Exhibit 10.25
Supply and Purchase
Agreement
by and between
Engineered Materials Solutions,
Inc.
and
Texas Instruments
Incorporated
Dated 10/17/05
This Supply and Purchase Agreement
(the “Agreement”), made this 17
th
day of December, 2005
(the “Effective Date”), is by and between Texas
Instruments Incorporated, a Delaware corporation, with its
principal place of business at 34 Forest Street, Attleboro, MA
02703 (hereinafter “BUYER”), and Engineered Materials
Solutions, Inc., a Delaware corporation, with its principal place
of business at 39 Perry Avenue, Attleboro, MA 02703 (hereinafter
“SUPPLIER”).
EFFECTIVE PERIOD:
June 1, 2005 through December
31, 2010
This Agreement sets forth the
understandings reached by the parties to this Agreement during
negotiations concerning the items and work listed herein. SUPPLIER,
and any foreign subsidiaries of SUPPLIER, hereby grant to Texas
Instruments Incorporated, Sensors & Controls
(“BUYER”), and its foreign subsidiaries, a continuing
right to purchase, in whole or in part, the bimetal items listed
herein in accordance with the following terms and conditions. As to
the purchase of bimetal products on or after June 1, 2005,
this Agreement replaces the Supply and Purchase Agreement dated
November 13, 2000.
1. Definitions
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1.1 “Affiliate”
– Any BUYER majority-owned subsidiary, division or
subdivision existing at the time of signing this Agreement or any
subsidiary, division or subdivision thereafter added or
acquired.
1.2 “Agreement”
– Unless the context otherwise requires, references to this
Agreement include this agreement and all applicable Addenda
referred to herein and/or attached hereto, all of which are
incorporated herein by this reference.
1.3 “Committed Ship
Date” (“ CSD ”) – The date
SUPPLIER agrees to have Product available to ship to BUYER based
upon a Purchase Order or Order.
1.4 “Days”
– All references to days shall mean calendar days unless
otherwise indicated.
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1.5 “Flexibility”
– The allowable change in BUYER’s Forecast without
changing BUYER’s pricing and Lead-Time terms.
1.6 “Forecast”
– A non-binding planning tool that expresses BUYER’s
estimated Product demand for time periods beyond the firm order
period established by the lead-time, typically in weekly and/or
monthly quantities.
1.7 “Lead-Time”
– Period of time SUPPLIER requires to fulfill a Purchase
Order, which will generally be eight (8) weeks unless agreed
otherwise by the parties, or as set forth in Attachment E for SMI
items or Attachment G for “C” items.
1.8 “Product”
– Any item described in Attachment A, and any additional
products that the parties agree from time to time will constitute
“Products.”
1.9 “Product
Specifications” – The specifications for the
Product(s) as defined in Attachment A.
1.10 “Purchase Order”
or “Order” – A binding document issued by
BUYER for the purpose of ordering Product pursuant to this
Agreement. Purchase Orders or Orders may include a BUYER Purchase
Order Form, or a defined Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) order
transmission as mutually defined and agreed to by the
parties.
1.11 “SUPPLIER
Scorecard” – A documented BUYER process whereby
SUPPLIER’s performance is evaluated based on the following
criteria: delivery and quality as and defined in Attachment
D.
2. TERM &
TERMINATION
(a) The Agreement set forth herein
shall be valid for the Effective Period shown above unless sooner
terminated as hereinafter provided. Upon mutual agreement of both
parties this Agreement can be extended for one (1) year
through written notice (delivered or mailed prepaid) prior to the
expiration of this Agreement. Deliveries may extend for twelve
(12) months thereafter.
(b) An event of default shall occur
if either party:
Ceases conducting business in the
normal course, makes a general assignment for the benefit of
creditors, suffers or permits the appointment of a receiver for its
business or assets, or becomes subject to any proceeding under any
statute of any governing authority relating to insolvency or the
protection of rights of creditors; or (1) materially breaches
any of its obligations under this Agreement, (2) fails to cure
such breach within sixty (60) days following receipt of
written notice from the non-defaulting party describing in
reasonable detail the nature of such breach, unless that material
breach cannot be cured within the 60-day period, in which case the
defaulting party will have a reasonable time to cure that material
breach so long as it diligently pursues that cure, and (3) the
non-defaulting party provides the defaulting party with written
notice within ten (10) days following the expiration of that
period set forth in Section l(b)(2) informing the defaulting party
that a default has occurred.
If an event of default occurs, the
non-defaulting party shall have the right to terminate this
Agreement, with limited liability, by giving sixty (60) days
written notice to the other. The liability will be limited to
payment for materials shipped, materials covered by firm orders,
and materials held in FG inventory or in process to support
forecast.
(c) Termination for Failure to
Maintain Quality Standards. BUYER shall have the right to terminate
this Agreement if SUPPLIER fails to achieve or maintain the minimum
SUPPLIER Scorecard ratings set forth in section 15 for a period of
three (3) consecutive months and fails to implement a cure
within 60 days
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of written notice from BUYER of such condition.
In such event, BUYER shall have the right to terminate this
Agreement, without liability (with the exception of amounts already
owed at that time by BUYER to SUPPLIER pursuant to this Agreement),
immediately by giving written 4 month notice to SUPPLIER. If
SUPPLIER fails to maintain itself as QS-9000 compliant and ISO
registered, then BUYER may immediately terminate existing orders
hereunder, in whole or in part, without any liability.
3. PRODUCTS AND
QUANTITIES
(a) This Agreement is not a purchase
order and does not authorize delivery of or payment for any
goods.
SUPPLIER shall provide 100% and
BUYER will purchase exclusively from SUPPLIER all BUYER’S
requirements for bimetal product described in Attachment A (which
is attached hereto and by this reference made a part hereof) to all
BUYER entities and affiliates globally at the prices shown thereon.
SUPPLIER shall also provide 100% of all redesigned or new bimetal
materials purchased by BUYER during the period of this agreement,
provided SUPPLIER can meet BUYER’s specification for the new
bimetal item.
SUPPLIER understands that BUYER has
acquired, and may in the future acquire, businesses that have
existing bimetal strip and parts suppliers and satisfactory
histories. BUYER is not initially obligated to transition these
arrangements to SUPPLIER. SUPPLIER will be asked to quote on all
existing bimetal strip and parts that are purchased by any acquired
company or any new bimetal strip and parts that BUYER may need to
purchase from acquisition of new business, generation of new
products or other means. SUPPLIER will be awarded these items
provided; (1) the SUPPLIER pricing is market competitive per
section 4(d) and (2) BUYER conversion costs are economically
viable for BUYER. SUPPLIER understands a reasonable conversion
period may be necessary.
BUYER understands that SUPPLIER will
initially be manufacturing product at its Attleboro, MA facility.
SUPPLIER will be initiating production at a China based facility
commencing by the end of 2006.
(b) SUPPLIER and BUYER will work
together in earnest to qualify SUPPLIER’s bimetal for all of
BUYER’S applications. If SUPPLIER is not able to meet the
technical performance specifications required for BUYER’s
application. BUYER must then inform SUPPLIER of this in writing and
give SUPPLIER 90 days to correct the situation. If SUPPLIER is
unable to meet the specification, then BUYER is free to purchase
this item for this application from other sources.
(c) On a monthly basis, BUYER shall
provide to the SUPPLIER a three (3) month product forecast for
all items listed in Attachment A from all locations including
affiliates. Product forecasts may be provided in electronic format
(Excel spreadsheet). SUPPLIER understands and acknowledges that the
first and second months of each product forecast are firm build
orders and the third months are merely estimates with no binding
effect. For firm orders, BUYER shall be responsible to SUPPLIER for
the full contract price. Forecast for all SMI items are defined in
attachment E.
(d) SUPPLIER shall respond within
two business days following receipt of each monthly Forecast via
written or electronic communication. If SUPPLIER cannot accept the
two months firm order or meet BUYER’S Forecasted quantities
of Product, SUPPLIER will indicate as such in its response.
SUPPLIER will include a description of any actions SUPPLIER would
have to take to satisfy BUYER’s demand as set forth in that
Forecast. Absent any such notice, SUPPLIER shall be deemed to have
accepted such Orders and Forecasts.
(e) Except as provided in section 3
(a) above, BUYER agrees to place all of its orders with and
purchase all of its requirements from SUPPLIER for the Products
purchased as of May 31, 2005 during the term of this
Agreement, unless SUPPLIER is unable to meet BUYER’s demand
as set forth in a Forecast. If SUPPLIER is unable to meet
BUYER’s average monthly demand (based on average of 12 month
forecast), BUYER is free to purchase material from other sources
until SUPPLIER is able to meet said demand.
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(f) The consideration for this Agreement is the
initial commitment of BUYER to purchase the items set forth in its
initial purchase order.
(g) SUPPLIER will work to reduce
lead-times during the course of this agreement. SUPPLIER will work
toward a goal of 4 weeks lead-time for “B” items
(non-SMI and non “C” items). To achieve this goal,
SUPPLIER will need support and assistance from BUYER. This includes
monthly forecasts from all sites, long range planning to level
production, a means of minimizing expedite orders and communication
of requirements via electronic data exchange. This is a long range,
but important goal that will take significant effort from both
parties to achieve. SUPPLIER agrees to work in earnest to meet the
goal. The level of cooperation will dictate the degree of
success.
4. PRICES
(a) Prices herein are Ex works in
accordance with Incoterms 2000.
(b) Prices shall be in accordance
with initial prices and adjustments to fabrication prices as shown
in Attachment A (except as modified in Sections 4(d-e)).
(c) BUYER will not accept shipment
at any increase in price above that indicated on this Agreement
unless previously agreed to in writing (Attachment A).
(d) Both parties to this Agreement
agree to meet on an annual basis to review market conditions.
Specifically, this will include market pricing for BUYER’s
products, expected volumes needed from SELLER to BUYER and the
impact this could have on SUPPLIER’s cost structure, market
pricing of SELLER’s products, and changes in raw material
markets that could affect the cost structure of SELLER. If after
reviewing all of these areas either party is dissatisfied in the
“good faith” nature of the discussions, then either
party has the right to open the contract and seek permanent changes
to it.
(e) When SUPPLIER’s China
operations are fully integrated and substantially complete, and
when all BUYER product approvals have been substantially completed,
SUPPLIER agrees to enter into discussions with BUYER to review
additional price downs, provided that the costs of the
SUPPLIER’s China operation are below the costs that were used
in the 2005-2010 Agreement. See Attachment B for China Start-up
assumptions.
5. DELIVERY
(a) SUPPLIER agrees to make
expedited deliveries and pay for such deliveries provided the
following conditions are all met;
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Product was
ordered with standard 8 week lead-time or greater
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Product is not
on the list of “C” items, shown in Attachment
G
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Quantity
ordered was not increased or exceed the forecasted
quantity
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Item ordered is
not a sample or first time order.
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Order is not a
pull-in or reschedule
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(b) Unless otherwise agreed in
writing, SUPPLIER shall not make commitments for material in
production in excess of the amount or in advance of the time
necessary to meet BUYER’s forecast. It is SUPPLIER’s
responsibility to comply with this schedule, but not anticipate
BUYER’s requirements. Goods shipped to BUYER in advance of
schedule date minus 5 days may be returned to SUPPLIER at
SUPPLIER’s expense. A shipment is counted as on time if it is
shipped within –5/+0 days of the request
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date, provide the request meets SUPPLIER’s
standard 8 week lead-time. BUYER may change forecast quantities
without restriction. Orders within 21 days of the original promise
date cannot be rescheduled (pushed out or pulled in) unless
reviewed and approved by SUPPLIER. Orders outside 21 days of the
original promise date can be rescheduled out for up to 30 days from
the original promise date. Reschedule in requests will be reviewed
and accepted at SUPPLIER’s discretion. BUYER agrees to take
pushed out items within 30 days of original promise date. Orders
may be cancelled per Section 11. Rescheduled orders (pull ins
or pushouts) will be excluded from SUPPLIER on time delivery
metric. Increases in quantity will be considered a new order for
the increased amount. Reductions in quantities will be considered
cancellation of the reduced quantity.
(c) In addition to the packing and
shipping instructions specified by BUYER, the goods shall be
packaged in accordance with commercially acceptable standards, or
to applicable BUYER specifications, to ensure safe arrival at
BUYER’s location.
(d) Neither party will be liable for
damages because of delays in or failure of performance when the
delay or failure is due to acts of God, acts of civil or military
authority, fire, earthquake, flood, strikes, war, epidemics,
shortage of power, or other causes beyond such party’s
reasonable control and without its fault or negligence, if the
party (a) used commercially reasonable efforts to avoid or
uses commercially reasonable efforts to remove the conditions,
(b) notifies the other party promptly upon becoming aware of
such condition, and (c) continues performance as soon as
practicable after the conditions are removed. Provided non-delivery
is a result of Force Majeure as described above, BUYER shall be
entitled to obtain like Product from other sources to meets its
immediate needs up to and until SUPPLIER can resume normal
delivery.
(e) SUPPLIER agrees to accept
emergency orders from BUYER as feasible based on material and
manufacturing limitations. These will be evaluated on a
case-by-case basis and accepted at SUPPLIER’s discretion.
Emergency Orders will not be part of the SUPPLIER Scorecard.
Emergency orders are orders with lead-times of less than 8
weeks.
(f) SUPPLIER shall notify BUYER as
soon as practical upon becoming aware of any instance, which will
affect delivery, quantity or committed ship date. If such instance
is not due to BUYER’s actions, BUYER shall be entitled to
obtain like Product from other sources to meet its immediate needs
up to and until SUPPLIER can resume normal delivery. Buyer will not
exercise this clause for minor quality or delivery issues. In the
case of minor quality or delivery issues, If BUYER’s delivery
to BUYER’s customers are negatively effected and BUYER and
SUPPLIER cannot come to mutual agreement, then after written
notification, BUYER may exercise this clause.
6. SPECIFICATIONS
a) SUPPLIER shall deliver the goods
in accordance with the specifications as agreed to in writing by
the parties, unless otherwise specified in BUYER’s purchase
order(s) and will be free of defects, in material and workmanship.
BUYER’s purchase orders will define BUYER’s
specification number and revision. In the event of specification
changes (e.g working under deviations) SUPPLIER and BUYER agree to
work together to make the specification change as quickly as
possible. SUPPLIER and BUYER will agree on which specification is
current and SUPPLIER will continue to provide products to those
agreements until the specification is updated to reflect current
practice. Notice of any SUPPLIER-requested changes or waivers in
product characteristic specifications must be given to BUYER in
writing and acknowledged by BUYER in writing prior to any
deliveries being made of goods manufactured under revised
specifications
(b) BUYER may from time to time
change any of the drawings, specifications or instructions for work
covered by any purchase order issued hereunder and SUPPLIER shall
review any such change notices. BUYER will communicate all
revisions and additions of the specifications to SUPPLIER including
revision number. Such changes will apply to new orders and not
affect work in process of finished goods. BUYER is obligated to
purchase SUPPLIER’s material supply for these items prior to
change, up to the
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forecast level for said items. If such changes
result in a decrease or increase in SUPPLIER’s cost or in the
time for performance, an adjustment in the price and time for
performance may be made by the parties in writing, provided,
however, that SUPPLIER notifies BUYER of the request for such
adjustments within thirty (30) days after receipt by it of the
change notice. BUYER agrees to inform SUPPLIER of all discontinued
items and accept liability for said items where forecasts were not
consumed by releases.
(c) SUPPLIER will consider the
feasibility of Product Specification changes, which BUYER may
propose. Within twenty (20) days after receipt of any such
BUYER proposal, SUPPLIER will furnish to BUYER written comments
regarding the proposed changes including its willingness to
implement the change, the price adjustment, if any, and the time
schedule required for implementation. If SUPPLIER is unable to meet
the specification changes, after a ninety (90) day development
period, BUYER may qualify and purchase this item from alternate
supplier, provided the alternate supplier can meet the same
specification. BUYER will notify SUPPLIER in writing of this prior
any purchases from the alternate supplier.
(d) If any change to Products
affects the interchangeability of latest version and previous
version Product, SUPPLIER will provide a different Product number
for the latest version Products.
(e) During the term of this
Agreement, and thereafter as long as Products are made available to
BUYER, SUPPLIER will, at its expense, provide BUYER with a copy of
each Engineering Change Order (ECO), or like documentation issued
with respect to a change in Product Specifications of the Product.
Documentation will include: the type and scope of the change,
technical documentation covering the reason for the change
(including but not limited to, delivery, rework, stocking and
reclamation), and time frames for implementation. Copies will be
provided to BUYER no later than ten (10) days after the
issuance by SUPPLIER. BUYER must approve all specification changes
prior to implementation by SUPPLIER.
7. INVENTORY
(a) SUPPLIER agrees to pursue the
implementation of a SUPPLIER managed inventory program (SMI) with
the intent of maintaining a minimum two (2) week inventory on
each selected part at a mutually agreed upon location. SUPPLIER
retains title for all goods in SMI.
(b) SMI Programs commercial issues
are shown in Attachment E.
8. RETURN MATERIAL
AUTHORIZATIONS
(a) Upon SUPPLIER’s
confirmation of a shipment of non-conforming material to BUYER
(through SUPPLIER’s examination of a representative sample of
such nonconforming material via BUYER’s submission of
pictures or samples), SUPPLIER agrees to provide Return Material
Authorizations (RMAs) within three (3) working days of such
confirmation.
(b) Defective material shall be
returned freight collect to SUPPLIER. Replacement material shall be
sent freight prepaid from SUPPLIER, who will absorb the burden of
any premium transportation when defect or replacement material
places critical time or delivery schedule constraints on BUYER.
BUYER agrees to package returned materials to avoid damage during
transportation and handling. SUPPLIER will not give credit for
materials that were damaged during return due to improper packaging
by BUYER, provided the defect is traced to the shipping. However,
SUPPLIER is still liable for the original defect, provided the
defect is still visible upon return to SUPPLIER, regardless of the
shipping condition.
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9. LOT TRACEABILITY
SUPPLIER shall maintain a system for
tracing lots of goods for a period of up to two (2) years
after date of manufacture. SUPPLIER shall maintain records for
current year plus prior year. Furthermore, SUPPLIER agrees to work
cooperatively with BUYER in an effort to assist with analyzing the
failure of goods.
10. TERMS AND
CONDITIONS
The terms and conditions governing
each sale of Product will be as set forth in this Agreement
(including Attachment C hereto, General Provisions/Terms and
Conditions of Purchase, which by this reference is made a part of
this Agreement). Performance under this Agreement issued under this
Agreement is expressly limited to the terms and conditions of this
Agreement and General Provisions/Terms and Conditions to Purchase.
In the event of a conflict between the terms and conditions of this
Agreement and the terms and conditions of General Provisions/Terms
and Conditions to Purchase, the terms and conditions of this
Agreement will take precedence. Clauses may only be added to this
Agreement only with mutual written agreement of SUPPLIER and
BUYER
11. CANCELLATION OF PURCHASE
ORDERS
Purchase orders can be canceled for
any reason provided BUYER agrees to pay SUPPLIER for all finished
goods, WIP, SFG and raw materials SUPPLIER has in place or on order
to support BUYER’s purchase orders or forecast. Finished
goods will be valued at finished product selling price, WIP and SFG
at 75% of finished product selling price and raw material at 50% of
finished product selling price (per Attachment A).
12. PRODUCT
DISCONTINUANCE
SUPPLIER agrees to supply BUYER with
the goods described in Attachment A for the duration of the term of
this Agreement.
13. NOTICES
Any notice, required or permitted to
be given hereunder shall be in writing and shall be valid and
sufficient if dispatched by registered or certified mail, postage
prepaid, in any post office in the United States addressed as
follows:
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If to
SUPPLIER:
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If to
BUYER:
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Engineered
Materials Solutions, Inc.
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Texas
Instruments
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39 Perry
Avenue
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34 Forest
Street, MS 20-21
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Attleboro, MA
02703
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Attleboro, MA
02703
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Attn: Chief
Financial Officer
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Attn: Legal
Counsel
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14. RELEASE OF
INFORMATION
(a) SUPPLIER and BUYER agree that it
is preferable to conduct business under this Agreement on a
non-confidential basis and agree to do so to the maximum extent
possible. If the exchange of confidential information becomes
necessary, then the exchange will be governed by the non-disclosure
agreement signed by and between the parties and attached hereto as
Attachment F.
15. QUALITY
(a) This Agreement, and the purchase
order(s) issued under it, is for goods, which will be used in the
manufacture of devices, which will be sold to customers requiring
TS 16949 compliance by BUYER. TS
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16949 requires that BUYER perform subcontractor
quality system development in relation to customer specific
requirements. As a subcontractor for this component, SUPPLIER must
be ISO 9001:2000 registered and TS 16949 compliant as described in
current version of such standards. SUPPLIER’s who are
currently QS9000:1998 registered must submit to BUYER a transition
plan to ISO9001:2000 or ISO/TS 16949 for approval. Compliance will
be monitored by incoming quality, on-time delivery statistics,
BUYER/subcontractor management reviews, periodic progress reports,
on-site assessments and other means. BUYER will provide appropriate
reasonable assistance as necessary to SUPPLIER to meet this
expectation.
(b) All Produce(s) are subject to
BUYER’s qualification process. SUPPLIER will use commercially
reasonable efforts to assist BUYER in its Product qualification
process, consistent with industry protocols, by providing the
following in a timely manner: (a) all pertinent requested
Product documents and information; (b) a copy of all
appropriate regulatory certifications; and (c) assistance in
resolving any problems that may arise, and any other information or
documentation. BUYER may provide this information to its customers
and affiliates on a need-to-know basis at no charge.
(c) SUPPLIER shall be subject to the
BUYER’s SUPPLIER Scorecard as set forth in Attachment D and
hereby agrees to assist BUYER by providing any data or information
reasonably requested by BUYER in connection with generating the
SUPPLIER Scorecard.
16. WARRANTY
(a) SUPPLIER expressly warrants
that, for a period of twelve (12) months from the date of
shipment from EMS (the “Warranty Period”), all Products
will conform to the relevant mutually agreed upon Product
Specifications and will be free from defects in workmanship and
materials. The foregoing warranties shall be void and are
specifically disclaimed by SUPPLIER with respect to any