AMENDMENT OF MEMORANDUM OF AGREEMENT YEARS 2004-2005 BASESTOCK SUPPLY AGREEMENT (effective as of June 27, 2001)

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EX-10.22.2 5 dex10222.htm AMENDMENT TO BASESTOCK SUPPLY AGREEMENT DATED FEBRUARY 25, 2004 Amendment to Basestock Supply Agreement dated February 25, 2004

Exhibit 10.22.2

 

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AMENDMENT OF

MEMORANDUM OF AGREEMENT

YEARS 2004-2005

BASESTOCK SUPPLY AGREEMENT (effective as of June 27, 2001)

 

For valuable consideration, the above-referenced agreement (herein “Agreement”) shall be and it is hereby amended as follows:

 

1. Section 1., VOLUME/MIX, is amended so as to provide, in its entirety, as follows:

 

“Except as hereinafter provided, Buyer shall be obligated to purchase from Seller, and Seller shall be obligated to sell to Buyer, (i) 75,000 tons (2,000 lbs/ton), total, of the grades listed in Schedule 1 of this Amendment, in Agreement Year 2004 and (ii) 40,000 tons, total, of the grades listed in Schedule 1 of this amendment, in Agreement Year 2005. The volumes set forth above are hereinafter referred to as the “Annual Volume(s).”

 

“Buyer’s purchases of the Opaque Grades listed in Schedule 1, shall be limited to not more than 25% of the Annual Volume in Agreement Year 2004 and 2005.

 

“Except as hereinafter provided or from time-to-time agreed by the parties, Buyer will purchase and Seller will make available the Annual Volume utilizing a level load pattern of equal monthly volumes. Adjustments for scheduled “Holiday Downs” will be planned and agreed to in advance. Buyer shall have the ability to alter volumes by plus or minus ten percent (10%) per calendar quarter provided that Buyer shall have given Seller notice, of its intention to alter said volumes, at least 90 days prior to the beginning of the calendar quarter in question. Seller will provide any additional tonnage at the same terms as stated in this Agreement. Each quarterly option of Buyer to alter volumes shall be limited to plus or minus ten percent (10%). If Buyer does not elect to alter volumes by plus or minus ten percent (10%) in any given quarter, such option to elect shall not carry over and/or be available in addition to the 10% volume alteration option available in the following quarter. If Buyer does elect to alter volumes by plus or minus ten percent (10%) in any given quarter, Annual Volume requirements under this Agreement shall be adjusted accordingly.

 

“Additionally, Buyer agrees to purchase product (on or before January 1, 2005), per section 7 below, required to bring the consignment inventory to 10% of the


Annual Volume agreed to for the 2005 Agreement Year. Any year-end purchases made by Buyer to adjust the consignment inventory shall be in addition to the Buyer’s Annual Volume commitment.

 

2. Section 3., Grade Mix, is amended by deleting the last sentence and substituting the following sentence:

 

“All grades represented in Schedule 1 of this Amendment are considered qualified grades for purposes of meeting the Annual Volume requirements under this Agreement.”

 

3. Section 4., Payment Terms, is amended so as to read, in its entirety, as follows:

 

Terms are two percent (2%) discount if paid via electronic fund transfer to Seller’s financial institution (if capable), within the time periods specified in Schedule 3 to this Agreement; otherwise, the discount shall be one percent (1%) if paid within 20 days from date of invoice, net 30 days. Except as provided in Section 7 hereof, title shall be deemed transferred at time of shipment or, as the case may be, release from the “consignment” inventory.

 

4. Section 6., TERM, is amended by deleting the first sentence and substituting the following two sentences therefor:

 

“This Agreement is effective as of December 28, 2003 and extends for one fiscal year beyond the current Amendment, thereby ending on January 2, 2006. As utilized herein, the term “Agreement Year” refers to a fiscal year ending on the Saturday that is closest to December 31 in the year in question.”

 

5. Section 7., SERVICE, is amended so as to provide in its entirety as follows:

 

“Seller agrees to maintain a consignment inventory of product. Seller will maintain as Seller’s inventory, a maximum of 7,000 tons in Agreement Year 2004 and 3,500 tons in Agreement Year 2005. Seller will maintain an additional 500 tons of in-transit inventory if required to support Buyers’ Purchase Order due dates. For the Agreement year 2004, Buyer and Seller will review, on June 1, 2004, the anticipated Annual Volume and reset the consignment inventory maximum (including “tons in transit”) to be 10% of such anticipated Annual Volume. On October 1, 2004, Buyer and Seller will review the anticipated Annual Volume for the 2005 Agreement Year (currently 40,000 tons) and set the 2004 Year end consignment target to be 10% of the 2005 anticipated Annual Volume. Seller agrees to utilize Buyer’s leased warehouse space on Radio Road or other mutually agreed upon site for storage of the consignment inventory. Seller also agrees to be responsible for the monthly warehouse rental charges for the space utilized to manage this consignment inventory at a cost not to exceed Buyer’s leased space rate. Notwithstanding any other provision herein, Product

 

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within this inventory will be purchased by and title transferred to Buyer, either when withdrawn from said inventory, or, if not withdrawn, upon reaching 90 days in the consignment inventory.”

 

6. Section 8., ORDER MINIMUMS, is amended so as to provide, in its entirety, as follows:

 

“Order minimums and run frequencies shall be as specified in Schedule 1 to this Agreement.”

 

7. Section 9., TRIM, is amended so as to provide, in its entirety, as follows:

 

“All trim charges are established by grade for all grades listed on Schedule 2 of this agreement. Buyer, at time of order, will calculate all applicable trim charges and will adjust its Purchase Order for said adjustment per the charges in Schedule 2 of this Agreement.

 

8. Section 10., PRICING, is amended so as to provide, in its entirety, as follows:

 

“Pricing is per Schedule 1, for Agreement Years 2004 and 2005.

 

9. Section 11., CONTINUOUS COST REDUCTION, is deleted in its entirety; however, deletion of said section shall not result in or require the renumbering of the remaining sections of the Agreement .

 

10. Section 12., QUALITY, is amended by changing the first sentence thereof so as to provide as follows:

 

“All products shall meet or exceed the quality specifications as described in Buyer’s basestock specification (including basestock finishing specifications) in effect on January 24, 2003 or thereafter adopted by mutual agreement of the parties.”

 

11. Section 13., INTERFACES, is changed so as to provide, in its entirety, as follows:

 

“Issues related to pricing, terms, service issues and other matters arising hereunder shall be coordinated by Buyer’s—HQ Procurement Specialist (currently Ed Hammond) and Seller’s Vice President of Logistics and Information Technology (currently Dan Regal) or his or her designee.”

 

12. Section 17, EXECUTION, is deleted in its entirety; however, deletion of said section shall not result in or require the renumbering of the remaining sections of the Agreement.

 

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13. A new Section, identified as “Section 31, Business Review,” is added, said new Section, to provide, in its entirety, as follows:

 

“Buyer and Seller agree to conduct a Strategic Business Review annually during the first calendar quarter of each year of this Agreement

 

14. Schedules, Prior Amendments, and Implied Terms. Schedules 1 through 4 and 7 to the Agreement shall be and they are hereby cancelled and annulled for all purposes. The Schedules annexed to this Addendum, and identified as “Schedule 1,” “Schedule 2,” and “Schedule 3,” shall be and they are hereby incorporated herein by reference. Schedules 5 and 6 to the Agreement remain in full force and effect. References, in the Agreement, to Schedule 2 are hereby deemed amended so as to refer instead to annexed Schedule 1. All prior amendments to the Agreement, including that certain “Amendment of Basestock Supply Agreement Dated June 27, 2001,” shall be and they are hereby cancelled and annulled for all purposes. Sections of the Agreement that are not referenced in this Amendment shall be deemed amended, by implication, in order to give effect to the intention of the parties as set forth in this Amendment.

 

Except as otherwise provided herein, all terms and conditions of the Agreement shall be and remain in full force and effect.

 

    APPLETON PAPERS INC.   APPLETON COATED LLC

SIGNATURE:

  /s/ Rick Fantini   /s/ Dan Regal
   
 

TITLE:

  Vice President   VP Logistics & I.T.
   
 

DATE:

  2/25/04   1-27-04
   
 

 

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2004 Pricing / Making Master Breakout

SCHEDULE 1

 

ALL PRICES LISTED ARE PER HUNDRED WEIGHT PRICING

 

ALL GRADES REQUIRE 24 HOUR MINIMUM RUN LENGTH UNLESS MUTUALLY AGREED TO BETWEEN AC AND API

 

FOR 61.1, 43.3, AND 50.8 DULL GRADES WE WILL RUN A MINIMUM 12 HOUR RUN PER GRADE IN A 24 HOUR RUN SCHEDULE

 

ALL PRICES INCLUDE FREIGHT TO DESTINATION IN THE FOX VALLEY

 


     
Grade Description:   

#6 PM

MM#

  

#7 PM

MM#

   2004 /2005
Pricing:
     

     
Group #1 Grades Mfg’ed in 2003                

26.2# White NSST

   3132    9430    [ * ]      

46.5# Wh OBA Ctg Base

      8018           

28.0# Wh Hi-Strength Base

      8020           

61.1# White OBA Base

      8089           

37.8# Wh Integra Ctg Base

   8119    8395           

30.2# CN PRCT

   8386    8248           

26.25# WH Hi-Strength

      8452           

26.2# CN ST Base

   8025    8075           

43.3# Dull Label Base

      8457           

31.1# WH THRML Fax

      8081           

34# WH OPAQUE Base

   8467    8466           

30.5# WH OPAQUE Base

   9238    9643           

34# WH OBA Base #7

      8321           

43.3# WH LBL Base

      8907           

61.1# WH NO OBA (DULL)

      9774           

50.8# WH NO OBA (DULL)

   9980    9115           

31.1# WH THRML FAX (CFS Back)

      9750          Eff. 3/1/04
                      

     
Grade Description:   

#6 PM

MM#

  

#7 PM

MM#

   2004
Pricing:
     

     
Group #2 Grades Mfg’ed Prior to 2003                     

33# WH ST CTG Base

   8238       [ * ]      

30.20 PK PRCT

   8390    8264           

26.8# Pink Superior

   8296              

26.8# Green Superior

   8318              

26.8# Gold Superior

   8328              

26.8# Blue Superior

   8370              

26.25# WH Histrgth HBNT NO OBA

      8452           

26.2# WH RST30 CTG Base

   8065              

30.9# WH RST30 Ctg Base

   8066              

27.1# PJK Premium Base

   8103              

26.8# Canary Superior Base

   8276              

26.8# WH Superior Base

                

26.8# WH For Sprint CFB Base

                

30.2# White For PRCT

   8392    8245           

38# WH OPAQUE Base

      9268           

 

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Grade Description:   

#6 PM

MM#

  

#7 PM

MM#

   2004
    Pricing:    

Group 3 Grades Eliminated               

26.25# WH CTG BS NO OBA

   8031          

29.9# WHT PRCT

   8041          

28.3# WH Ultimark

   8077          

27.1# CN PREM

   8113          

30.1# WH HI-BLK

   8140          

30.9# WH ST

   8216          

29.9# CAN PRECT

   8387          

30.2# WH PRECT

   8392          

29.9# OK PRECT

   8394          

39.5# WH ST

   8420          

29.9# CAN PRECT

   8423          

29.9# PK PRECT

   8424          

27.8# WH SCCB HI-STRGTH

   9041          

27.1# PK PRM HI-STRNGTH

   9077          

28.3# ULTMK HI-STRNGTH

   9229          

30.1# WH OPAQUE

   9323          

40# WH OPAQUE

   9639          

30.9# WH ST

   9429          

26.2# WH ST

   9430          

38.1# PREM PRECT WH

   9455          

 

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Appleton Ideas Basestock Trim Upcharge Guidelines

 

SCHEDULE 2

    Red denotes grades not on API’s list.   2002

  2003

  2004

  2004

  2004

 

2004 Trim Adjusted Pricing

(Inches of Variance from 2002/2003 Weighted Average)


Product
Family


  MM

  Mach

  BW

 

Description


  2002
Actual
Trim


  2002
Actual
Tons


  Actual
Trim
(thru
SEP)


  Actual
Tons
(thru
SEP)


  Average
Trim
Standard


  $/Ton/
Inch
Trim
Penalty


  Base
Price


  0”-1”

  1”-2”

  2”-3”

  3”-4”

  4”-5”

  5”-6”

  6”-7”

  7”-8”

  8”-9”

  9”-10”

C

  9572/8075   7   26.2   CAN ST Base   209.11   1,607   198.10   365   198.10   [    *    ]   [    *    ]   [    *    ]   [    *    ]   [    *    ]   [    *    ]   [    *    ]   [    *    ]   [    *    ]   [    *    ]   [    *    ]   [    *    ]

C

  9563/8025   6   26.2   CAN ST Base   214.70   1,015   207.60   374   198.10                                                

C

  3132   6   26.2   WH ST BS-CM   211.24   797   216.43   340   216.43                                                

C

  9153/8452   7   26.25   WH Hbt Nonoba Histgth   214.59   4,412   217.91   4,005   217.91                                                

C

  8020   7   28   WH SCCB Base   201.77   2,408   199.15   1,848   199.15                                                

C

  8248   7   30.2   CAN Precoat Premium   213.00   1,765   0   0   213.00                                                

C

  8386   6   30.2   CAN Precoat Premium   217.20   588   213.76   2,680   213.76                                                

C

  8321   7   34   WH Base   212.04   189   213.11   192   213.11                                                

C

  8395   7   37.8   WH Integra Base   207.25   14   0   0   207.25                                                

C

  8119   6   37.8   WH Integra Base   217.73   538   219.31   792   219.31                                                

C

  8264   7   30.2   PK Precoat Premium   223.50   345   —     0   223.50                                                

C

  8390   6   30.2   PK Precoat Premium   213.00   732   —     0   213.00                                                

C

  8296   6   26.8   Pink   213.00   870   —     0   213.00                                                

C

  8318   6   26.8   Green   213.00   480   —     0   213.00                                                

C

  8328   6   26.8   Gold   213.00   538   —     0   213.00                                                

C

  8370   6   26.8   Blue   213.65   895   —     0   213.65                                                

C

  8065   6   26.2   Wh RST 30 Ctg Bs   215.51   160   —     0   215.51                                                

C

  8066   6   30.9   Wh RST 30 Ctg Bs   215.70   304   —     0   215.70                                                

C

  8103   6   27.1   Pink Premium   —     0   —     0   214.00                                                

C

  8276   6   26.8   Canary   —     0   —     0   214.00                                                

C

  8371   7   26.8   White   —     0   —     0   214.00                                                

C

  9078   7   26.8   Pink Histgth   —     0   —     0   214.00                                                

C

  8265   6   26.8   Wh For Sprint   —     0   —     0   214.00                                                

C

  8245   7   30.2   Wh Precoat   —     0   —     0   214.00                                                

C

  8238   6   33   White ST Base   220.50   127   —     0   220.50                                                

O

  9643   7   30.5   WH Opaque Base   221.00   8   218.83   4,669   218.83                                                

O

  9238/8891   6   30.5   WH Converter Base   218.04   2,143   216.73   2,811   216.73                                                

O

  9322/8467   6   34   WH Opaque Base   201.48   1,893   201.59   3,278   201.59                                                

O

  9641/8466   7   34   WH Opaque Base   198.68   533   202.71   2,173   202.71                                                

O

  9115   7   50.8   White Dull   —     0           206.00                                                

O

  9980   6   50.8   White Dull   —     0           206.00                                                

T

  8081   7   31.1   WH Thermal Fax Base   209.99   27,332   209.18   18,283   209.18                                                

T

  9857/8457   7   43.3   WH Label Base OBA   215.25   209   219.02   1,638   217.00                                                

T

  8907   7   43.3   WH Label Base OBA   219.09   21,604   217.57   16,485   217.57                                                

T

  8018   7   46.5   WH Ctg Base OBA   212.82   891   212.14   794   212.14                                                

T

  8018   7   46.5   WH Ctg Base OBA   212.82   3,106   212.14   3,403   212.14                                                

T

  8089   7   61.1   WH Base OBA   214.88   857   215.14   773   215.14                                                

T

  9750   7   31.1   New Back Coat (CFS Ctg)   —     0           210.00                                                

T

  8774   7   61.1   White Dull   —     0           215.00                                                


SCHEDULE 3

 

 

PAYMENT TERMS

 

 

ACTUAL

USAGE

DATE


 

AC

INVOICE

DATE


 

API

VOUCHER

DATE


 

AC

DUE

DATE


 

API

EFT

DATE


 

AC

RECEIPT

OF CASH


 

BUSINESS DAYS


MON

  MON   TUE   FRI   FRI   MON   5

TUE

  TUE   WED   MON   FRI   MON   4

WED

  WED   THU   TUE   FRI   MON   3

THU

  THU   FRI   WED   TUE   WED   4

FR/SAT/SU

  SUN   MON   THU   TUE   WED   3