Virginia | 1-1063 | 34-4361040 | ||
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation) |
(Commission File Number) | (IRS Employer Identification Number) |
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4500 Dorr Street, Toledo, Ohio |
43615 | |||
(Address of principal executive offices) |
(Zip Code) |
o | Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425) | |
o | Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12) | |
o | Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b)) | |
o | Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c)) |
Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits | ||||||||
Signatures | ||||||||
Exhibit Index | ||||||||
EX-99.1 | ||||||||
EX-99.2 | ||||||||
EX-99.3 |
Exhibit No. | Description | |
99.1
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Settlement Agreement between Dana Corporation and International Union, UAW, dated July 5, 2007 | |
99.2
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Settlement Agreement between Dana Corporation and United Steelworkers, dated July 5, 2007 | |
99.3
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Plan Support Agreement by and among Dana Corporation, United Steelworkers, International Union, UAW, and Centerbridge Capital Partners, L.P., dated as of July 5, 2007 |
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Dana Corporation (Registrant) |
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Date: July 10, 2007 | By: | /s/ Marc S. Levin | ||
Marc S. Levin | ||||
Acting General Counsel and Acting Secretary |
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Exhibit No. | Description | |
99.1
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Settlement Agreement between Dana Corporation and International Union, UAW, dated July 5, 2007 | |
99.2
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Settlement Agreement between Dana Corporation and United Steelworkers, dated July 5, 2007 | |
99.3
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Plan Support Agreement by and among Dana Corporation, United Steelworkers, International Union, UAW, and Centerbridge Capital Partners, L.P., dated as of July 5, 2007 |
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(i) | fifty percent (50%) of the equity of the enterprise; or | ||
(ii) | the power to direct the management and policies of said enterprise. |
$ in Thousands | ||||
Auburn Hills |
$ | 610 | ||
Lima |
$ | 901 | ||
Pottstown |
$ | 942 | ||
Elizabethtown |
$ | 760 | ||
Total |
$ | 3.213 | M | |
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For the Dana Corporation:
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For International Union, | |||
United Automobile, Aerospace, & Agricultural Implement Workers of America (UAW) and its affiliated Locals: |
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/s/ Chris Bueter
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/s/ Bob King / NRG | |||
Chris Bueter, Vice President
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Bob King, Vice President and | |||
Industrial Relations, Dana Corporation
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Director, Ford and CS/IPS Departments |
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/s/ Robert Arquette |
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Benefits and Payroll Services, Dana Corporation |
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1. | The Company agrees to insert the following provision in its Individual Location Union Agreements. |
2. | The Company agrees that in the event of a sale, conveyance, assignment or other transfer, using any form of transaction, of the plant or facilities covered by this agreement (any of the foregoing, a Sale) to any third party unaffiliated entity (Buyer), the following conditions will be satisfied prior to or in conjunction with the closing of the Sale: |
a. | The Buyer shall have entered into an agreement with the Union: |
1) | recognizing it as the exclusive bargaining representative for the Employees working at the facilities to be Sold, and | ||
2) | either (a) embodying the existing terms and conditions of employment affecting bargaining unit employees, in which case, provided that the existing labor agreement has less than 13 months remaining in its term, the Union shall, at its sole option which must be exercised no later than 120 days prior to the expiration date of the existing labor agreement, have the right to extend the existing terms and conditions for a period of an additional twelve (12) months beyond its scheduled expiration, with final offer interest arbitration used to determine economic improvements during the extension period, or (b) establishing new terms and conditions of employment to be effective as of the closing date of the Sale. |
b. | A necessary condition prior to consummation of a Sale under this section shall be satisfactory resolution between the Union and Company of any continuing obligations, responsibilities or liabilities to the Union and/or employees following a proposed Sale. Any disputes with respect to such resolution shall be subject to arbitration on an expedited basis. |
3. | This Appendix and Paragraph 2 above is not intended to apply to any transactions solely between the Company and any of its Affiliates. |
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4. | This Appendix and Paragraph 2 above shall not apply to a public offering of registered securities. | |
5. | Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 3(b) of this Settlement Agreement, this Appendix shall expire one (1) year after the Termination Date. |
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1.1 | Agents means supervisors, managers, department heads, consultants, contractors, line supervisors or any other person or entity with actual or apparent authority to speak on behalf of the Company or the UAW. | ||
1.2 | Bargaining Unit means the bargaining unit of employees to be represented by the Union as determined in accordance with Article 3. | ||
1.3 | Company means Dana Corporation and any Affiliate thereof. An Affiliate shall mean any business enterprise that Controls, is under the Control of, or is under common Control with the Company, provided that such enterprises shall only be deemed to be Affiliates if they produce or market the same or similar products as those produced or marketed by the Company at operations covered by an agreement with either the USW or the UAW. | ||
Control of a business enterprise shall mean possession, directly or indirectly, of either: (a) fifty percent (50%) of the equity of the enterprise; or (b) the power to direct the management and policies of said enterprise. | |||
1.4 | Dispute has the meaning given in Article 5. | ||
1.5 | Facility or Facilities has the meaning given in Article 8. | ||
1.6 | Neutral means a neutral third-party, selected as described in Article 5, to conduct the card check as described in Article 3, and to resolve Disputes as described in Articles 3 and 5. References to the Neutral shall be deemed to include the First Alternate or the Second Alternate if they are serving in the capacity of the Neutral as described in Article 5. | ||
1.7 | Neutrality has the meaning set out in Article 2. |
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1.8 | Non-Work Areas has the meaning set out in Article 2. | ||
1.9 | UAW means International Union, United Automobile, Aerospace and Agricultural Implement Workers of America, UAW. | ||
1.10 | USW means the United Steel, Paper and Forestry, Rubber, Manufacturing, Energy, Allied Industrial and Service Workers International Union, AFL-CIO, CLC. | ||
1.11 | Union means the UAW, any local union(s) affiliated with the UAW, and any coalition of labor organizations which includes the UAW and/or any local union affiliated with the UAW. |
2.1 | The Company and the Union agree to the following: |
2.1.1 | The Company will adopt a position of Neutrality in the event the Union undertakes activities seeking to represent employees working in the Companys facilities covered by this Agreement. | ||
2.1.2 | Neutrality means the following at the Companys facilities covered by this Agreement. |
2.1.2.1 | The Company and/or Union will not engage in any communication or other conduct that evidences, either directly or indirectly, a negative, derogatory, or demeaning attitude toward the Company or the Union (including the Companys or Unions motives, integrity, character, or performance) or about labor organizations or management generally. | ||
2.1.2.2 | The Company will not engage in any communications or conduct that directly or indirectly, demonstrates or implies opposition to unionization of its employees. | ||
2.1.2.3 | Dana will not employ, retain, or consult with any firm, association, entity, or individual for the purpose of resisting or opposing unionization by the UAW or attempt to influence employees regarding unionization by the UAW. | ||
2.1.2.4 | The Company will advise its employees that it is totally neutral regarding the issue of representation by the Union and whether or not the employees select the |
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Union as their collective bargaining representative. The Company will advise its employees that it has a constructive and positive relationship with the UAW, and that a Neutrality Agreement exists. The Union and Company will make available a copy of the Neutrality Agreement to employees. | |||
2.1.2.5 | The Company will not provide any support or assistance of any kind to any person or group that is supporting or opposing the selection of the Union as the bargaining representative of the employees. | ||
2.1.2.6 | The Company and the Union recognize that the employees have a legal right to express their opinion provided such expression is within the law and lawful Company rules and regulations. | ||
2.1.2.7 | The Company will not make any statements or representations as to the potential negative effects or results of representation by the Union on the Company, the employees, or any group of employees. | ||
2.1.2.8 | The Company and/or the Union will not verbally or in any written communication publicly or privately disparage the other party as a whole nor any individual management or Union person. |
2.1.3 | Fairness and Good Faith means the following at the facilities covered by this Agreement: |
2.1.3.1 | Upon request of the Union, the Company will provide the Union with a list of all employees (both full-time and part-time) in the Bargaining Unit at a particular Facility within one (1) week of the Unions request for such list. The list will be in alphabetical order (last name first) and will show each employees full name, date of hire, classification, shift, department, and home address including zip code. The list will be updated if requested by the Union, but no more than once per month. | ||
2.1.3.2 | The Company and/or the Union will not engage in threats, misrepresentations, or delaying tactics in connection with any effort by the Union to organize the employees. |
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2.1.3.3 | The Company and/or the Union will not threaten, intimidate, discriminate against, retaliate against or otherwise take adverse action against any employee, based on his or her decision to support or not support representation by the Union. Nor will the Company or the Union take any adverse actions against each other because a Facilitys employees decide to be or not to be represented by the Union. | ||
2.1.3.4 | The Company and/or Union will not commit any unfair labor practice involving interference with the employees rights to select or not select the Union as their bargaining representative. | ||
2.1.3.5 | The Company will provide the Union with access to employees during the workday in non-work areas including, but not limited to, parking lots, building entrances and exits, break areas, smoking areas, and cafeterias during the workday. The Company shall provide the Union access for a meeting with its employees on the Companys premises during work time as mutually agreed upon at the time of the Unions request. The Company will introduce the Union at the meeting. The Company will advise its employees that it has a constructive and positive relationship with the UAW and that a Neutrality Agreement exists and that both parties are committed to the success and growth of the facility. | ||
2.1.3.6 | While on the Companys premises, the Union will adhere to the Companys safety rules and will not delay or otherwise disrupt the facilitys operations. The Union will register under the facility guidelines at the Companys facility when entering and upon leaving the facility. | ||
2.1.3.7 | The Company will permit the distribution of Union literature in Non-Work Areas of its Facilities. | ||
2.1.3.8 | The Company will permit its employees to display the UAW insignia and to communicate with fellow employees concerning the Union and workplace issues, including wage rates, disciplinary systems, Company policies, and working conditions. The Company shall permit the Union to post notices on bulletin boards or other locations normally utilized by employees for |
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posting of personal notices provided such notices are not in conflict with the definition of Neutrality as defined herein. | |||
2.1.3.9 | The Company and the Union will instruct their respective Agents on the obligations and duties of this Agreement and will direct such Agents to avoid any conduct which is inconsistent with this Agreement. | ||
2.1.3.10 | The Company agrees that it will not consummate a transaction which would result in the Company having or creating an Affiliate without ensuring that the New Affiliate agrees to and becomes bound by this Agreement. |
3.1 | The parties understand that the Company may not recognize the Union as the exclusive representative of employees in the absence of a showing that a majority of the employees in an appropriate bargaining unit have expressed their desire to be represented by the Union. In determining whether this standard has been met, the parties agree to the following: |
3.1.1 | The Union, with the consent of the Company, will designate the bargaining unit to be represented. The Company will respond to the Unions designation within three (3) business days after receipt. The Company agrees to consent to any unit designated by the Union that is similar to any bargaining unit at any other location of the Company. The Company will not unreasonably withhold its consent to the Unions designation. The Bargaining Unit will normally include employees at the particular location engaged in production, quality inspection, material handling, labor and maintenance involved in the process of producing, assembling, or manufacturing products. All office and clerical, professional, guards, quality engineers, engineers and supervisors as defined in the National Labor Relations Act will normally be excluded from the Bargaining Unit. | ||
3.1.2 | In the event that the Company reasonably withholds its consent to the Bargaining Unit designated by the Union, the Company will provide to the Union a list of the employees over whom such dispute exists, including their job title, department, and all other information, which may be reasonably necessary to evaluate the dispute. In the event that the Union and the Company cannot resolve the scope of the Bargaining Unit issue, the parties will present the issues to the Neutral described in Article 5 within seven |
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(7) business days after the Company first indicates that it has withheld its consent to the Bargaining Unit proposed by the Union. The hearing before the Neutral will be held immediately, and the provisions of Sections 5.1.2.2, 5.1.2.3, 5.1.2.4, 5.1.3 and 5.1.4 shall apply. | |||
3.1.3 | For purposes of determining the number of employees that constitute a majority of the Bargaining Unit, the employee population will be composed of only those employees in the Bargaining Unit on the date of the request from the Union for the employee list. At the Unions option, a later date may be used as long as the date is after the date of request for the list and before the date of union recognition. | ||
3.1.4 | The Company shall post a notice on all bulletin boards of a Facility after the Union holds its employee meeting on Company premises. The Notice shall read as follows: |
Notice to Employees: | |||
The Company does not oppose collective bargaining or the unionization of our employees. | |||
The choice of whether or not to be represented by a union is yours alone to make. | |||
We will not interfere in any way with your exercise of that choice. | |||
If the Union secures a simple majority of authorization cards of the employees in [insert description of Bargaining Unit established pursuant to Section 3.2 and 3.3 above] the Company shall recognize the Union as the exclusive representative of such employees without a secret ballot election conducted by the National Labor Relations Board. | |||
The authorization cards must unambiguously state that the signing employees desire to designate the union as their exclusive representative. | |||
Employee signatures on the authorization cards will be confidentially verified by a neutral third party chosen by the Company and the Union. |
3.1.5 | The demonstration of majority support within the appropriate Bargaining unit shall be made by determining support with Employee Authorization Forms. The following procedure shall apply to the card check. |
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3.1.6 | The Company agrees that the UAW will notify the Neutral to be available within three (3) business days following the UAWs written or e-mail request to the Company to conduct the card check. | ||
3.1.7 | In the event the Neutral is not available during the time described in the prior section, the UAW, at its option, may schedule the card check at another time mutually agreeable to the Company, the Union and the Neutral, or may elect to use either the First Alternate or Second Alternate. In no event shall the card check be more than seven (7) calendar days after the Unions request. | ||
3.1.8 | The UAW shall request the Neutral to review the Employee Authorization Forms submitted by the UAW against the list of eligible employees in the Bargaining Unit to verify the signatures of such employees, and to certify the results on the appropriate form. | ||
3.1.9 | The Company shall provide the business records necessary for the Neutral to verify signatures and a list of eligible employees in the Bargaining Unit. |
4.1 | In the event that the Union is found to have achieved majority status by the procedures described in Article 3 at a Facility, the Company agrees to recognize the Union as the exclusive bargaining representative of employees in the Bargaining Unit at that Facility, and that, upon recognition, the Bargaining Unit at that Facility will be subject to the additional plant clause(s) contained in the Framework collective bargaining agreements. |
5.1 | Any alleged violation(s) of this Agreement, including, but not limited to, any dispute involving conduct during an organizing drive or employee eligibility (a Dispute), shall be resolved in accordance with the procedures set forth in this Article 5. Disputes regarding the scope of a proposed Bargaining Unit are to be resolved in accordance with the procedures described in Article 3. |
5.1.1 | Following notice that a Dispute exists, the parties shall designate high-level representatives, who shall attempt to resolve the Dispute by mutual agreement. Such efforts will continue for ten (10) calendar days. |
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5.1.2 | If the parties are unable to resolve the Dispute as described in section 5.1.1, the Dispute will be submitted to the Neutral on an expedited basis in accordance with the following: |
5.1.2.1 | The hearing will be held within five (5) business days following expiration of the period described in section 5.1.1. | ||
5.1.2.2 | The parties will request the Neutral to render a bench decision. | ||
5.1.2.3 | If the Neutral is unavailable or is unable to comply with the time limits described above, the moving party shall have the option of agreeing to a different schedule or to permit the First Alternate or Second Alternate to conduct the hearing and render the decision in accordance with those time limits. | ||
5.1.2.4 | The Neutral shall have complete authority to remedy any violation of this Agreement and the decision of the Neutral shall be final and binding. All parties waive their right to challenge the decision of the Neutral in any forum. |
5.1.3 | The Neutral and the Alternates shall be designated by the parties. In the event that either the First or Second Alternate is designated to serve in any capacity under this Agreement, such person shall have rights and duties identical to those described with respect to the Neutral. | ||
5.1.4 | In the event any of the individuals identified in Section 5.1.3 above resigns, dies, or is otherwise unable to continue to serve, the parties will, by mutual agreement, identify a replacement for such person. |
6.1 | When the Neutral or an Alternate serves the parties for the purposes outlined under the provisions of this Agreement, the total expense of the Neutral or Alternate will be equally shared by the Company and the Union. Expenses to be shared will include, but not be limited to, the following - the cost of retaining the services of the Neutral and Alternates; Per diem charges and expenses of the Neutral and Alternate for services rendered; The cost of suitable facilities to conduct a Dispute or |
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unit clarification hearing. The Company and Union will bear their individual expenses respectively due to preparing or presenting any issue or evidence to the Neutral or Alternate. |
7.1 | The Union shall not engage in any strike or work stoppage, and the Company shall not engage in any lockout, at a Facility over any issue that is subject to the Dispute Resolution procedures in this Agreement. |
8.1 | The obligations of this Agreement shall apply to Company Facilities. For purposes of this Agreement, Facility or Facilities means any operation in the United States or Canada which, now or in the future, is wholly owned or operated by the Company. |
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1. | The Company has previously informed the UAW in conjunction with its bankruptcy proceedings of its intentions with respect to optimizing the manufacturing operations at union and non-union plants (MFO). | ||
2. | The Company had provided the UAW with relevant information to understand and evaluate the actions that it planned to take, and then bargained in good faith with the UAW with respect to its intended plans. | ||
3. | In the course of such bargaining, the Company has given careful consideration to potential changes in the MFO suggested by the UAW as part of this process, and the parties have agreed to the following: |
4. | During the term of this Agreement, the Company shall not move existing work out of a facility where the UAW represents employees into a facility where they do not, unless a customer makes a sourcing decision under an existing contract, ends a sourcing contract, or does not renew a sourcing contract, which prevent(s) the Company from complying with the terms of this Appendix. In such event, the Company may move only the work covered by such event. | ||
5. | In addition, in such event, the Company will provide relevant information to the UAW and the parties will promptly meet to discuss possible alternatives. |
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1. | Objective | |
Where practical and consistent with its business goals, the Company will provide employees with the opportunity to work at least forty (40) hours per week. | ||
2. | Layoff Minimization Plan | |
The Company agrees that, prior to implementing planned layoffs (not including temporary layoffs as defined in the respective collective bargaining agreements), it shall review and discuss with the Union: |
a. | any relevant documentation that clearly relates to the business need for the layoffs (Need); | ||
b. | the anticipated impact of the layoffs on the bargaining unit, including the number of employees to be laid off and the duration of the layoffs, to the extent known (Impact); and | ||
c. | a Layoff Minimization Plan based upon consideration of at least the following elements, and containing such elements as are appropriate to the circumstances: |
(1) | a reduction in the use of outside contractors; | ||
(2) | the minimization of the use of overtime; | ||
(3) | a program of voluntary layoffs; and |
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(4) | the use of productive alternate work assignments to reduce the number of layoffs. |
3. | Employee Protections | |
Reference to the factors to be considered in developing a Layoff Minimization Plan in Paragraph 2.c above shall not impair in any way any protection afforded to Employees under other provisions of this Agreement or any other agreement between the Company and the UAW. | ||
4. | Union Response | |
The UAW shall be provided expeditiously with sufficient information relevant to the layoff, and the UAW may reach its own judgment on whether there is a Need, the appropriate Impact and to develop its own proposed Layoff Minimization Plan. Any response shall be presented in a timely fashion so as not to unreasonably delay action under this Appendix. | ||
5. | Company Consideration of Union Layoff Minimization Plan. | |
Upon the Companys receipt of the UAW proposed Layoff Minimization Plan, the Company shall give careful consideration to issues and alternatives identified by the UAW and shall meet with the UAW to discuss same and attempt to reach agreement on a Layoff Minimization Plan. | ||
6. | Dispute Resolution |
a. | In the event the parties do not reach agreement on whether there is a Need, the appropriate Impact and the terms of a Layoff Minimization Plan, the parties may then submit their dispute on an expedited basis to final offer (baseball) arbitration. |
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b. | The arbitrators ruling shall be limited to addressing whether the Companys or the UAWs proposed Layoff Minimization Plan is more reasonable, given all the circumstances and the objectives of the parties, and providing an appropriate remedy. |
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1. | For purposes of this Appendix, Future Opportunity Work shall be defined as machining and assembly work on new product line(s) including new platforms that the Company intends to perform in North America. | ||
2. | Covered Location shall mean any facility in which the USW or the UAW is the exclusive bargaining representative of employees. | ||
3. | Preferred Location shall mean the following: for the Structures business, Elizabethtown, KY or Longview, TX. | ||
4. | The Company agrees to make reasonable and necessary capital expenditures at Covered Locations designed to maintain and/or expand the work performed at such locations consistent with this Appendix, provided that such expenditures are not economically imprudent. | ||
5. | The Company agrees that, with respect to Future Opportunity Work, the Company will have such work performed in a Preferred Location so as to maintain operations at such location at full capacity to the extent possible, unless: |
-- | There is insufficient excess capacity available at the Location to perform such work, and additions in capacity cannot be achieved on a competitive basis. | ||
-- | Material financial, business or competitive reason(s) clearly disfavor the use of the Location, or legitimate customer concerns (e.g., just-in-time) prevent use of the Location. |
6. | With respect to work on a future generation of an existing product line or platform, or new product line(s) or platform(s), that the Company intends to perform in North America (including but not limited to Future Opportunity Work), which is not to be performed at a Preferred Location in accordance with paragraph 5 above, the Company shall perform such work at a Covered Location, unless (a) there is insufficient excess capacity |
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available at the Location to perform such work, or (b) meaningful financial, business or competitive reason(s) disfavor the use of the Location. |
7. | Underutilized Facilities | ||
When any Covered Location is operating at less than full capacity (except during maintenance and repair outages) (an Underutilized Facility), the Company agrees that: |
provided that the work in question can be performed at the Underutilized Facility, material financial, business or competitive reasons do not clearly disfavor the use of the Underutilized Facility, or legitimate customer concerns do not prevent such sourcing. For purposes of this Appendix, full capacity shall mean that the manufacturing assets at the facility are fully utilized. | |||
8. | The Company will provide the Union with a meaningful opportunity to participate in decisions involving certain work to be performed in the North America in the future. To that end, the Company shall promptly provide the Union with reasonable notice of all potential Future Opportunity Work, any related work on which the Company is planning to bid or currently bidding, or any work whose performance at a Covered Location is in jeopardy. The Company will work with the UAW to determine how to win or protect such work, including through negotiated changes in the labor agreement, if such is necessary. | ||
9. | In the event that the Company determines not to direct work to a Covered Location, the Company shall give the Union notice within five (5) business days of its determination in such matter. The notice shall identify the specific reasons underlying the decision and shall be accompanied by |
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supporting documentation or financial reports, analyses, etc. with respect to such reasons. The parties will meet to discuss such information at the Unions request, at an expedited, executive-level meeting. |
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1. | Introduction |
a. | Dana and the UAW recognize that dramatic changes in world markets have created new quality, productivity and competitiveness challenges for Dana. These challenges can only be met if both parties develop a more positive, non-adversarial and constructive relationship. The Company and the UAW also recognize the significant contribution of the skills and loyalty of the workforce to the success of the Company and the importance new investment in UAW-represented facilities. Each recognizes the significant role which the other must play in the success of the company. To these ends, the Company and the UAW hereby pledge renewed energies and commitment to increase productivity and quality of operations and to maximize the competitive capability of Dana. | ||
b. | Dana and the UAW recognize the interdependent relationship of quality, operating efficiency, empowerment and job security. Essential to the future of Dana and its support of the workforce are joint commitments to improve quality, increase investment opportunities and provide employment security. The UAW, Dana and its employees will work together in a spirit of teamwork, cooperation and mutual understanding to improve product quality and grow the business. |
2. | UAW-Dana Sourcing/Competitiveness Committee |
a. | The Company agrees that, prior to their implementation, it shall share with the Local Union any Company plans to bring outside contractors into the plant or transfer products to a non-Dana facility. | ||
b. | The Company and Local Union shall meet for a reasonable time period, not to exceed fifteen (15) days, during which the parties shall evaluate the reasons for the proposed process or product transfer (to a non-Dana facility) and/or alternatives to the possible process or product transfer. Relevant factors in the deliberations are whether a transfer of product is |
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consistent with the long-term plan and overall success of the plant, including, without limitation, profitability, cost-benefit analysis, and optimal utilization of production facilities, skills of the workforce, customer requirements, competitiveness and employment security. It is the intent of the parties at the conclusion of problem solving there shall be a mutual agreement regarding the proposed action. | |||
b. | The Company shall inform the Local Union President/Chair of any out-sourcing or contracting actions being considered that will directly result in the layoff of bargaining unit members or elimination of overtime. No decision to out-source work that directly results in the layoff of bargaining unit employees shall be implemented for a period of fifteen (15) days during which time the Company shall meet with the Local Union for the purpose of discussing the possible alternative proposals. This section does not apply to work out-sourced due to inability to meet delivery schedules as a result of a temporary capacity problem and/or a lack of available production hours. The Company and UAW will explore all means possible in an effort to keep the work in-house or provide alternate work equal in volume or production time. | ||
c. | The Company shall provide the Local Union President/Chair with relevant information needed to compare the applicable vendor bids with the cost of the same work if performed in-house (such as vendor bids, financial audits, financial records or costing information) prior to the final decision to out-source bargaining unit work. | ||
d. | The Company will not dispose of equipment, products, processes or facilities for the purpose of enabling itself to subcontract work currently being performed by the bargaining unit employees. | ||
e. | The Company and the Union will each designate a representative to facilitate the actions of the local parties with respect to this Appendix and the sourcing issues addressed herein. | ||
f. | Any dispute involving this Appendix G shall be subject to the dispute resolution described in the Settlement Agreement. |
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1. | The Company will share relevant financial (e.g., income statements, cash flow statements, materials costs, labor costs, SG&A expenses, budget information, etc.), as well as quality, productivity, efficiency and safety reports with the bargaining committee of each UAW-represented facility at a monthly meeting. After each such meeting, relevant non-confidential information will be presented to the workforce. The bargaining committee will be provided relevant background material so as to develop a comprehensive understanding of the underlying issues of each report. | |
2. | All of the information described above shall also be provided to the UAW. In addition to the information provided to the Locals as provided in 1. above, the Company will also send the UAW the following, additional information: |
a. | Financial information Supporting schedules for the Income Statements and Statements of Cash Flows which should include cost of goods sold, including breakdown of materials costs, manufacturing overhead/burden, labor costs; and selling, general and administrative expenses. | ||
b. | Meeting with Dana Comptroller At the Unions request, the Company will arrange for a meeting, not more frequently than once each quarter, between one or more UAW representatives and the Dana Comptroller to further discuss information. The UAW representatives shall receive such following information: Projected sales, costs and operating results, together with a list of major assumptions used in preparing the operating budgets described above; management reports/analyses submitted to corporate or divisional headquarters on the facilitys performance for the latest quarter and the prior year end; identification of any extraordinary, |
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unusual or non-recurring costs/write-offs/income occurring in any of the financial statements or projections provided; and capital expenditure and depreciation figures. |
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1. | Termination of Non-Pension Retiree Benefits for Union Retirees. The parties agree that the Company will terminate effective the later of January 1, 2008 or the effective date of a plan of reorganization (Retiree Benefit Termination Date), all non-pension retiree benefits of individuals who, as of the Retiree Benefit Termination Date, are retirees, surviving spouses and eligible dependents represented by the UAW (Union Retirees), provided, however, that the Company will continue to provide all non-pension retiree benefits to the Union Retirees under the terms of existing plans through the Retiree Benefit Termination Date. On the Retiree Benefit Termination Date, the Company will cease to sponsor or provide any non-pension retiree benefits for Union Retirees. Except as otherwise provided herein, the Company shall have no obligation to provide any non-pension retiree benefits to Union Retirees after the Retiree Benefit Termination Date, except for the payment of claims incurred by Union Retirees through the Retiree Benefit Termination Date and presented for payment no later than six months following the Retiree Benefit Termination Date. |
2. | Termination of Non-Pension Retiree Benefits for Active Union Employees. The parties agree that employees represented by the Union who have not retired as of the Retiree Benefit Termination Date shall not, after that date, have any eligibility for non-pension retiree benefits upon retirement, except as otherwise provided in Appendix L to this Agreement, except for such non-pension retiree benefits as may be provided by and through the UAW Union Retiree VEBA as defined below. |
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3. | Termination of Disability Income and Medical Benefits for Union Disableds. The parties agree that the Company will terminate effective on the Retiree Benefit Termination Date all long term disability income and medical benefits (LTD Benefits) of individuals who are represented by the UAW and who, as of the Retiree Benefit Termination Date, (i) are receiving LTD Benefits or (ii) have begun a period of disability that will result in qualification for LTD Benefits from the Company (Union Disableds), provided however that the Company will continue to provide all LTD Benefits to the Union Disableds under the terms of the now-existing plans through and including the Retiree Benefit Termination Date. On and as of the Retiree Benefit Termination Date, the Company will cease to sponsor or provide any LTD Benefits for Union Disableds, and except as otherwise provided herein, the Company shall have no obligation to provide any LTD Benefits to Union Disableds after the Retiree Benefit Termination Date. | |
4. | In consideration of Paragraphs 1, 2 and 3 above, a Voluntary Employee Benefit Association (VEBA) shall be established and funded, as follows: |
a. | Establishing the UAW Union Retiree VEBA. As expeditiously as possible and in all events prior to the Retiree Benefit Termination Date the Union shall establish a VEBA for and on behalf of all Union Retirees and Union Disableds (the UAW Union Retiree VEBA). | ||
b. | The UAW Union Retiree VEBA Contribution. Within two (2) (business days of the later of (a) the Retiree Benefit Termination Date and (b) having received written notice, including the VEBA trust documents, from the VEBA Trustees that (i) the UAW Union Retiree VEBA has been |
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established and (ii) the UAW Union Retiree VEBA can accept contributions made as instructed in such written notice, the Company shall (x) cause the sum of $428,900,000.00 in cash to be contributed to the UAW Union Retiree VEBA (the Contribution Amount) by wire transfer as instructed in such written notice, and (y) contribute to the VEBA shares of new common stock of reorganized Dana having a value of $48,700,000.00 (or the maximum amount permitted under prevailing Department of Labor regulations governing VEBAs before qualifying as a prohibited transaction, with the difference between such maximum amount and the $48,700,000.00 being contributed to the UAW Union Retiree VEBA in cash) (the Stock Contribution), which value shall be calculated based on the value per common share set forth in the disclosure statement as approved by the Bankruptcy Court. In no event will the Companys obligation for contributions under this Appendix K exceed $477,600,000.00 in total. The current VEBA trusts in place at Syracuse, Plymouth, Weatherhead, and the UAW Master will continue in place, and the assets of those trusts shall neither be transferred to the UAW Union Retiree VEBA, nor be part of the Contribution Amount, nor reduce the Contribution Amount. As of the Retiree Benefit Termination Date, the joint Board of Administration of each of the aforementioned individual VEBA trusts will determine the future uses of any remaining assets in coordination with the provisions of the UAW Union Retiree VEBA (and any schedule or form of benefits provided under the UAW Union Retiree |
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VEBA) and, to the extent necessary to empower each such Board of Administration to effectuate such determinations, the parties will amend the governing documents and agreements governing (a) the individual VEBA trusts and (b) the provision of benefits funded thereby. | |||
c. | Adjustment to the Contribution Amount. The Contribution Amount will be reduced by the amount of (i) non-pension retiree benefit claims incurred by the Company for Union Retirees on and after July 1, 2007 and (ii) any LTD Benefits incurred by the Company on behalf of Union Disableds on and after July 1, 2007. The amount of reduction in this section 4(c) will not include the amount of payment of any non-pension retiree benefit or LTD Benefit claims made for Union Retirees for claims incurred prior to July 1, 2007 or for Union Disableds for claims incurred prior to July 1, 2007 (claims run out) but will include any amount due and payable as of the date of contribution described in 4(b) above. (iii) In addition the Company will decrease the Contribution Amount for an estimated amount of non-pension retiree benefit claims for Union Retirees incurred but not paid on or after July 1, 2007 but not later than the date of the payment called for in 4(b) above. The additional reduction under (iii) of this section represents claims run out following at the date of contribution specified in 4(b) above. (iv) In addition, the Company will decrease the amount of the contribution for any amounts attributable to paragraph 5.b (but not the remainder of paragraph 5) of this Appendix K, and for administrative costs in excess of $25,000.00 for changes in the retiree |
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benefit programs made pursuant to paragraph 6 below. The Company will make a final payment, to the UAW Union Retiree VEBA based upon the amount of contributions less the actual amounts known for 4(c)(i), (ii), (iii) and (iv) but not longer than six months following the contribution date in 4(b) above. |
5. | Cooperation with the Union and Reimbursement of Certain Expenses. To the extent required or permitted by law, Dana and its successors and assigns shall furnish to the Committee (as defined in paragraph 8 below) such information and shall provide such cooperation as may be necessary to permit the Committee to effectively administer the plan of benefits provided to retirees, including, without limitation, the implementation and administration of voluntary premium deductions from the pension benefits of retirees, and the retrieval of data in a form and to the extent maintained by the Company regarding age, service, and pension eligibility, marital status, mortality, claims history, and enrollment information of Dana employees and retirees. |
a. | Moreover, Dana shall cooperate with the Union and the Committee and undertake such reasonable actions as will enable the Committee to perform its administrative functions with respect to the UAW Union Retiree VEBA, including ensuring an orderly transition from Company administration of the retiree health care program to VEBA administration (Administrative Transition). | ||
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communications with respect to Retirees conducted at the Unions request, creation of administrative procedures, initial development of record sharing procedures, the testing of computer systems, vendor selection and contracting, and other activities, incurred on and before the Retiree Benefit Termination Date. | |||
c. | It is understood that the costs associated with drafting the UAW Union Retiree VEBA trust agreement, seeking from the Internal Revenue Service a determination of the tax-exempt status of the UAW Union Retiree VEBA, plan design, and actuarial and other professional work necessary for initiation of the UAW Union Retiree VEBA and the benefits to be offered thereunder, shall all be payable pursuant to the certain Orders of the Bankruptcy Court concerning the payment of the Unions professional fees rather than being subject to payment pursuant to this agreement. |
6. | Changes in Benefits. At the direction of the Union, and after reasonable notice from the Union, the Company shall implement any changes in the non-pension retiree benefit programs that take effect on or after July 1, 2007. |
7. | COBRA. The Company will comply with Section 4980B of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the Code), Part 6 of Title I of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended (ERISA), and the regulations issued respectively there under (collectively, COBRA) with regard to making available COBRA continuation coverage as described by Section 4980B of the Code and Section 602 of ERISA (or any successor provisions thereto) to Union Retirees. The parties acknowledge that a COBRA qualifying |
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event under Section 4980B(f) of the Code and Section 603 of ERISA will occur. The Company will offer an opportunity to elect COBRA continuation coverage to eligible Union Retirees provided, however, that this subparagraph shall not apply if: (i) it is otherwise not required by, inconsistent with or contrary to applicable law, (ii) the Company ceases to provide any group health plan to their employees, (iii) a Union Retiree fails to pay a COBRA premium or (iv) a Union Retiree becomes covered under any other group health plan (hereinafter New Coverage). Eligibility for coverage under a group health plan offered by the UAW Union Retiree VEBA shall not, by itself, in the absence of electing coverage under one of the group health plans, constitute New Coverage. A Union Retiree who does not initially elect COBRA continuation coverage shall waive any right to COBRA continuation coverage at a later date; provided, however, that, in the event a Union Retiree does not elect COBRA coverage as provided in this paragraph 7, nothing in this Agreement shall preclude a Union Retiree from electing COBRA continuation coverage in connection with any future COBRA qualifying event under the Code and ERISA. Nothing herein however, is intended nor should it be construed to limit, waive or augment any COBRA rights or benefits with respect to any Union Retirees. | ||
8. | UAW Union Retiree VEBA Committee. The UAW Union Retiree VEBA shall be administered by an independent committee (the Committee) which shall be the sponsor, named fiduciary and plan administrator of the UAW Union Retiree VEBA. The Committee shall consist of (i) three members not affiliated with the Company and appointed by the Union and (ii) four members who shall not have |
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any affiliation with the Company or the Union and who shall consist of health care, employee benefits or ERISA experts or asset management experts or similarly qualified persons (Independent Committee Member). Prior to any termination of such an Independent Committee Member, the four Independent Committee Members shall recruit and select replacement Independent Committee Members to fill any vacancies among the four of them. Except as provided herein and in Letter No. 7 in Appendix S, the Company shall have no responsibility for or involvement with respect to the establishment or administration of the UAW Union Retiree VEBA. The Union shall have the power to remove or replace the trustees it appoints. |
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1) | Freeze of Pension Credited Service Provisions; Continuation of Eligibility Service for Persons with Twenty or More Years of Credited Service. Each defined benefit pension plan covering the Companys U.S. hourly employees represented by the UAW (Union Pension Plan), shall, effective as of the Freeze Date (such Freeze Date being, except as provided for in paragraph A 13 below, the later of (i) the effective date of a plan of reorganization, or (ii) January 1, 2008), freeze all future credited service under each Union Pension Plan, subject to (x) the provisions contained herein for continuation of accrual of eligibility service for persons with twenty or more years of credited service on the Freeze Date, and (y) the operation of law. No person shall first become a participant in any Union Pension Plan on or after the Freeze Date. For purposes of this Appendix, the Steelworkers Pension Trust pension plan shall not be deemed a Union Pension Plan. For the purpose of this Appendix L, the freeze of pension credited service will include elimination, as of the Freeze Date, of any and all Company basic contributions attributable to service after the Freeze Date to various Company defined contribution plans which have been instituted as a replacement for participation in defined benefit pension plans (including plans such as SavingsWorks for Bargained Employees), but not including contributions to the Steelworkers Pension Trust. It is also agreed that, where appropriate to facilitate the Companys efforts to consolidate its defined contribution plans into one consolidated safe-harbor plan, employee accounts will be moved from such plans to the Dana UAW Master 401(k) plan as |
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expeditiously as possible, but only after the Company and the Union have mutually agreed to the terms under which such consolidation will occur. | |||
2) | Record of Pension Credited Service. Pension credited service for each participant in a Union Pension Plan as of the Freeze Date will be the number of such participants full years and full months on record with the Company as of the Freeze Date, subject to the continued accrual of eligibility service after the Freeze Date for certain persons, as provided herein. The Company will issue individual statements of frozen pension credited service to participants as soon as possible following the Freeze Date, and will further provide the Union with a consolidated statement of each affected individuals name, date of birth, date of hire and frozen credited service. | ||
3) | Recognition of Employee Age. In the future, all of the Union Pension Plans will continue to recognize a participants age as specified in each Union Pension Plan for purposes of eligibility for commencement of a retirement benefit where age is a factor for such benefit under the various plans. For example, if a participant is age 59 and has 10 years of credited service on the Freeze Date, when the participant reaches age 60, the participant will be eligible to retire under a 60/10 early retirement provision, with a Supplemental Benefit (as hereinafter defined) payable prior to age 62 and one month. | ||
4) | Supplemental Pension Benefits; Eligibility Service. (i) Notwithstanding the credited service freeze provided for herein, each employee who retires before or after the Freeze Date will continue to receive their monthly benefits, including but not limited to their Supplemental Benefits (which term includes early retirement and interim supplements, as well as temporary benefits), where provided for under the terms of the Union Pension Plan that covers or covered such employee. This includes any employee who earns additional eligibility service under the provisions of this Appendix L, where such additional eligibility service along with the employees credited service as of the Freeze Date is sufficient to qualify |
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such employee for a form of early retirement that pays any Supplemental Benefit. (ii) Eligibility service, for purposes of this Appendix L, will include the earning of eligibility service for periods of layoff, leave, etc., as well as time worked, under the same terms as provided for the earning of credited service in the respective Union Pension Plans prior to the adoption of the plan amendments contemplated by this Appendix L. The sum of an employees post-Freeze Date eligibility service as provided for herein and an employees pre-Freeze Date credited service as of the Freeze Date will be used to determine whether that employee (or a spouse claiming a benefit under a Union Pension Plan as a result of an employees service) has met the service requirements for any of the various forms of retirement under any Union Pension Plan. Eligibility service will not be used for purposes of current or future benefit amount calculation under any Union Pension Plan, but will be used to determine eligibility for pension benefits. For eligible employees who accumulated credited service in more than one Union Pension Plan prior to the Freeze Date, eligibility for, and payment of, Supplemental Benefits shall be based on the terms of the Union Pension Plan covering the eligible employee as a participant as of the Freeze Date, taking into account the eligible employees combined credited service as of the Freeze Date and eligibility service after the Freeze Date. | |||
5) | Special Advanced Retirement Provisions. This provision will apply to employees who are not on long-term disability nor commencing a benefit from terminated vested status, and who retire at Lima and Pottstown. Beginning on the date of the Companys filing of its plan of reorganization with the Court and extending until ninety (90) days following the Freeze Date, employees who have at least 27 years of credited service but not more than 30 years of credited service as of the Freeze Date, will be allowed to retire and commence a retirement benefit as if their service for eligibility purposes equaled 30 years as of the effective date of their retirement. Employees who elect to retire under this provision will be |
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entitled to receive a basic benefit, reduced under the plan in accordance with their actual frozen credited service as of the Freeze Date, until such time as the employee reaches age 62 and one month, at which time their basic benefit will no longer be subject to reduction. Such employees will also be entitled to receive a Supplemental Benefit determined by multiplying the amount of the supplement in the appropriate Union Pension Plan by a fraction, the numerator of which is their credited service as of the Freeze Date, and the denominator of which is 30. | |||
For example, if an employee retires with exactly 27 years of credited service, he will be considered to have 30 years of credited service for purposes of determining his eligibility for the 30 and Out provision. He will be entitled to a basic benefit of 27 times (based on his 27 years of actual credited service as of the Freeze Date) the appropriate basic benefit amount (reduced for early commencement), with the reduction of the basic benefit amount popping up to an unreduced basic benefit at age 62 and one month. He will also be entitled to receive 27/30ths of the respective 30 and Out supplement. | |||
By comparison, an employee who retires under a 30 and Out provision with exactly 30 years of credited service would have a basic benefit of 30 times the appropriate basic benefit amount (reduced for early commencement) and a full 30 and Out supplement, with the reduction of the basic benefit amount popping up to an unreduced basic benefit at age 62 and one month. | |||
6) | Other Early Retirement Provisions; Continued Accrual of Eligibility Service for those with Twenty or More Years of Credited Service as of the Freeze Date. Employees who have at least 20 years of credited service as of the Freeze Date will be allowed to continue to accrue eligibility service after the Freeze Date. Upon reaching future eligibility for retirement under the terms of the appropriate Union Pension Plan through the inclusion in combination of such post-Freeze Date eligibility service and of credited service as of the Freeze Date, such employees will be entitled |
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to receive a basic benefit (reduced under the plan for early commencement, until such time as the employee reaches age 62 and one month, at which time their basic benefit will no longer be subject to reduction (except for 60/10 retirements)), along with Supplemental Benefits. For a 30 and Out benefit, the Supplemental Benefit will be determined by multiplying the amount of the Supplemental Benefit as provided in the appropriate Union Pension Plan by a fraction, the numerator of which is their credited service as of the Freeze Date, and the denominator of which is 30. For other retirements, the Supplemental Benefit will be based upon credited service as of the Freeze Date and, where appropriate, age at retirement. | |||
For example, an employee who retires under an 85 point Interim Supplement provision (with his age at retirement, credited service at the Freeze Date, and eligibility service earned after the Freeze Date together totaling 85) with exactly 26 years of credited service at the Freeze Date would have a basic benefit of 26 times (based on his credited service as of the Freeze Date) the appropriate basic benefit amount (otherwise reduced for early commencement, with the reduction of the basic benefit amount popping up to an unreduced basic benefit at age 62 and one month), and a Supplemental Benefit based upon 26 years of credited service at the Freeze Date, based upon his age at the time of retirement. | |||
For another example, the employee above, with exactly 26 years of credited service at the Freeze Date may also, after earning four years of eligibility service after the Freeze Date, be considered to have 30 years of credited service for purposes of determining his eligibility for the 30 and Out provision. At that time, he would be entitled to a basic benefit of 26 times (based on his 26 years of credited service as of the Freeze Date) the appropriate basic benefit amount (reduced for early commencement, with the reduction of the basic benefit amount popping up to an unreduced basic benefit at age 62 and one month). He will also be entitled to receive 26/30ths of the respective 30 and Out supplement. |
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7) | Future Pension Plan Changes. Any future amendment, modification or termination of any of the Union Pension Plans, whether required by law or otherwise, shall be accomplished only with the consent of the Union whose members are or have been participants in such plan. In the case of amendments required by law, the Union shall not unreasonably withhold consent. | ||
8) | Status of Employees. Employees who remain employed by the Company after the Freeze Date will not be treated as deferred vested employees under the provisions of their respective Union Pension Plans in any way that is contrary to the Companys practices under the relevant collective bargaining agreements and pension plans as were in existence on May 24, 2007. | ||
9) | Medicare Part B Benefit. The Medicare Benefit provisions of the Union Pension Plans will continue to be applied unchanged, notwithstanding the freeze provided for herein. | ||
10) | Participation in the Workforce Limitations Eliminated. Any requirement in a Union Pension Plan that participation in the workforce must be restricted in order to receive a Supplemental Benefit or other pension benefit (e.g., as in Section 7.1 of the UAW Master Agreement Pension Plan) shall be eliminated. | ||
11) | Choice of Benefits. If an employee is eligible for a pension benefit pursuant to the provisions of this Appendix L and another pension benefit under a Union Pension Plan or this Appendix L that is greater, the employee may, at the time of retirement, choose to receive either benefit. | ||
12) | Employees To Be Deemed Vested Participants as of the Freeze Date. All participants in all Union Pension Plans who are not vested participants in those plans as of the day before the Freeze Date will be deemed vested participants as of the Freeze Date. For example, an employee who had |
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four years of service on the day before the Freeze Date shall be deemed a vested participant on the Freeze Date. | |||
13) | Freeze Date for Plan 34. The Freeze Date for the Dana Corporation Pension Plan for Torque-Traction Manufacturing Technologies Inc. Employees Represented by UAW Local 1405, Syracuse, Indiana (also known as Plan 34) shall be the later of (i) the effective date of a plan of reorganization or (ii) August 1, 2009. |
1) | Buy Out Payments For Retirees. A one-time Buy Out payment will be available as provided below only to the following eligible individuals: (i) employees neither on long-term disability status at the time they retire nor who, upon retirement, would be commencing a benefit from terminated vested status, in the bargaining units covered under the Dana UAW agreements at Lima, Ohio and Pottstown, Pennsylvania and who are eligible to retire under the various provisions of the Union Pension Plans covering such Employees or this Appendix L, and who retire or have retired beginning on May 26, 2007 and extending until 90 days following Freeze Date, and (ii) employees neither on long-term disability status at the time they retire nor who, upon retirement, would be commencing a benefit from terminated vested status, in the bargaining units at Lima, Ohio, Pottstown, Pennsylvania or Marion, Indiana, or in the bargaining unit at the Dana Corporation Traction Manufacturing Plant in Ft. Wayne, Indiana, and who retired from employment with the Company on or after January 1, 2007 and prior to May 26, 2007. | ||
2) | Amount and Form of the Buy Out; Timing of Buy-Out Payments. The amount of Buy Out payment paid to eligible employees described in Section (1) (i) of this part B will be Forty-Five Thousand Dollars ($45,000.00), less any applicable withholdings and deductions required by law. The amount of Buy Out payment paid to eligible retirees described in Section (1)(ii) of this part B will be Twenty-Two Thousand Five Hundred |
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Dollars ($22,500.00). Any such payment will be reduced by any applicable withholdings and deductions required by law. The Buy Out payments will be taxed according to applicable requirements of Federal, State, and Local taxing authorities. Such payment will be paid by the Company to each retiree not sooner than 30 days following the later of the individuals retirement or his execution and delivery of a covenant not to sue and acknowledgement of resolution of claims in Bankruptcy against the Company on a form provided by the Company, in a form acceptable to the Union. | |||
3) | Scheduling of Payments. Depending upon cash flow considerations, the Company reserves the right to pay the one-time special Buy-Out payments in a lump sum or in installments of not more than three equal parts, the last of which will be made no later than 180 days following the later of the date the individual retires or the date he delivers the signed release form to the Company. | ||
4) | Buy Out Payments for Employees who elect Special Advanced Retirement Provisions. The one-time special Buy-Out payment in the amount of Forty-Five Thousand Dollars ($45,000.00), as adjusted pursuant to the following sentence, will also be payable to employees who may qualify for retirement under Section (5) of part A of this Appendix L. The actual amount of the Buy-Out payment payable to such employee will be determined by multiplying Forty-Five Thousand Dollars ($45,000.00) by the same fraction applicable to their Supplemental Benefit, as described in Section (5) of part A of this Appendix L. | ||
5) | Dana and the Union will jointly design and agree to application procedures and communications to be used in the administration of the Buy Out program. The Union and Company may, by mutual agreement, change the commencement date of the buyout program. |
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1) | Conditions Applicable to Retirements. Employees who otherwise would qualify for another retirement benefit under the terms of the applicable pension plan will be entitled to receive the greater of the benefit that would be provided under the terms of part A of this Appendix or the benefit to which such employee is otherwise entitled under the terms of the applicable pension plan, but not both. | ||
2) | Severability. In the event that any of the provisions of this Appendix L shall become invalid or unenforceable by reason of ERISA, or any Federal, or State law, or Executive Order now existing or hereinafter enacted, such invalidity or unenforceability shall not affect the remainder of the provisions of this Appendix L. If the foregoing occurs, the parties will meet and agree to an appropriate resolution. |
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1. | Covered Employees | |
Covered Employees are all Employees represented by the UAW, excluding temporary employees and vacation replacements who are not otherwise permanent employees, who are employed at the covered locations listed below for any length of time during a Wage Month. The Company is required to make a contribution in respect of a Covered Employee whose employment is terminated during a Wage Month. | ||
Covered Locations: | ||
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2. | Newly Hired Employees | |
Newly hired Employees will be considered Covered Employees on the first day of the first calendar month immediately following the expiration of ninety (90) days from the commencement of his/her employment. Such calendar month shall be the Employees first Benefit Month. The immediately preceding calendar month shall be the Employees first Wage Month. | ||
3. | Coverage of Newly Hired Employees Who Were Previously Covered | |
Newly hired Employees who were previously covered by the SPT shall be considered Covered Employees as of the first day of the first calendar month immediately after the commencement of their employment as Employees of the Company. This calendar month is the Employees first Benefit Month and the calendar month immediately preceding is the Employees first Wage Month. |
1. | Credited Service solely for purposes of eligibility and vesting under the SPT (including eligibility for a Rule of 85 benefit) will mean the sum of an employees Past Service and Covered Service. An Employees Past Service will be equal to his Credited Service under the Company pension plans in which the employee participated prior to the Effective Date. If an employee was not a participant in a Company pension plan that counted Credited Service, the employees Past Service will be his service determined under the ERISA elapsed time service counting rules beginning on his date of hire with the Company and ending on the date upon which the Company union pension plans are |
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frozen as provided in Appendix L. An Employees Covered Service will be his periods of employment with the Company beginning on the later of the Effective Date or his date of hire and, except as provided in Section E.3.(b) below, continuing during the time the Company remains a Participating Employer. | ||
2. | Covered Service ends when an Employee quits, dies, retires or the Company stops making contributions on the Employees behalf. |
1. | Beginning on the Effective Date and continuing each month thereafter until the first anniversary of the Effective Date, the Company shall contribute to the SPT an amount equal to $.60 for each Covered Employees Contributory Hours (as defined in Section G below) during the month (Wage Month). The contributions for a Wage Month will be due within 10 business days of the close of the month in which the Contributory Hours were worked. The month during which the contribution is made is referred to as the Benefit Month. | |
2. | Beginning on the first anniversary of the Effective Date and continuing for the twelve month period thereafter, the Company shall contribute to the SPT an amount equal to $.80 for each Covered Employees Contributory Hours during the Wage Month. Each such monthly contribution shall be due within 10 business days of the close of the Wage Month in which the Contributory Hours were worked. | |
3. | Beginning on the second anniversary of the Effective Date and continuing each month thereafter until the expiration of the Agreement, the Company shall contribute to the SPT an amount equal to $1.00 for each Covered Employees Contributory Hours during the Wage Month. Each such monthly contributions will be due within 10 business days of the close of the Wage Month in which the Contributory Hours were worked. |
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1. | The amount of the pension that an Employee will receive depends directly on the total amount of contributions made on behalf of the Employee to the Plan by the Company during the time the Employee was covered by the Plan. | |
2. | The monthly benefit payable at Normal Retirement, Rule-of-85 Retirement, and Disability Retirement under the SPT equals the amount of the annual hourly contributions on behalf of an Employee multiplied by 24.2% and then divided by twelve (12) to obtain a monthly amount. This is the formula for a single life annuity. The benefit payable as a joint and survivor annuity or other optional form of payment is subject to adjustment. |
1. | Normal Retirement | |
Retirement at age 65 with a pension benefit based on the contributions made on his/her behalf, without reduction for early retirement. | ||
2. | Early Retirement | |
Retirement at age 55 with 5 years of Credited Service with a pension benefit based on the contributions made on his/her behalf, reduced by 0.25% (1/4%) for each month (or 3% per year) that the retirement is prior to age 65. | ||
3. | Rule-of-85 Retirement | |
A participant is eligible for a Rule-of-85 retirement with a pension benefit based on the contributions made on his/her behalf, without reduction for early retirement, if: |
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a. | age plus the number of years of Credited Service equals 85 or more; | ||
b. | the years of Covered Service that count in making the calculation are those calendar years in which there were at least five (5) months for which contributions were paid to the SPT (for those individuals who are eligible to participate in SPT on the Effective Date, Past Service will count as years of Covered Service); and | ||
c. | during the twenty-four(24) month period preceding the month of retirement, there must have been at least ten (10) months for which contributions were paid to the SPT on his/her behalf. |
4. | Disability Retirement | |
Disability within the meaning of the Federal Social Security Act while a Covered Employee on or after the Effective Date, with a pension benefit based on the contributions made on his/her behalf, without reduction for early retirement. | ||
5. | Vested Deferred Retirement | |
An Employee who terminates his employment after completion of 5 years or more of Credited Service will be eligible for a vested deferred retirement benefit. |
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a. | hours actually worked by Covered Employees; | ||
b. | hours for which Covered Employees were paid because of vacation, holidays, jury duty, bereavement leave, union business, but not in excess of forty (40) hours per week; | ||
c. | for which Covered Employees, who are paid for vacations in a lump sum, were absent on vacation; | ||
d. | hours for periods on lay-off of up to twelve (12) months, during which time the Employee will be deemed for this purpose alone to have worked forty (40) hours per week, per absence; and | ||
e. | hours for absences of up to twelve (12) months (or such longer period as may be required by law) during which the Employee is receiving workers compensation or sickness and accident benefits, or is on Union Leave, leave of absence for military service or military encampment, or leave of absence on Family or Medical Leave, provided that the Employee returns to employment with the Company within the time period allowed by law or bargaining agreement. Such absences will be credited as Contributory Hours at a rate of up to forty (40) hours per week. |
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decision within 7 days thereafter. If none of the foregoing individuals are available, then the individual available at the earliest time shall be the individual selected. |
(b) | In the event that, following the consideration of an Alternative Minority Investment proposal, Dana rejects such proposal in favor of the Centerbridge Investment (or a new Centerbridge investment), then the Settlement Agreement shall remain in effect. |
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2. | Centerbridge Terminates The Investment: In the event that Centerbridge determines to terminate the Investment, other than for a breach by Dana of the Terms of Centerbridge Investment, the following shall apply: |
(a) | The Unions shall have the sole unreviewable discretion within thirty (30) days of notification by Centerbridge of its termination of the Investment to designate an investor to replace Centerbridge on terms substantially similar to the Centerbridge Investment (the Replacement Investor). Such Replacement Investor shall be subject to Danas consent, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld. If the 30-day period has not run by September 3, 2007, then Dana may file a plan of reorganization without the Replacement Investor, which plan shall be amended to incorporate the Replacement Investor, subject to the provisions of paragraphs 2(b) and 2(c) below. | ||
(b) | Disputes with respect to whether or not Dana has acted unreasonably in withholding its consent to the Replacement Investor shall be timely addressed and subject to mandatory arbitration before a neutral arbitrator to be selected as set forth herein. The arbitrator shall be [name of individual]. If [selection #1] is not available, then [name of 1st alt.] shall serve as the arbitrator. If [1st alt] is not available, then the arbitrator shall be [ 2nd alt]. For purposes of this paragraph, available means able to conduct an arbitration within 14 days and, if necessary, render a decision within 7 days thereafter. If none of the foregoing individuals are available, then the individual available at the earliest time shall be the individual selected. |
(c) | In the event that the Unions do not identify a Replacement Investor or an arbitrator, acting pursuant to paragraph (b) above finds that Dana has acted reasonably in rejecting the Replacement Investor, Dana may pursue an alternate plan of reorganization , so long as such plan of reorganization meets the Reorganization Plan Metrics and the terms of this Settlement Agreement and the USW Settlement Agreement otherwise remain unchanged and unaffected. |
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3. | Other Events. |
(a) | (i) | Except as provided in paragraphs (1) and (2) of this Appendix (in which case the provisions of those paragraphs shall govern), in the event that Dana pursues a transaction other than the Centerbridge Investment, including a majority investment transaction, a sale of substantially all of the Companys assets and any similar transaction (the Non-Centerbridge Transaction), the Unions shall have an allowed general unsecured claim in the amount of $908 million (such claim to be allocated as follows: USW-$354.7 million; and UAW-$553.3 million), which claim shall not be subject to reconsideration under Section 502 of the Bankruptcy Code or otherwise (after the date of approval of this Settlement Agreement and the USW Settlement Agreement) (the Unions Claim), unless Dana shall have notified the Unions that they and, if applicable, the third party investor to such Non-Centerbridge Transaction have unconditionally and irrevocably waived the right to seek to modify retiree health benefits and have committed to continue all such benefits in force without modification to the reasonable satisfaction of the Unions. |
(ii) | Such Non-Centerbridge Transaction shall be subject to the Unions consent, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld. The Unions consent shall be determined once the Unions have conducted due diligence regarding the Non-Centerbridge Transaction, including discussions, if any, regarding the labor agreements and related restructuring matters. The Unions shall use reasonable best efforts to complete expedited due diligence within 3 weeks of notification by Dana regarding the Non-Centerbridge Transaction provided that Dana and the third party to such proposed Transaction cooperate fully in such diligence. In the event that the Unions do not consent to the Non-Centerbridge Transaction, then any dispute regarding the Unions determination to withhold consent shall be subject to the procedures set forth in Paragraph (1)(a) of this Appendix and any review of the arbitral award shall be as set forth in Paragraph (1)(a)(iii). | ||
If the arbitrator finds that the Unions have acted reasonably in their determination to withhold consent of the Non-Centerbridge Transaction, and, notwithstanding such determination, Dana proceeds with the transaction, the Unions may, in their sole, unreviewable discretion: (x) issue a Notice of Termination as described in Paragraph (1)(a)(i)(A) (which shall give rise to the right to strike), in which event, retiree health benefits shall remain in force until such time as they are terminated in accordance with a further order of the Court implementing such termination and setting forth the terms of distribution of the Unions Claim; or (y) if no such notice is given (in which case this Settlement Agreement remains in effect), the Unions may elect (I) the Unions Claim (subject to the allocation described |
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above at 3.a.i) or (II) the Stock Contribution and a cash payment of $704 million (both subject to the allocation described above at 1.a.i and further subject to the provisions reducing the amount of such payment contained in Appendix K hereto) in full settlement of the Unions Claim to be paid to a Union Retiree VEBA or as otherwise directed by the Unions for the payment of retiree health benefits in the event that their respective VEBA has not been established. The Unions may file with the Bankruptcy Court a notice identifying such election. If the arbitrator finds that the Unions have acted unreasonably in their determination to withhold consent of the Non-Centerbridge Transaction, the Company shall be authorized to proceed with the transaction, subject to the terms of the Settlement Agreement, except that the Unions shall have the right to elect (I) the Unions Claim (subject to the allocation described above at 3.a.i) or (II) the Stock Contribution and a cash payment of $704 million (both subject to the allocation described above at 1.a.i and further subject to the provisions reducing the amount of such payment contained in Appendix K hereto) in full settlement of the Unions Claim. The Unions may file with the Bankruptcy Court a notice identifying such election. |
(b) | Except as provided in Paragraphs (1), (2) and 3(a) of this Appendix, for any other event of termination under the Investment Term Sheet including the filing by Dana of a standalone reorganization plan, the Unions shall have the Unions Claim (subject to the allocation described above at 3.a.i.), unless Dana, and if applicable, the plan proponent shall have notified the Unions that they have unconditionally and irrevocably waived the right to seek to modify retiree health benefits and have committed to continue all such benefits in force without modification to the satisfaction of the Unions. The Unions shall also have the right, in their sole unreviewable discretion to (x) issue a Notice of Termination as described in Paragraph (1)(a)(i)(A) of this Appendix (which shall give rise to the right to strike), in which event, retiree health benefits shall remain in force until such time as they are terminated in accordance with a further order of the Court implementing the termination of benefits and setting forth the terms of distribution of the Unions Claim; or (y) if no such notice is given (in which case this Settlement Agreement shall remain in effect), the Unions may elect: (I) the Unions Claim (subject to the allocation described above at 3.a.i) or (II) the Stock Contribution and a cash payment of $704 million (both subject to the allocation described above at 1.a.i and further subject to the provisions reducing the amount of such payment contained in Appendix K hereto) in full settlement of the Unions Claim, to be paid to the respective Union Retiree VEBA or as otherwise directed by the Unions in the event that their respective VEBA has not been established. The Unions may file with the Bankruptcy Court a notice identifying such election. | ||
(c) | In the case of a dismissal of the Debtors chapter 11 cases, then this Settlement Agreement will terminate, and the parties will return to the status |
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that existed before the Section 1113/1114 Litigation and the execution of this Settlement Agreement. In the case of a conversion of the Debtors cases to Chapter 7, the Debtors will seek that any order of conversion shall provide for an allowed administrative claim in the amount of $704 million for the payment of retiree health benefits (subject to the allocation described above at 1.a.i and further subject to the provisions reducing the amount of such payment contained in Appendix K hereto). |
4. | For purposes of this Appendix, Reorganization Metrics shall mean Appendix I of this Settlement Agreement. |
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§ | Effective July 7, 2008, pay each Tier I employee a 2% lump sum of earnings (minimum $1,000), exclusive of shift premium, during the fifty-two (52) pay periods ending Sunday, June 22, 2008. | ||
§ | Effective July 6, 2009, pay each Tier I employee a 1-1/2% lump sum of earnings (minimum $750), exclusive of shift premium, during the fifty-two (52) pay periods ending Sunday, June 21, 2009. | ||
§ | Effective January 4, 2010, each Tier I employee from locations noted above shall be granted a one and one-half percent (1.5%) General Wage Increase. The method of accomplishing this shall be to add one and one half percent (1.5%) to the base hourly rate of each Tier I employees job classification including the minimum and maximum rates for spread rate classifications (if applicable) exclusive of shift premiums. |
§ | Effective July 6, 2009, the Company agrees to add an extra bracket to the current Tier II wage structure increasing the maximum rate of pay to $16.00 per hour. As of July 6, 2009, the scale will read as follows: |
0-52 wks |
$ | 14.00 | ||
53-104 wks |
$ | 14.50 | ||
105-156 wks |
$ | 15.00 | ||
157-208 wks |
$ | 15.50 | ||
209+ wks |
$ | 16.00 |
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§ | Further, effective on July 6, 2009 for all Tier II employees previously in the top rate of pay ($15.50 per hour) for one (1) year or more as of that date, the Company agrees to immediately move those employees to the $16.00 per hour rate of pay under this Tier II schedule. |
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(ii) | the power to direct the management and policies of said enterprise. |
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Henderson |
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Marion |
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For the Dana Corporation:
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For the United Steelworkers | |
/s/ Chris Bueter
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/s/ David R. Jury on behalf of J. Robinson | |
Chris Bueter, Vice President
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James Robinson | |
Industrial Relations, Dana Corporation
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Director, District 7 | |
/s/ Robert Arquette
Benefits and Payroll Services, Dana Corporation |
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1. | The Company agrees to insert the following provision in its Individual Location Union Agreements. | |
2. | The Company agrees that in the event of a sale, conveyance, assignment or other transfer, using any form of transaction, of the plant or facilities covered by this agreement (any of the foregoing, a Sale) to any third party unaffiliated entity (Buyer), the following conditions will be satisfied prior to or in conjunction with the closing of the Sale: |
a. | The Buyer shall have entered into an agreement with the Union: |
1) | recognizing it as the exclusive bargaining representative for the Employees working at the facilities to be Sold, and | ||
2) | either (a) embodying the existing terms and conditions of employment affecting bargaining unit employees, in which case, provided that the existing labor agreement has less than 13 months remaining in its term, the Union shall, at its sole option which must be exercised no later than 120 days prior to the expiration date of the existing labor agreement, have the right to extend the existing terms and conditions for a period of an additional twelve (12) months beyond its scheduled expiration, with final offer interest arbitration used to determine economic improvements during the extension period, or (b) establishing new terms and conditions of employment to be effective as of the closing date of the Sale. |
b. | A necessary condition prior to consummation of a Sale under this section shall be satisfactory resolution between the Union and Company of any continuing obligations, responsibilities or liabilities to the Union and/or employees following a proposed Sale. Any disputes with respect to such resolution shall be subject to arbitration on an expedited basis. |
3. | This Appendix and Paragraph 2 above is not intended to apply to any transactions solely between the Company and any of its Affiliates. |
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4. | This Appendix and Paragraph 2 above shall not apply to a public offering of registered securities. | |
5. | Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 3(b) of this Settlement Agreement, this Appendix shall expire one (1) year after the Termination Date. |
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1.1 | Agents means supervisors, managers, department heads, consultants, contractors, line supervisors or any other person or entity with actual or apparent authority to speak on behalf of the Company or the USW. | ||
1.2 | Bargaining Unit means the bargaining unit of employees to be represented by the Union as determined in accordance with Article 3. | ||
1.3 | Company means Dana Corporation and any Affiliate thereof. An Affiliate shall mean any business enterprise that Controls, is under the Control of, or is under common Control with the Company, provided that such enterprises shall only be deemed to be Affiliates if they produce or market the same or similar products as those produced or marketed by the Company at operations covered by an agreement with either the USW or the UAW. | ||
Control of a business enterprise shall mean possession, directly or indirectly, of either: (a) fifty percent (50%) of the equity of the enterprise; or (b) the power to direct the management and policies of said enterprise. | |||
1.4 | Dispute has the meaning given in Article 5. | ||
1.5 | Facility or Facilities has the meaning given in Article 8. | ||
1.6 | Neutral means a neutral third-party, selected as described in Article 5, to conduct the card check as described in Article 3, and to resolve Disputes as described in Articles 3 and 5. References to the Neutral shall be deemed to include the First Alternate or the Second Alternate if they are serving in the capacity of the Neutral as described in Article 5. | ||
1.7 | Neutrality has the meaning set out in Article 2. |
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1.8 | Non-Work Areas has the meaning set out in Article 2. | ||
1.9 | UAW means International Union, United Automobile, Aerospace and Agricultural Implement Workers of America, UAW. | ||
1.10 | USW means the United Steel, Paper and Forestry, Rubber, Manufacturing, Energy, Allied Industrial and Service Workers International Union, AFL-CIO, CLC. | ||
1.11 | Union means the USW, any local union(s) affiliated with the USW, and any coalition of labor organizations which includes the USW and/or any local union affiliated with the USW. |
2.1 | The Company and the Union agree to the following: |
2.1.1 | The Company will adopt a position of Neutrality in the event the Union undertakes activities seeking to represent employees working in the Companys facilities covered by this Agreement. | ||
2.1.2 | Neutrality means the following at the Companys facilities covered by this Agreement. |
2.1.2.1 | The Company and/or Union will not engage in any communication or other conduct that evidences, either directly or indirectly, a negative, derogatory, or demeaning attitude toward the Company or the Union (including the Companys or Unions motives, integrity, character, or performance) or about labor organizations or management generally. | ||
2.1.2.2 | The Company will not engage in any communications or conduct that directly or indirectly, demonstrates or implies opposition to unionization of its employees. | ||
2.1.2.3 | Dana will not employ, retain, or consult with any firm, association, entity, or individual for the purpose of resisting or opposing unionization by the USW or attempt to influence employees regarding unionization by the USW. | ||
2.1.2.4 | The Company will advise its employees that it is totally neutral regarding the issue of representation by the Union and whether or not the employees select the |
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Union as their collective bargaining representative. The Company will advise its employees that it has a constructive and positive relationship with the USW, and that a Neutrality Agreement exists. The Union and Company will make available a copy of the Neutrality Agreement to employees. | |||
2.1.2.5 | The Company will not provide any support or assistance of any kind to any person or group that is supporting or opposing the selection of the Union as the bargaining representative of the employees. | ||
2.1.2.6 | The Company and the Union recognize that the employees have a legal right to express their opinion provided such expression is within the law and lawful Company rules and regulations. | ||
2.1.2.7 | The Company will not make any statements or representations as to the potential negative effects or results of representation by the Union on the Company, the employees, or any group of employees. | ||
2.1.2.8 | The Company and/or the Union will not verbally or in any written communication publicly or privately disparage the other party as a whole nor any individual management or Union person. |
2.1.3 | Fairness and Good Faith means the following at the facilities covered by this Agreement: |
2.1.3.1 | Upon request of the Union, the Company will provide the Union with a list of all employees (both full-time and part-time) in the Bargaining Unit at a particular Facility within one (1) week of the Unions request for such list. The list will be in alphabetical order (last name first) and will show each employees full name, date of hire, classification, shift, department, and home address including zip code. The list will be updated if requested by the Union, but no more than once per month. | ||
2.1.3.2 | The Company and/or the Union will not engage in threats, misrepresentations, or delaying tactics in connection with any effort by the Union to organize the employees. |
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2.1.3.3 | The Company and/or the Union will not threaten, intimidate, discriminate against, retaliate against or otherwise take adverse action against any employee, based on his or her decision to support or not support representation by the Union. Nor will the Company or the Union take any adverse actions against each other because a Facilitys employees decide to be or not to be represented by the Union. | ||
2.1.3.4 | The Company and/or Union will not commit any unfair labor practice involving interference with the employees rights to select or not select the Union as their bargaining representative. | ||
2.1.3.5 | The Company will provide the Union with access to employees during the workday in non-work areas including, but not limited to, parking lots, building entrances and exits, break areas, smoking areas, and cafeterias during the workday. The Company shall provide the Union access for a meeting with its employees on the Companys premises during work time as mutually agreed upon at the time of the Unions request. The Company will introduce the Union at the meeting. The Company will advise its employees that it has a constructive and positive relationship with the USW and that a Neutrality Agreement exists and that both parties are committed to the success and growth of the facility. | ||
2.1.3.6 | While on the Companys premises, the Union will adhere to the Companys safety rules and will not delay or otherwise disrupt the facilitys operations. The Union will register under the facility guidelines at the Companys facility when entering and upon leaving the facility. | ||
2.1.3.7 | The Company will permit the distribution of Union literature in Non-Work Areas of its Facilities. | ||
2.1.3.8 | The Company will permit its employees to display the USW insignia and to communicate with fellow employees concerning the Union and workplace issues, including wage rates, disciplinary systems, Company policies, and working conditions. The Company shall permit the Union to post notices on bulletin boards or other locations normally utilized by employees for |
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posting of personal notices provided such notices are not in conflict with the definition of Neutrality as defined herein. | |||
2.1.3.9 | The Company and the Union will instruct their respective Agents on the obligations and duties of this Agreement and will direct such Agents to avoid any conduct which is inconsistent with this Agreement. | ||
2.1.3.10 | The Company agrees that it will not consummate a transaction which would result in the Company having or creating an Affiliate without ensuring that the New Affiliate agrees to and becomes bound by this Agreement. |
3.1 | The parties understand that the Company may not recognize the Union as the exclusive representative of employees in the absence of a showing that a majority of the employees in an appropriate bargaining unit have expressed their desire to be represented by the Union. In determining whether this standard has been met, the parties agree to the following: |
3.1.1 | The Union, with the consent of the Company, will designate the bargaining unit to be represented. The Company will respond to the Unions designation within three (3) business days after receipt. The Company agrees to consent to any unit designated by the Union that is similar to any bargaining unit at any other location of the Company. The Company will not unreasonably withhold its consent to the Unions designation. The Bargaining Unit will normally include employees at the particular location engaged in production, quality inspection, material handling, labor and maintenance involved in the process of producing, assembling, or manufacturing products. All office and clerical, professional, guards, quality engineers, engineers and supervisors as defined in the National Labor Relations Act will normally be excluded from the Bargaining Unit. | ||
3.1.2 | In the event that the Company reasonably withholds its consent to the Bargaining Unit designated by the Union, the Company will provide to the Union a list of the employees over whom such dispute exists, including their job title, department, and all other information, which may be reasonably necessary to evaluate the dispute. In the event that the Union and the Company cannot resolve the scope of the Bargaining Unit issue, the parties will present the issues to the Neutral described in Article 5 within seven |
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(7) business days after the Company first indicates that it has withheld its consent to the Bargaining Unit proposed by the Union. The hearing before the Neutral will be held immediately, and the provisions of Sections 5.1.2.2, 5.1.2.3, 5.1.2.4, 5.1.3 and 5.1.4 shall apply. | |||
3.1.3 | For purposes of determining the number of employees that constitute a majority of the Bargaining Unit, the employee population will be composed of only those employees in the Bargaining Unit on the date of the request from the Union for the employee list. At the Unions option, a later date may be used as long as the date is after the date of request for the list and before the date of union recognition. | ||
3.1.4 | The Company shall post a notice on all bulletin boards of a Facility after the Union holds its employee meeting on Company premises. The Notice shall read as follows: |
Notice to Employees: | |||
The Company does not oppose collective bargaining or the unionization of our employees. | |||
The choice of whether or not to be represented by a union is yours alone to make. | |||
We will not interfere in any way with your exercise of that choice. | |||
If the Union secures a simple majority of authorization cards of the employees in [insert description of Bargaining Unit established pursuant to Section 3.2 and 3.3 above] the Company shall recognize the Union as the exclusive representative of such employees without a secret ballot election conducted by the National Labor Relations Board. | |||
The authorization cards must unambiguously state that the signing employees desire to designate the union as their exclusive representative. | |||
Employee signatures on the authorization cards will be confidentially verified by a neutral third party chosen by the Company and the Union. |
3.1.5 | The demonstration of majority support within the appropriate Bargaining unit shall be made by determining support with Employee Authorization Forms. The following procedure shall apply to the card check. |
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3.1.6 | The Company agrees that the USW will notify the Neutral to be available within three (3) business days following the USWs written or e-mail request to the Company to conduct the card check. | ||
3.1.7 | In the event the Neutral is not available during the time described in the prior section, the USW, at its option, may schedule the card check at another time mutually agreeable to the Company, the Union and the Neutral, or may elect to use either the First Alternate or Second Alternate. In no event shall the card check be more than seven (7) calendar days after the Unions request. | ||
3.1.8 | The USW shall request the Neutral to review the Employee Authorization Forms submitted by the USW against the list of eligible employees in the Bargaining Unit to verify the signatures of such employees, and to certify the results on the appropriate form. | ||
3.1.9 | The Company shall provide the business records necessary for the Neutral to verify signatures and a list of eligible employees in the Bargaining Unit. |
4.1 | In the event that the Union is found to have achieved majority status by the procedures described in Article 3 at a Facility, the Company agrees to recognize the Union as the exclusive bargaining representative of employees in the Bargaining Unit at that Facility, and that, upon recognition, the Bargaining Unit at that Facility will be subject to the additional plant clause(s) contained in the Framework collective bargaining agreements. |
5.1 | Any alleged violation(s) of this Agreement, including, but not limited to, any dispute involving conduct during an organizing drive or employee eligibility (a Dispute), shall be resolved in accordance with the procedures set forth in this Article 5. Disputes regarding the scope of a proposed Bargaining Unit are to be resolved in accordance with the procedures described in Article 3. |
5.1.1 | Following notice that a Dispute exists, the parties shall designate high-level representatives, who shall attempt to resolve the Dispute by mutual agreement. Such efforts will continue for ten (10) calendar days. |
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5.1.2 | If the parties are unable to resolve the Dispute as described in section 5.1.1, the Dispute will be submitted to the Neutral on an expedited basis in accordance with the following: |
5.1.2.1 | The hearing will be held within five (5) business days following expiration of the period described in section 5.1.1. | ||
5.1.2.2 | The parties will request the Neutral to render a bench decision. | ||
5.1.2.3 | If the Neutral is unavailable or is unable to comply with the time limits described above, the moving party shall have the option of agreeing to a different schedule or to permit the First Alternate or Second Alternate to conduct the hearing and render the decision in accordance with those time limits. | ||
5.1.2.4 | The Neutral shall have complete authority to remedy any violation of this Agreement and the decision of the Neutral shall be final and binding. All parties waive their right to challenge the decision of the Neutral in any forum. |
5.1.3 | The Neutral and the Alternates shall be designated by the parties. In the event that either the First or Second Alternate is designated to serve in any capacity under this Agreement, such person shall have rights and duties identical to those described with respect to the Neutral. | ||
5.1.4 | In the event any of the individuals identified in Section 5.1.3 above resigns, dies, or is otherwise unable to continue to serve, the parties will, by mutual agreement, identify a replacement for such person. |
6.1 | When the Neutral or an Alternate serves the parties for the purposes outlined under the provisions of this Agreement, the total expense of the Neutral or Alternate will be equally shared by the Company and the Union. Expenses to be shared will include, but not be limited to, the following - the cost of retaining the services of the Neutral and Alternates; Per diem charges and expenses of the Neutral and Alternate for services rendered; The cost of suitable facilities to conduct a Dispute or |
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unit clarification hearing. The Company and Union will bear their individual expenses respectively due to preparing or presenting any issue or evidence to the Neutral or Alternate. |
7.1 | The Union shall not engage in any strike or work stoppage, and the Company shall not engage in any lockout, at a Facility over any issue that is subject to the Dispute Resolution procedures in this Agreement. |
8.1 | The obligations of this Agreement shall apply to Company Facilities. For purposes of this Agreement, Facility or Facilities means any operation in the United States or Canada which, now or in the future, is wholly owned or operated by the Company. |
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1. | The Company has previously informed the USW in conjunction with its bankruptcy proceedings of its intentions with respect to optimizing the manufacturing operations at union and non-union plants (MFO). | |||
2. | The Company had provided the USW with relevant information to understand and evaluate the actions that it planned to take, and then bargained in good faith with the USW with respect to its intended plans. | |||
3. | In the course of such bargaining, the Company has given careful consideration to potential changes in the MFO suggested by the USW as part of this process, and the parties have agreed to the following: | |||
a. | In the Traction business, the Company will maintain the existing work at the Ft. Wayne plant, which currently employs an active workforce of approximately 490. | |||
b. | In the event that the Company moves the production of end yokes from the Marion plant, it will replace no fewer than 60 jobs that would otherwise be lost by that move. | |||
4. | During the term of this Agreement, the Company shall not move existing work out of a facility where the USW represents employees into a facility where either they or the UAW do not, with the exception of the movement of production of end yokes from the Marion plant, unless a customer makes a sourcing decision under an existing contract, ends a sourcing contract, or does not renew a sourcing contract, which prevent(s) the Company from complying with the terms of this Appendix. In such event, the Company may move only the work covered by such event. | |||
5. | In addition, in such event, the Company will provide relevant information to the USW and the parties will promptly meet to discuss possible alternatives. |
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1. | Objective | |
Where practical and consistent with its business goals, the Company will provide employees with the opportunity to work at least forty (40) hours per week. | ||
2. | Layoff Minimization Plan | |
The Company agrees that, prior to implementing planned layoffs (not including temporary layoffs as defined in the respective collective bargaining agreements), it shall review and discuss with the Union: |
a. | any relevant documentation that clearly relates to the business need for the layoffs (Need); | ||
b. | the anticipated impact of the layoffs on the bargaining unit, including the number of employees to be laid off and the duration of the layoffs, to the extent known (Impact); and | ||
c. | a Layoff Minimization Plan based upon consideration of at least the following elements, and containing such elements as are appropriate to the circumstances: |
(1) | a reduction in the use of outside contractors; | ||
(2) | the minimization of the use of overtime; | ||
(3) | a program of voluntary layoffs; and |
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(4) | the use of productive alternate work assignments to reduce the number of layoffs. |
3. | Employee Protections | |
Reference to the factors to be considered in developing a Layoff Minimization Plan in Paragraph 2.c above shall not impair in any way any protection afforded to Employees under other provisions of this Agreement or any other agreement between the Company and the USW. | ||
4. | Union Response | |
The USW shall be provided expeditiously with sufficient information relevant to the layoff, and the USW may reach its own judgment on whether there is a Need, the appropriate Impact and to develop its own proposed Layoff Minimization Plan. Any response shall be presented in a timely fashion so as not to unreasonably delay action under this Appendix. | ||
5. | Company Consideration of Union Layoff Minimization Plan. | |
Upon the Companys receipt of the USW proposed Layoff Minimization Plan, the Company shall give careful consideration to issues and alternatives identified by the USW and shall meet with the USW to discuss same and attempt to reach agreement on a Layoff Minimization Plan. | ||
6. | Dispute Resolution |
a. | In the event the parties do not reach agreement on whether there is a Need, the appropriate Impact and the terms of a Layoff Minimization Plan, the parties may then submit their dispute on an expedited basis to final offer (baseball) arbitration |
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b. | The arbitrators ruling shall be limited to addressing whether the Companys or the USWs proposed Layoff Minimization Plan is more reasonable, given all the circumstances and the objectives of the parties, and providing an appropriate remedy. |
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1. | For purposes of this Appendix, Future Opportunity Work shall be defined as machining and assembly work on new product line(s) including new platforms that the Company intends to perform in North America. | |
2. | Covered Location shall mean any facility in which the USW or the UAW is the exclusive bargaining representative of employees. | |
3. | Preferred Location shall mean the following: for the Traction business, Ft. Wayne, IN, and, for the Commercial Vehicle business, Henderson, KY. | |
4. | The Company agrees to make reasonable and necessary capital expenditures at Covered Locations designed to maintain and/or expand the work performed at such locations consistent with this Appendix, provided that such expenditures are not economically imprudent. | |
5. | The Company agrees that, with respect to Future Opportunity Work, the Company will have such work performed in a Preferred Location so as to maintain operations at such location at full capacity to the extent possible, unless: |
-- | There is insufficient excess capacity available at the Location to perform such work, and additions in capacity cannot be achieved on a competitive basis. | ||
-- | Material financial, business or competitive reason(s) clearly disfavor the use of the Location, or legitimate customer concerns (e.g., just-in-time) prevent use of the Location. |
6. | With respect to work on a future generation of an existing product line or platform, or new product line(s) or platform(s), that the Company intends to perform in North America (including but not limited to Future Opportunity Work), which is not to be performed at a Preferred Location in accordance with paragraph 5 above, the Company shall perform such |
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work at a Covered Location, unless (a) there is insufficient excess capacity available at the Location to perform such work, or (b) meaningful financial, business or competitive reason(s) disfavor the use of the Location. | ||
7. | In the event that the customer removes the Econoline machining work currently performed at the Ft. Wayne plant, the Company will give the Ft. Wayne plant first priority for future Traction business machining work that it intends to perform in North America in an attempt to replace the lost work, provided that the work can be performed at the Ft. Wayne plant and that to do so would not be materially detrimental to the financial or competitive viability of the North American Traction business of the Company. | |
8. | Underutilized Facilities When any Covered Location is operating at less than full capacity (except during maintenance and repair outages) (an Underutilized Facility), the Company agrees that: |
(i) it will consider sourcing work to the relevant Underutilized Facility from other than a Covered Location, and |
(ii) it will consider sourcing new work that can be performed at the Underutilized Facility to such Underutilized Facility, |
provided that the work in question can be performed at the Underutilized Facility, material financial, business or competitive reasons do not clearly disfavor the use of the Underutilized Facility, or legitimate customer concerns do not prevent such sourcing. For purposes of this Appendix, full capacity shall mean that the manufacturing assets at the facility are fully utilized. | ||
9. | The Company will provide the Union with a meaningful opportunity to participate in decisions involving certain work to be performed in the North America in the future. To that end, the Company shall promptly provide the Union with reasonable notice of all potential Future Opportunity Work, any related work on which the Company is planning to |
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bid or currently bidding, or any work whose performance at a Covered Location is in jeopardy. The Company will work with the USW to determine how to win or protect such work, including through negotiated changes in the labor agreement, if such is necessary. | ||
10. | In the event that the Company determines not to direct work to a Covered Location, the Company shall give the Union notice within five (5) business days of its determination in such matter. The notice shall identify the specific reasons underlying the decision and shall be accompanied by supporting documentation or financial reports, analyses, etc. with respect to such reasons. The parties will meet to discuss such information at the Unions request, at an expedited, executive-level meeting. |
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1. | Introduction |
a. | Dana and the USW recognize that dramatic changes in world markets have created new quality, productivity and competitiveness challenges for Dana. These challenges can only be met if both parties develop a more positive, non-adversarial and constructive relationship. The Company and the USW also recognize the significant contribution of the skills and loyalty of the workforce to the success of the Company and the importance of new investment in USW-represented facilities. Each recognizes the significant role which the other must play in the success of the company. To these ends, the Company and the USW hereby pledge renewed energies and commitment to increase productivity and quality of operations and to maximize the competitive capability of Dana. | ||
b. | Dana and the USW recognize the interdependent relationship of quality, operating efficiency, empowerment and job security. Essential to the future of Dana and its support of the workforce are joint commitments to improve quality, increase investment opportunities and provide employment security. The USW, Dana and its employees will work together in a spirit of teamwork, cooperation and mutual understanding to improve product quality and grow the business. |
2. | USW-Dana Sourcing/Competitiveness Committee | |
To support and implement the above commitments to improve quality, grow the business and to create ongoing activities based upon continuous improvement principles, the USW and Dana Corporation will create the USW-Dana Sourcing/Competitiveness Committee. The Committee will oversee the work of the Sourcing Committee at each plant as described below. A meeting will be scheduled within 60 days of the signing of this agreement to develop the plan and details for the program. |
a. | The Company agrees that, prior to their implementation, it shall share with the Local Union any Company plans to bring outside contractors into the plant or transfer products to a non-Dana facility. | ||
b. | The Company and Local Union shall meet for a reasonable time period, not to exceed fifteen (15) days, during which the parties shall evaluate the reasons for the proposed process or product transfer (to a non-Dana |
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facility) and/or alternatives to the possible process or product transfer. Relevant factors in the deliberations are whether a transfer of product is consistent with the long-term plan and overall success of the plant, including, without limitation, profitability, cost-benefit analysis, and optimal utilization of production facilities, skills of the workforce, customer requirements, competitiveness and employment security. It is the intent of the parties at the conclusion of problem solving there shall be a mutual agreement regarding the proposed action. | ||
b. | The Company shall inform the Local Union President/Chair of any out-sourcing or contracting actions being considered that will directly result in the layoff of bargaining unit members or elimination of overtime. No decision to out-source work that directly results in the layoff of bargaining unit employees shall be implemented for a period of fifteen (15) days during which time the Company shall meet with the Local Union for the purpose of discussing the possible alternative proposals. This section does not apply to work out-sourced due to inability to meet delivery schedules as a result of a temporary capacity problem and/or a lack of available production hours. The Company and USW will explore all means possible in an effort to keep the work in-house or provide alternate work equal in volume or production time. | |
c. | The Company shall provide the Local Union President/Chair with relevant information needed to compare the applicable vendor bids with the cost of the same work if performed in-house (such as vendor bids, financial audits, financial records or costing information) prior to the final decision to out-source bargaining unit work. | |
d. | The Company will not dispose of equipment, products, processes or facilities for the purpose of enabling itself to subcontract work currently being performed by the bargaining unit employees. | |
e. | The Company and the Union will each designate a representative to facilitate the actions of the local parties with respect to this Appendix and the sourcing issues addressed herein. | |
f. | Any dispute involving this Appendix G shall be subject to the dispute resolution described in the Settlement Agreement. |
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1. | The Company will share relevant financial (e.g., income statements, cash flow statements, materials costs, labor costs, SG&A expenses, budget information, etc.), as well as quality, productivity, efficiency and safety reports with the bargaining committee of each USW-represented facility at a monthly meeting. After each such meeting, relevant non-confidential information will be presented to the workforce. The bargaining committee will be provided relevant background material so as to develop a comprehensive understanding of the underlying issues of each report. | |
2. | All of the information described above shall also be provided to the USW. In addition to the information provided to the Locals as provided in 1. above, the Company will also send the USW the following, additional information: |
a. | Financial information Supporting schedules for the Income Statements and Statements of Cash Flows which should include cost of goods sold, including breakdown of materials costs, manufacturing overhead/burden, labor costs; and selling, general and administrative expenses. | ||
b. | Meeting with Dana Comptroller At the Unions request, the Company will arrange for a meeting, not more frequently than once each quarter, between one or more USW representatives and the Dana Comptroller to further discuss information. The USW representatives shall receive such following information: Projected sales, costs and operating results, together with a list of major assumptions used in preparing the operating budgets described |
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above; management reports/analyses submitted to corporate or divisional headquarters on the facilitys performance for the latest quarter and the prior year end; identification of any extraordinary, unusual or non-recurring costs/write-offs/income occurring in any of the financial statements or projections provided; and capital expenditure and depreciation figures. |
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1. | Termination of Non-Pension Retiree Benefits for Union Retirees. The parties agree that the Company will terminate effective the later of January 1, 2008 or the effective date of a plan of reorganization (Retiree Benefit Termination Date), all non-pension retiree benefits of individuals who, as of the Retiree Benefit Termination Date, are retirees, surviving spouses and eligible dependents represented by the USW (Union Retirees), provided however, that the Company will continue to provide all non-pension retiree benefits to the Union Retirees under the terms of existing plans through the Retiree Benefit Termination Date. On the Retiree Benefit Termination Date, the Company will cease to sponsor or provide any non-pension retiree benefits for Union Retirees. Except as otherwise provided herein, the Company shall have no obligation to provide any non-pension retiree benefits to Union Retirees after the Retiree Benefit Termination Date, except for the payment of claims incurred by Union Retirees through the Retiree Benefit Termination Date and presented for payment no later than six months following the Retiree Benefit Termination Date. | |
2. | Termination of Non-Pension Retiree Benefits for Active Union Employees. The parties agree that employees represented by the Union who have not retired as of the Retiree Benefit Termination Date shall not, after that date, have any eligibility for non-pension retiree benefits upon retirement, except as otherwise provided in Appendix L to this Agreement, except for such non-pension retiree benefits as may be provided by and through the USW Union Retiree VEBA as defined below. |
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3. | Termination of Disability Income and Medical Benefits for Union Disableds. The parties agree that the Company will terminate effective on the Retiree Benefit Termination Date all long term disability income and medical benefits (LTD Benefits) of individuals who are represented by the USW and who, as of the Retiree Benefit Termination Date, (i) are receiving LTD Benefits or (ii) have begun a period of disability that will result in qualification for LTD Benefits from the Company (Union Disableds), provided however that the Company will continue to provide all LTD Benefits to the Union Disableds under the terms of the now-existing plans through and including the Retiree Benefit Termination Date. On and as of the Retiree Benefit Termination Date, the Company will cease to sponsor or provide any LTD Benefits for Union Disableds, and except as otherwise provided herein, the Company shall have no obligation to provide any LTD Benefits to Union Disableds after the Retiree Benefit Termination Date. | |
4. | In consideration of Paragraphs 1, 2 and 3 above, a Voluntary Employee Benefit Association (VEBA)shall be established and funded, as follows: |
a. | Establishing the USW Union Retiree VEBA. As expeditiously as possible and in all events prior to the Retiree Benefit Termination Date the Union shall establish a VEBA for and on behalf of all Union Retirees and Union Disableds (the USW Union Retiree VEBA). | ||
b. | The USW Union Retiree VEBA Contribution. Within two (2) (business days of the later of (a) the Retiree Benefit Termination Date and (b) having received written notice, including the VEBA trust documents, from the VEBA Trustees that (i) the USW Union Retiree VEBA has been |
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established and (ii) the USW Union Retiree VEBA can accept contributions made as instructed in such written notice, the Company shall (x) cause $275.1 million in cash to be contributed to the USW Union Retiree VEBA (the Contribution Amount) by wire transfer as instructed in such written notice, and (y) contribute to the VEBA shares of new common stock of reorganized Dana having a value of $31.3 million (or the maximum amount permitted under prevailing Department of Labor regulations governing VEBAs before qualifying as a prohibited transaction, with the difference between such maximum amount and $31.3 million being contributed to the USW Union Retiree VEBA in cash) (the Stock Contribution), which value shall be calculated based on the value per common share set forth in the disclosure statement as approved by the Bankruptcy Court. In no event will the Companys obligation for contributions under this Appendix K exceed $306.4 million in total. The current VEBA trusts in place at Fort Wayne, Marion and Reading will continue in place, and the assets of those trusts shall neither be transferred to the USW Union Retiree VEBA, nor be part of the Contribution Amount, nor reduce the Contribution Amount. As of the Retiree Benefit Termination Date, the joint Board of Administration of each of the aforementioned individual VEBA trusts will determine the future uses of any remaining assets in coordination with the provisions of the USW Union Retiree VEBA (and any schedule or form of benefits provided under the USW Union Retiree VEBA) and, to the extent necessary to |
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empower each such Board of Administration to effectuate such determinations, the parties will amend the governing documents and agreements governing (a) the individual VEBA trusts and (b) the provision of benefits funded thereby. | |||
c. | Adjustment to the Contribution Amount. The Contribution Amount will be reduced by the amount of (i) non-pension retiree benefit claims incurred by the Company for Union Retirees on and after July 1, 2007 and (ii) any LTD Benefits incurred by the Company on behalf of Union Disableds on and after July 1, 2007. The amount of reduction in this section 4(c) will not include the amount of payment of any non-pension retiree benefit or LTD Benefit claims made for Union Retirees for claims incurred prior to July 1, 2007 or for Union Disableds for claims incurred prior to July 1, 2007 (claims run out) but will include any amount due and payable as of the date of contribution described in 4(b) above. (iii) In addition the Company will decrease the Contribution Amount for an estimated amount of non-pension retiree benefit claims for Union Retirees incurred but not paid on or after July 1, 2007 but not later than the date of the payment called for in 4(b) above. The additional reduction under (iii) of this section represents claims run out following at the date of contribution specified in 4(b) above. (iv) In addition, the Company will decrease the amount of the contribution for any amounts attributable to paragraph 5.b (but not the remainder of paragraph 5) of this Appendix K, and for administrative costs in excess of $25,000 for changes in the retiree benefit |
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programs made pursuant to paragraph 6 below. The Company will make a final payment, to the USW Union Retiree VEBA based upon the amount of contributions less the actual amounts known for 4(c)(i), (ii), (iii) and (iv) but not longer than six months following the contribution date in 4(b) above. |
5. | Cooperation with the Union and Reimbursement of Certain Expenses. To the extent required or permitted by law, Dana and its successors and assigns shall furnish to the Committee (as defined in paragraph 8 below) such information and shall provide such cooperation as may be necessary to permit the Committee to effectively administer the plan of benefits provided to retirees, including, without limitation, the implementation and administration of voluntary premium deductions from the pension benefits of retirees, and the retrieval of data in a form and to the extent maintained by the Company regarding age, service, and pension eligibility, marital status, mortality, claims history, and enrollment information of Dana employees and retirees. |
a. | Moreover, Dana shall cooperate with the Union and the Committee and undertake such reasonable actions as will enable the Committee to perform its administrative functions with respect to the VEBA, including ensuring an orderly transition from Company administration of the retiree health care program to USW Union Retiree VEBA administration (Administrative Transition). | ||
b. | Dana shall be financially responsible for reasonable costs associated with the Committees fees and expenses, and educational efforts and |
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communications with respect to Retirees conducted at the Unions request, creation of administrative procedures, initial development of record sharing procedures, the testing of computer systems, vendor selection and contracting, and other activities, incurred on and before the Retiree Benefit Termination Date. | |||
c. | It is understood that the costs associated with drafting the VEBA trust agreement, seeking from the Internal Revenue Service a determination of the tax-exempt status of the USW Union Retiree VEBA, plan design, and actuarial and other professional work necessary for initiation of the USW Union Retiree VEBA and the benefits to be offered thereunder, shall all be payable pursuant to the certain Orders of the Bankruptcy Court concerning the payment of the Unions professional fees rather than being subject to payment pursuant to this agreement. |
6. | Changes in Benefits. At the direction of the Unions, and after reasonable notice from the Unions, the Company shall implement any changes in the non-pension retiree benefit programs that take effect on or after July 1, 2007. | |
7. | COBRA. The Company will comply with Section 4980B of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the Code), Part 6 of Title I of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended (ERISA), and the regulations issued respectively there under (collectively, COBRA) with regard to making available COBRA continuation coverage as described by Section 4980B of the Code and Section 602 of ERISA (or any successor provisions thereto) to Union Retirees. The parties acknowledge that a COBRA qualifying |
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event under Section 4980B(f) of the Code and Section 603 of ERISA will occur. The Company will offer an opportunity to elect COBRA continuation coverage to eligible Union Retirees provided, however, that this subparagraph shall not apply if: (i) it is otherwise not required by, inconsistent with or contrary to applicable law, (ii) the Company ceases to provide any group health plan to their employees, (iii) a Union Retiree fails to pay a COBRA premium or (iv) a Union Retiree becomes covered under any other group health plan (hereinafter New Coverage). Eligibility for coverage under a group health plan offered by the USW Union Retiree VEBA shall not, by itself, in the absence of electing coverage under one of the group health plans, constitute New Coverage. A Union Retiree who does not initially elect COBRA continuation coverage shall waive any right to COBRA continuation coverage at a later date; provided, however, that, in the event a Union Retiree does not elect COBRA coverage as provided in this paragraph 7, nothing in this Agreement shall preclude a Union Retiree from electing COBRA continuation coverage in connection with any future COBRA qualifying event under the Code and ERISA. Nothing herein however, is intended nor should it be construed to limit, waive or augment any COBRA rights or benefits with respect to any Union Retirees. | ||
8. | USW Union Retiree VEBA Committee. The USW Union Retiree VEBA shall be administered by an independent committee (the Committee) which shall be the sponsor, named fiduciary and plan administrator of the USW Union Retiree VEBA. The Committee shall consist of (i) three members not affiliated with the Company and appointed by the Union and (ii) four members who shall not have |
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any affiliation with the Company or the Union and who shall consist of health care, employee benefits or ERISA experts or asset management experts or similarly qualified persons (Independent Committee Member). Prior to any termination of such an Independent Committee Member, the four Independent Committee Members shall recruit and select replacement Independent Committee Members to fill any vacancies among the four of them. Except as provided herein and in Letter No. 7 in Appendix S, the Company shall have no responsibility for or involvement with respect to the establishment or administration of the USW Union Retiree VEBA. The Union shall have the power to remove or replace the trustees it appoints. |
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1) | Freeze of Pension Credited Service Provisions; Continuation of Eligibility Service for Persons with Twenty or More Years of Credited Service. Each defined benefit pension plan covering the Companys U.S. hourly employees represented by the USW (Union Pension Plan), shall, effective as of the Freeze Date (such Freeze Date being, except as provided for in paragraph A 13 below, the later of (i) the effective date of a plan of reorganization, or (ii) January 1, 2008), freeze all future credited service under each Union Pension Plan, subject to (x) the provisions contained herein for continuation of accrual of eligibility service for persons with twenty or more years of credited service on the Freeze Date, and (y) the operation of law. No person shall first become a participant in any Union Pension Plan on or after the Freeze Date. For purposes of this Appendix, the Steelworkers Pension Trust pension plan shall not be deemed a Union Pension Plan. For the purpose of this Appendix L, the freeze of pension credited service will include elimination, as of the Freeze Date, of any and all Company basic contributions attributable to service after the Freeze Date to various Company defined contribution plans which have been instituted as a replacement for participation in defined benefit pension plans (including plans such as SavingsWorks for Bargained Employees), but not including contributions to the Steelworkers Pension Trust. It is also agreed that, where appropriate to facilitate the Companys efforts to consolidate its defined contribution plans into one consolidated safe-harbor plan, employee accounts will be moved from such plans to the Dana UAW Master 401(k) plan as |
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expeditiously as possible, but only after the Company and the Union have mutually agreed to the terms under which such consolidation will occur. | |||
2) | Record of Pension Credited Service. Pension credited service for each participant in a Union Pension Plan as of the Freeze Date will be the number of such participants full years and full months on record with the Company as of the Freeze Date, subject to the continued accrual of eligibility service after the Freeze Date for certain persons, as provided herein. The Company will issue individual statements of frozen pension credited service to participants as soon as possible following the Freeze Date, and will further provide the Union with a consolidated statement of each affected individuals name, date of birth, date of hire and frozen credited service. | ||
3) | Recognition of Employee Age. In the future, all of the Union Pension Plans will continue to recognize a participants age as specified in each Union Pension Plan for purposes of eligibility for commencement of a retirement benefit where age is a factor for such benefit under the various plans. For example, if a participant is age 59 and has 10 years of credited service on the Freeze Date, when the participant reaches age 60, the participant will be eligible to retire under a 60/10 early retirement provision, with a Supplemental Benefit (as hereinafter defined) payable prior to age 62 and one month. | ||
4) | Supplemental Pension Benefits; Eligibility Service. (i) Notwithstanding the credited service freeze provided for herein, each employee who retires before or after the Freeze Date will continue to receive their monthly benefits, including but not limited to their Supplemental Benefits (which term includes early retirement and interim supplements, as well as temporary benefits), where provided for under the terms of the Union Pension Plan that covers or covered such employee. This includes any employee who earns additional eligibility service under the provisions of this Appendix L, where such additional eligibility service along with the employees credited service as of the Freeze Date is sufficient to qualify |
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such employee for a form of early retirement that pays any Supplemental Benefit. (ii) Eligibility service, for purposes of this Appendix L, will include the earning of eligibility service for periods of layoff, leave, etc., as well as time worked, under the same terms as provided for the earning of credited service in the respective Union Pension Plans prior to the adoption of the plan amendments contemplated by this Appendix L. The sum of an employees post-Freeze Date eligibility service as provided for herein and an employees pre-Freeze Date credited service as of the Freeze Date will be used to determine whether that employee (or a spouse claiming a benefit under a Union Pension Plan as a result of an employees service) has met the service requirements for any of the various forms of retirement under any Union Pension Plan. Eligibility service will not be used for purposes of current or future benefit amount calculation under any Union Pension Plan, but will be used to determine eligibility for pension benefits. For eligible employees who accumulated credited service in more than one Union Pension Plan prior to the Freeze Date, eligibility for, and payment of, Supplemental Benefits shall be based on the terms of the Union Pension Plan covering the eligible employee as a participant as of the Freeze Date, taking into account the eligible employees combined credited service as of the Freeze Date and eligibility service after the Freeze Date. | |||
5) | Special Advanced Retirement Provisions. This provision will apply to employees who are not on long-term disability nor commencing a benefit from terminated vested status, and who retire at Marion and Ft. Wayne. Beginning on the date of the Companys filing of its plan of reorganization with the Court and extending until ninety (90) days following the Freeze Date, employees who have at least 27 years of credited service but not more than 30 years of credited service as of the Freeze Date, will be allowed to retire and commence a retirement benefit as if their service for eligibility purposes equaled 30 years as of the effective date of their retirement. Employees who elect to retire under this provision will be |
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entitled to receive a basic benefit, reduced under the plan in accordance with their actual frozen credited service as of the Freeze Date, until such time as the employee reaches age 62 and one month, at which time their basic benefit will no longer be subject to reduction. Such employees will also be entitled to receive a Supplemental Benefit determined by multiplying the amount of the supplement in the appropriate Union Pension Plan by a fraction, the numerator of which is their credited service as of the Freeze Date, and the denominator of which is 30. | |||
For example, if an employee retires with exactly 27 years of credited service, he will be considered to have 30 years of credited service for purposes of determining his eligibility for the 30 and Out provision. He will be entitled to a basic benefit of 27 times (based on his 27 years of actual credited service as of the Freeze Date) the appropriate basic benefit amount (reduced for early commencement), with the reduction of the basic benefit amount popping up to an unreduced basic benefit at age 62 and one month. He will also be entitled to receive 27/30ths of the respective 30 and Out supplement. | |||
By comparison, an employee who retires under a 30 and Out provision with exactly 30 years of credited service would have a basic benefit of 30 times the appropriate basic benefit amount (reduced for early commencement) and a full 30 and Out supplement, with the reduction of the basic benefit amount popping up to an unreduced basic benefit at age 62 and one month. | |||
6) | Other Early Retirement Provisions; Continued Accrual of Eligibility Service for those with Twenty or More Years of Credited Service as of the Freeze Date. Employees who have at least 20 years of credited service as of the Freeze Date will be allowed to continue to accrue eligibility service after the Freeze Date. Upon reaching future eligibility for retirement under the terms of the appropriate Union Pension Plan through the inclusion in combination of such post-Freeze Date eligibility service and of credited service as of the Freeze Date, such employees will be entitled |
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to receive a basic benefit (reduced under the plan for early commencement, until such time as the employee reaches age 62 and one month, at which time their basic benefit will no longer be subject to reduction (except for 60/10 retirements)), along with Supplemental Benefits. For a 30 and Out benefit, the Supplemental Benefit will be determined by multiplying the amount of the Supplemental Benefit as provided in the appropriate Union Pension Plan by a fraction, the numerator of which is their credited service as of the Freeze Date, and the denominator of which is 30. For other retirements, the Supplemental Benefit will be based upon credited service as of the Freeze Date and, where appropriate, age at retirement. |
For example, an employee who retires under an 85 point Interim Supplement provision (with his age at retirement, credited service at the Freeze Date, and eligibility service earned after the Freeze Date together totaling 85) with exactly 26 years of credited service at the Freeze Date would have a basic benefit of 26 times (based on his credited service as of the Freeze Date) the appropriate basic benefit amount (otherwise reduced for early commencement, with the reduction of the basic benefit amount popping up to an unreduced basic benefit at age 62 and one month), and a Supplemental Benefit based upon 26 years of credited service at the Freeze Date, based upon his age at the time of retirement. |
For another example, the employee above, with exactly 26 years of credited service at the Freeze Date may also, after earning four years of eligibility service after the Freeze Date, be considered to have 30 years of credited service for purposes of determining his eligibility for the 30 and Out provision. At that time, he would be entitled to a basic benefit of 26 times (based on his 26 years of credited service as of the Freeze Date) the appropriate basic benefit amount (reduced for early commencement, with the reduction of the basic benefit amount popping up to an unreduced basic benefit at age 62 and one month). He will also be entitled to receive 26/30ths of the respective 30 and Out supplement. |
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7) | Future Pension Plan Changes. Any future amendment, modification or termination of any of the Union Pension Plans, whether required by law or otherwise, shall be accomplished only with the consent of the Union whose members are or have been participants in such plan. In the case of amendments required by law, the Union shall not unreasonably withhold consent. | ||
8) | Status of Employees. Employees who remain employed by the Company after the Freeze Date will not be treated as deferred vested employees under the provisions of their respective Union Pension Plans in any way that is contrary to the Companys practices under the relevant collective bargaining agreements and pension plans as were in existence on May 24, 2007. | ||
9) | Medicare Part B Benefit. The Medicare Benefit provisions of the Union Pension Plans will continue to be applied unchanged, notwithstanding the freeze provided for herein. However, the Medicare Part B Benefit in the Union Pension Plan covering the Companys Marion facility will be frozen at the monthly level (dollar amount) in effect on the Freeze Date. | ||
10) | Participation in the Workforce Limitations Eliminated. Any requirement in a Union Pension Plan that participation in the workforce must be restricted in order to receive a Supplemental Benefit or other pension benefit shall be eliminated. | ||
11) | Choice of Benefits. If an employee is eligible for a pension benefit pursuant to the provisions of this Appendix L and another pension benefit under a Union Pension Plan or this Appendix L that is greater, the employee may, at the time of retirement, choose to receive either benefit. | ||
12) | Employees To Be Deemed Vested Participants as of the Freeze Date. All participants in all Union Pension Plans who are not vested participants in |
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those plans as of the day before the Freeze Date will be deemed vested participants as of the Freeze Date. For example, an employee who had four years of service on the day before the Freeze Date shall be deemed a vested participant on the Freeze Date. |
1) | Buy Out Payments For Retirees. A one-time Buy Out payment will be available as provided below only to the following eligible individuals: (i) employees neither on long-term disability status at the time they retire nor who, upon retirement, would be commencing a benefit from terminated vested status, in the bargaining units covered under the Dana USW agreements at Marion, Indiana and who are eligible to retire under the various provisions of the Union Pension Plans covering such Employees or this Appendix L, and who retire or have retired beginning on May 26, 2007 and extending until 90 days following Freeze Date, (ii) employees neither on long-term disability status at the time they retire nor who, upon retirement, would be commencing a benefit from terminated vested status, in the bargaining unit at the Dana Corporation Traction Manufacturing Plant in Ft. Wayne, Indiana who are considered Tier I employees and who are eligible to retire under the various provisions of the Union Pension Plan covering such employees, or this Appendix L, and who retire or have retired beginning on May 26, 2007 and extending until 90 days following Freeze Date, and (iii) employees neither on long-term disability status at the time they retire nor who, upon retirement, would be commencing a benefit from terminated vested status, in the bargaining |
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units at Marion, Indiana, or in the bargaining unit at the Dana Corporation Traction Manufacturing Plant in Ft. Wayne, Indiana, and who retired from employment with the Company on or after January 1, 2007 and prior to May 26, 2007. In the case of the Ft. Wayne bargaining unit, to be eligible under subparagraph (ii) above, an employee must have, in addition, been at work (not on layoff or long-term disability) on January 1, 2007 and must continue to be at work (not on layoff or long-term disability) in that location as of May 1, 2007. | |||
2) | Amount and Form of the Buy Out; Timing of Buy-Out Payments. The amount of Buy Out payment paid to eligible employees described in Sections (1) (i) and (ii) of this part B will be Forty-Five Thousand Dollars ($45,000.00), less any applicable withholdings and deductions required by law. The amount of Buy Out payment paid to eligible retirees described in Section (1)(iii) of this part B will be Twenty-Two Thousand Five Hundred Dollars ($22,500.00). Any such payment will be reduced by any applicable withholdings and deductions required by law. The Buy Out payments will be taxed according to applicable requirements of Federal, State, and Local taxing authorities. Such payment will be paid by the Company to each retiree not sooner than 30 days following the later of the individuals retirement or his execution and delivery of a covenant not to sue and acknowledgement of resolution of claims in Bankruptcy against the Company on a form provided by the Company, in a form acceptable to the Union. | ||
3) | Scheduling of Payments. Depending upon cash flow considerations, the Company reserves the right to pay the one-time special Buy-Out payments in a lump sum or in installments of not more than three equal parts, the last of which will be made no later than 180 days following the later of the |
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date the individual retires or the date he delivers the signed release form to the Company. | |||
4) | Buy Out Payments for Employees who elect Special Advanced Retirement Provisions. The one-time special Buy-Out payment in the amount of Forty-Five Thousand Dollars ($45,000.00), as adjusted pursuant to the following sentence, will also be payable to employees who may qualify for retirement under Section (5) of part A of this Appendix L. The actual amount of the Buy-Out payment payable to such employee will be determined by multiplying Forty-Five Thousand Dollars ($45,000.00) by the same fraction applicable to their Supplemental Benefit, as described in Section (5) of part A of this Appendix L. | ||
5) | Dana and the Union will jointly design and agree to application procedures and communications to be used in the administration of the Buy Out program. The Union and Company may, by mutual agreement, change the commencement date of the buyout program. |
1) | Employees Eligible For Payments. A one-time payment will be available as provided below, calculated with respect to employees who are in the bargaining unit at the Companys Ft. Wayne, Indiana plant who have less than 20 years of Pension Credited Service as of the date of the ratification of this Agreement. Employees who are or will become eligible on the Freeze Date for the provisions of Part A(6) shall not be eligible for the payment under this part C. | ||
2) | Amount and Form of the Payment. The Company will pay to the group of eligible employees described in Section C (1) above the amount of Two Million Five Hundred Thousand Dollars ($2,500,000.00) in the aggregate. The amount to be paid to each eligible employee will be determined by multiplying $2.5 million by a fraction, the numerator of which is the individual eligible employees months of Pension Credited Service as of the date of the ratification of this Agreement, and the denominator of which is |
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the total number of months of Pension Credited Service of the group of eligible employees as a whole as of the date of the ratification of this Agreement. Any payments made to eligible employees described in Section C(1) will be subject to any applicable withholdings and deductions required by law, and will be taxed according to applicable requirements of Federal, State, and Local taxing authorities. Payment will be made to eligible employees within 60 days of the effective date of the agreement. Employees will make a selection within 30 days of the effective date of this Agreement to have the entire payment or a major fraction of it (rounded to the nearest $100) deposited to 401(k) or paid by check. Any deposit to the 401(k) will be made not sooner than an amendment is made to the 401(k) plan to receive these payments. |
1) | Conditions Applicable to Retirements. Employees who otherwise would qualify for another retirement benefit under the terms of the applicable pension plan will be entitled to receive the greater of the benefit that would be provided under the terms of part A of this Appendix or the benefit to which such employee is otherwise entitled under the terms of the applicable pension plan, but not both. | ||
2) | Severability. In the event that any of the provisions of this Appendix L shall become invalid or unenforceable by reason of ERISA, or any Federal, or State law, or Executive Order now existing or hereinafter enacted, such invalidity or unenforceability shall not affect the remainder of the provisions of this Appendix L. If the foregoing occurs, the parties will meet and agree to an appropriate resolution. |
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1. | Covered Employees | |
Covered Employees are all Employees represented by the USW, excluding temporary employees and vacation replacements who are not otherwise permanent employees, who are employed at the covered locations listed below for any length of time during a Wage Month. The Company is required to make a contribution in respect of a Covered Employee whose employment is terminated during a Wage Month. |
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2. | Newly Hired Employees | |
Newly hired Employees will be considered Covered Employees on the first day of the first calendar month immediately following the expiration of ninety (90) days from the commencement of his/her employment. Such calendar month shall be the Employees first Benefit Month. The immediately preceding calendar month shall be the Employees first Wage Month. | ||
3. | Coverage of Newly Hired Employees Who Were Previously Covered | |
Newly hired Employees who were previously covered by the SPT shall be considered Covered Employees as of the first day of the first calendar month immediately after the commencement of their employment as Employees of the Company. This calendar month is the Employees first Benefit Month and the calendar month immediately preceding is the Employees first Wage Month. |
1. | Credited Service solely for purposes of eligibility and vesting under the SPT (including eligibility for a Rule of 85 benefit) will mean the sum of an employees Past Service and Covered Service. An Employees Past Service will be equal to his Credited Service under the Company pension plans in which the employee participated prior to the Effective Date. If an employee was not a participant in a Company pension plan that counted Credited Service, the employees Past Service will be his service determined under the ERISA elapsed time service counting rules beginning on his date of hire with the Company and ending on the date upon which the Company union pension plans are frozen as provided in Appendix L. An Employees Covered Service will be his periods of employment with the Company beginning on the later of the Effective Date or his date of hire and, except as provided in Section E.3.(b) below, continuing during the time the Company remains a Participating Employer. |
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2. | Covered Service ends when an Employee quits, dies, retires or the Company stops making contributions on the Employees behalf. |
1. | Beginning on the Effective Date and continuing each month thereafter until the first anniversary of the Effective Date, the Company shall contribute to the SPT an amount equal to $.60 for each Covered Employees Contributory Hours (as defined in Section G below) during the month (Wage Month). The contributions for a Wage Month will be due within 10 business days of the close of the month in which the Contributory Hours were worked. The month during which the contribution is made is referred to as the Benefit Month. | |
2. | Beginning on the first anniversary of the Effective Date and continuing for the twelve month period thereafter, the Company shall contribute to the SPT an amount equal to $.80 for each Covered Employees Contributory Hours during the Wage Month. Each such monthly contribution shall be due within 10 business days of the close of the Wage Month in which the Contributory Hours were worked. | |
3. | Beginning on the second anniversary of the Effective Date and continuing each month thereafter until the expiration of the Agreement, the Company shall contribute to the SPT an amount equal to $1.00 for each Covered Employees Contributory Hours during the Wage Month. Each such monthly contributions will be due within 10 business days of the close of the Wage Month in which the Contributory Hours were worked. |
1. | The amount of the pension that an Employee will receive depends directly on the total amount of contributions made on behalf of the Employee to the Plan by the Company during the time the Employee was covered by the Plan. | |
2. | The monthly benefit payable at Normal Retirement, Rule-of-85 Retirement, and Disability Retirement under the SPT equals the amount of the annual hourly contributions |
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on behalf of an Employee multiplied by 24.2% and then divided by twelve (12) to obtain a monthly amount. This is the formula for a single life annuity. The benefit payable as a joint and survivor annuity or other optional form of payment is subject to adjustment. |
1. | Normal Retirement | |
Retirement at age 65 with a pension benefit based on the contributions made on his/her behalf, without reduction for early retirement. | ||
2. | Early Retirement | |
Retirement at age 55 with 5 years of Credited Service with a pension benefit based on the contributions made on his/her behalf, reduced by 0.25% (1/4%) for each month (or 3% per year) that the retirement is prior to age 65. | ||
3. | Rule-of-85 Retirement | |
A participant is eligible for a Rule-of-85 retirement with a pension benefit based on the contributions made on his/her behalf, without reduction for early retirement, if: |
a. | age plus the number of years of Credited Service equals 85 or more; | ||
b. | the years of Covered Service that count in making the calculation are those calendar years in which there were at least five (5) months for which contributions were paid to the SPT (for those individuals who are eligible to participate in SPT on the Effective Date, Past Service will count as years of Covered Service); and |
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c. | during the twenty-four(24) month period preceding the month of retirement, there must have been at least ten (10) months for which contributions were paid to the SPT on his/her behalf. |
4. | Disability Retirement | |
Disability within the meaning of the Federal Social Security Act while a Covered Employee on or after the Effective Date, with a pension benefit based on the contributions made on his/her behalf, without reduction for early retirement. | ||
5. | Vested Deferred Retirement | |
An Employee who terminates his employment after completion of 5 years or more of Credited Service will be eligible for a vested deferred retirement benefit. |
1. | Contributory Hours include: |
a. | hours actually worked by Covered Employees; | ||
b. | hours for which Covered Employees were paid because of vacation, holidays, jury duty, bereavement leave, union business, but not in excess of forty (40) hours per week; | ||
c. | for which Covered Employees, who are paid for vacations in a lump sum, were absent on vacation; |
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d. | hours for periods on lay-off of up to twelve (12) months, during which time the Employee will be deemed for this purpose alone to have worked forty (40) hours per week, per absence; and | ||
e. | hours for absences of up to twelve (12) months (or such longer period as may be required by law) during which the Employee is receiving workers compensation or sickness and accident benefits, or is on Union Leave, leave of absence for military service or military encampment, or leave of absence on Family or Medical Leave, provided that the Employee returns to employment with the Company within the time period allowed by law or bargaining agreement. Such absences will be credited as Contributory Hours at a rate of up to forty (40) hours per week. |
2. | There will not be any duplication of Contributory Hours under the SPT. |
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1. | Notwithstanding Letter #24, entitled Separation Payment Program of the current 2005-2009 Dana Corporation, Torque Products Division USW Marion Indiana labor agreement, at the time the end yoke move is to begin, the Company will accept signed requests from employees (on a form to be provided), to participate in the Special Voluntary Separation Program to be developed by the Company. Solicitation for participation in this program will be conducted by both the local union committee and the plant Human Resource Business Partner. | ||
2. | The Special Voluntary Separation Program will be available only to employees with one (1) or more years of seniority at the time of the solicitation, who are represented by the |
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USW in Marion, and who agree voluntarily and irrevocably to terminate their employment with the Company in return for the payment described below. The effective date of resignation under this program shall be the employees last day worked. The Company reserves the right to structure the timing of the voluntary resignations so that operations are not adversely impacted. The Company will accept the voluntary resignations of all eligible employees who volunteer to participate in the Program effective no later than the completion of the relocation of end yoke business. | |||
3. | Should an eligible employee elect to participate in the Special Voluntary Separation Program and satisfactorily complete the paperwork, the employee will receive the following one-time payment: |
4. | The payment will be made no later than three (3) weeks after the effective date of the employees voluntary resignation under the Special Voluntary Separation Program. Upon the effective date, the employee will no longer be considered an employee with seniority at the Marion facility and all privileges that are associated with being an employee with seniority will be terminated at the effective date. The exception is that the employee will be eligible for a terminated vested pension benefit upon his eligibility under the terms of the current Marion pension plan and shall receive healthcare coverage (including dental but excluding disability benefits) for the period of his month of resignation plus four (4) additional months. These four (4) additional months of healthcare coverage under this program will run concurrent with the employees COBRA eligibility and shall be included in any COBRA continuation eligibility the separated employee is otherwise eligible for. However, if the employee is otherwise eligible to retire under the terms and conditions of this Settlement Agreement and all of |
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its Appendices, he may do so at the time he applies for the separation payment and will be considered a retired employee under the terms of this Agreement. | |||
5. | Nothing in this program shall affect the Companys ability or right, once the level of participation in the Special Voluntary Separation Program is known, to adjust the level of employment at the Marion, IN plant by the use of layoff or any other manner permitted under the contract. Those employees not electing to participate in the Special Voluntary Separation Program may be subject to regular layoff and all provisions of the labor agreement relative to layoffs in the Marion facility shall be controlling. | ||
6. | Once the end yoke moves are completed, the Special Voluntary Separation Program will be eliminated and no further opportunity will be forthcoming relative to this letter of understanding to solicit and receive a lump sum payment in return for voluntary separation. | ||
7. | Notwithstanding paragraphs 5 and 6 above, for the three months following the election to go on layoff of an employee eligible for the SVSP, any such employee who elects to go on layoff rather than severing their employment under this program may request participation in this special voluntary separation program. If the employee elects to participate in this program during that period of time, his election will not be denied however once the three (3) month period is concluded or he is recalled to the Marion facility (whichever occurs first) he will no longer be eligible to request participation in this voluntary separation program. |
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(a) | Mediation and Arbitration: Disputes regarding the Unions determination to withhold their consent of an Alternative Minority Investment shall be timely addressed first, at mediation, and then, if not resolved, through mandatory labor arbitration (mediation-arbitration) before a neutral mediator-arbitrator to be selected as set forth herein. The mediator-arbitrator shall be [name of individual]. If [selection #1] is not available, then [name of 1st alt.] shall serve as the mediator-arbitrator. If [1st alt] is not available, then the mediator-arbitrator shall be [ 2nd alt ]. For purposes of this paragraph, available means able to conduct a mediation-arbitration within 14 days of the submission of the dispute to mediation-arbitration and, if necessary, render a |
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decision within 7 days thereafter. If none of the foregoing individuals are available, then the individual available at the earliest time shall be the individual selected. |
(b) | In the event that, following the consideration of an Alternative Minority Investment proposal, Dana rejects such proposal in favor of the Centerbridge Investment (or a new Centerbridge investment), then the Settlement Agreement shall remain in effect. |
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2. | Centerbridge Terminates The Investment: In the event that Centerbridge determines to terminate the Investment, other than for a breach by Dana of the Terms of Centerbridge Investment, the following shall apply: |
(a) | The Unions shall have the sole unreviewable discretion within thirty (30) days of notification by Centerbridge of its termination of the Investment to designate an investor to replace Centerbridge on terms substantially similar to the Centerbridge Investment (the Replacement Investor). Such Replacement Investor shall be subject to Danas consent, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld. If the 30-day period has not run by September 3, 2007, then Dana may file a plan of reorganization without the Replacement Investor, which plan shall be amended to incorporate the Replacement Investor, subject to the provisions of paragraphs 2(b) and 2(c) below. | ||
(b) | Disputes with respect to whether or not Dana has acted unreasonably in withholding its consent to the Replacement Investor shall be timely addressed and subject to mandatory arbitration before a neutral arbitrator to be selected as set forth herein. The arbitrator shall be [name of individual]. If [selection #1] is not available, then [name of 1st alt.] shall serve as the arbitrator. If [1st alt] is not available, then the arbitrator shall be [ 2nd alt]. For purposes of this paragraph, available means able to conduct an arbitration within 14 days and, if necessary, render a decision within 7 days thereafter. If none of the foregoing individuals are available, then the individual available at the earliest time shall be the individual selected. |
(c) | In the event that the Unions do not identify a Replacement Investor or an arbitrator, acting pursuant to paragraph (b) above finds that Dana has acted reasonably in rejecting the Replacement Investor, Dana may pursue an alternate plan of reorganization , so long as such plan of reorganization meets the Reorganization Plan Metrics and the terms of this Settlement Agreement and the UAW Settlement Agreement otherwise remain unchanged and unaffected. |
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3. | Other Events. |
(a) | (i) | Except as provided in paragraphs (1) and (2) of this Appendix (in which case the provisions of those paragraphs shall govern), in the event that Dana pursues a transaction other than the Centerbridge Investment, including a majority investment transaction, a sale of substantially all of the Companys assets and any similar transaction (the Non-Centerbridge Transaction), the Unions shall have an allowed general unsecured claim in the amount of $908 million (such claim to be allocated as follows: USW $354.7 million; and UAW $553.3 million), which claim shall not be subject to reconsideration under Section 502 of the Bankruptcy Code or otherwise (after the date of approval of this Settlement Agreement and the USW Settlement Agreement) (the Unions Claim), unless Dana shall have notified the Unions that they and, if applicable, the third party investor to such Non-Centerbridge Transaction have unconditionally and irrevocably waived the right to seek to modify retiree health benefits and have committed to continue all such benefits in force without modification to the reasonable satisfaction of the Unions. | |
(ii) | Such Non-Centerbridge Transaction shall be subject to the Unions consent, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld. The Unions consent shall be determined once the Unions have conducted due diligence regarding the Non-Centerbridge Transaction, including discussions, if any, regarding the labor agreements and related restructuring matters. The Unions shall use reasonable best efforts to complete expedited due diligence within 3 weeks of notification by Dana regarding the Non-Centerbridge Transaction provided that Dana and the third party to such proposed Transaction cooperate fully in such diligence. In the event that the Unions do not consent to the Non-Centerbridge Transaction, then any dispute regarding the Unions determination to withhold consent shall be subject to the procedures set forth in Paragraph (1)(a) of this Appendix and any review of the arbitral award shall be as set forth in Paragraph (1)(a)(iii). | ||
If the arbitrator finds that the Unions have acted reasonably in their determination to withhold consent of the Non-Centerbridge Transaction, and, notwithstanding such determination, Dana proceeds with the transaction, the Unions may, in their sole, unreviewable discretion: (x) issue a Notice of Termination as described in Paragraph (1)(a)(i)(A) (which shall give rise to the right to strike), in which event, retiree health benefits shall remain in force until such time as they are terminated in accordance with a further order of the Court implementing such termination and setting forth the terms of distribution of the Unions Claim; or (y) if no such notice is given (in which case this Settlement Agreement remains in effect), the Unions may elect (I) the Unions Claim or (II) the Stock Contribution and a |
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cash payment of $703 million (subject to the allocation described above in 1.a.i and further subject to the provisions reducing the amount of such payment contained in Appendix K hereto) in full settlement of the Unions Claim to be paid to a Union Retiree VEBA or as otherwise directed by the Unions for the payment of retiree health benefits in the event that no VEBA is established. The Unions may file with the Bankruptcy Court a notice identifying such election. If the arbitrator finds that the Unions have acted unreasonably in their determination to withhold consent of the Non-Centerbridge Transaction, the Company shall be authorized to proceed with the transaction, subject to the terms of the Settlement Agreement, except that the Unions shall have the right to elect (I) the Unions Claim or (II) the Stock Contribution and a cash payment of $703 million (subject to the allocation described above at 1.a.i and further subject to the provisions reducing the amount of such payment contained in Appendix K hereto) in full settlement of the Unions Claim . The Unions may file with the Bankruptcy Court a notice identifying such election. |
(b) | Except as provided in Paragraphs (1), (2) and 3(a) of this Appendix, for any other event of termination under the Investment Term Sheet including the filing by Dana of a standalone reorganization plan, the Unions shall have the Unions Claim (subject to the allocation described above in 1.a.i), unless Dana, and if applicable, the plan proponent shall have notified the Unions that they have unconditionally and irrevocably waived the right to seek to modify retiree health benefits and have committed to continue all such benefits in force without modification to the satisfaction of the Unions. The Unions shall also have the right, in their sole unreviewable discretion to (x) issue a Notice of Termination as described in Paragraph (1)(a)(i)(A) of this Appendix (which shall give rise to the right to strike), in which event, retiree health benefits shall remain in force until such time as they are terminated in accordance with a further order of the Court implementing the termination of benefits and setting forth the terms of distribution of the Unions Claim (subject to the allocation described above at 3.a.i); or (y) if no such notice is given (in which case this Settlement Agreement shall remain in effect), the Unions may elect: (I) the Unions Claim (subject to the allocation described above at 3.a.i) or (II) the Stock Contribution and a cash payment of $703 million (subject to the allocation described above in 1.a.i and further subject to the provisions reducing the amount of such payment contained in Appendix K hereto) in full settlement of the Unions Claim, to be paid to a Union Retiree VEBAs or as otherwise directed by the Unions in the event that the relevant VEBA has not been established. The Unions may file with the Bankruptcy Court a notice identifying such election. | ||
(c) | In the case of a dismissal of the Debtors chapter 11 cases, then this Settlement Agreement will terminate, and the parties will return to the status that existed before the Section 1113/1114 Litigation and the execution of this |
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Settlement Agreement. In the case of a conversion of the Debtors cases to Chapter 7, the Debtors will seek that any order of conversion shall provide for an allowed administrative claim in the amount of $703 million for the payment of retiree health benefits (subject to the allocation described above in 1.a.i). |
4. | For purposes of this Appendix, Reorganization Metrics shall mean Appendix I of this Settlement Agreement. |
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o | Tier I Employees | ||
For purposes of this Article only, Tier I employees are identified as those employees who are not paid under a second tier (Tier II) of pay and reside in the following facilities: | |||
1. | Marion IN | ||
2. | Ft. Wayne IN | ||
3. | Henderson KY |
The parties have agreed during Settlement bargaining to provide the following wage increases for the term of the 2007-2011 Labor Agreement for Tier I employees in the locations noted above. |
§ | Effective July 7, 2008, pay each Tier I employee a 2% lump sum of earnings (minimum $1,000), exclusive of shift premium, during the fifty-two (52) pay periods ending Sunday, June 22, 2008. | ||
§ | Effective July 6, 2009, pay each Tier I employee a 1-1/2% lump sum of earnings (minimum $750), exclusive of shift premium, during the fifty-two (52) pay periods ending Sunday, June 21, 2009. | ||
§ | Effective January 4, 2010, each Tier I employee from locations noted above shall be granted a one and one-half percent (1.5%) General Wage Increase. The method of accomplishing this shall be to add one and one half percent (1.5%) to the base hourly rate of each Tier I employees job classification including the minimum and maximum rates for spread rate classifications (if applicable) exclusive of shift premiums. |
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§ | Effective July 6, 2009, the Company agrees to add an extra bracket to the current Tier II wage structure increasing the maximum rate of pay to $16.00 per hour. As of July 6, 2009, the scale will read as follows: |
0-52 wks | $ | 14.00 | |
53-104 wks | $ | 14.50 | |
105-156 wks | $ | 15.00 | |
157-208 wks | $ | 15.50 |
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§ | Further, effective on July 6, 2009 for all Tier II employees previously in the top rate of pay ($15.50 per hour) for one (1) year or more as of that date, the Company agrees to immediately move those employees to the $16.00 per hour rate of pay under this Tier II schedule. |
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ARTICLE I |
OVERVIEW OF CERTAIN DEFINED TERMS | 2 | ||||
ARTICLE II |
OBLIGATIONS OF THE DEBTORS | 4 | ||||
ARTICLE III |
SUPPORT OBLIGATIONS OF THE USW, THE UAW AND CENTERBRIDGE | 5 | ||||
ARTICLE IV |
PLAN FRAMEWORK | 6 | ||||
ARTICLE V |
ADDITIONAL AGREEMENTS | 6 | ||||
ARTICLE VI |
TERMINATION EVENTS | 6 | ||||
ARTICLE VII |
GOVERNING LAW; JURISDICTION; VENUE | 7 | ||||
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IMPLEMENTATION | 7 | ||||
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GENERAL PROVISIONS | 7 | ||||
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1113/1114 Litigation
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Has the meaning set forth in Recital C hereof | |
Agreement
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Has the meaning set forth in the Preamble hereof | |
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Bankruptcy Code
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Means the Bankruptcy Reform Act of 1978, as amended, and codified at title 11 of the United States Code and as applicable to the Chapter 11 Cases | |
Bankruptcy Court
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Means the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York | |
Bankruptcy Rules
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Mean the Federal Rules of Bankruptcy Procedure | |
Centerbridge
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Has the meaning set forth in the Preamble hereof | |
Chapter 11 Cases
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Has the meaning set forth in Recital A hereof | |
Confirmation Order
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Means the order of the Bankruptcy Court approving the Debtors Plan | |
Convertible Preferred Shares
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Means, collectively, the Series A Preferred and the Series B Preferred (both as defined in the New Investment Term Sheet) | |
Dana
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Has the meaning set forth in the Preamble hereof | |
Debtors
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Has the meaning set forth in the Preamble hereof | |
Disclosure Statement
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Means a disclosure statement with respect to the Plan filed by the Debtors with the Bankruptcy Court | |
Disclosure Statement Order
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Means the order of the Bankruptcy Court approving the Debtors Disclosure Statement, which shall be in form and substance reasonably acceptable to the USW, the UAW and Centerbridge | |
Effective Date
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Means a day, as determined by the Debtors and reasonably acceptable to Centerbridge, that is the business day as soon as reasonably practicable after all conditions to the effective date set forth in the Plan have been met or waived | |
Global Settlement
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Has the meaning set forth in Recital E hereof | |
Investment Agreement
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Means the agreement to be entered into by the Debtors and Centerbridge, conforming to the New Investment Term Sheet | |
Motion
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Has the meaning set forth in section 2.1 hereof | |
New Investment
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Means the proposed investment in the Reorganized Company by Centerbridge and other potential investors | |
New Investment Term Sheet
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Means that certain Terms of Centerbridge Investment, that, among other things, sets forth certain indicative terms for the | |
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Party or Parties
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Has the meaning set forth in the Preamble hereof | |
Plan
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Has the meaning set forth in Recital F hereof and shall be in form and substance reasonably acceptable to the USW, the UAW and Centerbridge | |
Plan Term Sheet
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Means the term sheet entitled Dana Corporation, et al. Critical Elements to be Included in a Plan of Reorganization, which is attached hereto as Exhibit A and incorporated herein by reference | |
Reorganized Company
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Means the Reorganized Debtors and their nondebtor subsidiaries | |
Reorganized Dana
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Means a corporation that shall be the successor of Dana under a confirmed Plan | |
Reorganized Debtors
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Means the Debtors, or any successor thereto, on or after the Effective Date of the Plan | |
Termination Event
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Has the meaning set forth in section 6.1 hereof | |
UAW
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Has the meaning set forth in the Preamble hereof | |
Unions
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Means the authorized representatives of the USW and UAW | |
Union Settlement Agreements
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Means the settlement agreements reached by and among the Debtors and each of the Unions as of July 5, 2007 | |
USW
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Has the meaning set forth in the Preamble hereof | |
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DANA CORPORATION |
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By: | /s/ Michael J. Burns | |||
Name: | Michael J. Burns | |||
Title: | Chairman and CEO
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UNITED STEELWORKERS |
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By: | /s/ David R. Jury | |||
Name: | David R. Jury | |||
Title: | Associate General Counsel | |||
INTERNATIONAL UNION, UAW |
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By: | /s/ Niraj R. Ganatra | |||
Name: | Niraj R. Ganatra | |||
Title: | Associate General Counsel | |||
CENTERBRIDGE CAPITAL PARTNERS, L.P. |
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By: | /s/ Jeffrey H. Aronson | |||
Name: | Jeffrey H. Aronson | |||
Title: | Authorized Signatory |
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Bondholders
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Means, collectively, the holders of: (i) the $150 million of 6.5% unsecured notes due March 15, 2008; (ii) the $350 million of 6.5% unsecured notes due on March 1, 2009; (iii) the $250 million of 10.125% unsecured notes due on March 15, 2010; (iv) the $575 million of 9.0% unsecured notes due August 15, 2011; (v) the 200 million of 9% unsecured notes due August 15, 2011; (vi) the $450 million of 5.85% unsecured notes due on January 15, 2015; (vii) the $200 million of 7.0% unsecured notes due on March 15, 2028; and (viii) the $400 million of 7.0% unsecured notes due on March 1, 2029. |
Consolidated Debtors
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[To be defined] | |
DB Plan
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Means a defined benefit pension plan covering employees that are represented by the USW or the UAW. | |
DIP Facility
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Means the Debtors existing debtor-in-possession credit facility, subject to any amendment thereto. | |
Effective Date
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Means a day, as determined by the Debtors and that is reasonably acceptable to Centerbridge, that is the business day as soon as reasonably practicable after all conditions to the Effective Date in the Plan have been met or waived. | |
Emergence Liquidity
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Means, as of the Effective Date, the sum of (i) cash and cash equivalents of the Debtors and their subsidiaries and (ii) unused commitments under the Exit Facility after giving effect to all cash distributions to be made on the Effective Date pursuant to the Plan. | |
Excess Distributable Cash
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Means cash of the Reorganized Debtors in excess of the minimum cash required to operate the business on the Effective Date and thereafter. | |
Exit Facility
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Means a senior secured financing facility to be entered into on the Effective Date by and among the Reorganized Debtors and the lenders party thereto, as determined prior to emergence through a competitive financing process run by the Debtors financial advisor and investment banker, Miller Buckfire & Co., LLC, subject to the covenant set forth below. | |
New Investment Term Sheet |
Means that certain Term Sheet of Centerbridge Investment, which, among other things, sets forth certain indicative terms for the proposed investment in the Reorganized Company by Centerbridge and its affiliates and other potential investors, which will be attached as Exhibit B to the PSA. | |
Non-Core Businesses
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Means those businesses to be specified by the Debtors and disclosed in confidence to the Unions, the Creditors Committee and Centerbridge. The Company represents that it has previously identified to the Unions those Non-Core Businesses that include UAW or USW represented facilities. Subject to any prepayment requirements set forth in the DIP Facility, proceeds from the sale of Non-Core Businesses will be used to fund operations or distributions under the Plan. | |
Reorganized Company
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Means the Reorganized Debtors and their nondebtor subsidiaries. | |
Reorganized Debtors
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Union Consent
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Unless otherwise expressly agreed, Union Consent shall mean the agreement of the respective International President of the UAW or USW (or any designee of such officer). | |
Unions
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Means the authorized representatives of the USW and the UAW. | |
Union Settlement Agreements |
Means the settlement agreements reached by and among the Debtors and each of the Unions as of July 5, 2007. | |
Unsecured Claims
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Means unsecured nonpriority claims other than (i) convenience class claims, (ii) asbestos personal injury claims and (iii) any claims of the non-union retirees represented by the Official Committee of Non-Union Retirees. | |
Unsecured Creditors
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Means the holders of Unsecured Claims against the Consolidated Debtors. |
New Investment
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On the Effective Date, there shall be an investment made in the Reorganized Company as described in the New Investment Term Sheet. |
Termination Events
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The New Investment Term Sheet and the Union Settlement Agreements shall each contain certain specified termination events and remedies therefor. |
Leverage Limitation
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The total amount of funded debt at emergence shall not exceed $1.5 billion. | |
Minimum Emergence Liquidity
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Upon emergence, the Reorganized Debtors Minimum Emergence Liquidity will be reasonably acceptable to the Unions and Centerbridge. | |
Exit Facility
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The Debtors shall obtain an Exit Facility upon emergence to, among other things, refinance the DIP Facility, provide liquidity through short-term borrowings for working capital and general corporate purposes, and permit the issuance of letters of credit. The Exit Facility will be with |
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parties and on market terms reasonably acceptable to Centerbridge; provided, that the Debtors shall have the obligation to consult with Centerbridge regarding such terms and parties. | ||
Union Settlement Agreement Obligations |
The Plan will conform to the Union Settlement Agreements in terms of providing reasonable certainty, acceptable to the Debtors and the Unions, as to the source and the amount of cash required to meet the Debtors cash payment obligations as set forth in the Union Settlement Agreements. The Plan shall provide for the Unions Claim as described in the Union Settlement Agreements. | |
Treatment of Unsecured Creditors
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Unsecured Creditors will receive, on account of their allowed Unsecured Claims, their pro rata portion of shares of common stock of the Reorganized Company and/or Excess Distributable Cash if it is determined that Excess Distributable Cash is available. Distributions to the Unions shall be governed by the terms of the Union Settlement Agreements. | |
Initial Management
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The Plan shall contain a process whereby the individuals who are expected to serve on the New Board shall negotiate, in consultation with Centerbridge, employment agreements with the senior management team which shall be market employment agreements in form and substance reasonably acceptable to Centerbridge, which employment agreements will be subject to approval by the Board of Directors of the Reorganized Company on the Effective Date. | |
Tax
Attributes To Be Preserved
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Unless otherwise agreed by the New Investor and Debtors, the investments under the Plan, as well as any relevant Plan provisions, will be structured so as to preserve the ability of the Debtors and the Reorganized Debtors to qualify for tax benefits available under IRC section 382(l)(5). | |
No Sale of Core Businesses Prior to
Emergence
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Except for the sale of the Non-Core Businesses and in addition to any requirements, or consents required by the lenders, under the DIP Facility, the Debtors will not sell any business line within the Automotive Systems Group or the Commercial Vehicles Group prior to the Effective Date without Union Consent or the consent of Centerbridge. | |
Successorship and Sales Post
Emergence
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The Debtors will emerge from chapter 11 with their businesses other than the Non-Core Businesses (the Core Businesses) intact. Limitations on the Reorganized Debtors ability to sell, transfer or distribute substantially all of the stock or assets of any of the Core Businesses shall be addressed, if at all, in the Union Settlement Agreement and related individual collective bargaining agreements. | |
Outside Effective Date
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The PSA and this Term Sheet shall expire and be of no further effect if the Plan fails to become effective on or before May 1, 2008 (the Outside |
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Effective Date). | ||
Union VEBAs
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The Plan will provide that consideration will be paid into separate, Union-specific voluntary employees benefit associations to be established pursuant to the Union Settlement Agreements in the amount set forth therein and that, upon such funding, the Debtors shall have no further obligation (whether ongoing or by claims against their estates) for the provision of non-pension benefits to UAW and USW retirees. | |
LTD Claims
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The claims, if any, of the members of the UAW or the USW that are receiving Long Term Disability shall be deemed settled (in accordance with the applicable Union Settlement Agreement) and shall not be entitled to vote to accept or reject the Plan due to the provisions for funding the Union VEBAs on account of such claims set forth in the Union Settlement Agreements. | |
Acceptance and Rejection Provisions
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Other than as set forth herein, the Plan will contain customary provisions regarding the acceptance of the Plan by impaired and unimpaired classes and the deemed rejection by certain classes. | |
Cramdown
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To the extent that any impaired class rejects the Plan or is deemed to have rejected the Plan, the Debtors reserve the right to seek, and the Unions and Centerbridge agree to support, confirmation of the Plan under 11 U.S.C. § 1129(b). | |
Defined Benefit Pension Plans
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The Plan will not provide for or be conditioned upon the distress termination of any DB Plan pursuant to section 4041(c) of ERISA, 29 U.S.C. § 1341(c), nor shall the Debtors (or any Plan sponsored by the Debtors) seek a standard termination of any DB Plan. In addition, the Debtors agree to oppose any involuntary termination sought pursuant to Section 4042 of ERISA, 29 U.S.C. § 1342 of any DB Plan. | |
Collective Bargaining Agreements
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The Plan will provide for the (i) assumption by the Debtors of the new collective bargaining agreements to be entered by the Debtors and the UAW or USW as contemplated by the Union Settlement Agreement at the following bargaining units: (a) Fort Wayne, IN Local Union 903; (b) Henderson, KY Local Union 9443-02; (c) Marion, IN Local Union 113; (d) Auburn Hills, MI - UAW Local 771; (e) Rochester Hills UAW Local 771; (f) Longview, TX UAW Local [TBD]; (g) Lima, OH UAW Local 1765; (h) Elizabethtown, KY - UAW Local 3047; and (i) Pottstown, PA UAW Local 644; (ii) the assumption of the respective Neutrality Agreements as contemplated by the Union Settlement Agreements, and (iii) the assumption of any and all other related agreements necessary to effect the Union Settlement Agreements. | |
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Takeover Protections
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The Reorganized Company will have a customary rights plan but will not have a classified Board of Directors. | |
New Board
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The Board of Directors of the Reorganized Company shall be as set forth in the New Investment Term Sheet. |
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Definitions |
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Alternative Investment shall mean any alternative investment to the Investment, which provides for the sale of a minority equity interest in the Company that would be an alternative to the Investment, the terms of which the board of directors of Dana (the Board), after consultation with its outside legal counsel and its independent financial advisor, determines in good faith to be superior to the terms of the Investment, taking into account all legal, financial, regulatory and other aspects of such Alternative Investment, the likely time to consummation of the Alternative Investment, the termination rights of the Unions set forth in the separate agreements between the Debtor and the Unions and any amendments to the Investment proposed by Centerbridge during the five business day period after the Debtor gives Centerbridge notice and information concerning the proposed Alternative Investment. | ||
Alternative Majority Investment shall mean any alternative investment to the Investment, other than an Alternative Investment, which provides for the sale of a majority equity interest in the Company that would be an alternative to the Investment, the terms of which the Board, after consultation with its outside legal counsel and its independent financial advisors, determines in good faith to be more favorable to the bankruptcy estate of the Debtor than the Investment and the Plan, taking into account all legal, financial, regulatory and other aspects of such Alternative Majority Investment, the likely time to consummation of the Alternative Majority Investment, and the termination rights of the Unions set forth in the separate agreements between the Debtor and the Unions. | ||
Alternative Transaction shall mean any transaction, other than an |
Alternative Investment or Alternative Majority Investment, between the Debtor and any party other than Centerbridge, involving the sale of all or substantially all of the assets of the Debtor as a going concern and not as a liquidation, the terms of which the Board, after consultation with its outside legal counsel and its independent financial advisors, determines in good faith to be more favorable to the bankruptcy estate of the Debtor than the Investment and the Plan, taking into account all legal, financial, regulatory and other aspects of such Alternative Transaction, the likely time to consummation of the Alternative Transaction, and the termination rights of the Unions set forth in the separate agreements between the Debtor and the Unions. | ||
Alternative Stand-Alone Plan shall mean any plan of reorganization, not involving any Alternative Investment, Alternative Majority Investment or Alternative Transaction, proposed by the Debtor without any party providing equity financing, which the Board, after consultation with its outside legal counsel and its independent financial advisors, determines in good faith to be more favorable to the bankruptcy estate of the Debtor than the Investment and the Plan, taking into account all legal, financial, regulatory and other aspects of such Alternative Stand-Alone Plan, the likely time to consummation of the Alternative Stand-Alone Plan, and the termination rights of the Unions set forth in the separate agreements between the Debtor and the Unions. | ||
Break-up Fee shall mean an amount equal to (a) $15 million (3% of the aggregate of the Series A Preferred Liquidation Preference and the Series B-1 Preferred Liquidation Preference) if payable in connection with an Alternative Investment, or (b) $22.5 million (4.5% of the aggregate of the Series A Preferred Liquidation Preference and the Series B-1 Preferred Liquidation Preference) if payable in connection with an Alternative Transaction, an Alternative Majority Investment or an Alternative Stand-Alone Plan. The Break-up Fee shall be a superpriority administrative expense claim. | ||
Commitment Fee shall mean a fee of $3,500,000 (1.75% of the Series B-1 Preferred Liquidation Preference) in consideration of Centerbridges commitment to purchase the Series B-1 Preferred. The Commitment Fee shall be a superpriority administrative expense claim. | ||
Conversion Price shall mean the Distributable Market Equity Value Per Share times 0.83. The Conversion Price will be subject to customary adjustment provisions with respect to stock splits, re-combinations and stock dividends and customary weighted average anti-dilution provisions in the event of, among other things, the issuance of rights, options or convertible securities with an exercise or conversion or exchange price below the Conversion Price and the issuance of additional shares at a price less than the Conversion Price, but excluding issuances of any of the |
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foregoing (i) to directors or employees of Dana so long as such issuance is approved by the New Board and (ii) as consideration for the acquisition of a business that is approved by stockholders of the Company. | ||
Distributable Market Equity Value Per Share shall mean the per share value that is determined by calculating the 20-day volume weighted average trading price of the New Common Stock, determined using the closing trading price of the New Common Stock from the first business day after the Effective Date through the twenty-third business day after the Effective Date, after disregarding the highest and lowest closing trading price during such period. | ||
Distributable Shares equals the number of shares of New Common Stock issued on the Effective Date of the Plan. | ||
Expense Reimbursement shall mean payment by Debtor to Centerbridge of an amount equal to up to $4 million for Centerbridges reasonably incurred out-of-pocket costs and expenses incurred in connection with the Investment on or prior to the date the Expense Reimbursement is payable. The Expense Reimbursement shall be a superpriority administrative expense claim. | ||
Fully Diluted Shares shall mean the sum of Distributable Shares plus the Number Of Shares Of Common Stock Equivalent Shares Of Preferred Stock. | ||
Liquidation Preference shall mean the aggregate of the Series A Preferred Liquidation Preference and the Series B Preferred Liquidation Preference. | ||
Liquidity Event shall mean any restructuring, judicial or non-judicial liquidation or reorganization by the Company (but not including any internal restructuring), any sale of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole, any merger or similar transaction involving a change of control of the Company or any public offering for cash (other than in connection with an acquisition) unless, in the case of such public offering, the holders of Series A Preferred or Series B Preferred, as applicable, are given the opportunity to participate in the public offering on a pro rata basis. | ||
New Common Stock shall mean the common stock of the Company issued pursuant to the Plan. | ||
Number Of Common Stock Equivalent Shares Of Preferred Stock shall equal the aggregate of the Series A Preferred Liquidation Preference and the Series B Preferred Liquidation Preference divided by the Conversion Price. |
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Dana Corporation
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Qualified Creditors shall mean a finite number, to be agreed upon by Centerbridge and the Company, of the largest holders of claims against the Debtor, excluding the Unions, with the size of such holdings determined as of July 5, 2007, each of whom (a) is a qualified institutional buyer as such term is defined in Rule 144A promulgated under the Securities Act and (b) has such other objective characteristics as reasonably determined by Centerbridge. | ||
Series A Nominating Committee shall mean a committee of the New Board that consists of three directors, two of whom shall be chosen by Centerbridge. | ||
Series A Preferred Liquidation Preference shall mean in the aggregate $300 million plus accrued but unpaid dividends. | ||
Series B Preferred Liquidation Preference shall mean the sum of the Series B-1 Preferred Liquidation Preference and the Series B-2 Preferred Liquidation Preference. | ||
Series B-1 Preferred Liquidation Preference shall mean in the aggregate $200 million plus accrued but unpaid dividends. | ||
Series B-2 Preferred Liquidation Preference shall mean in the aggregate up to $250 million plus accrued but unpaid dividends. | ||
Issuer:
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New Dana Corporation (the Company), a corporation which shall be the successor under a confirmed plan of reorganization (the Plan) of Dana Corporation and its debtor affiliates (collectively, the Debtor), as debtor-in-possession in the chapter 11 reorganization case (the Bankruptcy Case), pending in the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York (the Bankruptcy Court). | |
Plan Investors:
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For the Series A Preferred, an investment vehicle which will be owned by certain funds and accounts to be designated and managed, directly or indirectly, by Centerbridge Capital Partners, L.P. and its affiliates (collectively, Centerbridge) and for the Series B Preferred, Centerbridge and the Qualified Creditors (collectively with Centerbridge, the Plan Investors). | |
Definitive Agreements: |
The definitive agreements for the investment described herein are expected to include an Investment Agreement, to which documents that will be effective as of the Effective Date will be attached as Exhibits: the Preferred Stock Designations (part of the Company charter), a Stockholders Agreement, a Registration Rights Agreement and other agreements as specified in the Investment Agreement. The Series B Preferred will be purchased pursuant to Subscription Agreements. | |
Securities to be
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At the effective date (the Effective Date) of the Plan related to the |
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Issued:
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Debtors chapter 11 proceedings, the 4% Series A Convertible Preferred Stock, par value per share to be determined, (the Series A Preferred) will be purchased by Centerbridge for an amount equal to the Series A Preferred Liquidation Preference. | |
At the Effective Date, the 4% Series B-1 Convertible Preferred Stock, par value per share to be determined, (the Series B-1 Preferred) will be purchased by Qualified Creditors or Centerbridge or its designees for an amount equal to the Series B-1 Preferred Liquidation Preference, all in transactions exempt from registration under the U.S. securities laws and subject to the requirements of the Bankruptcy Code. | ||
At the Effective Date, the 4% Series B-2 Convertible Preferred Stock, par value per share to be determined, (the Series B-2 Preferred and together with the Series B-1 Preferred, the Series B Preferred) will be issued by the Company in an amount equal to the Series B-2 Preferred Liquidation Preference to the extent subscribed for by Qualifed Creditors and Centerbridge shall use reasonable best efforts to identify Qualified Creditors eligible to purchase shares of Series B-2 Preferred, but will not itself purchase any shares of Series B-2 Preferred, all in transactions exempt from registration under the U.S. securities laws and subject to the requirements of the Bankruptcy Code, | ||
Mandatory Conversion into New Common Stock: |
The Company may convert all, but not less than all, of the outstanding Series A Preferred and Series B Preferred on or after the fifth anniversary of the Effective Date at the Conversion Price; provided, that no such conversion may be made unless the trading value of New Common Stock shall have exceeded 140% of the Distributable Market Equity Value Per Share at the close of trading for at least 20 consecutive trading days occurring on or after the fifth anniversary of the Effective Date. The holders of Series A Preferred and Series B Preferred entitled to registration rights will be given sufficient advance notice of the conversion in order to permit them to exercise their registration rights. | |
Conversion of
Series A Preferred
and Series B
Preferred to New
Common Stock
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Subject to the Lock Up described below, at any time the holders of the Series A Preferred and Series B Preferred shall each have the right, without any payment by the holder thereof, to convert such shares into New Common Stock at the Conversion Price. Upon conversion, the holder of a Series A Preferred or Series B Preferred shares will receive a number of shares of common stock equal to the liquidation preference applicable to such share divided by the Conversion Price. | |
Ranking:
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The Series A Preferred shall rank senior to the Series B Preferred with respect to any distributions upon liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Company. The Series A Preferred and the Series B Preferred shall each rank senior to any other class or series of capital stock of the Company, including New Common Stock, with respect to any distributions upon liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Company. |
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Dividends:
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Each share of Series A Preferred and Series B Preferred shall be entitled to receive, on a pari passu basis, dividends and distributions at an annual rate of 4.0% of the Series A Preferred Liquidation Preference and the Series B Preferred Liquidation Preference thereof, respectively, payable quarterly in cash. Unpaid dividends shall accrue and be added to such liquidation preference. | |
Preference with
Respect to
Dividends:
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Each holder of Series A Preferred and Series B Preferred shall, prior to the payment of any dividend or distribution in respect of the New Common Stock or any other class of capital stock of the Company ranking junior to such Preferred Stock, be entitled to be paid in full , on a pari passu basis, the dividends and distributions payable in respect of such Preferred Stock. | |
Board of Directors:
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So long as at least $150 million of the Series A Preferred Liquidation Preference is owned by Centerbridge, the following provisions shall be effective: | |
Initially, the board of directors (the New Board) of the Company shall consist of seven directors, (i) two of whom shall initially be chosen by Centerbridge, (ii) one of whom shall be initially chosen by Centerbridge who shall be independent, (iii) two of whom shall initially be chosen by representatives of the Debtors official unsecured creditors committee (the Creditors Committee), which shall be independent, (iv) one of whom shall be chosen by the Creditors Committee from a list of at least three candidates (all of whom shall be independent) provided by Centerbridge to the Creditors Committee and (v) one of whom shall be the Chief Executive Officer of the Company. | ||
So long as at least $150 million of the Series A Preferred Liquidation Preference is owned by Centerbridge, the following provisions shall be effective, beginning at the next shareholders meeting at which directors are elected: the New Board shall consist of seven directors, (i) two of whom may be designated by Centerbridge for nomination for election by the Series A Preferred in a class vote, (ii) one of whom may be designated by Centerbridge for election by the Series A Preferred in a class vote but who must be independent, (iii) one of whom will be designated by a unanimous vote of the Series A Nominating Committee for election by all shareholders and (iv) the remainder of whom shall be nominated by the New Board for election by all shareholders. | ||
For the avoidance of doubt, any director designated by Centerbridge that is required to be independent as set forth above must be independent as defined in the NYSE rules (or at such time after the Effective Date as the Companys common stock is listed on another stock exchange that has an independence requirement for directors, the rules of that stock exchange) of both the Company and Centerbridge. | ||
Series A and Series B Preferred will in any event each be entitled to elect |
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directors in the event that their dividends are in default to the extent required by stock exchange rule, provided that any director designated pursuant to either the second or third paragraphs above under this section Board of Directors will count toward this requirement. | ||
Voting Power:
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The Series A Preferred and Series B Preferred will vote together with the New Common Stock, all as a single class, on an as-converted basis, provided, however, that in the event that the Conversion Price would result in Centerbridge beneficially owning Series A Preferred, Series B Preferred or New Common Stock that in the aggregate has voting power in excess of 40% of the voting power of the Fully Diluted Shares, Centerbridge will vote such excess shares of Series A Preferred, Series B Preferred or New Common Stock in the same proportion as the votes cast by the non-Centerbridge-affiliated holders of Series A Preferred, Series B Preferred and New Common Stock. | |
Approval Rights:
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For as long as at least 50% of the aggregate of the Series A Preferred Liquidation Preference is outstanding, the Company shall not, and shall not permit its subsidiaries to, take any of the following actions (subject to customary exceptions as applicable) unless (i) the Company shall provide to the holders of the Series A Preferred at least 20 business days advance notice and (ii) the Company shall not have received, prior to the 10th business day after the receipt of such notice by a majority of the holders of the Series A Preferred Liquidation Preference, written notice from the holders of a majority of the Series A Preferred Liquidation Preference that such holders object to such action: | |
| a sale, transfer or other disposition of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company and its subsidiaries, on a consolidated basis; | ||
| any merger or consolidation involving a change of control of the Company; | ||
| any action to liquidate the Company; | ||
| any issuance of equity securities or rights to acquire equity securities at less than fair market value; | ||
| declaration or payment of any dividends in cash or other assets (other than additional shares of New Common Stock); and | ||
| any amendment of the Companys charter. |
For as long as Centerbridge owns at least 50% of the aggregate of the Series A Preferred Liquidation Preference, the Company shall not, and shall not permit its subsidiaries to, take any of the following actions (subject to customary exceptions as applicable) without the prior written consent of Centerbridge: |
| any transaction with any officer, director or greater than 10% stockholder other than officer and director compensation arrangements and transactions that are not material to the Company; |
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| the issuance of any security senior to or pari passu with the Series A Preferred or the Series B Preferred subject to the paragraph below immediately following these bullets (a Senior/Pari Passu Issuance); | ||
| any amendment of the Companys by-laws that materially adversely affects the rights of Centerbridge or the Companys shareholders generally; and | ||
| other than pursuant to any conversion provisions set forth herein, any redemption, repurchase or other acquisition of shares of capital stock involving aggregate payments in excess of $10 million during any 12 month period after the Effective Date; provided, however, any repurchase of capital stock from a terminated employee shall not be included in such aggregate payment limitations so long as such repurchase is approved by the New Board, and any cashless exercises pursuant to the terms of the underlying security shall be excluded from the foregoing restriction. |
The limitation on Senior/Pari Passu Issuances shall not apply to debt or lease financing or guarantees or lien, mortgage or security interests which constitute re-financings, replacements and extensions thereof that are (i) on prevailing market terms with respect to the economics thereof, and (ii) on substantially the same terms (including with respect to the obligors, tenor, security and ranking) as the obligations being refinanced, replaced or extended with respect to other terms. | ||
Centerbridge and non-Centerbridge Plan Investors shall not receive compensation or remuneration of any kind in connection with their exercise or non-exercise of voting or other rights under the Series A Preferred and Series B Preferred. | ||
Registration Rights:
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Holders of Series A Preferred and Series B Preferred shall be entitled to registration rights as set forth below. The registration rights agreements shall contain customary terms and provisions consistent with such terms, including customary hold-back, cutback and indemnification provisions. | |
Demand Registrations. Following the time that the Company is eligible to use Form S-3, the holder of the Series A Preferred shall be entitled to four demand registrations and the holders of Series B Preferred shall be entitled to four demand registrations. If the Company is not eligible to use Form S-3, the holders of the Series A Preferred and the Series B Preferred shall each be entitled to one demand registration. Any demand registration may, at the option of the holder be a shelf registration pursuant to Rule 415 under the Securities Act of 1933 (the Securities Act); provided, however, that the Company will not be required to keep any shelf registration effective for any period greater than three months. All registrations will be subject to customary windows. | ||
Piggyback Registrations. In addition, the holders of Registrable |
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Securities shall be entitled to unlimited piggyback registration rights, subject to customary cut-back provisions. | ||
Registrable Securities: The Series A Preferred, any shares of New Common Stock issuable upon conversion of the Series A Preferred, the Series B Preferred, any shares of New Common Stock issuable upon conversion of the Series B Preferred, any other shares of common stock held by the Plan Investors (including shares acquired upon the exercise of preemptive rights), and any additional securities issued or distributed by way of a dividend or other distribution in respect of any securities. Securities shall cease to be Registrable Securities upon sale to the public pursuant to a registration statement or Rule 144, or when all shares held by a Plan Investor may be transferred without restriction pursuant to Rule 144(k) or are otherwise freely saleable under securities laws. Series B Preferred and New Common Stock into which it is converted will only be entitled to registration rights to the extent their securities were issued in a private placement. | ||
Expenses. All registrations shall be at the Companys expense (except underwriting fees, discounts and commissions agreed to be paid by the selling holders), including, without limitation, fees and expenses of one counsel for all holders selling Registrable Securities in connection with any such registration. | ||
Pre-emptive Rights:
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So long as Centerbridge beneficially owns, in the aggregate, at least 50% of the shares of Series A Preferred, the holder of Series A Preferred shall be entitled to participate pro rata in any offering of equity securities of the Company, other than with respect to (i) shares issued or underlying options issued to management and employees and (ii) shares issued in connection with business combination transactions. | |
Lock Up:
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During the first two-month period after the Effective Date, the holders of Series A Preferred and Series B Preferred shall not transfer or sell such stock to any third party or convert any Series A Preferred or Series B Preferred into New Common Stock, provided, however, that the holders of such stock may transfer such stock to such holders affiliates who agree to be bound by the same agreements with the Company. | |
During the 34 months following the first two-month period after the Effective Date, the holder of Series A Preferred shall not (i) transfer or sell more than $150 million of Series A Preferred (measured by Series A Liquidation Preference) to any third party; provided, however, the holder of Series A Preferred may transfer such stock to such holders affiliates who agree to be bound by the same agreements with the Company; or (ii) convert more than $150 million of Series A Preferred (measured by Series A Preferred Liquidation Preference) to New Common Stock. | ||
Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the event a Liquidity Event occurs, the |
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foregoing restrictions in this section shall automatically terminate. | ||
Shorting of New
Common Stock
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The holders of the Series A Preferred and the Series B Preferred, either directly or indirectly, shall not engage in any natural or synthetic transaction that has the economic effect of paying the holder of such stock in event of a decrease in the value of the New Common Stock. | |
Reporting Requirements: |
The Company shall not deregister or suspend registration of its common stock under Section 12 or 15 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. | |
Management:
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The Plan shall contain a process whereby the individuals who are expected to serve on the New Board shall negotiate, in consultation with Centerbridge, employment agreements with the senior management team which shall be (i) market employment agreements in form and substance reasonably acceptable to Centerbridge, and (ii) subject to approval by the New Board on the Effective Date. | |
Right to Match:
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Prior to the Board terminating the Investment Agreement in connection with an Alternative Investment, Centerbridge shall have the right to offer to amend the terms of the Investment and the Board will take that into account as described in the definition of Alternative Investment above. The Board will have the right to terminate the Investment Agreement in connection with entering into definitive agreements with respect to an Alternative Investment, an Alternative Majority Investment or an Alternative Transaction or to pursue an Alternative Stand-Alone Plan, subject to the Debtors obligations under Break-up Fee and Expense Reimbursement below. | |
Commitment Fee:
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The Commitment Fee shall be payable immediately to Centerbridge upon the earliest of (a) entry of an order by the Bankruptcy Court converting the Bankruptcy Case to a liquidation or dismissing the Bankruptcy Case, (b) a material breach of the Debtors obligations under the Investment Agreement, including any loss of the Debtors exclusive right to file a plan of reorganization, that results in the failure of any of the conditions to Centerbridges obligations under the Investment Agreement), so long as Centerbridge has not materially breached the Investment Agreement, or (c) the occurrence of the Effective Date. | |
Break-up Fee:
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In the case of an Alternative Stand-Alone Plan, the Break-up Fee shall be payable upon entry of an order by the Bankruptcy Court approving a disclosure statement in connection with an Alternative Stand-Alone Plan. | |
In the case of an Alternative Investment, Alterative Majority Investment or Alternative Transaction, the Break-up Fee shall be payable upon the earliest of (a) provided that the Bankruptcy Court has not yet entered an order denying the Debtors motion to approve an Alternative Investment, Alternative Majority Investment or Alternative Transaction, 30 days after |
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the Board approves the terms (whether pursuant to a letter of intent or definitive agreements) of such Alternative Investment, Alternative Majority Investment or Alternative Transaction, and (b) entry of an order by the Bankruptcy Court approving such Alternative Investment, Alternative Majority Investment or Alternative Transaction. | ||
Expense Reimbursement: |
The Expense Reimbursement shall be payable upon the earlier date on which the Commitment Fee is payable or the Break-up Fee is payable. | |
Conditions:
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Centerbridges obligation to close the purchase of Series A Preferred and Series B Preferred as described in this Exhibit A shall be subject to the satisfaction of customary closing conditions set forth in the Investment Agreement, including the following: |
1. | There shall have occurred no material adverse change (as defined in the definitive Investment Agreement). | ||
2. | Finalization and approval by the Bankruptcy Court of the Debtors settlement negotiations with the Unions on terms reasonably acceptable to Centerbridge. | ||
3. | Confirmation of the Plan in a form reasonably acceptable to Centerbridge consistent with the Plan Term Sheet in all respects. | ||
4. | Obtaining exit financing with parties and on market terms reasonably acceptable to Centerbridge; provided, that the Debtor shall have the obligation to consult with Centerbridge regarding such terms and parties. | ||
5. | Filing of the Plan and a disclosure statement by September 3, 2007. | ||
6. | Obtain an order of the Bankruptcy Court confirming the Plan by February 28, 2008. | ||
7. | The Effective Date must be no later than May 1, 2008. |
The Debtors obligations under the Investment Agreement will be subject to Bankruptcy Court approval of the Investment Agreement. | ||
Standstill
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The Stockholders Agreement will contain a customary 10 year standstill that will limit the ability of Centerbridge to acquire additional stock if it would own more than 30% of the voting power of the Companys stock after such acquisition and to take specified other actions to control the Company after the Effective Date without consent of the New Board. | |
Transaction Structure |
Subject to the consent of Debtor, which shall not be unreasonably withheld, Centerbridge shall structure the transaction in a manner most advantageous to the Plan Investors so long as such structure does not materially adversely affect the substance or economics of the Investment. | |
Governing Law:
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State of New York |
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