{"id":42640,"date":"2015-09-17T11:25:58","date_gmt":"2015-09-17T16:25:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/content.findlaw-admin.com\/ability-legal\/contracts\/uncategorized\/option-agreement-oak-technology-inc-and-taiwan-semiconductor.html"},"modified":"2015-09-17T11:25:58","modified_gmt":"2015-09-17T16:25:58","slug":"option-agreement-oak-technology-inc-and-taiwan-semiconductor","status":"publish","type":"corporate_contracts","link":"https:\/\/corporate.findlaw.com\/contracts\/operations\/option-agreement-oak-technology-inc-and-taiwan-semiconductor.html","title":{"rendered":"Option Agreement &#8211; Oak Technology Inc. and Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Inc."},"content":{"rendered":"<pre>                               OPTION AGREEMENT\n\n                                    BETWEEN\n\n                              OAK TECHNOLOGY, INC.\n\n                                      AND\n\n                  TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.\n\n\n                                 AUGUST 8, 1996\n\n\n\n\n\n                                OPTION AGREEMENT\n\n\n     THIS AGREEMENT is made and becomes effective as of AUGUST 8, 1996 (the \n\"Effective Date\") by Taiwan Semiconductor Co., Ltd. (\"TSMC\"), a company \norganized under the laws of the Republic of China with its registered address \nat No. 121, Park Ave. 3, Science-Based Industrial Park, Hsinchu, Taiwan, and \nOAK Technology, Inc., a company organized under the laws of the R.O.C., with \nits registered address at Rm. B, 7F, No. 370, Sec. 1, Fu-Hsing S. Rd. Taipei, \nTaiwan, R.O.C. (\"Customer\").\n\n\n                                    RECITALS\n\n\n     WHEREAS, TSMC currently supplies Customer with wafers and Customer \nwishes to increase the purchase volume of wafers from TSMC;\n\n     WHEREAS, in order to increase its output, TSMC must accelerate its ramp \nup in Fab 3 and advance the start of Fab 4;\n\n     WHEREAS, as a condition to TSMC's acceleration of these facilities, TSMC \nhas asked Customer to make a capacity commitment and certain advance payment \nunder three option agreements;\n\n   [*\n                                                                 ]\n\n\n                                   AGREEMENT\n\n\n     NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual covenants and conditions \ncontained herein, the parties agree as follows:\n\n1.  [*                                    ]\n\n    [*\n\n\n                     ]\n\n\n[*] Confidential Treatment Requested\n\n\n\n\n    \n    [*\n\n                   ]\n\n\n2.  DEFINITIONS\n\n    (a)  \"Base Capacity\" used in this Agreement shall mean the capacity that \n         TSMC agrees to provide, and of which Customer agrees to purchase 90%, \n         in addition to the Option Capacity, pursuant to this Agreement.\n\n    (b)  \"Customer Committed Capacity\" used in this Agreement shall mean the \n         total capacity that Customer agrees to purchase from TSMC pursuant to \n         this Agreement, and is set forth in Exhibit B.\n\n    (c)  \"Option Capacity\" used in this Agreement shall mean the firm \n         capacity commitment made by Customer pursuant to this Agreement, for \n         which capacity Customer agrees to pay TSMC liquidated damages at a \n         rate [*                           ] for any such unused capacity \n         pursuant to Section 6(a) below.\n\n    (d)  \"Option Fee\" used in this Agreement shall mean Customer's deposit \n         balance, [*            *] at TSMC upon the execution hereof as partial\n         prepayment of the Option Capacity to be purchased by Customer, and \n         for liquidated damages upon Customer's failure to purchase the Option \n         Capacity. Except for the return of the corresponding Option Fee under \n         assignment pursuant to Section 6(a), the Option Fee is not refundable.\n\n    (e)  \"TSMC Committed Capacity\" used in this Agreement shall mean the \n         total capacity that TSMC agrees to provide to Customer pursuant to this\n         Agreement, and is set forth in Exhibit B.\n\n    (f)  \"Wafer Equivalent\" used in this Agreement shall mean the number of \n         6\" or 8\" wafers based on the equivalency factor for 1995 Base Capacity.\n         For details of the equivalency factor, please refer to Exhibit A. Any \n         and all the capacity commitments referred to in this Agreement shall be\n         measured in Wafer Equivalent.\n\n\n[*] Confidential Treatment Requested\n\n\n\n\n3.  VOLUME COMMITMENT\n\n    (a)  Customer agrees to purchase from TSMC the Customer Committed \n         Capacity, and TSMC agrees to provide to Customer the TSMC Committed \n         Capacity, as set forth in Exhibit B. In any calendar year, the orders \n         placed by Customer shall first apply to fulfill 90% of the Base \n         Capacity portion, and then the Option Capacity.\n\n    (b)  Each month, Customer agrees to provide to TSMC a six-month rolling \n         forecast of the number of wafers that Customer will purchase, with the \n         volume for the first twelve weeks being frozen (i.e. Customer must \n         purchase all of the quantity  forecast for the delivery in the first \n         twelve weeks of all forecast). The forecast must be based on wafers out\n         or deliveries expected to be made by TSMC.\n\n    (c)  TSMC will use its reasonable effort to cause its fabs to be capable \n         of producing wafers of more advanced specifications, as set forth in \n         the TSMC Technology Road Map attached in Exhibit C.\n\n\n4.  WAFER PRICE\n\n    (a)[*\n\n\n                       ] Customer has the right to conduct price audit once \n         a year on wafer price for the preceding twelve months through an \n         internationally renown accounting firm, with a one-month prior written \n         notice to TSMC. In the event that the wafer prices for the Option \n         Capacity do not comply with this paragraph, TSMC will credit Customer \n         any difference between the actual wafer prices paid and the Average \n         Wafer Prices determined during the audits. TSMC will credit against \n         Customer [*          ] Wafer Equivalent for the Option Capacity \n         purchased in the year 1996 and [*           ] Wafer Equivalent for the\n         Option Capacity in the years 1997, 1998 and 1999.\n\n    (b)  The parties shall negotiate in good faith each month the wafer prices \n         for the Option Capacity ordered for the following month, and of no \n         agreement may\n\n\n[*] Confidential Treatment Requested\n\n\n\n\n         be reached by the parties before the end of each month, the parties \n         agree to apply the wafer price used in that month to any orders placed \n         by Customer in the subsequent month, and submit the dispute to the \n         binding arbitration pursuant to Section 12 below to decide the wafer \n         price within two months upon submission. Under such circumstances, \n         neither party shall have the right to terminate this Agreement under \n         Section 7 below.\n\n\n5.  OTHER PURCHASE TERMS AND CONDITIONS\n\n    The Customer\/TSMC Indemnity Agreement dated October 26, 1996 will apply \n    to all purchases of wafers by Customer from TSMC, except that the provisions\n    of this Agreement will supersede the above Agreement with respect to the \n    subject matter hereof. Within ninety (90) days upon execution hereof, both \n    parties agree to use their best efforts to negotiate and enter into a wafer \n    production agreement for the purchase of wafers hereunder.\n\n6.  FAILURE TO PURCHASE THE CUSTOMER COMMITTED CAPACITY; FIRST RIGHT OF REFUSAL\n\n   (a)  Provided for the year 1996, if in any calendar year, for any reason, \n        Customer is not able to use or purchase all or a portion of the Customer\n        Committed Capacity of that year, or any other year(s) during the term \n        of this Agreement, Customer shall promptly notify TSMC of such in \n        writing and first offer TSMC such Capacity for sales to any third \n        parties. In addition to its right to terminate this Agreement under \n        Section 7(b) below, TSMC may, at its option, accept such offer, in whole\n        or in part, within thirty (30) days following Customer's notification. \n        In the event that TSMC decides not to accept such offer, Customer may \n        assign such unused Customer Committed Capacity for that calendar year or\n        this Agreement (including the right to purchase the Customer Committed \n        Capacity for the remaining term of this Agreement) to any third parties \n        acceptable to TSMC, within two months upon TSMC's written notice that it\n        will not accept such offer, and if Customer fails to do so, TSMC has the\n        right to deduct from the Option Fee [*                               ]\n        times the unused Option Capacity for the applicable year as liquidated \n        damages, and TSMC is entitled to sell or use any unused capacity \n        thereafter. Any unused\n\n\n[*] Confidential Treatment Requested\n\n\n\n\n        Customer Committed Capacity for 1996 shall be carried forward to the \n        year 1997 and counted as additional Option Capacity for 1997.\n\n   (b)  If any portion of this Agreement or the whole Agreement is assigned \n        to any third parties acceptable to TSMC pursuant to this Section 6(a) \n        above, Customer shall cause such third parties to abide by the terms \n        and conditions of this Agreement, and TSMC will return to Customer the \n        portion of the Option Fee corresponding to the assigned Option Capacity \n        at the same rates as set forth in Section 4(a).\n\n\n7.  TERM AND TERMINATION\n\n   (a)  The term of this Agreement shall commence from the Effective Date, \n        and continue until December 31, 1999, or the date of total consumption \n        of the Option Fee pursuant to this Agreement, whichever is earlier.\n\n   (b)  TERMINATION FOR OTHER BREACH OR FOR BANKRUPTCY\n        Either party may terminate this Agreement if the other party breaches \n        any material provisions of this Agreement and does not cure or remedy \n        such breach within ninety (90) days of receiving written notice of such \n        breach, or becomes the subject of a voluntary or involuntary petition in\n        bankruptcy or any proceeding relating to insolvency, receivership or \n        liquidation, if such petition or proceeding is not dismissed with \n        prejudice within sixty (60) days after filing.\n\n   (c)  EFFECT OF TERMINATION\n        Both parties shall remain liable to the other party for any outstanding \n        and matured rights and obligations at the time of termination.\n\n\n8.  LIMITATION OF LIABILITY\n\n    In no event shall either party be liable for any indirect, special, \n    incidental or consequential damages (including loss of profits and loss of \n    use) resulting from, arising out of or in connection with the performance or\n    failure to perform under this Agreement, or resulting from, arising out of \n    or in connection with TSMC's\n\n\n\n\n    producing, supplying, and\/or sale of the wafers, whether due to a breach \n    of contract, breach of warranty, tort, or negligence of TSMC, or otherwise.\n\n\n9.  NOTICE\n\n    All notices required or permitted to be sent by either party to the other \n    party under this Agreement shall be sent by registered mail postage prepaid,\n    or by personal delivery, or by fax. Any notice given by fax shall be \n    followed by a confirmation copy within ten (10) days. Unless changed by \n    written notice given by either party to the other, the addresses and fax \n    numbers of the respective parties shall be as follows:\n\n\n    To TSMC:\n         TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY, LTD.\n         No. 121, Park Avenue 3\n         Science-Based Industrial Park\n         Hsinchu, Taiwan\n         Republic of China\n\n\n    To Customer:\n         OAK Technology, Inc.\n         Rm. B, 7F, No. 370\n         Sec. 1, Fu-Hsing S. Rd.\n         Taipei, Taiwan\n         Republic of China\n\n\n10. ENTIRE AGREEMENT\n\n    This Agreement, including Exhibits A-C, constitutes the entire agreement \n    between the parties with respect to the subject matter hereof, and \n    supersedes and replaces all prior or contemporaneous understanding, \n    agreements, dealings and negotiations, oral or written, regarding the \n    subject matter hereof. No modification, alteration or amendment of this \n    Agreement shall be effective unless in writing and signed by both parties. \n    No waiver of any breach or failure by either party to enforce any provision \n    of this Agreement shall be deemed a waiver\n\n\n\n\n    of any other or subsequent breach, or a waiver of future enforcement of \n    that or any other provision.\n\n\n11. GOVERNING LAW\n\n    This Agreement will be governed by and interpreted in accordance with the \n    laws of the Republic of China.\n\n\n12. ARBITRATION\n\n    Each party will make the best efforts to resolve amicably any disputes or \n    claims under this Agreement among the parties. In the event that a \n    resolution is not reached among the parties within thirty (30) days after \n    written notice by any party of the dispute or claim, the dispute or claim \n    shall be finally settled by binding arbitration in Taipei under the Rules \n    of the ROC Commercial Arbitration Act by three (3) arbitrators appointed \n    in accordance with such rules. The arbitration proceeding shall be conducted\n    in English. Judgment on the award rendered by the arbitrator may be entered\n    in any court having jurisdiction thereof.\n\n\n13. ASSIGNMENT\n\n    This Agreement shall be binding on and inure to the benefit of each party \n    and its successors, and except that Customer may assign this Agreement under\n    Section 6 above, neither party shall assign any of its rights hereunder, nor\n    delegate its obligations hereunder, to any third party, without the prior \n    written consent of the other.\n\n\n14. CONFIDENTIALITY\n\n    Both parties shall keep in strict confidence the existence or contents \n    of this Agreement and take the best precaution possible to prevent any \n    unauthorized disclosure or use thereof. Both parties agree that no \n    disclosure of this Agreement or any matter relating thereto may be made \n    without the disclosing party first providing the proposed disclosure to the \n    other party two weeks in advance for consent. In the event disclosure is \n    required by laws or governmental regulations.\n\n\n\n\n    the disclosing party shall provide the other party the opportunity to \n    protest, participate in preparing disclosure or make reasonable changes \n    thereto.\n\n\n15. FOUNDRY SOURCE\n\n    Customer shall use TSMC as the primary foundry source to manufacture all of\n    its products provided that TSMC offers competitive pricing, delivery and \n    technology.\n\n\n16. FORCE MAJEURE\n\n    Neither party shall be responsible for delays or failure in performance \n    resulting from acts beyond the reasonable control of such party. Such acts \n    shall include but not limited to acts of God, war, riot, labor stoppages, \n    governmental actions, fires, floods, and earthquakes.\n\n\n         IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have executed this Agreement as of \nthe date first stated above.\n\n\nTAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR                   OAK Technology, Inc.\nMANUFACTURING CO., LTD.                                    \n\n\n\nBY: \/s\/ KL FOR DON BROOKS              BY: \/s\/ DAVID D. TSANG\n    ---------------------                  ------------------\n\n    Donald W. Brooks                   David Tsang\n\n    President                          President\n\n\n\n                                   Exhibit A\n\n                    [                  *                  ]\n\n\n[*] Confidential Treatment Requested\n\n\n\n                                   Exhibit B\n\n                    [                  *                  ]\n\n[*] Confidential Treatment Requested\n\n\n\n                                   Exhibit C\n\n                    [                  *                  ]\n\n\n[*] Confidential Treatment Requested\n\n\n<\/pre>\n","protected":false},"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_stopmodifiedupdate":true,"_modified_date":"","_cloudinary_featured_overwrite":false},"corporate_contracts_companies":[8391],"corporate_contracts_industries":[9512],"corporate_contracts_types":[9613,9619],"class_list":["post-42640","corporate_contracts","type-corporate_contracts","status-publish","hentry","corporate_contracts_companies-oak-technology-inc","corporate_contracts_industries-technology__semiconductors","corporate_contracts_types-operations","corporate_contracts_types-operations__sales"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/corporate.findlaw.com\/legal-api\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/corporate_contracts\/42640","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/corporate.findlaw.com\/legal-api\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/corporate_contracts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/corporate.findlaw.com\/legal-api\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/corporate_contracts"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/corporate.findlaw.com\/legal-api\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=42640"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"corporate_contracts_companies","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/corporate.findlaw.com\/legal-api\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/corporate_contracts_companies?post=42640"},{"taxonomy":"corporate_contracts_industries","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/corporate.findlaw.com\/legal-api\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/corporate_contracts_industries?post=42640"},{"taxonomy":"corporate_contracts_types","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/corporate.findlaw.com\/legal-api\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/corporate_contracts_types?post=42640"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}