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Exhibit 10.1
Agreement No.
MASTER SUPPLY
AGREEMENT
This Master Supply Agreement,
including exhibits and Award Letters, (“Agreement”) is
made on and as of the 1st day of May, 2007 (the “Effective
Date”) by and between Sun Microsystems, Inc. , a
Delaware corporation, with offices at 4150 Network Circle, Santa
Clara CA 95054, and Sun Microsystems International B.V. , a
Netherlands corporation, with offices at Computertweg 1, 3821 AA
Amersfoort, the Netherlands (hereinafter collectively
“Sun”) and Mitac International Corporation , a
Taiwanese corporation, with offices at No. 200, Wen Hua
2 nd Road, Kuei San Hsiang, Taoyuan, R.O.C., and
Synnex Corporation , a Delaware corporation, with offices at
44201 Nobel Drive, Fremont, California 94538 (hereinafter
“Supplier”).
WHEREAS, Supplier is a seller of certain
component parts, materials or finished goods;
WHEREAS, Sun is a manufacturer of
computing devices and platforms that incorporate such component
parts, materials and finished products; and
WHEREAS, Sun and Supplier desire to
establish and agree upon a set of terms and conditions that will
apply to the purchase of Supplier’s products by
Sun.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the
mutual promises and undertakings of the parties hereto, the parties
agree as follows:
1. DEFINITIONS
Solely for purposes of this
Agreement, the following terms shall have the meanings set forth
hereinafter:
1.1 Affiliated Company
means, in relation to either party, any entity: (a) which is
owned 50% or more by that party; or (b) over which that party
exercises management control; or (c) which is under common
control with that party; or (d) which owns 50% or more of that
party.
1.2 Award Letter means
the document(s) that is entered into by Sun and Supplier from time
to time for the development, manufacture, supply or support of
specific Products pursuant to the terms and conditions of this
Agreement.
1.3 Blanket Purchase
Order means Sun’s Blanket Purchase Order for Product.
Blanket Purchase Orders will include the mutually agreed price and
quantities for the stated time period. Sun may provide a Blanket
Purchase Order in the form of hard copy, by facsimile, or by
electronic transfer if there is electronic data exchange
(“EDE”) terms in place between Sun and Supplier. The
EDE terms are set forth in the Electronic Data Exchange
Exhibit .
1.4 Confidential
Information means any information disclosed by one party to
another under the Agreement which is, prior to or at the time of
disclosure, identified in writing as confidential or proprietary or
transmitted electronically or verbally and is of a nature in which
a reasonable person would infer that the disclosing party would not
want it to be made public (i.e. All business and technical
information). In the case Confidential Information is conveyed
through electronic or verbal means, a written statement will be
sent within 10 days stating that the information conveyed was of a
confidential nature. Demand Horizon Report means a snapshot
of Sun’s backlog published for use by the Supplier to manage
the transition from weekly forecasts in the Supplier co-planning
process to one or more daily Blanket Purchase Order
Releases.
1.5 Demand Replenishment
Program means Supplier’s service-level commitment for the
delivery of Product as described in the Demand Replenishment
Exhibit .
1.6 Delivery Lead-time
(LT) means the number of days, or fraction thereof, from
placement of a Purchase Order or Demand Trigger to the time of
delivery to the specified delivery location. Delivery Lead-times
will be set forth in the Award Letter.
1.7 Derivative Matter
means any work, new material, information or data which is based in
whole or in part upon the Supplier Technical Information
(including, without limitation, any and all Sun products) and any
intellectual property rights associated therewith, including any
derivative work, improvement, extension, revision, modification,
translation, abridgment, condensation, expansion, collection,
compilation, error correction, or any other form in which the
Supplier Technical Information may be recast, transformed or
adapted, including any changes thereto and that contains any
portion of the Supplier Technical Information.
1.8 Forecast has++ the
meaning set forth in Article 5.1 .
1.9 General Knowledge
means ideas, concepts, know-how or techniques related to
Supplier’s Confidential Information that are retained in the
unaided memories of Sun’s employees who have had access to
Supplier’s Confidential Information consistent with the terms
of this Agreement.
1.10 Intellectual Property
Rights means worldwide common law and statutory rights
associated with (i) patents and patent applications;
(ii) works of authorship, including mask work rights,
copyrights, copyright applications, copyright registrations and
“moral” rights; (iii) the protection of trade and
industrial secrets and confidential information; (iv) other
proprietary rights relating to intangible intellectual property
(specifically excluding trademarks, tradenames and service marks);
(v) analogous rights to those set forth above; and
(vi) divisions, continuations, renewals, reissuances and
extensions of the foregoing (as applicable) now existing or
hereafter filed, issued or acquired.
1.11 Intervening Event
means a Sun-initiated reduction in demand against the Sun Forecast,
such as an order cancellation, product change or hold or forecast
reduction, caused by Sun and not as a result of Supplier’s
non-conformance with this Agreement.
1.12 Notice means the
giving of notice in the manner described in Article 28.6
below.
1.13 Obsolete
Materials means SUTCs (defined below) which: (a) are in
Supplier’s inventory and ordered consistent with Sun’s
Forecast and agreed-upon SUTC Lead-times; (b) are subject to
an Intervening Event and exceed the quantity necessary to
manufacture Sun’s remaining forecasted volume of the Product;
and (c) Supplier has itemized on an Obsolete Materials
Report.
1.14 Product(s) means
those components and assembled goods (including associated firmware
and software) described in the applicable Award Letter and
Service and Support Exhibit
1.15 Purchase Order
means Sun’s written or electronic purchase order that Sun may
place on an as-needed basis either: (a) as a release against a
Blanket Purchase Order (such Purchase Order is also known as a
“Demand Trigger”); or (b) to fulfill demand not
covered by a Blanket Purchase Order. A Purchase Order will indicate
the price(s), part number(s), quantity(s), delivery date(s), and
destination(s) of the requested Product(s).
1.16 Software means
all the software and firmware described in Appendix 1 of the
Software License Exhibit or in an Award Letter as the
“Software,” including, without limitation, any and all
Localized Versions, Documentation, Specifications, Upgrades,
Updates, Error Corrections and test suites thereto provided to Sun
by Supplier hereunder.
1.17 Specifications
means the (a) quality specifications set forth in the
Quality Specification Exhibit ; and (b) the
specifications and or assembly drawings for the Products set forth
in the applicable exhibit or Award Letter and as amended from time
to time
1.18 Sun Contractor(s)
means the party or parties authorized by Sun in writing to purchase
Products from Supplier or to provide services.
1.19 Sun-Unique Turnkey
Component ( “SUTC”) means a device or component
assembly that: (a) is custom to Sun, used exclusively by Sun
or cannot be economically reworked into industry standard
materials; (b) has no utility for any other customers in the
industry; and (c) is identified in the Award Letter as an
SUTC.
1.20 SUTC Lead-time
means the number of days or weeks set forth in the Award Letter
that are required to manufacture or procure an SUTC.
1.21 “ Supplier
Technology ” means those portions of the Technology owned
by Supplier and/or its licensors. The definition of “Supplier
Materials” in this Master Supply Agreement shall be construed
to include Supplier Technology.
1.22 Supply Constraint
means a materials or capacity constraint that could adversely
affect Supplier’s ability to meet Sun’s Forecast and
upside requirements for Products or the components
thereof.
1.23 Value Engineering
Change means, for any Product, an alternative technical and/or
engineering solution that provides equivalent functionality at a
lower cost.
2. TERM . The term of this
Agreement shall commence on the Effective Date and continue for a
period of three (3) years (“Initial Term”) and,
unless otherwise terminated in accordance with Article 27
hereof, shall thereafter be automatically renewed for additional
one (1) year periods unless either party gives written Notice
of termination at least one-hundred and eighty (180) days
before the anniversary of the Initial Term or of any renewal term,
as applicable. Each Award Letter shall have a term commencing on
the Award Letter effective date and extending until its expiration
or termination by either party pursuant to Article 27 of
this Agreement. If any Award Letter is in effect at the time this
Agreement terminates or expires, then this Agreement shall continue
in effect solely as to such Award Letter and shall remain in effect
until such Award Letter is terminated or expires.
3. SCOPE OF AGREEMENT
3.1 Master Agreement
Structure. The parties acknowledge that neither this Agreement
nor any Award Letter or Blanket Purchase Order will constitute a
commitment to purchase any particular quantity of Products. Sun
shall only be committed to purchase Products and Supplier shall
only be committed and authorized to ship Product to Sun when Sun
has tendered a purchase order to Supplier in accordance with an
Award Letter.
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3.2 Applicable Parties
.
3.2.1 Affiliated
Companies . This Agreement applies with respect to all of
Supplier’s Affiliated Companies supplying Product to Sun. Sun
and all of its Affiliated Companies may purchase Product under the
terms of this Agreement. This Agreement also applies to and binds
Affiliated Companies of Sun and Affiliated Companies of Supplier,
which provide written notice of their acceptance of the terms of
this Agreement. Submission of a purchase order referencing this
Agreement and the issuance of an order acknowledgment is deemed to
constitute acceptance of the terms of this Agreement.
3.2.2 Sun Contractors
. Supplier agrees to sell Products to Sun Contractors and to extend
to Sun Contractor(s) the same terms and conditions for the Products
as set forth in this Agreement and any Award Letter(s) with respect
to payment, warranty, epidemic failures, outside requirements and
forecasting commitments. Supplier agrees that it will include in
its agreement for the Product(s) it has with a Sun Contractor(s) a
provision that: (a) the Sun Contractor may not sell Products
except to Sun or parties designated by Sun in writing; and
(b) Sun is an intended third party beneficiary of the
agreement between the Supplier and Sun Contractor. Supplier shall
have the right to determine the creditworthiness of any Sun
Contractor and may reasonably temporarily suspend those terms in
the event the Sun Contractor fails to demonstrate acceptable
creditworthiness. All purchases made by Sun Contractors shall be
added to Sun’s cumulative volume of Products purchased for
the purpose of determining any applicable volume discounts. Sun
shall not be liable for, or a guarantor of, payment for Products
ordered by any Sun Contractor. Wherever Sun has negotiated payment
terms with a third party Sun Supplier on behalf of Supplier,
Supplier shall independently enter into an agreement with that
other Sun Supplier to cover Supplier’s purchases of products
or components made in furtherance of the obligations set forth in
this Agreement. Supplier shall establish a process to ensure that
the third party Sun Supplier only extends the terms negotiated by
Sun to purchases that Supplier makes in furtherance of this
Agreement.
4. PURCHASE RIGHTS AND
DISCONTINUANCE
4.1 Purchase Rights .
Supplier grants to Sun the right, for the period set forth in the
applicable Award Letter, which period shall commence upon the Award
Letter Effective Date , to purchase from Supplier production volume
quantities of the Product under the terms and conditions of this
Agreement and the applicable Award Letter.
4.2 Product
Discontinuance . Supplier will provide Sun with Product during
the Minimum Purchase Rights Period set forth in the Award
Letter. Should Supplier thereafter discontinue a Product, Supplier
shall provide Sun with eighteen (18) month’s written
notice (which notice shall not be given until after the Minimum
Purchase Rights Period has expired) prior to the date Supplier
intends to discontinue manufacture or sale of such Product.
Supplier will accept orders for Product during such eighteen-month
period.
4.3 Alternative Sources of
Products . This Agreement is non-exclusive and Sun shall have
the right to establish alternative and additional sources of supply
for the Products at any time.
5. FORECAST AND PURCHASE
ORDERS
5.1 Rolling Forecast and
Demand Horizon Report . Sun will provide Supplier with at least
a six (6) quarter rolling non-binding forecast, updated once
per week (the “Forecast”) and a Demand Horizon Report
Neither Sun’s Forecast nor Demand Horizon Report constitutes
a commitment to purchase a particular quantity of
Products.
5.2 Blanket Purchase
Order . Sun may provide Supplier with a Blanket Purchase Order
for Products. Blanket Purchase Orders are not a commitment and
shall not be used as a basis for Supplier’s materials
resource planning.
5.3 Rescheduling . Sun
may reschedule shipments of all or part of any Purchase Order, at
no charge, provided that the rescheduled shipment date will in no
event be later than ninety days (90) past the initial shipment
date. Sun may request to reschedule the shipment date from ninety
one (91) to one hundred and eighty days (180) days past
the initial shipment date for an additional fee of one percent
(1%) of the value of the rescheduled portion per
month. If Sun provides a verbal reschedule notice, Sun will
follow up such notice in writing within twenty-four (24) hours
from such verbal reschedule notice. If Sun subsequently
cancels a rescheduled Purchase Order, the provisions of Article
5.4 (Cancellation) will apply.
5.4 Cancellation . Sun
may cancel a Purchase Order, or any part thereof, at any time prior
to Supplier’s shipment of Product. Sun’s liability for
any Purchase Order cancellation will be limited to payment for
Obsolete Material as set forth in Article 10.2 .
Cancellation by Sun of a Purchase Order will not excuse
Supplier’s performance with respect to any other
order.
6. FLEXIBILITY. Supplier commits
to meet Sun’s upside demand for Products and capacity in the
percentages set forth in the Award Letter at no additional cost to
Sun and without impact to Supplier service levels or Delivery
Lead-times. As requested by Sun, Supplier agrees to use
commercially reasonable efforts to provide upside support in excess
of the designated percentages. Upside support for a Product will
commence the first calendar quarter following Sun’s general
availability of the Product.
7. PRICING.
7.1 Product Pricing
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7.1.1 Pricing Breakdown.
Price(s) for the Products shall be itemized in a pricing appendix
to the applicable Award Letter (each a “Pricing
Appendix”) which shall include a fully-costed bill of
materials, a detailed breakdown of the costs of materials mark-up,
labor, and all overhead and profit for such Products. Upon
Sun’s prior request, at least two (2) weeks prior to
each quarterly Product Cost Review (“PCR”), or more
frequently if Sun requests, Supplier shall submit an updated
breakdown for the current and following five (5) quarters.
Upon Sun’s prior request, at the PCR, Supplier shall provide
documentation supporting this breakdown, including but not limited
to, relevant subtier supplier invoices, to Sun or a mutually agreed
third party auditor.
7.1.2 Material costs .
Supplier represents and warrants that cost of materials for
Products charged to Sun by Supplier , shall not exceed the actual
average invoice cost for such materials (net of any applicable
rebates and discounts received) during volume production of the
Product .
7.2 Cost Reductions.
Supplier will work actively to achieve cost reductions on all
materials and manufacturing process costs (including costs
associated with assembly and test). Supplier will provide to Sun an
anticipated five (5) quarter cost reduction profile on a
quarterly basis. Allocation of costs savings shall be as
follows:
7.2.1 Material Cost
Savings . Material cost savings developed by Supplier and
accepted by Sun will be retained by the Supplier for the quarter in
which Supplier achieved the cost savings, and thereafter, Supplier
shall pass on to Sun the cost savings through a Product price
reduction.
7.2.2 Value
Engineering . If a Value Engineering Change is developed by
Supplier and approved by Sun, the cost savings shall be retained by
Supplier for the quarter in which the Supplier implemented the
Value Engineering Change, plus one (1) succeeding quarter, and
thereafter, Supplier will pass on the cost savings to Sun through a
Product price reduction. If a Value Engineering Change is developed
by Sun, the associated cost savings shall be passed on to Sun
immediately upon implementation. If the Value Engineering Change is
jointly developed by Sun and Supplier, the parties will negotiate
in good faith an equitable allocation of the cost savings which
shall, in all cases, pass to Sun through a Product price reduction
no later than the end of the quarter following the quarter in which
the Value Engineering Change was implemented. All Value Engineering
Changes to the Product shall be owned by Sun.
7.2.3 Sub-tier
Components . Upon the effective date of any cost reduction in a
sub-tier component, Supplier shall immediately pass on to Sun one
hundred percent (100%) of the cost savings on a forward
looking, weighted average basis or as mutually agreed by the
parties.
7.3 Price Stability .
During the term hereof, Sun may issue Purchase Orders for the
Product(s) at the prices set forth in the Pricing Appendix to the
Award Letter. Any changes to the prices set forth in the Award
Letter shall be approved in writing by the authorized
representatives of both parties. Unless otherwise specified, all
pricing is global and in United States Dollars.
7.4 Non-approved
Charges . Unless authorized in writing by Sun and
incurred due to extraordinary circumstances which are not
attributable to Supplier, Sun shall not be liable to Supplier for
any overtime charges, freight charges or component product price
variances incurred by Supplier or its sub-tier suppliers as the
result of factors including, but not limited to, component purges
and stop-shipments to the extent attributable to
Supplier.
7.5 Best Prices .
Supplier represents and warrants that the prices charged by
Supplier to Sun for each Product, and that the basis of such
prices, are and shall remain at least as low and favorable as the
lowest, most favorable prices for manufacture and supply of
comparable Products offered by Supplier to its other customers at
similar terms and conditions.
8. LEAD-TIME/DELIVERY
8.1 Demand Replenishment
and Direct Customer Fulfillment. Supplier agrees to provide Sun
with the services set forth in the Demand Replenishment
Program described in the Demand Replenishment Exhibit .
If noted on the applicable Award Letter for certain Products,
Supplier will also provide the services required by the Direct
Customer Fulfillment Program set forth in the Direct Customer
Fulfillment Exhibit .
8.2 Extraordinary
Transportation for Late Deliveries . If Supplier will not, or
is not reasonably likely to, deliver Product on the applicable
delivery date, Supplier shall at its own expense use any
extraordinary transportation to deliver Product at the earliest
possible date and Supplier shall be responsible for any and all
shipping charges incurred as a result of the extraordinary
transportation, provided that such late deliveries are attributable
to Supplier.
8.3 Title, Risk of Loss or
Damage . Not withstanding any provision of Article 10 ,
Supplier retains title to the products until such title is
transferred pursuant to the applicable INCO terms (2000). Supplier
shall be responsible for any loss or damage to Product due to
Supplier’s failure to properly preserve, package, or handle
the Product. Notwithstanding any prior inspection, Supplier will
bear all risk of loss, damage or destruction to the Products until
delivery to the specified delivery location; provided that Supplier
shall not be liable for any damage to rejected Products caused by
the gross negligence or willful conduct of Sun’s employees
acting within the scope of their employment.
8.4 Shipping
Specifications . All shipping information, including that on
invoices and packing labels will list the country of origin for all
Products supplied, and must be in both text and scannable bar code
formats.
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9. PAYMENT
TERMS/INVOICES
9.1 Payment . Payment
is due within forty-five (45) days after the receipt of
invoice or receipt of Product whichever is later (“Payment
Due Date”) unless Sun disputes an invoice. Unless otherwise
specified in the applicable Award Letter, payment shall be made in
United States Dollars.
9.2 Adjustments .
Invoices will be subject to adjustment by Sun for (a) errors,
shortages, and/or rejected Products. Sun shall not be required to
pay the disputed portion of any invoice pending resolution of that
dispute; provided, however that Sun provides written notice of the
dispute to Supplier prior to the Payment Due Date. Sun and Supplier
agree to use their best efforts to resolve the disputed portion of
the invoice within two weeks of the dispute notice, and agree upon
a new payment due date for the disputed portion of the invoice.
Payment of an invoice does not constitute Product
acceptance.
9.3 Invoices . The
information on Supplier’s invoice shall include, but not be
limited to, the following (each stated separately): purchase order
number, Sun part number(s), quantities, unit value and settlement
currency, and freight charges, if applicable. Any terms and
conditions that may be printed on or attached to Supplier’s
invoice shall not be enforceable in the case they are not
incorporated in this Agreement or they are inconsistent with any
terms and conditions as stated in this Agreement. Invoices must be
addressed to Sun’s Accounts Payable Department, P.O. Box
7550, Mountain View, CA, 94039-7550 or Accounts Payable, Finance
Department, Springfield, Linlithgow, West Lothian, EH49 7LR
Scotland, whichever is applicable. With respect to U.S. imports,
information provided on Supplier’s invoice shall conform to
the requirements specified in the U.S. Code 19 USC 1481 and Code of
Federal Regulations 19 CFR 141.86.
10. SUN-UNIQUE TURNKEY
COMPONENTS
10.1 Sun-Unique Turnkey
Components .
10.1.1 Sun authorizes
Supplier to manufacture or procure SUTCs in accordance with the
SUTC Lead-time and Forecast. Any changes to the lead-times set
forth in the Award Letter shall be approved in writing by the
authorized representatives of both parties. However, Sun may elect,
in its sole discretion, to specify a maximum amount of SUTC
material. In such case, Supplier will only purchase up to that
amount and immediately notify Sun in writing of any impact to
Supplier’s ability to meet the Forecast and to provide upside
support under Article 6 (Flexibility). Sun must pre-approve
in writing all purchases of SUTCs outside the SUTC Lead-time or
Forecast. Sun’s only payment obligation with respect to SUTCs
that are subject to an Intervening Event will be for Obsolete
Materials as set forth in Article 10.2 . For the avoidance
of doubt, Supplier will be responsible for all costs of disposing
of all other materials (i.e., all non-SUTC materials) that have
been subject to a reduction in demand against the Forecast at no
cost to Sun. Supplier acknowledges that Sun employs a replenishment
driven process that is triggered by actual customer consumption and
agrees to minimize Sun’s payments for Supplier inventory by
effectively managing Supplier’s inventory within Sun’s
Delivery Lead-times, SUTC Lead-times and Forecast.
10.1.2 Unless otherwise
agreed by both parties in the Product Award Letter, Supplier
acknowledges that Sun shall have no liability for any materials,
components or other manufacturing materials for Products unless
such materials have been identified as a SUTC in the Product Award
Letter. In the event that such materials are or have been
identified as a SUTC, then Sun’s maximum liability for any
SUTC shall be pursuant to the terms of the Agreement.
10.1.3 Commencing on
January 1, 2006 unless an earlier date is agreed to by the
parties, Supplier agrees that it shall not purchase or acquire any
components or materials identified as a SUTC that contain hazardous
substances banned by the Environmental Regulations unless it has
received Sun’s prior written consent to acquire such
materials. Supplier further agrees that it shall not purchase or
acquire any components or materials identified as a SUTC that
contain hazardous substances banned by the Environmental
Regulations that cannot be incorporated into or used in Products
that will be “put on the market” by July 1, 2006
unless otherwise agreed by Sun in writing. For purposes of clarity,
the term “put on the market” shall have the same
meaning as defined in RoHS. Sun shall have no liability to Supplier
for any SUTC that is not in compliance with this
Agreement.
Sun shall have no liability
for any claim relating to an SUTC that meets the conditions of this
Article that has not been submitted as a claim by Supplier by
October 1, 2006, provided that, if Sun has agreed in writing
to acquire materials identified as SUTC that contain hazardous
substances banned by the Environmental Regulations pursuant to
Article 10.1.3 above, then Sun shall have no liability for any
claim for such SUTC submitted by Supplier ninety (90) days or
more after the last ship date of a Product incorporating such
SUTC.
10.2 Obsolete
Materials.
10.2.1
Reporting . Supplier will notify Sun of the part number,
quantity and the cost of Obsolete Materials in a consolidated
report (“Obsolete Materials Report”). The Obsolete
Materials Report will include: (a) a reconciliation of
Supplier’s physical inventory, SUTC Lead-times and
Sun’s Forecast; (b) documentation in support of
Supplier’s test and assembly costs; and (c)
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adjustments based on material
disposition activities that Supplier will undertake for all
Obsolete Materials in accordance with Article 10.3 .
Supplier will submit any Obsolete Materials Report in accordance
with Sun’s claims process for obsolete material set forth in
Article 10.4 and as frequently as mutually agreed by the
parties in writing.
10.2.2 Charges
. Upon completion of the material disposition activities
(Article 10.3) and claims process (Article 10.4) ,
Sun will: (a) purchase the Obsolete Materials at a price
mutually agreed to by the parties and in no case greater than
Supplier’s direct cost; and (b) pay Supplier’s
direct cost actually incurred for work in progress, Obsolete
Materials in their current state. At Sun’s option, Supplier
will: (i) deliver the Obsolete Material to Sun at Sun’s
expense, or (ii) scrap the Obsolete Material and credit Sun
for the scrap value. Sun will make payments under this Article
10.2.2 in accordance with the terms of Article 9
(Payment Terms/Invoices).
10.3 Material
Disposition. Supplier will take the following actions regarding
Sun’s payment obligation for Obsolete Materials prior to
submitting a Claim under Article 10.4 : (a) immediately
reduce or cancel outstanding purchase orders for Obsolete
Materials; (b) discontinue upside support for Obsolete
Materials; (c) return Obsolete Materials to Supplier’s
sub-tier supplier; (d) subject to Sun’s prior consent,
sell the SUTCs to a third party; (e) rework or dekit Obsolete
Materials into industry standard constituent parts upon mutual
agreement regarding the cost of such services; (f) cease all
work-in-progress, except as necessary to meet Sun’s Forecast
and Delivery Lead-times; and (g) use all other commercially
reasonable efforts to mitigate Sun’s liability for Obsolete
Materials. Supplier will perform a physical inventory within five
(5) days of completion of items Articles 10.3
(a)—(g) and may thereafter submit an Obsolete Materials
Report as a Claim under Article 10.4 .
10.4 Claims Process .
Supplier will submit all claims for Obsolete Materials
(“Claim”) by submitting an Obsolete Materials Report in
accordance with Sun’s claims process found at
http://www.sun.com/aboutsun/coinfo/supplier/production/claims
which is hereby incorporated by reference into this contract. Sun
reserves the right to audit Supplier’s invoices and other
documentation prior to Claim approval in accordance with Article
22 (Audit Rights). Sun’s acceptance of a Claim is subject
to execution of a mutually-agreed upon settlement agreement,
certificate of destruction and such other documentation that Sun
may deem appropriate. Sun’s payment of a Claim will
constitute a full comprise and settlement of that Claim.
11. ENGINEERING
CHANGES.
11.1 Supplier-initiated
Changes . Supplier-initiated changes to the Product, or any
component thereof, will be governed by the software/firmware
support and maintenance provisions of the Agreement, if any, and
the terms of the Quality Specification Exhibit .
Notwithstanding the foregoing, any and all changes to the Product
shall: (a) meet or exceed the Specifications; and (b) be
implemented by Supplier no sooner than a date that provides Sun
sufficient time to make driver software and other system-level
changes associated with the Product. Unless otherwise agreed to by
Sun in writing, all Supplier-initiated changes shall be at its own
cost and expense.
11.2 Sun-initiated
Changes . Sun, at its option, may request any change by setting
forth in writing (including email) the proposed change in
reasonable detail submitted to Supplier (“Change
Request”). Supplier shall respond in writing to Change
Requests within ten (10) business days of receipt, in each
case, setting forth the expected effect of the requested change,
including, as appropriate, any additional fees and schedule
adjustments (“Change Request Response”). Sun shall
respond within twenty (20) business days of receipt informing
Supplier whether it agrees with Supplier’s additional terms,
if any, proposed in the Change Request Response. If Sun agrees in
writing to the Change Request Response, Supplier shall promptly
begin to implement the agreed changes in accordance with the agreed
upon schedule. In the case Supplier does not respond to the Sun
initiated change letter within ten (10) business days of
receipt, Sun will notify the Supplier by telephone and send another
letter in which the Supplier has five (5) business days to
respond. In the case Supplier is unavailable by telephone and does
not respond to the second letter within five (5) business days
of receipt, it will be assumed that the changes have been received
and accepted and there will be no additional fees and/or schedule
adjustments as a result of the changes.
11.3 Product Hold .
Sun may direct Supplier to stop or hold production of Products
pending Product modifications, corrective action or other changes.
Provided the Product conforms with the Specifications and the
warranties in Article 18.1 , Sun’s payment obligation
for Products subject to a stop or hold, and for pre-production
versions of the Product not authorized by Sun for commercial
shipment, will be limited to Obsolete Materials as set forth in
Article 10.2 . Any rework or other Supplier effort required
by Sun following direction to stop or hold production of Products,
except when such action is attributed to Supplier, shall constitute
a Change Request in accordance with 11.2 above. Sun shall not have
any payment obligation for non-conforming product attributed to
Supplier that is placed on production stop or hold. Supplier shall
take reasonable care to protect Sun Products affected by a
production stop or hold, but shall not be liable for loss or damage
resulting from such production stop or hold, except for loss or
damage caused by the negligent or willful conduct of its employees
or agents.
12. SERVICE AND SUPPORT. Supplier
shall provide reasonable on-site support as requested by Sun to
solve problems with non-conforming Products as well as to validate
Sun’s inspection and test methodology. Supplier’s
additional support obligations are set forth in the Service and
Support Exhibit .
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13. DEVELOPMENT, SOFTWARE AND
TOOLING .
13.1 Product Customization
and Design Services . If agreed upon by the parties, Supplier
will pe
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