þ | Quarterly Report Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 |
Virginia | 34-4361040 | |
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization) |
(IRS Employer Identification Number) | |
4500 Dorr Street, Toledo, Ohio | 43615 | |
(Address of principal executive offices) | (Zip Code) |
Class | Outstanding at April 30, 2007 | |
Common stock, $1 par value | 150,202,981 |
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| Our ability to continue as a going concern, operate pursuant to the terms of our debtor-in-possession credit facility, obtain court approval with respect to motions in our bankruptcy proceedings and develop and implement a plan of reorganization; | ||
| Our ability to fund and execute our business plan; | ||
| Our ability to come to and maintain satisfactory terms with our customers, vendors and service providers and to maintain contracts that are critical to our operations; | ||
| Our ability to attract, motivate and/or retain key employees; and | ||
| Our ability to successfully implement the reorganization initiatives discussed in Managements Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations in this report. |
| High fuel prices and interest rates; | ||
| The cyclical nature of the heavy-duty commercial vehicle market; | ||
| Shifting consumer preferences in the United States (U.S.) from pickup trucks and sport utility vehicles (SUVs) to cross-over vehicles (CUVs) and passenger cars; | ||
| Market share declines, production cutbacks and potential vertical integration by our larger customers, including Ford Motor Company (Ford), General Motors Corporation (GM) and DaimlerChrysler AG (Chrysler); | ||
| High costs of commodities used in our manufacturing processes, such as steel, other raw materials and energy, particularly costs that cannot be recovered from our customers; | ||
| Competitive pressures on our sales from other vehicle component suppliers; and |
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| Adverse effects that could result from any divestitures, consolidations or bankruptcies of our customers, vendors and competitors. |
| Changes in business relationships with our major customers and/or in the timing, size and duration of their programs for vehicles with Dana content; | ||
| Price reduction pressures from our customers; | ||
| Our vendors ability to maintain projected production levels and furnish us with critical components for our products and other necessary goods and services; | ||
| Our ability to successfully complete the previously announced divestiture of our fluid products business; | ||
| Our ability to renegotiate expiring collective bargaining agreements with U.S. and Canadian unionized employees on satisfactory terms or to reject the U.S. agreements in the bankruptcy proceedings; | ||
| Adverse effects that could result if U.S. federal legislation relating to asbestos personal injury claims were enacted; and | ||
| Adverse effects that could result from increased costs of environmental compliance. |
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Three Months Ended | ||||||||
March 31, | ||||||||
2007 | 2006 | |||||||
Net sales |
$ | 2,145 | $ | 2,197 | ||||
Costs and expenses |
||||||||
Cost of sales |
2,043 | 2,092 | ||||||
Selling, general and administrative expenses |
96 | 119 | ||||||
Realignment charges, net |
19 | 1 | ||||||
Impairment of other assets |
14 | |||||||
Other income, net |
46 | 31 | ||||||
Income from continuing operations before interest,
reorganization items and income taxes |
33 | 2 | ||||||
Interest expense (contractual interest of $50 and $47 for
2007 and 2006) |
23 | 39 | ||||||
Reorganization items, net |
37 | 55 | ||||||
Loss from continuing operations before income taxes |
(27 | ) | (92 | ) | ||||
Income tax expense |
(15 | ) | (22 | ) | ||||
Minority interests |
(2 | ) | (1 | ) | ||||
Equity in earnings of affiliates |
8 | 10 | ||||||
Loss from continuing operations |
(36 | ) | (105 | ) | ||||
Loss from discontinued operations |
(56 | ) | (21 | ) | ||||
Net loss |
$ | (92 | ) | $ | (126 | ) | ||
Basic loss per common share |
||||||||
Loss from continuing operations |
$ | (0.24 | ) | $ | (0.70 | ) | ||
Loss from discontinued operations |
(0.37 | ) | (0.14 | ) | ||||
Net loss |
$ | (0.61 | ) | $ | (0.84 | ) | ||
Diluted loss per common share |
||||||||
Loss from continuing operations |
$ | (0.24 | ) | $ | (0.70 | ) | ||
Loss from discontinued operations |
(0.37 | ) | (0.14 | ) | ||||
Net loss |
$ | (0.61 | ) | $ | (0.84 | ) | ||
Average shares outstanding Basic |
150 | 150 | ||||||
Average shares outstanding Diluted |
150 | 150 |
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March 31, | December 31, | |||||||
2007 | 2006 | |||||||
Assets |
||||||||
Current assets |
||||||||
Cash and cash equivalents |
$ | 1,250 | $ | 719 | ||||
Accounts receivable |
||||||||
Trade, less allowance for doubtful accounts
of $23 in 2007 and 2006 |
1,334 | 1,131 | ||||||
Other |
268 | 235 | ||||||
Inventories |
729 | 725 | ||||||
Assets of discontinued operations |
206 | 392 | ||||||
Other current assets |
144 | 122 | ||||||
Total current assets |
3,931 | 3,324 | ||||||
Investments and other assets |
1,061 | 1,079 | ||||||
Investments in equity affiliates |
233 | 555 | ||||||
Property, plant and equipment, net |
1,746 | 1,776 | ||||||
Total assets |
$ | 6,971 | $ | 6,734 | ||||
Liabilities and shareholders deficit |
||||||||
Current liabilities |
||||||||
Notes payable, including current portion
of long-term debt |
$ | 361 | $ | 293 | ||||
Debtor-in-possession financing |
900 | |||||||
Accounts payable |
1,051 | 886 | ||||||
Liabilities of discontinued operations |
144 | 195 | ||||||
Other accrued liabilities |
752 | 712 | ||||||
Total current liabilities |
3,208 | 2,086 | ||||||
Liabilities subject to compromise |
4,015 | 4,175 | ||||||
Deferred employee benefits and other non-current
liabilities |
511 | 504 | ||||||
Long-term debt |
21 | 22 | ||||||
Debtor-in-possession financing |
700 | |||||||
Commitments and contingencies (Note 14) |
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Minority interest in consolidated subsidiaries |
77 | 81 | ||||||
Total liabilities |
7,832 | 7,568 | ||||||
Shareholders deficit |
(861 | ) | (834 | ) | ||||
Total liabilities and shareholders deficit |
$ | 6,971 | $ | 6,734 | ||||
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Three Months Ended | ||||||||
March 31, | ||||||||
2007 | 2006 | |||||||
Operating activities |
||||||||
Net loss |
$ | (92 | ) | $ | (126 | ) | ||
Depreciation and amortization |
70 | 67 | ||||||
Impairment and divestiture-related charges |
1 | 43 | ||||||
Loss on sale of businesses |
14 | |||||||
Reorganization items, net of payments |
27 | 27 | ||||||
Changes in working capital |
(52 | ) | (44 | ) | ||||
Other |
15 | 48 | ||||||
Net cash flows provided by (used for) operating activities |
(17 | ) | 15 | |||||
Investing activities |
||||||||
Purchases of property, plant and equipment |
(39 | ) | (94 | ) | ||||
Proceeds from sale of businesses |
303 | 26 | ||||||
Proceeds
from sale of DCC assets |
25 | |||||||
Other |
(15 | ) | 22 | |||||
Net cash flows provided by (used for) investing activities |
274 | (46 | ) | |||||
Financing activities |
||||||||
Net change in short-term debt |
(2 | ) | (565 | ) | ||||
Proceeds from debtor-in-possession facility |
200 | 700 | ||||||
Proceeds from U.K. bank loan |
67 | |||||||
Issuance of long-term debt |
5 | |||||||
Payments of long-term debt |
(4 | ) | ||||||
Net cash flows provided by financing activities |
265 | 136 | ||||||
Net increase in cash and cash equivalents |
522 | 105 | ||||||
Cash and cash equivalents beginning of period |
719 | 762 | ||||||
Effect of exchange rate changes on cash balances held in
foreign currencies |
17 | 3 | ||||||
Net change in cash of discontinued operations |
(8 | ) | (5 | ) | ||||
Cash and cash equivalents end of period |
$ | 1,250 | $ | 865 | ||||
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1. | Basis of Presentation | |
2. | Reorganization Under Chapter 11 of the Bankruptcy Code | |
3. | Debtor Financial Statements | |
4. | Asset Disposals, Impairments and Divestitures | |
5. | Discontinued Operations | |
6. | Realignment of Operations | |
7. | Common Shares | |
8. | Goodwill | |
9. | Equity-Based Compensation | |
10. | Pension and Other Postretirement Benefit Plans | |
11. | Comprehensive Income | |
12. | Cash Deposits | |
13. | Financing Agreements | |
14. | Commitments and Contingencies | |
15. | Warranty Obligations | |
16. | Income Taxes | |
17. | Other Income, Net | |
18. | Segments |
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March 31, | December 31, | |||||||
2007 | 2006 | |||||||
Accounts payable |
$ | 290 | $ | 290 | ||||
Pension and other postretirement obligations |
1,537 | 1,687 | ||||||
Debt (including accrued interest of $38) |
1,623 | 1,623 | ||||||
Other |
565 | 575 | ||||||
Consolidated liabilities subject to compromise |
4,015 | 4,175 | ||||||
Payables to non-Debtor subsidiaries |
401 | 402 | ||||||
Debtor liabilities subject to compromise |
$ | 4,416 | $ | 4,577 | ||||
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Three Months Ended | ||||||||
March 31, | ||||||||
2007 | 2006 | |||||||
Debtor reorganization items |
||||||||
Professional fees |
$ | 34 | $ | 37 | ||||
Debt valuation adjustments |
17 | |||||||
Loss on settlements |
1 | 1 | ||||||
Interest income |
(3 | ) | ||||||
Debtor reorganization items |
32 | 55 | ||||||
Non-Debtor reorganization items |
||||||||
Professional fees |
5 | |||||||
Total reorganization items |
$ | 37 | $ | 55 | ||||
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Three Months Ended | ||||||||
March 31, | ||||||||
2007 | 2006 | |||||||
Net sales |
||||||||
Customers |
$ | 1,023 | $ | 1,108 | ||||
Non-debtor subsidiaries |
59 | 61 | ||||||
Total |
1,082 | 1,169 | ||||||
Costs and expenses
|
||||||||
Cost of sales |
1,093 | 1,190 | ||||||
Selling, general and administrative expenses |
61 | 81 | ||||||
Realignment and impairment |
4 | |||||||
Other income, net |
64 | 40 | ||||||
Loss from continuing operations before interest,
reorganization items and income taxes |
(12 | ) | (62 | ) | ||||
Interest expense (contractual interest of $44
and $39
for 2007 and 2006) |
17 | 31 | ||||||
Reorganization items, net |
32 | 55 | ||||||
Loss from continuing operations before income
taxes |
(61 | ) | (148 | ) | ||||
Income tax expense |
(4 | ) | (1 | ) | ||||
Minority interest |
2 | |||||||
Equity in earnings of affiliates |
4 | (3 | ) | |||||
Loss from continuing operations |
(59 | ) | (152 | ) | ||||
Loss from discontinued operations |
(52 | ) | (29 | ) | ||||
Equity in earnings of non-Debtor subsidiaries |
19 | 55 | ||||||
Net loss |
$ | (92 | ) | $ | (126 | ) | ||
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March 31, | December 31, | |||||||
2007 | 2006 | |||||||
Assets |
||||||||
Current assets |
||||||||
Cash and cash equivalents |
$ | 407 | $ | 216 | ||||
Accounts receivable |
||||||||
Trade, less allowance for doubtful accounts of
$23 in 2007 and 2006 |
544 | 460 | ||||||
Other |
85 | 71 | ||||||
Inventories |
226 | 243 | ||||||
Assets of discontinued operations |
112 | 237 | ||||||
Other current assets |
29 | 15 | ||||||
Total current assets |
1,403 | 1,242 | ||||||
Investments and other assets |
882 | 875 | ||||||
Investments in equity affiliates |
114 | 110 | ||||||
Investments in non-debtor subsidiaries |
2,121 | 2,193 | ||||||
Property, plant and equipment, net |
762 | 788 | ||||||
Total assets |
$ | 5,282 | $ | 5,208 | ||||
Liabilities and shareholders deficit |
||||||||
Current liabilities |
||||||||
Debtor-in-possession financing |
$ | 900 | $ | | ||||
Accounts payable |
357 | 294 | ||||||
Liabilities of discontinued operations |
40 | 50 | ||||||
Other accrued liabilities |
348 | 343 | ||||||
Total current liabilities |
1,645 | 687 | ||||||
Liabilities subject to compromise |
4,416 | 4,577 | ||||||
Deferred employee benefits and other non-current
liabilities |
82 | 76 | ||||||
Debtor-in-possession financing |
700 | |||||||
Commitments and contingencies (Note 14) |
||||||||
Minority interest in consolidated subsidiaries |
2 | |||||||
Total liabilities |
6,143 | 6,042 | ||||||
Shareholders deficit |
(861 | ) | (834 | ) | ||||
Total liabilities and shareholders deficit |
$ | 5,282 | $ | 5,208 | ||||
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Three Months Ended | ||||||||
March 31, | ||||||||
2007 | 2006 | |||||||
Operating activities |
||||||||
Net loss |
$ | (92 | ) | $ | (126 | ) | ||
Depreciation and amortization |
35 | 39 | ||||||
Loss on sale of businesses |
25 | 25 | ||||||
Reorganization charges, net |
27 | 27 | ||||||
Equity in earnings of non-Debtor subsidiaries, net of dividends |
1 | (55 | ) | |||||
Change in working capital |
(44 | ) | (177 | ) | ||||
Other |
26 | 57 | ||||||
Net cash flows used for operating activities |
(22 | ) | (210 | ) | ||||
Investing activities |
||||||||
Purchases of property, plant and equipment |
(18 | ) | (62 | ) | ||||
Proceeds from sale of businesses |
40 | |||||||
Other |
(9 | ) | 52 | |||||
Net cash flows provided by (used for)
investing activities |
13 | (10 | ) | |||||
Financing activities |
||||||||
Proceeds from debtor-in-possession facility |
200 | 700 | ||||||
Net change in short-term debt |
(377 | ) | ||||||
Net cash flows provided by financing activities |
200 | 323 | ||||||
Net increase in cash and cash equivalents |
191 | 103 | ||||||
Cash and cash equivalents beginning of period |
216 | 286 | ||||||
Cash and cash equivalents end of period |
$ | 407 | $ | 389 | ||||
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Three Months Ended | ||||||||
March 31, | ||||||||
2007 | 2006 | |||||||
Sales |
$ | 278 | $ | 325 | ||||
Cost of sales |
270 | 300 | ||||||
Selling, general and administrative expenses |
15 | 18 | ||||||
Impairment charges |
1 | 28 | ||||||
Other expense, net |
(26 | ) | (1 | ) | ||||
Loss from discontinued operations
before income taxes |
(34 | ) | (22 | ) | ||||
Income tax (expense) benefit |
(22 | ) | 1 | |||||
Loss from discontinued operations |
$ | (56 | ) | $ | (21 | ) | ||
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March 31, | December 31, | |||||||
2007 | 2006 | |||||||
Assets of discontinued operations |
||||||||
Accounts receivable |
$ | 140 | $ | 223 | ||||
Inventories |
43 | 123 | ||||||
Cash and other current assets |
21 | 11 | ||||||
Investments and other assets |
2 | 29 | ||||||
Investments in leases |
6 | |||||||
Total assets |
$ | 206 | $ | 392 | ||||
Liabilities of discontinued operations |
||||||||
Accounts payable |
$ | 69 | $ | 95 | ||||
Accrued payroll and employee benefits |
19 | 41 | ||||||
Other current liabilities |
54 | 51 | ||||||
Other noncurrent liabilities |
2 | 8 | ||||||
Total liabilities |
$ | 144 | $ | 195 | ||||
Employee | Long-Lived | |||||||||||||||
Termination | Asset | Exit | ||||||||||||||
Benefits | Impairment | Costs | Total | |||||||||||||
Balance at December 31, 2006 |
$ | 64 | $ | | $ | 10 | $ | 74 | ||||||||
Activity during the period |
||||||||||||||||
Charges to expense |
9 | 3 | 7 | 19 | ||||||||||||
Cash payments and adjustments |
(19 | ) | (3 | ) | (6 | ) | (28 | ) | ||||||||
Balance at March 31, 2007 |
$ | 54 | $ | | $ | 11 | $ | 65 | ||||||||
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Expense Recognized | ||||||||||||||||
Year-to- | Estimated | |||||||||||||||
Prior to | Date | Cost to | ||||||||||||||
2007 | 2007 | Total | Complete | |||||||||||||
ASG |
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Axle |
$ | 42 | $ | 1 | $ | 43 | $ | 1 | ||||||||
Driveshaft |
31 | 2 | 33 | 49 | ||||||||||||
Sealing |
3 | 1 | 4 | 1 | ||||||||||||
Thermal |
4 | 4 | ||||||||||||||
Structures |
45 | 6 | 51 | 68 | ||||||||||||
Total ASG |
125 | 10 | 135 | 119 | ||||||||||||
HVTSG |
||||||||||||||||
Commercial Vehicles |
5 | 5 | 4 | |||||||||||||
Off-Highway |
31 | 31 | ||||||||||||||
Total HVTSG |
36 | 36 | 4 | |||||||||||||
Other |
17 | 1 | 18 | |||||||||||||
Total continuing operations |
$ | 178 | $ | 11 | $ | 189 | $ | 123 | ||||||||
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Effect of | ||||||||||||
December 31, | Currency | March 31, | ||||||||||
2006 | and Other | 2007 | ||||||||||
ASG |
||||||||||||
Driveshaft |
$ | 158 | $ | 1 | $ | 159 | ||||||
Sealing |
24 | 24 | ||||||||||
Thermal |
119 | 119 | ||||||||||
Total |
301 | 1 | 302 | |||||||||
HVTSG |
||||||||||||
Off-Highway |
115 | 115 | ||||||||||
Total |
$ | 416 | $ | 1 | $ | 417 | ||||||
Pension Benefits | Other Benefits | |||||||||||||||
2007 | 2006 | 2007 | 2006 | |||||||||||||
Service cost |
$ | 13 | $ | 11 | $ | 2 | $ | 3 | ||||||||
Interest cost |
41 | 41 | 22 | 22 | ||||||||||||
Expected return on plan assets |
(50 | ) | (50 | ) | ||||||||||||
Amortization of prior service cost |
1 | (3 | ) | (3 | ) | |||||||||||
Recognized net actuarial loss (gain) |
6 | 8 | 9 | 10 | ||||||||||||
Net periodic benefit cost |
$ | 10 | $ | 11 | $ | 30 | $ | 32 | ||||||||
Curtailment loss
|
8 | |||||||||||||||
Settlement
loss (gain) |
4 | (12 | ) | |||||||||||||
Net periodic benefit cost after
curtailment and settlements |
$ | 18 | $ | 15 | $ | 18 | $ | 32 | ||||||||
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Three Months | ||||||||
Ended March 31, | ||||||||
2007 | 2006 | |||||||
Net loss |
$ | (92 | ) | $ | (126 | ) | ||
Other comprehensive income (loss): |
||||||||
Deferred translation gain |
16 | 32 | ||||||
GETRAG divestiture |
(93 | ) | ||||||
Postretirement
healthcare plan amendment |
115 | |||||||
Benefit plan
amortization |
11 | |||||||
Other |
13 | 1 | ||||||
Total comprehensive loss |
$ | (30 | ) | $ | (93 | ) | ||
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Three Months Ended | ||||||||
March 31, | ||||||||
2007 | 2006 | |||||||
Balance, beginning of period |
$ | 90 | $ | 91 | ||||
Amounts accrued for current period sales |
11 | 15 | ||||||
Adjustments of prior accrual estimates |
3 | |||||||
Settlements of warranty claims |
(20 | ) | (12 | ) | ||||
Foreign currency translation and other |
1 | |||||||
Balance, end of period |
$ | 84 | $ | 95 | ||||
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Three Months | ||||||||
Ended March 31, | ||||||||
2007 | 2006 | |||||||
Interest income |
$ | 8 | $ | 9 | ||||
DCC income |
6 | 9 | ||||||
Divestiture gains |
12 | |||||||
Foreign exchange gain |
5 | 3 | ||||||
Government grants |
3 | 1 | ||||||
Rental income |
3 | |||||||
Other, net |
9 | 9 | ||||||
Total |
$ | 46 | $ | 31 | ||||
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External | Segment | Segment | ||||||||||
2007 | Sales | Sales | EBIT | |||||||||
ASG |
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Axle |
$ | 611 | $ | 24 | $ | (10 | ) | |||||
Driveshaft |
286 | 51 | 9 | |||||||||
Sealing |
176 | 7 | 11 | |||||||||
Thermal |
72 | 2 | 4 | |||||||||
Structures |
270 | 4 | 8 | |||||||||
Eliminations and other |
5 | (61 | ) | (7 | ) | |||||||
Total ASG |
1,420 | 27 | 15 | |||||||||
HVTSG |
||||||||||||
Commercial Vehicle |
340 | 8 | ||||||||||
Off-Highway |
384 | 9 | 36 | |||||||||
Eliminations and other |
(8 | ) | (2 | ) | ||||||||
Total HVTSG |
724 | 1 | 42 | |||||||||
Other Operations |
1 | 9 | ||||||||||
Eliminations |
(37 | ) | ||||||||||
Total Segments |
$ | 2,145 | $ | | $ | 57 | ||||||
Inter- | ||||||||||||
External | Segment | Segment | ||||||||||
2006 | Sales | Sales | EBIT | |||||||||
ASG |
||||||||||||
Axle |
$ | 588 | $ | 13 | $ | (6 | ) | |||||
Driveshaft |
277 | 32 | 26 | |||||||||
Sealing |
177 | 7 | 15 | |||||||||
Thermal |
76 | 1 | 11 | |||||||||
Structures |
324 | 8 | 2 | |||||||||
Eliminations and other |
32 | (33 | ) | (15 | ) | |||||||
Total ASG |
1,474 | 28 | 33 | |||||||||
HVTSG |
||||||||||||
Commercial Vehicle |
417 | 3 | 4 | |||||||||
Off-Highway |
301 | 8 | 27 | |||||||||
Eliminations and other |
(9 | ) | (3 | ) | ||||||||
Total HVTSG |
718 | 2 | 28 | |||||||||
Other Operations |
5 | 12 | ||||||||||
Eliminations |
(42 | ) | ||||||||||
Total Segments |
$ | 2,197 | $ | | $ | 61 | ||||||
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Three Months Ended | ||||||||
March 31, | ||||||||
2007 | 2006 | |||||||
Segment EBIT |
$ | 57 | $ | 61 | ||||
Shared services and administrative |
(37 | ) | (58 | ) | ||||
Closed operations |
(2 | ) | (4 | ) | ||||
DCC EBIT |
7 | 9 | ||||||
Impairment of other assets |
(14 | ) | ||||||
Reorganization items, net |
(37 | ) | (55 | ) | ||||
Interest expense |
(23 | ) | (39 | ) | ||||
Realignment not in segments |
(16 | ) | ||||||
Other income not in segments or DCC |
27 | 14 | ||||||
Other |
(3 | ) | (6 | ) | ||||
Loss from continuing operations
before income taxes |
$ | (27 | ) | $ | (92 | ) | ||
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| Achieve improved margins for our products by obtaining substantial price increases from our customers; | ||
| Restructure our wage and benefit programs to create an appropriate labor and benefit cost structure; |
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| Address the excessive costs and funding requirements of the legacy postretirement benefit liabilities that we have accumulated over the years, in part from prior divestitures and closed operations; and | ||
| Achieve a permanent reduction and realignment of our overhead costs. |
| Product Profitability | |
Our products contain high quantities of commodity materials and absorbing the significant inflation in the costs of these materials has contributed to the decline in our profitability. In addition, we granted many of our customers downward price adjustments, consistent with their demands and industry practices. In the Bankruptcy Cases, we will have to determine whether to assume or reject customer contracts. Since the filing date, we have undertaken a detailed review of our product programs to identify unprofitable contracts and have held meetings with our customers and their advisors to address under-performing programs. Through pricing modifications with customers and contract rejections, we expect to improve our annual pre-tax profit by $175 to $225. | ||
To date we have reached agreements with customers resulting in pricing improvement of approximately $170 on an annualized basis. We expect to substantially complete the contract pricing agreements and our decisions as to our assumption of customer contracts in the second quarter of 2007. To date, we have not moved to reject any customer contracts. However, we may find it necessary to seek rejections of certain contracts if we are unable to reach agreement with our customers. We have made substantial progress against this goal and expect to achieve our goal for 2007. | ||
| Labor and Benefit Costs | |
Our current labor and benefit costs, especially in the U.S., impair our financial position and are a significant impediment to our successful reorganization. The steps we have taken since 2005 to reduce these costs and the further steps we intend to take are discussed in Item 7 of our 2006 Form 10-K. We expect that these labor and benefit cost actions will generate annual cost savings of $60 to $90. |
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We apprised the primary unions representing our active U.S. employees the United Auto Workers (UAW), the United Steel Workers (USW) and the International Association of Machinists (IAM) of our labor cost reduction goals and commenced discussions with them about these matters in 2006. In January 2007, we filed motions with the Bankruptcy Court seeking authorization to reject our collective bargaining agreements with these unions in the event we are unable to reach agreement with them on proposed changes. The Bankruptcy Court held hearings on this matter in March and April 2007, and now has the matter under consideration. Before the hearing, we resolved our collective bargaining issues with the IAM and agreed to a new three-year collective bargaining agreement covering hourly employees at our Robinson, Illinois plant. Since the hearing, we have continued our discussions with the UAW and USW. These unions, which objected to our motion to reject their collective bargaining agreements, have indicated that their members may strike if we reject these agreements. While we are taking steps to minimize the impact of any strike activity on our customers, a prolonged strike by the UAW or the USW would impact our earnings adversely and could prevent us from reorganizing successfully. | ||
| Other Postretirement Benefits | |
We provide other postretirement benefits, including medical and life insurance, for many U.S. retirees. Our accumulated liabilities are disproportionate to the scale of our current business and the rising cost of providing an extensive retiree healthcare program has become prohibitive. At March 31, 2007, after giving affect to the elimination of benefits for non-union employees, we had approximately $1,400 in unfunded non-pension retiree benefits obligations under our domestic postretirement healthcare plans. | ||
We are seeking to terminate our direct sponsorship of all retiree healthcare programs and the funding of ongoing retiree healthcare costs associated with existing plans. We expect this initiative to be resolved through the creation of various trusts to provide future healthcare benefits for retirees, resulting in the elimination of our future healthcare benefit costs and annual cost savings of $70 to $90. | ||
We filed motions with the Bankruptcy Court in January and February 2007 seeking authorization to exercise our unilateral right to eliminate retiree healthcare benefits for all of our non-union U.S. employees and retirees and to modify other retiree benefits. The Bankruptcy Court held hearings on these matters in March and April of 2007, and in March, the Bankruptcy Court approved the elimination of retiree healthcare benefits coverage for our active non-union employees effective April 1, 2007. This action is expected to result in annualized cost savings of approximately $12. Changes to the other retiree benefits are still under consideration by the Bankruptcy Court. In March 2007, we also reached a tentative agreement with the Retiree Committee to make a $78 cash contribution to a Voluntary Employee Beneficiary Association (VEBA) trust for non-pension retiree benefits in exchange for release of the Debtors from obligations for postretirement health and welfare benefits for non-union retirees. The VEBA will allow for benefits under an alternate plan. This tentative agreement is subject to approval by the Bankruptcy Court. In addition, on April 27, 2007, the Bankruptcy Court approved our settlement with the IAM to pay $2.25 to resolve all IAM claims for non-pension retiree benefits for retirees and active employees represented by the IAM. The tentative agreement with the Retiree Committee and an approved IAM agreement are expected to reduce the $1,400 of unfunded non-pension retiree benefits obligations by an estimated $220. These actions are expected to result in annualized cost savings of approximately $22. |
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| Overhead Costs | |
Due to our historically decentralized operating model and the reduction in the overall size of our business resulting from recent divestitures, our overhead costs have been too high. We are in various stages of analysis and implementation with respect to initiatives to reduce overhead costs. Additional reductions in overhead will occur as a result of our ongoing divestitures and reorganization activities. We expect our reductions in overhead spending to contribute annual expense savings of $40 to $50. | ||
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March 31, | ||||||||||||
2007 | 2006 | Change | ||||||||||
Net sales |
$ | 2,145 | $ | 2,197 | $ | (52 | ) | |||||
Cost of sales |
2,043 | 2,092 | (49 | ) | ||||||||
Gross margin |
102 | 105 | (3 | ) | ||||||||
Selling, general and administrative expenses |
96 | 119 | (23 | ) | ||||||||
Gross margin less SG&A* |
6 | (14 | ) | 20 | ||||||||
Other costs and expenses |
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Realignment charges |
$ | 19 | $ | 1 | $ | 18 | ||||||
Impairment of other assets |
14 | (14 | ) | |||||||||
Other income, net |
$ | 46 | $ | 31 | $ | 15 | ||||||
Income from continuing operations before
interest, reorganization items and income taxes |
$ | 33 | $ | 2 | $ | 31 | ||||||
Loss from continuing operations |
$ | (36 | ) | $ | (105 | ) | $ | 69 | ||||
Loss from discontinued operations |
$ | (56 | ) | $ | (21 | ) | $ | (35 | ) | |||
Net loss |
$ | (92 | ) | $ | (126 | ) | $ | 34 |
* | Gross margin less SG&A is a non-GAAP financial measure derived by excluding realignment charges, impairments and other income, net from the most closely related GAAP measure, which is income from continuing operations before interest, reorganization items and income taxes. We believe this non-GAAP measure is useful for an understanding of our ongoing operations because it excludes other income and expense items which are generally not expected to be part of our ongoing business. |
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Amount of Change Due To | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Increase/ | Currency | Acquisitions/ | Organic | |||||||||||||||||||||
2007 | 2006 | (Decrease) | Effects | Divestitures | Change | |||||||||||||||||||
North America |
$ | 1,224 | $ | 1,372 | $ | (148 | ) | $ | (4 | ) | $ | (7 | ) | $ | (137 | ) | ||||||||
Europe |
562 | 465 | 97 | 51 | (22 | ) | 68 | |||||||||||||||||
South America |
206 | 199 | 7 | 1 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||
Asia Pacific |
153 | 161 | (8 | ) | 9 | (5 | ) | (12 | ) | |||||||||||||||
Total |
$ | 2,145 | $ | 2,197 | $ | (52 | ) | $ | 57 | $ | (34 | ) | $ | (75 | ) | |||||||||
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Increase/ | Currency | Acquisitions/ | Organic | |||||||||||||||||||||
2007 | 2006 | (Decrease) | Effects | Divestitures | Change | |||||||||||||||||||
ASG |
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Axle |
$ | 611 | $ | 588 | $ | 23 | $ | 12 | $ | 15 | $ | (4 | ) | |||||||||||
Driveshaft |
286 | 277 | 9 | 9 | 11 | (11 | ) | |||||||||||||||||
Sealing |
176 | 177 | (1 | ) | 7 | (8 | ) | |||||||||||||||||
Thermal |
72 | 76 | (4 | ) | 1 | (5 | ) | |||||||||||||||||
Structures |
270 | 324 | (54 | ) | (54 | ) | ||||||||||||||||||
Other |
5 | 32 | (27 | ) | (22 | ) | (5 | ) | ||||||||||||||||
Total ASG |
1,420 | 1,474 | (54 | ) | 29 | 4 | (87 | ) | ||||||||||||||||
HVTSG |
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Commercial Vehicle |
340 | 417 | (77 | ) | 2 | (38 | ) | (41 | ) | |||||||||||||||
Off-Highway |
384 | 301 | 83 | 26 | 57 | |||||||||||||||||||
Total HVTSG |
724 | 718 | 6 | 28 | (38 | ) | 16 | |||||||||||||||||
Other Operations |
1 | 5 | (4 | ) | (4 | ) | ||||||||||||||||||
Total |
$ | 2,145 | $ | 2,197 | $ | (52 | ) | $ | 57 | $ | (34 | ) | $ | (75 | ) | |||||||||
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2007 | 2006 | (Decrease) | ||||||||||
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ASG |
3.9 | % | 5.5 | % | (1.6 | )% | ||||||
Axle |
(0.1 | ) | 1.0 | (1.1 | ) | |||||||
Driveshaft |
5.8 | 12.1 | (6.3 | ) | ||||||||
Sealing |
13.1 | 14.7 | (1.6 | ) | ||||||||
Thermal |
10.6 | 17.5 | (6.9 | ) | ||||||||
Structures |
3.7 | 2.1 | 1.6 | |||||||||
HVTSG |
9.0 | 7.5 | 1.5 | |||||||||
Commercial Vehicle |
5.5 | 4.3 | 1.2 | |||||||||
Off-Highway |
11.9 | 11.6 | 0.3 | |||||||||
Selling, general and administrative expenses: |
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ASG |
3.4 | % | 3.5 | % | (0.1 | )% | ||||||
Axle |
2.2 | 2.1 | 0.1 | |||||||||
Driveshaft |
3.2 | 3.7 | (0.5 | ) | ||||||||
Sealing |
6.7 | 6.5 | 0.2 | |||||||||
Thermal |
5.1 | 3.5 | 1.6 | |||||||||
Structures |
1.7 | 1.8 | (0.1 | ) | ||||||||
HVTSG |
3.4 | 3.9 | (0.5 | ) | ||||||||
Commercial Vehicle |
3.7 | 3.9 | (0.2 | ) | ||||||||
Off-Highway |
2.5 | 2.8 | (0.3 | ) | ||||||||
Gross margin less SG&A:* |
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ASG |
0.5 | % | 2.0 | % | (1.5 | )% | ||||||
Axle |
(2.3 | ) | (1.1 | ) | (1.2 | ) | ||||||
Driveshaft |
2.6 | 8.4 | (5.8 | ) | ||||||||
Sealing |
6.4 | 8.2 | (1.8 | ) | ||||||||
Thermal |
5.5 | 14.0 | (8.5 | ) | ||||||||
Structures |
2.0 | 0.3 | 1.7 | |||||||||
HVTSG |
5.6 | 3.6 | 2.0 | |||||||||
Commercial Vehicle |
1.8 | 0.4 | 1.4 | |||||||||
Off-Highway |
9.4 | 8.8 | 0.6 | |||||||||
Consolidated |
0.3 | (0.6 | ) | 0.9 |
* | Gross margin less SG&A is a non-GAAP financial measure derived by excluding realignment charges, impairments and other income, net from the most closely related GAAP measure, which is income from continuing operations before interest, reorganization items and income taxes. We believe this non-GAAP measure is useful for an understanding of our ongoing operations because it excludes other income and expense items which are generally not expected to be part of our ongoing business. |
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March 31, | ||||||||
Sales | 2007 | 2006 | ||||||
ASG |
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Engine |
$ | 153 | $ | 179 | ||||
Fluid |
104 | 121 | ||||||
Pump |
21 | 25 | ||||||
Total Discontinued Operations |
$ | 278 | $ | 325 | ||||
Three Months Ended | ||||||||
March 31, | ||||||||
Net Loss | 2007 | 2006 | ||||||
ASG |
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Engine |
$ | (56 | ) | $ | (3 | ) | ||
Fluid |
(3 | ) | (21 | ) | ||||
Pump |
3 | (1 | ) | |||||
Total ASG |
(56 | ) | (25 | ) | ||||
Other |
4 | |||||||
Total Discontinued Operations |
$ | (56 | ) | $ | (21 | ) | ||
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| Increased the size of our DIP Credit Agreement; | ||
| Negotiated a settlement with the Retiree Committee related to post-retirement, non-union benefits; | ||
| Borrowed funds in the U.K. for pension settlement; | ||
| Sold our interest in GETRAG; | ||
| Sold our engine products business; | ||
| Sold our trailer axle business; and | ||
| Received a commitment for the establishment of a $225 five-year accounts receivable securitization program with respect to our European operations. |
Cash |
$ | 1,250 | ||
Less: |
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U.K. pension
settlement deposit |
(93 | ) | ||
Other cash
deposits |
(93 | ) | ||
DCC cash |
(53 | ) | ||
Cash in less
than wholly-owned subsidiaries |
(79 | ) | ||
Available Cash |
932 | |||
Additional
cash availability from: |
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Lines of
credit in the U.S. and Canada |
241 | |||
Collateralized
international lines |
73 | |||
Total Global Liquidity |
$ | 1,246 | ||
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Cash flow summary: | 2007 | 2006 | ||||||
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period |
$ | 719 | $ | 762 | ||||
Cash provided by (used in) operating activities |
(17 | ) | 15 | |||||
Cash provided by (used in) investing activities |
274 | (46 | ) | |||||
Cash provided by financing activities |
265 | 136 | ||||||
Increase in cash and cash equivalents |
522 | 105 | ||||||
Impact of foreign exchange and discontinued operations |
9 | (2 | ) | |||||
Cash and cash equivalents at end of period |
$ | 1,250 | $ | 865 | ||||
Cash flows from operating activities: | 2007 | 2006 | ||||||
Net loss |
$ | (92 | ) | $ | (126 | ) | ||
Depreciation and amortization |
70 | 67 | ||||||
Charges related to divestitures and asset sales |
15 | 43 | ||||||
Reorganization items, net |
27 | 27 | ||||||
Other |
15 | 48 | ||||||
35 | 59 | |||||||
Change in working capital |
(52 | ) | (44 | ) | ||||
Cash flows from operating activities |
$ | (17 | ) | $ | 15 | |||
Cash flows from investing activities: | 2007 | 2006 | ||||||
Purchases of property, plant and equipment |
$ | (39 | ) | $ | (94 | ) | ||
Proceeds from sale of businesses |
303 | 26 | ||||||
Proceeds
from sale of DCC assets |
25 | |||||||
Other |
(15 | ) | 22 | |||||
Cash flows from investing activities |
$ | 274 | $ | (46 | ) | |||
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Cash flows from financing activities: | 2007 | 2006 | ||||||
Net change in short-term debt |
$ | (2 | ) | $ | (565 | ) | ||
Proceeds from debtor-in-possession facility |
700 | |||||||
Proceeds from U.K. bank loan |
67 | |||||||
Issuance of long-term debt |
200 | 5 | ||||||
Payments of long-term debt |
(4 | ) | ||||||
Cash flows from financing activities |
$ | 265 | $ | 136 | ||||
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Dana Corporation | ||||
Date: May 10, 2007
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/s/ Kenneth A. Hiltz | |||
Kenneth A. Hiltz | ||||
Chief Financial Officer |
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Exhibit No. | Description | Method of Filing or Furnishing | ||
10-O(1)
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Partial Closing Agreement made on March 14, 2007, by and among Dongfeng Motor Co. Ltd., Dongfeng (Shiyan) Industrial Company, Dongfeng Motor Corporation and Dana Mauritius Limited | Filed with this report; portions omitted pursuant to a request for confidential treatment | ||
10-O(2)
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Amendment to the Equity Joint Venture Contract made on March 14, 2007, by and among Dongfeng Motor Co. Ltd., Dongfeng (Shiyan) Industrial Company, Dongfeng Motor Corporation and Dana Mauritius Limited | Filed with this report; portions omitted pursuant to a request for confidential treatment | ||
10-V
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Agreement as to Structure of Settlement and Allocation of Debt dated 27 February 2007 | Filed with this report | ||
31-A
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Rule 13a-14(a)/15d-14(a) Certification by Chief Executive Officer | Filed with this report | ||
31-B
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Rule 13a-14(a)/15d-14(a) Certification by Chief Financial Officer | Filed with this report | ||
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Section 1350 Certifications | Furnished with this report |
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(1) | DONGFENG MOTOR CO., LTD., a Sino-Japanese equity joint venture with limited liability duly established and validly existing under the laws the Peoples Republic of China whose registered address is at 84 Baiye Road, Wuhan Economic Development Zone, Wuhan, Hubei Province, Peoples Republic of China (DFL). The legal representative of DFL is Xu Ping, a national of the PRC, who holds the position of chairman of the board. | |
(2) | DONGFENG (SHIYAN) INDUSTRIAL COMPANY, a company with limited liability duly established and validly existing under the laws the Peoples Republic of China whose registered address is at No. 66 Gongyuan Road, Shiyan, Hubei Province, Peoples Republic of China (Dongfeng Industry). The legal representative of Dongfeng Industry is Li Zhenhua, a national of the PRC, who holds the position of chairman of the board. | |
(3) | DONGFENG MOTOR CORPORATION, a state-owned enterprise with limited liability duly established and validly existing under the laws the Peoples Republic of China whose registered address is at No. 1 Checheng Road, Shiyan, Hubei Province, Peoples Republic of China (DFM). The legal representative of DFM is Xu Ping, a national of the PRC, who holds the position of general manager. | |
(4) | DANA MAURITIUS LIMITED, a company with limited liability duly established and validly existing under the laws of the Republic of Mauritius whose principal place of business is at Level 6, One Cathedral Square, Pope Hennessy Street, Port Louis, Mauritius (Dana). The legal representative of Dana is Phillip A. Rotman II, a national of the USA, who holds the position of Director. |
(A) | Dongfeng Dana Axle Co., Ltd. (Business License Registration Number 4206001330066) is a joint venture company with limited liability duly established and validly existing under the laws of the Peoples Republic of China whose registered address is at 10th Floor, Torch Building, Hi-Tech Industry Development Zone, Xiangfan, Hubei Province, PRC (the Company). | |
(B) | DFL, Dongfeng Industry, DFM and Dana entered into a Sale and Purchase Agreement (the SPA) on March 10, 2005. It was contemplated under the SPA that Dana would purchase the entire equity interests in the Company held by DFM and Dongfeng Industry respectively and an additional twenty nine point two three percent (29.23%) equity interest in the Company held by DFL with an aggregate percentage of interest in the Company to be purchased by Dana totalling fifty percent (50%). |
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(C) | DFL and Dana entered into a Joint Venture Contract (the Contract) on March 10, 2005. It was contemplated under the Contract that, upon the completion of the sale and purchase by Dana of the fifty percent (50%) equity interest in the Company pursuant to the SPA, the Company would be converted into a Sino-foreign joint venture with DFL and Dana each holding a fifty percent (50%) equity interest therein. | |
(D) | Dana Corporation filed for U.S. bankruptcy protection on March 3, 2006. | |
(E) | Upon friendly consultations, the Parties contemplate that, instead of completing the purchase by Dana of the entire fifty percent (50%) equity interest in the Company from DFL, Dongfeng Industry and DFM, the purchase by Dana of a four percent (4%) equity interest in the Company held by DFL for RMB 38,800,000 would be completed as soon as practicable and that Dana would purchase an additional forty six percent (46%) equity interest in the Company from DFL, Dongfeng Industry and DFM after April 1, 2008 but within three years starting from the date on which the Companys new business license has been issued. | |
(F) | It is contemplate that, upon the completion of the sale and purchase by Dana of the four percent (4%) equity interest in the Company pursuant to the preceding paragraph, the Company would be converted into a Sino-foreign joint venture with DFL, Dongfeng Industry, DFM and Dana each holding a seventy five point two three percent (75.23%), ten point nine six percent (10.96%), nine point eight one percent (9.81%) and four percent (4%) equity interest in the Company respectively. | |
(G) | It is contemplated that DFL and Dana shall complete the transfer of the four percent (4%) equity interest in the Company held by DFL based on the terms and conditions set out in this Agreement. |
1. | Definitions and Interpretation | |
1.1 | Unless the context otherwise requires, the defined words and expressions used in this Agreement shall have the same meanings as those used in the SPA. | |
1.2 | Headings are inserted for convenience only and shall not affect the construction of this Agreement. | |
2. | Partial Transfer and Consideration | |
2.1 | Notwithstanding the provisions stated in the SPA, the Parties agree that DFL will transfer and Dana will acquire four percent (4%) equity interest in the Company (the Transferred Equity) free from Encumbrance (as defined in the SPA) and together with all rights attached thereto pursuant to the terms and conditions of this Agreement. The Parties agree that such transfer shall be completed as soon as possible instead of having Dana acquiring the entire fifty percent (50%) equity interest of the Company from DFL, Dongfeng Industry and DFM respectively. |
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2.2 | Each of Dongfeng Industry and DFM hereby consents to the transfer of the Transferred Equity and provides DFL and Dana with their respective waiver for the exercise of their first right of refusal with regard to the Transferred Equity. | |
2.3 | For the avoidance of doubt, completion of the transfer of the Transferred Equity pursuant to this Agreement shall not be construed as completing the transfer of the Transferred Interests as set out under the SPA. | |
2.4 | The consideration payable for the Transferred Equity shall be RMB38,800,000. Such payment shall be made available to DFL within ten (10) Business Days after the date that the Approval Authority has approved the transfer of the four percent (4%) equity interest in the Company with the letter of approval and the approval certificate indicating DFL, Dongfeng Industry, DFM and Danas respective shareholding as seventy five point two three percent (75.23%), ten point nine six percent (10.96%), nine point eight one percent (9.81%) and four percent (4%), and otherwise containing terms generally consistent with the Parties intention as reflected in this Agreement and the Contract as amended, and that SAIC has issued a new business license to the Company on this basis (the date of such payment shall hereinafter be referred to as the Completion Date). | |
3. | Waiver of the Conditions Precedent | |
3.1 | The Parties hereby agree to waive each and every condition precedent listed under Clause 3 and Schedule 3.1 of the SPA, except to the extent that any such condition precedent has already been fulfilled on or prior to the transfer of the Transferred Equity as contemplated herein by the Parties in writing. Notwithstanding the above, the Parties acknowledge that Dana is currently conducting certain product testing, Condition 3.1(i) of Schedule 3.1 related to products is not deemed to be fulfilled until such testing proves negative, at which time the aforementioned condition is deemed to be waived. | |
3.2 | Notwithstanding the above, if the equity transfer contemplated hereunder has not been approved and become effective on or before June 30, 2007 or such later date as the Parties mutually agree in writing from time to time, the SPA, the Contract and this Agreement shall automatically terminate in which case none of the Parties shall have any claim of any nature whatsoever against any other Party(ies) under the SPA, the Contract and this Agreement. | |
3.3 | Clause 3.4 of the SPA shall expire. | |
4. | Completion | |
4.1 | The Parties agree that completion of the Transferred Equity shall take place as of the Completion Date (the Completion). | |
4.2 | On the Completion Date, each Party waives, releases and otherwise abandons absolutely and irrevocably all claims, whether direct or indirect, foreseen or unforeseen, contingent or actual, present or future, of any nature whatsoever and however arising which it may have against any other Party and any of its Affiliates (including their successors and assignees), arising out of or connected in any way with the transaction contemplated by the SPA. |
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4.3 | The following list of documents shall be delivered to Dana within five working days after Completion: |
(i) | the approval reply (replies) and the approval certificate(s) issued by the Approval Authority approving (i) the acquisition of the Transferred Equity by Dana pursuant to this Agreement, (ii) the Amendment to the Contract, (iii) the amendment to the articles of association, and (iv) the establishment of the Company as a Sino-foreign equity joint venture whereby DFL holds seventy five point two three percent (75.23%) of the registered capital of the Company, Dongfeng Industry holds ten point nine six percent (10.96%) of the registered capital of the Company, DFM holds nine point eight one percent (9.81%) of the registered capital of the Company and Dana holds four percent (4%) of the registered capital of the Company; | ||
(ii) | a new business license for the Company issued by SAIC or its local branches pursuant to registration of (i) above; | ||
(iii) | evidence that two (2) Dana appointees, four (4) DFL appointees, one (1) Dongfeng Industry appointee and one (1) DFM appointee have been registered with SAIC or its local branch as constituting the entire board of directors of the Company; | ||
(iv) | a letter of appointment duly executed by DFL, Dongfeng Industry and DFM in the agreed form appointing six (6) individuals to the board of directors of the Company; | ||
(v) | powers of attorney of DFL, Dongfeng Industry and DFM respectively, authorising the execution of this Agreement and other relevant agreements. |
5. | Post-Completion Undertaking | |
5.1 | DFL agrees and undertakes with Dana that as soon as practicable and in any event within ten (10) Business Days after Dana makes full payment of the Transferred Equity to DFL, DFL shall cause the chairman of the board of directors of the Company to promptly issue an investment certificate to Dana confirming its four percent (4%) equity interest in the Company, provided that the Company has obtained the corresponding verification report from its accountant. | |
5.2 | Upon Completion, DFL agrees to comply with the restrictions as set out under Clause 7 of the SPA. | |
6. | Warranties, Undertakings and Indemnities | |
6.1 | DFL undertakes that the representations and warranties made by it pursuant to Clause 8 and Schedule 8.1 of the SPA is hereby repeated and that each of such representation and warranty is true and accurate as of the date of this Agreement. | |
6.2 | The representations and warranties made by DFL shall be deemed to be repeated immediately before Completion with reference to the facts then existing and Completion of this Agreement shall constitute a warranty by DFL |
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that no event has occurred between the date of this Agreement and Completion which would cause any of the representations and warranties to be untrue or inaccurate in any material respect. | ||
6.3 | Dana undertakes that the representations and warranties made by it pursuant to Clause 8 and Schedule 8.1 of the SPA is hereby repeated and that each of such representation and warranty is true and accurate as of the date of this Agreement. | |
6.4 | The representations and warranties made by Dana shall be deemed to be repeated immediately before Completion with reference to the facts then existing and Completion of this Agreement shall constitute a warranty by Dana that no event has occurred between the date of this Agreement and Completion which would cause any of the representations and warranties to be untrue or inaccurate in any material respect. | |
6.5 | DFL and Dana agree that certain parts of Clause 10.2 and Clause 12 of the SPA shall be revised as follows: |
(A) | the aggregate amount of the Parties respective liability to each other under this Agreement during the three years, which starts from the date on which the Companys new business license has been issued, for all claims shall not exceed **** . Clause 10.2 and Clause 12.5 of the SPA shall expire; | ||
(B) | DFL, Dongfeng Industry and DFM shall not be liable for any claim unless the aggregate amount of the liability of DFL, Dongfeng Industry and DFM for all claims exceeds **** , in which case DFL, Dongfeng Industry and DFM shall be liable for the remaining amount in respect of all claims in excess of **** ; provided that the provisions of this Clause 6.5 shall not apply in respect of any claim in respect of a breach of any of the Tax Warranties or Tax Covenant as described in the SPA; | ||
(C) | DFL, Dongfeng Industry and DFM shall not be liable for any claim unless they receive from Dana written notice containing reasonable details of the claim including Danas estimate (on a without prejudice basis) of the amount of such claim on or before March 31, 2008, after which all the representations, warranties, undertakings and indemnities of the Parties contained in the SPA and the representations, warranties, undertakings and indemnities contained in the Contract on the basis of the SPA shall expire and DFL, Dongfeng Industry and DFM shall not be liable for any claim arising thereunder afterwards. | ||
(D) | The Parties confirm that the SPA shall expire upon March 31, 2008. |
7. | Right to Terminate | |
7.1 | DFL and Dana may, at any time prior to the Completion Date, terminate this Agreement pursuant to the terms set out in Clause 13 of the SPA. | |
7.2 | After Completion, Clause 13 of the SPA shall expire. |
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8. | Entire Agreement | |
This Agreement, and the SPA as altered hereby (subject to Clause 6.5(c) and 6.5(D)), set out the entire agreement and understanding between the Parties in respect of the sale and purchase of the Transferred Equity. This Agreement supersedes all prior agreements, understandings or arrangements (whether oral or written) relating to the sale and purchase of the Transferred Equity. It is agreed that: |
(A) | no Party has entered into this Agreement or any other document referred to in this Agreement in reliance upon any statement, representation, warranty or undertaking of any other Party other than those expressly set out or referred to in this Agreement or such other document; | ||
(B) | save for any such liability as a Party has under or in respect of any breach of this Agreement or any other agreement or document referred to in this Agreement, no Party shall owe any duty of care, nor have any liability in tort or otherwise, to any other Party or any other person in respect of, arising out of, or in any way relating to the transaction contemplated by this Agreement; and | ||
(C) | this Clause shall not exclude any liability for, or remedy in respect of, fraudulent misrepresentation. |
9. | Variation | |
No variation of this Agreement and the SPA as altered hereby shall be valid unless it is in writing and signed by or on behalf of each of the Parties to it. The expression variation shall include any variation, supplement, deletion or replacement however effected. | ||
10. | Assignment | |
10.1 | None of the Parties hereunder shall nor shall it purport to assign, transfer, charge or otherwise deal with all or any of its rights under this Agreement and under the SPA as altered hereby, nor grant, declare, create or dispose of any right or interest in it without the prior written consent of the other Parties. | |
10.2 | Any purported assignment in contravention of this Clause 10 shall be void. | |
11. | Announcements | |
11.1 | Each Party hereby undertakes that it shall not and shall procure that each of its Affiliates, directors, officers and employees shall not at any time make any public announcement or circular or disclosure in connection with the existence or subject matter of this Agreement without the prior written approval of the other Parties hereto (such approval not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed); to the extent any public announcement, circular or disclosure in connection with the existence or subject matter of this Agreement is required to be made by any of the Parties pursuant to any applicable law or stock exchange requirements, the Parties shall, to the maximum extent permitted under applicable laws and stock exchange requirements, fully consult each other to agree on the scope and substance of the required disclosure. |
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12. | Confidentiality | |
12.1 | DFL undertakes to Dana that save as required by applicable law or stock exchange requirements each of them shall not and shall procure that each of its directors, officers and employees shall not at any time, save with the prior consent in writing of Dana, divulge or communicate to any person other than to directors, officers, employees or professional advisers of Dana any secret or confidential information concerning the Company or any customer or client or business of the Company. | |
12.2 | Dana hereby undertakes to DFL that save as required by applicable law or stock exchange requirements it and its Affiliates shall not and shall procure that each of its directors, officers and employees shall not at any time save with the prior consent in writing of DFL divulge or communicate to any person other than to its directors, officers, employees or professional advisers any secret or confidential information concerning the Company or any customer or client or business of the Company. | |
12.3 | The restrictions contained in Clauses 12.1 and 12.2 above shall cease to apply in the event that such information comes into the public domain (other than through any unauthorised disclosure by DFL or Dana) or disclosure of such information is required by law or any court or tribunal. If disclosure of such information is required by law or any court or tribunal, then any of the Parties so required to disclose such information shall promptly inform and consult with all the other Parties before taking any actions to make any disclosures as required. | |
13. | Severability | |
13.1 | If any provision of this Agreement is held to be invalid or unenforceable, then such provision shall (so far as it is invalid or unenforceable) be given no effect and shall be deemed not to be included in this Agreement but without invalidating any of the remaining provisions of this Agreement. The Parties shall then use all reasonable endeavours to replace the invalid or unenforceable provisions by a valid and enforceable substitute provision the effect of which is as close as possible to the intended effect of the invalid or unenforceable provision. | |
14. | Counterparts | |
14.1 | This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts and by the Parties to it on separate counterparts, each of which is an original but all of which together constitute one and the same instrument. | |
15. | Waivers | |
15.1 | No failure or delay by any Party in exercising any right or remedy provided by law under or pursuant to this Agreement shall impair such right or remedy or operate or be construed as a waiver or variation of it or preclude its exercise at any subsequent time and no single or partial exercise of any such right or remedy shall preclude any other or further exercise of it or the exercise of any other right or remedy. |
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15.2 | The rights and remedies of any Party under or pursuant to this Agreement are cumulative, may be exercised as often as such Party considers appropriate and are in addition to its rights and remedies under general law. | |
16. | Further Assurance | |
16.1 | Each Party agrees to perform (or procure the performance, by its duly authorised representatives) all further acts and things, and execute and deliver (or procure the execution and delivery of) such further documents, as may be required by law or as any other Party may reasonably require, whether on or after Completion, to implement and/or give effect to this Agreement and the transaction contemplated hereunder and for the purpose of vesting in such Party the full benefit of the assets, rights and benefits to be transferred to or conferred on such Party under this Agreement. | |
17. | Notices | |
17.1 | Any notice or other communication to be given by one Party to the other Parties under, or in connection with, this Agreement shall be in writing and signed by or on behalf of the Party giving it. It shall be served by sending it by pre-paid recorded express courier delivery to the address set out in Clause 30.6(b) of the amended Contract and marked for the attention of the relevant Party set out in Clause 30.6(b) of the amended Contract (or as otherwise notified from time to time). Any notice so served by express courier shall be deemed to have been duly given at 10:00am on the seven (7th) Business Day following the date of posting. | |
17.2 | References to time in this Clause are to local time in the country of the addressee. | |
17.3 | A Party may notify the other Parties to this Agreement of a change to its name, relevant addressee, or address for the purposes of this Clause 17, provided that, such notice shall only be effective on: |
(A) | the date specified in the notice as the date on which the change is to take place; or | ||
(B) | if no date is specified or the date specified is less than five (5) Business Days after the date on which notice is given, the date following five (5) Business Days after notice of any change has been given. |
18. | Execution and Effectiveness | |
18.1 | This Agreement shall be executed by the duly authorised representatives of the Parties hereto and shall come into force after signing. | |
18.2 | Once this Agreement has been executed it shall then be submitted for approval by DFL to Department of Commerce, Hubei Province (the Approval Authority) along with the SPA, the Amendment to the Contract and the amendment to the articles of association. |
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19. | Governing law | |
19.1 | The establishment, effectiveness, interpretation, amendment, performance and termination of this Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the PRC. To the extent there is no applicable PRC law, reference shall be made to international practices. | |
20. | Settlement of disputes | |
20.1 | The Parties shall try to resolve any dispute, controversy or claim arising out of or in connection with this Agreement through friendly consultations between the Parties. But, if no settlement is reached within twenty (20) Business Days from the date one Party notifies the other Parties in writing of its intention to submit the dispute, controversy or claim to arbitration in accordance with this Clause, then any such dispute, controversy or claim arising out of or relating to this Agreement, or the breach, termination or invalidity thereof, shall be settled by arbitration by the Hong Kong International Arbitration Center (HKIAC) in accordance with the UNCITRAL Arbitration Rules as at present in force and as may be amended by the rest of this Clause. The arbitration will be administered by HKIAC in accordance with HKIAC Procedures for Arbitration in force at the date of this Agreement including additions to the UNCITRAL Arbitration Rules as are therein contained. | |
20.2 | The place of arbitration shall be in Hong Kong at the Hong Kong International Arbitration Center. The arbitration proceedings will be conducted in English and Chinese. The arbitration panel will consist of three (3) members. Dana shall select one (1) arbitrator, and DFL shall select one (1) arbitrator. The presiding arbitrator shall be selected by agreement between the arbitrators selected by the Parties or, failing agreement within ten (10) Business Days of the appointment of the two (2) Party-nominated arbitrators, by the Chairperson of the HKIAC. The presiding arbitrator shall not be a national of the PRC or the United States of America. The arbitration award shall be final and binding on the Parties, and the Parties agree to be bound thereby and to act accordingly. The costs of arbitration and the costs of enforcing the arbitration award (including witness expenses and reasonable attorneys fees) shall be borne by the losing Party(ies), unless otherwise determined by the arbitration award. | |
20.3 | In any arbitration proceeding, any legal proceeding to enforce any arbitration award and in any legal action between the Parties pursuant to or relating to this Agreement, each Party expressly waives any defence based on the fact or allegation that it is an agency or instrumentality of a sovereign state. | |
20.4 | Each Party shall continue to exercise its respective rights, and fulfill its obligations under this Agreement while a dispute is being resolved through arbitration, except for the matters in dispute. | |
20.5 | Any award of the arbitrators may be enforced by any court having jurisdiction over the Party against which the award has been rendered, or wherever assets of that Party are located, and shall be enforceable in accordance with the New York Convention on the Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Arbitral Awards (1958). |
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21. | Language | |
This Agreement is written in a Chinese version and in an English version in eight (8) originals each. Both language versions shall be equally authentic. Each of DFL, Dongfeng Industry, DFM, the Company and Dana shall each keep one (1) original in each language. The remaining originals shall be submitted, as necessary, to the governmental authorities. | ||
22. | Operational Issues Pre-Completion Profits | |
22.1 | All of the dividend payable and the net profits accrued during the time period from January 1, 2004 to the Completion Date as reflected in the Company audited financial statements as audited by the Companys regular auditor will be paid by the Company to DFL, Dongfeng Industry and DFM within ten (10) days from the Completion Date in accordance with their equity ratios immediately prior to the Completion Date. | |
22.2 | Within ten (10) Business Days after the receipt by DFL of its share of the aforesaid dividend payable and net profits, DFL, will, through Dongfeng Motor Finance Company, make an amount up to the entire amount of its share of such dividend payable and net profits available to the Company as an interest-free loan in the event the Company encounters cash-flow difficulties and agrees to participate in DFLs cash pooling arrangement through Dongfeng Motor Finance Company as approved by the board of directors of the Company. Such interest-free loan shall be initially granted by DFL to the Company for a period of one year. If the Company continues to encounter cash-flow difficulties DFL agrees to extend such loan for another year on an interest-free basis, provided that the total duration of the interest-free loan does not exceed three (3) years. |
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DONGFENG MOTOR CO., LTD. |
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/s/ Ouyang Jie |
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Name: OUYANG Jie |
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Title: Vice President |
DONGFENG (SHIYAN) INDUSTRIAL COMPANY |
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/s/ Chen Yaodong |
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Name: CHEN Yaodong |
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Title: Executive Deputy General Manager |
DONGFENG MOTOR CORPORATION |
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/s/ Ouyang Jie |
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Name: |
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Title: |
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DANA MAURITIUS LIMITED |
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/s/ Frank Sheehan |
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Name: Frank SHEEHAN |
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Title: Authorized Representative |
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(1) | DONGFENG MOTOR CO., LTD. (hereinafter DFL), a Sino-foreign equity joint venture with limited liability duly organized and validly existing under the laws of the PRC with its legal address at 84 Baiye Road, Wuhan Economic Development Zone, Wuhan City, Hubei Province, PRC; | |
(2) | DONGFENG (SHIYAN) INDUSTRIAL COMPANY (hereinafter Dongfeng Industry ), a company with limited liability duly established and validly existing under the laws of the PRC whose registered address is at No. 66 Gongyuan Road, Shiyan, Hubei Province, PRC; | |
(3) | DONGFENG MOTOR CORPORATION (hereinafter DFM), a state-owned enterprise with limited liability duly established and validly existing under the laws of the PRC whose registered address is at No. 1 Checheng Road, Shiyan, Hubei Province, PRC; and | |
(4) | DANA MAURITIUS LIMITED (hereinafter DANA), a one hundred percent (100%) wholly owned subsidiary of DANA CORPORATION with limited liability established and validly existing under the laws of the Republic of Mauritius, with its legal address at Level 6, One Cathedral Square, Pope Hennessy Street, Port Louis, Mauritius. |
(A) | DONGFENG AXLE CO., LTD. (hereinafter referred to as DAC) is a limited liability company incorporated in accordance with the laws of the PRC, whose original shareholders were DFL, Dongfeng Industry and DFM. | |
(B) | DFL and DANA CORPORATION entered into a Letter of Intent on September 24th, 2003, pursuant to which DFL and DANA CORPORATION agree to set up an equity joint venture company (hereinafter referred to as JVC) in Xiangfan Municipality, Hubei Province, PRC. | |
(C) | DFL and DANA CORPORATION agree that the investment of DANA CORPORATION in the JVC will be carried out by DANA. | |
(D) | DFL and DANA entered into a joint venture contract (hereinafter referred to as the JV Contract), pursuant to which the JVC will be established based on DAC as a Sino-foreign equity joint venture, in which DFL and DANA would each hold a fifty percent (50%) equity interest. | |
(E) | DFL and DANA entered into a partial closing agreement (hereinafter referred to as the PCA), pursuant to which DANA will purchase a 4% equity interest in the JVC by DFL for RMB 38,800,000 instead of holding a 50% equity interest as contemplated under the JV Contract. | |
(F) | Upon further discussions between DFL, DANA, Dongfeng Industry and DFM, the Parties have agreed to jointly carry out the JVCs business activities in accordance with the terms and conditions of this Amendment which amended and restated the JV Contract, adhering to the principles of equality and mutual benefit. |
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1. | Definitions and Interpretation | |
1.1 | Unless the context otherwise requires, the defined words and expressions used in this Amendment shall have the same meanings as those used in the JV Contract. | |
1.2 | Headings are inserted for convenience only and shall not affect the construction of this Amendment. | |
2. | Effect on the JV Contract | |
2.1 | The JV Contract shall be amended as set out in Article 3 below. Any reference to an article in the JV Contract shall, unless the context otherwise requires, be construed as a reference to such an article as the same has been amended or supplemented pursuant to this Amendment, or may otherwise have been, or from time to time be, amended, supplemented or novated. | |
2.2 | This Amendment is supplemental to and shall be construed as forming part of the JV Contract. | |
2.3 | Save as otherwise expressly provided in this Amendment, the JV Contract shall continue in full force and effect in accordance with its terms. Nothing in this Amendment shall effect either Partys liabilities under or in connection with the JV Contract which have accrued prior to the effectiveness of this Amendment. | |
3. | Amendment to the JV Contract | |
3.1 | The following four (4) definitions shall be inserted in Article 1 DEFINITION: | |
Agreement means the Partial Closing Agreement entered into by and among DFL, Dongfeng Industry, DFM and Dana on even date herewith pursuant to which the purchase by Dana from DFL of the 4% equity interest in DAC will be completed. | ||
Completion Date shall have the meaning as defined in the Agreement. | ||
DONGFENG means DFL, Dongfeng Industry and DFM collectively, jointly and severally. | ||
Interim Period means the three (3) year time period starting from the date on which the JVCs new business license has been issued. | ||
3.2 | The definition for Articles of Association shall be revised and replaced with the following: | |
Articles of Association means the Articles of Association of the JVC signed by the Parties as of the date of execution of the JV Contract, together with the amendment to the Articles of Association and any supplement and amendment made thereto from time to time. | ||
3.3 | The definition for Contract shall be revised and replaced with the following: | |
Contract means the Joint Venture Contract, together with its amendment and any supplement and amendment made thereto from time to time. | ||
3.4 | The definition for Delegates shall be revised and replaced with the following: |
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Delegates mean the General Manager, the Executive Deputy General Manger and the Deputy General Managers delegated to the JVC by either Party or other management and technical personnel to be delegated to the JVC upon agreement by the Parties. | ||
3.5 | The word means in the definition Commercial Vehicles and Deputy General Manager and Deputy General Managers shall be deleted and replaced with mean. | |
3.6 | The definition for Party and Parties shall be revised and replaced with the following: | |
Party means DONGFENG (or DFL, Dongfeng Industry or DFM individually, as the case may be) or DANA individually; and Parties means DONGFENG and DANA collectively. | ||
3.7 | The definition for SPA shall be revised and replaced with the following: | |
SPA means the Sale and Purchase Agreement for the acquisition by Dana of an aggregate fifty percent (50%) of the registered capital of Dongfeng Axle Co., Ltd. entered into among DFL, Dongfeng Industry, DFM and Dana and dated March 10, 2005 as supplemented by the Agreement. | ||
3.8 | Article 2.1 Chinese Party shall be revised and replaced with the following: | |
The Chinese parties to this Contract are: |
(a) | Dongfeng Motor Co., Ltd. (DFL) | ||
Dongfeng Motor Co., Ltd. or [Chinese characters] in Chinese is a Sino-foreign equity joint venture with limited liability duly organized and validly existing under the laws of the PRC with its legal address at 84 Baiye Road, Wuhan Economic Development Zone, Wuhan City, Hubei Province, PRC. The legal representative of DFL is: |
Name: | XU PING | |||
Position: | Chairman of the Board | |||
Nationality: | Chinese |
(b) | Dongfeng (Shiyan) Industrial Company (Dongfeng Industry) | ||
Dongfeng (Shiyan) Industrial Company or [Chinese characters] in Chinese is a company with limited liability duly established and validly existing under the laws of the PRC whose registered address is at No. 66 Gongyuan Road, Shiyan, Hubei Province, PRC. The legal representative of Dongfeng Industry is: |
Name: | LI ZHENHUA | |||
Position: | Chairman of the Board | |||
Nationality: | Chinese |
(c) | Dongfeng Motor Corporation (DFM) |
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Dongfeng Motor Corporation or [Chinese characters] in Chinese is a state-owned enterprise with limited liability duly established and validly existing under the laws of the PRC whose registered address is at No. 1 Checheng Road, Shiyan, Hubei Province, PRC. The legal representative of DFM is: |
Name: | XU PING | |||
Position: | General Manager | |||
Nationality: | Chinese |
3.9 | In Article 2.2, the name of Robert E. Pollock shall be deleted and replaced with Phillip A. Rotman II. | |
3.10 | The second sentence of Article 3.1 shall be revised and replaced with the following: | |
The JVC shall be deemed to be duly established on the date set forth in the JVCs new business license issued by the SAIC (the Establishment Date) evidencing that DFL, Dongfeng Industry, DFM and Dana each holding a seventy-five and 23/100 percent (75.23%), ten and 96/100 percent (10.96%), nine and 81/100 (9.81%) and four percent (4%) equity interest in the JVC respectively. | ||
3.11 | References to DFL in Article 19.1, Article 19.5, Article 19.6 and section (ii) of Article 27.5(b) shall be deleted and replaced with DONGFENG. | |
3.12 | The third sentence of Article 3.3 shall be revised and replaced with the following: | |
The Parties, including Dongfeng Industry and DFM, shall share the profits and, subject to the above, bear the risks and losses in accordance with the ratio of their capital contributions as set out in Article 5.2. | ||
3.13 | Section (iii) of Article 4.2(b) shall be revised and replaced with pusher and tag. | |
3.14 | Article 5.1 shall be revised and replaced with the following: | |
The total investment amount of the JVC shall be Renminbi Seven Hundred and Eighty Million (RMB780,000,000). | ||
3.15 | Article 5.2 shall be revised and replaced with the following: | |
The registered capital of the JVC shall be Renminbi Five Hundred Million (RMB500,000,000), of which DFL shall contribute Renminbi Three Hundred Seventy Six Million and One Hundred Fifty Thousand (RMB376,150,000) accounting for seventy five and 23/100 percent (75.23%), Dongfeng Industry shall contribute Renminbi Fifty Four Million and Eight Hundred Thousand (RMB54,800,000) accounting for ten and 96/100 percent (10.96%), DFM shall contribute Renminbi Forty Nine Million and Fifty Thousand (RMB49,050,000) accounting for nine and 81/100 percent (9.81%), and DANA shall contribute Renminbi Twenty Million (RMB20,000,000) accounting for four percent (4.00%). | ||
3.16 | Article 5.3 shall be revised and replaced with the following: |
(a) | DFL shall contribute to the JVC seventy five and 23/100 percent (75.23%) of the registered capital of DAC, which has been subscribed and fully paid up by it as of the date hereof, representing seventy five and 23/100 percent (75.23%) of the |
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registered capital of the JVC. | |||
(b) | Dongfeng Industry shall contribute to the JVC ten and 96/100 percent (10.96%) of the registered capital of DAC, which has been subscribed and fully paid up by it as of the date hereof, representing ten and 96/100 percent (10.96%) of the registered capital of the JVC. | ||
(c) | DFM shall contribute to the JVC nine and 81/100 percent (9.81%) of the registered capital of DAC, which has been subscribed and fully paid up by it as of the date hereof, representing nine and 81/100 percent (9.81%) of the registered capital of the JVC. | ||
(d) | DANA shall contribute to the JVC four percent (4.00%) of the registered capital of DAC, which DANA has acquired from DFL pursuant to the SPA (as supplemented by the Agreement) and which has been subscribed and fully paid up by DFL as of the date hereof, representing four percent (4.00%) of the registered capital of the JVC. |
3.17 | The figure 50% in Article 5.4(b) shall revised and replaced with 4.00%. | |
In the second paragraph, the word the before DFL Representations and Warranties shall be deleted. | ||
3.18 | Article 5.5 shall be revised and replaced with the following: | |
The obligations of DFL, Dongfeng Industry and DFM with respect to their respective capital contributions to the JVC shall be deemed fully discharged on the Completion Date. DANAs obligation with respect to its capital contributions to the JVC shall be deemed fully discharged on the date which DANA has made full payment for the 4% equity interest in DAC in accordance with the terms and conditions of the Agreement. | ||
3.19 | Section (ii) and (iii) of Article 5.6 (c) shall be revised and replaced with the following: |
(ii) | Prior to the Completion Date, DANA and DFL will, based on recommendation from DANAs and DFLs financial team, set the targets for additional funding from the Parties for the first 2 years after the JVCs new business license has been issued; | ||
(iii) | Once the Board has decided that additional funding from the Parties are required, Dana and DFL shall provide funding to the JVC up to their pro rata shares of the aforesaid target by any of the following options (A) a shareholder loan to the JVC, (B) a parent guarantee supporting JVCs borrowing from any banks or financial institutions, or (C) a standby letter of credit. |
3.20 | Article 5.7 (a) shall be revised and replaced with the following: | |
Subject to the provisions of this Article 5.7, either Party may assign, sell or otherwise dispose of all or part of its registered capital contribution to the JVC to a third party, provided, however, that it first obtains the written consent of the other Party and the approval of the Approval Authority if required. | ||
3.21 | The following paragraph shall be inserted as Article 5.7(f): | |
Notwithstanding any provisions to the contrary, neither Dongfeng Industry nor DFM shall |
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transfer its corresponding equity interest in the registered capital of the JVC, in whole or in part, to any third party other than an Affiliate. |
3.22 | The following paragraph shall be inserted as Article 5.8(b): | |
For the purposes of this Article 5.8 and only during the Interim Period, an Affiliate, in relation to either Dongfeng Industry or DFM, shall mean DFL only. | ||
3.23 | The phrase or by the Chairman alone during the Interim Period, shall be inserted after the wording Vice-Chairman of the Board in the second sentence of Article 5.9. | |
3.24 | Section (iv) of Article 5.11 (a) shall be deleted and the sequencing of the original section (v) to (xi) of Article 5.11 (a) shall be adjusted accordingly. | |
3.25 | The following shall be inserted as Article 5.11 (b): | |
All of the Ancillary Contracts mentioned above have been executed on the same date this Amendment is signed. | ||
3.26 | The original Article 5.11 (b) shall become Article 5.11 (c). | |
3.27 | The following paragraph shall be inserted as Article 5.12: | |
5.12 Purchase of an Additional 46% Equity Interest in the JVC | ||
Provided that Dana acquired the 4% equity interest from DFL prior to 30 June 2007, after April 1, 2008 but within the Interim Period, Dana will purchase, and DFL, Dongfeng Industry and DFM will sell in one lump sum an additional 46% equity interest in the JVC (the Additional Equity Interest), which is composed of a 25.23% equity interest in the JVC held by DFL, a 10.96% equity interest in the JVC held by Dongfeng Industry, and a 9.81% equity interest in the JVC held by DFM, if all of the following events have occurred: |
(a) | The Additional Equity Interest will be free and clear from any Encumbrance (as defined in the SPA); | ||
(b) | All of the requisite PRC governmental approvals and/or legal procedures for the purchase by Dana of the Additional Equity Interest from DFL, Dongfeng Industry and DFM have been obtained and/or completed; | ||
(c) | The appraised value of the Additional Equity Interest is within 18% plus or minus of RMB 446,200,000. Otherwise, the Parties will discuss and find a solution that will be mutually acceptable to the Parties. | ||
(d) | Both the income method and the replacement cost method will be used to appraise the value of the Additional Equity Interest. Subject to Article 5.12(C) above, the higher value derived from the appraisal using either of these two methods will be the transaction price for the Additional Equity Interest. |
At the completion of the purchase by Dana of the Additional Equity Interest as set out in this Article 5.12, this Contract shall be further amended to incorporate all of the original terms and conditions of the JV Contract, which have been amended by this Contract, to reflect the then 50:50 equity ratio of the Parties in the JVC. The Parties shall then execute the Final Closing Agreement in accordance with the terms and conditions set forth in the Schedule 1 attached hereto and take all necessary actions to obtain approvals and give effect thereto. |
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3.28 | The wording new shall be inserted before the wording business license in Section (iii) of Article 6.1 (a). | |
3.29 | Article 6.1 (h) shall be revised and replaced with the following: | |
assist expatriate personnel of DANA CORPORATION or its Affiliates and the JVC in handling the necessary procedures for entry visas, work permits and travelling arrangements, and to assist the JVC in arranging appropriate housing for expatriate employees of the JVC, and hotel accommodations for foreign personnel on temporary assignment to the JVC; | ||
3.30 | The wording traveling in Article 6.2 (f) shall be revised and replaces with travelling. | |
3.31 | The last sentence of Article 8.6(b) shall be revised and replaced with the following: | |
DFL shall remain liable for any and all asbestos claims until ten (10) years after January 1, 2006, after which date DFL shall no longer be liable therefor. | ||
3.32 | Article 9.1 shall be revised and replaced with the following: | |
DFL shall purchase from the JVC and cause its Affiliates to purchase from the JVC subject to QCDD the Commercial Vehicle, specialty vehicle and light vehicle axle products required by them and which the JVC can supply, **** . | ||
3.33 | The wording in the same matter as what the JVC has agreed under the Long Term Supply Agreement in Article 9.2(b) shall be deleted. | |
3.34 | Article 9.2(f) shall be deleted. | |
3.35 | Article 9.6 (a) shall be revised and replaced with the following: | |
Both DANA and DFL undertake that, as soon as the JVC has been established, the JVC shall start to establish a R&D Center for the Products (the R&D Center), which belongs to the JVC and will be independent of the Parties. | ||
3.36 | Article 9.6 (e) shall be revised and replaced with the following: |
(e) | Both DANA and DFL confirm the target dates for the establishment of the R&D Center in stages as follows: |
(i) | Within 2 years after the Completion Date, all initial hardware of the R&D Center shall be set up; initial staffing shall be completed; and the R&D Center shall be operational; | ||
(ii) | By 2012, the basic functions of the R&D Center shall be established; the focus of the R&D Center shall be to ensure that the Products are competitive in the PRC market; | ||
(iii) | Following 2012, the R&D Center shall endeavor to become the industrial leader with regard to the technical aspects of the Products. |
3.37 | The wording Parties in Article 9.6 (f) shall be revised and replaced with DANA and DFL. | |
3.38 | The first sentence of Article 9.11 shall be revised and replaced with the following: |
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The JVC board will periodically review the progress of DANA CORPORATION in meeting its objectives and obligations of providing technology, technical support, and other support in connection with the JVCs establishment of the R&D Center, in accordance with the provisions of this Contract, the Technology License Contract and Technical Assistance Contract. |
3.39 | The wording thirty in Article 10.5 (c) shall be deleted and replaced with third. | |
3.40 | Article 11.1 shall be revised and replaced with the following: | |
During the Interim Period, the composition of the Board shall be based on the second paragraph of Article 11.2(a) below. | ||
3.41 | The following shall be inserted as the second paragraph of Article 11.2 (a): | |
Notwithstanding any provisions to the contrary in the preceding paragraph, during the Interim Period: |
(i) | The Board shall consist of eight (8) directors, among which, four (4) directors, including the Chairman, shall be appointed by DFL, one (1) director shall be appointed by Dongfeng Industry, one (1) director shall be appointed by DFM and the other two (2) directors shall be appointed by Dana; and | ||
(ii) | the JVC will not establish the position of Vice Chairman. |
3.42 | The following sentences shall be inserted after Section (v) of Article 11.3(a): |
(vi) | change or amend the profit distribution policy set forth in Article 16.7; and | ||
(vii) | any investment in any other company. |
3.43 | In Article 11.3(c), section (ix) shall be deleted; section (xvii) shall be deleted and replaced with the following: |
(xviii) | the matter set out in Article 9.11 above; |
The sequencing of the original Section (x) to (xvi) of Article 11.3(c) shall be adjusted accordingly. |
3.44 | The following shall be inserted as the last paragraph of Article 11.3: | |
Notwithstanding any provisions to the contrary, during the Interim Period, decisions of the Board involving the aforementioned matters set out in this Article 11.3(c) above shall require the approval of a simple majority of all members of the Board present at the meeting (in person or by proxy). | ||
3.45 | Article 11.4(b) shall be revised and replaced with: | |
If the Chairman grants authorization or is unable to perform his or her responsibilities due to health reasons only, the Vice Chairman, or, during the Interim Period, a director authorized by the Chairman, may act in his or her place to perform his or her responsibilities. | ||
3.46 | The phrase with at least one (1) director from DFL and Dana respectively shall be inserted in Article 11.5 (b) after the wording Board directors. |
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3.47 | Section (iv) of Article 11.5(c) shall be revised and replaced with the following: | |
each director, including the Chairman and Vice-Chairman (if such a position has been established), shall have only one (1) vote with no deciding vote in case of a tie. | ||
3.48 | Article 11.5(d) shall be revised and replaced with the following: | |
Upon the written request of three (3) or more directors (which shall specify the matters to be discussed), the Chairman (or the Vice Chairman, or, during the Interim Period, a director authorized by the Chairman, if the Chairman grants authorization or is unable to perform his or her responsibilities due to health reasons only) shall convene an interim meeting of the Board within three (3) months of the written request for such interim meeting. | ||
3.49 | Article 11.5(e) shall be revised and replaced with: | |
If the Chairman of the Board does not call a meeting according to Articles 11.4(a) and 11.5(d), the Vice-Chairman or, during the Interim Period, a director authorized by the Chairman, shall be entitled to call and preside over the Board meeting. | ||
3.50 | The first sentence of Article 11.5(k) shall be revised and replaced with: | |
If at any properly convened Board meeting, no quorum is constituted because less than six (6) directors are present in person or by proxy or because no director appointed by DFL or Dana is present in person or by proxy, the directors present at this Board meeting (Original Board Meeting) shall call a second Board meeting (Second Board Meeting). | ||
3.51 | The phrase (if such a position has been established) shall be inserted both in the second sentence of Article 11.5 (m) and in the last sentence of Article 11.5 (p) after the wording Vice-Chairman. | |
3.52 | The following shall be inserted as the last sentence of Article 12.1(a): | |
As a general matter, neither Dongfeng Industry nor DFM will be involved in the daily management and operations of the JVC. | ||
3.53 | The wording advices in the section (i) of Article 12.1(c) shall be deleted and replaced with advice. | |
3.54 | The following shall be inserted as the last paragraph of the section(ii) of Article 12.1(d): | |
Notwithstanding any provisions to the contrary, during the Interim Period: | ||
- if the Board deems it necessary to engage a Deputy General Manager in charge of finance, DFL will have the right to nominate the candidate for such a position to be approved and appointed by the Board as provided in the Amendment to the Contract. The Parties acknowledge and agree that the performances of both the current General Manager and the current Deputy General Manager in charge of engineering have been satisfactory for the past year. As such, the Parties agree that, during the Interim Period, the current General Manager and the current Deputy General Manager will be engaged to continue perform their respective roles as the General Manager and Deputy General Manager in charge of engineering of the Company so long as their respective | ||
performance remains reasonably satisfactory to the Parties. | ||
- if the General Manager or the Deputy General Manager in charge of engineering could no |
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longer serve the Company due to any reason, DANA and DFL agree to communicate with each other to work together to agree on the nomination of the replacement candidate for appointment by the Board. | ||
3.55 | The phrase (if such a position has been established) shall be inserted in Article 12.1 (g) after the wording Vice-Chairman. | |
3.56 | The wording the shall be inserted in the first sentence of Article 15.2(b) after the wording as of. | |
3.57 | The wording DANA CORPORTION in the last sentence of Article 16.3(b) shall be replaced with DANA CORPORATIONS. | |
3.58 | The following shall be inserted as Article 16.3(e): | |
During the Interim Period, Dongfeng Industry and DFM shall have full access to monthly operational reports, quarterly financial reports, audited financial reports and such other reports to be prepared by the management of the JVC and distributed to DFL and DANA. | ||
3.59 | The wording oversees in the second sentence of Article 16.4 shall be deleted and replaced with oversee. | |
3.60 | Article 16.5(a) shall be revised and replaced with the following: |
(a) | The Board will consult with all parties, including DFM and Dongfeng Industry, regarding the engagement of an internationally recognized and PRC qualified accounting firm to be the JVCs auditor and to examine and verify the JVCs financial accounting prior to engagement of such auditor, and after this consultation will engage such auditor. The scope of audit performed by the JVCs auditor will comply with Chinese GAAP. The auditor will prepare a separate report complying with the US GAAP which is converted from the report complying Chinese GAAP. The results of the auditors examination will be reported to the Board and the General Manager. The JVC shall submit to the Parties (including Dongfeng Industry and DFM during the Interim Period) and to each director the audited annual accounts within the shortest time period practicable after the end of the fiscal year (subject to the stipulated time table for issuing the audit report by the auditor jointly engaged by the Parties), together with the audit report of the auditor. All Parties (including Dongfeng Industry and DFM during the Interim Period) will be provided with the first draft of the report and shall have the right to communicate with the auditor in relation to such report. The JVC shall pay the cost of the audit. |
3.61 | The wording (including Dongfeng Industry and DFM during the Interim Period) shall be inserted after the wording Party in the first sentence of Article 16.5(b). | |
3.62 | The following shall be inserted as Article 16.6(C): | |
Notwithstanding the above provisions, during the Interim Period, the JVC will not allocate the reserve fund and the enterprise development fund. | ||
3.63 | Article 16.7(a) shall be revised and replaced with the following: | |
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3.64 | Article 16.7(b) shall be revised and replaced with the following: |
(i) | **** | ||
(ii) | **** | ||
(iii) | **** |
3.65 | The first paragraph of Article 16.7(f) shall be revised and replaced with the following: |
Distributable profits shall be calculated in RMB. The JVC shall pay DFL, Dongfeng Industry and DFM any dividend to be distributed to them in RMB and shall pay DANA any dividend to be distributed to DANA in US$. The JVC shall, at the request of DANA, convert any RMB dividend to be distributed to DANA into US$ and remit the same out of China in accordance with the then applicable regulations governing the payment of foreign exchange. | ||
3.66 | The last sentence of Article 16.8(c) shall be revised and replaced with the following: | |
For the avoidance of doubt, any payment by DFL to the JVC for the purchase of any axle products shall be made in accordance with the current practice applied by the Parties at the time of signing this Contract. | ||
3.67 | The first sentence of Article 17.2(b) shall be revised and replaced with the following: | |
Unless otherwise specified in this Contract or in contracts entered into by the JVC, all payments by the JVC to DANA or DANA CORPORATION and to any expatriate employees of the JVC shall be made in US$, or in another freely convertible currency as DANA or DANA CORPORATION or such expatriate employees may determine, and all payments by the JVC to DFL, Dongfeng Industry and DFM as well as to PRC enterprises or nationals shall be made in RMB. |
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3.68 | Article 19.1 shall be revised and replaced with the following: | |
19.1 Representations and Warranties of DONGFENG | ||
Each of DFL, Dongfeng Industry and DFM represents and warrants the following: |
(a) | It is a limited liability company duly established and validly existing as a legal person under the laws of the PRC; | ||
(b) | It has full legal right, power and authority to execute this Contract and all contracts and documents referred to in this Contract to which it is a party, and to observe and perform its obligations under this Contract and those contracts and documents; | ||
(c) | Its representative whose signature is affixed hereto and to all contracts and documents referred to in this Contract to which it is a party, has been fully authorized to sign this Contract and those contracts and documents pursuant to a valid power of attorney, a copy of which has been provided to DANA; and | ||
(d) | It has obtained all consents, approvals, authorizations and taken all other actions necessary to validly execute this Contract and all of the contracts and documents referred to in this Contract to which it is a party and to observe and perform its obligations under this Contract and those contracts and documents. |
3.69 | The wording amended in shall be deleted and replaced with new in Article 22.1(a). | |
3.70 | The phrase (except as otherwise disclosed by a Party to the other Party at the time of entering into this Amendment) shall be inserted in Article 23.1(d) after the wording bankrupt. | |
3.71 | The following shall be inserted as Article 23.3(b): |
(b) | In the event that the acquisition by Dana of the Additional Equity Interest fails to be implemented in accordance with the provisions of Article 5.12 above, DFL has the right to determine whether to buy out the 4% equity interest held by Dana. The price for such buy-out of the equity interest by DFL shall be an amount equal to the price that DANA paid to DFL to purchase such 4% equity interest. The Parties undertake that the Parties will take all necessary actions to make sure that such buy out of the 4% equity interest by DFL will be completed within sixty (60) days after DFL makes such decision. | ||
If DFL decides not to buy out such equity interest and DANA continues to hold a 4% equity interest in the JVC, the JVC shall continue to receive a license from DANA to use the technology and know-how licensed under the Technology and Know-How License Contract and pay royalties in accordance with the terms and conditions thereunder, provided that such a license shall be on a non-exclusive basis. | |||
If DFL decides to buy out such equity interest and DANA no longer holds a 4% equity interest in the JVC, the principles outlined in Article 23.3(a) above shall apply to the basis on which the JVC or the Successor to the JVC may continue to use the technology and know-how licensed under the Technology and Know-How License Contract in accordance with the terms and conditions thereunder, provided that such a license shall be on a non-exclusive basis. Under this circumstance, the |
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JVC or the Successor to the JVC shall only pay royalties for the Licensed Product during the Interim Period pursuant to the Technology and Know-How License Contract. For the Other Products defined in the Technology and Know-How License Contract, the JVC or the Successor to the JVC shall not be liable to pay any royalties. To the extent that any such royalty has been paid in relation to the Other Products, the Parties shall procure its refund. | |||
Regardless of whether DFL buys out the equity interest held by Dana in accordance with this Article, the Parties shall amend the relevant documents on the basis of this Article and take necessary actions to give effect to such amendment. |
3.72 | The reference to (b)(i) and (b)(ii) in the last paragraph of Article 23.3 shall be revised and replaced with (a)(i) and (a)(ii). | |
3.73 | Section (iii) of Article 27.4(a) shall be deleted and the sequencing of the original section (iv) to (vi) of Article 27.4(a) shall be adjusted accordingly. | |
3.74 | Article 27.5(b) shall be revised and replaced with the following: | |
DFL may assign its rights and responsibilities under this Contract and any agreements entered into pursuant to this Contract to subsidiary of DFL (DFL Assignee) in which DFL has at least a fifty-one percent equity interest and full management control, provided that DFL guarantees the faithful performance of DFL Assignee of all terms of the assigned contract and agreements. | ||
3.75 | The following shall be inserted as Article 27.5(c): | |
Dongfeng Industry and DFM may assign their respective rights and responsibilities under this Contract and any agreements entered into pursuant to this Contract to DFL only and not to any other party. | ||
3.76 | Article 29(a) shall be revised and replaced with the following: | |
This Contract is written in a Chinese version and in an English version in eight (8) originals each. Both language versions shall be equally authentic. DFL, Dongfeng Industry, DFM, the Company and DANA shall each keep one (1) original in each language. The remaining originals shall be submitted, as necessary, to governmental authorities. | ||
3.77 | Section (6) of Article 30.1(a) shall be deleted and the sequencing of the original section (7) to (13) of Article 30.1(a) shall be adjusted accordingly. | |
3.78 | The first sentence of Article 30.2(a) shall be revised and replaced with the following: | |
The Approval Authority for this Contract is the Department of Commerce of Hubei Province. | ||
3.79 | The following shall be inserted in Article 30.6(b) after the contact information of DFL: | |
To Dongfeng Industry: |
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3.80 | The contact information of Dana in Article 30.6(b) shall be revised and replaced with the following: |
To DANA: |
3.81 | The signing page shall be revised and replaced with the following: | |
This Contract is signed in Shanghai, PRC by the duly authorized representatives of DFL, Dongfeng Industry, DFM and DANA on this 14th of March 2007. |
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3.82 | A Form Final Closing Agreement shall be attached at the end hereof. |
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4. | Conflict with the JV Contract | |
The Parties hereby agree that if and to the extent that any provisions of the JV Contract conflict with the provisions of this Amendment, the provisions of this Amendment shall prevail. | ||
5. | Effective Date | |
This Amendment shall become effective upon the approval by the Approval Authority. |
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/s/ Ouyang Jie
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DONGFENG (SHIYAN) INDUSTRIAL COMPANY |
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/s/ Chen Yaodong
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DONGFENG MOTOR CORPORATION |
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(1) | DONGFENG MOTOR CO., LTD., a Sino-Japanese equity joint venture with limited liability duly established and validly existing under the laws the Peoples Republic of China whose registered address is at 84 Baiye Road, Wuhan Economic Development Zone, Wuhan, Hubei Province, Peoples Republic of China (DFL). The legal representative of DFL is Xu Ping, a national of the PRC, who holds the position of chairman of the board. | |
(2) | DONGFENG (SHIYAN) INDUSTRIAL COMPANY, a company with limited liability duly established and validly existing under the laws the Peoples Republic of China whose registered address is at No. 66 Gongyuan Road, Shiyan, Hubei Province, Peoples Republic of China (Dongfeng Industry). The legal representative of Dongfeng Industry is Li Zhenhua, a national of the PRC, who holds the position of chairman of the board. | |
(3) | DONGFENG MOTOR CORPORATION, a state-owned enterprise with limited liability duly established and validly existing under the laws the Peoples Republic of China whose registered address is at No. 1 Checheng Road, Shiyan, Hubei Province, Peoples Republic of China (DFM). The legal representative of DFM is Xu Ping, a national of the PRC, who holds the position of general manager. | |
(4) | DANA MAURITIUS LIMITED, a company with limited liability duly established and validly existing under the laws of the Republic of Mauritius whose principal place of business is at Level 6, One Cathedral Square, Pope Hennessy Street, Port Louis, Mauritius (Dana). The legal representative of Dana is Phillip A. Rotman II, a national of the United States of America, who holds the position of Director. |
(A) | Dongfeng Dana Axle Co., Ltd. (Business License Registration Number 4206001330066) is a joint venture company of limited liability owned by DFL, Dongfeng Industry DFM and Dana, which is duly established and validly existing under the laws of the Peoples Republic of China with its registered address at 10th Floor, Torch Building, Hi-Tech Industry Development Zone, Xiangfan, Hubei Province, PRC (the Company). | |
(B) | DFL, Dongfeng Industry, DFM and Dana entered into a Partial Closing Agreement (the PCA) on March 14, 2007 to amend the SPA. It was contemplated under the PCA that Dana would purchase 4% of the entire equity interests in the Company held by DFL. Meanwhile, DFL, Dongfeng Industry, DFM and Dana entered into an Amendment to the Equity Joint Venture Contract (the original Joint Venture Contract and such amendment are collectively referred to as the Contract). | |
(C) | Upon friendly consultations, the Parties contemplate that Dana would purchase ten point nine six percent (10.96%) of the equity interest in the Company held by Dongfeng Industry, nine point eight one percent (9.81%) of the equity interest in the Company held by DFM, and an additional twenty five point two three percent (25.23%) equity interest in the Company held by DFL (collectively the Transferred Equity), on the basis of an appraised value agreed by the Parties. |
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(D) | Upon the completion of the sale and purchase by Dana of the Transferred Equity, being forty six percent (46%) equity interest in the Company pursuant to this Agreement, DFL and Dana will each hold a fifty percent (50%) equity interest therein. | |
(E) | It is contemplated that the Parties shall complete the transfer of the Transferred Equity based on the terms and conditions set out in this Agreement. |
1. | Definitions and Interpretation | |
1.1 | Unless the context otherwise requires, the defined words and expressions used in this Agreement shall have the following meanings: | |
Affiliates mean, in relation to any Party, any enterprise, corporation, partnership, trust or other entity directly or indirectly controlling or controlled by or under direct or indirect common control with that Party; control for the purposes of this definition being taken to mean direct ownership of fifty percent (50%) or more of the registered capital, stocks or the voting rights of such enterprise or entity; | ||
Agreement means this Final Closing Agreement; | ||
Approval Authority means the Department of Commerce of Hubei Province; | ||
Business Day means a day (other than a Saturday or Sunday) on which banks generally are open in the United States of America and the PRC for the transaction of normal banking business; | ||
Company has the meaning as defined in Recital (A) of this Agreement; | ||
Completion has the meaning as defined in Clause 4.1 of this Agreement; | ||
Completion Date has the meaning as defined in Clause 2.4 of this Agreement; | ||
Contract has the meaning as defined in Recital (D) of this Agreement; | ||
DFL means Dongfeng Motor Co., Ltd.; | ||
DFM means Dongfeng Motor Corporation; | ||
Dongfeng Industry means Dongfeng (Shiyan) Industrial Company; | ||
Dana means Dana Mauritius Limited; | ||
Encumbrance means any mortgage, pledge, lien, charge, encumbrance, assignment, hypothecation, priority, security interest, option, warrant, title retention, preferential right, trust arrangement, security agreement or arrangement, or other third party claims or rights (including rights of pre-emption) of any nature whatsoever; | ||
HKIAC means the Hong Kong International Arbitration Center; | ||
Party means DFL, Dongfeng Industry, DFM or Dana; and Parties means DFL, Dongfeng Industry, DFM and Dana; |
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PCA has the meaning as defined in Recital (B) of this Agreement; | ||
PRC means the Peoples Republic of China (but excluding, for the purposes of this Agreement, Hong Kong, Taiwan and Macao); | ||
SAIC means the State Administration for Industry and Commerce, or its provincial or local branch in Hubei Province, as appropriate; | ||
Transferred Equity has the meaning as defined in Recital (E) of this Agreement. | ||
1.2 | Headings are inserted for convenience only and shall not affect the construction of this Agreement. | |
2. | Equity Transfer and Consideration | |
2.1 | The Parties agree that DFL, Dongfeng Industry and DFM will transfer and Dana will acquire the Transferred Equity free from any Encumbrance and together with all rights attached thereto pursuant to the terms and conditions of this Agreement. | |
2.2 | Each of DFL, Dongfeng Industry and DFM hereby consents to the transfer of the Transferred Equity (in relation to the portion of Transferred Equity not held by itself) and provides Dana with their respective waiver for the exercise of their first right of refusal with regard to such Transferred Equity. | |
2.3 | The consideration payable for the Transferred Equity shall be [Appraised Price] in accordance with Article 5.12 of the Contract as amended. Such payment shall be made available to DFL , Dongfeng Industry and DFM (in proportion to their equity interest ratio in the Transferred Equity) within ten (10) Business Days after the date that the Approval Authority has approved the transfer of the forty six percent (46%) equity interest in the Company with the letter of approval and the approval certificate indicating DFL and Danas respective shareholding as fifty percent (50%) and fifty percent (50%), and otherwise containing terms not inconsistent with the Parties intention, and that SAIC has issued a new business license to the Company on this basis (the date of such payment shall hereinafter be referred to as the Completion Date). | |
3. | Lapse of Agreement | |
The Parties agree that, if the equity transfer contemplated hereunder has not been approved and become effective on or before the end of the three-year period which commences from the date that the new business license is issued reflecting the transfer of the 4% equity interest in the Company as contemplated in the PCA or such later date as the Parties mutually agree in writing from time to time, this Agreement shall automatically terminate in which case none of the Parties shall have any claim of any nature whatsoever against any other Party(ies) under this Agreement (save in respect of any rights and liabilities of the Parties which have accrued before termination). | ||
4. | Completion | |
4.1 | The Parties agree that completion of the Transferred Equity shall take place as of the Completion Date (the Completion). | |
4.2 | The following list of documents shall be delivered to Dana within five working days after Completion: |
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(i) | the approval reply and the approval certificate issued by the Approval Authority approving (i) the acquisition of the Transferred Equity by Dana pursuant to this Agreement, (ii) the Amendment to the Equity Joint Venture Contract, (iii) the amendment to the articles of association, and (iv) DFL holding fifty percent (50%) of the registered capital of the Company and Dana holding fifty percent (50%) of the registered capital of the Company; | ||
(ii) | a new business license for the Company issued by SAIC or its local branches which characterises the Company as a Sino-foreign equity joint venture with DFL and Dana each holding fifty percent (50%) equity interest in the Company respectively; | ||
(iii) | evidence that four (4) Dana appointees and four (4) DFL appointees have been registered with SAIC or its local branch as constituting the entire board of directors of the Company; | ||
(iv) | the Amendment to the Equity Joint Venture Contract and the amendment to the articles of association signed by all Parties; | ||
(v) | a letter of appointment duly executed by DFL in the agreed form appointing four (4) individuals to the board of directors of the Company; and | ||
(vi) | powers of attorney of DFL, Dongfeng Industry and DFM authorising the execution of this Agreement and other relevant agreements. |
5. | Post-Completion Undertaking | |
DFL , DFM and Dongfeng Industry agree and undertakes with Dana that as soon as practicable and in any event within ten (10) Business Days after Dana makes full payment of the Transferred Equity to DFL, DFM and Dongfeng Industry; DFL, DFM and Dongfeng Industry shall cause the chairman of the board of directors of the Company to promptly issue an investment certificate to Dana confirming its fifty percent (50%) equity interest in the Company, provided that the Company has obtained the corresponding verification report from its accountant. | ||
6. | Right to Terminate | |
DFL and Dana may, at any time prior to the Completion Date, terminate this Agreement if any governmental authority does not ratify the purchase price agreed by the Parties after the Parties enter into this Agreement, which is within 18% plus or minus of RMB 446,200,000, in which case either Party may terminate this Agreement. | ||
7. | Entire Agreement | |
This Agreement sets out the entire agreement and understanding between the Parties in respect of the sale and purchase of the Transferred Equity. This Agreement supersedes all prior agreements, understandings or arrangements (whether oral or written) relating to the sale and purchase of the Transferred Equity. It is agreed that: |
(A) | no Party has entered into this Agreement in reliance upon any statement, representation, warranty or undertaking of any other Party other than those expressly set out or referred to in this Agreement; |
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(B) | save for any such liability as a Party has under or in respect of any breach of this Agreement or any other agreement or document referred to in this Agreement, no Party shall owe any duty of care, nor have any liability in tort or otherwise, to any other Party or any other person in respect of, arising out of, or in any way relating to the transaction contemplated by this Agreement; and | ||
(C) | the Parties confirm that for the purchase by Dana of the Transferred Equity from DFL, Dongfeng Industry and DFM, DFL, Dongfeng Industry and DFM shall not be obliged to make any representations, undertakings or warranties other than those contained in this Agreement, nor be liable for any claims raised by Dana relating to the Transferred Equity. |
8. | Variation | |
8.1 | No variation of this Agreement shall be valid unless it is in writing and signed by or on behalf of each of the Parties to it. The expression variation shall include any variation, supplement, deletion or replacement however effected. | |
8.2 | Unless expressly agreed, no variation shall constitute a general waiver of any provisions of this Agreement, nor shall it affect any rights, obligations or liabilities under or pursuant to this Agreement which have already accrued up to the date of variation, and the rights and obligations of the Parties under or pursuant to this Agreement shall remain in full force and effect, except and only to the extent that they are so varied. | |
9. | Assignment | |
9.1 | None of the Parties hereunder shall nor shall it purport to assign, transfer, charge or otherwise deal with all or any of its rights under this Agreement, nor grant, declare, create or dispose of any right or interest in it without the prior written consent of the other Parties. | |
9.2 | Any purported assignment in contravention of this Clause 9 shall be void. | |
10. | Announcements | |
Each Party hereby undertakes that it shall not and shall procure that each of its Affiliates, directors, officers and employees shall not at any time make any public announcement or circular or disclosure in connection with the existence or subject matter of this Agreement without the prior written approval of the other Parties hereto (such approval not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed); to the extent any public announcement, circular or disclosure in connection with the existence or subject matter of this Agreement is required to be made by any of the Parties pursuant to any applicable law or stock exchange requirements, the Parties shall, to the maximum extent permitted under applicable laws and stock exchange requirements, fully consult each other to agree on the scope and substance of the required disclosure. | ||
11. | Confidentiality | |
11.1 | DFL undertakes to Dana that save as required by applicable law or stock exchange requirements each of them shall not and shall procure that each of its directors, officers and employees shall not at any time, save with the prior consent in writing of Dana, divulge or communicate to any person other than to directors, officers, employees or professional advisers of Dana any secret or confidential information concerning the Company or any customer or client or business of the Company. |
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11.2 | Dana hereby undertakes to DFL that save as required by applicable law or stock exchange requirements it and its Affiliates shall not and shall procure that each of its directors, officers and employees shall not at any time save with the prior consent in writing of DFL divulge or communicate to any person other than to its directors, officers, employees or professional advisers any secret or confidential information concerning the Company or any customer or client or business of the Company. | |
11.3 | The restrictions contained in Clauses 11.1 and 11.2 above shall cease to apply in the event that such information comes into the public domain (other than through any unauthorised disclosure by DFL or Dana) or disclosure of such information is required by law or any court or tribunal. If disclosure of such information is required by law or any court or tribunal, then any of the Parties so required to disclose such information shall promptly inform and consult with all the other Parties before taking any actions to make any disclosures as required. | |
12. | Severability | |
If any provision of this Agreement is held to be invalid or unenforceable, then such provision shall (so far as it is invalid or unenforceable) be given no effect and shall be deemed not to be included in this Agreement but without invalidating any of the remaining provisions of this Agreement. The Parties shall then use all reasonable endeavours to replace the invalid or unenforceable provisions by a valid and enforceable substitute provision the effect of which is as close as possible to the intended effect of the invalid or unenforceable provision. | ||
13. | Counterparts | |
This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts and by the Parties to it on separate counterparts, each of which is an original but all of which together constitute one and the same instrument. | ||
14. | Waivers | |
14.1 | No failure or delay by any Party in exercising any right or remedy provided by law under or pursuant to this Agreement shall impair such right or remedy or operate or be construed as a waiver or variation of it or preclude its exercise at any subsequent time and no single or partial exercise of any such right or remedy shall preclude any other or further exercise of it or the exercise of any other right or remedy. | |
14.2 | The rights and remedies of any Party under or pursuant to this Agreement are cumulative, may be exercised as often as such Party considers appropriate and are in addition to its rights and remedies under general law. | |
15. | Further Assurance | |
Each Party agrees to perform (or procure the performance, by its duly authorised representatives) all further acts and things, and execute and deliver (or procure the execution and delivery of) such further documents, as may be required by law or as any other Party may reasonably require, whether on or after Completion, to implement and/or give effect to this Agreement and the transaction contemplated hereunder and for the purpose of vesting in such Party the full benefit of the assets, rights and benefits to be transferred to or conferred on such Party under this Agreement. |
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16. | Notices | |
16.1 | Any notice or other communication to be given by one Party to the other Parties under, or in connection with, this Agreement shall be in writing and signed by or on behalf of the Party giving it. It shall be served by sending it by pre-paid recorded express courier delivery to the address set out in Article 30.6(b) of the Contract and marked for the attention of the relevant Party set out in Article 30.6(b) of the Contract (or as otherwise notified from time to time). Any notice so served by express courier shall be deemed to have been duly given at 10:00am on the seven (7th) Business Day following the date of posting. | |
16.2 | References to time in this Clause are to local time in the country of the addressee. | |
16.3 | A Party may notify the other Parties to this Agreement of a change to its name, relevant addressee, or address for the purposes of this Clause 16, provided that, such notice shall only be effective on: |
(A) | the date specified in the notice as the date on which the change is to take place; or | ||
(B) | if no date is specified or the date specified is less than five (5) Business Days after the date on which notice is given, the date following five (5) Business Days after notice of any change has been given. |
17. | Execution and Effectiveness | |
17.1 | This Agreement shall be executed by the duly authorised representatives of the Parties hereto and shall come into force after signing. | |
17.2 | The Parties confirm that the Sale and Purchase Agreement entered into by DFL, Dongfeng Industry, DFM and Dana on March 10, 2005 has been terminated on March 31, 2008. | |
17.3 | Once this Agreement has been executed it shall then be submitted for approval by DFL to the Approval Authority along with the Amendment to the Equity Joint Venture Contract and the amendment to the articles of association. | |
18. | Governing law | |
The establishment, effectiveness, interpretation, amendment, performance and termination of this Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the PRC. To the extent there is no applicable PRC law, reference shall be made to international practices. | ||
19. | Settlement of disputes | |
19.1 | The Parties shall try to resolve any dispute, controversy or claim arising out of or in connection with this Agreement through friendly consultations between the Parties. But, if no settlement is reached within twenty (20) Business Days from the date one Party notifies the other Parties in writing of its intention to submit the dispute, controversy or claim to arbitration in accordance with this Clause, then any such dispute, controversy or claim arising out of or relating to this Agreement, or the breach, termination or invalidity thereof, shall be settled by arbitration by HKIAC in accordance with the UNCITRAL Arbitration Rules as at present in force and as may be amended by the rest of this Clause. The arbitration will be administered by HKIAC in accordance with HKIAC Procedures for |
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Arbitration in force at the date of this Agreement including additions to the UNCITRAL Arbitration Rules as are therein contained. |
19.2 | The place of arbitration shall be in Hong Kong at the Hong Kong International Arbitration Center. The arbitration proceedings will be conducted in English and Chinese. The arbitration panel will consist of three (3) members. Dana shall select one (1) arbitrator, and DFL, Dongfeng Industry and DFM shall jointly select one (1) arbitrator. The presiding arbitrator shall be selected by agreement between the arbitrators selected by the Parties or, failing agreement within ten (10) Business Days of the appointment of the two (2) Party-nominated arbitrators, by the Chairperson of the HKIAC. The presiding arbitrator shall not be a national of the PRC or the United States of America. The arbitration award shall be final and binding on the Parties, and the Parties agree to be bound thereby and to act accordingly. The costs of arbitration and the costs of enforcing the arbitration award (including witness expenses and reasonable attorneys fees) shall be borne by the losing Party(ies), unless otherwise determined by the arbitration award. | |
19.3 | In any arbitration proceeding, any legal proceeding to enforce any arbitration award and in any legal action between the Parties pursuant to or relating to this Agreement, each Party expressly waives any defence based on the fact or allegation that it is an agency or instrumentality of a sovereign state. | |
19.4 | Each Party shall continue to exercise its respective rights, and fulfill its obligations under this Agreement while a dispute is being resolved through arbitration, except for the matters in dispute. | |
19.5 | Any award of the arbitrators may be enforced by any court having jurisdiction over the Party against which the award has been rendered, or wherever assets of that Party are located, and shall be enforceable in accordance with the New York Convention on the Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Arbitral Awards (1958). | |
20. | Language | |
This Agreement is written in a Chinese version and in an English version in eight (8) originals each. Both language versions shall be equally authentic. Each of DFL, Dongfeng Industry, DFM, the Company and Dana shall each keep one (1) original in each language. The remaining originals shall be submitted, as necessary, to the governmental authorities. |
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(1) | THE COMPANIES LISTED IN SCHEDULE 1 | |
(2) | DANA MANUFACTURING GROUP PENSION SCHEME LIMITED | |
(3) | DANA UK PENSION SCHEME LIMITED | |
(4) | HOBOURN GROUP PENSION TRUST COMPANY LIMITED | |
(5) | Q. H. PENSION TRUSTEE LIMITED |
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TRANSFER OF SHARES IN RETAINED BUSINESSES | 7 | ||||
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RELEASE | 9 | ||||
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(1) | THE COMPANIES LISTED IN SCHEDULE 1 HERETO being various of the UK incorporated subsidiaries of Dana Corporation (Dana UK); | |
(2) | DANA MANUFACTURING GROUP PENSION SCHEME LIMITED, a company incorporated under the laws of England and Wales (Company Number: 03912079) and having its registered offices at the offices of Newsome Vaughan, Greyfriars House, Greyfriars Lane, Coventry, CV23 (the Dana Manufacturing Group Pension Scheme); | |
(3) | DANA UK PENSION SCHEME LIMITED, a company incorporated under the laws of England and Wales (Company Number: 03912064) and having its registered offices at the offices of Newsome Vaughan, Greyfriars House, Greyfriars Lane, Coventry, CV23 2GW (the Dana UK Pension Scheme); | |
(4) | HOBOURN GROUP PENSION TRUST COMPANY LIMITED, a company incorporated under the laws of England and Wales (Company Number: 01749069) and having its registered offices at the offices of Newsome Vaughan, Greyfriars House, Greyfriars Lane, Coventry, CV23 2GW (the Hobourn Group Pension Scheme); and | |
(5) | Q. H. PENSION TRUSTEE LIMITED, a company incorporated under the laws of England and Wales (Company Number: 01407197) and having its registered offices at the offices of Newsome Vaughan, Greyfriars House, Greyfriars Lane, Coventry, CV23 2GW (the QH Pension Plan). |
(A) | Certain UK incorporated companies within Dana UK have liabilities due to the Dana UK Pension Scheme, the Dana Manufacturing Group Pension Scheme, the Hobourn Group Pension Scheme and the QH Pension Plan (together, the Schemes) which they cannot meet in full, and whose insolvency will result in the short term unless there is a compromise of those liabilities. | |
(B) | Further to discussions between Dana Group, the Pensions Regulator, the PPF and the Schemes, it has been agreed that the liabilities due to the Schemes will be compromised in full and final settlement of those liabilities by way of: |
(i) | a transfer of all of the defined benefit pension liabilities of Dana UK except Dana UK 1 plc (as described in Schedule 1) to a newly incorporated company (the Company (as further defined below)); | ||
(ii) | entry by the QH Plan and Dana UK 1 plc into a withdrawal arrangement as more particularly described in Clause 5.1(F); | ||
(iii) | a compromise of the defined benefit pension liabilities of the Company by virtue of a Company Voluntary Arrangement as defined by section 1 of the Act (the CVA), a draft of which is attached at Schedule 3 to this Deed; | ||
(iv) | an issue of shares in the Retained Businesses to the Schemes; and |
(v) | a hive down of the Retained Businesses to new companies (the Hive Down). |
(C) | The arrangements contemplated herein including the Hive Down, and payment of monies and the issue of shares in the Retained Businesses to the Schemes will be conditional upon the receipt of Clearance from the Pensions Regulator (such Clearance has already been received) and upon receipt of satisfactory confirmation from the PPF that it will to the extent necessary vote in favour of the CVA. | |
(D) | It is anticipated that the Approval Date of the CVA will be on or around 11 April 2007. | |
(E) | The Parties enter into this Deed to confirm: |
(i) | the total amount to be paid by the Company under the CVA in compromise of all of the liabilities due to each of the Schemes; | ||
(ii) | the amount that each Scheme will receive under the CVA; | ||
(iii) | the structure of the CVA; | ||
(iv) | the Hive Down; | ||
(v) | the mechanism to issue the shares in the Retained Businesses to the Schemes. |
1. | DEFINITIONS AND INTERPRETATION | |
1.1 | Definitions | |
In this Deed: | ||
Act means the Insolvency Act 1986 (as amended) | ||
Agreed Sum means the amount of £47,500,000 | ||
Approval Date means either: |
(i) | the date being 28 days after which each of the reports required by section 4(6) of the Act have been made to Court in respect of the CVA, provided that no application has been filed at Court by that date under sections 4A or 6(3)(a) of the Act; or | ||
(ii) | in the event an application to the Court whether pursuant to and in accordance with sections 4A and/or 6 of the Act or otherwise is made before the date specified in (i) above: |
(A) | the date on which the Court makes a final order against which there is no right of appeal, the effect of which is that the Proposal shall become effective as the CVA; or | ||
(B) | in the absence of such a final order, the earlier of: |
(1) | the date of any dismissal or compromise of any such application which has the effect of allowing the Proposal to proceed to becoming effective as the CVA; and | ||
(2) | the first Business Day following the expiry of the specific time limit for appeal from the determination by the Court allowing the Proposal to proceed to become effective as the CVA |
Clearance means the Pension Regulator issuing the following notices to Dana UK or any associated or connected party (as defined in sections 435 and 249 of the Act) of Dana UK in relation to the transactions set out in or contemplated by this Deed: |
(i) | that it would not be reasonable to impose any liability on the Dana Group under a contribution notice issued under Section 38; and | ||
(ii) | that it would not be reasonable to impose the requirements of a financial support direction, in relation to the acts contemplated in this Deed, on the Dana Group |
Company means Shelfco 1882 Limited, a company incorporated under the laws of England and Wales (Company Number 06057554) and having its registered office at 21 Tudor Street, London, EC4Y 0DJ | ||
Dana Group means, except as specifically defined in relation to Clause 9 only, Dana Corporation, a corporation incorporated in Virginia, United States, with its principal executive offices located 4500 Dorr Street, Toledo, Ohio, United States and all or any of its direct or indirect subsidiaries or affiliates | ||
Escrow Agreement means the agreement between (1) DSEL (2) the Trustees and (3) Denton Wilde Sapte LLP in terms attached at Schedule 2 | ||
Party means a party hereto, collectively, Parties | ||
Pensions Regulator means the body established by Part 1 of the Pension Acts 2004 of Napier House, Trafalgar Place, Brighton, BN1 4DW | ||
Proposal means the proposal for the CVA in terms materially similar to those contained in the draft attached at Schedule 3 to this Deed | ||
PPF means the Pension Protection Fund, a body established by Part 2 of the Pensions Act 2004, of Knollys House, 17 Addiscombe Road, Croydon, Surrey, CR0 6SR | ||
PPF Side Letter means the letter in agreed terms from the PPF to the Company dated on or around the date of this Deed | ||
Retained Businesses means: |
(i) | the undertaking and business of the manufacture of light axles carried out primarily at premises located at Unit C, Electra Park, Electric Avenue, Witton, Birmingham B6 7JJ (Axle Business); and |
(ii) | the undertaking and business of the assembly of drive shafts carried out primarily at premises located at Magnolia House, Rutherford Drive, Park Farm South, Wellingborough NN8 6AQ (Driveshaft Business) |
Supervisors means Neville Barry Kahn and Nicholas James Dargan both of Deloitte & Touche LLP, 1 Stonecutter Court, Stonecutter Street, London, EC4A 4TR in their intended capacity as joint Supervisors of the Companys proposed CVA | ||
Trustees means the trustees of each of Dana Manufacturing Group Pension Scheme Limited, Dana UK Pension Scheme Limited, Hobourn Group Pension Trust Company Limited and Q.H. Pension Trustee Limited, individually a Trustee. |
1.2 | Clauses | |
In this Deed any reference to a Clause or a Schedule is, unless the context otherwise requires, a reference to a Clause or a Schedule to this Deed. | ||
2. | CONDITIONS PRECEDENT | |
2.1 | All obligations contained in this Deed are conditional upon: |
(A) | Clearance being received; and | ||
(B) | receipt of the PPF Side Letter. |
2.2 | All obligations contained in this Deed are conditional upon the Agreed Sum being received into an escrow account established under the Escrow Agreement. | |
3. | PAYMENT OBLIGATION | |
The Agreed Sum will be paid to the Schemes in the proportions set out in Clause 4.1 on the terms set out in the Escrow Agreement on the earlier of: |
(A) | 5 working days after the Approval Date or | ||
(B) | 30 April 2007 |
4. | ALLOCATION OF PAYMENTS | |
4.1 | The Trustees of the Schemes will each receive the following amounts: |
(A) | the Dana Manufacturing Group Pension Scheme shall receive £7,515,191; | ||
(B) | the Dana UK Pension Scheme shall receive £21,019,050; | ||
(C) | the Hobourn Group Pension Scheme shall receive £2,231,072; and | ||
(D) | the QH Pension Plan shall receive £16,734,687. |
4.2 | The Schemes shall bear their own costs and expenses (including, but not limited to, legal and financial advisers fees) incurred in connection with the compromise to be effected and shall have no claim against the Dana Group in respect of any costs and expenses. |
5. | STRUCTURE OF THE CVA | |
5.1 | The Parties agree that the CVA will be structured such that: |
(A) | the Company is part of the Dana Group and the Trustees and principal employer of each Scheme enter into a deed to substitute the Company as principal employer and to admit it as a participating employer; | ||
(B) | employees of the Company may be admitted to all Schemes concurrently and accrue benefits on a daily rather than a monthly basis and the terms of each Scheme shall be amended as necessary; | ||
(C) | the contract of employment of one consenting, active employee is transferred to the Company, including his rights to participate in each of the four Schemes concurrently; | ||
(D) | save as provided in Clause (F), the Trustees and principal employer of each Scheme enter into a deed of amendment to: |
(1) | allocate the liability under section 75 or 75A of the Pensions Act 1995 to that Scheme between the existing participating employers and the Company, such that the existing participating employers are liable only for a nominal sum of £1 each (the Nominal Sum); and | ||
(2) | ensure (if necessary) that there is no partial winding up of any of the Schemes on an employer cessation event and (if necessary) to amend the rules (on and from the date the deed of amendment is entered into) so that there is no requirement to segregate on an employment cessation event; |
(E) | each of the participating employers (other than the Company) will give notice under the appropriate Scheme rules to terminate its participation in each Scheme in which it is a participating employer and the Trustees shall accept such notice where upon an employment cessation event will occur (and it is noted that the obligations under this Clause may be captured in a deed of cessation); | ||
(F) | the QH Pension Plan, Dana UK 1 plc and the Company will agree and enter into a withdrawal arrangement (as defined in paragraph 1 of Schedule 1A of the Occupational Pension Schemes (Employer Debt) Regulations 2005) in relation to the debt that they will agree has arisen in relation to Dana UK 1 plcs participation in the QH Pension Plan, by which £1 of the liability is allocated to Dana UK 1 plc and the remainder shall be guaranteed by the Company. Such agreement shall be submitted to the Regulator for approval and no objections thereto shall be raised by any party hereto; | ||
(G) | the Nominal Sum is then demanded and paid, and each of the Trustees will: |
(1) | confirm no cessation expenses are payable in respect of the relevant Scheme; and |
(2) | issue a discharge in respect of the past, present and future liabilities to the relevant Scheme of each participating employer (other than the Company), |
with the intention of leaving the Company as the only employer under each of the Schemes and thus liable for the balance of the debt owed to the Schemes; |
(H) | the Company will (where necessary) give notice under the appropriate Scheme rules to terminate its participation in each Scheme in which it is a participating employer and the Trustees shall accept such notice and accordingly an employment cessation event shall occur and the employee referred to in sub-Clause (C) above shall be entitled only to those benefits which are available to employees with less than 3 months pensionable service; | ||
(I) | the Trustees (where necessary) will give notice to wind up each of the Schemes; | ||
(J) | the balance of the liability under sections 75 and 75A of the Pensions Act 1995 to the Schemes is demanded from the Company as sole employer which it is unable to pay; | ||
(K) | the directors of the Company propose a CVA to compromise the liability to each Scheme; and | ||
(L) | the Company then implements the CVA compromising the liability, in respect of which the Agreed Sum will be paid in accordance with this Deed. |
5.2 | The Trustees agree to enter into such agreements and make such demands as are necessary to enable the Company to enter into the CVA. | |
5.3 | Dana UK agrees to: |
(A) | find and transfer a consenting, eligible employee to the Company; and | ||
(B) | enter into such agreements and take all steps as may be reasonably required to propose and obtain the approval of the CVA. |
6. | TRANSFER OF SHARES IN RETAINED BUSINESSES | |
6.1 | DSEL (as defined in Schedule 1) agrees to issue to the Schemes and the Schemes agree to subscribe for, pursuant to the Shareholders Agreements (as defined below), shares in the companies that will hold or operate the Retained Businesses in accordance with the following mechanism. |
(A) | DSEL has incorporated three new companies: New HoldCo, AxleCo and DriveshaftCo (each as defined in Schedule 1). | ||
(B) | DSEL and each of the Schemes will subscribe for, and New HoldCo will issue, 989 10p shares in the following amounts: |
(1) | 809 shares to DSEL; |
(2) | 29 shares to the Dana Manufacturing Group Pension Scheme; | ||
(3) | 80 shares to the Dana UK Pension Scheme; | ||
(4) | 8 shares to the Hobourn Group Pension Scheme; and | ||
(5) | 63 shares to the QH Pension Plan. |
(C) | DSEL and each of the Schemes will subscribe for, and AxleCo and DriveshaftCo will each issue, 989 10p shares in the following amounts: |
(1) | 806 shares to DSEL; | ||
(2) | 29 shares to the Dana Manufacturing Group Pension Scheme; | ||
(3) | 81 shares to the Dana UK Pension Scheme; | ||
(4) | 9 shares to the Hobourn Group Pension Scheme; and | ||
(5) | 64 shares to the QH Pension Plan. |
(D) | DSEL will transfer the Axle Business to AxleCo and the Driveshaft Business to DriveshaftCo in consideration for the issue of one new ordinary share each to DSEL; and | ||
(E) | DSEL will exchange its shares in AxleCo and DriveshaftCo for one share in New HoldCo. As a result, the Schemes will between them have 33.01% of the equity interest in both AxleCo and DriveshaftCo. |
6.2 | The parties who will be the shareholders of each of New Holdco, AxleCo and DriveshaftCo following completion of the subscriptions referred to in Clause 6.1 shall enter into the form of a shareholders agreement attached at Schedule 4 to this Deed in respect of each of New Holdco, AxleCo and DriveshaftCo respectively (each a Shareholders Agreement), on the date on which the subscription shall take place. | |
7. | AGREEMENT TO VOTE IN FAVOUR OF THE CVA | |
7.1 | The PPF has signed a side letter confirming that it will exercise the votes of the Schemes in favour of the CVA with terms substantially similar to those contained in the draft attached at Schedule 3 to this Deed. | |
7.2 | The Member (as defined in Schedule 1) agrees and, to the extent necessary, the Trustees of each of the Schemes agree to vote in favour of the CVA in terms substantially similar to those contained in the draft attached at Schedule 3 to this Deed subject to the right of the PPF to exercise the votes of each of the Schemes as creditors under the CVA if the PPF obtains such rights in accordance with section 137 of the Pensions Act 2004. | |
7.3 | Dana UK agrees to procure that any Dana UK company entitled to vote in the CVA, votes in favour of the CVA. |
7.4 | Subject to the Schemes having used reasonable endeavours to confirm that there is such a company, Dana UK agrees to wind up any company (other than those set out in Schedule 1) which is a member of the Dana Group and is found to be a participating employer in relation to any of the Schemes for the purposes of the PPF entry rules. | |
7.5 | Dana UK agrees to pay all costs and expenses of the Company and its advisers incurred in proposing the CVA and all costs and expenses of the nominee and supervisor of the CVA. | |
8. | ESCROW | |
The Company will as a precondition of the deed of amendment referred to in Clause 5.1(D) above procure that the Agreed Sum is paid into the client account of Denton Wilde Sapte LLP, to be held and applied upon the terms agreed in the Escrow Agreement. | ||
9. | RELEASE | |
9.1 | Subject to Clause 9.3, each of the Schemes agrees that, receipt by it, whether under the CVA or otherwise, of the amount due to be paid to such Scheme under Clause 4.1 and the issue of the shares in the Retained Businesses in the amounts set out in Clause 6 shall be in full and final settlement of all and any claims and entitlements (whether past, present or future, actual, prospective or contingent, direct or indirect) which such Scheme had, has or may have against the Dana Group, whether arising in contract, tort, equity, under statute or howsoever and the Dana Group will have no ongoing liabilities of any kind to that Scheme (apart from any claims which any of the Schemes or their successors may have by virtue of their ownership of the shares in the Retained Businesses). | |
9.2 | Subject to Clause 9.3, each of the Schemes agrees that, receipt by it, whether under the CVA or otherwise, of the amount due to be paid to such Scheme under Clause 4.1 and the issue to such Scheme of the shares in the Retained Businesses in the amounts set out in Clause 6, the Dana Group shall be forever discharged and released from all and any claims and entitlements (whether past, present or future, actual, prospective or contingent, direct or indirect) which such Scheme had, has or may have against the Dana Group, whether arising in contract, tort, equity, under statute or howsoever, (apart from any claims which any of the Schemes or their successors may have by virtue of their ownership of the shares in the Retained Businesses), and such discharge and release shall be automatic and irrevocable. | |
9.3 | For the purposes of this Clause 9 only, Dana Group does not include the Company. | |
10. | REPRESENTATIONS | |
Each Party makes the following representations on the date hereof: | ||
10.1 | Status | |
It is an entity duly organised under the laws of its jurisdiction of incorporation and has and will have the necessary power to enable it to enter into and perform its obligations under this Deed. |
10.2 | Binding Obligations | |
This Deed constitutes its legal, valid and binding obligations, enforceable against it in accordance with the terms of this Deed. | ||
10.3 | Non-conflict with other obligations | |
The entry into and performance by it of, and the transactions contemplated by, this Deed do not and will not conflict with: |
(A) | any law or regulation applicable to it; | ||
(B) | its constitutional documents; or | ||
(C) | any agreement or instrument binding upon it or any of its assets. |
10.4 | Power and authority | |
It has the power to enter into, perform and deliver, and has taken all necessary action to authorise its entry into, performance and delivery of, this Deed and the transactions contemplated herein. |
10.5 | Validity and admissibility in evidence | |
All authorisations and other actions, conditions and things required to be taken, fulfilled and done in order: |
(A) | to enable it lawfully to enter into, exercise its rights and comply with its obligations herein; and | ||
(B) | to make this Deed admissible in evidence in the courts of England |
have been obtained or effected and are in full force and effect. |
11. | FURTHER ASSURANCE | |
11.1 | Subject to documentation, each Party shall at its own expense, do all such acts and things as are necessary or desirable to give effect to the terms of this Deed | |
11.2 | Dana UK agrees that a group company of Dana UK, other than NewHoldco, AxleCo and DriveShaftCo, shall accept responsibility for any tax liability which arises by reason of or in connection with the Hive Down. | |
12. | COSTS AND EXPENSES | |
Each Party shall be responsible for its own costs and expenses (including legal fees) incurred by it in connection with the negotiation, preparation, printing and execution of this Deed and any other documents referred to in this Deed. For the avoidance of doubt, the reasonable costs of the PPF shall be borne by Dana UK. | ||
13. | MISCELLANEOUS | |
13.1 | Counterparts |
This Deed may be signed in any number of counterparts, and this has the same effect as if the signatures on the counterparts were on a single copy of this Deed. | ||
13.2 | Waiver | |
No failure to exercise, and no delay in exercising, any right or remedy under this Deed will operate as waiver of that right or remedy nor will any single or partial exercise of any right or remedy preclude any other of further exercise of that right or remedy or the exercise of any other right or remedy. | ||
13.3 | Confidentiality | |
Each Party will keep confidential the terms of this Deed save as to: |
(A) | Dana Group in relation to any information (1) which Dana Group is required to disclose for the purposes of obtaining Clearance from the Pensions Regulator, completing the Hive Down, entering into the CVA, by applicable law or by an order of a court of competent jurisdiction, or (2) that is reasonably required to be communicated to the employees of Dana UK (a copy of such information to be sent to the Schemes as soon as reasonably possible after its dissemination); | ||
(B) | the Schemes in relation to any information which is permitted or reasonably required to be communicated to the members of the Schemes, such information to be notified in writing in advance to Dana UK; | ||
(C) | any information a Party is required to disclose by applicable law or an order of a court of competent jurisdiction but then only to the extent of such required disclosure. In such an event, such Party shall inform Dana UK promptly in writing (at the addresses listed in Schedule 1) of the nature and extent of the disclosure. |
13.4 | Third party rights | |
A person who is not a party to this Deed has no right under the Contracts (Rights of Third Parties) Act 1999 to enforce or to enjoy the benefit of any term of this Deed. | ||
13.5 | Jurisdiction | |
This Deed shall be governed by and construed in accordance with English Law. The Courts of England and Wales shall have exclusive jurisdiction in relation to this Deed. |
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/s/ J. M. Clarke
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1. | I have reviewed this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q of Dana Corporation; | ||
2. | Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report; | ||
3. | Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this report; | ||
4. | The registrants other certifying officer(s) and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) for the registrant and have: |
(a) | Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared; | ||
(b) | Designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles; | ||
(c) | Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrants disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report based on such evaluation; and | ||
(d) | Disclosed in this report any change in the registrants internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrants most recent fiscal quarter (the registrants fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an annual report) that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrants internal control over financial reporting; and |
5. | The registrants other certifying officer(s) and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the registrants auditors and the audit committee of the registrants board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions): |
(a) | All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrants ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information; and | ||
(b) | Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrants internal control over financial reporting. |
Date: May 10, 2007 | /s/ Michael J. Burns | |||
Michael J. Burns | ||||
Chief Executive Officer | ||||
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1. | I have reviewed this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q of Dana Corporation; | ||
2. | Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report; | ||
3. | Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this report; | ||
4. | The registrants other certifying officer(s) and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) for the registrant and have: |
(a) | Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared; | ||
(b) | Designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles; | ||
(c) | Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrants disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report based on such evaluation; and | ||
(d) | Disclosed in this report any change in the registrants internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrants most recent fiscal quarter (the registrants fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an annual report) that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrants internal control over financial reporting; and |
5. | The registrants other certifying officer(s) and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the registrants auditors and the audit committee of the registrants board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions): |
(a) | All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrants ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information; and | ||
(b) | Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrants internal control over financial reporting. |
Date: May 10, 2007 | /s/ Kenneth A. Hiltz | |||
Kenneth A. Hiltz | ||||
Chief Financial Officer | ||||
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(1) | The Report fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, and | ||
(2) | The information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of Dana as of the dates and for the periods expressed in the Report. |
Date: May 9, 2007 | /s/ Michael J. Burns | |||
Michael J. Burns | ||||
Chief Executive Officer | ||||
/s/ Kenneth A. Hiltz | ||||
Kenneth A. Hiltz | ||||
Chief Financial Officer | ||||
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