Exhibit 10.1
ASSET PURCHASE
AGREEMENT
This Asset Purchase Agreement
(together with its exhibits, the “ Agreement ”)
is made by and among Ibis Technology Corporation
(“Ibis”), Nissin Ion Equipment Company, Ltd.
(“Nissin”), Dr. Hilton Glavish, and Zimec
Consulting, Inc. (d/b/a Zimec, Inc.) (Dr. Hilton
Glavish and Zimec Consulting, Inc. are herein collectively
referred to as “ Zimec ”), each individually a
“ Party ” and collectively the “
Parties ” to this Agreement. The Appendices to
this Agreement are attached hereto for reference purposes only and
are not part of this Agreement.
WHEREAS, Zimec Consulting, Inc.
(d/b/a Zimec, Inc.) is a Nevada corporation formed in 1989
that is the successor to all the rights and obligations of
Zimec, Inc., a California corporation which was merged into
Zimec Consulting, Inc.;
WHEREAS, Nissin, Ibis and Zimec had
previously entered into a series of transactions wherein: a) [**];
b) Zimec subsequently exclusively licensed its 1-D rights to Ibis
pursuant to the Zimec-Ibis 1-D Sublicense Agreement; and c) Ibis
thereafter non-exclusively licensed its 1-D rights to Nissin, [**]
and [**];
WHEREAS, Nissin and Ibis entered
into the Option Exercise Agreement wherein Ibis licensed the
Wiggler Patents to Nissin, and Nissin licensed the Bias Scan
Patents to Ibis;
WHEREAS, Ibis and Zimec entered in
the Zimec-Ibis Dual Field Cross-License Agreement wherein Ibis
licensed the Wiggler Patents to Zimec, and Zimec licensed the Dual
Field Patents to Ibis;
WHEREAS, the Parties wish to
terminate the existing licenses to Nissin, Ibis and Zimec, assign
the Dual Field Patents and Wiggler Patents to Nissin and thereby
simplify ownership by vesting sole ownership of the 2-D patents,
1-D Patents, Bias Scan Patents, Dual Field Patents and Wiggler
Patents in Nissin;
WHEREAS, Nissin wishes to grant Ibis
certain rights pursuant to the Simox and Hydrogen License
Agreement;
WHEREAS, [**]; and
WHEREAS, Ibis and Zimec wish to
terminate and release certain rights and obligations to each other
pursuant to the Ibis-Zimec Termination and Release
Agreement.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of
the foregoing premises and the mutual covenants and agreements set
forth herein and other good and valuable consideration, the receipt
and sufficiency of which is hereby acknowledged, the Parties, each
intending to be legally bound, hereby agree as follows:
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1. Effective
Date
The effective date of this Agreement
shall be October 30, 2008 (“ Effective Date
”).
2.
Definitions
For the purposes of this Agreement:
(i) the terms “hereof,” “herein” and
“herewith” and words of similar import shall, unless
otherwise stated, be construed to refer to this Agreement as a
whole (including all of the Exhibits) and not to any particular
provision of this Agreement, and Section and paragraph
references shall be to the Sections and paragraphs of this
Agreement, unless otherwise specified; and (ii) the word
“including” and “include” and words of
similar import when used in this Agreement mean “including
without limitation.” As used herein, the following
terms will have the following meanings:
(a) Patent Rights
“ 1-D Patents ”
shall mean all patents and patent applications worldwide for
inventions disclosed in U.S. Patent Nos. 5,311,028, issued
May 10, 1994, entitled “System and Method for Producing
Oscillating Magnetic Fields in Working Gaps Useful for Irradiating
a Surface with Atomic and Molecular Ions”; 5,393,984, issued
Feb. 28, 1995, entitled “Magnetic Deflection System for
Ion Beam Implanters”; and 5,483,077, issued January 9,
1996, entitled “System and Method for Magnetic Scanning,
Accelerating, and Implanting of an Ion Beam”, including all
U.S. and foreign patents and any patent applications identified on
Exhibit 1.
“ Bias Scan Patents
” shall mean all patents and patent applications worldwide
for inventions disclosed in U.S. Patent 5,438,203, issued
August 1, 1995, entitled “System and Method for Unipolar
Magnetic Scanning of Heavy Ion Beams”, including all U.S. and
foreign patents and any patent applications identified on
Exhibit 2.
“ Dual Field Patents
” shall mean all patents and patent applications worldwide
for inventions disclosed in U.S. Patent 5,672,879, issued
September 30, 1997, entitled “System and Method for
Producing Superimposed Static and Time-Varying Magnetic
Fields”, including all U.S. and foreign patents and any
patent applications identified on Exhibit 3.
“ Wiggler Patents
” shall mean all patents and patent applications worldwide
for inventions disclosed in U.S. Patent 5,481,116, issued
January 2, 1996, entitled “Magnetic System and Method
for Uniformly Scanning Heavy Ion Beams”, including all U.S.
and foreign patents and any patent applications identified on
Exhibit 4.
(b) Zimec-Nissin
Agreements
[**];
(c) Zimec-Ibis
Agreements
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“ Zimec-Ibis 1-D Master
Agreement ” shall mean the “Master
Agreement”, effective as of August 7, 1992, between
Dr. Hilton Glavish (acting for himself and on behalf of
Zimec, Inc.) and Ibis Technology Corporation, executed by both
parties on 12/21/1993, Appendix 11;
“ Zimec-Ibis 1-D Sublicense
Agreement ” shall mean the “Sublicense
Agreement” attached as Exhibit A to “Master
Agreement”, between Dr. Hilton Glavish (acting for
himself and on behalf of Zimec, Inc.) and Ibis Technology
Corporation, executed by both parties on 12/21/1993 and re-executed
by them on 3/9/1995, Appendix 12;
“ Zimec-Ibis Dual Field
Master Agreement ” shall mean the “Master
Agreement-Zero Field Correction”, effective as of
August 7, 1994, between Hilton Glavish (acting for himself and
Zimec, Inc.) and Ibis Technology Corporation, executed by
Dr. Glavish on 05-14-1997 and on behalf of Ibis on 5-1-1997,
Appendix 13; and,
“ Zimec-Ibis Dual Field
Cross-License Agreement ” shall mean the “Cross
License Agreement” attached as Exhibit A to Master
Agreement-Zero Field Correction, effective as of
August 7, 1994, between Dr. Hilton Glavish (acting for
himself and on behalf of Zimec, Inc.) and Ibis Technology
Corporation, executed by Dr. Glavish on 05/14/1997 and
on behalf of Ibis on 5/1/1997, Appendix 14.
(d) Ibis-granted third party
1-D Sub-licenses
[**]; and
(e) Nissin-Ibis
Agreements
“ 1-D License to Nissin
” shall mean the “License Option Agreement”
effective 3rd day of June, 1994 between Nissin Electric Co., Ltd
and Ibis Technology Corporation, executed on behalf of Nissin
Electric on 6-15-1994 and on behalf of Ibis on 6-3-1994, recently
assigned by Nissin Electric to Nissin Ion, Appendix 17.
“ Option Exercise
Agreement ” shall mean the “Agreement”
between Nissin Electric Co., Ltd. and Ibis Technology Corporation,
effective September 1, 1994, Appendix 18.
(f) Consulting
Agreements
[**]
“ Zimec-Ibis 1-D High
Current Oxygen Machine Consulting Agreement ” shall mean
the “Consulting Agreement” made 13 November, 1989
between Ibis Technology Corp. and Zimec, Inc, Appendix
10B.
[**]
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“ Affiliate(s) ”
of a Party means a company or other legal entity, which now or
hereafter controls, is controlled by, or is under common control
with a Party. Control shall mean either direct or indirect
ownership or control of: (a) more than fifty percent (50%) of
the outstanding shares or other securities entitled to vote for
election of directors (or other managing authority); or
(b) more than fifty percent (50%) of the equity interest of a
company or other legal entity, but only as long as such control or
ownership exists.
“ Claim ” means
any assertion of right whatsoever (including all debts, promises,
damages, equitable claims and judgments), liquidated or
unliquidated, fixed or contingent, direct or indirect, or
imputed.
“ Encumbrance ”
means any charge or interest relating to or arising out of any
condition, equitable interest, lien, license, covenant not to sue,
option, pledge, security interest, mortgage, right of first offer
or first refusal, buy/sell agreement and any other restriction or
covenant with respect to, or condition governing the use,
construction, transfer, receipt of income or exercise of any other
attribute of legal or equitable ownership.
“ Hydrogen Separation
Field ” means the field of use for the production
of Hydrogen Wafers using high energy, high current ion implantation
machines.
“ Hydrogen Wafer
” means a wafer in which a buried layer of hydrogen has been
created in a semiconductor substrate by implantation of hydrogen
ions, which enables fracture at the buried layer of hydrogen
to promote separation of the outer layer of the semiconductor
substrate from the remaining body of the substrate.
“ Know-How ”
means, to the extent they exist, ideas, concepts, inventions,
know-how, trade secrets, technical knowledge, discoveries,
developments, innovations, improvements, processes, methods, data,
formulas, information, research and development, compositions,
techniques, and designs regardless of whether or not protected or
entitled to protection under the patent, copyright or other laws of
any jurisdiction.
“ Losses ” means
any losses, claims, damages and liabilities (including without
limitation interest, penalties and reasonable attorneys’
fees).
“ Sellers ” are
Ibis and Zimec.
3. Purchase
Section 3.1.
Purchased Assets . In reliance on the representations, warranties,
and agreements contained herein, Sellers shall, and hereby do,
sell, assign, transfer and deliver to the Nissin, and Nissin shall,
and hereby does, purchase and accept from the Sellers, all of the
rights, title and interests in and to the following assets,
properties and rights, free and clear of all Claims and
Encumbrances other than set forth herein (collectively, the “
Purchased Assets ”):
(a)
Patents. The inventions
disclosed in the 1-D Patents, Bias Scan Patents, Dual Field Patents
and Wiggler Patents, including the patents and patent
applications
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identified on Exhibits 1-4 attached
hereto, including any subsequent applications and all divisions,
extensions, renewals, substitutes, reexaminations, reissues,
continuations, continuations-in-part and foreign counterparts
thereof (collectively, the “ Purchased Patents
”);
(b)
Know-How. The Know-How related
to the inventions disclosed in the Purchased Patents including any
Know-How related to Hydrogen Wafers and the Hydrogen Separation
Field;
(c)
Contracts. All of Ibis’s
rights and benefits under the Zimec-Ibis 1-D High Current Oxygen
Machine Consulting Agreement related to Proprietary Information (as
defined therein);
(d)
Title and the right to sue and
recover damages for any past, present and future infringements of
the Purchased Patents; and
(e)
Proceeds. The right to receive
any royalties or other payments made by the licensees under the
[**]
(f)
Section 3.2. No
Assumption of Liabilities . Nissin is only purchasing the Purchased
Assets and Nissin will not assume or be liable for any liabilities
or obligations of any kind whatsoever of Sellers. All such
liabilities and obligations of the Sellers shall be retained by and
remain obligations of Sellers including any obligations to [**]and
[**]. Sellers will retain no rights whatsoever in or to the
Purchased Assets other than the licenses explicitly provided in the
Simox and Hydrogen License Agreement.
Section 3.3.
Purchase Price
. The purchase price for the Purchased Assets shall be
[**], to be paid by Nissin to Sellers by sending a portion of
purchase price equal to one million one hundred fifty five thousand
nine hundred and eighteen dollars and 48 cents ($1,155,918.48) by
check or wire transfer to Ibis and by sending the remaining portion
of the purchase price [**] by check or wire transfer to
Zimec.
Section 3.4
Covenant in Support of Assignment . To the extent the Sellers cannot transfer
and assign any of the Purchased Assets to Nissin for any reason,
then the Sellers will, and will cause their Affiliates to, assign
and transfer such Purchased Assets to Nissin at the first
opportunity to do so. To the extent that any of the
Sellers’ rights, title or interests in any Purchased Assets
cannot be assigned and transferred by the Sellers to Nissin, then
the Sellers hereby grant to the Nissin and its Affiliates, an
irrevocable, perpetual, worldwide, exclusive license under such
rights, title and interests in any Purchased Assets, with the right
to sublicense through multiple tiers, to make, have made, use,
sell, offer to sell, import and export products, product systems
and processes and to reproduce, distribute, modify, enforce and
otherwise exploit such rights, title and interests in any Purchased
Asset in any manner for any purpose.
Section 3.5
License for
[**] . The Parties acknowledge that rights
under certain Purchased Patents have been previously
non-exclusively licensed pursuant to the [**], that Ibis
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has given the notices (copies attached at
Appendix 19) of this transaction required by these licenses and
that these licenses remain in effect.
4. Closing
Section 4.1.
Closing .
The closing (the “Closing”) for the purchase and sale
of the Purchased Assets shall take place simultaneously at the
offices of counsel for the Parties by fax with original documents
to be provided promptly thereafter.
Section 4.2. Deliveries
by Sellers .
At the Closing, Sellers shall deliver to Nissin the following
items, the delivery of which shall be a condition to Nissin’s
obligation to consummate the transactions contemplated
herein:
(a)
the Purchased Assets; and
(b)
duly executed copies of this
Agreement and the following Exhibits:
(i) Simox and Hydrogen License
Agreement
(ii) [**]
(iii) Ibis-Zimec Termination
and Release Agreement
(iv) three Patent Assignment
Agreements;
(c)
and Sellers shall have taken all
steps necessary to put Nissin in custody, possession and control of
any and all embodiments of the Know-How in Sellers’
possession or