Exhibit
10.127.1: Certain confidential information in this Exhibit 10.127.1
was omitted and filed separately with the Securities and Exchange
Commission (“SEC”) with a request for confidential
treatment by Inter Parfums, Inc.
AMENDMENT No.
1
TO THE EXCLUSIVE LICENSE
AGREEMENT
DATED JUNE 20,
1997
BY AND
BETWEEN
S.T. DUPONT
S.A., a Swiss corporation, registered at Fribourg Commercial
Registry, with its principal office located at rue de Lausanne 91,
1700 Fribourg, Switzerland, represented by Mr. Eric Sampré,
CEO,
(hereinafter
referred to as “STD”),
AND
Inter Parfums,
a French corporation, registered under RCS n° B 350 219 382,
with its principal office located at 4, Rond Point des Champs
Elysées, 75008 Paris, France, represented by Mr. Philippe
Benacin, CEO,
(hereinafter
referred to as “Inter Parfums”),
In accordance
with the provisions of Article 4.2 of the exclusive trademark
License Agreement signed by the parties on June 20, 1997, Inter
Parfums and STD agreed to conduct negotiations 36 months prior to
the expiration date of the License Agreement, on June 30,
2008, in order to discuss its renewal.
Following a
dispute involving the performance of the Agreement, and pursuant to
a settlement agreement and this amendment, signed on the same day
and deemed to constitute an indivisible whole, Inter Parfums and
STD have agreed to renew the Agreement in advance and to amend
certain terms and conditions thereof as follows:
1 -
Term of the Agreement
Article 4 of
the June 20, 1997 agreement is deleted as of January 1, 2006, and
replaced as follows:
“4- Term of the Agreement
This
Agreement is renewed as of January 1, 2006 for a term of 5.5 years
(five and one-half years). It shall expire on June 30,
2011.”
The last
paragraph of Article 1 of the June 20, 1997 agreement is deleted
and replaced as follows:
“The
term “Contractual Year” means the period from January 1
through December 31, of the same calendar
year”.
The following
is added as the last paragraph of Article 1 of the
Agreement:
“Beginning January 1, 2006, the term
“Agreement” shall mean the June 20, 1997 exclusive
license agreement, as amended by Amendment No. 1 dated March 20,
2006”.
Upon signature
hereof, Inter Parfums shall pay STD, an additional amount of [
___________ ] 1 for the extension of
the Agreement, within the same conditions as provided for in
Article 6.1 of the June 20, 1997 Agreement concerning the lump-sum
of ___________] 2
[___________]
3 paid in 1997 by Inter Parfums upon signature of
the agreement.
3.2
Article 6.2 of
the Agreement is deleted and replaced as follows:
1 Confidential information omitted and filed
separately with the SEC with a request for confidential treatment
by Inter Parfums, Inc. No. 10.127.1:1.
2 Confidential information omitted and filed
separately with the SEC with a request for confidential treatment
by Inter Parfums, Inc. No. 10.127.1:2.
3 Confidential information omitted and filed
separately with the SEC with a request for confidential treatment
by Inter Parfums, Inc. No. 10.127.1:3.
“6.2 As consideration for the rights that are granted
thereto under this Agreement, Inter Parfums shall pay STD,
effective January 1, 2006, license fees of [
___________
]
4 of
the Inter Parfums’ annual Product sales.
The base
amount used will be the total net invoices of Inter Parfums (parent
and subsidiaries) to its customers, including any invoicing based
on orders submitted by STD, excluding POS products and promotional
gifts (said products and gifts shall in no event exceed
[ ___________ ]
5
of total sales), excluding
taxes on sales or income and shipping costs, and after deducting
documented unsold returns. Payments shall be made in euros, after
deducting any tax withholding at source .”
Article 6.3 of
the Agreement is deleted and replaced as follows:
“6.3 Beginning January 1, 2006, Inter Parfums hereby
agrees to pay STD the following minimum royalties, payable on a
quarterly basis and no later than April 30, (first quarter of the
contractual year), July 31, (second quarter of the contractual
year), October 30 (third quarter of the contractual year) and the
January 31 (fourth quarter of the contractual
year):
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PERIOD
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ANNUAL MINIMUM ROYALTIES (in
euros)
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From
January 1, 2006 to December 31, 2006
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From
January 1, 2007 to December 31, 2007
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From
January 1, 2008 to December 31, 2008
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___________
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From
January 1, 2009 to December 31, 2009
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from
January 1, 2010 to December 31, 2010
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from
January 1, 2011 to 30 June 2011
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]
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4 Confidential information omitted and filed
separately with the SEC with a request for confidential treatment
by Inter Parfums, Inc. No. 10.127.1:4.
5 Confidential information omitted and filed
separately with the SEC with a request for confidential treatment
by Inter Parfums, Inc. No. 10.127.1:5.
6 Confidential information omitted and filed
separately with the SEC with a request for confidential treatment
by Inter Parfums, Inc. No. 10.127.1:6.
The parties
hereby confirm that the calculation of the royalties payable on
October 30, 2005 and January 31, 2006 was based on the previous
version of Article 6.3 of the Agreement.”
Article 6.6 of
the Agreement is deleted and replaced as follows:
“6.6 Inter Parfums hereby agrees to provide annual
financial statements, certified by its auditor, related to the
royalties and any information necessary to determine the base
amount for calculating the royalties due for the prior contractual
year.
Said
financial statements must be sent to STD prior to
[ ___________ ] 7 of each year following the related contractual
year.
With
respect to the last contractual year (January 1 through June 30,
2011), Inter Parfums hereby agrees to provide said semi-annual
financial statements prior to [
___________
]
8
Article 7 of
the Agreement is deleted and replaced as follows:
“No
later than [ ___________ ] 9
of each year, Inter Parfums
shall submit a Marketing Plan for the following contractual year to
STD for approval.
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Inter
Parfums proposals regarding product lines, prices, discounts,
distribution policy and communication policy,
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Inter
Parfums’ wishes regarding new Product line trademarks, if any
(in accordance with Article 12.2 below),
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7 Confidential information omitted and filed
separately with the SEC with a request for confidential treatment
by Inter Parfums, Inc. No. 10.127.1:7.
8 Confidential information omitted and filed
separately with the SEC with a request for confidential treatment
by Inter Parfums, Inc. No. 10.127.1:8.
9 Confidential information omitted and filed
separately with the SEC with a request for confidential treatment
by Inter Parfums, Inc. No. 10.127.1:9.
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An updated
sales estimate for the following contractual year,
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the
advertising budget for the following contractual
year.
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For
contractual years 2010 and 2011 (first half), Inter Parfums shall
submit to STD a Marketing Plan for 18 (eighteen) months covering
the period from January 1, 2010 to 30 June
2011.”
5 -
Advertising and Advertising Material
Article 10.2 of
the Agreement is deleted and replaced as follows:
“Inter Parfums hereby agrees to spend at
least [ ___________]
10
of its Product sales for
the current contractual year on Product advertising (as defined in
Article 6.2 above). The parties hereby agree that Inter Parfums may
choose to bear all of said advertising expenses or have them borne
by its distributors, provided, however, that distributor
partici