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Exhibit 99.1
Certain confidential
information has been omitted from this Exhibit 99.1 pursuant
to a request for confidential treatment filed separately with the
Securities and Exchange Commission. The omitted information is
indicated by the symbol “[**]” at each place in this
Exhibit 99.1 where the omitted information appeared in the
original.
AMENDMENT 2 TO LICENSE
AGREEMENT
This
Amendment 2 to License Agreement (“Amendment 2”)
effective as of the date of the last signature (the
“Amendment Effective Date”), modifies that certain
License Agreement between Callaway Golf Company (“Callaway
Golf”) and Ashworth, Inc. (“Ashworth”) dated
May 14, 2001 (the “Agreement”), which was
subsequently modified by Amendment to License Agreement dated
December 16, 2003 (“Amendment 1”). The Agreement
and Amendment 1 are collectively referred to herein as the
“Original Agreement”.
The
parties now wish to modify the Original Agreement in certain
respects as set forth below.
For good
and valuable consideration, receipt of which is hereby
acknowledged, the parties agree as follows:
1.
Trademarks . Exhibit A of the Original Agreement is
hereby superseded and replaced in its entirety with the attached
Exhibit A.
2.
Territory . Exhibit B of the Original Agreement is
hereby superseded and replaced in its entirety with the attached
Exhibit B.
3.
Licensed Products .
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Exhibit C-1 of the Original Agreement is hereby amended to
remove from the list of Exclusive Licensed Products the following
item: |
Socks
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Exhibit C-2 of the Original Agreement is hereby amended to
remove from the list of Non-Exclusive Licensed Products the
following items: |
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Picture frames
Sleepwear
Towels
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Umbrellas
Valuables pouch |
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Ashworth shall develop and market a line of belts, including
fixtures, by the Fall/Holiday 2008 season. |
4.
Net Sales Target Amounts . Exhibit J-1 is hereby
amended to change the annual Net Sales Target Amounts for years
2007 through 2010 to $[**].
5.
Website . Section 1(m) of the Original Agreement is hereby
superseded and replaced in its entirety as follows:
“m.
Ashworth shall establish and maintain on its primary website
located at http://www.ashworthinc.com (or any replacement or
successor site) a section titled “Callaway Golf
Apparel”, or such other title as Callaway Golf approves,
which approval shall not be unreasonably withheld, delayed or
conditioned. The contents of such website section must be approved
in advance in writing by Callaway Golf, which approval shall not be
unreasonably withheld, delayed or conditioned. In such website
section, Ashworth shall provide at least one direct link to such
pages of Callaway Golf’s website located at
http://www.callawaygolf.com (or any replacement or successor site)
as may be requested by Callaway Golf from time to time. Ashworth
shall use commercially reasonably efforts to ensure its website Is
in good working order and available to the public twenty-four (24)
hours per day, seven (7) days per week during the term of this
Agreement. Ashworth shall update its website by the first delivery
of each season to reflect the Licensed Products for that season.
Ashworth shall maintain such website, so that all branding is
consistent with the annual Callaway Golf Style Guide. In addition,
Ashworth hereby consents to Callaway Golf providing a link(s) on
its website linking directly to the Callaway Golf section of
Ashworth’s website.”
6.
Sales Representatives . Section 2(d) of the Original
Agreement is hereby superseded and replaced in its entirety as
follows:
“d.
Ashworth shall use commercially reasonable efforts to increase its
golf channel sales force annually. By the end of each year, the
number of golf channel sales representatives shall be as
follows:
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No. of Sales
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2007
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29 |
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2008
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31 |
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2009
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32 |
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2010
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33 |
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Sales
representatives may be either (i) full-time employees of
Ashworth who act as exclusive sales representatives and whose sole
duties are those relating directly to selling, marketing,
promoting, advertising and distributing the Licensed Products
bearing the Trademarks pursuant to this Agreement, or
(ii) independent sales representatives who are not employees
of Ashworth; provided , however, that if Ashworth
utilizes independent sales representatives for sale of the Licensed
Products, the independent sales representatives must not
concurrently promote golf balls, golf clubs, golf bags or competing
products.”
7.
Callaway Golf Sales . Section 2(g) of the Original Agreement
is hereby superseded and replaced in its entirety as follows:
“g.
Ashworth shall sell Licensed Products to Callaway Golf at [**]
percent ([**]%) off the U.S. wholesale price. Sales of Licensed
Products to Callaway Golf shall be subj
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