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This excerpt taken from the MA 10-Q filed Nov 4, 2008.

Agreement

This Agreement (the “Agreement”) is made, as of October 27, 2008 (the “Effective Date”), between Morgan Stanley, Visa Inc. (“Visa”) and MasterCard Incorporated (“MasterCard”) (collectively the “Parties,” and each a “Party”).

WHEREAS, Visa and MasterCard contemplate entering into a settlement agreement with Discover Financial Services, Inc. and certain of its affiliates (“Discover”) to resolve Discover Financial Services, et al. v. Visa U.S.A. Inc., et al., Case No. 04-CV-07844 (S.D.N.Y.) (the “Litigation”); and

WHEREAS, pursuant to the Separation and Distribution Agreement by and Between Morgan Stanley and Discover Financial Services dated as of June 29, 2007 (the “Separation Agreement”), Morgan Stanley is entitled to receive from Discover a portion of the proceeds of such settlement; and

WHEREAS, to facilitate a settlement of the Litigation and its receipt of funds pursuant to the Separation Agreement, Morgan Stanley has agreed to make certain payments to Visa and MasterCard as set forth herein.

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and the mutual covenants and agreements contained herein, and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the Parties hereby agree, intending to be legally bound, as follows.

 

1. Condition Precedent. This Agreement is conditioned upon the execution by Visa, MasterCard, and Discover of a settlement agreement in the Litigation pursuant to which Visa and MasterCard will make settlement payments to Discover totaling $2.75 billion (such settlement an “Applicable Settlement” and the agreement memorializing such settlement the “Applicable Settlement Agreement”). In the event that no such Applicable Settlement is reached before December 15, 2008 this Agreement shall be null and void and of no further effect, except that the provisions relating to confidentiality of paragraph 7 shall continue in full force and effect.

 

2. Notice by Visa and MasterCard. In order to facilitate the payments by Morgan Stanley set forth in paragraph 3, not less than 48 hours prior to making any payment pursuant to an Applicable Settlement, (i) Visa shall provide notice of the dates and times on which it will make its settlement payments to Discover (each a “Visa Payment Time”) and of the account to which the payments to Visa by Morgan Stanley contemplated by paragraph 3 shall be made; and (ii) MasterCard shall provide notice of the date and time on which it will make its settlement payment to Discover (the “MasterCard Payment Time”) and of the account to which the payment to MasterCard by Morgan Stanley contemplated by paragraph 3 shall be made.

 

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Payments by the Parties. Each Party will make payments as set forth in this

 

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