As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on September 30, 2014
File No. 001-36454


UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

AMENDMENT NO. 4 TO

FORM 10


GENERAL FORM FOR REGISTRATION OF SECURITIES
Pursuant to Section 12(b) or (g) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
KIMBALL ELECTRONICS, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Indiana
 
35-2047713

(State or other jurisdiction
of incorporation or organization)
 
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)

1600 Royal Street
Jasper, Indiana
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
 

47549-1001
(Zip Code)

(812) 482-1600
(Registrant's Telephone number, including area code)


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 Each Class is to be Registered
Common Stock, no par value per share
 
The NASDAQ Stock Market LLC
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 definition of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer” and “smaller reporting company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.
Large accelerated filer  o                                                                                        Accelerated filer  o
 
Non-accelerated filer  x  (Do not check if a smaller reporting company)            Smaller reporting company  o





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,” “Business,” “Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations,” “Certain Relationships and Related Party Transactions” and “Where You Can Find More Information” 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 “Selected Historical Condensed Combined Financial Data,” “Unaudited Pro Forma Combined Financial Data,” “Capitalization,” and “Management's 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 section “Business — Properties” of the Information Statement. That section is 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.
I tem 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,” “Compensation Discussion and Analysis” and “Executive Officer and Director Compensation” of the Information Statement. Those sections are incorporated herein by reference.
Item 7. Certain Relationships and Related Transactions, and Director Independenc e
The information required by this item is contained under the sections “Management” 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 — Legal Proceedings” of the Information Statement. That section is incorporated herein by reference.
Item 9. Market Price of and Dividends on the Registrant's Common Equity and Related Stockholder Matters
The information required by this item is contained under the sections “Risk Factors,” “The Spin-Off,” “Dividend Policy,” “Trading Market” and “Description of Capital Stock” of the Information Statement. Those sections are incorporated herein by reference.
Item 10. Recent Sales of Unregistered Securities
None.





Item 11. Description of Registrant's Securities to be Registered
The information required by this item is contained under the sections “Risk Factors,” “Dividend 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 Transactions” and “Description of Capital Stock” 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 “Unaudited Pro Forma Combined Financial Data,” “Management's 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
2.1
 
Form of Separation and Distribution Agreement by and between Kimball International, Inc. and Kimball Electronics, Inc. **
3.1
 
Form of Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation of Kimball Electronics, Inc. ***
3.2
 
Form of Amended and Restated By-laws of Kimball Electronics, Inc. ***
10.1
 
Form of Employee Matters Agreement between Kimball International, Inc. and Kimball Electronics, Inc. ***
10.2
 
Form of Tax Matters Agreement by and among Kimball International, Inc. and Kimball Electronics, Inc. ***
10.3
 
Form of Long-Term Performance Share Award Agreement ***
10.4
 
Form of Transition Services Agreement by and between Kimball International, Inc. and Kimball Electronics, Inc. ***
10.5
 
Form of Employment Agreement with Named Executive Officers ***
10.6
 
Form of Credit Agreement among Kimball Electronics, Inc., the Lenders party thereto, and JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association, as administrative agent**
10.7
 
2014 Stock Option and Incentive Plan ***
10.8
 
Supplemental Employee Retirement Plan ***
10.9
 
Form of Annual Performance Share Award Agreement ***
10.10
 
Description of the Kimball Electronics, Inc. 2014 Profit Sharing Incentive Bonus Plan **
21.1
 
List of subsidiaries of Kimball Electronics, Inc. ***
99.1
 
Preliminary Information Statement of Kimball Electronics, Inc., subject to completion, dated September 30, 2014 **
99.2
 
Form of Notice of Internet Availability of Information Statement Materials **
** Filed herewith.
*** Previously filed on September 4, 2014.





SIGNATURE
Pursuant to the requirements of Section 12 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this Registration Statement on Form 10 to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.
 
KIMBALL ELECTRONICS, INC.
 
 
 
 
By:
/s/ DONALD D. CHARRON
Name:
Donald D. Charron
Title:
President, Chief Executive Officer
 
 

Dated: September 30, 2014





EXHIBIT INDEX
Exhibit No.
 
Description
2.1
 
Form of Separation and Distribution Agreement by and between Kimball International, Inc. and Kimball Electronics, Inc. **
3.1
 
Form of Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation of Kimball Electronics, Inc. ***
3.2
 
Form of Amended and Restated By-laws of Kimball Electronics, Inc. ***
10.1
 
Form of Employee Matters Agreement between Kimball International, Inc. and Kimball Electronics, Inc. ***
10.2
 
Form of Tax Matters Agreement by and among Kimball International, Inc. and Kimball Electronics, Inc. ***
10.3
 
Form of Long-Term Performance Share Award Agreement ***
10.4
 
Form of Transition Services Agreement by and between Kimball International, Inc. and Kimball Electronics, Inc. ***
10.5
 
Form of Employment Agreement with Named Executive Officers ***
10.6
 
Form of Credit Agreement among Kimball Electronics, Inc., the Lenders party thereto, and JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association, as administrative agent**
10.7
 
2014 Stock Option and Incentive Plan ***
10.8
 
Supplemental Employee Retirement Plan ***
10.9
 
Form of Annual Performance Share Award Agreement***
10.10
 
Description of the Kimball Electronics, Inc. 2014 Profit Sharing Incentive Bonus Plan **
21.1
 
List of subsidiaries of Kimball Electronics, Inc. ***
99.1
 
Preliminary Information Statement of Kimball Electronics, Inc., subject to completion, dated September 30, 2014 **
99.2
 
Form of Notice of Internet Availability of Information Statement Materials **
** Filed herewith.
*** Previously filed on September 4, 2014.




Exhibit 2.1








SEPARATION AND DISTRIBUTION AGREEMENT
by and between
Kimball International, Inc.
and
Kimball Electronics, Inc.
Dated as of                      , 2014
                                                    





TABLE OF CONTENTS

 
Page
 
 
 
ARTICLE I DEFINITIONS AND INTERPRETATION
2
 
 
 
Section 1.1.
General
2
Section 1.2.
References; Interpretation
15
 
 
 
ARTICLE II THE SEPARATION
15
 
 
 
Section 2.1.
General
15
Section 2.2.
Transfer of Assets; Assumption of Liabilities
15
Section 2.3.
Treatment of Shared Contracts
16
Section 2.4.
Intercompany Accounts; Payments and Reimbursements Received After Effective Time.
17
Section 2.5.
Limitation of Liability; Intercompany Contracts
18
Section 2.6.
Transfers Not Effected at or Prior to the Effective Time; Transfers Deemed Effective as of the Effective Time
19
Section 2.7.
Conveyancing and Assumption Instruments
20
Section 2.8.
Further Assurances; Ancillary Agreements
21
Section 2.9.
Novation of Liabilities; Indemnification
22
  Section 2.10.
Guarantees
23
  Section 2.11.
Capital Contribution
24
  Section 2.12.
Disclaimer of Representations and Warranties
24
 
 
 
ARTICLE III CERTAIN ACTIONS AT OR PRIOR TO THE DISTRIBUTIONS
25
 
 
 
Section 3.1.
Recapitalization; Organizational Documents
25
Section 3.2.
Directors
25
Section 3.3.
Officers
25
Section 3.4.
Resignations and Removals
25
 
 
 
ARTICLE IV THE DISTRIBUTION
26
 
 
 
Section 4.1.
Stock Dividend to Kimball International Share Owners
26
Section 4.2.
Actions in Connection with the Distribution
26
Section 4.3.
Sole Discretion of Kimball International
27
Section 4.4.
Conditions to Distribution
28
 
 
 
ARTICLE V CERTAIN COVENANTS
29
 
 
 
Section 5.1.
No Solicit; No Hire
29
Section 5.2.
Intellectual Property
29
Section 5.3.
Cooperation
30
 
 
 
ARTICLE VI INDEMNIFICATION
30
 
 
 
Section 6.1.
Release of Pre-Distribution Claims
30
Section 6.2.
Indemnification by Kimball International
32
Section 6.3.
Indemnification by Kimball Electronics
32

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TABLE OF CONTENTS
(continued)
 
Page
 
 
 
Section 6.4.
Reserved
32
Section 6.5.
Procedures for Indemnification
32
Section 6.6.
Cooperation in Defense and Settlement
35
Section 6.7.
Indemnification Payments
35
Section 6.8.
Indemnification Obligations Net of Insurance Proceeds and Other Amounts
35
Section 6.9.
Additional Matters; Survival of Indemnities
36
 
 
 
ARTICLE VII PRESERVATION OF RECORDS; ACCESS TO INFORMATION;
 
                            CONFIDENTIALITY; PRIVILEGE
36
 
 
 
Section 7.1.
Preservation of Corporate Records
36
Section 7.2.
Financial Statements and Accounting
36
Section 7.3.
Provision of Corporate Records
38
Section 7.4.
Witness Services
39
Section 7.5.
Reimbursement; Other Matters
39
Section 7.6.
Confidentiality
40
Section 7.7.
Privilege Matters
41
Section 7.8.
Ownership of Information
43
Section 7.9.
Other Agreements
43
 
 
 
ARTICLE VIII DISPUTE RESOLUTION
43
 
 
 
Section 8.1.
Negotiation
43
Section 8.2.
Arbitration
43
Section 8.3.
Arbitration Period
44
Section 8.4.
Treatment of Negotiations and Arbitration
44
Section 8.5.
Expenses
44
Section 8.6.
Continuity of Service and Performance
44
 
 
 
ARTICLE IX INSURANCE
44
 
 
 
Section 9.1.
Policies and Rights Included Within Assets
44
Section 9.2.
Maintenance of Insurance for Kimball Electronics
45
Section 9.3.
Acquisition, Administration and Maintenance of Post Distribution Insurance by Kimball Electronics
45
Section 9.4.
Rights under Shared Policies
45
Section 9.5.
Post-Effective Time Claims
47
Section 9.6.
Administration; Other Matters
48
Section 9.7.
Agreement for Waiver of Conflict and Shared Defense
48
Section 9.8.
Agreement for Waiver of Conflict and Insurance Litigation and/or Recovery Efforts
48
Section 9.9.
Directors and Officers Liability Insurance
49
Section 9.10.
No Coverage for Post-Effective Occurrences
49

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TABLE OF CONTENTS
(continued)
 
Page
 
 
 
Section 9.11.
Cooperation
49
Section 9.12.
Kimball International as General Agent and Attorney-In-Fact
49
 Section 9.13.
Additional Premiums, Return Premiums and Pro Rata Cancellation Premium Credits
49
 Section 9.14.
Certain Matters Relating to Kimball International’s Organizational Documents
49
 
 
 
ARTICLE X MISCELLANEOUS
50
 
 
 
 Section 10.1.
Complete Agreement; Construction
50
Section 10.2.
Ancillary Agreements
50
Section 10.3.
Execution in Counterparts
50
Section 10.4.
Survival of Agreements
50
Section 10.5.
Expenses
50
Section 10.6.
Notices
51
Section 10.7.
Waivers
51
Section 10.8.
Assignment
51
Section 10.9.
Successors and Assigns
52
  Section 10.10.
Termination and Amendment
52
  Section 10.11.
Payment Terms
52
  Section 10.12.
No Circumvention
52
  Section 10.13.
Subsidiaries
52
  Section 10.14.
Third Party Beneficiaries
52
  Section 10.15.
Title and Headings
53
  Section 10.16.
Exhibits and Schedules
53
  Section 10.17.
Governing Law
53
  Section 10.18.
Consent to Jurisdiction
53
  Section 10.19.
Severability
53
  Section 10.20.
Force Majeure
54
  Section 10.21.
Interpretation
54
  Section 10.22.
No Duplication; No Double Recovery
54
  Section 10.23.
Tax Treatment of Payments
54
  Section 10.24.
No Waiver
54
  Section 10.25.
No Admission of Liability
55


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List of Schedules
 
 
 
Schedule 1.1(40)(i)
Kimball Electronics Business Units
Schedule 1.1(40)(iii)
Specified Kimball Electronics Assets
Schedule 1.1(40)(iv)
Kimball Electronics Owned Real Property
Schedule 1.1(40)(v)
Kimball Electronics Leased Real Property
Schedule 1.1(40)(ix)
Kimball Electronics Intellectual Property
Schedule 1.1(46)(iv)
Specified Kimball Electronics Liabilities
Schedule 1.1(46)(viii)
Kimball Electronics Discontinued Operations
Schedule 1.1(46)(xi)
Kimball Electronics Litigation and Disputes
Schedule 1.1(12)
Company Policies
Schedule 1.1(15)
Continuing Arrangements
Schedule 2.3(a)
Schedule 2.4(b)(ii)
Shared Contracts
Intercompany Agreements
Schedule 2.10(a)(i)
Certain Kimball International Guarantees
Schedule 2.10(a)(ii)
Certain Kimball Electronics Guarantees




SEPARATION AND DISTRIBUTION AGREEMENT
This SEPARATION AND DISTRIBUTION AGREEMENT (this “ Agreement ”), dated as of                 , 2014, is entered into by and between Kimball International, Inc. (“ Kimball International ”), a company organized under the laws of Indiana, and Kimball Electronics, Inc. (“ Kimball Electronics ”), a company organized under the laws of Indiana. As used herein, the term “ Party ” or “ Parties ” means Kimball International or Kimball Electronics, individually or collectively, as the case may be. Capitalized terms used and not otherwise defined herein shall have the meaning set forth in Section 1.1 .
W I T N E S S E T H:
WHEREAS, Kimball International, acting through its direct and indirect Subsidiaries, currently conducts the Retained Business and the Kimball Electronics Business;
WHEREAS, the Board of Directors of Kimball International (the “ Board ”) has determined that it is appropriate, desirable and in the best interests of Kimball International and its Share Owners to separate Kimball International into two separate, publicly traded companies, one for each of (i) the Retained Business, which shall be owned and conducted, directly or indirectly, by Kimball International, and (ii) the Kimball Electronics Business, which shall be owned and conducted, directly or indirectly, by Kimball Electronics;
WHEREAS, in order to effect such separation, the Board has determined that it is appropriate, desirable and in the best interests of Kimball International and its Share Owners for Kimball International to cause the Distribution Agent to issue pro rata to the Record Holders pursuant to the Distribution, all of the issued and outstanding Kimball Electronics Common Shares (the “ Distribution ”);
WHEREAS, it is the intention of the Parties that the Distribution qualify as tax-free to Kimball International under Section 355(c) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “ Code ”), and as tax-free to the Share Owners under Code Section 355(a) except to the extent of cash received in lieu of fractional shares.
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.

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(2) Affiliate ” shall mean, when used with respect to a specified Person, a Person that directly or indirectly, through one or more intermediaries, controls, is controlled by, or is under common control with, such specified Person. For the purposes of this definition, “ control ”, when used with respect to any specified 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 Group shall be deemed to be an Affiliate of another Party or member of such other Party’s Group by reason of having one or more directors in common or by reason of having been under the common control of Kimball International or Kimball International’s Share Owners prior to or, in the case of Kimball International’s Share Owners, after, the Effective Time.
(3) Ancillary Agreements ” shall mean the Conveyancing and Assumption Instruments, the Transition Services Agreement, the Employee Matters Agreement, the Tax Matters Agreement, and the Continuing Arrangements.
(4) Asset Transferors ” shall mean the entities transferring Assets to Kimball Electronics or Kimball International, as the case may be, or one of their respective Subsidiaries in order to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby.
(5) Assets ” shall mean all rights (including Intellectual Property), title and ownership interests in and to all properties, claims, Contracts, businesses, or assets (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 or intangible, whether accrued, contingent or otherwise, in each case, whether or not recorded or reflected on the books and records or financial statements of any Person. Except as otherwise specifically set forth herein or in the Tax Matters Agreement, the rights and obligations of the Parties with respect to Taxes shall be governed by the Tax Matters Agreement and, therefore, Taxes (including any Tax items or attributes) shall not be treated as Assets.
(6) Assume ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2.2(b) ; and the terms “ Assumed ” and “ Assumption ” shall have their correlative meanings.
(7) Business ” shall mean the Retained Business or the Kimball Electronics Business, as applicable.
(8) 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.
(9) Business Entity ” shall mean any corporation, partnership, limited liability company, joint venture or other entity which may legally hold title to Assets.
(10) 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 Kimball International by Kimball Electronics), management and defense of claims, the settlement of claims and providing for appropriate releases upon settlement of claims.
(11) Commission ” shall mean the United States Securities and Exchange Commission.

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(12) Company Policies ” shall mean all Policies, current or past, which are or at any time were maintained by or on behalf of or for the benefit or protection of Kimball International or any of its predecessors which relate to the Retained Business or the Kimball Electronics Business, or current or past directors, officers, employees or agents of any of the foregoing Businesses, including the Policies identified on Schedule 1.1(12) hereto.
(13) Confidential Information ” shall mean all non-public, confidential or proprietary Information concerning a Party, its Group and/or its Subsidiaries or their past, current or future activities, businesses, finances, assets, liabilities or operations, including any such Information that was acquired by any Party after the Effective Time pursuant to Section 2.6(d) , Article VII or otherwise in accordance with this Agreement, or that was provided to a Party by a third party in confidence, except for any Information that is (i) in the public domain or known to the public through no fault of the receiving Party or its Subsidiaries, (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. As used herein, by example and without limitation, “ Confidential Information ” shall mean any information of a Party intended or marked as confidential, proprietary and/or privileged, which may include: (a) any and all technical information relating to the design, operation, testing, test results, development, and manufacture of any Party's product (including, but not limited to, product specifications and documentation; engineering, design, and manufacturing drawings, diagrams, and illustrations; assembly code, software, firmware, programming data, pseudocode, databases, and all information referred to in the same); product costs, margins and pricing; as well as product marketing studies and strategies; (b) information, documents and materials relating to the Party’s financial condition, management and other business conditions, prospects, plans, procedures, infrastructure, security, information technology procedures and systems, and other business or operational affairs; (c) any information designated as pertaining to Intellectual Property, a trade secret and/or patentable invention; and (d) any other data or documentation resident, existing or otherwise provided in a database or in a storage medium, permanent or temporary, intended for confidential, proprietary and/or privileged use by a Party.
(14) Consents ” shall mean any consents, waivers or approvals from, or notification requirements to, any Person other than a Governmental Entity.
(15) Continuing Arrangements ” shall mean those arrangements set forth on Schedule 1.1(24) and such other commercial arrangements among the Parties that are intended to survive and continue following the Effective Time; provided, however, that for the avoidance of doubt, Continuing Arrangements shall not be Third Party Agreements.
(16) Contract ” shall mean any agreement, contract, subcontract, obligation, binding understanding, note, indenture, 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).
(17) Conveyancing and Assumption Instruments ” shall mean, collectively, the various Contracts 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, or

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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.
(18) 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.
(19) Distribution Agent ” shall mean Computershare Trust Company, N.A.
(20) Distribution Date ” shall mean the date, as shall be determined by the Board, on which the Distribution occurs.
(21)    “ Effective Time ” shall mean 5:00 p.m. , New York time, on the Distribution Date.
(22)    “ Employee Matters Agreement ” shall mean the Employee Matters Agreement by and between Kimball International and Kimball Electronics.
(23)    “ Environmental Laws ” shall mean all Laws relating to pollution, protection of the environment, or protection against harmful or deleterious substances.
(24)    “ FIFO Basis ” means, with respect to the payment of Unrelated Claims pursuant to the same Shared Policy, the payment in full of each successful claim (regardless of whether a Kimball International Insured Party or a Kimball Electronics Insured Party is the claimant) in the order in which such successful claim is approved by the insurance carrier, until the limit of the applicable Shared Policy is met.
(25)    “ Final Determination ” shall have the meaning set forth in the Tax Matters Agreement.
(26)    “ Financing ” shall mean (i) the Credit Agreement, dated as of                 , among Kimball Electronics, Inc., the Lenders Party Hereto and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Administrative Agent.
(27)    “ Force Majeure ” shall mean, with respect to a Party, an unforeseen and unavoidable major eruptive event beyond the control of such Party (or any Person acting on its behalf), such as 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.
(28)    “ Form 10 ” shall mean the registration statement on Form 10 (Registration No.                 ) filed by Kimball Electronics with the Commission under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, in connection with the Distribution, including any amendment or supplement thereto.

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(29)    “ 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.
(30)    “ 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.
(31)    “ Group ” shall mean (i) with respect to Kimball International, the Kimball International Group and (ii) with respect to Kimball Electronics, the Kimball Electronics Group.
(32)    “ 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 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, 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).
(33)    “ Indemnifiable Loss ” and “ Indemnifiable Losses ” shall mean any and all damages, losses, deficiencies, Liabilities, obligations, penalties, judgments, settlements, claims, payments, fines, interest, costs and expenses (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, reputational, indirect or punitive damages (other than special, 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)).
(34)    “ Information ” shall mean information, content, and data in written, oral, electronic, computerized, digital or other tangible or intangible 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, customer names and information (including prospects), communications, correspondence, materials, product data and literature, artwork, files, documents, policies (including copies of Policies and documentation related thereto), procedures and manuals, research and analyses of any nature, including operational, technical or legal and (ii) financial and business information, including earnings reports and forecasts,

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macro-economic reports and forecasts, all cost information (including supplier records and lists), sales and pricing data, business plans, market evaluations, surveys and credit-related information.
(35)    “ Information Statement ” shall mean the Information Statement attached as an exhibit to the Form 10 to be sent to the Share Owners in connection with the Distribution, including any amendment or supplement thereto.
(36)    “ 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.
(37)    “ 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.
(38)    “ 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, 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 copyrightable subject matter, including software, code, algorithms, databases, compilations and documentation, (iv) technology, trade secrets, know-how, processes, formulae, models, methodologies, discoveries, ideas, concepts, techniques, designs, specifications, data including electronic and stored data, drawings, blueprints, diagrams, models and prototypes, (v) moral rights and rights of privacy and publicity, (vi) all registrations, applications, continuations, continuations-in-part, divisionals, reissues, re-examinations, substitutions, renewals, extensions and foreign counterparts thereof and (vii) all rights and remedies against infringement, misappropriation, or other violation of the foregoing prior to the Effective Time.
(39)    “ Kimball Electronics Asset Transferee ” shall mean any Kimball Electronics Business Entity or Kimball Electronics Subsidiary to which Kimball Electronics Assets shall be or have been transferred by an Asset Transferor in order to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby.
(40)    “ Kimball Electronics Assets ” shall mean those Assets that are owned, leased or licensed, at or prior to the Effective Time, by Kimball International and/or any of its Subsidiaries, relating primarily to, used primarily in, or arising primarily from, the Kimball Electronics Business, and shall include:
(i) all Assets recorded or reflected on the books and records of the business units set forth on Schedule 1.1(39)(i) (the “ Kimball Electronics Business Units ”);
(ii) any and all Assets reflected on the Kimball Electronics Balance Sheet or the accounting records supporting such balance sheet and any Assets acquired by or for Kimball Electronics or any member of the Kimball Electronics Group subsequent to the date of the Kimball Electronics Balance Sheet which, had they been so acquired on or before such date and owned as of

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such date, would have been reflected on the Kimball Electronics Balance Sheet if prepared on a consistent basis, subject to any dispositions of any of such Assets subsequent to the date of the Kimball Electronics Balance Sheet;
(iii) the Assets set forth on Schedule 1.1(39)(iii) 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 or retained by any member of the Kimball Electronics Group (the “ Specified Kimball Electronics Assets ”);
(iv) all rights, title and interest in and to the owned real property set forth on Schedule 1.1(39)(iv) , including all land and land improvements, structures, buildings and building improvements, other improvements and appurtenances located thereon (the “ Kimball Electronics Owned Real Property ”);
(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(39)(v) including, to the extent provided for in the Kimball Electronics Leases, any land and land improvements, structures, buildings and building improvements, other improvements and appurtenances (the “ Kimball Electronics Leased Real Property ”);
(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 and communications equipment, tools, instruments, furniture, office equipment, automobiles, trucks and other transportation equipment, special and general tools and other tangible personal property located at a physical site of which the ownership or leasehold interest remains with or is being Transferred to a member of the Kimball Electronics Group, except as otherwise expressly provided in this Agreement or in the Transition Services Agreement;
(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 Kimball Electronics Business;
(viii) all Kimball Electronics Contracts and any rights or claims arising thereunder;
(ix) all Intellectual Property used exclusively by, the Kimball Electronics Business, including the registrations and applications set forth on Schedule 1.1(39)(ix) , subject, as applicable, to any License Agreement appurtenances (the “ Kimball Electronics Intellectual Property ”);
(x) all licenses, permits, registrations, 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 Kimball Electronics Business;
(xi) all Information (including information used in creating the Form 10) relating primarily to, used primarily in, or arising primarily from, the Kimball Electronics Business; provided, however, that to the extent any Information used in the Kimball Electronics Business is (A) commingled with information used in the Retained Business or (B) recorded in the Kimball

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International Group’s electronic systems, stored in facilities owned or leased by the Kimball International Group or stored in third party storage facilities pursuant to storage arrangements with the Kimball International Group, then (1) the original version of such Information shall be retained by Kimball International and all Parties shall have equal rights to use such information, (2) Kimball Electronics shall have the right to promptly access such Information and make reasonable copies thereof and (3) any such copies shall be included in the Kimball Electronics Assets; provided, further, with respect to clauses (A) and (B) of this Section 1.1(39)(xi) , that to the extent such copies shall not have been made prior to the Effective Time, subject to the reimbursement of the actual 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) incurred by the Party retaining the original version of such Information in providing access to such Information and to the other provisions of this Agreement, including Article VII, Kimball Electronics shall have the right to access such Information and make such copies at any time following the Effective Time and such copies shall be included in the Kimball Electronics Assets;
(xii) all deposits, prepaid expenses, letters of credit and performance and surety bonds relating primarily to, used primarily in, or arising primarily from, the Kimball Electronics Business;
(xiii) all bonds, notes, debentures or other debt securities issued by any Person and held by any member of the Kimball Electronics Group, all loans, advances or other extensions of credit or capital contributions to any Person on the books of any member of the Kimball Electronics Group and all other investments in securities of any Person held by any member of the Kimball Electronics Group;
(xiv) subject to Article IX, any rights of any member of the Kimball Electronics 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 Kimball International Group; and
(xv) any claims, counterclaims, setoffs, rights of recoupment, equity rights or defenses, whether known or unknown, that Kimball International and/or any of its Subsidiaries may have with respect to any Kimball Electronics Assets and Kimball Electronics Liabilities.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Kimball Electronics Assets shall not include any Assets that are expressly contemplated by this Agreement or by any Ancillary Agreement (or the Schedules hereto or thereto) as Assets to be retained by or Transferred to any member of the Kimball International Group.
(41)    “ Kimball Electronics Balance Sheet ” shall mean the pro forma balance sheet of the Kimball Electronics Group, including the notes thereto, as of June 30, 2014, as filed with the Form 10.

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(42)    “ Kimball Electronics Business ” shall mean the global contract electronic manufacturing services business segment of Kimball International conducted by the Kimball Electronics Business Units and those Business Entities and businesses acquired or established by or for Kimball Electronics or any of its Subsidiaries after the Effective Time.
(43)    “ Kimball Electronics Contracts ” shall mean the following Contracts to which Kimball International 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 Kimball International Group to the Kimball Electronics Group or (ii) that is expressly contemplated to be Transferred to (or remain with) any member of the Kimball International Group pursuant to any provision of this Agreement or any Ancillary Agreement:
(i)    any Contract that relates primarily to the Kimball Electronics Business, including any contract providing for the acquisition or disposition of a Kimball Electronics Business Unit or Kimball Electronics Assets;
(ii)    any Contract that relates primarily to the Kimball Electronics Business that was awarded after the Effective Date and for which the quotation, proposal, or bid was pending as of the date hereof;
(iii)    any Contract that represents or underlies any Kimball Electronics Assets or Kimball Electronics Liabilities; and
(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 any member of the Kimball Electronics Group.
(44)    “ Kimball Electronics Group ” shall mean Kimball Electronics and each Person that is a direct or indirect Subsidiary of Kimball Electronics immediately after the Effective Time, and each Person that becomes a Subsidiary of Kimball Electronics after the Effective Time, and shall include the Kimball Electronics Business Units.
(45)    “ Kimball Electronics Indemnitees ” shall mean each member of the Kimball Electronics Group and each of their respective Affiliates from and after the Effective Time and each member of the Kimball Electronics Group’s and such respective Affiliates’ respective current, former and future directors, officers, employees and agents and each of the heirs, administrators, executors, successors and assigns of any of the foregoing.
(46)    “ Kimball Electronics Insured Party ” means any member of the Kimball Electronics Group that is a named insured, additional named insured or insured under any Shared Policy.
(47)    “ Kimball Electronics Liabilities ” shall mean any and all Liabilities relating (a) primarily to, arising primarily out of or resulting primarily from, the operation or conduct of the

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Kimball Electronics 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, employee, agent or representative (whether or not such act or failure to act is or was within such Person’s authority) of the Kimball Electronics Group); (b) to the operation or conduct of any business conducted by any member of the Kimball Electronics 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 Person’s authority) of the Kimball Electronics Group); or (c) to any Kimball Electronics Assets, whether arising prior to, at or after the Effective Time, including:
(i)    all Liabilities of the Kimball Electronics Business Units;
(ii)    all Liabilities reflected on the Kimball Electronics Balance Sheet or the accounting records supporting such balance sheet and any Liabilities incurred by or for Kimball Electronics or any member of the Kimball Electronics Group subsequent to the date of the Kimball Electronics Balance Sheet which, had they been so incurred on or before such date, would have been reflected on the Kimball Electronics Balance Sheet if prepared on a consistent basis, subject to any discharge of any of such Liabilities subsequent to the date of the Kimball Electronics Balance Sheet;
(iii)    any Liabilities to the extent relating to, arising out of or resulting from, the Kimball Electronics Contracts;
(iv)    the liabilities set forth on Schedule 1.1(45)(iv) (the “ Specified Kimball Electronics Liabilities ”);
(v)    any Liabilities assumed or retained by the Kimball Electronics 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 Kimball Electronics Business of the Intellectual Property of any other Person or breach by the Kimball Electronics 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 Kimball Electronics Group, any Kimball Electronics Discontinued Operation or the conduct of the Kimball Electronics Business, (B) use, treatment, or disposal prior to the Effective Time of Materials of Environmental Concern by or on behalf of the Kimball Electronics Group, any Kimball Electronics Discontinued Operation or in the conduct of the Kimball Electronics Business or (C) presence of Materials of Environmental Concern at, or release of Materials of Environmental Concern from, any Kimball Electronics Assets or any Kimball Electronics Discontinued Operation; provided that Liabilities of the type described in this subsection (vii) relating to real estate that is a Retained Asset pursuant to this Agreement, shall not be Kimball Electronics Liabilities but shall instead be Retained Liabilities;
(viii)    any Liabilities relating to, arising out of or resulting from, any operating group, business unit, operation, division, Subsidiary, line of business or investment of Kimball International

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or any of its Subsidiaries managed or operated at any time prior to the Effective Time by the Kimball Electronics Business or any Kimball Electronics Business Unit 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(45)(viii) (each, a “ Kimball Electronics 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 Kimball Electronics Business by any Business Entity that is being retained by Kimball International under this Agreement but has conducted the Kimball Electronics 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 “ Business ” section of the Form 10 or in the “ Business ” section of the Information Statement, or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, with respect to all information contained in, or incorporated by reference into, the “ Business ” section of the Form 10 and the “ Business ” section of the Information Statement; and
(xi)    for the avoidance of doubt, and without limiting any other matters that may constitute Kimball Electronics Liabilities, any Liabilities relating to, arising out of or resulting from the claims, proceedings, litigation and disputes listed on Schedule 1.1(45)(xi) .
Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Kimball Electronics Liabilities shall not include any Liabilities that are expressly (A) contemplated by this Agreement or by any Ancillary Agreement (or the Schedules hereto or thereto) as Liabilities to be Assumed by any member of the Kimball International Group, including any Liabilities specified in the definition of Retained Liabilities or (B) discharged pursuant to Section 2.2(b) of this Agreement.
(48)    “ Kimball Electronics Common Shares ” shall mean all shares of Kimball Electronics common stock, having no par value per share.
(49)    “ Kimball International Asset Transferee ” shall mean the Retained Business to which 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 Separation.
(50)    “ Kimball International Group ” shall mean (i) Kimball International and any businesses that are part of the Retained Assets and (ii) each Business Entity that becomes a Subsidiary of Kimball International after the Effective Time.
(51)    “ Kimball International Indemnitees ” shall mean each member of the Kimball International Group and each of their respective Affiliates from and after the Effective Time and each member of the Kimball International Group’s and such Affiliates’ respective directors, officers, employees and agents and each of the heirs, executors, successors and assigns of any of the foregoing.
(52)    “ Kimball International Insured Party ” means any Kimball International Party that is a named insured, additional named insured or insured under any Shared Policy.

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(53)    “ Kimball International Common Shares ” shall mean all outstanding shares of Kimball International Class A common stock, par value $0.05 per share, and Class B common stock, par value $0.05 per share.
(54)    “ 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.
(55)    “ Liabilities ” shall mean any and all Indebtedness, 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 specifically set forth herein or in the Tax 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.
(56)    “ 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.
(57)    “ NASDAQ ” shall mean The NASDAQ Stock Market LLC.
(58)    “ 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.
(59)    “ Policies ” shall mean insurance policies and insurance contracts of any kind (other than life and benefits policies or contracts), including primary, excess and umbrella policies, commercial general liability policies, fiduciary liability, automobile, aircraft, property and casualty, workers’ compensation and employee dishonesty insurance policies and bonds, together with the rights, benefits and privileges thereunder.
(60)    “ Recapitalization ” shall mean                      .
(61)    “ Record Date ” shall mean the date, as shall be determined by Kimball International’s Board, as the record date for determining the Share Owners entitled to receive Kimball Electronics Common Shares in the Distribution.
(62)    “ Record Holders ” shall mean Share Owners on the Record Date.
(63)    “ Records ” shall mean any Contracts, documents, books, records or files.

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(64)    “ Related Claims ” means a claim or claims against a Shared Policy made by one or more Kimball Electronics Insured Parties, on the one hand, and one or more Kimball International Insured Parties, on the other hand, filed in connection with Losses suffered by either a Kimball Electronics Insured Party or a Kimball International Insured Party, as the case may be, arising out of the same underlying transaction or series of transactions or event or series of events that have also given rise to Losses suffered by a Kimball International Insured Party or a Kimball Electronics Insured Party, as the case may be, which injuries, losses, liabilities, damages and expenses, are the subject of a claim or claims by such Person against a Shared Policy.
(65)    “ Retained Assets ” shall mean any and all Assets that are owned, leased or licensed, at or prior to the Effective Time, by Kimball International and/or any of its Subsidiaries, that are not Kimball Electronics Assets.
(66)    “ Retained Business ” shall mean (i) those businesses operated by Kimball International before the Effective Time other than the Kimball Electronics Business, and (ii) those business entities or businesses acquired or established by or for Kimball International or any of the Subsidiaries thereof after the Effective Time.
(67)    “ Retained Liabilities ” shall mean any and all Liabilities of Kimball International and each of its Subsidiaries that are not Kimball Electronics Liabilities.
(68)    “ Security Interest ” shall mean, except pursuant to the Financing, 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.
(69)    “ Share Owners ” shall be a collective reference to the owners of Kimball International’s outstanding Class A common stock and Class B common stock.
(70)    “ 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.
(71)    “ Tax ” shall have the meaning set forth in the Tax Matters Agreement.
(72)    “ Tax Contest ” shall have the meaning of the definition of “ Proceeding ” as set forth in the Tax Matters Agreement.
(73)    “ Tax Matters Agreement ” shall mean the Tax Matters Agreement by and between Kimball International and Kimball Electronics.
(74)    “ Tax Returns ” shall have the meaning set forth in the Tax Matters Agreement.

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(75)    “ Third Party Agreements ” shall mean any agreements, arrangements, commitments or understandings between or among a Party (or any member of its Group) and any other Persons (other than the Parties or any member of their respective Group) (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 Kimball Electronics Assets or Kimball Electronics Liabilities, or Retained Assets or Retained Liabilities, such Contracts shall be assigned or retained pursuant to Article II).
(76)    “ Transfer ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2.2(a)(i) ; and the term “ Transferred ” shall have its correlative meaning.
(77)    “ Transition Services Agreement ” shall mean the Transition Services Agreement by and between the parties hereto.
(78)    “ Unrelated Claims ” means a claim or claims against a Shared Policy that is not a Related Claim.
(79)    “ Voting Stock ” shall mean, as to a particular corporation or other Person, outstanding shares of stock or other equity interests of any class of such Person entitled to vote in the election of directors, or otherwise to participate in the direction of the management and policies, of such Person, excluding shares or equity interests entitled so to vote or participate only upon the happening of some contingency.
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, a portion of which may have already been implemented prior to the date hereof.

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Section 2.2.     Transfer of Assets; Assumption of Liabilities .
(a) Transfer of Assets . Prior to the Distribution (it being understood that some of such Transfers may occur following the Effective Time in accordance with Section 2.6) , pursuant to the Conveyancing and Assumption Instruments:
(i) Kimball International shall, or shall 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 Kimball International Asset Transferees, all of the applicable Asset Transferors’ right, title and interest in and to the Retained Assets and (B) Kimball Electronics and/or the respective Kimball Electronics Asset Transferees, all of its and the applicable Asset Transferors’ right, title and interest in and to the Kimball Electronics Assets.
(ii) Any costs and expenses incurred after the Effective Time to effect any Transfer contemplated by this Section 2.2(a) (including any transfer effected pursuant to Section 2.6 ) shall be paid by the Parties as set forth in Section 10.5 . Other than costs and expenses incurred in accordance with the foregoing, nothing in this Section 2.2(a) 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 this Section 2.2(a) .
(b) Assumption of Liabilities . Except as otherwise specifically set forth in any Ancillary Agreement or, if applicable, from and after, the Effective Time (i) Kimball International shall, or shall cause a member of the Kimball International Group to, accept, assume (or, as applicable, retain) and perform, discharge and fulfill, in accordance with their respective terms (“ Assume ”), all of the Retained Liabilities and (ii) Kimball Electronics shall, or shall cause a member of the Kimball Electronics Group to, Assume all of the Kimball Electronics Liabilities, in each case, regardless of (A) when or where such Liabilities arose or arise, (B) whether the facts upon which they are based occurred prior to, on or subsequent to the Effective Time, (C) where or against whom such Liabilities are asserted or determined or (D) whether arising from or alleged to arise from negligence, recklessness, violation of Law, fraud or misrepresentation by any member of the Kimball International Group or the Kimball Electronics Group, as the case may be, or any of their past or present respective directors, officers, employees, agents, Subsidiaries or Affiliates.
(c) Consents . The Parties shall use their commercially reasonable efforts to obtain the Consents required to Transfer any Assets, Contracts, licenses, permits and authorizations issued by any Governmental Entity or parts thereof as contemplated by this Agreement. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, no Contract or other Asset shall be transferred if it would violate applicable Law or, in the case of any Contract, the rights of any third party to such Contract.
Section 2.3.     Treatment of Shared Contracts . Without limiting the generality of the obligations set forth in Sections 2.2(a) and (b) :
(a)    Unless the Parties otherwise agree or the benefits of any Contract described in this Section are expressly conveyed to the applicable Party pursuant to an Ancillary Agreement, any Contract that is listed on Schedule 2.3(a) , (a “ Shared Contract ”), shall be assigned in part to the

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applicable member(s) of the applicable Group, if so assignable, or appropriately amended prior to, on or after the Effective Time, so that each Party or the members of their respective Groups as of the Effective Time shall be entitled to the rights and benefits, and shall Assume the related portion of any Liabilities, inuring to their respective Businesses; provided, however, that (x) in no event shall any member of any Group be required to assign (or amend) any Shared Contract in its entirety or to assign a portion of any Shared Contract (including any Policy) which is not assignable (or cannot be amended) by its terms (including any terms imposing consents or conditions on an assignment where such consents or conditions have not been obtained or fulfilled, subject to Section 2.2(c) ), and (y) if any Shared Contract cannot be so partially assigned by its terms or otherwise, cannot be amended or has not for any other reason been assigned or amended, or if such assignment or amendment would impair the benefit the parties thereto derive from such Shared Contract, (I) at the reasonable request of the Party (or the member of such Party’s Group) to which the benefit of such Shared Contract inures in part, the Party for which such Shared Contract is, as applicable, a Retained Asset or Kimball Electronics Asset shall, and shall cause each of its respective Subsidiaries to, for a period ending not later than six (6) months after the Distribution Date (unless the term of Shared Contract ends at a later date, in which case for a period ending on such date), take such other reasonable and permissible actions to cause such member of the Kimball Electronics Group or the Kimball International Group, as the case may be, to receive the benefit of that portion of each Shared Contract that relates to the Kimball Electronics Business or the Retained Business, as the case may be (in each case, to the extent so related) as if such Shared Contract had been assigned to (or amended to allow) a member of the applicable Group pursuant to this Section 2.3 and to bear the burden of the corresponding Liabilities (including any Liabilities that may arise by reason of such arrangement) as if such Liabilities had been Assumed by a member of the applicable Group pursuant to this Section 2.3 and (II) the Party to which the benefit of such Shared Contract inures in part shall use commercially reasonable efforts to enter into a separate contract pursuant to which it procures such rights and obligations as are necessary such that it no longer needs to avail itself of the arrangements provided pursuant to this Section 2.3(a) ; provided that, the Party for which such Shared Contract is, as applicable, a Retained Asset or Kimball Electronics Asset, such Party, and such Party’s applicable Subsidiaries shall not be liable for any actions or omissions taken in accordance with clause (y) of this Section 2.3(a) .
(b)    Each of Kimball International and Kimball Electronics shall, and shall cause the members of its Group to, (A) treat for all Tax purposes the portion of each Shared Contract inuring to its respective Businesses as Assets owned by, and/or Liabilities of, as applicable, such Party as of the Effective Time and (B) neither report nor take any Tax position (on a Tax Return or otherwise) inconsistent with such treatment (unless required by applicable Tax Law or good faith resolution of a Tax Contest relating to Taxes).
Section 2.4.     Intercompany Accounts; Payments and Reimbursements Received After Effective Time .  
(a)    Except as set forth in Section 6.1(b) , 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, 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

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representing deposited checks or drafts or any cash held in any centralized cash management system between any member of the Kimball International Group, on the one hand, and any member of the Kimball Electronics Group, on the other hand, which exist and are reflected in the accounting records of the relevant Parties immediately prior to the Effective Time, shall, under applicable Law or contractual obligations be settled or capitalized, in each case as of the Effective Time, as may be agreed prior to the Effective Time by Kimball International and/or Kimball Electronics, and their respective Subsidiaries, as applicable; provided, however, with respect to current intercompany receivables and payables (but not loans) between any member of the Kimball International Group, on the one hand, and any member of the Kimball Electronics Group, on the other hand (“ Trade Balances ”), for which the Parties do not agree to settle prior to the Effective Time, such Trade Balances shall be settled by the Parties within sixty (60) days after the Effective Time. 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 to consummate and make effective the transactions contemplated by such agreement or agreements in respect of such settlements or capitalizations.
(b)    As between the Parties (and the members of their respective Group) all payments and reimbursements received after the Effective Time by one Party (or member of its Group) that relate to a Business, Asset or Liability of the other 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 2.5.     Limitation of Liability; Intercompany Contracts .
(a)    Except in the case of any knowing violation of Law, fraud or misrepresentation, no Party shall have any Liability to the 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.
(b)    No Party or any Subsidiary thereof shall be liable to the other Party or any Subsidiary of the other Party based upon, arising out of or resulting from any Contract, arrangement, course of dealing or understanding between or among it and the other Party existing at or prior to the Effective Time (other than pursuant to this Agreement, any Ancillary Agreement, any Continuing Arrangements, any Third Party Agreements, as set forth in Section 6.1(b) or any other Contract entered into in connection herewith or in order to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby and except as provided in any thereof) and each Party hereby terminates any and all Contracts, arrangements, courses of dealing or understandings between or among it and the other Party effective as of the Effective Time (other than this Agreement, any Ancillary Agreement, any Continuing Arrangements, any Third Party Agreements, as set forth in Section 6.1(b) or any Contract entered into in connection herewith or in order to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby and except as provided in any thereof), provided, however, that with respect to any Contract, arrangement, course of dealing or understanding between or among the Parties or any Subsidiaries thereof discovered after the Effective Time, the Parties agree that such Contract, arrangement, course of dealing or understanding shall nonetheless be deemed terminated as of the

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Effective Time with the only liability of the Parties in respect thereof to be the obligations incurred between the Parties pursuant to such Contract, arrangement, course of dealing or understanding between the Effective Time and the time of discovery or later termination of any such Contract, arrangement, course of dealing or understanding.
Section 2.6.     Transfers Not Effected at or Prior to the Effective Time; Transfers Deemed Effective as of the Effective Time .
(a)    To the extent that any Transfers 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. In the event that any such Transfer of Assets 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, pay or reimburse the Party retaining such Liability for all amounts paid or incurred in connection with the retention of such Liability. 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 2.8 and Section 2.9 , 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 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 Kimball International Group or the Kimball Electronics 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) and Section 2.9(b) , 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.
(b)    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 2.6(a) , are obtained or satisfied, the Transfer, assignment, Assumption or novation of the applicable Asset or Liability shall be effected in accordance with and

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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 undue cost on any Party, be deemed to be effective as of the Effective Time.
(c)    The Party retaining any Asset or Liability due to the deferral of the Transfer of such Asset or the deferral of the Assumption of such Liability pursuant to Section 2.6(a) or otherwise shall not be obligated, in connection with the foregoing, to expend any money unless the necessary funds are advanced, assumed, or agreed in advance to be reimbursed by the Party entitled to such Asset or the Person intended to be subject to such Liability, other than reasonable attorneys’ fees and recording or similar or other incidental fees, all of which shall be promptly reimbursed by the Party entitled to such Asset or the Person intended to be subject to such Liability.
(d)    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, if reasonably necessary to identify the proper recipient in accordance with this Section 2.6(d) , 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 10.6 . The provisions of this Section 2.6(d) 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.
(e)    With respect to Assets and Liabilities described in Section 2.6(a) , each of Kimball International and Kimball Electronics shall, and shall cause the members of its respective Group to, (i) treat for all 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 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 and (ii) neither report nor take any Tax position (on a Tax Return or otherwise) inconsistent with such treatment (unless required by a change in applicable Tax Law or good faith resolution of a Tax Contest relating to Taxes).
Section 2.7.     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, any Conveyancing and Assumption Instruments necessary to evidence the valid Transfer to the applicable Party or member of such Party’s 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 Indiana 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

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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.
Section 2.8.     Further Assurances; Ancillary Agreements .
(a)    In addition to and without limiting the actions specifically provided for elsewhere in this Agreement, including Section 2.6 , 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 without any further consideration, but at the expense of the requesting Party (except as provided in Sections 2.2(a)(ii) and 2.6(c) ) 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, at the reasonable request, cost and expense of any other Party (except as provided in Sections 2.2(a)(ii) and 2.6(c) ), 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.
(c)    Without limiting the foregoing, in the event that any Party (or member of such Party’s Group) receives any Assets (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 the Ancillary Agreements, such Party agrees to promptly Transfer, or cause to be Transferred such Asset or Liability to the other Party so entitled thereto (or member of such other Party’s Group as designated by such other Party) at such other Party’s expense. Prior to any such Transfer, such Asset shall be held in accordance with the provisions of Section 2.6 .
(d)    At or prior to the Effective Time, each of Kimball International and Kimball Electronics shall enter into, and/or (where applicable) shall cause a member or members of their respective Group to enter into, the Ancillary Agreements and any other Contracts in respect of the Distributions reasonably necessary or appropriate in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby.

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Section 2.9.     Novation of Liabilities; Indemnification .
(a)    Each Party, at the request of the other Party, shall use commercially reasonable efforts to obtain, or to cause to be obtained, any Consent, Governmental Approval, substitution or amendment required to novate or assign to the fullest extent permitted by applicable Law all obligations under Contracts and Liabilities for which a member of such first Party’s Group and a member of such other Party’s Group (such other Party, the “ Other Party ”) are jointly or severally liable and that do not constitute Liabilities of such Other Party hereunder, or, if permitted by applicable Law, to obtain in writing the unconditional release of all parties to such arrangements (other than any member of the Group who Assumed or retained such Liability as set forth in this Agreement), so that, in any such case, the members of the applicable Group shall be solely responsible for such Liabilities; provided, however, that no Party shall be obligated to pay any consideration therefor to any third party from whom any such Consent, Governmental Approval, substitution or amendment is requested (unless such Party is fully reimbursed by the requesting Party).
(b)    If the Parties are unable to obtain, or to cause to be obtained, any such required Consent, Governmental Approval, release, substitution or amendment, the Other Party or a member of such Other Party’s Group shall continue to be bound by such Contract, license or other obligation that does not constitute a Liability of such Other Party and, unless not permitted by Law or the terms thereof, as agent or subcontractor for such Party, the Party or member of such Party’s Group who Assumed or retained such Liability as set forth in this Agreement (the “ Liable Party ”) shall, or shall cause a member of its Group to, pay, perform and discharge fully all the obligations or other Liabilities of such Other Party or member of such Other Party’s Group thereunder from and after the Effective Time. For the avoidance of doubt, in furtherance of the foregoing, the Liable Party or a member of such Liable Party’s Group, as agent or subcontractor of the Other Party or a member of such Other Party’s Group, to the extent reasonably necessary to pay, perform and discharge fully any Liabilities, or retain the benefits (including pursuant to Section 2.6 ) associated with such Contract or license, is hereby granted the right to, among other things, (i) prepare, execute and submit invoices under such Contract or license in the name of the Other Party (or the applicable member of such Other Party’s Group), (ii) send correspondence relating to matters under such Contract or license in the name of the Other Party (or the applicable member of such Other Party’s Group), (iii) file Actions in the name of the Other Party (or the applicable member of such Other Party’s Group) in connection with such Contract or license and (iv) otherwise exercise all rights in respect of such Contract or license in the name of the Other Party (or the applicable member of such Other Party’s Group); provided that (y) such actions shall be taken in the name of the Other Party (or the applicable member of such Other Party’s Group) only to the extent reasonably necessary or advisable in connection with the foregoing and (z) to the extent that there shall be a conflict between the provisions of this Section 2.9(b) and the provisions of any more specific arrangement between a member of such Liable Party’s Group and a member of such Other Party’s Group, such more specific arrangement shall control. The Liable Party shall indemnify each Other Party and hold each of them harmless against any Liabilities (other than Liabilities of such Other Party) arising in connection therewith; provided, that the Liable Party shall have no obligation to indemnify the Other Party with respect to any matter to the extent that such Liabilities arise from such Other Party’s willful breach, knowing violation of Law, fraud, misrepresentation or gross negligence in connection therewith, in which case such Other Party shall be responsible for such Liabilities. The Other Party shall, without further consideration,

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promptly pay and remit, or cause to be promptly paid or remitted, to the Liable Party or, at the direction of the Liable Party, to another member of the Liable Party’s Group, all money, rights and other consideration received by it or any member of its Group in respect of such performance by the Liable Party (unless any such consideration is an Asset of such Other Party pursuant to this Agreement). If and when any such Consent, Governmental Approval, release, substitution or amendment shall be obtained or such agreement, lease, license or other rights or obligations shall otherwise become assignable or able to be novated, the Other Party shall, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable Law, promptly Transfer or cause the Transfer of all rights, obligations and other Liabilities thereunder of such Other Party or any member of such Other Party’s Group to the Liable Party or to another member of the Liable Party’s Group without payment of any further consideration and the Liable Party, or another member of such Liable Party’s Group, without the payment of any further consideration, shall Assume such rights and Liabilities to the fullest extent permitted by applicable Law. Each of the applicable 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 this Section 2.9 .
Section 2.10.     Guarantees .
(a)    Except as otherwise specified in any Ancillary Agreement, at or prior to the Effective Time or as soon as practicable thereafter, (i) Kimball International shall (with the reasonable cooperation of the applicable member of the Kimball Electronics Group) use its commercially reasonable efforts to have any member of the Kimball Electronics Group removed as guarantor of or obligor for any Retained Liabilities to the fullest extent permitted by applicable Law, including in respect of those guarantees set forth on Schedule 2.10(a)(i) , to the extent that they relate to Retained Liabilities and (ii) Kimball Electronics shall (with the reasonable cooperation of the applicable member of the Kimball International Group) use commercially reasonable efforts to have any member of the Kimball International Group removed as guarantor of or obligor for any Kimball Electronics Liabilities, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable Law, including in respect of those guarantees set forth on Schedule 2.10(a)(ii) , to the extent that they relate to Kimball Electronics Liabilities.
(b)    At or prior to the Effective Time, to the extent required to obtain a release from a guaranty (a “ Guaranty Release ”):
(i) of any member of the Kimball International Group, Kimball Electronics shall 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 Kimball Electronics would be reasonably unable to comply or (B) which would be reasonably expected to be breached; and
(ii) of any member of the Kimball Electronics Group, Kimball International shall 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

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which Kimball International would be reasonably unable to comply or (B) which would be reasonably expected to be breached.
(c)    If Kimball International or Kimball Electronics is unable to obtain, or to cause to be obtained, any such required removal as set forth in clauses (a) and (b) of this Section 2.10 , (i) the relevant member of the Kimball International Group or Kimball Electronics 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 VI) 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 Kimball International and Kimball Electronics, 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 Party’s 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 Party’s Group with respect thereto are thereupon terminated by documentation reasonably satisfactory in form and substance to such Party.
Section 2.11.     Capital Contribution . From the date of this Agreement until the Distribution, except as otherwise provided in this Section 2.11 , Kimball International will be entitled to use, retain or otherwise dispose of all cash generated by the Kimball Electronics Business and the Kimball Electronics Assets in accordance with the ordinary course operation of Kimball International’s cash management systems. Immediately prior to the Distribution, Kimball International will contribute to Kimball Electronics an amount of cash and cash equivalents so that, as of the Distribution, the members of the Kimball Electronics Group will have, in the aggregate, an amount of cash and cash equivalents equal to at least sixty-three million ($63 million). All cash and cash equivalents held by a member of the Kimball Electronics Group as of the Effective Time will be a Kimball Electronics Asset and all cash and cash equivalents held by any member of the Kimball International Group as of the Effective Time will be a Kimball International Asset.
Section 2.12.     Disclaimer of Representations and Warranties . EACH OF KIMBALL INTERNATIONAL (ON BEHALF OF ITSELF AND EACH MEMBER OF THE KIMBALL INTERNATIONAL GROUP) AND KIMBALL ELECTRONICS (ON BEHALF OF ITSELF AND EACH MEMBER OF THE KIMBALL ELECTRONICS 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 OF, 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

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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 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 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.     Recapitalization; Organizational Documents . On or prior to the Distribution Date, all necessary actions shall be taken to (i) complete the Recapitalization, and (ii) adopt the form of the Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation and the Amended and Restated Bylaws filed by Kimball Electronics with the Commission as exhibits to the Form 10, to be effective as of the Effective Time.
Section 3.2.     Directors . On or prior to the Distribution Date, Kimball International shall take all necessary action to cause the Board of Directors of Kimball Electronics to include, at the Effective Time, the individuals identified in the Information Statement as director nominees of Kimball Electronics; provided, however, that to the extent required by an Law or requirement of NASDAQ or any other national securities exchange, as applicable, one independent director will be appointed by the existing board of directors of Kimball Electronics and begin his or her term prior to the Distribution in accordance with such Law or requirement.
Section 3.3.     Officers . On or prior to the Distribution Date, Kimball International shall take all necessary action to cause the individuals identified as such in the Information Statement to be officers of Kimball Electronics as of the Effective Time.
Section 3.4.     Resignations and Removals .
(a) On or prior to the Distribution Date or as soon thereafter as practicable, (i) Kimball International shall cause all its employees and any employees of its Subsidiaries (excluding any employees of any member of the Kimball Electronics Group) to resign or be removed, effective as of the Effective Time, from all positions as officers or directors of any member of the Kimball Electronics Group in which they serve, and (ii) Kimball Electronics shall cause all 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 Kimball International Group in which they serve.

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(b) 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 Information Statement as the Person who is to hold such position or office following the Distribution.
ARTICLE IV
THE DISTRIBUTION
Section 4.1.     Stock Dividend to Kimball International Share Owners . On the Distribution Date, Kimball International shall cause the Distribution Agent to distribute all of the outstanding shares of Kimball Electronics Common Shares to Share Owners on the Record Date, and to credit the appropriate number of such shares of Kimball Electronics Common Shares to book entry accounts for each such holder or designated transferee or transferees of such holder of Kimball Electronics Common Shares. Each holder of Kimball International Common Shares on the Record Date (or such holder’s designated transferee or transferees) shall be entitled to receive in the Distribution three shares of Kimball Electronics Common Shares for every four shares of Kimball International Common Shares held by such Share Owner. For the avoidance of doubt, following the Stock Unification (as defined in Section 4.4(i) below) there shall be no distinctions made between shares of Kimball International Class A common stock and Class B common stock and each such share, whether Class A common stock or Class B common stock, shall receive the same amount of Kimball Electronics Common Shares in the Distribution. No action by any such Share Owner shall be necessary for such Share Owner (or such Share Owner’s designated transferee or transferees) to receive in the Distribution the applicable number of shares (and, if applicable, cash in lieu of any fractional shares) of Kimball Electronics Common Shares such Share Owner is entitled.
Section 4.2.     Actions in Connection with the Distribution .
(a)    Prior to the Distribution Date, Kimball Electronics shall file such amendments and supplements to its Form 10 as Kimball International 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 its Form 10 as may be required by the Commission or federal, state or foreign securities Laws. Kimball Electronics shall mail (or deliver by electronic means where not prohibited by Law) to the Share Owners, at such time on or prior to the Distribution Date as Kimball International shall determine, the Information Statement included in its Form 10 (or a notice of internet availability of the Information Statement), as well as any other information concerning Kimball Electronics, its business, operations and management, the transaction contemplated herein and such other matters as Kimball International shall reasonably determine are necessary and as may be required by Law. Promptly after receiving a request from Kimball International, Kimball Electronics shall prepare and, in accordance with applicable Law, file with the Commission any such documentation that Kimball International reasonably determines is necessary or desirable to effectuate the Distribution, and Kimball International and Kimball Electronics shall each use commercially reasonable efforts to obtain all necessary approvals from the Commission with respect thereto as soon as practicable.
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registration statement or amendments thereof which are required in connection with the establishment of, or amendments to, any employee benefit plans of Kimball Electronics.
(c) To the extent not already approved and effective, Kimball Electronics shall use commercially reasonable efforts to have approved and made effective, the application for the original listing on the NASDAQ of the Kimball Electronics Common Shares to be distributed in the Distribution, subject to official notice of distribution.
(d) Nothing in this Section 4.2 shall be deemed to shift or otherwise impose Liability for any portion of Kimball Electronics’ Form 10 or Information Statement to Kimball International.
(e) Kimball International Share Owners holding a number of shares of Kimball International Common Shares, on the Record Date, which would entitle such Share Owners to receive less than one whole share of Kimball Electronics Common Shares, will receive cash in lieu of fractional shares. Fractional shares of Kimball Electronics Common Shares will neither be distributed on the Distribution Date nor credited to book-entry accounts. The Distribution Agent shall, as soon as practicable after the Record Date (a) determine the number of whole shares and fractional shares of Kimball Electronics Common Shares allocable to each holder of record or beneficial owner of Kimball International Common Shares as of the close of business on the Record Date, (b) aggregate all such fractional shares into whole shares and sell the whole shares obtained thereby in open market transactions, in each case, at then prevailing trading prices on behalf of holders who would otherwise be entitled to fractional share interests, and (c) distribute to each such holder, or for the benefit of each such beneficial owner, such holder or owner’s ratable share of the net proceeds of such sale, based upon the average gross selling price per share of Kimball Electronics Common Shares after making appropriate deductions for any amount required to be withheld for Tax purposes and any brokerage fees incurred in connection with these sales of fractional shares. None of Kimball International, Kimball Electronics or the Distribution Agent will guarantee any minimum sale price for the fractional shares of Kimball Electronics Common Shares. Neither Kimball International nor Kimball Electronics will pay any interest on the proceeds from the sale of fractional shares. The Distribution Agent acting on behalf of the applicable Party will have the sole discretion to select the broker-dealers through which to sell the aggregated fractional shares and to determine when, how and at what price to sell such shares. Neither the Distribution Agent nor the broker-dealers through which the aggregated fractional shares are sold will be Affiliates of Kimball International or Kimball Electronics.
Section 4.3.     Sole Discretion of Kimball International . Kimball International, in its sole and absolute discretion, shall 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, Kimball International may, in accordance with Section 10.10 , at any time and from time to time until the completion of the Distribution decide to abandon the Distribution or modify or change the terms of the Distribution, including by accelerating or delaying the timing of the consummation of all or part of the Distribution. Without limiting the foregoing, Kimball International 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 Kimball International or its Share Owners, that a sale or other alternative is in the best interests of Kimball

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International or its Share Owners or that it is not advisable at that time for the Kimball Electronics Business to separate from Kimball International.
Section 4.4.     Conditions to Distribution . Subject to Section 4.3 , the following are conditions to the consummation of the Distribution. The conditions are for the sole benefit of Kimball International and shall not give rise to or create any duty on the part of Kimball International or the Board to waive or not waive any such condition. Each Party will use its commercially reasonable efforts to keep the other Party apprised of its efforts with respect to, and the status of, each of the following conditions:
(a)    The Form 10 and the Information Statement attached thereto 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 a notice of internet availability of the Information Statement, shall have been mailed to the Share Owners;
(b)    The Kimball Electronics Common Shares to be delivered in the Distribution shall have been approved for listing on the NASDAQ, subject to official notice of distribution;
(c)    Kimball International shall have obtained (i) a ruling from the Internal Revenue Service that the Stock Unification (as defined in Section 4.4(i) below) will not cause Kimball International to recognize income or gain as a result of the Distribution; and (ii) an opinion of Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP, its tax counsel, in form and substance satisfactory to Kimball International, to the effect that the Distribution satisfies the requirements to qualify as a tax-free transaction for U.S. federal income tax purposes to Kimball International and to Kimball International’s Share Owners under Section 355 of the Code (except for cash payments made to Share Owners in lieu of fractional shares that will generally result in taxable gain or loss to such Share Owners equal to the difference between the amount of cash received and the tax basis allocable to the fractional shares);
(d)    Prior to the Distribution Date, the Board shall have obtained advice from its investment banker, in form and substance satisfactory to Kimball International, with respect to the capital adequacy and solvency of each of Kimball International and Kimball Electronics;
(e)    Reserved;
(f) 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 Distribution shall be pending, threatened, issued or in effect, and no other event shall have occurred or failed to occur that prevents the consummation of all or any portion of the Distribution;
(g) No other events or developments shall have occurred or failed to occur that, in the judgment of the Board, would result in the Distribution having a material adverse effect on Kimball International or its Share Owners;
(h) The financing transactions described in “Description of Material Indebtedness” and elsewhere in the Information Statement as having occurred prior to the Distribution shall have been consummated prior to the time of the Distribution;

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(i) A sufficient number of holders of Kimball International’s Class A common stock shall have converted their shares of Class A common stock into Class B common stock such that the percentage of Class A common stock of Kimball International issued and outstanding is less than 15% of the aggregate of all shares of Kimball International Common Stock issued and outstanding thereby causing, pursuant to Kimball International’s Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation, the elimination of all distinctions between such classes of stock (the “ Stock Unification ”);
(j) Kimball International shall have taken all necessary action, in the judgment of the Board, to cause Kimball Electronics’ Board of Directors to consist of the individuals identified in the Information Statement as Kimball Electronics’ directors;
(k) The Board shall have approved the Distribution, which approval may be given or withheld at its absolute and sole discretion; and
(l) This Agreement and each of the Tax Matters Agreement, the Employee Matters Agreement, the Transition Services Agreement and the other Ancillary Agreements shall have been executed by each party.
ARTICLE V
CERTAIN COVENANTS
Section 5.1.     No Solicit; No Hire . Neither Kimball International nor Kimball Electronics, or any member of their respective Groups, shall, from the Effective Time through and including two years from the Effective Date, without the prior written consent of the applicable Party, directly or indirectly, recruit, solicit, hire or retain any person who is an employee of the 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, the other Party or its Subsidiaries; provided, however, that (i) nothing in this Section 5.1 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 any hiring as a result thereof; provided, that the applicable Party has not encouraged or advised such firm to approach any such employee or Party and (ii) the prohibitions of this Section 5.1 shall not apply with respect to an employee of the other Party or their Subsidiaries six months after the later of (x) the date of termination of his or her employment with the other Party and their Subsidiaries and (y) the last date on which such individual receives severance or other termination payments from the other Party or any of their Subsidiaries. The Parties agree that irreparable damage may occur in the event that the provisions of this Section 5.1 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.
Section 5.2.     Intellectual Property . Each Party shall not use or exploit the Intellectual Property of the other Party 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 ” doctrine or defense, or (iv) for neutral, non-trademark use of the other Parties’ Trademarks to describe the history of each Party’s respective business.

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Section 5.3.     Cooperation . From and after the Effective Time, each Party shall, and shall cause each of its respective Affiliates and employees to, (i) provide reasonable cooperation and assistance to the other Party (and any member of its respective Group) in connection with the completion of the transactions contemplated herein and in each Ancillary Agreement, (ii) provide knowledge transfer regarding its applicable Business or Kimball International’s historical business, (iii) reasonably assist the other Party in the orderly and efficient transition in becoming an independent company to the extent set forth in the Transition Services Agreement or as otherwise set forth herein (including, but not limited to, complying with Articles VI, VII and IX) and (iv) reasonably assist the other Party to the extent 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 otherwise set forth in this Agreement or may otherwise be agreed to by the Parties in writing, 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.
ARTICLE VI
INDEMNIFICATION
Section 6.1.     Release of Pre-Distribution Claims .
(a) Except (i) as provided in Section 6.1(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 VI, each Party 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 Distribution and any of the other transactions contemplated hereunder and under the Ancillary Agreements, and 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 6.1(a) , Section 2.4(a) or Section 2.5(b) shall impair or otherwise affect any right of any Party and, as applicable, a member of such Party’s 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

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after the Effective Time. In addition, nothing contained in Section 6.1(a) shall release any person from:
(i) any Liability Assumed, Transferred or allocated to a Party or a member of such Party’s 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 Kimball International, any Retained Liabilities and (B) with respect to Kimball Electronics, any Kimball Electronics Liabilities;
(ii) 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 Party’s or Parties’ Group), on the one hand, and any other Party or Parties (and/or a member of such Party’s or Parties’ Group), on the other hand;
(iii) any Liability with respect to any Continuing Arrangements; and
(iv) any Liability that the Parties may have with respect to indemnification pursuant to this Agreement or otherwise for claims brought against the Parties by third Persons, which Liability shall be governed by the provisions of this Agreement and, in particular, this Article VI and, if applicable, the appropriate provisions of the Ancillary Agreements.
In addition, nothing contained in Section 6.1(a) shall release Kimball International from indemnifying any director, officer or employee of Kimball Electronics who was a director, officer or employee of Kimball International 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 Party’s Group, or any other Person released pursuant to Section 6.1(a) , with respect to any Liabilities released pursuant to Section 6.1(a) .
(d) It is the intent of each Party, by virtue of the provisions of this Section 6.1 , 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 Party’s Group), on the one hand, and any other Party or Parties (and/or a member of such Party’s 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 6.1(a) and 6.1(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

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this Section 6.1 to execute and deliver releases, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable Law, reflecting the provisions hereof.
Section 6.2.     Indemnification by Kimball International . Except as otherwise specifically set forth in any provision of this Agreement or of any Ancillary Agreement, following the Effective Time, Kimball International shall and shall cause the other members of the Kimball International Group to indemnify, defend and hold harmless the Kimball Electronics Indemnitees from and against any and all Indemnifiable Losses of the Kimball Electronics Indemnitees arising out of, by reason of or otherwise in connection with (a) the Retained Liabilities or alleged Retained Liabilities or (b) any breach by Kimball International 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. Notwithstanding the foregoing, for purposes of this Section 6.2 , Kimball Electronics shall be deemed to have supplied all Information in connection with the “ Business ” section of the Form 10 and the “ Business ” section of the Information Statement, regardless of which entity actually makes such filing and under no circumstances shall Kimball International have any Liability or be obligated to indemnify any Kimball Electronics Indemnitee with respect thereto pursuant to this Section 6.2 .
Section 6.3.     Indemnification by Kimball Electronics . Except as otherwise specifically set forth in any provision of this Agreement or of any Ancillary Agreement, following the Effective Time, Kimball Electronics shall and shall cause the other members of the Kimball Electronics Group to indemnify, defend and hold harmless the Kimball International Indemnitees from and against any and all Indemnifiable Losses of the Kimball International Indemnitees arising out of, by reason of or otherwise in connection with (a) the Kimball Electronics Liabilities or alleged Kimball Electronics Liabilities or (b) any breach by Kimball Electronics 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. Notwithstanding the foregoing, for purposes of this Section 6.3 , other than in connection with the “ Business ” section of the Form 10 and the “ Business ” section of the Information Statement, Kimball International shall be deemed to have supplied all Information relating to the Kimball Electronics Group included in any filing made with the Commission pursuant to the Securities Act or the Exchange Act prior to the Distribution Date, regardless of which entity actually makes such filing and under no circumstances shall Kimball Electronics have any Liability or be obligated to indemnify any Kimball International Indemnitee with respect thereto pursuant to this Section 6.3 .
Section 6.4.     Reserved.
Section 6.5.     Procedures for Indemnification .
(a) Direct Claims . Other than with respect to Third Party Claims, which shall be governed by Section 6.5(b) , each Kimball International Indemnitee and Kimball Electronics 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 VI 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,

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and, to the extent practicable, 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 materially 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 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 materially prejudiced as a result of such failure.
(c) Other than in the case of (i) Taxes addressed in the Tax Matters Agreement, which shall be addressed as set forth therein or (ii) indemnification by a beneficiary Party of a guarantor Party pursuant to Section 2.10(c) (the defense of which shall be controlled by the beneficiary Party), the 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 Party’s own cost and expense and by such Indemnifying Party’s own counsel, that is reasonably acceptable to the Indemnitee, within thirty (30) days of the receipt of an indemnification notice from such Indemnitee; 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 (y) seeks injunctive relief against the Indemnitee. In connection with the Indemnifying Party’s 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 Party’s expense, all witnesses, pertinent Information, materials and information in such Indemnitee’s possession or under such Indemnitee’s 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 Party’s expense, separate counsel as required by the applicable rules of professional conduct with respect to such matter; provided, further, that if 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.

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(d) Notwithstanding any assumption of defense of a Third Party Claim by an Indemnifying Party in accordance with Section 6.4(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 Party’s expense, all witnesses, pertinent Information, materials and information in such Indemnifying Party’s possession or under such Indemnifying Party’s control relating to such Third Party Claim as are reasonably required by such other Party.
(e) If an Indemnifying Party fails for any reason to assume responsibility for defending a Third Party Claim within the thirty (30) day period specified in Section 6.4(c) , such Indemnitee may defend such Third Party Claim at the cost and expense of the Indemnifying 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 Indemnitee’s expense, all witnesses, pertinent Information, and material in such Indemnifying Party’s possession or under such Indemnifying Party’s 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 without the prior written consent of the Indemnifying Party, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld, delayed or conditioned, except for any such settlement or compromise that contains an unconditional release of the Indemnifying Party from all claims that are subject of such Third Party Claim.
(g) In the case of a Third Party Claim, 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.
(h) Except as otherwise set forth in Sections 5.1 and 7.6 , or as set forth in any Ancillary Agreement, absent fraud or willful misconduct by an Indemnifying Party, the indemnification provisions of this Article VI 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 VI against any Indemnifying Party. For the avoidance of doubt, all disputes in respect of this Article VI shall be resolved in accordance with Article VIII.

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Section 6.6.     Cooperation in Defense and Settlement .
(a) With respect to any Third Party Claim that implicates both 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 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. With respect to any Action by a Governmental Entity against Kimball Electronics relating to matters involving anti-bribery, anti-corruption, anti-money laundering, export control and similar laws, where the facts and circumstances giving rise to the Action occurred prior to the Effective Time, Kimball International shall have a right to participate in (but not control) the defense, compromise, or settlement thereof, at its own expense and shall have a right to consent to any compromise or settlement related thereto, provided that such consent may not be unreasonably withheld.
(b) Each of Kimball International and Kimball Electronics 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 Party’s 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 6.7.     Indemnification Payments . Indemnification required by this Article VI 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 6.8.     Indemnification Obligations Net of Insurance Proceeds and Other Amounts .
(a)    Any Indemnifiable Loss subject to indemnification pursuant to this Article VI shall be calculated (i) net of insurance proceeds that actually reduce the amount of the Indemnifiable Loss and (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 ”). Accordingly, the amount which any Indemnifying Party is required to pay pursuant to this Article VI to any Indemnitee pursuant to this Article VI 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.

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(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) to which the Indemnitee is entitled in connection with any Indemnifiable Loss for which the Indemnitee seeks indemnification pursuant to this Article VI; provided, that the Indemnitee’s inability to collect or recover any such Insurance Proceeds or Third Party Proceeds (despite having used commercially reasonable efforts) shall not limit the Indemnifying Party’s obligations hereunder.
Section 6.9.     Additional Matters; Survival of Indemnities .
(a)    The indemnity agreements contained in this Article VI 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.
(b)    The rights and obligations of each Party and their respective Indemnitees under this Article VI 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.
ARTICLE VII
PRESERVATION OF RECORDS; ACCESS TO INFORMATION;
CONFIDENTIALITY; PRIVILEGE
Section 7.1.     Preservation of Corporate Records .
(a)    Except to the extent otherwise contemplated by any Ancillary Agreement, a Party providing Records or access to Information to another Party under this Article VII 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 Records or access to Information.
(b)    The Parties shall comply with those document retention policies as shall be set forth herein 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.
Section 7.2.     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 7.2 , (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 any filing made with the Commission pursuant to the Securities Act or the Exchange Act; (ii)

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from the Effective Time until the completion of each Party’s audit for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2015, in connection with the preparation and audit of each Party’s financial statements for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2015, the printing, filing and public dissemination of such financial statements and the audit of each Party’s internal controls over financial reporting and management’s assessment thereof and management’s assessment of each Party’s disclosure controls and procedures, if required; (iii) in the event that either Party changes its independent auditors within two (2) years following the Distribution Date, then such Party may request reasonable access on the terms set forth in this Section 7.2 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 on a timely basis 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 management’s 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 auditor’s audit of its internal controls over financial reporting and management’s assessment thereof in accordance with Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 and the Commission’s and the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board’s 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 Party’s auditors with respect to Information to be included or contained in such other Party’s annual financial statements and to permit such other Party’s auditors and management to complete the Internal Control Audit and Management Assessments, for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2015.
(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 the other Party’s auditors (the “ Other Party’s Auditors ”) both the personnel who performed or are performing the annual audits of such audited Party (each 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 Party’s auditors may require in connection with the review of such work papers by such Other Party’s Auditors), in all cases within a reasonable time prior to such Audited Party’s auditors’ opinion date, so that the Other Party’s Auditors are able to perform the procedures they reasonably consider necessary to take responsibility for the work of the Audited Party’s auditors as it relates to their auditors’ report on such other Party’s 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 Party’s Auditors and management its personnel and Records and other Information in a reasonable time

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prior to the Other Party’s Auditors’ opinion date and other Party’s management’s assessment date so that the Other Party’s Auditors and other Party’s management are able to perform the procedures they reasonably consider necessary to conduct the Internal Control Audit and Management Assessments for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2015.
(c) Annual Reports and Proxy Statements . (i) Each Party shall deliver to the other Party a reasonably complete draft of the first annual 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 Party’s independent auditors) for the year ended June 30, 2015, on or prior to                      , 2015, and (ii) Kimball International shall deliver to Kimball Electronics a reasonably complete draft of the first proxy materials to be filed with the Commission after the Effective Date (such annual reports and proxy materials, collectively, the “ Annual Reports ”), on or prior to                      , 2015; provided, however, that each Party may continue to revise its respective Annual Reports prior to the filing thereof, which changes shall be delivered to the other Party as soon as reasonably practicable; provided, further, that, to the extent Kimball Electronics’ 2015 proxy statement discusses Kimball International compensation programs, Kimball Electronics shall substantially conform its 2015 proxy statement to be filed with the Commission to Kimball International’s proxy statement as last provided to Kimball Electronics at a reasonable time prior to Kimball Electronics’ filing. Each Party shall notify the other Party, as soon as reasonably practicable after becoming aware thereof, of any material accounting differences between the financial statements to be included in such Party’s annual report on Form 10-K and the pro-forma financial statements included, as applicable, in the Form 10 or the Form 8-K to be filed by Kimball International 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’ applicable Annual Reports.
(d) Nothing in this Article VII 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 7.2 to disclose any such Information, such Party shall use commercially reasonable efforts to seek to obtain such third party’s written consent to the disclosure of such Information.
Section 7.3.     Provision of Corporate Records . Other than in circumstances in which indemnification is sought pursuant to Article VI (in which event the provisions of such Article shall govern) or for matters related to provision of records that relate to Taxes (in which event the provisions of the Tax Matters Agreement shall govern), and subject to appropriate restrictions for classified Information, Privileged Information or Confidential Information:
(a)    After the Effective Time, upon the prior written request by Kimball Electronics for specific and identified Information which relates to (x) Kimball Electronics or the Kimball Electronics Business, as the case may be, prior to the Effective Time or (y) any Ancillary Agreement to which Kimball International and/or Kimball Electronics are parties, as applicable, Kimball International shall provide, as soon as reasonably practicable following the receipt of such request, appropriate copies of such Information (or the originals thereof if Kimball Electronics has a reasonable need for such originals) in the possession or control of Kimball International or any of

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its Affiliates or Subsidiaries, but only to the extent such items so relate and are not already in the possession or control of Kimball Electronics;
(b)    After the Effective Time, upon the prior written request by Kimball International for specific and identified Information which relates to (x) Kimball International or the conduct of the Retained Business, as the case may be, prior to the Effective Time or (y) any Ancillary Agreement to which Kimball International and/or Kimball Electronics are parties, as applicable, Kimball Electronics shall provide, as soon as reasonably practicable following the receipt of such request, appropriate copies of such Information (or the originals thereof if Kimball International has a reasonable need for such originals) in the possession or control of Kimball Electronics or any of its Subsidiaries, but only to the extent such items so relate and are not already in the possession or control of Kimball International; provided that, to the extent any originals 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 7.4.     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 Kimball International and Kimball Electronics shall use its commercially reasonable efforts 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 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 7.5.     Reimbursement; Other Matters . Except to the extent otherwise contemplated by this Agreement or any Ancillary Agreement, a Party providing Information or access to Information to the other Party under this Article VII 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 7.6.     Confidentiality .
(a) Notwithstanding any termination of this Agreement, each Party shall hold, and shall cause each of its respective Subsidiaries to hold, and shall cause its and their respective officers, employees, agents, consultants and advisors to hold, in strict confidence, and not to disclose or release or, except as otherwise permitted by this Agreement or any Ancillary Agreement, use, without the prior written consent of the Party to whom the Confidential Information relates (which may be withheld in such Party’s sole and absolute discretion, except where disclosure is required by applicable Law), 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 (i) 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, (ii) 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, (iii) as required in connection with any legal or other proceeding by one Party against any other Party, (iv) as necessary in order to permit a Party to prepare and disclose its financial statements in connection with any regulatory filings or Tax Returns, (v) as necessary for a Party to enforce its rights or perform its obligations under this Agreement (including pursuant to Section 2.3 ) or an Ancillary Agreement, (vi) to Governmental Entities in accordance with applicable procurement regulations and contract requirements or (vii) 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. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the event that any demand or request for disclosure of Confidential Information is made pursuant to clause (ii), (iii), (iv), (v) or (vi) 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.
(b) Each Party acknowledges that it and the other members of its Group may have in its or their possession confidential or proprietary Information of third parties that was received under confidentiality or non-disclosure agreements with such third party while such Party and/or members of its Group were part of the Kimball International Group. Each Party shall comply, and shall cause the other members of its Group to comply, and shall cause its and their respective officers, employees, agents, consultants and advisors (or potential buyers) to comply, with all terms and conditions of any such third-party agreements entered into prior to the Effective Time, with respect to any

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confidential and proprietary Information of third parties to which it or any other member of its Group has had access.
(c) The Parties agree that irreparable damage may occur in the event that the provisions of this Section 7.6 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 in any court having jurisdiction, this being in addition to any other remedy to which they are entitled at law or in equity.
(d) For the avoidance of doubt, the disclosure and sharing of Privileged Information shall be governed by Section 7.7 and not by this Section 7.6 .
Section 7.7.     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 Kimball International Group and the Kimball Electronics Group, and that each of the members of the Kimball International Group and the Kimball Electronics 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 7.7 includes, but is not limited to, services rendered by legal counsel retained or employed by any Party (or any member of such Party’s 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 Kimball International and Kimball Electronics. The Parties further recognize that certain of such post-separation services will be rendered solely for the benefit of Kimball International or Kimball Electronics, 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 Kimball International and Kimball Electronics. 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 Kimball International and Kimball Electronics shall be subject to a shared Privilege among the Parties involved in the claims, proceedings, litigation, disputes, or other matters at issue; and
(ii) Except as otherwise provided in Section 7.7(b)(i) , Privileged Information relating to post-separation services provided solely to one of Kimball International or Kimball Electronics shall not be deemed shared between the Parties, provided, that the foregoing shall not be construed or interpreted to restrict the right or authority of the Parties (x) to enter into any further

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agreement, not otherwise inconsistent with the terms of this Agreement, concerning the sharing of Privileged Information or (y) otherwise to share Privileged Information without waiving any Privilege which could be asserted under applicable Law.
(c) The Parties agree as follows regarding all Privileged Information with respect to which the Parties shall have a shared Privilege under Section 7.7(a) or (b) :
(i) Subject to Section 7.7(c)(iii) and (iv) , no Party may waive any Privilege which could be asserted under any applicable Law, and in which the 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) days after written notice by the requesting Party to the Party whose consent is sought;
(ii) If a dispute arises between or among the Parties or their respective Subsidiaries regarding whether a Privilege should be waived to protect or advance the interest of any Party, each Party agrees that it shall negotiate in good faith, shall endeavor to minimize any prejudice to the rights of the other Party, and shall not unreasonably withhold consent to any request for waiver by the other 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) 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) days written notice prior to effecting such waiver. Each Party specifically agrees that failure within ten (10) 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 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 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 Kimball International or Kimball Electronics as set forth in Sections 7.6 and this Section 7.7 , to maintain the confidentiality of Privileged Information and to assert and maintain any applicable Privilege. The access to Information being granted pursuant to Sections 6.6, 7.2 and 7.3 hereof, the agreement to provide witnesses and individuals pursuant to Sections 6.6 and 7.4 hereof, the furnishing of notices and documents and other cooperative efforts contemplated by Section 6.6 hereof, and the transfer of Privileged Information between the Parties and their respective Subsidiaries pursuant to this Agreement shall not be deemed a waiver of any Privilege that has been or may be asserted under this Agreement or otherwise.

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Section 7.8.     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 VII shall be deemed to remain the property of the providing Party. 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 7.9.     Other Agreements . The rights and obligations granted under this Article VII 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.
ARTICLE VIII
DISPUTE RESOLUTION
Section 8.1.     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 or thereby, including any claim based on contract, tort, statute or constitution (collectively, “ Agreement Disputes ”), the general counsels of the Parties (or such other individuals designated by the respective general counsels) and/or the executive officers designated by the 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 Parties in writing, exceed ninety (90) days (the “ Negotiation Period ”) 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 8.2 hereof, the 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 8.2.     Arbitration . Any and all Agreement Disputes that have not been resolved for any reason after the applicable Negotiation Period, shall be determined by arbitration conducted in Jasper, Indiana, before and in accordance with the American Arbitration Association Commercial Arbitration Rules and Procedures then prevailing, except as modified herein (the “ Rules ”). There shall be one arbitrator, which shall be appointed by the Parties in accordance with the Rules. 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 VIII 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 Indiana, 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 state or federal court of competent jurisdiction within the state of Indiana. The arbitrator shall be entitled, if appropriate, to

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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 8.3.     Arbitration Period . Any arbitration proceeding shall be concluded in a maximum of six (6) months from the appointment of the arbitrator of the arbitration or such other period as the arbitrator together with the Parties involved in such proceeding shall deem reasonable.
Section 8.4.     Treatment of Negotiations and Arbitration . Without limiting the provisions of the Rules, unless otherwise agreed in writing by and among the Parties or permitted by this Agreement, the Parties shall keep, and shall cause the members of their applicable Group to keep, confidential all matters relating to and any negotiation, conference or discussion or otherwise pursuant to this Article VIII, 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 a Party’s 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. Nothing contained herein is intended to or shall be construed to prevent a Party from applying to any court of competent jurisdiction for interim measures or other provisional relief 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 a Party to respect the arbitral tribunal’s orders to that effect.
Section 8.5.     Expenses . Except as otherwise provided in this Article VIII, each Party will bear its own costs, expenses and attorneys’ fees in pursuit of any resolution of any Agreement Dispute.
Section 8.6.     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 VIII with respect to all matters not subject to such dispute resolution.
ARTICLE IX
INSURANCE
Section 9.1.     Policies and Rights Included Within Assets .
(a)    Kimball International or one or more members of the Kimball International Group shall continue to own all Company Policies which were or are in effect at any time at or prior to the Effective Time (other than the Kimball Electronics Policies). Subject to the provisions of this

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Agreement, (i) the Kimball International Group shall retain all of their respective rights, benefits and privileges, if any, under the Company Policies and (ii) coverage of the Kimball Electronics Group under the Company Policies shall cease as of the Effective Time with respect to all injuries, losses, liabilities, damages and expenses to the extent suffered by one or more members of the Kimball Electronics Group in connection with , relating to, arising out of or due to, directly or indirectly, any event or occurrence at or after the Effective Time. Nothing contained herein shall be construed to be an attempted assignment of or a change to any part of the ownership of the Company Policies or shall be construed to waive any right or remedy of any member of the Kimball International Group in respect thereof. Not provision of this Agreement is intended to relieve any insurer of any Liability under any policy.
(b)    Kimball Electronics or one or more members of the Kimball Electronics Group shall own (i) all Policies established in contemplation of the Distribution to cover only the Kimball Electronics Group after the Effective Time and (ii) the Policies listed on Schedule 9.1(b) (collectively, the “ Kimball Electronics Policies ”).

Section 9.2.     Maintenance of Insurance for Kimball Electronics . Subject to the other provisions of this Agreement, Kimball International shall use commercially reasonable efforts to maintain in full force and effect the Shared Policies to the extent that such policies apply to the Kimball Electronics Business.
Section 9.3.     Acquisition, Administration and Maintenance of Post-Distribution Insurance by Kimball Electronics . Commencing as of the Effective Time, Kimball Electronics shall be responsible for establishing and maintaining a separate insurance program with commercially reasonable limits, deductibles, self-retentions for activities and claims involving any member of the Kimball Electronics Group. Each member of the Kimball Electronics Group, as appropriate, shall be responsible for all administrative and financial matters relating to the Policies established and maintained by the members of the Kimball Electronics Group for claims relating to any period at or after the Effective Time involving any member of the Kimball Electronics Group.
Section 9.4.     Rights under Shared Policies .
(a)    At and after the Effective Time: (i) subject to the provisions of Section 9.4(d) , (A) Kimball Electronics will have the right to assert and/or continue to prosecute claims for any injuries, losses, liabilities, damages and expenses with respect to the Kimball Electronics Business and the Kimball Electronics Assets under Company Policies that provide coverage for such injuries, losses, liabilities, damages and expenses (excluding, for the avoidance of doubt, any group health and welfare insurance policies) (collectively the “ Kimball Electronics Shared Policies ”) with insurers that are “occurrence-based” insurance policies (“ Occurrence-Based Policies ”) and (B) Kimball International will have the right to assert and/or continue to prosecute claims for any injuries, losses, liabilities, damages and expenses with respect to the Retained Business and the Retained Assets under Company Policies that provide coverage for such injuries, losses, liabilities, damages and expenses (excluding, for the avoidance of doubt, any group health and welfare insurance policies) (collectively with the Kimball Electronics Shared Policies, the “ Shared Policies ”) with insurers that are Occurrence-Based Policies arising out of insured events commencing from the date of coverage thereunder to the extent

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that the terms and conditions of any such Occurrence-Based Policies and agreements relating thereto so allow; and (ii) subject to the provisions of Section 9.4(d) , (A) Kimball Electronics will have the right to assert and/or continue to prosecute claims for any injuries, losses, liabilities, damages and expenses with respect to the Kimball Electronics Business and the Kimball Electronics Assets under Shared Policies with insurers that are written on a “claims-made” basis (“ Claims-Made Policies ”) and (B) Kimball International will have the right to assert and/or continue to prosecute claims for any injuries, losses, liabilities, damages and expenses with respect to the Retained Business and the Retained Assets under Shared Policies with insurers that are Claims-Made Policies arising out of insured events commencing from the date of coverage thereunder to the extent that the terms and conditions of any such Claims-Made Policies and agreements relating thereto so allow.
(b)    For those claims asserted and/or prosecuted by Kimball Electronics or Kimball International, as applicable, under either the Occurrence-Based Policies or the Claims-Made Policies: (i) all of the Kimball International Group’s or the Kimball Electronics Group’s, as applicable, reasonable out of pocket expenses incurred in connection with their efforts to assist the other Party in asserting or continuing to prosecute the claims described in Section 9.4(c) will be promptly paid by Kimball Electronics or Kimball International, as applicable, following receipt of an invoice for such expenses; (ii) such claims shall be subject to any amendments, commutations, terminations, buy-outs, extinguishments and modifications of the Shared Policies subject to Section 9.4(d) ; (iii) such claims will be subject to (and recovery thereon will be reduced by the amount of) any applicable deductibles or self-insured retentions, and, with respect to any such deductibles or self-insured retentions which require a payment by a member of the Kimball International Group or Kimball Electronics Group, as applicable, in respect thereof, Kimball Electronics or Kimball International, as applicable, shall reimburse such member of the Kimball International Group or Kimball Electronics Group, as applicable, for such payment; (iv) Kimball Electronics or Kimball International, as applicable, shall be responsible for and shall pay any reasonable out of pocket expenses for claims handling or residual Liability arising from such claims; and (v) such claims will be subject to exhaustion of existing sublimits and aggregate limits in accordance with Section 9.4(e) .
(c)    Kimball International and Kimball Electronics, as applicable, will use commercially reasonable efforts to assist the other Party in asserting claims and establishing its right to coverage under applicable Shared Policies if so requested by Kimball Electronics or Kimball International, as applicable, in writing (so long as all of the reasonable out of pocket expenses of the Kimball International Group or the Kimball Electronics Group, as applicable, in connection therewith are promptly paid by Kimball Electronics or Kimball International, as applicable, in accordance with Section 9.4(b) ), but Kimball International or Kimball Electronics, as applicable, will not otherwise be obligated to negotiate, investigate, defend, settle or otherwise handle such claims on behalf of Kimball Electronics or Kimball International, as applicable. No member of either the Kimball International Group or the Kimball Electronics Group, as applicable, will bear any Liability for the failure of an insurer to pay any claim under any Shared Policy. It is understood that Claims-Made Policies may not provide coverage to the members of the Kimball Electronics Group or the Kimball International Group, as applicable, for incidents occurring prior to the Effective Time but asserted with the insurance carrier after the Effective Time.

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(d)    In the event that after the Effective Time either Party proposes to amend, commute, terminate, buy-out, extinguish liability under or otherwise modify any Shared Policies under which the other Party has or may in the future have rights to assert claims pursuant to this Article IX in a manner that would reasonably be expected to adversely affect any such rights of any member of the Kimball Electronics Group or the Kimball International Group, as applicable, in any material respect, (i) Kimball International or Kimball Electronics, as applicable, will give the other Party prior notice thereof and consult with such Party with respect to such action, (ii) Kimball International or Kimball Electronics, as applicable, will not take such action without the prior written consent of the other Party, such consent not to be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed, and (iii) Kimball International or Kimball Electronics, as applicable, will pay to the other Party its equitable share (which shall be mutually agreed upon by Kimball International and Kimball Electronics, acting reasonably), if any, of any net proceeds actually received by Kimball International or Kimball Electronics, as applicable, from the insurer under the applicable Shared Policy as a result of such action by Kimball International or Kimball Electronics, as applicable (after deducting such Party’s reasonable out of pocket expenses incurred in connection with such action).
(e)    To the extent that the limits of any Shared Policy preclude payment in full of Unrelated Claims filed by Kimball International and Kimball Electronics, the Insurance Proceeds available under such Shared Policy shall be paid to Kimball International and/or Kimball Electronics on a FIFO Basis. In the event that Kimball International and Kimball Electronics file Related Claims under any Shared Policy, each of Kimball International and Kimball Electronics shall receive a pro rata amount of the available Insurance Proceeds, based on the relationship the injury, loss, liability, damage and expense incurred by each such Party bears to the total injury, loss, liability, damage and expense incurred by both such Parties from the occurrence or event underlying the Related Claims.
(f)    In no event will any member of the Kimball International Group or the Kimball Electronics Group, as applicable, have any liability or obligation whatsoever to any member of the Kimball Electronics Group or Kimball International Group, as applicable, if any Shared Policy is terminated or otherwise ceases to be in effect for any reason (other than a termination in breach of Section 9.4(d) ), is unavailable or inadequate to cover any Liability of any member of the Kimball Electronics Group or Kimball International Group, as applicable, for any reason whatsoever or is not renewed or extended beyond the current expiration date.
Section 9.5.     Post-Effective Time Claims . If, subsequent to the Effective Time, any person shall assert a claim against Kimball Electronics or any of its Subsidiaries (including where Kimball Electronics 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 Kimball Electronics Business or, to the extent any claim is made against Kimball Electronics or any of its Subsidiaries (including where Kimball Electronics or its Subsidiaries are joint defendants with other persons), the conduct of the Retained 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, Kimball International shall, at the time such claim is asserted, be deemed to designate, without need of further documentation, Kimball Electronics as the agent and attorney-in-fact to assert and to collect any related Insurance Proceeds under such Company Policy, and shall further be deemed to confer, without need of further documentation, but subject to Section 9.12 ,

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upon Kimball Electronics any and all rights of an insured party under such Company Policy with respect to such asserted claim, specifically including 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 9.5 shall be deemed to constitute (or to reflect) an assignment of the Company Policies, or any of them, to Kimball Electronics.
Section 9.6.     Administration; Other Matters .
(a) Administration . Subject to Section 9.12 , from and after the Effective Time, each Party (either by itself or by contracting for the provision of services by independent parties) shall be responsible for Claims Administration under Company Policies with respect to its respective Insured Claims; provided, however, that Kimball Electronics shall provide prompt notice to Kimball International of any claims submitted by it or by its respective Subsidiaries under the Company Policies and of any Insurance Proceeds related thereto. Each Party shall administer and pay any costs relating to its pursuit of and to defending its respective Insured Claims under Company Policies to the extent such defense costs are not covered under such Policies, 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.
(b) Liability Limitation . Kimball International and Kimball Electronics shall not be liable to one another for claims not reimbursed by insurers for any reason not within the control of Kimball International or Kimball Electronics, 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 Kimball International or Kimball Electronics 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.
Section 9.7.     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 9.7 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 9.8.     Agreement for Waiver of Conflict and Insurance Litigation and/or Recovery Efforts . In the event of any Action by any Party (or both of the Parties) to recover or obtain insurance proceeds, or to defend against any Action by an insurance carrier to deny any Policy benefits, both Parties may join in any such Action and be represented by joint counsel and both Parties shall waive any conflict of interest to the extent necessary to conduct any such Action. Nothing in this Section

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9.8 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 9.9.     Directors and Officers Liability Insurance . Kimball International agrees that it will either (i) from and after the Distribution Date to the sixth anniversary of the Effective Time,maintain in full force and effect the Company Policies identified as Directors & Officers Liability Insurance on Schedule 1.1(12) on substantially similar terms and conditions as were in effect at the Effective Time or (ii) pay for and cause to be obtained, and to be effective at the Effective Time, one or more prepaid “tail” insurance policies for the persons who, as of the date hereof, are covered by the Company Policies identified as Directors & Officers Liability Insurance on Schedule 1.1(12) , with a claims period of at least six (6) years from the Effective Time with terms and conditions (including scope and coverage amounts) that are, taken as a whole, at least as favorable as such Company Policies, for claims arising from facts or events that occurred at or prior to the Effective Time, covering without limitation the transactions contemplated hereby. The provisions of this Section 9.9 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 9.10.     No Coverage for Post-Effective Occurrences . Kimball Electronics, 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.
Section 9.11.     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 Kimball International is an additional named insured).
Section 9.12.     Kimball International as General Agent and Attorney-In-Fact . Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, Kimball International remains the owner and holder of all rights and claims in and to the Company Policies. Should the provisions of Sections 9.1 and 9.5 as they pertain to Kimball Electronics be challenged and/or fail of their purpose, Kimball International shall act as agent and attorney-in-fact for Kimball Electronics and thereby effectuate, on behalf of Kimball Electronics, the provisions of Section 9.5 of this Agreement, provided that Kimball Electronics shall pay Kimball International’s reasonable out of pocket costs relating thereto.
Section 9.13.     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 carrier’s retrospective audit of insured exposure, Kimball International shall be responsible for any such additional premiums, and shall be entitled to receive any such return premiums. If cancellation premium credits are received after the Effective Time in connection with the cancellation of any Company Policies, Kimball International shall be entitled to receive such cancellation premium credits.
Section 9.14.     Certain Matters Relating to Kimball International’s Organizational Documents . For a period of six (6) years from the Distribution Date, the Articles of Incorporation of Kimball International shall contain provisions no less favorable with respect to indemnification than are set forth in the Articles of Incorporation of Kimball International immediately after the Effective Time, which provisions shall not be amended, repealed or otherwise modified for a period

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of six (6) years from the Distribution Date in any manner that would affect adversely the rights thereunder of individuals who, at or prior to the Effective Time, were directors, officers, employees, fiduciaries or agents of any member of the Kimball International Group or the Kimball Electronics Group, unless such modification shall be required by Law and then only to the minimum extent required by Law.
ARTICLE X
MISCELLANEOUS
Section 10.1.     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 Ancillary Agreement or Continuing Arrangement, such Ancillary Agreement or Continuing Arrangement shall control and (b) this Agreement and any agreement which is not an Ancillary Agreement, this Agreement shall control unless specifically stated otherwise in such 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 10.2.     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 10.3.     Execution in Counterparts . This Agreement may be executed in one or more counterparts, and by the different Parties in separate counterparts, each of which when executed will be deemed to be an original but all of which taken together will constitute one and the same agreement. Delivery of an executed counterpart of a signature page to this Agreement by facsimile or portable document format (PDF) will be as effective as delivery of a manually executed counterpart of any such Agreement.
Section 10.4.     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 10.5.     Expenses . Except as otherwise provided in this Agreement, any Ancillary Agreement, or any other agreement contemplated hereby, or except as otherwise agreed to in writing by the Parties: (a) Kimball International will pay all fees, costs and expenses incurred by Kimball International and Kimball Electronics prior to the Distribution Date in connection with the preparation, execution, and delivery of this Agreement, any Ancillary Agreement, any other

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agreement contemplated hereby or thereby, the Disclosure Documents, and the consummation of the Distribution and the other transactions contemplated hereby and thereby; and (b) Kimball International and Kimball Electronics will each bear its own costs and expenses incurred after the Distribution Date.
Section 10.6.     Notices . All notices and other communications hereunder will be in writing and will be deemed duly given (a) on the date of delivery if delivered personally, or if by facsimile or electronic transmission, upon written confirmation of receipt by facsimile, e-mail or otherwise, (b) on the first Business Day following the date of dispatch if delivered utilizing a next-day service by a recognized next-day courier or (c) on the earlier of confirmed receipt or the fifth Business Day following the date of mailing if delivered by registered or certified mail, return receipt requested, postage prepaid. All notices hereunder will be delivered to the addresses set forth below, or pursuant to such other instructions as may be designated in writing by the Party to receive such notice:
To Kimball International:
Julia E. Heitz Cassidy, General Counsel
Kimball International, Inc.
1600 Royal Street
Jasper, Indiana 47549
Email: julie.heitz@kimball.com

To Kimball Electronics:
John H. Kahle, General Counsel
Kimball Electronics, Inc.
1205 Kimball Boulevard
Jasper, Indiana 47546
Email: john.kahle@kimballelectronics.com
Section 10.7.     Waivers . 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 10.8.     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 to (i) an affiliate or (ii) a third party in connection with a merger, reorganization, consolidation or the sale of all or substantially all the assets of a party hereto so long as the resulting, surviving or transferee 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 10.8 shall release the assigning Party from liability for the full performance of its obligations under this Agreement.

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Section 10.9.     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 10.10.     Termination and Amendment . This Agreement (including Article VI 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 Kimball International without the approval of Kimball Electronics or the Share Owners of Kimball International. In the event of such termination, no Party shall have any liability of any kind to the 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 Kimball International and Kimball Electronics.
Section 10.11.     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 a Party (and/or a member of such Party’s Group), on the one hand, to the other Party (and/or a member of such Party’s Group), on the other hand, under this Agreement 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.
(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 sixty (60) days of such bill, invoice or other demand) shall bear interest at a rate per annum equal to that announced publicly by The Wall Street Journal as its prime rate plus 2.0% (compounded annually).
Section 10.12.     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 Party’s 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 or any Ancillary Agreement (including adversely affecting the rights or ability of any Party to successfully pursue indemnification or payment pursuant to Article VI).
Section 10.13.     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 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 10.14.     Third Party Beneficiaries . Except (i) as provided in Article VI relating to Indemnitees and for the release under Section 6.1 of any Person provided therein, (ii) as provided in Section 9.9 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.

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Section 10.15.     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 10.16.     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 Kimball International Group or the Kimball Electronics 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 Kimball International Group or the Kimball Electronics 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 10.17.     Governing Law . This Agreement shall be governed by and construed and enforced in accordance with the Laws of the State of Indiana, without regard to any conflicts of law provision or rule thereof that would result in the application of the Laws of any other jurisdiction.
Section 10.18.     Consent to Jurisdiction . Subject to the provisions of Article VIII hereof, each of the Parties irrevocably submits to the exclusive jurisdiction of (a) courts sitting in or having jurisdiction over Jasper, Indiana, or (b) the United States District Court for the Southern District of Indiana (the “ Indiana 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 VIII or to prevent irreparable harm, and to the non-exclusive jurisdiction of the Indiana 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 Party’s respective address set forth above shall be effective service of process for any action, suit or proceeding in the Indiana Courts with respect to any matters to which it has submitted to jurisdiction in this Section 10.18 . 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 Indiana 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 10.19.     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.

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Section 10.20.     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 10.21.     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 10.22.     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: Section 6.2 ; Section 6.3 ; Section 6.4 ; and Section 6.5 ).
Section 10.23.     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 Tax purposes, any payment made pursuant to this Agreement (other than any payment of interest pursuant to Section 10.11 ) by: (i) Kimball Electronics to Kimball International shall be treated for all Tax purposes as a distribution by Kimball Electronics to Kimball International with respect to the stock of Kimball Electronics occurring immediately before the Distribution; or (ii) Kimball International to Kimball Electronics shall be treated for all Tax purposes as a tax-free contribution by Kimball International to Kimball Electronics with respect to its stock occurring immediately before the Distribution; and in each case, no Party 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 Party’s 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. If the receipt or accrual of any payment pursuant to this Agreement (other than payments of interest pursuant to Section 10.11 ) results in taxable income to an Indemnitee, such payment shall be increased so that, after the payment of any Taxes with respect to the payment, the Indemnitee shall have realized the same net amount they would have realized had the payment not resulted in taxable income.
Section 10.24.     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.

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Section 10.25.     No Admission of Liability . The allocation of Assets and Liabilities herein (including on the Schedules hereto) is solely for the purpose of allocating such Assets and Liabilities between Kimball International and Kimball Electronics and is not intended as an admission of liability or responsibility for any alleged Liabilities vis-à-vis any third party, including with respect to the Liabilities of any non-wholly owned subsidiary of Kimball International or Kimball Electronics.
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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.
 
KIMBALL INTERNATIONAL, INC.
 
 
 
 
By:
 
Name:
 
Title:
 
 
 
 
KIMBALL ELECTRONICS, INC.
 
 
 
 
By:
 
Name:
 
Title:
 
 
 


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Exhibit 10.6









J.P.Morgan
CREDIT AGREEMENT

dated as of

_____________, 2014

among

KIMBALL ELECTRONICS, INC.

The Lenders Party Hereto and

JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
as Administrative Agent

____________________________________

J.P. MORGAN SECURITIES LLC,
as Sole Bookrunner and Sole Lead Arranger











TABLE OF CONTENTS
 
Page
ARTICLE I Definitions
1
SECTION 1.01.
Defined Terms
1
SECTION 1.02.
Classification of Loans and Borrowings
23
SECTION 1.03.
Terms Generally
23
SECTION 1.04.
Accounting Terms; GAAP
23
ARTICLE II The Credits
24
SECTION 2.01.
Commitments
24
SECTION 2.02.
Loans and Borrowings
24
SECTION 2.03.
Requests for Revolving Borrowings
25
SECTION 2.04.
[Section Intentionally Omitted
26
SECTION 2.05.
Swingline Loans
26
SECTION 2.06.
Letters of Credit
27
SECTION 2.07.
Funding of Borrowings
31
SECTION 2.08.
Interest Elections
32
SECTION 2.09.
Termination and Reduction of Commitments
33
SECTION 2.10.
Repayment of Loans; Evidence of Debt
35
SECTION 2.11.
Prepayment of Loans
36
SECTION 2.12.
Fees
36
SECTION 2.13.
Interest
37
SECTION 2.14.
Alternate Rate of Interest
38
SECTION 2.15.
Increased Costs
38
SECTION 2.16.
Break Funding Payments
40
SECTION 2.17.
Payments Free of Taxes
40
SECTION 2.18.
Payments Generally; Pro Rata Treatment; Sharing of Set-offs
44
SECTION 2.19.
Mitigation Obligations; Replacement of Lenders
47
SECTION 2.20.
Defaulting Lenders
47
SECTION 2.21.
Returned Payments
49
SECTION 2.22.
Banking Services and Swap Agreements
49
SECTION 2.23.
Judgment Currency
50
ARTICLE III Representations and Warranties
50
SECTION 3.01.
Organization; Powers
50
SECTION 3.02.
Authorization; Enforceability
51
SECTION 3.03.
Governmental Approvals; No Conflicts
51
SECTION 3.04.
Financial Condition; No Material Adverse Change
51
SECTION 3.05.
Properties
51
SECTION 3.06.
Litigation and Environmental Matters
51
SECTION 3.07.
Compliance with Laws and Agreement
52
SECTION 3.08.
Investment Company Status
52
SECTION 3.09.
Taxes
52
SECTION 3.10.
ERISA
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SECTION 3.11.
Subsidiaries
53
SECTION 3.12.
Disclosure
53
SECTION 3.13.
Material Agreements
53
SECTION 3.14.
Anti-Corruption Laws and Sanctions
53
SECTION 3.15.
Spin-off
53
ARTICLE IV Conditions
54
SECTION 4.01.
Effective Date
54
SECTION 4.02.
Each Credit Event
56
ARTICLE V Affirmative Covenants
56
SECTION 5.01.
Financial Statements; Ratings Change and Other Information
57
SECTION 5.02.
Notices of Material Events
58
SECTION 5.03.
Existence; Conduct of Business
58
SECTION 5.04.
Payment of Obligations
58
SECTION 5.05.
Maintenance of Properties; Insurance.
58
SECTION 5.06.
Books and Records; Inspection Rights
58
SECTION 5.07.
Compliance with Laws
59
SECTION 5.08.
Use of Proceeds and Letters of Credit
59
SECTION 5.09.
Accuracy Of Information
59
SECTION 5.10.
Addition of Guarantors; Addition of Pledged Stock
59
ARTICLE VI Negative Covenants
60
SECTION 6.01.
Indebtedness
60
SECTION 6.02.
Liens
61
SECTION 6.03.
Fundamental Changes
61
SECTION 6.04.
Investments, Guarantees and Acquisitions
61
SECTION 6.05.
Sale of Assets
62
SECTION 6.06.
Swap Agreements
62
SECTION 6.07.
Restricted Payments
63
SECTION 6.08.
Transactions with Affiliates
63
SECTION 6.09.
Restrictive Agreements
63
SECTION 6.10.
Amendment of Organizational Documents
63
SECTION 6.11.
Financial Covenants
64
ARTICLE VII Events of Default
64
ARTICLE VIII The Administrative Agent
66
ARTICLE IX Miscellaneous
69
SECTION 9.01.
Notices
69
SECTION 9.02.
Waivers; Amendments
71
SECTION 9.03.
Expenses; Indemnity; Damage Waiver
72
SECTION 9.04.
Successors and Assigns
73
SECTION 9.05.
Survival
78
SECTION 9.06.
Counterparts; Integration; Effectiveness; Electronic Execution
78
SECTION 9.07.
Severability
78
SECTION 9.08.
Right of Setoff
79


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SECTION 9.09.
Governing Law; Jurisdiction; Consent to Service of Process
79
SECTION 9.10.
WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL
79
SECTION 9.11.
Headings
80
SECTION 9.12.
Confidentiality
80
SECTION 9.13.
Material Non-Public Information
80
SECTION 9.14.
Authorization to Distribute Certain Materials to Public-Siders
81
SECTION 9.15.
Interest Rate Limitation
81
SECTION 9.16.
No Advisory or Fiduciary Responsibility
82
SECTION 9.17.
USA PATRIOT Act
82
ARTICLE X Loan Guaranty
82
SECTION 10.01.
Guaranty
82
SECTION 10.02.
Guaranty of Payment
83
SECTION 10.03.
No Discharge or Diminishment of Loan Guaranty
83
SECTION 10.04.
Defenses Waived
84
SECTION 10.05.
Rights of Subrogation
84
SECTION 10.06.
Reinstatement; Stay of Acceleration
84
SECTION 10.07.
Information
85
SECTION 10.08.
Termination
85
SECTION 10.09.
Taxes
85
SECTION 10.10.
Maximum Liability
85
SECTION 10.11.
Contribution
86
SECTION 10.12.
Liability Cumulative
86
SECTION 10.13.
Liability for Swap Obligations
86
 
 
 
SCHEDULES:
 
 
 
Schedule 2.01A – Commitments
 
Schedule 2.01B – Swingline Amounts
 
Schedule 3.06 - Disclosed Matters
 
Schedule 3.11 – Subsidiaries
 
Schedule 3.15 – Exceptions to Spin-Off
 
Schedule 6.02 – Existing Liens
 
Schedule 6.04 – Existing Investments
 
Schedule 6.09 – Existing Restrictions
 
 
 
 
EXHIBITS:
 
 
 
 
 
Exhibit A -- Form of Assignment and Assumption
 
Exhibit B-1 -- U.S. Tax Certificate (For Non-U.S. Lenders that are not  Partnerships for U.S. Federal Income Tax Purposes)
Exhibit B-2 -- U.S. Tax Certificate (For Non-U.S. Lenders that are  Partnerships for U.S. Federal Income Tax Purposes)
Exhibit B-3 -- U.S. Tax Certificate (For Non-U.S. Participants that are not  Partnerships for U.S. Federal Income Tax Purposes)
Exhibit B-4 -- U.S. Tax Certificate (For Non-U.S. Participants that are  Partnerships for U.S. Federal Income Tax Purposes)

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CREDIT AGREEMENT dated as of ______________, 2014, among KIMBALL
ELECTRONICS, INC., the LENDERS party hereto, and JPMORGAN CHASE BANK,
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as Administrative Agent.
The parties hereto agree as follows:
ARTICLE I
Definitions
SECTION 1.01. Defined Terms . As used in this Agreement, the following terms have the meanings specified below:
ABR ”, when used in reference to any Loan or Borrowing, refers to whether such Loan, or the Loans comprising such Borrowing, bear interest at a rate determined by reference to the Alternate Base Rate.
Acquisition ” means any transaction, or any series of related transactions, consummated on or after the date of this Agreement, by which the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries (a) acquires any going business or all or substantially all of the assets of any firm, corporation or limited liability company, or division thereof, whether through purchase of assets, merger or otherwise or (b) directly or indirectly acquires (in one transaction or as the most recent transaction in a series of transactions) at least a majority (in number of votes) of the securities of a corporation which have ordinary voting power for the election of directors (other than securities having such power only by reason of the happening of a contingency) or a majority (by percentage or voting power) of the outstanding ownership interests of a partnership or limited liability company.
Acquisition Consideration ” means all consideration in respect of an Acquisition, including, without limitation, all direct payments, any assumed Indebtedness, earn-outs (valued at the maximum amount payable thereunder) deferred payments and any other form of consideration.
Adjusted Consolidated EBITDA ” means, for any period, Consolidated EBITDA plus Consolidated EBITDA of any entity (or assets or division of such entity) acquired by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries during such period shall be included (without duplication) on a pro forma basis for such period (assuming the consummation of such Acquisition occurred on the first day of such period), and provided that all income statement items to be included are reflected in audited financial statements or an acceptable quality of earnings report for Acquisitions equal to or in excess of $30,000,000 of Acquisition Consideration, or reflected in other financial data reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent for Acquisitions having Acquisition Consideration less than $30,000,000, and based upon reasonable assumptions and calculations which are expected to have a continuous impact.
Adjusted Leverage Ratio ” means the Borrower’s ratio of (a) Consolidated Total Indebtedness minus unencumbered U.S. cash on hand in the U.S. in excess of $15,000,000, to (b)


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Adjusted Consolidated EBITDA, determined as of the end of each of its fiscal quarters for the then most-recently ended four fiscal quarters.
Adjusted LIBO Rate ” means, with respect to any Eurocurrency Borrowing for any Interest Period, an interest rate per annum (rounded upwards, if necessary, to the next 1/16 of 1%) equal to (a) the LIBO Rate for such Interest Period multiplied by (b) the Statutory Reserve Rate.
Administrative Agent ” means JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., including its affiliates and subsidiaries, in its capacity as administrative agent for the Lenders hereunder.
Administrative Questionnaire ” means an Administrative Questionnaire in a form supplied by the Administrative Agent.
Affiliate ” means, with respect to a specified Person, another Person that directly, or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, Controls or is Controlled by or is under common Control with the Person specified.
Agency Site ” means the Electronic System established by the Administrative Agent to administer this Agreement.
Agent Party ” has the meaning assigned to it in Section 9.01(d).
Agreed Currencies ” means (i) Dollars, (ii) so long as it remains an Eligible Currency, Euros, and (iii) any other Eligible Currency which the Borrower requests the Agent to include as Agreed Currency hereunder and which is acceptable to all of the Lenders and the Agent.
Alternate Base Rate ” means, for any day, a rate per annum equal to the greatest of (a) the Prime Rate in effect on such day, (b) the Federal Funds Effective Rate in effect on such day plus ½ of 1% and (c) the Adjusted LIBO Rate for a one month Interest Period on such day (or if such day is not a Business Day, the immediately preceding Business Day) plus 1%, provided that, for the avoidance of doubt, the Adjusted LIBO Rate for any day shall be based on the LIBO Screen Rate at approximately 11:00 a.m. London time on such day. Any change in the Alternate Base Rate due to a change in the Prime Rate, the Federal Funds Effective Rate or the Adjusted LIBO Rate shall be effective from and including the effective date of such change in the Prime Rate, the Federal Funds Effective Rate or the Adjusted LIBO Rate, respectively.
Alternative Currencies ” means Agreed Currencies other than Dollars.
Anti-Corruption Laws ” means all laws, rules, and regulations of any jurisdiction applicable to the Borrower or any of its Affiliates from time to time concerning or relating to bribery or corruption.
Applicable Contribution Percentage ” has the meaning assigned to it in Section 10.11.
Applicable Percentage ” means, with respect to any Lender, the percentage of the total Commitments represented by such Lender’s Commitment; provided that in the case of Section 2.20 when a Defaulting Lender shall exist, “Applicable Percentage” shall mean the percentage of


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the total Commitments (disregarding any Defaulting Lender’s Commitment) represented by such Lender’s Commitment. If the Commitments have terminated or expired, the Applicable Percentages shall be determined based upon the Commitments most recently in effect, giving effect to any assignments and to any Lender’s status as a Defaulting Lender at the time of determination.
Applicable Rate ” means, for any day, with respect to any ABR Loan or Eurocurrency Revolving Loan, or with respect to the commitment fees and letter of credit fees payable hereunder, as the case may be, the applicable rate per annum set forth below under the caption “ABR Spread”, “Eurocurrency Spread”, “Commitment Fee Rate” or “Letter of Credit Fee”, as the case may be, based upon the Leverage Ratio:
Leverage Ratio:
ABR
Spread
Eurocurrency
Spread
Commitment Fee Rate
Letter of
Credit Fee
Category 1
<  1.25 to 1.00
.25%
1.25%
.20%
1.25%
Category 2
>1.25 to 1.00 but
<  2.00 to 1.00
.50%
1.50%
.25%
1.50%
Category 3
> 2.00 to 1.00
.75%
1.75%
.25%
1.75%

The Applicable Fee shall initially be based on Category 1. Commencing with the Borrower’s fiscal quarter ending December 31, 2014 and thereafter, (a) the Applicable Rate shall be determined as of the end of each fiscal quarter of the Borrower, based upon the Borrower’s annual or quarterly consolidated financial statements delivered pursuant to Section 5.01 and (b) each change in the Applicable Rate resulting from a change in the Leverage Ratio shall be effective during the period commencing on and including the date of delivery to the Administrative Agent of such consolidated financial statements indicating such change and ending on the date immediately preceding the effective date of the next such change, provided that at the option of the Administrative Agent or at the request of the Required Lenders, if the Borrower fails to deliver the annual or quarterly consolidated financial statements required to be delivered by it pursuant to Section 5.01, the Leverage Ratio shall be deemed to be in Category 3 during the period from the expiration of the time for delivery thereof until such consolidated financial statements are delivered.
Approved Fund ” has the meaning assigned to it in Section 9.04(b).
Assignment and Assumption ” means an assignment and assumption entered into by a Lender and an assignee (with the consent of any party whose consent is required by Section 9.04), and accepted by the Administrative Agent, in the form of Exhibit A or any other form approved by the Administrative Agent.


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Availability Period ” means the period from and including the Effective Date to but excluding the earlier of the Maturity Date and the date of termination of the Commitments.
Banking Services ” means each and any of the following bank services provided to any Loan Party by any Lender or any of its Affiliates: (a) credit cards for commercial customers (including, without limitation, “commercial credit cards” and purchasing cards), (b) stored value cards, (c) merchant processing services, and (d) treasury management services (including, without limitation, controlled disbursement, automated clearinghouse transactions, return items, overdrafts and interstate depository network services).
Banking Services Obligations ” means any and all obligations of the Loan Parties, whether absolute or contingent and howsoever and whensoever created, arising, evidenced or acquired (including all renewals, extensions and modifications thereof and substitutions therefor) in connection with Banking Services.
Bankruptcy Event ” means, with respect to any Person, such Person becomes the subject of a bankruptcy or insolvency proceeding, or has had a receiver, conservator, trustee, administrator, custodian, assignee for the benefit of creditors or similar Person charged with the reorganization or liquidation of its business appointed for it, or, in the good faith determination of the Administrative Agent, has taken any action in furtherance of, or indicating its consent to, approval of, or acquiescence in, any such proceeding or appointment, provided that a Bankruptcy Event shall not result solely by virtue of any ownership interest, or the acquisition of any ownership interest, in such Person by a Governmental Authority or instrumentality thereof, unless such ownership interest results in or provides such Person with immunity from the jurisdiction of courts within the United States or from the enforcement of judgments or writs of attachment on its assets or permit such Person (or such Governmental Authority or instrumentality) to reject, repudiate, disavow or disaffirm any contracts or agreements made by such Person .
Board ” means the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System of the United States of America.
Borrower ” means Kimball Electronics, Inc., an Indiana corporation.
Borrowing ” means (a) Revolving Loans of the same Type, made, converted or continued on the same date and, in the case of Eurocurrency Loans, as to which a single Interest Period is in effect or (b) a Swingline Loan.
Borrowing Request ” means a request by the Borrower for a Revolving Borrowing in accordance with Section 2.03.
Business Day ” means any day that is not a Saturday, Sunday or other day on which commercial banks in Indianapolis, Chicago or New York City are authorized or required by law to remain closed; provided that, when used in connection with a Eurocurrency Loan, the term “Business Day” shall also exclude any day on which banks are not open for dealings in the relevant Agreed Currency in the London interbank market or the principal financial center of such Agreed Currency (and, if the Borrowings which are the subject of a borrowing, drawing, payment, reimbursement or


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rate selection are denominated in Euro, the term “Business Day” shall also exclude any day on which the TARGET2 payment system is not open for the settlement of payments in Euro).
Capital Lease Obligations ” of any Person means the obligations of such Person to pay rent or other amounts under any lease of (or other arrangement conveying the right to use) real or personal property, or a combination thereof, which obligations are required to be classified and accounted for as capital leases on a balance sheet of such Person under GAAP, and the amount of such obligations shall be the capitalized amount thereof determined in accordance with GAAP.
Change in Control ” means (a) the acquisition of ownership, directly or indirectly, beneficially or of record, by any Person or group (within the meaning of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the rules of the SEC thereunder as in effect on the date hereof), of Equity Interests representing more than 25% of the aggregate ordinary voting power represented by the issued and outstanding Equity Interests of the Borrower; (b) occupation of a majority of the seats (other than vacant seats) on the board of directors of the Borrower by Persons who were neither (i) nominated by the board of directors of the Borrower nor (ii) appointed by directors so nominated; or (c) the acquisition of direct or indirect Control of the Borrower by any Person or group.
Change in Law ” means the occurrence after the date of this Agreement or, with respect to any Lender, such later date on which such Lender becomes a party to this Agreement) of (a) the adoption of or taking effect of any law, rule, regulation or treaty, (b) any change in any law, rule, regulation or treaty or in the interpretation or application thereof by any Governmental Authority or (c) compliance by any Lender or the Issuing Bank (or, for purposes of Section 2.15(b), by any lending office of such Lender or by such Lender’s or the Issuing Bank’s holding company, if any) with any request, guideline or directive (whether or not having the force of law) of any Governmental Authority made or issued after the date of this Agreement; provided that, notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, (x) the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act and all requests, rules, guidelines or directives thereunder or issued in connection therewith and (y) all requests, rules, guidelines or directives promulgated by the Bank for International Settlements, the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision (or any successor or similar authority) or the United States or foreign regulatory authorities, in each case pursuant to Basel III, shall be deemed to be a “Change in Law,” regardless of the date enacted, adopted or issued.
Charges ” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 9.15
Class ” when used in reference to any Loan or Borrowing, refers to whether such Loan, or the Loans comprising such Borrowing, are Revolving Loans or Swingline Loans.
Code ” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.
Collateral ” means any and all property owned by a Person covered by the Collateral Documents.
Collateral Documents ” means each Pledge Agreement, in the form prescribed by the Administrative Agent, duly executed by the Borrower and certain of the Borrower’s Subsidiaries


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to the Administrative Agent for the benefit of the Lenders to secure the Obligations, constituting a first priority pledge of 65% of the capital stock of the Borrower’s non-U.S. Subsidiaries (other than an Exempt Foreign Subsidiary) now or hereafter directly owned by the Borrower or the Borrower’s Subsidiaries, including any amendment or modification thereof.
Commitment ” means, with respect to each Lender, the commitment of such Lender to make Revolving Loans and to acquire participations in Letters of Credit and Swingline Loans hereunder, expressed as an amount representing the maximum aggregate amount of such Lender’s Revolving Credit Exposure hereunder, as such commitment may be (a) reduced or increased from time to time pursuant to Section 2.09, and (b) reduced or increased from time to time pursuant to assignments by or to such Lender pursuant to Section 9.04. The initial amount of each Lender’s Commitment is set forth on Schedule 2.01A , or in the Assignment and Assumption pursuant to which such Lender shall have assumed its Commitment, as applicable. The initial aggregate amount of the Lenders’ Commitments is $50,000,000.
Communications ” has the meaning assigned to it in Section 9.01(d).
Computation Date ” has the meaning assigned to it in Section 2.02(e).
Connection Income Taxes ” means Other Connection Taxes that are imposed on or measured by net income (however denominated) or that are franchise Taxes or branch profits Taxes.
Consolidated EBITDA ” means, for any period, net income plus , to the extent deducted from revenues in determining net income, (i) interest expense, (ii) expense for taxes paid or accrued, (iii) depreciation and amortization, (iv) extraordinary losses incurred other than in the ordinary course of business, and (v) transaction expenses incurred in connection with Transactions not exceeding $6,000,000, minus, to the extent included in net income, extraordinary gains realized other than in the ordinary course of business, all calculated for the Borrower and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles.
Consolidated Total Indebtedness ” means at any time the Indebtedness of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries calculated on a consolidated basis as of such time.
Control ” means the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management or policies of a Person, whether through the ability to exercise voting power, by contract or otherwise. “ Controlling ” and “ Controlled ” have meanings correlative thereto.
Credit Party ” means the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Bank, the Swingline Lender or any other Lender.
Default ” means any event or condition which constitutes an Event of Default or which upon notice, lapse of time or both would, unless cured or waived, become an Event of Default.
Defaulting Lender ” means any Lender that (a) has failed, within two Business Days of the date required to be funded or paid, to (i) fund any portion of its Loans, (ii) fund any portion of


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its participations in Letters of Credit or Swingline Loans or (iii) pay over to any Credit Party any other amount required to be paid by it hereunder, unless, in the case of clause (i) above, such Lender notifies the Administrative Agent in writing that such failure is the result of such Lender’s good faith determination that a condition precedent to funding (specifically identified and including the particular default, if any) has not been satisfied, (b) has notified the Borrower or any Credit Party in writing, or has made a public statement to the effect, that it does not intend or expect to comply with any of its funding obligations under this Agreement (unless such writing or public statement indicates that such position is based on such Lender’s good faith determination that a condition precedent (specifically identified and including the particular default, if any) to funding a loan under this Agreement cannot be satisfied) or generally under other agreements in which it commits to extend credit, (c) has failed, within three Business Days after request by a Credit Party, acting in good faith, to provide a certification in writing from an authorized officer of such Lender that it will comply with its obligations (and is financially able to meet such obligations) to fund prospective Loans and participations in then outstanding Letters of Credit and Swingline Loans under this Agreement, provided that such Lender shall cease to be a Defaulting Lender pursuant to this clause (c) upon such Credit Party’s receipt of such certification in form and substance satisfactory to it and the Administrative Agent, or (d) has become the subject of a Bankruptcy Event.
Disclosed Matters ” means the actions, suits and proceedings and the environmental matters disclosed in Schedule 3.06 .
dollars ” or “ $ ” refers to lawful money of the United States of America.
ECP Rules ” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 10.13.
Effective Date ” means the date on which the conditions specified in Section 4.01 are satisfied (or waived in accordance with Section 9.02).
Electronic Signature ” means an electronic sound, symbol, or process attached to, or associated with, a contract or other record and adopted by a person with the intent to sign, authenticate or accept such contract or record.
Electronic System ” means any electronic system, including e-mail, e-fax, Intralinks® ClearPar®, Debt Domain, Syndtrak and any other Internet or extranet-based site, whether such electronic system is owned, operated or hosted by the Administrative Agent and the Issuing Bank and any of its respective Related Persons or any other Person, providing for access to data protected by passcodes or other security system.
Eligible Currency ” means any currency other than Dollars (a) that is readily available, (b) that is freely traded, (c) in which deposits are customarily offered to banks in the London interbank market, (d) which is convertible into Dollars in the international interbank market and (e) as to which an Equivalent Amount may be readily calculated. If, after the designation by the Lenders of any currency as an Agreed Currency, (x) currency control or other exchange regulations are imposed in the country in which such currency is issued with the result that different types of such currency are introduced, (y) such currency is, in the determination of the Administrative Agent, no longer readily available or freely traded or (z) in the determination of


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the Administrative Agent, an Equivalent Amount of such currency is not readily calculable, the Agent shall promptly notify the Lenders and the Borrower, and such currency shall no longer be an Agreed Currency until such time as all of the Lenders agree to reinstate such currency as an Agreed Currency and promptly, but in any event within five Business Days of receipt of such notice from the Administrative Agent, the Borrower shall repay all Loans in such affected currency or convert such Loans into Loans in Dollars or another Agreed Currency, subject to the other terms set forth in Article II.
Environmental Laws ” means all laws, rules, regulations, codes, ordinances, orders, decrees, judgments, injunctions, notices or binding agreements issued, promulgated or entered into by any Governmental Authority, relating in any way to the environment, preservation or reclamation of natural resources, the management, release or threatened release of any Hazardous Material or to health and safety matters.
Environmental Liability ” means any liability, contingent or otherwise (including any liability for damages, costs of environmental remediation, fines, penalties or indemnities), of the Borrower or any Subsidiary directly or indirectly resulting from or based upon (a) violation of any Environmental Law, (b) the generation, use, handling, transportation, storage, treatment or disposal of any Hazardous Materials, (c) exposure to any Hazardous Materials, (d) the release or threatened release of any Hazardous Materials into the environment or (e) any contract, agreement or other consensual arrangement pursuant to which liability is assumed or imposed with respect to any of the foregoing.
Equity Interests “ means shares of capital stock, partnership interests, membership interests in a limited liability company, beneficial interests in a trust or other equity ownership interests in a Person, and any warrants, options or other rights entitling the holder thereof to purchase or acquire any such equity interest.
Equivalent Amount ” of any currency with respect to any amount of Dollars at any date shall mean the equivalent in such currency of such amount of Dollars, calculated on the basis of the Exchange Rate for such other currency at 11:00 a.m., London time, on the date on or as of which such amount is to be determined.
ERISA ” means the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended from time to time.
ERISA Affiliate ” means any trade or business (whether or not incorporated) that, together with the Borrower, is treated as a single employer under Section 414(b) or (c) of the Code or, solely for purposes of Section 302 of ERISA and Section 412 of the Code, is treated as a single employer under Section 414 of the Code.
ERISA Event ” means (a) any “reportable event”, as defined in Section 4043 of ERISA or the regulations issued thereunder with respect to a Plan (other than an event for which the 30 day notice period is waived); (b) the existence with respect to any Plan of an “ accumulated funding deficiency ” (as defined in Section 412 of the Code or Section 302 of ERISA), whether or not waived; (c) the filing pursuant to Section 412(d) of the Code or Section 303(d) of ERISA of an application for a waiver of the minimum funding standard with respect to any Plan; (d) the


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incurrence by the Borrower or any of its ERISA Affiliates of any liability under Title IV of ERISA with respect to the termination of any Plan; the receipt by the Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate from the PBGC or a plan administrator of any notice relating to an intention to terminate any Plan or Plans or to appoint a trustee to administer any Plan; the incurrence by the Borrower or any of its ERISA Affiliates of any liability with respect to the withdrawal or partial withdrawal from any Plan or Multiemployer Plan; or (g) the receipt by the Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate of any notice, or the receipt by any Multiemployer Plan from the Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate of any notice, concerning the imposition of Withdrawal Liability or a determination that a Multiemployer Plan is, or is expected to be, insolvent or in reorganization, within the meaning of Title IV of ERISA.
Euro ” and/or “ EUR ” means the single currency of the Participating Member states.
Eurocurrency ” when used in reference to any Loan or Borrowing, refers to whether such Loan, or the Loans comprising such Borrowing, are bearing interest at a rate determined by reference to the Adjusted LIBO Rate.
Eurocurrency Payment Office ” of the Administrative Agent shall mean, for each Alternative Currency, the office, branch, affiliate or correspondent bank of the Administrative Agent for such currency as specified from time to time by the Administrative Agent to the Borrower and each Lender.
Event of Default ” has the meaning assigned to such term in Article VII.
Exchange Rate ” means, on any day, with respect to any Alternative Currency, the rate at which such Alternative Currency may be exchanged into Dollars, as set forth at approximately 11:00 a.m., London time, on such date on the Reuters World Currency Page for such Alternative Currency. In the event that such rate does not appear on any Reuters World Currency Page, the Exchange Rate with respect to such Alternative Currency shall be determined by reference to such other publicly available service for displaying exchange rates as may be reasonably selected by the Administrative Agent or, in the event no such service is selected, such Exchange Rate shall instead be calculated on the basis of the arithmetical mean of the buy and sell spot rates of exchange of the Administrative Agent for such Alternative Currency on the London market at 11:00 a.m., London time, on such date for the purchase of Dollars with such Alternative Currency, for delivery two Business Days later; provided, that if at the time of any such determination, for any reason, no such spot rate is being quoted, the Administrative Agent, after consultation with the Borrower, may use any reasonable method it deems appropriate to determine such rate, and such determination shall be conclusive absent manifest error.
Excluded Swap Obligations ” means, with respect to any Guarantor, any Swap Obligation if, and to the extent that, all or a portion of the Guarantee of such Guarantor of, or the grant by such Guarantor of a security interest to secure, such Swap Obligation (or any Guarantee thereof) is or becomes illegal under the Commodity Exchange Act or any rule, regulation or order of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (or the application or official interpretation of any thereof) by virtue of such Guarantor’s failure for any reason to constitute an “ Eligible Contract Participant ” as defined in the ECP Rules at the time the Guarantee of such Guarantor or the grant of such security


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interest becomes or would become effective with respect to such Swap Obligation. If a Swap Obligation arises under a master agreement governing more than one swap, such exclusion shall apply only to the portion of such Swap Obligation that is attributable to swaps for which such Guarantee or security interest is or becomes illegal.
Excluded Taxes ” means any of the following Taxes imposed on or with respect to a Recipient or required to be withheld or deducted from a payment to a Recipient, (a) Taxes imposed on or measured by net income (however denominated), franchise Taxes, and branch profits Taxes, in each case, (i) imposed as a result of such Recipient being organized under the laws of, or having its principal office or, in the case of any Lender, its applicable lending office located in, the jurisdiction imposing such Tax (or any political subdivision thereof) or (ii) that are Other Connection Taxes, (b) in the case of a Lender, U.S. Federal withholding Taxes imposed on amounts payable to or for the account of such Lender with respect to an applicable interest in a Loan, Letter of Credit or Commitment pursuant to a law in effect on the date on which (i) such Lender acquires such interest in the Loan, Letter of Credit or Commitment (other than pursuant to an assignment request by the Borrower under Section 2.19(b)) or (ii) such Lender changes its lending office, except in each case to the extent that, pursuant to Section 2.17, amounts with respect to such Taxes were payable either to such Lender’s assignor immediately before such Lender acquired the applicable interest in a Loan, Letter of Credit or Commitment or to such Lender immediately before it changed its lending office, (c) Taxes attributable to such Recipient’s failure to comply with Section 2.17(f), and (d) any U.S. Federal withholding Taxes imposed under FATCA.
Exempt Foreign Subsidiary ” means as of any date of determination, a non-U.S. Subsidiary which the Required Lenders have agreed, in writing, prior to such date, to exempt from the requirements of pledging its capital stock (or other ownership interest) to the Administrative Agent; provided, however, such entity shall cease to be an Exempt Foreign Subsidiary upon 30 days written notice from the Required Lenders or the Administrative Agent to the Borrower. As of the Closing Date, Kimball Electronics (Nanjing) Co., Ltd. is an Exempt Foreign Subsidiary, and for a period of eighteen months from date of this Agreement (unless the Required Lenders or the Administrative Agent give 30 days written notice revoking such status or the Required Lenders agree to an extension of such eighteen month period), Kimball Electronics Romania SRL is an Exempt Foreign Subsidiary.
FATCA ” means Sections 1471 through 1474 of the Code, as of the date of this Agreement (or any amended or successor version that is substantively comparable and not materially more onerous to comply with), any current or future regulations or official interpretations thereof and any agreement entered into pursuant to Section 1471(b)(1) of the Code.
Federal Funds Effective Rate ” means, for any day, the weighted average (rounded upwards, if necessary, to the next 1/100 of 1%) of the rates on overnight Federal funds transactions with members of the Federal Reserve System arranged by Federal funds brokers, as published on the next succeeding Business Day by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, or, if such rate is not so published for any day that is a Business Day, the average (rounded upwards, if necessary, to the next 1/100 of 1%) of the quotations for such day for such transactions received


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by the Administrative Agent from three Federal funds brokers of recognized standing selected by it.
Financial Officer ” means the chief financial officer, principal accounting officer, treasurer or controller of the Borrower.
Financial Statements ” means the financial statements to be furnished pursuant to Sections 5.01(a) and (b).
Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio ” means the ratio of (a) the sum of (i) Consolidated EBITDA, minus (ii) 50% of depreciation expense, minus (iii) taxes paid, minus (iv) dividends and distributions paid (other than the Special One-Time Dividend), to (b) the sum of (i) scheduled principal payments on Indebtedness due and/or paid, plus (ii) interest expense, calculated for the Borrower and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP for the trailing 4 quarter period then ending.
Foreign Lender ” means (a) if the Borrower is a U.S. Person, a Lender that is not a U.S. Person, and (b) if the Borrower is not a U.S. Person, a Lender that is resident or organized under the laws of a jurisdiction other than that in which the Borrower is resident for tax purposes.
Funding Account ” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 4.01(g).
GAAP ” means generally accepted accounting principles in the United States of America.
Governmental Authority ” means the government of the United States of America, any other nation or any political subdivision thereof, whether state or local, and any agency, authority, instrumentality, regulatory body, court, central bank or other entity exercising executive, legislative, judicial, taxing, regulatory or administrative powers or functions of or pertaining to government.
Guarantee ” of or by any Person (the “ guarantor ”) means any obligation, contingent or otherwise, of the guarantor guaranteeing or having the economic effect of guaranteeing any Indebtedness or other obligation of any other Person (the “ primary obligor ”) in any manner, whether directly or indirectly, and including any obligation of the guarantor, direct or indirect, (a) to purchase or pay (or advance or supply funds for the purchase or payment of) such Indebtedness or other obligation or to purchase (or to advance or supply funds for the purchase of) any security for the payment thereof, (b) to purchase or lease property, securities or services for the purpose of assuring the owner of such Indebtedness or other obligation of the payment thereof, (c) to maintain working capital, equity capital or any other financial statement condition or liquidity of the primary obligor so as to enable the primary obligor to pay such Indebtedness or other obligation or (d) as an account party in respect of any letter of credit or letter of guaranty issued to support such Indebtedness or obligation; provided , that the term Guarantee shall not include endorsements for collection or deposit in the ordinary course of business.
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Guarantors ” means all Loan Guarantors and all non-Loan Parties who have delivered an Obligation Guaranty, and the term “Guarantor” means each or any one of them individually.
Hazardous Materials ” means all explosive or radioactive substances or wastes and all hazardous or toxic substances, wastes or other pollutants, including petroleum or petroleum distillates, asbestos or asbestos containing materials, polychlorinated biphenyls, radon gas, infectious or medical wastes and all other substances or wastes of any nature regulated pursuant to any Environmental Law.
Impacted Interest Period ” has the meaning assigned to it in the definition of “LIBO Rate.”
Indebtedness ” of any Person means, without duplication, (a) all obligations of such Person for borrowed money or with respect to deposits or advances of any kind (excluding deposits and advances received from customers in the ordinary course of business), (b) all obligations of such Person evidenced by bonds, debentures, notes or similar instruments, (c) all obligations of such Person upon which interest charges are customarily paid, (d) all obligations of such Person under conditional sale or other title retention agreements relating to property acquired by such Person, (e) all obligations of such Person in respect of the deferred purchase price of property or services (excluding current accounts payable incurred in the ordinary course of business), (f) all Indebtedness of others secured by (or for which the holder of such Indebtedness has an existing right, contingent or otherwise, to be secured by) any Lien on property owned or acquired by such Person, whether or not the Indebtedness secured thereby has been assumed, (g) all Guarantees by such Person of Indebtedness of others, (h) all Capital Lease Obligations of such Person, (i) all obligations, contingent or otherwise, of such Person as an account party in respect of letters of credit and letters of guaranty and (j) all obligations, contingent or otherwise, of such Person in respect of bankers’ acceptances. The Indebtedness of any Person shall include the Indebtedness of any other entity (including any partnership in which such Person is a general partner) to the extent such Person is liable therefor as a result of such Person’s ownership interest in or other relationship with such entity, except to the extent the terms of such Indebtedness provide that such Person is not liable therefor.
Indemnified Taxes ” means (a) Taxes, other than Excluded Taxes, imposed on or with respect to any payment made by or on account of any obligation of any Loan Party under any Loan Document and (b) to the extent not otherwise described in (a) hereof, Other Taxes.
Ineligible Institution ” has the meaning assigned to it in Section 9.04(b).
Information Memorandum ” means the Lender Package dated August 2014 relating to the Borrower and the Transactions.
Interest Election Request ” means a request by the Borrower to convert or continue a Revolving Borrowing in accordance with Section 2.08.
Interest Payment Date ” means (a) with respect to any ABR Loan (other than a Swingline Loan), the last day of each March, June, September and December, (b) with respect to any Eurocurrency Loan, the last day of the Interest Period applicable to the Borrowing of which such


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Loan is a part and, in the case of a Eurocurrency Borrowing with an Interest Period of more than three months’ duration, each day prior to the last day of such Interest Period that occurs at intervals of three months’ duration after the first day of such Interest Period and (c) with respect to any Swingline Loan, the day that such Loan is required to be repaid.
Interest Period ” means with respect to any Eurocurrency Borrowing, the period commencing on the date of such Borrowing and ending on the numerically corresponding day in the calendar month that is one, three or six months; provided , that (a) if any Interest Period would end on a day other than a Business Day, such Interest Period shall be extended to the next succeeding Business Day unless, in the case of a Eurocurrency Borrowing only, such next succeeding Business Day would fall in the next calendar month, in which case such Interest Period shall end on the next preceding Business Day and (b) any Interest Period pertaining to a Eurocurrency Borrowing that commences on the last Business Day of a calendar month (or on a day for which there is no numerically corresponding day in the last calendar month of such Interest Period) shall end on the last Business Day of the last calendar month of such Interest Period. For purposes hereof, the date of a Borrowing initially shall be the date on which such Borrowing is made and, in the case of a Revolving Borrowing, thereafter shall be the effective date of the most recent conversion or continuation of such Borrowing.
Interpolated Rate means, at any time, for any Interest Period, the rate per annum (rounded to the same number of decimal places as the LIBO Screen Rate) determined by the Administrative Agent (which determination shall be conclusive and binding absent manifest error) to be equal to the rate that results from interpolating on a linear basis between: (a) the LIBO Screen Rate for the longest period for which the LIBO Screen Rate is available for the applicable Agreed Currency) that is shorter than the Impacted Interest Period; and (b) the LIBO Screen Rate for the shortest period (for which that LIBO Screen Rate is available for the applicable Agreed Currency) that exceeds the Impacted Interest Period, in each case, at such time.
Investment ” of a Person means any loan, advance (other than commission, travel and similar advances to officers and employees made in the ordinary course of business), extension of credit (other than accounts receivable arising in the ordinary course of business on terms customary in the trade) or contribution of capital by such Person; stocks, bonds, mutual funds, partnership interests, notes, debentures or other securities owned by such Person; any deposit accounts and certificate of deposit owned by such Person; and structured notes, derivative financial instruments and other similar instruments or contracts owned by such Person.
Investment Guidelines ” means the Borrower’s existing Investment Guidelines dated as of the date hereof as in effect as of the date hereof, and any amendments or modifications thereto that are approved by the Borrower’s chief financial officer with the written consent of the Required Lenders.
IRS ” means the United States Internal Revenue Service.
Issuing Bank ” means JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. in its capacity as the issuer of Letters of Credit hereunder, and its successors in such capacity as provided in Section 2.06(i). The Issuing Bank may, in its discretion, arrange for one or more Letters of Credit to be issued by


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Affiliates of the Issuing Bank, in which case the term “Issuing Bank” shall include any such Affiliate with respect to Letters of Credit issued by such Affiliate.
KI ” means Kimball International, Inc.
LC Disbursement ” means a payment made by the Issuing Bank pursuant to a Letter of Credit.
LC Exposure ” means, at any time, the sum of (a) the aggregate undrawn amount of all outstanding Letters of Credit at such time plus (b) the aggregate amount of all LC Disbursements that have not yet been reimbursed by or on behalf of the Borrower at such time. The LC Exposure of any Lender at any time shall be its Applicable Percentage of the total LC Exposure at such time.
Lender Parent ” means, with respect to any Lender, any Person as to which such Lender is, directly or indirectly, a subsidiary.
Lenders ” means the Persons listed on Schedule 2.01A and any other Person that shall have become a party hereto pursuant to an Assignment and Assumption, other than any such Person that ceases to be a party hereto pursuant to an Assignment and Assumption. Unless the context otherwise requires, the term “Lenders” includes the Swingline Lender and the Issuing Bank.
Letter of Credit ” means any letter of credit issued pursuant to this Agreement.
Leverage Ratio ” means the Borrower’s ratio of Consolidated Total Indebtedness to Adjusted Consolidated EBITDA.
LIBO Rate ” means, with respect to any Eurocurrency Borrowing for any Agreed Currency and for any Interest Period, the London interbank offered rate as administered by ICE Benchmark Administration (or any other Person that takes over the administration of such rate) for such Agreed Currency for a period equal in length to such Interest Period as displayed on pages LIBOR01 or LIBOR02 of the Reuters screen that displays such rate (or, in the event such rate does not appear on a Reuters page or screen, on any successor or substitute page on such screen that displays such rate, or on the appropriate page of such other information service that publishes such rate from time to time as selected by the Administrative Agent in its reasonable discretion; in each case the “ LIBO Screen Rate ”) at approximately 11:00 a.m., London time, on the Quotation Day for such currency and Interest Period; provided that if the LIBO Screen Rate shall be less than zero, such rate shall be deemed to be zero for the purposes of this Agreement; provided further that if the Screen Rate shall not be available at such time for such Interest Period (an “ Impacted Interest Period ”) with respect to the applicable Agreed Currency then the LIBO Rate shall be the Interpolated Rate; provided that if any Interpolated Rate shall be less than zero, such rate shall be deemed to be zero for purposes of this Agreement.
LIBO Screen Rate ” has the meaning assigned to it in the definition of “LIBO Rate.”
Lien ” means, with respect to any asset, (a) any mortgage, deed of trust, lien, pledge, hypothecation, encumbrance, charge or security interest in, on or of such asset, (b) the interest of a vendor or a lessor under any conditional sale agreement, capital lease or title retention


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agreement (or any financing lease having substantially the same economic effect as any of the foregoing) relating to such asset and (c) in the case of securities, any purchase option, call or similar right of a third party with respect to such securities.
Loan Documents ” means this Agreement, including schedules and exhibits hereto, and any agreements entered into in connection herewith by the Borrower or any Loan Party with or in favor of the Administrative Agent and/or the Lenders, including (a) this Agreement, (b) the notes, (c) the Loan Guaranty and any Obligation Guaranty and (d) the Collateral Documents, any amendments, modifications or supplements thereto or waivers thereof.
Loan Guaranty ” means Article X of this Agreement.
Loan Guarantor ” means the Borrower and each of the Borrower’s domestic Subsidiaries.
Loan Parties ” means the Borrower and each Guarantor.
Loans ” means the loans made by the Lenders to the Borrower pursuant to this Agreement.
Material Adverse Effect ” means a material adverse effect on (a) the business, assets, operations, prospects or condition, financial or otherwise, of the Borrower and the Subsidiaries taken as a whole, (b) the ability of the Borrower to perform any of its obligations under this Agreement or any other Loan Document or (c) the rights of or benefits available to the Lenders under this Agreement or any other Loan Document.
Material Indebtedness ” means Indebtedness (other than the Loans and Letters of Credit), or obligations in respect of one or more Swap Agreements, of any one or more of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries in an aggregate principal amount exceeding $5,000,000. For purposes of determining Material Indebtedness, the “principal amount” of the obligations of the Borrower or any Subsidiary in respect of any Swap Agreement at any time shall be the maximum aggregate amount (giving effect to any netting agreements) that the Borrower or such Subsidiary would be required to pay if such Swap Agreement were terminated at such time.
Maturity Date ” means _____________, 2019.
Maximum Rate ” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 9.15.
Maximum Liability ” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 10.10.
Moody’s ” means Moody’s Investors Service, Inc.
Multiemployer Plan ” means a multiemployer plan as defined in Section 4001(a)(3) of ERISA.
Non-Paying Guarantor ” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 10.11.
Obligated Party ” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 10.02.


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Obligation Guaranty ” means any Guarantee of all or any portion of the Secured Obligations executed and delivered to the Administrative Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties by a guarantor who is not a Loan Party.
Obligations ” means all unpaid principal of and accrued and unpaid interest on the Loans, all LC Exposure, all accrued and unpaid fees and all expenses, reimbursements, indemnities and other obligations and indebtedness (including interest and fees accruing during the pendency of any bankruptcy, insolvency, receivership or other similar proceeding, regardless of whether allowed or allowable in such proceeding), obligations and liabilities of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries to any of the Lenders, the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Bank or any indemnified party, individually or collectively, existing on the Effective Date or arising thereafter, direct or indirect, joint or several, absolute or contingent, matured or unmatured, liquidated or unliquidated, secured or unsecured, arising by contract, operation of law or otherwise, arising or incurred under this Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents or in respect of any of the Loans made or reimbursement or other obligations incurred or any of the Letters of Credit or other instruments at any time evidencing any thereof.
Original Currency ” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.18(b).
Other Connection Taxes ” means, with respect to any Recipient, Taxes imposed as a result of a present or former connection between such Recipient and the jurisdiction imposing such Tax (other than connections arising from such Recipient having executed, delivered, become a party to, performed its obligations under, received payments under, received or perfected a security interest under, engaged in any other transaction pursuant to or enforced any Loan Document, or sold or assigned an interest in any Loan, Letter of Credit or Loan Document).
Other Taxes ” means all present or future stamp, court or documentary, intangible, recording, filing or similar Taxes that arise from any payment made under, from the execution, delivery, performance, enforcement or registration of, from the receipt or perfection of a security interest under, or otherwise with respect to, any Loan Document, except any such Taxes that are Other Connection Taxes imposed with respect to an assignment (other than an assignment made pursuant to Section 2.19).
Participant ” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 9.04(c).
Participant Register ” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 9.04(c).
Participating Member State ” means any member state of the European Union that adopts or has adopted the Euro as its lawful currency in accordance with legislation of the European Union relating to economic and monetary union.
Parties ” means the Borrower or any of its Affiliates.
Paying Guarantor ” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 10.11.
PBGC ” means the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation referred to and defined in ERISA and any successor entity performing similar functions.


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Permitted Acquisitions ” means any Acquisition by the Borrower or any Subsidiary of the Borrower having an aggregate amount of Acquisition Consideration paid or payable for such Acquisition together with the aggregate amount of all Acquisition Consideration paid or payable for all other Acquisitions by the Borrower and its Subsidiaries during any 18-month period in an amount less than $75,000,000 and the following conditions are satisfied: (a) in the event of a merger, the Borrower or a Subsidiary of the Borrower is the legal surviving corporation; (b) no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing at the time of such Acquisition or will result or occur after the consummation of such Acquisition; (c) for any Acquisition having an aggregate amount of Acquisition Consideration payable equal to or in excess of $10,000,000, the Administrative Agent receives prior notice of all material details of such Acquisition, and the entity or business acquired is substantially in the same field or enterprise as presently conducted by the Borrower or its Subsidiaries; (d) for any Acquisition having an aggregate amount of Acquisition Consideration payable equal to or in excess of $30,000,000, the Borrower provides satisfactory written evidence to the Administrative Agent that the Borrower will be in compliance with all financial covenants, calculated on a pro forma basis for the prior 12 month period giving effect to the consummation of such Acquisition; and (e) the proposed Acquisition is consensual (not hostile) and, if applicable, the Administrative Agent receives satisfactory evidence that the board of directors of the target entity, in the case of a corporation, or the members or managers (as applicable) of the target entity, in the case of a limited liability company, have approved the subject Acquisition, or such other satisfactory evidence that such Acquisition is consensual.
Permitted Encumbrances ” means:
(a) Liens imposed by law for Taxes that are not yet due or are being contested in compliance with Section 5.04;
(b) carriers’, warehousemen’s, mechanics’, materialmen’s, repairmen’s and other like Liens imposed by law, arising in the ordinary course of business and securing obligations that are not overdue by more than 60 days or are being contested in compliance with Section 5.04;
(c) pledges and deposits made in the ordinary course of business in compliance with workers’ compensation, unemployment insurance, old age pensions, and other social security laws, retirement benefits or similar regulations;
(d) deposits to secure the performance of bids, trade contracts, leases, statutory obligations, surety and appeal bonds, performance bonds and other obligations of a like nature, in each case in the ordinary course of business;
(e) judgment liens in respect of judgments that do not constitute an Event of Default under clause (k) of Article VII; and
(f) easements, zoning restrictions, rights-of-way and similar encumbrances on real property imposed by law or arising in the ordinary course of business that do not secure any monetary obligations and do not materially detract from the value of the affected property or interfere with the ordinary conduct of business of the Borrower or any Subsidiary;


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provided that the term “Permitted Encumbrances” shall not include any Lien securing Indebtedness.
Permitted Investments ” means:
(a)    direct obligations of, or obligations the principal of and interest on which are unconditionally guaranteed by, the United States of America (or by any agency thereof to the extent such obligations are backed by the full faith and credit of the United States of America), in each case maturing within one year from the date of acquisition thereof;
(b)    investments in commercial paper maturing within 270 days from the date of acquisition thereof and having, at such date of acquisition, the highest credit rating obtainable from S&P or from Moody’s;
(c)    investments in certificates of deposit, banker’s acceptances and time deposits maturing within 180 days from the date of acquisition thereof issued or guaranteed by or placed with, and money market deposit accounts issued or offered by, any domestic office of any commercial bank organized under the laws of the United States of America or any State thereof which has a combined capital and surplus and undivided profits of not less than $500,000,000;
(d)    fully collateralized repurchase agreements with a term of not more than 30 days for securities described in clause (a) above and entered into with a financial institution satisfying the criteria described in clause (c) above;
(e)    money market funds that (i) comply with the criteria set forth in SEC Rule 2a-7 under the Investment Company Act of 1940, (ii) are rated AAA by S&P and Aaa by Moody’s and (iii) have portfolio assets of at least $5,000,000,000; and
(f)    investments included in the Investment Guidelines.
Person ” means any natural person, corporation, limited liability company, trust, joint venture, association, company, partnership, Governmental Authority or other entity.
Plan ” means any employee pension benefit plan (other than a Multiemployer Plan) subject to the provisions of Title IV of ERISA or Section 412 of the Code or Section 302 of ERISA, and in respect of which the Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate is (or, if such plan were terminated, would under Section 4069 of ERISA be deemed to be) an “employer” as defined in Section 3(5) of ERISA.
Platform ” means Debt Domain, Intralinks, Syndtrak or a substantially similar electronic transmission system.
Prime Rate ” means the rate of interest per annum publicly announced from time to time by JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. as its prime rate in effect at its office located at 270 Park Avenue, New York, New York; each change in the Prime Rate shall be effective from and including the date such change is publicly announced as being effective.


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Pro Forma Opening Statements ” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 4.01(j).
Public-Sider ” means a Lender or any representative of such Lender that does not want to receive material non-public information within the meaning of the federal and state securities laws.
Quotation Day ” means, with respect to any Eurocurrency Borrowing for any Interest Period, (i) if the currency is Euro, the day that is two TARGET2 Days before the first day of such Interest Period, and (ii) for any other currency, two Business Days prior to the commencement of such Interest Period (unless, in each case, market practice differs in the relevant market where the LIBO Rate for such currency is to be determined, in which case the Quotation Day will be determined by the Administrative Agent in accordance with market practice in such market (and if quotations would normally be given on more than one day, then the Quotation Day will be the last of those days)).
Recipient ” means (a) the Administrative Agent, (b) any Lender and (c) any Issuing Bank, as applicable.
Register ” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 9.04(b).
Related Parties ” means, with respect to any specified Person, such Person’s Affiliates and the respective directors, officers, employees, agents and advisors of such Person and such Person’s Affiliates.
Required Lenders ” means, at any time, Lenders having Revolving Credit Exposures and unused Commitments representing more than 50% of the sum of the total Revolving Credit Exposures and unused Commitments at such time; provided that, so long as there are only two Lenders, Required Lenders shall mean both Lenders; provided further that for the purpose of determining the Required Lenders needed for any waiver, amendment, modification or consent, any Lender that is the Borrower, or any Affiliate of the Borrower shall be disregarded.
Restricted Payment ” means any dividend or other distribution (whether in cash, securities or other property) with respect to any Equity Interests in the Borrower or any Subsidiary, or any payment (whether in cash, securities or other property), including any sinking fund or similar deposit, on account of the purchase, redemption, retirement, acquisition, cancellation or termination of any such Equity Interests in the Borrower or any option, warrant or other right to acquire any such Equity Interests in the Borrower.
Revolving Credit Exposure ” means, with respect to any Lender at any time, the sum of the outstanding principal amount of such Lender’s Revolving Loans, its LC Exposure and its Swingline Exposure at such time.
Revolving Loan ” means a Loan made pursuant to Section 2.03.
S&P ” means Standard & Poor’s.
Sanctioned Country ” means, at any time, a country or territory which is itself the subject or target of any Sanctions (at the time of this Agreement, Cuba, Iran, North Korea, Sudan and Syria).


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Sanctioned Person ” means, at any time, (a) any Person listed in any Sanctions-related list of designated Persons maintained by the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the U.S. Department of the Treasury, the U.S. Department of State, or by the United Nations Security Council, the European Union or any European Union member state, (b) any Person operating, organized or resident in a Sanctioned Country or (c) any Person owned or controlled by any such Person or Persons described in the foregoing clauses (a) or (b).
Sanctions economic or financial sanctions or trade embargoes imposed, administered or enforced from time to time by (a) the U.S. government, including those administered by the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the U.S. Department of the Treasury or the U.S. Department of State, or (b) the United Nations Security Council, the European Union, any European Union member state or Her Majesty’s Treasury of the United Kingdom.
SEC ” means the Securities and Exchange Commission of the United State of America.
Secured Obligations ” means all Obligations, together with all (i) Banking Services Obligations and (ii) Swap Agreement Obligations owing to one or more Lenders or their respective Affiliates; provided, however, that the definition of “Secured Obligations” shall not create any guarantee by any Guarantor of (or grant of security interest by any Guarantor to support, as applicable) any Excluded Swap Obligations of such Guarantor for purposes of determining any obligations of any Guarantor.
Secured Parties ” means (a) the Administrative Agent, (b) the Lenders, (c) the Issuing Bank, (d) each provider of Banking Services, to the extent the Banking Services Obligations in respect thereof constitute Secured Obligations, (e) each counterparty to any Swap Agreement, to the extent the obligations thereunder constitute Secured Obligations, (f) the beneficiaries of each indemnification obligation undertaken by any Loan Party under any Loan Document, and (g) the successors and assigns of each of the foregoing.
Special One-Time Dividend ” means the Borrower’s special one-time dividend that may be made one-time prior to the Maturity Date, provided, (a) the Borrower provides the Administrative Agent with satisfactory evidence that it will be in pro forma covenant compliance after giving effect to payment of such dividend, (b) no Event of Default then exists, (c) the Borrower has unencumbered U.S. cash on hand in the U.S. after payment of such dividend of not less than $15,000,000 and (d) the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio as of the time of payment is greater than 1.25 to 1.00.
Spin-Off ” means the spin-off of KI’s shares of the Borrower to the existing shareholders of KI pursuant to the Spin-Off Documents.
Spin-Off Documents ” means the Separation and Distribution Agreement between the Borrower and KI dated ______________, 2014 and all ancillary documents related to the Spin-Off.
Statutory Reserve Rate ” means a fraction (expressed as a decimal), the numerator of which is the number one and the denominator of which is the number one minus the aggregate of the maximum reserve percentage (including any marginal, special, emergency or supplemental reserves) expressed as a decimal established by the Board to which the Administrative Agent is subject with respect to the Adjusted LIBO Rate, for eurocurrency funding (currently referred to as


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“Eurocurrency Liabilities” in Regulation D of the Board). Such reserve percentage shall include those imposed pursuant to such Regulation D. Eurocurrency Loans shall be deemed to constitute eurocurrency funding and to be subject to such reserve requirements without benefit of or credit for proration, exemptions or offsets that may be available from time to time to any Lender under such Regulation D or any comparable regulation. The Statutory Reserve Rate shall be adjusted automatically on and as of the effective date of any change in any reserve percentage.
subsidiary ” means, with respect to any Person (the “ parent ”) at any date, any corporation, limited liability company, partnership, association or other entity the accounts of which would be consolidated with those of the parent in the parent’s consolidated financial statements if such financial statements were prepared in accordance with GAAP as of such date, as well as any other corporation, limited liability company, partnership, association or other entity (a) of which securities or other ownership interests representing more than 50% of the equity or more than 50% of the ordinary voting power or, in the case of a partnership, more than 50% of the general partnership interests are, as of such date, owned, controlled or held, or (b) that is, as of such date, otherwise Controlled, by the parent or one or more subsidiaries of the parent or by the parent and one or more subsidiaries of the parent.
Subsidiary ” means any subsidiary of the Borrower.
Swap Agreement ” means any agreement with respect to any swap, forward, future or derivative transaction or option or similar agreement involving, or settled by reference to, one or more rates, currencies, commodities, equity or debt instruments or securities, or economic, financial or pricing indices or measures of economic, financial or pricing risk or value or any similar transaction or any combination of these transactions; provided that no phantom stock or similar plan providing for payments only on account of services provided by current or former directors, officers, employees or consultants of the Borrower or the Subsidiaries shall be a Swap Agreement.
Swap Agreement Obligations ” means any and all obligations of the Loan Parties, whether absolute or contingent and howsoever and whensoever created, arising, evidenced or acquired (including all renewals, extensions and modifications thereof and substitutions therefor), under (a) any Swap Agreement permitted hereunder with a Lender or an Affiliate of a Lender, and (b) any cancellations, buy backs, reversals, terminations or assignments of any Swap Agreement transaction permitted hereunder with a Lender or an Affiliate of a Lender.
Swap Obligation ” means, with respect to any Guarantor, any obligation to pay or perform under any agreement, contract or transaction that constitutes a “swap” within the meaning of section 1a(47) of the Commodity Exchange Act or any rules or regulations promulgated thereunder.
Swingline Amount ” means as to the Swingline Lender (i) the amount set forth opposite its name on Schedule 2.01B hereof or (ii) if such lender has entered into an Assignment and Acceptance, the amount set forth for such lender as its Swingline amount in the Register maintained by the Administrative Agent pursuant to Section 9.04(b)(ii)(C).


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Swingline Exposure ” means, at any time, the aggregate principal amount of all Swingline Loans outstanding at such time. The Swingline Exposure of any Lender at any time shall be the sum of (a) its Applicable Percentage of the total Swingline Exposure at such time related to Swingline Loans other than any Swingline Loans made by such Lender in its capacity as a Swingline Lender and (b), if such Lender shall be a Swingline Lender, the aggregate principal amount of all Swingline Loans made by such Lender outstanding at such time (to the extent that the other Lenders shall not have funded their participations in such Swingline Loans).
Swingline Lender ” means JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., in its capacity as a lender of Swingline Loans hereunder.
“Swingline Loan ” means a Loan made pursuant to Section 2.05.
TARGET2 ” means the Trans-European Automated Real-time Gross Settlement Express Transfer (TARGET2) payment system (or, if such payment system ceases to be operative, such other payment system (if any) reasonably determined by the Administrative Agent to be a suitable replacement) for the settlement of payments in euro.
TARGET2 Day ” means a day that TARGET2 is open for the settlement of payments in euro.
Taxes ” means all present or future taxes, levies, imposts, duties, deductions, withholdings (including backup withholding), assessments, fees or other charges imposed by any Governmental Authority, including any interest, additions to tax or penalties applicable thereto.
Transactions ” means the execution, delivery and performance by the Borrower of this Agreement, the borrowing of Loans, the use of the proceeds thereof and the issuance of Letters of Credit hereunder, and the consummation of the Spin-off.
Type ”, when used in reference to any Loan or Borrowing, refers to whether the rate of interest on such Loan, or on the Loans comprising such Borrowing, is determined by reference to the Adjusted LIBO Rate or the Alternate Base Rate.
UCC ” means the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect from time to time in the State of Indiana or in any other state, the laws of which are required to be applied in connection with the issue of perfection of security interests.
U.S. Person ” means a “United States person” within the meaning of Section 7701(a)(30) of the Code.
U.S. Tax Compliance Certificate ” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.17(f)(ii)(B)(3).
Withdrawal Liability ” means liability to a Multiemployer Plan as a result of a complete or partial withdrawal from such Multiemployer Plan, as such terms are defined in Part I of Subtitle E of Title IV of ERISA.


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SECTION 1.02.     Classification of Loans and Borrowings . For purposes of this Agreement, Loans may be classified and referred to by Class ( e.g. , a “ Revolving Loan ”) or by Type ( e.g. , a “ Eurocurrency Loan ”) or by Class and Type ( e.g. , a “ Eurocurrency Revolving Loan ”). Borrowings also may be classified and referred to by Class ( e.g. , a “ Revolving Borrowing ”) or by Type ( e.g. , a “ Eurocurrency Borrowing ”) or by Class and Type ( e.g. , a “ Eurocurrency Revolving Borrowing ”).
SECTION 1.03.     Terms Generally . The definitions of terms herein shall apply equally to the singular and plural forms of the terms defined. Whenever the context may require, any pronoun shall include the corresponding masculine, feminine and neuter forms. The words “include”, “includes” and “including” shall be deemed to be followed by the phrase “without limitation”. The word “will” shall be construed to have the same meaning and effect as the word “shall”. Unless the context requires otherwise any definition of or reference to any agreement, instrument or other document herein shall be construed as referring to such agreement, instrument or other document as from time to time amended, supplemented or otherwise modified (subject to any restrictions on such amendments, supplements or modifications set forth herein), (b) any reference herein to any Person shall be construed to include such Person’s successors and assigns, (c) the words “herein”, “hereof” and “hereunder”, and words of similar import, shall be construed to refer to this Agreement in its entirety and not to any particular provision hereof, (d) all references herein to Articles, Sections, Exhibits and Schedules shall be construed to refer to Articles and Sections of, and Exhibits and Schedules to, this Agreement and (e) the words “asset” and “property” shall be construed to have the same meaning and effect and to refer to any and all tangible and intangible assets and properties, including cash, securities, accounts and contract rights.
SECTION 1.04.     Accounting Terms; GAAP . Except as otherwise expressly provided herein, all terms of an accounting or financial nature shall be construed in accordance with GAAP, as in effect from time to time; provided that, if the Borrower notifies the Administrative Agent that the Borrower requests an amendment to any provision hereof to eliminate the effect of any change occurring after the date hereof in GAAP or in the application thereof on the operation of such provision (or if the Administrative Agent notifies the Borrower that the Required Lenders request an amendment to any provision hereof for such purpose), regardless of whether any such notice is given before or after such change in GAAP or in the application thereof, then such provision shall be interpreted on the basis of GAAP as in effect and applied immediately before such change shall have become effective until such notice shall have been withdrawn or such provision amended in accordance herewith. Notwithstanding any other provision contained herein, all terms of an accounting or financial nature used herein shall be construed, and all computations of amounts and ratios referred to herein shall be made, without giving effect to any election under Financial Accounting Standards Board Accounting Standards Codification 825 (or any other Financial Accounting Standard having a similar result or effect) to value any Indebtedness or other liabilities of the Borrower or any Subsidiary at “fair value”, as defined therein.


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ARTICLE II

The Credits
SECTION 2.01.     Commitments . Subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, each Lender agrees to make Revolving Loans to the Borrower in Agreed Currencies in Dollar Amounts, provided that all ABR Loans shall be made in Dollars, from time to time during the Availability Period in an aggregate principal amount that will not result (after giving effect to any application of proceeds of such Borrowing pursuant to Section 2.10) in (a) subject to Sections 2.02(e) and 2.10(b), the Dollar Amount of such Lender’s Revolving Credit Exposure exceeding such Lender’s Commitment or (b) subject to Sections 2.02(e) and 2.10(b), the sum of the Dollar Amount of the total Revolving Credit Exposures exceeding the total Commitments. Within the foregoing limits and subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, the Borrower may borrow, prepay and reborrow Revolving Loans.
SECTION 2.02.     Loans and Borrowing. (a)Each Revolving Loan shall be made as part of a Borrowing consisting of Revolving Loans made by the Lenders ratably in accordance with their respective Commitments. The failure of any Lender to make any Loan required to be made by it shall not relieve any other Lender of its obligations hereunder; provided that the Commitments of the Lenders are several and no Lender shall be responsible for any other Lender’s failure to make Loans as required.
(b)    Subject to Section 2.14, each Revolving Borrowing shall be comprised entirely of ABR Loans or Eurocurrency Loans as the Borrower may request in accordance herewith. Each Swingline Loan shall be an ABR Loan. Each Lender at its option may make any Eurocurrency Loan by causing any domestic or foreign branch or Affiliate of such Lender to make such Loan; provided that any exercise of such option shall not affect the obligation of the Borrower to repay such Loan in accordance with the terms of this Agreement.
(c)    At the commencement of each Interest Period for any Eurocurrency Revolving Borrowing, such Borrowing shall be in an aggregate amount that is an integral multiple of $100,000 and not less than $1,000,000 (or the Equivalent Amounts if denominated in an Alternative Currency). At the time that each ABR Revolving Borrowing is made, such Borrowing shall be in an aggregate amount that is an integral multiple of $50,000 and not less than $250,000; provided that an ABR Revolving Borrowing may be in an aggregate amount that is equal to the entire unused balance of the total Commitments or that is required to finance the reimbursement of an LC Disbursement as contemplated by Section 2.06(e). Each Swingline Loan shall be in an amount that is an integral multiple of $100,000 and not less than $100,000. Borrowings of more than one Type and Class may be outstanding at the same time; provided that there shall not at any time be more than a total of 8 Eurocurrency Revolving Borrowings outstanding.
(d)    Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, the Borrower shall not be entitled to request, or to elect to convert or continue, any Borrowing if the Interest Period requested with respect thereto would end after the Maturity Date.
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(i)      each Eurocurrency Borrowing as of the date three Business Days prior to the Borrowing Date or, if applicable, date of conversion/continuation of such Eurocurrency Borrowing, and
(ii)      all outstanding Eurocurrency Borrowings on and as of the last Business Day of each calendar quarter and on any other Business Day elected by the Administrative Agent in its discretion or upon instruction by the Required Lenders.
Each day upon or as of which the Administrative Agent determines Dollar Amounts as described in the preceding clauses (i) and (ii) is herein described as a “Computation Date” with respect to each Borrowing for which a Dollar Amount is determined on or as of such day. If at any time the Dollar Amount of the sum of the aggregate principal amount of all outstanding Borrowings (calculated, with respect to those Borrowings denominated in Alternative Currencies, as of the most recent Computation Date with respect to each such Borrowing) exceeds the total Commitments, the Borrower shall immediately repay Borrowings in an aggregate principal amount sufficient to eliminate any such excess.
SECTION 2.03.     Requests for Revolving Borrowings . To request a Revolving Borrowing, the Borrower shall notify the Administrative Agent of such request by telephone (a) in the case of a Eurocurrency Borrowing in Dollars, not later than 11:00 a.m., Chicago time, three Business Days before the date of the proposed Borrowing, (b) in the case of a Eurocurrency Borrowing in an Alternative Currency not later than 11:00 a.m., Chicago time, three Business Days before the date of the proposed Borrowing, or (c) in the case of an ABR Borrowing, not later than 11:00 a.m., Chicago time, one Business Day before the date of the proposed Borrowing; provided that any such notice of an ABR Revolving Borrowing to finance the reimbursement of an LC Disbursement as contemplated by Section 2.06(e) may be given not later than 10:00 a.m., Chicago time, on the date of the proposed Borrowing. Each such telephonic Borrowing Request shall be irrevocable and shall be confirmed promptly by hand delivery or telecopy to the Administrative Agent of a written Borrowing Request in a form approved by the Administrative Agent and signed by the Borrower. Each such telephonic and written Borrowing Request shall specify the following information in compliance with Section 2.02:
(i) the aggreg ate amount of the requested Borrowing;
(ii) the date of such Borrowing, which shall be a Business Day;
(iii) whether such Borrowing is to be an ABR Borrowing or a Eurocurrency Borrowing;
(iv) in the case of a Eurocurrency Borrowing, the initial Interest Period to be applicable thereto, which shall be a period contemplated by the definition of the term “Interest Period” and the Agreed Currency applicable thereto; and
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If no election as to the Type of Revolving Borrowing is specified, then the requested Revolving Borrowing shall be an ABR Borrowing. If no Interest Period is specified with respect to any requested Eurocurrency Revolving Borrowing, then the Borrower shall be deemed to have selected an Interest Period of one month’s duration. Promptly following receipt of a Borrowing Request in accordance with this Section, the Administrative Agent shall advise each Lender of the details thereof and of the amount of such Lender’s Loan to be made as part of the requested Borrowing.
SECTION 2.04.     [Section Intentionally Omitted .]
SECTION 2.05.     Swingline Loans . (a) Subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, from time to time during the Availability Period, the Swingline Lender may on a discretionary case by case basis agree to make Swingline Loans in Dollars to the Borrower in an aggregate principal amount at any time outstanding that will not result in (i) the aggregate principal amount of outstanding Swingline Loans made by the Swingline Lender exceeding the Swingline Lender’s Swingline Amount, (ii) the Swingline Lender’s Revolving Credit Exposure exceeding its Commitment, or (iii) the total Revolving Credit Exposures exceeding the total Commitments. Within the foregoing limits and subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, the Borrower may borrow, prepay and reborrow Swingline Loans. The Swingline Amount is a discretionary uncommitted facility of the Swingline Lender.
(b)    To request a Swingline Loan, the Borrower shall notify the Administrative Agent of such request by telephone (confirmed by telecopy), not later than 12:00 noon, Chicago time, on the day of a proposed Swingline Loan. Each such notice shall be irrevocable and shall specify the requested date (which shall be a Business Day) and amount of the requested Swingline Loan. The Administrative Agent will promptly advise the Swingline Lender of any such notice received from the Borrower. If the Swingline Lender elects to make such requested Swingline Loan, it will be made available to the Borrower by means of a credit to an account of the Borrower with the Administrative Agent designated for such purpose (or, in the case of a Swingline Loan made to finance the reimbursement of an LC Disbursement as provided in Section 2.06(e), by remittance to the Issuing Bank) by 3:00 p.m., Chicago time, on the requested date of such Swingline Loan.
(c)    If the Swingline Lender elects to make Swingline Loan, the Swingline Lender may by written notice given to the Administrative Agent require the Lenders to acquire participations in all or a portion of its Swingline Loans outstanding. Such notice shall specify the aggregate amount of Swingline Loans in which Lenders will participate. Promptly upon receipt of such notice, the Administrative Agent will give notice thereof to each Lender, specifying in such notice such Lender’s Applicable Percentage of such Swingline Loans. Each Lender hereby absolutely and unconditionally agrees, promptly upon receipt of such notice from the Administrative Agent (and in any event, if such notice is received by 12:00 noon, Chicago time, on a Business Day no later than 5:00 p.m. Chicago time on such Business Day and if received after 12:00 noon Chicago time, on a Business Day shall mean no later than 10:00 a.m. Chicago time on the immediately succeeding Business Day), to pay to the Administrative Agent, for the account of the Swingline Lender, such Lender’s Applicable Percentage of such Swingline Loans. Each Lender acknowledges and agrees that its obligation to acquire participations in Swingline Loans pursuant to this paragraph is absolute and unconditional and shall not be affected by any circumstance


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whatsoever, including the occurrence and continuance of a Default or reduction or termination of the Commitments, and that each such payment shall be made without any offset, abatement, withholding or reduction whatsoever. Each Lender shall comply with its obligation under this paragraph by wire transfer of immediately available funds, in the same manner as provided in Section 2.07 with respect to Loans made by such Lender (and Section 2.07 shall apply, mutatis mutandis , to the payment obligations of the Lenders), and the Administrative Agent shall promptly pay to such Swingline Lender the amounts so received by it from the Lenders. The Administrative Agent shall notify the Borrower of any participations in any Swingline Loan acquired pursuant to this paragraph, and thereafter payments in respect of such Swingline Loan shall be made to the Administrative Agent and not to the Swingline Lender. Any amounts received by a Swingline Lender from the Borrower (or other party on behalf of the Borrower) in respect of a Swingline Loan after receipt by the Swingline Lender of the proceeds of a sale of participations therein shall be promptly remitted to the Administrative Agent; any such amounts received by the Administrative Agent shall be promptly remitted by the Administrative Agent to the Lenders that shall have made their payments pursuant to this paragraph and to the Swingline Lender; provided that any such payment so remitted shall be repaid to the Swingline Lender or to the Administrative Agent, as applicable, if and to the extent such payment is required to be refunded to the Borrower for any reason. The purchase of participations in a Swingline Loan pursuant to this paragraph shall not relieve the Borrower of any default in the payment thereof.
SECTION 2.06.     Letters of Credit . (a) General . Subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, the Borrower may request the issuance of Letters of Credit in Dollars as the applicant thereof for the support of its or its Subsidiaries’ obligations, in a form reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent and the Issuing Bank, at any time and from time to time during the Availability Period. In the event of any inconsistency between the terms and conditions of this Agreement and the terms and conditions of any form of letter of credit application or other agreement submitted by the Borrower to, or entered into by the Borrower with, the Issuing Bank relating to any Letter of Credit, the terms and conditions of this Agreement shall control. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the Issuing Bank shall have no obligation hereunder to issue, and shall not issue, any Letter of Credit the proceeds of which would be made available to any Person (i) to fund any activity or business of or with any Sanctioned Person, or in any country or territory that, at the time of such funding, is the subject of any Sanctions or (ii) in any manner that would result in a violation of any Sanctions by any party to this Agreement.
(b)     Notice of Issuance, Amendment, Renewal, Extension; Certain Conditions . To request the issuance of a Letter of Credit (or the amendment, renewal or extension of an outstanding Letter of Credit), the Borrower shall hand deliver or telecopy (or transmit by electronic communication, if arrangements for doing so have been approved by the Issuing Bank) to the Issuing Bank and the Administrative Agent (reasonably in advance of the requested date of issuance, amendment, renewal or extension, but in any event no less than three Business Days) a notice requesting the issuance of a Letter of Credit, or identifying the Letter of Credit to be amended, renewed or extended, and specifying the date of issuance, amendment, renewal or extension (which shall be a Business Day), the date on which such Letter of Credit is to expire (which shall comply with paragraph (c) of this Section), the amount of such Letter of Credit, the name and address of the beneficiary thereof and such other information as shall be necessary to prepare, amend, renew or extend such Letter of Credit. If requested by the Issuing Bank, the


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Borrower also shall submit a letter of credit application on the Issuing Bank’s standard form in connection with any request for a Letter of Credit. A Letter of Credit shall be issued, amended, renewed or extended only if (and upon issuance, amendment, renewal or extension of each Letter of Credit the Borrower shall be deemed to represent and warrant that), after giving effect to such issuance, amendment, renewal or extension (i) the LC Exposure shall not exceed $15,000,000, (ii) no Lender’s Revolving Credit Exposure shall exceed its Commitment and (iii) the total Revolving Credit Exposures shall not exceed the total Commitments.
(c)     Expiration Date . Each Letter of Credit shall expire (or be subject to termination by notice from the Issuing Bank to the beneficiary thereof) at or prior to the close of business on the earlier of (i) the date eighteen months after the date of the issuance of such Letter of Credit (or, in the case of any renewal or extension thereof, eighteen months after such renewal or extension) and (ii) the date that is five Business Days prior to the Maturity Date; provided that a Letter of Credit may have an expiration date later than the Maturity Date so long as the Borrower agrees to provide, and does provide, at least 30 days prior to the Maturity Date cash collateral in accordance with Section 2.06(j).
(d)     Participations . By the issuance of a Letter of Credit (or an amendment to a Letter of Credit increasing the amount thereof) and without any further action on the part of the Issuing Bank or the Lenders, the Issuing Bank hereby grants to each Lender, and each Lender hereby acquires from the Issuing Bank, a participation in such Letter of Credit equal to such Lender’s Applicable Percentage of the aggregate amount available to be drawn under such Letter of Credit. In consideration and in furtherance of the foregoing, each Lender hereby absolutely and unconditionally agrees to pay to the Administrative Agent, for the account of the Issuing Bank, such Lender’s Applicable Percentage of each LC Disbursement made by the Issuing Bank and not reimbursed by the Borrower on the date due as provided in paragraph (e) of this Section, or of any reimbursement payment required to be refunded to the Borrower for any reason. Each Lender acknowledges and agrees that its obligation to acquire participations pursuant to this paragraph in respect of Letters of Credit is absolute and unconditional and shall not be affected by any circumstance whatsoever, including any amendment, renewal or extension of any Letter of Credit or the occurrence and continuance of a Default or reduction or termination of the Commitments, and that each such payment shall be made without any offset, abatement, withholding or reduction whatsoever.
(e)     Reimbursement . If the Issuing Bank shall make any LC Disbursement in respect of a Letter of Credit, the Borrower shall reimburse such LC Disbursement by paying to the Administrative Agent an amount equal to such LC Disbursement not later than 12:00 noon, Chicago time, on the date that such LC Disbursement is made, if the Borrower shall have received notice of such LC Disbursement prior to 10:00 a.m., Chicago time, on such date, or, if such notice has not been received by the Borrower prior to such time on such date, then not later than 12:00 noon, Chicago time, on the Business Day immediately following the day that the Borrower receives such notice, if such notice is not received prior to such time on the day of receipt; provided that the Borrower may, subject to the conditions to borrowing set forth herein, request in accordance with Section 2.03 or 2.05 that such payment be financed with an ABR Revolving Borrowing or Swingline Loan in an equivalent amount and, to the extent so financed, the Borrower’s obligation to make such payment shall be discharged and replaced by the resulting


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ABR Revolving Borrowing or Swingline Loan. If the Borrower fails to make such payment when due, the Administrative Agent shall notify each Lender of the applicable LC Disbursement, the payment then due from the Borrower in respect thereof and such Lender’s Applicable Percentage thereof. Promptly following receipt of such notice, each Lender shall pay to the Administrative Agent its Applicable Percentage of the payment then due from the Borrower, in the same manner as provided in Section 2.07 with respect to Loans made by such Lender (and Section 2.07 shall apply, mutatis mutandis , to the payment obligations of the Lenders), and the Administrative Agent shall promptly pay to the Issuing Bank the amounts so received by it from the Lenders. Promptly following receipt by the Administrative Agent of any payment from the Borrower pursuant to this paragraph, the Administrative Agent shall distribute such payment to the Issuing Bank or, to the extent that Lenders have made payments pursuant to this paragraph to reimburse the Issuing Bank, then to such Lenders and the Issuing Bank as their interests may appear. Any payment made by a Lender pursuant to this paragraph to reimburse the Issuing Bank for any LC Disbursement (other than the funding of ABR Revolving Loans or a Swingline Loan as contemplated above) shall not constitute a Loan and shall not relieve the Borrower of its obligation to reimburse such LC Disbursement.
(f)     Obligations Absolute . The Borrower’s obligation to reimburse LC Disbursements as provided in paragraph (e) of this Section shall be absolute, unconditional and irrevocable, and shall be performed strictly in accordance with the terms of this Agreement under any and all circumstances whatsoever and irrespective of (i) any lack of validity or enforceability of any Letter of Credit or this Agreement, or any term or provision therein, (ii) any draft or other document presented under a Letter of Credit proving to be forged, fraudulent or invalid in any respect or any statement therein being untrue or inaccurate in any respect, (iii) payment by the Issuing Bank under a Letter of Credit against presentation of a draft or other document that does not comply with the terms of such Letter of Credit, or (iv) any other event or circumstance whatsoever, whether or not similar to any of the foregoing, that might, but for the provisions of this Section, constitute a legal or equitable discharge of, or provide a right of setoff against, the Borrower’s obligations hereunder. Neither the Administrative Agent, the Lenders nor the Issuing Bank, nor any of their Related Parties, shall have any liability or responsibility by reason of or in connection with the issuance or transfer of any Letter of Credit or any payment or failure to make any payment thereunder (irrespective of any of the circumstances referred to in the preceding sentence), or any error, omission, interruption, loss or delay in transmission or delivery of any draft, notice or other communication under or relating to any Letter of Credit (including any document required to make a drawing thereunder), any error in interpretation of technical terms or any consequence arising from causes beyond the control of the Issuing Bank; provided that the foregoing shall not be construed to excuse the Issuing Bank from liability to the Borrower to the extent of any direct damages (as opposed to special, indirect, consequential or punitive damages, claims in respect of which are hereby waived by the Borrower to the extent permitted by applicable law) suffered by the Borrower that are caused by the Issuing Bank’s failure to exercise care when determining whether drafts and other documents presented under a Letter of Credit comply with the terms thereof. The parties hereto expressly agree that, in the absence of gross negligence or wilful misconduct on the part of the Issuing Bank (as finally determined by a court of competent jurisdiction), the Issuing Bank shall be deemed to have exercised care in each such determination. In furtherance of the foregoing and without limiting the generality thereof, the parties agree that, with respect to documents presented which appear on their face to be in


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substantial compliance with the terms of a Letter of Credit, the Issuing Bank may, in its sole discretion, either accept and make payment upon such documents without responsibility for further investigation, regardless of any notice or information to the contrary, or refuse to accept and make payment upon such documents if such documents are not in strict compliance with the terms of such Letter of Credit.
(g)     Disbursement Procedures . The Issuing Bank shall, promptly following its receipt thereof, examine all documents purporting to represent a demand for payment under a Letter of Credit. The Issuing Bank shall promptly notify the Administrative Agent and the Borrower by telephone (confirmed by telecopy) of such demand for payment and whether the Issuing Bank has made or will make an LC Disbursement thereunder; provided that any failure to give or delay in giving such notice shall not relieve the Borrower of its obligation to reimburse the Issuing Bank and the Lenders with respect to any such LC Disbursement.
(h)     Interim Interest . If the Issuing Bank shall make any LC Disbursement, then, unless the Borrower shall reimburse such LC Disbursement in full on the date such LC Disbursement is made, the unpaid amount thereof shall bear interest, for each day from and including the date such LC Disbursement is made to but excluding the date that the reimbursement is due and payable at the rate per annum then applicable to ABR Revolving Loans and such interest shall be due and payable on the date when such reimbursement is payable; provided that, if the Borrower fails to reimburse such LC Disbursement when due pursuant to paragraph (e) of this Section, then Section 2.13(d) shall apply. Interest accrued pursuant to this paragraph shall be for the account of the Issuing Bank, except that interest accrued on and after the date of payment by any Lender pursuant to paragraph (e) of this Section to reimburse the Issuing Bank shall be for the account of such Lender to the extent of such payment.
(i)     Replacement of the Issuing Bank . The Issuing Bank may be replaced at any time by written agreement among the Borrower, the Administrative Agent, the replaced Issuing Bank and the successor Issuing Bank. The Administrative Agent shall notify the Lenders of any such replacement of the Issuing Bank. At the time any such replacement shall become effective, the Borrower shall pay all unpaid fees accrued for the account of the replaced Issuing Bank pursuant to Section 2.12(b). From and after the effective date of any such replacement, (i) the successor Issuing Bank shall have all the rights and obligations of the Issuing Bank under this Agreement with respect to Letters of Credit to be issued thereafter and (ii) references herein to the term “Issuing Bank” shall be deemed to refer to such successor or to any previous Issuing Bank, or to such successor and all previous Issuing Banks, as the context shall require. After the replacement of an Issuing Bank hereunder, the replaced Issuing Bank shall remain a party hereto and shall continue to have all the rights and obligations of an Issuing Bank under this Agreement with respect to Letters of Credit issued by it prior to such replacement, but shall not be required to issue additional Letters of Credit.
(j)     Cash Collateralization . If (i) any Event of Default shall occur and be continuing, on the Business Day that the Borrower receives notice from the Administrative Agent or the Required Lenders (or, if the maturity of the Loans has been accelerated, Lenders with LC Exposure representing greater than 50% of the total LC Exposure) demanding the deposit of cash collateral pursuant to this paragraph, or (ii) 30 days prior to the Maturity Date there exists


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outstanding Letters of Credit having an expiration date beyond the Maturity Date, the Borrower shall deposit in an account with the Administrative Agent, in the name of the Administrative Agent and for the benefit of the Lenders, an amount in cash equal to the 105% of LC Exposure as of such date plus any accrued and unpaid interest thereon; provided that the obligation to deposit such cash collateral shall become effective immediately, and such deposit shall become immediately due and payable, without demand or other notice of any kind, upon the occurrence of any Event of Default with respect to the Borrower described in clause (h) or (i) of Article VII. Such deposit shall be held by the Administrative Agent as collateral for the payment and performance of the Secured Obligations. The Administrative Agent shall have exclusive dominion and control, including the exclusive right of withdrawal, over such account. Other than any interest earned on the investment of such deposits, which investments shall be made at the option and sole discretion of the Administrative Agent and at the Borrower’s risk and expense, such deposits shall not bear interest. Interest or profits, if any, on such investments shall accumulate in such account. Moneys in such account shall be applied by the Administrative Agent to reimburse the Issuing Bank for LC Disbursements for which it has not been reimbursed and, to the extent not so applied, shall be held for the satisfaction of the reimbursement obligations of the Borrower for the LC Exposure at such time or, if the maturity of the Loans has been accelerated (but subject to the consent of Lenders with LC Exposure representing greater than 50% of the total LC Exposure), be applied to satisfy other Secured Obligations. If the Borrower is required to provide an amount of cash collateral hereunder as a result of the occurrence of an Event of Default, such amount (to the extent not applied as aforesaid) shall be returned to the Borrower within three Business Days after all Events of Default have been cured or waived.
SECTION 2.07.     Funding of Borrowings . (a) Each Lender shall make each Loan to be made by it hereunder on the proposed date thereof by wire transfer of immediately available funds (i) in the case of loans denominated in Dollars, by 12:00 noon, Chicago time, to the account of the Administrative Agent most recently designated by it for such purpose by notice to the Lenders, and (ii) in the case of Loans denominated in an Alternative Currency, by 12:00 noon, Chicago time, in the city of the Administrative Agent’s Eurocurrency Payment Office for such currency, in such funds as may than be customary for the settlement of international transactions in such currency in the city of and at the address of the Administrative Agent’s Eurocurrency Payment Office for such currency, in each case in amount equal to such Lender’s Applicable Percentage; provided that Swingline Loans shall be made as provided in Section 2.05. The Administrative Agent will make such Loans available to the Borrower by promptly crediting the amounts so received, in like funds, to the Funding Account(s); provided that ABR Revolving Loans made to finance the reimbursement of an LC Disbursement as provided in Section 2.06(e) shall be remitted by the Administrative Agent to the Issuing Bank.
(b)    Unless the Administrative Agent shall have received notice from a Lender prior to the proposed date of any Borrowing that such Lender will not make available to the Administrative Agent such Lender’s share of such Borrowing, the Administrative Agent may assume that such Lender has made such share available on such date in accordance with paragraph (a) of this Section and may, in reliance upon such assumption, make available to the Borrower a corresponding amount. In such event, if a Lender has not in fact made its share of the applicable Borrowing available to the Administrative Agent, then the applicable Lender and the Borrower severally agree to pay to the Administrative Agent forthwith on demand such


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corresponding amount with interest thereon, for each day from and including the date such amount is made available to the Borrower to but excluding the date of payment to the Administrative Agent, at (i) in the case of such Lender, the greater of the Federal Funds Effective Rate and a rate determined by the Administrative Agent in accordance with banking industry rules on interbank compensation (including, without limitation, the LIBO Rate for overnight deposits in the case of Loans in an Alternative Currency) or (ii) in the case of the Borrower, the interest rate applicable to ABR Loans. If such Lender pays such amount to the Administrative Agent, then such amount shall constitute such Lender’s Loan included in such Borrowing.
(c)    Each Lender at its option may make any Loan to any Borrower by causing any domestic or foreign branch or Affiliate of such Lender to make such Loan (and in the case of an Affiliate, the provisions of Sections 2.14, 2.15, 2.16 and 2.17 shall apply to such Affiliate to the same extent as to such Lender); provided that any exercise of such option shall not affect the obligation of the relevant Borrower to repay such Loan in accordance with the terms of this Agreement.
SECTION 2.08.     Interest Elections . (a) Each Revolving Borrowing initially shall be of the Type specified in the applicable Borrowing Request and, in the case of a Eurocurrency Revolving Borrowing, shall have an initial Interest Period as specified in such Borrowing Request. Thereafter, the Borrower may elect to convert such Borrowing to a different Type or to continue such Borrowing and, in the case of a Eurocurrency Revolving Borrowing, may elect Interest Periods therefor, all as provided in this Section. The Borrower may elect different options with respect to different portions of the affected Borrowing, in which case each such portion shall be allocated ratably among the Lenders holding the Loans comprising such Borrowing, and the Loans comprising each such portion shall be considered a separate Borrowing. This Section shall not apply to Swingline Borrowings, which may not be converted or continued.
(b)    To make an election pursuant to this Section, the Borrower shall notify the Administrative Agent of such election by (i) telephone or in writing in the case of a Borrowing in Dollars and (ii) in written notice in the case of a Borrowing in an Alternative Currency, by the time that a Borrowing Request would be required under Section 2.03 if the Borrower were requesting a Revolving Borrowing of the Type resulting from such election to be made on the effective date of such election. Each such Interest Election Request shall be irrevocable and each telephonic Interest Election Request shall be confirmed promptly by hand delivery or telecopy to the Administrative Agent of a written Interest Election Request in a form approved by the Administrative Agent and signed by the Borrower.
(c)    Each telephonic and written Interest Election Request shall specify the following information in compliance with Section 2.02:
(i) the Borrowing to which such Interest Election Request applies and, if different options are being elected with respect to different portions thereof, the portions thereof to be allocated to each resulting Borrowing (in which case the information to be specified pursuant to clauses (iii) and (iv) below shall be specified for each resulting Borrowing);


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(ii) the effective date of the election made pursuant to such Interest Election Request, which shall be a Business Day;
(iii) whether the resulting Borrowing is to be an ABR Borrowing or a Eurocurrency Borrowing; and
(iv) if the resulting Borrowing is a Eurocurrency Borrowing, the Interest Period and the Agreed Currency to be applicable thereto after giving effect to such election, which Interest Period shall be a period contemplated by the definition of the term “ Interest Period ”.
If any such Interest Election Request requests a Eurocurrency Borrowing but does not specify an Interest Period, then the Borrower shall be deemed to have selected an Interest Period of one month’s duration.
(d)    Promptly following receipt of an Interest Election Request, the Administrative Agent shall advise each Lender of the details thereof and of such Lender’s portion of each resulting Borrowing.
(e)    If the Borrower fails to deliver a timely Interest Election Request with respect to a Eurocurrency Revolving Borrowing prior to the end of the Interest Period applicable thereto, then, unless such Borrowing is repaid as provided herein, at the end of such Interest Period (i) in the case of a Borrowing denominated in Dollars, such Borrowing shall be converted to an ABR Borrowing, and (ii) in the case of a Borrowing denominated in an Alternative Currency, such Borrowing shall automatically continue as a Eurocurrency Borrowing in the same Agreed Currency with an Interest Period of one month. Notwithstanding any contrary provision hereof, if an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing and the Administrative Agent, at the request of the Required Lenders, so notifies the Borrower, then, so long as an Event of Default is continuing (i) no outstanding Revolving Borrowing denominated in Dollars may be converted to or continued as a Eurocurrency Borrowing and (ii) unless repaid, each Eurocurrency Revolving Borrowing denominated in Dollars shall be converted to an ABR Borrowing at the end of the Interest Period applicable thereto, and (iii) unless repaid, each Eurocurrency Revolving Borrowing denominated in an Alternative Currency shall automatically be continued as a Eurocurrency Borrowing with an Interest Period of one month.
SECTION 2.09.     Termination and Reduction of Commitments ; Increase in Commitments. (a) Unless previously terminated, the Commitments shall terminate on the Maturity Date. The Borrower may at any time terminate, or from time to time reduce, the Commitments; provided that (i) each reduction of the Commitments shall be in an amount that is an integral multiple of $5,000,000 and (ii) the Borrower shall not terminate or reduce the Commitments if, after giving effect to any concurrent prepayment of the Loans in accordance with Section 2.11, the sum of the Revolving Credit Exposures would exceed the total Commitments.
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effective date thereof. Promptly following receipt of any notice, the Administrative Agent shall advise the Lenders of the contents thereof. Each notice delivered by the Borrower pursuant to this Section shall be irrevocable; provided that a notice of termination of the Commitments delivered by the Borrower may state that such notice is conditioned upon the effectiveness of other credit facilities, in which case such notice may be revoked by the Borrower (by notice to the Administrative Agent on or prior to the specified effective date) if such condition is not satisfied. Any termination or reduction of the Commitments shall be permanent. Each reduction of the Commitments shall be made ratably among the Lenders in accordance with their respective Commitments.
(c)    The Borrower shall have the right to increase the Commitments by obtaining additional Commitments, either from one or more of the Lenders or another lending institution, provided that (i) any such request for an increase shall be in a minimum amount of $5,000,000, (ii) the Borrower may make a maximum of 2 such requests in any calendar year, (iii) after giving effect thereto, the sum of the total of the additional Commitments does not exceed $25,000,000, (iv) the Administrative Agent, the Swingline Lender and the Issuing Bank have approved the identity of any such new Lender, such approvals not to be unreasonably withheld, (v) any such new Lender assumes all of the rights and obligations of a “Lender” hereunder, and (vi) the procedure described in Section 2.09(e) have been satisfied. Nothing contained in this Section 2.09 shall constitute, or otherwise be deemed to be, a commitment on the part of any Lender to increase its Commitment hereunder at any time.
(d)    Any amendment hereto for such an increase or addition shall be in form and substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and shall only require the written signatures of the Administrative Agent, the Borrower and each Lender being added or increasing its Commitment, subject only to the approval of all Lenders if any such increase or addition would cause the Revolving Commitments to exceed $75,000,000. As a condition precedent to such an increase or addition, the Borrower shall deliver to the Administrative Agent (i) a certificate of each Loan Party signed by an authorized officer of such Loan Party (A) certifying and attaching the resolutions adopted by such Loan Party approving or consenting to such increase, and (B) in the case of the Borrower, certifying that, before and after giving effect to such increase or addition, (1) the representations and warranties contained in Article III and the other Loan Documents are true and correct, except to the extent that such representations and warranties specifically refer to an earlier date, in which case they are true and correct as of such earlier date, (2) no Default exists and (3) the Borrower is in compliance (on a pro forma basis) with the covenants contained in Section 6.11, and (ii) legal opinions and documents consistent with those delivered on the Effective Date, to the extent requested by the Administrative Agent.
(e)    On the effective date of any such increase or addition, (i) any Lender increasing (or, in the case of any newly added Lender, extending) its Commitment shall make available to the Administrative Agent such amounts in immediately available funds as the Administrative Agent shall determine, for the benefit of the other Lenders, as being required in order to cause, after giving effect to such increase or addition and the use of such amounts to make payments to such other Lenders, each Lender’s portion of the outstanding Revolving Loans of all the Lenders to equal its revised Applicable Percentage of such outstanding Revolving Loans, and the Administrative Agent shall make such other adjustments among the Lenders with


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respect to the Revolving Loans then outstanding and amounts of principal, interest, commitment fees and other amounts paid or payable with respect thereto as shall be necessary, in the opinion of the Administrative Agent, in order to effect such reallocation and (ii) the Borrower shall be deemed to have repaid and reborrowed all outstanding Revolving Loans as of the date of any increase (or addition) in the Commitments (with such reborrowing to consist of the Types of Revolving Loans, with related Interest Periods if applicable, specified in a notice delivered by the Borrower, in accordance with the requirements of Section 2.03). The deemed payments made pursuant to clause (ii) of the immediately preceding sentence shall be accompanied by payment of all accrued interest on the amount prepaid and, in respect of each Eurocurrency Loan, shall be subject to indemnification by the Borrower pursuant to the provisions of Section 2.16 if the deemed payment occurs other than on the last day of the related Interest Periods. Within a reasonable time after the effective date of any increase or addition, the Administrative Agent shall, and is hereby authorized and directed to, revise the Commitment Schedule to reflect such increase or addition and shall distribute such revised Commitment Schedule to each of the Lenders and the Borrower, whereupon such revised Commitment Schedule shall replace the old Commitment Schedule and become part of this Agreement.
SECTION 2.10.     Repayment of Loans; Evidence of Debt . (a) The Borrower hereby unconditionally promises to pay (i) to the Administrative Agent for the account of each Lender the then unpaid principal amount of each Revolving Loan on the Maturity Date, and (ii) to the Administrative Agent for the account of the Swingline Lender the then unpaid principal amount of each Swingline Loan on the earlier of the Maturity Date and the 10th Business Days after such Swingline Loan is made; provided that on each date that a Revolving Borrowing is made, the Borrower shall repay all Swingline Loans then outstanding and the proceeds of any such Borrowing shall be applied by the Administrative Agent to repay any Swingline Loans outstanding.
(b)    Each Lender shall maintain in accordance with its usual practice an account or accounts evidencing the indebtedness of the Borrower to such Lender resulting from each Loan made by such Lender, including the amounts of principal and interest payable and paid to such Lender from time to time hereunder.
(c)    The Administrative Agent shall maintain accounts in which it shall record (i) the amount of each Loan made hereunder, the Class and Type thereof and the Interest Period applicable thereto, (ii) the amount of any principal or interest due and payable or to become due and payable from the Borrower to each Lender hereunder and (iii) the amount of any sum received by the Administrative Agent hereunder for the account of the Lenders and each Lender’s share thereof.
(d)    The entries made in the accounts maintained pursuant to paragraph (b) or (c) of this Section shall be prima facie evidence of the existence and amounts of the obligations recorded therein; provided that the failure of any Lender or the Administrative Agent to maintain such accounts or any error therein shall not in any manner affect the obligation of the Borrower to repay the Loans in accordance with the terms of this Agreement.


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(e)    Any Lender may request that Loans made by it be evidenced by a promissory note. In such event, the Borrower shall prepare, execute and deliver to such Lender a promissory note payable to the order of such Lender (or, if requested by such Lender, to such Lender and its registered assigns) and in a form approved by the Administrative Agent. Thereafter, the Loans evidenced by such promissory note and interest thereon shall at all times (including after assignment pursuant to Section 9.04) be represented by one or more promissory notes in such form payable to the order of the payee named therein (or, if such promissory note is a registered note, to such payee and its registered assigns).
SECTION 2.11.     Prepayment of Loans . (a) The Borrower shall have the right at any time and from time to time to prepay any Borrowing in whole or in part, subject to prior notice in accordance with paragraph (b) of this Section. Any prepayment shall be subject to Section 2.16
(b)    The Borrower shall notify the Administrative Agent (and, in the case of prepayment of Swingline Loans, the Swingline Lender) by telephone (confirmed by telecopy) of any prepayment hereunder (i) in the case of prepayment of a Eurocurrency Revolving Borrowing denominated in Dollars, not later than 11:00 a.m., Chicago time, three Business Days before the date of prepayment, (ii) in the case of prepayment of a Eurocurrency Revolving Borrowing denominated in an Alternative Currency, not later than 11:00 a.m., Chicago time, three Business Days before the date of prepayment, (iii) in the case of prepayment of an ABR Revolving Borrowing, not later than 11:00 a.m., Chicago time, one Business Day before the date of prepayment or (iv) in the case of prepayment of a Swingline Loan, not later than 12:00 noon, Chicago time, on the date of prepayment. Each such notice shall be irrevocable and shall specify the prepayment date and the principal amount of each Borrowing or portion thereof to be prepaid; provided that, if a notice of prepayment is given in connection with a conditional notice of termination of the Commitments as contemplated by Section 2.09, then such notice of prepayment may be revoked if such notice of termination is revoked in accordance with Section 2.09. Promptly following receipt of any such notice relating to a Revolving Borrowing, the Administrative Agent shall advise the Lenders of the contents thereof. Each partial prepayment of any Revolving Borrowing shall be in an amount that would be permitted in the case of an advance of a Revolving Borrowing of the same Type as provided in Section 2.02. Each prepayment of a Revolving Borrowing shall be applied ratably to the Loans included in the prepaid Borrowing. Prepayments shall be accompanied by accrued interest to the extent required by Section 2.13.
(c)    The Borrower shall make such prepayments as required under Section 2.02(e).
SECTION 2.12.     Fees . (a) The Borrower agrees to pay to the Administrative Agent for the account of each Lender a commitment fee, which shall accrue at the Applicable Rate on the daily amount of the undrawn portion of the Revolving Commitment of such Lender during the period from and including the closing to but excluding the date on which such Commitment terminates. All outstanding Letters of Credit shall be included in determining the drawn portion of the Revolving Commitment. Swing Line Loans shall not count as usage of any Lender’s Commitment for the purpose of calculating the commitment fee due hereunder. Accrued commitment fees shall be payable in arrears on the last day of March, June, September and December of each year and on the date on which the Commitments terminate, commencing on the first such date to occur after the date hereof.


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All commitment fees shall be computed on the basis of a year of 360 days and shall be payable for the actual number of days elapsed (including the first day but excluding the last day).
(b)    The Borrower agrees to pay (i) to the Administrative Agent for the account of each Lender a participation fee with respect to its participations in Letters of Credit, which shall accrue at the same Applicable Rate used to determine the interest rate applicable to Eurocurrency Revolving Loans on the average daily amount of such Lender’s LC Exposure (excluding any portion thereof attributable to unreimbursed LC Disbursements) during the period from and including the Effective Date to but excluding the later of the date on which such Lender’s Commitment terminates and the date on which such Lender ceases to have any LC Exposure, and (ii) to the Issuing Bank a fronting fee, which shall accrue at the rate of 1/8% per annum on the average daily amount of the LC Exposure (excluding any portion thereof attributable to unreimbursed LC Disbursements) during the period from and including the Effective Date to but excluding the later of the date of termination of the Commitments and the date on which there ceases to be any LC Exposure, as well as the Issuing Bank’s standard fees with respect to the issuance, amendment, renewal or extension of any Letter of Credit or processing of drawings thereunder. Participation fees and fronting fees accrued through and including the last day of March, June, September and December of each year shall be payable on the third Business Day following such last day, commencing on the first such date to occur after the Effective Date; provided that all such fees shall be payable on the date on which the Commitments terminate and any such fees accruing after the date on which the Commitments terminate shall be payable on demand. Any other fees payable to the Issuing Bank pursuant to this paragraph shall be payable within 10 days after demand. All participation fees and fronting fees shall be computed on the basis of a year of 360 days and shall be payable for the actual number of days elapsed (including the first day but excluding the last day).
(c)    The Borrower agrees to pay to the Administrative Agent, for its own account, fees payable in the amounts and at the times separately agreed upon between the Borrower and the Administrative Agent.
(d)    All fees payable hereunder shall be paid on the dates due, in immediately available funds, to the Administrative Agent (or to the Issuing Bank, in the case of fees payable to it) for distribution, in the case of facility fees and participation fees, to the Lenders. Fees paid shall not be refundable under any circumstances.
SECTION 2.13.     Interest . (a) The Loans comprising each ABR Borrowing (including each Swingline Loan) shall bear interest at the Alternate Base Rate plus the Applicable Rate. The Loans comprising each Eurocurrency Borrowing shall bear interest at the Adjusted LIBO Rate for the Interest Period in effect for such Borrowing plus the Applicable Rate.
(b)    Notwithstanding the foregoing, during the occurrence and continuance of an Event of Default, the Administrative Agent or the Required Lenders may, at their option, by notice to the Borrower (which notice may be revoked at the option of the Required Lenders notwithstanding any provision of Section 9.02 requiring the consent of “each Lender affected thereby” for reductions in interest rates), (i) all Loans shall bear interest at 2% plus the rate otherwise applicable to such Loan as provided in the preceding paragraph of this Section or (ii) in the case of any other amount,


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such amount shall accrue at 2% plus the rate applicable to such fee or other obligation as provided herein.
(c)    Accrued interest on each Loan shall be payable in arrears on each Interest Payment Date for such Loan and, in the case of Revolving Loans, upon termination of the Commitments; provided that (i) interest accrued pursuant to paragraph (d) of this Section shall be payable on demand, (ii) in the event of any repayment or prepayment of any Loan (other than a prepayment of an ABR Revolving Loan prior to the end of the Availability Period), accrued interest on the principal amount repaid or prepaid shall be payable on the date of such repayment or prepayment and (iii) in the event of any conversion of any Eurocurrency Revolving Loan prior to the end of the current Interest Period therefor, accrued interest on such Loan shall be payable on the effective date of such conversion.
(d)    All interest hereunder shall be computed on the basis of a year of 360 days, except that (i) interest on Borrowings denominated in an Alternative Currency for which it is required by applicable law or customary to compute interest on the basis of a year of 365 days (or 366 days in a leap year, if required or customary) and (ii)interest computed by reference to the Alternate Base Rate at times when the Alternate Base Rate is based on the Prime Rate shall be computed on the basis of a year of 365 days (or 366 days in a leap year), and in each case shall be payable for the actual number of days elapsed (including the first day but excluding the last day). The applicable Alternate Base Rate, Adjusted LIBO Rate or LIBO Rate shall be determined by the Administrative Agent, and such determination shall be conclusive absent manifest error.
SECTION 2.14.     Alternate Rate of Interest . If prior to the commencement of any Interest Period for a Eurocurrency Borrowing:
(a) the Administrative Agent determines (which determination shall be conclusive absent manifest error) that adequate and reasonable means do not exist for ascertaining the Adjusted LIBO Rate or the LIBO Rate, as applicable, for such Interest Period; or
(b) the Administrative Agent is advised by the Required Lenders that the Adjusted LIBO Rate or the LIBO Rate, as applicable, for such Interest Period will not adequately and fairly reflect the cost to such Lenders (or Lender) of making or maintaining their Loans (or its Loan) included in such Borrowing for such Interest Period;
then the Administrative Agent shall give notice thereof to the Borrower and the Lenders by telephone or telecopy as promptly as practicable thereafter and, until the Administrative Agent notifies the Borrower and the Lenders that the circumstances giving rise to such notice no longer exist, and (i) any Interest Election Request that requests the conversion of any Revolving Borrowing to, or continuation of any Revolving Borrowing as, a Eurocurrency Borrowing shall be ineffective, and (ii) if any Borrowing Request requests a Eurocurrency Revolving Borrowing, such Borrowing shall be made as an ABR Borrowing; provided that if the circumstances giving rise to such notice affect only one Type of Borrowings, then the other Type of Borrowings shall be permitted.
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(i) impose, modify or deem applicable any reserve, special deposit, liquidity or similar requirement (including any compulsory loan requirement, insurance charge or other assessment) against assets of, deposits with or for the account of, or credit extended by, any Lender (except any such reserve requirement reflected in the Adjusted LIBO Rate) or the Issuing Bank;
(ii) impose on any Lender or the Issuing Bank or the London interbank market any other condition, cost or expense (other than Taxes) affecting this Agreement or Loans made by such Lender or any Letter of Credit or participation therein; or
(iii) subject any Recipient to any Taxes (other than (A) Indemnified Taxes, (B) Taxes described in clauses (b) through (d) of the definition of Excluded Taxes and (C) Connection Income Taxes) on its loans, loan principal, letters of credit, commitments, or other obligations, or its deposits, reserves, other liabilities or capital attributable thereto;
and the result of any of the foregoing shall be to increase the cost to such Lender or such other Recipient of making, continuing, converting or maintaining any Eurocurrency Loan (or of maintaining its obligation to make any such Loan) or to increase the cost to such Lender, the Issuing Bank or such other Recipient of participating in, issuing or maintaining any Letter of Credit or to reduce the amount of any sum received or receivable by such Lender, the Issuing Bank or such other Recipient hereunder (whether of principal, interest or otherwise), then the Borrower will pay to such Lender, the Issuing Bank or such other Recipient, as the case may be, such additional amount or amounts as will compensate such Lender, the Issuing Bank or such other Recipient, as the case may be, for such additional costs incurred or reduction suffered.
(b) If any Lender or the Issuing Bank determines that any Change in Law regarding capital or liquidity requirements has or would have the effect of reducing the rate of return on such Lender’s or the Issuing Bank’s capital or on the capital of such Lender’s or the Issuing Bank’s holding company, if any, as a consequence of this Agreement or the Loans made by, or participations in Letters of Credit held by, such Lender, or the Letters of Credit issued by the Issuing Bank, to a level below that which such Lender or the Issuing Bank or such Lender’s or the Issuing Bank’s holding company could have achieved but for such Change in Law (taking into consideration such Lender’s or the Issuing Bank’s policies and the policies of such Lender’s or the Issuing Bank’s holding company with respect to capital adequacy and liquidity), then from time to time the Borrower will pay to such Lender or the Issuing Bank, as the case may be, such additional amount or amounts as will compensate such Lender or the Issuing Bank or such Lender’s or the Issuing Bank’s holding company for any such reduction suffered.
(c) A certificate of a Lender or the Issuing Bank setting forth the amount or amounts necessary to compensate such Lender or the Issuing Bank or its holding company, as the case may be, as specified in paragraph (a) or (b) of this Section shall be delivered to the Borrower and shall be conclusive absent manifest error. The Borrower shall pay such Lender or the Issuing Bank, as the case may be, the amount shown as due on any such certificate within 10 days after receipt thereof.


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(d) Failure or delay on the part of any Lender or the Issuing Bank to demand compensation pursuant to this Section shall not constitute a waiver of such Lender’s or the Issuing Bank’s right to demand such compensation; provided that the Borrower shall not be required to compensate a Lender or the Issuing Bank pursuant to this Section for any increased costs or reductions incurred more than 270 days prior to the date that such Lender or the Issuing Bank, as the case may be, notifies the Borrower of the Change in Law giving rise to such increased costs or reductions and of such Lender’s or the Issuing Bank’s intention to claim compensation therefor; provided further that, if the Change in Law giving rise to such increased costs or reductions is retroactive, then the 270-day period referred to above shall be extended to include the period of retroactive effect thereof.
SECTION 2.16.     Break Funding Payments . In the event of (a) the payment of any principal of any Eurocurrency Loan other than on the last day of an Interest Period applicable thereto (including as a result of an Event of Default), (b) the conversion of any Eurocurrency Loan other than on the last day of the Interest Period applicable thereto, (c) the failure to borrow, convert, continue or prepay any Eurocurrency Loan on the date specified in any notice delivered pursuant hereto (regardless of whether such notice may be revoked under Section 2.11(b) and is revoked in accordance therewith), or (d) the assignment of any Eurocurrency Loan other than on the last day of the Interest Period applicable thereto as a result of a request by the Borrower pursuant to Section 2.19, then, in any such event, the Borrower shall compensate each Lender for the loss, cost and expense attributable to such event. In the case of a Eurocurrency Loan, such loss, cost or expense to any Lender shall be deemed to include an amount determined by such Lender to be the excess, if any, of (i) the amount of interest which would have accrued on the principal amount of such Loan had such event not occurred, at the Adjusted LIBO Rate that would have been applicable to such Loan, for the period from the date of such event to the last day of the then current Interest Period therefor (or, in the case of a failure to borrow, convert or continue, for the period that would have been the Interest Period for such Loan), over (ii) the amount of interest which would accrue on such principal amount for such period at the interest rate which such Lender would bid were it to bid, at the commencement of such period, for dollar deposits of a comparable amount and period from other banks in the Eurocurrency market. A certificate of any Lender setting forth any amount or amounts that such Lender is entitled to receive pursuant to this Section shall be delivered to the Borrower and shall be conclusive absent manifest error. The Borrower shall pay such Lender the amount shown as due on any such certificate within 10 days after receipt thereof.
SECTION 2.17.     Payments Free of Taxes . (a) Any and all payments by or on account of any obligation of any Loan Party under any Loan Document shall be made without deduction or withholding for any Taxes, except as required by applicable law. If any applicable law (as determined in the good faith discretion of an applicable withholding agent) requires the deduction or withholding of any Tax from any such payment by a withholding agent, then the applicable withholding agent shall be entitled to make such deduction or withholding and shall timely pay the full amount deducted or withheld to the relevant Governmental Authority in accordance with applicable law and, if such Tax is an Indemnified Tax, then the sum payable by the applicable Loan Party shall be increased as necessary so that after such deduction or withholding has been made (including such deductions and withholdings applicable to additional sums payable under


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this Section 2.17) the applicable Recipient receives an amount equal to the sum it would have received had no such deduction or withholding been made.
(b)     Payment of Other Taxes by the Borrower . The Loan Parties shall timely pay to the relevant Governmental Authority in accordance with applicable law, or at the option of the Administrative Agent timely reimburse it for, Other Taxes.
(c)     Evidence of Payments . As soon as practicable after any payment of Taxes by any Loan Party to a Governmental Authority pursuant to this Section 2.17, such Loan Party shall deliver to the Administrative Agent the original or a certified copy of a receipt issued by such Governmental Authority evidencing such payment, a copy of the return reporting such payment or other evidence of such payment reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent.
(d)     Indemnification by the Borrower . The Loan Parties shall indemnify each Recipient, within 10 days after demand therefor, for the full amount of any Indemnified Taxes (including Indemnified Taxes imposed or asserted on or attributable to amounts payable under this Section) payable or paid by such Recipient or required to be withheld or deducted from a payment to such Recipient and any reasonable expenses arising therefrom or with respect thereto, whether or not such Indemnified Taxes were correctly or legally imposed or asserted by the relevant Governmental Authority. A certificate as to the amount of such payment or liability delivered to the Borrower by a Lender (with a copy to the Administrative Agent), or by the Administrative Agent on its own behalf or on behalf of a Lender, shall be conclusive absent manifest error.
(e)     Indemnification by the Lenders . Each Lender shall severally indemnify the Administrative Agent, within 10 days after demand therefor, for (i) any Indemnified Taxes attributable to such Lender (but only to the extent that any Loan Party has not already indemnified the Administrative Agent for such Indemnified Taxes and without limiting the obligation of the Loan Parties to do so), (ii) any Taxes attributable to such Lender’s failure to comply with the provisions of Section 9.04(c) relating to the maintenance of a Participant Register and (iii) any Excluded Taxes attributable to such Lender, in each case, that are payable or paid by the Administrative Agent in connection with any Loan Document, and any reasonable expenses arising therefrom or with respect thereto, whether or not such Taxes were correctly or legally imposed or asserted by the relevant Governmental Authority. A certificate as to the amount of such payment or liability delivered to any Lender by the Administrative Agent shall be conclusive absent manifest error. Each Lender hereby authorizes the Administrative Agent to set off and apply any and all amounts at any time owing to such Lender under any Loan Document or otherwise payable by the Administrative Agent to the Lender from any other source against any amount due to the Administrative Agent under this paragraph (e).
(f)     Status of Lenders . (i) Any Lender that is entitled to an exemption from or reduction of withholding Tax with respect to payments made under any Loan Document shall deliver to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent, at the time or times reasonably requested by the Borrower or the Administrative Agent, such properly completed and executed documentation reasonably requested by the Borrower or the Administrative Agent as will permit such payments to be made without withholding or at a reduced rate of withholding. In addition, any Lender, if reasonably requested by the Borrower or the Administrative Agent, shall deliver such other


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documentation prescribed by applicable law or reasonably requested by the Borrower or the Administrative Agent as will enable the Borrower or the Administrative Agent to determine whether or not such Lender is subject to backup withholding or information reporting requirements. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the preceding two sentences, the completion, execution and submission of such documentation (other than such documentation set forth in Section 2.17(f)(ii)(A), (ii)(B) and (ii)(D) below) shall not be required if in the Lender’s reasonable judgment such completion, execution or submission would subject such Lender to any material unreimbursed cost or expense or would materially prejudice the legal or commercial position of such Lender.
(ii)    Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, in the event that the Borrower is a Person,
(A)    any Lender that is a U.S. Person shall deliver to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent on or prior to the date on which such Lender becomes a Lender under this Agreement (and from time to time thereafter upon the reasonable request of the Borrower or the Administrative Agent), executed originals of IRS Form W-9 certifying that such Lender is exempt from U.S. Federal backup withholding tax;
(B)    any Foreign Lender shall, to the extent it is legally entitled to do so, deliver to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent (in such number of copies as shall be requested by the recipient) on or prior to the date on which such Foreign Lende r becomes a Lender under this Agreement (and from time to time thereafter upon the reasonable request of the Borrower or the Administrative Agent), whichever of the following is applicable:
(1)    in the case of a Foreign Lender claiming the benefits of an income tax treaty to which the United States is a party (x) with respect to payments of interest under any Loan Document, executed originals of IRS Form W-8BEN establishing an exemption from, or reduction of, U.S. Federal withholding Tax pursuant to the “interest” article of such tax treaty and (y) with respect to any other applicable payments under any Loan Document, IRS Form W-8BEN establishing an exemption from, or reduction of, U.S. Federal withholding Tax pursuant to the “business profits” or “other income” article of such tax treaty;
(2)    in the case of a Foreign Lender claiming that its extension of credit will generate U.S. effectively connected income, executed originals of IRS Form W-8ECI;
(3)    in the case of a Foreign Lender claiming the benefits of the exemption for portfolio interest under Section 881(c) of the Code, (x) a certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit B-1 to the effect that such Foreign Lender is not a “bank” within the meaning of Section 881(c)(3)(A) of the Code, a “10 percent shareholder” of the


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Borrower within the meaning of Section 881(c)(3)(B) of the Code, or a “controlled foreign corporation” described in Section 881(c)(3)(C) of the Code (a “ U.S. Tax Compliance Certificate ”) and (y) executed originals of IRS Form W-8BEN; or
(4)    to the extent a Foreign Lender is not the beneficial owner, executed originals of IRS Form W-8IMY, accompanied by IRS Form W-8ECI, IRS Form W-8BEN, a U.S. Tax Compliance Certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit B-2 or Exhibit B-3, IRS Form W-9, and/or other certification documents from each beneficial owner, as applicable; provided that if the Foreign Lender is a partnership and one or more direct or indirect partners of such Foreign Lender are claiming the portfolio interest exemption, such Foreign Lender may provide a U.S. Tax Compliance Certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit B-4 on behalf of each such direct and indirect partner;
(C)    any Foreign Lender shall, to the extent it is legally entitled to do so, deliver to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent (in such number of copies as shall be requested by the recipient) on or prior to the date on which such Foreign Lender becomes a Lender under this Agreement (and from time to time thereafter upon the reasonable request of the Borrower or the Administrative Agent), executed originals of any other form prescribed by applicable law as a basis for claiming exemption from or a reduction in U.S. Federal withholding Tax, duly completed, together with such supplementary documentation as may be prescribed by applicable law to permit the Borrower or the Administrative Agent to determine the withholding or deduction required to be made; and
(D)    if a payment made to a Lender under any Loan Document would be subject to U.S. Federal withholding Tax imposed by FATCA if such Lender were to fail to comply with the applicable reporting requirements of FATCA (including those contained in Section 1471(b) or 1472(b) of the Code, as applicable), such Lender shall deliver to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent at the time or times prescribed by law and at such time or times reasonably requested by the Borrower or the Administrative Agent such documentation prescribed by applicable law (including as prescribed by Section 1471(b)(3)(C)(i) of the Code) and such additional documentation reasonably requested by the Borrower or the Administrative Agent as may be necessary for the Borrower and the Administrative Agent to comply with their obligations under FATCA and to determine that such Lender has complied with such Lender’s obligations under FATCA or to determine the amount to deduct and withhold from such payment. Solely for purposes of this clause (D), “FATCA” shall include any amendments made to FATCA after the date of this Agreement.


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Each Lender agrees that if any form or certification it previously delivered expires or becomes obsolete or inaccurate in any respect, it shall update such form or certification or promptly notify the Borrower and the Administrative Agent in writing of its legal inability to do so.
(g)     Treatment of Certain Refunds . If any party determines, in its sole discretion exercised in good faith, that it has received a refund of any Taxes as to which it has been indemnified pursuant to this Section 2.17 (including by the payment of additional amounts pursuant to this Section 2.17), it shall pay to the indemnifying party an amount equal to such refund (but only to the extent of indemnity payments made under this Section 2.17 with respect to the Taxes giving rise to such refund), net of all out-of-pocket expenses (including Taxes) of such indemnified party and without interest (other than any interest paid by the relevant Governmental Authority with respect to such refund). Such indemnifying party, upon the request of such indemnified party, shall repay to such indemnified party the amount paid over pursuant to this paragraph (g) (plus any penalties, interest or other charges imposed by the relevant Governmental Authority) in the event that such indemnified party is required to repay such refund to such Governmental Authority. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this paragraph (g), in no event will the indemnified party be required to pay any amount to an indemnifying party pursuant to this paragraph (g) the payment of which would place the indemnified party in a less favorable net after-Tax position than the indemnified party would have been in if the Tax subject to indemnification and giving rise to such refund had not been deducted, withheld or otherwise imposed and the indemnification payments or additional amounts with respect to such Tax had never been paid. This paragraph shall not be construed to require any indemnified party to make available its Tax returns (or any other information relating to its Taxes that it deems confidential) to the indemnifying party or any other Person.
(h)     Survival . Each party’s obligations under this Section 2.17 shall survive the resignation or replacement of the Administrative Agent or any assignment of rights by, or the replacement of, a Lender, the termination of the Commitments and the repayment, satisfaction or discharge of all obligations under any Loan Document.
(i)     Defined Terms . For purposes of this Section 2.17, the term “ Lender ” includes any Issuing Bank and the term “ applicable law ” includes FATCA.
SECTION 2.18.     Payments Generally; Pro Rata Treatment; Sharing of Set-offs . (a) The Borrower shall make each payment required to be made by it hereunder (whether of principal, interest, fees or reimbursement of LC Disbursements, or of amounts payable under Section 2.15, 2.16 or 2.17, or otherwise) prior to (i) in the case of payments denominated in Dollars, 12:00 noon, Chicago time, and (ii) in the case of payments denominated in an Alternative Currency, 12:00 noon in the city of the Administrative Agent’s Eurocurrency Payment Office for such currency, in each case on the date when due, in immediately available funds, without set off or counterclaim. Any amounts received after such time on any date may, in the discretion of the Administrative Agent, be deemed to have been received on the next succeeding Business Day for purposes of calculating interest thereon. All such payments shall be made in the same currency in which the applicable Borrowing was made to the Administrative Agent at its offices at 10 South Dearborn Street, Chicago, Illinois 60603 or, in the case of an Alternative Currency, the Administrative Agent’s Eurocurrency Payment Office for such currency, except payments to be made directly to the Issuing Bank or the Swingline Lender as expressly provided herein and except that payments pursuant to Sections 2.15, 2.16, 2.17 and 9.03


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shall be made directly to the Persons entitled thereto. The Administrative Agent shall distribute any such payments denominated in the same currency received by it for the account of any other Person to the appropriate recipient promptly following receipt thereof. If any payment hereunder shall be due on a day that is not a Business Day, the date for payment shall be extended to the next succeeding Business Day, and, in the case of any payment accruing interest, interest thereon shall be payable for the period of such extension. If at any time insufficient funds are received by and available to the Administrative Agent to pay fully all amounts of principal, unreimbursed LC Disbursements, interest and fees then due hereunder, such funds shall be applied (i) first, towards payment of interest and fees then due hereunder, ratably among the parties entitled thereto in accordance with the amounts of interest and fees then due to such parties, and (ii) second, towards payment of principal and unreimbursed LC Disbursements then due hereunder, ratably among the parties entitled thereto in accordance with the amounts of principal and unreimbursed LC Disbursements then due to such parties.
(b)    Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Section, if, after the making of any Borrowing in any Alternative Currency, currency control or exchange regulations are imposed in the country which issues such Alternative Currency with the result that the type of currency in which the Borrowing was made (the “ Original Currency ”) no longer exists or the Borrower is not able to make payment to the Administrative Agent for the account of the Lenders in such Original Currency, then all payments to be made by the Borrower hereunder in such currency shall instead be made when due in Dollars in an amount equal to the Dollar Amount (as of the date of repayment) of such payment due, it being the intention of the parties hereto that the Borrower take all risks of the imposition of any such currency control or exchange regulations.
(c)    Any proceeds of Collateral received by the Administrative Agent (i) not constituting a specific payment of principal, interest, fees or other sum payable under the Loan Documents (which shall be applied as specified by the Borrower), or (ii) after an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing and the Administrative Agent so elects or the Required Lenders so direct, shall be applied ratably first, to pay any fees, indemnities, or expense reimbursements including amounts then due to the Administrative Agent, the Swingline Lender and the Issuing Bank from the Borrower (other than in connection with Banking Services Obligations or Swap Agreement Obligations), second, to pay any fees or expense reimbursements then due to the Lenders from the Borrower (other than in connection with Banking Services Obligations or Swap Agreement Obligations), third, to pay interest then due and payable on the Loans ratably, fourth, to prepay principal on the Loans and unreimbursed LC Disbursements and to pay any amounts owing with respect to Swap Agreement Obligations up to and including the amount most recently provided to the Administrative Agent pursuant to Section 2.22, ratably, fifth, to pay an amount to the Administrative Agent equal to one hundred five percent (105%) of the aggregate LC Exposure, to be held as cash collateral for such Obligations, and sixth, to the payment of any amounts owing in respect of Banking Services Obligations up to and including the amount most recently provided to the Administrative Agent pursuant to Section 2.22, and seventh, to the payment of any other Secured Obligation due to the Administrative Agent or any Lender from the Borrower or any other Loan Party . Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement, unless so directed by the Borrower, or unless a Default is in existence, neither the Administrative Agent nor any Lender shall apply any payment which it receives to any Eurocurrency Loan of a Class, except (i) on the expiration date of the Interest Period applicable thereto, or (ii) in the event, and only to the extent,


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that there are no outstanding ABR Loans of the same Class and, in any such event, the Borrower shall pay the break funding payment required in accordance with Section 2.16. The Administrative Agent and the Lenders shall have the continuing and exclusive right to apply and reverse and reapply any and all such proceeds and payments to any portion of the Secured Obligations.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, Secured Obligations arising under Banking Services Obligations or Swap Agreement Obligations shall be excluded from the application described above and paid in clause seventh if the Administrative Agent has not received written notice thereof, together with such supporting documentation as the Administrative Agent may have reasonably requested from the applicable provider of such Banking Services or Swap Agreements.
(d)    If any Lender shall, by exercising any right of set off or counterclaim or otherwise, obtain payment in respect of any principal of or interest on any of its Revolving Loans or participations in LC Disbursements or Swingline Loans resulting in such Lender receiving payment of a greater proportion of the aggregate amount of its Revolving Loans and participations in LC Disbursements and Swingline Loans and accrued interest thereon than the proportion received by any other Lender, then the Lender receiving such greater proportion shall purchase (for cash at face value) participations in the Revolving Loans and participations in LC Disbursements and Swingline Loans of other Lenders to the extent necessary so that the benefit of all such payments shall be shared by the Lenders ratably in accordance with the aggregate amount of principal of and accrued interest on their respective Revolving Loans and participations in LC Disbursements and Swingline Loans; provided that (i) if any such participations are purchased and all or any portion of the payment giving rise thereto is recovered, such participations shall be rescinded and the purchase price restored to the extent of such recovery, without interest, and (ii) the provisions of this paragraph shall not be construed to apply to any payment made by the Borrower pursuant to and in accordance with the express terms of this Agreement or any payment obtained by a Lender as consideration for the assignment of or sale of a participation in any of its Loans or participations in LC Disbursements to any assignee or participant, other than to the Borrower or any Subsidiary or Affiliate thereof (as to which the provisions of this paragraph shall apply). The Borrower consents to the foregoing and agrees, to the extent it may effectively do so under applicable law, that any Lender acquiring a participation pursuant to the foregoing arrangements may exercise against the Borrower rights of set-off and counterclaim with respect to such participation as fully as if such Lender were a direct creditor of the Borrower in the amount of such participation.
(e)    Unless the Administrative Agent shall have received notice from the Borrower prior to the date on which any payment is due to the Administrative Agent for the account of the Lenders or the Issuing Bank hereunder that the Borrower will not make such payment, the Administrative Agent may assume that the Borrower has made such payment on such date in accordance herewith and may, in reliance upon such assumption, distribute to the Lenders or the Issuing Bank, as the case may be, the amount due. In such event, if the Borrower has not in fact made such payment, then each of the Lenders or the Issuing Bank, as the case may be, severally agrees to repay to the Administrative Agent forthwith on demand the amount so distributed to such Lender or Issuing Bank with interest thereon, for each day from and including the date such amount is distributed to it to but excluding the date of payment to the Administrative Agent, at the greater of the Federal Funds Effective Rate and a rate determined by the Administrative Agent in accordance with banking industry rules on interbank compensation.


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(f)    If any Lender shall fail to make any payment required to be made by it hereunder, then the Administrative Agent may, in its discretion and notwithstanding any contrary provision hereof, (i) apply any amounts thereafter received by the Administrative Agent for the account of such Lender to satisfy such Lender’s obligations under such Sections until all such unsatisfied obligations are fully paid, and/or (ii) hold such amounts in a segregated account over which the Administrative Agent shall have exclusive control as cash collateral for, and application to, any future funding obligations of such Lender under any such Section, in the case of each of clause (i) and (ii) above, in any order as determined by the Administrative Agent in its discretion.
SECTION 2.19.     Mitigation Obligations; Replacement of Lenders . (a) If any Lender requests compensation under Section 2.15, or if the Borrower is required to pay any Indemnified Taxes or additional amounts to any Lender or any Governmental Authority for the account of any Lender pursuant to Section 2.17, then such Lender shall use reasonable efforts to designate a different lending office for funding or booking its Loans hereunder or to assign its rights and obligations hereunder to another of its offices, branches or affiliates, if, in the judgment of such Lender, such designation or assignment (i) would eliminate or reduce amounts payable pursuant to Sections 2.15 or 2.17, as the case may be, in the future and (ii) would not subject such Lender to any unreimbursed cost or expense and would not otherwise be disadvantageous to such Lender. The Borrower hereby agrees to pay all reasonable costs and expenses incurred by any Lender in connection with any such designation or assignment. If any Lender requests compensation under Section 2.15, or if the Borrower is required to pay any Indemnified Taxes or additional amounts to any Lender or any Governmental Authority for the account of any Lender pursuant to Section 2.17, or if any Lender becomes Defaulting Lender, then the Borrower may, at its sole expense and effort, upon notice to such Lender and the Administrative Agent, require such Lender to assign and delegate, without recourse (in accordance with and subject to the restrictions contained in Section 9.04), all its interests, rights (other than its existing rights to payments pursuant to Sections 2.15 or 2.17) and obligations under this Agreement to an assignee that shall assume such obligations (which assignee may be another Lender, if a Lender accepts such assignment); provided that (i) the Borrower shall have received the prior written consent of the Administrative Agent (and if a Commitment is being assigned, the Issuing Bank), which consent shall not unreasonably be withheld, (ii) such Lender shall have received payment of an amount equal to the outstanding principal of its Loans and participations in LC Disbursements and Swingline Loans, accrued interest thereon, accrued fees and all other amounts payable to it hereunder, from the assignee (to the extent of such outstanding principal and accrued interest and fees) or the Borrower (in the case of all other amounts) and (iii) in the case of any such assignment resulting from a claim for compensation under Section 2.15 or payments required to be made pursuant to Section 2.17, such assignment will result in a reduction in such compensation or payments. A Lender shall not be required to make any such assignment and delegation if, prior thereto, as a result of a waiver by such Lender or otherwise, the circumstances entitling the Borrower to require such assignment and delegation cease to apply.
SECTION 2.20.     Defaulting Lenders . Notwithstanding any provision of this Agreement to the contrary, if any Lender becomes a Defaulting Lender, then the following provisions shall apply for so long as such Lender is a Defaulting Lender:
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(b)    the Commitment and Revolving Credit Exposure of such Defaulting Lender shall not be included in determining whether the Required Lenders have taken or may take any action hereunder (including any consent to any amendment, waiver or other modification pursuant to Section 9.02); provided that this clause (b) shall not apply to the vote of a Defaulting Lender in the case of an amendment, waiver or other modification requiring the consent of such Lender or each Lender affected thereby;
(c)    if any Swingline Exposure or LC Exposure exists at the time such Lender becomes a Defaulting Lender then:
(i) all or any part of the Swingline Exposure and LC Exposure of such Defaulting Lender (other than the portion of such Swingline Exposure referred to in clause (b) of the definition of such term) shall be reallocated among the non-Defaulting Lenders in accordance with their respective Applicable Percentages but only (x) to the extent that the sum of all non- Defaulting Lenders’ Revolving Credit Exposures plus such Defaulting Lender’s Swingline Exposure and LC Exposure does not exceed the total of all non-Defaulting Lenders’ Commitments and (y) if the conditions set forth in Section 4.02 are satisfied at such time;
(ii) if the reallocation described in clause (i) above cannot, or can only partially, be effected, the Borrower shall within one Business Day following notice by the Administrative Agent (x) first, prepay such Swingline Exposure and (y) second, cash collateralize for the benefit of the Issuing Bank only the Borrower’s obligations corresponding to such Defaulting Lender’s LC Exposure (after giving effect to any partial reallocation pursuant to clause (i) above) in accordance with the procedures set forth in Section 2.06(j) for so long as such LC Exposure is outstanding;
(iii) if the Borrower cash collateralizes any portion of such Defaulting Lender’s LC Exposure pursuant to clause (ii) above, the Borrower shall not be required to pay any fees to such Defaulting Lender pursuant to Section 2.12(b) with respect to such Defaulting Lender’s LC Exposure during the period such Defaulting Lender’s LC Exposure is cash collateralized;
(iv) if the LC Exposure of the non-Defaulting Lenders is reallocated pursuant to clause (i) above, then the fees payable to the Lenders pursuant to Section 2.12(a) and Section 2.12(b) shall be adjusted in accordance with such non- Defaulting Lenders’ Applicable Percentages; and
(v) if all or any portion of such Defaulting Lender’s LC Exposure is neither reallocated nor cash collateralized pursuant to clause (i) or (ii) above, then, without prejudice to any rights or remedies of the Issuing Bank or any other Lender hereunder, all letter of credit fees payable under Section 2.12(b) with respect to such Defaulting Lender’s LC Exposure shall be payab le to the Issuing Bank until and to the extent that such LC Exposure is reallocated and/or cash collateralized; and


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(d)    so long as such Lender is a Defaulting Lender, the Swingline Lender shall not be required to fund any Swingline Loan and the Issuing Bank shall not be required to issue, amend or increase any Letter of Credit, unless it is satisfied that the related exposure and the Defaulting Lender’s then outstanding LC Exposure will be 100% covered by the Commitments of the non-Defaulting Lenders and/or cash collateral will be provided by the Borrower in accordance with Section 2.20(c), and Swingline Exposure related to any newly made Swingline Loan or LC Exposure related to any newly issued or increased Letter of Credit shall be allocated among non-Defaulting Lenders in a manner consistent with Section 2.20(c)(i) (and such Defaulting Lender shall not participate therein).
If (i) a Bankruptcy Event with respect to a Lender Parent shall occur following the date hereof and for so long as such event shall continue or (ii) any Swingline Lender or the Issuing Bank has a good faith belief that any Lender has defaulted in fulfilling its obligations under one or more other agreements in which such Lender commits to extend credit, no Swingline Lender shall be required to fund any Swingline Loan and the Issuing Bank shall not be required to issue, amend or increase any Letter of Credit, unless the Swingline Lender or the Issuing Bank, as the case may be, shall have entered into arrangements with the Borrower or such Lender, satisfactory to the Swingline Lender or the Issuing Bank, as the case may be, to defease any risk to it in respect of such Lender hereunder.
In the event that the Administrative Agent, the Borrower, the Swingline Lender and the Issuing Bank each agrees that a Defaulting Lender has adequately remedied all matters that caused such Lender to be a Defaulting Lender, then the Swingline Exposure and LC Exposure of the Lenders shall be readjusted to reflect the inclusion of such Lender’s Commitment and on such date such Lender shall purchase at par such of the Loans of the other Lenders (other than Swingline Loans) as the Administrative Agent shall determine may be necessary in order for such Lender to hold such Loans in accordance with its Applicable Percentage.
SECTION 2.21.     Returned Payments . If, after receipt of any payment which is applied to the payment of all or any part of the Obligations (including a payment effected through exercise of a right of setoff), the Administrative Agent or any Lender is for any reason compelled to surrender such payment or proceeds to any Person because such payment or application of proceeds is invalidated, declared fraudulent, set aside, determined to be void or voidable as a preference, impermissible setoff, or a diversion of trust funds, or for any other reason (including pursuant to any settlement entered into by the Administrative Agent or such Lender in its discretion), then the Obligations or part thereof intended to be satisfied shall be revived and continued and this Agreement shall continue in full force as if such payment or proceeds had not been received by the Administrative Agent or such Lender. The provisions of this Section 2.21 shall be and remain effective notwithstanding any contrary action which may have been taken by the Administrative Agent or any Lender in reliance upon such payment or application of proceeds. The provisions of this Section 2.21 shall survive the termination of this Agreement.
SECTION 2.22.     Banking Services and Swap Agreements . Each Lender or Affiliate thereof providing Banking Services for, or having Swap Agreements with, any Loan Party shall deliver to the Administrative Agent, promptly after entering into such Banking Services or Swap Agreements, written notice setting forth the aggregate amount of all Banking Services Obligations and Swap Agreement Obligations of such Loan Party to such Lender or Affiliate (whether


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matured or unmatured, absolute or contingent). In furtherance of that requirement, each such Lender or Affiliate thereof shall furnish the Administrative Agent, from time to time after a significant change therein or upon a request therefor, a summary of the amounts due or to become due in respect of such Banking Services Obligations and Swap Agreement Obligations. The most recent information provided to the Administrative Agent shall be used in determining which tier of the waterfall, contained in Section 2.18(c), in which such Banking Services Obligations and/or Swap Agreement Obligations will be placed.
SECTION 2.23.     Judgment Currency . If for the purposes of obtaining judgment in any court it is necessary to convert a sum due from the Borrower hereunder in the currency expressed to be payable herein (the “ specified currency ”) into another currency, the parties hereto agree, to the fullest extent that they may effectively do so, that the rate of exchange used shall be that at which in accordance with normal banking procedures the Administrative Agent could purchase the specified currency with such other currency at the Administrative Agent’s main New York City office on the Business Day preceding that on which final, non-appealable judgment is given. The obligations of the Borrower in respect of any sum due to any Lender or the Administrative Agent hereunder shall, notwithstanding any judgment in a currency other than the specified currency, be discharged only to the extent that on the Business Day following receipt by such Lender or the Administrative Agent (as the case may be) of any sum adjudged to be so due in such other currency such Lender or the Administrative Agent (as the case may be) may in accordance with normal, reasonable banking procedures purchase the specified currency with such other currency. If the amount of the specified currency so purchased is less than the sum originally due to such Lender or the Administrative Agent, as the case may be, in the specified currency, the Borrower agrees, to the fullest extent that it may effectively do so, as a separate obligation and notwithstanding any such judgment, to indemnify such Lender or the Administrative Agent, as the case may be, against such loss, and if the amount of the specified currency so purchased exceeds (a) the sum originally due to any Lender or the Administrative Agent, as the case may be, in the specified currency and (b) any amounts shared with other Lenders as a result of allocations of such excess as a disproportionate payment to such Lender under Section 2.19, such Lender or the Administrative Agent, as the case may be, agrees to remit such excess to such Borrower.

ARTICLE III
Representations and Warranties
The Borrower represents and warrants to the Lenders that:
SECTION 3.01.     Organization; Powers . Each of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries is duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its organization, has all requisite power and authority to carry on its business as now conducted and, except where the failure to do so, individually or in the aggregate, could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect, is qualified to do business in, and is in good standing in, every jurisdiction where such qualification is required.


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SECTION 3.02.     Authorization; Enforceability . The Transactions are within the Borrower’s corporate powers and have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate and, if required, stockholder action. This Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by the Borrower and constitutes a legal, valid and binding obligation of the Borrower, enforceable in accordance with its terms, subject to applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or other laws affecting creditors’ rights generally and subject to general principles of equity, regardless of whether considered in a proceeding in equity or at law.
SECTION 3.03.     Governmental Approvals; No Conflicts . The Transactions (a) do not require any consent or approval of, registration or filing with, or any other action by, any Governmental Authority, except such as have been obtained or made and are in full force and effect, (b) will not violate any applicable law or regulation or the charter, by-laws or other organizational documents of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries or any order of any Governmental Authority, (c) will not violate or result in a default under any indenture, agreement or other instrument binding upon the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries or its assets, or give rise to a right thereunder to require any payment to be made by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries, and (d) will not result in the creation or imposition of any Lien on any asset of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries.
SECTION 3.04.     Financial Condition; No Material Adverse Change . (a) The Borrower has heretofore furnished to the Lenders its consolidated balance sheet and statements of income, stockholders equity and cash flows as of and for the fiscal year ended 2014, reported on by Deloitte & Touche LLP, independent public accountants. Such financial statements present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position and results of operations and cash flows of the Borrower and its consolidated Subsidiaries as of such dates and for such periods in accordance with GAAP.
(b)    Since June 30, 2014, there has been no material adverse change in the business (exclusive of the Spin-Off), assets, operations, prospects or condition, financial or otherwise, of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole.
SECTION 3.05.     Properties . (a) Each of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries has good title to, or valid leasehold interests in, all its real and personal property material to its business, except for minor defects in title that do not interfere with its ability to conduct its business as currently conducted or to utilize such properties for their intended purposes.
(b)    Each of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries owns, or is licensed to use, all trademarks, trade names, copyrights, patents and other intellectual property material to its business, and the use thereof by the Borrower and its Subsidiaries does not infringe upon the rights of any other Person, except for any such infringements that, individually or in the aggregate, could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.
SECTION 3.06.     Litigation and Environmental Matters . (a) There are no actions, suits or proceedings by or before any arbitrator or Governmental Authority pending against or, to the knowledge of the Borrower, threatened against or affecting the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries (i) as to which there is a reasonable possibility of an adverse determination and that, if adversely


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determined, could reasonably be expected, individually or in the aggregate, to result in a Material Adverse Effect (other than the Disclosed Matters) or (ii) that involve this Agreement or the Transactions.
(b)    Except for the Disclosed Matters and except with respect to any other matters that, individually or in the aggregate, could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect, neither the Borrower nor any of its Subsidiaries (i) has failed to comply with any Environmental Law or to obtain, maintain or comply with any permit, license or other approval required under any Environmental Law, (ii) has become subject to any Environmental Liability, (iii) has received notice of any claim with respect to any Environmental Liability or (iv) knows of any basis for any Environmental Liability.
(c)    Since the date of this Agreement, there has been no change in the status of the Disclosed Matters that, individually or in the aggregate, has resulted in, or materially increased the likelihood of, a Material Adverse Effect.
SECTION 3.07.     Compliance with Laws and Agreements . Each of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries is in compliance with all laws, regulations and orders of any Governmental Authority applicable to it or its property and all indentures, agreements and other instruments binding upon it or its property, except where the failure to do so, individually or in the aggregate, could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect. No Default has occurred and is continuing.
SECTION 3.08.     Investment Company Status . Neither the Borrower nor any of its Subsidiaries is an “investment company” as defined in, or subject to regulation under, the Investment Company Act of 1940.
SECTION 3.09.     Taxes . Each of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries has timely filed or caused to be filed all Tax returns and reports required to have been filed and has paid or caused to be paid all Taxes required to have been paid by it, except (a) Taxes that are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings and for which the Borrower or such Subsidiary, as applicable, has set aside on its books adequate reserves or (b) to the extent that the failure to do so could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.
SECTION 3.10.     ERISA . No ERISA Event has occurred or is reasonably expected to occur that, when taken together with all other such ERISA Events for which liability is reasonably expected to exceed $5,000,000 in the aggregate. The present value of all accumulated benefit obligations under each Plan (based on the assumptions used for purposes of Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 87) did not, as of the date of the most recent financial statements reflecting such amounts, exceed the fair market value of the assets of such Plan, and the present value of all accumulated benefit obligations of all underfunded Plans (based on the assumptions used for purposes of Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 87) did not, as of the date of the most recent financial statements reflecting such amounts, exceed the fair market value of the assets of all such underfunded Plans.


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SECTION 3.11.     Subsidiaries . Schedule 3.11 contains an accurate list of all Subsidiaries of the Borrower as of the date of this Agreement, setting forth their respective jurisdictions of organization and the percentage of their respective capital stock or other ownership interests owned by the Borrower or other Subsidiaries. All of the issued and outstanding shares of capital stock or other ownership interests of such Subsidiaries have been (to the extent such concepts are relevant with respect to such ownership interests) duly authorized and issued and are fully paid and non‑assessable.
SECTION 3.12.     Disclosure . The Borrower has disclosed to the Lenders all agreements, instruments and corporate or other restrictions to which it or any of its Subsidiaries is subject, and all other matters known to it, that, individually or in the aggregate, could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect. Neither the Information Memorandum nor any of the other reports, financial statements, certificates or other information furnished by or on behalf of the Borrower to the Administrative Agent or any Lender in connection with the negotiation of this Agreement or delivered hereunder (as modified or supplemented by other information so furnished) contains any material misstatement of fact or omits to state any material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; provided that, with respect to projected financial information, the Borrower represents only that such information was prepared in good faith based upon assumptions believed to be reasonable at the time.
SECTION 3.13.     Material Agreements . Neither the Borrower nor any Subsidiary is in default in the performance, observance or fulfillment of any of the obligations, covenants or conditions contained in (i) any material agreement to which it is a party or (ii) any agreement or instrument evidencing or governing Indebtedness.
SECTION 3.14.     Anti-Corruption Laws and Sanctions . The Borrower has implemented and maintains in effect policies and procedures designed to ensure compliance by the Borrower, its Subsidiaries and their respective directors, officers, employees and agents with Anti-Corruption Laws and applicable Sanctions, and the Borrower, its Subsidiaries and their respective officers and employees and to the knowledge of the Borrower its directors and agents, are in compliance with Anti-Corruption Laws and applicable Sanctions in all material respects. None of (a) the Borrower, any Subsidiary or any of their respective directors, officers or employees, or (b) to the knowledge of the Borrower, any agent of the Borrower or any Subsidiary that will act in any capacity in connection with or benefit from the credit facility established hereby, is a Sanctioned Person. No Borrowing or Letter of Credit, use of proceeds or other transaction contemplated by this Agreement will violate any Anti-Corruption Law or applicable Sanctions.
SECTION 3.15.     Spin-off . The Spin-Off Documents constitute the legally valid and binding obligation of the Borrower, enforceable against the Borrower in accordance with their terms, except as may be limited by reorganization, bankruptcy, insolvency, moratorium or other laws affecting generally the enforcement of creditors rights. The Spin-Off has been duly authorized by all requisite corporate and shareholder action and has been validly consummated in accordance with the Spin-Off Documents and all applicable laws and is final and effective. The execution, delivery and performance by the Borrower of the Spin-Off Documents, and the consummation of the transactions contemplated thereby, require no action, permit, license,


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authorization, certification, consent, approval, concession or franchise by or in respect of, or filing with, any Governmental Authority or any other Person, other than those that have been obtained by the Borrower or waived prior to the date hereof and described on Schedule 3.15 hereto. Except as set forth in Schedule 3.15 hereto, none of the conditions for the effectiveness of the Spin-Off contemplated by the Spin-Off Documents have been waived by any party and all such conditions have been satisfied.

ARTICLE IV

Conditions
SECTION 4.01.     Effective Date . The obligations of the Lenders to make Loans and of the Issuing Bank to issue Letters of Credit hereunder shall not become effective until the date on which each of the following conditions is satisfied (or waived in accordance with Section 9.02):
(a) The Administrative Agent (or its counsel) shall have received from each party hereto either a counterpart of this Agreement signed on behalf of such party or (ii) written evidence satisfactory to the Administrative Agent (which may include telecopy transmission of a signed signature page of this Agreement) that such party has signed a counterpart of this Agreement.
(b) Each of Loan Documents shall have been executed and delivered by the Loan Parties to the Administrative Agent.
(c) The Administrative Agent shall have received favorable written opinions (addressed to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders and dated the Effective Date) of counsel for the Borrower, in form and substance reasonably acceptable to the Lenders, and covering such other matters relating to the Loan Parties, this Agreement, the Transactions and the Collateral Documents as the Required Lenders shall reasonably request.
(d) The Administrative Agent shall have received such documents and certificates as the Administrative Agent or its counsel may reasonably request relating to the organization, existence and good standing of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries, the authorization of the Transactions and any other legal matters relating to the Borrower and its Subsidiaries, this Agreement and the Transactions, all in form and substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and its counsel.
(e) The Administrative Agent shall have received a certificate, dated the Effective Date and signed by the President, a Vice President or a Financial Officer of the Borrower, confirming compliance with the conditions set forth in paragraphs (a) and (b) of Section 4.02.
(f) The Administrative Agent shall have received the results of a recent lien search in the jurisdiction of organization of each Loan Party, and such search shall reveal no Liens on any of the assets of the Loan Parties except for liens permitted by Section 6.02 or discharged on or prior to the Effective Date pursuant to a payoff letter or other documentation reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent.


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(g) The Administrative Agent shall have received a notice setting forth the deposit account of the Borrowers (the “ Funding Account ”) to which the Lender is authorized by the Borrowers to transfer the proceeds of any Borrowings requested or authorized pursuant to this Agreement.
(h) The Administrative Agent shall have received (i) satisfactory audited consolidated financial statements of the Borrower for the two most recent fiscal years ended prior to the Effective Date as to which such financial statements are available, (ii) satisfactory unaudited interim consolidated financial statements of the Borrower for each fiscal quarter ended subsequent to the date of the latest financial statements delivered pursuant to clause (i) of this paragraph as to which such financial statements are available and (iii) the Borrower’s most recent projected income statement, balance sheet and cash flows for the period beginning June 30, 2014 and ending June 30, 2019.
(i) The Administrative Agent shall have received the original stock certificates of the pledged securities required by the Collateral Documents, endorsed in blank.
(j) The Administrative Agent and the Lenders shall have received a pro forma consolidated balance sheet, income statement and cash flow statement (“ Pro Forma Opening Statements ”) consistent with the Borrower’s SEC filings giving effect to the Spin-Off, together with such information as the Administrative Agent may reasonably request to confirm the tax, legal, and business assumptions made in such Pro Forma Opening Statements. The Pro Forma Opening Statements must demonstrate, in the reasonable judgment of the Administrative Agent, together with all other information then available to the Administrative Agent, that the Borrower and its Subsidiaries have the ability to repay their debts and satisfy their respective other obligations as and when due and to comply with the financial covenants acceptable to the Administrative Agent.
(k) As of the Effective Date, the Administrative Agent shall have received satisfactory evidence that the Borrower has cash on hand of not less than $60,000,000 or such lesser amount acceptable to the Administrative Agent.
(l) The Administrative Agent shall have received executed copies of the Spin-Off Documents and satisfactory evidence that the Spin-Off is effective.
(m) All governmental and third party approvals necessary in connection with the Spin-Off, the financing contemplated hereby and the continuing operations of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries (including shareholder approvals, if any) shall have been obtained on satisfactory terms and shall be in full force and effect, and all applicable waiting periods shall have expired without any action being taken or threatened by any competent authority that would restrain, prevent or otherwise impose adverse conditions on the Spin-Off or any of the transactions contemplated hereby.
(n) Other than Indebtedness permitted by Section 6.01, the Administrative Agent shall have received satisfactory evidence of prepayment in full of all the Borrower’s obligations under existing loan facilities, termination of the commitments thereunder and release of all liens, if any, granted thereunder.


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(o) The Administrative Agent shall have received all fees and other amounts due and payable under the fee letter dated July 29, 2014 between the Borrower and the Administrative Agent, and all other fees and expenses required to be paid under this Agreement on or prior to the Effective Date, including, to the extent invoiced, reimbursement or payment of all out of pocket expenses required to be reimbursed or paid by the Borrower hereunder.
(p) The Administrative Agent and Lenders shall have received all documentation and other information required by bank regulatory authorities under applicable “know your customer” and anti-money laundering rules and regulations, including USA PATRIOT Act, and a properly completed and signed IRS Form W-8 or W-9, as applicable, for each Loan Party.
(q) The Administrative Agent shall have received such other documents as the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Bank, any Lender or their respective counsel may have reasonably requested.
The Administrative Agent shall notify the Borrower and the Lenders of the Effective Date, and such notice shall be conclusive and binding. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the obligations of the Lenders to make Loans and of the Issuing Bank to issue Letters of Credit hereunder shall not become effective unless each of the foregoing conditions is satisfied (or waived pursuant to Section 9.02) at or prior to 3:00 p.m., Chicago time, on November 15, 2014 (and, in the event such conditions are not so satisfied or waived, the Commitments shall terminate at such time).
SECTION 4.02.     Each Credit Event . The obligation of each Lender to make a Loan on the occasion of any Borrowing, and of the Issuing Bank to issue, amend, renew or extend any Letter of Credit, is subject to the satisfaction of the following conditions:
(a) The representations and warranties of the Borrower set forth in this Agreement shall be true and correct on and as of the date of such Borrowing or the date of issuance, amendment, renewal or extension of such Letter of Credit, as applicable.
(b) At the time of and immediately after giving effect to such Borrowing or the issuance, amendment, renewal or extension of such Letter of Credit, as applicable, no Default shall have occurred and be continuing.
Each Borrowing and each issuance, amendment, renewal or extension of a Letter of Credit shall be deemed to constitute a representation and warranty by the Borrower on the date thereof as to the matters specified in paragraphs (a) and (b) of this Section.
ARTICLE V

Affirmative Covenants
Until the Commitments have expired or been terminated and the principal of and interest on each Loan and all fees payable hereunder shall have been paid in full and all Letters of Credit shall have expired or terminated, in each case, without any pending draw, and all LC Disbursements shall have been reimbursed, the Borrower covenants and agrees with the Lenders that:


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SECTION 5.01.     Financial Statements; Ratings Change and Other Information . The Borrower will furnish to the Administrative Agent and each Lender, including their Public-Siders:
(a) within 90 days after the end of each fiscal year of the Borrower, its audited consolidated balance sheet and related statements of operations, stockholders’ equity and cash flows as of the end of and for such year, setting forth in each case in comparative form the figures for the previous fiscal year, all reported on by Deloitte & Touche LLP or other independent public accountants of recognized national standing (without a “going concern” or like qualification commentary or exception and without any qualification or exception as to the scope of such audit) to the effect that such consolidated financial statements present fairly in all material respects the financial condition and results of operations of the Borrower and its consolidated Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP consistently applied;
(b) within 45 days after the end of each of the first three fiscal quarters of each fiscal year of the Borrower, its consolidated balance sheet and related statements of operations, stockholders’ equity and cash flows as of the end of and for such fiscal quarter and the then elapsed portion of the fiscal year, setting forth in each case in comparative form the figures for the corresponding period or periods of (or, in the case of the balance sheet, as of the end of) the previous fiscal year, all certified by one of its Financial Officers as presenting fairly in all material respects the financial condition and results of operations of the Borrower and its consolidated Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP consistently applied, subject to normal year-end audit adjustments and the absence of footnotes;
(c) Subject to Section 9.14, the Company further agrees to clearly label the Financial Statements with a notice stating: “ Confidential Financial Statements to be Provided to All Lenders, Including Public-Siders ” before delivering them to the Administrative Agent.
(d) concurrently with any delivery of financial statements under clause (a) or (b) above, a certificate of a Financial Officer of the Borrower (i) certifying as to whether a Default has occurred and, if a Default has occurred, specifying the details thereof and any action taken or proposed to be taken with respect thereto, (ii) setting forth reasonably detailed calculations demonstrating compliance with Section 6.11 and (iii) stating whether any change in GAAP or in the application thereof has occurred since the date of the audited financial statements referred to in Section 3.04 and, if any such change has occurred, specifying the effect of such change on the financial statements accompanying such certificate;
(e) promptly after the same become publicly available, copies of all periodic and other reports, proxy statements and other materials filed by the Borrower or any Subsidiary with the SEC, or any Governmental Authority succeeding to any or all of the functions of said Commission, or with any national securities exchange, or distributed by the Borrower to its shareholders generally, as the case may be; and
(f) promptly following any request therefor, such other information regarding the operations, business affairs and financial condition of the Borrower or any Subsidiary, or compliance with the terms of this Agreement, as the Administrative Agent or any Lender may reasonably request.


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SECTION 5.02.     Notices of Material Events . The Borrower will furnish to the Administrative Agent and each Lender prompt written notice of the following:
(a) the occurrence of any Default;
(b) the filing or commencement of any action, suit or proceeding by or before any arbitrator or Governmental Authority against or affecting the Borrower or any Affiliate thereof that, if adversely determined, could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect;
(c) the occurrence of any ERISA Event that, alone or together with any other ERISA Events that have occurred, could reasonably be expected to result in liability of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries in an aggregate amount exceeding $5,000,000; and
(d) any other development that results in, or could reasonably be expected to result in, a Material Adverse Effect.
Each notice delivered under this Section shall be accompanied by a statement of a Financial Officer or other executive officer of the Borrower setting forth the details of the event or development requiring such notice and any action taken or proposed to be taken with respect thereto.
SECTION 5.03.     Existence; Conduct of Business . The Borrower will, and will cause each of its Subsidiaries to, do or cause to be done all things necessary to preserve, renew and keep in full force and effect its legal existence and the rights, licenses, permits, privileges and franchises material to the conduct of its business; provided that the foregoing shall not prohibit any merger, consolidation, liquidation or dissolution permitted under Section 6.03.
SECTION 5.04.     Payment of Obligations . The Borrower will, and will cause each of its Subsidiaries to, pay its obligations, including Tax liabilities, that, if not paid, could result in a Material Adverse Effect before the same shall become delinquent or in default, except where (a) the validity or amount thereof is being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings, (b) the Borrower or such Subsidiary has set aside on its books adequate reserves with respect thereto in accordance with GAAP and the failure to make payment pending such contest could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.
SECTION 5.05.     Maintenance of Properties; Insurance . The Borrower will, and will cause each of its Subsidiaries to, (a) keep and maintain all property material to the conduct of its business in good working order and condition, ordinary wear and tear excepted, and (b) maintain, with financially sound and reputable insurance companies, insurance in such amounts and against such risks as are customarily maintained by companies engaged in the same or similar businesses operating in the same or similar locations.
SECTION 5.06.     Books and Records; Inspection Rights . The Borrower will, and will cause each of its Subsidiaries to, keep proper books of record and account in which full, true and correct entries are made of all dealings and transactions in relation to its business and activities. The Borrower will, and will cause each of its Subsidiaries to, permit any representatives designated by the Administrative Agent or any Lender, upon reasonable prior notice, to visit and inspect its properties, to examine and make extracts from its books and records, and to discuss its


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affairs, finances and condition with its officers and independent accountants, all at such reasonable times and as often as reasonably requested.
SECTION 5.07.     Compliance with Laws . The Borrower will, and will cause each of its Subsidiaries to, comply with all laws, rules, regulations and orders of any Governmental Authority applicable to it or its property, except where the failure to do so, individually or in the aggregate, could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect. The Borrower will maintain in effect and enforce policies and procedures designed to ensure compliance by the Borrower, its Subsidiaries and their respective directors, officers, employees and agents with Anti-Corruption Laws and applicable Sanctions.
SECTION 5.08.     Use of Proceeds and Letters of Credit . The proceeds of the Loans and the Letters of Credit will be used only for working capital purposes and general corporate purposes, including acquisitions, of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries. No part of the proceeds of any Loan will be used, whether directly or indirectly, for any purpose that entails a violation of any of the Regulations of the Board, including Regulations T, U and X. The Borrower will not request any Borrowing or Letter of Credit, and the Borrower shall not use, and shall procure that its Subsidiaries and its or their respective directors, officers, employees and agents shall not use, the proceeds of any Borrowing or Letter of Credit (A) in furtherance of an offer, payment, promise to pay, or authorization of the payment or giving of money, or anything else of value, to any Person in violation of any Anti-Corruption Laws, (B) for the purpose of funding, financing or facilitating any activities, business or transaction of or with any Sanctioned Person, or in any Sanctioned Country, or (C) in any manner that would result in the violation of any Sanctions applicable to any party hereto.
SECTION 5.09.     Accuracy Of Information . The Borrower will ensure that any information, including financial statements or other documents, furnished to the Administrative Agent or the Lenders in connection with this Agreement or any amendment or modification hereof or waiver hereunder contains no material misstatement of fact or omits to state any material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, and the furnishing of such information shall be deemed to be a representation and warranty by the Borrower on the date thereof as to the matters specified in this Section 5.09.
SECTION 5.10.     Addition of Guarantors; Addition of Pledged Stock . The Borrower shall give the Administrative Agent and the Lenders written notice as soon as practicable of the initial capitalization or Acquisition of each new Subsidiary, but, in any event, not later than thirty (30) days after such initial capitalization or Acquisition. If the Required Lenders require, at any time, the Borrower will cause such new Subsidiary (other than a Subsidiary organized or incorporated outside the United States of America) to become a Loan Guarantor by executing a joinder agreement to this Agreement or by executing an Obligation Guaranty. Such joinder agreement or Obligation Guaranty shall be executed and delivered within thirty (30) days of the Required Lenders’ request. With such delivery to the Administrative Agent, the Borrower shall also furnish, or cause to be furnished, to the Administrative Agent (a) copies of the certificate or articles of incorporation of such Loan Guarantor, together with all amendments, and a certificate of good standing or existence, both certified by the appropriate governmental officer in its


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jurisdiction of incorporation; (b) copies, certified by the Secretary or Assistant Secretary of such Loan Guarantor, of its by-laws and of its Board of Directors’ resolutions (and resolutions of other bodies, if any are reasonably deemed necessary by counsel for any Lender) authorizing the execution of the Loan Guaranty; (c) an incumbency certificate, executed by the Secretary or Assistant Secretary of such Loan Guarantor, which shall identify by name and title and bear the signature of the officers of such Loan Guarantor authorized to sign the Loan Guaranty; and (d) a favorable written opinion of such Loan Guarantor’s counsel, addressed to the Administrative Agent in a form acceptable to the Administrative Agent, opining (i) as to such Loan Guarantor’s existence, (ii) as to such Loan Guarantor’s authorization to execute the Loan Guaranty, (iii) as to the enforceability of the Loan Guaranty, and (iv) that the execution and performance of the Loan Guaranty will not conflict with or result in a breach under any material contract, indenture, instrument or other agreement by which such Loan Guarantor is bound or to which it is party. If the Required Lenders require, at any time, the Borrower shall within thirty (30) days of its initial capitalization or Acquisition of a non-U.S. Subsidiary (or, if the capital stock of such new non-U.S. Subsidiary is owned by another Subsidiary), shall undertake and thereafter diligently pursue to have such other Subsidiary deliver to the Administrative Agent an executed supplement to the existing Collateral Document or a new stock pledge agreement (but in any event not later than one hundred eighty (180) days of its initial capitalization or Acquisition), together with appropriate corporate resolutions, stock certificates, UCC filings or amendments, opinions of counsel and other documentation, in each case in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and the Administrative Agent shall be reasonably satisfied that the Administrative Agent has a first priority perfected pledge of 65% of the capital stock of such non-U.S. Subsidiary owned by the Borrower and its Subsidiaries.
ARTICLE VI

Negative Covenants
Until the Commitments have expired or terminated and the principal of and interest on each Loan and all fees payable hereunder have been paid in full and all Letters of Credit have expired or terminated, in each case, without any pending draw, and all LC Disbursements shall have been reimbursed, the Borrower covenants and agrees with the Lenders that:
SECTION 6.01.     Indebtedness . The Borrower will not, and will not permit any Subsidiary to, create, incur, assume or permit to exist any Indebtedness, except:
(a) Indebtedness created hereunder;
(b) Indebtedness of the Borrower to any Subsidiary and of any Subsidiary to the Borrower or any other Subsidiary;
(c) Guarantees by the Borrower of Indebtedness of any Subsidiary and by any Subsidiary of Indebtedness of the Borrower or any other Subsidiary, provided, in each case, the Indebtedness is otherwise permitted by this Section 6.01;


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(d) Indebtedness secured by Liens not exceeding $5,000,000 at any time outstanding; and
(e) other unsecured Indebtedness in an aggregate principal amount not exceeding at any time outstanding the sum of $50,000,000 minus the amount of secured Indebtedness outstanding as permitted by clause (d) above.
SECTION 6.02.     Liens . The Borrower will not, and will not permit any Subsidiary to, create, incur, assume or permit to exist any Lien on any property or asset now owned or hereafter acquired by it, or assign or sell any income or revenues (including accounts receivable) or rights in respect of any thereof, except:
(a) Permitted Encumbrances;
(b) Liens existing on the date hereof and described in Schedule 6.02 and future Liens, provided that the aggregate Indebtedness securing such existing and future Liens does not exceed $5,000,000 in the aggregate outstanding at any time;
(c) Set-off rights of lenders providing Indebtedness permitted by Section 6.01;
(d) The sale of accounts receivable as permitted by Section 6.05(c); and
(e) Liens in favor of the Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the Lenders, granted pursuant to any Collateral Document.
SECTION 6.03.     Fundamental Changes . (a) The Borrower will not, and will not permit any Subsidiary to, merge into or consolidate with any other Person, or permit any other Person to merge into or consolidate with it, or sell, transfer, lease or otherwise dispose of (in one transaction or in a series of transactions) any substantial part of its assets, or all or substantially all of the stock of any of its Subsidiaries (in each case, whether now owned or hereafter acquired), or liquidate or dissolve, except that, if at the time thereof and immediately after giving effect thereto no Default shall have occurred and be continuing (i) any Subsidiary may merge into the Borrower in a transaction in which the Borrower is the surviving corporation, (ii) any Subsidiary may merge into any Subsidiary in a transaction in which the surviving entity is a Subsidiary, (iii) any Subsidiary may sell, transfer, lease or otherwise dispose of its assets to the Borrower or to another Subsidiary and (iv) any Subsidiary may liquidate or dissolve if the Borrower determines in good faith that such liquidation or dissolution is in the best interests of the Borrower and is not materially disadvantageous to the Lenders; provided that any such merger involving a Person that is not a wholly owned Subsidiary immediately prior to such merger shall not be permitted unless also permitted by Section 6.04.
(b)    The Borrower will not, and will not permit any of its Subsidiaries to, engage to any material extent in any business other than businesses of the type conducted by the Borrower and its Subsidiaries on the date of execution of this Agreement and businesses reasonably related thereto.
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without limitation, Investments in Subsidiaries), or commitments therefor, or Guarantee any obligations of any other Person, or make any Acquisition, except:
(a) Permitted Investments;
(b) Existing Investments in Subsidiaries and other Investments in existence on the date hereof and described in Schedule 6.04 ;
(c) Investments by the Borrower in and to the other Loan Guarantors, and Investments by the Borrower in and to non-U.S. Subsidiaries, of which the Borrower or a Subsidiary of the Borrower has granted a first priority pledge of 65% of such non-U.S. Subsidiary’s capital stock to the Administrative Agent pursuant to the Collateral Documents if required under Section 5.10, and Investments by the Borrower in U.S. Subsidiaries that are not Loan Guarantors if the Required Lenders have not required such U.S. Subsidiary to be a Loan Guarantor in accordance with Section 5.10;
(d) Any other Investments by the Borrower not exceeding $10,000,000 in the aggregate outstanding at any time;
(e) Guarantees constituting Indebtedness permitted by Section 6.01; and
(f) Permitted Acquisitions.
SECTION 6.05.     Sale of Assets . The Borrower will not, and will not permit any of its Subsidiaries to, sell, transfer, lease or otherwise dispose of any asset, including any Equity Interest owned by it, other than to the Borrower or another Subsidiary in compliance with Section 6.03, except:

(a) sales, transfers and dispositions of inventory in the ordinary course of business;
(b) Leases, sales or other dispositions of its assets that, together with all other assets of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries previously leased, sold or disposed of (other than inventory in the ordinary course of business) as permitted by this Section during any fiscal year does not exceed $25,000,000 measured on a fair market value basis; and
(c) So long as there then exists no Event of Default, the sale on a non-recourse basis of its accounts receivable not exceeding $40,000,000 at any time.
SECTION 6.06.     Swap Agreements . The Borrower will not, and will not permit any of its Subsidiaries to, enter into any Swap Agreement, except (a) Swap Agreements entered into to hedge or mitigate risks to which the Borrower or any Subsidiary has actual exposure (other than those in respect of Equity Interests of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries), and (b) Swap Agreements entered into in order to effectively cap, collar or exchange interest rates (from fixed to floating rates, from one floating rate to another floating rate or otherwise) with respect to any interest- bearing liability or investment of the Borrower or any Subsidiary.


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SECTION 6.07.     Restricted Payments . The Borrower will not, and will not permit any of its Subsidiaries to, declare or make, or agree to pay or make, directly or indirectly, any Restricted Payment, except (a) the Borrower may declare and pay dividends with respect to its Equity Interests payable solely in additional shares of its common stock, (b) Subsidiaries may declare and pay dividends ratably with respect to their Equity Interests, (c) the Borrower may make Restricted Payments pursuant to and in accordance with stock option plans or other benefit plans for management or employees of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries, (d) the Borrower may declare and pay the Special One-Time Dividend, (e) so long as no Default has occurred and is continuing or will result therefrom and so long as the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio and the Adjusted Leverage Ratio provided in Section 6.11 will not be violated as a result thereof, the Borrower may declare and pay dividends, and (f) so long as no Default has occurred and is continuing or will result therefrom, the Borrower may repurchase Equity Interests in an aggregate amount not exceeding $20,000,000 during the term of this Agreement.
SECTION 6.08.     Transactions with Affiliates . The Borrower will not, and will not permit any of its Subsidiaries to, sell, lease or otherwise transfer any property or assets to, or purchase, lease or otherwise acquire any property or assets from, or otherwise engage in any other transactions with, any of its Affiliates, except (a) in the ordinary course of business at prices and on terms and conditions not less favorable to the Borrower or such Subsidiary than could be obtained on an arm’s-length basis from unrelated third parties, (b) transactions between or among the Borrower and its Subsidiaries not involving any other Affiliate and (c) any Restricted Payment permitted by Section 6.07.
SECTION 6.09.     Restrictive Agreements . The Borrower will not, and will not permit any of its Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly, enter into, incur or permit to exist any agreement or other arrangement that prohibits, restricts or imposes any condition upon (a) the ability of the Borrower or any Subsidiary to create, incur or permit to exist any Lien upon any of its property or assets, or (b) the ability of any Subsidiary to pay dividends or other distributions with respect to any shares of its capital stock or to make or repay loans or advances to the Borrower or any other Subsidiary or to Guarantee Indebtedness of the Borrower or any other Subsidiary; provided that (i) the foregoing shall not apply to restrictions and conditions imposed by law or by this Agreement, (ii) the foregoing shall not apply to restrictions and conditions existing on the date hereof identified on Schedule 6.09 (but shall apply to any extension or renewal of, or any amendment or modification expanding the scope of, any such restriction or condition), (iii) t he foregoing shall not apply to customary restrictions and conditions contained in agreements relating to the sale of a Subsidiary pending such sale, provided that such restrictions and conditions apply only to the Subsidiary that is to be sold and such sale is permitted hereunder, (iv) clause (a) of the foregoing shall not apply to restrictions or conditions imposed by any agreement relating to secured Indebtedness permitted by this Agreement if such restrictions or conditions apply only to the property or assets securing such Indebtedness and (v) clause (a) of the foregoing shall not apply to customary provisions in leases restricting the assignment thereof.
SECTION 6.10.     Amendment of Organizational Documents . The Borrower will not, and will not permit any of its Subsidiaries to, amend, modify or waive any of its rights under its charter, articles or certificate of organization or incorporation and bylaws or operating,


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management or partnership agreement, or other organizational or governing documents, to the extent any such amendment, modification or waiver would be adverse to the Lenders.
SECTION 6.11.     Financial Covenants .
(a) Adjusted Leverage Ratio . The Borrower will not permit its Adjusted Leverage Ratio to be greater than 3.00 to 1.00 as of each fiscal quarter end.
(b) Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio . The Borrower will not permit its Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio to be less than 1.10 to 1.00 as of each fiscal quarter end.
ARTICLE VII

Events of Default
If any of the following events (“ Events of Default ”) shall occur:
(a) the Borrower shall fail to pay any principal of any Loan or any reimbursement obligation in respect of any LC Disbursement when and as the same shall become due and payable, whether at the due date thereof or at a date fixed for prepayment thereof or otherwise;
(b) the Borrower shall fail to pay any interest on any Loan or any fee or any other amount (other than an amount referred to in clause (a) of this Article) payable under this Agreement, when and as the same shall become due and payable, and such failure shall continue unremedied for a period of five days;
(c) any representation or warranty made or deemed made by or on behalf of the Borrower or any Subsidiary in or in connection with this Agreement or any amendment or modification hereof or waiver hereunder, or in any report, certificate, financial statement or other document furnished pursuant to or in connection with this Agreement or any amendment or modification hereof or waiver hereunder, shall prove to have been incorrect in any material respect when made or deemed made;
(d) the Borrower shall fail to observe or perform any covenant, condition or agreement contained in Section 5.02, 5.03 (with respect to the Borrower’s existence) or 5.08 or in Article VI;
(e) the Borrower shall fail to observe or perform any covenant, condition or agreement contained in this Agreement (other than those specified in clause (a), (b) or (d) of this Article), and such failure shall continue unremedied for a period of 30 days after notice thereof from the Administrative Agent to the Borrower (which notice will be given at the request of any Lender);
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(g) any event or condition occurs that results in any Material Indebtedness becoming due prior to its scheduled maturity or that enables or permits (with or without the giving of notice, the lapse of time or both) the holder or holders of any Material Indebtedness or any trustee or a gent on its or their behalf to cause any Material Indebtedness to become due, or to require the prepayment, repurchase, redemption or defeasance thereof, prior to its scheduled maturity; provided that this clause (g) shall not apply to secured Indebtedness that becomes due as a result of the voluntary sale or transfer of the property or assets securing such Indebtedness;
(h) an involuntary proceeding shall be commenced or an involuntary petition shall be filed seeking (i) liquidation, reorganization or other relief in respect of the Borrower or any Subsidiary or its debts, or of a substantial part of its assets, under any Federal, state or foreign bankruptcy, insolvency, receivership or similar law now or hereafter in effect or (ii) the appointment of a receiver, trustee, custodian, sequestrator, conservator or similar official for the Borrower or any Subsidiary or for a substantial part of its assets, and, in any such case, such proceeding or petition shall continue undismissed for 60 days or an order or decree approving or ordering any of the foregoing shall be entered;
(i) the Borrower or any Subsidiary shall (i) voluntarily commence any proceeding or file any petition seeking liquidation, reorganization or other relief under any Federal, state or foreign bankruptcy, insolvency, receivership or similar law now or hereafter in effect, (ii) consent to the institution of, or fail to contest in a timely and appropriate manner, any proceeding or petition described in clause (h) of this Article, (iii) apply for or consent to the appointment of a receiver, trustee, custodian, sequestrator, conservator or similar official for the Borrower or any Subsidiary or for a substantial part of its assets, file an answer admitting the material allegations of a petition filed against it in any such proceeding, make a general assignment for the benefit of creditors or (vi) take any action for the purpose of effecting any of the foregoing;
(j) the Borrower or any Subsidiary shall become unable, admit in writing its inability or fail generally to pay its debts as they become due;
(k) one or more judgments for the payment of money in an aggregate amount in excess of $5,000,000 shall be rendered against the Borrower, any Subsidiary or any combination thereof and the same shall remain undischarged for a period of 30 consecutive days during which execution shall not be effectively stayed, or any action shall be legally taken by a judgment creditor to attach or levy upon any assets of the Borrower or any Subsidiary to enforce any such judgment;
(l) an ERISA Event shall have occurred that, in the opinion of the Required Lenders, when taken together with all other ERISA Events that have occurred, could reasonably be expected to result in liability of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries in an aggregate amount exceeding $5,000,000 in any year;
(m) a Change in Control shall occur;
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than this Agreement), which default or breach continues beyond any period of grace therein provided;
(o) the Loan Guaranty or any Obligation Guaranty shall fail to remain in full force or effect or any action shall be taken to discontinue or to assert the invalidity or unenforceability of the Loan Guaranty or any Obligation Guaranty, or any Loan Guarantor shall fail to comply with any of the terms or provisions of the Loan Guaranty or any Obligation Guaranty to which it is a party, or any Loan Guarantor shall deny that it has any further liability under the Loan Guaranty or any Obligation Guaranty to which it is a party, or shall give notice to such effect, including, but not limited to notice of termination delivered pursuant to Section 10.08 or any notice of termination delivered pursuant to the terms of any Obligation Guaranty; or
(p) Any Collateral Document shall for any reason fail to create a valid and perfected first priority security interest in any collateral purported to be covered thereby, except as permitted by the terms of any Collateral Document, or any Collateral Document shall fail to remain in full force or effect or any action shall be taken to discontinue or to assert the invalidity or unenforceability of any Collateral Document, or the Borrower shall fail to comply with any of the terms or provisions of any Collateral Document;
then, and in every such event (other than an event with respect to the Borrower described in clause (h) or (i) of this Article), and at any time thereafter during the continuance of such event, the Administrative Agent may, and at the request of the Required Lenders shall, by notice to the Borrower, take either or both of the following actions, at the same or different times: (i) terminate the Commitments, and thereupon the Commitments shall terminate immediately, and (ii) declare the Loans then outstanding to be due and payable in whole (or in part, in which case any principal not so declared to be due and payable may thereafter be declared to be due and payable), and thereupon the principal of the Loans so declared to be due and payable, together with accrued interest thereon and all fees and other obligations of the Borrower accrued hereunder, shall become due and payable immediately, without presentment, demand, protest or other notice of any kind, all of which are hereby waived by the Borrower; and in case of any event with respect to the Borrower described in clause (h) or (i) of this Article, the Commitments shall automatically terminate and the principal of the Loans then outstanding, together with accrued interest thereon and all fees and other obligations of the Borrower accrued hereunder, shall automatically become due and payable, without presentment, demand, protest or other notice of any kind, all of which are hereby waived by the Borrower. Upon the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default, the Administrative Agent may, and at the request of the Required Lenders shall, increase the rate of interest applicable to the Loans and other Obligations as set forth in this Agreement and exercise any rights and remedies provided to the Administrative Agent under the Loan Documents or at law or equity, including all remedies provided under the UCC.
ARTICLE VIII

The Administrative Agent
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to exercise such powers as are delegated to the Administrative Agent by the terms hereof, together with such actions and powers as are reasonably incidental thereto.
The bank serving as the Administrative Agent hereunder shall have the same rights and powers in its capacity as a Lender as any other Lender and may exercise the same as though it were not the Administrative Agent, and such bank and its Affiliates may accept deposits from, lend money to and generally engage in any kind of business with the Borrower or any Subsidiary or other Affiliate thereof as if it were not the Administrative Agent hereunder.
The Administrative Agent shall not have any duties or obligations except those expressly set forth herein. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, (a) the Administrative Agent shall not be subject to any fiduciary or other implied duties, regardless of whether a Default has occurred and is continuing, the Administrative Agent shall not have any duty to take any discretionary action or exercise any discretionary powers, except discretionary rights and powers expressly contemplated hereby that the Administrative Agent is required to exercise in writing as directed by the Required Lenders (or such other number or percentage of the Lenders as shall be necessary under the circumstances as provided in Section 9.02), and (c) except as expressly set forth herein, the Administrative Agent shall not have any duty to disclose, and shall not be liable for the failure to disclose, any information relating to the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries that is communicated to or obtained by the bank serving as Administrative Agent or any of its Affiliates in any capacity. The Administrative Agent shall not be liable for any action taken or not taken by it with the consent or at the request of the Required Lenders (or such other number or percentage of the Lenders as shall be necessary under the circumstances as provided in Section 9.02) or in the absence of its own gross negligence or willful misconduct. The Administrative Agent shall be deemed not to have knowledge of any Default unless and until written notice thereof is given to the Administrative Agent by the Borrower or a Lender, and the Administrative Agent shall not be responsible for or have any duty to ascertain or inquire into (i) any statement, warranty or representation made in or in connection with this Agreement, (ii) the contents of any certificate, report or other document delivered hereunder or in connection herewith, (iii) the performance or observance of any of the covenants, agreements or other terms or conditions set forth herein, (iv) the validity, enforceability, effectiveness or genuineness of this Agreement or any other agreement, instrument or document, or he satisfaction of any condition set forth in Article IV or elsewhere herein, other than to confirm receipt of items expressly required to be delivered to the Administrative Agent.
The Administrative Agent shall be entitled to rely upon, and shall not incur any liability for relying upon, any notice, request, certificate, consent, statement, instrument, document or other writing believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed or sent by the proper Person. The Administrative Agent also may rely upon any statement made to it orally or by telephone and believed by it to be made by the proper Person, and shall not incur any liability for relying thereon. The Administrative Agent may consult with legal counsel (who may be counsel for the Borrower), independent accountants and other experts selected by it, and shall not be liable for any action taken or not taken by it in accordance with the advice of any such counsel, accountants or experts.


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The Administrative Agent may perform any and all its duties and exercise its rights and powers by or through any one or more sub-agents appointed by the Administrative Agent. The Administrative Agent and any such sub-agent may perform any and all its duties and exercise its rights and powers through their respective Related Parties. The exculpatory provisions of the preceding paragraphs shall apply to any such sub-agent and to the Related Parties of the Administrative Agent and any such sub-agent, and shall apply to their respective activities in connection with the syndication of the credit facilities provided for herein as well as activities as Administrative Agent.
Subject to the appointment and acceptance of a successor Administrative Agent as provided in this paragraph, the Administrative Agent may resign at any time by notifying the Lenders, the Issuing Bank and the Borrower. Upon any such resignation, the Required Lenders shall have the right, in consultation with the Borrower, to appoint a successor. If no successor shall have been so appointed by the Required Lenders and shall have accepted such appointment within 30 days after the retiring Administrative Agent gives notice of its resignation, then the retiring Administrative Agent may, on behalf of the Lenders and the Issuing Bank, appoint a successor Administrative Agent which shall be a bank with an office in New York, New York, or an Affiliate of any such bank. Upon the acceptance of its appointment as Administrative Agent hereunder by a successor, such successor shall succeed to and become vested with all the rights, powers, privileges and duties of the retiring Administrative Agent, and the retiring Administrative Agent shall be discharged from its duties and obligations hereunder. The fees payable by the Borrower to a successor Administrative Agent shall be the same as those payable to its predecessor unless otherwise agreed between the Borrower and such successor. After the Administrative Agent’s resignation hereunder, the provisions of this Article and Section 9.03 shall continue in effect for the benefit of such retiring Administrative Agent, its sub agents and their respective Related Parties in respect of any actions taken or omitted to be taken by any of them while it was acting as Administrative Agent.
Each Lender acknowledges and agrees that the extensions of credit made hereunder are commercial loans and letters of credit and not investments in a business enterprise or securities. Each Lender further represents that it is engaged in making, acquiring or holding commercial loans in the ordinary course of its business and has, independently and without reliance upon the Administrative Agent or any other Lender and based on such documents and information as it has deemed appropriate, made its own credit analysis and decision to enter into this Agreement as a Lender, and to make, acquire or hold Loans hereunder. Each Lender shall, independently and without reliance upon the Administrative Agent or any other Lender and based on such documents and information (which may contain material, non-public information within the meaning of the United States securities laws concerning the Borrower and its Affiliates) as it shall from time to time deem appropriate, continue to make its own decisions in taking or not taking action under or based upon this Agreement, any related agreement or any document furnished hereunder or thereunder and in deciding whether or to the extent to which it will continue as a Lender or assign or otherwise transfer its rights, interests and obligations hereunder.
The Lenders hereby empower and authorize the Administrative Agent to execute and deliver to the Borrower on their behalf any agreements, documents or instruments as shall be necessary or appropriate to effect any releases of Collateral which shall be permitted by the terms


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hereof or of any other Loan Document or which shall otherwise have been approved by the Required Lenders (or, if required by the terms of Section 9.02, all of the Lenders) in writing.
In its capacity, the Administrative Agent is a “representative” of the Secured Parties within the meaning of the term “secured party” as defined in the UCC. Each Lender authorizes the Administrative Agent to enter into each of the Collateral Documents to which it is a party and to take all action contemplated by such documents. Each Lender agrees that no Secured Party (other than the Administrative Agent) shall have the right individually to seek to realize upon the security granted by any Collateral Document, it being understood and agreed that such rights and remedies may be exercised solely by the Administrative Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties upon the terms of the Collateral Documents. In the event that any Collateral is hereafter pledged by any Person as collateral security for the Secured Obligations, the Administrative Agent is hereby authorized, and hereby granted a power of attorney, to execute and deliver on behalf of the Secured Parties any Loan Documents necessary or appropriate to grant and perfect a Lien on such Collateral in favor of the Administrative Agent on behalf of the Secured Parties.
ARTICLE IX

Miscellaneous
SECTION 9.01.     Notices . (a) Except in the case of notices and other communications expressly permitted to be given by telephone (and subject to paragraph (b) below), all notices and other communications provided for herein shall be in writing and shall be delivered by hand or overnight courier service, mailed by certified or registered mail or sent by telecopy, as follows:
(i) if to the Borrower, to it at 1600 Royal Street, Jasper, Indiana, Attention of Chief Financial Officer (Telecopy No. (812) 634-4154);
(ii) if to the Administrative Agent, the Swingline Lender, or the Issuing Bank, to JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., Loan and Agency Services Group, 10 South Dearborn Street, Floor L2, Chicago, Illinois 60603, Attention of Cheryl Lyons (Telecopy No. (888) 303-9732).
with a copy to JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., 1 E. Ohio Street, Floor 04, Attention of Randall Stephens (Telecopy No. (317) 767-8007); and
if related to Alternative Currencies, to J.P. Morgan Europe Limited, 25 Bank Street, Canary Wharf, London E14 5JP, United Kingdom, Attention: The Manager (Telecopy No. 44 207-777-2360), Email: loan_and_agency_london@jpmorgan.com; and

(iii) if to any other Lender, to it at its address (or telecopy number) set forth in its Administrative Questionnaire.
Notices sent by hand or overnight courier service, or mailed by certified or registered mail, shall be deemed to have been given when received; notices sent by facsimile shall be deemed to have been given when sent (except that, if not given during normal business hours for the recipient,


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shall be deemed to have been given at the opening of business on the next business day for the recipient). Notices delivered through Electronic Systems, to the extent provided in paragraph (b) below, shall be effective as provided in said paragraph (b).
(b)    Notices and other communications to the Lenders and the Issuing Bank hereunder may be delivered or furnished by using Electronic Systems pursuant to procedures approved by the Administrative Agent; provided that the foregoing shall not apply to notices pursuant to Article II unless otherwise agreed by the Administrative Agent and the applicable Lender. The Administrative Agent or the Borrower may, in its discretion, agree to accept notices and other communications to it hereunder by electronic communications pursuant to procedures approved by it; provided that approval of such procedures may be limited to particular notices or communications.
Unless the Administrative Agent otherwise prescribes, (i) notices and other communications sent to an e-mail address shall be deemed received upon the sender’s receipt of an acknowledgement from the intended recipient (such as by the “return receipt requested” function, as available, return e-mail or other written acknowledgement), and (ii) notices or communications posted to an Internet or intranet website shall be deemed received upon the deemed receipt by the intended recipient, at its e-mail address as described in the foregoing clause (i), of notification that such notice or communication is available and identifying the website address therefor; provided that, for both clauses (i) and (ii) above, if such notice, email or other communication is not sent during the normal business hours of the recipient, such notice or communication shall be deemed to have been sent at the opening of business on the next business day for the recipient.
(c)    Any party hereto may change its address or telecopy number for notices and other communications hereunder by notice to the other parties hereto.
(d)    Electronic Systems.
(i) Each Loan Party agrees that the Administrative Agent may, but shall not be obligated to, make Communications (as defined below) available to the Issuing Banks and the other Lenders by posting the Communications on Debt Domain, Intralinks, Syndtrak, ClearPar or a substantially similar Electronic System.
(ii) Any Electronic System used by the Administrative Agent is provided “as is” and “as available.” The Agent Parties (as defined below) do not warrant the adequacy of such Electronic Systems and expressly disclaim liability for errors or omissions in the Communications. No warranty of any kind, express, implied or statutory, including any warranty of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, non-infringement of third-party rights or freedom from viruses or other code defects, is made by any Agent Party in connection with the Communications or any Electronic System. In no event shall the Administrative Agent or any of its Related Parties (collectively, the “ Agent Parties ”) have any liability to the Borrower or the other Loan Parties, any Lender, the Issuing Bank or any other Person or entity for damages


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of any kind, including direct or indirect, special, incidental or consequential damages, losses or expenses (whether in tort, contract or otherwise) arising out of any Loan Party’s or the Administrative Agent’s transmission of communications through an Electronic System. “ Communications ” means, collectively, any notice, demand, communication, information, document or other material provided by or on behalf of any Loan Party pursuant to any Loan Document or the transactions contemplated therein which is distributed by the Administrative Agent, any Lender or any Issuing Bank by means of electronic communications pursuant to this Section, including through an Electronic System.
SECTION 9.02.     Waivers; Amendments . (a) No failure or delay by the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Bank or any Lender in exercising any right or power hereunder shall operate as a waiver thereof, nor shall any single or partial exercise of any such right or power, or any abandonment or discontinuance of steps to enforce such a right or power, preclude any other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right or power. The rights and remedies of the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Bank and the Lenders hereunder are cumulative and are not exclusive of any rights or remedies that they would otherwise have. No waiver of any provision of this Agreement or consent to any departure by the Borrower therefrom shall in any event be effective unless the same shall be permitted by paragraph (b) of this Section, and then such waiver or consent shall be effective only in the specific instance and for the purpose for which given. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the making of a Loan or issuance of a Letter of Credit shall not be construed as a waiver of any Default, regardless of whether the Administrative Agent, any Lender or the Issuing Bank may have had notice or knowledge of such Default at the time.
(b)    Neither this Agreement nor any provision hereof may be waived, amended or modified except pursuant to an agreement or agreements in writing entered into by the Borrower and the Required Lenders or by the Borrower and the Administrative Agent with the consent of the Required Lenders; provided that no such agreement shall (i) increase the Commitment of any Lender without the written consent of such Lender, (ii) reduce the principal amount of any Loan or LC Disbursement or reduce the rate of interest thereon, or reduce any fees payable hereunder, without the written consent of each Lender affected thereby, (iii) postpone the scheduled date of payment of the principal amount of any Loan or LC Disbursement, or any interest thereon, or any fees payable hereunder, or reduce the amount of, waive or excuse any such payment, or postpone the scheduled date of expiration of any Commitment, without the written consent of each Lender affected thereby, (iv) change Section 2.18(c) or (d) in a manner that would alter the pro rata sharing of payments required thereby, without the written consent of each Lender, (v) release any Guarantor from its obligation under its Loan Guaranty or Obligation Guaranty (except as otherwise permitted herein or in the other Loan Documents), without the written consent of each Lender (other than any Defaulting Lender), or except as provided in Section 9.02(c) below or in any Collateral Document, release all or substantially all of the Collateral without the written consent of each Lender (other than any Defaulting Lender), or (vi) change any of the provisions of this Section or the definition of “Required Lenders” or any other provision hereof specifying the number or percentage of Lenders required to waive, amend or modify any rights hereunder or make any determination or grant any consent hereunder, without the written consent of each Lender; provided further that no such agreement shall amend, modify or otherwise affect the rights or duties of the Administrative Agent,


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the Issuing Bank or the Swingline Lender hereunder without the prior written consent of the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Bank or the Swingline Lender, as the case may be.
(c)    The Lenders and the Issuing Bank hereby irrevocably authorize the Administrative Agent, at its option and in its sole discretion, to release any Liens granted to the Administrative Agent by the Loan Parties on any Collateral (i) upon the termination of all of the Commitments, payment and satisfaction in full in cash of all Secured Obligations (other than unliquidated obligations that have been cash collateralized in a manner satisfactory to each affected Lender), (ii) constituting property being sold or disposed of if the Loan Party disposing of such property certifies to the Administrative Agent that the sale or disposition is made in compliance with the terms of this Agreement (and the Administrative Agent may rely conclusively on any such certificate, without further inquiry), and to the extent that the property being sold or disposed of constitutes 100% of the Equity Interests of a Subsidiary, the Administrative Agent is authorized to release any Loan Guaranty provided by such Subsidiary, or (iii) as required to effect any sale or other disposition of such Collateral in connection with any exercise of remedies of the Administrative Agent and the Lenders pursuant to Article VII or any Collateral Document. Except as provided in the preceding sentence, the Administrative Agent will not release any Liens on Collateral without the prior written authorization of the Required Lenders; provided that the Administrative Agent may, in its discretion, release its Liens on Collateral valued in the aggregate not in excess of $1,000,000 during any calendar year without the prior written authorization of the Required Lenders (it being agreed that the Administrative Agent may rely conclusively on one or more certificates of the Borrower as to the value of any Collateral to be so released, without further inquiry). Any such release shall not in any manner discharge, affect, or impair the Obligations or any Liens (other than those expressly being released) upon (or obligations of the Loan Parties in respect of) all interests retained by the Loan Parties. Any execution and delivery by the Administrative Agent of documents in connection with any such release shall be without recourse to or warranty by the Administrative Agent.
SECTION 9.03.     Expenses; Indemnity; Damage Waiver . (a) The Borrower shall pay (i) all reasonable out of pocket expenses incurred by the Administrative Agent and its Affiliates, including the reasonable fees, charges and disbursements of counsel for the Administrative Agent, in connection with the syndication of the credit facilities provided for herein, the preparation and administration of this Agreement or any amendments, modifications or waivers of the provisions hereof (whether or not the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby shall be consummated), (ii) all reasonable out-of-pocket expenses incurred by the Issuing Bank in connection with the issuance, amendment, renewal or extension of any Letter of Credit or any demand for payment thereunder and (iii) all out-of-pocket expenses incurred by the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Bank or any Lender, including the fees, charges and disbursements of any counsel for the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Bank or any Lender, in connection with the enforcement or protection of its rights in connection with this Agreement, including its rights under this Section, or in connection with the Loans made or Letters of Credit issued hereunder, including all such out-of pocket expenses incurred during any workout, restructuring or negotiations in respect of such Loans or Letters of Credit.
(b)    The Borrower shall indemnify the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Bank and each Lender, and each Related Party of any of the foregoing Persons (each such Person being called an “ Indemnitee ”) against, and hold each Indemnitee harmless from, any and all losses, claims,


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damages, liabilities and related expenses, including the fees, charges and disbursements of any counsel for any Indemnitee, incurred by or asserted against any Indemnitee arising out of, in connection with, or as a result of (i) the execution or delivery of this Agreement, any other Loan Document, or any agreement or instrument contemplated hereby or thereby, the performance by the parties hereto of their respective obligations hereunder or thereunder or the consummation of the Transactions or any other transactions contemplated hereby, (ii) any Loan or Letter of Credit or the use of the proceeds therefrom (including any refusal by the Issuing Bank to honor a demand for payment under a Letter of Credit if the documents presented in connection with such demand do not strictly comply with the terms of such Letter of Credit), (iii) any actual or alleged presence or release of Hazardous Materials on or from any property owned or operated by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries, or any Environmental Liability related in any way to the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries, or (iv) any actual or prospective claim, litigation, investigation or proceeding relating to any of the foregoing, whether or not such claim, litigation, investigation or proceeding is brought by the Borrower or any other Loan Party or its or their respective equity holders, Affiliates, creditors or any other third Person and whether based on contract, tort or any other theory and regardless of whether any Indemnitee is a party thereto; provided that such indemnity shall not, as to any Indemnitee, be available to the extent that such losses, claims, damages, liabilities or related expenses are determined by a court of competent jurisdiction by final and non-appealable judgment to have resulted from the gross negligence or wilful misconduct of such Indemnitee. This Section 9.03(b) shall not apply with respect to Taxes other than any Taxes that represent losses, claims or damages arising from any non-Tax claim.
(c)    To the extent that the Borrower fails to pay any amount required to be paid by it to the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Bank or the Swingline Lender under paragraph (a) or (b) of this Section, each Lender severally agrees to pay to the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Bank or the Swingline Lender, as the case may be, such Lender’s Applicable Percentage (determined as of the time that the applicable unreimbursed expense or indemnity payment is sought) of such unpaid amount; provided that the unreimbursed expense or indemnified loss, claim, damage, liability or related expense, as the case may be, was incurred by or asserted against the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Bank or the Swingline Lender in their capacity as such.
(d)    To the extent permitted by applicable law, no party hereto shall assert, and each such party hereby waives, any claim against any other party hereto, on any theory of liability, for special, indirect, consequential or punitive damages (as opposed to direct or actual damages) arising out of, in connection with, or as a result of, this Agreement, any other Loan Document, or any agreement or instrument contemplated hereby or thereby, the Transactions, any Loan or Letter of Credit or the use of the proceeds thereof; provided that, nothing in this clause (d) shall relieve the Borrower of any obligation it may have to indemnify an Indemnitee against special, indirect, consequential or punitive damages asserted against such Indemnitee by a third party.
(e)    All amounts due under this Section shall be payable promptly after written demand therefor.
SECTION 9.04.     Successors and Assigns . (a) The provisions of this Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective successors and assigns permitted hereby (including any Affiliate of the Issuing Bank that issues any Letter of


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Credit), except that (i) the Borrower may not assign or otherwise transfer any of its rights or obligations hereunder without the prior written consent of each Lender (and any attempted assignment or transfer by the Borrower without such consent shall be null and void) and (ii) no Lender may assign or otherwise transfer its rights or obligations hereunder except in accordance with this Section. Nothing in this Agreement, expressed or implied, shall be construed to confer upon any Person (other than the parties hereto, their respective successors and assigns permitted hereby (including any Affiliate of the Issuing Bank that issues any Letter of Credit), Participants (to the extent provided in paragraph (c) of this Section) and, to the extent expressly contemplated hereby, the Related Parties of each of the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Bank and the Lenders) any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under or by reason of this Agreement.
(b)    (i) Subject to the conditions set forth in paragraph (b)(ii) below, any Lender may assign to one or more Persons (other than an Ineligible Institution) all or a portion of its rights and obligations under this Agreement (including all or a portion of its Commitment, participations in Letters of Credit and the Loans at the time owing to it) with the prior written consent (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld) of:
(A)    the Borrower, provided that, the Borrower shall be deemed to have consented to an assignment unless it shall have objected thereto by written notice to the Administrative Agent within five (5) Business Days after having received notice thereof; provided that no consent of the Borrower shall be required for an assignment to a Lender, an Affiliate of a Lender, an Approved Fund or, if an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, any other assignee;
(B)    the Administrative Agent, provided that no consent of the Administrative Agent shall be required for an assignment of any Commitment to an assignee that is a Lender (other than a Defaulting Lender) with a Commitment immediately prior to giving effect to such assignment;
(C)    the Issuing Bank; and
(D)    the Swingline Lender.
(ii)    Assignments shall be subject to the following additional conditions:
(A) except in the case of an assignment to a Lender or an Affiliate of a Lender or an assignment of the entire remaining amount of the assigning Lender’s Commitment or Loans of any Class, the amount of the Commitment or Loans of the assigning Lender subject to each such assignment (determined as of the date the Assignment and Assumption with respect to such assignment is delivered to the Administrative Agent) shall not be less than $5,000,000 unless each of the Borrower and the Administrative Agent otherwise consent, provided that no such consent of the Borrower shall be required if an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing;


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(B) each partial assignment shall be made as an assignment of a proportionate part of all the assigning Lender’s rights and obligations under this Agreement, provided that this clause shall not be construed to prohibit the assignment of a proportionate part of all the assigning Lender’s rights and obligations in respect of one Class of Commitments or Loans;
(C) the parties to each assignment shall execute and deliver to the Administrative Agent (x) an Assignment and Assumption or (y) to the extent applicable, an agreement incorporating an Assignment and Assumption by reference pursuant to a Platform as to which the Administrative Agent and the parties to the Assignment and Assumption are participants), together with a processing and recordation fee of $3,500; and
(D) the assignee, if it shall not be a Lender, shall deliver to the Administrative Agent an Administrative Questionnaire in which the assignee designates one or more Credit Contacts to whom all syndicate-level information (which may contain material non-public information about the Borrower and its related parties or its securities) will be made available and who may receive such information in accordance with the assignee’s compliance procedures and applicable laws, including Federal and state securities laws.
For the purposes of this Section 9.04(b), the term “ Approved Fund ” and “ Ineligible Institution ” have the following meanings:
Approved Fund ” means any Person (other than a natural person) that is engaged in making, purchasing, holding or investing in bank loans and similar extensions of credit in the ordinary course of its business and that is administered or managed by (a) a Lender, (b) an Affiliate of a Lender or an entity or an Affiliate of an entity that administers or manages a Lender.
Ineligible Institution ” means (a) a natural person, (b) a Defaulting Lender or its Lender Parent, (c) a holding company, investment vehicle or trust for, or owned and operated for the primary benefit of, a natural person or relative(s) thereof or (d) a Loan Party or any Affiliate of a Loan Party; provided that, such holding company, investment vehicle or trust shall not constitute an Ineligible Institution if it has not been established for the primary purpose of acquiring any Loans or Commitments, (y) is managed by a professional advisor, who is not such natural person or a relative thereof, having significant experience in the business of making or purchasing commercial loans, and (z) has assets greater than $25,000,000 and a significant part of its activities consist of making or purchasing commercial loans and similar extensions of credit in the ordinary course of its business.
(iii)    Subject to acceptance and recording thereof pursuant to paragraph (b)(iv) of this Section, from and after the effective date specified in each Assignment and Assumption the assignee thereunder shall be a party hereto and, to the extent of the interest assigned by such Assignment and Assumption, have the rights and obligations of a Lender under this Agreement, and the assigning Lender thereunder


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shall, to the extent of the interest assigned by such Assignment and Assumption, be released from its obligations under this Agreement (and, in the case of an Assignment and Assumption covering all of the assigning Lender’s rights and obligations under this Agreement, such Lender shall cease to be a party hereto but shall continue to be entitled to the benefits of Sections 2.15, 2.16, 2.17 and 9.03). Any assignment or transfer by a Lender of rights or obligations under this Agreement that does not comply with this Section 9.04 shall be treated for purposes of this Agreement as a sale by such Lender of a participation in such rights and obligations in accordance with paragraph (c) of this Section.
(iv) The Administrative Agent, acting for this purpose as a non-fiduciary agent of the Borrower, shall maintain at one of its offices a copy of each Assignment and Assumption delivered to it and a register for the recordation of the names and addresses of the Lenders, and the Commitment of, and principal amount (and stated interest) of the Loans and LC Disbursements owing to, each Lender pursuant to the terms hereof from time to time (the “ Register ”). The entries in the Register shall be conclusive, and the Borrower, the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Bank and the Lenders shall treat each Person whose name is recorded in the Register pursuant to the terms hereof as a Lender hereunder for all purposes of this Agreement, notwithstanding notice to the contrary. The Register shall be available for inspection by the Borrower, the Issuing Bank and any Lender, at any reasonable time and from time to time upon reasonable prior notice.
(v) Upon its receipt of (x) a duly completed Assignment and Assumption executed by an assigning Lender and an assignee or (y) to the extent applicable, an agreement incorporating an Assignment and Assumption by reference pursuant to a Platform as to which the Administrative Agent and the parties to the Assignment and Assumption are participants), the assignee’s completed Administrative Questionnaire (unless the assignee shall already be a Lender hereunder), the processing and recordation fee referred to in paragraph (b) of this Section and any written consent to such assignment required by paragraph (b) of this Section, the Administrative Agent shall accept such Assignment and Assumption and record the information contained therein in the Register; provided that if either the assigning Lender or the assignee shall have failed to make any payment required to be made by it pursuant to Section 2.05(c), 2.06(d) or (e), 2.07(b), 2.18(f) or 9.03(c), the Administrative Agent shall have no obligation to accept such Assignment and Assumption and record the information therein in the Register unless and until such payment shall have been made in full, together with all accrued interest thereon. No assignment shall be effective for purposes of this Agreement unless it has been recorded in the Register as provided in this paragraph.
(c)    Any Lender may, without the consent of the Borrower, the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Bank or the Swingline Lender, sell participations to one or more banks or other entities (a “ Participant ”), other than an Ineligible Institution, in all or a portion of such Lender’s rights and obligations under this Agreement (including all or a portion of its Commitment and the Loans owing to it); provided that (A) such Lender’s obligations under this Agreement shall remain


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unchanged; (B) such Lender shall remain solely responsible to the other parties hereto for the performance of such obligations; and (C) the Borrower, the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Bank and the other Lenders shall continue to deal solely and directly with such Lender in connection with such Lender’s rights and obligations under this Agreement. Any agreement or instrument pursuant to which a Lender sells such a participation shall provide that such Lender shall retain the sole right to enforce this Agreement and to approve any amendment, modification or waiver of any provision of this Agreement; provided that such agreement or instrument may provide that such Lender will not, without the consent of the Participant, agree to any amendment, modification or waiver described in the first proviso to Section 9.02(b) that affects such Participant. The Borrower agrees that each Participant shall be entitled to the benefits of Sections 2.15, 2.16 and 2.17 (subject to the requirements and limitations therein, including the requirements under Sections 2.17(f) (it being understood that the documentation required under Section 2.17(f) shall be delivered to the participating Lender) to the same extent as if it were a Lender and had acquired its interest by assignment pursuant to paragraph (b) of this Section; provided that such Participant (A) agrees to be subject to the provisions of Section 2.19 as if it were an assignee under paragraph (b) of this Section; and (B) shall not be entitled to receive any greater payment under Section 2.15 or 2.17, with respect to any participation, than its participating Lender would have been entitled to receive, except to the extent such entitlement to receive a greater payment results from a Change in Law that occurs after the Participant acquired the applicable participation. Each Lender that sells a participation agrees, at the Borrower’s request and expense, to use reasonable efforts to cooperate with the Borrower to effectuate the provisions of Section 2.19(b) with respect to any Participant. To the extent permitted by law, each Participant also shall be entitled to the benefits of Section 9.08 as though it were a Lender; provided that such Participant agrees to be subject to Section 2.18(c) as though it were a Lender. Each Lender that sells a participation shall, acting solely for this purpose as an agent of the Borrower, maintain a register on which it enters the name and address of each Participant and the principal amounts (and stated interest) of each Participant’s interest in the Loans or other obligations under the Loan Documents (the “ Participant Register ”); provided that no Lender shall have any obligation to disclose all or any portion of the Participant Register (including the identity of any Participant or any information relating to a Participant’s interest in any Commitments, Loans, Letters of Credit or its other obligations under any Loan Document) to any Person except to the extent that such disclosure is necessary to establish that such Commitment, Loan, Letter of Credit or other obligation is in registered form under Section 5f.103-1(c) of the United States Treasury Regulations. The entries in the Participant Register shall be conclusive absent manifest error, and such Lender shall treat each Person whose name is recorded in the Participant Register as the owner of such participation for all purposes of this Agreement notwithstanding any notice to the contrary. For the avoidance of doubt, the Administrative Agent (in its capacity as Administrative Agent) shall have no responsibility for maintaining a Participant Register.
(d)    Any Lender may at any time pledge or assign a security interest in all or any portion of its rights under this Agreement to secure obligations of such Lender, including any pledge or assignment to secure obligations to a Federal Reserve Bank, and this Section shall not apply to any such pledge or assignment of a security interest; provided that no such pledge or assignment of a security interest shall release a Lender from any of its obligations hereunder or substitute any such pledgee or assignee for such Lender as a party hereto.


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SECTION 9.05.     Survival . All covenants, agreements, representations and warranties made by the Borrower herein and in the certificates or other instruments delivered in connection with or pursuant to this Agreement shall be considered to have been relied upon by the other parties hereto and shall survive the execution and delivery of this Agreement and the making of any Loans and issuance of any Letters of Credit, regardless of any investigation made by any such other party or on its behalf and notwithstanding that the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Bank or any Lender may have had notice or knowledge of any Default or incorrect representation or warranty at the time any credit is extended hereunder, and shall continue in full force and effect as long as the principal of or any accrued interest on any Loan or any fee or any other amount payable under this Agreement is outstanding and unpaid or any Letter of Credit is outstanding and so long as the Commitments have not expired or terminated. The provisions of Sections 2.15, 2.16, 2.17 and 9.03 and Article VIII shall survive and remain in full force and effect regardless of the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby, the repayment of the Loans, the expiration or termination of the Letters of Credit and the Commitments or the termination of this Agreement or any provision hereof.
SECTION 9.06.     Counterparts; Integration; Effectiveness; Electronic Execution . (a)
This Agreement may be executed in counterparts (and by different parties hereto on different counterparts), each of which shall constitute an original, but all of which when taken together shall constitute a single contract. This Agreement and any separate letter agreements with respect to fees payable to the Administrative Agent constitute the entire contract among the parties relating to the subject matter hereof and supersede any and all previous agreements and understandings, oral or written, relating to the subject matter hereof. Except as provided in Section 4.01, this Agreement shall become effective when it shall have been executed by the Administrative Agent and when the Administrative Agent shall have received counterparts hereof which, when taken together, bear the signatures of each of the other parties hereto, and thereafter shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective successors and assigns.
(b)    Delivery of an executed counterpart of a signature page of this Agreement by telecopy, emailed pdf. or any other electronic means that reproduces an image of the actual executed signature page shall be effective as delivery of a manually executed counterpart of this Agreement. The words “execution,” “signed,” “signature,” “delivery,” and words of like import in or relating to any document to be signed in connection with this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby shall be deemed to include Electronic Signatures, deliveries or the keeping of records in electronic form, each of which shall be of the same legal effect, validity or enforceability as a manually executed signature, physical delivery thereof or the use of a paper-based recordkeeping system, as the case may be, to the extent and as provided for in any applicable law, including the Federal Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act, the New York State Electronic Signatures and Records Act, or any other similar state laws based on the Uniform Electronic Transactions Act.
SECTION 9.07.     Severability . Any provision of this Agreement held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any jurisdiction shall, as to such jurisdiction, be ineffective to the extent of such invalidity, illegality or unenforceability without affecting the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions hereof; and the invalidity of a particular provision in a particular jurisdiction shall not invalidate such provision in any other jurisdiction.


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SECTION 9.08.     Right of Setoff . If an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, each Lender and each of its Affiliates is hereby authorized at any time and from time to time, to the fullest extent permitted by law, to set off and apply any and all deposits (general or special, time or demand, provisional or final) at any time held and other obligations at any time owing by such Lender or Affiliate to or for the credit or the account of any Loan Party against any of and all the Secured Obligations held by such Lender, irrespective of whether or not such Lender shall have made any demand under this Agreement and although such obligations may be unmatured. The rights of each Lender under this Section are in addition to other rights and remedies (including other rights of setoff) which such Lender may have.
SECTION 9.09.     Governing Law; Jurisdiction; Consent to Service of Process.
(a)    The Loan Documents (other than those containing a contrary express choice of law provision) shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the internal laws (and not the law of conflicts) of the State of Indiana, but giving effect to federal laws applicable to national banks.
(b)    Each Loan Party hereby irrevocably and unconditionally submits, for itself and its property, to the exclusive jurisdiction of any U.S. federal or Indiana state court sitting in Indianapolis, Indiana in any action or proceeding arising out of or relating to any Loan Documents, or for recognition or enforcement of any judgment, and each of the parties hereto hereby irrevocably and unconditionally agrees that all claims in respect of any such action or proceeding may be heard and determined in such state court or, to the extent permitted by law, in such federal court. Each of the parties hereto agrees that a final judgment in any such action or proceeding shall be conclusive and may be enforced in other jurisdictions by suit on the judgment or in any other manner provided by law. Nothing in this Agreement or any other Loan Document shall affect any right that the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Bank or any Lender may otherwise have to bring any action or proceeding relating to this Agreement or any other Loan Document against any Loan Party or its proper-ties in the courts of any jurisdiction.
(c)    Each Loan Party hereby irrevocably and unconditionally waives, to the fullest extent it may legally and effectively do so, any objection which it may now or here-after have to the laying of venue of any suit, action or proceeding arising out of or relating to this Agreement or any other Loan Document in any court referred to in paragraph (b) of this Section. Each of the parties hereto hereby irrevocably waives, to the fullest extent permitted by law, the defense of an inconvenient forum to the maintenance of such action or proceeding in any such court.
(d)    Each party to this Agreement irrevocably consents to service of process in the manner provided for notices in Section 9.01. Nothing in this Agreement or any other Loan Document will affect the right of any party to this Agreement to serve process in any other manner permitted by law.
SECTION 9.10.     WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL . EACH PARTY HERETO HEREBY WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, ANY RIGHT IT MAY HAVE TO A TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY LEGAL PROCEEDING DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT OR THE


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TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY (WHETHER BASED ON CONTRACT, TORT OR ANY OTHER THEORY). EACH PARTY HERETO (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 AND THE OTHER PARTIES HERETO HAVE BEEN INDUCED TO ENTER INTO THIS AGREEMENT BY, AMONG OTHER THINGS, THE MUTUAL WAIVERS AND CERTIFICATIONS IN THIS SECTION.
SECTION 9.11.     Headings . Article and Section headings and the Table of Contents used herein are for convenience of reference only, are not part of this Agreement and shall not affect the construction of, or be taken into consideration in interpreting, this Agreement.
SECTION 9.12.     Confidentiality . Each of the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Bank and the Lenders agrees to maintain the confidentiality of the Information (as defined below), except that Information may be disclosed (a) to its and its Affiliates’ directors, officers, employees and agents, including accountants, legal counsel and other advisors (it being understood that the Persons to whom such disclosure is made will be informed of the confidential nature of such Information and instructed to keep such Information confidential), (b) to the extent requested by any Governmental Authority (including any self-regulatory authority, such as the National Association of Insurance Commissioners), to the extent required by applicable laws or regulations or by any subpoena or similar legal process, to any other party to this Agreement, (e) in connection with the exercise of any remedies hereunder or any suit, action or proceeding relating to this Agreement or the enforcement of rights hereunder, subject to an agreement containing provisions substantially the same as those of this Section, to (i) any assignee of or Participant in, or any prospective assignee of or Participant in, any of its rights or obligations under this Agreement or (ii) any actual or prospective counterparty (or its advisors) to any swap or derivative transaction relating to the Borrower and its obligations, (g) with the consent of the Borrower, (h) to any Person providing a Guarantee of all or any portion of the Secured Obligations, or (i) to the extent such Information (x) becomes publicly available other than as a result of a breach of this Section or (y) becomes available to the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Bank or any Lender on a non-confidential basis from a source other than the Borrower. For the purposes of this Section, “ Information ” means all information received from the Borrower relating to the Borrower or its business, other than any such information that is available to the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Bank or any Lender on a non-confidential basis prior to disclosure by the Borrower; provided that, in the case of information received from the Borrower after the date hereof, such information is clearly identified at the time of delivery as confidential. Any Person required to maintain the confidentiality of Information as provided in this Section shall be considered to have complied with its obligation to do so if such Person has exercised the same degree of care to maintain the confidentiality of such Information as such Person would accord to its own confidential information.
SECTION 9.13.     Material Non-Public Information .
(a)     EACH LENDER ACKNOWLEDGES THAT INFORMATION AS DEFINED IN SECTION 9.12(a) FURNISHED TO IT PURSUANT TO THIS


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AGREEMENT MAY INCLUDE MATERIAL NON-PUBLIC INFORMATION CONCERNING THE BORROWER AND ITS RELATED PARTIES OR THEIR RESPECTIVE SECURITIES, AND CONFIRMS THAT IT HAS DEVELOPED COMPLIANCE PROCEDURES REGARDING THE USE OF MATERIAL NON-PUBLIC INFORMATION AND THAT IT WILL HANDLE SUCH MATERIAL NON- PUBLIC INFORMATION IN ACCORDANCE WITH THOSE PROCEDURES AND APPLICABLE LAW, INCLUDING FEDERAL AND STATE SECURITIES LAWS.
(b)     ALL INFORMATION, INCLUDING REQUESTS FOR WAIVERS AND AMENDMENTS, FURNISHED BY THE BORROWER OR THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT PURSUANT TO, OR IN THE COURSE OF ADMINISTERING, THIS AGREEMENT WILL BE SYNDICATE-LEVEL INFORMATION, WHICH MAY CONTAIN MATERIAL NON-PUBLIC INFORMATION ABOUT THE BORROWER, THE LOAN PARTIES AND THEIR RELATED PARTIES OR THEIR RESPECTIVE SECURITIES. ACCORDINGLY, EACH LENDER REPRESENTS TO THE BORROWER AND THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT THAT IT HAS IDENTIFIED IN ITS ADMINISTRATIVE QUESTIONNAIRE A CREDIT CONTACT WHO MAY RECEIVE INFORMATION THAT MAY CONTAIN MATERIAL NON- PUBLIC INFORMATION IN ACCORDANCE WITH ITS COMPLIANCE PROCEDURES AND APPLICABLE LAW.
SECTION 9.14.     Authorization to Distribute Certain Materials to Public-Siders .
(a)    If the Borrower does not file this Agreement with the SEC, then the Borrower hereby authorizes the Administrative Agent to distribute the execution version of this Agreement and the Loan Documents to all Lenders, including their Public-Siders. The Borrower acknowledges its understanding that Public-Siders and their firms may be trading in any of the Parties’ respective securities while in possession of the Loan Documents.
(b)    The Borrower represents and warrants that none of the information in the Loan Documents constitutes or contains material non-public information within the meaning of the federal and state securities laws. To the extent that any of the executed Loan Documents constitutes at any time a material non-public information within the meaning of the federal and state securities laws after the date hereof, the Company agrees that it will promptly make such information publicly available by press release or public filing with the SEC.
SECTION 9.15.     Interest Rate Limitation . Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, if at any time the interest rate applicable to any Loan, together with all fees, charges and other amounts which are treated as interest on such Loan under applicable law (collectively the “ Charges ”), shall exceed the maximum lawful rate (the “ Maximum Rate ”) which may be contracted for, charged, taken, received or reserved by the Lender holding such Loan in accordance with applicable law, the rate of interest payable in respect of such Loan hereunder, together with all Charges payable in respect thereof, shall be limited to the Maximum Rate and, to the extent lawful, the interest and Charges that would have been payable in respect of such Loan but were not payable as a result of the operation of this Section shall be cumulated and the interest and Charges payable to such Lender in respect of other Loans or periods shall be increased (but


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not above the Maximum Rate therefor) until such cumulated amount, together with interest thereon at the Federal Funds Effective Rate to the date of repayment, shall have been received by such Lender.
SECTION 9.16.     No Advisory or Fiduciary Responsibility . In connection with all aspects of each transaction contemplated hereby (including in connection with any amendment, waiver or other modification hereof or of any other Loan Document), the Borrower and each other Loan Party acknowledges and agrees that: (a) (i) the arranging and other services regarding this Agreement provided by the Lenders and their Affiliates are arm’s-length commercial transactions between the Borrower, each other Loan Party and their Affiliates, on the one hand, and the Lenders and their Affiliates, on the other hand, (ii) the Borrower and each other Loan Party has consulted its own legal, accounting, regulatory and tax advisors to the extent it has deemed appropriate, and (iii) the Borrower and each other Loan Party is capable of evaluating, and understands and accepts, the terms, risks and conditions of the transactions contemplated hereby and by the other Loan Documents; (b) (i) each of the Lenders and their Affiliates is and has been acting solely as a principal and, except as expressly agreed in writing by the relevant parties, has not been, is not, and will not be acting as an advisor, agent or fiduciary for the Borrower, any other Loan Party or any of their Affiliates, or any other Person and (ii) no Lender or any of its Affiliates has any obligation to the Borrower, any other Loan Party or any of their Affiliates with respect to the transactions contemplated hereby except, in the case of a Lender, those obligations expressly set forth herein and in the other Loan Documents; and (c) each of the Lenders and their respective Affiliates may be engaged in a broad range of transactions that involve interests that differ from those of the Borrower, each other Loan Party and their Affiliates, and no Lender or any of its Affiliates has any obligation to disclose any of such interests to the Borrower, any other Loan Party or their Affiliates. To the fullest extent permitted by law, the Borrower and each other Loan Party hereby waives and releases any claims that they may have against each of the Lenders and their Affiliates with respect to any breach or alleged breach of agency or fiduciary duty in connection with any aspect of any transaction contemplated hereby.
SECTION 9.17.     USA PATRIOT Act . Each Lender that is subject to the requirements of the USA Patriot Act (Title III of Pub. L. 107-56 (signed into law October 26, 2001)) (the “ Act ”) hereby notifies the Borrower that pursuant to the requirements of the Act, it is required to obtain, verify and record information that identifies the Borrower, which information includes the name and address of the Borrower and other information that will allow such Lender to identify the Borrower in accordance with the Act.
ARTICLE X

Loan Guaranty
SECTION 10.01.     Guaranty . Each Loan Guarantor (other than those that have delivered a separate Guaranty) hereby agrees that it is jointly and severally liable for, and absolutely and unconditionally and irrevocably guarantees to the Secured Parties, the prompt payment when due, whether at stated maturity, upon acceleration or otherwise, and at all times thereafter, of the Secured Obligations and all costs and expenses including, without limitation, all court costs and reasonable attorneys’ and paralegals’ fees (including allocated costs of in-house counsel and


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paralegals) and expenses paid or incurred by the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Bank and the Lenders in endeavoring to collect all or any part of the Secured Obligations from, or in prosecuting any action against, the Borrower, any other Loan Guarantor or any other guarantor of all or any part of the Secured Obligations (such costs and expenses, together with the Secured Obligations, collectively the “ Guaranteed Obligations ”). Each Loan Guarantor further agrees that the Guaranteed Obligations may be extended or renewed in whole or in part without notice to or further assent from it, and that it remains bound upon its guarantee notwithstanding any such extension or renewal. All terms of this Loan Guaranty apply to and may be enforced by or on behalf of any domestic or foreign branch or Affiliate of any Lender that extended any portion of the Guaranteed Obligations.
SECTION 10.02.     Guaranty of Payment . This Loan Guaranty is a guaranty of payment and not of collection. Each Loan Guarantor waives any right to require the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Bank or any Lender to sue the Borrower, any other Loan Guarantor, any other guarantor, or any other Person obligated for all or any part of the Guaranteed Obligations (each, an “ Obligated Party ”), or otherwise to enforce its payment against any collateral securing all or any part of the Guaranteed Obligations.
SECTION 10.03.     No Discharge or Diminishment of Loan Guaranty .
(a)    Except as otherwise provided for herein, the obligations of each Loan Guarantor hereunder are unconditional and absolute and not subject to any reduction, limitation, impairment or termination for any reason (other than the indefeasible payment in full in cash of the Guaranteed Obligations), including: (i) any claim of waiver, release, extension, renewal, settlement, surrender, alteration, or compromise of any of the Guaranteed Obligations, by operation of law or otherwise; (ii) any change in the corporate existence, structure or ownership of the Borrower or any other Obligated Party liable for any of the Guaranteed Obligations; (iii) any insolvency, bankruptcy, reorganization or other similar proceeding affecting any Obligated Party, or their assets or any resulting release or discharge of any obligation of any Obligated Party; or (iv) the existence of any claim, setoff or other rights which any Loan Guarantor may have at any time against any Obligated Party, the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Bank, any Lender, or any other Person, whether in connection herewith or in any unrelated transactions.
(b)    The obligations of each Loan Guarantor hereunder are not subject to any defense or setoff, counterclaim, recoupment, or termination whatsoever by reason of the invalidity, illegality, or unenforceability of any of the Guaranteed Obligations or otherwise, or any provision of applicable law or regulation purporting to prohibit payment by any Obligated Party, of the Guaranteed Obligations or any part thereof.
(c)    Further, the obligations of any Loan Guarantor hereunder are not discharged or impaired or otherwise affected by: (i) the failure of the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Bank or any Lender to assert any claim or demand or to enforce any remedy with respect to all or any part of the Guaranteed Obligations; (ii) any waiver or modification of or supplement to any provision of any agreement relating to the Guaranteed Obligations; (iii) any release, non-perfection, or invalidity of any indirect or direct security for the obligations of the Borrower for all or any part of the Guaranteed Obligations or any obligations of any other Obligated Party


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liable for any of the Guaranteed Obligations; (iv) any action or failure to act by the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Bank or any Lender with respect to any collateral securing any part of the Guaranteed Obligations; or (v) any default, failure or delay, willful or otherwise, in the payment or performance of any of the Guaranteed Obligations, or any other circumstance, act, omission or delay that might in any manner or to any extent vary the risk of such Loan Guarantor or that would otherwise operate as a discharge of any Loan Guarantor as a matter of law or equity (other than the indefeasible payment in full in cash of the Guaranteed Obligations).
SECTION 10.04.     Defenses Waived . To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, each Loan Guarantor hereby waives any defense based on or arising out of any defense of the Borrower or any other Loan Guarantor or the unenforceability of all or any part of the Guaranteed Obligations from any cause, or the cessation from any cause of the liability of the Borrower or any other Loan Guarantor, other than the indefeasible payment in full in cash of the Guaranteed Obligations. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, each Loan Guarantor irrevocably waives acceptance hereof, presentment, demand, protest and, to the fullest extent permitted by law, any notice not provided for herein, as well as any requirement that at any time any action be taken by any Person against any Obligated Party, or any other Person. Each Loan Guarantor confirms that it is not a surety under any state law and shall not raise any such law as a defense to its obligations hereunder. The Administrative Agent may, at its election, foreclose on any Collateral held by it by one or more judicial or nonjudicial sales, accept an assignment of any such Collateral in lieu of foreclosure or otherwise act or fail to act with respect to any collateral securing all or a part of the Guaranteed Obligations, compromise or adjust any part of the Guaranteed Obligations, make any other accommodation with any Obligated Party or exercise any other right or remedy available to it against any Obligated Party, without affecting or impairing in any way the liability of such Loan Guarantor under this Loan Guaranty, except to the extent the Guaranteed Obligations have been fully and indefeasibly paid in cash. To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, each Loan Guarantor waives any defense arising out of any such election even though that election may operate, pursuant to applicable law, to impair or extinguish any right of reimbursement or subrogation or other right or remedy of any Loan Guarantor against any Obligated Party or any security.
SECTION 10.05.     Rights of Subrogation . No Loan Guarantor will assert any right, claim or cause of action, including, without limitation, a claim of subrogation, contribution or indemnification that it has against any Obligated Party, or any collateral, until the Loan Parties and the Loan Guarantors have fully performed all their obligations to the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Bank and the Lenders.
SECTION 10.06.     Reinstatement; Stay of Acceleration . If at any time any payment of any portion of the Guaranteed Obligations is rescinded or must otherwise be restored or returned upon the insolvency, bankruptcy, or reorganization of any Obligated Party or otherwise, each Loan Guarantor’s obligations under this Loan Guaranty with respect to that payment shall be reinstated at such time as though the payment had not been made and whether or not the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Bank and the Lenders are in possession of this Loan Guaranty. If acceleration of the time for payment of any of the Guaranteed Obligations is stayed upon the insolvency, bankruptcy or reorganization of any Obligated Party, all such amounts otherwise subject to acceleration under the terms of any agreement relating to the Guaranteed Obligations shall


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nonetheless be payable by the Loan Guarantors forthwith on demand by the Administrative Agent.
SECTION 10.07.     Information . Each Loan Guarantor assumes all responsibility for being and keeping itself informed of the Obligated Parties’ financial condition and assets, and of all other circumstances bearing upon the risk of nonpayment of the Guaranteed Obligations and the nature, scope and extent of the risks that each Loan Guarantor assumes and incurs under this Loan Guaranty, and agrees that none of the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Bank nor any Lender shall have any duty to advise any Loan Guarantor of information known to it regarding those circumstances or risks.
SECTION 10.08.     Termination . Each of the Lenders and the Issuing Bank may continue to make loans or extend credit to the Obligated Parties based on this Loan Guaranty until five days after it receives written notice of termination from any Loan Guarantor. Notwithstanding receipt of any such notice, each Loan Guarantor will continue to be liable to the Lenders for any Guaranteed Obligations created, assumed or committed to prior to the fifteenth day after receipt of the notice, and all subsequent renewals, extensions, modifications and amendments with respect to, or substitutions for, all or any part of that Guaranteed Obligations.
SECTION 10.09.     Taxes . Each payment of the Guaranteed Obligations will be made by each Loan Guarantor without withholding for any Taxes, unless such withholding is required by law. If any Loan Guarantor determines, in its sole discretion exercised in good faith, that it is so required to withhold Taxes, then such Loan Guarantor may so withhold and shall timely pay the full amount of withheld Taxes to the relevant Governmental Authority in accordance with applicable law. If such Taxes are Indemnified Taxes, then the amount payable by such Loan Guarantor shall be increased as necessary so that, net of such withholding (including such withholding applicable to additional amounts payable under this Section), the Administrative Agent, Lender or Issuing Bank (as the case may be) receives the amount it would have received had no such withholding been made.
SECTION 10.10.     Maximum Liability . The provisions of this Loan Guaranty are severable, and in any action or proceeding involving any state corporate law, or any state, federal or foreign bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or other law affecting the rights of creditors generally, if the obligations of any Loan Guarantor under this Loan Guaranty would otherwise be held or determined to be avoidable, invalid or unenforceable on account of the amount of such Loan Guarantor’s liability under this Loan Guaranty, then, notwithstanding any other provision of this Loan Guaranty to the contrary, the amount of such liability shall, without any further action by the Loan Guarantors or the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Bank or any Lender, be automatically limited and reduced to the highest amount that is valid and enforceable as determined in such action or proceeding (such highest amount determined hereunder being the relevant Loan Guarantor’s “ Maximum Liability ”). This Section with respect to the Maximum Liability of each Loan Guarantor is intended solely to preserve the rights of the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Bank and the Lenders to the maximum extent not subject to avoidance under applicable law, and no Loan Guarantor nor any other Person shall have any right or claim under this Section with respect to such Maximum Liability, except to the extent necessary so that the obligations of any Loan Guarantor hereunder shall not be rendered voidable under applicable law. Each Loan Guarantor agrees that the Guaranteed Obligations may at any time


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and from time to time exceed the Maximum Liability of each Loan Guarantor without impairing this Loan Guaranty or affecting the rights and remedies of the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Bank or the Lenders hereunder, provided that nothing in this sentence shall be construed to increase any Loan Guarantor’s obligations hereunder beyond its Maximum Liability.
SECTION 10.11.     Contribution . In the event any Loan Guarantor (a “ Paying Guarantor ”) shall make any payment or payments under this Loan Guaranty or shall suffer any loss as a result of any realization upon any collateral granted by it to secure its obligations under this Loan Guaranty, each other Loan Guarantor (each a “ Non-Paying Guarantor ”) shall contribute to such Paying Guarantor an amount equal to such Non-Paying Guarantor’s “Applicable Contribution Percentage” of such payment or payments made, or losses suffered, by such Paying Guarantor. For purposes of this Article X, each Non-Paying Guarantor’s “ Applicable Contribution Percentage ” with respect to any such payment or loss by a Paying Guarantor shall be determined as of the date on which such payment or loss was made by reference to the ratio of (i) such Non-Paying Guarantor’s Maximum Liability as of such date (without giving effect to any right to receive, or obligation to make, any contribution hereunder) or, if such Non-Paying Guarantor’s Maximum Liability has not been determined, the aggregate amount of all monies received by such Non-Paying Guarantor from an Obligated Party after the date hereof (whether by loan, capital infusion or by other means) to (ii) the aggregate Maximum Liability of all Loan Guarantors hereunder (including such Paying Guarantor) as of such date (without giving effect to any right to receive, or obligation to make, any contribution hereunder), or to the extent that a Maximum Liability has not been determined for any Loan Guarantor, the aggregate amount of all monies received by such Loan Guarantors from an Obligated Party after the date hereof (whether by loan, capital infusion or by other means). Nothing in this provision shall affect any Loan Guarantor’s several liability for the entire amount of the Guaranteed Obligations (up to such Loan Guarantor’s Maximum Liability). Each of the Loan Guarantors covenants and agrees that its right to receive any contribution under this Loan Guaranty from a Non-Paying Guarantor shall be subordinate and junior in right of payment to the payment in full in cash of the Guaranteed Obligations. This provision is for the benefit of all of the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Bank, the Lenders and the Loan Guarantors and may be enforced by any one, or more, or all of them in accordance with the terms hereof.
SECTION 10.12.     Liability Cumulative . The liability of each Loan Party as a Loan Guarantor under this Article X is in addition to and shall be cumulative with all liabilities of each Loan Party to the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Bank and the Lenders under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents to which such Loan Party is a party or in respect of any obligations or liabilities of the other Loan Parties, without any limitation as to amount, unless the instrument or agreement evidencing or creating such other liability specifically provides to the contrary.
SECTION 10.13.     Liability for Swap Obligations . No Loan Guarantor hereunder shall be deemed to be a guarantor of any Swap Obligations if such Loan Guarantor is not an “Eligible Contract Participant” as defined in § 1(a)(18) of the Commodity Exchange Act and the applicable rules issued by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission and/or the Securities and Exchange Commission (collectively, and as now or hereafter in effect, “the ECP Rules”) to the extent that the providing of such guaranty by such Loan Guarantor would violate the ECP Rules or any other applicable law or regulation.


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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be duly executed and delivered by their respective authorized officers as of the day and year first above written.
 
KIMBALL ELECTRONICS, INC.
 
 
 
 
By:
 
 
 
Name:
 
 
 
Title:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
OTHER LOAN PARTIES:
 
 
KIMBALL ELECTRONICS GROUP, LLC
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
By:
 
 
 
 
 
 
Title:
 
 
 
 
 
 
KIMBALL ELECTRONICS MEXICO, INC.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
By:
 
 
 
 
 
 
Title:
 
 
 
 
 
 
KIMBALL ELECTRONICS TAMPA, INC.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
By:
 
 
 
 
 
 
Title:
 
 
 
 
 


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LENDERS:
JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., individually and as Administrative Agent, Swingline Lender and Issuing Bank


By: __________________________________
Name:
Title :




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BANK OF AMERICA, N.A.


By: _________________________________
Name:
Title :



90

HSBC BANK USA, N.A.


By: __________________________________
Name:
Title :





SCHEDULE 2.01A

Commitments

Lender
Revolving Commitment
 
 
JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.
$25,000,000
Bank of America, N.A.
$15,000,000
HSBC Bank USA, N.A.
$10,000,000



SCHEDULE 2.01B

Swingline Amount


Lender
Amount
 
 
JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.
$10,000,000



SCHEDULE 3.06

Disclosed Matters


None



SCHEDULES 3.11 and 6.04 CONSOLIDATED
SUBSIDIARIES AND OTHER INVESTMENTS
(See Sections 3.11 and 6.04)
 
 
 
 
Investment In
Jurisdiction of
Owned by
Percent

 
Organization
 
Ownership

 
 
 
 
Kimball Electronics Group, LLC
Indiana
Kimball Electronics, Inc.
100
%
Kimball Electronics Poland, Sp. zo.o.*
Poland
Kimball Electronics Netherlands B.V.
99.9
%
Kimball Electronics (Thailand) Ltd.*
Thailand
Kimball Electronics Netherlands B.V.
99.9
%
Kimball Electronics - Mexico, Inc.
Texas
Kimball Electronics Group, LLC
100
%
Kimball Electronics Tampa, Inc.
Florida
Kimball Electronics Group, LLC
100
%
Kimball Electronics (Nanjing) Co., Ltd.**
China
Kimball Electronics Netherlands B.V.
100
%
Kimball Electronics Netherlands B.V.
Netherlands
Kimball Electronics Group, LLC
100
%
Kimball Electronics - Mexico, S.A. de C.V.*
Mexico
Kimball Electronics - Mexico, Inc.
99.9
%
Kimball Electronics Romania SRL*
Romania
Kimball Electronics Netherlands B.V.
99.9
%


* Each of these Subsidiaries has an insignificant number of shares held either by another subsidiary or by members of the management group of the Borrower due to requirements of the country where the entity is organized.

** In Kimball Electronics (Nanjing) Co., Ltd. Borrower’s investment is a combination of $15 million contributed in registered capital (equity) and $18 million in intercompany debt for a total of $33 million. 



SCHEDULE 3.15

Exceptions to Spin-Off


None



SCHEDULE 6.02

Existing Liens


None



SCHEDULE 6.09

Existing Restrictions

None



EXHIBIT A

ASSIGNMENT AND ASSUMPTION
This Assignment and Assumption (the “ Assignment and Assumption ”) is dated as of the Effective Date set forth below and is entered into by and between [ Insert name of Assignor ] (the “ Assignor ”) and [ Insert name of Assignee ] (the “ Assignee ”). Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the meanings given to them in the Credit Agreement identified below (as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “ Credit Agreement ”), receipt of a copy of which is hereby acknowledged by the Assignee. The Standard Terms and Conditions set forth in Annex 1 attached hereto are hereby agreed to and incorporated herein by reference and made a part of this Assignment and Assumption as if set forth herein in full.
For an agreed consideration, the Assignor hereby irrevocably sells and assigns to the Assignee, and the Assignee hereby irrevocably purchases and assumes from the Assignor, subject to and in accordance with the Standard Terms and Conditions and the Credit Agreement, as of the Effective Date inserted by the Administrative Agent as contemplated below (i) all of the Assignor’s rights and obligations in its capacity as a Lender under the Credit Agreement and any other documents or instruments delivered pursuant thereto to the extent related to the amount and percentage interest identified below of all of such outstanding rights and obligations of the Assignor under the respective facilities identified below (including any letters of credit, guarantees, and Swingline loans included in such facilities) and (ii) to the extent permitted to be assigned under applicable law, all claims, suits, causes of action and any other right of the Assignor (in its capacity as a Lender) against any Person, whether known or unknown, arising under or in connection with the Credit Agreement, any other documents or instruments delivered pursuant thereto or the loan transactions governed thereby or in any way based on or related to any of the foregoing, including contract claims, tort claims, malpractice claims, statutory claims and all other claims at law or in equity related to the rights and obligations sold and assigned pursuant to clause (i) above (the rights and obligations sold and assigned pursuant to clauses (i) and (ii) above being referred to herein collectively as the “ Assigned Interest ”). Such sale and assignment is without recourse to the Assignor and, except as expressly provided in this Assignment and Assumption, without representation or warranty by the Assignor.
1.
Assignor:     ____________________
2.
Assignee:      ____________________
[and is an Affiliate/Approved Fund of [ identify Lender ] 1  
3.
Borrower(s):     ____________________
4.
Administrative Agent:      ____________________ , as the administrative agent under the
Credit Agreement




_________________________
1 Select as applicable.



5.
Credit Agreement:    [The [amount] Credit Agreement dated as of __________ among [name of Borrower(s) ], the Lenders parties thereto, [ name of Administrative Agent ], as Administrative Agent, and the other agents parties thereto]
6.
Assigned Interest:
Facility Assigned 2
Aggregate Amount of Commitment/Loans for all Lenders
Amount of Commitment/Loans Assigned
Percentage Assigned of Commitment/Loans 3
 
$
$
%
 
$
$
%
 
$
$
%

Effective Date: _______________, 20___ [TO BE INSERTED BY ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT AND WHICH SHALL BE THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF RECORDATION OF TRANSFER IN THE REGISTER THEREFOR.]
The Assignee agrees to deliver to the Administrative Agent a completed Administrative Questionnaire in which the Assignee designates one or more Credit Contacts to whom all syndicate-level information (which may contain material non-public information about the Borrower[, the Loan Parties] and [its] [their] Related Parties or their respective securities) will be made available and who may receive such information in accordance with the Assignee’s compliance procedures and applicable laws, including Federal and state securities laws.
The terms set forth in this Assignment and Assumption are hereby agreed to:

ASSIGNOR

[NAME OF ASSIGNOR]


By: _____________________________________________
Title:














_____________________________
2 Fill in the appropriate terminology for the types of facilities under the Credit Agreement that are being assigned under this Assignment (e.g., “Revolving Commitment”)
3 Set forth, to at least 9 decimals, as a percentage of the Commitment/Loans of all Lenders thereunder.






ASSIGNEE

[NAME OF ASSIGNEE]


By:      _____________________________________________    
Title:




[Consented to and] 4 Accepted:




[NAME OF ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT], as
Administrative Agent



By ____________________________________         
Title:



[Consented to:] 5  

[NAME OF RELEVANT PARTY]



By _____________________________________         
Title:












____________________________
4 To be added only if the consent of the Administrative Agent is required by the terms of the Credit Agreement.
5 To be added only if the consent of the Borrower and/or other parties (e.g. Swingline Lender, Issuing Bank) is required by the terms of the Credit Agreement.




ANNEX 1

[______________________] 6  
6 Describe Credit Agreement at option of Administrative Agent.
STANDARD TERMS AND CONDITIONS
FOR ASSIGNMENT AND ASSUMPTION
1.      Representations and Warranties .
1.1      Assignor . The Assignor (a) represents and warrants that (i) it is the legal and beneficial owner of the Assigned Interest, (ii) the Assigned Interest is free and clear of any lien, encumbrance or other adverse claim and (iii) it has full power and authority, and has taken all action necessary, to execute and deliver this Assignment and Assumption and to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby; and (b) assumes no responsibility with respect to (i) any statements, warranties or representations made in or in connection with the Credit Agreement, (ii) the execution, legality, validity, enforceability, genuineness, sufficiency or value of the Credit Agreement or any collateral thereunder, (iii) the financial condition of the Borrower, any of its Subsidiaries or Affiliates or any other Person obligated in respect of the Credit Agreement or (iv) the performance or observance by the Borrower, any of its Subsidiaries or Affiliates or any other Person of any of their respective obligations under the Credit Agreement.
1.2.      Assignee . The Assignee (a) represents and warrants that (i) it has full power and authority, and has taken all action necessary, to execute and deliver this Assignment and Assumption and to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby and to become a Lender under the Credit Agreement, (ii) it satisfies the requirements, if any, specified in the Credit Agreement that are required to be satisfied by it in order to acquire the Assigned Interest and become a Lender, (iii) from and after the Effective Date, it shall be bound by the provisions of the Credit Agreement as a Lender thereunder and, to the extent of the Assigned Interest, shall have the obligations of a Lender thereunder, (iv) it has received a copy of the Credit Agreement, together with copies of the most recent financial statements delivered pursuant to Section ____ thereof, as applicable, and such other documents and information as it has deemed appropriate to make its own credit analysis and decision to enter into this Assignment and Assumption and to purchase the Assigned Interest on the basis of which it has made such analysis and decision independently and without reliance on the Administrative Agent or any other Lender, and (v) attached to the Assignment and Assumption is any documentation required to be delivered by it pursuant to the terms of the Credit Agreement, duly completed and executed by the Assignee; and (b) agrees that (i) it will, independently and without reliance on the Administrative Agent, the Assignor or any other Lender, and based on such documents and information as it shall deem appropriate at the time, continue to make its own credit decisions in taking or not taking action under the Credit Agreement, and (ii) it will perform in accordance with their terms all of the obligations which by the terms of the Credit Agreement are required to be performed by it as a Lender.
2.      Payments . From and after the Effective Date, the Administrative Agent shall make all payments in respect of the Assigned Interest (including payments of principal, interest, fees and other amounts) to the Assignor for amounts which have accrued to but excluding the



Effective Date and to the Assignee for amounts which have accrued from and after the Effective Date.
3.      General Provisions . This Assignment and Assumption shall be binding upon, and inure to the benefit of, the parties hereto and their respective successors and assigns. This Assignment and Assumption may be executed in any number of counterparts, which together shall constitute one instrument. Acceptance and adoption of the terms of this Assignment and Assumption by the Assignee and the Assignor by Electronic Signature or delivery of an executed counterpart of a signature page of this Assignment and Assumption by any Electronic System shall be effective as delivery of a manually executed counterpart of this Assignment and Assumption. This Assignment and Assumption shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the law of the State of Indiana.


EXHIBIT B-1

[FORM OF]

U.S. TAX COMPLIANCE CERTIFICATE

(For Foreign Lenders That Are Not Partnerships For U.S. Federal Income Tax Purposes)
Reference is hereby made to the Credit Agreement dated as of [        ] (as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “ Credit Agreement ”), among [        ], and each lender from time to time party thereto.
Pursuant to the provisions of Section 2.17 of the Credit Agreement, the undersigned hereby certifies that (i) it is the sole record and beneficial owner of the Loan(s) (as well as any Note(s) evidencing such Loan(s)) in respect of which it is providing this certificate, (ii) it is not a bank within the meaning of Section 881(c)(3)(A) of the Code, (iii) it is not a ten percent shareholder of the Borrower within the meaning of Section 871(h)(3)(B) of the Code and (iv) it is not a controlled foreign corporation related to the Borrower as described in Section 881(c)(3)(C) of the Code.
The undersigned has furnished the Administrative Agent and the Borrower with a certificate of its non-U.S. Person status on IRS Form W-8BEN. By executing this certificate, the undersigned agrees that (1) if the information provided on this certificate changes, the undersigned shall promptly so inform the Borrower and the Administrative Agent, and (2) the undersigned shall have at all times furnished the Borrower and the Administrative Agent with a properly completed and currently effective certificate in either the calendar year in which each payment is to be made to the undersigned, or in either of the two calendar years preceding such payments.
Unless otherwise defined herein, terms defined in the Credit Agreement and used herein shall have the meanings given to them in the Credit Agreement.


[NAME OF LENDER]

By     _____________________________________
Name:
Title:

Date: _______, 20[     ]


EXHIBIT B-2

[FORM OF]
U.S. TAX COMPLIANCE CERTIFICATE
(For Foreign Participants That Are Not Partnerships For U.S. Federal Income Tax Purposes)
Reference is hereby made to the Credit Agreement dated as of [          ] (as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “ Credit Agreement ”), among [          ], and each lender from time to time party thereto.
Pursuant to the provisions of Section 2.17 of the Credit Agreement, the undersigned hereby certifies that (i) it is the sole record and beneficial owner of the participation in respect of which it is providing this certificate, (ii) it is not a bank within the meaning of Section 881(c)(3)(A) of the Code, (iii) it is not a ten percent shareholder of the Borrower within the meaning of Section 871(h)(3)(B) of the Code, and (iv) it is not a controlled foreign corporation related to the Borrower as described in Section 881(c)(3)(C) of the Code.
The undersigned has furnished its participating Lender with a certificate of its non-U.S. Person status on IRS Form W-8BEN. By executing this certificate, the undersigned agrees that (1) if the information provided on this certificate changes, the undersigned shall promptly so inform such Lender in writing, and (2) the undersigned shall have at all times furnished such Lender with a properly completed and currently effective certificate in either the calendar year in which each payment is to be made to the undersigned, or in either of the two calendar years preceding such payments.
Unless otherwise defined herein, terms defined in the Credit Agreement and used herein shall have the meanings given to them in the Credit Agreement.


[NAME OF LENDER]

By     ______________________________________
Name:
Title:

Date: _______, 20[     ]


EXHIBIT B-3

[FORM OF]
U.S. TAX COMPLIANCE CERTIFICATE
(For Foreign Participants That Are Partnerships For U.S. Federal Income Tax Purposes)
Reference is hereby made to the Credit Agreement dated as of [          ] (as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “ Credit Agreement ”), among [          ], and each lender from time to time party thereto.
Pursuant to the provisions of Section 2.17 of the Credit Agreement, the undersigned hereby certifies that (i) it is the sole record owner of the participation in respect of which it is providing this certificate, (ii) its direct or indirect partners/members are the sole beneficial owners of such participation, (iii) with respect such participation, neither the undersigned nor any of its direct or indirect partners/members is a bank extending credit pursuant to a loan agreement entered into in the ordinary course of its trade or business within the meaning of Section 881(c)(3)(A) of the Code, (iv) none of its direct or indirect partners/members is a ten percent shareholder of the Borrower within the meaning of Section 871(h)(3)(B) of the Code and (v) none of its direct or indirect partners/members is a controlled foreign corporation related to the Borrower as described in Section 881(c)(3)(C) of the Code.
The undersigned has furnished its participating Lender with IRS Form W-8IMY accompanied by one of the following forms from each of its partners/members that is claiming the portfolio interest exemption: (i) an IRS Form W-8BEN or (ii) an IRS Form W-8IMY accompanied by an IRS Form W- 8BEN from each of such partner’s/member’s beneficial owners that is claiming the portfolio interest exemption. By executing this certificate, the undersigned agrees that (1) if the information provided on this certificate changes, the undersigned shall promptly so inform such Lender and (2) the undersigned shall have at all times furnished such Lender with a properly completed and currently effective certificate in either the calendar year in which each payment is to be made to the undersigned, or in either of the two calendar years preceding such payments.
Unless otherwise defined herein, terms defined in the Credit Agreement and used herein shall have the meanings given to them in the Credit Agreement.


[NAME OF PARTICIPANT]

By     ____________________________________
Name:
Title:

Date: _______, 20[     ]

15

EXHIBIT B-4

[FORM OF]
U.S. TAX COMPLIANCE CERTIFICATE
(For Foreign Lenders That Are Partnerships For U.S. Federal Income Tax Purposes)
Reference is hereby made to the Credit Agreement dated as of [          ] (as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “ Credit Agreement ”), among [          ], and each lender from time to time party thereto.
Pursuant to the provisions of Section 2.17 of the Credit Agreement, the undersigned hereby certifies that (i) it is the sole record owner of the Loan(s) (as well as any Note(s) evidencing such Loan(s)) in respect of which it is providing this certificate, (ii) its direct or indirect partners/members are the sole beneficial owners of such Loan(s) (as well as any Note(s) evidencing such Loan(s)), (iii) with respect to the extension of credit pursuant to this Credit Agreement or any other Loan Document, neither the undersigned nor any of its direct or indirect partners/members is a bank extending credit pursuant to a loan agreement entered into in the ordinary course of its trade or business within the meaning of Section 881(c)(3)(A) of the Code, (iv) none of its direct or indirect partners/members is a ten percent shareholder of the Borrower within the meaning of Section 871(h)(3)(B) of the Code and (v) none of its direct or indirect partners/members is a controlled foreign corporation related to the Borrower as described in Section 881(c)(3)(C) of the Code.
The undersigned has furnished the Administrative Agent and the Borrower with IRS Form W-8IMY accompanied by one of the following forms from each of its partners/members that is claiming the portfolio interest exemption: (i) an IRS Form W-8BEN or (ii) an IRS Form W-8IMY accompanied by an IRS Form W-8BEN from each of such partner’s/member’s beneficial owners that is claiming the portfolio interest exemption. By executing this certificate, the undersigned agrees that (1) if the information provided on this certificate changes, the undersigned shall promptly so inform the Borrower and the Administrative Agent, and (2) the undersigned shall have at all times furnished the Borrower and the Administrative Agent with a properly completed and currently effective certificate in either the calendar year in which each payment is to be made to the undersigned, or in either of the two calendar years preceding such payments.
Unless otherwise defined herein, terms defined in the Credit Agreement and used herein shall have the meanings given to them in the Credit Agreement.


[NAME OF LENDER]

By     ______________________________________
Name:
Title:

Date: _______, 20[     ]



Exhibit 10.10
DESCRIPTION OF THE KIMBALL ELECTRONICS, INC.
2014 PROFIT SHARING INCENTIVE BONUS PLAN

The Plan. Kimball Electronics, Inc. (the “Company”) believes that the long-term success of the Company depends, in part, on its ability to recruit and retain outstanding individuals as employees and to furnish these employees maximum incentive to improve operations and increase profits. The Company also believes it is important to align compensation of officers and salaried employees with the common interests of Share Owners of the Company.
The Kimball Electronics, Inc. 2014 Profit Sharing Incentive Bonus Plan (the “Plan”) includes profit determinations at two levels within the Company: (1) Worldwide for Company-wide performance (“Worldwide”); and (2) at a Business Unit level for the performance of designated operations within the Company (“Business Unit”).
All executive officers and other eligible employees participate at the Worldwide or Business Unit level, or a combination thereof.
Awards under the Plan are intended to qualify as “performance-based compensation” under Section 162(m) of the Internal Revenue Code. Section 162(m) disallows a deduction for certain compensation paid in excess of $1 million to the executive officers listed in the Summary Compensation Table in the Company's proxy statement, but only if employed as of the end of the fiscal year (“Named Executive Officers”). Performance-based compensation, however, is fully deductible by the Company if the programs are approved by Share Owners and meet certain other requirements.
Goal. The goal of the Plan is to link an employee's compensation with the long-term financial success of the Company. The intent is to encourage participants to think, act and be rewarded like owners, and to seek out and undertake initiatives that continuously improve the long-term performance of the Company.
Eligibility . Executive officers and full-time salaried employees of the Company, except those covered under commission compensation programs, are eligible to participate in the Plan (“Participants”).
Bonus Criteria. The Plan measures profitability in terms of “economic profit”, generally equal to net income less the cost of capital. New capital expenditures are not included in computing the cost of capital for an appropriate period of time to encourage needed capital investments. The Compensation and Governance Committee (“Committee”) of the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of the Company must approve the profitability tiers (“Targets”) within the first 25% of the period of service to which the Targets relate, but not later than 90 days after the commencement of that period (“Relevant Time Period”). The Committee, within the Relevant Time Period, may make adjustments for non-operating income and loss and other profit-computation elements as it deems appropriate to provide optimal incentives for eligible employees. If other adjustments are necessary beyond the Relevant Time Period, the Named Executive Officers will not be eligible to receive any bonus resulting from such adjustments.
Bonus Amounts. The Plan establishes potential bonus amounts as a range of percentages of the Participant's salary, with the bonus percentage increasing with higher levels of profitability. The Plan also establishes different bonus percentage ranges across several Participant categories, setting higher bonus-percentage ranges for Participants who, by virtue of their responsibilities, are expected to have a greater effect on the Company's profitability.
At the highest responsibility levels, Participants may earn bonuses of up to 100 percent of base salary. The Plan is designed so that Participants will achieve maximum bonuses only if the Company achieves economic profitability near the top quartile of leading public companies and/or its competitors.
A Participant's total bonus under the Plan may not exceed $1 million for any fiscal year.
Administration. For a particular fiscal year, the Committee must approve the Targets, profit-computation adjustments, and any other conditions at the Worldwide profitability level within the Relevant Time Period. Company management will determine the comparable features for each Business Unit profitability level.
At the end of each fiscal year, but before Plan bonuses may be paid, the Committee must certify in writing that Targets and other conditions have been satisfied. The Committee does not have the discretion to increase the amount of any bonus for the Named Executive Officers.
The Board may amend or terminate the Plan effective for future fiscal years. The Board will not, however, amend the Plan without Share Owner approval if such approval is required to comply with Section 162(m) of the Internal Revenue Code or other applicable law or to comply with applicable stock exchange requirements.





Bonus Payments. If a Participant's bonus for the fiscal year does not exceed $2,000, the bonus will be paid in a single sum during the following August. Bonuses exceeding that amount will be paid commencing in the following fiscal year in five cash installments - 50% in the following August and 12.5% in each of the following September, January, April, and June.
If a Participant's employment is terminated before a scheduled payment date, the former employee will not be entitled to receive that bonus payment or any subsequent bonus payment, unless the Participant's termination was caused by retirement after attaining the country-specific retirement age (62 in the U.S.), death, or permanent disability, in which case, that Participant (or beneficiary, in the event of the participant's death) will be entitled to receive all bonus payments for the previous fiscal year and a pro-rata share for the current fiscal year, all to be paid in full within 2 1/2 months after the end of the Company's fiscal year in which the Participant’s termination occurs.




Exhibit 99.1
, 2014
Dear Kimball International, Inc. Share Owners:
As announced on January 20, 2014, I am pleased to provide you with the Information Statement relating to the spin-off to the Share Owners of Kimball International, Inc. (“Parent”) of 100% of the common stock of Kimball Electronics, Inc. (“Kimball Electronics”), an independent, publicly traded contract electronic manufacturing services company.
We strongly believe that the spin-off is in the best interests of our company and its Share Owners, as the spin-off of Kimball Electronics will, among other things, enable both companies to allocate capital, deploy resources, and execute specific strategies that will be most effective within their particular markets.
The spin-off will be completed through the pro rata distribution of Kimball Electronics common stock to our Share Owners of record as of October 22, 2014 , the spin-off record date. Each Parent Share Owner will receive three shares of Kimball Electronics common stock for every four shares of Parent Class A common stock or Class B common stock held by such Share Owner on the record date. No fractional shares of Kimball Electronics will be issued, but cash will be paid in lieu of fractional shares. The distribution of these shares will be made in book-entry form, which means no physical share certificates will be issued.
After the spin-off, Parent will continue as a furniture business under the name Kimball International, Inc. Immediately following the spin-off, you will own shares of common stock in both Parent and Kimball Electronics. Parent’s common stock trades on the NASDAQ Global Select Market of The NASDAQ Stock Market LLC (“NASDAQ”) under the symbol “KBALB.” After the spin-off, it is expected that Parent’s common stock symbol will change to “KBAL.” Kimball Electronics intends to have its common stock listed on the NASDAQ under the symbol “KE.”
We expect the spin-off to be tax-free to Parent and Parent Share Owners for U.S. federal income tax purposes, except to the extent of cash received in lieu of fractional shares that will generally result in a taxable gain or loss to Parent Share Owners equal to the difference between the amount of cash received and the tax basis allocable to the fractional shares. The spin-off is conditioned on, among other things, Parent’s receipt of (i) a ruling from the Internal Revenue Service that the Parent stock unification will not cause Parent to recognize income or gain as a result of the distribution; and (ii) an opinion from Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP that the spin-off satisfies the requirements for Parent and Parent Share Owners to obtain tax-free treatment for U.S. federal income tax purposes. Share Owner approval of the distribution is not required, nor are you required to take any action to receive your shares of Kimball Electronics common stock or cash in lieu of fractional shares.
We have prepared an Information Statement, which describes the spin-off in great detail and contains important information about Kimball Electronics, including significant financial information. We are mailing to all Parent Share Owners a notice with instructions informing holders how to access the Information Statement online and/or receive hard copies. We urge you to read the Information Statement carefully.
I want to thank you for your continued support of both companies.
 
Yours sincerely,
 
 
 
/s/ JAMES C. THYEN
 
James C. Thyen
 
President, Chief Executive Officer
 
Kimball International, Inc.




, 2014
Dear Kimball Electronics, Inc. Share Owners:
It is our pleasure to welcome you as a Share Owner of our company, Kimball Electronics, Inc. (“Kimball Electronics”), a provider of contract electronic manufacturing services.
As an independent, publicly traded company, we strongly believe we will be a much more focused and effective competitor within the contract electronic manufacturing services market and, as a result, create greater value for you as a Share Owner.
We expect to have Kimball Electronics common stock listed on the NASDAQ Global Select Market of The NASDAQ Stock Market LLC under the symbol “KE” in connection with the distribution of Kimball Electronics common stock by Kimball International, Inc. (“Parent”).
We invite you to learn more about Kimball Electronics by carefully reviewing the Information Statement. We look forward to our future as an independent, publicly traded company and to your support as a Kimball Electronics Share Owner.
 
Very truly yours,
 
 
 
/s/ DONALD D. CHARRON
 
Donald D. Charron
 
Chairman and CEO
 
Kimball Electronics, Inc.





SUBJECT TO COMPLETION, DATED SEPTEMBER 30, 2014
Information contained herein is subject to completion or amendment. A Registration Statement on Form 10 relating to these securities has been filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
INFORMATION STATEMENT
Kimball Electronics, Inc.
1600 Royal Street
Jasper, Indiana 47549-1001
Common Stock
(No par value per share)
This Information Statement is being provided to you in connection with the spin-off of Kimball Electronics, Inc. (“Kimball Electronics,” “we,” “us,” and “our”) by Kimball International, Inc. (“Parent”) to its Share Owners. In the spin-off, all of our shares of Common Stock, which are held by Parent, will be distributed in form of a pro rata dividend to Parent Share Owners. We refer to this pro rata distribution as the “distribution” and we refer to the separation as the “spin-off.” We expect that the spin-off will be tax-free to Parent and Parent Share Owners for U.S. federal income tax purposes, except to the extent of cash received in lieu of fractional shares. Each Parent Share Owner will receive three shares of Kimball Electronics common stock for every four shares of Parent Class A common stock or Class B common stock held by such Share Owner on October 22, 2014 , the record date. The distribution will occur immediately after the conversion of a sufficient number of shares of Parent’s Class A common stock into shares of Parent's Class B common stock to eliminate, pursuant to Parent’s Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation, all distinctions, voting or otherwise, between such classes of stock. The distribution of shares will be made in book-entry form. Parent will not distribute any fractional shares of Kimball Electronics common stock but instead will pay cash in lieu of fractional shares. The distribution will be effective as of 5:00 p.m., New York time, on October 31, 2014 . Immediately after the distribution becomes effective, we will be an independent, publicly traded company.
No vote or other action of Parent Share Owners is required in connection with the spin-off. We are not asking you for a proxy and you should not send us a proxy. Parent Share Owners will not be required to pay any consideration for the shares of Kimball Electronics common stock they receive in the spin-off or for the cash received in lieu of fractional shares, and they will not be required to surrender or exchange shares of their Parent common stock or take any other action in connection with the spin-off.
There is no current trading market for Kimball Electronics common stock. We expect, however, that a limited trading market for Kimball Electronics common stock, commonly known as a “when-issued” trading market, will develop at least two trading days prior to the record date for the distribution, and we expect “regular-way” trading of Kimball Electronics common stock will begin the first trading day after the distribution date. We intend to list Kimball Electronics common stock on the NASDAQ Global Select Market of The NASDAQ Stock Market LLC (“NASDAQ”) under the ticker symbol “KE.” Parent common stock trades on the NASDAQ under the ticker symbol “KBALB.” After the spin-off, it is expected that Parent’s common stock symbol will change to “KBAL.”
We are an “emerging growth company” as defined under the federal securities laws. For implications of our status as an “emerging growth company,” please see “Summary—Emerging Growth Company Status” beginning on page 2. In reviewing this Information Statement, you should carefully consider the matters described in “Risk Factors” beginning on page 13 of this Information Statement.
Neither the Securities and Exchange Commission nor any state securities commission has approved or disapproved these securities or determined if this Information Statement is truthful or complete. Any representation to the contrary is a criminal offense.
This Information Statement is not an offer to sell, or a solicitation of an offer to buy, any securities.
The date of this Information Statement is                     , 2014.
A Notice of Internet Availability of Information Statement Materials containing instructions describing how to access this Information Statement was first mailed to Parent Share Owners on or about                     , 2014. For Parent Share Owners who previously elected to receive paper copies of Parent’s materials, this Information Statement was first mailed on or about                     , 2014.




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SUMMARY
This summary highlights information contained in this Information Statement and provides an overview of Kimball Electronics, our spin-off from Parent and the distribution of Kimball Electronics common stock by Parent to its Share Owners. For a complete understanding of our business and the spin-off, you should read this entire Information Statement carefully, particularly the discussion set forth under “Risk Factors” and our audited historical combined financial statements, our unaudited pro forma combined financial statements and the respective notes to those statements appearing elsewhere in this Information Statement.
Except as otherwise indicated or unless the context otherwise requires, “Kimball Electronics,” “we,” “us” and “our” refer to both (i) the electronic manufacturing services (“EMS”) business of Kimball International, Inc. prior to the spin-off, which will be contributed to Kimball Electronics, Inc., and (ii) Kimball Electronics, Inc. and its subsidiaries after giving effect to such contribution. Except as otherwise indicated or unless the context otherwise requires, references to “Parent” refer to Kimball International, Inc. and its subsidiaries. Unless otherwise noted, references to years are to fiscal years ended June 30.
Our Company
Kimball Electronics is a global provider of engineering, manufacturing, and supply chain services to customers in the automotive, medical, industrial, and public safety end markets.  We offer a package of value that begins with our core competency of producing “durable electronics” and includes our set of robust processes and procedures that help us ensure that we deliver the highest levels of quality, reliability, and service throughout the entire life cycle of our customers’ products.  We believe our customers appreciate our body of knowledge as it relates to the design and manufacture of their products that require durability, reliability, the highest levels of quality control, and regulatory compliance.  We deliver award-winning service from our highly integrated global footprint which is enabled by a common operating system, a standardization strategy, global procedures, and teamwork.  Our Customer Relationship Management (“CRM”) model is key to providing our customers convenient access to our global footprint and all of our services throughout the entire product life cycle, making us easy to do business with.  Because our customers are in businesses where engineering changes must be tightly controlled and long product life cycles are common, our track record of quality, being financially solid, socially responsible, and committed to long term relationships is important to them.
We have been producing safety critical electronic assemblies for our automotive customers for over 30 years.  During this time, we have built up a body of knowledge that has not only proven to be valuable to our automotive customers, but to our medical, industrial, and public safety customers as well.  We have been successful in growing and diversifying our business by leveraging our automotive experience and know-how in the areas of design and process validation, traceability, process and change control, and lean manufacturing to create valuable and innovative solutions for new customers in the medical, industrial, and public safety end market verticals.  We have harmonized our quality systems to be compliant with various important industry certifications and regulatory requirements.  This allows us to take advantage of other strategic points of leverage in the supply chain and within our operations so we can cost-effectively manufacture products for customers from all four of our end market verticals in the same production facility.
Several of our customers are multinational companies that sell their products in multiple regions of the world.  For many of these customers, it is important for them to be able to leverage their investment in their supply partner relationships such that the same partner provides them with engineering, manufacturing, and supply chain services in multiple regions of the world.  Our strategy for expanding our global footprint has aligned us with the preferences of the customers in our four end market verticals and has positioned us well to support their global growth initiatives.  Our global systems, procedures, processes, and teamwork combined with our CRM model have allowed us to accomplish this goal for several of our largest customers.
Our CRM model combines members of our team from within our manufacturing facilities and members of our business development team who reside remotely and nearer to our customers around the world.  The skill sets of these team members and the clarity in their roles and responsibilities help provide our customers with a strong conduit that is critical to execution and forming a strong relationship.  We have institutionalized a customer scorecard process that provides all levels of our company with valuable feedback that helps us drive the actions for continuous improvement.  Our customer scorecard process has helped us deliver award-winning service and build loyalty with our customers.
Our corporate headquarters is currently located at 1600 Royal Street, Jasper, Indiana.  Production currently occurs in our facilities located in the United States, Mexico, Thailand, China, and Poland.  In the United States, we have manufacturing facilities in Jasper, Indiana, and Tampa, Florida.

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Our services are sold globally on a contract basis and we produce products to our customers’ specifications.  Our engineering, manufacturing, and supply chain services primarily include:
Design services;
Rapid prototyping and new product introduction support;
Production and testing of printed circuit board assemblies (PCBAs);
Industrialization and automation of manufacturing processes;
Product design and process validation and qualification;
Reliability testing (testing of products under a series of extreme environmental conditions);
Assembly, production, and packaging of other related non-electronic products;
Supply chain services; and
Complete product life cycle management.
We pride ourselves on the fact that we pay close attention to the evolving needs and preferences of our customers.  As we have done in the past, we will continue to look for opportunities to grow and diversify our business by expanding our package of value and our global footprint.
Our Competitive Strengths
Our core strengths include:
Our core competency of producing durable electronics;
Our body of knowledge as it relates to the design and manufacture of products that require high levels of quality control, reliability, and durability;
Our highly integrated, global footprint;
Our CRM model and our customer scorecard process;
Our ability to provide our customers with valuable input regarding designs for improved manufacturability, reliability, and cost;
Our quality systems, industry certifications and regulatory compliance;
Our integrated supply chain solutions and competitive bid process resulting in competitive raw material pricing; and
Complete product life cycle management.
Our Business Strategy
We intend to achieve sustained, profitable growth in the markets we serve by supporting the global growth initiatives of our customers. Key elements of executing our strategy include:
Expanding Our Global Footprint – continue our strategy with expansion in Europe, Asia, and Americas, including new potential country locations and/or facility expansion as our customer demands dictate; and
Expanding Our Package of Value – enhance our core strengths and expand upon our package of value in areas such as complex system assembly, specialized processes, precision metals and plastics.
Emerging Growth Company Status
As a company with less than $1 billion in revenues during our most recently ended fiscal year, we qualify as an “emerging growth company” as defined in the Jumpstart Our Business Startups Act (the “JOBS Act”). For as long as a company is deemed to be an “emerging growth company,” it may take advantage of specified reduced reporting and other regulatory requirements that are generally unavailable to other public companies. These provisions include:
an exemption from the auditor attestation requirement in the assessment of the “emerging growth company’s” internal control over financial reporting under Section 404(b) of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (the “Sarbanes-Oxley Act”);
an exemption from the adoption of new or revised financial accounting standards until they would apply to private companies;
an exemption from compliance with any new requirements adopted by the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (the “PCAOB”) requiring mandatory audit firm rotation or a supplement to the auditor’s report in which the auditor would be required to provide additional information about the audit and the financial statements of the issuer;
reduced disclosure about the “emerging growth company’s” executive compensation arrangements; and

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an exemption from the requirements of holding a nonbinding advisory vote on executive compensation and the requirement to obtain Share Owner approval of any golden parachutes not previously approved.
Section 107 of the JOBS Act provides that an “emerging growth company” can take advantage of the extended transition period provided in Section 7(a)(2)(B) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), for complying with new or revised accounting standards. In other words, an “emerging growth company” can delay the adoption of certain accounting standards until those standards would otherwise apply to private companies. We have elected to take advantage of this extended transition period. Our financial statements may therefore not be comparable to those of companies that comply with such new or revised accounting standards.
We would cease to be an “emerging growth company” upon the earliest of:
the last day of the fiscal year following the fifth anniversary of the date of the first sale of our common stock pursuant to an effective registration statement filed under the Securities Act;
the last day of the fiscal year in which our total annual gross revenues exceed $1 billion;
the date on which we have, during the previous three-year period, issued more than $1 billion in non-convertible debt securities; or
the date on which we become a “large accelerated filer,” as defined in Rule 12b-2 under the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), which would occur if the market value of our common stock held by non-affiliates exceeds $700 million as of the last day of our most recently completed second fiscal quarter.
Other Information
Prior to the spin-off, our business comprised Parent’s electronic manufacturing services business. Prior to the distribution date, all of the subsidiaries comprising Parent’s EMS business will be structured under an existing wholly owned subsidiary of Parent, Kimball Electronics, Inc., which was incorporated in Indiana in July 1998. Our principal executive offices are currently located at 1600 Royal Street, Jasper, Indiana 47549-1001. Our telephone number is (812) 482-1600.
The Spin-Off
Overview
On January 17, 2014, after consultation with financial and other advisors, the Board of Directors of Parent approved a plan to spin-off Kimball Electronics from Parent, following which Kimball Electronics will be an independent, publicly traded company.
Before our spin-off from Parent, we will enter into a Separation and Distribution Agreement (the “Distribution Agreement”) and several other agreements with Parent related to the spin-off. These agreements will govern the relationship between us and Parent after completion of the spin-off and provide for the allocation between us and Parent of various assets, liabilities, rights and obligations (including employee benefits, insurance and tax-related assets and liabilities). These agreements will also include arrangements with respect to transitional services to be provided by Parent to Kimball Electronics and vice versa. See “Certain Relationships and Related Party Transactions—Agreements with Parent Related to the Spin-Off.”
The distribution of Kimball Electronics common stock as described in this Information Statement is subject to the satisfaction or waiver of certain conditions. In addition, Parent has the right not to complete the spin-off if, at any time prior to the distribution, the Board of Directors of Parent determines, in its sole discretion, that the spin-off is not in the best interests of Parent or its Share Owners, that a sale or other alternative is in the best interests of Parent or its Share Owners, or that market conditions or other circumstances are such that it is not advisable at that time to separate Kimball Electronics from Parent. See “The Spin-Off—Conditions to the Spin-Off.”

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Questions and Answers About the Spin-Off
The following provides only a summary of the terms of the spin-off. For a more detailed description of the matters described below, see “The Spin-Off.”
Q:
What is the spin-off?
A:
The spin-off is the series of transactions by which Kimball Electronics will separate from Parent. To complete the spin-off, Parent will distribute to its Share Owners all of the outstanding shares of Kimball Electronics common stock. We refer to this as the distribution. Following the spin-off, Kimball Electronics will be a separate company from Parent, and Parent will not retain any ownership interest in Kimball Electronics.
Q:
What will I receive in the spin-off?
A:
As a holder of Parent common stock, you will retain your shares of Parent common stock and will receive three shares of Kimball Electronics common stock for every four shares of Parent Class A common stock or Class B common stock you own as of the record date and cash in lieu of fractional shares. The number of shares of Parent Class A common stock and Class B common stock you own and your proportionate interest in Parent will not change as a result of the spin-off. See “The Spin-Off.”
Parent’s outstanding performance share awards will be converted to the economically equivalent amount of Kimball Electronics performance share awards based upon a pre-determined formula using the five-day weighted average of trading prices of Parent and Kimball Electronics stock both pre-spin-off and post-spin-off to calculate the number of Kimball Electronics performance share awards. Parent has no other unvested outstanding incentive equity awards.
Q:
What is Kimball Electronics?
A:
Kimball Electronics is a global provider of contract electronics engineering, manufacturing, and supply chain services to customers in the automotive, medical, industrial, and public safety industries. Shares of Kimball Electronics will be distributed to Parent Share Owners upon the completion of the spin-off. After the spin-off is completed, Kimball Electronics will be an independent, publicly traded company.
Q:
What are Parent’s reasons for the spin-off?
A:
Parent’s Board of Directors has determined that the spin-off is in the best interests of Parent and its Share Owners because the spin-off will provide, among others, the following key benefits:
facilitating the separate management of Parent and Kimball Electronics and allowing each to focus its efforts and allocating its resources on its respective businesses based on the unique business characteristics and strategic initiatives of each respective business, thereby (i) allowing each business to pursue its own distinct opportunities and growth plans and (ii) eliminating internal competition for capital and other inherent managerial and operational conflicts;
allowing Parent and Kimball Electronics to have independent capital structures to fund their growth, thereby permitting us to adopt a debt and capital structure more suitable for a growth-oriented company and enhancing our ability to raise capital needed to take advantage of growth opportunities (including possible future stock issuances as a result of creating our own independently publicly traded stock);
providing each of Parent and Kimball Electronics with a key employee compensation program, including cash bonuses and equity awards, that relate solely to the performance of the business for which the key employees are responsible; and
the potential for improving Share Owner value by promoting independent market recognition of Parent and Kimball Electronics as separate publicly traded companies and allowing investors to recognize and realize the full potential value of each company independently.

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Q:
Why is the separation of Kimball Electronics structured as a spin-off?
A:
On January 17, 2014, after consultation with financial and other advisors, the Board of Directors of Parent approved a plan to spin-off all of Parent’s EMS business into a new publicly traded company. Parent currently believes a spin-off is the most efficient way to accomplish a separation of our business from Parent for various reasons, including: (1) a spin-off would be a tax-free distribution of Kimball Electronics common stock to Parent and Parent Share Owners, except to the extent of cash received in lieu of fractional shares; (2) a spin-off offers a higher degree of certainty of completion in a timely manner, lessening disruption to current business operations; and (3) a spin-off affords flexibility in the design of Kimball Electronics’ capital structure to support future financial stability. After consideration of strategic alternatives, including a sale of either its EMS or furniture segment, Parent believes that a spin-off will enhance the long-term value of both Kimball Electronics and Parent. See “The Spin-Off—Reasons for the Spin-Off.”
Q:
Can Parent decide to cancel the distribution of Kimball Electronics common shares even if all the conditions have been met?
A:
Yes. The distribution of Kimball Electronics common stock is subject to the satisfaction or waiver of certain conditions. See “The Spin-Off—Conditions to the Spin-Off.” In addition, Parent has the right not to complete the spin-off if, at any time prior to the distribution, the Board of Directors of Parent determines, in its sole discretion, that the spin-off is not in the best interests of Parent or its Share Owners, that a sale or other alternative is in the best interests of Parent or its Share Owners, or that market conditions or other circumstances are such that it is not advisable at that time to separate Kimball Electronics from Parent.
Q:
What is being distributed in the spin-off?
A:
Approximately 29.1 million shares of Kimball Electronics common stock will be distributed in the spin-off, based on the number of shares of Parent Class A common stock and Class B common stock expected to be outstanding as of October 22, 2014 , the record date, and assuming a distribution ratio of three shares of Kimball Electronics for every four shares of Parent. The exact number of shares of Kimball Electronics common stock to be distributed will be calculated on the record date. The shares of Kimball Electronics common stock to be distributed by Parent will constitute all of the issued and outstanding shares of Kimball Electronics common stock immediately prior to the distribution. See “Description of Capital Stock—Common Stock.”
Q:
When is the record date for the distribution?
A:
The record date is 5:00 p.m., New York time, on October 22, 2014 .
Q:
When will the distribution occur?
A:
The distribution date of the spin-off is October 31, 2014 . The distribution agent, acting on behalf of Parent, will distribute shares of Kimball Electronics common stock as soon as practicable after the distribution date. The ability to trade Kimball Electronics shares will not be affected during that time.
Q: Will I receive physical certificates representing my shares of Kimball Electronics?
A: Holders of Parent Class A common stock and Class B common stock on the record date will receive shares of Kimball Electronics common stock through the transfer agent’s book-entry registration system. Kimball Electronics will not issue paper stock certificates.
Q:
What do I have to do to participate in the spin-off?
A:
Nothing. You are not required to take any action, although you are urged to read this entire document carefully. No Share Owner approval of the distribution is required or sought. You are not being asked for a proxy. No action is required on your part to receive your shares of Kimball Electronics common stock. You will neither be required to pay anything for the new shares nor be required to surrender any shares of Parent common stock to participate in the spin-off.
Q:
How will fractional shares be treated in the spin-off?
A:
Fractional shares of Kimball Electronics common stock will not be distributed. Fractional shares of Kimball Electronics common stock to which Parent Share Owners of record would otherwise be entitled will be aggregated and sold in the public market by the distribution agent at prevailing market prices. The aggregate net cash proceeds of the sales will be distributed ratably to those Share Owners who would otherwise have received fractional shares of Kimball Electronics common stock. See “The Spin-Off—Treatment of Fractional Shares” for a more detailed explanation. Receipt of the cash proceeds from these sales will generally result in a taxable gain or loss to those Share Owners equal to the difference between the amount of cash received and the tax basis allocable to the fractional shares. Each Share Owner entitled to

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receive cash proceeds from these shares should consult his, her or its own tax advisor as to such Share Owner’s particular circumstances. The tax consequences of the distribution are described in more detail under “The Spin-Off—U.S. Federal Income Tax Consequences of the Spin-Off.”
Q:
What are the U.S. federal income tax consequences of the spin-off?
A:
The spin-off is conditioned upon, among other matters, the receipt of (i) a ruling from the Internal Revenue Service that the Parent stock unification will not cause Parent to recognize income or gain as a result of the distribution; and (ii) an opinion of Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP to the effect that the distribution satisfies the requirements to qualify as a tax-free transaction for U.S. federal income tax purposes under Section 355 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”). Parent expects to receive such ruling and opinion at or prior to the time of the consummation of the spin-off. Accordingly, and so long as the distribution so qualifies for U.S. federal income tax purposes, no gain or loss will be recognized by you or Parent, and no amount will be included in your income, upon the receipt of Kimball Electronics common stock pursuant to the distribution, except with respect to any cash received in lieu of fractional shares that will generally result in taxable gain or loss to you equal to the difference between the amount of cash received and the tax basis allocable to the fractional shares. For more information regarding the tax opinion see the tax-related risk factors under “Risk Factors — Risks Relating to the Spin-Off” and “The Spin-Off—U.S. Federal Income Tax Consequences of the Spin-Off.”
Q:
Will Kimball Electronics common stock be listed on a stock exchange?
A:
Yes. Although there is not currently a public market for Kimball Electronics common stock, Kimball Electronics has applied to list its common stock on the NASDAQ under the symbol “KE.” It is anticipated that trading of Kimball Electronics common stock will commence on a “when-issued” basis at least two trading days prior to the record date. “When-issued” trading refers to a sale or purchase made conditionally because the security has been authorized but not yet issued. “When-issued” trades generally settle within four trading days after the distribution date. On the first trading day following the distribution date, any “when-issued” trading with respect to Kimball Electronics common stock will end and “regular-way” trading will begin. “Regular-way” trading refers to trading after a security has been issued and typically involves a transaction that settles on the third full trading day following the date of the transaction. See “Trading Market.”
Q:
Will my shares of Parent common stock continue to trade?
A:
Yes. After the spin-off, Parent will continue to be listed on the NASDAQ. It is expected that Parent’s common stock symbol will change to “KBAL” when the spin-off is complete.
Q:
If I sell, on or before the distribution date, shares of Parent common stock that I held on the record date, am I still entitled to receive shares of Kimball Electronics common stock distributable with respect to the shares of Parent common stock I sold?
A:
Beginning on or shortly before the record date and continuing through the distribution date for the spin-off, Parent’s common stock will begin to trade in two markets on the NASDAQ: a “regular-way” market and an “ex-distribution” market. If you hold shares of Parent common stock as of the record date for the distribution and choose to sell those shares in the “regular-way” market after the record date for the distribution and on or before the distribution date, you also will be selling the right to receive the shares of Kimball Electronics common stock in connection with the spin-off. However, if you hold shares of Parent common stock as of the record date for the distribution and choose to sell those shares in the “ex-distribution” market after the record date for the distribution and on or before the distribution date, you will still receive the shares of Kimball Electronics common stock in the spin-off.
Q:
Will the spin-off affect the trading price of my Parent stock?
A:
Yes, the trading price of shares of Parent common stock immediately following the distribution is expected to be lower than immediately prior to the distribution because its trading price will no longer reflect the value of Kimball Electronics business. However, we cannot provide you with any guarantees as to the price at which Parent shares will trade following the spin-off.
Q:
What indebtedness will Kimball Electronics have following the spin-off?
A:
While we expect to have entered into credit facilities for our domestic and certain foreign operations at or prior to the spin-off, we anticipate having no indebtedness under such credit facilities or otherwise prior to the spin-off and shortly thereafter. See “Description of Material Indebtedness.”

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Q:
What will be the relationship between Kimball Electronics and Parent after the spin-off?
A:
Following the spin-off, Kimball Electronics will be an independent, publicly traded company and Parent will have no continuing stock ownership interest in Kimball Electronics. Kimball Electronics and Parent will have entered into the Distribution Agreement and several other agreements for the purpose of allocating between Kimball Electronics and Parent various assets, liabilities, rights and obligations (including employee benefits, insurance and tax-related assets and liabilities). These agreements will also govern Kimball Electronics’ relationship with Parent following the spin-off and will provide arrangements for employee matters, tax matters, intellectual property matters, insurance matters and other specified liabilities, rights and obligations attributable to periods before and, in some cases, after the spin-off. These agreements will also include arrangements with respect to transitional services to be provided by Kimball Electronics or Parent to the other. The Distribution Agreement will provide, in general, that Kimball Electronics will indemnify Parent against any and all liabilities arising out of Kimball Electronics’ business as constituted in connection with the spin-off and any other liabilities and obligations assumed by Kimball Electronics, and that Parent will indemnify Kimball Electronics against any and all liabilities arising out of the businesses of Parent as constituted in connection with the spin-off and any other liabilities and obligations assumed by Parent.
Q:
What will Kimball Electronics’ dividend policy be after the spin-off?
A:
We do not expect to pay a regular dividend on our common stock following the spin-off. The timing, declaration, amount and payment of future dividends to our Share Owners will fall within the discretion of our Board of Directors and will depend on many factors, including our financial condition, results of operations and capital requirements, industry practice and other business considerations that our Board of Directors considers relevant from time to time. In addition, the terms of the agreements governing our new debt or debt that we may incur in the future may restrict the payments of dividends. See “Dividend Policy.”
Q:
What are the risks associated with the spin-off?
A:
There are a number of risks associated with the spin-off and ownership of Kimball Electronics common stock. These risks are discussed under “Risk Factors.”
Q:
How will the spin-off affect Kimball Electronics’ relationship with its customers?
A:
We believe we have strong and well-established relationships with our principal customers. We have kept our current customers well-informed about our plans for the spin-off and how we believe the spin-off will enable us to better focus on those customers and to align our resources with their priorities. To date, we have received positive and supportive reactions from our customers regarding the spin-off. As we seek to enter into new contracts with our customers, we expect to continue to provide information to enable them to have ongoing confidence in our management, our workforce and our ability to perform, including our financial stability.
Q:
Where can I get more information?
A.
If you have any questions relating to the mechanics of the distribution, you should contact the distribution agent at:
Kimball International, Inc.
c/o Computershare
P.O. Box 43078, Providence, RI 02940 (written requests)
250 Royall Street, Canton, MA 02021 (overnight delivery)
Phone: (800) 622-6757 (U.S., Canada, Puerto Rico)
(781) 575-4735 (non-U.S.)
Before the spin-off, if you have any questions relating to the spin-off, you should contact Parent at:
Kimball International, Inc.
Julia E. Heitz-Cassidy
Julie.Heitz@kimball.com
(812) 482-1600
After the spin-off, if you have any questions relating to Kimball Electronics, you should contact Kimball Electronics at:
Kimball Electronics, Inc.
John H. Kahle
John.Kahle@kimballelectronics.com
(812) 482-1600

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Summary of the Spin-Off
Distributing Company
Kimball International, Inc., an Indiana corporation. After the distribution, Parent will not own any shares of Kimball Electronics common stock.

Distributed Company
Kimball Electronics, an Indiana corporation. After the spin-off, Kimball Electronics will be an independent, publicly traded company.

Distributed Securities
All of the outstanding shares of Kimball Electronics owned by Parent, which will be 100% of the common stock issued and outstanding immediately prior to the distribution.

Record Date
The record date for the distribution is October 22, 2014.

Distribution Date
The distribution date is October 31, 2014.

Distribution Ratio
Each holder of Parent Class A common stock or Class B common stock will
receive three shares of Kimball Electronics common stock for
every four shares of Parent Class A common stock or Class B common stock held on October 22, 2014.

The Distribution
On the distribution date, Parent will release the shares of Kimball Electronics common stock to the distribution agent to distribute to Parent Share Owners. The distribution of shares will be made in book-entry form, which means that no physical share certificates will be issued. The distribution agent will issue shares of Kimball Electronics common stock as soon as practicable to you or to your bank or brokerage firm electronically on your behalf by way of direct registration in book-entry form. Trading of our shares will not be affected during that time. Following the spin-off, Share Owners whose shares are held in book-entry form may request that their shares of Kimball Electronics common stock be transferred to a brokerage or other account at any time. You will not be required to make any payment, surrender or exchange your shares of Parent common stock or take any other action to receive your shares of Kimball Electronics common stock.

Fractional Shares
The distribution agent will not distribute any fractional shares of Kimball Electronics common stock to Parent Share Owners. Fractional shares of Kimball Electronics common stock to which Parent Share Owners of record would otherwise be entitled will be aggregated and sold in the public market by the distribution agent. The aggregate net cash proceeds of the sales will be distributed ratably to those Parent Share Owners who would otherwise have received fractional shares of Kimball Electronics common stock. Receipt of the cash proceeds from these sales will generally result in a taxable gain or loss to those Parent Share Owners equal to the difference between the amount of cash received and the tax basis allocable to the fractional shares. Each Parent Share Owner entitled to receive cash proceeds from these shares should consult his, her or its own tax advisor as to such Parent Share Owner’s particular circumstances. The tax consequences of the distribution are described in more detail under “The Spin-Off—U.S. Federal Income Tax Consequences of the Spin-Off.”

Conditions to the Spin-Off
Completion of the spin-off is subject to the satisfaction or waiver by Parent of the following conditions:
 
our Registration Statement on Form 10, of which this Information Statement forms a part, shall have been declared effective by the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”), no stop order suspending the effectiveness thereof shall be in effect, no proceedings for such purpose shall be pending before or threatened by the SEC, and a notice of internet availability of this Information Statement shall have been mailed to Parent Share Owners;

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our common stock shall have been approved for listing on the NASDAQ, subject to official notice of distribution;

 
Parent shall have obtained (i) a ruling from the Internal Revenue Service that the Parent stock unification will not cause Parent to recognize income or gain as a result of the distribution; and (ii) an opinion of Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP in form and substance satisfactory to Parent, to the effect that the spin-off satisfies the requirements to qualify as a tax-free transaction for U.S. federal income tax purposes to Parent and to Parent Share Owners under Section 355 of the Code (except for cash payments made to Parent Share Owners in lieu of fractional shares that will generally result in taxable gain or loss to such Parent Share Owners equal to the difference between the amount of cash received and the tax basis allocable to the fractional shares);
 
Prior to the distribution date, Parent’s Board of Directors shall have obtained advice, in form and substance satisfactory to Parent, with respect to the capital adequacy and solvency of us and Parent;

 
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 distribution shall be pending, threatened, issued or in effect, and no other event shall have occurred or failed to occur that prevents the consummation of all or any portion of the distribution;

 
no other events or developments shall have occurred or failed to occur that, in the judgment of the Board of Directors of Parent, would result in the distribution having a material adverse effect on Parent or its Share Owners;

 
the financing transactions described in “Description of Material Indebtedness” and elsewhere in this Information Statement as having occurred prior to the distribution shall have been consummated at or prior to the time of the distribution;

 
a sufficient number of holders of Parent’s Class A common stock shall have converted their shares of Class A common stock into shares of Class B common stock such that the percentage of Class A common stock of Parent issued and outstanding is less than 15% of the aggregate of all shares of Class A and Class B common stock of Parent issued and outstanding, thereby causing, pursuant to Parent’s Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation, the elimination of all distinctions between such classes of stock;
 
Parent shall have taken all necessary action, in the judgment of the Board of Directors of Parent, to cause the Board of Directors of Kimball Electronics to consist of the individuals identified in “Management—Our Board of Directors Following the Spin-Off” of this Information Statement;

 
the Board of Directors of Parent shall have approved the distribution, which approval may be given or withheld at its absolute and sole discretion; and

 
each of the Distribution Agreement, the Tax Matters Agreement, the Employee Matters Agreement, the Transition Services Agreement and the other ancillary agreements shall have been executed by each party.


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The fulfillment of the foregoing conditions will not create any obligation on Parent’s part to effect the spin-off. We are not aware of any material federal, foreign or state regulatory requirements that must be complied with or any material approvals that must be obtained, other than compliance with SEC rules and regulations, approval for listing on the NASDAQ and the declaration of effectiveness of the Registration Statement on Form 10, of which this Information Statement forms a part, by the SEC, in connection with the distribution. Parent has the right not to complete the spin-off if, at any time prior to the distribution, the Board of Directors of Parent determines, in its sole discretion, that the spin-off is not then in the best interests of Parent or its Share Owners or other constituents, that a sale or other alternative is in the best interests of Parent or its Share Owners or other constituents or that it is not advisable for Kimball Electronics to separate from Parent at that time. For more information, see “The Spin-Off—Conditions to the Spin-Off.”

Trading Market and Symbol
We have filed an application to list Kimball Electronics common stock on the NASDAQ under the ticker symbol “KE.” We anticipate that, at least two trading days prior to the record date, trading of shares of Kimball Electronics common stock will begin on a “when-issued” basis and will continue up to and including the distribution date, and we expect “regular-way” trading of Kimball Electronics common stock will begin the first trading day after the distribution date. We also anticipate that, at least two trading days prior to the record date, there will be two markets in Parent common stock: a “regular-way” market on which shares of Parent common stock will trade with an entitlement to shares of Kimball Electronics common stock to be distributed pursuant to the distribution, and an “ex-distribution” market on which shares of Parent common stock will trade without an entitlement to shares of Kimball Electronics common stock. For more information, see “Trading Market.”

Tax Consequences
The spin-off is conditioned upon, among other matters, Parent’s receipt of (i) a ruling from the Internal Revenue Service that the Parent stock unification will not cause Parent to recognize income or gain as a result of the distribution; and (ii) an opinion of Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP to the effect that the distribution satisfies the requirements to qualify as a tax-free transaction for U.S. federal income tax purposes under Section 355 of the Code. Parent expects to receive the ruling and such opinion at or prior to the time of the consummation of the spin-off. Accordingly, and so long as the distribution so qualifies for U.S. federal income tax purposes, no gain or loss will be recognized by you, and no amount will be included in your income, upon the receipt of Kimball Electronics common stock pursuant to the distribution, except with respect to any cash received in lieu of fractional shares that will generally result in a taxable gain or loss equal to the difference between the amount of cash received and the tax basis allocable to the fractional shares. For more information regarding the tax opinion see the tax-related risk factors under “Risk Factors—Risks Relating to the Spin-Off” and “The Spin-Off—U.S. Federal Income Tax Consequences of the Spin-Off.”
 
Each Share Owner is urged to consult his, her or its tax advisor as to the specific tax consequences of the spin-off to such Share Owner, including the effect of any U.S. federal, state, local or non-U.S. tax laws and of changes in applicable tax laws.

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Relationship with Parent after the Spin-Off
We will enter into the Distribution Agreement and other agreements with Parent related to the spin-off. These agreements will govern the relationship between us and Parent after completion of the spin-off and provide for the allocation between us and Parent of various assets, liabilities, rights and obligations (including employee benefits, insurance and tax-related assets and liabilities). We intend to enter into a Transition Services Agreement with Parent pursuant to which certain services will be provided from Parent to Kimball Electronics and vice versa on an interim basis following the distribution. We also intend to enter into an Employee Matters Agreement that will set forth the agreements between us and Parent concerning certain employee compensation and benefit matters. Further, we intend to enter into a Tax Matters Agreement with Parent regarding the sharing of taxes incurred before and after completion of the spin-off, certain indemnification rights with respect to tax matters and certain restrictions to preserve the tax-free status of the spin-off. We describe these arrangements in greater detail under “Certain Relationships and Related Party Transactions—Agreements with Parent Related to the Spin-Off,” and describe some of the risks of these arrangements under “Risk Factors—Risks Relating to the Spin-Off.”
 
After completion of the spin-off:
 
Kimball Electronics will own and operate Parent’s EMS business; and
 
Parent will own and operate Parent’s furniture business.
 
Until the completion of the spin-off, certain of our executive officers and certain other members of our senior management will continue to serve as executive officers and members of senior management of Parent. In addition, after completion of the spin-off, certain members of our Board of Directors will also continue to serve as directors of Parent, but the overlapping directors will not constitute a majority of our Board of Directors. These directors and certain members of our management may have actual or potential conflicts of interest with respect to matters involving us or Parent. We describe these actual or potential conflicts of interest in greater detail under “Risk Factors—Risks Relating to the Spin-Off—We currently share members of senior management and directors with Parent, which means those members of senior management have not devoted their full time and attention to our affairs and the overlap may give rise to conflicts.”
Dividend Policy
We do not expect to pay a regular dividend on our common stock following the spin-off. The timing, declaration, amount and payment of future dividends to our Share Owners will fall within the discretion of our Board of Directors and will depend on many factors, including our financial condition, results of operations and capital requirements, industry practice and other business considerations that our Board of Directors considers relevant from time to time. In addition, the terms of the agreements governing our new debt or debt that we may incur in the future may restrict the payments of dividends. See “Dividend Policy.”

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Risk Factors
We face both general and specific risks and uncertainties relating to our business, our relationship with Parent and our being an independent, publicly traded company. We also are subject to risks relating to the spin-off. You should carefully read the risk factors set forth in the section entitled “Risk Factors” in this Information Statement.


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Summary Historical and Unaudited Pro Forma Condensed Combined Financial Data
The following table presents the summary historical and unaudited pro forma condensed combined financial data for Kimball Electronics. The condensed combined statement of income data for each of the three fiscal years ended June 30, 2014 , and the condensed combined balance sheet data as of June 30, 2014 and 2013 set forth below are derived from our audited Combined Financial Statements included in this Information Statement. The condensed combined statement of income data for the year ended June 30, 2011 and the condensed combined balance sheet data as of June 30, 2012 set forth below are derived from our audited Combined Financial Statements which are not included in this Information Statement.
The summary unaudited pro forma condensed combined financial data as of and for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2014 have been prepared to reflect the spin-off, including: (i) the distribution of 28,829,000 shares of our common stock by Parent to its Share Owners; (ii) assets, liabilities and related expenses assumed from, or transferred to, Parent that were excluded/included in our historical Combined Financial Statements, including those related to the Tax Matters Agreement described under “Certain Relationships and Related Party Transactions — Agreements with Parent Related to the Spin-Off.” The Unaudited Pro Forma Condensed Combined Statement of Income data presented for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2014 assumes the spin-off occurred on July 1, 2013. The Unaudited Pro Forma Condensed Combined Balance Sheet presented as of June 30, 2014 assumes the spin-off occurred on June 30, 2014 . The pro forma adjustments are based on currently available information and assumptions we believe are reasonable, factually supportable, directly attributable to our spin-off from Parent, and for purposes of the statement of income, are expected to have a continuing impact on us.
The unaudited pro forma condensed combined financial data are not necessarily indicative of our results of operations or financial condition had the spin-off been completed on the dates assumed. Also, they may not reflect the results of operations or financial condition that would have resulted had we been operating as a stand-alone publicly traded company during such periods. In addition, they are not necessarily indicative of our future results of operations or financial condition.
The summary financial data should be read in conjunction with our “Unaudited Pro Forma Condensed Combined Financial Statements,” “Capitalization,” “Selected Historical Condensed Combined Financial Data,” “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” and the Combined Financial Statements and accompanying Notes included in this Information Statement.
 
Year Ended June 30
 
Pro Forma
 
Historical
(Amounts in Thousands, Except for Per Share Data)
2014
 
2014
 
2013
 
2012
 
2011
Net Sales
$
741,530

 
$
741,530

 
$
703,129

 
$
616,751

 
$
721,419

Net Income
$
26,641

 
$
24,613

 
$
21,520

 
$
23,903

 
$
4,404

Earnings Per Share:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Basic
$
0.85

 
N/A

 
N/A

 
N/A

 
N/A

Diluted
$
0.85

 
N/A

 
N/A

 
N/A

 
N/A

Historical net income for fiscal year 2014 included $3.5 million of after-tax income resulting from settlements received related to two class action lawsuits in which Parent was a class member, and $2.1 million of after-tax expense related to spin-off costs.
Fiscal year 2012 historical net income included $17.8 million of tax benefit related to the net change in deferred tax asset valuation allowances, and also included $2.2 million of after-tax restructuring expenses. Restructuring expenses for all other periods in the table above were immaterial. See Note 9 - Income Taxes of the Notes to Combined Financial Statements for more information regarding the tax benefit related to the net change in deferred tax valuation allowances.
 
June 30
 
Pro Forma
 
Historical
  (Amounts in Thousands)
2014
 
2014
 
2013
 
2012
Total Assets
$
447,179

 
$
408,730

 
$
367,748

 
$
351,912

Long-Term Debt
$

 
$

 
$

 
$



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RISK FACTORS
You should carefully consider each of the following risks, which we believe are the principal risks that we face and of which we are currently aware, and all of the other information in this Information Statement. Some of the risks described below relate to our business. Such risks, among others, could affect future results and events, causing results and events to differ materially from those expressed or implied in forward-looking statements made in this Information Statement. Other risks relate principally to the spin-off securities markets and ownership of our common stock.
Should any of the following risks and uncertainties develop into actual events, our business, financial condition or results of operations could be materially and adversely affected, the trading price of our common stock could decline, and you could lose all or part of your investment in our shares. Additional risks and uncertainties that we do not currently know about, we currently believe are immaterial or we have not predicted may also adversely affect our business, financial condition or results of operations or the trading price of our common stock.
Risks Relating to Our Business
We face the following risks in connection with the general conditions and trends of the industry in which we operate:
Uncertain macroeconomic and industry conditions could adversely impact demand for our products and adversely affect operating results.
Market demand for our products, which impacts revenues and gross profit, is influenced by a variety of economic and industry factors such as:
instability of the global financial markets;
uncertainty of worldwide economic conditions;
erosion of global consumer confidence;
general corporate profitability of Kimball Electronics’ end markets;
credit availability to Kimball Electronics’ end markets;
demand fluctuations in the industries we currently serve, including automotive, medical, industrial and public safety;
demand for end-user products which include electronic assembly components produced by Kimball Electronics;
excess capacity in the industries in which Kimball Electronics competes; and
changes in customer order patterns, including changes in product quantities, delays in orders, or cancellation of orders.
We must make decisions based on order volumes in order to achieve efficiency in manufacturing capacities.  These decisions include determining what level of additional business to accept, production schedules, component procurement commitments, and personnel requirements, among various other considerations. We must constantly monitor the changing economic landscape and may modify our strategic direction based upon the changing business environment. If we do not react quickly enough to the changes in market or economic conditions, it could result in lost customers, decreased market share, and increased operating costs.
We are exposed to the credit risk of our customers that have been adversely affected by the instability of market conditions.
The instability of market conditions drives an elevated risk of potential bankruptcy of customers resulting in a greater risk of uncollectible outstanding accounts receivable. Accordingly, we intensely monitor our receivables and related credit risks. The realization of these risks could have a negative impact on our profitability.
Reduction of purchases by or the loss of one or more key customers could reduce revenues and profitability.
Losses of key contract customers within specific industries or significant volume reductions from key contract customers are both risks. If a current customer of Kimball Electronics merges with or is acquired by a party that currently is aligned with a competitor, we could lose future revenues. Our continuing success is dependent upon replacing expiring contract customers/programs with new customers/programs. See “Business – Customer Concentration” for disclosure of the net sales as a percentage of combined net sales for each of our significant customers during fiscal years 2014 , 2013 , and 2012 . Regardless of whether our agreements with our customers, including our significant customers Johnson Controls and Philips, have a definite term, our customers typically do not have an obligation to purchase a minimum quantity of products or services as individual purchase orders or other product or project specific documentation are typically entered into from time to time. Our customers generally have the right to cancel a particular product, subject to contractual provisions governing the final product runs, excess or obsolete inventory and end-of-life pricing. As such, our ability to continue the relationships with such customers is uncertain. For example, we expect volumes for one of our largest contracts with Johnson Controls, Inc. (“JCI”), which accounted for approximately $46 million in net sales in fiscal year 2014 , to decline beginning in fiscal year 2015. The reason for such decline in volume is that certain JCI programs are reaching end-of-life. In addition, due to its available capacity, JCI has decided to in-source programs that have historically been manufactured by Kimball Electronics, which accounted for approximately $33

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million in net sales in fiscal year 2014 . We expect JCI's transition to in-sourcing to occur in stages, which started in our fourth quarter of fiscal year 2014 with the transition to be substantially complete by January 2015. Significant declines in the level of purchases by JCI or other key customers or the loss of a significant number of customers, could have a material adverse effect on our business. In addition, the nature of the contract electronics manufacturing industry is such that the start-up of new customers and new programs to replace expiring programs occurs frequently, and new customer and program start-ups generally cause losses early in the life of a program. We can provide no assurance that we will be able to fully replace any lost sales, which could have an adverse effect on our financial position, results of operations, or cash flows.
We operate in a highly competitive environment and may not be able to compete successfully.
Numerous manufacturers within the EMS industry compete globally for business from existing and potential customers. Some of our competitors have greater resources and more geographically diversified international operations than we do. We also face competition from the manufacturing operations of our customers, who are continually evaluating the merits of manufacturing products internally against the advantages of outsourcing to EMS providers. The competition may further intensify as more companies enter the markets in which we operate, as existing competitors expand capacity and as the industry consolidates.
In relation to customer pricing pressures, if we cannot achieve the proportionate reductions in costs, profit margins may suffer. The high level of competition in the industry impacts our ability to implement price increases or, in some cases, even maintain prices, which also could lower profit margins. In addition, as end markets dictate, we are continually assessing excess capacity and developing plans to better utilize manufacturing operations, including consolidating and shifting manufacturing capacity to lower cost venues as necessary.
We are an “emerging growth company” and the reduced disclosure requirements applicable to “emerging growth companies” may make our common stock less attractive to investors.
We are an “emerging growth company,” as defined in the JOBS Act. For as long as we continue to be an “emerging growth company,” we intend to take advantage of certain exemptions from various reporting requirements that are applicable to other public companies. Among other things, we will not be required to (1) provide an auditor’s attestation report on management’s assessment of the effectiveness of our system of internal control over financial reporting pursuant to Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, (2) comply with any new rules that may be adopted by the PCAOB requiring mandatory audit firm rotation or a supplement to the auditor’s report in which the auditor would be required to provide additional information about the audit and the financial statements of the issuer, (3) comply with any new audit rules adopted by the PCAOB after April 5, 2012 unless the SEC determines otherwise, (4) comply with any new or revised financial accounting standards applicable to public companies until such standards are also applicable to private companies under Section 102(b)(1) of the JOBS Act, (5) provide certain disclosure regarding executive compensation required of larger public companies, or (6) hold a nonbinding advisory vote on executive compensation and obtain Share Owner approval of any golden parachute payments not previously approved. Accordingly, the information that we provide Share Owners in this Information Statement and in our other filings with the SEC may be different than what is available with respect to other public companies. We cannot predict if investors will find our common stock less attractive because we will rely on these exemptions. If some investors find our common stock less attractive as a result, there may be a less active trading market for our common stock and our stock price may be more volatile and adversely affected.
Additionally, as an “emerging growth company,” we have elected to take advantage of the extended transition period for complying with new or revised accounting standards applicable to public companies. As a result of this election, our financial statements may not be comparable to companies that comply with public company effective dates for such new or revised standards. The election to comply with these public company effective dates is irrevocable pursuant to Section 107(b) of the JOBS Act.
We will remain an “emerging growth company” until the earliest of (1) the last day of the first fiscal year in which our total annual gross revenues exceed $1 billion, (2) the date on which we are deemed to be a “large accelerated filer,” as defined in Rule 12b-2 under the Exchange Act or any successor statute, which would occur if the market value of our common stock that is held by non-affiliates exceeds $700 million as of the last business day of our most recently completed second fiscal quarter, (3) the date on which we have issued more than $1 billion in non-convertible debt during the preceding three-year period, and (4) the end of the fiscal year following the fifth anniversary of the date of the first sale of our common stock pursuant to an effective registration statement filed under the Securities Act.
We may be unable to purchase a sufficient amount of materials, parts, and components for use in our products at competitive prices, in a timely manner, or at all.
We depend on suppliers globally to provide timely delivery of materials, parts, and components for use in our products. The financial stability of suppliers is monitored by Kimball Electronics when feasible as the loss of a significant supplier could have an adverse impact on our operations. Suppliers adjust their capacity as demand fluctuates, and component shortages and/or

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component allocations could occur. Certain components purchased by Kimball Electronics are primarily manufactured in select regions of the world and issues in those regions could cause manufacturing delays. Maintaining strong relationships with key suppliers of components critical to the manufacturing process is essential. Price increases of commodity components could have an adverse impact on our profitability if we cannot offset such increases with other cost reductions or by price increases to customers. Materials utilized by Kimball Electronics are generally available, but future availability is unknown and could impact our ability to meet customer order requirements. If suppliers fail to meet commitments to Kimball Electronics in terms of price, delivery, or quality, it could interrupt our operations and negatively impact our ability to meet commitments to customers.
Our operating results could be adversely affected by increases in the cost of fuel and other energy sources.
The cost of energy is a critical component of freight expense and the cost of operating manufacturing facilities. Increases in the cost of energy could reduce our profitability.
We are subject to manufacturing inefficiencies due to startup of new programs, transfer of production and other factors.
At times, we may experience labor or other manufacturing inefficiencies due to factors such as start-up of new programs, transfers of production among our manufacturing facilities, a sudden decline in sales, a new operating system, or turnover in personnel. Manufacturing inefficiencies could have an adverse impact on our financial position, results of operations, or cash flows.
A change in our sales mix among various products could have a negative impact on the gross profit margin.
Changes in product sales mix could negatively impact our gross margin as margins of different products vary. We strive to improve the margins of all products, but certain products have lower margins in order to price the product competitively or in connection with the start-up of a new program. An increase in the proportion of sales of products with lower margins could have an adverse impact on our financial position, results of operations, or cash flows.
Our future restructuring efforts may not be successful.
We continually evaluate our manufacturing capabilities and capacities in relation to current and anticipated market conditions. If we implement restructuring plans in the future, the successful execution of those restructuring initiatives will be dependent on various factors and may not be accomplished as quickly or effectively as anticipated.
We will face risks commonly encountered with growth through acquisitions.
Our sales growth plans may occur through both organic growth and acquisitions. Acquisitions involve many risks, including:
difficulties in identifying suitable acquisition candidates and in negotiating and consummating acquisitions on terms attractive to us;
difficulties in the assimilation of the operations of the acquired company;
the diversion of resources, including diverting management’s attention from our current operations;
risks of entering new geographic or product markets in which we have limited or no direct prior experience;
the potential loss of key customers of the acquired company;
the potential loss of key employees of the acquired company;
the potential incurrence of indebtedness to fund the acquisition;
the potential issuance of common stock for some or all of the purchase price, which could dilute ownership interests of our current Share Owners;
the acquired business not achieving anticipated revenues, earnings, cash flow, or market share;
excess capacity;
the assumption of undisclosed liabilities; and
dilution of earnings.
We may not be successful in launching start-up operations.
We are committed to growing our business, and therefore from time to time, we may determine that it would be in our best interests to start up a new operation. Start-up operations involve a number of risks and uncertainties, such as funding the capital expenditures related to the start-up operation, developing a management team for the new operation, diversion of management focus away from current operations, and creation of excess capacity. Any of these risks could have a material adverse effect on our financial position, results of operations, or cash flows. 
Our international operations involve financial and operational risks.
We have operations outside the United States, primarily in China, Thailand, Poland, and Mexico. Our international operations are subject to a number of risks, which may include the following:
economic and political instability;

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warfare, riots, terrorism, and other forms of violence or geopolitical disruption;
compliance with laws, such as the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, applicable to U.S. companies doing business outside the United States;
changes in foreign regulatory requirements and laws;
tariffs and other trade barriers;
potentially adverse tax consequences including the manner in which multinational companies are taxed in the U.S.; and
foreign labor practices.
These risks could have an adverse effect on our financial position, results of operations, or cash flows. In addition, fluctuations in exchange rates could impact our operating results. Our risk management strategy includes the use of derivative financial instruments to hedge certain foreign currency exposures. Any hedging techniques we implement contain risks and may not be entirely effective. Exchange rate fluctuations could also make our products more expensive than competitors’ products not subject to these fluctuations, which could adversely affect our revenues and profitability in international markets.
If efforts to start-up new programs are not successful, this could limit sales growth or cause sales to decline.
The start-up of new programs requires the coordination of the design and manufacturing processes. The design and engineering required for certain new programs can take an extended period of time, and further time may be required to achieve customer acceptance. Accordingly, the launch of any particular program may be delayed or may be less successful than we originally anticipated. Difficulties or delays in starting up new programs or lack of customer acceptance of such programs could limit sales growth or cause sales to decline. We depend on industries that utilize technologically advanced electronic components which often have short life cycles. We must continue to invest in advanced equipment and product development to remain competitive in this area.
If customers do not perceive our engineering and manufacturing services to be innovative and of high quality, our reputation could suffer.
We believe that establishing and maintaining a good reputation is critical to our business. Promotion and enhancement of our name will depend on the effectiveness of marketing and advertising efforts and on successfully providing innovative and high quality electronic engineering and manufacturing services. If customers do not perceive our services to be innovative and of high quality, our reputation could suffer, which could have a material adverse effect on our business.
Failure to effectively manage working capital may adversely affect our cash flow from operations.
We closely monitor inventory and receivable efficiencies and continuously strive to improve these measures of working capital, but customer financial difficulties, cancellation or delay of customer orders, shifts in customer payment practices, transfers of production among our manufacturing facilities, or manufacturing delays could adversely affect our cash flow from operations.
We may not be able to achieve maximum utilization of our manufacturing capacity.
Most of our customers do not commit to long-term production schedules and we are unable to forecast the level of customer orders with certainty over a given period of time. As a result, at times it can be difficult for us to schedule production and maximize utilization of our manufacturing capacity. Fluctuations and deferrals of customer orders may have a material adverse effect on our ability to utilize our fixed capacity and thus negatively impact our operating margins.
We could incur losses due to asset impairment.
As business conditions change, we must continually evaluate and work toward the optimum asset base. It is possible that certain assets such as, but not limited to, facilities, equipment, intangible assets, or goodwill could be impaired at some point in the future depending on changing business conditions. Such impairment could have an adverse impact on our financial position and results of operations.
Fluctuations in our effective tax rate could have a significant impact on our financial position, results of operations, or cash flows.
The mix of pre-tax income or loss among the tax jurisdictions in which we operate that have varying tax rates could impact our effective tax rate. We are subject to income taxes as well as non-income based taxes, in both the United States and various foreign jurisdictions. Judgment is required in determining the worldwide provision for income taxes, other tax liabilities, interest, and penalties. Future events could change management’s assessment. We operate within multiple taxing jurisdictions and are subject to tax audits in these jurisdictions. These audits can involve complex issues, which may require an extended period of time to resolve. We have also made assumptions about the realization of deferred tax assets. Changes in these

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assumptions could result in a valuation allowance for these assets. Final determination of tax audits or tax disputes may be different from what is currently reflected by our income tax provisions and accruals.
Our business may be harmed due to failure to successfully implement information technology solutions or a lack of reasonable safeguards to maintain data security.
Our business depends on effective information technology systems which also are intended to minimize the risk of a security breach or cybersecurity threat, including the misappropriation of assets or other sensitive information, or data corruption which could cause operational disruption. Information systems require an ongoing commitment of significant resources to maintain and enhance existing systems and develop new systems in order to keep pace with changes in information processing technology and evolving industry standards. Implementation delays, poor execution, or a breach of information technology systems could disrupt our operations, damage our reputation, or increase costs related to the mitigation of, response to, or litigation arising from any such issue.
Failure to protect our intellectual property could undermine our competitive position.
We attempt to protect our intellectual property rights, both in the United States and in foreign countries, through a combination of trademark, copyright, and trade secret laws, as well as licensing agreements and third-party non-disclosure and assignment agreements. Because of the differences in foreign laws concerning proprietary rights, our intellectual property rights do not generally receive the same degree of protection in foreign countries as they do in the United States, and therefore in some parts of the world, we have limited protections, if any, for our intellectual property. Competing effectively depends, to a significant extent, on maintaining the proprietary nature of our intellectual property.
We may be sued by third parties for alleged infringement of their intellectual property rights and incur substantial litigation or other costs.
We could be notified of a claim regarding intellectual property rights which could lead to Kimball Electronics spending time and money to defend or address the claim. Even if the claim is without merit, it could result in substantial costs and diversion of resources.
Our insurance may not adequately protect us from liabilities related to product defects.
We maintain product liability and other insurance coverage that we believe to be generally in accordance with industry practices. However, our insurance coverage may not be adequate to protect us fully against substantial claims and costs that may arise from liabilities related to product defects, particularly if we have a large number of defective products or if the root cause is disputed.
Our failure to maintain Food and Drug Administration (FDA) registration of one or more of our registered manufacturing facilities could negatively impact our ability to produce products for our customers in the medical industry.
To maintain FDA registration, Kimball Electronics is subject to FDA audits of the manufacturing process. FDA audit failure could result in a partial or total suspension of production, fines, or criminal prosecution. Failure or noncompliance could have an adverse effect on our reputation in addition to an adverse impact on our financial position, results of operations, or cash flows.
We are subject to extensive environmental regulation and significant potential environmental liabilities.
The past and present operation and ownership by Kimball Electronics of manufacturing plants and real property are subject to extensive and changing federal, state, local, and foreign environmental laws and regulations, including those relating to discharges in air, water, and land, the handling and disposal of solid and hazardous waste, the use of certain hazardous materials in the production of select products, and the remediation of contamination associated with releases of hazardous substances. In addition, the increased prevalence of global climate issues may result in new regulations that may negatively impact us. We cannot predict what environmental legislation or regulations will be enacted in the future, how existing or future laws or regulations will be administered or interpreted or what environmental conditions may be found to exist. Compliance with more stringent laws or regulations, or stricter interpretation of existing laws, may require additional expenditures by Kimball Electronics, some of which could be material. In addition, any investigations or remedial efforts relating to environmental matters could involve material costs or otherwise result in material liabilities.
Our success will continue to depend to a significant extent on our key personnel.
We depend significantly on our executive officers and other key personnel. The unexpected loss of the services of any one of these executive officers or other key personnel would have an adverse effect on us.

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Our failure to retain the existing management team, maintain our engineering, technical, and manufacturing process expertise, or continue to attract qualified personnel could adversely affect our business.
Our success is dependent on keeping pace with technological advancements and adapting services to provide manufacturing capabilities which meet customers’ changing needs. In addition, we must retain our qualified engineering and technical personnel and successfully anticipate and respond to technological changes in a cost effective and timely manner. Our culture and guiding principles focus on continuous training, motivating, and development of employees, and we strive to attract, motivate, and retain qualified personnel. Failure to retain and attract qualified personnel could adversely affect our business.
Turnover in personnel could cause manufacturing inefficiencies.
The demand for manufacturing labor in certain geographic areas makes retaining experienced production employees difficult. Turnover could result in additional training and inefficiencies that could impact our operating results.
Natural disasters or other catastrophic events may impact our production schedules and, in turn, negatively impact profitability.
Natural disasters or other catastrophic events, including severe weather, terrorist attacks, power interruptions, and fires, could disrupt operations and likewise our ability to produce or deliver products.  Our manufacturing operations require significant amounts of energy, including natural gas and oil, and governmental regulations may control the allocation of such fuels to Kimball Electronics.  Employees are an integral part of our business and events such as a pandemic could reduce the availability of employees reporting for work. In the event we experience a temporary or permanent interruption in our ability to produce or deliver product, revenues could be reduced, and business could be materially adversely affected. In addition, catastrophic events, or the threat thereof, can adversely affect U.S. and world economies, and could result in delayed or lost sales of Kimball Electronics’ products. In addition, any continuing disruption in our computer system could adversely affect the ability to receive and process customer orders, manufacture products, and ship products on a timely basis, and could adversely affect relations with customers, potentially resulting in reduction in orders from customers or loss of customers. We maintain insurance to help protect us from costs relating to some of these matters, but such may not be sufficient or paid in a timely manner to us in the event of such an interruption.
The requirements of being a public company may strain our resources and distract management.
We are subject to the reporting requirements of federal securities laws, including the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002. Among other requirements, the Sarbanes-Oxley Act requires that we maintain effective disclosure controls and procedures and internal control over financial reporting. We have expended and expect to continue to expend management time and resources maintaining documentation and testing internal control over financial reporting. While Parent’s evaluation as of June 30, 2014 resulted in the conclusion that Parent’s (including Kimball Electronics) internal control over financial reporting was effective as of that date, we cannot predict the outcome of testing in future periods. As an “emerging growth company,” we are excluded from Section 404(b) of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, which otherwise would have required our auditors to formally attest to and report on the effectiveness of our internal control over financial reporting. If we cannot maintain effective disclosure controls and procedures or favorably assess the effectiveness of our internal control over financial reporting, or once we are no longer an “emerging growth company,” our independent registered public accounting firm cannot provide an unqualified attestation report on the effectiveness of our internal control over financial reporting, investor confidence and, in turn, the market price of our common stock could decline.
Imposition of government regulations may significantly increase our operating costs in the United States and abroad.
Legislative and regulatory reforms by the U.S. federal and foreign governments could significantly impact the profitability of Kimball Electronics by burdening us with forced cost choices that cannot be recovered by increased pricing. For example:
The United States healthcare reform legislation passed in 2010 and upheld by the Supreme Court in 2012 is likely to increase our total healthcare and related administrative expenses as the provisions of the law become effective. Governmental changes or delays to the provisions may likewise drive changes in our implementation plan causing inefficiencies and increasing our implementation costs even further. The changes resulting from this healthcare reform legislation could have a significant impact on our employment practices in the U.S., our financial position, results of operations, or cash flows.
International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) must be followed when producing defense related products for the U.S. government. A breach of these regulations could have an adverse impact on our financial condition, results of operations, or cash flows.
Foreign regulations are increasing in many areas such as data privacy, hazardous waste disposal, labor relations and employment practices.

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Provisions of the Dodd-Frank Act relating to “Conflict Minerals” may increase our costs and reduce our sales levels.
The Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act contains provisions to improve transparency and accountability concerning the supply of certain minerals originating from the Democratic Republic of Congo (“DRC”) and adjoining countries that are believed to benefit armed groups. As a result, the SEC has adopted new due diligence, disclosure, and reporting requirements for companies which manufacture products that include components containing such minerals, regardless of whether the minerals are actually mined in the DRC or adjoining countries. Such regulations could decrease the availability and increase the prices of components used in our products, particularly if we choose (or are required by our customers) to source such components from different suppliers than we use now. In addition, as our supply chain is complex and the process to comply with the new SEC rules is cumbersome, the ongoing compliance process is both time-consuming and costly. We may face reduced sales if we are unable to timely verify the origins of minerals contained in the components included in our products, or supply disruptions if our due diligence process reveals that materials we source originate in the DRC or adjoining countries. 

Risks Relating to the Spin-Off
We face the following risks in connection with the spin-off:
If the distribution does not qualify as a tax-free transaction, tax could be imposed on the Share Owners and Parent and we may be required to indemnify Parent for its tax.
The spin-off is conditioned upon, among other matters, Parent’s receipt of (i) a ruling from the Internal Revenue Service that the Parent stock unification will not cause Parent to recognize income or gain as a result of the distribution; and (ii) an opinion of Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP to the effect that the distribution satisfies the requirements to qualify as a tax-free transaction for U.S. federal income tax purposes under Section 355 of the Code. However, the validity of the tax opinion will be subject to the accuracy of factual representations and assumptions provided by Parent and us in connection with obtaining the tax opinion, including with respect to post-spin-off operations and conduct of the parties. Neither Parent nor we are aware of any facts or circumstances that would cause these factual statements or representations to be incomplete or untrue or cause the facts on which the opinion is based to be materially different from the facts at the time of the spin-off. However, if these factual representations and assumptions are inaccurate or incomplete in any material respect, including those relating to the past and future conduct of the business, then we will not be able to rely on the tax opinion.
Furthermore, the tax opinion will not be binding on the Internal Revenue Service or the courts. Accordingly, the IRS or the courts may reach conclusions with respect to the spin-off that are different from the conclusions reached in the opinion. If, notwithstanding our receipt of the tax opinion, the spin-off is determined to be taxable, then (i) Parent would be subject to tax as if it sold the Kimball Electronics common stock in a taxable sale for its fair market value; and (ii) each Share Owner who receives Kimball Electronics common stock would be treated as receiving a distribution of property in an amount equal to the fair market value of the Kimball Electronics common stock that would generally result in varied tax liabilities for each Share Owner depending on the facts and circumstances. For more information, see “The Spin-Off — U.S. Federal Income Tax Consequences of the Spin-Off.”
Even if the spin-off does qualify as a tax-free transaction for U.S. federal income tax purposes, the distribution will be taxable to Parent (but not to Parent Share Owners) pursuant to Section 355(e) of the Code if there are one or more acquisitions (including issuances) of the stock of either us or Parent, representing 50% or more, measured by vote or value, of the then-outstanding stock of either us or Parent and the acquisition or acquisitions are deemed to be part of a plan or series of related transactions that include the distribution. Any acquisition of our common stock within two years before or after the distribution (with exceptions, including public trading by less-than-5% Share Owners and certain compensatory stock issuances) generally will be presumed to be part of such a plan unless that presumption is rebutted. The resulting tax liability may have a material adverse effect on both our and Parent’s business, financial condition, results of operations or cash flows.
Pursuant to the Tax Matters Agreement, (i) we have agreed (a) not to enter into any transaction that could cause any portion of the spin-off to be taxable to Parent, including under Section 355(e) of the Code; (b) to indemnify Parent for any tax liabilities resulting from such transactions; and (ii) Parent has agreed to indemnify us for any tax liabilities resulting from such transactions entered into by Parent. In addition, under U.S. Treasury regulations, each member of Parent’s consolidated group at the time of the spin-off (including us and our subsidiaries) would be jointly and severally liable for the resulting U.S. federal income tax liability if all or a portion of the spin-off does not qualify as a tax-free transaction, and we have agreed to indemnify Parent for a portion of certain tax liabilities incurred in connection with the spin-off under certain circumstances. These obligations may discourage, delay or prevent a change of control of our company. For more information, see the Tax Matters Agreement.

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Our accounting and other management systems and resources may not be adequately prepared to meet the financial reporting and other requirements to which we will be subject following the distribution.
Our financial results previously were included within the consolidated results of Parent, and we believe that our financial reporting and internal controls were appropriate for those of subsidiaries of a public company. However, we were not directly subject to the reporting and other requirements of the Exchange Act. As a result of the distribution, we will be directly subject to reporting and other obligations under the Exchange Act. Beginning with our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ending June 30, 2016, we will be required to comply with Section 404(a) of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (the “Sarbanes-Oxley Act”) which will require annual management assessments of the effectiveness of our internal control over financial reporting as to whether we maintained, in all material respects, effective internal control over financial reporting as of the last day of the year. These reporting and other obligations may place significant demands on our management, administrative and operational resources, including accounting systems and resources.
The Exchange Act requires that we file annual, quarterly and current reports with respect to our business and financial condition. Under the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, we are required to maintain effective disclosure controls and procedures and internal controls over financial reporting. To comply with these requirements, we may need to upgrade our systems; implement additional financial and management controls, reporting systems and procedures; and hire additional accounting and finance staff. We expect to incur additional annual expenses for the purpose of addressing these requirements, and those expenses may be significant. If we are unable to upgrade our financial and management controls, reporting systems, information technology systems and procedures in a timely and effective fashion, our ability to comply with our financial reporting requirements and other rules that apply to reporting companies under the Exchange Act could be impaired. Any failure to achieve and maintain effective internal controls could have a material adverse effect on our financial condition, results of operations or cash flows.
We do not have a recent operating history as an independent company and our historical financial information may not be a reliable indicator of our future results.
The historical financial information we have included in this Information Statement has been derived from Parent’s consolidated financial statements and does not necessarily reflect what our financial position, results of operations and cash flows would have been as a separate, stand-alone entity during the periods presented. Parent did not account for us, and we were not operated, as a single stand-alone entity for the periods presented even if we represented an important business segment in Parent’s historical consolidated financial statements. In addition, the historical information is not necessarily indicative of what our results of operations, financial position and cash flows will be in the future. For example, following the spin-off, changes will occur in our cost structure, funding and operations, including changes in our tax structure, increased costs associated with reduced economies of scale and increased costs associated with becoming a public, stand-alone company. While we have been profitable as part of Parent, we cannot assure you that as a stand-alone company our profits will continue at a similar level.
We may be unable to achieve some or all of the benefits that we expect to achieve from the spin-off.
As an independent, publicly traded company, we believe that our business will benefit from, among other things, the alignment of our cost structure with our business objectives and improved management incentive tools. However, by separating from Parent, we may be more susceptible to market fluctuations and other adverse events than we would have been were we still a part of Parent. In addition, we may not be able to achieve some or all of the benefits that we expect to achieve as an independent company, including additional revenues as a result of removing certain organizational conflicts of interest as a result of the spin-off, in the time we expect, if at all.
Our customers, prospective customers and suppliers might not be satisfied that our financial stability on a stand-alone basis is sufficient to satisfy their requirements for doing or continuing to do business with them.
Some of our customers, prospective customers and suppliers may need assurances that our financial stability on a stand-alone basis is sufficient to satisfy their requirements for doing or continuing to do business with them. If our customers, prospective customers or suppliers are not satisfied with our financial stability, it could have a material adverse effect on our ability to bid for and obtain or retain projects, our business, financial condition, results of operations and cash flows.
The spin-off may expose us to potential liabilities arising out of state and federal fraudulent conveyance laws and legal distribution requirements.
The spin-off could be challenged under various state and federal fraudulent conveyance laws. An unpaid creditor or an entity vested with the power of such creditor (such as a trustee or debtor-in-possession in a bankruptcy) could claim that the spin-off left Parent insolvent or with unreasonably small capital or that Parent intended or believed it would incur debts beyond its ability to pay such debts as they mature and that Parent did not receive fair consideration or reasonably equivalent value in the spin-off. If a court were to agree with such a plaintiff, then such court could void the spin-off as a fraudulent transfer and could

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impose a number of different remedies, including without limitation, returning our assets or your shares in our company to Parent, voiding our liens and claims against Parent, or providing Parent with a claim for money damages against us in an amount equal to the difference between the consideration received by Parent and the fair market value of our company at the time of the spin-off.
The measure of insolvency for purposes of the fraudulent conveyance laws will vary depending on which jurisdiction’s law is applied. Generally, however, an entity would be considered insolvent if either the fair saleable value of its assets is less than the amount of its liabilities (including the probable amount of contingent liabilities), or it is unlikely to be able to pay its liabilities as they become due. No assurance can be given as to what standard a court would apply to determine insolvency or that a court would determine that Parent was solvent at the time of or after giving effect to the spin-off, including the distribution of our common stock.
Under the Distribution Agreement, from and after the spin-off, we will be responsible for the debts, liabilities and other obligations related to the business or businesses which we own and operate following the consummation of the spin-off. Although we do not expect to be liable for any of these or other obligations not expressly assumed by us pursuant to the Distribution Agreement, it is possible that we could be required to assume responsibility for certain obligations retained by Parent should Parent fail to pay or perform its retained obligations. See “Certain Relationships and Related Party Transactions—Agreements with Parent Related to the Spin-Off—Distribution Agreement.”
We may have been able to receive better terms from unaffiliated third parties than the terms we receive in our agreements with Parent related to the spin-off.
In connection with the spin-off, Parent will allocate to us certain assets, liabilities, rights, indemnifications and other obligations, among other things. The agreements related to the spin-off, including the Distribution Agreement, Employee Matters Agreement, Tax Matters Agreement, Transition Services Agreement and any other agreements, were negotiated while we were still a part of Parent. Accordingly, these agreements may not reflect terms that would have resulted from arm’s-length negotiations between unaffiliated third parties. We may have received better terms under these agreements from unaffiliated third parties because, among other things, third parties may have competed with each other to win our business. In addition, although we believe that all of Parent’s intellectual property rights used in our current business will either be transferred or licensed to us under the Distribution Agreement or another agreement with Parent, we may discover following completion of the spin-off that we did not receive rights to certain technology that would allow us to expand our business. As a result, the terms of these agreements with Parent may adversely affect our future business operations and financial results. See “Certain Relationships and Related Party Transactions—Agreements with Parent Related to the Spin-Off.”
We may incur greater costs as an independent company than we did when we were a part of Parent.
As part of Parent, we could take advantage of Parent’s size and purchasing power in procuring certain goods and services such as insurance and health care benefits, and technology such as computer software licenses. We also rely on Parent to provide various corporate functions. After the spin-off, as a separate, independent entity, we may be unable to obtain these goods, services and technologies at prices or on terms as favorable to us as those we obtained prior to the distribution. We may also incur costs for functions previously performed by Parent that are higher than the amounts reflected in our historical financial statements, which could cause our profitability to decrease.
Following the spin-off, we will be dependent on Parent to provide certain services pursuant to the Transition Services Agreement.
Currently, we rely on Parent to provide administrative services such as certain information technology services. We expect to develop the capability to provide all such services internally at Kimball Electronics. However, to the extent that we are unable to develop such capabilities prior to the spin-off, we will rely on Parent to continue to provide certain services for a period of time pursuant to the Transition Services Agreement. If Parent is unable or unwilling to provide such services pursuant to the Transition Services Agreement, we may be unable to obtain such services from another provider.
We currently share members of senior management and directors with Parent, which means those members of senior management have not devoted their full time and attention to our affairs and the overlap may give rise to conflicts.
Until the completion of the spin-off, certain of our executive officers and certain other members of our senior management will continue to serve as executive officers and members of senior management of Parent. As a result, prior to the completion of the spin-off, certain of our executive officers and certain other members of our senior management have not devoted and will not devote their full time and attention to our affairs, which could have a material adverse effect on our business. In addition, after completion of the spin-off, certain members of our Board of Directors will also continue to serve as directors of Parent, but the overlapping directors will not constitute a majority of our Board members. These directors and certain members of management may have actual or apparent conflicts of interest with respect to matters involving or affecting us or Parent. For

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example, there could be the potential for a conflict of interest when we or Parent look at acquisitions and other corporate opportunities that may be suitable for both companies. Also, conflicts may arise if there are issues or disputes under the commercial arrangements that will exist between Parent and us. Our Board of Directors and the Board of Directors of Parent will review and address any potential conflict of interests that may arise between Parent and us. Although no specific measures to resolve such conflicts of interest have been formulated, our Board of Directors and the Board of Directors of Parent have a fiduciary obligation to deal fairly and in good faith. Our Board of Directors intends to exercise reasonable judgment and take such steps as they deem necessary under all of the circumstances in resolving any specific conflict of interest which may occur and will determine what, if any, specific measures, such as retention of an independent advisor, independent counsel or special committee, may be necessary or appropriate. Any such conflict could have a material adverse effect on our business.
We have no operating history as an independent company upon which you can evaluate our performance and, accordingly, our prospects must be considered in light of the risks that any newly independent company encounters.
We currently operate as a business segment of Parent. Accordingly, we have no experience operating as an independent company and performing various corporate functions, including human resources, tax administration, legal (including compliance with the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 and with the periodic reporting obligations of the Exchange Act), treasury administration, investor relations, internal audit, insurance, information technology and telecommunications services, as well as the accounting for many items such as lease accounting and stock-based compensation, income taxes and intangible assets. After the spin-off, our prospects must be considered in light of the risks, expenses and difficulties encountered by companies in the early stages of independent business operations, all of which could have a material adverse effect on our business.
We may not be able to complete the spin-off from Parent as successfully and cost-effectively as we anticipate.
There is a significant degree of difficulty and management distraction inherent in the process of our separation from Parent. These difficulties include:
the challenge of effecting the spin-off while carrying on the ongoing operations of each business;
the potential difficulty in retaining key officers and personnel of each company; and
separating corporate infrastructure, including but not limited to systems, insurance, accounting, legal, finance, real estate, tax and human resources, for each of the two companies.
Our spin-off from Parent might not be completed as successfully and cost-effectively as we anticipate. This could have an adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations. Our costs may increase as a result of the spin-off.
There can be no assurance that the spin-off will be completed in October 2014 or at all. Until the spin-off occurs, Parent retains the sole discretion to alter the terms of the spin-off or abandon the spin-off entirely. The agreements that we will enter into with Parent in connection with the spin-off will not be the product of arm’s length negotiations.
Parent anticipates that the spin-off will be completed in October 2014, although there can be no assurance that the spin-off will be completed within such time period or at all. Until the spin-off occurs, Parent will have the sole and absolute discretion to determine and change the terms of, and whether to proceed with, the spin-off. Any such changes to the terms of the spin-off could be materially adverse to us. The agreements that we will enter into with Parent in connection with the spin-off may not be the product of arm’s length negotiations and the terms of the agreements for us may not be as favorable as would have resulted from arm’s length negotiations among unrelated third parties. In addition, until the spin-off occurs, the terms of such agreements may change. Any such agreements or changes may result in additional material obligations (including liabilities in respect of tax matters related to the spin-off) to us.


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Risks Relating to Our Common Stock
You face the following risks in connection with ownership of our common stock:
There is no existing market for our common stock and we cannot be certain that an active trading market will develop or be sustained after the spin-off, and following the spin-off, our stock price may fluctuate significantly.
There currently is no public market for our common stock. We intend to list our common stock on the NASDAQ. See “Trading Market.” It is anticipated that before the distribution date for the spin-off, trading of shares of our common stock will begin on a “when-issued” basis and such trading will continue up to and including the distribution date. However, there can be no assurance that an active trading market for our common stock will develop as a result of the spin-off or be sustained in the future. The lack of an active market may make it more difficult for you to sell our common stock and could lead to the price of our common stock being depressed or more volatile. We cannot predict the prices at which our common stock may trade after the spin-off. The market price of our common stock may fluctuate widely, depending on many factors, some of which may be beyond our control, including:
actual or anticipated fluctuations in our operating results due to factors related to our business;
wins and losses on contract competitions and new business pursuits;
success or failure of our business strategy;
our quarterly or annual earnings, or those of other companies in our industry;
our ability to obtain financing as needed;
announcements by us or our competitors of significant acquisitions or dispositions;
changes in accounting standards, policies, guidance, interpretations or principles;
the failure of securities analysts to cover our common stock after the spin-off;
changes in earnings estimates by securities analysts or our ability to meet those estimates;
the operating and stock price performance of other comparable companies;
the changes in customer requirements for our products and services;
natural or environmental disasters that investors believe may affect us;
overall market fluctuations;
results from any material litigation or government investigation;
changes in laws and regulations affecting our business; and
general economic conditions and other external factors.
Stock markets in general have experienced volatility that has often been unrelated to the operating performance of a particular company. These broad market fluctuations could adversely affect the trading price of our common stock.
Substantial sales of our common stock may occur in connection with the spin-off, which could cause the price of our common stock to decline.
The shares of our common stock that Parent distributes to its Share Owners generally may be sold immediately in the public market. It is possible that some Parent Share Owners, which could include some of our larger Share Owners, will sell our common stock received in the distribution if, for reasons such as our business profile or market capitalization as an independent company, we do not fit their investment objectives, or—in the case of index funds—we are not a participant in the index in which they are investing. The sales of significant amounts of our common stock or the perception in the market that this will occur may reduce the market price of our common stock.
Anti-takeover provisions in our organizational documents, the Tax Matters Agreement and Indiana law could delay or prevent a change in control.
Prior to completion of the spin-off, we will adopt the Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation and the Amended and Restated Bylaws. Certain provisions of the Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation and the Amended and Restated Bylaws may delay or prevent a merger or acquisition that a Share Owner may consider favorable. For example, the Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation authorizes our Board of Directors to issue one or more series of preferred stock, prevents Share Owners from acting by written consent and requires a supermajority Share Owner approval for certain business combinations with related persons. These provisions may discourage acquisition proposals or delay or prevent a change in control, which could harm our stock price. Indiana law also imposes some restrictions on potential acquirers. See “Description of Capital Stock.”
Under the Tax Matters Agreement, we will agree not to enter into any transaction involving an acquisition (including issuance) of our common stock or any other transaction (or, to the extent we have the right to prohibit it, to permit any such transaction) that could cause the distribution to be taxable to Parent. We will also agree to indemnify Parent for any tax resulting from any such transactions. Generally, Parent will recognize taxable gain on the distribution if there are one or more acquisitions

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(including issuances) of our capital stock, directly or indirectly, representing 50% or more, measured by vote or value, of our then-outstanding capital stock, and the acquisitions or issuances are deemed to be part of a plan or series of related transactions that include the distribution. Any such shares of our common stock acquired, directly or indirectly, within two years before or after the distribution (with exceptions, including public trading by less-than-5% Share Owners and certain compensatory stock issuances) will generally be presumed to be part of such a plan unless that presumption is rebutted. As a result, our obligations may discourage, delay or prevent a change of control of our company.
The value of our common stock may experience substantial fluctuations for reasons over which we may have little control .
The value of common stock could fluctuate substantially based on a variety of factors, including, among others:
actual or anticipated fluctuations in operating results;
announcements concerning Kimball Electronics, competitors, or industry;
overall volatility of the stock market;
changes in the financial estimates of securities analysts or investors regarding Kimball Electronics, the industry, or competitors; and
general market or economic conditions.
Furthermore, stock prices for many companies fluctuate widely for reasons that may be unrelated to their operating results. These fluctuations, coupled with changes in results of operations and general economic, political, and market conditions, may adversely affect the value of Kimball Electronics’ common stock.


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SPECIAL NOTE ABOUT FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS
We have made forward-looking statements in this Information Statement, including in the sections entitled “Summary,” “Risk Factors,” “Questions and Answers About the Spin-Off,” “The Spin-Off,” “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” and “Business,” that are based on our management’s beliefs and assumptions and on information currently available to our management. Forward-looking statements are statements made by management, using their best business judgment based upon facts known at the time of the statements or reasonable estimates, about future results, plans, or future performance and business of Kimball Electronics. Such statements involve risk and uncertainty, and their ultimate validity is affected by a number of factors, both specific and general. They should not be construed as a guarantee that such results or events will, in fact, occur or be realized. The statements may be identified by the use of words such as “believes,” “anticipates,” “expects,” “intends,” “plans,” “projects,” “estimates,” “forecasts,” “seeks,” “likely,” “future,” “may,” “might,” “should,” “would,” “will,” and similar expressions. It is not possible to foresee or identify all factors that could cause actual results to differ from expected or historical results.
Forward-looking statements involve risks, uncertainties and assumptions. Actual results may differ materially from those expressed in these forward-looking statements. You should not put undue reliance on any forward-looking statements in this Information Statement. We do not have any intention or obligation to update forward-looking statements after the date of this Information Statement set forth on the cover of this Information Statement.
The risk factors discussed in “Risk Factors” could cause our results to differ materially from those expressed in forward-looking statements. There may be other risks and uncertainties that we are unable to predict at this time or that we currently do not expect to have a material adverse effect on our business. Any such risks could cause our results to differ materially from those expressed in forward-looking statements.

THE SPIN-OFF
Background
On January 17, 2014, after consultation with financial and other advisors, the Board of Directors of Parent approved a plan to spin-off Kimball Electronics from Parent, following which Kimball Electronics will be an independent, publicly traded company.
To complete the spin-off, Parent will distribute to its Share Owners all of the outstanding shares of our common stock. The distribution will occur on the distribution date, which is expected to be October 31, 2014 . Each holder of Parent common stock will receive three shares of our common stock for every four shares of Parent Class A common stock or Class B common stock held on October 22, 2014 , the record date and cash in lieu of fractional shares of our common stock. The distribution will occur immediately after the conversion of a sufficient number of shares of Parent’s Class A common stock into shares of Parent's Class B common stock to eliminate, pursuant to Parent’s Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation, all distinctions, voting or otherwise, between such classes of stock. See “Parent Stock Unification.” After completion of the spin-off:
we will be an independent, publicly traded company comprising Parent’s EMS business; and
Parent will continue to be an independent, publicly traded company operating Parent’s remaining business.
Each Parent Share Owner will continue to hold his, her or its shares in Parent at the time of the spin-off. No vote of Parent’s Share Owners is required or is being sought in connection with the spin-off. Parent’s Share Owners will not have any appraisal rights in connection with the spin-off.
The distribution of our common stock as described in this Information Statement is subject to the satisfaction or waiver of certain conditions. In addition, Parent has the right not to complete the spin-off if, at any time prior to the distribution, the Board of Directors of Parent determines, in its sole discretion, that the spin-off is not then in the best interests of Parent or its Share Owners, that a sale or other alternative is in the best interests of Parent or its Share Owners, or that it is not advisable for us to separate from Parent at that time. See “—Conditions to the Spin-Off.”
Reasons for the Spin-Off
Parent’s Board of Directors has been actively evaluating a variety of strategic alternatives for several years and regularly reviews the various strategies and operations of each of the furniture and EMS businesses to ensure that resources are deployed and activities are pursued in a manner believed to be in the best interests of Parent’s Share Owners. As part of its review process, Parent’s Board of Directors, with input and advice from Parent’s senior management, evaluated different alternatives, including potential opportunities for dispositions, acquisitions, business combinations and separations, with the goal of enhancing Share Owner value. As a result of the differences in the operations, geographical scope and strategic focus of

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Parent’s furniture and EMS businesses, a spin-off of the EMS business from the furniture business was one of the alternatives that Parent’s Board of Directors considered. As part of this evaluation of a possible spin-off, Parent’s Board of Directors considered a number of factors, including the strategic focus of and flexibility for each business, the ability of the businesses to compete and operate efficiently and effectively as separate public companies, the financial profile of the businesses, the potential reaction of investors and the probability of successful execution of the various alternatives considered and the risks associated with those alternatives.

During 2013 and early 2014, Parent’s Board of Directors continued to evaluate strategic alternatives, including a separation of the furniture and EMS businesses. As a result of this evaluation, after considering the differences in the businesses and various other factors in light of the businesses at that time together with input from its financial advisor, Robert W. Baird & Co., Incorporated and its outside counsel, Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP, Parent’s Board of Directors determined that proceeding with the spin-off at this time would be in the best interests of Parent and its Share Owners.
Specifically, Parent’s Board of Directors has determined that the spin-off is in the best interests of Parent and its Share Owners because the spin-off will provide the following key benefits:
facilitating the separate management of Parent and Kimball Electronics and allowing each to focus its efforts and allocating its resources on its respective businesses based on the unique business characteristics and strategic initiatives of each respective business, thereby (i) allowing each business to pursue its own distinct opportunities and growth plans and (ii) eliminating internal competition for capital and other inherent managerial and operational conflicts;
allowing Parent and Kimball Electronics to have independent capital structures to fund their growth, thereby permitting us to adopt a debt and capital structure more suitable for a growth-oriented company and enhancing our ability to raise capital needed to take advantage of growth opportunities (including possible future stock issuances as a result of creating our own independently publicly traded stock);
providing each of Parent and Kimball Electronics with a key employee compensation program, including cash bonuses and equity awards, that relate solely to the performance of the business for which the key employees are responsible; and
the potential for improving Share Owner value by promoting independent market recognition of Parent and Kimball Electronics as separate publicly traded companies and allowing investors to recognize and realize the full potential value of each company independently.
In evaluating the spin-off, Parent’s Board of Directors also considered various potentially negative factors relating to the spin-off, including, among other things, the risk of loss of key personnel, the possibility that we may experience disruptions in our business as a result of the spin-off, the risk that the combined trading prices of our common stock and Parent’s common stock after the spin-off may be lower than the trading price of Parent’s common stock before the spin-off, the loss of synergies from operating as one company, the risk that our management would not be able to execute our business plan, the risk that general business, economic and market conditions would similarly interfere with the realization of the operational and strategic advantages that we expect to achieve as an independent public company, as well as the potential costs, including developing corporate infrastructure and the additional legal, accounting and administrative costs associated with our becoming a separate, publicly traded company. The Board of Directors of Parent also considered certain limitations on us and Parent that would result from the spin-off, including restrictions that might result from the agreements that we would enter into with Parent in connection with the spin-off, our need to capitalize our business appropriately as a stand-alone entity and the allocation of future growth opportunities. Notwithstanding such negative factors, Parent’s Board of Directors concluded that the potential benefits of the spin-off outweigh such potential negative factors.
Parent’s Board of Directors also considered a variety of alternatives to the spin-off and concluded that none of the alternatives was likely to create value for Share Owners equal to the anticipated key benefits of the spin-off as described above.
Spin-off of Kimball Electronics from Parent

With the objective of creating two separate and strong businesses, Parent established principles to implement the separation of the EMS business and the furniture business on the basis that both Parent and we will each hold the assets needed to operate our respective businesses and have total liabilities immediately following the spin-off that are reasonably related to our respective businesses.

In furtherance of the foregoing, Parent’s Board of Directors charged a steering committee comprising members of Parent’s senior management (the “Steering Committee”) with overseeing the separation of the businesses. The Steering Committee includes both officers that we expect will continue to serve Parent and officers that we expect to employ after the spin-off, in

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addition to two officers that will be retiring upon completion of the spin-off. Specifically, the Steering Committee is comprised of the following officers of Parent:

Douglas A. Habig, Chairman of the Board
 
James C. Thyen, President, Chief Executive Officer
 
 
 
Donald D. Charron, Executive Vice President,
 
Robert F. Schneider, Executive Vice President,
President-Kimball Electronics Group
 
Chief Financial Officer
 
 
 
John H. Kahle, Executive Vice President, General
 
Donald W. Van Winkle, Executive Vice President,
Counsel, Secretary
 
President-Furniture Group
 
 
 
Lonnie P. Nicholson, Vice President, Chief
 
Dean M. Vonderheide, Vice President,
Information Officer
 
Organizational Effectiveness

Messrs. Habig and Thyen are expected to retire from Parent and resign their positions as directors of Parent upon completion of the spin-off. Messrs. Charron and Kahle are expected to serve as officers of Kimball Electronics following completion of the spin-off and Messrs. Schneider, Van Winkle, Nicholson and Vonderheide are expected to remain as officers of Parent following completion of the spin-off.

Guided by the spin-off principles and input from business units and strategy, tax and legal teams, as well as outside advisors, the Steering Committee considered, among other factors, each business’ historical ownership and usage of assets, incurrence of liabilities, relationships with other entities, accounting treatment, and administrative costs and efficiencies to determine the terms of the separation of the EMS business and the furniture business.

The agreements related to the spin-off, including the Distribution Agreement, Employee Matters Agreement, Tax Matters Agreement, Transition Services Agreement and any other agreements, were negotiated while we were still part of Parent. Accordingly, these agreements may not reflect terms that would have resulted from arm’s-length negotiations between unaffiliated third parties. To the extent that we enter into any additional or modified agreements after the spin-off, such agreements will be negotiated at arm’s length.
Manner of Effecting the Spin-Off
The general terms and conditions relating to the spin-off will be set forth in a Distribution Agreement between us and Parent.
Distribution of Shares of Our Common Stock
Under the Distribution Agreement, the distribution will be effective as of 5:00 p.m. , New York time, on October 31, 2014 , the distribution date. As a result of the spin-off, on the distribution date, each holder of Parent Class A common stock and Class B common stock will receive three shares of our common stock for every four shares of Parent Class A common stock or Class B common stock that he, she or it owns and cash in lieu of fractional shares. In order to receive shares of our common stock in the spin-off, a Parent Share Owner must be a Parent Share Owner as of October 22, 2014 , the record date.
On the distribution date, Parent will release all the shares of our common stock to our distribution agent to distribute to Parent Share Owners. For most of these Parent Share Owners, our distribution agent will credit their shares of our common stock to book-entry accounts established to hold their shares of our common stock. Our distribution agent will send these Share Owners, including any Parent Share Owner that holds physical share certificates of Parent common stock and is the registered holder of such shares of Parent common stock represented by those certificates on the record date, a statement reflecting their ownership of our common stock. Book-entry refers to a method of recording stock ownership in our records in which no physical certificates are used. For Share Owners who own Parent common stock through a broker or other nominee, their shares of our common stock will be credited to these Share Owners’ accounts by the broker or other nominee. The distribution agent, acting on behalf of Parent, will as soon as practicable issue shares of our common stock to Parent Share Owners or their bank or brokerage firm electronically by way of direct registration in book-entry form. Trading of our stock will not be affected by this delay in issuance by the distribution agent. Following the spin-off, Share Owners whose shares are held in book-entry form may request that their shares of our common stock be transferred to a brokerage or other account at any time.

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Parent Share Owners will not be required to make any payment or surrender or exchange their shares of Parent common stock or take any other action to receive their shares of our common stock. No vote of Parent Share Owners is required or sought in connection with the spin-off and Parent Share Owners have no appraisal rights in connection with the spin-off.
Treatment of Fractional Shares
The distribution agent will not distribute any fractional shares of our common stock to Parent Share Owners. Instead, as soon as practicable on or after the distribution date, the distribution agent will aggregate fractional shares of our common stock to which Parent Share Owners of record would otherwise be entitled into whole shares, sell them in the open market at the prevailing market prices and then distribute the aggregate sale proceeds ratably to Parent Share Owners who would otherwise have been entitled to receive fractional shares of our common stock. The amount of this payment will depend on the prices at which the distribution agent sells the aggregated fractional shares of our common stock in the open market shortly after the distribution date. We will be responsible for any payment of brokerage fees. The amount of these brokerage fees is not expected to be material to us. The receipt of cash in lieu of fractional shares of our common stock will generally result in a taxable gain or loss to the recipient Share Owner. Each Share Owner entitled to receive cash proceeds from these shares should consult his, her or its own tax advisor as to the Share Owner’s particular circumstances. The tax consequences of the distribution are described in more detail under “—U.S. Federal Income Tax Consequences of the Spin-Off.”
U.S. Federal Income Tax Consequences of the Spin-Off
The following is a summary of the material U.S. federal income tax consequences of the spin-off to holders of Parent common stock. This summary is based on the Code, the U.S. Treasury regulations promulgated thereunder, and interpretations of the Code and the U.S. Treasury regulations by the courts and the IRS and all other applicable authorities, in effect as of the date hereof, all of which are subject to change, possibly with retroactive effect. Any such change could affect the tax consequences described below.
This summary is limited to holders of Parent common stock that are U.S. Holders, as defined immediately below. A “U.S. Holder” is a beneficial owner of Parent common stock that is, for U.S. federal income tax purposes:
an individual who is a citizen or a resident of the United States;
a corporation, or other entity taxable as a corporation for U.S. federal income tax purposes, created or organized under the laws of the United States, any state thereof or the District of Columbia;
an estate, the income of which is subject to U.S. federal income taxation regardless of its source; or
a trust, if (i) a court within the United States is able to exercise primary supervision over its administration and one or more United States persons have the authority to control all of its substantial decisions or (ii) in the case of a trust that was treated as a domestic trust under the law in effect before 1997, a valid election is in place under applicable U.S. Treasury regulations.
This summary does not address the consequences to Parent Share Owners in light of their particular circumstances, nor does it address the consequences to Parent’s Share Owners subject to special treatment under the U.S. federal income tax laws (including, for example, non-U.S. Holders, insurance companies, dealers or brokers in securities or currencies, tax-exempt organizations, banks, financial institutions, mutual funds, dealers or traders in securities or currencies, pass-through entities and investors in such entities, holders who have a functional currency other than the U.S. dollar, holders who hold their shares as a hedge or as part of a hedging, straddle, conversion, synthetic security, integrated investment or other risk-reduction transaction, holders who are subject to alternative minimum tax or holders who acquired their shares upon the exercise of employee stock options or otherwise as compensation).
This summary only addresses the U.S. federal income tax consequences to U.S. Holders who hold Parent common stock as a capital asset within the meaning of Section 1221 of the Code (generally, property held for investment). Moreover, this summary does not address any state, local or non-U.S. tax consequences or any estate, gift or other non-income tax consequences.
If a partnership (or any other entity treated as a partnership for U.S. federal income tax purposes) holds Parent common stock, the tax treatment of a partner in that partnership will generally depend on the status of the partner and the activities of the partnership. Such a partner or partnership should consult its own tax advisor as to its tax consequences.
PARENT SHARE OWNERS ARE URGED TO CONSULT THEIR OWN TAX ADVISORS AS TO THE SPECIFIC TAX CONSEQUENCES OF THE SPIN-OFF TO THEM, INCLUDING THE EFFECT OF ANY U.S. FEDERAL, STATE, LOCAL OR NON-U.S. TAX LAWS OR U.S. TAX LAWS OTHER THAN THOSE RELATING TO INCOME TAXES AND OF CHANGES IN APPLICABLE TAX LAWS.
The spin-off and distribution is contingent upon Parent receiving (i) a ruling from the Internal Revenue Service that the Parent stock unification will not cause Parent to recognize income or gain as a result of the distribution; and (ii) a tax opinion from

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Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP substantially to the effect that, among other things, the distribution satisfies the requirements to qualify as a transaction that is tax-free for U.S. federal income tax purposes pursuant to Section 355 of the Code. However, the validity of the tax opinion will be conditioned on the accuracy of factual representations and assumptions provided by Parent and us in connection with obtaining the tax opinion, including with respect to post-spin-off operations and conduct of the parties. Neither Parent nor we are aware of any facts or circumstances that would cause any of the statements of fact or representations to be incomplete or untrue. Further, each of Parent and us have agreed to some restrictions on our future actions to provide further assurances that the spin-off will qualify as a tax-free transaction under Section 355 of the Code.
However, if these factual representations and assumptions are inaccurate or incomplete in any material respect, including those relating to the past and future conduct of the business, then we will not be able to rely on the tax opinion. Furthermore, the tax opinion will not be binding on the IRS or the courts. Accordingly, the IRS or the courts may reach conclusions with respect to the spin-off that are different from the conclusions reached in the opinion.
U.S. Federal Income Tax Consequences Assuming the Spin-off Qualifies as a Tax-Free Transaction under Section 355 of the Code.
Assuming the distribution qualifies as a transaction that is tax-free for U.S. federal income tax purposes pursuant to Section 355 of the Code, the tax consequences will be as follows:
no gain or loss will be recognized by, and no amount will be included in the income of, U.S. Holders upon their receipt of Kimball Electronics common stock as a result of the distribution;
the basis of the U.S. Holders’ Parent common stock held immediately before the spin-off will be allocated between Parent common stock and the Kimball Electronics common stock received in the spin-off (including any fractional share interest deemed received), in proportion to their relative fair market values at the time of the spin-off;
the U.S. Holders holding period of the Kimball Electronics common stock received (including any fractional share interest deemed received) will include the period during which the U.S. Holder held Parent common stock on which the distribution is made, provided that Parent common stock is held as a capital asset on the spin-off date;
any cash received in lieu of fractional share interests of Kimball Electronics common stock will give rise to taxable gain or loss equal to the difference between the amount of cash received and the tax basis allocable to the fractional share interests, determined as described above, and such gain will be capital gain or loss (the deductibility of which is subject to limitation) if Parent common stock on which the distribution is made is held as a capital asset on the distribution date and will be long-term capital gain or loss if the U.S. Holder’s holding period for such fractional share interest, determined as described above, is greater than one year; and
no gain or loss will be recognized by Parent upon the distribution of the Kimball Electronics common stock.
U.S. Holders that have acquired different blocks of Parent common stock at different times or at different prices should consult their tax advisors regarding the allocation of their aggregate adjusted basis among, and their holding period of, Kimball Electronics common stock distributed with respect to such blocks of Parent common stock.
Information Reporting
U.S. Treasury regulations require certain U.S. Holders that receive Kimball Electronics common stock in the spin-off to attach to their respective U.S. federal income tax returns, for the year in which the spin-off occurs, a detailed statement setting forth certain information relating to the tax-free nature of the spin-off. Parent will provide U.S. Holders who receive our common stock in the spin-off with the information necessary to comply with that requirement, as well as information to help Share Owners allocate their stock basis between their Parent common stock and Kimball Electronics common stock, although, as noted above, U.S. Holders should still consult their own tax advisors regarding the allocation of such stock basis.
U.S. Federal Income Tax Consequences if the Spin-off Does Not Qualify as a Tax-Free Reorganization under Section 355 of the Code.
If the spin-off does not qualify under Section 355 of the Code, each U.S. Holder of Parent common stock receiving our common stock in the spin-off would be treated as receiving a taxable distribution in an amount equal to the fair market value of our common stock received, which would result in:
a taxable dividend to the extent of the Share Owner’s pro rata share of Parent’s current and accumulated earnings and profits;
a reduction in the Share Owner’s basis in Parent common stock to the extent the amount received exceeds such Share Owner’s share of earnings and profits;
taxable gain from the exchange of Parent common stock to the extent the amount received exceeds both the Share Owner’s share of earnings and profits and the Share Owner’s basis in Parent common stock;
the U.S. Holders’ basis in our stock would be equal to its fair market value on the date of the spin-off; and

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Parent would recognize taxable gain in an amount equal to the excess of the fair market value of the Kimball Electronics common stock distributed to the Share Owners on the date of the spin-off over Parent’s adjusted basis in the Kimball Electronics common stock.
Under certain circumstances, even if the spin-off otherwise qualifies as a tax-free transaction under Section 355 of the Code, Parent could recognize taxable gain under Section 355(e) of the Code if there are one or more acquisitions (including issuances) of either our stock or the stock of Parent, representing 50% or more, measured by vote or value, of the then-outstanding stock of that corporation, and the acquisition or acquisitions are deemed to be part of a plan or series of related transactions that include the spin-off. Any such acquisition of our stock or the stock of Parent within two years before or after the spin-off (with exceptions, including public trading by less-than-5% Share Owners and certain compensatory stock issuances) generally will be presumed to be part of such a plan unless that presumption is rebutted. The amount of such gain would likely result in a significant federal income tax liability to Parent.
In connection with the spin-off, Parent and we will enter into the Tax Matters Agreement pursuant to which we will agree to indemnify Parent for a portion of any tax liabilities of Parent resulting from the spin-off under certain circumstances and any tax liability of Parent resulting from the spin-off to the extent our actions caused such tax liability. Our obligation to indemnify Parent may discourage, delay or prevent a change of control of our company. In addition, under U.S. Treasury regulations, each member of the Parent consolidated tax return group at the time of the spin-off (including us and our subsidiaries) would be jointly and severally liable to the IRS for such tax liability. The resulting tax liability may have a material adverse effect on both our and Parent’s business, financial condition, results of operations or cash flows.
THE PRECEDING SUMMARY OF CERTAIN ANTICIPATED U.S. FEDERAL INCOME TAX CONSEQUENCES OF THE SPIN-OFF AND DISTRIBUTION IS FOR GENERAL INFORMATIONAL PURPOSES ONLY. PARENT SHARE OWNERS SHOULD CONSULT THEIR OWN TAX ADVISORS AS TO THE SPECIFIC TAX CONSEQUENCES OF THE SPIN-OFF TO THEM, INCLUDING THE APPLICATION AND EFFECT OF U.S. FEDERAL, STATE, LOCAL OR NON-U.S. TAX LAWS AND OF CHANGES IN APPLICABLE TAX LAWS THAT MAY AFFECT THE TAX CONSEQUENCES DESCRIBED ABOVE.
Results of the Spin-Off
After the spin-off, we will be an independent, publicly traded company. Immediately following the spin-off, we expect to have approximately 1,600 holders of shares of our common stock and approximately 29.1 million shares of our common stock outstanding, based on the number of Parent Share Owners on September 16 , 2014 and the number of outstanding shares of Parent common stock on September 16 , 2014. These figures exclude shares of Parent Class A common stock and Class B common stock held directly or indirectly by Parent, if any. The actual number of shares to be distributed will be determined on the record date.
Before the spin-off, we will enter into several agreements with Parent to effect the spin-off and provide a framework for our relationship with Parent after the spin-off. These agreements will govern the relationship between us and Parent after completion of the spin-off and provide for the allocation between us and Parent of Parent’s assets, liabilities, rights and obligations. See “Certain Relationships and Related Party Transactions—Agreements with Parent Related to the Spin-Off.”
Trading Prior to the Distribution Date
It is anticipated that, at least two trading days prior to the record date and continuing up to and including the distribution date, there will be a “when-issued” market in our common stock. When-issued trading refers to a sale or purchase made conditionally because the security has been authorized but not yet issued. The when-issued trading market will be a market for shares of our common stock that will be distributed to Parent Share Owners on the distribution date. Any Parent Share Owner who owns shares of Parent common stock at the close of business on the record date will be entitled to shares of our common stock distributed in the spin-off. Parent Share Owners may trade this entitlement to shares of our common stock, without the shares of Parent common stock they own, on the when-issued market. On the first trading day following the distribution date, we expect when-issued trading with respect to our common stock will end and “regular-way” trading will begin. See “Trading Market.”
Following the distribution date, we expect shares of our common stock to be listed on the NASDAQ under the ticker symbol “KE.” We will announce the when-issued ticker symbol when and if it becomes available.
It is also anticipated that, at least two trading days prior to the record date and continuing up to and including the distribution date, there will be two markets in Parent common stock: a “regular-way” market and an “ex-distribution” market. Shares of Parent common stock that trade on the regular-way market will trade with an entitlement to shares of our common stock distributed pursuant to the distribution. Shares that trade on the ex-distribution market will trade without an entitlement to shares of our common stock distributed pursuant to the distribution. Therefore, if shares of Parent common stock are sold in the

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regular-way market up to and including the distribution date, the selling Share Owner’s right to receive shares of our common stock in the distribution will be sold as well. However, if Parent Share Owners own shares of Parent common stock at the close of business on the record date and sell those shares on the ex-distribution market up to and including the distribution date, the selling Share Owners will still receive the shares of our common stock that they would otherwise receive pursuant to the distribution. See “Trading Market.”
Incurrence of Debt
While we expect to have entered into credit facilities for our domestic and certain foreign operations at or prior to the spin-off, we anticipate having no indebtedness under such credit facilities or otherwise prior to the spin-off and shortly thereafter. See “Description of Material Indebtedness.”
Conditions to the Spin-Off
We expect that the spin-off will be effective as of 5:00 p.m. , New York time, on October 31, 2014 , the distribution date, provided that the following conditions shall have been satisfied or waived by Parent:
our Registration Statement on Form 10, of which this Information Statement forms a part, shall have been declared effective by the SEC, no stop order suspending the effectiveness thereof shall be in effect, no proceedings for such purpose shall be pending before or threatened by the SEC, and a notice of internet availability of this Information Statement shall have been mailed to Parent Share Owners;
our common stock shall have been approved for listing on the NASDAQ, subject to official notice of distribution;
Parent shall have obtained (i) a ruling from the Internal Revenue Service that the Parent stock unification will not cause Parent to recognize income or gain as a result of the distribution; and (ii) an opinion of Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP, in form and substance satisfactory to Parent, to the effect that the spin-off satisfies the requirements to qualify as a tax-free transaction for U.S. federal income tax purposes to Parent and to Parent’s Share Owners under Section 355 of the Code (except for cash payments made to Share Owners in lieu of fractional shares that will generally result in taxable gain or loss to such Parent Share Owners equal to the difference between the amount of cash received and the tax basis allocable to the fractional shares);
Prior to the distribution date, Parent’s Board of Directors shall have obtained advice, in form and substance satisfactory to Parent, with respect to the capital adequacy and solvency of us and Parent;
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 distribution shall be pending, threatened, issued or in effect, and no other event shall have occurred or failed to occur that prevents the consummation of all or any portion of the distribution;
no other events or developments shall have occurred or failed to occur that, in the judgment of the Board of Directors of Parent, would result in the distribution having a material adverse effect on Parent or its Share Owners;
the financing transactions described in “Description of Material Indebtedness” and elsewhere in this Information Statement as having occurred prior to the distribution shall have been consummated prior to the time of the distribution;
a sufficient number of holders of Parent’s Class A common stock shall have converted their shares of Class A common stock into Class B common stock such that the percentage of Class A common stock of Parent issued and outstanding is less than 15% of the aggregate of all shares of Class A and Class B common stock of Parent issued and outstanding thereby causing, pursuant to Parent’s Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation, the elimination of all distinctions between such classes of stock;
Parent shall have taken all necessary action, in the judgment of the Board of Directors of Parent, to cause our Board of Directors to consist of the individuals identified in this Information Statement as our directors;
the Board of Directors of Parent shall have approved the distribution, which approval may be given or withheld at its absolute and sole discretion; and
each of the Distribution Agreement, the Tax Matters Agreement, the Employee Matters Agreement, the Transition Services Agreement and the other ancillary agreements shall have been executed by each party.
The fulfillment of the foregoing conditions will not create any obligation on Parent’s part to effect the spin-off. We are not aware of any material federal, foreign or state regulatory requirements that must be complied with or any material approvals that must be obtained, other than compliance with SEC rules and regulations, approval for listing on the NASDAQ and the declaration of effectiveness of the Registration Statement on Form 10 by the SEC, in connection with the distribution. Parent has the right not to complete the spin-off if, at any time prior to the distribution, the Board of Directors of Parent determines, in its sole discretion, that the spin-off is not then in the best interests of Parent or its Share Owners or other constituents, that a sale

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or other alternative is in the best interests of Parent or its Share Owners or other constituents or that it is not advisable for us to separate from Parent at that time.
Reason for Furnishing this Information Statement
This Information Statement is being furnished solely to provide information to Parent’s Share Owners that are entitled to receive shares of our common stock in the spin-off. This Information Statement is not, and is not to be construed as, an inducement or encouragement to buy, hold or sell any of our securities. We believe that the information in this Information Statement is accurate as of the date set forth on the cover. Changes may occur after that date and neither Parent nor we undertake any obligation to update the information except in the normal course of our respective public disclosure obligations.


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PARENT STOCK UNIFICATION
Parent currently has two classes of voting shares: Class A common stock, which elects all but one of Parent’s directors, and Class B common stock, which elects one of Parent’s directors and, on an annual basis, is entitled to an additional $0.02 per share dividend more than the dividends paid on shares of Class A common stock. In addition, holders of Parent Class B common stock are entitled to full voting powers, as a class, with respect to any consolidation, merger, sale, lease, exchange, mortgage, pledge, or other disposition of all or substantially all of Parent’s fixed assets, or the dissolution of Parent. Otherwise, except as provided by statute with respect to certain amendments to Parent’s Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation, holders of Parent Class B common stock have no voting rights and the entire voting power is vested in Parent Class A common stock, which has one vote per share. Shares of Parent Class A common stock are fully convertible to shares of Parent Class B common stock on a share-for-share basis upon election by the holder thereof.
Pursuant to Parent’s Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation, if dividends are not paid on shares of Parent Class B common stock for a period of thirty-six consecutive months, or if at any time the number of shares of Parent Class A common stock issued and outstanding is less than 15% of the total number of issued and outstanding shares of both Parent Class A common stock and Class B common stock, then all of the rights, preferences, limitations and restrictions relating to Parent Class B common stock shall become the same as the rights, preferences, limitations and restrictions of Parent Class A common stock, without any further action of Parent or its Share Owners, and all distinctions between Parent Class A common stock and Class B common stock shall be eliminated so that all shares of Parent Class B common stock are equal to shares of Parent Class A common stock with respect to all matters, including without limitation, dividend payments and voting rights. We refer to the elimination of such distinctions as the “Parent stock unification.” Following the elimination of such distinctions, Parent Class A common stock and Class B common stock will vote as a single class (except as otherwise required by applicable law) on all matters submitted to a vote of Parent Share Owners. The right of holders of Parent Class A common stock to convert shares of Parent Class A common stock to shares of Parent Class B common stock will continue following the elimination of such provisions. In addition, upon written request from the Corporation to all holders of Parent Class A common stock, such holders shall promptly take such steps as necessary to convert the shares of Parent Class A common stock into shares of Parent Class B common stock.
This dual-class structure has been in place since Parent became a public company in 1976. The Board of Directors of Parent believes the value of the spin-off to future shareholders of both companies would be enhanced by a single class of stock and accordingly, has determined to condition the spin-off upon the conversion by holders of Parent Class A common stock of a sufficient number of shares of Parent Class A common stock to trigger the 15% threshold, thus giving Parent, in effect, a single-class of stock prior to the spin-off of Kimball Electronics. In anticipation of the foregoing, Parent has obtained agreements from a sufficient number of holders of its Class A common stock to satisfy this condition prior to the distribution to Parent Share Owners.


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TRADING MARKET
Market for Our Common Stock
There has been no public market for our common stock. An active trading market may not develop or may not be sustained. We anticipate that trading of our common stock will commence on a “when-issued” basis beginning on or shortly before the record date and continue through the distribution date. When-issued trading refers to a sale or purchase made conditionally because the security has been authorized but not yet issued. When-issued trades generally settle within four trading days after the distribution date. If you own shares of Parent common stock at the close of business on the record date, you will be entitled to shares of our common stock distributed pursuant to the spin-off. You may trade this entitlement to shares of our common stock, without the shares of Parent common stock you own, on the when-issued market. On the first trading day following the distribution date, any when-issued trading with respect to our common stock will end and “regular-way” trading will begin. We intend to list our common stock on the NASDAQ under the ticker symbol “KE” and, following the spin-off, Parent will continue to trade on the NASDAQ. It is expected that the Parent common stock symbol will change to “KBAL” when the spin-off is complete. We will announce our when-issued trading symbol when and if it becomes available.
It is also anticipated that, beginning on or shortly before the record date and continuing up to and including the distribution date, there will be two markets in Parent common stock: a “regular-way” market and an “ex-distribution” market. Shares of Parent common stock that trade on the regular-way market will trade with an entitlement to shares of our common stock distributed pursuant to the distribution. Shares that trade on the ex-distribution market will trade without an entitlement to shares of our common stock distributed pursuant to the distribution. Therefore, if you sell shares of Parent common stock in the regular-way market up to and including the distribution date, you will be selling your right to receive shares of our common stock in the distribution. However, if you own shares of Parent common stock at the close of business on the record date and sell those shares on the ex-distribution market up to and including the distribution date, you will still receive the shares of our common stock that you would otherwise receive pursuant to the distribution.
We cannot predict the prices at which our common stock may trade before the spin-off on a “when-issued” basis or after the spin-off. Those prices will be determined by the marketplace. Prices at which trading in our common stock occurs may fluctuate significantly. Those prices may be influenced by many factors, including anticipated or actual fluctuations in our operating results or those of other companies in our industry, investor perception of our company, market fluctuations and general economic conditions. In addition, the stock market in general has experienced extreme price and volume fluctuations that have affected the performance of many stocks and that have often been unrelated or disproportionate to the operating performance of these companies. These are just some factors that may adversely affect the market price of our common stock. See “Risk Factors—Risks Relating to Our Common Stock.”
Transferability of Shares of Our Common Stock
On September 16, 2014 , Parent had 38,857,398 shares of its common stock issued and outstanding. Based on this number, we expect that upon completion of the spin-off, we will have approximately 29.1 million shares of common stock issued and outstanding. The shares of our common stock that you will receive in the distribution will be freely transferable, unless you are considered an “affiliate” of ours under Rule 144 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”). Persons who can be considered our affiliates after the spin-off generally include individuals or entities that directly, or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, control, are controlled by, or are under common control with, us, and may include certain of our officers and directors. As of the distribution date, we estimate that our directors and officers will beneficially own approximately 501,247 shares of our common stock. In addition, individuals who are affiliates of Parent on the distribution date may be deemed to be affiliates of ours. Our affiliates may sell shares of our common stock received in the distribution only:
under a registration statement that the SEC has declared effective under the Securities Act; or
under an exemption from registration under the Securities Act, such as the exemption afforded by Rule 144.
In general, under Rule 144 as currently in effect, an affiliate will be entitled to sell, within any three-month period commencing 90 days after the date that the registration statement of which this Information Statement is a part is declared effective, a number of shares of our common stock that does not exceed the greater of:
1.0% of our common stock then outstanding; or
the average weekly trading volume of our common stock on the NASDAQ during the four calendar weeks preceding the filing of a notice on Form 144 with respect to the sale.
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In the future, we may adopt new stock option and other equity-based compensation plans and issue options to purchase shares of our common stock and other stock-based awards. We currently expect to file a registration statement under the Securities Act to register shares to be issued under these stock plans. Shares issued pursuant to awards after the effective date of the registration statement, other than shares issued to affiliates, generally will be freely tradable without further registration under the Securities Act.
Except for our common stock distributed in the distribution and employee-based equity awards, none of our equity securities will be outstanding immediately after the spin-off and there are no registration rights agreements existing with respect to our common stock.

DIVIDEND POLICY
We do not expect to pay a regular dividend on our common stock following the spin-off. The timing, declaration, amount and payment of future dividends to our Share Owners will fall within the discretion of our Board of Directors and will depend on many factors, including our financial condition, results of operations and capital requirements, industry practice and other business considerations that our Board of Directors considers relevant from time to time. In addition, the terms of the agreements governing our new debt or debt that we may incur in the future may restrict the payments of dividends. There can be no assurance that we will pay a dividend in the future or continue to pay any dividend if we do commence the payment of dividends.

CAPITALIZATION
The following table presents our historical cash and capitalization at June 30, 2014 and our pro forma cash and capitalization at that date reflecting the spin-off described in the notes to our Unaudited Pro Forma Combined Balance Sheet as if the spin-off, including our financing transaction, had occurred on June 30, 2014 . The capitalization table below should be read together with “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations,” our historical Combined Financial Statements, our Unaudited Pro Forma Combined Financial Statements, and the notes to those financial statements included elsewhere in this Information Statement.
We are providing the capitalization table below for informational purposes only. It should not be construed to be indicative of our capitalization or financial condition had the spin-off been completed on the date assumed. The capitalization table below may not reflect the capitalization or financial condition that would have resulted had we been operated as a stand-alone public company at that date and is not necessarily indicative of our future capitalization or financial position.
 
As of June 30, 2014
 
Historical
 
Pro Forma
(Amounts in Thousands)
 
 
 
Cash
$
26,260

 
$
63,000

 
 
 
 
Indebtedness:
 
 
 
Long-term debt
$

 
$

 
 
 
 
Equity:
 
 
 
Preferred stock - no par value per share
$

 
$

Common stock - no par value per share

 

Additional paid-in capital

 
289,202

Net Parent investment
250,753

 

Accumulated other comprehensive income
1,619

 
1,619

Total equity
$
252,372

 
$
290,821

 
 
 
 
Total Capitalization
$
252,372

 
$
290,821





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SELECTED HISTORICAL CONDENSED COMBINED FINANCIAL DATA
The following table presents the selected historical condensed combined financial data for Kimball Electronics. The condensed combined statement of income data for each of the three fiscal years ended June 30, 2014 and the condensed combined balance sheet data as of June 30, 2014 and 2013 set forth below are derived from our audited Combined Financial Statements included in this Information Statement. The condensed combined statement of income data for the year ended June 30, 2011 and the condensed combined balance sheet data as of June 30, 2012 set forth below are derived from our audited Combined Financial Statements which are not included in this Information Statement.
The selected historical condensed combined financial data presented below should be read in conjunction with our audited Combined Financial Statements and their accompanying notes, and the “Capitalization” and “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” included in this Information Statement. The financial information presented here may not be indicative of our future performance and does not necessarily reflect what our financial position and results of operations would have been had we been operating as a stand-alone public company during the periods presented, including changes that will occur in our operations and capitalization as a result of the spin-off. See “Unaudited Pro Forma Combined Financial Statements” for a further description of the anticipated changes.
 
Year Ended June 30
 
  (Amounts in Thousands)
2014
 
2013
 
2012
 
2011
Net Sales
$
741,530

 
$
703,129

 
$
616,751

 
$
721,419

Net Income
$
24,613

 
$
21,520

 
$
23,903

 
$
4,404

Historical net income for fiscal year 2014 included $3.5 million of after-tax income resulting from settlements received related to two class action lawsuits in which Parent was a class member, and $2.1 million of after-tax expense related to spin-off costs.
Fiscal year 2012 historical net income included $17.8 million of tax benefit related to the net change in deferred tax valuation allowances, and also included $2.2 million of after-tax restructuring expenses. Restructuring expenses for all other periods in the table above were immaterial.
 
June 30
 (Amounts in Thousands)
2014
 
2013
 
2012
Total Assets
$
408,730

 
$
367,748

 
$
351,912

Long-Term Debt
$

 
$

 
$



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UNAUDITED PRO FORMA COMBINED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
The following Unaudited Pro Forma Combined Financial Statements consist of the Unaudited Pro Forma Combined Statement of Income for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2014 , and an Unaudited Pro Forma Combined Balance Sheet as of June 30, 2014 , which have been derived from our historical Combined Financial Statements which are included in this Information Statement.
The summary unaudited pro forma combined financial data as of and for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2014 have been prepared to reflect the spin-off, including: (i) the distribution of 28,829,000 shares of our common stock by Parent to its Share Owners; (ii) assets, liabilities and related expenses assumed from, or transferred to, Parent that were excluded/included in our historical Combined Financial Statements, including those related to the Distribution Agreement and the Tax Matters Agreement described under “Certain Relationships and Related Party Transactions — Agreements with Parent Related to the Spin-Off.” The Unaudited Pro Forma Combined Statement of Income presented for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2014 assumes the spin-off occurred on July 1, 2013. The Unaudited Pro Forma Combined Balance Sheet assumes the spin-off occurred on June 30, 2014 . The Unaudited Pro Forma Combined Financial Statements are subject to assumptions and adjustments described in the accompanying notes. The pro forma adjustments are based on currently available information and assumptions we believe are reasonable, factually supportable, directly attributable to our spin-off from Parent, and for purposes of the statement of income, are expected to have a continuing impact on us.
Our historical Combined Statements of Income and Comprehensive Income include allocations of general corporate expenses from Parent including, but not limited to, spin-off costs, finance, legal, information technology, human resources, employee benefits administration, treasury, risk management, and other shared services. As compared to the costs historically allocated to us by Parent, we may incur certain incremental costs as a stand-alone public company which are not included in these Unaudited Pro Forma Combined Financial Statements.
The Unaudited Pro Forma Combined Financial Statements should be read in conjunction with our audited Combined Financial Statements and “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” included in this Information Statement. The Unaudited Pro Forma Combined Financial Statements are provided for illustrative and informational purposes only and are not intended to represent what our results of operations or financial position would have been had the spin-off been completed on the dates assumed. The Unaudited Pro Forma Combined Financial Statements also may not be indicative of our future results of operations or financial position as a stand-alone public company.


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KIMBALL ELECTRONICS
UNAUDITED PRO FORMA
COMBINED STATEMENT OF INCOME
(Amounts in Thousands, Except for Per Share Data)
 
Year Ended June 30, 2014
 
Historical
 
Pro Forma Adjustments
 
Note
 
Pro Forma
Net Sales
$
741,530

 
$

 
 
 
$
741,530

Cost of Sales
680,534

 
 
 
 
 
680,534

Gross Profit
60,996

 

 
 
 
60,996

Selling and Administrative Expenses
36,352

 
(2,140
)
 
(a) (b)
 
34,212

Other General Income
(5,688
)
 
 
 
 
 
(5,688
)
Restructuring Expense
402

 
 
 
 
 
402

Operating Income
29,930

 
2,140

 
 
 
32,070

Other Income (Expense):
 

 
 
 
 
 


Interest income
41

 
 
 
 
 
41

Interest expense
(2
)
 
 
 
 
 
(2
)
Non-operating income
722

 
 
 
 
 
722

Non-operating expense
(449
)
 
(98
)
 
(c)
 
(547
)
Other income (expense), net
312

 
(98
)
 
 
 
214

Income Before Taxes on Income
30,242

 
2,042

 
 
 
32,284

Provision for Income Taxes
5,629

 
14

 
(d)
 
5,643

Net Income
$
24,613

 
$
2,028

 
 
 
$
26,641

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Earnings Per Share of Common Stock:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Basic Earnings Per Share
 
 
 
 
(e)
 
$
0.85

Diluted Earnings Per Share
 
 
 
 
(f)
 
$
0.85

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Average Number of Shares Outstanding:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Basic
 
 
 
 
(e)
 
28,803

Diluted
 
 
 
 
(f)
 
29,014

See Notes to Unaudited Pro Forma Combined Financial Statements

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KIMBALL ELECTRONICS
UNAUDITED PRO FORMA COMBINED BALANCE SHEET
(Amounts in Thousands, Except for Share and Per Share Data)
 
June 30, 2014
 
Historical
 
Pro Forma Adjustments
 
Note
 
Pro Forma
ASSETS
 

 
 
 
 
 
 

Current Assets:
 

 
 
 
 
 
 

Cash
$
26,260

 
$
36,740

 
(g)
 
$
63,000

Receivables, net
128,425

 
 
 
 
 
128,425

Inventories
116,159

 
 
 
 
 
116,159

Prepaid expenses and other current assets
20,490

 
 
 
 
 
20,490

Total current assets
291,334

 
36,740

 
 
 
328,074

Property and Equipment, net
97,934

 
1,489

 
(h)
 
99,423

Goodwill
2,564

 
 
 
 
 
2,564

Other Intangible Assets, net
1,830

 
 
 
 
 
1,830

Other Assets
15,068

 
220

 
(h)
 
15,288

Total Assets
$
408,730

 
$
38,449

 
 
 
$
447,179

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
LIABILITIES AND EQUITY
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Current Liabilities:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Accounts payable
$
119,853

 
 
 
 
 
$
119,853

Accrued expenses
26,602

 
 
 
 
 
26,602

Total current liabilities
146,455

 

 
 
 
146,455

Other long-term liabilities
9,903

 
 
 
 
 
9,903

Total Liabilities
156,358

 

 
 
 
156,358

Equity:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Preferred stock – no par value per share
       Shares authorized: 15,000,000
       Shares issued: 0
 
 
 
 
(i)
 

Common stock – no par value per share
Shares authorized: 150,000,000
Shares issued: 28,829,000
 
 
 
 
(i)
 

Additional paid-in capital
 
 
289,202

 
(i)
 
289,202

Net Parent investment
250,753

 
(250,753
)
 
(i)
 

Accumulated other comprehensive income (loss)
1,619

 
 
 
 
 
1,619

Total Equity
252,372

 
38,449

 
 
 
290,821

Total Liabilities and Equity
$
408,730

 
$
38,449

 
 
 
$
447,179

See Notes to Unaudited Pro Forma Combined Financial Statements


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KIMBALL ELECTRONICS
NOTES TO UNAUDITED PRO FORMA COMBINED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(a)
Reflects the removal of $2.2 million of spin-off costs incurred during the fiscal year ended June 30, 2014 that are directly related to the spin-off of Kimball Electronics from Parent.
(b)
Reflects $0.3 million of depreciation expense during the fiscal year ended June 30, 2014 , related to a building located in Jasper, Indiana which will be used for our headquarters. Also reflects removal of $0.2 million of rent expense during the fiscal year ended June 30, 2014 , which was paid to Parent for usage of a portion of an administrative facility currently used as our headquarters.
(c)
Reflects $0.1 million of commitment fees on the unused borrowing capacity of credit facilities which Kimball Electronics intends to enter into prior to or concurrent with the spin-off. We do not expect, prior to or as of the date of the spin-off, to have used any of the borrowing capacity available under the credit facilities.
(d)
Reflects the tax effects of the pro forma adjustments at the applicable statutory income tax rates, adjusted for nondeductible spin-off costs.
(e)
Basic earnings per share and the number of weighted-average basic shares outstanding are based on the number of Parent weighted-average basic shares outstanding for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2014 as adjusted for an expected distribution ratio of three shares of Kimball Electronics for every four shares of Parent.
(f)
The number of shares used to compute diluted earnings per share is based on the number of basic shares of Kimball Electronics common stock as described in note (e) above, plus incremental shares assuming issuance of dilutive performance share awards under Parent’s stock compensation plan. To preserve the intrinsic value of the awards, Parent's outstanding performance share awards will be converted to the economically equivalent amount of Kimball Electronics performance share awards based upon a pre-determined formula using the five-day weighted average of trading prices of Parent and Kimball Electronics stock both pre-spin-off and post-spin-off to calculate the number of Kimball Electronics performance share awards. Parent has no other unvested outstanding equity incentive awards.
(g)
Reflects the distribution of approximately $36.7 million of cash to Kimball Electronics. Kimball Electronics will begin operation as an independent company with approximately $63.0 million of cash, including the cash held by its foreign facilities.
(h)
Reflects $1.5 million of Parent assets to be transferred to Kimball Electronics and an associated increase in deferred tax assets of $0.2 million. Assets to be transferred will include a building located in Jasper, Indiana to be used for our headquarters and a portion of shared information technology assets. There may be additional information technology assets to be transferred to Kimball Electronics at separation for which the transfer has not been finalized. Depreciation on shared information technology assets was previously charged to Kimball Electronics through allocations from Parent corporate functions.
(i)
The 28,829,000 shares issued reflect the pro forma recapitalization of our equity based on the number of shares of Parent outstanding on June 30, 2014. On the distribution date, the Net Parent Investment in Kimball Electronics will be redesignated as Kimball Electronics Share Owners’ Equity. The cash distribution described in note (g) will reduce the Net Parent Investment in Kimball Electronics prior to the redesignation of the investment as Kimball Electronics Share Owners’ Equity. We do not expect to issue preferred stock in conjunction with the spin-off.


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BUSINESS
Overview
Kimball Electronics was incorporated in 1998 and is a global provider of engineering, manufacturing, and supply chain services to customers in the automotive, medical, industrial, and public safety end markets.  We offer a package of value that begins with our core competency of producing “durable electronics” and includes our set of robust processes and procedures that help us ensure that we deliver the highest levels of quality, reliability, and service throughout the entire life cycle of our customers’ products.  We believe our customers appreciate our body of knowledge as it relates to the design and manufacture of their products that require durability, reliability, the highest levels of quality control, and regulatory compliance.  We deliver award-winning service from our highly integrated global footprint which is enabled by a common operating system, a standardization strategy, global procedures, and teamwork.  Our Customer Relationship Management (“CRM”) model is key to providing our customers convenient access to our global footprint and all of our services throughout the entire product life cycle, making us easy to do business with.  Because our customers are in businesses where engineering changes must be tightly controlled and long product life cycles are common, our track record of quality, being financially solid, socially responsible, and committed to long-term relationships is important to them.
We have been producing safety critical electronic assemblies for our automotive customers for over 30 years.  During this time, we have built up a body of knowledge that has not only proven to be valuable to our automotive customers, but to our medical, industrial, and public safety customers as well.  We have been successful growing and diversifying our business by leveraging our automotive experience and know-how in the areas of design and process validation, traceability, process and change control, and lean manufacturing to create valuable and innovative solutions for new customers in the medical, industrial, and public safety end market verticals.  We have harmonized our quality systems to be compliant with various important industry certifications and regulatory requirements.  This allows us to take advantage of other strategic points of leverage in the supply chain and within our operations so we can cost-effectively manufacture products for customers from all four of our end market verticals in the same production facility.
Several of our customers are multinational companies that sell their products in multiple regions of the world.  For many of these customers, it is important for them to be able to leverage their investment in their supply partner relationships such that the same partner provides them with engineering, manufacturing, and supply chain services in multiple regions of the world. It is common for us to manufacture the same product for the same customer in multiple locations.  Our strategy for expanding our global footprint has aligned us with the preferences of the customers in our four end market verticals and has positioned us well to support their global growth initiatives.  Our global systems, procedures, processes, and teamwork combined with our CRM model have allowed us to accomplish this goal for several of our largest customers.
Our global processes and central functions that support component sourcing, procurement, quoting and customer pricing provide commonality and consistency among the various regions in which we operate. We have a central, global purchasing organization that utilizes procurement process and practices to help secure sources from around the world and to ensure sufficient availability of components and a uniform approach to pricing while leveraging the purchase volume of the entire organization. Customer pricing for all of the products we produce is managed centrally utilizing a standardized quoting model regardless of where our customers request their products to be produced.
Our CRM model combines members of our team from within our manufacturing facilities and members of our business development team who reside remotely and nearer to our customers around the world.  We also have cross functional teams in the areas of quality, operational excellence, quoting and design engineering with representatives from our various locations that provide support to our teams on a global basis. The skill sets of these team members and the clarity in their roles and responsibilities help provide our customers with a strong conduit that is critical to execution and forming a strong relationship.  We have institutionalized a customer scorecard process that provides all levels of our company with valuable feedback that helps us drive the actions for continuous improvement.  Our customer scorecard process has helped us deliver award-winning service and build loyalty with our customers.
Our corporate headquarters is currently located at 1600 Royal Street, Jasper, Indiana.  Production currently occurs in our facilities located in the United States, Mexico, Thailand, China, and Poland.  In the United States, we have manufacturing facilities in Jasper, Indiana, and Tampa, Florida.
Our services are sold globally on a contract basis and we produce products to our customers’ specifications.  Our engineering, manufacturing, and supply chain services primarily include:
Design services;
Rapid prototyping and new product introduction support;
Production and testing of printed circuit board assemblies (PCBAs);

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Industrialization and automation of manufacturing processes;
Product design and process validation and qualification;
Reliability testing (testing of products under a series of extreme environmental conditions);
Assembly, production, and packaging of other related non-electronic products;
Supply chain services; and
Complete product life cycle management.
We pride ourselves on the fact that we pay close attention to the evolving needs and preferences of our customers.  As we have done in the past, we will continue to look for opportunities to grow and diversify our business by expanding our package of value and our global footprint.
Our Competitive Strengths
Our competitive strengths derive from our experience of producing safety critical electronic assemblies for automotive customers for over 30 years and leveraging this experience to create valuable and innovative solutions for customers in different industries. Our core strengths include:
Our core competency of producing durable electronics;
Our body of knowledge as it relates to the design and manufacture of products that require high levels of quality control, reliability, and durability;
Our highly integrated, global footprint;
Our CRM model and our customer scorecard process;
Our ability to provide our customers with valuable input regarding designs for improved manufacturability, reliability, and cost;
Our quality systems, industry certifications and regulatory compliance;
Our integrated supply chain solutions and competitive bid process resulting in competitive raw material pricing; and
Complete product life cycle management.
Our Business Strategy
We intend to achieve sustained, profitable growth in the markets we serve by supporting the global growth initiatives of our customers. Key elements of executing our strategy include:
Expanding Our Global Footprint – continue our strategy with expansion in Europe, Asia, and Americas, including new potential country locations and/or facility expansion as our customer demands dictate; and
Expanding Our Package of Value – enhance our core strengths and expand upon our package of value in areas such as complex system assembly, specialized processes, precision metals and plastics.
Our Business Offerings
We offer engineering, manufacturing, and supply chain services to customers in the automotive, medical, industrial, and public safety end markets.  Our services support the complete product life cycle of our customers’ products and our processes and capabilities cover a range of products from high volume-low mix to high mix-low volume.  We collaborate with third-party design services companies to bring innovative complete design solutions to our customers.  We offer Design for Excellence input to our customers as a part of our standard package of value.  We use sophisticated software tools to integrate the supply chain in a way that provides our customers with the flexibility their business requires.  Our robust new product introduction process and our extensive manufacturing capabilities give us the ability to execute to the quality and reliability expectations in the electronics manufacturing industry.
We value our customers and their unique needs and expectations.  Our customer focus and dedication to unparalleled excellence in engineering and manufacturing has resulted in proven success in the contract manufacturing industry.   Personal relationships are important to us.  We strive to build long-term global partnerships.  Our commitment to support our customers is backed by our history and demonstrated performance over the past 50 years.
Reporting Segment
Operating segments are defined as components of an enterprise for which separate financial information is available that is evaluated regularly by the chief operating decision maker, or decision making group, in deciding how to allocate resources and in assessing performance. Each of our business units qualifies as an operating segment with its results regularly reviewed by our chief operating decision maker. Our chief operating decision maker is our Chief Executive Officer. Our business units

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meet the aggregation criteria under the current accounting guidance for segment reporting. All of our business units operate in the electronic manufacturing services industry with engineering, manufacturing, and supply chain services that provide electronic assemblies primarily in automotive, medical, industrial and public safety applications, all to the specifications and designs of our customers. The nature of the products and services, the production process, the type of customers, and the methods used to distribute our products and services, all have similar characteristics. Each of our business units service customers in multiple markets and many of our customers’ programs are manufactured and serviced by multiple business units. Our global processes such as component procurement and customer pricing provide commonality and consistency among the various regions in which we operate. All of our business units have similar long-term economic characteristics. As such, our business units have been aggregated into one reportable segment.
Marketing Channels
Manufacturing, engineering, and supply chain services are marketed by our business development team. We use a CRM model to provide our customers convenient access to our global footprint and all of our services throughout the entire product life cycle.
Major Competitive Factors
Key competitive factors in the EMS market include competitive pricing, quality and reliability, engineering design services, production flexibility, on-time delivery, customer lead time, test capability, and global presence. Growth in the EMS industry is created through the proliferation of electronic components in today’s advanced products and the continuing trend of original equipment manufacturers in the electronics industry subcontracting the assembly process to companies with a core competence in this area. The nature of the EMS industry is such that the start-up of new customers and new programs to replace expiring programs occurs frequently. New customer and program start-ups generally cause losses early in the life of a program, which are generally recovered as the program becomes established and matures. We continue to experience margin pressures related to an overall excess capacity position in the electronics subcontracting services market. Our continuing success depends upon our ability to replace expiring customers/programs with new customers/programs.
We do not believe that we or the industry in general, have any special practices or special conditions affecting working capital items that are significant for understanding our EMS business other than fluctuating inventory levels which may increase in conjunction with transfers of production among facilities and start-up of new programs.
Competitors
The EMS industry is very competitive as numerous manufacturers compete for business from existing and potential customers. Our competition includes EMS companies such as Benchmark Electronics, Inc., Jabil Circuit, Inc., and Plexus Corp. We do not have a significant share of the EMS market and were ranked the 20 th largest global EMS provider for calendar year 2013 by Manufacturing Market Insider in the March 2014 edition.
Seasonality
Sales revenue of our EMS business is generally not affected by seasonality.
Raw Materials
Raw materials utilized in the manufacture of contract electronic products are generally readily available from both domestic and foreign sources, although from time to time the industry experiences shortages of certain components due to supply and demand forces, combined with rapid product life cycles of certain components. In addition, unforeseen events such as natural disasters can and have disrupted portions of the supply chain. We believe that maintaining close communication with suppliers helps minimize potential disruption in our supply chain.
Raw materials are normally acquired for specific customer orders and may or may not be interchangeable among products. Inherent risks associated with rapid technological changes within this contract industry are mitigated by procuring raw materials, for the most part, based on firm orders. We may also purchase additional inventory to support new product introductions and transfers of production between manufacturing facilities.
Customer Concentration
While the total electronic assemblies market has broad applications, our customers are concentrated in the automotive, medical, industrial, and public safety industries. Included in our sales were a significant amount to Johnson Controls, Inc. (“JCI”),

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Philips, and Regal Beloit Corporation, which accounted for the following portions of combined net sales:
 
Year Ended June 30
 
2014
 
2013
 
2012
Johnson Controls, Inc.
13%
 
17%
 
17%
Philips
12%
 
14%
 
14%
Regal Beloit Corporation
9%
 
10%
 
9%
The nature of the contract business is such that start-up of new customers to replace expiring customers occurs frequently. Our agreements with customers are often not for a definitive term and are amended and extended — but generally continue for the relevant product’s life cycle which can be difficult to predict at the beginning of a program.  Our customers generally have the right to cancel a particular product, subject to contractual provisions governing the final product runs, excess or obsolete inventory and end-of-life pricing, which reduces the additional costs that we incur when a product purchase agreement is terminated. We continue to focus on diversification of our customer base.
We expect volumes for one of our largest contracts with JCI, which accounted for approximately $46 million in sales in fiscal year 2014, to decline beginning in fiscal year 2015. The reason for such decline in volume is that JCI programs are reaching end-of-life. In addition, due to its available capacity, JCI has decided to in-source programs that have been historically manufactured by Kimball Electronics, which accounted for approximately $33 million in sales in fiscal year 2014. We expect JCI's transition to in-sourcing to occur in stages, which started in our fourth quarter of fiscal year 2014 with the transition to be substantially complete by January 2015. Gross profit as a percent of net sales on the JCI product approximates our overall gross margin. Agreement has been reached with JCI for the end-of-life production, and revenue will be impacted, but much of that volume already has been and is expected to continue to be replaced with new business from other customers.
Backlog
The aggregate sales price of production pursuant to worldwide open orders, which may be canceled by the customer, was $178.0 million and $174.5 million , as of June 30, 2014 and 2013 , respectively. Substantially all of the open orders as of June 30, 2014 are expected to be filled within the next fiscal year. Open orders may not be indicative of future sales trends.
Research and Development
Research and development activities include the development of manufacturing processes, engineering, and testing procedures, major process improvements, and information technology initiatives.
Research and development costs were approximately:
 
Year Ended June 30
(Amounts in Millions)
2014
 
2013
 
2012
Research and Development Costs
$8
 
$8
 
$7
Intellectual Property
Our primary intellectual property is our proprietary manufacturing technology and processes which allow us to provide very competitive electronic manufacturing services to our customers. As such, this intellectual property is complex and normally contained within our facilities. The nature of this know-how does not lend itself well to traditional patent protection. In addition, we feel the best protection strategy involves maintaining our intellectual property as trade secrets because there is no disclosure of the information to the world, and there is no expiration on the length of protection. For these reasons, we do not own any patents and our only registered trademark is the “Kimball” name as registered in certain categories relating to our electronics manufacturing and design services, which will be assigned to us by Parent.
Environment and Energy Matters
Our operations are subject to various foreign, federal, state, and local laws and regulations with respect to environmental matters. We believe that we are in substantial compliance with present laws and regulations and that there are no material liabilities related to such items.
We are dedicated to excellence, leadership, and stewardship in matters of protecting the environment and communities in which we have operations. We believe that continued compliance with foreign, federal, state, and local laws and regulations which have been enacted relating to the protection of the environment will not have a material effect on our capital expenditures,

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earnings, or competitive position. Management believes capital expenditures for environmental control equipment during the two fiscal years ending June 30, 2016, will not represent a material portion of total capital expenditures during those years.
Our operations require significant amounts of energy, including natural gas and electricity. Federal, foreign, and state regulations may control the allocation of fuels available to us, but to date we have experienced no interruption of production due to such regulations.
Employees
As of June 30, 2014 , Kimball Electronics employed approximately 3,800 people worldwide, with approximately 700 located in the U.S. and approximately 3,100 located in foreign countries. Our U.S. operations are not subject to collective bargaining arrangements. All of our foreign operations are subject to collective bargaining arrangements, many mandated by government regulation or customs of the particular countries. We believe that our employee relations are good.
Properties
After the spin-off, we will transition our headquarters from Parent headquarters to a 42,000 square-foot building also located in Jasper, Indiana which we will own.
As of June 30, 2014 , we had six manufacturing facilities with one located in each of Indiana, Florida, Mexico, Poland, China, and Thailand. These owned facilities occupy approximately 1,011,000 square feet in aggregate. See Note 15 - Geographic Information of Notes to Combined Financial Statements for additional information.
Generally, properties are utilized at normal capacity levels on a multiple shift basis. At times, certain facilities utilize a reduced second or third shift. Due to sales fluctuations, not all facilities were utilized at normal capacity during fiscal year 2014 . We continually assess our capacity needs and evaluate our operations to optimize our service levels by geographic region. Following the spin-off, our operations located outside of the United States will continue to be an integral part of Kimball Electronics. See “Risk Factors” for information regarding financial and operational risks related to our international operations.
Significant loss of income resulting from a facility catastrophe would be partially offset by business interruption insurance coverage.
Kimball Electronics holds land leases for our facilities in Thailand and China that expire in fiscal years 2030 and 2056, respectively. See Note 5 - Commitments and Contingent Liabilities of Notes to Combined Financial Statements for additional information concerning leases. In addition, we own approximately 80 acres of land where Kimball Electronics facilities reside.
Legal Proceedings
We and our subsidiaries are not parties to any pending legal proceedings, other than ordinary routine litigation incidental to the business. The outcome of current routine pending litigation, individually and in the aggregate, is not expected to have a material adverse impact on Kimball Electronics.


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MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION
AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS
The following discussion and analysis of our financial condition and results of operations and quantitative and qualitative disclosures about market risk should be read in conjunction with our audited historical combined financial statements and the notes thereto included in this Information Statement. The financial information discussed below and included elsewhere in this Information Statement may not necessarily reflect what our financial condition, results of operations, or cash flow would have been had we been a stand-alone company during the periods presented or what our financial condition, results of operations, and cash flows may be in the future.
The following discussion contains forward-looking statements, including statements regarding our intent, belief, or current expectations with respect to, among other things, trends affecting our financial condition or results of operations, backlog, our industry and the impact of competition. Such statements are not guarantees of future performance and involve risks and uncertainties and actual results may differ materially from those in the forward-looking statements as a result of various factors. Factors that could cause or contribute to these differences include those discussed below and elsewhere in this Information Statement, particularly in “Risk Factors” and “Special Note About Forward-Looking Statements.” Due to such uncertainties and risks, you are cautioned not to place undue reliance on such forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date hereof. We do not undertake any obligation to update these factors or to publicly announce the results of any changes to our forward-looking statements due to future results or developments.
Except as otherwise indicated or unless the context otherwise requires, “Kimball Electronics,” “we,” “us” and “our” refer to both (i) the electronic manufacturing services (“EMS”) business of Kimball International, Inc. prior to the spin-off, which will be contributed to Kimball Electronics, Inc., and (ii) Kimball Electronics, Inc. and its subsidiaries after giving effect to such contribution. Except as otherwise indicated or unless the context otherwise requires, references to “Parent” refer to Kimball International, Inc. and its subsidiaries. Unless otherwise noted, references to years are to fiscal years ended June 30.
Spin-Off from Parent
The Board of Directors of Parent has authorized management to pursue a plan to separate Kimball Electronics into an independent publicly traded company. The proposed separation is intended to take the form of a tax-free spin-off for U.S. federal income tax purposes to Parent and Parent Share Owners of 100% of the shares of Kimball Electronics. As an independent company, Kimball Electronics will continue to focus on its core business of providing contract electronic engineering, manufacturing, and supply chain services which utilize common production and support capabilities globally to serve the automotive, medical, industrial, and public safety markets. Kimball Electronics comprises all of Parent’s EMS business segment.
The spin-off is conditioned on, among other things, final approval of the transaction by Parent’s Board of Directors and the receipt of both (i) a ruling from the Internal Revenue Service that the Parent stock unification will not cause Parent to recognize income or gain as a result of the distribution; and (ii) an opinion of Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP that the spin-off does not result in the recognition, for U.S. federal income tax purposes, of income or gain to Parent or its Share Owners (except to the extent of cash received by Share Owners in lieu of fractional shares).
The Combined Financial Statements presented herein, and discussed below, are derived from the accounting records of Parent as if we operated on a stand-alone basis. The Combined Financial Statements are prepared in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (GAAP) and reflect the financial position, results of operations and cash flows of Kimball Electronics.
The Combined Financial Statements include allocations of general corporate expenses from Parent including, but not limited to, spin-off costs, finance, legal, information technology, human resources, employee benefits administration, treasury, risk management, and other shared services. The allocations were made on a direct usage or cost incurred basis when appropriate, with the remainder allocated using various drivers including average capital deployed, payroll, revenue less material costs, headcount or other measures. While we believe these allocations have been made on a consistent basis and are reasonable based on the relevant cost drivers, such expenses may not be indicative of the actual expenses that would have been incurred had Kimball Electronics been operating as a stand-alone company.

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Business Overview
We are a global contract electronic manufacturing services (“EMS”) company that specializes in producing durable electronics for the automotive, medical, industrial, and public safety markets. Our engineering, manufacturing, and supply chain services utilize common production and support capabilities globally. We are well recognized by customers and industry trade publications for our excellent quality, reliability, and innovative service.
A significant business challenge that we expect to face as we transition from being a part of Kimball International, Inc. to an independent publicly traded company is maintaining our profit margins while we look to accelerate revenue growth.  During the past few years, the EMS industry as a whole has experienced slower market growth as compared to pre-recession levels, which has added pressure to an already competitive marketplace.  As a mid-sized player in the EMS market, we can expect to be challenged by the agility and local knowledge of the smaller, regional players and we can expect to be challenged by the scale and price competitiveness of the larger global players.
We enjoy a unique market position between these extremes which allows us to compete with the larger “scale” players for high-volume projects, but also maintain our competitive position in the lower volume durable electronics market space.  We expect to continue to effectively operate in this market space after the spin-off.  Price increases are uncommon in the market as production efficiencies and material pricing advantages for most projects drive prices down – while margins can be maintained.  This characteristic of the contract electronics marketplace is expected to continue, which will allow us to effectively compete in the same manner after becoming an independent public company as we did while part of Kimball International, Inc.
Key economic indicators currently point toward continued strengthening in the overall economy. However, uncertainties still exist and may pose a threat to our future growth as they have the tendency to cause disruption in business strategy, execution, and timing in many of the markets in which we compete.
EMS industry projections for calendar year 2014 (by IDC in the April 2014 MMI publication) are growth of 9% for calendar year 2014 over 2013 and growth of 7% for calendar year 2015 over 2014. Additionally, in June 2014 the Semiconductor Industry Association (SIA) endorsed a forecast for year-over-year semiconductor sales growth of 7% for calendar year 2014 and 3% for calendar year 2015, and although the Company does not directly serve this market, it may be indicative of the end market demand for products utilizing electronic components. We focus on the four key vertical markets of automotive, medical, industrial, and public safety. Our overall expectation for the EMS market is that of moderate growth, but with mixed demand. The automotive end market is benefiting from relative strength in the U.S. market and improvement in the Chinese market, while demand in other geographies such as Europe are showing signs of improvement despite the lingering impact of the European debt crisis.  The industrial market demand is improving but continues to reflect lower than historical demand from our customers that provide product and solutions to climate control applications.  We are seeing demand in the public safety market starting to stabilize. Demand in the medical market remains stable. We continue to monitor the current economic environment and its potential impact on our customers.
We prudently invest in capital expenditures for projects in support of both organic growth and potential acquisitions that would enhance our capabilities and diversification while providing an opportunity for growth and improved profitability. We have a strong focus on cost control and closely monitor market changes and our liquidity in order to proactively adjust our operating costs, discretionary capital spending, and dividend levels as needed. Managing working capital in conjunction with fluctuating demand levels is likewise key. In addition, a long-standing component of our profit sharing incentive bonus plan is that it is linked to our performance which is designed to adjust compensation expense as profits change. Moreover, because of the positive cash position of Kimball International, Inc., the fact that we do not plan to incur debt at the outset of the spin-off or in connection therewith, and the fact that we have historically operated as an independent business within Parent, we do not anticipate that the Distribution Agreement will burden us with significant additional costs following the distribution and thus the spin-off will have little to no impact on our future operations and financial position.
In addition to the above discussion, management currently considers the following events, trends, and uncertainties to be most important to understanding our financial condition and operating performance:
Due to the contract and project nature of the EMS industry, fluctuation in the demand for our products and variation in the gross margin on those projects is inherent to our business. Effective management of manufacturing capacity is and will continue to be critical to our success.
The nature of the EMS industry is such that the start-up of new customers and new programs to replace expiring programs occurs frequently. Our agreements with customers are often not for a definitive term and generally may be canceled by our customers at any time. As such, our ability to continue contractual relationships with our customers, including our principal customers, is not certain. New customers and program start-ups generally cause losses early in the life of a program, which are generally recovered as the program becomes established and matures. Risk factors within our business include, but are not limited to, general economic and market conditions, customer order delays,

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increased globalization, foreign currency exchange rate fluctuations, rapid technological changes, component availability, supplier and customer financial stability, the contract nature of this industry, the concentration of sales to large customers, and the potential for customers to choose a dual sourcing strategy or to in-source a greater portion of their electronics manufacturing. The continuing success of our business is dependent upon our ability to replace expiring customers/programs with new customers/programs. We monitor our success in this area by tracking the number of customers and the percentage of our net sales generated from them by years of service as depicted in the table below. While variation in the size of program award makes it difficult to directly correlate this data to our sales trends, we believe it does provide useful information regarding our customer loyalty and new business growth. Additional risk factors that could have an effect on our performance are located within the “Risk Factors” section of this Information Statement.
 
 
Year End June 30
Customer Service Years
 
2014
 
2013
 
2012
10+ Years
 
 
 
 
 
 
% of Net Sales
 
44
%
 
32
%
 
37
%
# of Customers
 
19

 
14

 
17

5+ to 10 Years
 
 
 
 
 
 
% of Net Sales
 
44
%
 
46
%
 
48
%
# of Customers
 
24

 
18

 
18

0 to 5 Years
 
 
 
 
 
 
% of Net Sales
 
12
%
 
22
%
 
15
%
# of Customers
 
28

 
27

 
23

Total
 
 
 
 
 
 
% of Net Sales
 
100
%
 
100
%
 
100
%
 # of Customers
 
71

 
59

 
58

 
Globalization continues to reshape not only the industries in which we operate but also our key customers and competitors.
Employees throughout our business operations are an integral part of our ability to compete successfully, and the stability of the management team is critical to long-term Share Owner value. Our career development and succession planning processes help to maintain stability in management.

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Results of Operations - Fiscal Year 2014 Compared with Fiscal Year 2013
 
At or For the Year
 
 

 
Ended June 30
 
 
(Amounts in Millions)
2014
 
as % of Net Sales
 
2013
 
as % of Net Sales
 
% Change
Net Sales
$
741.5

 
 
 
$
703.1

 
 
 
5
%
Gross Profit
$
61.0

 
8.2%
 
$
57.2

 
8.1
%
 
7
%
Selling and Administrative Expenses
$
36.4

 
4.9%
 
$
30.0

 
4.2
%
 
21
%
Operating Income
$
29.9

 
4.0%
 
$
26.7

 
3.8
%
 
12
%
Net Income
$
24.6

 
 
 
$
21.5

 
 
 
14
%
Open Orders
$
178.0

 
 
 
$
174.5

 
 
 
2
%
Fiscal year 2014 net sales increased 5% to $741.5 million compared to fiscal year 2013 net sales of $703.1 million . Open orders as of June 30, 2014 were up 2% compared to June 30, 2013, as the expected decline in open orders from JCI was more than offset by increased open orders from other customers. Open orders at a point in time may not be indicative of future sales trends due to the contract nature of our business.
Net sales by industry were as follows:
 
For the Year Ended June 30
(Amounts in Millions)
2014
 
2013
 
% Change
Net Sales:
 
 
 
 
 
Automotive
$
275.5

 
$
257.1

 
7
 %
Medical
210.1

 
210.2

 
 %
Industrial
189.7

 
165.7

 
14
 %
Public Safety
52.8

 
61.8

 
(15
)%
Other
13.4

 
8.3

 
61
 %
Total net sales
$
741.5

 
$
703.1

 
5
 %
Sales in fiscal year 2014 increased to customers in the automotive and industrial industries, declined to customers in the public safety industry, and remained flat to customers in the medical industry compared to fiscal year 2013 . Despite the decline in sales to JCI as discussed in further detail below, sales to customers in the automotive market improved primarily due to the strength of the Chinese market. Sales to customers in the industrial market increased primarily due to additional program awards from an existing customer. Sales to customers in the public safety industry decreased as a result of lower spending and delays in ordering by government agencies.
Fiscal year 2014 gross profit as a percent of net sales improved 0.1 percentage point when compared to fiscal year 2013 . The impact of a $1.4 million inventory write-down in fiscal year 2013 related to a single customer that went out of business favorably impacted the year-over-year comparison with fiscal year 2014 .
Selling and administrative expenses as a percent of net sales increased 0.7 percentage point in fiscal year 2014 when compared to fiscal year 2013 and increased 21% in absolute dollars in fiscal year 2014 as compared to fiscal year 2013 , primarily due to $2.6 million of increased profit-based incentive compensation costs due to improved earnings and current year expenses related to the spin-off of $2.2 million.
Other General Income in fiscal year 2014 included pre-tax settlements received of $5.7 million related to two antitrust class action lawsuits in which Kimball Electronics was a class member. We recorded no Other General Income during fiscal year 2013 .

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Other Income (Expense) consisted of the following:
 
Year Ended
 
June 30
(Amounts in Thousands)
2014
 
2013
Interest Income
$
41

 
$
96

Interest Expense
(2
)
 
(9
)
Foreign Currency/Derivative Loss
(127
)
 
(39
)
Gain on Supplemental Employee Retirement Plan (“SERP”) Investments
695

 
321

Other
(295
)
 
(321
)
Other Income, net
$
312

 
$
48

The revaluation to fair value of the SERP investments recorded in Other Income (Expense) is offset by the revaluation of the SERP liability recorded in selling and administrative expenses, and thus there was no effect on net income.
Our income before income taxes and effective tax rate were comprised of the following U.S. and foreign components:
 
At or For the Year Ended
 
June 30, 2014
 
June 30, 2013
(Amounts in Thousands)
Income Before Taxes
 
Effective Tax Rate
 
Income Before Taxes
 
Effective Tax Rate
United States
$
5,412

 
47.6
%
 
$
6,638

 
27.9
%
Foreign
$
24,830

 
12.3
%
 
$
20,138

 
16.9
%
Total
$
30,242

 
18.6
%
 
$
26,776

 
19.6
%
We have determined the provision for income taxes on a separate return basis. The fiscal year 2014 effective tax rate of 18.6% was favorably impacted by a high mix of earnings in foreign jurisdictions which have lower statutory tax rates than the U.S. The fiscal year 2014 U.S. effective tax rate was higher than the U.S. statutory rate as the majority of our expenses related to the spin-off were non-deductible. The fiscal year 2014 foreign effective tax rate benefited from $1.4 million of adjustments related to decreases in foreign deferred tax asset valuation allowances. The fiscal year 2013 effective tax rate of 19.6% was favorably impacted by a high mix of earnings in foreign jurisdictions which have lower statutory tax rates than the U.S. See Note 9 - Income Taxes of the Notes to Combined Financial Statements for more information. Our overall effective tax rate will fluctuate depending on the geographic distribution of our worldwide earnings.
A significant amount of sales to Johnson Controls, Inc., Philips, and Regal Beloit Corporation accounted for the following portions of our net sales:
  
Year Ended June 30
 
2014
 
2013
Johnson Controls, Inc.
13%
 
17%
Philips
12%
 
14%
Regal Beloit Corporation
9%
 
10%
The nature of the electronic manufacturing services industry is such that the start-up of new customers and new programs to replace expiring programs occurs frequently. New customers and program start-ups generally cause losses early in the life of a program, which are generally recovered as the program becomes established and matures. We expect volumes for one of our largest contracts with JCI, which accounted for approximately $46 million in net sales in fiscal year 2014 , to decline in fiscal year 2015. The reason for such decline in volume is that certain JCI programs are reaching end-of-life. In addition, due to its available capacity, JCI has decided to in-source programs that have historically been manufactured by Kimball Electronics, which accounted for approximately $33 million in net sales in fiscal year 2014 . The transition to JCI's in-sourcing will occur in stages, which started in our fourth quarter of fiscal year 2014 with the transition to be substantially complete by January 2015. Gross profit as a percent of net sales on the JCI product approximates the overall Kimball Electronics gross margin percentage. Agreement has been reached with JCI for the end-of-life production, and revenue will be impacted, but much of that volume already has been and is expected to continue to be replaced with new business from other customers.

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Comparing the balance sheet as of June 30, 2014 to June 30, 2013 , the $11.7 million increase in accounts receivable was primarily a result of higher sales volumes in addition to a shift in the payment practices of several of our customers. Our inventory balance increased $14.4 million driven primarily by higher production volumes. Our property and equipment balance increased $6.1 million as we continue to invest for the future with the largest expenditures being for manufacturing equipment. Our accounts payable balance increased $12.0 million primarily due to increased inventory purchases. Our accrued expenses balance increased $7.4 million due to higher accrued profit-based incentive compensation resulting primarily from our improved profitability. A $4.9 million change in accumulated other comprehensive income (loss) was primarily driven by foreign currency translation adjustments.
Results of Operations - Fiscal Year 2013 Compared with Fiscal Year 2012
 
At or For the Year
 
 

 
Ended June 30
 
 
(Amounts in Millions)
2013
 
as % of Net Sales
 
2012
 
as % of Net Sales
 
% Change
Net Sales
$
703.1

 
 
 
$
616.8




 
14
 %
Gross Profit
$
57.2

 
8.1%
 
$
36.9


6.0
%
 
55
 %
Selling and Administrative Expenses
$
30.0

 
4.2%
 
$
25.7


4.1
%
 
17
 %
Operating Income
$
26.7

 
3.8%
 
$
7.8


1.3
%
 
244
 %
Net Income
$
21.5

 
 
 
$
23.9




 
(10
)%
Open Orders
$
174.5

 
 
 
$
170.6




 
2
 %
Fiscal year 2013 net sales increased 14% to $703.1 million compared to fiscal year 2012 net sales of $616.8 million due to growth in sales to customers in each of the automotive, medical, industrial, and public safety industries as compared to fiscal year 2012.
Net sales by industry were as follows:
 
For the Year Ended June 30
(Amounts in Millions)
2013
 
2012
 
% Change
Net Sales:
 
 
 
 
 
Automotive
$
257.1

 
$
220.1

 
17
 %
Medical
210.2

 
200.1

 
5
 %
Industrial
165.7

 
132.7

 
25
 %
Public Safety
61.8

 
51.9

 
19
 %
Other
8.3

 
12.0

 
(31
)%
Total net sales
$
703.1

 
$
616.8

 
14
 %
Sales to customers in the automotive industry were favorably impacted by the strength in the U.S. market, the uptick in the China market, and additional program awards from existing customers in the European market. Sales to customers in the medical industry improved on increased demand from existing customers and new customer program awards. Sales to customers in the industrial market increased primarily on additional program awards from an existing customer and the increased demand for HVAC products compared to the prior fiscal year. Sales to customers in the public safety industry benefited from the ramp up of select product lines.
Fiscal year 2013 net income was $21.5 million, inclusive of $0.3 million of after-tax restructuring costs. Fiscal year 2012 net income was $23.9 million, inclusive of $17.8 million of tax benefit related to the net change in deferred tax valuation allowances, and $2.2 million of after-tax restructuring costs primarily related to our European consolidation plan. Open orders as of June 30, 2013 were up 2% compared to June 30, 2012.
Fiscal year 2013 gross profit as a percent of net sales improved 2.1 percentage points when compared to fiscal year 2012. The improvement in gross profit as a percent of net sales was the result of leverage gained on higher revenue as well as benefits gained from global purchasing efforts and operating efficiencies related to continuous improvement initiatives. Fiscal year 2013 gross profit was also favorably impacted by the benefits realized from restructuring activities in which two facilities were

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closed during the second quarter of fiscal year 2012. Fiscal year 2013 gross profit was unfavorably impacted by a $1.4 million inventory reserve recorded relating to a customer that notified us they were going out of business.
Selling and administrative expenses in absolute dollars increased 17% in fiscal year 2013 as compared to fiscal year 2012, and were flat as a percent of net sales due to the higher sales volumes. The selling and administrative expenses increased primarily due to higher incentive compensation costs.
The exit of the our small assembly facility located in Fremont, California was completed during fiscal year 2012 along with the associated move of a majority of that business to the Jasper, Indiana facility. In addition, the consolidation of our European facilities was likewise completed during fiscal year 2012. See Note 17 - Restructuring Expense of the annual Notes to Combined Financial Statements for more information on restructuring charges.
Other Income (Expense) consisted of the following:
 
Year Ended
 
June 30
(Amounts in Thousands)
2013
 
2012
Interest Income
$
96

 
$
167

Interest Expense
(9
)
 
(6
)
Foreign Currency/Derivative Gain (Loss)
(39
)
 
459

Gain (Loss) on Supplemental Employee Retirement Plan (“SERP”) Investments
321

 
(24
)
Other
(321
)
 
(295
)
Other Income, net
$
48

 
$
301

The revaluation to fair value of the SERP investments recorded in Other Income (Expense) is offset by the revaluation of the SERP liability recorded in selling and administrative expenses, and thus there was no effect on net income.
Our income before income taxes and effective tax rate were comprised of the following U.S. and foreign components:
 
 
At or For the Year Ended
 
June 30, 2013
 
June 30, 2012
(Amounts in Thousands)
Income Before Taxes
 
Effective Tax Rate
 
Income Before Taxes
 
Effective Tax Rate
United States
$
6,638

 
27.9
%
 
$
(1,800
)
 
1,035.9
 %
Foreign
$
20,138

 
16.9
%
 
$
9,871

 
28.5
 %
Total
$
26,776

 
19.6
%
 
$
8,071

 
(196.2
)%
We have determined the provision for income taxes on a separate return basis. The fiscal year 2013 effective tax rate of 19.6% was favorably impacted by a high mix of earnings in foreign jurisdictions which have lower statutory tax rates than the U.S. The fiscal year 2012 effective tax rate of (196.2)% was driven by $17.8 million of tax benefit resulting from the net change in deferred tax asset valuation allowances primarily in the U.S. and by a high mix of earnings in foreign jurisdictions which have lower statutory tax rates than the U.S. A full valuation allowance was placed on the U.S. net deferred tax assets in a prior year due to the fact that at the time there was not sufficient positive evidence that we would be able to utilize these deferred tax assets in the future, primarily driven by our combined historical pre-tax losses from continuing operations. As of the end of fiscal 2012, our U.S. operations achieved a position of cumulative profits (adjusted for permanent differences and nonrecurring items) for the most recent three-year period. We concluded that this cumulative profitability, coupled with projected future taxable income and tax planning considerations, provided positive evidence that our future tax benefits more likely than not would be realized. Accordingly, in fiscal year 2012, we released all of our U.S. valuation allowance of $17.5 million against net deferred tax assets. The foreign effective tax rate in fiscal year 2012 was unfavorably impacted by currency fluctuations that are not taxed in the foreign jurisdictions. See Note 9 - Income Taxes of the Notes to Combined Financial Statements for more information. Our overall effective tax rate will fluctuate depending on the geographic distribution of our worldwide earnings.

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A significant amount of sales to Johnson Controls, Inc., Philips, and Regal Beloit Corporation accounted for the following portions of our net sales:
  
Year Ended June 30
 
2013
 
2012
Johnson Controls, Inc.
17%
 
17%
Philips
14%
 
14%
Regal Beloit Corporation
10%
 
9%
 
Liquidity and Capital Resources
Cash & Cash Equivalents
For purposes of the historical Combined Financial Statements, Kimball International, Inc. did not allocate to us the cash and cash equivalents held at the corporate level for any of the periods presented. Cash in our Combined Balance Sheets primarily represent cash held by our international entities at the local level.
Cash Flows
The following table reflects the major categories of cash flows for the fiscal years ended June 30, 2014 , June 30, 2013 , and June 30, 2012 .
 
 
Year Ended June 30
(Amounts in millions)
 
2014
 
2013
 
2012
Net cash provided by operating activities
 

$39.3

 

$40.6

 

$35.6

Net cash used for investing activities
 
(20.0
)
 
(13.8
)
 
(11.3
)
Net cash used for financing activities
 
(11.6
)
 
(30.6
)
 
(29.4
)
Cash Flows from Operating Activities
For the fiscal years ended June 30, 2014 , June 30, 2013 , and June 30, 2012 net cash provided by operating activities was $39.3 million , $40.6 million , and $35.6 million , respectively, primarily driven by net income adjusted for non-cash items. Changes in working capital balances resulted in $6.4 million usage of cash in fiscal year 2014, $5.7 million usage of cash in fiscal year 2013, and provided $10.5 million of cash in fiscal year 2012.
The $6.4 million usage of cash from changes in working capital balances in fiscal year 2014 was due to fluctuations in our accounts receivable, inventory, accounts payable, and accrued expenses. A $10.1 million increase in accounts receivable during fiscal year 2014 resulted from the increased sales volumes in addition to a shift in the payment practices of several of our customers, and inventory increased $12.8 million during fiscal year 2014 to support the increased sales volumes. Partially offsetting these increases were an increase of $9.5 million to accounts payable related to the increased inventory purchases and an increase of $8.1 million to accrued expenses primarily due to higher accrued profit-based incentive compensation.
The $5.7 million usage of cash from changes in working capital balances in fiscal year 2013 was due to fluctuations in our accounts receivable, accounts payable, and accrued expenses. A $24.6 million increase in accounts receivable primarily resulted from higher fiscal year 2013 sales volumes, which drove approximately $16 million of additional accounts receivable as of June 30, 2013, and a shift in the mix of sales at the end of fiscal year 2013 toward customers with longer payment terms, which drove approximately $6 million more accounts receivable as of June 30, 2013. The increased accounts receivable was partially offset by a $12.0 million accounts payable increase primarily resulting from increased production volumes and a $5.9 million increase in accrued expenses due to higher accrued profit-based incentive compensation.
The $10.5 million of cash provided by changes in working capital balances in fiscal year 2012 was primarily due to a $17.2 million decrease in inventory resulting from successful inventory reduction efforts which was partially offset by a $10.4 reduction in accrued expenses driven by a decline in accrued restructuring as the European consolidation plan was completed during fiscal year 2012.

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Our measure of accounts receivable performance, also referred to as Days Sales Outstanding (“DSO”), for fiscal years 2014, 2013, and 2012 was 56.7 days, 53.1 days, and 55.1 days, respectively. The DSO increase in fiscal year 2014 compared to fiscal year 2013 was primarily driven by the mix of sales among our customers. We began utilizing factoring arrangements in the latter half of fiscal year 2012. We improved our DSO in fiscal year 2013 over fiscal year 2012 as we utilized factoring arrangements during our entire fiscal year 2013. We define DSO as the average of monthly accounts and notes receivable divided by an average day's net sales.
Cash Flows from Investing Activities
For the fiscal years ended June 30, 2014 , June 30, 2013 , and June 30, 2012 net cash used for investing activities was $20.0 million , $13.8 million , and $11.3 million , respectively. During the fiscal years 2014, 2013, and 2012 we reinvested $20.8 million , $14.5 million , $13.6 million , respectively, into capital investments for the future with the largest expenditures in all periods being for manufacturing equipment.
Cash Flows from Financing Activities
For all periods shown in the table above, net cash used for financing activities primarily represents net transfers to Parent. As Parent provides centralized treasury functions for us, cash was regularly transferred both to and from the Parent’s subsidiaries, as necessary.
Credit Facilities
Kimball Electronics maintains foreign credit facilities to satisfy short-term cash needs at specific foreign locations rather than funding from intercompany sources. As of June 30, 2013, we maintained a $2.7 million foreign credit facility for our operation in Thailand which was backed by Parent’s revolving credit facility via a standby letter of credit. Parent canceled this credit agreement on October 1, 2013, and on May 6, 2014 put in place a new Thailand overdraft credit facility which allows for borrowings up to 90 million Thai Baht (approximately $2.8 million at June 30, 2014 exchange rates). We continue to maintain a credit facility for our operation in Poland which allows for multi-currency borrowings up to a 6 million Euro equivalent (approximately $8.2 million at June 30, 2014 exchange rates). We had no borrowings under either of these foreign credit facilities as of June 30, 2014 or June 30, 2013 . We intend to enter into certain other credit facility arrangements prior to or concurrent with the spin-off as described in “Description of Material Indebtedness.” We anticipate having no indebtedness prior to the spin-off and shortly thereafter.
Future Liquidity
We believe our principal sources of liquidity from available funds on hand of approximately $63.0 million of cash at the spin-off date, cash generated from operations, and the availability of borrowing under our credit facilities will be sufficient to meet our working capital and other operating needs for at least the next 12 months. We expect to continue to invest in capital expenditures prudently, particularly for projects, including potential acquisitions, that would enhance our capabilities and diversification while providing an opportunity for growth and improved profitability.

At June 30, 2014 , our foreign operations held cash totaling $26.3 million. Except for the nontaxable repayment of intercompany loans, our intent is to permanently reinvest these funds outside of the United States and our current plans do not demonstrate a need to repatriate these funds to our U.S. operations. However, if these funds were repatriated, the amount remitted would be subject to U.S. income taxes and applicable non-U.S. income and withholding taxes.
Our ability to generate cash from operations to meet our liquidity obligations could be adversely affected in the future by factors such as general economic and market conditions, lack of availability of raw material components in the supply chain, a decline in demand for our services, loss of key contract customers, the ability of Kimball Electronics to generate profits, and other unforeseen circumstances. In particular, should demand for our products decrease significantly over the next 12 months, the available cash provided by operations could be adversely impacted.
Fair Value
During fiscal year 2014 , no financial instruments were affected by a lack of market liquidity. For level 1 financial assets, readily available market pricing was used to value the financial instruments. Our foreign currency derivatives, which were classified as level 2 assets/liabilities, were independently valued using observable market inputs such as forward interest rate yield curves, current spot rates, and time value calculations. To verify the reasonableness of the independently determined fair values, these derivative fair values were compared to fair values calculated by the counterparty banks. Our own credit risk and counterparty credit risk had an immaterial impact on the valuation of the foreign currency derivatives.
See Note 11 - Fair Value of the Notes to Combined Financial Statements for more information.

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Contractual Obligations
The following table summarizes Kimball Electronics’ contractual obligations as of June 30, 2014 .
 
Payments Due During Fiscal Years Ending June 30
(Amounts in Millions)
Total
 
2015
 
2016-2017
 
2018-2019
 
Thereafter
Recorded Contractual Obligations: (a)
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

Other Long-Term Liabilities Reflected on the Balance
Sheet (b) (c) (d)
$
9.2

 
$
1.2

 
$
0.8

 
$
0.7

 
$
6.5

Unrecorded Contractual Obligations:
 
 
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

Operating Leases (d)
1.7

 
0.1

 
0.2

 
0.2

 
1.2

Purchase Obligations (e)
177.4

 
170.3

 
4.4

 
2.7

 

Total
$
188.3

 
$
171.6

 
$
5.4

 
$
3.6

 
$
7.7

(a)
As of June 30, 2014 , we had no Long-Term Debt Obligations or Capital Lease Obligations.
(b)
The timing of payments of certain items included on the “Other Long-Term Liabilities Reflected on the Balance Sheet” line above is estimated based on the following assumptions:
The timing of SERP payments is estimated based on an assumed retirement age of 62 with payout based on the prior distribution elections of participants. The fiscal year 2015 amount includes $0.2 million for SERP payments recorded as current liabilities.
The timing of severance plan payments is estimated based on the average remaining service life of employees. The fiscal year 2015 amount includes $0.3 million for severance payments recorded as a current liability.
The timing of warranty payments is estimated based on historical data.  The fiscal year 2015 amount includes $0.7 million for short-term warranty payments recorded as a current liability.
(c)
Excludes $1.8 million of long-term unrecognized tax benefits and associated accrued interest and penalties along with deferred tax liabilities and miscellaneous other long-term tax liabilities which are not tied to a contractual obligation and for which we cannot make a reasonably reliable estimate of the period of future payments.
(d)
Refer to Note 5 - Commitments and Contingent Liabilities of the Notes to Combined Financial Statements included in this Information Statement for more information regarding Operating Leases and certain Other Long-Term Liabilities.
(e)
Purchase Obligations are defined as agreements to purchase goods or services that are enforceable and legally binding and that specify all significant terms. The amounts listed above for purchase obligations include contractual commitments for items such as raw materials, supplies, capital expenditures, services, and software acquisitions/license commitments. Cancellable purchase obligations that we intend to fulfill are also included in the purchase obligations amount listed above through fiscal year 2019. In certain instances, such as when lead times dictate, we enter into contractual agreements for material in excess of the levels required to fulfill customer orders. In turn, agreements with the customers cover a portion of that exposure for the material which was purchased prior to having a firm order.
Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements
We have no off-balance sheet arrangements other than standby letters of credit and operating leases entered into in the normal course of business. These arrangements do not have a material current effect and are not reasonably likely to have a material future effect on our financial condition, results of operations, liquidity, capital expenditures, or capital resources. See Note 5 - Commitments and Contingent Liabilities of the Notes to Combined Financial Statements for more information on standby letters of credit. We do not have material exposures to trading activities of non-exchange traded contracts.

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Critical Accounting Policies
Kimball Electronics’ Combined Financial Statements have been prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America. These principles require the use of estimates and assumptions that affect amounts reported and disclosed in the Combined Financial Statements and related notes. Actual results could differ from these estimates and assumptions. Management uses its best judgment in the assumptions used to value these estimates, which are based on current facts and circumstances, prior experience, and other assumptions that are believed to be reasonable. Management believes the following critical accounting policies reflect the more significant judgments and estimates used in preparation of our Combined Financial Statements and are the policies that are most critical in the portrayal of our financial position and results of operations.
Revenue recognition – Kimball Electronics recognizes revenue when persuasive evidence of an arrangement exists, delivery has occurred, the sales price is fixed or determinable, and collectability is reasonably assured. Delivery is not considered to have occurred until the title and the risk of loss passes to the customer according to the terms of the contract. Title and risk of loss are transferred upon shipment to or receipt at our customers’ locations, or in limited circumstances, as determined by other specific sales terms of the transaction. Shipping and handling fees billed to customers are recorded as sales while the related shipping and handling costs are included in cost of goods sold. We recognize sales net of applicable sales tax.
Allowance for doubtful accounts – Our estimate for the allowance for credit losses on trade accounts receivable and notes receivable includes analysis of such items as aging, credit worthiness, payment history, and historical bad debt experience. Management uses these specific analyses in conjunction with an evaluation of the general economic and market conditions to determine the final allowance for credit losses on the trade accounts receivable and notes receivable. The allowance for doubtful accounts at both June 30, 2014 , and June 30, 2013 was $0.2 million . This reserve was less than 0.4% of gross trade accounts receivable during fiscal years 2014 and 2013.
Excess and obsolete inventory – Inventories were valued at lower of first-in, first-out (FIFO) cost or market value. Inventories recorded on our balance sheet are adjusted for excess and obsolete inventory. In general, we purchase materials and finished goods for contract-based business from customer orders and projections, primarily in the case of long lead time items, and we have a general philosophy to only purchase materials to the extent covered by a written commitment from our customers.
However, there are times when inventory is purchased beyond customer commitments due to minimum lot sizes and inventory lead time requirements, or where component allocation or other procurement issues may exist. We may also purchase additional inventory to support transfers of production between manufacturing facilities. Evaluation of excess inventory includes such factors as anticipated usage, inventory turnover, inventory levels, and product demand levels. Factors considered when evaluating inventory obsolescence include the age of on-hand inventory and reduction in value due to damage, design changes, or cessation of product lines. When we estimate that the current market value is below cost or determine that future demand is lower than current inventory levels, based on our evaluation of the above factors or other relevant current and projected factors associated with current economic conditions, a reduction in inventory cost to estimated net realizable value will be recorded as expense in Cost of Sales. We recorded expense of $1.4 million for excess and obsolete inventory in fiscal year 2013 related to inventory specific to one customer who went out of business.
Self-insurance reserves – Under policies and programs administered by Parent, we are self-insured up to certain limits for auto and general liability, workers’ compensation, and certain employee health benefits such as medical, short-term disability, and dental with the related liabilities included in the accompanying financial statements. Our policy is to estimate reserves based upon a number of factors including known claims, estimated incurred but not reported claims, and other analyses, which are based on historical information along with certain assumptions about future events. Changes in assumptions for such matters as increased medical costs and changes in actual experience could cause these estimates to change and reserve levels to be adjusted accordingly. At June 30, 2014 and June 30, 2013 , accrued liabilities for self-insurance exposure as allocated to Kimball Electronics by Parent were $1.6 million and $1.4 million, respectively.
Taxes – Deferred income tax assets and liabilities are recognized for the estimated future tax consequences attributable to temporary differences between the financial statement carrying amounts of existing assets and liabilities and their respective tax bases. These assets and liabilities are measured using enacted tax rates expected to apply to taxable income in the years in which the temporary differences are expected to reverse. We evaluate the recoverability of our deferred tax assets each quarter by assessing the likelihood of future taxable income and available tax planning strategies that could be implemented to realize our deferred tax assets. If recovery is not likely, we provide a valuation allowance based on our best estimate of future taxable income in the various taxing jurisdictions and the amount of deferred taxes ultimately realizable. During the fiscal year ended June 30, 2014 , we recognized an income tax benefit of $1.5 million consisting of the release of valuation allowances primarily on our foreign deferred tax assets. See Note 9 - Income Taxes of the Notes to Combined Financial Statements for more information. Future events could change management’s assessment.

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We operate within multiple taxing jurisdictions and are subject to tax audits in these jurisdictions. These audits can involve complex issues, which may require an extended period of time to resolve. However, we believe we have made adequate provision for income and other taxes for all years that are subject to audit. As tax positions are effectively settled, the tax provision will be adjusted accordingly. The liability for uncertain income tax and other tax positions, including accrued interest and penalties on those positions, at June 30, 2014 , and June 30, 2013 , was $1.0 million and $1.1 million , respectively.
New Accounting Standards
See Note 1 - Summary of Significant Accounting Policies of the Notes to Combined Financial Statements for information regarding New Accounting Standards.
Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk
Foreign Exchange Rate Risk: Kimball Electronics operates internationally and thus is subject to potentially adverse movements in foreign currency rate changes. Our risk management strategy includes the use of derivative financial instruments to hedge certain foreign currency exposures. Derivatives are used only to manage underlying exposures and are not used in a speculative manner. Further information on derivative financial instruments is provided in Note 12 - Derivative Instruments of Notes to Combined Financial Statements. We estimate that a hypothetical 10% adverse change in foreign currency exchange rates from levels at June 30, 2014 and 2013 relative to non-functional currency balances of monetary instruments, to the extent not hedged by derivative instruments, would not have a material impact on profitability in an annual period.

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MANAGEMENT
Our Executive Officers Following the Spin-Off
Upon completion of the spin-off, none of our executive officers will be executive officers or employees of Parent. The following sets forth information regarding individuals who are expected to serve as our executive officers, including their positions after the spin-off. Additional executive officers may be selected prior to the spin-off to serve as executive officers after the spin-off and information concerning those executive officers will be included in an amendment to this Information Statement.
Donald D. Charron , age 50 , is expected to serve as Kimball Electronics’ Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer. He currently serves as an Executive Vice President of Parent, a member of the Board of Directors of Parent, and the President of the Kimball Electronics Group that will comprise Kimball Electronics following the spin-off. Mr. Charron has led the EMS segment of Parent since joining Parent in 1999. Mr. Charron’s extensive contract electronics industry experience prior to joining Parent, as well as his intimate knowledge of Parent’s EMS operations provides valuable operational, strategic, and global market insights.
Roger Chang (Chang Shang Yu) , age 57 , is expected to serve as Kimball Electronics’ Vice President, Asian Operations. He currently serves as Vice President, Asian Operations for Kimball Electronics Group that will comprise Kimball Electronics following the spin-off. Mr. Chang has served in his current role since 2004.
Julia A. Dutchess , age 63 , is expected to serve as Kimball Electronics’ Vice President, Human Resources. She currently serves as Vice President, Human Resources for Kimball Electronics Group that will comprise Kimball Electronics following the spin-off. Ms. Dutchess has served in her current role since 1997.
John H. Kahle , age 57 , is expected to serve as Kimball Electronics’ Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary. He currently serves as Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary of Parent. Mr. Kahle has served in his current role with Parent since 2001.
Janusz F. Kasprzyk , age 54 , is expected to serve as Kimball Electronics’ Vice President, European Operations. He currently serves as Vice President, European Operations for Kimball Electronics Poland which is a subsidiary of Kimball Electronics Group that will comprise Kimball Electronics following the spin-off. Mr. Kasprzyk has served in his current role since 2008.
Steven T. Korn , age 50 , is expected to serve as Kimball Electronics’ Vice President, North American Operations. He currently serves as Vice President, North American Operations for Kimball Electronics Group that will comprise Kimball Electronics following the spin-off. Mr. Korn has served in his current role since 2007.
Michael K. Sergesketter , age 54 , is expected to serve as Kimball Electronics’ Vice President, Chief Financial Officer. He currently serves as the Vice President, Chief Financial Officer for Kimball Electronics Group that will comprise Kimball Electronics following the spin-off. Mr. Sergesketter has served in his current role since 1996.
Sandy A. Smith , age 51 , is expected to serve as Kimball Electronics’ Vice President, Information Technology. She currently serves as Vice President, Information Technology for Kimball Electronics Group that will comprise Kimball Electronics following the spin-off. Ms. Smith has served in her current role since 2004.
Christopher J. Thyen , age 51 , is expected to serve as Kimball Electronics’ Vice President, Business Development. He currently serves as Vice President, Business Development for Kimball Electronics Group that will comprise Kimball Electronics following the spin-off. Mr. Thyen has served in his current role since 2008.
Our Board of Directors Following the Spin-Off
The following sets forth information with respect to those persons who are expected to serve on our Board of Directors following the spin-off.
Donald D. Charron, age 50 , is expected to join our Board of Directors and serve as Chairman of the Board. He is also expected to serve as our Chief Executive Officer. See “—Our Executive Officers Following the Spin-Off” section above for further information on Mr. Charron’s background.

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Christine M. Vujovich , age 62 , is expected to join our Board of Directors. Ms. Vujovich has served as a director of Parent since 1994. Since 2012, Ms. Vujovich has been a member of the National Academy of Sciences Medium and Heavy-duty Vehicle Phase II Fuel Economy Committee, which advises the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. Ms. Vujovich is currently retired, but served in various management positions at Cummins, Inc. from 1978 to 2009, including her position prior to retirement as Vice President, Marketing and Environmental Policy. Ms. Vujovich’s experience with international and domestic manufacturing and sales operations in a major manufacturing company provides valuable knowledge of marketing and manufacturing systems. Her environmental policy background provides expertise regarding governmental regulation.
Geoffrey L. Stringer , age 71 , is expected to join our Board of Directors. Mr. Stringer has served as a director of Parent since 2003, but is otherwise retired, having most recently served from 1998 to 2001 as Executive Vice President of Bank One Corporation and Chief Executive Officer of Bank One Capital Corporation, and prior to that holding various other senior management positions at banks acquired by the Bank One Corporation. Mr. Stringer’s lifelong career experience as a banker provides a significant breadth and depth of experience in general economics, capital markets, and financing.
Thomas J. Tischhauser , age 56 , is expected to join our Board of Directors. Mr. Tischhauser has served as a director of Parent since 2008. He has been an independent executive consultant in leadership development and a principal with Wynstone Partners since 2007. He served as Vice President of Continental Automotive from 2006 to 2007 and served in various management positions of Motorola, Inc. from 1983 to 2006, including his final position as Corporate Vice President. Mr. Tischhauser’s broad experience in the electronics and consulting industries provides unique insight into the electronics markets from a global perspective.
Christopher B. Curtis , age 57 , is expected to join our Board of Directors. Mr. Curtis served in various management positions of Schneider Electric, NA from 1993 to 2013 including the position of President and Chief Executive Officer from 2008 to 2013. He is currently serving as Senior Advisor to the company. Prior to 1993, Mr. Curtis held various positions with Robert Shaw Controls (acquired by Siebe PLC) and Grasslin Controls Company. Mr. Curtis’ background in operations, leadership, strategy and global markets, as well as previous experience serving as an independent director, will provide valuable input into planning for strategic growth.
Gregory J. Lampert , age 47 , is expected to join our Board of Directors. Mr. Lampert has been Executive Vice President, President and Chief Executive Officer of General Cable, Americas since January 2013. Prior to this, he held various management positions of General Cable since joining the company in 1998. Prior to joining General Cable, he held engineering and commercial management positions with The Dow Chemical Company and Cintas Corporation. Mr. Lampert’s previous Board experience and financial background as well as experience in managing sales organizations will provide broad insights into capital planning and sales operations.
Colleen C. Repplier , age 53 , is expected to join our Board of Directors. Ms. Repplier has been with Tyco International since 2007, holding the title of President for two separate organically and inorganically expanding fire protection products business units during that time. Prior to Tyco, Ms. Repplier held senior leadership positions at the Home Depot from 2005 to 2007. Prior to 2005, Ms. Repplier spent 20 years in the energy industry, holding engineering and marketing roles with Westinghouse Electric Company and Bechtel Corporation as well as progressing through commercial and general management assignments at General Electric. Ms. Repplier’s engineering background as well as extensive experience in operations, supply chain management, and six-sigma methodologies will provide a broad insights into operational planning and improvement opportunities.
At any meeting of our Share Owners for the election of directors at which a quorum is present, directors will be elected by a plurality of the votes cast. Each director will serve for a three-year term. Our Board of Directors will have staggered terms for directors, with the total number of directors classified into three (3) groups (with each group containing one-third (1/3) of the total, as near as may be) whose terms of office expire at different times.
Structure of the Board of Directors
Our Board of Directors will be divided into three classes as nearly equal in number as possible. Each director will serve for a term ending on the date of the third annual meeting of shareholders following the annual meeting at which such director was elected, except that the initial terms of the Class I, Class II and Class III directors will expire at the annual meeting in each of 2015, 2016 and 2017, respectively. The foregoing notwithstanding, each director will serve until his or her successor shall have been duly elected and qualified, unless such director resigns, becomes disqualified, disabled or otherwise be removed.
The proposed Class I directors will include Donald D. Charron, Gregory J. Lampert, and Colleen C. Repplier; the proposed Class II directors will include Thomas J. Tischhauser and Christine M. Vujovich; and the proposed Class III directors will include Geoffrey L. Stringer and Christopher B. Curtis.

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Independence of Directors
Our Board of Directors is expected to formally determine the independence of its directors in connection with the spin-off. The Board of Directors of Parent has affirmatively determined that all of the directors who are anticipated to be elected to our Board of Directors will meet the criteria for independence as defined by the rules of the NASDAQ and the corporate governance guidelines to be adopted by our Board of Directors, except for Donald D. Charron because of his role as Chief Executive Officer. Our Board of Directors is expected to annually determine the independence of directors based on a review by the directors and the Compensation and Governance Committee.
Director Nominations Process
We intend to adopt corporate governance guidelines that will contain information concerning the responsibilities of the Compensation and Governance Committee of our Board of Directors with respect to identifying and evaluating future director candidates.
The Compensation and Governance Committee will review the composition of the full Board of Directors to identify the qualifications and areas of expertise needed to further enhance the composition of the Board of Directors, will make recommendations to the Board of Directors concerning the appropriate size and needs of the Board of Directors and, on its own or with the assistance of management or others, will identify candidates with those qualifications. In considering candidates, the Compensation and Governance Committee will take into account all factors it considers appropriate, including breadth of experience, understanding of business and financial issues, ability to exercise sound judgment, diversity, leadership, and achievements and experience in matters affecting business and industry. The Compensation and Governance Committee will consider the entirety of each candidate’s credentials, including each candidate’s character and integrity, experience and understanding of strategy and policy-setting, availability to devote time to Board of Directors matters, and whether any conflict of interest would interfere with a candidate’s performance as a director.
Committees of the Board of Directors
Effective upon the completion of the spin-off, our Board of Directors will have the following standing committees: an Audit Committee and a Compensation and Governance Committee. Our Board of Directors will adopt a written charter for each of these committees, which will be posted on our website.
Audit Committee
The members of the Audit Committee are expected to be Geoffrey L. Stringer (Chairperson), Thomas J. Tischhauser and Colleen C. Repplier. All of the members of the Audit Committee will satisfy the independence requirements of Rule 10A-3 of the Exchange Act and Rule 5605 of the NASDAQ listing standards. The responsibilities of the Audit Committee, which are anticipated to be substantially identical to the responsibilities of Parent’s Audit Committee, will be more fully described in our Audit Committee charter. The Audit Committee charter will be posted on our website and will be available in print to any Share Owner who requests it. All members of the Audit Committee will be financially literate. Further, the Board of Directors has determined that Geoffrey L. Stringer possesses accounting or related financial management expertise within the meaning of the NASDAQ listing standards and that he qualifies as an “audit committee financial expert” as defined under the applicable SEC rules.
Compensation and Governance Committee
The members of the Compensation and Governance Committee are expected to be Christine M. Vujovich (Chairperson), Gregory J. Lampert, and Christopher B. Curtis. All of the members of the Compensation and Governance Committee will satisfy the independence requirements under Rule 5605 of the NASDAQ listing standards. The responsibilities of the Compensation and Governance Committee, which are anticipated to be substantially identical to the responsibilities of Parent’s Compensation and Governance Committee, will be more fully described in the Compensation and Governance Committee charter. The Compensation and Governance Committee charter will be posted on our website and will be available in print to any Share Owner who requests it. Each member of the Compensation and Governance Committee will be a non-employee director and there are no Compensation and Governance Committee interlocks involving any of the projected members of the Compensation and Governance Committee. Included among its responsibilities is the director nominations process discussed above.

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Corporate Governance Guidelines
Our Board of Directors will adopt governance guidelines designed to assist us and our Board of Directors in implementing effective corporate governance practices. The governance guidelines will be reviewed regularly by the Compensation and Governance Committee in light of changing circumstances in order to continue serving our best interests and the best interests of our Share Owners.
Code of Conduct
We will adopt a Business Ethics Policy , which will apply to all of our employees, officers and directors and will meet the requirements of a “code of ethics” as defined by SEC regulations. The Business Ethics Policy also will meet the requirements of a code of business conduct and ethics under the listing standards of the NASDAQ. The Business Ethics Policy will be posted on our website prior to the completion of the spin-off.
Compensation of Non-Employee Directors
Following the spin-off, director compensation will be determined by our Board of Directors with the assistance of the Compensation and Governance Committee. It is anticipated that such compensation will be of the same general configuration as is currently used by Parent for the directors of Parent. All non-employee directors initially will receive an annual retainer of $75,000 per year for service as directors. Additionally, the Chairperson of the Audit Committee of the Board and the Chairperson of the Compensation and Governance Committee of the Board initially will each receive an additional $10,000 annual retainer fee. Directors may elect to receive all of their annual retainer and/or meeting fees in shares of common stock. Directors also are reimbursed for travel expenses incurred in connection with attending Board and committee meetings.


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COMPENSATION DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS
Introduction
The Compensation and Governance Committee of Parent’s Board of Directors (the “Parent Committee”), which is responsible for overseeing the compensation program for all of Parent’s executive officers, plays a key role in designing and administering its executive compensation program. All principal elements of compensation paid to its executive officers are subject to approval by Parent Committee.
This Compensation Discussion and Analysis provides detailed information regarding Parent’s compensation programs and decisions for our chief executive officer, chief financial officer and the three other most highly compensated executive officers, based on their compensation with Parent for Parent’s fiscal year ended June 30, 2014 . These officers are referred to herein as our “named executive officers” (“NEOs”).
This Compensation Discussion and Analysis also describes the ways in which we anticipate that our compensation programs and philosophy will differ from Parent’s after we become a separate public company. The spin-off from Parent will provide us with the flexibility to establish distinct compensation policies to attract, motivate and retain our executive officers. In connection with the spin-off, our Board of Directors will form its own Compensation and Governance Committee (the “Kimball Electronics Committee”) that will be responsible for our future executive compensation programs. Accordingly, our executive compensation programs following the spin-off may differ from Parent programs in place during fiscal year 2014 .
Our NEOs for fiscal 2014 are expected to assume new roles with increased responsibility at Kimball Electronics following the spin-off. These individuals are:
Donald D. Charron, who serves as an Executive Vice President of Parent, a member of the Board of Directors of Parent, and the President of Kimball Electronics Group that will comprise Kimball Electronics after the spin-off, is expected to serve as Kimball Electronics’ Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer.
John H. Kahle, who serves as an Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary of Parent, is expected to serve as Kimball Electronics’ Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary.
Steven T. Korn, who serves as Vice President, North American Operations for Kimball Electronics Group that will comprise Kimball Electronics following the spin-off, is expected to serve as Kimball Electronics’ Vice President, North American Operations.
Michael K. Sergesketter, who serves as Vice President, Chief Financial Officer for Kimball Electronics Group that will comprise Kimball Electronics following the spin-off, is expected to serve as Kimball Electronics’ Vice President, Chief Financial Officer.
Christopher J. Thyen, who serves as Vice President, Business Development for Kimball Electronics Group that will comprise Kimball Electronics following the spin-off, is expected to serve as Kimball Electronics’ Vice President, Business Development.
This Compensation Discussion and Analysis is intended to supplement the more detailed information concerning executive compensation that appears in the “Executive Officer and Director Compensation” section of this Information Statement. Our goal is to provide our Share Owners and the investing public with a better understanding of our executive compensation practices and the decisions made concerning the compensation payable to our executive officers, including our NEOs.

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Components of Compensation
Historically
The Parent compensation program is comprised of the following primary components: (i) annual cash compensation, which includes base salary and performance-based cash incentive compensation, and (ii) performance-based stock incentive compensation, each of which is described below. The Parent Committee reviews the components of compensation on an individual executive and overall basis to achieve Parent’s goal of creating long-term Share Owner value.
Compensation Component
 
Purpose
 
Compensation Philosophy
Annual base salary
 
To provide an appropriate level of fixed compensation that will promote executive recruitment and retention based on business responsibilities, personal performance during the prior year, and leadership qualities.
 
Rewards performance.

Retains executive talent.
Performance-based cash incentive compensation
 
Variable component used to incentivize, motivate and link compensation with our financial success.
 
Rewards performance.

Aligns interests with Share Owners’ interests.

Retains executive talent.
Performance-based stock incentive compensation
 
To motivate executive officers and retain key employees by aligning their goals with those of our Share Owners.
 
Rewards performance.

Aligns interests with Share Owners’ interests.

Retains executive talent.
Additional discretionary cash and/or stock compensation
 
To recognize individual achievement in special situations.
 
Rewards performance.

Retains executive talent.

Going Forward

Going forward, we expect to adopt a compensation program with objectives and elements of compensation that appropriately incentivize our management team in view of our business needs and strategy.
Annual Cash Compensation
Historically
1.   Base Salary .  Base salaries for our NEOs are based upon the scope of their responsibilities, their performance, the period over which they have performed those responsibilities, and other subjective factors. Decisions regarding salary increases or decreases take into account the executive’s current salary and the amounts paid to the executive’s peers within Parent. Base salaries of Parent’s President/Chief Executive Officer (“Parent President”/“Parent CEO”) and Chairman of the Board (“Parent Chairman”) are reviewed as appropriate by Parent Committee, and Parent Committee makes adjustments as it deems necessary. Base salaries of Parent’s other executive officers are reviewed as appropriate by Parent CEO, usually on an annual basis. Adjustments to the base salaries of Parent’s other executive officers may be initiated by Parent CEO and are approved by Parent Committee.
2.   Cash Incentive Compensation .  Parent’s executive officers (except Parent Chairman) and full-time salaried employees, except those covered under commission-based compensation programs, are eligible to participate in Parent’s Profit Sharing Incentive Bonus Plan (Incentive Bonus Plan), which provides participants with an opportunity to receive a cash payment if certain profitability levels (tiers) for the fiscal year are achieved. Parent’s Incentive Bonus Plan measures profitability at three levels within Parent: (1) worldwide for Parent-wide performance (“Worldwide”); (2) at a group level for certain combinations of business units (“Group”); and (3) at a business unit level for the performance of designated operations within Parent (“Business Unit”).
The goal of Parent’s Incentive Bonus Plan is to link compensation with the long-term financial success of Parent.

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Parent’s Incentive Bonus Plan establishes potential cash incentive amounts as a range of percentages of the participant’s salary, with the payout percentage increasing with higher levels of profitability. Parent’s Incentive Bonus Plan also establishes different payout percentage ranges across several participant categories, setting higher payout percentage ranges for participants who, by virtue of their responsibilities, are expected to have a greater effect on Parent’s profitability. The following matrix summarizes the cash incentive payout percentages at each economic profit tier for the various participant categories:
Economic Profit
 
Participant Categories
Tiers
 
1
 
2
 
3
 
4
 
5
 
6
 
7
 
8
1
 
100
%
 
80
%
 
60
%
 
50
%
 
40
%
 
30
%
 
20
%
 
10
%
2
 
80
%
 
60
%
 
45
%
 
35
%
 
30
%
 
22
%
 
15
%
 
7
%
3
 
60
%
 
40
%
 
30
%
 
25
%
 
20
%
 
15
%
 
10
%
 
5
%
4
 
40
%
 
20
%
 
15
%
 
12
%
 
10
%
 
7
%
 
5
%
 
3
%
5
 
20
%
 
10
%
 
8
%
 
6
%
 
5
%
 
4
%
 
3
%
 
2
%
6
 
0
%
 
0
%
 
0
%
 
0
%
 
0
%
 
0
%
 
0
%
 
0
%
For a particular fiscal year, Parent Committee sets each tier to a specific amount of economic profit. Economic profit is equal to the amount of net income less the cost of capital. The cost of capital represents the economic cost of a reasonable return on capital that is used in the business. New capital expenditures are excluded in computing the cost of capital for an appropriate period of time (currently 12 months) to encourage needed capital investments. Separate economic profit tiers are set for Worldwide, Group, and Business Unit plans. The Worldwide and Group economic profit tiers are set by Parent Committee after considering many factors, including comparisons to economic performance data gathered by Parent of numerous public companies. The economic profit tiers for the Worldwide, Group, and Business Unit levels are established so that performance attained between the tier 4 and tier 3 levels approximates the median economic profitability performance of these public companies. Achievement of a 100% cash incentive payout for executive officers is very difficult because Parent’s Incentive Bonus Plan is designed to pay maximum cash incentives only if Parent achieves economic profitability near the top quartile of these public companies. Parent Committee must approve the economic profit tiers within 90 days after the commencement of each fiscal year. Parent Committee may, within such 90-day time period, make adjustments for non-operating income and loss and other profit-computation elements as it deems appropriate to provide optimal incentives for eligible employees. While Parent Committee may make adjustments beyond the 90-day period, any such adjustments will not be applicable to our NEOs.
Our NEOs are in participant category 1 and thus may earn cash incentives anywhere from zero up to 100% of base salary. Parent Committee has set the target cash incentive for our NEOs at approximately 40% (tier 4 level) which is a cash incentive payout reflecting our Parent’s desired level of compensation at risk. During fiscal year 2014 , Messrs. Charron, Korn, Sergesketter, and Thyen participated at the Electronics Group level, while Mr. Kahle participated at the Worldwide level. For the past five years, cash incentive payouts averaged 43% for the Electronics Group plan and 33% for the Worldwide plan for our NEOs.
A participant’s total cash incentive under Parent’s Incentive Bonus Plan may not exceed $1,000,000 for any fiscal year. At the end of each fiscal year, but before cash incentives under Parent’s Incentive Bonus Plan may be paid, the Parent Committee certifies the actual economic profit that was achieved and approves the payment of the cash incentive. The Parent Committee does not have the discretion to increase, but can decrease, the amount of any cash incentive for NEOs under Parent’s Incentive Bonus Plan. There were no decreases in fiscal year 2014 .
Cash incentives earned under Parent’s Incentive Bonus Plan for a particular fiscal year are accrued annually and paid in five installments over the succeeding fiscal year with 50% payable in August and 12.5% payable in each of the following months of September, January, April, and June. Cash incentives totaling less than $2,000 are paid in a lump sum in August. Except for provisions relating to retirement, death, permanent disability, and certain other circumstances described in a participant’s employment agreement, participants must be actively employed on each payment date to be eligible to receive any unpaid installments. If a participant’s termination of employment is caused by retirement, death, disability, or certain other circumstances described in a participant’s employment agreement, the participant (or beneficiary, in the event of the participant’s death) will be entitled to receive all cash incentive payments for the previous fiscal year and a pro rata share for the current fiscal year, all to be paid in full within 2 1 / 2 months after the end of Parent’s fiscal year.

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Based upon the fiscal year 2014 economic profit results of Parent, our NEOs will receive the following payouts under Parent’s Incentive Bonus Plan.
Named Executive Officer
 
Incentive Bonus Plan Payout
(% of FY 2014 Base Salary)
Donald D. Charron
 
91%
John H. Kahle
 
85%
Steven T. Korn
 
91%
Michael K. Sergesketter
 
91%
Christopher J. Thyen
 
91%
Going Forward
It is expected that Kimball Electronics Committee will adopt similar principles and approaches with respect to base salary and cash incentive compensation. Following the spin-off, Kimball Electronics Committee will adopt a similar incentive bonus plan.
Stock Compensation
Historically
Parent’s 2003 Amended and Restated Stock Option and Incentive Plan (the “Parent 2003 Plan”) permits a variety of stock incentive benefits consisting of restricted stock, restricted share units, unrestricted share grants, incentive stock options, non-qualified stock options, stock appreciation rights, performance shares, and performance units. Parent Committee granted performance shares during fiscal year 2014 . Parent Committee’s view is that performance shares represent one of the more effective forms of stock incentive compensation available under the Parent 2003 Plan by tying compensation directly to the economic profitability of Parent.
1.   Performance Shares
Performance shares include both an Annual Performance Share (“APS”) award and a Long-Term Performance Share (“LTPS”) award with one-fifth (1/5) of the award vesting annually over the succeeding five-year period. Prior to fiscal year 2014, these awards were approved by Parent Committee in August of each fiscal year. In June 2014, Parent changed its grant timing policy to grant performance shares in June. The new grant timing was intended to inform participants of their awards for the fiscal year 2015 performance period at or near the beginning of that fiscal year. The performance share awards set forth the maximum number of shares of Parent’s stock which the participant is eligible to receive if the applicable profitability levels for the fiscal year have been achieved. The maximum number of shares awarded to each of our NEOs is determined by Parent Committee based upon the relative level of operational responsibilities of the NEOs for their respective business segment and the overall company, as well as the other subjective factors. For the APS award, the number of shares of Parent’s stock that the NEO actually receives under the award is determined by multiplying (x) the NEO’s payout percentage calculated under Parent’s Incentive Bonus Plan for the performance year by (y) the maximum number of shares set forth in the award.
In order to determine the number of shares that the NEO actually receives under the LTPS award, the NEO’s payout percentage (using the Worldwide level payout percentage for all NEOs calculated under Parent’s Incentive Bonus Plan for the performance year) is converted to a LTPS payout percentage according to the following table:
Incentive Bonus Plan Payout Percentage
 
 
 
LTPS Payout Percentage
40% - 100%
 
100%
0% - 39%
 
Incentive Bonus Plan Payout Percentage ÷ 40%
The resulting percentage is multiplied by the maximum number of shares eligible to be received in the applicable fiscal year. For the past five years, the shares ultimately earned for APS awards have averaged approximately 43% of the shares awarded for the Electronics Group plan and 33% for the Worldwide plan for our NEOs. Shares ultimately earned for LTPS awards, which use the Worldwide level payout percentage for all our NEOs, have averaged approximately 60% of the shares awarded for the past five years.
The APS award acts as an incentive to drive higher profits on a shorter-term annual basis. The LTPS award acts as an incentive for longer term stock price appreciation by driving higher profits, which creates higher cash incentive percentages and greater payouts to the participants. The NEOs have no voting or dividend rights with respect to the performance shares until earned.

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Based upon the fiscal year 2014 economic profit results, our NEOs were issued the following shares applicable to fiscal year 2014 performance under Parent 2003 Plan:
Named Executive Officer
 
FY 2014
APS Grant
(Shares Issued) (1)
 
FY 2014
LTPS Grant
(Shares Issued) (1)
Donald D. Charron
 
6,825

 
30,700

John H. Kahle
 
6,375

 
31,300

Steven T. Korn
 
3,185

 
5,900

Michael K. Sergesketter
 
3,185

 
5,900

Christopher J. Thyen
 
3,185

 
5,900

(1) Shares have not been reduced by the number of shares withheld to satisfy tax withholding obligations.
The “Stock Awards” column of the Summary Compensation Table in the “Executive Officer and Director Compensation” section includes the targeted value of performance shares granted during fiscal year 2014 , estimated based on an assumed payout at a target (Tier 4) level of Parent’s Incentive Bonus Plan and using the share price as of the date granted, which was $11.05 for the performance shares granted in August 2013 and $16.34 for the performance shares granted in June 2014. The share price as of the dates granted represents the closing prices of Parent Class B Common Stock as reported by the NASDAQ on August 12, 2013 and June 26, 2014, respectively, reduced by the present value of dividends not payable on outstanding performance shares. The performance shares granted in June 2014 will be earned based on fiscal year 2015 performance and therefore are not included in the table below.
The table below compares that targeted value with the actual value of performance shares earned during fiscal year 2014 as set forth above, based on the number of shares earned as calculated under Parent Incentive Bonus Plan and the closing price of Parent Class B Common Stock as reported by the NASDAQ on the August 19, 2014 vesting date, which was $15.60. The "Realized" column below excludes performance shares granted in June 2014 because the fiscal year 2015 performance period had not yet begun, and thus none of those performance shares could have been earned during fiscal year 2014.
We are providing this information to give additional context to the fiscal year 2014 compensation of our NEOs by showing the impact that our actual fiscal 2014 financial performance had on the value of realized compensation.
 
 
Performance Shares
Named Executive Officer
 
Targeted Value for August 2013 Awards
 
Realized (Earned and Vested Value)
 
Realized Value as a Percentage of Targeted Value
 
 
($)
 
($)
 
(%)
Donald D. Charron
 
$
372,385

 
$
585,390

 
157.2
%
John H. Kahle
 
$
379,015

 
$
587,730

 
155.1
%
Steven T. Korn
 
$
80,665

 
$
141,726

 
175.7
%
Michael K. Sergesketter
 
$
80,665

 
$
141,726

 
175.7
%
Christopher J. Thyen
 
$
80,665

 
$
141,726

 
175.7
%
The maximum number of shares granted June 2014 for the fiscal year 2015 performance period to each of our NEOs under Parent 2003 Plan was as follows:
Named Executive Officer
 
FY 2015
APS Award
(Maximum # of Shares)
 
FY 2015
LTPS Award
(Maximum # of Shares)
Donald D. Charron
 
5,300

 
17,000

John H. Kahle
 
5,300

 
17,000

Steven T. Korn
 
2,500

 
3,400

Michael K. Sergesketter
 
2,500

 
3,400

Christopher J. Thyen
 
2,500

 
3,400


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2.   Unrestricted Shares
Because special situations occur where individual achievement may not be adequately recognized under this single incentive plan, Parent Committee, at the beginning of each fiscal year, grants authority to Parent Chairman and/or Parent CEO to distribute additional discretionary cash and/or stock compensation up to an aggregate maximum amount to eligible participants for each particular fiscal year. For fiscal year 2014 , no discretionary cash or stock compensation was awarded to our NEOs.
For fiscal year 2014 , the aggregate amount of cash compensation approved by Parent Committee was $500,000, and the maximum number of shares approved by Parent Committee was 600,000 shares of Parent Class A or Class B Common Stock. The stock compensation may be in the form of performance share award opportunities and/or outright grants of shares of Common Stock, all to be awarded under Parent 2003 Plan. Discretionary compensation is awarded based upon individual effort and is paid in amounts and at such times as Parent Chairman and/or Parent CEO determine, in their sole discretion. No employee has a guaranteed right to discretionary compensation in the event that performance targets are not met. Eligible participants include any employee of Parent, excluding Parent Chairman and Parent CEO for cash or stock compensation, and excluding executive officers of Parent pursuant to Section 16 of the Exchange Act for stock compensation, except where approved by Parent Committee.
Going Forward
It is expected that Kimball Electronics Committee will maintain a program to deliver incentive equity awards to our executives and other employees appropriate for our business needs.
Parent’s outstanding performance share awards, including those granted to each of our NEOs, will be converted to the economically equivalent amount of Kimball Electronics performance share awards based upon a pre-determined formula using the five-day weighted average of trading prices of Parent and Kimball Electronics stock both pre-spin-off and post-spin-off to calculate the number of Kimball Electronics performance share awards. Parent has no other unvested outstanding incentive equity awards.

Retirement Plan
Historically
Our NEOs participate in a defined contribution, participant-directed retirement plan that all domestic employees of Parent are eligible to participate in (the “Parent Retirement Plan”). Parent Retirement Plan is intended to attract employees and promote employee retention by providing a long-term savings opportunity. Parent Retirement Plan provides for voluntary employee contributions as well as a discretionary annual Parent contribution as determined by Parent Committee. Parent Committee considers Parent profitability among other factors when determining the contribution. The total Parent contribution is allocated based upon the total eligible compensation of eligible participants. Each eligible participant’s Parent contribution percentage is identical, including our NEOs. Parent’s contribution percentage for fiscal year 2014 was approximately 3% of eligible compensation, up to the annual compensation limit under Section 401(a) of the Code. Participant contributions are fully vested immediately and Parent contributions are fully vested after five years of participation according to the following schedule. All NEOs are fully vested.
Years of Vesting Service
 
Vested Percentage
Less than 1
 
0%
1
 
10%
2
 
20%
3
 
40%
4
 
60%
5
 
100%

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Parent Retirement Plan is fully funded and participants may choose to invest their balances among any combination of the investment options shown in the table below. The annual return of each fund for the year ended June 30, 2014 , is noted in parentheses.
Investment Option
 
Fund (Annual Return)
Stable Value Fund
 
Vanguard Retirement Savings Trust (1.68%)
Bond Fund
 
Vanguard Total Bond Index Fund Investor Shares (4.29%)
Bond Fund
 
PIMCO Total Return Fund; Institutional Class (4.88%)
Income Balanced Fund
 
Vanguard LifeStrategy Income Fund (8.12%)
Fixed Income Fund
 
Vanguard Inflation-Protected Securities Fund Investor Shares (4.34%)
Conservative Balanced Fund
 
Vanguard LifeStrategy Conservative Growth Fund (12.07%)
Moderate Balanced Fund
 
Vanguard LifeStrategy Moderate Growth Fund (15.97%)
Aggressive Balanced Fund
 
Vanguard LifeStrategy Growth Fund Investor Shares (20.08%)
S&P 500 Index Fund
 
Vanguard Institutional Index Fund Institutional Shares (24.56%)
Large Cap Value Fund
 
Vanguard Windsor II Fund Investor Shares (22.52%)
Growth Equity Fund
 
MainStay Large Cap Growth Fund; Class R1 (26.93%)
Small Cap Growth Fund
 
Vanguard Explorer Fund Investor Shares (25.08%)
Small Cap Value Fund
 
Vulcan Value Partners Small Cap Fund (19.52%)
Real Estate Fund
 
Vanguard REIT Index Fund Investor Shares (13.21%)
International Core Equity Fund
 
Vanguard International Growth Fund Investor Shares (24.76%)
Company Stock Fund
 
Kimball International Stock Fund (74.18%)
For those eligible employees who, under the 1986 Tax Reform Act, are deemed to be highly compensated, their individual Parent contribution under Parent Retirement Plan is reduced. See the following “Nonqualified Deferred Compensation” section.
Going Forward
Upon the completion of the spin-off, Kimball Electronics expects to adopt a similar retirement plan.
Nonqualified Deferred Compensation
Historically
For our NEOs, Parent’s other executive officers and other key employees who are deemed to be highly compensated under the 1986 Tax Reform Act, there is a fully-funded, nonqualified, Supplemental Employee Retirement Plan (“Parent SERP”) under which Parent contributes to the account of each participant an amount equal to the reduction in their Parent contribution under Parent Retirement Plan arising from the provisions of the 1986 Tax Reform Act. In addition, participants may voluntarily defer up to 50% of their eligible compensation under the Parent SERP. A participant’s deferrals are fully vested. Parent contributions are subject to the same vesting schedule as Parent’s Retirement Plan and are made within 2 1 / 2 months after the end of the fiscal year. Parent’s contribution percentage for fiscal year 2014 was approximately 3% of eligible compensation in excess of the annual compensation limit under Section 401(a) of the Code. Investment options are the same as those under Parent’s Retirement Plan except for the exclusion of the Stable Value and Company Stock Funds and the addition of a Money Market Fund. Payments of a participant’s elective deferrals and Parent contributions are made as elected by the participant in lump sum or in installment payments over a period of 5 or 10 years commencing upon retirement or termination of employment, whichever occurs first. These amounts may be paid earlier in the event of death of the participant or an unforeseen emergency affecting the participant as determined by the committee appointed to administer the Parent SERP. The Parent SERP is intended to promote retention by providing a long-term savings opportunity on a tax-efficient basis. The assets of the Parent SERP are held in a grantor trust in what is commonly referred to as a “rabbi trust” arrangement. This means that the assets of the Parent SERP are subject to the claims of Parent’s general creditors in the event of Parent’s insolvency.
Going Forward
Upon the completion of the spin-off, Kimball Electronics expects to adopt a similar nonqualified deferred compensation plan.

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Other Compensation
Historically
Parent provides our NEOs with other benefits, which Parent Committee believes are reasonable, competitive and consistent with Parent’s overall compensation program directives. They are designed to promote the executives’ physical and mental well-being in order to help them function more effectively in their respective positions.
These benefits and the rationale for providing each are as follows:
Benefit
 
Rationale
Financial Counseling
 
Aid personal financial planning through expert advice to properly manage financial affairs.
Tax Preparation
 
Assist in accurate preparation of personal income tax filings.
Executive Preventive Healthcare Program
 
Maintain health of executive and primary personal support person to permit peak performance.
Medical Reimbursement
 
Promote seeking of proper medical care by reducing potential financial barriers.
No loans of Parent funds have ever been made to any executive officer for any purpose. Our NEOs and their spouses may use Parent aircraft in connection with the Executive Preventive Healthcare Program, with the appropriate amount being included in their taxable income. The exact amounts received from these benefits are not predetermined.
Going Forward
Upon the completion of the spin-off, Kimball Electronics Committee expects to adopt other compensation benefits which are similar to Parent’s.
Employment and Severance Agreements
Parent has entered into written employment agreements with each of Messrs. Charron and Kahle. These employment agreements are intended to bring Parent more in line with competitive practices within the industries in which it operates and were designed to enhance the retention of executives and protect the interests of Parent by way of covenants not to compete. Each of the agreements is in substantially the same form and provides for acceleration of certain benefits and payment of severance in certain circumstances, as described in the section entitled “Executive Officer and Director Compensation — Employment Agreements with NEOs and Potential Payments Upon Termination or Change-In-Control.”
Messrs. Korn, Sergesketter and Thyen participated in a Parent severance plan in which key members of Parent management participated. This plan is described in Note 7 - Employee Benefit Plans to the Combined Financial Statements included in the Information Statement for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2014 .
Going Forward
We expect the employment agreements between Parent and Messrs. Charron and Kahle will be assigned by Parent to and assumed by Kimball Electronics. Kimball Electronics expects to enter into employment agreements that include substantially the same terms to provide for similar benefits to the other NEOs.
Tax and Accounting Considerations  
Historically
Section 162(m)
Parent Committee has considered the potential effect of Section 162(m) of the Code, which limits the deductibility of non-performance-based executive compensation in excess of $1,000,000 paid to its named executive officers covered under the law. APS and LTPS awards and cash incentives paid under Parent Incentive Bonus Plan are designed to be deductible as qualified performance-based compensation under Section 162(m) when they are paid to our NEOs. Our NEOs received other compensation during fiscal year 2014 which was not considered performance-based compensation, including base salaries and perquisites.

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Section 409A
Section 409A of the Code affects the payments of certain types of deferred compensation to key employees and includes requirements relating to when payments under such arrangements can be made, acceleration of benefits, and timing of elections under such arrangements. Failure to satisfy these requirements will generally lead to an acceleration of the timing for including deferred compensation in an employee’s income, as well as certain additional taxes, penalties and interest. Parent intends for, but does not currently require, its nonqualified deferred compensation arrangement to meet the effective requirements of Section 409A.
Recovery of Compensation from Executive Misconduct
If Parent determines that an executive officer has engaged in fraudulent or intentional misconduct, resulting in a restatement of Parent’s financial results, Parent would take all possible actions to recover any portion of performance-based or incentive compensation paid or awarded to the executive that is greater than the amount that would have been paid or awarded if calculated based on the restated financial results.
Going Forward
It is expected that Kimball Electronics will provide compensation that is similarly structured to maximize the amount of compensation paid that is tax-deductible to Kimball Electronics.
Share Ownership Guidelines
Historically  
In 1997, Parent established stock ownership guidelines for directors and senior executives. The guidelines were updated in 2007. The current guidelines outline the expectations of directors and executives to maintain beneficial ownership of Parent stock having a value expressed as a multiple of their director fees or their base salary, as the case may be, for as long as they remain a director or executive officer. Directors and executive officers are allowed a reasonable time, in the judgment of the Parent Committee, to attain the expected beneficial ownership set forth in the guidelines. “Beneficial Ownership” includes, in addition to shares held directly by directors or executives, those shares held by a spouse, minor children or grandchildren, trusts, retirement plans, and unearned shares awarded under Parent 2003 Plan. The ownership status of each director and executive is reviewed annually by Parent Committee. The multiples are as follows:
 
 
Value as a Multiple of
Position
 
Base Salary or Fees
Director
 
X 3
Chairman, CEO, President
 
X 8
Senior Executive Vice President
 
X 6
Executive Vice President
 
X 4
Corporate Vice President
 
X 3
Subsidiary Vice President
 
X 2
Going Forward
It is expected that Kimball Electronics will consider the adoption of stock ownership guidelines for its executive officers, although the specific guidelines have not yet been determined.


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EXECUTIVE OFFICER AND DIRECTOR COMPENSATION

Summary Compensation Table
The Summary Compensation Table appearing below sets forth information regarding the compensation paid and/or awarded to our NEOs for or during the fiscal years ended June 30, 2014 and June 30, 2013 . For a more thorough discussion of our executive compensation practices, refer to the “Compensation Discussion and Analysis” section of this Information Statement.
The Summary Compensation Table appearing below contains values calculated and disclosed according to SEC reporting requirements. The “Stock Awards” column reflects awards with a grant date during each fiscal year. In June 2014, Parent changed its performance share grant timing policy with the intention of informing participants of their awards for the fiscal year 2015 performance period at or near the beginning of that fiscal year. As a result, the amounts shown in the “Stock Awards” column of the Summary Compensation Table for fiscal year 2014 include performance shares granted in August 2013 for the fiscal year 2014 performance period as well as performance shares granted in June 2014 for the fiscal year 2015 performance period, as described in more detail in Note 1 to this table. This transition, which resulted in the “Stock Awards” column for fiscal year 2014 including awards from two separate annual grant cycles, artificially increased the amount of compensation shown for each NEO for fiscal year 2014.
Name and Principal Position
 
 
 
 
 
Stock Awards
 
Non-Equity
 Incentive Plan Compensation
 
All Other
Compensation
 
Total
 
Year
 
Salary ($)
 
($) (1)
 
($) (2)
 
($) (3)
 
($)
Donald D. Charron
 
2014
 
$
603,200

 
$
786,767

 
$
548,912

 
$
32,910

 
$
1,971,789

Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer
 
2013
 
$
572,000

 
$
420,638

 
$
371,800

 
$
27,247

 
$
1,391,685

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 


John H. Kahle
 
2014
 
$
397,800

 
$
803,201

 
$
338,130

 
$
27,488

 
$
1,566,619

Vice President,
General Counsel, Secretary
 
2013
 
$
383,400

 
$
350,750

 
$
153,360

 
$
25,774

 
$
913,284

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 


Steven T. Korn
 
2014
 
$
271,466

 
$
172,169

 
$
247,034

 
$
14,022

 
$
704,691

Vice President, North American Operations
 
2013
 
$
260,073

 
$
96,751

 
$
169,047

 
$
10,158

 
$
536,029

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 


Michael K. Sergesketter
 
2014
 
$
242,757

 
$
172,169

 
$
220,909

 
$
33,066

 
$
668,901

Vice President, Chief Financial Officer
 
2013
 
$
232,908

 
$
77,095

 
$
151,391

 
$
23,593

 
$
484,987

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Christopher J. Thyen
 
2014
 
$
240,883

 
$
172,169

 
$
219,204

 
$
14,729

 
$
646,985

Vice President, Business Development
 
2013
 
$
220,581

 
$
96,751

 
$
143,378

 
$
9,986

 
$
470,696

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
__________________
(1)
Stock awards consist of performance shares:
Fiscal year 2014 compensation represents targeted performance share compensation for each of our NEOs, which does not reflect compensation actually received or earned by the NEOs in the respective years. The amounts included above represent the value at the grant date based upon the probable outcome of the performance conditions, which is estimated based on a payout at the target (Tier 4) level, or 40% of the maximum award opportunity for the APS and 100% of the maximum award opportunity for the LTPS.
In June 2014, Parent changed its grant timing policy to grant performance shares in June. The prior policy granted performance shares in August. The new grant timing was intended to inform participants of their awards for the fiscal year 2015 performance period at or near the beginning of that fiscal year. However, this transition artificially increased the amounts reported in the “Stock Awards” column in 2014 by including awards from two separate annual grant cycles. For example, for Mr. Charron, the amount included in the “Stock Awards” column for fiscal year 2014 included performance shares granted in August 2013 for the fiscal year 2014 performance period with a grant date fair value of $372,385 and also included the performance shares granted in June 2014 for the fiscal year 2015 performance period with a grant date fair value of $414,382.
The grant date value of the maximum number of shares that could have been earned in fiscal year 2014 was $422,110 for Mr. Charron, $428,740 for Mr. Kahle, and $103,870 for each of Messrs. Korn, Sergesketter, and Thyen. The aforementioned amounts exclude the performance shares granted in June 2014 because the fiscal year 2015 performance period had not yet begun, and thus could not have been earned during fiscal year 2014. The grant date

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fair value of the maximum number of performance shares granted in June 2014 that may be earned in fiscal year 2015 is $466,344 for Mr. Charron, $476,148 for Mr. Kahle, and $116,014 for each of Messrs. Korn, Sergesketter, and Thyen. The grant date value of the maximum number of shares that could have been earned in fiscal year 2013 was $469,778 for Mr. Charron, $399,890 for Mr. Kahle, $119,683 for Mr. Korn, $100,027 for Mr. Sergesketter, and $119,683 for Mr. Thyen. The assumptions used to calculate the grant date values are set forth in Note 8 - Stock Compensation Plans to the Combined Financial Statements included in this Information Statement for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2014 .
(2)
Amounts consist of cash incentive compensation earned for services rendered in the applicable fiscal year. The amounts are paid in the following fiscal year pursuant to Parent’s Incentive Bonus Plan. For a description of Parent’s Incentive Bonus Plan and the payout percentages awarded to the NEOs under Parent’s Incentive Bonus Plan for fiscal year 2014 , see “Compensation Discussion and Analysis — Components of Compensation — Annual Cash Compensation — Cash Incentive Compensation”.
(3)
Includes benefits received by the NEOs from executive financial services programs, supplemental medical reimbursement, the value of the services and related benefits provided pursuant to the Executive Preventive Healthcare Program, Parent contributions earned for the Parent Retirement Plan and Parent SERP, and de minimis Christmas bonus and life insurance premiums paid by Parent. Parent SERP and Parent Retirement Plan contribution amounts earned for fiscal year 2014 for Messrs. Charron, Kahle, Korn, Sergesketter, and Thyen were $29,255, $16,541, $13,219, $11,830, and $11,533, respectively.
See the “Compensation Discussion and Analysis” section in this Information Statement for further information about the material terms of the NEOs’ compensation plans.

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Outstanding Equity Awards at Fiscal Year End 2014
 
 
Stock Awards
Name
 
Equity Incentive Plan Awards: Number of Unearned Shares, Units or Other Rights That Have Not Vested(1)
 
Equity Incentive Plan Awards: Market or Payout Value of Unearned Shares, Units or Other Rights That Have Not Vested(2)
 
 
(#)
 
($)
Donald D. Charron
 
101,820

 
$
1,702,430

John H. Kahle
 
103,020

 
$
1,722,494

Steven T. Korn
 
21,500

 
$
359,480

Michael K. Sergesketter
 
21,500

 
$
359,480

Christopher J. Thyen
 
21,500

 
$
359,480

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(1) Unearned and unvested equity incentive plan awards consist of the following:
 
 
 
 
Stock Award and Initial Grant Date
 
 
Name
 
 
APS
6/26/2014
 
APS
8/12/2013
 
LTPS
6/26/2014
 
LTPS
8/12/2013
 
LTPS
8/13/2012
 
LTPS
8/16/2011
 
LTPS
8/16/2010
 
LTPS
8/18/2009
 
 
Donald D. Charron
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Shares (#)
 
2,120

 
3,000

 
17,000

 
24,300

 
19,440

 
14,580

 
10,520

 
10,860

 
 
Vesting Date(s)
 
8/18/2015
 
8/19/2014
 
(a)
 
(b)
 
(c)
 
(d)
 
(e)
 
8/19/2014

 
John H. Kahle
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Shares (#)
 
2,120

 
3,000

 
17,000

 
24,300

 
19,440

 
14,580

 
11,720

 
10,860

 
 
Vesting Date(s)
 
8/18/2015
 
8/19/2014
 
(a)
 
(b)
 
(c)
 
(d)
 
(e)
 
8/19/2014

 
Steven T. Korn
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Shares (#)
 
1,000

 
1,400

 
3,400

 
4,900

 
3,920

 
2,940

 
1,960

 
1,980

 
 
Vesting Date(s)
 
8/18/2015
 
8/19/2014
 
(a)
 
(b)
 
(c)
 
(d)
 
(e)
 
8/19/2014

 
Michael K. Sergesketter
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Shares (#)
 
1,000

 
1,400

 
3,400

 
4,900

 
3,920

 
2,940

 
1,960

 
1,980

 
 
Vesting Date(s)
 
8/18/2015
 
8/19/2014
 
(a)
 
(b)
 
(c)
 
(d)
 
(e)
 
8/19/2014

 
Christopher J. Thyen
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Shares (#)
 
1,000

 
1,400

 
3,400

 
4,900

 
3,920

 
2,940

 
1,960

 
1,980

 
 
Vesting Date(s)
 
8/18/2015
 
8/19/2014
 
(a)
 
(b)
 
(c)
 
(d)
 
(e)
 
8/19/2014

_____________
(a) Five remaining annual vesting dates beginning 8/18/2015
(b) Five remaining annual vesting dates beginning 8/19/ 2014
(c) Four remaining annual vesting dates beginning 8/19/ 2014
(d) Three remaining annual vesting dates beginning 8/19/ 2014
(e) Two remaining annual vesting dates beginning 8/19/ 2014
APS and LTPS awards represent the number of shares available for issuance pursuant to performance share awards assuming the targeted performance. At the targeted performance level, 40% of the shares eligible to be received under the APS award would be issued and 100% of the shares eligible to be received under the LTPS award would be issued. For LTPS awards, the initial grant date shown is the grant date of the initial annual tranche of the five-year awards. The remaining tranches for each LTPS award listed above will have grant dates occurring annually at the beginning of each performance period at approximately the same date each year.
(2) Calculated using the $16.72 closing price of Parent’s Class B Common Stock as reported by NASDAQ on June 30, 2014 .


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Employment Agreements with NEOs and Potential Payments Upon Termination or Change-In-Control
Parent has outstanding Employment Agreements with Messrs. Charron and Kahle which became effective on May 1, 2006. Each of Parent’s Employment Agreements with its executive officers is in substantially the same form. Pursuant to the Employment Agreements, if the executive’s employment is terminated by Parent without cause (as defined below, “Cause”) or by the executive for good reason (as defined below, “Good Reason”), Parent will provide compensation and benefits to the executive as follows:
(i)  base salary through the date of termination of employment;
(ii)  any deferred and unpaid cash incentive amounts due for the immediately preceding fiscal year and a prorated amount of the target cash incentive for the cash incentive period in which the executive’s last day of employment occurs;
(iii) (a) unless the executive’s termination occurs during the one-year period before a change in control of Parent (as defined below, “Change in Control”) or during the two-year period following a Change in Control, severance pay equal to the sum of the executive’s annual base salary at the highest rate in effect during the three years immediately preceding the last day of employment and the higher of either the executive’s target cash incentive for the period in which the last day of employment occurs or the executive’s average annual cash incentive award for the three annual cash incentive periods immediately preceding the last day of employment, plus a reimbursement payment of $50,000 (subject to cost-of-living adjustment) in lieu of continued welfare and fringe benefits, or (b) if the executive’s termination occurs during the one-year period preceding a Change in Control or the two-year period following a Change in Control, severance pay equal to two times the amount determined in (iii)(a) above;
(iv) reimbursement for outplacement service costs up to $25,000;
(v)  a payment in cash, shares or a combination thereof at Parent’s discretion, in each case equal to the intrinsic value at the termination date of all options and stock appreciation rights, and the fair market value of restricted stock, deferred share units, performance shares, and performance units, all of which will become fully vested; and
(vi) payment of all SERP benefit amounts, which will become fully vested.
“Cause” means a determination, by at least three-quarters of the members of the Parent Board, that one or more of the following has occurred:
the executive’s willful and continued failure to perform substantially the duties of his position or to follow lawful instructions of a senior executive or the Parent Board that continues for five days after the executive receives written notice identifying such failure;
the executive’s conviction of a felony or of another crime that reflects adversely on Parent;
the executive’s engaging in fraudulent or dishonest conduct, gross misconduct that is injurious to Parent, or any misconduct that involves moral turpitude; or
the executive’s material breach of his obligations under his employment agreement.
“Good Reason” means one or more of the following has occurred:
a material adverse change in the nature or scope of the executive’s responsibilities;
a reduction in the executive’s salary rate or target cash incentive amount;
a reduction of 5% or more in the aggregate benefits provided to the executive and his dependents under Parent’s employee benefit plans;
a significant diminution in the executive’s position, authority, duties or responsibilities;
a relocation of the executive’s principal site of employment to a location more than fifty (50) miles from the principal site of employment; or
failure by Parent to obtain an assumption agreement regarding the executive’s employment agreement from any successor of Parent.
In the event of termination of employment for a reason other than Cause or Good Reason, the executive will receive his base salary through the date of termination and will be entitled to any benefits under the regular terms of the welfare, retirement, Incentive Bonus, SERP, and equity and incentive plans.

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“Change in Control” generally means the consummation of any of the following:
the acquisition, by any one person or more than one person acting as a group, of ownership interests representing more than 50% of the total fair market value or of the total voting power of all ownership interests (the “Majority Ownership”) of Parent, any affiliate of Parent that employs the executive, any entity that has a Majority Ownership of either Parent or such affiliate, or any entity in an uninterrupted chain of Majority Ownership culminating in the ownership of Parent or such affiliate (each, a “Relevant Company”) through merger, consolidation, or stock transfer;
the acquisition during any 12-month period, by any one person or more than one person acting as a group, of ownership interests in a Relevant Company possessing 35% or more of the total voting power of all ownership interests in the Relevant Company;
the acquisition of ownership during any 12-month period, by any one person or more than one person acting as a group, of 40% or more of the total gross fair market value of the assets of a Relevant Company; or
the replacement of a majority of members of Parent’s Board during any 12-month period, by members whose appointment or election is not endorsed by a majority of the members of Parent’s Board prior to the date of the appointment or election; provided, however, that any occurrence that does not constitute a change in the ownership or effective control, or in the ownership of a substantial portion of the assets, of a Relevant Entity within the meaning of Section 409A(a)(2)(A)(v) of the Code and its interpretive regulations does not constitute a “Change in Control.”
The spin-off does not constitute a Change in Control.
Upon a Change in Control of Parent, Parent will pay to the executives an amount in cash, shares or a combination thereof at Parent’s discretion equal to the value at the effective date of the Change of Control of all options, stock appreciation rights, restricted stock, deferred share units, performance shares, performance units, and Incentive Bonus Plan payments, all of which will become fully vested. In addition, the executive will become fully vested in the SERP and will receive all benefit amounts under that plan. Further, upon a Change in Control, as an incentive for the executive to remain available to assist with transition matters, Parent will offer the executive a retention bonus equal to 40% of the executive’s annual salary, payable in two equal installments, the first after three months following the Change in Control and the second after an additional three months, in each case as long as the executive remains an employee during such time (or if his employment is terminated by Parent without Cause or by the executive for Good Reason).
The Employment Agreements also provide that in the event the executive incurs any gross income inclusion, interest or additional tax pursuant to Section 409A of the Code on any payments from Parent, then Parent will make a supplemental payment to the executive in an amount sufficient to pay the resulting tax liability as well as the tax liability on the supplemental payment. In addition, under the Employment Agreements, if any of Parent’s payments to the executive are subject to excise tax (or any interest or penalties incurred due to excise tax) imposed by Section 4999 of the Code, the executive will be entitled to reimbursement for the amount of the excise tax (plus interest and penalties). The Parent Committee may, however, decide to reduce or eliminate that reimbursement or to reduce the executive’s compensation to the extent necessary to avoid Section 4999 taxation, if the aggregate compensation payable because of a Change in Control would exceed 5% of the net proceeds of the transaction.
In addition, the Employment Agreements impose non-competition and non-solicitation obligations on the executives during the term of their employment and for a period of 12 months (or a shorter period, for an executive employed for fewer than 12 months) following termination of employment for any reason.
Going Forward
We expect the employment agreements of Messrs. Charron and Kahle will be assigned to and assumed by Kimball Electronics. Kimball Electronics expects to enter into similar employment agreements that include substantially the same terms to provide for similar benefits to the other NEO's.


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Director Compensation
Fiscal Year 2014 Compensation to Non-Employee Directors
Historical
Directors’ compensation is set by Parent’s Board. The level of compensation was guided by the following goals: compensation should fairly pay directors for work required in a company of Parent’s size and scope; and the structure of the compensation should be simple, transparent, market-competitive, and easy to understand.
All non-employee directors of Parent received an annual retainer of $75,000 per year for service as directors. Additionally, the Chairperson of the Audit Committee of Parent’s Board and the Chairperson of the Compensation and Governance Committee of Parent’s Board each received an additional $10,000 annual retainer fee. All committee meeting fees were eliminated, effective beginning in fiscal year 2014; however, committee meeting fees from fiscal year 2013 were paid in arrears during fiscal year 2014.
Parent directors were able to elect to receive all of their annual retainer and/or meeting fees in shares of Parent’s Class B Common Stock issued under the Parent 2003 Plan. Directors also are reimbursed for travel expenses incurred in connection with attending Parent’s Board and committee meetings.
The following Non-Employee Director Compensation Table shows the fiscal year 2014 compensation paid to each non-employee director who is expected to serve on the Board of Directors of Kimball Electronics after the spin-off. A full-time officer who is or becomes a member of Parent’s Board does not receive additional compensation for serving as a member of Parent’s Board and/or as a member of any of the committees of Parent’s Board. Mr. Charron is not included in this table because he received no additional compensation for his service as director. The compensation of Mr. Charron is fully reflected in the Summary Compensation Table in this Information Statement. During fiscal year 2014 , the directors, other than Mr. Charron, received compensation for serving on Parent’s Board and committees as follows:  
Non-Employee Director Compensation in Fiscal Year 2014

 
 
Fees Earned or Paid in Cash (1)
Name
 
($)
Geoffrey L. Stringer
 
$
111,500

Thomas J. Tischhauser
 
$
87,000

Christine M. Vujovich
 
$
105,000

  _____________
(1)
Represents fees paid during fiscal year 2014 , and includes the following amount of fees for which the director elected to receive Class B Common Stock in lieu of cash: Mr. Tischhauser — $37,500 and Ms. Vujovich — $62,500. These amounts were converted into 3,717 and 6,195 shares, respectively, of Parent’s Class B Common Stock at a per share price of $10.09, the “market value” for such shares on September 16, 2013 . As defined in the Parent 2003 Plan, “market value” means the average of the closing prices during the ten-trading-day period preceding the date that fees are converted to shares.  
Going Forward
It is expected that the Kimball Electronics Board will adopt similar principles and approaches with respect to director compensation.
Board Stock Ownership Guidelines  
As discussed under “Compensation Discussion and Analysis — Share Ownership Guidelines,” Parent’s Board adopted guidelines, which were updated in 2007, whereby all members of Parent’s Board are expected to own, at a minimum, shares of Parent stock equal in value to three times the total annual fees earned as a director. It is expected that Kimball Electronics will consider the adoption of stock ownership guidelines for its executive officers, although specific guidelines have not yet been determined.

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CERTAIN RELATIONSHIPS AND RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS
Related Person Transactions
On an annual basis, each director and executive officer will be obligated to complete a director and officer questionnaire which requires disclosure of any transactions with us in which the director or officer or any member of his or her immediate family has an interest. In addition, any transactions with related persons or other circumstances that present potential conflicts of interest will be reported to our compliance officer either directly or through an anonymous reporting service. When reported, the transactions or other conflicts will be reviewed and approved by the Compensation and Governance Committee, if in the best interests of our Share Owners to do so. Our Board of Directors will adopt a written related person transaction policy to be effective upon completion of the spin-off to set forth the policies and procedures for the review and approval or ratification of related person transactions. This policy will cover, with certain exceptions set forth in Item 404 of Regulation S-K under the Securities Act, any transaction, arrangement, or relationship, or any series of similar transactions, arrangements, or relationships in which we were or are to be a participant, the amount involved exceeds $120,000, and a related person had or will have a direct or indirect material interest, including, without limitation, purchases of goods or services by or from the related person or entities in which the related person has a material interest, indebtedness, guarantees of indebtedness, and employment by us of a related person. As provided by our Compensation and Governance Committee charter to be effective upon completion of the spin-off, our nominating and corporate governance committee is responsible for reviewing and approving in advance any related party transaction.
P arent’s Distribution of Our Shares of Common Stock
Parent will be our sole shareholder until completion of the spin-off. In the spin-off, Parent will distribute its entire equity interest in us to its Share Owners in a transaction that is intended to be tax-free to Parent and its U.S. Share Owners. The spin-off will be subject to a number of conditions, some of which are more fully described above under “The Spin-Off — Conditions to the Spin-Off.”
Material Agreements with Parent Related to the Spin-Off
This section of the Information Statement summarizes material agreements between us and Parent that will govern the ongoing relationships between the two companies after the spin-off and are intended to provide for an orderly transition to our status as an independent, publicly traded company. The summaries below of each of these agreements set forth the terms that we believe are material. These summaries are qualified by reference to the full text of the applicable agreements, which are incorporated by reference into this Information Statement. Additional or modified agreements, arrangements and transactions, which will be negotiated at arm’s length, may be entered into between us and Parent after the spin-off.
Following the spin-off, we and Parent will operate independently, and neither will have any ownership interest in the other. In order to govern certain ongoing relationships between us and Parent after the spin-off and to provide mechanisms for an orderly transition, we and Parent intend to enter into agreements pursuant to which certain services and rights will be provided for following the spin-off, and we and Parent will indemnify each other against certain liabilities arising from our respective businesses. The following is a summary of the terms of the material agreements we expect to enter into with Parent.
Distribution Agreement
We intend to enter into a Distribution Agreement with Parent prior to the distribution of our shares of common stock to Parent Share Owners. The Distribution Agreement will set forth our agreements with Parent regarding the principal actions needed to be taken in connection with our spin-off from Parent.
Transfer of Assets and Assumption of Liabilities . The Distribution Agreement will provide for those transfers of assets and assumptions of liabilities that are necessary in advance of our separation from Parent so that each of us and Parent retains the assets necessary to operate our respective businesses and retains or assumes the liabilities associated with our respective businesses.
Representations and Warranties . In general, neither we nor Parent will make any representations or warranties regarding any assets or liabilities transferred or assumed, any consents or approvals that may be required in connection with such transfers or assumptions, the value or freedom from any lien or other security interest of any assets transferred, the absence of any defenses relating to any claim of either party or the legal sufficiency of any conveyance documents, or any other matters. Except as expressly set forth in the Distribution Agreement or in any ancillary agreement, all assets will be transferred on an “as is,” “where is” basis.
The Distribution . The Distribution Agreement will govern the rights and obligations of the parties regarding the proposed distribution and certain actions that must occur prior to the proposed distribution. Prior to the distribution, Parent will deliver all of our issued and outstanding shares of common stock to the distribution agent. On the distribution date, Parent will instruct

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the distribution agent to electronically deliver shares of our common stock to Parent Share Owners based on the distribution ratio. Parent will have the sole and absolute discretion to determine the terms of, and whether to proceed with, the distribution.
Conditions . The Distribution Agreement will provide that the distribution is subject to several conditions that must be satisfied or waived by Parent in its sole discretion. For further information regarding these conditions, see “The Spin-Off—Conditions to the Spin-Off.” Parent may, in its sole discretion, determine the distribution date and the terms of the distribution and may at any time prior to the completion of the distribution decide to abandon or modify the distribution.
Termination . The Distribution Agreement will provide that it may be terminated by Parent at any time in its sole discretion prior to the distribution date.
Release of Claims . We and Parent will agree to broad releases pursuant to which we will each release the other and certain related persons specified in the Distribution Agreement from any claims against any of them that arise out of or relate to events, circumstances or actions occurring or failing to occur or any conditions existing at or prior to the time of the distribution. These releases will be subject to certain exceptions set forth in the Distribution Agreement.
Indemnification . We and Parent will agree to indemnify each other and certain related persons specified in the Distribution Agreement against certain liabilities incurred in connection with our respective businesses and as otherwise allocated to each of us in the Distribution Agreement. These indemnities are principally designed to place financial responsibility for the obligations and liabilities of our business with us and financial responsibility for the obligations and liabilities of Parent’s business with Parent. The amount of each party’s indemnification obligations will be subject to reduction by any insurance proceeds received by the party being indemnified. The Distribution Agreement will also specify procedures with respect to claims subject to indemnification and related matters.
Insurance . Following the spin-off, we will be responsible for obtaining and maintaining our own insurance coverage, although we will continue to have coverage under certain of Parent’s pre-spin-off insurance policies for certain matters that occurred prior to the spin-off.
Allocation of Spin-Off Expenses . The Distribution Agreement will provide that Parent will be responsible for all of its and our fees, costs and expenses incurred prior to the Distribution Date in connection with the spin-off. We expect such total spin-off costs to be approximately $6 million. Parent and we will each pay our own fees, costs and expenses incurred following the spin-off. The historical financial statements include an allocation of spin-off costs to Kimball Electronics, and the pro forma financial statements include an adjustment to remove these nonrecurring costs.
Other Matters Governed by the Distribution Agreement . Other matters governed by the Distribution Agreement include access to financial and other information, access to and provision of records, intellectual property, confidentiality, treatment of outstanding guarantees and similar credit support and dispute resolution procedures.
Employee Matters Agreement
We intend to enter into an Employee Matters Agreement with Parent, which will generally provide that each of Parent and Kimball Electronics has responsibility for its own employees and compensation plans, subject to certain exceptions as described in the agreement. In general, our employees currently participate in various retirement, welfare, and other employee benefit and compensation plans and arrangements maintained by Parent. Following the spin-off, pursuant to the Employee Matters Agreement, our employees will generally participate in similar plans and arrangements established and maintained by us. The Employee Matters Agreement provides for the treatment of our outstanding equity awards in connection with the Distribution. Among other things, the Employee Matters Agreement also provides for our assumption of certain employment-related contracts that our employees originally entered into with Parent, the allocation of certain employee liabilities and the cooperation between us and Parent in the sharing of employee information.
Tax Matters Agreement
We intend to enter into a Tax Matters Agreement with Parent that will govern the respective rights, responsibilities and obligations of Parent and us after the spin-off with respect to tax liabilities and benefits, tax attributes, tax contests and other tax sharing regarding U.S. federal, state, local and foreign income taxes, other tax matters and related tax returns. As a subsidiary of Parent, we have (and will continue to have following the spin-off) joint and several liability with Parent to the IRS for the consolidated U.S. federal income taxes of Parent’s consolidated group relating to the taxable periods in which we were part of that group. However, the Tax Matters Agreement will specify the portion, if any, of this tax liability for which we will bear responsibility, and Parent will agree to indemnify us against any amounts for which we are not responsible. The Tax Matters Agreement will also provide special rules for allocating tax liabilities in the event that the spin-off is not tax-free. The Tax Matters Agreement will provide for certain covenants that may restrict our ability to pursue strategic or other transactions that otherwise could maximize the value of our business and may discourage or delay a change of control that you may consider

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favorable. For example, unless we (or Parent, as applicable) were to receive a private letter ruling from the Internal Revenue Service or an unqualified opinion from a nationally recognized tax advisor, we will be restricted until two years after the spin-off is consummated from entering into transactions which would result in (i) an ownership shift of Kimball Electronics of more than 35% (measured by vote or value); or (ii) divestitures of certain businesses which could impact the tax-free nature of the spin-off. Pursuant to the Tax Matters Agreement, we have agreed to indemnify Parent for any tax liabilities resulting from a breach of such covenants or certain other actions. Though valid as between the parties, the Tax Matters Agreement will not be binding on the IRS.
Transition Services Agreement
We intend to enter into a Transition Services Agreement with Parent, under which Parent or its affiliates will provide us, and we or our affiliates will provide Parent, with certain services for a limited time to help ensure an orderly transition for each of us and Parent following the distribution.
We anticipate that under the Transition Services Agreement, Parent and Kimball Electronics will provide each other (or cause applicable third parties to provide) certain services, including information technology, financial, telecommunications, benefits support services and other specified services, on a transitional basis. We expect these services will be provided at cost, and these services are planned to extend for a period of six to eighteen months in most circumstances.


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DESCRIPTION OF MATERIAL INDEBTEDNESS
From and after the spin-off, we and Parent will, in general, each be responsible for the debts, liabilities, rights and obligations related to the business or businesses that it owns and operates following consummation of the spin-off, except as set forth below. See “Certain Relationships and Related Party Transactions—Agreements with Parent Related to the Spin-Off.”
Credit Facilities
Kimball Electronics intends to enter into certain credit facility arrangements prior to or concurrent with the spin-off, as follows. We anticipate having no indebtedness prior to the spin-off and shortly thereafter.
We expect to enter into a new five-year credit facility with commitments of $50 million. We expect the interest rate for borrowings under the new credit facility to be based on benchmark interest rates, plus an applicable spread. The credit facility is expected to have a maturity date in fiscal year 2020, and allow for both issuances of letters of credit and cash borrowings. The credit facility is expected to provide an option to increase the amount available for borrowing to $75 million at our request, subject to the consent of the participating banks. The credit facility is expected to require compliance with certain debt covenants, the most significant of which are expected to be the ratio of total indebtedness to EBITDA, not to exceed three times, and a minimum fixed charge coverage ratio of not less than 1.1 times. The new credit facility will be used for general corporate purposes including potential acquisitions. The actual terms of the new credit facility, including interest rate, commitment, covenants and maturity, will depend on market conditions at the time we enter into the new credit facility.
We expect to continue an existing credit facility for the operation in Poland which currently allows for multi-currency borrowings up to a 6 million Euro equivalent (approximately $8.2 million at June 30, 2014 exchange rates) and is available to cover bank overdrafts. Bank overdrafts may be deemed necessary to satisfy short-term cash needs at our Poland location rather than funding from intercompany sources. Interest on the overdraft is charged at a rate of interest determined by bank based upon the bank’s cost of funds, plus an applicable spread. This credit facility can be canceled at any time by either the bank or by us.
We also expect to continue an existing overdraft credit facility for the operation in Thailand which currently allows for borrowing up to 90 million Thai Baht (approximately $2.8 million at June 30, 2014 exchange rates). Borrowings on the facility may be deemed necessary to satisfy short-term cash needs at our Thailand location rather than funding from intercompany sources. Interest on borrowing under the facility is charged at a rate of interest determined by bank in accordance with relevant laws and regulations for charging interest on an overdraft facility. This credit facility can be canceled at any time by either the bank or by us.

SECURITY OWNERSHIP OF CERTAIN BENEFICIAL OWNERS AND MANAGEMENT
As of the date of this Information Statement, all of the outstanding shares of our common stock are beneficially owned by Parent. After the spin-off, Parent will not own any shares of our common stock.
The following table provides information with respect to the anticipated beneficial ownership of our common stock by:
each of our Share Owners who we believe (based on the assumptions described below) will beneficially own more than 5% of our outstanding common stock;
each of our current directors and the directors following the spin-off;
each officer named in the summary compensation table; and
all of our directors and executive officers following the spin-off as a group.
Except as otherwise noted below, we based the share amounts on each person’s beneficial ownership of Parent Class A common stock or Class B common stock on September 16 , 2014, giving effect to a distribution ratio of three shares of our common stock for every four shares of Parent Class A common stock or Class B common stock held by such person.
To the extent our directors and executive officers own Parent common stock at the record date of the spin-off, they will participate in the distribution on the same terms as other holders of Parent common stock.
Except as otherwise noted in the footnotes below, each person or entity identified in the tables below has sole voting and investment power with respect to the securities owned by such person or entity.
Immediately following the spin-off, we estimate that approximately 29.1 million shares of our common stock will be issued and outstanding, based on the number of shares of Parent common stock expected to be outstanding as of the record date. The

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actual number of shares of our common stock outstanding following the spin-off will be determined on October 22, 2014 , the record date.
  Under the regulations of the SEC, persons who have power to vote or invest in or dispose of shares of Kimball Electronics, either alone or jointly with others, are deemed to be beneficial holders of such shares. Because the voting or investment power of certain shares listed in the following table is shared, the same securities in certain cases are listed opposite more than one name in the table. The total number of our shares listed in the table for all executive officers and directors as a group, after elimination of such duplication, is 501,247 shares (1.7% of the outstanding), as of September 16 , 2014.
 
 
Shares Beneficially Owned(a)(b)
Name
 
Sole Voting and Investment Power
 
Shared Voting and Investment Power
 
Percent of Class
Holders of more than
5% of the Outstanding
Shares of Either Class
 
 
 
 
 
 
Dimensional Fund Advisors LP (c)
 
1,884,599

 

 
6.5
%
Palisades West, Building One
 
 
 
 
 
 
6300 Bee Cave Road
 
 
 
 
 
 
Austin, Texas 78746
 
 
 
 
 
 
BlackRock, Inc. (d)
 
1,653,736

 

 
5.7
%
40 East 52nd Street
 
 
 
 
 
 
New York, NY 10022
 
 
 
 
 
 
Directors and Named Executive Officers:
 
 
 
 
 
 
Donald D. Charron
 
153,228

 

 
(e)

Christine M. Vujovich
 
25,797

 

 
(e)

Geoffrey L. Stringer
 
32,056

 

 
(e)

Thomas J. Tischhauser
 
30,965

 

 
(e)

Christopher B. Curtis
 
None

 
None

 
None

Gregory J. Lampert
 
None

 
None

 
None

Colleen C. Repplier
 
None

 
None

 
None

John H. Kahle
 
87,191

 
 
 
(e)

Steven T. Korn
 
28,234

 
 
 
(e)

Michael K. Sergesketter
 
37,511

 
 
 
(e)

Christopher J. Thyen
 
64,918

 
 
 
(e)

All executive officers and directors
 
501,247

 

 
1.7
%
    as a Group (15 persons)
 
 
 
 
 
 
_____________
(a)
Based upon information obtained from the executive officers, directors, and beneficial owners (according to the definition of “beneficial ownership” under the regulations of the SEC).
(b)
The “Sole Voting and Investment Power” column includes shares owned by the spouses living in the households of the individuals listed. The “Shared Voting and Investment Power” column includes shares held by limited partnerships, foundations, and trusts over which listed individuals have shared voting and investment power. Beneficial ownership is disclaimed as to such shares and as to all other shares over which the named person does not have full beneficial rights.
(c)
This information is derived from the Schedule 13G/A filed by such Share Owner with the SEC on February 10, 2014, indicating beneficial ownership as of December 31, 2013, as updated by the Form 13F filed by such Share Owner with the SEC on August 8, 2014, indicating beneficial ownership of Parent as of June 30, 2014. The Share Owner reports that it has the sole power to vote or direct the vote of 2,480,818 Parent shares and the sole power to dispose or direct the disposition of 2,573,382 Parent shares but also notes that it is an investment advisor registered under the Investment Advisors Act of 1940 and furnishes investment advice to four investment companies registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, and serves as investment manager to certain other commingled group trusts and

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separate accounts (such investment companies, trusts and accounts, collectively referred to as the “Funds”). In certain cases, subsidiaries of Dimensional Fund Advisors LP may act as an advisor or sub-advisor to certain Funds. In its role as investment advisor, sub-advisor and/or manager, Dimensional Fund Advisors LP or its subsidiaries (collectively, “Dimensional”) possess voting and/or investment power over the securities of Parent that are owned by the Funds, and may be deemed to be the beneficial owner of the Parent shares held by the Funds. However, all Parent shares are owned by the Funds. Dimensional disclaims beneficial ownership of such securities.
(d)
This information is derived from the Schedule 13G/A filed by such Share Owner with the SEC on January 29, 2014, indicating beneficial ownership as of December 31, 2013, as updated by Form 13F forms filed with the SEC on August 6, 2014 by such Share Owner and its affiliates, indicating beneficial ownership of Parent as of June 30, 2014. BlackRock, Inc. reports that it is a parent holding company or control person and has the sole power to vote or direct the vote of 1,817,110 Parent shares and sole power to dispose or direct the disposition of 2,128,892 Parent shares, but also notes that various persons have the right to receive or the power to direct the receipt of dividends from, or the proceeds from the sale of, the Parent shares and that no one person’s interest in the Parent shares is more than 5% of the total outstanding shares of Parent. BlackRock, Inc. reports that the following of its subsidiaries acquired the shares: BlackRock Advisors, LLC, BlackRock Investment Management, LLC, BlackRock Fund Advisors and BlackRock Institutional Trust Company, N.A.
(e)
Totals are under one percent of outstanding common stock.

DESCRIPTION OF CAPITAL STOCK
Our Articles of Incorporation and Bylaws will be amended and restated prior to the spin-off. The following is a summary of the material terms of our capital stock that will be contained in the Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation and Bylaws. The summaries and descriptions below do not purport to be complete statements of the relevant provisions of the Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation or of the Bylaws to be in effect at the time of the distribution. The summary is qualified in its entirety by reference to these documents, which you must read (along with the applicable provisions of Indiana law) for complete information on our capital stock as of the time of the distribution. The Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation and Bylaws to be in effect at the time of the distribution will be included as exhibits to our registration statement on Form 10, of which this information statement forms a part.
General
Our authorized capital stock consists of 150 million shares of common stock, no par value per share, and 15 million shares of preferred stock, no par value per share, of which all of the preferred shares are undesignated. Our Board of Directors may establish the rights and preferences of the preferred shares from time to time. Immediately following the distribution, we expect that approximately 29.1 million of our common shares will be issued and outstanding and that no preferred shares will be issued and outstanding.
Common Stock
Each holder of our shares of common stock will be entitled to one vote for each share on all matters to be voted upon by the common shareholders, and there will be no cumulative voting rights. Subject to any preferential rights of any outstanding preferred shares, holders of our common shares will be entitled to receive ratably the dividends, if any, as may be declared from time to time by our Board of Directors out of funds legally available for that purpose. If there is a liquidation, dissolution or winding up of us, holders of our common shares would be entitled to ratable distribution of our assets remaining after the payment in full of liabilities and any preferential rights of any then outstanding preferred shares.
Holders of our shares of common stock will have no preemptive or conversion rights or other subscription rights, and there are no redemption or sinking fund provisions applicable to the common shares. After the distribution, all outstanding common shares will be fully paid and non-assessable. The rights, preferences and privileges of the holders of our common shares are subject to, and may be adversely affected by, the rights of the holders of shares of any series of preferred equity that we may designate and issue in the future.
Preferred Stock
Under the terms of our Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation, our Board of Directors will be authorized, subject to limitations prescribed by the Indiana Business Corporation Law (“IBCL”), and by our Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation, to issue up to 15 million shares of preferred equity in one or more series without further action by our shareholders. Our Board of Directors will have the discretion, subject to limitations prescribed by the IBCL and by our Amended and Restated

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Articles of Incorporation, to determine the rights, preferences, privileges and restrictions, including voting rights, dividend rights, conversion rights, redemption privileges and liquidation preferences, of each series of preferred shares.
We believe that the power of our Board of Directors, without shareholder approval, to amend our Articles of Incorporation to classify or reclassify unissued shares of our preferred shares and thereafter to issue such classified or reclassified shares of preferred equity provides us with flexibility in structuring possible future financings and acquisitions and in meeting other needs which might arise. The additional classes or series will be available for issuance without further action by our shareholders, unless shareholder consent is required by applicable law or the rules of any stock exchange or automated quotation system on which our securities may be listed or traded. Although our Board of Directors does not currently intend to do so, it could authorize us to issue an additional class or series of preferred equity that could, depending upon the terms of the additional class or series, delay, defer or prevent a transaction or a change of control of our company, even if such transaction or change of control involves a premium price for our shareholders or other shareholders believe that such transaction or change of control may be in their best interests.
Anti-Takeover Effects of Various Provisions of Indiana Law and Our Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation and Bylaws
Provisions of the IBCL and our Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation and Amended and Restated Bylaws could make it more difficult to acquire us by means of a tender offer, a proxy contest or otherwise, or to remove incumbent officers and directors. These provisions, summarized below, are expected to discourage certain types of coercive takeover practices and takeover bids that our Board of Directors may consider inadequate and to encourage persons seeking to acquire control of the company to first negotiate with our Board of Directors. We believe that the benefits of increased protection of our ability to negotiate with the proponent of an unfriendly or unsolicited proposal to acquire or restructure us outweigh the disadvantages of discouraging takeover or acquisition proposals because, among other things, negotiation of these proposals could result in an improvement of their terms.
Control Share Acquisitions. Under Chapter 42 of the IBCL, an acquiring person or group who makes a “control share acquisition” in an “issuing public corporation” may not exercise voting rights on any “control shares” unless these voting rights are conferred by a majority vote of the disinterested shareholders of the issuing public corporation at a special meeting of those shareholders held upon the request and at the expense of the acquiring person. If control shares acquired in a control share acquisition are accorded full voting rights and the acquiring person has acquired control shares with a majority or more of all voting power, all shareholders of the issuing public corporation have dissenters’ rights to receive the fair value of their shares pursuant to Chapter 44 of the IBCL.
Under the IBCL, “control shares” are shares acquired by a person that, when added to all other shares of the issuing public corporation owned by that person or in respect to which that person may exercise or direct the exercise of voting power, would otherwise entitle that person to exercise voting power of the issuing public corporation in the election of directors within any of the following ranges:
One-fifth or more but less than one-third;
One-third or more but less than a majority; or
A majority or more.
A “control share acquisition” means, subject to specified exceptions, the acquisition, directly or indirectly, by any person of ownership of, or the power to direct the exercise of voting power with respect to, issued and outstanding control shares. For the purposes of determining whether an acquisition constitutes a control share acquisition, shares acquired within any 90-day period or under a plan to make a control share acquisition are considered to have been acquired in the same acquisition.
An “issuing public corporation” means a corporation which has (i) 100 or more shareholders, (ii) its principal place of business or its principal office in Indiana, or that owns or controls assets within Indiana having a fair market value of greater than $1,000,000, and (iii) (A) more than 10% of its shareholders resident in Indiana, (B) more than 10% of its shares owned of record or owned beneficially by Indiana residents, or (C) 1,000 shareholders resident in Indiana.
The provisions described above do not apply if, before a control share acquisition is made, the corporation’s articles of incorporation or bylaws, including a bylaw adopted by the corporation’s board of directors, provide that they do not apply. Our Amended and Restated Bylaws do not so provide and, accordingly, the provisions described above do apply to us.
Certain Business Combinations . Chapter 43 of the IBCL restricts the ability of a “resident domestic corporation” to engage in any combinations with an “interested shareholder” for five years after the date the interested shareholder became such, unless the combination or the purchase of shares by the interested shareholder on the interested shareholder’s date of acquiring shares is approved by the board of directors of the resident domestic corporation before that date. If the combination was not previously

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approved, then the interested shareholder may effect a combination after the five-year period only if that shareholder receives approval from a majority of the disinterested shareholders or the offer meets Chapter 43’s specified “fair price” criteria.
For purposes of the above provisions, “resident domestic corporation” means an Indiana corporation that has 100 or more shareholders. “Interested shareholder” means any person, other than the resident domestic corporation or its subsidiaries, who is (1) the beneficial owner, directly or indirectly, of 10% or more of the voting power of the outstanding voting shares of the resident domestic corporation or (2) an affiliate or associate of the resident domestic corporation, which at any time within the five-year period immediately before the date in question, was the beneficial owner, directly or indirectly, of 10% or more of the voting power of the then outstanding shares of the resident domestic corporation.
The definition of “beneficial owner” for purposes of Chapter 43 means a person who, directly or indirectly, owns the subject shares, has the right to acquire or vote the subject shares (excluding voting rights under revocable proxies made in accordance with federal law), has any agreement, arrangement or understanding for the purpose of acquiring, holding or voting or disposing of the subject shares, or holds any “derivative instrument” that includes the opportunity, directly or indirectly, to profit or share in any profit derived from any increase in the value of the subject shares.
The above provisions do not apply to corporations that elect not to be subject to Chapter 43 in an amendment to their articles of incorporation approved by a majority of the disinterested shareholders. That amendment, however, cannot become effective until 18 months after its passage and would apply only to share acquisitions occurring after its effective date. Our Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation do not exclude us from Chapter 43 and, accordingly, the above provisions do apply to us.
Annual Election of Directors
Under Section 23-1-33-6(c) of the IBCL, a corporation with a class of voting shares registered with the SEC under Section 12 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), must have a classified board of directors unless the corporation adopts a bylaw expressly electing not to be governed by this provision within 30 days after the corporation’s voting shares are registered under Section 12 of the Exchange Act. Our Amended and Restated Bylaws will provide for a classified board of directors divided into three classes as nearly equal in number as possible.
Each director will serve for a term ending on the date of the third annual meeting of shareholders following the annual meeting at which such director was elected, except that the initial terms of the Class I, Class II and Class III directors will expire at the annual meeting in each of 2015, 2016 and 2017, respectively. The foregoing notwithstanding, each director will serve until his or her successor shall have been duly elected and qualified, unless such director resigns, becomes disqualified, disabled or otherwise be removed.
The proposed Class I directors will include Donald D. Charron, Gregory J. Lampert, and Colleen C. Repplier; the proposed Class II directors will include Thomas J. Tischhauser and Christine M. Vujovich; and the proposed Class III directors will include Geoffrey L. Stringer and Christopher B. Curtis. At any meeting of shareholders for the election of directors at which a quorum is present, the election will be determined by a plurality of the votes cast by the shareholders entitled to vote in the election.
Removal of Directors
Our Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation will provide that our directors may be removed only at a meeting of shareholders or directors called expressly for that purpose and, in the case of removal by shareholders, only for cause. In addition, under Section 23-1-33-8(a) of the IBCL, and as will be provided in our Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation, a director may be removed, with or without cause, by the affirmative vote of a majority of the directors then in office.
Amendments to Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation
Our Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation will provide that the affirmative vote of the holders of at least two-thirds of our outstanding voting shares is required to amend certain provisions relating to the removal of directors, the calling of special meetings of shareholders and director and officer indemnification.

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Amendments to Bylaws
Under Section 23-1-39-1 of the IBCL, only the board of directors of a corporation may amend the bylaws, and shareholders do not have the right to amend the bylaws unless the articles of incorporation provide otherwise. Our Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation and Amended and Restated Bylaws will provide that our bylaws may be amended exclusively by our Board of Directors.
Size of Board and Vacancies
Our Amended and Restated Bylaws will provide that the number of directors on our Board of Directors shall not be less than three or more than fifteen. Any vacancies created in our Board of Directors resulting from any increase in the authorized number of directors, or the death, resignation, retirement, disqualification, removal from office or other cause, will be filled by a majority of the Board of Directors then in office, even if less than a quorum is present, or by a sole remaining director. Any director appointed to fill a vacancy on our Board of Directors will be appointed for a term expiring at the next election of the class for which such director has been appointed, and until his or her successor has been elected and qualified.
Special Shareholder Meetings
Our Amended and Restated Bylaws will provide that only our Board of Directors or expressly authorized officers may call special meetings of our shareholders. Shareholders may not call special shareholder meetings. Business that may be transacted at special shareholder meetings is limited to business stated in the notice of the meeting. Shareholders may not submit business proposals for consideration at, or nominate persons for election as directors at, special shareholder meetings.
Shareholder Action by Unanimous Written Consent
Under Section 23-1-29-4(a) of the IBCL, and as will be provided in our Amended and Restated Bylaws, shareholders may act without a meeting only by unanimous written consent.
Requirements for Advance Notification of Shareholder Nominations and Proposals
Our Amended and Restated Bylaws will establish advance notice procedures with respect to shareholder proposals and nomination of candidates for election as directors other than nominations made by or at the direction of our Board of Directors or a committee of our Board of Directors. These advance-notice provisions may have the effect of precluding a contest for the election of our directors or the consideration of shareholder proposals if the proper procedures are not followed, or discouraging or deterring a third party from conducting a solicitation of proxies to elect its own slate of directors or to approve its own proposal, without regard to whether consideration of those nominees or proposals might be harmful or beneficial to us and our shareholders.
No Cumulative Voting
The IBCL provides that shareholders are denied the right to cumulate votes in the election of directors unless the company’s articles of incorporation provide otherwise. Our Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation will not provide for cumulative voting.
Undesignated Preferred Shares
The authority that our Board of Directors will possess to issue preferred shares could potentially be used to discourage attempts by third parties to obtain control of us through a merger, tender offer, proxy contest or otherwise by making such attempts more difficult or more costly. Our Board of Directors may be able to issue preferred shares with voting or conversion rights that, if exercised, could adversely affect the voting power of the holders of our common equity.
Forum Selection
Our Amended and Restated Bylaws will provide that the state and U.S. federal courts located in the State of Indiana will be the sole and exclusive forum for any derivative action or proceeding brought on our behalf, any action asserting a claim of breach of a fiduciary duty owed by any of our directors or officers or other employees to us or our shareholders, any action asserting a claim against us or any of our directors or officers or other employees arising pursuant to any provision of the IBCL or our Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation or Amended and Restated Bylaws or any action asserting a claim against us or any of our directors or officers or other employees governed by the internal affairs doctrine.
Directors’ Duties and Liability
Under Chapter 35 of the IBCL, directors are required to discharge their duties in good faith, with the care that an ordinarily prudent person in a like position would exercise under similar circumstances and in a manner that the directors reasonably believe to be in the best interest of the corporation. Under the IBCL, a director is not liable for any action taken as a director, or any failure to act, regardless of the nature of the alleged breach of duty (including alleged breaches of the duty of care, the duty of loyalty, and

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the duty of good faith) unless the director has breached or failed to perform the duties of the director’s office and the action or failure to act constitutes willful misconduct or recklessness. This exculpation from liability under the IBCL does not affect the liability of directors for violations of the federal securities laws.
Indemnification
Chapter 37 of the IBCL authorizes every Indiana corporation to indemnify its officers and directors under certain circumstances against liability incurred in connection with proceedings to which the officers or directors are made a party by reason of their relationship to the corporation. Officers and directors may be indemnified where they have acted in good faith, and in the case of official action, they reasonably believed the conduct was in the corporation’s best interests, and in all other cases, they reasonably believed the action taken was not against the best interests of the corporation, and in the case of criminal proceedings they either had reasonable cause to believe the action was lawful or there was no reasonable cause to believe the action was unlawful. Chapter 37 of the IBCL also requires every Indiana corporation to indemnify any of its officers or directors (unless limited by the corporation’s articles of incorporation) who were wholly successful, on the merits or otherwise, in the defense of any such proceeding against reasonable expenses incurred in connection with the proceeding. Under certain circumstances, a corporation may also pay for or reimburse the reasonable expenses incurred by an officer or director who is a party to a proceeding in advance of final disposition of the proceeding. Chapter 37 of the IBCL states that the indemnification provided for therein is not exclusive of any other rights to which a person may be entitled under the corporation’s articles of incorporation, or bylaws or resolutions of the corporation’s board of directors or shareholders.
Our Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation provide for indemnification, to the fullest extent permitted by the IBCL, of our directors, officers and other employees against liability and reasonable expenses that may be incurred by them in connection with proceedings in which they are made a party by reason of their relationship to Kimball Electronics.
Consideration of Effects on Other Constituents
Chapter 35 of the IBCL provides that a board of directors, in discharging its duties, may consider, in its discretion, both the long-term and short-term best interests of the corporation, taking into account, and weighing as the directors deem appropriate, the effects of an action on the corporation’s shareholders, employees, suppliers and customers and the communities in which offices or other facilities of the corporation are located and any other factors the directors consider pertinent. Directors are not required to consider the effects of a proposed corporate action on any particular corporate constituent group or interest as a dominant or controlling factor. If a determination is made with the approval of a majority of the disinterested directors of the corporation’s board of directors, that determination is conclusively presumed to be valid unless it can be demonstrated that the determination was not made in good faith after reasonable investigation. Chapter 35 specifically provides that specified judicial decisions in Delaware and other jurisdictions, which might be looked upon for guidance in interpreting Indiana law, including decisions that propose a higher or different degree of scrutiny in response to a proposed acquisition of the corporation, are inconsistent with the proper application of the business judgment rule under Chapter 35.
Authorized but Unissued Shares
Our authorized but unissued common and preferred shares will be available for future issuance without shareholder approval. We may use additional shares for a variety of purposes, including future public offerings or private placements to raise additional capital, to fund acquisitions and as employee compensation. The existence of authorized but unissued common and preferred shares could render more difficult, or discourage, an attempt to obtain control of us by means of a proxy contest, tender offer, merger or otherwise.
Transfer Agent and Registrar
The transfer agent and registrar for our common stock is Computershare Trust Company, NA.
Listing
Following the spin-off, we expect to have our common stock listed on the NASDAQ Global Select Market of The NASDAQ Stock Market LLC under the ticker symbol “KE.”


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WHERE YOU CAN FIND MORE INFORMATION
We have filed a Registration Statement on Form 10 with the SEC with respect to the shares of common stock that Parent Share Owners will receive in the distribution. This Information Statement does not contain all of the information contained in the Registration Statement on Form 10 and the exhibits and schedules to the Registration Statement on Form 10. Some items are omitted in accordance with the rules and regulations of the SEC. For additional information relating to us and the spin-off, reference is made to the Registration Statement on Form 10 and the exhibits to the Registration Statement on Form 10, which are on file at the offices of the SEC. Statements contained in this Information Statement as to the contents of any contract or other document referred to are not necessarily complete and in each instance, if the contract or document is filed as an exhibit, reference is made to the copy of the contract or other documents filed as an exhibit to the Registration Statement on Form 10. Each statement is qualified in all respects by the relevant reference.
You may inspect and copy the Registration Statement on Form 10 and the exhibits to the Registration Statement on Form 10 that we have filed with the SEC at the SEC’s Public Reference Room at 100 F Street, N.E., Washington, D.C. 20549. Please call the SEC at (800) SEC-0330 for further information on the Public Reference Room. In addition, the SEC maintains an Internet site at www.sec.gov, from which you can electronically access the Registration Statement on Form 10, including the exhibits and schedules to the Registration Statement on Form 10.
Our Internet site and the information contained on that site, or connected to that site, are not incorporated into this Information Statement or the Registration Statement on Form 10.
As a result of the distribution, we will be required to comply with the full informational requirements of the Exchange Act. We will fulfill our obligations with respect to these requirements by filing periodic reports and other information with the SEC.
We plan to make available, free of charge, on our Internet site our Annual Reports on Form 10-K, Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q, Current Reports on Form 8-K, reports filed pursuant to Section 16 of the Exchange Act and amendments to those reports as soon as reasonably practicable after we electronically file or furnish such materials to the SEC.
You should rely only on the information contained in this Information Statement or to which we have referred you. We have not authorized any person to provide you with different information or to make any representation not contained in this Information Statement.


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KIMBALL ELECTRONICS
INDEX TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

ANNUAL AUDITED COMBINED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
 
Page No.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 


F-1



REPORT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM
To the Board of Directors and Share Owners of Kimball International, Inc.
Jasper, Indiana
We have audited the accompanying combined balance sheets of the electronic manufacturing services business of Kimball International, Inc. (“Kimball Electronics” or the “Company”) as of June 30, 2014 and 2013 , and the related combined statements of income, comprehensive income, equity, and cash flows for each of the three years in the period ended June 30, 2014. Our audits also included the financial statement schedule listed in the Index at Schedule II. These financial statements and financial statement schedule are the responsibility of the Company's management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on the financial statements and financial statement schedule based on our audits.
We conducted our audits in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States). Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement. The Company is not required to have, nor were we engaged to perform, an audit of its internal control over financial reporting. Our audits included consideration of internal control over financial reporting as a basis for designing audit procedures that are appropriate in the circumstances, but not for the purpose of expressing an opinion on the effectiveness of the Company's internal control over financial reporting. Accordingly, we express no such opinion. An audit also includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements, assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.
In our opinion, such combined financial statements present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of the Company as of June 30, 2014 and 2013 , and the results of its operations and its cash flows for each of the three years in the period ended June 30, 2014 , in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America. Also, in our opinion, such financial statement schedule, when considered in relation to the basic combined financial statements taken as a whole, presents fairly in all material respects the information set forth therein.
As described in Note 1, the accompanying combined financial statements have been derived from the consolidated financial statements and accounting records of Kimball International, Inc. The combined financial statements also include expense allocations for certain corporate functions historically provided by Kimball International, Inc. These allocations may not be reflective of the actual expense which would have been incurred had the Company operated as a separate entity apart from Kimball International, Inc.


 
/s/ Deloitte & Touche LLP
 
DELOITTE & TOUCHE LLP
 
Indianapolis, Indiana
 
September 4, 2014


F-2



KIMBALL ELECTRONICS
COMBINED BALANCE SHEETS
(Amounts in Thousands)
 
June 30,
2014
 
June 30,
2013
ASSETS
 
 
 
Current Assets:
 
 
 
Cash
$
26,260

 
$
18,424

Receivables, net of allowances of $352 and $750, respectively
128,425

 
116,753

Inventories
116,159

 
101,794

Prepaid expenses and other current assets
20,490

 
17,416

Assets held for sale

 
400

Total current assets
291,334

 
254,787

Property and Equipment, net of accumulated depreciation of $151,747 and $138,955, respectively
97,934

 
91,858

Goodwill
2,564

 
2,511

Other Intangible Assets, net of accumulated amortization of $28,606 and $27,784, respectively
1,830

 
2,249

Other Assets
15,068

 
16,343

Total Assets
$
408,730

 
$
367,748

 
 
 
 
LIABILITIES AND EQUITY
 

 
 

Current Liabilities:
 

 
 

Accounts payable
$
119,853

 
$
107,899

Accrued expenses
26,602

 
19,184

Total current liabilities
146,455

 
127,083

Other long-term liabilities
9,903

 
9,479

Total Liabilities
156,358

 
136,562

Equity:
 

 
 

Net Parent investment
250,753

 
234,462

Accumulated other comprehensive income (loss)
1,619

 
(3,276
)
Total Equity
252,372

 
231,186

Total Liabilities and Equity
$
408,730

 
$
367,748

See Notes to Combined Financial Statements

F-3



KIMBALL ELECTRONICS
COMBINED STATEMENTS OF INCOME
(Amounts in Thousands)
 
Year Ended June 30
 
2014
 
2013
 
2012
Net Sales
$
741,530

 
$
703,129

 
$
616,751

Cost of Sales
680,534

 
645,974

 
579,822

Gross Profit
60,996

 
57,155

 
36,929

Selling and Administrative Expenses
36,352

 
30,011

 
25,741

Other General Income
(5,688
)
 

 

Restructuring Expense
402

 
416

 
3,418

Operating Income
29,930

 
26,728

 
7,770

Other Income (Expense):
 

 
 

 
 

Interest income
41

 
96

 
167

Interest expense
(2
)
 
(9
)
 
(6
)
Non-operating income
722

 
362

 
473

Non-operating expense
(449
)
 
(401
)
 
(333
)
Other income, net
312

 
48

 
301

Income Before Taxes on Income
30,242

 
26,776

 
8,071

Provision (Benefit) for Income Taxes
5,629

 
5,256

 
(15,832
)
Net Income
$
24,613

 
$
21,520

 
$
23,903

See Notes to Combined Financial Statements


F-4



KIMBALL ELECTRONICS
COMBINED STATEMENTS OF COMPREHENSIVE INCOME
(Amounts in Thousands)

 
Year Ended June 30, 2014
 
Year Ended June 30, 2013
 
Year Ended June 30, 2012
 
Pre-tax
 
Tax
 
Net of Tax
 
Pre-tax
 
Tax
 
Net of Tax
 
Pre-tax
 
Tax
 
Net of Tax
Net income
 
 
 
 
$
24,613

 
 
 
 
 
$
21,520

 
 
 
 
 
$
23,903

Other comprehensive income (loss):
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Foreign currency translation adjustments
$
4,358

 
$
(471
)
 
$
3,887

 
$
1,952

 
$
(121
)
 
$
1,831

 
$
(10,070
)
 
$
1,781

 
$
(8,289
)
Postemployment severance actuarial change
(6
)
 
4

 
(2
)
 
28

 
(9
)
 
19

 
297

 
(108
)
 
189

Derivative gain (loss)
73

 
(29
)
 
44

 
1,206

 
(357
)
 
849

 
(192
)
 
238

 
46

Reclassification to (earnings) loss:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Foreign currency translation adjustments

 

 

 

 

 

 
(493
)
 

 
(493
)
Derivatives
1,187

 
(277
)
 
910

 
(2,136
)
 
561

 
(1,575
)
 
1,069

 
(297
)
 
772

Amortization of prior service costs
40

 
(16
)
 
24

 
40

 
(15
)
 
25

 
40

 
(15
)
 
25

Amortization of actuarial change
53

 
(21
)
 
32

 
37

 
(15
)
 
22

 
117

 
(47
)
 
70

Other comprehensive income (loss)
$
5,705

 
$
(810
)
 
$
4,895

 
$
1,127

 
$
44

 
$
1,171

 
$
(9,232
)
 
$
1,552

 
$
(7,680
)
Total comprehensive income
 

 
 

 
$
29,508

 
 

 
 

 
$
22,691

 
 

 
 

 
$
16,223


See Notes to Combined Financial Statements


F-5



KIMBALL ELECTRONICS
COMBINED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
(Amounts in Thousands)
 
Year Ended June 30
 
2014
 
2013
 
2012
Cash Flows From Operating Activities:
 
 
 
 
 
Net income
$
24,613

 
$
21,520

 
$
23,903

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

 
 

 
 

Depreciation and amortization
17,889

 
17,447

 
16,779

(Gain) loss on sales of assets
10

 
(89
)
 
169

Restructuring
311

 
188

 
439

Deferred income tax and other deferred charges
1,246

 
3,729

 
694

Deferred tax valuation allowance
(1,521
)
 
388

 
(17,750
)
Stock-based compensation
3,298

 
2,397

 
593

Other, net
(183
)
 
671

 
250

Change in operating assets and liabilities:
 
 
 
 
 
Receivables
(10,076
)
 
(24,589
)
 
4,412

Inventories
(12,783
)
 
1,462

 
17,241

Prepaid expenses and other current assets
(1,073
)
 
(395
)
 
997

Accounts payable
9,486

 
11,981

 
(1,760
)
Accrued expenses
8,089

 
5,854

 
(10,415
)
Net cash provided by operating activities
39,306


40,564


35,552

Cash Flows From Investing Activities:
 

 
 

 
 

Capital expenditures
(20,404
)
 
(13,861
)
 
(13,016
)
Proceeds from sales of assets
254

 
316

 
2,077

Purchases of capitalized software
(378
)
 
(629
)
 
(575
)
Other, net
537

 
393

 
209

Net cash used for investing activities
(19,991
)

(13,781
)

(11,305
)
Cash Flows From Financing Activities:
 

 
 

 
 

Net transfers to Parent
(11,620
)
 
(30,617
)
 
(29,357
)
Net cash used for financing activities
(11,620
)

(30,617
)

(29,357
)
Effect of Exchange Rate Change on Cash
141

 
283

 
(1,845
)
Net Increase (Decrease) in Cash
7,836

 
(3,551
)
 
(6,955
)
Cash at Beginning of Year
18,424

 
21,975

 
28,930

Cash at End of Year
$
26,260

 
$
18,424

 
$
21,975

See Notes to Combined Financial Statements


F-6



KIMBALL ELECTRONICS
COMBINED STATEMENTS OF EQUITY
(Amounts in Thousands)
 
Net Parent Investment
 
Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss)
 
Total Equity
 
Amounts at June 30, 2011
$
246,023

 
$
3,233

 
$
249,256

Net Income
23,903

 
 
 
23,903

Other Comprehensive Loss
 
 
(7,680
)
 
(7,680
)
Net Distribution to Parent
(28,764
)
 
 
 
(28,764
)
Amounts at June 30, 2012
$
241,162

 
$
(4,447
)
 
$
236,715

Net Income
21,520

 
 
 
21,520

Other Comprehensive Income
 
 
1,171

 
1,171

Net Distribution to Parent
(28,220
)
 
 
 
(28,220
)
Amounts at June 30, 2013
$
234,462

 
$
(3,276
)
 
$
231,186

Net Income
24,613

 
 
 
24,613

Other Comprehensive Income
 
 
4,895

 
4,895

Net Distribution to Parent
(8,322
)
 
 
 
(8,322
)
Amounts at June 30, 2014
$
250,753

 
$
1,619

 
$
252,372

See Notes to Combined Financial Statements

F-7



KIMBALL ELECTRONICS
NOTES TO COMBINED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

Note 1    Summary of Significant Accounting Policies
On January 20, 2014, Kimball International, Inc. (“Parent”) announced that its Board of Directors unanimously approved a plan to spin off its electronic manufacturing services (“EMS”) segment.  The spin-off will result in two independent publicly-traded companies:  Kimball International, Inc., an industry leader in the sale and manufacture of quality office and hospitality furniture; and Kimball Electronics, Inc. (“Kimball Electronics”), a leading global provider of electronic manufacturing services to the automotive, medical, industrial, and public safety markets.
Execution of the transaction requires further work on structure, management, governance and other significant matters.  The completion of the spin-off is subject to certain customary conditions, including receipt of a ruling from the Internal Revenue Service and a legal opinion as to the tax-free nature of the spin-off and regulatory approvals, as well as certain other matters.  Parent can make no assurance that any spin-off transaction will ultimately occur, or, if one does occur, as to its terms or timing.
Principles of Combination:
The Combined Financial Statements presented herein reflect the combined financial position, results of operations, and cash flows of Kimball Electronics as it will be constituted following the spin-off and include the accounts of all domestic and foreign subsidiaries. Intercompany balances and transactions have been eliminated in the combination.
The Combined Financial Statements have been derived from the consolidated financial statements and accounting records of Parent and include allocations for direct costs and indirect costs attributable to the operations of Kimball Electronics. These allocations were made on a direct usage or cost incurred basis when appropriate, with the remainder allocated using various drivers including average capital deployed, payroll, revenue less material costs, headcount or other measures. While we believe such allocations are reasonable, these Combined Financial Statements do not purport to reflect what the results of operations, comprehensive income, financial position, equity or cash flows would have been had Kimball Electronics operated as a standalone public company for the periods presented. Note 2 - Related Party Transactions provides information regarding direct and indirect cost allocations.
Use of Estimates:
The preparation of financial statements in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“US GAAP”) requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts included in the Combined Financial Statements and related note disclosures. While efforts are made to assure estimates used are reasonably accurate based on management’s knowledge of current events, actual results could differ from those estimates.
Subsequent Events:
We have evaluated the impact of subsequent events through September 4, 2014 , which is the date these financial statements were issued.
Segment Information:
Kimball Electronics has business units located in the United States, Mexico, Poland, China and Thailand. Each of our business units qualifies as an operating segment with its results regularly reviewed by our chief operating decision maker. Our chief operating decision maker is our Chief Executive Officer. Our business units meet the aggregation criteria under the current accounting guidance for segment reporting. All of our business units operate in the electronic manufacturing services industry with engineering, manufacturing, and supply chain services that provide electronic assemblies primarily in automotive, medical, industrial and public safety applications, all to the specifications and designs of our customers. The nature of the products and services, the production process, the type of customers, and the methods used to distribute our products and services, all have similar characteristics. Each of our business units service customers in multiple markets and many of our customers’ programs are manufactured and serviced by multiple business units. Our global processes such as component procurement and customer pricing provide commonality and consistency among the various regions in which we operate. All of our business units have similar long-term economic characteristics. As such, our business units have been aggregated into one reportable segment.
Revenue Recognition:
Our net sales are principally from the manufacturing of electronic assemblies built to customer specifications. We recognize revenue when persuasive evidence of an arrangement exists, delivery has occurred, the sales price is fixed or determinable, and collectability is reasonably assured. Delivery is not considered to have occurred until the title and the risk of loss passes to the

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customer according to the terms of the contract. Title and risk of loss are transferred upon shipment to or receipt at our customers’ locations, or in limited circumstances, as determined by other specific sales terms of the transaction. Shipping and handling fees billed to customers are recorded as sales while the related shipping and handling costs are included in cost of goods sold. We recognize sales net of applicable sales tax. Based on estimated product returns and price concessions, a reserve for returns and allowances is recorded at the time of the sale, resulting in a reduction of revenue.
Cash:
Cash is stated at cost, which approximates fair value.
Notes Receivable and Trade Accounts Receivable:
Kimball Electronics’ notes receivable and trade accounts receivable are recorded per the terms of the agreement or sale, and accrued interest is recognized when earned. We determine on a case-by-case basis the cessation of accruing interest, the resumption of accruing interest, the method of recording payments received on nonaccrual receivables, and the delinquency status for our limited number of notes receivable.
Our policy for estimating the allowance for credit losses on trade accounts receivable and notes receivable includes analysis of such items as aging, credit worthiness, payment history, and historical bad debt experience. Management uses these specific analyses in conjunction with an evaluation of the general economic and market conditions to determine the final allowance for credit losses on the trade accounts receivable and notes receivable. Trade accounts receivable and notes receivable are written off after exhaustive collection efforts occur and the receivable is deemed uncollectible. Our limited amount of notes receivable allows management to monitor the risks, credit quality indicators, collectability, and probability of impairment on an individual basis. Adjustments to the allowance for credit losses are recorded in selling and administrative expenses.
In the ordinary course of business, customers periodically negotiate extended payment terms on trade accounts receivable.  Customary terms require payment within 30 to 45 days, with any terms beyond 45 days being considered extended payment terms. We may utilize accounts receivable factoring arrangements with third-party financial institutions in order to extend terms for the customer without negatively impacting our cash flow.  These arrangements in all cases do not contain recourse provisions which would obligate us in the event of our customers’ failure to pay.  Receivables are considered sold when they are transferred beyond the reach of Kimball Electronics and its creditors, the purchaser has the right to pledge or exchange the receivables, and we have surrendered control over the transferred receivables. During the fiscal years ended June 30, 2014 and 2013 , we sold, without recourse, $193.0 million and $207.0 million of accounts receivable, respectively.  Factoring fees were not material.
Inventories:
Inventories are stated at the lower of cost or market value. Cost includes material, labor, and applicable manufacturing overhead. Costs associated with underutilization of capacity are expensed as incurred. Inventories are valued using the first-in, first-out (FIFO) method. Inventories are adjusted for excess and obsolete inventory. Evaluation of excess inventory includes such factors as anticipated usage, inventory turnover, inventory levels, and product demand levels. Factors considered when evaluating obsolescence include the age of on-hand inventory and reduction in value due to damage, design changes, or cessation of product lines.
Property, Equipment, and Depreciation:
Property and equipment are stated at cost less accumulated depreciation. Depreciation is provided over the estimated useful life of the assets using the straight-line method for financial reporting purposes. Major maintenance activities and improvements are capitalized; other maintenance, repairs, and minor renewals are expensed. Depreciation and expenses for maintenance, repairs and minor renewals are included in both the Cost of Sales line and the Selling and Administrative Expense line of the Combined Statements of Income.
Impairment of Long-Lived Assets:
We perform reviews for impairment of long-lived assets whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate that the carrying value of an asset may not be recoverable. An impairment loss is recognized when estimated future cash flows expected to result from the use of the asset and its eventual disposition are less than its carrying amount. When an impairment is identified, the carrying amount of the asset is reduced to its estimated fair value. Assets to be disposed of are recorded at the lower of net book value or fair market value less cost to sell at the date management commits to a plan of disposal.

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Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets:
Goodwill represents the difference between the purchase price and the related underlying tangible and intangible net asset fair values resulting from business acquisitions. Annually, or if conditions indicate an earlier review is necessary, we may assess qualitative factors to determine if it is more likely than not that the fair value is less than its carrying amount and if it is necessary to perform the quantitative two-step goodwill impairment test. We also have the option to bypass the qualitative assessment and proceed directly to performing the first step of the quantitative goodwill impairment test. If the first step is determined to be necessary, we compare the carrying value of the reporting unit to an estimate of the reporting unit’s fair value to identify potential impairment. If the estimated fair value of the reporting unit is less than the carrying value, a second step is performed to determine the amount of potential goodwill impairment. If impaired, goodwill is written down to its estimated implied fair value. Goodwill is assigned to and the fair value is tested at the reporting unit level. The fair value is established primarily using a discounted cash flow analysis and secondarily a market approach utilizing current industry information. The calculation of the fair value of the reporting units considers current market conditions existing at the assessment date. During fiscal years 2014 , 2013 , and 2012 , no goodwill impairment was recognized.
A summary of goodwill is as follows:
(Amounts in Thousands)
 
Balance as of June 30, 2012
 
Goodwill
$
15,306

Accumulated impairment
(12,826
)
Goodwill, net
2,480

Effect of Foreign Currency Translation
31

Balance as of June 30, 2013
 
Goodwill
15,337

Accumulated impairment
(12,826
)
Goodwill, net
2,511

Effect of Foreign Currency Translation
53

Balance as of June 30, 2014
 
Goodwill
15,390

Accumulated impairment
(12,826
)
Goodwill, net
$
2,564

In addition to performing the required annual testing, we will continue to monitor circumstances and events in future periods to determine whether additional goodwill impairment testing is warranted on an interim basis.
Other Intangible Assets reported on the Combined Balance Sheets consist of capitalized software and customer relationships. Intangible assets are reviewed for impairment when events or circumstances indicate that the carrying value may not be recoverable over the remaining lives of the assets. 
A summary of other intangible assets subject to amortization is as follows:
 
June 30, 2014
 
June 30, 2013
(Amounts in Thousands)
Cost
 
Accumulated
Amortization
 
Net Value
 
Cost
 
Accumulated
Amortization
 
Net Value
Capitalized Software
$
29,269

 
$
27,625

 
$
1,644

 
$
28,866

 
$
26,865

 
$
2,001

Customer Relationships
1,167

 
981

 
186

 
1,167

 
919

 
248

Other Intangible Assets
$
30,436

 
$
28,606

 
$
1,830

 
$
30,033

 
$
27,784

 
$
2,249

During fiscal years 2014 , 2013 , and 2012 , amortization expense of other intangible assets was, in thousands, $797 , $1,093 , and $1,190 , respectively. Amortization expense in future periods is expected to be, in thousands, $548 , $348 , $261 , $220 , and $195 in the five years ending June 30, 2019 , and $258 thereafter. The amortization period for the customer relationship intangible asset ranges from 10 to 16 years . The estimated useful life of internal-use software is 10 years .
Internal-use software is stated at cost less accumulated amortization and is amortized using the straight-line method. During the software application development stage, capitalized costs include external consulting costs, cost of software licenses, and

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internal payroll and payroll-related costs for employees who are directly associated with a software project. Upgrades and enhancements are capitalized if they result in added functionality which enable the software to perform tasks it was previously incapable of performing. Software maintenance, training, data conversion, and business process reengineering costs are expensed in the period in which they are incurred. 
Capitalized customer relationships are amortized on estimated attrition rate of customers. We have no intangible assets with indefinite useful lives which are not subject to amortization. 
Research and Development:
The costs of research and development are expensed as incurred. Research and development costs were approximately, in millions, $8 , $8 , and $7 in fiscal years 2014 , 2013 , and 2012 , respectively.
Insurance and Self-insurance:
Under policies and programs administered by Parent, we are self-insured up to certain limits for auto and general liability, workers’ compensation, and certain employee health benefits including medical, short-term disability, and dental, with the related liabilities included in the accompanying financial statements. Our policy is to estimate reserves based upon a number of factors including known claims, estimated incurred but not reported claims, and other analyses, which are based on historical information along with certain assumptions about future events. Approximately 20% of the workforce is covered under self-insured medical and short-term disability plans.
We carry external medical and disability insurance coverage for the remainder of our eligible workforce not covered by self-insured plans. Insurance benefits are not provided to retired employees.
Income Taxes:
Deferred income tax assets and liabilities are recognized for the estimated future tax consequences attributable to temporary differences between the financial statement carrying amounts of existing assets and liabilities and their respective tax bases. These assets and liabilities are measured using enacted tax rates expected to apply to taxable income in the years in which the temporary differences are expected to reverse. We evaluate the recoverability of deferred tax assets each quarter by assessing the likelihood of future taxable income and available tax planning strategies that could be implemented to realize our deferred tax assets. If recovery is not likely, we provide a valuation allowance based on our best estimate of future taxable income in the various taxing jurisdictions and the amount of deferred taxes ultimately realizable. Future events could change management’s assessment. We have determined the provision for income taxes on a separate return basis.
We operate within multiple taxing jurisdictions and are subject to tax audits in these jurisdictions. These audits can involve complex uncertain tax positions, which may require an extended period of time to resolve. A tax benefit from an uncertain tax position may be recognized only if it is more likely than not that the tax position will be sustained on examination by taxing authorities, based on the technical merits of the position. We maintain a liability for uncertain income tax and other tax positions, including accrued interest and penalties on those positions. As tax positions are effectively settled, the tax liability is adjusted accordingly. We recognize interest and penalties related to unrecognized tax benefits in the Provision (Benefit) for Income Taxes line of the Combined Statements of Income.
In September 2013, the United States Treasury Department and the Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”) issued final regulations effective for our first quarter of fiscal year 2015, that provide guidance on a number of matters with regard to tangible property, including whether expenditures qualify as deductible repairs, the treatment of materials and supplies, capitalization of tangible property, dispositions of property, and related elections.  We do not expect the regulations as issued to have a material effect on our financial statements.  Future transitional guidance in the form of revenue procedures issued by the IRS could impact our current estimates.
Concentrations of Credit Risk:
We have business and credit risks concentrated in the automotive, medical, industrial, and public safety industries. At June 30, 2014 and 2013 , less than $0.1 million and $0.6 million , respectively, were outstanding under the notes receivables. The credit risk associated with receivables is disclosed in Note 19 - Credit Quality and Allowance for Credit Losses of Notes Receivable of Notes to Combined Financial Statements.

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A summary of significant customers’ net sales and accounts receivable as a percentage of combined net sales and combined accounts receivable is as follows:
 
At or For the Year Ended June 30, 2014
 
At or For the Year Ended June 30, 2013
 
Net Sales
 
Accounts Receivable
 
Net Sales
 
Accounts Receivable
Johnson Controls, Inc.
13
%
 
6
%
 
17
%
 
4
%
Philips
12
%
 
8
%
 
14
%
 
10
%
Regal Beloit Corporation
9
%
 
12
%
 
10
%
 
11
%
Off-Balance Sheet Risk:
Our off-balance sheet arrangements are limited to operating leases entered into in the normal course of business as described in Note 5 - Commitments and Contingent Liabilities of Notes to Combined Financial Statements.
Other General Income:
Other general income in fiscal year 2014 included pre-tax settlements received of $5.7 million related to two antitrust class action lawsuits in which Kimball Electronics was a class member. We recorded no other general income during fiscal years 2013 and 2012.
Non-operating Income and Expense:
Non-operating income and expense include the impact of such items as foreign currency rate movements and related derivative gain or loss, fair value adjustments on Supplemental Employee Retirement Plan (“SERP”) investments, bank charges, and other miscellaneous non-operating income and expense items that are not directly related to operations. The gain or loss on SERP investments is offset by a change in the SERP liability that is recognized in selling and administrative expenses.
Foreign Currency Translation:
Kimball Electronics predominately uses the U.S. dollar and Euro as its functional currencies. Foreign currency assets and liabilities are remeasured into functional currencies at end-of-period exchange rates, except for nonmonetary assets and equity, which are remeasured at historical exchange rates. Revenue and expenses are remeasured at the weighted average exchange rate during the fiscal year, except for expenses related to nonmonetary assets, which are remeasured at historical exchange rates. Gains and losses from foreign currency remeasurement are reported in the Non-operating income or expense line item on the Combined Statements of Income.
For businesses whose functional currency is other than the U.S. dollar, the translation of functional currency statements to U.S. dollar statements uses end-of-period exchange rates for assets and liabilities, weighted average exchange rates for revenue and expenses, and historical rates for equity. The resulting currency translation adjustment is recorded in Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss), as a component of Equity.
Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities:
Derivative financial instruments are recognized on the balance sheet as assets and liabilities and are measured at fair value. Changes in the fair value of derivatives are recorded each period in earnings or Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss), depending on whether a derivative is designated and effective as part of a hedge transaction, and if it is, the type of hedge transaction. Hedge accounting is utilized when a derivative is expected to be highly effective upon execution and continues to be highly effective over the duration of the hedge transaction. Hedge accounting permits gains and losses on derivative instruments to be deferred in Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss) and subsequently included in earnings in the periods in which earnings are affected by the hedged item, or when the derivative is determined to be ineffective. We use derivatives primarily for forward purchases of foreign currency to manage exposure to the variability of cash flows, primarily related to the foreign exchange rate risks inherent in forecasted transactions denominated in foreign currency. See Note 12 - Derivative Instruments of Notes to Combined Financial Statements for more information on derivative instruments and hedging activities.
Stock-Based Compensation:
As described in Note 8 - Stock Compensation Plans of Notes to Combined Financial Statements, Parent maintains a stock-based compensation plan which allows for the issuance of restricted stock, restricted share units, unrestricted share grants, incentive stock options, nonqualified stock options, performance shares, performance units, and stock appreciation rights for grant to officers and other key employees, including certain Kimball Electronics employees, and to members of the Parent

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Board of Directors who are not employees. We recognize the cost resulting from share-based payment transactions using a fair-value-based method. The estimated fair value of outstanding performance shares is based on the stock price at the date of the grant. For performance shares, the price is reduced by the present value of dividends normally paid over the vesting period which are not payable on outstanding performance share awards. Stock-based compensation expense is recognized for the portion of the award that is ultimately expected to vest. Forfeitures are estimated at the time of grant and revised, if necessary, in subsequent periods if actual forfeitures differ from those estimates.
New Accounting Standards:
In June 2014, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) provided explicit guidance on how to account for share-based payments granted to employees in which the terms of the award provide that a performance target that affects vesting could be achieved after the requisite service period. The guidance will be applied prospectively for our first quarter fiscal year 2017 financial statements.  We do not expect the adoption to have a material effect on our financial statements.
In May 2014, the FASB issued guidance on the recognition of revenue from contracts with customers. The core principle of the guidance is that a company should recognize revenue to depict the transfer of promised goods or services to customers in an amount that reflects the consideration which the company expects to receive in exchange for those goods or services. To achieve this core principle, the guidance provides a five-step analysis of transactions to determine when and how revenue is recognized. The guidance addresses several areas including transfer of control, contracts with multiple performance obligations, and costs to obtain and fulfill contracts. The guidance also requires additional disclosure about the nature, amount, timing and uncertainty of revenue and cash flows arising from customer contracts, including significant judgments and changes in judgments and assets recognized from costs incurred to obtain or fulfill a contract. The guidance is effective for our first quarter fiscal year 2019 financial statements using either of two acceptable adoption methods: (i) retrospective adoption to each prior reporting period presented with the option to elect certain practical expedients; or (ii) adoption with the cumulative effect of initially applying the guidance recognized at the date of initial application and providing certain additional disclosures. We have not yet selected a transition method nor determined the effect of this guidance on our financial statements.
In April 2014, the FASB issued guidance on reporting discontinued operations and disclosures of disposals of components of an entity. Under the new guidance, a disposal that represents a strategic shift that has or will have a major effect on an entity's operations and financial results is a discontinued operation. The new guidance requires expanded disclosures that will provide more information about the assets, liabilities, income, and expenses of discontinued operations, and also requires disclosures of significant disposals that do not qualify for discontinued operations reporting. The guidance is effective prospectively for disposals or components of our business classified as held for sale during fiscal year 2016. We are currently evaluating the impact of the adoption of this guidance on our financial statements.
In July 2013, the FASB issued guidance to eliminate the diversity in practice related to the financial statement presentation of unrecognized tax benefits when a net operating loss carryforward, a similar tax loss, or a tax credit carryforward exists at the reporting date. The guidance is effective prospectively for our first quarter fiscal year 2015 financial statements. We do not expect the adoption to have a material effect on our financial statements.
In February 2013, the FASB issued additional guidance on the presentation of comprehensive income. This guidance requires an entity to provide information about the amounts reclassified out of accumulated other comprehensive income by component. In addition, an entity is required to present, either on the face of the statement where net income is presented or in the notes, significant amounts reclassified out of accumulated other comprehensive income by the respective line items of net income but only if the amount reclassified is required under U.S. GAAP to be reclassified to net income in its entirety in the same reporting period. For other amounts that are not required under U.S. GAAP to be reclassified in their entirety to net income, an entity is required to cross-reference to other disclosures required under U.S. GAAP that provide additional detail about those amounts. The amendments were adopted prospectively for our first quarter fiscal year 2014 financial statements. As this guidance only impacted how comprehensive income is disclosed, the adoption did not impact our combined financial position, results of operations, or cash flows.


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Note 2    Related Party Transactions
Services Provided by Kimball International, Inc.:
The Combined Financial Statements include allocations of general corporate expenses from Parent including, but not limited to, spin-off costs, finance, legal, information technology, human resources, employee benefits administration, treasury, risk management, and other shared services. The allocations were primarily made using various drivers including average capital deployed, payroll, revenue less material costs, headcount or other measures, with the remainder allocated on a direct usage or cost incurred basis when appropriate. Parent charged us approximately $12.6 million in fiscal year 2014 , $10.5 million in fiscal year 2013 and $10.2 million in fiscal year 2012 for such services and indirect general and corporate overhead expenses. Additionally, Parent charged us approximately $5.0 million in fiscal year 2014 , $2.4 million in fiscal year 2013 and $0.4 million in fiscal year 2012 for corporate incentive plan expenses, including stock based compensation. These costs are primarily included in Selling and Administrative Expenses.
Both we and Parent consider the basis on which the expenses have been allocated to be a reasonable reflection of the utilization of services provided to or the benefit received by us during the periods presented. The allocations may not, however, reflect the expense we would have incurred as an independent, publicly traded company for the periods presented. Actual costs that might have been incurred had we been a stand-alone company would depend on a number of factors, including what functions we might have performed ourselves or outsourced and strategic decisions we might have made in areas such as information technology and infrastructure. Following the spin-off, we will perform these functions using our own resources or purchased services from third parties or, for a limited time, Parent.
Cash Management:
For purposes of the historical Combined Financial Statements, Parent did not allocate to us the cash and cash equivalents that Parent held at the corporate level for any of the periods presented. Cash in our Combined Balance Sheets primarily represents cash held by international entities at the local level.
Parent provided centralized treasury functions for us, whereby, Parent regularly transferred cash both to and from our subsidiaries, as necessary. Intercompany receivables/payables from/to related parties arising from the corporate overhead activity described above have been included in Net Parent Investment in the Combined Financial Statements.

Note 3    Inventories
Inventories are valued using the lower of first-in, first-out (FIFO) cost or market value. Inventory components at June 30 were as follows:
(Amounts in Thousands)
2014
 
2013
Finished products
$
18,818

 
$
16,432

Work-in-process
12,530

 
11,367

Raw materials
84,811

 
73,995

Total inventory
$
116,159

 
$
101,794


Note 4    Property and Equipment
Major classes of property and equipment at June 30 consist of the following:
(Amounts in Thousands)
2014
 
2013
Land
$
9,392

 
$
9,201

Buildings and improvements
57,756

 
54,945

Machinery and equipment
175,984

 
164,444

Construction-in-progress
6,549

 
2,223

Total
$
249,681

 
$
230,813

Less:  Accumulated depreciation
(151,747
)
 
(138,955
)
Property and equipment, net
$
97,934

 
$
91,858


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The useful lives used in computing depreciation are based on estimated service lives for classes of property, as follows:
 
Years
Buildings and improvements
5 to 40
Machinery and equipment
3 to 10
Depreciation and amortization of property and equipment, including asset write-downs associated with restructuring plans, totaled, in millions, $17.1 for fiscal year 2014 , $16.5 for fiscal year 2013 , and $16.2 for fiscal year 2012 .
At June 30, 2014 , no assets were classified as held for sale. During the first quarter of fiscal year 2014, we sold a facility and land located in Gaylord, Michigan, recognizing a pre-tax loss, in thousands, of $311 . During fiscal years 2013 and 2012, we recognized pre-tax impairment on this property, in thousands, of $188 and $572 , respectively. The loss on sale and impairment charges were included in the Restructuring Expense line of the Combined Statements of Income.
At June 30, 2013 , in thousands, assets totaling $400 were classified as held for sale, which consisted of facility and land at our Gaylord, Michigan exited operation.

Note 5    Commitments and Contingent Liabilities
Leases:
Operating leases for certain office, manufacturing facilities, land, and equipment, which expire from fiscal year 2015 to 2056 , contain provisions under which minimum annual lease payments are $0.1 million for each of the five years ending June 30, 2019 , respectively, and aggregate to $1.2 million from fiscal year 2020 to the expiration of the leases in fiscal year 2056 . We are obligated under certain real estate leases to maintain the properties and pay real estate taxes. Certain leases include renewal options and escalation clauses. Total rental expense amounted to, in millions, $0.5 , $0.4 , and $0.8 in fiscal years 2014 , 2013 , and 2012 , respectively.
As of June 30, 2014 and 2013 , Kimball Electronics had no capital leases.
Guarantees:
Kimball Electronics and certain of its subsidiaries guarantee Parent’s obligations under a Parent credit facility. As of June 30, 2014 and 2013 , Parent had no borrowings under its credit facility, and as a result the potential obligation under this guarantee was not deemed to be material and no liability was recorded. No other guarantees existed which were contingent on the future performance of another entity.
Parent issued standby letters of credit to third-party suppliers, insurance or financial institutions that can only be drawn upon in the event of Kimball Electronics’ failure to pay its obligations to the beneficiary. We had a maximum financial exposure from unused standby letters of credit totaling $0.1 million as of June 30, 2014 and $0.2 million as of June 30, 2013 . We are not aware of circumstances that would require us to perform under any of these arrangements and believe that the resolution of any claims that might arise in the future, either individually or in the aggregate, would not materially affect our Combined Financial Statements. Accordingly, no liability has been recorded as of June 30, 2014 and 2013 with respect to the standby letters of credit.
Parent also enters into commercial letters of credit on behalf of Kimball Electronics to facilitate payments to vendors and from customers.
Product Warranties:
We maintain a provision for limited warranty repair or replacement of products manufactured and sold, which has been established in specific manufacturing contract agreements. We estimate product warranty liability at the time of sale based on historical repair or replacement cost trends in conjunction with the length of the warranty offered. Management refines the warranty liability periodically based on changes in historical cost trends and in certain cases where specific warranty issues become known.
Changes in the product warranty accrual during fiscal years 2014 , 2013 , and 2012 were as follows:
(Amounts in Thousands)
2014
 
2013
 
2012
Product Warranty Liability at the beginning of the year
$
507

 
$
329

 
$
359

Additions to warranty accrual (including changes in estimates)
721

 
279

 
259

Settlements made (in cash or in kind)
(317
)
 
(101
)
 
(289
)
Product Warranty Liability at the end of the year
$
911

 
$
507

 
$
329


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Note 6    Credit Facilities
Credit facilities consisted of the following:
 
Availability to Borrow at
 
Borrowings Outstanding at
 
Borrowings Outstanding at
(Amounts in Millions, in U.S Dollar Equivalents)
June 30, 2014
 
June 30, 2014
 
June 30, 2013
Poland overdraft credit facility  (1)
$
8.2

 
$

 
$

Thailand overdraft credit facility (2)
2.8

 

 

Total
$
11.0

 
$

 
$

(1) The credit facility for the operation in Poland allows for multi-currency borrowings up to a 6 million Euro equivalent (approximately $8.2 million at June 30, 2014 exchange rates) and is available to cover bank overdrafts. Bank overdrafts may be deemed necessary to satisfy short-term cash needs at our Poland location rather than funding from intercompany sources. This credit facility is reviewed for renewal annually and can be canceled at any time by either the bank or Parent. Interest on the overdraft is charged at the prevailing rate.
(2)
Kimball Electronics maintained a $2.7 million foreign credit facility for its operation in Thailand which was backed by Parent’s revolving credit facility via a standby letter of credit. This foreign credit facility was reviewed for renewal annually and could be canceled at any time by either the bank or Parent. Parent canceled this credit agreement on October 1, 2013, and as of May 6, 2014 put in place a new Thailand overdraft credit facility which allows for borrowings up to 90.0 million Thai Baht (approximately $2.8 million at June 30, 2014 exchange rates). This new credit facility can be terminated at any time by either the bank or Kimball by giving prior written notice of at least 15 days to the other party. Interest on borrowing under this facility is charged at a rate of interest determined by the bank in accordance with relevant laws and regulations for charging interest on an overdraft facility.
Cash payments for interest on borrowings were, in thousands, $2 , $9 , and $6 , in fiscal years 2014 , 2013 , and 2012 , respectively. Capitalized interest expense was immaterial during fiscal years 2014 , 2013 , and 2012 .

Note 7    Employee Benefit Plans
Retirement Plans:
Parent has a trusteed employer contribution retirement plan in effect for substantially all domestic employees, including employees of Kimball Electronics, meeting the eligibility requirements. Employer contributions to the trusteed plan have a five-year vesting schedule and are held for the sole benefit of participants. Parent also maintains a Supplemental Employee Retirement Plan (“SERP”) for executive employees which enables them to defer cash compensation on a pre-tax basis in excess of IRS limitations. The SERP is structured as a rabbi trust, and therefore assets in the SERP portfolio are subject to creditor claims in the event of bankruptcy.
The discretionary employer contribution for domestic employees was determined annually by the Compensation and Governance Committee of Parent’s Board of Directors. Total expense related to employer contributions for the domestic employees of Kimball Electronics was $1.3 million for fiscal year 2014 and $1.2 million for fiscal years 2013 and 2012 .
Employees of certain foreign subsidiaries are covered by local pension or retirement plans. Total expense related to employer contributions for foreign employees of Kimball Electronics for fiscal years 2014 , 2013 , and 2012 was, in millions, $0.2 , $0.2 , and $0.3 , respectively.
Severance Plans:
Kimball Electronics employees participate in severance plans sponsored by Parent. These plans cover domestic employees and provide severance benefits to eligible employees meeting the plans’ qualifications, primarily involuntary termination without cause. There are no statutory requirements for Parent to contribute to the plans, nor do employees contribute to the plans. The plans hold no assets. Benefits are paid using available cash on hand when eligible employees meet plan qualifications for payment. Benefits are based upon an employee’s years of service and accumulate up to certain limits specified in the plans and include both salary and an allowance for medical benefits. The benefit obligation for periods prior to the spin-off was determined in total for each of the plans and allocated by the number of Kimball Electronics domestic employees participating in the plans. In conjunction with the spin-off, these plans will be legally separated.

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The components and changes in the Benefit Obligation, Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss), and Net Periodic Benefit Cost are as follows:
 
June 30
(Amounts in Thousands)
2014
 
2013
Changes and Components of Benefit Obligation:
 

 
 

Benefit obligation at beginning of year
$
1,560

 
$
1,320

Service cost
267

 
230

Interest cost
37

 
50

Actuarial (gain) loss for the period
6

 
(28
)
Benefits paid
(375
)
 
(12
)
Benefit obligation at end of year
$
1,495

 
$
1,560

Balance in current liabilities
$
262

 
$
274

Balance in noncurrent liabilities
1,233

 
1,286

Total benefit obligation recognized in the Combined Balance Sheets
$
1,495

 
$
1,560


 
June 30
(Amounts in Thousands)
2014
 
2013
Changes and Components in Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss) (before tax):
 
 

Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss) at beginning of year
$
(73
)
 
$
32

Change in unrecognized prior service cost
(40
)
 
(40
)
Net change in unrecognized actuarial loss
(47
)
 
(65
)
Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss) at end of year
$
(160
)
 
$
(73
)
Balance in unrecognized prior service cost
$
55

 
$
95

Balance in unrecognized actuarial (gain) loss
(215
)
 
(168
)
Total Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss) recognized in Equity
$
(160
)
 
$
(73
)

(Amounts in Thousands)
Year Ended June 30 
Components of Net Periodic Benefit Cost (before tax):
2014
 
2013
 
2012
Service cost
$
267

 
$
230

 
$
227

Interest cost
37

 
50

 
53

Amortization of prior service cost
40

 
40

 
40

Amortization of actuarial (gain) loss
53

 
37

 
117

Net periodic benefit cost recognized in the Combined Statements of Income
$
397

 
$
357

 
$
437


The benefit cost in the above table includes only normal recurring levels of severance activity. Unusual or non-recurring severance actions, such as those disclosed in Note 17 - Restructuring Expense of Notes to Combined Financial Statements, are expensed in accordance with other applicable U.S. GAAP.
Prior service cost is amortized on a straight-line basis over the average remaining service period of employees that were active at the time of the plan initiation and actuarial (gain) loss is amortized on a straight-line basis over the average remaining service period of employees expected to receive benefits under the plan.
The estimated prior service cost and actuarial net (gain) loss for the severance plans that will be amortized from accumulated other comprehensive income (loss) into net periodic benefit cost over the next fiscal year are, pre-tax in thousands, $40 and $(84) , respectively.

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Assumptions used to determine fiscal year end benefit obligations are as follows:
 
2014
 
2013
Discount Rate
2.3%
 
2.5%
Rate of Compensation Increase
3.0%
 
3.0%
Weighted average assumptions used to determine fiscal year net periodic benefit costs are as follows:
 
2014
 
2013
 
2012
Discount Rate
2.5%
 
3.8%
 
4.1%
Rate of Compensation Increase
3.0%
 
3.8%
 
4.0%

Note 8    Stock Compensation Plans
As of June 30, 2014 , all stock compensation awards held by employees of Kimball Electronics were granted by Parent under various Parent sponsored plans. On August 13, 2013, the Parent Board of Directors adopted the Amended and Restated 2003 Stock Option and Incentive Plan (the “Parent 2003 Plan”), which was approved by Parent's Share Owners on October 15, 2013. Under the Parent 2003 Plan, 5,000,000 shares of Parent Common Stock are reserved for issuance of new awards and awards that had been issued under a former 2003 Stock Option and Incentive Plan. The Parent 2003 Plan allows for issuance of restricted stock, restricted share units, unrestricted share grants, incentive stock options, nonqualified stock options, performance shares, performance units, and stock appreciation rights for grant to officers and other key employees of Parent, including Kimball Electronics, and to members of the Parent Board of Directors who are not employees. The Parent 2003 Plan expires December 31, 2018.
The pre-tax compensation cost that was charged against income was $3.3 million , $2.4 million , and $0.6 million in fiscal year 2014 , 2013 , and 2012 , respectively. Parent generally uses treasury shares for issuance of performance shares.
Performance Shares:
Parent awards performance shares to officers and other key employees of Parent, including Kimball Electronics. Under these awards, a number of shares will be issued to each participant based upon the attainment of the applicable bonus percentage calculated under the Parent profit sharing incentive bonus plan as applied to a total potential share award made and approved by the Parent Compensation and Governance Committee. Performance shares are vested when issued shortly after the end of the fiscal year in which the performance measurement period is complete and are issued as Parent Class A or Class B common shares. Certain outstanding performance shares are applicable to performance measurement periods in future fiscal years and will be measured at fair value when the performance targets are established in future fiscal years. The contractual life of performance shares ranges from one year to five years . If a participant is not employed on the date shares are issued, the performance share award is forfeited, except in the case of death, retirement at age 62 or older, total permanent disability, or certain other circumstances described in Parent’s employment policy. To the extent performance conditions are not fully attained, performance shares are forfeited.
A summary of performance share activity of Kimball Electronics employees during fiscal year 2014 is presented below:
 
Number
of Shares
 
Weighted Average
Grant Date
Fair Value
Performance shares outstanding at July 1, 2013
669,297

 
$10.92
Granted
412,862

 
$14.93
Vested
(208,182
)
 
$10.92
Forfeited
(88,877
)
 
$10.97
Performance shares outstanding at June 30, 2014
785,100

 
$14.55
As of June 30, 2014 , there was approximately $6.9 million of unrecognized compensation cost related to performance shares, based on the latest estimated attainment of performance goals. That cost is expected to be recognized over annual performance periods ending August 2014 through August 2019, with a weighted average vesting period of one year, seven months . The fair value of performance shares is based on Parent’s stock price at the date of grant, reduced by the present value of dividends

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normally paid over the vesting period which are not payable on outstanding performance share awards. The weighted average grant date fair value was $14.93 , $10.91 , and $5.46 for performance share awards granted in fiscal year 2014 , 2013 , and 2012 , respectively. During fiscal year 2014 , 2013 , and 2012 , respectively, 208,182 ; 97,758 ; and 72,872 performance shares vested at a fair value of $2.3 million , $0.5 million , and $0.4 million . These shares are the total number of shares vested, prior to the reduction of shares withheld to satisfy tax withholding obligations. The number of shares presented in the above table, the amounts of unrecognized compensation, and the weighted average period include performance shares awarded that are applicable to future performance measurement periods and will be measured at fair value when the performance targets are established in future fiscal years.
Unrestricted Share Grants:
Unrestricted shares may be granted to employees and members of the Parent Board of Directors as consideration for service to Parent. Unrestricted share grants do not have vesting periods, holding periods, restrictions on sale, or other restrictions. The fair value of unrestricted shares is based on Parent’s stock price at the date of the award. During fiscal year 2014 , 2013 , and 2012 , respectively, Parent granted and allocated to Kimball Electronics a total of 8,590 ; 885 ; and 9,990 unrestricted shares of Class B common stock at an average grant date fair value of $11.37 , $11.40 , and $5.92 , for a total fair value, in thousands, of $98 , $10 and $59 . These shares are the total number of shares granted, prior to the reduction of shares withheld to satisfy tax withholding obligations. Unrestricted shares were awarded to officers and other key employees, and to non-employee members of the Parent Board of Directors as compensation for director’s fees, as a result of directors’ elections to receive unrestricted shares in lieu of cash payment. Director’s fees are expensed over the period that directors earn the compensation.

Note 9    Income Taxes
We have determined the provision for income taxes on a separate return basis and presented as such in these Combined Financial Statements. Deferred income taxes reflect the net tax effect of temporary differences between the carrying amounts of assets and liabilities for financial reporting purposes and the amounts used for income tax purposes. Income tax benefits associated with net operating losses of, in thousands, $564 expire from fiscal year 2014 to 2032 . Income tax benefits associated with tax credit carryforwards of, in thousands, $3,069 , expire from fiscal year 2020 to 2034 . A valuation allowance was provided as of June 30, 2014 for deferred tax assets relating to certain state net operating losses of, in thousands, $92 , that we currently believe are more likely than not to remain unrealized in the future.
The components of the deferred tax assets and liabilities as of June 30, 2014 and 2013 , were as follows:
(Amounts in Thousands)
2014
 
2013
Deferred Tax Assets:
 

 
 

Receivables
$
185

 
$
349

Inventory
1,457

 
1,809

Employee benefits
174

 
186

Deferred compensation
8,850

 
5,820

Other current liabilities
408

 
131

Tax credit carryforwards
3,069

 
2,720

Restructuring

 
15

Goodwill
2,440

 
2,755

Net operating loss carryforward
564

 
5,759

Net foreign currency losses
81

 
459

Property and equipment
1,063

 
949

Miscellaneous
2,332

 
2,071

Valuation Allowance
(92
)
 
(1,613
)
Total asset
$
20,531

 
$
21,410

Deferred Tax Liabilities:
 
 
 
Miscellaneous
$
199

 
$
257

Total liability
$
199

 
$
257

Net Deferred Income Taxes
$
20,332

 
$
21,153


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The components of income (loss) before taxes on income are as follows:
 
Year Ended June 30
(Amounts in Thousands)
2014
 
2013
 
2012
United States
$
5,412

 
$
6,638

 
$
(1,800
)
Foreign
24,830

 
20,138

 
9,871

Total income before income taxes on income
$
30,242

 
$
26,776

 
$
8,071

Foreign unremitted earnings of entities not included in the United States tax return have been included in the Combined Financial Statements without giving effect to the United States taxes that may be payable on distribution to the United States because it is not anticipated such earnings will be remitted to the United States. Under current applicable tax laws, if we chose to remit some or all of the funds we have designated as indefinitely reinvested outside the United States rather than making nontaxable repayments on our intercompany loans, the amount remitted would be subject to United States income taxes and applicable non-U.S. income and withholding taxes. Such earnings would also become taxable upon the sale or liquidation of these subsidiaries or upon remittance of dividends. The aggregate unremitted earnings of Kimball Electronics’ foreign subsidiaries for which a deferred income tax liability has not been recorded was approximately $125.5 million as of June 30, 2014 . Determination of the amount of unrecognized deferred tax liability on unremitted earnings is not practicable.
The provision (benefit) for income taxes is composed of the following items:
 
Year Ended June 30
(Amounts in Thousands)
2014
 
2013
 
2012
Currently Payable (Refundable):
 

 
 

 
 

Federal
$
(40
)
 
$
40

 
$
25

Foreign
4,505

 
2,861

 
1,849

State
519

 
239

 
167

Total current
$
4,984

 
$
3,140

 
$
2,041

Deferred Taxes:
 

 
 

 
 

Federal
$
2,360

 
$
1,780

 
$
(1,079
)
Foreign
(55
)
 
134

 
1,197

State
(139
)
 
(186
)
 
(241
)
Total deferred
$
2,166

 
$
1,728

 
$
(123
)
Valuation allowance
(1,521
)
 
388

 
(17,750
)
Total provision (benefit) for income taxes
$
5,629

 
$
5,256

 
$
(15,832
)


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A reconciliation of the statutory U.S. income tax rate to Kimball Electronics’ effective income tax rate follows:
 
Year Ended June 30
 
2014
 
2013
 
2012
(Amounts in Thousands)
Amount
 
%
 
Amount
 
%
 
Amount
 
%
Tax computed at U.S. federal statutory rate
$
10,585

 
35.0
 %
 
$
9,372

 
35.0
 %
 
$
2,825

 
35.0
 %
State income taxes, net of federal income tax benefit
210

 
0.7

 
41

 
0.1

 
(48
)
 
(0.6
)
Foreign tax rate differential
(3,800
)
 
(12.6
)
 
(3,645
)
 
(13.6
)
 
(1,768
)
 
(21.9
)
Impact of foreign exchange rates on foreign income taxes
153

 
0.5

 
(72
)
 
(0.3
)
 
648

 
8.0

Foreign tax credits
(123
)
 
(0.4
)
 
(498
)
 
(1.9
)
 
(64
)
 
(0.8
)
Expiration of foreign net operating losses

 

 

 

 
561

 
7.0

Valuation allowance
(1,521
)
 
(5.0
)
 
388

 
1.4

 
(17,750
)
 
(219.9
)
Research credit
(187
)
 
(0.6
)
 
(347
)
 
(1.3
)
 
(292
)
 
(3.6
)
Spin-off costs
753

 
2.5

 

 

 

 

Other  - net
(441
)
 
(1.5
)
 
17

 
0.2

 
56

 
0.6

Total provision (benefit) for income taxes
$
5,629

 
18.6
 %
 
$
5,256

 
19.6
 %
 
$
(15,832
)
 
(196.2
)%
During the year ended June 30, 2014 , we recognized an income tax benefit, in thousands, of $1,521 from the release of valuation allowances on our foreign deferred tax assets, in thousands, of $1,399 and on our state deferred tax assets, in thousands, of $122. During the year ended June 30, 2013 , we recognized income tax expense, in thousands, of $388 consisting of an increase in the valuation allowance on our foreign deferred tax assets, in thousands, of $408, partially offset by a benefit, in thousands, of $20 from the release of a portion of our valuation allowance on our state deferred tax assets. During the year ended June 30, 2012 , we recognized an income tax benefit, in thousands, of $17,750 consisting of the release of valuation allowances on our U.S. deferred tax assets, in thousands, of $17,524 and on our foreign deferred tax assets, in thousands, of $226. A full valuation allowance was placed on the U.S. net deferred tax assets in a prior year due to the fact that at the time there was not sufficient positive evidence that we would be able to utilize these deferred tax assets in the future, primarily driven by our combined historical pre-tax losses from continuing operations. As of the end of fiscal year 2012 , our U.S. operations achieved a position of cumulative profits (adjusted for permanent differences and nonrecurring items) for the most recent three-year period. We concluded that this cumulative profitability, coupled with projected future taxable income and tax planning considerations, provided positive evidence that our future tax benefits more likely than not would be realized. Accordingly, in fiscal year 2012 , we released all of our U.S. valuation allowance of $17.5 million against net deferred tax assets.
Changes in the unrecognized tax benefit, excluding accrued interest and penalties, during fiscal years 2014 , 2013 , and 2012 were as follows:
(Amounts in Thousands)
2014
 
2013
 
2012
Beginning balance - July 1
$
965

 
$
870

 
$
844

Tax positions related to prior fiscal years:
 

 
 

 
 

Additions
92

 
10

 

  Reductions

 

 
(38
)
Tax positions related to current fiscal year:
 

 
 

 
 

Additions
77

 
104

 
73

Reductions

 

 

Settlements

 

 

Lapses in statute of limitations
(342
)
 
(19
)
 
(9
)
Ending balance - June 30
$
792

 
$
965

 
$
870

Portion that, if recognized, would reduce tax expense and effective tax rate
$
565

 
$
772

 
$
696


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We do not expect the change in the amount of unrecognized tax benefits in the next 12 months to have a significant impact on our results of operations or financial position. We recognize interest and penalties related to unrecognized tax benefits in the Provision (Benefit) for Income Taxes line of the Combined Statements of Income. Amounts accrued for interest and penalties were as follows:
 
As of June 30
(Amounts in Thousands)
2014
 
2013
 
2012
Accrued Interest and Penalties:
 

 
 

 
 

Interest
$
65

 
$
72

 
$
65

Penalties
$
69

 
$
55

 
$
46

Interest and penalties income (expense) recognized for fiscal years 2014 , 2013 , and 2012 were, in thousands, $(7) , $(16) , and $(8) , respectively.
Parent, or one of its wholly owned subsidiaries, files U.S. federal income tax returns and income tax returns in various state, local, and foreign jurisdictions. Parent is no longer subject to any significant U.S. federal tax examinations by tax authorities for years before fiscal year 2009. Parent is subject to various state and local income tax examinations by tax authorities for years after June 30, 2006 and various foreign jurisdictions for years after June 30, 2007.

Note 10    Net Parent Investment
Net Parent Investment in the Combined Balance Sheets represents Kimball International’s historical investment in us, our accumulated net earnings after taxes and the net effect of the transactions with and allocations from Parent. See also Note 1 – Summary of Significant Accounting Policies , as well as Note 2 – Related Party Transactions of Notes to Combined Financial Statements.
Note 11    Fair Value
Kimball Electronics categorizes assets and liabilities measured at fair value into three levels based upon the assumptions (inputs) used to price the assets or liabilities. Level 1 provides the most reliable measure of fair value, whereas level 3 generally requires significant management judgment. The three levels are defined as follows:
Level 1:  Unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for identical assets and liabilities.
Level 2:  Observable inputs other than those included in level 1. For example, quoted prices for similar assets or liabilities in active markets or quoted prices for identical assets or liabilities in inactive markets.
Level 3:  Unobservable inputs reflecting management’s own assumptions about the inputs used in pricing the asset or liability.
Our policy is to recognize transfers between these levels as of the end of each quarterly reporting period. There were no transfers between these levels during fiscal years 2014 and 2013 .
Financial Instruments Recognized at Fair Value:
The following methods and assumptions were used to measure fair value:
Financial Instrument
 
Level
 
Valuation Technique/Inputs Used
Derivative Assets: Foreign exchange contracts
 
2
 
Market - Based on observable market inputs using standard calculations, such as time value, forward interest rate yield curves, and current spot rates, considering counterparty credit risk
Trading securities: Mutual funds in nonqualified SERP
 
1
 
Market - Quoted market prices
Derivative Liabilities: Foreign exchange contracts
 
2
 
Market - Based on observable market inputs using standard calculations, such as time value, forward interest rate yield curves, and current spot rates adjusted for Kimball Electronics’ non-performance risk

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Recurring Fair Value Measurements:
As of June 30, 2014 and 2013 , the fair values of financial assets and liabilities that are measured at fair value on a recurring basis using the market approach are categorized as follows:
 
June 30, 2014
(Amounts in Thousands)
Level 1
 
Level 2
 
Level 3
 
Total
Assets
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Derivatives: Foreign exchange contracts
$

 
$
800

 
$

 
$
800

Trading Securities: Mutual funds in nonqualified SERP
5,260

 

 

 
5,260

Total assets at fair value
$
5,260

 
$
800

 
$

 
$
6,060

Liabilities
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Derivatives: Foreign exchange contracts
$

 
$
699

 
$

 
$
699

Total liabilities at fair value
$

 
$
699

 
$

 
$
699

 
June 30, 2013
(Amounts in Thousands)
Level 1
 
Level 2
 
Level 3
 
Total
Assets
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Derivatives: Foreign exchange contracts
$

 
$
273

 
$

 
$
273

Trading Securities: Mutual funds in nonqualified SERP
4,326

 

 

 
4,326

Total assets at fair value
$
4,326

 
$
273

 
$

 
$
4,599

Liabilities
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

Derivatives: Foreign exchange contracts
$

 
$
1,662

 
$

 
$
1,662

Total liabilities at fair value
$

 
$
1,662

 
$

 
$
1,662

No purchases or sales of Level 3 assets occurred during the periods.
The Parent nonqualified supplemental employee retirement plan (“SERP”) assets consist primarily of equity funds, balanced funds, a bond fund, and a money market fund. The SERP investment assets are offset by a SERP liability which represents Kimball Electronics’ obligation to distribute SERP funds to participants. See Note 13 - Investments of Notes to Combined Financial Statements for further information regarding the SERP.
Non-Recurring Fair Value Measurements:
Certain assets are measured at fair value on a non-recurring basis. These assets are not measured at fair value on an ongoing basis, but are subject to fair value adjustments when events or circumstances indicate a significant adverse effect on the fair value of the asset. Assets that are written down to fair value when impaired are not subsequently adjusted to fair value unless further impairment occurs.
Non-recurring fair value adjustment
 
Level
 
Valuation Technique/Inputs Used
Impairment of assets held for sale (real estate)
 
3
 
Market - Estimated potential net selling price.
Due to declines in the market value of the held for sale facility, we recognized pre-tax impairment losses of, in millions, $0.2 and $0.6 during fiscal years 2013 and 2012, respectively.
Financial Instruments Not Carried At Fair Value:
Financial instruments that are not reflected in the Combined Balance Sheets at fair value that have carrying amounts which approximate fair value include the following:
Financial Instrument
 
Level
 
Valuation Technique/Inputs Used
Notes receivable
 
2
 
Market - Price approximated based on the assumed collection of receivables in the normal course of business, taking into account the customer’s non-performance risk
The carrying value of our cash deposit accounts, trade accounts receivable, and trade accounts payable approximates fair value due to the relatively short maturity and immaterial non-performance risk.

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Note 12    Derivative Instruments
Foreign Exchange Contracts:
We operate internationally and are therefore exposed to foreign currency exchange rate fluctuations in the normal course of our business. Our primary means of managing this exposure is to utilize natural hedges, such as aligning currencies used in the supply chain with the sale currency. To the extent natural hedging techniques do not fully offset currency risk, we use derivative instruments with the objective of reducing the residual exposure to certain foreign currency rate movements. Factors considered in the decision to hedge an underlying market exposure include the materiality of the risk, the volatility of the market, the duration of the hedge, the degree to which the underlying exposure is committed to, and the availability, effectiveness, and cost of derivative instruments. Derivative instruments are only utilized for risk management purposes and are not used for speculative or trading purposes.
We use forward contracts designated as cash flow hedges to protect against foreign currency exchange rate risks inherent in forecasted transactions denominated in a foreign currency. Foreign exchange contracts are also used to hedge against foreign currency exchange rate risks related to intercompany balances denominated in currencies other than the functional currencies. As of June 30, 2014 , we had outstanding foreign exchange contracts to hedge currencies against the U.S. dollar in the aggregate notional amount of $25.6 million and to hedge currencies against the Euro in the aggregate notional amount of 47.7 million Euro. The notional amounts are indicators of the volume of derivative activities but are not indicators of the potential gain or loss on the derivatives.
In limited cases due to unexpected changes in forecasted transactions, cash flow hedges may cease to meet the criteria to be designated as cash flow hedges. Depending on the type of exposure hedged, we may either purchase a derivative contract in the opposite position of the undesignated hedge or may retain the hedge until it matures if the hedge continues to provide an adequate offset in earnings against the currency revaluation impact of foreign currency denominated liabilities.
The fair value of outstanding derivative instruments is recognized on the balance sheet as a derivative asset or liability. When derivatives are settled with the counterparty, the derivative asset or liability is relieved and cash flow is impacted for the net settlement. For derivative instruments that meet the criteria of hedging instruments under FASB guidance, the effective portions of the gain or loss on the derivative instrument are initially recorded net of related tax effect in Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss), a component of Equity, and are subsequently reclassified into earnings in the period or periods during which the hedged transaction is recognized in earnings. The ineffective portion of the derivative gain or loss is reported in the Non-operating income or expense line item on the Combined Statements of Income immediately. The gain or loss associated with derivative instruments that are not designated as hedging instruments or that cease to meet the criteria for hedging under FASB guidance is also reported in the Non-operating income or expense line item on the Combined Statements of Income immediately.
Based on fair values as of June 30, 2014 , we estimate that approximately $0.2 million of pre-tax derivative gains deferred in Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss) will be reclassified into earnings, along with the earnings effects of related forecasted transactions, within the fiscal year ending June 30, 2015 . Gains on foreign exchange contracts are generally offset by losses in operating costs in the income statement when the underlying hedged transaction is recognized in earnings. Because gains or losses on foreign exchange contracts fluctuate partially based on currency spot rates, the future effect on earnings of the cash flow hedges alone is not determinable, but in conjunction with the underlying hedged transactions, the result is expected to be a decline in currency risk. The maximum length of time we had hedged our exposure to the variability in future cash flows was 12 months as of both June 30, 2014 and June 30, 2013 .
See Note 11 - Fair Value of Notes to Combined Financial Statements for further information regarding the fair value of derivative assets and liabilities and Note 16 - Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss) of Notes to Combined Financial Statements for the amount and changes in derivative gains and losses deferred in Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss).

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Information on the location and amounts of derivative fair values in the Combined Balance Sheets and derivative gains and losses in the Combined Statements of Income are presented below.  
Fair Values of Derivative Instruments on the Combined Balance Sheets
 
Asset Derivatives
 
Liability Derivatives
 
 
 
Fair Value As of
 
 
 
Fair Value As of
(Amounts in Thousands)
Balance Sheet Location
 
June 30,
2014
 
June 30,
2013
 
Balance Sheet Location
 
June 30,
2014
 
June 30,
2013
Derivatives designated as hedging instruments:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Foreign exchange contracts
Prepaid expenses and other current assets
 
$
599

 
$
265

 
Accrued expenses
 
$
241

 
$
1,097

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Derivatives not designated as hedging instruments:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Foreign exchange contracts
Prepaid expenses and other current assets
 
201

 
8

 
Accrued expenses
 
458

 
565

Total derivatives
 
 
$
800

 
$
273

 
 
 
$
699

 
$
1,662


The Effect of Derivative Instruments on Other Comprehensive Income (Loss)
 
 
 
 
June 30
(Amounts in Thousands)
 
 
 
2014
 
2013
 
2012
Amount of Pre-Tax Gain or (Loss) Recognized in Other Comprehensive Income (Loss) (OCI) on Derivatives (Effective Portion):
 
 
Foreign exchange contracts
 
$
73

 
$
1,206

 
$
(192
)
The Effect of Derivative Instruments on Combined Statements of Income
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
(Amounts in Thousands)
 
 
 
Fiscal Year Ended June 30
Derivatives in Cash Flow Hedging Relationships
 
Location of Gain or (Loss) 
 
2014
 
2013
 
2012
Amount of Pre-Tax Gain or (Loss) Reclassified from Accumulated OCI into Income (Effective Portion):
 
 
 
 
Foreign exchange contracts
 
Cost of Sales
 
$
(1,024
)
 
$
2,212

 
$
(1,415
)
Foreign exchange contracts
 
Non-operating income (expense)
 
(163
)
 
(73
)
 
363

Total
 
$
(1,187
)
 
$
2,139

 
$
(1,052
)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Amount of Pre-Tax Gain or (Loss) Reclassified from Accumulated OCI into Income (Ineffective Portion):
 
 
 
 
Foreign exchange contracts
 
Non-operating income (expense)
 
$

 
$
(3
)
 
$
(17
)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Derivatives Not Designated as Hedging Instruments
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Amount of Pre-Tax Gain or (Loss) Recognized in Income on Derivatives:
 
 
 
 
 
 
Foreign exchange contracts
 
Non-operating income (expense)
 
$
(487
)
 
$
(322
)
 
$
2,513

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Total Derivative Pre-Tax Gain (Loss) Recognized in Income
 
$
(1,674
)
 
$
1,814

 
$
1,444



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Note 13    Investments
Parent maintains a self-directed supplemental employee retirement plan (“SERP”) in which Kimball Electronics’ executive employees are eligible to participate. The SERP utilizes a rabbi trust, and therefore assets in the SERP portfolio are subject to creditor claims in the event of bankruptcy. Kimball Electronics recognizes SERP investment assets on the balance sheet at current fair value. A SERP liability of the same amount is recorded on the balance sheet representing an obligation to distribute SERP funds to participants. The SERP investment assets are classified as trading, and accordingly, realized and unrealized gains and losses are recognized in income in the Other Income (Expense) category. Adjustments made to revalue the SERP liability are also recognized in income as selling and administrative expenses and offset valuation adjustments on SERP investment assets. The change in net unrealized holding gains (losses) for the fiscal years ended June 30, 2014 , 2013 , and 2012 was, in thousands, $315 , $208 , and $(85) , respectively. SERP asset and liability balances applicable to Kimball Electronics participants were as follows:
 
June 30
(Amounts in Thousands)
2014
 
2013
SERP investments - current asset
$
167

 
$
31

SERP investments - other long-term asset
5,093

 
4,295

Total SERP investments
$
5,260

 
$
4,326

SERP obligation - current liability
$
167

 
$
31

SERP obligation - other long-term liability
5,093

 
4,295

Total SERP obligation
$
5,260

 
$
4,326


Note 14    Accrued Expenses
Accrued expenses consisted of:
 
June 30
(Amounts in Thousands)
2014
 
2013
Taxes
$
1,742

 
$
1,136

Compensation
18,488

 
11,556

Retirement plan
1,213

 
1,200

Insurance
1,598

 
1,408

Restructuring

 
38

Other expenses
3,561

 
3,846

Total accrued expenses
$
26,602

 
$
19,184

The accrued compensation expense increased primarily due to higher accrued incentive compensation.

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Note 15 Geographic Information
The following geographic area data includes net sales based on the location where title transfers and long-lived assets based on physical location. Long-lived assets include property and equipment and other long-term assets such as software.
 
At or For the Year Ended June 30
(Amounts in Thousands)
2014
 
2013
 
2012
Net Sales:
 
 
 
 
 
United States
$
363,211

 
$
389,510

 
$
353,456

Germany
77,338

 
68,925

 
49,224

Other Foreign
300,981

 
244,694

 
214,071

Total net sales
$
741,530

 
$
703,129

 
$
616,751

Long-Lived Assets:
 
 
 
 
 
United States
$
33,004

 
$
28,942

 
$
32,173

Poland
45,287

 
45,971

 
44,427

China
12,174

 
10,069

 
10,970

Other Foreign
9,113

 
8,877

 
7,830

Total long-lived assets
$
99,578

 
$
93,859

 
$
95,400


Note 16   Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss)
The changes in the balances of each component of accumulated other comprehensive income (loss), net of tax, were as follows:
 
 
 
 
 
Postemployment Benefits
 
 
(Amounts in Thousands)
Foreign Currency Translation Adjustments
 
Derivative Gain (Loss)
 
Prior Service Costs
 
Net Actuarial Gain (Loss)
 
Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss)
Balance at June 30, 2012
$
(793
)
 
$
(3,634
)
 
$
(84
)
 
$
64

 
$
(4,447
)
Current-period other comprehensive income (loss)
1,831

 
(726
)
 
25

 
41

 
1,171

Balance at June 30, 2013
$
1,038

 
$
(4,360
)
 
$
(59
)
 
$
105

 
$
(3,276
)
Current-period other comprehensive income (loss)
3,887

 
954

 
24

 
30

 
4,895

Balance at June 30, 2014
$
4,925

 
$
(3,406
)
 
$
(35
)
 
$
135

 
$
1,619



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The following reclassifications were made from Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss) to the Combined Statements of Income:
Reclassifications from Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss)
 
Fiscal Year Ended
Affected Line Item in the
Combined Statements of Income
 
June 30,
(Amounts in Thousands)
 
2014
 
Derivative Gain (Loss) (1)
 
$
(1,024
)
 
Cost of Sales
 
 
(163
)
 
Non-operating income (expense), net
 
 
277

 
Benefit (Provision) for Income Taxes
 
 
$
(910
)
 
Net of Tax
Postemployment Benefits:
 
 
 
 
Amortization of Prior Service Costs (2)
 
$
(28
)
 
Cost of Sales
 
 
(12
)
 
Selling and Administrative Expenses
 
 
16

 
Benefit (Provision) for Income Taxes
 
 
$
(24
)
 
Net of Tax
 
 
 
 
 
Amortization of Actuarial Gain (Loss) (2)
 
$
(37
)
 
Cost of Sales
 
 
(16
)
 
Selling and Administrative Expenses
 
 
21

 
Benefit (Provision) for Income Taxes
 
 
$
(32
)
 
Net of Tax
 
 
 
 
 
Total Reclassifications for the Period
 
$
(966
)
 
Net of Tax
Amounts in parentheses indicate reductions to income.
(1) See Note 12 - Derivative Instruments of Notes to Combined Financial Statements for further information on derivative instruments.
(2) See Note 7 - Employee Benefit Plans of Notes to Combined Financial Statements for further information on postemployment benefit plans.

Note 17   Restructuring Expense
We recognized combined pre-tax restructuring expense of $0.4 million in each of fiscal years 2014 and 2013 , and $3.4 million in fiscal year 2012 . Cash payments for restructuring during fiscal years 2014 and 2013 were immaterial, and amounted to $11.0 million during fiscal year 2012 . All restructuring plans were completed prior to fiscal year 2014 but we continued to incur miscellaneous exit costs related to the facility clean up or market value adjustments. Completed restructuring plans include the European Consolidation, Fremont, and Gaylord plans described below. We do not expect these plans to have any restructuring charges in the future.
We utilize available market prices and management estimates to determine the fair value of impaired fixed assets. Restructuring charges are included in the Restructuring Expense line item on our Combined Statements of Income.
Fremont Restructuring Plan:
During the second quarter of fiscal year 2012, we completed a plan to exit a small leased assembly facility located in Fremont, California. This plan was approved in the fourth quarter of fiscal year 2011. We were contractually obligated on the lease of this facility until August 2013. This plan recognized immaterial restructuring charges in fiscal years 2014 and 2013 and recognized $0.8 million of plant closure expenses during fiscal year 2012. Total pre-tax restructuring charges incurred since the plan announcement were approximately $1.3 million , including $0.2 million related to severance and other employee transition costs, and $1.1 million related to lease and other exit costs.

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European Consolidation Plan:
During the second quarter of fiscal year 2012, we completed a plan to expand our European automotive electronics capabilities and to establish a European Medical Center of Expertise near Poznan, Poland. This plan was approved in the fourth quarter of fiscal year 2008. The plan was executed in stages as follows:
We successfully completed the move of production from Longford, Ireland, into a former Poznan, Poland facility during the fiscal year 2009 second quarter.
Construction of a new, larger facility in Poland was completed in the fourth quarter of fiscal year 2009.
We sold the former Poland facility and land during fiscal year 2010 and recorded a $6.7 million pre-tax gain which was included in the Other General Income line of our Combined Statements of Income.
The former Poland facility was leased back until the transfer of the remaining production to the new facility was completed in fiscal year 2011.
We completed the consolidation of the facility located in Wales, United Kingdom into the new facility. Production in Wales ceased and was transferred to the Poland facility in the second quarter of fiscal year 2012. The lease for the Wales facility terminated in the third quarter of fiscal year 2012.
The plan recognized immaterial restructuring charges in fiscal years 2014 and 2013, and during fiscal year 2012 recognized $1.9 million of plant closure costs, severance, and other employee transition costs. Total pre-tax restructuring charges incurred since the plan announcement, excluding the gain on the sale of the former facility and construction of the new facility, related to the consolidation activities were approximately, in millions, $23.1 consisting of $20.8 of severance and other employee costs, $0.4 of property and equipment asset impairment, $0.4 of lease exit costs, and $1.5 of other exit costs.
Gaylord Restructuring Plan:
During fiscal year 2008, related to a plan approved in fiscal year 2007, we ceased the operations of a facility located in Gaylord, Michigan and classified the facility and land as held for sale. We sold this facility and land during fiscal year 2014 ,  recognizing a pre-tax loss in restructuring of $0.3 million . Due to declines in the market value of the Gaylord facility, we recognized pre-tax restructuring primarily consisting of impairment of $0.3 million and $0.7 million in fiscal years 2013 and 2012, respectively. Total pre-tax restructuring charges incurred since the plan announcement were approximately $2.0 million , including $1.4 million of property and equipment asset impairment, and $0.6 million related to other exit costs.

Note 18    Variable Interest Entities
Kimball Electronics’ involvement with variable interest entities (“VIEs”) is limited to situations in which we are not the primary beneficiary as we lack the power to direct the activities that most significantly impact the VIE’s economic performance. Thus, consolidation is not required.
We were involved with a VIE consisting of notes receivable resulting from loans provided to an electronics engineering services firm with whom we also had a business development cooperation agreement. As of June 30, 2013 , the carrying value of the notes receivable which were paid in full during fiscal year 2014 , net of a $0.4 million allowance, was $0.1 million , and was included on the Receivables line of our Combined Balance Sheet as the entire balance was classified as short-term. We have no obligation to provide additional funding to the VIE.

Note 19   Credit Quality and Allowance for Credit Losses of Notes Receivable
Kimball Electronics monitors credit quality and associated risks of notes receivable on an individual basis based on criteria such as financial stability of the party and collection experience in conjunction with general economic and market conditions. The notes receivable from an electronic engineering services firm were paid in full during fiscal year 2014 . As of June 30, 2014 and 2013 , Kimball Electronics had no material past due outstanding notes receivable.
 
As of June 30, 2014
 
As of June 30, 2013
(Amounts in Thousands)
Unpaid Balance
 
Related Allowance
 
Receivable Net of Allowance
 
Unpaid Balance
 
Related Allowance
 
Receivable Net of Allowance
Notes Receivable from an Electronics Engineering Services Firm
$

 
$

 
$

 
$
521

 
$
440

 
$
81

Other Notes Receivable
45

 

 
45

 
48

 

 
48

Total
$
45

 
$

 
$
45

 
$
569

 
$
440

 
$
129


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KIMBALL ELECTRONICS
Schedule II. - Valuation and Qualifying Accounts
Description
Balance at
Beginning
of Year
 
Additions (Reductions)
to Expense
 
Adjustments to Other
Accounts
 
Write-offs and
Recoveries
 
Balance at
End of
 Year
(Amounts in Thousands)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Year Ended June 30, 2014
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
    Valuation Allowances:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
        Short-Term Receivables
 
$
750

 
 
$
(350
)
 
 
$
45

 
 
$
(93
)
 
 
$
352

        Long-Term Deferred Tax Asset
 
$
1,613

 
 
$

 
 
$

 
 
$
(1,521
)
 
 
$
92

Year Ended June 30, 2013
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
    Valuation Allowances:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
        Short-Term Receivables
 
$
381

 
 
$
463

 
 
$
(120
)
 
 
$
26

 
 
$
750

        Long-Term Deferred Tax Asset
 
$
1,224

 
 
$
409

 
 
$

 
 
$
(20
)
 
 
$
1,613

Year Ended June 30, 2012
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
    Valuation Allowances:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
        Short-Term Receivables
 
$
746

 
 
$
14

 
 
$
(109
)
 
 
$
(270
)
 
 
$
381

        Short-Term Deferred Tax Asset
 
$
5,375

 
 
$

 
 
$

 
 
$
(5,375
)
 
 
$

        Long-Term Deferred Tax Asset
 
$
13,600

 
 
$
354

 
 
$

 
 
$
(12,730
)
 
 
$
1,224



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