Amendment to FSI Exclusive Distributorship Agreement
Exhibit 10.37
Amendment to
FSI Exclusive Distributorship Agreement
This Amendment to the FSI Exclusive Distributorship Agreement (the Amendment) is made as of July 31, 1999, among FSI International, Inc. (FSI) and mFSI Ltd. (mFSI) and BOC Edwards, a part of The BOC Group, Inc. (BOC).
WHEREAS, FSI and mFSI are parties to the FSI Exclusive Distributorship Agreement dated as of August 14, 1991 (as amended to the date hereof, the Distributorship Agreement), which Distributorship Agreement provides mFSI with the exclusive rights to distribute FSI products in specified territories, including chemical delivery systems and other products currently manufactured or sold by the Chemical Management Division of FSI including those of FSIs subsidiaries (CMD).
WHEREAS, concurrently with the execution and delivery of this Amendment, FSI is selling and transferring the business and operations of CMD to BOC, pursuant to that Asset Purchase Agreement between those two parties dated as of June 9, 1999 (the Asset Purchase Agreement).
WHEREAS, the parties hereto desire to amend the Distributorship Agreement and to otherwise set forth certain rights and obligations with respect to one another to reflect the transfer of CMD to BOC.
WHEREAS, FSI and mFSI also concurrently are terminating the license to manufacture Chemical Management Products previously granted by FSI to mFSI.
NOW THEREFORE, pursuant to the above, the covenants and promises which follow, and other valuable consideration, the parties agree as follows:
1. | Amendment to Distributorship Agreement. Effective as of the date hereof: |
(a) The definition of Products in the Distributorship Agreement shall be revised to delete any reference to chemical delivery or management systems or products previously or currently manufactured or sold by CMD, or that are currently being or in the future are designed or developed by CMD, including any chemical management systems that generate, blend and/or dispense high purity chemicals, or blend and/or deliver slurries, to points of use in a manufacturing facility, as well as related controls and support products (including spare parts and consumables relating thereto) (collectively, the CMD Products.)
(b) Any obligations of either mFSI or FSI under the Distributorship Agreement relating to any CMD Products sold to mFSI under the Distributorship Agreement prior to the date hereof shall remain the obligation of such party, except, as between FSI and BOC, as provided in the Asset Purchase Agreement, and as between mFSI and BOC Edwards, as provided in the AGREEMENT for EXCLUSIVE DISTRIBUTORSHIP between BOC Edwards and mFSI as of the date hereof.
2. | No Other Amendments. Except as specifically provided in this Amendment, all of the terms, covenants and conditions of the Distributorship Agreement shall remain in full force and effect without modification. | |||
3. | Counterparts. This Amendment may be executed in two or more counterparts, each of which when so executed and delivered shall be deemed an original, and all of which counterparts when taken together shall constitute one and the same instrument. | |||
4. | Governing Law. This Amendment shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of Japan, without giving effect to the conflicts of laws provisions thereof. | |||
5. | Effective Date of Amendment. This Amendment shall become effective and binding upon the parties hereto, simultaneously upon the execution of the AGREEMENT for EXCLUSIVE DISTRIBUTORSHIP between BOC Edwards and mFSI. |
In Witness Whereof, the parties have caused the Amendment to be executed by duly authorized representatives as of the date first above written.
FSI INTERNATIONAL, INC. | ||||
By /s/Patricia M. Hollister | ||||
Patricia M. Hollister | ||||
Its Chief Financial Officer | ||||
mFSI LTD. | ||||
By /s/Hideki Kawai | ||||
Hideki Kawai | ||||
Its President | ||||
THE BOC GROUP, INC. | ||||
By /s/ N. D. Lit | ||||
N. D. Lit | ||||
Its Attorney-in-Fact for James Blake | ||||
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