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LIMITED LIABILITY PARTNERSHIP AGREEMENT

Limited Liability Partnership LLP Agreement

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Title: LIMITED LIABILITY PARTNERSHIP AGREEMENT
Governing Law: Delaware     Date: 4/10/2007
Industry: Computer Storage Devices     Sector: Technology

LIMITED LIABILITY PARTNERSHIP AGREEMENT, Parties: im flash singapore  llp , intel corporation , intel technology asia pte ltd , joint venture company , micron semiconductor asia pte ltd , micron technology  inc
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Exhibit 10.68

[***]    DENOTES CONFIDENTIAL MATERIALS OMITTED AND FILED SEPARATELY WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION PURSUANT TO A REQUEST FOR CONFIDENTIAL TREATMENT.

 

INTEL/MICRON CONFIDENTIAL

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

LIMITED LIABILITY PARTNERSHIP AGREEMENT

 

OF

 

IM FLASH SINGAPORE, LLP

 

BY AND BETWEEN

 

MICRON SEMICONDUCTOR ASIA PTE. LTD.

 

AND

 

INTEL TECHNOLOGY ASIA PTE LTD

 

FEBRUARY 27, 2007

 

 

 

 

TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

Page

ARTICLE 1.

 

ORGANIZATIONAL MATTERS

 

1

 

1.1

The Joint Venture Company

1

1.2

Name

1

1.3

Term

1

1.4

Purpose of the Joint Venture Company; Business

2

1.5

Principal Place of Business; Other Places of Business; Registered Office

2

1.6

Intentionally Omitted

2

1.7

Intentionally Omitted

2

1.8

 

Supply Agreements

 

2

 

ARTICLE 2.

 

CAPITALIZATION

 

3

 

2.1

Initial Capital Contributions of the Members

3

2.2

Initial Capital Contribution Reserve

3

2.3

Additional Capital Contributions

3

2.4

Shortfalls in Contributions

6

2.5

Miscellaneous Capital Provisions

8

2.6

 

Contributions After a Change in Consolidating Member

 

9

 

ARTICLE 3.

 

MEMBER DEBT FINANCING

 

10

 

3.1

Mandatory Member Debt Financing

10

3.2

Optional [***] Financing

12

3.3

Optional Other Member Debt Financing

13

3.4

Change In Committed Capital

14

3.5

Change in Consolidating Member

14

3.6

 

Loans Through Subsidiary

 

14

 

ARTICLE 4.

 

CAPITAL ACCOUNTS AND ALLOCATIONS

 

14

 

4.1

Capital Accounts

14

4.2

Allocations of Book Income and Loss

14

4.3

Tax Allocations

15

4.4

 

Restoration of Negative Balances

 

15

 

ARTICLE 5.

 

DISTRIBUTIONS

 

15

 

5.1

Distributions

15

5.2

Withholding Tax Payments and Obligations

17

5.3

 

Distribution Limitations

 

17

 

ARTICLE 6.

 

MANAGEMENT; BOARD OF MANAGERS

 

17

 

6.1

Management Power

17

6.2

Number of Managers; Appointment of Managers

18

6.3

Voting of Managers

19

6.4

Meetings of the Board of Managers; Quorum

22

6.5

Notice; Waiver

23

 

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6.6

Action Without a Meeting; Meetings by Telecommunications

23

6.7

Alternate Managers

23

6.8

Compensation of Managers

23

6.9

 

Statutory Manager

 

24

 

ARTICLE 7.

 

MEMBERS

 

24

 

7.1

Rights of Members; Meetings

24

7.2

Limitations on the Rights of Members

25

7.3

Limited Liability of the Members

26

7.4

Voting Rights of Members

26

7.5

Defaulting Member

29

7.6

 

Cooperation

 

29

 

ARTICLE 8.

 

OFFICERS AND COMMITTEES

 

29

 

8.1

Site Manager

29

8.2

Intentionally Omitted

30

8.3

Lead Controller

30

8.4

Intentionally Omitted

30

8.5

General Provisions Regarding Officers

30

8.6

Intentionally Omitted

31

8.7

 

Waiver of Fiduciary Duties

 

31

 

ARTICLE 9.

 

EMPLOYEE MATTERS

 

32

 

9.1

Joint Venture Company Employees; Seconded Employees

32

9.2

Performance and Removal of Seconded Employees

33

9.3

Forms

33

9.4

 

Compensation and Benefits

 

33

 

ARTICLE 10.

 

RECORDS, ACCOUNTS AND REPORTS

 

34

 

10.1

Books and Records

34

10.2

Access to Information

35

10.3

Operations Reports

36

10.4

Financial Reports

36

10.5

Reportable Events

38

10.6

Tax Information

40

10.7

Tax Matters and Precedent Partner

41

10.8

Bank Accounts and Funds

41

10.9

 

Internal Controls

 

41

 

ARTICLE 11.

 

BUSINESS PLAN

 

42

 

11.1

Initial Business Plan; Initial Budgets

42

11.2

Subsequent Business Plans

46

11.3

Expenditures

49

11.4

Fab Criteria

49

 

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11.5

Quarterly Business Plan

49

11.6

Operating Plan

50

11.7

Use of Member Names

50

11.8

 

Insurance

 

51

 

ARTICLE 12.

 

TRANSFER RESTRICTIONS

 

51

 

12.1

Restrictions on Transfer

51

12.2

Permitted Transfers

51

12.3

Additional Members

53

12.4

Certain Purchases

53

12.5

 

Purchase of Remaining Interest

 

54

 

ARTICLE 13.

 

TRIGGERING EVENTS; DISSOLUTION AND LIQUIDATION

 

56

 

13.1

Triggering Events

56

13.2

Determination of [***] Value

56

13.3

No Withdrawal

57

13.4

Intentionally Omitted

57

13.5

Intentionally Omitted

57

13.6

Intentionally Omitted

57

13.7

Intentionally Omitted

57

13.8

Intentionally Omitted

57

13.9

Intentionally Omitted

57

13.10

Intentionally Omitted

57

13.11

Auction of Remaining Assets

57

13.12

Voluntary Dissolution; Mandatory Dissolution

57

13.13

Liquidation

58

13.14

Supply Agreements

59

13.15

 

Employees

 

59

 

ARTICLE 14.

 

EXCULPATION AND INDEMNIFICATION

 

61

 

14.1

Exculpation

61

14.2

 

Indemnification

 

61

 

ARTICLE 15.

 

GOVERNMENTAL APPROVALS

 

62

 

15.1

 

Governmental Approvals

 

62

 

ARTICLE 16.

 

FORMATION OF ADDITIONAL ENTITIES

 

64

 

16.1

Formation of Domestic Subsidiaries

64

16.2

 

Intentionally Omitted

 

64

 

ARTICLE 17.

 

DEADLOCK; OTHER DISPUTE RESOLUTION; EVENT OF DEFAULT

 

64

 

17.1

Deadlock

64

17.2

Resolution of Deadlock

65

 

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17.3

Definition of "Intel Singapore Matters."

66

17.4

Definition of "Micron Singapore Matters."

66

17.5

Other Dispute Resolution

66

17.6

Mediation

66

17.7

Event of Default

66

17.8

Specific Performance

67

17.9

 

Tax Matters

 

67

 

ARTICLE 18.

 

MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS

 

68

 

18.1

Notices

68

18.2

Waiver

69

18.3

Assignment

69

18.4

Third Party Rights

69

18.5

Choice of Law

69

18.6

Headings

69

18.7

Entire Agreement

69

18.8

Severability

70

18.9

Counterparts

70

18.10

Further Assurances

70

18.11

Consequential Damages

70

18.12

Jurisdiction; Venue

70

18.13

Confidential Information

70

18.14

Certain Interpretive Matters

71

 

 

 

APPENDICES

 

 

 

Appendix A

Definitions

Appendix B

Tax Matters

Appendix C

Initial Managers

Appendix D

Initial Capital Contributions

Appendix E

Intentionally Omitted.

 

 

SCHEDULES

 

 

 

Schedule 1

[***] Schedule

Schedule 2

Insurance

Schedule 3

Intentionally Omitted.

Schedule 4

Intentionally Omitted.

Schedule 5

Applicable Joint Ventures and Applicable Joint Venture Agreements

Schedule 6

Relatives

 

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EXHIBITS

 

 

 

Exhibit A

Form of Mandatory Note

Exhibit B

Form of Optional [***] Note

Exhibit C

Form of Optional Other Note

 

 

 

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LIMITED LIABILITY PARTNERSHIP AGREEMENT

 

OF

 

IM FLASH SINGAPORE, LLP

 

This LIMITED LIABILITY PARTNERSHIP AGREEMENT (this " Agreement ") of IM Flash Singapore, LLP , a limited liability partnership organized under the laws of Singapore   (the " Joint   Venture   Company "), is made and entered into as of this 27th day of February, 2007 (the " Effective Date "), by and between Micron Semiconductor Asia Pte. Ltd., a private limited company organized under the laws of Singapore (" Micron Singapore "), and Intel Technology Asia Pte Ltd, a private limited company organized under the laws of Singapore   (" Intel Singapore ") (Micron Singapore and Intel Singapore are each referred to individually as a " Member ," and collectively as the " Members "). Capitalized terms used in this Agreement shall have the respective meanings ascribed to such terms in Appendix A to this Agreement or as otherwise provided in Section 18.14.

 

RECITALS

 

A.   Micron Singapore and Intel Singapore registered the Joint Venture Company to engage in the activities set forth in Section 1.4 hereof.

 

B.   Prior to or contemporaneously with the execution of this Agreement, the Joint Venture Company, Micron Singapore and Intel Singapore have each entered into the Joint Venture Documents to which they are a party.

 

ARTICLE 1.   

ORGANIZATIONAL MATTERS

 

1.1    The Joint Venture Company . The Joint Venture Company is a limited liability partnership organized under the Limited Liability Partnership Act of 2005 (No. 5 of 2005) of Singapore, as amended from time to time (the " Act "), and governed by the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement. The Joint Venture Company is a limited liability partnership   as a result of the lodging by each of Micron Singapore and Intel Singapore of a statement in accordance with Section(15)(i) of the Act with the Registrar of Limited Liability Partnerships (the " Registrar ") and the issuance of the notice of registration   (the " Certificate ").

 

1.2    Name . The name of the Joint Venture Company is " IM Flash Singapore, LLP ."

 

1.3    Term . The initial term of the business of the Joint Venture Company shall continue until January 6, 2016, unless terminated prior to such date in accordance with this Agreement (the " Initial   Term "). Such Initial Term may be extended by mutual written agreement of the Members at least [***] prior to the expiration of the Initial Term or any Renewal Term (any such extensions to be on such terms and for such period as set forth in writing and agreed to by the Members) (each such extended term, a " Renewal   Term ," and together with the Initial Term, the " Term ").

 

 

1.4    Purpose of the Joint Venture Company; Business . The purpose of the Joint Venture Company shall be (A) to engage in the business of manufacturing for the Members NAND Flash Memory Products in various forms, including NAND Flash Memory Wafers, and such other forms of memory products as may be determined by the Board of Managers from time to time, and related memory product manufacturing development activities, (B) to enter into any other lawful business, purpose or activity in which a limited liability partnership may be engaged under Applicable Law (including the Act), as the Members may determine from time to time, subject to and in accordance with the terms and conditions of this Agreement, and (C) to enter into any lawful transaction and engage in any lawful activities in furtherance of the foregoing purposes and as may be necessary or incidental to, connected with or arising out of the foregoing purposes in accordance with the terms and conditions of this Agreement; provided , however , that a Member having an Economic Interest above [***] percent ([***]%) may, in its sole discretion, include the manufacture of other forms of memory products in the purpose of the Joint Venture Company (other than (i) [***] if such Member is Intel Singapore and (ii) Intel [***] if such Member is Micron Singapore), so long as the amount, delivery schedule, pricing and terms of the other Member’s supply of Joint Venture Products remain as they existed immediately prior to the time at which the decision to include the manufacture of such other forms of memory products is made.

 

1.5    Principal Place of Business; Other Places of Business; Registered Office .

 

(A)    The principal place of business and mailing address of the Joint Venture Company shall be IM Flash Singapore, LLP, c/o Allen & Gledhill, One Marina Boulevard #28-00, Singapore 018989, or such other address within Singapore   as the Board of Managers may from time to time designate. The Board of Managers may change the principal place of business of the Joint Venture Company to such other place or places within Singapore   as the Board of Managers may from time to time determine, in its sole and absolute discretion and, if necessary, the Board of Managers shall cause the Certificate to be amended in accordance with the applicable requirements of the Act to effectuate the change in the principal place of business.

 

(B)    The Joint Venture Company may maintain other offices and places of business at such other place or places within or outside Singapore, and outside of the United States, as the Board of Managers may deem to be advisable.

 

(C)    The registered office of the Joint Venture Company in Singapore shall be IM Flash Singapore, LLP, c/o Allen & Gledhill, One Marina Boulevard #28-00, Singapore 018989. The registered office may be changed from time to time by the Board of Managers, by causing the prescribed form, accompanied by the requisite filing fee, to be filed with the ACRA in accordance with the Act.

 

1.6    Intentionally Omitted.

 

1.7    Intentionally Omitted.

 

1.8    Supply Agreements . Contemporaneously with the execution of this Agreement, Intel Singapore and Micron Singapore have entered into the Supply Agreements with the Joint Venture Company pursuant to which, subject to the terms and conditions set forth in the

 

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applicable Supply Agreement, each Member shall purchase from the Joint Venture Company, and the Joint Venture Company shall supply to each Member, a percentage of the Joint Venture Company’s output of Products equal to such Member’s Sharing Interest.

 

ARTICLE 2.   

CAPITALIZATION

 

2.1    Initial Capital Contributions of the Members .

 

(A)    Intel Singapore Initial Capital Contribution . The Members acknowledge and agree that, within three (3) Business Days of the Effective Date, Intel Singapore shall deliver to the Joint Venture Company all of the Intel Initial Contributed Assets, as identified on Appendix D .

 

(B)    Micron Singapore Initial Capital Contribution . The Members acknowledge and agree that, within three (3) Business Days of the Effective Date, Micron Singapore shall deliver to the Joint Venture Company all of the Micron Initial Contributed Assets, as identified on Appendix D .

 

2.2    Initial Capital Contribution Reserve . The Joint Venture Company shall use all funds contributed as Initial Capital Contributions before permitting any Additional Capital Contributions. Moreover, the Initial Capital Contributions shall be transferred to a reserve account promptly after such funds are delivered to the Joint Venture Company. Such monies shall be invested in such investment or investments as the Board of Managers may hereafter designate. Such amounts shall be deemed to be necessary reserves for purposes of distributions under Section 5.1(A).

 

2.3    Additional Capital Contributions .

 

(A)    [***] Capital Contributions . In addition to the Initial Capital Contributions, each Member shall make Capital Contributions to the Joint Venture Company equal to its [***] Capital Contributions; provided, however , that in no event shall (1) Intel Singapore be obligated to make [***] Capital Contributions in the aggregate in excess of the Intel Maximum Incremental Capital Amount, or (2) Micron Singapore be obligated to make [***] Capital Contributions in the aggregate in excess of the Micron Maximum Incremental Capital Amount. Such [***] Capital Contributions shall be made in quarterly installments on the twenty-fifth (25 th ) day of each Fiscal Quarter of the Joint Venture Company (or if such day is not a Business Day, then on the next Business Day after such day) in amounts equal to the sum of (a) the amounts required for the remainder of the Fiscal Quarter in which the [***] Capital Contributions are made and (b) the amounts required for the first twenty-five (25) days of the upcoming Fiscal Quarter (or if such day is not a Business Day, then through the next Business Day after such day), each as set forth in the Approved Business Plan in effect at the time of such contribution.

 

(B)   [***] Capital Contributions . Except as mutually agreed in writing by both Members, each Member may, but shall not be required to, make Capital Contributions to the Joint Venture Company equal to its [***] Capital Contribution. Such [***] Capital Contributions shall be made in quarterly installments on the twenty-fifth (25 th ) day of each Fiscal

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Quarter of the Joint Venture Company (or if such day is not a Business Day, then on the next Business Day after such day) in an amount equal to the sum of (a) the amounts of the [***] Capital Contributions scheduled for the remainder of the Fiscal Quarter in which the [***] Capital Contributions are made and (b) the amounts of the [***] Capital Contributions scheduled for the first twenty-five (25) days of the upcoming Fiscal Quarter (or if such day is not a Business Day, then through the next Business Day after such day), each as set forth in the Approved Business Plan in effect at the time of such contribution.

 

(C)    Other Capital Contributions . Except as mutually agreed in writing by both Members, each Member may, but shall not be required to, make Capital Contributions (other than [***] Capital Contributions and [***] Capital Contributions) to the Joint Venture Company equal to its [***] as set forth in the Annual Budget included in the Approved Business Plan for the Fiscal Year in which the contributions are to be made. Any such Capital Contributions shall be made in quarterly installments on the twenty-fifth (25 th ) day of each Fiscal Quarter of the Joint Venture Company (or if such day is not a Business Day, then on the next Business Day after such day) in an amount equal to the sum of (a) the amounts of such Capital Contributions scheduled for the remainder of the Fiscal Quarter in which such Capital Contributions are made and (b) the amounts of such Capital Contributions scheduled for the first twenty-five (25) days of the upcoming Fiscal Quarter (or if such day is not a Business Day, then through the next Business Day after such day), each as set forth in the Approved Business Plan in effect at the time of such contribution. Such contributed funds are hereinafter referred to as the " Other Capital Contributions " and, together with the [***] Capital Contributions and the [***] Capital Contributions, the " Additional Capital Contributions ."

 

(D)    No Other Contributions . Except as set forth in Sections 2.1 and 2.3(A), in the Joint Venture Documents and such other contributions as the Members may agree in writing shall be required, no Member shall be required to make any Capital Contributions to the Joint Venture Company, and, except as contemplated by Section 2.3(B), 2.3(C) and 2.4, in the Joint Venture Documents and such other contributions as the Members may agree in writing may be made (and except for Make-Up Contributions and any deemed contributions of amounts outstanding under Member Notes), no additional Capital Contribution to the Joint Venture Company shall be made by either Member without the consent of the other Member.

 

(E)    Coordination . The Members shall coordinate with each other regarding, and provide each other with advance written notice of, the timing of their delivery of each Additional Capital Contribution.

 

(F)    Partial Contributions . In the event that any Member determines to contribute less than its [***] of any Additional Capital Contribution, such Member shall provide notice of such determination specifying the amount of such Additional Capital Contribution it intends to make, if any. Such notice shall be provided to the Joint Venture Company and to the other Member as soon as practicable after such determination is made, but in any event not less than ten (10) Business Days prior to the date such Additional Capital Contribution is to be made. Any failure or delay in providing such notice shall not affect the right of any Member to refrain from providing such Additional Capital Contribution, nor shall it result in any liability for damages. Subject to Section 3.1, to the extent that a Member contributes less than its [***] of any Additional Capital Contribution for a given Fiscal Quarter, the other Member shall have the

 

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right to reduce its contribution proportionately. In the event that such other Member has already remitted any amount in respect of its Additional Capital Contribution, the Joint Venture Company shall, upon such other Member’s request and at its option, return such amount or deem all or a portion of such contribution to be Member Debt Financing hereunder. Any amount so requested to be returned or refunded shall be remitted to the requesting Member immediately by wire transfer of immediately available funds. The amount contributed for such Fiscal Quarter by the non-contributing Member (and the other Member, if its contribution is proportionately reduced) shall be applied in the following order:

 

(1)    First , to satisfy the obligation of such Member to contribute its [***] of any [***] Capital Contribution for such Fiscal Quarter;

 

(2)    Second , the remainder, if any, to fulfill the Member’s [***] of the amount, if any, of any Other Capital Contribution for such Fiscal Quarter relating to an Operational Fab;

 

(3)    Third, the remainder, if any, to fulfill the Member’s [***] of the amount, if any, of any Other Capital Contribution for such Fiscal Quarter relating to matters not addressed in the immediately preceding clause (2); and

 

(4)    Fourth, the remainder, if any, to fulfill the Member’s [***] of any amount of the [***] Capital Contribution for such Fiscal Quarter to be applied to a [***] under the [***] Budget, and if there is [***] such [***], each of such [***] in the order in which they appear on the [***] Schedule.

 

(G)    Priority of Contributions . Each Member shall contribute [***] of the cumulative aggregate [***] Capital Contributions theretofore due (and shall pay any interest accrued thereon at the rate provided in Section 2.4(A)(3) as a result of such Member’s failure to make such contributions at the times and in the amounts required pursuant to Section 2.3(A)) other than any [***] Capital Contributions as to which the obligation to contribute has been terminated pursuant to Section 2.4(A)(2), before it may make any other Capital Contributions, including any [***] Capital Contributions (including by way of Make-Up Contributions), or any Other Capital Contribution or any Member Debt Financing; provided, however , that for purposes of this Section 2.3(G), a Member’s [***] of an Additional Capital Contribution shall be deemed to exclude any shortfall of an [***] Capital Contribution (1) for which the Joint Venture Company, or the other Member acting on its behalf, has not demanded payment or pursued any claim for payment and (2) any portion of which the Member is restricted from contributing, or the Joint Venture Company is restricted from paying, under Article 2 or Article 3.

 

(H)    Interim Loan . Each remittance of funds in respect of a Member’s [***] of an Additional Capital Contribution pursuant to this Section 2.3 shall, upon receipt by the Joint Venture Company of such funds, be deemed to be a loan (which shall bear no interest) to the Joint Venture Company of the entire amount so delivered until the other Member remits funds in respect of its [***] of such Additional Capital Contribution. At such time:

 

(1)    if both Members have remitted amounts equal to their respective [***]s of the Additional Capital Contribution in full, all such amounts shall be deemed

 

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Additional Capital Contributions (whereupon the respective amounts remitted by the Members shall no longer be deemed loans and shall be added to the Members’ respective Capital Contribution Balances);

 

(2)    if there is a Shortfall Amount, the amount actually remitted by the Non-Funding Member shall be deemed an Additional Capital Contribution by such Member (and such amount shall no longer be deemed a loan and shall be added to the Non-Funding Member’s Capital Contribution Balance), and a portion of the amount actually remitted by the Funding Member equal to the product of (a) the Funding Member’s [***] of such Additional Capital Contribution (whether or not contributed in full) multiplied by (b) a fraction, the numerator of which is the amount actually remitted by the Non-Funding Member and the denominator of which is the Non-Funding Member’s [***] of the Additional Capital Contribution shall be deemed an Additional Capital Contribution (and such amount shall be added to the Funding Member’s Capital Contribution Balance). In such event, the remainder of the amount remitted by the Funding Member shall continue to be a loan to the Joint Venture Company until: (i) the return of all or a portion of such remaining funds upon the receipt by the Joint Venture Company of instructions from such Member to return all or a portion of such funds to the Member pursuant to Sections 2.3(F), 2.4(A)(1), 2.4(C) or 3.1(A); (ii) the Funding Member instructs the Joint Venture Company to deem all or a portion of such remaining funds an Additional Capital Contribution (whereupon all or such portion of such funds shall be added to the Member’s Capital Contribution Balance); or (iii) the Funding Member instructs the Joint Venture Company to deem all or a portion of such funds to be Member Debt Financing; provided that if the Joint Venture Company has not received instructions pursuant to subparagraphs (i), (ii) or (iii) above within fifteen (15) days of the date the applicable Additional Capital Contribution was due, the Joint Venture Company shall contact such Member to request such instruction.

 

2.4    Shortfalls in Contributions .

 

(A)    [***] Capital Contribution Shortfall .

 

(1)    If a Member fails to remit in full its [***] Capital Contribution, at the time and in the amount required pursuant to Section 2.3(A), the other Member, if it has remitted its [***] of such [***] Capital Contribution, may, at its election, (a) require that the Joint Venture Company return the remitting Member’s share of such [***] Capital Contribution to such remitting Member in part or in full, (b) make a Capital Contribution to the Joint Venture Company of any or all of the shortfall or (c) provide Optional [***] Financing in accordance with Section 3.2.

 

(2)    To the extent the other Member elects to contribute or loan the shortfall under Section 2.4(A)(1)(b) or (c) above, such other Member may elect, by written notice to the Joint Venture Company and the non-contributing Member, to terminate the right and obligation of the non-contributing Member to contribute any unpaid portion of such non-contributing Member’s [***] of the [***] Capital Contribution that the non-contributing Member failed to pay.

 

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(3)    The other Member, if it has remitted its [***] of the [***] Capital Contribution, may direct the Joint Venture Company under Section 7.5 to (or may, on behalf of the Joint Venture Company) demand payment and pursue a claim against the non-contributing Member for payment. The non-contributing Member shall be obligated to pay interest (which interest shall not be treated as a Capital Contribution) on such uncontributed amount at [***] (as in effect on the date such contribution was scheduled to be made and adjusted every [***]), compounded [***], from the date such [***] Capital Contribution is due until the date it is paid. The Member that did not make an [***] Capital Contribution it was required to make under the terms of this Agreement shall pay to the Joint Venture Company and the other Member all costs, including attorneys’ fees, incurred by the Joint Venture Company and the other Member, respectively, in pursuing such claim for payment (which payments shall not be treated as Capital Contributions). Such Member shall not be liable for any additional damages. If the Joint Venture Company recovers against the non-contributing Member, the funds collected from the non-contributing Member shall be applied first to the payment in full of costs theretofore incurred by the Joint Venture Company or the other Member in the pursuit of the claim for payment against the non-contributing Member (and such amount shall not be treated as a Capital Contribution), then to all accrued but unpaid interest on such payment (and such amount shall not be treated as a Capital Contribution) and then to the payment of the delinquent portion of the [***] Capital Contribution (and such amount shall be added to the Capital Contribution Balance of the non-contributing Member). In addition, upon such payment by the non-contributing Member, (a) if a related Optional [***] Shortfall Note is then outstanding, the provisions of Section 3.2(D) (subject to Section 3.2(E)) shall apply and (b) if no related Optional [***] Shortfall Note is then outstanding, but the other Member has remitted to the Joint Venture Company the amount that the non-contributing Member was required to make, then the Joint Venture Company shall immediately refund to the contributing Member an amount equal to the non-contributing Member’s payment that was treated as a Capital Contribution, and the Capital Contribution Balance of the contributing Member shall be reduced by such amount.

 

(4)    If, after a failure by a Member to timely make a Capital Contribution of its [***] of an [***] Capital Contribution that it was required to make under the terms of this Agreement, such Member wishes to make any payment with respect to such portion of the [***] Capital Contribution (and the ability to make such contribution has not been terminated pursuant to Section 2.4(A)(2)), the Joint Venture Company, with the consent of the other Member (which consent shall not be necessary if an action to collect such amount has been commenced by or at the direction of such other Member), shall accept such payment and apply it first to the payment in full of costs theretofore incurred by the Joint Venture Company or the other Member in the pursuit of a claim for payment against the non-contributing Member (and such amount shall not be treated as a Capital Contribution), then to all accrued but unpaid interest on such payment (and such amount shall not be treated as a Capital Contribution) and then to the payment of the delinquent portion of the [***] Capital Contribution (and such amount shall be added to the Capital Contribution Balance of such Member). In addition, upon such payment by the non-contributing Member, (a) if a related Optional [***] Shortfall Note is then outstanding, the provisions of Section 3.2(D) (subject to Section 3.2(E)) shall apply

 

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and (b) if no related Optional [***] Shortfall Note is then outstanding, but the other Member has remitted to the Joint Venture Company the amount that the non-contributing Member was required to make, then the Joint Venture Company shall immediately refund to the contributing Member an amount equal to the non-contributing Member’s payment that was treated as a Capital Contribution, and the Capital Contribution Balance of the contributing Member shall be reduced by such amount.

 

(5)    Notwithstanding any provision hereof to the contrary, the failure by a Member to contribute in [***] of any [***] Capital Contribution shall not constitute a Triggering Event.

 

(B)    [***] Capital Contribution Shortfall . If a Member does not remit in [***] of any [***] Capital Contribution at the time and in the full amount permitted pursuant to Section 2.3(B), the provisions of Section 3.1 shall apply.

 

(C)    Other Capital Contribution Shortfall . If a Member does not remit [***] of any Other Capital Contribution, at the time and in the full amount permitted pursuant to Section 2.3(C), the other Member, if it has remitted its [***] of such Other Capital Contribution may, at its election, (1) require that the Joint Venture Company [***] of such Other Capital Contribution to the remitting Member in part or in full, (2) make a [***] to the Joint Venture Company of any or all of the shortfall or (3) provide Optional Other Financing in accordance with Section 3.3.

 

2.5    Miscellaneous Capital Provisions .

 

(A)    Capital Contributions shall be credited to the Capital Account of the contributing Member to the extent provided in Article 4 of this Agreement.

 

(B)    No interest shall be paid to a Member on Capital Contributions. A Member shall not be entitled to withdraw any of its Capital Contributions except as provided in Section 2.3(F), 2.4 or Section 3.1.

 

(C)    Except as otherwise provided in Article 13 or as otherwise agreed in writing by the Members, a Member receiving a return of all or any portion of its Capital Contribution shall have no right to receive a particular type of property or a particular asset.

 

(D)    Any Capital Contributions to the Joint Venture Company to be made in cash shall be made by the Members by wire transfer of immediately available funds to the Joint Venture Company or its designated agent.

 

(E)    Except as otherwise provided in Section 2.4 or Article 3 or for trade credit for services or goods provided by a Member to the Joint Venture Company under any Joint Venture Document or any other agreement that has been approved as required in this Agreement, no Member shall advance funds or make loans to the Joint Venture Company without the approval of the Board of Managers. Any such approved advances or loans by a Member shall not be Capital Contributions and shall not result in any increase in the amount of such Member’s Capital Contribution Balance or entitle such Member to any increase in its Percentage Interest, except as otherwise provided in Section 2.4 or Article 3. The amount of such advances or loans

 

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shall be a debt of the Joint Venture Company to such Member and (unless such loan is subject to a written guaranty or other written agreement governing the liability of another party with respect thereto) shall be payable or collectible only out of the assets of the Joint Venture Company.

 

(F)    Except as provided in Section 5.2(C), the Joint Venture Company shall not make loans to, or guaranty any indebtedness of, any Member or any other Person other than a Domestic Facilities Company; provided , however , that the provisions of this Section 2.5(F) shall not prohibit the Joint Venture Company from providing payment terms to the Members for Joint Venture Products manufactured by the Joint Venture Company on behalf of the Members pursuant to any Joint Venture Document or any other agreement that has been approved as provided in this Agreement.

 

2.6    Contributions After a Change in Consolidating Member . Notwithstanding anything in this Article 2 to the contrary, following a Change in Consolidating Member:

 

(A)    with respect to any Additional Capital Contribution, (1) the amount of the [***] Member’s [***]   that the [***] Member is required or permitted to make pursuant to this Article 2 shall be reduced to the amount that would not result in the occurrence of [***] Member or in the reduction of the [***] Economic Interest below the lesser of [***]% and the [***] Member’s then-existing Economic Interest, and (2) the [***] Member shall become entitled to contribute the [***] Contribution Amount; provided, however , that if the [***] Member fails to make such Additional Capital Contribution (or provide Member Debt Financing, if applicable) in an amount equal to the full [***] Contribution Amount then the limitations set forth in this Section 2.6(A) shall not apply with respect to such Additional Capital Contribution; and

 

(B)    any payment by the Joint Venture Company to such [***] Member shall not equal or exceed the amount that would result in the occurrence of [***] Member or in the reduction of the [***] Member’s Economic Interest below the lesser of [***]% and the [***] Member’s then-existing Economic Interest.

 

ARTICLE 3.  

MEMBER DEBT FINANCING

 

3.1    Mandatory Member Debt Financing .

 

(A)    This Section 3.1 shall apply if (1) there occurs a Shortfall Amount in respect of a [***] Capital Contribution pursuant to Section 2.4(B), (2) the Non-Funding Member has contributed its [***] of all previously required [***] Capital Contributions and (3) the other Member has become the " Funding Member " as a result of (a) such other Member’s timely remittance of its [***] of such [***] Capital Contribution (after giving effect to the return of any amount so remitted which such Member requests or any increase in such amount contributed by such Member, up to its [***] of such [***] Capital Contribution, after receiving notice from the Joint Venture Company that the other Member has not timely delivered its [***] of the [***] Capital Contribution), or (b) if neither Member has timely remitted the amount of its [***] of such [***] Capital Contribution, such other Member’s remittance of a greater percentage of its [***] of such [***] Capital Contribution than the other Member (after giving effect to the return

 

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of any amount so remitted which such Member requests or any increase in such amount contributed by such Member, up to its [***] of such [***] Capital Contribution, after receiving notice from the Joint Venture Company that neither Member has timely delivered its [***] of the [***] Capital Contribution). In such event, the Funding Member shall (y) promptly provide Member Debt Financing to the Joint Venture Company in an amount equal to the Loan Amount and (z) the Funding Member Portion shall be deemed to have been provided as Member Debt Financing, rather than as a Capital Contribution, to the Joint Venture Company. However, if the Shortfall Amount is less than $[***], then the Funding Member may elect not to provide the Mandatory Member Debt Financing and, in such case, the Joint Venture Company shall return to each Member the portion of the [***] Capital Contribution actually remitted by such Member. Furthermore, a Funding Member shall not be required to provide Mandatory Member Debt Financing with respect to a [***] Capital Contribution under a [***] that is part of a Disputed Approved Business Plan proposed by the Non-Funding Member. No Funding Member shall be obligated to provide more than $[***] of Mandatory Member Debt Financing outstanding at any time (not including any Mandatory Equalization Note) with respect to Shortfall Amounts caused by a given Non-Funding Member.

 

(B)    In exchange for the Mandatory Member Debt Financing, the Joint Venture Company shall issue to the Funding Member two convertible notes, one having a principal balance equal to the Loan Amount (the " Mandatory Shortfall Note "), and the other having a principal balance equal to the Funding Member Portion (the " Mandatory Equalization Note " and, together with the related Mandatory Shortfall Note, the " Mandatory Notes "), in the form attached hereto as Exhibit A .

 

(C)    Each Mandatory Note issued in accordance with this Section 3.1 shall have [***] term, subject to Section 3.1(E). For the first [***] of the term of a Mandatory Shortfall Note, such Mandatory Shortfall Note shall bear interest at [***] (as in effect on the issue date (the " Issuance Date ") thereof and adjusted every [***]),[***] basis points per annum, compounded [***]. Thereafter, until the end of the [***] term, such Mandatory Shortfall Note shall bear interest at [***], adjusted every [***], compounded [***]. No Mandatory Equalization Note shall [***].

 

(D)    (1) At any time after the Issuance Date of a Mandatory Shortfall Note in accordance with this Section 3.1 and prior to the expiration of the [***] term of such Mandatory Shortfall Note, the Non-Funding Member may, upon three (3) Business Days’ notice to the Joint Venture Company and the Funding Member, make one or more Make-Up Contributions to the Joint Venture Company in an aggregate amount up to the outstanding principal balance of the Mandatory Shortfall Note. Each Make-Up Contribution shall be accompanied by a payment equal to the accrued interest on the corresponding Mandatory Shortfall Note, which interest payment shall not be deemed to be a Capital Contribution. If the Make-Up Contribution is less than the entire amount of principal and accrued interest on a Mandatory Shortfall Note, the Make-Up Contribution shall be deemed to be a payment applied first to all accrued interest and then to principal on such Mandatory Shortfall Note (and the amount so treated as a payment with respect to accrued interest shall not be treated as a Capital Contribution). If a Member is the Non-Funding Member with respect to more than one Mandatory Shortfall Note outstanding at the time of such contribution, the Non-Funding Member shall specify the Mandatory Shortfall Note to which a Make-Up Contribution applies (or, if no such specification is made, the Make-

 

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Up Contribution will be used to repay the Mandatory Shortfall Note that is closest to its maturity date). Upon receipt of such funds, the Joint Venture Company shall immediately repay to the Funding Member the portion of the outstanding principal balance of and accrued interest on the Mandatory Shortfall Note in an amount equal to the Make-Up Contribution plus any accrued interest on the amount of such Make-Up Contribution. At such time, the following shall occur: (a) the amount of the Make-Up Contribution equal to the principal balance of the Mandatory Shortfall Note so repaid shall be deemed to be a Capital Contribution by the Non-Funding Member and such amount shall be added to the Capital Contribution Balance of the Non-Funding Member; and (b) a percentage of the outstanding principal balance of the related Mandatory Equalization Note equal to the percentage of the principal balance of the Mandatory Shortfall Note repaid shall convert into a Capital Contribution by the Funding Member, whereupon such amount shall be added to the Capital Contribution Balance of the Funding Member.

 

(2)    To the extent excess cash is available in accordance with Section 5.1 at any time to make payments on any Mandatory Notes, if the Funding Member elects, by written notice executed by its chief executive officer and delivered to the Joint Venture Company prior to the making of the distributions under Section 5.1, to receive such payments, the Joint Venture Company shall make payments on the outstanding principal of and accrued interest on the Mandatory Shortfall Notes (with any such payment being applied first to the payment in full of accrued interest and then, to the extent of any remaining amount of such payment, to the repayment of principal) and the outstanding principal of the Mandatory Equalization Notes; provided , however , that any payment by the Joint Venture Company on the unpaid principal of a Mandatory Shortfall Note must be accompanied by a payment by the Joint Venture Company of an equal percentage of the unpaid principal of the related Mandatory Equalization Note. Upon the Funding Member’s receipt of funds from the Joint Venture Company to be applied to the repayment of principal on the Mandatory Notes, the principal portions of the Mandatory Notes that were so repaid by the Joint Venture Company shall no longer be outstanding.

 

(E)    To the extent any amount of a Mandatory Shortfall Note remains outstanding upon its maturity for any reason, the Funding Member shall elect to do one of the following: (1) transfer to the Joint Venture Company as a Capital Contribution all or a portion of the obligations owing to the Funding Member for (a) the unpaid principal of and accrued interest on the Mandatory Shortfall Note and (b) the unpaid principal of the Mandatory Equalization Note, whereupon an amount equal to the sum of (a) and (b) shall be added to the Capital Contribution Balance of the Funding Member; or (2) permit the Mandatory Notes to become a continuing note that will remain outstanding, have a principal amount equal to the sum of (a) the principal of and accrued interest on the former Mandatory Shortfall Note and (b) the principal of the former Mandatory Equalization Note and be convertible at any time thereafter at the option of the Funding Member (a " Continuing Mandatory Note "), which Continuing Mandatory Note shall bear no interest and shall mature on the Liquidation Date. In the event that the Funding Member fails to make an election, the Funding Member shall be deemed to have elected to permit the Mandatory Notes to become a Continuing Mandatory Note. Upon conversion of a Continuing Mandatory Note by the Funding Member, the amount of principal of such Continuing Mandatory Note shall be added to the Capital Contribution Balance of the Funding Member. To the extent excess cash is available in accordance with Section 5.1 at any time to

 

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make payments on any Continuing Mandatory Note, if the Funding Member elects to receive such payments, by written notice executed by its chief executive officer and delivered to the Joint Venture Company prior to the making of the distributions under Section 5.1, the Joint Venture Company shall make such payments on the outstanding principal of the Continuing Mandatory Note. Upon the Funding Member’s receipt of funds from the Joint Venture Company, the portion of the Continuing Mandatory Note that was paid by the Joint Venture Company shall no longer be outstanding.

 

3.2    Optional [***] Financing .

 

(A)    In the event of a Shortfall Amount in respect of an [***] Capital Contribution, the Funding Member may, in its sole discretion, elect to extend Member Debt Financing to the Joint Venture Company (the " Optional [***] Financing ") consisting of all or a portion of the Shortfall Amount and the related Funding Member Portion of such [***] Capital Contribution (the aggregate amount so loaned, the " Optional [***] Loan Amount ").

 

(B)    In exchange for the Optional [***] Financing, the Joint Venture Company shall issue to the Funding Member two convertible notes, one having a principal amount equal to the amount loaned by the Funding Member in respect of the Shortfall Amount (the " Optional [***] Shortfall Note ") and the other having a principal amount equal to the Funding Member Portion (the " Optional [***] Equalization Note " and, together with the related Optional [***] Shortfall Note, the " Optional [***] Notes "), in the form attached hereto as Exhibit B .

 

(C)    The Optional [***] Shortfall Notes issued in accordance with this Section 3.2 will mature on the [***] and shall bear interest at [***] (as in effect on the Issuance Date thereof and adjusted every [***]), compounded [***]. The Optional [***] Equalization Notes issued in accordance with this Section 3.2 shall bear no interest and will mature on the [***]. The Optional [***] Notes shall be convertible at any time. Upon conversion of the Optional [***] Notes by the Funding Member, the sum of (a) the unpaid principal of and accrued interest on the Optional [***] Shortfall Note and (b) the unpaid principal of the Optional [***] Equalization Note shall be added to the Capital Contribution Balance of the Funding Member.

 

(D)    If the Joint Venture Company or the Funding Member, on the Joint Venture Company’s behalf, demands payment and determines to pursue a collection action with respect to the Non-Funding Member’s failure to deliver the Shortfall Amount relating to the [***] Capital Contribution and the Joint Venture Company recovers from the Non-Funding Member, the funds collected from the Non-Funding Member shall be applied first to the payment to the Joint Venture Company and the Funding Member, in full of the costs theretofore incurred by the Joint Venture Company or the Funding Member, respectively, in the pursuit of the claim for payment against the Non-Funding Member (and such amount shall not be treated as a Capital Contribution), then to all accrued but unpaid interest on such payment (and such amount shall not be treated as a Capital Contribution) and then to the payment of an Optional [***] Shortfall Note to the extent funds are available. At such time, the following shall occur: (1) a portion of the Make-Up Contribution recovered from the Non-Funding Member equal to the principal balance of the Optional [***] Shortfall Note so repaid shall be deemed to be a Capital Contribution by the Non-Funding Member, and such amount shall be added to the Capital Contribution Balance of the Non-Funding Member and (2) a percentage of the outstanding

 

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principal balance of the related Optional [***] Equalization Note equal to the percentage of the principal balance of the Optional [***] Shortfall Note repaid shall convert into a Capital Contribution by the Funding Member, and such amount shall be added to the Capital Contribution Balance of the Funding Member.

 

(E)    To the extent excess cash is available in accordance with Section 5.1 at any time to make payments on any Optional [***] Notes, if the Funding Member elects to receive such payments, by written notice executed by its chief executive officer and delivered to the Joint Venture Company prior to the making of the distribution under Section 5.1, the Joint Venture Company shall make payments on the outstanding principal of and accrued interest on the Optional [***] Shortfall Notes (with any such payment being applied first to the payment in full of accrued interest and then, to the extent of any remaining amount of such payment, to the repayment of principal) and the outstanding principal of the Optional [***] Equalization Notes; provided , however , that any payment by the Joint Venture Company on the unpaid principal on an Optional [***] Shortfall Note must be accompanied by a payment by the Joint Venture Company of an equal percentage of the unpaid principal of the related Optional [***] Equalization Note. Upon the Funding Member’s receipt of funds from the Joint Venture Company, the portion of the Optional [***] Shortfall Note and related Optional [***] Equalization Note that was paid by the Joint Venture Company shall no longer be outstanding.

 

3.3    Optional Other Member Debt Financing .

 

(A)    In the event of a Shortfall Amount in respect of an Other Capital Contribution, the Funding Member may, in its sole discretion, elect to extend Member Debt Financing to the Joint Venture Company (the " Optional Other Financing "), consisting of all or a portion of the Shortfall Amount and the related Funding Member Portion of such Other Capital Contribution.

 

(B)    In exchange for the Optional Other Financing, the Joint Venture Company shall issue to the Funding Member a convertible note (the " Optional Other Shortfall Note "), in the form attached hereto as Exhibit C . The Optional Other Shortfall Note shall bear [***] interest, shall mature on the [***] and shall be convertible at any time.

 

3.4    Change In Committed Capital . Each time there is a change in a Member’s Committed Capital, as a result of the making of a Capital Contribution or a loan evidenced by a Member Note, a payment on a Member Note, or otherwise, each Member’s respective Percentage Interest, Economic Interest and Sharing Interest shall be immediately recalculated in accordance with the definitions of such terms, taking into account any delay provided for in the definition of Sharing Interest; provided, however , that in accordance with Section 2.3(H) an adjustment to the Percentage Interests of the Members relating to any funds remitted in respect of an Additional Capital Contribution to be made pursuant to Article 2 shall be made when contemplated by Section 2.3(H).

 

3.5    Change in Consolidating Member . Following a Change in Consolidating Member (as a result of which the Non-Funding Member becomes the Former Consolidating Member), any (A) Make-Up Contribution made by the Non-Funding Member to the Joint Venture Company or (B) payment on a Member Note by the Joint Venture Company from excess funds

 

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available in accordance with Section 5.1 shall not equal or exceed the amount that would result in the occurrence of another Change in Consolidating Member or in the reduction of the Consolidating Member’s Economic Interest below the lesser of [***]% and the [***] Member’s then-existing Economic Interest.

 

3.6    Loans Through Subsidiary . Notwithstanding any provision of this Article 3, in lieu of providing any Member Debt Financing permitted or required of a Member, (A) Intel Singapore may elect to provide such Member Debt Financing through Intel or a Wholly-Owned Subsidiary of Intel and (B) Micron Singapore may elect to provide such Member Debt Financing through Micron or a Wholly-Owned Subsidiary of Micron; provided, however , that the Member, rather than such Affiliate of the Member, shall own the Economic Interest, Sharing Interest and Committed Capital related to such Member Debt Financing and shall have all rights against the Joint Venture Company related to such Member Debt Financing.

 

ARTICLE 4.   

CAPITAL ACCOUNTS AND ALLOCATIONS

 

4.1    Capital Accounts . Each Member shall have a capital account maintained in accordance with the terms of Article 2 of Appendix B to this Agreement (a " Capital Account ").

 

4.2    Allocations of Book Income and Loss . Book income and Book loss for any Fiscal Year shall be allocated to the Members in the manner provided in Article 3 of Appendix B .

 

4.3    Tax Allocations . All items of income, gain, loss, and deduction shall be allocated among the Members for federal income tax purposes in the manner provided in Article 4 of Appendix B .

 

4.4    Restoration of Negative Balances . No Member with a deficit balance in its Capital Account shall have any obligation to the Joint Venture Company, to any other Member or to any third party to restore or repay said deficit balance. This Section 4.4 shall not affect any of the other rights or obligations of the Members under this Agreement or any other agreement.

 

ARTICLE 5.   

DISTRIBUTIONS

 

5.1    Distributions .

 

(A)    Unless otherwise unanimously agreed in writing by the Members, the Joint Venture Company shall not make any distributions until after the first anniversary of the Effective Date. Thereafter, subject to Articles 6, 7 and 13 and the provisions of the Act and after giving effect to all Capital Contributions or Member Debt Financing to be made on the same date under Article 2 and Article 3, respectively, the Joint Venture Company shall, subject to Section 5.1(C), make distributions of cash to the Members as set forth in this Section 5.1(A), on a [***] basis on the [***] day of each Fiscal [***] (or if such day is not a Business Day, then on the first Business Day after such day) to the extent that the Joint Venture Company’s cash as of the end of the immediately preceding Fiscal [***] is in excess of the sum of (y) any amounts that have been contributed as a Capital Contribution or loaned to the Joint Venture Company as Member Debt Financing and that are being held for the purpose of making capital or operating

 

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expenditures in the current Fiscal [***] or the first twenty-five (25) days of the immediately succeeding Fiscal [***] (or if such day is not a Business Day, then on the first Business Day after such day) and (z) all reserves that are considered reasonably necessary by the Board of Managers to pay other expenditures that are reasonably likely to be payable in the period described in clause (y) above, and in any event including the reserve established under Section 2.2 and amounts remaining in the Accumulated Distributions Accounts; provided , however , that the Board of Managers shall cause the Joint Venture Company to use any cash available for distribution as follows:

 

(1)    first , to pay in full all amounts outstanding under any outstanding Mandatory Shortfall Notes and related Mandatory Equalization Notes ( provided any holder thereof has requested such payment by written notice executed by its chief executive officer and delivered to the Joint Venture Company prior to the distribution thereof under this Section 5.1) in order of their respective maturity dates;

 

(2)    second , to pay any outstanding Continuing Mandatory Notes ( provided any holder thereof has requested such payment by written notice executed by its chief executive officer and delivered to the Joint Venture Company prior to the distribution thereof under this Section 5.1) in the order that the respective maturity dates of the related Mandatory Shortfall Notes and Mandatory Equalization Notes occurred;

 

(3)    third , to pay in full all amounts outstanding under any other outstanding Member Notes ( provided any holder thereof has requested such payment by written notice executed by its chief executive officer and delivered to the Joint Venture Company prior to the distribution thereof under this Section 5.1);

 

(4)    fourth , to make a distribution to a Member whose aggregate, cumulative distributions (not including any payments made pursuant to Sections 5.1(A)(1), (2) and (3)) immediately prior to such distribution are less than the amount equal to the Member’s Sharing Interest (as such Sharing Interest is determined immediately after any payments made under Sections 5.1(A)(1), (2) and (3)) multiplied by the aggregate, cumulative distributions (not including any payments made pursuant to Sections 5.1(A)(1), (2) and (3)) of the Joint Venture Company immediately prior to such distribution, until such Member’s aggregate, cumulative distributions (not including payments made pursuant to Sections 5.1(A)(1), (2) and (3), but including such distribution pursuant to this Section 5.1(A)(4)) are equal to its Distribution Entitlement; and

 

(5)    finally, to make distributions pro rata to the Members in accordance with their respective Sharing Interests (as such Sharing Interests are determined immediately after any payments made under Sections 5.1(A)(1), (2) and (3)).

 

(B)    Distributions of cash are only to be made to the extent cash is available to the Joint Venture Company without requiring (1) the sale of Joint Venture Company assets (other than in the ordinary course of business) or the pledge of Joint Venture Company assets at a time or on terms that the Board of Managers believes are not in the best interests of the Joint Venture Company or (2) a reduction in reserves that the Board of Managers believes are

 

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reasonably necessary for Joint Venture Company purposes for the then-current Fiscal [***] and the first twenty-five (25) days of the immediately succeeding Fiscal [***] (or if such day is not a Business Day, then through the first Business Day after such day).

 

(C)    The Joint Venture Company shall maintain in its books of account for each Member a special purpose account (the " Accumulated Distributions Accounts ") for purposes of recording amounts that would be distributed to such Member under Section 5.1(A) but for the application of this Section 5.1(C). Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section 5.1, in lieu of actually making the cash distributions contemplated by this Section 5.1, the Joint Venture Company shall (except to the extent a Member requests direct payment to the Member) increase each Member’s Accumulated Distributions Account by the amount of such cash that was to have been distributed to such Member. Subsequently, when a Member is required to, or desires to, make a Capital Contribution required or permitted by this Agreement, in lieu of making such Capital Contribution such Member may instruct the Joint Venture Company to reduce such Member’s Accumulated Distributions Account in an amount (not to exceed the amount in such Member’s Accumulated Distributions Account) up to the amount of such Capital Contribution, which shall be treated for all purposes (including for purposes of the definition of Capital Contribution Balance) as if such Member had made such Capital Contribution at the time designated in such instruction. A Member may, at any time, demand payment of, and the Joint Venture Company shall immediately pay, the full amount of such Member’s Accumulated Distributions Account, in which event the amount so paid shall reduce the Member’s Accumulated Distributions Account.

 

5.2    Withholding Tax Payments and Obligations . In the event that withholding taxes are paid or required to be paid in respect of payments made to or by the Joint Venture Company, or allocations to a Member, such withholding shall be treated as follows:

 

(A)    Payments to the Joint Venture Company . If the Joint Venture Company receives proceeds in respect of which a tax has been withheld, the Joint Venture Company shall be treated as having received cash in an amount equal to the amount of such withheld tax, and, for all purposes of this Agreement, each Member shall be treated as having received a distribution pursuant to Section 5.1 equal to the portion of the withholding tax allocable to such Member, as reasonably determined by the Board of Managers. Such amounts shall not be treated as Joint Venture Company expenses.

 

(B)    Payments by the Joint Venture Company . The Joint Venture Company is authorized to withhold, and the Precedent Partner shall take any actions reasonably necessary to withhold, from any payment made to, or any distributive share of, a Member any taxes required by law to be withheld, and in such event, such taxes shall be treated as if an amount equal to such withheld taxes had been distributed to such Member pursuant to Section 5.1 (or, as provided in Section 5.2(C), loaned to such Member).

 

(C)    Certain Withheld Taxes Treated as Demand Loans . Any taxes withheld pursuant to Sections 5.2(A) or 5.2(B) hereof shall be treated as if distributed to the relevant Member pursuant to Section 5.1 to the extent an amount equal to such withheld taxes would then be distributable to such Member, and, to the extent in excess of such distributable amounts, as a demand loan payable by the Member to the Joint Venture Company with interest at a rate equal

 

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 to [***] (or, if less, the maximum rate allowed by law), compounded and adjusted [***], commencing five (5) days after written demand therefor on behalf of the Joint Venture Company is made by any other Member.

 

5.3    Distribution Limitations . Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, the Joint Venture Company shall not make any distribution of cash or other property to any Member if the distribution would violate any agreement to which the Joint Venture Company or any of its Subsidiaries is a party or by which it or any of them is bound.

 

ARTICLE 6.   

MANAGEMENT; BOARD OF MANAGERS

 

6.1    Management Power . Except as specifically provided in Article 7, Article 8, and Sections 11.1, 11.2 and 11.3, the business, property and affairs of the Joint Venture Company shall be managed by or under the direction of a board of Managers (the " Board of Managers "), and, except as provided in Article 7, Article 8 and Sections 11.1, 11.2 and 11.3, no Member shall have any right to participate in or exercise control or management power over the business and affairs of the Joint Venture Company or otherwise to bind, act or purport to act on behalf of the Joint Venture Company in any manner. No individual Manager, in his or her capacity as such, may act on behalf of the Board of Managers or bind the Joint Venture Company. Subject to the limitations set forth in this Agreement, the Board of Managers shall have all the rights and powers specifically set forth in Section 6.3.

 

6.2    Number of Managers; Appointment of Managers .

 

(A)    The Board of Managers shall consist of eight (8) individuals (each such individual, a " Manager "). Subject to Section 6.2(B), one half of the Managers shall be appointed by Micron Singapore and one half of the Managers shall be appointed by Intel Singapore. The initial Managers appointed by Micron Singapore are listed on Appendix C , and the initial Managers appointed by Intel Singapore are listed on Appendix C . Each Member having the right to appoint a Manager or Managers in accordance with this Section shall also have the right, in its sole discretion, to remove such Manager or Managers at any time by delivery of written notice to the other Member(s) and the Joint Venture Company. Any vacancy in the office of a Manager for any reason other than pursuant to Section 6.2(B) (including as a result of such Manager’s death, resignation, retirement or removal pursuant to this Section) shall be filled by the Member that appointed the relevant Manager. Unless a Manager resigns, dies, retires or is removed in accordance with this Section, each Manager shall hold office until a successor shall have been duly appointed by the appointing Member. Unless the Members agree otherwise, each Member who has the right to appoint three (3) or more Managers shall appoint at least one (1) Manager that is a resident of Singapore.

 

(B)    Effect of Change in Percentage Interest on Managers . While a Member’s Percentage Interest is below [***] percent ([***]%) but at least [***] percent ([***]%), the number of Managers such Member is entitled to appoint to the Board of Managers shall be reduced to [***] ([***]), and the number of Managers the other Member is entitled to appoint to the Board of Managers shall be increased to [***] ([***]). While a Member’s Percentage Interest is below [***] percent ([***]%) but at least [***] percent ([***]%), the number of

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Managers such Member is entitled to appoint to the Board of Managers shall be reduced to [***] ([***]), and the number of Managers the other Member is entitled to appoint to the Board of Managers shall be increased to [***] ([***]). While a Member’s Percentage Interest is below [***] percent ([***]%) but at least [***] percent ([***]%), the number of Managers such Member is entitled to appoint to the Board of Managers shall be reduced to [***] ([***]), and the number of Managers the other Member is entitled to appoint to the Board of Managers shall be increased to [***] ([***]). While a Member’s Percentage Interest is below [***] percent ([***]%), the number of Managers such Member is entitled to appoint to the Board of Managers shall be reduced to [***], and the other Member shall be entitled to appoint [***] Managers to the Board of Managers; provided , however , that the Member with a Percentage Interest of less than [***] percent ([***]%) shall be entitled to designate, from time to time, an individual who shall not be a member of, and shall have no right to vote at any meeting of, the Board of Managers, but who shall have the right to receive notice of, attend, and act as an observer for such Member at, any meeting of the Board of Managers, and who shall receive all materials delivered to the Board of Managers in connection with any such meetings. If either Member’s Percentage Interest should be below any of the threshold levels set forth above and if such Member (the " Appointing Member ") then has more designees serving on the Board of Managers than the number to which it is entitled, such Appointing Member shall immediately identify by written notice to the other Member the designee or designees on the Board of Managers that will cease serving on the Board of Managers and each such designee shall thereupon cease to be a Manager or member of the Board of Managers. If such Appointing Member fails to make such designation within five (5) Business Days after written demand by the other Member, the other Member may designate by written notice to the Appointing Member one or more (as appropriate) of the Appointing Member’s designees on the Board of Managers that will cease serving on the Board of Managers and each such designee shall thereupon cease to be a Manager or member of the Board of Managers. The other Member who is entitled to appoint one or more additional Managers to serve on the Board of Managers may immediately appoint such additional Managers by written notice to the other Member designating such Managers. Similarly, if a Member whose Percentage Interest fell below any threshold level set forth in this Section 6.2(B) subsequently increases its Percentage Interest above any such level, the process shall be reversed.

 

(C)    Chairman of the Board of Managers . Until the end of the Fiscal Year ending in 2007, Micron Singapore shall have the right to designate one of its designated Managers as chairman of the Board of Managers (the " Chairman "), and thereafter, for each subsequent Fiscal Year of the Joint Venture Company, the right to designate the Chairman (from among its designated Managers) shall alternate between Intel Singapore and Micron Singapore; provided , however , that while the Percentage Interest of a Member is below [***] percent ([***]%), the Chairman of the Board will be appointed by the other Member. The Chairman shall preside at all meetings of the Board of Managers and shall have such other duties and responsibilities as may be assigned to him or her by the Board of Managers. The Chairman may delegate to any Manager authority to chair any meeting, either on a temporary or a permanent basis. The Chairman must include any item submitted by a Member or Manager for consideration at a meeting of the Board of Managers, may not cut off debate on any matter being considered by the Board of Managers and shall call for a vote on any matter at the request of any Manager, including any matter described in Section 6.3(B).

 

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(D)    Presence of Certain Officers at Meetings of Board of Managers . The Site Manager, who shall not be a member of the Board of Managers, may attend, but shall have no right to vote at, all meetings of the Board of Managers; provided , however , that the Board of Managers may exclude the Site Manager from such meetings or such portions of meetings at which the compensation or performance of, or any issue involving, the Site Manager is discussed as the Board of Managers, in its sole discretion, deems appropriate.

 

6.3    Voting of Managers .

 

(A)    Each Manager shall be entitled to one (1) vote, and Managers shall not be entitled to cast their votes through proxies (except as provided in Section 6.7). Subject to Sections 6.3(B) and 6.3(C), all actions, determinations or resolutions of the Board of Managers shall require the affirmative vote or consent of a majority of the Board of Managers present at any meeting at which a quorum is present ( i.e. , the affirmative vote of five (5) Managers if the total number of Managers is eight (8)), which majority must include at least [***] appointed by each Member at all times that each Member has at least [***] to the Board of Managers; provided, however , that any matter that is a Micron Singapore Matter shall be deemed approved upon the approval of a majority of the Managers appointed by Micron Singapore, and any matter that is an Intel Singapore Matter shall be deemed approved upon the approval of a majority of the Managers appointed by Intel. Except as specifically provided in Article 7, Article 8 and Sections 11.1, 11.2 and 11.3, the Board of Managers shall have the right, power and authority to take all actions of the Joint Venture Company, including the following, and in no event shall any of the following actions be taken without the approval of the Board of Managers (which approval may be obtained through the adoption of an Undisputed Approved Business Plan by the Board of Managers in accordance with Sections 11.1 and 11.2, provided that the relevant Undisputed Approved Business Plan sets forth such action in reasonable detail), by or with respect to the Joint Venture Company or any Subsidiary of the Joint Venture Company:

 

(1)    entering into any agreement or making any modification or amendment to, or terminating, any agreement between (a) the Joint Venture Company or any Subsidiary of the Joint Venture Company and (b) any Member or an Affiliate of a Member;

 

(2)    selecting attorneys, accountants, auditors and financial advisors for the Joint Venture Company or any of its Subsidiaries;

 

(3)    adopting, or making any material modification, amendment or termination of, material accounting and tax policies, procedures and principles applicable to the Joint Venture Company or any of its Subsidiaries other than those made in accordance with Section 10.9 ( provided , however , that the right, power and authority of the Board of Managers with respect to tax policies, procedures and principles granted under this Section 6.3 shall be subject to the provisions of Section 10.7 hereof);

 

(4)    adopting or making any material changes to any employee benefit plan, including any incentive compensation plan;

 

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(5)    setting any distribution to the Members not required under Article 5;

 

(6)    subject to Section 6.3(B)(1)(b), commencing or settling litigation, except routine employment litigation matters;

 

(7)    making any material purchase, sale or lease (as lessor or lessee) of any real property (except for any such purchase or lease to effectuate an Intel Singapore Matter that is approved by a majority of the Intel Singapore Managers then in office or a Micron Singapore Matter that is approved by a majority of the Micron Singapore Managers then in office);

 

(8)    acquiring securities or any equity ownership interest in any Person, other than a Wholly-Owned Subsidiary of the Joint Venture Company established to hold a Fab or assets of the Joint Venture Company or any of its Subsidiaries;

 

(9)    making any public announcement by the Joint Venture Company or any Subsidiary of the Joint Venture Company of any material non-public information not previously approved for public announcement by the Board of Managers;

 

(10)    entering into or amending any collective bargaining arrangements or waiving any material provision or requirement thereof;

 

(11)    approving any Proposed Business Plan, or amending or modifying any Approved Business Plan (or any modification thereof), subject to Sections 11.1(C), 11.2(D) and 11.2(E);

 

(12)    making any filing with, public comments to, or negotiation or discussion with, any Governmental Entity (excluding regular operating filings and other routine administrative matters and other than any such filing, public comments, or negotiation or discussion relating to an Intel Singapore Matter that is approved by a majority of the Intel Singapore Managers then in office or relating to a Micron Singapore Matter that is approved by a majority of the Micron Singapore Managers then in office); and

 

(13)    establishing, overseeing and modifying the investment policies of the Joint Venture Company with respect to funds held by the Joint Venture Company, including funds reserved pursuant to Section 2.2 pending the use of such funds in accordance with any applicable Approved Business Plan.

 

(B)    (1) Notwithstanding the foregoing, any action of the Board of Managers with respect to any of the following matters relating to a Member (the " Interested Member ") shall be deemed approved by the Board of Managers if approved either by the affirmative vote at a meeting of the Board of Managers of a majority of the Managers appointed by the other Member (the " Independent Member ") with respect to such action or by written consent of a majority of the Managers appointed by such Independent Member:

 

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(a)    any determination to grant indemnification to the Interested Member for any matter not contemplated by Section 14.2 hereof; or

 

(b)    the pursuit of any remedy by the Joint Venture Company or a Subsidiary of the Joint Venture Company against the Interested Member or Affiliate of the Interested Member (excluding any Applicable Joint Venture and any Wholly-Owned Subsidiary of any Applicable Joint Venture) in accordance with Section 7.5; or

 

(c)    any other matter (other than a matter provided for in Section 6.3(B)(2)) in which the interests of the Joint Venture Company or a Subsidiary of the Joint Venture Company and the Interested Member, or an officer, director, controlling stockholder or Affiliate of the Interested Member (excluding any Applicable Joint Venture and any Wholly-Owned Subsidiary of any Applicable Joint Venture), are adverse.

 

(2)    The entry into, modification of, amendment to, or termination by the Joint Venture Company of any agreement or other transaction between the Joint Venture Company or any Subsidiary of the Joint Venture Company, on the one hand, and the Interested Member or an officer, director, controlling stockholder or Affiliate of the Interested Member (excluding any Applicable Joint Venture and any Wholly-Owned Subsidiary of any Applicable Joint Venture), on the other hand, (an " Interested   Member   Transaction ") shall be permitted only if:

 

(a)    The material facts as to the relationship or interest of the Interested Member (and its officers, directors, controlling stockholders and Affiliates (excluding any Applicable Joint Venture and any Wholly-Owned Subsidiary of any Applicable Joint Venture)) as to the Interested Member Transaction are disclosed or are known to the Board of Managers and the Independent Member, and the Board of Managers in good faith authorizes the Interested Member Transaction by the affirmative votes of a majority of the Managers appointed by the Independent Member, even though the Managers appointed by the Independent Member may be less than a quorum; or

 

(b)    The material facts as to the relationship or interest of the Interested Member (and its officers, directors, controlling stockholders and Affiliates) as to the Interested Member Transaction are disclosed or are known to the Independent Member, and the Interested Member Transaction is specifically approved in writing by the Independent Member; or

 

(c)    The Interested Member Transaction is authorized, approved or ratified by the Board of Managers and is fair as to the Joint Venture Company or the applicable Subsidiary of the Joint Venture Company and the Independent Member as of the time it is so authorized, approved or ratified by the Board of Managers.

 

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(3)    Managers appointed by the Interested Member may be counted in determining the presence of a quorum at a meeting of the Board of Managers which authorizes the Interested Member Transaction.

 

(C)    Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, if a Member has only [***] to the Board of Managers as a result of its Percentage Interest falling below the requisite threshold set forth in Section 6.2(B), the following actions will require the approval of a majority of the members of the Board of Managers, including the Manager appointed by such Member:

 

(1)    any material modification, amendment or termination of material accounting and tax policies, procedures and principles applicable to the Joint Venture Company or any of its Subsidiaries, other than those made in accordance with Section 10.9 ( provided , however , that the right, power and authority of the Board of Managers with respect to tax policies, procedures and principles granted under this Section 6.3 shall be subject to the provisions of Section 10.7 hereof); and

 

(2)    except for any litigation matter subject to Section 6.3(B)(1)(b), any settlement of a litigation matter or a group of related litigation matters, other than routine litigation matters not involving current or former members of management, where the amount of damages payable by the Joint Venture Company or any of its Subsidiaries exceeds $[***] or that results in disparate treatment of the Members.

 

6.4    Meetings of the Board of Managers; Quorum . The Board of Managers shall hold meetings at least once per Fiscal Quarter. Subject to a Manager’s right to appoint an alternate Manager in accordance with Section 6.7, the presence of at least a majority of the Managers (five (5) while the number of Managers is eight (8)), in person or by telephone conference or by other means of communications acceptable to the Board of Managers, shall be necessary and sufficient to constitute a quorum for the purpose of taking action by the Board of Managers at any meeting of the Board of Managers; provided , that such quorum shall consist of at least a majority of the Managers appointed by each Member that appoints an odd number of Managers greater than one, and at least half of the Managers appointed by each Member that appoints an even number of Managers. No action taken by the Board of Managers at any meeting shall be valid unless the requisite quorum is present.

 

6.5    Notice; Waiver . The regular quarterly meetings of the Board of Managers described in Section 6.4 shall be held upon not less than ten (10) days’ written notice. Additional meetings of the Board of Managers shall be held (A) at such other times as may be determined by the Board of Managers, (B) at the request of at least two (2) Managers or the Site Manager upon not less than five (5) Business Days’ written notice or (C) in accordance with Section 17.1 following a failure by the Board of Managers to adopt or reject a proposal for action presented to it. For purposes of this Section, notice may be provided via facsimile, email or any other manner provided in Section 18.1, or telephonic notice to each Manager (which notice shall be provided to the other Managers by the requesting Managers). The presence of any Manager at a meeting (including by means of telephone conference or other means of communications acceptable to the Board of Managers) shall constitute a waiver of notice of the meeting with respect to such Manager, unless such Manager declares at the meeting that such Manager objects

 

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to the notice as having been improperly given. The Board of Managers shall cause written minutes to be prepared of all actions taken by the Board of Managers and shall cause a copy thereof to be delivered to each Manager within fifteen (15) days of each meeting.

 

6.6    Action Without a Meeting; Meetings by Telecommunications .

 

(A)    On any matter that is to be voted on, consented to or approved by the Board of Managers, the Board of Managers may take such action without a meeting, without prior notice and without a vote if a consent or consents in writing, setting forth the action so taken, shall be signed by the Managers having not less than the minimum votes that would be necessary to authorize or take such action, in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, at a meeting at which all the Managers were present and voted.

 

(B)    Unless the Act otherwise provides, members of the Board of Managers shall have the right to participate in all meetings of the Board of Managers by means of a conference telephone or similar communications equipment by means of which all persons participating in the meeting can hear each other at the same time and participation by such means shall constitute presence in person at a meeting.

 

6.7    Alternate Managers . Each Manager shall have the right to designate an individual to attend and vote at meetings of the Board of Managers as the proxy of such regularly appointed Manager.

 

6.8    Compensation of Managers . The Managers, in their capacity as such, shall not receive compensation from the Joint Venture Company. Each Member shall bear the cost and expenses incurred by its appointed Managers in connection with the Joint Venture Company’s business while such Managers are serving in such capacity.

 

6.9    Statutory Manager . There shall, at all times, be one person ordinarily resident in Singapore appointed as the statutory manager of the Joint Venture Company solely for the purposes of section 23 of the Act (the " Statutory Manager "). The duties of the Statutory Manager, in his or her capacity as Statutory Manager, shall be confined solely to ensure that all acts, matters and things that are required to be done by the Joint Venture Company under sections 24, 27 and 28 of the Act are done by the Joint Venture Company and being responsible in respect of such matters under section 23(3) of the Act. The Statutory Manager shall be appointed by the Consolidating Member unless the Members agree otherwise in writing. The Consolidating Member shall also have the right, in its sole discretion, to remove such Statutory Manager at any time by delivery of written notice to the other Member(s) and the Joint Venture Company, unless otherwise agreed in writing by the Members. Any vacancy in the position of Statutory Manager for any reason (including as a result of such Statutory Manager’s death, resignation, retirement or removal pursuant to this Section) shall be filled by the Consolidating Member, unless otherwise agreed in writing by the Members. The first Statutory Manager shall be appointed by Micron Singapore and, unless such Statutory Manager resigns, dies, retires or is removed in accordance with this Section, such Statutory Manager shall serve in such position until a successor shall have been duly appointed by the Consolidating Member or as otherwise agreed in writing by the Members. For avoidance of doubt, no Manager under this Agreement

 

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shall be the Statutory Manager unless such Manager is so designated by the Member appointing such Statutory Manager in accordance with this Section.

 

ARTICLE 7.  

MEMBERS

 

7.1    Rights of Members; Meetings .

 

(A)    The Members shall be the partners of the Joint Venture Company under the Act, and shall be entitled to the following: (1) receive financial reports and tax reporting information referenced in Sections 10.4 and 10.6; (2) receive (y) the then-current Approved Business Plans, as updated from time to time in accordance with Section 11.1 or Section 11.2 and any Proposed Business Plan and (z) the then-current Operating Plan; (3) receive such additional information of the Joint Venture Company or any of its Subsidiaries as may reasonably be requested by a Member; (4) copies of any third party audit findings from any audit of the Joint Venture Company or any Subsidiary of the Joint Venture Company, any subcontractor for the Joint Venture Company or any Subsidiary of the Joint Venture Company or any Person that provides services to the Joint Venture Company or any Subsidiary of the Joint Venture Company (including a Member in such capacity but only to the extent contemplated by the applicable service agreement with such Member); and (5) such additional rights as are elsewhere provided in this Agreement or by mandatory requirements of Applicable Law, including mandatory requirements of the Act.

 

(B)    At any time, and from time to time, the Board of Managers may, but shall not be required to, call meetings of the Members.

 

(1)    Special meetings of the Members for any proper purpose or purposes may be called at any time by either Member. Each meeting of the Members shall be conducted by the Site Manager or designee of the Site Manager and shall be held at the principal offices of the Joint Venture Company or at such other place as may be agreed upon from time to time by the Members. The Site Manager or his or her designee, as applicable, shall include any item submitted by a Member for consideration at a meeting of the Members, may not cut off debate on any matter being considered by the Members and shall call for a vote on any matter at the request of any Member. Meetings may be held by telephone if both Members so consent.

 

(2)    Except as otherwise required by Applicable Law, written notice (which may be provided via facsimile or electronic mail with receipt confirmation) of each meeting of the Members of the Joint Venture Company shall be given not less than five (5) nor more than thirty-five (35) days before the date of such meeting.

 

(3)    The presence, either in person or by proxy, of Members whose combined Percentage Interests equal one hundred percent (100%) is required to constitute a quorum at any meeting of the Members.

 

(4)    Each Member may authorize any Person ( provided such Person is an officer of the Member) to act for it or on its behalf on all matters in which the Member is entitled to participate. Each proxy must be signed by a duly authorized officer of the

 

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Member. All other provisions governing, or otherwise relating to, the holding of meetings of the Members shall be established from time to time as mutually agreed by the Members.

 

(5)    The Members shall be entitled to vote on any matter submitted to a vote of the Members in proportion to their Percentage Interests. Members may vote either in person or by proxy at any meeting. Each Member shall be entitled to cast one (1) vote for each full percentage of the Percentage Interest held by such Member. Fractional votes shall be permitted.

 

(6)    Any action permitted or required by the Act, the Certificate, or this Agreement to be taken at a meeting of Members may be taken without a meeting if a consent in writing, setting forth the action to be taken, is signed by the Member or Members whose vote or approval is required for the taking of such action under this Agreement. Such consent shall have the same force and effect as if such action was approved by vote at a meeting at which all the Members were present and voted and may be stated as such in any document or instrument filed with the ACRA, and the execution of such consent shall constitute attendance or presence in person at a meeting of Members.

 

7.2    Limitations on the Rights of Members .

 

(A)    Subject to any mandatory requirements of Applicable Law, including mandatory requirements under the Act, except as provided in this Agreement or as otherwise unanimously agreed in writing by the Members, no Member (in its capacity as a Member) has the right to take any part whatsoever in the management and control of the business of the Joint Venture Company, sign for or bind the Joint Venture Company or any of its Subsidiaries, compel a sale or appraisal of the Joint Venture Company’s or any of its Subsidiaries’ assets, or sell or assign its Interest in the Joint Venture Company or any of its Subsidiaries.

 

(B)    No Member may, without the prior written consent of the other Member: (1) confess any judgment against the Joint Venture Company or any of its Subsidiaries; (2) act for, enter into any agreement on behalf of or otherwise purport to bind the other Member, the Joint Venture Company or any of its Subsidiaries; (3) do any acts in contravention of this Agreement or any of the Affiliate Agreements; (4) except as contemplated by the Affiliate Agreements, dispose of the goodwill or the business of the Joint Venture Company or any of its Subsidiaries; (5) Transfer its Interest in the Joint Venture Company (except as provided in Sections 12.2, 12.4(A), 12.4(B) or 12.5); or (6) assign the property of the Joint Venture Company or any of its Subsidiaries in trust for creditors or on the assignee’s promise to pay any indebtedness of the Joint Venture Company or any of its Subsidiaries.

 

7.3    Limited Liability of the Members . Except to the extent expressly set forth in Article 2 of this Agreement or otherwise in a written instrument executed by the Member against whom any liability is asserted in favor of the Person asserting such liability, the Members (solely in their capacity as Members) have no obligation to contribute to the Joint Venture Company or any of its Subsidiaries and shall not be liable for any debt, obligation or liability of the Joint Venture Company or any of its Subsidiaries. Any liability to return distributions made by the

 

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Joint Venture Company is limited to mandatory requirements of the Act or of any other Applicable Law.

 

7.4    Voting Rights of Members .

 

(A)    Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, for so long as a Member’s Percentage Interest is greater than [***] ([***]%), the following actions shall require the unanimous approval of the Members:

 

(1)    any amendment, restatement or revocation of the Certificate, except (a) as provided in Section 1.5(A) to effectuate a change in the principal place of business of the Joint Venture Company, (b) to change the name of the Joint Venture Company, (c) as required by Applicable Law, or (d) to accomplish any action that would be allowed under the terms and conditions of this Agreement where the only prohibition on the performance of such action is the terms of the Certificate;

 

(2)    any material change in the business purpose of the Joint Venture Company or any of its Subsidiaries, other than a change in accordance with the proviso to Section 1.4;

 

(3)    any Transfer of any Interest to any Person, except as expressly permitted by Sections 12.2, 12.4(A), 12.4(B) or 12.5;

 

(4)    any agreement with respect to all present or former Members to extend the period for assessing any tax which is attributable to any Joint Venture Company item or item of any of the Joint Venture Company’s Subsidiaries;

 

(5)    any approval of the inclusion within the business purpose of the Joint Venture Company or any of its Subsidiaries the manufacture of memory products other than NAND Flash Memory Products, subject to the proviso to Section 1.4;

 

(6)    any approval or setting of any distribution to any Member (other than distributions of cash in accordance with Article 5); provided , however , that a Member’s consent for the purposes of this Section 7.4(A)(6) shall not be unreasonably withheld; and

 

(7)    the sale, license, assignment or other transfer of any intellectual property owned or in the possession of the Joint Venture Company or any Subsidiary of the Joint Venture Company (including any technology or know-how, whether or not patented, any trademark, trade name or service mark, any copyright or any software or other method or process) to any Person other than a Domestic Facilities Company or an Applicable Joint Venture or a Wholly-Owned Subsidiary of an Applicable Joint Venture, except as provided in the Joint Venture Documents or as otherwise unanimously agreed in writing by the Members.

 

(B)    Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, and in addition to the provisions of Section 7.4(A), for so long as a Member’s Percentage Interest is at

 

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least [***] percent ([***]%), the following actions shall require the unanimous approval of the Members:

 

(1)    the incurrence of any indebtedness for borrowed money, other than (i) as provided in Article 2 or Article 3 and (ii) any third-party equipment financing;

 

(2)    any sale, lease, pledge (other than pledges of equipment under a permitted third-party equipment financing), assignment, transfer (other than transfers to a Wholly-Owned Subsidiary of the Joint Venture Company) or other disposition of any asset of the Joint Venture Company or any of its Subsidiaries or group of assets in each case other than in the ordinary course, unless approved in an Undisputed Approved Business Plan or unless made in connection with a dissolution of the Joint Venture Company as contemplated by Article 13; provided , however , that unanimous approval will not be required if the aggregate amount of such sales, leases, pledges (other than pledges of equipment under a permitted third-party equipment financing), assignments, transfers (other than transfers to a Wholly-Owned Subsidiary of the Joint Venture Company) and other dispositions not in the ordinary course do not exceed the amount provided for in an Undisputed Approved Business Plan by more than $[***] in any Fiscal Year;

 

(3)    any purchase, lease or other acquisition, in any single transaction or in a series of related transactions, of personal property or services or capital equipment inconsistent with an Approved Business Plan (after taking into account any general overrun provisions contained in such Approved Business Plan);

 

(4)    any capital expenditures or series of related capital expenditures, that exceed the amount provided therefor in the most recently Approved Business Plan (after taking into account any general spending overrun provisions contained in such Approved Business Plan) or any commitment by the Joint Venture Company or any Subsidiary of the Joint Venture Company to make expenditures in any development project in an amount greater than the amount set forth in the most recently Approved Business Plan (after taking into account any general spending overrun provisions contained in such Approved Business Plan);

 

(5)    any merger, consolidation or other business combination to which the Joint Venture Company or any Subsidiary of the Joint Venture Company is a party, or any other transaction to which the Joint Venture Company or any Subsidiary of the Joint Venture Company is a party (other than where the Joint Venture Company is merged or combined with or consolidated into a Wholly-Owned Subsidiary of the Joint Venture Company), resulting in a change of control of the Joint Venture Company or any Subsidiary of the Joint Venture Company, other than a change of control that may occur pursuant to Article 2 or Article 3;

 

(6)    (a) the voluntary commencement or the failure to contest in a timely and appropriate manner any involuntary proceeding or the filing of any petition seeking relief under bankruptcy, insolvency, receivership or similar laws, (b) the application for or consent to the appointment of a receiver, trustee, custodian, conservator

 

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or similar official for the Joint Venture Company or any Subsidiary of the Joint Venture Company, or for a substantial part of their property or assets, (c) the filing of an answer admitting the material allegations of a petition filed against the Joint Venture Company or any Subsidiary of the Joint Venture Company in any proceeding described above, (d) the consent to any order for relief issued with respect to any proceeding described in this subsection (6), (e) the making of a general assignment for the benefit of creditors, or (f) the admission in writing of the Joint Venture Company’s inability, or the failure of the Joint Venture Company or of any Subsidiary of the Joint Venture Company generally, to pay its debts as they become due or the taking of any action for the purpose of effecting any of the foregoing;

 

(7)    the acquisition of any business or entry into any joint venture or partnership;

 

(8)    the creation of any direct or indirect Subsidiary of the Joint Venture Company other than a Domestic Facilities Company or any other Wholly-Owned Subsidiary of the Joint Venture Company; and

 

(9)    negotiating external sources of additional wafer manufacturing capacity for Joint Venture Products.

 

In addition, such Member shall have the right to review and comment on any public announcement by the Joint Venture Company or any Subsidiary of the Joint Venture Company.

 

(C)    Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, and in addition to the provisions of Sections 7.4(A) and 7.4(B), for so long as a Member’s Percentage Interest is at least [***] percent ([***]%), the following actions shall require the unanimous approval of the Members:

 

(1)    the purchase, license or other acquisition of rights to third party intellectual property other than routine software licenses in connection with the Joint Venture Company’s or any of its Subsidiaries’ ongoing operations.

 

7.5    Defaulting Member . Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, in no event shall the pursuit of any remedy by the Joint Venture Company or any of its Subsidiaries against a Defaulting Member pursuant to Section 17.7 require the consent of such Defaulting Member. The Non-Defaulting Member shall have the right to control the Joint Venture Company’s pursuit of any such claim against the Defaulting Member.

 

7.6    Cooperation .

 

(A)    Intel Singapore may take action on behalf of the Joint Venture Company with respect to any Intel Singapore Matter and shall cooperate with and keep Micron Singapore regularly informed with respect to any Intel Singapore Matter.

 

(B)    Micron Singapore may take action on behalf of the Joint Venture Company with respect to any Micron Singapore Matter and shall cooperate with and keep Intel Singapore regularly informed with respect to any Micron Singapore Matter.

 

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ARTICLE 8.   

OFFICERS AND COMMITTEES

 

8.1    Site Manager .

 

(A)    The Board of Managers shall appoint a site manager (the " Site Manager "), who shall have responsibility for the day-to-day general management and control of the business and affairs of the Joint Venture Company and its Subsidiaries and overseeing the implementation of the strategic direction of the Joint Venture Company and its Subsidiaries. The Site Manager shall perform or oversee those duties and have all powers that are commonly incident to the office of chief executive officer or that are specifically delegated to him or her by the Board of Managers. The Site Manager shall reside in Singapore and shall be a full time employee of the Joint Venture Company, selected by the Board of Managers, subject to the consent of any Member whose Percentage Interest is at least [***] percent ([***]%), which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed. The Board of Managers shall have the right to remove any Site Manager at any time, with or without cause, subject to the terms of any employment contract between the Joint Venture Company and the Site Manager.

 

(B)    The Board of Managers shall determine, from time to time, the incentive compensation for which the Site Manager may be eligible based upon the Joint Venture Company’s operational success.

 

8.2    Intentionally Omitted.

 

8.3    Lead Controller .

 

(A)    The Joint Venture Company shall have a financial manager (the " Lead Controller ") who shall serve as the principal financial officer of the Joint Venture Company and shall have responsibility for and authority over the day-to-day financial matters of the Joint Venture Company and its Subsidiaries. The Lead Controller shall perform such duties and have such powers specifically delegated to the Lead Controller by the Board of Managers. The Lead Controller shall reside in Singapore and shall be a full time employee of Micron Singapore or a Relative of Micron Singapore seconded on a full time basis to the Joint Venture Company by Micron Singapore or a Relative of Micron Singapore, or another individual selected by Micron Singapore, subject to the consent of Intel Singapore, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed. Micron Singapore shall have the right to remove the Lead Controller at any time, with or without cause, provided that it provides at least ten (10) days written notice of removal to Intel Singapore and the Joint Venture Company. Micron Singapore shall have the right to fill any vacancy in the position of Lead Controller for any reason (including as a result of the Lead Controller’s death, resignation, retirement or removal pursuant to this Section), subject to the consent of Intel Singapore, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed. The Lead Controller shall report directly to the Board of Managers.

 

(B)    The Board of Managers shall determine, from time to time, the incentive compensation for which the Lead Controller may be eligible based upon the Joint Venture Company’s operational success.

 

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(C)    For so long as there is a Lead Controller who is seconded to the Joint Venture Company by a Member, the other Member shall be entitled to second to the Joint Venture Company a senior finance officer of such other Member or of a Relative of such other Member to assist the Lead Controller in the execution of his or her duties set forth in this Section 8.3. The senior finance officer shall reside in Singapore and shall be seconded on a full time basis to the Joint Venture Company. The Board of Managers shall determine, from time to time, the incentive compensation for which such officer may be eligible based upon the Joint Venture Company’s operational success.

 

8.4    Intentionally Omitted.

 

8.5    General Provisions Regarding Officers .

 

(A)    There shall be one or more site managers of the Joint Venture Company who shall serve as officers of the Joint Venture Company and shall have such authority and perform or oversee those duties that are delegated to such officers by the Board of Managers or the Site Manager. The Board of Managers may, from time to time, designate other officers of the Joint Venture Company, delegate to such officers such authority and duties as the Board of Managers may deem advisable and assign titles to any such officers. Except as otherwise provided in this Agreement, officers may either be full time employees of the Joint Venture Company resident in Singapore or Seconded Employees. Unless the Board of Managers otherwise determines or unless otherwise provided by this Agreement, if the title assigned to an officer of the Joint Venture Company is one commonly used for officers for businesses of comparable size in the same industry, then, subject to the terms of this Agreement, the assignment of such title shall constitute the delegation to such officer of the authority and duties that are customarily associated with such office for businesses of comparable size in the same industry. Except as otherwise provided in this Agreement, any number of titles may be held by the same individual.

 

(B)    Subject to all rights, if any, under any contract of employment, any officer to whom a delegation is made pursuant to Section 8.5(A) shall serve in the capacity delegated unless and until such delegation is revoked by the Board of Managers for any reason or no reason whatsoever, with or without cause, or such officer resigns.

 

8.6    Intentionally Omitted.

 

8.7    Waiver of Fiduciary Duties .

 

(A)    In connection with the determination of any and all matters presented for action to the Members or the Board of Managers, as applicable, the Members acknowledge and agree that each Member will be acting on its own behalf and each Representative serving on the Board of Managers will be acting on behalf of the Member that appointed such Representative.

 

(B)    Each Member may act, and, to the fullest extent permitted by Applicable Law, will be protected for acting, in its own interest (subject to the express terms of any contract entered into by such Member) without regard to the interest of the other Member or the Joint Venture Company or any of its Subsidiaries, and, subject to Section 8.7(D), each Representative may act, and, to the fullest extent permitted by Applicable Law, will be protected for acting at

 

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the direction or control of, or in a manner that such Representative believes is in the best interest of, the Member that appointed the Representative without regard to the interest of the other Member or the Joint Venture Company or any of its Subsidiaries. Further, each Member may, to the fullest extent permitted by Applicable Law (subject to the express terms of any contract entered into by such Member), make decisions and exercise direction and control over the decisions of the Representatives appointed by such Member without duty to or regard for the interests of the other Member or the Joint Venture Company or any of its Subsidiaries.

 

(C)    The Joint Venture Company, on its own behalf and on behalf of each of its Subsidiaries, and each Member waives, to the fullest extent permitted by Applicable Law, (1) any claim or cause of action against any Member or Manager based on the determination of any and all matters presented for action to the Members or the Board of Managers, as applicable, (2) breach of fiduciary duty, duty of care, duty of loyalty or any other duty or (3) breach of the Act; provided , however , the foregoing will not limit any Member’s obligation under or liability for breach of the express terms of this Agreement or any other agreement that they have entered into with the Joint Venture Company or any of its Subsidiaries or the other Member; and provided   further , however , that, unless a Member has received the written consent of the other Member authorizing such activities, no Member shall negotiate or enter into or request or otherwise cause the Joint Venture Company to negotiate or enter into any agreement or transaction that would result in such Member or any of its Subsidiaries receiving any financial consideration or other tangible property incentive, payment or other form of financial consideration or other tangible property consideration from any Governmental Entity or Person based upon the Joint Venture Company’s taking an action (including hiring any employees, undertaking any construction or purchasing any equipment) or entering into such agreement or transaction other than as a Member of the Joint Venture Company pursuant to this Agreement, and any Member who receives any such consideration or other tangible property incentive, payment or other form of financial consideration or other tangible property consideration from any Governmental Entity or Person in respect of the Joint Venture Company’s activities, shall promptly convey such consideration or other tangible property incentive, payment or other form of financial consideration or other tangible property consideration from any Governmental Entity or Person to the Joint Venture Company without any adjustment in the Capital Contribution Balance of such Member.

 

(D)    The term " Representative " shall mean, with respect to a Member and the Managers and the employees, agents and other representatives of such Member including the Seconded Employees of such Member, but not including, only for purposes of Section 8.7(C)(2), the Site Manager, the Lead Controller or any other officer or site manager of the Joint Venture Company (and each such officer shall be bound by such fiduciary and other duties (including the duty of care and the duty of loyalty) as would apply to an officer having comparable authority and duties under the DGCL).

 

ARTICLE 9.   

EMPLOYEE MATTERS

 

9.1    Joint Venture Company Employees; Seconded Employees . The Joint Venture Company shall employ its own personnel and shall be their exclusive employer. In addition, certain other persons who are employed by Micron Singapore or its Relatives or Intel Singapore

 

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or its Relatives may be seconded by Micron or Intel, respectively, and certain other persons who are employed by the U.S. Joint Venture Company may be seconded by the U.S. Joint Venture Company, to work in Singapore for the Joint Venture Company on a full time basis for a given period of time (" Seconded   Employees ") pursuant to the terms and conditions of the Micron Personnel Secondment Agreement, the Intel Personnel Secondment Agreement or the U.S. Joint Venture Personnel Secondment Agreement, respectively. Seconded Employees may be utilized to provide services to the Joint Venture Company until (1) the time specified in Article 8 for certain Seconded Employees, if any, acting as officers of the Joint Venture Company, (2) with respect to Seconded Employees employed by Micron Singapore or its Relatives, until the time determined under the terms of the Micron Personnel Secondment Agreement, (3) with respect to Seconded Employees employed by Intel Singapore or its Relatives, until the time determined under the terms of the Intel Personnel Secondment Agreement or (4) with respect to the Seconded Employees employed by the U.S. Joint Venture Company, until the time determined under the terms of the U.S. Joint Venture Company Personnel Secondment Agreement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no Seconded Employee will become employed by the Joint Venture Company or any of its Subsidiaries unless agreed among the Joint Venture Company and the Members.

 

9.2    Performance and Removal of Seconded Employees . The Board of Managers shall possess the authority to require that a Seconded Employee be reassigned by the seconding Member or its Relatives or the U.S. Joint Venture Company, as the case may be, to duties other than with the Joint Venture Company. Subject to the terms of the Intel Personnel Secondment Agreement, the Micron Personnel Secondment Agreement and the U.S. Joint Venture Company Personnel Secondment Agreement, as the case may be, the Site Manager shall possess the authority to require that a Seconded Employee be reassigned by the seconding Member or its Relatives or the U.S. Joint Venture Company, as the case may be, to duties other than with the Joint Venture Company.

 

9.3    Forms . (A) The Joint Venture Company and each of its Subsidiaries shall have policies applicable to, and ensure that all of its officers, employees and third-party independent contractors, third-party consultants, and other third-party service providers enter into appropriate agreements with respect to, (1) protection of confidential information of the Joint Venture Company and its Subsidiaries, (2) compliance with Applicable Laws, and (3) other matters related to the delivery of services to, or employment of such Person by, the Joint Venture Company or its Subsidiaries. The Joint Venture Company and each of its Subsidiaries shall have policies applicable to, and ensure that all of its officers and employees enter into appropriate agreements with respect to intellectual property assignment, including invention disclosures, pursuant to which ownership to any intellectual property created in the course of employment with the Joint Venture Company or any of its Subsidiaries shall be assigned to the Joint Venture Company. The Joint Venture Company and each of its Subsidiaries shall have policies applicable to, and ensure that all of its third-party independent contractors, third-party consultants, and other third-party service providers that create intellectual property in the course of performing services for the Joint Venture Company or any of its Subsidiaries, enter into appropriate agreements with the Joint Venture Company with respect to the Joint Venture Company’s ownership of, or the Joint Venture Company’s and its Subsidiaries’ right to use, such intellectual property. The forms referred to in this Section 9.3 are collectively referred to as the " Service Provider Related Forms ."

 

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(B)    Notwithstanding any preceding provisions in this Section 9.3 or elsewhere, no Seconded Employee shall be required to sign any Service Provider Related Forms, except with respect to acknowledgement of and agreement regarding policies of the Joint Venture Company addressing conduct while performing services at the premises of the Joint Venture Company, such as workplace safety, but excluding matters relating to protection of confidential information of the Joint Venture Company and its Subsidiaries and intellectual property assignment, which issues have been addressed in other documents. The Joint Venture Company shall be responsible for providing those appropriate Service Provider Related Forms, if any, prepared by the Joint Venture Company for Seconded Employees to the appropriate Seconded Employees, following up to make sure they are signed and for properly storing such forms; however, Intel Singapore and Micron Singapore shall each require that their Seconded Employees sign the applicable Service Provider Related Forms when requested to do so by the Joint Venture Company.

 

9.4    Compensation and Benefits .

 

(A)    The Joint Venture Company and its Subsidiaries shall have compensation and benefits programs for the employees of the Joint Venture Company and its Subsidiaries (excluding, for this purpose, Seconded Employees) at its locations consistent with local practices in each respective geographic area, as determined by the Site Manager and, to the extent required by law or this Agreement, approved by the Board of Managers, which may initially be modeled after Micron’s local compensation and benefits programs if deemed to be appropriate and competitive by the Site Manager and, if applicable, the Board of Managers. Incentive compensation programs for Joint Venture Company employees and the employees of any Subsidiary of the Joint Venture Company will be tied to the Joint Venture Company’s operational success, as determined by the Site Manager and approved by the Board of Managers.

 

(B)    It is the intention of Micron Singapore to offer employees of Micron Singapore and its Relatives who transfer to the Joint Venture Company the option to transfer their vacation leave days balance accrued as of the date of transfer to the comparable plan of the Joint Venture Company to be administered in accordance with the terms of such plan. If Micron Singapore and its Relatives allow such a transfer and if an employee so elects, the Joint Venture Company shall credit the employee’s Joint Venture Company vacation leave (or similar time bank) account with the transferred time and Micron Singapore shall pay the Joint Venture Company an amount equal to the person’s base daily rate multiplied by the vacation leave days transferred.

 

(C)    It is the intention of Intel Singapore to offer employees of Intel Singapore and its Relatives who transfer to the Joint Venture Company the option to transfer their vacation leave days balance accrued as of the date of transfer to the comparable plan of the Joint Venture Company to be administered in accordance with the terms of such plan. If Intel Singapore and its Relatives allow such a transfer and if an employee so elects, the Joint Venture Company shall credit the employee’s Joint Venture Company vacation leave (or similar time bank) account with the transferred time and Intel Singapore shall pay the Joint Venture Company an amount equal to the person’s base daily rate multiplied by the vacation leave days transferred.

 

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ARTICLE 10.   

RECORDS, ACCOUNTS AND REPORTS

 

10.1    Books and Records . The Site Manager shall keep or cause to be kept adequate books and records with respect to the Joint Venture Company’s and each of its Subsidiaries’ business, including the following:

 

(A)    a current list of the full name and last known business address of each Member and its appointed Managers and all officers and Representatives;

 

(B)    copies of records that would enable a Member to determine the relative Committed Capital, Percentage Interests, Sharing Interests, Economic Interests, Member Debt Financing, Capital Contribution Balances and Accumulated Distributions Accounts of the Members;

 

(C)    a copy of the Certificate together with any amendments;

 

(D)    copies of the Joint Venture Company’s and each of its Subsidiaries’ income tax returns and reports, if any, for the longer of (1) five (5) years from the time of filing or (2) with respect to any such tax return of the Joint Venture Company, until the expiration of the statute of limitations on the assessment of income tax liabilities for the taxable year of each Member in which the income required to be shown on such tax return of the Joint Venture Company is required to be included (and each Member shall promptly respond to requests from the officers of the Joint Venture Company in order to determine whether such statute of limitations has expired);

 

(E)    a copy of this Agreement, together with any amendments;

 

(F)    copies of any financial statements of the Joint Venture Company and its Subsidiaries for the greater of its seven (7) most recent years or all open taxable years;

 

(G)    copies of all Proposed Business Plans, Approved Business Plans, Member Business Plans and Operating Plans;

 

(H)    minutes of meetings of the Members, the Board of Managers, and any other committee appointed by the Board of Managers from time to time and all written consents in lieu of a meeting;

 

(I)    copies of all contracts and agreements to which the Joint Venture Company is a party; and

 

(J)    any other records required to be maintained by the Act.

 

10.2    Access to Information .

 

(A)    To the extent not in violation of Applicable Law, each Member and its agents (which may include employees of the Member or the Member’s independent certified accountants) shall have the right, at any reasonable time, to inspect, review, copy and audit (or

 

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cause to be audited) at the expense of the inspecting Member any and all properties, assets, books of account, corporate records, contracts, documentation and any other material of the Joint Venture Company or any of its Subsidiaries, at the request of the inspecting Member. Upon such request, the Joint Venture Company and each of its relevant Subsidiaries shall use reasonable efforts to make available to such inspecting Member the Joint Venture Company’s accountants and key employees for interviews to verify information furnished or to enable such Member to otherwise review the Joint Venture Company or any of its Subsidiaries and their operations. Such availability is conditioned upon the terms and conditions of the Confidentiality Agreement.

 

(B)    The Members recognize that the Joint Venture Company may, from time to time, be in possession of Competitively Sensitive Information belonging to a Member or its Relatives, and in no event shall a Member be entitled to access any Competitively Sensitive Information of the other Member or its Relatives in the possession of the Joint Venture Company. The Joint Venture Company shall maintain procedures reasonably acceptable to both Members (including requiring that the Members use reasonable efforts to label or otherwise identify Competitively Sensitive Information as such) to ensure that the Joint Venture Company will not disclose or provide Competitively Sensitive Information of one Member or its Relatives to the other Member (other than to a Joint Venture Company employee or to a Seconded Employee of the other Member to the extent required for such employee or Seconded Employee to perform his or her duties for the Joint Venture Company) or any third party unless such disclosure is specifically requested by the Member or its Relatives providing such Competitively Sensitive Information. The Joint Venture Company shall not be liable for inadvertent disclosures of Competitively Sensitive Information that was not labeled or identified as such.

 

(C)    Upon request, each Member agrees to use reasonable efforts to provide the other Member and the Joint Venture Company with reasonable access to those portions of its facilities and to those items of its and its Relatives’ equipment that are being used to provide services to the Joint Venture Company, and to those employees who are providing services to the Joint Venture Company, to verify information regarding such operations or enable such Member and the Joint Venture Company to otherwise review the services being provided to the Joint Venture Company.

 

10.3    Operations Reports . Subject to Section 10.2(B), the Joint Venture Company and each of its Subsidiaries shall provide both Members with all quarterly, monthly and weekly reporting packages containing such manufacturing and production reports as may be required to be delivered under any agreement with, or otherwise requested by, either Member.

 

10.4    Financial Reports . The Joint Venture Company and each of its Subsidiaries shall provide the Members the following:

 

(A)    Monthly Reports .

 

(1)    for each Fiscal Month, the Joint Venture Company, and if requested, each of its Subsidiaries, shall provide each Member with the following monthly reports prepared in accordance with Modified GAAP consistently applied, and in accordance with any other accounting principles under which such information must

 

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be prepared by the Joint Venture Company or such Subsidiaries under applicable legal or contractual requirements, in each case within the time period specified below:

 

(a)    Monthly Flash Report within eight (8) days after the end of each Fiscal Month;

 

(b)    monthly cash flow report within fifteen (15) days after the end of each Fiscal Month;

 

(c)    month-end balance sheet within fifteen (15) days after the end of each Fiscal Month;

 

(d)    monthly profit and loss statement within fifteen (15) days after the end of each Fiscal Month;

 

(e)    monthly operational spending summary within fifteen (15) days after the end of each Fiscal Month; and

 

(f)    such other reports as may be required to be delivered under any agreement with, or otherwise reasonably requested by, either Member.

 

(2)    With respect to each of the monthly reports set forth in Section 10.4(A)(1), each Member may provide a sample format for such monthly report as is necessary and appropriate.

 

(B)    Quarterly Reports . (1) As soon as available, but not later than twenty (20) days after the end of each Fiscal Quarter (other than Fiscal Quarters ending on the last day of a Fiscal Year, provided that the information required by this Section 10.4(B) will be included in the reports delivered pursuant to Section 10.4(C) below for the Fiscal Year ending on such date), the Joint Venture Company shall provide to each Member a consolidated balance sheet of the Joint Venture Company as of the end of such period and consolidated statements of income, cash flows and changes in Members’ equity, as applicable, for such Fiscal Quarter and for the period commencing at the end of the previous Fiscal Year and ending with the end of such period, setting forth in each case in comparative form the corresponding figures for the corresponding period of the preceding Fiscal Year and including comparisons to the Approved Business Plan, each prepared in accordance with Modified GAAP and in accordance with any other accounting principles under which such information must be prepared by the Joint Venture Company or such Subsidiaries under applicable legal or contractual requirements. The Lead Controller shall discuss with the Members such quarterly financial data and the business outlook of the Joint Venture Company and its Subsidiaries and shall be available to respond to questions from the Members regarding such data and outlook.

 

(2)    In addition, as soon as available, but not later than thirty (30) days after the end of each Fiscal Quarter, the Joint Venture Company shall provide to each Member a consolidated balance sheet of the Joint Venture Company as of the end of each Fiscal Quarter and consolidated statements of income and changes in Members’ equity, as applicable, for such Fiscal Quarter and for the period commencing at the end of the previous Fiscal Year and ending with the end of such period, setting forth in each case in

 

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comparative form the corresponding figures for the corresponding period of the preceding Fiscal Year (to the extent such comparison is appropriate), each prepared in accordance with GAAP and in accordance with any other accounting principles under which such information must be prepared by the Joint Venture Company or such Subsidiaries under applicable legal or contractual requirements. The Joint Venture Company shall also provide a reconciliation that describes and quantifies the differences between the consolidated financial statements prepared in accordance with GAAP or such other legal or contractual requirement, as applicable, and the consolidated financial statements prepared in accordance with Modified GAAP. The non-Consolidating Member may reasonably request that the Consolidating Member use its reasonable efforts to engage the Consolidating Member’s external auditor to perform certain agreed-upon procedures with respect to such reconciliation. Upon such request, the Consolidating Member shall not unreasonably deny or delay such request. The non-Consolidating Member shall promptly reimburse the Consolidating Member for the incremental costs incurred by the Consolidating Member with respect to the performance of such agreed-upon procedures by the Consolidating Member’s external auditor.

 

(C)    Annual Audit . As soon as available, but not later than ninety (90) days after the end of the first Fiscal Year of the Joint Venture Company ended August 31, 2007, and not later than sixty (60) days after the end of each Fiscal Year of the Joint Venture Company thereafter, audited consolidated financial statements of the Joint Venture Company and its Subsidiaries, which shall include statements of revenues and expenses, of cash flows and of changes in Members’ equity, as applicable, for such Fiscal Year and a balance sheet as of the last day thereof, each prepared in accordance with Modified GAAP, consistently applied, and in compliance with any other accounting principles under which such information must be prepared by the Joint Venture Company or such Subsidiaries under applicable legal or contractual requirements and accompanied by the report of a firm of independent certified public accountants selected from time to time by the Board of Managers (the " Accountants ").

 

(D)    Right to Audit . Either Member may conduct a separate audit of the Joint Venture Company’s financial statements and internal controls over financing reporting at its own expense, and the Members agree to use all reasonable efforts to coordinate the timing of any separate audits that any Member elects to conduct.

 

10.5    Reportable Events .

 

(A)    The Joint Venture Company shall provide notice to the Members of any Member Reportable Event as soon as possible and in any event no later than [***] ([***]) days following the occurrence of said event. The following events shall be " Member Reportable Events ":

 

(1)    any action by the Joint Venture Company or a Subsidiary of the Joint Venture Company that will result in recording an impairment of assets of the Joint Venture Company or any of its Subsidiaries, including without limitation, intangibles, goodwill, fixed assets, accounts receivable and inventory, that is expected to exceed $[***], individually or when aggregating other similar assets impaired at the same time;

 

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(2)    any decision to shutdown a business unit, close a facility, dispose of long-lived assets or terminate employees (in a FAS 146 plan of termination) whereby the Joint Venture Company or a Subsidiary of the Joint Venture Company may incur an accounting charge that would exceed $[***];

 

(3)    entry by the Joint Venture Company or a Subsidiary of the Joint Venture Company into any off-balance sheet arrangement (unconsolidated transactions with a third party under which the entity retains or has a contingent interest in transferred assets or is obligated under derivative instruments classified in equity, or with a third party that constitutes a "variable interest entity" under FIN 46);

 

(4)    the execution, amendment or termination of a contract that meets one of the following thresholds:

 

(a)    patent, copyright or trademark license requiring payment of more than $[***];

 

(b)    technology licenses requiring payment of more than $[***];

 

(c)    contracts for supply of equipment or materials (i) from either a sole source (single qualified source or true sole source), a supplier with only one site, or a supplier located only in a "high risk" geographic area and (ii) where interruption of supply may cause a key Joint Venture Product to experience a launch delay or production interruption with revenue impact of more than $[***] in a ninety (90)-day period; and

 

(d)    other contracts with a value in excess of $[***]; and

 

(5)    entry into any short-term debt (payable within one year), long-term debt, capital lease, operating lease or guaranty in excess of $[***].

 

(B)    The Joint Venture Company shall provide notice to the Members of any Joint Venture Reportable Event as soon as possible and in any event no later than [***] ([***]) days after the Joint Venture Company becomes aware of such Joint Venture Reportable Event. The following events shall be " Joint Venture Reportable Events ":

 

(1)    receipt by the Joint Venture Company or any of its Subsidiaries of an offer to buy an Interest in the Joint Venture Company or any of its Subsidiaries or a significant amount of its assets or to merge or consolidate with the Joint Venture Company or any of its Subsidiaries, or any indication of interest from any Person with respect to any such transaction;

 

(2)    the commencement, or threat delivered in writing, of any lawsuit involving the Joint Venture Company or any of its Subsidiaries;

 

(3)    the receipt by the Joint Venture Company or any of its Subsidiaries of a notice that the Joint Venture Company or any of its Subsidiaries is in default under

 

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any loan agreement to which the Joint Venture Company or any of its Subsidiaries is a party;

 

(4)    any breach by the Joint Venture Company or any of its Subsidiaries or a Member or an Affiliate of a Member of any contract, agreement or understanding between the Joint Venture Company or any of its Subsidiaries and a Member or an Affiliate of a Member;

 

(5)    any recall of, or other significant alleged product defects with respect to, any product manufactured by the Joint Venture Company or any of its Subsidiaries, whether or not as a result of a request or order by any Governmental Entity;

 

(6)    any material adverse change with respect to the current status of any item of intellectual property rights owned by the Joint Venture Company or any of its Subsidiaries (" Intellectual Property Rights "), including receipt of any adverse notice from any Governmental Entity with respect to such item of Intellectual Property Rights and notice of any action taken or threatened by any third party that could affect the validity of any item of Intellectual Property Rights;

 

(7)    the removal or resignation of the Accountants for the Joint Venture Company, or any adoption, or material modification, of any significant accounting policy or tax policy other than those required by GAAP or any other legal or contractual requirements applicable to the Joint Venture Company (if any such legal or contractual requirement is different); or

 

(8)    any other event that has had, or could reasonably be expected to have, a material adverse effect on the business, results of operations, financial condition or assets of the Joint Venture Company or any of its Subsidiaries.

 

10.6    Tax Information .

 

(A)    Estimated Tax Information . The Lead Controller shall deliver to each Member, on or prior to the date that is ninety (90) days following the end of each Joint Venture Company Fiscal Year, an estimate of the Singapore taxable income of the Joint Venture Company for such Fiscal Year.

 

(B)    Tax Returns . The Lead Controller shall deliver to each Member, on or prior to the date that is one hundred twenty (120) days following the end of each Joint Venture Company Fiscal Year, a draft of the Singapore income tax computation (and related attachments including a copy of the certified true and correct financial statements of the Joint Venture Company and a draft return of contributed capital of each Member) of the Joint Venture Company for such Fiscal Year. Each Member shall have fifteen (15) days to review such tax returns and provide written comments thereon to the Joint Venture Company, and to the extent the Joint Venture Company does not intend to incorporate such comments into such tax returns the Joint Venture Company and the Members shall attempt to resolve any disagreements within fifteen (15) days after the delivery of such comments to the Joint Venture Company. If the Members and the Joint Venture Company are unable to resolve any disputes regarding the content of such tax returns within such fifteen (15)-day period, the issue or issues shall be

 

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referred for resolution to a partner at a "Big 4" accounting firm (or other nationally recognized accounting firm) reasonably acceptable to the Members and the Joint Venture Company, who shall be requested to resolve open issues, on the basis of the position most likely to be sustained if challenged in a court having initial jurisdiction over the matter (which for Singapore tax issues shall be deemed to be the Singapore court), no later than one hundred eighty (180) days following the end of such Fiscal Year. The decision of such accounting firm shall be final and binding on the Members and the Joint Venture Company, and the costs of such accounting firm shall be Joint Venture Company costs. The Joint Venture Company shall deliver final income tax returns (and related attachments, including a copy of the final tax computation, a copy of the certified true and correct financial statements of the Joint Venture Company and the return of contributed capital of each Member) to the Members within two hundred twenty (220) days after the end of each Fiscal Year of the Joint Venture Company, but not prior to the resolution of disputes among the Members and the Joint Venture Company with respect to such tax returns; provided that if such tax returns become due (taking into account extensions of time to file, which the Joint Venture Company shall seek as necessary to avoid the delinquent filing of its tax returns) they shall be filed as determined by the Joint Venture Company and shall be amended and re-filed as required by the outcome of the referral to the accounting firm as provided herein.

 

10.7    Tax Matters and Precedent Partner . The [***] at the end of a given Fiscal Year (or, if there is no [***] at such time, the Member that served as the Precedent Partner for the prior year) shall serve as the " Precedent Partner " for the purpose of Sections 62 and 71 of the Singapore Income Tax Act (" ITA ") and in any similar capacity under Singapore or foreign law for such year. The Precedent Partner shall supply such information to the Inland Revenue Authority of Singapore (" IRAS ") and to the other Member as may be necessary to cause the other Member to comply with the ITA. The Precedent Partner shall keep each Member informed of any administrative or judicial proceeding relative to any adjustment or proposed adjustment at the Joint Venture Company level of Joint Venture Company items, and shall provide the other Member with notice and an opportunity to participate in significant meetings or other proceedings (both in person and by telephone), preparation of correspondence and other significant events with respect to taxes pertaining to the Joint Venture Company. Without the prior written approval of all Members, the Precedent Partner shall not (a) enter into any settlement agreement with the IRAS which purports to bind or otherwise could adversely affect Persons other than the Precedent Partner and any Members who agree in writing to be bound by such agreement, (b) file a petition or similar proceeding as contemplated by the ITA, (c) intervene in any action as contemplated by the ITA, (d) file any request as contemplated by the ITA, (e) enter into an agreement extending the period of limitation as contemplated by the ITA, (f) take any actions comparable to those described in clauses (a) through (e) under Singapore or foreign tax law or (g) take any other action in its capacity as Precedent Partner that could significantly affect the tax liability of the other Member.

 

10.8    Bank Accounts and Funds . Except as otherwise provided in Section 2.2, Joint Venture Company funds, including cash Capital Contributions, shall be deposited in an interest-bearing account or accounts in the name of the Joint Venture Company and shall not be commingled with the funds of any Member, Manager or any other Person. All checks, orders or withdrawals shall be signed by any one or more Persons as authorized by the Board of Managers and subject to the approval rights set forth in Section 10.9(E).

 

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10.9    Internal Controls .

 

(A)    The Joint Venture Company shall have in place a system of internal controls over financial reporting in accordance with the policies of the Consolidating Member as of the Effective Date, the design and operation of which shall be monitored and approved by the Board of Managers and the Lead Controller. Changes to the Joint Venture Company’s system of internal controls over financial reporting shall be made at the request of either Member (and if requested by the non-Consolidating Member, the non-Consolidating Member shall reimburse the Joint Venture Company for its reasonable costs incurred in implementing the changes), subject to the other Member’s approval, which approval shall not be unreasonably withheld, and, subject to the approval of the Board of Managers and the approval of the Lead Controller, which shall not be unreasonably withheld; provided , however , that in the event of a Change of Consolidating Member, the internal controls over financial reporting and accounting systems of the Joint Venture Company shall, at the Joint Venture Company’s expense, be modified as necessary to satisfy the new Consolidating Member’s requirements relating to internal controls over financial reporting, and such Member shall be entitled to receive the information and perform th


 
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