Confidential Treatment Requested by Outdoor Products Spinco Inc.
Pursuant to 17 C.F.R. Section 200.83
“Taxes” means, collectively, all (a) taxes, charges, withholdings, fees, levies, imposts, duties and governmental fees or other like assessments or charges of any kind whatsoever in the nature of taxes imposed by any United States federal, state, local or foreign or other Taxing Authority (including those related to income, net income, gross income, receipts, capital, windfall profit, severance, property (real and personal), production, sales, goods and services, use, business and occupation, license, excise, registration, franchise, employment, payroll (including social security contributions), deductions at source, withholding, alternative or add-on minimum, intangibles, ad valorem, transfer, gains, stamp, customs, duties, estimated, transaction, title, capital, paid-up capital, profits, premium, value added, recording, inventory and merchandise, business privilege, federal highway use, commercial rent or environmental tax, any pass-through entity tax, and any liability under unclaimed property, escheat, or similar Laws), (b) interest, penalties, fines, additions to tax or additional amounts imposed by any Taxing Authority in connection with (i) any item described in clause (a) or (ii) the failure to comply with any requirement imposed with respect to any Tax Return, and (c) liability in respect of any items described in clause (a) and/or (b) payable by reason of contract (including any Tax Sharing Agreement), assumption, transferee, successor or similar liability, bulk sales or similar liability, or operation of law (including pursuant to Treasury Regulations Section 1.1502-6 (or any predecessor or successor thereof or any analogous or similar state, local, or foreign Law)).
“Trade Laws” is defined in Section 3.12(d).
“Trademarks” has the meaning set forth in the definition of “Intellectual Property”.
“Transaction Deductions” means, without duplication and to the extent “more likely than not” deductible by the Target Companies under applicable Income Tax Law, all income Tax losses, deductions, expenses and similar items deductible by the Target Companies and arising as a result of, in connection with the Transactions, including losses, deductions, expenses related to: (i) the vesting or exercise of, or payments with respect to, any equity-based compensation arrangements; (ii) the payment of any change in control or stay bonuses, or similar compensatory amounts, to employees or other service providers to any Target Company; (iii) the acceleration of deferred financing fees related to the repayment of Indebtedness; and (iv) the payment of any fees or other expenses in connection with the Transactions that are not required to be capitalized (including Transaction Expenses; provided that 70% of any “success based fees” as defined in Revenue Procedure 2011-29 will be included for this purpose).
“Transaction Documents” means this Agreement, the Escrow Agreement, the Paying Agent Agreement, and all other agreements, certificates, instruments and documents to be executed or delivered by one or more of the Parties in connection with the Transactions.
“Transaction Expenses” means, without duplication, to the extent not paid by the Target Companies prior to the Closing (a) all the Target Companies’ expenses, fees and charges incurred prior to the Closing in connection with the preparation, negotiation, execution and delivery of this Agreement, the other Transaction Documents and the Transactions, including all attorneys’, accountants’, consultants’, professionals’, investment bankers’ and other advisors’ fees and expenses payable by any Target Company, (b) any commission, severance, retention, bonus or other payment of any kind payable to management, other current or former employees or any other Person that is accelerated or payable (in whole or in part, whether by single-trigger, double-trigger or multiple-trigger conditions) as a result of the execution of this Agreement or the consummation of the Transactions, including, any payments made or payable in connection with any equity or equity-based compensation granted or that will be issuable to any current or
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