AMENDMENT 15 TO PRODUCT
PURCHASE AGREEMENT
This AMENDMENT
15 (the “Amendment”) supplements that certain Product
Purchase Agreement No.1526-0331701 (the “Agreement”)
which has an effective date of December 16, 2002 and which is
by and between Hewlett-Packard Company (herein “HP”)
and Brocade Communications Systems, Inc. and Brocade Communications
Switzerland SARL (collectively referred to herein as
“Supplier”).
WHEREAS, HP and
Supplier have previously entered into the Agreement stated
above;
WHEREAS, the
purpose of this Amendment is to set forth commercial and other
terms and conditions for OEM Product sold by Supplier and purchased
by HP pursuant to the Agreement; and
WHEREAS, HP and
Supplier desire to supplement the Agreement as herein
provided.
NOW, THEREFORE,
for good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of
which are hereby acknowledged, HP and Supplier hereby agree as
follows:
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1.
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The
effective date (“Effective Date”) of this Amendment is
February 1, 2009.
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2.
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Capitalized terms used herein,
unless otherwise defined, will have the meanings given in the
Agreement.
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3.
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This Amendment is subject to the
Agreement, and in the event of any conflict between a provision of
the Agreement and a provision in this Amendment, then the provision
of the Agreement will govern, unless this Amendment expressly
states otherwise with specific reference to those provisions in
this Amendment that will supersede conflicting provisions in the
Agreement.
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4.
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This Amendment may be signed in
original or emailed counterparts, and each counterpart will be
considered an original, but all of which together will constitute
one and the same instrument.
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5.
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This Amendment adds Supplier’s
HP branded [**] products (referred to herein as “[**]
Product”) and Supplier’s HP branded [**] products
(referred to herein as “[**] Product”) as OEM Products
purchased under the Agreement.
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6.
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In
addition to the terms and conditions of the Agreement, the
following terms, contained herein, apply to HP’s purchase of
the [**] Product.
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7.
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Definitions:
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a.
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“Gross Spend” means the
[**] of all [**] for all CPL listed OEM Products issued by Supplier
to HP in an HP fiscal quarter.
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b.
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“HP SAN Environment”
means a set of equipment including but not limited to servers,
storage and switches specified by HP to support HP OEM [**]
Testing.
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c.
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“Shift-Left Testing”
means testing performed by Supplier for Qualification of the [**]
Product and [**] Product specific to the criteria outlined in Exit
Criteria.
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d.
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“Converged Network
Adaptors” or “CNAs” means Supplier’s HP
branded [**] that support [**].
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e.
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“Qualification” means
conformance by the [**] Product and [**] Product to the provisions
specified in the Exit Criteria. The [**] Product requirements will
be amended into Exit Criteria within 30 days after the signing
by both parties of this Amendment.
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[**]
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Certain
information on this page has been omitted and filed separately with
the Securities and Exchange Commission. Confidential treatment has
been requested with respect to the omitted portions.
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f.
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“CPL” means HP’s
Corporate Price List including a listing of all OEM Products
available for sale through HP sales channels.
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g.
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“[**] Product Qualification
Start” means February 1, 2009.
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“[**] Product Qualification
Start” means the commencement date that qualification starts
for the [**] Product with a formal technical kick-off meeting
between HP and Supplier. The actual date will be determined within
thirty (30) days after signing of this Amendment.
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i.
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“Qualification
Completion” means the [**] Product and [**] Product has
successfully met all the requirements set forth in Exit
Criteria.
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“Exit Criteria” is
defined in Section 20 of this Amendment.
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k.
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“General Availability”
is defined as the date when HP makes the [**] Product and [**]
Products orderable and available to be shipped from HP to
HP’s customers.
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“OEM Product Forecast”
refers to HP’s interlock forecast delivered to Supplier in
the month immediately proceeding a fiscal quarter forecasting all
OEM Products. This report is targeted to be delivered two
weeks prior to the commencement of HP’s next fiscal
quarter.
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8.
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Qualification Expenses; Provision of
Product and Equipment .
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a.
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Qualification Expenses. HP and
Supplier will perform all Qualification of the [**] Product and
[**] Product and Supplier will [**] HP for HP’s [**] incurred
during the Qualification of the Product. [**] HP will be made as
follows: [**] per calendar month during the time period the [**]
Product is undergoing Qualification and an additional [**] per
calendar month during the time period the [**] Product is
undergoing Qualification period up to a maximum [**] (for the
qualification [**] for both the [**] Product and the [**] Product)
of [**], however, the final [**] of these [**] are not due until HP
places the respective [**] Product or [**] Product on HP’s
Corporate Price List (“CPL”). If the Qualification of
the individual products is completed prior to the calendar end of a
month, the Supplier will [**] HP a [**] for each product equivalent
to the ratio of days Qualification was taking place in the last
month.
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b.
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The
Qualification period begins upon the [**] Product Qualification
Start and/or the [**] Product Qualification Start, as applicable.
The first[**] of the qualification [**] the fifteenth (15
th)
of the month following
qualification start and subsequent [**] on the fifteenth (15th) of
each month until the Qualification Completion of the [**] Product
and [**] Product or the maximum [**] is met, whichever occurs
first. HP will not place the [**] Products or the [**] Product on
HP’s CPL until said products meet the Exit Criteria in
Section 20. The parties acknowledge that the placement of the
[**] Product and the placement of the [**] Products onto HP’s
CPL may occur at different dates.
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c.
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Provision of Product and
Equipment .
Supplier will, upon HP’s request, provide HP [**] at [**],
for qualification purposes. In addition, Supplier will provide HP
with a [**] HP’s standard [**] Product and [**] Products that
HP elects to purchase from Supplier for Qualification.
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9.
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[**] Volume Purchases . For
HP purchases of [**] Product and [**] Product from Supplier for
resale during the time period starting from when HP includes the
[**] Product on the CPL and provided the [**] Product has completed
or is in qualification mode, through April 30, 2011 Supplier will
provide the following [**] to HP for [**] by HP. As noted in the
[**] table below, the [**] will be [**] a percentage of HP’s
[**] with Supplier per HP fiscal quarter. [**] If HP chooses to
qualify and add to HP’s CPL [**] products from Supplier, the
incremental [**] product volume will go towards the volume
thresholds specified in the [**] table below. HP will pull volume
from the hubs as required to meet customer demand and support
regional inventory strategies unless mutually agreed otherwise in
writing by the parties.
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[**] Table: Once the [**] Product is
on the CPL and provided the [**] Product has completed or has
achieved [**] Product Qualification Start, the following [**]
apply:
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[**]
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Certain
information on this page has been omitted and filed separately with
the Securities and Exchange Commission. Confidential treatment has
been requested with respect to the omitted portions.
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a.
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If
HP and/or Eligible Purchasers take receipt of a combined unit
volume of [**] Product and/or [**] Product and/or [**] between [**]
in an HP fiscal quarter, Supplier will [**] to HP [**] of
HP’s and Eligible Purchasers’ [**] with Supplier for
all OEM Products purchased by HP and HP Eligible Purchasers during
the same HP fiscal quarter.
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b.
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If
HP and/or Eligible Purchasers take receipt of a combined unit
volume of [**] Product and/or [**] Product and/or [**] between [**]
in an HP fiscal quarter, Supplier will [**] to HP [**] of
HP’s and Eligible Purchasers’ [**] with Supplier for
all OEM Products purchased by HP and HP Eligible Purchasers during
the same HP fiscal quarter.
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c.
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If
HP and/or Eligible Purchasers take receipt of a combined unit
volume of [**] Product and/or [**] Product and/or [**] between [**]
in an HP fiscal quarter, Supplier will [**] to HP [**] of
HP’s and Eligible Purchasers’ [**] with Supplier for
all OEM Products purchased by HP and HP Eligible Purchasers during
the same HP fiscal quarter.
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d.
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If
HP and/or Eligible Purchasers take receipt of a combined unit
volume of [**] Product and/or [**] Product and/or [**] between [**]
in an HP fiscal quarter, Supplier will [**] to HP [**] of
HP’s and Eligible Purchasers’ [**] with Supplier for
all OEM Products purchased by HP and HP Eligible Purchasers during
the same HP fiscal quarter.
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e.
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If
HP and/or Eligible Purchasers take receipt of a combined unit
volume of [**] Product and/or [**] Product and/or [**] between [**]
in an HP fiscal quarter, Supplier will [**] to HP [**] of
HP’s and Eligible Purchasers’ [**] with Supplier for
all OEM Products purchased by HP and HP Eligible Purchasers during
the same HP fiscal quarter.
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f.
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If
HP and/or Eligible Purchasers take receipt of a combined unit
volume of [**] Product and/or [**] Product and/or [**] of [**] or
more in an HP fiscal quarter, Supplier will [**] to HP [**] of
HP’s and Eligible Purchasers’ [**] with Supplier for
all OEM Products purchased by HP and HP Eligible Purchasers during
the same HP fiscal quarter.
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a.
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Supplier will provide [**] marketing
[**] per HP fiscal quarter to be used by either HP or Supplier to
market the [**] Product and/or [**] Product commencing with the
General Availability (GA) of the [**] Product and continuing
through Supplier’s second fiscal quarter in 2011
(FQ2’), provided that the [**] Product has completed or is in
qualification. HP will [**] Supplier for mutually approved
Marketing [**] during the period in which [**] have been incurred.
These [**] will be used for marketing activities associated with
Supplier’s HP branded [**] Products and/or [**] Products.
These [**] will not be used for marketing of [**] Products and/or
[**] Products.
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b.
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Supplier will provide [**] to be
used by either HP or Supplier, for [**] Product and/or [**] Product
launch activities. HP will collaborate with Supplier on launch
activities. [**] will be available prior to the [**] Product being
listed on the CPL, provided that the [**] Product has completed or
is in qualification. These incremental [**] and [**] launch [**]
will be planned for jointly by the parties. HP will [**] Supplier
for mutually approved Product launch [**] during the period in
which [**] have been incurred. These [**] w
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