“Tax” or “Taxes” means any and all U.S. federal, state, local andnon-U.S. taxes, customs, assessments, levies, duties, tariffs, imposts and other similar charges and fees imposed by any Governmental Entity, including, without limitation, any income (whether on or based upon net income, gross income, earnings or profits, or otherwise), franchise, excess, windfall or other profits, inventory, gross receipts, capital gains, net proceeds, property, sales, use, business, net worth, goods and services, capital stock, wealth, welfare, license, fuel, natural resources, production, payroll, employment, social security, workers’ compensation, unemployment compensation, excise, occupancy, severance, gift, estate, recording,non-resident or other withholding,ad valorem, turnover, lease, user, stamp, transfer, value-added, occupation, premium, environmental, disability, real property, personal property, registration, alternative or add-on minimum, base erosion minimum, or estimated tax, including any interest, penalty, additions to tax and any additional amounts imposed with respect thereto, whether disputed or not.
“Tax Proceeding” means any audit, examination, contest, litigation or other Proceeding with or against any Taxing Authority.
“Tax Return” means any report, return, certificate, claim for refund, election, estimated Tax filing or declaration filed or required to be filed with any Taxing Authority, including any schedule or attachment thereto, and including any amendments thereof.
“Taxing Authority” means any Governmental Entity responsible for the administration or the imposition of any Tax.
“Technology” means all (a) published and unpublished works of authorship, including audiovisual works, collective works, designs, Software, compilations, databases, derivative works, literary works, logos, marks, maskworks, and sound recordings; (b) inventions and discoveries, including articles of manufacture, business methods, compositions of matter, improvements, machines, methods, and processes and new uses for any of the preceding items (whether or not patentable); (c) information and materials that are not generally known, whether tangible or intangible, including algorithms, application program interfaces, business or technical information, concepts, customer lists, data collections, diagrams, formulae, ideas,know-how, metadata, methods, network configurations and architectures, processes, programs, protocols, prototypes, schematics, specifications, systems, techniques and trade secrets; and (d) all other forms of technology and technical and other information, and tangible and electronic embodiments thereof, regardless of form;provided that Technology shall not include Trademarks.
“Trademarks” means all trademarks, service marks, trade names, service names, trade dress, logos, and other identifiers of the source or origin of goods and services, and all statutory, federal, common law, and rights provided by international treaties or conventions, in any of the foregoing.
“Transaction Documents” means this Agreement, the Transition Services Agreement, the Trademark License Agreement, the Intellectual Property License Agreement, the Assignment Agreement and Bill of Sale and the Foreign Closing Documents.
“Transfer Regulations” means any Law implementing Council Directive 77/187/EEC as amended by Council Directive 90/50/EC and any legislation in any jurisdiction which provides for the automatic transfer of employment in the event of a transfer of a business or services.
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