EX-99.2 3 dex992.htm TAX OPINION OF WACHTELL, LIPTON, ROSEN & KATZ REGARDING SPIN-OFF OF TERADATA Tax Opinion of Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz regarding Spin-Off of Teradata

Exhibit 99.2

WACHTELL, LIPTON, ROSEN & KATZ

 

MARTIN LIPTON   RALPH M. LEVENE       J. AUSTIN LYONS   WILLIAM EDWARDS
HERBERT M. WACHTELL   RICHARD G. MASON   51 WEST 52ND STREET   LORI S. SHERMAN   JAMES R. GILMARTIN
BERNARD W. NUSSBAUM   DOUGLAS K. MAYER       JONATHAN E. PICKHARDT   ADAM M. GOGOLAK
RICHARD D. KATCHER   MICHAEL J. SEGAL   NEW YORK, N.Y. 10019-6150   NELSON O. FITTS   JONATHAN GOLDIN
ALLAN A. MARTIN   DAVID M. SILK       JEFFREY C. FOURMAUX   ROGER J. GRIESMEYER
LAWRENCE B. PEDOWITZ   ROBIN PANOVKA   TELEPHONE:    (212) 403 - 1000   JEREMY L. GOLDSTEIN   CATHERINE HARDEE
ROBERT B. MAZUR   DAVID A. KATZ   FACSIMILE:     (212) 403 - 2000   JOSHUA M. HOLMES   DANIEL E. HEMLI
PAUL VIZCARRONDO, JR.   ILENE KNABLE GOTTS   ____________   DAVID E. SHAPIRO   GAVIN W. HOLMES
PETER C. HEIN   DAVID M. MURPHY   GEORGE A. KATZ (1965-1989)   ANTE VUCIC   GORDON S. MOODIE
HAROLD S. NOVIKOFF   JEFFREY M. WINTNER   JAMES H. FOGELSON (1967-1991)   IAN BOCZKO   JOHN A. NEUMARK
DAVID M. EINHORN   TREVOR S. NORWITZ   ____________   LAURYN P. GOULDIN   MICHAEL ROSENBLAT
KENNETH B. FORREST   BEN M. GERMANA   OF COUNSEL   MATTHEW M. GUEST   DONGJU SONG
MEYER G. KOPLOW   ANDREW J. NUSSBAUM     DAVID E. KAHAN   LINDSAY R. SMITH
THEODORE N. MIRVIS   RACHELLE SILVERBERG   WILLIAM T. ALLEN   LEONARD M. ROSEN   MARK A. KOENIG   AMANDA L. STRAUB
EDWARD D. HERLIHY   DAVID C. BRYAN   PETER C. CANELLOS   MICHAEL W. SCHWARTZ   DAVID K. LAM   BRADLEY R. WILSON
DANIEL A. NEFF   STEVEN A. COHEN   THEODORE GEWERTZ   ELLIOTT V. STEIN   MICHAEL S. WINOGRAD   FRANCO CASTELLI
ERIC M. ROTH   GAVIN D. SOLOTAR   KAREN G. KRUEGER   J. BRYAN WHITWORTH   KATHRYN GETTLES-ATWA   ROSS A. FIELDSTON
WARREN R. STERN   DEBORAH L. PAUL   THEODORE A. LEVINE   AMY R. WOLF   DANIELLE L. ROSE   DAVID FISCHMAN
ANDREW R. BROWNSTEIN   DAVID C. KARP   ____________   BENJAMIN M. ROTH   JESSE E. GARY
MICHAEL H. BYOWITZ   RICHARD K. KIM   COUNSEL   ANDREW A. SCHWARTZ   SCOTT W. GOLENBOCK
PAUL K. ROWE   JOSHUA R. CAMMAKER     DAVID M. ADLERSTEIN   MOEZ M. KABA
MARC WOLINSKY   MARK GORDON   MICHELE J. ALEXANDER   PAULA N. GORDON   SHIRI BEN-YISHAI   CAITH KUSHNER
DAVID GRUENSTEIN   JOSEPH D. LARSON   DAVID B. ANDERS   NANCY B. GREENBAUM   JOSHUA A. FELTMAN   J. ALEJANDRO LONGORIA
PATRICIA A. VLAHAKIS   LAWRENCE S. MAKOW   ADRIENNE ATKINSON   MAURA R. GROSSMAN   STEPHEN M. FRANCIS   GRAHAM W. MELI
STEPHEN G. GELLMAN   JEANNEMARIE O’BRIEN   ANDREW J.H. CHEUNG   IAN L. LEVIN   JONATHAN H. GORDON   JOSHUA M. MILLER
STEVEN A. ROSENBLUM   WAYNE M. CARLIN   DAMIAN G. DIDDEN   ADAM J. SHAPIRO   MARGARET ISA BUTLER   JASAND MOCK
PAMELA S. SEYMON   JAMES COLE, JR.   PAMELA EHRENKRANZ   HOLLY M. STRUTT   EMIL A. KLEINHAUS   OPHIR NAVE
STEPHANIE J. SELIGMAN   STEPHEN R. DiPRIMA   ROBERT A. FRIEDMAN     WILLIAM E. SCHEFFER   GREGORY E. PESSIN
ERIC S. ROBINSON   NICHOLAS G. DEMMO       ADIR G. WALDMAN   CARRIE M. REILLY
JOHN F. SAVARESE   IGOR KIRMAN       AREF H. AMANAT   WON S. SHIN
SCOTT K. CHARLES   JONATHAN M. MOSES       RONALD C. CHEN   JEFFREY UNGER
ANDREW C. HOUSTON   T. EIKO STANGE       B. UMUT ERGUN   MARK F. VEBLEN
PHILIP MINDLIN   DAVID A. SCHWARTZ       EVAN K. FARBER   CARMEN WOO
DAVID S. NEILL   JOHN F. LYNCH       MICHAEL KRASNOVSKY   IGOR FUKS
JODI J. SCHWARTZ   WILLIAM SAVITT       SARAH A. LEWIS   BETTY W. GEE
ADAM O. EMMERICH   ERIC M. ROSOF       YELENA ZAMACONA   JONATHON R. La CHAPELLE
CRAIG M. WASSERMAN   MARTIN J.E. ARMS       GARRETT B. MORITZ   BRANDON C. PRICE
GEORGE T. CONWAY III   GREGORY E. OSTLING       JOSHUA A. NAFTALIS   MICHAEL SABBAH
        VINAY SHANDAL   RACHEL A. WILSON
        MEREDITH L. TURNER   ALISON M. ZIESKE
        KARESSA L. CAIN  

August 27, 2007

NCR Corporation and its Board of Directors

1700 South Patterson Blvd.

Dayton, Ohio 45479

Ladies and Gentlemen:

We have acted as special counsel to NCR Corporation, a Maryland corporation (“NCR”), in connection with the transactions contemplated by the Separation and Distribution Agreement (the “Agreement”), to be entered into by and between NCR and Teradata Corporation (“Teradata”), a Delaware corporation and a subsidiary of NCR International, Inc. (“NCR International”), a Delaware corporation and a subsidiary of NCR. At your request, we are rendering our opinion as to certain United States federal income tax consequences of certain transactions contemplated by the Agreement. All capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the meanings ascribed to them in the Officer’s Certificate of NCR dated as of the date hereof and delivered in connection herewith.

In providing our opinion, we have reviewed: (i) the Agreement; (ii) the Tax Sharing Agreement to be entered into by and between NCR and Teradata; (iii) the ruling request relating to Section 355 of the Code and related provisions filed by NCR with the Internal Revenue Service in connection with the transactions contemplated by the Agreement and all supplemental submissions filed in connection therewith (together, the “Request for Rulings”)


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(but not the ruling request filed by NCR with the Internal Revenue Service, or any supplemental submissions, relating to Section 59(e) of the Code (the “Section 59(e) Request”)); (iv) the private letter ruling issued to NCR by the Internal Revenue Service in response to the Request for Rulings (the “Private Letter Ruling”); (v) the registration statement of Teradata on Form 10 and the exhibits thereto, including the information statement to be sent by NCR to shareholders of NCR in connection with the External Spin-Off (collectively, the “Form 10”); (vi) certain resolutions adopted by the Board of Directors of NCR; and (vii) such other documents, records and papers as we have deemed necessary or appropriate in order to give the opinion set forth herein.

For purposes of the opinion set forth below, we have assumed: (i) that the statements and representations contained, respectively, in the Request for Rulings, the Private Letter Ruling and the Officer’s Certificates of NCR, NCR International and Teradata delivered in connection herewith (including all appendices thereto) are true, complete, and correct as of the date hereof and will remain true, complete, and correct at all times up to and including the date of the External Spin-Off; (ii) that all statements and representations made to the knowledge or belief of any person or entity or with comparable qualification are true, complete, and correct as if made without such qualification; (iii) that all documents submitted to us as originals are authentic and that all documents submitted to us as copies conform to the originals; (iv) that the transactions contemplated by the Agreement will be consummated as described in the Request for Rulings and the Private Letter Ruling; (v) that NCR, NCR International and Teradata will treat the Internal Spin-Off and External Spin-Off for United States federal income tax consequences in a manner consistent with the opinion set forth below; (vi) that the Form 10, NCR’s annual report on Form 10-K for its fiscal year ended December 31, 2006, and NCR’s proxy statement relating to the annual meeting of NCR’s shareholders held on April 25, 2007 are true, complete, and correct; and (vii) that all applicable reporting requirements have been or will be satisfied. If any of the above described assumptions is untrue for any reason, or if the transactions are consummated in a manner that is different from the manner described in the Request for Rulings and the Private Letter Ruling, our opinion as expressed below may be adversely affected. Further, we have relied on the Private Letter Ruling.

Based upon and subject to the foregoing, it is our opinion that, under presently applicable provisions of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”), and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder:

 

1. The transfer by NCR International of property relating to its enterprise data warehousing business to Teradata in the First Contribution and the assumption by Teradata of related liabilities in the First Contribution, followed by the distribution by NCR International of Teradata common stock to NCR pursuant to the Internal Spin-Off will qualify as a reorganization under Section 368(a)(1)(D) of the Code, and NCR International and Teradata each will be a “party to a reorganization” within the meaning of Section 368(b) of the Code;

 

2. The Internal Spin-Off will be a transaction described in Section 355(a) of the Code, and the Teradata common stock will be qualified property for purposes of Section 361(c)(2) of the Code;

 

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3. Pursuant to Sections 355, 357(a), 361 and 1032, no gain or loss will be recognized by NCR International or Teradata solely by reason of the First Contribution or the Internal Spin-Off, other than with respect to any “excess loss account” or “intercompany transaction” required to be taken into account under Treasury Regulations relating to consolidated returns;

 

4. Pursuant to Section 355(a), no gain or loss will be recognized by (and no amount will be includible in the income of) NCR solely by reason of NCR’s receipt of Teradata common stock in the Internal Spin-Off;

 

5. The transfer by NCR of property relating to its enterprise data warehousing business to Teradata in the Second Contribution and the assumption by Teradata of related liabilities in the Second Contribution, followed by the distribution by NCR of Teradata common stock to holders of shares of NCR common stock pursuant to the External Spin-Off will qualify as a reorganization under Section 368(a)(1)(D) of the Code, and NCR and Teradata each will be a “party to a reorganization” within the meaning of Section 368(b) of the Code;

 

6. The External Spin-Off will be a transaction described in Section 355(a) of the Code, and the Teradata common stock will be qualified property for purposes of Section 361(c)(2) of the Code;

 

7. Pursuant to Sections 355, 357(a), 361 and 1032, no gain or loss will be recognized by NCR or Teradata solely by reason of the Second Contribution or the External Spin-Off, other than with respect to any “excess loss account” or “intercompany transaction” required to be taken into account under Treasury Regulations relating to consolidated returns; and

 

8. Pursuant to Section 355(a), no gain or loss will be recognized by (and no amount will be includible in the income of) any holder of shares of NCR common stock solely by reason of the holder’s receipt of Teradata common stock in the External Spin-Off.

We render no opinion as to the federal income tax consequences of (i) the transactions under any other provisions of the Code (including Section 367, Section 482, Section 904(f), Section 1248 and the provisions relating to “dual consolidated losses”); (ii) any expenditures for which an election under Section 59(e) has been made; or (iii) any conditions existing at the time of, or resulting from, the transactions that are not specifically covered above. We render no opinion regarding any aspect of the transactions addressed in the Section 59(e) Request. We render no opinion as to the federal income tax consequences of the CV Spin-Off or the Foreign Separation Transactions (as defined in the Private Letter Ruling). We render no opinion concerning the federal income tax consequences of non-arm’s length payments (if any) made in connection with the transactions or of any internal restructuring that occurred or will occur in connection with the First Contribution, Internal Spin-Off, Second Contribution or External Spin-Off. We render no opinion as to the tax consequences of the transactions under state, local, or foreign tax laws.

Our opinion is based on current provisions of the Code, Treasury Regulations promulgated thereunder, published pronouncements of the Internal Revenue Service and case law, any of which may be changed at any time with retroactive effect. Any change in applicable laws or the facts and circumstances surrounding the transactions, or any inaccuracy in the

 

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statements, facts, assumptions or representations upon which we have relied, may affect the continuing validity of our opinion as set forth herein. We assume no responsibility to inform NCR of any such change or inaccuracy that may occur or come to our attention.

This opinion may not be applicable to holders of shares of NCR common stock who received their NCR common stock pursuant to the exercise of employee stock options or otherwise as compensation or who are not citizens or residents of the United States, or the distribution of shares to such holders. As well, this opinion may not be applicable to holders of shares of NCR common stock who are subject to special treatment under the Code (such as insurance companies, financial institutions, dealers in securities, or tax-exempt organizations).

We are furnishing this opinion solely in connection with the transactions contemplated by the Agreement, and it is not to be relied upon, used, quoted, or otherwise referred to for any other purpose or by any other party without our consent. We hereby consent to the filing of this opinion with the Securities and Exchange Commission as an exhibit to Form 8-K of NCR or Teradata. In giving such consent, we do not thereby admit that we are in the category of persons whose consent is required under Section 7 of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended

Very truly yours,

WACHTELL, LIPTON, ROSEN & KATZ

dlp/vs

 

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