“Overlap Individuals” shall mean Persons who are directors of both Sphereco and Entertainco or employees of both Sphereco and Entertainco if such employee is compensated by both companies.
“Person” shall mean any natural person, corporation, business trust, limited liability company, joint venture, association, company, partnership or government, or any agency or political subdivision thereof.
“Prime Rate” shall mean the rate of interest per annum announced from time to time by JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association, as its prime lending rate.
“Retained Employees” shall mean employees of Sphereco and/or its subsidiaries that would have otherwise transferred to Entertainco and/or its subsidiaries as of the Distribution who remain employees of Sphereco and/or its subsidiaries during the Retention Period.
“Retention Period” shall mean the period from and after the Distribution through and including 12:01 a.m. Eastern time on May 1, 2023.
“Services” shall mean, collectively, the Entertainco Services and the Sphereco Services.
“Sphereco Services” shall mean those services, including any Additional Services, to be provided by Sphereco to Entertainco to assist Entertainco in operating Entertainco’s business following the Distribution. Such Services shall include (i) all services provided by Retained Employees during the Retention Period, other than Entertainco Services provided by such employees for Sphereco and/or its subsidiaries during such Retention Period and (ii) those transitional services, including any Additional Services, to be provided by Sphereco to Entertainco set forth on Schedule B hereto to assist Entertainco in operating Entertainco’s business. Services or actions of Overlap Individuals shall not be considered to be Sphereco Services under this Agreement unless expressly agreed in writing by both parties to this Agreement.
“Third Party” shall mean any Person who is not a party to this Agreement.
Section 1.2. Reference; 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. 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 and Schedules shall be deemed references to Articles and Sections of, 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.
ARTICLE II
SERVICES
Section 2.1. Services. (a) Entertainco shall provide to Sphereco each Entertainco Service for the term set forth opposite the description of such Entertainco Service in Schedule A, including by providing such Entertainco Service through Retained Employees during the Retention Period. Upon conclusion of the term set forth opposite the description of such Entertainco Service, this Agreement shall be deemed terminated with respect to such Entertainco Service. Additional Services may be provided by Entertainco to Sphereco as provided in Section 2.3. At its option, (i) Entertainco may cause any Entertainco Service it is required to provide hereunder to be provided by a Third Party that is providing, or may from time to time provide, the same or similar services for Entertainco and/or (ii) to the extent any Entertainco Service is already provided by a Third Party, Entertainco shall have the right to change the Third Party that is providing such Entertainco Service to any Third Party that is providing, or may from time to time provide, the same or similar services for Entertainco, at any time upon reasonable notice to
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