As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on September 16, 2016
File No. 001-37795
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
Amendment No. 3
to
Form 10
GENERAL FORM FOR REGISTRATION OF SECURITIES
PURSUANT TO SECTION 12(b) OR 12(g) OF
THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
Park Hotels & Resorts Inc.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware | 36-2058176 | |
(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation or organization) |
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.) |
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7930 Jones Branch Drive, Suite 1100 McLean, Virginia |
22102 | |
(Address of Principal Executive Offices) | (Zip Code) |
Registrants telephone number, including area code:
(703) 883-1000
With copies to:
Joshua Ford Bonnie Edgar J. Lewandowski Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP 425 Lexington Avenue New York, New York 10017 (212) 455-2000 |
Kristin A. Campbell Executive Vice President and General Counsel Hilton Worldwide Holdings Inc. 7930 Jones Branch Drive Suite 1100 McLean, Virginia 22102 (703) 883-1000 |
Sean M. DellOrto Senior Vice President and Treasurer Park Hotels & Resorts Inc. 7930 Jones Branch Drive, Suite 1100 McLean, Virginia 22102 (703) 883-1000 |
J. Warren Gorrell, Jr. Stuart A. Barr Hogan Lovells US LLP 555 Thirteenth Street, NW Washington, DC 20004 (202) 637-5600 |
Securities to be registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:
Title of Each Class to be so Registered |
Name of Each Exchange on Which
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Common stock, par value $0.01 per share | New York Stock Exchange |
Securities to be registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act:
None.
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company. See the definitions of large accelerated filer, accelerated filer, and smaller reporting company in Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
Large accelerated filer | ¨ | Accelerated filer | ¨ | |||
Non-accelerated filer | x (Do not check if a smaller reporting company) | Smaller reporting company | ¨ |
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN REGISTRATION STATEMENT
CROSS-REFERENCE SHEET BETWEEN INFORMATION STATEMENT AND ITEMS OF FORM 10
Item 1. Business
The information required by this item is contained under the sections Summary, Risk Factors, Special Note About Forward-Looking Statements, Unaudited Pro Forma Combined Consolidated Financial Statements, Managements Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations, Business and Properties, Management, Executive and Director Compensation and Certain Relationships and Related Party Transactions of the information statement filed as Exhibit 99.1 to this Form 10 (the information statement). Those sections are incorporated herein by reference.
Item 1A. Risk Factors
The information required by this item is contained under the section Risk Factors of the information statement. That section is incorporated herein by reference.
Item 2. Financial Information
The information required by this item is contained under the sections SummarySummary Historical and Unaudited Pro Forma Combined Consolidated Financial Data, Capitalization, Selected Historical Combined Consolidated Financial Data, Unaudited Pro Forma Combined Consolidated Financial Statements and Managements Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations of the information statement. Those sections are incorporated herein by reference.
Item 3. Properties
The information required by this item is contained under the sections Managements Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations and Business and Properties of the information statement. Those sections are incorporated herein by reference.
Item 4. Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management
The information required by this item is contained under the section Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management of the information statement. That section is incorporated herein by reference.
Item 5. Directors and Executive Officers
The information required by this item is contained under the section Management of the information statement. That section is incorporated herein by reference.
Item 6. Executive Compensation
The information required by this item is contained under the sections Management and Executive and Director Compensation of the information statement. Those sections are incorporated herein by reference.
Item 7. Certain Relationships and Related Transactions, and Director Independence
The information required by this item is contained under the sections Management, Executive and Director Compensation and Certain Relationships and Related Party Transactions of the information statement. Those sections are incorporated herein by reference.
Item 8. Legal Proceedings
The information required by this item is contained under the section Business and PropertiesLegal Proceedings of the information statement. That section is incorporated herein by reference.
Item 9. Market Price of and Dividends on the Registrants Common Equity and Related Stockholder Matters
The information required by this item is contained under the sections Risk Factors, The Spin-Off, Distribution Policy, Executive and Director Compensation and Description of Capital Stock of the information statement. Those sections are incorporated herein by reference.
Item 10. Recent Sales of Unregistered Securities
Not applicable.
Item 11. Description of Registrants Securities to be Registered
The information required by this item is contained under the sections Risk FactorsRisks Related to Ownership of Our Common Stock, Distribution Policy and Description of Capital Stock of the information statement. Those sections are incorporated herein by reference.
Item 12. Indemnification of Directors and Officers
The information required by this item is contained under the sections Certain Relationships and Related Party TransactionsIndemnification Agreements and Description of Capital StockLimitations on Liability and Indemnification of Officers and Directors of the information statement. Those sections are incorporated herein by reference.
Item 13. Financial Statements and Supplementary Data
The information required by this item is contained under the sections Selected Historical Combined Consolidated Financial Data, Unaudited Pro Forma Combined Consolidated Financial Statements, Managements Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations and Index to Financial Statements and the statements referenced therein of the information statement. Those sections are incorporated herein by reference.
Item 14. Changes in and Disagreements with Accountants on Accounting and Financial Disclosure
None.
Item 15. Financial Statements and Exhibits
(a) | Financial Statements |
The information required by this item is contained under the section Index to Financial Statements beginning on page F-1 of the information statement. That section is incorporated herein by reference.
(b) | Exhibits |
The following documents are filed as exhibits hereto:
Exhibit No. |
Description |
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2.1 | Form of Distribution Agreement among Hilton Worldwide Holdings Inc., Park Hotels & Resorts Inc. and Hilton Grand Vacations Inc. | |
3.1 | Form of Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation* | |
3.2 | Form of Amended and Restated By-laws* | |
10.1 | Form of Employee Matters Agreement among Hilton Worldwide Holdings Inc., Park Hotels & Resorts Inc. and Hilton Grand Vacations Inc. | |
10.2 | Form of Tax Matters Agreement among Hilton Worldwide Holdings Inc., Park Hotels & Resorts Inc. and Hilton Grand Vacations Inc.* | |
10.3 | Form of Transition Services Agreement between Hilton Worldwide Holdings Inc. and Park Hotels & Resorts Inc. | |
10.4 | Form of Park Hotels & Resorts Inc. 2016 Omnibus Incentive Plan | |
10.5 | Form of Indemnification Agreement to be entered into between Park Hotels & Resorts Inc. and each of its directors and executive officers* | |
10.6 | Form of Registration Rights Agreement among Park Hotels & Resorts Inc. and certain of its stockholders* | |
10.7 | Loan Agreement, dated as of October 25, 2013, among the subsidiaries party thereto, collectively, as borrower and JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association, German American Capital Corporation, Bank of America, N.A., GS Commercial Real Estate LP and Morgan Stanley Mortgage Capital Holdings LLC, collectively, as lender (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.3 to Hilton Worldwide Holdings Inc.s Registration Statement on Form S-1 (No. 333-191110)). | |
10.8 | Guaranty Agreement, dated as of October 25, 2013, among the guarantors named therein and JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association, German American Capital Corporation, Bank of America, N.A., GS Commercial Real Estate LP and Morgan Stanley Mortgage Capital Holdings LLC, collectively, as lender (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.4 to Hilton Worldwide Holdings Inc.s Registration Statement on Form S-1 (No. 333-191110)). | |
10.9 | Form of Credit Agreement* | |
10.10 | Employment Agreement dated April 26, 2016, between Park Hotels & Resorts Inc. and Thomas J. Baltimore Jr. | |
10.11 | Form of Park Hotels & Resorts Inc. 2016 Stock Plan for Non-Employee Directors | |
10.12 | Form of Park Hotels & Resorts Inc. 2016 Executive Deferred Compensation Plan | |
21.1 | Subsidiaries of Park Hotels & Resorts Inc. | |
99.1 | Preliminary Information Statement, dated September 16, 2016 | |
99.2 | Section 13(r) Disclosure | |
99.3 | Form of Notice of Internet Availability of Information Statement Materials* |
* | To be filed by amendment. |
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of Section 12 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.
Park Hotels & Resorts Inc. | ||
By: |
/s/ Sean M. DellOrto
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Sean M. DellOrto | ||
Senior Vice President and Treasurer |
Date: September 16, 2016
Exhibit 2.1
FORM OF DISTRIBUTION AGREEMENT
by and among
HILTON WORLDWIDE HOLDINGS INC.,
PARK HOTELS & RESORTS INC.,
HILTON GRAND VACATIONS INC.,
and
HILTON DOMESTIC OPERATING COMPANY INC.
Dated as of , 2016
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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ARTICLE I DEFINITIONS AND INTERPRETATION |
2 | |||||
Section 1.1. |
General | 2 | ||||
Section 1.2. |
References; Interpretation | 27 | ||||
ARTICLE II THE SEPARATION |
27 | |||||
Section 2.1. |
General | 27 | ||||
Section 2.2. |
Restructuring: Transfer of Assets; Assumption of Liabilities | 27 | ||||
Section 2.3. |
Intercompany Accounts | 28 | ||||
Section 2.4. |
Limitation of Liability | 29 | ||||
Section 2.5. |
Transfers Not Effected at or Prior to the Effective Time; Transfers Deemed Effective as of the Effective Time | 29 | ||||
Section 2.6. |
Conveyancing and Assumption Instruments | 30 | ||||
Section 2.7. |
Further Assurances | 31 | ||||
Section 2.8. |
Guarantees; Letters of Credit | 31 | ||||
Section 2.9. |
Return of Assets and Payments | 32 | ||||
Section 2.10. |
Disclaimer of Representations and Warranties | 33 | ||||
ARTICLE III CERTAIN ACTIONS AT OR PRIOR TO THE DISTRIBUTIONS |
34 | |||||
Section 3.1. |
Certificates of Incorporation; By-laws | 34 | ||||
Section 3.2. |
Directors | 34 | ||||
Section 3.3. |
Officers | 34 | ||||
Section 3.4. |
Resignations and Removals | 35 | ||||
ARTICLE IV EFFECTING THE DISTRIBUTION; CONDITIONS TO THE DISTRIBUTION |
35 | |||||
Section 4.1. |
Stock Dividends to HLT Stockholders | 35 | ||||
Section 4.2. |
Actions in Connection with the Distribution | 36 | ||||
Section 4.3. |
Sole Discretion of HLT | 37 | ||||
Section 4.4. |
Conditions to the Distribution | 37 | ||||
ARTICLE V CERTAIN COVENANTS |
38 | |||||
Section 5.1. |
Intellectual Property | 38 | ||||
Section 5.2. |
Administration of Specified Shared Expenses | 38 | ||||
Section 5.3. |
Cooperation | 39 | ||||
Section 5.4. |
Periodic Meetings | 39 | ||||
Section 5.5. |
No Solicit; No Hire | 39 | ||||
ARTICLE VI SHARED CONTINGENT LIABILITIES |
40 | |||||
Section 6.1. |
Shared Contingent Liabilities | 40 | ||||
Section 6.2. |
Management of Shared Contingent Liabilities | 41 | ||||
Section 6.3. |
Access to Information; Certain Services; Expenses | 42 | ||||
Section 6.4. |
Notice Relating to Shared Contingent Liabilities; Disputes | 43 | ||||
Section 6.5. |
Cooperation with Governmental Entity | 43 | ||||
Section 6.6. |
Default | 44 |
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ARTICLE VII INDEMNIFICATION |
44 | |||||
Section 7.1. |
Release of Pre-Distribution Claims | 44 | ||||
Section 7.2. |
Indemnification by HLT | 45 | ||||
Section 7.3. |
Indemnification by PK | 46 | ||||
Section 7.4. |
Indemnification by HGV | 46 | ||||
Section 7.5. |
Procedures for Indemnification | 46 | ||||
Section 7.6. |
Cooperation in Defense and Settlement | 48 | ||||
Section 7.7. |
Indemnification Payments | 49 | ||||
Section 7.8. |
Indemnification Obligations Net of Insurance Proceeds and Other Amounts | 49 | ||||
Section 7.9. |
Additional Matters; Survival of Indemnities | 49 | ||||
ARTICLE VIII PRESERVATION OF RECORDS; ACCESS TO INFORMATION; CONFIDENTIALITY; PRIVILEGE |
50 | |||||
Section 8.1. |
Preservation of Corporate Records | 50 | ||||
Section 8.2. |
Financial Statements and Accounting | 51 | ||||
Section 8.3. |
Provision of Corporate Records | 52 | ||||
Section 8.4. |
Witness Services | 53 | ||||
Section 8.5. |
Reimbursement | 53 | ||||
Section 8.6. |
Confidentiality | 54 | ||||
Section 8.7. |
Privilege Matters | 55 | ||||
Section 8.8. |
Ownership of Information | 56 | ||||
Section 8.9. |
Other Agreements | 56 | ||||
ARTICLE IX DISPUTE RESOLUTION |
57 | |||||
Section 9.1. |
Negotiation | 57 | ||||
Section 9.2. |
Mediation | 57 | ||||
Section 9.3. |
Arbitration | 57 | ||||
Section 9.4. |
Arbitration Period | 58 | ||||
Section 9.5. |
Treatment of Negotiations, Mediation and Arbitration | 58 | ||||
Section 9.6. |
Continuity of Service and Performance | 58 | ||||
Section 9.7. |
Consolidation | 58 | ||||
Section 9.8. |
Provisional Relief | 58 | ||||
ARTICLE X INSURANCE |
59 | |||||
Section 10.1. |
Policies and Rights Included Within Assets | 59 | ||||
Section 10.2. |
Post-Effective Time Claims | 59 | ||||
(b) |
If, subsequent to the | 60 | ||||
Section 10.3. |
Administration; Other Matters | 60 | ||||
Section 10.4. |
Agreement for Waiver of Conflict and Shared Defense | 61 | ||||
Section 10.5. |
Agreement for Waiver of Conflict and Insurance Litigation and/or Recovery Efforts | 61 | ||||
Section 10.6. |
Directors and Officers Liability Insurance; Fiduciary Liability Insurance; Employment Practices Liability Insurance | 61 | ||||
Section 10.7. |
No Coverage for Post-Effective Occurrences | 61 | ||||
Section 10.8. |
Cooperation | 61 | ||||
Section 10.9. |
Excluded Policies | 61 | ||||
Section 10.10. |
HLT as General Agent and Attorney-In-Fact | 61 | ||||
Section 10.11. |
Additional Premiums, Return Premiums and Pro Rata Cancellation Premium Credits | 62 |
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ARTICLE XI MISCELLANEOUS |
62 | |||||
Section 11.1. |
Complete Agreement; Construction | 62 | ||||
Section 11.2. |
Ancillary Agreements | 62 | ||||
Section 11.3. |
Counterparts | 62 | ||||
Section 11.4. |
Survival of Agreements | 62 | ||||
Section 11.5. |
Expenses | 62 | ||||
Section 11.6. |
Notices | 63 | ||||
Section 11.7. |
Consents | 64 | ||||
Section 11.8. |
Assignment | 64 | ||||
Section 11.9. |
Successors and Assigns | 64 | ||||
Section 11.10. |
Termination and Amendment | 64 | ||||
Section 11.11. |
Payment Terms | 64 | ||||
Section 11.12. |
No Circumvention | 64 | ||||
Section 11.13. |
Subsidiaries | 65 | ||||
Section 11.14. |
Third Party Beneficiaries | 65 | ||||
Section 11.15. |
Title and Headings | 65 | ||||
Section 11.16. |
Exhibits and Schedules | 65 | ||||
Section 11.17. |
Governing Law | 65 | ||||
Section 11.18. |
Consent to Jurisdiction | 65 | ||||
Section 11.19. |
Waiver of Jury Trial | 66 | ||||
Section 11.20. |
Severability | 66 | ||||
Section 11.21. |
Force Majeure | 66 | ||||
Section 11.22. |
Interpretation | 66 | ||||
Section 11.23. |
No Duplication; No Double Recovery | 66 | ||||
Section 11.24. |
Tax Treatment of Payments | 66 | ||||
Section 11.25. |
No Waiver | 67 | ||||
Section 11.26. |
No Admission of Liability | 67 |
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Index of Other Defined Terms
Defined Term |
Section |
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Agreement Disputes | Section 9.1 | |
Annual Reports | Section 8.2(c) | |
Audited Party | Section 8.2(b) | |
Board | Recitals | |
Code | Recitals | |
CPR | Section 9.2 | |
Delaware Courts | Section 11.18 | |
Dispute Notice | Section 9.1 | |
Escrow Account | Section 7.9(c) | |
Expense Amount | Section 7.9(c) | |
Expense Amount Accountants Letter | Section 7.9(c) | |
Expense Amount Tax Opinion | Section 7.9(c) | |
Guaranty Release | Section 2.8(c) | |
HGV | Preamble | |
HLT | Preamble | |
PK | Preamble | |
Indemnifying Party | Section 7.5(a) | |
Indemnitee | Section 7.5(a) | |
Indemnity Payment | Section 7.8(a) | |
Internal Control Audit and Management Assessments | Section 8.2(a) | |
Managing Party | Section 6.2(a) | |
Mediation Period | Section 9.2 | |
Other Parties Auditors | Section 8.2(b) | |
Party | Preamble | |
Privilege | Section 8.7(a) | |
Privileged Information | Section 8.7(a) | |
REIT Qualification Ruling | Section 7.9(c) | |
Release Document | Section 7.9(c) | |
Rules | Section 9.3 | |
Separation Expenses | Section 11.5 | |
Third Party Claim | Section 7.5(b) | |
Third Party Proceeds | Section 7.8(a) |
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DISTRIBUTION AGREEMENT
DISTRIBUTION AGREEMENT (this Agreement ), dated as of , by and among Hilton Worldwide Holdings Inc., a Delaware corporation ( HLT ), Park Hotels & Resorts Inc., a Delaware corporation ( PK ) and Hilton Grand Vacations Inc., a Delaware corporation ( HGV ) and for purposes of Sections 7.2 and 7.3, Hilton Domestic Operating Company Inc. ( OpCo ), a subsidiary of HLT. Each of HLT, PK and HGV is sometimes referred to herein as a Party and, collectively, as the Parties . Capitalized terms used and not defined herein shall have the meaning set forth in Section 1.1 .
W I T N E S S E T H:
WHEREAS, HLT, acting through its direct and indirect Subsidiaries, currently conducts a number of businesses, including (i) the HLT Retained Business (as defined herein), (ii) the Ownership Business (as defined herein) and (iii) the Timeshare Business (as defined herein);
WHEREAS, the Board of Directors of HLT (the Board ) has determined that it is appropriate, desirable and in the best interests of HLT and its stockholders to separate HLT into three separate, publicly traded companies, one for each of (i) the HLT Retained Business, which shall be owned and conducted, directly or indirectly, by HLT, (ii) the Ownership Business, which shall be owned and conducted, directly or indirectly, by PK (which will elect to be a REIT), and (iii) the Timeshare Business, which shall be owned and conducted, directly or indirectly, by HGV;
WHEREAS, in order to effect such separation, the Board has determined that it is appropriate, desirable and in the best interests of HLT and its stockholders (i) to enter into a series of transactions after giving effect to which (A) HLT and/or one or more of its Subsidiaries will, collectively, own all of the HLT Retained Assets (as defined herein) and assume (or retain) all of the HLT Retained Liabilities (as defined herein), (B) PK and/or one or more of its Subsidiaries will, collectively, own all of the Ownership Assets and assume (or retain) all of the Ownership Liabilities, and (C) HGV and/or one or more of its Subsidiaries will, collectively, own all of the Timeshare Assets and assume (or retain) all of the Timeshare Liabilities (such transactions as described in Annex I hereto and, as they may be amended or modified from time to time, collectively, the Plan of Reorganization ) and (ii) for HLT to distribute to the holders of the HLT Common Stock (as defined herein), on a pro rata basis (in each case without consideration being paid by such stockholders), (A) all of the outstanding shares of common stock, par value $0.01 per share, of PK (the PK Common Stock ) and (B) all of the outstanding shares of common stock, par value $0.01 per share, of HGV (the HGV Common Stock );
WHEREAS, each of HLT, PK and HGV has determined that it is necessary and desirable, on or prior to the Effective Time (as defined herein), (i) to allocate and transfer to the applicable Party or its Subsidiaries those Assets (as defined herein), and to allocate and assign to the applicable Party or its Subsidiaries responsibility for those Liabilities (as defined herein), in respect of the activities of the applicable Businesses of such entities and (ii) to allocate, transfer and assign, as applicable, those Assets and Liabilities in respect of other current and former businesses and activities of HLT and its current and former Subsidiaries;
WHEREAS, it is the intention of the Parties that (i) each of the contributions by PK of Assets to, and the assumption of Liabilities by, OpCo (such contribution, the OpCo Contribution ) and HGV together with the corresponding distribution by PK of all of the OpCo common stock and the HGV Common Stock, respectively, qualifies as a reorganization within the meaning of Sections 368(a)(1)(D) and 355 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the Code ) (each such distribution, an Internal Distribution and together, the Internal Distributions ) and (ii) each of the distributions by HLT of all of the PK Common Stock and HGV Common Stock qualifies as a tax-free distribution within the meaning of Section 355 of the Code;
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WHEREAS, each of HLT, PK and HGV has determined that it is necessary and desirable to set forth the principal corporate transactions required to effect the Plan of Reorganization and each Distribution and to set forth other agreements that will govern certain other matters following the Effective Time.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing and the mutual agreements, provisions and covenants contained in this Agreement, the Parties hereby agree as follows:
ARTICLE I
DEFINITIONS AND INTERPRETATION
Section 1.1. General . As used in this Agreement, the following terms shall have the following meanings:
(1) Action shall mean any demand, action, claim, suit, countersuit, arbitration, inquiry, subpoena, case, litigation, proceeding or investigation (whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative) by or before any court or grand jury, any Governmental Entity or any arbitration or mediation tribunal.
(2) Affiliate shall mean, when used with respect to any Person, another Person that directly or indirectly, through one or more intermediaries, controls, is controlled by, or is under common control with such Person. For the purposes of this definition, control, when used with respect to any Person shall mean the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of such Person, whether through the ownership of voting securities or other interests, by Contract or otherwise. It is expressly agreed that no Party or member of any Partys Group shall be deemed to be an Affiliate of another Party or member of such other Partys Group by reason of having one or more directors in common or by reason of having been under common control of HLT or HLTs stockholders prior to or, in case of HLTs stockholders, after, the Effective Time.
(3) Ancillary Agreements shall mean all of the written Contracts, instruments, assignments, licenses, guarantees, indemnities or other arrangements (other than this Agreement) entered into in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby, including the Transition Services Agreement, the Employee Matters Agreement, the Tax Matters Agreement, the License Agreement, the Telecommunications Agreement, the IP Assignments and the Managing and Franchise Agreements (the Transition Services Agreement, the Employee Matters Agreement, the Tax Matters Agreement, the License Agreement, the Telecommunications Agreement, the IP Assignments and the Managing and Franchise Agreements, collectively, the Specified Ancillary Agreements ).
(4) Applicable HGV Percentage shall mean percent ( %).
(5) Applicable HLT Percentage shall mean percent ( %).
(6) Applicable Percentage shall mean (i) as to HLT, the Applicable HLT Percentage, (ii) as to PK, the Applicable PK Percentage and (iii) as to HGV, the Applicable HGV Percentage.
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(7) Applicable PK Percentage shall mean percent ( %).
(8) Asset Transferors shall mean the entities transferring Assets to a Managing and Franchising Asset Transferee, an Ownership Asset Transferee or a Timeshare Asset Transferee in order to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby or by the Plan of Reorganization.
(9) Assets shall mean assets, properties, claims, Intellectual Property and other rights (including goodwill), wherever located (including in the possession of vendors or other third parties or elsewhere), of every kind, character and description, whether real, personal or mixed, tangible, intangible or contingent. Except as otherwise expressly provided for in the Employee Matters Agreement, the rights and obligations of the Parties with respect to Taxes shall be governed by the Tax Matters Agreement and, therefore, Taxes shall not be treated as Assets.
(10) Assume shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2.2(b) ; and the terms Assumed and Assumption shall have their correlative meanings.
(11) Blackstone shall mean The Blackstone Group L.P., a Delaware limited partnership.
(12) Business shall mean the HLT Retained Business, the Ownership Business or the Timeshare Business, as applicable.
(13) Business Day means any day that is not a Saturday, a Sunday or any other day on which banks are required or authorized by Law to be closed in New York City.
(14) Business Entity shall mean any corporation, partnership, limited liability company, joint venture or other entity which may legally hold title to Assets.
(15) Claims Administration shall mean the processing of claims made under the Company Policies, including the reporting of losses or claims to insurance carriers (including as a result of reports provided to HLT by PK or HGV), management and defense of claims, the settlement of claims and providing for appropriate releases upon settlement of claims.
(16) Commission shall mean the United States Securities and Exchange Commission.
(17) Company Policies shall mean all Policies, current or past (to the extent any such past Policy still provides for benefits), which are or at any time were maintained by or on behalf of or for the benefit or protection of HLT or any of its predecessors which relate to the HLT Retained Business, the Ownership Business or the Timeshare Business, or current or past directors, officers, employees or agents of any of the foregoing Businesses.
(18) Confidential Information shall mean all non-public, confidential or proprietary Information of or concerning (a) a Party, its Group and/or its Subsidiaries or their past, current or future activities, businesses, finances, assets, liabilities or operations or (b) any third party who has provided Information to a Party, its Group and/or its Subsidiaries in confidence, except for any Information that is (i) in the public domain or available to the public through no fault of the receiving Party or its Subsidiaries or their authorized recipients of the Information, (ii) lawfully acquired after the Effective Time by such Party or its Subsidiaries from other sources not known to be subject to confidentiality obligations with respect to such Information or (iii) independently developed by the receiving Party after the Effective Time without reference to any Confidential Information.
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(19) Consents shall mean any consents, waivers or approvals from, or notification requirements to, any Person other than a Governmental Entity.
(20) Continuing Arrangements shall mean those arrangements set forth on Schedule 1.1(20) and such other commercial arrangements among the Parties that are intended to survive and continue following the Effective Time as expressly set forth in the Transition Services Agreement; provided , however , that for the avoidance of doubt, Continuing Arrangements shall not apply to Third Party Agreements.
(21) Continuing Directors shall mean, as of any date of determination, any member of the board of directors of HLT, PK or HGV, as applicable, who (i) was a member of such Partys board of directors at the Effective Time; or (ii) was nominated for election, elected or appointed to such Partys board of directors with the approval of a majority of the Continuing Directors who were members of such Partys board of directors at the time of such nomination, election or appointment (either by a specific vote or by approval by such directors of the proxy statement of such Party in which such member was named as a nominee for election as a director).
(22) Contract shall mean any agreement, contract, subcontract, obligation, binding understanding, note, indenture, guarantee, instrument, option, lease, promise, arrangement, release, warranty, license, sublicense, insurance policy, benefit plan, purchase order or legally binding commitment or undertaking of any nature (whether written or oral and whether express or implied).
(23) Conveyancing and Assumption Instruments shall mean, collectively, the various Contracts, resolutions and other documents heretofore entered into and to be entered into to effect the Transfer of Assets and the Assumption of Liabilities in the manner contemplated by this Agreement and the Plan of Reorganization, or otherwise relating to, arising out of or resulting from the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, in such form or forms as the applicable Parties thereto agree.
(24) Customer Information shall mean all information and data in recorded form, whether written, electronic, computerized or digital or stored in any other media, relating to past, current or prospective customers or clients and their activities, experiences and transactions.
(25) Disclosure Documents shall mean any registration statement (including any registration statement on Form 10) or other document filed with the Commission by or on behalf of any Party or any of its controlled Affiliates, and also includes any information statement, prospectus, offering memorandum, offering circular or similar disclosure document, whether or not filed with the Commission or any other Governmental Entity, which offers for sale or registers the Transfer or distribution of any security of such Party or any of its controlled Affiliates.
(26) Distribution shall mean, collectively, the PK Distribution and the HGV Distribution.
(27) Distribution Agent shall mean Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.
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(28) Distribution Date shall mean the date on which HLT distributes all of the issued and outstanding shares of PK Common Stock and HGV Common Stock to the holders of HLT Common Stock.
(29) Distribution Record Date shall mean such date as may be determined by HLTs Board as the record date for the Distribution.
(30) Effective Time shall mean 6:01 p.m., New York time, on the Distribution Date.
(31) Employee Matters Agreement shall mean the Employee Matters Agreement by and among HLT, PK and HGV, in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit A .
(32) Environmental Laws shall mean all Laws relating to pollution, protection of the environment, or protection against harmful or deleterious substances.
(33) Excluded Policies shall mean the Policies listed on Schedule 10.9 .
(34) Final Determination shall have the meaning set forth in the Tax Matters Agreement.
(35) Financing Arrangements shall the financing arrangements described in the PK Information Statement (including the Unaudited Pro Forma Combined Consolidated Financial Statements included therein), and the HGV Information Statement (including the Unaudited Pro Forma Combined Consolidated Financial Statements included therein).
(36) Force Majeure shall mean, with respect to a Party, an event beyond the control of such Party (or any Person acting on its behalf), which by its nature could not have been foreseen by such Party (or such Person), or, if it could have been foreseen, was unavoidable, and includes acts of God, storms, floods, riots, labor unrest, pandemics, nuclear incidents, fires, sabotage, civil commotion or civil unrest, interference by civil or military authorities, acts of war (declared or undeclared) or armed hostilities or other national or international calamity or one or more acts of terrorism or failure of energy sources or distribution facilities.
(37) Governmental Approvals shall mean any notices or reports to be submitted to, or other registrations or filings to be made with, or any consents, approvals, licenses, permits or authorizations to be obtained from, any Governmental Entity.
(38) Governmental Entity shall mean any nation or government, any state, municipality or other political subdivision thereof and any entity, body, agency, commission, department, board, bureau or court, whether domestic, foreign or multinational, exercising executive, legislative, judicial, regulatory or administrative functions of or pertaining to government and any executive official thereof.
(39) Group shall mean (i) with respect to HLT, the HLT Group, (ii) with respect to PK, the PK Group and (iii) with respect to HGV, the HGV Group.
(40) HGV Balance Sheet shall mean the pro forma balance sheet of the HGV Group, including the notes thereto, as of , as filed with the HGV Form 10.
(41) HGV Offering Memorandum shall mean any offering memorandum or offering circular distributed to potential investors in connection with any private offering of debt securities by HGV, or its subsidiaries, as the case may be, in connection with the Financing Arrangements.
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(42) HGV Common Stock shall have the meaning set forth in the recitals hereto.
(43) HGV Distribution shall mean the distribution on the Distribution Date to holders of record of shares of HLT Common Stock as of the Distribution Record Date of the HGV Common Stock owned by HLT on the basis of one (1) share of HGV Common Stock, or such other number of shares of HGV Common Stock as shall have been approved by the Board and set forth in the HGV Information Statement, for every outstanding share[s] of HLT Common Stock.
(44) HGV Form 10 shall mean the registration statement on Form 10 (Registration No. 001-37794) filed by HGV with the Commission under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, in connection with the HGV Distribution, including any amendment or supplement thereto.
(45) HGV Group shall mean HGV and each Person that is a direct or indirect Subsidiary of HGV immediately after the Effective Time, and each Person that becomes a Subsidiary of HGV after the Effective Time, and shall include the Timeshare Entities.
(46) HGV Information Statement shall mean the Information Statement attached as an exhibit to the HGV Form 10 to be sent to the holders of shares of HLT Common Stock in connection with the HGV Distribution, including any amendment or supplement thereto.
(47) HLT Common Stock shall mean the issued and outstanding shares of common stock of HLT, par value $0.01 per share.
(48) HLT Disclosure Sections shall mean all information set forth in, or omitted from, the sections of the PK Form 10, the HGV Form 10, the PK Offering Memorandum or the HGV Offering Memorandum, identified on Schedule 1.1(48) .
(49) HLT Group shall mean HLT and each Person that is a direct or indirect Subsidiary of HLT immediately after the Effective Time, and each Person that becomes a Subsidiary of HLT after the Effective Time, and shall include the HLT Retained Entities.
(50) HLT Retained Assets shall mean any and all Assets that are owned, leased or licensed, at or prior to the Effective Time, by HLT and/or any of its Subsidiaries, that are not Ownership Assets or Timeshare Assets, including:
(i) any and all Assets that are expressly contemplated by this Agreement or any Ancillary Agreement as Assets which have been or are to remain with HLT or any other member of the HLT Group;
(ii) the ownership interests in those Business Entities set forth on Schedule 1.1(50)(ii) (such entities, the HLT Retained Entities ) and all Assets of the HLT Retained Entities;
(iii) all rights, title and interest in and to the owned real property set forth on Schedule 1.1(50)(iii) (the HLT Owned Real Property ), including all land and land improvements, structures, buildings and building improvements, other improvements and appurtenances located thereon;
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(iv) all right, title and interest in, to and under the leases or subleases of the real property set forth on Schedule 1.1(50)(iv) (the HLT Retained Leases ), including, to the extent provided for in any HLT Retained Lease, any land and land improvements, structures, buildings and building improvements, other improvements and appurtenances located thereon;
(v) to the extent not provided in clauses (iii) and (iv) of this definition, all fixtures, machinery, equipment, apparatuses, computer hardware and other electronic data processing equipment, information technology and communications equipment, tools, instruments, furniture, office equipment, automobiles, trucks, aircraft and other transportation equipment, and other tangible personal property, in each case located at any of the HLT Owned Real Property or the locations subject to the HLT Retained Leases, except for laptop computers and related desktop equipment, cellular phones and other mobile computing devices in each case primarily used by PK Employees (as defined in the Employee Matters Agreement) or HGV Employees (as defined in the Employee Matters Agreement), which shall be retained by such PK Employees and HGV Employees in accordance with the terms of the Transition Services Agreement;
(vi) all inventories, including products, goods, materials, parts, raw materials, work in process and supplies;
(vii) all HLT Retained Contracts and any rights or claims arising thereunder;
(viii) all Intellectual Property, including the registrations and applications set forth on Schedule 1.1(50)(viii) , except for Intellectual Property listed on Schedules 1.1(76)(ix) or 1.1(106)(ix) , subject, as applicable, to the applicable License Agreement;
(ix) all licenses, permits, approvals and authorizations which have been issued by any Governmental Entity;
(x) Information as follows, subject to any express exceptions in Article VIII :
(a) Sole ownership and all originals and copies of all (i) Information used exclusively in the HLT Retained Business and all Intellectual Property incorporated therein (provided that counsel for PK and HGV may retain a copy of any of same to the extent (A) it is already in possession of PK and HGV, as applicable and (B) such retention is required by applicable Law) and (ii) Loyalty Program Data;
(b) the original of all Information (other than Loyalty Program Data) that was used but not exclusively used in the HLT Retained Business and is in the possession or control of HLT as of the Distribution Date, and to the extent that (x) prior to the Distribution Date, PK has used such Information in the Ownership Business (or, following the Distribution Date, PK reasonably requires the use of such Information in the Ownership Business as conducted as of the Distribution Date) or (y) prior to the Distribution Date, HGV has used such Information in the Timeshare Business (or, following the Distribution Date, HGV reasonably requires the use of such Information in the Timeshare Business as
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conducted as of the Distribution Date), PK and/or HGV, as applicable, shall (1) be deemed an equal co-owner with HLT of the Intellectual Property in such Information and each co-owning Party shall have the right to (and to allow others to) use and disclose such Information without an accounting to (or consent of) the other co-owning Party and (2) subject to Section 8.5 , have the right to retain or receive a copy of such Information in the media in which it was maintained in the ordinary course of business at the time of such request, provided that such copies of such Information shall remain subject to all applicable Laws, privacy policies and other agreements with third parties regarding such Information; and
(c) a copy of all Information (other than Loyalty Program Data) that was used but not exclusively used in the HLT Retained Business, and is in the possession or control of PK or HGV but not HLT as of the Distribution Date, and HLT shall (i) be deemed an equal co-owner with the possessing or controlling Party of the Intellectual Property in such Information and have the right to (and to allow others to) use and disclose such Information without an accounting to (or consent of) the other co-owning Party and (ii) subject to Section 8.5 , have the right to retain or receive a copy of such Information in the media in which it was maintained in the ordinary course of business at the time of such request, provided that such copies of such Information shall remain subject to all applicable Laws, privacy policies and other agreements with third parties regarding such Information;
(xi) all deposits, prepaid expenses, letters of credit and performance and surety bonds;
(xii) all bonds, notes, debentures or other debt securities issued by any Person and held by any member of the HLT Group, all loans, advances or other extensions of credit or capital contributions to any Person on the books of any member of the HLT Group and all other investments in securities of any Person held by any member of the HLT Group;
(xiii) subject to Article X , any rights of any member of the HLT Group under any Policies, including any rights thereunder arising after the Effective Time in respect of any Policies that are occurrence policies and all rights in the nature of insurance, indemnification or contribution;
(xiv) the Assets set forth on Schedule 1.1(50)(xiv) ; and
(xv) any claims, counterclaims, setoffs, rights of recoupment, equity rights or defenses, whether known or unknown, that HLT and/or any of its Subsidiaries may have with respect to any HLT Retained Assets and HLT Retained Liabilities.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, the HLT Retained Assets shall not include any Assets that are expressly contemplated by this Agreement or by any Specified Ancillary Agreement (or the Schedules hereto or thereto) as Assets to be retained by or Transferred to any member of the PK Group or the HGV Group, as the case may be, including any Assets (A) specified in clauses (i) through (xv) of the definition of Ownership Assets or (B) specified in clauses (i) through (xv) of the definition of Timeshare Assets.
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(51) HLT Retained Business shall mean the businesses conducted through the management of the day-to-day operations of Hilton-branded hotels, the ownership, development, franchising and promotion of the Hilton brands and the leasing or ownership of certain Hilton-branded hotels by HLT or any other member of the HLT Group prior to the Effective Time, including, for the avoidance of doubt, the businesses of (i) the management, franchising, leasing or ownership of the hotel and resort properties set forth on Schedule 1.1(51) hereto, (ii) any other division, Subsidiary, line of business or investment managed or operated by HLT or any other member of the HLT Group prior to the Effective Time, including the businesses conducted through the ownership and operation of the hotel management and franchising business of HLT prior to the Effective Time, unless such other division, Subsidiary, line of business or investment is included in the definitions of Ownership Business or Timeshare Business, and (iii) those business entities acquired or established by or for HLT or any other member of the HLT Group after the Effective Time. For the avoidance of doubt, the HLT Retained Business with respect to any of the properties set forth on Schedule 1.1(77) shall be deemed to be limited to the business activities prescribed to the applicable member of the HLT Group engaged as the manager or franchisor with respect to such property pursuant to the applicable Managing and Franchising Agreement entered into following the Distribution Date.
(52) HLT Retained Contracts shall mean any Contracts to which HLT or any of its Subsidiaries is a party as of the date hereof or becomes a party prior to the Effective Time or by which it or any of its Subsidiaries or any of their respective Assets is bound as of the date hereof or becomes bound prior to the Effective Time, whether or not in writing, except for any such Contract or part thereof that is an Ownership Contract or a Timeshare Contract, including:
(i) any Contract entered into in the name of, or expressly on behalf of, any division, business unit or member of the HLT Group;
(ii) any Contract that relates primarily to the HLT Retained Business, including any contract providing for the acquisition or disposition of a HLT Retained Entity or any HLT Retained Assets;
(iii) any Contract that represents or underlies any HLT Retained Assets or HLT Retained Liabilities;
(iv) any Contract or part thereof that is otherwise expressly contemplated pursuant to this Agreement (including pursuant to Section 2.2(b) ) or any of the Ancillary Agreements to be assigned to or retained by any member of the HLT Group; and
(v) any guarantee, indemnity, representation or warranty of or in favor of any member of the HLT Group.
(53) HLT Retained Liabilities shall mean any and all Liabilities of the HLT Group that are not Ownership Liabilities or Timeshare Liabilities, including:
(i) any and all Liabilities relating primarily to, arising primarily out of or resulting primarily from: (a) the operation or conduct of the HLT Retained Business, as conducted at any time prior to, at or after (except as otherwise provided in Managing and Franchise Agreements) the Effective Time (including any Liability relating to, arising out of or resulting from any act or failure to act by any director, officer, employee, agent or representative (whether or not such act or failure to act is or was within such Persons authority) of the HLT Group); (b) the operation or conduct of any business conducted by
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any member of the HLT Group at any time prior to, on or after the Effective Time (including any Liability relating to, arising out of or resulting from any act or failure to act by any director, officer, employee, agent or representative (whether or not such act or failure to act is or was within such Persons authority) of the HLT Group); or (c) any HLT Retained Assets, whether arising prior to, on or after the Effective Time;
(ii) any Liabilities to the extent relating to, arising out of or resulting from, the HLT Retained Contracts;
(iii) the Applicable HLT Percentage of any Shared Contingent Liability;
(iv) the liabilities set forth on Schedule 1.1(53)(iv) (the Specified HLT Retained Liabilities );
(v) any Liabilities assumed or retained by the HLT Group pursuant to this Agreement or the Ancillary Agreements;
(vi) any Liabilities arising prior to, at or after the Effective Time for any infringement by the HLT Retained Business of the Intellectual Property of any other Person or breach by the HLT Retained Business of any Contract relating to Intellectual Property;
(vii) all Liabilities arising prior to, at or after the Effective Time to the extent resulting from any (A) violation prior to the Effective Time of any Environmental Laws by the HLT Group, any HLT Discontinued Operation or the conduct of the HLT Retained Business, (B) use, treatment, or disposal prior to the Effective Time of Materials of Environmental Concern by or on behalf of the HLT Group, any HLT Discontinued Operation or in the conduct of the HLT Retained Business or (C) presence of Materials of Environmental Concern at, or release of Materials of Environmental Concern from, any HLT Retained Assets or any HLT Discontinued Operation; provided that Liabilities of the type described in this subsection (vi) relating to real estate that is an Ownership Asset or a Timeshare Asset pursuant to this Agreement, shall not be HLT Retained Liabilities but shall instead be, respectively, Ownership Liabilities and Timeshare Liabilities;
(viii) any Liabilities relating to, arising out of or resulting from, any division, Subsidiary, line of business or investment managed or operated by HLT or any of its Subsidiaries at any time prior to the Effective Time and sold, transferred or otherwise discontinued prior to the Effective Time, including the divisions, Subsidiaries, lines of business or investments set forth on Schedule 1.1(53)(viii) , unless such division, Subsidiary, line of business or investment is an Ownership Discontinued Operation or a Timeshare Discontinued Operation (each such division, Subsidiary, line of business or investment, an HLT Discontinued Operation );
(ix) for the avoidance of doubt, any Liabilities relating primarily to, arising primarily out of or resulting primarily from, the operation or conduct of the HLT Retained Business by any Business Entity that is an Ownership Entity or a Timeshare Entity under this Agreement but has conducted the HLT Retained Business at any time prior to the Effective Time;
(x) any Liabilities relating to, arising out of or resulting from any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact or omission or alleged omission
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to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, with respect to all information contained in, or incorporated by reference into, the HLT Disclosure Sections;
(xi) Specified Shared Expenses to the extent provided in Section 5.2 ;
(xii) for the avoidance of doubt, and without limiting any other matters that may constitute HLT Retained Liabilities, any Liabilities relating to, arising out of or resulting from the claims, proceedings, litigation and disputes listed on Schedule 1.1(53)(xii) ; and
(xiii) any Liabilities relating primarily to, arising primarily out of or resulting primarily from, a workers compensation claim brought by or on behalf of an employee employed at any time in the HLT Retained Business or any HLT Discontinued Operation, except in the case where such employee was employed in either the Ownership Business or any Ownership Discontinued Operation or the Timeshare Business or any Timeshare Discontinued Operation subsequent to such employees final employment in the HLT Retained Business or HLT Discontinued Operations in which case the Liability shall be retained by PK or HGV, respectively.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, the HLT Retained Liabilities shall not include any Liabilities that are (A) expressly contemplated by this Agreement or by any Specified Ancillary Agreement (or the Schedules hereto or thereto) as Liabilities to be Assumed by any member of the PK Group or the HGV Group, as the case may be, including any Liabilities specified (1) in clauses (i) through (xiii) of the definition of Ownership Liabilities or (2) in clauses (i) through (xiii) of the definition of Timeshare Liabilities or (B) expressly discharged pursuant to Section 2.3 of this Agreement.
For the avoidance of doubt, no Liability shall be a HLT Retained Liability solely as a result of HLT being named as party to or in any Action relating to any Ownership Liability or Timeshare Liability due to HLTs status as the remaining and legacy Business Entity, or as a result of its status as the former direct or indirect stockholder of any Business Entity.
(54) Income Taxes shall have the meaning set forth in the Tax Matters Agreement.
(55) Indebtedness shall mean, with respect to any Person, (i) the principal value, prepayment and redemption premiums and penalties (if any), unpaid fees and other monetary obligations in respect of any indebtedness for borrowed money, whether short term or long term, including all obligations evidenced by bonds, debentures, notes, other debt securities or similar instruments, (ii) any indebtedness arising under any capital leases (excluding, for the avoidance of doubt, any real estate leases), whether short term or long term, (iii) all liabilities secured by any lien on any assets of such Person, (iv) all liabilities under any interest rate protection agreement, interest rate future agreement, interest rate option agreement, interest rate swap agreement, hedging arrangement or other similar agreement designed to protect such Person against fluctuations in interest rates, (v) all interest bearing indebtedness for the deferred purchase price of property or services, (vi) all liabilities under any letters of credit, performance bonds, bankers acceptances or similar obligations, (vii) all interest, prepayment or breakage costs, fees and other expenses owed with respect to indebtedness described in the foregoing clauses (i) through (vi), and (viii) without duplication, all guarantees of indebtedness referred to in the foregoing clauses (i) through (vii).
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(56) Indemnifiable Loss and Indemnifiable Losses shall mean any and all Liabilities, deficiencies, obligations, penalties, judgments, settlements, claims, payments, fines, administrative penalties, interest and Taxes (including the costs and expenses of any and all Actions and demands, assessments, judgments, settlements and compromises relating thereto and the reasonable costs and expenses of attorneys, accountants, consultants and other professionals fees and expenses incurred in the investigation or defense thereof or the enforcement of rights hereunder), excluding special, consequential, reputational, indirect or punitive damages (other than special, consequential, indirect, reputational and/or punitive damages awarded by a court of competent jurisdiction in connection with a Third Party Claim (and, in such a case, only to the extent awarded in such Third Party Claim)).
(57) Information shall mean information and data in recorded form, whether written, electronic, computerized or digital or stored in any other media, including (i) books and records, whether accounting, legal or otherwise, ledgers, studies, reports, surveys, designs, specifications, drawings, blueprints, diagrams, models, prototypes, samples, flow charts, marketing plans, communications, correspondence, materials, product literature, artwork, files, documents, policies, procedures and manuals, research and analyses of any nature, including operational, technical or legal; (ii) financial and business information, including earnings reports and forecasts, macro-economic reports and forecasts, all cost information, sales and pricing data, business plans, market evaluations, surveys and credit-related information; and (iii) Customer Information.
(58) Insurance Proceeds shall mean those monies (i) received by an insured from an insurance carrier or (ii) paid by an insurance carrier on behalf of an insured, in either case net of any applicable deductible or retention.
(59) Insured Claims shall mean those Liabilities that, individually or in the aggregate, are covered within the terms and conditions of any of the Company Policies, whether or not subject to deductibles, co-insurance, uncollectability or retrospectively rated premium adjustments, but only to the extent that such Liabilities are within applicable Company Policy limits, including aggregates.
(60) Intellectual Property shall mean all worldwide intellectual property, proprietary and industrial property rights of any kind, including all (i) patents, patent applications, inventions and invention disclosures and utility models, (ii) trademarks, service marks, corporate names, trade names, domain names, social and mobile media identifiers, logos, slogans, designs, trade dress and other designations of source or origin, together with the goodwill symbolized by any of the foregoing ( Trademarks ), (iii) copyrights and copyrighted works, including software, code, compilations and documentation, website and mobile media content, photography, graphics and advertising materials, (iv) technology, trade secrets, know-how, processes, formulae, models, methodologies, discoveries, techniques, designs, specifications, drawings, and (v) all registrations, applications, continuations, continuations-in-part, divisionals, reissues, re-examinations, substitutions, renewals, extensions and foreign counterparts thereof.
(61) IP Assignments shall mean the short-form assignment documents executed for the purpose of recording the transfer of Intellectual Property applications and registrations with the United States Patent and Trademark Office, the United States Copyright Officer or any other applicable office in any applicable foreign jurisdiction.
(62) IRS Ruling shall mean that certain IRS private letter ruling delivered to HLT and addressing, among other things, certain issues relevant to the tax-free treatment of the Distribution.
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(63) Law shall mean any U.S. or non-U.S. federal, national, supranational, state, provincial, local or similar statute, law, ordinance, regulation, rule, code, income tax treaty, order, requirement or rule of law (including common law) or other binding directives of any Governmental Entity.
(64) Liabilities shall mean any and all Indebtedness, losses, damages, liabilities, costs, expenses, interest and obligations, whether accrued or fixed, absolute or contingent, matured or unmatured, reserved or unreserved, or determined or determinable, including those arising under any Law, claim, demand, Action, whether asserted or unasserted, or order, writ, judgment, injunction, decree, stipulation, determination or award entered by or with any Governmental Entity and those arising under any Contract or any fines, damages or equitable relief which may be imposed and including all costs and expenses related thereto. Except as otherwise expressly provided for in the Employee Matters Agreement, the rights and obligations of the Parties with respect to Taxes shall be governed by the Tax Matters Agreement and, therefore, Taxes shall not be treated as Liabilities.
(65) LIBOR shall mean an interest rate per annum equal to the applicable three-month London Interbank Offer Rate for deposits in United States dollars published in The Wall Street Journal .
(66) License Agreement shall mean the License Agreement by and among HLT and HGV, in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit B .
(67) Loyalty Program Data shall have the meaning set forth in the License Agreement.
(68) Managing and Franchise Agreements shall mean the Management Agreements and Franchise Agreements by and among certain subsidiaries of PK, on the one hand, and certain subsidiaries of HLT, on the other hand.
(69) Managing and Franchising Asset Transferee shall mean the HLT Retained Entities to which HLT Retained Assets shall be or have been transferred by an Asset Transferor in order to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby or by the Plan of Reorganization.
(70) Managing and Franchising Indemnitees shall mean each member of the HLT Group and each of their respective Affiliates from and after the Effective Time and each member of the HLT Groups and such Affiliates respective directors, officers, employees and agents and each of the heirs, executors, successors and assigns of any of the foregoing.
(71) Materials of Environmental Concern shall mean any gasoline or petroleum (including crude oil or any fraction thereof) or petroleum products, polychlorinated biphenyls, urea-formaldehyde insulation, asbestos, pollutants, contaminants, molds, and radioactivity; any substance classified or regulated as hazardous or toxic (or words of similar meaning); and any other substances regulated pursuant to or that could give rise to liability under any applicable Environmental Law.
(72) Nonqualifying Income shall mean any amount that is treated as gross income for purposes of Section 856 of the Code and which is not Qualifying Income.
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(73) NYSE shall mean the New York Stock Exchange.
(74) OpCo Contribution shall have the meaning set forth in the recitals hereto.
(75) Ownership Asset Transferees shall mean the Ownership Entities to which Ownership Assets shall be or have been Transferred by an Asset Transferor in order to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby or by the Plan of Reorganization.
(76) Ownership Assets shall mean those Assets that are owned, leased or licensed at or prior to the Effective Time, by HLT and/or any of its Subsidiaries, relating primarily to, used primarily in, or arising primarily from, the Ownership Business, and shall include:
(i) any and all Assets reflected on the PK Balance Sheet or the accounting records supporting such balance sheet and any Assets acquired by or for PK or any member of the PK Group subsequent to the date of the PK Balance Sheet which, had they been so acquired on or before such date and owned as of such date, would have been reflected on the PK Balance Sheet if prepared on a consistent basis, subject to any dispositions of any of such Assets subsequent to the date of the PK Balance Sheet;
(ii) the Assets set forth on Schedule 1.1(76)(ii) and any and all other Assets that are expressly contemplated by this Agreement or any Ancillary Agreement as Assets which have been or are to be Transferred to PK or any other member of the PK Group;
(iii) the ownership interests in those Business Entities set forth on Schedule 1.1(76)(iii) (such entities, the Ownership Entities ), other than PK, and all Assets of the Ownership Entities relating primarily to, used primarily in, or arising primarily from the Ownership Business;
(iv) all rights, title and interest in and to the owned real property set forth on Schedule 1.1(76)(iv) (the PK Owned Real Property ), including all land and land improvements, structures, buildings and building improvements, other improvements, fixtures and appurtenances located thereon;
(v) all right, title and interest in, to and under the leases or subleases of the real property set forth on Schedule 1.1(76)(v) (the Ownership Leases ), including, to the extent provided for in the Ownership Leases, any land and land improvements, structures, buildings and building improvements, other improvements and appurtenances located thereon;
(vi) to the extent not provided in clauses (iv) and (v) of this definition, all fixtures, machinery, equipment, apparatuses, computer hardware and other electronic data processing equipment, information technology and communications equipment, tools, instruments, furniture, office equipment, automobiles, trucks, aircraft and other transportation equipment, special and general tools, test devices, molds, tooling, dies, prototypes and models and other tangible personal property in each case located at any of the PK Owned Real Property or the locations subject to the Ownership Leases;
(vii) all inventories, including products, goods, materials, parts, raw materials, work-in-process and supplies, relating primarily to, used primarily in, or arising primarily from, the Ownership Business;
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(viii) all Ownership Contracts and any rights or claims arising thereunder;
(ix) all Intellectual Property set forth on Schedule 1.1(76)(ix) , subject, as applicable, to the Managing and Franchise Agreements;
(x) all licenses, permits, approvals and authorizations which have been issued by any Governmental Entity and which relate primarily to, are used primarily in, or arise primarily from, the Ownership Business;
(xi) Information as follows, subject to any express exceptions in Article VIII :
(a) sole ownership and all originals and copies of all Information (other than Loyalty Program Data) used exclusively in the Ownership Business and all Intellectual Property incorporated therein (provided that counsel for HLT and HGV may retain a copy of any of same to the extent (A) it is already in possession of HLT and HGV, as applicable and (B) such retention is required by applicable Law);
(b) the original of all Information (other than Loyalty Program Data) that was used but not exclusively used in the Ownership Business and is in the possession or control of PK as of the Distribution Date, and to the extent that (x) prior to the Distribution Date, HLT has used such Information in the HLT Retained Business (or, following the Distribution Date, HLT reasonably requires the use of such Information in the HLT Retained Business as conducted as of the Distribution Date) or (y) HGV has used such Information in the Timeshare Business (or, following the Distribution Date, HGV reasonably requires the use of such Information in the Timeshare Business as conducted as of the Distribution Date), HLT and/or HGV, as applicable, shall (1) be deemed an equal co-owner with PK of the Intellectual Property in such Information and each co-owning Party shall have the right to (and to allow others to) use and disclose such Information without an accounting to (or consent of) the other co-owning Party and (2) subject to Section 8.5 , have the right to retain or receive a copy of such Information in the media in which it was maintained at the time of the request, if such Party does not already have possession or control of such a copy as of the Distribution Date, provided that such copies of such Information shall remain subject to all applicable Laws, privacy policies and other agreements with third parties regarding such Information; and
(c) a copy of all Information (other than Loyalty Program Data) that was used but not exclusively used in the Ownership Business, and is in the possession or control of HLT or HGV but not PK as of the Distribution Date, and PK shall (i) be deemed an equal co-owner with the possessing or controlling Party of the Intellectual Property in such Information and have the right to (and to allow others to) use and disclose such Information without an accounting to (or consent of) the other co-owning Party and (ii) subject to Section 8.5 , have the right to retain or receive a copy of such Information in the media in which it was maintained at the time of the request, if PK does not already have possession or control of such a copy as of the Distribution Date, provided that such copies of such Information shall remain subject to all applicable Laws, privacy policies and other agreements with third parties regarding such Information;
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(xii) all deposits, prepaid expenses, letters of credit and performance and surety bonds relating primarily to, used primarily in, or arising primarily from, the Ownership Business;
(xiii) all bonds, notes, debentures or other debt securities issued by any Person and held by any member of the PK Group, all loans, advances or other extensions of credit or capital contributions to any Person on the books of any member of the PK Group and all other investments in securities of any Person held by any member of the PK Group;
(xiv) subject to Article X , any rights of any member of the PK Group under any Policies, including any rights thereunder arising after the Effective Time in respect of any Policies that are occurrence policies and all rights in the nature of insurance, indemnification or contribution; provided , that ownership of the Company Policies shall remain with the HLT Group; and
(xv) any claims, counterclaims, setoffs, rights of recoupment, equity rights or defenses, whether known or unknown, that HLT and/or any of its Subsidiaries may have with respect to any Ownership Assets or Ownership Liabilities.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Ownership Assets shall not include any Assets that are expressly contemplated by this Agreement or by any Specified Ancillary Agreement (or the Schedules hereto or thereto) as Assets to be retained by or Transferred to any member of the HLT Group or the HGV Group, as the case may be, including any Assets (A) specified in clauses (i) through (xv) of the definition of HLT Retained Assets, or (B) specified in clauses (i) through (xv) of the definition of Timeshare Assets.
(77) Ownership Business shall mean (A) the businesses conducted through the ownership, asset management (as opposed to hotel management), acquisition, development, refurbishment, redevelopment and sale of, and the provision of other services relating to hotel properties owned or leased by HLT or any other member of the HLT Group prior to the Effective Time, including, for the avoidance of doubt, the businesses of (i) the acquisition, development, refurbishment, redevelopment and sale of, and the provision of other services relating to the hotel properties set forth on Schedule 1.1(77) hereto, (ii) any other division, Subsidiary, line of business or investment of HLT or any other member of the HLT Group managed or operated prior to the Effective Time by any Ownership Entity, unless such other division, Subsidiary, line of business or investment is a HLT Retained Entity, a HLT Retained Asset, a Timeshare Entity or a Timeshare Asset, and (iii) those business entities acquired or established by or for PK or any other member of the PK Group after the Effective Time (B) the management of the day-to-day operations of the four hotels properties owned by PK and specified as such on Schedule 1.1(77) and (C) the laundry businesses at certain of the hotel properties described above.
(78) Ownership Contracts shall mean the following Contracts to which HLT or any of its Subsidiaries is a party as of the date hereof or becomes a party prior to the Effective Time or becomes a party after the Effective Time in respect of quotations, proposals and bids that were pending as of the date hereof or by which it or any of its Subsidiaries or any of their respective Assets is bound as of the date hereof or becomes bound prior to the Effective Time, whether or not in writing, except for any such Contract or part thereof (a) that is expressly contemplated not to be Transferred by any member of the HLT Group or the HGV Group to the PK Group or (b) that is expressly contemplated to be Transferred to (or remain with) any member of the HLT Group or the HGV Group, in each case, pursuant to any provision of this Agreement or any Specified Ancillary Agreement:
(i) any Contract entered into in the name of, or expressly on behalf of, any division, business unit or member of the PK Group; provided that if such Contract was entered into by Hilton Worldwide Inc. (now known as Park Hotels & Resorts Inc.), such fact shall not, by itself, result in the determination that such Contract is an Ownership Contract;
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(ii) any Contract that relates primarily to the Ownership Business, including any contract providing for the acquisition or disposition of an Ownership Entity or Ownership Assets;
(iii) any Contract that relates primarily to the Ownership Business that was entered into after the Effective Time and for which a quotation, proposal, or bid was pending as of the date hereof;
(iv) any Contract that represents or underlies any Ownership Assets or Ownership Liabilities;
(v) any Contract or part thereof that is otherwise expressly contemplated pursuant to this Agreement (including pursuant to Section 2.2(b) ) or any of the Ancillary Agreements to be assigned to or retained by any member of the PK Group; and
(vi) any guarantee, indemnity, representation or warranty of or in favor of any member of the PK Group.
(79) Ownership Indemnitees shall mean each member of the PK Group and each of their respective Affiliates from and after the Effective Time and each member of the PK Groups and such respective Affiliates respective directors, officers, employees and agents and each of the heirs, executors, successors and assigns of any of the foregoing.
(80) Ownership Liabilities shall mean any and all Liabilities relating primarily to, arising primarily out of or resulting primarily from: (a) the operation or conduct of the Ownership Business, as conducted at any time prior to, on or after the Effective Time (including any Liability relating to, arising out of or resulting from any act or failure to act by any director, officer, employee, agent or representative (whether or not such act or failure to act is or was within such Persons authority) of the PK Group); (b) the operation or conduct of any business conducted by any member of the PK Group at any time after the Effective Time (including any Liability relating to, arising out of or resulting from any act or failure to act by any director, officer, employee, agent or representative (whether or not such act or failure to act is or was within such Persons authority) of the PK Group); or (c) any Ownership Assets, whether arising prior to, on or after the Effective Time, including:
(i) any and all Liabilities reflected on the PK Balance Sheet or the accounting records supporting such balance sheet and any Liabilities incurred by or for PK or any member of the PK Group subsequent to the date of the PK Balance Sheet which, had they been so incurred on or before such date, would have been reflected on the PK Balance Sheet if prepared on a consistent basis, subject to any discharge of any of such Liabilities subsequent to the date of the PK Balance Sheet;
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(ii) any Liabilities to the extent relating to, arising out of or resulting from, the Ownership Contracts;
(iii) the Applicable PK Percentage of any Shared Contingent Liability;
(iv) the liabilities set forth on Schedule 1.1(80)(iv) (the Specified Ownership Liabilities );
(v) any Liabilities assumed or retained by the PK Group pursuant to this Agreement or the Ancillary Agreements;
(vi) any Liabilities arising prior to, at or after the Effective Time for any infringement by the Ownership Business of the Intellectual Property of any other Person or breach by the Ownership Business of any Contract relating to Intellectual Property;
(vii) all Liabilities arising prior to, at or after the Effective Time to the extent resulting from any (A) violation prior to the Effective Time of any Environmental Laws by the PK Group, any Ownership Discontinued Operation or the conduct of the Ownership Business, (B) use, treatment, or disposal prior to the Effective Time of Materials of Environmental Concern by or on behalf of the PK Group, any Ownership Discontinued Operation or in the conduct of the Ownership Business or (C) presence of Materials of Environmental Concern at, or release of Materials of Environmental Concern from, any Ownership Assets or any Ownership Discontinued Operation; provided that Liabilities of the type described in this subsection (vii) relating to real estate that is a HLT Retained Asset or a Timeshare Asset pursuant to this Agreement, shall not be Ownership Liabilities but shall instead be, respectively, HLT Retained Liabilities and Timeshare Liabilities;
(viii) any Liabilities relating to, arising out of or resulting from, any division, Subsidiary, line of business or investment of HLT or any of its Subsidiaries managed or operated at any time prior to the Effective Time by the Ownership Entities and sold, transferred or otherwise discontinued prior to the Effective Time, including the divisions, Subsidiaries, lines of business or investments set forth on Schedule 1.1(80)(viii) , unless such division, Subsidiary, line of business or investment is listed on Schedule 1.1(53)(viii) or Schedule 1.1(110)(viii) (each such division, Subsidiary, line of business or investment, an Ownership Discontinued Operation );
(ix) for the avoidance of doubt, any Liabilities relating primarily to, arising primarily out of or resulting primarily from, the operation or conduct of the Ownership Business by any Business Entity that is a HLT Retained Entity or a Timeshare Entity under this Agreement but has conducted the Ownership Business at any time prior to the Effective Time;
(x) any Liabilities relating to, arising out of or resulting from any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact or omission or alleged omission to state a material fact required to be stated in the PK Form 10 or in any PK Offering Memorandum, or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, with respect to all information contained in, or incorporated by reference into, the PK Form 10, any PK Offering Memorandum and any other Disclosure Documents filed by PK in connection with the Distribution or as contemplated by this Agreement, other than with respect to the HLT Disclosure Sections;
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(xi) Specified Shared Expenses to the extent provided in Section 5.2 ;
(xii) for the avoidance of doubt, and without limiting any other matters that may constitute Ownership Liabilities, any Liabilities relating to, arising out of or resulting from the claims, proceedings, litigation and disputes listed on Schedule 1.1(80)(xii) ; and
(xiii) any Liabilities relating primarily to, arising primarily out of or resulting primarily from, a workers compensation claim brought by or on behalf of an employee employed at any time in the Ownership Business or any Ownership Discontinued Operation, except in the case where such employee was employed in either the Timeshare Business or any Timeshare Discontinued Operation or the HLT Retained Business or any HLT Discontinued Operation subsequent to such employees final employment in the Ownership Business or Ownership Discontinued Operations, as applicable, in which case the Liability shall be retained by HGV or HLT, respectively.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Ownership Liabilities shall not include any Liabilities that are expressly (A) contemplated by this Agreement or by any Specified Ancillary Agreement (or the Schedules hereto or thereto) as Liabilities to be Assumed by any member of the HLT Group or the HGV Group, as the case may be, including any Liabilities specified (1) in the definition of HLT Retained Liabilities, including clauses (i) through (xiii) thereof, or (2) in clauses (i) through (xiii) of the definition of Timeshare Liabilities, or (B) discharged pursuant to Section 2.3 of this Agreement.
For the avoidance of doubt, no Liability shall be an Ownership Liability solely as a result of PK being named as party to or in any Action relating to any HLT Retained Liability or Timeshare Liability, or as a result of PKs status as the former direct or indirect stockholder or equityholder of any member of the HLT Group or HGV Group.
(81) Person shall mean any natural person, firm, individual, corporation, business trust, joint venture, association, company, limited liability company, partnership or other organization or entity, whether incorporated or unincorporated, or any Governmental Entity.
(82) PK Balance Sheet shall mean the pro forma balance sheet of the PK Group, including the notes thereto, as of , included in the PK Form 10.
(83) PK Common Stock shall have the meaning set forth in the recitals hereto.
(84) PK Distribution shall mean the distribution on the Distribution Date to holders of record of shares of HLT Common Stock as of the Distribution Record Date of the PK Common Stock owned by HLT on the basis of one (1) share of PK Common Stock, or such other number of shares of PK Common Stock as shall have been approved by the Board and set forth in the PK Information Statement, for every outstanding share[s] of HLT Common Stock.
(85) PK Form 10 shall mean the registration statement on Form 10 (Registration No. 001-37795) filed by PK with the Commission under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, in connection with the PK Distribution, including any amendment or supplement thereto.
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(86) PK Group shall mean PK and each Person that is a direct or indirect Subsidiary of PK immediately after the Effective Time, and each Person that becomes a Subsidiary of PK after the Effective Time, and shall include the Ownership Entities.
(87) PK Information Statement shall mean the Information Statement attached as an exhibit to the PK Form 10 to be sent to the holders of shares of HLT Common Stock in connection with the PK Distribution, including any amendment or supplement thereto.
(88) PK Offering Memorandum shall mean any offering memorandum or offering circular distributed to potential investors in connection with any private offering of debt securities by PK, or its Subsidiaries, as the case may be, in connection with the Financing Arrangements.
(89) Plan of Reorganization shall have the meaning set forth in the recitals.
(90) Policies shall mean all insurance policies and insurance contracts of any kind including bonds (other than policies or contracts related to employee benefit plans) currently in place for HLT programs, together with the rights, benefits and privileges thereunder.
(91) Protected REIT shall mean any entity that (i) has elected to be taxed as a REIT and (ii) either (A) is an Indemnitee or (B) owns a direct or indirect equity interest in any Indemnitee and is treated for purposes of Section 856 of the Code as owning all or a portion of the assets of such Indemnitee or as receiving all or a portion of the Indemnitees income.
(92) Qualifying Income shall mean gross income that is described in Section 856(c)(3) of the Code.
(93) Records shall mean any Contracts, documents, books, records or files.
(94) REIT shall mean a real estate investment trust, as defined under the Code.
(95) REIT Requirements shall mean the requirements imposed on REITs pursuant to Sections 856 through and including 860 of the Code.
(96) Security Interest shall mean any mortgage, security interest, pledge, lien, charge, claim, option, right to acquire, voting or other restriction, right-of-entry, covenant, condition, easement, encroachment, restriction on transfer, or other encumbrance of any nature whatsoever, excluding restrictions on transfer under securities Laws.
(97) Shared Contingent Liabilities shall mean any of the Liabilities set forth on Schedule 1.1(97) .
(98) Specified Shared Expenses shall mean any costs and expenses relating to the items or categories set forth on Schedule 1.1(98) and shall be shared in the manner specified in Section 5.2 .
(99) Subsidiary shall mean with respect to any Person (i) a corporation, fifty percent (50%) or more of the voting or capital stock of which is, as of the time in question, directly or indirectly owned by such Person and (ii) any other Person in which such Person, directly or indirectly, owns fifty percent (50%) or more of the equity or economic interest thereof or has the power to elect or direct the election of fifty percent (50%) or more of the members of the governing body of such entity.
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(100) Tax shall have the meaning set forth in the Tax Matters Agreement.
(101) Tax Contest shall have the meaning in the definition of Audit as set forth in the Tax Matters Agreement.
(102) Tax Matters Agreement shall mean the Tax Matters Agreement by and among HLT, PK and HGV, in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit C .
(103) Tax Return shall have the meaning set forth in the Tax Matters Agreement.
(104) Third Party Agreements shall mean any of the following Contracts, arrangements, course of dealings or understandings:
(i) any agreements, arrangements, commitments or understandings to which any Person other than the Parties and their respective Groups is a party hereto (it being understood that to the extent that the rights and obligations of the Parties and the members of their respective Groups under any such Contracts constitute Timeshare Assets or Timeshare Liabilities, Ownership Assets or Ownership Liabilities or HLT Retained Assets or HLT Retained Liabilities, such Contracts shall be assigned or retained pursuant to Article II ); and
(ii) any agreements, arrangements, commitments or understandings to which any non-wholly owned Subsidiary of HLT, PK or HGV, as the case may be, is a Party.
(105) Timeshare Asset Transferee shall mean the Timeshare Entities to which Timeshare Assets shall be or have been transferred by an Asset Transferor in order to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby or by the Plan of Reorganization.
(106) Timeshare Assets shall mean those Assets that are owned, leased or licensed, at or prior to the Effective Time, by HLT and/or any of its Subsidiaries, relating primarily to, used primarily in, or arising primarily from, the Timeshare Business, and shall include:
(i) any and all Assets reflected on the HGV Balance Sheet or the accounting records supporting such balance sheet and any Assets acquired by or for HGV or any member of the HGV Group subsequent to the date of the HGV Balance Sheet which, had they been so acquired on or before such date and owned as of such date, would have been reflected on the HGV Balance Sheet if prepared on a consistent basis, subject to any dispositions of any of such Assets subsequent to the date of the HGV Balance Sheet;
(ii) the Assets set forth on Schedule 1.1(106)(ii) and any and all other Assets that are expressly contemplated by this Agreement or any Ancillary Agreement as Assets which have been or are to be Transferred to HGV or any other member of the HGV Group;
(iii) the ownership interests in those Business Entities set forth on Schedule 1.1(106)(iii) (such entities, the Timeshare Entities ), other than HGV, and all Assets of the Timeshare Entities relating primarily to, used primarily in, or arising primarily from the Timeshare Business;
(iv) all rights, title and interest in and to the owned real property set forth on Schedule 1.1(106)(iv) (the Timeshare Owned Real Property ), including all land and land improvements, structures, buildings and building improvements, other improvements and appurtenances located thereon;
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(v) all rights, title and interest in, and to and under the leases or subleases of the real property set forth on Schedule 1.1(106)(v) (the Timeshare Leases ) including, to the extent provided for in the Timeshare Leases, any land and land improvements, structures, buildings and building improvements, other improvements and appurtenances;
(vi) to the extent not provided in clauses (iv) and (v) of this definition, all fixtures, machinery, equipment, apparatuses, computer hardware and other electronic data processing equipment, information technology and communications equipment, tools, instruments, furniture, office equipment, automobiles, trucks, aircraft and other transportation equipment, special and general tools, test devices, molds, tooling, dies, prototypes and models and other tangible personal property, in each case located at any of the Timeshare Owned Real Property or the locations subject to the Timeshare Leases;
(vii) all inventories, including products, goods, materials, parts, raw materials, work-in-process and supplies, relating primarily to, used primarily in, or arising primarily from, the Timeshare Business;
(viii) all Timeshare Contracts and any rights or claims arising thereunder;
(ix) all Intellectual Property set forth on Schedule 1.1(106)(ix) , subject, as applicable, to the applicable License Agreement;
(x) all licenses, permits, approvals and authorizations which have been issued by any Governmental Entity and which relate primarily to, are used primarily in, or arise primarily from, the Timeshare Business;
(xi) Information as follows, subject to any express exceptions in Article VIII :
(a) sole ownership and all originals and copies of all Information (other than Loyalty Program Data) used exclusively in the Timeshare Business and all Intellectual Property incorporated therein (provided that counsel for PK and HLT may retain a copy of any of same to the extent (A) it is already in possession of PK and HLT, as applicable, and (B) such retention is required by applicable Law);
(b) the original of all Information (other than Loyalty Program Data) that was used but not exclusively used in the Timeshare Business and is in the possession or control of HGV as of the Distribution Date, and to the extent that (x) prior to the Distribution Date, HLT has used such Information in the HLT Retained Business (or following the Distribution Date HLT reasonably requires the use of such Information in the HLT Retained Business as conducted as of the Distribution Date) or (y) PK has used such Information in the Ownership Business (or following the Distribution Date PK reasonably requires the use of such Information in the Ownership Business as conducted as of the Distribution Date), HLT and/or PK, as applicable, shall (1) be deemed an equal co-owner with HGV of the Intellectual Property in such Information and each co-owning Party shall have the right to (and to allow others to) use and disclose such Information without an accounting to the other co-owning Party and (2) subject to Section
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8.5, have the right to retain or receive a copy of such Information in the media in which it was maintained at the time of such request in the ordinary course of business prior to the Distribution Date, if such Party does not already have possession or control of such a copy as of the Distribution Date, provided that such copies of such Information shall remain subject to all applicable Laws, privacy policies and other agreements with third parties regarding such Information; and
(c) a copy of all Information (other than Loyalty Program Data) that was used but not exclusively used in the Timeshare Business, and is in the possession or control of HLT or PK but not HGV as of the Distribution Date, and HGV shall (i) be deemed an equal co-owner with the possessing or controlling Party of the Intellectual Property in such Information and have the right to (and to allow others to) use and disclose such Information without an accounting to the other co-owning Party and (ii) subject to Section 8.5 , have the right to retain or receive a copy of such Information in the media in which it was maintained at the time of such request, if HGV does not already have possession or control of such a copy as of the Distribution Date, provided that such copies of such Information shall remain subject to all applicable Laws, privacy policies and other agreements with third parties regarding such Information;
(xii) all deposits, prepaid expenses, letters of credit and performance and surety bonds relating primarily to, used primarily in, or arising primarily from, the Timeshare Business;
(xiii) all bonds, notes, debentures or other debt securities issued by any Person and held by any member of the HGV Group, all loans, advances or other extensions of credit or capital contributions to any Person on the books of any member of the HGV Group and all other investments in securities of any Person held by any member of the HGV Group;
(xiv) subject to Article X , any rights of any member of the HGV Group under any Policies, including any rights thereunder arising after the Effective Time in respect of any Policies that are occurrence policies and all rights in the nature of insurance, indemnification or contribution; provided that ownership of the Company Policies shall remain with the HLT Group; and
(xv) any claims, counterclaims, setoffs, rights of recoupment, equity rights or defenses, whether known or unknown, that HLT and/or any of its Subsidiaries may have with respect to any Timeshare Assets and Timeshare Liabilities.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Timeshare Assets shall not include any Assets that are expressly contemplated by this Agreement or by any Specified Ancillary Agreement (or the Schedules hereto or thereto) as Assets to be retained by or Transferred to any member of the PK Group or the HLT Group, as the case may be, including any Assets (A) specified in clauses (i) through (xv) of the definition of Ownership Assets or (B) specified in clauses (i) through (xv) of the definition of HLT Retained Assets.
(107) Timeshare Business shall mean the businesses conducted through the ownership, development, redevelopment and management of, the sale and financing of interests in, and the servicing of receivables with respect to timeshare properties by HLT or any other
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member of the HLT Group prior to the Effective Time, including, for the avoidance of doubt, the businesses of (i) the ownership, development, redevelopment and management of, the sale and financing of interests in, and the servicing of receivables with respect to the timeshare properties set forth on Schedule 1.1(107) hereto, (ii) any other division, Subsidiary, line of business or investment of HLT or any other member of the HLT Group managed or operated prior to the Effective Time by any Timeshare Entity, unless such other division, Subsidiary, line of business or investment is an Ownership Entity, an Ownership Asset, a HLT Retained Entity or a HLT Retained Asset and (iii) those business entities acquired or established by or for HGV or any other member of the HGV Group after the Effective Time.
(108) Timeshare Contracts shall mean the following Contracts to which HLT or any of its Subsidiaries is a party as of the date hereof or becomes a party prior to the Effective Time or becomes a party after the Effective Time in respect of quotations, proposals and bids that were pending as of the date hereof or by which it or any of its Subsidiaries or any of their respective Assets is bound as of the date hereof or becomes bound prior to the Effective Time, whether or not in writing, except for any such Contract or part thereof (i) that is expressly contemplated not to be Transferred by any member of the HLT Group or the PK Group to the HGV Group or (ii) that is expressly contemplated to be Transferred to (or remain with) any member of the HLT Group or the PK Group, in each case, pursuant to any provision of this Agreement or any Specified Ancillary Agreement:
(i) any Contract entered into in the name of, or expressly on behalf of, any division, business unit or member of the HGV Group;
(ii) any Contract that relates primarily to the Timeshare Business, including any contract providing for the acquisition or disposition of a Timeshare Entity or Timeshare Assets;
(iii) any Contract that relates primarily to the Timeshare Business that was awarded after the Effective Date and for which the quotation, proposal, or bid was pending as of the date hereof;
(iv) any Contract that represents or underlies any Timeshare Assets or Timeshare Liabilities;
(v) any Contract or part thereof that is otherwise expressly contemplated pursuant to this Agreement (including pursuant to Section 2.2(b) ) or any of the Ancillary Agreements to be assigned to any member of the HGV Group; and
(vi) any guarantee, indemnity, representation or warranty of or in favor of any member of the HGV Group.
(109) Timeshare Indemnitees shall mean each member of the HGV Group and each of their respective Affiliates from and after the Effective Time and each member of the HGV Groups and such respective Affiliates respective directors, officers, employees and agents and each of the heirs, executors, successors and assigns of any of the foregoing.
(110) Timeshare Liabilities shall mean any and all Liabilities relating primarily to, arising primarily out of or resulting primarily from: (a) the operation or conduct of the Timeshare Business, as conducted at any time prior to, at or after the Effective Time (including any Liability relating to, arising out of or resulting from any act or failure to act by any director, officer,
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employee, agent or representative (whether or not such act or failure to act is or was within such Persons authority) of the HGV Group); (b) the operation or conduct of any business conducted by any member of the HGV Group at any time after the Effective Time (including any Liability relating to, arising out of or resulting from any act or failure to act by any director, officer, employee, agent or representative (whether or not such act or failure to act is or was within such Persons authority) of the HGV Group); or (c) any Timeshare Assets, whether arising prior to, at or after the Effective Time, including:
(i) any and all Liabilities reflected on the HGV Balance Sheet or the accounting records supporting such balance sheet and any Liabilities incurred by or for HGV or any member of the HGV Group subsequent to the date of the HGV Balance Sheet which, had they been so incurred on or before such date, would have been reflected on the HGV Balance Sheet if prepared on a consistent basis, subject to any discharge of any of such Liabilities subsequent to the date of the HGV Balance Sheet;
(ii) any Liabilities to the extent relating to, arising out of or resulting from, the Timeshare Contracts;
(iii) the Applicable HGV Percentage of any Shared Contingent Liability;
(iv) The liabilities set forth on Schedule 1.1(110)(iv) (the Specified Timeshare Liabilities );
(v) any Liabilities assumed or retained by the HGV Group pursuant to this Agreement or the Ancillary Agreements;
(vi) any Liabilities arising prior to, at or after the Effective Time for any infringement by the Timeshare Business of the Intellectual Property of any other Person or breach by the Timeshare Business of any Contract relating to Intellectual Property;
(vii) all Liabilities arising prior to, at or after the Effective Time to the extent resulting from any (A) violation prior to the Effective Time of any Environmental Laws by the HGV Group, any Timeshare Discontinued Operation or the conduct of the Timeshare Business, (B) use, treatment, or disposal prior to the Effective Time of Materials of Environmental Concern by or on behalf of the HGV Group, any Timeshare Discontinued Operation or in the conduct of the Timeshare Business or (C) presence of Materials of Environmental Concern at, or release of Materials of Environmental Concern from, any Timeshare Assets or any Timeshare Discontinued Operation; provided that Liabilities of the type described in this subsection (vii) relating to real estate that is an Ownership Asset or a HLT Retained Asset pursuant to this Agreement, shall not be Timeshare Liabilities but shall instead be, respectively, Ownership Liabilities and HLT Retained Liabilities;
(viii) any Liabilities relating to, arising out of or resulting from, any division, Subsidiary, line of business or investment of HLT or any of its Subsidiaries managed or operated at any time prior to the Effective Time by the Timeshare Entities and sold, transferred or otherwise discontinued prior to the Effective Time, including the divisions, Subsidiaries, lines of business or investments set forth on Schedule 1.1(110)(viii) , unless such division, Subsidiary, line of business or investment is listed on Schedule 1.1(53)(ix) or Schedule 1.1(80)(viii) (each such division, Subsidiary, line of business or investment, a Timeshare Discontinued Operation );
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(ix) for the avoidance of doubt, any Liabilities relating primarily to, arising primarily out of or resulting primarily from, the operation or conduct of the Timeshare Business by any Business Entity that is a HLT Retained Entity or an Ownership Entity under this Agreement but has conducted the Timeshare Business at any time prior to the Effective Time;
(x) any Liabilities relating to, arising out of or resulting from any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact or omission or alleged omission to state a material fact required to be stated in the HGV Form 10 or in any HGV Offering Memorandum, or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, with respect to all information contained in, or incorporated by reference into, the HGV Form 10, any HGV Offering Memorandum and any other Disclosure Documents filed by HGV in connection with the Distribution or as contemplated by this Agreement, other than with respect to the HLT Disclosure Sections;
(xi) Specified Shared Expenses to the extent provided in Section 5.2 ; and
(xii) for the avoidance of doubt, and without limiting any other matters that may constitute Timeshare Liabilities, any Liabilities relating to, arising out of or resulting from the claims, proceedings, litigation and disputes listed on Schedule 1.1(110)(xii) ; and
(xiii) Any Liabilities relating primarily to, arising primarily out of or resulting primarily from, a workers compensation claim brought by or on behalf of an employee employed at any time in the Timeshare Business or any Timeshare Discontinued Operation, except in the case where such employee was employed in either the Ownership Business or any Ownership Discontinued Operation or the HLT Retained Business or any HLT Discontinued Operation subsequent to such employees final employment in the Timeshare Business or Timeshare Discontinued Operations, as applicable, in which case the Liability shall be retained by PK or HLT, respectively.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Timeshare Liabilities shall not include any Liabilities that are expressly (A) contemplated by this Agreement or by any Specified Ancillary Agreement (or the Schedules hereto or thereto) as Liabilities to be Assumed by any member of the PK Group or the HLT Group, as the case may be, including any Liabilities specified (1) in clauses (i) through (xiii) of the definition of Ownership Liabilities or (2) in the definition of HLT Retained Liabilities, including clauses (i) through (xiii) thereof, or (B) discharged pursuant to Section 2.3 of this Agreement.
For the avoidance of doubt, no Liability shall be a Timeshare Liability solely as a result of HGV being named as party to or in any Action relating to any HLT Retained Liability or Ownership Liability, or as a result of HGVs status as the former direct or indirect stockholder or equityholder of any member of the HLT Group or PK Group.
(111) Transfer shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2.2(b) ; and the term Transferred shall have its correlative meaning.
(112) Transition Services Agreement shall mean the Master Transition Services Agreement by and among HLT, PK and HGV, in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit D .
(113) Waiver Letter shall mean that letter agreement from Blackstone to each of PK and Hogan Lovells US LLP in the form attached as Exhibit E hereto.
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Section 1.2. References; Interpretation . References in this Agreement to any gender include references to all genders, and references to the singular include references to the plural and vice versa. Unless the context otherwise requires, the words include, includes and including when used in this Agreement shall be deemed to be followed by the phrase without limitation. Unless the context otherwise requires, references in this Agreement to Articles, Sections, Annexes, Exhibits and Schedules shall be deemed references to Articles and Sections of, and Annexes, Exhibits and Schedules to, this Agreement. 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. The words written request when used in this Agreement shall include email. In the event of any inconsistency or conflict which may arise in the application or interpretation of any of the definitions set forth in Section 1.1 , for the purpose of determining what is and is not included in such definitions, any item explicitly included on a Schedule referred to in any such definition shall take priority over any provision of the text thereof.
ARTICLE II
THE SEPARATION
Section 2.1. General . Subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, the Parties shall use, and shall cause their respective Affiliates to use, their respective commercially reasonable efforts to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby, including as set forth in the Plan of Reorganization, a portion of which may have already been implemented prior to the date hereof. It is the intent of the Parties that, after consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby HLT shall have been restructured, to the extent necessary, such that following the consummation of such restructuring, subject to Section 2.5 and Section 2.6 , (i) HLT shall, directly or indirectly, own the equity interests of all of the HLT Retained Entities (other than HLT), all of HLTs and its controlled Affiliates rights, title and interest in and to the HLT Retained Assets shall be owned or held by the HLT Group, the HLT Retained Business shall be conducted by the HLT Group and all of the HLT Retained Liabilities shall be Assumed directly or indirectly by (or remain with) the HLT Group, (ii) PK shall, directly or indirectly, own the equity interests of all of the Ownership Entities (other than PK), all of HLTs and its controlled Affiliates rights, title and interest in and to the Ownership Assets shall be owned or held by the PK Group, the Ownership Business shall be conducted by the PK Group and all of the Ownership Liabilities shall be Assumed directly or indirectly by (or remain with) the PK Group, and (iii) HGV shall, directly or indirectly, own the equity interests of all of the Timeshare Entities (other than HGV), all of HLTs and its controlled Affiliates rights, title and interest in and to the Timeshare Assets shall be owned or held by the HGV Group, the Timeshare Business shall be conducted by the HGV Group and all of the Timeshare Liabilities shall be Assumed directly or indirectly by (or remain with) the HGV Group.
Section 2.2. Restructuring: Transfer of Assets; Assumption of Liabilities .
(a) Restructuring of Entities . Prior to the Effective Time, to the extent not already completed, HLT and its controlled Affiliates will use commercially reasonable efforts to take such steps (which may include the transfer of shares or other equity interests, the formation of new entities and/or the declaration of dividends) as may be necessary or desirable to effect the Plan of Reorganization (and any additional steps that may have been omitted from (or are otherwise required in order to effect) the Plan of Reorganization) in order to cause (i) HLT to, directly or indirectly, own the HLT Retained Entities (other than HLT), (ii) PK to, directly or indirectly, own the Ownership Entities (other than PK) and (iii) HGV to, directly or indirectly, own the Timeshare Entities (other than HGV). In the event such steps are not able
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to be completed by the Effective Time, the Parties shall use commercially reasonable efforts to effect other actions following the Effective Time in accordance with, and subject to the limitations of, Sections 2.5 and 2.6 to cause the result set forth above.
(b) Transfer of Other Assets and Assumption of Liabilities . Prior to the Effective Time, except as otherwise specifically set forth in any Specified Ancillary Agreement and without duplication of the obligations set forth in Section 2.2(a) , pursuant to the Conveyancing and Assumption Instruments: (x) HLT shall use commercially reasonable efforts to cause the applicable Asset Transferors to, transfer, contribute, distribute, assign and/or convey or cause to be transferred, contributed, distributed, assigned and/or conveyed ( Transfer ) to (A) the respective Managing and Franchising Asset Transferees, all of the applicable Asset Transferors right, title and interest in and to the HLT Retained Assets, (B) PK and/or the respective Ownership Asset Transferees, all of its and the applicable Asset Transferors right, title and interest in and to the Ownership Assets and (C) HGV and/or the respective Timeshare Asset Transferees, all of its and the applicable Asset Transferors right, title and interest in and to the Timeshare Assets and (y) (i) HLT shall use commercially reasonable efforts to cause a member of the HLT Group to accept, assume (or, as applicable, retain) and perform, discharge and fulfill, in accordance with their respective terms ( Assume ), all of the HLT Retained Liabilities, (ii) PK shall, or shall cause a member of the PK Group to, Assume all of the Ownership Liabilities and (iii) HGV shall, or shall cause a member of the HGV Group to, Assume all of the Timeshare Liabilities, in each case, regardless of (I) when or where such Liabilities arose or arise, (II) whether the facts upon which they are based occurred prior to, on or subsequent to the Effective Time, (III) where or against whom such Liabilities are asserted or determined or (IV) whether arising from or alleged to arise from negligence, recklessness, violation of Law, fraud or misrepresentation by any member of the HLT Group, the PK Group or the HGV Group, as the case may be, or any of their past or present respective directors, officers, employees, agents, Subsidiaries or Affiliates. In the event and to the extent any such Transfers and Assumptions are not completed by the Effective Time, the Parties shall use commercially reasonable efforts to effect such Transfers and Assumptions following the Effective Time in accordance with, and subject to the limitations of, Sections 2.5 and 2.6 ).
(c) Consents . The Parties shall use their commercially reasonable efforts to obtain the required Consents or Governmental Approvals to Transfer any Assets, Contracts, licenses, permits and/or authorizations issued by any Governmental Entity or parts thereof as contemplated by this Agreement. Nothing herein shall be deemed to require the Transfer of any Assets or the Assumption of any Liabilities which by operation of Law cannot be Transferred or Assumed; provided , however , that the Parties shall cooperate and use their commercially reasonable efforts to seek to obtain, in accordance with applicable Law, any required Consents or Governmental Approvals for the Transfer of all Assets and Assumption of all Liabilities to the fullest extent permitted by applicable Law contemplated to be Transferred and Assumed pursuant to this Article II .
Section 2.3. Intercompany Accounts . Except as set forth in Section 7.1(b) and to the extent not otherwise settled, capitalized or otherwise eliminated pursuant to any Ancillary Agreement, all (i) intercompany receivables, payables and loans (other than receivables, payables and loans otherwise specifically provided for under this Agreement, under any Ancillary Agreement or under any Continuing Arrangements as set forth on Schedule 1.1(20) , and other than payables created or required hereby or by any Ancillary Agreement or any Continuing Arrangements), if any, and (ii) intercompany balances, including in respect of any cash balances, any cash balances representing deposited checks or drafts or any cash held in any centralized cash management system (A) between any member of the HLT Group, on the one hand, and any member of the PK Group or the HGV Group, on the other hand or (B) between any member of the PK Group, on the one hand, and any member of the HGV Group, on the other hand, in each case, which exist and are reflected in the accounting records of the relevant Parties immediately prior to the Effective Time, shall be settled or capitalized, in each case as of the Effective Time, as may
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be agreed prior to the Effective Time by HLT, PK and/or HGV, and their respective Subsidiaries, as applicable. Each of the Parties shall, and shall cause their respective Subsidiaries to, take all actions and do all things reasonably necessary on its part, or such Subsidiaries part, under applicable Law or contractual obligations to consummate and make effective the transactions contemplated by such agreement or agreements in respect of such settlements or capitalizations.
Section 2.4. Limitation of Liability . No Party shall have any Liability to any other Party in the event that any Information exchanged or provided pursuant to this Agreement which is an estimate or forecast, or which is based on an estimate or forecast, is found to be inaccurate.
Section 2.5. Transfers Not Effected at or Prior to the Effective Time; Transfers Deemed Effective as of the Effective Time .
(a) To the extent that any Transfer of Assets (including any entity) or Assumption of Liabilities contemplated by this Article II shall not have been consummated at or prior to the Effective Time, the Parties shall use commercially reasonable efforts to effect such Transfers as promptly following the Effective Time as shall be practicable. Nothing herein shall be deemed to require the Transfer of any Assets or the Assumption of any Liabilities which by their terms or operation of Law cannot be Transferred; provided , however , that the Parties and their respective Subsidiaries shall cooperate and use commercially reasonable efforts to seek to obtain, in accordance with applicable Law, any necessary Consents or Governmental Approvals for the Transfer of all Assets and Assumption of all Liabilities to the fullest extent permitted by applicable Law contemplated to be Transferred and Assumed pursuant to this Article II .
(b) In the event that any such Transfer of Assets (including any entity) or Assumption of Liabilities has not been consummated, from and after the Effective Time (i) the Party retaining such Asset shall thereafter hold such Asset in trust for the use and benefit of the Party entitled thereto (at the expense of the Party entitled thereto) and (ii) the Party intended to Assume such Liability shall, or shall cause the applicable member of its Group to (A) pay or reimburse the Party retaining such Liability for all amounts paid or incurred in connection with the retention of such Liability or (B) perform any non-monetary Liabilities in the place of the Party retaining such Liability to the extent such performance is practicable, permitted under applicable Law and does not result in a breach or default (or give rise to any termination rights, penalties or other remedies for the benefit of any counterparty) under any applicable Contract. To the extent the foregoing applies to any Contracts to be assigned for which any necessary Consents or Governmental Approvals are not received prior to the Effective Time, the treatment of such Contracts shall, for the avoidance of doubt, be subject to Section 2.7 , to the extent applicable. In addition, the Party retaining such Asset or Liability shall, insofar as reasonably possible and to the extent permitted by applicable Law, treat such Asset or Liability in the ordinary course of business in accordance with past practice and take such other actions as may be reasonably requested by the Party to which such Asset is to be Transferred or by the Party Assuming such Liability in order to place such Party, insofar as reasonably possible, in the same position as if such Asset or Liability had been Transferred or Assumed as contemplated hereby and so that all of the benefits and burdens relating to such Asset or Liability, including possession, use, risk of loss, potential for gain, and dominion, control and command over such Asset or Liability, are to inure from and after the Effective Time to the member or members of the HLT Group, the HGV Group or the PK Group entitled to the receipt of such Asset or required to Assume such Liability. In furtherance of the foregoing, the Parties agree that, as of the Effective Time, subject to Section 2.2(c) , to the extent permitted by applicable Law, each Party shall be deemed to have acquired complete and sole beneficial ownership over all of the Assets, together with all rights, powers and privileges incident thereto, and shall be deemed to have Assumed in accordance with the terms of this Agreement all of the Liabilities, and all duties, obligations and responsibilities incident thereto, which such Party is entitled to acquire or required to Assume pursuant to the terms of this Agreement.
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(c) If and when the Consents, Governmental Approvals and/or conditions, the absence or non-satisfaction of which caused the deferral of Transfer of any Asset or deferral of the Assumption of any Liability pursuant to Section 2.5(a) , are obtained or satisfied, the Transfer, assignment, Assumption or novation of the applicable Asset or Liability shall be effected in accordance with and subject to the terms of this Agreement (including Section 2.2 ) and/or the applicable Ancillary Agreement, and shall, to the extent possible without the imposition of any substantial cost on any Party, be deemed to be effective as of the Effective Time.
(d) Costs and Expenses . Any costs and expenses incurred after the Effective Time and on or prior to the second anniversary of the Distribution Date to effect any Transfer of Assets (including any entity) or Assumption of Liabilities shall be shared equally between the Parties to which such Transfer of Assets or Assumption of Liabilities relates. Following the second anniversary of the Distribution Date, the Party retaining any Asset (including any entity) contemplated by this Agreement to be Transferred to another Party or retaining any Liability contemplated by this Agreement to be Assumed by another Party shall not be obligated to expend any money to Transfer such Asset to such other Party or have such other Party assume such Liability unless the necessary funds are advanced, assumed, or agreed in advance to be reimbursed by the Party entitled to such Asset or the Party intended to be subject to such Liability. Other than costs and expenses incurred and reimbursed in accordance with the foregoing, nothing in this Section 2.5(d) shall require any member of any Group to incur any material obligation or grant any material concession for the benefit of any member of any other Group in order to effect any transaction contemplated by Section 2.2 or Section 2.5 .
(e) With respect to Assets and Liabilities described in Section 2.5(a) , each of HLT, PK and HGV shall, and shall cause the members of its respective Group to, (i) treat for all Income Tax purposes (A) the deferred Assets as assets having been Transferred to and owned by the Party entitled to such Assets not later than the Effective Time (or the time of the Internal Distribution of OpCo common stock in the case of Assets intended to be part of the OpCo Contribution) and (B) the deferred Liabilities as liabilities having been Assumed and owned by the Person intended to be subject to such Liabilities not later than the Effective Time (or the time of the Internal Distribution of OpCo common stock in the case of Assets intended to be part of the OpCo Contribution) and (ii) neither report nor take any Income Tax position (on a Tax Return or otherwise) inconsistent with such treatment (unless required by a change in applicable Tax Law, good faith resolution of a Tax Contest relating to Income Taxes or a Final Determination).
Section 2.6. Conveyancing and Assumption Instruments . In connection with, and in furtherance of, the Transfers of Assets and the Assumptions of Liabilities contemplated by this Agreement, the Parties shall execute or cause to be executed, on or after the date hereof by the appropriate entities to the extent not executed prior to the date hereof (but subject to Section 2.5), any Conveyancing and Assumption Instruments necessary to evidence the valid Transfer to the applicable Party or member of such Partys Group of all right, title and interest in and to its accepted Assets and the valid and effective Assumption by the applicable Party of its Assumed Liabilities for Transfers and Assumptions to be effected pursuant to New York Law or the Laws of one of the other states of the United States or, if not appropriate for a given Transfer or Assumption, and for Transfers or Assumptions to be effected pursuant to non-U.S. Laws, in such form as the Parties shall reasonably agree, including the Transfer of real property by mutually acceptable conveyance deeds as may be appropriate and in form and substance as may be required by the jurisdiction in which the real property is located. The Transfer of capital stock shall be effected by means of executed stock powers and notation on the stock record books of the corporation or other legal entities involved, or by such other means as may be required in any non-U.S. jurisdiction to Transfer title to stock and, only to the extent required by applicable Law, by notation on public registries.
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Section 2.7. Further Assurances .
(a) In addition to and without limiting the actions specifically provided for elsewhere in this Agreement, including Section 2.5 , each of the Parties shall cooperate with each other and use (and shall cause its respective Subsidiaries and Affiliates to use) commercially reasonable efforts, at and after the Effective Time, to take, or to cause to be taken, all actions, and to do, or to cause to be done, all things reasonably necessary on its part under applicable Law or contractual obligations to consummate and make effective the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and the Ancillary Agreements.
(b) Without limiting the foregoing, at and after the Effective Time, each Party shall cooperate with the other Parties, and, subject to Section 2.5 , from and after the Effective Time, to execute and deliver, or use commercially reasonable efforts to cause to be executed and delivered, all instruments, including instruments of Transfer or title, and to make all filings with, and to obtain all Consents and/or Governmental Approvals, any permit, license, Contract, indenture or other instrument (including any Consents or Governmental Approvals), and to take all such other actions as such Party may reasonably be requested to take by any other Party from time to time, consistent with the terms of this Agreement and the Ancillary Agreements, in order to effectuate the provisions and purposes of this Agreement and the Ancillary Agreements and the Transfers of the applicable Assets and the assignment and Assumption of the applicable Liabilities and the other transactions contemplated hereby and thereby. Without limiting the foregoing, each Party shall, subject to Section 2.5, take such other actions as may be reasonably necessary to vest in such other Party such title and such rights as possessed by the transferring Party to the Assets allocated to such other Party under this Agreement or any of the Ancillary Agreements, free and clear of any Security Interest, if and to the extent it is practicable to do so.
(c) At or prior to the Effective Time, each of HLT, PK and HGV shall enter into, and/or (where applicable) shall cause a member or members of their respective Group to enter into, the Specified Ancillary Agreements and shall, subject to Section 2.5 , use commercially reasonable efforts to enter into any other Ancillary Agreements and any other Contracts in respect of the Distributions reasonably necessary or appropriate in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby ( provided , however , that for the avoidance of doubt the Managing and Franchising Agreements shall not become effective until after the Distributions).
Section 2.8. Guarantees; Letters of Credit .
(a) Except as otherwise set forth in Section 2.8(b) , any member of the HLT Group, the PK Group or the HGV Group, as applicable (an Existing Guarantor ), shall remain as the guarantor or obligor under any guarantee and/or letter of credit by such Existing Guarantor in favor of any member of another Group (a Guaranteed Party ) to which it is a party, and the applicable Guaranteed Party shall indemnify and hold harmless the Existing Guarantor for any Indemnifiable Loss arising from or relating thereto (in accordance with the provisions of Article VII ).
(b) With respect to those guarantees and/or letters of credit set forth on Schedule 2.8(b) , (i) HLT shall (with the reasonable cooperation of the applicable member of the HGV Group or PK Group) use its commercially reasonable efforts to have any member of the HGV Group and/or the PK Group removed as guarantor of or obligor for any HLT Retained Liability to the fullest extent permitted by applicable Law, including in respect of those guarantees set forth on Schedule 2.8(b)(i) , to the extent that they relate to HLT Retained Liabilities, (ii) PK shall (with the reasonable cooperation of the applicable member of the HLT Group or HGV Group) use commercially reasonable efforts to have any member of the HLT Group and/or the HGV Group removed as guarantor of or obligor for any Ownership Liability to the fullest extent permitted by applicable Law, including in respect of those guarantees set forth on Schedule 2.8(b)(ii) , to the extent that they relate to Ownership Liabilities and (iii) HGV shall (with the
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reasonable cooperation of the applicable member of the HLT Group or PK Group) use commercially reasonably efforts to have any member of the HLT Group and/or the PK Group removed as guarantor of or obligor for any Timeshare Liability, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable Law, including in respect of those guarantees set forth on Schedule 2.8(b)(iii) , to the extent that they relate to Timeshare Liabilities.
(c) At or prior to the Effective Time, to the extent required to obtain a release from a guaranty (a Guaranty Release ) in accordance with Section 2.8(b) :
(i) of any member of the HLT Group, PK and/or HGV shall, as applicable, execute a guaranty agreement substantially in the form of the existing guaranty or such other form as is agreed to by the relevant parties to such guaranty agreement, except to the extent that such existing guaranty contains representations, covenants or other terms or provisions either (A) with which PK or HGV, as the case may be, would be reasonably unable to comply or (B) which would be reasonably expected to be breached;
(ii) of any member of the PK Group, HLT and/or HGV shall, as applicable, execute a guaranty agreement substantially in the form of the existing guaranty or such other form as is agreed to by the relevant parties to such guaranty agreement, except to the extent that such existing guaranty contains representations, covenants or other terms or provisions either (A) with which HLT or HGV, as the case may be, would be reasonably unable to comply or (B) which would be reasonably expected to be breached; and
(iii) of any member of the HGV Group, HLT and/or PK, shall, as applicable, execute a guaranty agreement substantially in the form of the existing guaranty or such other form as is agreed to by the relevant parties to such guaranty agreement, except to the extent that such existing guaranty contains representations, covenants or other terms or provisions either (A) with which HLT or PK, as the case may be, would be reasonably unable to comply or (B) which would be reasonably expected to be breached.
(d) If HLT, PK or HGV is unable to obtain, or to cause to be obtained, any such required removal as set forth in clauses (b) and (c) of this Section 2.8 , (i) the relevant member of the HLT Group, PK Group or HGV Group, as applicable, that has assumed the underlying Liability with respect to such guaranty shall indemnify and hold harmless the guarantor or obligor for any Indemnifiable Loss arising from or relating thereto (in accordance with the provisions of Article VII ) and shall or shall cause one of its Subsidiaries, as agent or subcontractor for such guarantor or obligor to pay, perform and discharge fully all the obligations or other Liabilities of such guarantor or obligor thereunder and (ii) each of HLT, PK and HGV, on behalf of themselves and the members of their respective Groups, agree not to renew or extend the term of, increase its obligations under, or Transfer to a third party, any loan, guarantee, lease, contract or other obligation for which another Party or member of such Partys Group is or may be liable without the prior written consent of such other Party, unless all obligations of such other Party and the other members of such Partys Group with respect thereto are thereupon terminated by documentation reasonably satisfactory in form and substance to such Party; provided , however , with respect to leases, in the event a Guaranty Release is not obtained and the relevant beneficiary wishes to extend the term of such guaranteed lease, then such beneficiary shall have the option of extending the term if it provides such security as is reasonably satisfactory to the guarantor under such guaranteed lease.
Section 2.9. Return of Assets and Payments .
(a) In the event that, at any time from and after the Effective Time, any Party (or any member of its Group) discovers that it or one of the members of its Group is the owner of, receives or
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otherwise comes to possess or benefit from any Asset (including the receipt of payments made pursuant to Contracts and proceeds from accounts receivable with respect to such Asset) or is liable for any Liability that is otherwise allocated to any Person that is a member of the other Group pursuant to this Agreement or any Ancillary Agreement (except in the case of any acquisition of Assets or assumption of Liabilities from the other Party for value subsequent to the Effective Time), such Party shall promptly Transfer, or cause to be Transferred, such Asset or Liability to the Person so entitled thereto (and the applicable Party shall cause such entitled Person to accept such Asset or Assume such Liability) for no further consideration. Prior to any such transfer, such Asset shall be held in accordance with the other provisions of Section 2.5 .
(b) After the Effective Time, each Party (or any member of its Group) may receive mail, packages and other communications properly belonging to another Party (or any member of its Group). Accordingly, at all times after the Effective Time, each Party is hereby authorized to receive and open all mail, packages and other communications received by such Party that belongs to such other Party, and to the extent that they do not relate to the business of the receiving Party, the receiving Party shall promptly deliver such mail, packages or other communications (or, in case the same also relates to the business of the receiving Party or another Party, copies thereof) to such other Party as provided for in Section 11.6 . The provisions of this Section 2.9(b) are not intended to, and shall not, be deemed to constitute an authorization by any Party to permit the other to accept service of process on its behalf and no Party is or shall be deemed to be the agent of any other Party for service of process purposes.
(c) As between any two Parties (and the members of their respective Group) all payments and reimbursements received after the Effective Time by any Party (or member of its Group) that relate to a Business, Asset or Liability of another Party (or member of its Group), shall be held by such Party in trust for the use and benefit of the Party entitled thereto (at the expense of the Party entitled thereto) and, promptly upon receipt by such Party of any such payment or reimbursement, such Party shall pay or shall cause the applicable member of its Group to pay over to the Party entitled thereto the amount of such payment or reimbursement without right of set-off.
Section 2.10. Disclaimer of Representations and Warranties . EACH OF HLT (ON BEHALF OF ITSELF AND EACH MEMBER OF THE HLT GROUP), PK (ON BEHALF OF ITSELF AND EACH MEMBER OF THE PK GROUP), AND HGV (ON BEHALF OF ITSELF AND EACH MEMBER OF THE HGV GROUP) UNDERSTANDS AND AGREES THAT, EXCEPT AS EXPRESSLY SET FORTH HEREIN, IN ANY ANCILLARY AGREEMENT OR IN ANY CONTINUING ARRANGEMENT, NO PARTY TO THIS AGREEMENT, ANY ANCILLARY AGREEMENT OR ANY OTHER AGREEMENT OR DOCUMENT CONTEMPLATED BY THIS AGREEMENT, ANY ANCILLARY AGREEMENTS OR OTHERWISE, IS REPRESENTING OR WARRANTING IN ANY WAY AS TO THE ASSETS, BUSINESSES OR LIABILITIES CONTRIBUTED, TRANSFERRED OR ASSUMED AS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY OR THEREBY, AS TO ANY CONSENTS OR GOVERNMENTAL APPROVALS REQUIRED IN CONNECTION HEREWITH OR THEREWITH, AS TO THE VALUE OR FREEDOM FROM ANY SECURITY INTERESTS, RESTRICTIONS ON TRANSFER, ENCUMBRANCE OR LIEN, NON-INFRINGEMENT, OR ANY OTHER MATTER CONCERNING, ANY ASSETS OF SUCH PARTY, OR AS TO THE ABSENCE OF ANY DEFENSES OR RIGHT OF SETOFF OR FREEDOM FROM COUNTERCLAIM WITH RESPECT TO ANY ACTION OR OTHER ASSET, INCLUDING ACCOUNTS RECEIVABLE, OF ANY PARTY, OR AS TO THE LEGAL SUFFICIENCY OF ANY CONTRIBUTION, ASSIGNMENT, DOCUMENT, CERTIFICATE OR INSTRUMENT DELIVERED HEREUNDER TO CONVEY TITLE TO ANY ASSET OR THING OF VALUE UPON THE EXECUTION, DELIVERY AND FILING HEREOF OR THEREOF. EXCEPT AS MAY EXPRESSLY BE SET FORTH HEREIN OR IN ANY ANCILLARY AGREEMENT, ALL SUCH ASSETS ARE BEING TRANSFERRED ON AN AS IS, WHERE IS BASIS (AND, IN THE CASE OF ANY REAL
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PROPERTY, BY MEANS OF A QUITCLAIM OR SIMILAR FORM DEED OR CONVEYANCE) AND THE RESPECTIVE TRANSFEREES SHALL BEAR THE ECONOMIC AND LEGAL RISKS THAT (I) ANY CONVEYANCE SHALL PROVE TO BE INSUFFICIENT TO VEST IN THE TRANSFEREE GOOD TITLE, FREE AND CLEAR OF ANY SECURITY INTEREST, RESTRICTIONS ON TRANSFER, ENCUMBRANCE OR LIEN AND (II) ANY NECESSARY CONSENTS OR GOVERNMENTAL APPROVALS ARE NOT OBTAINED OR THAT ANY REQUIREMENTS OF LAWS OR JUDGMENTS ARE NOT COMPLIED WITH.
ARTICLE III
CERTAIN ACTIONS AT OR PRIOR TO THE DISTRIBUTIONS
Section 3.1. Certificates of Incorporation; By-laws .
(a) PK . On or prior to the Distribution Date, all necessary actions shall be taken to adopt the form of amended and restated certificate of incorporation and form of amended and restated by-laws filed by PK with the Commission as exhibits to the PK Form 10, to be effective as of the Effective Time.
(b) HGV . On or prior to the Distribution Date, all necessary actions shall be taken to adopt the form of amended and restated certificate of incorporation and form of amended and restated by-laws filed by HGV with the Commission as exhibits to the HGV Form 10, to be effective as of the Effective Time.
Section 3.2. Directors .
(a) HLT . On or prior to the Distribution Date, HLT shall take all necessary actions, including procuring the resignations of the directors named on Schedule 3.2(a) , such that, at the Effective Time, its Board shall include the individuals named on Schedule 3.2(a) .
(b) PK . On or prior to the Distribution Date, HLT shall take all necessary action to cause the Board of Directors of PK to include, at the Effective Time, the individuals identified in the PK Information Statement as director nominees of PK.
(c) HGV . On or prior to the Distribution Date, HLT shall take all necessary action to cause the Board of Directors of HGV to include, at the Effective Time, the individuals identified in the HGV Information Statement as director nominees of HGV.
Section 3.3. Officers .
(a) HLT . On or prior to the Distribution Date, HLT shall take all necessary actions, including procuring the resignations of its officers, such that at the Effective Time its officers shall be the individuals named on Schedule 3.3(a) .
(b) PK . On or prior to the Distribution Date, HLT shall take all necessary action to cause the individuals identified as such in the PK Information Statement to be officers of PK as of the Effective Time.
(c) HGV . On or prior to the Distribution Date, HLT shall take all necessary action to cause the individuals identified as such in the HGV Information Statement to be officers of HGV as of the Effective Time.
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Section 3.4. Resignations and Removals .
(a) PK . On or prior to the Distribution Date or as soon thereafter as practicable, (i) HLT shall cause all of its employees and any employees of its Subsidiaries (excluding any employees of any member of the PK Group) to resign or be removed, effective as of the Effective Time, from all positions as officers or directors of any member of the PK Group in which they serve, and (ii) PK shall cause all of its employees and any employees of its Subsidiaries to resign, effective as of the Effective Time, from all positions as officers or directors of any members of the HLT Group or the HGV Group in which they serve.
(b) HGV . On or prior to the Distribution Date or as soon thereafter as practicable, (i) HLT shall cause all of its employees and any employees of its Subsidiaries (excluding any employees of any member of the HGV Group) to resign or be removed, effective as of the Effective Time, from all positions as officers or directors of any member of the HGV Group in which they serve, and (ii) HGV shall cause all of its employees and any employees of its Subsidiaries to resign, effective as of the Effective Time, from all positions as officers or directors of any members of the HLT Group or the PK Group in which they serve.
(c) No Person shall be required by any Party to resign from any position or office with another Party if such Person is disclosed in the applicable Information Statement as the Person who is to hold such position or office following the applicable Distribution.
ARTICLE IV
EFFECTING THE DISTRIBUTION; CONDITIONS TO THE DISTRIBUTION
Section 4.1. Stock Dividends to HLT Stockholders .
(a) PK . On the Distribution Date, HLT shall cause the Distribution Agent to distribute all of the outstanding shares of PK Common Stock then owned by HLT to holders of HLT Common Stock on the Distribution Record Date, and to credit the appropriate number of such shares of PK Common Stock to book entry accounts for each such holder or designated transferee or transferees of such holder of PK Common Stock. For stockholders of HLT who own HLT Common Stock through a broker or other nominee, their shares of HLT Common Stock shall be credited to their respective accounts by such broker or nominee. Unless otherwise provided for in the Employee Matters Agreement, each holder of HLT Common Stock on the Distribution Record Date (or such holders designated transferee or transferees) shall be entitled to receive in the PK Distribution one (1) share of PK Common Stock, or such other number of shares of PK Common Stock as shall have been approved by the Board and set forth in the PK Information Statement, for every share[s] of HLT Common Stock held by such stockholder. No action by any such stockholder shall be necessary for such stockholder (or such stockholders designated transferee or transferees) to receive the applicable number of shares (and, if applicable, cash in lieu of any fractional shares) of PK Common Stock such stockholder is entitled to in the PK Distribution. HLT shall cause the Distribution Agent to aggregate fractional shares to which holders of HLT Common Stock would otherwise be entitled into whole shares, sell the whole shares in the open market at prevailing market prices and distribute the aggregate net cash proceeds from the sales pro rata to each holder of HLT Common Stock who would otherwise have been entitled to receive a fractional share in the PK Distribution.
(b) HGV . On the Distribution Date, HLT shall cause the Distribution Agent to distribute all of the outstanding shares of HGV Common Stock then owned by HLT to holders of HLT Common Stock on the Distribution Record Date, and to credit the appropriate number of such shares of HGV Common
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Stock to book entry accounts for each such holder or designated transferee or transferees of such holder of HGV Common Stock. For stockholders of HLT who own HLT Common Stock through a broker or other nominee, their shares of HGV Common Stock shall be credited to their respective accounts by such broker or nominee. Unless otherwise provided for in the Employee Matters Agreement, each holder of HLT Common Stock on the Distribution Record Date (or such holders designated transferee or transferees) shall be entitled to receive in the HGV Distribution one (1) share of HGV Common Stock, or such other number of shares of HGV Common Stock as shall have been approved by the Board and set forth in the HGV Information Statement, for every share[s] of HLT Common Stock held by such stockholder. No action by any such stockholder shall be necessary for such stockholder (or such stockholders designated transferee or transferees) to receive the applicable number of shares (and, if applicable, cash in lieu of any fractional shares) of HGV Common Stock such stockholder is entitled in the HGV Distribution. HLT shall cause the Distribution Agent to aggregate fractional shares to which holders of HLT Common Stock would otherwise be entitled into whole shares, sell the whole shares in the open market at prevailing market prices and distribute the aggregate net cash proceeds from the sales pro rata to each holder of HLT Common Stock who would otherwise have been entitled to receive a fractional share in the HGV Distribution.
Section 4.2. Actions in Connection with the Distribution .
(a) Prior to the Distribution Date, each of PK and HGV shall file such amendments and supplements to their respective Form 10s as HLT may reasonably request, and such amendments as may be necessary in order to cause the same to become and remain effective as required by Law, including filing such amendments and supplements to their respective Form 10s as may be required by the Commission or federal, state or foreign securities Laws. Each of PK and HGV shall mail to the holders of HLT Common Stock, at such time on or prior to the Distribution Date as HLT shall determine, a Notice of Internet Availability of Information Statement Materials, as well as any other information concerning PK or HGV, as applicable, their business, operations and management, the Plan of Reorganization, the PK Distribution or HGV Distribution, as applicable, and such other matters as HLT shall reasonably determine are necessary and as may be required by Law. Promptly after receiving a request from HLT, to the extent requested, each of PK and HGV shall prepare and, in accordance with applicable Law, file with the Commission any such documentation that HLT reasonably determines is necessary or desirable to effectuate the applicable Distribution, and HLT, PK and HGV shall each use commercially reasonable efforts to obtain all necessary approvals from the Commission with respect thereto as soon as practicable.
(b) Each of PK and HGV shall use commercially reasonable efforts in preparing, filing with the Commission and causing to become effective, as soon as reasonably practicable (but in any case prior to the Effective Time), effective registration statements or amendments thereof which are required in connection with the establishment of, or amendments to, any employee benefit plans of such Party.
(c) To the extent not already approved and effective, each of PK and HGV shall use commercially reasonable efforts to have approved and made effective, the respective application for the original listing of the PK Common Stock and HGV Common Stock, as applicable, to be distributed in the applicable Distribution on the NYSE, subject to official notice of distribution.
(d) Each Party shall provide all cooperation reasonably requested by the other Parties that is necessary or desirable in connection with the Financing Arrangements.
(e) Nothing in this Section 4.2 shall be deemed to shift or otherwise impose Liability for any portion of such Form 10s or Information Statements to HLT.
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Section 4.3. Sole Discretion of HLT . HLT shall, in its sole and absolute discretion, determine the Distribution Date, the Effective Time and all other terms of the Distribution, including the form, structure and terms of any transactions and/or offerings to effect the Distribution and the timing of and conditions to the consummation thereof. In addition, HLT may, in accordance with Section 11.10, at any time and from time to time until the completion of the Distribution decide to abandon the PK Distribution and/or the HGV Distribution or modify or change the terms of the PK Distribution and/or the HGV Distribution, including by accelerating or delaying the timing of the consummation of all or part of the Distribution. Without limiting the foregoing, HLT shall have the right not to complete the Distribution if, at any time prior to the Effective Time, the Board shall have determined, in its sole discretion, that the Distribution is not in the best interests of HLT or its stockholders.
Section 4.4. Conditions to the Distribution . Subject to Section 4.3 , the following are conditions to the consummation of the Distribution. The conditions are for the sole benefit of HLT and shall not give rise to or create any duty on the part of HLT or the Board to waive or not waive any such condition.
(a) The applicable Form 10 shall have been declared effective by the Commission, no stop order suspending the effectiveness thereof shall be in effect, no proceedings for such purpose shall be pending before or threatened by the Commission, and the applicable Information Statement (or applicable Notice of Internet Availability of Information Statement Materials) shall have been mailed to the holders of HLT Common Stock;
(b) With respect to the (i) PK Distribution, the PK Common Stock to be delivered in the PK Distribution shall have been approved for listing on the NYSE, subject to official notice of distribution and (ii) HGV Distribution, the HGV Common Stock to be delivered in the HGV Distribution shall have been approved for listing on the NYSE, subject to official notice of distribution;
(c) Prior to the Distribution Date, HLT shall have obtained an opinion from Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP, its tax counsel, in form and substance satisfactory to HLT (in its sole discretion), to the effect that the Distribution should qualify as a tax-free distribution under Section 355 of the Code;
(d) On or prior to the Distribution Date, Blackstone shall have delivered the Waiver Letter to PK;
(e) Prior to the Distribution Date, with respect to the PK Distribution, PK shall have obtained an opinion from Hogan Lovells US LLP, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to PK, to the effect that, commencing with PKs taxable year ending December 31, 2016, PK should have been organized in conformity with the requirements for qualification as a REIT under the Code, and its proposed method of operation should enable it to meet the requirements for qualification and taxation as a REIT;
(f) The IRS Ruling shall not have been revoked or modified in any material respect;
(g) Prior to the Distribution Date, the Board shall have obtained opinions from a nationally recognized valuation firm, in form and substance satisfactory to HLT, with respect to the capital adequacy and solvency of each of HLT, PK and HGV after giving effect to the Distribution;
(h) Any material Governmental Approvals and other Consents necessary to consummate the applicable Distribution or any portion thereof shall have been obtained and be in full force and effect, it being understood that, for the avoidance of doubt, the Governmental Approvals and Consents contemplated by Section 2.5 shall not be deemed necessary to consummate any Distribution;
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(i) No order, injunction or decree issued by any Governmental Entity of competent jurisdiction or other legal restraint or prohibition preventing the consummation of all or any portion of the applicable Distribution shall be pending, threatened, issued or in effect, and no other event outside the control of HLT shall have occurred or failed to occur that prevents the consummation of all or any portion of the applicable Distribution;
(j) No other events or developments shall have occurred or failed to occur prior to the Distribution Date that, in the judgment of the Board, would result in the Distribution having a material adverse effect on HLT or its stockholders;
(k) The Financing Arrangements described in the applicable Information Statements as having occurred prior to the Distribution shall have been consummated on or prior to the Distribution;
(l) The Plan of Reorganization shall have been completed, except for such steps as HLT in its sole discretion shall have determined may be completed after the Effective Time;
(m) The actions and events set forth in Sections 3.1 , 3.2 and 3.3 shall have occurred;
(n) The Board shall have approved the Distribution, which approval may be given or withheld at its absolute and sole discretion;
(o) Each Specified Ancillary Agreement shall have been executed by each party thereto.
ARTICLE V
CERTAIN COVENANTS
Section 5.1. Intellectual Property . Each Party shall not use or exploit the Intellectual Property of the other Parties after the Effective Time, except (i) as permitted in the Ancillary Agreements, (ii) as required by applicable Law, (iii) as permitted by the fair use or similar doctrines or defenses, or (iv) for neutral, non-trademark use of the other Parties Trademarks to describe the history of each Partys respective business. Subject to the terms and conditions herein, effective as of the Distribution Date, HLT grants to the Subsidiaries of PK a non-exclusive, non-sublicensable, non-assignable license to continue to maintain and renew any corporate or trade name registrations that (i) contain any Trademarks owned by HLT or its Subsidiaries as of the Distribution Date, (ii) are owned by such Subsidiaries of PK as of the Distribution Date and (iii) are duly registered and are in good standing (and are used in connection with Subsidiaries of PK that exist and are in good standing) as of the Distribution Date. The above license does not give PK and its Subsidiaries the right to (a) file for new registrations containing any Trademarks owned by HLT or its Subsidiaries, (b) use any Trademarks owned by HLT or its Subsidiaries as the corporate, trade or other name of any entity not in existence and good standing as of the Distribution Date, (c) represent to any Person that PK or any of its Subsidiaries is affiliated with or doing business as HLT or an Affiliate thereof or (d) make trademark use of any Trademark owned by HLT or its Subsidiaries or apply to register or register any such Trademarks (as any type of Trademark) or use such Trademarks in any manner other than as set forth above.
Section 5.2. Administration of Specified Shared Expenses . HLT shall be responsible for administering each Specified Shared Expense. Each Party shall be responsible for payment of its Applicable Percentage of any Specified Shared Expense, except with respect to certain Specified Shared Expenses otherwise allocated among the Parties as set forth on Schedule 1.1(98) . HLT shall invoice each of PK and HGV on a quarterly basis, and PK and HGV shall each promptly following invoice reimburse HLT for its allocable share of such Specified Shared Expenses. In addition, HLT shall, in connection with each invoice, provide a quarterly estimated budget (for informational and planning purposes only) to PK and HGV of Specified Shared Expenses for the following quarter.
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Section 5.3. Cooperation . From and after the Effective Time and subject to compliance with the other provisions of this Agreement (including Section 8.6 ) and the Ancillary Agreements, each Party shall, and shall cause each of its respective Affiliates and employees to, (i) provide reasonable cooperation and assistance to each other Party (and any member of their respective Groups) in connection with the completion of the Plan of Reorganization (including assisting in the preparation of the Distributions) and the Distributions, (ii) provide knowledge transfer regarding its applicable Business or HLTs historical business at the reasonable request of another Party, (iii) reasonably assist each other Party in the orderly and efficient transition in becoming an independent company to the extent set forth in the Transition Services Agreement and (iv) reasonably assist each other Party to which such Party is providing or has provided services, as applicable, pursuant to the Transition Services Agreement, in connection with requests for information from, audits or other examinations of, such other Party by a Governmental Entity; in each case, except as set forth in Section 2.5 , as may otherwise be agreed to by the Parties in writing or as contemplated by the immediately following sentence, at no additional cost to the Party requesting such assistance other than for the actual out-of-pocket costs (which shall not include the costs of salaries and benefits of employees of such Party or any pro rata portion of overhead or other costs of employing such employees which would have been incurred by such employees employer regardless of the employees service with respect to the foregoing) incurred by any such Party, if applicable. If an employee of one Party is requested to dedicate a significant portion or his or her working time to a project requested by another Party, the Parties agree that such services shall only be provided if contemplated by the Transition Services Agreement, in which case such services shall be provided in accordance with the terms of the Transition Services Agreement. In furtherance of, and without limiting, the foregoing, each Party shall make reasonably available those employees with particular knowledge of any function or service of which another Party was not allocated the employees, agents or consultants involved in such function or service in connection with the Plan of Reorganization (including, employee benefits functions, risk management, etc.) and the Distributions.
Section 5.4. Periodic Meetings . Unless otherwise agreed to by the Parties, at least once during each fiscal quarter during the two (2) year period following the Distribution Date, the Parties shall hold a meeting for the purpose of sharing Information related to this Agreement, any Shared Contingent Liabilities or the preparation of any Partys financial statements. Each Party shall designate between one (1) and three (3) persons as its standing representatives for such meetings. The Managing Party shall be responsible for scheduling such meeting at reasonably consistent and convenient times and on no less than thirty (30) days notice. The Parties standing representatives and others may participate in such meetings in person or other medium by which all participants may hear each other.
Section 5.5. No Solicit; No Hire .
(a) None of HLT, PK or HGV or any member of their respective Groups shall, from the Effective Time through and including the date set forth on Schedule 5.5 , without the prior written consent of the applicable Party, directly or indirectly, recruit, solicit, hire or retain any person who is an employee specified on Schedule 5.5 of any other Party or its Subsidiaries as of the Effective Time or induce, or attempt to induce, any such employee to terminate his or her employment with, or otherwise cease his or her relationship with, any other Party or its Subsidiaries; provided , however , that (i) nothing in this Section 5.5 shall be deemed to prohibit any general solicitation for employment through advertisements and search firms not specifically directed at employees of such other applicable Party or, except with respect to employees defined as CEOs and Directly Reporting Employees on Schedule 5.5 , any hiring as a result thereof, and (ii) the prohibitions of this Section 5.5 shall not apply (A) with respect to employees who have been terminated by a Party and (B) following a Change in Control of HLT, PK or
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HGV, as applicable, with respect to the employees of such Party. The Parties agree that irreparable damage may occur in the event that the provisions of this Section 5.5 were not performed in accordance with their specific terms. Accordingly, it is hereby agreed that the Parties shall be entitled to an injunction or injunctions to enforce specifically the terms and provisions hereof in any court of the United States or any state having jurisdiction, this being in addition to any other remedy to which they are entitled at law or in equity. In respect of countries whose local Laws declare as invalid or unenforceable or prohibit any agreement between employers not to hire Employees (as defined in the Employee Matters Agreement) of the other, the Parties shall not have an agreement not to hire Employees of the other but agree not to actively solicit the services of each others Employees for such period on and after the Effective Time as specified in this Section 5.5 .
(b) For purposes of this Agreement, Change in Control shall mean, with respect to any of HLT, PK or HGV, the occurrence of any one of the following after the Effective Time: (i) the direct or indirect Transfer (other than by way of merger, amalgamation, arrangement or consolidation), in one or a series of related transactions, of all or substantially all of the properties or assets of HLT, PK or HGV, as applicable, and those of such Partys Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, to one or more Persons, other than to such Party or one of such Partys Subsidiaries; (ii) the first day on which a majority of the members of the board of directors of HLT, PK or HGV, as applicable, is not composed of Continuing Directors; (iii) the consummation of any transaction including any merger, amalgamation, arrangement or consolidation the result of which is that any Person becomes the beneficial owner, directly or indirectly, of more than 50% of the Voting Stock of HLT, PK or HGV, as applicable; (iv) any of HLT, PK or HGV, as applicable, consolidate with, or merge with or into, any Person, or any Person consolidates with, or merges with or into, any of HLT, PK or HGV, in any such event pursuant to a transaction in which any of the outstanding voting stock of HLT, PK or HGV, as applicable, or of such other Person is converted into or exchanged for cash, securities or other property, other than any such transaction where the shares of such Partys voting stock outstanding immediately prior to such transaction constitute, or are converted into or exchanged for, a majority of the voting stock of the surviving Person immediately after giving effect to such transaction; or (v) the adoption of a plan relating to the liquidation or dissolution (other than a liquidation into a newly formed holding company) of HLT, PK or HGV, as applicable. Notwithstanding the foregoing, a transaction described in clause (iii) above will not be deemed to involve a Change in Control if (a) HLT, PK or HGV, as applicable, becomes a direct or indirect wholly owned subsidiary of a holding company (which shall include a parent company) and (b)(A) the direct or indirect holders of the voting stock of such holding company immediately following that transaction are substantially the same as, and hold in substantially the same proportions as, the holders of such Partys voting stock immediately prior to that transaction or (B) immediately following that transaction no Person (other than a holding company satisfying the requirements of this sentence) is the beneficial owner, directly or indirectly of more than 50% of the then outstanding voting stock, measured by voting power, of such holding company. Following any such transaction referred to in the foregoing sentence, references in this definition to HLT, PK or HGV, as applicable, shall be deemed to refer to such holding company. For the purposes of this definition, person and beneficial owner have the meanings used in Section 13(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.
ARTICLE VI
SHARED CONTINGENT LIABILITIES
Section 6.1. Shared Contingent Liabilities . From and after the Effective Time, except as otherwise expressly set forth in this Article VI or the Tax Matters Agreement (with respect to Taxes) and without limiting the indemnification provisions of Article VII , HLT, PK and HGV shall each be responsible for (i) its Applicable Percentage of any Shared Contingent Liabilities pursuant to and in
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accordance with the relevant provisions of Article VII and, without duplication, (ii) its Applicable Percentage of any Specified Shared Expenses related to or arising out of any Shared Contingent Liability. Any amounts owed in respect of any Shared Contingent Liabilities other than Specified Shared Expenses (which are addressed pursuant to Section 5.2 ) shall be remitted promptly after the Party entitled to such amount provides an invoice (including reasonable supporting Information with respect thereto and a calculation of the amounts owed by each Party based on such Partys Applicable Percentage) to the Party or Parties owing such amount and such costs and expenses shall be included in the calculation of the amount of the applicable Shared Contingent Liability in determining the reimbursement obligations of the other Parties with respect thereto; provided , however , that if so directed by the Party providing the invoice, in lieu of remitting amounts directly to the Party providing the invoice, the owing Party shall remit the owed amount directly to the appropriate third party or parties or to an account established by the invoicing Party for the benefit of the Parties, in which case each Party shall contribute its Applicable Percentage of such amount to such account for the benefit of the Parties. It shall not be a defense to any obligation by any Party to pay any amounts, whether pursuant to this Article VI or in respect of Indemnifiable Losses pursuant to Article VII , in respect of any Shared Contingent Liability that (i) such Party was not consulted in the defense or management thereof, (ii) that such Partys views or opinions as to the conduct of such defense were not accepted or adopted, (iii) that such Party does not approve of the quality or manner of the defense thereof or (iv) that such Shared Contingent Liability was incurred by reason of a settlement rather than by a judgment or other determination of Liability.
Section 6.2. Management of Shared Contingent Liabilities .
(a) Managing Party shall initially mean HLT or such other Party as may be identified on Schedule 1.1(97) ; provided , however , another Party may become the Managing Party with respect to any Shared Contingent Liabilities or other matters set forth in this Agreement upon the prior written agreement of each of the Parties.
(b) Except as provided in the Tax Matters Agreement (with respect to management of Tax Contests), the Managing Party shall, on behalf of the other Parties, have sole and exclusive authority to, and shall actively and diligently, commence, prosecute, manage, control, conduct or defend (or assume or conduct the defense of) or otherwise determine all matters whatsoever (including, as applicable, litigation strategy and choice of legal counsel or other professionals) with respect to, on behalf of the other Parties, any Action or Third Party Claim with respect to a Shared Contingent Liability (including with respect to those Shared Contingent Liabilities set forth on Schedule 1.1(97) ). The Managing Party shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to promptly notify the other Parties in the event that it receives notice of any Shared Contingent Liability including any claim or demand relating thereto; provided , that the failure to provide such notice shall not give rise to any rights on the part of the other Parties against the Managing Party or affect any other provision of this Section 6.2 , except to the extent any Party is actually and materially prejudiced thereby in a manner different from any other Party. No Party other than the Managing Party shall consent to the entry of any judgment or enter into any settlement with respect to any Shared Contingent Liability without the prior written consent of the Managing Party and the other Party. Any settlement by the Managing Party shall be subject to without the prior written consent of the other Party, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed.
(c) The Managing Party shall on a quarterly basis, or if a material development occurs as soon as reasonably practicable thereafter, inform the other Parties of the status of and developments relating to any matter involving a Shared Contingent Liability and provide copies of any material document, notices or other materials related to such matters; provided , that the failure to provide any such information shall not be a basis for liability of the Managing Party except and solely to the extent the receiving Party shall have been actually and materially prejudiced thereby in a manner different than any other Party. Each Party shall cooperate fully with the Managing Party in its management of any of such
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Shared Contingent Liability and shall take such actions in connection therewith that the Managing Party reasonably requests (including providing access to such Partys Records and other Information and employees as set forth in Section 6.3 ).
(d) In the event of any dispute as to whether any Liability is a Shared Contingent Liability as set forth in Section 6.4(b) , the Managing Party may, but shall not be obligated to, commence prosecution or other assertion of such claim or right pending resolution of such dispute. In the event that the Managing Party commences any such prosecution or assertion and, upon resolution of the dispute (pursuant to Article IX or otherwise), it is determined that such Liability is not a Shared Contingent Liability and that such Liability belongs to another Party, pursuant to the provisions of this Agreement or any Ancillary Agreement, the Managing Party shall cease the prosecution or assertion of such right or claim and the applicable Parties shall cooperate to transfer the control thereof to the applicable other Party. In such event, the applicable other Party shall promptly reimburse the Managing Party (or any other Party who has fronted costs and expenses) for all out-of-pocket costs and expenses incurred to such date in connection with the prosecution or assertion of such claim or right (which shall not include the costs of salaries and benefits of employees of the Managing Party or any pro rata portion of overhead or other costs of employing such employees which would have been incurred by such employees employer regardless of the employees service with respect to the foregoing).
Section 6.3. Access to Information; Certain Services; Expenses .
(a) Access to Information and Employees by the Managing Party . Unless otherwise prohibited by Law, in connection with the management and disposition of any Shared Contingent Liability, each of the Parties shall make readily available to and afford to the Managing Party and its authorized accountants, counsel and other designated representatives reasonable access, subject to appropriate restrictions for classified Information, Confidential Information or Privileged Information, to the employees, properties, Records and other Information of such Party and the members of such Partys Group insofar as such access relates to the relevant Shared Contingent Liability; it being understood by the Parties that such access as well as any services provided pursuant to Section 6.3(b) below may require a significant time commitment on the part of such Partys employees and that any such commitment shall not otherwise limit any of the rights or obligations set forth in this Article VI ; it also being understood that such access and such services provided shall not unreasonably interfere with any of such Partys employees normal functions. Nothing in this Section 6.3(a) shall require any Party to violate any agreement with any third party regarding the confidentiality of confidential and proprietary information relating to that third party or its business; provided , however , that in the event that a Party is required to disclose any such Information, such Party shall use commercially reasonable efforts to seek to obtain such third partys written consent to the disclosure of such Information.
(b) Certain Services . Each of HLT, PK and HGV shall make available to the others, upon reasonable written request, its and its Subsidiaries officers, directors, employees, counsel and agents to assist in the management (including, if applicable, as witnesses in any Action) of any Shared Contingent Liabilities to the extent that such Persons may reasonably be required in connection with the prosecution, defense or day-to-day management of any Shared Contingent Liability. In respect of the foregoing, Schedule 1.1(97) sets forth certain identified Shared Contingent Liabilities, respectively, and identify (but do not limit) those employees and agents who shall assist the Managing Party in its management of such Shared Contingent Liabilities.
(c) Costs and Expenses Relating to Access by the Managing Party . Except as otherwise provided in any Ancillary Agreement, the provision of access and other services pursuant to this Section 6.3 (including by the Managing Party) shall be borne by the Party providing such access and services (other than for actual out-of-pocket costs and expenses, which shall constitute Specified Shared Expenses) and shall be shared by the other Parties accordingly.
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(d) Other Specified Shared Expenses . The Managing Party (and the Party or Parties providing assistance to the Managing Party pursuant to Section 6.3(b) ) shall be entitled, upon presentation of reasonable supporting documentation thereof, to reimbursement by the other Parties (in accordance with their Applicable Percentages) of any out-of-pocket costs and expenses (which shall include, in the case of the Managing Party, the pro rata portion of the costs of salaries and benefits of such employees with respect to whom at least % of their professional time over a period of one month or greater is dedicated to the management or defense of such Shared Contingent Liability) related to or arising out of defending or managing any such Shared Contingent Liability from PK and HGV, as applicable, from time to time when invoiced, but no more frequently than quarterly, in advance of a final determination or resolution of any Action related to a Shared Contingent Liability. Specified Shared Expenses in respect of Shared Contingent Liabilities shall also include the reasonable out-of-pocket costs and expenses of defending, managing or providing assistance to the Managing Party pursuant to Section 6.3(b) with respect to any Third Party Claim that is a Shared Contingent Liability, which shall include any amounts with respect to a bond, prepayment or similar security or obligation required (or determined to be advisable by the Managing Party) to be posted by the Managing Party in respect of any claim and shall not include the costs of salaries and benefits of employees or any pro rata portion of overhead or other costs of employing such employees which would have been incurred by such employees employer regardless of the employees service with respect to the foregoing).
Section 6.4. Notice Relating to Shared Contingent Liabilities; Disputes .
(a) In the event that any Party or any member of such Partys Group or any of their respective Affiliates, becomes aware of (i) any Liability that may be a Shared Contingent Liability, (ii) any matter or occurrence that has given or could give rise to a Shared Contingent Liability or (iii) any matter that is material and is reasonably relevant to the Managing Partys ongoing or future management, prosecution, defense and/or administration of any Shared Contingent Liability, such Party shall promptly (but in any event within thirty (30) days of becoming aware, unless, by its nature the subject matter of such notice would reasonably require earlier notice) notify each of the Managing Party and the other Party of any such matter (setting forth in reasonable detail the subject matter thereof); provided , however , that no Party shall be liable for the failure to provide such notice except and solely to the extent the Managing Party and the other Party shall have been actually prejudiced as a result of such failure in a manner different than any other Party.
(b) In the event that any Party disagrees whether a claim, obligation or Liability is a Shared Contingent Liability or whether such claim, obligation or Liability is a Liability allocated to one of the Parties pursuant to this Agreement or any Ancillary Agreement, then such matter shall be resolved pursuant to and in accordance with the dispute resolution provisions set forth in Article IX .
Section 6.5. Cooperation with Governmental Entity . If, in connection with any Shared Contingent Liability, a Party is required by Law to respond to and/or cooperate with a Governmental Entity, such Party shall be entitled to cooperate and respond to such Governmental Entity after, to the extent practicable under the specific circumstances, consultation with the Managing Party with respect to such Shared Contingent Liability; provided , that to the extent such consultation was not practicable such Party shall promptly inform the Managing Party of such cooperation and/or response to the Governmental Entity and the subject matter thereof. In the event that any Party is requested or required by any Governmental Entity in connection with any Shared Contingent Liability pursuant to written or oral question or request for Information or documents in any legal or administrative proceeding, review, interrogatory, subpoena, investigation, demand, or similar process, such Party shall notify the Managing Party promptly of the request or requirement and such Partys response thereto, and shall use
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commercially reasonable efforts to consult with the Managing Party with respect to the nature of such Partys response to the extent practicable and not in violation of any attorney-client Privilege or legal process.
Section 6.6. Default . In the event that one or more of the Parties defaults in any full or partial payment in respect of any Shared Contingent Liability (as provided in this Article VI and in Article VII ), including the payment of the costs and expenses of the Managing Party, then each non-defaulting Party (including HLT) shall be required to pay its relative Applicable Percentage of the amount in default; provided , however , that any such payment by a non-defaulting Party shall in no way release the defaulting Party from its obligations to pay its obligations in respect of such Shared Contingent Liability (both for past and future obligations) and any non-defaulting Party may exercise any available legal remedies available against such defaulting Party.
ARTICLE VII
INDEMNIFICATION
Section 7.1. Release of Pre-Distribution Claims .
(a) Except (i) as provided in Section 7.1(b) , (ii) as may be otherwise expressly provided in this Agreement or in any Ancillary Agreement and (iii) for any matter for which any Party is entitled to indemnification pursuant to this Article VII , each Party (A) for itself and each member of its respective Group, their respective Affiliates as of the Effective Time and all Persons who at any time prior to the Effective Time were directors, officers, agents or employees of any member of their Group (in their respective capacities as such), in each case, together with their respective heirs, executors, administrators, successors and assigns, does hereby remise, release and forever discharge the other Parties and the other members of such other Parties Group, their respective Affiliates and all Persons who at any time prior to the Effective Time were stockholders, directors, officers, agents or employees of any member of such other Parties (in their respective capacities as such), in each case, together with their respective heirs, executors, administrators, successors and assigns, from any and all Liabilities whatsoever, whether at Law or in equity (including any right of contribution), whether arising under any Contract, by operation of Law or otherwise, existing or arising from any acts or events occurring or failing to occur or alleged to have occurred or to have failed to occur or any conditions existing or alleged to have existed on or before the Effective Time, including in connection with the Plan of Reorganization and all other activities to implement the Plan of Reorganization and the Distributions and any of the other transactions contemplated hereunder and under the Ancillary Agreements and (B) in any event will not, and will cause its respective Subsidiaries not to, bring any Action or claim against any member of the other Groups in respect of any such Liabilities.
(b) Nothing contained in Section 7.1(a) shall impair or otherwise affect any right of any Party and, as applicable, a member of such Partys Group, to enforce this Agreement, any Ancillary Agreement or any agreements, arrangements, commitments or understandings contemplated in this Agreement or in any Ancillary Agreement to continue in effect after the Effective Time. In addition, nothing contained in Section 7.1(a) shall release any Person from:
(i) any Liability Assumed, Transferred or allocated to a Party or a member of such Partys Group pursuant to or contemplated by, or any other Liability of any member of such Group under, this Agreement or any Ancillary Agreement including (A) with respect to any Shared Contingent Liability, (B) with respect to HLT, any HLT Retained Liability, (C) with respect to PK, any Ownership Liability and (D) with respect to HGV, any Timeshare Liability;
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(ii) any Liability for unpaid amounts for products or services or refunds owing on products or services due on a value-received basis for work done by a member of one Group or its Affiliates at the request or on behalf of a member of another Group;
(iii) any Liability provided in or resulting from any other Contract or understanding that is entered into after the Effective Time between any Party (and/or a member of such Partys or Parties Group), on the one hand, and any other Party or Parties (and/or a member of such Partys or Parties Group), on the other hand;
(iv) any Liability with respect to any Continuing Arrangements set forth on Schedule 1.1(20) ; and
(v) any Liability that the Parties may have with respect to indemnification pursuant to this Agreement or otherwise for claims brought against the Parties by other Persons, which Liability shall be governed by the provisions of this Agreement and, in particular, this Article VII and, if applicable, the appropriate provisions of the Ancillary Agreements.
In addition, nothing contained in Section 7.1(a) shall release HLT from indemnifying any director, officer or employee of PK and HGV who was a director, officer or employee of HLT or any of its Affiliates prior to the Effective Time or the Distribution Date, as the case may be, to the extent such director, officer or employee is or becomes a named defendant in any Action with respect to which he or she was entitled to such indemnification pursuant to then existing obligations.
(c) Each Party shall not, and shall not permit any member of its Group to, make any claim, demand or offset, or commence any Action asserting any claim or demand, including any claim of contribution or any indemnification, against any other Party or any member of any other Partys Group, or any other Person released pursuant to Section 7.1(a) , with respect to any Liabilities released pursuant to Section 7.1(a) .
(d) It is the intent of each Party, by virtue of the provisions of this Section 7.1 , to provide, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable Law, for a full and complete release and discharge of all Liabilities existing or arising from all acts and events occurring or failing to occur or alleged to have occurred or to have failed to occur and all conditions existing or alleged to have existed at or before the Effective Time, whether known or unknown, between or among any Party (and/or a member of such Partys Group), on the one hand, and any other Party or Parties (and/or a member of such Partys or Parties Group), on the other hand (including any contractual agreements or arrangements existing or alleged to exist between or among any such members at or before the Effective Time), except as specifically set forth in Sections 7.1(a) and 7.1(b) . At any time, at the reasonable request of any other Party, each Party shall cause each member of its respective Group and, to the extent practicable, each other Person on whose behalf it released Liabilities pursuant to this Section 7.1 to execute and deliver releases, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable Law, reflecting the provisions hereof.
Section 7.2. Indemnification by HLT . Except as otherwise specifically set forth in any provision of this Agreement or of any Ancillary Agreement, following the Effective Time, HLT shall and shall cause the other members of the HLT Group to indemnify, defend and hold harmless the Ownership Indemnitees and the Timeshare Indemnitees from and against any and all Indemnifiable Losses of the Ownership Indemnitees and the Timeshare Indemnitees, respectively, arising out of, by reason of or otherwise in connection with (a) the HLT Retained Liabilities or alleged HLT Retained Liabilities or (b) any breach by HLT of any provision of this Agreement or any Ancillary Agreement unless such Ancillary Agreement expressly provides for separate indemnification therein, in which case any such indemnification claims shall be made thereunder. In furtherance of the foregoing, HLT and OpCo shall be jointly and severally liable to any of the Ownership Indemnitees for any and all Indemnifiable Losses of the Ownership Indemnitees arising out of, by reason of or otherwise in connection with the foregoing.
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Section 7.3. Indemnification by PK . Except as otherwise specifically set forth in any provision of this Agreement or of any Ancillary Agreement, following the Effective Time, PK shall and shall cause the other members of the PK Group to indemnify, defend and hold harmless the Managing and Franchising Indemnitees and the Timeshare Indemnitees from and against any and all Indemnifiable Losses of the Managing and Franchising Indemnitees and the Timeshare Indemnitees, respectively, arising out of, by reason of or otherwise in connection with (a) the Ownership Liabilities or alleged Ownership Liabilities or (b) any breach by PK of any provision of this Agreement or any Ancillary Agreement unless such Ancillary Agreement expressly provides for separate indemnification therein, in which case any such indemnification claims shall be made thereunder. In furtherance of the foregoing, any and all payments by PK or any other members of the PK Group in respect of Indemnifiable Losses of the Managing and Franchising Indemnitees arising out of, by reason of or otherwise in connection with the foregoing shall be made directly to OpCo or one or more of its Subsidiaries.
Section 7.4. Indemnification by HGV . Except as otherwise specifically set forth in any provision of this Agreement or of any Ancillary Agreement, following the Effective Time, HGV shall and shall cause the other members of the HGV Group to indemnify, defend and hold harmless the Managing and Franchising Indemnitees and the Ownership Indemnitees from and against any and all Indemnifiable Losses of the Managing and Franchising Indemnitees and the Ownership Indemnitees, respectively, arising out of, by reason of or otherwise in connection with (a) the Timeshare Liabilities or alleged Timeshare Liabilities or (b) any breach by HGV of any provision of this Agreement or any Ancillary Agreement unless such Ancillary Agreement expressly provides for separate indemnification therein, in which case any such indemnification claims shall be made thereunder.
Section 7.5. Procedures for Indemnification .
(a) Other than with respect to Third Party Claims, which shall be governed by Section 7.5(b) , and Shared Contingent Liabilities, which shall be governed by Section 6.4 , each Managing and Franchising Indemnitee, Ownership Indemnitee and Timeshare Indemnitee (each, an Indemnitee ) shall notify in writing, with respect to any matter that such Indemnitee has determined has given or could give rise to a right of indemnification under this Agreement or any Ancillary Agreement, the Party which is or may be required pursuant to this Article VII or pursuant to any Ancillary Agreement to make such indemnification (the Indemnifying Party ), within thirty (30) days of such determination, stating the amount of the Indemnifiable Loss claimed, if known, and method of computation thereof, and referring to the provisions of this Agreement in respect of which such right of indemnification is claimed by such Indemnitee or arises; provided , however , that the failure to provide such written notice shall not release the Indemnifying Party from any of its obligations except and solely to the extent the Indemnifying Party shall have been actually prejudiced as a result of such failure. Each such Indemnitee shall provide the applicable Indemnifying Party with reasonable access, upon reasonable prior written notice and during normal business hours, in a manner so as not to unreasonably interfere in any material respect with the normal business operations of such Indemnitee, to its books and records, properties and personnel relating to the claim the Indemnitee has determined has given or could give rise to a right of indemnification under this Agreement or any Ancillary Agreement.
(b) Third Party Claims . If a claim or demand is made against an Indemnitee by any Person who is not a party to this Agreement (a Third Party Claim ) as to which such Indemnitee is or may be entitled to indemnification pursuant to this Agreement or any Ancillary Agreement, such Indemnitee shall notify the Indemnifying Party in writing, and in reasonable detail, of the Third Party Claim promptly (and in any event within thirty (30) days) after receipt by such Indemnitee of written notice of the Third Party
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Claim; provided , however , that the failure to provide notice of any such Third Party Claim pursuant to this or the preceding sentence shall not release the Indemnifying Party from any of its obligations except and solely to the extent the Indemnifying Party shall have been actually prejudiced as a result of such failure. If any Party shall receive notice or otherwise learn of the assertion of a Third Party Claim which may reasonably be determined to be a Shared Contingent Liability, such Party, as appropriate, shall give the Managing Party written notice thereof within thirty (30) days after such Person becomes aware of such Third Party Claim subject to and in compliance with Section 6.4 ; provided, however, that if the first notice is a lawsuit or other notice documentation requiring a timely response, such notice documentation shall be delivered immediately (and in any event within five (5) Business Days). Thereafter, the Indemnitee shall deliver to the Indemnifying Party (and, if applicable, to the Managing Party), promptly (and in any event within five (5) Business Days) after the Indemnitees receipt thereof, copies of all notices and documents (including court papers) received by the Indemnitee relating to the Third Party Claim.
(c) Other than in the case of (i) a Shared Contingent Liability (the defense of which shall be assumed and controlled by the Managing Party) or (ii) Taxes addressed in the Tax Matters Agreement, an Indemnifying Party shall be entitled to participate in the defense of any Third Party Claim and, if it so chooses, to assume the defense thereof, at such Indemnifying Partys own cost and expense and by such Indemnifying Partys own counsel, that is reasonably acceptable (provided that insurer-appointed counsel shall be automatically deemed acceptable) to the applicable Indemnitees, within thirty (30) days of the receipt of such notice from such Indemnitees; provided, however, that the Indemnifying Party shall not be entitled to assume the defense of any Third Party Claim to the extent such Third Party Claim (x) is an allegation of a criminal violation or (ii) seeks injunctive relief against the Indemnitee but shall have the right to employ separate counsel to participate in (but not control) the defense, compromise or settlement thereof at its own expense. In connection with the Indemnifying Partys defense of a Third Party Claim, such Indemnitee shall have the right to employ separate counsel and to participate in (but not control) the defense, compromise, or settlement thereof, at its own expense and, in any event, shall cooperate with the Indemnifying Party in such defense and make available to the Indemnifying Party, at the Indemnifying Partys expense, all witnesses, pertinent Information, materials and information in such Indemnitees possession or under such Indemnitees control relating thereto as are reasonably required by the Indemnifying Party; provided , however , that in the event of a conflict of interest between the Indemnifying Party and the applicable Indemnitee(s), such Indemnitee(s) shall be entitled to retain, at the Indemnifying Partys expense, separate counsel as required by the applicable rules of professional conduct with respect to such matter; provided , further , that if (i) the Third Party Claim is not a Shared Contingent Liability and (ii) the Indemnifying Party has assumed the defense of the Third Party Claim but has specified, and continues to assert, any reservations or exceptions to such defense or to its liability therefor, then, in any such case, the reasonable fees and expenses of one separate counsel for all Indemnitees shall be borne by the Indemnifying Party.
(d) Notwithstanding any assumption of defense of a Third Party Claim by an Indemnifying Party in accordance with Section 7.5(c) , in the event that in the course of defending such Third Party Claim the Indemnifying Party or another Party shall become aware that the subject matter of such Third Party Claim relates to a Liability of another Party and not to a Liability of such Indemnifying Party, then the Indemnifying Party shall, subject to the prior written consent of the other Party to which such Liability belongs, use commercially reasonable efforts to transfer the defense of such claim to such other Party, and shall thereafter cooperate fully with such other Party in such defense and make available to such other Party, at such Partys expense, all witnesses, pertinent Information, materials and information in such Indemnifying Partys possession or under such Indemnifying Partys control relating to such Third Party Claim as are reasonably required by such other Party.
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(e) Other than in the case of a Shared Contingent Liability, if an Indemnifying Party fails for any reason to assume responsibility for defending a Third Party Claim within the time specified, such Indemnitee may defend such Third Party Claim at the cost and expense of the Indemnifying Party. However, the Indemnifying Party shall, subject to the prior written consent of the other Party to which such Liability belongs, use commercially reasonable efforts to transfer the defense of such claim to such other Party, and shall thereafter cooperate fully with such other Party in such defense and make available to such other Party, at such Partys expense, all witnesses, pertinent Information, materials and information in such Indemnifying Partys possession or under such Indemnifying Partys control relating to such Third Party Claim as are reasonably required by such other Party. If the Indemnitee is conducting the defense against any such Third Party Claim, the Indemnifying Party shall cooperate with the Indemnitee in such defense and make available to the Indemnitee, at the Indemnitees expense, all witnesses, pertinent Information, and material in such Indemnifying Partys possession or under such Indemnifying Partys control relating thereto as are reasonably required by the Indemnitee.
(f) Unless the Indemnifying Party has failed to assume the defense of the Third Party Claim in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, no Indemnitee may settle or compromise any Third Party Claim (with any Shared Contingent Liability governed by Article VI ) without the prior written consent of the Indemnifying Party, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed.
(g) In the case of a Third Party Claim (including in respect of a Shared Contingent Liability), no Indemnifying Party shall consent to entry of any judgment or enter into any settlement of the Third Party Claim without the prior written consent of the Indemnitee (not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed) if the effect thereof is to permit any injunction, declaratory judgment, other order or other non-monetary relief, to be entered, directly or indirectly, against any Indemnitee; it being understood that in the case of a Third Party Claim that is a Shared Contingent Liability, the Managing Party shall be subject to the same requirement to seek the consent of the other Parties in connection with any such judgment or settlement.
(h) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Article VII , subject to Article VI, the Managing Party shall, on behalf of the other Parties, have sole and exclusive authority to, and shall actively and diligently, commence, prosecute, manage, control, conduct or defend (or assume or conduct the defense of) or otherwise determine all matters whatsoever (including, as applicable, litigation strategy and choice of legal counsel or other professionals) with respect to any Action or Third Party Claim with respect to a Shared Contingent Liability.
(i) Except as otherwise set forth in Section 5.5 , Article VI and Section 8.6 , or as set forth in any Ancillary Agreement, absent fraud or willful misconduct by an Indemnifying Party, the indemnification provisions of this Article VII shall be the sole and exclusive remedy of an Indemnitee for any monetary or compensatory damages or losses resulting from any breach of this Agreement and each Indemnitee expressly waives and relinquishes any and all rights, claims or remedies such Person may have with respect to the foregoing other than under this Article VII against any Indemnifying Party. For the avoidance of doubt, all disputes in respect of this Article VII shall be resolved in accordance with Article IX .
Section 7.6. Cooperation in Defense and Settlement .
(a) With respect to any Third Party Claim that is not a Shared Contingent Liability and that implicates two or more Parties in any material respect due to the allocation of Liabilities, responsibilities for management of defense and related indemnities pursuant to this Agreement or any of the Ancillary Agreements, the applicable Parties agree to use commercially reasonable efforts to cooperate fully and maintain a joint defense (in a manner that will preserve for all Parties any Privilege with respect thereto). The Party that is not responsible for managing the defense of any such Third Party Claim shall, upon reasonable request, be consulted with respect to significant matters relating thereto and may, if necessary or helpful, retain counsel to assist in the defense of such claims.
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(b) Each of HLT, PK and HGV agrees that at all times from and after the Effective Time, if an Action is commenced by a third party naming two (2) or more Parties (or any member of such Parties respective Groups) as defendants and with respect to which one or more named Parties (or any member of such Partys respective Group) is a nominal defendant and/or such Action is otherwise not a Liability allocated to such named Party under this Agreement or any Ancillary Agreement, then the other Party or Parties shall use commercially reasonable efforts to cause such nominal defendant to be removed from such Action, as soon as reasonably practicable.
Section 7.7. Indemnification Payments . Indemnification required by this Article VII shall be made by periodic payments of the amount of Indemnifiable Losses in a timely fashion during the course of the investigation or defense, as and when bills are received or an Indemnifiable Loss incurred.
Section 7.8. Indemnification Obligations Net of Insurance Proceeds and Other Amounts .
(a) Any Indemnifiable Loss subject to indemnification pursuant to this Article VII including, for the avoidance of doubt, in respect of any Shared Contingent Liability, shall be calculated (i) net of insurance proceeds that actually reduce the amount of the Indemnifiable Loss, (ii) net of any proceeds received by the Indemnitee from any third party for indemnification for such Liability that actually reduce the amount of the Indemnifiable Loss ( Third Party Proceeds ) and (iii) net of any Tax benefits actually realized in accordance with, and subject to, the principles set forth or referred to in Section 7.3 of the Tax Matters Agreement, and increased in accordance with, and subject to, the principles set forth in Section 7.3 of the Tax Matters Agreement. Accordingly, the amount which any Indemnifying Party is required to pay pursuant to this Article VII to any Indemnitee pursuant to this Article VII shall be reduced by any Insurance Proceeds or Third Party Proceeds theretofore actually recovered by or on behalf of the Indemnitee in respect of the related Indemnifiable Loss. If an Indemnitee receives a payment required by this Agreement from an Indemnifying Party in respect of any Indemnifiable Loss (an Indemnity Payment ) and subsequently receives Insurance Proceeds or Third Party Proceeds, then the Indemnitee shall pay to the Indemnifying Party an amount equal to the excess of the Indemnity Payment received over the amount of the Indemnity Payment that would have been due if the Insurance Proceeds or Third Party Proceeds had been received, realized or recovered before the Indemnity Payment was made.
(b) The Parties acknowledge that the indemnification provisions hereof do not relieve any insurer who would otherwise be obligated to pay any claim to pay such claim. In furtherance of the foregoing, the Indemnitee shall use commercially reasonable efforts to seek to collect or recover any Insurance Proceeds and any Third Party Proceeds (other than Insurance Proceeds under an arrangement where future premiums are adjusted to reflect prior claims in excess of prior premiums or Insurance Proceeds under the Excluded Policies) to which the Indemnitee is entitled in connection with any Indemnifiable Loss for which the Indemnitee seeks indemnification pursuant to this Article VII ; provided , that the Indemnitees inability to collect or recover any such Insurance Proceeds or Third Party Proceeds (despite having used commercially reasonable efforts) shall not limit the Indemnifying Partys obligations hereunder.
Section 7.9. Additional Matters; Survival of Indemnities .
(a) The indemnity agreements contained in this Article VII shall remain operative and in full force and effect, regardless of (i) any investigation made by or on behalf of any Indemnitee; (ii) the knowledge by the Indemnitee of Indemnifiable Losses for which it might be entitled to indemnification hereunder; and (iii) any termination of this Agreement following the Effective Time.
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(b) The rights and obligations of each Party and their respective Indemnitees under this Article VII shall survive the sale or other Transfer by any Party or its respective Subsidiaries of any Assets or businesses or the assignment by it of any Liabilities, with respect to any Indemnifiable Loss of any Indemnitee related to such Assets, businesses or Liabilities.
(c) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, in the event that counsel or independent accountants for a Protected REIT determine that there exists a material risk that any indemnification payments due under this Agreement would be treated as Nonqualifying Income upon the payment of such amounts to the relevant Indemnitee, the amount paid to the Indemnitee pursuant to this Agreement in any tax year shall not exceed the maximum amount that can be paid to the Indemnitee in such year without causing the Protected REIT to fail to meet the REIT Requirements for any tax year, determined as if the payment of such amount were Nonqualifying Income as determined by such counsel or independent accountants to the Protected REIT. If the amount payable for any tax year pursuant to the preceding sentence is less than the amount which the relevant Indemnifying Party would otherwise be obligated to pay to the relevant Indemnitee pursuant to this Agreement (the Expense Amount ), then: (1) the Indemnifying Party shall place the Expense Amount into an escrow account (the Escrow Account ) using an escrow agent and agreement reasonably acceptable to the Indemnitee (which shall include that (y) the amount in the Escrow Account shall be treated as the property of the Indemnifying Party, unless it is released from such Escrow Account to the Indemnitee, and (z) all income earned upon the amount in the Escrow Account shall be treated as the property of the Indemnifying Party and reported, as and to the extent required by applicable Law, by the escrow agent to the Internal Revenue Service ( IRS ), or any other taxing authority, on IRS Form 1099 or 1042S (or other appropriate form) as income earned by the Indemnifying Party whether or not said income has been distributed during such taxable year) and shall not release any portion thereof to the Indemnitee, and the Indemnitee shall not be entitled to any such amount, unless and until the Indemnitee delivers to the Indemnifying Party, at the sole option of the relevant Protected REIT, (i) an opinion (an Expense Amount Tax Opinion ) of the Protected REITs tax counsel to the effect that such amount, if and to the extent paid, would not constitute Nonqualifying Income, (ii) a letter (an Expense Amount Accountant s Letter ) from the Protected REITs independent accountants indicating the maximum portion of the Expense Amount that can be paid at that time to the Indemnitee without causing the Protected REIT to fail to meet the REIT Requirements for any relevant taxable year, or (iii) a private letter ruling issued by the IRS to the Protected REIT indicating that the receipt of any Expense Amount hereunder will not cause the Protected REIT to fail to satisfy the REIT Requirements (a REIT Qualification Ruling and, collectively with an Expense Amount Tax Opinion and an Expense Amount Accountants Letter, a Release Document ); (2) pending the delivery of a Release Document by the Indemnitee to the Indemnifying Party, the Indemnitee shall have the right, but not the obligation, to borrow the Expense Amount from the Escrow Account pursuant to a loan agreement reasonably acceptable to the Indemnitee that (i) requires the Indemnifying Party to lend the Indemnitee immediately available cash proceeds in an amount equal to the Expense Amount, and (ii) provides for (A) a commercially reasonable interest rate and commercially reasonable covenants, taking into account the credit standing and profile of the Indemnitee or any guarantor of the Indemnitee, including the Protected REIT, at the time of such loan, and (B) a fifteen (15) year maturity with no periodic amortization; and (3) the Indemnitee shall bear all costs and expenses with respect to the escrow as contemplated by clauses (1) and (2) in this Section 7.9(c) .
ARTICLE VIII
PRESERVATION OF RECORDS; ACCESS TO INFORMATION; CONFIDENTIALITY; PRIVILEGE
Section 8.1. Preservation of Corporate Record s
(a) The Parties shall comply with those document retention policies as shall be set forth on Schedule 8.1(a) hereto or otherwise established and agreed to in writing by their respective authorized officers at or prior to the Effective Time in respect of Records and related matters.
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(b) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein and other than with respect to Tax Records (in which event the provisions of the Tax Matters Agreement shall govern), if on or before the sixth (6th) anniversary of the Distribution Date HLT (or any Affiliate of HLT) wishes to destroy any Records that were in existence as of the Effective Date, then HLT shall (or shall cause such Affiliate to) give sixty (60) days prior written notice, including a reasonable description of the Records it wishes to destroy, to the other Parties and (to the extent permitted by applicable Law) each other Party shall have the right at its option and expense, upon prior written notice given within such sixty (60) day period to the other two Parties, to take possession or make copies of such Records within thirty (30) days after the date such notice is given by such Party to the other Parties, it being understood that in the event both other Parties wish to take possession of such Records, such Parties shall (i) agree on which Party shall be entitled to retain such Records and (ii) share equally the reasonable costs incurred by the other non-destroying Party in making copy of such Records within such thirty (30) day period.
Section 8.2. Financial Statements and Accounting . Each Party agrees to provide the following assistance and reasonable access to its properties, Records, other Information and personnel set forth in this Section 8.2 , (i) at any time, with the consent of the other applicable Party (not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed) for reasonable business purposes relating to financial reporting and other regulatory obligations (including disclosure obligations) or other obligations to Governmental Entities; (ii) from the Effective Time until the later of (a) March 31, 2019 and (b) completion of each Partys audit for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2016, in connection with the preparation and audit of each Partys financial statements for the fiscal years ended December 31, 2016 and 2017 (including financial statements for any interim periods), the printing, filing and public dissemination of such financial statements and the audit of each Partys internal controls over financial reporting and managements assessment thereof and managements assessment of each Partys disclosure controls and procedures, if required; (iii) in the event that any Party changes its independent auditors within three (3) years following the Distribution Date, then such Party may request reasonable access on the terms set forth in this Section 8.2 for a period of up to one hundred and eighty (180) days from such change; and (iv) to the extent reasonably necessary to respond (and for the limited purpose of responding) to any written request or official comment from a Governmental Entity, such as in connection with responding to a comment letter from the Commission. Without limiting the foregoing, each Party agrees as follows:
(a) Financial Statements . Each Party shall provide reasonable access to the other Party in accordance with the timing set forth on Schedule 8.2(a) to all Information reasonably required to meet its schedule for the preparation, printing, filing, and public dissemination of its quarterly and annual financial statements and for managements assessment of the effectiveness of its disclosure controls and procedures and its internal controls over financial reporting in accordance with Items 307 and 308, respectively, of Regulation S-K and, to the extent applicable to such Party, its auditors audit of its internal controls over financial reporting and managements assessment thereof in accordance with Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 and the Commissions and the Public Company Accounting Oversight Boards rules and auditing standards thereunder, if required (such assessments and audit being referred to as the Internal Control Audit and Management Assessments ). Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, each Party shall provide all required financial and other Information with respect to itself and its Subsidiaries to its auditors in a sufficient and reasonable time and in sufficient detail to permit its auditors to take all steps and perform all reviews necessary to provide sufficient assistance, if requested, to each other Partys auditors with respect to Information to be included or contained in such other Partys annual financial statements and to permit such other Partys auditors and management to complete the Internal Control Audit and Management Assessments, for 2016 and 2017.
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(b) Access to Personnel and Records . Except to the extent otherwise contemplated by the Ancillary Agreements, each Party shall authorize its respective auditors to make reasonably available to each other Partys auditors (each such other Partys auditors, collectively, the Other Parties Auditors ) both the personnel who performed or are performing the annual audits of such audited Party (each such Party with respect to its own audit, the Audited Party ) and work papers related to the annual audits of such Audited Party (subject to the execution of any reasonable and customary access letters that such Audited Partys auditors may require in connection with the review of such work papers by such Other Parties Auditors), in all cases within a reasonable time prior to such Audited Partys auditors opinion date, so that the Other Parties Auditors are able to perform the procedures they reasonably consider necessary to take responsibility for the work of the Audited Partys auditors as it relates to their auditors report on such other Partys financial statements, all within sufficient time to enable such other Party to meet its timetable for the printing, filing and public dissemination of its annual financial statements. Each Party shall make reasonably available to the other Parties and to such Other Parties Auditors and management its personnel and Records and other Information in a reasonable time prior to the Other Parties Auditors opinion date and other Parties managements assessment date so that the Other Parties Auditors and other Parties management are able to perform the procedures they reasonably consider necessary to conduct the Internal Control Audit and Management Assessments for 2016 and 2017.
(c) Annual Reports . Each Party shall deliver to the other Parties a reasonably complete draft of the first report on Form 10-K to be filed with the Commission (or otherwise) that includes its respective financial statements (in the form expected to be covered by the audit report of such Partys independent auditors) for the year ended December 31, 2016 (such reports, collectively, the Annual Reports ), on or prior to the time set forth on Schedule 8.2(c) ; provided , however , that each Party may continue to revise its respective Annual Report prior to the filing thereof, which changes shall be delivered to the other Parties as soon as reasonably practicable. Each Party shall notify the other Parties, as soon as reasonably practicable after becoming aware thereof, of any material accounting differences between the financial statements to be included in such Partys Annual Report and the pro-forma financial statements included, as applicable, in the PK Form 10 or the HGV Form 10 or the Form 8-K to be filed by HLT with the Commission on or about the time of the Distribution. If any such differences are notified by any Party, the Parties shall confer and/or meet as soon as reasonably practicable thereafter, and in any event prior to the filing of any Annual Report, to consult with each other in respect of such differences and the effects thereof on the Parties Annual Reports.
(d) Nothing in this Article VIII shall require any Party to violate any agreement with any third party regarding the confidentiality of confidential and proprietary Information relating to that third party or its business; provided , however , that in the event that a Party is required under this Section 8.2 to disclose any such Information, such Party shall use commercially reasonable efforts to seek to obtain such third partys written consent to the disclosure of such Information.
Section 8.3. Provision of Corporate Records . Other than in circumstances in which indemnification is sought pursuant to Article VII (in which event the provisions of such Article shall govern) or for matters related to provision of Tax Records (in which event the provisions of the Tax Matters Agreement shall govern) and without limiting the applicable provisions of Article VI , and subject to appropriate restrictions for classified Information, Privileged Information or Confidential Information:
(a) after the Effective Time, upon the prior written request by PK or HGV for specific and identified Information which relates to (x) PK or HGV or the conduct of the Ownership Business or the Timeshare Business, as the case may be, prior to the Effective Time or (y) any Ancillary Agreement to which HLT and one or more of PK and/or HGV are parties, as applicable, HLT shall provide, as soon as reasonably practicable following the receipt of such request, appropriate copies of such Information (or the originals thereof if the Party making the request is the owner of such originals or has a reasonable need for such originals) in the possession or control of HLT or any of its Affiliates or Subsidiaries;
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(b) after the Effective Time, upon the prior written request by HLT or HGV for specific and identified Information which relates to (x) HLT or HGV or the conduct of the HLT Retained Business or Timeshare Business, as the case may be, prior to the Effective Time or (y) any Ancillary Agreement to which PK and one or more of HLT and/or HGV are parties, as applicable, PK shall provide, as soon as reasonably practicable following the receipt of such request, appropriate copies of such Information (or the originals thereof if the Party making the request is the owner of such originals or has a reasonable need for such originals) in the possession or control of PK or any of its Subsidiaries; and
(c) after the Effective Time, upon the prior written request by HLT or PK for specific and identified Information which relates to (x) HLT or PK or the conduct of the HLT Retained Business or Ownership Business, as the case may be, prior to the Effective Time or (y) any Ancillary Agreement to which HGV and one or more of HLT and/or PK are parties, as applicable, HGV shall provide, as soon as reasonably practicable following the receipt of such request, appropriate copies of such Information (or the originals thereof if the Party making the request is the owner of such originals or has a reasonable need for such originals) in the possession or control of HGV or any of its Subsidiaries;
provided that, to the extent any originals (other than originals that are owned by the requesting Party) are delivered to any requesting Party pursuant to this Agreement or the Ancillary Agreements, such Party shall, at its own expense, return them to the Party having provided such originals within a reasonable time after the need to retain such originals has ceased.
Section 8.4. Witness Services . Except in the event any Parties are opposing one another in an Action, in which case normal discovery rules shall apply, at all times from and after the Effective Time, each of HLT, PK and HGV shall use its commercially reasonable efforts (including as described on Schedule 8.4 ) to make available to the others, upon reasonable written request, its and its Subsidiaries former (to the extent practicable), current (to the extent practicable) and future directors, officers, employees, other personnel and agents of such Party as witnesses and any Records or other Information within its control or which it otherwise has the ability to make available (other than materials covered by any Privilege) to the extent that such Persons (giving consideration to business demands of such directors, officers, employees, other personnel and agents) or Records or other Information may reasonably be required to testify, in the case of Persons, or be provided, in the case of Records or Information, in connection with the prosecution or defense of any Action in which the requesting Party may from time to time be involved (except for claims, demands or Actions between members of each Group). A Party providing a witness to the other Party under this Section 8.4 shall be entitled to receive from the recipient of such witness services, upon the presentation of invoices therefor, payments for such amounts, relating to supplies, disbursements and other out-of-pocket expenses (which shall not include the costs of salaries and benefits of employees who are witnesses or any pro rata portion of overhead or other costs of employing such employees which would have been incurred by such employees employer regardless of the employees service as witnesses), as may be reasonably incurred and properly paid under applicable Law.
Section 8.5. Reimbursement . Except to the extent otherwise contemplated by this Agreement (including Section 6.3 ) or any Ancillary Agreement, a Party providing Information or access to Information to the other Party under this Article VIII shall be entitled to receive from the recipient, upon the presentation of invoices therefor, payments for such amounts, relating to supplies, disbursements and other out-of-pocket expenses (which shall not include the costs of salaries and benefits of employees of such Party or any pro rata portion of overhead or other costs of employing such employees which would have been incurred by such employees employer regardless of the employees service with respect to the foregoing), as may be reasonably incurred in providing such Information or access to such Information.
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Section 8.6. Confidentiality
(a) Notwithstanding any termination of this Agreement, except with the prior written consent of the Party to whom the Confidential Information relates (which consent may be withheld in such Partys sole and absolute discretion, except where disclosure is required by applicable Law), each Party shall, and shall cause each of its respective Subsidiaries to, and shall cause its and their respective officers, employees, agents, consultants and advisors to, (i) hold in strict confidence and (ii) not disclose or release or, unless otherwise permitted by this Agreement or any Ancillary Agreement, use any and all Confidential Information (as defined herein) concerning or belonging to the other Parties; provided , that each Party may disclose, or may permit disclosure of, Confidential Information (A) to its respective auditors, attorneys, financial advisors, bankers and other appropriate consultants and advisors who have a need to know such Information and are informed of the obligation to hold such Information confidential and in respect of whose failure to comply with such obligations, the applicable Party will be responsible, (B) if any Party or any of its respective Subsidiaries is required or compelled to disclose any such Confidential Information by judicial or administrative process or by other requirements of Law or stock exchange rule or is advised by outside counsel in connection with a governmental proceeding that it is advisable to do so, (C) as required in connection with any legal or other proceeding by one Party against any other Party, (D) as necessary to permit a Party to prepare and disclose its financial statements, Tax Returns or other required disclosures, (E) as necessary for a Party to enforce its rights or perform its obligations under this Agreement or an Ancillary Agreement (including as necessary to obtain consents from third parties to any of the transactions contemplated hereby), (F) to Governmental Entities in accordance with applicable procurement regulations and contract requirements or (G) to other Persons in connection with their evaluation of, and negotiating and consummating, a potential strategic transaction, to the extent reasonably necessary in connection therewith, provided an appropriate and customary confidentiality agreement has been entered into with the Person receiving such Confidential Information. If any demand or request for disclosure of Confidential Information is made pursuant to clause (B), (C), (D), (E) or (F) above, each Party, as applicable, shall promptly notify (to the extent permissible by Law) the Party to whom the Confidential Information relates of the existence of such request, demand or disclosure requirement and shall provide such affected Party a reasonable opportunity to seek an appropriate protective order or other remedy, which such Party will cooperate in obtaining to the extent reasonably practicable. In the event that such appropriate protective order or other remedy is not obtained, the Party which faces the disclosure requirement shall furnish only that portion of the Confidential Information that is required to be disclosed and shall take commercially reasonable steps to ensure that confidential treatment is accorded such Confidential Information. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any Confidential Information of or concerning one or more other Parties, its or their Groups and/or Subsidiaries, to the extent such information is comingled and inseparable from Confidential Information concerning one or more other Parties, its or their Groups and/or Subsidiaries, shall not be the Confidential Information of any such Party, and all concerned Parties may use or disclose it without the consent of any other Party.
(b) The Parties agree that irreparable damage may occur in the event that the provisions of this Section 8.6 were not performed in accordance with their specific terms. Accordingly, it is hereby agreed that the Parties shall be entitled to seek an injunction or injunctions to enforce specifically the terms and provisions hereof, without posting bond or other security, in any court of competent jurisdiction, this being in addition to any other remedy to which they are entitled at law or in equity.
(c) For the avoidance of doubt, the disclosure and sharing of Privileged Information shall be governed by Section 8.7 and not by this Section 8.6 .
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Section 8.7. Privilege Matters .
(a) Pre-Separation Services . The Parties recognize that legal and other professional services that have been and will be provided prior to the Effective Time have been and will be rendered for the collective benefit of each of the members of the HLT Group, the PK Group and the HGV Group, and that each of the members of the HLT Group, the PK Group and the HGV Group should be deemed to be the client with respect to such pre-separation services for the purposes of asserting all privileges, immunities, or other protections from disclosure which may be asserted under applicable Law, including attorney-client privilege, business strategy privilege, joint defense privilege, common interest privilege, and protection under the work-product doctrine ( Privilege ). The Parties shall have a shared Privilege with respect to all Information subject to Privilege ( Privileged Information ) which relates to such pre-separation services. For the avoidance of doubt, Privileged Information within the scope of this Section 8.7 includes, but is not limited to, services rendered by legal counsel retained or employed by any Party (or any member of such Partys respective Group), including outside counsel and in-house counsel.
(b) Post-Separation Services . The Parties recognize that legal and other professional services will be provided following the Effective Time to each of HLT, PK and HGV. The Parties further recognize that certain of such post-separation services will be rendered solely for the benefit of HLT, PK or HGV, as the case may be, while other such post-separation services may be rendered with respect to claims, proceedings, litigation, disputes or other matters which involve two or more of HLT, PK or HGV. With respect to such post-separation services and related Privileged Information, the Parties agree as follows:
(i) All Privileged Information relating to any claims, proceedings, litigation, disputes or other matters which involve two or more of HLT, PK or HGV shall be subject to a shared Privilege among the Parties involved in the claims, proceedings, litigation, disputes or other matters at issue;
(ii) Except as otherwise provided in Section 8.7(b)(i) , Privileged Information relating to post-separation services provided solely to one of HLT, PK or HGV shall not be deemed shared between the Parties, provided , that the foregoing shall not be construed or interpreted to restrict the right or authority of two or more Parties (x) to enter into any further agreement, not otherwise inconsistent with the terms of this Agreement, concerning the sharing of Privileged Information or (y) otherwise to share Privileged Information without waiving any Privilege which could be asserted under applicable Law; and
(iii) Each of HLT, PK or HGV shall be entitled, in perpetuity, to control the assertion or waiver of all privileges in connection with Privileged Information which relates solely to the HLT Retained Business, Ownership Business or Timeshare Business, as applicable, whether or not the Privileged Information is in the possession of or under the control of HLT, PK or HGV, as applicable, or the other Parties (or their respective Affiliates).
(c) The Parties agree as follows regarding all Privileged Information with respect to which the Parties shall have a shared Privilege under Section 8.7(a) or (b) :
(i) Subject to Section 8.7(c)(iii) and (iv) , no Party may waive any Privilege which could be asserted under any applicable Law, and in which any other Party has a shared Privilege, without the consent of the other Party, which shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed. Consent shall be in writing, or shall be deemed to be granted unless written objection is made within ten (10) Business Days after written notice by the requesting Party to the Party whose consent is sought;
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(ii) If a dispute arises between or among the Parties or their respective Subsidiaries regarding whether a Privilege should be waived to protect or advance the interest of any Party, each Party agrees that it shall negotiate in good faith, shall endeavor to minimize any prejudice to the rights of the other Parties, and shall not unreasonably withhold consent to any request for waiver by another Party. Each Party specifically agrees that it shall not withhold consent to waive for any purpose except to protect its own legitimate interests;
(iii) If, within ten (10) Business Days of receipt by the requesting Party of written objection, the Parties have not succeeded in negotiating a resolution to any dispute regarding whether a Privilege should be waived, and the requesting Party determines that a Privilege should nonetheless be waived to protect or advance its interest, the requesting Party shall provide the objecting Party ten (10) Business Days written notice prior to effecting such waiver. Each Party specifically agrees that failure within ten (10) Business Days of receipt of such notice to commence proceedings in a court of competent jurisdiction to enjoin such disclosure under applicable Law shall be deemed full and effective consent to such disclosure; and
(iv) In the event of any litigation or dispute between or among any of the Parties, or any members of their respective Groups, either such Party may waive a Privilege in which the other Party or member of such Group has a shared Privilege, without obtaining the consent of the other Party; provided , that such waiver of a shared Privilege shall be effective only as to the use of Privileged Information with respect to the litigation or dispute between the relevant Parties and/or the applicable members of their respective Groups, and shall not operate as a waiver of the shared Privilege with respect to third parties.
(d) The transfer of all Information pursuant to this Agreement is made in reliance on the agreement of HLT, PK or HGV as set forth in Sections 8.6 and this Section 8.7 , to maintain the confidentiality of Privileged Information and to assert and maintain any applicable Privilege. The access to Information being granted pursuant to Sections 6.3 , 7.6 , 8.2 and 8.3 hereof, the agreement to provide witnesses and individuals pursuant to Sections 6.3 , 7.6 and 8.4 hereof, the furnishing of notices and documents and other cooperative efforts contemplated by Sections 6.5 and 7.6 hereof, and the transfer of Privileged Information between and among the Parties and their respective Subsidiaries pursuant to this Agreement shall not be deemed a waiver of any Privilege that has been or may be asserted under this Agreement or otherwise.
(e) Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary in this Section 8.7 , the Party responsible under the Tax Matters Agreement for controlling a Tax Contest shall have the authority to disclose or not disclose, in its sole discretion, any and all Privileged Information to (i) any Taxing Authority (as defined in the Tax Matters Agreement) conducting a Tax Contest or (ii) to third parties in connection with connection with the defense of a Tax Contest, including expert witnesses, accountants and other advisors, potential witnesses and other parties whose assistance is deemed, in the sole discretion of such Party, to be necessary or beneficial to representing the interests of the Parties hereunder.
Section 8.8. Ownership of Information . Any Information owned by one Party or any of its Subsidiaries that is provided to a requesting Party pursuant to this Article VIII shall be deemed to remain the property of the providing Party (except to the extent set forth in the definitions of HLT Retained Assets, Ownership Assets and Timeshare Assets). Unless specifically set forth herein, nothing contained in this Agreement shall be construed as granting or conferring rights of license or otherwise in any such Information.
Section 8.9. Other Agreements . The rights and obligations granted under this Article VIII are subject to any specific limitations, qualifications or additional provisions on the sharing, exchange or confidential treatment of Information set forth in any Ancillary Agreement.
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ARTICLE IX
DISPUTE RESOLUTION
Section 9.1. Negotiation . In the event of a controversy, dispute or claim arising out of, in connection with, or in relation to the interpretation, performance, nonperformance, validity or breach of this Agreement or the Ancillary Agreements or otherwise arising out of, or in any way related to, this Agreement or the Ancillary Agreements or the transactions contemplated hereby, including any claim for indemnification pursuant to Article VII or any claim based on contract, tort, statute or constitution (collectively, Agreement Disputes ), the general counsels of the relevant Parties (or such other individuals designated by the respective general counsels) and/or the executive officers designated by the relevant Parties, shall negotiate for a reasonable period of time to settle such Agreement Dispute; provided , that such reasonable period shall not, unless otherwise agreed by the relevant Parties in writing, exceed twenty-one (21) days from the time of receipt by a Party of written notice of such Agreement Dispute ( Dispute Notice ); provided , further , that in the event of any arbitration in accordance with Section 9.3 hereof, the relevant Parties shall not assert the defenses of statute of limitations and laches arising during the period beginning after the date of receipt of the Dispute Notice, and any contractual time period or deadline under this Agreement or any Ancillary Agreement to which such Agreement Dispute relates occurring after the Dispute Notice is received shall not be deemed to have passed until such Agreement Dispute has been resolved.
Section 9.2. Mediation . If, within twenty-one (21) days after receipt by a Party of a Dispute Notice, the Parties have not succeeded in negotiating a resolution of the Agreement Dispute, the Parties agree to submit the Agreement Dispute at the earliest possible date to mediation conducted in accordance with the Mediation Procedure of the International Institute for Conflict Prevention and Resolution ( CPR ), and to bear equally the costs of the mediation; provided , however , that each Party shall bear its own attorneys fees and expenses and other costs in connection with such mediation. The parties agree to participate in good faith in the mediation and negotiations related thereto for a period of fourteen (14) days or such longer period as they may mutually agree following the initial mediation session (the Mediation Period ).
Section 9.3. Arbitration . If the Agreement Dispute has not been resolved for any reason after the Mediation Period, such Agreement Dispute shall be determined, at the request of any relevant Party, by arbitration conducted in Virginia, before and in accordance with the then-existing Rules for Non-Administered Arbitration of the CPR, except as modified herein (the Rules ). There shall be three arbitrators, one of which shall be designated by each Party and the third of which shall be selected by the two so designated, which two shall be appointed by the Parties within ten (10) days of receipt by respondent of a copy of the demand for arbitration and which third arbitrator shall be selected within ten (10) days thereafter. If the arbitrators are not timely appointed by the Parties (or by the selected arbitrators) under this Section 9.3 , such arbitrators shall be appointed by the CPR in accordance with the Rules, and in any such procedure, each Party shall be given two strikes, excluding strikes for cause. Any controversy concerning whether an Agreement Dispute is an arbitrable Agreement Dispute, whether arbitration has been waived, whether an assignee of this Agreement is bound to arbitrate, or as to the interpretation, validity or enforceability of this Article IX shall be determined by the arbitrator. In resolving any Agreement Dispute, the Parties intend that the arbitrator shall apply the substantive Laws of the State of Delaware, without regard to any choice of law principles thereof that would mandate the application of the laws of another jurisdiction. The Parties intend that the provisions to arbitrate set forth herein be valid, enforceable and irrevocable, and any award rendered by the arbitrator shall be final and binding on the Parties. The Parties agree to comply and cause the members of their applicable Group to comply with any award made in any such arbitration proceedings and agree to enforcement of or entry of judgment upon such award, in any court of competent jurisdiction, including the Delaware Courts. The
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arbitrator shall be entitled, if appropriate, to award any remedy in such proceedings, including monetary damages, specific performance and all other forms of legal and equitable relief; provided , however , the arbitrator shall not be entitled to award special, consequential, reputational, indirect or punitive damages unless in connection with indemnification for a Third Party Claim (and in such a case, only to the extent awarded in such Third Party Claim).
Section 9.4. Arbitration Period . Any arbitration proceeding shall be concluded in a maximum of three (3) months from the commencement of the arbitration or such other period as the arbitrator together with the Parties involved in such proceeding shall deem reasonable.
Section 9.5. Treatment of Negotiations, Mediation and Arbitration .
(a) Without limiting the provisions of the Rules, unless otherwise agreed in writing by or among the relevant Parties or permitted by this Agreement, the relevant Parties shall keep, and shall cause the members of their applicable Group to keep, confidential all matters relating to and any negotiation, mediation, conference or discussion or otherwise pursuant to this Article IX , all of which shall be treated as compromise and settlement negotiations for purposes of Rule 408 of the Federal Rules of Evidence and comparable state rules; provided , that such matters may be disclosed (i) to the extent reasonably necessary in any proceeding ancillary to an arbitration hereunder, including to enforce the award or for entry of a judgment upon the award and (ii) to the extent otherwise required by Law or the rules of any stock exchange on which the relevant Partys securities may be listed. Nothing said or disclosed, nor any document produced, in the course of any negotiations, conferences and discussions that is not otherwise independently discoverable shall be offered or received as evidence or used for impeachment or for any other purpose in any current or future arbitration.
Section 9.6. Continuity of Service and Performance . Unless otherwise agreed in writing, the Parties shall continue to provide service and honor all other commitments under this Agreement and each Ancillary Agreement during the course of dispute resolution pursuant to the provisions of this Article IX with respect to all matters not subject to such dispute resolution.
Section 9.7. Consolidation . The arbitrator may consolidate an arbitration under this Agreement with any arbitration arising under or relating to the Ancillary Agreements or any other agreement between the Parties entered into pursuant hereto, as the case may be, if the subject of the Agreement Disputes thereunder arises out of or relates essentially to the same set of facts or transactions. Such consolidated arbitration shall be determined by the arbitrator appointed for the arbitration proceeding that was commenced first in time.
Section 9.8. Provisional Relief . Nothing contained in this Agreement is intended to or shall be construed to prevent any Party from applying to any court of competent jurisdiction for interim measures or other provisional relief (including an injunction or other equitable remedies) in connection with the subject matter of any Agreement Disputes. Without prejudice to such provisional remedies as may be available under the jurisdiction of a court, the arbitral tribunal shall have full authority to grant provisional remedies and to direct the Parties to request that any court modify or vacate any temporary or preliminary relief issued by such court, and to award damages for the failure of any Party to respect the arbitral tribunals orders to that effect.
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ARTICLE X
INSURANCE
Section 10.1. Policies and Rights Included Within Assets . (a) The HLT Retained Assets shall include any and all rights of a first named insured under Policies where HLT is a first named insured, subject to the terms of such Policies and any limitations or obligations of HLT contemplated by this Article X , specifically including rights of indemnity and the right to be defended by or at the expense of the insurer, with respect to all claims, suits, actions, proceedings, injuries, losses, liabilities, damages and expenses incurred or claimed to have been incurred prior to the Effective Time by any party in or in connection with the conduct of the HLT Retained Business or, to the extent any claim is made against HLT or any of its Subsidiaries, the conduct of the Ownership Business or the Timeshare Business, and which claims, suits, actions, proceedings, injuries, losses, liabilities, damages and expenses may arise out of an insured or insurable occurrence under one or more of such Company Policies; provided , however , that nothing in this Section 10.1 shall be deemed to constitute (or to reflect) an assignment of such Policies by HLT.
(b) The Ownership Assets shall include any and all rights of an insured party under each of the Company Policies, subject to Sections 10.9 and 10.10 and to the terms of such Company Policies and any limitations or obligations of PK contemplated by this Article X or Schedule 10.1 , specifically including rights of indemnity and the right to be defended by or at the expense of the insurer, with respect to all claims, suits, actions, proceedings, injuries, losses, liabilities, damages and expenses incurred or claimed to have been incurred prior to the Effective Time by any party in or in connection with the conduct of the Ownership Business or, to the extent any claim is made against PK or any of its Subsidiaries, the conduct of the HLT Retained Business or the Timeshare Business, and which claims, suits, actions, proceedings, injuries, losses, liabilities, damages and expenses may arise out of an insured or insurable occurrence under one or more of such Company Policies; provided , however , that nothing in this clause shall be deemed to constitute (or to reflect) an assignment of such Company Policies, or any of them, to PK.
(c) The Timeshare Assets shall include any and all rights of an insured party under each of the Company Policies, subject to Sections 10.9 and 10.10 and to the terms of such Company Policies and any limitations or obligations of HGV contemplated by this Article X or Schedule 10.1 , specifically including rights of indemnity and the right to be defended by or at the expense of the insurer, with respect to all claims, suits, actions, proceedings, injuries, losses, liabilities, damages and expenses incurred or claimed to have been incurred prior to the Effective Time by any party in or in connection with the conduct of the Timeshare Business or, to the extent any claim is made against HGV or any of its Subsidiaries, the conduct of the HLT Retained Business or the Ownership Business, and which claims, suits, actions, proceedings, injuries, losses, liabilities, damages and expenses may arise out of an insured or insurable occurrence under one or more of such Company Policies; provided , however , that nothing in this clause shall be deemed to constitute (or to reflect) an assignment of such Company Policies, or any of them, to HGV.
Section 10.2. Post-Effective Time Claims .
(a) If, subsequent to the Effective Time, any Person shall assert a claim against PK or any of its Subsidiaries (including where PK or its Subsidiaries are joint defendants with other Persons) with respect to any claim, suit, action, proceeding, injury, loss, liability, damage or expense incurred or claimed to have been incurred prior to the Effective Time in or in connection with the conduct of the Ownership Business or, to the extent any claim is made against PK or any of its Subsidiaries (including where PK or its Subsidiaries are joint defendants with other persons), the conduct of the HLT Retained Business or the Timeshare Business, and which claim, suit, action, proceeding, injury, loss, liability, damage or expense may arise out of an insured or insurable occurrence under one or more of the Company Policies, HLT shall act on behalf of all insured parties to assert and manage all claims and to collect any related Insurance Proceeds on behalf of all insured parties under such Company Policy. PK, as an additionally insured party, shall have any and all rights of an additionally insured party under such
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Company Policy including asserting claims and with respect to such asserted claim, be entitled to rights of indemnity and the right to be defended by or at the expense of the insurer and the right to any applicable Insurance Proceeds thereunder; provided, however, that nothing in this Section 10.2(a) shall be deemed to constitute (or to reflect) an assignment of the Company Policies, or any of them, to PK nor be deemed to override existing policy terms and conditions.
(b) If, subsequent to the Effective Time, any person shall assert a claim against HGV or any of its Subsidiaries (including where HGV or its Subsidiaries are joint defendants with other persons) with respect to any claim, suit, action, proceeding, injury, loss, liability, damage or expense incurred or claimed to have been incurred prior to the Effective Time in or in connection with the conduct of the Timeshare Business or, to the extent any claim is made against HGV or any of its Subsidiaries (including where HGV or its Subsidiaries are joint defendants with other persons), the conduct of the HLT Retained Business or the Ownership Business, and which claim, suit, action, proceeding, injury, loss, liability, damage or expense may arise out of an insured or insurable occurrence under one or more of the Company Policies, HLT shall act on behalf of all insured parties to assert and manage all claims and to collect any related Insurance Proceeds on behalf of all insured parties under such Company Policy. HGV, as an additionally insured party shall have any and all rights of an additionally insured party under such Company Policy including asserting claims and with respect to such asserted claim, be entitled to rights of indemnity and the right to be defended by or at the expense of the insurer and the right to any applicable Insurance Proceeds thereunder; provided , however , that nothing in this Section 10.2(b) shall be deemed to constitute (or to reflect) an assignment of the Company Policies, or any of them, to HGV nor deemed to override existing policy terms and conditions.
Section 10.3. Administration; Other Matters .
(a) Administration . Subject to Section 10.10 , from and after the Effective Time, HLT shall be responsible for Claims Administration under Company Policies with respect to all Insured Claims. Each of PK and HGV shall provide prompt notice to HLT of any claims submitted by them or by their respective Subsidiaries under the Company Policies. Each Party shall be responsible for any amounts of its respective Insured Claims under Company Policies that fall below applicable deductibles or self-insured retentions, and shall be responsible for obtaining or reviewing the appropriateness of releases upon settlement of its respective Insured Claims under Company Policies. HLT shall have the sole right to change any Company Policies; provided that such change may not adversely and disproportionately affect PK or HGV as compared to HLT, without the consent of the adversely and disproportionately affected Party (not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed). HLT may, with the consent of the other Parties (not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed), commute or otherwise terminate any Company Policies.
(b) Liability Limitation . HLT, PK and HGV shall not be liable to one another for claims not reimbursed by insurers for any reason not within the control of HLT, PK or HGV, as the case may be, including coinsurance provisions, deductibles, quota share deductibles, exhaustion of aggregates, self-insured retentions, bankruptcy or insolvency of an insurance carrier, Company Policy limitations or restrictions, any coverage disputes, any failure to timely claim by HLT, PK or HGV or any defect in such claim or its processing.
(c) Maximization of Insurance Proceeds . Each Party agrees to use commercially reasonable efforts to maximize available coverage under those Company Policies applicable to it, and to take all commercially reasonable steps to recover from all other responsible parties in respect of an Insured Claim, including, as may be applicable, pursuing recoveries under other insurance policies available to such Party.
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Section 10.4. Agreement for Waiver of Conflict and Shared Defense . In the event that Insured Claims of more than one Party exist relating to the same occurrence, the relevant Parties shall jointly defend and waive any conflict of interest to the extent necessary to the conduct of the joint defense. Nothing in this Section 10.4 shall be construed to limit or otherwise alter in any way the obligations of the Parties, including those created by this Agreement, by operation of law or otherwise.
Section 10.5. Agreement for Waiver of Conflict and Insurance Litigation and/or Recovery Efforts . In the event of any Action by any Party (or all of the Parties) to recover or obtain insurance proceeds, or to defend against any Action by an insurance carrier to deny any Policy benefits, all Parties may join in any such Action and be represented by joint counsel and all Parties shall waive any conflict of interest to the extent necessary to conduct any such Action. Nothing in this Section 10.5 shall be construed to limit or otherwise alter in any way the obligations of the Parties, including those created by this Agreement, by operation of Law, or otherwise.
Section 10.6. Directors and Officers Liability Insurance ; Fiduciary Liability Insurance; Employment Practices Liability Insurance . HLT agrees that, from and after the Distribution Date to the sixth (6 th ) anniversary of the Effective Time, it will maintain in full force and effect the Company Policies identified as Directors & Officers Liability Insurance, Excess Directors & Officers Liability Insurance, Fiduciary Liability Insurance and Employment Practices Liability Insurance on Schedule 10.1 (or, through the purchase of extended discovery, the full benefits and coverage of such Company Policies) and shall not amend the terms of such Policies in a manner materially adverse to any persons covered by such insurance unless it is commercially impossible or unreasonable to maintain such Company Policies as they currently exist due to insurance market conditions. The provisions of this Section 10.6 are intended for the benefit of, and shall be enforceable by, each of the persons covered by those Company Policies referenced in the preceding sentence.
Section 10.7. No Coverage for Post-Effective Occurrences . Each of PK and HGV, on behalf of itself and its Subsidiaries, acknowledges and agrees that it will have no coverage under the Company Policies for acts or events that occur after the Effective Time, except as provided for in any Ancillary Agreements including under the Managing and Franchise Agreements pursuant to which HLT (or another member of the HLT Group) makes available to PK (or another member of the PK Group) coverage under certain Company Policies to the extent provided for in the applicable Managing and Franchise Agreement.
Section 10.8. Cooperation . The Parties agree to use their commercially reasonable efforts to cooperate with respect to the various insurance matters contemplated by this Agreement (including in connection with Policies where HLT is an additional or first named insured).
Section 10.9. Excluded Policies . Each of PK and HGV, on behalf of itself and its Subsidiaries, disclaims any rights that it otherwise may have under the Excluded Policies and agrees not to submit any claim or to pursue any recovery under any Excluded Policy, it being understood that the Excluded Policies are for the sole benefit of HLT and/or other parties.
Section 10.10. HLT as General Agent and Attorney-In-Fact . Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, HLT remains the owner and holder of all rights and claims in and to the Company Policies. Should the provisions of Sections 10.1 and 10.2 as they pertain to PK and/or HGV be challenged and/or fail of their purpose, HLT shall act as agent and attorney-in-fact for PK and HGV and thereby effectuate, on behalf of PK and HGV, the provisions of Sections 10.2(a) and 10.2(b) of this Agreement, provided that, PK or HGV, as the case may be, shall pay HLTs reasonable out-of-pocket costs relating thereto.
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Section 10.11. Additional Premiums, Return Premiums and Pro Rata Cancellation Premium Credits . If additional premiums are payable, or return premiums are receivable, on any Company Policies after the Effective Time as a result of an insurance carriers retrospective audit of insured exposure, each of HLT, PK and HGV shall be responsible for its respective share of any such additional premiums, and shall be entitled to receive its respective share of any such return premiums, that are attributable to a change in its or its Subsidiaries insured exposure. If cancellation premium credits are received after the Effective Time in connection with the cancellation of any Company Policies, each of HLT, PK and HGV shall be entitled to receive its Applicable Percentage of such cancellation premium credits.
ARTICLE XI
MISCELLANEOUS
Section 11.1. Complete Agreement; Construction . This Agreement, including the Exhibits and Schedules, and the Ancillary Agreements shall constitute the entire agreement between the Parties with respect to the subject matter hereof and shall supersede all previous negotiations, commitments, course of dealings and writings with respect to such subject matter. In the event of any inconsistency between this Agreement and any Schedule hereto, the Schedule shall prevail. In the event and to the extent that there shall be a conflict between the provisions of (a) this Agreement and the provisions of any Specified Ancillary Agreement or Continuing Arrangement, such Specified Ancillary Agreement or Continuing Arrangement shall control and (b) this Agreement and any Ancillary Agreement which is not a Specified Ancillary Agreement, this Agreement shall control unless specifically stated otherwise in such Ancillary Agreement. Except as expressly set forth in this Agreement or any Ancillary Agreement: (i) all matters relating to Taxes and Tax Returns of the Parties and their respective Subsidiaries shall be governed exclusively by the Tax Matters Agreement; and (ii) for the avoidance of doubt, in the event of any conflict between this Agreement or any Ancillary Agreement, on the one hand, and the Tax Matters Agreement, on the other hand, with respect to such matters, the terms and conditions of the Tax Matters Agreement shall govern.
Section 11.2. Ancillary Agreements . Except as expressly set forth herein, this Agreement is not intended to address, and should not be interpreted to address, the matters specifically and expressly covered by the Ancillary Agreements.
Section 11.3. Counterparts . This Agreement may be executed in more than one counterpart, all of which shall be considered one and the same agreement, and shall become effective when one or more such counterparts have been signed by each of the Parties and delivered to the other Parties.
Section 11.4. Survival of Agreements . Except as otherwise contemplated by this Agreement or any Ancillary Agreement, all covenants and agreements of the Parties contained in this Agreement and each Ancillary Agreement shall survive the Effective Time and remain in full force and effect in accordance with their applicable terms.
Section 11.5. Expenses . Except as otherwise provided (a) in this Agreement (including (i) with respect to costs and expenses incurred after the Effective Time, responsibility for which is allocated pursuant to Section 2.5 , (ii) with respect to Specified Shared Expenses, responsibility for which is allocated pursuant to Section 5.2 , (iii) with respect to Shared Contingent Liabilities, responsibility for which is allocated pursuant to Article VI , (iv) with respect to fees and expenses incurred in the preservation of records and access to information, responsibility for which is allocated pursuant to Section 8.1 , Section 8.4 or Section 8.5 , or (v) with respect to fees and expenses incurred in connection with dispute resolution, responsibility for which is allocated pursuant to Article IX ) or (b) in any Ancillary Agreement, the Parties agree that all out-of-pocket fees and expenses incurred, or to be incurred and
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directly related to the Plan of Reorganization, the Distributions and the transactions contemplated hereby (including third party professional fees, fees and expenses incurred in connection with the execution and delivery of this Agreement and such other third party fees and expenses incurred on a non-recurring basis directly as a result of the Plan of Reorganization and the Distributions, including expenses set forth on Schedule 11.5 , and excluding the costs of salaries and benefits of employees or any pro rata portion of overhead or other costs of employing such employees which would have been incurred by such employees employer regardless of the employees service with respect to the foregoing) (collectively, Separation Expenses ) shall (A) to the extent set forth on Schedule 11.5 , be paid by HLT and (B) otherwise, be paid by the Party incurring such expenses. For the avoidance of doubt, except as expressly set forth in this Agreement or any Ancillary Agreements, each Party shall be responsible for its own internal fees (and reimburse any other Party to the extent such Party has paid such costs and expenses on behalf of the responsible Party), costs and expenses (e.g., salaries of personnel working in its respective Business) incurred following the Distribution Date in connection with the Plan of Reorganization and the Distributions, including any costs and expenses relating to such Partys (or any member of its Groups) Disclosure Documents filed following the Distribution Date in connection with the Plan of Reorganization and the Distributions (including, printing, mailing and filing fees) or any costs and expenses incurred following the Distribution Date with the continued listing of such Partys common stock on the NYSE following the Distribution.
Section 11.6. Notices . All notices, requests, claims, demands and other communications under this Agreement and, to the extent applicable and unless otherwise provided therein, under each of the Ancillary Agreements shall be in English, shall be in writing and shall be given or made (and shall be deemed to have been duly given or made upon receipt) by delivery in person, by overnight courier service, by facsimile with receipt confirmed (followed by delivery of an original via overnight courier service) or by registered or certified mail (postage prepaid, return receipt requested) to the respective Parties at the following addresses (or at such other address for a Party as shall be specified in a notice given in accordance with this Section 11.6 ):
To HLT or Hilton Domestic Operating Company Inc.:
Hilton Worldwide Holdings Inc.
7930 Jones Branch Drive, Suite 1100
McLean, Virginia 22102
Attn: General Counsel
Facsimile: (703) 883-6188
To PK:
Park Hotels & Resorts Inc.
McLean, Virginia 22102
Attn: General Counsel
Facsimile:
To HGV:
Hilton Grand Vacations Inc.
6355 MetroWest Boulevard, Suite 180
Orlando, Florida 32835
Attn: General Counsel
Facsimile:
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Section 11.7. Consents . Any consent required or permitted to be given by any Party to the other Parties under this Agreement shall be in writing and signed by the Party giving such consent and shall be effective only against such Party (and its Group).
Section 11.8. Assignment . This Agreement shall not be assignable, in whole or in part, directly or indirectly, by any party hereto without the prior written consent of the other Parties (not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed), and any attempt to assign any rights or obligations arising under this Agreement without such consent shall be void. Notwithstanding the foregoing, this Agreement shall be assignable in whole in connection with a merger or consolidation or the sale of all or substantially all the assets of a party hereto so long as the resulting, surviving or transferee Business Entity assumes all the obligations of the relevant party hereto by operation of law or pursuant to an agreement in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the other parties to this Agreement. No assignment permitted by this Section 11.8 shall release the assigning Party from liability for the full performance of its obligations under this Agreement.
Section 11.9. Successors and Assigns . The provisions of this Agreement and the obligations and rights hereunder shall be binding upon, inure to the benefit of and be enforceable by (and against) the Parties and their respective successors and permitted transferees and assigns.
Section 11.10. Termination and Amendment . This Agreement (including Article VII hereof) may be terminated, modified or amended and the Distribution may be amended, modified or abandoned at any time prior to the Effective Time by and in the sole discretion of HLT upon written notice to PK and HGV but without the approval of PK, HGV or the stockholders of HLT. In the event of such termination, no Party shall have any liability of any kind to any other Party or any other Person. After the Effective Time, this Agreement may not be terminated, modified or amended except by an agreement in writing signed by HLT, PK and HGV.
Section 11.11. Payment Terms .
(a) Except as expressly provided to the contrary in this Agreement or in any Ancillary Agreement, any amount to be paid or reimbursed by any Party (and/or a member of such Partys Group), on the one hand, to any other Party or Parties (and/or a member of such Partys or Parties Group), on the other hand, under this Agreement shall be paid or reimbursed hereunder within forty-five (45) days after presentation of an invoice or a written demand therefor and setting forth, or accompanied by, reasonable documentation or other reasonable explanation supporting such amount.
(b) Except as expressly provided to the contrary in this Agreement or in any Ancillary Agreement, any amount not paid when due pursuant to this Agreement (and any amount billed or otherwise invoiced or demanded and properly payable that is not paid within forty-five (45) days of such bill, invoice or other demand) shall bear interest at a rate per annum equal to LIBOR, from time to time in effect, calculated for the actual number of days elapsed, accrued from the date on which such payment was due up to the date of the actual receipt of payment.
(c) Except as expressly provided to the contrary in this Agreement or in any Ancillary Agreement, a Party (or any member of a Partys Group) may direct that any payment owed such Party (or member of such Partys Group) hereunder or under any Ancillary Agreement be paid directly to another member of the same Group.
Section 11.12. No Circumvention . The Parties agree not to directly or indirectly take any actions, act in concert with any Person who takes an action, or cause or allow any member of any such Partys Group to take any actions (including the failure to take a reasonable action) such that the resulting
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effect is to materially undermine the effectiveness of any of the provisions of this Agreement or any Ancillary Agreement (including adversely affecting the rights or ability of any Party to successfully pursue indemnification or payment pursuant to Articles VI and VII ).
Section 11.13. Subsidiaries . Each of the Parties shall cause to be performed, and hereby guarantees the performance of, all actions, agreements and obligations set forth herein to be Assumed or otherwise performed by any Subsidiary of such Party or by any entity that becomes a Subsidiary of such Party at and after the Effective Time, to the extent such Subsidiary remains a Subsidiary of the applicable Party.
Section 11.14. Third Party Beneficiaries . Except (i) as provided in Article VII relating to Indemnitees and for the release under Section 7.1 of any Person provided therein, (ii) as provided in Section 10.6 relating to the directors, officers, employees, fiduciaries or agents provided therein and (iii) as specifically provided in any Ancillary Agreement, this Agreement is solely for the benefit of the Parties and should not be deemed to confer upon third parties any remedy, claim, liability, reimbursement, claim of action or other right in excess of those existing without reference to this Agreement.
Section 11.15. Title and Headings . Titles and headings to sections herein are inserted for the convenience of reference only and are not intended to be a part of or to affect the meaning or interpretation of this Agreement.
Section 11.16. Exhibits and Schedules .
(a) The Exhibits and Schedules shall be construed with and as an integral part of this Agreement to the same extent as if the same had been set forth verbatim herein. Nothing in the Exhibits or Schedules constitutes an admission of any liability or obligation of any member of the HLT Group, PK Group or HGV Group or any of their respective Affiliates to any third party, nor, with respect to any third party, an admission against the interests of any member of the HLT Group, PK Group or HGV Group or any of their respective Affiliates. The inclusion of any item or liability or category of item or liability on any Exhibit or Schedule is made solely for purposes of allocating potential liabilities among the Parties and shall not be deemed as or construed to be an admission that any such liability exists.
(b) Subject to the prior written consent of the other Parties (not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed), each Party shall be entitled to update the Schedules from and after the date hereof until the Effective Time.
Section 11.17. Governing Law . This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the Laws of the State of Delaware without reference to any choice-of-law or conflicts of law principles that would result in the application of the laws of a different jurisdiction.
Section 11.18. Consent to Jurisdiction . Subject to the provisions of Article IX hereof, each of the Parties irrevocably submits to the exclusive jurisdiction of (a) the Court of Chancery of the State of Delaware and any appeals court thereof or (b) if such court does not have subject matter jurisdiction, any other state or federal court located within the County of New Castle in the State of Delaware and any appeals court thereof (the courts referred to in clauses (a) and (b), the Delaware Courts ), for the purposes of any suit, action or other proceeding to compel arbitration or for provisional relief in aid of arbitration in accordance with Article IX or to prevent irreparable harm, and to the non-exclusive jurisdiction of the Delaware Courts for the enforcement of any award issued thereunder. Each of the Parties further agrees that service of any process, summons, notice or document by U.S. registered mail to such Partys respective address set forth above shall be effective service of process for any action, suit or
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proceeding in the Delaware Courts with respect to any matters to which it has submitted to jurisdiction in this Section 11.18 . Each of the Parties irrevocably and unconditionally waives any objection to the laying of venue of any action, suit or proceeding arising out of this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby in the Delaware Courts, and hereby further irrevocably and unconditionally waives and agrees not to plead or claim in any such court that any such action, suit or proceeding brought in any such court has been brought in an inconvenient forum.
Section 11.19. Waiver of Jury Trial . EACH OF THE PARTIES HEREBY WAIVES TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW ANY RIGHT IT MAY HAVE TO A TRIAL BY JURY WITH RESPECT TO ANY LITIGATION DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY ARISING OUT OF, UNDER OR IN CONNECTION WITH THIS AGREEMENT OR THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED BY THIS AGREEMENT. EACH OF THE PARTIES HEREBY (A) CERTIFIES THAT NO REPRESENTATIVE, AGENT OR ATTORNEY OF ANY OTHER PARTY HAS REPRESENTED, EXPRESSLY OR OTHERWISE, THAT SUCH OTHER PARTY WOULD NOT, IN THE EVENT OF LITIGATION, SEEK TO ENFORCE THE FOREGOING WAIVER AND (B) ACKNOWLEDGES THAT IT HAS BEEN INDUCED TO ENTER INTO THIS AGREEMENT AND THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED BY THIS AGREEMENT, AS APPLICABLE, BY, AMONG OTHER THINGS, THE MUTUAL WAIVERS AND CERTIFICATIONS IN THIS SECTION 11.19 .
Section 11.20. Severability . In the event any one or more of the provisions contained in this Agreement should be held invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any respect, the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions contained herein and therein shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby. The Parties shall endeavor in good-faith negotiations to replace the invalid, illegal or unenforceable provisions with valid provisions, the economic effect of which comes as close as possible to that of the invalid, illegal or unenforceable provisions.
Section 11.21. Force Majeure . No Party (or any Person acting on its behalf) shall have any liability or responsibility for failure to fulfill any obligation (other than a payment obligation) under this Agreement or, unless otherwise expressly provided therein, any Ancillary Agreement, so long as and to the extent to which the fulfillment of such obligation is prevented, frustrated, hindered or delayed as a consequence of circumstances of Force Majeure. A Party claiming the benefit of this provision shall, as soon as reasonably practicable after the occurrence of any such event: (a) notify the other applicable Parties of the nature and extent of any such Force Majeure condition and (b) use due diligence to remove any such causes and resume performance under this Agreement as soon as feasible.
Section 11.22. Interpretation . The Parties have participated jointly in the negotiation and drafting of this Agreement. This Agreement shall be construed without regard to any presumption or rule requiring construction or interpretation against the Party drafting or causing any instrument to be drafted.
Section 11.23. No Duplication; No Double Recovery . Nothing in this Agreement is intended to confer to or impose upon any Party a duplicative right, entitlement, obligation or recovery with respect to any matter arising out of the same facts and circumstances (including with respect to the rights, entitlements, obligations and recoveries that may arise out of one or more of the following Sections: Article VI ; Section 7.2 ; Section 7.3 ; Section 7.4 ; and Section 7.5 ).
Section 11.24. Tax Treatment of Payments . Unless otherwise required by a Final Determination, this Agreement or the Tax Matters Agreement or otherwise agreed to among the Parties, for U.S. federal Tax purposes, any payment made pursuant to this Agreement (other than any payment of interest pursuant to Section 11.11 ) by: (i) PK to OpCo shall be treated for all Tax purposes as a tax-free contribution by PK to OpCo with respect to its stock occurring immediately before the Internal
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Distribution of OpCo common stock; (ii) HGV to HLT shall be treated for all Tax purposes as a distribution by HGV to HLT with respect to its stock occurring after HGV is directly owned by HLT and immediately before the HGV Distribution; (iii) OpCo to PK shall be treated for all Tax purposes as a distribution by OpCo to PK with respect to stock of OpCo occurring immediately before the Internal Distribution of OpCo common stock; (iv) HLT to PK shall be treated for all Tax purposes as a tax-free contribution by HLT to PK with respect to its stock occurring immediately before the PK Distribution; (v) HLT to HGV shall be treated for all Tax purposes as a tax-free contribution by HLT to HGV with respect to its stock occurring after HGV is directly owned by HLT and immediately before the HGV Distribution; (vi) PK to HGV shall be treated for all Tax purposes as a tax-free contribution by PK to HGV with respect to its stock occurring immediately before the Internal Distribution of HGV Common Stock; (vii) HGV to PK shall be treated for all Tax purposes as a distribution by HGV to PK with respect to its stock occurring immediately before the Internal Distribution of HGV Common Stock; and in each case, none of the Parties shall take any position inconsistent with such treatment. In the event that a Taxing Authority (as defined in the Tax Matters Agreement) asserts that a Partys treatment of a payment pursuant to this Agreement should be other than as required pursuant to this Agreement (ignoring any potential inconsistent or adverse Final Determination), such Party shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to contest such challenge.
Section 11.25. No Waiver . No failure to exercise and no delay in exercising, on the part of any Party, any right, remedy, power or privilege hereunder or under the other Ancillary Agreements shall operate as a waiver hereof or thereof; nor shall any single or partial exercise of any right, remedy, power or privilege hereunder or thereunder preclude any other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right, remedy, power or privilege.
Section 11.26. No Admission of Liability . The allocation of Assets and Liabilities herein (including on the Schedules hereto) is solely for the purpose of allocating such Assets and Liabilities among HLT, PK and HGV and is not intended as an admission of liability or responsibility for any alleged Liabilities vis-a-vis any third party, including with respect to the Liabilities of any non-wholly owned subsidiary of HLT, PK or HGV.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Parties have caused this Agreement to be duly executed as of the day and year first above written.
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[Distribution Agreement]
Exhibit 10.1
FORM OF EMPLOYEE MATTERS AGREEMENT
by and among
HILTON WORLDWIDE HOLDINGS INC.,
PARK HOTELS & RESORTS INC.,
HILTON GRAND VACATIONS INC., and
HILTON DOMESTIC OPERATING COMPANY INC.
Dated as of , 2016
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DEFINITIONS | 2 | ||||
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EMPLOYEES | 4 | ||||
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BENEFIT PROGRAM PARTICIPATION | 5 | ||||
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DEFINED BENEFIT PENSION PLANS | 7 | ||||
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DEFINED CONTRIBUTION PENSION PLANS | 10 | ||||
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NON-QUALIFIED RETIREMENT/DEFERRED COMPENSATION PLANS | 15 | ||||
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EMPLOYEE HEALTH AND WELFARE BENEFIT PLANS | 17 | ||||
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SEVERANCE PLANS | 23 | ||||
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PAID TIME OFF | 24 | ||||
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PERQUISITES | 25 | ||||
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CASH BONUS PLANS | 26 | ||||
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EQUITY-BASED AWARDS | 27 | ||||
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COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENTS | 29 | ||||
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TRANSITION SERVICES | 30 | ||||
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ACCESS TO INFORMATION AND DATA EXCHANGE | 30 | ||||
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NOTICES; COOPERATION | 32 | ||||
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FURTHER ASSURANCES | 32 | ||||
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INDEMNIFICATION | 32 | ||||
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DISPUTE RESOLUTION | 33 | ||||
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PAYROLL REPORTING AND TAX WITHHOLDING | 34 | ||||
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MISCELLANEOUS | 34 |
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This EMPLOYEE MATTERS AGREEMENT (this Agreement ), dated as of , 2016, is by and among Hilton Worldwide Holdings Inc., a Delaware corporation ( HLT ), Park Hotels & Resorts Inc., a Delaware corporation ( PK ), Hilton Grand Vacations Inc., a Delaware corporation ( HGV ) and, solely for purposes of Section 18, Hilton Domestic Operating Company Inc., a Delaware corporation and subsidiary of HLT ( OpCo ). Each of HLT, PK, HGV and, solely for purposes of Section 18, OpCo, is sometimes referred to herein as a Party and collectively, as the Parties . Capitalized terms used and not defined herein shall have the meaning set forth in the Distribution Agreement (as defined below) or in Section 1 below.
WHEREAS, HLT, acting through its direct and indirect Subsidiaries, currently conducts a number of businesses, including (i) the HLT Retained Business, (ii) the Ownership Business and (iii) the Timeshare Business;
WHEREAS, the Board of Directors of HLT (the Board ) has determined that it is appropriate, desirable and in the best interests of HLT and its stockholders to separate HLT into three separate, publicly traded companies, one for each of (i) the HLT Retained Business, which shall be owned and conducted, directly or indirectly, by HLT, (ii) the Ownership Business, which shall be owned and conducted, directly or indirectly, by PK (which shall elect to be a REIT), and (iii) the Timeshare Business, which shall be owned and conducted, directly or indirectly, by HGV;
WHEREAS, in order to effect such separation, the Board has determined that it is appropriate, desirable and in the best interests of HLT and its stockholders (i) to enter into a series of transactions after giving effect to which (A) HLT and/or one or more of its Subsidiaries shall, collectively, own all of the HLT Retained Assets and Assume all of the HLT Retained Liabilities, (B) PK and/or one or more of its Subsidiaries shall, collectively, own all of the Ownership Assets and Assume all of the Ownership Liabilities, and (C) HGV and/or one or more of its Subsidiaries shall, collectively, own all of the Timeshare Assets and Assume all of the Timeshare Liabilities (such transactions as described in Annex I to the Distribution Agreement and, as they may be amended or modified from time to time, collectively, the Plan of Reorganization ) and (ii) for HLT to distribute to the holders of its common stock, par value $0.01 per share ( HLT Common Stock ), on a pro rata basis (in each case without consideration being paid by such stockholders), (A) all of the outstanding shares of common stock, par value $0.01 per share, of PK (the PK Common Stock ) and (B) all of the outstanding shares of common stock, par value $0.01 per share, of HGV (the HGV Common Stock );
WHEREAS, each of the Parties has executed the distribution agreement, dated as of the date hereof (as it may be amended or modified from time to time, the Distribution Agreement ) to effectuate such Plan of Reorganization; and
WHEREAS, each of the Parties has determined that it is necessary and desirable to allocate and assign responsibility for certain employee, compensation and benefits-related Assets and Liabilities in respect of the activities of the business of such entities on the Distribution Date.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual promises and covenants contained herein, the Parties agree as follows:
1. DEFINITIONS . As used in this Agreement, the following terms shall have the following meanings:
(a) Cut-Off Date shall mean the day immediately preceding the Distribution Date.
(b) Employee shall mean, with respect to any entity, an individual who is considered, according to the payroll and other records of such entity, to be employed by such entity and, for the avoidance of doubt, shall not include a leased employee (as defined in Section 414(n) of the Code), an independent contractor, or other individual performing services with respect to any entity who is not on the payroll of such entity.
(c) ERISA shall mean the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended. Reference to a specific provision of ERISA also includes any proposed, temporary or final regulation or other published IRS guidance in force under that provision.
(d) Former Employees shall mean, collectively, any Former HGV Employees, any Former Hilton Employees and any Former PK Employees.
(e) Former HGV Employee shall mean each Employee of Hilton who provided services primarily related to the Timeshare Business and whose employment terminated for any reason prior to the Distribution Date.
(f) Former Hilton Employee shall mean each Employee of Hilton who provided services primarily related to the HLT Retained Business whose employment terminated for any reason prior to the Distribution Date.
(g) Former PK Employee shall mean each Employee of Hilton who provided services primarily related to the Ownership Business and whose employment terminated for any reason prior to the Distribution Date.
(h) HGV Board shall mean the board of directors of HGV.
(i) HGV Plan shall mean each Plan sponsored or maintained by any member of the HGV Group immediately on and after the Plan Effective Time.
(j) HGV Compensation Committee shall mean the compensation committee of the HGV Board.
(k) Hilton shall mean HLT or one of its Subsidiaries immediately prior to the Plan Effective Time.
(l) Hilton Controlled Group shall mean, as of any date of determination prior to the Distribution Date, any trade or business (whether or not incorporated) which is considered a member of a controlled group of organizations within the meaning of Section 414(b), (c), (m), or (o) of the Code that includes HLT or is considered a single employer under common control with HLT under Section 4001(b)(1) of ERISA.
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(m) Hilton Plan shall mean each Plan sponsored or maintained by HLT or one of its Subsidiaries immediately prior to the Plan Effective Time.
(n) HLT Compensation Committee shall mean the compensation committee of the Board.
(o) HLT Plan shall mean each Plan sponsored or maintained by any member of the HLT Group immediately on and after the Plan Effective Time.
(p) Liabilities shall have the same meaning as ascribed to such term in the Distribution Agreement, provided, however that for purposes of this Agreement, Taxes shall be treated as Liabilities.
(q) PK Board shall mean the board of directors of PK.
(r) PK Compensation Committee shall mean the compensation committee of the PK Board.
(s) PK Plan shall mean each Plan sponsored or maintained by any member of the PK Group immediately on and after the Plan Effective Time.
(t) Plan shall mean each plan, policy, program, practice, agreement, or arrangement providing compensation or benefits for any group of Employees or individual Employee, or the dependents or beneficiaries of any such Employee(s), including without limitation, each employee benefit plan (within the meaning of Section 3(3) of ERISA), whether formal or informal or written or unwritten, and including, any means, whether or not legally required, pursuant to which any benefit is provided by an employer to any Employee or the beneficiaries of any such Employee. The term Plan as used in this Agreement does not include any contract, agreement or understanding relating to the settlement of actual or potential employment Action.
(u) Plan Effective Time shall mean 12:01 a.m., New York time, on the Distribution Date.
(v) Pre-Existing Hilton Employee shall mean each Employee employed by Hilton prior to the Distribution Date (other than a Former Employee) including each Employee who is absent from work with the HLT Group on the Cut-Off Date by reason of layoff, leave of absence or disability.
(w) Terminated Hilton DB Plans shall mean, collectively, the Terminated Hilton UK DB Plans and the Terminated Hilton US DB Plans.
(x) Terminated Hilton UK DB Plan shall mean each defined benefit pension Plan which was sponsored or maintained by HLT or one of its Subsidiaries prior to the Plan Effective Time and that was made available to certain Pre-Existing Hilton Employees and Former Employees in the United Kingdom, but which, as of the Plan Effective Time, is not a Hilton Plan due to such Plans termination prior to such date.
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(y) Terminated Hilton US DB Plan shall mean each tax-qualified defined benefit pension Plan which was sponsored or maintained by HLT or one of its Subsidiaries prior to the Plan Effective Time and that was made available to certain Pre-Existing Hilton Employees and Former Employees in the United States, but which, as of the Plan Effective Time, is not a Hilton Plan due to such Plans termination prior to such date.
(z) Terminated Japanese DB Plans shall mean each defined benefit pension Plan which was sponsored or maintained by Vacations prior to the Plan Effective Time and that was made available to certain HGV Employees and Former HGV Employees in Japan, but which, as of the Plan Effective Time, is not a Japanese DB Plan due to such Plans termination prior to such date.
(aa) Vacations shall mean HGV or one of its Subsidiaries immediately prior to the Plan Effective Time.
2. EMPLOYEES . (a) Allocation of Employees . The Parties shall take all steps necessary or appropriate so that all of the Employees of HLT and its Subsidiaries as of the Cut-Off Date are allocated among the HLT Retained Business, the Ownership Business and the Timeshare Business as of the Distribution Date in accordance with the principles set forth in this Section 2(a). In making such allocation of Employees of HLT and its Subsidiaries pursuant to Section 2(a)(i) and (ii), the Parties shall share such information regarding the allocation of Employees as is reasonably requested. An Employee, other than a PK Employee (as defined below) or an HGV Employee (as defined below), who is (1) allocated to the HLT Retained Business and (2) employed by a member of the HLT Group as of the Distribution Date is a HLT Employee . An Employee who is (1) allocated to the Ownership Business and (2) employed by a member of the PK Group as of the Distribution Date is a PK Employee . An Employee who is (1) allocated to the Timeshare Business and (2) employed by a member of the HGV Group as of the Distribution Date is an HGV Employee . All Employees of HLT and its Subsidiaries as of the Cut-Off Date shall be allocated as an HLT Employee, a PK Employee or an HGV Employee on the Distribution Date. Except as otherwise expressly provided for herein or in the Distribution Agreement, a member of the HLT Group shall be liable for all Liabilities involving HLT Employees and Former Hilton Employees, a member of the PK Group shall be liable for all Liabilities involving PK Employees and Former PK Employees and a member of the HGV Group shall be liable for all Liabilities involving HGV Employees and Former HGV Employees.
(i) In making the allocation provided for in this Section 2(a), and subject to clause (ii) below, the Parties shall allocate each Employee whose employment duties prior to the Distribution Date relate exclusively to the Ownership Business to a member of the PK Group and the Timeshare Business to a member of the HGV Group. The Parties shall allocate all other Employees in a mutually agreeable manner that, to the extent possible, takes into account the Employees expertise, experience and existing positions and duties and does not unreasonably disrupt the HLT Retained Business, the Ownership Business or the Timeshare Business and maximizes the ability of each of the HLT Retained Business, the Ownership Business and the Timeshare Business to manage and operate their respective businesses on and after the Distribution Date, taking into account the respective needs of such businesses as established by past practice, to the extent applicable.
(ii) The Parties each agree that, between the date hereof and the Distribution Date, Employees shall not be transferred among the HLT Retained Business, the Ownership Business and the Timeshare Business except (A) as necessary to effectuate the second sentence of clause (i) of this Section 2(a), (B) in the ordinary course of business, consistent with past practice, or (C) in accordance with the procedures described in the next sentence. The Parties agree that, between the date hereof and the Distribution Date, the senior human resources executives of each Party shall consult with one another in connection with the transfer of any Employee whose duties relate primarily to the HLT Retained Business, the Ownership Business or the Timeshare Business, as the case may be, and whose supervisor objects to the transfer. Consent by the transferee Party to any such transfer shall not be required.
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(b) Leaves of Absence . Employees who are on an approved leave of absence as of the Distribution Date shall be treated as HLT Employees, PK Employees or HGV Employees, as the case may be, notwithstanding such leave of absence and each Party shall continue to apply the same leave of absence policy applicable to such inactive Employees as of such date until such inactive Employee returns to active employment with the HLT Group, the PK Group or the HGV Group, as the case may be.
(c) Subsequent Transfers of Employment . To the extent that the employment of any individual transfers among the HLT Group, the PK Group and the HGV Group following the Distribution Date but on or prior to December 31, 2017, the Parties shall use their reasonable efforts to effect the provisions of this Agreement with respect to the compensation and benefits of any such individual on and after the date of such transfer, it being understood that (i) it may not be possible to replicate the effect of such provisions under such circumstances and (ii) none of the Parties shall be bound by the provisions of this Section 2(c) to Assume any Liabilities or Transfer any Assets. Notwithstanding the foregoing, for compensation subject to the provisions of Section 409A of the Code, any such subsequent transfer, regardless of whether prior to, on or after December 31, 2017, shall be a separation from service from the applicable employer for purposes of such compensation, and the consequences of such separation from service shall be determined in accordance with the terms of the applicable Plan.
(d) No Creation/Acceleration of Benefits . Except as otherwise expressly provided for herein, no provision of, or event arising under, this Agreement, the Distribution Agreement or any of the Ancillary Agreements shall be construed to create any right, or accelerate entitlement, to any compensation or benefit whatsoever on the part of any Pre-Existing Hilton Employee, Former Employee or other future, present or former Employee of any member of the HLT Group, the PK Group or the HGV Group.
(e) At-Will Status . Nothing in this Agreement shall create any obligation on the part of any member of the HLT Group, the PK Group or the HGV Group to continue the employment of any Employee or permit the return from a leave of absence of any Employee following the date of this Agreement or the Distribution Date (except as required by applicable Law) or change the employment status of any Employee from at-will, to the extent such Employee was an at-will employee under applicable Law.
3. BENEFIT PROGRAM PARTICIPATION . (a) Except as otherwise expressly provided for herein with respect to a particular Plan or otherwise provided for under
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applicable Law, all Employees who will become PK Employees and HGV Employees as of the Distribution Date shall cease active participation in all Hilton Plans no later than 11:59 p.m. on the Cut-Off Date (or such other time as may be required pursuant to applicable local Law).
(b) Recognition of Prior Service; No Duplication of Benefits . Except as otherwise expressly provided for under the terms of an HLT Plan, a PK Plan or an HGV Plan, each of HLT, PK and HGV shall, or shall cause another member or members of their respective Groups to, recognize each HLT Employees, PK Employees and HGV Employees, as the case may be, service with Hilton for purposes of determining such Employees eligibility, vested status, benefit levels and benefit accruals under each applicable HLT Plan, PK Plan and HGV Plan, as the case may be, and, in each case, to the extent required under applicable local Law or, in the event there is no applicable local Law, to the same extent such service would be credited under the corresponding Hilton Plan, as applicable, or if none, as required by the applicable Plan terms. Notwithstanding the foregoing, for purposes of any Plans subject to any federal, state or local Laws of the United States, hours of service performed outside of the United States are not required to be credited for purposes of eligibility under any such HLT Plan, PK Plan or HGV Plan that is a welfare plan (within the meaning of Section 3(1) of ERISA), to the extent permitted by applicable Law. In addition, to the extent it would result in a duplication of benefits or duplication of service credit under one or more Plans sponsored or maintained by any member of the HLT Group, the PK Group or the HGV Group, as applicable, service credit shall not be awarded for purposes of retirement, severance, paid time off or any other Plan sponsored or maintained by any member of the HLT Group, the PK Group or the HGV Group, if the HLT Employee, PK Employee or HGV Employee, as the case may be, is compensated or otherwise eligible for a benefit, as applicable, on account of such service under a Hilton Plan as in effect on the Cut-Off Date. Notwithstanding the foregoing and for the avoidance of doubt, service credit shall be awarded for purposes of eligibility for any HLT Plan that is subject to any federal, state or local Laws of the United States (as adopted by any member of the PK Group or the HGV Group through no later than December 31, 2017), even if such award results in duplication of service credit.
(c) Amendment and Termination . Nothing in this Agreement shall be construed or interpreted to restrict the right or authority of any member of the HLT Group, the PK Group or the HGV Group, as applicable, to amend or terminate any HLT Plan, PK Plan or HGV Plan, or any Plan that is newly adopted or implemented in accordance with the terms hereof after the Distribution Date, as applicable, effective as of a date on and after the Distribution Date, to the extent permitted by applicable Law.
(d) Non-Termination of Employment . Any Pre-Existing Hilton Employee who, on the Distribution Date, is employed by a member of the HLT Group, the PK Group or the HGV Group shall not be deemed either to have terminated employment, incurred a separation from service or severance from employment, or to be in retirement status under any HLT Plan, PK Plan or HGV Plan solely as a result of the Distribution or related transactions except to the extent required by applicable Law or the applicable Plan terms. Except to the extent required by applicable Law or the applicable Plan terms, any Pre-Existing Hilton Employee who, on the Distribution Date, is employed by a member of the HLT Group, the PK Group or the HGV Group shall not, solely as a result of the Distribution or related transactions, be eligible to receive payment of, or exercise any portability rights in respect of, such Employees vested benefit or
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retirement allowance under any HLT Plan, PK Plan or HGV Plan; provided that each HLT Employee, PK Employee and HGV Employee shall receive credit for their service with Hilton prior to the Distribution Date from a member of the HLT Group, the PK Group or the HGV Group, as applicable, as provided for in this Section 3.
(e) No Change in Control . The Parties acknowledge and agree that neither the consummation of the Distribution nor any transaction in connection with the Distribution shall be deemed a change of control, a change in control or term of similar import for purposes of any Hilton Plan, HLT Plan, PK Plan or HGV Plan.
(f) Fiduciary Matters . The Parties acknowledge that actions required to be taken pursuant to this Agreement may be subject to fiduciary duties or standards of conduct under ERISA or other applicable Law, and no Party shall be deemed to be in violation of this Agreement if it fails to comply with any provisions hereof based upon its good faith determination (as supported by advice from counsel experienced in such matters) that to do so would violate such a fiduciary duty or standard. Each Party shall be responsible for taking such actions as are deemed necessary and appropriate to comply with its own fiduciary responsibilities and shall fully release the other Parties for any Liabilities caused by the failure to satisfy any such responsibility.
(g) Consent of Third Parties . If any provision of this Agreement is dependent on the consent of any third party and such consent is withheld, the Parties shall use commercially reasonable efforts to implement the applicable provision of this Agreement to the full extent practicable. If any provision of this Agreement cannot be implemented due to the failure of such third party to consent, the Parties shall negotiate in good faith to implement the provision in a mutually satisfactory manner.
4. DEFINED BENEFIT PENSION PLANS . (a) US Tax-Qualified DB Plans . Effective as of the Plan Effective Time, HLT shall, or shall cause another member or members or members of the HLT Group to, Assume (i) each tax-qualified defined benefit pension Plan sponsored or maintained by Hilton as of the Cut-Off Date that is made available to certain Pre-Existing Hilton Employees in the United States (or on temporary assignment outside the United States, if applicable) as of the Cut-Off Date, including, without limitation, the Plans listed on Schedule 4(a)(i) (such Plans, the US DB Plans ), (ii) all Liabilities associated with the US DB Plans related to Former Employees, HLT Employees, PK Employees and HGV Employees while such Employees were employed by a member of the Hilton Controlled Group, whether incurred prior to, on or after the Plan Effective Time, (iii) all Assets and Liabilities related to any Terminated Hilton US DB Plans, and (iv) all Assets and accrued benefits associated with the US DB Plans related to Former Employees, HLT Employees, PK Employees and HGV Employees while such Employees were employed by a member of the Hilton Controlled Group, whether accrued prior to, on or after the Plan Effective Time. On and after the Plan Effective Time, no member of the PK Group or the HGV Group shall have any Liabilities related to any US DB Plans or any Terminated Hilton US DB Plans. For the avoidance of doubt, no member of the HLT Group is Assuming any Assets or Liabilities related to non-Hilton participating employers under the US DB Plans.
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(b) Non-US DB Plans .
(i) HLT Group . Effective as of the Plan Effective Time, except as otherwise expressly provided for herein, HLT shall, or shall cause another member or members or members of the HLT Group to, Assume (w) each defined benefit pension plan sponsored or maintained by Hilton as of the Cut-Off Date that is made available to certain Pre-Existing Hilton Employees outside of the United States as of the Cut-Off Date, including without limitation, the Plans listed on Schedule 4(b)(i), and any legally enforceable agreements or guarantees given by Hilton to support such plans (collectively, the Non-US DB Plans ), (x) all Liabilities associated with the Non-US DB Plans related to HLT Employees and Former Hilton Employees, and, solely with respect to the Hilton UK Pension Plan (the UK DB Plan ), Liabilities relating to benefits built up by any HLT Employees, Former Employees, PK Employees, and HGV Employees, in each case, while employed by Hilton, whether incurred prior to, on or after the Plan Effective Time, (y) all Assets and Liabilities related to any Terminated Hilton UK DB Plans, and (z) all Assets and accrued benefits associated with the Non-US DB Plans related to HLT Employees and Former Hilton Employees and, solely with respect to the UK DB Plans, Assets related to and accrued benefits built up by any HLT Employees, Former Employees, PK Employees, and HGV Employees while employed by Hilton, whether accrued prior to, on or after the Plan Effective Time. On and after the Plan Effective Time, except as otherwise expressly provided for herein, no member of the PK Group or the HGV Group shall have any Liabilities related to HLT Employees or Former Employees under the Non-US DB Plans, HLT Employees or Former Employees under any Terminated Hilton UK DB Plan or, solely with respect to the UK DB Plan, HLT Employees, Former Employees, PK Employees, or HGV Employees.
(ii) PK Group .
(A) Establishment of New Non-US DB Plans/Transfer of Assets and Liabilities . Effective as of the Plan Effective Time, PK shall, or shall cause another member or members of the PK Group to, Assume (x) a portion of each Non-US DB Plan that is made available as of the Cut-Off Date to certain Pre-Existing Hilton Employees outside of the United States who become PK Employees at PK properties based outside of the United States, including, without limitation, the Plans listed on Schedule 4(b)(ii)(B), but excluding the UK DB Plan (such Plans, the Non-US PK DB Plans ), (y) all Liabilities associated with the Non-US PK DB Plans related to PK Employees and Former PK Employees, whether incurred prior to, on or after the Plan Effective Time, and (z) all Assets and accrued benefits related to PK Employees and Former PK Employees associated with the Non-US PK DB Plans, whether accrued prior to, on or after the Plan Effective Time. On and after the Plan Effective Time, no member of the HLT Group or the HGV Group shall have any Liabilities related to the Non-US PK DB Plans.
(B) UK Life Assurance Plans . Effective as of the Plan Effective Time, PK shall, or shall cause another member or members of the PK Group to (x) establish, adopt and implement a new life assurance Plan to provide life assurance benefits to PK Employees employed in the United Kingdom on substantially similar terms, in all material respects, to the terms on which the PK Employees employed in the United Kingdom were provided with life assurance benefits as of the Cut-Off Date, and, if any member of the PK Group provides life assurance benefits to any new Employees employed by a member of the PK Group in the United Kingdom after the Distribution Date, it shall be through the same Plan and
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on the same terms as for PK Employees, and (y) Assume all Liabilities associated with such Plan related to PK Employees (and any new Employees employed by any member of the PK Group after the Distribution Date who are provided with life assurance benefits).
(C) UK DB Plan Mitigation Arrangements . As a result of ceasing to participate in the UK DB Plan, following the Distribution Date, PK shall, or shall cause another member or members of the PK Group to pay, on a monthly basis, in arrears, to or in respect of each PK Employee who was an Active Deferred Member (as defined in the UK DB Plan) participating in the UK DB Plan immediately before the Distribution Date, in respect of each calendar month in which such PK Employee is employed by a member of the PK Group, either (x) a contribution to the defined contribution pension scheme that such PK Employee is a member of and provided under Section 5(b)(ii)(A), based on a fixed percentage (the Mitigation Percentage ) of such PK Employees basic salary as communicated to such PK Employee before the Distribution Date, or (y) a cash salary supplement in an amount equal to the product of (I) the Mitigation Percentage and (II) such PK Employees basic salary. These payments shall be paid on such terms, including as to duration, as are communicated to such PK Employees before the Distribution Date, and subject to any ability of PK or any other member or members of the PK Group to change the affected PK Employees contractual terms where permitted by applicable Law following the Distribution Date. These payments are to be provided as mitigation to such PK Employee for the loss of the salary linkage feature provided under the UK DB Plan prior to the Distribution Date.
(iii) HGV Group .
(A) Establishment of New Non-US DB Plans/Transfer of Assets and Liabilities . Effective as of the Plan Effective Time, HGV shall, or shall cause another member or members of the HGV Group to, Assume (x) each defined benefit pension plan sponsored or maintained by Vacations as of the Cut-Off Date that is made available as of the Cut-Off Date to certain Pre-Existing Hilton Employees in Japan who become HGV Employees at HGV properties based in Japan (such Plans, the Japanese DB Plans ), all Liabilities associated with the Japanese DB Plans related to HGV Employees and Former HGV Employees, whether incurred prior to, on or after the Plan Effective Time, and all Assets and accrued benefits associated with the Japanese DB Plans related to HGV Employees and Former HGV Employees, whether incurred prior to, on or after the Plan Effective Time, and (y) (I) a portion of each other Non-US DB Plan that is made available as of the Cut-Off Date to certain Pre-Existing Hilton Employees outside of the United States who become HGV Employees based outside the United States, including, without limitation, the Plans listed on Schedule 4(b)(iii)(A), but excluding the UK DB Plan (such Plans, the Non-US HGV DB Plans ), (II) all Liabilities associated with the Non-US HGV DB Plans related to HGV Employees and Former HGV Employees, whether incurred prior to, on or after the Plan Effective Time, and (III) all Assets and accrued benefits related to HGV Employees and Former HGV Employees associated with the Non-US HGV DB Plans, whether accrued prior to, on or after the Plan Effective Time. On and after the Plan Effective Time, no member of the HLT Group or the PK Group shall have any Liabilities related to the Japanese DB Plans and the Non-US HGV DB Plans.
(B) UK Life Assurance Plans . Effective as of the Plan Effective Time, HGV shall, or shall cause another member or members of the HGV Group to (x)
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establish, adopt and implement a new life assurance Plan to provide life assurance benefits to HGV Employees employed in the United Kingdom on substantially similar terms, in all material respects, to the terms on which the HGV Employees employed in the United Kingdom were provided with life assurance benefits as of the Cut-Off Date, and, if any member of the HGV Group provides life assurance benefits to any new Employees employed by a member of the HGV Group in the United Kingdom after the Distribution Date, it shall be through the same Plan and on the same terms as for HGV Employees, and (y) Assume all Liabilities associated with such Plan related to HGV Employees (and any new Employees employed by any member of the HGV Group after the Distribution Date who are provided with life assurance benefits).
(C) UK DB Plan Mitigation Arrangements . As a result of ceasing to participate in the UK DB Plan, following the Distribution Date, HGV shall, or shall cause another member or members of the HGV Group to pay, on a monthly basis, in arrears, to or in respect of each HGV Employee who was an Active Deferred Member participating in the UK DB Plan immediately before the Distribution Date, in respect of each calendar month in which such HGV Employee is employed by a member of the HGV Group, either (x) a contribution to the defined contribution pension scheme that such HGV Employee is a member of and provided under Section 5(b)(ii)(A), based on the Mitigation Percentage of such HGV Employees basic salary as communicated to such HGV Employee before the Distribution Date, or (y) a cash salary supplement in an amount equal to the product of (I) the Mitigation Percentage and (II) such HGV Employees basic salary. These payments shall be paid on such terms, including as to duration, as are communicated to such HGV Employees before the Distribution Date, and subject to any ability of HGV or any other member or members of the HGV Group to change the affected HGV Employees contractual terms where permitted by applicable Law following the Distribution Date. These payments are to be provided as mitigation to such HGV Employee for the loss of the salary linkage feature provided under the UK DB Plan prior to the Distribution Date.
5. DEFINED CONTRIBUTION PENSION PLANS . (a) US Tax-Qualified DC Plans .
(i) General . Effective as of the Plan Effective Time, except as otherwise expressly provided for herein or in the Transition Services Agreement, HLT shall, or shall cause another member or members of the HLT Group to, Assume (x) each tax-qualified defined contribution pension plan sponsored or maintained by Hilton as of the Cut-Off Date that is made available to certain Pre-Existing Hilton Employees in the United States (or on temporary assignment outside the United States, if applicable) as of the Cut-Off Date, including, without limitation, the Plans listed on Schedule 5(a)(i) (such Plans, the US DC Plans ), (y) all Liabilities associated with the US DC Plans related to Former Employees, HLT Employees, PK Employees and HGV Employees while such Employees were employed by a member of the Hilton Controlled Group, whether incurred prior to, on or after the Plan Effective Time, and (z) all Assets and accrued benefits associated with the US DC Plans related to Former Employees, HLT Employees, PK Employees and HGV Employees while such Employees were employed by a member of the Hilton Controlled Group, whether accrued prior to, on or after the Plan Effective Time. On and after the Plan Effective Time, except as otherwise expressly provided for herein or in the Transition Services Agreement, no member of the PK Group or the HGV Group shall have any Liabilities related to HLT Employees or Former Employees under the US DC Plans. For the avoidance of doubt, no member of the HLT Group is Assuming any Assets or Liabilities related to non-Hilton participating employers under the US DC Plans.
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(ii) Continued Participation in HW 401(k) Plan . Prior to the Plan Effective Time, each of (x) the Subsidiaries of HLT and (y) PK, HGV and their respective Subsidiaries with Employees who participate in the Hilton Worldwide 401(k) Plan as of the Cut-Off Date (the HW 401(k) Plan ) shall have adopted the HW 401(k) Plan each as a participating employer. Effective as of the Plan Effective Time, each of the applicable members of the PK Group and the HGV Group shall remain as participating employers in the HW 401(k) Plan until no later than December 31, 2017 and, in connection therewith, each of the HLT Group, the PK Group and the HGV Group shall (x) pay their proportional share of the administrative and contribution costs associated with the HW 401(k) Plan during such period and (y) Assume all Liabilities associated with the HW 401(k) Plan related to HLT Employees, Former HLT Employees, PK Employees, Former PK Employees, HGV Employees and Former HGV Employees (and any new Employees employed by any member of the HLT Group, the PK Group or the HGV Group, as applicable, after the Distribution Date), respectively.
(iii) Establishment of New US Tax-Qualified DC Plans/Transfer of Assets and Liabilities . Effective no later than January 1, 2018, each of PK and HGV shall, or shall cause another member or members of the PK Group and the HGV Group, as applicable, to establish, adopt and administer one or more new defined contribution pension plans that are intended to meet the requirements of Sections 401(a) and 401(k) of the Code and a related trust that is intended to meet the requirements of Section 501(a) of the Code for the benefit of eligible PK Employees and HGV Employees, as applicable, in the United States (or on temporary assignment outside of the United States, if applicable) (and any new Employees employed by any member of the PK Group or HGV Group after the Distribution Date) (collectively, the New 401(k) Plans ), the terms and conditions of which shall be determined by the PK Compensation Committee or the HGV Compensation Committee (or their respective designees), as applicable, taking into account the terms and conditions of the HW 401(k) Plan.
(iv) As soon as practicable following the adoption of each New 401(k) Plan, HLT shall, or shall cause the applicable member of the HLT Group to, cause the trustee of the HW 401(k) Plan to Transfer to the trustee or other funding agent of each New 401(k) Plan the amounts (in cash, securities, other property or a combination thereof, including any promissory notes reflecting outstanding participant loan balances) representing the account balances of all PK Employees, Former PK Employees, HGV Employees and Former HGV Employees (and any new Employees employed by any member of the PK Group or the HGV Group, as applicable, after the Distribution Date) who were participating in the HW 401(k) Plan with said amounts to be established as account balances of such Employees under the applicable New 401(k) Plan. Each such Transfer shall comply with Section 414(l) of the Code and the requirements of ERISA. Each of PK and HGV shall, or shall cause the applicable member of the PK Group or the HGV Group, as applicable, to (x) cause the trustees or other funding agent of the applicable New 401(k) Plan to accept the plan-to-plan Transfer from the HW 401(k) Plan, and to credit the accounts of such PK Employees, Former PK Employees, HGV Employees and Former HGV Employees, as applicable (and any new Employees employed by any member of the PK Group and the HGV Group after the Distribution Date, as applicable) under the applicable New 401(k) Plan with the amounts Transferred on their behalf and (y) Assume and be
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solely responsible for all Liabilities under the applicable New 401(k) Plan relating to the accounts that are so Transferred as of the time of such Transfer. In connection with the plan-to-plan Transfer described above, the Parties agree to cooperate in making any and all appropriate filings required under applicable Law and to take all such action(s) as may be necessary or appropriate to cause such plan-to-plan Transfer to take place as soon as practicable following the adoption of each New 401(k) Plan.
(b) Non-US DC Plans .
(i) HLT Group . Effective as of the Plan Effective Time, except as otherwise expressly provided for herein or in the Transition Services Agreement, HLT shall, or shall cause another member or members of the HLT Group to, Assume (x) each defined contribution pension plan sponsored or maintained by Hilton as of the Cut-Off Date that is made available to certain Pre-Existing Hilton Employees outside of the United States as of the Cut-Off Date, including, without limitation, the Plans listed on Schedule 5(b)(i) (such Plans, the Non-US DC Plans ), (y) all Liabilities associated with (I) the Non-US DC Plans and (II) the HOGARENTE (the Hotel and Restaurant Association) and the Pensioenfond Horeca & Catering Retirement Plan (such Plans, the Mandatory DC Plans ), in each case, related to HLT Employees and Former Employees, whether incurred prior to, on or after the Plan Effective Time, and (z) all Assets and accrued benefits associated with the Non-US DC Plans, in each case, related to HLT Employees and Former Employees, whether accrued prior to, on or after the Plan Effective Time. On and after the Plan Effective Time, except as otherwise expressly provided for herein or in the Transition Services Agreement, no member of the PK Group or the HGV Group shall have any Liabilities related to HLT Employees or Former Employees under the Non-US DC Plans or the Mandatory DC Plans.
(ii) PK Group .
(A) Continued Participation in HLT Plans/Establishment of New Plans in the UK . (1) Effective as of the Plan Effective Time, PK shall, or shall cause another member or members of the PK Group to, for the purposes of providing defined contribution pension benefits for PK Employees employed in the United Kingdom, either:
(x) adopt and implement one or more new defined contribution pension plans that have the same terms as to contribution rates and eligibility as the Legal and General Group Pension Plan - Hilton Worldwide Personal UK Retirement Plan (the UK GPP ) and The Peoples Pension Scheme Hilton Hotels Worldwide Section (the UK Auto-Enrolment Plan ) (the UK GPP and the UK Auto-Enrolment Plan, collectively, the UK DC Plans ); or
(y) with the consent of HLT and the trustees or providers of the UK DC Plans, continue participation in the UK DC Plans until no later than December 31, 2017 (the Transitional Period ). During such time, the contribution and eligibility terms of the UK DC Plans shall be the same for PK Employees employed in the United Kingdom as they were for such PK Employees when they were employed by Hilton immediately prior to the Plan Effective Time. For the avoidance of doubt, in connection therewith, each of the HLT Group and the PK Group shall (I) pay their proportional share
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of the administrative and contribution costs associated with the UK DC Plans during such period and (II) Assume all Liabilities associated with the UK DC Plans related to HLT Employees and PK Employees (and any new Employees employed by any member of the HLT Group or the PK Group, as applicable, after the Distribution Date), respectively. Effective from immediately after the end of the Transitional Period and no later than January 1, 2018, PK shall, or shall cause another member or members of the PK Group to, take the action(s) set out in clause (x) above.
(2) Following the establishment, adoption and implementation by PK or another member or members of the PK Group of one or more new defined contribution pension plans as required by clause (1)(x) above, if it would not otherwise automatically happen, PK shall, or shall cause another member or members of the PK Group to, request the trustee of the UK Auto-Enrolment Plan to Transfer all Assets and Liabilities of the UK Auto-Enrolment Plan attributable to PK Employees (and any new Employees employed by any member of the PK Group after the Distribution Date) to the applicable new defined contribution pension plan, subject to the agreement of the new defined contribution pension plan trustee or provider. Following such Transfer, no member of the HLT Group or the HGV Group shall have any Liabilities relating thereto. In addition, if it would not otherwise automatically be permitted, PK shall, or shall cause another member or members of the PK Group to request that the trustee or provider of the new defined contribution pension plan accept a Transfer of the Assets and Liabilities in the UK GPP attributable to any PK Employee (and any new Employees employed by any member of the PK Group after the Distribution Date) who wishes to Transfer such Assets and Liabilities to the new defined contribution pension plan, provided such PK Employee (and any such new Employee employed by any member of the PK Group after the Distribution Date) is still an active member of the new defined contribution pension plan at the date of the Transfer.
(B) Assumption/Establishment of New Plans . Effective as of the Plan Effective Time, PK shall, or shall cause another member or members of the PK Group to (x) commence participation in the Mandatory DC Plans and (y) Assume (I) each Non-US DC Plan that is made available as the Cut-Off Date to certain Pre-Existing Hilton Employees as of the Cut-Off Date in South Africa who become PK Employees at PK properties based in South Africa (such Plans, the SA DC Plans ), all Liabilities associated with the SA DC Plans related to PK Employees and Former PK Employees, whether incurred prior to, on or after the Plan Effective Time, and all Assets and accrued benefits associated with the SA DC Plans related to PK Employees and Former PK Employees, whether accrued prior to, on or after the Plan Effective Time, and (II) (1) a portion of each other Non-US DC Plan that is made available as of the Cut-Off Date to certain Pre-Existing Hilton Employees outside of the United States who become PK Employees at PK properties based outside of the United States, including, without limitation, the Plans listed on Schedule 5(b)(ii)(B), but excluding the UK DC Plans (such Plans, PK Required Plans ), (2) all Liabilities associated with the PK Required Plans related to PK Employees and Former PK Employees, whether incurred prior to, on or after the Plan Effective Time, and (3) all Assets and accrued benefits associated with the PK Required Plans related to PK Employees and Former PK Employees, whether accrued prior to, on or after the Plan Effective Time. On and after the Plan Effective Time, no member of the HLT Group or the HGV Group shall have any Liabilities related to PK Employees or Former PK Employees under
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the SA DC Plans or the PK Required Plans. The PK Compensation Committee (or its designee) shall establish, adopt and implement one or more new defined contribution pension plans that have substantially similar terms, in all material respects, to the PK Required Plans. Following the adoption of such plans, HLT shall, or shall cause another member or members of the HLT Group to, Transfer all Assets and Liabilities attributable to PK Employees and Former PK Employees under the respective PK Required Plans to each such newly adopted plan. On and after such Transfer, no member of the HLT Group or the HGV Group shall have any Liabilities related thereto. Following commencement of participation in the Mandatory DC Plans, PK shall, or shall cause another member or members of the PK Group to, Assume all Liabilities associated with such the Mandatory DC Plans related to PK Employees and Former PK Employees, whether incurred prior to, on or after the Plan Effective Time.
(iii) HGV Group .
(A) Continued Participation in HLT Plans/Establishment of New Plans in the UK . (1) Effective as of the Plan Effective Time, HGV shall, or shall cause another member or members of the HGV Group to, for the purposes of providing defined contribution pension benefits for HGV Employees employed in the United Kingdom, either:
(x) adopt and implement one or more new defined contribution pension plans that have the same terms as to contribution rates and eligibility as each applicable UK DC Plan; or
(y) with the consent of HLT and the trustees or providers of the UK DC Plans, continue participation in the UK DC Plans until no later than the last day of the Transitional Period. During such time, the contribution and eligibility terms of the UK DC Plans shall be the same for HGV Employees employed in the United Kingdom as they were for such HGV Employees when they were employed by Hilton immediately prior to the Plan Effective Time. For the avoidance of doubt, in connection therewith, each of the HLT Group and the HGV Group shall (I) pay their proportional share of the administrative and contribution costs associated with the UK DC Plans during such period and (II) Assume all Liabilities associated with the UK DC Plans related to HLT Employees and HGV Employees (and any new Employees employed by any member of the HLT Group or the HGV Group, as applicable, after the Distribution Date), respectively. Effective from immediately after the end of the Transitional Period and no later than January 1, 2018, HGV shall, or shall cause another member or members of the HGV Group to, take the action(s) set out in clause (x) above.
(2) Following the establishment, adoption and implementation by HGV or another member or members of the HGV Group of one or more new defined contribution pension plans as required by clause (1)(x) above, if it would not otherwise automatically happen, HGV shall, or shall cause another member or members of the HGV Group to, request the trustee of the UK Auto-Enrolment Plan to Transfer all Assets and Liabilities of the UK Auto-Enrolment Plan attributable to HGV Employees (and any new Employees employed by any member of the HGV Group after the Distribution Date) to the applicable new defined contribution pension plan, subject to the agreement of the new defined contribution pension plan trustee or provider. Following such Transfer, no
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member of the HLT Group or the PK Group shall have any Liabilities relating thereto. In addition, if it would not otherwise automatically be permitted, HGV shall, or shall cause another member or members of the HGV Group to request that the trustee or provider of the new defined contribution pension plan accept a Transfer of the Assets and Liabilities in the UK GPP attributable to any HGV Employee (and any new Employees employed by any member of the HGV Group after the Distribution Date) who wishes to Transfer such Assets and Liabilities to the new defined contribution pension plan, provided such HGV Employee (and any such new Employee employed by any member of the HGV Group after the Distribution Date) is still an active member of the new defined contribution pension plan at the date of the Transfer.
(B) Assumption/Establishment of New Plans Effective as of the Plan Effective Time, HGV shall, or shall cause another member or members of the HGV Group to, Assume (x) each Non-US DC Plan that is made available as of the Cut-Off Date to certain Pre-Existing Hilton Employees in Japan who become HGV Employees at HGV properties based in Japan (the Japanese DC Plans ), all Liabilities associated with the Japanese DC Plans related to HGV Employees and Former HGV Employees, whether incurred prior to, on or after the Plan Effective Time, and all Assets and accrued benefits associated with the Japanese DC Plans related to HGV Employees and Former HGV Employees, whether accrued prior to, on or after the Plan Effective Time, and (y) (I) a portion of each other Non-US DC Plan that is made available as of the Cut-Off Date to certain Pre-Existing Hilton Employees outside of the United States who become HGV Employees at HGV properties based outside of the United States, including, without limitation, the Plans listed on Schedule 5(b)(iii)(B) (such Plans, excluding the UK DC Plans, the Hilton International Plan (Hilton Retirement Capital Plan section) and the Hilton Worldwide International Retirement Plan, the HGV Required Plans ), (II) all Liabilities associated with the HGV Required Plans related to HGV Employees and Former HGV Employees, whether incurred prior to, on or after the Plan Effective Time, and (III) all Assets and accrued benefits associated with the HGV Required Plans related to HGV Employees and Former HGV Employees, whether accrued prior to, on or after the Plan Effective Time. On and after the Plan Effective Time, no member of the HLT Group or the PK Group shall have any Liabilities related to HGV Employees or Former HGV Employees under the Japanese DC Plans or the HGV Required Plans. The HGV Compensation Committee (or its designee) shall establish, adopt and implement one or more new defined contribution pension plans that have substantially similar terms, in all material respects, to the HGV Required Plans, effective as of the Plan Effective Time. Effective as of the Plan Effective Time, HLT shall, or shall cause another member or members of the HLT Group to, Transfer all Assets and Liabilities attributable to HGV Employees and Former HGV Employees under each applicable HGV Required Plan to each such newly adopted plan. On and after such Transfer, no member of the HLT Group or the PK Group shall have any Liabilities related thereto.
6. NON-QUALIFIED RETIREMENT/DEFERRED COMPENSATION PLANS . (a) General . Effective as of the Plan Effective Time, except as otherwise expressly provided for herein, HLT shall, or shall cause another member or members of the HLT Group to, Assume (x) each non-qualified retirement and deferred compensation plan sponsored or maintained by Hilton as of the Cut-Off Date that is made available to certain Pre-Existing Hilton Employees in the United States (or on temporary assignment outside the United States, if applicable) as of the Cut-Off Date, including, without limitation, the Plans listed on Schedule
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6(a), (such Plans, the Hilton Deferred Compensation Plans ), (y) all Liabilities associated with the Hilton Deferred Compensation Plans related to Former Employees, HLT Employees, PK Employees and HGV Employees, whether incurred prior to, on or after the Plan Effective Time, and (z) all Assets (including any associated rabbi trust) and accrued benefits associated with the Hilton Deferred Compensation Plans related to Former Employees, HLT Employees, PK Employees and HGV Employees, whether accrued prior to, on or after the Plan Effective Time. Except as otherwise expressly provided for herein, on and after the Plan Effective Time, no member of the PK Group or the HGV Group shall have any Liabilities related to Former Employees, HLT Employees, PK Employees or HGV Employees under the Hilton Deferred Compensation Plans.
(b) New PK and HGV Deferred Compensation Plans/Transfer of Liabilities .
(i) PK Group . Effective as of the Plan Effective Time, PK shall, or shall cause another member or members of the PK Group to, establish, adopt and administer one or more new deferred compensation and/or non-qualified retirement plans for eligible PK Employees (and any new Employees employed by any member of the PK Group after the Distribution Date) in the United States. The terms and conditions of one such plan for PK Employees who participated in the Hilton Hotels 2005 Executive Deferred Compensation Plan (the 2005 EDCP ) as of the Cut-Off Date shall be substantially similar, in all material respects, to the 2005 EDCP. Effective as of the Plan Effective Time, PK shall, or shall cause another member or members of the PK Group to, Assume all Liabilities related to the 2005 EDCP attributable to PK Employees who participated in the 2005 EDCP as of the Cut-Off Date. On and after the Plan Effective Time, no member of the HLT Group or the HGV Group shall have any Liabilities related to PK Employees under the 2005 EDCP and no member of the PK Group shall have any Liabilities related to the HLT Employees and Former Employees under the 2005 EDCP. Any such other plans that are adopted by any member of the PK Group shall be on such terms and conditions as determined by the PK Compensation Committee (or its designee).
(ii) HGV Group . Effective as of the Plan Effective Time, HGV shall, or shall cause another member or members of the HGV Group to, establish, adopt and administer one or more new deferred compensation and/or non-qualified retirement plans for eligible HGV Employees (and any new Employees employed by any member of the HGV Group after the Distribution Date) in the United States. The terms and conditions of one such plan for HGV Employees who participated in the 2005 EDCP as of the Cut-Off Date shall be substantially similar, in all material respects, to the 2005 EDCP. Effective as of the Plan Effective Time, HGV shall, or shall cause another member or members of the HGV Group to, Assume all Liabilities related to the 2005 EDCP attributable to HGV Employees who participated in the 2005 EDCP as of the Cut-Off Date. On and after the Plan Effective Time, no member of the HLT Group or the PK Group shall have any Liabilities related to HGV Employees under the 2005 EDCP and no member of the HGV Group shall have any Liabilities related to the HLT Employees under the 2005 EDCP. Any such other plans that are adopted by any member of the HGV Group shall be on such terms and conditions as determined by the HGV Compensation Committee (or its designee).
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(iii) No Separation from Service .
(A) The Parties agree that transfers of employment in connection with the Distribution shall not be treated as separations from service under any Hilton Deferred Compensation Plan, and such employment shall only be considered to terminate for purposes of the applicable Hilton Deferred Compensation Plans or a PK or HGV non-qualified retirement/deferred compensation plan that receives the Liabilities, as applicable, as a result of (x) a transfer of employment among the HLT Group, the PK Group and the HGV Group, or (y) a termination of employment with the HLT Group, the PK Group or the HGV Group, as applicable, following the Plan Effective Time. All non-qualified retirement/deferred compensation benefits payable on and after the Plan Effective Time related to HLT Employees, PK Employees and HGV Employees shall be paid under the applicable Hilton Deferred Compensation Plans or a PK or HGV non-qualified retirement/deferred compensation plan that receives the Liabilities, as applicable.
7. EMPLOYEE HEALTH AND WELFARE BENEFIT PLANS . (a) US H&W Plans .
(i) General . Effective as of the Plan Effective Time, except as otherwise expressly provided for herein or in the Transition Services Agreement, HLT shall, or shall cause another member or members of the HLT Group to, Assume (x) each health and welfare benefit Plan (other than severance Plans) sponsored or maintained by Hilton as of the Cut-Off Date that is made available to certain Pre-Existing Hilton Employees in the United States and Puerto Rico as of the Cut-Off Date, including, without limitation, the Plans listed on Schedule 7(a)(i) (the Hilton H&W Plans ), (y) all Liabilities associated with the Hilton H&W Plans related to Former Employees, HLT Employees, PK Employees and HGV Employees, whether incurred prior to, on or after the Plan Effective Time, and (z) all Assets and accrued benefits associated with the Hilton H&W Plans related to Former Employees, HLT Employees, PK Employees and HGV Employees, whether accrued prior to, on or after the Plan Effective Time. On and after the Plan Effective Time, except as otherwise provided for in Section 7(a)(iii), no member of the PK Group or the HGV Group shall have any Liabilities related to HLT Employees or Former Hilton Employees under the Hilton H&W Plans, no member of the HLT Group or the HGV Group shall have any Liabilities related to PK Employees or Former PK Employees under the Hilton H&W Plans and no member of the HLT Group or the PK Group shall have any Liabilities related to HGV Employees or Former HGV Employees under the Hilton H&W Plans.
(ii) COBRA . HLT or another member or members of the HLT Group shall be responsible for providing continuation coverage pursuant to the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1985, as amended (COBRA) ( COBRA Coverage ) under the applicable HLT Plan with respect to qualified beneficiaries whose qualifying event occurred prior to or in conjunction with the Distribution. For qualifying events occurring on and after the Plan Effective Time, HLT shall, or shall cause another member or members of the HLT Group to, be responsible for providing COBRA Coverage to qualified beneficiaries whose qualifying event relates to a HLT Employee (and any new Employees employed by any member of the HLT Group after the Distribution Date), PK shall, or shall cause another member or members of the PK Group to, be responsible for providing COBRA Coverage to qualified beneficiaries whose
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qualifying event relates to a PK Employee (and any new Employees employed by any member of the PK Group after the Distribution Date), and HGV shall, or shall cause another member or members of the HGV Group to, be responsible for providing COBRA Coverage to qualified beneficiaries whose qualifying event relates to a HGV Employee (and any new Employees employed by any member of the HGV Group after the Distribution Date).
(iii) Continued Participation In Hilton H&W Plans . Subject to the consent of the applicable insurers or any other applicable third-parties, as needed, effective as of the Plan Effective Time, each of the applicable members of the PK Group and the HGV Group shall remain participating employers in the Hilton H&W Plans until no later than December 31, 2017, but shall cease participating in any cafeteria Plans, salary continuation Plans, health savings accounts, health and dependent care flexible spending accounts, voluntary benefit Plans, commuter benefit Plans and tuition reimbursement Plans, in each case, sponsored or maintained by Hilton as of the Cut-Off Date that are made available to certain Pre-Existing Hilton Employees in the United States as of the Cut-Off Date (such Plans, the Specified H&W Plans ) as of the Plan Effective Time. In connection with such continued participation, each of the HLT Group, the PK Group and the HGV Group shall (x) pay their proportional share of the administrative and contribution costs associated with such Plans during such period and (y) Assume all Liabilities associated with such Plans related to HLT Employees, Former HLT Employees, PK Employees, Former PK Employees, HGV Employees or Former HGV Employees (and any new Employees employed by any member of the HLT Group, the PK Group or the HGV Group, as applicable, after the Distribution Date), respectively. Insurance premiums under the Hilton H&W Plans, including premiums related to COBRA Coverage, shall be paid either (x) directly to the applicable insurer by a member of each of the HLT Group, the PK Group and the HGV Group on behalf of the participating Former Employees, Employees and dependents of each, or (y) directly to the applicable insurer by a member of the HLT Group on behalf of Former Employees, HLT Employees, PK Employees and HGV Employees and their respective dependents with reimbursement of such amounts being made by a member of the PK Group and the HGV Group within the time period required under ERISA. During the period commencing on the Distribution Date and ending no later than December 31, 2017, the HLT Group, the PK Group and the HGV Group shall share proportionally in any credits returned ( e.g., MLR credits, subrogation recoveries, etc.) to any health and welfare benefit Plan sponsored or maintained by any member of the HLT Group in which a member of the PK Group and HGV Group continue to participate on and after the Plan Effective Time.
(iv) New PK and HGV Health and Welfare Benefit Plans .
(A) Effective as of the Plan Effective Time, each of PK and HGV shall, or shall cause another member or members of the PK Group or the HGV Group, as applicable, to, establish, adopt and implement one or more new health and welfare benefit Plans in which eligible PK Employees and HGV Employees (and any new Employees employed by any member of the PK Group and the HGV Group after the Distribution Date) in the United States shall participate, with terms and conditions that are substantially similar, in all material respects, to the terms and conditions of the Specified H&W Plans in which such Employees were participating as of the Cut-Off Date.
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(B) Effective no later than January 1, 2018, each of PK and HGV shall, or shall cause another member or members of the PK Group or the HGV Group, as applicable, to, establish, adopt and implement one or more new health and welfare benefit Plans (excluding a Retiree Health Plan and retiree life insurance arrangements) under which PK Employees and HGV Employees (and any new Employees employed by any member of the PK Group and the HGV Group after the Distribution Date) in the United States shall participate, the terms and conditions of which shall be determined by the PK Compensation Committee (or its designee) or the HGV Compensation Committee (or its designee), as applicable, taking into account the terms and conditions of the corresponding Hilton H&W Plan.
(C) Each of PK and HGV shall, or shall cause another member or members of the PK Group and the HGV Group, as applicable, to use commercially reasonable efforts to waive all pre-existing condition exclusions and actively-at-work requirements for each health and welfare benefit Plan in which PK Employees and HGV Employees in the United States were participating as of the Cut-Off Date or the effective date of the new Plan, as applicable.
(D) Each of PK and HGV shall, or shall cause another member or members of the PK Group and the HGV Group, as applicable, to provide credit for expenses incurred by PK Employees and HGV Employees in the United States and their eligible dependents during the portion of the plan year that includes the Distribution Date for purposes of satisfying all deductible, coinsurance and maximum out-of-pocket requirements applicable to each such Employee.
(E) For the plan year in which the Distribution Date occurs, flexible spending accounts and health savings accounts of PK Employees and HGV Employees shall be transferred to the corresponding PK or HGV health and welfare benefit Plan, including contribution and payment history.
(b) Non-US H&W Plans .
(i) HLT Group.
(A) General . Effective as of the Plan Effective Time, except as expressly provided for herein or in the Transition Services Agreement, HLT shall, or shall cause another member or members of the HLT Group to, Assume (x) each health and welfare benefit Plan (including each related insurance policy, trust instrument and other related contract or agreement) sponsored or maintained by Hilton as of the Cut-Off Date that is made available to certain Pre-Existing Hilton Employees outside of the United States as of the Cut-Off Date, including without limitation, the Plans listed on Schedule 7(b)(i)(A) (such Plans, the Hilton Non-US H&W Plans ), (y) all Liabilities associated with the Hilton Non-US H&W Plans related to HLT Employees, Former Employees, PK Employees and HGV Employees, whether incurred prior to, on or after the Plan Effective Time, and (z) all Assets and accrued benefits associated with the Non-US H&W Plans related to HLT Employees, Former Hilton Employees, PK Employees and HGV Employees. On and after the Plan Effective Time, except as expressly provided for herein or in the Transition Services Agreement, no member of the PK Group or the HGV Group shall have any Liabilities related HLT Employees and Former Employees under the Non-US H&W Plans.
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(B) Continued Participation in Brazilian H&W Plans/New Brazilian H&W Plans . Effective as of the Plan Effective Time, HLT shall, or shall cause another member or members of the HLT Group to, for the purposes of providing health and welfare and/or life insurance benefits for HLT Employees employed in Brazil (and any new Employees employed by any member of the HLT Group in Brazil after the Distribution Date), either (x) to establish, adopt or implement one or more new health and welfare and/or life insurance benefit plans that have substantially similar terms, in all material respects, to the Seguro Saude Empresarial, the Seguro Coletivo Empresarial de Assistencia a Saude Na Segmentacao Odontologico and/or the Seguro de Vida Em Groupo, as applicable (each such Plan, a Brazilian H&W Plan ) or (y) subject to consent of the applicable insurer(s) or any other applicable third-parties, as needed, effective as of the Plan Effective Time, each of the applicable members of the HLT Group shall remain as participating employers in one or more Brazilian H&W Plans until no later than December 31, 2017 and, in connection therewith, each of the HLT Group and the PK Group shall (I) pay their proportional share of the administrative and contribution costs associated with the applicable Brazilian H&W Plan(s) during such period and (II) Assume all Liabilities associated with the applicable Brazilian H&W Plan(s) related to HLT Employees, Former HLT Employees, PK Employees and Former PK Employees (and any new Employees employed by any member of the HLT Group or the PK Group, as applicable, after the Distribution Date), respectively. Effective no later than January 1, 2018, HLT shall, or shall cause another member or members of the HLT Group to, establish, adopt and implement one or more new health and welfare benefit Plans that have substantially similar terms, in all material respects, to the applicable Brazilian H&W Plan(s).
(ii) PK Group .
(A) Continued Participation in HLT Plans . Subject to consent of the applicable insurers or any other applicable third-parties, as needed, effective as of the Plan Effective Time, each of the applicable members of the PK Group shall remain as participating employers in the Plans listed on Schedule 7(b)(ii)(A) (each such Plan, a Continued PK H&W Plan ) until no later than December 31, 2017 and, in connection therewith, each of the HLT Group and the PK Group shall (x) pay their proportional share of the administrative and contribution costs associated with each such Continued PK H&W Plan during such period and (y) Assume all Liabilities associated with each such Continued PK H&W Plan related to HLT Employees, Former HLT Employees, PK Employees and Former PK Employees (and any new Employees employed by any member of the HLT Group or the PK Group, as applicable, after the Distribution Date), respectively. Effective no later than January 1, 2018, PK shall, or shall cause another member or members of the PK Group to, establish, adopt and implement one or more new health and welfare benefit Plans that have substantially similar terms, in all material respects, to each applicable Continued PK H&W Plan.
(B) Assumption/Establishment of New Plans . Effective as of the Plan Effective Time, PK shall, or shall cause another member or members of the PK Group to, Assume (I) each health and welfare benefit Plan sponsored or maintained by a member of the PK Group as of the Cut-Off Date that is made available as of the Cut-Off Date to certain
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Pre-Existing Hilton Employees in Brazil and South Africa who become PK Employees at PK properties based in Brazil and South Africa (such Plans, collectively, the Brazilian and SA H&W Plans ), all Liabilities associated with the Brazilian and SA H&W Plans related to PK Employees and Former PK Employees, whether incurred prior to, on or after the Plan Effective Time, and all Assets (including each related insurance policy, trust instrument and other related contract or agreement) and accrued benefits associated with the Brazilian and SA H&W Plans related to PK Employees and Former PK Employees, whether accrued prior to, on or after the Plan Effective Time, and (II) (1) a portion of each other health and welfare benefit Plan sponsored or maintained by Hilton as of the Cut-Off Date that is made available as of the Cut-Off Date to certain Pre-Existing Hilton Employees outside of the United States who become PK Employees at PK properties based outside of the United States, including, without limitation, the Plans listed on Schedule 7(b)(ii)(B) (collectively, PK Required H&W Plans ), (2) all Liabilities associated with the PK Required H&W Plans related to PK Employees and Former PK Employees, whether incurred prior to, on or after the Plan Effective Time, and (3) all Assets (other than those held in an insurance policy or those that the PK Employee has the right to elect to retain with the applicable insurer) and accrued benefits associated with the PK Required H&W Plans related to PK Employees and Former PK Employees, whether accrued prior to, on or after the Plan Effective Time. On and after the Plan Effective Time, no member of the HLT Group or the HGV Group shall have any Liabilities related to PK Employees or Former PK Employees under the Brazilian and SA H&W Plans or the PK Required H&W Plans. The PK Compensation Committee (or its designee) shall establish, adopt and implement one or more new health and welfare benefit Plans that have substantially similar terms, in all material respects, to the PK Required H&W Plans. Following the adoption of such Plans, HLT shall, or shall cause another member or members of the HLT Group to, Transfer all Assets (other than those held in an insurance policy or those that the PK Employee or Former PK Employee has the right to elect to retain with the applicable insurer) and Liabilities attributable to PK Employees and Former PK Employees under the respective PK Required H&W Plans to each such newly adopted Plan. Following such Transfer, no member of the HLT Group or the HGV Group shall have any Liabilities related thereto.
(iii) HGV Group .
(A) Continued Participation in HLT Plans . Subject to consent of the applicable insurers or any other applicable third-parties, as needed, effective as of the Plan Effective Time, each of the applicable members of the HGV Group shall remain as participating employers in the Plans listed on Schedule 7(b)(iii)(A) (each such Plan, a Continued HGV H&W Plan ) until no later than December 31, 2017 and, in connection therewith, each of the HLT Group and the HGV Group shall (x) pay their proportional share of the administrative and contribution costs associated with each such Continued HGV H&W Plan during such period and (y) Assume all Liabilities associated with each such Continued HGV H&W Plan related to HLT Employees or HGV Employees (and any new Employees employed by any member of the HLT Group or the HGV Group, as applicable, after the Distribution Date), respectively. Effective no later than January 1, 2018, HGV shall, or shall cause another member or members of the HGV Group to, establish, adopt and implement one or more new health and welfare benefit Plans that have substantially similar terms, in all material respects, to each applicable Continued HGV H&W Plan.
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(B) Assumption/Establishment of New Plans . Effective as of the Plan Effective Time, HGV shall, or shall cause another member or members of the HGV Group to, Assume (I) each health and welfare benefit Plan sponsored or maintained by a member of the HGV Group as of the Cut-Off Date that is made available as of the Cut-Off Date to certain Pre-Existing Hilton Employees in Japan who become HGV Employees at HGV properties based in Japan (such Plans, the Japanese H&W Plans ), all Liabilities associated with the Japanese H&W Plans related to HGV Employees and Former HGV Employees, whether incurred prior to, on or after the Plan Effective Time, and all Assets (other than those held in an insurance policy or those that the HGV Employee or Former HGV Employee has the right to elect to retain with the applicable insurer) and accrued benefits associated with the Japanese H&W Plans related to HGV Employees and Former HGV Employees, whether accrued prior to, on or after the Plan Effective Time, and (II) (1) a portion of each other health and welfare benefit Plan sponsored or maintained by Hilton as of the Cut-Off Date that is made available as of the Cut-Off Date to certain Pre-Existing Hilton Employees outside of the United States who become HGV Employees at HGV properties based outside of the United States (collectively, HGV Required H&W Plans ), (2) all Liabilities associated with the HGV Required H&W Plans related to HGV Employees and Former HGV Employees, whether incurred prior to, on or after the Plan Effective Time, and (3) all Assets (other than those held in an insurance policy or those that the HGV Employee or Former HGV Employee has the right to elect to retain with the applicable insurer) and accrued benefits associated with the HGV Required H&W Plans related to HGV Employees and Former HGV Employees, whether accrued prior to, on or after the Plan Effective Time. On and after the Plan Effective Time, no member of the HLT Group or the PK Group shall have any Liabilities related to HGV Employees or Former HGV Employees under the Japanese H&W Plans or the HGV Required H&W Plans. The HGV Compensation Committee (or its designee) shall establish, adopt and implement one or more new health and welfare benefit Plans that have substantially similar terms, in all material respects, to the HGV Required H&W Plans. Following the adoption of such Plans, HLT shall, or shall cause another member or members of the HLT Group to, Transfer all Assets (other than those held in an insurance policy or those that the HGV Employee or Former HGV Employees has the right to elect to retain with the applicable insurer) and Liabilities attributable to HGV Employees and Former HGV Employees under the respective HGV Required H&W Plans to each such newly adopted Plan. Following such Transfer, no member of the HLT Group or the PK Group shall have any Liabilities related thereto.
(iv) Credit . To the extent available under local Law, PK and HGV shall, or shall cause another member or members of the PK Group and the HGV Group, as applicable, to use commercially reasonable efforts to waive all pre-existing condition exclusions and actively-at-work requirements for each Non-US health and welfare benefit Plan in which such PK Employees and HGV Employees were participating as of the Cut-Off Date or the effective date of such new Plan, as applicable.
(A) PK and HGV shall, or shall cause another member or members of the PK Group and the HGV Group, as applicable, to provide credit for expenses incurred by such PK Employees and HGV Employees and their respective eligible dependents during the portion of the plan year that includes the Distribution Date for purposes of satisfying all deductible, coinsurance and maximum out-of-pocket requirements applicable to each such Employee.
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(B) For purposes of this Section 7, a claim or Liability is deemed to be incurred (i) with respect to medical, dental, vision and/or prescription drug benefits, upon the rendering of health services giving rise to such claim or Liability; (ii) with respect to life insurance, accidental death and dismemberment and business travel accident insurance, upon the occurrence of the event giving rise to such claim or Liability; (iii) with respect to disability benefits, upon the date of an Employees disability, as determined by the disability benefit insurance carrier or claim administrator, giving rise to such claim or Liability; and (iv) with respect to a period of continuous hospitalization, upon the date of admission to the hospital.
8. SEVERANCE PLANS . (a) US Plans . (i) Effective as of the Plan Effective Time, HLT shall, or shall cause another member or members of the HLT Group to, Assume (x) each severance plan sponsored or maintained by Hilton as of the Cut-Off Date that is made available to certain Pre-Existing Hilton Employees in the United States (or on temporary assignment outside the United States, if applicable) as of the Cut-Off Date, including, without limitation, the Plans listed on Schedule 8(a)(i) (collectively, the Hilton Severance Plans ), (y) all Liabilities associated with the Hilton Severance Plans related to HLT Employees as of the Plan Effective Time, and (z) all accrued benefits associated with the Hilton Severance Plans related to HLT Employees as of the Plan Effective Time. Effective as of the Plan Effective Time, (I) HLT shall, or shall cause another member or members of the HLT Group to, Assume all Liabilities associated with the Hilton Severance Plans related to Former Hilton Employees, (II) PK shall, or shall cause another member or members of the PK Group to, Assume all Liabilities associated with the Hilton Severance Plans related to Former PK Employees, and (III) HGV shall, or shall cause another member or members of the HGV Group to, Assume all Liabilities associated with the Hilton Severance Plans related to Former HGV Employees.
(ii) On or after the Plan Effective Time, PK and/or HGV may establish, adopt and implement one or more new severance Plans in the United States, the terms and conditions of which shall be determined by the PK Compensation Committee (or its designee) and/or the HGV Compensation Committee (or its designee), as applicable.
(iii) The Parties agree that transfers of employment in connection with the Distribution shall not be treated as terminations of employment under any Hilton Severance Plan and all severance benefits payable on and after the Plan Effective Time related to HLT Employees, PK Employees and HGV Employees (and any new Employees employed by any member of the HLT Group, the PK Group and the HGV Group after the Distribution Date) shall be paid under the applicable Hilton Severance Plan or, upon adoption following the Distribution Date, the new PK Group severance Plan or HGV Group severance Plan, as applicable.
(b) Non-US Plans . HLT, PK and HGV shall, or shall cause another member or members of the HLT Group, the PK Group and the HGV Group, as applicable, to provide severance or end of service benefits ( Non-US Severance ), as applicable, to their respective Employees to the extent required by applicable Law and Assume all such Liabilities related to HLT Employees, PK Employees and HGV Employees, as applicable. Effective as of the Plan Effective Time, (i) HLT shall, or shall cause another member or members of the HLT Group to, Assume all Liabilities associated with Non-US Severance related to Former Hilton Employees, (ii) PK shall, or shall cause another member or members of the PK Group to, Assume all
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Liabilities associated with Non-US Severance related to Former PK Employees, and (iii) HGV shall, or shall cause another member or members of the HGV Group to, Assume all Liabilities associated with Non-US Severance related to Former HGV Employees.
9. PAID TIME OFF . (a) Effective as of the Plan Effective Time, HLT shall, or shall cause another member or members of the HLT Group to, Assume each US and non-US paid time off Plan sponsored or maintained by Hilton as of the Cut-Off Date that is made available to Pre-Existing Hilton Employees as of the Cut-Off Date who become HLT Employees (such Plans, the Hilton PTO Plans ) and all Liabilities associated with the Hilton PTO Plans related to HLT Employees as of the Plan Effective Time. On and after the Plan Effective Time, no member of the PK Group or the HGV Group shall have any Liabilities related to HLT Employees under the Hilton PTO Plans.
(b) Effective as of the Plan Effective Time, PK shall, or shall cause another member or members of the PK Group to, establish, adopt and implement one or more new US and non-US paid time off Plans (each such Plan, a PK PTO Plan ), the terms and conditions of which shall be determined by one or more members of the PK Group, taking into account the terms and conditions of the corresponding Hilton PTO Plan. Effective as of the Plan Effective Time, PK shall, or shall cause another member or members of the PK Group to, Assume all Liabilities related to PK Employees under the applicable Hilton PTO Plan. On and after the Plan Effective Time, no member of the HLT Group or the HGV Group shall have any Liabilities related thereto.
(c) Effective as of the Plan Effective Time, HGV shall, or shall cause another member or members of the HGV Group to, establish, adopt and implement one or more new US and non-US paid time off plans (each such Plan, a HGV PTO Plan ), the terms and conditions of which shall be determined by one or more members of the HGV Group, taking into account the terms and conditions of the corresponding Hilton PTO Plan. Effective as of the Plan Effective Time, HGV shall, or shall cause another member or members of the HGV Group to, Assume all Liabilities related to HGV Employees under the applicable Hilton PTO Plan. On and after the Plan Effective Time, no member of the HLT Group or the PK Group shall have any Liabilities related thereto.
(d) Unless otherwise required by applicable Law, the Parties agree that transfers of employment in connection with the Distribution shall not be treated as terminations of employment under any Hilton PTO Plan, PK PTO Plan or HGV PTO Plan and all paid time off benefits accrued under any Hilton PTO Plan as of the Plan Effective Time related to HLT Employees, PK Employees and HGV Employees shall remain with the applicable Hilton PTO Plan or transfer to a PK PTO Plan or HGV PTO Plan, as applicable.
(e) To the extent that any member of the HLT Group, PK Group or HGV Group (such member, the Paying Entity ) is required to pay any amounts relating to paid time off benefits associated with HLT Employees, PK Employees or HGV Employees who are not Employees of the Paying Entity as of the Distribution Date in connection with the Distribution, the employing entity agrees to reimburse the Paying Entity for such amounts.
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10. PERQUISITES . (a) TMTP/Go Hilton . Effective as of the Plan Effective Time, HGV Employees and PK Employees (and any new Employees employed by any member of the HGV Group and the PK Group after the Distribution Date) shall continue to be eligible to participate in the Go Hilton Program, as amended from time to time in the HLT Groups sole discretion (the Program), subject to annual review of such participation by the HLT Group. HGV and PK participation in the Program is subject to the terms and conditions of reciprocity agreement(s) between a member of the HLT Group and a member of the HGV Group or the PK Group, as applicable, and reciprocal loading of HGV and PK inventory to be centrally managed by the HLT Go Hilton team. Such participation is intended to qualify as a fringe benefit excludible from gross income of HLT Employees, HGV Employees and PK Employees (and any new Employees employed by any member of the HLT Group, PK Group and the HGV Group after the Distribution Date) under Section 132(a) of the Code. This Agreement and any reciprocity agreement(s) shall each constitute a reciprocal agreement between HLT and HGV and HLT and PK, as applicable, within the meaning of Section 132(i) of the Code and each of HLT, PK and HGV shall, or shall cause another member or members of the HLT Group, the PK Group and the HGV Group to, execute such further documentation as may be required for tax purposes or otherwise necessary to effect such arrangement.
(b) HGV Discount Program . Effective as of the Plan Effective Time, HLT Employees and PK Employees shall no longer participate in the discount program offered by the HGV Group with respect to purchases of HGV inventory. The HGV Compensation Committee (or its designee) shall determine, in its sole discretion, whether to continue to offer discounts on HGV inventory to HGV Employees (and any new Employees employed by any member of the HGV Group after the Distribution Date) following the Plan Effective Time.
(c) HLT Non-US Perquisites . Effective as of the Plan Effective Time, HLT shall, or shall cause another member or members of the HLT Group to, Assume, establish, adopt and implement, as applicable, one or more new perquisite policies covering HLT Employees (and any new Employees employed by any member of the HLT Group after the Distribution Date) outside of the United States, the terms and conditions of which shall be determined by the HLT Compensation Committee (or its designee), taking into account the terms and conditions of the perquisite policy sponsored or maintained by Hilton as of the Cut-Off Date that is made available to certain Pre-Existing Hilton Employees outside of the United States as of the Cut-Off Date (such plans, the Hilton Non-US Perk Plans ). In connection with the foregoing, effective as of the Plan Effective Time, HLT shall, or shall cause another member or members of the HLT Group to, Assume all Liabilities associated with the Hilton Non-US Perk Plans related to HLT Employees and Former Hilton Employees. Following the Plan Effective Time, no member of the PK Group or the HGV Group shall have any Liabilities related to HLT Employees or Former Hilton Employees under the Hilton Non-US Perk Plans.
(d) PK Non-US Perquisites . Effective as of the Plan Effective Time, PK shall, or shall cause another member or members of the PK Group to, establish, adopt and implement, as applicable, one or more new perquisite policies covering eligible PK Employees (and any new Employees employed by any member of the PK Group after the Distribution Date) outside of the United States, the terms and conditions of which shall be determined by the PK Compensation Committee (or its designee), taking into account the terms and conditions of the corresponding Hilton Non-US Perk Plan. Effective as of the Plan Effective Time, PK shall, or shall cause another member or members of the PK Group to, Assume all Liabilities associated with the Hilton Non-US Perk Plans related to PK Employees and Former PK Employees.
(e) HGV Non-US Perquisites . Effective as of the Plan Effective Time, HGV shall, or shall cause another member or members of the HGV Group to, establish, adopt and implement, as applicable, one or more new perquisite policies covering eligible HGV Employees (and any new Employees employed by any member of the HGV Group after the Distribution Date) outside of the United States, the terms and conditions of which shall be determined by the HGV Compensation Committee (or its designee), taking into account the terms and conditions of the corresponding Hilton Non-US Perk Plan. Effective as of the Plan Effective Time, HGV shall, or shall cause another member or members of the HGV Group to, Assume all Liabilities associated with the Hilton Non-US Perk Plans related to HGV Employees and Former HGV Employees.
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11. CASH BONUS PLANS . (a) General . Effective as of the Plan Effective Time, HLT shall, or shall cause another member or members of the HLT Group to, Assume each cash bonus Plan sponsored or maintained by Hilton as of the Cut-Off Date that is made available to certain Pre-Existing Hilton Employees as of the Cut-Off Date, including, without limitation, the Hilton 2016 corporate and hotel operations (general managers and hotel management) and hotel sales incentive Plans other than the 2016 Assumed HGV Plans (as defined below) (such Plans, the Hilton Bonus Plans ) and all Assets and Liabilities with respect to the bonus amounts earned (or to be earned) under the Hilton Bonus Plans based on the performance of Hilton for the period beginning on January 1, 2016 and ending on December 31, 2016 with respect to HLT Employees and Former Hilton Employees. Such bonus amounts, if any, shall be paid, following the determination and certification by the HLT Compensation Committee (or its designee), by a member of the HLT Group in accordance with the terms and conditions of the applicable Hilton Bonus Plan.
(b) HGV Cash Bonus Plans . Effective as of the Plan Effective Time, HGV shall, or shall cause another member or members of the HGV Group to, Assume each cash bonus Plan sponsored or maintained by Vacations as of the Cut-Off Date in respect of the 2016 fiscal year (the 2016 Assumed HGV Plans ) and all Assets and Liabilities with respect to bonus amounts earned under the 2016 Assumed HGV Plans based on the performance of the HGV Group for the period commencing on January 1, 2016 and ending on December 31, 2016 ( CY 2016 ) with respect to HGV Employees and Former HGV Employees, as determined and certified by the HGV Compensation Committee (or its designee). Such bonus amounts, if any, shall be paid by a member of the HGV Group in accordance with the terms and conditions of the applicable 2016 Assumed HGV Plan.
(c) 2016 PK and HGV Cash Bonuses . Effective as of the Plan Effective Time, each of PK and HGV shall, or shall cause another member or members of the PK Group or the HGV Group to, establish, adopt and implement one or more new cash bonus Plans under which eligible PK Employees and HGV Employees (and any new Employees employed by any member of the PK Group and the HGV Group after the Distribution Date), as applicable, shall participate, the terms and conditions of which shall be substantially similar to the Hilton Bonus Plans in effect with respect to the 2016 fiscal year (such plans, the 2016 Spinco Bonus Plans ). Under the 2016 Spinco Bonus Plans, to the extent any bonus payable thereunder is based on
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company performance, with respect to the period commencing on January 1, 2016 and ending on the Distribution Date, company performance shall be based on the actual performance of Hilton and its Subsidiaries during such period, as determined and certified by the HLT Compensation Committee (or its designee) and, with respect to the period commencing on the day immediately following the Distribution Date and ending on December 31, 2016, company performance shall be based on the actual performance of the PK Group or the HGV Group, as applicable, during such period, as determined and certified by the HGV Compensation Committee or the PK Compensation Committee (or its designee), as applicable. Effective as of the Distribution Date, each of PK and HGV shall, or shall cause another member or members of the PK Group and HGV Group, as applicable, to, Assume all Liabilities associated with bonuses for CY 2016 related to PK Employees and HGV Employees, as applicable. Such bonus amounts, if any, shall be paid by a member of the PK Group or the HGV Group, as applicable, in accordance with the terms and conditions of the applicable 2016 Spinco Bonus Plan.
12. EQUITY-BASED AWARDS . (a) General . Effective as of the Plan Effective Time, HLT shall Assume each equity-based incentive plan sponsored or maintained by Hilton as of the Cut-Off Date that is made available to certain Pre-Existing Hilton Employees as of the Cut-Off Date, including, without limitation, the HLT 2013 Omnibus Incentive Plan (the OIP ) and all Assets and Liabilities associated with such plans related to Former Employees, HLT Employees, PK Employees and HGV Employees, whether incurred prior to, on or following the Plan Effective Time. Following the Plan Effective Time, no member of the PK Group or the HGV Group shall have any Liabilities related to HLT Employees or Former Employees under such plans. Employees who separate from service with Hilton prior to the Plan Effective Time and whose awards are subject to continued vesting under the retirement eligibility provisions of the OIP and the award agreements thereunder shall be treated as HLT Employees regardless of their roles with Hilton prior to the Plan Effective Time.
(b) New PK and HGV Plans . (i) Effective not later than the Plan Effective Time, PK shall have adopted (x) the Park Hotels & Resorts Inc. 2016 Omnibus Incentive Plan (the PK OIP ), which shall permit the issuance of equity-based and cash-based incentive awards denominated in PK Common Stock and (y) the Park Hotels & Resorts Inc. 2016 Stock Plan for Non-Employee Directors, which shall permit the issuance of equity-based awards denominated in PK Common Stock (the PK Director Plan ). HLT shall cause the PK OIP and the PK Director Plan to both be approved prior to the Plan Effective Time by HLT, as PKs sole stockholder.
(ii) Effective not later than the Plan Effective Time, HGV shall have adopted (x) the Hilton Grand Vacations Inc. 2016 Omnibus Incentive Plan (the HGV OIP ), which shall permit the issuance of equity-based and cash-based incentive awards denominated in HGV Common Stock and (y) the Hilton Grand Vacation Inc. 2016 Stock Plan for Non-Employee Directors, which shall permit the issuance of equity-based awards denominated in HGV Common Stock (the HGV Director Plan ). HLT shall cause the HGV OIP and the HGV Director Plan to both be approved prior to the Plan Effective Time by HLT, as HGVs sole stockholder.
(iii) No individual awards (other than as expressly contemplated below) shall be granted under the PK OIP, the PK Director Plan, the HGV OIP or the HGV Director
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Plan until after the Distribution Date with any such awards at the discretion of the PK Board, the PK Compensation Committee, the HGV Board or the HGV Compensation Committee, as applicable.
(c) Treatment of Equity-Based Awards . (i) Equity-based awards granted under the OIP based on HLT Common Stock held by HLT Employees, Former Employees, HLT non-employee Board members and PK Employees who serve as General Managers at Hilton-branded PK properties outside of the United States ( PK Non-US GMs ) shall remain outstanding under the OIP and be adjusted, effective as of the Distribution Date, in accordance with the terms of the OIP in a manner as determined by the HLT Compensation Committee, to reflect the impact of the Distribution, but shall otherwise remain subject to the same terms and conditions, including vesting schedule, as the original awards.
(ii) Equity-based awards granted under the OIP based on HLT Common Stock held by PK Employees (other than PK Non-US GMs) shall be converted, effective as of the Distribution Date, into awards under the PK OIP with equivalent value based on, and settled in, PK Common Stock but shall otherwise remain subject to the same terms and conditions, including vesting schedule, as the original awards, except as expressly provided for below.
(iii) Equity-based awards granted under the OIP based on HLT Common Stock held by HGV Employees shall be converted, effective as of the Distribution Date, into awards under the HGV OIP with equivalent value based on, and settled in, HGV Common Stock but shall otherwise remain subject to the same terms and conditions, including vesting schedule, as the original awards, except as expressly provided for below.
(iv) Outstanding and unvested restricted stock units granted under the OIP in 2013 to HLT non-employee Board members shall vest and be settled in shares of HLT Common Stock as of a date prior to the Distribution Date as determined by the Board, which date shall be no later than the day before the Distribution Record Date, and, accordingly, such Board members shall receive shares of each of PK Common Stock and HGV Common Stock in connection with the Distribution.
(v) Performance-based awards granted in 2014 under the OIP held by HLT Employees, PK Employees and HGV Employees shall be treated as follows: the performance period applicable to such awards which was originally scheduled to end December 31, 2016 shall instead end on a date prior to the Distribution Date as determined by the HLT Compensation Committee. The HLT Compensation Committee shall determine to what extent such awards vest based on performance from the beginning of the applicable performance period through the vesting date determined by the HLT Compensation Committee and any such vested awards shall be settled in shares of HLT Common Stock prior to the Distribution Date, but in no event later than the day before the Distribution Record Date.
(vi) Performance-based awards granted in 2015 and 2016 under the OIP held by HLT Employees, PK Employees and HGV Employees shall be converted into time vesting awards, effective as of the Distribution Date, based on a performance level determined by the HLT Compensation Committee and, subject to continued employment, shall vest on the date that the applicable performance period would have otherwise ended and be settled in shares of HLT Common Stock, PK Common Stock or HGV Common Stock, as applicable.
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(d) PK and HGV shall, or shall cause another member or members of the PK Group or the HGV Group to, Assume all Liabilities related to any cash long-term incentive awards granted under the OIP by HLT to PK Employees and HGV Employees, respectively, whether incurred prior to, on or following the Distribution Date. On and after the Distribution Date, no member of the HLT Group shall have any Liabilities related thereto.
(e) All of the adjustments and conversions described in this Section 12 shall be effected in accordance with Sections 424 and 409A of the Code, as applicable.
(f) The Parties shall use commercially reasonable efforts to maintain effective registration statements with the SEC with respect to the awards described in this Section 12, to the extent any such registration statement is required by applicable Law.
13. COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENTS . (a) HLT Collective Bargaining Agreements . HLT or another member or members of the HLT Group shall expressly Assume all collective bargaining or other labor agreements so identified on Schedule 13(a) (such agreements, the HLT CBAs ) and associated Liabilities, in each case, effective as of the Distribution Date. For each such HLT CBA in effect as of the Distribution Date, HLT or another member or members of the HLT Group, as applicable, agrees to recognize the union which is a party to each such HLT CBA as the exclusive collective bargaining representative for the HLT Employees covered under the terms of each such HLT CBA. PK shall, or shall cause another member or members of the PK Group to, at the request of HLT, execute all Owners Letters and take all other actions necessary for HLTs and/or PKs compliance with any collective bargaining agreement or other labor agreement identified on Schedule 13(a) or Schedule 13(c).
(b) PK Collective Bargaining Agreements . PK or a member of the PK Group shall expressly Assume all collective bargaining or other labor agreements so identified on Schedule 13(b) (such agreements, the PK CBAs ) and associated Liabilities, in each case, effective as of the Distribution Date. For each such PK CBA in effect as of the Distribution Date, PK or another member or members of the PK Group agrees to recognize the union which is a party to each such PK CBA as the exclusive collective bargaining representative for the PK Employees covered under the terms of each such PK CBA.
(c) HGV Collective Bargaining Agreements . HGV or a member of the HGV Group shall expressly Assume all collective bargaining or other labor agreements so identified on Schedule 13(c) (such agreements, the HGV CBAs ) and associated Liabilities, in each case, effective as of the Distribution Date. For each such HGV CBA in effect as of the Distribution Date, HGV or another member or members of the HGV Group agrees to recognize the union which is a party to each such HGV CBA as the exclusive collective bargaining representative for the HGV Employees covered under the terms of each such HGV CBA. HGV shall, or shall cause another member or members of the HGV Group to, at the request of HLT, execute all Owners Letters and take all other actions necessary to HLTs and/or HGVs compliance with any collective bargaining agreement or other labor agreement identified on Schedule 13(a) or Schedule 13(c).
(d) EU Directive . Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section 13, in countries in which the European Union Acquired Rights Directive applies, collective bargaining agreements and any other agreements with employee representatives shall continue to apply after the Distribution Date to the extent and in the manner provided for by local Law.
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14. TRANSITION SERVICES . Each of HLT, PK and HGV and the members of their respective Groups shall provide such transition services as required by the Transition Services Agreement.
15. ACCESS TO INFORMATION AND DATA EXCHANGE . (a) Provision of Corporate Records . (i) Consistent with Section 8.3 of the Distribution Agreement, upon the prior written request by PK or HGV for specific and identified agreements, documents, books, records or files including, without limitation, computer files, microfiche, tape recordings and photographs (collectively, Records ), relating to or affecting PK or HGV, as applicable, HLT shall arrange, as soon as reasonably practicable following the receipt of such request, for the provision of appropriate copies of such Records (or the originals thereof if the Party making the request has a reasonable need for such originals) in the possession of HLT or any of its Subsidiaries.
(ii) After the Distribution Date, upon the prior written request by HLT or PK for specific and identified Records relating to or affecting HLT or PK, as applicable, HGV shall arrange, as soon as practicable following the receipt of such request, for the provision of appropriate copies of such Records (or the originals thereof if the Party making the request has a need for such originals) in the possession of HGV or any of its Subsidiaries.
(iii) After the Distribution Date, upon the prior written request by HLT or HGV for specific and identified Records relating to or affecting HLT or HGV, as applicable, PK shall arrange, as soon as practicable following the receipt of such request, for the provision of appropriate copies of such Records (or the originals thereof if the Party making the request has a need for such originals) in the possession of PK or any of its Subsidiaries.
(b) Access to Information . (i) From and after the Distribution Date and consistent with Section 8.3 of the Distribution Agreement, each of HLT, PK and HGV shall afford to the other and its authorized accountants, counsel and other designated representatives reasonable access during normal business hours, subject to the appropriate restrictions for classified, privileged or confidential information, to the personnel, properties, books and Records of such Party and its Subsidiaries insofar as such access is reasonably required by the other Party.
(ii) Without limiting the generality of the foregoing clause (i), except as otherwise provided by applicable Law, each Party shall furnish, or shall cause to be furnished to the other Parties, a list of all benefit plan participants and employee data or information in its possession which is necessary for such other Parties to maintain and implement any benefit plan or arrangement covered by this Agreement, or to comply with the provisions of this Agreement, and which is not otherwise readily available to such other Party.
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(c) Reimbursement; Other Matters. (i) Except to the extent otherwise specifically identified by the Distribution Agreement or any Ancillary Agreement, a Party providing Records or access to information to the other Party under this Section 15 shall be entitled to receive from the recipient, upon the presentation of invoices therefore, payments for such amounts, relating to supplies, disbursements and other out-of-pocket expenses, as may be reasonably incurred in providing such Records or access to information.
(ii) The Parties shall comply with those document retention policies, cost sharing arrangements, expense reimbursement procedures and request procedures as shall be established and agreed to in writing by their respective authorized officers on or prior to the Distribution Date in respect of Records and related matters.
(d) Confidentiality . Each of HLT, PK and HGV shall, or shall cause another member or members of the HLT Group, the PK Group, and the HGV Group to, not use or permit the use of (without the prior written consent of the other) and shall hold, and shall cause its consultants and advisors to hold, in strict confidence, all information concerning the other Parties in its possession, its custody or under its control (except to the extent that (A) such information has been in the public domain through no fault of such Party, (B) such information has been later lawfully acquired from other sources by such Party, (C) the Distribution Agreement, this Agreement or any other Ancillary Agreement or any other agreement entered into pursuant hereto permits the use or disclosure of such information, or (D) as may be required under the USA Patriot Act) to the extent such information (x) relates to the period up to the Plan Effective Time, (y) relates to the Distribution Agreement or any Ancillary Agreement or (z) is obtained in the course of performing services for the other Party pursuant to the Distribution Agreement or any Ancillary Agreement, and each Party shall not (without the prior written consent of the other) otherwise release or disclose such information to any other Person, except such Partys auditors and attorneys, unless compelled to disclose such information by judicial or administrative process or unless such disclosure is required by Law and such Party has used commercially reasonable efforts to consult with the other affected Party or Parties prior to such disclosure. To the extent that a Party is compelled by judicial or administrative process to disclose such information under circumstances in which any evidentiary privilege would be available, such Party agrees to assert such privilege in good faith prior to making such disclosure. Each of the Parties agrees to consult with each relevant other Party in connection with any such judicial or administrative process, including, without limitation, in determining whether any privilege is available, and further agrees to allow each such relevant Party and its counsel to participate in any hearing or other proceeding (including, without limitation, any appeal of an initial order to disclose) in respect of such disclosure and assertion of privilege. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, each Party shall be entitled to use information disclosed pursuant to this Agreement to the extent reasonably necessary for the administration of its employee benefit plans in accordance with applicable Law.
(e) Audit Rights with Respect to Information Provided . Each of the Parties and their duly authorized representatives shall have the right to conduct reasonable audits with respect to all information provided to it by the other Party. The Parties shall cooperate to determine the procedures and guidelines for conducting audits under this Section 15(e), which shall require reasonable advance notice by the auditing Party. The auditing Party shall have the right to make copies of any records at its expense, subject to applicable Law.
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16. NOTICES; COOPERATION . Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, all actions contemplated herein with respect to benefit plans which are to be consummated pursuant to this Agreement shall be subject to such notices to, and/or approvals by, the Internal Revenue Service (or other Governmental Entity) as are required or deemed appropriate by such benefit plans sponsor. Each of HLT, PK and HGV agrees to use its commercially reasonable efforts to cause all such notices and/or approvals to be filed or obtained, as the case may be, in a timely fashion. Each Party shall reasonably cooperate with the other Parties with respect to any Governmental Approvals, employee notices or any other actions reasonably necessary to maintain and implement the employee benefit arrangements covered by this Agreement.
17. FURTHER ASSURANCES . From time to time, as and when reasonably requested by any other Party, each Party shall execute and deliver, or cause to be executed and delivered, all such documents and instruments and shall take, or cause to be taken, all such further or other actions as such other Party may reasonably deem necessary or desirable to effect the purposes of this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereunder.
18. INDEMNIFICATION . (a) Indemnification by HLT . Except as otherwise specifically set forth in this Agreement or in Article VII of the Distribution Agreement, following the Plan Effective Time, HLT shall, and shall cause the other members of the HLT Group to, indemnify, defend and hold harmless the Ownership Indemnitees and the Timeshare Indemnitees from and against any and all Indemnifiable Losses of the Ownership Indemnitees and the Timeshare Indemnitees, respectively, arising out of, by reason of or otherwise in connection with (i) any HLT Plan, (ii) any and all Liabilities relating primarily to, arising primarily out of or resulting primarily from the operation or conduct of any US DB Plan, UK DB Plan or Terminated Hilton DB Plan or any individual identified as an HLT Employee (and any new Employees employed by any member of the HLT Group after the Distribution Date), and (iii) the breach by HLT of any provision of this Agreement. In furtherance of the foregoing, HLT and OpCo shall be jointly and severally liable to any of the Ownership Indemnitees for any and all Indemnifiable Losses of the Ownership Indemnitees arising out of, by reason of or otherwise in connection with the foregoing.
(b) Indemnification by PK . Except as otherwise specifically set forth in this Agreement or in Article VII of the Distribution Agreement, following the Plan Effective Time, PK shall, and shall cause the other members of the PK Group to, indemnify, defend and hold harmless the Managing and Franchising Indemnitees and the Timeshare Indemnitees from and against any and all Indemnifiable Losses of the Management and Franchising Indemnitees and the Timeshare Indemnitees, respectively, arising out of, by reason of or otherwise in connection with (i) any PK Plan, (ii) any and all Liabilities relating primarily to, arising primarily out of or resulting primarily from the operation or conduct of any Plan sponsored or maintained by any member of the PK Group prior to the Distribution Date primarily for the benefit of PK Employees and Former PK Employees or any individual identified as a PK Employee, or (iii) the breach by PK of any provision of this Agreement. In furtherance of the foregoing, any and all payments by PK or any other members of the PK Group in respect of Indemnifiable Losses of the Managing and Franchising Indemnitees arising out of, by reason of or otherwise in connection with the foregoing shall be made directly to OpCo or one of its Subsidiaries.
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(c) Indemnification by HGV . Except as otherwise specifically set forth in this Agreement or in Article VII of the Distribution Agreement, following the Plan Effective Time, HGV shall, and shall cause the other members of the HGV Group to, indemnify, defend and hold harmless the Managing and Franchising Indemnitees and the Ownership Indemnitees from and against any and all Indemnifiable Losses of the Managing and Franchising Indemnitees and the Ownership Indemnitees, respectively, arising out of, by reason of or otherwise in connection with (i) any HGV Plan, (ii) any and all Liabilities relating primarily to, arising primarily out of or resulting primarily from the operation or conduct of any Plan sponsored or maintained by Vacations prior to the Distribution Date or any individual identified as a HGV Employee, or (iii) the breach by HGV of any provision of this Agreement.
(d) Limitations on Indemnification Obligations . (i) The amount that any Party (an Indemnifying Party ) is or may be required to pay to any other Person (an Indemnitee ) pursuant to paragraphs (a), (b) or (c) of this Section 18, as applicable, shall be reduced (retroactively or prospectively) by any Insurance Proceeds or other amounts actually recovered by or on behalf of such Indemnitee in respect of the related Indemnifiable Loss. If an Indemnitee shall have received the payment required by this Agreement from an Indemnifying Party in respect of an Indemnifiable Loss and shall subsequently actually receive Insurance Proceeds or other amounts in respect of such Indemnifiable Loss, then such Indemnitee shall pay to such Indemnifying Party a sum equal to the amount of such Insurance Proceeds or other amounts actually received, up to the aggregate amount of any payments received from such Indemnifying Party pursuant to this Agreement in respect of such Indemnifiable Loss.
(ii) An Indemnifying Party shall not be required to indemnify or pay an Indemnitee pursuant to paragraphs (a), (b) or (c) of this Section 18, as applicable, for any Indemnifiable Losses relating to or associated with any Plan of the Indemnifying Party arising out of, by reason of or otherwise in connection with any act or failure to act on the part of such Indemnitee (including for this purpose any Subsidiaries, businesses or operations which become associated with the Indemnitee by virtue of or in connection with the Distribution) with respect to or in connection with such Plan, including, without limitation, any such act or failure to act in connection with the administration by the Indemnitee of such Plan.
(e) Survival of Indemnities . The obligations of HLT, PK and HGV under this Section 18 shall survive the sale or other Transfer by any of them of any assets or businesses or the assignment by any of them of any Liabilities, with respect to any Indemnifiable Loss of the other related to such assets, businesses or Liabilities.
(f) REIT Status Considerations . The principles of Section 7.9(c) of the Distribution Agreement shall apply to indemnification payments due under this Agreement.
19. DISPUTE RESOLUTION . In the event of an Action arising out of, in connection with, or in relation to the interpretation, performance, nonperformance, validity or breach of this Agreement or otherwise arising out of, or in any way related to this Agreement, including, without limitation, any Action based on contract, tort, statute or constitution, the relevant Parties shall adhere to the dispute resolution procedures as described in the Distribution Agreement.
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20. PAYROLL REPORTING AND TAX WITHHOLDING . (a) Form W-2 Reporting . The Parties agree to use commercially reasonable efforts to follow the alternate procedure for United States employment tax withholding as provided in Section 5 of Rev. Proc. 2004-53, I.R.B. 2004-35.
(b) Garnishments, Tax Levies, Child Support orders and Wage Assignments . With respect to Employees with garnishments, tax levies, child support orders and wage assignments in effect with Hilton as of the Cut-Off Date, PK and HGV, as the successor employers to each such PK Employee and HGV Employee, as applicable, shall, or shall cause another member of the PK Group or the HGV Group, as applicable, to honor such payroll deduction authorizations and shall continue to make payroll deductions and payments to the authorized payee, as specified by the court or governmental order which was filed with Hilton. HLT shall, or shall cause another member of the HLT Group to provide each of PK and HGV with a list of the PK Employees and HGV Employees who have garnishments, tax levies, child support orders and wage assignments in effect as of the Cut-Off Date.
(c) Authorization for Payroll Deductions . Unless otherwise prohibited by this Agreement, another Ancillary Agreement, a Plan document or applicable Law, with respect to Employees with authorizations for payroll deductions and direct deposits in effect with Hilton as of the Cut-Off Date, PK and HGV, as the successor employers, shall, or shall cause another member or members of the PK Group and the HGV Group, as applicable, to honor such payroll deduction authorizations relating to each PK Employee and HGV Employee, as applicable, and shall not require that such PK Employee or HGV Employee, as applicable, submit a new authorization to the extent that the type of deduction by PK or HGV, as applicable, does not differ from that made by Hilton.
21. MISCELLANEOUS . (a) Complete Agreement; Construction . This Agreement, including any schedules hereto and the Distribution Agreement, shall constitute the entire agreement between the Parties with respect to the subject matter hereof and shall supersede all previous negotiations, commitments, course of dealings and writings with respect to such subject matter. In the event and to the extent that there shall be a conflict between the provisions of this Agreement and the provisions of the Distribution Agreement, this Agreement shall control unless specifically stated otherwise in this Agreement. In the event and to the extent that there shall be a conflict between the provisions of this Agreement and the provisions of any other Ancillary Agreement, this Agreement shall control unless specifically stated otherwise in this Agreement.
(b) Data Privacy . The Parties agree that any applicable data privacy Laws and any other obligations of the HLT Group, PK Group and the HGV Group to maintain the confidentiality of any employee information or information held by any Plan in accordance with applicable Law shall govern the disclosure of employee information among the Parties under this Agreement. The Parties agree to use commercially reasonable efforts to have in place appropriate technical and organizational security measures to protect the personal data of the HLT Employees, PK Employees and HGV Employees.
(c) Ancillary Agreements . Except as expressly set forth herein, this Agreement is not intended to address, and should not be interpreted to address, the matters specifically and expressly covered by any other Ancillary Agreement.
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(d) Counterparts . This Agreement may be executed in more than one counterpart, all of which shall be considered one and the same agreement, and shall become effective when one or more such counterparts have been signed by each of the Parties and delivered to the other Parties.
(e) Survival of Agreements . Except as otherwise contemplated by this Agreement, all covenants and agreements of the Parties contained in this Agreement shall survive the Plan Effective Time and remain in full force and effect in accordance with their applicable terms.
(f) Expenses . All out-of-pocket fees and expenses incurred, or to be incurred and directly related to the transactions contemplated hereby shall be paid as described in Section 11.5 of the Distribution Agreement.
(g) Notices . All notices, requests, claims, demands and other communications under this Agreement shall be made as described in Section 11.6 of the Distribution Agreement.
(h) Consents . Any consent required or permitted to be given by any Party to the other Parties under this Agreement shall be in writing and signed by the Party giving such consent and shall be effective only against such Party (and its Group).
(i) Assignment . This Agreement shall not be assignable, in whole or in part, directly or indirectly, by any Party without the prior written consent of the other Parties (not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed), and any attempt to assign any rights or obligations arising under this Agreement without such consent shall be void. Notwithstanding the foregoing, this Agreement shall be assignable in whole in connection with a merger or consolidation or the sale of all or substantially all the assets of a Party so long as the resulting, surviving or transferee Business Entity assumes all the obligations of the relevant Party by operation of Law or pursuant to an agreement in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the other Parties. No assignment permitted by this Section 21(i) shall release the assigning Party from liability for the full performance of its obligations under this Agreement.
(j) Successors and Assigns . The provisions of this Agreement and the obligations and rights hereunder shall be binding upon, inure to the benefit of and be enforceable by (and against) the Parties and their respective successors and permitted transferees and assigns.
(k) Termination and Amendment . This Agreement may be terminated, amended, or modified and the Distribution may be amended, modified or abandoned at any time prior to the Effective Time by and in the sole discretion of HLT without the approval of PK, HGV or the stockholders of HLT. In the event of such termination, no Party shall have any Liability of any kind to any other Party or any other Person. After the Effective Time, this Agreement may not be terminated, modified or amended except by an agreement in writing signed by HLT, PK and HGV.
(l) Payment Terms . Except as expressly provided to the contrary in this Agreement or the Transition Services Agreement, any amount to be paid or reimbursed by any Party (and/or a member of such Partys Group), on the one hand, to any other Party or Parties (and/or a member of such Partys or Parties Group), on the other hand, under this Agreement
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shall be paid or reimbursed hereunder within sixty (60) days after presentation of an invoice or a written demand therefor and setting forth, or accompanied by, reasonable documentation or other reasonable explanation supporting such amount. Except as expressly provided to the contrary in this Agreement, any amount not paid when due pursuant to this Agreement (and any amount billed or otherwise invoiced or demanded and properly payable that is not paid within sixty (60) days of such bill, invoice or other demand) shall bear interest at a rate per annum equal to LIBOR, from time to time in effect, calculated for the actual number of days elapsed, accrued from the date on which such payment was due up to the date of the actual receipt of payment. Except as expressly provided to the contrary in this Agreement, a Party (or any member of a Partys Group) may direct that any payment owed such Party (or member of such Partys Group) hereunder be paid directly to a member of the same Group.
(m) No Circumvention . The Parties agree not to directly or indirectly take any actions, act in concert with any Person who takes an action, or cause or allow any member of any such Partys Group to take any actions (including the failure to take a reasonable action) such that the resulting effect is to materially undermine the effectiveness of any of the provisions of this Agreement (including adversely affecting the rights or ability of any Party to successfully pursue indemnification or payment pursuant to Section 18).
(n) Subsidiaries . Each of the Parties shall cause to be performed, and hereby guarantees the performance of, all actions, agreements and obligations set forth herein to be performed by any Subsidiary of such Party or by any entity that becomes a Subsidiary of such Party at and after the Plan Effective Time, to the extent such Subsidiary remains a Subsidiary of the applicable Party.
(o) Third Party Beneficiaries . Except as provided in Section 18 relating to Indemnitees, this Agreement is solely for the benefit of the Parties and should not be deemed to confer upon third parties any remedy, claim, Liability, reimbursement, claim of action or other right in excess of those existing without reference to this Agreement.
(p) Title and Headings . Titles and headings to sections herein are inserted for the convenience of reference only and are not intended to be a part of or to affect the meaning or interpretation of this Agreement.
(q) Governing Law . This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the Laws of the State of Delaware without reference to any choice-of-law or conflict of law principles that would result in the applicable of Laws of a different jurisdiction.
(r) Consent to Jurisdiction . Subject to the provisions of Article IX of the Distribution Agreement, each of the Parties irrevocably submits to the exclusive jurisdiction of (i) the Court of Chancery of the State of Delaware and any appeals court thereof, or (ii) if such court does not have subject matter jurisdiction, any other state or federal court located within the County of New Castle in the State of Delaware and any appeals court thereof (the courts referred to in clauses (i) and (ii), the Delaware Courts ), for the purposes of any Action to compel arbitration or for provisional relief in aid of arbitration in accordance with Article IX of the Distribution Agreement or to prevent irreparable harm, and to the non-exclusive jurisdiction of the Delaware Courts for the enforcement of any award issued thereunder. Each of the Parties
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further agrees that service of any process, summons, notice or document by U.S. registered mail to such Partys respective address set forth above shall be effective service of process for any Action in the Delaware Courts with respect to any matters to which it has submitted to jurisdiction in this Section 21(r). Each of the Parties irrevocably and unconditionally waives any objection to the laying of venue of any Action arising out of this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby in the Delaware Courts, and hereby further irrevocably and unconditionally waives and agrees not to plead or claim in any such court that any such Action brought in any such court has been brought in an inconvenient forum.
(s) Waiver of Jury Trial . EACH OF THE PARTIES HEREBY WAIVES TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW ANY RIGHT IT MAY HAVE TO A TRIAL BY JURY WITH RESPECT TO ANY ACTION DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY ARISING OUT OF, UNDER OR IN CONNECTION WITH THIS AGREEMENT OR THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED BY THIS AGREEMENT. EACH OF THE PARTIES HEREBY (A) CERTIFIES THAT NO REPRESENTATIVE, AGENT OR ATTORNEY OF ANY OTHER PARTY HAS REPRESENTED, EXPRESSLY OR OTHERWISE, THAT SUCH OTHER PARTY WOULD NOT, IN THE EVENT OF ANY ACTION, SEEK TO ENFORCE THE FOREGOING WAIVER AND (B) ACKNOWLEDGES THAT IT HAS BEEN INDUCED TO ENTER INTO THIS AGREEMENT AND THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED BY THIS AGREEMENT, AS APPLICABLE, BY, AMONG OTHER THINGS, THE MUTUAL WAIVERS AND CERTIFICATIONS IN THIS SECTION 21(S).
(t) Severability . In the event any one or more of the provisions contained in this Agreement should be held invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any respect, the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions contained herein and therein shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby. The Parties shall endeavor in good-faith negotiations to replace the invalid, illegal or unenforceable provisions with valid provisions, the economic effect of which comes as close as possible to that of the invalid, illegal or unenforceable provisions.
(u) Force Majeure . No Party (or any Person acting on its behalf) shall have any Liability for failure to fulfill any obligation (other than a payment obligation) under this Agreement, so long as and to the extent to which the fulfillment of such obligation is prevented, frustrated, hindered or delayed as a consequence of circumstances of Force Majeure. A Party claiming the benefit of this provision shall, as soon as reasonably practicable after the occurrence of any such event: (i) notify the other applicable Parties of the nature and extent of any such Force Majeure condition and (ii) use due diligence to remove any such causes and resume performance under this Agreement as soon as feasible.
(v) Interpretation . The Parties have participated jointly in the negotiation and drafting of this Agreement. This Agreement shall be construed without regard to any presumption or rule requiring construction or interpretation against the Party drafting or causing any instrument to be drafted.
(w) No Duplication; No Double Recovery . Nothing in this Agreement is intended to confer to or impose upon any Party a duplicative right, entitlement, obligation or recovery with respect to any matter arising out of the same facts and circumstances.
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(x) No Waiver . No failure to exercise and no delay in exercising, on the part of any Party, any right, remedy, power or privilege hereunder shall operate as a waiver hereof or thereof; nor shall any single or partial exercise of any right, remedy, power or privilege hereunder or thereunder preclude any other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right, remedy, power or privilege.
(y) No Admission of Liability . The allocation of Assets and Liabilities herein is solely for the purpose of allocating such Assets and Liabilities among the HLT Group, the PK Group and the HGV Group and is not intended as an admission of liability or responsibility for any alleged Liabilities vis-a-vis any third party, including with respect to the Liabilities of any non-wholly owned Subsidiary of HLT, PK or HGV.
(z) Effect if Distribution Does Not Occur . If the Distribution does not occur, then all actions that are, under this Agreement, to be take or occur effective as of the Distribution, or otherwise in connection with the Distribution, shall not be taken or occur except to the extent specifically agreed by the Parties.
(aa) Relationship of Parties . Nothing in this Agreement shall be deemed or construed by the Parties or any third party as creating the relationship of principal and agent, partnership or joint venture between the Parties, it being understood and agreed that no provision contained herein, and no act of the Parties, shall be deemed to create any relationship between the Parties other than the relationship set forth herein.
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Exhibit 10.3
FORM OF MASTER TRANSITION SERVICES AGREEMENT
This Master Transition Services Agreement (this Agreement ) is entered into as of , 2016, by and among Hilton Worldwide Holdings Inc., a Delaware corporation ( HLT ), Park Hotels & Resorts Inc., a Delaware corporation ( PK ) and Hilton Grand Vacations Inc., a Delaware corporation ( HGV ). Each of HLT, PK and HGV is sometimes referred to herein as a Party and collectively as the Parties . Capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined herein have the meanings given to such terms in the Distribution Agreement, entered into on the date hereof, by and among HLT, PK, HGV and Hilton Domestic Operating Company Inc. (as such may be amended from time to time, the Distribution Agreement ).
W I T N E S S E T H :
WHEREAS, the Board of Directors of HLT has determined that it is appropriate, desirable and in the best interests of HLT and its stockholders to separate, pursuant to and in accordance with the Distribution Agreement, HLT into three separate, publicly traded companies, one for each of (i) the HLT Retained Business, which shall be owned and conducted, directly or indirectly, by HLT, (ii) the Ownership Business, which shall be owned and conducted, directly or indirectly, by PK (which will elect to be a REIT), and (iii) the Timeshare Business, which shall be owned and conducted, directly or indirectly, by HGV; and
WHEREAS, in order to provide for an orderly transition under the Distribution Agreement, each of HLT, PK and HGV desires to provide to the other certain services for specified periods following the Distribution Date, all in accordance with and subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual covenants and agreements of the Parties contained herein, the Parties agree as follows:
1. Services Provided .
(a) With respect to each Service (as defined in Section 1(b) ), the Party required to provide such Service is the Service Provider and the other Party is the Service Recipient . In performing the Services, Service Provider and each of its Affiliates shall use commercially reasonable efforts to provide, or to ensure that any Third Party Provider (as defined in Section 1(b) ) shall provide, the Services in the same manner, within the same amount of time and at the same level of service (including, as applicable, with respect to type, scope, frequency, quality and quantity), with the same degree of reasonable skill and care and with the same level of security and control as provided and used in providing the Services during the twelve (12) month period prior to the Distribution Date (excluding any actions taken in contemplation of the Distribution); provided , however , that Service Provider shall not be obligated to provide services that are more extensive in type, scope, frequency, quality or quantity than similar or comparable services provided by Service Provider to Service Recipient during the twelve (12) month period prior to the Distribution Date. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the Services are to be provided in a manner that does not disparately treat
Service Recipient (or its Subsidiaries or its or their personnel or business) as compared to Service Providers treatment of itself (or its Affiliates or its or their personnel or business) in connection with the provision of a Self-Service (as defined in Section 2(a)(v) ).
(b) During the period commencing on the Distribution Date and ending on the date that is two (2) years from the date hereof, unless an earlier or later date is otherwise specified for a Service on Schedule A-1 or Schedule A-2 hereto (for each such Service, such end date being herein referred to as the Termination Date , with Schedule A-1 and Schedule A-2 being herein referred to as the Services Schedules ), Service Provider shall provide, or shall cause one or more of its Affiliates or a contractor, subcontractor, vendor or other third-party service provider (each, a Third Party Provider ) to provide, upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth herein, the services described on the Services Schedules (the Services ); provided , Service Provider shall obtain the consent of Service Recipient (not to be unreasonably withheld, delayed or conditioned) in the event any such Service is to be provided by a Third Party Provider or Affiliate if such Services were not provided by such Third Party Provider or Affiliate to Service Recipient during the twelve (12) month period prior to the Distribution Date; provided further , Service Provider shall remain primarily responsible for the performance by any such Affiliate or Third Party Provider of its obligations hereunder. Irrespective of whether Service Provider, an Affiliate or a Third Party Provider is providing a Service, Service Recipient may direct that any such Service be provided directly to Service Recipient or any other member of such Partys Group.
(c) Each Service provided hereunder shall be terminated on its applicable Termination Date, unless otherwise terminated earlier by Service Recipient pursuant to Section 11 . Service Provider shall be under no obligation to provide a Service to Service Recipient after the Termination Date applicable to such Service, except to the extent otherwise agreed in writing by Service Provider and Service Recipient.
(d) Limitations on Services .
(i) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein or in the Services Schedules, Service Provider shall have no obligation under this Agreement to: (1) operate the business of Service Recipient or any members of its Group or any portion thereof; (2) advance funds; (3) provide any Service to the extent that the provision of such Service would require Service Provider to violate any applicable Law, third-party confidentiality, contractual obligations or fiduciary responsibilities; (4) provide any Service to the extent Service Recipient has breached (or through its actions or omissions has caused the Service Provider to be in breach of or default under) any applicable obligations under, or requirements of, any contract or arrangement with any Third Party Provider ( Third Party Provider Use Requirements ) engaged with respect to such Service ( provided that Service Recipient shall first be permitted to attempt to cure such breach or default within thirty (30) days from receipt of notice thereof if such breach or default is capable of being cured); (5) implement processes, plans or initiatives developed, acquired or utilized by Service Recipient after the Distribution Date except as otherwise agreed; (6) perform or cause to be performed any of the Services for the benefit of any third party; (7) render any Service in a particular location that would necessitate
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that Service Provider obtain any permits or regulatory approvals, or qualify to do business, in any location or jurisdiction other than the locations and jurisdictions where Service Provider does business or conducted business as of the date hereof; or (8) purchase, lease or license any physical assets or equipment, expand its facilities or incur long-term capital expenses.
(ii) All employees and representatives of Service Provider, members of its Group and its Affiliates shall be deemed for all purposes to be employees or representatives of Service Provider, members of its Group or such Affiliates, as applicable. In performing the Services, such employees and representatives shall be under the direction, control and supervision of Service Provider, members of its Group or the applicable Affiliate thereof, and Service Provider, members of its Group and its Affiliates shall have the sole right to exercise all authority with respect to the employment (including termination of employment), assignment and compensation of such employees and representatives.
2. Consideration .
(a) Costs and Fees .
(i) For each Service, Service Recipient shall pay (in accordance with Section 2(b) ) Service Provider an amount equal to the Market Rate (as defined in Section 2(a)(i)(1) ).
(1) The Market Rate for each Service shall be an amount equal to the sum of: (A) the rate as set forth on the applicable Services Schedule (which rate reflects the Parties good faith estimate as to the cost of such Service to the Service Provider plus an additional amount that the Parties acknowledge is fair and adequate consideration for the work expected to be performed by personnel of Service Provider in connection with such Service, including coordinating or managing Third Party Providers); provided that if a Services Schedule is silent regarding such rate, the amount under this subsection (A) shall be equal to Service Providers allocated costs (including salary, wages and benefits, but excluding severance costs that are the responsibility of Service Recipient pursuant to Section 2(a)(ii) ) for any of its (or its Affiliates) employees involved in providing Services; plus (B) any reasonable out-of-pocket costs and expenses incurred in connection with retaining Third Party Providers or pursuing any warranty or indemnity against a Third Party Provider in accordance with Section 3(c) ; plus (C) fees incurred in connection with any Third Party Consent or Alternative Method, which shall be borne equally by Service Recipient and Service Provider; plus (D) any sales, transfer, goods, services, value added, gross receipts or similar taxes, fees, charges or assessments (including any such taxes that are required to be withheld); provided that the Parties agree to use commercially reasonable efforts to minimize any such tax with respect to the Services; plus (E) other reasonable miscellaneous out-of-pocket costs and expenses; provided , however , that any such expenses exceeding $ per month for each Service (other than routine business travel and related expenses) shall require advance approval of Service Recipient.
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(2) Any costs and expenses provided for on a Services Schedule shall be subject to an increase of % per annum beginning on January 1, 2018, in order to adjust for inflation.
(3) Service Provider shall notify Service Recipient of any event that may reasonably be expected to increase the Market Rate by more than %.
(ii) Subject to the terms of this Section 2(a)(ii) , Service Provider shall use commercially reasonable efforts to retain its workforce required to provide the Services and, consistent with its severance policies then in effect, if any, may make severance payments to its employees. Service Provider shall be responsible for Service Providers actual severance costs incurred as a result of terminating an employee who is primarily engaged in providing a Service in connection with the termination of such Service, provided that to the extent such severance costs are in excess of the amount of the severance costs that would have been paid by Service Provider if such employee had been terminated on the Distribution Date, the Service Recipient shall be reponsible for the amount of such excess severance costs; provided that any such employees employment was actually terminated and such individual is not rehired by Service Provider or any of its Affiliates for at least ninety (90) days following such termination. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if a former employee of Service Provider (who was (a) primarily engaged in providing a Service and (b) terminated by Service Provider within six (6) months of such individual having engaged in any activities with respect to providing such Service) is hired by another Party within twelve (12) months of the termination of such individuals employment with Service Provider, such other Party shall be responsible for (and shall indemnify Service Provider with respect to) all of the actual services costs incurred by Service Recipient with respect to such individual. Service Provider shall prepare and deliver, within thirty (30) days following the end of each quarterly period ending each March 31, June 30, September 30 and December 31 (it being understood that the first such period shall be shorter than one quarter), to Service Recipient an invoice setting forth the amount of severance costs to be paid by Service Recipient in accordance with the foregoing provisions of this Section 2(a)(ii) , which invoice Service Recipient shall pay pursuant to the terms of Section 2(b) .
(iii) Unless the Parties otherwise agree in writing, (i) where Services are provided in a country outside of the United States by a Person located in the same country, amounts shall be invoiced and paid in the local currency of the Person providing the Services and (ii) if payments are to be made between Persons not within the same country, such amounts shall be invoiced and paid in U.S. Dollars. To the extent necessary, local currency conversion on any such invoice shall be based on Service Providers internal exchange rate for the then-current month, based upon the average for such month, as calculated consistently with how such local currency conversion was calculated in the twelve (12) month period prior to the Distribution Date.
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(iv) All charges based on a monthly or other time basis will be pro-rated based on actual calendar days elapsed during the period of service.
(v) With respect to any service that a Service Provider provides or causes an Affiliate to provide to itself or its Affiliates that is the same or substantially similar to a Service provided to Service Recipient or its Subsidiaries hereunder (such service, a Self-Service ), if Service Provider determines to no longer provide such Self-Service to itself or its Affiliates, Service Provider shall notify Service Recipient of such termination no later than the number of days prior to such termination as is provided in Section 11(b) for terminating the corresponding Service. If Service Provider terminates a Self-Service prior to the end of the Termination Date applicable for the corresponding Service, the Market Rate of such Service following any such termination and up to but not including the Termination Date shall be calculated as if Service Provider had not terminated such Self-Service. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Service Provider shall continue to provide the Service in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement, unless such Service is otherwise terminated pursuant to Section 11 , and Service Provider shall not be permitted to terminate any Self-Service prior to the Termination Date for the applicable Service if such termination would adversely affect the level of service, security or control of such Service or the scope or content thereof required pursuant to Sections 1(a) and 4(a ).
(b) Invoices and Payment .
(i) Service Provider shall invoice Service Recipient for the amounts owed hereunder in arrears on a calendar monthly basis or, in the case of Section 2(a )( ii) , as provided therein, and shall provide reasonable documentation supporting such amounts owed pursuant to Section 2(a) , except to the extent such amounts are set forth on the Services Schedules. Service Recipient shall pay the amount of such invoice by electronic transfer of immediately available funds not later than forty-five (45) days after the date of such invoice. Neither Party nor any of its respective Subsidiaries shall have a right of set-off against the other Party or its Subsidiaries, except in connection with any amounts billed hereunder. In the event Service Recipient does not pay Service Provider in accordance with the terms hereof (i) all amounts so payable and past due shall accrue interest from the 31 st day after the date of the invoice to the receipt of payment at a rate per annum equal to five percent (5%) (the Interest Rate ) until such amounts, together with all accrued and unpaid interest thereon, are paid in full, and (ii) Service Recipient shall pay, as additional fees, all reasonable out-of-pocket costs and expenses incurred by Service Provider in attempting to collect and collecting amounts due under this Section 2 , including all reasonable attorneys fees and expenses.
(ii) In the event that Service Recipient in good faith disputes an invoice submitted by Service Provider, Service Recipient may withhold payment of any amount subject to the dispute; provided , however , that (x) Service Recipient shall continue to pay all undisputed amounts in accordance with the terms hereof, (y) Service Recipient shall notify Service Provider, in writing, of any disputed amounts and the reason for any dispute by the due date for payment of the invoice containing any disputed charges and (z) in the event any dispute is resolved in Service Providers favor, any amount that
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Service Recipient should have paid shall be deemed to have accrued interest at the Interest Rate from the date such payment should have been made. In the event of a dispute regarding the amount of any invoice, the Parties shall use all reasonable efforts to resolve such dispute within thirty (30) days after Service Recipient provides written notification of such dispute to Service Provider. Each Party shall provide full supporting documentation concerning any disputed amount or invoice within twenty (20) days after written notification of the dispute. Unpaid fees that are under good faith dispute shall not be considered a basis for default hereunder. To the extent that a dispute regarding the amount of any invoice cannot be resolved pursuant to this Section 2(b)(ii) , the dispute resolution procedures set forth in Section 9 herein shall apply.
(c) Migration and Integration; Disconnection and Disintegration .
(i) Service Recipient shall be responsible for planning, preparing and integrating the transition of the provision of each of the Services to its own internal organization or other third-party service providers, and shall use commercially reasonable efforts to prepare, within one hundred and twenty (120) days after the Distribution Date ( Migration Planning Period ), a plan in order to transition off each Service by the end of the term for such Service ( Migration Plan ); provided , however , that Service Recipient will not be deemed to have violated its obligations with respect to preparation of the Migration Plan if Service Recipient (i) fails to complete the Migration Plan within the Migration Planning Period, (ii) has been working, and thereafter continues to work, in good faith and without undue delay to expeditiously prepare the Migration Plan and (iii) completes the Migration Plan no later than one hundred and fifty (150) days after the Distribution Date. At Service Recipients request, Service Provider shall reasonably assist, and shall use commercially reasonable efforts to cause any Third Party Provider to reasonably assist, Service Recipient in connection with the implementation of Service Recipients transition plan, which may include consulting and training and providing reasonable access to data and other information and to Service Providers employees, but which shall take into account the need to minimize the cost of such migration and the disruption to the ongoing business activities of Service Provider and its Affiliates and shall not unduly burden or interfere with Service Providers business and operations ( provided that , for the avoidance of doubt, such services shall not include any services that, in Service Providers commercially reasonable opinion, do not primarily effect the separation of Service Recipient from the Services).
(ii) In furtherance of the foregoing, Service Recipient shall use commercially reasonable efforts to make or obtain any approvals, permits and licenses and implement any systems as may be necessary for it to perform the Services independently in each country and applicable jurisdiction as soon as practicable following the Distribution Date.
(iii) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein (but subject to Section 2(a)(ii) ), in the Distribution Agreement or in any Ancillary Agreement, Service Recipient shall bear all costs or expenses associated with integrating the Services with the Information, facilities, personnel and assets of Service Recipient and shall reimburse Service Provider for any costs or expenses incurred by Service Provider which are to be borne by Service Recipient pursuant to this Section 2(c) .
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3. Cooperation .
(a) It is understood that it will require significant efforts by the Parties to implement this Agreement and ensure performance hereunder. The Parties shall: (i) cooperate with and provide such information and documentation to the other Party as is reasonably necessary for Service Provider to perform the Services and for Service Recipient to meet its obligations under the Agreement; (ii) notify the other Party of any changes to operating environments or key personnel to the extent related to the provision of the Services; (iii) provide timely decisions, approvals and acceptances required to perform the obligations hereunder in a timely and efficient manner; and (iv) perform such other duties and tasks as may be reasonably required to permit Service Provider to perform the Services or for Service Recipient to meet its obligations under the Agreement, including (A) cooperating in obtaining any Third Party Consents necessary to facilitate Service Providers ability to provide the Services and (B) upon thirty (30) days prior written notice by Service Provider, conducting such testing as may be reasonably required by Service Provider in connection with any updates or changes to the applicable systems or processes involved in providing a Service. Service Provider shall not be deemed to be in breach of its obligations to provide or make available any Service to the extent that Service Recipient has not provided information and access to appropriate personnel that is reasonably necessary for the performance of such Service.
(b) Upon Service Recipients written request and without prejudice to Service Recipients direct rights against a Third Party Provider, Service Provider shall use commercially reasonable efforts to request any warranty or indemnity under any contract Service Provider or its Subsidiaries may have with a Third Party Provider with respect to any Service provided to Service Recipient by such Third Party Provider.
(c) Service Provider and Service Recipient shall use commercially reasonable efforts to obtain in a cost effective manner any necessary waivers, permits, license, consents or similar approvals with respect to agreements with third parties in order for Service Provider to provide the Services directly or indirectly (any such waiver, permit, consent, license or similar approval, a Third Party Consent ). If a Third Party Consent cannot be obtained on reasonable terms or after using commercially reasonable efforts, such Parties will use commercially reasonable efforts to arrange for an alternative method of obtaining any such Service on Service Recipients behalf in a cost effective manner ( Alternative Method ), which may include Service Provider providing such Service itself. If there is any Third Party Consent which was not required as of the date hereof but will subsequently be required before the Termination Date for a particular Service, Service Provider shall identify in writing to Service Recipient such Third Party Consent within sixty (60) days of the date hereof.
(d) The Parties shall use the fiscal month, quarter and year ends as set forth in Schedule B in connection with the provision and receipt of applicable Services hereunder, for so long as such Services are being provided.
(e) In connection with the provision of Services hereunder, except as provided pursuant to Section 2(a)(iii) for local currency conversion for invoices, the Parties shall use the same methodology to determine the appropriate foreign exchange conversion rate as used in the twelve (12) month period prior to the Distribution Date, which may be determined or based upon the average for the month or other applicable period or the spot rate at the end of such month or period or otherwise.
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4. Performance Standard; Reports; Personnel .
(a) Except as otherwise provided in the Services Schedule and Section 1(a) herein, nothing in this Agreement shall require or be interpreted to require Service Provider to provide a Service to Service Recipient beyond the scope and content of such Service as provided by Service Provider to the HLT Retained Business, Ownership Business or Timeshare Business, as the case may be, during the twelve (12) month period prior to the Distribution Date, excluding any actions taken in contemplation of the Distribution.
(b) Service Provider shall not make changes in the manner of providing a Service unless (i) Service Provider is making similar changes in a service being performed for itself or its Subsidiaries, (ii) such changes are immaterial and do not adversely affect the level of service, security or control of such Service or the scope or content thereof required pursuant to Sections 1(a) and 4(a ) above, (iii) such changes are required by Service Provider or Service Recipient pursuant to applicable Law (including changes required by Service Provider or Service Recipient in connection with the provision of the Services to the other Party) or (iv) Service Recipient provides its prior written consent (which shall not be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed) to such changes (in each case, for the avoidance of doubt, with the costs of any such change to be included in the calculation of the Market Rate). In the event Service Provider determines to change the location of delivery of any Service, Service Provider shall provide Service Recipient with thirty (30) days prior written notice. All Services shall be performed in compliance with applicable Law, including all applicable U.S. and non-U.S. laws and regulations relating to export controls, sanctions, and imports, including without limitation those regulations maintained by the U.S. Department of the Treasurys Office of Foreign Assets Control and the U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of Industry and Security.
(c) In performing the Services, Service Provider shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to prepare and furnish to Service Recipient reports concerning the Services with such reports to contain substantially the same data, in substantially the same format, and prepared and delivered on substantially the same timetable, as reports prepared during the twelve (12) month period prior to the Distribution Date (excluding any reports solely prepared in contemplation of the Distribution), except as may be otherwise required by Service Recipient or Service Provider pursuant to applicable Law. Upon Service Recipients written request for modifications to the reporting and data transfer practices reasonably required to assist Service Recipient in transitioning off the Service, Service Provider shall cooperate and consult in good faith with Service Recipient to make such modifications; provided that if Service Provider reasonably determines in its sole discretion that any such modification may cause Service Provider to be in breach of its obligations to the other Party hereunder (including as a result of breaching its obligations as a Service Provider to the other Party as Service Recipient), then Service Provider shall not be under any obligation to make such modifications.
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(d) Service Provider shall use commercially reasonable efforts consistent with past practice to make available such personnel as may be required to provide the Services. Service Provider shall have the right to designate which personnel it will assign to perform the Services. Service Provider also shall have the right to remove and replace any such personnel at any time or designate any of its Subsidiaries or a Third Party Provider (subject to Section 1(a) herein) at any time to perform the Services; provided , however , that Service Provider shall use its commercially reasonable efforts consistent with past practice to limit the disruption to Service Recipient in the transition of the Services to different personnel. Subject to and consistent with Section 2(a)(ii) , Service Provider shall have no obligation to retain any individual employee or any Third Party Provider or to employ additional personnel in order to provide a particular Service.
(e) In the event Service Recipient or any of its Subsidiaries hires away an employee of Service Provider or its Subsidiaries, and such employee was providing Services to Service Recipient and will not continue to provide such Service, Service Provider shall have the option, in its sole discretion (in addition to any other remedies available to it under the Distribution Agreement or otherwise), upon ten (10) Business Days written notice to Service Recipient to reduce its obligations with respect to such Service (with a proportionate reduction in the applicable Market Rate) effective on the date of such employees termination of employment with Service Provider. Any provision of Service thereafter pursuant to such a reduction in Service Providers obligations shall be deemed to be consistent with Service Providers obligations under this Agreement, so long as Service Provider satisfies the other obligations contained in this Section 4 with respect to such Service. Notwithstanding the foregoing, nothing in this Section 4(e) shall be deemed to modify, amend or waive the non-solicitation and no-hire restrictions set forth in Section 5.1 of the Distribution Agreement.
(f) Each Party agrees that it shall take appropriate action by instruction of or agreement with its personnel (including any Third Party Provider) to ensure that all such personnel performing or otherwise involved with Services shall be bound by and comply with all of the terms and conditions of this Agreement.
(g) In the event Service Provider has received a notice of default or breach in the performance of a Service hereunder (including as a result of substantial errors in the performance of such Service), it will use its commercially reasonable efforts to cure such default or breach. In the event Service Provider is unable to cure such default within thirty (30) days from receipt of notice thereof, in addition to the rights available under Section 11 , there shall be an adjustment to the Market Rate to reflect the costs to Service Recipient associated with such default, breach or error, including any reasonable out-of-pocket costs and expenses incurred by Service Recipient in retaining any Third Party Provider to provide such Service or in providing such Service itself.
(h) Each Party shall notify the applicable other Party as promptly as practicable after becoming aware of any breach of this Agreement committed by either it or the applicable other Party. Service Provider shall notify Service Recipient of any event that may
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reasonably be expected to materially impact a Service provided hereunder, which may include a Termination Notice (as defined in Section 11(b) ) provided by the other Party as Service Recipient hereunder or a notice of termination of a Self-Service, issued pursuant and in accordance with, Section 2(a)(v) .
(i) In the event of any conflict, as reasonably determined by Service Provider in its sole discretion, between requests for modification or termination of Services made by the two other Parties and each properly delivered hereunder, Service Provider shall determine which request it received first and, subject to the other terms and conditions of this Agreement, make such modifications or terminations pursuant to the request that was first received before making any modifications or terminations pursuant to any requests received afterwards.
5. New Services .
If, after the date hereof and on or prior to August 31, 2017, or, with respect to Services provided in connection with any Transfer that, pursuant to Section 2.5 of the Distribution Agreement, is not consummated at or prior to the Effective Time, one hundred (100) days following the actual date of such Transfer (notwithstanding that under Section 2.5(c) of the Distribution Agreement such Transfer may be deemed to have occurred on the Effective Time) the Parties determine that a service required by Service Recipient and provided by Service Provider or one of its Subsidiaries prior to the Distribution Date was omitted from the Services Schedules, Service Recipient may request that Service Provider perform such service ( New Service ) in addition to the Services being provided hereunder. Service Provider shall promptly begin performing any New Service consistent with past practice upon a timely written request from Service Recipient (which request may be in the form of email) including (i) a description of the work Service Recipient anticipates being performed by Service Provider in connection with such New Service and (ii) a schedule for commencing and completing such New Service, and Service Provider and Service Recipient shall enter into good faith negotiations to agree to an amendment to the Services Schedules providing for such New Service; provided that if no agreement for an Additional Service Schedule Amendment has been reached in writing in thirty (30) days, such New Service shall be deemed to have a Termination Date of two (2) years from the date hereof, with the Market Rate as provided for in Section 2(a)(i) , calculated as if the amendment to the Services Schedule for such New Service were silent regarding costs and expenses (such amendment or deemed amendment pursuant to the foregoing proviso, an Additional Service Schedule Amendment ). Any New Service shall be considered a Service hereunder and the Services Schedules shall incorporate, and be deemed to be duly amended by, such Additional Service Schedule Amendment.
6. Intellectual Property; IT Security .
(a) Except as provided in the Services Schedules, the Market Rate shall include the allocable portion of any amounts that are required to be paid by Service Provider to any third party licensors of software that is used by Service Provider in connection with the provision of any Services hereunder, including (i) license, right-to-use and royalty fees and (ii) any amounts required to obtain the consent of such licensors to allow Service Provider to provide any of the Services hereunder. Service Recipient agrees to comply and cause its Subsidiaries to comply with the terms of any license or other agreement of Service Provider or
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any of its Subsidiaries relating to software that is provided to Service Recipient and is used in connection with the provision of any Services hereunder, including as specified in the Third Party Provider Use Requirements; provided that in the event that Service Provider enters into new software licenses after the Distribution Date, Service Recipient shall have the prior opportunity to review and confirm its ability to comply therewith, which it shall do in good faith. In the event that Service Recipient provides notice of its inability to comply therewith, Service Provider may at its sole discretion discontinue its provision of any Services under such new software licenses effective after thirty (30) days notice of the same, and Service Recipient shall indemnify Service Provider for any claims by third parties arising out of or in connection with Service Recipients noncompliance or violation of such software licenses; provided that, for the avoidance of doubt, Service Recipients delivery of such notice will not affect Service Recipients obligation to comply with all Third Party Provider Use Requirements applicable to Services already in use by Service Recipient. Subject to the foregoing, Service Provider shall use commercially reasonable efforts to obtain any consent that may be required from such licensors in order to provide any of the Services hereunder and the Parties shall cooperate to identify any material licenses or consents necessary for such provision and shall use commercially reasonable efforts to minimize the costs associated therewith.
(b) If the receipt or provision of any Service hereunder requires the use by a Party of the patents, know-how, trade secrets, methods and processes (excluding Customer Information and Loyalty Program Information) of the other Party, then, subject to applicable restrictions contained in Service Providers contracts with Third Party Providers, such Party and its Subsidiaries shall have the non-exclusive, royalty-free, non-sublicensable (except as required for its and its Subsidiaries receipt or provision of Services) right and license to use such Intellectual Property for the sole purpose of, and only to the extent necessary for, the receipt or provision of such Services hereunder, pursuant to the terms and conditions of this Agreement. Upon the Termination Date applicable to such Service, or the earlier termination of any Services in accordance with Section 11 , the license herein to the applicable Intellectual Property will terminate, and the applicable Service Recipient and/or Service Provider shall cease all use of the Intellectual Property licensed hereunder. The applicable Service Recipient and/or Service Provider acknowledges that it will acquire no right, title or interest (including any license rights or rights of use) in any firmware or software, and the licenses therefor which are held by the applicable Service Provider and/or Service Recipient, by reason of the provision of the Services provided hereunder, except to the extent that any such license rights or rights of use are provided for in a written agreement signed by Service Provider and Service Recipient. Nothing in this Section 6(b) shall be deemed to limit, modify or terminate any License Agreement between the Parties.
(c) Subject to the limited licenses granted in Section 6(b) , each Party shall exclusively own any Intellectual Property that it creates, develops or invents in connection with the provision of any Services hereunder.
(d) While using or accessing any computers, systems, software, networks, information technology or related infrastructure or equipment (including any data stored thereon or transmitted thereby) ( Systems ) of the other Party (whether or not a Service), each Party shall and shall cause each of its Subsidiaries to, adhere in all respects to the other Partys
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controlled processes, policies and procedures (including any of the foregoing with respect to Confidential Information, data, communications and system privacy, operation, security and proper use) as in effect on the Distribution Date or as communicated to such Party from time to time in writing.
(e) Service Provider and Service Recipient shall each maintain reasonable, current security measures (i) to prevent unauthorized access to its systems and (ii) with respect to all data contained in its facilities, networks and systems and used in connection with the Services. Such measures shall in no event be less stringent than those used to safeguard such Partys own property, or industry standard security measures used by companies of a similar size. Such measures shall include, where appropriate, use of updated firewalls, virus screening software, logon identification and passwords, encryption, intrusion detection systems, logging of incidents, periodic reporting, and prompt application of current security patches, virus definitions and other updates. Service Recipient shall not install any new equipment, software or technology or modify the setup of any existing equipment, software or technology that is, or will be, connected to Service Providers facilities, networks or systems without the prior consent of Service Provider.
(f) Service Provider may suspend Service Recipients access (if any) to the information technology or communications systems used by Service Recipient following advance written notice to the extent practicable if, in Service Providers reasonable opinion (i) the integrity, security or performance of its systems, or any data stored on them, is being or is likely to be jeopardized by the activities of Service Recipient, or (ii) continued access to those information technology or communications systems by Service Recipient would expose Service Provider to liability. Service Recipient shall take appropriate corrective actions and if such actions fully resolve the matter (as determined by Service Provider in its sole discretion), Service Provider shall restore such access to Service Recipient.
(g) Each Party reserves the right to terminate all Services that provide access to such Partys information technology or communications systems, in its sole discretion and without limitation or termination liability, if Service Recipient or Service Provider, as applicable, remains in breach of this Section 6 five (5) Business Days after receipt of notice of such breach. Service Provider and Service Recipient acknowledge that the security measures used by the other as of the date of this Agreement are in compliance with this Section 6.
(h) Each party will comply with all applicable privacy and other Laws and regulations relating to protection, collection, use, and distribution of information (including Customer Information) received by a Party in connection with the Services that can be associated with or traced to any individual, including an individuals name, address, telephone number, e-mail address, credit card information, social security number, or other similar specific factual information, regardless of the media on which such information is stored (e.g., on paper or electronically), and which includes certain of such information that is generated, collected, stored or obtained as part of this Agreement, including transactional and other data pertaining to users ( Personally Identifiable Information ). In no event may a Party sell or transfer Personally Identifiable Information to third parties other than its Affiliates, or otherwise provide third parties other than its Affiliates with access thereto, except (i) as may be allowed pursuant to
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other written agreements between the Parties, or (ii) in the case of Service Provider, with any of its Third Party Providers assisting Service Provider with the performance of the Services hereunder. If there is a suspected or actual breach of security involving Personally Identifiable Information, responsible Party will notify the other Partys privacy counsel within twenty four (24) hours of a management-level associate becoming aware of such occurrence.
(i) Those Third Party Providers (and their personnel) of Service Recipient and Service Provider (or their respective Affiliates) having access to the other Partys Systems may be required by Service Provider or Service Recipient, as the case may be, to enter into a customary non-disclosure agreement in connection with, and as a condition to, such access.
7. Records .
Service Provider shall use commercially reasonable efforts to provide to Service Recipient, taking into consideration the financial reporting, internal controls and other public company requirements of Service Recipient, all information and records reasonably required to maintain full and accurate books relating to the provision of Services whether prior to or after the Distribution Date. Upon reasonable notice and reasonable request from Service Recipient, and at Service Recipients cost, Service Provider shall (a) make available for inspection and copying by Service Recipients agents or representatives such information, books and records relating to the Services during reasonable business hours and (b) certify that the controls in effect prior to the Distribution Date continue to be in effect, or if Service Provider is aware of any instances where such controls are not so in effect, in lieu of certification for such instances, provide a list of such instances and descriptions of the change in such controls thereof.
8. Force Majeure; Reduction of Services .
No Party (or any Person acting on its behalf) shall have any liability or responsibility for failure to fulfill any obligation (other than a payment obligation) under this Agreement so long as and to the extent to which the fulfillment of such obligation is prevented, frustrated, hindered or delayed as a consequence of circumstances of Force Majeure. A Party claiming the benefit of this provision shall, as soon as reasonably practicable after the occurrence of any such event: (a) notify the other applicable Parties of the nature and extent of any such Force Majeure condition and (b) use due diligence to remove any such causes and resume performance under this Agreement as soon as feasible. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Service Recipient shall be entitled to terminate Services so affected by a Force Majeure upon fifteen (15) days prior written notice in respect of any such delay or failure resulting from any such Force Majeure without any penalty or obligation to pay for Services not performed; provided that, for the avoidance of doubt, Service Recipient shall remain responsible for any severance costs for any such Services to the extent set forth in Section 2(a)(ii).
9. TSA Managers; Steering Committee; Dispute Resolution .
(a) Each Party shall nominate in writing one representative to act as the primary contact with respect to the provision and receipt of Services (a TSA Manager ), with the initial TSA Managers as listed on Schedule C . Each Party may, at its discretion, from time to time select another individual to serve in these capacities during the term of this Agreement;
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provided , however , each Party shall notify the other Party promptly (and in any event within five (5) Business Days) of any change in an individual serving in this capacity, setting forth the name and contact information of the replacement, and stating that such replacement is authorized to act for such Party in accordance with this Section 9(a) . The TSA Managers shall meet regularly or as needed.
(b) A steering committee (the Steering Committee ) of the TSA Managers, a finance executive from each Party (the Finance Officers ) and corporate counsel from each Party (the Legal Officers ) will have overall responsibility for oversight, administration and issue resolution relating to the performance and migration of Services under this Agreement. The Finance Officers will liaise with the TSA Managers and the Legal Officers to suggest modifications to Services or their costs (as necessary). The Legal Officers will adjust the schedule of Services to reflect changes in scope (as necessary).
(c) The TSA Managers shall meet as expeditiously as possible to resolve any dispute hereunder, and, notwithstanding anything in Article IX (Dispute Resolution) of the Distribution Agreement to the contrary, in the event any dispute is not so resolved within thirty (30) days, a TSA Manager may provide written notice of such dispute to the Chief Financial Officer of each Party (or such other executive as designated by the Chief Executive Officer of such Party), who shall attempt within a period of fifteen (15) days following the end of such previous thirty (30) day period to conclusively resolve any such issue, and in the event the dispute remains unresolved following such fifteen (15) day period, either Party may submit the dispute to mediation in accordance with Section 9.2 (Mediation) of the Distribution Agreement ( provided that , for the avoidance of doubt, the twenty-one (21) day waiting period referenced therein shall be inapplicable), and if any dispute remains unresolved after the Mediation Period (as defined in the Distribution Agreement), such dispute shall be determined, at the request of either Party, by arbitration in accordance with Section 9.3 (Arbitration) of the Distribution Agreement and the other applicable provisions of Article IX (Dispute Resolution) of the Distribution Agreement. Each Party may treat an act of any other Partys TSA Manager or Chief Financial Officer (or such other executive as designated by the Chief Executive Officer of such other Party), in each case that is consistent with the provisions of this Agreement, as being authorized by such other Party to resolve such dispute without inquiring behind such act or ascertaining whether such TSA Manager or Chief Financial Officer (or such other executive as designated by the Chief Executive Officer of such other Party) had authority to so act; provided , however , that none of the TSA Managers or Chief Financial Officer or other executives so designated shall have authority to amend this Agreement, except as otherwise provided pursuant to Section 17 .
(d) In the event of any dispute between the Parties regarding a Service, prior to the applicable Termination Date, Service Provider shall not discontinue the supply of any such Service, unless so provided for in a settlement agreement between the Parties or arbitral determination pursuant to and in accordance with Section 9(c) herein and Article IX of the Distribution Agreement or as requested by Service Recipient pursuant to a Termination Notice.
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10. Disclaimer; Limited Liability .
(a) Service Recipient acknowledges that Service Provider is not in the business of providing the Services and that the Services being provided pursuant to this Agreement are provided as an accommodation to Service Recipient. Other than in the event of Service Providers fraud, gross negligence or willful misconduct, Service Provider will not be liable for any error or omission in rendering Services under this Agreement, or for any defect in Services so rendered; provided that if there is a substantial error in any of the Services, Service Provider shall use commercially reasonable efforts to attempt to correct the error, or if Service Provider is unable to so correct such error, to provide an adjustment to the Market Rate for such Service in reasonable proportion to that which the error bears to the Service provided for such month, which adjustment may, pursuant to Section 2(a)(i)(1) , include any reasonable out-of-pocket costs and expenses incurred by Service Recipient in retaining a Third Party Provider to provide such Service or in providing such service itself. Other than in the event of Service Providers fraud, gross negligence or willful misconduct, and other than for the Market Rate, severance costs owed under Section 2(a)(ii) and other amounts expressly owed hereunder, Service Provider will not be liable for any damages, fines, penalties, deficiencies, losses, liabilities (including settlements and judgments) and expenses (including interest, court costs, reasonable fees and expenses of attorneys, accountants or other experts and professionals or other reasonable fees and expenses of litigation or other proceedings or of any claim, default or assessment) ( Losses ) arising out of a breach of Service Providers obligations in connection with the Services provided under this Agreement. Service Provider agrees to indemnify, defend and hold harmless Service Recipient and its Affiliates and their respective directors, officers, employees and agents as a result of the fraud, gross negligence or willful misconduct of Service Provider or its Affiliates or any of their respective directors, officers, employees or agents. Service Recipient agrees to indemnify, defend and hold harmless Service Provider and its Affiliates and their respective directors, officers, employees and agents from any Loss resulting from Service Recipients breach of any Third Party Provider Use Requirements.
(b) NO REPRESENTATIONS OR WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED (INCLUDING WARRANTIES OF NON-INFRINGEMENT, MERCHANTABILITY, ACCURACY, SATISFACTORY QUALITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE OR CONFORMITY TO ANY REPRESENTATION OR DESCRIPTION), ARE MADE BY SERVICE PROVIDER OR ANY OF ITS AFFILIATES WITH RESPECT TO THE PROVISION OF SERVICES UNDER THIS AGREEMENT AND, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, ALL SUCH REPRESENTATIONS OR WARRANTIES ARE HEREBY WAIVED AND DISCLAIMED. WITHOUT LIMITING THE GENERALITY OF THE FOREGOING, UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES, INCLUDING THE FAILURE OF THE ESSENTIAL PURPOSE OF ANY REMEDY, SHALL SERVICE PROVIDER BE LIABLE FOR, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO, ANY LOST PROFITS, BUSINESS INTERRUPTIONS, CUSTOMER CLAIMS, REMITTANCES, COLLECTIONS, INVOICES, PENALTIES, INTEREST OR SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL, PUNITIVE, CONSEQUENTIAL OR EXEMPLARY DAMAGES CAUSED BY THE PERFORMANCE OF, ANY DELAY IN THE PERFORMING, FAILURE TO PERFORM OR DEFECTS IN THE PERFORMANCE OF, THE SERVICES CONTEMPLATED TO BE PERFORMED BY SERVICE PROVIDER PURSUANT TO THIS AGREEMENT, REGARDLESS OF WHETHER A PARTY HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES.
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11. Term and Service Termination Dates .
(a) This Agreement (other than Sections 9 , 10 , 11 and 13 ) shall terminate upon the last of the Termination Dates in respect of all Services to be provided hereunder; provided that the rights of the Parties in respect of any claims that have accrued prior to such termination shall survive such termination.
(b) For each Service, the service period during which Service Provider is obligated to provide such Service to Service Recipient ends as of the Termination Date set forth on the applicable Services Schedule. The Parties agree to cooperate if necessary to adjust the applicable Termination Date to end on a date that is the end of a calendar or fiscal month, as deemed appropriate. Service Recipient may terminate any Service prior to its Termination Date by providing to Service Provider written notice of termination, which shall be deemed irrevocable upon delivery (a Termination Notice ), not less than sixty (60) days before the date of such earlier termination except as otherwise specified in the Services Schedules; provided that if the Services Schedules indicate that any Service is dependent on one or more other Services, then each such Service must be terminated together; provided further that any termination may be on a location by location basis if so indicated on the Services Schedules. In the event a Service is terminated prior to its Termination Date pursuant to Service Recipients Termination Notice, Service Recipient shall reimburse Service Provider for any out-of-pocket costs incurred by Service Provider through the date of receipt of any Termination Notice in expectation that such Service would be provided until the applicable Termination Date (subject to Service Provider exercising commercially reasonable efforts to mitigate such costs). Notwithstanding the foregoing, upon the receipt of a Termination Notice, if Service Provider is unable to transition the applicable Service to Service Recipient or its designee in a commercially reasonable manner which does not unduly disrupt the Service on the requested termination date, Service Provider shall use commercially reasonable efforts consistent with past practice to transition such Service as soon as possible, and any resulting third party out-of-pocket costs to Service Recipient shall be paid by Service Recipient.
(c) In the event either Party defaults in the performance of any of its obligations under this Agreement, and if such default is not excused and not cured within thirty (30) days after written notice from the other Party specifying such default, then the non-defaulting Party may at any time thereafter terminate, at its option, any such Service that is the subject of such default by giving five (5) days prior written notice; provided that if no such termination notice is given within fifteen (15) days after the end of the thirty (30) day cure period, then the non-defaulting Party waives all rights to terminate such Service with respect to such default; provided further , that such fifteen (15) day period referred to in the immediately foregoing proviso shall be extended if (x) the Parties dispute whether there has been a default hereunder or (y) agree that there has been a default hereunder and have a dispute related to such default, and in either case are attempting to resolve such dispute pursuant to Section 9(c) until ten (10) days after there has been a final determination pursuant to the procedures in Section 9(c) .
(d) Any Service can be terminated prior to the Distribution Date, with no fee, penalty or ongoing obligation, if Service Recipient provides a Termination Notice to Service
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Provider (which may be via email) at least ten (10) Business Days prior to the Distribution Date; provided , however , that Service Recipient shall reimburse Service Provider for any out-of-pocket costs incurred by Service Provider through the date of receipt of any Termination Notice received prior to the Distribution Date (subject to Service Provider exercising commercially reasonable efforts to mitigate such costs).
12. Independent Contractor .
The Parties hereto understand and agree that this Agreement does not make either of them an agent or legal representative of the other for any purpose whatsoever. No Party is granted, by this Agreement or otherwise, any right or authority to assume or create any obligation or responsibilities, express or implied, on behalf of or in the name of any other Party, or to bind any other Party in any manner whatsoever. The Parties expressly acknowledge (i) that Service Provider is an independent contractor with respect to Service Recipient in all respects, including the provision of the Services, and (ii) that the Parties are not partners, joint venturers, employees or agents of or with each other.
13. Confidentiality .
(a) Any Confidential Information of the Parties shall be subject to Section 8.6 of the Distribution Agreement. With respect to any information disclosed by one Party to another Party for the purpose of this Agreement or otherwise accessible to such other Party during the performance hereunder, including any Customer Information ( Confidential Information ), the Party receiving such Confidential Information agrees that it will use the same skill and care as set forth in Section 1(a) to prevent the disclosure or accessibility to others of the disclosing Partys Confidential Information and will use such Confidential Information only for the purposes of this Agreement, the Distribution Agreement and the Ancillary Agreements. The receiving Party and its employees, representatives and agents (including any Third Party Provider) (collectively, the Recipient Parties ) shall only disclose and permit access to Confidential Information of the other Parties to such Recipient Parties who have a need to know such Confidential Information for the purposes of this Agreement, the Distribution Agreement or the Ancillary Agreements and who are informed of the obligation to hold such Confidential Information confidential and in respect of whose failure to comply with such obligations, the applicable Party will be responsible. For Confidential Information provided with respect to any Service, the obligations of the Recipient Parties pursuant to this Section 13 shall expire on the date that is five (5) years from the termination of such Service. Each Party shall provide prompt written notice of any breach of the obligations under this Section 13 by such Party or its Recipient Parties and shall use commercially reasonable efforts to assist the other Party in remedying any such breach.
(b) Specifically excluded from the definition of Confidential Information is any and all information that:
(i) is independently developed by the Recipient Parties after the Effective Time without reference to any Confidential Information;
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(ii) is or comes to be in the public domain or available to the public through no fault of the Recipient Parties of the Confidential Information; or
(iii) is lawfully acquired after the Effective Time by the Recipient Parties from other sources not known to be subject to confidentiality obligations with respect to such Confidential Information.
(c) If the Recipient Party is required to disclose Confidential Information by Law, process or regulation, to the extent legally permissible, such Recipient Party shall promptly notify the disclosing Party, reasonably cooperate with the disclosing Party to the extent it may seek to limit such disclosure and, insofar as a protective order or waiver from the disclosing Party is not obtained, only disclose such Confidential Information that is required to be disclosed.
(d) In connection with any permitted disclosure of this Agreement to any third party, each Party shall redact the portions of the Services Schedules that are not relevant to such third partys inquiry.
(e) It is further understood and agreed that money damages may not be a sufficient remedy for any breach of this Section 13 and that each Party shall be entitled to seek equitable relief, including injunction and specific performance, as remedy for any such breach in any court of competent jurisdiction, without posting bond or other security. Such remedies shall not be deemed to be the exclusive remedies for a breach, but shall be in addition to all other remedies herein described available at law or equity.
14. Audit Rights .
(a) Audits by Service Provider . Upon notice from Service Provider, Service Recipient shall use commercially reasonable efforts to provide Service Provider, its auditors (including internal audit staff and external auditors), inspectors, regulators and other reasonably designated representatives as Service Provider may from time to time designate in writing (collectively, the Service Provider Auditors ) with access to, at reasonable times, any Service Recipient facility or part of a facility at which Service Recipient is using the Services, Service Recipient personnel, and data and records relating to the Services for purposes of verifying compliance with this Agreement. Service Provider audits may include security reviews (including Service Recipients completion of security-related questionnaires) of the Services and Service Recipients systems, including reasonable use of automated scanning tools such as network scanners, port scanners, and web inspection tools. Service Recipient will provide any assistance that Service Provider Auditors may reasonably require with respect to such audits. Upon notice from Service Recipient, Service Provider shall provide Service Recipient and its auditors with access to, at reasonable times, books and records relating to the Services or this Agreement in order for Service Recipient to comply with applicable Laws.
(b) Audits by Service Recipient . Service Recipient shall have the right, upon at least thirty (30) days written notice to Service Provider, and in a manner to avoid unreasonable interruption to Service Providers business, to perform audit procedures over Service Providers internal controls and procedures for the Services provided by Service
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Provider under this Agreement; provided that, such audit right shall exist solely to the extent required by Service Recipients external auditors to ensure Service Recipients compliance with the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, to determine if Service Recipients financial statements conform to Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP), to verify third-party expenses or to the extent required by any Governmental Authority; provided , further , that such audit right shall not grant Service Recipient the right to perform audit activities with respect to any Third Party Provider engaged in the provision of the Services. Service Provider shall use commercially reasonable efforts to provide Service Recipient and its auditors with appropriate space, furnishings, and telephone, facsimile and photocopy equipment as Service Recipient or its auditors may reasonably require to perform such audit procedures. Service Provider shall consider in good faith, but shall not be obligated to make, changes to its controls and procedures to address any findings of such audits. Service Recipient shall pay or reimburse all of Service Providers incremental costs arising from all such audit-related activities, provision of space, furnishings and equipment, and analysis and implementation, if any, of any potential changes in Service Providers controls or procedures described in this Section 14(b) .
15. Beneficiary of Services; No Third Party Beneficiaries.
This Agreement is for the sole benefit of the Parties hereto, and nothing expressed or implied shall give or be construed to give any Person any legal or equitable rights hereunder, whether as a third-party beneficiary or otherwise. Each Party agrees, and each Party in its capacity as a Service Recipient represents and warrants, that the Services shall be provided solely to, and shall be used solely by, Service Recipient and its Subsidiaries. Service Recipient shall not resell or provide the Services to any other Person, or permit the use of the Services by any Person other than Service Recipient and its Subsidiaries.
16. Entire Agreement .
This Agreement, together with the Distribution Agreement and the other Ancillary Agreements, constitutes the entire agreement of the Parties with respect to the subject matter hereof, and supersedes all prior agreements, understandings and negotiations, both written and oral, between the Parties with respect to the subject matter hereof. In the event and to the extent that there shall be a conflict between the provisions of this Agreement and the provisions of the Distribution Agreement or any other Ancillary Agreement, the Parties agree that this Agreement shall govern. The Parties agree that, in the event of an express conflict between the terms of this Agreement and a Services Schedule, the terms of the Services Schedule shall govern as it relates to the Services to which such terms and conditions apply.
17. Amendment; Waiver .
This Agreement and the Services Schedules may be amended, and any provision of this Agreement may be waived, only if such amendment or waiver is in writing and signed, in the case of an amendment, by each of the Parties, or in the case of a waiver, by the Party against whom the waiver is effective. No failure or delay by either Party in exercising any right, power or privilege under this Agreement shall operate as a waiver thereof nor shall any single or partial exercise thereof preclude any other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right, power or privilege.
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18. Notices .
All notices, requests, claims, demands and other communications to any Party hereunder shall be in writing (including telecopy, electronic transmission or similar writing) and shall be given as follows:
if to HLT:
Hilton Worldwide Holdings Inc.
7930 Jones Branch Drive, Suite 1100
McLean, Virginia 22102
Attn: General Counsel
Facsimile: (703) 883-6188
if to PK:
Park Hotels & Resorts Inc.
McLean, Virginia 22102
Attn: General Counsel
Facsimile:
if to HGV:
Hilton Grand Vacations Inc.
6355 MetroWest Boulevard, Suite 180
Orlando, Florida 32835
Attn: General Counsel
Facsimile:
or to such other address or telecopy number and with such other copies, as such Party may hereafter specify for the purpose of notice to the other Parties. All notices, requests, claims, demands and other communications under this Agreement and, to the extent applicable and unless otherwise provided therein, under each of the Ancillary Agreements shall be in English, shall be in writing and shall be given or made (and shall be deemed to have been duly given or made upon receipt) by delivery in person, by overnight courier service, by facsimile or electronic transmission with receipt confirmed (followed by delivery of an original via overnight courier service) or by registered or certified mail (postage prepaid, return receipt requested) to the respective Parties at the following addresses (or at such other address for a Party as shall be specified in a notice given in accordance with this Section 18 ).
19. Non-Assignability .
Neither this Agreement nor any of the rights, interests or obligations of either Party hereunder may be assigned or transferred by any such Party without the prior written consent of the other Party (not to be unreasonably withheld, delayed or conditioned), and any purported assignment, without such prior written consent shall be null and void. Notwithstanding
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the foregoing, (a) any Party may assign or transfer all its rights hereunder without such consent to an acquirer in connection with a sale of all or substantially all of its assets or other similar change in control of such Party and (b) Service Provider may assign any or all of its rights or obligations arising under this Agreement to any of its Affiliates that is reasonably capable of providing the Services ( provided , however , that Service Provider shall remain primarily responsible for its obligations under this Agreement notwithstanding any such assignment).
20. Further Assurances .
From time to time after the date hereof, without further consideration, each Party shall use commercially reasonable efforts to take, or cause to be taken, all appropriate action, do or cause to be done all things reasonably proper or advisable under applicable Law, and execute and deliver such documents as may be required or appropriate to carry out the provisions of this Agreement and to consummate, perform and make effective the transition contemplated hereby.
21. Definitions and Rules of Construction .
(a) Defined terms used in this Agreement have the meanings ascribed to them by definition in this Agreement or in the Distribution Agreement.
(b) This Agreement shall be construed without regard to any presumption or rule requiring construction or interpretation against the Party drafting or causing any instrument to be drafted.
(c) Whenever the words include, including, or includes appear in this Agreement, they shall be read to be followed by the words without limitation or words having similar import.
(d) As used in this Agreement, the plural shall include the singular and the singular shall include the plural.
(e) All references to $ herein shall be references to U.S. Dollars.
22. Counterparts; Effectiveness .
This Agreement may be executed in two or more counterparts, each of which shall be deemed to be an original and all of which together shall be deemed to be one and the same instrument. Copies of executed counterparts transmitted by telecopy, telefax or other electronic transmission service shall be considered original executed counterparts for purposes of this Section 22 , provided that receipt of copies of such counterparts is confirmed. This Agreement shall become effective when each Party has received a counterpart hereof signed by the other Party hereto.
23. Section Headings .
The section headings contained in this Agreement are for reference purposes only and shall not affect the meaning or interpretation of this Agreement.
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24. Severability .
If any provision of this Agreement shall be declared by any court of competent jurisdiction to be illegal, void or unenforceable, all other provisions of this Agreement shall not be affected and shall remain in full force and effect, and the Parties shall negotiate in good faith to replace such illegal, void or unenforceable provision with a provision that corresponds as closely as possible to the intentions of the Parties as expressed by such illegal, void, or unenforceable provision.
25. Governing Law .
This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the Laws of the State of Delaware without reference to any choice-of-law or conflicts of law principles that would result in the application of the laws of a different jurisdiction.
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[Transition Services Agreement]
Exhibit 10.4
FORM OF PARK HOTELS & RESORTS INC.
2016 OMNIBUS INCENTIVE PLAN
1. Purpose . The purpose of the Park Hotels & Resorts Inc. 2016 Omnibus Incentive Plan is to provide a means through which the Company and the other members of the Company Group may attract and retain key personnel and to provide a means whereby officers, employees, consultants and advisors of the Company and the other members of the Company Group can acquire and maintain an equity interest in the Company, or be paid incentive compensation, including incentive compensation measured by reference to the value of Common Stock, thereby strengthening their commitment to the welfare of the Company Group and aligning their interests with those of the Companys stockholders.
2. Definitions . The following definitions shall be applicable throughout the Plan.
(a) Absolute Share Limit has the meaning given to such term in Section 5(b) of the Plan.
(b) Adjustment Event has the meaning given to such term in Section 12(a) of the Plan.
(c) Affiliate means any Person that directly or indirectly controls, is controlled by or is under common control with the Company. The term control (including, with correlative meaning, the terms controlled by and under common control with), as applied to any Person, means the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of such Person, whether through the ownership of voting or other securities, by contract or otherwise.
(d) Award means, individually or collectively, any Incentive Stock Option, Nonqualified Stock Option, Stock Appreciation Right, Restricted Stock, Restricted Stock Unit, Other Equity-Based Award, Other Cash-Based Award and Performance Compensation Award granted under the Plan.
(e) Award Agreement means the document or documents by which each Award (other than an Other Cash-Based Award) is evidenced, which may be in written or electronic form.
(f) Board means the Board of Directors of the Company.
(g) Cause means, in the case of a particular Award, unless the applicable Award Agreement states otherwise, a good faith determination of the Committee or its designee that (i) there is cause to terminate a Participants employment or service, as defined in and in accordance with any employment or consulting agreement between the Participant and any member of the Company Group or an Affiliate in effect at the time of such termination or (ii) in the absence of any such employment or consulting agreement (or the absence of any definition of Cause contained therein), any of the following has occurred with respect to a Participant: (A) such Participant has failed to reasonably perform his or her duties to the Service Recipient,
or has failed to follow the lawful instructions of the Board or his or her direct superiors, in each case other than as a result of his or her incapacity due to physical or mental illness or injury, in a manner that could reasonably be expected to result in harm (whether financially, reputationally or otherwise) to any member of the Company Group or an Affiliate, following notice by the Company Group or such Affiliate of such failure; (B) such Participant has engaged or is about to engage in conduct harmful (whether financially, reputationally or otherwise) to any member of the Company Group or an Affiliate; (C) such Participant has been convicted of, or pled guilty or no contest to, a felony or any crime involving as a material element fraud or dishonesty; (D) the willful misconduct or gross neglect of such Participant that could reasonably be expected to result in harm (whether financially, reputationally or otherwise) to any member of the Company Group or an Affiliate; (E) the willful violation by such Participant of the written policies of the Service Recipient or any applicable written policies of any member of the Company Group that could reasonably be expected to result in harm (whether financially, reputationally or otherwise) to any member of the Company Group or an Affiliate; (F) such Participants fraud or misappropriation, embezzlement or misuse of funds or property belonging to the Company Group or an Affiliate (other than good faith expense account disputes); (G) such Participants act of personal dishonesty which involves personal profit in connection with such Participants employment or service with the Company Group or an Affiliate, or (H) the willful breach by such Participant of fiduciary duty owed to the Service Recipient.
(h) Change in Control means:
(i) the acquisition (whether by purchase, merger, consolidation, combination or other similar transaction) by any Person of beneficial ownership (within the meaning of Rule 13d-3 promulgated under the Exchange Act) of more than 30% (on a fully diluted basis) of either (A) the then outstanding shares of Common Stock, taking into account as outstanding for this purpose such Common Stock issuable upon the exercise of options or warrants, the conversion of convertible stock or debt, and the exercise of any similar right to acquire such Common Stock; or (B) the combined voting power of the then outstanding voting securities of the Company entitled to vote generally in the election of directors (clauses (A) and (B), the Outstanding Company Voting Securities ); provided, however , that for purposes of this Plan, the following acquisitions shall not constitute a Change in Control: (I) any acquisition by the Company or any Affiliate; (II) any acquisition by any employee benefit plan sponsored or maintained by the Company or any Affiliate; (III) in respect of an Award held by a particular Participant, any acquisition by the Participant or any group of Persons including the Participant (or any entity controlled by the Participant or any group of Persons including the Participant); or (IV) any acquisition in one transaction or a series of related transactions, by any Person directly from The Blackstone Group L.P. and/or its Affiliates;
(ii) during any period of twenty-four (24) months, individuals who, at the beginning of such period, constitute the Board (the Incumbent Directors ) cease for any reason to constitute at least a majority of the Board, provided that any person becoming a director subsequent to the Effective Date, whose election or nomination for election was approved by a vote of at least two-thirds of the Incumbent Directors then on the Board (either by a specific vote or by approval of the proxy statement of the Company in which such person is named as a nominee for director, without written objection to such
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nomination) shall be an Incumbent Director; provided, however , that no individual initially elected or nominated as a director of the Company as a result of an actual or threatened election contest, as such terms are used in Rule 14a-12 of Regulation 14A promulgated under the Exchange Act, with respect to directors or as a result of any other actual or threatened solicitation of proxies or consents by or on behalf of any person other than the Board shall be deemed to be an Incumbent Director;
(iii) the sale, transfer or other disposition of all or substantially all of the business or assets of the Company Group (taken as a whole) to any Person that is not an Affiliate of the Company; or
(iv) the consummation of a reorganization, recapitalization, merger, consolidation, or other similar transaction involving the Company (a Business Combination ), unless immediately following such Business Combination, 50% or more of the total voting power of the entity resulting from such Business Combination (or, if applicable, the ultimate parent entity that directly or indirectly has beneficial ownership of sufficient voting securities eligible to elect a majority of the board of directors (or the analogous governing body) of such resulting entity) is held by the holders of the Outstanding Company Voting Securities immediately prior to such Business Combination.
(i) Code means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, and any successor thereto. Reference in the Plan to any section of the Code shall be deemed to include any regulations or other interpretative guidance under such section, and any amendments or successor provisions to such section, regulations or guidance.
(j) Committee means the Compensation Committee of the Board or any properly delegated subcommittee thereof or, if no such Compensation Committee or subcommittee thereof exists, the Board.
(k) Common Stock means the common stock of the Company, par value $0.01 per share (and any stock or other securities into which such Common Stock may be converted or into which it may be exchanged).
(l) Company means Park Hotels & Resorts Inc., a Delaware corporation, and any successor thereto.
(m) Company Group means, collectively, the Company and its Subsidiaries.
(n) Date of Grant means the date on which the granting of an Award is authorized, or such other date as may be specified in such authorization.
(o) Designated Foreign Subsidiaries means all members of the Company Group that are organized under the laws of any jurisdiction or country other than the United States of America that may be designated by the Board or the Committee from time to time.
(p) Detrimental Activity means any of the following: (i) unauthorized disclosure of any confidential or proprietary information of any member of the Company Group; (ii) any
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activity that would be grounds to terminate the Participants employment or service with the Service Recipient for Cause; or (iii) a material breach by the Participant of any restrictive covenant by which such Participant is bound, including, without limitation, any covenant not to compete or not to solicit, in any agreement with any member of the Company Group.
(q) Disability means, unless in the case of a particular Award the applicable Award Agreement states otherwise, the Company or an Affiliate having cause to terminate a Participants employment or service on account of disability, as defined in any then-existing employment, consulting or other similar agreement between the Participant and the Company or an Affiliate or, in the absence of such an employment, consulting or other similar agreement (or the absence of any definition of Disability contained therein), a condition entitling the Participant to receive benefits under a long-term disability plan of the Company or an Affiliate, or, in the absence of such a plan, the complete and permanent inability by reason of illness or accident to perform the duties of the occupation at which a Participant was employed or served when such disability commenced. Any determination of whether Disability exists shall be made by the Committee (or its designee) in its sole discretion.
(r) Effective Date means , 20 .
(s) Eligible Person means any (i) individual employed by any member of the Company Group; provided, however , that no such employee covered by a collective bargaining agreement shall be an Eligible Person unless and to the extent that such eligibility is set forth in such collective bargaining agreement or in an agreement or instrument relating thereto; or (ii) consultant or advisor to any member of the Company Group who may be offered securities registrable pursuant to a registration statement on Form S-8 under the Securities Act, who, in the case of each of clauses (i) and (ii) above has entered into an Award Agreement or who has received written notification from the Committee or its designee that they have been selected to participate in the Plan.
(t) Exchange Act means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and any successor thereto. Reference in the Plan to any section of (or rule promulgated under) the Exchange Act shall be deemed to include any rules, regulations or other interpretative guidance under such section or rule, and any amendments or successor provisions to such section, rules, regulations or guidance.
(u) Exercise Price has the meaning given to such term in Section 7(b) of the Plan.
(v) Fair Market Value means, on a given date, (i) if the Common Stock is listed on a national securities exchange, the closing sales price of the Common Stock reported on the primary exchange on which the Common Stock is listed and traded on such date, or, if there are no such sales on that date, then on the last preceding date on which such sales were reported; (ii) if the Common Stock is not listed on any national securities exchange but is quoted in an inter-dealer quotation system on a last sale basis, the average between the closing bid price and ask price reported on such date, or, if there is no such sale on that date, then on the last preceding date on which a sale was reported; or (iii) if the Common Stock is not listed on a national securities exchange or quoted in an inter-dealer quotation system on a last sale basis, the amount determined by the Committee in good faith to be the fair market value of the Common Stock.
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(w) GAAP has the meaning given to such term in Section 7(d) of the Plan.
(x) Incentive Stock Option means an Option which is designated by the Committee as an incentive stock option as described in Section 422 of the Code and otherwise meets the requirements set forth in the Plan.
(y) Indemnifiable Person has the meaning given to such term in Section 4(e) of the Plan.
(z) Minimum Vesting Condition means, with respect to any Award, that vesting of (or lapsing of restrictions on) such Award does not occur earlier than the first anniversary of the Date of Grant (or the date of commencement of employment or service, in the case of a grant made in connection with a Participants commencement of employment or service), other than (i) in connection with a Change in Control, or (ii) as a result of a Participants death or Disability.
(aa) Negative Discretion means the discretion authorized by the Plan to be applied by the Committee to eliminate or reduce the size of an Award that is designated as a Performance Compensation Award consistent with Section 162(m) of the Code.
(bb) Nonqualified Stock Option means an Option which is not designated by the Committee as an Incentive Stock Option.
(cc) Option means an Award granted under Section 7 of the Plan.
(dd) Option Period has the meaning given to such term in Section 7(c)(i) of the Plan.
(ee) Other Cash-Based Award means an Award that is not a Stock Appreciation Right or Restricted Stock Unit granted under Section 10 of the Plan that is denominated and/or payable in cash.
(ff) Other Equity-Based Award means an Award that is not an Option, Stock Appreciation Right, Restricted Stock, Restricted Stock Unit or Performance Compensation Award, that is granted under Section 10 of the Plan and is (i) payable by delivery of Common Stock, and/or (ii) measured by reference to the value of Common Stock. Other Equity-Based Awards may include (i) operating partnership or limited liability company units or profits interests with respect to a Subsidiary of the Company and (ii) unrestricted shares of Common Stock.
(gg) Participant means an Eligible Person who has been selected by the Committee to participate in the Plan and to receive an Award pursuant to the Plan.
(hh) Performance Compensation Award means any Award designated by the Committee as a Performance Compensation Award pursuant to Section 11 of the Plan.
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(ii) Performance Criteria means the criterion or criteria that the Committee shall select for purposes of establishing the Performance Goals for a Performance Period with respect to any Performance Compensation Award under the Plan.
(jj) Performance Formula means, for a Performance Period, the one or more objective formulae applied against the relevant Performance Goal to determine, with regard to the Performance Compensation Award of a particular Participant, whether all, some portion but less than all, or none of the Performance Compensation Award has been earned for the Performance Period.
(kk) Performance Goals means, for a Performance Period, the one or more goals established by the Committee for the Performance Period based upon the Performance Criteria.
(ll) Performance Period means the one or more periods of time of not less than 12 months, as the Committee may select, over which the attainment of one or more Performance Goals will be measured for the purpose of determining a Participants right to, and the payment of, a Performance Compensation Award.
(mm) Person means any individual, entity or group (within the meaning of Section 13(d)(3) or 14(d)(2) of the Exchange Act).
(nn) Plan means this Park Hotels & Resorts Inc. 2016 Omnibus Incentive Plan, as it may be amended and restated from time to time.
(oo) Qualifying Director means a person who is (i) with respect to actions intended to obtain an exemption from Section 16(b) of the Exchange Act pursuant to Rule 16b-3 under the Exchange Act, a non-employee director within the meaning of Rule 16b-3 under the Exchange Act; and (ii) with respect to actions intended to obtain the exception for performance-based compensation under 162(m) of the Code, an outside director within the meaning of Section 162(m) of the Code.
(pp) Restricted Period means the period of time determined by the Committee during which an Award is subject to restrictions, including vesting conditions.
(qq) Restricted Stock means Common Stock, subject to certain specified restrictions (which may include, without limitation, a requirement that the Participant remain continuously employed or provide continuous services for a specified period of time), granted under Section 9 of the Plan.
(rr) Restricted Stock Unit means an unfunded and unsecured promise to deliver shares of Common Stock, cash, other securities or other property, subject to certain restrictions (which may include, without limitation, a requirement that the Participant remain continuously employed or provide continuous services for a specified period of time), granted under Section 9 of the Plan.
(ss) SAR Period has the meaning given to such term in Section 8(c) of the Plan.
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(tt) Securities Act means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and any successor thereto. Reference in the Plan to any section of (or rule promulgated under) the Securities Act shall be deemed to include any rules, regulations or other interpretative guidance under such section or rule, and any amendments or successor provisions to such section, rules, regulations or guidance.
(uu) Service Recipient means, with respect to a Participant holding a given Award, the member of the Company Group by which the original recipient of such Award is, or following a Termination was most recently, principally employed or to which such original recipient provides, or following a Termination was most recently providing, services, as applicable.
(vv) Stock Appreciation Right or SAR means an Award granted under Section 8 of the Plan.
(ww) Strike Price has the meaning given to such term in Section 8(b) of the Plan.
(xx) Subsidiary means, with respect to any specified Person:
(i) any corporation, association or other business entity of which more than 50% of the total voting power of shares of such entitys voting securities (without regard to the occurrence of any contingency and after giving effect to any voting agreement or stockholders agreement that effectively transfers voting power) is at the time owned or controlled, directly or indirectly, by that Person or one or more of the other Subsidiaries of that Person (or a combination thereof); and
(ii) any partnership, limited liability company or any comparable foreign entity (A) the sole general partner (or functional equivalent thereof) or the managing general partner of which is such Person or Subsidiary of such Person or (B) the only general partners (or functional equivalents thereof) of which are that Person or one or more Subsidiaries of that Person (or any combination thereof).
(yy) Substitute Award has the meaning given to such term in Section 5(e) of the Plan.
(zz) Sub-Plans means any sub-plan to the Plan that has been adopted by the Board or the Committee for the purpose of permitting the offering of Awards to employees of certain Designated Foreign Subsidiaries or otherwise outside the United States of America, with each such sub-plan designed to comply with local laws applicable to offerings in such foreign jurisdictions. Although any Sub-Plan may be designated a separate and independent plan from the Plan in order to comply with applicable local laws, the Absolute Share Limit and the other limits specified in Section 5(b) shall apply in the aggregate to the Plan and any Sub-Plan adopted hereunder.
(aaa) Termination means the termination of a Participants employment or service, as applicable, with the Service Recipient for any reason (including death or Disability).
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3. Effective Date; Duration . The Plan shall be effective as of the Effective Date. The expiration date of the Plan, on and after which date no Awards may be granted hereunder, shall be the tenth (10 th ) anniversary of the Effective Date; provided, however , that such expiration shall not affect Awards then outstanding, and the terms and conditions of the Plan shall continue to apply to such Awards.
4. Administration .
(a) The Committee shall administer the Plan. To the extent required to comply with the provisions of Rule 16b-3 promulgated under the Exchange Act (if the Board is not acting as the Committee under the Plan) or necessary to obtain the exception for performance-based compensation under Section 162(m) of the Code, as applicable, it is intended that each member of the Committee shall, at the time such member takes any action with respect to an Award under the Plan that is intended to qualify for the exemptions provided by Rule 16b-3 promulgated under the Exchange Act or to qualify as performance-based compensation under Section 162(m) of the Code, as applicable, be a Qualifying Director. However, the fact that a Committee member shall fail to qualify as a Qualifying Director shall not invalidate any Award granted by the Committee that is otherwise validly granted under the Plan.
(b) Subject to the provisions of the Plan and applicable law, the Committee shall have the sole and plenary authority, in addition to other express powers and authorizations conferred on the Committee by the Plan, to (i) designate Participants; (ii) determine the type or types of Awards to be granted to a Participant; (iii) determine the number of shares of Common Stock to be covered by, or with respect to which payments, rights, or other matters are to be calculated in connection with, Awards; (iv) determine the terms and conditions of any Award; (v) determine whether, to what extent, and under what circumstances Awards may be settled in, or exercised for, cash, shares of Common Stock, other securities, other Awards or other property, or canceled, forfeited, or suspended and the method or methods by which Awards may be settled, exercised, canceled, forfeited, or suspended; (vi) determine whether, to what extent, and under what circumstances the delivery of cash, shares of Common Stock, other securities, other Awards or other property and other amounts payable with respect to an Award shall be deferred either automatically or at the election of the Participant or of the Committee; (vii) interpret, administer, reconcile any inconsistency in, correct any defect in and/or supply any omission in the Plan and any instrument or agreement relating to, or Award granted under, the Plan; (viii) establish, amend, suspend, or waive any rules and regulations and appoint such agents as the Committee shall deem appropriate for the proper administration of the Plan; (ix) adopt Sub-Plans; and (x) make any other determination and take any other action that the Committee deems necessary or desirable for the administration of the Plan.
(c) Except to the extent prohibited by applicable law or the applicable rules and regulations of any securities exchange or inter-dealer quotation system on which the securities of the Company are listed or traded, the Committee may allocate all or any portion of its responsibilities and powers to any one or more of its members and may delegate all or any part of its responsibilities and powers to any person or persons selected by it. Any such allocation or delegation may be revoked by the Committee at any time. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Committee may delegate to one or more officers of any member of the Company Group, the authority to act on behalf of the Committee with respect to any matter,
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right, obligation, or election which is the responsibility of, or which is allocated to, the Committee herein, and which may be so delegated as a matter of law, except with respect to grants of Awards to persons (i) who are subject to Section 16 of the Exchange Act; or (ii) who are, or could reasonably be expected to be, covered employees for purposes of Section 162(m) of the Code.
(d) Unless otherwise expressly provided in the Plan, all designations, determinations, interpretations, and other decisions under or with respect to the Plan, any Award or any Award Agreement shall be within the sole discretion of the Committee, may be made at any time and shall be final, conclusive and binding upon all Persons, including, without limitation, any member of the Company Group, any Participant, any holder or beneficiary of any Award, and any stockholder of the Company.
(e) No member of the Board, the Committee or any employee or agent of any member of the Company Group (each such Person, an Indemnifiable Person ) shall be liable for any action taken or omitted to be taken or any determination made with respect to the Plan or any Award hereunder (unless constituting fraud or a willful criminal act or omission). Each Indemnifiable Person shall be indemnified and held harmless by the Company against and from any loss, cost, liability, or expense (including attorneys fees) that may be imposed upon or incurred by such Indemnifiable Person in connection with or resulting from any action, suit or proceeding to which such Indemnifiable Person may be a party or in which such Indemnifiable Person may be involved by reason of any action taken or omitted to be taken or determination made with respect to the Plan or any Award hereunder and against and from any and all amounts paid by such Indemnifiable Person with the Companys approval, in settlement thereof, or paid by such Indemnifiable Person in satisfaction of any judgment in any such action, suit or proceeding against such Indemnifiable Person, and the Company shall advance to such Indemnifiable Person any such expenses promptly upon written request (which request shall include an undertaking by the Indemnifiable Person to repay the amount of such advance if it shall ultimately be determined, as provided below, that the Indemnifiable Person is not entitled to be indemnified); provided , that the Company shall have the right, at its own expense, to assume and defend any such action, suit or proceeding and once the Company gives notice of its intent to assume the defense, the Company shall have sole control over such defense with counsel of the Companys choice. The foregoing right of indemnification shall not be available to an Indemnifiable Person to the extent that a final judgment or other final adjudication (in either case not subject to further appeal) binding upon such Indemnifiable Person determines that the acts, omissions or determinations of such Indemnifiable Person giving rise to the indemnification claim resulted from such Indemnifiable Persons fraud or willful criminal act or omission or that such right of indemnification is otherwise prohibited by law or by the organizational documents of any member of the Company Group. The foregoing right of indemnification shall not be exclusive of or otherwise supersede any other rights of indemnification to which such Indemnifiable Persons may be entitled under the organizational documents of any member of the Company Group, as a matter of law, under an individual indemnification agreement or contract or otherwise, or any other power that the Company may have to indemnify such Indemnifiable Persons or hold such Indemnifiable Persons harmless.
(f) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in the Plan, the Board may, in its sole discretion, at any time and from time to time, grant Awards and administer the Plan
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with respect to such Awards. Any such actions by the Board shall be subject to the applicable rules of the securities exchange or inter-dealer quotation system on which the Common Stock is listed or quoted. In any such case, the Board shall have all the authority granted to the Committee under the Plan.
5. Grant of Awards; Shares Subject to the Plan; Limitations .
(a) The Committee may, from time to time, grant Awards to one or more Eligible Persons.
(b) Awards granted under the Plan shall be subject to the following limitations: (i) subject to Section 12 of the Plan, no more than shares of Common Stock (the Absolute Share Limit ) shall be available for Awards under the Plan; (ii) subject to Section 12 of the Plan, grants of Options or SARs under the Plan in respect of no more than shares of Common Stock may be made to any individual Participant during any single fiscal year of the Company (for this purpose, if a SAR is granted in tandem with an Option (such that the SAR expires with respect to the number of shares of Common Stock for which the Option is exercised), only the shares underlying the Option shall count against this limitation); (iii) subject to Section 12 of the Plan, no more than the number of shares of Common Stock equal to the Absolute Share Limit may be issued in the aggregate pursuant to the exercise of Incentive Stock Options granted under the Plan; (iv) subject to Section 12 of the Plan, no more than shares of Common Stock may be issued in respect of Performance Compensation Awards denominated in shares of Common Stock granted pursuant to Section 11 of the Plan to any individual Participant for a single fiscal year during a Performance Period (or with respect to each single fiscal year in the event a Performance Period extends beyond a single fiscal year), or in the event such share-denominated Performance Compensation Award is paid in cash, other securities, other Awards or other property, no more than the Fair Market Value of such shares of Common Stock on the last day of the Performance Period to which such Award relates; (v) the maximum amount that can be paid to any individual Participant for a single fiscal year during a Performance Period (or with respect to each single fiscal year in the event a Performance Period extends beyond a single fiscal year) pursuant to a Performance Compensation Award denominated in cash (described in Section 11(a) of the Plan) shall be $ ; and (vi) no more than shares of Common Stock may be granted pursuant to Awards which do not satisfy the Minimum Vesting Condition (the Minimum Vesting Condition Limit ).
(c) Other than with respect to Substitute Awards, to the extent that an Award expires or is canceled, forfeited or terminated without issuance to the Participant of the full number of shares of Common Stock to which the Award related, the unissued shares will again be available for grant under the Plan. Shares of Common Stock shall be deemed to have been issued in settlement of Awards if the Fair Market Value equivalent of such shares is paid in cash; provided , however, that no shares shall be deemed to have been issued in settlement of a SAR or Restricted Stock Unit that only provides for settlement in cash and settles only in cash or in respect of any Other Cash-Based Award. In no event shall (i) shares tendered or withheld on the exercise of Options or other Award for the payment of the exercise or purchase price or withholding taxes, (ii) shares not issued upon the settlement of a SAR that settles in shares of Common Stock (or could settle in shares of Common Stock), or (iii) shares purchased on the open market with cash proceeds from the exercise of Options, again become available for other Awards under the Plan.
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(d) Shares of Common Stock issued by the Company in settlement of Awards may be authorized and unissued shares, shares held in the treasury of the Company, shares purchased on the open market or by private purchase or a combination of the foregoing.
(e) Awards may, in the sole discretion of the Committee, be granted under the Plan in assumption of, or in substitution for, outstanding awards previously granted by an entity directly or indirectly acquired by the Company or with which the Company combines ( Substitute Awards ). Substitute Awards shall not be counted against the Absolute Share Limit or the Minimum Vesting Condition Limit; provided , that Substitute Awards issued in connection with the assumption of, or in substitution for, outstanding options intended to qualify as incentive stock options within the meaning of Section 422 of the Code shall be counted against the aggregate number of shares of Common Stock available for Awards of Incentive Stock Options under the Plan. Subject to applicable stock exchange requirements, available shares under a stockholder-approved plan of an entity directly or indirectly acquired by the Company or with which the Company combines (as appropriately adjusted to reflect the acquisition or combination transaction) may be used for Awards under the Plan and shall not reduce the number of shares of Common Stock available for issuance under the Plan. Shares of Common Stock subject to Awards granted to Participants in connection with the adoption of the Plan or in substitution for awards of Hilton Worldwide Holdings, Inc. shall not be counted against the Minimum Vesting Condition Limit.
6. Eligibility . Participation in the Plan shall be limited to Eligible Persons.
7. Options .
(a) General . Each Option granted under the Plan shall be evidenced by an Award Agreement, which agreement need not be the same for each Participant. Each Option so granted shall be subject to the conditions set forth in this Section 7, and to such other conditions not inconsistent with the Plan as may be reflected in the applicable Award Agreement. All Options granted under the Plan shall be Nonqualified Stock Options unless the applicable Award Agreement expressly states that the Option is intended to be an Incentive Stock Option. Incentive Stock Options shall be granted only to Eligible Persons who are employees of a member of the Company Group, and no Incentive Stock Option shall be granted to any Eligible Person who is ineligible to receive an Incentive Stock Option under the Code. No Option shall be treated as an Incentive Stock Option unless the Plan has been approved by the stockholders of the Company in a manner intended to comply with the stockholder approval requirements of Section 422(b)(1) of the Code, provided that any Option intended to be an Incentive Stock Option shall not fail to be effective solely on account of a failure to obtain such approval, but rather such Option shall be treated as a Nonqualified Stock Option unless and until such approval is obtained. In the case of an Incentive Stock Option, the terms and conditions of such grant shall be subject to, and comply with, such rules as may be prescribed by Section 422 of the Code. If for any reason an Option intended to be an Incentive Stock Option (or any portion thereof) shall not qualify as an Incentive Stock Option, then, to the extent of such nonqualification, such Option or portion thereof shall be regarded as a Nonqualified Stock Option appropriately granted under the Plan.
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(b) Exercise Price . Except as otherwise provided by the Committee in the case of Substitute Awards, the exercise price ( Exercise Price ) per share of Common Stock for each Option shall not be less than 100% of the Fair Market Value of such share (determined as of the Date of Grant); provided, however , that in the case of an Incentive Stock Option granted to an employee who, at the time of the grant of such Option, owns stock representing more than 10% of the voting power of all classes of stock of any member of the Company Group, the Exercise Price per share shall be no less than 110% of the Fair Market Value per share on the Date of Grant.
(c) Vesting and Expiration; Termination .
(i) Options shall vest and become exercisable in such manner and on such date or dates or upon such event or events as determined by the Committee. Grants of Options that are settled in shares of Common Stock shall comply with the Minimum Vesting Condition; provided that the Minimum Vesting Condition need not be applied to such grants that, when taken together with other Awards not subject to the Minimum Vesting Condition, comprise Awards with respect to a number of shares of Common Stock that does not exceed, in the aggregate, the Minimum Vesting Condition Limit. Options shall expire upon a date determined by the Committee, not to exceed ten (10) years from the Date of Grant (the Option Period ). Notwithstanding the foregoing, in no event shall the Option Period exceed five (5) years from the Date of Grant in the case of an Incentive Stock Option granted to a Participant who on the Date of Grant owns stock representing more than 10% of the voting power of all classes of stock of any member of the Company Group.
(ii) Unless otherwise provided by the Committee, whether in an Award Agreement or otherwise, in the event of (A) a Participants Termination by the Service Recipient other than for Cause; or (B) a Participants Termination by the Service Recipient due to death or Disability, in each case within 12 months following a Change in Control, each outstanding Option granted to such Participant shall become fully vested and immediately exercisable as of the date of such Termination; provided , that in the event the vesting or exercisability of any Option would otherwise be subject to the achievement of performance conditions, the portion of any such Option that shall become fully vested and immediately exercisable shall be based on (x) actual performance through the date of Termination as determined by the Committee, or (y) if the Committee determines that measurement of actual performance cannot be reasonably assessed, the assumed achievement of target performance as determined by the Committee, in each case prorated based on the time elapsed from the date of grant to the date of Termination.
(iii) Unless otherwise provided by the Committee, whether in an Award Agreement or otherwise, in the event of (A) a Participants Termination by the Service Recipient for Cause, all outstanding Options granted to such Participant shall immediately terminate and expire; (B) a Participants Termination due to death or Disability, after taking into account any accelerated vesting under the above clause (ii),
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each outstanding unvested Option granted to such Participant shall immediately terminate and expire, and each outstanding vested Option shall remain exercisable for one (1) year thereafter (but in no event beyond the expiration of the Option Period); and (C) a Participants Termination for any other reason each outstanding unvested Option granted to such Participant shall immediately terminate and expire, and each outstanding vested Option shall remain exercisable for ninety (90) days thereafter (but in no event beyond the expiration of the Option Period).
(d) Method of Exercise and Form of Payment . No shares of Common Stock shall be issued pursuant to any exercise of an Option until payment in full of the Exercise Price therefor is received by the Company and the Participant has paid to the Company an amount equal to any Federal, state, local and non-U.S. income, employment and any other applicable taxes required to be withheld. Options which have become exercisable may be exercised by delivery of written or electronic notice of exercise to the Company (or telephonic instructions to the extent provided by the Committee) in accordance with the terms of the Option accompanied by payment of the Exercise Price. The Exercise Price shall be payable: (i) in cash, check, cash equivalent and/or shares of Common Stock valued at the Fair Market Value at the time the Option is exercised (including, pursuant to procedures approved by the Committee, by means of attestation of ownership of a sufficient number of shares of Common Stock in lieu of actual issuance of such shares to the Company); provided , that such shares of Common Stock are not subject to any pledge or other security interest and have been held by the Participant for any period of time as established from time to time by the Committee in order to avoid adverse accounting treatment applying generally accepted accounting principles ( GAAP ); or (ii) by such other method as the Committee may permit, in its sole discretion, including, without limitation (A) in other property having a fair market value on the date of exercise equal to the Exercise Price; (B) if there is a public market for the shares of Common Stock at such time, by means of a broker-assisted cashless exercise pursuant to which the Company is delivered (including telephonically to the extent permitted by the Committee) a copy of irrevocable instructions to a stockbroker to sell the shares of Common Stock otherwise issuable upon the exercise of the Option and to deliver promptly to the Company an amount equal to the Exercise Price; or (C) a net exercise procedure effected by withholding the minimum number of shares of Common Stock otherwise issuable in respect of an Option that are needed to pay the Exercise Price. Any fractional shares of Common Stock shall be settled in cash.
(e) Notification upon Disqualifying Disposition of an Incentive Stock Option . Each Participant awarded an Incentive Stock Option under the Plan shall notify the Company in writing immediately after the date the Participant makes a disqualifying disposition of any Common Stock acquired pursuant to the exercise of such Incentive Stock Option. A disqualifying disposition is any disposition (including, without limitation, any sale) of such Common Stock before the later of (i) the date that is two (2) years after the Date of Grant of the Incentive Stock Option, or (ii) the date that is one (1) year after the date of exercise of the Incentive Stock Option. The Company may, if determined by the Committee and in accordance with procedures established by the Committee, retain possession, as agent for the applicable Participant, of any Common Stock acquired pursuant to the exercise of an Incentive Stock Option until the end of the period described in the preceding sentence, subject to complying with any instructions from such Participant as to the sale of such Common Stock.
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(f) Compliance With Laws, etc . Notwithstanding the foregoing, in no event shall a Participant be permitted to exercise an Option in a manner which the Committee determines would violate the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, as it may be amended from time to time, or any other applicable law or the applicable rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission or the applicable rules and regulations of any securities exchange or inter-dealer quotation system on which the securities of the Company are listed or traded.
8. Stock Appreciation Rights .
(a) General . Each SAR granted under the Plan shall be evidenced by an Award Agreement. Each SAR so granted shall be subject to the conditions set forth in this Section 8, and to such other conditions not inconsistent with the Plan as may be reflected in the applicable Award Agreement. Any Option granted under the Plan may include tandem SARs. The Committee also may award SARs to Eligible Persons independent of any Option.
(b) Strike Price . Except as otherwise provided by the Committee in the case of Substitute Awards, the strike price ( Strike Price ) per share of Common Stock for each SAR shall not be less than 100% of the Fair Market Value of such share (determined as of the Date of Grant). Notwithstanding the foregoing, a SAR granted in tandem with (or in substitution for) an Option previously granted shall have a Strike Price equal to the Exercise Price of the corresponding Option.
(c) Vesting and Expiration; Termination .
(i) A SAR granted in connection with an Option shall become exercisable and shall expire according to the same vesting schedule and expiration provisions as the corresponding Option. A SAR granted independent of an Option shall vest and become exercisable in such manner and on such date or dates or upon such event or events as determined by the Committee. Grants of SARs that are settled in shares of Common Stock shall comply with the Minimum Vesting Condition; provided that the Minimum Vesting Condition need not be applied to such grants that, when taken together with other Awards not subject to the Minimum Vesting Condition, comprise Awards with respect to a number of shares of Common Stock that does not exceed, in the aggregate, the Minimum Vesting Condition Limit. SARs shall expire upon a date determined by the Committee, not to exceed ten (10) years from the Date of Grant (the SAR Period ).
(ii) Unless otherwise provided by the Committee, whether in an Award Agreement or otherwise, in the event of (A) a Participants Termination by the Service Recipient other than for Cause; or (B) a Participants Termination by the Service Recipient due to death or Disability, in each case within 12 months following a Change in Control, outstanding SARs granted to such Participant shall become fully vested and immediately exercisable as of the date of such Termination; provided , that in the event the vesting or exercisability of any SARs would otherwise be subject to the achievement of performance conditions, the portion of any such SAR that shall become fully vested and immediately exercisable shall be based on (x) actual performance through the date of termination as determined by the Committee, or (y) if the Committee determines that measurement of actual performance cannot be reasonably assessed, the assumed achievement of target performance as determined by the Committee, in each case prorated based on the time elapsed from the date of grant to the date of Termination.
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(iii) Unless otherwise provided by the Committee, whether in an Award Agreement or otherwise, in the event of (A) a Participants Termination by the Service Recipient for Cause, all outstanding SARs granted to such Participant shall immediately terminate and expire; (B) a Participants Termination due to death or Disability, after taking into account any accelerated vesting under the above clause (ii), each outstanding unvested SAR granted to such Participant shall immediately terminate and expire, and each outstanding vested SAR shall remain exercisable for one (1) year thereafter (but in no event beyond the expiration of the SAR Period); and (C) a Participants Termination for any other reason, each outstanding unvested SAR granted to such Participant shall immediately terminate and expire, and each outstanding vested SAR shall remain exercisable for ninety (90) days thereafter (but in no event beyond the expiration of the SAR Period).
(d) Method of Exercise . SARs which have become exercisable may be exercised by delivery of written or electronic notice of exercise to the Company in accordance with the terms of the Award, specifying the number of SARs to be exercised and the date on which such SARs were awarded.
(e) Payment . Upon the exercise of a SAR, the Company shall pay to the Participant an amount equal to the number of shares subject to the SAR that is being exercised multiplied by the excess of the Fair Market Value of one (1) share of Common Stock on the exercise date over the Strike Price, less an amount equal to any Federal, state, local and non-U.S. income, employment and any other applicable taxes required to be withheld. The Company shall pay such amount in cash, in shares of Common Stock valued at Fair Market Value, or any combination thereof, as determined by the Committee. Any fractional shares of Common Stock shall be settled in cash.
9. Restricted Stock and Restricted Stock Units .
(a) General . Each grant of Restricted Stock and Restricted Stock Units shall be evidenced by an Award Agreement. Each Restricted Stock and Restricted Stock Unit so granted shall be subject to the conditions set forth in this Section 9, and to such other conditions not inconsistent with the Plan as may be reflected in the applicable Award Agreement.
(b) Stock Certificates and Book-Entry; Escrow or Similar Arrangement . Upon the grant of Restricted Stock, the Committee shall cause a stock certificate registered in the name of the Participant to be issued or shall cause share(s) of Common Stock to be registered in the name of the Participant and held in book-entry form subject to the Companys directions and, if the Committee determines that the Restricted Stock shall be held by the Company or in escrow rather than issued to the Participant pending the release of the applicable restrictions, the Committee may require the Participant to additionally execute and deliver to the Company (i) an escrow agreement satisfactory to the Committee, if applicable; and (ii) the appropriate stock power (endorsed in blank) with respect to the Restricted Stock covered by such agreement. If a Participant shall fail to execute and deliver (in a manner permitted under Section 14(a) of the
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Plan or as otherwise determined by the Committee) an agreement evidencing an Award of Restricted Stock and, if applicable, an escrow agreement and blank stock power within the amount of time specified by the Committee, the Award shall be null and void. Subject to the restrictions set forth in this Section 9 and the applicable Award Agreement, a Participant generally shall have the rights and privileges of a stockholder as to shares of Restricted Stock, including, without limitation, the right to vote such Restricted Stock; provided , that if the lapsing of restrictions with respect to any grant of Restricted Stock is contingent on satisfaction of performance conditions (other than, or in addition to, the passage of time), any dividends payable on such shares of Restricted Stock shall be held by the Company and delivered (without interest) to the Participant within fifteen (15) days following the date on which the restrictions on such Restricted Stock lapse (and the right to any such accumulated dividends shall be forfeited upon the forfeiture of the Restricted Stock to which such dividends relate). To the extent shares of Restricted Stock are forfeited, any stock certificates issued to the Participant evidencing such shares shall be returned to the Company, and all rights of the Participant to such shares and as a stockholder with respect thereto shall terminate without further obligation on the part of the Company. A Participant shall have no rights or privileges as a stockholder as to Restricted Stock Units.
(c) Vesting; Termination .
(i) Subject to the Minimum Vesting Condition, Restricted Stock and Restricted Stock Units shall vest, and any applicable Restricted Period shall lapse, in such manner and on such date or dates or upon such event or events as determined by the Committee. Grants of Restricted Stock and Restricted Stock Units that are settled in shares of Common Stock shall comply with the Minimum Vesting Condition; provided that the Minimum Vesting Condition need not be applied to such grants that, when taken together with other Awards not subject to the Minimum Vesting Condition, comprise Awards with respect to a number of shares of Common Stock that does not exceed, in the aggregate, the Minimum Vesting Condition Limit.
(ii) Unless otherwise provided by the Committee, whether in an Award Agreement or otherwise, in the event of (A) a Participants Termination by the Company other than for Cause, or (B) a Participants Termination due to death or Disability, in each case within 12 months following a Change in Control, outstanding Restricted Stock and Restricted Stock Units granted to such Participant shall become fully vested and the restrictions thereon shall immediately lapse as of the date of such Termination; provided , that in the event the vesting or lapse of restrictions of any Restricted Stock or Restricted Stock Units would otherwise be subject to the achievement of performance conditions, the portion of any such Restricted Stock or Restricted Stock Units that shall become fully vested and free from such restrictions shall be based on (x) actual performance through the date of termination as determined by the Committee, or (y) if the Committee determines that measurement of actual performance cannot be reasonably assessed, the assumed achievement of target performance as determined by the Committee, in each case prorated based on the time elapsed from the date of grant to the date of Termination.
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(d) Issuance of Restricted Stock and Settlement of Restricted Stock Units .
(i) Upon the expiration of the Restricted Period with respect to any shares of Restricted Stock, the restrictions set forth in the applicable Award Agreement shall be of no further force or effect with respect to such shares, except as set forth in the applicable Award Agreement. If an escrow arrangement is used, upon such expiration, the Company shall issue to the Participant, or the Participants beneficiary, without charge, the stock certificate (or, if applicable, a notice evidencing a book-entry notation) evidencing the shares of Restricted Stock which have not then been forfeited and with respect to which the Restricted Period has expired (rounded down to the nearest full share). Dividends, if any, that may have been withheld by the Committee and attributable to any particular share of Restricted Stock shall be distributed to the Participant in cash or, in the sole discretion of the Committee, in shares of Common Stock having a Fair Market Value (on the date of distribution) equal to the amount of such dividends, upon the release of restrictions on such share and, if such share is forfeited, the Participant shall have no right to such dividends.
(ii) Unless otherwise provided by the Committee in an Award Agreement or otherwise, upon the expiration of the Restricted Period with respect to any outstanding Restricted Stock Units, the Company shall issue to the Participant or the Participants beneficiary, without charge, one (1) share of Common Stock (or other securities or other property, as applicable) for each such outstanding Restricted Stock Unit; provided, however , that the Committee may, in its sole discretion, elect to (A) pay cash or part cash and part shares of Common Stock in lieu of issuing only shares of Common Stock in respect of such Restricted Stock Units; or (B) defer the issuance of shares of Common Stock (or cash or part cash and part shares of Common Stock, as the case may be) beyond the expiration of the Restricted Period if such extension would not cause adverse tax consequences under Section 409A of the Code. If a cash payment is made in lieu of issuing shares of Common Stock in respect of such Restricted Stock Units, the amount of such payment shall be equal to the Fair Market Value per share of the Common Stock as of the date on which the Restricted Period lapsed with respect to such Restricted Stock Units. Except as otherwise provided in an Award Agreement or by the Committee, in its sole discretion, upon the payment by the Company of dividends on shares of Common Stock, the holder of outstanding Restricted Stock Units shall be entitled to be credited with dividend equivalent payments in cash (unless, the Committee, in its sole discretion, elects to credit such payments in shares of Common Stock or additional Restricted Stock Units having a Fair Market Value equal to the amount of such dividend), and interest may, in the sole discretion of the Committee, be credited on the amount of cash dividend equivalents at a rate and subject to such terms as determined by the Committee, which accumulated dividend equivalents (and earnings or interest thereon, if applicable) shall be payable at the same time as the underlying Restricted Stock Units are settled following the date on which the Restricted Period lapses with respect to such Restricted Stock Units, and, if such Restricted Stock Units are forfeited, the Participant shall have no right to such dividend equivalent payments (or earnings or interest thereon, if applicable).
(e) Legends on Restricted Stock . Each certificate, if any, or book entry representing Restricted Stock awarded under the Plan, if any, shall bear a legend or book entry notation
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substantially in the form of the following, in addition to any other information the Company deems appropriate, until the lapse of all restrictions with respect to such shares of Common Stock:
TRANSFER OF THIS CERTIFICATE AND THE SHARES REPRESENTED HEREBY IS RESTRICTED PURSUANT TO THE TERMS OF THE PARK HOTELS & RESORTS INC. 2016 OMNIBUS INCENTIVE PLAN AND A RESTRICTED STOCK AWARD AGREEMENT BETWEEN PARK HOTELS & RESORTS INC. AND PARTICIPANT. A COPY OF SUCH PLAN AND AWARD AGREEMENT IS ON FILE AT THE PRINCIPAL EXECUTIVE OFFICES OF PARK HOTELS & RESORTS INC.
10. Other Equity-Based Awards and Other Cash-Based Awards . The Committee may grant Other Equity-Based Awards and Other Cash-Based Awards under the Plan to Eligible Persons, alone or in tandem with other Awards, in such amounts and dependent on such conditions as the Committee shall from time to time in its sole discretion determine. Each Other Equity-Based Award granted under the Plan shall be evidenced by an Award Agreement, and each Other Cash-Based Award granted under the Plan shall be evidenced in such form as the Committee may determine from time to time. Each Other Equity-Based Award or Other Cash-Based Award, as applicable, so granted shall be subject to such conditions not inconsistent with the Plan as may be reflected in the applicable Award Agreement or other form evidencing such Award, including, without limitation, those set forth in Section 14(a) of the Plan. Grants of Other Equity-Based Awards that are settled in shares of Common Stock shall comply with the Minimum Vesting Condition; provided that the Minimum Vesting Condition need not be applied to such grants that, when taken together with other Awards not subject to the Minimum Vesting Condition, comprise Awards with respect to a number of shares of Common Stock that does not exceed the Minimum Vesting Condition Limit. Grants of Other Equity-Based that are operating partnership or limited liability company units or profits interests or other equity interests in an operating partnership or limited liability company Subsidiary of the Company (a) may only be granted for Service to such operating partnership or limited liability company Subsidiary and (b) shall have the rights and features of which, if applicable, will be set forth in an operating partnership or limited liability company agreement and an applicable Award Agreement.
11. Performance Compensation Awards .
(a) General . The Committee shall have the authority, at or before the time of grant of any Award, to designate such Award as a Performance Compensation Award intended to qualify as performance-based compensation under Section 162(m) of the Code. Notwithstanding anything in the Plan to the contrary, if the Company determines that a Participant who has been granted an Award designated as a Performance Compensation Award is not (or is no longer) a covered employee (within the meaning of Section 162(m) of the Code), the terms and conditions of such Award may be modified without regard to any restrictions or limitations set forth in this Section 11 (but subject otherwise to the provisions of Section 13 of the Plan).
(b) Discretion of Committee with Respect to Performance Compensation Awards . With regard to a particular Performance Period, the Committee shall have sole discretion to
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select the length of such Performance Period, the type(s) of Performance Compensation Awards to be issued, the Performance Criteria that will be used to establish the Performance Goal(s), the kind(s) and/or level(s) of the Performance Goal(s) that is (are) to apply and the Performance Formula(e). Within the first ninety (90) days of a Performance Period (or, within any other maximum period allowed under Section 162(m) of the Code), the Committee shall, with regard to the Performance Compensation Awards to be issued for such Performance Period, exercise its discretion with respect to each of the matters enumerated in the immediately preceding sentence and record the same in writing.
(c) Performance Criteria . The Performance Criteria that will be used to establish the Performance Goal(s) may be based on the attainment of specific levels of performance of the Company (and/or one or more members of the Company Group, divisions or operational and/or business units, product lines, brands, business segments, administrative departments, or any combination of the foregoing) and shall be limited to the following, which may be determined in accordance with GAAP or on a non-GAAP basis: (i) net earnings or net income (before or after taxes); (ii) basic or diluted earnings per share (before or after taxes); (iii) net revenue or net revenue growth; (iv) gross revenue or gross revenue growth, gross profit or gross profit growth; (v) net operating profit (before or after taxes); (vi) return measures (including, but not limited to, return on investment, assets, capital, employed capital, invested capital, equity, revenue or sales); (vii) cash flow measures (including, but not limited to, operating cash flow, free cash flow, cash flow return on equity, and cash flow return on investment), which may but are not required to be measured on a per share basis; (viii) total capital invested in assets; (ix) earnings before or after interest, taxes, depreciation and/or amortization (including EBIT, EBITDA and adjusted, core, or hotel EBITDA); (x) earnings as a percentage of average capital, earnings as a multiple of interest expense, or business unit economic earnings; (xi) funds from operations (as determined by NAREIT or otherwise), adjusted or core funds from operations, funds available for distribution, adjusted or core funds available for distribution, cash available for distribution, or adjusted or core cash available for distribution; (xii) asset acquisition or disposition volume; (xiii) gross or net operating margins (including EBITDA and adjusted, core, or hotel EBITDA margins); (xiv) productivity ratios; (xv) share price (including, but not limited to, growth measures and total stockholder return); (xvi) expense targets or cost reduction goals, general and administrative expense savings; (xvii) operating efficiency or productivity; (xviii) objective measures of customer satisfaction; (xix) working capital targets; (xx) measures of economic value added or other value creation metrics; (xxi) enterprise value; (xxii) sales; (xxiii) stockholder return; (xxiv) competitive market metrics; (xxv) employee retention; (xxvi) timely opening of new facilities; (xxvii) hotel occupancy rates; (xxviii) objective measures of personal targets, goals or completion of projects (including but not limited to succession and hiring projects, completion of specific acquisitions, dispositions, reorganizations or other corporate transactions or capital-raising transactions, expansions of specific business operations and meeting divisional or project budgets); (xxix) revenues; (xxx) revenues under management; (xxxi) comparisons of continuing operations to other operations; (xxxii) market share or penetration; (xxxiii) cost of capital, debt leverage (including net debt to EBITDA or adjusted or core EBITDA), year-end cash position or book value; (xxxiv) strategic objectives; (xxxv) international operations; (xxxvi) capital expenditures; (xxxvii) RevPAR (revenue per available room); (xxxviii) RevPAR penetration ratios; (xxxix) financial ratios as provided in credit agreements of the Company and/or a member of the Company Group; or (xxxx) any combination of the foregoing. Any one or more of the Performance Criteria may be stated as a
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percentage of another Performance Criteria, or used on an absolute or relative basis to measure the performance of the Company and/or one or more members of the Company Group as a whole or any assets, divisions or operational and/or business units, product lines, brands, business segments or administrative departments of the Company and/or one or more members of the Company Group or any combination thereof, as the Committee may deem appropriate, or any of the above Performance Criteria may be compared to the performance of a selected group of comparison companies, or a published or special index that the Committee, in its sole discretion, deems appropriate, or as compared to various stock market indices. Without limiting the foregoing, any one or more of the Performance Criteria may also be calculated on a same store, per share or relative-to-peers basis. The Committee also has the authority to provide for accelerated vesting of any Award based on the achievement of Performance Goals pursuant to the Performance Criteria specified in this paragraph. To the extent required under Section 162(m) of the Code, the Committee shall, within the first ninety (90) days of a Performance Period (or, within any other maximum period allowed under Section 162(m) of the Code), define in an objective fashion the manner of calculating the Performance Criteria it selects to use for such Performance Period.
(d) Modification of Performance Goal(s) . In the event that applicable tax and/or securities laws change to permit Committee discretion to alter the governing Performance Criteria without obtaining stockholder approval of such alterations, the Committee shall have sole discretion to make such alterations without obtaining stockholder approval. Unless otherwise determined by the Committee at the time a Performance Compensation Award is granted, the Committee shall, during the first ninety (90) days of a Performance Period (or, within any other maximum period allowed under Section 162(m) of the Code), or at any time thereafter to the extent the exercise of such authority at such time would not cause the Performance Compensation Awards granted to any Participant for such Performance Period to fail to qualify as performance-based compensation under Section 162(m) of the Code, specify adjustments or modifications to be made to the calculation of a Performance Goal for such Performance Period, based on and in order to appropriately reflect the following events: (i) asset write-downs; (ii) litigation or claim judgments or settlements; (iii) the effect of changes in tax laws, accounting principles, or other laws or regulatory rules affecting reported results; (iv) any reorganization and restructuring programs; (v) acquisitions or divestitures; (vi) any other specific, unusual or nonrecurring events, or objectively determinable category thereof; (vii) foreign exchange gains and losses or fluctuation in currency exchange rates; (viii) discontinued operations and nonrecurring charges; (ix) a change in the Companys fiscal year; (x) accruals for payments to be made in respect of the Plan or other specific compensation arrangements; and (xi) any other event described in Section 12.
(e) Payment of Performance Compensation Awards .
(i) Condition to Receipt of Payment . Unless otherwise provided in the applicable Award Agreement or otherwise determined by the Committee, a Participant must be employed by the Company on the last day of a Performance Period to be eligible for payment in respect of a Performance Compensation Award for such Performance Period.
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(ii) Limitation . Unless otherwise provided in the applicable Award Agreement or otherwise determined by the Committee, a Participant shall be eligible to receive payment in respect of a Performance Compensation Award only to the extent that (A) the Performance Goals for such period are achieved, and (B) all or some portion of such Participants Performance Compensation Award has been earned for the Performance Period based on the application of the Performance Formula to such achieved Performance Goals; provided, however , that in the event of (x) a Participants Termination by the Company other than for Cause, or (y) a Participants Termination due to death or Disability, in each case, within twelve (12) months following a Change in Control, the Participant shall receive payment in respect of a Performance Compensation Award based on (1) actual performance through the date of Termination as determined by the Committee, or (2) if the Committee determines that measurement of actual performance cannot be reasonably assessed, the assumed achievement of target performance as determined by the Committee (but not to the extent that application of this clause (2) would cause Section 162(m) of the Code to result in the loss of the deduction of the compensation payable in respect of such Performance Compensation Award for any Participant reasonably expected to be a covered employee within the meaning of Section 162(m) of the Code), in each case, prorated based on the time elapsed from the Date of Grant to the date of Termination.
(iii) Certification . Following the completion of a Performance Period, the Committee shall review and certify in writing whether, and to what extent, the Performance Goals for the Performance Period have been achieved and, if so, calculate and certify in writing that amount of the Performance Compensation Awards earned for the period based upon the Performance Formula. The Committee shall then determine the amount of each Participants Performance Compensation Award actually payable for the Performance Period and, in so doing, may apply Negative Discretion.
(iv) Use of Negative Discretion . In determining the actual amount of an individual Participants Performance Compensation Award for a Performance Period, the Committee may reduce or eliminate the amount of such Performance Compensation Award earned under the Performance Formula in the Performance Period through the use of Negative Discretion. Unless otherwise provided in the applicable Award Agreement or otherwise determined by the Committee, the Committee shall not have the discretion to (A) grant or provide payment in respect of Performance Compensation Awards for a Performance Period if the Performance Goals for such Performance Period have not been attained or (B) increase a Performance Compensation Award above the applicable limitations set forth in Section 5 of the Plan.
(f) Timing of Award Payments . Unless otherwise provided in the applicable Award Agreement or otherwise determined by the Committee, Performance Compensation Awards granted for a Performance Period shall be paid to Participants as soon as administratively practicable following completion of the certifications required by this Section 11. Any Performance Compensation Award that has been deferred shall not (between the date as of which the Award is deferred and the payment date) increase (i) with respect to a Performance Compensation Award that is payable in cash, by a measuring factor for each fiscal year greater than a reasonable rate of interest set by the Committee; or (ii) with respect to a Performance
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Compensation Award that is payable in shares of Common Stock, by an amount greater than the appreciation of a share of Common Stock from the date such Award is deferred to the payment date. Any Performance Compensation Award that is deferred and is otherwise payable in shares of Common Stock shall be credited (during the period between the date as of which the Award is deferred and the payment date) with dividend equivalents (in a manner consistent with the methodology set forth in the last sentence of Section 9(d)(ii) of the Plan).
12. Changes in Capital Structure and Similar Events . Notwithstanding any other provision in this Plan to the contrary, the following provisions shall apply to all Awards granted hereunder (other than Other Cash-Based Awards):
(a) General . In the event of (i) any dividend (other than regular cash dividends) or other distribution (whether in the form of cash, shares of Common Stock, other securities or other property), recapitalization, stock split, reverse stock split, reorganization, merger, consolidation, split-up, split-off, spin-off, combination, repurchase or exchange of shares of Common Stock or other securities of the Company, issuance of warrants or other rights to acquire shares of Common Stock or other securities of the Company, or other similar corporate transaction or event that affects the shares of Common Stock (including a Change in Control); or (ii) unusual or nonrecurring events affecting the Company, including changes in applicable rules, rulings, regulations or other requirements, that the Committee determines, in its sole discretion, could result in substantial dilution or enlargement of the rights intended to be granted to, or available for, Participants (any event in (i) or (ii), an Adjustment Event ), the Committee shall, in respect of any such Adjustment Event, make such proportionate substitution or adjustment, if any, as it deems equitable, to any or all of (A) the Absolute Share Limit, or any other limit applicable under the Plan with respect to the number of Awards which may be granted hereunder; (B) the number of shares of Common Stock or other securities of the Company (or number and kind of other securities or other property) which may be issued in respect of Awards or with respect to which Awards may be granted under the Plan or any Sub-Plan; and (C) the terms of any outstanding Award, including, without limitation, (I) the number of shares of Common Stock or other securities of the Company (or number and kind of other securities or other property) subject to outstanding Awards or to which outstanding Awards relate; (II) the Exercise Price or Strike Price with respect to any Award; or (III) any applicable performance measures (including, without limitation, Performance Criteria and Performance Goals); provided , that in the case of any equity restructuring (within the meaning of the Financial Accounting Standards Board Accounting Standards Codification Topic 718 (or any successor pronouncement thereto)), the Committee shall make an equitable or proportionate adjustment to outstanding Awards to reflect such equity restructuring.
(b) Adjustment Events . Without limiting the foregoing, except as may otherwise be provided in an Award Agreement, in connection with any Adjustment Event, the Committee may, in its sole discretion, provide for any one or more of the following:
(i) substitution or assumption of Awards (or awards of an acquiring company), acceleration of the vesting of, exercisability of, lapse of restrictions on, or termination of, Awards, or establishment of a period of time (which shall not be required to be more than ten (10) days) for Participants to exercise outstanding Awards prior to the occurrence of such event (and any such Award not so exercised shall terminate upon the occurrence of such event);
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(ii) cancellation of any one or more outstanding Awards and payment to the holders of such Awards that are vested as of such cancellation (including, without limitation, any Awards that would vest as a result of the occurrence of such event but for such cancellation or for which vesting is accelerated by the Committee in connection with such event pursuant to clause (i) above), the value of such Awards, if any, as determined by the Committee (which value, if applicable, may be based upon the price per share of Common Stock received or to be received by other stockholders of the Company in such event), including, without limitation, in the case of an outstanding Option or SAR, a cash payment in an amount equal to the excess, if any, of the Fair Market Value (as of a date specified by the Committee) of the shares of Common Stock subject to such Option or SAR over the aggregate Exercise Price or Strike Price of such Option or SAR (it being understood that, in such event, any Option or SAR having a per share Exercise Price or Strike Price equal to, or in excess of, the Fair Market Value of a share of Common Stock subject thereto may be canceled and terminated without any payment or consideration therefor), or, in the case of Restricted Stock, Restricted Stock Units or Other Equity-Based Awards that are not vested as of such cancellation, a cash payment or equity subject to deferred vesting and delivery consistent with the vesting restrictions applicable to such Restricted Stock, Restricted Stock Units or Other Equity-Based Awards prior to cancellation, or the underlying shares in respect thereof; and
(iii) subject to any limitations or reductions as may be necessary to comply with Section 409A of the Code, conversion or replacement of any Award that is not vested as of the occurrence of such event into or with the right to receive a payment, based on the value of the Award (as determined consistent with clause (ii) above), which is subject to continued vesting on the same basis as the vesting requirements applicable to such converted or replaced Award.
Payments to holders pursuant to clauses (ii) or (iii) above shall be made in cash or, in the sole discretion of the Committee, in the form of such other consideration necessary for a Participant to receive property, cash, or securities (or combination thereof) as such Participant would have been entitled to receive upon the occurrence of the transaction if the Participant had been, immediately prior to such transaction, the holder of the number of shares of Common Stock covered by the Award at such time (less any applicable Exercise Price or Strike Price).
(c) Other Requirements . Prior to any payment or adjustment contemplated under this Section 12, the Committee may require a Participant to (i) represent and warrant as to the unencumbered title to the Participants Awards; (ii) bear such Participants pro rata share of any post-closing indemnity obligations, and be subject to the same post-closing purchase price adjustments, escrow terms, offset rights, holdback terms, and similar conditions as the other holders of Common Stock, subject to any limitations or reductions as may be necessary to comply with Section 409A of the Code; and (iii) deliver customary transfer documentation as reasonably determined by the Committee.
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(d) Fractional Shares . Any adjustment provided under this Section 12 may provide for the elimination of any fractional share that might otherwise become subject to an Award.
(e) Binding Effect . Any adjustment, substitution, determination of value or other action taken by the Committee under this Section 12 shall be conclusive and binding for all purposes.
13. Amendments and Termination .
(a) Amendment and Termination of the Plan . The Board may amend, alter, suspend, discontinue, or terminate the Plan or any portion thereof at any time; provided , that no such amendment, alteration, suspension, discontinuance or termination shall be made without stockholder approval if (i) such approval is necessary to comply with any regulatory requirement applicable to the Plan (including, without limitation, as necessary to comply with any rules or regulations of any securities exchange or inter-dealer quotation system on which the securities of the Company may be listed or quoted) or for changes in GAAP to new accounting standards; (ii) it would materially increase the number of securities which may be issued under the Plan (except for increases pursuant to Section 5 or 12 of the Plan); or (iii) it would materially modify the requirements for participation in the Plan; provided, further , that any such amendment, alteration, suspension, discontinuance or termination that would materially and adversely affect the rights of any Participant or any holder or beneficiary of any Award theretofore granted shall not to that extent be effective without the consent of the affected Participant, holder or beneficiary. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no amendment shall be made to the last proviso of Section 13(b) of the Plan without stockholder approval.
(b) Amendment of Award Agreements . The Committee may, to the extent consistent with the terms of the Plan and any applicable Award Agreement, waive any conditions or rights under, amend any terms of, or alter, suspend, discontinue, cancel or terminate, any Award theretofore granted or the associated Award Agreement, prospectively or retroactively (including after a Participants Termination); provided , that, other than pursuant to Section 12, any such waiver, amendment, alteration, suspension, discontinuance, cancellation or termination that would materially and adversely affect the rights of any Participant with respect to any Award theretofore granted shall not to that extent be effective without the consent of the affected Participant; provided, further , that in no event shall any such amendment alter the Minimum Vesting Condition.
(c) No Repricing . Notwithstanding anything in the Plan to the contrary, without stockholder approval, except as otherwise permitted under Section 12 of the Plan, (i) no amendment or modification may reduce the Exercise Price of any Option or the Strike Price of any SAR; (ii) the Committee may not cancel any outstanding Option or SAR and replace it with a new Option or SAR (with a lower Exercise Price or Strike Price, as the case may be) or other Award or cash payment that is greater than the intrinsic value (if any) of the cancelled Option or SAR; and (iii) the Committee may not take any other action which is considered a repricing for purposes of the stockholder approval rules of any securities exchange or inter-dealer quotation system on which the securities of the Company are listed or quoted.
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14. General .
(a) Award Agreements . Each Award (other than an Other Cash-Based Award) under the Plan shall be evidenced by an Award Agreement, which shall be delivered to the Participant to whom such Award was granted and shall specify the terms and conditions of the Award and any rules applicable thereto, including, without limitation, the effect on such Award of the death, Disability or Termination of a Participant, or of such other events as may be determined by the Committee. For purposes of the Plan, an Award Agreement may be in any such form (written or electronic) as determined by the Committee (including, without limitation, a Board or Committee resolution, an employment agreement, a notice, a certificate or a letter) evidencing the Award. The Committee need not require an Award Agreement to be signed by the Participant or a duly authorized representative of the Company.
(b) Nontransferability . Each Award shall be exercisable only by such Participant to whom such Award was granted during the Participants lifetime, or, if permissible under applicable law, by the Participants legal guardian or representative. No Award may be assigned, alienated, pledged, attached, sold or otherwise transferred or encumbered by a Participant (unless such transfer is specifically required pursuant to a domestic relations order or by applicable law) other than by will or by the laws of descent and distribution and any such purported assignment, alienation, pledge, attachment, sale, transfer or encumbrance shall be void and unenforceable against any member of the Company Group; provided , that the designation of a beneficiary shall not constitute an assignment, alienation, pledge, attachment, sale, transfer or encumbrance.
(c) Dividends and Dividend Equivalents . The Committee may, in its sole discretion, provide a Participant as part of an Award with dividends, dividend equivalents, or similar payments in respect of Awards, payable in cash, shares of Common Stock, other securities, other Awards or other property, on a current or deferred basis, on such terms and conditions as may be determined by the Committee in its sole discretion, including, without limitation, payment directly to the Participant, withholding of such amounts by the Company subject to vesting of the Award or reinvestment in additional shares of Common Stock, Restricted Stock or other Awards; provided , that no dividends, dividend equivalents or other similar payments shall be payable in respect of outstanding (i) Options or SARs; or (ii) unearned Performance Compensation Awards or other unearned Awards subject to performance conditions (other than, or in addition to, the passage of time) (although dividends, dividend equivalents or other similar payments may be accumulated in respect of unearned Awards and paid within fifteen (15) days after such Awards are earned and become payable or distributable).
(d) Tax Withholding .
(i) A Participant shall be required to pay to the Company or one or more of its Subsidiaries, as applicable, an amount in cash (by check or wire transfer) equal to the aggregate amount of any income, employment and/or other applicable taxes that are statutorily required to be withheld in respect of an Award. Alternatively, the Company or any of its Subsidiaries may elect, in its sole discretion, to satisfy this requirement by withholding such amount from any cash compensation or other cash amounts owing to a Participant.
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(ii) Without limiting the foregoing, the Committee may (but is not obligated to), in its sole discretion, permit or require a Participant to satisfy, all or any portion of the minimum income, employment and/or other applicable taxes that are statutorily required to be withheld with respect to an Award by (A) the delivery of shares of Common Stock (which are not subject to any pledge or other security interest) that have been both held by the Participant and vested for any period of time as established from time to time by the Committee in order to avoid adverse accounting treatment under GAAP) having an aggregate Fair Market Value equal to such minimum statutorily required withholding liability (or portion thereof); or (B) having the Company withhold from the shares of Common Stock otherwise issuable or deliverable to, or that would otherwise be retained by, the Participant upon the grant, exercise, vesting or settlement of the Award, as applicable, a number of shares of Common Stock with an aggregate Fair Market Value equal to an amount, subject to clause (iii) below, not in excess of such minimum statutorily required withholding liability (or portion thereof).
(iii) The Committee, subject to its having considered the applicable accounting impact of any such determination, has full discretion to allow Participants to satisfy, in whole or in part, any additional income, employment and/or other applicable taxes payable by them with respect to an Award by electing to have the Company withhold from the shares of Common Stock otherwise issuable or deliverable to, or that would otherwise be retained by, a Participant upon the grant, exercise, vesting or settlement of the Award, as applicable, shares of Common Stock having an aggregate Fair Market Value that is greater than the applicable minimum required statutory withholding liability (but such withholding may in no event be in excess of the maximum statutory withholding amount(s) in a Participants relevant tax jurisdictions).
(e) Data Protection . By participating in the Plan or accepting any rights granted under it, each Participant consents to the collection and processing of personal data relating to the Participant so that the Company and its Affiliates can fulfill their obligations and exercise their rights under the Plan and generally administer and manage the Plan. This data will include, but may not be limited to, data about participation in the Plan and shares offered or received, purchased, or sold under the Plan from time to time and other appropriate financial and other data (such as the date on which the Awards were granted) about the Participant and the Participants participation in the Plan.
(f) No Claim to Awards; No Rights to Continued Employment; Waiver . No employee of any member of the Company Group, or other Person, shall have any claim or right to be granted an Award under the Plan or, having been selected for the grant of an Award, to be selected for a grant of any other Award. There is no obligation for uniformity of treatment of Participants or holders or beneficiaries of Awards. The terms and conditions of Awards and the Committees determinations and interpretations with respect thereto need not be the same with respect to each Participant and may be made selectively among Participants, whether or not such Participants are similarly situated. Neither the Plan nor any action taken hereunder shall be construed as giving any Participant any right to be retained in the employ or service of the Service Recipient or any other member of the Company Group, nor shall it be construed as giving any Participant any rights to continued service on the Board. The Service Recipient or any other member of the Company Group may at any time dismiss a Participant from
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employment or discontinue any consulting relationship, free from any liability or any claim under the Plan, unless otherwise expressly provided in the Plan or any Award Agreement. By accepting an Award under the Plan, a Participant shall thereby be deemed to have waived any claim to continued exercise or vesting of an Award or to damages or severance entitlement related to non-continuation of the Award beyond the period provided under the Plan or any Award Agreement, except to the extent of any provision to the contrary in any written employment contract or other agreement between the Service Recipient and/or any member of the Company Group and the Participant, whether any such agreement is executed before, on or after the Date of Grant.
(g) International Participants . With respect to Participants who reside or work outside of the United States of America and who are not (and who are not expected to be) covered employees within the meaning of Section 162(m) of the Code, the Committee may, in its sole discretion, amend the terms of the Plan and create or amend Sub-Plans or amend outstanding Awards with respect to such Participants in order to conform such terms with the requirements of local law or to obtain more favorable tax or other treatment for a Participant or any member of the Company Group.
(h) Designation and Change of Beneficiary . Each Participant may file with the Committee a written designation of one or more Persons as the beneficiary(ies) who shall be entitled to receive the amounts payable with respect to an Award, if any, due under the Plan upon the Participants death. A Participant may, from time to time, revoke or change the Participants beneficiary designation without the consent of any prior beneficiary by filing a new designation with the Committee. The last such designation received by the Committee shall be controlling; provided, however , that no designation, or change or revocation thereof, shall be effective unless received by the Committee prior to the Participants death, and in no event shall it be effective as of a date prior to such receipt. If no beneficiary designation is filed by a Participant, the beneficiary shall be deemed to be the Participants spouse or, if the Participant is unmarried at the time of death, the Participants estate.
(i) Termination . Except as otherwise provided in an Award Agreement, unless determined otherwise by the Committee at any point following such event: (i) neither a temporary absence from employment or service due to illness, vacation or leave of absence (including, without limitation, a call to active duty for military service through a Reserve or National Guard unit) nor a transfer from employment or service with one Service Recipient to employment or service with another Service Recipient (or vice-versa) shall be considered a Termination; and (ii) if a Participant undergoes a Termination of employment, but such Participant continues to provide services to the Company Group in a non-employee capacity, such change in status shall not be considered a Termination for purposes of the Plan. Further, unless otherwise determined by the Committee, in the event that any Service Recipient ceases to be a member of the Company Group (by reason of sale, divestiture, spin-off or other similar transaction), unless a Participants employment or service is transferred to another entity that would constitute a Service Recipient immediately following such transaction, such Participant shall be deemed to have suffered a Termination hereunder as of the date of the consummation of such transaction.
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(j) No Rights as a Stockholder . Except as otherwise specifically provided in the Plan or any Award Agreement, no Person shall be entitled to the privileges of ownership in respect of shares of Common Stock which are subject to Awards hereunder until such shares have been issued or delivered to such Person.
(k) Government and Other Regulations .
(i) The obligation of the Company to settle Awards in shares of Common Stock or other consideration shall be subject to all applicable laws, rules, and regulations, and to such approvals by governmental agencies as may be required. Notwithstanding any terms or conditions of any Award to the contrary, the Company shall be under no obligation to offer to sell or to sell, and shall be prohibited from offering to sell or selling, any shares of Common Stock pursuant to an Award unless such shares have been properly registered for sale pursuant to the Securities Act with the Securities and Exchange Commission or unless the Company has received an opinion of counsel (if the Company has requested such an opinion), satisfactory to the Company, that such shares may be offered or sold without such registration pursuant to an available exemption therefrom and the terms and conditions of such exemption have been fully complied with. The Company shall be under no obligation to register for sale under the Securities Act any of the shares of Common Stock to be offered or sold under the Plan. The Committee shall have the authority to provide that all shares of Common Stock or other securities of any member of the Company Group issued under the Plan shall be subject to such stop transfer orders and other restrictions as the Committee may deem advisable under the Plan, the applicable Award Agreement, the Federal securities laws, or the rules, regulations and other requirements of the Securities and Exchange Commission, any securities exchange or inter-dealer quotation system on which the securities of the Company are listed or quoted and any other applicable Federal, state, local or non-U.S. laws, rules, regulations and other requirements, and, without limiting the generality of Section 9 of the Plan, the Committee may cause a legend or legends to be put on certificates representing shares of Common Stock or other securities of any member of the Company Group issued under the Plan to make appropriate reference to such restrictions or may cause such Common Stock or other securities of any member of the Company Group issued under the Plan in book-entry form to be held subject to the Companys instructions or subject to appropriate stop-transfer orders. Notwithstanding any provision in the Plan to the contrary, the Committee reserves the right to add any additional terms or provisions to any Award granted under the Plan that the Committee, in its sole discretion, deems necessary or advisable in order that such Award complies with the legal requirements of any governmental entity to whose jurisdiction the Award is subject.
(ii) The Committee may cancel an Award or any portion thereof if it determines, in its sole discretion, that legal or contractual restrictions and/or blockage and/or other market considerations would make the Companys acquisition of shares of Common Stock from the public markets, the Companys issuance of Common Stock to the Participant, the Participants acquisition of Common Stock from the Company and/or the Participants sale of Common Stock to the public markets, illegal, impracticable or inadvisable. If the Committee determines to cancel all or any portion of an Award in
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accordance with the foregoing, the Company shall, subject to any limitations or reductions as may be necessary to comply with Section 409A of the Code, (A) pay to the Participant an amount equal to the excess of (I) the aggregate Fair Market Value of the shares of Common Stock subject to such Award or portion thereof canceled (determined as of the applicable exercise date, or the date that the shares would have been vested or issued, as applicable); over (II) the aggregate Exercise Price or Strike Price (in the case of an Option or SAR, respectively) or any amount payable as a condition of issuance of shares of Common Stock (in the case of any other Award). Such amount shall be delivered to the Participant as soon as practicable following the cancellation of such Award or portion thereof, or (B) in the case of Restricted Stock, Restricted Stock Units or Other Equity-Based Awards, provide the Participant with a cash payment or equity subject to deferred vesting and delivery consistent with the vesting restrictions applicable to such Restricted Stock, Restricted Stock Units or Other Equity-Based Awards, or the underlying shares in respect thereof.
(l) No Section 83(b) Elections Without Consent of Company . No election under Section 83(b) of the Code or under a similar provision of law may be made unless expressly permitted by the terms of the applicable Award Agreement or by action of the Committee in writing prior to the making of such election. If a Participant, in connection with the acquisition of shares of Common Stock under the Plan or otherwise, is expressly permitted to make such election and the Participant makes the election, the Participant shall notify the Company of such election within ten (10) days of filing notice of the election with the Internal Revenue Service or other governmental authority, in addition to any filing and notification required pursuant to Section 83(b) of the Code or other applicable provision.
(m) Payments to Persons Other Than Participants . If the Committee shall find that any Person to whom any amount is payable under the Plan is unable to care for the Participants affairs because of illness or accident, or is a minor, or has died, then any payment due to such Person or the Participants estate (unless a prior claim therefor has been made by a duly appointed legal representative) may, if the Committee so directs the Company, be paid to the Participants spouse, child, relative, an institution maintaining or having custody of such Person, or any other Person deemed by the Committee to be a proper recipient on behalf of such Person otherwise entitled to payment. Any such payment shall be a complete discharge of the liability of the Committee and the Company therefor.
(n) Nonexclusivity of the Plan . Neither the adoption of the Plan by the Board nor the submission of the Plan to the stockholders of the Company for approval shall be construed as creating any limitations on the power of the Board to adopt such other incentive arrangements as it may deem desirable, including, without limitation, the granting of equity-based awards otherwise than under the Plan, and such arrangements may be either applicable generally or only in specific cases.
(o) No Trust or Fund Created . Neither the Plan nor any Award shall create or be construed to create a trust or separate fund of any kind or a fiduciary relationship between any member of the Company Group, on the one hand, and a Participant or other Person, on the other hand. No provision of the Plan or any Award shall require the Company, for the purpose of satisfying any obligations under the Plan, to purchase assets or place any assets in a trust or
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other entity to which contributions are made or otherwise to segregate any assets, nor shall the Company be obligated to maintain separate bank accounts, books, records or other evidence of the existence of a segregated or separately maintained or administered fund for such purposes. Participants shall have no rights under the Plan other than as unsecured general creditors of the Company, except that insofar as they may have become entitled to payment of additional compensation by performance of services, they shall have the same rights as other service providers under general law.
(p) Reliance on Reports . Each member of the Committee and each member of the Board shall be fully justified in acting or failing to act, as the case may be, and shall not be liable for having so acted or failed to act in good faith, in reliance upon any report made by the independent public accountant of any member of the Company Group and/or any other information furnished in connection with the Plan by any agent of the Company or the Committee or the Board, other than himself or herself.
(q) Relationship to Other Benefits . No payment under the Plan shall be taken into account in determining any benefits under any pension, retirement, profit sharing, group insurance or other benefit plan of the Company except as otherwise specifically provided in such other plan or as required by applicable law.
(r) Governing Law . The Plan shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the internal laws of the State of Delaware applicable to contracts made and performed wholly within the State of Delaware, without giving effect to the conflict of laws provisions thereof. EACH PARTICIPANT WHO ACCEPTS AN AWARD IRREVOCABLY WAIVES ALL RIGHT TO A TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY SUIT, ACTION, OR OTHER PROCEEDING INSTITUTED BY OR AGAINST SUCH PARTICIPANT IN RESPECT OF THE PARTICIPANTS RIGHTS OR OBLIGATIONS HEREUNDER.
(s) Severability . If any provision of the Plan or any Award or Award Agreement is or becomes or is deemed to be invalid, illegal, or unenforceable in any jurisdiction or as to any Person or Award, or would disqualify the Plan or any Award under any law deemed applicable by the Committee, such provision shall be construed or deemed amended to conform to the applicable laws, or if it cannot be construed or deemed amended without, in the determination of the Committee, materially altering the intent of the Plan or the Award, such provision shall be construed or deemed stricken as to such jurisdiction, Person or Award and the remainder of the Plan and any such Award shall remain in full force and effect.
(t) Obligations Binding on Successors . The obligations of the Company under the Plan shall be binding upon any successor corporation or organization resulting from the merger, consolidation or other reorganization of the Company, or upon any successor corporation or organization succeeding to substantially all of the assets and business of the Company.
(u) Section 409A of the Code .
(i) Notwithstanding any provision of the Plan to the contrary, it is intended that the provisions of the Plan comply with Section 409A of the Code, and all provisions of the Plan shall be construed and interpreted in a manner consistent with the
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requirements for avoiding taxes or penalties under Section 409A of the Code. Each Participant is solely responsible and liable for the satisfaction of all taxes and penalties that may be imposed on or in respect of such Participant in connection with the Plan (including any taxes and penalties under Section 409A of the Code), and neither the Service Recipient nor any other member of the Company Group shall have any obligation to indemnify or otherwise hold such Participant (or any beneficiary) harmless from any or all of such taxes or penalties. With respect to any Award that is considered deferred compensation subject to Section 409A of the Code, references in the Plan to termination of employment (and substantially similar phrases) shall mean separation from service within the meaning of Section 409A of the Code. For purposes of Section 409A of the Code, each of the payments that may be made in respect of any Award granted under the Plan is designated as separate payments.
(ii) Notwithstanding anything in the Plan to the contrary, if a Participant is a specified employee within the meaning of Section 409A(a)(2)(B)(i) of the Code, no payments in respect of any Awards that are deferred compensation subject to Section 409A of the Code and which would otherwise be payable upon the Participants separation from service (as defined in Section 409A of the Code) shall be made to such Participant prior to the date that is six (6) months after the date of such Participants separation from service or, if earlier, the date of the Participants death. Following any applicable six (6) month delay, all such delayed payments will be paid in a single lump sum on the earliest date permitted under Section 409A of the Code that is also a business day.
(iii) Unless otherwise provided by the Committee in an Award Agreement or otherwise, in the event that the timing of payments in respect of any Award (that would otherwise be considered deferred compensation subject to Section 409A of the Code) would be accelerated upon the occurrence of (A) a Change in Control, no such acceleration shall be permitted unless the event giving rise to the Change in Control satisfies the definition of a change in the ownership or effective control of a corporation, or a change in the ownership of a substantial portion of the assets of a corporation pursuant to Section 409A of the Code; or (B) a Disability, no such acceleration shall be permitted unless the Disability also satisfies the definition of Disability pursuant to Section 409A of the Code.
(v) Clawback/Repayment . All Awards shall be subject to reduction, cancellation, forfeiture or recoupment to the extent necessary to comply with (i) any clawback, forfeiture or other similar policy adopted by the Board or the Committee and as in effect from time to time; and (ii) applicable law. Further, to the extent that the Participant receives any amount in excess of the amount that the Participant should otherwise have received under the terms of the Award for any reason (including, without limitation, by reason of a financial restatement, mistake in calculations or other administrative error), the Participant shall be required to repay any such excess amount to the Company.
(w) Detrimental Activity . Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, if a Participant has engaged in any Detrimental Activity, as determined by the Committee, the Committee may, in its sole discretion, provide for one or more of the following:
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(i) cancellation of any or all of such Participants outstanding Awards; or
(ii) forfeiture by the Participant of any gain realized on the vesting or exercise of Awards, and to repay any such gain to promptly to the Company.
(x) Right of Offset . The Company will have the right to offset against its obligation to deliver shares of Common Stock (or other property or cash) under the Plan or any Award Agreement any outstanding amounts (including, without limitation, travel and entertainment or advance account balances, loans, repayment obligations under any Awards, or amounts repayable to the Company pursuant to tax equalization, housing, automobile or other employee programs) that the Participant then owes to any member of the Company Group and any amounts the Committee otherwise deems appropriate pursuant to any tax equalization policy or agreement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if an Award is deferred compensation subject to Section 409A of the Code, the Committee will have no right to offset against its obligation to deliver shares of Common Stock (or other property or cash) under the Plan or any Award Agreement if such offset could subject the Participant to the additional tax imposed under Section 409A of the Code in respect of an outstanding Award.
(y) Expenses; Titles and Headings . The expenses of administering the Plan shall be borne by the Company Group. The titles and headings of the sections in the Plan are for convenience of reference only, and in the event of any conflict, the text of the Plan, rather than such titles or headings, shall control.
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Exhibit 10.10
EXECUTIVE EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT
This EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT (this Agreement ) is made and entered into as of this 26th day of April 2016, by and between Hilton Worldwide, Inc. (the Company ), and Thomas J. Baltimore, Jr. (the Executive ).
WHEREAS, the Company desires to employ Executive and to enter into this Agreement embodying the terms of such employment, and Executive desires to enter into this Agreement and to be employed by the Company, subject to the terms and provisions of this Agreement and in contemplation of a corporate restructuring intended, among other things, to transform the Company into a real estate investment trust (the Spinoff ).
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the promises and mutual covenants contained herein and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are mutually acknowledged, the Company and Executive hereby agree as follows:
Section 1. Definitions . Capitalized terms not otherwise defined in this Agreement shall have the meaning set forth on Appendix A , attached hereto.
Section 2. Acceptance and Term of Employment .
(a) The Company agrees to employ Executive, and Executive agrees to serve the Company, on the terms and conditions set forth herein. The Term of Employment shall commence on May 16, 2016 (the Initial Commencement Date ) and continue until the fourth anniversary of the Initial Commencement Date, unless earlier terminated as provided in Section 7 hereof (the Term of Employment ); provided that, on such fourth anniversary and on each anniversary thereof thereafter (each, an Extension Date ), the Term of Employment shall be automatically extended for an additional one-year period unless at least ninety (90) days prior to a given Extension Date, the Company or Executive delivers a written notice to the other party that the Term of Employment shall not be so extended.
(b) Company Nonrenewal . The Company may terminate this Agreement (subject to the continued applicability of certain provisions of this Agreement as provided in Section 21) by delivering to Executive the written notice of non-renewal as contemplated by Section 2(a) hereof (such termination, a Company Nonrenewal ). A Company Nonrenewal shall be deemed to constitute termination without Cause as of the date of such notice for purposes of Section 7.
(c) Executive Nonrenewal . Executive may terminate this Agreement (subject to the continued applicability of certain provisions of this Agreement as provided in Section 21) by Executives delivery to the Company of the written notice of nonrenewal as contemplated by Section 2(a) hereof (such termination, an Executive Nonrenewal ). An Executive Nonrenewal will constitute a voluntary termination of employment by Executive unless Executive follows the procedures for Good Reason. If such voluntary termination by Executive is for Good Reason, then the nonrenewal notice shall include the Notice of Termination.
(d) Notwithstanding the foregoing and for the avoidance of doubt, if Executive continues employment with the Company following the expiration of the Term of Employment (whether due to a Company Nonrenewal or an Executive Nonrenewal), such employment shall constitute at will employment and may be terminated at any time by either party upon written notice and, notwithstanding Section 21 hereof, the provisions of Section 7 shall not apply to such at-will employment and no longer be of further force or effect.
Section 3. Position, Duties, and Responsibilities; Place of Performance.
(a) Position, Duties, and Responsibilities . From the Initial Commencement Date through the date that the Spinoff is completed (the Spinoff Date ), Executive shall be employed and serve as Executive Adviser-Real Estate of the Company and shall have such duties and responsibilities commensurate with such title and as the Companys Chief Executive Officer (before the Spinoff) shall designate from time to time. Beginning with the Spinoff Date and during the remainder of the Term of Employment, Executive shall be employed and serve as the Chief Executive Officer and President of the Company (together with such other position or positions consistent with Executives title as the Board shall specify from time to time) and shall have such duties and responsibilities commensurate with such title and as the Board may designate from time to time. Executive shall at all times after the Spinoff Date be the highest ranking officer of the Company and shall report exclusively to the Board and/or such committees thereof as the Board may designate. In addition, on and after the Spinoff Date, Executive shall be appointed to serve as a director on the Board and, at each annual stockholders meeting during the Term of Employment, shall be nominated for re-election to the Board, in each case to the extent not inconsistent with the fiduciary duties of the Board in making such appointment and renomination. If requested by the Company, Executive also agrees to serve as the chief executive officer and/or director of any other member of the Company Group, in each case without additional compensation. Executive shall be based at the Companys corporate headquarters in McLean, Virginia, unless and until the corporate headquarters are moved to another location, which will then be the location where Executive is based.
(b) Performance . Executive shall devote his full business time, attention, skill, and best efforts to the performance of his duties under this Agreement and shall not engage in any other business or occupation during the Term of Employment, including, without limitation, any activity that (x) conflicts with the interests of the Company or any other member of the Company Group, (y) interferes with the proper and efficient performance of Executives duties for the Company, or (z) interferes with Executives exercise of judgment in the Companys best interests. Notwithstanding the foregoing, nothing herein shall preclude Executive from (i) serving as a member of the boards of directors or advisory boards (or their equivalents in the case of a non-corporate entity) of the entities listed on Schedule I hereto, charitable organizations or, with the prior written consent of the Board following a recommendation from the Nominating and Governance Committee of the Board, of non-competing businesses, (ii) engaging in charitable activities and community affairs, and (iii) managing his personal investments and affairs; provided , however , that the activities set out
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in clauses (i), (ii), and (iii) must not violate the restrictions referenced in Section 9 hereof and shall be limited by Executive so as not to materially interfere, individually or in the aggregate, with the performance of his duties and responsibilities hereunder.
Section 4. Compensation .
During the Term of Employment, Executive shall be entitled to the following compensation:
(a) Base Salary . Executive shall initially be paid a salary of $38,461.54 per biweekly pay period, payable in accordance with the regular payroll practices of the Company, and annualizing to $1,000,000 (the Base Salary ). No less frequently than annually, Executives Base Salary shall be reviewed by the Compensation Committee who may (but is not obligated to) adjust such Base Salary in its sole discretion; provided that Base Salary shall not be decreased. Any such increased Base Salary shall be Executives Base Salary for all purposes under this Agreement.
(b) Annual Bonus . During the Term of Employment, Executive shall be eligible to earn an annual bonus award (the Annual Bonus ) based on the achievement level (threshold, target or maximum) of performance objectives adopted by the Compensation Committee within the first three months of each fiscal year during the Term of Employment (it being understood that such performance objectives and targets generally will correspond to those established for other members of senior management). During each fiscal year, the minimum bonus payable to Executive if the threshold performance objectives are achieved will be 75% of Executives Base Salary, the target bonus will be 150% of Executives Base Salary (which number is the Target Annual Bonus ) if target performance objectives are achieved and the maximum bonus payable to Executive will be 225% of Base Salary if maximum performance objectives are achieved. For fiscal year 2016, the actual bonus will be pro-rated based on the Initial Commencement Date and portion of the fiscal year Executive is employed with the Company, and will be based on discretionary performance objectives and achievement levels as approved by the Compensation Committee. The Annual Bonus shall otherwise be subject to the terms and conditions of the Annual Bonus Plan. Any earned Annual Bonus for a fiscal year shall be paid to Executive at the same time as annual bonuses are generally payable to other senior executives of the Company, subject to Executives continuous employment through the applicable performance period, but in no event later than the 15th day of the third month following the close of such fiscal year.
(c) Annual Equity Awards . During the Term of Employment, (i) Executive will be eligible to participate in the long-term equity incentive plan(s) adopted by Hilton Worldwide Holdings, Inc. (the Current Parent ) (before the Spinoff Date) or the Company (effective on and after the Spinoff Date) from time to time, including without limitation, under the Hilton Worldwide Holdings, Inc. 2013 Omnibus Incentive Plan (as applicable, the Equity Plan ) and (ii) commencing in fiscal year 2016 and for each fiscal year thereafter, Executive shall be entitled to receive a long-term equity award with a target value equal to $3,500,000 (based on grant date fair market value of the applicable public companys common stock ( Common Stock ) underlying such awards) subject to such vesting and other terms and
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conditions as the Compensation Committee shall determine and otherwise in accordance with the applicable public companys Equity Award Grant Policy, in effect from time to time. Within ninety (90) days following the Initial Commencement Date, one-half of the initial grant will be made in the form of restricted stock units that will vest in equal installments on the three following anniversaries of the date of grant, provided Executive remains employed by the Company on such dates. At the first regularly scheduled meeting of the Compensation Committee of the Company after the Spinoff Date and subject to approval by such committee, the remaining one-half of the initial grant will be made in the form of performance share units, which may be earned from 0 to 200% of the target number of units, based on the Companys relative total shareholder return performance versus the FTSE NAREIT Lodging/Resorts Index over a three (3) year performance period following the Spinoff Date. As promptly as practicable (and, in no event less than 2.5 months) following the last day of the performance period, the Compensation Committee of the Company shall determine whether the performance conditions have been satisfied and any performance share units with respect to which the performance conditions have been satisfied shall become vested as of the last day of the performance period, provided Executive remains employed by the Company on such date.
(d) Sign-On Restricted Stock Grant . Within ninety (90) days following the Initial Commencement Date, Executive shall receive a one-time grant (the Sign-On Restricted Stock Unit Grant ) of restricted stock units with respect to Common Stock with a value on the grant date equal to $6,750,000. The Sign-On Restricted Stock Unit Grant shall vest in four installments, 40% on December 15, 2016, and 20% annually in the three following anniversaries of the date of grant, provided Executive remains employed by the Company through such dates.
(e) Effect of Change in Control . For avoidance of doubt, the Spinoff shall not be deemed as Change in Control for the purposes of this Section 4(e). Upon the occurrence of a Change in Control, a pro-rated portion of the number of unvested performance shares and performance share units previously granted will immediately vest based on actual performance through the most recently completed fiscal quarter, or, if performance is unable to be calculated, at target. Proration will be based on the number of days in the applicable performance period prior to the closing of the Change in Control relative to the number of the days in the full performance period.
(f) Effect of Spinoff on Equity Compensation . Executive acknowledges that the equity compensation he holds or has been promised as of the Spinoff will be adjusted in accordance with the Spinoff in a manner comparable to that for similarly situated senior executives who remain employed by the Company after the Spinoff.
Section 5. Employee Benefits; Vacation .
(a) During the Term of Employment, Executive shall be entitled to participate in health, insurance, retirement, annual leave and time-off, and other benefits provided generally to similarly situated executive officers of the Company. Executive shall also be entitled to the same number of holidays, vacation days, and sick days, as well as any other benefits, in each case as are generally allowed to similarly situated executive officers of the Company in accordance with the Company policy as in effect from time to time. Nothing contained herein
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shall be construed to limit the Companys ability to amend, suspend, or terminate any employee benefit plan or policy at any time without providing Executive notice, and the right to do so is expressly reserved.
(b) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in Section 5(a), during the Term of Employment, Executive shall be entitled to four (4) weeks of annual paid vacation days, which shall accrue and be usable in accordance with Company policy, as in effect from time to time; provided that for fiscal year 2016, Executives annual paid vacation shall be prorated based on the Initial Commencement Date and portion of the fiscal year Executive is employed with the Company.
Section 6. Reimbursement of Expenses .
(a) Business Expenses . Executive is authorized to incur reasonable business expenses in carrying out his duties and responsibilities under this Agreement, and the Company shall promptly reimburse him for all such reasonable business expenses, subject to documentation in accordance with the Companys policies, as in effect from time to time.
Section 7. Termination of Employment.
(a) General . The Term of Employment shall terminate earlier than as provided in Section 2 hereof upon the earliest to occur of (i) Executives death, (ii) a termination by reason of a Disability, (iii) a termination by the Company with or without Cause, and (iv) a termination by Executive with or without Good Reason. Upon any termination of Executives employment for any reason, except as may otherwise be requested by the Company in writing and agreed upon in writing by Executive, Executive shall resign from any and all directorships, committee memberships, and any other positions Executive holds with the Company or any other member of the Company Group. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, other than the requirements of Section 12 hereof, the payment (or commencement of a series of payments) hereunder of any nonqualified deferred compensation (within the meaning of Section 409A of the Code) upon a termination of employment shall be delayed until such time as Executive has also undergone a separation from service as defined in Treas. Reg. 1.409A-1(h), at which time such nonqualified deferred compensation (calculated as of the date of Executives termination of employment hereunder) shall be paid (or commence to be paid) to Executive on the schedule set forth in this Section 7 as if Executive had undergone such termination of employment (under the same circumstances) on the date of his ultimate separation from service.
(b) Termination Due to Death or Disability . Executives employment shall terminate automatically upon his death. The Company may terminate Executives employment immediately upon the occurrence of a Disability, such termination to be effective upon Executives receipt of written notice of such termination. Upon Executives death or in the event that Executives employment is terminated due to his Disability, Executive or his estate or his beneficiaries, as the case may be, shall be entitled to:
(i) The Accrued Rights;
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(ii) Subject to satisfaction of the applicable performance objectives applicable under the Annual Bonus Plan for the fiscal year in which such termination occurs, an amount equal to (A) the Annual Bonus that Executive would otherwise have been entitled to receive under the Annual Bonus Plan (based on actual achievement of applicable performance objectives) had no such termination occurred, multiplied by (B) a fraction, the numerator of which is the number of days elapsed from the commencement of such fiscal year through the date of such termination and the denominator of which is 365 (the Pro Rata Bonus ), which amount shall be paid at such time annual bonuses are paid to other senior executives of the Company, but in no event later than the 15 th day of the third month following the last day of the fiscal year in which such termination occurred;
(iii) Fully accelerated vesting and immediate lapse of restrictions on the unvested portion of any time-based restricted stock awards previously granted; and
(iv) Fully accelerated vesting and immediate lapse of restrictions on the unvested portion of any stock options previously granted; and
(v) Accelerated vesting of pro-rated portion of the target number of unvested performance shares and performance share units previously granted (irrespective of performance). Proration will be based on the number of days in the applicable performance period prior to the Termination Date relative to the number of the days in the full applicable performance period.
Following Executives death or a termination of Executives employment by reason of a Disability, except as set forth in this Section 7(b), Executive shall have no further rights to any compensation or any other benefits under this Agreement.
(c) Termination by the Company for Cause .
(i) The Company may terminate Executives employment at any time for Cause, effective upon Executives receipt of written notice of such termination; provided , however , that with respect to any Cause termination relying on clauses (i), (ii), (vi) or (vii) of the definition of Cause, to the extent that such act or acts or failure or failures to act are curable, Executive shall be given not less than thirty (30) days written notice by the Board of the Companys intention to terminate him for Cause, such notice to state in detail the particular act or acts or failure or failures to act that constitute the grounds on which the proposed termination for Cause is based, and such termination shall be effective at the expiration of such thirty (30) day notice period unless Executive has fully cured such act or acts or failure or failures to act that give rise to Cause during such period.
A termination of employment of Executive shall not be deemed to be for Cause unless and until the Board has taken an action by the affirmative vote or consent of not less than a majority of the entire membership of the Board (not including Executive) in which the Board identifies the conduct of Executive constituting grounds for Cause, as described in one or more of the clauses of Section (f) of Appendix A hereof, and specifies the particulars thereof in reasonable detail.
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(ii) In the event that the Company terminates Executives employment for Cause, he shall be entitled only to the Accrued Rights. Following such termination of Executives employment for Cause, except as set forth in this Section 7(c)(ii), Executive shall have no further rights to any compensation or any other benefits under this Agreement.
(d) Termination by the Company without Cause . The Company may terminate Executives employment at any time without Cause, effective upon Executives receipt of written notice of such termination. In the event that Executives employment is terminated by the Company without Cause (other than due to death or Disability) and Executive complies with Section 7(g) hereof, Executive shall be entitled to:
(i) The Accrued Rights;
(ii) An amount equal to 2.99 multiplied by the sum of (x) Base Salary and (y) the Target Annual Bonus, such amount to be paid in a lump sum as provided under (g) or such later date as Section 13 may provide;
(iii) Fully accelerated vesting and immediate lapse of restrictions on the unvested portion of any time-based restricted stock awards previously granted; and
(iv) Fully accelerated vesting and immediate lapse of restrictions on the unvested portion of any stock options previously granted; and
(v) Accelerated vesting of pro-rated portion of the target number of unvested performance shares and performance share units previously granted (irrespective of performance). Proration will be based on the number of days in the applicable performance period prior to the Termination Date relative to the number of the days in the full performance period (provided that the acceleration will not be reduced for proration if the termination without Cause or termination for Good Reason occurs within twelve (12) months following the closing of a Change in Control); and
(vi) Subject to Executives election of COBRA continuation coverage under the Companys group health plan, payment, on the first regularly scheduled payroll date of each month during the twelve months following the Date of Termination (the Coverage Period ), of an amount equal to the difference between the monthly COBRA premium cost and the monthly contribution paid by active employees for the same coverage; provided , that the payments described in this clause (v) shall cease earlier than the expiration of the Coverage Period in the event that Executive becomes eligible to receive any health benefits as a result of subsequent employment or service during the Coverage Period and provided further that the Company may end its payment of premiums earlier (but not Executives eligibility for COBRA) if it reasonably determines that applicable laws or regulations are likely to cause the payment of these premiums to
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trigger taxes or penalties on the Company or other medical plan participants or to Executive (beyond, if taxable to Executive, the tax to him on the amount of the premiums).
Notwithstanding the foregoing, the payments and benefits described in clauses (ii), (iii), and (iv) above shall immediately terminate, and the Company shall have no further obligations to Executive with respect thereto, in the event that Executive breaches any provision of the Restrictive Covenants contained in Appendix B attached hereto. Following such termination of Executives employment by the Company without Cause, except as set forth in this Section 7(d), Executive shall have no further rights to any compensation or any other benefits under this Agreement. For the avoidance of doubt, Executives sole and exclusive remedy upon a termination of employment by the Company without Cause shall be receipt of the Accrued Rights and the Severance Benefits. For purposes of this Section 7(d), if the Spinoff does not occur on or before December 31, 2017, the Company will terminate Executives employment and treat such termination as termination without Cause.
(e) Termination by Executive with Good Reason . Executive may terminate his employment with Good Reason by providing the Company thirty (30) days written notice setting forth in reasonable specificity the event that constitutes Good Reason, which written notice, to be effective, must be provided to the Company within sixty (60) days of Executives knowledge (whether actual or constructive, including, without limitation, knowledge that Executive would have reasonably obtained after making due and appropriate inquiry) of such event. During such thirty (30) day notice period, the Company shall have a cure right (if curable), and if not cured within such period, Executives termination must be effective no later than thirty (30) days following the expiration of such cure period, and Executive shall be entitled to the same payments and benefits as provided in Section 7(d) hereof for a termination by the Company without Cause, subject to the same conditions on payment and benefits as described in Section 7(d) and Section 7(g) hereof. Following such termination of Executives employment by Executive with Good Reason, except as set forth in this Section 7(e) and Section 14, Executive shall have no further rights to any compensation or any other benefits under this Agreement. For the avoidance of doubt, Executives sole and exclusive remedy upon a termination of employment with Good Reason shall be receipt of the Accrued Rights and the Severance Benefits.
(f) Termination by Executive without Good Reason . Executive may terminate his employment without Good Reason by providing the Company thirty (30) days written notice of such termination. In the event of a termination of employment by Executive under this Section 7(f), Executive shall be entitled only to the Accrued Rights. In the event of termination of Executives employment under this Section 7(f), the Company may, in its sole and absolute discretion, by written notice accelerate such date of termination or remove him from any officer or director positions without changing the characterization of such termination as a termination by Executive without Good Reason. Following such termination of Executives employment by Executive without Good Reason, except as set forth in this Section 7(f) and Section 14, Executive shall have no further rights to any compensation or any other benefits under this Agreement.
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(g) Release . Notwithstanding any provision herein to the contrary, the payment of any amount or provision of any benefit pursuant to subsection (d) or (e) of this Section 7 (other than the Accrued Rights) (collectively, the Severance Benefits ) shall be conditioned upon Executives execution, delivery to the Company, and non-revocation of the Release of Claims (and the expiration of any revocation period contained in such Release of Claims) within sixty (60) days following the date of Executives termination of employment hereunder, or such shorter period as the Company may provide. If Executive fails to execute the Release of Claims in such a timely manner so as to permit any revocation period to expire prior to the end of such sixty (60) day (or shorter) period, or timely revokes his acceptance of such release following its execution, Executive shall not be entitled to any of the Severance Benefits. Further, to the extent that any of the Severance Benefits constitutes nonqualified deferred compensation for purposes of Section 409A of the Code, any payment of any amount or provision of any benefit otherwise scheduled to occur prior to the sixtieth (60 th ) day following the date of Executives termination of employment hereunder, but for the condition on executing the Release of Claims, shall not be made until the first regularly scheduled payroll date whose cutoff date follows such sixtieth (60 th ) day, after which any remaining Severance Benefits shall thereafter be provided to Executive according to the applicable schedule set forth herein.
(h) Notice of Termination . Any written notice of termination given under Section 7 of this Agreement shall be provided to the other party in accordance with Section 18 of this Agreement. In addition, any written notice pertaining to a termination by the Company for Cause or by Executive for Good Reason shall meet the requirements of a Notice of Termination (as defined in this paragraph). For purposes of this Agreement, a Notice of Termination means a written notice which (i) indicates the specific termination provision in this Agreement relied upon, (ii) to the extent applicable, sets forth in reasonable detail the facts and circumstances claimed to provide a basis for termination of Executives employment under the provision so indicated and (iii) the Date of Termination (as defined below).
(i) Date of Termination . Date of Termination means (i) if Executives employment is terminated by the Company for Cause, the date of expiration of the cure period, if any, set forth in Section 7(c), (ii) if Executives employment is terminated by Executive for Good Reason, thirty (30) days following the date of expiration of the cure period specified in Section 7(e) or such earlier date (after the cure period) as Executives termination is final, (iii) if Executives employment is terminated by the Company other than for Cause or Disability, the date on which the Company notifies Executive of such termination or such later date specified by the Company, (iv) if Executive voluntarily resigns without Good Reason, the date at least thirty (30) days after Executive notifies the Company, subject to the Companys right to accelerate such date of termination without changing the characterization of such termination as a termination by Executive without Good Reason as provided in Section 7(f), (v) if Executives employment is terminated by reason of death, the date of death of Executive, or (vi) if Executives employment is terminated by the Company due to Disability, the date specified by the Company.
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Section 8. Certain Payments .
(a) In the event that any payment or benefit received or to be received by Executive pursuant to this Agreement or otherwise ( Payments ) would (i) constitute a parachute payment within the meaning of Section 280G of the Code and (ii) but for this section, be subject to the excise tax imposed by Section 4999 of the Code, any successor provisions, or any comparable federal, state, local or foreign excise tax ( Excise Tax ), then, subject to the provisions of this Section 8, such Payments shall be either (A) provided in full pursuant to the terms of this Agreement or any other applicable agreement, or (B) provided as to such lesser extent which would result in no portion of such Payments being subject to the Excise Tax ( Reduced Amount ), whichever of the foregoing amounts, taking into account the applicable federal, state, local and foreign income, employment and other taxes and the Excise Tax (including, without limitation, any interest or penalties on such taxes), results in the receipt by Executive, on an after-tax basis, of the greatest amount of payments and benefits provided for hereunder or otherwise, notwithstanding that all or some portion of such Payments may be subject to the Excise Tax.
(b) Unless the Company and Executive otherwise agree in writing, any determination required under this Section 8 shall be made by an independent advisor designated by the Company and reasonably acceptable to Executive ( Independent Advisor ), whose determination shall be conclusive and binding upon Executive and the Company for all purposes. For purposes of making the calculations required under this Section, Independent Advisor may make reasonable assumptions and approximations concerning applicable taxes and may rely on reasonable, good faith interpretations concerning the application of Sections 280G and 4999 of the Code; provided that Independent Advisor shall assume that Executive pays all taxes at the highest marginal rate. The Company and Executive shall furnish to Independent Advisor such information and documents as Independent Advisor may reasonably request in order to make a determination under this Section. The Company shall bear all costs that Independent Advisor may incur in connection with any calculations contemplated by this Section. The reduction of the Payments payable hereunder, if applicable, shall be made by first reducing the cash payments under Section 7(d)(ii), second by reducing the Pro Rata Bonus, third by reducing COBRA reimbursement under Section 7(d)(vi) and lastly by reducing any other Payments in a manner determined by the Company, in consultation with Executive.
(c) If, notwithstanding any reduction described in Section 8 (or in the absence of any such reduction), the Internal Revenue Service ( IRS ) determines that Executive is liable for the Excise Tax as a result of the receipt of one or more Payments, then Executive shall be obligated to surrender or pay back to the Company, within one hundred twenty (120) days after a final IRS determination, an amount of such payments or benefits equal to the Repayment Amount . The Repayment Amount with respect to such Payments shall be the smallest such amount, if any, as shall be required to be surrendered or paid to the Company so that Executives net proceeds with respect to such Payments (after taking into account the payment of the excise tax imposed on such Payments) shall be maximized. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Repayment Amount with respect to such Payments shall be zero if a Repayment Amount of more than zero would not eliminate the Excise Tax imposed on such Payments or if a Repayment Amount of more than zero would not maximize the net amount received by Executive from the Payments. If the Excise Tax is not eliminated pursuant to this Section 8, Executive shall pay the Excise Tax.
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Section 9. Restrictive Covenants .
Executive acknowledges and recognizes the highly competitive nature of the businesses of the Company Group and accordingly agrees, as a condition of Executives initial and continued employment with the Company, to be bound by and comply with the Restrictive Covenants contained in Appendix B attached hereto and incorporated by reference herein. Executive acknowledges and agrees that the Companys remedies at law for a breach or threatened breach of any of the provisions of Section 1 of Appendix B (or a material breach or material threatened breach of any of the provisions of Section 2 of Appendix B of this Agreement) would be inadequate and the Company would suffer irreparable damages as a result of such breach or threatened breach. In recognition of this fact, Executive agrees that, in the event of such a breach or threatened breach, in addition to any remedies at law and in addition to cessation of payments described in the last paragraph of Section 7(d), the Company, without posting any bond, shall be entitled to obtain equitable relief in the form of specific performance, temporary restraining order, temporary or permanent injunction or any other equitable remedy which may then be available. For the avoidance of doubt, the Restrictive Covenants contained in Appendix B shall be in addition to, and not in lieu of, any other similar restrictive covenants contained in any other agreement between Executive and any member of the Company Group.
Section 10. Representations and Warranties of Executive .
Executive represents and warrants to the Company that:
(a) Executive has had the opportunity to consult with, and is represented by, his own tax and legal advisor(s) in connection with the negotiation and preparation of this Agreement;
(b) Executive is entering into this Agreement voluntarily and that, to the best of his knowledge, his employment hereunder and compliance with the terms and conditions hereof will not conflict with or result in the breach by him of any agreement to which he is a party or by which he may be bound;
(c) To the best of his knowledge, Executive has not violated, and in connection with his becoming employed or remaining employed with the Company will not violate, any non-solicitation, non-competition, or other similar covenant or agreement of a prior employer by which he is or may be bound; and
(d) In connection with his employment with the Company, Executive will not knowingly use any confidential or proprietary information he may have obtained in connection with employment with any prior employer.
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Section 11. Taxes .
The Company may withhold from any payments made under this Agreement all applicable taxes, including but not limited to income, employment, and social insurance taxes, as shall be required by law. Executive acknowledges and represents that the Company has not provided any tax advice to him in connection with this Agreement and that he has been advised by the Company to seek tax advice from his own tax advisors regarding this Agreement and payments that may be made to him pursuant to this Agreement, including specifically, the application of the provisions of Section 409A of the Code to such payments.
Section 12. Additional Section 409A Provisions .
Notwithstanding any provision in this Agreement to the contrary:
(a) Any payment otherwise required to be made hereunder to Executive at any date as a result of the termination of Executives employment shall be delayed for such period of time as may be necessary to meet the requirements of Section 409A(a)(2)(B)(i) of the Code (the Delay Period ). On the first business day following the expiration of the Delay Period, Executive shall be paid, in a single cash lump sum, an amount equal to the aggregate amount of all payments delayed pursuant to the preceding sentence, and any remaining payments not so delayed shall continue to be paid pursuant to the payment schedule set forth herein.
(b) Each payment in a series of payments hereunder shall be deemed to be a separate payment for purposes of Section 409A of the Code.
(c) To the extent that any right to reimbursement of expenses or payment of any benefit in-kind under this Agreement constitutes nonqualified deferred compensation (within the meaning of Section 409A of the Code), (i) any such expense reimbursement shall be made by the Company no later than the last day of the taxable year following the taxable year in which such expense was incurred by Executive, (ii) the right to reimbursement or in-kind benefits shall not be subject to liquidation or exchange for another benefit, and (iii) the amount of expenses eligible for reimbursement or in-kind benefits provided during any taxable year shall not affect the expenses eligible for reimbursement or in-kind benefits to be provided in any other taxable year; provided , that the foregoing clause shall not be violated with regard to expenses reimbursed under any arrangement covered by Section 105(b) of the Code solely because such expenses are subject to a limit related to the period the arrangement is in effect.
(d) While the payments and benefits provided hereunder are intended to be structured in a manner to avoid the implication of any penalty taxes under Section 409A of the Code, in no event whatsoever shall any member of the Company Group be liable for any additional tax, interest, or penalties that may be imposed on Executive as a result of Section 409A of the Code or any damages for failing to comply with Section 409A of the Code (other than for withholding obligations or other obligations applicable to employers, if any, under Section 409A of the Code). If any provision of this Agreement (or of any award of compensation, including equity compensation or benefits) would cause Executive to incur any additional tax or interest under Section 409A of the Code, the Company shall, after consulting
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with and receiving the approval of Executive, reform such provision in a manner intended (but not guaranteed by the Company) to avoid the incurrence by Executive of any such additional tax or interest.
Section 13. Successors and Assigns; No Third-Party Beneficiaries .
(a) The Company . This Agreement shall inure to the benefit of the Company and its respective successors and assigns. Neither this Agreement nor any of the rights, obligations, or interests arising hereunder may be assigned by the Company to a Person (other than another member of the Company Group, or its or their respective successors) without Executives prior written consent (which shall not be unreasonably withheld, delayed, or conditioned); provided , however , that in the event of a sale of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company or any direct or indirect division or subsidiary thereof to which Executives employment primarily relates, the Company may provide that this Agreement will be assigned to, and assumed by, the acquiror of such assets, division or subsidiary, as applicable, without Executives consent. Other than with respect to equity compensation issued by the Current Parent, the Company shall have the sole obligation or liability with respect to any compensation (whether due but unpaid or not yet due) to Executive, and, with respect to such equity compensation from the Current Parent, all obligations will be assumed by the Company or otherwise treated as provided in connection with the Spinoff.
(b) Executive . Executives rights and obligations under this Agreement shall not be transferable by Executive by assignment or otherwise, without the prior written consent of the Company; provided , however , that if Executive shall die, all amounts then payable to Executive hereunder shall be paid in accordance with the terms of this Agreement to Executives devisee, legatee, or other designee, or if there be no such designee, to Executives estate.
(c) No Third-Party Beneficiaries . Except as otherwise set forth in Section 7(b) or Section 13(b) hereof, nothing expressed or referred to in this Agreement will be construed to give any Person other than the Company, the other members of the Company Group, and Executive any legal or equitable right, remedy, or claim under or with respect to this Agreement or any provision of this Agreement.
Section 14. Disputes; Legal Fees.
(a) Any dispute or controversy arising under or in connection with this Agreement shall be settled exclusively in the courts of the State of Delaware or if appropriate, a federal court located in the State of Delaware (which courts, for purposes of this Agreement and the Release of Claims, are the only courts of competent jurisdiction). The parties hereto irrevocably agree to submit to the jurisdiction and venue of the courts (or federal courts) of the State of Delaware in any action or proceeding brought with respect to or in connection with this Agreement. In the event of any material contest or dispute relating to this Agreement or the termination of Executives employment hereunder, each of the parties shall bear its own costs and expenses, except that the Company agrees to promptly reimburse Executive for his costs and expenses (including reasonable attorneys fees and expenses) incurred by Executive in connection with such contest or dispute, in the event that Executive substantially prevails in such contest or dispute. Any reimbursements that become payable pursuant to the preceding sentence shall be paid within 15 days following receipt of an appropriately detailed invoice.
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(b) Legal Fees Incurred in Negotiating the Agreement . The Company shall pay or Executive shall be reimbursed for Executives reasonable legal fees incurred in negotiating and drafting this Agreement up to a maximum of $20,000.00, provided that any such payment shall be made within thirty (30) days following the Initial Commencement date.
Section 15. Waiver and Amendments.
Any waiver, alteration, amendment, or modification of any of the terms of this Agreement shall be valid only if made in writing and signed by each of the parties hereto; provided , however , that any such waiver, alteration, amendment, or modification must be consented to on the Companys behalf by the Compensation Committee and the Board. No waiver by either of the parties hereto of their rights hereunder shall be deemed to constitute a waiver with respect to any subsequent occurrences or transactions hereunder unless such waiver specifically states that it is to be construed as a continuing waiver.
Section 16. Severability.
If any covenants or such other provisions of this Agreement are found to be invalid or unenforceable by a final determination of a court of competent jurisdiction, (a) the remaining terms and provisions hereof shall be unimpaired, and (b) the invalid or unenforceable term or provision hereof shall be deemed replaced by 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 hereof.
Section 17. Governing Law; Waiver of Jury Trial.
THIS AGREEMENT IS GOVERNED BY AND IS TO BE CONSTRUED UNDER THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE WITHOUT GIVING EFFECT TO THE PRINCIPLES OF CONFLICTS OF LAWS. EACH PARTY TO THIS AGREEMENT ALSO HEREBY WAIVES ANY RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY IN CONNECTION WITH ANY SUIT, ACTION, OR PROCEEDING UNDER OR IN CONNECTION WITH THIS AGREEMENT.
Section 18. Notices.
(a) Place of Delivery . Every notice or other communication relating to this Agreement shall be in writing, and shall be mailed to or delivered to the party for whom or which it is intended at such address as may from time to time be designated by it in a notice mailed or delivered to the other party as herein provided; provided , that unless and until some other address be so designated, all notices and communications by Executive to the Company shall be mailed or delivered to the Company at its principal executive office to the attention of the General Counsel, and all notices and communications by the Company to Executive may be given to Executive personally or may be mailed to Executive at Executives last known address, as reflected in the Companys records.
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(b) Date of Delivery . Any notice so addressed shall be deemed to be given (i) if delivered by hand, on the date of such delivery, (ii) if mailed by courier or by overnight mail, on the first business day following the date of such mailing, and (iii) if mailed by registered or certified mail, on the third business day after the date of such mailing.
Section 19. Section Headings.
The headings of the sections and subsections of this Agreement are inserted for convenience only and shall not be deemed to constitute a part thereof or affect the meaning or interpretation of this Agreement or of any term or provision hereof.
Section 20. Entire Agreement.
This Agreement, together with any exhibits and appendices attached hereto and any equity award grants referenced herein to be made by the Company to Executive, constitutes the entire understanding and agreement of the parties hereto regarding the employment of Executive. This Agreement supersedes all prior negotiations, discussions, correspondence, communications, understandings, and agreements between the parties relating to the subject matter of this Agreement.
Section 21. Survival of Operative Sections.
Upon any termination of Executives employment, the provisions of Section 7 through Section 21 of this Agreement (together with any related definitions set forth in Section 1 hereof) shall survive to the extent necessary to give effect to the provisions thereof.
Section 22. Counterparts.
This Agreement may be executed in two or more counterparts, each of which shall be deemed to be an original but all of which together shall constitute one and the same instrument. The execution of this Agreement may be by actual or facsimile signature.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have executed this Agreement as of the date first above written.
HILTON WORLDWIDE, INC. |
/s/ Matthew W. Schuyler |
Matthew W. Schuyler |
Executive Vice President and Chief Human Resources Officer |
EXECUTIVE |
/s/ Thomas J. Baltimore, Jr. |
Thomas J. Baltimore, Jr. |
SCHEDULE I
Board Service
Duke Realty Corporation (NYSE: DRE)
Prudential Financial Inc. (NYSE: PRU)
APPENDIX A
Definitions
(a) Accrued Rights shall mean (i) all accrued but unpaid Base Salary through the date of termination of Executives employment, (ii) any accrued but unpaid Annual Bonus that is required to be paid in accordance with the terms of the Annual Bonus Plan, (iii) any unpaid or unreimbursed expenses incurred in accordance with Section 6 hereof, and (iv) any benefits provided under the Companys employee benefit plans or any incentive plans upon a termination of employment, including rights with respect to Company equity (or equity derivatives), in accordance with the terms contained therein.
(b) Agreement shall have the meaning set forth in the preamble hereto.
(c) Annual Bonus shall have the meaning set forth in Section 4(b) hereof.
(d) Base Salary shall mean the salary provided for in Section 4(a).
(e) Board shall mean the Board of Directors of Hilton Worldwide Holdings, Inc. until the Spinoff Date and the Board of Directors of the Company thereafter.
(f) Cause shall mean (i) Executives act(s) of gross negligence or willful misconduct in the course of Executives employment hereunder, (ii) willful failure or refusal by Executive (or Executives inability, as a result of circumstances described in clause (v) of this definition) to perform in any material respect his duties or responsibilities, (iii) misappropriation (or attempted misappropriation) by Executive of any assets or business opportunities of the Company or any other member of the Company Group, (iv) embezzlement or fraud committed (or attempted) by Executive, or at his direction, (v) Executives conviction of, indictment for, or pleading guilty or no contest to, (x) a felony or (y) any other criminal charge involving moral turpitude that has, or could be reasonably expected to have, an adverse impact on the performance of Executives duties to the Company or any other member of the Company Group or otherwise result in injury to the reputation or business of the Company or any other member of the Company Group, (vi) any violation by Executive of the policies of the Company, including but not limited to those relating to sexual harassment or business conduct, and those otherwise set forth in the manuals or statements of policy of the Company, which causes material harm to the Company (vii) Executives material breach of this Agreement or breach of the Restrictive Covenants contained in Appendix B or any other similar restrictive covenants contained in any other agreement between Executive and any member of the Company Group, or (viii) Executives breach of the representations in Sections 10(b)-(d) or any action taken during employment that violates such representations as though such representations had been made immediately after such action; provided that, for the avoidance of doubt, the adverse performance of the Company alone (other than as a result of, arising out of or in connection with circumstances described in clauses (i) through (vii), inclusive, of this definition) shall not constitute grounds for termination of Executives employment for Cause.
For purposes of this Section (f), no act or failure to act by Executive shall be considered willful unless it is done, or omitted to be done, in bad faith and without reasonable belief that
Executives action or omission was in the best interests of the Company. Any action or inaction of Executive taken in reliance on the advice of the Companys legal counsel shall be considered to have been taken or not taken in good faith, and not in bad faith.
(g) Change in Control shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the Hilton Worldwide Holdings, Inc. 2013 Omnibus Incentive Plan, as amended from time to time (or any successor plan).
(h) Code shall mean the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.
(i) Company shall have the meaning set forth in the preamble hereto.
(j) Company Group shall mean the Company together with any of its direct or indirect subsidiaries.
(k) Compensation Committee shall mean the committee (of the applicable Board) designated to make compensation decisions relating to senior executive officers of the Company.
(l) Delay Period shall have the meaning set forth in Section 12 hereof.
(m) Disability shall mean any physical or mental disability or infirmity of Executive that prevents, with reasonable accommodation to the extent required by applicable law, the performance of Executives duties for a period of (i) one hundred twenty (120) consecutive days or (ii) one hundred eighty (180) non-consecutive days during any twelve (12) month period. Any question as to the existence, extent, or potentiality of Executives Disability upon which Executive and the Company cannot agree shall be determined by a qualified, independent physician selected by the Company and approved by Executive (which approval shall not be unreasonably withheld). The determination of any such physician shall be final and conclusive for all purposes of this Agreement.
(n) Executive shall have the meaning set forth in the preamble hereto.
(o) Excise Tax shall have the meaning set forth in Section 8 hereto.
(p) Good Reason shall mean, without Executives consent, (i) a material diminution in Executives title, duties, or responsibilities as set forth in Section 3 hereof (providing that his remaining Executive Adviser-Real Estate of the Company and not being promoted to Chief Executive Officer of the Company shall not be material diminution unless and until the Spinoff occurs and he is not promptly thereafter promoted to Chief Executive Officer), (ii) a material reduction in Base Salary set forth in Section 4(a) hereof or Target Annual Bonus opportunity set forth in Section 4(b) hereof (other than pursuant to an across-the-board reduction applicable to all similarly situated executives), (iii) the relocation of Executives principal place of employment by more than fifty (50) miles from the Companys headquarters, or such other place of employment at which Executive has agreed to be based, or (iv) any other material breach of a provision of this Agreement by the Company (other than a provision that is covered
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by clause (i), (ii), or (iii) above). Executive acknowledges and agrees that his exclusive remedy in the event of any breach of this Agreement shall be to assert Good Reason pursuant to the terms and conditions of Section 7(e) hereof. Notwithstanding the foregoing, during the Term of Employment, in the event that the Board reasonably believes that Executive may have engaged in conduct that could constitute Cause hereunder, the Board may, in its sole and absolute discretion, suspend Executive from performing his duties hereunder, and in no event shall any such suspension constitute an event pursuant to which Executive may terminate employment with Good Reason or otherwise constitute a breach hereunder; provided , that no such suspension shall alter the Companys obligations under this Agreement during such period of suspension.
(q) Independent Advisor shall have the meaning set forth in Section 8 hereto.
(r) IRS shall have the meaning set forth in Section 8 hereto.
(s) Notice of Termination shall have the meaning set forth in Section 7(h) hereto.
(t) Payments shall have the meaning set forth in Section 8 hereto.
(u) Person shall mean any individual, corporation, partnership, limited liability company, joint venture, association, joint-stock company, trust (charitable or non-charitable), unincorporated organization, or other form of business entity.
(v) Pro Rata Bonus shall have the meaning set forth in Section 7(b) hereof.
(w) Reduced Amount shall have the meaning set forth in Section 8 hereto.
(x) Release of Claims shall mean Executives release of claims, confirmation of continued compliance with restrictive covenants, and post-employment cooperation on a form with customary terms to be supplied by the Company at or promptly following the Date of Termination.
(y) Repayment Amount shall have the meaning set forth in Section 8 hereto.
(z) Restrictive Covenants shall mean the restrictive covenants contained in Appendix B attached hereto.
(aa) Severance Benefits shall have the meaning set forth in Section 7(g) hereof.
(bb) Target Annual Bonus shall have the meaning set forth in Section 4(b) hereof.
(cc) Term of Employment shall mean the period specified in Section 2 hereof.
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APPENDIX B
Restrictive Covenants
1. Non-Competition; Non-Solicitation .
(a) Executive acknowledges and recognizes the highly competitive nature of the businesses of the Company and its affiliates and accordingly agrees as follows:
(i) During Executives employment with the Company or its subsidiaries and for a period of the greater of 18 months following the date Executive ceases to be employed by the Company or its subsidiaries (the Restricted Period ), Executive will not, whether on Executives own behalf or on behalf of or in conjunction with any person, firm, partnership, joint venture, association, corporation or other business organization, entity or enterprise whatsoever ( Person ), directly or indirectly solicit or assist in soliciting in competition with the Restricted Group in the Business, the business of any then current or prospective client or customer with whom Executive (or his direct reports) had personal contact or dealings on behalf of the Company during the one-year period preceding Executives termination of employment.
(ii) During the Restricted Period, Executive will not directly or indirectly:
(A) enter the employ of, or render any services to, a Core Competitor, except where such employment or services do not relate in any manner to the Business;
(B) acquire a financial interest in, or otherwise become actively involved with, any Person engaged in the Business, directly or indirectly, as an individual, partner, shareholder, officer, director, principal, agent, trustee or consultant; or
(C) intentionally and adversely interfere with, or attempt to adversely interfere with, business relationships between the members of the Restricted Group and any of their clients, customers, suppliers, partners, members or investors.
(iii) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Appendix B, Executive may, directly or indirectly own, solely as an investment, securities of any Person engaged in a Business (including, without limitation, a Core Competitor) which are publicly traded on a national or regional stock exchange or on the over-the-counter market if Executive (i) is not a controlling person of, or a member of a group which controls, such person and (ii) does not, directly or indirectly, own 2% or more of any class of securities of such Person.
(iv) During Executives employment with the Company Group and for a period of the 18 months from the date Executive ceases to be employed by the Company or its subsidiaries, Executive will not, whether on Executives own behalf or on behalf of or in conjunction with any Person, directly or indirectly:
(A) solicit or encourage any employee of the Restricted Group to leave the employment of the Restricted Group;
(B) hire any executive-level employee who was employed by the Restricted Group as of the date of Executives termination of employment with the Company or who left the employment of the Restricted Group coincident with, or within one year prior to or after, the termination of Executives employment with the Company; or
(C) encourage any material consultant of the Restricted Group to cease working with the Restricted Group.
(v) For purposes of this Appendix B:
(A) Restricted Group shall mean, collectively, the Company and its subsidiaries and, to the extent engaged in the Business, their respective affiliates.
(B) Business shall mean the business of lodging real estate and acquiring controlling investments in owning, operating, and managing hotel and lodging properties.
(C) Core Competitor shall mean any major lodging real estate company or global hotel brand engaged in the Business.
(b) Non-Disparagement . Executive will not at any time (whether during or after Executives employment with the Company Group) make public statements or public comments intended to be (or having the effect of being) of a defamatory or disparaging nature regarding (including, without limitation, any statements or comments, whether in person, radio, television, film, social media or otherwise, that are (i) likely to be harmful to the business, business reputation or personal reputation of or (ii) for, on behalf of or in association with any trade, industry, activist or other advocacy group that has, at any time, made adverse or critical statements in relation to) the Company or any of its subsidiaries or affiliates or any of their respective businesses, shareholders, members, partners, employees, agents, officers, directors or contractors (it being understood that comments made in Executives good faith performance of his duties hereunder shall not be deemed disparaging or defamatory for purposes of this paragraph). The Company (via any official statement) shall not, and shall instruct its executive officers and directors to not, at any time make any public statements or public release which is intended to be (or having the effect of being) of defamatory or disparaging nature regarding Executives reputation in the business community (it being understood that comments made by the Company in the good faith and in ordinary course of business shall not be deemed disparaging or defamatory for purposes of this paragraph). Notwithstanding anything in this Section 1(b), either Executive or the Company (including its officers and directors) shall be permitted to (x) provide a reasonable and truthful response to or statement to defend itself or him/herself against any public statement made by the Company or Executive, as applicable, that is incorrect or disparages such person, to the extent necessary to correct or refute such public statement and (y) provide truthful testimony in any legal proceeding or process. For the
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avoidance of doubt, and notwithstanding the foregoing, nothing in this Agreement shall prohibit Executive from communicating with a government agency, regulator or legal authority concerning any possible violations of federal or state law or regulation prevent or limit Executive from discussing his terms and conditions of employment. Nothing in this Agreement, however, authorizes the disclosure of information Executive obtained through a communication that was subject to the attorney-client privilege, unless disclosure of the information would otherwise be permitted by an applicable law or rule.
(c) It is expressly understood and agreed that, although Executive and the Company consider the restrictions contained in this Section 1 to be reasonable, if a final judicial determination is made by a court of competent jurisdiction that the time or territory or any other restriction contained in this Appendix B is an unenforceable restriction against Executive, the provisions of this Appendix B shall not be rendered void but shall be deemed amended to apply as to such maximum time and territory and to such maximum extent as such court may judicially determine or indicate to be enforceable. Alternatively, if any court of competent jurisdiction finds that any restriction contained in this Appendix B is unenforceable, and such restriction cannot be amended so as to make it enforceable, such finding shall not affect the enforceability of any of the other restrictions contained herein.
(d) The period of time during which the provisions of this Section 1 shall be in effect shall be extended by the length of time during which Executive is in breach of the terms hereof as determined by any court of competent jurisdiction on the Companys application for injunctive relief.
(e) The provisions of Section 1 hereof shall survive the termination of Executives employment for any reason, including but not limited to, any termination other than for Cause (except as otherwise set forth in Section 1 hereof).
2. Confidentiality; Intellectual Property .
(a) Confidentiality .
(i) Executive will not at any time (whether during or after Executives employment with the Company Group) (x) retain or use for the benefit, purposes or account of Executive or any other Person; or (y) disclose, divulge, reveal, communicate, share, transfer or provide access to any Person outside the Company (other than its professional advisers who are bound by confidentiality obligations or otherwise in performance of Executives duties under Executives employment and pursuant to customary industry practice), any non-public, proprietary or confidential information including without limitation trade secrets, know-how, research and development, software, databases, inventions, processes, formulae, technology, designs and other intellectual property, information concerning finances, investments, profits, pricing, costs, products, services, vendors, customers, clients, partners, investors, personnel, compensation, recruiting, training, advertising, sales, marketing, promotions, government and regulatory activities and approvals, and safety practices, protocols, policies, or procedures concerning the past, current or future business, activities and operations of
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the Company, its subsidiaries or affiliates and/or any third party that has disclosed or provided any of same to the Company on a confidential basis ( Confidential Information ) without the prior written authorization of the Board.
(ii) Confidential Information shall not include any information that is (a) generally known to the industry or the public other than as a result of Executives breach of this covenant; (b) made legitimately available to Executive by a third party without breach of any confidentiality obligation of which Executive has knowledge; or (c) required by law to be disclosed; provided that with respect to subsection (c) Executive shall give prompt written notice to the Company of such requirement, disclose no more information than is so required, and reasonably cooperate with any attempts by the Company to obtain a protective order or similar treatment.
(iii) Except as required by law, Executive will not disclose to anyone, other than Executives family (it being understood that, in this Agreement, the term family refers to Executive, Executives spouse, children, parents and spouses parents) and advisors, the existence or contents of this Agreement; provided that Executive may disclose to any prospective future employer the provisions of this Appendix B. This Section 2(a)(iii) shall terminate if the Company publicly discloses a copy of this Agreement (or, if the Company publicly discloses summaries or excerpts of this Agreement, to the extent so disclosed).
(iv) Upon termination of Executives employment with the Company for any reason, Executive shall (x) cease and not thereafter commence use of any Confidential Information or intellectual property (including without limitation, any patent, invention, copyright, trade secret, trademark, trade name, logo, domain name or other source indicator) owned or used by the Company, its subsidiaries or affiliates; and (y) immediately destroy, delete, or return to the Company, at the Companys option, all originals and copies in any form or medium (including memoranda, books, papers, plans, computer files, letters and other data) in Executives possession or control (including any of the foregoing stored or located in Executives office, home, laptop or other computer, whether or not Company property) that contain Confidential Information, except that Executive may retain only those portions of any personal notes, notebooks and diaries that do not contain any Confidential Information.
(b) Intellectual Property .
(i) If Executive has created, invented, designed, developed, contributed to or improved any works of authorship, inventions, intellectual property, materials, documents or other work product (including without limitation, research, reports, software, databases, systems, applications, presentations, textual works, content, or audiovisual materials) ( Works ), either alone or with third parties, prior to Executives employment by the Company, that are relevant to or implicated by such employment and in which Executive has exclusive, unfettered ownership ( Prior Works ), Executive hereby grants the Company a perpetual, non-exclusive, royalty-free, worldwide, assignable, sublicensable license under all rights and intellectual property rights
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(including rights under patent, industrial property, copyright, trademark, trade secret, unfair competition and related laws) therein for all purposes in connection with the Companys current and future business.
(ii) If Executive creates, invents, designs, develops, contributes to or improves any Works, either alone or with third parties, at any time during Executives employment by the Company and within the scope of such employment and with the use of any Company resources ( Company Works ), Executive shall promptly and fully disclose same to the Company and hereby irrevocably assigns, transfers and conveys, to the maximum extent permitted by applicable law, all rights and intellectual property rights therein (including rights under patent, industrial property, copyright, trademark, trade secret, unfair competition and related laws) to the Company to the extent ownership of any such rights does not vest originally in the Company.
(iii) Executive shall take all reasonably requested actions and execute all reasonably requested documents (including any licenses or assignments required by a government contract) at the Companys expense (but without further remuneration) to assist the Company in validating, maintaining, protecting, enforcing, perfecting, recording, patenting or registering any of the Companys rights in the Prior Works and Company Works. If the Company is unable for any other reason, after reasonable attempt, to secure Executives signature on any document for this purpose, then Executive hereby irrevocably designates and appoints the Company and its duly authorized officers and agents as Executives agent and attorney in fact, to act for and in Executives behalf and stead to execute any documents and to do all other lawfully permitted acts required in connection with the foregoing. Executive also waives any moral rights to Prior Works and Company Works.
(iv) Executive shall not improperly use for the benefit of, bring to any premises of, divulge, disclose, communicate, reveal, transfer or provide access to, or share with the Company any confidential, proprietary or non-public information or intellectual property relating to a former employer or other third party without the prior written permission of such third party. Executive shall comply with all relevant policies and guidelines of the Company that are from time to time previously disclosed to Executive, including regarding the protection of Confidential Information and intellectual property and potential conflicts of interest. Executive acknowledges that the Company may amend any such policies and guidelines from time to time, and that Executive remains at all times bound by their most current version from time to time previously disclosed to Executive.
(v) The provisions of Section 2 hereof shall survive the termination of Executives employment for any reason (except as otherwise set forth in Section 2(a)(iii) hereof).
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Exhibit 10.11
FORM OF PARK HOTELS & RESORTS INC.
2016 STOCK PLAN FOR NON-EMPLOYEE DIRECTORS
1. Purpose . The purpose of the Park Hotels & Resorts Inc. 2016 Stock Plan for Non-Employee Directors is to provide a means through which the Company and the other members of the Company Group may attract and retain members of the board of directors of the Company and to provide a means whereby members of the board of directors of the Company can acquire and maintain an equity interest in the Company, thereby strengthening their commitment to the welfare of the Company Group and aligning their interests with those of the Companys stockholders.
2. Definitions . The following definitions shall be applicable throughout the Plan.
(a) Absolute Share Limit has the meaning given to such term in Section 5(b) of the Plan.
(b) Adjustment Event has the meaning given to such term in Section 11(a) of the Plan.
(c) Affiliate means any Person that directly or indirectly controls, is controlled by or is under common control with the Company. The term control (including, with correlative meaning, the terms controlled by and under common control with), as applied to any Person, means the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of such Person, whether through the ownership of voting or other securities, by contract or otherwise.
(d) Award means, individually or collectively, any Option, Stock Appreciation Right, Restricted Stock, Restricted Stock Unit, and Other Equity-Based Award.
(e) Award Agreement means the document or documents by which each Award is evidenced, which may be in written or electronic form.
(f) Board means the Board of Directors of the Company.
(g) Cause means, in the case of a particular Award, unless the applicable Award Agreement states otherwise, a good faith determination of the Committee or its designee that (i) there is cause to terminate a Participants service as a non-employee director of the Board, as defined in and in accordance with any consulting or other agreement between the Participant and any member of the Company Group or an Affiliate in effect at the time of such termination or (ii) in the absence of any such agreement (or the absence of any definition of Cause contained therein), any of the following has occurred with respect to a Participant: (A) such Participant has failed to reasonably perform his or her duties to any member of the Company Group, or has failed to follow the lawful instructions of the Board, in each case other than as a result of his or her incapacity due to physical or mental illness or injury, in a manner that could reasonably be expected to result in harm (whether financially, reputationally or otherwise) to any member of the Company Group or an Affiliate, following notice by the Company Group or
such Affiliate of such failure, (B) such Participant has engaged or is about to engage in conduct harmful (whether financially, reputationally or otherwise) to any member of the Company Group or an Affiliate, (C) such Participant has been convicted of, or pled guilty or no contest to, a felony or any crime involving as a material element fraud or dishonesty, (D) the willful misconduct or gross neglect of such Participant that could reasonably be expected to result in harm (whether financially, reputationally or otherwise) to any member of the Company Group or an Affiliate, (E) the willful violation by such Participant of the written policies of any member of the Company Group or any applicable written policies of any member of the Company Group that could reasonably be expected to result in harm (whether financially, reputationally or otherwise) to any member of the Company Group or an Affiliate; (F) such Participants fraud or misappropriation, embezzlement or misuse of funds or property belonging to the Company Group or an Affiliate (other than good faith expense account disputes); (G) such Participants act of personal dishonesty which involves personal profit in connection with such Participants service as a non-employee director of the Board, or (H) the willful breach by such Participant of fiduciary duty owed to any member of the Company Group.
(h) Change in Control shall have the meaning set forth in the Companys 2016 Omnibus Incentive Plan (as amended, modified, or supplemented from time to time).
(i) Code means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, and any successor thereto. Reference in the Plan to any section of the Code shall be deemed to include any regulations or other interpretative guidance under such section, and any amendments or successor provisions to such section, regulations or guidance.
(j) Committee means the Board or any properly delegated subcommittee thereof.
(k) Common Stock means the common stock of the Company, par value $0.01 per share (and any stock or other securities into which such Common Stock may be converted or into which it may be exchanged).
(l) Company means Park Hotels & Resorts Inc., a Delaware corporation, and any successor thereto.
(m) Company Group means, collectively, the Company and its Subsidiaries.
(n) Date of Grant means the date on which the granting of an Award is authorized, or such other date as may be specified in such authorization.
(o) Disability means, unless in the case of a particular Award the applicable Award Agreement states otherwise, the Company or an Affiliate having cause to terminate a Participants service on account of disability, as defined in any then-existing consulting or other similar agreement between the Participant and the Company or an Affiliate or, in the absence of such an agreement (or the absence of any definition of Disability contained therein), the complete and permanent inability by reason of illness or accident to perform the duties of the occupation at which a Participant was employed or served when such disability commenced. Any determination of whether Disability exists shall be made by the Committee (or its designee) in its sole discretion.
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(p) Effective Date means , 20 .
(q) Eligible Director means a member of the Board, elected or appointed, who is not also an employee of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or Affiliates. An individual who is elected to the Board at an annual meeting of the shareholders of the Company shall be deemed to be a member of the Board as of the date of such meeting.
(r) Exchange Act means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and any successor thereto. Reference in the Plan to any section of (or rule promulgated under) the Exchange Act shall be deemed to include any rules, regulations or other interpretative guidance under such section or rule, and any amendments or successor provisions to such section, rules, regulations or guidance.
(s) Exercise Price has the meaning given to such term in Section 7(b) of the Plan.
(t) Fair Market Value means, on a given date, (i) if the Common Stock is listed on a national securities exchange, the closing sales price of the Common Stock reported on the primary exchange on which the Common Stock is listed and traded on such date, or, if there are no such sales on that date, then on the last preceding date on which such sales were reported; (ii) if the Common Stock is not listed on any national securities exchange but is quoted in an inter-dealer quotation system on a last sale basis, the average between the closing bid price and ask price reported on such date, or, if there is no such sale on that date, then on the last preceding date on which a sale was reported; or (iii) if the Common Stock is not listed on a national securities exchange or quoted in an inter-dealer quotation system on a last sale basis, the amount determined by the Committee in good faith to be the fair market value of the Common Stock.
(u) GAAP has the meaning given to such term in Section 7(d) of the Plan.