Certain confidential
information contained in this document, marked by brackets, has
been omitted and filed separately with the Securities and Exchange
Commission pursuant to Rule 24b-2 of the Securities Exchange
Act of 1934, as amended.
This Agreement
(“Agreement”) is made and entered into as of this 1st
day of April, 2005 (the “Effective Date”), by and
between:
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POWER INTEGRATIONS INTERNATIONAL
LTD., a Cayman Islands corporation having a place of business at
P.O. Box 219, Strathvale House, North Church Street, George Town,
Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands (“POWER
INTEGRATIONS”);
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(2)
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SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION, a Japanese
corporation with a place of business at 281 Fujimi, Fujimi-machi,
Suwa-gun, Nagano-ken, 399-0293 Japan (“SEIKO
EPSON”)
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WHEREAS, SEIKO
EPSON is engaged in providing wafer foundry services for
semiconductor companies; and
WHEREAS, POWER
INTEGRATIONS is engaged in the design, development, marketing and
sale of various integrated circuit products for use in power
conversion applications; and
WHEREAS, POWER
INTEGRATIONS desires SEIKO EPSON to fabricate and supply wafers of
certain integrated circuit products, and SEIKO EPSON is willing to
fabricate and supply such wafers to POWER INTEGRATIONS in
accordance with the terms and conditions of this
Agreement.
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NOW, THEREFORE, in
consideration of the mutual covenants of the parties contained
herein, POWER INTEGRATIONS and SEIKO EPSON hereby agree as
follows:
When used
throughout this Agreement, each of the following terms shall have
the meaning indicated below:
1.1 COMMON
SPECIFICATION(S): The specifications for the production,
delivery and acceptance of the WAFERS which will be provided by
PI.
1.2
CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION: Technical information, or other
non-public information relating to PI or SUPPLIER, including
software in a human-readable or machine-readable form and
regardless of whether recorded on paper, tape, diskette or any
other media, which is disclosed by the disclosing party to the
receiving party and, subject to Section 1.3
(“CONFIDENTIAL MANUFACTURING INFORMATION”), which
(i) if first disclosed in writing or other tangible form, is
identified by appropriate legend, as confidential or, (ii) if
first disclosed orally or in other intangible form, is identified
as confidential information at the time of disclosure, and
confirmed by a written summary thereof designated, by appropriate
legend, as confidential, and delivered to the receiving party
within thirty (30) days after such oral or other intangible
disclosure. Notwithstanding the foregoing, all information
generated by the activities and actions of SUPPLIER under this
Agreement on PI’s behalf (other than SUPPLIER IMPROVEMENTS)
and any information, including all PI INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY
received by SUPPLIER, shall also be considered PI’s
CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION.
1.3
CONFIDENTIAL MANUFACTURING INFORMATION: All CONFIDENTIAL
INFORMATION of PI or SUPPLIER, as applicable, whether in written,
electronic, oral or other form, relating to the PI PROCESS or
the
Certain confidential
information contained in this document, marked by brackets, has
been omitted and filed separately with the Securities and Exchange
Commission pursuant to Rule 24b-2 of the Securities Exchange
Act of 1934, as amended.
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SUPPLIER
PROCESS, as applicable, and conveyed by the disclosing party to the
receiving party by any means including, without limitation, during
a meeting between the parties, by phone, letter, email or
facsimile, whether or not declared or marked confidential and
whether or not it is subsequently described in writing.
1.4 ENGINEERING
PRODUCTION: The production by SUPPLIER of WAFERS for
engineering development.
1.5 FOUNDRY
CAPACITY : The capacity or output as set forth in
Exhibit A (FOUNDRY CAPACITY and PI ANNUAL
FORECAST).
1.6 INDIVIDUAL
SALES CONTRACTS: Individual contracts of sale and purchase of
the WAFERS that will be concluded between SUPPLIER and PI pursuant
to this Agreement.
1.7
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS : Copyrights, patent rights,
trade secret rights, moral rights, mask work rights and all other
intellectual or proprietary rights of any kind.
1.8 MASK
SPECIFICATIONS: The specifications for the production, delivery
and acceptance of the MASK TOOLING SETS.
1.9 MAXIMUM
FOUNDRY CAPACITY ALLOCATION: The combined number of WAFERS
(including UPSIDE WAFERS) for all WAFER TYPES per month, or per
year, that SUPPLIER is obligated to supply to PI as set forth in
Exhibit A (FOUNDRY CAPACITY and PI ANNUAL
FORECAST).
1.10 MASK
TOOLING SETS: Those mask tooling sets for use in making
WAFERS.
1.11 PI:
POWER INTEGRATIONS and any of its SUBSIDIARIES.
Certain confidential
information contained in this document, marked by brackets, has
been omitted and filed separately with the Securities and Exchange
Commission pursuant to Rule 24b-2 of the Securities Exchange
Act of 1934, as amended.
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1.12 PI
IMPROVEMENTS : Any modification or change, made during
the term of this Agreement, to the PI INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY that
has been made solely by PI or made jointly by PI and
SUPPLIER.
1.13 PI
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY: The PI PROCESS, the COMMON
SPECIFICATIONS, the GDSII, the MASK TOOLING SETS insofar as they
are protected by copyright of PI, the PI IMPROVEMENTS, and all
know-how related to the foregoing.
1.14 PI
PROCESS: PI’s process technologies, which are implemented
in the SUPPLIER wafer fabrication facility to produce the WAFERS,
and of which the detailed specification is specified in the COMMON
SPECIFICATIONS, plus all PI IMPROVEMENTS.
1.15 PILOT
PRODUCTION: The production by SUPPLIER of WAFERS for the
purpose of evaluation by PI.
1.16
PRODUCTS: Any and all integrated circuit products of PI
manufactured in accordance with the PI PROCESS.
1.17 REVIEW
PERIOD: The period of time as set forth in Exhibit A (FOUNDRY
CAPACITY and PI ANNUAL FORECAST) for the parties to jointly review
the PI ANNUAL FORECAST and the FOUNDRY CAPACITY.
1.18
SUBSIDIARY: Any corporation, company or other entity in
which SUPPLIER or PI, as the case may be, owns and/or controls,
directly or indirectly, now or hereafter, more than fifty percent
(50%) of the outstanding shares of stock entitled to vote for the
election of directors or their equivalents regardless of the form
thereof (other than any shares of stock whose voting rights are
subject to restriction); provided, however, that any entity which
would be a SUBSIDIARY by
Certain confidential
information contained in this document, marked by brackets, has
been omitted and filed separately with the Securities and Exchange
Commission pursuant to Rule 24b-2 of the Securities Exchange
Act of 1934, as amended.
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reason of the
foregoing shall be considered a SUBSIDIARY only so long as such
ownership or control exists.
1.19
SUPPLIER: SEIKO EPSON and any of its
SUBSIDIARIES.
1.20 SUPPLIER
IMPROVEMENTS: Any modification or change, made during the term
of this Agreement, to the PI INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY that
(i) are made solely by SUPPLIER without use of CONFIDENTIAL
INFORMATION of PI, and (ii) SUPPLIER has a substantial use for
other than manufacturing or incorporation into PRODUCTS, and
(iii) are based solely on the SUPPLIER PROCESS.
1.21 SUPPLIER
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY: (i) The SUPPLIER PROCESS, and
(ii) the SUPPLIER IMPROVEMENTS.
1.22 SUPPLIER
PROCESS: SUPPLIER’s standard process technology steps,
from SUPPLIER owned technologies, developed exclusively by SUPPLIER
and implemented in the SUPPLIER wafer fabrication facility to
produce the WAFERS.
1.23 VOLUME
PRODUCTION: The production by SUPPLIER of WAFERS for the volume
production of PRODUCTS.
1.24
WAFER(S): Non-probed silicon wafers manufactured by SUPPLIER
for PI in accordance with the COMMON SPECIFICATION.
1.25 WAFER
TYPE . The different types of WAFERS (e.g., size, processing,
location of manufacture) as defined by the COMMON
SPECIFICATION.
Article 2: (Foundry Commitment and Forecasts)
Certain confidential
information contained in this document, marked by brackets, has
been omitted and filed separately with the Securities and Exchange
Commission pursuant to Rule 24b-2 of the Securities Exchange
Act of 1934, as amended.
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2.1 SUPPLIER
agrees to commit the FOUNDRY CAPACITY to PI up to the MAXIMUM
FOUNDRY CAPACITY ALLOCATION.
2.2 Annually,
during the term of this Agreement, PI will provide SUPPLIER with a
non-binding twelve (12) month forecast of WAFER orders by
WAFER TYPE (“PI ANNUAL FORECAST”).
2.3 Annually,
during the term of this Agreement, and during the REVIEW PERIOD
prior to the beginning of the next calendar year, SUPPLIER and PI
will jointly review the PI ANNUAL FORECAST and SUPPLIER’s
FOUNDRY CAPACITY for such next calendar year.
2.4 Annually,
during the term of this Agreement, no later than the last business
day of the REVIEW PERIOD, SUPPLIER will commit to a FOUNDRY
CAPACITY for the next calendar year, at each of the
SUPPLIER’s plants making WAFERS for PI, in an amount no less
than [*] of PI’s total WAFER purchases by WAFER TYPE during
the previous calendar year, which in no event shall exceed the
MAXIMUM FOUNDRY CAPACITY ALLOCATION.
2.5 During each
calendar year during the Term of this Agreement, SUPPLIER shall
exert best commercially reasonable efforts to accommodate up to a
[*] upside request over the current FOUNDRY CAPACITY, by WAFER TYPE
(“UPSIDE WAFERS”), upon a [*] month written advance
notice from PI, unless the current FOUNDRY CAPACITY represents [*]
of SUPPLIER’s total capacity in which case such advance
notice shall be a [*] month written notice. Notwithstanding
anything to the contrary herein, any INDIVIDUAL SALES CONTRACT for
UPSIDE WAFERS shall not be subject to rescheduling or cancellation,
and PI shall pay SUPPLIER the full price stated in such INDIVIDUAL
SALES CONTRACT.
Certain confidential
information contained in this document, marked by brackets, has
been omitted and filed separately with the Securities and Exchange
Commission pursuant to Rule 24b-2 of the Securities Exchange
Act of 1934, as amended.
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2.6 SUPPLIER can
request PI to negotiate to reduce the committed FOUNDRY CAPACITY,
by WAFER TYPE, for the then current calendar year, if SUPPLIER and
PI determine that PI will not order at least [*] of the PI ANNUAL
FORECAST by WAFER TYPE. Any negotiated reduction in FOUNDRY
CAPACITY must be agreed to by PI in writing. The FOUNDRY CAPACITY
shall be allocated equally on a monthly basis over SUPPLIER’s
fiscal year.
2.7 During the
Term of this Agreement, PI shall provide SUPPLIER, on or before a
mutually agreed day of each calendar month, a written six
(6) month rolling forecast (“PI MONTHLY FORECAST”)
of the quantity of the WAFERS of each PRODUCT within a WAFER TYPE
to be manufactured and delivered to PI during the six
(6) month period corresponding thereto. Such forecast shall be
in conformity with the FOUNDRY CAPACITY.
2.8 PI must order
at least the quantity of WAFERS by WAFER TYPE forecasted in the
first [*] months of the PI MONTHLY FORECAST unless SUPPLIER agrees
in writing to any change thereto. PI may revise the quantity for
each of the last [*] months of each PI MONTHLY FORECAST without
penalty or charge.
Article 3: (Sale and Purchase of WAFERS; MASK TOOLING
SETS)
3.1 PI shall
purchase WAFERS from SUPPLIER and SUPPLIER shall sell such WAFERS
to PI, in accordance with the terms and conditions of this
Agreement.
3.2 PI shall
submit to SUPPLIER a purchase order (“PO”) for the
WAFERS in accordance with the terms and conditions of this
Agreement. Each PO shall be subject to acceptance by SUPPLIER
through issuance of a written confirmation within five
(5) business days of receipt of the PO. Upon
SUPPLIER’s
Certain confidential
information contained in this document, marked by brackets, has
been omitted and filed separately with the Securities and Exchange
Commission pursuant to Rule 24b-2 of the Securities Exchange
Act of 1934, as amended.
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confirmation,
the PO terms of total quantity, delivery date, delivery location
and pricing shall constitute an INDIVIDUAL SALES CONTRACT which
will be deemed to incorporate all of the terms and conditions of
this Agreement.
3.3 Each confirmed
PO shall be irrevocable except as set forth in Section 2.8.
For any INDIVIDUAL SALES CONTRACT, the quantity of WAFERS, ordered
for each PRODUCT, within a WAFER TYPE can be modified by PI at any
time prior to the week the WAFERS are started so long as the total
quantity of WAFERS is not less than the original quantity ordered
for that WAFER TYPE.
3.4 All PO’s
shall be sent to Epson Electronics America, Inc., 150 River Oaks
Parkway, San Jose, CA 95134 (EEA), who shall confirm such
PO’s and invoice PI.
3.5 The GDSII for
creating MASK TOOLING SETS for WAFERS of any PRODUCT shall be
supplied by PI to a vendor specified by SUPPLIER in a timely
manner. SUPPLIER shall immediately notify PI in detail of any
defect or non-conformity in the MASK TOOLING SETS caused by
SUPPLIER or the mask vendor. If any non-conformity in the MASK
TOOLING SETS is caused by the GDSII, upon such notice, PI shall
either provide corrected GDSII and pay for corrected MASK TOOLING
SETS or, notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, PI
can cancel the INDIVIDUAL SALES CONTRACT for the affected WAFERS,
upon written notice to SUPPLIER, without any liability except for
affected WAFER work in progress (“WIP”) and WAFER
inventory that was manufactured in accordance with the PO
schedule.
3.6 PI will
procure the MASK TOOLING SETS, in accordance with the MASK
SPECIFICATIONS, from a vendor specified by SUPPLIER. SUPPLIER shall
submit the MASK SPECIFICATIONS to PI for prior approval. The cost
of production or procurement of the MASK TOOLING SETS shall be paid
by PI and
Certain confidential
information contained in this document, marked by brackets, has
been omitted and filed separately with the Securities and Exchange
Commission pursuant to Rule 24b-2 of the Securities Exchange
Act of 1934, as amended.
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the MASK
TOOLING SETS shall be owned by PI. The price and terms to PI for
the MASK TOOLING SETS shall be negotiated by SUPPLIER with such
vendor to be better than or equal to SUPPLIER’s price and
terms for other similar mask tooling sets from such
vendor.
3.7 The MASK
TOOLING SETS shall not be removed from the SUPPLIER facility where
the WAFERS are produced, except with the prior written consent of
SUPPLIER.
Article 4: (Intellectual Property Rights)
4.1 Subject to the
licenses granted to the other party in this Agreement, all
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS owned or controlled by a party as of
the Effective Date shall continue to be owned or controlled by such
party.
4.2 Subject to the
licenses granted to SUPPLIER in this Agreement, PI is and shall
remain the sole and exclusive owner of all rights (including
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS), title and interest in and to the PI
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY. PI grants SUPPLIER a limited,
non-transferable, non-exclusive royalty-free and fully paid-up
license, without the right to sublicense, under the PI INTELLECTUAL
PROPERTY for the sole purpose of using it internally to
manufacture, test, and evaluate WAFERS for PI, and to, sell and
offer to sell, WAFERS to PI. Notwithstanding any other statement in
this Agreement, the foregoing license shall not survive expiration
or termination of this Agreement. SUPPLIER may not (i) use the
PI INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY for any purpose other than to manufacture
WAFERS, or (ii) license it to any third party.
4.3 Subject to the
licenses granted to SUPPLER in this Agreement, PI shall be the sole
and exclusive owner of all right, title and interest in the PI
IMPROVEMENTS. SUPPLIER hereby irrevocably and unconditionally
transfers
Certain confidential
information contained in this document, marked by brackets, has
been omitted and filed separately with the Securities and Exchange
Commission pursuant to Rule 24b-2 of the Securities Exchange
Act of 1934, as amended.
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and assigns to
PI all of SUPPLIER’s right, title and interest worldwide in
the PI IMPROVEMENTS.
4.4 SUPPLIER will
promptly disclose to PI in writing all PI IMPROVEMENTS upon their
creation.
4.5 SUPPLIER
shall, in a timely manner and at PI’s expense, take all
reasonable actions reasonably requested by PI, to assist PI in
perfecting and enforcing its rights in the PI IMPROVEMENTS. Such
actions shall include but not be limited to execution of
assignments, patent applications and other documents.
4.6 Subject to all
of the terms and conditions of this Agreement, PI hereby grants to
SUPPLIER a non-exclusive, irrevocable, perpetual, royalty-free and
fully-paid-up, non-transferable, worldwide, right and license to
use, modify, reproduce, (but sub-license only to a SUPPLIER
SUBSIDIARY) the PI IMPROVEMENTS for SUPPLIER’s internal use
only. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no license is granted to the
PI IMPROVEMENTS for the purpose of SUPPLIER providing foundry
service or other benefit to a third party.
4.7 In the event
that any portion of Section 4.2 is declared invalid or illegal
according to any applicable law, (a) SUPPLIER hereby waives
and agrees never to assert such right, title and interest,
including any moral rights or similar rights, against PI or
PI’s licensees and (b) the parties hereby modify such
portion, effective upon such declaration, in such manner as shall
secure for PI an exclusive, irrevocable, perpetual, worldwide,
fully paid and royalty-free license under all INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY
RIGHTS, with rights to sublicense through one or more level(s) of
sublicensee(s), to use, modify, reproduce, create derivative works
of, distribute, publicly perform and publicly display by all means
now known or later developed, and otherwise exploit in any manner,
such rights in the PI IMPROVEMENTS, to the maximum extent permitted
by applicable law.
Certain confidential
information contained in this document, marked by brackets, has
been omitted and filed separately with the Securities and Exchange
Commission pursuant to Rule 24b-2 of the Securities Exchange
Act of 1934, as amended.
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4.8 SUPPLIER shall
be the sole and exclusive owner of all right, title and interest in
the SUPPLIER IMPROVEMENTS. SUPPLIER hereby grants to PI a
non-exclusive, irrevocable, perpetual, royalty-free,
non-transferable, worldwide, right and license to use, modify,
reproduce, create derivative works of, distribute, publicly perform
and publicly display by all means now known or later developed, and
otherwise exploit in any manner all SUPPLIER IMPROVEMENTS as part
of the PI PROCESS and any modifications thereto. Without any
consent of SUPPLIER, PI may sublicense the foregoing license for
the SUPPLIER IMPROVEMENTS to PI’s SUBSIDIARY so long as the
sublicense provides for the protection of SUPPLIER’s
CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION on terms not less protective than those
set forth in this Agreement. SUPPLIER will promptly disclose to PI
in writing all SUPPLIER IMPROVEMENTS upon their
creation.
4.9 SUPPLIER
agrees not to use the PI INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY or any license under
this Agreement, in whole or in part, or any knowledge gained by
SUPPLIER through producing WAFERS, to develop an equivalent or
competing process to the PI PROCESS, or other product or service
that would compete with PI.
Article 5: (WAFER Production)
5.1 ENGINEERING
PRODUCTION
5.1.1
For ENGINEERING PRODUCTION, PI may place an order with SUPPLIER for
WAFERS up to a maximum of [*] WAFERS for each WAFER TYPE, or any
other quantity agreed to in writing by the parties. SUPPLIER will
use its best commercially reasonable efforts to ship WAFERS in
ENGINEERING PRODUCTION to PI on the average of [*] working days
after, or as quickly as possible but no more than [*] working days
after, availability of the applicable MASK TOOLING SETS.
Certain confidential
information contained in this document, marked by brackets, has
been omitted and filed separately with the Securities and Exchange
Commission pursuant to Rule 24b-2 of the Securities Exchange
Act of 1934, as amended.
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5.1.2
Any output of the ENGINEERING PRODUCTION will be shipped to PI
immediately upon completion. If the WAFERS output is less than [*]
of the ordered quantity, SUPPLIER will inform PI of the output
quantity of the WAFERS and if PI requires to have the shortage
covered, SUPPLIER will re-input the WAFERS to cover the shortage of
quantity at no additional cost to PI (RECOVERY WAFERS).
5.2.1
For the PILOT PRODUCTION, PI may place an order with SUPPLIER for a
minimum of [*] WAFERS, or multiples thereof, per each PRODUCT, or
any other quantity agreed to in writing by the parties.
5.2.2
SUPPLIER will use best commercially reasonable efforts to ship to
PI WAFERS in PILOT PRODUCTION of each PRODUCT within [*] working
days after availability of the MASK TOOLING SETS for such
PRODUCT.
5.2.3
The output of the PILOT PRODUCTION will be shipped to PI if such
WAFERS output is at least [*] of the ordered quantity. If the
WAFERS output is less than [*] of the ordered quantity, SUPPLIER
will inform PI of the output quantity of the WAFERS and if PI
requires to have the shortage covered, SUPPLIER will re-input the
WAFERS to cover the shortage of quantity at no additional cost to
PI.
5.3.1
For VOLUME PRODUCTION, PI shall place an order with SUPPLIER for a
minimum of [*] WAFERS, or multiples thereof, per each PRODUCT, or
any other quantity agreed to in writing by the parties.
Certain confidential
information contained in this document, marked by brackets, has
been omitted and filed separately with the Securities and Exchange
Commission pursuant to Rule 24b-2 of the Securities Exchange
Act of 1934, as amended.
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5.3.2
For VOLUME PRODUCTION, SUPPLIER will ship the first (1st) shipment
of the WAFERS ordered by PI for that month no later than [*]
working days after the start of the production as per PI’s PO
for such PRODUCTS, unless PI’s PO specifies a later delivery
date. The rest of such ordered WAFERS for that month will be
shipped so that PI receives all such WAFERS, in equal weekly
quantities to the extent practicably possible, within [*] working
days after the first (1st) shipment. SUPPLIER shall use its best
commercially reasonable efforts to minimize such number of working
days.
5.3.3
SUPPLIER will ship monthly orders in quantities not less than [*]
of the quantities ordered of each PRODUCT.
6.1 The terms of
delivery of the WAFERS shall be FCA Sakata, Japan, (as such term is
defined in Incoterms 2000).
6.2 The title and
risk of loss in and to the WAFERS delivered by SUPPLIER to PI shall
transfer from SUPPLIER to PI at the FCA point. PI shall have the
right to designate a freight forwarder, subject to SUPPLIER’s
reasonable approval.
6.3 SUPPLIER will
deliver the WAFERS within the number of calendar days specified in
the INDIVIDUAL SALES CONTRACT. In the event that SUPPLIER foresees
a delay in the delivery schedule of the WAFERS, SUPPLIER shall make
a best commercially reasonable effort to correct any delay and
SUPPLIER shall promptly notify PI of such delay and submit to PI
the new delivery schedule. PI will have the right to cancel,
without liability, the INDIVIDUAL SALES CONTRACT for the delayed
WAFERS, except for RECOVERY WAFERS, if
Certain confidential
information contained in this document, marked by brackets, has
been omitted and filed separately with the Securities and Exchange
Commission pursuant to Rule 24b-2 of the Securities Exchange
Act of 1934, as amended.
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the delay is
greater than thirty (30) days and if such delay is not caused
solely by PI.
6.4 SUPPLIER shall
pack the WAFERS in accordance with the packing standards defined in
the COMMON SPECIFICATIONS.
6.5 SUPPLIER shall
collect PCM data (“PCM DATA”), as defined in the COMMON
SPECIFICATIONS, on the manufactured WAFERS. SUPPLIER will send the
PCM DATA electronically to PI before the WAFERS are received by PI.
The PCM DATA will be accurate and complete for all WAFERS and sent
in a mutually agreed upon format.
6.6 If PI
determines, in consultation with SUPPLIER, that the WAFERS
currently being manufactured will not meet the PRODUCTS
requirements, PI can, notwithstanding any other provision of this
Agreement, cancel the INDIVIDUAL SALES CONTRACT for the affected
WAFERS by notice to SUPPLIER without any liability except for the
affected WAFER WIP and WAFER inventory that was manufactured in
accordance with the PO schedule, upon written notice to
SUPPLIER.
Article 7: (Test and Inspection)
7.1 PI shall
conduct incoming inspection of the WAFERS, by WAFER TYPE, to
determine the WAFERS’ conformance to the COMMON
SPECIFICATIONS. The PCM DATA and SUPPLIER’s test results will
be supplied in a timely manner by SUPPLIER for the incoming
inspection of the WAFERS. Any omission, inaccuracy or other defect
in the PCM DATA will in itself be sufficient cause to reject the
WAFERS. This inspection shall be regarded as final in terms
of
Certain confidential
information contained in this document, marked by brackets, has
been omitted and filed separately with the Securities and Exchange
Commission pursuant to Rule 24b-2 of the Securities Exchange
Act of 1934, as amended.
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quality,
quantity and other conditions of the WAFERS supplied to PI, which
are subject to SUPPLIER’s warranty as defined in
Section 11.1.
7.2 PI shall
notify SUPPLIER which of the WAFERS have been accepted by PI per
the INDIVIDUAL SALES CONTRACT within [*] days after receipt of the
WAFERS by PI. PI will owe SUPPLIER payment only for the quantity of
WAFERS that have been accepted by PI. Should PI fail to notify
SUPPLIER within the said [*] days, the WAFERS shall be deemed to
have been accepted by PI.
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