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This excerpt taken from the DIS 8-K filed Feb 10, 2006.

INSURANCE

 

Section 6.01 Insurance Coverage; Cooperation. All insurance policies of TWDC shall constitute TWDC Assets and shall be retained by TWDC and the other TWDC Entities, together with all rights, benefits and privileges thereunder (including the right to receive any and all return premiums with respect thereto), except that Spinco will have the rights in respect of Insurance Policies to the extent described in Section 6.02. Each of TWDC and Spinco shall use reasonable efforts to share such information as is reasonably necessary in order to permit the other to manage and conduct its insurance matters in an orderly fashion. Each of TWDC and Spinco, at the request of the other, shall use reasonable efforts to cooperate with and assist the other in recoveries for claims made under any insurance policy for the benefit of any Spinco Entity or TWDC Entity, as applicable, and neither TWDC nor Spinco, nor any Spinco Entity or TWDC Entity, as applicable, shall take any action which would be reasonably likely to jeopardize or otherwise interfere with the ability of any Spinco Entity or TWDC Entity, as applicable, to collect any proceeds payable pursuant to any insurance policy. Nothing in this Section 6.01 shall (x) preclude any Spinco Entity or TWDC Entity, as applicable from presenting any claim or from exhausting any policy limit, (y) require any Spinco Entity or TWDC Entity, as applicable, to pay any premium or other amount or to incur any Liability or (z) require any Spinco Entity or TWDC Entity, as applicable, to renew, extend or continue any policy in force.

 

Section 6.02 Rights Under Insurance Policies. Except as otherwise specified in this Article VI or any other Transaction Agreement, the Spinco Entities shall have no rights with respect to any insurance policies of TWDC, except that Spinco will have the right to (x) assert claims and to resolve existing and pending claims under Insurance Policies for any loss, liability or damage arising out of insured incidents to the extent relating to the Business occurring from the date coverage thereunder first commenced until the Distribution Date and (y) acquire all rights, privileges and proceeds of such Insurance Policies relating to the claims specified in clause (x); provided that, (i) all of TWDC’s and each TWDC Entity’s reasonable out-of-pocket costs and expenses, if any, incurred in connection with the foregoing shall be promptly paid by Spinco and (ii) TWDC and the TWDC Entities may, at any time, without liability or obligation to any Spinco Entity, amend, commute, terminate, buy-out, extinguish liability under or otherwise modify any Insurance Policy (and such Insurance Policy shall be subject to any such amendments, commutations, terminations, buy-outs, extinguishments and modifications). No TWDC Entity shall bear any Liability for the failure of an insurer to pay any claim under any Insurance Policy. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary

 

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herein, Spinco may at any time, and from time to time, inform TWDC by written notice that it desires to terminate its rights to assert claims under any or all Insurance Policies, in which case Spinco’s rights to assert claims relating to Business Liabilities under such Insurance Policy or Policies shall terminate immediately. In the case of any amendments, commutations, terminations, buy-outs, extinguishments and modifications of an Insurance Policy, TWDC shall provide reasonable advance notice thereof to Spinco and shall reasonably cooperate with Spinco to assist Spinco in obtaining insurance policies under which Spinco is an insured party.

 

Section 6.03 Spinco Insurance Coverage After the Distribution Date. From and after the Distribution Date, Spinco, and Spinco alone, shall be responsible for obtaining and maintaining insurance programs for its risk of loss and such insurance arrangements shall be separate and apart from TWDC’s insurance programs.

 

Section 6.04 Responsibilities for Self-Insured Obligations and Other Obligations.

 

(a) Spinco will reimburse TWDC for Spinco’s pro rata share (based on the aggregate amount of proceeds received in respect of claims relating to Business Liabilities under such Insurance Policy by the Spinco Entities) of all amounts necessary to exhaust or otherwise satisfy all applicable self-insured retentions and Spinco’s pro rata share of all amounts for fronted policies, overages, deductibles and retrospective or prospective premium adjustments and similar amounts not covered by Insurance Policies.

 

(b) Each of TWDC and Spinco does hereby, for itself and each other TWDC Entity and Spinco Entity, agree that all duties and obligations under any Insurance Policy, including the fulfillment of any conditions and the payment of any deductibles, retentions, co-insurance payment or retrospective premiums, that correspond in any way with or may be necessary to perfect, preserve or maintain an insured’s right to obtain benefits under that Insurance Policy, will be performed by the insured that is seeking the benefits under that Insurance Policy, subject to the indemnification provisions herein.

 

Section 6.05 Claims Administration. (i) TWDC or its designee shall be responsible for the claims administration with respect to claims of any TWDC Entity under Insurance Policies; and (ii) Spinco or its designee shall be responsible for the claims administration with respect to claims of Spinco under Insurance Policies.

 

Section 6.06 Procedures Regarding Insufficient Limits of Liability. In the event that there are insufficient limits of liability available under the Insurance Policies in effect prior to the Distribution Date to cover the Liabilities of the TWDC Entities and/or the Spinco Entities that would otherwise be covered by such Insurance Policies, then no Spinco Entity shall be entitled to recovery for any claims under such Insurance Policies until the claims of all TWDC Entities have been satisfied thereunder. If any Spinco Entity has received proceeds under any such Insurance Policies, Spinco shall reimburse TWDC all amounts to which any TWDC Entity would have been entitled had its claim under such Insurance Policies arisen prior to any recovery thereunder by any Spinco Entity.

 

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Section 6.07 Cooperation. TWDC and Spinco will use their reasonable efforts to cooperate with each other and execute any additional documents which are reasonably necessary to effectuate the provisions of this Article VI.

 

Section 6.08 No Assignment or Waiver. This Agreement shall not be considered as an attempted assignment of any rights or interest in violation of any policy of insurance or as a contract of insurance and shall not be construed to waive any right or remedy of any TWDC Entity in respect of any Insurance Policy or any other Contract or policy of insurance.

 

Section 6.09 No Liability. Spinco does hereby, for itself and as agent for each Spinco Entity, agree that no TWDC Entity or any TWDC Indemnitee shall have any Liability whatsoever as a result of the insurance policies and practices of TWDC and its Subsidiaries as in effect at any time prior to the Distribution Date, including as a result of the level or scope of any such insurance, the creditworthiness of any insurance carrier, the terms and conditions of any policy or the adequacy or timeliness of any notice to any insurance carrier with respect to any claim or potential claim or otherwise.

 

Section 6.10 No Restrictions. Nothing in this Agreement shall be deemed to restrict any Spinco Entity from acquiring at its own expense any other insurance policy in respect of any Liabilities or covering any period.

 

Section 6.11 Further Agreements. The Parties acknowledge that they intend to allocate financial obligations without violating any Laws regarding insurance, self-insurance or other financial responsibility. If it is determined that any action undertaken pursuant to this Agreement or any other Transaction Agreement is violative of any insurance, self-insurance or related financial responsibility Law, the Parties agree to work together to do whatever is necessary to comply with such Law while trying to accomplish, to the greatest possible extent, the allocation of financial obligations as intended in this Agreement and any other Transaction Agreement.

 

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