Micron Technology, Inc. Form 10-Q for period ended 3-1-07
UNITED
STATES
SECURITIES
AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington,
D.C. 20549
FORM
10-Q
(Mark
One)
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x
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QUARTERLY
REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE
ACT OF
1934
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For
the quarterly period ended March
1, 2007
OR
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□
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TRANSITION
REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE
ACT OF
1934
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For
the transition period from to
Commission
file number 1-10658
Micron
Technology, Inc.
(Exact
name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware
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75-1618004
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(State
or other jurisdiction of
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(IRS
Employer
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incorporation
or organization)
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Identification
No.)
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8000
S. Federal Way, Boise, Idaho
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83716-9632
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(Address
of principal executive offices)
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(Zip
Code)
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Registrant’s
telephone number, including area code
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(208)
368-4000
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Indicate
by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to
be
filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during
the
preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required
to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements
for
the past 90 days. Yes x
No
¨
Indicate
by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an
accelerated filer, or a non-accelerated filer. See definition of “accelerated
filer and large accelerated filer” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act. (Check
one):
Large
Accelerated Filer x
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Accelerated
Filer ¨
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Non-Accelerated
Filer ¨
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Indicate
by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule
12b-2 of the Exchange Act). Yes ¨
No
x
The
number of outstanding shares of the registrant’s common stock as of April 5, was
756,358,462.
PART
I. FINANCIAL INFORMATION
Item
1. Financial
Statements
MICRON
TECHNOLOGY, INC.
CONSOLIDATED
STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS
(Amounts
in millions except per share amounts)
(Unaudited)
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|
Quarter
ended
|
|
Six
months ended
|
|
|
|
March
1,
2007
|
|
March
2,
2006
|
|
March
1,
2007
|
|
March
2,
2006
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net
sales
|
|
$
|
1,427
|
|
$
|
1,225
|
|
$
|
2,957
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|
$
|
2,587
|
|
Cost
of goods sold
|
|
|
1,070
|
|
|
989
|
|
|
2,158
|
|
|
2,040
|
|
Gross
margin
|
|
|
357
|
|
|
236
|
|
|
799
|
|
|
547
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Selling,
general and administrative
|
|
|
153
|
|
|
108
|
|
|
333
|
|
|
203
|
|
Research
and development
|
|
|
243
|
|
|
159
|
|
|
426
|
|
|
325
|
|
Other
operating (income), net
|
|
|
(5
|
)
|
|
(219
|
)
|
|
(36
|
)
|
|
(231
|
)
|
Operating
income (loss)
|
|
|
(34
|
)
|
|
188
|
|
|
76
|
|
|
250
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Interest
income
|
|
|
35
|
|
|
20
|
|
|
76
|
|
|
31
|
|
Interest
expense
|
|
|
(4
|
)
|
|
(7
|
)
|
|
(5
|
)
|
|
(18
|
)
|
Other
non-operating income (expense), net
|
|
|
5
|
|
|
(1
|
)
|
|
8
|
|
|
--
|
|
Income
before taxes and noncontrolling interests
|
|
|
2
|
|
|
200
|
|
|
155
|
|
|
263
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Income
tax (provision)
|
|
|
(6
|
)
|
|
(7
|
)
|
|
(15
|
)
|
|
(7
|
)
|
Noncontrolling
interests in net income
|
|
|
(48
|
)
|
|
--
|
|
|
(77
|
)
|
|
--
|
|
Net
income (loss)
|
|
$
|
(52
|
)
|
$
|
193
|
|
$
|
63
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|
$
|
256
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
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Earnings
(loss) per share:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
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Basic
|
|
$
|
(0.07
|
)
|
$
|
0.29
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|
$
|
0.08
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|
$
|
0.39
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|
Diluted
|
|
|
(0.07
|
)
|
|
0.27
|
|
|
0.08
|
|
|
0.37
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Number
of shares used in per share calculations:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
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Basic
|
|
|
768.7
|
|
|
661.5
|
|
|
767.9
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|
|
655.8
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|
Diluted
|
|
|
768.7
|
|
|
714.6
|
|
|
776.3
|
|
|
710.6
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
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|
See
accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements.
MICRON
TECHNOLOGY, INC.
CONSOLIDATED
BALANCE SHEETS
(Amounts
in millions except par value and share amounts)
(Unaudited)
As
of
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March
1,
2007
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August
31,
2006
|
|
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|
|
|
|
|
Assets
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
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Cash
and equivalents
|
|
$
|
1,566
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|
$
|
1,431
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|
Short-term
investments
|
|
|
627
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|
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1,648
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|
Receivables
|
|
|
943
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|
|
956
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|
Inventories
|
|
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1,293
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|
|
963
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|
Prepaid
expenses
|
|
|
74
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|
|
77
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|
Deferred
income taxes
|
|
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25
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|
|
26
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|
Total
current assets
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|
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4,528
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|
|
5,101
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Intangible
assets, net
|
|
|
416
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|
|
388
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|
Property,
plant and equipment, net
|
|
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7,593
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|
5,888
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Deferred
income taxes
|
|
|
59
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|
|
49
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|
Goodwill
|
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|
522
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|
502
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Other
assets
|
|
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258
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|
|
293
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|
Total
assets
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$
|
13,376
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|
$
|
12,221
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
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Liabilities
and shareholders’ equity
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
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Accounts
payable and accrued expenses
|
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$
|
1,376
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|
$
|
1,319
|
|
Deferred
income
|
|
|
70
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|
|
53
|
|
Equipment
purchase contracts
|
|
|
148
|
|
|
123
|
|
Current
portion of long-term debt
|
|
|
183
|
|
|
166
|
|
Total
current liabilities
|
|
|
1,777
|
|
|
1,661
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Long-term
debt
|
|
|
639
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|
|
405
|
|
Deferred
income taxes
|
|
|
26
|
|
|
28
|
|
Other
liabilities
|
|
|
402
|
|
|
445
|
|
Total
liabilities
|
|
|
2,844
|
|
|
2,539
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
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Commitments
and contingencies
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Noncontrolling
interests in subsidiaries
|
|
|
2,283
|
|
|
1,568
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
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|
Common
stock, $0.10 par value, authorized 3 billion shares,
issued and
outstanding 755.8 million and 749.4 million shares
|
|
|
76
|
|
|
75
|
|
Additional
capital
|
|
|
6,628
|
|
|
6,555
|
|
Retained
earnings
|
|
|
1,548
|
|
|
1,486
|
|
Accumulated
other comprehensive (loss)
|
|
|
(3
|
)
|
|
(2
|
)
|
Total
shareholders’ equity
|
|
|
8,249
|
|
|
8,114
|
|
Total
liabilities and shareholders’ equity
|
|
$
|
13,376
|
|
$
|
12,221
|
|
See
accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements.
MICRON
TECHNOLOGY, INC.
CONSOLIDATED
STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
(Amounts
in millions)
(Unaudited)
Six
months
ended
|
|
March
1,
2007
|
|
March
2,
2006
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cash
flows from operating activities
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net
income
|
|
$
|
63
|
|
$
|
256
|
|
Adjustments
to reconcile net income to net cash provided by operating
activities:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Depreciation
and amortization
|
|
|
800
|
|
|
595
|
|
Stock-based
compensation
|
|
|
20
|
|
|
10
|
|
Loss
(gain) from write-down or disposition of equipment
|
|
|
(10
|
)
|
|
9
|
|
Gain
from sale of product and process technology
|
|
|
(30
|
)
|
|
--
|
|
Change
in operating assets and liabilities:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Decrease
in receivables
|
|
|
59
|
|
|
39
|
|
(Increase)
decrease in inventories
|
|
|
(331
|
)
|
|
86
|
|
Increase
in accounts payable and accrued expenses
|
|
|
62
|
|
|
127
|
|
Deferred
income taxes
|
|
|
(6
|
)
|
|
(12
|
)
|
Other
|
|
|
89
|
|
|
196
|
|
Net
cash provided by operating activities
|
|
|
716
|
|
|
1,306
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cash
flows from investing activities
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Expenditures
for property, plant and equipment
|
|
|
(2,180
|
)
|
|
(455
|
)
|
Purchases
of available-for-sale securities
|
|
|
(1,003
|
)
|
|
(1,274
|
)
|
Proceeds
from maturities of available-for-sale securities
|
|
|
1,723
|
|
|
1,000
|
|
Proceeds
from sales of available-for-sale securities
|
|
|
307
|
|
|
--
|
|
Proceeds
from sale of product and process technology
|
|
|
30
|
|
|
--
|
|
Proceeds
from sales of property, plant and equipment
|
|
|
24
|
|
|
17
|
|
Decrease
in restricted cash
|
|
|
14
|
|
|
36
|
|
Other
|
|
|
(110
|
)
|
|
(18
|
)
|
Net
cash used for investing activities
|
|
|
(1,195
|
)
|
|
(694
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cash
flows from financing activities
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Capital
contribution from noncontrolling interest in IMFT
|
|
|
647
|
|
|
500
|
|
Proceeds
from equipment sale-leaseback transactions
|
|
|
309
|
|
|
--
|
|
Proceeds
from issuance of common stock
|
|
|
50
|
|
|
47
|
|
Payments
on equipment purchase contracts
|
|
|
(287
|
)
|
|
(77
|
)
|
Repayments
of debt
|
|
|
(104
|
)
|
|
(70
|
)
|
Other
|
|
|
(1
|
)
|
|
--
|
|
Net
cash provided by financing activities
|
|
|
614
|
|
|
400
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net
increase in cash and equivalents
|
|
|
135
|
|
|
1,012
|
|
Cash
and equivalents at beginning of period
|
|
|
1,431
|
|
|
524
|
|
Cash
and equivalents at end of period
|
|
$
|
1,566
|
|
$
|
1,536
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Supplemental
disclosures
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Income
taxes paid, net
|
|
$
|
(25
|
)
|
$
|
(4
|
)
|
Interest
paid, net of amounts capitalized
|
|
|
(4
|
)
|
|
(24
|
)
|
Noncash
investing and financing activities:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Conversion
of notes to stock, net of unamortized issuance costs
|
|
|
--
|
|
|
623
|
|
Equipment
acquisitions on contracts payable and capital leases
|
|
|
667
|
|
|
144
|
|
See
accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements.
MICRON
TECHNOLOGY, INC.
NOTES
TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(All
tabular dollar amounts in millions except per share amounts)
(Unaudited)
Significant
Accounting Policies
Basis
of presentation:
Micron
Technology, Inc. and its subsidiaries (hereinafter referred to collectively
as
the “Company”) manufacture and market DRAM, NAND Flash memory, CMOS image
sensors and other semiconductor components. The Company has two reportable
segments, Memory and Imaging. The Memory segment’s primary products are DRAM and
NAND Flash and the Imaging segment’s primary product is CMOS image sensors. The
accompanying consolidated financial statements have been prepared in accordance
with accounting principles generally accepted in the U.S. and include the
accounts of the Company and its consolidated subsidiaries. In the opinion
of
management, the accompanying unaudited consolidated financial statements
contain
all adjustments necessary to present fairly the consolidated financial position
of the Company and its consolidated results of operations and cash
flows.
The
Company’s fiscal year is the 52 or 53-week period ending on the Thursday closest
to August 31. The Company’s second quarter of fiscal 2007 and 2006 ended on
March 1, 2007, and March 2, 2006, respectively. The Company’s fiscal 2006 ended
on August 31, 2006. All period references are to the Company’s fiscal periods
unless otherwise indicated. These interim financial statements should be
read in
conjunction with the consolidated financial statements and accompanying notes
included in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended August
31, 2006.
Recently
issued accounting standards:
In
February 2007, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) issued
Statement of Financial Accounting Standards (“SFAS”) No. 159, “The Fair Value
Option for Financial Assets and Financial Liabilities - Including an amendment
of FASB Statement No. 115.” Under SFAS No. 159, the Company may elect to measure
many financial instruments and certain other items at fair value on an
instrument by instrument basis subject to certain restrictions. The Company
may
adopt SFAS No. 159 at the beginning of 2008. The impact of the adoption of
SFAS
No. 159 will be dependent on the extent to which the Company elects to measure
eligible items at fair value.
In
September 2006, the SEC staff issued Staff Accounting Bulletin (“SAB”) No. 108,
“Considering the Effects of Prior Year Misstatements when Quantifying
Misstatements in Current Year Financial Statements.” The Company is required to
adopt SAB No. 108 by the end of 2007 and does not expect the adoption to
have a
significant impact on the Company’s financial position or results of
operations.
In
September 2006, the FASB issued SFAS No. 158, “Employers’ Accounting for
Defined Benefit Pension and Other Postretirement Plans - an amendment of
FASB
Statements No. 87, 88, 106, and 132(R).” Under SFAS No. 158, the Company is
required to initially recognize the funded status of a defined benefit
postretirement plan and to provide the required disclosures as of the end
of
2007. The Company does not expect the adoption of SFAS No. 158 to have a
significant impact on its financial position or results of
operations.
In
September 2006, the FASB issued SFAS No. 157, “Fair Value Measurements.” SFAS
No. 157 defines fair value, establishes a framework for measuring fair value
in
generally accepted accounting principles, and expands disclosures about fair
value measurements. SFAS No. 157 applies under other accounting pronouncements
that require or permit fair value measurements. The Company is required to
adopt
SFAS No. 157 effective at the beginning of 2009.
In
June
2006, the FASB issued Interpretation No. 48 (“FIN 48”), “Accounting for
Uncertainty in Income Taxes - an interpretation of FASB Statement No. 109.” FIN
48 contains a two-step approach to recognizing and measuring uncertain tax
positions accounted for in accordance with SFAS No. 109. The first step is
to evaluate the tax position for recognition by determining if the weight
of
available evidence indicates it is more likely than not that the position
will
be sustained on audit, including resolution of related appeals or litigation
processes, if any. The second step is to measure the tax benefit as the largest
amount which is more than 50% likely of being realized upon ultimate settlement.
The Company is required to adopt FIN 48 effective at the beginning of 2008.
The
Company is evaluating the impact this statement will have on its consolidated
financial statements.
In
February 2006, the FASB issued SFAS No. 155, “Accounting for Certain Hybrid
Financial Instruments.” SFAS No. 155 permits fair value remeasurement for any
hybrid financial instrument that contains an embedded derivative that otherwise
would require bifurcation. As of March 1, 2007, the Company did not have
any
hybrid financial instruments subject to the fair value election under SFAS
No.
155. The Company is required to adopt SFAS No. 155 effective at the beginning
of
2008.
In
May
2005, the FASB issued SFAS No. 154, “Accounting Changes and Error Corrections.”
SFAS No. 154 changes the requirements for the accounting for and reporting
of a
change in accounting principle. The Company adopted SFAS No. 154 at the
beginning of 2007. The adoption of SFAS No. 154 did not impact the Company’s
results of operations and financial condition.
Supplemental
Balance Sheet Information
Receivables
|
|
March
1,
2007
|
|
August
31,
2006
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Trade
receivables
|
|
$
|
724
|
|
$
|
811
|
|
Taxes
other than income
|
|
|
30
|
|
|
18
|
|
Other
|
|
|
194
|
|
|
131
|
|
Allowance
for doubtful accounts
|
|
|
(5
|
)
|
|
(4
|
)
|
|
|
$
|
943
|
|
$
|
956
|
|
As
of
March 1, 2007, and August 31, 2006, other receivables include $80 million
and
$51 million, respectively, due from Intel Corporation primarily for amounts
related to NAND Flash product design and process development activities,
and $88
million and $51 million, respectively, due from settlement of litigation.
Long-term receivables due from settlement of litigation of $145 million and
$181
million as of March 1, 2007, and August 31, 2006, respectively, are included
in
other noncurrent assets in the Company’s consolidated balance
sheet.
Inventories
|
|
March
1,
2007
|
|
August
31,
2006
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Finished
goods
|
|
$
|
451
|
|
$
|
273
|
|
Work
in process
|
|
|
657
|
|
|
530
|
|
Raw
materials and supplies
|
|
|
237
|
|
|
195
|
|
Allowance
for obsolescence
|
|
|
(52
|
)
|
|
(35
|
)
|
|
|
$
|
1,293
|
|
$
|
963
|
|
Goodwill
and Intangible Assets
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
March
1, 2007
|
|
August
31, 2006
|
|
|
|
Gross
Amount
|
|
Accumulated
Amortization
|
|
Gross
Amount
|
|
Accumulated
Amortization
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Intangible
assets:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Product
and process technology
|
|
$
|
522
|
|
$
|
(244
|
)
|
$
|
460
|
|
$
|
(219
|
)
|
Customer
relationships
|
|
|
127
|
|
|
(11
|
)
|
|
127
|
|
|
(4
|
)
|
Other
|
|
|
29
|
|
|
(7
|
)
|
|
27
|
|
|
(3
|
)
|
|
|
$
|
678
|
|
$
|
(262
|
)
|
$
|
614
|
|
$
|
(226
|
)
|
During
the first six months of 2007 and 2006, the Company capitalized $62 million
and
$18 million, respectively, for product and process technology with
weighted-average useful lives of 9 years and 10 years, respectively. During
the
first six months of 2007, the Company capitalized $2 million of other intangible
assets with a useful life of 4 years.
Amortization
expense for intangible assets was $19 million and $36 million for the second
quarter and first six months of 2007, respectively, and $13 million and $26
million for the second quarter and first six months of 2006, respectively.
Annual amortization expense for intangible assets held as of March 1, 2007,
is
estimated to be $74 million for 2007, $75 million for 2008, $64 million for
2009, $54 million for 2010 and $49 million for 2011.
As
of
March 1, 2007, the Company had goodwill of $472 million for its Memory segment
and $50 million for its Imaging segment. As of August 31, 2006, the Company
had
goodwill of $490 million for its Memory segment and $12 million for its Imaging
segment. (See “Acquisitions” Note.)
Property,
Plant and Equipment
|
|
March
1,
2007
|
|
August
31,
2006
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Land
|
|
$
|
107
|
|
$
|
107
|
|
Buildings
|
|
|
3,425
|
|
|
2,763
|
|
Equipment
|
|
|
11,235
|
|
|
9,528
|
|
Construction
in progress
|
|
|
329
|
|
|
484
|
|
Software
|
|
|
263
|
|
|
251
|
|
|
|
|
15,359
|
|
|
13,133
|
|
Accumulated
depreciation
|
|
|
(7,766
|
)
|
|
(7,245
|
)
|
|
|
$
|
7,593
|
|
$
|
5,888
|
|
Depreciation
expense was $407 million and $782 million for the second quarter and first
six
months of 2007, respectively, and $286 million and $578 million for the second
quarter and first six months of 2006, respectively.
Accounts
Payable and Accrued Expenses
|
|
March
1,
2007
|
|
August
31,
2006
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Accounts
payable
|
|
$
|
835
|
|
$
|
854
|
|
Salaries,
wages and benefits
|
|
|
240
|
|
|
220
|
|
Taxes
other than income
|
|
|
22
|
|
|
23
|
|
Income
taxes
|
|
|
14
|
|
|
20
|
|
Other
|
|
|
265
|
|
|
202
|
|
|
|
$
|
1,376
|
|
$
|
1,319
|
|
Debt
|
|
March
1,
2007
|
|
August
31,
2006
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Capital
lease obligations payable in monthly installments through August
2021,
weighted-average imputed interest rate of 6.5% and 6.6%
|
|
$
|
565
|
|
$
|
264
|
|
Notes
payable in periodic installments through July 2015, weighted-average
interest rate of 1.4% and 1.5%
|
|
|
187
|
|
|
237
|
|
Convertible
subordinated notes payable, interest rate of 5.6%, due April
2010
|
|
|
70
|
|
|
70
|
|
|
|
|
822
|
|
|
571
|
|
Less
current portion
|
|
|
(183
|
)
|
|
(166
|
)
|
|
|
$
|
639
|
|
$
|
405
|
|
As
of
March 1, 2007, notes payable above included $186 million, denominated in
Japanese yen, at a weighted-average interest rate of 1.4%.
In
the
second quarter of 2007, the Company received $309 million in proceeds from
sales-leaseback transactions and in connection with these transactions recorded
capital lease obligations aggregating $300 million with a weighed-average
imputed interest rate of 6.6%, payable in periodic installments through June
2011.
The
Company’s TECH subsidiary has a credit facility that enables it to borrow up to
$400 million at Singapore Interbank Offered Rate (“SIBOR”) plus 2.5% subject to
customary covenants. Amounts borrowed under the facility would be due in
quarterly installments through September 2009. As of March 1, 2007, TECH
had not
borrowed any amounts against the credit facility.
The
Company’s $70 million 5.625% convertible notes (“Notes”) assumed in the
acquisition of Lexar Media, Inc. are convertible into the Company’s common stock
any time at the option of the holders of the Notes at a price equal to
approximately $11.28 per share and are subject to customary covenants. The
Notes are redeemable for cash at the Company’s option beginning on April 1,
2008, at a price equal to the principal amount plus accrued interest. The
Company may only redeem the Notes if its common stock has exceeded 175% of
the
conversion price for at least 20 trading days in the 30 consecutive trading
days
prior to delivery of a notice of redemption. Upon redemption, the Company
will
be required to make a payment equal to the net present value of the remaining
scheduled interest payments through April 1, 2010.
Contingencies
As
is
typical in the semiconductor and other high technology industries, from time
to
time, others have asserted, and may in the future assert, that the Company’s
products or manufacturing processes infringe their intellectual property
rights.
In this regard, the Company is engaged in litigation with Rambus, Inc.
(“Rambus”) relating to certain of Rambus’ patents and certain of the Company’s
claims and defenses. Lawsuits between Rambus and the Company are pending
in the
U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware, U.S. District Court for
the
Northern District of California, Germany, France, and Italy. The Company
also is
engaged in patent litigation with Tadahiro Ohmi (“Ohmi”) in the U.S. District
Court for the Eastern District of Texas, with Massachusetts Institute of
Technology (“MIT”) in the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts
and with Mosaid Technologies, Inc. (“Mosaid”) in both the U.S. District Court
for the Northern District of California and the U.S. District Court for the
Eastern District of Texas. Among other things, the above lawsuits pertain
to
certain of the Company’s SDRAM, DDR SDRAM, DDR2 SDRAM, RLDRAM, and image sensor
products, which account for a significant portion of net sales.
The
Company is unable to predict the outcome of assertions of infringement made
against the Company. A court determination that the Company’s products or
manufacturing processes infringe the intellectual property rights of others
could result in significant liability and/or require the Company to make
material changes to its products and/or manufacturing processes. Any of the
foregoing could have a material adverse effect on the Company’s business,
results of operations or financial condition.
On
June
17, 2002, the Company received a grand jury subpoena from the U.S. District
Court for the Northern District of California seeking information regarding
an
investigation by the Antitrust Division of the Department of Justice (the
“DOJ”)
into possible antitrust violations in the “Dynamic Random Access Memory” or
“DRAM” industry. The Company is cooperating fully and actively with the DOJ in
its investigation. The Company’s cooperation is pursuant to the terms of the
DOJ’s Corporate Leniency Policy, which provides that in exchange for the
Company’s full, continuing and complete cooperation in the pending
investigation, the Company will not be subject to prosecution, fines or other
penalties from the DOJ. Subsequent to the commencement of the DOJ investigation,
at least eighty-four (seven of which have been dismissed) purported class
action
lawsuits have been filed against the Company and other DRAM suppliers in
various
federal and state courts in the United States and in Puerto Rico by direct
and
indirect purchasers alleging price-fixing in violation of federal and state
antitrust laws, violations of state unfair competition law, and/or unjust
enrichment relating to the sale and pricing of DRAM products. The complaints
seek treble damages sustained by purported class members, in addition to
restitution, costs and attorneys’ fees, as well as an injunction against the
allegedly unlawful conduct. The direct purchaser cases were consolidated
in the
U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California and the Court
granted plaintiffs’ motion to certify the proposed class of direct purchasers.
On January 9, 2007, the Company entered into a settlement agreement with
the
class of direct purchasers (“Direct Purchaser Settlement”). Under terms of the
Direct Purchaser Settlement, the Company agreed to pay $91 million and will
be
dismissed with prejudice from the direct purchaser consolidated class-action
suit. The Direct Purchaser Settlement is subject to approval by the U.S.
District Court for the Northern District of California. The Direct Purchaser
Settlement does not resolve the indirect purchaser suits. As a result of
the
Direct Purchaser Settlement, the Company recorded a $50 million charge to
revenue and $31 million net charge to selling, general and administrative
expenses for the first quarter of 2007. The Company recorded the costs of
the
Direct Purchaser Settlement attributable to current customers as a charge
to
revenue in accordance with generally accepted accounting
principles.
Three
purported class action lawsuits also have been filed in Canada, alleging
violations of the Canadian Competition Act. The substantive allegations in
these
cases are similar to those asserted in the cases filed in the United States
and
Puerto Rico. The Direct Purchaser Settlement does not resolve these
suits.
In
addition, various states, through their Attorneys General, have filed suit
against the Company and other DRAM manufacturers. On July 14, 2006, and on
September 8, 2006 in an amended complaint, the following states filed suit
in
the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California: Alaska,
Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Delaware, Florida, Hawaii, Idaho,
Illinois, Iowa, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan,
Minnesota, Mississippi, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Mexico, North
Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island,
South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, West
Virginia, Wisconsin and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands.
The
amended complaint alleges, among other things, violations of the Sherman
Act,
Cartwright Act, and certain other states’ consumer protection and antitrust laws
and seeks damages, and injunctive and other relief. Additionally, on July
13,
2006, the State of New York filed a similar suit in the U.S. District Court
for
the Southern District of New York. That case was subsequently transferred
to the
U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California for pre-trial
purposes. The Direct Purchaser Settlement does not resolve these
suits.
In
February and March 2007, three cases were filed against the Company and other
manufacturers of DRAM in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District
of
California by parties that opted-out of the direct purchaser class action.
The
complaints allege, among other things, violations of federal and state antitrust
and competition laws in the DRAM industry, and seek damages, injunctive relief,
and other remedies. The Direct Purchaser Settlement does not resolve these
suits.
On
October 11, 2006, the Company received a grand jury subpoena from the U.S.
District Court for the Northern District of California seeking information
regarding an investigation by the DOJ into possible antitrust violations
in the
“Static Random Access Memory” or “SRAM” industry. The Company believes that it
is not a target of the investigation and is cooperating with the DOJ in its
investigation of the SRAM industry.
Subsequent
to the issuance of subpoenas to the SRAM industry, a number of purported
class
action lawsuits have been filed against the Company and other SRAM suppliers.
Six cases have been filed in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District
of California asserting claims on behalf of a purported class of individuals
and
entities that purchased SRAM directly from various SRAM suppliers during
the
period from January 1, 1998 through December 31, 2005. Additionally, at least
seventy-two cases have been filed in various U.S. District Courts asserting
claims on behalf of a purported class of individuals and entities that
indirectly purchased SRAM and/or products containing SRAM from various SRAM
suppliers during the time period from January 1, 1998 through December 31,
2005.
The complaints allege price fixing in violation of federal antitrust laws
and
state antitrust and unfair competition laws and seek treble monetary damages,
restitution, costs, interest and attorneys’ fees.
In
the
first calendar quarter of 2007, at least fifteen purported class action lawsuits
were filed against the Company and other suppliers of flash memory products.
Thirteen of these were filed in the U.S. District Court for the Northern
District of California. These cases assert claims on behalf of a purported
class
of individuals and entities that purchased Flash memory directly or indirectly
from various Flash memory suppliers during the period from January 1, 1999
through the date the various cases were filed. The complaints generally allege
price fixing in violation of federal antitrust laws and various state antitrust
and unfair competition laws and seek monetary damages, restitution, costs,
interest, and attorneys’ fees.
On
May 5,
2004, Rambus filed a complaint in the Superior Court of the State of California
(San Francisco County) against the Company and other DRAM suppliers. The
complaint alleges various causes of action under California state law including
conspiracy to restrict output and fix prices on Rambus DRAM (“RDRAM”) and unfair
competition. The complaint seeks treble damages, punitive damages, attorneys’
fees, costs, and a permanent injunction enjoining the defendants from the
conduct alleged in the complaint.
The
Company is unable to predict the outcome of these lawsuits and investigations.
The final resolution of these alleged violations of antitrust laws could
result
in significant liability and could have a material adverse effect on the
Company’s business, results of operations or financial condition.
On
February 24, 2006, a putative class action complaint was filed against the
Company and certain of its officers in the U.S. District Court for the District
of Idaho alleging claims under Section 10(b) and 20(a) of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and Rule 10b-5 promulgated thereunder.
Four
substantially similar complaints subsequently were filed in the same Court.
The
cases purport to be brought on behalf of a class of purchasers of the Company’s
stock during the period February 24, 2001 to February 13, 2003. The five
lawsuits have been consolidated and a consolidated amended class action
complaint was filed on July 24, 2006. The complaint generally alleges violations
of federal securities laws based on, among other things, claimed misstatements
or omissions regarding alleged illegal price-fixing conduct. The complaint
seeks
unspecified damages, interest, attorneys’ fees, costs, and
expenses.
In
addition, on March 23, 2006, a shareholder derivative action was filed in
the
Fourth District Court for the State of Idaho (Ada County), allegedly on behalf
of and for the benefit of the Company, against certain of the Company’s current
and former officers and directors. The Company also was named as a nominal
defendant. An amended complaint was filed on August 23, 2006. The complaint
is
based on the same allegations of fact as in the securities class actions
filed
in the U.S. District Court for the District of Idaho and alleges breach of
fiduciary duty, abuse of control, gross mismanagement, waste of corporate
assets, unjust enrichment, and insider trading. The complaint seeks unspecified
damages, restitution, disgorgement of profits, equitable and injunctive relief,
attorneys’ fees, costs, and expenses. The complaint is derivative in nature and
does not seek monetary damages from the Company. However, the Company may
be
required, throughout the pendency of the action, to advance payment of legal
fees and costs incurred by the defendants.
The
Company is unable to predict the outcome of these cases. A court determination
in any of these actions against the Company could result in significant
liability and could have a material adverse effect on the Company’s business,
results of operations or financial condition.
In
March
2006, following the Company’s announcement of a definitive agreement to acquire
Lexar Media, Inc. (“Lexar”) in a stock-for-stock merger, four purported class
action complaints were filed in the Superior Court for the State of California
(Alameda County) on behalf of shareholders of Lexar against Lexar and its
directors. Two of the complaints also name the Company as a defendant. The
complaints allege that the defendants breached, or aided and abetted the
breach
of, fiduciary duties owed to Lexar shareholders by, among other things, engaging
in self-dealing, failing to engage in efforts to obtain the highest price
reasonably available, and failing to properly value Lexar in connection with
a
merger transaction between Lexar and the Company. The plaintiffs seek, among
other things, injunctive relief preventing, or an order of rescission reversing,
the merger, compensatory damages, interest, attorneys’ fees, and costs. On May
19, 2006, the plaintiffs filed a motion for preliminary injunction seeking
to
block the merger. On May 31, 2006, the Court denied the motion. An amended
consolidated complaint was filed on October 10, 2006. The Company is unable
to
predict the outcome of these suits. A court determination against the Company
could result in significant liability and could have a material adverse effect
on the Company’s business, results of operations or financial condition. (See
“Acquisitions - Lexar Media, Inc.” note.)
The
Company has accrued a liability and charged operations for the estimated
costs
of adjudication or settlement of various asserted and unasserted claims existing
as of the balance sheet date. The Company is currently a party to other legal
actions arising out of the normal course of business, none of which is expected
to have a material adverse effect on the Company’s business, results of
operations or financial condition.
In
the
normal course of business, the Company is a party to a variety of agreements
pursuant to which it may be obligated to indemnify the other party. It is
not
possible to predict the maximum potential amount of future payments under
these
types of agreements due to the conditional nature of the Company’s obligations
and the unique facts and circumstances involved in each particular agreement.
Historically, payments made by the Company under these types of agreements
have
not had a material effect on the Company’s business, results of operations or
financial condition.
Equity
Plans
As
of
March 1, 2007, the Company had an aggregate of 186.0 million shares of its
common stock reserved for issuance under its various equity plans, of which
131.6 million shares were subject to outstanding stock awards and 54.4 million
shares were available for future grants. Awards are subject to terms and
conditions as determined by the Company’s Board of Directors.
Stock
Options: The
Company granted 6.8 million and 7.8 million shares of stock options during
the
second quarter and first six months of 2007, respectively. The weighted-average
grant-date fair value per share was $4.75 and $4.91 for options granted during
the second quarter and first six months of 2007, respectively. The Company
granted 9.8 million and 10.3 million shares of stock options during the second
quarter and first six months of 2006, respectively. The weighted-average
grant-date fair value per share was $5.90 and $5.89 for options granted during
the second quarter and first six months of 2006, respectively.
The
fair
value of each option award is estimated as of the date of grant using the
Black-Scholes model. Expected volatilities are based on implied volatilities
from traded options on the Company’s stock and historical volatility. The
expected life of options granted is based on historical experience and on
the
terms and conditions of the options. The risk-free rates are based on the
U.S.
Treasury yield in effect at the time of the grant. Assumptions used in the
Black-Scholes model are presented below:
|
|
Quarter
ended
|
|
Six
months ended
|
|
|
|
March
1,
2007
|
|
March
2,
2006
|
|
March
1,
2007
|
|
March
2,
2006
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Average
expected life in years
|
|
|
4.25
|
|
|
4.25
|
|
|
4.25
|
|
|
4.25
|
|
Expected
volatility
|
|
|
38%-40
|
%
|
|
47
|
%
|
|
38%-42
|
%
|
|
47%-48
|
%
|
Weighted-average
volatility
|
|
|
38
|
%
|
|
47
|
%
|
|
39
|
%
|
|
47
|
%
|
Risk-free
interest rate
|
|
|
4.6
|
%
|
|
4.4
|
%
|
|
4.7
|
%
|
|
4.4
|
%
|
The
Black-Scholes option valuation model was developed for use in estimating
the
fair value of traded options which have no vesting restrictions and are fully
transferable and requires the input of subjective assumptions, including
the
expected stock price volatility and estimated option life. For purposes of
this valuation model, no dividends have been assumed.
Restricted
Stock and Restricted Stock Units:
The
Company awards restricted stock and restricted stock units (collectively,
“Restricted Awards”) under its equity plans. During the second quarter of 2007
and 2006, the Company granted 1.7 million and 0.7 million shares, respectively,
of service-based Restricted Awards. During the first six months of 2007,
the
Company granted 2.7 million shares of service-based Restricted Awards and
0.9
million shares of performance-based Restricted Awards. During the first six
months of 2006, the Company granted 1.5 million shares of service-based
Restricted Awards and 0.6 million shares of performance-based Restricted
Awards.
The weighted-average grant-date fair value per share was $12.38 and $15.13
for
Restricted Awards granted during the second quarter and first six months
of
2007, respectively. The weighted-average grant-date fair value per share
was
$14.26 and $12.91 for Restricted Awards granted during the second quarter
and
first six months of 2006, respectively.
Stock-Based
Compensation Expense: Total
compensation costs for the Company’s stock plans were as follows:
|
|
Quarter
ended
|
|
Six
months ended
|
|
|
|
March
1,
2007
|
|
March
2,
2006
|
|
March
1,
2007
|
|
March
2,
2006
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Stock-based
compensation expense by caption:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cost
of goods sold
|
|
$
|
3
|
|
$
|
2
|
|
$
|
5
|
|
$
|
3
|
|
Selling,
general and administrative
|
|
|
5
|
|
|
2
|
|
|
10
|
|
|
4
|
|
Research
and development
|
|
|
2
|
|
|
2
|
|
|
5
|
|
|
3
|
|
|
|
$
|
10
|
|
$
|
6
|
|
$
|
20
|
|
$
|
10
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Stock-based
compensation expense by type of award: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Stock
options
|
|
$
|
5
|
|
$
|
4
|
|
$
|
11
|
|
$
|
6
|
|
Restricted
stock
|
|
|
5
|
|
|
2
|
|
|
9
|
|
|
4
|
|
|
|
$
|
10
|
|
$
|
6
|
|
$
|
20
|
|
$
|
10
|
|
Stock-based
compensation expense of $2 million was capitalized and remained in inventory
at
March 1, 2007. As of March 1, 2007, $139 million of total unrecognized
compensation costs related to non-vested awards was expected to be recognized
through the second quarter of 2011, resulting in a weighted-average period
of
1.6 years. Stock-based compensation expense in the above presentation does
not
reflect any significant income taxes, which is consistent with the Company’s
treatment of income or loss from its U.S. operations. (See “Income Taxes”
note.)
Other
Operating (Income) Expense, Net
Other
operating income for the first six months of 2007 includes gains on disposals
of
semiconductor equipment of $10 million. Other operating income for the first
quarter of 2007 includes a gain of $30 million from the sale of certain
intellectual property to Toshiba Corporation. Other
operating income for the second quarter of 2006 includes $230 million of
net
proceeds from Intel for the sale of the Company’s then existing NAND Flash
memory designs and certain related technology and the Company’s acquisition of a
perpetual, paid-up license to use and modify such designs. Other
operating expense for the second quarter and first six month of 2006 include
$9
million from losses net of gains on write-downs and disposals of semiconductor
equipment. Other operating income for the first six months of 2006 includes
net
gains of $8 million from changes in currency exchange rates.
Income
Taxes
Income
taxes for 2007 and 2006 primarily reflect taxes on the Company’s non-U.S.
operations and U.S. alternative minimum tax. The Company has a valuation
allowance for its net deferred tax asset associated with its U.S. operations.
The provision for taxes on U.S. operations in 2007 and 2006 was substantially
offset by a reduction in the valuation allowance. As of March 1, 2007, the
Company had aggregate U.S. tax net operating loss carryforwards of $1.5 billion
and unused U.S. tax credit carryforwards of $191 million. The Company also
had
unused state tax net operating loss carryforwards of $1.4 billion and unused
state tax credits of $169 million. Substantially all of the net operating
loss
carryforwards expire in 2022 to 2025 and substantially all of the tax credit
carryforwards expire in 2013 to 2026.
Earnings
Per Share
Basic
earnings per share is computed based on the weighted-average number of common
shares and stock rights outstanding. Diluted earnings per share is computed
based on the weighted-average number of common shares outstanding plus the
dilutive effects of stock options, warrants and convertible notes. Potential
common shares that would increase earnings per share amounts or decrease
loss
per share amounts are antidilutive and are, therefore, excluded from earnings
per share calculations. Antidilutive potential common shares that could dilute
basic earnings per share in the future were 165.7 million and 111.3 million
for
the second quarter and first six months of 2007, respectively, and 97.0 million
and 110.7 million for the second quarter and first six months of 2006,
respectively.
|
|
Quarter
ended
|
|
Six
months ended
|
|
|
|
March
1,
2007
|
|
March
2,
2006
|
|
March
1,
2007
|
|
March
2,
2006
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net
income (loss) available to common shareholders - Basic
|
|
$
|
(52
|
)
|
$
|
193
|
|
$
|
63
|
|
$
|
256
|
|
Net
effect of assumed conversion of debt
|
|
|
--
|
|
|
3
|
|
|
--
|
|
|
6
|
|
Net
income (loss) available to common shareholders - Diluted
|
|
$
|
(52
|
)
|
$
|
196
|
|
$
|
63
|
|
$
|
262
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Weighted-average
common shares outstanding − Basic
|
|
|
768.7
|
|
|
661.5
|
|
|
767.9
|
|
|
655.8
|
|
Net
effect of dilutive stock options and assumed conversion of
debt
|
|
|
--
|
|
|
53.1
|
|
|
8.4
|
|
|
54.8
|
|
Weighted-average
common shares outstanding − Diluted
|
|
|
768.7
|
|
|
714.6
|
|
|
776.3
|
|
|
710.6
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Earnings
(loss) per share:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Basic
|
|
$
|
(0.07
|
)
|
$
|
0.29
|
|
$
|
0.08
|
|
$
|
0.39
|
|
Diluted
|
|
|
(0.07
|
)
|
|
0.27
|
|
|
0.08
|
|
|
0.37
|
|
Comprehensive
Income
(Loss)
Comprehensive
income (loss) for 2007 and 2006 includes net income (loss) and de minimis
amounts of unrealized gains and losses on investments. Comprehensive loss
for
the second quarter of 2007 was $55 million and comprehensive income for the
first six months of 2007 was $62 million. Comprehensive income for the second
quarter and first six months of 2006 was $193 million and $256 million,
respectively.
Acquisitions
Lexar
Media, Inc. (“Lexar”):
On June
21, 2006, the Company acquired Lexar, a designer, developer, manufacturer
and
marketer of flash memory products, in a stock for stock merger to broaden
the
Company’s NAND Flash product offering, enhance its retail presence and
strengthen its portfolio of intellectual property. In connection therewith,
the
Company issued 50.7 million shares of common stock, issued 6.6 million stock
options and incurred other acquisition costs resulting in an aggregate purchase
price of $886 million, which was allocated to the assets and liabilities
of
Lexar based on preliminary estimates of fair values. The Company recorded
total
assets of $1,348 million, including cash and short-term investments of $101
million, receivables of $311 million, intangible assets of $183 million and
goodwill of $467 million; and total liabilities of $462 million. The recorded
amounts include adjustments in 2007 to the initial allocation of purchase
price
to reflect additional information about the fair value of assets and liabilities
acquired. The adjustments in 2007 include an $11 million increase in receivables
and other assets, an $8 million decrease in liabilities and a $19 million
decrease in goodwill. The Company’s results of operations subsequent to the
acquisition date include Lexar, as part of the Company’s Memory
segment.
The
following unaudited pro forma information presents the consolidated results
of
operations of the Company as if the acquisition of Lexar had taken place
at the
beginning of 2006. The pro forma information does not necessarily reflect
the
actual results that would have occurred nor is it necessarily indicative
of
future results of operations.
|
|
Quarter
ended
March
2,
2006
|
|
Six
months ended
March
2,
2006
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net
sales
|
|
$
|
1,347
|
|
$
|
2,946
|
|
Net
income
|
|
|
151
|
|
|
185
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Earnings
per share - diluted
|
|
$
|
0.20
|
|
$
|
0.25
|
|
Avago
Technologies Limited Image Sensor Business:
On
December 11, 2006, the Company acquired the CMOS image sensor business of
Avago
Technologies Limited (“Avago”) for approximately $53 million in cash, plus
additional contingent payments of up to $17 million if certain milestones
are
met. The purchase price was allocated to the acquired net assets based on
preliminary estimates of fair values. As of March 1, 2007, the Company recorded
total assets of $56 million, including intangible assets of $17 million and
goodwill of $38 million; and total liabilities of $1 million. The Company’s
results of operations subsequent to the acquisition date include the CMOS
image
sensor business acquired from Avago, as part of the Company’s Imaging segment.
Mercedes Johnson, a member of the Company’s Board of Directors, is the Senior
Vice President, Finance and Chief Financial Officer, of Avago. Ms. Johnson
recused herself from all deliberations of the Company’s Board of Directors
concerning this transaction.
Joint
Ventures
NAND
Flash Joint Ventures with Intel Corporation (“IM
Flash”):
The
Company has formed two joint ventures with Intel to manufacture NAND Flash
memory products for the exclusive benefit of the partners: IM Flash
Technologies, LLC and IM Flash Singapore LLP. As of March 1, 2007, the Company
owned 51% and Intel owned 49% of IM Flash. The parties share output of IM
Flash
generally in proportion to their ownership in IM Flash.
The
Company has determined that both of the IM Flash joint ventures are variable
interest entities as defined in FIN 46(R), “Consolidation of Variable Interest
Entities,” and that the Company is the primary beneficiary of both. Accordingly,
IM Flash financial results are included in the accompanying consolidated
financial statements of the Company. The creditors of IM Flash have recourse
only to the assets of IM Flash and do not have recourse to any other assets
of
the Company.
TECH
Semiconductor Singapore Pte. Ltd. (“TECH”):
Since
1998, the Company has participated in TECH, a semiconductor memory manufacturing
joint venture in Singapore among the Company, the Singapore Economic Development
Board (“EDB”), Canon Inc. and Hewlett-Packard Company. As of March 1, 2007, the
Company owned an approximate 43% interest in TECH. The shareholders’ agreement
for the TECH joint venture expires in 2011.
On
March
30, 2007, the Company exercised its option and acquired all of the shares
of
TECH common stock held by EDB for approximately $290 million payable over
nine
months. As a result of the acquisition, the Company’s ownership interest in TECH
increased from 43% to 73%. The accompanying consolidated financial statements
do
not reflect the impact of acquiring these shares as the transaction closed
subsequent to the end of the second quarter.
The
Company has determined that TECH is a variable interest entity, and has
concluded it is the primary beneficiary of TECH as defined by FIN 46(R) and
therefore began consolidating TECH’s financial results as of the beginning of
the Company’s third quarter of 2006. The creditors of TECH have recourse only to
the assets of TECH and do not have recourse to any other assets of the
Company.
TECH’s
semiconductor manufacturing uses the Company’s product and process technology.
Subject
to specific terms and conditions, the Company has agreed to purchase all
of the
products manufactured by TECH. The Company generally purchases semiconductor
memory products from TECH at prices determined quarterly, based on a discount
from average selling prices realized by the Company for the preceding quarter.
The Company performs assembly and test services on product manufactured by
TECH.
The Company also provides certain technology, engineering and training to
support TECH. Through the second quarter of 2006, prior to the consolidation
of
TECH, all of these transactions with TECH were recognized as part of the
net
cost of products purchased from TECH. The net cost of products purchased
from
TECH amounted to $147 million and $287 million for the second quarter and
first
six months of 2006, respectively.
Segment
Information
The
Company’s reportable segments are Memory and Imaging. The Memory segment’s
primary products are DRAM and NAND Flash memory and the Imaging segment’s
primary product is CMOS image sensors. Segment information reported below
is
consistent with how it is reviewed and evaluated by the Company’s chief
operating decision maker and is based on the nature of the Company’s operations
and products offered to customers. The Company does not identify or report
depreciation and amortization, capital expenditures or assets by segment.
The
information below represents the Company’s reportable segments:
|
|
Quarter
ended
|
|
Six
months ended
|
|
|
|
March
1,
2007
|
|
March
2,
2006
|
|
March
1,
2007
|
|
March
2,
2006
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net
sales:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Memory
|
|
$
|
1,271
|
|
$
|
1,066
|
|
$
|
2,557
|
|
$
|
2,274
|
|
Imaging
|
|
|
156
|
|
|
159
|
|
|
400
|
|
|
313
|
|
Total
consolidated net sales
|
|
$
|
1,427
|
|
$
|
1,225
|
|
$
|
2,957
|
|
$
|
2,587
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Operating
income:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Memory
|
|
$
|
(24
|
)
|
$
|
161
|
|
$
|
36
|
|
$
|
182
|
|
Imaging
|
|
|
(10
|
)
|
|
27
|
|
|
40
|
|
|
68
|
|
Total
consolidated operating income (loss)
|
|
$
|
(34
|
)
|
$
|
188
|
|
$
|
76
|
|
$
|
250
|
|
Item
2. Management’s
Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of
Operations
The
following discussion contains
trend information and other forward-looking statements that involve a number
of
risks and uncertainties. Forward-looking statements include, but are
not limited to, statements such as those made in “Overview” regarding NAND Flash
production in future periods and expected contributions to IM Flash; in “Net
Sales” regarding NAND Flash production in future periods and expected revenue
from sales of NAND Flash; in “Selling, General and Administrative” regarding
SG&A expenses for the third quarter of 2007; in “Research and Development”
regarding R&D costs in future periods; in “Stock-Based Compensation”
regarding increases in future stock-based compensation costs; and in “Liquidity
and Capital Resources” regarding capital spending in 2007 and 2008 and future
capital contributions to IM Flash. The Company’s actual results could differ
materially from the Company’s historical results and those discussed in the
forward-looking statements. Factors that could cause actual results to differ
materially include, but are not limited to, those identified in “PART II. OTHER
INFORMATION - Item 1A. Risk Factors.” This discussion should be read in
conjunction with the Consolidated Financial Statements and accompanying notes
and with the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended August 31,
2006. All period references are to the Company’s fiscal periods unless otherwise
indicated. All tabular dollar amounts are in millions. All production data
reflects production of the Company and its consolidated joint ventures.
Overview
The
Company is a global manufacturer of semiconductor devices, principally
semiconductor memory products (including DRAM and NAND Flash) and CMOS image
sensors. The Company operates in two segments: Memory and Imaging. Its products
are used in a broad range of electronic applications including personal
computers, workstations, network servers, mobile phones and other consumer
applications including flash memory cards, USB storage devices, digital still
cameras, MP3 players and in automotive applications. The Company markets
its
products through its internal sales force, independent sales representatives
and
distributors primarily to original equipment manufacturers and retailers
located
around the world. The Company’s success is largely dependent on the market
acceptance of a diversified semiconductor product portfolio, efficient
utilization of the Company’s manufacturing infrastructure, successful ongoing
development of advanced process technologies and generation of sufficient
return
on research and development investments.
The
Company has strategically diversified its business by expanding into
semiconductor products such as specialty memory products (including SDRAM,
PSRAM, mobile SDRAM and reduced latency DRAM), NAND Flash memory products
and
CMOS image sensors. These products are used in a wider range of applications
than the computing applications that use the Company’s highest volume products,
DDR and DDR2 DRAM. The Company leverages its expertise in semiconductor memory
manufacturing and product and process technology to provide products that
are
differentiated from competitors’ products based on performance characteristics.
In 2006 and the first six months of 2007, approximately half of the Company’s
revenue came from sales of specialty memory products, NAND Flash memory products
and CMOS image sensors. The Company believes the strategic diversification
of
its product portfolio will strengthen its ability to allocate manufacturing
resources to achieve the highest rate of return.
The
Company has partnered with Intel to form two NAND Flash manufacturing joint
ventures: IM Flash Technologies, LLC and IM Flash Singapore LLP (collectively
“IM Flash”). IM Flash operations include two 300mm wafer fabrication facilities
that are expected to greatly increase the Company’s production of NAND Flash in
2007. IM Flash Singapore LLP plans to begin construction of a new 300mm wafer
fabrication facility in Singapore in 2007. The Company expects to contribute
approximately $2 billion in cash to IM Flash over the next three years, with
similar contributions to be made by Intel. As of March 1, 2007, the Company
owned 51% and Intel owned 49% of IM Flash. The parties share output of IM
Flash
generally in proportion to their ownership in IM Flash.
The
Company makes significant ongoing investments to implement its proprietary
product and process technology in its facilities in the United States, Europe
and Asia to manufacture semiconductor products with increasing functionality
and
performance at lower costs. The Company continues to introduce new generations
of products that offer improved performance characteristics, such as higher
data
transfer rates, reduced package size, lower power consumption and increased
megapixel count. The Company generally reduces the manufacturing cost of
each
generation of product through advancements in product and process technology
such as its leading-edge line width process technology and innovative array
architecture.
In
order
to maximize returns from investments in research and development (“R&D”),
the Company develops process technology that effectively reduces production
costs and leverages the Company’s capital expenditures. To leverage its R&D
investments, the Company has formed strategic joint ventures under which
the
costs of developing NAND Flash memory product and process technologies are
shared with its joint venture partner. In addition, from time to time, the
Company has also sold and/or licensed technology to third parties. To be
successfully incorporated in customers’ end products, the Company must offer
qualified semiconductor solutions at a time when customers are developing
their
design specifications for their end products. This is especially true for
specialty memory products and CMOS image sensors, which are required to
demonstrate advanced functionality and performance well ahead of a planned
ramp
of production to commercial volumes. In addition, DRAM and NAND Flash products
necessarily incorporate highly advanced design and process technologies.
The
Company must make significant investments in R&D to expand its product
offering and develop its leading-edge product and process
technologies.
Results
of Operations
|
|
Second
Quarter
|
|
|
|
First
Quarter
|
|
|
|
Six
Months
|
|
|
|
|
2007
|
|
%
of net sales
|
|
|
|
2006
|
|
%
of net sales
|
|
|
|
2007
|
|
%
of net sales
|
|
|
|
2007
|
|
%
of net sales
|
|
|
|
2006
|
|
%
of net sales
|
|
|
(amounts
in millions and as a percent of net sales)
|
Net
sales:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Memory
|
|
$
|
1,271
|
|
|
89
|
|
%
|
|
$
|
1,066
|
|
|
87
|
|
%
|
|
$
|
1,286
|
|
|
84
|
|
%
|
|
$
|
2,557
|
|
|
86
|
|
%
|
|
$
|
2,274
|
|
|
88
|
|
%
|
Imaging
|
|
|
156
|
|
|
11
|
|
%
|
|
|
159
|
|
|
13
|
|
%
|
|
|
244
|
|
|
16
|
|
%
|
|
|
400
|
|
|
14
|
|
%
|
|
|
313
|
|
|
12
|
|
%
|
|
|
$
|
1,427
|
|
|
100
|
|
%
|
|
$
|
1,225
|
|
|
100
|
|
%
|
|
$
|
1,530
|
|
|
100
|
|
%
|
|
$
|
2,957
|
|
|
100
|
|
%
|
|
$
|
2,587
|
|
|
100
|
|
%
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Gross
margin:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Memory
|
|
$
|
302
|
|
|
24
|
|
%
|
|
$
|
166
|
|
|
16
|
|
%
|
|
$
|
340
|
|
|
26
|
|
%
|
|
$
|
642
|
|
|
25
|
|
%
|
|
$
|
404
|
|
|
18
|
|
%
|
Imaging
|
|
|
55
|
|
|
35
|
|
%
|
|
|
70
|
|
|
44
|
|
%
|
|
|
102
|
|
|
42
|
|
%
|
|
|
157
|
|
|
39
|
|
%
|
|
|
143
|
|
|
46
|
|
%
|
|
|
$
|
357
|
|
|
25
|
|
%
|
|
$
|
236
|
|
|
19
|
|
%
|
|
$
|
442
|
|
|
29
|
|
%
|
|
$
|
799
|
|
|
27
|
|
%
|
|
$
|
547
|
|
|
21
|
|
%
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
SG&A
|
|
$
|
153
|
|
|
11
|
|
%
|
|
$
|
108
|
|
|
9
|
|
%
|
|
$
|
180
|
|
|
12
|
|
%
|
|
$
|
333
|
|
|
11
|
|
%
|
|
$
|
203
|
|
|
8
|
|
%
|
R&D
|
|
|
243
|
|
|
17
|
|
%
|
|
|
159
|
|
|
13
|
|
%
|
|
|
183
|
|
|
12
|
|
%
|
|
|
426
|
|
|
14
|
|
%
|
|
|
325
|
|
|
13
|
|
%
|
Other
operating
(income)
expense,
net
|
|
|
(5
|
)
|
|
(0
|
|
%
|
|
|
(219
|
)
|
|
(18
|
)
|
%
|
|
|
(31
|
)
|
|
(2
|
)
|
%
|
|
|
(36
|
)
|
|
(1
|
)
|
%
|
|
|
(231
|
)
|
|
(9
|
)
|
%
|
Net
income (loss)
|
|
|
(52
|
)
|
|
(4
|
)
|
%
|
|
|
193
|
|
|
16
|
|
%
|
|
|
115
|
|
|
8
|
|
%
|
|
|
63
|
|
|
2
|
|
%
|
|
|
256
|
|
|
10
|
|
%
|
Net
Sales
Total
net
sales for the second quarter of 2007 decreased 7% as compared to the first
quarter of 2007 primarily reflecting a 36% decrease in Imaging sales due
to
weakness in the mobile handset market, increased competition and shifts in
market mix towards lower value VGA-based camera phones. Memory sales for
the
second quarter of 2007 were relatively unchanged from the first quarter of
2007,
as increases in megabit sales volumes for DRAM and NAND Flash memory products
were offset by declines in per megabit average selling prices. Total net
sales
for the second quarter of 2007 increased 16% as compared to the second quarter
of 2006 primarily due to a 19% increase in Memory sales. Total net sales
for the
first six months of 2007 increased 14% as compared to the first six months
of
2006 due to a 12% increase in Memory sales and a 28% increase in Imaging
sales.
Memory:
Memory
sales for the second quarter of 2007 were relatively unchanged from the first
quarter of 2007 as an increase in NAND sales offset a slight decrease in
DRAM
sales.
Sales
of
NAND Flash memory products in the second quarter of 2007 increased 8% compared
to the first quarter of 2007 primarily due to a 62% increase in megabits
manufactured, partially offset by a 31% decline in average selling prices.
Megabit production of NAND Flash products increased for the second quarter
of
2007 as compared to the first quarter of 2007 primarily due to the ramp of
the
Company’s wafer fabrication facility in Virginia. Sales of NAND Flash products
include sales from IM Flash to Intel at long-term negotiated prices
approximating cost. Sales of NAND Flash products represented 19% of the
Company’s total net sales for the second quarter of 2007 as compared to 16% for
the first quarter of 2007 and 5% for the second quarter of 2006. The Company
expects that sales of NAND Flash products will continue to increase in future
periods as it ramps additional NAND Flash production capacity in
Utah.
Sales
of
DRAM products for the second quarter of 2007 were relatively unchanged from
the
first quarter of 2007 as a 14% increase in megabits sold was offset by 13%
decrease in average selling prices (which includes the effects of a $50 million
charge to revenue in the first quarter of 2007 as a result of a settlement
agreement with a class of direct purchasers of certain DRAM products (the
“Direct Purchaser Settlement”)). Megabit production of DRAM products increased
14% for the second quarter of 2007 as compared to the first quarter of 2007,
primarily due to improvements in product and process technologies. Sales
of DDR
and DDR2 DRAM products were 50% of the Company’s total net sales in the second
quarter of 2007 as compared to 44% for first quarter of 2007 and 53% for
the
second quarter of 2006.
Memory
sales for the second quarter of 2007 increased 19% as compared to the second
quarter of 2006 primarily due to a 343% increase in sales of NAND Flash
products. Memory sales for the first six months of 2007 increased 12% as
compared to the first six months of 2006 primarily due to a 277% increase
in
sales of NAND Flash products. The increases in sales of NAND Flash products
for
the second quarter and first six months of 2007 as compared to the corresponding
periods of 2006 was primarily due to the Company’s acquisition of Lexar Media,
Inc. (which occurred in the fourth quarter of 2006) and a significant increases
in megabits manufactured, partially offset by decreases in average selling
prices per megabit of approximately 55%. Megabit production of NAND Flash
increased significantly for the second quarter and first six months of 2007
as
compared to the corresponding periods of 2006, primarily due to the continued
ramp of the wafer fabrication facility in Virginia. Sales of DRAM products
for
the second quarter of 2007 were relatively unchanged as compared to the second
quarter of 2006 as an 11% increase in average selling prices per megabit
was
offset by a decrease in megabit sales volume. Sales of DRAM products for
the
first six months of 2007 decreased 6% as compared to the first six months
of
2006 primarily due to reductions in megabit sales volume. Megabit sales volume
of DRAM products for the second quarter and first six months of 2007 decreased
from the corresponding periods of 2006 as the Company allocated a larger
portion
of its manufacturing resources to Imaging and NAND Flash products.
Imaging: Imaging
sales for the second quarter of 2007 decreased by 36% from the first quarter
of
2007 primarily due to lower sales volume and decreases in selling prices
as a
result of weakness in the mobile handset market, increased competition and
shifts in market mix towards lower value VGA-based camera phones. Imaging
sales
for the second quarter of 2007 decreased by 2% as compared to the second
quarter
of 2006 primarily due to lower average selling prices. Imaging sales for
the
first six months of 2007 increased by 28% as compared to the first six months
of
2006 primarily due to increases in unit sales, partially offset by lower
average
selling prices. Imaging sales were 11% of the Company’s total net sales in the
second quarter of 2007 as compared to 16% for the first quarter of 2007 and
13%
for the second quarter of 2006.
Gross
Margin
The
Company’s overall gross margin for the second quarter of 2007 declined as
compared to the first quarter of 2007 primarily due to decreases in the gross
margins for Memory and Imaging. The Company’s overall gross margin for the
second quarter and first six months of 2007 improved as compared to the
corresponding periods of 2006 primarily due to increases in the gross margin
for
Memory partially offset by declines in the gross margin of Imaging.
Memory:
The
Company’s gross margin for Memory for the second quarter of 2007 decreased
slightly to 24% from 26% for the first quarter of 2007 primarily due to
declining margins for NAND Flash products. The gross margin for NAND Flash
products declined primarily as a result of the 31% decrease in average selling
prices which was mitigated by a 23% reduction in per megabit costs. The Company
achieved cost reductions for NAND Flash products through improved product
yields
and an increase in production utilizing the Company’s 72nm line-width process.
The gross margin for DRAM products in the second quarter of 2007 was relatively
stable from the first quarter of 2007 as a 13% decrease in average selling
prices was mitigated by a 13% reduction in costs. The Company achieved cost
reductions for DRAM products through improved product yields and an increase
in
production utilizing the Company’s 95nm and 78nm process
technologies.
The
Company’s gross margin for Memory for the second quarter of 2007 improved to 24%
as compared to 16% for the second quarter of 2006 primarily due to improvements
in margins on DRAM products partially offset by declines in margins on NAND
Flash products. The Company’s gross margin for Memory for the first six months
of 2007 improved to 25% as compared to 18% for the first six months of 2006
primarily due to improvements in margins on DRAM products partially offset
by
declines in margins on NAND Flash products. The gross margin for DRAM products
in the second quarter and first six months of 2007 improved from the
corresponding periods of 2006, primarily due to reductions in production
costs
and increases in average selling prices per megabit of approximately 10%.
The
Company’s gross margin on NAND Flash products for the second quarter and first
six months of 2007 declined from the corresponding periods of 2006 primarily
due
to decreases in average selling prices of approximately 55%, which were
mitigated by significant reductions in costs.
The
Company’s TECH Semiconductor Singapore Pte. Ltd. (“TECH”) joint venture supplied
approximately 20% of the total megabits of memory produced by the Company
in
recent periods. TECH primarily produced DDR and DDR2 products in 2007 and
2006.
As of the beginning of the third quarter of 2006, TECH’s results are included in
the Company’s consolidated results. Through the second quarter of 2006, the
Company’s results reflected memory products purchased from TECH at prices
generally based on a discount from average selling prices realized by the
Company for the preceding quarter. In the first six months of 2006, the Company
realized higher gross margin percentages on sales of TECH products than on
sales
of similar products manufactured by the Company’s wholly-owned operations.
Subsequent to the second quarter of 2006, the Company’s purchases from TECH are
eliminated in consolidation and, as a result, TECH’s actual manufacturing costs
are included in the Company’s consolidated results of operations. Since TECH
utilizes the Company’s product designs and process technology and has a similar
manufacturing cost structure, the gross margin on sales of TECH products
since
the third quarter of 2006 approximated those on sales of similar products
manufactured by the Company’s wholly-owned operations. (See “Item 1. Financial
Statements and Supplementary Data - Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
-
Joint Ventures - TECH Semiconductor Singapore Pte. Ltd.”)
Imaging:
The
Company’s gross margin for Imaging declined to 35% for the second quarter of
2007 from 42% for the first quarter of 2007 primarily due to declines in
average
selling prices which was mitigated by cost reductions. The Company’s gross
margin for Imaging declined to 35% for the second quarter of 2007 from 44%
for
the second quarter of 2006 primarily due to reductions in average selling
prices
that were mitigated by cost reductions and shifts in product mix to higher
resolution products. The Company’s gross margin for Imaging declined to 39% for
the first six months of 2007 from 46% for the first six months of 2006 primarily
due to reductions in average selling prices that were mitigated by cost
reductions and shifts in product mix to higher resolution products.
Selling,
General and Administrative
Selling,
general and administrative (“SG&A”) expenses for the second quarter of 2007
decreased 15% from the first quarter of 2007 primarily due to a $31 million
net
charge to SG&A in the first quarter of 2007 as a result of the Direct
Purchaser Settlement. SG&A expenses for the second quarter of 2007 increased
42% from the second quarter of 2006 primarily due to higher personnel costs.
Personnel costs in the second quarter of 2007 increased from the second quarter
of 2006 primarily due to increased headcount resulting in part from the
acquisition of Lexar, the formation of IM Flash in the second quarter of
2006
and the consolidation of TECH in the third quarter of 2006, as well as higher
levels of stock-based compensation. SG&A expenses for the first six months
of 2007 increased 64% from the first six months of 2006 primarily due to
higher
personnel costs and the Direct Purchaser Settlement. The Company expects
SG&A expenses to approximate $140 million to $150 million for the third
quarter of 2007. For the Company’s Memory segment, SG&A expenses as a
percentage of Memory sales were 10% in the second quarter of 2007, 12% in
the
first quarter of 2007 and 8% in the second quarter of 2006. For the Imaging
segment, SG&A expenses as a percentage of Imaging sales were 15% in the
second quarter of 2007, 11% in the first quarter of 2007 and 13% in the second
quarter of 2006.
Research
and Development
Research
and development (“R&D”) expenses vary primarily with the number of
development wafers processed, the cost of advanced equipment dedicated to
new
product and process development, and personnel costs. Because of the lead
times
necessary to manufacture its products, the Company typically begins to process
wafers before completion of performance and reliability testing. The Company
deems development of a product complete once the product has been thoroughly
reviewed and tested for performance and reliability. R&D expenses can vary
significantly depending on the timing of product qualification as costs incurred
in production prior to qualification are charged to R&D.
R&D
expenses for the second quarter of 2007 increased 33% from the first quarter
of
2007, principally due to costs associated with NAND preproduction wafer
processing mitigated by increased reimbursements from Intel under a NAND
Flash
R&D cost sharing agreement. The Company and Intel share R&D process and
design costs for NAND Flash. Under this NAND Flash R&D cost-sharing
arrangement, the Company charged Intel $82 million in the second quarter
of
2007, $48 million in the first quarter of 2007 and $20 million in the second
quarter of 2006. R&D expenses for the second quarter and first six months of
2007 increased 53% and 31%, respectively, from the corresponding periods
of 2006
principally due to NAND preproduction wafer processing mitigated by
reimbursements received from Intel under the NAND Flash R&D cost-sharing
arrangement. The Company expects that its net R&D costs will approximate
$200 million to $220 million for the third quarter of 2007. For the Memory
segment, R&D expenses as a percentage of Memory sales were 16% in the second
quarter of 2007, 12% in the first quarter of 2007 and 13% in the second quarter
of 2006. For the Imaging segment, R&D expenses as a percentage of Imaging
sales were 27% in the second quarter of 2007, 13% in the first quarter of
2007
and second quarter of 2006.
The
Company’s process technology R&D efforts are focused primarily on
development of successively smaller line-width process technologies which
are
designed to facilitate the Company’s transition to next-generation memory
products and CMOS image sensors. Additional process technology R&D efforts
focus on specialty memory products (including PSRAM, mobile SDRAM and reduced
latency DRAM) and new manufacturing materials. Product design and development
efforts are concentrated on the Company’s 1 Gb and 2 Gb DDR, DDR2 and DDR3
products as well as high density and mobile NAND Flash memory (including
multi-level cell technology), CMOS image sensors and specialty memory
products.
Other
Operating (Income) Expense, Net
Other
operating income for the first six months of 2007 includes gains on disposals
of
semiconductor equipment of $10 million. Other operating income for the first
quarter of 2007 includes a gain of $30 million from the sale of certain
intellectual property to Toshiba Corporation. Other
operating income for the second quarter of 2006 includes $230 million of
net
proceeds from Intel for the sale of the Company’s then existing NAND Flash
memory designs and certain related technology and the Company’s acquisition of a
perpetual, paid-up license to use and modify such designs. Other
operating expense for the second quarter and first six month of 2006 include
$9
million from losses net of gains on write-downs and disposals of semiconductor
equipment. Other operating income for the first six months of 2006 includes
net
gains of $8 million from changes in currency exchange rates.
Income
Taxes
Income
taxes for 2007 and 2006 primarily reflect taxes on the Company’s non-U.S.
operations and U.S. alternative minimum tax. The Company has a valuation
allowance for its net deferred tax asset associated with its U.S. operations.
The provision for taxes on U.S. operations in 2007 and 2006 was substantially
offset by a reduction in the valuation allowance. As of March 1, 2007, the
Company had aggregate U.S. tax net operating loss carryforwards of $1.5 billion
and unused U.S. tax credit carryforwards of $191 million. The Company also
had
unused state tax net operating loss carryforwards of $1.4 billion and unused
state tax credits of $169 million. Substantially all of the net operating
loss
carryforwards expire from 2022 to 2025 and substantially all of the tax credit
carryforwards expire in 2013 to 2026.
Noncontrolling
Interests in Net Income
Noncontrolling
interests in net income for 2007 and 2006 primarily reflects the share of
net
income realized by the Company’s TECH joint venture attributable to the
noncontrolling interests in TECH. On March 30, 2007, the Company acquired
all of
the shares of TECH common stock held by the Singapore Economic Development
Board
for approximately $290 million, reducing the noncontrolling interests in
TECH as
of that date from 57% to 27%.
Stock-Based
Compensation
Total
compensation cost for the Company’s equity plans was $10 million for the second
quarter of 2007, $10 million for the first quarter of 2007 and $6 million
for
the second quarter of 2006. As of March 1, 2007, $2 million of stock
compensation costs were capitalized and remained in inventory. As of March
1,
2007, there was $139 million of total unrecognized compensation cost related
to
equity plans, which is expected to be recognized through the second quarter
of
2011. In 2005, the Company accelerated the vesting of substantially all of
its
unvested stock options then outstanding under the Company’s stock plans to
reduce compensation costs recognized subsequent to the adoption in 2006 of
Statement of Financial Accounting Standards (“SFAS”) No. 123(R), “Share-Based
Payment.” Because the Company’s stock-based compensation costs were reduced by
the effect of the acceleration of vesting in 2005, stock-based compensation
costs will continue to grow in future periods if the Company continues to
grant
amounts of new stock-based compensation awards.
Liquidity
and Capital Resources
The
Company’s liquidity is highly dependent on average selling prices for its
products and the timing of capital expenditures, both of which can vary
significantly from period to period. As of March 1, 2007, the Company had
cash
and equivalents and short-term investments totaling $2.2 billion compared
to
$3.1 billion as of August 31, 2006. The balance as of March 1, 2007, included
an
aggregate of $277 million held at, and anticipated to be used in the near
term
by, IM Flash and TECH.
Operating
Activities:
For the
first six months of 2007, the Company generated $716 million of cash from
operating activities, which principally reflects the Company’s $63 million of
net income adjusted by $800 million for non-cash depreciation and amortization
expense. Net cash provided by operating activities was net of the effects
of an
increase of $331 million in inventories primarily due to increases in production
and higher levels of Memory inventories required to support a more diversified
product portfolio and, with respect to Imaging, weakness in the mobile handset
market.
Investing
Activities:
For the
first six months of 2007, net cash used by investing activities was $1.2
billion, which included cash expenditures for property, plant and equipment
of
$2.2 billion partially offset by the net effect of purchases, sales and
maturities of investment securities of $1.0 billion. A significant portion
of
the capital expenditures relate to the ramp of IM Flash facilities and 300mm
conversion at TECH. The Company believes that to develop new product and
process
technologies, support future growth, achieve operating efficiencies and maintain
product quality, it must continue to invest in manufacturing technologies,
facilities and capital equipment, research and development, and product and
process technologies. The Company expects capital spending for the remainder
of
2007 to approximate $1.8 billion, of which approximately $0.5 billion is
expected to be funded by capital contributions from joint venture partners.
The
Company currently anticipates 2008 capital spending to be between $2.0 billion
and $3.0 billion. As of March 1, 2007, the Company had commitments of
approximately $720 million for the acquisition of property, plant and equipment,
nearly all of which are expected to be paid within one year.
On
December 11, 2006, the Company acquired the CMOS image sensor business of
Avago
Technologies Limited for approximately $53 million in cash, plus additional
contingent payments up to $17 million if certain milestones are met. The
Company
made payments of $55 million in the second quarter of 2007 in connection
with
this acquisition.
On
March
30, 2007, the Company acquired all of the shares of TECH common stock held
by
the Singapore Economic Development Board for approximately $290 million payable
over nine months, increasing its ownership interest in TECH from 43% to
73%.
Financing
Activities:
For the
first six months of 2007, net cash provided by financing activities was $614
million, which includes $647 million in capital contributions received from
a
joint venture partner and $309 million in proceeds from equipment financing
arrangements that are payable in periodic installments over 5 years. The
Company
also made an aggregate of $391 million in scheduled debt payments and payments
on equipment purchase contracts in the first six months of 2007.
The
Company’s TECH joint venture has a credit facility that enables it to borrow up
to $400 million in future periods to fund its capital expenditures.
Access
to
capital markets has historically been important to the Company. Depending
on
market conditions, the Company may issue registered or unregistered securities
to raise capital to fund a portion of its operations.
Joint
Ventures:
As of
March 1, 2007, IM Flash had $162 million of cash and marketable investment
securities. IM Flash’s cash and marketable investment securities are not
anticipated to be made available to finance the Company’s other operations.
Subject to certain conditions, the Company expects to make additional
contributions to IM Flash of approximately $2 billion over the next three
years,
with similar contributions to be made by Intel. The Company anticipates
additional investments as appropriate to support the growth of IM Flash’s
operations.
As
of
March 1, 2007, TECH had $115 million of cash and marketable investment
securities. TECH’s cash and marketable investment securities are not anticipated
to be made available to finance the Company’s other operations.
See
“Item
1. Financial Statements and Supplementary Data - Notes to Consolidated Financial
Statements - Joint Ventures.”
Contractual
Obligations:
As of
March 1, 2007, contractual obligations for notes payable, capital lease
obligations and operating leases were as follows:
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Total
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Remainder
of 2007
|
|
2008
|
|
2009
|
|
2010
|
|
2011
|
|
2012
and
thereafter
|
|
|
|
Notes
payable (including interest)
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|
$
|
275
|
|
$
|
34
|
|
$
|
67
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$
|
50
|
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$
|
119
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|
$
|
4
|
|
$
|
1
|
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Capital
lease obligations
|
|
|
672
|
|
|
80
|
|
|
146
|
|
|
140
|
|
|
79
|
|
|
145
|
|
|
82
|
|
Operating
leases
|
|
|
112
|
|
|
18
|
|
|
38
|
|
|
19
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|
|
8
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6
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23
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Recently
Issued Accounting Standards
In
February 2007, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) issued
Statement of Financial Accounting Standards (“SFAS”) No. 159, “The Fair Value
Option for Financial Assets and Financial Liabilities - Including an amendment
of FASB Statement No. 115.” Under SFAS No. 159, the Company may elect to measure
many financial instruments and certain other items at fair value on an
instrument by instrument basis subject to certain restrictions. The Company
may
adopt SFAS No. 159 at the beginning of 2008. The impact of the adoption of
SFAS
No. 159 will be dependent on the extent to which the Company elects to measure
eligible items at fair value.
In
September 2006, the SEC staff issued Staff Accounting Bulletin (“SAB”) No. 108,
“Considering the Effects of Prior Year Misstatements when Quantifying
Misstatements in Current Year Financial Statements.” The Company is required to
adopt SAB No. 108 by the end of 2007 and does not expect the adoption to
have a
significant impact on the Company’s financial position or results of
operations.
In
September 2006, the FASB issued SFAS No. 158, “Employers’ Accounting for
Defined Benefit Pension and Other Postretirement Plans - an amendment of
FASB
Statements No. 87, 88, 106, and 132(R).” Under SFAS No. 158, the Company is
required to initially recognize the funded status of a defined benefit
postretirement plan and to provide the required disclosures as of the end
of
2007. The Company does not expect the adoption of SFAS No. 158 to have a
significant impact on its financial position or results of operations.
In
September 2006, the FASB issued SFAS No. 157, “Fair Value Measurements.” SFAS
No. 157 defines fair value, establishes a framework for measuring fair value
in
generally accepted accounting principles, and expands disclosures about fair
value measurements. SFAS No. 157 applies under other accounting pronouncements
that require or permit fair value measurements. The Company is required to
adopt
SFAS No. 157 effective at the beginning of 2009.
In
June 2006, the FASB issued Interpretation No. 48 (“FIN 48”),
“Accounting for Uncertainty in Income Taxes - an interpretation of FASB
Statement No. 109.” FIN 48 contains a two-step approach to recognizing and
measuring uncertain tax positions accounted for in accordance with SFAS
No. 109. The first step is to evaluate the tax position for recognition by
determining if the weight of available evidence indicates it is more likely
than
not that the position will be sustained on audit, including resolution of
related appeals or litigation processes, if any. The second step is to measure
the tax benefit as the largest amount which is more than 50% likely of being
realized upon ultimate settlement. The Company is required to adopt FIN 48
effective at the beginning of 2008. The Company is evaluating the impact
this
statement will have on its consolidated financial statements.
In
February 2006, the FASB issued SFAS No. 155, “Accounting for Certain Hybrid
Financial Instruments.” SFAS No. 155 permits fair value remeasurement for any
hybrid financial instrument that contains an embedded derivative that otherwise
would require bifurcation. As of March 1, 2007, the Company did not have
any
hybrid financial instruments subject to the fair value election under SFAS
No.
155. The Company is required to adopt SFAS No. 155 effective at the beginning
of
2008.
In
May
2005, the FASB issued SFAS No. 154, “Accounting Changes and Error Corrections.”
SFAS No. 154 changes the requirements for the accounting for and reporting
of a
change in accounting principle. The Company adopted SFAS No. 154 at the
beginning of 2007. The adoption of SFAS No. 154 did not impact the Company’s
results of operations and financial condition.
Critical
Accounting Estimates
The
preparation of financial statements and related disclosures in conformity
with
U.S. GAAP requires management to make estimates and judgments that affect
the
reported amounts of assets, liabilities, revenues, expenses and related
disclosures. Estimates and judgments are based on historical experience,
forecasted future events and various other assumptions that the Company believes
to be reasonable under the circumstances. Estimates and judgments may vary
under
different assumptions or conditions. The Company evaluates its estimates
and
judgments on an ongoing basis. Management believes the accounting policies
below
are critical in the portrayal of the Company’s financial condition and results
of operations and require management’s most difficult, subjective or complex
judgments.
Acquisitions
and consolidations:
Determination and the allocation thereof of the purchase price of acquired
operations significantly influences the period in which costs are recognized.
Accounting for acquisitions and consolidations requires the Company to estimate
the fair value of the individual assets and liabilities acquired as well
as
various forms of consideration given. The Company typically obtains independent
third party valuation studies to assist in determining fair values, which
may
include assistance in determining future cash flows, appropriate discount
rates
and comparable market values. The estimation of the fair values of consideration
given and assets and liabilities acquired involves a number of judgments,
assumptions and estimates that could materially affect the amount and timing
of
costs recognized.
Contingencies:
The
Company is subject to the possibility of losses from various contingencies.
Considerable judgment is necessary to estimate the probability and amount
of any
loss from such contingencies. An accrual is made when it is probable that
a
liability has been incurred or an asset has been impaired and the amount
of loss
can be reasonably estimated. The Company accrues a liability and charges
operations for the estimated costs of adjudication or settlement of asserted
and
unasserted claims existing as of the balance sheet date.
Goodwill
and intangible assets: The
Company tests goodwill for impairment annually and whenever events or
circumstances make it more likely than not that an impairment may have occurred,
such as a significant adverse change in the business climate or a decision
to
sell or dispose of a reporting unit. Determining whether impairment has occurred
requires valuation of the respective reporting unit. If the analysis indicates
goodwill is impaired, measuring the impairment requires a fair value estimate
of
each identified tangible and intangible asset. The Company tests other
identified intangible assets with definite useful lives and subject to
amortization when events and circumstances indicate the carrying value may
not
be recoverable by comparing the carrying amount to the sum of undiscounted
cash
flows expected to be generated by the asset. The Company tests intangible
assets
with indefinite lives annually for impairment using a fair value method such
as
discounted cash flows. Estimating fair values involves significant assumptions,
especially regarding future sales prices, sales volumes, costs and discount
rates.
Income
taxes: The
Company is required to estimate its provision for income taxes and amounts
ultimately payable or recoverable in numerous tax jurisdictions around the
world. Estimates involve interpretations of regulations and are inherently
complex. Resolution of income tax treatments in individual jurisdictions
may not
be known for many years after completion of any fiscal year. The Company
is also
required to evaluate the realizability of its deferred tax assets on an ongoing
basis in accordance with U.S. GAAP, which requires the assessment of the
Company’s performance and other relevant factors when determining the need for a
valuation allowance with respect to these deferred tax assets. Realization
of
deferred tax assets is dependent on the Company’s ability to generate future
taxable income.
Inventories:
Inventories are stated at the lower of average cost or market value. Cost
includes labor, material and overhead costs, including product and process
technology costs. Determining market value of inventories involves numerous
judgments, including projecting average selling prices and sales volumes
for
future periods and costs to complete products in work in process inventories.
To
project average selling prices and sales volumes, the Company reviews recent
sales volumes, existing customer orders, current contract prices, industry
analysis of supply and demand, seasonal factors, general economic trends
and
other information. When these analyses reflect estimated market values below
the
Company’s manufacturing costs, the Company records a charge to cost of goods
sold in advance of when the inventory is actually sold. Differences in
forecasted average selling prices used in calculating lower of cost or market
adjustments can result in significant changes in the estimated net realizable
value of product inventories and accordingly the amount of write-down recorded.
Due to the volatile nature of the semiconductor memory industry, actual selling
prices and volumes often vary significantly from projected prices and volumes
and, as a result, the timing of when product costs are charged to operations
can
vary significantly.
U.S.
GAAP
provides for products to be grouped into categories in order to compare costs
to
market values. The amount of any inventory write-down can vary significantly
depending on the determination of inventory categories. The Company’s
inventories have been categorized as Memory products or Imaging products.
The
major characteristics the Company considers in determining inventory categories
are product type and markets.
Product
and process technology:
Costs
incurred to acquire product and process technology or to patent technology
developed by the Company are capitalized and amortized on a straight-line
basis
over periods currently ranging up to 10 years. The Company capitalizes a
portion
of costs incurred based on its analysis of historical and projected patents
issued as a percent of patents filed. Capitalized product and process technology
costs are amortized over the shorter of (i) the estimated useful life of
the
technology, (ii) the patent term or (iii) the term of the technology
agreement.
Property,
plant and equipment: The
Company reviews the carrying value of property, plant and equipment for
impairment when events and circumstances indicate that the carrying value
of an
asset or group of assets may not be recoverable from the estimated future
cash
flows expected to result from its use and/or disposition. In cases where
undiscounted expected future cash flows are less than the carrying value,
an
impairment loss is recognized equal to the amount by which the carrying value
exceeds the estimated fair value of the assets. The estimation of future
cash
flows involves numerous assumptions which require judgment by the Company,
including, but not limited to, future use of the assets for Company operations
versus sale or disposal of the assets, future selling prices for the Company’s
products and future production and sales volumes. In addition, judgment is
required by the Company in determining the groups of assets for which impairment
tests are separately performed.
Research
and development:
Costs
related to the conceptual formulation and design of products and processes
are
expensed as research and development when incurred. Determining when product
development is complete requires judgment by the Company. The Company deems
development of a product complete once the product has been thoroughly reviewed
and tested for performance and reliability.
Stock-based
compensation:
Under
the provisions of SFAS No. 123(R), stock-based compensation cost is estimated
at
the grant date based on the fair-value of the award and is recognized as
expense
ratably over the requisite service period of the award. Determining the
appropriate fair-value model and calculating the fair value of stock-based
awards at the grant date requires considerable judgment, including estimating
stock price volatility, expected option life and forfeiture rates. The Company
develops its estimates based on historical data and market information which
can
change significantly over time. A small change in the estimates used can
result
in a relatively large change in the estimated valuation.
The
Company uses the Black-Scholes option valuation model to value employee stock
awards. The Company estimates stock price volatility based on an average
of its
historical volatility and the implied volatility derived from traded options
on
the Company’s stock. Estimated option life and forfeiture rate assumptions are
derived from historical data. For stock based compensation awards with graded
vesting that were granted after 2005, the Company recognizes compensation
expense using the straight-line amortization method.
Item
3. Quantitative
and Qualitative Disclosures about Market Risk
Interest
Rate Risk
As
of
March 1, 2007, $734 million of
the
Company’s $822 million in total debt was at fixed interest rates. As a result,
the fair value of the debt fluctuates based on changes in market interest
rates.
The estimated fair market value of the Company’s debt was $844 million as of
March 1, 2007. The difference between the estimated fair value of the Company’s
debt and its recorded value is primarily attributable to the Company’s
convertible debt.
Foreign
Currency Exchange Rate Risk
The
information in this section should be read in conjunction with the information
related to changes in the exchange rates of foreign currency in “Item 1A. Risk
Factors.” Changes in foreign currency exchange rates could materially adversely
affect the Company’s results of operations or financial condition.
The
functional currency for substantially all of the Company’s operations is the
U.S. dollar. The Company held aggregate cash and other assets in foreign
currencies valued at U.S. $388 million as of March 1, 2007, and U.S. $425
million as of August 31, 2006 (including cash and equivalents denominated
in yen
valued at U.S. $197 million as of March 1, 2007, and U.S. $222 million as
of
August 31, 2006; cash and equivalents denominated in Singapore dollars valued
at
U.S. $15 million as of March 1, 2007 and $42 million as of August 31, 2006;
and
deferred income tax assets denominated in yen valued at U.S. $70 million
as of
March 1, 2007, and U.S. $64 million as of August 31, 2006). The Company also
held aggregate foreign currency liabilities valued at U.S. $617 million as
of
March 1, 2007, and U.S. $615 million as of August 31, 2006 (including debt
denominated in yen valued at U.S. $194 million as of March 1, 2007, and U.S.
$228 million as of August 31, 2006). Foreign currency receivables and payables
as of March 1, 2007, were comprised primarily of yen, euros and Singapore
dollars. The
Company estimates that, based on its assets and liabilities denominated in
currencies other than U.S. dollar as of March 1, 2007, a 1% change in the
exchange rate versus the U.S. dollar would result in foreign currency gains
or
losses of approximately $1 million for the euro, the yen and the Singapore
dollar.
Item
4. Controls
and Procedures
An
evaluation was carried out under the supervision and with the participation
of
the Company’s management, including its principal executive officer and
principal financial officer, of the effectiveness of the design and operation
of
the Company’s disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rule 13a-15(e)
and 15d-15(e) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934) as of the end of
the
period covered by this report. Based upon that evaluation, the principal
executive officer and principal financial officer concluded that those
disclosure controls and procedures were effective to ensure that information
required to be disclosed by the Company in the reports that it files or submits
under the Exchange Act is recorded, processed, summarized and reported, within
the time periods specified in the Commission’s rules and forms and that such
information is accumulated and communicated to the Company’s management,
including the principal executive officer and principal financial officer,
as
appropriate, to allow timely decision regarding disclosure.
During
the quarterly period covered by this report, there were no changes in the
Company’s internal control over financial reporting that have materially
affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, the Company’s internal
control over financial reporting.
PART
II. OTHER INFORMATION
Item
1. Legal
Proceedings
On
August
28, 2000, the Company filed a complaint against Rambus, Inc. (“Rambus”) in the
U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware seeking monetary damages
and
declaratory and injunctive relief. Among other things, the Company’s complaint
(as amended) alleges violation of federal antitrust laws, breach of contract,
fraud, deceptive trade practices, and negligent misrepresentation. The complaint
also seeks a declaratory judgment (a) that certain Rambus patents are not
infringed by the Company, are invalid, and/or are unenforceable, (b) that
the
Company has an implied license to those patents, and (c) that Rambus is estopped
from enforcing those patents against the Company. On February 15, 2001, Rambus
filed an answer and counterclaim in Delaware denying that the Company is
entitled to relief, alleging infringement of the eight Rambus patents named
in
the Company’s declaratory judgment claim, and seeking monetary damages and
injunctive relief. A number of other suits are currently pending in Europe
alleging that certain of the Company’s SDRAM and DDR SDRAM products infringe
various of Rambus’ country counterparts to its European patent 525 068,
including: on September 1, 2000, Rambus filed suit against Micron Semiconductor
(Deutschland) GmbH in the District Court of Mannheim, Germany; on September
22,
2000, Rambus filed a complaint against the Company and Reptronic (a distributor
of the Company’s products) in the Court of First Instance of Paris, France; on
September 29, 2000, the Company filed suit against Rambus in the Civil Court
of
Milan, Italy, alleging invalidity and non-infringement. In addition, on December
29, 2000, the Company filed suit against Rambus in the Civil Court of Avezzano,
Italy, alleging invalidity and non-infringement of the Italian counterpart
to
European patent 1 004 956. Additionally, other suits are pending alleging
that
certain of our DDR SDRAM products infringe Rambus’ country counterparts to its
European patent 1 022 642, including: on August 10, 2001, Rambus filed suit
against the Company and Assitec (an electronics retailer) in the Civil Court
of
Pavia, Italy; and on August 14, 2001, Rambus filed suit against Micron
Semiconductor (Deutschland) GmbH in the District Court of Mannheim, Germany.
In
the European suits against the Company, Rambus is seeking monetary damages
and
injunctive relief. Subsequent to the filing of the various European suits,
the
European Patent Office declared Rambus’ 525 068 and 1 004 956 European patents
invalid and revoked the patents. On January 13, 2006, Rambus filed a lawsuit
against the Company in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District
of
California alleging infringement of eighteen Rambus patents.
On
June
2, 2005, Tadahiro Ohmi (“Ohmi”) filed suit against the Company in the U.S.
District Court for the Eastern District of Texas (amended on August 31, 2005)
alleging infringement of a single Ohmi patent. On August 31, 2005, an amended
complaint was filed substituting the Foundation for Advancement of International
Science as the plaintiff.
On
October 3, 2006, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (“MIT”) filed suit
against the Company in the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts
alleging infringement of a single MIT patent.
On
July
24, 2006, the Company filed a declaratory judgment action against Mosaid
Technologies, Inc. (“Mosaid”) in the U.S. District Court for the Northern
District of California seeking, among other things, a court determination
that
fourteen Mosaid patents are invalid, not enforceable, and/or not infringed.
On
July 25, 2006, Mosaid filed a lawsuit against the Company and others in the
U.S.
District Court for the Eastern District of Texas alleging infringement of
nine
Mosaid patents. On August 31, 2006, Mosaid filed an amended complaint adding
two
additional Mosaid patents. On October 23, 2006, the California Court dismissed
the Company’s declaratory judgment suit based on lack of
jurisdiction.
Among
other things, the above lawsuits pertain to certain of the Company’s SDRAM, DDR
SDRAM, DDR2 SDRAM, RLDRAM, and image sensor products, which account for a
significant portion of the Company’s net sales.
The
Company is unable to predict the outcome of these suits. A court determination
that the Company’s products or manufacturing processes infringe the product or
process intellectual property rights of others could result in significant
liability and/or require the Company to make material changes to its products
and/or manufacturing processes. Any of the foregoing results could have a
material adverse effect on the Company’s business, results of operations or
financial condition.
On
June
17, 2002, the Company received a grand jury subpoena from the U.S. District
Court for the Northern District of California seeking information regarding
an
investigation by the Antitrust Division of the Department of Justice (the
“DOJ”)
into possible antitrust violations in the “Dynamic Random Access Memory” or
“DRAM” industry. The Company is cooperating fully and actively with the DOJ in
its investigation. The Company’s cooperation is pursuant to the terms of the
DOJ’s Corporate Leniency Policy, which provides that in exchange for our full,
continuing and complete cooperation in the pending investigation, the Company
will not be subject to prosecution, fines or other penalties from the
DOJ.
Subsequent
to the commencement of the DOJ investigation, a number of purported class
action
lawsuits have been filed against the Company and other DRAM suppliers. Eighteen
cases have been filed in various federal district courts (two of which have
been
dismissed) asserting claims on behalf of a purported class of individuals
and
entities that purchased DRAM directly from the various DRAM suppliers during
the
period from April 1, 1999 through at least June 30, 2002. All of the cases
have
been transferred to the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of
California for consolidated proceedings. The complaints allege price-fixing
in
violation of federal antitrust laws and seek treble damages sustained by
purported class members, in addition to restitution, costs and attorneys’ fees,
as well as an injunction against the allegedly unlawful conduct. On June
5,
2006, the Court granted plaintiffs’ motion to certify the proposed class of
direct purchasers. On January 9, 2007, Micron entered into a settlement
agreement with the class of direct purchasers (“Direct Purchaser Settlement”).
Under terms of the Direct Purchaser Settlement, Micron agreed to pay $91
million
and will be dismissed with prejudice from the direct purchaser consolidated
class-action suit. The Direct Purchaser Settlement is subject to approval
by the
U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California.
Four
cases have been filed in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District
of
California asserting claims on behalf of a purported class of individuals
and
entities that indirectly purchased DRAM and/or products containing DRAM from
various DRAM suppliers during the time period from April 1, 1999 through
at
least June 30, 2002. The complaints allege price fixing in violation of federal
antitrust laws and various state antitrust and unfair competition laws and
seek
treble monetary damages, restitution, costs, interest and attorneys’ fees. In
addition, at least sixty-two cases have been filed in various state courts
(five
of which have been dismissed) asserting claims on behalf of a purported class
of
indirect purchasers of DRAM. Cases have been filed in the following states:
Arkansas, Arizona, California, Florida, Hawaii, Iowa, Kansas, Massachusetts,
Maine, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Montana, North Carolina, North Dakota,
Nebraska, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, Nevada, New York, Ohio,
Pennsylvania, South Dakota, Tennessee, Utah, Vermont, Virginia, Wisconsin,
and
West Virginia, and also in the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico. The
complaints purport to be on behalf of a class of individuals and entities
that
indirectly purchased DRAM and/or products containing DRAM in the respective
jurisdictions during various time periods ranging from 1999 through the filing
date of the various complaints. The complaints allege violations of the various
jurisdictions’ antitrust, consumer protection and/or unfair competition laws
relating to the sale and pricing of DRAM products and seek treble monetary
damages, restitution, costs, interest and attorneys’ fees. A number of these
cases have been removed to federal court and transferred to the U.S. District
Court for the Northern District of California (San Francisco) for consolidated
proceedings. The Direct Purchaser Settlement does not resolve these
suits.
Additionally,
three cases have been filed in the following Canadian courts: Superior Court,
District of Montreal, Province of Quebec; Ontario Superior Court of Justice,
Ontario; and Supreme Court of British Columbia, Vancouver Registry, British
Columbia. The substantive allegations in these cases are similar to those
asserted in the cases filed in the United States. The Direct Purchaser
Settlement does not resolve these suits.
In
addition, various states, through their Attorneys General, have filed suit
against the Company and other DRAM manufacturers. On July 14, 2006, and on
September 8, 2006 in an amended complaint, the following states filed suit
in
the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California: Alaska,
Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Delaware, Florida, Hawaii, Idaho,
Illinois, Iowa, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan,
Minnesota, Mississippi, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Mexico, North
Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island,
South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, West
Virginia, Wisconsin and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands.
The
amended complaint alleges, among other things, violations of the Sherman
Act,
Cartwright Act, and certain other states’ consumer protection and antitrust laws
and seeks damages, and injunctive and other relief. Additionally, on July
13,
2006, the State of New York filed a similar suit in the U.S. District Court
for
the Southern District of New York. That case was subsequently transferred
to the
U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California for pre-trial
purposes. The Direct Purchaser Settlement does not resolve these
suits.
On
February 28, 2007, February 28, 2007 and March 8, 2007, cases were filed
against
the Company and other manufacturers of DRAM in the U.S. District Court for
the
Northern District of California by All American Semiconductor, Inc., Jaco
Electronics, Inc. and DRAM Claims Liquidation Trust, respectively, that
opted-out of the Direct Purchaser class action. The complaints allege, among
other things, violations of federal and state antitrust and competition laws
in
the DRAM industry, and seek damages, injunctive relief, and other remedies.
The
Direct Purchaser Settlement does not resolve these three suits.
On
October 11, 2006, the Company received a grand jury subpoena from the U.S.
District Court for the Northern District of California seeking information
regarding an investigation by the DOJ into possible antitrust violations
in the
“Static Random Access Memory” or “SRAM” industry. The Company believes that it
is not a target of the investigation and is cooperating with the DOJ in its
investigation of the SRAM industry.
Subsequent
to the issuance of subpoenas to the SRAM industry, a number of purported
class
action lawsuits have been filed against the Company and other SRAM suppliers.
Six cases have been filed in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District
of California asserting claims on behalf of a purported class of individuals
and
entities that purchased SRAM directly from various SRAM suppliers during
the
period from January 1, 1998 through December 31, 2005. Additionally, at least
seventy-two cases have been filed in various U.S. District Courts asserting
claims on behalf of a purported class of individuals and entities that
indirectly purchased SRAM and/or products containing SRAM from various SRAM
suppliers during the time period from January 1, 1998 through December 31,
2005.
The complaints allege price fixing in violation of federal antitrust laws
and
state antitrust and unfair competition laws and seek treble monetary damages,
restitution, costs, interest and attorneys’ fees.
In
the
first calendar quarter of 2007, at least fifteen purported class action lawsuits
were filed against the Company and other suppliers of flash memory products.
Thirteen of these were filed in the U.S. District Court for the Northern
District of California. These cases assert claims on behalf of a purported
class
of individuals and entities that purchased Flash memory directly or indirectly
from various Flash memory suppliers during the period from January 1, 1999
through the date the various cases were filed. The complaints generally allege
price fixing in violation of federal antitrust laws and various state antitrust
and unfair competition laws and seek monetary damages, restitution, costs,
interest, and attorneys’ fees.
On
May 5,
2004, Rambus filed a complaint in the Superior Court of the State of California
(San Francisco County) against the Company and other DRAM suppliers. The
complaint alleges various causes of action under California state law including
a conspiracy to restrict output and fix prices on Rambus DRAM (“RDRAM”) and
unfair competition. The complaint seeks treble damages, punitive damages,
attorneys’ fees, costs, and a permanent injunction enjoining the defendants from
the conduct alleged in the complaints.
The
Company is unable to predict the outcome of these lawsuits and investigations.
The final resolution of these alleged violations of antitrust laws could
result
in significant liability and could have a material adverse effect on the
Company’s business, results of operations or financial condition.
On
February 24, 2006, a putative class action complaint was filed against the
Company and certain of its officers in the U.S. District Court for the District
of Idaho alleging claims under Section 10(b) and 20(a) of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and Rule 10b-5 promulgated thereunder.
Four
substantially similar complaints subsequently were filed in the same Court.
The
cases purport to be brought on behalf of a class of purchasers of the Company’s
stock during the period February 24, 2001 to February 13, 2003. The five
lawsuits have been consolidated and a consolidated amended class action
complaint was filed on July 24, 2006. The complaint generally alleges violations
of federal securities laws based on, among other things, claimed misstatements
or omissions regarding alleged illegal price-fixing conduct or the Company’s
operations and financial results. The complaint seeks unspecified damages,
interest, attorneys’ fees, costs, and expenses.
In
addition, on March 23, 2006 a shareholder derivative action was filed in
the
Fourth District Court for the State of Idaho (Ada County), allegedly on behalf
of and for the benefit of the Company, against certain of the Company’s current
and former officers and directors. The Company also was named as a nominal
defendant. An amended complaint was filed on August 23, 2006. The complaint
is
based on the same allegations of fact as in the securities class actions
filed
in the U.S. District Court for the District of Idaho and alleges breach of
fiduciary duty, abuse of control, gross mismanagement, waste of corporate
assets, unjust enrichment, and insider trading. The complaint seeks unspecified
damages, restitution, disgorgement of profits, equitable and injunctive relief,
attorneys’ fees, costs, and expenses. The complaint is derivative in nature and
does not seek monetary damages from the Company. However, the Company may
be
required, throughout the pendency of the action, to advance payment of legal
fees and costs incurred by the defendants.
The
Company is unable to predict the outcome of these cases. A court determination
in any of these actions against the Company could result in significant
liability and could have a material adverse effect on the Company’s business,
results of operations or financial condition.
In
March
2006, following the Company’s announcement of a definitive agreement to acquire
Lexar Media, Inc. (“Lexar”) in a stock-for-stock merger, four purported class
action complaints were filed in the Superior Court for the State of California
(Alameda County) on behalf of shareholders of Lexar against Lexar and its
directors. Two of the complaints also name the Company as a defendant. The
complaints allege that the defendants breached, or aided and abetted the
breach
of, fiduciary duties owed to Lexar shareholders by, among other things, engaging
in self-dealing, failing to engage in efforts to obtain the highest price
reasonably available, and failing to properly value Lexar in connection with
a
merger transaction between Lexar and the Company. The plaintiffs seek, among
other things, injunctive relief preventing, or an order of rescission reversing,
the merger, compensatory damages, interest, attorneys’ fees, and costs. On May
19, 2006, the plaintiffs filed a motion for preliminary injunction seeking
to
block the merger. On May 31, 2006, the Court denied the motion. An amended
consolidated complaint was filed on October 10, 2006. The Company is unable
to
predict the outcome of these suits. A court determination against the Company
could result in significant liability and could have a material adverse effect
on the Company’s business, results of operations or financial condition. (See
“PART I. FINANCIAL INFORMATION - Item 1. Financial Statements and Supplementary
Data - Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements - Lexar Media,
Inc.”)
(See
“Item 1A. Risk Factors”)
Item
1A. Risk
Factors
In
addition to the factors
discussed elsewhere in this Form 10-Q, the following are important
factors which could cause actual results or events to differ materially from
those contained in any forward-looking statements made by or on behalf of
the
Company.
We
have experienced dramatic declines in average selling prices for our
semiconductor memory products which have adversely affected our
business.
In
the
second quarter of 2007 average selling prices for DRAM products and NAND
Flash
products decreased 13% and 31%, respectively, as compared to the first quarter
of 2007. In recent years, we have also experienced annual decreases in per
megabit average selling prices for our memory products including: 34% in
2006,
24% in 2005, 17% in 2003, 53% in 2002 and 60% in 2001. At times, average
selling
prices for our memory products have been below our costs. If average selling
prices for our memory products decrease faster than we can decrease per megabit
costs, our business, results of operations or financial condition could be
materially adversely affected.
Increased
worldwide semiconductor memory production or lack of demand for semiconductor
memory could lead to further declines in average selling
prices.
The
transitions to smaller line-width process technologies and 300mm wafers in
the
industry have resulted in significant increases in the worldwide supply of
semiconductor memory and will likely lead to future increases. Increases
in
worldwide supply of semiconductor memory also result from semiconductor memory
fab capacity expansions, either by way of new facilities, increased capacity
utilization or reallocation of other semiconductor production to semiconductor
memory production. We and several of our competitors have announced plans
to
increase production through construction of new facilities or expansion of
existing facilities. Increases in worldwide supply of semiconductor memory,
if
not accompanied with commensurate increases in demand, would lead to further
declines in average selling prices for our products and would materially
adversely affect our business, results of operations or financial
condition.
We
may be unable to reduce our per megabit manufacturing costs at the same rate
as
we have in the past.
Historically,
our gross margin has benefited from decreases in per unit manufacturing costs
achieved through improvements in our manufacturing processes, including reducing
the die size of our existing products. In future periods, we may be unable
to
reduce our per unit manufacturing costs or reduce these costs at historical
rates due to strategic product diversification decisions affecting product
mix,
the ever increasing complexity of manufacturing processes, changes in process
technologies or products which inherently may require relatively larger die
sizes. Per unit manufacturing costs may also be affected by the relatively
smaller production quantities and shorter product lifecycles of Imaging and
certain specialty memory products.
Our
plans to significantly increase our NAND Flash memory
production and sales have numerous risks.
We
plan
to significantly increase our NAND Flash production and sales in future periods.
As part of this plan we have formed a manufacturing joint venture with Intel
and
made substantial investments in capital expenditures for equipment and new
facilities as well as research and development. Our plans also require
significant future investments in capital expenditures and research and
development. We currently expect our capital spending for 2008 to be between
$2.0 and $3.0 billion, with a majority of the expenditures being made to
support
our NAND operations. These investments involve numerous risks. In addition
we
are required to devote a significant portion of our existing semiconductor
manufacturing capacity to the production of NAND Flash instead of the Company’s
other products. We are party to a contract with Apple Inc. to provide NAND
Flash
products for an extended period of time at contractually determined prices.
We
currently have a relatively small share of the world-wide market for NAND
Flash.
Our
NAND
Flash strategy involves numerous risks, and may include the
following:
· |
increasing
our exposure to changes in average selling prices for NAND
Flash;
|
· |
difficulties
in establishing new production operations at multiple
locations;
|
· |
increasing
capital expenditures to increase production capacity and modify existing
processes to produce NAND Flash;
|
· |
increasing
debt to finance future investments;
|
· |
diverting
management’s attention from DRAM and CMOS Image sensor
operations;
|
· |
managing
larger operations and facilities and employees in separate geographic
areas; and
|
· |
hiring
and retaining key employees.
|
Our
NAND
Flash strategy may not be successful and could materially adversely affect
our
business, results of operations or financial condition.
The
future success of our Imaging business will be dependent on continued market
acceptance of our products and the development, introduction and marketing
of
new Imaging products.
Our
Imaging business represented 11% of our net sales in the second quarter of
2007.
Despite growth in 2006, Imaging net sales and gross margins were down
significantly in the second quarter of 2007 compared to the first quarter
of
2007. There can be no assurance that we will be able to grow or maintain
our
market share or gross margins for Imaging products in the future. The success
of
our Imaging business will depend on a number of factors, including:
· |
development
of products that maintain a technological advantage over the products
of
our competitors;
|
· |
accurate
prediction of market requirements and evolving standards, including
pixel
resolution, output interface standards, power requirements, optical
lens
size, input standards and other
requirements;
|
· |
timely
completion and introduction of new Imaging products that satisfy
customer
requirements;
|
· |
timely
achievement of design wins with prospective customers, as manufacturers
may be reluctant to change their source of components due to the
significant costs, time, effort and risk associated with qualifying
a new
supplier; and
|
· |
efficient,
cost-effective manufacturing as we transition to new products and
higher
volumes.
|
We
may not be able to generate sufficient cash flows to fund our operations
and
make adequate capital investments.
Our
cash
flows from operations depend primarily on the volume of semiconductor memory
and
CMOS image sensors sold, average selling prices and per unit manufacturing
costs. To develop new product and process technologies, support future growth,
achieve operating efficiencies and maintain product quality, we must make
significant capital investments in manufacturing technology, facilities and
capital equipment, research and development, and product and process technology.
We expect capital spending for the remainder of 2007 to approximate $1.8
billion, of which approximately $0.5 billion is expected to be funded by
capital
contributions from our joint venture partners. We currently anticipate 2008
capital spending to be between $2 billion and $3 billion. Cash and investments
of IM Flash and TECH are generally not available to finance our other
operations. In addition to cash provided by operations, we have from time
to
time utilized external sources of financing. Access to capital markets has
historically been very important to us. Depending on market conditions, we
may
issue registered or unregistered securities to raise capital to fund a portion
of our operations. There can be no assurance that we will be able to generate
sufficient cash flows to fund our operations, make adequate capital investments
or access capital markets on acceptable terms, and an inability to do so
could
have a material adverse effect on our business and results of
operations.
The
semiconductor industry is highly competitive.
We
face
intense competition in the semiconductor memory market from a number of
companies, including Elpida Memory, Inc.; Hynix Semiconductor Inc.; Qimonda
AG
ADS; Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.; SanDisk Corporation; Toshiba Corporation
and
from emerging companies in Taiwan and China, who have announced plans to
significantly expand the scale of their operations. Some of our competitors
are
large corporations or conglomerates that may have greater resources to withstand
downturns in the semiconductor markets in which we compete, invest in technology
and capitalize on growth opportunities. Our competitors seek to increase
silicon
capacity, improve yields, reduce die size and minimize mask levels in their
product designs. These factors have significantly increased worldwide supply
and
put downward pressure on prices.
We
face
competition in the image sensor market from a number of suppliers of CMOS
image
sensors including
MagnaChip Semiconductor Ltd.; OmniVision Technologies, Inc.; Samsung
Electronics Co., Ltd;
Sony
Corporation; STMicroelectronics NV; Toshiba Corporation
and from a number of suppliers of CCD image sensors including Matsushita
Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.; Sharp Corporation and Sony
Corporation.
In
recent periods, a number of new companies have entered the CMOS image sensor
market. Competitors
include many large domestic and international companies that have greater
presence in key markets, better access to certain customer bases, greater
name
recognition and more established strategic and financial relationships than
the
Company.
We
may have difficulty integrating the operations of Lexar.
If
we are
unable to successfully combine and integrate the Lexar operations, we may
not be
able to realize many of the anticipated benefits of the merger, which could
harm
our results of operations. In order to realize the benefits of the merger,
we
will need to timely integrate the technology, operations, and personnel of
Lexar. Integrating the two companies will be a complex, time-consuming and
expensive process that, even with proper planning and implementation, could
significantly disrupt the businesses of Micron and Lexar. The challenges
involved in this integration include: combining product and service offerings,
optimizing inventory management over a broader distribution chain, and
preserving customer, supplier and other important relationships of both Micron
and Lexar. If we are not able to successfully integrate our operations with
those of Lexar, our results of operations could be materially adversely
affected.
Our
internal control over financial reporting could be adversely affected by
material weaknesses in Lexar’s internal controls.
In
Lexar’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the period ended December 31, 2005, and
its Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the period ended March 31, 2006, Lexar
reported material weaknesses with respect to its revenue recognition controls
and inventory accounting controls. These control deficiencies resulted in
audit
adjustments to revenues, accounts receivable, cost of product revenues, deferred
revenue, sales related accruals and inventory in Lexar’s 2005 consolidated
financial statements. As a result of these material weaknesses, Lexar concluded
in its Annual Report and Quarterly Report that its internal control over
financial reporting was not effective as of the end of the periods covered
by
the reports. While prior to the close of the merger Lexar continued to take
steps to remediate these material weaknesses, there can be no assurance that
we
will be able to completely remediate these material weaknesses such that
we will
be able to conclude that our internal control over financial reporting is
effective. We began consolidating the financial results of Lexar on June
22,
2006. However, due to the timing of the acquisition, the internal control
over
financial reporting relating to Lexar was exempt from testing and evaluation
for
2006. To the extent we do not remediate the material weaknesses, the
effectiveness of our internal control over financial reporting may be adversely
affected.
Our
net operating loss carryforwards may be limited as a result of the Lexar
merger.
Micron
and Lexar had net operating loss carryforwards for federal income tax purposes
prior to the merger and both entities had provided significant valuation
allowances against the tax benefit of such losses as well as certain tax
credit
carryforwards. Utilization of these net operating losses and credit
carryforwards are dependent upon us achieving profitable results following
the
Lexar merger. As a consequence of the merger, as well as earlier issuances
of
common stock consummated by both companies and business combinations by the
Company, utilization of the tax benefits of these carryforwards are subject
to
limitations imposed by Section 382 of the Internal Revenue Code. The
determination of the limitations is complex and requires significant judgment
and analysis of past transactions. Accordingly, some portion or all of these
carryforwards may not be available to offset any future taxable
income.
Our
resellers receive price protections which may have an adverse affect on our
gross margins.
NAND
Flash sales are made through resellers which traditionally have been provided
price protection. In an environment of slower demand and abundant supply
of
products, price declines and channel promotions expenses are more likely
to
occur. Further, in this environment, high channel inventory may result in
substantial price protection charges. These price protection charges have
the
effect of reducing gross sales and gross margin. We expect to continue to
incur
price protection charges for the foreseeable future due to competitive pricing
pressures and, as a result, our revenues and gross margins could be adversely
affected.
Changes
in foreign currency exchange rates could materially adversely affect our
business, results of operations or financial condition.
Our
financial statements are prepared in accordance with U.S. GAAP and are reported
in U.S. dollars. Across our multi-national operations, there are transactions
and balances denominated in other currencies, primarily the euro, yen and
Singapore dollar. We estimate that, based on our assets and liabilities
denominated in currencies other than U.S. dollar as of March 1, 2007, a 1%
change in the exchange rate versus the U.S. dollar would result in foreign
currency gains or losses of approximately $1 million for the euro, the yen
and
the Singapore dollar. In the event that the U.S. dollar weakens significantly
compared to the euro, yen or Singapore dollars, our results of operations
or
financial condition will be adversely affected.
New
product development may be unsuccessful.
We
are
developing new products that complement our traditional memory products or
leverage their underlying design or process technology. We have made significant
investments in product and process technologies and anticipate expending
significant resources for new semiconductor product development over the
next
several years. The process to develop NAND Flash, Imaging and certain specialty
memory products requires us to demonstrate advanced functionality and
performance, many times well in advance of a planned ramp of production,
in
order to secure design wins with our customers. There can be no assurance
that
our product development efforts will be successful, that we will be able
to
cost-effectively manufacture these new products, that we will be able to
successfully market these products or that margins generated from sales of
these
products will recover costs of development efforts.
An
adverse determination that our products or manufacturing processes infringe
the
intellectual property rights of others could materially adversely affect
our
business, results of operations or financial condition.
As
is
typical in the semiconductor and other high technology industries, from time
to
time, others have asserted, and may in the future assert, that our products
or
manufacturing processes infringe their intellectual property rights. In this
regard, we are engaged in litigation with Rambus, Inc. (“Rambus”) relating to
certain of Rambus’ patents and certain of our claims and defenses. On August 28,
2000, we filed a complaint (subsequently amended) against Rambus in the U.S.
District Court for the District of Delaware seeking monetary damages and
declaratory and injunctive relief. Among other things, our amended complaint
alleges violation of federal antitrust laws, breach of contract, fraud,
deceptive trade practices, and negligent misrepresentation. The complaint
also
seeks a declaratory judgment (a) that certain Rambus patents are not infringed
by us, are invalid, and/or are unenforceable, (b) that we have an implied
license to those patents, and (c) that Rambus is estopped from enforcing
those
patents against us. On February 15, 2001, Rambus filed an answer and
counterclaim in Delaware denying that we are entitled to relief,
alleging
infringement of the eight Rambus patents named in our declaratory judgment
claim, and seeking monetary damages and injunctive relief. A number of other
suits are pending in Europe alleging that certain of our SDRAM and DDR SDRAM
products infringe various of Rambus’ country counterparts to its European patent
525 068, including: on September 1, 2000, Rambus filed suit against Micron
Semiconductor (Deutschland) GmbH in the District Court of Mannheim, Germany;
on
September 22, 2000, Rambus filed a complaint against us and Reptronic (a
distributor of our products) in the Court of First Instance of Paris, France;
and on September 29, 2000, we filed suit against Rambus in the Civil Court
of
Milan, Italy, alleging invalidity and non-infringement. In addition, on December
29, 2000, we filed suit against Rambus in the Civil Court of Avezzano, Italy,
alleging invalidity and non-infringement of the Italian counterpart to European
patent 1 004 956. Additionally, other suits are pending alleging that certain
of
our DDR SDRAM products infringe Rambus’ country counterparts to its European
patent 1 022 642, including: on August 10, 2001, Rambus filed suit against
us
and Assitec (an electronics retailer) in the Civil Court of Pavia, Italy;
and on
August 14, 2001, Rambus filed suit against Micron Semiconductor (Deutschland)
GmbH in the District Court of Mannheim, Germany. In the European suits against
us, Rambus is seeking monetary damages and injunctive relief. Subsequent
to the
filing of the various European suits, the European Patent Office declared
Rambus’ 525 068 and 1 004 956 European patents invalid and revoked the patents.
On January 13, 2006, Rambus filed a lawsuit against us in the U.S. District
Court for the Northern District of California alleging infringement of eighteen
Rambus patents. We also are engaged in litigation with Tadahiro Ohmi (“Ohmi”).
On June 2, 2005, Ohmi filed suit against us in the U.S. District Court for
the
Eastern District of Texas (amended on August 31, 2005 substituting the
Foundation for Advancement of International Science as the plaintiff) alleging
infringement of a single Ohmi patent. We are also engaged in litigation with
Mosaid Technologies, Inc. (“Mosaid”). On July 24, 2006, we filed a declaratory
judgment action against Mosaid in the U.S. District Court for the Northern
District of California seeking, among other things, a court determination
that
fourteen Mosaid patents are invalid, not enforceable, and/or not infringed.
On
July 25, 2006, Mosaid filed a lawsuit against us and others in the U.S. District
Court for the Eastern District of Texas alleging infringement of nine Mosaid
patents. On August 31, 2006, Mosaid filed an amended complaint adding two
additional Mosaid patents. On October 23, 2006, the California Court dismissed
our declaratory judgment suit based on lack of jurisdiction.
Among
other things, the above lawsuits pertain to certain of our SDRAM, DDR SDRAM,
DDR2 SDRAM, RLDRAM, and image sensor products, which account for a significant
portion of our net sales.
A
court
determination that our products or manufacturing processes infringe the
intellectual property rights of others could result in significant liability
and/or require us to make material changes to our products and/or manufacturing
processes. We are unable to predict the outcome of assertions of infringement
made against us. Any of the foregoing could have a material adverse effect
on
our business, results of operations or financial condition.
We
have a
number of patent and intellectual property license agreements. Some of these
license agreements require us to make one time or periodic payments. We may
need
to obtain additional patent licenses or renew existing license agreements
in the
future. We are unable to predict whether these license agreements can be
obtained or renewed on acceptable terms.
Allegations
of anticompetitive conduct.
On
June
17, 2002, we received a grand jury subpoena from the U.S. District Court
for the
Northern District of California seeking information regarding an investigation
by the Antitrust Division of the Department of Justice (the “DOJ”) into possible
antitrust violations in the “Dynamic Random Access Memory” or “DRAM” industry.
We are cooperating fully and actively with the DOJ in its investigation of
the
DRAM industry. Our cooperation is pursuant to the terms of the DOJ’s Corporate
Leniency Policy, which provides that in exchange for our full, continuing
and
complete cooperation in the pending investigation, we will not be subject
to
prosecution, fines or other penalties from the DOJ.
Subsequent
to the commencement of the DOJ investigation, a number of purported class
action
lawsuits have been filed against us and other DRAM suppliers. Eighteen cases
have been filed in various federal district courts (two of which have been
dismissed) asserting claims on behalf of a purported class of individuals
and
entities that purchased DRAM directly from various DRAM suppliers during
the
period from April 1, 1999 through at least June 30, 2002. All of the cases
have
been transferred to the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of
California for consolidated proceedings. The complaints allege price-fixing
in
violation of federal antitrust laws and seek treble damages sustained by
purported class members, in addition to restitution, costs and attorneys’ fees,
as well as an injunction against the allegedly unlawful conduct. On June
5,
2006, the Court granted plaintiffs’ motion to certify the proposed class of
direct purchasers. On January 9, 2007, we entered into a settlement agreement
with the class of direct purchasers (“Direct Purchaser Settlement”). Under terms
of the Direct Purchaser Settlement, we agreed to pay $91 million and will
be
dismissed with prejudice from the direct purchaser consolidated class-action
suit. The Direct Purchaser Settlement is subject to approval by the U.S.
District Court for the Northern District of California.
Four
cases have been filed in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District
of
California asserting claims on behalf of a purported class of individuals
and
entities that indirectly purchased DRAM and/or products containing DRAM from
various DRAM suppliers during the time period from April 1, 1999 through
at
least June 30, 2002. The complaints allege price fixing in violation of federal
antitrust laws and various state antitrust and unfair competition laws and
seek
treble monetary damages, restitution, costs, interest and attorneys’ fees. In
addition, at least sixty-two cases have been filed in various state and federal
courts (five of which have been dismissed) asserting claims on behalf of
a
purported class of indirect purchasers of DRAM. Cases have been filed in
the
following states: Arkansas, Arizona, California, Florida, Hawaii, Iowa, Kansas,
Massachusetts, Maine, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Montana, North Carolina,
North Dakota, Nebraska, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, Nevada, New
York,
Ohio, Pennsylvania, South Dakota, Tennessee, Utah, Vermont, Virginia, Wisconsin,
and West Virginia, and also in the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico.
The
complaints purport to be on behalf of individuals and entities that indirectly
purchased DRAM and/or products containing DRAM in the respective jurisdictions
during various time periods ranging from 1999 through the filing date of
the
various complaints. The complaints allege violations of various jurisdictions’
antitrust, consumer protection and/or unfair competition laws relating to
the
sale and pricing of DRAM products and seek treble monetary damages, restitution,
costs, interest and attorneys’ fees. A number of these cases have been removed
to federal court and transferred to the U.S. District Court for the Northern
District of California (San Francisco) for consolidated proceedings. The
Direct
Purchaser Settlement does not resolve these suits.
Additionally,
three cases have been filed in the following Canadian courts: Superior Court,
District of Montreal, Province of Quebec; Ontario Superior Court of Justice,
Ontario; and Supreme Court of British Columbia, Vancouver Registry, British
Columbia. The substantive allegations in these cases are similar to those
asserted in the cases filed in the United States. The Direct Purchaser
Settlement does not resolve these suits.
In
addition, various states, through their Attorneys General, have filed suit
against us and other DRAM manufacturers. On July 14, 2006, and on September
8,
2006 in an amended complaint, the following states filed suit in the U.S.
District Court for the Northern District of California: Alaska, Arizona,
Arkansas, California, Colorado, Delaware, Florida, Hawaii, Idaho, Illinois,
Iowa, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota,
Mississippi, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Mexico, North Carolina,
North
Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina,
Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia, Wisconsin
and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands. The amended complaint
alleges, among other things, violations of the Sherman Act, Cartwright Act,
and
certain other states’ consumer protection and antitrust laws and seeks damages,
and injunctive and other relief. Additionally, on July 13, 2006, the State
of
New York filed a similar suit in the U.S. District Court for the Southern
District of New York. That case was subsequently transferred to the U.S.
District Court for the Northern District of California for pre-trial purposes.
The Direct Purchaser Settlement does not resolve these suits.
In
February and March 2007, three cases were filed against the Company and other
manufacturers of DRAM in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District
of
California by parties that opted-out of the Direct Purchaser class action.
The
complaints allege, among other things, violations of federal and state antitrust
and competition laws in the DRAM industry, and seek damages, injunctive relief,
and other remedies. The Direct Purchaser Settlement does not resolve these
suits.
On
October 11, 2006, we received a grand jury subpoena from the U.S. District
Court
for the Northern District of California seeking information regarding an
investigation by the DOJ into possible antitrust violations in the “Static
Random Access Memory” or “SRAM” industry. We believe that we are not a target of
the investigation and we are cooperating with the DOJ in its investigation
of
the SRAM industry.
Subsequent
to the issuance of subpoenas to the SRAM industry, a number of purported
class
action lawsuits have been filed against us and other SRAM suppliers. Six
cases
have been filed in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of
California asserting claims on behalf of a purported class of individuals
and
entities that purchased SRAM directly from various SRAM suppliers during
the
period from January 1, 1998 through December 31, 2005. Additionally, at least
seventy-two cases have been filed in various U.S. District Courts asserting
claims on behalf of a purported class of individuals and entities that
indirectly purchased SRAM and/or products containing SRAM from various SRAM
suppliers during the time period from January 1, 1998 through December 31,
2005.
The complaints allege price fixing in violation of federal antitrust laws
and
state antitrust and unfair competition laws and seek treble monetary damages,
restitution, costs, interest and attorneys’ fees.
In
the
first calendar quarter of 2007, at least fifteen purported class action lawsuits
were filed against the Company and other suppliers of flash memory products.
Thirteen of these were filed in the U.S. District Court for the Northern
District of California. These cases assert claims on behalf of a purported
class
of individuals and entities that purchased Flash memory directly or indirectly
from various Flash memory suppliers during the period from January 1, 1999
through the date the various cases were filed. The complaints generally allege
price fixing in violation of federal antitrust laws and various state antitrust
and unfair competition laws and seek monetary damages, restitution, costs,
interest, and attorneys’ fees.
On
May 5,
2004, Rambus filed a complaint in the Superior Court of the State of California
(San Francisco County) against us and other DRAM suppliers. The complaint
alleges various causes of action under California state law including conspiracy
to restrict output and fix prices on Rambus DRAM (“RDRAM”), and unfair
competition. The complaint seeks treble damages, punitive damages, attorneys’
fees, costs, and a permanent injunction enjoining the defendants from the
conduct alleged in the complaints.
We
are
unable to predict the outcome of these lawsuits and investigations. The final
resolution of these alleged violations of antitrust laws could result in
significant liability and could have a material adverse effect on our business,
results of operations or financial condition.
Allegations
of violations of securities laws.
On
February 24, 2006, a putative class action complaint was filed against us
and
certain of our officers in the U.S. District Court for the District of Idaho
alleging claims under Section 10(b) and 20(a) of the Securities Exchange
Act of
1934, as amended, and Rule 10b-5 promulgated thereunder. Four substantially
similar complaints subsequently were filed in the same Court. The cases purport
to be brought on behalf of a class of purchasers of our stock during the
period
February 24, 2001 to February 13, 2003. The five lawsuits have been consolidated
and a consolidated amended class action complaint was filed on July 24, 2006.
The complaint generally alleges violations of federal securities laws based
on,
among other things, claimed misstatements or omissions regarding alleged
illegal
price-fixing conduct. The complaint seeks unspecified damages, interest,
attorneys’ fees, costs, and expenses.
In
addition, on March 23, 2006 a shareholder derivative action was filed in
the
Fourth District Court for the State of Idaho (Ada County), allegedly on behalf
of and for our benefit, against certain of our current and former officers
and
directors. We were also named as a nominal defendant. An amended complaint
was
filed on August 23, 2006. The complaint is based on the same allegations
of fact
as in the securities class actions filed in the U.S. District Court for the
District of Idaho and alleges breach of fiduciary duty, abuse of control,
gross
mismanagement, waste of corporate assets, unjust enrichment, and insider
trading. The complaint seeks unspecified damages, restitution, disgorgement
of
profits, equitable and injunctive relief, attorneys’ fees, costs, and expenses.
The complaint is derivative in nature and does not seek monetary damages
from
us. However, we may be required, throughout the pendency of the action, to
advance payment of legal fees and costs incurred by the defendants.
In
March
2006, following our announcement of a definitive agreement to acquire Lexar
Media, Inc. (“Lexar”) in a stock-for-stock merger, four purported class action
complaints were filed in the Superior Court for the State of California (Alameda
County) on behalf of shareholders of Lexar against Lexar and its directors.
Two
of the complaints also name us as a defendant. The complaints allege that
the
defendants breached, or aided and abetted the breach of, fiduciary duties
owed
to Lexar shareholders by, among other things, engaging in self-dealing, failing
to engage in efforts to obtain the highest price reasonably available, and
failing to properly value Lexar in connection with a merger transaction between
Lexar and us. The plaintiffs seek, among other things, injunctive relief
preventing, or an order of rescission reversing, the merger, compensatory
damages, interest, attorneys’ fees, and costs. On May 19, 2006, the plaintiffs
filed a motion for preliminary injunction seeking to block the merger. On
May
31, 2006, the Court denied the motion. An amended consolidated complaint
was
filed on October 10, 2006.
We
are
unable to predict the outcome of these cases. A court determination in any
of
the class actions against us could result in significant liability and could
have a material adverse effect on our business, results of operations or
financial condition.
Economic
and political conditions may harm our business.
Global
economic conditions and the effects of military or terrorist actions may
cause
significant disruptions to worldwide commerce. If these disruptions result
in
delays or cancellations of customer orders, a decrease in corporate spending
on
information technology or our inability to effectively market, manufacture
or
ship our products. Global economic conditions may also affect consumer demand
for devices that incorporate our products such as mobile phones, personal
computers, flash memory cards and USB devices. As a result, our business,
results of operations or financial condition could be materially adversely
affected.
We
face risks associated with our international sales and operations that could
materially adversely affect our business, results of operations or financial
condition.
Sales
to
customers outside the United States approximated 67% of our consolidated
net
sales for the second quarter of 2007. In addition, we have manufacturing
operations in Italy, Japan, Puerto Rico and Singapore. Our international
sales
and operations are subject to a variety of risks, including:
· |
currency
exchange rate fluctuations,
|
· |
export
and import duties, changes to import and export regulations, and
restrictions on the transfer of funds,
|
· |
political
and economic instability,
|
· |
problems
with the transportation or delivery of our
products,
|
· |
issues
arising from cultural or language differences and labor
unrest,
|
· |
longer
payment cycles and greater difficulty in collecting accounts receivable,
and
|
· |
compliance
with trade and other laws in a variety of
jurisdictions.
|
These
factors may materially adversely affect our business, results of operations
or
financial condition.
If
our manufacturing process is disrupted, our business, results of operations
or
financial condition could be materially adversely
affected.
We
manufacture products using highly complex processes that require technologically
advanced equipment and continuous modification to improve yields and
performance. Difficulties in the manufacturing process or the effects from
a
shift in product mix can reduce yields or disrupt production and may increase
our per megabit manufacturing costs. Additionally, our control over operations
at our IM Flash, TECH and MP Mask joint ventures may be limited by our
agreements with our partners. From time to time, we have experienced minor
disruptions in our manufacturing process as a result of power outages or
equipment failures. If production at a fabrication facility is disrupted
for any
reason, manufacturing yields may be adversely affected or we may be unable
to
meet our customers’ requirements and they may purchase products from other
suppliers. This could result in a significant increase in manufacturing costs
or
loss of revenues or damage to customer relationships, which could materially
adversely affect our business, results of operations or financial
condition.
Disruptions
in our supply of raw materials could materially adversely affect our business,
results of operations or financial condition.
Our
operations require raw materials that meet exacting standards. We generally
have
multiple sources of supply for our raw materials. However, only a limited
number
of suppliers are capable of delivering certain raw materials that meet our
standards. Various factors could reduce the availability of raw materials
such
as silicon wafers, photomasks, chemicals, gases, lead frames and molding
compound. Shortages may occur from time to time in the future. In addition,
disruptions in transportation lines could delay our receipt of raw materials.
Lead times for the supply of raw materials have been extended in the past.
If
our supply of raw materials is disrupted or our lead times extended, our
business, results of operations or financial condition could be materially
adversely affected.
Products
that do not meet specifications or that contain, or are perceived by our
customers to contain, defects or that are otherwise incompatible with end
uses
could impose significant costs on us or otherwise materially adversely affect
our business, results of operations or financial
condition.
Because
the design and production process for semiconductor memory is highly complex,
it
is possible that we may produce products that do not comply with customer
specifications, contain defects or are otherwise incompatible with end uses.
If,
despite design review, quality control and product qualification procedures,
problems with nonconforming, defective or incompatible products occur after
we
have shipped such products, we could be adversely affected in several ways,
including the following:
· |
we
may replace product or otherwise compensate customers for costs incurred
or damages caused by defective or incompatible product,
and
|
· |
we
may encounter adverse publicity, which could cause a decrease in
sales of
our products.
|
We
expect to make future acquisitions where advisable, which involve numerous
risks.
We
expect
to make future acquisitions where we believe it is advisable to enhance
shareholder value. Acquisitions involve numerous risks, including:
· |
difficulties
in integrating the operations, technologies and products of the acquired
companies,
|
· |
increasing
capital expenditures to upgrade and maintain
facilities,
|
· |
increasing
debt to finance any acquisition,
|
· |
diverting
management’s attention from normal daily
operations,
|
· |
managing
larger operations and facilities and employees in separate geographic
areas, and
|
· |
hiring
and retaining key employees.
|
Mergers
and acquisitions of high-technology companies are inherently risky, and future
acquisitions may not be successful and may materially adversely affect our
business, results of operations or financial condition.
Item
2. Unregistered
Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds
During
the second quarter of 2007, the Company acquired, as payment of withholding
taxes in connection with the vesting of restricted stock awards, an aggregate
of
72,539 shares of its common stock as follow:
Period
|
(a)
Total number of shares purchased
|
(b)
Average price paid per share
|
(c)
Total number of shares (or units) purchased as part of publicly
announced
plans or programs
|
(d)
Maximum number (or approximate dollar value) of shares (or units)
that may
yet be purchased under the plans or programs
|
December
1 - January 4
|
|
53,374
|
|
$13.64
|
N/A
|
N/A
|
January
5 - February 1
|
|
--
|
|
--
|
N/A
|
N/A
|
February
2 - March 1
|
|
19,165
|
|
$12.36
|
N/A
|
N/A
|
Total
|
|
72,539
|
|
$13.30
|
|
|
The
72,539 shares of the Company’s common stock acquired in the second quarter of
2007 were retired in the quarter.
Item
6. Exhibits
|
Exhibit
|
|
|
Number
|
Description
of Exhibit
|
|
|
|
|
3.1
|
Articles
of Incorporation of Registrant, Restated (1)
|
|
3.7
|
Bylaws
of the Registrant, As Amended (2)
|
|
4.15
|
Indenture,
dated March 30, 2005 by and between Lexar Media, Inc. (“Lexar”) and U.S.
Bank National Association (the “Lexar Indenture”) (3)
|
|
4.16
|
First
Supplemental Indenture to the Lexar Indenture dated as of June
21, 2006
between Lexar and U.S. Bank National Association.
|
|
10.62
|
2004
Equity Incentive Plan Forms of Agreement and Terms and
Conditions
|
|
10.67*
|
Omnibus
Agreement, dated as of February 27, 2007, between Micron Technology,
Inc.
and Intel Corporation
|
|
10.68*
|
Limited
Liability Partnership Agreement, dated as of February 27, 2007,
between
Micron Semiconductor Asia Pte. Ltd. and Intel Technology Asia Pte.
Ltd.
|
|
10.69*
|
Supply
Agreement, dated as of February 27, 2007, between Micron Semiconductor
Asia Pte. Ltd. and IM Flash Singapore, LLP
|
|
10.156*
|
Amended
and Restated Limited Liability Company Operating Agreement of IM
Flash
Technologies, LLC, dated as of February 27, 2007, between Micron
Technology, Inc. and Intel Corporation
|
|
10.164*
|
Supply
Agreement, dated as of February 27, 2007, between Intel Technology
Asia
Pte. Ltd.
|
|
31.1
|
Rule
13a-14(a) Certification of Chief Executive Officer
|
|
31.2
|
Rule
13a-14(a) Certification of Chief Financial Officer
|
|
32.1
|
Certification
of Chief Executive Officer Pursuant to 18 U.S.C. 1350
|
|
32.2
|
Certification
of Chief Financial Officer Pursuant to 18 U.S.C.
1350
|
_________________
*
|
Portions
of this exhibit have been omitted pursuant to a request for confidential
treatment filed with the Commission.
|
(1)
|
Incorporated
by reference to Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the fiscal quarter
ended
May 31, 2001
|
(2)
|
Incorporated
by reference to Current Report on Form 8-K dated December 5,
2006
|
(3)
|
Incorporated
by reference to Lexar’s Current Report on Form 8-K dated March 30,
2005
|
SIGNATURES
Pursuant
to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant
has
duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto
duly authorized.
|
Micron
Technology, Inc.
|
|
(Registrant)
|
|
|
|
|
Date:
April 10, 2007
|
/s/
W. G. Stover, Jr.
|
|
W.
G. Stover, Jr., Vice President of Finance and Chief Financial Officer
(Principal Financial and Accounting
Officer)
|
Exhibit 4.16
Exhibit
4.16
______________________________
LEXAR
MEDIA, INC.
To
U.S.
BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
as
Trustee
______________________________
FIRST
SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE
Dated
as
of
June
21,
2006
Supplementing
the Indenture, dated
as
of
March 30, 2005, between
Lexar
Media, Inc. and
U.S.
Bank
National Association
______________________________
5.625%
Senior Convertible Notes due 2010
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FIRST
SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE, dated as of June 21, 2006 (this “First
Supplemental Indenture”),
between Lexar Media, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”),
having its principal office at 47300 Bayside Parkway, Fremont, CA 94538 and
U.S.
Bank National Association, a national banking association organized under
the
laws of the United States, as Trustee under the Indenture referred to herein
(the “Trustee”).
This
First Supplemental Indenture shall become effective only immediately after
the
closing of the Merger in accordance with the Merger Agreement.
WHEREAS,
the Company and the Trustee heretofore executed and delivered an Indenture,
dated as of March 30, 2005 (the “Indenture”),
in
respect of the 5.625% Senior Convertible Notes due 2010 (each, a “Security”
and
collectively, the “Securities”);
and
WHEREAS,
the Company has entered into an Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of
March
8, 2006, with Micron Technology, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“Parent”),
March
2006 Merger Corp. ("Merger
Sub"),
a
Delaware corporation and direct wholly owned subsidiary of Parent (as amended
through the date hereof, the "Merger
Agreement"),
which
provides that March 2006 Merger Corp. will merge with and into the Company,
the
separate corporate existence of March 2006 Merger Corp. shall cease and the
Company shall continue as the surviving corporation and as a wholly owned
subsidiary of Parent (the “Merger”);
and
WHEREAS,
the Merger is expected to be consummated on June 21, 2006; and
WHEREAS,
each share of Company common stock, par value $0.0001 per share, of the Company
issued and outstanding immediately prior to the effective time of the Merger,
other than any shares of Company common stock to be canceled pursuant to
Section
1.6(c) of the Merger Agreement, will be canceled and extinguished and
automatically converted into the right to receive 0.5925 (the “Exchange
Ratio”)
of a
validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable share of the common stock, par
value $0.10 per share, of Parent (subject to cash to be paid in lieu of
fractional shares of Parent common stock); and
WHEREAS,
Section 4.11(a)(A) of the Indenture provides that, as a condition precedent
to a merger, the Company shall execute and deliver to the Trustee a supplemental
indenture providing that the holder of each Security then outstanding shall
have
the right to convert such Security into the kind and amount of shares of
stock,
other securities and property (including cash) receivable upon effectiveness
of
such merger by a holder of a number of shares of Company common stock
deliverable upon conversion of such Security immediately prior to effectiveness
of such merger; and
WHEREAS,
Section 4.11(a) of the Indenture further provides that such supplemental
indenture executed and delivered by the Company in the case of a merger shall
provide for adjustments of the Conversion Rate (as defined in the Indenture)
which shall be as nearly equivalent as may be practicable to the adjustments
of
the Conversion Rate provided for in Article 4 of the Indenture; and
WHEREAS,
Section 11.1(a)(8) of the Indenture provides that in the case of a merger,
the Company and the Trustee may amend or supplement the Indenture or Securities
without notice to or consent of any holder of Securities for the purpose
of
complying with the provisions of the Indenture in the event of a merger,
consolidation or transfer of assets (including the provisions of Section
4.11 of
the Indenture); and
WHEREAS
the Company desires to execute and deliver this First Supplemental Indenture
in
accordance with Section 4.11(a)(A) of the Indenture; and
WHEREAS,
this First Supplemental Indenture has been duly authorized by all necessary
corporate action on the part of the Company and the Trustee; and
NOW,
THEREFORE, the Company and the Trustee agree as follows that the following
Sections of this First Supplemental Indenture supplement the
Indenture:
ARTICLE
I
ASSUMPTION
BY SUCCESSOR CORPORATION
SECTION
1.1 Definitions.
(a) Capitalized
terms used herein but not defined shall have the meanings ascribed to such
terms
in the Indenture.
(b) Section
1.1 of the Indenture is hereby supplemented and amended as follows:
The
definition of “Common
Stock”
shall,
upon consummation of the Merger, mean the common stock of Parent $0.10 par
value
per share as it exists on the date of this First Supplemental Indenture and
any
shares of any class or classes of capital stock of the Parent resulting from
any
reclassification or reclassifications thereof and which have no preference
in
respect of dividends or of amounts payable in the event of any voluntary
or
involuntary liquidation, dissolution or winding-up of the Parent and which
are
not subject to redemption by the Parent; provided,
however,
that if
at any time there shall be more than one such resulting class, the shares
of
each such class then so issuable on conversion of Securities shall be
substantially in the proportion which the total number of shares of such
class
resulting from all such reclassifications bears to the total number of shares
of
all such classes resulting from all such reclassifications.
The
definition of “Merger”
shall
mean the merger of March 2006 Merger Corp., a wholly owned subsidiary of
Parent,
with and into the Company pursuant to that certain Agreement and Plan of
Merger,
dated as of March 8, 2006, as amended, by and among Parent, the Company and
March 2006 Merger Corp., with the Company continuing as the surviving
corporation and as a wholly owned subsidiary of Parent.
The
definition of “Parent”
shall
mean Micron Technology, Inc., a Delaware corporation.
SECTION
1.2 Amendments
to Original Indenture
(a) Conversion
Privilege and Conversion Rate.
Section
4.1(d) of the Indenture is amended and restated to read in its entirety as
set
forth in Annex A hereto.
(b) Notices.
Section
12.2 of the Indenture is amended and restated to read in its entirety as
set
forth in Annex B hereto.
ARTICLE
II
MISCELLANEOUS
SECTION
2.1 Effect
of Supplemental Indenture.
Upon
the consummation of the Merger, the Indenture shall be supplemented in
accordance herewith, and this First Supplemental Indenture shall form a part
of
the Indenture for all purposes, and every holder of Securities heretofore
or
hereafter authenticated and delivered under the Indenture shall be bound
thereby.
SECTION
2.2 Indenture
Remains in Full Force and Effect. Except as supplemented hereby, all
provisions in the Indenture shall remain in full force and effect.
SECTION
2.3 Indenture
and Supplemental Indenture Construed Together. This First Supplemental
Indenture is an indenture supplemental to the Indenture, and the Indenture
and
this First Supplemental Indenture shall henceforth be read and construed
together.
SECTION
2.4 Securities
Deemed Conformed. As of the date hereof, the provisions of the Securities
shall be deemed to be conformed, without the necessity for any reissuance
or
exchange of such Security or any other action on the part of the holders
of the
Securities, the Company or the Trustee, so as to reflect this First Supplemental
Indenture.
SECTION
2.5 Conflict
with Trust Indenture Act. This First Supplemental Indenture is hereby made
subject to, and shall be governed by, the provisions of the Trust Indenture
Act
required to be part of and to govern indentures qualified under the Trust
Indenture Act. If any provision hereof limits, qualifies or conflicts with
another provision hereof which is required to be included in an indenture
qualified under the Trust Indenture Act, such required provision shall
control.
SECTION
2.6 Severability.
In case any provision in this First Supplemental Indenture shall be invalid,
illegal or unenforceable, then (to the extent permitted by law) the validity,
legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions shall not in any
way be
affected or impaired thereby.
SECTION
2.7 Terms
Defined in the Indenture. All capitalized terms not otherwise defined herein
shall have the meanings ascribed to them in the Indenture.
SECTION
2.8 Benefits
of First Supplemental Indenture Nothing in this First Supplemental
Indenture, express or implied, shall give to any Person, other than the parties
hereto, any paying agent, any authenticating agent, any Registrar and their
successors hereunder and the holders of Securities any benefit or any legal
or
equitable right, remedy or claim under this First Supplemental
Indenture.
SECTION
2.9 Governing
Law. This First Supplemental Indenture shall be deemed to be a contract made
under the laws of the State of New York, and for all purposes shall be construed
in accordance with the laws of the State of New York, without regard to
conflicts of laws principles thereof.
SECTION
2.10 Execution
in Counterparts. This First Supplemental Indenture may be executed in any
number of counterparts, each of which shall be an original, but such
counterparts shall together constitute but one and the same
instrument.
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IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have caused this First Supplemental Indenture
to be
duly executed as of the date first written above.
LEXAR
MEDIA, INC.
By: /S/
Eric
Stang
U.S.
BANK
NATIONAL
ASSOCIATION,
as Trustee
By:
/S/ Paula
Oswald
Name:
Paula Oswald
Title:
Vice President
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ANNEX
A
“Section
4.1. CONVERSION PRIVILEGE AND CONVERSION RATE.
(d) The
rate
at which shares of Common Stock shall be delivered upon conversion shall be
initially 149.6558 shares of Common Stock for each $1,000 principal amount
of
Securities. Upon consummation of the Merger, the number of shares of Common
Stock to be delivered upon conversion of each $1,000 principal amount of
Securities shall be 88.6711 (the “Conversion
Rate”).
The
Conversion Rate shall be adjusted in certain instances as provided in this
Article 4. The “Conversion
Price”
at
any
particular time shall equal $1,000 divided by the Conversion Rate at the then
applicable time and shall be adjusted in certain instances as provided in this
Article 4.”
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ANNEX
B
“Section
12.2 NOTICES.
Any
demand, authorization notice, request, consent or communication shall be given
in writing and delivered in person or mailed by first-class mail, postage
prepaid, addressed as follows or transmitted by facsimile transmission
(confirmed by delivery in person or mail by first-class mail, postage prepaid,
or by guaranteed overnight courier) to the following facsimile
numbers:
If
to the
Company, to:
Micron
Technology, Inc.
8000
S.
Federal Way
Boise,
Idaho 83716
Attention:
General Counsel
Facsimile
No.: (208) 368-4617
Telephone
No.: (208) 368-4000
with
a
copy to:
Skadden,
Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP
525
University Avenue
Suite
1100
Palo
Alto, California 94301
Attention: Kenton
J.
King
Celeste
E. Greene
Facsimile
No.: (650) 470-4570
Telephone
No.: (650) 470-4500”
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Exhibit 10.62
EXHIBIT
10.62
Micron
Technology, Inc.
8000
S.
Federal Way
Mail
Stop
557
Boise,
ID
83716
2004
Equity Incentive Plan Forms of Agreement and Terms and
Conditions
2004
Equity Incentive Plan
Name: <Employee
Name>
Notice
of Award and Restricted Stock Agreement
ID:
Grant
Number:
Address:
Effective
(Grant Date), you have been awarded shares of Micron Technology, Inc. (the
Company) Common Stock.
This
Restricted Stock Award is subject to the following:
1. The
terms
and conditions of this Restricted Stock Agreement and
2. The
terms
and conditions of the 2004 Equity Incentive Plan.
Please
review the Restricted Stock Agreement and 2004 Equity Incentive Plan carefully,
as they contain the terms and conditions which govern your Restricted Stock
Award. In addition, a Prospectus summarizing the Plan and the Insider Trading
Calendar and Policy are available for your review. Unless sooner vested in
accordance with Section 3 of the Restricted Stock Agreement or otherwise
in the
discretion of the Committee, the restrictions imposed under Section 2 of
the
Restricted Stock Agreement will expire as to the following number of Shares
awarded hereunder, on the following respective dates; provided that Grantee
is
then still an employee by the company or any Affiliate:
Restriction
Lapse Schedule
Shares
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Date
of Expiration of
Restrictions
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Acknowledgement
Grantee
hereby acknowledges that he/she has reviewed (i) the terms and conditions
of
this Restricted Stock Agreement and (ii) the 2004 Equity Incentive Plan and
is
familiar with the provisions thereof. Grantee acknowledges that a Prospectus
relating to the Plan was made available for review. Grantee hereby accepts
this
Award subject to all of the terms and provisions of the Plan and Restricted
Stock Agreement. Grantee hereby agrees to accept as binding, conclusive and
final all decisions or interpretations of the Administrator upon any questions
arising under the Plan.
Grantee
acknowledges that the grant and acceptance of this Award do not constitute
an
employment agreement and do not assure continuous employment with Micron
Technology, Inc., its affiliated companies, or subsidiaries.
Grantee
authorizes Micron Technology, Inc. to release his/her Social Security Number
or
Global ID and address information to the Company's Broker who has agreed
to
provide brokerage service for stock plan participants for the purposes of
opening an account under his/her name.
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MICRON
TECHNOLOGY, INC.
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a
Delaware Corporation
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____________________________
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Signature: ______________________________
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[employee]
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Date:
______________________________
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RESTRICTED
STOCK AGREEMENT TERMS
AND CONDITIONS
1. Grant
of Shares.
The
Company hereby grants to the Grantee named on the Notice of Award (“Grantee”),
subject to the restrictions and the other terms and conditions set forth
in the
Micron Technology, Inc. 2004 Equity Incentive Plan (the “Plan”) and in this
award agreement (this “Agreement”), the number of shares indicated on the Notice
of Award of the Company’s $0.10 par value common stock (the “Shares”).
Capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined shall have the meanings
assigned to such terms in the Plan.
2. Restrictions.
The
Shares are subject to each of the following restrictions. “Restricted Shares”
mean those Shares that are subject to the restrictions imposed hereunder
and
such restrictions have not then expired or terminated. Restricted Shares
may not
be sold, transferred, exchanged, assigned, pledged, hypothecated or otherwise
encumbered. If Grantee’s service as a director of the Company or employment with
the Company or any Affiliate terminates for any reason other than as set
forth
in paragraph (b) or (c) of Section 3 hereof, then Grantee shall forfeit all
of
Grantee’s right, title and interest in and to the Restricted Shares as of the
date of termination of such service or employment, and such Restricted Shares
shall revert to the Company. The restrictions imposed under this Section
shall
apply to all shares of the Company’s common stock or other securities issued in
connection with any merger, reorganization, consolidation, recapitalization,
stock dividend or other change in corporate structure affecting or with respect
to the Shares.
3. Expiration
and Termination of Restrictions.
The
restrictions imposed under Section 2 will expire on the earliest to occur
of the
following (the period prior to such expiration being referred to herein as
the
“Restricted Period”):
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(a)
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On
the respective expiration dates specified on the Notice of Award
as to the
number of Shares specified thereon; provided Grantee is then still
employed by the Company or any Affiliate or still serves as a director
of
the Company;
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(b)
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Termination
of Grantee’s service as a director of the Company or employment by the
Company and all Affiliates by reason of death or Disability;
or
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(c)
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Upon
the occurrence of a Change in
Control.
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4. Delivery
of Shares.
The
Shares will be registered in the name of Grantee as of the Grant Date and
will
be held by the Company during the Restricted Period in certificated or
uncertificated form. If a certificate for Restricted Shares is issued during
the
Restricted Period with respect to such Shares, such certificate shall be
registered in the name of Grantee and shall bear a legend in substantially
the
following form:
“This
certificate and the shares of stock represented hereby are subject to the
terms
and conditions (including forfeiture and restrictions against transfer)
contained in a Restricted Stock Agreement between the registered owner of
the
shares represented hereby and Micron Technology, Inc. Release from such terms
and conditions shall be made only in accordance with the provisions of such
Agreement, copies of which are on file in the offices of Micron Technology,
Inc.”
Stock
certificates for the Shares, without the above legend, shall be delivered
to
Grantee or Grantee’s designee upon request of Grantee after the expiration of
the Restricted Period, but delivery may be postponed for such period as may
be
required for the Company with reasonable diligence to comply if deemed advisable
by the Company, with registration requirements under the Securities Act of
1933,
listing requirements under the rules of any stock exchange, and requirements
under any other law or regulation applicable to the issuance or transfer
of the
Shares.
5. Voting
and Dividend Rights.
Grantee, as beneficial owner of the Shares, shall have full voting and dividend
rights with respect to the Shares during and after the Restricted Period.
If
Grantee forfeits any rights he may have under this Agreement in accordance
with
Section 2, Grantee shall no longer have any rights as a shareholder with
respect
to the Restricted Shares or any interest therein and Grantee shall no longer
be
entitled to receive dividends on such stock.
6. Changes
in Capital Structure.
In the
event of a corporate event or transaction involving the Company (including,
without limitation, any stock dividend, stock split, extraordinary cash
dividend, recapitalization, reorganization, merger, consolidation, split-up,
spin-off, combination or exchange of shares), the Committee may adjust this
award to preserve the benefits or potential benefits of this award. Without
limiting the foregoing, in the event of a subdivision of the outstanding
Stock
(stock split), a declaration of a dividend payable in Stock, or a combination
or
consolidation of the outstanding Stock into a lesser number of Shares, the
Shares then subject to this Agreement shall automatically be adjusted
proportionately.
7. No
Right of Continued Employment.
With
respect to a grantee who is employed by the Company or an Affiliate, nothing
in
this Agreement shall interfere with or limit in any way the right of the
Company
or any Affiliate to terminate such grantee’s employment at any time, nor confer
upon any such grantee any right to continue in the employ of the Company
or any
Affiliate.
8. Payment
of Taxes.
Upon
issuance of the Shares hereunder, Grantee may make an election to be taxed
upon
such award under Section 83(b) of the Code. Grantee will, no later than the
date
as of which any amount related to the Shares first becomes includable in
Grantee’s gross income for federal income tax purposes, pay to the Company, or
make other arrangements satisfactory to the Committee regarding payment of,
any
federal, state and local taxes of any kind required by law to be withheld
with
respect to such amount. The Committee may permit Grantee to surrender to
the
Company a number of Shares from this Award as necessary to pay the minimum
applicable withholding tax obligation. The obligations of the Company under
this
Agreement will be conditional on such payment or arrangements, and the Company,
and, where applicable, its Affiliates will, to the extent permitted by law,
have
the right to deduct any such taxes from any payment of any kind otherwise
due to
Grantee.
9. Amendment.
The
Committee may amend, modify or terminate the Award, Notice of Award and this
Agreement without approval of the Grantee; provided, however, that such
amendment, modification or termination shall not, without the Grantee’s consent,
reduce or diminish the value of this Award determined as if it had been fully
vested on the date of such amendment or termination. Notwithstanding
anything herein to the contrary, the Company is authorized, without Grantee’s
consent, to amend or interpret this Award, the Notice of Award and this
Agreement certificate to the extent necessary, if any, to comply with Section
409A of the Code and Treasury regulations and guidance with respect to such
law.
10. Plan
Controls.
The
terms contained in the Plan are incorporated into and made a part of the
Notice
of Award and this Agreement and this Agreement shall be governed by and
construed in accordance with the Plan. In the event of any actual or alleged
conflict between the provisions of the Plan and the provisions of the Notice
of
Award and this Agreement, the provisions of the Plan shall be controlling
and
determinative.
11. Severability.
If any
one or more of the provisions contained in the Notice of Award and this
Agreement is deemed to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable, the other
provisions of the Notice of Award and this Agreement will be construed and
enforced as if the invalid, illegal or unenforceable provision had never
been
included.
12. Notice.
Notices
and communications under the Notice of Award and this Agreement must be in
writing and either personally delivered or sent by registered or certified
United States mail, return receipt requested, postage prepaid. Notices to
the
Company must be addressed to: Micron
Technology, Inc., 8000 S. Federal Way, P.O. Box 6, Boise,
ID
83716-9632, Attn:
Secretary, or
any
other address designated by the Company in a written notice to Grantee. Notices
to Grantee will be directed to the address of Grantee then currently on file
with the Company, or at any other address given by Grantee in a written notice
to the Company.
Micron
Technology, Inc.
2004
Equity Incentive Plan
Notice
of Grant of Stock Options and Option Agreement
Option
Number:
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Name:
Employee
Number:
Address:
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Effective
______(Grant Date), you have been granted a Nonqualified Stock Option to
purchase ______ shares of Micron Technology, Inc. (the Company) Common Stock
at
$____(USD) per share.
This
Option Grant is subject to the following:
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1.
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The
terms and conditions of this Option
Agreement
and
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2.
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The
terms and conditions of the 2004
Equity Incentive Plan.
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Please
review the Option
Agreement
and
2004
Equity Incentive Plan
carefully, as they contain the terms and conditions which govern your option.
In
addition, a Prospectus
summarizing the Plan and the Insider
Trading Calendar and Policy
are
available for your review.
Subject
to your continued employment, this Option may be exercised in whole or in
part,
in accordance with the following schedule:
Vesting
Schedule
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Shares
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Vesting
Date
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Expiraton
Date
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Termination
Period
This
Option may be exercised for 30 days after termination of the Optionee's
employment or consulting relationship with the Company. Upon the death or
Disability of the Optionee, this Option will be may be exercised for such
longer
period as provided in the Plan. In no event shall this option be exercised
later
than the Expiration date as provided above.
Acknowledgement
Optionee
hereby acknowledges that he/she has reviewed (i) the terms and conditions
of
this Option
Agreement
and
2004
Equity Incentive Plan
(ii) the
and is familiar with the provisions thereof. Optionee hereby accepts this
Option
subject to all of the terms and provisions of the Plan and Option Agreement.
Optionee acknowledges that a Prospectus
relating
to the Plan was made available for review. Optionee hereby agrees to accept
as
binding, conclusive and final all decisions or interpretations of the
Administrator upon any questions arising under the Plan.
Optionee
acknowledges that the grant or acceptance of this Option do not constitute
an
employment agreement and do not assure continuous employment with Micron
Technology, Inc., its affiliated companies, or subsidiaries.
Optionee
authorizes Micron Technology, Inc. to release his/her Social Security Number
or
Global ID and address information to the Company's Broker who has agreed
to
provide brokerage service for stock plan participants for the purposes of
opening an account under his/her name.
After
accepting this agreement, you will receive an e-mail summarizing the terms
of
this Grant. Please print your e-mail confirmation.
To
accept
or reject this Option Agreement, click below:
Accept
Reject
OPTION
AGREEMENT
TERMS
AND
CONDITIONS
1. Grant
of Option.
Micron
Technology, Inc. (the “Company”) hereby grants to the Optionee named on the
Notice of Grant (“Optionee”), under the Micron Technology, Inc. 2004 Equity
Incentive Plan (the “Plan”), stock options to purchase from the Company (the
“Options”), on the terms and on conditions set forth in this agreement (this
“Agreement”), the number of shares indicated on the Notice of Grant of the
Company’s $0.10 par value common stock, at the exercise price per share set
forth on the Notice of Grant. Capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise
defined shall have the meanings assigned to such terms in the Plan.
2. Vesting
of Options.
The
Option shall vest (become exercisable) in accordance with the schedule shown
on
the Notice of Grant of this Agreement. Notwithstanding the foregoing vesting
schedule, upon Optionee’s death or Disability during his or her Continuous
Status as a Participant, or upon a Change in Control, all Options shall become
fully vested and exercisable.
3. Term
of Options and Limitations on Right to Exercise.
The
term of the Options will be for a period of six years, expiring at 5:00 p.m.,
Mountain Time, on the tenth anniversary of the Grant Date (the “Expiration
Date”). To the extent not previously exercised, the Options will lapse prior to
the Expiration Date upon the earliest to occur of the following
circumstances:
(a) Thirty
days after the termination of Optionee’s Continuous Status as a Participant for
any reason other than by reason of Optionee’s death or Disability.
(b)
Twelve
months after termination of Optionee’s Continuous Status as Participant by
reason of Disability.
(c) Twelve
months after the date of Optionee’s death, if Optionee dies while employed, or
during the three-month period described in subsection (a) above or during
the
twelve-month period described in subsection (b) above and before the Options
otherwise lapse. Upon Optionee’s death, the Options may be exercised by
Optionee’s beneficiary designated pursuant to the Plan.
The
Committee may, prior to the lapse of the Options under the circumstances
described in paragraphs (a), (b) or (c) above, extend the time to exercise
the
Options as determined by the Committee in writing. If Optionee returns to
employment with the Company during the designated post-termination exercise
period, then Optionee shall be restored to the status Optionee held prior
to
such termination but no vesting credit will be earned for any period Optionee
was not in Continuous Status as a Participant. If Optionee or his or her
beneficiary exercises an Option after termination of service, the Options
may be
exercised only with respect to the Shares that were otherwise vested on
Optionee’s termination of service.
4. Exercise
of Option.
The
Options shall be exercised by (a)
written notice directed to the Global Stock Department of the Company or
its
designee at the address and in the form specified by the Company from time
to
time and (b) payment to the Company in full for the Shares subject to such
exercise (unless the exercise is a broker-assisted cashless exercise, as
described below). If the person exercising an Option is not Optionee, such
person shall also deliver with the notice of exercise appropriate proof of
his
or her right to exercise the Option. Payment for such Shares may be, in (a)
cash, (b) in the discretion of the Company, Shares previously acquired by
the
purchaser, which have been held by the purchaser for at least such period
of
time, if any, as necessary to avoid the recognition of an expense under
generally accepted accounting principles as a result of the exercise of the
Option, or (c) any combination thereof, for the number of Shares specified
in
such written notice. The value of surrendered Shares for this purpose shall
be
the Fair Market Value as of the last trading day immediately prior to the
exercise date. To the extent permitted under Regulation T of the Federal
Reserve
Board, and subject to applicable securities laws and any limitations as may
be
applied from time to time by the Committee (which need not be uniform), the
Options may be exercised through a broker in a so-called “cashless exercise”
whereby the broker sells the Option Shares on behalf of Optionee and delivers
cash sales proceeds to the Company in payment of the exercise price. In such
case, the date of exercise shall be deemed to be the date on which notice
of
exercise is received by the Company and the exercise price shall be delivered
to
the Company by the settlement date.
5. Beneficiary
Designation.
Optionee may, in the manner determined by the Committee, designate a beneficiary
to exercise the rights of Optionee hereunder and to receive any distribution
with respect to the Options upon Optionee’s death. A beneficiary, legal
guardian, legal representative, or other person claiming any rights hereunder
is
subject to all terms and conditions of this Agreement and the Plan, and to
any
additional restrictions deemed necessary or appropriate by the Committee.
If no
beneficiary has been designated or survives Optionee, the Options may be
exercised by the legal representative of Optionee’s estate, and payment shall be
made to Optionee’s estate. Subject to the foregoing, a beneficiary designation
may be changed or revoked by Optionee at any time provided the change or
revocation is filed with the Company.
6. Withholding.
The
Company or any employer Affiliate has the authority and the right to deduct
or
withhold, or require Optionee to remit to the employer, an amount sufficient
to
satisfy federal, state, and local taxes (including Optionee’s FICA obligation)
required by law to be withheld with respect to any taxable event arising
as a
result of the exercise of the Options. The withholding requirement may be
satisfied, in whole or in part, at the election of the Company, by withholding
from the Options Shares having a Fair Market Value on the date of withholding
equal to the minimum amount (and not any greater amount) required to be withheld
for tax purposes, all in accordance with such procedures as the Company
establishes. If Shares
are surrendered to
satisfy withholding obligations in excess of the minimum withholding obligation,
such Shares must have been held by the purchaser as fully vested shares for
at
least such period of time, if any, as necessary to avoid the recognition
of an
expense under generally accepted accounting principles. The Company has the
authority to require Optionee to remit cash to the Company in lieu of the
surrender of Shares for tax withholding obligations if the surrender of Shares
in satisfaction of such withholding obligations would result in the Company’s
recognition of expense under generally accepted accounting principles.
7. Limitation
of Rights.
The
Options do not confer to Optionee or Optionee’s beneficiary designated pursuant
to Paragraph 5 any rights of a shareholder of the Company unless and until
Shares are in fact issued to such person in connection with the exercise
of the
Options. Nothing in this Agreement shall interfere with or limit in any way
the
right of the Company or any Affiliate to terminate Optionee’s service at any
time, nor confer upon Optionee any right to continue in the service of the
Company or any Affiliate.
8. Stock
Reserve.
The
Company shall at all times during the term of this Agreement reserve and
keep
available such number of Shares as will be sufficient to satisfy the
requirements of this Agreement.
9. Restrictions
on Transfer and Pledge.
No
right or interest of Optionee in the Options may be pledged, encumbered,
or
hypothecated to or in favor of any party other than the Company or an Affiliate,
or shall be subject to any lien, obligation, or liability of Optionee to
any
other party other than the Company or an Affiliate. The Options are not
assignable or transferable by Optionee other than by will or the laws of
descent
and distribution or pursuant to a domestic relations order that would satisfy
Section 414(p)(1)(A) of the Code if such Section applied to an Option under
the
Plan; provided, however, that the Committee may (but need not) permit other
transfers. The Options may be exercised during the lifetime of Optionee only
by
Optionee or any permitted transferee.
10. Restrictions
on Issuance of Shares.
If at
any time the Committee shall determine in its discretion, that registration,
listing or qualification of the Shares covered by the Options upon any Exchange
or under any foreign, federal, or local law or practice, or the consent or
approval of any governmental regulatory body, is necessary or desirable as
a
condition to the exercise of the Options, the Options may not be exercised
in
whole or in part unless and until such registration, listing, qualification,
consent or approval shall have been effected or obtained free of any conditions
not acceptable to the Committee.
11.
Amendment.
The
Committee may amend, modify or terminate this Agreement without approval
of the
Optionee; provided, however, that such amendment, modification or termination
shall not, without the Optionee's consent, reduce or diminish the value of
this
award determined as if it had been fully vested and exercised on the date
of
such amendment or termination (with the per-share value being calculated
as the
excess, if any, of the Fair Market Value over the exercise price of the
Options). Notwithstanding
anything herein to the contrary, the Company is authorized, without Grantee’s
consent, to amend or interpret this Agreement to the extent necessary, if
any,
to comply with Section 409A of the Code and Treasury regulations and guidance
with respect to such law.
12. Plan
Controls.
The
terms and conditions contained in the Plan are incorporated into and made
a part
of this Agreement and this Agreement shall be governed by and construed in
accordance with the Plan. In the event of any actual or alleged conflict
between
the provisions of the Plan and the provisions of this Agreement, the provisions
of the Plan shall be controlling and determinative.
13. Successors.
This
Agreement shall be binding upon any successor of the Company, in accordance
with
the terms of this Agreement and the Plan.
14. Severability.
If any
one or more of the provisions contained in this Agreement is invalid, illegal
or
unenforceable, the other provisions of this Agreement will be construed and
enforced as if the invalid, illegal or unenforceable provision had never
been
included.
15. Notice.
Notices
and communications under this Agreement must be in writing and either personally
delivered or sent by registered or certified United States mail, return receipt
requested, postage prepaid. Notices to the Company must be addressed to:
Micron
Technology, Inc., 8000 S. Federal Way, P.O. Box 6, Boise,
ID
83716-9632, Attn:
Secretary, or any other address designated by the Company in a written notice
to
Optionee. Notices to Optionee will be directed to the address of Optionee
then
currently on file with the Company, or at any other address given by Optionee
in
a written notice to the Company.
2004
Equity Incentive Plan
Notice
of
Award and Acknowledgment
Name:
ID:
Grant
Number:
Effective
GRANT_DATE (Grant Date), you have been awarded GRANTED restricted stock units
which are convertible into GRANTED shares of Micron Technology, Inc. (the
Company) Common Stock.
This
Restricted Stock Unit Awarded is subject to the following:
1.
The
terms and conditions of the Restricted Stock Unit Award Agreement
and
2.
The
terms and conditions of the 2004 Equity Incentive Plan.
Please
review the Restricted Stock Unit Agreement and 2004 Equity Incentive Plan
carefully, as they contain the terms and conditions which govern your Restricted
Stock Unit Award. In addition, a Prospectus summarizing the Plan and the
Insider
Trading Calendar and Policy are available for your review.
Unless
sooner vested in accordance with Section 3 of the Restricted Stock Unit
Agreement or otherwise in the discretion of the Committee, the restrictions
imposed under Section 2 of the Restricted Stock Unit Agreement will expire
as to
the following number of Units awarded hereunder, on the following respective
dates; provided the Grantee is still employed by the Company of any
Affiliate.
Restriction
Lapse Schedule
Acknowledgement
Grantee
hereby acknowledges that he/she has reviewed (i) the terms and conditions
of the
Restricted Stock Unit Agreement and (ii) 2004 Equity Incentive Plan and is
familiar with the provisions thereof. Grantee acknowledges that a Prospectus
relating to the Plan was made available for review. Grantee hereby accepts
this
Award subject to all the terms and provisions of the 2004 Equity Incentive
Plan
and Restricted Stock Unit Award.
Grantee
acknowledges that the grant and acceptance of this Award do not constitute
an
employment agreement and do not assure continuous employment with Micron
Technology, Inc., its affiliated companies, or subsidiaries.
Grantee
authorizes Micron Technology, Inc. to release his/her Social Security Number
or
Global ID and address information to the Company's Broker who has agreed
to
provide brokerage service for 2004 Equity Incentive Plan participants for
the
purposes of opening an account under his/her name.
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MICRON
TECHNOLOGY, INC.
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a
Delaware Corporation
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__________________________
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Wilbur
G. Stover, Jr.
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Vice
President of Finance & CFO
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Signature:
_______________________________
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Date:GRANT_DATE
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Date:
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RESTRICTED
STOCK UNIT AGREEMENT - TERMS AND CONDITIONS
1.
Grant
of Units.
The
Company hereby grants to the Grantee named on page 1 hereof, subject to the
restrictions and the terms and conditions set forth in the Plan and in this
award certificate (this “Certificate”), the number of restricted stock units
indicated on page 1 hereof (the “Units”) which represent the right to receive an
equal number of shares of the Company’s $0.10 par value common stock (“Stock”)
on the terms set forth in this Certificate. Capitalized terms used herein
and
not otherwise defined shall have the meanings assigned to such terms in the
Plan.
2.
Vesting
of Units.
The
Units have been credited to a bookkeeping account on behalf of Grantee. The
Units will vest and become non-forfeitable on the earliest to occur of the
following (the “Vesting Date”):
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(a)
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as
to the percentages of the Units specified on page 1 hereof, on
the
respective dates specified on page 1 hereof;
provided Grantee is then still employed by the Company or any Affiliate
or still serves as a director of the Company;
or
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(b) |
Termination
of Grantee’s service as a director of the Company or employment by the
Company and all Affiliates by reason of death or Disability;
or
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(c) |
Upon
the occurrence of a Change in
Control.
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If
Grantee’s employment terminates prior to the Vesting Date for any reason other
than as described in (b) above, Grantee shall forfeit all right, title and
interest in and to the Units as of the date of such termination and the Units
will be reconveyed to the Company without further consideration or any act
or
action by Grantee.
For
purpose of Section 409A of the Code, any reference herein to Grantee’s
“termination of employment” shall be interpreted to mean Grantee’s “separation
from service” as defined in Code section 409A and Treasury regulations and
guidance with respect to such law.
3.
Conversion
to Stock.
Unless
the Units are forfeited prior to the Vesting Date as provided in section
2
above, the Units will be converted to actual shares of Stock on the Vesting
Date
(the “Conversion Date”). Shares of Stock will be registered on the books of the
Company in Grantee’s name as of the Conversion Date. Stock certificates for the
shares of Stock shall be delivered to Grantee upon request, but delivery
may be
postponed for such period as may be required for the Company with reasonable
diligence to comply if deemed advisable by the Company, with registration
requirements under the Securities Act of 1933, listing requirements under
the
rules of any stock exchange, and requirements under any other law or regulation
applicable to the issuance or transfer of the Shares.
4.
Dividend
Equivalents.
If and
when dividends or other distributions are paid with respect to the Stock
while
the Units are outstanding, the dollar amount or fair market value of such
dividends or distributions with respect to the number of shares of Stock
then
underlying the Units shall be paid to Grantee within 30 days after the payment
date of such dividend or distribution to shareholders.
5.
Changes
in Capital Structure.
In the
event the Stock shall be changed into or exchanged for a different number
or
class of shares of stock or securities of the Company or of another company,
whether through reorganization, recapitalization, statutory share exchange,
reclassification, stock split-up, combination of shares, merger or
consolidation, or otherwise, there shall be substituted for each share of
Stock
then underlying a Unit subject to this Certificate the number and class of
shares into which each outstanding share of Stock shall be so exchanged.
6.
Restrictions
on Transfer.
No
right or interest of Grantee in the Units may be pledged, hypothecated or
otherwise encumbered to or in favor of any party other than the Company or
an
Affiliate, or be subjected to any lien, obligation or liability of Grantee
to
any other party other than the Company or an Affiliate. Units are not assignable
or transferable by Grantee other than by will or the laws of descent and
distribution or pursuant to a domestic relations order that would satisfy
Section 414(p)(1)(A) of the Code; but the Committee may permit other transfers
in accordance with the Plan.
7.
Limitation
of Rights.
The
Units do not confer to Grantee or Grantee’s beneficiary any rights of a
stockholder of the Company unless and until shares of Stock are in fact issued
to such person in connection with the Units. Nothing in this Certificate
shall
interfere with or limit in any way the right of the Company or any Affiliate
to
terminate Grantee’s employment at any time, nor confer upon Grantee any right to
continue in employment of the Company or any Affiliate. Grantee waives all
and
any rights to any compensation or damages for the termination of Grantee's
office or employment with the Company or an Affiliate for any reason (including
unlawful termination of employment) insofar as those rights arise from Grantee
ceasing to have rights in relation to the Units as a result of that termination
or from the loss or diminution in value of such rights. The grant of the
Units
does not give Grantee any right to participate in any future grants of share
incentive awards in the future.
8.
Payment
of Taxes.
Grantee
will, no later than the date as of which any amount related to the Units
first
becomes includable in Grantee’s gross income for federal income tax purposes,
pay to the Company, or make other arrangements satisfactory to the Committee
regarding payment of, any federal, state and local taxes of any kind (including
Grantee’s FICA obligation) required by law to be withheld with respect to such
amount. The obligations of the Company under this Certificate will be
conditional on such payment or arrangements, and the Company, and, where
applicable, its Affiliates will, to the extent permitted by law, have the
right
to deduct any such taxes from any payment of any kind otherwise due to
Grantee.
9.
Amendment.
The
Committee may amend, modify or terminate this Certificate without approval
of
Grantee; provided, however, that such amendment, modification or termination
shall not, without Grantee’s consent, reduce or diminish the value of this award
determined as if it had been fully vested (i.e., as if all restrictions on
the
Units hereunder had expired) on the date of such amendment or termination.
Notwithstanding
anything herein to the contrary, the
Committee may, without Grantee’s consent, amend or interpret this Certificate to
the extent necessary to comply with Section 409A of the Code and Treasury
regulations and guidance with respect to such law.
10.
Plan
Controls.
The
terms contained in the Plan shall be and are hereby incorporated into and
made a
part of this Certificate and this Certificate shall be governed by and construed
in accordance with the Plan. In the event of any actual or alleged conflict
between the provisions of the approved Plan and the provisions of this
Certificate, the provisions of the Plan shall be controlling and
determinative.
11.
Notice.
Notices
hereunder must be in writing and either personally delivered or sent by
registered or certified United States mail, return receipt requested, postage
prepaid. Notices to the Company must be addressed to Micron Technology, Inc.,
8000 South Federal Way, Boise, Idaho 83706-9632; Attn: Secretary, or any
other
address designated by the Company in a written notice to Grantee. Notices
to
Grantee will be directed to the address of Grantee then currently on file
with
the Company, or at any other address given by Grantee in a written notice
to the
Company.
12
Data
processing.
By
accepting the Units, Grantee gives explicit consent to the Company to process
any such personal data and to transfer any such personal data outside the
country in which the Grantee works or is employed, including to the United
States, to transferees who shall include the Company and other persons who
are
designated by the Company to administer the Plan.
Exhibit 10.67
Exhibit
10.67
[***] DENOTES
CONFIDENTIAL MATERIALS OMITTED AND FILED SEPARATELY WITH THE SECURITIES AND
EXCHANGE COMMISSION PURSUANT TO A REQUEST FOR CONFIDENTIAL
TREATMENT.
INTEL/MICRON
CONFIDENTIAL
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OMNIBUS
AGREEMENT
BY
AND BETWEEN
MICRON
TECHNOLOGY, INC. AND INTEL CORPORATION
FEBRUARY
27, 2007
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MANAGEMENT
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1
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1.1
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Board
of Managers
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1
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1.2
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Manufacturing
Committee
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2
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ARTICLE
2.
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DEBT
FINANCING
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2
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2.1
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Waiver
of Rights to Mandatory Member Debt Financing
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2
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2.2
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Payment
of Member Notes
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3
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ARTICLE
3.
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PERMITTED
TRANSFERS
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3
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3.1
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Intel
Majority Purchase Right
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3
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3.2
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Purchase
of Remaining Interest
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3
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3.3
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Purchase
of Interest to Effect a Change in Consolidating Member
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3
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ARTICLE
4.
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LIQUIDATING
EVENTS AND TRIGGERING EVENTS
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4
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4.1
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Optional
Termination Rights
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4
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4.2
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Metric
Events
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4
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4.3
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[***]%
Dissolution Rights
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5
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ARTICLE
5.
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PURCHASE
OPTIONS; FAB ALLOCATION PROCESS
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6
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5.1
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Micron
Purchase Option on [***]
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6
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5.2
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Intel
Purchase Option
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6
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5.3
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Additional
Micron Option
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7
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5.4
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Remaining
Facilities Draft
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7
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5.5
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Auction
of Single Remaining Facility
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9
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5.6
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Closing
of Purchases
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9
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ARTICLE
6.
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FORMATION
OF ADDITIONAL ENTITIES
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10
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6.1
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Formation
of Foreign Facilities Company
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10
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ARTICLE
7.
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DEFAULT
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11
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7.1
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Event
of Default
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11
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7.2
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Specific
Performance
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ARTICLE
8.
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MISCELLANEOUS
PROVISIONS
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12
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8.1
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Notices
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12
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8.2
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Waiver
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12
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8.3
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Assignment
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13
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8.4
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Third
Party Rights
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13
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8.5
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Choice
of Law
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13
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8.6
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Headings
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13
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8.7
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Entire
Agreement
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13
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8.8
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Severability
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13
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8.9
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Counterparts
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13
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8.10
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Further
Assurances
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13
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TABLE
OF CONTENTS
(continued)
Page
8.11
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Consequential
Damages
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13
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8.12
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Jurisdiction;
Venue
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14
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8.13
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Confidential
Information
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14
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8.14
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Reimbursement
of Singapore Joint Venture Company Start-Up Costs
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14
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8.15
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Dispute
Resolution
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14
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8.16
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Certain
Matters
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15
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8.17
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Authorized
Representatives and Senior Authorized Representatives
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8.18
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Certain
Interpretive Matters
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APPENDICES
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Appendix
A
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Definitions
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Appendix
B
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Manufacturing
Committee Charter
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SCHEDULES
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Schedule
1
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Applicable
Joint Ventures and Applicable Joint Venture Agreements
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Schedule
2
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Relatives
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OMNIBUS
AGREEMENT
This
OMNIBUS
AGREEMENT
(this
“Agreement”),
is
made and entered into as of this 27th day of February, 2007, by and between
Micron Technology, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“Micron”),
and
Intel Corporation, a Delaware corporation (“Intel”)
(Micron and Intel are each referred to individually as a “Party,”
and
collectively as the “Parties”).
RECITALS
A. Micron
and Intel are parties to that certain Amended and Restated Limited Liability
Company Operating Agreement of IM Flash Technologies, LLC, dated February
27,
2007 (the “IMFT
Agreement”).
B. Micron
Singapore, a Wholly-Owned Subsidiary of Micron, and Intel Singapore, a
Wholly-Owned Subsidiary of Intel, are parties to that certain Limited Liability
Partnership Agreement of IM Flash Singapore, LLP, dated February 27, 2007
(the
“IMFS
Agreement”).
C. Micron
and Intel desire to establish certain terms and conditions pursuant to which
Micron and Intel and their respective Relatives will cooperate with respect
to
their direct or indirect ownership of any Applicable Joint Venture.
D. Capitalized
terms used in this Agreement shall have the respective meanings ascribed
to such
terms in Appendix
A
to this
Agreement. Capitalized terms followed by phrases such as “under
any Applicable Joint Venture Agreement”
or
“pursuant
to any Applicable Joint Venture Agreement”
shall
have the respective meanings ascribed to such terms under the appropriate
Applicable Joint Venture Agreement. Capitalized terms with “U.S.”
added
at the beginning are references to such capitalized terms under the IMFT
Agreement. Capitalized terms with “Singapore”
added
at the beginning are references to such capitalized terms under the IMFS
Agreement. All references to “Board
of Managers”
of
an
Applicable Joint Venture shall mean, as appropriate, the board of managers,
board of directors or similar governing body thereof, and all references
to
“Members”
of
an
Applicable Joint Venture shall mean the members, partners, stockholders or
similar equity owners thereof.
E. Whenever
phrases such as “the
Party will not permit its Relatives to,”
“the
Parties shall cause their respective Relatives to”
or
other similar language requiring that a Party direct the actions of its
Relatives, other than the U.S. Joint Venture Company, are used herein it
shall
be deemed to mean that such Party has caused or prohibited or will cause
or
prohibit such action by exercising its rights as a majority or sole shareholder
of the Relative to call a meeting or request an action of the board of directors
or other governing body of the Relative in order to cause or prohibit such
Relative’s action.
ARTICLE
1.
MANAGEMENT
1.1 Board
of Managers.
(A)
The
Parties shall cause each Applicable Joint Venture other than the U.S. Joint
Venture Company to have a Board of Managers, which shall consist of eight
(8)
individuals or such other number as the Members under the Applicable Joint
Venture Agreement may unanimously agree.
(B) Without
the prior written consent of Intel, Micron will not, and will not permit
its
Relatives to, (i) appoint to the Board of Managers of an Applicable Joint
Venture other than the U.S. Joint Venture Company more than one person who
is
also a member of the Board of Managers of the U.S. Joint Venture Company,
or
(ii) appoint to the Board of Managers of the U.S. Joint Venture Company more
than one person who is also a member of the Board of Managers of any other
Applicable Joint Venture; provided,
however,
that
this restriction will not apply with respect to any such Applicable Joint
Venture for which Micron Members are entitled to appoint all members of the
Board of Managers. Without the prior written consent of Micron, Intel will
not,
and will not permit its Relatives to, (i) appoint to the Board of Managers
of an
Applicable Joint Venture other than the U.S. Joint Venture Company more than
one
person who is also a member of the Board of Managers of the U.S. Joint Venture
Company, or (ii) appoint to the Board of Managers of the U.S. Joint Venture
Company more than one person who is also a member of the Board of Managers
of
any other Applicable Joint Venture; provided,
however,
that
this restriction will not apply with respect to any such Applicable Joint
Venture for which Intel Members are entitled to appoint all members of the
Board
of Managers.
(C) Micron
shall not, and shall not permit its Relatives to, and Intel shall not, and
shall
not permit its Relatives to, appoint the U.S. Micron Executive Officer or
U.S.
Intel Executive Officer, respectively, as one of its appointed Managers under
any Applicable Joint Venture Agreement (other than the IMFT Agreement) if
such
person is a member of the Board of Managers of the U.S. Joint Venture Company.
Micron and Intel shall not appoint any executive officer of an Applicable
Joint
Venture other than the U.S. Joint Venture Company to the Board of Managers
of
the U.S. Joint Venture Company.
1.2 Manufacturing
Committee.
(A) Micron
and Intel hereby establish a manufacturing committee (the “Manufacturing
Committee”)
to,
among other things, consult with the Members of each of the Applicable Joint
Ventures regarding its output of Joint Venture Products. The membership,
functions, objectives and procedures of the Manufacturing Committee are more
fully set forth in Appendix B
to this
Agreement.
(B) The
Manufacturing Committee shall have a planning subcommittee (the “Planning
Subcommittee”).
Micron and Intel shall, and shall cause their respective Relatives that are
Members under any Applicable Joint Venture Agreement to, submit the reports
and
analysis produced by the manufacturing planning personnel of the Applicable
Joint Ventures to the Planning Subcommittee. The Planning Subcommittee will
formulate recommendations to be submitted to the Manufacturing Committee
for
approval and action. The membership, functions, objectives and procedures
of the
Planning Subcommittee are more fully set forth in Appendix B
to this
Agreement.
ARTICLE
2.
DEBT
FINANCING
2.1 Waiver
of Rights to Mandatory Member Debt Financing.
The
Parties hereby, and shall cause their respective Relatives to, (A) waive
their
respective rights to compel any Funding Member under any Applicable Joint
Venture Agreement to provide Mandatory Member Debt Financing under Section
3.1
of any Applicable Joint Venture Agreement, (B) waive their respective rights
to
provide Mandatory Member Debt
Financing
under Section 3.1 of any Applicable Joint Venture Agreement and (C) agree
to
cause each Applicable Joint Venture in which they are Members to waive its
rights to compel any Funding Member under any Applicable Joint Venture Agreement
to provide Mandatory Member Debt Financing under Section 3.1 of any Applicable
Joint Venture Agreement, in each case other than with respect to the Next
Eligible Fab.
2.2 Payment
of Member Notes.
Intel
and Micron shall not allow their respective Relatives that are Members under
any
Applicable Joint Venture Agreement to elect to receive payments on any Member
Notes under any Applicable Joint Venture Agreement held by such Relatives,
unless the chief executive officer of Intel or Micron, as applicable, has
authorized the receipt of such payments in writing.
ARTICLE
3.
PERMITTED
TRANSFERS
3.1 Intel
Majority Purchase Right.
Intel
shall not exercise, and shall prevent its Relatives from exercising, rights
to
purchase an additional Interest under any Applicable Joint Venture Agreement
pursuant to Section 12.4(A) of any Applicable Joint Venture Agreement (the
“Majority
Purchase Right”)
unless
Intel and its Relatives have the right to, and do, simultaneously exercise,
and
perform the obligations with respect to, the Majority Purchase Rights under
Section 12.4(A) of each of the Applicable Joint Venture Agreements. Micron
and
Intel shall, and shall cause each of their Relatives to, effectuate the closing
of all of the Majority Purchase Rights under the Applicable Joint Venture
Agreements on the same date and time, at the same place and in the same manner.
3.2 Purchase
of Remaining Interest.
Micron
and Intel shall not exercise, and shall not permit their respective Relatives
to
exercise, rights to purchase the remaining Interest under any Applicable
Joint
Venture Agreement pursuant to Section 12.5 of any Applicable Joint Venture
Agreement (the “[***]%
Purchase Right”)
unless
Micron or Intel, as applicable, and their respective Relatives, as applicable,
have the right to, and do, simultaneously exercise, and perform the obligations
with respect to, the [***]% Purchase Rights under Section 12.5 of each of
the
Applicable Joint Venture Agreements. Micron and Intel, as applicable, shall,
and
shall cause each of their respective Relatives, as applicable, to, effectuate
the closing of all of the [***]% Purchase Rights under the Applicable Joint
Venture Agreements on the same date and time, at the same place and in the
same
manner.
3.3 Purchase
of Interest to Effect a Change in Consolidating Member.
If a
Change in Consolidating Member under any Applicable Joint Venture Agreement
occurs causing Intel to become the Consolidating Member under such Applicable
Joint Venture Agreement, Intel shall, and shall cause all of its Relatives
to,
exercise, and perform their obligations with respect to, their respective
purchase rights under Section 12.4(B) of each of the Applicable Joint Venture
Agreements (other than those in which Intel or its Relative is already the
Consolidating Member under such Applicable Joint Venture Agreement). If a
Change
in Consolidating Member under any Applicable Joint Venture Agreement occurs
and
Intel has exercised its rights in the immediately preceding sentence, Micron
shall, and shall cause all of its Relatives to, consent to
the
exercise of the purchase right set forth in Section 12.4(B) of each of the
Applicable Joint Venture Agreements. Micron and Intel agree, and shall cause
each of their Relatives, to effectuate the closing of all of the purchase
rights
under Section 12.4(B) of the Applicable Joint Venture Agreements on the same
date and time, at the same place and in the same manner.
ARTICLE
4.
LIQUIDATING
EVENTS AND TRIGGERING EVENTS
4.1 Optional
Termination Rights.
Micron
and Intel shall not exercise, and shall not permit their respective Relatives
to
exercise, the right to cause a Liquidating Event or Triggering Event, as
applicable, pursuant to Section 13.1(A)(11) under any Applicable Joint Venture
Agreement, unless (A) a Liquidating Event or Triggering Event, as applicable,
other than under Section 13.1(A)(11) has previously occurred under any
Applicable Joint Venture Agreement, (B) otherwise permitted by Section 4.2
of
this Agreement, or (C) any Applicable Joint Venture has otherwise dissolved
or
ceased to exist.
4.2 Metric
Events.
Upon
the occurrence of any of the following events (each, a “Metric
Event”),
the
electing Party and its respective Relatives may exercise their respective
rights
to cause a Liquidating Event or Triggering Event, as applicable, pursuant
to
Section 13.1(A)(11) under any Applicable Joint Venture Agreement:
(A) the
election of a Party by written notice to the other Party upon the occurrence
of
a Balance Sheet Metric Event on or prior to the Transition Date; provided,
however,
that
such notice shall be given not more than thirty (30) days after the receipt
by
the notifying Party and such notifying Party’s Relatives from the Applicable
Joint Ventures of financial reports indicating that such Balance Sheet Metric
Event has occurred;
(B) the
first
day on which each of the following conditions is satisfied:
(1) an
Initial Operating Metric Event has occurred on or prior to the Transition
Date;
(2) either
Party provides a written notice (the “Election
Notice”)
to the
other Party of its election to, or to cause its Relatives to, trigger a
Liquidating Event or Triggering Event, as applicable, pursuant to Section
13.1(A)(11) under the Applicable Joint Venture Agreements unless there is
a
Subsequent Operating Metric Cure; provided,
however,
that:
(a) the
Election Notice shall be given only after completion of [***] Fiscal Quarters
after the Initial Operating Metric Event and only if a Subsequent Operating
Metric Cure has not occurred by the end of such [***] Fiscal
Quarters;
(b) such
Election Notice shall be given not more than [***]after the later of (i)
receipt
by the notifying Party and such notifying Party’s Relative from the Applicable
Joint Ventures of financial reports for the [***] Fiscal Quarter after the
Initial Operating Metric Event and (ii) the receipt by such
Party
of
notice from the U.S. Joint Venture Company or the other Party that the
Transition Date has occurred; and
(c) a
Party
who has not remitted in full its [***] of any [***] Capital Contribution
in
accordance with Section 2.3(A) of the IMFT Agreement shall not be eligible
to
submit an Election Notice unless the other Party failed to contribute in
full
its [***] of that or any earlier [***] Capital Contribution under Section
2.3(A)
of the IMFT Agreement;
(3) not
less
than [***] Fiscal Quarters after the Initial Operating Metric Event have
been
completed;
(4) there
shall not have been a Subsequent Operating Metric Cure in any period of [***]
Fiscal Quarters completed prior to the end of the U.S. Fiscal Quarter most
recently completed prior to the date the Election Notice is given; provided,
however,
that if
the Election Notice is given in the [***] Fiscal Quarter after the Initial
Operating Metric Event, there shall not have been a Subsequent Operating
Metric
Cure in any period of [***] Fiscal Quarters completed prior to the end of,
and
including, such [***] Fiscal Quarter; and
(5) [***]
shall have expired from the date the Election Notice was given; or
(C) the
election of a Party by written notice to the other Party upon the occurrence
of
a Critical Deadlock, provided such notice is given not more than thirty (30)
days after the later of the end of the [***] period described in subsection
(B)
of the definition of Critical Deadlock and the receipt by the electing Party
and
such electing Party’s Relative from the Applicable Joint Ventures of financial
reports indicating that no Subsequent Operating Metric Cure has occurred
in the
period of [***] Fiscal Quarters described in subsection (C) of the definition
of
Critical Deadlock.
For
the
purposes of this Section 4.2, the Parties shall, and shall cause each of
their
respective Relatives that are Members under any Applicable Joint Venture
Agreement to, cause the Authorized Officers under any Applicable Joint Venture
Agreement, or the Chief Executive Officer under any Applicable Joint Venture
Agreement, or the Site Manager under any Applicable Joint Venture Agreement,
as
applicable, to keep or cause to be kept adequate books and records that would
enable the Parties to determine, in combination with information from any
other
Applicable Joint Venture, whether any Metric Event has occurred in any relevant
period.
4.3 [***]%
Dissolution Rights.
Micron
and Intel shall not exercise, and shall prevent their respective Relatives
from
exercising, rights to wind up the affairs of any Applicable Joint Venture
under
any Applicable Joint Venture Agreement pursuant to Section 13.1(A)(3) of
any
Applicable Joint Venture Agreement (the “[***]%
Dissolution Right”)
unless
Micron or Intel, as applicable, and their respective Relatives, as applicable,
have the right to, and do, simultaneously exercise the [***]%
Dissolution Rights under Section 13.1(A)(3) of each of the Applicable Joint
Venture Agreements.
ARTICLE
5.
PURCHASE
OPTIONS; FAB ALLOCATION PROCESS
Intel
and
Micron hereby agree that upon the occurrence of any Liquidating Event or
Triggering Event, as applicable, the Parties shall, and shall cause each
of
their respective Relatives to, cause each of the Applicable Joint Ventures
to
dispose of the Facilities owned or leased by any Applicable Joint Venture
in
accordance with the following Purchase Options and Fab allocation
process.
5.1 Micron
Purchase Option on [***].
(A) Within
thirty (30) days after the [***]Determination Date, Micron may elect to purchase
all, but not less than all, of either (i) the [***] or (ii) the equity interest
in the [***] Facilities Company that owns or leases only the [***]. Micron’s
election to purchase (the “Micron
[***]
Purchase
Option”)
shall
be exercised by delivering a written notice (the “Micron
[***]
Exercise
Notice”)
of
such election to the other Party and the U.S. Joint Venture Company. The
purchase price for, as applicable, either (x) the [***] or (y) the equity
interest, purchased pursuant to the Micron [***] Purchase Option shall be
the
[***] Value of such [***] or the equity interest in the applicable [***]
Facilities Company, respectively (excluding, for purposes of this determination,
any value attributable to the [***]).
(B) In
the
event that Micron does not exercise the Micron [***] Purchase Option, or
does
not otherwise acquire the [***] pursuant to this Article 4, then Micron shall
permit the [***] Joint Venture Company, or the purchaser of any such [***]
in an
auction contemplated by this Agreement or by Section 13.11 of the IMFT
Agreement, as applicable, to have reasonable access to the Premises, for
a
reasonable period and on a reasonable basis, in order to remove such [***]
from
the Premises.
5.2 Intel
Purchase Option.
(A) If
a
Liquidating Event or Triggering Event, as applicable, occurs before the [***]
is
an Operational Fab, then within thirty (30) days after the [***] Determination
Date, Intel may, subject to Section 5.4(C), elect to purchase all, but not
less than all, of either (i) the [***] and its Associated Assets or (ii)
the
equity interest in the [***] Facilities Company that owns or leases only
the
[***] and its Associated Assets, irrespective of whether the [***] is an
Operational Fab and irrespective of whether any additional [***].
(B) If
a
Liquidating Event or Triggering Event, as applicable, occurs after the [***]
is
an Operational Fab but before the [***] is an Operational Fab (a “Later
Liquidating Event”),
then
within thirty (30) days after the [***] Determination Date, Intel may [***],
subject to Section 5.4(C), elect to purchase under this Section 5.2(B) all,
but
not less than all, of either (i) the [***] and its Associated Assets under
the
[***] Joint Venture Agreement or (ii) the equity interest in the [***] Joint
Venture that owns or leases only the [***] and its Associated
Assets.
(C) Intel
shall exercise the purchase option contained in Sections 5.2(A) or 5.2(B)
(in
either case, an “Intel
Purchase Option”)
by
delivering, or causing its Relative, as appropriate, to deliver, a written
notice (the “Intel
Exercise Notice”)
of
such election to the Applicable Joint Ventures and Micron. The purchase price
for, as applicable, either (i) (a) the
[***]
and
its Associated Assets or (b) the [***] and its Associated Assets under the
[***]
Joint Venture Agreement or (ii) the equity interest in (a) the [***] Facilities
Company that owns or leases only the [***] and its Associated Assets or (b)
the
[***] Joint Venture that owns or leases only the [***] and its Associated
Assets, purchased pursuant to the Intel Purchase Option shall be the [***]
Value
under the [***] Joint Venture Agreement of such assets or equity,
respectively.
5.3 Additional
Micron Option.
(A) If
a
Later Liquidating Event occurs, then within thirty (30) days after the [***]
Determination Date, Micron may, subject to Section 5.4(C), elect to purchase
under this Section 5.3(A) all, but not less than all, of either (i) the [***]
and its Associated Assets or (ii) the equity interest in the [***] Facilities
Company that owns or leases only the [***] and its Associated
Assets.
(B) Micron
shall exercise the purchase option contained in Section 5.3(A) (the
“Micron
Purchase Option”)
by
delivering a written notice (the “Micron
Exercise Notice”)
of
such election to the [***] Joint Venture Company and Intel. The purchase
price
for, as applicable, either (i) the [***] and its Associated Assets or (ii)
the
equity interest in the [***] Facilities Company that owns or leases only
the
[***] and its Associated Assets, purchased pursuant to the Micron Purchase
Option shall be the [***] Value of such assets or equity,
respectively.
5.4 Remaining
Facilities Draft.
(A) Within
fifteen (15) days (the “Fab
Draft Period”)
after
the expiration of the last to expire of the options set forth in Sections
5.1,
5.2 and 5.3 (to the extent such options are applicable), any Facility or
the
equity of any Facilities Company that owns or leases only a single Facility
that
is not the subject of a Micron [***] Exercise Notice, an Intel Exercise
Notice or
a
Micron Exercise Notice (each such Facility, a “Remaining
Facility”)
shall
be offered to Intel or Micron or their respective Relatives that are Members
under the Applicable Joint Venture Agreement, as appropriate, for purchase
at
their respective [***] Values under the Applicable Joint Venture Agreements
in a
draft (the “Draft”)
to be
conducted under the following procedure; provided,
however,
that in
the event there is only one Remaining Facility, such Remaining Facility shall
be
offered to Intel or Micron (or their respective Relatives that are Members
under
the Applicable Joint Venture Agreement) under Section 5.5, and the
provisions of this Section 5.4 shall not apply to such Remaining
Facility.
(B) Within
fifteen (15) days after the commencement of the Fab Draft Period, the Parties
will appoint an independent third party to administer the Draft (the
“Draft
Administrator”).
If
the Parties fail to mutually agree on the Draft Administrator within fifteen
(15) days, Deloitte & Touche shall be appointed the Draft Administrator by
written request of either Party. Within fifteen (15) days after the appointment
of the Draft Administrator, each of the Parties or their respective Relatives
that are Members under the Applicable Joint Venture Agreement, as appropriate,
may submit a written bid to the Draft Administrator for the right to select
the
first Facility to be acquired in the Draft under this Section 5.4, unless
the
right to select the first Facility has been designated pursuant to Section
5.4(C) or either of the last two
sentences
of this paragraph (B). Such bid shall be a binding, irrevocable offer to
pay in
cash to the
Applicable Joint Ventures as a fee for participating in the Draft
a sum
specified by the bidding Party or such bidding Party’s Relative in the bid for
the right to select the first Facility in the Draft,
such
sum to be allocated among the Applicable Joint Ventures in proportion to
the
aggregate Capital Contribution Balances under the Applicable Joint Venture
Agreement of all Members under the Applicable Joint Venture Agreement of
the
Applicable Joint Ventures.
The
Draft Administrator shall hold such bids in confidence until the earlier
of
receipt of bids from both Parties or their respective Relatives that are
Members
under the Applicable Joint Venture Agreement, as appropriate, and the end
of
such fifteen (15)-day period, whereupon the Draft Administrator shall announce
to the Parties which Person submitted the highest bid on a timely basis in
accordance with the provisions hereof (the “First Drafter”).
The
First Drafter shall pay the amount of its bid within ten (10) days thereafter
by
wire transfer of immediately available funds. If no bids are timely submitted
in
accordance with the provisions hereof, the Draft Administrator shall designate
by lot the Party who shall become the First Drafter. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, in the event of a Metric Event described in Section 4.2(C) after
the
fifth anniversary of the Effective Date, the Party or its Relative, as
appropriate, who did not elect for the Critical Deadlock to be a Liquidating
Event or Triggering Event, as applicable, shall be the First Drafter without
any
requirement to bid therefor. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if at the time
of a
Liquidating Event or Triggering Event, as applicable, a Party’s Economic
Interest is above [***] percent ([***]%), that Party or its Relative, as
appropriate, will be the First Drafter without any requirement to bid therefor
and will also get [***], with the other Party or its Relative, as appropriate,
having the [***] and, notwithstanding anything to the contrary in Section
5.4(D), [***] between the Parties and their Relatives, as appropriate, [***]
(for the Party whose Economic Interest is above [***] percent ([***]%)) to
one
(for the Party whose Economic Interest is below [***] percent ([***]%)) basis
(except that, if there are only [***] Remaining Facilities after a [***],
the
[***] in that next [***] will be [***] to [***]).
(C) Notwithstanding
anything to the contrary in Sections 5.2 and 5.3 and this Section 5.4, in
the
event of a Liquidating Event or Triggering Event, as applicable, described
in
Section 13.1(A)(7)(ii) under any Applicable Joint Venture Agreement, the
Party
or its Relative, as appropriate, electing under such Section to wind up the
Applicable Joint Venture on the occurrence of a U.S. Member Change of Control
or
a Member Change of Control under such Applicable Joint Venture Agreement
shall
be the First Drafter (or may designate its Relative to be the First Drafter,
if
appropriate) without any requirement to bid therefor, Sections 5.2 and 5.3
shall
not be effective, and the [***] and its Associated Assets and the [***] (if
it
is an Operational Fab) and its Associated Assets under the Applicable Joint
Venture Agreement shall be deemed to be included in the Remaining Facilities
for
purposes of the draft contemplated by this Section 5.4.
(D) Within
[***] ([***]) days after the date (the “Draft
Commencement Date”)
on
which the Draft Administrator announces the identity of the First Drafter,
the
First Drafter may (but shall not be obligated to) select for purchase a [***]
or
the equity of a Facilities Company that owns or leases [***] by written notice
to the Applicable Joint Venture and the other Party (the “Second
Drafter”).
After
such [***] ([***])-day period expires, but within [***] ([***]) days after
the
Draft Commencement Date, the Second Drafter may or may cause its Relative
to, as
appropriate, (but shall not be obligated to) select for purchase a [***]
or the
equity of a Facilities Company that owns or leases [***] (other than that
selected previously by the First
Drafter)
by written notice to the Applicable Joint Venture and the other Party. If
there
are [***] after the [***] selections by the First Drafter and the Second
Drafter, then after such [***] ([***])-day period expires, but within [***]
([***]) days after the Draft Commencement Date, the First Drafter may or
may
cause its Relative to, as appropriate, (but shall not be obligated to) select
for purchase a [***] or the equity of a Facilities Company that owns or leases
only [***] in the Draft. After such [***] ([***])-day period expires, but
within
[***] ([***]) days after the Draft Commencement Date, the Second Drafter
may or
may cause its Relative to, as appropriate, (but shall not be obligated to)
select for purchase a [***] or the equity of a Facilities Company that owns
or
leases [***] in the Draft. After the foregoing [***], the Draft shall [***]
in
the foregoing manner until (1) [***] in the Draft, (2) there [***], or (3)
neither Party wishes to [***].
5.5 Auction
of Single Remaining Facility.
If
(1) there is only a single Remaining Facility (and therefore no Draft has
occurred) or (2) after the final round of picks in the Draft under Section
5.4(D) there remains without a pick only a single Remaining Facility, each
Party
may submit or may cause its Relatives to submit, as appropriate, an irrevocable,
binding written offer (a “Remaining
Facility Purchase Offer”)
to
purchase the Remaining Facility or the equity of the Facilities Company that
owns or leases only such Remaining Facility. Such offer shall be submitted
to
the Draft Administrator within thirty (30) days after the Draft Commencement
Date (in the case of an auction under clause (1) above) or thirty (30) days
after the last pick was permitted to be submitted in the Draft (in the case
of
an auction under clause (2) above). Immediately after the end of such thirty
(30) day period, the Draft Administrator shall announce the winning
bid.
5.6 Closing
of Purchases.
The
closing of any purchase to be made under a Purchase Option shall each take
place
as soon as reasonably practicable (but in no event later than one-hundred
twenty
(120) calendar days) following the last to occur of the expiration of any
of the
Micron [***] Purchase Option, the Intel Purchase Option, the Micron Purchase
Option or
a
Remaining Facility Purchase Offer, the completion of the Draft and the
expiration of the thirty (30) day period contemplated by Section 5.5. The
closing of any such Purchase Option shall take place at the principal office
of
the Applicable Joint Venture that owns or leases the relevant Facility, or
at
such other time and location as the Parties or their Relatives, as appropriate,
may mutually determine. At the closing of the Purchase Options, the applicable
assets, rights or equity interest, as applicable, shall be conveyed, assigned
or
otherwise transferred to the Party purchasing such assets, rights or equity
(or
such Party’s designee), free and clear of any liens and encumbrances other than
liens securing indebtedness exclusively associated with the applicable Fab,
and
each Party (or such Party’s designee) shall pay the Applicable Joint Venture the
purchase price for the assets, rights or equity it is purchasing from such
Applicable Joint Ventures by wire transfer of immediately available funds
and
such Applicable Joint Venture shall deliver to each Party (or such Party’s
designee) such instrument(s) of conveyance as the purchasing Party (or such
Party’s designee) reasonably requests. For purposes hereof, the term
“Purchase
Options”
shall
mean any purchase made under Section 5.4 and the Micron [***] Purchase
Option, the Intel Purchase Option, the Micron Purchase Option and
any
Remaining Facility Purchase Offer.
ARTICLE
6.
FORMATION
OF ADDITIONAL ENTITIES
6.1 Formation
of Foreign Facilities Company.
The
Parties anticipate that each new Facility that is to be developed by the
Parties
or any of their Affiliates and that is to be located outside the United States
and outside of Singapore will be held in a separate entity (each, a
“Foreign
Facilities Company”)
as the
Parties shall mutually determine in good faith. If the Parties fail to agree
as
to the type of entity that will act as a Foreign Facilities Company with
respect
to a Facility, then such Foreign Facilities Company shall be organized as
an
entity (1) that is formed under the laws of the jurisdiction in which the
Facility is located, (2) that, to the extent permitted under the laws of
such
jurisdiction, shall be an “eligible entity” as defined in United States Treasury
Regulation 301.7701-3(a), (3) that elects to be treated as a partnership
for
United States federal income tax purposes, (4) in which each Party’s interest in
such Foreign Facilities Company is owned by a direct or indirect Wholly-Owned
Subsidiary of such Party (the “Foreign
Facilities Company Member”)
formed
in the jurisdiction in which the Foreign Facilities Company is formed (unless
both Parties consent to have such interest owned by an entity formed in another
jurisdiction), and (5) that will sell Joint Venture Product to the Foreign
Facilities Company Members using pricing methodology and terms comparable
to the
pricing methodology and terms applicable to sales of Joint Venture Product
by
the U.S. Joint Venture Company to the U.S. Members. If the immediately preceding
sentence applies to a Foreign Facilities Company, further transfers of Joint
Venture Product between each Foreign Facilities Company Member and its
Affiliates shall be structured in a manner that both Parties reasonably and
in
good faith agree will maximize in a commercially reasonable manner and without
undue tax risk (including tax risks unrelated to the Foreign Facilities Company)
the benefits of owning the applicable Facility in the jurisdiction in which
the
Foreign Facilities Company is formed. The Parties agree that the charter
and
other organizational documents of each Foreign Facilities Company and all
contractual and other arrangements between any Applicable Joint Venture and
such
Foreign Facilities Company, and between the Parties or their Affiliates and
such
Foreign Facilities Company, shall have such terms and conditions as shall
be
necessary to achieve the purposes of the Parties in entering into this Agreement
and the Applicable Joint Venture Agreements, viewed in the aggregate. The
Parties further agree that the charter, organizational documents, contractual
and other arrangements of the Foreign Facilities Company shall, [***], provide
[***] (including with respect to [***])[***]; provided,
however,
that at
the option of Intel, Intel may contribute additional funds to the capital
of
such Foreign Facilities Company so that Intel shall own [***]% and Micron
[***]%
of the shares or other ownership interests of such Foreign Facilities
Company.
ARTICLE
7.
DEFAULT
7.1 Event
of Default.
(A) An
“Event
of Default”
shall
occur if a Party (the “Defaulting
Party”)
fails
to perform any material obligation under this Agreement.
(B) Upon
the
occurrence of an Event of Default, the other Party (the “Non-Defaulting
Party”)
shall
have the right to deliver to the Defaulting Party notice (a “Notice
of
Default”).
The
Notice of Default shall set forth the nature of the obligations that the
Defaulting Party has failed to perform. If the Defaulting Party fails to
cure
the Event of Default within the Cure Period, the Non-Defaulting Party may
take
any of the actions set forth in Section 7.1(C). For purposes hereof,
“Cure
Period”
means
a
period commencing on the date that the Notice of Default is provided by the
Non-Defaulting Party and ending (i) thirty (30) days after Notice of
Default is so provided, or (ii) in the case of any obligation (other than
an obligation to pay money) which cannot reasonably be cured within such
thirty
(30) day period, such longer period not to exceed one hundred twenty (120)
days
after the Notice of Default as is necessary to effect a cure of the Event
of
Default, so long as the Defaulting Party diligently attempts to effect a
cure
throughout such period.
(C) Upon
the
occurrence of an Event of Default and the expiration of the Cure Period set
forth in Section 7.1(B), the Non-Defaulting Party may pursue all legal and
equitable rights and remedies against the Defaulting Party available to it
(subject to any limitations in this Agreement). The Defaulting Party shall
pay
all costs, including attorneys’ fees, incurred by the other Member in pursuing
such legal remedies.
7.2 Specific
Performance.
The
Parties agree that irreparable damage will result if this Agreement is not
performed in accordance with its terms, and the parties agree that any damages
available at law for a breach of this Agreement would not be an adequate
remedy.
Therefore, the provisions hereof and the obligations of the Parties hereunder
shall be enforceable in a court of equity, or other tribunal with jurisdiction,
by a decree of specific performance, and appropriate preliminary or permanent
injunctive relief may be applied for and granted in connection therewith.
Except
as otherwise limited by this Agreement, such remedies and all other remedies
provided for in this Agreement shall, however, be cumulative and not exclusive
and shall be in addition to any other remedies that a party may have under
this
Agreement; provided,
however,
that in
no event shall a dissolution of an Applicable Joint Venture be permitted
or
occur as the result of a breach of this Agreement unless such dissolution
is
permitted under the terms and provisions of Section 13.1(A) of such Applicable
Joint Venture Agreement.
ARTICLE
8.
MISCELLANEOUS
PROVISIONS
8.1 Notices.
All
notices to any Applicable Joint Venture shall be sent addressed to the
Authorized Officers under the Applicable Joint Venture Agreement, or the
Chief
Executive Officer under the Applicable Joint Venture Agreement, or the Site
Manager under the Applicable Joint Venture Agreement, as applicable, at the
Applicable Joint Venture’s principal place of business. All notices to a Party
shall be sent addressed to such Party at the address as may be specified
by the
Party from time to time in a notice to the other Party, provided
that the
initial notice address for each Party is as follows:
(A) if
to
Intel:
Intel
Corporation
2200
Mission College Blvd.
Mailstop
SC4-203
Santa
Clara, CA 95054
Attention:
General Counsel
Facsimile:
(408) 653-8050
with
a
copy to:
Intel
Corporation
2200
Mission College Blvd.
Mailstop
RN6-46
Santa
Clara, CA 95054
Attention:
[***]
Facsimile:
[***]
(B) if
to
Micron:
Micron
Technology, Inc.
8000
S.
Federal Way
Mail
Stop
1-507
Boise,
ID
83716
Attn:
General Counsel
Facsimile:
(208) 368-4537
All
notices are effective the next day, if sent by recognized overnight courier
or
facsimile, or five (5) days after deposit in the United States mail, postage
prepaid, properly addressed and return receipt requested.
8.2 Waiver.
The
failure at any time of a Party to require performance by any other Party
of any
responsibility or obligation required by this Agreement shall in no way affect
a
Party’s right to require such performance at any time thereafter, nor shall the
waiver by a Party of a breach of any provision of this Agreement by any other
Party constitute a waiver of any other breach of the same or any other provision
nor constitute a waiver of the responsibility or obligation itself.
8.3 Assignment.
This
Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the successors
and
permitted assigns of each party hereto. Except as otherwise specifically
provided in this Agreement, neither this Agreement nor any right or obligation
hereunder may be assigned or delegated in whole or in part to any other
Person.
8.4 Third
Party Rights.
Nothing
in this Agreement, whether express or implied, is intended or shall be construed
to confer, directly or indirectly, upon or give to any Person other than
the
Parties any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under or in respect
of
this Agreement or any covenant, condition or other provision contained
herein.
8.5 Choice
of Law.
This
Agreement shall be construed and enforced in accordance with and governed
by the
laws of the State of Delaware, without giving effect to the principles of
conflict of laws thereof.
8.6 Headings.
The
headings of the Articles and Sections in this Agreement are provided for
convenience of reference only and shall not be deemed to constitute a part
hereof.
8.7 Entire
Agreement.
This
Agreement, together with the Appendices, Exhibits and Schedules hereto and
the
agreements (including the Confidentiality Agreement) and instruments expressly
provided for herein, constitute the entire agreement of the parties hereto
with
respect to the subject matter hereof and supersede all prior agreements and
understandings, oral and written, among the parties hereto with respect to
the
subject matter hereof.
8.8 Severability.
Should
any provision of this Agreement be deemed in contradiction with the laws
of any
jurisdiction in which it is to be performed or unenforceable for any reason,
such provision shall be deemed null and void, but this Agreement shall remain
in
full force in all other respects. Should any provision of this Agreement
be or
become ineffective because of changes in Applicable Law or interpretations
thereof, or should this Agreement fail to include a provision that is required
as a matter of law, the validity of the other provisions of this Agreement
shall
not be affected thereby. If such circumstances arise, the Parties hereto
shall
negotiate in good faith appropriate modifications to this Agreement to reflect
those changes that are required by Applicable Law.
8.9 Counterparts.
This
Agreement may be executed in several counterparts, each of which shall be
deemed
an original, but all of which together shall constitute one and the same
instrument.
8.10 Further
Assurances.
Each
Party shall execute such deeds, assignments, endorsements, evidences of transfer
and other instruments and documents and shall give such further assurances
as
shall be necessary to perform such Party’s obligations hereunder. The
obligations of the Parties set forth in this Section 8.10 shall survive the
termination of this Agreement.
8.11 Consequential
Damages.
No
Party shall be liable to any other Party under any legal theory for indirect,
special, incidental, consequential or punitive damages, or any damages for
loss
of profits, revenue or business, even if such party has been advised of the
possibility of such damages.
8.12 Jurisdiction;
Venue.
Any
suit,
action or proceeding seeking to enforce any provision of, or based on any
matter
arising out of or in connection with, this Agreement shall be brought in
a state
or federal court located in Delaware and each of the Parties to this Agreement
hereby consents and submits to the exclusive jurisdiction of such courts
(and of
the appropriate appellate courts therefrom) in any such suit, action or
proceeding and irrevocably waives, to the fullest extent permitted by Applicable
Law,
any
objection which it may now or hereafter have to the laying of the venue of
any
such suit, action or proceeding in any such court or that any such suit,
action
or proceeding which is brought in any such court has been brought in an
inconvenient forum. Process in any such suit, action or proceeding may be
served
on any Party anywhere in the world, whether within or without the jurisdiction
of any such court.
8.13 Confidential
Information.
(A) The
Parties shall abide by the terms of that certain Mutual Confidentiality
Agreement between Micron, Intel and the U.S. Joint Venture Company dated
as of
the Effective Date, and as may be amended or replaced from time to time (the
“Confidentiality
Agreement”),
which
agreement is incorporated herein by reference with respect to the Applicable
Joint Ventures, their Subsidiaries and the Facilities Companies and the
activities of the Applicable Joint Ventures, their Subsidiaries and the
Facilities Companies. The Parties agree that the Confidentiality Agreement
shall
govern the confidentiality and non-disclosure obligations between the Parties
respecting the information provided or disclosed pursuant to this Agreement
as
such information relates to the Applicable Joint Ventures, their Subsidiaries
and the Facilities Companies and their activities.
(B) If
the
Confidentiality Agreement is terminated or expires and is not replaced, such
Confidentiality Agreement shall continue with respect to confidential
information provided in connection with this Agreement, notwithstanding such
expiration or termination, for the duration of the term of this Agreement
or
until a new Confidentiality Agreement is entered into between the Parties.
To
the extent there is a conflict between this Agreement and the Confidentiality
Agreement, the terms of this Agreement shall control.
(C) The
terms
and conditions of this Agreement shall be considered “Confidential
Information”
under
the Confidentiality Agreement for which each of Micron and Intel is considered
a
“Receiving Party” under such Confidentiality Agreement.
8.14 Reimbursement
of Singapore Joint Venture Company Start-Up Costs.
The
Parties shall cause their respective Relatives that are Singapore Members
to
cause the Singapore Joint Venture Company to reimburse the U.S. Joint Venture
Company for all costs and expenses incurred by the U.S. Joint Venture Company
in
connection with the formation of the Singapore Joint Venture Company and
the
planning for and start-up of the [***].
8.15 Dispute
Resolution.
(A) All
disputes between the Parties over a purported breach of this Agreement (each,
a
“Dispute”),
shall
be resolved as follows: the Parties shall first submit the matter to the
chief
executive officers (or other senior executive officers) of each of the Parties
by providing notice of the Dispute to the Parties. The chief executive officers
(or other senior executives officers) shall then make a good faith effort
to
resolve the Dispute. If they are unable to resolve the Dispute within [***]
of
receiving notice of the Dispute (during which [***] period, the chief executive
officers (or other senior executive officers) shall seek in good faith to
hold
at least [***] at which they shall make a good faith effort to resolve the
Dispute), then a civil action with respect to the Dispute may be commenced,
but
only after the matter has been submitted to JAMS for mediation as contemplated
by Section 8.15(B).
(B) If
there
is a Dispute, either Party may commence mediation by providing to JAMS and
the
other Party a written request for mediation, setting forth the subject of
the
Dispute and the relief requested. The Party will cooperate with JAMS and
with
one another in selecting a mediator from JAMS panel of neutrals, and in the
scheduling the mediation proceedings. The Parties covenant that they will
participate in the mediation in good faith, and that they will share equally
in
its costs. All offers, promises, conduct and statements, whether oral or
written, made in the course of the mediation by any of the Parties, their
agents, employees, experts and attorneys, and by the mediator and any JAMS
employees, are confidential, privileged and inadmissible for any purpose,
including impeachment, in any
litigation
or other proceeding involving the Parties, provided
that
evidence that is otherwise admissible or discoverable shall not be rendered
inadmissible or non-discoverable as a result of its use in the mediation.
Either
Party may seek equitable relief prior to the mediation to preserve the status
quo pending the completion of that process. Except for such an action to
obtain
equitable relief, neither Member may commence a civil action with respect
to a
Dispute until after the completion of the initial mediation session, or [***]
after the date of filing the written request for mediation, whichever occurs
first. Mediation may continue after the commencement of a civil action, if
the
Parties so desire. The provisions of this Section may be enforced by any
court
of competent jurisdiction, and the Party seeking enforcement shall be entitled
to an award of all costs, fees and expenses, including attorneys’ fees, to be
paid by the Party against whom enforcement is ordered.
8.16 Certain
Matters.
(A) Intel
Matter or Intel Singapore Matter.
If a
Deadlock occurs under any Applicable Joint Venture Agreement with respect
to an
Intel Matter or Intel Singapore Matter, the Parties shall, or shall cause
their
respective Relatives to, as applicable, resolve such Intel Matter or Intel
Singapore Matter in the manner specified by the Authorized Representative
of
Intel or Intel Singapore, as applicable, provided
that
Intel and its Relatives have contributed [***] under all of the Applicable
Joint
Venture Agreements of [***] Capital Contributions under Article 2 of such
Applicable Joint Venture Agreements prior to and including the date of such
resolution.
(B) Micron
Matter or Micron Singapore Matter.
If a
Deadlock occurs under any Applicable Joint Venture Agreement with respect
to a
Micron Matter or Micron Singapore Matter at any time [***], the Parties shall,
or shall cause their respective Relatives to, as applicable, resolve such
Micron
Matter or Micron Singapore Matter in the manner specified by the Authorized
Representative of Micron or Micron Singapore, as applicable, provided
that
Micron and its Relatives, have contributed [***] under all of the Applicable
Joint Venture Agreements of [***] Capital Contributions under Article 2 of
such
Applicable Joint Venture Agreements prior to and including the date of such
resolution (for purposes of this Section, a Shortfall Amount under any such
Applicable Joint Venture Agreement caused by Micron or any of its Relatives,
as
appropriate, shall be deemed to have been contributed by Micron or its
Relatives, as appropriate, if a Mandatory Shortfall Note under such Applicable
Joint Venture Agreement in respect of such Shortfall Amount under the Applicable
Joint Venture Agreement is outstanding and has been outstanding for less
than
eighteen (18) months). In no event shall Micron or Intel permit, or allow
their
respective Relatives to permit, the location selection or incentive negotiation
with respect to the Next Eligible Fab to occur [***] without the unanimous
approval of the Board of Managers of the Applicable Joint Venture under Section
6.3 of the Applicable Joint Venture Agreement.
8.17 Authorized
Representatives and Senior Authorized Representatives.
(A) The
Parties agree, and shall cause their respective Relatives to agree, that,
for
the purposes of Article 17 of any Applicable Joint Venture Agreement, the
term
“Authorized
Representative”
shall
mean, with respect to any Intel Member, the general manager of Intel’s
memory
products group and, with respect to any Micron Member, the general manager
of
Micron’s memory products group.
(B) The
Parties agree, and shall cause their respective Relatives to agree, that,
for
the purposes of Article 17 of any Applicable Joint Venture Agreement, the
term
“Senior
Authorized Representative”
shall
mean, with respect to any Intel Member, the principal executive officer of
Intel
and, with respect to any Micron Member, the principal executive officer of
Micron.
8.18 Certain
Interpretive Matters.
(A) Unless
the context requires otherwise, (i) all references to Sections, Articles,
Appendices or Schedules are to Sections, Articles, Appendices or Schedules
of or
to this Agreement, (ii) each of the Schedules will apply only to the
corresponding Section or subsection of this Agreement, (iii) each
accounting term not otherwise defined in this Agreement has the meaning commonly
applied to it in accordance with GAAP, except as modified by the definition
of
“Modified GAAP,” (iv) words in the singular include the plural and vice
versa, (v) the term “including”
means
“including without limitation,” and (vi) the terms “herein,”
“hereof,”
“hereunder”
and
words of similar import shall mean references to this Agreement as a whole
and
not to any individual section or portion hereof. All references to “$”
or
dollar amounts will be to lawful currency of the United States of America.
All
references to “$”
or
dollar amounts, or “%”
or
percent or percentages, shall be to precise amounts and not rounded up or
down.
All references to “day”
or
“days”
will
mean calendar days.
(B) No
provision of this Agreement will be interpreted in favor of, or against,
any of
the Parties by reason of the extent to which any such Party or its counsel
participated in the drafting thereof or by reason of the extent to which
any
such provision is inconsistent with any prior draft of this Agreement or
such
provision.
Intel/Micron
Confidential
IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned being the Parties to this Omnibus Agreement
have executed this Agreement as of the date and year first above
written.
INTEL
CORPORATION
By:
_/s/ Ravi Jacob_____________
Name:
__Ravi Jacob____________
Title:
Vice
President FES, Treasurer
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MICRON
TECHNOLOGY, INC.
By:
__/s/ W.G. Stover, Jr._______
Name:
_W.G. Stover, Jr.________
Title:
V.P.
of Finance and CFO___
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THIS
IS THE SIGNATURE PAGE FOR THE
OMNIBUS
AGREEMENT
ENTERED
INTO BY AND BETWEEN
INTEL
CORPORATION AND MICRON TECHNOLOGY, INC.
APPENDIX
A
DEFINITIONS
“[***]%
Dissolution Right”
shall
have the meaning set forth in Section 4.3 of this Agreement.
“[***]%
Purchase Right”
shall
have the meaning set forth in Section 3.2 of this Agreement.
“Actual
Performance Projection”
for
an
Applicable Joint Venture shall mean, with respect to either the number of
[***]
or [***] for any given [***] Fiscal Quarter, a projection thereof derived
by
[***], or the [***], such Applicable Joint Venture and its Subsidiaries for
the
most recent [***] (whether or not such [***] Fiscal Quarters are consecutive
[***] Fiscal Quarters) in which there was not an Operating Metric Event;
provided,
however,
that
if, prior to such [***] Fiscal Quarter, [***], there [***] Actual Performance
Projection and the provisions of paragraph (B)(1)(c) and (B)(2)(c) of the
definition of Applicable Projection [***].
“Affiliate”
means
a
Person that directly, or indirectly through one or more intermediaries,
controls, or is controlled by, or is under common control with, the Person
specified.
“Aggregate
Applicable Projection”
means
(i) with respect to a number of [***], the [***] of the Applicable Projections
for all of the Applicable Joint Ventures and (ii) with respect to a [***],
the
[***] for all of the Applicable Joint Ventures.
“Aggregate
Committed Capital”
means,
for a Party, on a given date, the sum of (1) the aggregate amount of the
Committed Capital of such Party under all Applicable Joint Venture Agreements
on
such date, and (2) the aggregate amount of the Committed Capital of such
Party’s
Relatives under all Applicable Joint Venture Agreements on such date.
“Agreement”
shall
have the meaning set forth in the preamble of this Agreement.
“Applicable
Joint Venture”
or
“Applicable
Joint Ventures”
means
the entities listed on Schedule
1,
as such
Schedule may be amended from time to time by the unanimous written agreement
of
the Parties.
“Applicable
Joint Venture Agreements”
means
the agreements listed on Schedule
1,
as such
Schedule may be amended from time to time by the unanimous written agreement
of
the Parties.
“Applicable
Law”
means
any laws, statutes, rules, regulations, ordinances, orders, codes, arbitration
awards, judgments, decrees or other legal requirements of any Governmental
Entity (as defined under any Applicable Joint Venture Agreement).
“Applicable
Percentage”
shall
be [***]% with respect to any [***] Fiscal Quarter ending on or prior to
the
Transition Date and [***]% thereafter.
“Applicable
Projection”
for
an
Applicable Joint Venture with respect to any [***] Fiscal Quarter
means:
(A) if
the
Approved Business Plan under the Applicable Joint Venture Agreement for such
Applicable Joint Venture for such [***] Fiscal Quarter is an Undisputed Approved
Business Plan, the projection set forth in such Undisputed Approved Business
Plan under such Applicable Joint Venture Agreement; and
(B) if
the
Approved Business Plan under the Applicable Joint Venture Agreement for such
Applicable Joint Venture for such [***] Fiscal Quarter is a Disputed Approved
Business Plan under such Applicable Joint Venture Agreement, the projection
determined as follows:
(1) in
the
case of the projection of [***], the Applicable Projection shall be
[***]:
(a) the
[***]
Undisputed Approved Business Plan under such Applicable Joint Venture Agreement
(including, in the case of any [***] Fiscal Quarter [***]), if there is an
Undisputed Approved Business Plan under such Applicable Joint Venture Agreement
originally submitted for a prior year, but which included a projection that
covered such [***] Fiscal Quarter,
(b) the
[***]
Disputed
Approved Business Plan
under
such Applicable Joint Venture Agreement
([***]),
and
(c) the
[***]; provided,
however,
that
this clause (c) shall not apply with respect to [***], if the U.S. Joint
Venture
Company and any of the Applicable Joint Ventures has [***] set forth in [***]
prior to the date of determination and [***];
(2) in
the
case of the projection of [***], the Applicable Projection shall be
[***]:
(a) the
weighted average cost [***] Undisputed Approved Business Plan under such
Applicable Joint Venture Agreement (including, in the case of any [***] Fiscal
Quarter [***]), if there is an Undisputed Approved Business Plan under such
Applicable Joint Venture Agreement originally submitted for a prior year,
but
which included a projection that covered such [***] Fiscal Quarter,
(b) the
weighted average cost [***] Disputed Approved Business Plan under such
Applicable Joint Venture Agreement ([***]), and
(c) the
weighted average cost [***].
“Associated
Assets”
means,
with respect to any Fab, the Joint Venture Equipment (as defined in the
Applicable Joint Venture Agreement relating to such Fab), inventory and other
tangible personal property owned by the Applicable Joint Venture or any of
its
Subsidiaries and located at that Fab on the date of the Liquidating Event
or
Triggering Event, as applicable, or thereafter and all rights and obligations
pursuant to contracts, permits, governmental approvals
and
governmental concessions and incentives associated with such Fab, Joint Venture
Equipment (as defined in the Applicable Joint Venture Agreement relating
to such
Fab), inventory or other tangible personal property, including all liabilities
exclusively associated with such Fab, except for assets sold or disposed
of in
any of the following transactions that occurs after the Liquidating Event
or
Triggering Event, as applicable: (a) the sale of inventory in the ordinary
course; (b) the sale or other disposition of obsolete or surplus equipment
or other assets to third parties in the ordinary course in arm’s-length
transactions; and (c) the sale of any other asset with the approval of the
Board of Managers under the Applicable Joint Venture Agreement. Any transfer
of
Associated Assets under this Agreement shall include the assumption by the
transferee of the liabilities exclusively associated with such Fab.
“Authorized
Representative”
shall
have the meaning set forth in Section 8.17(A) of this Agreement.
“Balance
Sheet Metric Event”
means,
with respect to any given U.S. Fiscal Quarter, the occurrence of either of
the
following:
(A) any
event, circumstance or occurrence ([***]) that the Parties [***] and that
is of
[***] and that causes the [***] of the Applicable Joint Ventures and their
Subsidiaries, determined in accordance with [***],[***], to [***] over such
[***] Fiscal Quarter [***] (excluding any [***] to Members under any Applicable
Joint Venture Agreement); or
(B) any
event, circumstance or occurrence ([***]) that the Parties [***] and that
is of
[***] and that causes the [***] of the Applicable Joint Ventures and their
Subsidiaries, [***],[***], to [***], as of the end of such [***] Fiscal Quarter,
[***] the Applicable Joint Ventures and their Subsidiaries projected in the
currently-effective Approved Business Plans under the Applicable Joint Venture
Agreements (excluding [***]).
“Boise
Supply Agreement”
means
that certain agreement, dated as of the Effective Date, between Micron and
the
U.S. Joint Venture Company to supply products to the U.S. Joint Venture
Company.
“[***]
Determination Date”
shall
mean the [***] Determination Date.
“[***]
Value”
means
with respect to any asset, property or entity, the “[***] Value” as defined in
the relevant Applicable Joint Venture Agreement.
“Confidentiality
Agreement”
shall
have the meaning set forth in Section 8.13(A) of this Agreement.
“Conforming
Wafer”
means
a
NAND Flash Memory Wafer with greater than [***] percent
([***]%) functional die, or that is otherwise accepted by a Member.
“Critical
Deadlock”
means
an Omnibus Agreement Deadlock about how to address the circumstances giving
rise
to an Initial Operating Metric Event or a Balance Sheet Metric Event, provided
that:
(A) such
Omnibus Agreement Deadlock (1) is not with respect to a Micron Matter or
an
Intel Matter, (2) is not with respect to a matter within the scope of the
provisions of any of subsections (1) - (13) of Section 6.3(A),
Section 6.3(B), Section 6.3(C) or Section 7.4 under any
Applicable Joint Venture Agreement, and (3) does not relate to a proposal
to
require any Capital Contributions under any Applicable Joint Venture Agreement
or Member Debt Financing under any Applicable Joint Venture
Agreement;
(B) the
Omnibus Agreement Deadlock about how to address the circumstances giving
rise to
such Initial Operating Metric Event or Balance Sheet Metric Event, as
applicable, has not been resolved within [***] of the occurrence of such
Omnibus
Agreement Deadlock, as applicable; and
(C) with
respect to an Omnibus Agreement Deadlock about how to address the circumstances
giving rise to an Initial Operating Metric Event, there has not been a
Subsequent Operating Metric Cure within the following [***] Fiscal Quarters
after such Initial Operating Metric Event.
“Cure
Period”
shall
have the meaning set forth in Section 7.1(B) of this Agreement.
“Defaulting
Party”
shall
have the meaning set forth in Section 7.1(A) of this Agreement.
“Dispute”
shall
have the meaning set forth in Section 8.15(A) of this Agreement.
“Dissolving
Member Event”
shall
mean any event, circumstance or occurrence, the proximate cause of which
is an
action taken by the Party (or a Relative or Affiliate of such Party) who
has
sent a notice pursuant to Section 4.2(A) or Section 4.2(C) that is sent after
the occurrence of a Balance Sheet Metric Event. A Party shall not be deemed
to
have taken any action solely as a result of (a) the voting of the Managers
under
any Applicable Joint Venture Agreement appointed by such Party or such Party’s
Relatives to the Board of Managers or the members of any committee appointed
by
such Party or such Party’s Relatives or (b) actions of any Seconded Employee
under any Applicable Joint Venture Agreement, employee or officer of any
Applicable Joint Venture (other than an action taken by any Seconded Employee
under any Applicable Joint Venture Agreement at the specific direction of
the
Party or such Party’s Relative that employs him or her).
“Domestic
Facilities Company”
means
a
U.S. Facilities Company or a Domestic Facilities Company under any Applicable
Joint Venture Agreement.
“Draft”
shall
have the meaning set forth in Section 5.4(A) of this Agreement.
“Draft
Administrator”
shall
have the meaning set forth in Section 5.4(B) of this Agreement.
“Draft
Commencement Date”
shall
have the meaning set forth in Section 5.4(D) of this Agreement.
“Economic
Interest”
means,
for each Party, a percentage determined from time to time by dividing the
Aggregate Committed Capital of such Party at the time of determination by
the
Aggregate Committed Capital of all Parties at the time of
determination.
“Effective
Date”
shall
mean January 6, 2006.
“Election
Notice”
shall
have the meaning set forth in Section 4.2(B)(2) of this Agreement.
“Event
of Default”
shall
have the meaning set forth in Section 7.1(A) of this Agreement.
“Fab”
means
a
“Fab” under any Applicable Joint Venture Agreement.
“Fab
Draft Period”
shall
have the meaning set forth in Section 5.4(A) of this Agreement.
“Facility”
means
a
Fab and its Associated Assets that are owned or leased by an Applicable Joint
Venture or any Subsidiary of such Applicable Joint Venture.
“Facilities
Company”
means
a
Domestic Facilities Company or a Foreign Facilities Company.
“First
Drafter”
shall
have the meaning set forth in Section 5.4(B) of this Agreement.
“First
Singapore Fab”
means
the initial Fab that is, or is to be, located in Singapore and owned or leased
by the Singapore Joint Venture Company as contemplated by the Singapore Initial
Business Plan existing on the date of this Agreement.
“Foreign
Facilities Company”
shall
have the meaning set forth in Section 6.1.
“Foreign
Facilities Company Member”
shall
have the meaning set forth in Section 6.1.
“GAAP”
means
United States generally accepted accounting principles as in effect from
time to
time.
“IMFS
Agreement”
shall
have the meaning set forth in the preamble of this Agreement.
“IMFT
Agreement”
shall
have the meaning set forth in the preamble of this Agreement.
“Initial
Operating Metric Event”
means
the occurrence of an Operating Metric Event during [***]. For purposes of
this
Agreement, any Initial Operating Metric Event shall be deemed to occur on
the
[***].
“Intel”
shall
have the meaning set forth in the preamble of this Agreement.
“Intel
Exercise Notice”
shall
have the meaning set forth in Section 5.2(C) of this Agreement.
“Intel
Matter”
or
“Intel
Singapore Matter”
means
selecting the location for
the
[***] and negotiating all financial and property incentives with the applicable
Governmental Authorities under the Applicable Joint Venture Agreement with
respect to the [***].
“Intel
Member”
means
Intel and any Relative of Intel that is a Member under any Applicable Joint
Venture Agreement.
“Intel
Purchase Option”
shall
have the meaning set forth in Section 5.2(C) of this Agreement.
“Intel
Singapore”
means
Intel Technology Asia Pte Ltd, a private limited company organized under
the
laws of Singapore.
“Joint
Venture Products”
means
“Joint Venture Products” under any Applicable Joint Venture
Agreement.
“Later
Liquidating Event”
shall
have the meaning set forth in Section 5.2(B) of this Agreement.
“Lehi
Fab”
means
the Fab contemplated by the U.S. Initial Business Plan to be built out by
the
U.S. Joint Venture Company or one of its Subsidiaries at Lehi,
Utah.
“Liquidating
Event”
means
anything that is a “Liquidating Event” under any Applicable Joint Venture
Agreement.
“Majority
Purchase Right”
shall
have the meaning set forth in Section 3.1 of this Agreement.
“Manufacturing
Committee”
shall
have the meaning set forth in Section 1.2(A) of this Agreement.
“Master
Agreement”
means
that certain Master Agreement, by and between Intel and Micron, dated as
of
November 18, 2005.
“Metric
Event”
shall
have the meaning set forth in Section 4.2 of this Agreement.
“Micron”
shall
have the meaning set forth in the preamble of this Agreement.
“Micron
Exercise Notice”
shall
have the meaning set forth in Section 5.3(B) of this Agreement.
“Micron
Matter”
or
“Micron
Singapore Matter”
means
selecting the location for
the
Next Eligible Fab and negotiating all financial and property incentives with
the
applicable Governmental Authorities under the Applicable Joint Venture Agreement
with respect to the Next Eligible Fab.
“Micron
Member”
means
Micron or its Relative that is a Member under the Applicable Joint Venture
Agreement.
“Micron
[***]
Exercise Notice”
shall
have the meaning set forth in Section 5.1A of this Agreement.
“Micron
[***]
Purchase Option”
shall
have the meaning set forth in Section 5.1A of this Agreement.
“Micron
Purchase Option”
shall
have the meaning set forth in Section 5.3(B) of this
Agreement.
“Micron
Singapore”
means
Micron
Semiconductor Asia Pte. Ltd.,
a
private limited company organized under the laws of Singapore.
“Modified
GAAP”
means
United
States generally accepted accounting principles as in effect from time to
time,
except that: (i) stock-related expenses (including stock options, restricted
stock, stock appreciation rights, restricted stock units, stock purchase
programs or any award based on equity of Micron or Intel) associated with
the
seconded individuals to an Applicable Joint Venture will not be recorded
or
disclosed in the financial statements of such Applicable Joint Venture; and
(ii)
the value of any asset contributed or otherwise transferred to an Applicable
Joint Venture from a Member under the Applicable Joint Venture Agreement
shall
be the value as agreed upon by the Members under such Applicable Joint Venture
Agreement at the time of the contribution or transfer, as applicable, and,
if
such asset is to be depreciated or amortized under GAAP, the useful life
and
method of depreciation or amortization for such assets shall be determined
by
applying the accounting policies used by the Applicable Joint Venture for
like
assets.
“MTV
Assets”
means
the Associated Assets at the Fab located at the [***].
“MTV
Lease”
shall
have the meaning ascribed to such term in the Master Agreement.
“NAND
Flash Memory Wafer”
shall
have the meaning set forth in the IMFT Agreement.
“[***]”
means the first Fab that is, or is to be, owned or leased by an Applicable
Joint
Venture, any of its Subsidiaries or any Facilities Company that is not an
Applicable Joint Venture other than the [***].
“Non-Defaulting
Party”
shall
have the meaning set forth in Section 7.1(B) of this Agreement.
“Notice
of Default”
shall
have the meaning set forth in Section 7.1(B) of this Agreement.
“Omnibus
Agreement Deadlock”
means
the first day on which each of the following has occurred:
(A) One
Party
shall have delivered to the other Party a notice stating that it has determined
that there exists a disagreement among the Parties or their respective Relatives
that are Members of any Applicable Joint Venture, as applicable, regarding
a
proposal from one Party
or
its Relative, as appropriate, about how to address the
circumstances giving rise to an Initial Operating Metric Event or a Balance
Sheet Metric Event (the “Initial
Deadlock”).
(B) For
a
period of [***]
following the occurrence of an Initial Deadlock, the Parties shall, and shall
cause their respective Relatives, as appropriate, to, seek in good faith
to hold
at least [***]
at which
they shall make a good faith effort to resolve the Initial Deadlock. To the
extent practicable, the Parties shall, and shall cause their respective
Relatives, as appropriate, to, seek to resolve the matter in a manner consistent
with the Approved Business Plan of the relevant Applicable Joint Venture.
The
meetings shall be held at the time and place agreed to by the Parties, or
if the
Parties are unable to agree, at a time and place determined by the chief
executive officers of the Parties on at least [***]
written
notice.
(C) There
exists a disagreement among the Parties or their respective Relatives that
are
Members of any Applicable Joint Venture, as applicable, regarding resolution
of
the Initial Deadlock following the expiration of the [***]
period
provided for in paragraph (B).
“Operating
Metric Event”
means,
with respect to any [***] Fiscal Quarter, the occurrence of either of the
following:
(A) the
[***]
the Applicable Joint Ventures and their Subsidiaries in such [***] Fiscal
Quarter is [***] the Applicable Percentage [***] in the Aggregate Applicable
Projection for such [***] Fiscal Quarter; or
(B) the
[***]
the Applicable Joint Ventures and their Subsidiaries in such [***] Fiscal
Quarter is [***] the Applicable Percentage [***] in the Aggregate Applicable
Projection for such [***] Fiscal Quarter.
In
comparing either the [***] or the [***] to the Aggregate Applicable Projection,
as provided in subsections (A) and (B) above, [***] that are, or are to be,
[***] the U.S. Joint Venture Company [***] shall be [***] (1) in [***] and
(2)
[***] the Aggregate Applicable Projection.
“Operational
Fab”
means
a
Fab that is an Operational Fab under any Applicable Joint Venture
Agreement.
“Party”
or
“Parties”
shall
have the meaning set forth in the preamble of this Agreement.
“Person”
or
“Persons”
means
any natural person and any corporation, firm, partnership, trust, estate,
limited liability company, or other entity resulting from any form of
association.
“Planning
Subcommittee”
shall
have the meaning set forth in Section 1.2(B) of this Agreement.
“Premises”
shall
have the meaning ascribed to such term in the [***].
“Purchase
Options”
shall
have the meaning set forth in Section 5.6 of this Agreement.
“Relative”
or
“Relatives”
means,
with respect to each Party, the entities listed as such Member’s Relatives on
Schedule
2,
as such
Schedule may be amended from to time by (i) the unanimous written agreement
of
the Parties or (ii) as necessary to reflect any transferee in a Transfer
under
any Applicable Joint Venture Agreement permitted by and in accordance with
Section 12.2 of any of the Applicable Joint Venture Agreements; provided,
however,
that no
Applicable Joint Venture will be deemed to be a Relative of either Party
and no
Person shall be deemed to be a Relative of itself.
“Remaining
Facility”
shall
have the meaning set forth in Section 5.4(A) of this Agreement.
“Remaining
Facility Purchase Offer”
shall
have the meaning set forth in Section 5.5 of this Agreement.
“Second
Drafter”
shall
have the meaning set forth in Section 5.4(D) of this Agreement.
“Senior
Authorized Representative”
shall
have the meaning set forth in Section 8.17(B) of this Agreement.
“Singapore
Joint Venture Company”
means
IM Flash Singapore, LLP.
“Subsequent
Operating Metric Cure”
means,
with respect to any Initial Operating Metric Event, the [***] the Applicable
Joint Ventures of [***] (a) which [***] at any [***], and (b) in which the
Applicable Joint Ventures [***] Operating Metric Event (i.e.
an
Operating Metric Event described in subparagraph (A) of the definition of
“Operating Metric Event” if the Initial Operating Metric Event occurred under
subparagraph (A), and an Operating Metric Event described in subparagraph
(B)
thereof, if the Initial Operating Metric Event occurred under subparagraph
(B))
in either of [***].
“Subsidiary”
means
as to any Person, a corporation, partnership, limited liability company or
other
entity of which shares of stock or other ownership interests having ordinary
voting power (other than stock or such other ownership interests having such
power only by reason of the happening of a contingency) to elect a majority
of
the board of directors or other managers of such corporation, partnership
or
other entity are at the time owned, or the management of which is otherwise
controlled, directly or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, or
both,
by such Person.
“Transition
Date”
means
the earlier of the [***] anniversary of the Effective Date and the date on
which
the [***] becomes an Operational Fab producing not less than [***] Wafer
Starts
per week.
“Triggering
Event”
means
anything that is a Triggering Event under any Applicable Joint Venture
Agreement.
“U.S.
Facilities Company”
shall
have the meaning set forth in Section 16.1 of the IMFT Agreement.
“Wafer”
means
a
silicon wafer.
“Wafer
Start”
means
the initial Wafer introduction to a process flow. When the context requires
reference to a quantity of “Wafer Starts,” such term shall be expressed in 300
millimeter diameter equivalents.
“Wholly-Owned
Subsidiary” of
a
Person means a Subsidiary, all of the shares of stock or other ownership
interests of which are owned, directly or indirectly through one or more
intermediaries, by such Person, other than a nominal number of shares or
a
nominal amount of other ownership interests issued in order to comply with
requirements that such shares or interests be held by one or more other Persons,
including requirements for directors’ qualifying shares or interests,
requirements to have or maintain two or more stockholders or equity owners
or
other similar requirements.
APPENDIX
B
MANUFACTURING
COMMITTEE
Manufacturing
Committee Charter
A
Manufacturing Committee and Planning Subcommittee are formed by the Parties
to
perform certain consultative functions in relation to, and to formulate
recommendations for the coordination of production among, the Applicable
Joint
Ventures and their Members, as more particularly set forth herein.
A. Purpose
and Functions of the Manufacturing Committee.
The
primary purpose of the Manufacturing Committee is to review certain proposed
plans and actions and to formulate recommendations for the coordination
of
production among the Applicable Joint Ventures as specified herein. In
addition,
the Manufacturing Committee shall consult with the Members of the Applicable
Joint Ventures concerning Product roadmap and loading, output and assembly
and
testing strategies. The Manufacturing Committee’s functions shall
include:
1. Review
and consultation with the respective Members under each of the Applicable
Joint
Venture Agreements and the respective Board of Managers of the Applicable
Joint
Ventures, as appropriate, concerning the performance and projected performance
of such Applicable Joint Venture against
the Operating Plan under its Applicable Joint Venture Agreement and Performance
Criteria (including projected cost, capacity, cycle-time, yield and quality)
under such plan on a quarterly basis.
2. Review
and consultation with the respective Members under each of the Applicable
Joint
Venture Agreements and the respective Board of Managers of the Applicable
Joint
Ventures, as appropriate,
concerning proposed
adjustments to the Probed Wafer Cost Forecast and the Projected Output
Forecast,
all as specified in the Approved Business Plan under any Applicable Joint
Venture Agreement.
3. Review
and consultation with the respective Members under each of the Applicable
Joint
Venture Agreements and the respective Board of Managers of the Applicable
Joint
Ventures, as appropriate, of
such
Applicable Joint Venture’s monthly updates and reports of
performance compared to the Operating Plan (including the Manufacturing
Plan,
Assembly Plan and Test Plan) under its Applicable Joint Venture Agreement
and
performance compared to the ramp plan.
4. Review
and consultation with the respective Members under each of the Applicable
Joint
Venture Agreements and the respective Board of Managers of the Applicable
Joint
Ventures, as appropriate, concerning such Applicable Joint Venture’s quarterly
update of the Operating Plan under its Applicable Joint Venture Agreement
and
its Proposed Loading Plan.
5. Review
and consultation with the respective Members under each of the Applicable
Joint
Venture Agreements and the respective Board of Managers of the Applicable
Joint
Ventures, as appropriate, concerning such Applicable Joint Venture’s proposed
Operating Plan (annually) under its Applicable Joint Venture Agreement,
including but not limited to the Applicable Joint Venture’s proposed operating
and capital expenditure plan.
6. Review
and consultation with the respective Members under each of the Applicable
Joint
Venture Agreements and the respective Board of Managers of the applicable
Joint
Ventures, as appropriate, concerning such Applicable Joint Venture’s packaging,
assembly and test strategy.
7. Review
and consultation with the respective Members under each of the Applicable
Joint
Venture Agreements and the respective Board of Managers of the applicable
Joint
Ventures, as appropriate, concerning such Applicable Joint Venture’s proposals
for project related services and secondment.
8. Serve
as
an advice forum on best known methods and regarding manufacturing, assembly
and
testing process and operations, with the goal of improved production
performance
and ramp issue resolution.
9. Review
the reports, analyses, summaries and recommendations of the Planning
Subcommittee and perform such other duties with respect to the Planning
Subcommittee as specified herein.
10. Such
other functions as the Applicable Joint Venture and its Members may specify
by
written consent.
B. Membership
and Procedure.
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1.
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Membership
on Manufacturing Committee.
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a. Number
and Appointment of Manufacturing Committee Members.
The
Manufacturing Committee shall have eight (8) voting members, or such
other
number as the Parties may specify by written consent, and, in addition,
non-voting members consisting of the members of the Planning Subcommittee
designated from time to time in accordance with Section D.1.a. of this
Manufacturing Committee Charter.
The
voting members shall be the U.S. Intel Executive Officer and the U.S.
Micron
Executive Officer, if any, with the remaining voting members being appointed
one-half
by
Micron and one-half by Intel. Unless
the Parties otherwise specify, the voting members of the Manufacturing
Committee
appointed by each Party shall include:
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1.
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A
planning manager having factory tactical planning, loading
and scheduling
experience, including logistics;
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2.
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A
manufacturing finance officer or director or business officer;
and
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3.
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A
director with manufacturing, strategic factory capacity, materials,
purchasing and demand planning experience.
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The
qualifications of any individual appointed by Intel or Micron to serve
on the
Manufacturing Committee shall be determined in the discretion of Intel
or
Micron, respectively. The
initial voting members appointed by Intel and Micron to the Manufacturing
Committee shall be named within thirty (30) days of the Effective Date.
b. Removal
and Vacancies.
Each
person having the right to appoint a member of the Manufacturing Committee
in
accordance with this Section shall also have the right, in its sole discretion,
to remove such member at any time by delivery of written notice to the
other
person. Any vacancy on the Manufacturing Committee for any reason (including
as
a result of the death, resignation, retirement or removal pursuant to
this
Section of any member of the Manufacturing Committee) shall be filled
by the
person that appointed such member of the Manufacturing Committee. Unless
a
member of the Manufacturing Committee resigns, dies, retires or is removed
in
accordance with this Section, he or she shall hold office until a successor
shall have been duly appointed by the appointing person.
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2.
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Additional
Attendees at Manufacturing Committee Meetings.
The Chief Financial Officer and the Planning Manager of the
Applicable
Joint Ventures may attend meetings of the Manufacturing Committee,
but
shall not be deemed members of the Manufacturing Committee.
In addition,
the Manufacturing Committee may establish rules with respect
to the
attendance at the Manufacturing Committee meetings of staff
and other
invitees.
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3.
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Chairman
of the Manufacturing Committee.
Intel and Micron acting together shall annually appoint the
U.S. Intel
Executive Officer or U.S. Micron Executive Officer, if any,
or any other
person on a rotating basis to serve as the chairman of the
Manufacturing
Committee (the “Chairman”).
The Chairman shall preside at all meetings of the Manufacturing
Committee
and shall have such other duties and responsibilities as may
be assigned
to him or her by the Manufacturing Committee. The Chairman
may delegate to
the other executive officer, if any, authority to chair any
meeting,
either on a temporary or a permanent basis. The Chairman shall
determine
the agenda of each meeting of the Manufacturing Committee,
but the other
executive officer, if any, and any member of the Manufacturing
Committee
shall have the right to request that additional items be included
in the
agenda for any meeting and such items shall be included in
the agenda and
presented for discussion. The Chairman shall not have the power
to end
discussion on an agenda item, unless termination of the discussion
is
agreed to by a majority of the voting Committee members present
at the
meeting.
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4.
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Meetings
of the Manufacturing Committee; Quorum; Voting.
The Manufacturing Committee shall hold meetings at least once
per calendar
quarter at such times and at such locations as the Manufacturing
Committee
may establish. The presence of the U.S. Intel Executive Officer
and U.S.
Micron Executive Officer, if any, and at least two (2) voting
members of
the Manufacturing Committee appointed by each of Intel and
Micron, in
person or by
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telephone
conference or by other means of communications acceptable to the Manufacturing
Committee, shall be necessary and sufficient to constitute a quorum for
the
purpose of taking action at any meeting of the Manufacturing Committee.
No
action taken by the Manufacturing Committee at any meeting shall be valid
unless
the requisite quorum is present. An action of the Manufacturing Committee
shall
be effective only if approved by a majority of the voting members of
the
Manufacturing Committee present at the meetings who were appointed by
Intel and
by a majority of the voting members of the Manufacturing Committee present
at
the meetings who were appointed by Micron.
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5.
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Failure
to Reach Agreement.
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a. If
any
Party determines that any matter described in Section A hereto has not
been
acted upon by the Manufacturing Committee with the result desired by
such Party,
then such Party may notify the other Party thereof and a Dispute
under
the Omnibus Agreement shall be deemed to have occurred with respect to
such
matter and the Manufacturing Committee shall proceed as specified in
Section
8.15 of the Omnibus Agreement and as follows. The Manufacturing Committee
shall
then have a ten (10) day period during which it shall hold at least one
(1)
additional meeting at which it shall make a good faith effort to resolve
the
Dispute. The additional meetings shall be held at the time and place
agreed to
by the members of the Manufacturing Committee, or if the members are
unable to
agree, at a time and place determined by the Chairman of the Manufacturing
Committee, on at least two (2) days’ written notice.
b. If
the
Manufacturing Committee fails to resolve the Dispute during such ten
(10) day
period the matter shall
then be resolved in accordance with Section 8.15 of the Omnibus
Agreement.
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6.
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Notice;
Waiver.
The regular meetings of the Manufacturing Committee shall be
held upon not
less than five (5) Business Days’ written notice under the Omnibus
Agreement. Additional meetings of the Manufacturing Committee
shall be
held (A) at such other times as may be determined by the Manufacturing
Committee, (B) at the request of at least two (2) voting members
of the
Manufacturing Committee or the U.S. Intel Executive Officer
or U.S. Micron
Executive Officer, if any, upon not less than five (5) Business
Days’
written notice or (C) in accordance with Section 5, following a
failure by the Manufacturing Committee to adopt or reject a
proposal for
action presented to it. For purposes of this Section, notice
may be
provided via facsimile, e-mail or any other manner provided
in Section 8.1
of the Omnibus Agreement, or telephonic notice to each member
of the
Manufacturing Committee (which notice shall be provided to
the other
members of the Manufacturing Committee by the requesting members
of the
Manufacturing Committee). The presence of any member of the
Manufacturing
Committee at a meeting (including by means of telephone conference
or
other means of communications acceptable to the Manufacturing
Committee)
shall constitute a waiver of notice of the meeting with respect
to such
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member
of
the Manufacturing Committee, unless such member of the Manufacturing
Committee
declares at the meeting that such member of the Manufacturing Committee
objects
to the notice as having been improperly given.
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7.
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Action
without a Meeting.
On
any matter that is to be approved by the Manufacturing Committee,
the
Manufacturing Committee may take such action without a meeting,
without
prior notice and without approval if a consent or consents
in writing,
setting forth the action so taken, shall be signed by the voting
members
of the Manufacturing Committee that would be necessary to authorize
or
take such action at a meeting at which all the voting members
of the
Manufacturing Committee were present and
voted.
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8.
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Meetings
by Telecommunications.
Unless the Manufacturing Committee determines otherwise, members
of the
Manufacturing Committee shall have the right to participate
in all
meetings of the Manufacturing Committee by means of a telephone
conference
or similar communications equipment by means of which all persons
participating in the meeting can hear each other at the same
time and
participation by such means shall constitute presence in person
at a
meeting.
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9.
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Compensation
of Members of the Manufacturing Committee.
The members of the Manufacturing Committee, in their capacity
as such,
shall not receive compensation. Each Party shall bear the cost
and
expenses incurred by its appointed members of the Manufacturing
Committee
(acting in their capacity as members of the Manufacturing
Committee).
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C. Purpose
and Functions of the Planning Subcommittee.
The
primary purposes of the Planning Subcommittee are to review reports and
analyses
produced by the manufacturing planning personnel of the Applicable Joint
Ventures and formulate recommendations for the coordination of production
among
the Applicable Joint Ventures to be submitted to the Manufacturing Committee
for
approval and action and to consult with the Manufacturing Committee and
each of
the Applicable Joint Ventures. The Planning Subcommittee’s functions shall
include:
1. Collecting
data from Intel, Micron and each of the Applicable Joint Ventures;
2. Review
and consultation with the Manufacturing Committee and the Applicable
Joint
Ventures concerning the objectives and functions of the Manufacturing
Committee.
3. Develop
and present recommendations to the Manufacturing Committee consistent
with the
objectives and functions of the Manufacturing Committee.
4. Such
other functions as the Manufacturing Committee may specify.
D. Membership
and Procedure.
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1.
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Membership
on Planning Subcommittee.
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a. Number
and Appointment of Planning Subcommittee Members.
The
Planning Subcommittee shall consist of the following members: one (1)
individual
who is not a voting member of the Manufacturing Committee appointed by
each of
Micron and Intel (the “Party
Representative”);
one
(1) individual who is not a voting member of the Manufacturing Committee
appointed together by Micron and Intel from the U.S. Joint Venture Company
(the
“U.S.
JV Representative”)
and
one (1) individual who is not a voting member of the Manufacturing Committee
from each of the Applicable Joint Ventures other than the U.S. Joint
Venture
Company (the “Applicable
JV Representative”)
that
the Parties shall cause their respective Relatives that are Members under
the
Applicable Joint Venture Agreements, as appropriate, to appoint
together.
The
qualifications of an individual appointed to serve on the Planning Subcommittee
shall be determined in the discretion of the person(s) appointing such
individuals. The
initial members of the Planning Subcommittee shall be named within thirty
(30)
days of the date of the Omnibus Agreement.
b. Removal
and Vacancies.
Each
person having the right to appoint a member of the Planning Subcommittee
in
accordance with this Section shall also have the right, in its sole discretion,
to remove such member at any time by delivery of written notice to the
other
person; provided
that if
such member is appointed jointly, then such member shall
serve for a term of one calendar year and shall remain in office until
removed
by either person that appointed such member following the expiration
of his or
her term or until removed by both persons that appointed such member
during his
or her term.
Any
vacancy on the Planning Subcommittee for any reason (including as a result
of
the death, resignation, retirement or removal pursuant to this Section
of any
member of the Planning Subcommittee) shall be filled by the person that
appointed such member of the Planning Subcommittee; provided
that if
such member was appointed jointly, then the vacancy must by filled by
a new
member appointed by both persons. Unless a member of the Planning Subcommittee
resigns, dies, retires or is removed in accordance with this Section,
he or she
shall hold office until a successor shall have been duly appointed by
the
appointing person.
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2.
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Additional
Attendees at Planning Subcommittee Meetings.
The Planning Subcommittee may establish rules with respect
to the
attendance at the Planning Subcommittee meetings of staff and
other
invitees, although any rules established by the Planning Subcommittee
are
subject to change by the Manufacturing
Committee.
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3.
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Chairman
of the Planning Subcommittee.
The Parties shall jointly appoint one (1) individual to be
the “chair” of
the Planning Subcommittee (the “Subcommittee
Chairman”).
The Subcommittee Chairman shall serve for a
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term
of
one calendar year and shall remain in office until removed by either
Party
following the expiration of his or her term or until removed by both
Parties
during his or her term. Any
vacancy in the office of the Subcommittee Chairman for any reason (including
as
a result of the death, resignation, retirement or removal of the Subcommittee
Chairman pursuant to this Section) shall be filled by an individual jointly
appointed by the Parties. The
Subcommittee Chairman shall preside at all meetings of the Planning Subcommittee
and shall have such other duties and responsibilities as may be assigned
to him
or her by the Planning Subcommittee. The Subcommittee Chairman may delegate
to
another individual appointed to the Planning Subcommittee authority to
chair any
meeting, either on a temporary or a permanent basis. The Subcommittee
Chairman
shall determine the agenda of each meeting of the Planning Subcommittee,
but the
Manufacturing Committee and any member of the Planning Subcommittee shall
have
the right to request that additional items be included in the agenda
for any
meeting and such items shall be included in the agenda and presented
for
discussion. The Subcommittee Chairman shall not have the power to end
discussion
on an agenda item, unless termination of the discussion is agreed to
by a
majority of the Planning Committee members present at the meeting.
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4.
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Voting.
With respect to any matters to be voted upon by the Planning
Subcommittee,
each of the Party Representatives shall have a number of votes
equal to
two times the number of U.S. JV Representative or Applicable
JV
Representatives on the Planning Subcommittee, or if there are
no U.S. JV
Representative and Applicable JV Representatives, each of the
Party
Representatives shall have one (1) vote. Each other member
of the Planning
Subcommittee shall have one (1)
vote.
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5. Compensation
of Members of the Planning Subcommittee.
The
members of the Planning Subcommittee, in their capacity as such, shall
not
receive compensation. Each Party shall, and shall cause its respective
Relatives
that are Members under an Applicable Joint Venture Agreement to bear
the cost
and expenses incurred by its appointed members of the Planning Subcommittee;
provided
that if
such member of the Planning Subcommittee has been appointed jointly by
the
Members under any Applicable Joint Venture Agreement, then Intel and
Micron
shall cause their respective Relatives that are Members under such Applicable
Joint Venture Agreement to cause the costs and expenses incurred with
respect to
such jointly appointed member to be borne by the relevant Applicable
Joint
Venture
Exhibit 10.68
Exhibit
10.68
[***] DENOTES
CONFIDENTIAL MATERIALS OMITTED AND FILED SEPARATELY WITH THE SECURITIES AND
EXCHANGE COMMISSION PURSUANT TO A REQUEST FOR CONFIDENTIAL
TREATMENT.
INTEL/MICRON
CONFIDENTIAL
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LIMITED
LIABILITY PARTNERSHIP AGREEMENT
OF
IM
FLASH SINGAPORE, LLP
BY
AND BETWEEN
MICRON
SEMICONDUCTOR ASIA PTE. LTD.
AND
INTEL
TECHNOLOGY ASIA PTE LTD
FEBRUARY
27, 2007
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ORGANIZATIONAL
MATTERS
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1
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1.1
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The
Joint Venture Company
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1
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1.2
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Name
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1
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1.3
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Term
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1
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1.4
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Purpose
of the Joint Venture Company; Business
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2
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1.5
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Principal
Place of Business; Other Places of Business; Registered
Office
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2
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1.6
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Intentionally
Omitted
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2
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1.7
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Intentionally
Omitted
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2
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1.8
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Supply
Agreements
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2
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ARTICLE
2.
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CAPITALIZATION
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3
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2.1
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Initial
Capital Contributions of the Members
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3
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2.2
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Initial
Capital Contribution Reserve
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3
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2.3
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Additional
Capital Contributions
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3
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2.4
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Shortfalls
in Contributions
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6
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2.5
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Miscellaneous
Capital Provisions
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8
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2.6
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Contributions
After a Change in Consolidating Member
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9
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ARTICLE
3.
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MEMBER
DEBT FINANCING
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10
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3.1
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Mandatory
Member Debt Financing
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10
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3.2
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Optional
[***] Financing
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12
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3.3
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Optional
Other Member Debt Financing
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13
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3.4
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Change
In Committed Capital
|
14
|
3.5
|
Change
in Consolidating Member
|
14
|
3.6
|
Loans
Through Subsidiary
|
14
|
ARTICLE
4.
|
CAPITAL
ACCOUNTS AND ALLOCATIONS
|
14
|
4.1
|
Capital
Accounts
|
14
|
4.2
|
Allocations
of Book Income and Loss
|
14
|
4.3
|
Tax
Allocations
|
15
|
4.4
|
Restoration
of Negative Balances
|
15
|
ARTICLE
5.
|
DISTRIBUTIONS
|
15
|
5.1
|
Distributions
|
15
|
5.2
|
Withholding
Tax Payments and Obligations
|
17
|
5.3
|
Distribution
Limitations
|
17
|
ARTICLE
6.
|
MANAGEMENT;
BOARD OF MANAGERS
|
17
|
6.1
|
Management
Power
|
17
|
6.2
|
Number
of Managers; Appointment of Managers
|
18
|
6.3
|
Voting
of Managers
|
19
|
6.4
|
Meetings
of the Board of Managers; Quorum
|
22
|
6.5
|
Notice;
Waiver
|
23
|
TABLE
OF CONTENTS
(continued)
Page
6.6
|
Action
Without a Meeting; Meetings by Telecommunications
|
23
|
6.7
|
Alternate
Managers
|
23
|
6.8
|
Compensation
of Managers
|
23
|
6.9
|
Statutory
Manager
|
24
|
ARTICLE
7.
|
MEMBERS
|
24
|
7.1
|
Rights
of Members; Meetings
|
24
|
7.2
|
Limitations
on the Rights of Members
|
25
|
7.3
|
Limited
Liability of the Members
|
26
|
7.4
|
Voting
Rights of Members
|
26
|
7.5
|
Defaulting
Member
|
29
|
7.6
|
Cooperation
|
29
|
ARTICLE
8.
|
OFFICERS
AND COMMITTEES
|
29
|
8.1
|
Site
Manager
|
29
|
8.2
|
Intentionally
Omitted
|
30
|
8.3
|
Lead
Controller
|
30
|
8.4
|
Intentionally
Omitted
|
30
|
8.5
|
General
Provisions Regarding Officers
|
30
|
8.6
|
Intentionally
Omitted
|
31
|
8.7
|
Waiver
of Fiduciary Duties
|
31
|
ARTICLE
9.
|
EMPLOYEE
MATTERS
|
32
|
9.1
|
Joint
Venture Company Employees; Seconded Employees
|
32
|
9.2
|
Performance
and Removal of Seconded Employees
|
33
|
9.3
|
Forms
|
33
|
9.4
|
Compensation
and Benefits
|
33
|
ARTICLE
10.
|
RECORDS,
ACCOUNTS AND REPORTS
|
34
|
10.1
|
Books
and Records
|
34
|
10.2
|
Access
to Information
|
35
|
10.3
|
Operations
Reports
|
36
|
10.4
|
Financial
Reports
|
36
|
10.5
|
Reportable
Events
|
38
|
10.6
|
Tax
Information
|
40
|
10.7
|
Tax
Matters and Precedent Partner
|
41
|
10.8
|
Bank
Accounts and Funds
|
41
|
10.9
|
Internal
Controls
|
41
|
ARTICLE
11.
|
BUSINESS
PLAN
|
42
|
11.1
|
Initial
Business Plan; Initial Budgets
|
42
|
11.2
|
Subsequent
Business Plans
|
46
|
11.3
|
Expenditures
|
49
|
11.4
|
Fab
Criteria
|
49
|
TABLE
OF CONTENTS
(continued)
Page
11.5
|
Quarterly
Business Plan
|
49
|
11.6
|
Operating
Plan
|
50
|
11.7
|
Use
of Member Names
|
50
|
11.8
|
Insurance
|
51
|
ARTICLE
12.
|
TRANSFER
RESTRICTIONS
|
51
|
12.1
|
Restrictions
on Transfer
|
51
|
12.2
|
Permitted
Transfers
|
51
|
12.3
|
Additional
Members
|
53
|
12.4
|
Certain
Purchases
|
53
|
12.5
|
Purchase
of Remaining Interest
|
54
|
ARTICLE
13.
|
TRIGGERING
EVENTS; DISSOLUTION AND LIQUIDATION
|
56
|
13.1
|
Triggering
Events
|
56
|
13.2
|
Determination
of [***] Value
|
56
|
13.3
|
No
Withdrawal
|
57
|
13.4
|
Intentionally
Omitted
|
57
|
13.5
|
Intentionally
Omitted
|
57
|
13.6
|
Intentionally
Omitted
|
57
|
13.7
|
Intentionally
Omitted
|
57
|
13.8
|
Intentionally
Omitted
|
57
|
13.9
|
Intentionally
Omitted
|
57
|
13.10
|
Intentionally
Omitted
|
57
|
13.11
|
Auction
of Remaining Assets
|
57
|
13.12
|
Voluntary
Dissolution; Mandatory Dissolution
|
57
|
13.13
|
Liquidation
|
58
|
13.14
|
Supply
Agreements
|
59
|
13.15
|
Employees
|
59
|
ARTICLE
14.
|
EXCULPATION
AND INDEMNIFICATION
|
61
|
14.1
|
Exculpation
|
61
|
14.2
|
Indemnification
|
61
|
ARTICLE
15.
|
GOVERNMENTAL
APPROVALS
|
62
|
15.1
|
Governmental
Approvals
|
62
|
ARTICLE
16.
|
FORMATION
OF ADDITIONAL ENTITIES
|
64
|
16.1
|
Formation
of Domestic Subsidiaries
|
64
|
16.2
|
Intentionally
Omitted
|
64
|
ARTICLE
17.
|
DEADLOCK;
OTHER DISPUTE RESOLUTION; EVENT OF DEFAULT
|
64
|
17.1
|
Deadlock
|
64
|
17.2
|
Resolution
of Deadlock
|
65
|
TABLE
OF CONTENTS
(continued)
Page
17.3
|
Definition
of “Intel Singapore Matters.”
|
66
|
17.4
|
Definition
of “Micron Singapore Matters.”
|
66
|
17.5
|
Other
Dispute Resolution
|
66
|
17.6
|
Mediation
|
66
|
17.7
|
Event
of Default
|
66
|
17.8
|
Specific
Performance
|
67
|
17.9
|
Tax
Matters
|
67
|
ARTICLE
18.
|
MISCELLANEOUS
PROVISIONS
|
68
|
18.1
|
Notices
|
68
|
18.2
|
Waiver
|
69
|
18.3
|
Assignment
|
69
|
18.4
|
Third
Party Rights
|
69
|
18.5
|
Choice
of Law
|
69
|
18.6
|
Headings
|
69
|
18.7
|
Entire
Agreement
|
69
|
18.8
|
Severability
|
70
|
18.9
|
Counterparts
|
70
|
18.10
|
Further
Assurances
|
70
|
18.11
|
Consequential
Damages
|
70
|
18.12
|
Jurisdiction;
Venue
|
70
|
18.13
|
Confidential
Information
|
70
|
18.14
|
Certain
Interpretive Matters
|
71
|
APPENDICES
|
|
|
|
Appendix A
|
Definitions
|
Appendix
B
|
Tax
Matters
|
Appendix
C
|
Initial
Managers
|
Appendix
D
|
Initial
Capital Contributions
|
Appendix
E
|
Intentionally
Omitted.
|
|
|
SCHEDULES
|
|
|
|
Schedule
1
|
[***]
Schedule
|
Schedule
2
|
Insurance
|
Schedule
3
|
Intentionally
Omitted.
|
Schedule
4
|
Intentionally
Omitted.
|
Schedule
5
|
Applicable
Joint Ventures and Applicable Joint Venture Agreements
|
Schedule
6
|
Relatives
|
TABLE
OF CONTENTS
(continued)
Page
EXHIBITS
|
|
|
|
Exhibit
A
|
Form
of Mandatory Note
|
Exhibit
B
|
Form
of Optional [***] Note
|
Exhibit
C
|
Form
of Optional Other Note
|
LIMITED
LIABILITY PARTNERSHIP AGREEMENT
OF
IM
FLASH SINGAPORE, LLP
This
LIMITED
LIABILITY PARTNERSHIP AGREEMENT
(this
“Agreement”)
of
IM Flash Singapore, LLP,
a
limited liability partnership organized under the laws of Singapore (the
“Joint Venture Company”),
is
made and entered into as of this 27th day of February, 2007 (the “Effective
Date”),
by
and between Micron Semiconductor Asia Pte. Ltd., a private limited company
organized under the laws of Singapore (“Micron
Singapore”),
and
Intel Technology Asia Pte Ltd, a private limited company organized under the
laws of Singapore (“Intel
Singapore”)
(Micron Singapore and Intel Singapore are each referred to individually as
a
“Member,”
and
collectively as the “Members”).
Capitalized terms used in this Agreement shall have the respective meanings
ascribed to such terms in Appendix
A
to this
Agreement or as otherwise provided in Section 18.14.
RECITALS
A. Micron
Singapore and Intel Singapore registered the Joint Venture Company to engage
in
the activities set forth in Section 1.4 hereof.
B. Prior
to
or contemporaneously with the execution of this Agreement, the Joint Venture
Company, Micron Singapore and Intel Singapore have each entered into the Joint
Venture Documents to which they are a party.
ARTICLE
1.
ORGANIZATIONAL
MATTERS
1.1 The
Joint Venture Company.
The
Joint Venture Company is a limited liability partnership organized under the
Limited Liability Partnership Act of 2005 (No. 5 of 2005) of Singapore, as
amended from time to time (the “Act”),
and
governed by the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement. The Joint
Venture Company is a limited liability partnership as
a
result of the lodging by each of Micron Singapore and Intel Singapore of a
statement in accordance with Section(15)(i) of the Act with the Registrar of
Limited Liability Partnerships (the “Registrar”)
and
the issuance of the notice of registration (the
“Certificate”).
1.2 Name.
The
name of the Joint Venture Company is “IM
Flash Singapore, LLP.”
1.3 Term.
The
initial term of the business of the Joint Venture Company shall continue until
January 6, 2016, unless terminated prior to such date in accordance with this
Agreement (the “Initial Term”).
Such
Initial Term may be extended by mutual written agreement of the Members at
least
[***] prior to the expiration of the Initial Term or any Renewal Term (any
such
extensions to be on such terms and for such period as set forth in writing
and
agreed to by the Members) (each such extended term, a “Renewal Term,”
and
together with the Initial Term, the “Term”).
1.4 Purpose
of the Joint Venture Company; Business.
The
purpose of the Joint Venture Company shall be (A) to engage in the business
of manufacturing for the Members NAND Flash Memory Products in various forms,
including NAND Flash Memory Wafers, and such other forms of memory products
as
may be determined by the Board of Managers from time to time, and related memory
product manufacturing development activities, (B) to enter into any other
lawful business, purpose or activity in which a limited liability partnership
may be engaged under Applicable Law (including the Act), as the Members may
determine from time to time, subject to and in accordance with the terms and
conditions of this Agreement, and (C) to enter into any lawful transaction
and engage in any lawful activities in furtherance of the foregoing purposes
and
as may be necessary or incidental to, connected with or arising out of the
foregoing purposes in accordance with the terms and conditions of this
Agreement; provided,
however,
that a
Member having an Economic Interest above [***] percent ([***]%) may, in its
sole
discretion, include the manufacture of other forms of memory products in the
purpose of the Joint Venture Company (other than (i) [***] if such Member is
Intel Singapore and (ii) Intel [***] if such Member is Micron Singapore), so
long as the amount, delivery schedule, pricing and terms of the other Member’s
supply of Joint Venture Products remain as they existed immediately prior to
the
time at which the decision to include the manufacture of such other forms of
memory products is made.
1.5 Principal
Place of Business; Other Places of Business; Registered Office.
(A) The
principal place of business and mailing address of the Joint Venture Company
shall be IM Flash Singapore, LLP, c/o Allen & Gledhill, One Marina Boulevard
#28-00, Singapore 018989, or such other address within Singapore as
the
Board of Managers may from time to time designate. The Board of Managers may
change the principal place of business of the Joint Venture Company to such
other place or places within Singapore as
the
Board of Managers may from time to time determine, in its sole and absolute
discretion and, if necessary, the Board of Managers shall cause the Certificate
to be amended in accordance with the applicable requirements of the Act to
effectuate the change in the principal place of business.
(B) The
Joint
Venture Company may maintain other offices and places of business at such other
place or places within or outside Singapore, and outside of the United States,
as the Board of Managers may deem to be advisable.
(C) The
registered office of the Joint Venture Company in Singapore shall be IM Flash
Singapore, LLP, c/o Allen & Gledhill, One Marina Boulevard #28-00, Singapore
018989. The registered office may be changed from time to time by the Board
of
Managers, by causing the prescribed form, accompanied by the requisite filing
fee, to be filed with the ACRA in accordance with the Act.
1.6 Intentionally
Omitted.
1.7 Intentionally
Omitted.
1.8 Supply
Agreements.
Contemporaneously with the execution of this Agreement, Intel
Singapore and Micron Singapore have entered into the Supply Agreements with
the
Joint Venture Company pursuant to which, subject to the terms and conditions
set
forth in the
applicable
Supply Agreement, each Member shall purchase from the Joint Venture Company,
and
the Joint Venture Company shall supply to each Member, a percentage of the
Joint
Venture Company’s output of Products equal to such Member’s Sharing
Interest.
ARTICLE
2.
CAPITALIZATION
2.1 Initial
Capital Contributions of the Members.
(A) Intel
Singapore Initial Capital Contribution.
The
Members acknowledge and agree that, within three (3) Business Days of the
Effective Date, Intel Singapore shall deliver to the Joint Venture Company
all
of the Intel Initial Contributed Assets, as identified on Appendix D.
(B) Micron
Singapore Initial Capital Contribution.
The
Members acknowledge and agree that, within three (3) Business Days of the
Effective Date, Micron Singapore shall deliver to the Joint Venture Company
all
of the Micron Initial Contributed Assets, as identified on Appendix D.
2.2 Initial
Capital Contribution Reserve.
The
Joint Venture Company shall use all funds contributed as Initial Capital
Contributions before permitting any Additional Capital Contributions. Moreover,
the Initial Capital Contributions shall be transferred to a reserve account
promptly after such funds are delivered to the Joint Venture Company. Such
monies shall be invested in such investment or investments as the Board of
Managers may hereafter designate. Such amounts shall be deemed to be necessary
reserves for purposes of distributions under Section 5.1(A).
2.3 Additional
Capital Contributions.
(A) [***]
Capital Contributions.
In
addition to the Initial Capital Contributions, each Member shall make Capital
Contributions to the Joint Venture Company equal to its [***] Capital
Contributions; provided,
however,
that in
no event shall (1) Intel Singapore be obligated to make [***] Capital
Contributions in the aggregate in excess of the Intel Maximum Incremental
Capital Amount, or (2) Micron Singapore be obligated to make [***] Capital
Contributions in the aggregate in excess of the Micron Maximum Incremental
Capital Amount. Such [***] Capital Contributions shall be made in quarterly
installments on the twenty-fifth (25th)
day of
each Fiscal Quarter of the Joint Venture Company (or if such day is not a
Business Day, then on the next Business Day after such day) in amounts equal
to
the sum of (a) the amounts required for the remainder of the Fiscal Quarter
in
which the [***] Capital Contributions are made and (b) the amounts required
for
the first twenty-five (25) days of the upcoming Fiscal Quarter (or if such
day
is not a Business Day, then through the next Business Day after such day),
each
as set forth in the Approved Business Plan in effect at the time of such
contribution.
(B) [***]
Capital Contributions.
Except
as mutually agreed in writing by both Members, each Member may, but shall not
be
required to, make Capital Contributions to the Joint Venture Company equal
to
its [***] Capital Contribution. Such [***] Capital Contributions shall be made
in quarterly installments on
the
twenty-fifth (25th)
day of
each Fiscal
Quarter
of the Joint Venture Company (or if such day is not a Business Day, then on
the
next Business Day after such day) in an amount equal to the sum of (a) the
amounts of the [***] Capital Contributions scheduled for the remainder of the
Fiscal Quarter in which the [***] Capital Contributions are made and (b) the
amounts of the [***] Capital Contributions scheduled for the first twenty-five
(25) days of the upcoming Fiscal Quarter (or if such day is not a Business
Day,
then through the next Business Day after such day), each as set
forth
in the Approved Business Plan in effect at the time of such
contribution.
(C) Other
Capital Contributions.
Except
as mutually agreed in writing by both Members, each Member may, but shall not
be
required to, make Capital Contributions (other than [***] Capital Contributions
and [***] Capital Contributions) to the Joint Venture Company equal to its
[***]
as set forth in the Annual Budget included in the Approved Business Plan for
the
Fiscal Year in which the contributions are to be made. Any such Capital
Contributions shall be made in quarterly installments on the twenty-fifth
(25th)
day of
each Fiscal Quarter of the Joint Venture Company (or if such day is not a
Business Day, then on the next Business Day after such day) in an amount equal
to the sum of (a) the amounts of such Capital Contributions scheduled for the
remainder of the Fiscal Quarter in which such Capital Contributions are made
and
(b) the amounts of such Capital Contributions scheduled for the first
twenty-five (25) days of the upcoming Fiscal Quarter (or if such day is not
a
Business Day, then through the next Business Day after such day), each as set
forth in the Approved Business Plan in effect at the time of such contribution.
Such contributed funds are hereinafter referred to as the “Other
Capital Contributions”
and,
together with the [***] Capital Contributions and the [***] Capital
Contributions, the “Additional
Capital Contributions.”
(D) No
Other Contributions.
Except
as set forth in Sections 2.1 and 2.3(A), in the Joint Venture Documents and
such other contributions as the Members may agree in writing shall be required,
no Member shall be required to make any Capital Contributions to the Joint
Venture Company, and, except as contemplated by Section 2.3(B), 2.3(C) and
2.4, in the Joint Venture Documents and such other contributions as the Members
may agree in writing may be made (and except for Make-Up Contributions and
any
deemed contributions of amounts outstanding under Member Notes), no additional
Capital Contribution to the Joint Venture Company shall be made by either Member
without the consent of the other Member.
(E) Coordination.
The
Members shall coordinate with each other regarding, and provide each other
with
advance written notice of, the timing of their delivery of each Additional
Capital Contribution.
(F) Partial
Contributions.
In the
event that any Member determines to contribute less than its [***] of any
Additional Capital Contribution, such Member shall provide notice of such
determination specifying the amount of such Additional Capital Contribution
it
intends to make, if any. Such notice shall be provided to the Joint Venture
Company and to the other Member as soon as practicable after such determination
is made, but in any event not less than ten (10) Business Days prior to the
date
such Additional Capital Contribution is to be made. Any failure or delay in
providing such notice shall not affect the right of any Member to refrain from
providing such Additional Capital Contribution, nor shall it result in any
liability for damages. Subject to Section 3.1, to the extent that a Member
contributes less than its [***] of any Additional Capital Contribution for
a
given Fiscal Quarter, the other Member shall have the
right
to
reduce its contribution proportionately. In the event that such other Member
has
already remitted any amount in respect of its Additional Capital Contribution,
the Joint Venture Company shall, upon such other Member’s request and at its
option, return such amount or deem all or a portion of such contribution to
be
Member Debt Financing hereunder. Any amount so requested to be returned or
refunded shall be remitted to the requesting Member immediately by wire transfer
of immediately available funds. The amount contributed for such Fiscal Quarter
by the non-contributing Member (and the other Member, if its contribution is
proportionately reduced) shall be applied in the following order:
(1) First,
to
satisfy the obligation of such Member to contribute its [***] of any [***]
Capital Contribution for such Fiscal Quarter;
(2) Second,
the
remainder, if any, to fulfill the Member’s [***] of the amount, if any, of any
Other Capital Contribution for such Fiscal Quarter relating to an Operational
Fab;
(3) Third,
the remainder, if any, to fulfill the Member’s [***] of the amount, if any, of
any Other Capital Contribution for such Fiscal Quarter relating to matters
not
addressed in the immediately preceding clause (2); and
(4) Fourth,
the
remainder, if any, to fulfill the Member’s [***] of any amount of the [***]
Capital Contribution for such Fiscal Quarter to be applied to a [***] under
the
[***] Budget, and if there is [***] such [***], each of such [***] in the order
in which they appear on the [***] Schedule.
(G) Priority
of Contributions.
Each
Member shall contribute [***] of the cumulative aggregate [***] Capital
Contributions theretofore due (and shall pay any interest accrued thereon at
the
rate provided in Section 2.4(A)(3) as a result of such Member’s failure to make
such contributions at the times and in the amounts required pursuant to Section
2.3(A)) other than any [***] Capital Contributions as to which the obligation
to
contribute has been terminated pursuant to Section 2.4(A)(2), before it may
make
any other Capital Contributions, including any [***] Capital Contributions
(including by way of Make-Up Contributions), or any Other Capital Contribution
or any Member Debt Financing; provided,
however,
that
for purposes of this Section 2.3(G), a Member’s [***] of an Additional Capital
Contribution shall be deemed to exclude any shortfall of an [***] Capital
Contribution (1) for which the Joint Venture Company, or the other Member acting
on its behalf, has not demanded payment or pursued any claim for payment and
(2)
any portion of which the Member is restricted from contributing, or the Joint
Venture Company is restricted from paying, under Article 2 or Article
3.
(H) Interim
Loan.
Each
remittance of funds in respect of a Member’s [***]
of
an Additional Capital Contribution pursuant
to this Section 2.3 shall, upon receipt by the Joint Venture Company of
such funds, be deemed to be a loan (which shall bear no interest) to the Joint
Venture Company of the entire amount so delivered until the other Member remits
funds in respect of its [***] of such Additional Capital Contribution. At such
time:
(1) if
both
Members have remitted amounts equal to their respective [***]s of the Additional
Capital Contribution in full, all such amounts shall be deemed
Additional
Capital Contributions (whereupon the respective amounts remitted by the Members
shall no longer be deemed loans and shall be added to the Members’ respective
Capital Contribution Balances);
(2) if
there
is a Shortfall Amount, the amount actually remitted by the Non-Funding Member
shall be deemed an Additional Capital Contribution by such Member (and such
amount shall no longer be deemed a loan and shall be added to the Non-Funding
Member’s Capital Contribution Balance), and a portion of the amount actually
remitted by the Funding Member equal to the product of (a) the
Funding Member’s [***] of such Additional Capital Contribution (whether or not
contributed in full) multiplied
by (b) a
fraction, the numerator of which is the amount actually remitted by the
Non-Funding Member and the denominator of which is the Non-Funding Member’s
[***] of the Additional Capital Contribution shall be deemed an
Additional Capital Contribution (and such amount shall be added to the Funding
Member’s Capital Contribution Balance).
In such
event, the remainder of the amount remitted by the Funding Member shall continue
to be a loan to the Joint Venture Company until: (i)
the
return of all or a portion of such remaining funds upon the receipt by the
Joint
Venture Company of instructions from such Member to return all or a portion
of
such funds to the Member pursuant to Sections 2.3(F), 2.4(A)(1), 2.4(C) or
3.1(A); (ii) the Funding Member instructs the Joint Venture Company to deem
all
or a portion of such remaining funds an Additional Capital Contribution
(whereupon all or such portion of such funds shall be added to the Member’s
Capital Contribution Balance); or (iii) the Funding Member instructs the Joint
Venture Company to deem all or a portion of such funds to be Member Debt
Financing; provided
that if
the Joint Venture Company has not received instructions pursuant to
subparagraphs (i), (ii) or (iii) above within fifteen (15) days of the date
the
applicable Additional Capital Contribution was due, the Joint Venture Company
shall contact such Member to request such instruction.
2.4 Shortfalls
in Contributions.
(A) [***]
Capital Contribution Shortfall.
(1) If
a
Member fails to remit in full its [***] Capital Contribution, at the time and
in
the amount required pursuant to Section 2.3(A), the other Member, if it has
remitted its [***] of such [***] Capital Contribution, may, at its election,
(a)
require
that the Joint Venture Company return the remitting Member’s share of such [***]
Capital Contribution to such remitting Member in part or in full, (b)
make
a Capital Contribution to the Joint Venture Company of any or all of the
shortfall or (c) provide Optional [***] Financing in accordance with Section
3.2.
(2) To
the
extent the other Member elects to contribute or loan the shortfall under
Section 2.4(A)(1)(b) or (c) above, such other Member may elect, by written
notice to the Joint Venture Company and the non-contributing Member, to
terminate the right and obligation of the non-contributing Member to contribute
any unpaid portion of such non-contributing Member’s [***] of the [***] Capital
Contribution that the non-contributing Member failed to pay.
(3) The
other
Member, if it has remitted its [***] of the [***] Capital Contribution, may
direct the Joint Venture Company under Section 7.5 to (or may, on behalf of
the Joint Venture Company) demand payment and pursue a claim against the
non-contributing Member for payment. The non-contributing Member shall be
obligated to pay interest (which interest shall not be treated as a Capital
Contribution) on such uncontributed amount at [***] (as in effect on the date
such contribution was scheduled to be made and adjusted every [***]), compounded
[***], from the date such [***] Capital Contribution is due until the date
it is
paid. The
Member that did not make an [***] Capital Contribution it was required to make
under the terms of this Agreement shall pay to the Joint Venture Company and
the
other Member all costs, including attorneys’ fees, incurred by the Joint Venture
Company and the other Member, respectively, in pursuing such claim for payment
(which payments shall not be treated as Capital Contributions). Such Member
shall not be liable for
any
additional damages. If the Joint Venture Company recovers against the
non-contributing Member, the funds collected from the non-contributing Member
shall be applied first to the payment in full of costs theretofore incurred
by
the Joint Venture Company or the other Member in the pursuit of the claim for
payment against the non-contributing Member (and such amount shall not be
treated as a Capital Contribution), then to all accrued but unpaid interest
on
such payment (and such amount shall not be treated as a Capital Contribution)
and then to the payment of the delinquent portion of the [***] Capital
Contribution (and such amount shall be added to the Capital Contribution Balance
of the non-contributing Member). In addition, upon such payment by the
non-contributing Member, (a) if a related Optional [***] Shortfall Note is
then
outstanding, the provisions of Section 3.2(D) (subject to
Section 3.2(E)) shall apply and (b) if no related Optional [***] Shortfall
Note is then outstanding, but the other Member has remitted to the Joint Venture
Company the amount that the non-contributing Member was required to make, then
the Joint Venture Company shall immediately refund to the contributing Member
an
amount equal to the non-contributing Member’s payment that was treated as a
Capital Contribution, and the Capital Contribution Balance of the contributing
Member shall be reduced by such amount.
(4) If,
after
a failure by a Member to timely make a Capital Contribution of its [***] of
an
[***] Capital Contribution that it was required to make under the terms of
this
Agreement, such Member wishes to make any payment with respect to such portion
of the [***] Capital Contribution (and the ability to make such contribution
has
not been terminated pursuant to Section 2.4(A)(2)), the Joint Venture
Company, with the consent of the other Member (which consent shall not be
necessary if an action to collect such amount has been commenced by or at the
direction of such other Member), shall accept such payment and apply it first
to
the payment in full of costs theretofore incurred by the Joint Venture Company
or the other Member in the pursuit of a claim for payment against the
non-contributing Member (and such amount shall not be treated as a Capital
Contribution), then to all accrued but unpaid interest on such payment (and
such
amount shall not be treated as a Capital Contribution) and then to the payment
of the delinquent portion of the [***] Capital Contribution (and such amount
shall be added to the Capital Contribution Balance of such Member). In addition,
upon such payment by the non-contributing Member, (a) if a related Optional
[***] Shortfall Note is then outstanding, the provisions of Section 3.2(D)
(subject to Section 3.2(E)) shall apply
and
(b)
if no related Optional [***] Shortfall Note is then outstanding, but the other
Member has remitted to the Joint Venture Company the amount that the
non-contributing Member was required to make, then the Joint Venture Company
shall immediately refund to the contributing Member an amount equal to the
non-contributing Member’s payment that was treated as a Capital Contribution,
and the Capital Contribution Balance of the contributing Member shall be reduced
by such amount.
(5) Notwithstanding
any provision hereof to the contrary, the failure by a Member to contribute
in
[***] of any [***] Capital Contribution shall not constitute a Triggering
Event.
(B) [***]
Capital Contribution Shortfall.
If a
Member does not remit in [***] of any [***] Capital Contribution at the time
and
in the full amount permitted pursuant to Section 2.3(B), the
provisions
of
Section 3.1 shall apply.
(C) Other
Capital Contribution Shortfall.
If a
Member does not remit [***] of any Other Capital Contribution, at the time
and
in the full amount permitted pursuant to Section 2.3(C), the other Member,
if it has remitted its [***] of such Other Capital Contribution may, at its
election, (1) require that the Joint Venture Company [***] of such Other Capital
Contribution to the remitting Member in part or in full, (2) make a [***] to
the
Joint Venture Company of any or all of the shortfall or (3) provide Optional
Other Financing in accordance with Section 3.3.
2.5 Miscellaneous
Capital Provisions.
(A) Capital
Contributions shall be credited to the Capital Account of the contributing
Member to the extent provided in Article 4 of this Agreement.
(B) No
interest shall be paid to a Member on Capital Contributions. A Member shall
not
be entitled to withdraw any of its Capital Contributions except as provided
in
Section 2.3(F), 2.4 or Section 3.1.
(C) Except
as
otherwise provided in Article 13 or as otherwise agreed in writing by the
Members, a Member receiving a return of all or any portion of its Capital
Contribution shall have no right to receive a particular type of property or
a
particular asset.
(D) Any
Capital Contributions to the Joint Venture Company to be made in cash shall
be
made by the Members by wire transfer of immediately available funds to the
Joint
Venture Company or its designated agent.
(E) Except
as
otherwise provided in Section 2.4 or Article 3 or for trade credit for services
or goods provided by a Member to the Joint Venture Company under any Joint
Venture Document or any other agreement that has been approved as required
in
this Agreement, no Member shall advance funds or make loans to the Joint Venture
Company without the approval of the Board of Managers. Any such approved
advances or loans by a Member shall not be Capital Contributions and shall
not
result in any increase in the amount of such Member’s Capital Contribution
Balance or entitle such Member to any increase in its Percentage Interest,
except as otherwise provided in Section 2.4 or Article 3. The amount of such
advances or loans
shall
be
a debt of the Joint Venture Company to such Member and (unless such loan is
subject to a written guaranty or other written agreement governing the liability
of another party with respect thereto) shall be payable or collectible only
out
of the assets of the Joint Venture Company.
(F) Except
as
provided in Section 5.2(C), the Joint Venture Company shall not make loans
to, or guaranty any indebtedness of, any Member or any other Person other than
a
Domestic Facilities Company; provided,
however,
that
the provisions of this Section 2.5(F) shall not prohibit the Joint
Venture Company from providing payment terms to the Members for Joint Venture
Products manufactured by the Joint Venture Company on behalf of the Members
pursuant to any Joint Venture Document or any other agreement that has been
approved as provided in this Agreement.
2.6 Contributions
After a Change in Consolidating Member.
Notwithstanding anything in this Article 2 to the contrary, following a Change
in Consolidating Member:
(A) with
respect to any Additional Capital Contribution, (1) the amount of the [***]
Member’s [***] that
the
[***] Member is required or permitted to make pursuant to this Article 2 shall
be reduced to the amount that would not result in the occurrence of [***] Member
or in the reduction of the [***] Economic Interest below the lesser of [***]%
and the [***] Member’s then-existing Economic Interest, and (2) the [***] Member
shall become entitled to contribute the [***] Contribution Amount; provided,
however,
that if
the [***] Member fails to make such Additional Capital Contribution (or provide
Member Debt Financing, if applicable) in an amount equal to the full [***]
Contribution Amount then the limitations set forth in this Section 2.6(A)
shall not apply with respect to such Additional Capital Contribution;
and
(B) any
payment by the Joint Venture Company to such [***] Member shall not equal or
exceed the amount that would result in the occurrence of [***] Member or in
the
reduction of the [***] Member’s Economic Interest below the lesser of [***]% and
the [***] Member’s then-existing Economic Interest.
ARTICLE
3.
MEMBER
DEBT FINANCING
3.1 Mandatory
Member Debt Financing.
(A) This
Section 3.1 shall apply if (1) there occurs a Shortfall Amount in respect of
a
[***] Capital Contribution pursuant to Section 2.4(B), (2) the Non-Funding
Member has contributed its [***] of all previously required [***] Capital
Contributions and (3) the other Member has become the “Funding
Member”
as
a
result of (a) such other Member’s timely remittance of its [***] of such
[***] Capital Contribution (after giving effect to the return of any amount
so
remitted which such Member requests or any increase in such amount contributed
by such Member, up to its [***] of such [***] Capital Contribution, after
receiving notice from the Joint Venture Company that the other Member has not
timely delivered its [***] of the [***] Capital Contribution), or (b) if neither
Member has timely remitted the amount of its [***] of such [***] Capital
Contribution, such other Member’s remittance of a greater percentage of its
[***] of such [***] Capital Contribution than the other Member (after giving
effect to the return
of
any
amount so remitted which such Member requests or any increase in such amount
contributed by such Member, up to its [***] of such [***] Capital Contribution,
after receiving notice from the Joint Venture Company that neither Member has
timely delivered its [***] of the [***] Capital Contribution). In such event,
the Funding Member shall (y) promptly provide Member Debt Financing to the
Joint
Venture Company in an amount equal to the Loan Amount and (z) the Funding Member
Portion shall be deemed to have been provided as Member Debt Financing, rather
than as a Capital Contribution, to the Joint Venture Company. However, if the
Shortfall Amount is less than $[***], then the Funding Member may elect not
to
provide the Mandatory Member Debt Financing and, in such case, the Joint Venture
Company shall return to each Member the portion of the [***] Capital
Contribution actually remitted by such Member. Furthermore, a Funding Member
shall not be required to provide Mandatory Member Debt Financing with respect
to
a [***] Capital Contribution under a [***] that is part of a Disputed Approved
Business Plan proposed by the Non-Funding Member. No Funding Member shall be
obligated to provide more than $[***] of Mandatory Member Debt Financing
outstanding at any time (not including any Mandatory Equalization Note) with
respect to Shortfall Amounts caused by a given Non-Funding Member.
(B) In
exchange for the Mandatory Member Debt Financing, the Joint Venture Company
shall issue to the Funding Member two convertible notes, one having a principal
balance equal to the Loan Amount (the “Mandatory
Shortfall Note”),
and
the other having a principal balance equal to the Funding Member Portion (the
“Mandatory
Equalization Note”
and,
together with the related Mandatory Shortfall Note, the “Mandatory
Notes”),
in
the form attached hereto as Exhibit A.
(C) Each
Mandatory Note issued in accordance with this Section 3.1 shall have [***]
term,
subject to Section 3.1(E). For the first [***] of the term of a Mandatory
Shortfall Note, such Mandatory Shortfall Note shall bear interest at [***]
(as
in effect on the issue date (the “Issuance
Date”)
thereof and adjusted every [***]),[***] basis points per annum, compounded
[***]. Thereafter, until the end of the [***] term, such Mandatory Shortfall
Note shall bear interest at [***], adjusted every [***], compounded [***].
No
Mandatory Equalization Note shall [***].
(D) (1)
At any
time after the Issuance Date of a Mandatory Shortfall Note in accordance with
this Section 3.1 and prior to the expiration of the [***] term of such Mandatory
Shortfall Note, the Non-Funding Member may, upon three (3) Business Days’ notice
to the Joint Venture Company and the Funding Member, make one or more Make-Up
Contributions to the Joint Venture Company in an aggregate amount up to the
outstanding principal balance of the Mandatory Shortfall Note. Each Make-Up
Contribution shall be accompanied by a payment equal to the accrued interest
on
the corresponding Mandatory Shortfall Note, which interest payment shall not
be
deemed to be a Capital Contribution. If the Make-Up Contribution is less than
the entire amount of principal and accrued interest on a Mandatory Shortfall
Note, the Make-Up Contribution shall be deemed to be a payment applied first
to
all accrued interest and then to principal on such Mandatory Shortfall Note
(and
the amount so treated as a payment with respect to accrued interest shall not
be
treated as a Capital Contribution). If a Member is the Non-Funding Member with
respect to more than one Mandatory Shortfall Note outstanding at the time of
such contribution, the Non-Funding Member shall specify the Mandatory Shortfall
Note to which a Make-Up Contribution applies (or, if no such specification
is
made, the Make-
Up
Contribution will be used to repay the Mandatory Shortfall Note that is closest
to its maturity date). Upon receipt of such funds, the Joint Venture Company
shall immediately repay to the Funding Member the portion of the outstanding
principal balance of and accrued interest on the Mandatory Shortfall Note in
an
amount equal to the Make-Up Contribution plus any accrued interest on the amount
of such Make-Up Contribution. At such time, the following shall occur:
(a) the
amount of the Make-Up Contribution equal to the principal balance of the
Mandatory Shortfall Note so repaid shall be deemed to be a Capital Contribution
by the Non-Funding Member and such amount shall be added to the Capital
Contribution Balance of the Non-Funding Member; and (b) a percentage of the
outstanding principal balance of the related Mandatory Equalization Note equal
to the percentage of the principal balance of the Mandatory Shortfall Note
repaid shall convert into a Capital Contribution by the Funding Member,
whereupon such amount shall be added to the Capital Contribution Balance of
the
Funding Member.
(2) To
the
extent excess cash is available in accordance with Section 5.1 at any time
to make payments on any Mandatory Notes, if the Funding Member elects, by
written notice executed by its chief executive officer and delivered to the
Joint Venture Company prior to the making of the distributions under Section
5.1, to receive such payments, the Joint Venture Company shall make payments
on
the outstanding principal of and accrued interest on the Mandatory Shortfall
Notes (with any such payment being applied first to the payment in full of
accrued interest and then, to the extent of any remaining amount of such
payment, to the repayment of principal) and the outstanding principal of the
Mandatory Equalization Notes; provided,
however,
that
any payment by the Joint Venture Company on the unpaid principal of a Mandatory
Shortfall Note must be accompanied by a payment by the Joint Venture Company
of
an equal percentage of the unpaid principal of the related Mandatory
Equalization Note. Upon the Funding Member’s receipt of funds from the Joint
Venture Company to be applied to the repayment of principal on the Mandatory
Notes, the principal portions of the Mandatory Notes that were so repaid by
the
Joint Venture Company shall no longer be outstanding.
(E) To
the
extent any amount of a Mandatory Shortfall Note remains outstanding upon its
maturity for any reason, the Funding Member shall elect to do one of the
following: (1) transfer to the Joint Venture Company as a Capital
Contribution all or a portion of the obligations owing to the Funding Member
for
(a)
the
unpaid principal of and accrued interest on the Mandatory Shortfall Note and
(b)
the
unpaid principal of the Mandatory Equalization Note, whereupon an amount equal
to the sum of (a) and (b) shall be added to the Capital Contribution Balance
of
the Funding Member; or (2) permit the Mandatory Notes to become a continuing
note that will remain outstanding, have a principal amount equal to the sum
of
(a) the principal of and accrued interest on the former Mandatory Shortfall
Note
and (b) the principal of the former Mandatory Equalization Note and be
convertible at any time thereafter at the option of the Funding Member (a
“Continuing
Mandatory Note”),
which
Continuing Mandatory Note shall bear no interest and shall mature on the
Liquidation Date. In the event that the Funding Member fails to make an
election, the Funding Member shall be deemed to have elected to permit the
Mandatory Notes to become a Continuing Mandatory Note. Upon conversion of a
Continuing Mandatory Note by the Funding Member, the amount of principal of
such
Continuing Mandatory Note shall be added to the Capital Contribution Balance
of
the Funding Member. To the extent excess cash is available in accordance with
Section 5.1 at any time to
make
payments on any Continuing Mandatory Note, if the Funding Member elects to
receive such payments, by written notice executed by its chief executive officer
and delivered to the Joint Venture Company prior to the making of the
distributions under Section 5.1, the Joint Venture Company shall make such
payments on the outstanding principal of the Continuing Mandatory Note. Upon
the
Funding Member’s receipt of funds from the Joint Venture Company, the portion of
the Continuing Mandatory Note that was paid by the Joint Venture Company shall
no longer be outstanding.
3.2 Optional
[***] Financing.
(A) In
the
event of a Shortfall Amount in respect of an [***] Capital Contribution, the
Funding Member may, in its sole discretion, elect to extend Member Debt
Financing to the Joint Venture Company (the “Optional
[***] Financing”)
consisting of all or a portion of the Shortfall Amount and the related Funding
Member Portion of such [***] Capital Contribution (the aggregate amount so
loaned, the “Optional
[***] Loan Amount”).
(B) In
exchange for the Optional [***] Financing, the Joint Venture Company shall
issue
to the Funding Member two convertible notes, one having a principal amount
equal
to the amount loaned by the Funding Member in respect of the Shortfall Amount
(the “Optional
[***] Shortfall Note”)
and
the other having a principal amount equal to the Funding Member Portion (the
“Optional
[***] Equalization Note”
and,
together with the related Optional [***] Shortfall Note, the “Optional
[***] Notes”),
in
the form attached hereto as Exhibit B.
(C) The
Optional [***] Shortfall Notes issued in accordance with this Section 3.2
will mature on the [***] and shall bear interest at [***] (as in effect on
the
Issuance Date thereof and adjusted every [***]), compounded [***]. The Optional
[***] Equalization Notes issued in accordance with this Section 3.2 shall
bear no interest and will mature on the [***]. The Optional [***] Notes shall
be
convertible at any time. Upon conversion of the Optional
[***] Notes
by
the Funding Member, the sum of (a) the unpaid principal of and accrued interest
on the Optional [***] Shortfall Note and (b) the unpaid principal of the
Optional [***] Equalization Note shall be added to the Capital Contribution
Balance of the Funding Member.
(D) If
the
Joint Venture Company or the Funding Member, on the Joint Venture Company’s
behalf, demands payment and determines to pursue a collection action with
respect to the Non-Funding Member’s failure to deliver the Shortfall Amount
relating to the [***] Capital Contribution and the Joint Venture Company
recovers from the Non-Funding Member, the funds collected from the Non-Funding
Member shall be applied first to the payment to the Joint Venture Company and
the Funding Member, in full of the costs theretofore incurred by the Joint
Venture Company or the Funding Member, respectively, in the pursuit of the
claim
for payment against the Non-Funding Member (and such amount shall not be treated
as a Capital Contribution), then to all accrued but unpaid interest on such
payment (and such amount shall not be treated as a Capital Contribution) and
then to the payment of an Optional [***] Shortfall Note to the extent funds
are
available. At such time, the following shall occur: (1) a portion of the
Make-Up Contribution recovered from the Non-Funding Member equal to the
principal balance of the Optional [***] Shortfall Note so repaid shall be deemed
to be a Capital Contribution by the Non-Funding Member, and such amount shall
be
added to the Capital Contribution Balance of the Non-Funding Member and
(2) a percentage of the outstanding
principal
balance of the related Optional [***] Equalization Note equal to the percentage
of the principal balance of the Optional [***] Shortfall Note repaid shall
convert into a Capital Contribution by the Funding Member, and such amount
shall
be added to the Capital Contribution Balance of the Funding Member.
(E) To
the
extent excess cash is available in accordance with Section 5.1 at any time
to make payments on any Optional
[***] Notes,
if the
Funding Member elects to receive such payments, by written notice executed
by
its chief executive officer and delivered to the Joint Venture Company prior
to
the making of the distribution under Section 5.1, the Joint Venture Company
shall make payments on the outstanding principal of and accrued interest on
the
Optional [***] Shortfall Notes (with any such payment being applied first to
the
payment in full of accrued interest and then, to the extent of any remaining
amount of such payment, to the repayment of principal) and the outstanding
principal of the Optional [***] Equalization Notes; provided,
however,
that
any payment by the Joint Venture Company on the unpaid principal on an Optional
[***] Shortfall Note must be accompanied by a payment by the Joint Venture
Company of an equal percentage of the unpaid principal of the related Optional
[***] Equalization Note. Upon the Funding Member’s receipt of funds from the
Joint Venture Company, the portion of the Optional [***] Shortfall Note and
related Optional [***] Equalization Note that was paid by the Joint Venture
Company shall no longer be outstanding.
3.3 Optional
Other Member Debt Financing.
(A) In
the
event of a Shortfall Amount in respect of an Other Capital Contribution, the
Funding Member may, in its sole discretion, elect to extend Member Debt
Financing to the Joint Venture Company (the “Optional
Other Financing”),
consisting of all or a portion of the Shortfall Amount and the related Funding
Member Portion of such Other Capital Contribution.
(B) In
exchange for the Optional Other Financing, the Joint Venture Company shall
issue
to the Funding Member a convertible note (the “Optional
Other Shortfall Note”),
in
the form attached hereto as Exhibit C.
The
Optional Other Shortfall Note shall bear [***] interest, shall mature on the
[***] and shall be convertible at any time.
3.4 Change
In Committed Capital.
Each
time there is a change in a Member’s Committed Capital, as a result of the
making of a Capital Contribution or a loan evidenced by a Member Note, a payment
on a Member Note, or otherwise, each Member’s respective Percentage Interest,
Economic Interest and Sharing Interest shall be immediately recalculated in
accordance with the definitions of such terms, taking into account any delay
provided for in the definition of Sharing Interest; provided,
however,
that
in
accordance with Section 2.3(H) an adjustment to the Percentage Interests of
the
Members relating to any funds remitted in respect of an Additional Capital
Contribution to be made pursuant to Article 2 shall be made when
contemplated by Section 2.3(H).
3.5 Change
in Consolidating Member.
Following a Change in Consolidating Member (as a result of which the Non-Funding
Member becomes the Former Consolidating Member), any (A) Make-Up Contribution
made by the Non-Funding Member to the Joint Venture Company or (B) payment
on a
Member Note by the Joint Venture Company from excess funds
available
in accordance with Section 5.1 shall not equal or exceed the amount that
would result in the occurrence of another Change in Consolidating Member or
in
the reduction of the Consolidating Member’s Economic Interest below the lesser
of [***]% and the [***] Member’s then-existing Economic Interest.
3.6 Loans
Through Subsidiary.
Notwithstanding any provision of this Article 3, in lieu of providing any Member
Debt Financing permitted or required of a Member, (A) Intel Singapore may elect
to provide such Member Debt Financing through Intel or a Wholly-Owned Subsidiary
of Intel and (B) Micron Singapore may elect to provide such Member Debt
Financing through Micron or a Wholly-Owned Subsidiary of Micron; provided,
however,
that
the Member, rather than such Affiliate of the Member, shall own the Economic
Interest, Sharing Interest and Committed Capital related to such Member Debt
Financing and shall have all rights against the Joint Venture Company related
to
such Member Debt Financing.
ARTICLE
4.
CAPITAL
ACCOUNTS AND ALLOCATIONS
4.1 Capital
Accounts.
Each
Member shall have a capital account maintained in accordance with the terms
of
Article 2 of Appendix B
to this
Agreement (a “Capital
Account”).
4.2 Allocations
of Book Income and Loss.
Book
income and Book loss for any Fiscal Year shall be allocated to the Members
in
the manner provided in Article 3 of Appendix B.
4.3 Tax
Allocations.
All
items of income, gain, loss, and deduction shall be allocated among the Members
for federal income tax purposes in the manner provided in Article 4 of
Appendix B.
4.4 Restoration
of Negative Balances.
No
Member with a deficit balance in its Capital Account shall have any obligation
to the Joint Venture Company, to any other Member or to any third party to
restore or repay said deficit balance. This Section 4.4 shall not affect
any of the other rights or obligations of the Members under this Agreement
or
any other agreement.
ARTICLE
5.
DISTRIBUTIONS
5.1 Distributions.
(A) Unless
otherwise unanimously agreed in writing by the Members, the Joint Venture
Company shall not make any distributions until after the first anniversary
of
the Effective Date. Thereafter, subject to Articles 6, 7 and 13 and the
provisions of the Act and after giving effect to all Capital Contributions
or
Member Debt Financing to be made on the same date under Article 2 and
Article 3, respectively, the Joint Venture Company shall, subject to
Section 5.1(C), make distributions of cash to the Members as set forth in this
Section 5.1(A), on a [***] basis on the [***] day of each Fiscal [***] (or
if
such day is not a Business Day, then on the first Business Day after such day)
to the extent that the Joint Venture Company’s cash as of the end of the
immediately preceding Fiscal [***] is in excess of the sum of (y) any amounts
that have been contributed as a Capital Contribution or loaned to the Joint
Venture Company as Member Debt Financing and that are being held for the purpose
of making capital or operating
expenditures
in the current Fiscal [***] or the first twenty-five (25) days of the
immediately succeeding Fiscal [***] (or if such day is not a Business Day,
then
on the first Business Day after such day) and (z) all reserves that are
considered reasonably necessary by the Board of Managers to pay other
expenditures that are reasonably likely to be payable in the period described
in
clause (y) above, and in any event including the reserve established under
Section 2.2 and amounts remaining in the Accumulated Distributions
Accounts; provided,
however,
that
the Board of Managers shall cause the Joint Venture Company to use any cash
available for distribution as follows:
(1) first,
to pay
in full all amounts outstanding under any outstanding Mandatory Shortfall Notes
and related Mandatory Equalization Notes (provided
any
holder thereof has requested such payment by written notice executed by its
chief executive officer and delivered to the Joint Venture Company prior to
the
distribution thereof under this Section 5.1)
in
order of their respective maturity dates;
(2) second,
to pay
any outstanding Continuing Mandatory Notes (provided
any
holder thereof has requested such payment by written notice executed by its
chief executive officer and delivered to the Joint Venture Company prior to
the
distribution thereof under this Section 5.1) in the order that the respective
maturity dates of the related Mandatory Shortfall Notes and Mandatory
Equalization Notes occurred;
(3) third,
to pay
in full all amounts outstanding under any other outstanding Member Notes
(provided
any
holder thereof has requested such payment by written notice executed by its
chief executive officer and delivered to the Joint Venture Company prior to
the
distribution thereof under this Section 5.1);
(4) fourth,
to make
a distribution to a Member whose aggregate, cumulative distributions
(not
including any payments made pursuant to Sections 5.1(A)(1), (2) and (3))
immediately
prior to such distribution are less than the amount equal to the Member’s
Sharing Interest (as such Sharing Interest is determined immediately after
any
payments made under Sections 5.1(A)(1), (2) and (3)) multiplied by the
aggregate, cumulative distributions (not including any payments made pursuant
to
Sections 5.1(A)(1), (2) and (3)) of the Joint Venture Company immediately
prior to such distribution, until such Member’s aggregate, cumulative
distributions (not including payments made pursuant to Sections 5.1(A)(1),
(2) and (3), but including such distribution pursuant to this Section 5.1(A)(4))
are equal to its Distribution Entitlement; and
(5) finally,
to make distributions pro
rata
to the
Members in accordance with their respective Sharing Interests (as such Sharing
Interests are determined immediately after any payments made under Sections
5.1(A)(1), (2) and (3)).
(B) Distributions
of cash are only to be made to the extent cash is available to the Joint Venture
Company without requiring (1) the sale of Joint Venture Company assets (other
than in the ordinary course of business) or the pledge of Joint Venture Company
assets at a time or on terms that the Board of Managers believes are not in
the
best interests of the Joint Venture Company or (2) a reduction in reserves
that
the Board of Managers believes are
reasonably
necessary for Joint Venture Company purposes for the then-current Fiscal [***]
and the first twenty-five (25) days of the immediately succeeding Fiscal [***]
(or if such day is not a Business Day, then through the first Business Day
after
such day).
(C) The
Joint
Venture Company shall maintain in its books of account for each Member a special
purpose account (the “Accumulated
Distributions Accounts”)
for
purposes of recording amounts that would be distributed to such Member under
Section 5.1(A) but for the application of this Section 5.1(C).
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section 5.1, in lieu of
actually making the cash distributions contemplated by this Section 5.1,
the Joint Venture Company shall (except to the extent a Member requests direct
payment to the Member) increase each Member’s Accumulated Distributions Account
by the amount of such cash that was to have been distributed to such Member.
Subsequently, when a Member is required to, or desires to, make a Capital
Contribution required or permitted by this Agreement, in lieu of making such
Capital Contribution such Member may instruct the Joint Venture Company to
reduce such Member’s Accumulated Distributions Account in an amount (not to
exceed the amount in such Member’s Accumulated Distributions Account) up to the
amount of such Capital Contribution, which shall be treated for all purposes
(including for purposes of the definition of Capital Contribution Balance)
as if
such Member had made such Capital Contribution at the time designated in such
instruction. A Member may, at any time, demand payment of, and the Joint Venture
Company shall immediately pay, the full amount of such Member’s Accumulated
Distributions Account, in which event the amount so paid shall reduce the
Member’s Accumulated Distributions Account.
5.2 Withholding
Tax Payments and Obligations.
In the
event that withholding taxes are paid
or
required to be paid in respect of payments made to or by the Joint Venture
Company, or allocations to a Member, such withholding shall be treated as
follows:
(A) Payments
to the Joint Venture Company.
If the
Joint Venture Company receives proceeds in respect of which a tax has been
withheld, the Joint Venture Company shall be treated as having received cash
in
an amount equal to the amount of such withheld tax, and, for all purposes of
this Agreement, each Member shall be treated as having received a distribution
pursuant to Section 5.1 equal to the portion of the withholding tax
allocable to such Member, as reasonably determined by the Board of Managers.
Such amounts shall not be treated as Joint Venture Company
expenses.
(B) Payments
by the Joint Venture Company.
The
Joint Venture Company is authorized to withhold, and the Precedent Partner
shall
take any actions reasonably necessary to withhold, from any payment made to,
or
any distributive share of, a Member any taxes required by law to be withheld,
and in such event, such taxes shall be treated as if an amount equal to such
withheld taxes had been distributed to such Member pursuant to Section 5.1
(or, as provided in Section 5.2(C), loaned to such Member).
(C) Certain
Withheld Taxes Treated as Demand Loans.
Any
taxes withheld pursuant to Sections 5.2(A) or 5.2(B) hereof shall be treated
as
if distributed to the relevant Member pursuant to Section 5.1 to the extent
an
amount equal to such withheld taxes would then be distributable to such Member,
and, to the extent in excess of such distributable amounts, as a demand loan
payable by the Member to the Joint Venture Company with interest at a rate
equal
to
[***] (or, if less, the maximum rate allowed by law), compounded and adjusted
[***], commencing five (5) days after written demand therefor on behalf of
the
Joint Venture Company is made by any other Member.
5.3 Distribution
Limitations.
Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, the Joint Venture
Company shall not make any distribution of cash or other property to any Member
if the distribution would violate any agreement to which the Joint Venture
Company or any of its Subsidiaries is a party or by which it or any of them
is
bound.
ARTICLE
6.
MANAGEMENT;
BOARD OF MANAGERS
6.1 Management
Power.
Except
as specifically provided in Article 7, Article 8, and Sections 11.1, 11.2
and 11.3, the business, property and affairs of the Joint Venture Company shall
be managed by or under the direction of a board of Managers (the “Board
of Managers”),
and,
except as provided in Article 7, Article 8 and Sections 11.1, 11.2 and
11.3, no Member shall have any right to participate in or exercise control
or
management power over the business and affairs of the Joint Venture Company
or
otherwise to bind, act or purport to act on behalf of the Joint Venture Company
in any manner. No individual Manager, in his or her capacity as such, may act
on
behalf of the Board of Managers or bind the Joint Venture Company. Subject
to
the limitations set forth in this Agreement, the Board of Managers shall have
all the rights and powers specifically set forth in Section 6.3.
6.2 Number
of Managers; Appointment of Managers.
(A) The
Board
of Managers shall consist of eight (8) individuals (each such individual, a
“Manager”).
Subject to Section 6.2(B), one half of the Managers shall be appointed by
Micron Singapore and one half of the Managers shall be appointed by Intel
Singapore. The initial Managers appointed by Micron Singapore are listed on
Appendix
C,
and the
initial Managers appointed by Intel Singapore are listed on Appendix
C.
Each
Member having the right to appoint a Manager or Managers in accordance with
this
Section shall also have the right, in its sole discretion, to remove such
Manager or Managers at any time by delivery of written notice to the other
Member(s) and the Joint Venture Company. Any vacancy in the office of a Manager
for any reason other than pursuant to Section 6.2(B) (including as a result
of such Manager’s death, resignation, retirement or removal pursuant to this
Section) shall be filled by the Member that appointed the relevant Manager.
Unless a Manager resigns, dies, retires or is removed in accordance with this
Section, each Manager shall hold office until a successor shall have been duly
appointed by the appointing Member. Unless the Members agree otherwise, each
Member who has the right to appoint three (3) or more Managers shall appoint
at
least one (1) Manager that is a resident of Singapore.
(B) Effect
of Change in Percentage Interest on Managers.
While a
Member’s Percentage Interest is below [***] percent ([***]%) but at least [***]
percent ([***]%), the number of Managers such Member is entitled to appoint
to
the Board of Managers shall be reduced to [***] ([***]), and the number of
Managers the other Member is entitled to appoint to the Board of Managers shall
be increased to [***] ([***]). While a Member’s Percentage Interest is below
[***] percent ([***]%) but at least [***] percent ([***]%), the number of
Managers
such Member is entitled to appoint to the Board of Managers shall be reduced
to
[***] ([***]), and the number of Managers the other Member is entitled to
appoint to the Board of Managers shall be increased to [***] ([***]). While
a
Member’s Percentage Interest is below [***] percent ([***]%) but at least [***]
percent ([***]%), the number of Managers such Member is entitled to appoint
to
the Board of Managers shall be reduced to [***] ([***]), and the number of
Managers the other Member is entitled to appoint to the Board of Managers shall
be increased to [***] ([***]). While a Member’s Percentage Interest is below
[***] percent ([***]%), the number of Managers such Member is entitled to
appoint to the Board of Managers shall be reduced to [***], and the other Member
shall be entitled to appoint [***] Managers to the Board of Managers;
provided,
however,
that
the Member with a Percentage Interest of less than [***] percent ([***]%) shall
be entitled to designate, from time to time, an individual who shall not be
a
member of, and shall have no right to vote at any meeting of, the Board of
Managers, but who shall have the right to receive notice of, attend, and act
as
an observer for such Member at, any meeting of the Board of Managers, and who
shall receive all materials delivered to the Board of Managers in connection
with any such meetings. If either Member’s Percentage Interest should be below
any of the threshold levels set forth above and if such Member (the
“Appointing
Member”)
then
has more designees serving on the Board of Managers than the number to which
it
is entitled, such Appointing Member shall immediately identify by written notice
to the other Member the designee or designees on the Board of Managers that
will
cease serving on the Board of Managers and each such designee shall thereupon
cease to be a Manager or member of the Board of Managers. If such Appointing
Member fails to make such designation within five (5) Business Days after
written demand by the other Member, the other Member may designate by written
notice to the Appointing Member one or more (as appropriate) of the Appointing
Member’s designees on the Board of Managers that will cease serving on the Board
of Managers and each such designee shall thereupon cease to be a Manager or
member of the Board of Managers. The other Member who is entitled to appoint
one
or more additional Managers to serve on the Board of Managers may immediately
appoint such additional Managers by written notice to the other Member
designating such Managers. Similarly, if a Member whose Percentage Interest
fell
below any threshold level set forth in this Section 6.2(B) subsequently
increases its Percentage Interest above any such level, the process shall be
reversed.
(C) Chairman
of the Board of Managers.
Until
the end of the Fiscal Year ending in 2007, Micron Singapore shall have the
right
to designate one of its designated Managers as chairman of the Board of Managers
(the “Chairman”),
and
thereafter, for each subsequent Fiscal Year of the Joint Venture Company, the
right to designate the Chairman (from among its designated Managers) shall
alternate between Intel Singapore and Micron Singapore; provided,
however,
that
while the Percentage Interest of a Member is below [***] percent ([***]%),
the
Chairman of the Board will be appointed by the other Member. The Chairman shall
preside at all meetings of the Board of Managers and shall have such other
duties and responsibilities as may be assigned to him or her by the Board of
Managers. The Chairman may delegate to any Manager authority to chair any
meeting, either on a temporary or a permanent basis. The Chairman must include
any item submitted by a Member or Manager for consideration at a meeting of
the
Board of Managers, may not cut off debate on any matter being considered by
the
Board of Managers and shall call for a vote on any matter at the request of
any
Manager, including any matter described in Section 6.3(B).
(D) Presence
of Certain Officers at Meetings of Board of Managers.
The
Site Manager, who shall not be a member of the Board of Managers, may attend,
but shall have no right to vote at, all meetings of the Board of Managers;
provided,
however,
that
the Board of Managers may exclude the Site Manager from such meetings or such
portions of meetings at which the compensation or performance of, or any issue
involving, the Site Manager is discussed as the Board of Managers, in its sole
discretion, deems appropriate.
6.3 Voting
of Managers.
(A) Each
Manager shall be entitled to one (1) vote, and Managers shall not be entitled
to
cast their votes through proxies (except as provided in Section 6.7).
Subject to Sections 6.3(B) and 6.3(C), all actions, determinations or
resolutions of the Board of Managers shall require the affirmative vote or
consent of a majority of the Board of Managers present at any meeting at which
a
quorum is present (i.e.,
the
affirmative vote of five (5) Managers if the total number of Managers is eight
(8)), which majority must include at least [***] appointed by each Member at
all
times that each Member has at least [***] to the Board of Managers; provided,
however,
that
any matter that is a Micron Singapore Matter shall be deemed approved upon
the
approval of a majority of the Managers appointed by Micron Singapore, and any
matter that is an Intel Singapore Matter shall be deemed approved upon the
approval of a majority of the Managers appointed by Intel. Except as
specifically provided in Article 7, Article 8 and Sections 11.1, 11.2 and
11.3, the Board of Managers shall have the right, power and authority to take
all actions of the Joint Venture Company, including the following, and in no
event shall any of the following actions be taken without the approval of the
Board of Managers (which approval may be obtained through the adoption of an
Undisputed Approved Business Plan by the Board of Managers in accordance with
Sections 11.1 and 11.2, provided
that the
relevant Undisputed Approved Business Plan sets forth such action in reasonable
detail), by or with respect to the Joint Venture Company or any Subsidiary
of
the Joint Venture Company:
(1) entering
into any agreement or making any modification or amendment to, or terminating,
any agreement between (a) the Joint Venture Company or any Subsidiary of
the Joint Venture Company and (b) any Member or an Affiliate of a
Member;
(2) selecting
attorneys, accountants, auditors and financial advisors for the Joint Venture
Company or any of its Subsidiaries;
(3) adopting,
or making any material modification, amendment or termination of, material
accounting and tax policies, procedures and principles applicable to the Joint
Venture Company or any of its Subsidiaries other
than those made in accordance with Section 10.9 (provided,
however,
that
the right, power and authority of the Board of Managers with respect to tax
policies, procedures and principles granted under this Section 6.3 shall be
subject to the provisions of Section 10.7 hereof);
(4) adopting
or making any material changes to any employee benefit plan, including any
incentive compensation plan;
(5) setting
any distribution to the Members not required under Article 5;
(6) subject
to Section 6.3(B)(1)(b), commencing or settling litigation, except routine
employment litigation matters;
(7) making
any material purchase, sale or lease (as lessor or lessee) of any real property
(except for any such purchase or lease to effectuate an Intel Singapore Matter
that is approved by a majority of the Intel Singapore Managers then in office
or
a Micron Singapore Matter that is approved by a majority of the Micron Singapore
Managers then in office);
(8) acquiring
securities or any equity ownership interest in any Person, other than a
Wholly-Owned Subsidiary of the Joint Venture Company established to hold a
Fab
or assets of the Joint Venture Company or any of its Subsidiaries;
(9) making
any public announcement by the Joint Venture Company or any Subsidiary of the
Joint Venture Company of any material non-public information not previously
approved for public announcement by the Board of Managers;
(10) entering
into or amending any collective bargaining arrangements or waiving any material
provision or requirement thereof;
(11) approving
any Proposed Business Plan, or amending or modifying any Approved Business
Plan
(or any modification thereof), subject to Sections 11.1(C), 11.2(D) and
11.2(E);
(12) making
any filing with, public comments to, or negotiation or discussion with, any
Governmental Entity (excluding regular operating filings and other routine
administrative matters and other than any such filing, public comments, or
negotiation or discussion relating to an Intel Singapore Matter that is approved
by a majority of the Intel Singapore Managers then in office or relating to
a
Micron Singapore Matter that is approved by a majority of the Micron Singapore
Managers then in office); and
(13) establishing,
overseeing and modifying the investment policies of the Joint Venture Company
with respect to funds held by the Joint Venture Company, including funds
reserved pursuant to Section 2.2 pending the use of such funds in
accordance with any applicable Approved Business Plan.
(B) (1)
Notwithstanding the foregoing, any action of the Board of Managers with respect
to any of the following matters relating to a Member (the “Interested
Member”)
shall
be deemed approved by the Board of Managers if approved either by the
affirmative vote at a meeting of the Board of Managers of a majority of the
Managers appointed by the other Member (the “Independent
Member”)
with
respect to such action or by written consent of a majority of the Managers
appointed by such Independent Member:
(a) any
determination to grant indemnification to the Interested Member for any matter
not contemplated by Section 14.2 hereof; or
(b) the
pursuit of any remedy by the Joint Venture Company or a Subsidiary of the Joint
Venture Company against the Interested Member or Affiliate of the Interested
Member (excluding any Applicable Joint Venture and any Wholly-Owned Subsidiary
of any Applicable Joint Venture) in accordance with Section 7.5;
or
(c) any
other
matter (other than a matter provided for in Section 6.3(B)(2)) in which the
interests of the Joint Venture Company or a Subsidiary of the Joint Venture
Company and the Interested Member, or an officer, director, controlling
stockholder or Affiliate of the Interested Member (excluding any Applicable
Joint Venture and any Wholly-Owned Subsidiary of any Applicable Joint Venture),
are adverse.
(2) The
entry
into, modification of, amendment to, or termination by the Joint Venture Company
of any agreement or other transaction between the Joint Venture Company or
any
Subsidiary of the Joint Venture Company, on the one hand, and the Interested
Member or an officer, director, controlling stockholder or Affiliate of the
Interested Member (excluding any Applicable Joint Venture and any Wholly-Owned
Subsidiary of any Applicable Joint Venture), on the other hand, (an
“Interested Member Transaction”)
shall
be permitted only if:
(a) The
material facts as to the relationship or interest of the Interested Member
(and
its officers, directors, controlling stockholders and Affiliates (excluding
any
Applicable Joint Venture and any Wholly-Owned Subsidiary of any Applicable
Joint
Venture)) as to the Interested Member Transaction are disclosed or are known
to
the Board of Managers and the Independent Member, and the Board of Managers
in
good faith authorizes the Interested Member Transaction by the affirmative
votes
of a majority of the Managers appointed by the Independent Member, even though
the Managers appointed by the Independent Member may be less than a quorum;
or
(b) The
material facts as to the relationship or interest of the Interested Member
(and
its officers, directors, controlling stockholders and Affiliates) as to the
Interested Member Transaction are disclosed or are known to the Independent
Member, and the Interested Member Transaction is specifically approved in
writing by the Independent Member; or
(c) The
Interested Member Transaction is authorized, approved or ratified by the Board
of Managers and is fair as to the Joint Venture Company or the applicable
Subsidiary of the Joint Venture Company and the Independent Member as of the
time it is so authorized, approved or ratified by the Board of
Managers.
(3) Managers
appointed by the Interested Member may be counted in determining the presence
of
a quorum at a meeting of the Board of Managers which authorizes the Interested
Member Transaction.
(C) Notwithstanding
anything in this Agreement to the contrary, if a Member has only [***] to the
Board of Managers as a result of its Percentage Interest falling below the
requisite threshold set forth in Section 6.2(B), the following actions will
require the approval of a majority of the members of the Board of Managers,
including the Manager appointed by such Member:
(1) any
material modification, amendment or termination of material accounting and
tax
policies, procedures and principles applicable to the Joint Venture Company
or
any of its Subsidiaries, other than those made in accordance with
Section 10.9 (provided,
however,
that
the right, power and authority of the Board of Managers with respect to tax
policies, procedures and principles granted under this Section 6.3 shall be
subject to the provisions of Section 10.7 hereof); and
(2) except
for any litigation matter subject to Section 6.3(B)(1)(b), any settlement of
a
litigation matter or a group of related litigation matters, other than routine
litigation matters not involving current or former members of management, where
the amount of damages payable by the Joint Venture Company or any of its
Subsidiaries exceeds $[***] or that results in disparate treatment of the
Members.
6.4 Meetings
of the Board of Managers; Quorum.
The
Board of Managers shall hold meetings at least once per Fiscal Quarter. Subject
to a Manager’s right to appoint an alternate Manager in accordance with Section
6.7, the presence of at least a majority of the Managers (five (5) while the
number of Managers is eight (8)), in person or by telephone conference or by
other means of communications acceptable to the Board of Managers, shall be
necessary and sufficient to constitute a quorum for the purpose of taking action
by the Board of Managers at any meeting of the Board of Managers; provided,
that
such quorum shall consist of at least a majority of the Managers appointed
by
each Member that appoints an odd number of Managers greater than one, and at
least half of the Managers appointed by each Member that appoints an even number
of Managers. No action taken by the Board of Managers at any meeting shall
be
valid unless the requisite quorum is present.
6.5 Notice;
Waiver.
The
regular quarterly meetings of the Board of Managers described in Section 6.4
shall be held upon not less than ten (10) days’ written notice. Additional
meetings of the Board of Managers shall be held (A) at such other times as
may
be determined by the Board of Managers, (B) at the request of at least two
(2)
Managers or the Site Manager upon not less than five (5) Business Days’ written
notice or (C) in accordance with Section 17.1 following a failure by the Board
of Managers to adopt or reject a proposal for action presented to it. For
purposes of this Section, notice may be provided via facsimile, email or any
other manner provided in Section 18.1, or telephonic notice to each Manager
(which notice shall be provided to the other Managers by the requesting
Managers). The presence of any Manager at a meeting (including by means of
telephone conference or other means of communications acceptable to the Board
of
Managers) shall constitute a waiver of notice of the meeting with respect to
such Manager, unless such Manager declares at the meeting that such Manager
objects
to
the
notice as having been improperly given. The Board of Managers shall cause
written minutes to be prepared of all actions taken by the Board of Managers
and
shall cause a copy thereof to be delivered to each Manager within fifteen (15)
days of each meeting.
6.6 Action
Without a Meeting; Meetings by Telecommunications.
(A) On
any
matter that is to be voted on, consented to or approved by the Board of
Managers, the Board of Managers may take such action without a meeting, without
prior notice and without a vote if a consent or consents in writing, setting
forth the action so taken, shall be signed by the Managers having not less
than
the minimum votes that would be necessary to authorize or take such action,
in
accordance with the terms of this Agreement, at a meeting at which all the
Managers were present and voted.
(B) Unless
the Act otherwise provides, members of the Board of Managers shall have the
right to participate in all meetings of the Board of Managers by means of a
conference telephone or similar communications equipment by means of which
all
persons participating in the meeting can hear each other at the same time and
participation by such means shall constitute presence in person at a
meeting.
6.7 Alternate
Managers.
Each
Manager shall have the right to designate an individual to attend and vote
at
meetings of the Board of Managers as the proxy of such regularly appointed
Manager.
6.8 Compensation
of Managers.
The
Managers, in their capacity as such, shall not receive compensation from the
Joint Venture Company. Each Member shall bear the cost and expenses incurred
by
its appointed Managers in connection with the Joint Venture Company’s business
while such Managers are serving in such capacity.
6.9 Statutory
Manager.
There
shall, at all times, be one person ordinarily resident in Singapore appointed
as
the statutory manager of the Joint Venture Company solely for the purposes
of
section 23 of the Act (the “Statutory
Manager”).
The
duties of the Statutory Manager, in his or her capacity as Statutory Manager,
shall be confined solely to ensure that all acts, matters and things that are
required to be done by the Joint Venture Company under sections 24, 27 and
28 of
the Act are done by the Joint Venture Company and being responsible in respect
of such matters under section 23(3) of the Act. The Statutory Manager shall
be
appointed by the Consolidating Member unless the Members agree otherwise in
writing. The Consolidating Member shall also have the right, in its sole
discretion, to remove such Statutory Manager at any time by delivery of written
notice to the other Member(s) and the Joint Venture Company, unless otherwise
agreed in writing by the Members. Any vacancy in the position of Statutory
Manager for any reason (including as a result of such Statutory Manager’s death,
resignation, retirement or removal pursuant to this Section) shall be filled
by
the Consolidating Member, unless otherwise agreed in writing by the Members.
The
first Statutory Manager shall be appointed by Micron Singapore and, unless
such
Statutory Manager resigns, dies, retires or is removed in accordance with this
Section, such Statutory Manager shall serve in such position until a successor
shall have been duly appointed by the Consolidating Member or as otherwise
agreed in writing by the Members. For avoidance of doubt, no Manager under
this
Agreement
shall
be
the Statutory Manager unless such Manager is so designated by the Member
appointing such Statutory Manager in accordance with this Section.
ARTICLE
7.
MEMBERS
7.1 Rights
of Members; Meetings.
(A) The
Members shall be the partners of the Joint Venture Company under the Act, and
shall be entitled to the following: (1) receive financial reports and tax
reporting information referenced in Sections 10.4 and 10.6; (2) receive
(y) the then-current Approved Business Plans, as updated from time to time
in accordance with Section 11.1 or Section 11.2 and any Proposed Business Plan
and (z) the then-current Operating Plan; (3) receive such additional information
of the Joint Venture Company or any of its Subsidiaries as may reasonably be
requested by a Member; (4) copies of any third party audit findings from any
audit of the Joint Venture Company or any Subsidiary of the Joint Venture
Company, any subcontractor for the Joint Venture Company or any Subsidiary
of
the Joint Venture Company or any Person that provides services to the Joint
Venture Company or any Subsidiary of the Joint Venture Company (including a
Member in such capacity but only to the extent contemplated by the applicable
service agreement with such Member); and (5) such additional rights as are
elsewhere provided in this Agreement or by mandatory requirements of Applicable
Law, including mandatory requirements of the Act.
(B) At
any
time, and from time to time, the Board of Managers may, but shall not be
required to, call meetings of the Members.
(1) Special
meetings of the Members for any proper purpose or purposes may be called at
any
time by either Member. Each meeting of the Members shall be conducted by the
Site Manager or designee of the Site Manager and shall be held at the principal
offices of the Joint Venture Company or at such other place as may be agreed
upon from time to time by the Members. The Site Manager or his or her designee,
as applicable, shall include any item submitted by a Member for consideration
at
a meeting of the Members, may not cut off debate on any matter being considered
by the Members and shall call for a vote on any matter at the request of any
Member. Meetings may be held by telephone if both Members so
consent.
(2) Except
as
otherwise required by Applicable Law, written notice (which may be provided
via
facsimile or electronic mail with receipt confirmation) of each meeting of
the
Members of the Joint Venture Company shall be given not less than five (5)
nor
more than thirty-five (35) days before the date of such meeting.
(3) The
presence, either in person or by proxy, of Members whose combined Percentage
Interests equal one hundred percent (100%) is required to constitute a quorum
at
any meeting of the Members.
(4) Each
Member may authorize any Person (provided
such
Person is an officer of the Member) to act for it or on its behalf on all
matters in which the Member is entitled to participate. Each proxy must be
signed by a duly authorized officer of the
Member.
All other provisions governing, or otherwise relating to, the holding of
meetings of the Members shall be established from time to time as mutually
agreed by the Members.
(5) The
Members shall be entitled to vote on any matter submitted to a vote of the
Members in proportion to their Percentage Interests. Members may vote either
in
person or by proxy at any meeting. Each Member shall be entitled to cast one
(1)
vote for each full percentage of the Percentage Interest held by such Member.
Fractional votes shall be permitted.
(6) Any
action permitted or required by the Act, the Certificate, or this Agreement
to
be taken at a meeting of Members may be taken without a meeting if a consent
in
writing, setting forth the action to be taken, is signed by the Member or
Members whose vote or approval is required for the taking of such action under
this Agreement. Such consent shall have the same force and effect as if such
action was approved by vote at a meeting at which all the Members were present
and voted and may be stated as such in any document or instrument filed with
the
ACRA, and the execution of such consent shall constitute attendance or presence
in person at a meeting of Members.
7.2 Limitations
on the Rights of Members.
(A) Subject
to any mandatory requirements of Applicable Law, including mandatory
requirements under the Act, except as provided in this Agreement or as otherwise
unanimously agreed in writing by the Members, no Member (in its capacity as
a
Member) has the right to take any part whatsoever in the management and control
of the business of the Joint Venture Company, sign for or bind the Joint Venture
Company or any of its Subsidiaries, compel a sale or appraisal of the Joint
Venture Company’s or any of its Subsidiaries’ assets, or sell or assign its
Interest in the Joint Venture Company or any of its Subsidiaries.
(B) No
Member
may, without the prior written consent of the other Member: (1) confess any
judgment against the Joint Venture Company or any of its Subsidiaries; (2)
act
for, enter into any agreement on behalf of or otherwise purport to bind the
other Member, the Joint Venture Company or any of its Subsidiaries; (3) do
any
acts in contravention of this Agreement or any of the Affiliate Agreements;
(4)
except as contemplated by the Affiliate Agreements, dispose of the goodwill
or
the business of the Joint Venture Company or any of its Subsidiaries; (5)
Transfer its Interest in the Joint Venture Company (except as provided in
Sections 12.2, 12.4(A), 12.4(B) or 12.5); or (6) assign the property of the
Joint Venture Company or any of its Subsidiaries in trust for creditors or
on
the assignee’s promise to pay any indebtedness of the Joint Venture Company or
any of its Subsidiaries.
7.3 Limited
Liability of the Members.
Except
to the extent expressly set forth in Article 2 of this Agreement or
otherwise in a written instrument executed by the Member against whom any
liability is asserted in favor of the Person asserting such liability, the
Members (solely in their capacity as Members) have no obligation to contribute
to the Joint Venture Company or any of its Subsidiaries and shall not be liable
for any debt, obligation or liability of the Joint Venture Company or any of
its
Subsidiaries. Any liability to return distributions made by the
Joint
Venture Company is limited to mandatory requirements of the Act or of any other
Applicable Law.
7.4 Voting
Rights of Members.
(A) Notwithstanding
anything in this Agreement to the contrary, for so long as a Member’s Percentage
Interest is greater than [***] ([***]%), the following actions shall require
the
unanimous approval of the Members:
(1) any
amendment, restatement or revocation of the Certificate, except (a) as
provided in Section 1.5(A) to effectuate a change in the principal place of
business of the Joint Venture Company, (b) to change the name of the Joint
Venture Company, (c) as required by Applicable Law, or (d) to
accomplish any action that would be allowed under the terms and conditions
of
this Agreement where the only prohibition on the performance of such action
is
the terms of the Certificate;
(2) any
material change in the business purpose of the Joint Venture Company or any
of
its Subsidiaries, other than a change in accordance with the proviso to
Section 1.4;
(3) any
Transfer of any Interest to any Person, except as expressly permitted by
Sections 12.2, 12.4(A), 12.4(B) or 12.5;
(4) any
agreement with respect to all present or former Members to extend the period
for
assessing any tax which is attributable to any Joint Venture Company item or
item of any of the Joint Venture Company’s Subsidiaries;
(5) any
approval of the inclusion within the business purpose of the Joint Venture
Company or any of its Subsidiaries the manufacture of memory products other
than
NAND Flash Memory Products, subject to the proviso to
Section 1.4;
(6) any
approval or setting of any distribution to any Member (other than distributions
of cash in accordance with Article 5); provided,
however,
that a
Member’s consent for the purposes of this Section 7.4(A)(6) shall not be
unreasonably withheld; and
(7) the
sale,
license, assignment or other transfer of any intellectual property owned or
in
the possession of the Joint Venture Company or any Subsidiary of the Joint
Venture Company (including any technology or know-how, whether or not patented,
any trademark, trade name or service mark, any copyright or any software or
other method or process) to any Person other than a Domestic Facilities Company
or an Applicable Joint Venture or a Wholly-Owned Subsidiary of an Applicable
Joint Venture, except as provided in the Joint Venture Documents or as otherwise
unanimously agreed in writing by the Members.
(B) Notwithstanding
anything in this Agreement to the contrary, and in addition to the provisions
of
Section 7.4(A), for so long as a Member’s Percentage Interest is at
least
[***] percent ([***]%), the following actions shall require the unanimous
approval of the Members:
(1) the
incurrence of any indebtedness for borrowed money, other than (i) as
provided in Article 2 or Article 3 and (ii) any third-party equipment
financing;
(2) any
sale,
lease, pledge (other than pledges of equipment under a permitted third-party
equipment financing), assignment, transfer (other than transfers to a
Wholly-Owned Subsidiary of the Joint Venture Company) or other disposition
of
any asset of the Joint Venture Company or any of its Subsidiaries or group
of
assets in each case other than in the ordinary course, unless approved in an
Undisputed Approved Business Plan or unless made in connection with a
dissolution of the Joint Venture Company as contemplated by Article 13;
provided,
however,
that
unanimous approval will not be required if the aggregate amount of such sales,
leases, pledges (other than pledges of equipment under a permitted third-party
equipment financing), assignments, transfers (other than transfers to a
Wholly-Owned Subsidiary of the Joint Venture Company) and other dispositions
not
in the ordinary course do not exceed the amount provided for in an Undisputed
Approved Business Plan by more than $[***] in any Fiscal Year;
(3) any
purchase, lease or other acquisition, in any single transaction or in a series
of related transactions, of personal property or services or capital equipment
inconsistent with an Approved Business Plan (after taking into account any
general overrun provisions contained in such Approved Business
Plan);
(4) any
capital expenditures or series of related capital expenditures, that exceed
the
amount provided therefor in the most recently Approved Business Plan (after
taking into account any general spending overrun provisions contained in such
Approved Business Plan) or any commitment by the Joint Venture Company or any
Subsidiary of the Joint Venture Company to make expenditures in any development
project in an amount greater than the amount set forth in the most recently
Approved Business Plan (after taking into account any general spending overrun
provisions contained in such Approved Business Plan);
(5) any
merger, consolidation or other business combination to which the Joint Venture
Company or any Subsidiary of the Joint Venture Company is a party, or any other
transaction to which the Joint Venture Company or any Subsidiary of the Joint
Venture Company is a party (other than where the Joint Venture Company is merged
or combined with or consolidated into a Wholly-Owned Subsidiary of the Joint
Venture Company), resulting in a change of control of the Joint Venture Company
or any Subsidiary of the Joint Venture Company, other than a change of control
that may occur pursuant to Article 2 or Article 3;
(6) (a) the
voluntary commencement or the failure to contest in a timely and appropriate
manner any involuntary proceeding or the filing of any petition seeking relief
under bankruptcy, insolvency, receivership or similar laws, (b) the
application for or consent to the appointment of a receiver, trustee, custodian,
conservator
or
similar official for the Joint Venture Company or any Subsidiary of the Joint
Venture Company, or for a substantial part of their property or assets,
(c) the filing of an answer admitting the material allegations of a
petition filed against the Joint Venture Company or any Subsidiary of the Joint
Venture Company in any proceeding described above, (d) the consent to any
order for relief issued with respect to any proceeding described in this
subsection (6), (e) the making of a general assignment for the benefit of
creditors, or (f) the admission in writing of the Joint Venture Company’s
inability, or the failure of the Joint Venture Company or of any Subsidiary
of
the Joint Venture Company generally, to pay its debts as they become due or
the
taking of any action for the purpose of effecting any of the
foregoing;
(7) the
acquisition of any business or entry into any joint venture or
partnership;
(8) the
creation of any direct or indirect Subsidiary of the Joint Venture Company
other
than a Domestic Facilities Company or any other Wholly-Owned Subsidiary of
the
Joint Venture Company; and
(9) negotiating
external sources of additional wafer manufacturing capacity for Joint Venture
Products.
In
addition, such Member shall have the right to review and comment on any public
announcement by the Joint Venture Company or any Subsidiary of the Joint Venture
Company.
(C) Notwithstanding
anything in this Agreement to the contrary, and in addition to the provisions
of
Sections 7.4(A) and 7.4(B), for so long as a Member’s Percentage Interest is at
least [***] percent ([***]%), the following actions shall require the unanimous
approval of the Members:
(1) the
purchase, license or other acquisition of rights to third party intellectual
property other than routine software licenses in connection with the Joint
Venture Company’s or any of its Subsidiaries’ ongoing operations.
7.5 Defaulting
Member.
Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, in no event shall
the pursuit of any remedy by the Joint Venture Company or any of its
Subsidiaries against a Defaulting Member pursuant to Section 17.7 require the
consent of such Defaulting Member. The Non-Defaulting Member shall have the
right to control the Joint Venture Company’s pursuit of any such claim against
the Defaulting Member.
7.6 Cooperation.
(A) Intel
Singapore may take action on behalf of the Joint Venture Company with respect
to
any Intel Singapore Matter and shall cooperate with and keep Micron Singapore
regularly informed with respect to any Intel Singapore Matter.
(B) Micron
Singapore may take action on behalf of the Joint Venture Company with respect
to
any Micron Singapore Matter and shall cooperate with and keep Intel Singapore
regularly informed with respect to any Micron Singapore Matter.
ARTICLE
8.
OFFICERS
AND COMMITTEES
8.1 Site
Manager.
(A) The
Board
of Managers shall appoint a site manager (the “Site
Manager”),
who
shall have responsibility for the day-to-day general management and control
of
the business and affairs of the Joint Venture Company and its Subsidiaries
and
overseeing the implementation of the strategic direction of the Joint Venture
Company and its Subsidiaries. The Site Manager shall perform or oversee those
duties and have all powers that are commonly incident to the office of chief
executive officer or that are specifically delegated to him or her by the Board
of Managers. The Site Manager shall reside in Singapore and shall be a full
time
employee of the Joint Venture Company, selected by the Board of Managers,
subject to the consent of any Member whose Percentage Interest is at least
[***]
percent ([***]%), which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed.
The Board of Managers shall have the right to remove any Site Manager at any
time, with or without cause, subject to the terms of any employment contract
between the Joint Venture Company and the Site Manager.
(B) The
Board
of Managers shall determine, from time to time, the incentive compensation
for
which the Site Manager may be eligible based upon the Joint Venture Company’s
operational success.
8.2 Intentionally
Omitted.
8.3 Lead
Controller.
(A) The
Joint
Venture Company shall have a financial manager (the “Lead
Controller”)
who
shall serve as the principal financial officer of the Joint Venture Company
and
shall have responsibility for and authority over the day-to-day financial
matters of the Joint Venture Company and its Subsidiaries. The Lead Controller
shall perform such duties and have such powers specifically delegated to the
Lead Controller by the Board of Managers. The Lead Controller shall reside
in
Singapore and shall be a full time employee of Micron Singapore or a Relative
of
Micron Singapore seconded on a full time basis to the Joint Venture Company
by
Micron Singapore or a Relative of Micron Singapore, or another individual
selected by Micron Singapore, subject to the consent of Intel Singapore, which
consent shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed. Micron Singapore shall
have the right to remove the Lead Controller at any time, with or without cause,
provided
that it
provides at least ten (10) days written notice of removal to Intel Singapore
and
the Joint Venture Company. Micron Singapore shall have the right to fill any
vacancy in the position of Lead Controller for any reason (including as a result
of the Lead Controller’s death, resignation, retirement or removal pursuant to
this Section), subject to the consent of Intel Singapore, which consent shall
not be unreasonably withheld or delayed. The Lead Controller shall report
directly to the Board of Managers.
(B) The
Board
of Managers shall determine, from time to time, the incentive compensation
for
which the Lead Controller may be eligible based upon the Joint Venture Company’s
operational success.
(C) For
so
long as there is a Lead Controller who is seconded to the Joint Venture Company
by a Member, the other Member shall be entitled to second to the Joint Venture
Company a senior finance officer of such other Member or of a Relative of such
other Member to assist the Lead Controller in the execution of his or her duties
set forth in this Section 8.3. The senior finance officer shall reside in
Singapore and shall be seconded on a full time basis to the Joint Venture
Company. The Board of Managers shall determine, from time to time, the incentive
compensation for which such officer may be eligible based upon the Joint Venture
Company’s operational success.
8.4 Intentionally
Omitted.
8.5 General
Provisions Regarding Officers.
(A) There
shall be one or more site managers of the Joint Venture Company who shall serve
as officers of the Joint Venture Company and shall have such authority and
perform or oversee those duties that are delegated to such officers by the
Board
of Managers or the Site Manager. The Board of Managers may, from time to time,
designate other officers of the Joint Venture Company, delegate to such officers
such authority and duties as the Board of Managers may deem advisable and assign
titles to any such officers. Except as otherwise provided in this Agreement,
officers may either be full time employees of the Joint Venture Company resident
in Singapore or Seconded Employees. Unless the Board of Managers otherwise
determines or unless otherwise provided by this Agreement, if the title assigned
to an officer of the Joint Venture Company is one commonly used for officers
for
businesses of comparable size in the same industry, then, subject to the terms
of this Agreement, the assignment of such title shall constitute the delegation
to such officer of the authority and duties that are customarily associated
with
such office for businesses of comparable size in the same industry. Except
as
otherwise provided in this Agreement, any number of titles may be held by the
same individual.
(B) Subject
to all rights, if any, under any contract of employment, any officer to whom
a
delegation is made pursuant to Section 8.5(A) shall serve in the capacity
delegated unless and until such delegation is revoked by the Board of Managers
for any reason or no reason whatsoever, with or without cause, or such officer
resigns.
8.6 Intentionally
Omitted.
8.7 Waiver
of Fiduciary Duties.
(A) In
connection with the determination of any and all matters presented for action
to
the Members or the Board of Managers, as applicable, the Members acknowledge
and
agree that each Member will be acting on its own behalf and each Representative
serving on the Board of Managers will be acting on behalf of the Member that
appointed such Representative.
(B) Each
Member may act, and, to the fullest extent permitted by Applicable Law, will
be
protected for acting, in its own interest (subject to the express terms of
any
contract entered into by such Member) without regard to the interest of the
other Member or the Joint Venture Company or any of its Subsidiaries, and,
subject to Section 8.7(D), each Representative may act, and, to the fullest
extent permitted by Applicable Law, will be protected for acting at
the
direction or control of, or in a manner that such Representative believes is
in
the best interest of, the Member that appointed the Representative without
regard to the interest of the other Member or the Joint Venture Company or
any
of its Subsidiaries. Further, each Member may, to the fullest extent permitted
by Applicable Law (subject to the express terms of any contract entered into
by
such Member), make decisions and exercise direction and control over the
decisions of the Representatives appointed by such Member without duty to or
regard for the interests of the other Member or the Joint Venture Company or
any
of its Subsidiaries.
(C) The
Joint
Venture Company, on its own behalf and on behalf of each of its Subsidiaries,
and each Member waives, to the fullest extent permitted by Applicable Law,
(1) any claim or cause of action against any Member or Manager based on the
determination of any and all matters presented for action to the Members or
the
Board of Managers, as applicable, (2) breach of fiduciary duty, duty of
care, duty of loyalty or any other duty or (3) breach of the Act;
provided,
however,
the
foregoing will not limit any Member’s obligation under or liability for breach
of the express terms of this Agreement or any other agreement that they have
entered into with the Joint Venture Company or any of its Subsidiaries or the
other Member; and provided further,
however,
that,
unless a Member has received the written consent of the other Member authorizing
such activities, no Member shall negotiate or enter into or request or otherwise
cause the Joint Venture Company to negotiate or enter into any agreement or
transaction that would result in such Member or any of its Subsidiaries
receiving any financial consideration or other tangible property incentive,
payment or other form of financial consideration or other tangible property
consideration from any Governmental Entity or Person based upon the Joint
Venture Company’s taking an action (including hiring any employees, undertaking
any construction or purchasing any equipment) or entering into such agreement
or
transaction other than as a Member of the Joint Venture Company pursuant to
this
Agreement, and any Member who receives any such consideration or other tangible
property incentive, payment or other form of financial consideration or other
tangible property consideration from any Governmental Entity or Person in
respect of the Joint Venture Company’s activities, shall promptly convey such
consideration or other tangible property incentive, payment or other form of
financial consideration or other tangible property consideration from any
Governmental Entity or Person to the Joint Venture Company without any
adjustment in the Capital Contribution Balance of such Member.
(D) The
term
“Representative”
shall
mean, with respect to a Member and the Managers and the employees, agents and
other representatives of such Member including the Seconded Employees of such
Member, but not including, only for purposes of Section 8.7(C)(2), the Site
Manager, the Lead Controller or any other officer or site manager of the Joint
Venture Company (and each such officer shall be bound by such fiduciary and
other duties (including the duty of care and the duty of loyalty) as would
apply
to an officer having comparable authority and duties under the
DGCL).
ARTICLE
9.
EMPLOYEE
MATTERS
9.1 Joint
Venture Company Employees; Seconded Employees.
The
Joint Venture Company shall employ its own personnel and shall be their
exclusive employer. In addition, certain other persons who are employed by
Micron Singapore or its Relatives or Intel Singapore
or
its
Relatives may be seconded by Micron or Intel, respectively, and certain other
persons who are employed by the U.S. Joint Venture Company may be seconded
by
the U.S. Joint Venture Company, to work in Singapore for the Joint Venture
Company on a full time basis for a given period of time (“Seconded Employees”)
pursuant to the terms and conditions of the Micron Personnel Secondment
Agreement, the Intel Personnel Secondment Agreement or the U.S. Joint Venture
Personnel Secondment Agreement, respectively. Seconded Employees may be utilized
to provide services to the Joint Venture Company until (1) the time specified
in
Article 8 for certain Seconded Employees, if any, acting as officers of the
Joint Venture Company, (2) with respect to Seconded Employees employed by Micron
Singapore or its Relatives, until the time determined under the terms of the
Micron Personnel Secondment Agreement, (3) with respect to Seconded Employees
employed by Intel Singapore or its Relatives, until the time determined under
the terms of the Intel Personnel Secondment Agreement or (4) with respect to
the
Seconded Employees employed by the U.S. Joint Venture Company, until the time
determined under the terms of the U.S. Joint Venture Company Personnel
Secondment Agreement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no Seconded Employee will
become employed by the Joint Venture Company or any of its Subsidiaries unless
agreed among the Joint Venture Company and the Members.
9.2 Performance
and Removal of Seconded Employees.
The
Board of Managers shall possess the authority to require that a Seconded
Employee be reassigned by the seconding Member or its Relatives or the U.S.
Joint Venture Company, as the case may be, to duties other than with the Joint
Venture Company. Subject to the terms of the Intel Personnel Secondment
Agreement, the Micron Personnel Secondment Agreement and the U.S. Joint Venture
Company Personnel Secondment Agreement, as the case may be, the Site Manager
shall possess the authority to require that a Seconded Employee be reassigned
by
the seconding Member or its Relatives or the U.S. Joint Venture Company, as
the
case may be, to duties other than with the Joint Venture Company.
9.3 Forms.
(A)
The
Joint Venture Company and each of its Subsidiaries shall have policies
applicable to, and ensure that all of its officers, employees and third-party
independent contractors, third-party consultants, and other third-party service
providers enter into appropriate agreements with respect to, (1) protection
of
confidential information of the Joint Venture Company and its Subsidiaries,
(2) compliance with Applicable Laws, and (3) other matters related to
the delivery of services to, or employment of such Person by, the Joint Venture
Company or its Subsidiaries. The Joint Venture Company and each of its
Subsidiaries shall have policies applicable to, and ensure that all of its
officers and employees enter into appropriate agreements with respect to
intellectual property assignment, including invention disclosures, pursuant
to
which ownership to any intellectual property created in the course of employment
with the Joint Venture Company or any of its Subsidiaries shall be assigned
to
the Joint Venture Company. The Joint Venture Company and each of its
Subsidiaries shall have policies applicable to, and ensure that all of its
third-party independent contractors, third-party consultants, and other
third-party service providers that create intellectual property in the course
of
performing services for the Joint Venture Company or any of its Subsidiaries,
enter into appropriate agreements with the Joint Venture Company with respect
to
the Joint Venture Company’s ownership of, or the Joint Venture Company’s and its
Subsidiaries’ right to use, such intellectual property. The forms referred to in
this Section 9.3 are collectively referred to as the “Service
Provider Related Forms.”
(B) Notwithstanding
any preceding provisions in this Section 9.3 or elsewhere, no Seconded Employee
shall be required to sign any Service Provider Related Forms, except with
respect to acknowledgement of and agreement regarding policies of the Joint
Venture Company addressing conduct while performing services at the premises
of
the Joint Venture Company, such as workplace safety, but excluding matters
relating to protection of confidential information of the Joint Venture Company
and its Subsidiaries and intellectual property assignment, which issues have
been addressed in other documents. The Joint Venture Company shall be
responsible for providing those appropriate Service Provider Related Forms,
if
any, prepared by the Joint Venture Company for Seconded Employees to the
appropriate Seconded Employees, following up to make sure they are signed and
for properly storing such forms; however, Intel Singapore and Micron Singapore
shall each require that their Seconded Employees sign the applicable Service
Provider Related Forms when requested to do so by the Joint Venture
Company.
9.4 Compensation
and Benefits.
(A) The
Joint
Venture Company and its Subsidiaries shall have compensation and benefits
programs for the employees of the Joint Venture Company and its Subsidiaries
(excluding, for this purpose, Seconded Employees) at its locations consistent
with local practices in each respective geographic area, as determined by the
Site Manager and, to the extent required by law or this Agreement, approved
by
the Board of Managers, which may initially be modeled after Micron’s local
compensation and benefits programs if deemed to be appropriate and competitive
by the Site Manager and, if applicable, the Board of Managers. Incentive
compensation programs for Joint Venture Company employees and the employees
of
any Subsidiary of the Joint Venture Company will be tied to the Joint Venture
Company’s operational success, as determined by the Site Manager and approved by
the Board of Managers.
(B) It
is the
intention of Micron Singapore to offer employees of Micron Singapore and its
Relatives who transfer to the Joint Venture Company the option to transfer
their
vacation leave days balance accrued as of the date of transfer to the comparable
plan of the Joint Venture Company to be administered in accordance with the
terms of such plan. If Micron Singapore and its Relatives allow such a transfer
and if an employee so elects, the Joint Venture Company shall credit the
employee’s Joint Venture Company vacation leave (or similar time bank) account
with the transferred time and Micron Singapore shall pay the Joint Venture
Company an amount equal to the person’s base daily rate multiplied by the
vacation leave days transferred.
(C) It
is the
intention of Intel Singapore to offer employees of Intel Singapore and its
Relatives who transfer to the Joint Venture Company the option to transfer
their
vacation leave days balance accrued as of the date of transfer to the comparable
plan of the Joint Venture Company to be administered in accordance with the
terms of such plan. If Intel Singapore and its Relatives allow such a transfer
and if an employee so elects, the Joint Venture Company shall credit the
employee’s Joint Venture Company vacation leave (or similar time bank) account
with the transferred time and Intel Singapore shall pay the Joint Venture
Company an amount equal to the person’s base daily rate multiplied by the
vacation leave days transferred.
ARTICLE
10.
RECORDS,
ACCOUNTS AND REPORTS
10.1 Books
and Records.
The
Site Manager shall keep or cause to be kept adequate books and records with
respect to the Joint Venture Company’s and each of its Subsidiaries’ business,
including the following:
(A) a
current
list of the full name and last known business address of each Member and its
appointed Managers and all officers and Representatives;
(B) copies
of
records that would enable a Member to determine the relative Committed Capital,
Percentage Interests, Sharing Interests, Economic Interests, Member Debt
Financing, Capital Contribution Balances and Accumulated Distributions Accounts
of the Members;
(C) a
copy of
the Certificate together with any amendments;
(D) copies
of
the Joint Venture Company’s and each of its Subsidiaries’ income tax returns and
reports, if any, for the longer of (1) five (5) years from the time of
filing or (2) with respect to any such tax return of the Joint Venture
Company, until the expiration of the statute of limitations on the assessment
of
income tax liabilities for the taxable year of each Member in which the income
required to be shown on such tax return of the Joint Venture Company is required
to be included (and each Member shall promptly respond to requests from the
officers of the Joint Venture Company in order to determine whether such statute
of limitations has expired);
(E) a
copy of
this Agreement, together with any amendments;
(F) copies
of
any financial statements of the Joint Venture Company and its Subsidiaries
for
the greater of its seven (7) most recent years or all open taxable
years;
(G) copies
of
all Proposed Business Plans, Approved Business Plans, Member Business Plans
and
Operating Plans;
(H) minutes
of meetings of the Members, the Board of Managers, and any other committee
appointed by the Board of Managers from time to time and all written consents
in
lieu of a meeting;
(I) copies
of
all contracts and agreements to which the Joint Venture Company is a party;
and
(J) any
other
records required to be maintained by the Act.
10.2 Access
to Information.
(A) To
the
extent not in violation of Applicable Law, each Member and its agents (which
may
include employees of the Member or the Member’s independent certified
accountants) shall have the right, at any reasonable time, to inspect, review,
copy and audit (or
cause
to
be audited) at the expense of the inspecting Member any and all properties,
assets, books of account, corporate records, contracts, documentation and any
other material of the Joint Venture Company or any of its Subsidiaries, at
the
request of the inspecting Member. Upon such request, the Joint Venture Company
and each of its relevant Subsidiaries shall use reasonable efforts to make
available to such inspecting Member the Joint Venture Company’s accountants and
key employees for interviews to verify information furnished or to enable such
Member to otherwise review the Joint Venture Company or any of its Subsidiaries
and their operations. Such availability is conditioned upon the terms and
conditions of the Confidentiality Agreement.
(B) The
Members recognize that the Joint Venture Company may, from time to time, be
in
possession of Competitively Sensitive Information belonging to a Member or
its
Relatives, and in no event shall a Member be entitled to access any
Competitively Sensitive Information of the other Member or its Relatives in
the
possession of the Joint Venture Company. The Joint Venture Company shall
maintain procedures reasonably acceptable to both Members (including requiring
that the Members use reasonable efforts to label or otherwise identify
Competitively Sensitive Information as such) to ensure that the Joint Venture
Company will not disclose or provide Competitively Sensitive Information of
one
Member or its Relatives to the other Member (other than to a Joint Venture
Company employee or to a Seconded Employee of the other Member to the extent
required for such employee or Seconded Employee to perform his or her duties
for
the Joint Venture Company) or any third party unless such disclosure is
specifically requested by the Member or its Relatives providing such
Competitively Sensitive Information. The Joint Venture Company shall not be
liable for inadvertent disclosures of Competitively Sensitive Information that
was not labeled or identified as such.
(C) Upon
request, each Member agrees to use reasonable efforts to provide the other
Member and the Joint Venture Company with reasonable access to those portions
of
its facilities and to those items of its and its Relatives’ equipment that are
being used to provide services to the Joint Venture Company, and to those
employees who are providing services to the Joint Venture Company, to verify
information regarding such operations or enable such Member and the Joint
Venture Company to otherwise review the services being provided to the Joint
Venture Company.
10.3 Operations
Reports.
Subject
to Section 10.2(B), the Joint Venture Company and each of its Subsidiaries
shall
provide both Members with all quarterly, monthly and weekly reporting packages
containing such manufacturing and production reports as may be required to
be
delivered under any agreement with, or otherwise requested by, either
Member.
10.4 Financial
Reports.
The
Joint Venture Company and each of its Subsidiaries shall provide the Members
the
following:
(A) Monthly
Reports.
(1) for
each
Fiscal Month, the Joint Venture Company, and if requested, each of its
Subsidiaries, shall provide each Member with the following monthly reports
prepared in accordance with Modified GAAP consistently applied, and in
accordance with any other accounting principles under which such information
must
be
prepared by the Joint Venture Company or such Subsidiaries under applicable
legal or contractual requirements, in each case within the time period specified
below:
(a) Monthly
Flash Report within eight (8) days after the end of each Fiscal
Month;
(b) monthly
cash flow report within fifteen (15) days after the end of each Fiscal
Month;
(c) month-end
balance sheet within fifteen (15) days after the end of each Fiscal
Month;
(d) monthly
profit and loss statement within fifteen (15) days after the end of each Fiscal
Month;
(e) monthly
operational spending summary within fifteen (15) days after the end of each
Fiscal Month; and
(f) such
other reports as may be required to be delivered under any agreement with,
or
otherwise reasonably requested by, either Member.
(2) With
respect to each of the monthly reports set forth in Section 10.4(A)(1),
each Member may provide a sample format for such monthly report as is necessary
and appropriate.
(B) Quarterly
Reports.
(1)
As soon
as available, but not later than twenty (20) days after the end of each Fiscal
Quarter (other than Fiscal Quarters ending on the last day of a Fiscal Year,
provided
that the
information required by this Section 10.4(B) will be included in the reports
delivered pursuant to Section 10.4(C) below for the Fiscal Year ending on such
date), the Joint Venture Company shall provide to each Member a consolidated
balance sheet of the Joint Venture Company as of the end of such period and
consolidated statements of income, cash flows and changes in Members’ equity, as
applicable, for such Fiscal Quarter and for the period commencing at the end
of
the previous Fiscal Year and ending with the end of such period, setting forth
in each case in comparative form the corresponding figures for the corresponding
period of the preceding Fiscal Year and including comparisons to the Approved
Business Plan, each prepared in accordance with Modified GAAP and in accordance
with any other accounting principles under which such information must be
prepared by the Joint Venture Company or such Subsidiaries under applicable
legal or contractual requirements. The Lead Controller shall discuss with the
Members such quarterly financial data and the business outlook of the Joint
Venture Company and its Subsidiaries and shall be available to respond to
questions from the Members regarding such data and outlook.
(2) In
addition, as soon as available, but not later than thirty (30) days after the
end of each Fiscal Quarter, the Joint Venture Company shall provide to each
Member a consolidated balance sheet of the Joint Venture Company as of the
end
of each Fiscal Quarter and consolidated statements of income and changes in
Members’ equity, as applicable, for such Fiscal Quarter and for the period
commencing at the end of the previous Fiscal Year and ending with the end of
such period, setting forth in each case in
comparative
form the corresponding figures for the corresponding period of the preceding
Fiscal Year (to the extent such comparison is appropriate), each prepared in
accordance with GAAP and in accordance with any other accounting principles
under which such information must be prepared by the Joint Venture Company
or
such Subsidiaries under applicable legal or contractual requirements. The Joint
Venture Company shall also provide a reconciliation that describes and
quantifies the differences between the consolidated financial statements
prepared in accordance with GAAP or such other legal or contractual requirement,
as applicable, and the consolidated financial statements prepared in accordance
with Modified GAAP. The non-Consolidating Member may reasonably request that
the
Consolidating Member use its reasonable efforts to engage the Consolidating
Member’s external auditor to perform certain agreed-upon procedures with respect
to such reconciliation. Upon such request, the Consolidating Member shall not
unreasonably deny or delay such request. The
non-Consolidating Member shall promptly reimburse the Consolidating Member
for
the incremental costs incurred by the Consolidating Member with respect to
the
performance of such agreed-upon procedures by the Consolidating Member’s
external auditor.
(C) Annual
Audit.
As soon
as available, but not later than ninety (90) days after the end of the first
Fiscal Year of the Joint Venture Company ended August 31, 2007, and not later
than sixty (60) days after the end of each Fiscal Year of the Joint Venture
Company thereafter, audited consolidated financial statements of the Joint
Venture Company and its Subsidiaries, which shall include statements of revenues
and expenses, of cash flows and of changes in Members’ equity, as applicable,
for such Fiscal Year and a balance sheet as of the last day thereof, each
prepared in accordance with Modified GAAP, consistently applied, and in
compliance with any other accounting principles under which such information
must be prepared by the Joint Venture Company or such Subsidiaries under
applicable legal or contractual requirements and accompanied by the report
of a
firm of independent certified public accountants selected from time to time
by
the Board of Managers (the “Accountants”).
(D) Right
to Audit.
Either
Member may conduct a separate audit of the Joint Venture Company’s financial
statements and internal controls over financing reporting at its own expense,
and the Members agree to use all reasonable efforts to coordinate the timing
of
any separate audits that any Member elects to conduct.
10.5 Reportable
Events.
(A) The
Joint
Venture Company shall provide notice to the Members of any Member Reportable
Event as soon as possible and in any event no later than [***] ([***]) days
following the occurrence of said event. The following events shall be
“Member
Reportable Events”:
(1) any
action by the Joint Venture Company or a Subsidiary of the Joint Venture Company
that will result in recording an impairment of assets of the Joint Venture
Company or any of its Subsidiaries, including without limitation, intangibles,
goodwill, fixed assets, accounts receivable and inventory, that is expected
to
exceed $[***], individually or when aggregating other similar assets impaired
at
the same time;
(2) any
decision to shutdown a business unit, close a facility, dispose of long-lived
assets or terminate employees (in a FAS 146 plan of termination) whereby the
Joint Venture Company or a Subsidiary of the Joint Venture Company may incur
an
accounting charge that would exceed $[***];
(3) entry
by
the Joint Venture Company or a Subsidiary of the Joint Venture Company into
any
off-balance sheet arrangement (unconsolidated transactions with a third party
under which the entity retains or has a contingent interest in transferred
assets or is obligated under derivative instruments classified in equity, or
with a third party that constitutes a “variable interest entity” under FIN
46);
(4) the
execution, amendment or termination of a contract that meets one of the
following thresholds:
(a) patent,
copyright or trademark license requiring payment of more than
$[***];
(b) technology
licenses requiring payment of more than $[***];
(c) contracts
for supply of equipment or materials (i) from either a sole source (single
qualified source or true sole source), a supplier with only one site, or a
supplier located only in a “high risk” geographic area and (ii) where
interruption of supply may cause a key Joint Venture Product to experience
a
launch delay or production interruption with revenue impact of more than $[***]
in a ninety (90)-day period; and
(d) other
contracts with a value in excess of $[***]; and
(5) entry
into any short-term debt (payable within one year), long-term debt, capital
lease, operating lease or guaranty in excess of $[***].
(B) The
Joint
Venture Company shall provide notice to the Members of any Joint Venture
Reportable Event as soon as possible and in any event no later than [***]
([***]) days after the Joint Venture Company becomes aware of such Joint Venture
Reportable Event. The following events shall be “Joint
Venture Reportable Events”:
(1) receipt
by the Joint Venture Company or any of its Subsidiaries of an offer to buy
an
Interest in the Joint Venture Company or any of its Subsidiaries or a
significant amount of its assets or to merge or consolidate with the Joint
Venture Company or any of its Subsidiaries, or any indication of interest from
any Person with respect to any such transaction;
(2) the
commencement, or threat delivered in writing, of any lawsuit involving the
Joint
Venture Company or any of its Subsidiaries;
(3) the
receipt by the Joint Venture Company or any of its Subsidiaries of a notice
that
the Joint Venture Company or any of its Subsidiaries is in default under
any
loan
agreement to which the Joint Venture Company or any of its Subsidiaries is
a
party;
(4) any
breach by the Joint Venture Company or any of its Subsidiaries or a Member
or an
Affiliate of a Member of any contract, agreement or understanding between the
Joint Venture Company or any of its Subsidiaries and a Member or an Affiliate
of
a Member;
(5) any
recall of, or other significant alleged product defects with respect to, any
product manufactured by the Joint Venture Company or any of its Subsidiaries,
whether or not as a result of a request or order by any Governmental
Entity;
(6) any
material adverse change with respect to the current status of any item of
intellectual property rights owned by the Joint Venture Company or any of its
Subsidiaries (“Intellectual
Property Rights”),
including receipt of any adverse notice from any Governmental Entity with
respect to such item of Intellectual Property Rights and notice of any action
taken or threatened by any third party that could affect the validity of any
item of Intellectual Property Rights;
(7) the
removal or resignation of the Accountants for the Joint Venture Company, or
any
adoption, or material modification, of any significant accounting policy or
tax
policy other than those required by GAAP or any other legal or contractual
requirements applicable to the Joint Venture Company (if any such legal or
contractual requirement is different); or
(8) any
other
event that has had, or could reasonably be expected to have, a material adverse
effect on the business, results of operations, financial condition or assets
of
the Joint Venture Company or any of its Subsidiaries.
10.6 Tax
Information.
(A) Estimated
Tax Information.
The
Lead Controller shall deliver to each Member, on or prior to the date that
is
ninety (90) days following the end of each Joint Venture Company Fiscal Year,
an
estimate of the Singapore taxable income of the Joint Venture Company for such
Fiscal Year.
(B) Tax
Returns.
The
Lead Controller shall deliver to each Member, on or prior to the date that
is
one hundred twenty (120) days following the end of each Joint Venture Company
Fiscal Year, a draft of the Singapore income tax computation (and related
attachments including a copy of the certified true and correct financial
statements of the Joint Venture Company and a draft return of contributed
capital of each Member) of the Joint Venture Company for such Fiscal Year.
Each
Member shall have fifteen (15) days to review such tax returns and provide
written comments thereon to the Joint Venture Company, and to the extent the
Joint Venture Company does not intend to incorporate such comments into such
tax
returns the Joint Venture Company and the Members shall attempt to resolve
any
disagreements within fifteen (15) days after the delivery of such comments
to
the Joint Venture Company. If the Members and the Joint Venture Company are
unable to resolve any disputes regarding the content of such tax returns within
such fifteen (15)-day period, the issue or issues shall be
referred
for resolution to a partner at a “Big 4” accounting firm (or other nationally
recognized accounting firm) reasonably acceptable to the Members and the Joint
Venture Company, who shall be requested to resolve open issues, on the basis
of
the position most likely to be sustained if challenged in a court having initial
jurisdiction over the matter (which for Singapore tax issues shall be deemed
to
be the Singapore court), no later than one hundred eighty (180) days following
the end of such Fiscal Year. The decision of such accounting firm shall be
final
and binding on the Members and the Joint Venture Company, and the costs of
such
accounting firm shall be Joint Venture Company costs. The Joint Venture Company
shall deliver final income tax returns (and related attachments, including
a
copy of the final tax computation, a copy of the certified true and correct
financial statements of the Joint Venture Company and the return of contributed
capital of each Member) to the Members within two hundred twenty (220) days
after the end of each Fiscal Year of the Joint Venture Company, but not prior
to
the resolution of disputes among the Members and the Joint Venture Company
with
respect to such tax returns; provided
that if
such tax returns become due (taking into account extensions of time to file,
which the Joint Venture Company shall seek as necessary to avoid the delinquent
filing of its tax returns) they shall be filed as determined by the Joint
Venture Company and shall be amended and re-filed as required by the outcome
of
the referral to the accounting firm as provided herein.
10.7 Tax
Matters and Precedent Partner.
The
[***] at the end of a given Fiscal Year (or, if there is no [***] at such time,
the Member that served as the Precedent Partner for the prior year) shall serve
as the “Precedent
Partner”
for
the
purpose of Sections 62 and 71 of the Singapore Income Tax Act (“ITA”)
and in
any similar capacity under Singapore or foreign law for such year. The Precedent
Partner shall supply such information to the Inland Revenue Authority of
Singapore (“IRAS”)
and to
the other Member as may be necessary to cause the other Member to comply with
the ITA. The Precedent Partner shall keep each Member informed of any
administrative or judicial proceeding relative to any adjustment or proposed
adjustment at the Joint Venture Company level of Joint Venture Company items,
and shall provide the other Member with notice and an opportunity to participate
in significant meetings or other proceedings (both in person and by telephone),
preparation of correspondence and other significant events with respect to
taxes
pertaining to the Joint Venture Company. Without the prior written approval
of
all Members, the Precedent Partner shall not (a) enter into any settlement
agreement with the IRAS which purports to bind or otherwise could adversely
affect Persons other than the Precedent Partner and any Members who agree in
writing to be bound by such agreement, (b) file a petition or similar
proceeding as contemplated by the ITA, (c) intervene in any action as
contemplated by the ITA, (d) file any request as contemplated by the ITA,
(e) enter into an agreement extending the period of limitation as
contemplated by the ITA, (f) take any actions comparable to those described
in clauses (a) through (e) under Singapore or foreign tax law or (g) take
any other action in its capacity as Precedent Partner that could significantly
affect the tax liability of the other Member.
10.8 Bank
Accounts and Funds.
Except
as otherwise provided in Section 2.2, Joint Venture Company funds,
including cash Capital Contributions, shall be deposited in an interest-bearing
account or accounts in the name of the Joint Venture Company and shall not
be
commingled with the funds of any Member, Manager or any other Person. All
checks, orders or withdrawals shall be signed by any one or more Persons as
authorized by the Board of Managers and subject to the approval rights set
forth
in Section 10.9(E).
10.9 Internal
Controls.
(A) The
Joint
Venture Company shall have in place a system of internal controls over financial
reporting in accordance with the policies of the Consolidating Member as of
the
Effective Date, the design and operation of which shall be monitored and
approved by the Board of Managers and the Lead Controller. Changes to the Joint
Venture Company’s system of internal controls over financial reporting shall be
made at the request of either Member (and if requested by the non-Consolidating
Member, the non-Consolidating Member shall reimburse the Joint Venture Company
for its reasonable costs incurred in implementing the changes), subject to
the
other Member’s approval, which approval shall not be unreasonably withheld, and,
subject to the approval of the Board of Managers and the approval of the Lead
Controller, which shall not be unreasonably withheld; provided,
however,
that in
the event of a Change of Consolidating Member, the internal controls over
financial reporting and accounting systems of the Joint Venture Company shall,
at the Joint Venture Company’s expense, be modified as necessary to satisfy the
new Consolidating Member’s requirements relating to internal controls over
financial reporting, and such Member shall be entitled to receive the
information and perform the testing that either it or such Member’s auditors
deem necessary or advisable to satisfy their responsibilities related
thereto.
(B) Each
Member shall be entitled, at its own expense, to have one or more internal
auditors (not to exceed three (3) internal auditors at any single Facility)
located on site at the offices and facilities of the Joint Venture Company
with
full access to all of the Joint Venture Company’s financial and manufacturing
records and reporting systems; provided,
however,
that
such internal auditors shall be required to abide by the procedures maintained
by the Joint Venture Company pursuant to Section 10.2(B) for preventing the
inappropriate sharing of such information.
(C) The
Consolidating Member shall provide to the non-Consolidating Member such
information as the non-Consolidating Member may reasonably request in connection
with the assessment of whether a Change of Consolidating Member has occurred
or
may occur. The Consolidating Member, if it is the Non-Funding Member with
respect to any outstanding Member Notes, shall promptly notify the
non-Consolidating Member if it has determined that it is reasonably likely
to
not contribute to the Joint Venture Company any amounts to be used to repay
any
such Member Notes in accordance with Article 3.
(D) The
Consolidating Member shall make available to the non-Consolidating Member the
findings of the external auditor of the Consolidating Member with respect to
the
Consolidating Member’s annual audit and of its internal control over financial
reporting to the extent such findings are applicable to the internal control
over financial reporting of the Joint Venture Company. The non-Consolidating
Member may reasonably request that the Consolidating Member use its reasonable
efforts to engage the Consolidating Member’s external auditor to perform certain
agreed-upon procedures with respect to such internal control over financial
reporting of the Joint Venture Company. Upon such request, the Consolidating
Member shall not unreasonably deny or delay such request. The non-Consolidating
Member shall promptly reimburse the Consolidating Member for the incremental
costs incurred by the Consolidating Member with respect to the performance
of
such agreed-upon procedures by the Consolidating Member’s external
auditor.
(E) The
internal controls over financial reporting referenced in this Section 10.9
shall provide, among other things, that Joint Venture Company expenditures
greater than $[***] shall require the approval of the Site Manager; provided,
however,
that a
decision to approve or disapprove any such expenditure shall be made in a manner
consistent with the [***] Budget and [***] Budget or Annual Budget, as
applicable, included in the then-effective Approved Business Plan.
ARTICLE
11.
BUSINESS
PLAN
11.1 Initial
Business Plan; Initial Budgets.
(A) Initial
Approved Business Plan.
The
Members have agreed upon an initial Approved Business Plan (the “Initial
Business Plan”)
of the
Joint Venture Company and its Subsidiaries covering the operations of the Joint
Venture Company and its Subsidiaries from the Effective Date through [***],
which is the end of the Applicable Fiscal Quarter (the “Initial
Period”).
The
Initial Business Plan shall be deemed to be an Undisputed Approved Business
Plan.
(B) Initial
Budgets.
The
Initial Business Plan includes an [***] budget (the “[***]
Budget”)
in
accordance with which the Joint Venture Company’s and each of its Subsidiaries’
operating and capital expenditures relating to matters not covered by a [***]
Budget shall be made during the Initial Period and the Capital Contributions
that will be needed from the Members during each Fiscal Quarter of the Initial
Period to fund the [***] Budget. Such operating and capital expenditures will
be
funded by the Members’ Initial Capital Contributions and by [***] Capital
Contributions, which [***] Capital Contributions shall not, in the aggregate,
exceed the Maximum Incremental Capital Amount. The Initial Business Plan also
includes a budget (the “[***]
Budget”)
in
accordance with which the Joint Venture Company’s and each of its Subsidiaries’
operating and capital expenditures for a [***] shall be made during the Initial
Period and the Capital Contributions that will be needed from the Members during
each Fiscal Quarter of the Initial Period to fund [***] Budget; provided,
however,
that if
there is no [***] Budget in the Initial Business Plan, then the [***] Budget
shall be deemed to be zero.
(C) Modification
of Initial Business Plan.
Except
as otherwise provided in this Section 11.1(C), the Initial Business Plan
shall not be amended, updated, modified or superseded without the unanimous
written consent of the Members.
(1) Annual
Review of Initial Business Plan.
At
least ninety (90) days prior to the beginning of each of the [***] and [***]
Fiscal [***] of the Initial Period and the Applicable Fiscal Quarter, the Board
of Managers shall (in consultation with the Site Manager and with the Lead
Controller) review the Initial Business Plan and determine whether any amendment
thereto is necessary. Subject to Section 6.3(A)(11), upon a determination
by the Board of Managers that an amendment to the Initial Business Plan is
necessary or appropriate, the Board of Managers may approve such amendment
(and
the Initial Business Plan as so amended shall be an Undisputed Approved Business
Plan) and the Site Manager shall thereupon implement such amendment
to the
Initial Business Plan as
promptly as commercially practicable; provided,
however,
that
any failure of the Board
of
Managers to approve any amendment to the Initial Business Plan shall result
in
the continuation of the Initial Business Plan, subject to (a) any prior
amendment approved by the Board of Managers and (b)
Section 11.1(C)(2).
(2) Member
Modification of Initial Business Plan.
In
addition to any amendment to the Initial Business Plan that may be approved
by
the Board of Managers pursuant to Section 11.1(C)(1), during the Initial
Period:
(a) (i)
Each
Member shall have the right from time to time to request that the Board of
Managers review the Initial Business Plan to consider whether the [***] Budget
should be amended to, among other things, adjust the Capital Contribution
schedule set forth in the [***] Budget.
No such
amendment shall cause the [***] Capital Contributions to be made by Micron
Singapore in accordance with the [***] Budget, as amended, to exceed the Micron
Maximum Incremental Capital Amount, nor shall such amendment cause the [***]
Capital Contributions to be made by Intel Singapore in accordance with the
[***]
Budget, as amended, to exceed, in the aggregate, the Intel Maximum Incremental
Capital Amount. Upon such request, the Board of Managers shall, at the next
scheduled meeting of the Board of Managers, or at a special meeting called
for
such purpose, review the Initial Business Plan and determine whether such
amendment to the [***] Budget is necessary or appropriate. If the Board of
Managers approves such amendment to the [***] Budget in accordance with
Section 6.3(A)(11), such amended [***] Budget shall become an approved
amendment to the Initial Business Plan (and the Initial Business Plan as so
amended shall be an Undisputed Approved Business Plan), and the Site Manager
shall implement the amended Initial Business Plan as promptly as commercially
practicable. Subject to clause (ii) of this Section 11.1(C)(2)(a), any
failure of the Board of Managers to approve any amendment to the [***] Budget
shall result in the continuation of the Initial Business Plan without the
proposed amendment.
(ii) If
the
Board of Managers fails to approve such amendment to the [***] Budget requested
by a Member, then such Member may submit a proposed amendment to the Initial
Business Plan to adjust the Capital Contribution schedule for the [***] Budget
(a “Member
[***] Budget”)
to the
Board of Managers (with a copy delivered to the other Member) for approval.
The
other Member may, within twenty (20) days thereof, submit an alternate Member
[***] Budget to the Board of Managers for approval. In no event shall a Member
[***] Budget call for aggregate [***] Capital Contributions to be made by Micron
Singapore in excess of the Micron Maximum Incremental Capital Amount or by
Intel
Singapore in excess of the Intel Maximum Incremental Capital Amount. If, within
twenty (20) days after such twenty (20)-day period, the Board of Managers
approves any Member [***] Budget, such Member [***] Budget shall become an
approved amendment to the Initial Business Plan (and the Initial Business Plan
as so amended shall be an Undisputed Approved Business Plan), and the Site
Manager shall implement the amended Initial Business Plan as promptly as
commercially practicable. If
the
Board
of Managers fails to approve a Member [***] Budget within such twenty (20)-day
period, then the matter shall be referred to the Members’ Authorized
Representatives for resolution. If such referral results in an agreement on
a
Member [***] Budget, such Member [***] Budget shall become an approved amendment
to the Initial Business Plan (and the Initial Business Plan as so amended shall
be an Undisputed Approved Business Plan), and the Site Manager shall implement
the amended Initial Business Plan as promptly as commercially practicable.
If
such referral does not result in an agreement on a Member [***] Budget within
ten (10) days of such referral, then the [***] shall become an approved
amendment to the Initial Business Plan (and the Initial Business Plan as so
amended shall be a Disputed Approved Business Plan), and the Site Manager shall
implement the amended Initial Business Plan as promptly as commercially
practicable.
(b) (i)
Each
Member
shall have the right from time to time to request that the Board of Managers
review the Initial Business Plan to consider whether a [***] Budget should
be
added thereto or, if previously added thereto, amended to, among other things,
adjust the [***] Budget and the Capital Contribution schedule set forth therein.
Upon such request, the Board of Managers shall, at the next scheduled meeting
of
the Board of Managers, or at a special meeting called for such purpose, review
the Initial Business Plan and determine whether such [***] Budget or the
amendment thereto is necessary or appropriate. If the Board of Managers approves
such [***] Budget or the amendment thereto in accordance with
Section 6.3(A)(11), such [***] Budget or amended [***] Budget shall become
an approved amendment to the Initial Business Plan (and the Initial Business
Plan as so amended shall be an Undisputed Approved Business Plan), and the
Site
Manager shall implement the amended Initial Business Plan as promptly as
commercially practicable. Subject to clause (ii) of this
Section 11.1(C)(2)(b), any failure of the Board of Managers to approve any
amendment to the [***] Budget shall result in the continuation of the Initial
Business Plan without the proposed [***] Budget or amendment
thereto.
(ii) If
the
Board of Managers fails to approve such [***] Budget or the amendment thereto
requested by a Member, then either Member may submit a proposed amendment to
the
Initial Business Plan to add a [***] Budget or to adjust a previously adopted
[***] Budget and the Capital Contribution schedule contained therein (a
“Member
[***] Budget”)
to the
Board of Managers (with a copy delivered to the other Member) for approval.
If a
Member submits a Member [***] Budget, the other Member shall have twenty (20)
days to present an alternate Member [***] Budget to the Board of Managers for
approval. If, within thirty (30) days after such twenty (20)-day period, the
Board of Managers approves any Member [***] Budget, such Member [***] Budget
shall become an approved amendment to the Initial Business Plan (and the Initial
Business Plan as so amended shall be an Undisputed
Approved
Business Plan), and the Site Manager shall implement the amended Initial
Business Plan as promptly as commercially practicable. If the Board of Managers
fails to approve a Member [***] Budget within such thirty (30)-day period,
then
the matter shall be referred to the Members’ Authorized Representatives for
resolution. If such referral results in an agreement on a Member [***] Budget,
such Member [***] Budget shall become an approved amendment to the Initial
Business Plan (and the Initial Business Plan as so amended shall be an
Undisputed Approved Business Plan), and the Site Manager shall implement the
amended Initial Business Plan as promptly as commercially practicable. If such
referral does not result in an agreement on a Member [***] Budget within ten
(10) days of such referral, then [***] shall become an approved amendment to
the
Initial Business Plan (and the Initial Business Plan as so amended shall be
a
Disputed Approved Business Plan), and the Site Manager shall implement the
amended Initial Business Plan as promptly as commercially practicable;
provided
that,
except
as contemplated by Section 11.2(D)(3) below, such Member [***] Budget set forth
in any Disputed Approved Business Plan shall not be inconsistent with the [***];
and provided
further
that the
most recently adopted Disputed Approved Business Plan may be amended from time
to time in accordance with Section 11.2(E).
11.2 Subsequent
Business Plans.
This
Section 11.2 shall apply with respect to any Fiscal Year or Fiscal Quarter
ending after the Initial Period (except that to the extent a Proposed Business
Plan covers the Applicable Fiscal Quarter, the portion of the Proposed Business
Plan covering the [***] Budget for such Applicable Fiscal Quarter shall be
governed by Section 11.1).
(A) Proposed
Business Plan.
For
each Fiscal Year ending after the end of the Initial Period, the Site Manager
and the Lead Controller shall prepare a proposed three-year business plan (the
“Proposed
Business Plan”)
at
least ninety (90) days prior to the beginning of the applicable Fiscal Year,
which shall address, for the Proposed Business Plan period, (1) [***] by
the Joint Venture Company and its Subsidiaries, (2) [***] of Joint Venture
Products for sale to the Members, (3) [***] needs, (4) [***] proposed
and expected to be incurred, (5) the Joint Venture Company’s and its
Subsidiaries’ [***], (6) [***] needs and sources of the Joint Venture
Company and its Subsidiaries, (7) forecasted [***], together with all
supporting assumptions, (8) the forecasted number of [***] expected to be [***]
of the Joint Venture Company and its Subsidiaries, (9) the forecasted [***]
of
the Joint Venture Company and its Subsidiaries, (10) such other business
activities as shall be necessary and appropriate and (11) any [***] Approved
Business Plan with respect any of the above.
(B) Annual
Budgets.
Each
Proposed Business Plan shall include a fixed budget (the “Annual
Budget”)
in
accordance with which the Joint Venture Company’s and each of its Subsidiaries’
[***] are proposed to be made for [***], and a [***] for the Joint Venture
Company’s and each of its Subsidiaries’ [***], subject to the Proposed Business
Plan becoming an Approved Business Plan in accordance with Section 11.2(D).
The Annual Budget may include (1) a budget for [***], which shall set forth
in
detail the amount of funds expected to be required for [***] and for [***],
(2)
a budget for any [***], which shall set forth in detail the
amount
of
funds expected to be required for [***] and for [***] for any [***] included
in
the Proposed Business Plan and (3) another budget, which shall set forth in
detail the amount of funds expected to be required for any other purpose of
the
Joint Venture Company consistent with its Certificate and Section 1.4, and
in
each case including provision [***], each as necessary to effectuate the
applicable Proposed Business Plan. Any Proposed Business Plan approved in
accordance with Section 11.2(D) (as may be amended pursuant to Section 11.2(E))
shall include [***].
(C) Participation
in the Development of the Proposed Business Plan.
In
preparing the Proposed Business Plan, the Site Manager and the Lead Controller
shall be advised by the Manufacturing Committee.
(D) Submission
of Proposed Business Plan for Approval by Board of Managers.
The
Site Manager and the Lead Controller shall submit the Proposed Business Plan
to
the Board of Managers [***]. The Board of Managers shall review the Proposed
Business Plan, including the Annual Budget included in such Proposed Business
Plan.
(1) If
the
Proposed Business Plan receives the approval of the Board of Managers, such
Proposed Business Plan shall be approved (the “Undisputed Approved Business Plan”);
provided,
however,
that
the most recently adopted Undisputed Approved Business Plan may be amended
from
time to time in accordance with Section 11.2(E).
(2) If
the
Board of Managers fails to approve the Proposed Business Plan within thirty
(30)
days of the submission of such Proposed Business Plan to the Board of Managers,
then each Member may, within twenty (20) days after the earlier of the end
of
such thirty (30)-day period or the date on which the Board of Managers rejects
the Proposed Business Plan, submit its own proposed business plan (a
“Member Business Plan”)
to the
Board of Managers for approval. If, within twenty (20) days after the submission
of a Member Business Plan, the Board of Managers approves any Member Business
Plan or any other Proposed Business Plan, such Member Business Plan or other
Proposed Business Plan shall become an Undisputed Approved Business Plan. If
the
Board of Managers fails to approve any Member Business Plan or other Proposed
Business Plan within such twenty (20)-day period, then the matter shall be
referred to the Members’ Authorized Representatives for resolution. If such
referral results in an agreement on a Member Business Plan or any other Proposed
Business Plan, such Member Business Plan or other Proposed Business Plan, as
applicable, shall be an Undisputed Approved Business Plan. Subject to compliance
with the limitations set forth in paragraph (3) below, if such referral does
not
result in an agreement on a Member Business Plan or any other Proposed Business
Plan within ten (10) days of such referral, then the Member Business Plan with
the [***], if any, shall be deemed to be the then-adopted Approved Business
Plan
(such Approved Business Plan, a “Disputed
Approved Business Plan”);
provided
that,
except as contemplated by paragraph (3) below, such Annual Budget set forth
in any Disputed Approved Business Plan shall not be inconsistent with the [***]
Schedule; and provided further
that the
most recently adopted Disputed Approved Business Plan may be amended from time
to time in accordance with Section 11.2(E).
(3) The
[***]
Schedule, which sets forth the [***] timing for the [***]s, is attached hereto
as Schedule 1.
The
[***] Schedule shall not be amended or modified without the unanimous written
consent of the Members; provided,
however,
that,
if a Member’s Economic Interest is at least [***] percent ([***]%), such Member
may submit a Member Business Plan that includes an Annual Budget providing
for
capital expenditures relating to the [***] and [***] with [***] for a [***]
that
deviates from the [***] Schedule.
(E) Modification
of Approved Business Plan.
(1) Each
Member, the Site Manager or the Lead Controller shall have the right from time
to time to request that the Board of Managers review the Joint Venture Company’s
and its Subsidiaries’ operating results and business prospects, the progress to
date of the Joint Venture Company’s and its Subsidiaries’ [***] capital
projects, any changes in the requirements for such projects, and the
then-current market conditions for the Joint Venture Products, to consider
whether the then-effective Approved Business Plan should be
amended.
(2) In
the
event that any material milestone set forth in, or any other material provision
of, the Approved Business Plan is not achieved or is achieved earlier than
contemplated under the Approved Business Plan, or the occurrence of any event
having a material effect on the assets, business, operations, earnings,
prospects, properties or condition (financial or otherwise) of the Joint Venture
Company or its Subsidiaries, each Member, the Site Manager or the Lead
Controller shall have the right to require that the then-effective Approved
Business Plan be reviewed by the Board of Managers to consider whether the
then-effective Approved Business Plan should be amended.
(3) Upon
such
request or requirement pursuant to Sections 11.2(E)(1) or (2), the Board of
Managers shall, at the next scheduled meeting of the Board of Managers, or
at a
special meeting called for such purpose, review the then-effective Approved
Business Plan and determine whether such amendment is necessary or appropriate.
If the Board of Managers approves such amendment to the Approved Business Plan
in accordance with Section 6.3(A)(11), such amendment shall become an
approved amendment to the Approved Business Plan (and the Approved Business
Plan
as so amended shall be an Undisputed Approved Business Plan), and the Site
Manager shall implement the amended Approved Business Plan as promptly as
commercially practicable; provided,
however,
that
any failure of the Board of Managers to approve any amendment to the Approved
Business Plan shall, subject to Section 11.2(E)(4), result in the
continuation of such Approved Business Plan without the proposed
amendment.
(4) In
the
event a Member wishes to propose amendments to the Approved Business Plan for
any reason or the Board of Managers fails to approve an amendment to an Approved
Business Plan under Section 11.2(E)(3), either Member may submit a proposed
amendment to the Approved Business Plan (a “Member
Plan Amendment”)
to the
Board of Managers (with a copy delivered to the other Member) for approval.
If a
Member submits a Member Plan Amendment, the other Member shall have twenty
(20)
days to present an alternative Member Plan Amendment. If, within
thirty
(30) days after such twenty (20)-day period, the Board of Managers approves
any
Member Plan Amendment, such Member Plan Amendment shall become an approved
amendment to the Approved Business Plan
(and the
Approved Business Plan as so amended shall be an Undisputed Approved Business
Plan), and
the
Site Manager shall implement such amendment to the Approved Business Plan as
promptly as commercially practicable. If the Board of Managers fails to approve
a Member Plan Amendment within such thirty (30)-day period, then the matter
shall be referred to the Members’ Authorized Representatives for resolution. If
such referral results in an agreement on a Member Plan Amendment, such Member
Plan Amendment shall become an approved amendment to the Approved Business
Plan
(and the Approved Business Plan as so amended shall be an Undisputed Approved
Business Plan), and the Site Manager shall implement such amendment to the
Approved Business Plan as promptly as commercially practicable. If such referral
does not result in an agreement on a Member Plan Amendment within ten (10)
days
of such referral, then the Member Plan Amendment with the [***] for the
remainder of the then-current Fiscal Year (or the Member Plan Amendment, if
there is only one) shall be deemed to be an approved amendment to the Approved
Business Plan (and the Approved Business Plan as so amended shall be a Disputed
Approved Business Plan), and the Site Manager shall implement such amendment
to
the Approved Business Plan as promptly as commercially practicable. Except
as
contemplated by Section 11.2(D)(3), the Annual Budget (or portion thereof
for the remainder of the then-current Fiscal Year) shall not be inconsistent
with the [***] Schedule.
11.3 Expenditures.
All
operating expenditures and all capital expenditures of the Joint Venture Company
and its Subsidiaries shall be made in accordance with the [***] Budget, the
[***] Budget or the Annual Budget, as applicable, set forth in the applicable
Approved Business Plan (each as may be modified or updated in accordance with
this Article 11) for the Fiscal Year in which such expenditures are
made.
11.4 Fab
Criteria.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, no Approved Business
Plan may, without the unanimous consent of the Members, [***].
11.5 Quarterly
Business Plan.
At
least fifteen (15) days prior to the end of each Fiscal Quarter, a quarterly
business plan addressing at least the next six (6) full Fiscal Quarters on
a
rolling basis (which shall be consistent in all material respects with the
then-effective Approved Business Plan) shall be prepared by the officers of
the
Joint Venture Company in a manner consistent with the Joint Venture Company’s
financial statements and Modified GAAP and reviewed and approved by the Site
Manager and the Lead Controller.
11.6 Operating
Plan.
(A) The
Joint
Venture Company shall prepare and update an operating plan on a monthly basis
(the “Operating
Plan”).
The
Operating Plan shall contain a [***], [***] and [***].
(1) The
[***]
shall address (1) Joint Venture Products [***] by the Joint Venture Company
and its Subsidiaries during the [***] (which shall be derived
from
the
[***] developed by the [***]), (2) [***] of [***] during the applicable
[***], (3) target [***] during the [***], (4) Joint Venture [***]
qualifications and (5) such other [***] activities as shall be necessary
and appropriate.
(2) The
[***]
shall address (1) strategy and capability for [***] by the Joint Venture
Company, its Subsidiaries, and subcontractors during the [***] (which shall
be
derived from the [***] developed by the [***]), (2) [***] of [***] during the
[***], (3) target [***] by [***] during the [***], (4) [***] qualifications
and
(5) such other [***] activities as shall be necessary and
appropriate.
(3) The
[***]
shall address (1) strategy and capability for [***] by the Joint Venture
Company, its Subsidiaries and subcontractors during the [***] (which shall
be
derived from the [***] developed by the [***]), (2) [***] of [***] during
the [***], (3) [***] during the [***], (4) [***] qualifications and (5) such
other [***] activities as shall be necessary and appropriate.
(4) The
Joint
Venture Company shall prepare a report on a monthly basis, which report will
include information on the operations of the Joint Venture Company, its
Subsidiaries and its subcontractors in respect of the topics addressed in the
Operating Plan (the “Monthly
Operating Report”).
(B) Participation
in the Development of the Operating Plan.
The
Operating Plan, unless otherwise determined by the Board of Managers, shall
incorporate Micron’s Process of Record and Model of Record, as amended from time
to time by Micron, which shall be made available to the Joint Venture Company
by
Micron Singapore.
11.7 Use
of
Member Names.
Except
as may be expressly provided in the Joint Venture Documents, nothing in this
Agreement shall be construed as conferring on the Joint Venture Company, any
Subsidiary of the Joint Venture Company or either Member the right to use in
advertising, publicity, marketing or other promotional activities any name,
trade name, trademark, servicemark or other designation, or any derivation
thereof, of the Members (in the case of a Member, the other
Member).
11.8 Insurance.
The
Joint Venture Company shall at all times be covered by insurance of the types
and in the amounts set forth on Schedule 2
hereto.
Such insurance coverage may be provided through the coverage under one or more
insurance policies maintained by either Member or their Relatives.
ARTICLE
12.
TRANSFER
RESTRICTIONS
12.1 Restrictions
on Transfer.
No
Member may, directly or indirectly, by operation of law or otherwise, sell,
assign or transfer or otherwise encumber (whether by pledge or otherwise),
or
create a class of tracking stock or other derivative security in respect of
(each of the foregoing, a “Transfer”)
all or
any portion of its Interest in the Joint Venture Company or any of its
Subsidiaries or any Member Note, or any interest therein, and the Joint Venture
Company and its Subsidiaries shall not recognize any Transfer of a Member’s
Interest in the Joint Venture Company or any of its Subsidiaries or any Member
Note, other than a Transfer
permitted
in accordance with Sections 12.2, 12.4(A), 12.4(B) and 12.5. Neither (A) a
Transfer of securities issued by a Member nor (B) a Parent Change of Control
or
a Member Change of Control shall constitute a Transfer prohibited by this
Section 12.1; provided,
however,
that in
the event of a Parent Change of Control or a Member Change of Control, the
provisions of Section 13.1(A)(7)(ii) shall apply.
12.2 Permitted
Transfers.
Notwithstanding the restrictions on Transfer set forth in Section 12.1, a Member
may Transfer all, but not less than all, of its Interest in the Joint Venture
Company and any Member Note (including the right to receive any accrued interest
thereon) to a Wholly-Owned Subsidiary of such Member or any Wholly-Owned
Subsidiary of such Member’s Parent, in either case, that is established,
organized or incorporated in Singapore, provided
that,
(i) while such Wholly-Owned Subsidiary holds such Interest or any Member
Note it remains a Wholly-Owned Subsidiary of the original Member, (ii) such
transferring Member shall remain liable for its Subsidiary’s failure to perform
the obligations associated with such transferred Interest (including the
obligations set forth in this Agreement), and (iii) prior to the
effectiveness of any permitted Transfer, the transferring Member shall deliver
to the Board of Managers and all of the other Members of the Joint Venture
Company the following:
(A) a
certificate of the transferring Member that the Transfer will not, and could
not
reasonably be expected to, cause an adverse effect on the Joint Venture Company
or any of its Subsidiaries or the non-transferring Member, including any adverse
effect on, or resulting loss of, any of the Intellectual Property Rights of
the
Joint Venture Company or any of its Subsidiaries;
(B) evidence
reasonably satisfactory to the other Member that all of the following conditions
have been satisfied:
(1) the
transferring Member and its Affiliates (excluding any Applicable Joint Venture
and any Wholly-Owned Subsidiary of any Applicable Joint Venture unless the
material breach by such Applicable Joint Venture or Wholly-Owned Subsidiary
of
any Applicable Joint Venture was caused, directly or indirectly, by the
transferring Member) are not in material breach of any provision of this
Agreement or any agreement with the Joint Venture Company or any of its
Subsidiaries (collectively, the “Affiliate
Agreements”);
(2) the
transferee of the Member’s Interest or any Member Note is financially capable of
carrying out the obligations and paying any liabilities of the transferring
Member pursuant to this Agreement and the Affiliate Agreements;
(3) notwithstanding
the continuing liability of the transferring Member described above, the
transferee has agreed in writing to assume all of the obligations of the
transferring Member relating to the transferred Interest or any Member Note,
including the obligations set forth in this Agreement and any Affiliate
Agreement it properly assumes;
(4) the
transferee executes and becomes a party to the Confidentiality
Agreement;
(5) the
Transfer will not result in material adverse tax consequences to the Joint
Venture Company or to the other Member (unless the Member engaging in such
Transfer reimburses the other Member or the Joint Venture Company, as the case
may be, for such tax consequences, which reimbursement and payment shall not
affect the Capital Contributions of the Members);
(6) the
Transfer will not result in a Triggering Event, or in an event or condition
that
with the giving of notice or the passage of time or both would constitute a
breach or default, by either the transferring Member or the transferee, under
this Agreement or any of the Affiliate Agreements; and
(7) the
Parent or Relative of the transferring Member shall have, and shall have caused
each of its Relatives to have, amended any Applicable Joint Venture Agreements
to which the Parent or Relative is a party in order to add the transferee as
a
Relative under such Applicable Joint Venture Agreement.
(C) Upon
a
Transfer permitted under this Section 12.2 becoming effective and with effect
on
and after the date that the permitted Transfer becomes effective:
(1) the
transferring Member shall cease (a) to be a partner or Member of the Joint
Venture Company, and (b) to be entitled to any rights under this Agreement
in
respect of the transferred Interest (including, without limitation, the right
to
receive a return of any Capital Contribution or entitlement to distributions
from the Joint Venture Company); and
(2) the
Wholly-Owned Subsidiary of such Member or such Member’s Parent, as applicable,
in whom the transferred Interest is vested shall (a) become a partner or Member
of the Joint Venture Company in substitution for the transferring Member, and
(b) be entitled to all of the transferring Member’s rights under this Agreement
in respect of the transferred Interest (including, without limitation, the
right
to receive a return of any Capital Contribution or entitlement to distributions
from the Joint Venture Company).
12.3 Additional
Members.
No
Person shall be admitted to the Joint Venture Company as a partner or Member
other than Intel Singapore, Micron Singapore or any substitute Member for Intel
Singapore or Micron Singapore (as provided in Section 12.2).
12.4 Certain
Purchases.
(A) Purchase
of Additional Interest.
During
the period commencing on the two (2)-year anniversary of the U.S. Effective
Date
and at any time that Intel Singapore is a Member and its Economic Interest
(without taking into account in the Committed Capital of such Member or in
the
aggregate Committed Capital of all Members, the outstanding amount under any
Mandatory Note payable to Intel Singapore) is less than 51% but at least 49%,
Intel Singapore shall have the right to purchase from Micron Singapore, and
upon
the exercise of such right Micron Singapore shall sell to Intel Singapore,
an
Interest representing a percentage (the “Option
Percent”)
of the
Members’ aggregate Interests necessary to bring Intel Singapore’s Economic
Interest to 51% (computed by shifting from the Capital Contribution Balance
(and
Committed Capital) of Micron Singapore to the Capital Contribution Balance
(and
Committed
Capital) of Intel Singapore the minimum sum necessary to raise the Economic
Interest of Intel to 51%). The purchase price to be paid by Intel Singapore
for
such Interest shall be an amount in cash equal to the [***] Value; provided,
however,
that
the purchase price shall in no event be (i) lower than an amount equal to
the Option Percent [***] by the [***] of the [***] of the Joint Venture Company
and its Subsidiaries (the “Floor
Amount”),
or
(ii) greater than the product of [***], multiplied by the Floor Amount (the
“Cap
Amount”).
If
the Purchase Value is determined to be lower than the Floor Amount, or greater
than the Cap Amount, then the purchase price shall be an amount equal to the
Floor Amount or the Cap Amount, respectively. Intel Singapore may exercise
this
purchase right by delivering a written notice of its intent to exercise to
the
Joint Venture Company and Micron Singapore. The closing of the purchase and
sale
shall take place on a date agreed to by the Joint Venture Company, Micron
Singapore and Intel Singapore, but in no event later than thirty (30) days
following the date the notice is delivered. Such closing shall take place at
the
principal office of the Joint Venture Company, or at such other location as
the
Joint Venture Company, Micron Singapore and Intel Singapore may mutually
determine. At the closing, the Joint Venture Company shall record in its books
and records the contemplated shift in the Members’ Capital Contribution
Balances, and the appropriate changes to the Capital Accounts of the Members,
and Intel Singapore shall pay to Micron Singapore the purchase price for such
Option Percent by wire transfer of immediately available funds.
(B) Purchase
of Additional Interest to Effect a Change in Consolidating
Member.
Subject
to the terms and conditions of this Section, Intel Singapore shall have the
right to effect a Change in Consolidating Member. Intel Singapore may exercise
this right to effect a Change in Consolidating Member by delivering a written
notice of its intent to exercise to the Joint Venture Company and Micron
Singapore; provided,
however,
that
the exercise of such right by Intel Singapore shall be subject to the prior
written consent of Micron Singapore. Upon the exercise of such right, Intel
Singapore shall purchase from Micron Singapore, and Micron Singapore shall
sell
to Intel Singapore, an Interest representing a percentage (the “Consolidating
Option Percent”)
of the
Members’ aggregate Interests necessary to bring Intel Singapore’s Economic
Interest to 51% (computed by shifting from the Capital Contribution Balance
(and
Committed Capital) of Micron Singapore to the Capital Contribution Balance
(and
Committed Capital) of Intel Singapore the minimum sum necessary to raise the
Economic Interest of Intel Singapore to 51%). The purchase price to be paid
by
Intel Singapore for such Interest shall be an amount in cash equal to the [***]
Value; provided,
however,
that
the purchase price shall in no event be lower than an amount equal to the
Consolidating Option Percent [***] by the [***] of the [***] of the Joint
Venture Company and its Subsidiaries (the “Consolidating
Floor Amount”).
If
the Purchase Value is determined to be lower than the Consolidating Floor
Amount, then the purchase price shall be an amount equal to the Consolidating
Floor Amount. The closing of the purchase and sale shall take place on a date
agreed to by the Joint Venture Company, Micron Singapore and Intel Singapore,
but in no event later than thirty (30) days following the date the notice is
delivered. Such closing shall take place at the principal office of the Joint
Venture Company, or at such other location as the Joint Venture Company, Micron
Singapore and Intel Singapore may mutually determine. At the closing, the Joint
Venture Company shall record in its books and records the contemplated shift
in
the Members’ Capital Contribution Balances, and the appropriate changes to the
Capital Accounts of the Members, and
Intel
Singapore shall pay to Micron Singapore the purchase price for such
Consolidating Option Percent by wire transfer of immediately available
funds.
12.5 Purchase
of Remaining Interest.
(A) If
the
Economic Interest of a Member (the “Minority
Member”)
drops
to ten percent (10%) or less and remains at or below ten percent (10%) for
more
than six (6) consecutive months, the other Member or a Subsidiary thereof (such
other Member or Subsidiary thereof, the “Majority
Member”)
shall
have the option, exercisable at any time prior to the day that is six (6) months
prior to the end of the U.S. Initial Term, to purchase all of the remaining
Interest of, and outstanding Member Notes payable to, the Minority Member at
a
cash purchase price equal to the Option Price. The Majority Member may exercise
this purchase option by delivering a written notice of its intent to exercise
to
the Minority Member. The closing of the purchase and sale of the Minority
Member’s remaining Interest and any outstanding Member Notes held by the
Minority Member (the “Minority
Closing”)
shall
take place as of the last day of the U.S. Fiscal Month in which the notice
is
delivered (unless such notice is delivered within the last ten (10) days of
the
end of a U.S. Fiscal Month, in which case the Minority Closing shall take place
on the last day of the first full U.S. Fiscal Month thereafter). Such Minority
Closing shall take place at the principal office of the Joint Venture Company,
or at such other location as the Majority Member and the Minority Member may
mutually determine. At the Minority Closing, (i) the Minority Member shall
transfer its remaining Interest in the Joint Venture Company and outstanding
Member Notes held by the Minority Member to the Majority Member, free and clear
of any liens or encumbrances, (ii) the Majority Member shall pay the
Minority Member the Minority Closing Price by wire transfer of immediately
available funds and (iii) the Minority Member shall deliver to the Majority
Member such instrument of conveyance as the Majority Member reasonably
requests.
(B) Upon
the
Minority Closing, the Majority Member shall pay to the Minority Member a sum
(the “Minority
Closing Price”)
equal
to the [***] of (i) the [***] of (a) the [***] of the [***] of the
Joint Venture Company and its Subsidiaries as of the last day of the U.S. Fiscal
Month immediately prior to the Minority Closing, [***] (b) the [***] of all
[***] of the Joint Venture Company and its Subsidiaries as of the last day
of
the U.S. Fiscal Month immediately prior to the Minority Closing (excluding,
however, any liabilities with respect to Member Notes), and (ii) the
Economic Interest of the Minority Member at the time the option provided for
in
Section 12.5(A) is exercised. Within five (5) Business Days after the month-end
balance sheet (prepared in accordance with Modified GAAP consistently applied)
as of the date of the Minority Closing becomes available, the Minority Closing
Price shall be recalculated using the [***] of the [***] of the Joint Venture
Company and its Subsidiaries as of such date and the [***] of the [***] of
the
Joint Venture Company and its Subsidiaries as of such date (excluding any
liabilities with respect to Member Notes) (such recalculated sum, the
“Option
Price”).
If
the Option Price is greater than the Minority Closing Price, the Majority Member
shall deliver the difference to the Minority Member by wire transfer of
immediately available funds within three (3) Business Days of such
recalculation. If the Option Price is less than the Minority Closing Price,
the
Minority Member shall refund the difference to the Majority Member by wire
transfer of immediately available funds within three (3) Business Days of such
recalculation.
(C) Upon
the
Minority Closing and with effect on and after the date that of the Minority
Closing:
(1) the
Minority Member shall cease (a) to be a partner or Member of the Joint Venture
Company, and (b) to be entitled to any rights under this Agreement in respect
of
the transferred Interest (including, without limitation, the right to receive
a
return of any Capital Contribution or entitlement to distributions from the
Joint Venture Company); and
(2) the
Majority Member shall become entitled to all of the Minority Member’s rights
under this Agreement in respect of the transferred Interest (including, without
limitation, the right to receive a return of any Capital Contribution or
entitlement to distributions from the Joint Venture Company).
(D) Upon
an
election of the Majority Member to purchase the Minority Member’s remaining
Interest and the outstanding Member Notes held by such Minority Member pursuant
to Section 12.5(A), if the Minority Member is Micron Singapore, then Micron
Singapore may, at its option, cause to continue in effect any existing supply
agreements it has with the Joint Venture Company or any Subsidiary of the Joint
Venture Company for [***] from the Minority Closing with the same amounts and
at
the same delivery schedule, pricing and terms as are in effect on the date
of
the Minority Closing. Such quantity will be [***] for the first year and then
will [***] of such fixed quantity per Fiscal Quarter to [***] over the next
[***] Fiscal Quarters. The Members will work together in good faith so that
such
supply arrangements minimize disruption to the business of the Joint Venture
Company and the Members and to maintain, subject to such decline in amount,
substantially the same supply of custom Products and substantially the same
composition of types of Products as Micron Singapore had obtained from the
Joint
Venture Company immediately prior to the Minority Closing.
ARTICLE
13.
TRIGGERING
EVENTS; DISSOLUTION AND LIQUIDATION
13.1 Triggering
Events.
(A) Upon
the
occurrence of any of the following events (each, a “Triggering
Event”),
the
Joint Venture Company shall, in contemplation of a dissolution of the Joint
Venture Company, commence winding up activities in accordance with this Article
13 and any other covenants unanimously agreed in writing by the Members, whether
or not the event would cause a dissolution under the Act:
(1) the
expiration of the Term in accordance with Section 1.3;
(2) the
unanimous agreement in writing of the Members to wind up the Joint Venture
Company;
(3) the
election by a Member with a Percentage Interest of at least [***]% to wind
up
the affairs of the Joint Venture Company (which election shall not
require
the consent of the other Member), upon delivery of written notice of such
election to the Joint Venture Company and the other Member;
(4) Intentionally
Omitted.
(5) the
occurrence of any other event that, under the Act, makes it unlawful, impossible
or impractical to carry on the business of the Joint Venture
Company;
(6) the
election by a Member to wind up the affairs of the Joint Venture Company upon
the Bankruptcy, dissolution or liquidation of the other Member;
(7) the
election by a Member to wind up the affairs of the Joint Venture Company, if
(i) the Joint Venture Company ceases operations for more than [***], (ii)
the other Member’s Parent undergoes a Parent Change of Control or
(iii) such other Member undergoes a Member Change of Control;
or
(8) Intentionally
Omitted;
(9) Intentionally
Omitted;
(10) Intentionally
Omitted; or
(11) the
election of a Member by written notice to the Joint Venture Company and the
other Member to wind up the affairs of the Joint Venture Company.
(B) Intentionally
Omitted.
13.2 Determination
of [***] Value.
Upon
the occurrence of a Triggering Event, the Members shall promptly proceed to
determine the [***] Value of each Facility or Domestic Facilities Company.
The
Members and the Joint Venture Company shall use reasonable efforts to cause
the
determination to be made as promptly as practicable, but not later than the
[***] Determination Date, in the case of a Triggering Event under
Section 13.1(A)(1), not later than such Triggering Event.
13.3 No
Withdrawal.
No
Member shall have any right to withdraw from the Joint Venture Company. No
event
that would constitute a withdrawal of a Member under the Act shall in any way
be
deemed to be a withdrawal under this Agreement or cause a dissolution of the
Joint Venture Company.
13.4 Intentionally
Omitted.
13.5 Intentionally
Omitted.
13.6 Intentionally
Omitted.
13.7 Intentionally
Omitted.
13.8 Intentionally
Omitted.
13.9 Intentionally
Omitted.
13.10 Intentionally
Omitted.
13.11 Auction
of Remaining Assets.
As soon
as reasonably practicable following the sale or other disposition of the assets
of the Joint Venture Company pursuant to any procedures unanimously agreed
in
writing by the Members, but not later than [***] ([***]) days after the U.S.
Buyout Determination Date, the Board of Managers shall cause the Joint Venture
Company and its Subsidiaries to sell, in an auction process reasonably designed
to maximize the price, all of the assets, other than cash, remaining in the
Joint Venture Company and its Subsidiaries (the “Remaining
Assets”).
Each
of the Members shall be entitled to participate as a bidder in the auction.
The
Remaining Assets shall be sold to the Person providing the best
bid.
13.12 Voluntary
Dissolution; Mandatory Dissolution.
(A) Following
the conclusion of any sale conducted in accordance with Section 13.11, the
Members may commence to voluntarily wind up and dissolve the affairs of the
Joint Venture Company by adopting a unanimous resolution to such effect. Upon
the adoption of a resolution by the Members to voluntarily wind up and dissolve
the affairs of the Joint Venture Company, a liquidator shall be appointed in
accordance with the provisions of Applicable Law to commence the winding up
and
dissolution of the Joint Venture Company.
(B) Upon
the
occurrence of a Bankruptcy of the Joint Venture Company and the making of an
order for the dissolution and winding up of the Joint Venture Company by the
Singapore High Court, the Joint Venture Company shall become subject to
dissolution and winding up in accordance with the Act.
(C) To
the
extent not inconsistent with the foregoing and with Applicable Law, all
covenants and obligations in this Agreement shall continue in full force and
effect until such time as the Joint Venture Company’s property has been
distributed pursuant to this Section 13.12 and Section 13.13 and the Joint
Venture Company has been dissolved in accordance with Applicable
Law.
13.13 Liquidation.
(A)
(i) Upon
the occurrence of a Triggering Event and following the completion of
(a) the consummation of any sale of assets in accordance with any covenants
unanimously agreed in writing by the Members, (b) the auction of assets
contemplated by Section 13.11 (the date on which all events contemplated in
(a)
and (b) have been completed, the “Liquidation
Date”),
(c) a
resolution of the Members to voluntarily wind up and dissolve the affairs of
the
Joint Venture Company, if applicable, and (d) the appointment of a liquidator
in
accordance with Applicable Law, or (ii) the making of an order for winding
up of
the Joint Venture Company by the Singapore High Court, the liquidator shall
liquidate the Joint Venture Company’s remaining assets and terminate its
business in accordance with this Section 13.13 and subject always to Applicable
Law.
(B) Subject
to Applicable Law, at least ten (10) days prior to the first distribution of
assets or other proceeds of the liquidation under Section 13.13(C) (which
distribution shall occur no earlier than the Liquidation Date), (i) any Member
that is the Funding Member with respect to any Member Note outstanding at such
time may, by delivering written
notice
to
the Joint Venture Company, convert the outstanding principal balance of and
accrued interest on such Member Note into a Capital Contribution and (ii) any
Member that is the Non-Funding Member with respect to any Member Note
outstanding at such time may, by delivering written notice to the Joint Venture
Company, cause the Joint Venture Company to convert the outstanding principal
balance of and accrued interest on any such Member Note into a Capital
Contribution. Any conversion of a Member Note made pursuant to this
Section 13.13(B) shall be effective prior to the commencement of the first
liquidating distribution pursuant to Section 13.13(C).
(C) The
assets and other proceeds of the liquidation, as and when available, shall
be
applied and distributed in accordance with Applicable Law and, to the fullest
extent legally permissible, in the following order and priority:
(1) first,
to the
payment of all debts and liabilities of the Joint Venture Company, excluding
debts and liabilities to Members and former Members;
(2) second,
to the
setting up of reserves that the liquidating committee deems reasonably necessary
for contingent, unmatured or unforeseen liabilities or obligations of the Joint
Venture Company;
(3) third,
to the
payment of all debts and liabilities to Members and any former Members;
and
(4) fourth,
to the
Members in accordance with Section 5.1.
(D) In
the
event that, at the time of a liquidating distribution in accordance with Section
13.13(C), there exists any outstanding obligation of a Member to the Joint
Venture Company (including, but not limited to, any amounts owed by such Member
to the Joint Venture Company as a result of purchasing assets from the Joint
Venture Company in accordance with any covenants unanimously agreed in writing
by the Members that remains unpaid), all amounts to be distributed to such
Member under Section 13.13(C) shall be subject to offset, and no distribution
shall be made to such Member until after all such obligations have been
satisfied in full.
13.14 Supply
Agreements.
If a
Triggering Event has occurred, then, from and after the consummation of a sale
of assets by the Joint Venture Company in accordance with any covenants
unanimously agreed in writing by the Members, each Member shall enter into
a
supply agreement with the other Member, on substantially the same terms
(including amount, delivery schedule, pricing terms and other terms) as the
Supply Agreement that the Member entered into with the Joint Venture Company
as
of the Effective Date, under which each Member agrees to provide the other
Member with its Sharing Interest on the date of the Triggering Event of the
output of each type of Product from each of the Facilities purchased by that
Member. The quantity (determined based on the three (3)-month period immediately
preceding the effectiveness of the contemplated Supply Agreement) of Product,
measured in 300 millimeter diameter equivalents that a Member shall be obligated
to provide from each Facility under that Member’s supply agreement will be fixed
for the first year after the consummation of a sale of assets by the Joint
Venture Company in accordance with any covenants unanimously agreed in
writing
by the Members and then will decline by [***] ([***]) of such fixed quantity
per
Fiscal Quarter to [***] over the next [***] Fiscal Quarters. The Members will
work together in good faith so that such supply agreements minimize disruption
to the business of the Members and to maintain, subject to such decline in
amount, substantially the same supply of custom Products and substantially
the
same composition of types of Products as the Members had obtained from the
Joint
Venture Company immediately prior to the date of the Triggering
Event.
13.15 Employees.
(A) Each
Member shall be free to offer employment to or continue the employment of any
or
all of the Joint Venture Company employees whose primary place of employment
is
at a Fab owned or leased by the Joint Venture Company or by a Domestic
Facilities Company (“Acquired
Asset Employees”)
if
such Fab or the equity of such Domestic Facilities Company (“Acquired
Asset”)
is
purchased by that Member;
(B) Within
fifteen (15) Business Days prior to the date a Fab owned or leased by the Joint
Venture Company or a Domestic Facilities Company is purchased by a Member,
the
Joint Venture Company shall provide, or cause to be provided, to such
Member:
(1) A
true
and complete list of the following information for each of the Acquired Asset
Employees (“Acquired
Asset Employee Information”):
name;
gender; gross monthly salary; title; name of employer; date of commencement
of
employment; name of employer; and whether the employee holds a managerial,
executive or confidential position; and
(2) At
the
Member’s request, reasonable access to meet with and interview, the Acquired
Asset Employees, at times and locations to be mutually agreement
upon.
(C) The
following provisions apply in the case where the Acquired Asset is a Fab owned
or leased by the Joint Venture Company:
(1) At
least
fifteen (15) Business Days before the closing of the applicable purchase
(“Acquired
Asset Closing”),
the
acquiring Member shall provide to the Joint Venture Company a list of the
Acquired Asset Employees to whom offers of employment will be made by the Member
(“Shortlisted
Employees”),
such
employment to be effective conditional upon the Acquired Asset
Closing.
(2) Within
fifteen (15) Business Days following receipt of the list of Shortlisted
Employees, the Joint Venture Company shall terminate the employment contracts
of
all Acquired Asset Employees so as to enable the Shortlisted Employees to accept
the acquiring Member’s offer of employment.
(3) If
the
employment of any Acquired Asset Employee who is not a Shortlisted Employee
is
found or alleged to have been transferred to the acquiring Member pursuant
to
any applicable laws as a consequence of the Acquired Asset Closing, the
acquiring Member shall be entitled (but not obligated) to terminate the
employment
of
such
employee in accordance with the applicable laws, including observing the
contractually stipulated notice period or paying salary in lieu
thereof.
(D) The
following provisions apply in the case where the Acquired Asset is the equity
of
a Domestic Facilities Company:
(1) At
least
fifteen (15) Business Days before the Acquired Asset Closing, the acquiring
Member shall provide the Joint Venture Company with a list of the Acquired
Asset
Employees whose employment with the Domestic Facilities Company is to be
terminated effective upon the Acquired Asset Closing (“Affected
Employees”).
(2) Within
fifteen (15) Business Days following receipt of the list of Affected Employees,
the Joint Venture Company shall cause the Domestic Facilities Company to
terminate the employment contracts of all the Affected Employees effective
upon
the Acquired Asset Closing.
(3) If
the
employment of any Affected Employee is found or alleged not to have been
terminated effective upon the Acquired Asset Closing, the acquiring Member
shall
be entitled (but not obligated) to cause the Domestic Facilities Company to
terminate the employment of such employee in accordance with the Applicable
Law,
including observing the contractually stipulated notice period or paying salary
in lieu thereof.
ARTICLE
14.
EXCULPATION
AND INDEMNIFICATION
14.1 Exculpation.
No
Manager (or alternate Manager) shall be liable to the Joint Venture Company,
any
Subsidiary of the Joint Venture Company or the Members (in their capacities
as
members of the Joint Venture Company) for monetary damages for breach of
fiduciary duty as a Manager or otherwise liable, responsible or accountable
to
the Joint Venture Company, any Subsidiary of the Joint Venture Company or the
Members (in their capacities as members of the Joint Venture Company) for
monetary damages or otherwise for any acts performed, or for any failure to
act,
except that this provision shall not eliminate or limit the liability of a
Manager (or alternate Manager) (i) for acts or omissions that involve
willful or intentional misconduct or gross negligence or (ii) for any
transaction from which the Manager (or alternate Manager) received any improper
personal benefit.
14.2 Indemnification.
(A) The
Joint
Venture Company shall, to the fullest extent permitted by Applicable Law,
indemnify, defend and hold harmless (1) each Manager and alternate Manager
and
(2) the Site Manager, the Lead Controller and any other officer or site manager
of the Joint Venture Company (each, an “Executive
Indemnified Party”
and
collectively with the Managers, the “Indemnified
Party”),
against any losses, claims, damages or liabilities to which such Indemnified
Party may become subject in connection with any matter arising out of or
incidental to any act performed or omitted to be performed by any such
Indemnified Party in connection with this Agreement or the Joint Venture
Company’s or any of its Subsidiaries’ business or affairs; provided,
however,
that in
the case of an Executive Indemnified Party, such
act
or
omission was taken in good faith and was reasonably believed by the Executive
Indemnified Party, as applicable, to be within the scope of authority granted
to
such Executive Indemnified Party; and provided further,
however,
that in
the case of any Indemnified Party such act or omission was not attributable
in
whole or in part to the fraud, bad faith, willful misconduct or gross negligence
of such Indemnified Party. If an Indemnified Party becomes involved in any
capacity in any action, proceeding or investigation in connection with any
matter arising out of or in connection with this Agreement or the Joint Venture
Company’s or any of its Subsidiaries’ business or affairs, the Joint Venture
Company shall reimburse such Indemnified Party for its reasonable legal and
other reasonable out-of-pocket expenses (including the cost of any investigation
and preparation) as they are incurred in connection therewith, provided
that
such Indemnified Party shall promptly repay to the Joint Venture Company the
amount of any such reimbursed expenses paid to it if it shall ultimately be
determined that such Indemnified Party was not entitled to be indemnified by
the
Joint Venture Company in connection with such action, proceeding or
investigation. If for any reason (other than the fraud, bad faith, willful
misconduct or gross negligence of such Indemnified Party) the foregoing
indemnification is unavailable to such Indemnified Party, or insufficient to
hold it harmless, then the Joint Venture Company shall contribute to the amount
paid or payable by such Indemnified Party as a result of such loss, claim,
damage, liability or expense in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect
the
relative benefits received by the Joint Venture Company or any of its
Subsidiaries on the one hand and such Indemnified Party on the other hand or,
if
such allocation is not permitted by Applicable Law, to reflect not only the
relative benefits referred to above but also any other relevant equitable
considerations. Any indemnity under this Section 14.2(A) shall be paid solely
out of and to the extent of the Joint Venture Company’s and its Subsidiaries’
assets and shall not be a personal obligation of any Member and in no event
will
any Member be required or permitted, without the consent of the other Member,
to
contribute additional capital under Article 2 to enable the Joint Venture
Company to satisfy any obligation under this Section 14.2.
(B) The
provisions of this Section 14.2 shall survive for a period of two (2) years
from
the date of dissolution of the Joint Venture Company, provided
that
(1) if at the end of such period there are any actions, proceedings or
investigations then pending, an Indemnified Party may so notify the Joint
Venture Company and the Members at such time (which notice shall include a
brief
description of each such action, proceeding or investigation and the liabilities
asserted therein) and the provisions of this Section 14.2 shall survive with
respect to each such action, proceeding or investigation set forth in such
notice (or any related action, proceeding or investigation based upon the same
or similar claim) until such date that such action, proceeding or investigation
is finally resolved and (2) the obligations of the Joint Venture Company
under this Section 14.2 shall be satisfied solely out of Joint Venture Company
assets, including the assets of any Subsidiary of the Joint Venture
Company.
ARTICLE
15.
GOVERNMENTAL
APPROVALS
15.1 Governmental
Approvals.
In the
event that either Member takes any action contemplated by this Agreement that
could reasonably be expected to result in an event or transaction, including
without limitation (i) the purchase by either Member of an Interest pursuant
to
Sections 12.4(A), 12.4(B) or 12.5, (ii) the purchase by either Member of a
Facility or Domestic Facilities Company that owns or leases such Facility
pursuant to any covenants
unanimously
agreed in writing by the Members, (iii) a Change of Consolidating Member, (iv)
the making of a Capital Contribution, (v) the conversion of a Member Note or
(vi) the creation or acquisition of interests in a Domestic Facilities Company,
which event or transaction, as to each of the foregoing, would require either
Member to make a filing, notification, application or any other required or
requested submission under the Singapore Competition Act or any other applicable
Competition Law (any such event or transaction, a “Filing
Event”
and
any
such filing, notification, application or any such other required or requested
submission, a “Filing”),
then:
(A) the
Member taking such action, in addition to complying with any other applicable
notice provisions under this Agreement, shall promptly notify the other Member
of such Filing Event, which notification shall include an indication that
Filings under the HSR Act or any other applicable Competition Law will be
required;
(B) notwithstanding
any provision to the contrary in this Agreement, a Filing Event may not occur
or
close until after any applicable waiting period (including any extension
thereof) under the Singapore Competition Act or any other Competition Law,
as
applicable to such Filing Event, shall have expired or been terminated, and
all
approvals under antitrust regulatory Filings in any jurisdiction that shall
be
necessary for such Filing Event to occur or close shall have been obtained,
and
any applicable deadline for the occurrence or closing of such Filing Event
contained in this Agreement shall be delayed, so long as both Members are
proceeding diligently in accordance with this Section 15.1 to seek any such
expiration, termination or approval, and so long as there are no other
outstanding conditions preventing the occurrence or closing of the Filing
Event;
(C) the
Members shall, and shall cause any of their relevant Affiliates to:
(1) as
promptly as practicable, make their respective Filings under the Singapore
Competition Act or any other applicable Competition Law;
(2) promptly
respond to any requests for additional information from the Competition
Commission of Singapore or any other Governmental Entity;
(3) subject
to Applicable Laws, use commercially reasonable efforts to cooperate with each
other in the preparation of, and coordinate, such Filings (including the
exchange of drafts between each party’s outside counsel) so as to reduce the
length of any review periods;
(4) subject
to Applicable Laws, cooperate and use their respective commercially reasonable
efforts to take, or cause to be taken, all actions and to do, or cause to be
done, all things necessary under Applicable Laws in connection with such Filing
Event, including using commercially reasonable efforts to provide information,
obtain necessary exemptions, rulings, consents, clearances, authorizations,
approvals and waivers, and effect necessary registrations and
filings;
(5) subject
to Applicable Laws, use their commercially reasonable efforts to (a) take
actions that are necessary to prevent the
Competition Commission of Singapore or any other Governmental Entity,
as
the
case may be, from filing an action
with
a
court or Governmental Entity that, if the Governmental Entity prevailed, would
restrict, enjoin, prohibit or otherwise prevent or materially delay the
consummation of the Filing Event, including an action by any such Governmental
Entity seeking a requirement to (i) sell, license or otherwise dispose of,
or hold separate and agree to sell or otherwise dispose of, assets, categories
of assets or businesses of either Member, the Joint Venture Company or its
respective Subsidiaries; (ii) terminate existing relationships and
contractual rights and obligations of either Member, the Joint Venture Company
or its respective Subsidiaries; (iii) terminate any relevant venture or
other arrangement; or (iv) effectuate any other change or restructuring of
either Member or the Joint Venture Company (as to each of the foregoing, a
“Divestiture
Action”),
and
(b) contest and resist any action, including any legislative, administrative
or
judicial action, and to have vacated, lifted, reversed or overturned any order
that restricts, enjoins, prohibits or otherwise prevents or materially delays
the occurrence or closing of such Filing Event; and
(6) subject
to Applicable Laws, prior to the making or submission of any analysis,
appearance, presentation, memorandum, brief, argument, opinion or proposal
by or
on behalf of either Member in connection with proceedings under or relating
to
the Singapore Competition Act or any other applicable Competition Law, consult
and cooperate with one another, and consider in good faith the views of one
another, in connection with any such analyses, appearances, presentations,
memoranda, briefs, arguments, opinions and proposals, and will provide one
another with copies of all material communications from and filings with, any
Governmental Entities in connection with any Filing Event;
(D) notwithstanding
anything to the contrary in this Section 15.1, nothing in this Section 15.1
shall require either Member or its respective Affiliates, or the Joint Venture
Company to take any Divestiture Action; and
(E) if
the
Filing Event is prevented from occurring or closing as a result of any
applicable Competition Laws, after exhausting all efforts permitted under this
Section 15.1 to obtain the necessary approval of any applicable
Governmental Entity, then the Members shall negotiate in good faith to agree
upon an alternative event or transaction that would be permissible under
applicable Competition Laws, and would approximate, as closely as possible,
the
intent and contemplated effect of the original Filing Event.
ARTICLE
16.
FORMATION
OF ADDITIONAL ENTITIES
16.1 Formation
of Domestic Subsidiaries.
The
Members agree that each Facility located in Singapore may be held through a
Wholly-Owned Subsidiary of the Joint Venture Company, where such Wholly-Owned
Subsidiary is established, organized or incorporated within Singapore (each,
a
“Domestic
Facilities Company”).
Unless the Members agree in writing otherwise, each Domestic Facilities Company
shall be owned directly or indirectly by the Joint Venture Company. Each
Domestic Facilities Company shall be an entity that may elect, and shall elect,
to be treated as a disregarded entity or a partnership for U.S. federal income
tax purposes, as appropriate. The Members agree that the charter and other
organizational
documents
of each Domestic Facilities Company and all contractual and other arrangements
between the Joint Venture Company and such Domestic Facilities Company, and
between the Members and the Domestic Facilities Company, shall have such terms
and conditions as shall be necessary to achieve the purposes of the Members
in
entering into this Agreement and the Joint Venture Documents and to achieve
as
closely as practicable the same beneficial results (including with respect
to
Joint Venture Products produced by such Domestic Facilities Company and the
pricing thereof; tax matters, financial accounting matters, assets to be
distributed, and rights provided, on dissolution and liquidation; profits;
losses; distributions; governance; control and the like) for the Members as
would be achieved if the Facility held by such Domestic Facilities Company
were
held directly by the Joint Venture Company.
16.2 Intentionally
Omitted.
ARTICLE
17.
DEADLOCK;
OTHER DISPUTE RESOLUTION; EVENT OF DEFAULT
17.1 Deadlock.
“Deadlock”
shall
occur with respect to any matter for which an affirmative vote by at least
one
Manager appointed by each Member is required for approval, and such matter
is
not approved as a result of a vote in which a majority of the Managers appointed
by one Member (or
the
sole Manager appointed by a Member, if there is only one) have
voted against the matter and a majority of the Managers appointed by the other
Member (or the sole Manager appointed by the other Member, if there is only
one)
have voted for the matter other than an Intel Singapore Matter or a Micron
Singapore Matter (a “Tie
Vote”)
on a
matter submitted to it at a meeting or in the form of a proposed written
consent, and during the [***] period following this Tie Vote, the Board of
Managers is unable or fails to break the Tie Vote (if the matter is presented
in
the form of a proposed written consent, the [***] period shall commence on
the
date that the Manager who was last to receive the proposal received it). During
this [***] period, the Board of Managers shall seek in good faith to hold at
least [***] ([***]) additional meetings at which it shall make a good faith
effort to break the Deadlock. To the extent practicable, the Board of Managers
shall seek to resolve the matter in a manner consistent with the Joint Venture
Company’s then-current Approved Business Plan. The additional meetings shall be
held at the time and place agreed to by the Managers, or if the Managers are
unable to agree, at a time and place determined by the Site Manager on at least
two (2) days’ written notice.
17.2 Resolution
of Deadlock.
(A) If
a
Deadlock occurs, (i) if the matter is an Intel Singapore Matter, the matter
shall be resolved in the manner specified by the Authorized Representative
of
Intel Singapore, whose decision shall be final and binding on the Joint Venture
Company and its Subsidiaries, (ii) if the matter is a Micron Singapore
Matter, the matter shall be resolved in the manner specified by the Authorized
Representative of Micron Singapore, whose decision shall be final and binding
on
the Joint Venture Company and its Subsidiaries, and (iii) if the matter is
neither an Intel Singapore Matter nor a Micron Singapore Matter, the Joint
Venture Company shall (a) first submit the matter that was the subject of
the Deadlock to the Authorized Representatives of the Members by providing
notice of the Deadlock to the Members, and the Authorized Representatives of
the
Members shall then make a good faith effort to resolve the
dispute
and break the Deadlock within [***] of the Members’ receiving notice of the
Deadlock and (b) next, if the Deadlock is still not resolved, submit the
matter to the Senior Authorized Representatives for each of the Members, who
shall then make a good faith effort to resolve the Deadlock within [***] of
submission to the Senior Authorized Representatives. If the matter remains
unresolved, then the Members shall submit the Deadlock to non-binding mediation.
Either Member may initiate the non-binding meditation by providing to JAMS
and
the other Member a written request for mediation, setting forth the subject
of
the Deadlock. The Members will cooperate with JAMS and with one another in
selecting a retired judge from JAMS panel of neutrals, and in scheduling the
mediation proceedings. The Members covenant that they will participate in the
mediation in good faith, and that they will share equally in its costs. The
provisions of this Section 17.2 may be enforced by any court of competent
jurisdiction, and the Member seeking enforcement shall be entitled to an award
of all costs, fees and expenses, including attorneys’ fees, to be paid by the
Member against whom enforcement is ordered.
(B) Notwithstanding
the foregoing, if the Board of Managers fails to approve a specific loading
plan
for a given Fab, then the Members may designate the loading for such Fab in
accordance with their respective Sharing Interests.
17.3 Definition
of “Intel Singapore Matters.”
For
purposes of this Agreement, “Intel
Singapore Matter”
means
any matter that is unanimously agreed in writing by the Members to be an Intel
Singapore Matter.
17.4 Definition
of “Micron Singapore Matters.”
For
purposes of this Agreement, “Micron
Singapore Matter”
means
any matter that is unanimously agreed in writing by the Members to be a Micron
Singapore Matter.
17.5 Other
Dispute Resolution.
In the
event of any other dispute over a purported breach of this Agreement (a
“Dispute”),
the
Members shall endeavor to settle, through their respective designees to the
Board of Managers, the Dispute. All Disputes arising under this Agreement that
are not resolved by the Board of Managers shall be resolved as follows: the
Joint Venture Company shall first submit the matter to the Authorized
Representatives of the Members by providing notice of the Dispute to the
Members. The Authorized Representatives of the Members shall then make a good
faith effort to resolve the Dispute. If they are unable to resolve the Dispute
within [***] of receiving notice of the Dispute, the matter shall then be
submitted to the Senior Authorized Representatives of the Members, who shall
then make a good faith effort to resolve the Dispute. If the Dispute cannot
be
resolved within [***] of submission of the matter to the Senior Authorized
Representatives of the Members, then a civil action with respect to the Dispute
may be commenced, but only after the matter has been submitted to JAMS for
mediation as contemplated by Section 17.6.
17.6 Mediation.
If
there is a Dispute, either Member may commence mediation by providing to JAMS
and the other Member a written request for mediation, setting forth the subject
of the Dispute and the relief requested. The Members will cooperate with JAMS
and with one another in selecting a mediator from JAMS panel of neutrals, and
in
scheduling the mediation proceedings. The Members covenant that they will
participate in the mediation in good faith, and that they will share equally
in
its costs. All offers, promises, conduct and statements, whether oral or
written, made in the course of the mediation by any of the Members
or
their
Relatives or their agents, employees, experts and attorneys, and by the mediator
and any JAMS employees, are confidential, privileged and inadmissible for any
purpose, including impeachment, in any litigation or other proceeding involving
the Members or their Relatives, provided
that
evidence that is otherwise admissible or discoverable shall not be rendered
inadmissible or non-discoverable as a result of its use in the mediation. Either
Member may seek equitable relief prior to the mediation to preserve the status
quo pending the completion of that process. Except for such an action to obtain
equitable relief, neither Member may commence a civil action with respect to
a
Dispute until after the completion of the initial mediation session, or [***]
after the date of filing the written request for mediation, whichever occurs
first. Mediation may continue after the commencement of a civil action, if
the
Members so desire. The provisions of this Section may be enforced by any court
of competent jurisdiction, and the Member seeking enforcement shall be entitled
to an award of all costs, fees and expenses, including attorneys’ fees, to be
paid by the Member against whom enforcement is ordered.
17.7 Event
of Default.
(A) An
“Event
of Default”
shall
occur if a Member (the “Defaulting
Member”)
fails
to perform any material obligation under this Agreement or any of the Joint
Venture Documents to which it is a party.
(B) Upon
the
occurrence of an Event of Default, the Joint Venture Company and the other
Member (the “Non-Defaulting
Member”)
shall
each have the right to deliver to the Defaulting Member notice (a “Notice
of Default”).
The
Notice of Default shall set forth the nature of the obligations that the
Defaulting Member has failed to perform. If the Defaulting Member fails to
cure
the Event of Default within the Cure Period, the Non-Defaulting Member may
take
any of the actions set forth in Section 17.7(C). For purposes hereof,
“Cure
Period”
means
a
period commencing on the date that the Notice of Default is provided by the
Non-Defaulting Member or the Joint Venture Company and ending (i) thirty
(30) days after Notice of Default is so provided, or (ii) in the case of
any obligation (other than an obligation to pay money) which cannot reasonably
be cured within such thirty (30) day period, such longer period not to exceed
one hundred twenty (120) days after the Notice of Default as is necessary to
effect a cure of the Event of Default, so long as the Defaulting Member
diligently attempts to effect a cure throughout such period.
(C) Upon
the
occurrence of an Event of Default and the expiration of the Cure Period set
forth in Section 17.7(B), the Non-Defaulting Member may request the Joint
Venture Company to pursue all legal and equitable rights and remedies against
the Defaulting Member available to it (subject to any limitations in the
agreement containing the obligation that was not performed) or may pursue its
own legal and equitable rights and remedies against the Defaulting Member
(subject to any limitations in the agreement containing the obligation that
was
not performed); provided,
however,
that
the Non-Defaulting Member may not seek dissolution of the Joint Venture Company
under such circumstances. The Defaulting Member shall pay all costs, including
attorneys’ fees, incurred by the Joint Venture Company and the other Member in
pursuing such legal remedies.
17.8 Specific
Performance.
The
Parties agree that irreparable damage will result if this Agreement is not
performed in accordance with its terms, and the parties agree that any damages
available
at law for a breach of this Agreement would not be an adequate remedy.
Therefore, the provisions hereof and the obligations of the parties hereunder
shall be enforceable in a court of equity, or other tribunal with jurisdiction,
by a decree of specific performance, and appropriate preliminary or permanent
injunctive relief may be applied for and granted in connection therewith. Except
as otherwise limited by this Agreement, such remedies and all other remedies
provided for in this Agreement shall, however, be cumulative and not exclusive
and shall be in addition to any other remedies that a party may have under
this
Agreement; provided,
however,
that in
no event shall the dissolution of the Joint Venture Company be permitted unless
it is expressly permitted by Section 13.1(A).
17.9 Tax
Matters.
Notwithstanding anything in this Article 17 to the contrary, the resolution
of
disputes concerning tax matters governed by Section 10.6(B) shall be governed
by
Section 10.6(B) of this Agreement.
ARTICLE
18.
MISCELLANEOUS
PROVISIONS
18.1 Notices.
All
notices to the Joint Venture Company shall be sent addressed to the Site Manager
at the Joint Venture Company’s principal place of business. All notices to a
Member shall be sent addressed to such Member at the address as may be specified
by the Member from time to time in a notice to the Joint Venture Company,
provided
that the
initial notice address for each Member is as follows:
(A) if
to
Intel Singapore:
Intel
Technology Asia Pte Ltd
#06-01/02
StarHub Centre
Singapore
229469
Attention:
Intel Legal Department
Facsimile:
+65 62131018
with
a
copy to:
Intel
Corporation
2200
Mission College Blvd.
Mailstop
SC4-203
Santa
Clara, CA 95054
Attention:
General Counsel
Facsimile:
(408) 653-8050
and
Intel
Corporation
2200
Mission College Blvd.
Mailstop
RN6-46
Santa
Clara, CA 95054
Attention:
[***]
Facsimile:
[***]
(B) if
to
Micron Singapore:
Micron
Semiconductor Asia Pte. Ltd.
990
Bendemeer Rd.
Singapore
339942
Attention:
Jen Kwong Hwa
Telephone:
+65 62903355
Facsimile:
+65 62903690
with
a
copy to:
Micron
Technology, Inc.
8000
S.
Federal Way
Mail
Stop
1-507
Boise,
ID
83716
Attn:
General Counsel
Facsimile:
(208) 368-4537
All
notices to a Manager shall be sent addressed to such Manager at the address
as
may be specified by the Manager from time to time in a notice to the Joint
Venture Company. All notices are effective the next day, if sent by recognized
overnight courier or facsimile, or five (5) days after deposit in the United
States mail, postage prepaid, properly addressed and return receipt
requested.
18.2 Waiver.
The
failure at any time of a Member to require performance by any other Member
of
any responsibility or obligation required by this Agreement shall in no way
affect a Member’s right to require such performance at any time thereafter, nor
shall the waiver by a Member of a breach of any provision of this Agreement
by
any other Member constitute a waiver of any other breach of the same or any
other provision nor constitute a waiver of the responsibility or obligation
itself.
18.3 Assignment.
This
Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the successors
and
permitted assigns of each party hereto. Except as otherwise specifically
provided in this Agreement, neither this Agreement nor any right or obligation
hereunder may be assigned or delegated in whole or in part to any other
Person.
18.4 Third
Party Rights.
Nothing
in this Agreement, whether express or implied, is intended or shall be construed
to confer, directly or indirectly, upon or give to any Person other than the
Joint Venture Company and the Members any legal or equitable right, remedy
or
claim under or in respect of this Agreement or any covenant, condition or other
provision contained herein.
18.5 Choice
of Law.
This
Agreement shall be construed and enforced in accordance with and governed by
the
laws of the State of Delaware, without giving effect to the principles of
conflict of laws thereof.
18.6 Headings.
The
headings of the Articles and Sections in this Agreement are provided for
convenience of reference only and shall not be deemed to constitute a part
hereof.
18.7 Entire
Agreement.
This
Agreement, together with the Appendices, Exhibits and Schedules hereto and
the
agreements (including the Confidentiality Agreement) and instruments expressly
provided for herein, together with any written agreements entered into
contemporaneously with this Agreement, as all of the foregoing may be amended
from time to time, constitute the entire agreement of the parties hereto with
respect to the subject matter hereof and supersede all prior agreements and
understandings, oral and written, among the parties hereto with respect to
the
subject matter hereof. For the avoidance of doubt, the Members confirm and
agree
that the mutual rights and duties of the Members and the Joint Venture Company
shall not be determined by the provisions set forth in paragraphs 1 through
11
of the first schedule of the Act.
18.8 Severability.
Should
any provision of this Agreement be deemed in contradiction with the laws of
any
jurisdiction in which it is to be performed or unenforceable for any reason,
such provision shall be deemed null and void, but this Agreement shall remain
in
full force in all other respects. Should any provision of this Agreement be
or
become ineffective because of changes in Applicable Law or interpretations
thereof, or should this Agreement fail to include a provision that is required
as a matter of law, the validity of the other provisions of this Agreement
shall
not be affected thereby. If such circumstances arise, the parties hereto shall
negotiate in good faith appropriate modifications to this Agreement to reflect
those changes that are required by Applicable Law.
18.9 Counterparts.
This
Agreement may be executed in several counterparts, each of which shall be deemed
an original, but all of which together shall constitute one and the same
instrument.
18.10 Further
Assurances.
Each
Member shall execute such deeds, assignments, endorsements, evidences of
transfer and other instruments and documents and shall give such further
assurances as shall be necessary to perform such Member’s obligations hereunder.
The obligations of the Members set forth in this Section 18.10 shall survive
the
termination of this Agreement.
18.11 Consequential
Damages.
No
party shall be liable to any other party under any legal theory for indirect,
special, incidental, consequential or punitive damages, or any damages for
loss
of profits, revenue or business, even if such party has been advised of the
possibility of such damages.
18.12 Jurisdiction;
Venue.
Any
suit,
action or proceeding seeking to enforce any provision of, or based on any matter
arising out of or in connection with, this Agreement shall be brought in a
state
or federal court located in Delaware and each of the parties to this Agreement
hereby consents and submits to the exclusive jurisdiction of such courts (and
of
the appropriate
appellate
courts therefrom) in any such suit, action or proceeding and irrevocably waives,
to the fullest extent permitted by Applicable Law,
any
objection which it may now or hereafter have to the laying of the venue of
any
such suit, action or proceeding in any such court or that any such suit, action
or proceeding which is brought in any such court has been brought in an
inconvenient forum. Process in any such suit, action or proceeding may be served
on any party anywhere in the world, whether within or without the jurisdiction
of any such court.
18.13 Confidential
Information.
(A) The
Members shall abide by the terms of that certain Mutual Confidentiality
Agreement between Micron, Intel and the Joint Venture Company dated as of the
Effective Date, and as may be amended or replaced from time to time (the
“Confidentiality
Agreement”),
which
agreement is incorporated herein by reference with respect to the Joint Venture
Company, its Subsidiaries and the Facilities Companies and the activities of
the
Joint Venture Company, its Subsidiaries and the Facilities Companies. The
Members agree that the Confidentiality Agreement shall govern the
confidentiality and non-disclosure obligations between the Members respecting
the information provided or disclosed pursuant to this Agreement as such
information relates to the Joint Venture Company, its Subsidiaries and the
Facilities Companies and their activities.
(B) If
the
Confidentiality Agreement is terminated or expires and is not replaced, such
Confidentiality Agreement shall continue with respect to confidential
information provided in connection with this Agreement, notwithstanding such
expiration or termination, for the duration of the term of this Agreement or
until a new Confidentiality Agreement is entered into between the Members.
To
the extent there is a conflict between this Agreement and the Confidentiality
Agreement, the terms of this Agreement shall control.
(C) The
terms
and conditions of this Agreement shall be considered “Confidential
Information”
under
the Confidentiality Agreement for which each of Micron and Intel is considered
a
“Receiving Party” under such Confidentiality Agreement.
18.14 Certain
Interpretive Matters.
(A) Unless
the context requires otherwise, (1) all references to Sections, Articles,
Exhibits, Appendices or Schedules are to Sections, Articles, Exhibits,
Appendices or Schedules of or to this Agreement, (2) each of the Schedules
will apply only to the corresponding Section or subsection of this Agreement,
(3) each accounting term not otherwise defined in this Agreement has the
meaning commonly applied to it in accordance with GAAP, except as modified
by
the definition of “Modified GAAP,” (4) words in the singular include the
plural and visa versa, (5) the term “including”
means
“including without limitation,” (6) the terms “herein,”
“hereof,”
“hereunder”
and
words of similar import shall mean references to this Agreement as a whole
and
not to any individual section or portion hereof, (7) capitalized terms followed
by phrases such as “under
any Applicable Joint Venture Agreement”
or
“pursuant
to any Applicable Joint Venture Agreement”
shall
have the respective meanings ascribed to such terms under the Applicable Joint
Venture Agreement, and (8) capitalized terms with “U.S.”
added
at the beginning are references to such capitalized terms under the Applicable
Joint Venture Agreement of the U.S. Joint Venture Company. Unless otherwise
stated, all
references
to “$”
or
dollar amounts will be to lawful currency of the United States of America.
All
references to “$”
or
dollar amounts, or “%”
or
percent or percentages, shall be to precise amounts and not rounded up or down.
All references to “day”
or
“days”
will
mean calendar days. All references to matters “unanimously
agreed in writing by the Members”
refer
to other written agreements that remain effective that were entered into on
or
prior to the date hereof or written agreements entered into by the Members
at
some later date.
(B) No
provision of this Agreement will be interpreted in favor of, or against, any
of
the parties by reason of the extent to which any such party or its counsel
participated in the drafting thereof or by reason of the extent to which any
such provision is inconsistent with any prior draft of this Agreement or such
provision.
[Signature
Page Follows]
IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned being all of the Members of IM Flash Singapore,
LLP organized under the Act, have executed this Agreement as of the date and
year first above written.
INTEL
TECHNOLOGY ASIA PTE LTD
By:
/s/
Ravi Jacob___________
Name:
___Ravi Jacob________
Title:
_Treasurer___________
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MICRON
SEMICONDUCTOR ASIA PTE. LTD.
By:
/s/
Alice Koh___________
Name:
__Alice Koh__________
Title:
Authorized
Signatory____
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THIS
IS THE SIGNATURE PAGE FOR THE
LIMITED
LIABILITY PARTNERSHIP AGREEMENT OF
IM
FLASH SINGAPORE, LLP
ENTERED
INTO BY AND BETWEEN
INTEL
TECHNOLOGY ASIA PTE LTD AND
MICRON
SEMICONDUCTOR ASIA PTE. LTD.
APPENDIX
A
IM
FLASH SINGAPORE, LLP
DEFINITIONS
“[***]
Fab”
means
a
Fab that has [***] construction, Tool Install and equipment and process
qualification, including all related facilities necessary to commence production
of semiconductor devices and such production output has reached a minimum level
of [***]% of its intended high volume output level (as measured in Wafer Starts
per week).
“Accountants”
shall
have the meaning set forth in Section 10.4(C) of this Agreement.
“Accumulated
Distributions Account”
shall
have the meaning set forth in Section 5.1(C) of this Agreement.
“Acquired
Asset”
shall
have the meaning set forth in Section 13.15(A) of this Agreement.
“Acquired
Asset Closing”
shall
have the meaning set forth in Section 13.15(C)(1) of this
Agreement.
“Acquired
Asset Employees”
shall
have the meaning set forth in Section 13.15(A) of this Agreement.
“ACRA”
means
the Accounting and Corporate Regulatory Authority as authorized under the
Accounting and Corporate Regulatory Authority Act of 2004 (Act 3 of 2004) of
Singapore.
“Act”
shall
have the meaning set forth in Section 1.1 of this Agreement.
“Additional
Capital Contributions”
shall
have the meaning set forth in Section 2.3(C) of this
Agreement.
“Adjusted
Contribution Amount”
means,
after a Change in Consolidating Member, an amount equal to the sum of (i) the
Consolidating Member’s Pro
Rata Share
of
a given Additional Capital Contribution and (ii) the portion of the Former
Consolidating Member’s Pro
Rata
Share of
such Additional Capital Contribution that such Former Consolidating Member
is
not [***].
“Affiliate”
means
a
Person that directly, or indirectly through one or more intermediaries,
controls, or is controlled by, or is under common control with, the Person
specified.
“Affiliate
Agreements”
shall
have the meaning set forth in Section 12.2(B)(1) of this Agreement.
“Agreement”
shall
have the meaning set forth in the preamble of this Agreement.
“Annual
Budget”
shall
have the meaning set forth in Section 11.2(B) of this Agreement.
“Applicable
Fiscal Quarter”
means
Micron Singapore’s first fiscal quarter in its [***] fiscal year.
“Applicable
Joint Venture”
or
“Applicable
Joint Ventures”
means
the entities listed on Schedule
5,
as such
Schedule may be amended from time to time by the unanimous written agreement
of
the Members.
“Applicable
Joint Venture Agreements”
means
the agreements listed on Schedule
5,
as such
Schedule may be amended from time to time by the unanimous written agreement
of
the Members.
“Applicable
Law”
means
any laws, statutes, rules, regulations, ordinances, orders, codes, arbitration
awards, judgments, decrees or other legal requirements of any Governmental
Entity and the common law of the Republic of Singapore, to the extent applicable
to matters covered under this Agreement.
“Appointing
Member”
shall
have the meaning set forth in Section 6.2(B) of this Agreement.
“Appraiser”
means
two nationally recognized investment banking firms (one to be selected by each
Member) and a manufacturing equipment reseller (mutually agreed upon by the
two
investment banking firms).
“Approved
Business Plan”
means
either an Undisputed Approved Business Plan or a Disputed Approved Business
Plan, as in effect from time to time.
“Assembly
Plan”
means
an assembly plan set forth in the Operating Plan, as more particularly described
in Section 11.6(A)(2) of this Agreement.
“Associated
Assets”
means,
with respect to any Fab, the Joint Venture Equipment, inventory and other
tangible personal property owned by the Joint Venture Company or any of its
Subsidiaries and located at that Fab on the date of the Triggering Event or
thereafter and all rights and obligations pursuant to contracts, permits,
governmental approvals and governmental concessions and incentives associated
with such Fab, Joint Venture Equipment, inventory or other tangible personal
property, including all liabilities exclusively associated with such Fab, except
for assets sold or disposed of in any of the following transactions that occurs
after the Triggering Event: (a) the sale of inventory in the ordinary
course; (b) the sale or other disposition of obsolete or surplus equipment
or other assets to third parties in the ordinary course in arm’s-length
transactions; and (c) the sale of any other asset with the approval of the
Board of Managers. Any transfer of Associated Assets under this Agreement shall
include the assumption by the transferee of the liabilities exclusively
associated with such Fab.
“Authorized
Representative”
means
(i) with respect to Intel Singapore, the general manager of Intel’s memory
products group, and (ii) with respect to Micron Singapore, the general manager
of Micron’s memory products group.
“Bankruptcy”
means
(i) the entry of a decree or order for relief of the Person by a court of
competent jurisdiction in any involuntary case involving the Person under any
bankruptcy,
insolvency
or other similar law now or hereafter in effect; (ii) the appointment of a
receiver, judicial manager, liquidator, assignee, custodian, trustee,
sequestrator or other similar agent for the Person or for any substantial part
of the Person’s assets or property; (iii) the ordering of the judicial
management, winding up or liquidation of the Person’s affairs; (iv) the
filing with respect to the Person of a petition in any such involuntary
bankruptcy case, which petition remains undismissed for a period of sixty (60)
days or which is dismissed or suspended pursuant to Applicable Law);
(v) the commencement by the Person of a voluntary case under any
bankruptcy, judicial management, insolvency or other similar law now or
hereafter in effect; (vi) the consent by the Person to the entry of an
order for relief in an involuntary case under any such law or to the appointment
of or taking possession by a receiver, judicial manager, liquidator, assignee,
trustee, custodian, sequestrator or other similar agent for the Person or for
any substantial part of the Person’s assets or property; (vii) the making
by the Person of any general assignment for the benefit of creditors; or
(viii) the failure by the Person generally to pay its debts as such debts
become due.
“Board
of Managers”
shall
have the meaning set forth in Section 6.1 of this Agreement.
“Book”
shall
have the meaning set forth in Appendix B
to this
Agreement.
“Business
Day”
means
a
day that is not a Saturday, Sunday or any other day on which commercial banks
are not open for business in the State of New York or Singapore.
“Buyout
Determination Date”
means
the U.S. Buyout Determination Date.
“[***]
Value”
means
the amount determined as follows: each Member shall select its own Appraiser
and
the two Appraisers shall mutually select a third Appraiser. Each Appraiser
shall
conduct its own independent appraisal to determine the [***] Value, and the
average of the two (2) determinations that are the closest in value shall be
the
[***] Value. With respect to any Facility or any Domestic Facilities Company,
the [***] of the applicable Facility or [***] of the applicable Domestic
Facilities Company, as the case may be, as of the date [***]. The Appraisers
shall be instructed to consider all factors that in their professional opinion
may affect [***] of the applicable Facility or Domestic Facilities Company,
as
the case may be, but in any event [***] Member or the Joint Venture
Company.
“Cap
Amount”
shall
have the meaning set forth in Section 12.4(A) of this Agreement.
“Capital
Account”
shall
have the meaning set forth in Section 4.1 of this Agreement.
“Capital
Contribution”
means,
for each Member, any amount contributed or deemed to be contributed to the
Joint
Venture Company as a capital contribution, including (without duplication of
any
capital contribution in clauses (i) - (v)):
(i) |
the
Initial Capital Contribution made by such
Member;
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(ii) |
any
Additional Capital Contributions (including any contributions made
under
Section 2.4) made by such Member;
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(iii) |
any
portion of a Make-Up Contribution made by such Member equal to the
amount
of the principal balance of the Member Note repaid with the Make-Up
Contribution;
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(iv) |
any
other capital contributions made by such Member to the Joint Venture
Company as the Members may unanimously agree in writing or as provided
in
the Joint Venture Documents; and
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(v) |
any
capital contribution deemed made by such Member upon conversion,
contribution or transfer to the Joint Venture Company of a Member
Note.
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“Capital
Contribution Balance”
means,
for each Member, the sum of all Capital Contributions made to the Joint Venture
Company by such Member, minus the sum of any capital contributions returned
or
refunded to such Member pursuant to Article 2 or Article 3. As of the Effective
Date, each Member shall, for purposes of determining its Capital Contribution
Balance, receive full credit for its Initial Capital Contribution.
“Certificate”
shall
have the meaning set forth in Section 1.1 of this Agreement.
“Chairman”
shall
have the meaning set forth in Section 6.2(C) of this Agreement.
“Change
in Consolidating Member” means
a
change in the Member that is required under GAAP to consolidate the financial
results of the Joint Venture Company with its financial results.
“Committed
Capital”
means,
for a Member, on a given date, the sum of (1) the Capital Contribution Balance
of such Member through such date and (2) the principal and accrued interest
(provided,
that
for purposes of this definition, accrued interest shall be accrued only on
the
first day of each U.S. Fiscal Month) owed to such Member under any Member Debt
Financing outstanding on such date.
“Competition
Commission of Singapore”
means
the body known as the Competition Commission of Singapore which is established
under section 3 of the Singapore Competition Act.
“Competition
Laws”
means
all Applicable Laws issued by a domestic or foreign Governmental Entity that
are
designed or intended to prohibit, restrict or regulate actions having the
purpose or effect of monopolization or restraint of trade or lessening of
competition through merger or acquisition.
“Competitively
Sensitive Information”
means
any information, in whatever form, that has not been made publicly available
relating to products and services that a Member or its Relatives sell, in
competition with the other Member or its Relatives, at the execution of this
Agreement or thereafter during the Term including, without limitation, NAND
Flash Memory Product, to the extent such information of the Member or its
Relatives selling such products and services includes price or any element
of
price, customer terms or conditions of sale, Member/Relative-specific costs,
volume of sales, output (but not including the Joint Venture Company’s output),
or bid terms of the foregoing type and such similar information as is
specifically
identified electronically or in writing to the Joint Venture Company by a Member
or its Relatives, as competitively sensitive information.
“Confidentiality
Agreement”
shall
have the meaning set forth in Section 18.13 of this Agreement.
“Conforming
Wafer”
means
a
NAND Flash Memory Wafer with greater than [***] percent ([***]%) functional
die,
or that is otherwise accepted by a Member.
“Consolidating
Floor Amount”
shall
have the meaning set forth in Section 12.4(B) of this Agreement.
“Consolidating
Member”
means
the Member that is required to consolidate the financial results of the Joint
Venture Company with its financial results under GAAP.
“Consolidating
Option Percent”
shall
have the meaning set forth in Section 12.4(B) of this Agreement.
“Continuing
Mandatory Notes”
shall
have the meaning set forth in Section 3.1(E) of this
Agreement.
“Cure
Period”
shall
have the meaning set forth in Section 17.7(B) of this Agreement.
“Deadlock”
shall
have the meaning set forth in Section 17.1 of this Agreement.
“Defaulting
Member”
shall
have the meaning set forth in Section 17.7(A) of this Agreement.
“DGCL”
means
the Delaware General Corporation Law (Del. Code Ann. tit. 8 §§101 et
seq.).
“Dispute”
shall
have the meaning set forth in Section 17.5 of this Agreement.
“Disputed
Approved Business Plan”
shall
have the meaning set forth in Section 11.2(D)(2) of this
Agreement.
“Distribution
Entitlement”
means
with respect to any proposed distribution under Section 5.1(A)(4) to a Member,
the amount, if any, equal to the Member’s Sharing Interest (as such Sharing
Interest is determined immediately after any payments made under Sections
5.1(A)(1), (2) and (3)) multiplied by the aggregate, cumulative distributions
(not including any payments made pursuant to Sections 5.1(A)(1), (2) and (3)
but
including the amount to be distributed to such Member in such proposed
distribution under Section 5.1(A)(4)).
“Divestiture
Action”
shall
have the meaning set forth in Section 15.1(C)(5) of this Agreement.
“Domestic
Facilities Company”
shall
have the meaning set forth in Section 16.1 of this Agreement.
“DRAM”
has
the
meaning set forth in that certain [***] Agreement, dated [***], between Intel
and Micron.
“Economic
Interest”
means,
for each Member, a percentage determined from time to time by dividing the
Committed Capital of such Member at the time of determination by the aggregate
Committed Capital of all Members at the time of determination.
“Effective
Date”
shall
have the meaning set forth in the preamble of this Agreement.
“Event
of Default”
shall
have the meaning set forth in Section 17.7(A) of this Agreement.
“Executive
Indemnified Party”
shall
have the meaning set forth in Section 14.2(A) of this
Agreement.
“[***]
Budget”
shall
have the meaning set forth in Section 11.1(B) of this
Agreement.
“[***]
Capital Contribution”
shall
mean an Additional Capital Contribution of funds required by the Joint Venture
Company as set forth in the [***] Budget of the Initial Business Plan, as it
may
be modified in accordance with Section 11.1(C)(2).
“Fab”
means
a
manufacturing facility for manufacturing NAND Flash Memory Wafers and shall
include the related automated material handling system (AMHS), process tools,
and support tools/fixtures used for manufacturing NAND Flash Memory Wafers
in
the cleanroom, sub fab and all related laboratories. It also includes all
non-clean support equipment and gas and chemical delivery systems required
to
support the production tools in the Fab.
“Fab
Criteria”
means
a
Fab capable of producing a minimum of [***] and a maximum of [***] Wafer Starts
per week.
“Facility”
means
a
Fab and its Associated Assets that are owned or leased by the Joint Venture
Company or a Domestic Facilities Company.
“Filing”
shall
have the meaning set forth in Section 15.1 of this Agreement.
“Filing
Event”
shall
have the meaning set forth in Section 15.1 of this Agreement.
“First
Singapore Fab”
means
the initial Fab that is, or is to be, located in Singapore and owned or leased
by the Joint Venture Company as contemplated by the Initial Business Plan
existing on the date of this Agreement.
“Fiscal
Month”
means
the fiscal month of the Joint Venture Company as determined by the Board of
Managers from time to time, and, initially, the period commensurate with Micron
Singapore’s fiscal month; provided
that, if
the Member with whom the Joint Venture Company’s financial statements are
consolidated changes prior to the end of any Fiscal Month, the Fiscal Month
shall, at such Member’s discretion, change to be commensurate with the Fiscal
Month of such Member at such time as such Member may thereafter
specify.
“Fiscal
Quarter”
means
the fiscal quarter of the Joint Venture Company as determined by the Board
of
Managers from time to time, and, initially, the period commensurate with Micron
Singapore’s fiscal quarter; provided
that, if
the Member with whom the Joint Venture Company’s financial statements are
consolidated changes prior to the end of any Fiscal Quarter, the Fiscal Year
shall, at such Member’s discretion, change to be commensurate with the Fiscal
Quarter of such Member at such time as such Member may thereafter
specify.
“Fiscal
Year”
means
the fiscal year of the Joint Venture Company as determined by the Board of
Managers from time to time, and corresponding to the fiscal year of the Member
having the greater Percentage Interest, initially, the period commencing as
of
the Effective Date and ending August 31, 2007 and thereafter a fifty-two (52)
or
fifty-three (53) week period ending on the Thursday closest to August 31 of
each
year; provided
that, if
the Member with whom the Joint Venture Company’s financial statements are
consolidated changes prior to the end of any Fiscal Year, the Fiscal Year shall,
at such Member’s discretion, change to be commensurate with the Fiscal Year of
such Member at such time as such Member may thereafter specify.
“Flash
Memory Integrated Circuit”
means
a
non-volatile memory integrated circuit that contains memory cells that are
electrically programmable and electrically erasable whereby the memory cells
consist of one or more transistors that have a floating gate, charge-trapping
regions or any other functionally equivalent structure utilizing one or more
different charge levels (including binary or multi-level cell structures) with
or without any on-chip control, I/O and other support circuitry.
“Floor
Amount”
shall
have the meaning set forth in Section 12.4(A) of this Agreement.
“Former
Consolidating Member”
means
the Member that was required to consolidate the financial results of the Joint
Venture Company with its financial results under GAAP immediately prior to
a
Change in Consolidating Member.
“Funding
Member”
shall
have the meaning set forth in Section 3.1(A) of this Agreement.
“Funding
Member Portion”
means
that portion of the amount of a Funding Member’s Additional Capital Contribution
that is deemed to be a loan (rather than a Capital Contribution) as part of
a
Member Debt Financing, which amount is determined by [***] the Funding Member’s
[***] of such Additional Capital Contribution (whether or not contributed in
full) [***] is the amount actually loaned to the Joint Venture Company by the
Funding Member in respect of the Shortfall Amount and the [***] is the
Non-Funding Member’s [***] of the Additional Capital Contribution.
“GAAP”
means
United States generally accepted accounting principles as in effect from time
to
time.
“Governmental
Entity”
means
any governmental authority or entity, including any agency, board, bureau,
commission, court, department, subdivision or instrumentality thereof, or any
arbitrator or arbitration panel.
“HSR
Act”
means
the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976, as
amended.
“Indemnified
Party”
shall
have the meaning set forth in Section 14.2(A) of this Agreement.
“Independent
Member”
shall
have the meaning set forth in Section 6.3(B)(1) of this Agreement.
“Initial
Business Plan”
shall
have the meaning set forth in Section 11.1(A) of this
Agreement.
“Initial
Capital Contribution”
means
the total amount of money initially contributed to the Joint Venture Company
by
a Member pursuant to Section 2.1, as set forth on Appendix D.
“Initial
Period”
shall
have the meaning set forth in Section 11.1(A) of this Agreement.
“Initial
Term”
shall
have the meaning set forth in Section 1.3 of this Agreement.
“Intel”
means
Intel Corporation, a Delaware corporation.
“Intel
Initial Contributed Assets”
means
the total amount of money contributed to the Joint Venture Company by Intel
Singapore as of the Effective Date, as described on Appendix D.
“Intel
Maximum Incremental Capital Amount”
means
$[***].
Such amount does not include any funds contributed as part of Intel Singapore’s
Initial Capital Contribution.
“Intel
Personnel Secondment Agreement”
means
that certain Intel Personnel Secondment Agreement, dated as of the Effective
Date, by and between the Joint Venture Company and Intel, as
amended.
“Intel
[***]”
has the meaning set forth in that certain [***] Agreement, dated [***], between
Intel and Micron.
“Intel
Singapore”
shall
have the meaning set forth in the preamble of this Agreement.
“Intel
Singapore Matter”
shall
have the meaning set forth in Section 17.3 of this Agreement.
“Intellectual
Property Rights”
shall
have the meaning set forth in Section 10.5(B)(6) of this Agreement.
“Interest”
means
the ownership interest of a Member in the Joint Venture Company, including
any
and all benefits to which a Member may be entitled under this Agreement and
the
obligations of a Member under this Agreement, including, without limitation,
the
right to vote or to participate in the management of the Joint Venture Company,
and the right to information concerning the business and affairs of the Joint
Venture Company and its Subsidiaries.
“Interested
Member”
shall
have the meaning set forth in Section 6.3(B)(1) of this Agreement.
“Interested
Member Transaction”
shall
have the meaning set forth in Section 6.3(B)(2) of this Agreement.
“IRAS”
shall
have the meaning set forth in Section 10.7 of this Agreement.
“Issuance
Date”
shall
have the meaning set forth in Section 3.1(C) of this Agreement.
“ITA”
shall
have the meaning set forth in Section 10.7 of this Agreement.
“JAMS”
means
Judicial Arbitration and Mediation Services.
“Joint
Development Committee”
shall
have the meaning ascribed to such term in the Joint Development Program
Agreement, dated as of the U.S. Effective Date, between Micron and
Intel.
“Joint
Venture Company”
shall
have the meaning set forth in preamble of this Agreement.
“Joint
Venture Documents”
means
the documents, instruments and certificates entered into by the Members on
the
date hereof in connection with this Agreement.
“Joint
Venture Equipment”
means
all of the personal property, equipment and tangible assets owned by the Joint
Venture Company or any of its Subsidiaries.
“Joint
Venture Products”
means
all NAND Flash Memory Products and any other memory products that the Joint
Venture Company and its Subsidiaries shall produce.
“Joint
Venture Reportable Event”
shall
have the meaning set forth in Section 10.5(B) of this
Agreement.
“Lead
Controller”
shall
have the meaning set forth in Section 8.3(A) of this Agreement.
“Lehi
Fab”
means
the Fab to be built out by the U.S. Joint Venture Company or one of its
Subsidiaries at Lehi, Utah.
“[***]”
means
the [***] in effect from time to time (as reported in the [***]).
“Liquidation
Date”
shall
have the meaning set forth in Section 13.13(A) of this Agreement.
“Loan
Amount”
means
[***] (1) the [***] of (a) the Non-Funding Member’s full Pro
Rata Share
of an
Additional Capital Contribution, [***] (b) a [***] is the amount of the
Additional Capital Contribution actually contributed by the Funding Member
and
the [***] is the Funding Member’s [***] of such Additional Capital Contribution
and (2) the amount of such Additional Capital Contribution actually contributed
by the Non-Funding Member.
“Majority
Member”
shall
have the meaning set forth in Section 12.5(A) of this Agreement.
“Make-Up
Contribution”
means
a
Capital Contribution made by a Non-Funding Member in respect of a Shortfall
Amount (but not including any interest thereon).
“Manager”
shall
have the meaning set forth in Section 6.2(A) of this Agreement.
“Mandatory
Equalization Note” shall
have the meaning set forth in Section 3.1(B) of this Agreement.
“Mandatory
Member Debt Financing”
means
Member Debt Financing made in accordance with Section 3.1 of this
Agreement.
“Mandatory
Notes” shall
have the meaning set forth in Section 3.1(B) of this Agreement.
“Mandatory
Shortfall Note” shall
have the meaning set forth in Section 3.1(B) of this Agreement.
“Manufacturing
Committee”
means
a
manufacturing committee established by the unanimous written agreement of the
Parents.
“Manufacturing
Plan”
means
a
manufacturing plan set forth in the Operating Plan, as described more
particularly in Section 11.6(A)(1) of this Agreement.
“Maximum
Incremental Capital Amount”
means
$[***].
Such amount does not include any funds contributed as Initial Capital
Contributions.
“Member”
or
“Members”
shall
have the meaning set forth in the preamble of this Agreement.
“Member
Business Plan”
shall
have the meaning set forth in Section 11.2(D)(2) of this Agreement.
“Member
Change of Control”
means
any consolidation, merger, recapitalization, transaction, series of
transactions, liquidation or other extraordinary transaction after which the
U.S. Member that is a Relative of a Member owns, directly or indirectly, less
than 100% of the voting power of all voting securities of such
Member.
“Member
Debt Financing” as
of any
date shall mean all loans to the Joint Venture Company under Article 3 of this
Agreement.
“Member
[***] Budget”
shall
have the meaning set forth in Section 11.1(C)(2)(a)(ii) of this
Agreement.
“Member
[***] Budget”
shall
have the meaning set forth in Section 11.1(C)(2)(b)(ii) of this
Agreement.
“Member
Notes”
means
any promissory notes issued under Article 3 of this Agreement, including a
Mandatory Shortfall Note, Mandatory Equalization Note, Continuing Mandatory
Note, Optional [***] Shortfall Note, Optional [***] Equalization Note or
Optional Other Shortfall Note outstanding pursuant to the terms of this
Agreement.
“Member
Plan Amendment”
shall
have the meaning set forth in Section 11.2(E)(4) of this
Agreement.
“Member
Reportable Events”
shall
have the meaning set forth in Section 10.5(A) of this Agreement.
“Micron”
means
Micron Technology, Inc., a Delaware Corporation.
“Micron
Initial Contributed Assets”
means
the total amount of money contributed to the Joint Venture Company by Micron
Singapore as of the Effective Date, as described on Appendix D.
“Micron
Maximum Incremental Capital Amount”
means
$1,734,000,000.00.
Such
amount does not include any funds contributed as part of Micron Singapore’s
Initial Capital Contribution.
“Micron
Personnel Secondment Agreement”
means
that certain Micron Personnel Secondment Agreement, dated as of the Effective
Date, by and between the Joint Venture Company and Micron, as
amended.
“Micron
Singapore”
shall
have the meaning set forth in the preamble of this Agreement.
“Micron
Singapore Matter”
shall
have the meaning set forth in Section 17.4 of this Agreement.
“Minority
Closing”
shall
have the meaning set forth in Section 12.5(A) of this
Agreement.
“Minority
Closing Price”
shall
have the meaning set forth in Section 12.5(B) of this
Agreement.
“Minority
Member”
shall
have the meaning sent forth in Section 12.5(A) of this
Agreement.
“Model
of Record”
or
“MOR”
means
a
representation of the POR and TOR for use in determining the number of tools
required to produce a specific number of semiconductor wafers. The MOR includes
assumptions used to model overall tool throughput and productivity as well
as
assumptions on process yield.
“Modified
GAAP”
means
United
States generally accepted accounting principles as in effect from time to time,
except that: (i) stock-related expenses (including stock options, restricted
stock, stock appreciation rights, restricted stock units, stock purchase
programs or any award based on equity of Micron Singapore or Intel Singapore
or
their respective Parents)
associated
with the seconded individuals to the Joint Venture Company will not be recorded
or disclosed in the financial statements of the Joint Venture Company; and
(ii)
the value of any asset contributed or otherwise transferred to the Joint Venture
Company from a Member shall be the value as agreed upon by the Members at the
time of the contribution or transfer, as applicable, and, if such asset is
to be
depreciated or amortized under GAAP, the useful life and method of depreciation
or amortization for such assets shall be determined by applying the accounting
policies used by the Joint Venture Company for like assets.
“Monthly
Flash Report”
means
operating performance metrics reasonably acceptable to each Member for the
most
recent month.
“Monthly
Operating Report”
shall
have the meaning set forth in Section 11.6(A)(4) of this
Agreement.
“NAND
Flash Memory Die”
means
a
discrete integrated circuit die, wherein such die includes at least one NAND
Flash Memory Integrated Circuit and such die is designed, developed, marketed
and used primarily as a non-volatile memory die.
“NAND
Flash Memory Die Package”
means
a
discrete integrated circuit package for a NAND Flash Memory Die, including
TSOP,
COB, BOC, BGA and FBGA or other type package, wherein such package contains
only
one or more NAND Flash Memory Die but no other die.
“NAND
Flash Memory Integrated Circuit”
means
a
Flash Memory Integrated Circuit wherein the memory cells included in the Flash
Memory Integrated Circuit are arranged in groups of serially connected memory
cells (each such group of serially connected memory cells called a “string”) in
which the drain of each memory cell of a string (other than the first memory
cell in the string) is connected in series to the source of another memory
cell
in such string, the gate of each memory cell in such string is directly
accessible, and the drain of the uppermost bit of such string is coupled to
the
bitline of the memory array.
“NAND
Flash Memory Product”
means
any NAND Flash Memory Wafer, NAND Flash Memory Die or NAND Flash Memory Die
Package.
“NAND
Flash Memory Wafer”
means
a
prime wafer that has been processed to the point of containing multiple NAND
Flash Memory Die and that has undergone Probe Testing, but before singulation
of
said die into individual semiconductor die.
“Net
Book Value”
means,
with respect to (i) any assets, the value thereof, net of accumulated
depreciation, amortization and other adjustments, as would be included in a
consolidated balance sheet of the entity owning such assets prepared in
accordance with Modified GAAP, (ii) any liabilities, the amount thereof as
would
be included in a consolidated balance sheet of the entity having the liabilities
prepared in accordance with Modified GAAP and (iii) any equity security of
a
Domestic Facilities Company or other entity, (a) the value of the assets of
such
entity, net of accumulated depreciation, amortization or other adjustments,
as
would be included in a consolidated balance sheet of the entity prepared in
accordance with Modified GAAP, minus the amount of the liabilities of such
entity, as would be included in a consolidated balance sheet of such entity
prepared in accordance with Modified GAAP,
multiplied
by (b) a percentage equal to the percentage of the equity of such entity
represented by such equity security.
“[***]”
means
any Fab that is, or is to be, owned or leased by the Joint Venture Company
or
any of its Subsidiaries other than the [***].
“[***]
Budget”
shall
have the meaning set forth in Section 11.1(B).
“[***]
Capital Contribution”
shall
mean any Additional Capital Contribution to be made by the Members, as
contemplated by an Approved Business Plan, to make the [***] an Operational
Fab,
but only in the event that the [***] for the [***] is reasonably expected to
begin before [***].
“[***]”
means the first [***].
“Non-Defaulting
Member”
shall
have the meaning set forth in Section 17.7(B) of this Agreement.
“Non-Funding
Member”
shall
be the Member that is determined not to be the Funding Member in accordance
with
Section 3.1(A) of this Agreement.
“Notice
of Default”
shall
have the meaning set forth in Section 17.7(B) of this Agreement.
“Operating
Plan”
shall
have the meaning set forth in Section 11.6(A) of this Agreement.
“Operational
Fab”
means
a
Fab that has completed construction, Tool Install and equipment and process
qualification, including all related facilities necessary to commence production
of semiconductor devices and such production output has reached a minimum level
of [***]% of its intended high volume output level (as measured in
[***]).
“Option
Percent”
shall
have the meaning set forth in Section 12.4(A) of this
Agreement.
“Option
Price”
shall
have the meaning set forth in Section 12.5(B) of this
Agreement.
“Optional
[***] Equalization Note”
shall
have the meaning set forth in Section 3.2(B) of this
Agreement.
“Optional
[***] Financing”
shall
have the meaning set forth in Section 3.2(A) of this Agreement.
“Optional
[***] Loan Amount”
shall
have the meaning set forth in Section 3.2(A) of this Agreement.
“Optional
[***] Notes”
shall
have the meaning set forth in Section 3.2(B) of this Agreement.
“Optional
[***] Shortfall Note”
shall
have the meaning set forth in Section 3.2(B) of this
Agreement.
“Optional
Other Financing”
shall
have the meaning set forth in Section 3.3(A) of this Agreement.
“Optional
Other Shortfall Note”
shall
have the meaning set forth in Section 3.3(B) of this Agreement.
“Other
Capital Contributions”
shall
have the meaning set forth in Section 2.3(C) of this Agreement.
“Parent”
means
Micron, with respect to Micron Singapore, and Intel, with respect to Intel
Singapore.
“Parent
Change of Control”
means
(i) any consolidation, merger, recapitalization, liquidation or other
extraordinary transaction involving a Parent pursuant to which such Parent’s
stockholders immediately prior to such consolidation, merger, recapitalization,
liquidation or other extraordinary transaction own, immediately after such
consolidation, merger, recapitalization, liquidation or other extraordinary
transaction securities representing less than 50% of the combined voting power
of all voting securities of the surviving entity; (ii) any transaction or
series of related transactions as a result of which securities representing
50%
or more of the combined voting power of all voting securities of such Parent
are
sold, conveyed, transferred, assigned or pledged, either directly or indirectly,
to persons other than such Parent’s stockholders immediately prior to such
transaction or series of transactions; or (iii) the sale, conveyance,
transfer or assignment, either directly or indirectly, of all or substantially
all of the assets of such Parent, in one transaction or a series of related
transactions, to a person that does not control, is not controlled by and is
not
under common control with such Parent.
“Percentage
Interest”
means,
at
any time of determination, with respect to any Member, a percentage determined
by dividing such Member’s Capital Contribution Balance at the time of
determination by the aggregate Capital Contribution Balances of all Members
at
the time of determination.
“Person”
or
“Persons”
means
any natural person and any corporation, firm, partnership, trust, estate,
limited liability company, or other entity resulting from any form of
association.
“Precedent
Partner”
shall
have the meaning set forth in Section 10.7 of this Agreement.
“Probe
Testing”
means
testing, using a wafer test program as set forth in the applicable
specifications, of a wafer that has completed all processing steps deemed
necessary to complete the creation of the desired NAND Flash Memory Integrated
Circuits in the die on such wafer, the purpose of which test is to determine
how
many and which of the die meet the applicable criteria for such
die.
“Process
of Record”
or
“POR”
means
documents and/or systems that specify a series of operations that a
semiconductor wafer must process through. The POR includes the process recipes
and parameters at each operation for the specified Tool of Record.
“Product”
shall
have the meaning set forth in the Supply Agreements.
“Product
Design Committee”
shall
have the meaning set forth in the Product Design Committee
Agreement.
“Product
Design Committee Agreement”
shall
have the meaning set forth in the Product Design Committee Agreement, dated
as
of the U.S. Effective Date, between Micron and Intel, as amended.
“Product
Design Roadmap”
shall
have the meaning set forth in the Product Design Committee
Agreement.
“Proposed
Business Plan”
shall
have the meaning set forth in Section 11.2(A) of this Agreement.
“Pro
Rata
Share”
means
the pro
rata
share of
a Member determined in accordance with the Members’ respective Percentage
Interests at the time of the determination.
“Purchase
Value”
means
an amount equal to the [***] value to Micron Singapore of the right to purchase
under the terms of the Supply Agreement - Micron the output of the Joint Venture
Product that will be shifted from Micron Singapore to Intel Singapore as a
result of the adjustment in the Sharing Interests of the Members following
the
exercise of the purchase right (and the resulting shift in the Members’ Capital
Contribution Balances) provided for in either Section 12.4(A) or Section
12.4(B), such [***] value to be determined by a nationally recognized investment
bank that is mutually agreeable to the Members.
“Registrar”
shall
have the meaning set forth in Section 1.1 of this Agreement.
“Relative”
or
“Relatives”
means,
with respect to each Member, the entities listed as such Member’s Relatives on
Schedule
6,
as such
Schedule may be amended from to time by (i) the unanimous agreement in writing
of the Members or (ii) as necessary to reflect any transferee in a Transfer
under any Applicable Joint Venture Agreement permitted by and in accordance
with
Section 12.2 of any of the Applicable Joint Venture Agreements; provided,
however,
that no
Applicable Joint Venture will be deemed to be a Relative of either
Member.
“Remaining
Assets”
shall
have the meaning set forth in Section 13.11 of this Agreement.
“Renewal
Term”
shall
have the meaning set forth in Section 1.3 of this Agreement.
“Representative”
shall
have the meaning set forth in Section 8.7(D) of this Agreement.
“Seconded
Employees”
shall
have the meaning set forth in Section 9.1 of this Agreement.
“Senior
Authorized Representative”
means
(i) with respect to Intel Singapore, the principal executive officer of Intel,
and (ii) with respect to Micron Singapore, the principal executive officer
of
Micron.
“Service
Provider Related Forms”
shall
have the meaning set forth in Section 9.3(A) of this Agreement.
“Sharing
Interest”
means,
with respect to any Member, the percentage determined by dividing (1) such
Member’s Committed Capital at the time of determination, by (2) the aggregate
Committed Capital of all Members at the time of determination; provided,
however,
that,
for purposes of this definition only, Committed Capital shall be adjusted as
follows:
(a) [***]%
of
any [***] Capital Contribution that has been made by such Member, but that
was
not timely made, shall be deducted from that Member’s Committed Capital and
added to the other Member’s Committed Capital;
(b) any
[***]
Capital Contribution made, and any loans made or deemed made that are
represented by Mandatory Notes, within the twelve months prior to the time
of
determination shall be deducted from Committed Capital; and
(c) any
Other
Capital Contributions made, and any loans made or deemed made that are
represented by Optional Other Shortfall Notes shall be deducted from Committed
Capital, but the exclusion under this subparagraph (c) shall apply only to
such
Capital Contributions and such loans made within (i) the [***] prior to the
time
of determination if the Capital Contribution or loan related to [***] Fab that
was not a [***] at the time the contribution was due or (ii) the [***] prior
to
the time of determination if the Other Capital Contribution made, or loan made
or deemed made that is represented by an Optional Other Shortfall Notes relates
to any operating expenditure, capital expenditure or other expenditure not
subject to the [***] period in the immediately preceding clause (i) and
provided,
further, however,
that a
Make-Up Contribution shall be deemed made on the date on which the related
Shortfall Amount first arose, so that the applicable [***] and [***] periods
shall apply from the date the Shortfall Amount occurred. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, subparagraphs (b) and (c) of this definition shall not apply with
respect to any use of the term “Sharing Interests” in connection with a
distribution under Section 13.13(C)(4) of this Agreement.
“Shortfall
Amount”
means
any uncontributed dollar amount of any Member’s [***] of an Additional Capital
Contribution.
“Shortlisted
Employees”
shall
have the meaning set forth in Section 13.15(C)(1) of this
Agreement.
“Singapore
Competition Act”
means
the Competition Act (Cap. 50B) of Singapore.
“Site
Manager”
shall
have the meaning set forth in Section 8.1(A) of this Agreement.
“Statutory
Manager” shall
have the meaning set forth in Section 6.9 of this Agreement.
“Subsidiary”
means
as to any Person, a corporation, partnership, limited liability company or
other
entity of which shares of stock or other ownership interests having ordinary
voting power (other than stock or such other ownership interests having such
power only by reason of the happening of a contingency) to elect a majority
of
the board of directors or other
managers
of such corporation, partnership or other entity are at the time owned, or
the
management of which is otherwise controlled, directly or indirectly through
one
or more intermediaries, or both, by such Person.
“Supply
Agreement - Intel”
means
that certain Supply Agreement, dated as of the Effective Date, by and between
the Joint Venture Company and Intel Singapore, as amended.
“Supply
Agreement - Micron”
means
that certain Supply Agreement, dated as of the Effective Date, by and between
the Joint Venture Company and Micron Singapore, as amended.
“Supply
Agreements”
means
the Supply Agreement - Intel and the Supply Agreement - Micron.
“Technology
Committees”
means
the Product Design Committee and the Joint Development Committee.
“Term”
shall
have the meaning set forth in Section 1.3 of this Agreement.
“Testing
Plan”
means
a
testing plan set forth in the Operating Plan, as more particularly described
in
Section 11.6(A)(3) of this Agreement.
“Tie
Vote”
shall
have the meaning set forth in Section 17.1 of this Agreement.
“Tool
Install”
means
the installation of the automated material handling system (AMHS), process
tools, and support tools/fixtures used for semiconductor manufacturing
(including sort) in the cleanroom and in all related laboratories in the
Fab.
“Tool
of Record”
or
“TOR”
means
the specified tool required to modify, handle, or otherwise fulfill its intended
purpose in the manufacture of a semiconductor process pursuant to the POR.
The
TOR encompasses the tool purchase price, configuration and associated
documentation required to procure, conduct acceptance testing and administer
service contracts.
“Transfer”
shall
have the meaning set forth in Section 12.1 of this Agreement.
“Treasury
Regulation”
shall
have the meaning set forth in Section 1.1 of Appendix
B
to this
Agreement.
“Triggering
Event”
shall
have the meaning set forth in Section 13.1(A) of this Agreement.
“Undisputed
Approved Business Plan”
shall
have the meaning set forth in Section 11.2(D)(1) of this Agreement. The
Initial Business Plan approved by the Members shall be deemed to be an
Undisputed Approved Business Plan.
“U.S.
Joint Venture Company”
means
IM Flash Technologies, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company.
“U.S.
Joint Venture Company Personnel Secondment Agreement”
means
that certain IM Flash Personnel Secondment Agreement, dated as of the Effective
Date, by and between the Joint Venture Company and the U.S. Joint Venture
Company.
“Wafer”
means
a
silicon wafer.
“Wafer
Start”
means
the initial Wafer introduction to a process flow. When the context requires
reference to a quantity of “Wafer Starts,” such term shall be expressed in 300
millimeter diameter equivalents.
“Wholly-Owned
Subsidiary” of
a
Person means a Subsidiary, all of the shares of stock or other ownership
interests of which are owned, directly or indirectly through one or more
intermediaries, by such Person, other than a nominal number of shares or a
nominal amount of other ownership interests issued in order to comply with
requirements that such shares or interests be held by one or more other Persons,
including requirements for directors’ qualifying shares or interests,
requirements to have or maintain two or more stockholders or equity owners
or
other similar requirements.
APPENDIX
B
IM
FLASH SINGAPORE, LLP
TAX
MATTERS
This
Appendix B
is
attached to and is a part of the LIMITED LIABILITY PARTNERSHIP AGREEMENT (the
“Agreement”)
of
IM
FLASH SINGAPORE, LLP, a
limited
liability partnership organized under the laws of Singapore (the “Joint
Venture Company”),
dated
as of this 27th day of February, 2007. The parties to the Agreement intend
that
the Joint Venture Company be classified as a partnership for federal income
tax
purposes pursuant to section 7701(a)(2) of the Code and the regulations
thereunder. The provisions of this Appendix are intended to effect
an
allocation of tax items of the Joint Venture Company that are in accordance
with
the Members' "interests in the partnership" (i.e., the Joint Venture Company)
within the meaning of Treas. Reg. § 1.704-1(b)(3) by utilizing the
principles of allocation contained in
Treas.
Reg. § 1.704-1(b)(2)(iv) and Treas. Reg. § 1.704-2 with respect to maintenance
of capital accounts and allocations, and shall be interpreted and applied
accordingly. For purposes of applying the provisions of this Appendix, it shall
be assumed that the Joint Venture Company satisfies the requirements of Treas.
Reg. § 1.704-1(b)(2)(ii)(b)(2) and (3), notwithstanding that the Joint Venture
Company does not satisfy such requirements.
ARTICLE
1
DEFINITIONS
1.1 Definitions.
For
purposes of this Appendix, the capitalized terms listed below shall have the
meanings indicated. Capitalized terms not listed below and not otherwise defined
in this Appendix shall have the meanings specified in the
Agreement.
“Account
Reduction Item”
means
(i) any adjustment described in Treas. Reg. § 1.704-1(b)(2)(ii)(d)(4); (ii) any
allocation described in Treas. Reg. § 1.704-1(b)(2)(ii)(d)(5), other than a
Nonrecourse Deduction or a Member Nonrecourse Deduction; or (iii) any
distribution described in Treas. Reg. § 1.704-1(b)(2)(ii)(d)(6).
“Adjusted
Capital Account Balance”
means,
as of any date, a Member’s Capital Account balance as of such date (and if such
date is other than the last day of the taxable year of the Joint Venture
Company, determined as if the taxable year of the Joint Venture Company ended
on
such date), taking into account all contributions made by such Member and
distributions made to such Member during such taxable year and any special
allocations or other adjustments required by Sections 3.2, 3.3, 3.4(A), (B),
and
(D), 3.5, 3.6 and 3.7, and 5.2(B) and 5.9 of this Appendix, and increased by
the
sum of (i) such Member’s share of Joint Venture Company Minimum Gain and (ii)
such Member’s share of Member Nonrecourse Debt Minimum Gain, both determined
after taking into account any such special allocations and other
adjustments.
“Adjusted
Fair Market Value”
of
an
item of Joint Venture Company property means the greater of (i) the fair market
value of such property as reasonably determined by the Board of
Managers
(provided, that in the case of any sale of Joint Venture Company property,
such
amount shall be presumed to be the sales price realized by the Joint Venture
Company on such sale) or (ii) the amount of any nonrecourse indebtedness to
which such property is subject within the meaning of section 7701(g) of the
Code.
“Book”
means
the method of accounting prescribed for compliance with the capital account
maintenance rules set forth in Treas. Reg. § 1.704-1(b)(2)(iv) as reflected in
Articles 1 and 2 of this Appendix, as distinguished from any accounting method
which the Joint Venture Company may adopt for other purposes such as financial
reporting.
“Book
Value”
means,
with respect to any item of Joint Venture Company property, the book value
of
such property within the meaning of Treas. Reg. § 1.704-1(b)(2)(iv)(g)(3);
provided,
however,
that if
the Joint Venture Company adopts the remedial allocation method described in
Treas. Reg. § 1.704-3(d) with respect to any item of Joint Venture Company
property, the Book Value of such property shall be its book basis determined
in
accordance with Treas. Reg. § 1.704-3(d)(2).
“Code”
means
the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.
“Deemed
Liquidation”
means
a
liquidation of the Joint Venture Company that is deemed to occur pursuant to
Treas. Reg. § 1.708-1(b)(1)(iv) in the event of a termination of the Joint
Venture Company pursuant to section 708(b)(1)(B) of the Code.
“Excess
Deficit Balance”
means
the amount, if any, by which the balance in a Member’s Capital Account as of the
end of the relevant taxable year is more negative than the amount, if any,
of
such negative balance that such Member is treated as obligated to restore to
the
Joint Venture Company pursuant to Treas. Reg. § 1.704-1(b)(2)(ii)(c), Treas.
Reg. § 1.704-1(b)(2)(ii)(h), Treas. Reg. § 1.704-2(g)(1), and Treas. Reg. §
1.704-2(i)(5). Solely for purposes of computing a Member’s Excess Deficit
Balance, such Member’s Capital Account shall be reduced by the amount of any
Account Reduction Items that are reasonably expected as of the end of such
taxable year.
“Excess
Nonrecourse Liabilities”
means
excess nonrecourse liabilities within the meaning of Treas. Reg. §
1.752-3(a)(3).
“Joint
Venture Company Minimum Gain”
means
partnership minimum gain determined pursuant to Treas. Reg. § 1.704-2(d) and
Section 5.3 of this Appendix.
“Member
Nonrecourse Debt”
means
any “partner nonrecourse debt” as such term is defined in Treas. Reg.
§ 1.704-2(b)(4).
“Member
Nonrecourse Debt Minimum Gain”
means
minimum gain attributable to Member Nonrecourse Debt pursuant to Treas. Reg.
§
1.704-2(i)(3).
“Member
Nonrecourse Deduction”
means
any item of Book loss or deduction that is a partner nonrecourse deduction
within the meaning of Treas. Reg. § 1.704-2(i)(1) and (2).
“Member
Nonrecourse Distribution”
means
a
distribution to a Member that is allocable to a net increase in such Member’s
share of Member Nonrecourse Debt Minimum Gain pursuant to Treas. Reg. §
1.704-2(i)(6).
“Nonrecourse
Deduction”
means
a
nonrecourse deduction determined pursuant to Treas. Reg. § 1.704-2(b)(1) and
Treas. Reg. § 1.704-2(c).
“Nonrecourse
Distribution”
means
a
distribution to a Member that is allocable to a net increase in Joint Venture
Company Minimum Gain pursuant to Treas. Reg. § 1.704-2(h)(1).
“Regulatory
Allocation”
means
any allocation made pursuant to Section 3.2, 3.3, 3.4 or 3.5 of this
Appendix.
“Related
Person”
means,
with respect to a Member, a Person that is related to such Member pursuant
to
Treas. Reg. § 1.752-4(b).
“Revaluation
Event”
means
(i) a liquidation of the Joint Venture Company (within the meaning of Treas.
Reg. § 1.704-1(b)(2)(ii)(g) but not including a Deemed Liquidation); (ii) a
contribution of more than a de minimis amount of money or other property to
the
Joint Venture Company by a Member or a distribution of more than a de minimis
amount of money or other property to a retiring or continuing Member where
such
contribution or distribution alters the Sharing Interest of any Member; or
(iii)
the grant of an interest in the Joint Venture Company as consideration for
the
provision of services to or for the benefit of the Joint Venture
Company.
“Section
705(a)(2)(B) Expenditures”
means
nondeductible expenditures of the Joint Venture Company that are described
in
section 705(a)(2)(B) of the Code, and organization and syndication expenditures
and disallowed losses to the extent that such expenditures or losses are treated
as expenditures described in section 705(a)(2)(B) of the Code pursuant to Treas.
Reg. § 1.704-1(b)(2)(iv)(i).
“Section
751 Property”
means
unrealized receivables and substantially appreciated inventory items within
the
meaning of Treas. Reg. § 1.751-1(a)(1).
“Target
Balance”
means,
for any Member as of any date, the amount that would be distributable to such
Member on such date pursuant to Section 5.1 of the Agreement if (i) all the
assets of the Company were sold for cash equal to their respective Book Values
as of such date, (ii) all liabilities of the Company (other than any liabilities
under outstanding Member Notes) were paid in full (except that in the case
of a
nonrecourse liability, such payment would be limited to the Book Value of the
asset or assets securing such liability), and (iii) all remaining cash were
distributed to the Members pursuant to Section 5.1 (assuming, for this purpose,
that the holders of any Member Notes have converted such Member Notes
immediately prior to such distribution).
“Tax
Basis”
means,
with respect to any item of Joint Venture Company property, the adjusted basis
of such property as determined in accordance with the Code.
“Treasury
Regulation”
or
“Treas.
Reg.”
means
the temporary or final regulation(s) promulgated pursuant to the Code by the
U.S. Department of the Treasury, as amended, and any successor
regulation(s).
ARTICLE
2
CAPITAL
ACCOUNTS
2.1 Maintenance.
(A) A
single
Capital Account shall be maintained for each Member in accordance with this
Article 2.
(B) Each
Member’s Capital Account shall from time to time be increased by:
(i) |
the
amount of money contributed by such Member to the Joint Venture Company
in
accordance with the Agreement (including the amount of any Joint
Venture
Company liabilities which the Member is deemed to assume as provided
in
Treas. Reg. § 1.704-1(b)(2)(iv)(c), and including the principal amount
paid for any Member Notes, but excluding liabilities assumed in connection
with the distribution of Joint Venture Company property and excluding
increases in such Member’s share of Joint Venture Company liabilities
pursuant to section 752 of the
Code);
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(ii) |
the
fair market value of property, as reasonably determined by the Board
of
Managers, contributed by such Member to the Joint Venture Company
(net of
any liabilities secured by such property that the Joint Venture Company
is
considered to assume or take subject to pursuant to section 752 of
the
Code); and, provided,
further,
that nothing in this Appendix B shall be deemed to increase or limit
the
amount treated as a Capital Contribution for purposes other than
this
Appendix B;
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(iv) |
allocations
to such Member of Joint Venture Company Book income and gain (or
the
amount of any item or items of income or gain included
therein).
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(C) Each
Member’s Capital Account shall from time to time be reduced by:
(i) |
the
amount of money distributed to such Member by the Joint Venture Company
(including the amount of such Member’s individual liabilities which the
Joint Venture Company is deemed to assume as provided in Treas. Reg.
§
1.704-1(b)(2)(iv)(c)), including the amount of any amount paid or
accrued
on any Member Note that is not treated as a guaranteed payment pursuant
to
Section 5.2 of this Appendix
B;
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(ii) |
the
fair market value, as reasonably determined by the Board of Managers,
of
property distributed to such Member by the Joint Venture Company
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(net
of
any liabilities secured by such property that such Member is considered to
assume or take subject to pursuant to section 752 of the Code); and
(iii) |
allocations
to such Member of Joint Venture Company Book loss and deduction (or
items
thereof);
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(D) The
Joint
Venture Company shall make such other adjustments to the Capital Accounts of
the
Members as are necessary to comply with the provisions of Treas. Reg. §
1.704-1(b)(2)(iv).
2.2 Revaluation
of Joint Venture Company Property.
(A) Upon
the
occurrence of a Revaluation Event, the Board of Managers may revalue all Joint
Venture Company property (whether tangible or intangible) for Book purposes
to
reflect the Adjusted Fair Market Value of Joint Venture Company property
immediately prior to the Revaluation Event. In the event that Joint Venture
Company property is so revalued, the Capital Accounts of the Members shall
be
adjusted in accordance with Treas. Reg. § 1.704-1(b)(2)(iv)(f) as provided in
Section 3.1 of this Appendix.
(B) Upon
the
distribution of Joint Venture Company property to a Member, the property to
be
distributed shall be revalued for Book purposes to reflect the Adjusted Fair
Market Value of such property immediately prior to such distribution, and the
Capital Accounts of all Members shall be adjusted in accordance with Treas.
Reg.
§ 1.704-1(b)(2)(iv)(e).
2.3 Transfers
of Interests.
Upon
the transfer of a Member’s entire interest in the Joint Venture Company in
accordance with Section 12.2 of the Agreement, the Capital Account of such
Member shall carry over to the transferee.
ARTICLE
3
ALLOCATION
OF BOOK INCOME AND LOSS
3.1 Book
Income And Loss.
(A) The
Book
income or loss of the Joint Venture Company for purposes of determining
allocations to the Capital Accounts of the Members shall be determined in the
same manner as the determination of the Joint Venture Company’s taxable income,
except that (i) items that are required by section 703(a)(1) of the Code to
be
separately stated shall be included; (ii) items of income that are exempt from
inclusion in gross income for federal income tax purposes shall be treated
as
Book income; (iii) Section 705(a)(2)(B) Expenditures shall be treated as
deductions; (iv) items of gain, loss, depreciation, amortization, or depletion
that would be computed for federal income tax purposes by reference to the
Tax
Basis of an item of Joint Venture Company property shall be determined by
reference to the Book Value of such item of property in accordance with Section
3.1(B) hereof; and (v) the effects of upward and downward revaluations of Joint
Venture Company property pursuant to Section 2.2 of this Appendix shall be
treated as Book gain or loss respectively from the sale of such
property.
(B) In
the
event that the Book Value of any item of Joint Venture Company property differs
from its Tax Basis, the amount of Book depreciation, depletion, or amortization
for a period with respect to such property shall be computed so as to bear
the
same relationship to the Book Value of such property as the depreciation,
depletion, or amortization computed for tax purposes with respect to such
property for such period bears to the Tax Basis of such property. If the Tax
Basis of such property is zero, the Book depreciation, depletion, or
amortization with respect to such property shall be computed by using a method
consistent with the method that would be used for tax purposes if the Tax Basis
of such property were greater than zero and the property were placed in service
on the date it is acquired by the Joint Venture Company.
(C) The
Book
income and loss of the Joint Venture Company for any taxable year shall be
allocated in such a manner as to cause the Adjusted Capital Account Balances
of
the Members as nearly as possible to equal their respective Target Balances
as
of the end of such taxable year.
3.2 Allocation
of Nonrecourse Deductions.
Notwithstanding any other provisions of the Agreement, Nonrecourse Deductions
shall be allocated among the Members in proportion to their respective Sharing
Interests as of the end of the taxable year in which such deductions
arise.
3.3 Allocation
of Member Nonrecourse Deductions.
Notwithstanding any other provisions of the Agreement, any item of Member
Nonrecourse Deduction with respect to a Member Nonrecourse Debt shall be
allocated to the Member or Members who bear the economic risk loss for such
Member Nonrecourse Debt in accordance with Treas. Reg. §
1.704-2(i).
3.4 Chargebacks
of Income And Gain.
Notwithstanding any other provisions of the Agreement:
(A) Joint
Venture Company Minimum Gain.
In the
event that there is a net decrease in Joint Venture Company Minimum Gain for
a
taxable year of the Joint Venture Company, then before any other allocations
are
made for such taxable year, each Member shall be allocated items of Book income
and gain for such year (and, if necessary, for subsequent years) to the extent
provided by Treas. Reg. § 1.704-2(f).
(B) Member
Nonrecourse Debt Minimum Gain.
In the
event that there is a net decrease in Member Nonrecourse Debt Minimum Gain
for a
taxable year of the Joint Venture Company, then after taking into account
allocations pursuant to paragraph (a) immediately preceding, but before any
other allocations are made for such taxable year, each Member with a share
of
Member Nonrecourse Debt Minimum Gain at the beginning of such year shall be
allocated items of Book income and gain for such year (and, if necessary, for
subsequent years) to the extent provided by Treas. Reg. §
1.704-2(i)(4).
(C) [Reserved.]
(D) Qualified
Income Offset.
In the
event that any Member unexpectedly receives any Account Reduction Item that
results in an Excess Deficit Balance at the end of any taxable year after taking
into account all other allocations and adjustments under this Agreement , then
items of Book income and gain for such year (and, if necessary, for subsequent
years) will be reallocated to
each
such
Member in the amount and in the proportions needed to eliminate such Excess
Deficit Balance as quickly as possible.
3.5 Reallocation
To Avoid Excess Deficit Balances.
Notwithstanding any other provisions of the Agreement, no Book loss or deduction
shall be allocated to any Member to the extent that such allocation would cause
or increase an Excess Deficit Balance in the Capital Account of such Member.
Such Book loss or deduction shall be reallocated away from such Member and
to
the other Members in accordance with the Agreement, but only to the extent
that
such reallocation would not cause or increase Excess Deficit Balances in the
Capital Accounts of such other Members.
3.6 Corrective
Allocation.
Subject
to the provisions of Sections 3.2, 3.3, 3.4, and 3.5 of this Appendix, but
notwithstanding any other provision of the Agreement, in the event that any
Regulatory Allocation is made pursuant to this Appendix for any taxable year,
then remaining Book items for such year (and, if necessary, Book items for
subsequent years) shall be allocated or reallocated in such amounts and
proportions as are appropriate to restore the Adjusted Capital Account Balances
of the Members to the position in which such Adjusted Capital Account Balances
would have been if such Regulatory Allocation had not been made. Adjustments
pursuant to this Section 3.6 shall only be made if such Regulatory Allocations
are not reasonably expected to be reversed with offsetting allocations in
subsequent taxable years. The Members intend that the allocations of Book income
and loss pursuant to this Appendix shall result in Adjusted Capital Account
Balances of the Members, as of the end of each taxable year of the Joint Venture
Company and after all allocations pursuant to this Appendix have been made,
equaling their Target Balances. This Appendix shall be interpreted in a manner
consistent with such intent.
3.7 Other
Allocations.
(A) If
during
any taxable year of the Joint Venture Company there is a change in any Member’s
interest in the Joint Venture Company, allocations of Book income or loss for
such taxable year shall take into account the varying interests of the Members
in the Joint Venture Company in a manner consistent with the requirements of
Section 706 of the Code and Section 5.2(B) hereof.
(B) If
and to
the extent that any distribution of Section 751 Property to a Member in exchange
for the distributee Member’s interest in property other than Section 751
Property is treated as a sale or exchange of such Section 751 Property by the
Joint Venture Company pursuant to Treas. Reg. § 1.751-1(b)(2), any Book gain or
loss attributable to such deemed sale or exchange shall be allocated only to
Members other than the distributee Member in a manner consistent with such
Treasury Regulation.
(C) If
and to
the extent that any distribution of property other than Section 751 Property
to
a Member in exchange for the distributee Member’s interest in Section 751
Property is treated as a sale or exchange of such other property by the Joint
Venture Company pursuant to Treas. Reg. § 1.751-1(b)(3), any Book gain or loss
attributable to such deemed sale or exchange shall be allocated only to Members
other than the distributee Member in a manner consistent with such Treasury
Regulation.
ARTICLE
4
ALLOCATION
OF TAX ITEMS
4.1 In
General.
Except
as otherwise provided in this Article 4, all items of income, gain, loss, and
deduction shall be allocated among the Members for federal income tax purposes
in the same manner as the corresponding allocation for Book
purposes.
4.2 Section
704(c) Allocations.
(A) In
the
event that the Book Value of an item of Joint Venture Company property differs
from its Tax Basis, allocations of depreciation, depletion, amortization, gain,
and loss with respect to such property will be made for federal income tax
purposes in a manner that takes account of the variation between the Tax Basis
and Book Value of such property in accordance with section 704(c)(1)(A) of
the
Code and Treas. Reg. § 1.704-1(b)(4)(i). The Board of Managers may select as the
method for making such allocations, either the method described in Treas. Reg.
§
1.704-3(c) or (d); provided,
however,
that the
method selected for any asset shall be one that minimizes the effect of the
“ceiling rule” on allocations to the Member that did not contribute such asset.
(B) For
purposes of complying with Section 263A of the Code, depreciation, amortization
and cost recovery deductions of the Joint Venture Company that are included
in
the capitalized cost of the Joint Venture Company’s inventory shall be
determined based on the Book Values of the Joint Venture Company’s assets, and
any difference between such amounts and the corresponding amounts as computed
for U.S. federal income tax purposes shall be allocated separately to the
Members pursuant to Section 704(c) of the Code.
4.3 Tax
Credits.
Tax
credits shall be allocated among the Members in accordance with Treas. Reg.
§
1.704-1(b)(4)(ii).
ARTICLE
5
OTHER
TAX MATTERS
5.1 Excess
Nonrecourse Liabilities.
For the
purpose of determining the Members’ shares of the Joint Venture Company’s Excess
Nonrecourse Liabilities pursuant to Treas. Reg. §§ 1.752-3(a)(3) and
1.707-5(a)(2)(ii), and solely for such purpose, the Members’ interests in
profits are hereby specified to be their respective Sharing
Interests.
5.2 Treatment
of Loan Transactions.
(A) The
Members agree that amounts outstanding under Member Notes (which for purposes
of
this Appendix B includes amounts outstanding under loans made pursuant to
Section 2.3(H) of the Agreement) shall be treated for federal and
applicable state income tax purposes as equity and not as debt for U.S. federal
income tax purposes. To the extent a Non-Funding Member makes a Make-Up
Contribution together with accrued interest, such interest (solely for purposes
of this Appendix B) shall be treated as a capital contribution, the payment
of
such interest to the Funding Member on the related Member Note shall be treated
as a guaranteed payment pursuant to Section 707(c) of the Code, and the
deduction of the Joint Venture Company in respect of such guaranteed payment
shall be specially allocated to the Non-Funding Member.
To
the
extent accrued interest on a Member Note has not been paid as of the end of
a
taxable year of the Joint Venture Company, the Members shall consult with each
other to determine the appropriate income tax treatment of such accrued
interest, and if they are unable to agree on such treatment the dispute
resolution provisions of Section 10.6(B) shall apply.
(B) Upon
a
change in the Members’ Sharing Interests, the Members agree that the Capital
Accounts of the Members shall be adjusted so that to the greatest extent
possible, but consistent with the goal of minimizing the adverse tax
consequences to the Member whose interest increased (as reasonably determined
by
such Member)(other than adverse consequences resulting solely from receiving
allocations of income or loss in accordance with its revised Sharing Interest),
the Adjusted Capital Account Balances of the Members will equal their Target
Balances immediately following the conversion.
5.3 Treatment
of Certain Distributions.
(A)
In the
event that (i) the Joint Venture Company makes a distribution that would (but
for this Subsection (A)) be treated as a Nonrecourse Distribution; and (ii)
such
distribution does not cause or increase a deficit balance in the Capital Account
of the Member receiving such distribution as of the end of the Joint Venture
Company’s taxable year in which such distribution occurs; then the Board of
Managers may treat such distribution as not constituting a Nonrecourse
Distribution to the extent permitted by Treas. Reg. §
1.704-2(h)(3).
(B) In
the
event that (i) the Joint Venture Company makes a distribution that would (but
for this Subsection (B)) be treated as a Member Nonrecourse Distribution; and
(ii) such distribution does not cause or increase a deficit balance in the
Capital Account of the Member receiving such distribution as of the end of
the
Joint Venture Company’s taxable year in which such distribution occurs; then the
Board of Managers may treat such distribution as not constituting a Member
Nonrecourse Distribution to the extent permitted by Treas. Reg. §
1.704-2(i)(6).
5.4 Reduction
of Basis.
In the
event that a Member’s interest in the Joint Venture Company may be treated in
whole or in part as depreciable property for purposes of reducing such Member’s
basis in such interest pursuant to section 1017(b)(3)(C) of the Code, the Board
of Managers may, upon the request of such Member, make a corresponding reduction
in the basis of its depreciable property with respect to such Member. Such
request shall be submitted to the Joint Venture Company in writing, and shall
include such information as may be reasonably required in order to effect such
reduction in basis. The costs of the Joint Venture Company in making and
implementing any such adjustments shall be borne by the Member making such
request.
5.5 Entity
Classification.
Neither
the Joint Venture Company nor any Member shall file or cause to be filed any
election, the effect of which would be to cause the Joint Venture Company to
be
classified as other than a partnership for federal income tax purposes, without
the prior written consent of all Members.
5.6 Unified
Audit Election.
The
Joint Venture Company will elect, pursuant to section 6231(a)(1)(B)(ii) of
the
Code, to be subject to the unified audit rules of sections 6221-6234 of the
Code, and all Members agree to sign such election.
5.7 Application
of Section 707(b) of the Code.
For
purposes of determining the Members’ respective interests in capital or profits
of the Joint Venture Company under Section 707(b) of the Code, the Members
agree
that, unless otherwise agreed in writing, such interests shall be computed
as of
each date of determination as follows: (a) the Joint Venture Company shall
be
deemed to have a hypothetical taxable year that began with the beginning of
its
actual taxable year including such date of determination and ended as of such
date of determination, with a closing of the Joint Venture Company’s books as of
such date (provided that deductions such as depreciation, amortization and
the
like that are computed on an annual basis shall be prorated on a daily basis
so
as to take into account only the portion attributable to the period up to that
date), (b) the interests in profits of each Member as of such date shall equal
the percentage of Book income or loss (excluding amounts, if any, required
to be
disregarded for purposes of applying Section 707(b) of the Code) that would
have been allocated to each Member for such hypothetical taxable year, and
(c) the capital interests of the Members as of such date shall equal the
percentage of the total Capital Accounts of each Member as of such date, after
adjustment to reflect the items described in Section 2.1(B), (C) and (D) of
this
Appendix
B
treated
as occurring during such hypothetical taxable year.
5.8 Section
754 Election.
The
Joint Venture Company shall make or seek the revocation of, as applicable,
an
election under Section 754 of the Code with respect to the Joint Venture Company
upon request of any Member whose Percentage Interest as of the end of any
taxable year of the Joint Venture Company exceeds its Percentage Interest as
of
the Effective Date.
5.9 Imputed
Income.
If a
Member is deemed for applicable income tax purposes to have received income
from
the Joint Venture Company as a result of one or more transactions that were
not
treated by the Joint Venture Company as giving rise to income to such Member,
the Joint Venture Company shall make such adjustments to its allocations as
are
necessary so that, as closely as possible, such Member is placed in the same
tax
position as if such income was not deemed to have been recognized, provided
that
such adjustments shall not result in consequences to the other Member that
are
significantly more adverse to such other Member than if the position originally
taken by the Joint Venture Company were upheld.
5.10 [Reserved].
5.11 Tax
Accounting Methods.
To the
extent permitted by applicable law, the Joint Venture Company shall implement
such tax elections that to the greatest extent possible result in the Joint
Venture Company's cost of goods sold for purposes of determining the Joint
Venture Company's Book income or loss equaling the sum of (a) "Cost" as such
term is defined in the Supply Agreements, plus (b) any additional amounts
included in the "amount realized" by the Joint Venture Company upon the sale
of
products to Intel and Micron, respectively.
5.12 No
Indemnity for Tax Consequences.
Neither
of the Members nor the Joint Venture Company shall be responsible for the income
tax consequences to the other Members resulting from this Appendix or the
Agreement; provided,
however, that the Members shall reasonably cooperate as requested in order
to
effectuate the intent of this Appendix, although such cooperation shall not
require either Member to incur significant additional costs that are not
reimbursed by the requesting Member.
5.13 [Reserved].
5.14 Conflicts
with Agreement.
In the
event of any conflict between the terms of this Appendix B and any provision
of
the Agreement, the terms of this Appendix B shall govern.
APPENDIX
C
IM
FLASH SINGAPORE, LLP
INITIAL
MANAGERS
The
initial Managers appointed by Intel Singapore will be:
1.
Dave
Baglee
2.
Brian
L. Harrison
3.
Clemente J. Russo
4.
Holly
L. Barrett
The
initial Managers appointed by Micron Singapore will be:
1.
W.G.
Stover, Jr.
2.
Rod
Morgan
3.
Jen
Kwong Hwa
4.
Scott
DeBoer
APPENDIX
D
IM
FLASH SINGAPORE, LLP
INITIAL
CAPITAL CONTRIBUTIONS
Intel
Initial Capital Contribution
|
|
Intel
Initial Contributed Assets:
|
|
Cash
(delivered [***])
|
$[***]
|
|
|
Micron
Initial Capital Contribution
|
|
Micron
Initial Contributed Assets:
|
|
Cash
(delivered [***])
|
$[***]
|
APPENDIX
E
Intentionally
Omitted.
EXHIBIT
A
FORM
OF
MANDATORY
NOTE
NEITHER
THIS NOTE NOR ANY INTEREST IN THE JOINT VENTURE COMPANY (AS DEFINED BELOW)
THAT
MAY BE ACQUIRED UPON CONVERSION OF THIS NOTE HAS BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE
SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE “ACT”),
OR
UNDER THE SECURITIES LAWS OF ANY STATES. THIS NOTE HAS BEEN ISSUED IN RELIANCE
UPON THE REPRESENTATION OF THE HOLDER THAT IT HAS BEEN ACQUIRED FOR INVESTMENT
PURPOSES AND NOT WITH A VIEW TOWARDS THE RESALE OR OTHER DISTRIBUTION THEREOF.
THIS NOTE AND ANY INTEREST IN THE JOINT VENTURE COMPANY ACQUIRED UPON CONVERSION
OF THIS NOTE ARE SUBJECT TO RESTRICTIONS ON TRANSFERABILITY AND RESALE AND
MAY
NOT BE TRANSFERRED OR RESOLD UNLESS PERMITTED UNDER SECTIONS 12.2 OR 12.5 OF
THE
LIMITED LIABILITY PARTNERSHIP AGREEMENT, DATED FEBRUARY 27, 2007, OF THE JOINT
VENTURE COMPANY AND THEN ONLY PURSUANT TO REGISTRATION OR EXEMPTION THEREFROM
AS
PERMITTED UNDER THE ACT AND APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS. INVESTORS SHOULD
BE AWARE THAT THEY MAY BE REQUIRED TO BEAR THE FINANCIAL RISKS OF THIS
INVESTMENT FOR AN INDEFINITE PERIOD OF TIME.
IM
FLASH SINGAPORE, LLP
REDEEMABLE
NOTE
|
No.:
_________
|
Principal
Amount: $[____________]
|
Location:
[____________]
|
Date
of Issuance: [____________]
|
Maturity
Date: [____________]
|
FOR
VALUE
RECEIVED, IM
FLASH SINGAPORE, LLP,
a
limited liability partnership organized under the laws of Singapore (the
“Joint
Venture Company”),
promises to pay to [____________], a Delaware corporation (the “Funding
Member”),
or
such Wholly-Owned Subsidiary of the Funding Member as the Funding Member may
designate, the principal sum of [____________] Dollars ($[____________]) and
to
pay interest on the outstanding principal of this Convertible Promissory Note
(this “Note”),
in
accordance with Section 2 of this Note.
This
Note
is delivered in exchange for Member Debt Financing received from the Funding
Member pursuant to Section 3.1 of the Limited Liability Partnership
Agreement dated February 27, 2007, of the Joint Venture Company (the
“Partnership
Agreement”)
and is
issued under and subject to the terms, provisions and conditions of the
Partnership Agreement. Reference is hereby made to the Partnership Agreement
for
a full statement of the respective rights, limitations of rights and duties
of
the Joint Venture Company, the Funding Member and [____________], a Delaware
corporation (the “Non-Funding
Member”)
and
the terms under which this Note is issued and delivered. Capitalized terms
used
in this Note and not defined
shall
have the meanings set forth in the Partnership Agreement. This Note may be
one
of a series of Notes issued pursuant to Section 3.1 of the Partnership
Agreement. This Note is [a Mandatory Shortfall Note] [a Mandatory Equalization
Note].
1. TERM.
(a) Subject
to paragraph (b) below, from and after the date that is [***] after the date
of
this Note (the “Maturity
Date”),
the
Funding Member shall elect to either:
(i) convert
this Note in accordance with Section 4 below; or
(ii) permit
this Note to remain outstanding (in which case this Note shall become a
Continuing Mandatory Note) with the Maturity Date being the Liquidation Date
(the Maturity Date as so extended, the “Extended
Maturity Date”).
In
the
event that the Funding Member fails to make an election under clause (i) or
clause (ii) above, the Funding Member shall be deemed to have elected to
permit this Note to remain outstanding in accordance with clause (ii)
above, and this Note and the related Mandatory [Equalization][Shortfall] Note,
shall automatically become a Continuing Mandatory Note.
(b) Subject
to Section 4 below, upon the date of the first distribution under Section
13.13(C) of the Partnership Agreement, the Outstanding Balance, plus all accrued
and unpaid interest thereon, shall become due.
2. INTEREST.
[Mandatory
Equalization Note:
[***]]
[Mandatory
Shortfall Note:
As
provided in the Partnership Agreement, interest on the unpaid principal balance
of this Note (such unpaid principal balance at any given time is referred to
as
the “Outstanding
Balance”)
will
accrue as follows:
(a) For
the
[***] after the issue date of this Note, interest will accrue at the [***]
(as
reported in the [***]), as in effect on the issue date of this Note and adjusted
every [***], plus [***] ([***]) basis points, per annum, compounded [***],
calculated on the basis of a 360 day year and actual days elapsed.
(b) For
the
period starting on the day after the [***] anniversary of the issue date of
this
Note through the Maturity Date, interest will accrue at the [***] (as reported
in the [***]), as in effect on the [***] anniversary of the issue date of this
Note and adjusted every [***], per annum, compounded [***], calculated on the
basis of a 360 day year and actual days elapsed.
(c) [***]
will accrue on the Outstanding Balance from the Maturity Date until this Note
is
converted or redeemed in full.]
All
payments received shall be applied first against costs of collection and
enforcement (if any), then against accrued and unpaid interest, and then against
principal.
3. PREPAYMENT.
The Joint Venture Company shall prepay, without premium or penalty, this Note
if, as and to the extent required by the Partnership Agreement, but only upon
written notice executed by the chief executive officer of the holder of this
Note.
4. CONVERSION.
(a) At
any
time, and from time to time, from the Maturity Date through the Extended
Maturity Date, the Funding Member may, at its election, transfer to the Joint
Venture Company as a Capital Contribution all or a portion of the Outstanding
Balance plus all accrued and unpaid interest thereon and such amount shall
be
added to the Capital Contribution Balance of the Funding Member (a “Conversion”).
(b) If
the
Outstanding Balance plus all accrued and unpaid interest thereon shall become
due as set forth in Section 1(b) above, (i) the Funding Member may elect to
make a Conversion in full, but not in part, of the Outstanding Balance plus
all
accrued and unpaid interest thereon or (ii) if the Funding Member does not
so
elect, a Conversion of the Outstanding Balance plus all accrued and unpaid
interest thereon (in full, but not in part) may be effected in accordance with
Section 13.13(B) of the Partnership Agreement.
(c) Upon
the
occurrence of an Event of Default under Section 5 below, the Funding Member
may,
in addition to the remedies set forth in Section 6 below, elect to make a
Conversion.
5. DEFAULT.
The occurrence of any one or more of the following events, acts or occurrences
shall constitute an event of default (each an “Event
of Default”):
(a) failure
by the Joint Venture Company to pay any principal of or interest on this Note
as
and when required by the Partnership Agreement or the terms hereof, unless
the
Funding Member makes an election under Section 1(a) hereof; and
(b) (i)
the
entry of a decree or order for relief of the Joint Venture Company by a court
of
competent jurisdiction in any involuntary case involving the Joint Venture
Company under any bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar law now or hereafter
in effect; (ii) the appointment of a receiver, liquidator, assignee, custodian,
trustee, sequestrator or other similar agent for the Joint Venture Company
or
for any substantial part of the Joint Venture Company’s assets or property;
(iii) the ordering of the winding up or liquidation of the Joint Venture
Company’s affairs; (iv) the filing with respect to the Joint Venture Company of
a petition in any such involuntary bankruptcy case, which petition remains
undismissed for a period of sixty (60) days or which is dismissed or suspended
pursuant to the Act; (v) the commencement by the Joint Venture Company of a
voluntary case under any bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar law now or
hereafter in effect; (vi) the consent by the Joint Venture Company to the entry
of an order for relief in an involuntary case under any such law or to the
appointment of or taking possession by a receiver, liquidator, assignee,
trustee, custodian, sequestrator or other similar agent for the Joint Venture
Company or for any substantial part of the Joint Venture Company’s assets or
property; or (vii) the making by the Joint Venture Company of any general
assignment for the benefit of creditors.
6. REMEDIES.
If an Event of Default occurs, the Funding Member may, at its election, (a)
elect to make a Conversion in accordance with Section 4 above, (b) accelerate
repayment of the Outstanding Balance, in which case the Outstanding Balance
plus
all accrued and unpaid interest thereon shall be due and payable immediately,
and (c) pursue a claim for payment of the amounts required to be paid under
the
Partnership Agreement or this Note.
7. MISCELLANEOUS.
7.1 This
Note
shall be construed and enforced in accordance with and governed by the laws
of
the State of Delaware without giving effect to the principles of conflict of
laws thereof.
7.2 The
titles, captions and headings of this Note are provided for convenience of
reference only and shall not be deemed to constitute a part of this Note. Unless
otherwise specifically stated, all references herein to “sections” and
“appendices” will mean “sections” and “appendices” to this Note.
7.3 All
notices to the Joint Venture Company shall be sent addressed to the Site Manager
of the Joint Venture Company at the Joint Venture Company’s principal place of
business. All notices to the Funding Member or the Non-Funding Member shall
be
sent addressed to such Member at the address as may be specified by Members
from
time to time in a notice to the Joint Venture Company. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, the initial notice addresses for the Joint Venture Company and the
Members are set forth below. All notices are effective the next day, if sent
by
recognized overnight courier or facsimile, or five (5) days after deposit in
the
United States mail, postage prepaid, properly addressed and return receipt
requested.
To
the Joint Venture Company:
|
To
the Funding Member:
|
[____________]
|
[____________]
|
[____________]
|
[____________]
|
[____________]
|
[____________]
|
[____________]
|
[____________]
|
|
|
Fax
Number: [____________]
|
Fax
Number: [____________]
|
|
|
7.4 No
delay
or omission to exercise any right, power or remedy accruing to the Funding
Member, upon any breach or default of the Joint Venture Company under this
Note,
shall impair any such right, power or remedy of the Funding Member nor shall
it
be construed to be a waiver of any such breach or default, or an acquiescence
therein, or of any similar breach of default thereafter occurring or any waiver
of any other breach or default theretofore or thereafter occurring. The
acceptance at any time by the Funding Member of any past-due amount shall not
be
deemed to be a waiver of the right to require prompt payment when due of any
other amounts then or thereafter due and payable. Any waiver, permit, consent
or
approval of any kind or character on the part of the Funding Member of any
breach of default under this Note or any waiver on the part of the Funding
Member of any provisions or conditions of this Note, must be in writing and
shall be effective only to the extent specifically set forth in such writing.
All
other
remedies
provided for in this Note shall be exclusive and shall be in lieu of any other
remedies that the Funding Member may have in respect of this Note, at law or
in
equity.
7.5 This
Note
may be executed in several counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an
original, but all of which together shall constitute one and the same
instrument.
7.6 Should
any provision of this Note be deemed in contradiction with the laws of any
jurisdiction in which it is to be performed or unenforceable for any reason,
such provision shall be deemed null and void, but this Note shall remain in
full
force in all other respects and the parties hereto shall negotiate in good
faith
appropriate modifications to this Note that most nearly effects the parties’
intent in entering into this Note.
7.7 The
Joint
Venture Company hereby waives presentment, demand, protest, notice of dishonor,
diligence and all other notices, any release or discharge arising from any
extension of time, discharge of a prior party, release of any or all of any
security given from time to time for this Note, or other cause of release or
discharge other than actual payment in full hereof.
7.8 The
Funding Member shall not be deemed, by any act or omission, to have waived
any
of its rights or remedies hereunder unless such waiver is in writing and signed
by the Funding Member and then only to the extent specifically set forth in
such
writing. A waiver with reference to one event shall not be construed as
continuing or as a bar to or waiver of any right or remedy as to a subsequent
event.
7.9 Time
is
of the essence hereof.
7.10 It
is
expressly agreed that if this Note is referred to an attorney or if suit is
brought to collect or interpret this Note or any part hereof or to enforce
or
protect any rights conferred upon the Funding Member by this Note or any other
document evidencing this Note, then the Joint Venture Company promises and
agrees to pay all costs, including attorneys’ fees, incurred by the Funding
Member.
7.11 If
any
provisions of this Note would require the Joint Venture Company to pay interest
hereon at a rate exceeding the highest rate allowed by applicable law, the
Joint
Venture Company shall instead pay interest under this Note at the highest rate
permitted by applicable law.
7.12 In
the
event of any conflict between the provisions of the Partnership Agreement and
this Note, the provisions of the Partnership Agreement shall
control.
IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, the Joint Venture Company has executed this Note as of the
date
first above written.
IM
FLASH SINGAPORE, LLP
|
|
|
By:_________________________
|
|
Name:_______________________
|
|
Title:________________________
|
ACKNOWLEDGED
AND ACCEPTED:
|
|
[____________],
the Funding Member
|
|
|
By:_________________________
|
|
Name:_______________________
|
|
Title:________________________
|
SIGNATURE
PAGE TO
PROMISSORY
NOTE
ISSUED
BY
IM
FLASH SINGAPORE, LLP
TO
[____________]
EXHIBIT
B
FORM
OF
OPTIONAL
[***] NOTE
NEITHER
THIS NOTE NOR ANY INTEREST IN THE JOINT VENTURE COMPANY (AS DEFINED BELOW)
THAT
MAY BE ACQUIRED UPON CONVERSION OF THIS NOTE HAS BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE
SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE “ACT”),
OR
UNDER THE SECURITIES LAWS OF ANY STATES. THIS NOTE HAS BEEN ISSUED IN RELIANCE
UPON THE REPRESENTATION OF THE HOLDER THAT IT HAS BEEN ACQUIRED FOR INVESTMENT
PURPOSES AND NOT WITH A VIEW TOWARDS THE RESALE OR OTHER DISTRIBUTION THEREOF.
THIS NOTE AND ANY INTEREST IN THE JOINT VENTURE COMPANY ACQUIRED UPON CONVERSION
OF THIS NOTE ARE SUBJECT TO RESTRICTIONS ON TRANSFERABILITY AND RESALE AND
MAY
NOT BE TRANSFERRED OR RESOLD UNLESS PERMITTED UNDER SECTIONS 12.2 OR 12.5 OF
THE
LIMITED LIABILITY PARTNERSHIP AGREEMENT, DATED FEBRUARY 27, 2007, OF THE JOINT
VENTURE COMPANY AND THEN ONLY PURSUANT TO REGISTRATION OR EXEMPTION THEREFROM
AS
PERMITTED UNDER THE ACT AND APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS. INVESTORS SHOULD
BE AWARE THAT THEY MAY BE REQUIRED TO BEAR THE FINANCIAL RISKS OF THIS
INVESTMENT FOR AN INDEFINITE PERIOD OF TIME.
IM
FLASH SINGAPORE, LLP
REDEEMABLE
NOTE
|
No.:
_________
|
Principal
Amount: $[____________]
|
Location:
[____________]
|
Date
of Issuance: [____________]
|
Maturity
Date: [____________]
|
FOR
VALUE
RECEIVED, IM
FLASH SINGAPORE, LLP,
a
limited liability partnership organized under the laws of Singapore (the
“Joint
Venture Company”),
promises to pay to [____________], a Delaware corporation (the “Funding
Member”),
or
such Wholly-Owned Subsidiary of the Funding Member as the Funding Member may
designate, the principal sum of [____________] Dollars ($[____________]) and
to
pay interest on the outstanding principal of this Convertible Promissory Note
(this “Note”),
in
accordance with Section 2 of this Note.
This
Note
is delivered in exchange for Member Debt Financing received from the Funding
Member pursuant to Section 3.2 of the Limited Liability Partnership
Agreement, dated February 27, 2007, of the Joint Venture Company (the
“Partnership
Agreement”)
and is
issued under and subject to the terms, provisions and conditions of the
Partnership Agreement. Reference is hereby made to the Partnership Agreement
for
a full statement of the respective rights, limitations of rights and duties
of
the Joint Venture Company, the Funding Member and [____________], a Delaware
corporation (the “Non-Funding
Member”)
and
the terms under which this Note is issued and delivered. Capitalized terms
used
in this Note and not defined shall have the meanings set forth in the
Partnership Agreement. This Note may be one of a
series
of
Notes issued pursuant to Section 3.2 of the Partnership Agreement. This Note
is
[an Optional [***] Shortfall Note] [an Optional [***] Equalization
Note].
1. TERM.
(a)
This note will mature on the [***].
(b) Subject
to Section 4 below, upon the date of the first distribution under Section
13.13(C) of the Partnership Agreement, the Outstanding Balance, plus all accrued
and unpaid interest thereon, shall become due.
2. INTEREST.
[Optional
[***] Equalization Note:
[***]]
[Optional
[***] Shortfall Note:
As
provided in the Partnership Agreement, interest on the unpaid principal balance
of this Note (such unpaid principal balance at any given time is referred to
as
the “Outstanding
Balance”)
will
accrue at the [***] (as reported in the [***]), as in effect on the issue date
of this Note and adjusted every [***], per annum, compounded [***], calculated
on the basis of a 360 day year and actual days elapsed.
All
payments received shall be applied first against costs of collection and
enforcement (if any), then against accrued and unpaid interest, and then against
principal.
3. PREPAYMENT.
The Joint Venture Company shall prepay, without premium or penalty, this Note
if, as and to the extent required by the Partnership Agreement, but only upon
written notice executed by the chief executive officer of the holder of this
Note.
4. CONVERSION.
(a) At
any
time, and from time to time, the Funding Member may, at its election, transfer
to the Joint Venture Company as a Capital Contribution all or a portion of
the
Outstanding Balance plus all accrued and unpaid interest thereon and such amount
shall be added to the Capital Contribution Balance of the Funding Member (a
“Conversion”).
(b) If
the
Outstanding Balance plus all accrued and unpaid interest thereon shall become
due as set forth in Section 1(b) above, (i) the Funding Member may elect to
make a Conversion in full, but not in part, of the Outstanding Balance plus
all
accrued and unpaid interest thereon or (ii) if the Funding Member does not
so
elect, a Conversion of the Outstanding Balance plus all accrued and unpaid
interest thereon (in full, but not in part) may be effected in accordance with
Section 13.13(B) of the Partnership Agreement.
(c) Upon
the
occurrence of an Event of Default under Section 5 below, the Funding Member
may,
in addition to the remedies set forth in Section 6 below, elect to make a
Conversion.
5. DEFAULT.
The occurrence of any one or more of the following events, acts or occurrences
shall constitute an event of default (each an “Event
of Default”):
(a) failure
by the Joint Venture Company to pay any principal of or interest on this Note
as
and when required by the Partnership Agreement or the terms hereof;
and
(b) (i)
the
entry of a decree or order for relief of the Joint Venture Company by a court
of
competent jurisdiction in any involuntary case involving the Joint Venture
Company under any bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar law now or hereafter
in effect; (ii) the appointment of a receiver, liquidator, assignee, custodian,
trustee, sequestrator or other similar agent for the Joint Venture Company
or
for any substantial part of the Joint Venture Company’s assets or property;
(iii) the ordering of the winding up or liquidation of the Joint Venture
Company’s affairs; (iv) the filing with respect to the Joint Venture Company of
a petition in any such involuntary bankruptcy case, which petition remains
undismissed for a period of sixty (60) days or which is dismissed or suspended
pursuant to the Act; (v) the commencement by the Joint Venture Company of a
voluntary case under any bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar law now or
hereafter in effect; (vi) the consent by the Joint Venture Company to the entry
of an order for relief in an involuntary case under any such law or to the
appointment of or taking possession by a receiver, liquidator, assignee,
trustee, custodian, sequestrator or other similar agent for the Joint Venture
Company or for any substantial part of the Joint Venture Company’s assets or
property; or (vii) the making by the Joint Venture Company of any general
assignment for the benefit of creditors.
6. REMEDIES.
If an Event of Default occurs, the Funding Member may, at its election, (a)
elect to make a Conversion in accordance with Section 4 above, (b) accelerate
repayment of the Outstanding Balance, in which case the Outstanding Balance
plus
all accrued and unpaid interest thereon shall be due and payable immediately,
and (c) pursue a claim for payment of the amounts required to be paid under
the
Partnership Agreement or this Note.
7. MISCELLANEOUS.
7.1 This
Note
shall be construed and enforced in accordance with and governed by the laws
of
the State of Delaware without giving effect to the principles of conflict of
laws thereof.
7.2 The
titles, captions and headings of this Note are provided for convenience of
reference only and shall not be deemed to constitute a part of this Note. Unless
otherwise specifically stated, all references herein to “sections” and
“appendices” will mean “sections” and “appendices” to this Note.
7.3 All
notices to the Joint Venture Company shall be sent addressed to the Site Manager
of the Joint Venture Company at the Joint Venture Company’s principal place of
business. All notices to the Funding Member or the Non-Funding Member shall
be
sent addressed to such Member at the address as may be specified by Members
from
time to time in a notice to the Joint Venture Company. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, the initial notice addresses for the Joint Venture Company and the
Members are set forth below. All notices are effective the next day, if sent
by
recognized overnight courier or facsimile, or five (5) days after deposit in
the
United States mail, postage prepaid, properly addressed and return receipt
requested.
To
the Joint Venture Company:
|
To
the Funding Member:
|
[____________]
|
[____________]
|
[____________]
|
[____________]
|
[____________]
|
[____________]
|
[____________]
|
[____________]
|
|
|
Fax
Number: [____________]
|
Fax
Number: [____________]
|
|
|
7.4 No
delay
or omission to exercise any right, power or remedy accruing to the Funding
Member, upon any breach or default of the Joint Venture Company under this
Note,
shall impair any such right, power or remedy of the Funding Member nor shall
it
be construed to be a waiver of any such breach or default, or an acquiescence
therein, or of any similar breach of default thereafter occurring or any waiver
of any other breach or default theretofore or thereafter occurring. The
acceptance at any time by the Funding Member of any past-due amount shall not
be
deemed to be a waiver of the right to require prompt payment when due of any
other amounts then or thereafter due and payable. Any waiver, permit, consent
or
approval of any kind or character on the part of the Funding Member of any
breach of default under this Note or any waiver on the part of the Funding
Member of any provisions or conditions of this Note, must be in writing and
shall be effective only to the extent specifically set forth in such writing.
All
other
remedies provided for in this Note shall be exclusive and shall be in lieu
of
any other remedies that the Funding Member may have in respect of this Note,
at
law or in equity.
7.5 This
Note
may be executed in several counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an
original, but all of which together shall constitute one and the same
instrument.
7.6 Should
any provision of this Note be deemed in contradiction with the laws of any
jurisdiction in which it is to be performed or unenforceable for any reason,
such provision shall be deemed null and void, but this Note shall remain in
full
force in all other respects and the parties hereto shall negotiate in good
faith
appropriate modifications to this Note that most nearly effects the parties’
intent in entering into this Note.
7.7 The
Joint
Venture Company hereby waives presentment, demand, protest, notice of dishonor,
diligence and all other notices, any release or discharge arising from any
extension of time, discharge of a prior party, release of any or all of any
security given from time to time for this Note, or other cause of release or
discharge other than actual payment in full hereof.
7.8 The
Funding Member shall not be deemed, by any act or omission, to have waived
any
of its rights or remedies hereunder unless such waiver is in writing and signed
by the Funding Member and then only to the extent specifically set forth in
such
writing. A waiver with reference to one event shall not be construed as
continuing or as a bar to or waiver of any right or remedy as to a subsequent
event.
7.9 Time
is
of the essence hereof.
7.10 It
is
expressly agreed that if this Note is referred to an attorney or if suit is
brought to collect or interpret this Note or any part hereof or to enforce
or
protect any rights conferred
upon
the
Funding Member by this Note or any other document evidencing this Note, then
the
Joint Venture Company promises and agrees to pay all costs, including attorneys’
fees, incurred by the Funding Member.
7.11 If
any
provisions of this Note would require the Joint Venture Company to pay interest
hereon at a rate exceeding the highest rate allowed by applicable law, the
Joint
Venture Company shall instead pay interest under this Note at the highest rate
permitted by applicable law.
7.12 In
the
event of any conflict between the provisions of the Partnership Agreement and
this Note, the provisions of the Partnership Agreement shall
control.
IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, the Joint Venture Company has executed this Note as of the
date
first above written.
IM
FLASH SINGAPORE, LLP
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By:_______________________
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Name:_____________________
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Title:______________________
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ACKNOWLEDGED
AND ACCEPTED:
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[____________],
the Funding Member
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By:_______________________
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Name:_____________________
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Title:______________________
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SIGNATURE
PAGE TO
PROMISSORY
NOTE
ISSUED
BY
IM
FLASH SINGAPORE, LLP
TO
[____________]
EXHIBIT
C
FORM
OF
OPTIONAL
OTHER NOTE
NEITHER
THIS NOTE NOR ANY INTEREST IN THE JOINT VENTURE COMPANY (AS DEFINED BELOW)
THAT
MAY BE ACQUIRED UPON CONVERSION OF THIS NOTE HAS BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE
SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE “ACT”),
OR
UNDER THE SECURITIES LAWS OF ANY STATES. THIS NOTE HAS BEEN ISSUED IN RELIANCE
UPON THE REPRESENTATION OF THE HOLDER THAT IT HAS BEEN ACQUIRED FOR INVESTMENT
PURPOSES AND NOT WITH A VIEW TOWARDS THE RESALE OR OTHER DISTRIBUTION THEREOF.
THIS NOTE AND ANY INTEREST IN THE JOINT VENTURE COMPANY ACQUIRED UPON CONVERSION
OF THIS NOTE ARE SUBJECT TO RESTRICTIONS ON TRANSFERABILITY AND RESALE AND
MAY
NOT BE TRANSFERRED OR RESOLD UNLESS PERMITTED UNDER SECTIONS 12.2 OR 12.5 OF
THE
LIMITED LIABILITY PARTNERSHIP AGREEMENT, DATED FEBRUARY 27, 2007, OF THE JOINT
VENTURE COMPANY AND THEN ONLY PURSUANT TO REGISTRATION OR EXEMPTION THEREFROM
AS
PERMITTED UNDER THE ACT AND APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS. INVESTORS SHOULD
BE AWARE THAT THEY MAY BE REQUIRED TO BEAR THE FINANCIAL RISKS OF THIS
INVESTMENT FOR AN INDEFINITE PERIOD OF TIME.
IM
FLASH SINGAPORE, LLP
REDEEMABLE
NOTE
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No.:
_________
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Principal
Amount: $[____________]
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Location:
[____________]
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Date
of Issuance: [____________]
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Maturity
Date: [____________]
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FOR
VALUE
RECEIVED, IM
FLASH SINGAPORE, LLP,
a
limited liability partnership organized under the laws of Singapore (the
“Joint
Venture Company”),
promises to pay to [____________], a Delaware corporation (the “Funding
Member”),
or
such Wholly-Owned Subsidiary of the Funding Member as the Funding Member may
designate, the principal sum of [____________] Dollars ($[____________])of
this
Convertible Promissory Note (this “Note”),
in
accordance with Section 2 of this Note.
This
Note
is delivered in exchange for Member Debt Financing received from the Funding
Member pursuant to Section 3.3 of the Limited Liability Partnership
Agreement, dated February 27, 2007, of the Joint Venture Company (the
“Partnership
Agreement”)
and is
issued under and subject to the terms, provisions and conditions of the
Partnership Agreement. Reference is hereby made to the Partnership Agreement
for
a full statement of the respective rights, limitations of rights and duties
of
the Joint Venture Company, the Funding Member and [____________], a Delaware
corporation (the “Non-Funding
Member”)
and
the terms under which this Note is issued and delivered. Capitalized terms
used
in this Note and not defined shall have the meanings set forth in the
Partnership Agreement. This Note may be one of a
series
of
Notes issued pursuant to Section 3.3 of the Partnership Agreement. This Note
is
an Optional Other Shortfall Note.
1. TERM.
This Note will mature on the [***].
2. INTEREST.
[***]
3. PREPAYMENT.
The Joint Venture Company shall prepay, without premium or penalty, this Note
if, as and to the extent required by the Partnership Agreement, but only upon
written notice executed by the chief executive officer of the holder of this
Note.
4. CONVERSION.
(a) At
any
time, and from time to time, the Funding Member may, at its election, transfer
to the Joint Venture Company as a Capital Contribution all or a portion of
the
Outstanding Balance thereon and such amount shall be added to the Capital
Contribution Balance of the Funding Member (a “Conversion”).
(b) Upon
the
occurrence of an Event of Default under Section 5 below, the Funding Member
may,
in addition to the remedies set forth in Section 6 below, elect to make a
Conversion.
5. DEFAULT.
The occurrence of any one or more of the following events, acts or occurrences
shall constitute an event of default (each an “Event
of Default”):
(a) failure
by the Joint Venture Company to pay any principal of on this Note as and when
required by the Partnership Agreement or the terms hereof; and
(b) (i)
the
entry of a decree or order for relief of the Joint Venture Company by a court
of
competent jurisdiction in any involuntary case involving the Joint Venture
Company under any bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar law now or hereafter
in effect; (ii) the appointment of a receiver, liquidator, assignee, custodian,
trustee, sequestrator or other similar agent for the Joint Venture Company
or
for any substantial part of the Joint Venture Company’s assets or property;
(iii) the ordering of the winding up or liquidation of the Joint Venture
Company’s affairs; (iv) the filing with respect to the Joint Venture Company of
a petition in any such involuntary bankruptcy case, which petition remains
undismissed for a period of sixty (60) days or which is dismissed or suspended
pursuant to the Act; (v) the commencement by the Joint Venture Company of a
voluntary case under any bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar law now or
hereafter in effect; (vi) the consent by the Joint Venture Company to the entry
of an order for relief in an involuntary case under any such law or to the
appointment of or taking possession by a receiver, liquidator, assignee,
trustee, custodian, sequestrator or other similar agent for the Joint Venture
Company or for any substantial part of the Joint Venture Company’s assets or
property; or (vii) the making by the Joint Venture Company of any general
assignment for the benefit of creditors.
6. REMEDIES.
If an Event of Default occurs, the Funding Member may, at its election, (a)
elect to make a Conversion in accordance with Section 4 above, (b) accelerate
repayment of the Outstanding Balance, in which case the Outstanding Balance
shall be due and payable
immediately,
and (c) pursue a claim for payment of the amounts required to be paid under
the
Partnership Agreement or this Note.
7. MISCELLANEOUS.
7.1 This
Note
shall be construed and enforced in accordance with and governed by the laws
of
the State of Delaware without giving effect to the principles of conflict of
laws thereof.
7.2 The
titles, captions and headings of this Note are provided for convenience of
reference only and shall not be deemed to constitute a part of this Note. Unless
otherwise specifically stated, all references herein to “sections” and
“appendices” will mean “sections” and “appendices” to this Note.
7.3 All
notices to the Joint Venture Company shall be sent addressed to the Site Manager
of the Joint Venture Company at the Joint Venture Company’s principal place of
business. All notices to the Funding Member or the Non-Funding Member shall
be
sent addressed to such Member at the address as may be specified by Members
from
time to time in a notice to the Joint Venture Company. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, the initial notice addresses for the Joint Venture Company and the
Members are set forth below. All notices are effective the next day, if sent
by
recognized overnight courier or facsimile, or five (5) days after deposit in
the
United States mail, postage prepaid, properly addressed and return receipt
requested.
To
the Joint Venture Company:
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To
the Funding Member:
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[____________]
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[____________]
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[____________]
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[____________]
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[____________]
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[____________]
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[____________]
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[____________]
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Fax
Number: [____________]
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Fax
Number: [____________]
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7.4 No
delay
or omission to exercise any right, power or remedy accruing to the Funding
Member, upon any breach or default of the Joint Venture Company under this
Note,
shall impair any such right, power or remedy of the Funding Member nor shall
it
be construed to be a waiver of any such breach or default, or an acquiescence
therein, or of any similar breach of default thereafter occurring or any waiver
of any other breach or default theretofore or thereafter occurring. The
acceptance at any time by the Funding Member of any past-due amount shall not
be
deemed to be a waiver of the right to require prompt payment when due of any
other amounts then or thereafter due and payable. Any waiver, permit, consent
or
approval of any kind or character on the part of the Funding Member of any
breach of default under this Note or any waiver on the part of the Funding
Member of any provisions or conditions of this Note, must be in writing and
shall be effective only to the extent specifically set forth in such writing.
All
other
remedies provided for in this Note shall be exclusive and shall be in lieu
of
any other remedies that the Funding Member may have in respect of this Note,
at
law or in equity.
7.5 This
Note
may be executed in several counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an
original, but all of which together shall constitute one and the same
instrument.
7.6 Should
any provision of this Note be deemed in contradiction with the laws of any
jurisdiction in which it is to be performed or unenforceable for any reason,
such provision shall be deemed null and void, but this Note shall remain in
full
force in all other respects and the parties hereto shall negotiate in good
faith
appropriate modifications to this Note that most nearly effects the parties’
intent in entering into this Note.
7.7 The
Joint
Venture Company hereby waives presentment, demand, protest, notice of dishonor,
diligence and all other notices, any release or discharge arising from any
extension of time, discharge of a prior party, release of any or all of any
security given from time to time for this Note, or other cause of release or
discharge other than actual payment in full hereof.
7.8 The
Funding Member shall not be deemed, by any act or omission, to have waived
any
of its rights or remedies hereunder unless such waiver is in writing and signed
by the Funding Member and then only to the extent specifically set forth in
such
writing. A waiver with reference to one event shall not be construed as
continuing or as a bar to or waiver of any right or remedy as to a subsequent
event.
7.9 Time
is
of the essence hereof.
7.10 It
is
expressly agreed that if this Note is referred to an attorney or if suit is
brought to collect or interpret this Note or any part hereof or to enforce
or
protect any rights conferred upon the Funding Member by this Note or any other
document evidencing this Note, then the Joint Venture Company promises and
agrees to pay all costs, including attorneys’ fees, incurred by the Funding
Member.
7.11 If
any
provisions of this Note would require the Joint Venture Company to pay interest
hereon at a rate exceeding the highest rate allowed by applicable law, the
Joint
Venture Company shall instead pay interest under this Note at the highest rate
permitted by applicable law.
7.12 In
the
event of any conflict between the provisions of the Partnership Agreement and
this Note, the provisions of the Partnership Agreement shall
control.
IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, the Joint Venture Company has executed this Note as of the
date
first above written.
IM
FLASH SINGAPORE, LLP
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By:________________________
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Name:______________________
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Title:_______________________
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ACKNOWLEDGED
AND ACCEPTED:
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[____________],
the Funding Member
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By:________________________
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Name:_____________________
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Title:
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SIGNATURE
PAGE TO
PROMISSORY
NOTE
ISSUED
BY
IM
FLASH SINGAPORE, LLP
TO
[____________]
Exhibit
10.69
[***] DENOTES
CONFIDENTIAL MATERIALS OMITTED AND FILED SEPARATELY WITH THE SECURITIES AND
EXCHANGE COMMISSION PURSUANT TO A REQUEST FOR CONFIDENTIAL
TREATMENT.
INTEL/MICRON
CONFIDENTIAL
SUPPLY
AGREEMENT
This
SUPPLY AGREEMENT (the “Agreement”),
is
made and entered into as of this 27th day of February, 2007 (the “Effective
Date”),
by
and between Micron Semiconductor Asia Pte. Ltd., a Singapore private limited
company (“Micron
Singapore”),
and
IM
Flash
Singapore, LLP, a Singapore limited liability partnership
(the
“Joint
Venture Company”).
RECITALS
A. The
Joint
Venture Company is engaged in the manufacturing, assembly and testing of
NAND
Flash Memory Products (as defined hereinafter) for Micron
Singapore.
B. Micron
Singapore and the Joint Venture Company (each, a “Party”
and
collectively, the “Parties”)
desire
the Joint Venture Company to
supply
Products,
including Secondary Silicon,
for
Micron
Singapore in accordance with Micron Singapore’s Sharing Interest upon
the
terms and subject to the conditions set forth in this Agreement.
AGREEMENT
NOW,
THEREFORE, for good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency
of
which are hereby acknowledged, the Parties intending to be legally bound
do
hereby agree as follows:
ARTICLE
1
DEFINITIONS;
CERTAIN INTERPRETIVE MATTERS
1.1 Definitions.
In
addition to the terms defined elsewhere in this Agreement, capitalized terms
used in this Agreement shall have the respective meanings set forth in
Exhibit
A.
1.2 Certain
Interpretive
Matters.
(a) Unless
the context requires otherwise, (1) all references to Sections, Articles,
Exhibits, Appendices or Schedules are to Sections, Articles, Exhibits,
Appendices or Schedules of or to this Agreement, (2) each of the Schedules
will
apply only to the corresponding Section or subsection of this Agreement,
(3)
each accounting term not otherwise defined in this Agreement has the meaning
commonly applied to it in accordance with Modified GAAP, (4)
words
in
the singular include the plural and visa versa, (5) the term “including”
means
“including without limitation,” and (6) the terms “herein,”
“hereof,”
“hereunder”
and
words of similar import shall mean references to this Agreement as a whole
and
not to any individual Section or portion hereof. All references to $ or dollar
amounts will be to lawful currency of the United States of America. All
references to “day”
or
“days”
will
mean calendar days
and all
references to “quarter(ly),”
“month(ly)”
or
“year(ly)”
will
mean Fiscal Quarter, Fiscal Month or Fiscal Year, respectively.
(b) No
provision of this Agreement will be interpreted in favor of, or against,
any of
the Parties by reason of the extent to which any such Party or its counsel
participated in the drafting thereof or by reason of the extent to which
any
such provision is inconsistent with any prior draft of this Agreement or
such
provision.
ARTICLE
2
OBLIGATIONS
OF THE JOINT VENTURE COMPANY;
PROCESSES
AND CONTROLS
2.1 General
Obligations.
The
Joint Venture Company will (1)
supply Product to Micron Singapore in accordance with the purchasing process
set
forth in Article
4
hereof;
(2) develop its Facilities and operations to meet Capacity according to the
Initial Business Plan, as may be amended thereafter, and the Operating Plan
and
the obligations set forth herein, including Sections
2.2, 2.5 and 2.9;
(3)
supply Products which meet the Specification(s), Price, Yield, Cycle-Time,
and
Quality and Reliability as agreed by the Parties; and (4) operate its Facilities
so that Product output from any one Facility matches the other Facilities
in
form, fit and function, in accordance with Section
2.14.
2.2 Products
to Supply.
The
Joint Venture Company will manufacture, assemble and test Products for Micron
Singapore in accordance with the Operating Plan and applicable Specifications,
developed in response to Micron Singapore’s Demand Forecast provided to the
Joint Venture Company in accordance with Article
3
below.
2.3 Process
and Design Information.
Micron
Singapore agrees to provide to the Joint Venture Company: (i) such process
technology or information as is required to be disclosed under the Joint
Development Program Agreement and the Technology License Agreement; and (ii)
design information reasonably required to manufacture NAND Flash Memory
Wafers.
2.4 Control;
Processes.
The
Joint Venture Company and Micron Singapore will review the Joint Venture
Company’s control and process mechanisms, including but not limited to such
mechanisms that are utilized to ensure that all parameters of the Specification,
including the Performance Criteria, are met or exceeded in the Joint Venture
Company’s manufacture of Products by either the Joint Venture Company or its
approved subcontractor for Micron Singapore. The Parties agree to work together
in good faith to define mutually agreeable control and process mechanisms
including the following:
[***].
2.5 Equipment,
Systems, Materials.
Except
as
provided in other Joint Venture Documents, the
Joint
Venture Company shall be responsible for procuring all
manufacturing
equipment,
tools, automated material handling systems therein and materials, including
Prime Wafers, which are reasonably required for the Joint Venture Company
to
achieve the Operating Plan. The Joint Venture Company shall endeavor to manage
the entire supply chain, including equipment, materials, systems, maintenance
and subcontractors and vendors, to create efficiency and maximize the
Performance Criteria.
2.6 Production
Masks.
Unless
otherwise agreed with Micron Singapore, the Joint Venture Company or its
subcontractors will be responsible to obtain, maintain, repair and replace
masks
used in the production of Products.
Such
masks will only be used in the production of Products for Micron Singapore.
Production masks will be repaired and replaced solely at mask operations
which
have been approved by Micron Singapore, and which approval shall not be
unreasonably withheld. The Joint Venture Company or its subcontractors will
retain possession, but not ownership of any underlying copyrights, maskworks
or
other intellectual property, of any physical production masks which the Joint
Venture Company has made under this Section
2.6.
2.7 Designation
of WIP.
At
Micron
Singapore’s option, the Joint Venture Company will ensure that WIP at Facilities
or its subcontractor’s facilities is designated for Micron Singapore from Wafer
Start. If Micron Singapore does not elect to have WIP so designated, the
Joint
Venture Company will designate the WIP for Micron Singapore after Probe
Testing.
Custom
Product of Micron Singapore, if any, must be designated as for Micron Singapore
from Wafer Start at all the Facilities or its subcontractor’s
facilities.
2.8 Subcontractors.
The
Joint Venture Company may utilize subcontractors to perform any portion of
the
manufacture, assembly and test process in making Products for Micron Singapore,
subject to all subcontractors being approved by the Members, and which approval
shall not be unreasonably withheld. The
Joint
Venture Company will ensure that all contracts with subcontractors will provide
the Joint Venture Company with the same level of access and controls as set
forth in the Agreement, including Sections
2.4, 2.9, 2.10, 2.11 and 2.12 and Article 5.
2.9 Staffing.
The
Joint Venture Company shall adequately staff its Facilities, and ensure that
its
subcontractors adequately staff their facilities, to sustain and manage
production of Product for Micron Singapore, including the obligations set
forth
in Section
2.1
and
meeting scheduled commitments, including the Operating Plan and the Performance
Criteria.
2.10 Business
Continuity Plan.
The
Joint Venture Company will develop a process (the “Business
Continuity Plan”)
to
recover the production process in the event of a natural disaster or any
other
event that disrupts the production process or the ability of the Joint Venture
Company to meet its delivery commitments to Micron Singapore or satisfy customer
orders. If requested by Micron Singapore, the Joint Venture Company will
review
its Business Continuity Plan with Micron Singapore and make changes as agreed
with Micron Singapore, subject to any confidentiality requirements.
2.11 [***].
In
addition to the quarterly review and monthly report requirements set forth
in
Sections
3.2 and 3.3,
the
Joint Venture Company will promptly notify Micron Singapore of [***].
2.12 Traceability
and Data Retention.
Micron
Singapore and the Joint Venture Company shall review the Joint Venture Company’s
process traceability system [***].
The
Joint Venture Company agrees to maintain such data for a
minimum
of [***].
The
Joint
Venture Company will endeavor to provide Micron Singapore [***].
2.13 Additional
Customer Requirements.
Micron
Singapore will inform the Joint Venture Company in writing of any auditable
supplier requirements of
any
Micron Singapore customer relating
to any Facility at which Product is manufactured, assembled or
tested.
The
Parties will work together in good faith to resolve such requests
2.14 Transfer;
Equivalency
of Operations.
Micron
Singapore will cooperate in good faith with the Joint Venture Company to
transfer Micron Singapore’s technology to the Joint Venture Company, if such
technology transfer is required under the Joint Venture Documents. The Joint
Venture Company will establish similar baseline Product performance standards,
including form, fit and function, at Facilities and subcontracted facilities.
Such efforts will include the provision of up to date equivalent materials
(including correlation wafers), data and information.
ARTICLE
3
PLANNING
MEETINGS AND FORECASTS;
PERFORMANCE
REVIEWS AND REPORTS
3.1 Planning
and Forecasting.
(a) Micron
Singapore will quarterly provide the Joint Venture Company, in a timeframe
to be
mutually agreed by the Parties to meet customer expectations, with a written
demand forecast for [***]
([***])
quarters corresponding to the Joint Venture Company’s Fiscal Quarters or as may
be otherwise agreed between the Parties. This demand will include desired
finished product breakout by design id, technology node, wafer as finished
goods
or package type (“Demand
Forecast”).
(b) The
Joint
Venture Company shall furnish Micron Singapore with a written response within
[***]
([***])
Business Days indicating a response regarding capacity and what portion of
the
demand that the Joint Venture Company can commit to meet. This written response
(the “Planning
Forecast”)
will
include:
[***]
(c) Based
on
the Planning Forecast, the Joint Venture Company shall develop a [***]
([***])
Fiscal
Quarter proposed Product loading plan for such period (“Proposed
Loading Plan”).
The
Joint Venture Company shall provide Micron Singapore with the Proposed Loading
Plan at least [***]
([***])
Business Days prior to its review by the Manufacturing Committee.
(d) The
Joint
Venture Company will submit the Proposed Loading Plan, Planning Forecast
and
other requested information to the Manufacturing Committee for
endorsement.
Once endorsed by the Manufacturing Committee, the Proposed Loading Plan shall
become part of the Operating Plan.
3.2 Performance
Reviews and Reports.
The
Joint Venture Company shall meet with Micron Singapore each quarter to discuss
the Performance Criteria and the most recent monthly report. The monthly
report
will be distributed to Micron Singapore monthly, on a date to be agreed by
the
Parties, and will include the following information:
3.3 Monthly
Review.
In
addition, the Parties shall hold a monthly meeting, on a date to be agreed
by
the Parties, with the primary purpose of [***].
ARTICLE
4
PURCHASE
AND SALE OF PRODUCTS
4.1 Product
Quantity.
Micron
Singapore shall purchase from the Joint Venture Company a percentage, equal
to
Micron Singapore’s Sharing Interest (as the same may change from time to time),
of all of the Joint Venture Company’s output of Products that meet the
Specifications. The Joint Venture Company shall produce
all Products in accordance with the Operating Plan developed in response
to
Micron
Singapore’s Demand Forecast under Article
3
above.
If
Micron
Singapore fails to purchase its full Sharing Interest of the Joint Venture
Company’s output, produced in accordance with the Operating Plan (“Under-loading”),
then
the increased Prices associated with such Under-loading shall be isolated
and
charged solely to Micron Singapore, which Micron Singapore shall remain solely
responsible for paying. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Micron Singapore may
elect, but is not obligated, to purchase Product in excess of its Sharing
Interest only by
mutual
agreement of the other Member.
4.2 Secondary
Silicon.
Any
Secondary Silicon produced by the Joint Venture Company or its subcontractors
will be provided [***]
by the
Joint Venture Company to the Members in a percentage equal to Micron Singapore’s
Sharing Interest (as the same may change from time to time). ALL SECONDARY
SILICON PROVIDED HEREUNDER IS PROVIDED ON AN “AS IS,” “WHERE IS” WITH ALL FAULTS
AND DEFECTS BASIS WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND.
4.3 Placement
of Purchase Orders.
Prior
to the commencement of every Fiscal Quarter or another time period agreed
by the
Parties in conjunction with the planning cycle specified in Article
3,
the
Joint Venture Company shall place a non-cancelable blanket purchase order
in
writing (via e-mail or facsimile transmission) for the quantity of Product
to be
supplied by the Joint Venture Company in the following Fiscal Quarter as
indicated in the Operating Plan (each such order, a “Purchase
Order”).
Micron Singapore may issue change orders to such Purchase
Orders
to
reflect changes in the Operating Plan, provided that such changes can be
reasonably accommodated by the Joint Venture Company
without
disrupting ongoing manufacturing operations. Micron Singapore may also elect
to
place out-of-cycle purchase order of Product, including expedited Probed
Wafers,
to the Joint Venture Company on an as-needed basis. The
terms
and conditions of this Agreement supersede the terms and conditions contained
in
either Party’s sales or purchase documentation provided in connection herewith
unless expressly agreed otherwise in a writing signed by each
Party.
4.4 Shortfall.
The
Joint Venture Company shall immediately notify Micron Singapore in writing
of
any inability to meet a Purchase Order commitment to Micron
Singapore.
4.5 Acceptance
of Purchase Order.
Each
Purchase Order that corresponds to the Operating Plan in the manner contemplated
by Section
4.3
and is
otherwise free of errors shall be deemed accepted by the Joint Venture Company
upon receipt and shall be binding on the Parties to the extent not inconsistent
with the Operating Plan.
4.6 Content
of Purchase Orders.
Each
Purchase Order shall specify the following items:
(a) |
Purchase
Order number;
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(b) |
Description
and part number of each Product;
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(c) |
Forecasted
quantity of each different Product and the Sharing Interest portion
thereof for the calendar month;
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(d) |
Forecasted
unit Price and total forecasted Price for each different Product,
and
total forecasted Price for all Products
ordered;
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(e) |
Level
of Probe Testing;
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(f) |
Marking
specification and packaging requirements;
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(g) |
Requested
delivery date;
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(h) |
Place
of delivery; and
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(i) |
Other
terms (if any).
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4.7
Taxes.
(a) General.
All sales, use and other transfer taxes imposed directly on or solely as
a
result of the supplying of Products and the payments therefore provided herein
shall be stated separately on the Joint Venture Company’s invoice, collected
from Micron Singapore and shall
be
remitted by the Joint Venture Company to the appropriate tax authority
(“Recoverable
Taxes”),
unless
Micron Singapore provides valid proof of tax exemption
prior
to
the effective date of the transfer of the Products or otherwise as permitted
by
law prior to the time the Joint Venture
Company
is required to pay such taxes to the appropriate tax authority.
When
property is delivered and/or services are provided or the benefit of
services
occurs
within jurisdictions in which collection and remittance of taxes by Micron
Singapore is required by law, the Joint Venture Company shall have sole
responsibility for payment of said taxes to the appropriate tax authorities.
In
the event such taxes are Recoverable Taxes and the Joint Venture Company
does
not collect tax from Micron Singapore or pay such taxes to the appropriate
governmental entity on a timely basis, and is subsequently audited by any
tax
authority, liability of Micron Singapore will be limited to the tax assessment
for such Recoverable Taxes with no reimbursement for penalty or interest
charges
or other amounts incurred in connection therewith. Notwithstanding anything
herein to the contrary, taxes other than Recoverable Taxes shall not be
reimbursed by Micron Singapore, and each Party is responsible for its own
respective income taxes (including franchise and other taxes based on net
income
or a variation thereof), taxes based upon gross revenues or receipts, and
taxes
with respect to general overhead, including but not limited to business and
occupation taxes, and such taxes shall not be Recoverable Taxes.
(b) Withholding
Taxes. In the event that Micron Singapore is prohibited by law from making
payments to the Joint Venture Company unless Micron Singapore deducts or
withholds taxes therefrom and remits such taxes to the local taxing
jurisdiction, then Micron Singapore shall duly withhold and remit such taxes
and
shall pay to the Joint Venture Company the remaining net amount after the
taxes
have been withheld. Such taxes shall not be Recoverable Taxes and Micron
Singapore shall not reimburse the Joint Venture Company for the amount of
such
taxes withheld.
4.8 Invoicing;
Payment.
The
Joint Venture Company shall invoice Micron Singapore on a monthly basis for
the
Price of the Products provided and all overhead, interest, general and
administrative and other costs, including all start-up costs for Facilities
which shall be split between the Members based on Sharing Interest. All amounts
owed under this Agreement are stated, calculated and shall be paid in United
States Dollars. Except as otherwise specified in this Agreement, Micron
Singapore shall pay the Joint Venture Company for the amounts due, owing,
and
duly invoiced under this Agreement within [***]
([***])
days
following delivery of an invoice therefor to such place as the Joint Venture
Company may reasonably direct therein.
4.9 Payment
to Subcontractors.
The
Joint Venture Company shall be responsible for and shall hold Micron Singapore
harmless for any and all payments to its vendors or subcontractors utilized
in
the performance of this Agreement.
4.10 Delivery,
Title and Risk of Loss.
The
Joint Venture Company, in order to ensure timely and complete shipment of
Products to Micron Singapore, shall arrange for and pay for all shipping
charges, insurance, taxes, customs charges and any fees and duties in connection
with such shipment. The Joint Venture Company shall hold title to and risk
of
loss of Products
under
this Agreement, including WIP held by subcontractors,
until
tender to the carrier, at which time title and risk of loss and damage to
Products shall transfer to Micron Singapore.
4.11 Packaging.
All
shipment packaging of the Products shall be in conformance with the
Specifications, the Micron Singapore’s reasonable instructions, and general
industry standards, and shall be resistant to damage that may occur during
transportation. Marking on the packages
shall
be
made by the Joint Venture Company in accordance with Micron Singapore’s
reasonable instructions.
4.12 Shipment.
All
Products shall be prepared for shipment in a manner that: (i) follows good
commercial practice; (ii) is acceptable to common carriers for shipment at
the
lowest rate; and (iii) is adequate to ensure safe arrival. The Joint Venture
Company shall mark all containers with necessary lifting, handling, and shipping
information, Purchase Order number, date of shipment, and the names of Micron
Singapore and the applicable customer. If no instructions are given, the
Joint
Venture Company shall select the most price effective carrier, given the
time
constraints known to the Joint Venture Company. At Micron Singapore’s request,
the Joint Venture will provide drop-shipment of Products to Micron Singapore’s
customers. Such shipment service may be provided by a subcontractor to the
Joint
Venture Company provided that title remains with the Joint Venture Company
and
then passes to Micron Singapore upon tender to the carrier.
4.13 Customs
Clearance.
Upon
Micron Singapore’s request, the Joint Venture Company will promptly provide
Micron Singapore with a statement of origin for all Products and with applicable
customs documentation for Products wholly or partially manufactured outside
of
the country of import.
ARTICLE
5
VISITATIONS,
AUDITS
5.1 Visits.
The
Joint Venture Company will support Micron Singapore’s reasonable requests for
visits to Facilities and meetings for the purpose of reviewing performance
of
production of Products
including requests for further information and assistance in troubleshooting
performance issues.
Such
requests shall be reasonably granted by the Joint Venture Company so long
as
such visits and meetings do not unduly interfere with the Joint Venture
Company’s operations and business affairs.
5.2 Audit.
Micron
Singapore representatives and key customer representatives, upon Micron
Singapore’s request, shall be allowed to visit the Joint Venture Company’s
Facilities during normal working hours upon reasonable advanced written notice
to the Joint Venture Company for the purposes of monitoring production processes
and compliance with any requirements set forth in this Agreement and the
Specifications. Upon completion of the audit, the Joint Venture Company and
Micron Singapore will agree to an audit closure plan, to be documented in
the
audit report issued by Micron Singapore.
5.3 Financial
Audit.
Micron
Singapore reserves the right to have the Joint Venture Company’s books and
records related to the Pricing hereunder inspected and audited not more than
[***]
during
any Fiscal Year to ensure compliance with Schedule
4.8
of this
Agreement in regards to Pricing. Such audit will be performed by an independent
third party auditor acceptable to both Parties at Micron Singapore’s expense.
Micron Singapore shall provide [***]
([***])
days
advance written notice to the Joint Venture Company of its desire to initiate
an
audit and the audit shall be scheduled so that it does not adversely impact
or
interrupt the Joint Venture Company’s business operations. If the audit reveals
any material discrepancies, the Joint Venture Company or Micron Singapore
shall
reimburse the other, as applicable, for any material discrepancies
within
[***]
([***])
days
after completion of the audit. The results of such audit shall be kept
confidential by the auditor and only the discrepancies shall be reported
to the
Parties, and be limited to discrepancies identified by the audit.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, any auditor reports shall not disclose any
Joint
Venture Company pricing or terms of purchase for any purchases of materials
or
equipment hereunder to Micron Singapore, absent written agreement from the
Members’ respective legal counsel. If any audit reveals a material discrepancy,
Micron Singapore may increase the frequency of such audits to [***]
for the
subsequent [***]
([***])
month
period.
5.4 Subcontractor;
Vendor Visits.
The
Joint Venture Company
will use
commercially reasonable efforts to ensure that all
contracts with vendors and subcontractors will provide the Joint Venture
Company
and Micron Singapore with the right to visit and audit rights similar to
those
set forth in this Article
5.
ARTICLE
6
WARRANTY;
HAZARDOUS MATERIALS; DISCLAIMER
6.1 Product
Warranty.
The
Joint Venture Company makes the following warranties regarding Products
furnished hereunder, which warranties shall survive any delivery, inspection,
acceptance, payment or resale of the Products:
(a) Products
conform to all agreed Specifications;
(b) Products
are free from defects in materials or workmanship; and
(c) The
Joint
Venture Company has the necessary right, title, and interest to provide
Products
to the Joint Venture Company
and the
Products will be free of liens and encumbrances, not including any implied
warranty of non-infringement.
6.2 Warranty
Claims.
Within
a period of time, not to exceed the lesser of the actual warranty period
applicable to the end customer for the NAND Flash Memory Product at issue
or
eighteen (18) months from the date of the delivery of the Products at issue
to
the Micron Singapore (“Warranty
Claim Period”),
Micron Singapore shall notify the Joint Venture Company if it believes that
any
Product does not meet the Product warranty set forth in Section
6.1.
Micron
Singapore shall return such Products to the Joint Venture Company as
directed
by the Joint Venture Company. If a Product is determined not to be in compliance
with such warranty, then Micron Singapore shall be entitled to return such
Product and cause the Joint Venture Company to replace at the Joint Venture
Company’s expense or, at Micron Singapore’s option, receive a credit or refund
of any monies paid to the Joint Venture Company in respect of such Product,
save
that such credit or refund shall in no event exceed on a per-unit basis the
final price paid for the Product under this Agreement. The basis for such
refund
or credit shall be the Price on a per-unit basis in the month in which the
returned Product was invoiced to the Micron
Singapore. THE FOREGOING REMEDY IS MICRON SINGAPORE’S SOLE AND EXCLUSIVE REMEDY
FOR THE JOINT VENTURE COMPANY’S FAILURE TO MEET ANY WARRANTY OF SECTION
6.1.
6.3 Inspections.
Members
may, upon reasonable advance written notice, request samples of Products
(including WIP) during production for purposes of determining compliance
with
the
requirements and Specification(s) hereunder, provided that the provision
of such
samples shall not materially impact the Joint Venture Company’s performance to
the Operating Plan or its ability to meet delivery requirements under any
accepted Purchase Order. Any samples provided hereunder shall be: (i) limited
in
quantity to the amount reasonably necessary for the purposes hereunder; (ii)
included in the pricing; and (iii) included in any performance requirements,
if
any. The Joint Venture Company shall provide reasonable assistance for the
safety and convenience of Micron Singapore in obtaining the samples in such
manner as shall not unreasonably hinder or delay the Joint Venture Company’s
performance.
6.4 Hazardous
Materials.
(a) If
Products provided hereunder include Hazardous Materials as determined in
accordance with Applicable Law, the
Joint
Venture Company represents and
warrants
that the
Joint Venture Company and the Joint Venture Company’s employees,
agents,
and subcontractors
actually
working
with
such
materials in providing the Products hereunder to Micron Singapore shall
be
trained in accordance with Applicable Law regarding
the
nature of and hazards associated with the handling, transportation, and use
of
such Hazardous Materials, as applicable to the Joint Venture Company.
(b) To
the
extent required by Applicable
Law, the
Joint Venture Company shall provide Micron Singapore with Material Safety
Data
Sheets (MSDS) either prior to or accompanying any delivery of Products to
Micron
Singapore.
6.5 Disclaimer.
EXCEPT
AS OTHERWISE EXPRESSLY PROVIDED IN THIS ARTICLE
6,
THE
JOINT VENTURE COMPANY HEREBY EXPRESSLY DISCLAIMS ALL REPRESENTATIONS AND
WARRANTIES, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED
WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, SUITABILITY OR FITNESS FOR ANY PARTICULAR
PURPOSE, NON-INFRINGEMENT OR OTHERWISE, WITH RESPECT TO THE PRODUCTS
PROVIDED UNDER THIS AGREEMENT. THE WARRANTIES WILL NOT APPLY TO:
(i) ANY
WARRANTY CLAIM OR ISSUE, OR DEFECT TO THE EXTENT CAUSED BY TECHNICAL MATERIALS
PROVIDED OR SPECIFIED BY, THROUGH OR ON BEHALF OF THE MEMBERS OR COMMITTEES
OF
MEMBERS, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO PRODUCT DESIGNS, TECHNOLOGY AND TEST
PROGRAMS; OR (ii) THE WARRANTIES WILL NOT APPLY TO
ANY OF
THE PRODUCTS THAT HAVE BEEN REPAIRED OR ALTERED, EXCEPT AS AUTHORIZED BY
THE
JOINT VENTURE COMPANY, OR WHICH ARE SUBJECTED
TO
MISUSE, NEGLIGENCE, ACCIDENT OR ABUSE.
ARTICLE
7
CONFIDENTIALITY;
OWNERSHIP
7.1 Protection
and Use of Confidential Information.
All
information provided, disclosed or obtained in the performance of any of
the
Parties’ activities under this Agreement shall be subject to all applicable
provisions of the Confidentiality Agreement. Furthermore, the terms and
conditions of this Agreement shall be considered “Confidential
Information”
under
the
Confidentiality Agreement for which each Party is considered a “Receiving
Party”
under
such
agreement.
To the extent there is a conflict between this Agreement and the Confidentiality
Agreement, the terms of this Agreement shall control.
7.2 Masks.
Any
masks produced pursuant to this Agreement will be based on Product designs
owned
by Intel and shall be treated as Confidential Information of Intel.
7.3 Intellectual
Property Ownership.
Ownership of any intellectual property developed by the Joint Venture Company
will be governed by the Omnibus IP Agreement.
ARTICLE
8
INDEMNIFICATION
8.1 Mutual
General Indemnity.
Subject
to Article
9,
each
Party (“Indemnifying
Party”)
shall
indemnify, defend and hold harmless the other Party (“Indemnified
Party”)
from
and against any and all Indemnified Losses based on or attributable to any
Third
Party Claim or threatened Third Party Claim arising under this Agreement
and as
a result of the Indemnifying Party’s negligence, gross negligence or willful
misconduct of the Indemnifying Party or any of its respective officers,
directors, employees, agents or subcontractors. Notwithstanding the foregoing,
this Section
8.1
shall
not apply to any claims or losses based on or attributable to intellectual
property infringement.
8.2 Indemnification
Procedures.
(a) Promptly
after the receipt by any Indemnified Party of a notice of any Third Party
Claim
that an Indemnified Party seeks to be indemnified under this Agreement, such
Indemnified Party shall give written notice of such Third Party Claim to
the
Indemnifying Party, stating in reasonable detail the nature and basis of
each
allegation made in the Third Party Claim and the amount of potential Indemnified
Losses with respect to each allegation, to the extent known, along with copies
of the relevant documents received by the Indemnified Party evidencing the
Third
Party Claim and the basis for indemnification sought. Failure of the Indemnified
Party to give such notice shall not relieve the Indemnifying Party from
liability on account of this indemnification, except if and only to the extent
that the Indemnifying Party is actually prejudiced by such failure or delay.
Thereafter, the Indemnified Party shall deliver to the Indemnifying Party,
promptly after the Indemnified Party’s receipt thereof, copies of all notices
and documents (including court papers) received by the Indemnified Party
relating to the Third Party Claim. The Indemnifying Party shall have the
right
to assume the defense of the Indemnified Party with respect to such Third
Party
Claim upon written notice to the Indemnified Party delivered within thirty
(30)
days after receipt of the particular notice from the Indemnified Party. So
long
as the Indemnifying Party has assumed the defense of the Third Party Claim
in
accordance herewith and notified the Indemnified Party in writing thereof,
(i)
the Indemnified Party may retain separate co-counsel at its sole cost and
expense and participate in the defense of the Third Party Claim, it being
understood that the Indemnifying Party shall pay all reasonable costs and
expenses of counsel for the Indemnified Party after such time as the Indemnified
Party has notified the Indemnifying Party of such Third Party Claim and prior
to
such time as the Indemnifying Party has notified the Indemnified Party that
it
has assumed the defense of such Third Party Claim, (ii) the Indemnified Party
shall not file any papers or, other than in connection with a settlement
of the
Third Party Claim, consent to the entry of any judgment without the prior
written consent of the
Indemnifying
Party (not to be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed) and (iii)
the
Indemnifying Party will not consent to the entry of any judgment or enter
into
any settlement with respect to the Third Party Claim (other than a judgment
or
settlement that is solely for money damages and is accompanied by a release
of
all indemnifiable claims against the Indemnified Party) without the prior
written consent of the Indemnified Party (not to be unreasonably withheld,
conditioned or delayed). Whether or not the Indemnifying Party shall have
assumed the defense of the Indemnified Party for a Third Party Claim, such
Indemnifying Party shall not be obligated to indemnify and hold harmless
the
Indemnified Party hereunder for any consent to the entry of judgment or
settlement entered into with respect to such Third Party Claim without the
Indemnifying Party’s prior written consent, which consent shall not be
unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed.
(b) Equitable
Remedies.
In the
case of any Third Party Claim where the Indemnifying Party reasonably believes
that it would be appropriate to settle such Third Party Claim using equitable
remedies (i.e., remedies involving the future activity and conduct of the
Joint
Venture Company), the Indemnifying Party and the Indemnified Party shall
work
together in good faith to agree to a settlement; provided, however, that
no
Party shall be under any obligation to agree to any such
settlement.
(c) Treatment
of Indemnification Payments; Insurance Recoveries.
Any
indemnity payment under this Agreement shall be decreased by any amounts
actually recovered by the Indemnified Party under third party insurance policies
with respect to such Indemnified Losses (net of any premiums paid by such
Indemnified Party under the relevant insurance policy), each Party agreeing
(i)
to use all reasonable efforts to recover all available insurance proceeds
and
(ii) to the extent that any indemnity payment under this Agreement has been
paid
by the Indemnifying Party to the Indemnified Party prior to the recovery
by the
Indemnified Party of such insurance proceeds, the amount of such insurance
proceeds actually recovered by the Indemnified Party shall be promptly paid
to
the Indemnifying Party.
(d) Certain
Additional Procedures.
The
Indemnified Party shall cooperate and assist the Indemnifying Party in
determining the validity of any Third Party Claim for indemnity by the
Indemnified Party and in otherwise resolving such matters. The Indemnified
Party
shall cooperate in the defense by the Indemnifying Party of each Third Party
Claim (and the Indemnified Party and the Indemnifying Party agree with respect
to all such Third Party Claims that a common interest privilege agreement
exists
between them), including: (i) permitting the Indemnifying Party to discuss
the
Third Party Claim with such officers, employees, consultants and representatives
of the Indemnified Party as the Indemnifying Party reasonably requests; (ii)
providing to the Indemnifying Party copies of documents and samples of products
as the Indemnifying Party reasonably requests in connection with defending
such
Third Party Claim; (iii) preserving all properties, books, records, papers,
documents, plans, drawings, electronic mail and databases of the Joint Venture
Company and relating to matters pertinent to the conduct of the Joint Venture
Company under the Indemnified Party’s custody or control in accordance with such
Party’s corporate documents retention policies, or longer to the extent
reasonably requested by the Indemnifying Party; (iv) notifying the Indemnifying
Party promptly of receipt by the Indemnified Party of any subpoena or other
third party request for documents or interviews and testimony; (v) providing
to
the Indemnifying Party copies of any documents produced by the Indemnified
Party
in response to or compliance with any subpoena or other third party request
for
documents; and
(vi)
except to the extent inconsistent with the Indemnified Party’s obligations under
applicable law and except to the extent that to do so would subject the
Indemnified Party or its employees, agents or representatives to criminal
or
civil sanctions, unless ordered by a court to do otherwise, not producing
documents to a third party until the Indemnifying Party has been provided
a
reasonable opportunity to review, copy and assert privileges covering such
documents.
ARTICLE
9
LIMITATION
OF LIABILITY
9.1 Damages
Limitation.
SUBJECT
TO SECTION
9.4,
IN NO
EVENT SHALL EITHER PARTY BE LIABLE TO THE OTHER PARTY FOR ANY SPECIAL,
CONSEQUENTIAL, INCIDENTAL OR OTHER INDIRECT DAMAGES OR ANY PUNITIVE OR EXEMPLARY
DAMAGES ARISING OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THIS AGREEMENT, WHETHER SUCH
DAMAGES ARE BASED ON BREACH OF CONTRACT, TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE) OR OTHER
THEORY OF LIABILITY, AND EVEN IF A PARTY HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY
OF
SUCH DAMAGES.
9.2 THE
PARTIES AGREE THAT TO THE EXTENT A CLAIM ARISES UNDER THIS AGREEMENT, THE
CLAIM
SHALL BE BROUGHT UNDER THIS AGREEMENT.
9.3 Damages
Cap.
SUBJECT
TO SECTION
9.4,
IF
EITHER PARTY SHALL BE LIABLE TO THE OTHER PARTY FOR ANY MATTER ARISING FROM
THIS
AGREEMENT, WHETHER BASED UPON AN ACTION OR CLAIM IN CONTRACT, WARRANTY, EQUITY,
NEGLIGENCE, INTENDED CONDUCT OR OTHERWISE (INCLUDING ANY ACTION OR CLAIM
ARISING
FROM AN ACT OR OMISSION, NEGLIGENT OR OTHERWISE, OF THE LIABLE PARTY), THE
AMOUNT OF DAMAGES RECOVERABLE AGAINST THE LIABLE PARTY WITH RESPECT TO ANY
BREACH, PERFORMANCE, NONPERFORMANCE, ACT OR OMISSION HEREUNDER WILL NOT EXCEED
THE LESSER OF THE ACTUAL DAMAGES ALLOWED HEREUNDER; OR (i) IN THE CASE OF
THE
JOINT VENTURE COMPANY BRINGING A CLAIM FOR TEN MILLION DOLLARS ($10,000,000)
PER
CLAIM OR SERIES OF RELATED CLAIMS ARISING FROM THE SAME CAUSE; OR (ii) IN
THE
CASE OF PARENT BRINGING A CLAIM: (a) NON-CUSTOM PRODUCTS SOLD BY THE JOINT
VENTURE COMPANY TO BOTH MEMBERS, TEN MILLION DOLLARS ($10,000,000) PER CLAIM
OR
SERIES OF RELATED CLAIMS ARISING FROM THE SAME CAUSE; OR (b) IN THE CASE
OF
CUSTOM PRODUCTS, THE AMOUNT OF DAMAGES, IF ANY, ACTUALLY RECOVERED BY THE
JOINT
VENTURE COMPANY FROM ANY THIRD PARTY RELATING TO THE PARENT’S CLAIM OR SERIES OF
RELATED CLAIMS ARISING FROM THE SAME CAUSE.
9.4 Exclusions
and Mitigation.
Section
9.1
and
Section
9.3
will not
apply to either Party’s breach of Article
7.
Section
9.3 will
not
apply to Micron Singapore’s failure to meet either an Under-loading charge
under
Section 4.1
or a
payment obligation which is due and payable under
this Agreement. Each Party shall have a duty to use commercially reasonable
efforts to mitigate damages for which the other Party is
responsible.
9.5 Losses. Except
as
provided under Section
8.1,
the
Joint Venture Company and Micron Singapore each shall be responsible for
Losses
to their respective, tangible, personal or real property (whether owned or
leased), and each Party agrees to look only to their own insurance arrangements
with respect to such damages. The Joint Venture Company and Micron Singapore
waive all rights to recover against each other, including each Party’s insurers’
subrogation rights, if any, for any loss or damage to their respective tangible
personal property or real property (whether owned or leased) from any cause
covered by insurance maintained by each of them, including their respective
deductibles or self-insured retentions. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in
the
event of a loss hereunder involving a property, transit or crime event or
occurrence that: (i) is insured under Micron Singapore’s insurance policies;
(ii) a single insurance deductible and/or limits applies; and (iii) the loss
event or occurrence affects the insured ownership or insured legal interests
of
both Parties, then the Parties shall share the cost of the deductible and
share
the limits in proportion to each Party’s insured ownership or legal interests in
relative proportion to the total insured ownership or legal interests of
the
Parties.
ARTICLE
10
TERM
AND TERMINATION;
SUPPLY
OBLIGATIONS FOLLOWING TRIGGERING EVENT
10.1 Term.
The
term of this Agreement commences on the Effective Date and continues in effect
until the first to occur of (a) the Liquidation Date or (b) a Minority Closing,
unless terminated sooner solely by mutual agreement (such period of time,
the
“Term”).
10.2 Termination.
This
Agreement may not be terminated for any reason, including breach by a Party,
before termination pursuant to Section
10.1.
10.3 Masks.
On
the
Liquidation Date, the Joint Venture Company shall immediately transfer
possession of production masks possessed by it at each Facility to the Member
that then owns that Facility as of the Liquidation Date.
10.4 Survival.
Termination of this Agreement shall not affect any of the Parties’ respective
rights accrued or obligations owed before termination, including any rights
or
obligations of the Parties in respect of any accepted Purchase Orders existing
at the time of termination. In addition, the following shall survive termination
of this Agreement for any reason: Sections
2.12, 6.2 and 6.5,
and
Articles
4, 7, 8, 9, 10 and 11.
10.5 Supply
Obligations Following Triggering Event.
Upon
the occurrence of a Triggering Event any supply obligations of the Parties
will
be as set forth in Article
13
of the
IMFS Agreement.
ARTICLE
11
MISCELLANEOUS
11.1 Force
Majeure Events.
The
Parties shall be excused from any failure to perform any obligation hereunder
to
the extent such failure is caused by a Force Majeure Event. A Force Majeure
Event shall operate to excuse a failure to perform an obligation hereunder
only
for the
period
of
time during which the Force Majeure Event renders performance impossible
or
infeasible and only if the Party asserting Force Majeure as an excuse for
its
failure to perform has provided written notice to the other Party specifying
the
obligation to be excused and describing the events or conditions constituting
the Force Majeure Event. As used herein, “Force
Majeure Event”
means
the occurrence of an event or circumstance beyond the reasonable control
of the
party failing to perform, including, without limitation: (a) explosions,
fires,
flood, earthquakes, catastrophic weather conditions, or other elements of
nature
or acts of God; (b) acts of war (declared or undeclared), acts of terrorism,
insurrection, riots, civil disorders, rebellion or sabotage; (c) acts of
federal, state, local or foreign governmental authorities or courts; (d)
labor
disputes, lockouts, strikes or other industrial action, whether direct or
indirect and whether lawful or unlawful; (e) failures or fluctuations in
electrical power or telecommunications service or equipment; and (f) delays
caused by the other Party’s nonperformance hereunder.
11.2 Specific
Performance.
The
Parties agree that irreparable damage will result if this Agreement is not
performed in accordance with its terms, and the Parties agree that any damages
available at law for a breach of this Agreement would not be an adequate
remedy.
Therefore, the provisions hereof and the obligations of the Parties hereunder
shall be enforceable in a court of equity, or other tribunal with jurisdiction,
by a decree of specific performance, and appropriate preliminary or permanent
injunctive relief may be applied for and granted in connection therewith.
Such
remedies and all other remedies provided for in this Agreement shall, however,
be cumulative and not exclusive and shall be in addition to any other remedies
that a Party may have under this Agreement.
11.3 Assignment.
This
Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the permitted
successors and assigns of each Party hereto. Neither this Agreement nor any
right or obligation hereunder may be assigned or delegated by either Party
in
whole or in part to any other Person, other than a Wholly-Owned Subsidiary
of
such Party, without the prior written consent of the non-assigning Party.
Any
purported assignment in violation of the provisions of this Section
11.3
shall be
null and void and have no effect.
11.4 Compliance
with Laws and Regulations.
Each of
the Parties shall comply with, and shall use reasonable efforts to require
that
its respective subcontractors comply with, Applicable Laws relating to this
Agreement and the performance of a Party’s rights hereunder.
11.5 Notice.
All
notices and other communications hereunder shall be in writing and shall
be
deemed given upon (a) a transmitter’s confirmation of a receipt of a facsimile
transmission, (b) confirmed delivery by a standard overnight carrier or when
delivered by hand, (c) the expiration of five (5) Business Days after the
day
when mailed in the United States by certified or registered mail, postage
prepaid, or (d) delivery in Person, addressed at the following addresses
(or at
such other address for a party as shall be specified by like
notice):
In
the
case of the IM Flash Singapore, LLP:
IM
Flash Singapore, LLP
c/o
Allen & Gledhill
One
Marina Boulevard #28-00
|
Singapore
018989
|
Attention:
Lee Kim Shin / Oh Hsiu Hau
|
Facsimile
Number: +65 6327 3800
|
With
a mandatory copy to:
|
|
Intel
Corporation
|
2200
Mission College Blvd.
Mail-Stop
SC4-203
Santa
Clara, CA 95054
|
Attention:
General Counsel
|
Facsimile
Number: (408) 653-8350
|
In
the case of Micron Singapore:
|
|
Micron
Semiconductor Asia Pte. Ltd.
990
Bendemeer Rd.
Singapore
339942
Attention:
Jen Kwong Hwa
Facsimile
Number: +65 62903690
|
With
a mandatory copy to:
|
Micron
Technology, Inc.
8000
S. Federal Way
Mail
Stop 1-507
Boise,
ID 83716
|
Attention:
General Counsel
|
Facsimile
Number: (208)
368-4537
|
Either
Party may change its address for notices upon giving ten (10) days’ written
notice of such change to the other Party in the manner provided
above.
11.6 Waiver.
The
failure at any time of a Party to require performance by the other Party
of any
responsibility or obligation required by this Agreement shall in no way affect
a
Party’s right to require such performance at any time thereafter, nor shall the
waiver by a Party of a breach of any provision of this Agreement by the other
Party constitute a waiver of any other breach of the same or any other provision
nor constitute a waiver of the responsibility or obligation itself.
11.7 Severability.
Should
any provision of this Agreement be deemed in contradiction with the laws
of any
jurisdiction in which it is to be performed or unenforceable for any reason,
such provision shall be deemed null and void, but this Agreement shall remain
in
full force in all other respects. Should any provision of this Agreement
be or
become ineffective because of changes in Applicable Laws or interpretations
thereof, or should this Agreement fail to include a provision
that is required as a matter of law, the validity of the other provisions
of
this Agreement shall not be affected thereby. If such circumstances arise,
the
Parties hereto shall negotiate in good
faith
appropriate modifications to this Agreement to reflect those changes that
are
required by Applicable Law.
11.8 Third
Party Rights.
Nothing
in this Agreement, whether express or implied, is intended or shall be construed
to confer, directly or indirectly, upon or give to any Person, other than
the
Parties hereto, any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under or in
respect of this Agreement or any covenant, condition or other provision
contained herein.
11.9 Amendment.
This
Agreement may not be modified or amended except by a written instrument executed
by or on behalf of each of the Parties to this Agreement.
11.10 Entire
Agreement.
This
Agreement and the applicable provisions of the Confidentiality Agreement,
which
are incorporated herein and made a part hereof, together with the Exhibits
and
Schedules hereto and the agreements and instruments expressly provided for
herein, constitute the entire agreement of the Parties hereto with respect
to
the subject matter hereof and supersede all prior agreements and understandings,
oral and written, between the Parties hereto with respect to the subject
matter
hereof.
11.11 Choice
of Law.
This
Agreement shall be construed and enforced in accordance with and governed
by the
laws of the Republic of Singapore, without giving effect to the principles
of
conflict of laws thereof.
11.12 Jurisdiction;
Venue.
Any
suit, action or proceeding seeking to enforce any provision of, or based
on any
matter arising out of or in connection with, this Agreement shall be brought
in
a state or federal court located in Delaware and each of the Parties to this
Agreement hereby consents and submits to the exclusive jurisdiction of such
courts (and of the appropriate appellate courts therefrom) in any such suit,
action or proceeding and irrevocably waives, to the fullest extent permitted
by
Applicable Law, any objection which it may now or hereafter have to the laying
of the venue of any such suit, action or proceeding in any such court or
that
any such suit, action or proceeding which is brought in any such court has
been
brought in an inconvenient forum. Process in any such suit, action or proceeding
may be served on any party anywhere in the world, whether within or without
the
jurisdiction of any such court.
11.13 Headings.
The
headings of the Articles and Sections in this Agreement are provided for
convenience of reference only and shall not be deemed to constitute a part
hereof.
11.14 Counterparts.
This
Agreement may be executed in several counterparts, each of which shall be
deemed
an original, but all of which together shall constitute one and the same
instrument.
11.15 Insurance.
Without
limiting or qualifying the Joint Venture Company’s liabilities, obligations, or
indemnities otherwise assumed by the Joint Venture Company pursuant to this
Agreement, the Joint Venture Company shall maintain, at no charge to Micron
Singapore, with companies acceptable to Micron Singapore:
(a) Commercial
General Liability with limits of liability not less than $[***]
per
occurrence and including liability coverage for bodily injury or property
damage
(1) assumed in a contract or agreement pertaining to The Joint Venture Company’s
business and (2) arising out of The Joint Venture Company’s products, Services,
or work. The Joint Venture Company’s insurance shall be primary with respect to
liabilities assumed by The Joint Venture Company in this Agreement to the
extent
such liabilities are the subject of the Joint Venture Company’s insurance, and
any applicable insurance maintained by Micron Singapore shall be excess and
non-contributing. The above coverage shall name Micron Singapore as additional
insured as respects The Joint Venture Company’s work or services provided to or
on behalf of Micron Singapore.
(b) Automobile
Liability Insurance with limits of liability not less than $[***]
per
accident for bodily injury or property damage.
(c) Statutory
Workers’ Compensation coverage, including a Broad Form All States Endorsement in
the amount required by law, and Employers’ Liability Insurance in the amount of
$[***]
per
occurrence. Such insurance shall include mutual insurer’s waiver of
subrogation.
[Signature
page follows]
IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, this Agreement has been duly executed by and on behalf of
the
Parties hereto as of the Effective Date.
MICRON
SEMICONDUCTOR ASIA
PTE. LTD.
|
IM
FLASH SINGAPORE, LLP
|
By:
___ /s/ Alice Koh
|
By:___/s/
Jen Kwong Hwa
|
Name:
___Alice Koh
|
Name:___Jen
Kwong Hwa
|
Title:
___Authorized Signatory
|
Title:___Interim
Authorized Signatory
|
THIS
IS THE SIGNATURE PAGE FOR THE SUPPLY AGREEMENT ENTERED INTO BY AND BETWEEN
MICRON SEMICONDUCTOR ASIA PTE. LTD. AND
IM
FLASH SINGAPORE, LLP
EXHIBIT
A
DEFINITIONS
“Affiliate”
means,
with respect to any specified Person, a Person that directly or indirectly,
including through one or more intermediaries, controls, or is controlled
by, or
is under common control with, the Person specified.
“Agreement”
shall
have the meaning set forth in the preamble to this Agreement.
“Applicable
Law”
means
any applicable laws, statutes, rules, regulations, ordinances, orders, codes,
arbitration awards, judgments, decrees or other legal requirements of any
Governmental Entity.
“Approved
Business Plan” shall
have the meaning set forth in the IMFS Agreement.
“Assembly
Outs”
shall
mean a Product for which the Assembly Services have been completed and meets
all
of the Assembly Specification applicable at such time and is not Secondary
Silicon or Rejects.
“Business
Continuity Plan”
shall
have the meaning set forth in Section
2.10
hereof.
“Business
Day”
means
a
day that is not a Saturday, Sunday or other day on which commercial banking
institutions in the Republic of Singapore are authorized or required by
Applicable Law to be closed.
“Capacity” means
the
rate of output (defined in terms of units per time period), at a particular
point in time, at which a particular Facility or set of Facilities of the
Joint
Venture Company (or of a third party on the Joint Venture Company’s behalf) is
capable of producing such units.
“Confidential
Information”
shall
have the meaning set forth in Section
7.1
hereof.
“Confidentiality
Agreement”
means
that Amended and Restated Mutual Confidentiality Agreement by and among the
Joint Venture Company, Intel, Micron, Intel Singapore, Micron Singapore and
IMFT
dated as of the Effective Date.
“Custom
Products”
shall
have the meaning set forth in the Product Designs Committee
Agreement.
“Cycle
Time”
means
the time required to process a unit through a portion of the manufacturing
process (e.g., fab, assembly, or final test) or through the manufacturing
process as a whole.
“Demand
Forecast”
shall
have the meaning set forth in Section
3.1(a)
hereof.
“Effective
Date”
shall
have the meaning set forth in the preamble to this Agreement.
“Excursion”
means
an occurrence, either during production or after customer delivery that is
outside normal historical behavior as established by both Parties in writing
in
the applicable Specifications which may impact performance, Quality and
Reliability, or customer delivery commitments for Probed Wafers, NAND Flash
Memory Product or Known Good Die.
“Facilities”
shall
mean all of the Joint Venture Company’s facilities at which it may perform
manufacturing, assembly or test services, including subcontractors.
“Fiscal
Quarter”
means
any of the four financial accounting quarters within the Joint Venture Company’s
Fiscal Year.
“Fiscal
Month”
means
any of the twelve financial accounting months within the Joint Venture Company’s
Fiscal Year.
“Fiscal
Year”
means
the fiscal year of the Joint Venture Company for financial accounting
purposes.
“Flash
Memory Integrated Circuit”
shall
have the meaning set forth in the IMFS Agreement.
“Force
Majeure Event”
shall
have the meaning set forth in Section
11.1.
“GAAP”
means
United States generally accepted accounting principles as in effect from
time to
time.
“Governmental
Entity”
means
any governmental authority or entity, including any agency, board, bureau,
commission, court, department, subdivision or instrumentality thereof, or
any
arbitrator or arbitration panel.
“Hazardous
Materials”
means
dangerous goods, chemicals, contaminants, substances, pollutants or any other
materials that are defined as hazardous by relevant local, state, national,
or
international law, regulations and standards.
“IMFS
Agreement”
means
the Limited Liability Partnership Agreement of the Joint Venture Company
by and
between Intel Singapore and Micron Singapore dated as of the Effective
Date.
“IMFT”
means
IM Flash Technologies, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company.
“Indemnified
Party”
shall
mean any of the following to the extent entitled to seek indemnification
under
this Agreement: Micron Singapore, the Joint Venture Company, and their
respective Affiliates, officers, directors, employees, agents, assigns and
successors.
“Indemnified
Losses” shall
mean all direct, out-of-pocket liabilities, damages, losses, costs and expenses
of any nature incurred by an Indemnified Party, including reasonable attorneys’
fees and consultants’ fees, and all damages, fines, penalties and judgments
awarded or
entered
against an Indemnified Party, but specifically excluding any special,
consequential or other types of indirect damages.
“Indemnifying
Party”
shall
mean the Party owing a duty of indemnification to another Party with respect
to
a particular Third Party Claim.
“Initial
Business Plan”
shall
have the meaning set forth in the IMFS Agreement.
“Intel”
means
Intel Corporation, a Delaware corporation.
“Intel
Singapore”
means
Intel Technology Asia Pte
Ltd,
a
Singapore private limited company.
“Joint
Development Program Agreement”
shall
mean the Joint Development Program Agreement by and between Micron and Intel
dated January 6, 2006.
“Joint
Venture Company”
shall
have the meaning set forth in the preamble to this Agreement.
“Joint
Venture Documents”
shall
have the meaning set forth in the IMFS Agreement.
“Known
Good Die”
means
a
raw wafer that has been processed to the point of containing functional and/or
operational NAND Flash Memory Integrated Circuits that has undergone Probe
Testing (a.k.a. “Sort” procedure), meeting predefined performance and quality
criteria and singulated to individual semiconductor die. Die will have been
fully tested but will not been assembled into final packaging or undergone
final
product testing.
“Liquidation
Date”
shall
have the meaning set forth in the IMFS Agreement.
“Losses”
shall
mean, collectively, any and all insurable liabilities, damages, losses, costs
and expenses (including reasonable attorneys’ and consultants’ fees and
expenses).
“Manufacturing
Committee”
shall
have the meaning set forth in the Omnibus Agreement.
“Members”
means
Micron Singapore and Intel Singapore.
“Micron”
shall
mean Micron Technology, Inc., a Delaware Company.
“Micron
Singapore”
shall
have the meaning set forth in the preamble to this Agreement.
“Minority
Closing” shall
have the meaning set forth in the IMFS Agreement.
“Modified
GAAP”
shall
have the meaning set forth in the IMFS Agreement.
“NAND
Flash Memory Integrated Circuit”
means
a
Flash Memory Integrated Circuit, in the memory cells included in the Flash
Memory Integrated Circuit are arranged in groups of
serially
connected memory cells (each such group of serially connected memory cells
called a “string”) in which the drain of each memory cell of a string (other
than the first memory cell in the string) is connected in series to the source
of another memory cell in such string, the gate of each memory cell in such
string is directly accessible, and the drain of the uppermost bit of such
string
is coupled to the bitline of the memory array.
“NAND
Flash Memory Product”
shall
have the meaning set forth in the IMFS Agreement.
“NAND
Flash Memory Wafer”
means a
raw wafer that has been processed to the point of containing NAND Flash Memory
Integrated Circuits organized in multiple semiconductor die and that has
undergone Probe Testing, but before singulation of said die into individual
semiconductor die.
“Omnibus
Agreement”
shall
mean the Omnibus Agreement by and between Intel and Micron dated as of the
Effective Date.
“Omnibus
IP Agreement”
shall
mean the Omnibus IP Agreement by and among Micron,
Micron Singapore, Intel, Intel Singapore, the Joint Venture Company and
IMFT
dated as
of the Effective Date.
“Operating
Plan”
means
the Manufacturing Plan, Assembly Plan and Testing Plan developed pursuant
to the
Definitions in the IMFS Agreement.
“Optional
Purchase Agreement”
shall
mean the Optional Purchase Agreement by and between Micron and Intel dated
January 6, 2006, as amended.
“Party”
and
“Parties” shall
have the meaning set forth in the Recitals to this Agreement.
“Performance
Criteria”
means
[***].
“Person”
shall
have the meaning set forth in the IMFS Agreement.
“Planning
Forecast”
shall
have the meaning set forth in Section
3.1(b)
hereof.
“Price”
or
“Pricing”
means
the calculation set forth on Schedule
4.8
hereof.
“Prime
Wafer”
means
the raw silicon wafers required, on a product-by-product basis, for the
manufacturer.
“Probe
Testing” means
testing, using a wafer test program as set forth in the applicable
Specifications, of a wafer that has completed all processing steps deemed
necessary to complete the creation of the desired NAND Flash Memory Integrated
Circuits in the die on such wafer, the purpose of which test is to determine
how
many and which of the die meet the applicable criteria for such die set forth
in
the Specifications.
“Probed
Wafer”
means
a
Prime Wafer that has been processed to the point of containing NAND Flash
Memory
Integrated Circuits organized in multiple semiconductor die and that has
undergone Probe Testing, but before singulation of said die into individual
semiconductor dice.
“Products”
means
a
Probed Wafer, Known Good Die, or NAND Flash Memory Product, or such other
products that are manufactured by the Joint Venture Company under Section
2.2
hereof.
“Proposed
Loading Plan”
shall
have the meaning set forth in Section
3.1(c)
hereof.
“Purchase
Order”
shall
have the meaning set forth in Section
4.3
hereof.
“Quality
and Reliability”
or
“Q&R” means
building and sustaining relationships which assess, anticipate, and fulfill
the
quality and reliability standards as set forth in the Specification or Operating
Plan for Products.
“Receiving
Party”
shall
have the meaning set forth in Section
7.1
hereof.
“Recoverable
Taxes”
shall
have the meaning set forth in Section
4.7
hereof.
“Secondary
Silicon”
shall
mean: i) a Prime Wafer that has been processed to the point of containing
NAND
Flash Memory Integrated Circuits organized in multiple semiconductor die
and
that has undergone Probe Testing would otherwise constitute a Probed Wafer
but
for failure to achieve qualification; or (ii) singulated and/or packaged
die
that would otherwise constitute Assembly Outs or Test Outs but for failure
to
achieve qualification; and otherwise conform to the applicable Secondary
Silicon
Specification.
“Semiconductor
Manufacturing Technology”
shall
have the meaning set forth in the Omnibus IP Agreement.
“Sharing
Interest”
shall
have the meaning set forth in the IMFS Agreement.
“Specifications”
means
those specifications used to describe, characterize, and define the quality
and
performance of NAND Flash Memory Products and Known Good Die, including any
interim performance specifications at Probe Testing or other testing, as
such
specifications may be determined from time to time by the Joint Venture
Company.
“Subsidiary” shall
have the meaning set forth in the IMFS Agreement.
“Technology
License Agreement”
shall
mean the Technology License Agreement by and among Micron, Intel and IMFT
dated
January 6, 2006, as amended.
“Term”
shall
have the meaning set forth in Section
10.1
hereof.
“Test
Outs” shall
mean a Product Candidate for which Testing Services have been completed and
meets all of the Testing Specification applicable at such time and is not
Secondary Silicon or Rejects.
“Third
Party Claim”
shall
mean any claim, demand, action, suit or proceeding, and any actual or threatened
lawsuit, complaint, cross-complaint or counter-complaint, arbitration or
other
legal or arbitral proceeding of any nature, brought in any court, tribunal
or
judicial forum anywhere in the world, regardless of the manner in which such
proceeding is captioned or styled, by any Person other than Micron Singapore,
the Joint Venture Company and Affiliates of the foregoing, against an
Indemnified Party, in each case alleging entitlement to any Indemnified Losses
pursuant to any indemnification obligation under this Agreement.
“Triggering
Event” shall
have the meaning set forth in the IMFS Agreement.
“Under-loading”
shall
have the meaning set forth in Section
4.1.
“Wafer
Start”
shall
mean the initiation of manufacturing services with respect to a Prime
Wafer.
“Warranty
Claim Period”
shall
have the meaning set forth in Section
6.2
hereof.
“Wholly-Owned
Subsidiary”
shall
have the meaning set forth in the IMFS Agreement.
“WIP”
means
work in process. This includes all wafers and Product in wafer fabrication,
sort, assembly, and/or final test, including prime and secondary wafers,
and all
completed Product units not yet delivered to Micron Singapore.
“Yield”
means
anticipated output of Product from WIP at a particular point in time, including
line yield, die yield, assembly yield and final testing yield.
SCHEDULE
4.8
PRICE
Exhibit 10.156
Exhibit
10.156
[***] DENOTES
CONFIDENTIAL MATERIALS OMITTED AND FILED SEPARATELY WITH THE SECURITIES AND
EXCHANGE COMMISSION PURSUANT TO A REQUEST FOR CONFIDENTIAL
TREATMENT.
INTEL/MICRON
CONFIDENTIAL
THE
INTERESTS EVIDENCED BY THIS DOCUMENT ARE SUBJECT TO RESTRICTIONS ON ASSIGNMENT
AND TRANSFER SET FORTH HEREIN. IN ADDITION, THE INTERESTS HAVE NOT BEEN
REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933 OR ANY STATE SECURITIES LAW AND
MAY
NOT BE SOLD OR OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED UNTIL REGISTERED OR UNTIL THE BOARD
OF
MANAGERS HAS RECEIVED AN OPINION OF LEGAL COUNSEL, OR OTHER ASSURANCES
SATISFACTORY TO THAT BOARD, THAT AN INTEREST MAY LEGALLY BE SOLD OR OTHERWISE
TRANSFERRED WITHOUT REGISTRATION, ALL AS PROVIDED IN THIS DOCUMENT.
|
AMENDED
AND RESTATED
LIMITED
LIABILITY COMPANY OPERATING AGREEMENT
OF
IM
FLASH TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
BY
AND BETWEEN
MICRON
TECHNOLOGY, INC. AND INTEL CORPORATION
FEBRUARY
27. 2007
|
|
ORGANIZATIONAL
MATTERS
|
1
|
1.1
|
The
Joint Venture Company
|
1
|
1.2
|
Name
|
1
|
1.3
|
Term
|
1
|
1.4
|
Purpose
of the Joint Venture Company; Business
|
2
|
1.5
|
Principal
Place of Business; Other Places of Business; Registered Office
and
Agent
|
2
|
1.6
|
Fictitious
Business Name Statement; Other Certificates
|
2
|
1.7
|
Admission
of Members
|
3
|
1.8
|
Supply
Agreements
|
3
|
ARTICLE
2.
|
CAPITALIZATION
|
3
|
2.1
|
Initial
Capital Contributions of the Members
|
3
|
2.2
|
Initial
Capital Contribution Reserve
|
3
|
2.3
|
Additional
Capital Contributions
|
4
|
2.4
|
Shortfalls
in Contributions
|
7
|
2.5
|
Miscellaneous
Capital Provisions
|
9
|
2.6
|
Contributions
After a Change in Consolidating Member
|
9
|
ARTICLE
3.
|
MEMBER
DEBT FINANCING
|
10
|
3.1
|
Mandatory
Member Debt Financing
|
10
|
3.2
|
Optional
[***] Financing
|
12
|
3.3
|
Optional
Other Member Debt Financing
|
14
|
3.4
|
Change
In Committed Capital
|
14
|
3.5
|
Change
in Consolidating Member
|
14
|
3.6
|
Loans
Through Subsidiary
|
15
|
ARTICLE
4.
|
CAPITAL
ACCOUNTS AND ALLOCATIONS
|
15
|
4.1
|
Capital
Accounts
|
15
|
4.2
|
Allocations
of Book Income and Loss
|
15
|
4.3
|
Tax
Allocations
|
15
|
4.4
|
Restoration
of Negative Balances
|
15
|
ARTICLE
5.
|
DISTRIBUTIONS
|
15
|
5.1
|
Distributions
|
15
|
5.2
|
Withholding
Tax Payments and Obligations
|
17
|
5.3
|
Distribution
Limitations
|
18
|
ARTICLE
6.
|
MANAGEMENT;
BOARD OF MANAGERS
|
18
|
6.1
|
Management
Power
|
18
|
6.2
|
Number
of Managers; Appointment of Managers
|
18
|
6.3
|
Voting
of Managers
|
20
|
6.4
|
Meetings
of the Board of Managers; Quorum
|
23
|
6.5
|
Notice;
Waiver
|
23
|
6.6
|
Action
Without a Meeting; Meetings by Telecommunications
|
23
|
6.7
|
Alternate
Managers
|
24
|
6.8
|
Compensation
of Managers
|
24
|
ARTICLE
7.
|
MEMBERS
|
24
|
7.1
|
Rights
of Members; Meetings
|
24
|
7.2
|
Limitations
on the Rights of Members
|
25
|
7.3
|
Limited
Liability of the Members
|
26
|
7.4
|
Voting
Rights of Members
|
26
|
7.5
|
Defaulting
Member
|
29
|
7.6
|
Cooperation
|
29
|
ARTICLE
8.
|
OFFICERS
AND COMMITTEES
|
29
|
8.1
|
Intel
Executive Officer
|
29
|
8.2
|
Micron
Executive Officer
|
30
|
8.3
|
Lead
Controller/Chief Financial Officer
|
30
|
8.4
|
Chief
Executive Officer
|
31
|
8.5
|
General
Provisions Regarding Officers
|
31
|
8.6
|
Intentionally
Omitted
|
32
|
8.7
|
Waiver
of Fiduciary Duties
|
32
|
ARTICLE
9.
|
EMPLOYEE
MATTERS
|
33
|
9.1
|
Joint
Venture Company Employees; Seconded Employees
|
33
|
9.2
|
Performance
and Removal of Seconded Employees
|
33
|
9.3
|
Forms
|
34
|
9.4
|
Compensation
and Benefits
|
35
|
ARTICLE
10.
|
RECORDS,
ACCOUNTS AND REPORTS
|
36
|
10.1
|
Books
and Records
|
36
|
10.2
|
Access
to Information
|
36
|
10.3
|
Operations
Reports
|
37
|
10.4
|
Financial
Reports
|
37
|
10.5
|
Reportable
Events
|
39
|
10.6
|
Tax
Information
|
41
|
10.7
|
Tax
Matters and Tax Matters Partner
|
42
|
10.8
|
Bank
Accounts and Funds
|
42
|
10.9
|
Internal
Controls
|
42
|
ARTICLE
11.
|
BUSINESS
PLAN
|
44
|
11.1
|
Initial
Business Plan; Initial Budgets
|
44
|
11.2
|
Subsequent
Business Plans
|
47
|
11.3
|
Expenditures
|
51
|
11.5
|
Quarterly
Business Plan
|
51
|
11.6
|
Operating
Plan
|
51
|
11.7
|
Use
of Member Names
|
52
|
11.8
|
Insurance
|
52
|
ARTICLE
12.
|
TRANSFER
RESTRICTIONS
|
52
|
12.1
|
Restrictions
on Transfer
|
52
|
12.2
|
Permitted
Transfers
|
53
|
12.3
|
Additional
Members
|
54
|
12.4
|
Certain
Purchases
|
54
|
12.5
|
Purchase
of Remaining Interest
|
55
|
ARTICLE
13.
|
DISSOLUTION
AND LIQUIDATION
|
58
|
13.1
|
Dissolution
|
58
|
13.2
|
Determination
of [***] Value
|
59
|
13.3
|
No
Withdrawal
|
59
|
13.4
|
Micron
[***] Reimbursement; [***] True-Up Payment
|
59
|
13.5
|
Intentionally
Omitted
|
60
|
13.6
|
Intentionally
Omitted
|
60
|
13.7
|
Intentionally
Omitted
|
60
|
13.8
|
Intentionally
Omitted
|
60
|
13.9
|
Intentionally
Omitted
|
60
|
13.10
|
Intentionally
Omitted
|
60
|
13.11
|
Auction
of Remaining Assets
|
60
|
13.12
|
Winding
Up
|
60
|
13.13
|
Liquidation
|
61
|
13.14
|
Supply
Agreements
|
62
|
13.15
|
Employees
|
62
|
ARTICLE
14.
|
EXCULPATION
AND INDEMNIFICATION
|
63
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14.1
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Exculpation
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63
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14.2
|
Indemnification
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63
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ARTICLE
15.
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GOVERNMENTAL
APPROVALS
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64
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15.1
|
Governmental
Approvals
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64
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ARTICLE
16.
|
FORMATION
OF ADDITIONAL ENTITIES
|
66
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16.1
|
Formation
of U.S. Subsidiaries
|
66
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16.2
|
Intentionally
Omitted
|
66
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ARTICLE
17.
|
DEADLOCK;
OTHER DISPUTE RESOLUTION; EVENT OF DEFAULT
|
66
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17.1
|
Deadlock
|
66
|
17.2
|
Resolution
of Deadlock
|
67
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17.3
|
Definition
of “Intel Matters.”
|
67
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17.4
|
Definition
of “Micron Matters.”
|
68
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17.5
|
Other
Dispute Resolution
|
68
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17.6
|
Mediation
|
68
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17.7
|
Event
of Default
|
68
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17.8
|
Specific
Performance
|
69
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17.9
|
Tax
Matters
|
69
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ARTICLE
18.
|
MISCELLANEOUS
PROVISIONS
|
69
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18.1
|
Notices
|
69
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18.2
|
Waiver
|
70
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18.3
|
Assignment
|
70
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18.4
|
Third
Party Rights
|
70
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18.5
|
Choice
of Law
|
71
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18.6
|
Headings
|
71
|
18.7
|
Entire
Agreement
|
71
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18.8
|
Severability
|
71
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18.9
|
Counterparts
|
71
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18.10
|
Further
Assurances
|
71
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18.11
|
Consequential
Damages
|
71
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18.12
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Jurisdiction;
Venue
|
71
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18.13
|
Confidential
Information
|
72
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18.14
|
Certain
Interpretive Matters
|
72
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APPENDICES
|
|
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Appendix
A
|
Definitions
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Appendix
B
|
Tax
Matters
|
Appendix
C
|
Initial
Managers
|
Appendix
D
|
Initial
Capital Contributions
|
Appendix
E
|
Intentionally
Omitted.
|
|
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SCHEDULES
|
|
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Schedule
1
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[***]
Schedule
|
Schedule
2
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Insurance
|
Schedule
3
|
Intentionally
Omitted
|
Schedule
4
|
Intentionally
Omitted
|
Schedule
5
|
Applicable
Joint Ventures and Applicable Joint Venture Agreements
|
Schedule
6
|
Relatives
|
EXHIBITS
|
|
|
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Exhibit
A
|
Form
of Mandatory Note
|
Exhibit
B
|
Form
of Optional [***] Note
|
Exhibit
C
|
Form
of Optional Other Note
|
AMENDED
AND RESTATED
LIMITED
LIABILITY COMPANY OPERATING AGREEMENT
OF
IM
FLASH TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
This
AMENDED
AND RESTATED LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY OPERATING AGREEMENT
(this
“Agreement”)
of IM
Flash Technologies, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the “Joint Venture Company”),
is
made and entered into as of this 27th day of February, 2007, by and between
Micron Technology, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“Micron”),
and
Intel Corporation, a Delaware corporation (“Intel”)
(Micron and Intel are each referred to individually as a “Member,”
and
collectively as the “Members”).
Capitalized terms used in this Agreement shall have the respective meanings
ascribed to such terms in Appendix
A
to this
Agreement or as otherwise provided in Section 18.14.
RECITALS
A. Micron
and Intel previously entered into that certain Limited Liability Company
Operating Agreement of IM Flash Technologies, LLC, dated January 6, 2006
(the
“Original
Agreement”).
B. Micron
and Intel desire to amend and restate the terms and conditions of the Original
Agreement as set forth in this Agreement.
ARTICLE
1.
ORGANIZATIONAL
MATTERS
1.1 The
Joint Venture Company.
The
Joint Venture Company is a limited liability company organized under the
Delaware Limited Liability Company Act (Del. Code Ann. tit. 6
§§ 18-101 et seq.),
as
amended from time to time (the “Act”),
and
governed by the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement. The Joint
Venture Company is a Delaware limited liability company as a result of the
filing of a certificate of formation (the “Certificate”)
in the
office of the Delaware Secretary of State in accordance with the
Act.
1.2 Name.
The
name of the Joint Venture Company is “IM Flash Technologies, LLC.”
1.3 Term.
The
initial term of the business of the Joint Venture Company shall continue
until
the earlier of the tenth anniversary of the Effective Date and the termination
of the Joint Venture Company prior to such date in accordance with this
Agreement (the “Initial Term”).
Such
Initial Term may be extended by mutual written agreement of the Members at
least
[***] prior to the expiration of the Initial Term or any Renewal Term (any
such
extensions to be on such terms and for such period as set forth in writing
and
agreed to by the Members) (each such extended term, a “Renewal Term,”
and
together with the Initial Term, the “Term”).
1.4 Purpose
of the Joint Venture Company; Business.
The
purpose of the Joint Venture Company shall be (A) to engage in the business
of manufacturing for the Members NAND Flash Memory Products in various forms,
including NAND Flash Memory Wafers, and such other forms of memory products
as
may be determined by the Board of Managers from time to time, and related
memory
product manufacturing development activities, (B) to enter into any other
lawful business, purpose or activity in which a limited liability company
may be
engaged under Applicable Law (including the Act), as the Members may determine
from time to time, subject to and in accordance with the terms and conditions
of
this Agreement, and (C) to enter into any lawful transaction and engage in
any lawful activities in furtherance of the foregoing purposes and as may
be
necessary or incidental to, connected with or arising out of the foregoing
purposes in accordance with the terms and conditions of this Agreement;
provided,
however,
that a
Member having an Economic Interest above [***] percent ([***]%) may, in its
sole
discretion, include the manufacture of other forms of memory products in
the
purpose of the Joint Venture Company (other than (i) [***] if such Member
is
Intel and (ii) Intel [***] if such Member is Micron), so long as the amount,
delivery schedule, pricing and terms of the other Member’s supply of Joint
Venture Products remain as they existed immediately prior to the time at
which
the decision to include the manufacture of such other forms of memory products
is made.
1.5 Principal
Place of Business; Other Places of Business; Registered Office and
Agent.
(A) The
principal place of business and mailing address of the Joint Venture Company
shall be IM Flash Technologies, LLC, 1550 East 3400 North, Lehi, Utah 84043,
or
such other address within or outside of the State of Delaware as the Board
of
Managers may from time to time designate. The Board of Managers may change
the
principal place of business of the Joint Venture Company to such other place
or
places within or outside the State of Delaware as the Board of Managers may
from
time to time determine, in its sole and absolute discretion and, if necessary,
the Board of Managers shall cause the Certificate to be amended in accordance
with the applicable requirements of the Act to effectuate the change in the
principal place of business.
(B) Other
places of business of the Joint Venture Company shall initially be in Boise,
Idaho and Manassas, Virginia. The Joint Venture Company may maintain offices
and
places of business at such other place or places within or outside the State
of
Delaware as the Board of Managers may deem to be advisable.
(C) The
registered office of the Joint Venture Company in the State of Delaware shall
be
Corporation Trust Center, 1209 Orange Street, Wilmington, Delaware 19801,
and
the initial registered agent for service of process at such registered office
shall be The Corporation Trust Company. The registered office and the registered
agent may be changed from time to time by the Board of Managers, by causing
the
prescribed form, accompanied by the requisite filing fee, to be filed with
the
Delaware Secretary of State in accordance with the Act.
1.6 Fictitious
Business Name Statement; Other Certificates.
The
Authorized Officers, or the Chief Executive Officer, as applicable, shall,
from
time to time, cause the Joint Venture Company to be registered as a foreign
limited liability company and to file fictitious or trade
name
statements or certificates in those jurisdictions and offices as the Board
of
Managers considers necessary or appropriate. The Joint Venture Company may
engage in business activities under any fictitious business names selected
by
the Board of Managers. The Authorized Officers, or the Chief Executive Officer,
as applicable, shall, from time to time, file or cause to be filed certificates
of amendment, certificates of cancellation, or other certificates as the
Board
of Managers reasonably considers necessary or appropriate under the Act or
under
the laws of any jurisdiction in which the Joint Venture Company is doing
business to establish and continue the Joint Venture Company as a limited
liability company or to protect the limited liability of the
Members.
1.7 Admission
of Members.
Intel
and Micron hereby confirm and agree to their status as Members of the Joint
Venture Company upon the execution of this Agreement.
1.8 Supply
Agreements.
Intel
and
Micron have entered into the Supply Agreements with the Joint Venture Company
pursuant to which, subject to the terms and conditions set forth in the
applicable Supply Agreement, each Member shall purchase from the Joint Venture
Company, and the Joint Venture Company shall supply to each Member, a percentage
of the Joint Venture Company’s output of Products equal to such Member’s Sharing
Interest.
ARTICLE
2.
CAPITALIZATION
2.1 Initial
Capital Contributions of the Members.
(A) Intel
Initial Capital Contribution.
The
Members acknowledge and agree that Intel delivered to the Joint Venture Company
all of the Intel Initial Contributed Assets, as identified on Appendix D.
These
transactions shall be treated by Intel and the Joint Venture Company as the
Initial Capital Contribution by Intel of the Intel Initial Contributed Assets
in
the manner and with a value as set forth on Appendix D.
(B) Micron
Initial Capital Contribution.
The
Members acknowledge and agree that Micron delivered to the Joint Venture
Company
all of the Micron Initial Contributed Assets, as identified on Appendix D.
These
transactions shall be treated by Micron and the Joint Venture Company as
the
Initial Capital Contribution by Micron of the Micron Initial Contributed
Assets
in the manner and with a value as set forth on Appendix D.
2.2 Initial
Capital Contribution Reserve.
The
Joint Venture Company shall use all funds contributed (either in cash or
pursuant to a promissory note, in accordance with Appendix D)
as
Initial Capital Contributions before permitting any Additional Capital
Contributions. Moreover, the Intel Additional Cash and the Micron Additional
Cash shall be transferred to a reserve account promptly after such funds
are
delivered to the Joint Venture Company. Such monies shall be invested in
such
investment or investments as the Board of Managers may hereafter designate
and
shall not be expended by the Joint Venture Company until such time as all
other
funds contributed as Initial Capital Contributions of the Members have been
expended. Such amounts shall be deemed to be necessary reserves for purposes
of
distributions under Section 5.1(A).
2.3 Additional
Capital Contributions.
(A) [***]
Capital Contributions.
In
addition to the Initial Capital Contributions, each Member shall make Capital
Contributions to the Joint Venture Company equal to its [***] Capital
Contributions; provided,
however,
that in
no event shall (1) Intel be obligated to make [***] Capital Contributions
in the
aggregate in excess of the Intel Maximum Incremental Capital Amount, or (2)
Micron be obligated to make [***] Capital Contributions in the aggregate
in
excess of the Micron Maximum Incremental Capital Amount. Such [***] Capital
Contributions shall be made in quarterly installments on the twenty-fifth
(25th)
day of
each Fiscal Quarter of the Joint Venture Company (or if such day is not a
Business Day, then on the next Business Day after such day) in amounts equal
to
the sum of (a) the amounts required for the remainder of the Fiscal Quarter
in
which the [***] Capital Contributions are made and (b) the amounts required
for
the first twenty-five (25) days of the upcoming Fiscal Quarter (or if such
day
is not a Business Day, then through the next Business Day after such day),
each
as set forth in the Approved Business Plan in effect at the time of such
contribution.
(B) [***]
Capital Contributions.
Except
as mutually agreed in writing by both Members, each Member may, but shall
not be
required to, make Capital Contributions to the Joint Venture Company equal
to
its [***] Capital Contribution. Such [***] Capital Contributions shall be
made
in quarterly installments on
the
twenty-fifth (25th)
day of
each Fiscal Quarter of the Joint Venture Company (or if such day is not a
Business Day, then on the next Business Day after such day) in an amount
equal
to the sum of (a) the amounts of the [***] Capital Contributions scheduled
for
the remainder of the Fiscal Quarter in which the [***] Capital Contributions
are
made and (b) the amounts of the [***] Capital Contributions scheduled for
the
first twenty-five (25) days of the upcoming Fiscal Quarter (or if such day
is
not a Business Day, then through the next Business Day after such day), each
as
set
forth
in the Approved Business Plan in effect at the time of such
contribution.
(C) Other
Capital Contributions.
Except
as mutually agreed in writing by both Members, each Member may, but shall
not be
required to, make Capital Contributions (other than [***] Capital Contributions
and [***] Capital Contributions) to the Joint Venture Company equal to its
[***]
as set forth in the Annual Budget included in the Approved Business Plan
for the
Fiscal Year in which the contributions are to be made. Any such Capital
Contributions shall be made in quarterly installments on the twenty-fifth
(25th)
day of
each Fiscal Quarter of the Joint Venture Company (or if such day is not a
Business Day, then on the next Business Day after such day) in an amount
equal
to the sum of (a) the amounts of such Capital Contributions scheduled for
the
remainder of the Fiscal Quarter in which such Capital Contributions are made
and
(b) the amounts of such Capital Contributions scheduled for the first
twenty-five (25) days of the upcoming Fiscal Quarter (or if such day is not
a
Business Day, then through the next Business Day after such day), each as
set
forth in the Approved Business Plan in effect at the time of such contribution.
Such contributed funds are hereinafter referred to as the “Other
Capital Contributions”
and,
together with the [***] Capital Contributions and the [***] Capital
Contributions, the “Additional
Capital Contributions.”
(D) No
Other Contributions.
Except
as set forth in Sections 2.1 and 2.3(A), in the Joint Venture Documents and
such other contributions as the Members may agree in writing shall be required,
no Member shall be required to make any Capital Contributions to the Joint
Venture Company, and, except as contemplated by Section 2.3(B), 2.3(C) and
2.4, in the Joint Venture Documents and such other contributions as the Members
may agree in writing may be
made
(and
except for Make-Up Contributions and any deemed contributions of amounts
outstanding under Member Notes), no additional Capital Contribution to the
Joint
Venture Company shall be made by either Member without the consent of the
other
Member.
(E) Coordination.
The
Members shall coordinate with each other regarding, and provide each other
with
advance written notice of, the timing of their delivery of each Additional
Capital Contribution.
(F) Partial
Contributions.
In the
event that any Member determines to contribute less than its [***] of any
Additional Capital Contribution, such Member shall provide notice of such
determination specifying the amount of such Additional Capital Contribution
it
intends to make, if any. Such notice shall be provided to the Joint Venture
Company and to the other Member as soon as practicable after such determination
is made, but in any event not less than ten (10) Business Days prior to the
date
such Additional Capital Contribution is to be made. Any failure or delay
in
providing such notice shall not affect the right of any Member to refrain
from
providing such Additional Capital Contribution, nor shall it result in any
liability for damages. Subject to Section 3.1, to the extent that a Member
contributes less than its [***] of any Additional Capital Contribution for
a
given Fiscal Quarter, the other Member shall have the right to reduce its
contribution proportionately. In the event that such other Member has already
remitted any amount in respect of its Additional Capital Contribution, the
Joint
Venture Company shall, upon such other Member’s request and at its option,
return such amount or deem all or a portion of such contribution to be Member
Debt Financing hereunder. Any amount so requested to be returned or refunded
shall be remitted to the requesting Member immediately by wire transfer of
immediately available funds. The amount contributed for such Fiscal Quarter
by
the non-contributing Member (and the other Member, if its contribution is
proportionately reduced) shall be applied in the following order:
(1) First,
to
satisfy the obligation of such Member to contribute its [***] of any [***]
Capital Contribution for such Fiscal Quarter;
(2) Second,
the
remainder, if any, to fulfill the Member’s [***] of the amount, if any, of any
Other Capital Contribution for such Fiscal Quarter relating to an Operational
Fab;
(3) Third,
the remainder, if any, to fulfill the Member’s [***] of the amount, if any, of
any Other Capital Contribution for such Fiscal Quarter relating to matters
not
addressed in the immediately preceding clause (2); and
(4) Fourth,
the
remainder, if any, to fulfill the Member’s [***] of any amount of the [***]
Capital Contribution for such Fiscal Quarter to be applied to a [***] under
the
[***] Budget, and if there is [***] such [***], each of such [***] in the
order
in which they appear on the [***] Schedule.
(G) Priority
of Contributions.
Each
Member shall contribute [***] of the cumulative aggregate [***] Capital
Contributions theretofore due (and shall pay any interest accrued thereon
at the
rate provided in Section 2.4(A)(3) as a result of such Member’s failure to make
such contributions at the times and in the amounts required pursuant to Section
2.3(A))
other
than any [***] Capital Contributions as to which the obligation to contribute
has been terminated pursuant to Section 2.4(A)(2), before it may make any
other
Capital Contributions, including any [***] Capital Contributions (including
by
way of Make-Up Contributions), or any Other Capital Contribution or any Member
Debt Financing; provided,
however,
that
for purposes of this Section 2.3(G), a Member’s [***] of an Additional Capital
Contribution shall be deemed to exclude any shortfall of an [***] Capital
Contribution (1) for which the Joint Venture Company, or the other Member
acting
on its behalf, has not demanded payment or pursued any claim for payment
and (2)
any portion of which the Member is restricted from contributing, or the Joint
Venture Company is restricted from paying, under Article 2 or Article
3.
(H) Interim
Loan.
Each
remittance of funds in respect of a Member’s [***]
of
an Additional Capital Contribution pursuant
to this Section 2.3 shall, upon receipt by the Joint Venture Company of
such funds, be deemed to be a loan (which shall bear no interest) to the
Joint
Venture Company of the entire amount so delivered until the other Member
remits
funds in respect of its [***] of such Additional Capital Contribution. At
such
time:
(1) if
both
Members have remitted amounts equal to their respective [***] of the Additional
Capital Contribution in full, all such amounts shall be deemed Additional
Capital Contributions (whereupon the respective amounts remitted by the Members
shall no longer be deemed loans and shall be added to the Members’ respective
Capital Contribution Balances);
(2) if
there
is a Shortfall Amount, the amount actually remitted by the Non-Funding Member
shall be deemed an Additional Capital Contribution by such Member (and such
amount shall no longer be deemed a loan and shall be added to the Non-Funding
Member’s Capital Contribution Balance), and a portion of the amount actually
remitted by the Funding Member equal to the product of (a) the
Funding Member’s [***] of such Additional Capital Contribution (whether or not
contributed in full) multiplied
by (b) a
fraction, the numerator of which is the amount actually remitted by the
Non-Funding Member and the denominator of which is the Non-Funding Member’s
[***] of the Additional Capital Contribution shall be deemed an
Additional Capital Contribution (and such amount shall be added to the Funding
Member’s Capital Contribution Balance).
In such
event, the remainder of the amount remitted by the Funding Member shall continue
to be a loan to the Joint Venture Company until: (i)
the
return of all or a portion of such remaining funds upon the receipt by the
Joint
Venture Company of instructions from such Member to return all or a portion
of
such funds to the Member pursuant to Sections 2.3(F), 2.4(A)(1), 2.4(C) or
3.1(A); (ii) the Funding Member instructs the Joint Venture Company to deem
all
or a portion of such remaining funds an Additional Capital Contribution
(whereupon all or such portion of such funds shall be added to the Member’s
Capital Contribution Balance); or (iii) the Funding Member instructs the
Joint
Venture Company to deem all or a portion of such funds to be Member Debt
Financing; provided
that if
the Joint Venture Company has not received instructions pursuant to
subparagraphs (i), (ii) or (iii) above within fifteen (15) days of the date
the
applicable Additional Capital Contribution was due, the Joint Venture Company
shall contact such Member to request such instruction.
2.4 Shortfalls
in Contributions.
(A) [***]
Capital Contribution Shortfall.
(1) If
a
Member fails to remit in full its [***] Capital Contribution, at the time
and in
the amount required pursuant to Section 2.3(A), the other Member, if it has
remitted its [***] of such [***] Capital Contribution, may, at its election,
(a)
require
that the Joint Venture Company return the remitting Member’s share of such [***]
Capital Contribution to such remitting Member in part or in full, (b)
make
a Capital Contribution to the Joint Venture Company of any or all of the
shortfall or (c) provide Optional [***] Financing in accordance with Section
3.2.
(2) To
the
extent the other Member elects to contribute or loan the shortfall under
Section 2.4(A)(1)(b) or (c) above, such other Member may elect, by written
notice to the Joint Venture Company and the non-contributing Member, to
terminate the right and obligation of the non-contributing Member to contribute
any unpaid portion of such non-contributing Member’s [***] of the [***] Capital
Contribution that the non-contributing Member failed to pay.
(3) The
other
Member, if it has remitted its [***] of the [***] Capital Contribution, may
direct the Joint Venture Company under Section 7.5 to (or may, on behalf of
the Joint Venture Company) demand payment and pursue a claim against the
non-contributing Member for payment. The non-contributing Member shall be
obligated to pay interest (which interest shall not be treated as a Capital
Contribution) on such uncontributed amount at [***] (as in effect on the
date
such contribution was scheduled to be made and adjusted every [***]), compounded
[***], from the date such [***] Capital Contribution is due until the date
it is
paid. The
Member that did not make an [***] Capital Contribution it was required to
make
under the terms of this Agreement shall pay to the Joint Venture Company
and the
other Member all costs, including attorneys’ fees, incurred by the Joint Venture
Company and the other Member, respectively, in pursuing such claim for payment
(which payments shall not be treated as Capital Contributions). Such Member
shall not be liable for
any
additional damages. If the Joint Venture Company recovers against the
non-contributing Member, the funds collected from the non-contributing Member
shall be applied first to the payment in full of costs theretofore incurred
by
the Joint Venture Company or the other Member in the pursuit of the claim
for
payment against the non-contributing Member (and such amount shall not be
treated as a Capital Contribution), then to all accrued but unpaid interest
on
such payment (and such amount shall not be treated as a Capital Contribution)
and then to the payment of the delinquent portion of the [***] Capital
Contribution (and such amount shall be added to the Capital Contribution
Balance
of the non-contributing Member). In addition, upon such payment by the
non-contributing Member, (a) if a related Optional [***] Shortfall Note is
then
outstanding, the provisions of Section 3.2(D) (subject to
Section 3.2(E)) shall apply and (b) if no related Optional [***] Shortfall
Note is then outstanding, but the other Member has remitted to the Joint
Venture
Company the amount that the non-contributing Member was required to make,
then
the Joint Venture Company shall immediately refund to the contributing Member
an
amount equal to the non-contributing Member’s payment that was treated as a
Capital Contribution, and the Capital Contribution Balance of the contributing
Member shall be reduced by such amount.
(4) If,
after
a failure by a Member to timely make a Capital Contribution of its [***]
of an
[***] Capital Contribution that it was required to make under the terms of
this
Agreement, such Member wishes to make any payment with respect to such portion
of the [***] Capital Contribution (and the ability to make such contribution
has
not been terminated pursuant to Section 2.4(A)(2)), the Joint Venture
Company, with the consent of the other Member (which consent shall not be
necessary if an action to collect such amount has been commenced by or at
the
direction of such other Member), shall accept such payment and apply it first
to
the payment in full of costs theretofore incurred by the Joint Venture Company
or the other Member in the pursuit of a claim for payment against the
non-contributing Member (and such amount shall not be treated as a Capital
Contribution), then to all accrued but unpaid interest on such payment (and
such
amount shall not be treated as a Capital Contribution) and then to the payment
of the delinquent portion of the [***] Capital Contribution (and such amount
shall be added to the Capital Contribution Balance of such Member). In addition,
upon such payment by the non-contributing Member, (a) if a related Optional
[***] Shortfall Note is then outstanding, the provisions of Section 3.2(D)
(subject to Section 3.2(E)) shall apply and (b) if no related Optional
[***] Shortfall Note is then outstanding, but the other Member has remitted
to
the Joint Venture Company the amount that the non-contributing Member was
required to make, then the Joint Venture Company shall immediately refund
to the
contributing Member an amount equal to the non-contributing Member’s payment
that was treated as a Capital Contribution, and the Capital Contribution
Balance
of the contributing Member shall be reduced by such amount.
(5) Notwithstanding
any provision hereof to the contrary, the failure by a Member to contribute
in
[***] of any [***] Capital Contribution shall not constitute a Liquidating
Event.
(B) [***]
Capital Contribution Shortfall.
If a
Member does not remit in [***] of any [***] Capital Contribution at the time
and
in the full amount permitted pursuant to Section 2.3(B), the
provisions
of
Section 3.1 shall apply.
(C) Other
Capital Contribution Shortfall.
If a
Member does not remit [***] of any Other Capital Contribution, at the time
and
in the full amount permitted pursuant to Section 2.3(C), the other Member,
if it has remitted its [***] of such Other Capital Contribution may, at its
election, (1) require that the Joint Venture Company [***] of such Other
Capital
Contribution to the remitting Member in part or in full, (2) make a [***]
to the
Joint Venture Company of any or all of the shortfall or (3) provide Optional
Other Financing in accordance with Section 3.3.
2.5 Miscellaneous
Capital Provisions.
(A) Capital
Contributions shall be credited to the Capital Account of the contributing
Member to the extent provided in Article 4 of this Agreement.
(B) No
interest shall be paid to a Member on Capital Contributions. A Member shall
not
be entitled to withdraw any of its Capital Contributions except as provided
in
Section 2.3(F), 2.4 or Section 3.1.
(C) Except
as
otherwise provided in Article 13 or as otherwise agreed in writing by the
Members, a Member receiving a return of all or any portion of its Capital
Contribution shall have no right to receive a particular type of property
or a
particular asset.
(D) Any
Capital Contributions to the Joint Venture Company to be made in cash shall
be
made by the Members by wire transfer of immediately available funds to the
Joint
Venture Company or its designated agent.
(E) Except
as
otherwise provided in Section 2.4 or Article 3 or for trade credit for services
or goods provided by a Member to the Joint Venture Company under any Joint
Venture Document or any other agreement that has been approved as required
in
this Agreement, no Member shall advance funds or make loans to the Joint
Venture
Company without the approval of the Board of Managers. Any such approved
advances or loans by a Member shall not be Capital Contributions and shall
not
result in any increase in the amount of such Member’s Capital Contribution
Balance or entitle such Member to any increase in its Percentage Interest,
except as otherwise provided in Section 2.4 or Article 3. The amount of such
advances or loans shall be a debt of the Joint Venture Company to such Member
and (unless such loan is subject to a written guaranty or other written
agreement governing the liability of another party with respect thereto)
shall
be payable or collectible only out of the assets of the Joint Venture
Company.
(F) Except
as
provided in Section 5.2(C), the Joint Venture Company shall not make loans
to, or guaranty any indebtedness of, any Member or any other Person other
than a
U.S. Facilities Company; provided,
however,
that
the provisions of this Section 2.5(F) shall not prohibit the Joint
Venture Company from providing payment terms to the Members for Joint Venture
Products manufactured by the Joint Venture Company on behalf of the Members
pursuant to any Joint Venture Document or any other agreement that has been
approved as provided in this Agreement.
2.6 Contributions
After a Change in Consolidating Member.
Notwithstanding anything in this Article 2 to the contrary, following a Change
in Consolidating Member:
(A) with
respect to any Additional Capital Contribution, (1) the amount of the [***]
Member’s [***] that the [***] Member is required or permitted to make pursuant
to this Article 2 shall be reduced to the amount that would not result in
the
occurrence of [***] Member or in the reduction of the [***] Economic Interest
below the lesser of [***]% and the [***] Member’s then-existing Economic
Interest, and (2) the [***] Member shall become entitled to contribute the
[***]
Contribution Amount; provided,
however,
that if
the [***] Member fails to make such Additional Capital Contribution (or provide
Member Debt Financing, if applicable) in an amount equal to the full [***]
Contribution Amount then the limitations set forth in this Section 2.6(A)
shall not apply with respect to such Additional Capital Contribution;
and
(B) any
payment by the Joint Venture Company to such [***] Member shall not equal
or
exceed the amount that would result in the occurrence of [***] Member or
in the
reduction of the [***] Member’s Economic Interest below the lesser of [***]% and
the [***] Member’s then-existing Economic Interest.
MEMBER
DEBT FINANCING
3.1 Mandatory
Member Debt Financing.
(A) This
Section 3.1 shall apply if (1) there occurs a Shortfall Amount in respect
of a
[***] Capital Contribution pursuant to Section 2.4(B), (2) the Non-Funding
Member has contributed its [***] of all previously required [***] Capital
Contributions and (3) the other Member has become the “Funding
Member”
as
a
result of (a) such other Member’s timely remittance of its [***] of such
[***] Capital Contribution (after giving effect to the return of any amount
so
remitted which such Member requests or any increase in such amount contributed
by such Member, up to its [***] of such [***] Capital Contribution, after
receiving notice from the Joint Venture Company that the other Member has
not
timely delivered its [***] of the [***] Capital Contribution), or (b) if
neither
Member has timely remitted the amount of its [***] of such [***] Capital
Contribution, such other Member’s remittance of a greater percentage of its
[***] of such [***] Capital Contribution than the other Member (after giving
effect to the return of any amount so remitted which such Member requests
or any
increase in such amount contributed by such Member, up to its [***] of such
[***] Capital Contribution, after receiving notice from the Joint Venture
Company that neither Member has timely delivered its [***] of the [***] Capital
Contribution). In such event, the Funding Member shall (y) promptly provide
Member Debt Financing to the Joint Venture Company in an amount equal to
the
Loan Amount and (z) the Funding Member Portion shall be deemed to have been
provided as Member Debt Financing, rather than as a Capital Contribution,
to the
Joint Venture Company. However, if the Shortfall Amount is less than $[***],
then the Funding Member may elect not to provide the Mandatory Member Debt
Financing and, in such case, the Joint Venture Company shall return to each
Member the portion of the [***] Capital Contribution actually remitted by
such
Member. Furthermore, a Funding Member shall not be required to provide Mandatory
Member Debt Financing with respect to a [***] Capital Contribution under
a [***]
that is part of a Disputed Approved Business Plan proposed by the Non-Funding
Member. No Funding Member shall be obligated to provide more than $[***]
of
Mandatory Member Debt Financing outstanding at any time (not including any
Mandatory Equalization Note) with respect to Shortfall Amounts caused by
a given
Non-Funding Member.
(B) In
exchange for the Mandatory Member Debt Financing, the Joint Venture Company
shall issue to the Funding Member two convertible notes, one having a principal
balance equal to the Loan Amount (the “Mandatory
Shortfall Note”),
and
the other having a principal balance equal to the Funding Member Portion
(the
“Mandatory
Equalization Note”
and,
together with the related Mandatory Shortfall Note, the “Mandatory
Notes”),
in
the form attached hereto as Exhibit A.
(C) Each
Mandatory Note issued in accordance with this Section 3.1 shall have [***]
term,
subject to Section 3.1(E). For the first [***] of the term of a Mandatory
Shortfall Note, such Mandatory Shortfall Note shall bear interest at [***]
(as
in effect on the issue date (the “Issuance
Date”)
thereof and adjusted every [***]),[***] basis points per annum, compounded
[***]. Thereafter, until the end of the [***] term, such Mandatory Shortfall
Note shall bear interest at [***], adjusted every [***], compounded [***].
No
Mandatory Equalization Note shall [***].
(D) (1)
At any
time after the Issuance Date of a Mandatory Shortfall Note in accordance
with
this Section 3.1 and prior to the expiration of the [***] term of such Mandatory
Shortfall Note, the Non-Funding Member may, upon three (3) Business Days’ notice
to the Joint Venture Company and the Funding Member, make one or more Make-Up
Contributions to the Joint Venture Company in an aggregate amount up to the
outstanding principal balance of the Mandatory Shortfall Note. Each Make-Up
Contribution shall be accompanied by a payment equal to the accrued interest
on
the corresponding Mandatory Shortfall Note, which interest payment shall
not be
deemed to be a Capital Contribution. If the Make-Up Contribution is less
than
the entire amount of principal and accrued interest on a Mandatory Shortfall
Note, the Make-Up Contribution shall be deemed to be a payment applied first
to
all accrued interest and then to principal on such Mandatory Shortfall Note
(and
the amount so treated as a payment with respect to accrued interest shall
not be
treated as a Capital Contribution). If a Member is the Non-Funding Member
with
respect to more than one Mandatory Shortfall Note outstanding at the time
of
such contribution, the Non-Funding Member shall specify the Mandatory Shortfall
Note to which a Make-Up Contribution applies (or, if no such specification
is
made, the Make-Up Contribution will be used to repay the Mandatory Shortfall
Note that is closest to its maturity date). Upon receipt of such funds, the
Joint Venture Company shall immediately repay to the Funding Member the portion
of the outstanding principal balance of and accrued interest on the Mandatory
Shortfall Note in an amount equal to the Make-Up Contribution plus any accrued
interest on the amount of such Make-Up Contribution. At such time, the following
shall occur: (a) the
amount of the Make-Up Contribution equal to the principal balance of the
Mandatory Shortfall Note so repaid shall be deemed to be a Capital Contribution
by the Non-Funding Member and such amount shall be added to the Capital
Contribution Balance of the Non-Funding Member; and (b) a percentage of the
outstanding principal balance of the related Mandatory Equalization Note
equal
to the percentage of the principal balance of the Mandatory Shortfall Note
repaid shall convert into a Capital Contribution by the Funding Member,
whereupon such amount shall be added to the Capital Contribution Balance
of the
Funding Member.
(2) To
the
extent excess cash is available in accordance with Section 5.1 at any time
to make payments on any Mandatory Notes, if the Funding Member elects, by
written notice executed by its chief executive officer and delivered to the
Joint Venture Company prior to the making of the distributions under Section
5.1, to receive such payments, the Joint Venture Company shall make payments
on
the outstanding principal of and accrued interest on the Mandatory Shortfall
Notes (with any such payment being applied first to the payment in full of
accrued interest and then, to the extent of any remaining amount of such
payment, to the repayment of principal) and the outstanding principal of
the
Mandatory Equalization Notes; provided,
however,
that
any payment by the Joint Venture Company on the unpaid principal of a Mandatory
Shortfall Note must be accompanied by a payment by the Joint Venture Company
of
an equal percentage of the unpaid principal of the related Mandatory
Equalization Note. Upon the Funding Member’s receipt of funds from the Joint
Venture Company to be applied to the repayment of principal on the Mandatory
Notes, the principal portions of the Mandatory Notes that were so repaid
by the
Joint Venture Company shall no longer be outstanding.
(E) To
the
extent any amount of a Mandatory Shortfall Note remains outstanding upon
its
maturity for any reason, the Funding Member shall elect to do one of the
following:
(1) transfer to the Joint Venture Company as a Capital Contribution all or
a portion of the obligations owing to the Funding Member for (a)
the
unpaid principal of and accrued interest on the Mandatory Shortfall Note
and (b)
the
unpaid principal of the Mandatory Equalization Note, whereupon an amount
equal
to the sum of (a) and (b) shall be added to the Capital Contribution Balance
of
the Funding Member; or (2) permit the Mandatory Notes to become a continuing
note that will remain outstanding, have a principal amount equal to the sum
of
(a) the principal of and accrued interest on the former Mandatory Shortfall
Note
and (b) the principal of the former Mandatory Equalization Note and be
convertible at any time thereafter at the option of the Funding Member (a
“Continuing
Mandatory Note”),
which
Continuing Mandatory Note shall bear no interest and shall mature on the
Liquidation Date. In the event that the Funding Member fails to make an
election, the Funding Member shall be deemed to have elected to permit the
Mandatory Notes to become a Continuing Mandatory Note. Upon conversion of
a
Continuing Mandatory Note by the Funding Member, the amount of principal
of such
Continuing Mandatory Note shall be added to the Capital Contribution Balance
of
the Funding Member. To the extent excess cash is available in accordance
with
Section 5.1 at any time to make payments on any Continuing Mandatory Note,
if the Funding Member elects to receive such payments, by written notice
executed by its chief executive officer and delivered to the Joint Venture
Company prior to the making of the distributions under Section 5.1, the Joint
Venture Company shall make such payments on the outstanding principal of
the
Continuing Mandatory Note. Upon the Funding Member’s receipt of funds from the
Joint Venture Company, the portion of the Continuing Mandatory Note that
was
paid by the Joint Venture Company shall no longer be outstanding.
3.2 Optional
[***] Financing.
(A) In
the
event of a Shortfall Amount in respect of an [***] Capital Contribution,
the
Funding Member may, in its sole discretion, elect to extend Member Debt
Financing to the Joint Venture Company (the “Optional
[***] Financing”)
consisting of all or a portion of the Shortfall Amount and the related Funding
Member Portion of such [***] Capital Contribution (the aggregate amount so
loaned, the “Optional
[***] Loan Amount”).
(B) In
exchange for the Optional [***] Financing, the Joint Venture Company shall
issue
to the Funding Member two convertible notes, one having a principal amount
equal
to the amount loaned by the Funding Member in respect of the Shortfall Amount
(the “Optional
[***] Shortfall Note”)
and
the other having a principal amount equal to the Funding Member Portion (the
“Optional
[***] Equalization Note”
and,
together with the related Optional [***] Shortfall Note, the “Optional
[***] Notes”),
in
the form attached hereto as Exhibit B.
(C) The
Optional [***] Shortfall Notes issued in accordance with this Section 3.2
will mature on the [***] and shall bear interest at [***] (as in effect on
the
Issuance Date thereof and adjusted every [***]), compounded [***]. The Optional
[***] Equalization Notes issued in accordance with this Section 3.2 shall
bear [***] interest and will mature on the [***]. The Optional [***] Notes
shall
be convertible at any time. Upon conversion of the Optional
[***] Notes
by
the Funding Member, the sum of (a) the unpaid principal of and accrued interest
on the Optional [***] Shortfall Note and (b) the unpaid principal of the
Optional [***] Equalization Note shall be added to the Capital Contribution
Balance of the Funding Member.
(D) If
the
Joint Venture Company or the Funding Member, on the Joint Venture Company’s
behalf, demands payment and determines to pursue a collection action with
respect to the Non-Funding Member’s failure to deliver the Shortfall Amount
relating to the [***] Capital Contribution and the Joint Venture Company
recovers from the Non-Funding Member, the funds collected from the Non-Funding
Member shall be applied first to the payment to the Joint Venture Company
and
the Funding Member, in full of the costs theretofore incurred by the Joint
Venture Company or the Funding Member, respectively, in the pursuit of the
claim
for payment against the Non-Funding Member (and such amount shall not be
treated
as a Capital Contribution), then to all accrued but unpaid interest on such
payment (and such amount shall not be treated as a Capital Contribution)
and
then to the payment of an Optional [***] Shortfall Note to the extent funds
are
available. At such time, the following shall occur: (1) a portion of the
Make-Up Contribution recovered from the Non-Funding Member equal to the
principal balance of the Optional [***] Shortfall Note so repaid shall be
deemed
to be a Capital Contribution by the Non-Funding Member, and such amount shall
be
added to the Capital Contribution Balance of the Non-Funding Member and
(2) a percentage of the outstanding principal balance of the related
Optional [***] Equalization Note equal to the percentage of the principal
balance of the Optional [***] Shortfall Note repaid shall convert into a
Capital
Contribution by the Funding Member, and such amount shall be added to the
Capital Contribution Balance of the Funding Member.
(E) To
the
extent excess cash is available in accordance with Section 5.1 at any time
to make payments on any Optional
[***] Notes,
if the
Funding Member elects to receive such payments, by written notice executed
by
its chief executive officer and delivered to the Joint Venture Company prior
to
the making of the distribution under Section 5.1, the Joint Venture Company
shall make payments on the outstanding principal of and accrued interest
on the
Optional [***] Shortfall Notes (with any such payment being applied first
to the
payment in full of accrued interest and then, to the extent of any remaining
amount of such payment, to the repayment of principal) and the outstanding
principal of the Optional [***] Equalization Notes; provided,
however,
that
any payment by the Joint Venture Company on the unpaid principal on an Optional
[***] Shortfall Note must be accompanied by a payment by the Joint Venture
Company of an equal percentage of the unpaid principal of the related Optional
[***] Equalization Note. Upon the Funding Member’s receipt of funds from the
Joint Venture Company, the portion of the Optional [***] Shortfall Note and
related Optional [***] Equalization Note that was paid by the Joint Venture
Company shall no longer be outstanding.
3.3 Optional
Other Member Debt Financing.
(A) In
the
event of a Shortfall Amount in respect of an Other Capital Contribution,
the
Funding Member may, in its sole discretion, elect to extend Member Debt
Financing to the Joint Venture Company (the “Optional
Other Financing”),
consisting of all or a portion of the Shortfall Amount and the related Funding
Member Portion of such Other Capital Contribution.
(B) In
exchange for the Optional Other Financing, the Joint Venture Company shall
issue
to the Funding Member a convertible note (the “Optional
Other Shortfall Note”),
in
the form attached hereto as Exhibit C.
The
Optional Other Shortfall Note shall bear [***] interest, shall mature on
the
[***] and shall be convertible at any time.
3.4 Change
In Committed Capital.
Each
time there is a change in a Member’s Committed Capital, as a result of the
making of a Capital Contribution or a loan evidenced by a Member Note, a
payment
on a Member Note, or otherwise, each Member’s respective Percentage Interest,
Economic Interest and Sharing Interest shall be immediately recalculated
in
accordance with the definitions of such terms, taking into account any delay
provided for in the definition of Sharing Interest; provided,
however,
that
in
accordance with Section 2.3(H) an adjustment to the Percentage Interests
of the
Members relating to any funds remitted in respect of an Additional Capital
Contribution to be made pursuant to Article 2 shall be made when
contemplated by Section 2.3(H).
3.5 Change
in Consolidating Member.
Following a Change in Consolidating Member (as a result of which the Non-Funding
Member becomes the Former Consolidating Member), any (A) Make-Up Contribution
made by the Non-Funding Member to the Joint Venture Company or (B) payment
on a
Member Note by the Joint Venture Company from excess funds available in
accordance with Section 5.1 shall not equal or exceed the amount that would
result in the occurrence of another Change in Consolidating Member or in
the
reduction of the Consolidating Member’s Economic Interest below the lesser of
[***]% and the [***] Member’s then-existing Economic Interest.
3.6 Loans
Through Subsidiary.
Notwithstanding any provision of this Article 3, in lieu of providing any
Member
Debt Financing permitted or required of a Member, such Member may elect to
provide such Member Debt Financing through a Wholly-Owned Subsidiary of such
Member; provided,
however,
that
the Member, rather than such Wholly-Owned Subsidiary of the Member, shall
own
the Economic Interest, Sharing Interest and Committed Capital related to
such
Member Debt Financing and shall have all rights against the Joint Venture
Company related to such Member Debt Financing.
ARTICLE
4.
CAPITAL
ACCOUNTS AND ALLOCATIONS
4.1 Capital
Accounts.
Each
Member shall have a capital account maintained in accordance with the terms
of
Article 2 of Appendix B
to this
Agreement (a “Capital
Account”).
4.2 Allocations
of Book Income and Loss.
Book
income and Book loss for any Fiscal Year shall be allocated to the Members
in
the manner provided in Article 3 of Appendix B.
4.3 Tax
Allocations.
All
items of income, gain, loss, and deduction shall be allocated among the Members
for federal income tax purposes in the manner provided in Article 4 of
Appendix B.
4.4 Restoration
of Negative Balances.
No
Member with a deficit balance in its Capital Account shall have any obligation
to the Joint Venture Company, to any other Member or to any third party to
restore or repay said deficit balance. This Section 4.4 shall not affect
any of the other rights or obligations of the Members under this Agreement
or
any other agreement.
DISTRIBUTIONS
5.1 Distributions.
(A) Unless
otherwise unanimously agreed in writing by the Members, the Joint Venture
Company shall not make any distributions until after the first anniversary
of
the Effective Date. Thereafter, subject to Articles 6, 7 and 13 and the
provisions of the Act and after giving effect to all Capital Contributions
or
Member Debt Financing to be made on the same date under Article 2 and
Article 3, respectively, the Joint Venture Company shall, subject to
Section 5.1(C), make distributions of cash to the Members as set forth in
this
Section 5.1(A), on a [***] basis on the [***] day of each Fiscal [***] (or
if
such day is not a Business Day, then on the first Business Day after such
day)
to the extent that the Joint Venture Company’s cash as of the end of the
immediately preceding Fiscal [***] is in excess of the sum of (y) any amounts
that have been contributed as a Capital Contribution or loaned to the Joint
Venture Company as Member Debt Financing and that are being held for the
purpose
of making capital or operating expenditures in the current Fiscal [***] or
the
first twenty-five (25) days of the immediately succeeding Fiscal [***] (or
if
such day is not a Business Day, then on the first Business Day after such
day)
and (z) all reserves that are considered reasonably necessary by the Board
of
Managers to pay other expenditures that are reasonably likely to be payable
in
the period described in clause (y) above, and in any event including the
reserve
established under Section 2.2 and amounts remaining in the Accumulated
Distributions Accounts; provided,
however,
that
the Board of Managers shall cause the Joint Venture Company to use any cash
available for distribution as follows:
(1) first,
to pay
in full all amounts outstanding under any outstanding Mandatory Shortfall
Notes
and related Mandatory Equalization Notes (provided
any
holder thereof has requested such payment by written notice executed by its
chief executive officer and delivered to the Joint Venture Company prior
to the
distribution thereof under this Section 5.1)
in
order of their respective maturity dates;
(2) second,
to pay
any outstanding Continuing Mandatory Notes (provided
any
holder thereof has requested such payment by written notice executed by its
chief executive officer and delivered to the Joint Venture Company prior
to the
distribution thereof under this Section 5.1) in the order that the respective
maturity dates of the related Mandatory Shortfall Notes and Mandatory
Equalization Notes occurred;
(3) third,
to pay
in full all amounts outstanding under any other outstanding Member Notes
(provided
any
holder thereof has requested such payment by written notice executed by its
chief executive officer and delivered to the Joint Venture Company prior
to the
distribution thereof under this Section 5.1);
(4) fourth,
to make
a distribution to a Member whose aggregate, cumulative distributions
(not
including any payments made pursuant to Sections 5.1(A)(1), (2) and (3))
immediately
prior to such distribution are less than the amount equal to the Member’s
Sharing Interest (as such Sharing Interest is determined immediately after
any
payments made under Sections 5.1(A)(1), (2) and (3)) multiplied
by
the
aggregate, cumulative distributions (not including any payments made pursuant
to
Sections 5.1(A)(1), (2) and (3)) of the Joint Venture Company immediately
prior to such distribution, until such Member’s aggregate, cumulative
distributions (not including payments made pursuant to Sections 5.1(A)(1),
(2) and (3), but including such distribution pursuant to this Section 5.1(A)(4))
are equal to its Distribution Entitlement; and
(5) finally,
to make distributions pro
rata
to the
Members in accordance with their respective Sharing Interests (as such Sharing
Interests are determined immediately after any payments made under Sections
5.1(A)(1), (2) and (3)).
(B) Distributions
of cash are only to be made to the extent cash is available to the Joint
Venture
Company without requiring (1) the sale of Joint Venture Company assets (other
than in the ordinary course of business) or the pledge of Joint Venture Company
assets at a time or on terms that the Board of Managers believes are not
in the
best interests of the Joint Venture Company or (2) a reduction in reserves
that
the Board of Managers believes are reasonably necessary for Joint Venture
Company purposes for the then-current Fiscal [***] and the first twenty-five
(25) days of the immediately succeeding Fiscal [***] (or if such day is not
a
Business Day, then through the first Business Day after such day).
(C) The
Joint
Venture Company shall maintain in its books of account for each Member a
special
purpose account (the “Accumulated
Distributions Accounts”)
for
purposes of recording amounts that would be distributed to such Member under
Section 5.1(A) but for the application of this Section 5.1(C).
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section 5.1, in lieu of
actually making the cash distributions contemplated by this Section 5.1,
the Joint Venture Company shall (except to the extent a Member requests direct
payment to the Member) increase each Member’s Accumulated Distributions Account
by the amount of such cash that was to have been distributed to such Member.
Subsequently, when a Member is required to, or desires to, make a Capital
Contribution required or permitted by this Agreement, in lieu of making such
Capital Contribution such Member may instruct the Joint Venture Company to
reduce such Member’s Accumulated Distributions Account in an amount (not to
exceed the amount in such Member’s Accumulated Distributions Account) up to the
amount of such Capital Contribution, which shall be treated for all purposes
(including for purposes of the definition of Capital Contribution Balance)
as if
such Member had made such Capital Contribution at the time designated in
such
instruction. A Member may, at any time, demand payment of, and the Joint
Venture
Company shall immediately pay, the full amount of such Member’s Accumulated
Distributions Account, in which event the amount so paid shall reduce the
Member’s Accumulated Distributions Account.
5.2 Withholding
Tax Payments and Obligations.
In the
event that withholding taxes are paid
or
required to be paid in respect of payments made to or by the Joint Venture
Company, or allocations to a Member, such withholding shall be treated as
follows:
(A) Payments
to the Joint Venture Company.
If the
Joint Venture Company receives proceeds in respect of which a tax has been
withheld, the Joint Venture Company shall be treated as having received cash
in
an amount equal to the amount of such withheld tax, and, for all purposes
of
this Agreement, each Member shall be treated as having received a
distribution
pursuant to Section 5.1 equal to the portion of the withholding tax
allocable to such Member, as reasonably determined by the Board of Managers.
Such amounts shall not be treated as Joint Venture Company
expenses.
(B) Payments
by the Joint Venture Company.
The
Joint Venture Company is authorized to withhold, and the Tax Matters Partner
shall take any actions reasonably necessary to withhold, from any payment
made
to, or any distributive share of, a Member any taxes required by law to be
withheld, and in such event, such taxes shall be treated as if an amount
equal
to such withheld taxes had been distributed to such Member pursuant to
Section 5.1 (or, as provided in Section 5.2(C), loaned to such
Member).
(C) Certain
Withheld Taxes Treated as Demand Loans.
Any
taxes withheld pursuant to Sections 5.2(A) or 5.2(B) hereof shall be treated
as
if distributed to the relevant Member pursuant to Section 5.1 to the extent
an
amount equal to such withheld taxes would then be distributable to such Member,
and, to the extent in excess of such distributable amounts, as a demand loan
payable by the Member to the Joint Venture Company with interest at a rate
equal
to [***] (or, if less, the maximum rate allowed by law), compounded and adjusted
[***], commencing five (5) days after written demand therefor on behalf of
the
Joint Venture Company is made by any other Member.
5.3 Distribution
Limitations.
Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, the Joint Venture
Company shall not make any distribution of cash or other property to any
Member
if the distribution would violate any agreement to which the Joint Venture
Company or any of its Subsidiaries is a party or by which it or any of them
is
bound.
ARTICLE
6.
MANAGEMENT;
BOARD OF MANAGERS
6.1 Management
Power.
Except
as specifically provided in Article 7, Article 8, and Sections 11.1, 11.2
and
11.3, the business, property, affairs and operations, including the control
over
the details of the manufacturing process, of the Joint Venture Company shall
be
managed by or under the direction of a board of Managers (the “Board
of Managers”),
and,
except as provided in Article 7, Article 8 and Sections 11.1, 11.2 and
11.3, no Member shall have any right to participate in or exercise control
or
management power over the business and affairs of the Joint Venture Company
or
otherwise to bind, act or purport to act on behalf of the Joint Venture Company
in any manner. Subject to the limitations set forth in this Agreement, the
Board
of Managers shall have all the rights and powers that may be possessed by
a
manager under the Act, including the power to incur indebtedness for trade
payables and equipment leases, the power to enter into agreements and
commitments of all kinds, the power to manage, acquire and dispose of Joint
Venture Company assets, and all ancillary powers necessary or convenient
as to
the foregoing. No individual Manager, in his or her capacity as such, may
act on
behalf of the Board of Managers or bind the Joint Venture Company.
6.2 Number
of Managers; Appointment of Managers.
(A) The
Board
of Managers shall consist of six (6) individuals (each such individual, a
“Manager”).
Subject to Section 6.2(B), one half of the Managers shall be
appointed
by Micron and one half of the Managers shall be appointed
by Intel. The initial Managers appointed by Micron are listed on Appendix
C,
and the
initial Managers appointed by Intel are listed on Appendix
C.
Each
Member having the right to appoint a Manager or Managers in accordance with
this
Section shall also have the right, in its sole discretion, to remove such
Manager or Managers at any time by delivery of written notice to the other
Member(s) and the Joint Venture Company. Any vacancy in the office of a Manager
for any reason other than pursuant to Section 6.2(B) (including as a result
of such Manager’s death, resignation, retirement or removal pursuant to this
Section) shall be filled by the Member that appointed the relevant Manager.
Unless a Manager resigns, dies, retires or is removed in accordance with
this
Section, each Manager shall hold office until a successor shall have been
duly
appointed by the appointing Member.
(B) Effect
of Change in Percentage Interest on Managers.
While a
Member’s Percentage Interest is below [***] percent ([***]%) but at least [***]
percent ([***]%), the number of Managers such Member is entitled to appoint
to
the Board of Managers shall be reduced to [***] ([***]), and the number of
Managers the other Member is entitled to appoint to the Board of Managers
shall
be increased to [***] ([***]). While a Member’s Percentage Interest is below
[***] percent ([***]%) but at least [***] percent ([***]%), the number of
Managers such Member is entitled to appoint to the Board of Managers shall
be
reduced to [***] ([***]), and the number of Managers the other Member is
entitled to appoint to the Board of Managers shall be increased to [***]
([***]). While a Member’s Percentage Interest is below [***] percent ([***]%),
the number of Managers such Member is entitled to appoint to the Board of
Managers shall be reduced to [***] ([***]), and the other Member shall be
entitled to appoint [***] Managers to the Board of Managers; provided,
however,
that
the Member with a Percentage Interest of less than [***] percent ([***]%)
shall
be entitled to designate, from time to time, an individual who shall not
be a
member of, and shall have no right to vote at any meeting of, the Board of
Managers, but who shall have the right to receive notice of, attend, and
act as
an observer for such Member at, any meeting of the Board of Managers, and
who
shall receive all materials delivered to the Board of Managers in connection
with any such meetings. If either Member’s Percentage Interest should be below
any of the threshold levels set forth above and if such Member (the
“Appointing
Member”)
then
has more designees serving on the Board of Managers than the number to which
it
is entitled, such Appointing Member shall immediately identify by written
notice
to the other Member the designee or designees on the Board of Managers that
will
cease serving on the Board of Managers and each such designee shall thereupon
cease to be a Manager or member of the Board of Managers. If such Appointing
Member fails to make such designation within five (5) Business Days after
written demand by the other Member, the other Member may designate by written
notice to the Appointing Member one or more (as appropriate) of the Appointing
Member’s designees on the Board of Managers that will cease serving on the Board
of Managers and each such designee shall thereupon cease to be a Manager
or
member of the Board of Managers. The other Member who is entitled to appoint
one
or more additional Managers to serve on the Board of Managers may immediately
appoint such additional Managers by written notice to the other Member
designating such Managers. Similarly, if a Member whose Percentage Interest
fell
below any threshold level set forth in this Section 6.2(B) subsequently
increases its Percentage Interest above any such level, the process shall
be
reversed.
(C) Chairman
of the Board of Managers.
Until
the end of the Fiscal Year ending in 2007, Micron shall have the right to
designate one of its designated Managers as chairman of the Board of Managers
(the “Chairman”),
and
thereafter, for each subsequent Fiscal Year of the Joint Venture Company,
the
right to designate the Chairman (from among its designated Managers) shall
alternate between Intel and Micron; provided,
however,
that
while the Percentage Interest of a Member is below [***] percent ([***]%),
the
Chairman of the Board will be appointed by the other Member. The Chairman
shall
preside at all meetings of the Board of Managers and shall have such other
duties and responsibilities as may be assigned to him or her by the Board
of
Managers. The Chairman may delegate to any Manager authority to chair any
meeting, either on a temporary or a permanent basis. The Chairman must include
any item submitted by a Member or Manager for consideration at a meeting
of the
Board of Managers, may not cut off debate on any matter being considered
by the
Board of Managers and shall call for a vote on any matter at the request
of any
Manager, including any matter described in Section 6.3(B).
(D) Presence
of Certain Officers at Meetings of Board of Managers.
Each of
the Authorized Officers, or the Chief Executive Officer, as applicable, each
of
whom shall not be a member of the Board of Managers, may attend, but shall
have
no right to vote at, all meetings of the Board of Managers; provided,
however,
that
the Board of Managers may exclude the Authorized Officers, or the Chief
Executive Officer, as applicable, from such meetings or such portions of
meetings at which the compensation or performance of, or any issue involving,
either of the Authorized Officers, or the Chief Executive Officer, as
applicable, is discussed as the Board of Managers, in its sole discretion,
deems
appropriate. If either Authorized Officer is excluded from any meeting or
portion of a meeting of the Board of Managers, the other Authorized Officer
shall also be excluded from such meeting or portion of such
meeting.
6.3 Voting
of Managers.
(A) Each
Manager shall be entitled to one (1) vote, and Managers shall not be entitled
to
cast their votes through proxies (except as provided in Section 6.7).
Subject to Sections 6.3(B) and 6.3(C), all actions, determinations or
resolutions of the Board of Managers shall require the affirmative vote or
consent of a majority of the Board of Managers present at any meeting at
which a
quorum is present (i.e.,
the
affirmative vote of four (4) Managers if the total number of Managers is
six
(6)), which majority must include at least [***] appointed by each Member
at all
times that each Member has at least [***] to the Board of Managers; provided,
however,
that
any matter that is a Micron Matter shall be deemed approved upon the approval
of
a majority of the Managers appointed by Micron, and any matter that is an
Intel
Matter shall be deemed approved upon the approval of a majority of the Managers
appointed by Intel. Except as specifically provided in Article 7, Article
8 and
Sections 11.1, 11.2 and 11.3, the Board of Managers shall have the right,
power and authority to take all actions of the Joint Venture Company, including
the following, and in no event shall any of the following actions be taken
without the approval of the Board of Managers (which approval may be obtained
through the adoption of an Undisputed Approved Business Plan by the Board
of
Managers in accordance with Sections 11.1 and 11.2, provided
that the
relevant Undisputed Approved Business Plan sets forth such action in reasonable
detail), by or with respect to the Joint Venture Company or any Subsidiary
of
the Joint Venture Company:
(1) entering
into any agreement or making any modification or amendment to, or terminating,
any agreement between (a) the Joint Venture Company or any Subsidiary of
the Joint Venture Company and (b) any Member or an Affiliate of a
Member;
(2) selecting
attorneys, accountants, auditors and financial advisors for the Joint Venture
Company or any of its Subsidiaries;
(3) adopting,
or making any material modification, amendment or termination of, material
accounting and tax policies, procedures and principles applicable to the
Joint
Venture Company or any of its Subsidiaries other
than those made in accordance with Section 10.9 (provided,
however,
that
the right, power and authority of the Board of Managers with respect to tax
policies, procedures and principles granted under this Section 6.3 shall
be
subject to the provisions of Section 10.7 hereof);
(4) adopting
or making any material changes to any employee benefit plan, including any
incentive compensation plan;
(5) setting
any distribution to the Members not required under Article 5;
(6) subject
to Section 6.3(B)(1)(b), commencing or settling litigation, except routine
employment litigation matters;
(7) making
any material purchase, sale or lease (as lessor or lessee) of any real property
(except for any such purchase or lease to effectuate an Intel Matter that
is
approved by a majority of the Intel Managers then in office or a Micron Matter
that is approved by a majority of the Micron Managers then in
office);
(8) acquiring
securities or any equity ownership interest in any Person, other than a
Wholly-Owned Subsidiary of the Joint Venture Company established to hold
a Fab
or assets of the Joint Venture Company or any of its Subsidiaries;
(9) making
any public announcement by the Joint Venture Company or any Subsidiary of
the
Joint Venture Company of any material non-public information not previously
approved for public announcement by the Board of Managers;
(10) entering
into or amending any collective bargaining arrangements or waiving any material
provision or requirement thereof;
(11) approving
any Proposed Business Plan, or amending or modifying any Approved Business
Plan
(or any modification thereof), subject to Sections 11.1(C), 11.2(D) and
11.2(E);
(12) making
any filing with, public comments to, or negotiation or discussion with, any
Governmental Entity (excluding regular operating filings and other routine
administrative matters and other than any such filing, public comments, or
negotiation or discussion relating to an Intel Matter that is approved by
a
majority of the
Intel
Managers then in office or relating to a Micron Matter that is approved by
a
majority of the Micron Managers then in office); and
(13) establishing,
overseeing and modifying the investment policies of the Joint Venture Company
with respect to funds held by the Joint Venture Company, including funds
reserved pursuant to Section 2.2 pending the use of such funds in
accordance with any applicable Approved Business Plan.
(B) (1)
Notwithstanding the foregoing, any action of the Board of Managers with respect
to any of the following matters relating to a Member (the “Interested
Member”)
shall
be deemed approved by the Board of Managers if approved either by the
affirmative vote at a meeting of the Board of Managers of a majority of the
Managers appointed by the other Member (the “Independent
Member”)
with
respect to such action or by written consent of a majority of the Managers
appointed by such Independent Member:
(a) any
determination to grant indemnification to the Interested Member for any matter
not contemplated by Section 14.2 hereof; or
(b) the
pursuit of any remedy by the Joint Venture Company or a Subsidiary of the
Joint
Venture Company against the Interested Member or Affiliate of the Interested
Member (excluding any Applicable Joint Venture and any Wholly-Owned Subsidiary
of any Applicable Joint Venture) in accordance with Section 7.5;
or
(c) any
other
matter (other than a matter provided for in Section 6.3(B)(2)) in which the
interests of the Joint Venture Company or a Subsidiary of the Joint Venture
Company and the Interested Member, or an officer, director, controlling
stockholder or Affiliate of the Interested Member (excluding any Applicable
Joint Venture and any Wholly-Owned Subsidiary of any Applicable Joint Venture),
are adverse.
(2) The
entry
into, modification of, amendment to, or termination by the Joint Venture
Company
of any agreement or other transaction between the Joint Venture Company or
any
Subsidiary of the Joint Venture Company, on the one hand, and the Interested
Member or an officer, director, controlling stockholder or Affiliate of the
Interested Member (excluding any Applicable Joint Venture and any Wholly-Owned
Subsidiary of any Applicable Joint Venture ), on the other hand, (an
“Interested Member Transaction”)
shall
be permitted only if:
(a) The
material facts as to the relationship or interest of the Interested Member
(and
its officers, directors, controlling stockholders and Affiliates (excluding
any
Applicable Joint Venture and any Wholly-Owned Subsidiary of any Applicable
Joint
Venture)) as to the Interested Member Transaction are disclosed or are known
to
the Board of Managers and the Independent Member, and the Board of Managers
in
good faith authorizes the Interested Member Transaction by the affirmative
votes
of a majority of the
Managers
appointed by the Independent Member, even though the Managers appointed by
the
Independent Member may be less than a quorum; or
(b) The
material facts as to the relationship or interest of the Interested Member
(and
its officers, directors, controlling stockholders and Affiliates) as to the
Interested Member Transaction are disclosed or are known to the Independent
Member, and the Interested Member Transaction is specifically approved in
writing by the Independent Member; or
(c) The
Interested Member Transaction is authorized, approved or ratified by the
Board
of Managers and is fair as to the Joint Venture Company or the applicable
Subsidiary of the Joint Venture Company and the Independent Member as of
the
time it is so authorized, approved or ratified by the Board of
Managers.
(3) Managers
appointed by the Interested Member may be counted in determining the presence
of
a quorum at a meeting of the Board of Managers which authorizes the Interested
Member Transaction.
(C) Notwithstanding
anything in this Agreement to the contrary, if a Member has only [***] to
the
Board of Managers as a result of its Percentage Interest falling below the
requisite threshold set forth in Section 6.2(B), the following actions will
require the approval of a majority of the members of the Board of Managers,
including the Manager appointed by such Member:
(1) any
material modification, amendment or termination of material accounting and
tax
policies, procedures and principles applicable to the Joint Venture Company
or
any of its Subsidiaries, other than those made in accordance with
Section 10.9 (provided,
however,
that
the right, power and authority of the Board of Managers with respect to tax
policies, procedures and principles granted under this Section 6.3 shall
be
subject to the provisions of Section 10.7 hereof); and
(2) except
for any litigation matter subject to Section 6.3(B)(1)(b), any settlement
of a
litigation matter or a group of related litigation matters, other than routine
litigation matters not involving current or former members of management,
where
the amount of damages payable by the Joint Venture Company or any of its
Subsidiaries exceeds $[***] or that results in disparate treatment of the
Members.
6.4 Meetings
of the Board of Managers; Quorum.
The
Board of Managers shall hold meetings at least once per Fiscal Quarter. Subject
to a Manager’s right to appoint an alternate Manager in accordance with Section
6.7, the presence of at least a majority of the Managers (four (4) while
the
number of Managers is six (6)), in person or by telephone conference or by
other
means of communications acceptable to the Board of Managers, shall be necessary
and sufficient to constitute a quorum for the purpose of taking action by
the
Board of Managers at any meeting of the Board of Managers; provided,
that
such quorum shall consist of at least a majority of the Managers appointed
by
each Member that appoints an odd number of Managers greater than one, and
at
least half of the Managers appointed by each Member that appoints an
even
number of Managers. No action taken by the Board of Managers at any meeting
shall be valid unless the requisite quorum is present.
6.5 Notice;
Waiver.
The
regular quarterly meetings of the Board of Managers described in Section
6.4
shall be held upon not less than ten (10) days’ written notice. Additional
meetings of the Board of Managers shall be held (A) at such other times as
may
be determined by the Board of Managers, (B) at the request of at least two
(2)
Managers or either Authorized Officer, or the Chief Executive Officer, as
applicable, upon not less than five (5) Business Days’ written notice or (C) in
accordance with Section 17.1, following a failure by the Board of Managers
to
adopt or reject a proposal for action presented to it. For purposes of this
Section, notice may be provided via facsimile, email or any other manner
provided in Section 18.1, or telephonic notice to each Manager (which
notice shall be provided to the other Managers by the requesting Managers).
The
presence of any Manager at a meeting (including by means of telephone conference
or other means of communications acceptable to the Board of Managers) shall
constitute a waiver of notice of the meeting with respect to such Manager,
unless such Manager declares at the meeting that such Manager objects to
the
notice as having been improperly given. The Board of Managers shall cause
written minutes to be prepared of all actions taken by the Board of Managers
and
shall cause a copy thereof to be delivered to each Manager within fifteen
(15)
days of each meeting.
6.6 Action
Without a Meeting; Meetings by Telecommunications.
(A) On
any
matter that is to be voted on, consented to or approved by the Board of
Managers, the Board of Managers may take such action without a meeting, without
prior notice and without a vote if a consent or consents in writing, setting
forth the action so taken, shall be signed by the Managers having not less
than
the minimum votes that would be necessary to authorize or take such action,
in
accordance with the terms of this Agreement, at a meeting at which all the
Managers were present and voted.
(B) Unless
the Act otherwise provides, members of the Board of Managers shall have the
right to participate in all meetings of the Board of Managers by means of
a
conference telephone or similar communications equipment by means of which
all
persons participating in the meeting can hear each other at the same time
and
participation by such means shall constitute presence in person at a
meeting.
6.7 Alternate
Managers.
Each
Manager shall have the right to designate an individual to attend and vote
at
meetings of the Board of Managers as the proxy of such regularly appointed
Manager.
6.8 Compensation
of Managers.
The
Managers, in their capacity as such, shall not receive compensation from
the
Joint Venture Company. Each Member shall bear the cost and expenses incurred
by
its appointed Managers in connection with the Joint Venture Company’s business
while such Managers are serving in such capacity.
ARTICLE
7.
MEMBERS
7.1 Rights
of Members; Meetings.
(A) The
Members shall be the members of the Joint Venture Company under the Act,
and
shall be entitled to the following: (1) receive financial reports and tax
reporting information referenced in Sections 10.4 and 10.6; (2) receive
(y) the then-current Approved Business Plans, as updated from time to time
in accordance with Section 11.1 or Section 11.2 and any Proposed Business
Plan
and (z) the then-current Operating Plan; (3) receive such additional information
of the Joint Venture Company or any of its Subsidiaries as may reasonably
be
requested by a Member; (4) copies of any third party audit findings from
any
audit of the Joint Venture Company or any Subsidiary of the Joint Venture
Company, any subcontractor for the Joint Venture Company or any Subsidiary
of
the Joint Venture Company or any Person that provides services to the Joint
Venture Company or any Subsidiary of the Joint Venture Company (including
a
Member in such capacity but only to the extent contemplated by the applicable
service agreement with such Member); and (5) such additional rights as are
elsewhere provided in this Agreement or by mandatory requirements of Applicable
Law, including mandatory requirements of the Act.
(B) At
any
time, and from time to time, the Board of Managers may, but shall not be
required to, call meetings of the Members.
(1) Special
meetings of the Members for any proper purpose or purposes may be called
at any
time by either Member. Each meeting of the Members shall be conducted by
the
Authorized Officers, or the Chief Executive Officer, as applicable, or any
mutually agreeable designee of the Authorized Officers or designee of the
Chief
Executive Officer, as applicable, and shall be held at the principal offices
of
the Joint Venture Company or at such other place as may be agreed upon from
time
to time by the Members. The Authorized Officers or their designee, or the
Chief
Executive Officer or his or her designee, as applicable, shall include any
item
submitted by a Member for consideration at a meeting of the Members, may
not cut
off debate on any matter being considered by the Members and shall call for
a
vote on any matter at the request of any Member. Meetings may be held by
telephone if both Members so consent.
(2) Except
as
otherwise required by Applicable Law, written notice (which may be provided
via
facsimile or electronic mail with receipt confirmation) of each meeting of
the
Members of the Joint Venture Company shall be given not less than five (5)
nor
more than thirty-five (35) days before the date of such meeting.
(3) The
presence, either in person or by proxy, of Members whose combined Percentage
Interests equal one hundred percent (100%) is required to constitute a quorum
at
any meeting of the Members.
(4) Each
Member may authorize any Person (provided
such
Person is an officer of the Member) to act for it or on its behalf on all
matters in which the Member is entitled to participate. Each proxy must be
signed by a duly authorized officer of the Member. All other provisions
governing, or otherwise relating to, the holding of meetings of the Members
shall be established from time to time as mutually agreed by the
Members.
(5) The
Members shall be entitled to vote on any matter submitted to a vote of the
Members in proportion to their Percentage Interests. Members may vote either
in
person or by proxy at any meeting. Each Member shall be entitled to cast
one (1)
vote for each full percentage of the Percentage Interest held by such Member.
Fractional votes shall be permitted.
(6) Any
action permitted or required by the Act, the Certificate, or this Agreement
to
be taken at a meeting of Members may be taken without a meeting if a consent
in
writing, setting forth the action to be taken, is signed by the Member or
Members whose vote or approval is required for the taking of such action
under
this Agreement. Such consent shall have the same force and effect as if such
action was approved by vote at a meeting at which all the Members were present
and voted and may be stated as such in any document or instrument filed with
the
Secretary of State of Delaware, and the execution of such consent shall
constitute attendance or presence in person at a meeting of
Members.
7.2 Limitations
on the Rights of Members.
(A) Subject
to any mandatory requirements of Applicable Law, including mandatory
requirements under the Act, except as provided in this Agreement or as otherwise
agreed in writing by the Members, no Member (in its capacity as a Member)
has
the right to take any part whatsoever in the management and control of the
business of the Joint Venture Company, sign for or bind the Joint Venture
Company or any of its Subsidiaries, compel a sale or appraisal of the Joint
Venture Company’s or any of its Subsidiaries’ assets, or sell or assign its
Interest in the Joint Venture Company or any of its Subsidiaries.
(B) No
Member
may, without the prior written consent of the other Member: (1) confess any
judgment against the Joint Venture Company or any of its Subsidiaries; (2)
act
for, enter into any agreement on behalf of or otherwise purport to bind the
other Member, the Joint Venture Company or any of its Subsidiaries; (3) do
any
acts in contravention of this Agreement or any of the Affiliate Agreements;
(4)
except as contemplated by the Affiliate Agreements, dispose of the goodwill
or
the business of the Joint Venture Company or any of its Subsidiaries; (5)
Transfer its Interest in the Joint Venture Company (except as provided in
Sections 12.2, 12.4(A), 12.4(B) or 12.5); or (6) assign the property of the
Joint Venture Company or any of its Subsidiaries in trust for creditors or
on
the assignee’s promise to pay any indebtedness of the Joint Venture Company or
any of its Subsidiaries.
7.3 Limited
Liability of the Members.
Except
to the extent expressly set forth in Article 2 of this Agreement or
otherwise in a written instrument executed by the Member against whom any
liability is asserted in favor of the Person asserting such liability, the
Members (solely in their capacity as Members) have no obligation to contribute
to the Joint Venture Company or any of its Subsidiaries and shall not be
liable
for any debt, obligation or liability of the Joint Venture Company or any
of its
Subsidiaries. Any liability to return distributions made by the Joint Venture
Company is limited to mandatory requirements of the Act or of any other
Applicable Law.
7.4 Voting
Rights of Members.
(A) Notwithstanding
anything in this Agreement to the contrary, for so long as a Member’s Percentage
Interest is greater than [***] ([***]%), the following actions shall require
the
unanimous approval of the Members:
(1) any
amendment, restatement or revocation of the Certificate, except (a) as
provided in Section 1.5(A) to effectuate a change in the principal place
of
business of the Joint Venture Company, (b) to change the name of the Joint
Venture Company, (c) as required by Applicable Law, or (d) to
accomplish any action that would be allowed under the terms and conditions
of
this Agreement where the only prohibition on the performance of such action
is
the terms of the Certificate;
(2) any
material change in the business purpose of the Joint Venture Company or any
of
its Subsidiaries, other than a change in accordance with the proviso to
Section 1.4;
(3) any
Transfer of any Interest to any Person, except as expressly permitted by
Sections 12.2, 12.4(A), 12.4(B) or 12.5;
(4) any
agreement with respect to all present or former Members to extend the period
for
assessing any tax which is attributable to any Joint Venture Company item
or
item of any of the Joint Venture Company’s Subsidiaries;
(5) any
approval of the inclusion within the business purpose of the Joint Venture
Company or any of its Subsidiaries the manufacture of memory products other
than
NAND Flash Memory Products, subject to the proviso to
Section 1.4;
(6) any
approval or setting of any distribution to any Member (other than distributions
of cash in accordance with Article 5); provided,
however,
that a
Member’s consent for the purposes of this Section 7.4(A)(6) shall not be
unreasonably withheld; and
(7) the
sale,
license, assignment or other transfer of any intellectual property owned
or in
the possession of the Joint Venture Company or any Subsidiary of the Joint
Venture Company (including any technology or know-how, whether or not patented,
any trademark, trade name or service mark, any copyright or any software
or
other method or process) to any Person other than a Wholly-Owned Subsidiary
of
the Joint Venture Company or a U.S. Facilities Company or an Applicable Joint
Venture or a Wholly-Owned Subsidiary of an Applicable Joint Venture, except
as
provided in the Joint Venture Documents or as otherwise agreed in writing
by the
Members.
(B) Notwithstanding
anything in this Agreement to the contrary, and in addition to the provisions
of
Section 7.4(A), for so long as a Member’s Percentage Interest is at least [***]
percent ([***]%), the following actions shall require the unanimous approval
of
the Members:
(1) the
incurrence of any indebtedness for borrowed money, other than (i) as
provided in Article 2 or Article 3 and (ii) any third-party equipment
financing;
(2) any
sale,
lease, pledge (other than pledges of equipment under a permitted third-party
equipment financing), assignment, transfer (other than transfers to a
Wholly-Owned Subsidiary of the Joint Venture Company) or other disposition
of
any asset of the Joint Venture Company or any of its Subsidiaries or group
of
assets in each case other than in the ordinary course, unless approved in
an
Undisputed Approved Business Plan or unless made in connection with a
dissolution of the Joint Venture Company as contemplated by Article 13;
provided,
however,
that
unanimous approval will not be required if the aggregate amount of such sales,
leases, pledges (other than pledges of equipment under a permitted third-party
equipment financing), assignments, transfers (other than transfers to a
Wholly-Owned Subsidiary of the Joint Venture Company) and other dispositions
not
in the ordinary course do not exceed the amount provided for in an Undisputed
Approved Business Plan by more than $[***] in any Fiscal Year;
(3) any
purchase, lease or other acquisition, in any single transaction or in a series
of related transactions, of personal property or services or capital equipment
inconsistent with an Approved Business Plan (after taking into account any
general overrun provisions contained in such Approved Business
Plan);
(4) any
capital expenditures or series of related capital expenditures, that exceed
the
amount provided therefor in the most recently Approved Business Plan (after
taking into account any general spending overrun provisions contained in
such
Approved Business Plan) or any commitment by the Joint Venture Company or
any
Subsidiary of the Joint Venture Company to make expenditures in any development
project in an amount greater than the amount set forth in the most recently
Approved Business Plan (after taking into account any general spending overrun
provisions contained in such Approved Business Plan);
(5) any
merger, consolidation or other business combination to which the Joint Venture
Company or any Subsidiary of the Joint Venture Company is a party, or any
other
transaction to which the Joint Venture Company or any Subsidiary of the Joint
Venture Company is a party (other than where the Joint Venture Company is
merged
or combined with or consolidated into a Wholly-Owned Subsidiary of the Joint
Venture Company), resulting in a change of control of the Joint Venture Company
or any Subsidiary of the Joint Venture Company, other than a change of control
that may occur pursuant to Article 2 or Article 3;
(6) (a) the
voluntary commencement or the failure to contest in a timely and appropriate
manner any involuntary proceeding or the filing of any petition seeking relief
under bankruptcy, insolvency, receivership or similar laws, (b) the
application for or consent to the appointment of a receiver, trustee, custodian,
conservator or similar official for the Joint Venture Company or any Subsidiary
of the Joint Venture Company, or for a substantial part of their property
or
assets, (c) the filing of an answer admitting the material allegations of a
petition filed against the Joint Venture Company or any Subsidiary of the
Joint
Venture Company in any proceeding described above, (d) the consent to any
order for relief issued with respect to any proceeding described in this
subsection (6), (e) the making of a general assignment for the benefit of
creditors, or
(f) the
admission in writing of the Joint Venture Company’s inability, or the failure of
the Joint Venture Company or of any Subsidiary of the Joint Venture Company
generally, to pay its debts as they become due or the taking of any action
for
the purpose of effecting any of the foregoing;
(7) the
acquisition of any business or entry into any joint venture or
partnership;
(8) the
creation of any direct or indirect Subsidiary of the Joint Venture Company
other
than a U.S. Facilities Company or any other Wholly-Owned Subsidiary of the
Joint
Venture Company; and
(9) negotiating
external sources of additional wafer manufacturing capacity for Joint Venture
Products.
In
addition, such Member shall have the right to review and comment on any public
announcement by the Joint Venture Company or any Subsidiary of the Joint
Venture
Company.
(C) Notwithstanding
anything in this Agreement to the contrary, and in addition to the provisions
of
Sections 7.4(A) and 7.4(B), for so long as a Member’s Percentage Interest is at
least [***] percent ([***]%), the following actions shall require the unanimous
approval of the Members:
(1) the
purchase, license or other acquisition of rights to third party intellectual
property other than routine software licenses in connection with the Joint
Venture Company’s or any of its Subsidiaries’ ongoing operations.
7.5 Defaulting
Member.
Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, in no event shall
the pursuit of any remedy by the Joint Venture Company or any of its
Subsidiaries against a Defaulting Member pursuant to Section 17.7 require
the
consent of such Defaulting Member. The Non-Defaulting Member shall have the
right to control the Joint Venture Company’s pursuit of any such claim against
the Defaulting Member.
7.6 Cooperation.
(A) Intel
may
take action on behalf of the Joint Venture Company with respect to any Intel
Matter and shall cooperate with and keep Micron regularly informed with respect
to any Intel Matter.
(B) Micron
may take action on behalf of the Joint Venture Company with respect to any
Micron Matter and shall cooperate with and keep Intel regularly informed
with
respect to any Micron Matter.
ARTICLE
8.
OFFICERS
AND COMMITTEES
8.1 Intel
Executive Officer.
(A) Until
the
[***] anniversary of the Effective Date (the “Management
Conversion Date”),
the
Joint Venture Company shall have an executive officer appointed by Intel
(the
“Intel
Executive Officer”)
who,
together with the Micron Executive Officer, shall have responsibility for
the
day-to-day management and control of the business and affairs of the Joint
Venture Company and its Subsidiaries and overseeing the implementation of
the
strategic direction of the Joint Venture Company and its Subsidiaries. The
Intel
Executive Officer shall perform such duties and have such powers specifically
delegated to the Intel Executive Officer by the Board of Managers. The Intel
Executive Officer shall be an employee of Intel seconded to the Joint Venture
Company by Intel, subject to the consent of Micron, which consent shall not
be
unreasonably withheld or delayed. Intel shall have the right to remove the
Intel
Executive Officer at any time, with or without cause, provided
that it
provides at least ten (10) days written notice of such removal to Micron
and the
Joint Venture Company. Intel shall have the right to fill any vacancy in
the
position of Intel Executive Officer for any reason (including as a result
of the
Intel Executive Officer’s death, resignation, retirement or removal pursuant to
this Section), subject to the consent of Micron, which consent shall not
be
unreasonably withheld or delayed. The Intel Executive Officer shall report
directly to the Board of Managers.
(B) The
Board
of Managers shall determine, from time to time, the incentive compensation
for
which the Intel Executive Officer may be eligible based upon the Joint Venture
Company’s operational success.
8.2 Micron
Executive Officer.
(A) Until
the
Management Conversion Date, the Joint Venture Company shall have an executive
officer appointed by Micron (the “Micron
Executive Officer”)
who,
together with the Intel Executive Officer, shall have responsibility for
the
general management and control of the day-to-day business and affairs of
the
Joint Venture Company and its Subsidiaries and overseeing the implementation
of
the strategic direction of the Joint Venture Company and its Subsidiaries.
The
Micron Executive Officer shall perform such duties and have such powers
specifically delegated to the Micron Executive Officer by the Board of Managers.
The Micron Executive Officer shall be an employee of Micron seconded to the
Joint Venture Company by Micron, subject to the consent of Intel, which consent
shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed. Micron shall have the right
to
remove the Micron Executive Officer at any time, with or without cause,
provided
that it
provides at least ten (10) days written notice of removal to Intel and the
Joint
Venture Company. Micron shall have the right to fill any vacancy in the position
of Micron Executive Officer for any reason (including as a result of the
Micron
Executive Officer’s death, resignation, retirement or removal pursuant to this
Section), subject to the consent of Intel, which consent shall not be
unreasonably withheld or delayed. The Micron Executive Officer shall report
directly to the Board of Managers.
(B) The
Board
of Managers shall determine, from to time, the incentive compensation for
which
the Micron Executive Officer may be eligible based upon the Joint Venture
Company’s operational success.
8.3 Lead
Controller/Chief Financial Officer.
(A) The
Joint
Venture Company shall have a financial manager (the “Lead
Controller”)
who
shall serve as the principal financial officer of the Joint Venture Company
and
shall have responsibility for and authority over the day-to-day financial
matters of the Joint Venture Company and its Subsidiaries. The Lead Controller
shall perform such duties and have such powers specifically delegated to
the
Lead Controller by the Board of Managers. The Lead Controller shall be an
employee of Micron seconded to the Joint Venture by Micron, or another
individual selected by Micron, subject to the consent of Intel, which consent
shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed. Micron shall have the right
to
remove the Lead Controller at any time, with or without cause, provided
that it
provides at least ten (10) days written notice of removal to Intel and the
Joint
Venture Company. Micron shall have the right to fill any vacancy in the position
of Lead Controller for any reason (including as a result of the Lead
Controller’s death, resignation, retirement or removal pursuant to this
Section), subject to the consent of Intel, which consent shall not be
unreasonably withheld or delayed. The Lead Controller shall report directly
to
the Board of Managers.
(B) The
Board
of Managers shall determine, from time to time, the incentive compensation
for
which the Lead Controller may be eligible based upon the Joint Venture Company’s
operational success.
(C) For
so
long as there is a Lead Controller who is seconded to the Joint Venture Company
by a Member, the other Member shall be entitled to second to the Joint Venture
Company a senior finance officer to assist the Lead Controller in the execution
of his or her duties set forth in this Section 8.3. The Board of Managers
shall determine, from time to time, the incentive compensation for which
such
officer may be eligible based upon the Joint Venture Company’s operational
success.
(D) Upon
the
Management Conversion Date, the position of the Lead Controller shall terminate
and the Board of Managers shall appoint a Chief Financial Officer (the
“Chief
Financial Officer”)
who
shall be an employee of the Joint Venture Company and shall report directly
to
the Chief Executive Officer. The Chief Financial Officer shall have the
responsibilities specifically delegated to the Lead Controller by the Board
of
Managers, shall perform all other duties and shall have all powers that are
delegated to him or her by the Board of Managers or the Chief Executive Officer,
and shall be selected by the Board of Managers. For purposes of this Agreement,
the Lead Controller and the Chief Financial Officer are referred to
interchangeably as the “Financial
Officer.”
8.4 Chief
Executive Officer.
Upon
the Management Conversion Date, the Board of Managers shall appoint a Chief
Executive Officer (the “Chief
Executive Officer”),
who
shall have responsibility for the day-to-day general management and control
of
the business and affairs of the Joint Venture Company and its Subsidiaries
and
overseeing the implementation of the strategic direction of the Joint Venture
Company and its Subsidiaries. The Chief Executive Officer shall perform or
oversee those duties that were specifically delegated to the Intel Executive
Officer and Micron Executive Officer by the Board of Managers prior
to
the Management Conversion Date and shall perform all other duties and have
all
powers that are that are commonly incident to the office of chief executive
officer or that are specifically delegated to him or her by the Board of
Managers.
The
Chief Executive Officer shall be an employee of the Joint Venture Company,
selected by the Board of Managers, subject to the consent of any
Member
whose Percentage Interest is at least [***] percent ([***]%), which consent
shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed. The Board of Managers shall
have
the right to remove any Chief Executive Officer at any time, with or without
cause, subject to the terms of any employment contract between the Joint
Venture
Company and the Chief Executive Officer.
8.5 General
Provisions Regarding Officers.
(A) There
shall be one or more site managers of the Joint Venture Company who shall
serve
as officers of the Joint Venture Company and shall have such authority and
perform or oversee those duties that are delegated to such officers by the
Board
of Managers or the Authorized Officers or Chief Executive Officer, as
applicable. The Board of Managers may, from time to time, designate other
officers of the Joint Venture Company, delegate to such officers such authority
and duties as the Board of Managers may deem advisable and assign titles
to any
such officers. Except as otherwise provided in this Agreement, prior to the
Management Conversion Date, officers may either be employees of the Joint
Venture Company or Seconded Employees. Unless the Board of Managers otherwise
determines or unless otherwise provided by this Agreement, if the title assigned
to an officer of the Joint Venture Company is one commonly used for officers
for
businesses of comparable size in the same industry, then, subject to the
terms
of this Agreement, the assignment of such title shall constitute the delegation
to such officer of the authority and duties that are customarily associated
with
such office for businesses of comparable size in the same industry. Except
as
otherwise provided in this Agreement, any number of titles may be held by
the
same individual.
(B) Subject
to all rights, if any, under any contract of employment, any officer to whom
a
delegation is made pursuant to Section 8.5(A) shall serve in the capacity
delegated unless and until such delegation is revoked by the Board of Managers
for any reason or no reason whatsoever, with or without cause, or such officer
resigns.
8.6 Intentionally
Omitted.
8.7 Waiver
of Fiduciary Duties.
(A) In
connection with the determination of any and all matters presented for action
to
the Members or the Board of Managers, as applicable, the Members acknowledge
and
agree that each Member will be acting on its own behalf and each Representative
serving on the Board of Managers will be acting on behalf of the Member that
appointed such Representative.
(B) Each
Member may act, and, to the fullest extent permitted by Applicable Law, will
be
protected for acting, in its own interest (subject to the express terms of
any
contract entered into by such Member) without regard to the interest of the
other Member or the Joint Venture Company or any of its Subsidiaries, and,
subject to Section 8.7(D), each Representative may act, and, to the fullest
extent permitted by Applicable Law, will be protected for acting at the
direction or control of, or in a manner that such Representative believes
is in
the best interest of, the Member that appointed the Representative without
regard to the interest of the other Member or the Joint Venture Company or
any
of its Subsidiaries. Further, each Member may, to the fullest extent permitted
by Applicable Law (subject to the express terms of any contract entered into
by
such Member), make decisions and exercise direction and control over the
decisions
of the Representatives appointed by such Member without duty to or regard
for
the interests of the other Member or the Joint Venture Company or any of
its
Subsidiaries.
(C) The
Joint
Venture Company, on its own behalf and on behalf of each of its Subsidiaries,
and each Member waives, to the fullest extent permitted by Applicable Law,
(1) any claim or cause of action against any Member or Manager based on the
determination of any and all matters presented for action to the Members
or the
Board of Managers, as applicable, (2) breach of fiduciary duty, duty of
care, duty of loyalty or any other duty or (3) breach of the Act;
provided,
however,
the
foregoing will not limit any Member’s obligation under or liability for breach
of the express terms of this Agreement or any other agreement that they have
entered into with the Joint Venture Company or any of its Subsidiaries or
the
other Member; and provided further,
however,
that no
Member shall negotiate or enter into or request or otherwise cause the Joint
Venture Company to negotiate or enter into any agreement or transaction that
would result in such Member or any of its Subsidiaries receiving any financial
consideration or other tangible property incentive, payment or other form
of
financial consideration or other tangible property consideration from any
Governmental Entity or Person based upon the Joint Venture Company’s taking an
action (including hiring any employees, undertaking any construction or
purchasing any equipment) or entering into such agreement or transaction
other
than as a Member of the Joint Venture Company pursuant to this Agreement,
and
any Member who receives any such consideration or other tangible property
incentive, payment or other form of financial consideration or other tangible
property consideration from any Governmental Entity or Person in respect
of the
Joint Venture Company’s activities, shall promptly convey such consideration or
other tangible property incentive, payment or other form of financial
consideration or other tangible property consideration from any Governmental
Entity or Person to the Joint Venture Company without any adjustment in the
Capital Contribution Balance of such Member.
(D) The
term
“Representative”
shall
mean, with respect to a Member and the Managers and the employees, agents
and
other representatives of such Member including the Seconded Employees of
such
Member, but not including, only for purposes of Section 8.7(C)(2), the
Chief Executive Officer, the Intel Executive Officer, the Micron Executive
Officer, the Lead Controller, the Chief Financial Officer or any other officer
or site manager of the Joint Venture Company (and each such officer shall
be
bound by such fiduciary and other duties (including the duty of care and
the
duty of loyalty) as would apply to an officer having comparable authority
and
duties under the DGCL).
ARTICLE
9.
EMPLOYEE
MATTERS
9.1 Joint
Venture Company Employees; Seconded Employees.
The
Joint Venture Company shall employ its own personnel and shall be their
exclusive employer. In addition, certain other persons who are employed by
Micron or its Relatives or Intel or its Relatives may be seconded by Micron
or
Intel, respectively, to work for the Joint Venture Company for a given period
of
time (“Seconded Employees”)
pursuant to the terms and conditions of the Micron Personnel Secondment
Agreement or the Intel Personnel Secondment Agreement, respectively. Seconded
Employees may be utilized to provide services to the Joint Venture Company
until
(1) the time specified in Article 8 for certain Seconded Employees, if any,
acting as officers of the
Joint
Venture Company, (2) with respect to Seconded Employees employed by Micron
or
its Relatives, until the time determined under the terms of the Micron Personnel
Secondment Agreement, or (3) with respect to Seconded Employees employed
by
Intel or its Relatives, until the time determined under the terms of the
Intel
Personnel Secondment Agreement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no Seconded
Employee will become employed by the Joint Venture Company or any of its
Subsidiaries unless agreed among the Joint Venture Company and the
Members.
9.2 Performance
and Removal of Seconded Employees.
The
Intel Executive Officer and Micron Executive Officer shall consult with one
another with respect to any Seconded Employee, regardless of origin, who
is not
adequately performing or adequately adapting to the team environment of the
Joint Venture Company, and discuss appropriate action. If a decision is made
by
the Intel Executive Officer, in the case of a Seconded Employee seconded
by
Intel or its Relatives, or the Micron Executive Officer, in the case of a
Seconded Employee seconded by Micron or its Relatives, that such employee
should
be reassigned to duties other than with the Joint Venture Company, the Intel
Executive Officer or the Micron Executive Officer, as the case may be, will
make
reasonably prompt efforts to request the seconding Member or Relative, as
applicable, to reassign such employee to duties other than with the Joint
Venture Company as such seconding Member or Relative, as applicable, shall
determine in its sole discretion. In no event will the Intel Executive Officer
or Micron Executive Officer have (i) the authority to reassign any Seconded
Employee of the other Member or its Relatives (either within the Joint Venture
Company or to any other assignment), or (ii) the ability to terminate the
employee relationship between a Seconded Employee of the other Member or
its
Relatives and his or her employer. Intel and Micron shall each determine
in its
own sole discretion with regard to its Seconded Employees and those of its
Relatives whether or not, and if so under what conditions, the Intel Executive
Officer (in the case of Intel) or the Micron Executive Officer (in the case
of
Micron) may either reassign the duties of (either within the Joint Venture
Company or to any other assignment) or terminate the employment relationship
with its Seconded Employees or those of its Relatives.
For
avoidance of doubt, this Section 9.2 shall not apply to the Intel Executive
Officer, the Micron Executive Officer, or the Lead Controller whose performance
shall be subject to review by the Board of Managers. Furthermore, the Board
of
Managers shall possess the authority to require that a Seconded Employee
be
reassigned by the seconding Member or its Relatives, as the case may be,
to
duties other than with the Joint Venture Company. Subject to the terms of
the
Intel Personnel Secondment Agreement and the Micron Personnel Secondment
Agreement, as the case may be, the Chief Executive Officer shall possess
the
authority to require that a Seconded Employee be reassigned by the seconding
Member or its Relatives, as the case may be, to duties other than with the
Joint
Venture Company.
9.3 Forms.
(A)
The
Joint Venture Company and each of its Subsidiaries shall have policies
applicable to, and ensure that all of its officers, employees and third-party
independent contractors, third-party consultants, and other third-party service
providers enter into appropriate agreements with respect to, (1) protection
of
confidential information of the Joint Venture Company and its Subsidiaries,
(2) compliance with Applicable Laws, and (3) other matters related to
the delivery of services to, or employment of such Person by, the Joint Venture
Company or its Subsidiaries. The Joint Venture Company and each of its
Subsidiaries shall have
policies
applicable to, and ensure that all of its officers and employees enter into
appropriate agreements with respect to intellectual property assignment,
including invention disclosures, pursuant to which ownership to any intellectual
property created in the course of employment with the Joint Venture Company
or
any of its Subsidiaries shall be assigned to the Joint Venture Company. The
Joint Venture Company and each of its Subsidiaries shall have policies
applicable to, and ensure that all of its third-party independent contractors,
third-party consultants, and other third-party service providers that create
intellectual property in the course of performing services for the Joint
Venture
Company or any of its Subsidiaries, enter into appropriate agreements with
the
Joint Venture Company with respect to the Joint Venture Company’s ownership of,
or the Joint Venture Company’s and its Subsidiaries’ right to use, such
intellectual property. The forms referred to in this Section 9.3 are
collectively referred to as the “Service
Provider Related Forms.”
(B) Notwithstanding
any preceding provisions in this Section 9.3 or elsewhere, no Seconded Employee
shall be required to sign any Service Provider Related Forms, except with
respect to acknowledgement of and agreement regarding policies of the Joint
Venture Company addressing conduct while performing services at the premises
of
the Joint Venture Company, such as workplace safety, but excluding matters
relating to protection of confidential information of the Joint Venture Company
and its Subsidiaries and intellectual property assignment, which issues have
been addressed in other documents. The Joint Venture Company shall be
responsible for providing those appropriate Service Provider Related Forms,
if
any, prepared by the Joint Venture Company for Seconded Employees to the
appropriate Seconded Employees, following up to make sure they are signed
and
for properly storing such forms; however, Intel and Micron shall each require
that their Seconded Employees sign the applicable Service Provider Related
Forms
when requested to do so by the Joint Venture Company.
9.4 Compensation
and Benefits.
(A) The
Joint
Venture Company and its Subsidiaries shall have compensation and benefits
programs for the employees of the Joint Venture Company and its Subsidiaries
(excluding, for this purpose, Seconded Employees) at its locations consistent
with local practices in each respective geographic area, as determined by
the
Intel Executive Officer and Micron Executive Officer, or the Chief Executive
Officer, as applicable, and, to the extent required by law or this Agreement,
approved by the Board of Managers, which may initially be modeled after Micron’s
local compensation and benefits programs if deemed to be appropriate and
competitive by the Intel Executive Officer and the Micron Executive Officer
(or
the Chief Executive Officer, when applicable) and, if applicable, the Board
of
Managers. Incentive compensation programs for Joint Venture Company employees
and the employees of any Subsidiary of the Joint Venture Company will be
tied to
the Joint Venture Company’s operational success, as determined by the Intel
Executive Officer and the Micron Executive Officer (or the Chief Executive
Officer, when applicable) and approved by the Board of Managers.
(B) It
is the
intention of Micron to offer employees of Micron and its Relatives who transfer
to the Joint Venture Company the option to transfer up to [***] hours of
their current accrued Time Off Plan (“TOP”)
hours
balance to the comparable plan of the Joint
Venture
Company to be administered in accordance with the terms of such plan. If
Micron
and its Relatives allow such a transfer and if an employee so elects, the
Joint
Venture Company shall credit the employee’s Joint Venture Company TOP (or
similar time bank) account with the transferred hours and Micron shall pay
the
Joint Venture Company an amount equal to the person’s base hourly rate (or a
calculated base hourly rate in case of salaried employees) multiplied by
the TOP
hours transferred.
(C) It
is the
intention of Intel to offer employees of Intel and its Relatives who transfer
to
the Joint Venture Company the option to transfer up to [***] hours of their
current accrued vacation and personal absence hours balance to the comparable
plan of the Joint Venture Company to be administered in accordance with the
terms of such plan. If Intel and its Relatives allow such a transfer and
if an
employee so elects, the Joint Venture Company shall credit the employee’s Joint
Venture Company TOP (or similar time bank) account with the transferred hours
and Intel shall pay the Joint Venture Company an amount equal to the person’s
base hourly rate (or a calculated base hourly rate in case of salaried
employees) multiplied by the vacation and personal absence hours
transferred.
ARTICLE
10.
RECORDS,
ACCOUNTS AND REPORTS
10.1 Books
and Records.
The
Authorized Officers, or the Chief Executive Officer, as applicable, shall
keep
or cause to be kept adequate books and records with respect to the Joint
Venture
Company’s and each of its Subsidiaries’ business, including the
following:
(A) a
current
list of the full name and last known business address of each Member and
its
appointed Managers and all officers and Representatives;
(B) copies
of
records that would enable a Member to determine the relative Committed Capital,
Percentage Interests, Sharing Interests, Economic Interests, Member Debt
Financing, Capital Contribution Balances and Accumulated Distributions Accounts
of the Members;
(C) a
copy of
the Certificate together with any amendments;
(D) copies
of
the Joint Venture Company’s and each of its Subsidiaries’ federal and state
income tax returns and reports, if any, for the longer of (1) five (5)
years from the time of filing or (2) with respect to any such tax return of
the Joint Venture Company, until the expiration of the statute of limitations
on
the assessment of income tax liabilities for the taxable year of each Member
in
which the income required to be shown on such tax return of the Joint Venture
Company is required to be included (and each Member shall promptly respond
to
requests from the officers of the Joint Venture Company in order to determine
whether such statute of limitations has expired);
(E) a
copy of
this Agreement, together with any amendments;
(F) copies
of
any financial statements of the Joint Venture Company and its Subsidiaries
for
the greater of its seven (7) most recent years or all open taxable
years;
(G) copies
of
all Proposed Business Plans, Approved Business Plans, Member Business Plans
and
Operating Plans;
(H) minutes
of meetings of the Members, the Board of Managers, and any other committee
appointed by the Board of Managers from time to time and all written consents
in
lieu of a meeting; and
(I) any
other
records required to be maintained by the Act.
10.2 Access
to Information.
(A) To
the
extent not in violation of Applicable Law, each Member and its agents (which
may
include employees of the Member or the Member’s independent certified
accountants) shall have the right, at any reasonable time, to inspect, review,
copy and audit (or cause to be audited) at the expense of the inspecting
Member
any and all properties, assets, books of account, corporate records, contracts,
documentation and any other material of the Joint Venture Company or any
of its
Subsidiaries, at the request of the inspecting Member. Upon such request,
the
Joint Venture Company and each of its relevant Subsidiaries shall use reasonable
efforts to make available to such inspecting Member the Joint Venture Company’s
accountants and key employees for interviews to verify information furnished
or
to enable such Member to otherwise review the Joint Venture Company or any
of
its Subsidiaries and their operations. Such availability is conditioned upon
the
terms and conditions of the Confidentiality Agreement.
(B) The
Members recognize that the Joint Venture Company may, from time to time,
be in
possession of Competitively Sensitive Information belonging to a Member or
its
Relatives, and in no event shall a Member be entitled to access any
Competitively Sensitive Information of the other Member or its Relatives
in the
possession of the Joint Venture Company. The Joint Venture Company shall
maintain procedures reasonably acceptable to both Members (including requiring
that the Members use reasonable efforts to label or otherwise identify
Competitively Sensitive Information as such) to ensure that the Joint Venture
Company will not disclose or provide Competitively Sensitive Information
of one
Member or its Relatives to the other Member (other than to a Joint Venture
Company employee or to a Seconded Employee of the other Member to the extent
required for such employee or Seconded Employee to perform his or her duties
for
the Joint Venture Company) or any third party unless such disclosure is
specifically requested by the Member or its Relatives providing such
Competitively Sensitive Information. The Joint Venture Company shall not
be
liable for inadvertent disclosures of Competitively Sensitive Information
that
was not labeled or identified as such.
(C) Upon
request, each Member agrees to use reasonable efforts to provide the other
Member and the Joint Venture Company with reasonable access to those portions
of
its facilities and to those items of its equipment that are being used to
provide services to the Joint Venture Company, and to those employees who
are
providing services to the Joint Venture Company, to verify information regarding
such operations or enable such Member and the Joint Venture Company to otherwise
review the services being provided to the Joint Venture Company.
10.3 Operations
Reports.
Subject
to Section 10.2(B), the Joint Venture Company and each of its Subsidiaries
shall
provide both Members with all quarterly, monthly and weekly reporting packages
containing such manufacturing and production reports as may be required to
be
delivered under any agreement with, or otherwise requested by, either
Member.
10.4 Financial
Reports.
The
Joint Venture Company and each of its Subsidiaries shall provide the Members
the
following:
(A) Monthly
Reports.
(1) for
each
Fiscal Month, the Joint Venture Company, and if requested, each of its
Subsidiaries, shall provide each Member with the following monthly reports
prepared in accordance with Modified GAAP consistently applied, in each case
within the time period specified below:
(a) Monthly
Flash Report within eight (8) days after the end of each Fiscal
Month;
(b) monthly
cash flow report within fifteen (15) days after the end of each Fiscal
Month;
(c) month-end
balance sheet within fifteen (15) days after the end of each Fiscal
Month;
(d) monthly
profit and loss statement within fifteen (15) days after the end of each
Fiscal
Month;
(e) monthly
operational spending summary within fifteen (15) days after the end of each
Fiscal Month; and
(f) such
other reports as may be required to be delivered under any agreement with,
or
otherwise reasonably requested by, either Member.
(2) With
respect to each of the monthly reports set forth in Section 10.4(A)(1),
each Member may provide a sample format for such monthly report as is necessary
and appropriate.
(B) Quarterly
Reports.
(1)
As soon
as available, but not later than twenty (20) days after the end of each Fiscal
Quarter (other than Fiscal Quarters ending on the last day of a Fiscal Year,
provided
that the
information required by this Section 10.4(B) will be included in the reports
delivered pursuant to Section 10.4(C) below for the Fiscal Year ending on
such
date), the Joint Venture Company shall provide to each Member a consolidated
balance sheet of the Joint Venture Company as of the end of such period and
consolidated statements of income, cash flows and changes in Members’ equity, as
applicable, for such Fiscal Quarter and for the period commencing at the
end of
the previous Fiscal Year and ending with the end of such period, setting
forth
in each case in comparative form the corresponding figures for the corresponding
period of the preceding Fiscal Year, and including comparisons to the Approved
Business Plan, each prepared in accordance with Modified GAAP. The Financial
Officer shall discuss with the
Members
such quarterly financial data and the business outlook of the Joint Venture
Company and its Subsidiaries and shall be available to respond to questions
from
the Members regarding such data and outlook.
(2) In
addition, as soon as available, but not later than thirty (30) days after
the
end of each Fiscal Quarter, the Joint Venture Company shall provide to each
Member a consolidated balance sheet of the Joint Venture Company as of the
end
of each Fiscal Quarter and consolidated statements of income and changes
in
Members’ equity, as applicable, for such Fiscal Quarter and for the period
commencing at the end of the previous Fiscal Year and ending with the end
of
such period, setting forth in each case in comparative form the corresponding
figures for the corresponding period of the preceding Fiscal Year (to the
extent
such comparison is appropriate), each prepared in accordance with GAAP. The
Joint Venture Company shall also provide a reconciliation that describes
and
quantifies the differences between the consolidated financial statements
prepared in accordance with GAAP and the consolidated financial statements
prepared in accordance with Modified GAAP. The non-Consolidating Member may
reasonably request that the Consolidating Member use its reasonable efforts
to
engage the Consolidating Member’s external auditor to perform certain
agreed-upon procedures with respect to such reconciliation. Upon such request,
the Consolidating Member shall not unreasonably deny or delay such request.
The
non-Consolidating Member shall promptly reimburse the Consolidating Member
for
the incremental costs incurred by the Consolidating Member with respect to
the
performance of such agreed-upon procedures by the Consolidating Member’s
external auditor.
(C) Annual
Audit.
As soon
as available, but not later than ninety (90) days after the end of the first
Fiscal Year of the Joint Venture Company ended August 31, 2006, and not later
than sixty (60) days after the end of each Fiscal Year of the Joint Venture
Company thereafter, audited consolidated financial statements of the Joint
Venture Company and its Subsidiaries, which shall include statements of revenues
and expenses, of cash flows and of changes in Members’ equity, as applicable,
for such Fiscal Year and a balance sheet as of the last day thereof, each
prepared in accordance with Modified GAAP, consistently applied, and accompanied
by the report of a firm of independent certified public accountants selected
from time to time by the Board of Managers (the “Accountants”).
(D) Right
to Audit.
Either
Member may conduct a separate audit of the Joint Venture Company’s financial
statements and internal controls over financing reporting at its own expense,
and the Members agree to use all reasonable efforts to coordinate the timing
of
any separate audits that any Member elects to conduct.
10.5 Reportable
Events.
(A) The
Joint
Venture Company shall provide notice to the Members of any Member Reportable
Event as soon as possible and in any event no later than [***] ([***]) days
following the occurrence of said event. The following events shall be
“Member
Reportable Events”:
(1) any
action by the Joint Venture Company or a Subsidiary of the Joint Venture
Company
that will result in recording an impairment of assets of the Joint Venture
Company or any of its Subsidiaries, including without limitation, intangibles,
goodwill, fixed assets, accounts receivable and inventory, that is expected
to
exceed $[***], individually or when aggregating other similar assets impaired
at
the same time;
(2) any
decision to shutdown a business unit, close a facility, dispose of long-lived
assets or terminate employees (in a FAS 146 plan of termination) whereby
the
Joint Venture Company or a Subsidiary of the Joint Venture Company may incur
an
accounting charge that would exceed $[***];
(3) entry
by
the Joint Venture Company or a Subsidiary of the Joint Venture Company into
any
off-balance sheet arrangement (unconsolidated transactions with a third party
under which the entity retains or has a contingent interest in transferred
assets or is obligated under derivative instruments classified in equity,
or
with a third party that constitutes a “variable interest entity” under FIN
46);
(4) the
execution, amendment or termination of a contract that meets one of the
following thresholds:
(a) patent,
copyright or trademark license requiring payment of more than
$[***];
(b) technology
licenses requiring payment of more than $[***];
(c) contracts
for supply of equipment or materials (i) from either a sole source (single
qualified source or true sole source), a supplier with only one site, or
a
supplier located only in a “high risk” geographic area and (ii) where
interruption of supply may cause a key Joint Venture Product to experience
a
launch delay or production interruption with revenue impact of more than
$[***]
in a ninety (90)-day period; and
(d) other
contracts with a value in excess of $[***]; and
(5) entry
into any short-term debt (payable within one year), long-term debt, capital
lease, operating lease or guaranty in excess of $[***].
(B) The
Joint
Venture Company shall provide notice to the Members of any Joint Venture
Reportable Event as soon as possible and in any event no later than [***]
([***]) days after the Joint Venture Company becomes aware of such Joint
Venture
Reportable Event. The following events shall be “Joint
Venture Reportable Events”:
(1) receipt
by the Joint Venture Company or any of its Subsidiaries of an offer to buy
an
Interest in the Joint Venture Company or any of its Subsidiaries or a
significant amount of its assets or to merge or consolidate with the Joint
Venture Company or any of its Subsidiaries, or any indication of interest
from
any Person with respect to any such transaction;
(2) the
commencement, or threat delivered in writing, of any lawsuit involving the
Joint
Venture Company or any of its Subsidiaries;
(3) the
receipt by the Joint Venture Company or any of its Subsidiaries of a notice
that
the Joint Venture Company or any of its Subsidiaries is in default under
any
loan agreement to which the Joint Venture Company or any of its Subsidiaries
is
a party;
(4) any
breach by the Joint Venture Company or any of its Subsidiaries or a Member
or an
Affiliate of a Member of any contract, agreement or understanding between
the
Joint Venture Company or any of its Subsidiaries and a Member or an Affiliate
of
a Member;
(5) any
recall of, or other significant alleged product defects with respect to,
any
product manufactured by the Joint Venture Company or any of its Subsidiaries,
whether or not as a result of a request or order by any Governmental
Entity;
(6) any
material adverse change with respect to the current status of any item of
intellectual property rights owned by the Joint Venture Company or any of
its
Subsidiaries (“Intellectual
Property Rights”),
including receipt of any adverse notice from any Governmental Entity with
respect to such item of Intellectual Property Rights and notice of any action
taken or threatened by any third party that could affect the validity of
any
item of Intellectual Property Rights;
(7) the
removal or resignation of the Accountants for the Joint Venture Company,
or any
adoption, or material modification, of any significant accounting policy
or tax
policy other than those required by GAAP; or
(8) any
other
event that has had, or could reasonably be expected to have, a material adverse
effect on the business, results of operations, financial condition or assets
of
the Joint Venture Company or any of its Subsidiaries.
10.6 Tax
Information.
(A) Estimated
Tax Information.
The
Financial Officer shall deliver the following information to each Member,
as
provided below:
(1) on
or
prior to the date that is ninety (90) days following the end of each Joint
Venture Company taxable year, an estimate of the United States federal and
material state taxable income of the Joint Venture Company for such taxable
year; and
(2) on
or
prior to the date that is thirty (30) days following the end of each Joint
Venture Company taxable quarter, an estimate of the United States federal
and
material state taxable income of the Joint Venture Company for the taxable
year
of the Joint Venture Company as of the end of such taxable quarter.
(B) Tax
Returns.
The
Financial Officer shall deliver to each Member, on or prior to the date that
is
one hundred twenty (120) days following the end of each Joint Venture
Company
taxable year, a draft of the United States federal and material state income
tax
returns (and related attachments including Schedule
K-1)
of the
Joint Venture Company for such taxable year. Each Member shall have fifteen
(15)
days to review such tax returns and provide written comments thereon to the
Joint Venture Company, and to the extent the Joint Venture Company does not
intend to incorporate such comments into such tax returns the Joint Venture
Company and the Members shall attempt to resolve any disagreements within
fifteen (15) days after the delivery of such comments to the Joint Venture
Company. If the Members and the Joint Venture Company are unable to resolve
any
disputes regarding the content of such tax returns within such fifteen (15)-day
period, the issue or issues shall be referred for resolution to a partner
at a
“Big 4” accounting firm (or other nationally recognized accounting firm)
reasonably acceptable to the Members and the Joint Venture Company, who shall
be
requested to resolve open issues, on the basis of the position most likely
to be
sustained if challenged in a court having initial jurisdiction over the matter
(which for federal income tax issues shall be deemed to be the United States
Tax
Court), no later than one hundred eighty (180) days following the end of
such
taxable year. The decision of such accounting firm shall be final and binding
on
the Members and the Joint Venture Company, and the costs of such accounting
firm
shall be Joint Venture Company costs. The Joint Venture Company shall deliver
final income tax returns (including related schedules) to the Members within
two
hundred twenty (220) days after the end of each taxable year of the Joint
Venture Company, but not prior to the resolution of disputes among the Members
and the Joint Venture Company with respect to such tax returns; provided
that if
such tax returns become due (taking into account extensions of time to file,
which the Joint Venture Company shall seek as necessary to avoid the delinquent
filing of its tax returns) they shall be filed as determined by the Joint
Venture Company and shall be amended and re-filed as required by the outcome
of
the referral to the accounting firm as provided herein.
10.7 Tax
Matters and Tax Matters Partner.
The
[***] at the end of a given taxable year (or, if there is no [***] at such
time,
the Member that served as the Tax Matters Partner for the prior year) shall
serve as the “Tax
Matters Partner”
under
the Code and in any similar capacity under state, local or foreign law for
such
year. The Tax Matters Partner shall supply such information to the Internal
Revenue Service as may be necessary to cause the other Member to be a “notice
partner” as defined in Code Section 6231(a)(8). The Tax Matters Partner shall
keep each Member informed of any administrative or judicial proceeding relative
to any adjustment or proposed adjustment at the Joint Venture Company level
of
Joint Venture Company items, and shall provide the other Member with notice
and
an opportunity to participate in significant meetings or other proceedings
(both
in person and by telephone), preparation of correspondence and other significant
events with respect to taxes pertaining to the Joint Venture Company. Without
the prior written approval of all Members, the Tax Matters Partner shall
not
(a) enter into any settlement agreement with the Internal Revenue Service
which purports to bind or otherwise could adversely affect Persons other
than
the Tax Matters Partner and any Members who agree in writing to be bound
by such
agreement, (b) file a petition as contemplated by Sections 6226(a) or
6228 of the Code, (c) intervene in any action as contemplated by
Section 6226(b) of the Code, (d) file any request as contemplated by
Section 6227(c) of the Code, (e) enter into an agreement extending the
period of limitation as contemplated by Section 6229(b)(1)(B) of the Code,
(f) take any actions comparable to those described in clauses (a) through
(e) under state, local or foreign tax law or (g) take any other action in
its capacity as Tax Matters Partner that could significantly affect the tax
liability of the other Member.
10.8 Bank
Accounts and Funds.
Except
as otherwise provided in Section 2.2, Joint Venture Company funds,
including cash Capital Contributions, shall be deposited in an interest-bearing
account or accounts in the name of the Joint Venture Company and shall not
be
commingled with the funds of any Member, Manager or any other Person. All
checks, orders or withdrawals shall be signed by any one or more Persons
as
authorized by the Board of Managers and subject to the approval rights set
forth
in Section 10.9(E).
10.9 Internal
Controls.
(A) The
Joint
Venture Company shall have in place a system of internal controls over financial
reporting in accordance with the policies of the Consolidating Member as
of the
Effective Date, the design and operation of which shall be monitored and
approved by the Board of Managers and the Financial Officer. Changes to the
Joint Venture Company’s system of internal controls over financial reporting
shall be made at the request of either Member (and if requested by the
non-Consolidating Member, the non-Consolidating Member shall reimburse the
Joint
Venture Company for its reasonable costs incurred in implementing the changes),
subject to the other Member’s approval, which approval shall not be unreasonably
withheld, and, subject to the approval of the Board of Managers and the approval
of the Financial Officer, which shall not be unreasonably withheld; provided,
however,
that in
the event of a Change of Consolidating Member, the internal controls over
financial reporting and accounting systems of the Joint Venture Company shall,
at the Joint Venture Company’s expense, be modified as necessary to satisfy the
new Consolidating Member’s requirements relating to internal controls over
financial reporting, and such Member shall be entitled to receive the
information and perform the testing that either it or such Member’s auditors
deem necessary or advisable to satisfy their responsibilities related
thereto.
(B) Each
Member shall be entitled, at its own expense, to have one or more internal
auditors (not to exceed three (3) internal auditors at any single Facility)
located on site at the offices and facilities of the Joint Venture Company
with
full access to all of the Joint Venture Company’s financial and manufacturing
records and reporting systems; provided,
however,
that
such internal auditors shall be required to abide by the procedures maintained
by the Joint Venture Company pursuant to Section 10.2(B) for preventing the
inappropriate sharing of such information.
(C) The
Consolidating Member shall provide to the non-Consolidating Member such
information as the non-Consolidating Member may reasonably request in connection
with the assessment of whether a Change of Consolidating Member has occurred
or
may occur. The Consolidating Member, if it is the Non-Funding Member with
respect to any outstanding Member Notes, shall promptly notify the
non-Consolidating Member if it has determined that it is reasonably likely
to
not contribute to the Joint Venture Company any amounts to be used to repay
any
such Member Notes in accordance with Article 3.
(D) The
Consolidating Member shall make available to the non-Consolidating Member
the
findings of the external auditor of the Consolidating Member with respect
to the
Consolidating Member’s annual audit and of its internal control over financial
reporting to the extent such findings are applicable to the internal control
over financial reporting of the Joint Venture Company. The non-Consolidating
Member may reasonably request that the
Consolidating
Member use its reasonable efforts to engage the Consolidating Member’s external
auditor to perform certain agreed-upon procedures with respect to such internal
control over financial reporting of the Joint Venture Company. Upon such
request, the Consolidating Member shall not unreasonably deny or delay such
request. The non-Consolidating Member shall promptly reimburse the Consolidating
Member for the incremental costs incurred by the Consolidating Member with
respect to the performance of such agreed-upon procedures by the Consolidating
Member’s external auditor.
(E) The
internal controls over financial reporting referenced in this Section 10.9
shall provide, among other things, that prior to the Management Conversion
Date,
Joint Venture Company expenditures greater than $[***] shall require approval
of
both Authorized Officers and shall thereafter require the approval of the
Chief
Executive Officer; provided,
however,
that a
decision to approve or disapprove any such expenditure shall be made in a
manner
consistent with the [***] Budget and [***] Budget or Annual Budget, as
applicable, included in the then-effective Approved Business Plan.
ARTICLE
11.
BUSINESS
PLAN
11.1 Initial
Business Plan; Initial Budgets.
(A) Initial
Approved Business Plan.
As of
the Effective Date, the Members agreed upon an initial Approved Business
Plan
(the “Initial
Business Plan”)
of the
Joint Venture Company and its Subsidiaries covering the operations of the
Joint
Venture Company and its Subsidiaries from the Effective Date through [***],
which is the end of the Applicable Fiscal Quarter (the “Initial
Period”).
The
Initial Business Plan shall be deemed to be an Undisputed Approved Business
Plan. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement (including,
without limitation, all budgets, plans, schedules, exhibits, appendices,
ancillary or related agreements relating to this Agreement, each as may have
been amended), the [***] Budget, as far as it relates to the [***], shall
be
null and void for all purposes; provided,
however,
that
any funds previously contributed to the Joint Venture Company and its
Subsidiaries by any Member, including any funds contributed with respect
to the
[***], shall be retained by the Joint Venture Company and its Subsidiaries
for
use in accordance with the terms of this Agreement.
(B) Initial
Budgets.
The
Initial Business Plan includes an [***] budget (the “[***]
Budget”)
in
accordance with which the Joint Venture Company’s and each of its Subsidiaries’
operating and capital expenditures relating to matters not covered by the
[***]
Budget shall be made during the Initial Period and the Capital Contributions
that will be needed from the Members during each Fiscal Quarter of the Initial
Period to fund the [***] Budget. Such operating and capital expenditures
will be
funded by the Members’ Initial Capital Contributions and by [***] Capital
Contributions, which [***] Capital Contributions shall not, in the aggregate,
exceed the Maximum Incremental Capital Amount. Subject to the last sentence
of
Section 11.1(A), the Initial Business Plan also includes a budget (the
“[***]
Budget”)
in
accordance with which the Joint Venture Company’s and each of its Subsidiaries’
operating and capital expenditures for [***] shall be made during the Initial
Period and the Capital
Contributions
that will be needed from the Members during each Fiscal Quarter of the Initial
Period to fund [***] Budget.
(C) Modification
of Initial Business Plan.
Except
as otherwise provided in this Section 11.1(C), the Initial Business Plan
shall not be amended, updated, modified or superseded without the unanimous
written consent of the Members.
(1) Annual
Review of Initial Business Plan.
At
least ninety (90) days prior to the beginning of each of the [***] and [***]
Fiscal [***] of the Initial Period and the Applicable Fiscal Quarter, the
Board
of Managers shall (in consultation with the Authorized Officers or the Chief
Executive Officer, as applicable, and with the Financial Officer) review
the
Initial Business Plan and determine whether any amendment thereto is necessary.
Subject to Section 6.3(A)(11), upon a determination by the Board of
Managers that an amendment to the Initial Business Plan is necessary or
appropriate, the Board of Managers may approve such amendment (and the Initial
Business Plan as so amended shall be an Undisputed Approved Business Plan)
and
the Authorized Officers, or the Chief Executive Officer, as applicable, shall
thereupon implement such amendment
to the
Initial Business Plan as
promptly as commercially practicable; provided,
however,
that
any failure of the Board of Managers to approve any amendment to the Initial
Business Plan shall result in the continuation of the Initial Business Plan,
subject to (a) any prior amendment approved by the Board of Managers and
(b)
Section 11.1(C)(2).
(2) Member
Modification of Initial Business Plan.
In
addition to any amendment to the Initial Business Plan that may be approved
by
the Board of Managers pursuant to Section 11.1(C)(1), during the Initial
Period:
(a) (i)
Each
Member shall have the right from time to time to request that the Board of
Managers review the Initial Business Plan to consider whether the [***] Budget
should be amended to, among other things, adjust the Capital Contribution
schedule set forth in the [***] Budget.
No such
amendment shall cause the [***] Capital Contributions to be made by Micron
in
accordance with the [***] Budget, as amended, to exceed the Micron Maximum
Incremental Capital Amount, nor shall such amendment cause the [***] Capital
Contributions to be made by Intel in accordance with the [***] Budget, as
amended, to exceed, in the aggregate, the Intel Maximum Incremental Capital
Amount. Upon such request, the Board of Managers shall, at the next scheduled
meeting of the Board of Managers, or at a special meeting called for such
purpose, review the Initial Business Plan and determine whether such amendment
to the [***] Budget is necessary or appropriate. If the Board of Managers
approves such amendment to the [***] Budget in accordance with
Section 6.3(A)(11), such amended [***] Budget shall become an approved
amendment to the Initial Business Plan (and the Initial Business Plan as
so
amended shall be an Undisputed Approved Business Plan), and the Authorized
Officers, or the Chief Executive Officer, as applicable, shall implement
the
amended Initial Business Plan as promptly as commercially practicable. Subject
to clause (ii) of this Section 11.1(C)(2)(a), any failure of the
Board
of
Managers to approve any amendment to the [***] Budget shall result in the
continuation of the Initial Business Plan without the proposed
amendment.
(ii) If
the
Board of Managers fails to approve such amendment to the [***] Budget requested
by a Member, then such Member may submit a proposed amendment to the Initial
Business Plan to adjust the Capital Contribution schedule for the [***] Budget
(a “Member
[***] Budget”)
to the
Board of Managers (with a copy delivered to the other Member) for approval.
The
other Member may, within twenty (20) days thereof, submit an alternate Member
[***] Budget to the Board of Managers for approval. In no event shall a Member
[***] Budget call for aggregate [***] Capital Contributions to be made by
Micron
in excess of the Micron Maximum Incremental Capital Amount or by Intel in
excess
of the Intel Maximum Incremental Capital Amount. If, within twenty (20) days
after such twenty (20)-day period, the Board of Managers approves any Member
[***] Budget, such Member [***] Budget shall become an approved amendment
to the
Initial Business Plan (and the Initial Business Plan as so amended shall
be an
Undisputed Approved Business Plan), and the Authorized Officers, or the Chief
Executive Officer, as applicable, shall implement the amended Initial Business
Plan as promptly as commercially practicable. If the Board of Managers fails
to
approve a Member [***] Budget within such twenty (20)-day period, then the
matter shall be referred to the Members’ Authorized Representatives for
resolution. If such referral results in an agreement on a Member [***] Budget,
such Member [***] Budget shall become an approved amendment to the Initial
Business Plan (and the Initial Business Plan as so amended shall be an
Undisputed Approved Business Plan), and the Authorized Officers, or the Chief
Executive Officer, as applicable, shall implement the amended Initial Business
Plan as promptly as commercially practicable. If such referral does not result
in an agreement on a Member [***] Budget within ten (10) days of such referral,
then the [***] shall become an approved amendment to the Initial Business
Plan
(and the Initial Business Plan as so amended shall be a Disputed Approved
Business Plan), and the Authorized Officers, or the Chief Executive Officer,
as
applicable, shall implement the amended Initial Business Plan as promptly
as
commercially practicable.
(b) (i)
Each
Member shall have the right from time to time to request that the Board of
Managers review the Initial Business Plan to consider whether the [***] Budget
should be amended to, among other things, adjust the [***] Budget and the
Capital Contribution schedule set forth therein. Upon such request, the Board
of
Managers shall, at the next scheduled meeting of the Board of Managers, or
at a
special meeting called for such purpose, review the Initial Business Plan
and
determine whether such [***] Budget or the amendment thereto is necessary
or
appropriate. If the Board of Managers approves such [***] Budget or the
amendment thereto in accordance with Section 6.3(A)(11), such [***] Budget
or amended [***] Budget shall become an approved amendment to
the
Initial Business Plan (and the Initial Business Plan as so amended shall
be an
Undisputed Approved Business Plan), and the Authorized Officers, or the Chief
Executive Officer, as applicable, shall implement the amended Initial Business
Plan as promptly as commercially practicable. Subject to clause (ii) of this
Section 11.1(C)(2)(b), any failure of the Board of Managers to approve any
amendment to the [***] Budget shall result in the continuation of the Initial
Business Plan without the proposed [***] Budget or amendment
thereto.
(ii) If
the
Board of Managers fails to approve such [***] Budget or the amendment thereto
requested by a Member, then either Member may submit a proposed amendment
to the
Initial Business Plan to add a [***] Budget or to adjust a previously adopted
[***] Budget and the Capital Contribution schedule contained therein (a
“Member
[***] Budget”)
to the
Board of Managers (with a copy delivered to the other Member) for approval.
If a
Member submits a Member [***] Budget, the other Member shall have twenty
(20)
days to present an alternate Member [***] Budget to the Board of Managers
for
approval. If, within thirty (30) days after such twenty (20)-day period,
the
Board of Managers approves any Member [***] Budget, such Member [***] Budget
shall become an approved amendment to the Initial Business Plan (and the
Initial
Business Plan as so amended shall be an Undisputed Approved Business Plan),
and
the Authorized Officers, or the Chief Executive Officer, as applicable, shall
implement the amended Initial Business Plan as promptly as commercially
practicable. If the Board of Managers fails to approve a Member [***] Budget
within such thirty (30)-day period, then the matter shall be referred to
the
Members’ Authorized Representatives for resolution. If such referral results in
an agreement on a Member [***] Budget, such Member [***] Budget shall become
an
approved amendment to the Initial Business Plan (and the Initial Business
Plan
as so amended shall be an Undisputed Approved Business Plan), and the Authorized
Officers, or the Chief Executive Officer, as applicable, shall implement
the
amended Initial Business Plan as promptly as commercially practicable. If
such
referral does not result in an agreement on a Member [***] Budget within
ten
(10) days of such referral, then [***] shall become an approved amendment
to the
Initial Business Plan (and the Initial Business Plan as so amended shall
be a
Disputed Approved Business Plan), and the Authorized Officers, or the Chief
Executive Officer, as applicable, shall implement the amended Initial Business
Plan as promptly as commercially practicable; provided
that,
except
as contemplated by Section 11.2(D)(3) below, such Member [***] Budget set
forth
in any Disputed Approved Business Plan shall not be inconsistent with the
[***];
and provided
further
that the
most recently adopted Disputed Approved Business Plan may be amended from
time
to time in accordance with Section 11.2(E).
11.2 Subsequent
Business Plans.
This
Section 11.2 shall apply with respect to any Fiscal Year or Fiscal Quarter
ending after the Initial Period (except that to the extent a Proposed
Business
Plan covers the Applicable Fiscal Quarter, the portion of the Proposed Business
Plan covering the [***] Budget for such Applicable Fiscal Quarter shall be
governed by Section 11.1).
(A) Proposed
Business Plan.
For
each Fiscal Year ending after the end of the Initial Period, the Authorized
Officers, or the Chief Executive Officer, as applicable, and the Financial
Officer shall prepare a proposed three-year business plan (the “Proposed
Business Plan”)
at
least ninety (90) days prior to the beginning of the applicable Fiscal Year,
which shall address, for the Proposed Business Plan period, (1) [***] by
the Joint Venture Company and its Subsidiaries, (2) [***] of Joint Venture
Products for sale to the Members, (3) [***] needs, (4) [***] proposed
and expected to be incurred, (5) the Joint Venture Company’s and its
Subsidiaries’ [***], (6) [***] needs and sources of the Joint Venture
Company and its Subsidiaries, (7) forecasted [***], together with all
supporting assumptions, (8) the forecasted [***] expected to be [***] of
the
Joint Venture Company and its Subsidiaries, (9) the forecasted [***] of the
Joint Venture Company and its Subsidiaries, (10) such other business activities
as shall be necessary and appropriate and (11) any [***] Approved Business
Plan
with respect any of the above.
(B) Annual
Budgets.
Each
Proposed Business Plan shall include a fixed budget (the “Annual
Budget”)
in
accordance with which the Joint Venture Company’s and each of its Subsidiaries’
[***] are proposed to be made for [***], and a [***] for the Joint Venture
Company’s and each of its Subsidiaries’ [***], subject to the Proposed Business
Plan becoming an Approved Business Plan in accordance with Section 11.2(D).
The Annual Budget may include (1) a budget for [***], which shall set forth
in
detail the amount of funds expected to be required for [***] and for [***],
(2)
a budget for any [***], which shall set forth in detail the amount of funds
expected to be required for [***] and for [***] for any [***] included in
the
Proposed Business Plan and (3) another budget, which shall set forth in detail
the amount of funds expected to be required for any other purpose of the
Joint
Venture Company consistent with its Certificate and Section 1.4, and in each
case including provision [***], each as necessary to effectuate the applicable
Proposed Business Plan. Any Proposed Business Plan approved in accordance
with
Section 11.2(D) (as may be amended pursuant to Section 11.2(E)) shall include
[***].
(C) Participation
in the Development of the Proposed Business Plan.
In
preparing the Proposed Business Plan, the Authorized Officers, or the Chief
Executive Officer, as applicable, and the Financial Officer shall be advised
by
the Manufacturing Committee.
(D) Submission
of Proposed Business Plan for Approval by Board of Managers.
The
Authorized Officers, or the Chief Executive Officer, as applicable, and the
Financial Officer shall submit the Proposed Business Plan to the Board of
Managers [***]. The Board of Managers shall review the Proposed Business
Plan,
including the Annual Budget included in such Proposed Business
Plan.
(1) If
the
Proposed Business Plan receives the approval of the Board of Managers, such
Proposed Business Plan shall be approved (the “Undisputed Approved Business Plan”);
provided,
however,
that
the most recently adopted Undisputed Approved Business Plan may be amended
from
time to time in accordance with Section 11.2(E).
(2) If
the
Board of Managers fails to approve the Proposed Business Plan within thirty
(30)
days of the submission of such Proposed Business Plan to the Board of Managers,
then each Member may, within twenty (20) days after the earlier of the end
of
such thirty (30)-day period or the date on which the Board of Managers rejects
the Proposed Business Plan, submit its own proposed business plan (a
“Member Business Plan”)
to the
Board of Managers for approval. If, within twenty (20) days after the submission
of a Member Business Plan, the Board of Managers approves any Member Business
Plan or any other Proposed Business Plan, such Member Business Plan or other
Proposed Business Plan shall become an Undisputed Approved Business Plan.
If the
Board of Managers fails to approve any Member Business Plan or other Proposed
Business Plan within such twenty (20)-day period, then the matter shall be
referred to the Members’ Authorized Representatives for resolution. If such
referral results in an agreement on a Member Business Plan or any other Proposed
Business Plan, such Member Business Plan or other Proposed Business Plan,
as
applicable, shall be an Undisputed Approved Business Plan. Subject to compliance
with the limitations set forth in paragraph (3) below, if such referral does
not
result in an agreement on a Member Business Plan or any other Proposed Business
Plan within ten (10) days of such referral, then the Member Business Plan
with
the [***], if any, shall be deemed to be the then-adopted Approved Business
Plan
(such Approved Business Plan, a “Disputed
Approved Business Plan”);
provided
that,
except as contemplated by paragraph (3) below, such Annual Budget set forth
in any Disputed Approved Business Plan shall not be inconsistent with the
[***]
Schedule; and provided further
that the
most recently adopted Disputed Approved Business Plan may be amended from
time
to time in accordance with Section 11.2(E).
(3) The
[***]
Schedule, which sets forth the [***] timing for the [***]s, is attached hereto
as Schedule 1.
The
[***] Schedule shall not be amended or modified without the unanimous written
consent of the Members; provided,
however,
that,
if a Member’s Economic Interest is at least [***] percent ([***]%), such Member
may submit a Member Business Plan that includes an Annual Budget providing
for
capital expenditures relating to the [***] and [***] with [***] for a [***]
that
deviates from the [***] Schedule.
(E) Modification
of Approved Business Plan.
(1) Each
Member, the Authorized Officers, or the Chief Executive Officer, as applicable,
or the Financial Officer shall have the right from time to time to request
that
the Board of Managers review the Joint Venture Company’s and its Subsidiaries’
operating results and business prospects, the progress to date of the Joint
Venture Company’s and its Subsidiaries’ [***] capital projects, any changes in
the requirements for such projects, and the then-current market conditions
for
the Joint Venture Products, to consider whether the then-effective Approved
Business Plan should be amended.
(2) In
the
event that any material milestone set forth in, or any other material provision
of, the Approved Business Plan is not achieved or is achieved earlier than
contemplated under the Approved Business Plan, or the occurrence of any event
having
a
material effect on the assets, business, operations, earnings, prospects,
properties or condition (financial or otherwise) of the Joint Venture Company
or
its Subsidiaries, each Member, the Authorized Officers, or the Chief Executive
Officer, as applicable, or the Financial Officer shall have the right to
require
that the then-effective Approved Business Plan be reviewed by the Board of
Managers to consider whether the then-effective Approved Business Plan should
be
amended.
(3) Upon
such
request or requirement pursuant to Sections 11.2(E)(1) or (2), the Board of
Managers shall, at the next scheduled meeting of the Board of Managers, or
at a
special meeting called for such purpose, review the then-effective Approved
Business Plan and determine whether such amendment is necessary or appropriate.
If the Board of Managers approves such amendment to the Approved Business
Plan
in accordance with Section 6.3(A)(11), such amendment shall become an
approved amendment to the Approved Business Plan (and the Approved Business
Plan
as so amended shall be an Undisputed Approved Business Plan), and the Authorized
Officers, or the Chief Executive Officer, as applicable, shall implement
the
amended Approved Business Plan as promptly as commercially practicable;
provided,
however,
that
any failure of the Board of Managers to approve any amendment to the Approved
Business Plan shall, subject to Section 11.2(E)(4), result in the
continuation of such Approved Business Plan without the proposed
amendment.
(4) In
the
event a Member wishes to propose amendments to the Approved Business Plan
for
any reason or the Board of Managers fails to approve an amendment to an Approved
Business Plan under Section 11.2(E)(3), either Member may submit a proposed
amendment to the Approved Business Plan (a “Member
Plan Amendment”)
to the
Board of Managers (with a copy delivered to the other Member) for approval.
If a
Member submits a Member Plan Amendment, the other Member shall have twenty
(20)
days to present an alternative Member Plan Amendment. If, within thirty (30)
days after such twenty (20)-day period, the Board of Managers approves any
Member Plan Amendment, such Member Plan Amendment shall become an approved
amendment to the Approved Business Plan
(and the
Approved Business Plan as so amended shall be an Undisputed Approved Business
Plan), and
the
Authorized Officers, or the Chief Executive Officer, as applicable, shall
implement such amendment to the Approved Business Plan as promptly as
commercially practicable. If the Board of Managers fails to approve a Member
Plan Amendment within such thirty (30)-day period, then the matter shall
be
referred to the Members’ Authorized Representatives for resolution. If such
referral results in an agreement on a Member Plan Amendment, such Member
Plan
Amendment shall become an approved amendment to the Approved Business Plan
(and
the Approved Business Plan as so amended shall be an Undisputed Approved
Business Plan), and the Authorized Officers, or the Chief Executive Officer,
as
applicable, shall implement such amendment to the Approved Business Plan
as
promptly as commercially practicable. If such referral does not result in
an
agreement on a Member Plan Amendment within ten (10) days of such referral,
then
the Member Plan Amendment with the [***] for the remainder of the then-current
Fiscal Year (or the Member Plan Amendment, if there is only one) shall be
deemed
to be an approved amendment to the Approved Business Plan (and the Approved
Business Plan as so amended shall be a Disputed Approved Business Plan),
and the
Authorized Officers, or
the
Chief
Executive Officer, as applicable, shall implement such amendment to the Approved
Business Plan as promptly as commercially practicable. Except as contemplated
by
Section 11.2(D)(3), the Annual Budget (or portion thereof for the remainder
of the then-current Fiscal Year) shall not be inconsistent with the [***]
Schedule.
11.3 Expenditures.
All
operating expenditures and all capital expenditures of the Joint Venture
Company
and its Subsidiaries shall be made in accordance with the [***] Budget, the
[***] Budget or the Annual Budget, as applicable, set forth in the applicable
Approved Business Plan (each as may be modified or updated in accordance
with
this Article 11) for the Fiscal Year in which such expenditures are
made.
11.4 Fab
Criteria.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, no Approved Business
Plan may, without the unanimous consent of the Members, [***].
11.5 Quarterly
Business Plan.
At
least fifteen (15) days prior to the end of each Fiscal Quarter, a quarterly
business plan addressing at least the next six (6) full Fiscal Quarters on
a
rolling basis (which shall be consistent in all material respects with the
then-effective Approved Business Plan) shall be prepared by the officers
of the
Joint Venture Company in a manner consistent with the Joint Venture Company’s
financial statements and Modified GAAP and reviewed and approved by the
Authorized Officers, or the Chief Executive Officer, as applicable, and the
Financial Officer.
11.6 Operating
Plan.
(A) The
Joint
Venture Company shall prepare and update an operating plan on a monthly basis
(the “Operating
Plan”).
The
Operating Plan shall contain a [***], [***] and [***].
(1) The
[***]
shall address (1) Joint Venture Products [***] by the Joint Venture Company
and its Subsidiaries during the [***] (which shall be derived from the [***]
developed by the [***]), (2) [***] of [***] during the applicable [***],
(3) target [***] during the [***], (4) Joint Venture [***]
qualifications and (5) such other [***] activities as shall be necessary
and appropriate.
(2) The
[***]
shall address (1) strategy and capability for [***] by the Joint Venture
Company, its Subsidiaries, and subcontractors during the [***] (which shall
be
derived from the [***] developed by the [***]), (2) [***] of [***] during
the
[***], (3) target [***] by [***] during the [***], (4) [***] qualifications
and
(5) such other [***] activities as shall be necessary and
appropriate.
(3) The
[***]
shall address (1) strategy and capability for [***] by the Joint Venture
Company, its Subsidiaries and subcontractors during the [***] (which shall
be
derived from the [***] developed by the [***]), (2) [***] of [***] during
the [***], (3) [***] during the [***], (4) [***] qualifications and (5) such
other [***] activities as shall be necessary and appropriate.
(4) The
Joint
Venture Company shall prepare a report on a monthly basis, which report will
include information on the operations of the Joint Venture Company, its
Subsidiaries and its subcontractors in respect of the topics addressed in
the
Operating Plan (the “Monthly
Operating Report”).
(B) Participation
in the Development of the Operating Plan.
The
Operating Plan, unless otherwise determined by the Board of Managers, shall
incorporate Micron’s Process of Record and Model of Record, as amended from time
to time by Micron.
11.7 Use
of
Member Names.
Except
as may be expressly provided in the Joint Venture Documents, nothing in this
Agreement shall be construed as conferring on the Joint Venture Company,
any
Subsidiary of the Joint Venture Company or either Member the right to use
in
advertising, publicity, marketing or other promotional activities any name,
trade name, trademark, servicemark or other designation, or any derivation
thereof, of the Members (in the case of a Member, the other
Member).
11.8 Insurance.
The
Joint Venture Company shall at all times be covered by insurance of the types
and in the amounts set forth on Schedule 2
hereto.
Such insurance coverage may be provided through the coverage under one or more
insurance policies maintained by either Member.
ARTICLE
12.
TRANSFER
RESTRICTIONS
12.1 Restrictions
on Transfer.
No
Member may, directly or indirectly, by operation of law or otherwise, sell,
assign or transfer or otherwise encumber (whether by pledge or otherwise),
or
create a class of tracking stock or other derivative security in respect
of
(each of the foregoing, a “Transfer”)
all or
any portion of its Interest in the Joint Venture Company or any of its
Subsidiaries or any Member Note, or any interest therein, and the Joint Venture
Company and its Subsidiaries shall not recognize any Transfer of a Member’s
Interest in the Joint Venture Company or any of its Subsidiaries or any Member
Note, other than a Transfer permitted in accordance with Sections 12.2, 12.4(A),
12.4(B) and 12.5. Neither (A) a Transfer of securities issued by a Member
nor
(B) a Member Change of Control shall constitute a Transfer prohibited by
this
Section 12.1; provided,
however,
that in
the event of a Member Change of Control, the provisions of Section
13.1(A)(7)(ii) shall apply.
12.2 Permitted
Transfers.
Notwithstanding the restrictions on Transfer set forth in Section 12.1, a
Member
may Transfer all, but not less than all, of its Interest in the Joint Venture
Company and any Member Note (including the right to receive any accrued interest
thereon) to a Wholly-Owned Subsidiary of such Member, provided
that,
(i) such Wholly-Owned Subsidiary is established, organized or incorporated
within the United States, (ii) while such Wholly-Owned Subsidiary holds
such Interest or any Member Note it remains a Wholly-Owned Subsidiary of
the
original Member established, organized or incorporated in the United States,
(iii) such transferring Member shall remain liable for its Subsidiary’s
failure to perform the obligations associated with such transferred Interest
(including the obligations set forth in this Agreement), and (iv) prior to
the effectiveness of any permitted Transfer, the transferring Member shall
deliver
to the Board of Managers and all of the other Members of the Joint Venture
Company the following:
(A) a
certificate of the transferring Member that the Transfer will not, and could
not
reasonably be expected to, cause an adverse effect on the Joint Venture Company
or any of its Subsidiaries or the non-transferring Member, including any
adverse
effect on, or resulting loss of, any of the Intellectual Property Rights
of the
Joint Venture Company or any of its Subsidiaries;
(B) evidence
reasonably satisfactory to the other Member that all of the following conditions
have been satisfied:
(1) the
transferring Member and its Affiliates (excluding any Applicable Joint Venture
and any Wholly-Owned Subsidiary of any Applicable Joint Venture unless the
material breach by such Applicable Joint Venture or Wholly-Owned Subsidiary
of
any Applicable Joint Venture was caused, directly or indirectly, by the
transferring Member) are not in material breach of any provision of this
Agreement or any agreement with the Joint Venture Company or any of its
Subsidiaries (collectively, the “Affiliate
Agreements”);
(2) the
transferee of the Member’s Interest or any Member Note is financially capable of
carrying out the obligations and paying any liabilities of the transferring
Member pursuant to this Agreement and the Affiliate Agreements;
(3) notwithstanding
the continuing liability of the transferring Member described above, the
transferee has agreed in writing to assume all of the obligations of the
transferring Member relating to the transferred Interest or any Member Note,
including the obligations set forth in this Agreement and any Affiliate
Agreement it properly assumes;
(4) the
transferee executes and becomes a party to the Confidentiality
Agreement;
(5) the
Transfer will not result in material adverse tax consequences to the Joint
Venture Company or to the other Member (unless the Member engaging in such
Transfer reimburses the other Member or the Joint Venture Company, as the
case
may be, for such tax consequences, which reimbursement and payment shall
not
affect the Capital Contributions of the Members);
(6) the
Transfer will not result in a Liquidating Event, or in an event or condition
that with the giving of notice or the passage of time or both would constitute
a
breach or default, by either the transferring Member or the transferee, under
this Agreement or any of the Affiliate Agreements; and
(7) the
transferring Member shall have, and shall have caused each of its Relatives
to
have, amended any Applicable Joint Venture Agreements to which it is a party
in
order to add the transferee as a Relative under such Applicable Joint Venture
Agreement.
12.3 Additional
Members.
No
Person shall be admitted to the Joint Venture Company as a Member other than
Intel, Micron or any substitute Member for Intel or Micron (as provided in
Section 12.2).
12.4 Certain
Purchases.
(A) Purchase
of Additional Interest.
During
the period commencing on the two (2)-year anniversary of the Effective Date
and
at any time that Intel is a Member and its Economic Interest (without taking
into account in the Committed Capital of such Member or in the aggregate
Committed Capital of all Members, the outstanding amount under any Mandatory
Note payable to Intel) is less than 51% but at least 49%, Intel shall have
the
right to purchase from Micron, and upon the exercise of such right Micron
shall
sell to Intel, an Interest representing a percentage (the “Option
Percent”)
of the
Members’ aggregate Interests necessary to bring Intel’s Economic Interest to 51%
(computed by shifting from the Capital Contribution Balance (and Committed
Capital) of Micron to the Capital Contribution Balance (and Committed Capital)
of Intel the minimum sum necessary to raise the Economic Interest of Intel
to
51%). The purchase price to be paid by Intel for such Interest shall be an
amount in cash equal to the [***] Value; provided,
however,
that
the purchase price shall in no event be (i) lower than an amount equal to
the Option Percent [***] by the [***] of the [***] of the Joint Venture Company
and its Subsidiaries (the “Floor
Amount”),
or
(ii) greater than the product of [***], multiplied by the Floor Amount (the
“Cap
Amount”).
If
the Purchase Value is determined to be lower than the Floor Amount, or greater
than the Cap Amount, then the purchase price shall be an amount equal to
the
Floor Amount or the Cap Amount, respectively. Intel may exercise this purchase
right by delivering a written notice of its intent to exercise to the Joint
Venture Company and Micron. The closing of the purchase and sale shall take
place on a date agreed to by the Joint Venture Company, Micron and Intel,
but in
no event later than thirty (30) days following the date the notice is delivered.
Such closing shall take place at the principal office of the Joint Venture
Company, or at such other location as the Joint Venture Company, Micron and
Intel may mutually determine. At the closing, the Joint Venture Company shall
record in its books and records the contemplated shift in the Members’ Capital
Contribution Balances, and the appropriate changes to the Capital Accounts
of
the Members, and Intel shall pay to Micron the purchase price for such Option
Percent by wire transfer of immediately available funds.
(B) Purchase
of Additional Interest to Effect a Change in Consolidating
Member.
Subject
to the terms and conditions of this Section, Intel shall have the right to
effect a Change in Consolidating Member. Intel may exercise this right to
effect
a Change in Consolidating Member by delivering a written notice of its intent
to
exercise to the Joint Venture Company and Micron; provided,
however,
that
the exercise of such right by Intel shall be subject to the prior written
consent of Micron. Upon the exercise of such right, Intel shall purchase
from
Micron, and Micron shall sell to Intel, an Interest representing a percentage
(the “Consolidating
Option Percent”)
of the
Members’ aggregate Interests necessary to bring Intel’s Economic Interest to 51%
(computed by shifting from the Capital Contribution Balance (and Committed
Capital) of Micron to the Capital Contribution Balance (and Committed Capital)
of Intel the minimum sum necessary to raise the Economic Interest of Intel
to
51%). The purchase price to be paid by Intel for such Interest shall be an
amount in cash equal to the [***] Value; provided,
however,
that
the purchase price shall in no event be lower than an amount equal to the
Consolidating Option Percent [***] by the [***] of the [***] of the Joint
Venture Company and
its
Subsidiaries (the “Consolidating
Floor Amount”).
If
the Purchase Value is determined to be lower than the Consolidating Floor
Amount
then the purchase price shall be an amount equal to the Consolidating Floor
Amount. The closing of the purchase and sale shall take place on a date agreed
to by the Joint Venture Company, Micron and Intel, but in no event later
than
thirty (30) days following the date the notice is delivered. Such closing
shall
take place at the principal office of the Joint Venture Company, or at such
other location as the Joint Venture Company, Micron and Intel may mutually
determine. At the closing, the Joint Venture Company shall record in its
books
and records the contemplated shift in the Members’ Capital Contribution
Balances, and the appropriate changes to the Capital Accounts of the Members,
and Intel shall pay to Micron the purchase price for such Consolidating Option
Percent by wire transfer of immediately available funds.
12.5 Purchase
of Remaining Interest.
(A) If
the
Economic Interest of a Member (the “Minority
Member”)
drops
to ten percent (10%) or less and remains at or below ten percent (10%) for
more
than six (6) consecutive months, the other Member or a Subsidiary thereof
(such
other Member or Subsidiary thereof, the “Majority
Member”)
shall
have the option, exercisable at any time prior to the day that is six (6)
months
prior to the end of the Initial Term, to purchase all of the remaining Interest
of, and outstanding Member Notes payable to, the Minority Member at a cash
purchase price equal to the Option Price, subject to the terms and conditions
set forth in Section 12.5(C). The Majority Member may exercise this purchase
option by delivering a written notice of its intent to exercise to the Minority
Member. The closing of the purchase and sale of the Minority Member’s remaining
Interest and any outstanding Member Notes held by the Minority Member (the
“Minority
Closing”)
shall
take place as of the last day of the Fiscal Month in which the notice is
delivered (unless such notice is delivered within the last ten (10) days
of the
end of a Fiscal Month, in which case the Minority Closing shall take place
on
the last day of the first full Fiscal Month thereafter). Such Minority Closing
shall take place at the principal office of the Joint Venture Company, or
at
such other location as the Majority Member and the Minority Member may mutually
determine. At the Minority Closing, (i) the Minority Member shall transfer
its remaining Interest in the Joint Venture Company and outstanding Member
Notes
held by the Minority Member to the Majority Member, free and clear of any
liens
or encumbrances, (ii) the Majority Member shall pay the Minority Member the
Minority Closing Price by wire transfer of immediately available funds and
(iii) the Minority Member shall deliver to the Majority Member such
instrument of conveyance as the Majority Member reasonably
requests.
(B) Upon
the
Minority Closing, the Majority Member shall pay to the Minority Member a
sum
(the “Minority
Closing Price”)
equal
to the [***] of (i) the [***] of (a) the [***] of the [***] of the
Joint Venture Company and its Subsidiaries as of the last day of the Fiscal
Month immediately prior to the Minority Closing, [***] (b) the [***] of all
[***] of the Joint Venture Company and its Subsidiaries as of the last day
of
the Fiscal Month immediately prior to the Minority Closing (excluding, however,
any liabilities with respect to Member Notes), and (ii) the Economic
Interest of the Minority Member at the time the option provided for in Section
12.5(A) is exercised. Within five (5) Business Days after the month-end balance
sheet (prepared in accordance with Modified GAAP consistently applied) as
of the
date of the Minority Closing becomes available, the Minority Closing Price
shall
be recalculated using the [***] of the [***] of the Joint Venture Company
and
its Subsidiaries as of such date
and
the
[***] of the [***] of the Joint Venture Company and its Subsidiaries as of
such
date (excluding any liabilities with respect to Member Notes) (such recalculated
sum, the “Option
Price”).
If
the Option Price is greater than the Minority Closing Price, the Majority
Member
shall deliver the difference to the Minority Member by wire transfer of
immediately available funds within three (3) Business Days of such
recalculation. If the Option Price is less than the Minority Closing Price,
the
Minority Member shall refund the difference to the Majority Member by wire
transfer of immediately available funds within three (3) Business Days of
such
recalculation.
(C) Upon
an
election of the Majority Member to purchase the Minority Member’s remaining
Interest and the outstanding Member Notes held by such Minority Member pursuant
to Section 12.5(A), if the Minority Member is Micron, then the following
shall
apply:
(1) Micron
shall, at its option, exercisable by written notice to Intel not more than
five
(5) days after the exercise of the option contemplated by Section 12.5(A),
purchase either (i) the [***] or (ii) all of the equity interest in any U.S.
Facilities Company that owns or leases only the [***]. The purchase price
shall
be the [***] of the [***] or of such [***] Facilities Company, as applicable
(excluding, for purposes of this determination, any [***] attributable to
the
[***]). The closing of the purchase and sale provided for in this Section
12.5(C)(1) (the “Micron
Minority Closing”)
shall
take place on the same date, at the same time and at the same location as
the
Minority Closing. At the Micron Minority Closing, (x) the Joint Venture
Company shall transfer the purchased assets, rights and equity interest to
Micron, free and clear of any liens or encumbrances other than liens securing
indebtedness exclusively associated with the Fab located at the [***],
(y) Micron shall pay the Joint Venture Company the purchase price
determined in accordance with this Section 12.5(C)(1) by wire transfer of
immediately available funds and (z) the Joint Venture Company shall deliver
to Micron such instrument(s) of conveyance as Micron reasonably
requests.
(2) Micron
shall pay to the Joint Venture Company an amount equal to the
[***].
(3) The
[***]
shall terminate at the time of the Micron Minority Closing with no payment
obligation, other than as contemplated by Section 12.5(C)(2), thereunder
by
Micron; provided,
however,
that in
the event that Micron fails to acquire the [***] under Section 12.5(C)(1),
the [***] shall continue for a reasonable period of time to allow the Joint
Venture Company to remove the [***] from the [***], and Micron shall permit
the
Joint Venture Company to have reasonable access to the [***], for a reasonable
period and on a reasonable basis, in order to remove such [***] from the
[***].
(4) The
Boise
Supply Agreement shall continue for the remainder of its term, if any, but
shall
be modified such that a percentage of the products to be sold thereunder
equal
to the Sharing Interest of Micron at the time of the exercise of the option
under Section 12.5(A) shall be retained by Micron and the remaining portion
shall be sold to the Joint Venture Company (which may then assign its rights
and
obligations thereunder to Intel).
(5) Micron
may, at its option, cause to continue in effect any existing supply agreements
it has with the Joint Venture Company or any Subsidiary of the Joint Venture
Company for [***]from the Minority Closing with the same amounts and at the
same
delivery schedule, pricing and terms as are in effect on the date of the
Minority Closing; provided,
however,
that
the quantity of Products Micron shall be entitled to purchase thereunder,
measured in 300 millimeter equivalents, shall be the [***] between (i) the
quantity (determined based on the three (3)-month period immediately preceding
the Minority Closing) of Products Micron would have been permitted to purchase
had the option provided for in Section 12.5(A) not been exercised, and (ii)
the
[***] of (a) the quantity of Products that the assets acquired by Micron
in
accordance with Section 12.5(C)(1) have been producing in the ordinary course
as
determined based on the three (3)-month period immediately preceding the
Minority Closing and (b) the quantity of Products that is retained by Micron
under Section 12.5(C)(4). Such
quantity will be [***] for the first year and then will [***] of such fixed
quantity per Fiscal Quarter to [***] over the next [***] Fiscal Quarters.
The
Members will work together in good faith so that such supply arrangements
minimize disruption to the business of the Joint Venture Company and the
Members
and to maintain, subject to such decline in amount, substantially the same
supply of custom Products and substantially the same composition of types
of
Products as Micron had obtained from the Joint Venture Company immediately
prior
to the Minority Closing.
ARTICLE
13.
DISSOLUTION
AND LIQUIDATION
13.1 Dissolution.
(A) Upon
the
occurrence of any of the following events (each, a “Liquidating
Event”),
the
Joint Venture Company shall dissolve and commence winding up and liquidation
activities in accordance with this Article 13 and any other covenants
unanimously agreed in writing by the Members, whether or not the event would
cause a dissolution under the Act:
(1) the
expiration of the Term in accordance with Section 1.3;
(2) the
unanimous agreement in writing of the Members to wind up the Joint Venture
Company;
(3) the
election by a Member with a Percentage Interest of at least [***]% to wind
up
the affairs of the Joint Venture Company (which election shall not require
the
consent of the other Member), upon delivery of written notice of such election
to the Joint Venture Company and the other Member;
(4) the
election of Intel to dissolve the Joint Venture Company in the event of one
or
more breaches by Micron of either or both of (i) the [***], dated as of the
Effective Date, between the Joint Venture Company and Micron or (ii) with
respect to any obligations of Micron to [***]or [***]that are [***] at [***],
the [***] and [***] Services Agreement, dated as of the Effective Date, between
the Joint Venture Company and Micron that remain uncured after any applicable
cure period set forth in such
agreement,
provided
that all
such breaches described in clauses (i) and (ii) from the Effective Date to
the
date of such election result in [***] damages to the Joint Venture Company
of
[***] (that would be recoverable [***] under such agreements) (without taking
into account the effect of the dissolution, winding up and liquidation of
the
Joint Venture Company under this Article 13 and any other covenants unanimously
agreed in writing by the Members);
(5) the
occurrence of any other event that, under the Act, makes it unlawful, impossible
or impractical to carry on the business of the Joint Venture
Company;
(6) the
election
by either Member to wind up the affairs of the Joint Venture Company upon
(i)
the occurrence of a Bankruptcy of the Joint Venture Company of the type
described in clause (iv) of the definition of the term “Bankruptcy,”
provided
that the
Member making such election is not in default of any payment obligation to
the
Joint Venture Company or (ii) the Bankruptcy (as hereinafter defined),
dissolution or liquidation of a Member, and further
provided
that, in
either event, such election shall be made only after entry by the court
presiding over the Bankruptcy of an order granting relief from the automatic
stay to make such election to the Member making such election;
(7) the
election by a Member to wind up the affairs of the Joint Venture Company,
if
(i) the Joint Venture Company ceases operations for more than [***] or
(ii) the other Member undergoes a Member Change of Control; or
(8) Intentionally
Omitted.
(9) Intentionally
Omitted.
(10) Intentionally
Omitted.
(11) the
election of a Member by written notice to the Joint Venture Company and the
other Member to wind up the affairs of the Joint Venture Company.
(B) For
the
purposes of this Section 13.1, the term “Bankruptcy”
shall
mean (i) the entry of a decree or order for relief of the Person by a court
of competent jurisdiction in any involuntary case involving the Person under
any
bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar law now or hereafter in effect;
(ii) the appointment of a receiver, liquidator, assignee, custodian,
trustee, sequestrator or other similar agent for the Person or for any
substantial part of the Person’s assets or property; (iii) the ordering of
the winding up or liquidation of the Person’s affairs; (iv) the filing with
respect to the Person of a petition in any such involuntary bankruptcy case,
which petition remains undismissed for a period of sixty (60) days or which
is
dismissed or suspended pursuant to Section 305 of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code
(or
any corresponding provision of any future U.S. bankruptcy law); (v) the
commencement by the Person of a voluntary case under any bankruptcy, insolvency
or other similar law now or hereafter in effect; (vi) the consent by the
Person to the entry of an order for relief in an involuntary case under any
such
law or to the appointment of or taking possession by a receiver, liquidator,
assignee, trustee, custodian, sequestrator or other similar agent for the
Person
or for any substantial part of the Person’s assets
or
property; (vii) the making by the Person of any general assignment for the
benefit of creditors; or (viii) the failure by the Person generally to pay
its debts as such debts become due.
13.2 Determination
of [***] Value.
Upon
the occurrence of a Liquidating Event, the Members shall promptly proceed
to
determine the [***] Value of the [***] and each other Facility or U.S.
Facilities Company (the date of receipt of the last such determination, the
“[***]
Determination Date”).
The
Members and the Joint Venture Company shall use reasonable efforts to cause
the
determination to be made as promptly as practicable, but not later than [***]
after the Liquidating Event or, in the case of a Liquidating Event under
Section 13.1(A)(1), not later than such Liquidating Event.
13.3 No
Withdrawal.
No
Member shall have any right to withdraw from the Joint Venture Company. No
event
that would constitute a withdrawal of a Member under the Act shall in any
way be
deemed to be a withdrawal under this Agreement or cause a dissolution of
the
Joint Venture Company.
13.4 Micron
[***] Reimbursement; [***] True-Up Payment.
(A) If
a
Liquidating Event occurs before the [***] becomes an Operational Fab, Micron
shall not be obligated to reimburse the Joint Venture Company for any unused
portion of the pre-paid rent under the [***] transferred to the Joint Venture
Company by Micron as described in Section 2.1(B). If a Liquidating Event
occurs
after the [***] becomes an Operational Fab, Micron shall reimburse the Joint
Venture Company for any unused portion of the prepaid rent under the [***]
transferred to the Joint Venture Company determined as of the day of closing
of
the Micron [***] Purchase Option, if exercised, or following the sale of
the
last Facility, or the sale of equity interests in the U.S. Facilities Company
that owns or leases the last Facility, to be sold if such option is not
exercised and based on the assumption that, for the [***], such prepaid rent
was
being amortized on a straight line basis over a ten (10)-year period. Such
reimbursement shall be paid by Micron to the Joint Venture Company no later
than
the Liquidation Date and, if not so paid, shall be deducted from the amount
to
be distributed to Micron under this Article 13.
(B) If
a
Liquidating Event occurs pursuant to Section 13.1(A)(1), Micron shall, on
the Liquidation Date, make a one-time true-up payment to the Joint Venture
Company in an amount equal to the [***] as of the date of the termination
of the
[***]. A real estate appraiser mutually selected by the Members shall determine
such [***] on a final and conclusive basis. Such appraiser shall be instructed
to consider all factors that in his or her professional opinion may affect
the
[***].
13.5 Intentionally
Omitted.
13.6 Intentionally
Omitted.
13.7 Intentionally
Omitted.
13.8 Intentionally
Omitted.
13.9 Intentionally
Omitted.
13.10 Intentionally
Omitted.
13.11 Auction
of Remaining Assets.
As soon
as reasonably practicable following the sale or other disposition of the
assets
of the Joint Venture Company pursuant to any procedures unanimously agreed
in
writing by the Members, but not later than [***] ([***]) days after the Buyout
Determination Date, the Board of Managers shall cause the Joint Venture Company
and its Subsidiaries to sell, in an auction process reasonably designed to
maximize the price, all of the assets, other than cash, remaining in the
Joint
Venture Company and its Subsidiaries (the “Remaining
Assets”).
Each
of the Members shall be entitled to participate as a bidder in the auction.
The
Remaining Assets shall be sold to the Person providing the best
bid.
13.12 Winding
Up.
Following the conclusion of any sale conducted in accordance with Section
13.11,
the Joint Venture Company shall continue solely for the purposes of winding
up
its affairs in an orderly manner, liquidating its assets, and satisfying
the
claims of its creditors and Members. To the extent not inconsistent with
the
foregoing, all covenants and obligations in this Agreement shall continue
in
full force and effect until such time as the Joint Venture Company’s property
has been distributed pursuant to this Section 13.12 and Section 13.13 and
the
Joint Venture Company has been dissolved in accordance with the
Act.
13.13 Liquidation.
(A)
Upon the
occurrence of a Liquidating Event and following the completion of (i) the
consummation of any sale of assets in accordance with any covenants unanimously
agreed in writing by the Members and (ii) the auction of assets
contemplated by Section 13.11 (the date on which all such events have been
completed, the “Liquidation
Date”),
the
Board of Managers shall act as the liquidating committee of the Joint Venture
Company. The liquidating committee shall liquidate the Joint Venture Company’s
remaining assets and terminate its business in accordance with this Section
13.13. The liquidating committee shall promptly prepare or cause to be prepared,
at the expense of the Joint Venture Company, a statement setting forth the
assets and liabilities of the Joint Venture Company as of the date of
dissolution and shall furnish that statement to all Members. The liquidating
committee shall proceed to liquidate any assets of the Joint Venture Company
that remain unsold after the auction contemplated by Section 13.11 and to
terminate the Joint Venture Company’s business as promptly as practicable but
shall be allowed a reasonable time for the orderly liquidation of Joint Venture
Company assets and the discharge of liabilities to creditors (including Members
who are creditors) in order to minimize losses normally incident to a
liquidation. The liquidating committee shall have full power and authority
to
operate Joint Venture Company properties in the ordinary course of business
for
the account of the Joint Venture Company.
(B) At
least
ten (10) days prior to the first distribution of assets or other proceeds
of the
liquidation under Section 13.13(C) (which distribution shall occur no earlier
than the Liquidation Date), the liquidating committee shall deliver written
notice of such pending first liquidating distribution to both Members. Prior
to
the time of such first liquidating distribution, (i) any Member that is the
Funding Member with respect to any Member Note outstanding at such time may,
by
delivering written notice to the Joint Venture Company, convert the outstanding
principal balance of and accrued interest on such Member Note into a Capital
Contribution and (ii) any Member that is the Non-Funding Member with respect
to
any Member Note outstanding at such time may, by delivering written notice
to
the Joint Venture Company, cause the Joint Venture Company to convert the
outstanding principal balance of and accrued
interest
on any such Member Note into a Capital Contribution. Any conversion of a
Member
Note made pursuant to this Section 13.13(B) shall be effective prior to the
commencement of the first liquidating distribution pursuant to
Section 13.13(C).
(C) The
assets and other proceeds of the liquidation, as and when available, shall
be
applied and distributed in the following order and priority:
(1) first,
to the
payment of all debts and liabilities of the Joint Venture Company, excluding
debts and liabilities to Members and former Members;
(2) second,
to the
setting up of reserves that the liquidating committee deems reasonably necessary
for contingent, unmatured or unforeseen liabilities or obligations of the
Joint
Venture Company;
(3) third,
to the
payment of all debts and liabilities to Members and any former Members;
and
(4) fourth,
to the
Members in accordance with Section 5.1.
(D) In
the
event that, at the time of a liquidating distribution in accordance with
Section
13.13(C), there exists any outstanding obligation of a Member to the Joint
Venture Company (including, but not limited to, any amounts owed by such
Member
to the Joint Venture Company as a result of purchasing assets from the Joint
Venture Company in accordance with any covenants unanimously agreed in writing
by the Members that remains unpaid), all amounts to be distributed to such
Member under Section 13.13(C) shall be subject to offset, and no distribution
shall be made to such Member until after all such obligations have been
satisfied in full.
13.14 Supply
Agreements.
Notwithstanding the occurrence of a Liquidating Event, the Boise Supply
Agreement shall remain in effect for the remainder of its term, if any, but
shall be modified as described in Section 12.5(C)(4) based on the Members’
respective Sharing Interests at the time of such Liquidating Event, and the
Products to be sold thereunder to, and purchased by, the Joint Venture Company
instead shall be sold to, and purchased by, Intel. If a Liquidating Event
has
occurred, then, from and after the consummation of a sale of assets by the
Joint
Venture Company in accordance with any covenants unanimously agreed in writing
by the Members, each Member shall enter into a supply agreement with the
other
Member, on substantially the same terms (including amount, delivery schedule,
pricing terms and other terms) as the Supply Agreement that the Member entered
into with the Joint Venture Company as of the Effective Date, under which
each
Member agrees to provide the other Member with its Sharing Interest on the
date
of the Liquidating Event of the output of each type of Product from each
of the
Facilities purchased by that Member. The quantity (determined based on the
three
(3)-month period immediately preceding the effectiveness of the contemplated
Supply Agreement) of Product, measured in 300 millimeter diameter equivalents
(excluding Product provided to either Member under the Boise Supply Agreement)
that a Member shall be obligated to provide from each Facility under that
Member’s supply agreement will be fixed for the first year after the
consummation of a sale of assets by the Joint Venture Company or any of its
U.S.
Facilities Companies in accordance with any covenants unanimously agreed
in
writing by the
Members
and then will decline by [***] ([***]) of such fixed quantity per Fiscal
Quarter
to [***] ([***]) over the next [***] ([***]) Fiscal Quarters. The Members
will
work together in good faith so that such supply agreements minimize disruption
to the business of the Members and to maintain, subject to such decline in
amount, substantially the same supply of custom Products and substantially
the
same composition of types of Products as the Members had obtained from the
Joint
Venture Company immediately prior to the date of the Liquidating
Event.
13.15 Employees.
Each
Member shall be free to offer employment to or continue the employment of
any or
all of the Joint Venture Company employees whose primary place of employment
is
at a Facility owned or leased by the Joint Venture Company or by any of its
U.S.
Facilities Companies if such Facility or the equity of such U.S. Facilities
Company that owns or leases such Facility is purchased by that
Member.
ARTICLE
14.
EXCULPATION
AND INDEMNIFICATION
14.1 Exculpation.
No
Manager (or alternate Manager) shall be liable to the Joint Venture Company,
any
Subsidiary of the Joint Venture Company or the Members (in their capacities
as
members of the Joint Venture Company) for monetary damages for breach of
fiduciary duty as a Manager or otherwise liable, responsible or accountable
to
the Joint Venture Company, any Subsidiary of the Joint Venture Company or
the
Members (in their capacities as members of the Joint Venture Company) for
monetary damages or otherwise for any acts performed, or for any failure
to act,
except that this provision shall not eliminate or limit the liability of
a
Manager (or alternate Manager) (i) for acts or omissions that involve
willful or intentional misconduct or gross negligence or (ii) for any
transaction from which the Manager (or alternate Manager) received any improper
personal benefit.
14.2 Indemnification.
(A) The
Joint
Venture Company shall, to the fullest extent permitted by Applicable Law,
indemnify, defend and hold harmless (1) each Manager and alternate Manager
and
(2) the Chief Executive Officer, the Intel Executive Officer, the Micron
Executive Officer, the Financial Officer and any other officer or site manager
of the Joint Venture Company (each, an “Executive
Indemnified Party”
and
collectively with the Managers, the “Indemnified
Party”),
against any losses, claims, damages or liabilities to which such Indemnified
Party may become subject in connection with any matter arising out of or
incidental to any act performed or omitted to be performed by any such
Indemnified Party in connection with this Agreement or the Joint Venture
Company’s or any of its Subsidiaries’ business or affairs; provided,
however,
that in
the case of an Executive Indemnified Party, such act or omission was taken
in
good faith and was reasonably believed by the Executive Indemnified Party,
as
applicable, to be within the scope of authority granted to such Executive
Indemnified Party; and provided further,
however,
that in
the case of any Indemnified Party such act or omission was not attributable
in
whole or in part to the fraud, bad faith, willful misconduct or gross negligence
of such Indemnified Party. If an Indemnified Party becomes involved in any
capacity in any action, proceeding or investigation in connection with any
matter arising out of or in connection with this Agreement or the Joint Venture
Company’s or any of its Subsidiaries’ business or affairs, the Joint Venture
Company
shall reimburse such Indemnified Party for its reasonable legal and other
reasonable out-of-pocket expenses (including the cost of any investigation
and
preparation) as they are incurred in connection therewith, provided
that
such Indemnified Party shall promptly repay to the Joint Venture Company
the
amount of any such reimbursed expenses paid to it if it shall ultimately
be
determined that such Indemnified Party was not entitled to be indemnified
by the
Joint Venture Company in connection with such action, proceeding or
investigation. If for any reason (other than the fraud, bad faith, willful
misconduct or gross negligence of such Indemnified Party) the foregoing
indemnification is unavailable to such Indemnified Party, or insufficient
to
hold it harmless, then the Joint Venture Company shall contribute to the
amount
paid or payable by such Indemnified Party as a result of such loss, claim,
damage, liability or expense in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect
the
relative benefits received by the Joint Venture Company or any of its
Subsidiaries on the one hand and such Indemnified Party on the other hand
or, if
such allocation is not permitted by Applicable Law, to reflect not only the
relative benefits referred to above but also any other relevant equitable
considerations. Any indemnity under this Section 14.2(A) shall be paid solely
out of and to the extent of the Joint Venture Company’s and its Subsidiaries’
assets and shall not be a personal obligation of any Member and in no event
will
any Member be required or permitted, without the consent of the other Member,
to
contribute additional capital under Article 2 to enable the Joint Venture
Company to satisfy any obligation under this Section 14.2.
(B) The
provisions of this Section 14.2 shall survive for a period of two (2) years
from
the date of dissolution of the Joint Venture Company, provided
that
(1) if at the end of such period there are any actions, proceedings or
investigations then pending, an Indemnified Party may so notify the Joint
Venture Company and the Members at such time (which notice shall include
a brief
description of each such action, proceeding or investigation and the liabilities
asserted therein) and the provisions of this Section 14.2 shall survive with
respect to each such action, proceeding or investigation set forth in such
notice (or any related action, proceeding or investigation based upon the
same
or similar claim) until such date that such action, proceeding or investigation
is finally resolved and (2) the obligations of the Joint Venture Company
under this Section 14.2 shall be satisfied solely out of Joint Venture Company
assets, including the assets of any Subsidiary of the Joint Venture
Company.
ARTICLE
15.
GOVERNMENTAL
APPROVALS
15.1 Governmental
Approvals.
In the
event that either Member takes any action contemplated by this Agreement
that
could reasonably be expected to result in an event or transaction, including
without limitation (i) the purchase by either Member of an Interest pursuant
to
Sections 12.4(A), 12.4(B) or 12.5, (ii) the purchase by either Member of
a
Facility or U.S. Facilities Company that owns or leases such Facility pursuant
to any covenants unanimously agreed in writing by the Members, (iii) a Change
of
Consolidating Member, (iv) the making of a Capital Contribution, (v) the
conversion of a Member Note or (vi) the creation or acquisition of interests
in
a U.S. Facilities Company, which event or transaction, as to each of the
foregoing, would require either Member to make a filing, notification or
any
other required or requested submission under the HSR Act or any other applicable
Competition Law (any such event or transaction, a “Filing
Event”
and
any
such filing, notification, or any such other required or requested submission,
a
“Filing”),
then:
(A) the
Member taking such action, in addition to complying with any other applicable
notice provisions under this Agreement, shall promptly notify the other Member
of such Filing Event, which notification shall include an indication that
Filings under the HSR Act or any other applicable Competition Law will be
required;
(B) notwithstanding
any provision to the contrary in this Agreement, a Filing Event may not occur
or
close until after any applicable waiting period (including any extension
thereof) under the HSR Act or any other Competition Law, as applicable to
such
Filing Event, shall have expired or been terminated, and all approvals under
antitrust regulatory Filings in any jurisdiction that shall be necessary
for
such Filing Event to occur or close shall have been obtained, and any applicable
deadline for the occurrence or closing of such Filing Event contained in
this
Agreement shall be delayed, so long as both Members are proceeding diligently
in
accordance with this Section 15.1 to seek any such expiration, termination
or
approval, and so long as there are no other outstanding conditions preventing
the occurrence or closing of the Filing Event;
(C) the
Members shall, and shall cause any of their relevant Affiliates to:
(1) as
promptly as practicable, make their respective Filings under the HSR Act
or any
other applicable Competition Law;
(2) promptly
respond to any requests for additional information from the Federal Trade
Commission, the Department of Justice or any other Governmental
Entity;
(3) subject
to Applicable Laws, use commercially reasonable efforts to cooperate with
each
other in the preparation of, and coordinate, such Filings (including the
exchange of drafts between each party’s outside counsel) so as to reduce the
length of any review periods;
(4) subject
to Applicable Laws, cooperate and use their respective commercially reasonable
efforts to take, or cause to be taken, all actions and to do, or cause to
be
done, all things necessary under Applicable Laws in connection with such
Filing
Event, including using commercially reasonable efforts to provide information,
obtain necessary exemptions, rulings, consents, clearances, authorizations,
approvals and waivers, and effect necessary registrations and
filings;
(5) subject
to Applicable Laws, use their commercially reasonable efforts to (a) take
actions that are necessary to prevent the Federal Trade Commission, the
Antitrust Division of the Department of Justice, or any other Governmental
Entity, as
the
case may be, from filing an action with a court or Governmental Entity that,
if
the Governmental Entity prevailed, would restrict, enjoin, prohibit or otherwise
prevent or materially delay the consummation of the Filing Event, including
an
action by any such Governmental Entity seeking a requirement to (i) sell,
license or otherwise dispose of, or hold separate and agree to sell or otherwise
dispose of, assets, categories of assets or businesses of either Member,
the
Joint Venture Company or its respective Subsidiaries; (ii) terminate
existing relationships and contractual rights and obligations of either
Member,
the Joint Venture Company or its respective Subsidiaries; (iii) terminate
any relevant venture or other arrangement; or (iv) effectuate any other
change or restructuring of either Member or the Joint Venture Company (as
to
each of the foregoing, a “Divestiture
Action”),
and
(b) contest and resist any action, including any legislative, administrative
or
judicial action, and to have vacated, lifted, reversed or overturned any
order
that restricts, enjoins, prohibits or otherwise prevents or materially delays
the occurrence or closing of such Filing Event; and
(6) subject
to Applicable Laws, prior to the making or submission of any analysis,
appearance, presentation, memorandum, brief, argument, opinion or proposal
by or
on behalf of either Member in connection with proceedings under or relating
to
the HSR Act or any other applicable Competition Law, consult and cooperate
with
one another, and consider in good faith the views of one another, in connection
with any such analyses, appearances, presentations, memoranda, briefs,
arguments, opinions and proposals, and will provide one another with copies
of
all material communications from and filings with, any Governmental Entities
in
connection with any Filing Event;
(D) notwithstanding
anything to the contrary in this Section 15.1, nothing in this Section 15.1
shall require either Member or its respective Affiliates, or the Joint Venture
Company to take any Divestiture Action; and
(E) if
the
Filing Event is prevented from occurring or closing as a result of any
applicable Competition Laws, after exhausting all efforts permitted under
this
Section 15.1 to obtain the necessary approval of any applicable
Governmental Entity, then the Members shall negotiate in good faith to agree
upon an alternative event or transaction that would be permissible under
applicable Competition Laws, and would approximate, as closely as possible,
the
intent and contemplated effect of the original Filing Event.
ARTICLE
16.
FORMATION
OF ADDITIONAL ENTITIES
16.1 Formation
of U.S. Subsidiaries.
The
Members agree that each Facility located in the United States may be held
through a Wholly-Owned Subsidiary of the Joint Venture Company, where such
Wholly-Owned Subsidiary is established, organized or incorporated within
the
United States (each, a “U.S.
Facilities Company”).
Unless the Members agree in writing otherwise, each U.S. Facilities Company
shall be owned directly or indirectly by the Joint Venture Company. Each
U.S.
Facilities Company shall be an entity that may elect, and shall elect, to
be
treated as a disregarded entity or a partnership for U.S. federal income
tax
purposes, as appropriate. The Members agree that the charter and other
organizational documents of each U.S. Facilities Company and all contractual
and
other arrangements between the Joint Venture Company and such U.S. Facilities
Company, and between the Members and the U.S. Facilities Company, shall have
such terms and conditions as shall be necessary to achieve the purposes of
the
Members in entering into this Agreement and the Joint Venture Documents and
to
achieve as closely as practicable the same beneficial results (including
with
respect to Joint Venture Products produced by such U.S. Facilities Company
and
the pricing thereof; tax matters, financial accounting matters, assets to
be
distributed, and rights provided, on dissolution and liquidation; profits;
losses; distributions; governance; control and the like) for the
Members
as would be achieved if the Facility held by such U.S. Facilities Company
were
held directly by the Joint Venture Company.
16.2 Intentionally
Omitted.
ARTICLE
17.
DEADLOCK;
OTHER DISPUTE RESOLUTION; EVENT OF DEFAULT
17.1 Deadlock.
“Deadlock”
shall
occur with respect to any matter for which an affirmative vote by at least
one
Manager appointed by each Member is required for approval, and such matter
is
not approved as a result of a vote in which a majority of the Managers appointed
by one Member (or
the
sole Manager appointed by a Member, if there is only one) have
voted against the matter and a majority of the Managers appointed by the
other
Member (or the sole Manager appointed by the other Member, if there is only
one)
have voted for the matter other than an Intel Matter or a Micron Matter (a
“Tie
Vote”)
on a
matter submitted to it at a meeting or in the form of a proposed written
consent, and during the [***] period following this Tie Vote, the Board of
Managers is unable or fails to break the Tie Vote (if the matter is presented
in
the form of a proposed written consent, the [***] period shall commence on
the
date that the Manager who was last to receive the proposal received it).
During
this [***] period, the Board of Managers shall seek in good faith to hold
at
least [***] ([***]) additional meetings at which it shall make a good faith
effort to break the Deadlock. To the extent practicable, the Board of Managers
shall seek to resolve the matter in a manner consistent with the Joint Venture
Company’s then-current Approved Business Plan. The additional meetings shall be
held at the time and place agreed to by the Managers, or if the Managers
are
unable to agree, at a time and place determined by the Authorized Officers,
or
the Chief Executive Officer, as applicable, on at least two (2) days’ written
notice.
17.2 Resolution
of Deadlock.
(A) If
a
Deadlock occurs, (i) if the matter is an Intel Matter, the matter shall be
resolved in the manner specified by the Authorized Representative of Intel,
whose decision shall be final and binding on the Joint Venture Company and
its
Subsidiaries, (ii) if the matter is a Micron Matter, the matter shall be
resolved in the manner specified by the Authorized Representative of Micron,
whose decision shall be final and binding on the Joint Venture Company and
its
Subsidiaries, and (iii) if the matter is neither an Intel Matter nor a
Micron Matter, the Joint Venture Company shall (a) first submit the matter
that was the subject of the Deadlock to the Authorized Representatives of
the
Members by providing notice of the Deadlock to the Members, and the Authorized
Representatives of the Members shall then make a good faith effort to resolve
the dispute and break the Deadlock within [***] of the Members’ receiving notice
of the Deadlock and (b) next, if the Deadlock is still not resolved, submit
the matter to the Senior Authorized Representatives for each of the Members,
who
shall then make a good faith effort to resolve the Deadlock within [***]
of
submission to the Senior Authorized Representatives. If the matter remains
unresolved, then the Members shall submit the Deadlock to non-binding mediation.
Either Member may initiate the non-binding meditation by providing to JAMS
and
the other Member a written request for mediation, setting forth the subject
of
the Deadlock. The Members will cooperate with JAMS and with one another in
selecting a retired judge from JAMS panel of neutrals, and in scheduling
the
mediation proceedings. The Members
covenant
that they will participate in the mediation in good faith, and that they
will
share equally in its costs. The provisions of this Section 17.2 may be enforced
by any court of competent jurisdiction, and the Member seeking enforcement
shall
be entitled to an award of all costs, fees and expenses, including attorneys’
fees, to be paid by the Member against whom enforcement is ordered.
(B) Notwithstanding
the foregoing, if the Board of Managers fails to approve a specific loading
plan
for a given Fab, then the Members may designate the loading for such Fab
in
accordance with their respective Sharing Interests.
17.3 Definition
of “Intel Matters.”
For
purposes of this Agreement, “Intel
Matter”
means
any matter that is unanimously agreed in writing by the Members to be an
Intel
Matter.
17.4 Definition
of “Micron Matters.”
For
purposes of this Agreement, “Micron
Matter”
means
any matter that is unanimously agreed in writing by the Members to be a Micron
Matter.
17.5 Other
Dispute Resolution.
In the
event of any other dispute over a purported breach of this Agreement (a
“Dispute”),
the
Members shall endeavor to settle, through their respective designees to the
Board of Managers, the Dispute. All Disputes arising under this Agreement
that
are not resolved by the Board of Managers shall be resolved as follows: the
Joint Venture Company shall first submit the matter to the Authorized
Representatives of the Members by providing notice of the Dispute to the
Members. The Authorized Representatives of the Members shall then make a
good
faith effort to resolve the Dispute. If they are unable to resolve the Dispute
within [***] of receiving notice of the Dispute, the matter shall then be
submitted to the Senior Authorized Representatives of the Members, who shall
then make a good faith effort to resolve the Dispute. If the Dispute cannot
be
resolved within [***] of submission of the matter to the Senior Authorized
Representatives of the Members, then a civil action with respect to the Dispute
may be commenced, but only after the matter has been submitted to JAMS for
mediation as contemplated by Section 17.6.
17.6 Mediation.
If
there is a Dispute, either Member may commence mediation by providing to
JAMS
and the other Member a written request for mediation, setting forth the subject
of the Dispute and the relief requested. The Members will cooperate with
JAMS
and with one another in selecting a mediator from JAMS panel of neutrals,
and in
scheduling the mediation proceedings. The Members covenant that they will
participate in the mediation in good faith, and that they will share equally
in
its costs. All offers, promises, conduct and statements, whether oral or
written, made in the course of the mediation by any of the Members, their
agents, employees, experts and attorneys, and by the mediator and any JAMS
employees, are confidential, privileged and inadmissible for any purpose,
including impeachment, in any litigation or other proceeding involving the
Members, provided
that
evidence that is otherwise admissible or discoverable shall not be rendered
inadmissible or non-discoverable as a result of its use in the mediation.
Either
Member may seek equitable relief prior to the mediation to preserve the status
quo pending the completion of that process. Except for such an action to
obtain
equitable relief, neither Member may commence a civil action with respect
to a
Dispute until after the completion of the initial mediation session, or [***]
after the date of filing the written request for mediation, whichever occurs
first. Mediation may continue after the
commencement
of a civil action, if the Members so desire. The provisions of this Section
may
be enforced by any court of competent jurisdiction, and the Member seeking
enforcement shall be entitled to an award of all costs, fees and expenses,
including attorneys’ fees, to be paid by the Member against whom enforcement is
ordered.
17.7 Event
of Default.
(A) An
“Event
of Default”
shall
occur if a Member (the “Defaulting
Member”)
fails
to perform any material obligation under this Agreement or any of the Joint
Venture Documents to which it is a party.
(B) Upon
the
occurrence of an Event of Default, the Joint Venture Company and the other
Member (the “Non-Defaulting
Member”)
shall
each have the right to deliver to the Defaulting Member notice (a “Notice
of Default”).
The
Notice of Default shall set forth the nature of the obligations that the
Defaulting Member has failed to perform. If the Defaulting Member fails to
cure
the Event of Default within the Cure Period, the Non-Defaulting Member may
take
any of the actions set forth in Section 17.7(C). For purposes hereof,
“Cure
Period”
means
a
period commencing on the date that the Notice of Default is provided by the
Non-Defaulting Member or the Joint Venture Company and ending (i) thirty
(30) days after Notice of Default is so provided, or (ii) in the case of
any obligation (other than an obligation to pay money) which cannot reasonably
be cured within such thirty (30) day period, such longer period not to exceed
one hundred twenty (120) days after the Notice of Default as is necessary
to
effect a cure of the Event of Default, so long as the Defaulting Member
diligently attempts to effect a cure throughout such period.
(C) Upon
the
occurrence of an Event of Default and the expiration of the Cure Period set
forth in Section 17.7(B), the Non-Defaulting Member may request the Joint
Venture Company to pursue all legal and equitable rights and remedies against
the Defaulting Member available to it (subject to any limitations in the
agreement containing the obligation that was not performed) or may pursue
its
own legal and equitable rights and remedies against the Defaulting Member
(subject to any limitations in the agreement containing the obligation that
was
not performed); provided,
however,
that
the Non-Defaulting Member may seek dissolution of the Joint Venture Company
under such circumstances only if expressly permitted pursuant to Section
13.1(A)(4). The Defaulting Member shall pay all costs, including attorneys’
fees, incurred by the Joint Venture Company and the other Member in pursuing
such legal remedies.
17.8 Specific
Performance.
The
Parties agree that irreparable damage will result if this Agreement is not
performed in accordance with its terms, and the parties agree that any damages
available at law for a breach of this Agreement would not be an adequate
remedy.
Therefore, the provisions hereof and the obligations of the parties hereunder
shall be enforceable in a court of equity, or other tribunal with jurisdiction,
by a decree of specific performance, and appropriate preliminary or permanent
injunctive relief may be applied for and granted in connection therewith.
Except
as otherwise limited by this Agreement, such remedies and all other remedies
provided for in this Agreement shall, however, be cumulative and not exclusive
and shall be in addition to any other remedies that a party may have under
this
Agreement; provided,
however,
that in
no event shall the dissolution of the Joint Venture Company be permitted
unless
it is expressly permitted by Section 13.1(A).
17.9 Tax
Matters.
Notwithstanding anything in this Article 17 to the contrary, the resolution
of
disputes concerning tax matters governed by Section 10.6(B) shall be governed
by
Section 10.6(B) of this Agreement.
ARTICLE
18.
MISCELLANEOUS
PROVISIONS
18.1 Notices.
All
notices to the Joint Venture Company shall be sent addressed to the Authorized
Officers, or the Chief Executive Officer, as applicable, at the Joint Venture
Company’s principal place of business. All notices to a Member shall be sent
addressed to such Member at the address as may be specified by the Member
from
time to time in a notice to the Joint Venture Company, provided
that the
initial notice address for each Member is as follows:
(A) if
to
Intel:
Intel
Corporation
2200
Mission College Blvd.
Mailstop
SC4-203
Santa
Clara, CA 95054
Attention:
General Counsel
Facsimile:
(408) 653-8050
with
a
copy to:
Intel
Corporation
2200
Mission College Blvd.
Mailstop
RN6-46
Santa
Clara, CA 95054
Attention:
[***]
Facsimile:
[***]
(B) if
to
Micron:
Micron
Technology, Inc.
8000
S.
Federal Way
Mail
Stop
1-507
Boise,
ID
83716
Attn:
General Counsel
Facsimile:
(208) 368-4537
All
notices to a Manager shall be sent addressed to such Manager at the address
as
may be specified by the Manager from time to time in a notice to the Joint
Venture Company. All notices are effective the next day, if sent by recognized
overnight courier or facsimile, or five (5) days after deposit in the United
States mail, postage prepaid, properly addressed and return receipt
requested.
18.2 Waiver.
The
failure at any time of a Member to require performance by any other Member
of
any responsibility or obligation required by this Agreement shall in no way
affect a
Member’s
right to require such performance at any time thereafter, nor shall the waiver
by a Member of a breach of any provision of this Agreement by any other Member
constitute a waiver of any other breach of the same or any other provision
nor
constitute a waiver of the responsibility or obligation itself.
18.3 Assignment.
This
Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the successors
and
permitted assigns of each party hereto. Except as otherwise specifically
provided in this Agreement, neither this Agreement nor any right or obligation
hereunder may be assigned or delegated in whole or in part to any other
Person.
18.4 Third
Party Rights.
Nothing
in this Agreement, whether express or implied, is intended or shall be construed
to confer, directly or indirectly, upon or give to any Person other than
the
Joint Venture Company and the Members any legal or equitable right, remedy
or
claim under or in respect of this Agreement or any covenant, condition or
other
provision contained herein.
18.5 Choice
of Law.
This
Agreement shall be construed and enforced in accordance with and governed
by the
laws of the State of Delaware, without giving effect to the principles of
conflict of laws thereof.
18.6 Headings.
The
headings of the Articles and Sections in this Agreement are provided for
convenience of reference only and shall not be deemed to constitute a part
hereof.
18.7 Entire
Agreement.
This
Agreement, together with the Appendices, Exhibits and Schedules hereto and
the
agreements (including the Confidentiality Agreement) and instruments expressly
provided for herein, together with any written agreements entered into
contemporaneously with this Agreement, as all of the foregoing may be amended
from time to time, constitute the entire agreement of the parties hereto
with
respect to the subject matter hereof and supersede all prior agreements and
understandings, oral and written, among the parties hereto with respect to
the
subject matter hereof.
18.8 Severability.
Should
any provision of this Agreement be deemed in contradiction with the laws
of any
jurisdiction in which it is to be performed or unenforceable for any reason,
such provision shall be deemed null and void, but this Agreement shall remain
in
full force in all other respects. Should any provision of this Agreement
be or
become ineffective because of changes in Applicable Law or interpretations
thereof, or should this Agreement fail to include a provision that is required
as a matter of law, the validity of the other provisions of this Agreement
shall
not be affected thereby. If such circumstances arise, the parties hereto
shall
negotiate in good faith appropriate modifications to this Agreement to reflect
those changes that are required by Applicable Law.
18.9 Counterparts.
This
Agreement may be executed in several counterparts, each of which shall be
deemed
an original, but all of which together shall constitute one and the same
instrument.
18.10 Further
Assurances.
Each
Member shall execute such deeds, assignments, endorsements, evidences of
transfer and other instruments and documents and shall give such further
assurances as shall be necessary to perform such Member’s obligations hereunder.
The
obligations
of the Members set forth in this Section 18.10 shall survive the termination
of
this Agreement.
18.11 Consequential
Damages.
No
party shall be liable to any other party under any legal theory for indirect,
special, incidental, consequential or punitive damages, or any damages for
loss
of profits, revenue or business, even if such party has been advised of the
possibility of such damages.
18.12 Jurisdiction;
Venue.
Any
suit,
action or proceeding seeking to enforce any provision of, or based on any
matter
arising out of or in connection with, this Agreement shall be brought in
a state
or federal court located in Delaware and each of the parties to this Agreement
hereby consents and submits to the exclusive jurisdiction of such courts
(and of
the appropriate appellate courts therefrom) in any such suit, action or
proceeding and irrevocably waives, to the fullest extent permitted by Applicable
Law,
any
objection which it may now or hereafter have to the laying of the venue of
any
such suit, action or proceeding in any such court or that any such suit,
action
or proceeding which is brought in any such court has been brought in an
inconvenient forum. Process in any such suit, action or proceeding may be
served
on any party anywhere in the world, whether within or without the jurisdiction
of any such court.
18.13 Confidential
Information.
(A) The
Members shall abide by the terms of that certain Mutual Confidentiality
Agreement between Micron, Intel and the Joint Venture Company dated as of
the
Effective Date, and as may be amended or replaced from time to time (the
“Confidentiality
Agreement”),
which
agreement is incorporated herein by reference with respect to the Joint Venture
Company, its Subsidiaries and the Facilities Companies and the activities
of the
Joint Venture Company, its Subsidiaries and the Facilities Companies. The
Members agree that the Confidentiality Agreement shall govern the
confidentiality and non-disclosure obligations between the Members respecting
the information provided or disclosed pursuant to this Agreement as such
information relates to the Joint Venture Company, its Subsidiaries and the
Facilities Companies and their activities.
(B) If
the
Confidentiality Agreement is terminated or expires and is not replaced, such
Confidentiality Agreement shall continue with respect to confidential
information provided in connection with this Agreement, notwithstanding such
expiration or termination, for the duration of the term of this Agreement
or
until a new Confidentiality Agreement is entered into between the Members.
To
the extent there is a conflict between this Agreement and the Confidentiality
Agreement, the terms of this Agreement shall control.
(C) The
terms
and conditions of this Agreement shall be considered “Confidential
Information”
under
the Confidentiality Agreement for which each of Micron and Intel is considered
a
“Receiving Party” under such Confidentiality Agreement.
18.14 Certain
Interpretive Matters.
(A) Unless
the context requires otherwise, (1) all references to Sections, Articles,
Exhibits, Appendices or Schedules are to Sections, Articles, Exhibits,
Appendices or Schedules of or to this Agreement, (2) each of the Schedules
will apply only to the
corresponding
Section or subsection of this Agreement, (3) each accounting term not
otherwise defined in this Agreement has the meaning commonly applied to it
in
accordance with GAAP, except as modified by the definition of “Modified GAAP, “
(4) words in the singular include the plural and visa versa, (5) the
term “including”
means
“including without limitation,” (6) the terms “herein,”
“hereof,”
“hereunder”
and
words of similar import shall mean references to this Agreement as a whole
and
not to any individual section or portion hereof, and (7) capitalized terms
followed by phrases such as “under
any Applicable Joint Venture Agreement”
or
“pursuant
to any Applicable Joint Venture Agreement”
shall
have the respective meanings ascribed to such terms under the Applicable
Joint
Venture Agreement. All references to “$”
or
dollar amounts will be to lawful currency of the United States of America.
All
references to “$”
or
dollar amounts, or “%”
or
percent or percentages, shall be to precise amounts and not rounded up or
down.
All references to “day”
or
“days”
will
mean calendar days. All references to matters “unanimously
agreed in writing by the Members”
refer
to other written agreements that remain effective that were entered into
on or
prior to the date hereof or written agreements entered into by the Members
at
some later date.
(B) No
provision of this Agreement will be interpreted in favor of, or against,
any of
the parties by reason of the extent to which any such party or its counsel
participated in the drafting thereof or by reason of the extent to which
any
such provision is inconsistent with any prior draft of this Agreement or
such
provision.
[Signature
Page Follows]
IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned being all of the Members of IM Flash
Technologies, LLC organized under the Act, have executed this Agreement as
of
the date and year first above written.
INTEL
CORPORATION
By: __/s/
Ravi Jacob_______________
Name:
___Ravi
Jacob______________
Title:
_Vice
President FES, Treasurer___
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MICRON
TECHNOLOGY, INC.
By:
/s/
W.G. Stover, Jr.____________
Name:
___W.G. Stover, Jr._________
Title:
V.P.
of Finance and CFO______
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THIS
IS THE SIGNATURE PAGE FOR THE
AMENDED
AND RESTATED LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY OPERATING AGREEMENT OF IM FLASH
TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
ENTERED
INTO BY AND BETWEEN
INTEL
CORPORATION AND MICRON TECHNOLOGY, INC.
APPENDIX
A
IM
FLASH TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
DEFINITIONS
“[***]
Fab”
means
a
Fab that has [***] construction, Tool Install and equipment and process
qualification, including all related facilities necessary to commence production
of semiconductor devices and such production output has reached a minimum
level
of [***]% of its intended high volume output level (as measured in Wafer
Starts
per week).
“Accountants”
shall
have the meaning set forth in Section 10.4(C) of this Agreement.
“Accumulated
Distributions Account”
shall
have the meaning set forth in Section 5.1(C) of this Agreement.
“Act”
shall
have the meaning set forth in Section 1.1 of this Agreement.
“Additional
Capital Contributions”
shall
have the meaning set forth in Section 2.3(C) of this
Agreement.
“Adjusted
Contribution Amount”
means,
after a Change in Consolidating Member, an amount equal to the sum of (i)
the
Consolidating Member’s Pro
Rata Share
of
a given Additional Capital Contribution and (ii) the portion of the Former
Consolidating Member’s Pro
Rata
Share of
such Additional Capital Contribution that such Former Consolidating Member
is
not [***].
“Affiliate”
means
a
Person that directly, or indirectly through one or more intermediaries,
controls, or is controlled by, or is under common control with, the Person
specified.
“Affiliate
Agreements”
shall
have the meaning set forth in Section 12.2(B)(1) of this Agreement.
“Agreement”
shall
have the meaning set forth in the preamble of this Agreement.
“Annual
Budget”
shall
have the meaning set forth in Section 11.2(B) of this Agreement.
“Applicable
Fiscal Quarter”
means
Micron’s first fiscal quarter in its [***] fiscal year.
“Applicable
Joint Venture”
or
“Applicable
Joint Ventures”
means
the entities listed on Schedule
5,
as such
Schedule may be amended from time to time by the unanimous written agreement
of
the Members.
“Applicable
Joint Venture Agreements”
means
the agreements listed on Schedule
5,
as such
Schedule may be amended from time to time by the unanimous written agreement
of
the Members.
“Applicable
Law”
means
any laws, statutes, rules, regulations, ordinances, orders, codes, arbitration
awards, judgments, decrees or other legal requirements of any Governmental
Entity.
“Appointing
Member”
shall
have the meaning set forth in Section 6.2(B) of this Agreement.
“Appraiser”
means
two nationally recognized investment banking firms (one to be selected by
each
Member) and a manufacturing equipment reseller (mutually agreed upon by the
two
investment banking firms).
“Approved
Business Plan”
means
either an Undisputed Approved Business Plan or a Disputed Approved Business
Plan, as in effect from time to time.
“Assembly
Plan”
means
an assembly plan set forth in the Operating Plan, as more particularly described
in Section 11.6(A)(2) of this Agreement.
“Associated
Assets”
means,
with respect to any Fab, the Joint Venture Equipment, inventory and other
tangible personal property owned by the Joint Venture Company or any of its
Subsidiaries and located at that Fab on the date of the Liquidating Event
or
thereafter and all rights and obligations pursuant to contracts, permits,
governmental approvals and governmental concessions and incentives associated
with such Fab, Joint Venture Equipment, inventory or other tangible personal
property, including all liabilities exclusively associated with such Fab,
except
for assets sold or disposed of in any of the following transactions that
occurs
after the Liquidating Event: (a) the sale of inventory in the ordinary
course; (b) the sale or other disposition of obsolete or surplus equipment
or other assets to third parties in the ordinary course in arm’s-length
transactions; and (c) the sale of any other asset with the approval of the
Board of Managers. Any transfer of Associated Assets under this Agreement
shall
include the assumption by the transferee of the liabilities exclusively
associated with such Fab.
“Authorized
Officers”
means
both the Intel Executive Officer and the Micron Executive Officer.
“Authorized
Representative”
means
the principal executive officer of either Member or any other individual
unanimously agreed in writing by the Members to be an authorized representative
of a given Member.
“Bankruptcy”
shall
have the meaning set forth in Section 13.1(B) of this Agreement.
“Board
of Managers”
shall
have the meaning set forth in Section 6.1 of this Agreement.
“Boise
Supply Agreement”
means
that certain agreement, dated as of the Effective Date, between Micron and
the
Joint Venture Company to supply products to the Joint Venture
Company.
“Book”
shall
have the meaning set forth in Appendix B
to this
Agreement.
“Business
Day”
means
a
day that is not a Saturday, Sunday or other day on which commercial banking
institutions in the State of New York are authorized or required by Applicable
Law to be closed.
“Buyout
Determination Date”
shall
have the meaning set forth in Section 13.2 of this Agreement.
“[***]
Value”
means
either (a) or (b) below, determined as follows: each Member shall select
its own
Appraiser and the two Appraisers shall mutually select a third Appraiser.
Each
Appraiser shall conduct its own independent appraisal to determine the [***]
Value, and the average of the two (2) determinations that are the closest
in
value shall be the [***] Value.
(a) With
respect to any Facility or U.S. Facilities Company that owns or leases such
Facility ( [***], which are provided for in (b) below), the [***] of the
applicable Facility or [***] of the applicable U.S. Facilities Company, as
the
case may be, as of the date [***]. The Appraisers shall be instructed to
consider all factors that in their professional opinion may affect [***]
of the
applicable Facility or U.S. Facilities Company, as the case may be, but in
any
event [***] Member or the Joint Venture Company.
(b) With
respect to [***], or the [***] in the U.S. Facilities Company that [***],
the
[***] thereof, as of the date [***] (and the Appraisers shall be instructed
to
consider all factors that in their professional opinion may affect the [***]
of
the [***] or the [***] in the U.S. Facilities Company that [***]); provided,
however,
that if
[***], the [***] Value of the [***], or the [***] in the U.S. Facilities
Company
that [***], shall be the [***], as of the [***].
“Cap
Amount”
shall
have the meaning set forth in Section 12.4(A) of this Agreement.
“Capital
Account”
shall
have the meaning set forth in Section 4.1 of this Agreement.
“Capital
Contribution”
means,
for each Member, any amount contributed or deemed to be contributed to the
Joint
Venture Company as a capital contribution, including (without duplication
of any
capital contribution in clauses (i) - (v)):
(i) |
the
Initial Capital Contribution made by such
Member;
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(ii) |
any
Additional Capital Contributions (including any contributions made
under
Section 2.4) made by such Member;
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(iii) |
any
portion of a Make-Up Contribution made by such Member equal to the
amount
of the principal balance of the Member Note repaid with the Make-Up
Contribution;
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(iv) |
any
other capital contributions made by such Member to the Joint Venture
Company as the Members may agree in writing or as provided in the
Joint
Venture Documents; and
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(v) |
any
capital contribution deemed made by such Member upon conversion,
contribution or transfer to the Joint Venture Company of a Member
Note.
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“Capital
Contribution Balance”
means,
for each Member, the sum of all Capital Contributions made to the Joint Venture
Company by such Member, minus the sum of any capital contributions returned
or
refunded to such Member pursuant to Article 2 or Article 3. As
of
the Effective Date, each Member shall, for purposes of determining its Capital
Contribution Balance, receive full credit for its Initial Capital
Contribution.
“Certificate”
shall
have the meaning set forth in Section 1.1 of this Agreement.
“Chairman”
shall
have the meaning set forth in Section 6.2(C) of this Agreement.
“Change
in Consolidating Member” means
a
change in the Member that is required under GAAP to consolidate the financial
results of the Joint Venture Company with its financial results.
“Chief
Executive Officer”
shall
have the meaning set forth in Section 8.4 of this Agreement.
“Chief
Financial Officer”
shall
have the meaning set forth in Section 8.3(D) of this Agreement.
“Code”
means
the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.
“Committed
Capital”
means,
for a Member, on a given date, the sum of (1) the Capital Contribution Balance
of such Member through such date and (2) the principal and accrued interest
(provided,
that
for purposes of this definition, accrued interest shall be accrued only on
the
first day of each Fiscal Month) owed to such Member under any Member Debt
Financing outstanding on such date.
“Competition
Laws”
means
the Sherman Antitrust Act of 1890, as amended, the Clayton Act of 1914, as
amended, the HSR Act, the Federal Trade Commission Act, as amended, and all
other domestic or foreign Applicable Laws issued by a domestic or foreign
Governmental Entity that are designed or intended to prohibit, restrict or
regulate actions having the purpose or effect of monopolization or restraint
of
trade or lessening of competition through merger or acquisition.
“Competitively
Sensitive Information”
means
any information, in whatever form, that has not been made publicly available
relating to products and services that a Member sells in competition with
the
other Member at the execution of this Agreement or thereafter during the
Term
including, without limitation, NAND Flash Memory Product, to the extent
such information of the Member selling such products and services includes
price
or any element of price, customer terms or conditions of sale, Member-specific
costs, volume of sales, output (but not including the Joint Venture Company’s
output), or bid terms of the foregoing type and such similar information as
is specifically identified electronically or in writing to the Joint Venture
Company by a Member as competitively sensitive information.
“Completion”
with
respect to a Fab, means the time at which the Fab has successfully completed
Process Qualification/Certification and is capable of manufacturing completed
semiconductor devices.
“Confidentiality
Agreement”
shall
have the meaning set forth in Section 18.13 of this Agreement.
“Conforming
Wafer”
means
a
NAND Flash Memory Wafer with greater than [***] percent ([***]%) functional
die,
or that is otherwise accepted by a Member.
“Consolidating
Floor Amount”
shall
have the meaning set forth in Section 12.4(B) of this Agreement.
“Consolidating
Member”
means
the Member that is required to consolidate the financial results of the Joint
Venture Company with its financial results under GAAP.
“Consolidating
Option Percent”
shall
have the meaning set forth in Section 12.4(B) of this Agreement.
“Continuing
Mandatory Notes”
shall
have the meaning set forth in Section 3.1(E) of this
Agreement.
“Cure
Period”
shall
have the meaning set forth in Section 17.7(B) of this Agreement.
“Deadlock”
shall
have the meaning set forth in Section 17.1 of this Agreement.
“Defaulting
Member”
shall
have the meaning set forth in Section 17.7(A) of this Agreement.
“DGCL”
means
the Delaware General Corporation Law (Del. Code Ann. tit. 8 §§101 et
seq.).
“Dispute”
shall
have the meaning set forth in Section 17.5 of this Agreement.
“Disputed
Approved Business Plan”
shall
have the meaning set forth in Section 11.2(D)(2) of this
Agreement.
“Distribution
Entitlement”
means
with respect to any proposed distribution under Section 5.1(A)(4) to a Member,
the amount, if any, equal to the Member’s Sharing Interest (as such Sharing
Interest is determined immediately after any payments made under Sections
5.1(A)(1), (2) and (3)) multiplied by the aggregate, cumulative distributions
(not including any payments made pursuant to Sections 5.1(A)(1), (2) and
(3) but
including the amount to be distributed to such Member in such proposed
distribution under Section 5.1(A)(4)).
“Divestiture
Action”
shall
have the meaning set forth in Section 15.1(C)(5) of this Agreement.
“DRAM”
has
the
meaning set forth in that certain [***] Agreement, dated [***], between Intel
and Micron.
“Economic
Interest”
means,
for each Member, a percentage determined from time to time by dividing the
Committed Capital of such Member at the time of determination by the aggregate
Committed Capital of all Members at the time of determination.
“Effective
Date”
shall
mean January 6, 2006.
“Event
of Default”
shall
have the meaning set forth in Section 17.7(A) of this Agreement.
“Executive
Indemnified Party”
shall
have the meaning set forth in Section 14.2(A) of this
Agreement.
“[***]
Budget”
shall
have the meaning set forth in Section 11.1(B) of this
Agreement.
“[***]
Capital Contribution”
shall
mean an Additional Capital Contribution of funds required by the Joint Venture
Company as set forth in the [***] Budget of the Initial Business Plan, as
it may
be modified in accordance with Section 11.1(C)(2).
“Fab”
means
a
manufacturing facility for manufacturing NAND Flash Memory Wafers and shall
include the related automated material handling system (AMHS), process tools,
and support tools/fixtures used for manufacturing NAND Flash Memory Wafers
in
the cleanroom, sub fab and all related laboratories. It also includes all
non-clean support equipment and gas and chemical delivery systems required
to
support the production tools in the Fab.
“Fab
Criteria”
means
a
Fab capable of producing a minimum of [***] and a maximum of [***] Wafer
Starts
per week.
“Facilities
Company”
means
a
U.S. Facilities Company or a Foreign Facilities Company.
“Facility”
means
a
Fab and its Associated Assets that are owned or leased by the Joint Venture
Company or any of its Subsidiaries.
“Filing”
shall
have the meaning set forth in Section 15.1 of this Agreement.
“Filing
Event”
shall
have the meaning set forth in Section 15.1 of this Agreement.
“Financial
Officer” shall
have the meaning set forth in Section 8.3(D) of this Agreement.
“First
Singapore Fab”
means
the initial Fab that is, or is to be, located in Singapore and owned or leased
by the Singapore Joint Venture Company as contemplated by the Singapore Initial
Business Plan existing on the date of the Singapore Agreement.
“Fiscal
Month”
means
the fiscal month of the Joint Venture Company as determined by the Board
of
Managers from time to time, and, initially, the period commensurate with
Micron’s fiscal month; provided
that, if
the Member with whom the Joint Venture Company’s financial statements are
consolidated changes prior to the end of any Fiscal Month, the Fiscal Month
shall, at such Member’s discretion, change to be commensurate with the Fiscal
Month of such Member at such time as such Member may thereafter
specify.
“Fiscal
Quarter”
means
the fiscal quarter of the Joint Venture Company as determined by the Board
of
Managers from time to time, and, initially, the period commensurate with
Micron’s fiscal quarter; provided
that, if
the Member with whom the Joint Venture Company’s financial statements are
consolidated changes prior to the end of any Fiscal Quarter, the Fiscal
Year
shall, at such Member’s discretion, change to be commensurate with the Fiscal
Quarter of such Member at such time as such Member may thereafter
specify.
“Fiscal
Year”
means
the fiscal year of the Joint Venture Company as determined by the Board of
Managers from time to time, and corresponding to the fiscal year of the Member
having the greater Percentage Interest, initially, the period commencing
as of
the Effective Date and ending August 31, 2006 and thereafter a fifty-two
(52) or
fifty-three (53) week period ending on the Thursday closest to August 31
of each
year; provided
that, if
the Member with whom the Joint Venture Company’s financial statements are
consolidated changes prior to the end of any Fiscal Year, the Fiscal Year
shall,
at such Member’s discretion, change to be commensurate with the Fiscal Year of
such Member at such time as such Member may thereafter specify.
“Flash
Memory Integrated Circuit”
means
a
non-volatile memory integrated circuit that contains memory cells that are
electrically programmable and electrically erasable whereby the memory cells
consist of one or more transistors that have a floating gate, charge-trapping
regions or any other functionally equivalent structure utilizing one or more
different charge levels (including binary or multi-level cell structures)
with
or without any on-chip control, I/O and other support circuitry.
“Floor
Amount”
shall
have the meaning set forth in Section 12.4(A) of this Agreement.
“Foreign
Facilities Company”
means
a
separate legal entity that owns or leases a Facility outside of the United
States, the equity of which is owned by the Members or their
Relatives.
“Former
Consolidating Member”
means
the Member that was required to consolidate the financial results of the
Joint
Venture Company with its financial results under GAAP immediately prior to
a
Change in Consolidating Member.
“Funding
Member”
shall
have the meaning set forth in Section 3.1(A) of this Agreement.
“Funding
Member Portion”
means
that portion of the amount of a Funding Member’s Additional Capital Contribution
that is deemed to be a loan (rather than a Capital Contribution) as part
of a
Member Debt Financing, which amount is determined by [***] the Funding Member’s
[***] of such Additional Capital Contribution (whether or not contributed
in
full) [***] is the amount actually loaned to the Joint Venture Company by
the
Funding Member in respect of the Shortfall Amount and the [***] is the
Non-Funding Member’s [***] of the Additional Capital Contribution.
“GAAP”
means
United States generally accepted accounting principles as in effect from
time to
time.
“Governmental
Entity”
means
any governmental authority or entity, including any agency, board, bureau,
commission, court, department, subdivision or instrumentality thereof, or
any
arbitrator or arbitration panel.
“HSR
Act”
means
the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976, as
amended.
“Indemnified
Party”
shall
have the meaning set forth in Section 14.2(A) of this Agreement.
“Independent
Member”
shall
have the meaning set forth in Section 6.3(B)(1) of this Agreement.
“Initial
Business Plan”
shall
have the meaning set forth in Section 11.1(A) of this
Agreement.
“Initial
Capital Contribution”
means
the total amount of money or other property initially contributed or agreed
to
be contributed to the Joint Venture Company by a Member pursuant to Section
2.1,
as set forth on Appendix D.
“Initial
Period”
shall
have the meaning set forth in Section 11.1(A) of this Agreement.
“Initial
Term”
shall
have the meaning set forth in Section 1.3 of this Agreement.
“Intel”
shall
have the meaning set forth in the preamble of this Agreement.
“Intel
Additional Cash”
shall
have the meaning set forth on Appendix
D.
“Intel
Executive Officer”
shall
have the meaning set forth in Section 8.1(A) of this Agreement.
“Intel
Initial Contributed Assets”
means
the total amount of money or other property contributed or agreed to be
contributed to the Joint Venture Company by Intel as of the Effective Date,
as
described on Appendix D.
“Intel
Matter”
shall
have the meaning set forth in Section 17.3 of this Agreement.
“Intel
Maximum Incremental Capital Amount”
means
$[***].
Such amount does not include any funds contributed as part of Intel’s Initial
Capital Contribution.
“Intel
Personnel Secondment Agreement”
means
that certain Intel Personnel Secondment Agreement, dated as of the Effective
Date, by and between the Joint Venture Company and Intel, as
amended.
“Intel
[***]”
has the meaning set forth in that certain [***] Agreement, dated [***], between
Intel and Micron.
“Intellectual
Property Rights”
shall
have the meaning set forth in Section 10.5(B)(6) of this Agreement.
“Interest”
means
the ownership interest of a Member in the Joint Venture Company, including
any
and all benefits to which a Member may be entitled under this Agreement and
the
obligations of a Member under this Agreement, including, without limitation,
the
right to vote or
to
participate in the management of the Joint Venture Company, and the right
to
information concerning the business and affairs of the Joint Venture Company
and
its Subsidiaries.
“Interested
Member”
shall
have the meaning set forth in Section 6.3(B)(1) of this Agreement.
“Interested
Member Transaction”
shall
have the meaning set forth in Section 6.3(B)(2) of this Agreement.
“Issuance
Date”
shall
have the meaning set forth in Section 3.1(C) of this Agreement.
“JAMS”
means
Judicial Arbitration and Mediation Services.
“Joint
Development Committee”
shall
have the meaning ascribed to such term in the Joint Development Program
Agreement, dated as of the Effective Date, between Micron and
Intel.
“Joint
Venture Company”
shall
have the meaning set forth in preamble of this Agreement.
“Joint
Venture Documents”
shall
have the meaning ascribed to such term in the Master Agreement.
“Joint
Venture Equipment”
means
all of the personal property, equipment and tangible assets owned by the
Joint
Venture Company or any of its Subsidiaries.
“Joint
Venture Products”
means
all NAND Flash Memory Products and any other memory products that the Joint
Venture Company and its Subsidiaries shall produce.
“Joint
Venture Reportable Event”
shall
have the meaning set forth in Section 10.5(B) of this
Agreement.
“Lead
Controller”
shall
have the meaning set forth in Section 8.3(A) of this Agreement.
“Lehi
Fab”
means
the Fab to be built out by the Joint Venture Company or one of its Subsidiaries
at Lehi, Utah.
“Lehi
Lease”
shall
have the meaning ascribed to such term in the Master Agreement.
“Lehi
Property”
means
the Lehi Contributed Property (as defined in the Lehi Lease) and all personal
property, equipment and other tangible assets that are conveyed to the Joint
Venture Company pursuant to the Lehi Bill of Conveyance.
“[***]”
means
the [***] in effect from time to time (as reported in the [***]).
“Liquidating
Event”
shall
have the meaning set forth in Section 13.1(A) of this Agreement.
“Liquidation
Date”
shall
have the meaning set forth in Section 13.13(A) of this Agreement.
“Loan
Amount”
means
[***] (1) the [***] of (a) the Non-Funding Member’s full Pro
Rata Share
of an
Additional Capital Contribution, [***] (b) a [***] is the amount of the
Additional Capital Contribution actually contributed by the Funding Member
and
the [***] is the Funding Member’s [***] of such Additional Capital Contribution
and (2) the amount of such Additional Capital Contribution actually contributed
by the Non-Funding Member.
“Majority
Member”
shall
have the meaning set forth in Section 12.5(A) of this Agreement.
“Make-Up
Contribution”
means
a
Capital Contribution made by a Non-Funding Member in respect of a Shortfall
Amount (but not including any interest thereon).
“Management
Conversion Date”
shall
have the meaning set forth in Section 8.1(A) of this Agreement.
“Manager”
shall
have the meaning set forth in Section 6.2(A) of this Agreement.
“Mandatory
Equalization Note” shall
have the meaning set forth in Section 3.1(B) of this Agreement.
“Mandatory
Member Debt Financing”
means
Member Debt Financing made in accordance with Section 3.1 of this
Agreement.
“Mandatory
Notes” shall
have the meaning set forth in Section 3.1(B) of this Agreement.
“Mandatory
Shortfall Note” shall
have the meaning set forth in Section 3.1(B) of this Agreement.
“Manufacturing
Committee”
means
a
manufacturing committee established by the unanimous written agreement of
the
Members.
“Manufacturing
Plan”
means
a
manufacturing plan set forth in the Operating Plan, as described more
particularly in Section 11.6(A)(1) of this Agreement.
“Master
Agreement”
means
that certain Master Agreement, by and between Intel and Micron, dated as
of
November 18, 2005.
“Maximum
Incremental Capital Amount”
means
$[***].
Such amount does not include any funds contributed as Initial Capital
Contributions.
“Member”
or
“Members”
shall
have the meaning set forth in the preamble of this Agreement.
“Member
Business Plan”
shall
have the meaning set forth in Section 11.2(D)(2) of this Agreement.
“Member
Change of Control”
means
(i) any consolidation, merger, recapitalization, liquidation or other
extraordinary transaction involving a Member pursuant to which such Member’s
stockholders immediately prior to such consolidation, merger, recapitalization,
liquidation or other extraordinary transaction own, immediately after such
consolidation, merger, recapitalization, liquidation or other extraordinary
transaction securities representing less than 50% of the combined voting
power
of all voting securities of the surviving entity; (ii) any transaction or
series of related transactions as a result of which securities representing
50%
or more of the combined voting power of all voting securities of such Member
are
sold, conveyed, transferred, assigned or pledged, either directly or indirectly,
to persons other than such Member’s stockholders immediately prior to such
transaction or series of transactions; or (iii) the sale, conveyance,
transfer or assignment, either directly or indirectly, of all or substantially
all of the assets of such Member, in one transaction or a series of related
transactions, to a person that does not control, is not controlled by and
is not
under common control with such Member.
“Member
Debt Financing” as
of any
date shall mean all loans to the Joint Venture Company under Article 3 of
this
Agreement.
“Member
[***] Budget”
shall
have the meaning set forth in Section 11.1(C)(2)(a)(ii) of this
Agreement.
“Member
[***] Budget”
shall
have the meaning set forth in Section 11.1(C)(2)(b)(ii) of this
Agreement.
“Member
Notes”
means
any promissory notes issued under Article 3 of this Agreement, including a
Mandatory Shortfall Note, Mandatory Equalization Note, Continuing Mandatory
Note, Optional [***] Shortfall Note, Optional [***] Equalization Note or
Optional Other Shortfall Note outstanding pursuant to the terms of this
Agreement.
“Member
Plan Amendment”
shall
have the meaning set forth in Section 11.2(E)(4) of this
Agreement.
“Member
Reportable Events”
shall
have the meaning set forth in Section 10.5(A) of this Agreement.
“Micron”
shall
have the meaning set forth in the preamble of this Agreement.
“Micron
Additional Cash”
shall
have the meaning set forth on Appendix
D.
“Micron
Executive Officer”
shall
have the meaning set forth in Section 8.2(A) of this Agreement.
“Micron
Initial Contributed Assets”
means
the total amount of money or other property contributed or agreed to be
contributed to the Joint Venture Company by Micron as of the Effective Date,
as
described on Appendix D.
“Micron
Matter”
shall
have the meaning set forth in Section 17.4 of this Agreement.
“Micron
Maximum Incremental Capital Amount”
means
$1,457,904,917.
Such amount does not include any funds contributed as part of Micron’s Initial
Capital Contribution.
“Micron
Minority Closing”
shall
have the meaning set forth in Section 12.5(C)(1) of this
Agreement.
“Micron
[***]
Purchase Option”
means
any covenant unanimously agreed in writing by the Members that grants Micron
the
right to purchase the [***] or the [***] of the U.S. Facilities Company that
[***].
“Micron
Personnel Secondment Agreement”
means
that certain Micron Personnel Secondment Agreement, dated as of the Effective
Date, by and between the Joint Venture Company and Micron, as
amended.
“Minority
Closing”
shall
have the meaning set forth in Section 12.5(A) of this
Agreement.
“Minority
Closing Price”
shall
have the meaning set forth in Section 12.5(B) of this
Agreement.
“Minority
Member”
shall
have the meaning sent forth in Section 12.5(A) of this
Agreement.
“Model
of Record”
or
“MOR”
means
a
representation of the POR and TOR for use in determining the number of tools
required to produce a specific number of semiconductor wafers. The MOR includes
assumptions used to model overall tool throughput and productivity as well
as
assumptions on process yield.
“Modified
GAAP”
means
United
States generally accepted accounting principles as in effect from time to
time,
except that: (i) stock-related expenses (including stock options, restricted
stock, stock appreciation rights, restricted stock units, stock purchase
programs or any award based on equity of Micron or Intel) associated with
the
seconded individuals to the Joint Venture Company will not be recorded or
disclosed in the financial statements of the Joint Venture Company; and (ii)
the
value of any asset contributed or otherwise transferred to the Joint Venture
Company from a Member shall be the value as agreed upon by the Members at
the
time of the contribution or transfer, as applicable, and, if such asset is
to be
depreciated or amortized under GAAP, the useful life and method of depreciation
or amortization for such assets shall be determined by applying the accounting
policies used by the Joint Venture Company for like assets. The value of
the [***], the [***] and the [***] shall be the value specified with respect
to
such items in Appendix
D.
“Monthly
Flash Report”
means
operating performance metrics reasonably acceptable to each Member for the
most
recent month.
“Monthly
Operating Report”
shall
have the meaning set forth in Section 11.6(A)(4) of this
Agreement.
“MTV
Assets”
means
the Associated Assets at the Fab located at the [***].
“MTV
Lease”
shall
have the meaning ascribed to such term in the Master Agreement.
“NAND
Flash Memory Die”
means
a
discrete integrated circuit die, wherein such die includes at least one NAND
Flash Memory Integrated Circuit and such die is designed, developed, marketed
and used primarily as a non-volatile memory die.
“NAND
Flash Memory Die Package”
means
a
discrete integrated circuit package for a NAND Flash Memory Die, including
TSOP,
COB, BOC, BGA and FBGA or other type package, wherein such package contains
only
one or more NAND Flash Memory Die but no other die.
“NAND
Flash Memory Integrated Circuit”
means
a
Flash Memory Integrated Circuit wherein the memory cells included in the
Flash
Memory Integrated Circuit are arranged in groups of serially connected memory
cells (each such group of serially connected memory cells called a “string”) in
which the drain of each memory cell of a string (other than the first memory
cell in the string) is connected in series to the source of another memory
cell
in such string, the gate of each memory cell in such string is directly
accessible, and the drain of the uppermost bit of such string is coupled
to the
bitline of the memory array.
“NAND
Flash Memory Product”
means
any NAND Flash Memory Wafer, NAND Flash Memory Die or NAND Flash Memory Die
Package.
“NAND
Flash Memory Wafer”
means
a
prime wafer that has been processed to the point of containing multiple NAND
Flash Memory Die and that has undergone Probe Testing, but before singulation
of
said die into individual semiconductor die.
“Net
Book Value”
means,
with respect to (i) any assets, the value thereof, net of accumulated
depreciation, amortization and other adjustments, as would be included in
a
consolidated balance sheet of the entity owning such assets prepared in
accordance with Modified GAAP, (ii) any liabilities, the amount thereof as
would
be included in a consolidated balance sheet of the entity having the liabilities
prepared in accordance with Modified GAAP and (iii) any equity security of
a
U.S. Facilities Company or other entity, (a) the value of the assets of such
entity, net of accumulated depreciation, amortization or other adjustments,
as
would be included in a consolidated balance sheet of the entity prepared
in
accordance with Modified GAAP, minus the amount of the liabilities of such
entity, as would be included in a consolidated balance sheet of such entity
prepared in accordance with Modified GAAP, multiplied by (b) a percentage
equal
to the percentage of the equity of such entity represented by such equity
security.
“[***]”
means
any Fab that is, or is to be, owned or leased by the Joint Venture Company,
any
of its Subsidiaries or any Facilities Company other than the [***].
“[***]
Budget”
shall
have the meaning set forth in Section 11.1(B).
“[***]
Capital Contribution”
shall
mean any Additional Capital Contribution to be made by the Members, as
contemplated by an Approved Business Plan, to make [***] an Operational Fab,
but
only in the event that the [***] for [***] is reasonably expected to begin
before [***].
“[***]”
means the first Fab that is, or is to be, owned or leased by the Joint Venture
Company, any of its Subsidiaries or any Facilities Company other than
[***].
“Non-Defaulting
Member”
shall
have the meaning set forth in Section 17.7 of this Agreement.
“Non-Funding
Member”
shall
be the Member that is determined not to be the Funding Member in accordance
with
Section 3.1(A) of this Agreement.
“Notice
of Default”
shall
have the meaning set forth in Section 17.7(B) of this Agreement.
“Operating
Plan”
shall
have the meaning set forth in Section 11.6(A) of this Agreement
“Operational
Fab”
means
a
Fab that has completed construction, Tool Install and equipment and process
qualification, including all related facilities necessary to commence production
of semiconductor devices and such production output has reached a minimum
level
of [***]% of its intended high volume output level (as measured in
[***]).
“Option
Percent”
shall
have the meaning set forth in Section 12.4(A) of this
Agreement.
“Option
Price”
shall
have the meaning set forth in Section 12.5(B) of this
Agreement.
“Optional
[***] Equalization Note”
shall
have the meaning set forth in Section 3.2(B) of this
Agreement.
“Optional
[***] Financing”
shall
have the meaning set forth in Section 3.2(A) of this Agreement.
“Optional
[***] Loan Amount”
shall
have the meaning set forth in Section 3.2(B) of this Agreement.
“Optional
[***] Notes”
shall
have the meaning set forth in Section 3.2(B) of this Agreement.
“Optional
[***] Shortfall Note”
shall
have the meaning set forth in Section 3.2(B) of this
Agreement.
“Optional
Other Financing”
shall
have the meaning set forth in Section 3.3(A) of this Agreement.
“Optional
Other Shortfall Note”
shall
have the meaning set forth in Section 3.3(B) of this Agreement.
“Original
Agreement”
shall
have the meaning set forth in Recital A of this Agreement.
“Other
Capital Contributions”
shall
have the meaning set forth in Section 2.3(C) of this Agreement.
“Percentage
Interest”
means,
at
any time of determination, with respect to any Member, a percentage determined
by dividing such Member’s Capital Contribution Balance at the time of
determination by the aggregate Capital Contribution Balances of all Members
at
the time of determination.
“Person”
or
“Persons”
means
any natural person and any corporation, firm, partnership, trust, estate,
limited liability company, or other entity resulting from any form of
association.
“Premises”
shall
have the meaning ascribed to such term in the [***].
“Probe
Testing”
means
testing, using a wafer test program as set forth in the applicable
specifications, of a wafer that has completed all processing steps deemed
necessary to complete the creation of the desired NAND Flash Memory Integrated
Circuits in the die on such wafer, the purpose of which test is to determine
how
many and which of the die meet the applicable criteria for such
die.
“Process
of Record”
or
“POR”
means
documents and/or systems that specify a series of operations that a
semiconductor wafer must process through. The POR includes the process recipes
and parameters at each operation for the specified Tool of Record.
“Product”
shall
have the meaning set forth in the Supply Agreements.
“Product
Design Committee”
shall
have the meaning set forth in the Product Design Committee
Agreement.
“Product
Design Committee Agreement”
shall
mean the Product Design Committee Agreement, dated as of the Effective Date,
by
and between Micron and Intel, as amended.
“Product
Design Roadmap”
shall
have the meaning set forth in the Product Design Committee
Agreement.
“Proposed
Business Plan”
shall
have the meaning set forth in Section 11.2(A) of this Agreement.
“Pro
Rata
Share”
means
the pro
rata
share of
a Member determined in accordance with the Members’ respective Percentage
Interests at the time of the determination.
“Purchase
Value”
means
an amount equal to the [***] value to Micron of the right to purchase under
the
terms of the Supply Agreement - Micron the output of the Joint Venture Product
that will be shifted from Micron to Intel as a result of the adjustment in
the
Sharing Interests of the Members following the exercise of the purchase right
(and the resulting shift in the Members’ Capital Contribution Balances) provided
for in either Section 12.4(A) or Section 12.4(B), such [***]value to be
determined by a nationally recognized investment bank that is mutually agreeable
to the Members.
“Relative”
or
“Relatives”
means,
with respect to each Member, the entities listed as such Member’s Relatives on
Schedule
6,
as such
Schedule may be amended from to time by (i) the unanimous agreement in writing
of the Members or (ii) as necessary to reflect any transferee in a
Transfer
under any Applicable Joint Venture Agreement permitted by and in accordance
with
Section 12.2 of any of the Applicable Joint Venture Agreement.
“Remaining
Assets”
shall
have the meaning set forth in Section 13.11 of this Agreement.
“Renewal
Term”
shall
have the meaning set forth in Section 1.3 of this Agreement.
“Representative”
shall
have the meaning set forth in Section 8.7(D) of this Agreement.
“Seconded
Employees”
shall
have the meaning set forth in Section 9.1 of this Agreement.
“Senior
Authorized Representative”
means
any individual unanimously agreed in writing by the Members to be a senior
authorized representative of a given Member.
“Service
Provider Related Forms”
shall
have the meaning set forth in Section 9.3(A) of this Agreement.
“Sharing
Interest”
means,
with respect to any Member, the percentage determined by dividing (1) such
Member’s Committed Capital at the time of determination, by (2) the aggregate
Committed Capital of all Members at the time of determination; provided,
however,
that,
for purposes of this definition only, Committed Capital shall be adjusted
as
follows:
(a) [***]%
of
any [***] Capital Contribution that has been made by such Member, but that
was
not timely made, shall be deducted from that Member’s Committed Capital and
added to the other Member’s Committed Capital;
(b) any
[***]
Capital Contribution made, and any loans made or deemed made that are
represented by Mandatory Notes, within the twelve months prior to the time
of
determination shall be deducted from Committed Capital; and
(c) any
Other
Capital Contributions made, and any loans made or deemed made that are
represented by Optional Other Shortfall Notes shall be deducted from Committed
Capital, but the exclusion under this subparagraph (c) shall apply only to
such
Capital Contributions and such loans made within (i) the [***] prior to the
time
of determination if the Capital Contribution or loan related to [***] Fab,
other
than the [***], that was not a [***] at the time the contribution was due
or
(ii) the [***] prior to the time of determination if the Other Capital
Contribution made, or loan made or deemed made that is represented by an
Optional Other Shortfall Notes relates to any operating expenditure, capital
expenditure or other expenditure not subject to the [***] period in the
immediately preceding clause (i) and provided,
further, however,
that a
Make-Up Contribution shall be deemed made on the date on which the related
Shortfall Amount first arose, so that the applicable [***] and [***] periods
shall apply from the date the Shortfall Amount occurred. Notwithstanding
the
foregoing, subparagraphs (b) and (c) of this definition shall not apply with
respect to any use
of
the
term “Sharing Interests” in connection with a distribution under
Section 13.13(C)(4) of this Agreement.
“Shortfall
Amount”
means
any uncontributed dollar amount of any Member’s [***] of an Additional Capital
Contribution.
“Singapore
Joint Venture Company”
means
IM Flash Singapore, LLP, a limited liability partnership organized under
the
laws of Singapore.
“Subsidiary”
means
as to any Person, a corporation, partnership, limited liability company or
other
entity of which shares of stock or other ownership interests having ordinary
voting power (other than stock or such other ownership interests having such
power only by reason of the happening of a contingency) to elect a majority
of
the board of directors or other managers of such corporation, partnership
or
other entity are at the time owned, or the management of which is otherwise
controlled, directly or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, or
both,
by such Person.
“Supply
Agreement - Intel”
means
that certain Supply Agreement, dated as of the Effective Date, by and between
the Joint Venture Company and Intel, as amended.
“Supply
Agreement - Micron”
means
that certain Supply Agreement, dated as of the Effective Date, by and between
the Joint Venture Company and Micron, as amended.
“Supply
Agreements”
means
the Supply Agreement - Intel and the Supply Agreement - Micron.
“Tax
Matters Partner”
shall
have the meaning set forth in Section 10.7 of this Agreement.
“Technology
Committees”
means
the Product Design Committee and the Joint Development Committee.
“Term”
shall
have the meaning set forth in Section 1.3 of this Agreement.
“Testing
Plan”
means
a
testing plan set forth in the Operating Plan, as more particularly described
in
Section 11.6(A)(3) of this Agreement.
“Tie
Vote”
shall
have the meaning set forth in Section 17.1 of this Agreement.
“Tool
Install”
means
the installation of the automated material handling system (AMHS), process
tools, and support tools/fixtures used for semiconductor manufacturing
(including sort) in the cleanroom and in all related laboratories in the
Fab.
“Tool
of Record”
or
“TOR”
means
the specified tool required to modify, handle, or otherwise fulfill its intended
purpose in the manufacture of a semiconductor process pursuant to the POR.
The
TOR encompasses the tool purchase price, configuration and associated
documentation required to procure, conduct acceptance testing and administer
service contracts.
“TOP”
shall
have the meaning set forth in Section 9.4(B) of this Agreement.
“Transfer”
shall
have the meaning set forth in Section 12.1 of this Agreement.
“Treasury
Regulation”
shall
have the meaning set forth in Section 1.1 of Appendix
B
to this
Agreement.
“Unamortized
MTV Lease Value”
means
for purposes of [***], an [***] to (i) the [***] of the [***], based on [***],
assuming that such value were amortized on a [***] beginning on [***], with
respect to [***] to the [***], (ii) [***] with respect to a [***], (iii)
[***]
with respect to [***], and (iv) [***] with respect to [***].
“Undisputed
Approved Business Plan”
shall
have the meaning set forth in Section 11.2(D)(1) of this Agreement. The
Initial Business Plan approved by the Members shall be deemed to be an
Undisputed Approved Business Plan.
“U.S.
Facilities Company”
shall
have the meaning set forth in Section 16.1 of this Agreement.
“Wafer”
means
a
silicon wafer.
“Wafer
Start”
means
the initial Wafer introduction to a process flow. When the context requires
reference to a quantity of “Wafer Starts,” such term shall be expressed in 300
millimeter diameter equivalents.
“Wholly-Owned
Subsidiary” of
a
Person means a Subsidiary, all of the shares of stock or other ownership
interests of which are owned, directly or indirectly through one or more
intermediaries, by such Person, other than a nominal number of shares or
a
nominal amount of other ownership interests issued in order to comply with
requirements that such shares or interests be held by one or more other Persons,
including requirements for directors’ qualifying shares or interests,
requirements to have or maintain two or more stockholders or equity owners
or
other similar requirements.
APPENDIX
B
IM
FLASH TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
TAX
MATTERS
This
Appendix B
is
attached to and is a part of the AMENDED AND RESTATED LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY
OPERATING AGREEMENT (the “Agreement”)
of
IM
FLASH
TECHNOLOGIES, LLC,
a
Delaware limited liability company (the “Joint
Venture Company”),
dated
as of this 27th day of February, 2007. The parties to the Agreement intend
that
the Joint Venture Company be classified as a partnership for federal income
tax
purposes pursuant to section 7701(a)(2) of the Code and the regulations
thereunder. The provisions of this Appendix are intended to effect
an
allocation of tax items of the Joint Venture Company that are in accordance
with
the Members' "interests in the partnership" (i.e., the Joint Venture Company)
within the meaning of Treas. Reg. § 1.704-1(b)(3) by utilizing the
principles of allocation contained in
Treas.
Reg. § 1.704-1(b)(2)(iv) and Treas. Reg. § 1.704-2 with respect to maintenance
of capital accounts and allocations, and shall be interpreted and applied
accordingly. For purposes of applying the provisions of this Appendix, it
shall
be assumed that the Joint Venture Company satisfies the requirements of Treas.
Reg. § 1.704-1(b)(2)(ii)(b)(2) and (3), notwithstanding that the Joint Venture
Company does not satisfy such requirements.
ARTICLE
1
DEFINITIONS
1.1 Definitions.
For
purposes of this Appendix, the capitalized terms listed below shall have
the
meanings indicated. Capitalized terms not listed below and not otherwise
defined
in this Appendix shall have the meanings specified in the
Agreement.
“Account
Reduction Item”
means
(i) any adjustment described in Treas. Reg. § 1.704-1(b)(2)(ii)(d)(4); (ii) any
allocation described in Treas. Reg. § 1.704-1(b)(2)(ii)(d)(5), other than a
Nonrecourse Deduction or a Member Nonrecourse Deduction; or (iii) any
distribution described in Treas. Reg. § 1.704-1(b)(2)(ii)(d)(6).
“Adjusted
Capital Account Balance”
means,
as of any date, a Member’s Capital Account balance as of such date (and if such
date is other than the last day of the taxable year of the Joint Venture
Company, determined as if the taxable year of the Joint Venture Company ended
on
such date), taking into account all contributions made by such Member and
distributions made to such Member during such taxable year and any special
allocations or other adjustments required by Sections 3.2, 3.3, 3.4(A), (B),
and
(D), 3.5, 3.6 and 3.7, and 5.2(B) and 5.9 of this Appendix, and increased
by the
sum of (i) such Member’s share of Joint Venture Company Minimum Gain and (ii)
such Member’s share of Member Nonrecourse Debt Minimum Gain, both determined
after taking into account any such special allocations and other
adjustments.
“Adjusted
Fair Market Value”
of
an
item of Joint Venture Company property means the greater of (i) the fair market
value of such property as reasonably determined by the Board of
Managers
(provided, that in the case of any sale of Joint Venture Company property,
such
amount shall be presumed to be the sales price realized by the Joint Venture
Company on such sale) or (ii) the amount of any nonrecourse indebtedness
to
which such property is subject within the meaning of section 7701(g) of the
Code.
“Book”
means
the method of accounting prescribed for compliance with the capital account
maintenance rules set forth in Treas. Reg. § 1.704-1(b)(2)(iv) as reflected in
Articles 1 and 2 of this Appendix, as distinguished from any accounting method
which the Joint Venture Company may adopt for other purposes such as financial
reporting.
“Book
Value”
means,
with respect to any item of Joint Venture Company property, the book value
of
such property within the meaning of Treas. Reg. § 1.704-1(b)(2)(iv)(g)(3);
provided,
however,
that if
the Joint Venture Company adopts the remedial allocation method described
in
Treas. Reg. § 1.704-3(d) with respect to any item of Joint Venture Company
property, the Book Value of such property shall be its book basis determined
in
accordance with Treas. Reg. § 1.704-3(d)(2).
“Deemed
Liquidation”
means
a
liquidation of the Joint Venture Company that is deemed to occur pursuant
to
Treas. Reg. § 1.708-1(b)(1)(iv) in the event of a termination of the Joint
Venture Company pursuant to section 708(b)(1)(B) of the Code.
“Excess
Deficit Balance”
means
the amount, if any, by which the balance in a Member’s Capital Account as of the
end of the relevant taxable year is more negative than the amount, if any,
of
such negative balance that such Member is treated as obligated to restore
to the
Joint Venture Company pursuant to Treas. Reg. § 1.704-1(b)(2)(ii)(c), Treas.
Reg. § 1.704-1(b)(2)(ii)(h), Treas. Reg. § 1.704-2(g)(1), and Treas. Reg. §
1.704-2(i)(5). Solely for purposes of computing a Member’s Excess Deficit
Balance, such Member’s Capital Account shall be reduced by the amount of any
Account Reduction Items that are reasonably expected as of the end of such
taxable year.
“Excess
Nonrecourse Liabilities”
means
excess nonrecourse liabilities within the meaning of Treas. Reg. §
1.752-3(a)(3).
“Joint
Venture Company Minimum Gain”
means
partnership minimum gain determined pursuant to Treas. Reg. § 1.704-2(d) and
Section 5.3 of this Appendix.
“Member
Nonrecourse Debt”
means
any “partner nonrecourse debt” as such term is defined in Treas. Reg.
§ 1.704-2(b)(4).
“Member
Nonrecourse Debt Minimum Gain”
means
minimum gain attributable to Member Nonrecourse Debt pursuant to Treas. Reg.
§
1.704-2(i)(3).
“Member
Nonrecourse Deduction”
means
any item of Book loss or deduction that is a partner nonrecourse deduction
within the meaning of Treas. Reg. § 1.704-2(i)(1) and (2).
“Member
Nonrecourse Distribution”
means
a
distribution to a Member that is allocable to a net increase in such Member’s
share of Member Nonrecourse Debt Minimum Gain pursuant to Treas. Reg. §
1.704-2(i)(6).
“Nonrecourse
Deduction”
means
a
nonrecourse deduction determined pursuant to Treas. Reg. § 1.704-2(b)(1) and
Treas. Reg. § 1.704-2(c).
“Nonrecourse
Distribution”
means
a
distribution to a Member that is allocable to a net increase in Joint Venture
Company Minimum Gain pursuant to Treas. Reg. § 1.704-2(h)(1).
“Regulatory
Allocation”
means
any allocation made pursuant to Section 3.2, 3.3, 3.4 or 3.5 of this
Appendix.
“Related
Person”
means,
with respect to a Member, a Person that is related to such Member pursuant
to
Treas. Reg. § 1.752-4(b).
“Revaluation
Event”
means
(i) a liquidation of the Joint Venture Company (within the meaning of Treas.
Reg. § 1.704-1(b)(2)(ii)(g) but not including a Deemed Liquidation); (ii) a
contribution of more than a de minimis amount of money or other property
to the
Joint Venture Company by a Member or a distribution of more than a de minimis
amount of money or other property to a retiring or continuing Member where
such
contribution or distribution alters the Sharing Interest of any Member; or
(iii)
the grant of an interest in the Joint Venture Company as consideration for
the
provision of services to or for the benefit of the Joint Venture
Company.
“Section
705(a)(2)(B) Expenditures”
means
nondeductible expenditures of the Joint Venture Company that are described
in
section 705(a)(2)(B) of the Code, and organization and syndication expenditures
and disallowed losses to the extent that such expenditures or losses are
treated
as expenditures described in section 705(a)(2)(B) of the Code pursuant to
Treas.
Reg. § 1.704-1(b)(2)(iv)(i).
“Section
751 Property”
means
unrealized receivables and substantially appreciated inventory items within
the
meaning of Treas. Reg. § 1.751-1(a)(1).
“Target
Balance”
means,
for any Member as of any date, the amount that would be distributable to
such
Member on such date pursuant to Section 5.1 of the Agreement if (i) all the
assets of the Company were sold for cash equal to their respective Book Values
as of such date, (ii) all liabilities of the Company (other than any liabilities
under outstanding Member Notes) were paid in full (except that in the case
of a
nonrecourse liability, such payment would be limited to the Book Value of
the
asset or assets securing such liability), and (iii) all remaining cash were
distributed to the Members pursuant to Section 5.1 (assuming, for this purpose,
that the holders of any Member Notes have converted such Member Notes
immediately prior to such distribution).
“Tax
Basis”
means,
with respect to any item of Joint Venture Company property, the adjusted
basis
of such property as determined in accordance with the Code.
“Treasury
Regulation”
or
“Treas.
Reg.”
means
the temporary or final regulation(s) promulgated pursuant to the Code by
the
U.S. Department of the Treasury, as amended, and any successor
regulation(s).
ARTICLE
2
CAPITAL
ACCOUNTS
2.1 Maintenance.
(A) A
single
Capital Account shall be maintained for each Member in accordance with this
Article 2.
(B) Each
Member’s Capital Account shall from time to time be increased by:
(i) |
the
amount of money contributed by such Member to the Joint Venture Company
in
accordance with the Agreement (including the amount of any Joint
Venture
Company liabilities which the Member is deemed to assume as provided
in
Treas. Reg. § 1.704-1(b)(2)(iv)(c), and including the principal amount
paid for any Member Notes, but excluding liabilities assumed in connection
with the distribution of Joint Venture Company property and excluding
increases in such Member’s share of Joint Venture Company liabilities
pursuant to section 752 of the Code);
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(ii) |
the
fair market value of property, as reasonably determined by the Board
of
Managers, contributed by such Member to the Joint Venture Company
(net of
any liabilities secured by such property that the Joint Venture Company
is
considered to assume or take subject to pursuant to section 752 of
the
Code); provided,
that for this purpose the fair market value of (A) the Lehi Property
contributed by Micron (net of liabilities) is equal to the value
set forth
with respect thereto on Appendix D
(it being understood that the [***]shall not be treated as property
for
purposes of this clause (ii)), and (B) the amount credited to the
Capital
Account of a Member with respect to any Capital Contribution taking
the
form of a contribution of a promissory note shall equal the principal
payments made by such Member with respect to such promissory note;
and,
provided,
further,
that nothing in this Appendix B shall be deemed to increase or limit
the
amount treated as a Capital Contribution for purposes other than
this
Appendix B;
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(iii) |
the
amount recognized as gross income by Micron with respect to the [***]as
described in Section 5.10 of this Appendix; and
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(iv) |
allocations
to such Member of Joint Venture Company Book income and gain (or
the
amount of any item or items of income or gain included
therein).
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(C) Each
Member’s Capital Account shall from time to time be reduced by:
(i) |
the
amount of money distributed to such Member by the Joint Venture
Company
(including the amount of such Member’s individual liabilities which the
Joint Venture Company is deemed to assume as provided in Treas.
Reg. §
1.704-1(b)(2)(iv)(c)), including the amount of any amount
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paid
or
accrued on any Member Note that is not treated as a guaranteed payment
pursuant
to Section 5.2 of this Appendix
B;
(ii) |
the
fair market value, as reasonably determined by the Board of Managers,
of
property distributed to such Member by the Joint Venture Company
(net of
any liabilities secured by such property that such Member is considered
to
assume or take subject to pursuant to section 752 of the Code);
and
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(iii) |
allocations
to such Member of Joint Venture Company Book loss and deduction (or
items
thereof);
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(D) The
Joint
Venture Company shall make such other adjustments to the Capital Accounts
of the
Members as are necessary to comply with the provisions of Treas. Reg. §
1.704-1(b)(2)(iv).
2.2 Revaluation
of Joint Venture Company Property.
(A) Upon
the
occurrence of a Revaluation Event, the Board of Managers may revalue all
Joint
Venture Company property (whether tangible or intangible) for Book purposes
to
reflect the Adjusted Fair Market Value of Joint Venture Company property
immediately prior to the Revaluation Event. In the event that Joint Venture
Company property is so revalued, the Capital Accounts of the Members shall
be
adjusted in accordance with Treas. Reg. § 1.704-1(b)(2)(iv)(f) as provided in
Section 3.1 of this Appendix.
(B) Upon
the
distribution of Joint Venture Company property to a Member, the property
to be
distributed shall be revalued for Book purposes to reflect the Adjusted Fair
Market Value of such property immediately prior to such distribution, and
the
Capital Accounts of all Members shall be adjusted in accordance with Treas.
Reg.
§ 1.704-1(b)(2)(iv)(e).
2.3 Transfers
of Interests.
Upon
the transfer of a Member’s entire interest in the Joint Venture Company in
accordance with Section 12.2 of the Agreement, the Capital Account of such
Member shall carry over to the transferee.
ARTICLE
3
ALLOCATION
OF BOOK INCOME AND LOSS
3.1 Book
Income And Loss.
(A) The
Book
income or loss of the Joint Venture Company for purposes of determining
allocations to the Capital Accounts of the Members shall be determined in
the
same manner as the determination of the Joint Venture Company’s taxable income,
except that (i) items that are required by section 703(a)(1) of the Code
to be
separately stated shall be included; (ii) items of income that are exempt
from
inclusion in gross income for federal income tax purposes shall be treated
as
Book income; (iii) Section 705(a)(2)(B) Expenditures shall be treated as
deductions; (iv) items of gain, loss, depreciation, amortization, or depletion
that would be computed for federal income tax purposes by reference to the
Tax
Basis of an item of Joint Venture Company property shall be determined by
reference to the Book Value of such item of
property
in accordance with Section 3.1(B) hereof; and (v) the effects of upward and
downward revaluations of Joint Venture Company property pursuant to Section
2.2
of this Appendix shall be treated as Book gain or loss respectively from
the
sale of such property.
(B) In
the
event that the Book Value of any item of Joint Venture Company property differs
from its Tax Basis, the amount of Book depreciation, depletion, or amortization
for a period with respect to such property shall be computed so as to bear
the
same relationship to the Book Value of such property as the depreciation,
depletion, or amortization computed for tax purposes with respect to such
property for such period bears to the Tax Basis of such property. If the
Tax
Basis of such property is zero, the Book depreciation, depletion, or
amortization with respect to such property shall be computed by using a method
consistent with the method that would be used for tax purposes if the Tax
Basis
of such property were greater than zero and the property were placed in service
on the date it is acquired by the Joint Venture Company.
(C) The
Book
income and loss of the Joint Venture Company for any taxable year shall be
allocated in such a manner as to cause the Adjusted Capital Account Balances
of
the Members as nearly as possible to equal their respective Target Balances
as
of the end of such taxable year.
3.2 Allocation
of Nonrecourse Deductions.
Notwithstanding any other provisions of the Agreement, Nonrecourse Deductions
shall be allocated among the Members in proportion to their respective Sharing
Interests as of the end of the taxable year in which such deductions
arise.
3.3 Allocation
of Member Nonrecourse Deductions.
Notwithstanding any other provisions of the Agreement, any item of Member
Nonrecourse Deduction with respect to a Member Nonrecourse Debt shall be
allocated to the Member or Members who bear the economic risk loss for such
Member Nonrecourse Debt in accordance with Treas. Reg. §
1.704-2(i).
3.4 Chargebacks
of Income And Gain.
Notwithstanding any other provisions of the Agreement:
(A) Joint
Venture Company Minimum Gain.
In the
event that there is a net decrease in Joint Venture Company Minimum Gain
for a
taxable year of the Joint Venture Company, then before any other allocations
are
made for such taxable year, each Member shall be allocated items of Book
income
and gain for such year (and, if necessary, for subsequent years) to the extent
provided by Treas. Reg. § 1.704-2(f).
(B) Member
Nonrecourse Debt Minimum Gain.
In the
event that there is a net decrease in Member Nonrecourse Debt Minimum Gain
for a
taxable year of the Joint Venture Company, then after taking into account
allocations pursuant to paragraph (a) immediately preceding, but before any
other allocations are made for such taxable year, each Member with a share
of
Member Nonrecourse Debt Minimum Gain at the beginning of such year shall
be
allocated items of Book income and gain for such year (and, if necessary,
for
subsequent years) to the extent provided by Treas. Reg. §
1.704-2(i)(4).
(C) [Reserved.]
(D) Qualified
Income Offset.
In the
event that any Member unexpectedly receives any Account Reduction Item that
results in an Excess Deficit Balance at the end of any taxable year after
taking
into account all other allocations and adjustments under this Agreement ,
then
items of Book income and gain for such year (and, if necessary, for subsequent
years) will be reallocated to each such Member in the amount and in the
proportions needed to eliminate such Excess Deficit Balance as quickly as
possible.
3.5 Reallocation
To Avoid Excess Deficit Balances.
Notwithstanding any other provisions of the Agreement, no Book loss or deduction
shall be allocated to any Member to the extent that such allocation would
cause
or increase an Excess Deficit Balance in the Capital Account of such Member.
Such Book loss or deduction shall be reallocated away from such Member and
to
the other Members in accordance with the Agreement, but only to the extent
that
such reallocation would not cause or increase Excess Deficit Balances in
the
Capital Accounts of such other Members.
3.6 Corrective
Allocation.
Subject
to the provisions of Sections 3.2, 3.3, 3.4, and 3.5 of this Appendix, but
notwithstanding any other provision of the Agreement, in the event that any
Regulatory Allocation is made pursuant to this Appendix for any taxable year,
then remaining Book items for such year (and, if necessary, Book items for
subsequent years) shall be allocated or reallocated in such amounts and
proportions as are appropriate to restore the Adjusted Capital Account Balances
of the Members to the position in which such Adjusted Capital Account Balances
would have been if such Regulatory Allocation had not been made. Adjustments
pursuant to this Section 3.6 shall only be made if such Regulatory Allocations
are not reasonably expected to be reversed with offsetting allocations in
subsequent taxable years. The Members intend that the allocations of Book
income
and loss pursuant to this Appendix shall result in Adjusted Capital Account
Balances of the Members, as of the end of each taxable year of the Joint
Venture
Company and after all allocations pursuant to this Appendix have been made,
equaling their Target Balances. This Appendix shall be interpreted in a manner
consistent with such intent.
3.7 Other
Allocations.
(A) If
during
any taxable year of the Joint Venture Company there is a change in any Member’s
interest in the Joint Venture Company, allocations of Book income or loss
for
such taxable year shall take into account the varying interests of the Members
in the Joint Venture Company in a manner consistent with the requirements
of
Section 706 of the Code and Section 5.2(B) hereof.
(B) If
and to
the extent that any distribution of Section 751 Property to a Member in exchange
for the distributee Member’s interest in property other than Section 751
Property is treated as a sale or exchange of such Section 751 Property by
the
Joint Venture Company pursuant to Treas. Reg. § 1.751-1(b)(2), any Book gain or
loss attributable to such deemed sale or exchange shall be allocated only
to
Members other than the distributee Member in a manner consistent with such
Treasury Regulation.
(C) If
and to
the extent that any distribution of property other than Section 751 Property
to
a Member in exchange for the distributee Member’s interest in Section 751
Property is
treated
as a sale or exchange of such other property by the Joint Venture Company
pursuant to Treas. Reg. § 1.751-1(b)(3), any Book gain or loss attributable to
such deemed sale or exchange shall be allocated only to Members other than
the
distributee Member in a manner consistent with such Treasury
Regulation.
ARTICLE
4
ALLOCATION
OF TAX ITEMS
4.1 In
General.
Except
as otherwise provided in this Article 4, all items of income, gain, loss,
and
deduction shall be allocated among the Members for federal income tax purposes
in the same manner as the corresponding allocation for Book
purposes.
4.2 Section
704(c) Allocations.
(A) In
the
event that the Book Value of an item of Joint Venture Company property differs
from its Tax Basis, allocations of depreciation, depletion, amortization,
gain,
and loss with respect to such property will be made for federal income tax
purposes in a manner that takes account of the variation between the Tax
Basis
and Book Value of such property in accordance with section 704(c)(1)(A) of
the
Code and Treas. Reg. § 1.704-1(b)(4)(i). The Board of Managers may select as the
method for making such allocations, either the method described in Treas.
Reg. §
1.704-3(c) or (d); provided,
however,
that the
method selected for any asset shall be one that minimizes the effect of the
“ceiling rule” on allocations to the Member that did not contribute such asset.
(B) For
purposes of complying with Section 263A of the Code, depreciation, amortization
and cost recovery deductions of the Joint Venture Company that are included
in
the capitalized cost of the Joint Venture Company’s inventory shall be
determined based on the Book Values of the Joint Venture Company’s assets, and
any difference between such amounts and the corresponding amounts as computed
for U.S. federal income tax purposes shall be allocated separately to the
Members pursuant to Section 704(c) of the Code.
4.3 Tax
Credits.
Tax
credits shall be allocated among the Members in accordance with Treas. Reg.
§
1.704-1(b)(4)(ii).
ARTICLE
5
OTHER
TAX MATTERS
5.1 Excess
Nonrecourse Liabilities.
For the
purpose of determining the Members’ shares of the Joint Venture Company’s Excess
Nonrecourse Liabilities pursuant to Treas. Reg. §§ 1.752-3(a)(3) and
1.707-5(a)(2)(ii), and solely for such purpose, the Members’ interests in
profits are hereby specified to be their respective Sharing
Interests.
5.2 Treatment
of Loan Transactions.
(A) The
Members agree that amounts outstanding under Member Notes (which for purposes
of
this Appendix B includes amounts outstanding under loans made pursuant to
Section 2.3(H) of the Agreement) shall be treated for federal and
applicable state income tax purposes as equity and not as debt for U.S. federal
income tax purposes. To the extent a Non-
Funding
Member makes a Make-Up Contribution together with accrued interest, such
interest (solely for purposes of this Appendix B) shall be treated as a capital
contribution, the payment of such interest to the Funding Member on the related
Member Note shall be treated as a guaranteed payment pursuant to Section
707(c)
of the Code, and the deduction of the Joint Venture Company in respect of
such
guaranteed payment shall be specially allocated to the Non-Funding Member.
To
the extent accrued interest on a Member Note has not been paid as of the
end of
a taxable year of the Joint Venture Company, the Members shall consult with
each
other to determine the appropriate income tax treatment of such accrued
interest, and if they are unable to agree on such treatment the dispute
resolution provisions of Section 10.6(B) shall apply.
(B) Upon
a
change in the Members’ Sharing Interests, the Members agree that the Capital
Accounts of the Members shall be adjusted so that to the greatest extent
possible, but consistent with the goal of minimizing the adverse tax
consequences to the Member whose interest increased (as reasonably determined
by
such Member)(other than adverse consequences resulting solely from receiving
allocations of income or loss in accordance with its revised Sharing Interest),
the Adjusted Capital Account Balances of the Members will equal their Target
Balances immediately following the conversion.
5.3 Treatment
of Certain Distributions.
(A)
In the
event that (i) the Joint Venture Company makes a distribution that would
(but
for this Subsection (A)) be treated as a Nonrecourse Distribution; and (ii)
such
distribution does not cause or increase a deficit balance in the Capital
Account
of the Member receiving such distribution as of the end of the Joint Venture
Company’s taxable year in which such distribution occurs; then the Board of
Managers may treat such distribution as not constituting a Nonrecourse
Distribution to the extent permitted by Treas. Reg. §
1.704-2(h)(3).
(B) In
the
event that (i) the Joint Venture Company makes a distribution that would
(but
for this Subsection (B)) be treated as a Member Nonrecourse Distribution;
and
(ii) such distribution does not cause or increase a deficit balance in the
Capital Account of the Member receiving such distribution as of the end of
the
Joint Venture Company’s taxable year in which such distribution occurs; then the
Board of Managers may treat such distribution as not constituting a Member
Nonrecourse Distribution to the extent permitted by Treas. Reg. §
1.704-2(i)(6).
5.4 Reduction
of Basis.
In the
event that a Member’s interest in the Joint Venture Company may be treated in
whole or in part as depreciable property for purposes of reducing such Member’s
basis in such interest pursuant to section 1017(b)(3)(C) of the Code, the
Board
of Managers may, upon the request of such Member, make a corresponding reduction
in the basis of its depreciable property with respect to such Member. Such
request shall be submitted to the Joint Venture Company in writing, and shall
include such information as may be reasonably required in order to effect
such
reduction in basis. The costs of the Joint Venture Company in making and
implementing any such adjustments shall be borne by the Member making such
request.
5.5 Entity
Classification.
Neither
the Joint Venture Company nor any Member shall file or cause to be filed
any
election, the effect of which would be to cause the Joint Venture
Company
to be classified as other than a partnership for federal income tax purposes,
without the prior written consent of all Members.
5.6 Unified
Audit Election.
The
Joint Venture Company will elect, pursuant to section 6231(a)(1)(B)(ii) of
the
Code, to be subject to the unified audit rules of sections 6221-6234 of the
Code, and all Members agree to sign such election.
5.7 Application
of Section 707(b) of the Code.
For
purposes of determining the Members’ respective interests in capital or profits
of the Joint Venture Company under Section 707(b) of the Code, the Members
agree
that, unless otherwise agreed in writing, such interests shall be computed
as of
each date of determination as follows: (a) the Joint Venture Company shall
be
deemed to have a hypothetical taxable year that began with the beginning
of its
actual taxable year including such date of determination and ended as of
such
date of determination, with a closing of the Joint Venture Company’s books as of
such date (provided that deductions such as depreciation, amortization and
the
like that are computed on an annual basis shall be prorated on a daily basis
so
as to take into account only the portion attributable to the period up to
that
date), (b) the interests in profits of each Member as of such date shall
equal
the percentage of Book income or loss (excluding amounts, if any, required
to be
disregarded for purposes of applying Section 707(b) of the Code) that would
have been allocated to each Member for such hypothetical taxable year, and
(c) the capital interests of the Members as of such date shall equal the
percentage of the total Capital Accounts of each Member as of such date,
after
adjustment to reflect the items described in Section 2.1(B), (C) and (D)
of this
Appendix
B
treated
as occurring during such hypothetical taxable year.
5.8 Section
754 Election.
The
Joint Venture Company shall make or seek the revocation of, as applicable,
an
election under Section 754 of the Code with respect to the Joint Venture
Company
upon request of any Member whose Percentage Interest as of the end of any
taxable year of the Joint Venture Company exceeds its Percentage Interest
as of
the Effective Date.
5.9 Imputed
Income.
If a
Member is deemed for applicable income tax purposes to have received income
from
the Joint Venture Company as a result of one or more transactions that were
not
treated by the Joint Venture Company as giving rise to income to such Member,
the Joint Venture Company shall make such adjustments to its allocations
as are
necessary so that, as closely as possible, such Member is placed in the same
tax
position as if such income was not deemed to have been recognized, provided
that
such adjustments shall not result in consequences to the other Member that
are
significantly more adverse to such other Member than if the position originally
taken by the Joint Venture Company were upheld.
5.10 Treatment
of MTV Lease and Boise Supply Agreement.
(A) The
Members agree that the issuance of Joint Venture Company interests to Micron
in
exchange for the MTV Lease and the Boise Supply Agreement shall be treated
for
U.S. federal income tax purposes as taxable prepaid rent and as a taxable
payment for services, respectively, by the Joint Venture Company to Micron
and
not as a contribution of property by Micron to the Joint Venture Company,
in
each case for the amount ascribed on Appendix D to such item. Consequently,
the
Members agree that Micron shall recognize income, and the Joint
Venture
Company shall have an initial tax basis, for U.S. federal income tax purposes
equal to such amounts. The Members further agree that the Joint Venture
Company’s initial tax basis in such amounts shall equal the income so
recognized, and that such basis shall be amortized pursuant to Treas. Reg.
§ 1.167(a)-14 over the initial terms of such agreements.
(B) The
Members further agree that if the treatment described in subsection (A) above
ultimately is determined not to be the proper treatment for either of such
items, the Members shall make such adjustments to the determination and
allocation of the Joint Venture Company’s items of income, gain, loss or
deduction as are necessary (to the extent possible) to place the Members
in the
same tax position as if such treatment were respected.
5.11 Tax
Accounting Methods.
To the
extent permitted by applicable law, the Joint Venture Company shall implement
such tax elections that to the greatest extent possible result in the Joint
Venture Company's cost of goods sold for purposes of determining the Joint
Venture Company's Book income or loss equaling the sum of (a) "Cost" as such
term is defined in the Supply Agreements, plus (b) any additional amounts
included in the "amount realized" by the Joint Venture Company upon the sale
of
products to Intel and Micron, respectively.
5.12 No
Indemnity for Tax Consequences.
Neither
of the Members nor the Joint Venture Company shall be responsible for the
income
tax consequences to the other Members resulting from this Appendix or the
Agreement; provided,
however, that the Members shall reasonably cooperate as requested in order
to
effectuate the intent of this Appendix, although such cooperation shall not
require either Member to incur significant additional costs that are not
reimbursed by the requesting Member.
5.13 Precedent
Agreements.
Amounts
paid to Micron pursuant to the Precedent Agreement to Joint Venture, dated
September 27, 2005, and the Second Precedent Agreement to Joint Venture,
dated
November 18, 2005, in each case by and between Micron and Intel, shall be
treated as reimbursements to Micron of preformation expenditures as provided
in
Treas. Reg. § 1.707-4(d).
5.14 Conflicts
with Agreement.
In the
event of any conflict between the terms of this Appendix B and any provision
of
the Agreement, the terms of this Appendix B shall govern.
APPENDIX
C
IM
FLASH TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
INITIAL
MANAGERS
The
initial Managers appointed by Intel will be:
Leslie
S.
Culbertson
Thomas
R.
Franz
Brian
L.
Harrison
The
initial Managers appointed by Micron will be:
D.
Mark
Durcan
Brian
J.
Shields
W.G.
Stover, Jr.
APPENDIX
D
IM
FLASH TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
INITIAL
CAPITAL CONTRIBUTIONS
Intel
Initial Capital Contribution
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The
Initial Capital Contribution of Intel is $1,196,176,471, payable
as
follows:
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Intel
Initial Contributed Assets:
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Cash
(to be delivered [***])
|
$[***]
|
Cash
(to be delivered [***])
(the “Intel
Additional Cash”)
|
$[***]
|
Promissory
Note substantially in the form attached hereto as Attachment D-1
in the
amount of $[***]
(representing funds to be delivered [***]
the Joint Venture Company).
|
$[***]
|
Cash
in the amount of $[***]
(to be delivered to the Joint Venture Company upon certification
from Micron (and Micron shall make reasonable efforts to provide
at least
ten (10) Business Days’ notice of such pending certification), not
contested by the Joint Venture Company after reasonable review
and within
10 Business Days of the Joint Venture Company’s receipt of Micron’s
certification, that construction is complete and the [***] Fab
is ready
for [***]).
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$[***]
|
Total
Intel Initial Capital Contribution (deemed to be contributed to
the Joint
Venture Company in full as of the Effective Date)
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$1,196,176,471
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If
a Liquidating Event occurs prior to the delivery in full of such
Initial
Capital Contribution, all undelivered cash and amounts represented
by
Promissory Notes shall be delivered promptly after the occurrence
of such
Liquidating Event; provided, however, that if the construction
and
readiness for [***]
at the [***]
Fab referred to in the provisions of this Appendix D of the Micron
Initial Capital Contribution is not complete at the time of such
Liquidating Event, only a portion of the $[***]
described above shall be delivered, which portion shall be proportionate
to the percentage of completion of such construction as determined
by the
Members in good faith.
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|
Micron
Initial Capital Contribution
|
|
The
Initial Capital Contribution of Micron is $1,245,000,000, payable
as
follows:
|
Micron
Initial Contributed Assets:
|
|
Cash
(to be delivered [***])
(the “Micron
Additional Cash”)
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$250,000,000
|
Lehi
Property (pursuant to entry into the Lehi Lease (which is treated
as a
transfer of property for federal income tax purposes as described
in the
Lehi Lease) and delivery of the Lehi Bill of Conveyance and all
rights of
Micron under express or implied warranties or indemnities from
third
parties with respect to the Lehi Property
|
Value
$[***]
|
Prepaid
Rent on [***], as follows:
|
|
On
the Effective Date
|
Value
$[***]
|
Upon
certification
from Micron (and Micron shall make reasonable efforts to provide
at least
ten (10) Business Days’ notice of such pending certification), not
contested by the Joint Venture Company after reasonable review
and within
10 Business Days of the Joint Venture Company’s receipt of Micron’s
certification, that construction is complete and the [***] Fab
is ready
for [***]
|
Value
$[***]
|
Boise
Supply Agreement Prepay
|
Value
$[***]
|
Total
Micron Initial Capital Contribution (deemed to be contributed to
the Joint
Venture Company in full as of the Effective Date)
|
Value
$1,245,000,000
|
If
a Liquidating Event occurs prior to the delivery in full of such
Initial
Capital Contribution, (a) all undelivered cash and amounts shall
be
delivered promptly after the occurrence of such Liquidating Event
and (b)
if the construction and readiness for [***]
at the [***]
Fab referred to in the provisions of this Appendix D of the Micron
Initial Capital Contribution is not complete at the time of such
Liquidating Event, a portion of the $[***]
described above shall be deemed contributed, which portion shall
be
proportionate to the percentage of completion of such construction
as
determined by the Members in good faith.
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ATTACHMENT
D-1
FORM
OF
INITIAL
CONTRIBUTION NOTE
THIS
NOTE
HAS NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE
“ACT”),
OR
UNDER THE SECURITIES LAWS OF ANY STATES. THIS NOTE HAS BEEN ISSUED IN RELIANCE
UPON THE REPRESENTATION OF THE HOLDER THAT IT HAS BEEN ACQUIRED FOR INVESTMENT
PURPOSES AND NOT WITH A VIEW TOWARDS THE RESALE OR OTHER DISTRIBUTION THEREOF.
THIS NOTE MAY NOT BE TRANSFERRED OR RESOLD.
INTEL
CORPORATION
PROMISSORY
NOTE
|
No.:
[____________]
|
Principal
Amount: $[____________]
|
Location:
[____________]
|
Date
of Issuance: [____________]
|
|
FOR
VALUE
RECEIVED, Intel Corporation, a Delaware corporation (“Intel”),
promises to pay to IM Flash Technologies, LLC, a Delaware limited liability
company (the “Joint
Venture Company”),
the
principal sum of [_________________________________________] Dollars
($[_______________]) in accordance with Section 2 of this Promissory Note
(this
“Note”).
This
Note
is delivered as a Capital Contribution to the Joint Venture Company pursuant
to
Section 2.1(A) of the Amended and Restated Limited Liability Company
Operating Agreement, dated February 27, 2007, of the Joint Venture Company
(the
“Operating
Agreement”)
and is
issued under and subject to the terms, provisions and conditions of the
Operating Agreement. Capitalized terms used in this Note and not defined
shall
have the meanings set forth in the Operating Agreement.
1. TERM.
(a) This
Note
shall remain outstanding until the payment of the entire principal balance
of
this Note (such unpaid principal balance at any given time is referred to
a the
“Outstanding
Balance”).
2. PAYMENTS.
Payments
of the Outstanding Balance shall become due and payable by Intel to the Joint
Venture Company (a) in whole or in part on the tenth Business Day following
written notice by the Lead Controller of the Joint Venture Company sent to
Intel
that such amounts are necessary for the operation of the Joint Venture Company
in accordance with the then-effective Approved Business Plan; and (b) in
whole
upon the liquidation of the Joint Venture Company in accordance with
Article 13 of the Operating Agreement.
3. MISCELLANEOUS.
3.1 This
Note
shall be construed and enforced in accordance with and governed by the laws
of
the State of Delaware without giving effect to the principles of conflict
of
laws thereof.
3.2 The
titles, captions and headings of this Note are provided for convenience of
reference only and shall not be deemed to constitute a part of this Note.
Unless
otherwise specifically stated, all references herein to “sections” and
“appendices” will mean “sections” and “appendices” to this Note.
3.3 All
notices to the Joint Venture Company shall be sent addressed to the Authorized
Officers, or the Chief Executive Officer, as applicable, of the Joint Venture
Company at the Joint Venture Company’s principal place of business. All notices
to Intel shall be addressed to Intel at the address as may be specified by
Intel
from time to time in a notice to the Joint Venture Company. Notwithstanding
the
foregoing, the initial notice addresses for the Joint Venture Company and
Intel
are set forth below. All notices are effective the next day, if sent by
recognized overnight courier or facsimile, or five (5) days after deposit
in the
United States mail, postage prepaid, properly addressed and return receipt
requested.
To
the Joint Venture Company:
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To
Intel:
|
IM
Flash Technologies, LLC
1550
East 3400 North
Lehi,
Utah 84043
|
2200
Mission College Blvd.
Mailstop
SC4-203
Santa
Clara, CA 95054
|
|
|
Fax
Number: (801) 767-5370
|
Fax
Number: (408)
653-8050
|
|
|
|
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3.4 This
Note
may be executed in several counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an
original, but all of which together shall constitute one and the same
instrument.
3.5 Should
any provision of this Note be deemed in contradiction with the laws of any
jurisdiction in which it is to be performed or unenforceable for any reason,
such provision shall be deemed null and void, but this Note shall remain
in full
force in all other respects and the parties hereto shall negotiate in good
faith
appropriate modifications to this Note that most nearly effects the parties’
intent in entering into this Note.
3.6 Intel
hereby waives presentment, demand, protest, notice of dishonor, diligence
and
all other notices, any release or discharge arising from any extension of
time,
discharge of a prior party, release of any or all of any security given from
time to time for this Note, or other cause of release or discharge other
than
actual payment in full hereof.
3.7 It
is
expressly agreed that if this Note is referred to an attorney or if suit
is
brought to collect or interpret this Note or any part hereof or to enforce
or
protect any rights conferred upon the Joint Venture Company by this Note
or any
other document evidencing this Note, then
Intel
promises and agrees to pay all costs, including attorneys’ fees, incurred by the
Joint Venture Company.
3.8 In
the
event of any conflict between the provisions of the Operating Agreement and
this
Note, the provisions of the Operating Agreement shall control.
IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, Intel has executed this Note as of the date first above
written.
INTEL
CORPORATION
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|
|
By:________________________________
|
|
Name:______________________________
|
|
Title:_______________________________
|
ACKNOWLEDGED
AND ACCEPTED:
|
|
IM
FLASH TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
|
|
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By:________________________________
|
|
Name:______________________________
|
|
Title:_______________________________
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SIGNATURE
PAGE TO
PROMISSORY
NOTE
ISSUED
BY
INTEL CORPORATION
TO
IM
FLASH TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
APPENDIX
E
Intentionally
Omitted.
EXHIBIT
A
FORM
OF
MANDATORY
NOTE
NEITHER
THIS NOTE NOR ANY INTEREST IN THE JOINT VENTURE COMPANY (AS DEFINED BELOW)
THAT
MAY BE ACQUIRED UPON CONVERSION OF THIS NOTE HAS BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE
SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE “ACT”),
OR
UNDER THE SECURITIES LAWS OF ANY STATES. THIS NOTE HAS BEEN ISSUED IN RELIANCE
UPON THE REPRESENTATION OF THE HOLDER THAT IT HAS BEEN ACQUIRED FOR INVESTMENT
PURPOSES AND NOT WITH A VIEW TOWARDS THE RESALE OR OTHER DISTRIBUTION THEREOF.
THIS NOTE AND ANY INTEREST IN THE JOINT VENTURE COMPANY ACQUIRED UPON CONVERSION
OF THIS NOTE ARE SUBJECT TO RESTRICTIONS ON TRANSFERABILITY AND RESALE AND
MAY
NOT BE TRANSFERRED OR RESOLD UNLESS PERMITTED UNDER SECTIONS 12.2 OR 12.5
OF THE
AMENDED AND RESTATED LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY OPERATING AGREEMENT, DATED
FEBRUARY 27, 2007, OF THE JOINT VENTURE COMPANY AND THEN ONLY PURSUANT TO
REGISTRATION OR EXEMPTION THEREFROM AS PERMITTED UNDER THE ACT AND APPLICABLE
STATE SECURITIES LAWS. INVESTORS SHOULD BE AWARE THAT THEY MAY BE REQUIRED
TO
BEAR THE FINANCIAL RISKS OF THIS INVESTMENT FOR AN INDEFINITE PERIOD OF TIME.
IM
FLASH TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
REDEEMABLE
NOTE
|
No.:
_________
|
Principal
Amount: $[____________]
|
Location:
[____________]
|
Date
of Issuance: [____________]
|
Maturity
Date: [____________]
|
FOR
VALUE
RECEIVED, IM Flash Technologies, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company
(the
“Joint
Venture Company”),
promises to pay to [____________], a Delaware corporation (the “Funding
Member”),
or
such Wholly-Owned Subsidiary of the Funding Member as the Funding Member
may
designate, the principal sum of [____________] Dollars ($[____________])
and to
pay interest on the outstanding principal of this Convertible Promissory
Note
(this “Note”),
in
accordance with Section 2 of this Note.
This
Note
is delivered in exchange for Member Debt Financing received from the Funding
Member pursuant to Section 3.1 of the Amended and Restated Limited
Liability Company Operating Agreement, dated February 27, 2007, of the Joint
Venture Company (the “Operating
Agreement”)
and is
issued under and subject to the terms, provisions and conditions of the
Operating Agreement. Reference is hereby made to the Operating Agreement
for a
full statement of the respective rights, limitations of rights and duties
of the
Joint Venture Company, the Funding Member and [____________], a Delaware
corporation (the “Non-Funding
Member”)
and
the terms under which this Note is issued and delivered. Capitalized terms
used
in this Note and not defined shall have the meanings set forth in the Operating
Agreement. This
Note
may
be one of a series of Notes issued pursuant to Section 3.1 of the Operating
Agreement. This Note is [a Mandatory Shortfall Note] [a Mandatory Equalization
Note].
1. TERM.
(a) Subject
to paragraph (b) below, from and after the date that is [***] after the date
of
this Note (the “Maturity
Date”),
the
Funding Member shall elect to either:
(i) convert
this Note in accordance with Section 4 below; or
(ii) permit
this Note to remain outstanding (in which case this Note shall become a
Continuing Mandatory Note) with the Maturity Date being the Liquidation Date
(the Maturity Date as so extended, the “Extended
Maturity Date”).
In
the
event that the Funding Member fails to make an election under clause (i)
or
clause (ii) above, the Funding Member shall be deemed to have elected to
permit this Note to remain outstanding in accordance with clause (ii)
above, and this Note and the related Mandatory [Equalization][Shortfall]
Note,
shall automatically become a Continuing Mandatory Note.
(b) Subject
to Section 4 below, upon the date of the first distribution under Section
13.13(C) of the Operating Agreement, the Outstanding Balance, plus all accrued
and unpaid interest thereon, shall become due.
2. INTEREST.
[Mandatory
Equalization Note:
[***]]
[Mandatory
Shortfall Note:
As
provided in the Operating Agreement, interest on the unpaid principal balance
of
this Note (such unpaid principal balance at any given time is referred to
as the
“Outstanding
Balance”)
will
accrue as follows:
(a) For
the
[***] after the issue date of this Note, interest will accrue at the [***]
(as
reported in the [***]), as in effect on the issue date of this Note and adjusted
every [***], plus [***] ([***]) basis points, per annum, compounded [***],
calculated on the basis of a 360 day year and actual days elapsed.
(b) For
the
period starting on the day after the [***] anniversary of the issue date
of this
Note through the Maturity Date, interest will accrue at the [***] (as reported
in the [***]), as in effect on the [***] anniversary of the issue date of
this
Note and adjusted every [***], per annum, compounded [***], calculated on
the
basis of a 360 day year and actual days elapsed.
(c) [***]
will accrue on the Outstanding Balance from the Maturity Date until this
Note is
converted or redeemed in full.]
All
payments received shall be applied first against costs of collection and
enforcement (if any), then against accrued and unpaid interest, and then
against
principal.
3. PREPAYMENT.
The Joint Venture Company shall prepay, without premium or penalty, this
Note
if, as and to the extent required by the Operating Agreement, but only upon
written notice executed by the chief executive officer of the holder of this
Note.
4. CONVERSION.
(a) At
any
time, and from time to time, from the Maturity Date through the Extended
Maturity Date, the Funding Member may, at its election, transfer to the Joint
Venture Company as a Capital Contribution all or a portion of the Outstanding
Balance plus all accrued and unpaid interest thereon and such amount shall
be
added to the Capital Contribution Balance of the Funding Member (a “Conversion”).
(b) If
the
Outstanding Balance plus all accrued and unpaid interest thereon shall become
due as set forth in Section 1(b) above, (i) the Funding Member may elect to
make a Conversion in full, but not in part, of the Outstanding Balance plus
all
accrued and unpaid interest thereon or (ii) if the Funding Member does not
so
elect, a Conversion of the Outstanding Balance plus all accrued and unpaid
interest thereon (in full, but not in part) may be effected in accordance
with
Section 13.13(B) of the Operating Agreement.
(c) Upon
the
occurrence of an Event of Default under Section 5 below, the Funding Member
may,
in addition to the remedies set forth in Section 6 below, elect to make a
Conversion.
5. DEFAULT.
The occurrence of any one or more of the following events, acts or occurrences
shall constitute an event of default (each an “Event
of Default”):
(a) failure
by the Joint Venture Company to pay any principal of or interest on this
Note as
and when required by the Operating Agreement or the terms hereof, unless
the
Funding Member makes an election under Section 1(a) hereof; and
(b) (i)
the
entry of a decree or order for relief of the Joint Venture Company by a court
of
competent jurisdiction in any involuntary case involving the Joint Venture
Company under any bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar law now or hereafter
in effect; (ii) the appointment of a receiver, liquidator, assignee, custodian,
trustee, sequestrator or other similar agent for the Joint Venture Company
or
for any substantial part of the Joint Venture Company’s assets or property;
(iii) the ordering of the winding up or liquidation of the Joint Venture
Company’s affairs; (iv) the filing with respect to the Joint Venture Company of
a petition in any such involuntary bankruptcy case, which petition remains
undismissed for a period of sixty (60) days or which is dismissed or suspended
pursuant to Section 305 of the Federal Bankruptcy Code (or any corresponding
provision of any future United States bankruptcy law); (v) the commencement
by
the Joint Venture Company of a voluntary case under any bankruptcy, insolvency
or other similar law now or hereafter in effect; (vi) the consent by the
Joint
Venture Company to the entry of an order for relief in an involuntary case
under
any such law or to the appointment of or taking possession by a receiver,
liquidator, assignee, trustee, custodian, sequestrator or other similar agent
for the Joint Venture Company or for any substantial part of the Joint Venture
Company’s assets or property; or (vii) the making by the Joint Venture Company
of any general assignment for the benefit of creditors.
6. REMEDIES.
If an Event of Default occurs, the Funding Member may, at its election, (a)
elect to make a Conversion in accordance with Section 4 above, (b) accelerate
repayment of the Outstanding Balance, in which case the Outstanding Balance
plus
all accrued and unpaid interest
thereon
shall be due and payable immediately, and (c) pursue a claim for payment
of the
amounts required to be paid under the Operating Agreement or this
Note.
7. MISCELLANEOUS.
7.1 This
Note
shall be construed and enforced in accordance with and governed by the laws
of
the State of Delaware without giving effect to the principles of conflict
of
laws thereof.
7.2 The
titles, captions and headings of this Note are provided for convenience of
reference only and shall not be deemed to constitute a part of this Note.
Unless
otherwise specifically stated, all references herein to “sections” and
“appendices” will mean “sections” and “appendices” to this Note.
7.3 All
notices to the Joint Venture Company shall be sent addressed to the Authorized
Officers, or the Chief Executive Officer, as applicable, of the Joint Venture
Company at the Joint Venture Company’s principal place of business. All notices
to the Funding Member or the Non-Funding Member shall be sent addressed to
such
Member at the address as may be specified by Members from time to time in
a
notice to the Joint Venture Company. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the initial
notice addresses for the Joint Venture Company and the Members are set forth
below. All notices are effective the next day, if sent by recognized overnight
courier or facsimile, or five (5) days after deposit in the United States
mail,
postage prepaid, properly addressed and return receipt requested.
To
the Joint Venture Company:
|
To
the Funding Member:
|
[____________]
|
[____________]
|
[____________]
|
[____________]
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[____________]
|
[____________]
|
[____________]
|
[____________]
|
|
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Fax
Number: [____________]
|
Fax
Number: [____________]
|
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7.4 No
delay
or omission to exercise any right, power or remedy accruing to the Funding
Member, upon any breach or default of the Joint Venture Company under this
Note,
shall impair any such right, power or remedy of the Funding Member nor shall
it
be construed to be a waiver of any such breach or default, or an acquiescence
therein, or of any similar breach of default thereafter occurring or any
waiver
of any other breach or default theretofore or thereafter occurring. The
acceptance at any time by the Funding Member of any past-due amount shall
not be
deemed to be a waiver of the right to require prompt payment when due of
any
other amounts then or thereafter due and payable. Any waiver, permit, consent
or
approval of any kind or character on the part of the Funding Member of any
breach of default under this Note or any waiver on the part of the Funding
Member of any provisions or conditions of this Note, must be in writing and
shall be effective only to the extent specifically set forth in such writing.
All
other
remedies provided for in this Note shall be exclusive and shall be in lieu
of
any other remedies that the Funding Member may have in respect of this Note,
at
law or in equity.
7.5 This
Note
may be executed in several counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an
original, but all of which together shall constitute one and the same
instrument.
7.6 Should
any provision of this Note be deemed in contradiction with the laws of any
jurisdiction in which it is to be performed or unenforceable for any reason,
such provision shall be deemed null and void, but this Note shall remain
in full
force in all other respects and the parties hereto shall negotiate in good
faith
appropriate modifications to this Note that most nearly effects the parties’
intent in entering into this Note.
7.7 The
Joint
Venture Company hereby waives presentment, demand, protest, notice of dishonor,
diligence and all other notices, any release or discharge arising from any
extension of time, discharge of a prior party, release of any or all of any
security given from time to time for this Note, or other cause of release
or
discharge other than actual payment in full hereof.
7.8 The
Funding Member shall not be deemed, by any act or omission, to have waived
any
of its rights or remedies hereunder unless such waiver is in writing and
signed
by the Funding Member and then only to the extent specifically set forth
in such
writing. A waiver with reference to one event shall not be construed as
continuing or as a bar to or waiver of any right or remedy as to a subsequent
event.
7.9 Time
is
of the essence hereof.
7.10 It
is
expressly agreed that if this Note is referred to an attorney or if suit
is
brought to collect or interpret this Note or any part hereof or to enforce
or
protect any rights conferred upon the Funding Member by this Note or any
other
document evidencing this Note, then the Joint Venture Company promises and
agrees to pay all costs, including attorneys’ fees, incurred by the Funding
Member.
7.11 If
any
provisions of this Note would require the Joint Venture Company to pay interest
hereon at a rate exceeding the highest rate allowed by applicable law, the
Joint
Venture Company shall instead pay interest under this Note at the highest
rate
permitted by applicable law.
7.12 In
the
event of any conflict between the provisions of the Operating Agreement and
this
Note, the provisions of the Operating Agreement shall control.
IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, the Joint Venture Company has executed this Note as of the
date
first above written.
IM
FLASH TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
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By:__________________________
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Name:________________________
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Title:_________________________
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ACKNOWLEDGED
AND ACCEPTED:
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[____________],
the Funding Member
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By:___________________________
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Name:_________________________
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Title:__________________________
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SIGNATURE
PAGE TO
PROMISSORY
NOTE
ISSUED
BY
IM FLASH TECHNOLOGIES
TO
[____________]
EXHIBIT
B
FORM
OF
OPTIONAL
[***] NOTE
NEITHER
THIS NOTE NOR ANY INTEREST IN THE JOINT VENTURE COMPANY (AS DEFINED BELOW)
THAT
MAY BE ACQUIRED UPON CONVERSION OF THIS NOTE HAS BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE
SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE “ACT”),
OR
UNDER THE SECURITIES LAWS OF ANY STATES. THIS NOTE HAS BEEN ISSUED IN RELIANCE
UPON THE REPRESENTATION OF THE HOLDER THAT IT HAS BEEN ACQUIRED FOR INVESTMENT
PURPOSES AND NOT WITH A VIEW TOWARDS THE RESALE OR OTHER DISTRIBUTION THEREOF.
THIS NOTE AND ANY INTEREST IN THE JOINT VENTURE COMPANY ACQUIRED UPON CONVERSION
OF THIS NOTE ARE SUBJECT TO RESTRICTIONS ON TRANSFERABILITY AND RESALE AND
MAY
NOT BE TRANSFERRED OR RESOLD UNLESS PERMITTED UNDER SECTIONS 12.2 OR 12.5
OF THE
AMENDED AND RESTATED LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY OPERATING AGREEMENT, DATED
FEBRUARY 27, 2007, OF THE JOINT VENTURE COMPANY AND THEN ONLY PURSUANT TO
REGISTRATION OR EXEMPTION THEREFROM AS PERMITTED UNDER THE ACT AND APPLICABLE
STATE SECURITIES LAWS. INVESTORS SHOULD BE AWARE THAT THEY MAY BE REQUIRED
TO
BEAR THE FINANCIAL RISKS OF THIS INVESTMENT FOR AN INDEFINITE PERIOD OF TIME.
IM
FLASH TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
REDEEMABLE
NOTE
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No.:
_________
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Principal
Amount: $[____________]
|
Location:
[____________]
|
Date
of Issuance: [____________]
|
Maturity
Date: [____________]
|
FOR
VALUE
RECEIVED, IM Flash Technologies, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company
(the
“Joint
Venture Company”),
promises to pay to [____________], a Delaware corporation (the “Funding
Member”),
or
such Wholly-Owned Subsidiary of the Funding Member as the Funding Member
may
designate, the principal sum of [____________] Dollars ($[____________])
and to
pay interest on the outstanding principal of this Convertible Promissory
Note
(this “Note”),
in
accordance with Section 2 of this Note.
This
Note
is delivered in exchange for Member Debt Financing received from the Funding
Member pursuant to Section 3.2 of the Amended and Restated Limited
Liability Company Operating Agreement, dated February 27, 2007, of the
Joint Venture Company (the “Operating
Agreement”)
and is
issued under and subject to the terms, provisions and conditions of the
Operating Agreement. Reference is hereby made to the Operating Agreement
for a
full statement of the respective rights, limitations of rights and duties
of the
Joint Venture Company, the Funding Member and [____________], a Delaware
corporation (the “Non-Funding
Member”)
and
the terms under which this Note is issued and delivered. Capitalized terms
used
in this Note and not defined shall have the meanings set forth in the Operating
Agreement. This
Note
may
be one of a series of Notes issued pursuant to Section 3.2 of the Operating
Agreement. This Note is [an Optional [***] Shortfall Note] [an Optional [***]
Equalization Note].
1. TERM.
(a)
This note will mature on the [***].
(b) Subject
to Section 4 below, upon the date of the first distribution under Section
13.13(C) of the Operating Agreement, the Outstanding Balance, plus all accrued
and unpaid interest thereon, shall become due.
2. INTEREST.
[Optional
[***]
Equalization
Note:
[***]]
[Optional
[***] Shortfall Note:
As
provided in the Operating Agreement, interest on the unpaid principal balance
of
this Note (such unpaid principal balance at any given time is referred to
as the
“Outstanding
Balance”)
will
accrue at the [***] (as reported in the [***]), as in effect on the issue
date
of this Note and adjusted every [***], per annum, compounded [***], calculated
on the basis of a 360 day year and actual days elapsed.
All
payments received shall be applied first against costs of collection and
enforcement (if any), then against accrued and unpaid interest, and then
against
principal.
3. PREPAYMENT.
The Joint Venture Company shall prepay, without premium or penalty, this
Note
if, as and to the extent required by the Operating Agreement, but only upon
written notice executed by the chief executive officer of the holder of this
Note.
4. CONVERSION.
(a) At
any
time, and from time to time, the Funding Member may, at its election, transfer
to the Joint Venture Company as a Capital Contribution all or a portion of
the
Outstanding Balance plus all accrued and unpaid interest thereon and such
amount
shall be added to the Capital Contribution Balance of the Funding Member
(a
“Conversion”).
(b) If
the
Outstanding Balance plus all accrued and unpaid interest thereon shall become
due as set forth in Section 1(b) above, (i) the Funding Member may elect to
make a Conversion in full, but not in part, of the Outstanding Balance plus
all
accrued and unpaid interest thereon or (ii) if the Funding Member does not
so
elect, a Conversion of the Outstanding Balance plus all accrued and unpaid
interest thereon (in full, but not in part) may be effected in accordance
with
Section 13.13(B) of the Operating Agreement.
(c) Upon
the
occurrence of an Event of Default under Section 5 below, the Funding Member
may,
in addition to the remedies set forth in Section 6 below, elect to make a
Conversion.
5. DEFAULT.
The occurrence of any one or more of the following events, acts or occurrences
shall constitute an event of default (each an “Event
of Default”):
(a) failure
by the Joint Venture Company to pay any principal of or interest on this
Note as
and when required by the Operating Agreement or the terms hereof;
and
(b) (i)
the
entry of a decree or order for relief of the Joint Venture Company by a court
of
competent jurisdiction in any involuntary case involving the Joint Venture
Company under any bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar law now or hereafter
in effect; (ii) the appointment of a receiver, liquidator, assignee, custodian,
trustee, sequestrator or other similar agent for the Joint Venture Company
or
for any substantial part of the Joint Venture Company’s assets or property;
(iii) the ordering of the winding up or liquidation of the Joint Venture
Company’s affairs; (iv) the filing with respect to the Joint Venture Company of
a petition in any such involuntary bankruptcy case, which petition remains
undismissed for a period of sixty (60) days or which is dismissed or suspended
pursuant to Section 305 of the Federal Bankruptcy Code (or any corresponding
provision of any future United States bankruptcy law); (v) the commencement
by
the Joint Venture Company of a voluntary case under any bankruptcy, insolvency
or other similar law now or hereafter in effect; (vi) the consent by the
Joint
Venture Company to the entry of an order for relief in an involuntary case
under
any such law or to the appointment of or taking possession by a receiver,
liquidator, assignee, trustee, custodian, sequestrator or other similar agent
for the Joint Venture Company or for any substantial part of the Joint Venture
Company’s assets or property; or (vii) the making by the Joint Venture Company
of any general assignment for the benefit of creditors.
6. REMEDIES.
If an Event of Default occurs, the Funding Member may, at its election, (a)
elect to make a Conversion in accordance with Section 4 above, (b) accelerate
repayment of the Outstanding Balance, in which case the Outstanding Balance
plus
all accrued and unpaid interest thereon shall be due and payable immediately,
and (c) pursue a claim for payment of the amounts required to be paid under
the
Operating Agreement or this Note.
7. MISCELLANEOUS.
7.1 This
Note
shall be construed and enforced in accordance with and governed by the laws
of
the State of Delaware without giving effect to the principles of conflict
of
laws thereof.
7.2 The
titles, captions and headings of this Note are provided for convenience of
reference only and shall not be deemed to constitute a part of this Note.
Unless
otherwise specifically stated, all references herein to “sections” and
“appendices” will mean “sections” and “appendices” to this Note.
7.3 All
notices to the Joint Venture Company shall be sent addressed to the Authorized
Officers, or the Chief Executive Officer, as applicable, of the Joint Venture
Company at the Joint Venture Company’s principal place of business. All notices
to the Funding Member or the Non-Funding Member shall be sent addressed to
such
Member at the address as may be specified by Members from time to time in
a
notice to the Joint Venture Company. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the initial
notice addresses for the Joint Venture Company and the Members are set forth
below. All notices are effective the next day, if sent by recognized overnight
courier or facsimile, or five (5) days after deposit in the United States
mail,
postage prepaid, properly addressed and return receipt requested.
To
the Joint Venture Company:
|
To
the Funding Member:
|
[____________]
|
[____________]
|
[____________]
|
[____________]
|
[____________]
|
[____________]
|
[____________]
|
[____________]
|
|
|
Fax
Number: [____________]
|
Fax
Number: [____________]
|
|
|
7.4 No
delay
or omission to exercise any right, power or remedy accruing to the Funding
Member, upon any breach or default of the Joint Venture Company under this
Note,
shall impair any such right, power or remedy of the Funding Member nor shall
it
be construed to be a waiver of any such breach or default, or an acquiescence
therein, or of any similar breach of default thereafter occurring or any
waiver
of any other breach or default theretofore or thereafter occurring. The
acceptance at any time by the Funding Member of any past-due amount shall
not be
deemed to be a waiver of the right to require prompt payment when due of
any
other amounts then or thereafter due and payable. Any waiver, permit, consent
or
approval of any kind or character on the part of the Funding Member of any
breach of default under this Note or any waiver on the part of the Funding
Member of any provisions or conditions of this Note, must be in writing and
shall be effective only to the extent specifically set forth in such writing.
All
other
remedies provided for in this Note shall be exclusive and shall be in lieu
of
any other remedies that the Funding Member may have in respect of this Note,
at
law or in equity.
7.5 This
Note
may be executed in several counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an
original, but all of which together shall constitute one and the same
instrument.
7.6 Should
any provision of this Note be deemed in contradiction with the laws of any
jurisdiction in which it is to be performed or unenforceable for any reason,
such provision shall be deemed null and void, but this Note shall remain
in full
force in all other respects and the parties hereto shall negotiate in good
faith
appropriate modifications to this Note that most nearly effects the parties’
intent in entering into this Note.
7.7 The
Joint
Venture Company hereby waives presentment, demand, protest, notice of dishonor,
diligence and all other notices, any release or discharge arising from any
extension of time, discharge of a prior party, release of any or all of any
security given from time to time for this Note, or other cause of release
or
discharge other than actual payment in full hereof.
7.8 The
Funding Member shall not be deemed, by any act or omission, to have waived
any
of its rights or remedies hereunder unless such waiver is in writing and
signed
by the Funding Member and then only to the extent specifically set forth
in such
writing. A waiver with reference to one event shall not be construed as
continuing or as a bar to or waiver of any right or remedy as to a subsequent
event.
7.9 Time
is
of the essence hereof.
7.10 It
is
expressly agreed that if this Note is referred to an attorney or if suit
is
brought to collect or interpret this Note or any part hereof or to enforce
or
protect any rights conferred
upon
the
Funding Member by this Note or any other document evidencing this Note,
then the
Joint Venture Company promises and agrees to pay all costs, including attorneys’
fees, incurred by the Funding Member.
7.11 If
any
provisions of this Note would require the Joint Venture Company to pay interest
hereon at a rate exceeding the highest rate allowed by applicable law, the
Joint
Venture Company shall instead pay interest under this Note at the highest
rate
permitted by applicable law.
7.12 In
the
event of any conflict between the provisions of the Operating Agreement and
this
Note, the provisions of the Operating Agreement shall control.
IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, the Joint Venture Company has executed this Note as of the
date
first above written.
IM
FLASH TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
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By:_________________________
|
|
Name:_______________________
|
|
Title:________________________
|
ACKNOWLEDGED
AND ACCEPTED:
|
|
[____________],
the Funding Member
|
|
|
By:_________________________
|
|
Name:_______________________
|
|
Title:________________________
|
SIGNATURE
PAGE TO
PROMISSORY
NOTE
ISSUED
BY
IM FLASH TECHNOLOGIES
TO
[____________]
EXHIBIT
C
FORM
OF
OPTIONAL
OTHER NOTE
NEITHER
THIS NOTE NOR ANY INTEREST IN THE JOINT VENTURE COMPANY (AS DEFINED BELOW)
THAT
MAY BE ACQUIRED UPON CONVERSION OF THIS NOTE HAS BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE
SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE “ACT”),
OR
UNDER THE SECURITIES LAWS OF ANY STATES. THIS NOTE HAS BEEN ISSUED IN RELIANCE
UPON THE REPRESENTATION OF THE HOLDER THAT IT HAS BEEN ACQUIRED FOR INVESTMENT
PURPOSES AND NOT WITH A VIEW TOWARDS THE RESALE OR OTHER DISTRIBUTION THEREOF.
THIS NOTE AND ANY INTEREST IN THE JOINT VENTURE COMPANY ACQUIRED UPON CONVERSION
OF THIS NOTE ARE SUBJECT TO RESTRICTIONS ON TRANSFERABILITY AND RESALE AND
MAY
NOT BE TRANSFERRED OR RESOLD UNLESS PERMITTED UNDER SECTIONS 12.2 OR 12.5
OF THE
AMENDED AND RESTATED LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY OPERATING AGREEMENT, DATED
FEBRUARY 27, 2007, OF THE JOINT VENTURE COMPANY AND THEN ONLY PURSUANT TO
REGISTRATION OR EXEMPTION THEREFROM AS PERMITTED UNDER THE ACT AND APPLICABLE
STATE SECURITIES LAWS. INVESTORS SHOULD BE AWARE THAT THEY MAY BE REQUIRED
TO
BEAR THE FINANCIAL RISKS OF THIS INVESTMENT FOR AN INDEFINITE PERIOD OF TIME.
IM
FLASH TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
REDEEMABLE
NOTE
|
No.:
_________
|
Principal
Amount: $[____________]
|
Location:
[____________]
|
Date
of Issuance: [____________]
|
Maturity
Date: [____________]
|
FOR
VALUE
RECEIVED, IM Flash Technologies, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company
(the
“Joint
Venture Company”),
promises to pay to [____________], a Delaware corporation (the “Funding
Member”),
or
such Wholly-Owned Subsidiary of the Funding Member as the Funding Member
may
designate, the principal sum of [____________] Dollars ($[____________])of
this
Convertible Promissory Note (this “Note”),
in
accordance with Section 2 of this Note.
This
Note
is delivered in exchange for Member Debt Financing received from the Funding
Member pursuant to Section 3.3 of the Amended and Restated Limited
Liability Company Operating Agreement, dated February 27, 2007, of the Joint
Venture Company (the “Operating
Agreement”)
and is
issued under and subject to the terms, provisions and conditions of the
Operating Agreement. Reference is hereby made to the Operating Agreement
for a
full statement of the respective rights, limitations of rights and duties
of the
Joint Venture Company, the Funding Member and [____________], a Delaware
corporation (the “Non-Funding
Member”)
and
the terms under which this Note is issued and delivered. Capitalized terms
used
in this Note and not defined shall have the meanings set forth in the Operating
Agreement. This
Note
may
be one of a series of Notes issued pursuant to Section 3.3 of the Operating
Agreement. This Note is an Optional Other Shortfall Note.
1. TERM.
This Note will mature on the [***].
2. INTEREST.
[***]
3. PREPAYMENT.
The Joint Venture Company shall prepay, without premium or penalty, this
Note
if, as and to the extent required by the Operating Agreement, but only upon
written notice executed by the chief executive officer of the holder of this
Note.
4. CONVERSION.
(a) At
any
time, and from time to time, the Funding Member may, at its election, transfer
to the Joint Venture Company as a Capital Contribution all or a portion of
the
Outstanding Balance thereon and such amount shall be added to the Capital
Contribution Balance of the Funding Member (a “Conversion”).
(b) Upon
the
occurrence of an Event of Default under Section 5 below, the Funding Member
may,
in addition to the remedies set forth in Section 6 below, elect to make a
Conversion.
5. DEFAULT.
The occurrence of any one or more of the following events, acts or occurrences
shall constitute an event of default (each an “Event
of Default”):
(a) failure
by the Joint Venture Company to pay any principal of on this Note as and
when
required by the Operating Agreement or the terms hereof; and
(b) (i)
the
entry of a decree or order for relief of the Joint Venture Company by a court
of
competent jurisdiction in any involuntary case involving the Joint Venture
Company under any bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar law now or hereafter
in effect; (ii) the appointment of a receiver, liquidator, assignee, custodian,
trustee, sequestrator or other similar agent for the Joint Venture Company
or
for any substantial part of the Joint Venture Company’s assets or property;
(iii) the ordering of the winding up or liquidation of the Joint Venture
Company’s affairs; (iv) the filing with respect to the Joint Venture Company of
a petition in any such involuntary bankruptcy case, which petition remains
undismissed for a period of sixty (60) days or which is dismissed or suspended
pursuant to Section 305 of the Federal Bankruptcy Code (or any corresponding
provision of any future United States bankruptcy law); (v) the commencement
by
the Joint Venture Company of a voluntary case under any bankruptcy, insolvency
or other similar law now or hereafter in effect; (vi) the consent by the
Joint
Venture Company to the entry of an order for relief in an involuntary case
under
any such law or to the appointment of or taking possession by a receiver,
liquidator, assignee, trustee, custodian, sequestrator or other similar agent
for the Joint Venture Company or for any substantial part of the Joint Venture
Company’s assets or property; or (vii) the making by the Joint Venture Company
of any general assignment for the benefit of creditors.
6. REMEDIES.
If an Event of Default occurs, the Funding Member may, at its election, (a)
elect to make a Conversion in accordance with Section 4 above, (b) accelerate
repayment of the
Outstanding
Balance, in which case the Outstanding Balance shall be due and payable
immediately, and (c) pursue a claim for payment of the amounts required to
be
paid under the Operating Agreement or this Note.
7. MISCELLANEOUS.
7.1 This
Note
shall be construed and enforced in accordance with and governed by the laws
of
the State of Delaware without giving effect to the principles of conflict
of
laws thereof.
7.2 The
titles, captions and headings of this Note are provided for convenience of
reference only and shall not be deemed to constitute a part of this Note.
Unless
otherwise specifically stated, all references herein to “sections” and
“appendices” will mean “sections” and “appendices” to this Note.
7.3 All
notices to the Joint Venture Company shall be sent addressed to the Authorized
Officers, or the Chief Executive Officer, as applicable, of the Joint Venture
Company at the Joint Venture Company’s principal place of business. All notices
to the Funding Member or the Non-Funding Member shall be sent addressed to
such
Member at the address as may be specified by Members from time to time in
a
notice to the Joint Venture Company. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the initial
notice addresses for the Joint Venture Company and the Members are set forth
below. All notices are effective the next day, if sent by recognized overnight
courier or facsimile, or five (5) days after deposit in the United States
mail,
postage prepaid, properly addressed and return receipt requested.
To
the Joint Venture Company:
|
To
the Funding Member:
|
[____________]
|
[____________]
|
[____________]
|
[____________]
|
[____________]
|
[____________]
|
[____________]
|
[____________]
|
|
|
Fax
Number: [____________]
|
Fax
Number: [____________]
|
|
|
7.4 No
delay
or omission to exercise any right, power or remedy accruing to the Funding
Member, upon any breach or default of the Joint Venture Company under this
Note,
shall impair any such right, power or remedy of the Funding Member nor shall
it
be construed to be a waiver of any such breach or default, or an acquiescence
therein, or of any similar breach of default thereafter occurring or any
waiver
of any other breach or default theretofore or thereafter occurring. The
acceptance at any time by the Funding Member of any past-due amount shall
not be
deemed to be a waiver of the right to require prompt payment when due of
any
other amounts then or thereafter due and payable. Any waiver, permit, consent
or
approval of any kind or character on the part of the Funding Member of any
breach of default under this Note or any waiver on the part of the Funding
Member of any provisions or conditions of this Note, must be in writing and
shall be effective only to the extent specifically set forth in such writing.
All
other
remedies provided for in this Note shall be exclusive and shall be in lieu
of
any other remedies that the Funding Member may have in respect of this Note,
at
law or in equity.
7.5 This
Note
may be executed in several counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an
original, but all of which together shall constitute one and the same
instrument.
7.6 Should
any provision of this Note be deemed in contradiction with the laws of any
jurisdiction in which it is to be performed or unenforceable for any reason,
such provision shall be deemed null and void, but this Note shall remain
in full
force in all other respects and the parties hereto shall negotiate in good
faith
appropriate modifications to this Note that most nearly effects the parties’
intent in entering into this Note.
7.7 The
Joint
Venture Company hereby waives presentment, demand, protest, notice of dishonor,
diligence and all other notices, any release or discharge arising from any
extension of time, discharge of a prior party, release of any or all of any
security given from time to time for this Note, or other cause of release
or
discharge other than actual payment in full hereof.
7.8 The
Funding Member shall not be deemed, by any act or omission, to have waived
any
of its rights or remedies hereunder unless such waiver is in writing and
signed
by the Funding Member and then only to the extent specifically set forth
in such
writing. A waiver with reference to one event shall not be construed as
continuing or as a bar to or waiver of any right or remedy as to a subsequent
event.
7.9 Time
is
of the essence hereof.
7.10 It
is
expressly agreed that if this Note is referred to an attorney or if suit
is
brought to collect or interpret this Note or any part hereof or to enforce
or
protect any rights conferred upon the Funding Member by this Note or any
other
document evidencing this Note, then the Joint Venture Company promises and
agrees to pay all costs, including attorneys’ fees, incurred by the Funding
Member.
7.11 If
any
provisions of this Note would require the Joint Venture Company to pay interest
hereon at a rate exceeding the highest rate allowed by applicable law, the
Joint
Venture Company shall instead pay interest under this Note at the highest
rate
permitted by applicable law.
7.12 In
the
event of any conflict between the provisions of the Operating Agreement and
this
Note, the provisions of the Operating Agreement shall control.
IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, the Joint Venture Company has executed this Note as of the
date
first above written.
IM
FLASH TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
|
|
|
By:__________________________
|
|
Name:________________________
|
|
Title:_________________________
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SIGNATURE
PAGE TO
PROMISSORY
NOTE
ISSUED
BY
IM FLASH TECHNOLOGIES
TO
[____________]
Exhibit 10.164
Exhibit
10.164
[***] DENOTES
CONFIDENTIAL MATERIALS OMITTED AND FILED SEPARATELY WITH THE SECURITIES AND
EXCHANGE COMMISSION PURSUANT TO A REQUEST FOR CONFIDENTIAL
TREATMENT.
INTEL/MICRON
CONFIDENTIAL
SUPPLY
AGREEMENT
This
SUPPLY AGREEMENT (the “Agreement”),
is
made and entered into as of this 27th day of February, 2007 (the “Effective
Date”),
by
and between Intel Technology Asia Pte Ltd, a Singapore private limited company
(“Intel
Singapore”),
and
IM
Flash
Singapore, LLP, a Singapore limited liability partnership
(the
“Joint
Venture Company”).
RECITALS
A. The
Joint
Venture Company is engaged in the manufacturing, assembly and testing of
NAND
Flash Memory Products (as defined hereinafter) for Intel Singapore.
B. Intel
Singapore and the Joint Venture Company (each, a “Party”
and
collectively, the “Parties”)
desire
the Joint Venture Company to
supply
Products,
including Secondary Silicon,
for
Intel
Singapore in accordance with Intel Singapore’s Sharing Interest upon
the
terms and subject to the conditions set forth in this Agreement.
AGREEMENT
NOW,
THEREFORE, for good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency
of
which are hereby acknowledged, the Parties intending to be legally bound
do
hereby agree as follows:
ARTICLE
1
DEFINITIONS;
CERTAIN INTERPRETIVE MATTERS
1.1 Definitions.
In
addition to the terms defined elsewhere in this Agreement, capitalized terms
used in this Agreement shall have the respective meanings set forth in
Exhibit
A.
1.2 Certain
Interpretive Matters.
(a) Unless
the context requires otherwise, (1) all references to Sections, Articles,
Exhibits, Appendices or Schedules are to Sections, Articles, Exhibits,
Appendices or Schedules of or to this Agreement, (2) each of the Schedules
will
apply only to the corresponding Section or subsection of this Agreement,
(3)
each accounting term not otherwise defined in this Agreement has the meaning
commonly applied to it in accordance with Modified GAAP, (4) words in the
singular include the plural and visa versa, (5) the term “including”
means
“including
without
limitation,” and (6) the terms “herein,”
“hereof,”
“hereunder”
and
words of similar import shall mean references to this Agreement as a whole
and
not to any individual Section or portion hereof. All references to $ or dollar
amounts will be to lawful currency of the United States of America. All
references to “day”
or
“days”
will
mean calendar days
and all
references to “quarter(ly),”
“month(ly)”
or
“year(ly)”
will
mean Fiscal Quarter, Fiscal Month or Fiscal Year, respectively.
(b) No
provision of this Agreement will be interpreted in favor of, or against,
any of
the Parties by reason of the extent to which any such Party or its counsel
participated in the drafting thereof or by reason of the extent to which
any
such provision is inconsistent with any prior draft of this Agreement or
such
provision.
ARTICLE
2
OBLIGATIONS
OF THE JOINT VENTURE COMPANY;
PROCESSES
AND CONTROLS
2.1 General
Obligations.
The
Joint Venture Company will (1)
supply Product to Intel Singapore in accordance with the purchasing process
set
forth in Article
4
hereof;
(2) develop its Facilities and operations to meet Capacity according to the
Initial Business Plan, as may be amended thereafter, and the Operating Plan
and
the obligations set forth herein, including Sections
2.2, 2.5 and 2.9;
(3)
supply Products which meet the Specification(s), Price, Yield, Cycle-Time,
and
Quality and Reliability as agreed by the Parties; and (4) operate its Facilities
so that Product output from any one Facility matches the other Facilities
in
form, fit and function, in accordance with Section
2.14.
2.2 Products
to Supply.
The
Joint Venture Company will manufacture, assemble and test Products for Intel
Singapore in accordance with the Operating Plan and applicable Specifications,
developed in response to Intel Singapore’s Demand Forecast provided to the Joint
Venture Company in accordance with Article
3
below.
2.3 Process
and Design Information.
Intel
Singapore agrees to provide to the Joint Venture Company: (i) such process
technology or information as is required to be disclosed under the Joint
Development Program Agreement, and the Technology License Agreement; and
(ii)
design information reasonably required to manufacture NAND Flash Memory
Wafers.
2.4 Control;
Processes.
The
Joint Venture Company and Intel Singapore will review the Joint Venture
Company’s control and process mechanisms, including but not limited to such
mechanisms that are utilized to ensure that all parameters of the Specification,
including the Performance Criteria, are met or exceeded in the Joint Venture
Company’s manufacture of Products by either the Joint Venture Company or its
approved subcontractor for Intel Singapore. The Parties agree to work together
in good faith to define mutually agreeable control and process mechanisms
including the following:
[***].
2.4 Equipment,
Systems, Materials.
Except
as
provided in other Joint Venture Documents, the
Joint
Venture Company shall be responsible for procuring all manufacturing equipment,
tools, automated material handling systems therein and materials, including
Prime
Wafers,
which are reasonably required for the Joint Venture Company to achieve the
Operating Plan. The Joint Venture Company shall endeavor to manage the entire
supply chain, including equipment, materials, systems, maintenance,
subcontractors and vendors, to create efficiency and maximize the Performance
Criteria.
2.5 Production
Masks.
Unless
otherwise agreed with Intel Singapore, the Joint Venture Company or its
subcontractors will be responsible to obtain, maintain, repair and replace
masks
used in the production of Products.
Such
masks will only be used in the production of Products for Intel Singapore.
Production masks will be repaired and replaced solely at mask operations
which
have been approved by Intel Singapore, and which approval shall not be
unreasonably withheld. The Joint Venture Company or its subcontractors will
retain possession, but not ownership of any underlying copyrights, maskworks
or
other intellectual property, of any physical production masks which the Joint
Venture Company has made under this Section
2.6.
2.6 Designation
of WIP.
At
Intel
Singapore’s option, the Joint Venture Company will ensure that WIP at Facilities
or its subcontractor’s facilities is designated for Intel Singapore from Wafer
Start. If Intel Singapore does not elect to have WIP so designated, the Joint
Venture Company will designate the WIP for Intel Singapore after Probe
Testing.
Custom
Product of Intel Singapore, if any, must be designated as for Intel Singapore
from Wafer Start at all the Facilities or its subcontractor’s
facilities.
2.7 Subcontractors.
The
Joint Venture Company may utilize subcontractors to perform any portion of
the
manufacture, assembly and test process in making Products for Intel Singapore,
subject to all subcontractors being approved by the Members, and which approval
shall not be unreasonably withheld. The
Joint
Venture Company will ensure that all contracts with subcontractors will provide
the Joint Venture Company with the same level of access and controls as set
forth in the Agreement, including Sections
2.4, 2.9, 2.10, 2.11 and 2.12 and Article 5.
2.8 Staffing.
The
Joint Venture Company shall adequately staff its Facilities, and ensure that
its
subcontractors adequately staff their facilities, to sustain and manage
production of Product for Intel Singapore, including the obligations set
forth
in Section
2.1
and
meeting scheduled commitments, including the Operating Plan and the Performance
Criteria.
2.9 Business
Continuity Plan.
The
Joint Venture Company will develop a process (the “Business
Continuity Plan”)
to
recover the production process in the event of a natural disaster or any
other
event that disrupts the production process or the ability of the Joint Venture
Company to meet its delivery commitments to Intel Singapore or satisfy customer
orders. If requested by Intel Singapore, the Joint Venture Company will review
its Business Continuity Plan with Intel Singapore and make changes as agreed
with Intel Singapore, subject to any confidentiality requirements.
2.10 [***].
In
addition to the quarterly review and monthly report requirements set forth
in
Sections
3.2 and 3.3,
the
Joint Venture Company will promptly notify Intel Singapore of [***].
2.11 Traceability
and Data Retention.
Intel
Singapore and the Joint Venture Company shall review the Joint Venture Company’s
process traceability system [***].
The
Joint Venture
Company
agrees to maintain such data for a
minimum
of
[***].
The
Joint
Venture Company will endeavor to provide Intel Singapore [***].
2.12 Additional
Customer Requirements.
Intel
Singapore will inform the Joint Venture Company in writing of any auditable
supplier requirements of
any
Intel Singapore customer relating
to any Facility at which Product is manufactured, assembled or
tested.
The
Parties will work together in good faith to resolve such requests.
2.13 Transfer;
Equivalency
of Operations.
Intel
Singapore will cooperate in good faith with the Joint Venture Company to
transfer Intel Singapore’s technology to the Joint Venture Company, if such
technology transfer is required under the Joint Venture Documents. The Joint
Venture Company will establish similar baseline Product performance standards,
including form, fit and function, at Facilities and subcontracted facilities.
Such efforts will include the provision of up to date equivalent materials
(including correlation wafers), data and information.
ARTICLE
3
PLANNING
MEETINGS AND FORECASTS;
PERFORMANCE
REVIEWS AND REPORTS
3.1 Planning
and Forecasting
(a) Intel
Singapore will quarterly provide the Joint Venture Company, in a timeframe
to be
mutually agreed by the Parties to meet customer expectations, with a written
demand forecast for [***]
([***])
quarters corresponding to the Joint Venture Company’s Fiscal Quarters or as may
be otherwise agreed between the Parties. This demand will include desired
finished product breakout by design id, technology node, wafer as finished
goods
or package type (“Demand
Forecast”).
(b) The
Joint
Venture Company shall furnish Intel Singapore with a written response within
[***]
([***])
Business Days indicating a response regarding capacity and what portion of
the
demand that the Joint Venture Company can commit to meet. This written response
(the “Planning
Forecast”)
will
include:
[***]
(c) Based
on
the Planning Forecast, the Joint Venture Company shall develop a [***]
([***])
Fiscal
Quarter proposed Product loading plan for such period (“Proposed
Loading Plan”).
The
Joint Venture Company shall provide Intel Singapore with the Proposed Loading
Plan at least [***]
([***])
Business Days prior to its review by the Manufacturing Committee.
(d) The
Joint
Venture Company will submit the Proposed Loading Plan, Planning Forecast
and
other requested information to the Manufacturing Committee for endorsement.
Once
endorsed by the Manufacturing Committee, the Proposed Loading Plan shall
become
part of the Operating Plan.
3.2 Performance
Reviews and Reports.
The
Joint Venture Company shall meet with
Intel
Singapore each quarter to discuss the Performance Criteria and the most recent
monthly report. The monthly report will be distributed to Intel Singapore
monthly, on a date to be agreed by the Parties, and will include the following
information:
(a) Describes
[***];
(b) Describes
[***];
(c) Describes
[***].
(d) Identifies
[***].
3.3 Monthly
Review.
In
addition, the Parties shall hold a monthly meeting, on a date to be agreed
by
the Parties, with the primary purpose of [***].
ARTICLE
4
PURCHASE
AND SALE OF PRODUCTS
4.1 Product
Quantity.
Intel
Singapore shall purchase from the Joint Venture Company a percentage, equal
to
Intel Singapore’s Sharing Interest (as the same may change from time to time),
of all of the Joint Venture Company’s output of Products that meet the
Specifications. The Joint Venture Company shall produce
all Products in accordance with the Operating Plan developed in response
to
Intel
Singapore’s Demand Forecast under Article
3
above.
If
Intel
Singapore fails to purchase its full Sharing Interest of the Joint Venture
Company’s output, produced in accordance with the Operating Plan (“Under-loading”),
then
the increased Prices associated with such Under-loading shall be isolated
and
charged solely to Intel Singapore, which Intel Singapore shall remain solely
responsible for paying. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Intel Singapore may
elect, but is not obligated, to purchase Product in excess of its Sharing
Interest only by
mutual
agreement of the other Member.
4.2 Secondary
Silicon.
Any
Secondary Silicon produced by the Joint Venture Company or its subcontractors
will be provided [***]
by the
Joint Venture Company to the Members in a percentage equal to Intel Singapore’s
Sharing Interest (as the same may change from time to time). ALL SECONDARY
SILICON PROVIDED HEREUNDER IS PROVIDED ON AN “AS IS,” “WHERE IS” WITH ALL FAULTS
AND DEFECTS BASIS WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND.
4.3 Placement
of Purchase Orders.
Prior
to the commencement of every Fiscal Quarter or another time period agreed
by the
Parties in conjunction with the planning cycle specified in Article
3,
the
Joint Venture Company shall place a non-cancelable blanket purchase order
in
writing (via e-mail or facsimile transmission) for the quantity of Product
to be
supplied by the Joint Venture Company in the following Fiscal Quarter as
indicated in the Operating Plan (each such order, a “Purchase
Order”).
Intel
Singapore may issue change orders to such Purchase Orders to reflect changes
in
the Operating Plan, provided that such changes can be reasonably accommodated
by
the Joint Venture Company
without
disrupting ongoing manufacturing operations. Intel Singapore may also elect
to
place out-of-cycle purchase order of Product, including expedited Probed
Wafers,
to the Joint Venture Company on an as-needed basis. The
terms
and
conditions of this Agreement supersede the terms and conditions contained
in
either Party’s sales or purchase documentation provided in connection herewith
unless expressly agreed otherwise in a writing signed by each
Party.
4.4 Shortfall.
The
Joint Venture Company shall immediately notify Intel Singapore in writing
of any
inability to meet a Purchase Order commitment to Intel Singapore.
4.5 Acceptance
of Purchase Order.
Each
Purchase Order that corresponds to the Operating Plan in the manner contemplated
by Section
4.3
and is
otherwise free of errors shall be deemed accepted by the Joint Venture Company
upon receipt and shall be binding on the Parties to the extent not inconsistent
with the Operating Plan.
4.6 Content
of Purchase Orders.
Each
Purchase Order shall specify the following items:
(a) |
Purchase
Order number;
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(b) |
Description
and part number of each Product;
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(c) |
Forecasted
quantity of each different Product and the Sharing Interest portion
thereof for the calendar month;
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(d) |
Forecasted
unit Price and total forecasted Price for each different Product,
and
total forecasted Price for all Products
ordered;
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(e) |
Level
of Probe Testing;
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(f) |
Marking
specification and packaging requirements;
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(g) |
Requested
delivery date;
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(h) |
Place
of delivery; and
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(i) |
Other
terms (if any).
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4.7 Taxes.
(a) General.
All sales, use and other transfer taxes imposed directly on or solely as
a
result of the supplying of Products and the payments therefore provided herein
shall be stated separately on the Joint Venture Company’s invoice, collected
from Intel Singapore and shall
be
remitted by the Joint Venture Company to the appropriate tax authority
(“Recoverable
Taxes”),
unless
Intel Singapore provides valid proof of tax exemption
prior
to
the effective date of the transfer of the Products or otherwise as permitted
by
law prior to the time the Joint Venture Company is required to pay such taxes
to
the appropriate tax authority.
When
property is delivered and/or services are provided or the benefit of
services
occurs
within jurisdictions in which collection and remittance of taxes by Intel
Singapore is required by law, the Joint Venture Company shall have sole
responsibility for payment of said taxes to the appropriate tax authorities.
In
the
event such taxes are Recoverable Taxes and the Joint Venture Company does
not
collect tax from Intel Singapore or pay such taxes to the appropriate
governmental entity on a timely basis, and is subsequently audited by any
tax
authority, liability of Intel Singapore will be limited to the tax assessment
for such Recoverable Taxes with no reimbursement for penalty or interest
charges
or other amounts incurred in connection therewith. Notwithstanding anything
herein to the contrary, taxes other than Recoverable Taxes shall not be
reimbursed by Intel Singapore, and each Party is responsible for its own
respective income taxes (including franchise and other taxes based on net
income
or a variation thereof), taxes based upon gross revenues or receipts, and
taxes
with respect to general overhead, including but not limited to business and
occupation taxes, and such taxes shall not be Recoverable Taxes.
(b) Withholding
Taxes. In the event that Intel Singapore is prohibited by law from making
payments to the Joint Venture Company unless Intel Singapore deducts or
withholds taxes therefrom and remits such taxes to the local taxing
jurisdiction, then Intel Singapore shall duly withhold and remit such taxes
and
shall pay to the Joint Venture Company the remaining net amount after the
taxes
have been withheld. Such taxes shall not be Recoverable Taxes and Intel
Singapore shall not reimburse the Joint Venture Company for the amount of
such
taxes withheld.
4.8 Invoicing;
Payment.
The
Joint Venture Company shall invoice Intel Singapore on a monthly basis for
the
Price of the Products provided and all overhead, interest, general and
administrative and other costs, including all start-up costs for Facilities
which shall be split between the Members based on Sharing Interest. All amounts
owed under this Agreement are stated, calculated and shall be paid in United
States Dollars. Except as otherwise specified in this Agreement, Intel Singapore
shall pay the Joint Venture Company for the amounts due, owing, and duly
invoiced under this Agreement within [***]
([***])
days
following delivery of an invoice therefor to such place as the Joint Venture
Company may reasonably direct therein.
4.9 Payment
to Subcontractors.
The
Joint Venture Company shall be responsible for and shall hold Intel Singapore
harmless for any and all payments to its vendors or subcontractors utilized
in
the performance of this Agreement.
4.10 Delivery,
Title and Risk of Loss.
The
Joint Venture Company, in order to ensure timely and complete shipment of
Products to Intel Singapore, shall arrange for and pay for all shipping charges,
insurance, taxes, customs charges and any fees and duties in connection with
such shipment. The Joint Venture Company shall hold title to and risk of
loss of
Products
under
this Agreement, including WIP held by subcontractors,
until
tender to the carrier, at which time title and risk of loss and damage to
Products shall transfer to Intel Singapore.
4.11 Packaging.
All
shipment packaging of the Products shall be in conformance with the
Specifications, the Intel Singapore’s reasonable instructions, and general
industry standards, and shall be resistant to damage that may occur during
transportation. Marking on the packages shall be made by the Joint Venture
Company in accordance with Intel Singapore’s reasonable instructions.
4.12 Shipment.
All
Products shall be prepared for shipment in a manner that: (i) follows good
commercial practice; (ii) is acceptable to common carriers for shipment at
the
lowest rate; and (iii) is adequate to ensure safe arrival. The Joint Venture
Company shall mark all containers
with
necessary lifting, handling, and shipping information, Purchase Order number,
date of shipment, and the names of Intel Singapore and the applicable customer.
If no instructions are given, the Joint Venture Company shall select the
most
price effective carrier, given the time constraints known to the Joint Venture
Company. At Intel Singapore’s request, the Joint Venture will provide
drop-shipment of Products to Intel Singapore’s customers. Such shipment service
may be provided by a subcontractor to the Joint Venture Company provided
that
title remains with the Joint Venture Company and then passes to Intel Singapore
upon tender to the carrier.
4.13 Customs
Clearance.
Upon
Intel Singapore’s request, the Joint Venture Company will promptly provide Intel
Singapore with a statement of origin for all Products and with applicable
customs documentation for Products wholly or partially manufactured outside
of
the country of import.
ARTICLE
5
VISITATIONS,
AUDITS
5.1 Visits.
The
Joint Venture Company will support Intel Singapore’s reasonable requests for
visits to Facilities and meetings for the purpose of reviewing performance
of
production of Products
including requests for further information and assistance in troubleshooting
performance issues.
Such
requests shall be reasonably granted by the Joint Venture Company so long
as
such visits and meetings do not unduly interfere with the Joint Venture
Company’s operations and business affairs.
5.2 Audit.
Intel
Singapore representatives and key customer representatives, upon Intel
Singapore’s request, shall be allowed to visit the Joint Venture Company’s
Facilities during normal working hours upon reasonable advanced written notice
to the Joint Venture Company for the purposes of monitoring production processes
and compliance with any requirements set forth in this Agreement and the
Specifications. Upon completion of the audit, the Joint Venture Company and
Intel Singapore will agree to an audit closure plan, to be documented in
the
audit report issued by Intel Singapore.
5.3 Financial
Audit.
Intel
Singapore reserves the right to have the Joint Venture Company’s books and
records related to the Pricing hereunder inspected and audited not more than
[***]
during
any Fiscal Year to ensure compliance with Schedule
4.8
of this
Agreement in regards to Pricing. Such audit will be performed by an independent
third party auditor acceptable to both Parties at Intel Singapore’s expense.
Intel Singapore shall provide [***]
([***])
days
advance written notice to the Joint Venture Company of its desire to initiate
an
audit and the audit shall be scheduled so that it does not adversely impact
or
interrupt the Joint Venture Company’s business operations. If the audit reveals
any material discrepancies, the Joint Venture Company or Intel Singapore
shall
reimburse the other, as applicable, for any material discrepancies within
[***]
([***])
days
after completion of the audit. The results of such audit shall be kept
confidential by the auditor and only the discrepancies shall be reported
to the
Parties, and be limited to discrepancies identified by the audit.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, any auditor reports shall not disclose any
Joint
Venture Company pricing or terms of purchase for any purchases of materials
or
equipment hereunder to Intel Singapore, absent written agreement from the
Members’ respective legal counsel. If any audit reveals a material discrepancy,
Intel Singapore may increase the frequency of such audits to [***]
for the
subsequent [***]
([***])
month
period.
5.4 Subcontractor;
Vendor Visits.
The
Joint Venture Company
will use
commercially reasonable efforts to ensure that all
contracts with vendors and subcontractors will provide the Joint Venture
Company
and Intel Singapore with the right to visit and audit rights similar to those
set forth in this Article
5.
ARTICLE
6
WARRANTY;
HAZARDOUS MATERIALS; DISCLAIMER
6.1 Product
Warranty.
The
Joint Venture Company makes the following warranties regarding Products
furnished hereunder, which warranties shall survive any delivery, inspection,
acceptance, payment or resale of the Products:
(a) Products
conform to all agreed Specifications;
(b) Products
are free from defects in materials or workmanship; and
(c) The
Joint
Venture Company has the necessary right, title, and interest to provide
Products
to the Joint Venture Company
and the
Products will be free of liens and encumbrances, not including any implied
warranty of non-infringement.
6.2 Warranty
Claims.
Within
a period of time, not to exceed the lesser of the actual warranty period
applicable to the end customer for the NAND Flash Memory Product at issue
or
eighteen (18) months from the date of the delivery of the Products at issue
to
the Intel Singapore (“Warranty
Claim Period”),
Intel
Singapore shall notify the Joint Venture Company if it believes that any
Product
does not meet the Product warranty set forth in Section
6.1.
Intel
Singapore shall return such Products to the Joint Venture Company as
directed
by the Joint Venture Company. If a Product is determined not to be in compliance
with such warranty, then Intel Singapore shall be entitled to return such
Product and cause the Joint Venture Company to replace at the Joint Venture
Company’s expense or, at Intel Singapore’s option, receive a credit or refund of
any monies paid to the Joint Venture Company in respect of such Product,
save
that such credit or refund shall in no event exceed on a per-unit basis the
final price paid for the Product under this Agreement. The basis for such
refund
or credit shall be the Price on a per-unit basis in the month in which the
returned Product was invoiced to the Intel
Singapore. THE FOREGOING REMEDY IS INTEL SINGAPORE’S SOLE AND EXCLUSIVE REMEDY
FOR THE JOINT VENTURE COMPANY’S FAILURE TO MEET ANY WARRANTY OF SECTION
6.1.
6.3 Inspections.
Members
may, upon reasonable advance written notice, request samples of Products
(including WIP) during production for purposes of determining compliance
with
the requirements and Specification(s) hereunder, provided that the provision
of
such samples shall not materially impact the Joint Venture Company’s performance
to the Operating Plan or its ability to meet delivery requirements under
any
accepted Purchase Order. Any samples provided hereunder shall be: (i) limited
in
quantity to the amount reasonably necessary for the purposes hereunder; (ii)
included in the pricing; and (iii) included in any performance requirements,
if
any. The Joint Venture Company shall provide reasonable assistance for the
safety and convenience of Intel Singapore in obtaining the samples in such
manner as shall not unreasonably hinder or delay the Joint Venture Company’s
performance.
6.4 Hazardous
Materials.
(a) If
Products provided hereunder include Hazardous Materials as determined in
accordance with Applicable Law, the
Joint
Venture Company represents and
warrants
that the
Joint Venture Company and the Joint Venture Company’s employees,
agents,
and subcontractors
actually
working
with
such
materials in providing the Products hereunder to Intel Singapore shall
be
trained in accordance with Applicable Law regarding
the
nature of and hazards associated with the handling, transportation, and use
of
such Hazardous Materials, as applicable to the Joint Venture Company.
(b) To
the
extent required by Applicable
Law, the
Joint Venture Company shall provide Intel Singapore with Material Safety
Data
Sheets (MSDS) either prior to or accompanying any delivery of Products to
Intel
Singapore.
6.5 Disclaimer.
EXCEPT
AS OTHERWISE EXPRESSLY PROVIDED IN THIS ARTICLE
6,
THE
JOINT VENTURE COMPANY HEREBY EXPRESSLY DISCLAIMS ALL REPRESENTATIONS AND
WARRANTIES, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED
WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, SUITABILITY OR FITNESS FOR ANY PARTICULAR
PURPOSE, NON-INFRINGEMENT OR OTHERWISE, WITH RESPECT TO THE PRODUCTS
PROVIDED UNDER THIS AGREEMENT. THE WARRANTIES WILL NOT APPLY TO:
(i) ANY
WARRANTY CLAIM OR ISSUE, OR DEFECT TO THE EXTENT CAUSED BY TECHNICAL MATERIALS
PROVIDED OR SPECIFIED BY, THROUGH OR ON BEHALF OF THE MEMBERS OR COMMITTEES
OF
MEMBERS, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO PRODUCT DESIGNS, TECHNOLOGY AND TEST
PROGRAMS; OR (ii) THE WARRANTIES WILL NOT APPLY TO
ANY OF
THE PRODUCTS THAT HAVE BEEN REPAIRED OR ALTERED, EXCEPT AS AUTHORIZED BY
THE
JOINT VENTURE COMPANY, OR WHICH ARE SUBJECTED
TO
MISUSE, NEGLIGENCE, ACCIDENT OR ABUSE.
ARTICLE
7
CONFIDENTIALITY;
OWNERSHIP
7.1 Protection
and Use of Confidential Information.
All
information provided, disclosed or obtained in the performance of any of
the
Parties’ activities under this Agreement shall be subject to all applicable
provisions of the Confidentiality Agreement. Furthermore, the terms and
conditions of this Agreement shall be considered “Confidential
Information”
under
the Confidentiality Agreement for which each Party is considered a “Receiving
Party”
under
such agreement. To the extent there is a conflict between this Agreement
and the
Confidentiality Agreement, the terms of this Agreement shall
control.
7.2 Masks.
Any
masks produced pursuant to this Agreement will be based on Product designs
owned
by Intel and shall be treated as Confidential Information of Intel.
7.3 Intellectual
Property Ownership.
Ownership of any intellectual property developed by the Joint Venture Company
will be governed by the Omnibus IP Agreement.
ARTICLE
8
INDEMNIFICATION
8.1 Mutual
General Indemnity.
Subject
to Article
9,
each
Party (“Indemnifying
Party”)
shall
indemnify, defend and hold harmless the other Party (“Indemnified
Party”)
from
and against any and all Indemnified Losses based on or attributable to any
Third
Party Claim or threatened Third Party Claim arising under this Agreement
and as
a result of the Indemnifying Party’s negligence, gross negligence or willful
misconduct of the Indemnifying Party or any of its respective officers,
directors, employees, agents or subcontractors. Notwithstanding the foregoing,
this Section
8.1
shall
not apply to any claims or losses based on or attributable to intellectual
property infringement.
8.2 Indemnification
Procedures.
(a) Promptly
after the receipt by any Indemnified Party of a notice of any Third Party
Claim
that an Indemnified Party seeks to be indemnified under this Agreement, such
Indemnified Party shall give written notice of such Third Party Claim to
the
Indemnifying Party, stating in reasonable detail the nature and basis of
each
allegation made in the Third Party Claim and the amount of potential Indemnified
Losses with respect to each allegation, to the extent known, along with copies
of the relevant documents received by the Indemnified Party evidencing the
Third
Party Claim and the basis for indemnification sought. Failure of the Indemnified
Party to give such notice shall not relieve the Indemnifying Party from
liability on account of this indemnification, except if and only to the extent
that the Indemnifying Party is actually prejudiced by such failure or delay.
Thereafter, the Indemnified Party shall deliver to the Indemnifying Party,
promptly after the Indemnified Party’s receipt thereof, copies of all notices
and documents (including court papers) received by the Indemnified Party
relating to the Third Party Claim. The Indemnifying Party shall have the
right
to assume the defense of the Indemnified Party with respect to such Third
Party
Claim upon written notice to the Indemnified Party delivered within thirty
(30)
days after receipt of the particular notice from the Indemnified Party. So
long
as the Indemnifying Party has assumed the defense of the Third Party Claim
in
accordance herewith and notified the Indemnified Party in writing thereof,
(i)
the Indemnified Party may retain separate co-counsel at its sole cost and
expense and participate in the defense of the Third Party Claim, it being
understood that the Indemnifying Party shall pay all reasonable costs and
expenses of counsel for the Indemnified Party after such time as the Indemnified
Party has notified the Indemnifying Party of such Third Party Claim and prior
to
such time as the Indemnifying Party has notified the Indemnified Party that
it
has assumed the defense of such Third Party Claim, (ii) the Indemnified Party
shall not file any papers or, other than in connection with a settlement
of the
Third Party Claim, consent to the entry of any judgment without the prior
written consent of the Indemnifying Party (not to be unreasonably withheld,
conditioned or delayed) and (iii) the Indemnifying Party will not consent
to the
entry of any judgment or enter into any settlement with respect to the Third
Party Claim (other than a judgment or settlement that is solely for money
damages and is accompanied by a release of all indemnifiable claims against
the
Indemnified Party) without the prior written consent of the Indemnified Party
(not to be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed). Whether or not
the
Indemnifying Party shall have assumed the defense of the Indemnified Party
for a
Third Party Claim, such Indemnifying Party shall not be obligated to indemnify
and hold harmless the Indemnified Party hereunder for any consent to the
entry
of
judgment
or settlement entered into with respect to such Third Party Claim without
the
Indemnifying Party’s prior written consent, which consent shall not be
unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed.
(b) Equitable
Remedies.
In the
case of any Third Party Claim where the Indemnifying Party reasonably believes
that it would be appropriate to settle such Third Party Claim using equitable
remedies (i.e., remedies involving the future activity and conduct of the
Joint
Venture Company), the Indemnifying Party and the Indemnified Party shall
work
together in good faith to agree to a settlement; provided, however, that
no
Party shall be under any obligation to agree to any such
settlement.
(c) Treatment
of Indemnification Payments; Insurance Recoveries.
Any
indemnity payment under this Agreement shall be decreased by any amounts
actually recovered by the Indemnified Party under third party insurance policies
with respect to such Indemnified Losses (net of any premiums paid by such
Indemnified Party under the relevant insurance policy), each Party agreeing
(i)
to use all reasonable efforts to recover all available insurance proceeds
and
(ii) to the extent that any indemnity payment under this Agreement has been
paid
by the Indemnifying Party to the Indemnified Party prior to the recovery
by the
Indemnified Party of such insurance proceeds, the amount of such insurance
proceeds actually recovered by the Indemnified Party shall be promptly paid
to
the Indemnifying Party.
(d) Certain
Additional Procedures.
The
Indemnified Party shall cooperate and assist the Indemnifying Party in
determining the validity of any Third Party Claim for indemnity by the
Indemnified Party and in otherwise resolving such matters. The Indemnified
Party
shall cooperate in the defense by the Indemnifying Party of each Third Party
Claim (and the Indemnified Party and the Indemnifying Party agree with respect
to all such Third Party Claims that a common interest privilege agreement
exists
between them), including: (i) permitting the Indemnifying Party to discuss
the
Third Party Claim with such officers, employees, consultants and representatives
of the Indemnified Party as the Indemnifying Party reasonably requests; (ii)
providing to the Indemnifying Party copies of documents and samples of products
as the Indemnifying Party reasonably requests in connection with defending
such
Third Party Claim; (iii) preserving all properties, books, records, papers,
documents, plans, drawings, electronic mail and databases of the Joint Venture
Company and relating to matters pertinent to the conduct of the Joint Venture
Company under the Indemnified Party’s custody or control in accordance with such
Party’s corporate documents retention policies, or longer to the extent
reasonably requested by the Indemnifying Party; (iv) notifying the Indemnifying
Party promptly of receipt by the Indemnified Party of any subpoena or other
third party request for documents or interviews and testimony; (v) providing
to
the Indemnifying Party copies of any documents produced by the Indemnified
Party
in response to or compliance with any subpoena or other third party request
for
documents; and (vi) except to the extent inconsistent with the Indemnified
Party’s obligations under applicable law and except to the extent that to do so
would subject the Indemnified Party or its employees, agents or representatives
to criminal or civil sanctions, unless ordered by a court to do otherwise,
not
producing documents to a third party until the Indemnifying Party has been
provided a reasonable opportunity to review, copy and assert privileges covering
such documents.
ARTICLE
9
LIMITATION
OF LIABILITY
9.1 Damages
Limitation.
SUBJECT
TO SECTION
9.4,
IN NO
EVENT SHALL EITHER PARTY BE LIABLE TO THE OTHER PARTY FOR ANY SPECIAL,
CONSEQUENTIAL, INCIDENTAL OR OTHER INDIRECT DAMAGES OR ANY PUNITIVE OR EXEMPLARY
DAMAGES ARISING OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THIS AGREEMENT, WHETHER SUCH
DAMAGES ARE BASED ON BREACH OF CONTRACT, TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE) OR OTHER
THEORY OF LIABILITY, AND EVEN IF A PARTY HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY
OF
SUCH DAMAGES.
9.2 THE
PARTIES AGREE THAT TO THE EXTENT A CLAIM ARISES UNDER THIS AGREEMENT, THE
CLAIM
SHALL BE BROUGHT UNDER THIS AGREEMENT.
9.3 Damages
Cap.
SUBJECT
TO SECTION
9.4,
IF
EITHER PARTY SHALL BE LIABLE TO THE OTHER PARTY FOR ANY MATTER ARISING FROM
THIS
AGREEMENT, WHETHER BASED UPON AN ACTION OR CLAIM IN CONTRACT, WARRANTY, EQUITY,
NEGLIGENCE, INTENDED CONDUCT OR OTHERWISE (INCLUDING ANY ACTION OR CLAIM
ARISING
FROM AN ACT OR OMISSION, NEGLIGENT OR OTHERWISE, OF THE LIABLE PARTY), THE
AMOUNT OF DAMAGES RECOVERABLE AGAINST THE LIABLE PARTY WITH RESPECT TO ANY
BREACH, PERFORMANCE, NONPERFORMANCE, ACT OR OMISSION HEREUNDER WILL NOT EXCEED
THE LESSER OF THE ACTUAL DAMAGES ALLOWED HEREUNDER; OR (i) IN THE CASE OF
THE
JOINT VENTURE COMPANY BRINGING A CLAIM FOR TEN MILLION DOLLARS ($10,000,000)
PER
CLAIM OR SERIES OF RELATED CLAIMS ARISING FROM THE SAME CAUSE; OR (ii) IN
THE
CASE OF PARENT BRINGING A CLAIM: (a) NON-CUSTOM PRODUCTS SOLD BY THE JOINT
VENTURE COMPANY TO BOTH MEMBERS, TEN MILLION DOLLARS ($10,000,000) PER CLAIM
OR
SERIES OF RELATED CLAIMS ARISING FROM THE SAME CAUSE; OR (b) IN THE CASE
OF
CUSTOM PRODUCTS, THE AMOUNT OF DAMAGES, IF ANY, ACTUALLY RECOVERED BY THE
JOINT
VENTURE COMPANY FROM ANY THIRD PARTY RELATING TO THE PARENT’S CLAIM OR SERIES OF
RELATED CLAIMS ARISING FROM THE SAME CAUSE.
9.4 Exclusions
and Mitigation.
Section
9.1
and
Section
9.3
will not
apply to either Party’s breach of Article
7.
Section
9.3 will
not
apply to Intel Singapore’s failure to meet either an Under-loading charge
under
Section 4.1
or a
payment obligation which is due and payable under this Agreement. Each Party
shall have a duty to use commercially reasonable efforts to mitigate damages
for
which the other Party is responsible.
9.5 Losses. Except
as
provided under Section
8.1,
the
Joint Venture Company and Intel Singapore each shall be responsible for Losses
to their respective, tangible, personal or real property (whether owned or
leased), and each Party agrees to look only to their own insurance arrangements
with respect to such damages. The Joint Venture Company and Intel Singapore
waive all rights to recover against each other, including each Party’s insurers’
subrogation rights, if any, for any loss or damage to their respective tangible
personal property or real property (whether owned or leased) from any cause
covered by insurance maintained by each of them, including their respective
deductibles or self-insured retentions. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in
the
event of a loss hereunder involving a property, transit or crime event or
occurrence that: (i) is
insured
under Intel Singapore’s insurance policies; (ii) a single insurance deductible
and/or limits applies; and (iii) the loss event or occurrence affects the
insured ownership or insured legal interests of both Parties, then the Parties
shall share the cost of the deductible and share the limits in proportion
to
each Party’s insured ownership or legal interests in relative proportion to the
total insured ownership or legal interests of the Parties.
ARTICLE
10
TERM
AND TERMINATION;
SUPPLY
OBLIGATIONS FOLLOWING TRIGGERING EVENT
10.1 Term.
The
term of this Agreement commences on the Effective Date and continues in effect
until the first to occur of (a) the Liquidation Date or (b) a Minority Closing,
unless terminated sooner solely by mutual agreement (such period of time,
the
“Term”).
10.2 Termination.
This
Agreement may not be terminated for any reason, including breach by a Party,
before termination pursuant to Section
10.1.
10.3 Masks.
On
the
Liquidation Date, the Joint Venture Company shall immediately transfer
possession of production masks possessed by it at each Facility to the Member
that then owns that Facility as of the Liquidation Date.
10.4 Survival.
Termination of this Agreement shall not affect any of the Parties’ respective
rights accrued or obligations owed before termination, including any rights
or
obligations of the Parties in respect of any accepted Purchase Orders existing
at the time of termination. In addition, the following shall survive termination
of this Agreement for any reason: Sections
2.12, 6.2 and 6.5,
and
Articles
4, 7, 8, 9, 10 and 11.
10.5 Supply
Obligations Following Triggering Event.
Upon
the occurrence of a Triggering Event any supply obligations of the Parties
will
be as set forth in Article
13
of the
IMFS Agreement.
ARTICLE
11
MISCELLANEOUS
11.1 Force
Majeure Events.
The
Parties shall be excused from any failure to perform any obligation hereunder
to
the extent such failure is caused by a Force Majeure Event. A Force Majeure
Event shall operate to excuse a failure to perform an obligation hereunder
only
for the period of time during which the Force Majeure Event renders performance
impossible or infeasible and only if the Party asserting Force Majeure as
an
excuse for its failure to perform has provided written notice to the other
Party
specifying the obligation to be excused and describing the events or conditions
constituting the Force Majeure Event. As used herein, “Force
Majeure Event”
means
the occurrence of an event or circumstance beyond the reasonable control
of the
party failing to perform, including, without limitation: (a) explosions,
fires,
flood, earthquakes, catastrophic weather conditions, or other elements of
nature
or acts of God; (b) acts of war (declared or undeclared), acts of terrorism,
insurrection, riots, civil disorders, rebellion or sabotage; (c) acts of
federal, state, local or foreign governmental authorities or courts; (d)
labor
disputes,
lockouts, strikes or other industrial action, whether direct or indirect
and
whether lawful or unlawful; (e) failures or fluctuations in electrical power
or
telecommunications service or equipment; and (f) delays caused by the other
Party’s nonperformance hereunder.
11.2 Specific
Performance.
The
Parties agree that irreparable damage will result if this Agreement is not
performed in accordance with its terms, and the Parties agree that any damages
available at law for a breach of this Agreement would not be an adequate
remedy.
Therefore, the provisions hereof and the obligations of the Parties hereunder
shall be enforceable in a court of equity, or other tribunal with jurisdiction,
by a decree of specific performance, and appropriate preliminary or permanent
injunctive relief may be applied for and granted in connection therewith.
Such
remedies and all other remedies provided for in this Agreement shall, however,
be cumulative and not exclusive and shall be in addition to any other remedies
that a Party may have under this Agreement.
11.3 Assignment.
This
Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the permitted
successors and assigns of each Party hereto. Neither this Agreement nor any
right or obligation hereunder may be assigned or delegated by either Party
in
whole or in part to any other Person, other than a Wholly-Owned Subsidiary
of
such Party, without the prior written consent of the non-assigning Party.
Any
purported assignment in violation of the provisions of this Section
11.3
shall be
null and void and have no effect.
11.4 Compliance
with Laws and Regulations.
Each of
the Parties shall comply with, and shall use reasonable efforts to require
that
its respective subcontractors comply with, Applicable Laws relating to this
Agreement and the performance of a Party’s rights hereunder.
11.5 Notice.
All
notices and other communications hereunder shall be in writing and shall
be
deemed given upon (a) a transmitter’s confirmation of a receipt of a facsimile
transmission, (b) confirmed delivery by a standard overnight carrier or when
delivered by hand, (c) the expiration of five (5) Business Days after the
day
when mailed in the United States by certified or registered mail, postage
prepaid, or (d) delivery in Person, addressed at the following addresses
(or at
such other address for a party as shall be specified by like
notice):
In
the
case of the IM Flash Singapore, LLP:
IM
Flash Singapore, LLP
c/o
Allen & Gledhill
One
Marina Boulevard #28-00
Singapore
018989
|
Attention:
Lee Kim Shin / Oh Hsiu Hau
|
Facsimile
Number: +65 6327 3800
|
With
a mandatory copy to:
|
|
Micron
Technology, Inc.
|
8000
S. Federal Way
Boise,
Idaho 83716
|
Attention:
General Counsel
|
Facsimile
Number: (208) 368-4540
|
In
the case of Intel Singapore:
|
|
Intel
Technology Asia Pte Ltd
#06-01/02
StarHub Centre
Singapore
229469
Attention:
Intel Legal Department
Facsimile:
+65 62131018
|
With
a mandatory copy to:
|
Intel
Corporation
2200
Mission College Blvd.
Mail-Stop
SC4-203
Santa
Clara, CA 95054
|
Attention:
General Counsel
|
Facsimile
Number: (408)
653-8050
and
Intel
Corporation
2200
Mission College Blvd.
Mail-Stop
SC4-203
Santa
Clara, CA 95054
Attention:
Treasurer
Facsimile
Number: (408) 765-4793
|
Either
Party may change its address for notices upon giving ten (10) days’ written
notice of such change to the other Party in the manner provided
above.
11.6 Waiver.
The
failure at any time of a Party to require performance by the other Party
of any
responsibility or obligation required by this Agreement shall in no way affect
a
Party’s right to require such performance at any time thereafter, nor shall the
waiver by a Party of a breach of any provision of this Agreement by the other
Party constitute a waiver of any other breach of the same or any other provision
nor constitute a waiver of the responsibility or obligation itself.
11.7 Severability.
Should
any provision of this Agreement be deemed in contradiction with the laws
of any
jurisdiction in which it is to be performed or unenforceable for any reason,
such provision shall be deemed null and void, but this Agreement shall remain
in
full force in all other respects. Should any provision of this Agreement
be or
become ineffective because of changes in Applicable Laws or interpretations
thereof, or should this Agreement fail to include a provision that is required
as a matter of law, the validity of the other provisions of this Agreement
shall
not be affected thereby. If such circumstances arise, the Parties hereto
shall
negotiate in good
faith
appropriate modifications to this Agreement to reflect those changes that
are
required by Applicable Law.
11.8 Third
Party Rights.
Nothing
in this Agreement, whether express or implied, is intended or shall be construed
to confer, directly or indirectly, upon or give to any Person, other than
the
Parties hereto, any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under or in
respect of this Agreement or any covenant, condition or other provision
contained herein.
11.9 Amendment.
This
Agreement may not be modified or amended except by a written instrument executed
by or on behalf of each of the Parties to this Agreement.
11.10 Entire
Agreement.
This
Agreement and the applicable provisions of the Confidentiality Agreement,
which
are incorporated herein and made a part hereof, together with the Exhibits
and
Schedules hereto and the agreements and instruments expressly provided for
herein, constitute the entire agreement of the Parties hereto with respect
to
the subject matter hereof and supersede all prior agreements and understandings,
oral and written, between the Parties hereto with respect to the subject
matter
hereof.
11.11 Choice
of Law.
This
Agreement shall be construed and enforced in accordance with and governed
by the
laws of the Republic of Singapore, without giving effect to the principles
of
conflict of laws thereof.
11.12 Jurisdiction;
Venue.
Any
suit, action or proceeding seeking to enforce any provision of, or based
on any
matter arising out of or in connection with, this Agreement shall be brought
in
a state or federal court located in Delaware and each of the Parties to this
Agreement hereby consents and submits to the exclusive jurisdiction of such
courts (and of the appropriate appellate courts therefrom) in any such suit,
action or proceeding and irrevocably waives, to the fullest extent permitted
by
Applicable Law, any objection which it may now or hereafter have to the laying
of the venue of any such suit, action or proceeding in any such court or
that
any such suit, action or proceeding which is brought in any such court has
been
brought in an inconvenient forum. Process in any such suit, action or proceeding
may be served on any party anywhere in the world, whether within or without
the
jurisdiction of any such court.
11.13 Headings.
The
headings of the Articles and Sections in this Agreement are provided for
convenience of reference only and shall not be deemed to constitute a part
hereof.
11.14 Counterparts.
This
Agreement may be executed in several counterparts, each of which shall be
deemed
an original, but all of which together shall constitute one and the same
instrument.
11.15 Insurance.
Without
limiting or qualifying the Joint Venture Company’s liabilities, obligations, or
indemnities otherwise assumed by the Joint Venture Company pursuant to this
Agreement, the Joint Venture Company shall maintain, at no charge to Intel
Singapore, with companies acceptable to Intel Singapore:
(a) |
Commercial General Liability with limits of liability not less than
$[***]
|
per
occurrence and including liability coverage for bodily injury or property
damage
(1) assumed in a contract or agreement pertaining to The Joint Venture Company’s
business and (2) arising out of The Joint Venture Company’s products, Services,
or work. The Joint Venture Company’s insurance shall be primary with respect to
liabilities assumed by The Joint Venture Company in this Agreement to the
extent
such liabilities are the subject of the Joint Venture Company’s insurance, and
any applicable insurance maintained by Intel Singapore shall be excess and
non-contributing. The above coverage shall name Intel Singapore as additional
insured as respects The Joint Venture Company’s work or services provided to or
on behalf of Intel Singapore.
(b) Automobile
Liability Insurance with limits of liability not less than $[***]
per
accident for bodily injury or property damage.
(c) Statutory
Workers’ Compensation coverage, including a Broad Form All States Endorsement in
the amount required by law, and Employers’ Liability Insurance in the amount of
$[***]
per
occurrence. Such insurance shall include mutual insurer’s waiver of
subrogation.
[Signature
page follows]
IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, this Agreement has been duly executed by and on behalf of
the
Parties hereto as of the Effective Date.
INTEL
TECHNOLOGY ASIA
PTE LTD
|
IM
FLASH SINGAPORE, LLP
|
By:___/s/
Ravi Jacob_________________
|
By:___/s/
Jen Kwong Hwa
|
Name:___
Ravi Jacob
|
Name:___Jen
Kwong Hwa
|
Title:___Treasurer
|
Title:___Interim
Authorized Signatory
|
THIS
IS THE SIGNATURE PAGE FOR THE SUPPLY AGREEMENT ENTERED INTO BY AND BETWEEN
INTEL
TECHNOLOGY ASIA
PTE
LTD AND IM
FLASH SINGAPORE, LLP
EXHIBIT
A
DEFINITIONS
“Affiliate”
means,
with respect to any specified Person, a Person that directly or indirectly,
including through one or more intermediaries, controls, or is controlled
by, or
is under common control with, the Person specified.
“Agreement”
shall
have the meaning set forth in the preamble to this Agreement.
“Applicable
Law”
means
any applicable laws, statutes, rules, regulations, ordinances, orders, codes,
arbitration awards, judgments, decrees or other legal requirements of any
Governmental Entity.
“Approved
Business Plan” shall
have the meaning set forth in the IMFS Agreement.
“Assembly
Outs”
shall
mean a Product for which the Assembly Services have been completed and meets
all
of the Assembly Specification applicable at such time and is not Secondary
Silicon or Rejects.
“Business
Continuity Plan”
shall
have the meaning set forth in Section
2.10
hereof.
“Business
Day”
means
a
day that is not a Saturday, Sunday or other day on which commercial banking
institutions in the Republic of Singapore are authorized or required by
Applicable Law to be closed.
“Capacity” means
the
rate of output (defined in terms of units per time period), at a particular
point in time, at which a particular Facility or set of Facilities of the
Joint
Venture Company (or of a third party on the Joint Venture Company’s behalf) is
capable of producing such units.
“Confidential
Information”
shall
have the meaning set forth in Section
7.1
hereof.
“Confidentiality
Agreement”
means
that Amended and Restated Mutual Confidentiality Agreement by and among the
Joint Venture Company, Intel, Micron, Intel Singapore, Micron Singapore and
IMFT
dated as of the Effective Date.
“Custom
Products”
shall
have the meaning set forth in the Product Designs Committee
Agreement.
“Cycle-Time”
means
the time required to process a unit through a portion of the manufacturing
process (e.g., fab, assembly, or final test) or through the manufacturing
process as a whole.
“Demand
Forecast”
shall
have the meaning set forth in Section
3.1(a)
hereof.
“Effective
Date”
shall
have the meaning set forth in the preamble to this Agreement.
“Excursion”
means
an occurrence, either during production or after customer delivery that is
outside normal historical behavior as established by both Parties in writing
in
the applicable Specifications which may impact performance, Quality and
Reliability, or customer delivery commitments for Probed Wafers, NAND Flash
Memory Product or Known Good Die.
“Facilities”
shall
mean all of the Joint Venture Company’s facilities at which it may perform
manufacturing, assembly or test services, including subcontractors.
“Fiscal
Quarter”
means
any of the four financial accounting quarters within the Joint Venture Company’s
Fiscal Year.
“Fiscal
Month”
means
any of the twelve financial accounting months within the Joint Venture Company’s
Fiscal Year.
“Fiscal
Year”
means
the fiscal year of the Joint Venture Company for financial accounting
purposes.
“Flash
Memory Integrated Circuit”
shall
have the meaning set forth in the IMFS Agreement.
“Force
Majeure Event”
shall
have the meaning set forth in Section
11.1.
“GAAP”
means
United States generally accepted accounting principles as in effect from
time to
time.
“Governmental
Entity”
means
any governmental authority or entity, including any agency, board, bureau,
commission, court, department, subdivision or instrumentality thereof, or
any
arbitrator or arbitration panel.
“Hazardous
Materials”
means
dangerous goods, chemicals, contaminants, substances, pollutants or any other
materials that are defined as hazardous by relevant local, state, national,
or
international law, regulations and standards.
“IMFS
Agreement”
means
the Limited Liability Partnership Agreement of the Joint Venture Company
by and
between Intel Singapore and Micron Singapore dated as of the Effective
Date.
“IMFT”
means
IM Flash Technologies, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company.
“Indemnified
Party”
shall
mean any of the following to the extent entitled to seek indemnification
under
this Agreement: Intel Singapore, the Joint Venture Company, and their respective
Affiliates, officers, directors, employees, agents, assigns and
successors.
“Indemnified
Losses” shall
mean all direct, out-of-pocket liabilities, damages, losses, costs and expenses
of any nature incurred by an Indemnified Party, including reasonable attorneys’
fees and consultants’ fees, and all damages, fines, penalties and judgments
awarded or
entered
against an Indemnified Party, but specifically excluding any special,
consequential or other types of indirect damages.
“Indemnifying
Party”
shall
mean the Party owing a duty of indemnification to another Party with respect
to
a particular Third Party Claim.
“Initial
Business Plan”
shall
have the meaning set forth in the IMFS Agreement.
“Intel”
means
Intel Corporation, a Delaware corporation.
“Intel
Singapore”
means
Intel Technology
Asia Pte Ltd,
a
Singapore private limited company.
“Joint
Development Program Agreement”
shall
mean the Joint Development Program Agreement by and between Micron and Intel
dated January 6, 2006.
“Joint
Venture Company”
shall
have the meaning set forth in the preamble to this Agreement.
“Joint
Venture Documents”
shall
have the meaning set forth in the IMFS Agreement.
“Known
Good Die”
means
a
raw wafer that has been processed to the point of containing functional and/or
operational NAND Flash Memory Integrated Circuits that has undergone Probe
Testing (a.k.a. “Sort” procedure), meeting predefined performance and quality
criteria and singulated to individual semiconductor die. Die will have been
fully tested but will not been assembled into final packaging or undergone
final
product testing.
“Liquidation
Date”
shall
have the meaning set forth in the IMFS Agreement.
“Losses”
shall
mean, collectively, any and all insurable liabilities, damages, losses, costs
and expenses (including reasonable attorneys’ and consultants’ fees and
expenses).
“Manufacturing
Committee”
shall
have the meaning set forth in the Omnibus Agreement.
“Members”
means
Micron Singapore and Intel Singapore.
“Micron”
shall
mean Micron Technology, Inc., a Delaware Company.
“Micron
Singapore”
shall
mean Micron Semiconductor Asia Pte. Ltd., a Singapore private limited
company.
“Minority
Closing” shall
have the meaning set forth in the IMFS Agreement.
“Modified
GAAP”
shall
have the meaning set forth in the IMFS Agreement.
“NAND
Flash Memory Integrated Circuit”
means
a
Flash Memory Integrated Circuit,
in
the
memory cells included in the Flash Memory Integrated Circuit are arranged
in
groups of serially connected memory cells (each such group of serially connected
memory cells called a “string”) in which the drain of each memory cell of a
string (other than the first memory cell in the string) is connected in series
to the source of another memory cell in such string, the gate of each memory
cell in such string is directly accessible, and the drain of the uppermost
bit
of such string is coupled to the bitline of the memory array.
“NAND
Flash Memory Product”
shall
have the meaning set forth in the IMFS Agreement.
“NAND
Flash Memory Wafer”
means a
raw wafer that has been processed to the point of containing NAND Flash Memory
Integrated Circuits organized in multiple semiconductor die and that has
undergone Probe Testing, but before singulation of said die into individual
semiconductor die.
“Omnibus
Agreement”
shall
mean the Omnibus Agreement by and between Intel and Micron dated as of the
Effective Date.
“Omnibus
IP Agreement”
shall
mean the Omnibus IP Agreement by and among Micron,
Micron Singapore, Intel, Intel Singapore, the Joint Venture Company and
IMFT
dated as
of the Effective Date.
“Operating
Plan”
means
the Manufacturing Plan, Assembly Plan and Testing Plan developed pursuant
to the
Definitions in the IMFS Agreement.
“Optional
Purchase Agreement”
shall
mean the Optional Purchase Agreement by and between Micron and Intel dated
January 6, 2006, as amended.
“Party”
and
“Parties” shall
have the meaning set forth in the Recitals to this Agreement.
“Performance
Criteria”
means
[***].
“Person”
shall
have the meaning set forth in the IMFS Agreement.
“Planning
Forecast”
shall
have the meaning set forth in Section
3.1(b)
hereof.
“Price”
or
“Pricing”
means
the calculation set forth on Schedule
4.8
hereof.
“Prime
Wafer”
means
the raw silicon wafers required, on a product-by-product basis, for the
manufacturer.
“Probe
Testing” means
testing, using a wafer test program as set forth in the applicable
Specifications, of a wafer that has completed all processing steps deemed
necessary to complete the creation of the desired NAND Flash Memory Integrated
Circuits in the die on such wafer, the purpose of which test is to determine
how
many and which of the die meet the applicable criteria for such die set forth
in
the Specifications.
“Probed
Wafer”
means
a
Prime Wafer that has been processed to the point of containing NAND Flash
Memory
Integrated Circuits organized in multiple semiconductor die and that has
undergone Probe Testing, but before singulation of said die into individual
semiconductor dice.
“Products”
means
a
Probed Wafer, Known Good Die, or NAND Flash Memory Product, or such other
products that are manufactured by the Joint Venture Company under Section
2.2
hereof.
“Proposed
Loading Plan”
shall
have the meaning set forth in Section
3.1(c)
hereof.
“Purchase
Order”
shall
have the meaning set forth in Section
4.3
hereof.
“Quality
and Reliability”
or
“Q&R” means
building and sustaining relationships which assess, anticipate, and fulfill
the
quality and reliability standards as set forth in the Specification or Operating
Plan for Products.
“Receiving
Party”
shall
have the meaning set forth in Section
7.1
hereof.
“Recoverable
Taxes”
shall
have the meaning set forth in Section
4.7
hereof.
“Secondary
Silicon”
shall
mean: i) a Prime Wafer that has been processed to the point of containing
NAND
Flash Memory Integrated Circuits organized in multiple semiconductor die
and
that has undergone Probe Testing would otherwise constitute a Probed Wafer
but
for failure to achieve qualification; or (ii) singulated and/or packaged
die
that would otherwise constitute Assembly Outs or Test Outs but for failure
to
achieve qualification; and otherwise conform to the applicable Secondary
Silicon
Specification.
“Semiconductor
Manufacturing Technology”
shall
have the meaning set forth in the Omnibus IP Agreement.
“Sharing
Interest”
shall
have the meaning set forth in the IMFS Agreement.
“Specifications”
means
those specifications used to describe, characterize, and define the quality
and
performance of NAND Flash Memory Products and Known Good Die, including any
interim performance specifications at Probe Testing or other testing, as
such
specifications may be determined from time to time by the Joint Venture
Company.
“Subsidiary” shall
have the meaning set forth in the IMFS Agreement.
“Technology
License Agreement”
shall
mean the Technology License Agreement by and among Micron, Intel and IMFT
dated
January 6, 2006, as amended.
“Term”
shall
have the meaning set forth in Section
10.1
hereof.
“Test
Outs” shall
mean a Product Candidate for which Testing Services have been completed and
meets all of the Testing Specification applicable at such time and is not
Secondary Silicon or Rejects.
“Third
Party Claim”
shall
mean any claim, demand, action, suit or proceeding, and any actual or threatened
lawsuit, complaint, cross-complaint or counter-complaint, arbitration or
other
legal or arbitral proceeding of any nature, brought in any court, tribunal
or
judicial forum anywhere in the world, regardless of the manner in which such
proceeding is captioned or styled, by any Person other than Intel Singapore,
the
Joint Venture Company and Affiliates of the foregoing, against an Indemnified
Party, in each case alleging entitlement to any Indemnified Losses pursuant
to
any indemnification obligation under this Agreement.
“Triggering
Event” shall
have the meaning set forth in the IMFS Agreement.
“Under-loading”
shall
have the meaning set forth in Section
4.1.
“Wafer
Start”
shall
mean the initiation of manufacturing services with respect to a Prime
Wafer.
“Warranty
Claim Period”
shall
have the meaning set forth in Section
6.2
hereof.
“Wholly-Owned
Subsidiary”
shall
have the meaning set forth in the IMFS Agreement.
“WIP”
means
work in process. This includes all wafers and Product in wafer fabrication,
sort, assembly, and/or final test, including prime and secondary wafers,
and all
completed Product units not yet delivered to Intel Singapore.
“Yield”
means
anticipated output of Product from WIP at a particular point in time, including
line yield, die yield, assembly yield and final testing yield.
SCHEDULE
4.8
PRICE
.
Exhibit 31.1
EXHIBIT
31.1
RULE
13a-14(a) CERTIFICATION OF
CHIEF
EXECUTIVE OFFICER
I,
Steven
R. Appleton, certify that:
1.
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I
have reviewed this quarterly report on Form 10-Q of Micron
Technology,
Inc.;
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2.
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Based
on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement
of a
material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to
make the
statements made, in light of the circumstances under which
such statements
were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered
by this
report;
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3.
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Based
on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial
information
included in this report, fairly present in all material respects
the
financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of
the
registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this
report;
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4.
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The
registrant’s other certifying officer(s) and I are responsible for
establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures
(as
defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) and internal
control over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act
Rules
13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) for the registrant and
have:
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a.
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Designed
such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure
controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision,
to ensure
that material information relating to the registrant, including
its
consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within
those
entities, particularly during the period in which this report
is being
prepared;
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b.
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Designed
such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such
internal
control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision,
to
provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial
reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external
purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting
principles;
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c.
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Evaluated
the effectiveness of the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures
and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness
of
the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the
period
covered by this report based on such evaluation;
and
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d.
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Disclosed
in this report any change in the registrant’s internal control over
financial reporting that occurred during the registrant’s most recent
fiscal quarter (the registrant’s fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an
annual report) that has materially affected, or is reasonably
likely to
materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial
reporting; and
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5.
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The
registrant’s other certifying officer(s) and I have disclosed, based on
our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial
reporting,
to the registrant’s auditors and the audit committee of the registrant’s
board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent
functions):
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a.
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All
significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design
or
operation of internal control over financial reporting which
are
reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant’s ability to record,
process, summarize and report financial information;
and
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b.
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Any
fraud, whether or not material, that involves management
or other
employees who have a significant role in the registrant’s internal control
over financial reporting.
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Date:
April 10, 2007
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/s/
STEVEN R. APPLETON
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Steven
R. Appleton
Chairman,
Chief Executive Officer and
President
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Exhibit 31.2
EXHIBIT
31.2
RULE
13a-14(a) CERTIFICATION OF
CHIEF
FINANCIAL OFFICER
I,
W. G.
Stover, Jr., certify that:
1.
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I
have reviewed this quarterly report on Form 10-Q of Micron Technology,
Inc.;
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2.
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Based
on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement
of a
material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make
the
statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such
statements
were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by
this
report;
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3.
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Based
on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial
information
included in this report, fairly present in all material respects
the
financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the
registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this
report;
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4.
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The
registrant’s other certifying officer(s) and I are responsible for
establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures
(as
defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) and internal
control over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules
13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) for the registrant and
have:
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a.
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Designed
such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure
controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to
ensure
that material information relating to the registrant, including
its
consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within
those
entities, particularly during the period in which this report is
being
prepared;
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b.
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Designed
such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such
internal
control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision,
to
provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial
reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external
purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting
principles;
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c.
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Evaluated
the effectiveness of the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures
and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness
of
the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period
covered by this report based on such evaluation;
and
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d.
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Disclosed
in this report any change in the registrant’s internal control over
financial reporting that occurred during the registrant’s most recent
fiscal quarter (the registrant’s fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an
annual report) that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely
to
materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial
reporting; and
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5.
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The
registrant’s other certifying officer(s) and I have disclosed, based on
our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting,
to the registrant’s auditors and the audit committee of the registrant’s
board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent
functions):
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a.
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All
significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design
or
operation of internal control over financial reporting which are
reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant’s ability to record,
process, summarize and report financial information;
and
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b.
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Any
fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other
employees who have a significant role in the registrant’s internal control
over financial reporting.
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Date:
April 10, 2007
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/s/
W. G.
STOVER, JR
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W.
G. Stover, Jr.
Vice
President of Finance and Chief Financial
Officer
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Exhibit 32.1
EXHIBIT
32.1
CERTIFICATION
OF CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER
PURSUANT
TO 18 U.S.C. 1350
I,
Steven
R. Appleton, certify, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. 1350, as adopted pursuant to
Section
906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that the Quarterly Report of Micron
Technology, Inc. on Form 10-Q for the period ended March 1, 2007, fully complies
with the requirements of Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange
Act
of 1934 and that information contained in the Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q
fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results
of operations of Micron Technology, Inc.
Date:
April 10, 2007
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By:
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/s/
STEVEN R. APPLETON
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Steven
R. Appleton
Chairman,
Chief Executive Officer and
President
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Exhibit 32.2
EXHIBIT
32.2
CERTIFICATION
OF CHIEF FINANCIAL
OFFICER
PURSUANT
TO 18 U.S.C. 1350
I,
W. G.
Stover, Jr., certify, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section
906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that the Quarterly Report of Micron
Technology, Inc. on Form 10-Q for the period ended March 1, 2007, fully complies
with the requirements of Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange
Act
of 1934 and that information contained in the Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q
fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results
of operations of Micron Technology, Inc.
Date:
April 10, 2007
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By:
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/s/
W. G.
STOVER, JR.
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W.
G. Stover, Jr.
Vice
President of Finance and Chief Financial
Officer
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