Exhibit 10.1
CONFIDENTIAL TREATMENT - Asterisked
material has been
omitted and filed separately with the Securities
and Exchange
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confidential treatment.
SUPPLY AGREEMENT
T HIS S UPPLY A GREEMENT (the “Agreement”) is effective as of
September 29th, 2008 (the “Effective Date”) by and
between Delta Electronics, Inc., an R.O.C. corporation having its
principal place of business at 186 Ruey Kuang Road, Neihu Taipei
11491 Taiwan, R.O.C. (hereafter referred to as “DEI”),
and PECO II, Inc., an Ohio corporation having its principal place
of business at 1376 State Highway 598, Galion, Ohio 44833
(hereafter referred to as “PECO”).
W HEREAS , DEI,
DEI Logistics (USA) Corporation (with respect to Section 19.14
only) and PECO entered into a Strategic Supply Agreement, dated
March 28, 2006, as amended by Amendment No. 1 to Supply
Agreement, and Amendment No. 2 to Strategic Supply Agreement
(as amended, the “Prior Agreement”); and
W HEREAS , each
of DEI and PECO desire to terminate and supersede the Prior
Agreement
N OW ,
T HEREFORE
, for good and valuable
consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which is hereby
acknowledged, the parties hereby agree as follows:
1. E XHIBITS AND D EFINITIONS .
1.1 Exhibits
. The following Exhibits are
incorporated into and made a part of this Agreement. These Exhibits
may be modified or adjusted as provided for in this
Agreement.
1.1.1 Exhibit A – Products
1.1.2 Exhibit B – Pricing
1.1.3 Exhibit C – Minimum Order
requirements
1.2 Definitions
. As used in this Agreement, the
terms defined below shall have the following meanings:
1.2.1 “ Affiliate ” means
any entity which directly or indirectly controls, or is under
common control with, or is controlled by, such party. As used in
this definition, “control” (and its correlative
meanings, “controlled by” and “under common
control with”) shall mean possession, directly or indirectly,
of power to direct or cause the direction of management or policies
(whether through beneficial ownership of securities or other
ownership interests, by contract or otherwise).
1.2.2 “ Business Day ” means
a day that is not Saturday, Sunday or a statutory or civic holiday
in the State of Ohio or any other day on which banking institutions
are not required to be open in the State of Ohio.
1.2.3 “ DEI System ” means a
System principally designed and manufactured by DEI as supplied to
PECO pursuant to this Agreement.
1.2.4 “ DEI Technology ”
means (i) any and all Technology with respect to, related to
and/or derived from the Products, and (ii) any and all
Technology developed solely by DEI. For clarification, a PECO
System includes DEI Technology because it necessarily incorporates
a Module. PECO products that do not include Modules are not covered
under this definition.
1.2.5 “ Documentation ”
means the user manuals, reference manuals, guides or portions
thereof, supplied by DEI to PECO and which DEI may update from time
to time.
1.2.6 “ Intellectual Property
Rights ” means any or all of the following and all
rights in, arising out of, or associated therewith: (1) all
United States and foreign patents and utility models and
applications therefor and all reissues, divisions, re-examinations,
renewals, extensions, provisionals, continuations and
continuations-in-part thereof, and equivalent or similar rights
anywhere in the world in inventions and discoveries including
without limitation, invention disclosures; (2) all trade
secrets and other rights in know-how and confidential or
proprietary information; (3) all copyrights, copyrights
registrations and applications therefor and all other rights
corresponding thereto throughout the world; (4) all industrial
designs and any registrations and applications therefor throughout
the world; (5) all rights in World Wide Web addresses and
domain names and applications and registrations therefor;
(6) all rights in trade names, trade dress, logos, common law
trademarks and service marks, trademark and service mark
registrations and applications therefor and all goodwill associated
therewith throughout the world; and (7) any similar
corresponding or equivalent foreign rights to any of the foregoing
anywhere in the world, including moral rights.
1.2.7 “ Modules ” means
DEI’s proprietary modules, including converters, rectifiers
and inverters, as set forth on Exhibit A.
1.2.8 “ Order ” means a
written description of the name and quantity of Products PECO
desires to purchase that is sent to DEI pursuant to
Section 3.2.1 hereof.
1.2.9 “ PECO System ” means
a System offered by PECO to PECO customers that incorporates at
least one (1) Module and may include the addition of other
components purchased from DEI, but exclusive of DEI
System.
1.2.10 “ Person ” means any
individual, corporation, partnership, firm, association, joint
venture, joint stock company, trust, unincorporated organization or
other entity, including any governmental entity.
1.2.11 “ Prices ” means the
prices for Products as set forth in Exhibit B or any amendment
of Exhibit B as shall be agreed to, in writing, by DEI and
PECO.
1.2.12 “ Products ” means the
Modules and/or DEI Systems as listed in Exhibit A including
any improvements, updates, modifications, and derivatives thereof
furnished to PECO by DEI or by PECO to DEI during the Term of this
Agreement, and any such other DEI products as DEI and PECO shall,
from time to time, agree, in writing, to add to Exhibit A. It
is understood that the provision of any such improvements, updates,
modifications, and derivatives shall be at DEI’s sole
discretion and may be subject to additional fees and/or additional
terms and conditions. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in no event
shall “Products” include any products, components, or
other assets that are acquired, received, attained, procured or
otherwise obtained by DEI in connection with a Transaction
occurring during the term hereof. “Transaction,” as
used in this provision above, means any transaction entered into by
DEI, whereby DEI (i) acquires any person (or related group of
persons) whether by tender or exchange offer made directly to the
stockholders, open market purchases or any other transaction or
series of transactions, of fifty percent (50%) (or the such
lesser percentage as is permitted in those jurisdictions where the
maximum percentage permitted by law is lower than 50%) or more of
the capital stock entitled to elect the members of the board of
directors or other analogous governing body of such entity,
(ii) enters into a merger, reverse merger or consolidation
with any person (or related group of persons); or
(iii) otherwise acquires through asset sale or otherwise all
or any portion of the business or assets of any other
person.
1.2.13 “ System ” means a
complete self-contained unit (cabinet), capable of providing a
primary function and that incorporates one (1) or more
subsystems or products.
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1.2.14 “ Technology ” means
any or all of the following: (1) works of authorship
including, without limitation, computer programs, algorithms,
routines, source code and executable code, whether embodied in
software or otherwise, and documentation provided for use
therewith; (2) inventions (whether or not patentable) and
improvements; (3) proprietary and confidential information,
including, without limitation, technical data and customer and
supplier lists, trade secrets, know how and techniques;
(4) databases, data compilations and collections;
(5) processes, tools, devices, methods, prototypes,
schematics, bread boards, net lists, mask works, test methodologies
and hardware development tools; and (6) all instantiations of
the foregoing in any form and embodied in any media.
2. R IGHTS .
2.1 Rights
.
2.1.1 Subject to the terms of this Agreement, DEI
grants PECO, and PECO accepts, a nontransferable right to purchase
and incorporate Modules into PECO Systems and to market, promote,
sell and distribute the Modules, PECO Systems and/or the DEI
Systems to PECO customers. Modules may only be distributed in their
unmodified form, as originally received from DEI, or as modified by
DEI (except that Modules may be incorporated into PECO Systems as
set forth herein). PECO may modify the DEI Systems (exclusive of
Modules) purchased hereunder to conform with the specifications of
PECO customers.
2.1.2 PECO shall ensure that the Products are
accurately represented to PECO customers as to quality, function,
purpose and compatibility.
2.2 Proprietary Rights; No
Modification . PECO shall
not remove, alter, cover or obfuscate any copyright notices or
other proprietary rights notices placed on or embedded in the
Products by DEI and all Products distributed by PECO shall contain
the copyright and other proprietary notices in the same manner in
which DEI incorporates such notices on or in the Products. PECO
agrees to take all reasonable steps to protect the Products and
Documentation from unauthorized copy or use. Any source code in the
Products represents and embodies trade secrets of DEI or PECO. Such
source code and embodied trade secrets are not licensed to PECO or
DEI and any modification, addition, or deletion is strictly
prohibited. PECO or DEI shall not, and shall not allow any Person
to, modify, alter, reverse engineer, disassemble or decompile the
Products or any portion thereof, and PECO shall use commercially
reasonable efforts to enforce such restrictions.
3. F ORECASTS , O RDERING , D ELIVERY , AND A CCEPTANCE .
3.1 Forecasts
. On or before the first day of each
month (“Forecast Date”) during the Term, PECO shall
provide DEI with a non-binding six (6) month rolling Product
specific purchase forecast for Orders for the Products.
3.2 Orders
.
3.2.1 Any Order by PECO shall be deemed a firm
commitment to take the goods specified and shall be binding upon
PECO. Orders must be received by DEI not less than sixty
(60) days prior to the requested shipping date
(“Leadtime”). Orders shall be sent in writing by
letter, email or fax, shall specify requested shipping dates and
shall be subject to written acceptance by DEI. PECO may use its
standard purchase order form or other document to order Products;
however, the terms and conditions of this Agreement shall supersede
any different, conflicting, or additional terms on PECO’s
order forms and all such terms are hereby specifically objected to
and will be of no force or effect. All Orders must, at a minimum,
include the Product name/description, quantity (by Product), and
the applicable price, as well as such other information as DEI may
reasonably request from time to time. Further, PECO agrees that it
shall not submit an Order for less than the number of units of
Product specified in Exhibit C without
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DEI’s prior written approval. DEI reserves
the right to accept or reject Orders from PECO that are not in
accordance with pricing and terms of this Agreement. Orders or
changes to Orders will not be accepted over the
telephone.
3.2.2 DEI will use reasonable efforts to process and
ship all Orders in accordance with requested delivery dates. DEI
reserves the right to add, delete from, or modify, upon at least
thirty (30) days advance notice to PECO, the design, model or
specifications of the Products. DEI further shall notify PECO one
hundred eighty (180) days prior to a discontinuance of
manufacture, sales or license of any product covered by this
Agreement. DEI or its Affiliate shall be committed to, at
PECO’s expense, supporting parts and technical assistance of
discontinued Products ten (10) years from the date any Product
is discontinued, provided that the parts for such Products are
available in the market.
3.3 Cancellations and
re-scheduling window.
The parties agree that PECO shall be
limited to the cancellation liabilities set forth in the table
below and that PECO and DEI agree to rescheduling terms in the
table below, both in the event of a change by PECO in any purchase
order.
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Period
before ex-factory date
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Cancellation
Charges
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Re-scheduling Window
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Less than 2
weeks
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Finished
goods, WIP, and materials
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No delivery
re-scheduling or cancellation is allowed
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2 to 4
weeks
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WIP and
materials
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Delivery
re-scheduling request may be discussed mutually, depending on the
material and production status.
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4 to 8
weeks
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Materials
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8 weeks or
more
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No
Liabilities
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3.4 Inspection.
DEI will perform out going
inspection and implement Quality Assurance procedures in
conformance with product specifications. PECO will perform
inspection of Products purchased from DEI, depending on, but not
limited to, Product complexity, Product performance history, risk
of nonconforming material, direct ship to stock status of DEI, each
according to PECO quality procedures. DEI will be notified as soon
as reasonably practicable, normally within three (3) Business
Days of receipt but in any event no more than fifteen
(15) Business Days of any nonconforming material found in any
Products, whether in receiving inspection or any point within the
manufacturing process. If nonconforming material is identified in a
Product, PECO will notify DEI in writing regarding any Products
that materially fail to meet DEI’s published Product
specifications. Depending on various factors, including but not
limited to PECO customers demand or complexity of repairs, PECO and
DEI will jointly decide the best method to resolve the
nonconformance which may include a return of the Products to DEI,
repairs by PECO, or some form of both. If both DEIC and PECO agree
to return Products to DEI, PECO shall request from DEI a return
material authorization (a “RMA”), either by e-mail,
mail or telefax following a proper explanation of the rejection.
Returns shall be performed in accordance with DEI’s RMA
procedure. Upon the condition that DEI agrees, rejected goods
should be returned freight prepaid to DEI within ten business days
of rejection and receipt from DEI of a return authorization. As
promptly as possible, but not later than sixty (60) days after
receipt by DEI of properly rejected Products, DEI shall, at its
option and expense, either repair or replace such Products. The
party shipping Products pursuant to this Section 3.4 shall
bear the entire risk of loss for Products during shipment. Any
insurance proceeds payable in respect to any loss for any Products
to the extent of any loss incurred during shipment shall be paid to
the party bearing the risk of loss for such Products to the extent
of the loss incurred. DEI shall reimburse PECO for any costs of
transportation incurred by PECO in connection with the return to
DEI of properly rejected Products. In the case of improperly
rejected or returned Products, PECO shall pay transportation
charges in both directions.
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4. P RICES AND S HIPPING T ERMS .
4.1 Prices.
Pricing and shipping terms for
products is set forth in Exhibit B. The parties agree to negotiate
in good faith a new product/volume pricing matrix by [*], which
upon written acceptance by the parties shall replace the current
Exhibit B. Subject to the provisions of this Section 4, prices
shall be firm for a period of [*] following the adoption of the new
product/volume pricing matrix by the parties. After the expiration
of [*] following the adoption of the new product/volume-pricing
matrix, DEI may change the prices, upon thirty (30) day
written notification to PECO. During the [*] of period, DEI is
entitled to change the prices if the material costs increase.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, if DEI and PECO mutually agree on
specially modified pricing for the Products with respect to a PECO
customers and a specific project, such specially modified pricing
shall supersede and replace the pricing for such Products and
project as stated in Exhibit B with respect solely to such PECO
customers and project and such specially modified pricing shall
remain in effect for the full term of any agreement entered into by
PECO and such PECO customers with respect to such Products and
project.
4.2 [*]
4.3 Payment Terms.
Payment for Product purchased by
PECO shall be paid in US dollars to DEI [*] from the date of each
invoice. [*] BUYER shall effect the payment by electronic
remittance. In the event that PECO fails to make payment on time
for any invoice, DEI reserves the right to stop
shipping.
4.3.1 BUYER shall effect the payment by electronic
remittance. In the event that PECO fails to make payment on time
for any invoice, DEI reserves the right to stop
shipping.
4.3.2 DEI may, at its discretion, declare all sums
immediately due and payable in the event of a breach by PECO of any
of its material obligations to DEI under this Agreement, including
but not limited to, the failure of PECO to comply with credit
terms.
4.3.3 Interest shall accrue upon any delinquent
payments owed by PECO as to which DEI has made a final written
demand for payment, at the maximum rate allowed by London Interbank
Offered Rate (LIBOR). In the event that it becomes necessary for
DEI to institute litigation to collect sums owed by PECO, PECO
shall be responsible for reasonable attorney’s fees and other
costs incurred by DEI in connection with such litigation, if DEI
prevails therein.
4.4 Taxes.
Prices do not include and are net of
any foreign or domestic governmental taxes or charges of any kind
that may be applicable to the sale, licensing, marketing, or
distribution of the Products, including without limitation excise,
sales, use, property, license, value-added taxes, franchise,
income, withholding or similar taxes, customs or other import
duties or other taxes, tariffs or duties other than taxes. Any such
taxes shall be the sole responsibility of PECO.
5. O THER O BLIGATIONS OF PECO. PECO’s obligations under this Agreement
shall, without limitation, include the following:
5.1 Services.
PECO shall be solely responsible for
order processing, customer service to PECO customers and inventory
maintenance.
5.2 Training.
DEI may from time to time conduct
training programs. The reasonable costs for attending such training
sessions provided by DEI, such as travel and lodging, shall be
PECO’s sole responsibility.
5.3 Compliance.
PECO acknowledges that it is
familiar with and will comply with and be solely responsible for
its obligations under all laws, rules and regulations related to
distribution and/or sale of the Modules, DEI Systems and/or PECO
Systems, as applicable. PECO shall keep a record of all written and
oral complaints concerning the Products. PECO shall
promptly
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inform DEI of all suspected Product defects,
safety problems or any information associated with the safety of
the Product and shall promptly notify DEI in writing of any third
party dispute involving a Product.
5.4 Indemnity.
At DEI’s option and election,
PECO shall indemnify, defend and hold DEI and any of its officers,
directors, employees, agents, investors, shareholders,
administrators, affiliates, related companies, divisions,
subsidiaries, predecessor and successor corporations, and harmless
from and against any claims, suits, losses, damages, liabilities,
costs and expenses (including reasonable attorney’s fees)
incurred by DEI arising from or relating to personal injury, death
or property damage, arising out of or related to(i) PECO’s
modifications of Products/DEI Systems, (ii) DEI's manufacture
of any Product in compliance with PECO's design, tooling,
specification, instruction, and/or using any of PECO's designated
or consigned material, component or part, or (iii) abuse,
misuse, neglect, repair, alteration, modification, tampering,
improper transportation, installation, operation, testing, storage
or maintenance; provided that DEI promptly notifies PECO in writing
of any such claim and promptly tenders the control of the defense
and settlement of any such claim to PECO at PECO’s expense
and with PECO’s choice of counsel. DEI shall cooperate with
PECO, at PECO’s expense, in defending or settling such claim
and DEI may join in defense with counsel of its choice at its own
expense.
6. O THER O BLIGATIONS OF DEI. DEI shall have the following obligations under
this Agreement:
6.1 Marketing and
Promotion. DEI shall
provide PECO with electronic copies of sales aids, data sheets,
product profiles, brochures, and other materials to assist PECO in
the promotion and sales of Products. Additional marketing materials
will be made available to PECO in accordance with DEI’s then
current policy regarding same. PECO may copy and/or translate some
or all of such literature and advertising copy and incorporate such
in its own product literature. In the event that PECO elects to
copy and/or translate materials provided by DEI, all materials
provided by Distribution shall include all copyright, trademark and
other proprietary legends included in the original material
furnished by DEI and DEI shall own all rights in such
translations.
6.2 Indemnity.
At PECO’s option and election,
DEI shall indemnify, defend and hold the PECO and any of its
officers, directors, employees, agents, investors, shareholders,
administrators, affiliates, related companies, divisions,
subsidiaries, predecessor and successor corporations, and assigns
harmless from and against any claims, suits, losses, damages,
liabilities, costs and expenses (including reasonable
attorney’s fees) incurred by PECO arising from or relating to
personal injury, death or property damage, arising out of or
related to unmodified Modules and DEI Systems, as delivered by
DEI,; provided that PECO promptly notifies DEI in writing of any
such claim and promptly tenders the control of the defense and
settlement of any such claim to DEI at DEI’s expense and with
DEI’s choice of counsel. PECO shall cooperate with DEI, at
DEI’s expense, in defending or settling such cl