E.05

NASA

   10.01

Non-Compete Term

   5.13

Novation Agreements

   5.09

Opening Statement

   3.03

Operating Agreement

   2.02

Parties

   Preamble

Party

   Preamble

PBGC

   B.17

Properties Participants

   E.05

Proposed Adjusted Net Working Capital Amount

   3.04

Remediation Programs

   6.09

Replead Complaint

   5.12

Replead Counterclaim

   5.12

Service Credit

   E.03

Spaceport Lease

   5.14

Straddle Period

   6.05

Surviving Representations or Covenants

   11.01

Tax Counsel

   2.10

Third Party Claim

   11.03

Transferred Employee

   E.01

Transferred Union Employees

   E.05

Unaffiliated Firm

   3.04

Undisclosed Contracts

   6.07

Working Capital Fund

   5.10

 

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EXHIBIT B

 

REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF LOCKHEED MARTIN

 

Lockheed Martin hereby represents and warrants to Boeing and the Company, as of the date of this Agreement and as of the Closing Date, that:

 

B.01 Corporate Existence and Power . Each of Lockheed Martin and each of its Affiliated Transferors is a corporation duly incorporated, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the state or jurisdiction of its incorporation and has all corporate power and authority required to carry on Lockheed Martin’s ELV Business as now conducted. Each of Lockheed Martin and each of its Affiliated Transferors is duly qualified to do business as a foreign corporation or other entity and is in good standing in each jurisdiction where the character of the property owned or leased by it or the nature of its activities make such qualification necessary to carry on Lockheed Martin’s ELV Business as now conducted, except where the failure to be so qualified or in good standing has not had, and could not reasonably be expected to have, a Material Adverse Effect on Lockheed Martin’s ELV Business.

 

B.02 Corporate Authorization . The execution, delivery and performance by Lockheed Martin and its Subsidiaries of the Transaction Documents to which Lockheed Martin or any of its Subsidiaries is a party and the consummation by Lockheed Martin and its Subsidiaries of the Contemplated Transactions are within Lockheed Martin’s and its Subsidiaries’ respective corporate powers and have been (or in respect to Lockheed Martin’s Subsidiaries, as of Closing shall have been) duly authorized by all necessary corporate action on Lockheed Martin’s and its Subsidiaries’ respective parts. This Agreement constitutes and each of the other Transaction Documents to which Lockheed Martin or any of its Subsidiaries is a party constitutes or shall constitute at Closing a legal, valid and binding agreement of Lockheed Martin or its applicable Subsidiary, enforceable against it in accordance with its terms (i) except as enforceability may be limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or other similar laws now or hereafter in effect relating to or affecting creditors’ rights generally, including the effect of statutory and other laws regarding fraudulent conveyances and preferential transfers, and (ii) subject to the limitations imposed by general equitable principles regardless of whether such enforceability is considered in a proceeding at law or in equity.

 

B.03 Governmental Authorization . The execution, delivery and performance by Lockheed Martin and each of its Subsidiaries of the Transaction Documents to which Lockheed Martin or any of its Subsidiaries is a party require no action by or in respect of, or consent or approval of, or filing with, any Governmental Authority other than:

 

(a) compliance with any applicable requirements of the Antitrust Laws;

 

(b) the actions, consents, approvals, permits or filings set forth in Schedule B.03 or otherwise expressly referred to in this Agreement; and

 

(c) such other consents, approvals, authorizations, permits and filings the failure to obtain or make of which would not have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect on Lockheed Martin’s ELV Business.


B.04 Non-Contravention . Except as set forth in Schedule B.04 , the execution, delivery and performance of the Transaction Documents by Lockheed Martin and its Subsidiaries do not and shall not (i)(A) contravene or conflict with the charter, bylaws or other organizational documents of Lockheed Martin or any of its Subsidiaries, (B) assuming compliance with the matters referred to in Section B.03, contravene or conflict with, or constitute a violation of, any provisions of any Applicable Law binding upon Lockheed Martin or any of its Subsidiaries that is applicable to Lockheed Martin’s ELV Business, or (C) assuming compliance with the matters referred to in Section B.03, constitute a default under, or give rise to any right of termination, cancellation or acceleration of, or to a loss of any benefit relating primarily to Lockheed Martin’s ELV Business to which Lockheed Martin or any of its Affiliated Transferors is entitled under, any Contract binding upon Lockheed Martin or any of its Affiliated Transferors and relating primarily to Lockheed Martin’s ELV Business or by which any of the Lockheed Martin Contributed Assets is or may be bound (including any Contract included in the Lockheed Martin Contributed Assets) or any license, franchise, permit or similar authorization held by Lockheed Martin or any of its Affiliated Transferors relating primarily to Lockheed Martin’s ELV Business except, in the case of clauses (B) and (C), for any such contravention, conflict, violation, default, termination, cancellation, acceleration or loss that could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect on Lockheed Martin’s ELV Business or (ii) result in the creation or imposition of any Lien on any Lockheed Martin Contributed Asset, other than Permitted Liens.

 

B.05 Opening Statement . Except as set forth in the Notes thereto, the Lockheed Martin Opening Statement presents fairly, in all material respects, the Net Assets of Lockheed Martin’s ELV Business as of December 31, 2004, in conformity with Lockheed Martin’s historical practices and procedures applied on a basis consistent in all material respects with the manner in which Lockheed Martin’s ELV Business reported its financial position for inclusion in the audited consolidated financial statements of Lockheed Martin as of that date. Except as set forth in Schedule B.05 , the Lockheed Martin Opening Statement reflects the Lockheed Martin Contributed Assets and the Lockheed Martin Assumed Liabilities to the extent the same are contemplated to be presented in accordance with the Notes thereto, and the Lockheed Martin Opening Statement does not reflect any Lockheed Martin Excluded Assets or Lockheed Martin Excluded Liabilities.

 

B.06 Absence of Certain Changes . Except as set forth in Schedule B.06 , from December 31, 2004 to the date of this Agreement, Lockheed Martin has conducted its ELV Business in all material respects in accordance with the historical and customary operating practices relating to the conduct of such ELV Business and there has not been:

 

(a) any event or occurrence that has had a Material Adverse Effect on Lockheed Martin’s ELV Business, other than events or occurrences resulting from changes, whether actual or prospective, in general conditions applicable to the industries in which Lockheed Martin’s ELV Business is involved or general economic conditions;

 

(b) any damage, destruction or other casualty loss affecting Lockheed Martin’s ELV Business or any assets that would constitute Lockheed Martin Contributed Assets if owned, held or used by Lockheed Martin or any of its Affiliated Transferors on the Closing Date that has had a Material Adverse Effect on Lockheed Martin’s ELV Business;

 

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(c) (i) any transaction or commitment made, or any Contract entered into, by Lockheed Martin or any of its Affiliated Transferors relating primarily to Lockheed Martin’s ELV Business or to any assets that would constitute Lockheed Martin Contributed Assets if owned, held or used by Lockheed Martin or any of its Affiliated Transferors on the Closing Date (including the acquisition or disposition of any assets), or (ii) any termination or amendment by Lockheed Martin or any of its Affiliated Transferors of any Contract or other right that would constitute Lockheed Martin Contributed Assets if owned, held or used by Lockheed Martin or any of its Affiliated Transferors on the Closing Date, in either case that is material to Lockheed Martin’s ELV Business taken as a whole, other than transactions and commitments in the ordinary course of business and those contemplated by this Agreement;

 

(d) any transaction or commitment made, or any Contract entered into, by Lockheed Martin or any of its Affiliated Transferors requiring Lockheed Martin’s ELV Business to “take or pay” for a minimum number or volume of goods, or to purchase a minimum number or volume of goods used in the manufacture of ELV Systems in excess of requirements under applicable customer Contracts or otherwise guaranteeing any of the foregoing;

 

(e) any sale or other disposition of more than an aggregate of $5,000,000 of assets (other than any sale made in the ordinary course of business) that would constitute Lockheed Martin Contributed Assets if owned, held or used by Lockheed Martin or any of its Subsidiaries on the Closing Date;

 

(f) any increase in the compensation of any current employee of Lockheed Martin’s ELV Business at a level of director or above, other than compensation increases or bonus awards in the ordinary course of business or nondiscretionary increases pursuant to Employee Plans or Benefit Arrangements disclosed in Schedule B.17 or referenced in Exhibit E ; or

 

(g) any cancellation, compromise, waiver or release by Lockheed Martin or any of its Subsidiaries of any claim or right (or a series of related claims or rights) related to Lockheed Martin Contributed Assets or assets of Lockheed Martin that would constitute Lockheed Martin Contributed Assets if owned, held or used by Lockheed Martin or any of its Affiliated Transferors on the Closing Date, other than cancellations, compromises, waivers or releases in the ordinary course of business.

 

B.07 Sufficiency of and Title to the Contributed Assets .

 

(a) Except as set forth in Schedule B.07 , the Lockheed Martin Contributed Assets, together with the services to be provided to the Company by Lockheed Martin pursuant to the Transition Services Agreement (Lockheed Martin), the Licensed Lockheed Martin Intellectual Property to be licensed pursuant to the Transaction Documents and the leases and subleases contemplated in the Transaction Documents, constitute, and on the Closing Date shall constitute, all of the assets and services that are necessary to permit the operation of Lockheed Martin’s ELV Business in substantially the same manner as such operations have heretofore been conducted.

 

(b) Except as set forth in Schedule B.07 , subject to the receipt of any consents or approvals of any other Person, upon consummation of the Contemplated Transactions, the

 

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Company shall have acquired good and marketable title in and to, or a valid leasehold interest in or a valid license to use, each of the Lockheed Martin Contributed Assets, free and clear of all Liens, except for Permitted Liens. Except as set forth in Schedule B.07 , all tangible property and assets included in the Lockheed Martin Contributed Assets are in good operating condition (normal wear and tear excepted), and normal maintenance and repair on such tangible property and assets has not been deferred.

 

(c) Schedule B.07 includes a true and complete list of all real property owned by Lockheed Martin and its Subsidiaries that is used primarily in Lockheed Martin’s ELV Business (collectively, the “ Lockheed Martin Owned Real Property ”). Schedule B.07 sets forth the address of each parcel of Lockheed Martin Owned Real Property and the owner of such Lockheed Martin Owned Real Property.

 

(d) Schedule B.07 includes a true and complete list of all agreements (together with any amendments thereof) pursuant to which Lockheed Martin and its Subsidiaries lease, sublease or otherwise occupy (whether as landlord, tenant, subtenant or other occupancy arrangement) any real property that is used primarily in Lockheed Martin’s ELV Business (collectively, the “ Lockheed Martin Leased Real Property ”). Schedule B.07 sets forth the address of each parcel of Lockheed Martin Leased Real Property and the owner of the leasehold, subleasehold or occupancy interest for each parcel of Lockheed Martin Leased Real Property.

 

B.08 No Undisclosed Liabilities . There are no liabilities of Lockheed Martin or any of its Affiliated Transferors relating to Lockheed Martin’s ELV Business that constitute Lockheed Martin Assumed Liabilities of any kind whatsoever, whether accrued, contingent, absolute, determined, determinable or otherwise, other than:

 

(a) liabilities disclosed (or provided for) in the Lockheed Martin Opening Statement and liabilities for matters taken into account in the determination of the Lockheed Martin Adjusted Net Working Capital Amount;

 

(b) liabilities (i) disclosed in Schedule B.08 , (ii) related to any Contract disclosed in Lockheed Martin’s Disclosure Schedules or (iii) related to any Lockheed Martin Employee Plan or Benefit Arrangements identified in Exhibit E or disclosed in Schedule B.17 ;

 

(c) liabilities incurred in the ordinary course of business since December 31, 2004;

 

(d) contingent liabilities not required to be accrued for or reserved against in accordance with GAAP or the accounting principles, policies, practices, methods and procedures utilized in the preparation of Lockheed Martin’s Opening Statement, as disclosed in the Notes to Lockheed Martin’s Opening Statement;

 

(e) with respect to the bring down of this representation and warranty as of the Closing Date, liabilities not required to be accrued for or reserved against in accordance with GAAP or the accounting principles, policies, practices, methods and procedures utilized in the preparation of Lockheed Martin’s Opening Statement, as disclosed in the Notes to Lockheed Martin’s Opening Statement; and

 

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(f) liabilities in addition to those referenced in the foregoing clauses (a) through (e), that, individually or in the aggregate, could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect on Lockheed Martin’s ELV Business.

 

B.09 Litigation . Except as set forth in Schedule B.09 or reserved against or referred to in the Lockheed Martin Opening Statement and except for matters arising under or related to Environmental Laws, there is no action, suit, investigation or proceeding pending, or to the knowledge of Lockheed Martin, threatened against or affecting, Lockheed Martin’s ELV Business or any Lockheed Martin Contributed Asset before any Governmental Authority that could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect on Lockheed Martin’s ELV Business.

 

B.10 Material Contracts .

 

(a) Except as set forth in Schedule B.10 and except for Contracts that do not constitute Lockheed Martin Contributed Assets or Lockheed Martin Assumed Liabilities, Lockheed Martin and its Subsidiaries, with respect to Lockheed Martin’s ELV Business, are not parties to or otherwise bound by or subject to:

 

(i) any written employment, severance, consulting or sales representative Contract that contains an obligation (excluding commissions) to pay more than $50,000 per year, any collective bargaining agreement or other agreement with a labor union or any other agreement that contains an obligation either to employ a specified number of employees or to make a payment to any other Person in lieu thereof;

 

(ii) any Contract containing any covenant limiting the freedom of Lockheed Martin or any of its Subsidiaries, in respect of Lockheed Martin’s ELV Business or the operations of Lockheed Martin’s ELV Business, to compete with any Person in any geographic area in any material respect if such Contract will be binding on the Company after the Closing;

 

(iii) any Contract requiring Lockheed Martin’s ELV Business to “take or pay” for a minimum number or volume of goods, or to purchase a minimum number or volume of goods used in the manufacture of ELV Systems in excess of requirements under applicable customer Contracts or otherwise guaranteeing any of the foregoing;

 

(iv) any Contract in effect on the date of this Agreement relating to the disposition or acquisition of the assets of, or any interest in, any business enterprise that relates to Lockheed Martin’s ELV Business other than in the ordinary course of business;

 

(v) any Financial Support Arrangements;

 

(vi) any indebtedness for borrowed money of Lockheed Martin’s ELV Business that would constitute a Lockheed Martin Assumed Liability if in existence on the Closing Date, with a principal amount in excess of $100,000;

 

(vii) any Contract (it being understood that for purposes of this representation, a purchase order issued under an existing master agreement will not constitute a separate Contract) with a supplier, vendor, or subcontractor with an aggregate contract value in excess of $10,000,000;

 

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(viii) any teaming agreement or partnership, joint venture or similar agreement; or

 

(ix) any Contract with a foreign Governmental Authority.

 

(b) Schedule B.10 sets forth any Contract (other than a Government Contract) with a customer to which Lockheed Martin or any of its Subsidiaries is a party or otherwise bound for the provision of Launch Services using ELV Systems with an aggregate contract value in excess of $50,000,000.

 

(c) Except as disclosed in Schedule B.10 , each Contract disclosed in Schedule B.10 or Schedule B.07 is in full force and effect and constitutes a legal, valid and binding obligation of Lockheed Martin (or the applicable Affiliated Transferor) enforceable against Lockheed Martin (or the applicable Affiliated Transferor) in accordance with its terms (except as enforceability may be limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or other similar laws now or hereafter in effect relating to or affecting creditors’ rights generally, including the effect of statutory and other laws regarding fraudulent conveyances and preferential transfers, and subject to the limitations imposed by general equitable principles regardless of whether such enforceability is considered in a proceeding at law or in equity), and Lockheed Martin (or the applicable Affiliated Transferor) is not in default and has not failed to perform any obligation thereunder, and, to the knowledge of Lockheed Martin, there does not exist any event, condition or omission that would constitute a breach or default (whether by lapse of time or notice or both) by any other Person, except for any such default, failure or breach as has not had, and could not reasonably be expected to have, a Material Adverse Effect on Lockheed Martin’s ELV Business.

 

B.11 Licenses and Permits . To the knowledge of Lockheed Martin, except as set forth in Schedule B.11 , Lockheed Martin (or the appropriate Affiliated Transferor) has all licenses, franchises, permits and other similar authorizations affecting, or relating in any way to, Lockheed Martin’s ELV Business required by Applicable Law (other than Environmental Laws) to be obtained by Lockheed Martin (or the appropriate Affiliated Transferor) to permit Lockheed Martin to conduct Lockheed Martin’s ELV Business in substantially the same manner as Lockheed Martin’s ELV Business has heretofore been conducted, except where the failure to have such licenses, franchises, permits and similar authorizations has not had, and could not reasonably be expected to have, a Material Adverse Effect on Lockheed Martin’s ELV Business.

 

B.12 Finders’ Fees . There is no investment banker, broker, finder or other intermediary that has been retained by or is authorized to act on behalf of Lockheed Martin or any of its Affiliated Transferors who might be entitled to any fee or commission from the Company or any of its Affiliates upon consummation of the Contemplated Transactions.

 

B.13 Environmental Compliance .

 

(a) Except as disclosed in Schedule B.13 , to the knowledge of Lockheed Martin, Lockheed Martin’s ELV Business is and has been in material compliance with all applicable

 

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Environmental Laws, and has obtained all material permits, licenses and other authorizations that are required under applicable Environmental Laws (“ Environmental Permits ”), except where the failure to be in compliance or to have obtained all Environmental Permits has not had, and could not reasonably be expected to have, a Material Adverse Effect on Lockheed Martin’s ELV Business. Except as set forth in Schedule B.13 and except as reserved against or referred to in the Lockheed Martin Opening Statement, to the knowledge of Lockheed Martin, (i) Lockheed Martin’s ELV Business is and has been in material compliance with the terms and conditions under which Environmental Permits were issued or granted, (ii) Lockheed Martin and its Subsidiaries hold all permits required by Environmental Laws that are appropriate to conduct Lockheed Martin’s ELV Business as presently conducted in all material respects and to operate the Lockheed Martin Contributed Assets in all material respects as they are presently operated; (iii) no suspension, cancellation or termination of any permit referred to in clause (ii) is pending or threatened; (iv) Lockheed Martin has not received written notice of any material Environmental Claim relating to or affecting Lockheed Martin’s ELV Business or the Lockheed Martin Contributed Assets, and there is no such threatened Environmental Claim; and (v) Lockheed Martin, in connection with its ELV Business or the Lockheed Martin Contributed Assets, has not entered into, agreed in writing to, and is not subject to any judgment, decree order or other similar requirement of any Governmental Authority under any Environmental Laws, except in the case of clauses (i) through (v) where such failure or other circumstances has not had, and could not reasonably be expected to have, a Material Adverse Effect on Lockheed Martin’s ELV Business.

 

(b) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Exhibit B , this Section B.13 sets forth the sole and exclusive representations and warranties governing matters arising under or relating to Environmental Laws, and no other representations or warranties shall be deemed to address or cover any matter arising under or relating to any Environmental Laws.

 

B.14 Compliance with Laws . Except as set forth in Schedule B.14 , for matters arising under or related to Environmental Laws, and for violations or infringements that have not had, and could not reasonably be expected to have, a Material Adverse Effect on Lockheed Martin’s ELV Business, to the knowledge of Lockheed Martin, the operation of Lockheed Martin’s ELV Business and condition of the Lockheed Martin Contributed Assets have not violated or infringed, and do not violate or infringe, in any respect any Applicable Law or any order, writ, injunction or decree of any Governmental Authority.

 

B.15 Intellectual Property . With respect to the Licensed Lockheed Martin Intellectual Property to be licensed by Lockheed Martin to the Company in connection with the Contemplated Transactions, except as set forth in Schedule B.15 , to the knowledge of Lockheed Martin:

 

(a) Lockheed Martin (or an Affiliated Transferor) either (i) owns, free and clear of all Liens other than Permitted Liens, all right, title and interest in, or (ii) has the right to license, sublicense or assign, such Licensed Lockheed Martin Intellectual Property, in each case subject to any licenses and other rights granted by Lockheed Martin and its Subsidiaries in such Licensed Lockheed Martin Intellectual Property prior to the Closing Date;

 

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(b) the use of such Licensed Lockheed Martin Intellectual Property in connection with the operation of Lockheed Martin’s ELV Business as heretofore conducted does not conflict with, infringe upon or violate the intellectual property rights of any other Persons, except to the extent that such conflict, infringement or violation has not had, and could not reasonably be expected to have, a Material Adverse Effect on Lockheed Martin’s ELV Business;

 

(c) Lockheed Martin (or an Affiliated Transferor) has the right to use all such Licensed Lockheed Martin Intellectual Property used by Lockheed Martin’s ELV Business and necessary for the continued operation of Lockheed Martin’s ELV Business in substantially the same manner as its operations have heretofore been conducted, except where the failure to have the right to use any such Licensed Lockheed Martin Intellectual Property has not had, and could not reasonably be expected to have, a Material Adverse Effect on Lockheed Martin’s ELV Business; and

 

(d) notwithstanding the provisions of this Section B.15, Lockheed Martin makes no representation or warranty, and no such representation or warranty shall be implied, that any of such Licensed Lockheed Martin Intellectual Property is valid or enforceable.

 

B.16 Taxes . Except as set forth in Schedule B.16 or as could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect on Lockheed Martin’s ELV Business, (i) all Tax Returns required to be filed on or before the Closing Date by Lockheed Martin and its Subsidiaries with any Tax Authority in respect of the Lockheed Martin Contributed Assets or the operations of Lockheed Martin’s ELV Business have been filed or shall be filed in accordance with all Applicable Laws and are in all material respects complete and accurate, and (ii) all Taxes due and owing by Lockheed Martin or any of its Subsidiaries that relate to the Lockheed Martin Contributed Assets or the operations of Lockheed Martin’s ELV Business have been paid; provided , however , that the foregoing representations and warranties are made only to the extent of Taxes that are or may become Liens (other than Permitted Liens) on the Lockheed Martin Contributed Assets. Lockheed Martin is not a party to any tax allocation or tax-sharing agreement with respect to Lockheed Martin’s ELV Business.

 

B.17 Employee Benefit Matters .

 

(a) To the knowledge of Lockheed Martin, Schedule B.17 lists each Lockheed Martin Employee Plan or material Benefit Arrangement that covers Lockheed Martin Business Employees.

 

(b) Except as set forth in Schedule B.17 , with respect to Lockheed Martin’s ELV Business:

 

(i) since January 1, 2001, neither Lockheed Martin nor any member of its “Controlled Group” (defined as any organization that is a member of a controlled group of organizations within the meaning of Code Sections 414(b), (c), (m) or (o)) has contributed to or had any liability to a “multi-employer plan,” as defined in Section 3(37) of ERISA, that could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect on Lockheed Martin’s ELV Business;

 

(ii) to the knowledge of Lockheed Martin, no fiduciary of any Lockheed Martin Employee Plan has engaged in a nonexempt “prohibited transaction” (as that term is defined in Section 4975 of the Code and Section 406 of ERISA) that could subject the Company to an excise tax imposed by Section 4975 of the Code;

 

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(iii) no Lockheed Martin Employee Plan that is subject to Section 412 of the Code has incurred an “accumulated funding deficiency” within the meaning of Section 412 of the Code, whether or not waived;

 

(iv) to the knowledge of Lockheed Martin, each Lockheed Martin Employee Plan and Benefit Arrangement has been established and administered in all material respects in accordance with its terms and in compliance with Applicable Law, except where a failure to do so would not have a Material Adverse Effect on Lockheed Martin’s ELV Business;

 

(v) to the knowledge of Lockheed Martin, no Lockheed Martin Employee Plan subject to Title IV of ERISA has incurred any material liability under such title other than for the payment of premiums to the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (“ PBGC ”), all of which to the knowledge of Lockheed Martin have been paid when due;

 

(vi) there have been no “reportable events” (as that term is defined in Section 4043 of ERISA and the regulations thereunder), other than reportable events arising directly from the Contemplated Transactions, that would present a risk that a Lockheed Martin Employee Plan would be terminated by the PBGC in a distress termination;

 

(vii) each Lockheed Martin Employee Plan intended to qualify under Section 401 of the Code has received a determination letter from the Internal Revenue Service that it is so qualified and, to the knowledge of Lockheed Martin, no event has occurred with respect to any such Employee Plan that could reasonably be expected to result in the loss of such qualification;

 

(viii) with respect to each Lockheed Martin Employee Plan listed in Schedule B.17 , Lockheed Martin has made available to Boeing the most recent copy, if any (where available), of (1) the plan document; (2) the summary plan description; and (3) Form 5500; and

 

(ix) there are no actions, claims or investigations by a Governmental Authority pending or, to the knowledge of Lockheed Martin threatened, against any Lockheed Martin Employee Plan, Benefit Arrangement, or any administrator, fiduciary or sponsor thereof with respect to Lockheed Martin’s ELV Business, other than benefit claims arising in the normal course of operation of such Employee Plan or Benefit Arrangement and periodic audits by Governmental Authorities.

 

B.18 Government Contracts and Government Bids .

 

(a) Except (i) as set forth in Schedule B.18 , (ii) as has not had, and could not reasonably be expected to have, a Material Adverse Effect on Lockheed Martin’s ELV Business and (iii) for any Government Contract or a Bid that, if accepted, would result in a Government Contract (a “ Government Bid ”) containing classified information or requiring special security clearances for access, with respect to each Government Contract and each Government Bid to which Lockheed Martin or any of its Affiliated Transferors is a party with respect to Lockheed Martin’s ELV Business, (A) Lockheed Martin (or the applicable Affiliated Transferor) has

 

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complied with the terms and conditions of such Government Contract or Government Bid; (B) Lockheed Martin (or the Affiliated Transferor) has complied with all requirements of all Applicable Laws or agreements pertaining to such Government Contract or Government Bid; (C) all representations and certifications set forth in or pertaining to such Government Contract or Government Bid were complete and correct as of their effective date, and Lockheed Martin (or the applicable Affiliated Transferor) has complied in all material respects with all such representations and certifications; (D) neither the U.S. Government nor any prime contractor, subcontractor or other Person has notified Lockheed Martin (or the applicable Affiliated Transferor) in writing that Lockheed Martin (or the applicable Affiliated Transferor) has breached or violated any Applicable Law pertaining to such Government Contract or Government Bid; (E) no termination for convenience or termination for default has occurred since January 1, 1998, and no cure notice or show cause notice is currently in effect pertaining to such Government Contract or Government Bid; (F) no cost incurred by Lockheed Martin (or the applicable Affiliated Transferor) pertaining to such Government Contract or Government Bid is the subject of an investigation or has been disallowed by the U.S. Government since January 1, 1998; (G) no money due to Lockheed Martin (or the applicable Affiliated Transferor) pertaining to such Government Contract or Government Bid has been withheld or set off, and (H) each Government Contract is valid and subsisting.

 

(b) Except as set forth in Schedule B.18 and except as has not had, and could not reasonably be expected to have, a Material Adverse Effect on Lockheed Martin’s ELV Business, with respect to Lockheed Martin’s ELV Business: (i) to the knowledge of Lockheed Martin, none of Lockheed Martin’s respective employees, consultants or agents is (or during the last five years has been) under administrative, civil or criminal investigation, indictment or information by any Governmental Authority, or any audit or investigation by Lockheed Martin with respect to any alleged irregularity, misstatement or omission arising under or relating to any Government Bid, and (ii) during the last five years, Lockheed Martin has not conducted or initiated any internal investigation or, to Lockheed Martin’s knowledge, had reason to conduct, initiate or report any internal investigation, or made a voluntary disclosure to the U.S. Government, with respect to any alleged irregularity, misstatement or omission arising under or relating to a Government Contract or Government Bid.

 

(c) Except as set forth in Schedule B.18 and except as has not had, and could not reasonably be expected to have, a Material Adverse Effect on Lockheed Martin’s ELV Business, there exist no outstanding claims against Lockheed Martin or any of its Affiliated Transferors, either by the U.S. Government or by any prime contractor, subcontractor, vendor or other third party, arising under or relating to any Government Contract or Government Bid referred to in Schedule B.18 .

 

(d) Except as set forth in Schedule B.18 and except as has not had, and could not reasonably be expected to have, a Material Adverse Effect on Lockheed Martin’s ELV Business, all test and inspection results Lockheed Martin (or any Affiliated Transferor) has provided to the U.S. Government pursuant to any Government Contract or to any other Person pursuant to any such Government Contract or as a part of the delivery to the U.S. Government pursuant to any such Government Contract of any article designed, engineered or manufactured in Lockheed Martin’s ELV Business were complete and correct as of the date so provided. Except as set forth in Schedule B.18 and except as has not had, and could not reasonably be expected to have, a

 

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Material Adverse Effect on Lockheed Martin’s ELV Business, Lockheed Martin (or an Affiliated Transferor) has provided all test and inspection results to the U.S. Government pursuant to any such Government Contract as required by Applicable Law and the terms of the applicable Government Contracts.

 

(e) Schedule B.18 contains a complete list of all Government Contracts (as to subcontracts, with an aggregate contract value in excess of $10,000,000) in force and effect as of the date of this Agreement relating to the ELV Business and to which Lockheed Martin or any of its Subsidiaries is a party.

 

B.19 Government-Furnished Property or Equipment . Schedule B.19 identifies, as of December 31, 2004, all personal property, equipment and fixtures loaned, bailed or otherwise furnished by or on behalf of the U.S. Government (“ Government-Furnished Items ”) to Lockheed Martin or any of its Subsidiaries that (i) relate to Lockheed Martin’s ELV Business, (ii) are being used in the conduct of Lockheed Martin’s ELV Business and (iii) are or should be in the possession of Lockheed Martin for use in Lockheed Martin’s ELV Business. Schedule B.19 identifies each Government Contract to which each such item of Government-Furnished Items relates. Lockheed Martin or its applicable Affiliated Transferor has complied in all material respects with all of its obligations relating to the Government-Furnished Items and, upon the return thereof to the U.S. Government in the condition thereof on the date hereof, would have no liability to the U.S. Government with respect thereto.

 

B.20 Backlog . Schedule B.20 sets forth, with respect to each “fixed price” and “cost plus” Government Contract of Lockheed Martin or any of its Subsidiaries relating to the ELV Business having unfilled backlog as of December 31, 2004 in excess of $10,000,000, the backlog of Lockheed Martin or its applicable Affiliated Transferor thereunder as of such date, the name of the customer and a brief description of the products and services to be provided. All of the Contracts constituting the backlog of Lockheed Martin or any of its Subsidiaries as it relates to Lockheed Martin’s ELV Business were entered into in the ordinary course of business and based upon assumptions believed by the management of Lockheed Martin’s ELV Business to be reasonable.

 

B.21 Labor and Employment Matters . Except as set forth in Schedule B.21 , in connection with Lockheed Martin’s ELV Business: (i) neither Lockheed Martin nor any of its Affiliated Transferors is engaged in, nor since January 1, 2001, has engaged in, unfair labor practices, and there is no labor strike, dispute (other than routine individual grievances), slowdown or stoppage pending or threatened against or directly affecting Lockheed Martin’s ELV Business or the Lockheed Martin Contributed Assets, (ii) no union representation question or union or other organizational activity that would be subject to the National Labor Relations Act (29 U.S.C. §§ 151 et seq.) exists in respect of any employees of Lockheed Martin’s ELV Business, (iii) no collective bargaining agreement exists which is binding on Lockheed Martin or any of its Subsidiaries with respect to Lockheed Martin’s ELV Business and (iv) neither Lockheed Martin nor any of its Affiliated Transferors is delinquent in any material respect in payments to any of its current or former officers, directors, employees, consultants or agents of Lockheed Martin’s ELV Business for any wages, salaries, commissions or other direct compensation for an services performed by them or amounts required to be reimbursed to such officers, directors, employees, consultants or agents.

 

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B.22 Product Warranties . Except as set forth in Schedule B.22 , Lockheed Martin’s and its Subsidiaries’ Government Contracts set forth in Schedule B.18 and other customer Contracts set forth in Schedule B.10 contain all of the product warranties and guarantees extended by Lockheed Martin or any of its Subsidiaries currently in effect with respect to such Contracts. Except as set forth in Schedule B.22 , there have not been any amendments to or deviations from such warranties and guarantees contained in such Contracts. Except as set forth on Schedule B.22 , no written claims, or claims threatened in writing, exist against Lockheed Martin with respect to product warranties and guarantees on products or services provided in Lockheed Martin’s ELV Business.

 

B.23 Insurance . Schedule B.23 sets forth a complete and correct list of all material insurance policies (other than title insurance policies) currently in force with respect to Lockheed Martin or any of its Subsidiaries exclusively relating to Lockheed Martin’s ELV Business, including a description of whether such policies are “claims made” or “occurrence based” policies. Except as set forth in Schedule B.23 , the policies of insurance described in Schedule B.23 are in full force and effect and are valid, outstanding and enforceable, all premiums due thereon have been paid in full, and Lockheed Martin or the applicable Affiliated Transferor has complied in all material respects with the provisions of all such policies. Except as set forth in Schedule B.23 , no insurer under any such policy has cancelled or generally disclaimed liability under any of the policies listed in Schedule B.23 or indicated any intent to do so or not renew any such policy. Except as set forth in Schedule B.23 , all claims in respect of Lockheed Martin’s ELV Business under any policies listed in Schedule B.23 have been filed in a timely fashion. Except as set forth in Schedule B.23 , Lockheed Martin has in place, in respect of all ELV System launches under Contract as of the date of this Agreement, insurance in such amounts and of such types as is sufficient to provide the maximum liability limitation available under the CSLA, Public Law 85-804, the Space Act and launch licenses issued by the FAA, or otherwise required under the terms and conditions of any lease from the U.S. Government for a launch pad.

 

B.24 Clearances . Except to the extent prohibited by Applicable Law, Schedule B.24 sets forth with respect to the Lockheed Martin Contributed Assets or Lockheed Martin’s ELV Business, any and all facility security clearances held by Lockheed Martin and its Subsidiaries.

 

B.25 Foreign Corrupt Practices Act . Except as set forth in Schedule B.25 , neither Lockheed Martin nor any of its Subsidiaries nor, to the knowledge of Lockheed Martin, any director, officer, agent, employee or other person associated with or acting on behalf of Lockheed Martin or any of its Subsidiaries, has with respect to Lockheed Martin’s ELV Business (i) used any funds for any unlawful contribution, gift, entertainment or other unlawful expense relating to political activity; (ii) made any unlawful payment or offered anything of value to any foreign or domestic government official or employee or to any foreign or domestic political parties or campaigns; (iii) violated or is in violation of any provision of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977, as amended, or any Applicable Law of similar effect; or (iv) made any unlawful bribe, rebate, payoff, influence payment, kickback or transfer of value to another Person.

 

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B.26 Export Control Laws . Except as set forth in Schedule B.26 , with respect to Lockheed Martin’s ELV Business:

 

(a) Lockheed Martin and each of its Subsidiaries is in material compliance with all currently applicable U.S. Export and Import Laws. There are no claims, complaints, charges, investigations or proceedings pending or expected or, to the knowledge of Lockheed Martin, threatened between Lockheed Martin or any of its Subsidiaries and the U.S. Government under any U.S. Export and Import Laws.

 

(b) Lockheed Martin and each of its Subsidiaries is in material compliance with all currently applicable Foreign Export and Import Laws. There are no claims, complaints, charges, investigations or proceedings pending or expected or, to the knowledge of Lockheed Martin, threatened between Lockheed Martin or any of its Subsidiaries and a foreign government under any Foreign Export and Import Laws.

 

(c) Lockheed Martin and each of its Subsidiaries has prepared and timely applied for all import and export licenses required in accordance with U.S. Export and Import Laws and Foreign Export and Import Laws, for the conduct of its current ELV Business.

 

(d) Lockheed Martin has made available to Boeing true and complete copies of all issued and pending import and export licenses, and all documentation required by, and necessary to evidence compliance with, all U.S. Export and Import Laws and all Foreign Export and Import Laws.

 

B.27 Disclosure and Internal Controls .

 

(a) Lockheed Martin and each of its Subsidiaries maintains accurate books and records reflecting its assets and liabilities and maintains proper and adequate internal accounting controls that provide assurance that (i) transactions are executed with management’s authorization; (ii) transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of the consolidated financial statements of Lockheed Martin and its Subsidiaries and to maintain accountability for Lockheed Martin’s and each of its Subsidiaries’ consolidated assets; (iii) access to the assets of Lockheed Martin and its Subsidiaries is permitted only in accordance with management’s authorization; (iv) the reporting of assets of Lockheed Martin and its Subsidiaries is compared with existing assets at regular intervals; and (v) accounts, notes and other receivables and inventory are recorded accurately, and proper and adequate procedures are implemented to effect the collection of accounts, notes and other receivables on a current and timely basis.

 

(b) Lockheed Martin and each of its Subsidiaries maintains disclosure controls and procedures required by the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder; such controls and procedures are effective to ensure that all material information concerning Lockheed Martin and its Subsidiaries is made known on a timely basis to the individuals responsible for the preparation of Lockheed Martin’s filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission and other public disclosure documents.

 

B.28 Galex . Neither Lockheed Martin nor any of its Affiliates is obligated, pursuant to any securities, options, warrants, calls, demands, contracts or other rights or otherwise, now or in the future, contingently or otherwise, to deliver, sell, purchase or redeem any shares of capital stock of Galex to or from any Person. Without limiting the foregoing, neither Lockheed Martin

 

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nor any of its Affiliates has any liability or obligation to invest any capital in Galex (other than the initial investment in the Contributed Galex Shares), make loans to Galex, guaranty any debt of Galex or undertake any form of financial support of Galex.

 

B.29 Undisclosed Contracts . Except as set forth on Schedule B.29 :

 

(a) No undisclosed portions of the Government Contracts constituting Undisclosed Contracts of Lockheed Martin (i) involve the performance of work by Lockheed Martin’s ELV Business of a materially different nature than work currently performed by Lockheed Martin’s ELV Business pursuant to Government Contracts to which Boeing has been provided access prior to the date of this Agreement, (ii) have terms which would result in total contract costs determined in accordance with GAAP indicating a loss (except that costs shall be based on the average costs of Lockheed Martin’s ELV Business for the applicable accounting year), (iii) include expressly unallowable termination costs, or (iv) contain any material terms that are not consistent with industry practice.

 

(b) No undisclosed portions of the Galex Contract constituting an Undisclosed Contract of Lockheed Martin (i) impose any material unindemnified or uninsured liability on Lockheed Martin’s ELV Business that is not substantially similar in nature and scope to the liabilities under the portions of the Galex Contract or other Contracts to which Boeing has been provided access prior to the date of this Agreement, (ii) involve potential risks to Lockheed Martin’s ELV Business that are not comparable in nature and scope to the risks specified in the portions of the Galex Contract or other Contracts to which Boeing has been provided access prior to the date of this Agreement, (iii) involve the performance of work by Lockheed Martin’s ELV Business of a materially different nature than work currently performed by Lockheed Martin’s ELV Business pursuant to the portions of the Galex Contract or other Contracts to which Boeing has been provided access prior to the date of this Agreement; (iv) have terms which would result in total contract costs determined in accordance with GAAP indicating a loss (except that costs shall be based on the average costs of Lockheed Martin’s ELV Business for the applicable accounting year) or (v) contain any material terms that are not consistent with industry practice.

 

(c) No undisclosed portions of the Contracts (other than Government Contracts and the Galex Contract) constituting Undisclosed Contracts of Lockheed Martin (i) involve the performance of work by Lockheed Martin’s ELV Business of a materially different nature than work currently performed by Lockheed Martin’s ELV Business pursuant to Contracts (other than Government Contracts and the Galex Contract) to which Boeing has been provided access prior to the date of this Agreement, (ii) have terms which would result in total contract costs determined in accordance with GAAP indicating a loss (except that costs shall be based on the average costs of Lockheed Martin’s ELV Business for the applicable accounting year), (iii) contain any material terms that are not consistent with industry practice or (iv) require Lockheed Martin’s ELV Business to “take or pay” for a minimum number or volume of goods, or to purchase a minimum number or volume of goods used in the manufacture of ELV Systems in excess of the current requirements of Lockheed Martin’s ELV Business under existing Contracts.

 

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EXHIBIT C

 

REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF BOEING

 

Boeing hereby represents and warrants to Lockheed Martin and the Company, as of the date of this Agreement and as of the Closing Date, that:

 

C.01 Corporate Existence and Power . Each of Boeing and each of its Affiliated Transferors is a corporation duly incorporated, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the state or jurisdiction of its incorporation and has all corporate power and authority required to carry on Boeing’s ELV Business as now conducted. Each of Boeing and each of its Affiliated Transferors is duly qualified to do business as a foreign corporation or other entity and is in good standing in each jurisdiction where the character of the property owned or leased by it or the nature of its activities make such qualification necessary to carry on Boeing’s ELV Business as now conducted, except where the failure to be so qualified or in good standing has not had, and could not reasonably be expected to have, a Material Adverse Effect on Boeing’s ELV Business.

 

C.02 Corporate Authorization . The execution, delivery and performance by Boeing and its Subsidiaries of the Transaction Documents to which Boeing or any of its Subsidiaries is a party and the consummation by Boeing and its Subsidiaries of the Contemplated Transactions are within Boeing’s and its Subsidiaries’ respective corporate powers and have been (or in respect to Boeing’s Subsidiaries, as of Closing shall have been) duly authorized by all necessary corporate action on Boeing’s and its Subsidiaries’ respective parts. This Agreement constitutes and each of the other Transaction Documents to which Boeing or any of its Subsidiaries is a party constitutes or shall constitute at Closing a legal, valid and binding agreement of Boeing or its applicable Subsidiary, enforceable against it in accordance with its terms (i) except as enforceability may be limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or other similar laws now or hereafter in effect relating to or affecting creditors’ rights generally, including the effect of statutory and other laws regarding fraudulent conveyances and preferential transfers, and (ii) subject to the limitations imposed by general equitable principles regardless of whether such enforceability is considered in a proceeding at law or in equity.

 

C.03 Governmental Authorization . The execution, delivery and performance by Boeing and each of its Subsidiaries of the Transaction Documents to which Boeing or any of its Subsidiaries is a party require no action by or in respect of, or consent or approval of, or filing with, any Governmental Authority other than:

 

(a) compliance with any applicable requirements of the Antitrust Laws;

 

(b) the actions, consents, approvals, permits or filings set forth in Schedule C.03 or otherwise expressly referred to in this Agreement; and

 

(c) such other consents, approvals, authorizations, permits and filings the failure to obtain or make of which would not have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect on Boeing’s ELV Business.


C.04 Non-Contravention . Except as set forth in Schedule C.04 , the execution, delivery and performance of the Transaction Documents by Boeing and its Subsidiaries do not and shall not (i)(A) contravene or conflict with the charter, bylaws or other organizational documents of Boeing or any of its Subsidiaries, (B) assuming compliance with the matters referred to in Section C.03, contravene or conflict with, or constitute a violation of, any provisions of any Applicable Law binding upon Boeing or any of its Subsidiaries that is applicable to Boeing’s ELV Business, or (C) assuming compliance with the matters referred to in Section C.03, constitute a default under, or give rise to any right of termination, cancellation or acceleration of, or to a loss of any benefit relating primarily to Boeing’s ELV Business to which Boeing or any of its Affiliated Transferors is entitled under, any Contract binding upon Boeing or any of its Affiliated Transferors and relating primarily to Boeing’s ELV Business or by which any of the Boeing Contributed Assets is or may be bound (including any Contract included in the Boeing Contributed Assets) or any license, franchise, permit or similar authorization held by Boeing or any of its Affiliated Transferors relating primarily to Boeing’s ELV Business except, in the case of clauses (B) and (C), for any such contravention, conflict, violation, default, termination, cancellation, acceleration or loss that could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect on Boeing’s ELV Business or (ii) result in the creation or imposition of any Lien on any Boeing Contributed Asset, other than Permitted Liens.

 

C.05 Opening Statement . Except as set forth in the Notes thereto, the Boeing Opening Statement presents fairly, in all material respects, the Net Assets of Boeing’s ELV Business as of December 31, 2004, in conformity with Boeing’s historical practices and procedures applied on a basis consistent in all material respects with the manner in which Boeing’s ELV Business reported its financial position for inclusion in the audited consolidated financial statements of Boeing as of that date. Except as set forth in Schedule C.05 , the Boeing Opening Statement reflects the Boeing Contributed Assets and the Boeing Assumed Liabilities to the extent the same are contemplated to be presented in accordance with the Notes thereto, and the Boeing Opening Statement does not reflect any Boeing Excluded Assets or Boeing Excluded Liabilities.

 

C.06 Absence of Certain Changes . Except as set forth in Schedule C.06 , from December 31, 2004 to the date of this Agreement, Boeing has conducted its ELV Business in all material respects in accordance with the historical and customary operating practices relating to the conduct of such ELV Business and there has not been:

 

(a) any event or occurrence that has had a Material Adverse Effect on Boeing’s ELV Business, other than events or occurrences resulting from changes, whether actual or prospective, in general conditions applicable to the industries in which Boeing’s ELV Business is involved or general economic conditions;

 

(b) any damage, destruction or other casualty loss affecting Boeing’s ELV Business or any assets that would constitute Boeing Contributed Assets if owned, held or used by Boeing or any of its Affiliated Transferors on the Closing Date that has had a Material Adverse Effect on Boeing’s ELV Business;

 

(c) (i) any transaction or commitment made, or any Contract entered into, by Boeing or any of its Affiliated Transferors relating primarily to Boeing’s ELV Business or to any assets that would constitute Boeing Contributed Assets if owned, held or used by Boeing or any of its

 

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Affiliated Transferors on the Closing Date (including the acquisition or disposition of any assets), or (ii) any termination or amendment by Boeing or any of its Affiliated Transferors of any Contract or other right that would constitute Boeing Contributed Assets if owned, held or used by Boeing or any of its Affiliated Transferors on the Closing Date, in either case that is material to Boeing’s ELV Business taken as a whole, other than transactions and commitments in the ordinary course of business and those contemplated by this Agreement;

 

(d) any transaction or commitment made, or any Contract entered into, by Boeing or any of its Affiliated Transferors requiring Boeing’s ELV Business to “take or pay” for a minimum number or volume of goods, or to purchase a minimum number or volume of goods used in the manufacture of ELV Systems in excess of requirements under applicable customer Contracts or otherwise guaranteeing any of the foregoing;

 

(e) any sale or other disposition of more than an aggregate of $5,000,000 of assets (other than any sale made in the ordinary course of business) that would constitute Boeing Contributed Assets if owned, held or used by Boeing or any of its Subsidiaries on the Closing Date;

 

(f) any increase in the compensation of any current employee of Boeing’s ELV Business at a level of director or above, other than compensation increases or bonus awards in the ordinary course of business or nondiscretionary increases pursuant to Employee Plans or Benefit Arrangements disclosed in Schedule C.17 or referenced in Exhibit E ; or

 

(g) any cancellation, compromise, waiver or release by Boeing or any of its Subsidiaries of any claim or right (or a series of related claims or rights) related to Boeing Contributed Assets or assets of Boeing that would constitute Boeing Contributed Assets if owned, held or used by Boeing or any of its Affiliated Transferors on the Closing Date, other than cancellations, compromises, waivers or releases in the ordinary course of business.

 

C.07 Sufficiency of and Title to the Contributed Assets .

 

(a) Except as set forth in Schedule C.07 , the Boeing Contributed Assets, together with the services to be provided to the Company by Boeing pursuant to the Transition Services Agreement (Boeing), the Licensed Boeing Intellectual Property to be licensed pursuant to the Transaction Documents and the leases and subleases contemplated in the Transaction Documents, constitute, and on the Closing Date shall constitute, all of the assets and services that are necessary to permit the operation of Boeing’s ELV Business in substantially the same manner as such operations have heretofore been conducted.

 

(b) Except as set forth in Schedule C.07 , subject to the receipt of any consents or approvals of any other Person, upon consummation of the Contemplated Transactions, the Company shall have acquired good and marketable title in and to, or a valid leasehold interest in or a valid license to use, each of the Boeing Contributed Assets, free and clear of all Liens, except for Permitted Liens. Except as set forth in Schedule C.07 , all tangible property and assets included in the Boeing Contributed Assets are in good operating condition (normal wear and tear excepted), and normal maintenance and repair on such tangible property and assets has not been deferred.

 

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(c) Schedule C.07 includes a true and complete list of all real property owned by Boeing and its Subsidiaries that is used primarily in Boeing’s ELV Business (collectively, the “ Boeing Owned Real Property ”). Schedule C.07 sets forth the address of each parcel of Boeing Owned Real Property and the owner of such Boeing Owned Real Property.

 

(d) Schedule C.07 includes a true and complete list of all agreements (together with any amendments thereof) pursuant to which Boeing and its Subsidiaries lease, sublease or otherwise occupy (whether as landlord, tenant, subtenant or other occupancy arrangement) any real property that is used primarily in Boeing’s ELV Business (collectively, the “ Boeing Leased Real Property ”). Schedule C.07 sets forth the address of each parcel of Boeing Leased Real Property and the owner of the leasehold, subleasehold or occupancy interest for each parcel of Boeing Leased Real Property.

 

C.08 No Undisclosed Liabilities . There are no liabilities of Boeing or any of its Affiliated Transferors relating to Boeing’s ELV Business that constitute Boeing Assumed Liabilities of any kind whatsoever, whether accrued, contingent, absolute, determined, determinable or otherwise, other than:

 

(a) liabilities disclosed (or provided for) in the Boeing Opening Statement and liabilities for matters taken into account in the determination of the Boeing Adjusted Net Working Capital Amount;

 

(b) liabilities (i) disclosed in Schedule C.08 , (ii) related to any Contract disclosed in Boeing’s Disclosure Schedules or (iii) related to any Boeing Employee Plan or Benefit Arrangements identified in Exhibit E or disclosed in Schedule C.17 ;

 

(c) liabilities incurred in the ordinary course of business since December 31, 2004;

 

(d) contingent liabilities not required to be accrued for or reserved against in accordance with GAAP or the accounting principles, policies, practices, methods and procedures utilized in the preparation of Boeing’s Opening Statement, as disclosed in the Notes to Boeing’s Opening Statement;

 

(e) with respect to the bring down of this representation and warranty as of the Closing Date, liabilities not required to be accrued for or reserved against in accordance with GAAP or the accounting principles, policies, practices, methods and procedures utilized in the preparation of Boeing’s Opening Statement, as disclosed in the Notes to Boeing’s Opening Statement; and

 

(f) liabilities in addition to those referenced in the foregoing clauses (a) through (e), that, individually or in the aggregate, could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect on Boeing’s ELV Business.

 

C.09 Litigation . Except as set forth in Schedule C.09 or reserved against or referred to in the Boeing Opening Statement and except for matters arising under or related to Environmental Laws, there is no action, suit, investigation or proceeding pending, or to the knowledge of Boeing, threatened against or affecting, Boeing’s ELV Business or any Boeing Contributed Asset before any Governmental Authority that could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect on Boeing’s ELV Business.

 

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C.10 Material Contracts .

 

(a) Except as set forth in Schedule C.10 and except for Contracts that do not constitute Boeing Contributed Assets or Boeing Assumed Liabilities, Boeing and its Subsidiaries, with respect to Boeing’s ELV Business, are not parties to or otherwise bound by or subject to:

 

(i) any written employment, severance, consulting or sales representative Contract that contains an obligation (excluding commissions) to pay more than $50,000 per year, any collective bargaining agreement or other agreement with a labor union or any other agreement that contains an obligation either to employ a specified number of employees or to make a payment to any other Person in lieu thereof;

 

(ii) any Contract containing any covenant limiting the freedom of Boeing or any of its Subsidiaries, in respect of Boeing’s ELV Business or the operations of Boeing’s ELV Business, to compete with any Person in any geographic area in any material respect if such Contract will be binding on the Company after the Closing;

 

(iii) any Contract requiring Boeing’s ELV Business to “take or pay” for a minimum number or volume of goods, or to purchase a minimum number or volume of goods used in the manufacture of ELV Systems in excess of requirements under applicable customer Contracts or otherwise guaranteeing any of the foregoing;

 

(iv) any Contract in effect on the date of this Agreement relating to the disposition or acquisition of the assets of, or any interest in, any business enterprise that relates to Boeing’s ELV Business other than in the ordinary course of business;

 

(v) any Financial Support Arrangements;

 

(vi) any indebtedness for borrowed money of Boeing’s ELV Business that would constitute a Boeing Assumed Liability if in existence on the Closing Date, with a principal amount in excess of $100,000;

 

(vii) any Contract (it being understood that for purposes of this representation, a purchase order issued under an existing master agreement will not constitute a separate Contract) with a supplier, vendor, or subcontractor with an aggregate contract value in excess of $10,000,000;

 

(viii) any teaming agreement or partnership, joint venture or similar agreement; or

 

(ix) any Contract with a foreign Governmental Authority.

 

(b) Schedule C.10 sets forth any Contract (other than a Government Contract) with a customer to which Boeing or any of its Subsidiaries is a party or otherwise bound for the provision of Launch Services using ELV Systems with an aggregate contract value in excess of $50,000,000.

 

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(c) Except as disclosed in Schedule C.10 , each Contract disclosed in Schedule C.10 or Schedule C.07 is in full force and effect and constitutes a legal, valid and binding obligation of Boeing (or the applicable Affiliated Transferor) enforceable against Boeing (or the applicable Affiliated Transferor) in accordance with its terms (except as enforceability may be limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or other similar laws now or hereafter in effect relating to or affecting creditors’ rights generally, including the effect of statutory and other laws regarding fraudulent conveyances and preferential transfers, and subject to the limitations imposed by general equitable principles regardless of whether such enforceability is considered in a proceeding at law or in equity), and Boeing (or the applicable Affiliated Transferor) is not in default and has not failed to perform any obligation thereunder, and, to the knowledge of Boeing, there does not exist any event, condition or omission that would constitute a breach or default (whether by lapse of time or notice or both) by any other Person, except for any such default, failure or breach as has not had, and could not reasonably be expected to have, a Material Adverse Effect on Boeing’s ELV Business.

 

C.11 Licenses and Permits . To the knowledge of Boeing, except as set forth in Schedule C.11 , Boeing (or the appropriate Affiliated Transferor) has all licenses, franchises, permits and other similar authorizations affecting, or relating in any way to, Boeing’s ELV Business required by Applicable Law (other than Environmental Laws) to be obtained by Boeing (or the appropriate Affiliated Transferor) to permit Boeing to conduct Boeing’s ELV Business in substantially the same manner as Boeing’s ELV Business has heretofore been conducted, except where the failure to have such licenses, franchises, permits and similar authorizations has not had, and could not reasonably be expected to have, a Material Adverse Effect on Boeing’s ELV Business.

 

C.12 Finders’ Fees . There is no investment banker, broker, finder or other intermediary that has been retained by or is authorized to act on behalf of Boeing or any of its Affiliated Transferors who might be entitled to any fee or commission from the Company or any of its Affiliates upon consummation of the Contemplated Transactions.

 

C.13 Environmental Compliance .

 

(a) Except as disclosed in Schedule C.13 , to the knowledge of Boeing, Boeing’s ELV Business is and has been in material compliance with all applicable Environmental Laws, and has obtained all Environmental Permits, except where the failure to be in compliance or to have obtained all Environmental Permits has not had, and could not reasonably be expected to have, a Material Adverse Effect on Boeing’s ELV Business. Except as set forth in Schedule C.13 and except as reserved against or referred to in the Boeing Opening Statement, to the knowledge of Boeing, (i) Boeing’s ELV Business is and has been in material compliance with the terms and conditions under which Environmental Permits were issued or granted, (ii) Boeing and its Subsidiaries hold all permits required by Environmental Laws that are appropriate to conduct Boeing’s ELV Business as presently conducted in all material respects and to operate the Boeing Contributed Assets in all material respects as they are presently operated; (iii) no suspension, cancellation or termination of any permit referred to in clause (ii) is pending or threatened; (iv)

 

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Boeing has not received written notice of any material Environmental Claim relating to or affecting Boeing’s ELV Business or the Boeing Contributed Assets, and there is no such threatened Environmental Claim; and (v) Boeing, in connection with its ELV Business or the Boeing Contributed Assets, has not entered into, agreed in writing to, and is not subject to any judgment, decree order or other similar requirement of any Governmental Authority under any Environmental Laws, except in the case of clauses (i) through (v) where such failure or other circumstances has not had, and could not reasonably be expected to have, a Material Adverse Effect on Boeing’s ELV Business.

 

(b) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Exhibit C , this Section C.13 sets forth the sole and exclusive representations and warranties governing matters arising under or relating to Environmental Laws, and no other representations or warranties shall be deemed to address or cover any matter arising under or relating to any Environmental Laws.

 

C.14 Compliance with Laws . Except as set forth in Schedule C.14 , for matters arising under or related to Environmental Laws, and for violations or infringements that have not had, and could not reasonably be expected to have, a Material Adverse Effect on Boeing’s ELV Business, to the knowledge of Boeing, the operation of Boeing’s ELV Business and condition of the Boeing Contributed Assets have not violated or infringed, and do not violate or infringe, in any respect any Applicable Law or any order, writ, injunction or decree of any Governmental Authority.

 

C.15 Intellectual Property . With respect to the Licensed Boeing Intellectual Property to be licensed by Boeing to the Company in connection with the Contemplated Transactions, except as set forth in Schedule C.15 , to the knowledge of Boeing:

 

(a) Boeing (or an Affiliated Transferor) either (i) owns, free and clear of all Liens other than Permitted Liens, all right, title and interest in, or (ii) has the right to license, sublicense, or assign, such Licensed Boeing Intellectual Property, in each case subject to any licenses and other rights granted by Boeing and its Subsidiaries in such Licensed Boeing Intellectual Property prior to the Closing Date;

 

(b) the use of such Licensed Boeing Intellectual Property in connection with the operation of Boeing’s ELV Business as heretofore conducted does not conflict with, infringe upon or violate the intellectual property rights of any other Persons, except to the extent that such conflict, infringement or violation has not had, and could not reasonably be expected to have, a Material Adverse Effect on Boeing’s ELV Business;

 

(c) Boeing (or an Affiliated Transferor) has the right to use all such Licensed Boeing Intellectual Property used by Boeing’s ELV Business and necessary for the continued operation of Boeing’s ELV Business in substantially the same manner as its operations have heretofore been conducted, except where the failure to have the right to use any such Licensed Boeing Intellectual Property has not had, and could not reasonably be expected to have, a Material Adverse Effect on Boeing’s ELV Business; and

 

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(d) notwithstanding the provisions of this Section C.15, Boeing makes no representation or warranty, and no such representation or warranty shall be implied, that any of such Licensed Boeing Intellectual Property is valid or enforceable.

 

C.16 Taxes . Except as set forth in Schedule C.16 or as could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect on Boeing’s ELV Business, (i) all Tax Returns required to be filed on or before the Closing Date by Boeing and its Subsidiaries with any Tax Authority in respect of the Boeing Contributed Assets or the operations of Boeing’s ELV Business have been filed or shall be filed in accordance with all Applicable Laws and are in all material respects complete and accurate, and (ii) all Taxes due and owing by Boeing or any of its Subsidiaries that relate to the Boeing Contributed Assets or the operations of Boeing’s ELV Business have been paid; provided , however , that the foregoing representations and warranties are made only to the extent of Taxes that are or may become Liens (other than Permitted Liens) on the Boeing Contributed Assets. Boeing is not a party to any tax allocation or tax-sharing agreement with respect to Boeing’s ELV Business.

 

C.17 Employee Benefit Matters .

 

(a) To the knowledge of Boeing, Schedule C.17 lists each Boeing Employee Plan or material Benefit Arrangement that covers Boeing Business Employees.

 

(b) Except as set forth in Schedule C.17 , with respect to Boeing’s ELV Business:

 

(i) since January 1, 2001, neither Boeing nor any member of its “Controlled Group” (defined as any organization that is a member of a controlled group of organizations within the meaning of Code Sections 414(b), (c), (m) or (o)) has contributed to or had any liability to a “multi-employer plan,” as defined in Section 3(37) of ERISA, that could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect on Boeing’s ELV Business;

 

(ii) to the knowledge of Boeing, no fiduciary of any Boeing Employee Plan has engaged in a nonexempt “prohibited transaction” (as that term is defined in Section 4975 of the Code and Section 406 of ERISA) that could subject the Company to an excise tax imposed by Section 4975 of the Code;

 

(iii) no Boeing Employee Plan that is subject to Section 412 of the Code has incurred an “accumulated funding deficiency” within the meaning of Section 412 of the Code, whether or not waived;

 

(iv) to the knowledge of Boeing, each Boeing Employee Plan and Benefit Arrangement has been established and administered in all material respects in accordance with its terms and in compliance with Applicable Law, except where a failure to do so would not have a Material Adverse Effect on Boeing’s ELV Business;

 

(v) to the knowledge of Boeing, no Boeing Employee Plan subject to Title IV of ERISA has incurred any material liability under such title other than for the payment of premiums to the PBGC, all of which to the knowledge of Boeing have been paid when due;

 

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(vi) there have been no “reportable events” (as that term is defined in Section 4043 of ERISA and the regulations thereunder), other than reportable events arising directly from the Contemplated Transactions, that would present a risk that a Boeing Employee Plan would be terminated by the PBGC in a distress termination;

 

(vii) each Boeing Employee Plan intended to qualify under Section 401 of the Code has received a determination letter from the Internal Revenue Service that it is so qualified and, to the knowledge of Boeing, no event has occurred with respect to any such Employee Plan that could reasonably be expected to result in the loss of such qualification;

 

(viii) with respect to each Boeing Employee Plan listed in Schedule C.17 , Boeing has made available to Lockheed Martin the most recent copy, if any (where available), of (1) the plan document; (2) the summary plan description; and (3) Form 5500; and

 

(ix) there are no actions, claims or investigations by a Governmental Authority pending or, to the knowledge of Boeing threatened, against any Boeing Employee Plan, Benefit Arrangement, or any administrator, fiduciary or sponsor thereof with respect to Boeing’s ELV Business, other than benefit claims arising in the normal course of operation of such Employee Plan or Benefit Arrangement and periodic audits by Governmental Authorities.

 

C.18 Government Contracts and Government Bids .

 

(a) Except (i) as set forth in Schedule C.18 , (ii) as has not had, and could not reasonably be expected to have, a Material Adverse Effect on Boeing’s ELV Business and (iii) for any Government Contract or Government Bid containing classified information or requiring special security clearances for access, with respect to each Government Contract and each Government Bid to which Boeing or any of its Affiliated Transferors is a party with respect to Boeing’s ELV Business, (A) Boeing (or the applicable Affiliated Transferor) has complied with the terms and conditions of such Government Contract or Government Bid; (B) Boeing (or the Affiliated Transferor) has complied with all requirements of all Applicable Laws or agreements pertaining to such Government Contract or Government Bid; (C) all representations and certifications set forth in or pertaining to such Government Contract or Government Bid were complete and correct as of their effective date, and Boeing (or the applicable Affiliated Transferor) has complied in all material respects with all such representations and certifications; (D) neither the U.S. Government nor any prime contractor, subcontractor or other Person has notified Boeing (or the applicable Affiliated Transferor) in writing that Boeing (or the applicable Affiliated Transferor) has breached or violated any Applicable Law pertaining to such Government Contract or Government Bid; (E) no termination for convenience or termination for default has occurred since January 1, 1998, and no cure notice or show cause notice is currently in effect pertaining to such Government Contract or Government Bid; (F) no cost incurred by Boeing (or the applicable Affiliated Transferor) pertaining to such Government Contract or Government Bid is the subject of an investigation or has been disallowed by the U.S. Government since January 1, 1998; (G) no money due to Boeing (or the applicable Affiliated Transferor) pertaining to such Government Contract or Government Bid has been withheld or set off, and (H) each Government Contract is valid and subsisting.

 

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(b) Except as set forth in Schedule C.18 and except as has not had, and could not reasonably be expected to have, a Material Adverse Effect on Boeing’s ELV Business, with respect to Boeing’s ELV Business: (i) to the knowledge of Boeing, none of Boeing’s respective employees, consultants or agents is (or during the last five years has been) under administrative, civil or criminal investigation, indictment or information by any Governmental Authority, or any audit or investigation by Boeing with respect to any alleged irregularity, misstatement or omission arising under or relating to any Government Bid, and (ii) during the last five years, Boeing has not conducted or initiated any internal investigation or, to Boeing’s knowledge, had reason to conduct, initiate or report any internal investigation, or made a voluntary disclosure to the U.S. Government, with respect to any alleged irregularity, misstatement or omission arising under or relating to a Government Contract or Government Bid.

 

(c) Except as set forth in Schedule C.18 and except as has not had, and could not reasonably be expected to have, a Material Adverse Effect on Boeing’s ELV Business, there exist no outstanding claims against Boeing or any of its Affiliated Transferors, either by the U.S. Government or by any prime contractor, subcontractor, vendor or other third party, arising under or relating to any Government Contract or Government Bid referred to in Schedule C.18 .

 

(d) Except as set forth in Schedule C.18 and except as has not had, and could not reasonably be expected to have, a Material Adverse Effect on Boeing’s ELV Business, all test and inspection results Boeing (or any Affiliated Transferor) has provided to the U.S. Government pursuant to any Government Contract or to any other Person pursuant to any such Government Contract or as a part of the delivery to the U.S. Government pursuant to any such Government Contract of any article designed, engineered or manufactured in Boeing’s ELV Business were complete and correct as of the date so provided. Except as set forth in Schedule C.18 and except as has not had, and could not reasonably be expected to have, a Material Adverse Effect on Boeing’s ELV Business, Boeing (or an Affiliated Transferor) has provided all test and inspection results to the U.S. Government pursuant to any such Government Contract as required by Applicable Law and the terms of the applicable Government Contracts.

 

(e) Schedule C.18 contains a complete list of all Government Contracts (as to subcontracts, with an aggregate contract value in excess of $10,000,000) in force and effect as of the date of this Agreement relating to the ELV Business and to which Boeing or any of its Subsidiaries is a party.

 

C.19 Government-Furnished Property or Equipment . Schedule C.19 identifies, as of December 31, 2004, all Government-Furnished Items to Boeing or any of its Subsidiaries that (i) relate to Boeing’s ELV Business, (ii) are being used in the conduct of Boeing’s ELV Business and (iii) are or should be in the possession of Boeing for use in Boeing’s ELV Business. Schedule C.19 identifies each Government Contract to which each such item of Government-Furnished Items relates. Boeing or its applicable Affiliated Transferor has complied in all material respects with all of its obligations relating to the Government-Furnished Items and, upon the return thereof to the U.S. Government in the condition thereof on the date hereof, would have no liability to the U.S. Government with respect thereto.

 

C.20 Backlog . Schedule C.20 sets forth, with respect to each “fixed price” and “cost plus” Government Contract of Boeing or any of its Subsidiaries relating to the ELV Business

 

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having unfilled backlog as of December 31, 2004 in excess of $10,000,000, the backlog of Boeing or its applicable Affiliated Transferor thereunder as of such date, the name of the customer and a brief description of the products and services to be provided. All of the Contracts constituting the backlog of Boeing or any of its Subsidiaries as it relates to Boeing’s ELV Business were entered into in the ordinary course of business and based upon assumptions believed by the management of Boeing’s ELV Business to be reasonable.

 

C.21 Labor and Employment Matters . Except as set forth in Schedule C.21 , in connection with Boeing’s ELV Business: (i) neither Boeing nor any of its Affiliated Transferors is engaged in, nor since January 1, 2001, has engaged in, unfair labor practices, and there is no labor strike, dispute (other than routine individual grievances), slowdown or stoppage pending or threatened against or directly affecting Boeing’s ELV Business or the Boeing Contributed Assets, (ii) no union representation question or union or other organizational activity that would be subject to the National Labor Relations Act (29 U.S.C. §§ 151 et seq.) exists in respect of any employees of Boeing’s ELV Business, (iii) no collective bargaining agreement exists which is binding on Boeing or any of its Subsidiaries with respect to Boeing’s ELV Business and (iv) neither Boeing nor any of its Affiliated Transferors is delinquent in any material respect in payments to any of its current or former officers, directors, employees, consultants or agents of Boeing’s ELV Business for any wages, salaries, commissions or other direct compensation for an services performed by them or amounts required to be reimbursed to such officers, directors, employees, consultants or agents.

 

C.22 Product Warranties . Except as set forth in Schedule C.22 , Boeing’s and its Subsidiaries’ Government Contracts set forth in Schedule C.18 and other customer Contracts set forth in Schedule C.10 contain all of the product warranties and guarantees extended by Boeing or any of its Subsidiaries currently in effect with respect to such Contracts. Except as set forth in Schedule C.22 , there have not been any amendments to or deviations from such warranties and guarantees contained in such Contracts. Except as set forth on Schedule C.22 , no written claims, or claims threatened in writing, exist against Boeing with respect to product warranties and guarantees on products or services provided in Boeing’s ELV Business.

 

C.23 Insurance . Schedule C.23 sets forth a complete and correct list of all material insurance policies (other than title insurance policies) currently in force with respect to Boeing or any of its Subsidiaries exclusively relating to Boeing’s ELV Business, including a description of whether such policies are “claims made” or “occurrence based” policies. Except as set forth in Schedule C.23 , the policies of insurance described in Schedule C.23 are in full force and effect and are valid, outstanding and enforceable, all premiums due thereon have been paid in full, and Boeing or the applicable Affiliated Transferor has complied in all material respects with the provisions of all such policies. Except as set forth in Schedule C.23 , no insurer under any such policy has cancelled or generally disclaimed liability under any of the policies listed in Schedule C.23 or indicated any intent to do so or not renew any such policy. Except as set forth in Schedule C.23 , all claims in respect of Boeing’s ELV Business under any policies listed in Schedule C.23 have been filed in a timely fashion. Except as set forth in Schedule C.23 , Boeing has in place, in respect of all ELV System launches under Contract as of the date of this Agreement, insurance in such amounts and of such types as is sufficient to provide the maximum liability limitation available under the CSLA, Public Law 85-804, the Space Act and launch licenses issued by the FAA, or otherwise required under the terms and conditions of any lease from the U.S. Government for a launch pad.

 

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C.24 Clearances . Except to the extent prohibited by Applicable Law, Schedule C.24 sets forth with respect to the Boeing Contributed Assets or Boeing’s ELV Business, any and all facility security clearances held by Boeing and its Subsidiaries.

 

C.25 Foreign Corrupt Practices Act . Except as set forth in Schedule C.25 , neither Boeing nor any of its Subsidiaries nor, to the knowledge of Boeing, any director, officer, agent, employee or other person associated with or acting on behalf of Boeing or any of its Subsidiaries, has with respect to Boeing’s ELV Business (i) used any funds for any unlawful contribution, gift, entertainment or other unlawful expense relating to political activity; (ii) made any unlawful payment or offered anything of value to any foreign or domestic government official or employee or to any foreign or domestic political parties or campaigns; (iii) violated or is in violation of any provision of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977, as amended, or any Applicable Law of similar effect; or (iv) made any unlawful bribe, rebate, payoff, influence payment, kickback or transfer of value to another Person.

 

C.26 Export Control Laws . Except as set forth in Schedule C.26 , with respect to Boeing’s ELV Business:

 

(a) Boeing and each of its Subsidiaries is in material compliance with all currently applicable U.S. Export and Import Laws. There are no claims, complaints, charges, investigations or proceedings pending or expected or, to the knowledge of Boeing, threatened between Boeing or any of its Subsidiaries and the U.S. Government under any U.S. Export and Import Laws.

 

(b) Boeing and each of its Subsidiaries is in material compliance with all currently applicable Foreign Export and Import Laws. There are no claims, complaints, charges, investigations or proceedings pending or expected or, to the knowledge of Boeing, threatened between Boeing or any of its Subsidiaries and a foreign government under any Foreign Export and Import Laws.

 

(c) Boeing and each of its Subsidiaries has prepared and timely applied for all import and export licenses required in accordance with U.S. Export and Import Laws and Foreign Export and Import Laws, for the conduct of its current ELV Business.

 

(d) Boeing has made available to Lockheed Martin true and complete copies of all issued and pending import and export licenses, and all documentation required by, and necessary to evidence compliance with, all U.S. Export and Import Laws and all Foreign Export and Import Laws.

 

C.27 Disclosure and Internal Controls .

 

(a) Boeing and each of its Subsidiaries maintains accurate books and records reflecting its assets and liabilities and maintains proper and adequate internal accounting controls that provide assurance that (i) transactions are executed with management’s authorization; (ii) transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of the consolidated financial

 

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statements of Boeing and its Subsidiaries and to maintain accountability for Boeing’s and each of its Subsidiaries’ consolidated assets; (iii) access to the assets of Boeing and its Subsidiaries is permitted only in accordance with management’s authorization; (iv) the reporting of assets of Boeing and its Subsidiaries is compared with existing assets at regular intervals; and (v) accounts, notes and other receivables and inventory are recorded accurately, and proper and adequate procedures are implemented to effect the collection of accounts, notes and other receivables on a current and timely basis.

 

(b) Boeing and each of its Subsidiaries maintains disclosure controls and procedures required by the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder; such controls and procedures are effective to ensure that all material information concerning Boeing and its Subsidiaries is made known on a timely basis to the individuals responsible for the preparation of Boeing’s filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission and other public disclosure documents.

 

C.28 Undisclosed Contracts . Except as set forth on Schedule C.28 :

 

(a) No undisclosed portions of the Government Contracts constituting Undisclosed Contracts of Boeing (i) impose any material unindemnified or uninsured liability on Boeing’s ELV Business that is not substantially similar in nature and scope to the liabilities under Government Contracts to which Lockheed Martin has been provided access prior to the date of this Agreement, (ii) involve potential risks to Boeing’s ELV Business that are not comparable in nature and scope to the risks specified in the Government Contacts to which Lockheed Martin has been provided access prior to the date of this Agreement, (iii) involve the performance of work by Boeing’s ELV Business of a materially different nature than work currently performed by Boeing’s ELV Business pursuant to Government Contracts to which Lockheed Martin has been provided access prior to the date of this Agreement, (iv) have terms which would result in total contract costs determined in accordance with GAAP indicating a loss (except that costs shall be based on the average costs of Boeing’s ELV Business for the applicable accounting year), (v) include expressly unallowable termination costs, or (vi) contain any material terms that are not consistent with industry practice.

 

(b) No undisclosed portions of the Contracts (other than Government Contracts) constituting Undisclosed Contracts of Boeing (i) impose any material unindemnified or uninsured liability on Boeing’s ELV Business that is not substantially similar in nature and scope to the liabilities under Contracts (other than Government Contracts) to which Lockheed Martin has been provided access prior to the date of this Agreement, (ii) involve potential risks to Boeing’s ELV Business that are not comparable in nature and scope to the risks specified in the Contracts (other than Government Contracts) to which Lockheed Martin has been provided access prior to the date of this Agreement, (iii) involve the performance of work by Boeing’s ELV Business of a materially different nature than work currently performed by Boeing’s ELV Business pursuant to Contracts (other than Government Contracts) to which Lockheed Martin has been provided access prior to the date of this Agreement, (iv) have terms which would result in total contract costs determined in accordance with GAAP indicating a loss (except that costs shall be based on the average costs of Boeing’s ELV Business for the applicable accounting year), (v) contain any material terms that are not consistent with industry practice or (vi) require Boeing’s ELV Business to “take or pay” for a minimum number or volume of goods, or to purchase a minimum number or volume of goods used in the manufacture of ELV Systems in excess of the current requirements of Boeing’s ELV Business under existing Contracts.

 

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EXHIBIT D

 

REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE COMPANY

 

The Company hereby represents and warrants to Lockheed Martin and Boeing, as of the date of its formation and as of the Closing Date, that:

 

D.01 Corporate Existence and Power . The Company is a limited liability company duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware and has all limited liability company power and authority required to carry on the ELV Business as conducted by the Members as of the Closing Date. As of the Closing Date, the Company will be duly qualified to do business as a foreign corporation in each jurisdiction where the character of the property owned or leased by the ELV Business or the nature of the activities of the ELV Business make such qualification necessary to carry on the ELV Business as conducted by the Members as of the Closing Date, except where the failure to be so qualified has not had, and could not reasonably be expected to have, a Material Adverse Effect on the ELV Business.

 

D.02 Corporate Authorization . The execution, delivery and performance by the Company of the Transaction Documents to which it is a party and the consummation by the Company of the Contemplated Transactions are within the Company’s limited liability company powers and as of Closing shall have been duly authorized by all necessary limited liability company action on the Company’s part. Each of the Transaction Documents to which the Company is a party constitutes or shall constitute at Closing a legal, valid and binding agreement of the Company, enforceable against it in accordance with its terms (i) except as enforceability may be limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or other similar laws now or hereafter in effect relating to or affecting creditors’ rights generally, including the effect of statutory and other laws regarding fraudulent conveyances and preferential transfers, and (ii) subject to the limitations imposed by general equitable principles regardless of whether such enforceability is considered in a proceeding at law or in equity.

 

D.03 Governmental Authorization . The execution, delivery and performance by the Company of the Transaction Documents to which it is a party require no action by or in respect of, or consent or approval of, or filing with, any Governmental Authority other than:

 

(a) compliance with any applicable requirements of the HSR Act;

 

(b) the actions, consents, approvals, permits or filings set forth in Schedule D.03 or otherwise expressly referred to in this Agreement; and

 

(c) such other consents, approvals, authorizations, permits and filings the failure to obtain or make of which would not have, in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect on the ELV Business.

 

D.04 Non-Contravention . Except as set forth in Schedule D.04 , the execution, delivery and performance of the Transaction Documents by the Company do not and shall not (i)(A) contravene or conflict with the Certificate of Formation or Operating Agreement of the Company, (B) assuming compliance with the matters referred to in Section D.03, contravene or


conflict with, or constitute a violation of, any provisions of any Applicable Law binding upon the Company, or (C) assuming compliance with the matters referred to in Section D.03, constitute a default under, or give rise to any right of termination, cancellation or acceleration of, or to a loss of any benefit to which the Company is entitled except, in the case of clauses (B) and (C), for any such contravention, conflict, violation, default, termination, cancellation, acceleration or loss that could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect on the Company or (ii) result in the creation or imposition of any Lien on any asset of the Company, including the Contributed Assets, other than Permitted Liens.

 

D.05 Finders’ Fees . There is no investment banker, broker, finder or other intermediary that has been retained by or is authorized to act on behalf of the Company who might be entitled to any fee or commission from the Members or any of their Affiliates upon consummation of the Contemplated Transactions.

 

D.06 Security Clearances; ITAR Registration .

 

(a) As of Closing, the Company will control facilities classified for U.S. Government security purposes as high as the level of top secret and employ individuals holding U.S. Government security clearances as high as the level of top secret.

 

(b) As of Closing, the Company will be registered with the Directorate of Defense Trade Controls, U.S. Department of State (“ DDTC ”) as an entity that engages in the United States in the business of either manufacturing or exporting “defense articles” or furnishing “defense services,” as those terms are defined in the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (“ ITAR ”), and will hold such registration with DDTC as a “U.S. Person” and not as a subsidiary, division or affiliate of a “Foreign Person” as those terms are defined in the ITAR at 22 C.F.R. Part 120.

 

D.07 Membership Interests . As of the date of the formation of the Company, Lockheed Martin is the holder of 50% of the membership interests in the Company, and Boeing is the holder of 50% of the membership interests in the Company. Immediately after the Closing and as a result of the Contemplated Transactions, Lockheed Martin or one or more direct or indirect wholly owned domestic Subsidiaries of Lockheed Martin will be the holder of 50% of the membership interests in the Company and Boeing or one or more direct or indirect wholly owned domestic Subsidiaries of Boeing will be the holder of 50% of the membership interests in the Company, which entities will be, immediately after the Closing, the sole members of the Company. All of the issued and outstanding membership interests of the Company (i) are duly authorized, validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable; (ii) are, and immediately prior to the Closing will be, free and clear of all Liens, and (iii) were not issued in violation of and (except as set forth in the Operating Agreement) are not subject to the preemptive rights of any Person or any agreement or Applicable Laws of any Governmental Authority by which the Company at the time of issuance was bound. There are no outstanding options, warrants, rights, calls, commitments, conversion rights, rights of exchange, subscriptions, claims of any character, agreements, obligations, convertible or exchangeable securities or other plans or commitments, contingent or otherwise, relating to the membership interests of the Company and there are no contracts or other agreements of the Company or any member of the Company to purchase, redeem or otherwise acquire any membership interests of the Company, or securities or

 

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obligations of any kind convertible into any membership interests in the Company. There are no distributions which have accrued or been declared but are unpaid on the membership interests of the Company.

 

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E XHIBIT 10(ii)

 

THE BOEING COMPANY

 

RESTRICTED STOCK AWARD AGREEMENT

PURSUANT TO THE BOEING COMPANY 2003 INCENTIVE STOCK PLAN

 

THIS AGREEMENT (this “ Agreement ”) is made effective as of July 1, 2005 (the “ Grant Date ”), between The Boeing Company, a Delaware corporation (the “ Company ”), and W. James McNerney, Jr. (the “ Participant ”).

 

R E C I T A L :

 

WHEREAS, the Company desires to grant to the Participant certain shares of its restricted stock, $5.00 par value per share (“ Restricted Stock ”), under the Company’s 2003 Incentive Stock Plan (the “ Plan ”), which has been approved by its shareholders.

 

NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual covenants set forth herein, the parties agree as follows:

 

1. Grant of the Restricted Stock Award . Subject to the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement and the Plan, the Company hereby grants to the Participant an Award consisting of 162,000 shares (each, a “ Share ”) of Restricted Stock, subject to adjustment as set forth in Section 15 of the Plan. Any capitalized terms not defined herein shall have the same meaning as set forth in the Plan. Each Share shall vest and become unrestricted in accordance with Section 2 hereof and otherwise as set forth in the Plan.

 

2. Vesting .

 

(a) The Award shall vest and become unrestricted at the rate of one-sixth of the Award per each vesting date, for the period commencing on the Grant Date and ending on January 1, 2011, provided that the Participant is continuously employed with the Company through each such vesting date for such Shares to vest, as shown immediately below (except as otherwise provided herein) (each a “ Vesting Date ”):

 

Vesting Date


   Shares Vesting

January 1, 2006

   27,000

January 1, 2007

   27,000

January 1, 2008

   27,000

January 1, 2009

   27,000

January 1, 2010

   27,000

January 1, 2011

   27,000

 

(b) If the Company shall undergo a Change in Control (as defined in Section 10(a) of the Participant’s Employment Agreement with the Company dated June 29, 2005 (the “ Employment Agreement ”)), any then-unvested Shares shall then vest and become unrestricted if and to the extent that then-unvested Awards of Restricted Stock or Restricted Stock Units granted to other senior executives of the Company become vested thereupon.


(c) If the Participant’s employment with the Company is terminated (i) by the Company without Cause (as defined in Section 7(c) of the Employment Agreement) or due to the Participant’s Disability (as defined in Section 7(a) of the Employment Agreement)), (ii) by the Participant for Good Reason (as defined in Section 7(e) of the Employment Agreement) or (iii) due to the Participant’s death, then any Shares of Restricted Stock unvested on the date of termination shall immediately fully vest and become unrestricted.

 

(d) If the Participant’s employment with the Company terminates for any reason other than as provided in Section 2(c) hereof, the portion of the Award which is not vested as of the date of termination shall be forfeited by the Participant and such portion shall be cancelled by the Company. The Participant irrevocably grants to the Company the power of attorney to transfer any unvested Shares forfeited to the Company and agrees to execute any document required by the Company in connection with such forfeiture and transfer.

 

(e) Upon the vesting of Shares of Restricted Stock pursuant to this Section 2, all restrictions on such vested Shares shall lapse and such Shares shall become unrestricted and freely transferable.

 

3. Rights as a Shareholder . The Company will issue the Shares by registering the Shares in book entry form with the Company’s transfer agent in the Participant’s name and the applicable restrictions will be noted in the records of the Company’s transfer agent and in the book entry system. No certificate(s) representing all or a part of the Shares will be issued until the Shares become vested Shares. The Participant may exercise all voting rights with respect to the Shares of Restricted Stock and shall be entitled to receive fully vested dividend equivalents in cash with respect to the Shares of Restricted Stock as and when declared and paid.

 

4. No Right to Continued Employment . Without limiting the applicability of the Employment Agreement, this Agreement shall not be construed as giving the Participant the right to be retained in the employ of the Company.

 

5. Transferability . The Shares subject to the Award and not then vested may not be transferred by the Participant other than by will or the laws of descent and distribution. Except to the extent permitted by the foregoing, the Shares subject to the Award and not then vested may not be sold, transferred, assigned, pledged, hypothecated, encumbered or otherwise disposed of (whether by operation of law or otherwise) or be subject to execution, attachment or similar process. Any attempt to so sell, transfer, assign, pledge, hypothecate, encumber or otherwise dispose of such Shares shall be null and void.

 

6. Withholding . By accepting the Award, the Participant agrees to make appropriate arrangements with the Company for the satisfaction of any applicable federal, state or local income tax withholding requirements, including the payment to the Company of all such taxes and requirements in connection with the distribution or delivery of the Shares, or other settlement in respect of the Shares, and the Company shall be authorized to take such action as may be necessary (including, without limitation, at the election of the Participant, withholding Shares otherwise deliverable to the Participant hereunder and/or withholding amounts from any compensation or other amount owing from the Company to the Participant) to satisfy all obligations for the payment of such taxes; provided, however, that in no event shall the value of Shares so withheld by the Company exceed the minimum withholding rates required by applicable statutes.

 

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7. Section 83(b) Election . The Participant understands that under Section 83(a) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “ Code ”), the excess of the fair market value of unvested Shares on the date the forfeiture restrictions lapse over the amount paid for such Shares on the Grant Date will be taxed, on the date such forfeiture restrictions lapse, as ordinary income subject to payroll and withholding tax and tax reporting, as applicable. For this purpose, the term “forfeiture restrictions” means the right of the Company to receive back any unvested Shares upon termination of the Participant’s employment with the Company. The Participant understands that the Participant may elect under Section 83(b) of the Code to be taxed at ordinary income rates on the fair market value of the unvested Shares at the time they are acquired, rather than when and as the unvested Shares cease to be subject to the forfeiture restrictions. Such election (an “ 83(b) Election ”) must be filed with the Internal Revenue Service within 30 days from the Grant Date of the Award. The Participant understands that (a) the Participant will not be entitled to a deduction for any ordinary income previously recognized as a result of the 83(b) Election if the unvested Shares are subsequently forfeited to the Company and (b) the 83(b) Election may cause the Participant to recognize more compensation income than Participant would have otherwise recognized if the value of the unvested Shares subsequently declines.

 

THE FORM FOR MAKING AN 83(b) ELECTION IS ATTACHED TO THIS AGREEMENT AS EXHIBIT B . THE PARTICIPANT UNDERSTANDS THAT FAILURE TO FILE SUCH AN ELECTION WITHIN THE 30-DAY PERIOD MAY RESULT IN THE RECOGNITION OF ORDINARY INCOME AS THE FORFEITURE RESTRICTIONS LAPSE.

 

The Participant further understands that an additional copy of such election form should be filed with the Participant’s federal income tax return for the calendar year in which the date of this Agreement falls. The Participant acknowledges that the foregoing is only a summary of the federal income tax laws that apply to the Award of the Shares under this Agreement and does not purport to be complete.

 

THE PARTICIPANT FURTHER ACKNOWLEDGES THAT THE COMPANY HAS DIRECTED THE PARTICIPANT TO SEEK INDEPENDENT ADVICE REGARDING THE APPLICABLE PROVISIONS OF THE CODE, THE INCOME TAX LAWS OF ANY MUNICIPALITY, STATE OR FOREIGN COUNTRY IN WHICH THE PARTICIPANT MAY RESIDE, AND THE TAX CONSEQUENCES OF THE PARTICIPANT’S DEATH.

 

The Participant agrees to execute and deliver to the Company with this Agreement a copy of the Acknowledgment and Statement of Decision Regarding Section 83(b) Election attached hereto as Exhibit A . The Participant further agrees that the Participant will execute and deliver to the Company with this Agreement a copy of the 83(b) Election attached hereto as Exhibit B if Participant chooses to make such an election.

 

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8. Notices . For the purpose of this Agreement, notices and all other communications provided for in this Agreement shall be in writing and shall be deemed to have been duly given (a) on the date of delivery if delivered by hand, (b) on the date of transmission, if delivered by confirmed facsimile, (c) on the first business day following the date of deposit if delivered by guaranteed overnight delivery service, or (d) on the fourth business day following the date delivered or mailed by United States registered or certified mail, return receipt requested, postage prepaid, addressed to the Company in care of its General Counsel and to the Participant at the address (or to the facsimile number) shown on the records of the Company.

 

9. Failure to Enforce Not a Waiver . The failure of the Company to enforce at any time any provision of this Agreement shall in no way be construed to be a waiver of such provision or of any other provision hereof.

 

10. Authority of Committee . Subject to the Employment Agreement and Section 13 hereof, the Committee shall have full authority to interpret and construe the terms of this Agreement. The determination of the Committee as to any such matter of interpretation or construction shall be final, conclusive and binding.

 

11. Choice of Law . The interpretation, performance and enforcement of this Agreement shall be governed by the laws of the State of Illinois without regard to its conflicts of law principles.

 

12. Counterparts . This Agreement may be executed in two counterparts each of which shall be deemed an original and both of which together shall constitute one and the same instrument. Any facsimile of this Agreement shall be considered an original document.

 

13. Complete Agreement; Inconsistencies . The Award is made pursuant to the Plan, the terms of which are incorporated herein by reference. The Plan, this Agreement and those documents expressly referred to herein (including, without limitation, the Employment Agreement) embody the complete agreement and understanding among the parties and supersede and preempt any prior understandings, agreements or representations by or among the parties, written or oral, which may have related to the subject matter hereof in any way. In the event of any conflict between the terms of the Plan and this Agreement, the terms of the Plan shall prevail. In the event of any conflict between the terms of the Employment Agreement and either this Agreement or the Plan, the terms of the Employment Agreement shall prevail.

 

14. Successors and Assigns . This Agreement is intended to bind and inure to the benefit of and be enforceable by the Participant, the Company and their respective permitted successors and assigns (including personal representatives, heirs and legatees), and is intended to bind all successors and assigns of the respective parties, except that the Participant may not assign any of the Participant’s rights or obligations under this Agreement except to the extent and in the manner expressly permitted hereby.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this Agreement to be duly executed and the Participant has hereunto set his hand, effective as of the Grant Date.

 

THE BOEING COMPANY

By:

 

 


Name:

 

 


Its:

 

 


 


Participant: W. James McNerney, Jr.

 

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EXHIBIT A

 

ACKNOWLEDGMENT AND STATEMENT OF DECISION REGARDING

SECTION 83(b) ELECTION

 

The undersigned, a recipient of 162,000 shares of Common Stock of The Boeing Company, a Delaware corporation (the “ Company ”), pursuant to a restricted stock award granted under the terms of the Company’s 2003 Incentive Stock Plan (the “ Plan ”), hereby states as follows:

 

1. The undersigned acknowledges receipt of a copy of the Restricted Stock Award Agreement and Plan relating to the offering of such shares. The undersigned has carefully reviewed the Plan and the Restricted Stock Award Agreement pursuant to which the award was granted.

 

2. The undersigned either ( check and complete as applicable )

 

  (a)            has consulted, and has been fully advised by, the undersigned’s own tax advisor,                                          , whose business address is                                          , regarding the federal, state and local tax consequences of receiving shares under the Plan, and particularly regarding the advisability of making an election pursuant to Section 83(b) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “ Code ”), and pursuant to the corresponding provisions, if any, of applicable state law, or

 

  (b)           has knowingly chosen not to consult such a tax advisor.

 

3. The undersigned hereby states that the undersigned has decided ( check as applicable )

 

  (a)            to make an election pursuant to Section 83(b) of the Code, and is submitting to the Company, together with the undersigned’s executed Restricted Stock Award Agreement, an executed form entitled “Election Under Section 83(b) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986,” or

 

  (b)            not to make an election pursuant to Section 83(b) of the Code.

 

4. Neither the Company nor any subsidiary or representative of the Company has made any warranty or representation to the undersigned with respect to the tax consequences of the undersigned’s acquisition of shares under the Plan or of the making or failure to make an election pursuant to Section 83(b) of the Code or the corresponding provisions, if any, of applicable state law.

 

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Dated:                        

 


     Recipient
    

 


Print Name

 

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EXHIBIT B

 

ELECTION UNDER SECTION 83(b)

OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE OF 1986

 

The undersigned taxpayer hereby elects, pursuant to Section 83(b) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, to include in taxpayer’s gross income for the current taxable year the amount of any compensation taxable to taxpayer in connection with taxpayer’s receipt of the property described below:

 

1. The name, address, taxpayer identification number and taxable year of the undersigned are as follows:

 

NAME OF TAXPAYER:                                                           

ADDRESS:                                                                                 

                                                                                                     

IDENTIFICATION NO. OF TAXPAYER:                             

TAXABLE YEAR:                             

 

2. The property with respect to which the election is made is described as follows: 162,000 shares of Common Stock of The Boeing Company, a Delaware corporation (the “ Company ”).

 

3. The date on which the property was transferred is July 1, 2005.

 

4. The property is subject to the following restrictions:

 

The property is subject to a forfeiture right pursuant to which the Company can reacquire the Shares if taxpayer’s services with the Company are terminated for certain reasons. The Company’s right to receive back the shares lapses in six equal annual installments beginning on January 1, 2006 and ending on January 1, 2011.

 

5. The aggregate fair market value at the time of transfer, determined without regard to any restriction other than a restriction which by its terms will never lapse, of such property is $                      (                              dollars).

 

6. The amount (if any) paid for such property is $0.00.

 

The undersigned has submitted a copy of this statement to the person for whom the services were performed in connection with the undersigned’s receipt of the above-described property. The undersigned is the person performing the services in connection with the transfer of said property.

 

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The undersigned understands that the foregoing election may not be revoked except with the consent of the Commissioner of Internal Revenue.

 

Dated:                       

 


    Taxpayer

 

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DISTRIBUTION OF COPIES

 

1. File original with the Internal Revenue Service Center where the taxpayer’s income tax return will be filed. Filing must be made by no later than 30 days after the date the property was transferred.

 

2. Attach one copy to the taxpayer’s income tax return for the taxable year in which the property was transferred.

 

3. Mail one copy to the Company at the following address:

 

The Boeing Company

ATTN: Mark R. Pacioni

Assistant Corporate Secretary and Counsel

100 N. Riverside MC 5003-1001

Chicago, IL 60606-1596

E XHIBIT 10(iii)

 

THE BOEING COMPANY

 

RESTRICTED STOCK AWARD AGREEMENT

PURSUANT TO THE BOEING COMPANY 2003 INCENTIVE STOCK PLAN

 

THIS AGREEMENT (this “ Agreement ”) is made effective as of July 1, 2005 (the “ Grant Date ”), between The Boeing Company, a Delaware corporation (the “ Company ”), and W. James McNerney, Jr. (the “ Participant ”).

 

R E C I T A L :

 

WHEREAS, the Company desires to grant to the Participant certain shares of its restricted stock, $5.00 par value per share (“ Restricted Stock ”), under the Company’s 2003 Incentive Stock Plan (the “ Plan ”), which has been approved by its shareholders.

 

NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual covenants set forth herein, the parties agree as follows:

 

1. Grant of the Restricted Stock Award . Subject to the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement and the Plan, the Company hereby grants to the Participant an Award consisting of 159,000 shares (each, a “ Share ”) of Restricted Stock, subject to adjustment as set forth in Section 15 of the Plan. Any capitalized terms not defined herein shall have the same meaning as set forth in the Plan. Each Share shall vest and become unrestricted in accordance with Section 2 hereof and otherwise as set forth in the Plan.

 

2. Vesting .

 

(a) The Award shall vest and become unrestricted at the rate of one-fifth of the Award per each vesting date, for the period commencing on the Grant Date and ending on May 10, 2010, provided that the Participant is continuously employed with the Company through each such vesting date for such Shares to vest, as shown immediately below (except as otherwise provided herein) (each a “ Vesting Date ”):

 

Vesting Date


   Shares Vesting

May 10, 2006

   31,800

May 10, 2007

   31,800

May 10, 2008

   31,800

May 10, 2009

   31,800

May 10, 2010

   31,800

 

(b) If the Company shall undergo a Change in Control (as defined in Section 10(a) of the Participant’s Employment Agreement with the Company dated June 29, 2005 (the “ Employment Agreement ”)), any then-unvested Shares shall then vest and become unrestricted if and to the extent that then-unvested Awards of Restricted Stock or Restricted Stock Units granted to other senior executives of the Company become vested thereupon.


(c) If the Participant’s employment with the Company is terminated (i) by the Company without Cause (as defined in Section 7(c) of the Employment Agreement) or due to the Participant’s Disability (as defined in Section 7(a) of the Employment Agreement)), (ii) by the Participant for Good Reason (as defined in Section 7(e) of the Employment Agreement) or (iii) due to the Participant’s death, then any Shares of Restricted Stock unvested on the date of termination shall immediately fully vest and become unrestricted.

 

(d) If the Participant’s employment with the Company terminates for any reason other than as provided in Section 2(c) hereof, the portion of the Award which is not vested as of the date of termination shall be forfeited by the Participant and such portion shall be cancelled by the Company. The Participant irrevocably grants to the Company the power of attorney to transfer any unvested Shares forfeited to the Company and agrees to execute any document required by the Company in connection with such forfeiture and transfer.

 

(e) Upon the vesting of Shares of Restricted Stock pursuant to this Section 2, all restrictions on such vested Shares shall lapse and such Shares shall become unrestricted and freely transferable.

 

3. Rights as a Shareholder . The Company will issue the Shares by registering the Shares in book entry form with the Company’s transfer agent in the Participant’s name and the applicable restrictions will be noted in the records of the Company’s transfer agent and in the book entry system. No certificate(s) representing all or a part of the Shares will be issued until the Shares become vested Shares. The Participant may exercise all voting rights with respect to the Shares of Restricted Stock and shall be entitled to receive fully vested dividend equivalents in cash with respect to the Shares of Restricted Stock as and when declared and paid.

 

4. No Right to Continued Employment . Without limiting the applicability of the Employment Agreement, this Agreement shall not be construed as giving the Participant the right to be retained in the employ of the Company.

 

5. Transferability . The Shares subject to the Award and not then vested may not be transferred by the Participant other than by will or the laws of descent and distribution. Except to the extent permitted by the foregoing, the Shares subject to the Award and not then vested may not be sold, transferred, assigned, pledged, hypothecated, encumbered or otherwise disposed of (whether by operation of law or otherwise) or be subject to execution, attachment or similar process. Any attempt to so sell, transfer, assign, pledge, hypothecate, encumber or otherwise dispose of such Shares shall be null and void.

 

6. Withholding . By accepting the Award, the Participant agrees to make appropriate arrangements with the Company for the satisfaction of any applicable federal, state or local income tax withholding requirements, including the payment to the Company of all such taxes and requirements in connection with the distribution or delivery of the Shares, or other settlement in respect of the Shares, and the Company shall be authorized to take such action as may be necessary (including, without limitation, at the election of the Participant, withholding Shares otherwise deliverable to the Participant hereunder and/or withholding amounts from any compensation or other amount owing from the Company to the Participant) to satisfy all obligations for the payment of such taxes; provided, however, that in no event shall the value of Shares so withheld by the Company exceed the minimum withholding rates required by applicable statutes.

 

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7. Section 83(b) Election . The Participant understands that under Section 83(a) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “ Code ”), the excess of the fair market value of unvested Shares on the date the forfeiture restrictions lapse over the amount paid for such Shares on the Grant Date will be taxed, on the date such forfeiture restrictions lapse, as ordinary income subject to payroll and withholding tax and tax reporting, as applicable. For this purpose, the term “forfeiture restrictions” means the right of the Company to receive back any unvested Shares upon termination of the Participant’s employment with the Company. The Participant understands that the Participant may elect under Section 83(b) of the Code to be taxed at ordinary income rates on the fair market value of the unvested Shares at the time they are acquired, rather than when and as the unvested Shares cease to be subject to the forfeiture restrictions. Such election (an “ 83(b) Election ”) must be filed with the Internal Revenue Service within 30 days from the Grant Date of the Award. The Participant understands that (a) the Participant will not be entitled to a deduction for any ordinary income previously recognized as a result of the 83(b) Election if the unvested Shares are subsequently forfeited to the Company and (b) the 83(b) Election may cause the Participant to recognize more compensation income than Participant would have otherwise recognized if the value of the unvested Shares subsequently declines.

 

THE FORM FOR MAKING AN 83(b) ELECTION IS ATTACHED TO THIS AGREEMENT AS EXHIBIT B . THE PARTICIPANT UNDERSTANDS THAT FAILURE TO FILE SUCH AN ELECTION WITHIN THE 30-DAY PERIOD MAY RESULT IN THE RECOGNITION OF ORDINARY INCOME AS THE FORFEITURE RESTRICTIONS LAPSE.

 

The Participant further understands that an additional copy of such election form should be filed with the Participant’s federal income tax return for the calendar year in which the date of this Agreement falls. The Participant acknowledges that the foregoing is only a summary of the federal income tax laws that apply to the Award of the Shares under this Agreement and does not purport to be complete.

 

THE PARTICIPANT FURTHER ACKNOWLEDGES THAT THE COMPANY HAS DIRECTED THE PARTICIPANT TO SEEK INDEPENDENT ADVICE REGARDING THE APPLICABLE PROVISIONS OF THE CODE, THE INCOME TAX LAWS OF ANY MUNICIPALITY, STATE OR FOREIGN COUNTRY IN WHICH THE PARTICIPANT MAY RESIDE, AND THE TAX CONSEQUENCES OF THE PARTICIPANT’S DEATH.

 

The Participant agrees to execute and deliver to the Company with this Agreement a copy of the Acknowledgment and Statement of Decision Regarding Section 83(b) Election attached hereto as Exhibit A . The Participant further agrees that the Participant will execute and deliver to the Company with this Agreement a copy of the 83(b) Election attached hereto as Exhibit B if Participant chooses to make such an election.

 

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8. Notices . For the purpose of this Agreement, notices and all other communications provided for in this Agreement shall be in writing and shall be deemed to have been duly given (a) on the date of delivery if delivered by hand, (b) on the date of transmission, if delivered by confirmed facsimile, (c) on the first business day following the date of deposit if delivered by guaranteed overnight delivery service, or (d) on the fourth business day following the date delivered or mailed by United States registered or certified mail, return receipt requested, postage prepaid, addressed to the Company in care of its General Counsel and to the Participant at the address (or to the facsimile number) shown on the records of the Company.

 

9. Failure to Enforce Not a Waiver . The failure of the Company to enforce at any time any provision of this Agreement shall in no way be construed to be a waiver of such provision or of any other provision hereof.

 

10. Authority of Committee . Subject to the Employment Agreement and Section 13 hereof, the Committee shall have full authority to interpret and construe the terms of this Agreement. The determination of the Committee as to any such matter of interpretation or construction shall be final, conclusive and binding.

 

11. Choice of Law . The interpretation, performance and enforcement of this Agreement shall be governed by the laws of the State of Illinois without regard to its conflicts of law principles.

 

12. Counterparts . This Agreement may be executed in two counterparts each of which shall be deemed an original and both of which together shall constitute one and the same instrument. Any facsimile of this Agreement shall be considered an original document.

 

13. Complete Agreement; Inconsistencies . The Award is made pursuant to the Plan, the terms of which are incorporated herein by reference. The Plan, this Agreement and those documents expressly referred to herein (including, without limitation, the Employment Agreement) embody the complete agreement and understanding among the parties and supersede and preempt any prior understandings, agreements or representations by or among the parties, written or oral, which may have related to the subject matter hereof in any way. In the event of any conflict between the terms of the Plan and this Agreement, the terms of the Plan shall prevail. In the event of any conflict between the terms of the Employment Agreement and either this Agreement or the Plan, the terms of the Employment Agreement shall prevail.

 

14. Successors and Assigns . This Agreement is intended to bind and inure to the benefit of and be enforceable by the Participant, the Company and their respective permitted successors and assigns (including personal representatives, heirs and legatees), and is intended to bind all successors and assigns of the respective parties, except that the Participant may not assign any of the Participant’s rights or obligations under this Agreement except to the extent and in the manner expressly permitted hereby.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this Agreement to be duly executed and the Participant has hereunto set his hand, effective as of the Grant Date.

 

THE BOEING COMPANY

By:

 

 


Name:

 

 


Its:

 

 


 


Participant: W. James McNerney, Jr.

 

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EXHIBIT A

 

ACKNOWLEDGMENT AND STATEMENT OF DECISION REGARDING

SECTION 83(b) ELECTION

 

The undersigned, a recipient of 159,000 shares of Common Stock of The Boeing Company, a Delaware corporation (the “ Company ”), pursuant to a restricted stock award granted under the terms of the Company’s 2003 Incentive Stock Plan (the “ Plan ”), hereby states as follows:

 

1. The undersigned acknowledges receipt of a copy of the Restricted Stock Award Agreement and Plan relating to the offering of such shares. The undersigned has carefully reviewed the Plan and the Restricted Stock Award Agreement pursuant to which the award was granted.

 

2. The undersigned either ( check and complete as applicable )

 

  (a)            has consulted, and has been fully advised by, the undersigned’s own tax advisor,                                          , whose business address is                                          , regarding the federal, state and local tax consequences of receiving shares under the Plan, and particularly regarding the advisability of making an election pursuant to Section 83(b) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “ Code ”), and pursuant to the corresponding provisions, if any, of applicable state law, or

 

  (b)            has knowingly chosen not to consult such a tax advisor.

 

3. The undersigned hereby states that the undersigned has decided ( check as applicable )

 

  (a)            to make an election pursuant to Section 83(b) of the Code, and is submitting to the Company, together with the undersigned’s executed Restricted Stock Award Agreement, an executed form entitled “Election Under Section 83(b) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986,” or

 

  (b)            not to make an election pursuant to Section 83(b) of the Code.

 

4. Neither the Company nor any subsidiary or representative of the Company has made any warranty or representation to the undersigned with respect to the tax consequences of the undersigned’s acquisition of shares under the Plan or of the making or failure to make an election pursuant to Section 83(b) of the Code or the corresponding provisions, if any, of applicable state law.

 

[Signature page follows]

 

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Dated:                        

 


Recipient

    

 


Print Name

 

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EXHIBIT B

 

ELECTION UNDER SECTION 83(b)

OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE OF 1986

 

The undersigned taxpayer hereby elects, pursuant to Section 83(b) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, to include in taxpayer’s gross income for the current taxable year the amount of any compensation taxable to taxpayer in connection with taxpayer’s receipt of the property described below:

 

1. The name, address, taxpayer identification number and taxable year of the undersigned are as follows:

 

NAME OF TAXPAYER:                                                           

ADDRESS:                                                                                 

                                                                                                     

IDENTIFICATION NO. OF TAXPAYER:                             

TAXABLE YEAR:                             

 

2. The property with respect to which the election is made is described as follows: 159,000 shares of Common Stock of The Boeing Company, a Delaware corporation (the “ Company ”).

 

3. The date on which the property was transferred is July 1, 2005.

 

4. The property is subject to the following restrictions:

 

The property is subject to a forfeiture right pursuant to which the Company can reacquire the Shares if taxpayer’s services with the Company are terminated for certain reasons. The Company’s right to receive back the shares lapses in five equal annual installments beginning on May 10, 2006 and ending on May 10, 2010.

 

5. The aggregate fair market value at the time of transfer, determined without regard to any restriction other than a restriction which by its terms will never lapse, of such property is $                      (                                      dollars).

 

6. The amount (if any) paid for such property is $0.00.

 

The undersigned has submitted a copy of this statement to the person for whom the services were performed in connection with the undersigned’s receipt of the above-described property. The undersigned is the person performing the services in connection with the transfer of said property.

 

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The undersigned understands that the foregoing election may not be revoked except with the consent of the Commissioner of Internal Revenue.

 

Dated:                        

 


Taxpayer

 

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DISTRIBUTION OF COPIES

 

1. File original with the Internal Revenue Service Center where the taxpayer’s income tax return will be filed. Filing must be made by no later than 30 days after the date the property was transferred.

 

2. Attach one copy to the taxpayer’s income tax return for the taxable year in which the property was transferred.

 

3. Mail one copy to the Company at the following address:

 

The Boeing Company

ATTN: Mark R. Pacioni

Assistant Corporate Secretary and Counsel

100 N. Riverside MC 5003-1001

Chicago, IL 60606-1596

E XHIBIT 10(iv)

 

THE BOEING COMPANY

 

RESTRICTED STOCK AWARD AGREEMENT

PURSUANT TO THE BOEING COMPANY 2003 INCENTIVE STOCK PLAN

 

THIS AGREEMENT (this “ Agreement ”) is made effective as of July 1, 2005 (the “ Grant Date ”), between The Boeing Company, a Delaware corporation (the “ Company ”), and W. James McNerney, Jr. (the “ Participant ”).

 

R E C I T A L :

 

WHEREAS, the Company desires to grant to the Participant certain shares of its restricted stock, $5.00 par value per share (“ Restricted Stock ”), under the Company’s 2003 Incentive Stock Plan (the “ Plan ”), which has been approved by its shareholders.

 

NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual covenants set forth herein, the parties agree as follows:

 

1. Grant of the Restricted Stock Award . Subject to the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement and the Plan, the Company hereby grants to the Participant an Award consisting of 70,000 shares (each, a “ Share ”) of Restricted Stock, subject to adjustment as set forth in Section 15 of the Plan. Any capitalized terms not defined herein shall have the same meaning as set forth in the Plan. Each Share shall vest and become unrestricted in accordance with Section 2 hereof and otherwise as set forth in the Plan.

 

2. Vesting .

 

(a) The Award shall vest and become unrestricted at the rate of one-third of the Award per each vesting date, for the period commencing on the Grant Date and ending on July 1, 2008, provided that the Participant is continuously employed with the Company through each such vesting date for such Shares to vest, as shown immediately below (except as otherwise provided herein) (each a “ Vesting Date ”):

 

Vesting Date


   Shares Vesting

July 1, 2006

   23,333

July 1, 2007

   23,334

July 1, 2008

   23,333

 

(b) If the Company shall undergo a Change in Control (as defined in Section 10(a) of the Participant’s Employment Agreement with the Company dated June 29, 2005 (the “ Employment Agreement ”)), any then-unvested Shares shall then vest and become unrestricted if and to the extent that then-unvested Awards of Restricted Stock or Restricted Stock Units granted to other senior executives of the Company become vested thereupon.

 

(c) If the Participant’s employment with the Company is terminated (i) by the Company without Cause (as defined in Section 7(c) of the Employment Agreement) or due to the Participant’s Disability (as defined in Section 7(a) of the Employment Agreement)), (ii) by the


Participant for Good Reason (as defined in Section 7(e) of the Employment Agreement) or (iii) due to the Participant’s death, then any Shares of Restricted Stock unvested on the date of termination shall immediately fully vest and become unrestricted.

 

(d) If the Participant’s employment with the Company terminates for any reason other than as provided in Section 2(c) hereof, the portion of the Award which is not vested as of the date of termination shall be forfeited by the Participant and such portion shall be cancelled by the Company. The Participant irrevocably grants to the Company the power of attorney to transfer any unvested Shares forfeited to the Company and agrees to execute any document required by the Company in connection with such forfeiture and transfer.

 

(e) Upon the vesting of Shares of Restricted Stock pursuant to this Section 2, all restrictions on such vested Shares shall lapse and such Shares shall become unrestricted and freely transferable.

 

3. Rights as a Shareholder . The Company will issue the Shares by registering the Shares in book entry form with the Company’s transfer agent in the Participant’s name and the applicable restrictions will be noted in the records of the Company’s transfer agent and in the book entry system. No certificate(s) representing all or a part of the Shares will be issued until the Shares become vested Shares. The Participant may exercise all voting rights with respect to the Shares of Restricted Stock and shall be entitled to receive fully vested dividend equivalents in cash with respect to the Shares of Restricted Stock as and when declared and paid.

 

4. No Right to Continued Employment . Without limiting the applicability of the Employment Agreement, this Agreement shall not be construed as giving the Participant the right to be retained in the employ of the Company.

 

5. Transferability . The Shares subject to the Award and not then vested may not be transferred by the Participant other than by will or the laws of descent and distribution. Except to the extent permitted by the foregoing, the Shares subject to the Award and not then vested may not be sold, transferred, assigned, pledged, hypothecated, encumbered or otherwise disposed of (whether by operation of law or otherwise) or be subject to execution, attachment or similar process. Any attempt to so sell, transfer, assign, pledge, hypothecate, encumber or otherwise dispose of such Shares shall be null and void.

 

6. Withholding . By accepting the Award, the Participant agrees to make appropriate arrangements with the Company for the satisfaction of any applicable federal, state or local income tax withholding requirements, including the payment to the Company of all such taxes and requirements in connection with the distribution or delivery of the Shares, or other settlement in respect of the Shares, and the Company shall be authorized to take such action as may be necessary (including, without limitation, at the election of the Participant, withholding Shares otherwise deliverable to the Participant hereunder and/or withholding amounts from any compensation or other amount owing from the Company to the Participant) to satisfy all obligations for the payment of such taxes; provided, however, that in no event shall the value of Shares so withheld by the Company exceed the minimum withholding rates required by applicable statutes.

 

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7. Section 83(b) Election . The Participant understands that under Section 83(a) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “ Code ”), the excess of the fair market value of unvested Shares on the date the forfeiture restrictions lapse over the amount paid for such Shares on the Grant Date will be taxed, on the date such forfeiture restrictions lapse, as ordinary income subject to payroll and withholding tax and tax reporting, as applicable. For this purpose, the term “forfeiture restrictions” means the right of the Company to receive back any unvested Shares upon termination of the Participant’s employment with the Company. The Participant understands that the Participant may elect under Section 83(b) of the Code to be taxed at ordinary income rates on the fair market value of the unvested Shares at the time they are acquired, rather than when and as the unvested Shares cease to be subject to the forfeiture restrictions. Such election (an “ 83(b) Election ”) must be filed with the Internal Revenue Service within 30 days from the Grant Date of the Award. The Participant understands that (a) the Participant will not be entitled to a deduction for any ordinary income previously recognized as a result of the 83(b) Election if the unvested Shares are subsequently forfeited to the Company and (b) the 83(b) Election may cause the Participant to recognize more compensation income than Participant would have otherwise recognized if the value of the unvested Shares subsequently declines.

 

THE FORM FOR MAKING AN 83(b) ELECTION IS ATTACHED TO THIS AGREEMENT AS EXHIBIT B . THE PARTICIPANT UNDERSTANDS THAT FAILURE TO FILE SUCH AN ELECTION WITHIN THE 30-DAY PERIOD MAY RESULT IN THE RECOGNITION OF ORDINARY INCOME AS THE FORFEITURE RESTRICTIONS LAPSE.

 

The Participant further understands that an additional copy of such election form should be filed with the Participant’s federal income tax return for the calendar year in which the date of this Agreement falls. The Participant acknowledges that the foregoing is only a summary of the federal income tax laws that apply to the Award of the Shares under this Agreement and does not purport to be complete.

 

THE PARTICIPANT FURTHER ACKNOWLEDGES THAT THE COMPANY HAS DIRECTED THE PARTICIPANT TO SEEK INDEPENDENT ADVICE REGARDING THE APPLICABLE PROVISIONS OF THE CODE, THE INCOME TAX LAWS OF ANY MUNICIPALITY, STATE OR FOREIGN COUNTRY IN WHICH THE PARTICIPANT MAY RESIDE, AND THE TAX CONSEQUENCES OF THE PARTICIPANT’S DEATH.

 

The Participant agrees to execute and deliver to the Company with this Agreement a copy of the Acknowledgment and Statement of Decision Regarding Section 83(b) Election attached hereto as Exhibit A . The Participant further agrees that the Participant will execute and deliver to the Company with this Agreement a copy of the 83(b) Election attached hereto as Exhibit B if Participant chooses to make such an election.

 

8. Notices . For the purpose of this Agreement, notices and all other communications provided for in this Agreement shall be in writing and shall be deemed to have been duly given (a) on the date of delivery if delivered by hand, (b) on the date of transmission, if delivered by confirmed facsimile, (c) on the first business day following the date of deposit if delivered by

 

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guaranteed overnight delivery service, or (d) on the fourth business day following the date delivered or mailed by United States registered or certified mail, return receipt requested, postage prepaid, addressed to the Company in care of its General Counsel and to the Participant at the address (or to the facsimile number) shown on the records of the Company.

 

9. Failure to Enforce Not a Waiver . The failure of the Company to enforce at any time any provision of this Agreement shall in no way be construed to be a waiver of such provision or of any other provision hereof.

 

10. Authority of Committee . Subject to the Employment Agreement and Section 13 hereof, the Committee shall have full authority to interpret and construe the terms of this Agreement. The determination of the Committee as to any such matter of interpretation or construction shall be final, conclusive and binding.

 

11. Choice of Law . The interpretation, performance and enforcement of this Agreement shall be governed by the laws of the State of Illinois without regard to its conflicts of law principles.

 

12. Counterparts . This Agreement may be executed in two counterparts each of which shall be deemed an original and both of which together shall constitute one and the same instrument. Any facsimile of this Agreement shall be considered an original document.

 

13. Complete Agreement; Inconsistencies . The Award is made pursuant to the Plan, the terms of which are incorporated herein by reference. The Plan, this Agreement and those documents expressly referred to herein (including, without limitation, the Employment Agreement) embody the complete agreement and understanding among the parties and supersede and preempt any prior understandings, agreements or representations by or among the parties, written or oral, which may have related to the subject matter hereof in any way. In the event of any conflict between the terms of the Plan and this Agreement, the terms of the Plan shall prevail. In the event of any conflict between the terms of the Employment Agreement and either this Agreement or the Plan, the terms of the Employment Agreement shall prevail.

 

14. Successors and Assigns . This Agreement is intended to bind and inure to the benefit of and be enforceable by the Participant, the Company and their respective permitted successors and assigns (including personal representatives, heirs and legatees), and is intended to bind all successors and assigns of the respective parties, except that the Participant may not assign any of the Participant’s rights or obligations under this Agreement except to the extent and in the manner expressly permitted hereby.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this Agreement to be duly executed and the Participant has hereunto set his hand, effective as of the Grant Date.

 

THE BOEING COMPANY
By:  

 


Name:  

 


Its:  

 


 


Participant: W. James McNerney, Jr.

 

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EXHIBIT A

 

ACKNOWLEDGMENT AND STATEMENT OF DECISION REGARDING

SECTION 83(b) ELECTION

 

The undersigned, a recipient of 70,000 shares of Common Stock of The Boeing Company, a Delaware corporation (the “ Company ”), pursuant to a restricted stock award granted under the terms of the Company’s 2003 Incentive Stock Plan (the “ Plan ”), hereby states as follows:

 

1. The undersigned acknowledges receipt of a copy of the Restricted Stock Award Agreement and Plan relating to the offering of such shares. The undersigned has carefully reviewed the Plan and the Restricted Stock Award Agreement pursuant to which the award was granted.

 

2. The undersigned either ( check and complete as applicable )

 

  (a)            has consulted, and has been fully advised by, the undersigned’s own tax advisor,                                          , whose business address is                                          , regarding the federal, state and local tax consequences of receiving shares under the Plan, and particularly regarding the advisability of making an election pursuant to Section 83(b) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “ Code ”), and pursuant to the corresponding provisions, if any, of applicable state law, or

 

  (b)            has knowingly chosen not to consult such a tax advisor.

 

3. The undersigned hereby states that the undersigned has decided ( check as applicable )

 

  (a)            to make an election pursuant to Section 83(b) of the Code, and is submitting to the Company, together with the undersigned’s executed Restricted Stock Award Agreement, an executed form entitled “Election Under Section 83(b) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986,” or

 

  (b)            not to make an election pursuant to Section 83(b) of the Code.

 

4. Neither the Company nor any subsidiary or representative of the Company has made any warranty or representation to the undersigned with respect to the tax consequences of the undersigned’s acquisition of shares under the Plan or of the making or failure to make an election pursuant to Section 83(b) of the Code or the corresponding provisions, if any, of applicable state law.

 

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Dated:                        

 


Recipient

    

 


Print Name

 

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EXHIBIT B

 

ELECTION UNDER SECTION 83(b)

OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE OF 1986

 

The undersigned taxpayer hereby elects, pursuant to Section 83(b) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, to include in taxpayer’s gross income for the current taxable year the amount of any compensation taxable to taxpayer in connection with taxpayer’s receipt of the property described below:

 

1. The name, address, taxpayer identification number and taxable year of the undersigned are as follows:

 

NAME OF TAXPAYER:                                                           

ADDRESS:                                                                                 

                                                                                                     

IDENTIFICATION NO. OF TAXPAYER:                             

TAXABLE YEAR:                             

 

2. The property with respect to which the election is made is described as follows: 70,000 shares of Common Stock of The Boeing Company, a Delaware corporation (the “ Company ”).

 

3. The date on which the property was transferred is July 1, 2005.

 

4. The property is subject to the following restrictions:

 

The property is subject to a forfeiture right pursuant to which the Company can reacquire the shares if taxpayer’s services with the Company are terminated for certain reasons. The Company’s right to receive back the shares lapses in three equal annual installments beginning on July 1, 2006 and ending on July 1, 2008.

 

5. The aggregate fair market value at the time of transfer, determined without regard to any restriction other than a restriction which by its terms will never lapse, of such property is $                      (                                          dollars).

 

6. The amount (if any) paid for such property is $0.00.

 

The undersigned has submitted a copy of this statement to the person for whom the services were performed in connection with the undersigned’s receipt of the above-described property. The undersigned is the person performing the services in connection with the transfer of said property.

 

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The undersigned understands that the foregoing election may not be revoked except with the consent of the Commissioner of Internal Revenue.

 

Dated:                        

 


Taxpayer

 

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DISTRIBUTION OF COPIES

 

1. File original with the Internal Revenue Service Center where the taxpayer’s income tax return will be filed. Filing must be made by no later than 30 days after the date the property was transferred.

 

2. Attach one copy to the taxpayer’s income tax return for the taxable year in which the property was transferred.

 

3. Mail one copy to the Company at the following address:

 

The Boeing Company

ATTN: Mark R. Pacioni

Assistant Corporate Secretary and Counsel

100 N. Riverside MC 5003-1001

Chicago, IL 60606-1596

EXHIBIT (15)

 

Letter from Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm Regarding

Unaudited Interim Financial Information

 

LETTER IN LIEU OF CONSENT FOR REVIEW REPORT

 

July 26, 2005

 

To the Board of Directors and Shareholders of

The Boeing Company

Chicago, Illinois

 

We have made a review, in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States), of the unaudited interim financial information of The Boeing Company and subsidiaries for the periods ended June 30, 2005 and 2004, as indicated in our report dated July 26, 2005; because we did not perform an audit, we expressed no opinion on that information.

 

We are aware that our report referred to above, which is included in your Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 2005, is incorporated by reference in Registration Statement Nos. 2-48576, 33-25332, 33-31434, 33-43854, 33-58798, 33-52773, 333-03191, 333-16363, 333-26867, 333-32461, 333-32491, 333-32499, 333-32567, 333-35324, 333-41920, 333-47450, 333-54234, 333-73252 and 333-107677 on Form S-8 and Registration Statement Nos. 333-99509 and 333-113844 on Form S-3.

 

We also are aware that the aforementioned report, pursuant to Rule 436(c) under the Securities Act of 1933, is not considered a part of the Registration Statement prepared or certified by an accountant or a report prepared or certified by an accountant within the meaning of Sections 7 and 11 of that Act.

 

/s/    Deloitte & Touche LLP

 

Deloitte & Touche LLP

Chicago, Illinois

 

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EXHIBIT (31.1)

CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO

RULE 13A-14 OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934,

AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO

SECTION 302 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

 

I, W. James McNerney, Jr., certify that:

 

1.   I have reviewed this quarterly report on Form 10-Q of The Boeing Company;

 

2.   Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;

 

3.   Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;

 

4.   The registrant’s other certifying officer(s) and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) for the registrant and have:

 

  (a)   Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared;

 

  (b)   Designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles;

 

  (c)   Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report based on such evaluation; and

 

  (d)   Disclosed in this report any change in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrant’s most recent fiscal quarter (the registrant’s fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an annual report) that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting; and

 

5.   The registrant’s other certifying officer(s) and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the registrant’s auditors and the audit committee of the registrant’s Board of Directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):

 

  (a)   All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant’s ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information; and

 

  (b)   Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.

 

Date: July 27, 2005      

Scribed and sworn to before me the

27th day of July 2005

/s/    W. James McNerney, Jr.


     

W. James McNerney, Jr.

Chairman, President and

Chief Executive Officer

     

Notary Public

My Commission Expires

 

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EXHIBIT (31.2)

CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO

RULE 13A-14 OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934,

AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO

SECTION 302 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

 

I, James A. Bell, certify that:

 

1.   I have reviewed this quarterly report on Form 10-Q of The Boeing Company;

 

2.   Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;

 

3.   Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;

 

4.   The registrant’s other certifying officer(s) and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) for the registrant and have:

 

  (a)   Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared;

 

  (b)   Designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles;

 

  (c)   Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report based on such evaluation; and

 

  (d)   Disclosed in this report any change in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrant’s most recent fiscal quarter (the registrant’s fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an annual report) that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting; and

 

5.   The registrant’s other certifying officer(s) and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the registrant’s auditors and the audit committee of the registrant’s Board of Directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):

 

  (a)   All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant’s ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information; and

 

  (b)   Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.

 

Date: July 27, 2005      

Scribed and sworn to before me the

27th day of July 2005

/s/    James A. Bell


     

James A. Bell

Executive Vice President and

Chief Financial Officer

     

Notary Public

My Commission Expires

 

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EXHIBIT (32.1)

CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO

18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350,

AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO

SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

 

In connection with the Quarterly Report of The Boeing Company (the Company) on Form 10-Q for the period ending June 30, 2005, as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the Report), I, W. James McNerney, Jr., Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer of the Company, certify, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. § 1350, as adopted pursuant to § 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that:

 

(1)   The Report fully complies with the requirements of section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934; and

 

(2)   The information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the Company.

 

/s/    W. James McNerney, Jr.

                                                                                                         

W. James McNerney, Jr.

Chairman, President and

Chief Executive Officer

 

July 27, 2005

 

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EXHIBIT (32.2)

CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO

18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350,

AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO

SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

 

In connection with the Quarterly Report of The Boeing Company (the Company) on Form 10-Q for the period ending June 30, 2005, as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the Report), I, James A. Bell, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of the Company, certify, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. § 1350, as adopted pursuant to § 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that:

 

(1)   The Report fully complies with the requirements of section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934; and

 

(2)   The information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the Company.

 

/s/    James A. Bell

                                                                                                         

James A. Bell

Executive Vice President and

Chief Financial Officer

 

July 27, 2005

 

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