CVR Payment Amount. (a) As promptly as practicable, but no later than sixty (60) days (i) following each receipt by the Company or its affiliates of at least $30 million in CVR Litigation Proceeds or CVR Government Action Proceeds and (ii) prior to the date set forth in Final CVR Payment Date, the Company shall deliver to the Committee a certificate (the “Litigation Proceeds Certificate”) setting forth in reasonable detail (A) the amount of any Cash Proceeds received by the Company or its Affiliates, if any, (B) a description in reasonable detail of Non-Cash Proceeds received by the Company or its Affiliates, if any, (C) the fair market value of any Non-Cash Proceeds and the methodology used, and calculations made, to determine such fair market value, (D) an itemized list in reasonable detail of the Claims Expenses, Customer Claims, Parent Fee and Firm Expenses, (E) a calculation of the Net Tax Cost, (F) a calculation of the CVR Payment Amount, and (G) any assumptions underlying the determination of any item used in making such calculations. The Company shall deliver to the Committee any financial or other documentation reasonably necessary to sufficiently support such calculations, the Claims Expenses, Customer Claims, Parent Fee and Firm Expenses. (b) Within thirty (30) days of delivery of the Litigation Proceeds Certificate, the Holder Committee Member or the Independent Committee Member shall give written notice to the Company and each other Committee Member specifying whether he or she agrees with or objects to (a “Notice of Agreement” and a “Notice of Objection,” respectively) the Litigation Proceeds Certificate and the CVR Payment Amount calculation. (c) If the Holder Committee Member or the Independent Committee Member does not deliver a Notice of Agreement or a Notice of Objection with respect to the Litigation Proceeds Certificate within the thirty-day (30-day) period described above, such Committee Member shall be deemed to have delivered a Notice of Agreement with respect to the Litigation Proceeds Certificate, and the CVR Payment Amount set forth in the Litigation Proceeds Certificate shall be deemed final. (d) If the Holder Committee Member or the Independent Committee Member delivers a Notice of Objection, such Holder Committee Member or Independent Committee Member shall as promptly as practicable following delivery of such Notice of Objection deliver to the Company a certificate (a “Committee Member Objection Certificate”) setting forth in reasonable detail each of the objections to the calculations, valuations, methodologies, lists, computations, assumptions and other information, including the fair market value of any Non-Cash Proceeds (collectively, the “Determinations”), that such Committee Member has to the applicable Litigation Proceeds Certificate. The Committee Members shall try to resolve any objections among themselves within thirty (30) days following receipt of a Committee Member Objection Certificate. If they are unable to resolve such objection, the Committee Members shall submit the portions of the Determinations set forth in the Litigation Proceeds Certificate that are in dispute to an independent public accounting firm of national standing that shall have expertise in the valuation of assets and properties and U.S. federal income taxation (if the dispute relates to the calculation of the Net Tax Cost) (the “Firm”). The Firm shall be instructed to determine whether the Determinations set forth in the Litigation Proceeds Certificate that are in dispute are correct in all material respects (the “Resolution”). If the Firm determines that such Determinations are correct, the CVR Payment Amount shall be as set forth in the Litigation Proceeds Certificate, and such Holder Committee Member or Independent Committee Member shall be deemed to have delivered a Notice of Agreement with respect to such Litigation Proceeds Certificate. If the Firm determines that any of the Determinations set forth in the Litigation Proceeds Certificate are incorrect in any respect (whether or not material), the Firm’s resulting calculation of the CVR Payment Amount shall be binding on all parties hereto. All costs and expenses billed by the Firm in connection with the performance of its duties described herein (“Firm Expenses”) shall be paid from the Escrow Account, unless the Company’s determination of the CVR Payment Amount is less than 85% of the CVR Payment Amount determined by the Firm, in which case the Company shall pay 100% of the Firm Expenses and such amount shall not be considered a Claims Expense. (e) The date on which the amount of the CVR Payment Amount is finally determined pursuant to this Section 5.02 is referred to as the “Determination Date.”
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Sources: Contingent Value Rights Agreement (Schulman a Inc), Contingent Value Rights Agreement (LyondellBasell Industries N.V.)
CVR Payment Amount. (a) As promptly as practicable, but no later than sixty (60) 60 days (i) following each receipt by the Company or its affiliates of at least $30 million in CVR Litigation Proceeds or CVR Government Action Proceeds Investigation Proceeds, and (ii) prior to the date set forth in Final CVR Payment Date, ; the Company shall deliver to the Committee a certificate (the “Litigation Proceeds Certificate”) setting forth in reasonable detail (A) the amount of any Cash Proceeds received by the Company or its Affiliates, if any, (B) a description in reasonable detail of Non-Cash Proceeds received by the Company or its Affiliates, if any, (C) the fair market value of any Non-Cash Proceeds and the methodology used, and calculations made, to determine such fair market value, (D) an itemized list in reasonable detail of the Claims Expenses, Customer Claims, Parent Fee and Firm Expenses, (E) a calculation of the Net Tax Cost, (F) a calculation of the CVR Payment Amount, and (G) any assumptions underlying the determination of any item used in making the necessary calculations for such calculations. The Company shall deliver to the Committee any financial or other documentation reasonably necessary to sufficiently support such calculations, the Claims Expenses, Customer Claims, Parent Fee and Firm Expenses.
(b) Within thirty (30) days of delivery of the Litigation Proceeds Certificate, the Holder Committee Member or the Independent Committee Member shall give written notice to the Company and each other Committee Member specifying whether he or she agrees with or objects to (a “Notice of Agreement” and a “Notice of Objection,” ”, respectively) the Litigation Proceeds Certificate Certificate, and the CVR Payment Amount calculation.
(c) If the Holder Committee Member or the Independent Committee Member does not deliver a Notice of Agreement or a Notice of Objection with respect to the Litigation Proceeds Certificate within the thirty-day thirty (30-day) day period described above, such Committee Member shall be deemed to have delivered a Notice of Agreement with respect to the Litigation Proceeds CertificateCertificate and, and the CVR Payment Amount set forth in the Litigation Proceeds Certificate shall be deemed final.
(d) If the Holder Committee Member or the Independent Committee Member delivers a Notice of Objection, such Holder Committee Member or Independent Committee Member shall as promptly as practicable following delivery of such Notice of Objection deliver to the Company a certificate (a “Committee Member Objection Certificate”) setting forth in reasonable detail each of the objections to the calculations, valuations, methodologies, lists, computations, assumptions and other information, including the fair market value of any Non-Cash Proceeds (collectively, the “Determinations”), that such Committee Member has to the applicable Litigation Proceeds Certificate. The Committee Members shall try to resolve any objections among themselves within thirty (30) 30 days following receipt of a Committee Member Objection Certificate. If they are unable to resolve such objection, the Committee Members shall submit the portions of the Determinations set forth in the Litigation Proceeds Certificate that are in dispute to an independent public accounting firm of national standing that shall have expertise in the valuation of assets and properties and U.S. federal income taxation (if the dispute relates to the calculation of the Net Tax Cost) (the “Firm”). The Firm shall be instructed to determine whether the Determinations set forth in the Litigation Proceeds Certificate that are in dispute are correct in all material respects (the “Resolution”). If the Firm determines that such Determinations are correct, the CVR Payment Amount shall be as set forth in the Litigation Proceeds Certificate, and such Holder Committee Member or Independent Committee Member shall be deemed to have delivered a Notice of Agreement with respect to such Litigation Proceeds Certificate. If the Firm determines that any of the Determinations set forth in the Litigation Proceeds Certificate are incorrect in any respect (whether or not material), the Firm’s resulting calculation of the CVR Payment Amount shall be binding on all parties hereto. All costs and expenses billed by the Firm in connection with the performance of its duties described herein (“Firm Expenses”) shall be paid from the Escrow Account, unless the Company’s determination of the CVR Payment Amount is less than 85% of the CVR Payment Amount determined by the Firm, in which case the Company shall pay 100% of the Firm Expenses and such amount shall not be considered a Claims Expense.
(e) The date on which the amount of the CVR Payment Amount is finally determined pursuant to this Section 5.02 is referred to as the “Determination Date”.”
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Sources: Contingent Value Rights Agreement (LyondellBasell Industries N.V.)