Exhibit 4.01
Execution Version
SECURITIES PURCHASE AGREEMENT
by and between
FUELCELL ENERGY, INC.
and
POSCO POWER
June 9, 2009
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ARTICLE 1 PURCHASE AND SALE OF SECURITIES
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1.1 Purchase and Sale of Securities
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1.2 Payment
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1.3 Adjustment
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1.4 Closing Date
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1.5 Additional Purchaser Deliveries at the Closing
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1.6 Additional Company Deliveries at the Closing
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ARTICLE 2 REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE COMPANY
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2.1 Organization and Qualification
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2.2 Authorization; Enforcement
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2.3 Capitalization
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2.4 Issuance of Shares
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2.5 No Conflicts; Government Consents and Permits
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2.6 SEC Documents, Financial Statements
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2.7 Disclosure Controls and Procedures
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2.8 Accounting Controls
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2.9 Absence of Litigation
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2.10 Intellectual Property Rights
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2.11 No Material Adverse Change
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2.12 Taxes
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2.13 Real and Personal Property
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2.14 Material Contracts
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2.15 Employee Benefit Plans; Employee Matters
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2.16 Environmental Laws
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2.17 Compliance with Law
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2.18 Insurance
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2.19 Foreign Corrupt Practices
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2.20 Related Party Transactions
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2.21 No Integration; General Solicitation
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2.22 No Registration Rights
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2.23 NASDAQ
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2.24 Investment Company
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2.25 Acknowledgment Regarding Purchasers Purchase of Shares
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2.26 Accountants
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2.27 Takeover Provision
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2.28 No Manipulation of Stock
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2.29 Form S-3 Eligibility
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2.30 Vote Required
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2.31 Board Approval
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2.32 Sarbanes-Oxley Act
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2.33 Books and Records
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2.34 Transfer Taxes
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2.35 Fees
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ARTICLE 3 PURCHASERS REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
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3.1 Investment Purpose
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3.2 Purchaser Status; Questionnaires
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3.3 Reliance on Exemptions
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3.4 Information
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3.5 Acknowledgement of Risk
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3.6 Governmental Review
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3.7 Transfer or Resale
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3.8 Legends
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3.9 Authorization; Enforcement
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3.10 Residency
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3.11 No Short Sales
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3.12 Brokers
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3.13 Additional Representations by Non-US Person
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ARTICLE 4 COVENANTS
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4.1 Reporting Status and Public Information
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4.2 Financial Information
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4.3 Securities Laws Disclosure; Publicity
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4.4 Covenants Pending Closing
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4.5 Limits on Additional Issuances
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4.6 Sales by Purchaser
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4.7 Further Assurances
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4.8 Consents and Approvals
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4.9 No Solicitation
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4.10 Form D and Blue Sky
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4.11 Efforts to Satisfy Conditions
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4.12 Use of Proceeds
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4.13 Expenses
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4.14 Additional Right of Purchaser
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4.15 Pro rata Rights
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4.16 Due Diligence
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4.17 Indemnification
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ARTICLE 5 CONDITIONS TO CLOSING
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5.1 Conditions to Obligations of the Company
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5.2 Conditions to Purchasers Obligations at the Closing
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ARTICLE 6 REGISTRATION RIGHTS
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6.1 Mandatory Registration
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6.2 Demand Registrations
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6.3 Piggy-Back Registrations
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6.4 Ineligibility for Form S-3
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6.5 Failure to File, Obtain and Maintain Effectiveness of Registration Statement
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6.6 Related Obligations
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6.7 Obligations of the Holder
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6.8 Expenses of Registration
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6.9 Indemnification
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6.10 Assignment and Transfer
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6.11 Amendment and Waiver of Registration Rights
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6.12 Lock-Up Period
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ARTICLE 7 MISCELLANEOUS
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7.1 Termination
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7.2 Effect of Termination
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7.3 Governing Law; Jurisdiction
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7.4 Counterparts; Signatures by Facsimile
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7.5 Headings
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7.6 Severability
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7.7 Entire Agreement; Amendments; Waiver
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7.8 Notices
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7.9 Successors and Assigns
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7.10 Third Party Beneficiaries
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7.11 No Strict Construction
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7.12 Equitable Relief
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7.13 Survival of Representations and Warranties
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7.14 Limitation on Enforcement of Remedies
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7.15 Aggregation of Stock
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7.16 Reproduction of Documents
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7.17 Lost, etc. Certificates Evidencing Shares; Exchange
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7.18 Draftsmanship
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SECURITIES PURCHASE AGREEMENT
This SECURITIES PURCHASE AGREEMENT (this
Agreement
), dated as of June 9, 2009, is
made by and between FUELCELL ENERGY, INC., a Delaware corporation (the
Company
), and
POSCO POWER, a Korean corporation, together with its permitted transferee (the
Purchaser
). Capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined have the meanings
given to them in
Exhibit A
.
RECITALS:
A. The Company and the Purchaser are executing and delivering this Agreement in reliance upon
the exemption from securities registration afforded by Section 4(2) of the Securities Act and/or
Regulation D under the Securities Act or Regulation S thereunder.
B. The Purchaser desires to purchase and the Company desires to sell, subject to the terms and
conditions stated in this Agreement, 6,963,788 shares of Common Stock.
C. As set forth herein, the Company has agreed to provide certain registration rights with
respect to the Shares under the Securities Act and the rules and regulations promulgated
thereunder, and applicable state securities laws.
AGREEMENT
In consideration of the premises and the mutual covenants contained herein and other good and
valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the Company
and the Purchaser hereby agree as follows:
ARTICLE 1
PURCHASE AND SALE OF SECURITIES
1.1
Purchase and Sale of Securities
. Subject to the terms and conditions set forth in
this Agreement and to the conditions set forth herein, and in reliance upon the Companys and the
Purchasers representations set forth herein, at the Closing, the Company will issue and sell to
the Purchaser, and the Purchaser will purchase from the Company 6,963,788 shares of Common Stock
(each a
Share
and collectively, the
Shares
), free and clear of any Liens. At
the Closing, the Purchaser shall pay the Company, as consideration for the Shares, cash in an
amount equal to the product of (i) the number of Shares and (ii) the Market Price (the
Purchase Price
). The
Market Price
shall be equal to the average of the
respective last sale prices per share of Common Stock on the Nasdaq Stock Market (
NASDAQ
)
on the ten (10) most recent trading days prior to the date hereof.
1.2
Payment
. At the Closing, the Purchaser shall pay the Purchase Price by wire
transfer of immediately available funds, in US dollars, in accordance with wire instructions
provided by the Company to the Purchaser at least three (3) Business Days prior to the Closing.
The Company will instruct its transfer agent to deliver to the Purchaser at Closing a certificate
evidencing the Shares registered in the name of the Purchaser, or in the name of a nominee
designated by the Purchaser, against delivery of the Purchase Price on the Closing Date.
1.3
Adjustment
. The number of Shares to be purchased by the Purchaser at the Closing
pursuant to
Sections 1.1
and
1.2
and the Purchase Price shall be proportionately
adjusted for any subdivision or combination of Common Stock (by stock split, reverse stock split,
dividend, reorganization, recapitalization or otherwise).
1.4
Closing Date
. The closing of the transaction contemplated by this Agreement (the
Closing
) will take place within 60 days of the date hereof or such other date and time as
shall be agreed in writing by the Company and the Purchaser, unless this Agreement has been earlier
terminated pursuant to its terms (the actual time and date of the Closing being referred to herein
as the
Closing Date
). The Closing will be held at the offices of Patterson Belknap Webb
& Tyler LLP, 1133 Avenue of the Americas, New York, New York 10036 or at such other time and place
as shall be agreed upon by the Company and the Purchaser. At the Closing, the Company and the
Purchaser shall make certain deliveries, as specified in
Sections 1.2
,
1.5
and
1.6
, and all such deliveries, regardless of chronological sequence, shall be deemed to
occur contemporaneously and simultaneously on the occurrence of the last delivery and none of such
deliveries shall be effective until the last of the same has occurred.
1.5
Additional Purchaser Deliveries at the Closing
. At the Closing, the Purchaser
shall deliver to the Company, subject to
Section 1.2
, the certificates, agreements,
instruments and other documents referred to in
Section 5.1
.
1.6
Additional Company Deliveries at the Closing
. At the Closing, the Company shall
deliver to the Purchaser, subject to
Section 1.2
, the certificates, opinions, agreements,
instruments and other documents referred to in
Section 5.2
.
ARTICLE 2
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE COMPANY
Except as specifically contemplated by this Agreement or as set forth in the Disclosure
Schedules, which Disclosure Schedules shall be deemed a part hereof, the Company hereby represents
and warrants as follows:
2.1
Organization and Qualification
. The Company is duly incorporated, validly
existing and in good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware, with full corporate power
and authority to conduct its business as currently conducted as disclosed in the SEC Documents.
Each of the Companys Subsidiaries is duly formed, validly existing and in good standing under the
laws of the laws of its jurisdiction of organization, with full corporate power and authority to
conduct its business as currently conducted. The Company owns all of the capital stock or
membership interests of each Subsidiary free and clear of any and all Liens, and all of the
outstanding shares of capital stock of each Subsidiary are validly issued and are fully paid,
non-assessable and free of preemptive and similar rights. The Company and each of its Subsidiaries
is duly qualified to do business and is in good standing in each jurisdiction in which the nature
of the business conducted by it or property owned by it makes such qualification necessary, except
where the failure to be so qualified or in good standing, as the case may be, would not be
reasonably likely to have a Material Adverse Effect and, to the Companys knowledge, no proceeding
has been instituted in any such jurisdiction revoking, limiting or
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curtailing, or seeking to revoke, limit or curtail, such corporate power and authority or
qualification.
2.2
Authorization; Enforcement
. The Company has all requisite corporate power and
corporate authority to enter into and to perform its obligations under this Agreement (and each of
the other agreements entered into by the parties hereto in connection with the Offering)
(collectively, the
Related Agreements
), to consummate the transactions contemplated
hereby and thereby and to issue the Shares in accordance with the terms hereof and thereof. The
execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement and the Related Agreements by the Company and
the consummation by it of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby in accordance with the
respective terms hereof and thereof (including the issuance of the Shares) have been duly
authorized by all necessary corporate proceedings on the part of the Company. This Agreement and
the Related Agreements have been duly executed by the Company and, when delivered in accordance
with the terms hereof and thereof, will constitute legal, valid and binding obligations of the
Company enforceable against the Company in accordance with their respective terms, except as
enforceability may be limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, or moratorium
or similar laws affecting creditors and contracting parties rights generally and except as
enforceability may be subject to general principles of equity and except as rights to indemnity and
contribution may be limited by applicable laws or public policy underlying such laws.
2.3
Capitalization
.
(a) The authorized capital stock of the Company consists of 150,000,000 shares of its Common
Stock and 250,000 shares of preferred stock, par value $0.01 per share (the
Preferred
Stock
). As of the date hereof, the issued and outstanding shares of capital stock of the
Company consisted of 70,304,465 shares of Common Stock and 64,120 shares of Preferred Stock.
(b) All the outstanding shares of capital stock of Common Stock have been duly and validly
issued and are fully paid and non-assessable, and were issued in accordance with the registration
or qualification requirements of the Securities Act and any relevant state securities laws or
pursuant to valid exemptions therefrom.
(c) On the Closing Date, except as disclosed in the SEC Documents or on
Section 2.3
of
the Disclosure Schedules, there will be no shares of Common Stock or any other equity security of
the Company issuable upon conversion, exchange or exercise of any security of the Company or any of
its Subsidiaries, nor will there be any rights, options, calls or warrants outstanding or other
agreements to acquire shares of Common Stock or capital stock of any Subsidiary nor will the
Company or any of its Subsidiaries be contractually obligated to purchase, redeem or otherwise
acquire any of their respective outstanding shares. Except as disclosed in the SEC Documents, no
stockholder of the Company is entitled to any preemptive or similar rights to subscribe for shares
of capital stock of the Company and no stockholder of the Company has any rights, contractual or
otherwise, to designate members of the Companys Board of Directors (the
Board
), other
than in accordance with the DGCL. Except as disclosed in the SEC Documents, there are no
stockholder, voting or other agreements relating to the rights and obligations of the Companys
stockholders.
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(d) The Companys Certificate of Incorporation (the
Certificate of Incorporation
),
as in effect on the date hereof, and the Companys Bylaws (the
Bylaws
) as in effect on
the date hereof, are each filed as exhibits to the SEC Documents.
2.4
Issuance of Shares
. The Shares are duly authorized and, upon issuance, sale and
delivery as contemplated by this Agreement, the Shares will be validly issued, fully paid and
non-assessable securities of the Company, free and clear of any and all Liens, other than
restrictions on transfer imposed by federal or state securities laws. Assuming the accuracy of all
representations and warranties of the Purchaser set out in
Article 3
, the offer and
issuance by the Company of the Shares is exempt from registration under the Securities Act and all
applicable blue sky laws.
2.5
No Conflicts; Government Consents and Permits
.
(a) The execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement and the Related Agreements by
the Company and the consummation by the Company of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby
(including the issuance of the Shares) will not (i) conflict with or result in a violation of any
provision of its Certificate of Incorporation or Bylaws; (ii) except as described or referred to in
Section 2.5(a)
of the Disclosure Schedules, violate or conflict with, or result in a breach
of any provision of, or constitute a default (or an event which with notice or lapse of time or
both would become a default) under, or give to others any rights of notice, consent, termination,
amendment, acceleration or cancellation of, any agreement, indenture, or instrument to which the
Company or any of its Subsidiaries is a party, or (iii) subject to receipt of the Required
Approvals, result in a violation of any law, rule, regulation, order, judgment or decree (including
United States federal and state securities laws and regulations and regulations of any
self-regulatory organizations to which the Company or its securities are subject) applicable to the
Company or any of its Subsidiaries, except in the case of clauses (ii) and (iii) only, for such
conflicts, breaches, defaults and violations as would not, individually or in the aggregate, be
reasonably likely to have a Material Adverse Effect. Except as set forth in
Section 2.5(a)
of the Company Disclosure Schedule, the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement and
the Related Agreements by the Company and the consummation by the Company of the transactions
contemplated hereby and thereby (including the issuance of the Shares) will not be deemed a change
of control under any agreement, instrument or indenture to which the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries is a party.
(b) The Company is not required to obtain any consent, authorization or order of, or make any
filing or registration with, any court or governmental agency or any regulatory or self regulatory
agency in order for it to execute, deliver or perform any of its obligations under this Agreement
or any of the Related Documents in accordance with the terms hereof and thereof, or to issue and
sell the Shares in accordance with the terms hereof and thereof, other than such as have been made
or obtained, and except for (i) the registration of the Shares under the Securities Act pursuant to
Section 6
hereof, (ii) any filings required to be made under U.S. federal or state or
foreign securities laws, or (iii) any filings or notifications required by NASDAQ (collectively,
the
Required Approvals
).
(c) Each of the Company and its Subsidiaries have all franchises, permits, licenses, and any
similar authority necessary for the conduct of its business as now being
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conducted by it as described in the SEC Documents, except for such franchise, permit, license
or similar authority, the lack of which would not, individually or in the aggregate, be reasonably
likely to have a Material Adverse Effect (
Material Permits
). Neither the Company nor any
of its Subsidiaries has received any actual notice of any proceeding relating to revocation or
modification of any Material Permit.
2.6
SEC Documents, Financial Statements
. The Company has filed all reports required
to be filed by it under the Securities Act and the Exchange Act (all of the foregoing filed at
least ten (10) days prior to the date hereof and all exhibits included therein and financial
statements and schedules thereto and documents (other than exhibits) incorporated by reference
therein, being hereinafter referred to as the
SEC Documents
) on a timely basis or has
received a valid extension of such time of filing and has filed any such SEC Document prior to the
expiration of any such extension. The Company has delivered to the Purchaser or its respective
representatives true, correct and complete copies of SEC Documents not available on the EDGAR
system, dated after March 31, 2009. As of their respective dates, the SEC Documents complied in
all material respects with the requirements of the Exchange Act or the Securities Act, as the case
may be, and the rules and regulations of the SEC promulgated thereunder applicable to the SEC
Documents, and none of the SEC Documents, at the time they were filed with the SEC, contained any
untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state a material fact required to be stated
therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under
which they were made, not misleading. As of their respective dates, the Financial Statements and
the related notes complied as to form in all material respects with applicable accounting
requirements and the published rules and regulations of the SEC with respect thereto. The
Financial Statements and the related notes have been prepared in accordance with accounting
principles generally accepted in the United States, consistently applied, during the periods
involved (except (i) as may be otherwise indicated in the Financial Statements or the notes
thereto, or (ii) in the case of unaudited interim statements, to the extent they may not include
footnotes, may be condensed or summary statements or may conform to the SECs rules and
instructions for Reports on Form 10-Q) and fairly present in all material respects the consolidated
financial position of the Company as of the dates thereof and the consolidated results of its
operations and cash flows for the periods then ended (subject, in the case of unaudited statements,
to normal year-end audit adjustments).
2.7
Disclosure Controls and Procedures
. The Company has established and maintains
disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) that
are effective in all material respects to ensure that material information relating to the Company,
including any consolidated Subsidiaries, is made known to its chief executive officer and chief
financial officer by others within those entities. The Companys certifying officers have
evaluated the effectiveness of the Companys controls and procedures as of the end of the period
covered by the most recently filed quarterly or annual periodic report under the Exchange Act (such
date, the
Evaluation Date
). The Company presented in its most recently filed quarterly
or annual periodic report under the Exchange Act the conclusions of the certifying officers about
the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures based on their evaluations as of the
Evaluation Date. Since the Evaluation Date, there have been no significant changes in the
Companys internal controls (as such term is defined in Item 307(b) of Regulation S-K under the
Exchange Act) or, to the Companys knowledge, in other factors that could significantly affect the
Companys internal controls.
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2.8
Accounting Controls
. The Company maintains a system of accounting controls
sufficient to provide reasonable assurances that (i) transactions are executed in accordance with
managements general or specific authorization, (ii) transactions are recorded as necessary to
permit preparation of financial statements in conformity with generally accepted accounting
principles as applied in the United States and to maintain accountability for assets, (iii) access
to assets is permitted only in accordance with managements general or specific authorization, and
(iv) the recorded accountability for assets is compared with existing assets at reasonable
intervals and appropriate action is taken with respect to any differences.
2.9
Absence of Litigation
. Except as disclosed in the SEC Documents, there is no
action, suit, proceeding or investigation before or by any court, public board, government agency,
self-regulatory organization or body pending or, to the Companys knowledge, threatened against the
Company or any of its Subsidiaries that if determined adversely to the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries would be reasonably likely to have a Material Adverse Effect. Neither the Company or
any of its Subsidiaries, nor any director or officer thereof is, or within the last ten years has
been, the subject of any action involving a claim of violation of or liability under federal or
state securities laws or a claim of breach of fiduciary duty relating to the Company. There has
not been, and to the knowledge of the Company, there is not pending or contemplated, any
investigation by the SEC involving the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or any director or
officer thereof. The Company has not received any stop order or other order suspending the
effectiveness of any registration statement filed by the Company under the Exchange Act or the
Securities Act and, to the Companys knowledge, the SEC has not issued any such order.
2.10
Intellectual Property Rights
.
(a) The Company and its Subsidiaries own, or have sufficient rights to use and otherwise
exercise and exploit and license, all patents, patent applications, trademarks, trademark
applications, service marks, trade names, copyrights, licenses and other similar rights necessary
or material for use in connection with (or otherwise used or anticipated to be used in) their
respective businesses as currently being conducted as described in the SEC Documents, as previously
conducted and as proposed to be conducted (collectively, the
Intellectual Property
Rights
), except where the failure to own or license such Intellectual Property Rights would
not, individually or in the aggregate, be reasonably likely to have a Material Adverse Effect.
Except as set forth in the SEC Documents, neither the Company nor any Subsidiary has received any
notice (including any offer of a license) that any past, current or proposed activity of (or any
Intellectual Property Rights used, exploited or exercised by) the Company or any Subsidiary may
violate or infringe upon the rights of any Person and neither has any reason to anticipate that any
such notice may be forthcoming (or that there is or may be any basis therefor). Except as set
forth in the SEC Documents, to the knowledge of the Company, all of the Intellectual Property
Rights are enforceable and there is no existing or expected infringement (or challenge) by another
Person of (or to) any of the Intellectual Property Rights. To the Companys knowledge, no present
or former employee, officer or director of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, or agent or
outside contractor of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, holds any right, title or interest,
directly or indirectly, in whole or in part, in or to any Intellectual Property Rights, except
those formally assigned or transferred to the Company by such employees. The Company does not
believe it is or will be necessary to utilize any inventions of any of its employees (or people it
currently intends to
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hire) made prior to their employment by the Company, except those formally assigned or
transferred to the Company by such employees.
(b) To the Companys knowledge: (i) no trade secret of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries
has been used, disclosed or appropriated to the detriment of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries
for the benefit of any Person other than the Company or its Subsidiaries; and (ii) no employee,
independent contractor or agent of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries has misappropriated any
trade secrets or other confidential information of any other Person in the course of the
performance of his or her duties as an employee, independent contractor or agent of the Company or
its Subsidiaries, except in the cases of clauses (i) and (ii) as would not, individually or in the
aggregate, be reasonably likely to have a Material Adverse Effect.
2.11
No Material Adverse Change
. Since December 31, 2008, except as disclosed in the
SEC Documents or has occurred in the ordinary course of business, there has been no (i) change,
circumstance, development or event which, individually or in the aggregate, is reasonably likely to
have a Material Adverse Effect, (ii) declaration, setting aside or payment of any dividend or other
distribution with respect to the capital stock of the Company, (iii) issuance of capital stock
(other than pursuant to (1) the exercise of options, warrants, or convertible securities
outstanding at such date or (2) employee benefit plans) or options, warrants or rights to acquire
capital stock (other than the rights granted (1) to the Purchaser hereunder or (2) pursuant to
employee benefit plans), (iv) material loss, destruction or damage to any property of the Company
or any of its Subsidiaries, whether or not insured, (v) acceleration of any indebtedness for
borrowed money or the refunding of any such indebtedness, (vi) labor trouble involving the Company
or any of its Subsidiaries or any material change in their personnel or the terms and conditions of
employment, (vii) waiver of any valuable right in favor of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries,
(viii) loan or extension of credit to any officer of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or to
any employee of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries in an amount in excess of $25,000 or
(ix) acquisition or disposition of any material assets (or any contract or arrangement therefor),
or any other material transaction by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries otherwise than for fair
value in the ordinary course of business. The Company has not taken any steps to seek protection
pursuant to any bankruptcy law nor does the Company have any knowledge or reason to believe that
its creditors intend to initiate involuntary bankruptcy proceedings.
2.12
Taxes
. The Company and its Subsidiaries have filed (or have obtained an
extension of time within which to file) all necessary federal, state and foreign income and
franchise tax returns and has paid all taxes shown as due on such tax returns, except where the
failure to so file or the failure to so pay would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a
Material Adverse Effect. Each of the Company and its Subsidiaries has complied in all material
respects with all applicable legal requirements relating to the payment and withholding of taxes
and, within the time and in the manner prescribed by law, has withheld from wages, fees and other
payments and paid over to the proper governmental or regulatory authorities all amounts required.
2.13
Real and Personal Property
. The Company and its Subsidiaries have good and
marketable title to, or have valid rights to lease or otherwise use, all items of real and personal
property that are material to the business of the Company and its Subsidiaries, free and clear of
all liens, encumbrances, claims and defects and imperfections of title except those that (i) do not
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materially interfere with the use of such property by the Company and its Subsidiaries or (ii)
would not, individually or in the aggregate, be reasonably likely to have a Material Adverse
Effect.
2.14
Material Contracts
.
(a) Except for contracts filed as exhibits to the SEC Documents (
Material Contracts
)
and except for this Agreement and the Related Agreements, the Company does not have any agreements,
contracts and commitments that are material to the business, financial condition, assets, prospects
or operations of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries that would be required to be filed under
the Exchange Act.
(b) The Company is not in material default under or in violation of, nor to the Companys
knowledge, is there any valid basis for any claim of default under or violation of, any Material
Contract.
(c) All agreements, contracts and commitments required to be filed by the Company under the
Exchange Act or the Securities Act have been filed in a timely manner with the SEC.
2.15
Employee Benefit Plans; Employee Matters
. The consummation of the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement and the Related Agreements will not (i) entitle any current or
former employee or other service provider of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries to severance
benefits or any other payment, compensation or benefit (including forgiveness of indebtedness),
except as expressly provided by this Agreement, or (ii) accelerate the time of payment or vesting,
or increase the amount of compensation or benefit due any such employee or service provider, alone
or in conjunction with any other possible event (including termination of employment). The Company
and its Subsidiaries are in compliance in all material respects with all currently applicable laws
and regulations respecting employment, discrimination in employment, terms and conditions of
employment, wages, hours and occupational safety and health and employment practices, and is not
engaged in any unfair labor practice. To the Companys knowledge, no employees of the Company or
its Subsidiaries are in material violation of any term of any material employment contract, patent
disclosure agreement, noncompetition agreement, or any restrictive covenant to a former employer
relating to the right of any such employee to be employed by the Company (or its Subsidiaries)
because of the nature of the business conducted or presently proposed to be conducted by the
Company or its Subsidiaries or to the use of trade secrets or proprietary information of others.
No key employee of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries has given written notice to the Company
or its Subsidiaries, and the Company is not otherwise aware, that any such key employee intends to
terminate his or her employment with the Company or any of its Subsidiaries.
2.16
Environmental Laws
. The Company is not in violation of any applicable statute,
law or regulation relating to the environment or occupational health and safety, violation of which
would, individually or in the aggregate, be reasonably likely to have a Material Adverse Effect.
None of the premises or any properties owned, occupied or leased by the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries have been used by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, or to the Companys
knowledge, by any other Person to manufacture, treat, store, or dispose of any substance that have
been designated to be a hazardous substance under applicable environmental laws in violation of
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any applicable environmental laws, violation of which would, individually or in the aggregate,
be reasonably likely to have a Material Adverse Effect.
2.17
Compliance with Law
. Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries is in
violation of any laws, ordinances, governmental rules or regulations to which it is subject,
including ,without limitation laws or regulations relating to the environment or to occupational
health and safety, except for violations that would not, individually or in the aggregate, be
reasonably likely to have a Material Adverse Effect, and no material expenditures are known to be
or expected to be required in order to cause its current operations or properties to comply with
any such law, ordinances, governmental rules or regulations.
2.18
Insurance
. The Company and its Subsidiaries are insured by insurers of
recognized financial responsibility against such losses and risks and in such amounts as the
Company believes are prudent and customary for a company (i) in the business and stage of
development and locations in which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries are engaged and (ii) with
the resources of the Company and its Subsidiaries. The Company has not received any written notice
that the Company or its Subsidiaries will not be able to renew its existing insurance coverage as
and when such coverage expires. All of such policies are in full force and effect and are valid
and enforceable in accordance with their terms, and the Company has complied with all material
terms and conditions of such policies, including premium payments. The Company believes it will be
able to obtain similar coverage at reasonable cost from similar insurers as may be necessary to
continue its business.
2.19
Foreign Corrupt Practices
. Neither the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, nor
to the Companys knowledge, any director, officer, agent, employee or other Person acting on behalf
of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries has, in the course of its actions for, or on behalf of,
the Company or any of its Subsidiaries (i) used any corporate funds for any unlawful contribution,
gift, entertainment or other unlawful expenses relating to political activity; (ii) made any direct
or indirect unlawful payment to any foreign or domestic government official or employee from
corporate funds; (iii) violated or is in violation of in any material respect any provision of the
U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977, as amended; or (iv) made or received any unlawful
bribe, rebate, payoff, influence payment, kickback or other unlawful payment to or from any foreign
or domestic government official or employee.
2.20
Related Party Transactions
. Except with respect to the transactions that are
contemplated hereby or in the Related Agreements to the extent an Affiliate of any director or
officer of the Company purchases Shares in the Offering and except with respect to transactions
involving amounts less than $60,000, all transactions, including, without limitation, any contract,
agreement or other arrangement providing for the furnishing of services, providing for rental of
real estate or personal property or otherwise involving payments or obligations, that have occurred
between or among the Company, on the one hand, and any of its officers or directors, or any
Affiliate or Affiliates of any such executive officer or director, on the other hand, prior to the
date hereof have been disclosed in the SEC Documents in accordance with the requirements of Item
404 of Regulation S-K under the Securities Act.
2.21
No Integration; General Solicitation
. Neither the Company nor any of its
Affiliates, nor any Person acting on its or their behalf has, directly or indirectly, made any
offers or
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sales of any security or solicited any offers to buy any security, under circumstances that
would cause the Offering to be integrated with any prior offering by the Company for purposes of
the Securities Act or any applicable stockholder approval provisions including, without limitation,
under the rules and regulations of any exchange or quotation system on which any of the securities
of the Company are listed or designated. Neither the Company nor any of its Affiliates, nor any
Person acting on its or their behalf, has offered or sold, or authorized the offer or sale of, any
of the Shares by any form of general solicitation or general advertising within the meaning of Rule
502(c) under the Securities Act. The Company has not publicly distributed and will not publicly
distribute prior to the Closing Date any offering material in connection with the Offering. The
Company has offered the Shares for sale only to the Purchaser and certain other accredited
investors within the meaning of Rule 501 under the Securities Act and Persons who are not US
persons within the meaning of Rule 902(k) under the Securities Act. The Company shall not
directly or indirectly take, and shall not permit any of its directors, or officers indirectly to
take, any action (including any offering or sale to any Person of the Shares) that will make
unavailable the exemption from registration under the Securities Act being relied upon by the
Company for the offer and sale to the Purchaser of the Shares as contemplated by this Agreement and
the Related Agreements.
2.22
No Registration Rights
. No Person other than the Purchaser has the right to
(i) prohibit, delay or suspend the Company from filing the Registration Statement and fully
performing its obligations with respect thereto as contemplated hereunder or (ii) except for
obligations under warrant agreements disclosed in the SEC Documents, require the Company to
register any securities for sale under the Securities Act by reason of the filing of the
Registration Statement and no other registration rights exist with respect to the issuance or
registration of securities by the Company under the Securities Act which have not been satisfied.
The granting and performance of the registration rights under this Agreement will not violate or
conflict with, or result in a breach of any provision of, or constitute a default under, any
agreement, indenture, or instrument to which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is a party.
2.23
NASDAQ
. The Common Stock is registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Exchange
Act, and is listed on NASDAQ, and trading in the Common Stock has not been suspended and the
Company has taken no action designed to, or that is likely to have the effect of, terminating the
registration of the Common Stock under the Exchange Act or delisting the Common Stock from the
NASDAQ. To the Companys knowledge, the Company and the Common Stock meet the criteria for
continued listing and trading on NASDAQ.
2.24
Investment Company
. The Company is not and, after giving effect to the offering
and sale of the Shares, will not be an investment company as such term is defined in the
Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the
Investment Company Act
). The Company
shall conduct its business in a manner so that it will not become subject to the Investment Company
Act.
2.25
Acknowledgment Regarding Purchasers Purchase of Shares
. The Company
acknowledges and agrees that the Purchaser is acting solely in the capacity of an arms length
purchaser with respect to this Agreement and the Related Agreements and the transactions
contemplated hereby and thereby. The Company further acknowledges that the Purchaser is not acting
as a financial advisor or fiduciary of the Company (or in any similar capacity with respect to
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the Company) with respect to this Agreement and the Related Agreements and the transactions
contemplated hereby and thereby and any advice given by the Purchaser or any of its respective
representatives or agents to the Company in connection with this Agreement and the Related
Agreements and the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby is merely incidental to the
Purchasers purchase of the Shares. The Company further represents to the Purchaser that the
Companys decision to enter into this Agreement and the Related Agreements has been based on the
independent evaluation of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby by the Company and its
representatives.
2.26
Accountants
. KPMG LLP, which the Company expects will express its opinion with
respect to the audited financial statements and schedules to be included as a part of the
Registration Statement prior to the filing of the Registration Statement, has advised the Company
that it is, and to the best knowledge of the Company it is, an independent accountant as required
by the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, the Securities Act and the Exchange Act and the rules and
regulations promulgated thereunder.
2.27
Takeover Provision
. The Company and its Board have taken all necessary action in
order to render inapplicable any corporate takeover provision under laws of the State of Delaware,
including Section 203 of the DGCL, or any other state or federal fair price, moratorium,
control share acquisition, business combination or other similar anti-takeover statute or
regulation, poison pill (including any distribution under a rights agreement) or other similar
anti-takeover provision under the Certificate of Incorporation or the Bylaws (each, a
Takeover
Provision
) which is, or could be, applicable to the transactions contemplated by this
Agreement,
including
,
without limitation
, the Companys issuance of the Shares and
the Purchasers ownership, voting (to the extent applicable) or disposition of the Shares.
2.28
No Manipulation of Stock
. The Company has not taken, nor will it take, directly
or indirectly, any action outside the ordinary course of business designed to or that might
reasonably be expected to cause or result in unlawful manipulation of the price of the Common Stock
to facilitate the sale or resale of the Shares.
2.29
Form S-3 Eligibility
. The Company is eligible to register the resale of its
Common Stock by the Purchaser under Form S-3 promulgated under the Securities Act.
2.30
Vote Required
. No vote of the holders of any class or series of the Companys
capital stock, including the Common Stock, is necessary to approve the issuance of the Shares and
any other transactions contemplated by this Agreement or the Related Agreements.
2.31
Board Approval
. The Board, at a meeting duly called and held, has (a) determined
that the Offering is fair to, advisable and in the best interests of the Company and the
stockholders of the Company, and (b) approved the Offering and this Agreement and the Related
Agreements.
2.32
Sarbanes-Oxley Act
. The Company is in compliance with any and all applicable
requirements of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, and any and all applicable rules and regulations
promulgated by the SEC thereunder, except where such noncompliance would not, individually or in
the aggregate, be reasonably likely to have a Material Adverse Effect.
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2.33
Books and Records
. The books of account, minute books, stock record books and
other records of the Company and its Subsidiaries are complete and correct in all material respects
and have been maintained in accordance with sound business practices and the requirements of
Section 13(b)(2) of the Exchange Act, including an adequate system of internal controls.
2.34
Transfer Taxes
. On the Closing Date, all stock transfer or other taxes (other
than income taxes) which are required to be paid in connection with the sale and transfer of the
Shares hereunder will be, or will have been, fully paid or provided for by the Company and the
Company will have complied with all laws imposing such taxes.
2.35
Fees
. The Company has taken no action that would give rise to any claim by any
Person for brokerage commissions, placement agents fees or similar payments relating to this
Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby.
ARTICLE 3
PURCHASERS REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
The Purchaser represents and warrants to the Company as follows:
3.1
Investment Purpose
. The Purchaser is purchasing the Shares for its own account
for investment and not with a present view toward the public sale or distribution thereof and has
no intention of selling or distributing any of such Shares or any arrangement or understanding with
any other Persons regarding the sale or distribution of such Shares except as contemplated by this
Agreement or the Related Agreements and in compliance with the Securities Act. The Purchaser will
not, directly or indirectly, offer, sell, pledge, transfer or otherwise dispose of (or solicit any
offers to buy, purchase or otherwise acquire or take a pledge of) any of the Shares except in
accordance with the provisions of this Agreement or the Related Agreements and in compliance with
applicable securities laws. In making the representation herein, however, the Purchaser does not
agree to hold any of the Shares for any minimum or other specified term and reserves the right to
dispose of the Shares at any time in compliance with the Securities Act.
3.2
Purchaser Status; Questionnaires
. At the time Purchaser was offered the Shares,
it was, and at the date hereof it is: (i) an accredited investor as defined in Rule 501(a)(1),
(a)(2), (a)(3), (a)(7) and (a)(8) under the Securities Act or (ii) a Person who is not a US
person (as defined in Rule 902(k) under the Securities Act (a
Non-US Person
). All
information provided by the Purchaser to the Company in connection with the Purchasers purchase of
the Shares, including, but not limited to, the information provided in the Pre-Closing Securities
Ownership Questionnaire attached hereto as
Exhibit B
, was accurate and correct when
provided or delivered and is accurate and correct as of the date hereof.
3.3
Reliance on Exemptions
. The Purchaser understands that the Shares are being
offered and sold to it in reliance upon specific exemptions from or non-application of the
registration requirements of United States federal and state securities laws and that the Company
is relying upon the truth and accuracy of, and the Purchasers compliance with, the
representations, warranties, agreements, acknowledgments and understandings of the Purchaser set
forth herein in
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order to determine the availability of such exemptions and the eligibility of the Purchaser to
acquire the Shares.
3.4
Information
. The Purchaser acknowledges that it has been afforded (i) the
opportunity to ask such questions as it has deemed necessary of, and to receive answers from,
representatives of the Company concerning the terms and conditions of the offering of the Shares
and the merits and risks of investing in the Shares; (ii) access to information about the Company
and its financial condition, results of operations, businesses, properties, management and
prospects sufficient to enable it to evaluate its investment, including, without limitation, the
Companys SEC Documents, and the Purchaser has had the opportunity to review the SEC Documents; and
(iii) the opportunity to obtain such additional information that the Company possesses or can
acquire without unreasonable effort or expense that is necessary to make an informed investment
decision with respect to the investment. Neither such inquiries nor any other due diligence
investigation conducted by such Purchaser or any of its advisors or representatives shall modify,
amend or affect such Purchasers right to rely on the Companys and its Subsidiaries
representations, warranties and covenants contained herein or in the Related Agreements.
3.5
Acknowledgement of Risk
.
(a) The Purchaser acknowledges and understands that its investment in the Shares involves a
significant degree of risk, including, without limitation, (i) the Company has a history of
operating losses and requires substantial funds in addition to the proceeds from the sale of the
Shares; (ii) an investment in the Company is speculative, and only the Purchaser who can afford the
loss of their entire investment should consider investing in the Company and the Shares; (iii) the
Purchaser may not be able to liquidate its investment; (iv) transferability of the Shares is
limited; (v) in the event of a disposition of the Shares, the Purchaser could sustain the loss of
its entire investment; and (vi) the Company has not paid any dividends on its Common Stock since
inception and does not anticipate the payment of dividends in the foreseeable future. Such risks
are more fully set forth in the SEC Documents.
(b) The Purchaser is able to bear the economic risk of holding the Shares for an indefinite
period, and has knowledge and experience in financial and business matters such that it is capable
of evaluating the risks of the investment in the Shares.
(c) The Purchaser has, in connection with the Purchasers decision to purchase the Shares and
with respect to all matters relating to this Agreement and the Related Agreements and the
transactions contemplated hereby and thereby, relied solely upon the advice of such Purchasers own
counsel and has not relied upon or consulted any counsel to the Company.
(d) The Purchaser is not purchasing the Shares as a result of any form of general solicitation
or general advertising within the meaning of Rule 502(c) under the Securities Act.
3.6
Governmental Review
. The Purchaser understands that no United States federal or
state or foreign agency or any other government or governmental agency has passed upon or made any
recommendation or endorsement of the Shares or an investment therein.
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3.7
Transfer or Resale
. The Purchaser understands that:
(a) the Shares have not been and are not being registered under the Securities Act (other than
as contemplated in
Article 6
of this Agreement) or any applicable state securities laws
and, consequently, the Purchaser may have to bear the risk of owning the Shares for an indefinite
period of time because the Shares may not be transferred unless (i) the resale of the Shares is
registered pursuant to an effective registration statement under the Securities Act or exempt from
the registration requirements of the Securities Act under Rule 144 thereunder; or (ii) the
Purchaser has delivered to the Company an opinion of counsel to the Purchaser (in form, substance
and scope customary for opinions of counsel in comparable transactions) to the effect that the
Shares to be sold or transferred may be sold or transferred pursuant to an exemption from such
registration, provided that no opinion shall be required by the Company in the case of transfers
under Rule 144; and
(b) except as set forth in
Article 6
of this Agreement, neither the Company nor any
other Person is under any obligation to register the resale of any Shares under the Securities Act
or any state or foreign securities laws or to comply with the terms and conditions of any exemption
thereunder.
3.8
Legends
.
(a) The Purchaser understands the certificates representing the Shares will bear a restrictive
legend in substantially the following form (and a stop-transfer order may be placed against
transfer of the certificates for such securities):
THE SECURITIES REPRESENTED BY THIS CERTIFICATE HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED WITH THE
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION OR THE SECURITIES COMMISSION OF ANY STATE OF THE
UNITED STATES IN RELIANCE UPON AN EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION UNDER THE SECURITIES
ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE SECURITIES ACT) OR REGULATION S THEREUNDER, AND
ACCORDINGLY, MAY NOT BE SOLD, OFFERED FOR SALE, PLEDGED, HYPOTHECATED, TRANSFERRED
OR ASSIGNED EXCEPT PURSUANT TO AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT FOR THE
SECURITIES UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OR PURSUANT TO AN AVAILABLE EXEMPTION FROM, OR
IN A TRANSACTION NOT SUBJECT TO, THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT
AND IN ACCORDANCE WITH APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS AS EVIDENCED BY A LEGAL
OPINION OF COUNSEL TO THE TRANSFEROR TO SUCH EFFECT, THE SUBSTANCE OF WHICH SHALL BE
REASONABLY ACCEPTABLE TO THE COMPANY.
(b) The Purchaser may request that the Company remove, and the Company agrees to authorize the
removal of any legend from the Shares (i) following any sale of the Shares pursuant to an effective
Registration Statement, or (ii) if such Shares are eligible for sale without restrictions under
Rule 144 or under any no-action letter issued by the SEC. Following the time a legend is no longer
required for any Shares hereunder, the Company will, no later than five (5)
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Business Days following the delivery by the Purchaser to the Company or the Companys transfer
agent of a legended certificate representing such Shares, accompanied by such additional
information as the Company or the Companys transfer agent may reasonably request, deliver or cause
to be delivered to the Purchaser a certificate representing such Shares that is free from all
restrictive and other legends.
(c) Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the Company acknowledges and agrees that
the Company will not require an opinion of counsel in connection with the transfer by the Purchaser
of any Shares to an Affiliate of the Purchaser.
3.9
Authorization; Enforcement
. The Purchaser is duly organized, validly existing and
in good standing under the laws of its jurisdiction of formation and has the requisite power and
authority to enter into this Agreement and the Related Agreements and to consummate the
transactions contemplated hereby and thereby. The Purchaser has taken all necessary action to
authorize the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement and the Related Agreements.
Upon the execution and delivery of this Agreement and the Related Agreements, this Agreement and
the Related Agreements shall constitute a valid and binding obligation of the Purchaser enforceable
in accordance with its terms, except as enforceability may be limited by applicable bankruptcy,
insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or similar laws affecting creditors and contracting
parties rights generally and except as enforceability may be subject to general principles of
equity and except as rights to indemnity and contribution may be limited by applicable securities
laws or public policy underlying such laws.
3.10
Residency
. The Purchaser is a resident of the Republic of Korea.
3.11
No Short Sales
. Between the time the Purchaser learned about the Offering and
the public announcement of the Offering, the Purchaser has not engaged in any short sales or
similar transactions with respect to the Common Stock, nor has the Purchaser, directly or
indirectly, caused any Person to engage in any short sales or similar transactions with respect to
the Common Stock.
3.12
Brokers
. The Purchaser has not engaged any brokers, finders or agents and has
not incurred, and will not incur, directly or indirectly, any liability for brokerage for finders
fees or agents commissions or any similar charges in connection with this Agreement and the
Related Agreements.
3.13
Additional Representations by Non-US Person
. The Purchaser who is a Non-US
Person further represents and warrants to the Company with respect to itself and its purchase
hereunder that: (i) the Purchasers principal address is outside of the United States; (ii) the
Purchaser was located outside the United States at the time any offer to buy the Shares was made to
it and at the time the buy order was originated by the Purchaser; (iii) the Purchaser is not an
affiliate (as defined in Rule 144) of the Company or acting on behalf of an affiliate of the
Company; and (iv) the Purchaser is an accredited investor as defined in Rule 501(a) of Regulation
D under the Securities Act. The Purchaser who is a Non-US Person hereby expressly agrees not to
engage in hedging transactions with regard to the Shares unless in compliance with the Securities
Act and the terms of this Agreement.
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ARTICLE 4
COVENANTS
4.1
Reporting Status and Public Information
. The Common Stock is registered under
Section 12 of the Exchange Act. During the Registration Period, the Company agrees to use
commercially reasonable efforts to (a) timely file all documents with the SEC, (b) make and keep
public information available, as those terms are understood and defined in Rule 144 under the
Securities Act, at all times, (c) file with the SEC in a timely manner all reports and other
documents required of the Company under the Exchange Act and (d) so long as a Holder owns any
Registrable Securities, furnish to such Holder, upon any reasonable request, a written statement by
the Company as to its compliance with Rule 144 under the Securities Act, and of the Exchange Act, a
copy of the most recent annual or quarterly report of the Company, and such other reports and
documents of the Company as such Holder may reasonably request in availing itself of any rule or
regulation of the SEC allowing a Holder to sell any such securities without registration. During
the Registration Period, the Company will not terminate its status as an issuer required to file
reports under the Exchange Act even if the Exchange Act or the rules and regulations thereunder
would permit such termination.
4.2
Financial Information
. The financial statements of the Company to be included in
any documents filed with the SEC will be prepared in accordance with accounting principles
generally accepted in the United States, consistently applied (except (i) as may be otherwise
indicated in such financial statements or the notes thereto, or (ii) in the case of unaudited
interim statements, to the extent they may not include footnotes, may be condensed or summary
statements or may conform to the SECs rules and instructions for Reports on Form 10-Q), and will
fairly present in all material respects the consolidated financial position of the Company and
consolidated results of its operations and cash flows as of, and for the periods covered by, such
financial statements (subject, in the case of unaudited statements, to normal year-end audit
adjustments).
4.3
Securities Laws Disclosure; Publicity
.
(a) Except as may be required by law or the rules of the SEC or NASDAQ, neither the Company
nor any Subsidiary shall use the name of, or make reference to, the Purchaser or any of its
Affiliates in any press release or in any public manner (including any reports or filings made by
the Company under the Exchange Act) without the Purchasers prior written consent, which consent
shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed. Any press release of the Company shall be approved
by the Purchaser, which approval will not be unreasonably withheld or delayed.
(b) Within four (4) Business Days after the Closing Date, the Company shall file a Current
Report on Form 8-K with the SEC describing the terms of the transactions contemplated by this
Agreement and the Related Agreements and including as an exhibit to such Current Report on Form 8-K
this Agreement, in the form required by the Exchange Act.
4.4
Covenants Pending Closing
. Prior to the Closing, the Company shall maintain its
existence and conduct and cause its Subsidiaries to conduct their respective businesses in usual,
regular and ordinary course in substantially the same manner as heretofore conducted,
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and shall not, and shall not permit its Subsidiaries to, without the prior written consent of
the Purchaser, such consent not to be unreasonably withheld, delayed or conditioned, take any
action which would result in any of the representations or warranties contained in this Agreement
not being true or correct at and as of the time immediately after such action, or in any of the
covenants contained in this Agreement becoming incapable of performance. The Company will promptly
advise the Purchaser of any action or event of which it becomes aware which has the effect of
making materially incorrect any of such representations or warranties or which has the effect of
rendering any of such covenants incapable of performance.
4.5
Limits on Additional Issuances
. Neither the Company, any of its Subsidiaries nor
any of their respective Affiliates will sell, offer for sale or solicit offers to buy or otherwise
negotiate in respect of any security (as defined in the Securities Act) that could be integrated
with the sale of the Securities in a manner that could require the registration of the Securities
under the Securities Act.
4.6
Sales by Purchaser
. The Purchaser agrees that it will comply with the prospectus
delivery requirements of the Securities Act as applicable to it in connection with the sales of
Registrable Securities pursuant to the Registration Statement or otherwise comply with the
requirements for an exemption from registration under the Securities Act and the rules and
regulations promulgated thereunder. The Purchaser will not make any sale, transfer, pledge or
other disposition of the Shares in violation of U.S. federal or state or foreign securities laws or
the terms of this Agreement.
4.7
Further Assurances
. Each of the parties shall execute such documents and other
papers and take such further actions as may be reasonably required or desirable to carry out the
provisions hereof and the transactions contemplated hereby. Each such party shall use its
reasonable efforts to fulfill or obtain the fulfillment of the conditions to the Closing as
promptly as practicable.
4.8
Consents and Approvals
. From and after the date hereof, the Company shall use its
reasonable best efforts to obtain as promptly as practicable any consent or approval of any Person,
including any regulatory authority, required in connection with the transactions contemplated
hereby.
4.9
No Solicitation
. The Company will not, and will not permit any of its
Subsidiaries or any of their respective Affiliates to, engage in any form of general solicitation
or general advertising (as those terms are used in Regulation D under the Securities Act) in
connection with the offering of the Shares or in any manner involving a public offering within the
meaning of Section 4(2) of the Securities Act.
4.10
Form D and Blue Sky
. The Company agrees to timely file a Form D with the SEC
with respect to the Shares to the extent required under Regulation D of the Securities Act and to
provide, upon request, a copy thereof to the Purchaser. The Company shall, on or before the
Closing Date, take such action as the Company shall reasonably determine is necessary in order to
obtain an exemption for, or to qualify the Shares for, sale to the Purchaser at the Closing
pursuant to this Agreement under applicable securities and blue sky laws of the states of the
United States (or to obtain an exemption from such qualification), and shall provide evidence of
any such action
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so taken to the Purchaser on or prior to the Closing Date. The Company shall make all timely
filings and reports relating to the offer and sale of the Shares required under applicable
securities and blue sky laws of the states of the United States following the Closing Date. The
Company shall pay all fees and expenses in connection with satisfying its obligations under this
Section 4.10
.
4.11
Efforts to Satisfy Conditions
. Each party shall use its commercially reasonable
efforts to satisfy each of the conditions to be satisfied by it as provided in
Article 5
of
this Agreement.
4.12
Use of Proceeds
. The proceeds received by the Company from the issuance and sale
of the Shares shall be used by the Company for working capital and other general corporate
purposes.
4.13
Expenses
. The Company and the Purchaser is liable for, and will pay, its own
expenses incurred in connection with the negotiation, preparation, execution and delivery of this
Agreement, including, without limitation, attorneys and consultants fees and expenses.
4.14
Additional Right of Purchaser
.
So long as Purchaser (i) owns at least the number of shares of Common Stock that it owns
immediately following the Closing (as adjusted for any stock split, stock dividend, combination, or
other recapitalization or reclassification effected after the date hereof), and (ii) has executed
and delivered a confidentiality agreement with the Company that is consistent with the Companys
obligations under Regulation FD promulgated under the Securities Act (an
FD Confidentiality
Agreement
), the Company shall deliver to Purchaser in the case of (i) below or will inform the
Purchaser of, and discuss with the Purchaser, any of the actions and matters described in (ii)
through (iv) below:
(i) such material information relating to the financial condition, business, prospects, or
corporate affairs of the Company (including the minutes, notices, consents and other materials that
it provides to its directors);
(ii) incurring, issuing or assuming any indebtedness that, in the aggregate, collectively
among the Company and its Subsidiaries, exceeds US $25,000,000 in one transaction or a series of
related transactions;
(iii) incurring any capital expenditure that exceeds US $25,000,000 in one transaction or a
series of related transactions;
(iv) selling, transferring or otherwise disposing of any material assets of the Company or any
Subsidiary (including, but not limited to, its technologies and intellectual property rights) in
any transaction or series of related transactions with a value that exceeds US $10,000,000;
provided, however, that the Company shall not be obligated under this Section 4.14 to provide
information specified in (i) through (iv) above (A) that the Company reasonably determines in good
faith to be a trade secret or confidential information (unless covered by an enforceable
confidentiality agreement, in form acceptable to the Company and the Purchaser) or (B) the
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disclosure of which would adversely affect the attorney-client privilege between the Company and
its counsel or put the Company at a competitive disadvantage.
4.15
Pro rata Rights
. If at any time the Company wishes to issue any new equity
securities other than Excluded Securities (such Securities other than Excluded Securities the New
Securities) to any person (Proposed Recipient) the Company shall, to the extent reasonably
possible, promptly deliver a notice of its intention to issue such New Securities (the New Issue
Notice) to the Purchaser at least 5 days prior to the planned date of issuance setting forth the
type, number and description of the New Securities to be issued, the proposed subscription price
thereof, the identity of the Proposed Recipients (if known at such time) and any other proposed
material terms and conditions of such issuance. If the Company is unable to give prior notice of
such issuance, it will notify the Purchaser on the date of the issuance which later notice shall in
no event prevent the Purchaser from fully exercising its rights hereunder in a subsequent issuance
and closing. The Purchaser shall have the right, upon written notice to the Company within 10 days
following receipt of the New Issue Notice whether such notice is provided before or after the
issuance (the Exercise Period), to elect to subscribe for, at the price and on the terms stated
in the New Issue Notice, such number of New Securities equal to the product obtained by multiplying
the number of New Securities (calculated on an as-converted basis) by a fraction, the numerator of
which is the number of equity securities (calculated on an as-converted basis) held by the
Purchaser on the date of such New Issue Notice (and prior to the issuance) and the denominator of
which is the total number of equity securities (calculated on an as-converted basis) issued and
outstanding on the date of such New Issue Notice (and prior to the issuance). If all or any
portion of the New Securities are not subscribed to by the Purchaser as described above, then the
Company may, at its election, during a period of 30 days following the expiration of the Exercise
Period, issue the remaining New Securities to the Proposed Recipient at a price and upon terms not
more favorable to the Proposed Recipient than those stated in such New Issue Notice. In the event
the Company has not issued the New Securities to the Proposed Recipient within such 30 day period,
the Company shall not thereafter issue any New Securities without first offering such securities to
the Purchaser in the manner provided in this Section. Failure by the Purchaser to exercise its
option to subscribe with respect to one offering and issuance of New Securities shall not affect
its option to subscribe for equity securities in any subsequent offering and issuance. This
Section 4.15 shall not apply to Excluded Securities issued by the Company which shall mean (i)
securities issued as a dividend or distribution on outstanding securities, (ii) securities issued
upon conversion or exercise of outstanding securities, (iii) securities issued to employees,
directors or consultants pursuant to a plan, agreement or arrangement approved by the Companys
Board of Directors, (iv) securities issued pursuant to the acquisition of another corporation or
its assets by the Company, or (v) up to $5,000,000 in securities issued by the Company to fund
obligations to make cash dividends or interest payments on outstanding securities.
4.16
Due Diligence
. The Company shall cooperate in good faith in the limited due
diligence to be performed by the Purchaser in connection with its investment in the Shares.
4.17
Indemnification
. The Company and the Purchaser will indemnify and hold the other
(the Indemnified Party) and its respective directors, officers, stockholders, members, partners,
employees and agents harmless from any and all losses, liabilities, obligations, claims,
contingencies, damages, costs and expenses, including all judgments, amounts paid in settlements,
court costs and reasonable attorneys fees and costs of investigation that the Indemnified Party
and
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its directors, officers, stockholders, members, partners, employees and agents may suffer or
incur as a result of any breach of any of the representations, warranties, covenants or agreements
made by the other in this Agreement. The detailed procedures for the indemnification under this
Section 4.17 shall follow the procedures set forth in Sections 6.9(c) and 6.9 (d).
ARTICLE 5
CONDITIONS TO CLOSING
5.1
Conditions to Obligations of the Company
. The obligation of the Company to issue
and deliver the Shares on the Closing Date shall be subject to the performance by the Purchaser of
its agreements theretofore to be performed hereunder and to the satisfaction (or waiver), prior
thereto or concurrently therewith, of the following further conditions:
(a)
Receipt of Purchase Price
. The Company shall have received payment of the
Purchase Price for the Shares being purchased hereunder. The Purchase Price shall be paid in
immediately available funds, in US dollars.
(b)
Representations and Warranties
. The representations and warranties of the
Purchaser contained in
Article 3
shall be true in all material respects on and as of the
Closing Date (except for such representations and warranties that are qualified as to materiality,
which shall be true in all respects) as though such representations and warranties were made at and
as of such date.
(c)
Compliance with Agreement
. The Purchaser shall have performed and complied in all
material respects with all agreements, covenants and conditions contained in this Agreement which
are required to be performed or complied with by them prior to or on the Closing Date.
(d)
Absence of Litigation
. No proceeding challenging this Agreement or the Related
Agreements or the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby, or seeking to prohibit, alter,
prevent or materially delay the Closing, shall have been instituted or be pending before any court,
arbitrator, governmental body, agency or official.
(e)
No Governmental Prohibition or Third Party Approval
. The sale of the Shares by
the Company shall not be prohibited by any law or governmental order or regulation and any
government regulatory or third party consents or approvals, if any, necessary for the sale of the
Shares shall have been received.
(f)
Purchaser Certificate
. The Company shall have received a certificate from the
Purchaser, dated the Closing Date, signed by a duly authorized representative of the Purchaser,
certifying that the conditions specified in
Sections 5.1(b)
and
5.1(c)
hereof have
been fulfilled.
(g)
Pre-Closing Securities Ownership Questionnaire
. The Purchaser shall have
delivered to the Company a properly completed and executed Pre-Closing Securities Ownership
Questionnaire, substantially in the form attached hereto as
Exhibit B
.
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(h)
Closing Deliverables
. The Company shall have received all documents and other
items required to be delivered by the Purchaser to the Company pursuant to
Section 1.5
and
as are reasonably required to be delivered by the Purchaser to effectuate the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement and the Related Agreements.
5.2
Conditions to Purchasers Obligations at the Closing
. The obligation of the
Purchaser to purchase and pay for the Shares on the Closing Date shall be subject to the
performance by the Company of its agreements theretofore to be performed hereunder and to the
satisfaction (or waiver), prior thereto or concurrently therewith, of the following further
conditions:
(a)
Representations and Warranties
. The representations and warranties of the Company
contained in this Agreement shall be true on and as of the Closing Date in all material respects
(except for such representations and warranties that are qualified as to materiality, which shall
be true in all respects) as though such representations and warranties were made at and as of such
date.
(b)
Compliance with Agreement
. The Company shall have performed and complied in all
material respects with all agreements, covenants and conditions contained in this Agreement which
are required to be performed or complied with by the Company prior to or on the Closing Date.
(c)
Compliance with Laws
. The purchase of the Shares by the Purchaser hereunder shall
be legally permitted by all laws and regulations to which the Purchaser or the Company is subject
(including all applicable federal, state and foreign securities laws).
(d)
Legal Opinion
. The Purchaser shall have received an opinion, dated the Closing
Date from the Companys counsel substantially in the form of
Exhibit C
attached hereto.
(e)
No Material Adverse Effect
. There shall have been no developments in the business
of the Company or its Subsidiaries which would be reasonably likely to have a Material Adverse
Effect.
(f)
Absence of Litigation
. No proceeding challenging this Agreement or the Related
Agreements or the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby, or seeking to prohibit, alter,
prevent or materially delay the Closing, shall have been instituted or be pending before any court,
arbitrator, governmental body, agency or official.
(g)
No Governmental Prohibition or Third Party Consents
. The sale of the Shares by
the Company shall not be prohibited by any law or governmental order or regulation and any
governmental, regulatory or third party consents or approvals, if any, necessary for the sale of
the Shares shall have been received.
(h)
NASDAQ Trading
. Trading in the Common Stock shall not have been suspended by the
SEC or NASDAQ, and trading in securities generally as reported by NASDAQ shall not have been
suspended or limited, and the Common Stock shall not have been delisted on NASDAQ.
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(i)
Officers Certificate
. The Purchaser shall have received a certificate, dated the
Closing Date, signed by a duly authorized executive officer of the Company, certifying that the
conditions specified in the foregoing
Sections 5.2(a)
,
5.2(b)
,
5.2(e)
,
5.2(f)
,
5.2(g)
and
5.2(i)
hereof have been fulfilled.
(j)
Secretarys Certificate
. The Purchaser shall have received a certificate, dated
the Closing Date, of the Secretary of the Company attaching: (i) a true and complete copy of the
Certificate of Incorporation, in effect as of such date; (ii) a true and complete copy of the
Bylaws, in effect as of such date; (iii) a certificate, dated within thirty (30) days prior to the
Closing Date, from the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware as to the good standing of the
Company; (iv) certificates of good standing, dated within thirty (30) days prior the Closing Date,
from the appropriate officials of the jurisdictions in each state in which the Company is qualified
to do business as a foreign corporation; and (iv) resolutions of the Board authorizing the
execution and delivery of this Agreement, the transactions contemplated hereby, the approvals
contemplated by
Sections 2.30
and
2.31
herein and the issuance of the Shares.
(k)
Approval of Proceedings
. All proceedings to be taken in connection with the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement, and all documents incident thereto, shall be
satisfactory in form and substance to the Purchaser and its counsel. The Purchaser shall have
received copies of all documents or other evidence which they and their counsel may reasonably
request in connection with such transactions and of all records of corporate proceedings in
connection therewith in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Purchaser and their
counsel.
(l)
Closing Deliverables
. The Purchaser shall have received all documents and other
items required to be delivered by the Company to the Purchaser pursuant to
Section 1.6
and
as are reasonably required to be delivered by the Company to effectuate the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement and the Related Agreements.
(m)
Technology Transfer Agreement
. The parties shall have entered into a technology
transfer, distribution and licensing agreement (the TTA) under which the Company shall provide
certain technology and know-how and other assistance and support necessary for the Purchaser to
assemble, test, manufacture, use, sell, distribute, maintain, service and/or repair fuel cell stack
modules for DFC
®
Power Plants designated DFC
®
300MA, DFC
®
1500MA, DFC
®
1500B and DFC
®
3000.
ARTICLE 6
REGISTRATION RIGHTS
6.1
Mandatory Registration
. As soon as reasonably practicable after six (6) months
after the Closing, the Company shall prepare, and, as soon as practicable, but in no event later
than thirty (30) days after such date (the
Filing Deadline
), file with the SEC a
Registration Statement or Registration Statements (as necessary) on Form S-3. In the event that
Form S-3 is unavailable for such a registration, the Company shall use such other form as is
available for such a registration, subject to the provisions of
Section 6.4
. The Company
shall use its best efforts to
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cause such Registration Statement to be declared effective
by the SEC as soon as possible, but in no event later than the fifth Business Day after the SEC advises the Company that either (A)
it will not review such Registration Statement or (B) it has no further comments with respect to
such Registration Statement (the
Effectiveness Deadline
).
6.2
Demand Registrations
. If for any reason prior to the expiration of the
Registration Period, a Registration Statement required to be filed pursuant to
Section 6.1
ceases to be effective or fails to cover all of the Registrable Securities required to be covered
by such Registration Statement, a Holder may demand registration pursuant to the terms of and
within the time frames set forth in
Section 6.1
by providing written demand registration
notice to the Company (a
Demand Registration
). The Company shall amend the applicable
Registration Statement, or file a new Registration Statement (on the short form available
therefore, if applicable), or both, so as to cover all of the Registrable Securities required to be
covered by a Registration Statement hereunder, as soon as practicable, but in any event not later
than ten (10) Business Days after the date that the Demand Registration notice is delivered to the
Company. The Company shall use its best efforts to cause such amendment and/or new Registration
Statement to become effective as soon as practicable following the filing thereof. The compliance
by the Company with the provisions of this
Section 6.2
shall not relieve the Company of any
liability for a breach of this Agreement, including, without limitation, any breach by the Company
of
Section 6.1
hereof, and the Holder shall retain any remedies available at law or in
equity with respect thereto.
6.3
Piggy-Back Registrations
. If at any time prior to the expiration of the
Registration Period, the number of shares of Common Stock available for sale under a Registration
Statement is insufficient to cover all of the Registrable Securities and the Company proposes to
file with the SEC a Registration Statement relating to an offering for its own account or the
account of others under the Securities Act of any of its securities (other than on Form S-4 or Form
S-8 (or their equivalents at such time) relating to securities to be issued solely in connection
with any acquisition of any entity or business or to equity securities issuable in connection with
stock option or other employee benefit plans approved by the Board), the Company shall promptly
send to the Holder written notice of the Companys intention to file a Registration Statement and
of the Holders rights under this
Section 6.3
and, if within twenty (20) days after receipt
of such notice, the Holder shall so request in writing, the Company shall include in such
Registration Statement all or any part of the Registrable Securities the Holder requests to be
registered, subject to the priorities set forth in this
Section 6.3
below. No right to
registration of Registrable Securities under this
Section 6.3
shall be construed to limit
any registration required under
Section 6.1
or
6.2
. The obligations of the Company
under this
Section 6.3
may be waived by the Holder, provided such Holder is not named as a
selling security holder in any Registration Statement. If an offering in connection with which a
Holder is entitled to registration under this
Section 6.3
is an underwritten offering, then
such Holder whose Registrable Securities are included in such Registration Statement shall, unless
otherwise agreed by the Company, offer and sell such Registrable Securities in an underwritten
offering using the same underwriter or underwriters and, subject to the provisions of this
Article 6
, on the same terms and conditions as other shares of Common Stock included in
such underwritten offering. If a registration pursuant to this
Section 6.3
is to be an
underwritten public offering and the managing underwriter(s) advise the Company in writing that, in
their reasonable good faith opinion, marketing or other factors dictate that a limitation on the
number of shares of Common Stock which may be included in the Registration
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Statement is necessary
to facilitate and not adversely affect the proposed offering, then the
Company shall include in such registration: (1) first, all securities the Company proposes to
sell for its own account and (2) second, up to the full number of securities proposed to be
registered for the account of the Holder entitled to registration under this
Section 6.3
,
pro rata to such Holder on the basis of the number of Registrable Securities that it requested to
be included in such registration.
6.4
Ineligibility for Form S-3
. Subject to
Section 6.1
as it relates to the
use of Form S-1, in the event that Form S-3 is not available for any registration of Registrable
Securities hereunder, the Company shall (i) register the sale of the Registrable Securities on
another appropriate form reasonably acceptable to the Holder and (ii) undertake to register the
Registrable Securities on Form S-3 as soon as such form is available,
provided
that the
Company shall maintain the effectiveness of the Registration Statement then in effect until such
time as a Registration Statement on Form S-3 covering the Registrable Securities has been declared
effective by the SEC.
6.5
Failure to File, Obtain and Maintain Effectiveness of Registration Statement
.
If a Registration Delay occurs the Company shall pay to a Holder of Registrable Securities (the
Registration Delay Payments), as partial relief for the damages to such Holder by reason of any
such Registration Delay, and calculated for each share of Common Stock for which a Registration
Statement is required to be filed pursuant to the terms of Section 6.1 then outstanding that is a
Registrable Security and not covered for resale at such time pursuant to the terms of a
Registration Statement, an accruing amount per each such share equal to the Delay Payment Rate for
each week (or portion thereof) during the Damages Accrual Period. The Registration Delay Payments
shall accrue from the first day of the applicable Registration Delay through the date it is cured
(the Damages Accrual Period), and shall be payable in cash to the record holder of the
Registrable Securities entitled thereto on the earlier of the (i) last Business Day of each
calendar month during which such Registration Delay Payments are incurred and (ii) the third
Business Day after the event of failure giving rise to the Registration Delay Payments is cured.
Nothing shall preclude a Holder from pursuing or obtaining any available remedies at law, specific
performance or other equitable relief with respect to this
Article 6
in accordance with
applicable law.
6.6
Related Obligations
. At such time as the Company is obligated to file a
Registration Statement with the SEC pursuant to
Section 6.1
, the Company will use its best
efforts to effect the registration of the Registrable Securities in accordance with the intended
method of distribution thereof and, pursuant thereto, the Company shall have the following
obligations during the Registration Period (as hereinafter defined):
(a) The Company shall promptly prepare and file with the SEC a Registration Statement with
respect to the Registrable Securities (but in no event later than the Filing Deadline) and use its
best efforts to cause such Registration Statement relating to the Registrable Securities to become
effective as soon as practicable after such filing (but in no event later than the applicable
Effectiveness Deadline). The Company shall keep each Registration Statement effective pursuant to
Rule 415 at all times until the earliest of (i) the three-year anniversary of the Closing Date;
(ii) the date as of which the Holder may sell all of the Registrable Securities covered by such
Registration Statement without restriction pursuant to Rule 144 promulgated under the Securities
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Act (or successor thereto) or (iii) the date on which the Holder shall have sold all the
Registrable Securities covered by such Registration Statement either pursuant to the Registration
Statement or in one or more transactions in which the Holder obtained unlegended certificates
representing the Registrable Securities so purchased in accordance with applicable securities laws
(the
Registration Period
), which Registration Statement (including any amendments or
supplements thereto and prospectuses contained therein) shall not contain any untrue statement of a
material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein, or necessary to make
the statements therein (in the case of any prospectus only, in light of the circumstances under
which they were made) not misleading.
(b) The Company shall prepare and file with the SEC such amendments (including post-effective
amendments) and supplements to a Registration Statement and the prospectus used in connection with
such Registration Statement, which prospectus is to be filed pursuant to Rule 424 promulgated under
the Securities Act, as may be necessary to keep such Registration Statement effective at all times
during the Registration Period, and, during such period, comply with the provisions of the
Securities Act with respect to the disposition of all Registrable Securities of the Company covered
by such Registration Statement until such time as all of such Registrable Securities shall have
been disposed of in accordance with the intended methods of distribution by the seller or sellers
thereof as set forth in such Registration Statement. In the case of amendments and supplements to
a Registration Statement which are required to be filed pursuant to this
Article 6
(including pursuant to this
Section 6.6(b)
) by reason of the Company filing a report on
Form 10-K, Form 10-Q or Form 8-K or any analogous report under the Exchange Act), the Company shall
have incorporated such report by reference into the Registration Statement, if applicable, or shall
file such amendments or supplements with the SEC on the same day on which the Exchange Act report
is filed which created the requirement for the Company to amend or supplement the Registration
Statement.
(c) The Company shall (i) permit a legal counsel for the Holder to review and comment upon
those sections of (a) the Registration Statement which are applicable to the Holder at least five
(5) Business Days prior to its filing with the SEC and (b) all other Registration Statements and
all amendments and supplements to all Registration Statements which are applicable to the Holder
(except for Annual Reports on Form 10-K, Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q and Current Reports on Form
8-K and any similar or successor reports) within a reasonable number of days prior to their filing
with the SEC and (b) not file any Registration Statement (including any amendment or supplement
thereto) or document in a form to which such legal counsel reasonably objects. The Company shall
furnish to such legal counsel, without charge, (i) any correspondence from the SEC or the staff of
the SEC to the Company or its representatives relating to any Registration Statement, provided the
legal counsel shall keep such correspondence confidential and shall not provide copies thereof to
the Holder without the Companys prior consent, (ii) promptly after the same is prepared and filed
with the SEC, one copy of any Registration Statement and any amendment(s) thereto, including
financial statements and schedules, all documents incorporated therein by reference, if requested
by a Holder, and all exhibits, and (iii) upon the effectiveness of any Registration Statement, one
copy of the prospectus included in such Registration Statement and all amendments and supplements
thereto. The Company shall reasonably cooperate with a Holders legal counsel in performing the
Companys obligations pursuant to
Section 6.6
.
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(d) The Company shall furnish to the Holder whose Registrable Securities are included in any
Registration Statement, without charge, (i) promptly after the same is prepared and filed with the
SEC, at least one copy of such Registration Statement and any amendment(s) thereto, including
financial statements and schedules, all documents incorporated therein by reference, if requested
by such Holder, and all exhibits and each preliminary prospectus, (ii) upon the effectiveness of
any Registration Statement, ten (10) copies of the prospectus included in such Registration
Statement and all amendments and supplements thereto (or such other number of copies as such Holder
may reasonably request) and (iii) such other documents, including copies of any preliminary or
final prospectus, as such Holder may reasonably request from time to time in order to facilitate
the disposition of the Registrable Securities owned by such Holder.
(e) If required under applicable law, the Company shall use its best efforts to (i) register
and qualify the Registrable Securities covered by a Registration Statement under all other
securities or blue sky laws of such jurisdictions in the United States, (ii) prepare and file in
those jurisdictions, such amendments (including post-effective amendments) and supplements to such
registrations and qualifications as may be necessary to maintain the effectiveness thereof during
the Registration Period, (iii) take such other actions as may be necessary to maintain such
registrations and qualifications in effect at all times during the Registration Period, and
(iv) take all other actions reasonably necessary or advisable to qualify the Registrable Securities
for sale in such jurisdictions;
provided
,
however
, that the Company shall not be
required in connection therewith or as a condition thereto to (w) make any change in the Companys
Certificate of Incorporation or Bylaws that the Board determines in good faith to be contrary to
the best interests of the Company and its stockholders, (x) qualify to do business in any
jurisdiction where it would not otherwise be required to qualify but for this
Section
6.6(e)
, (y) subject itself to general taxation in any such jurisdiction, or (z) file a general
consent to service of process in any such jurisdiction. The Company shall promptly notify a Holder
who holds Registrable Securities of the receipt by the Company of any notification with respect to
the suspension of the registration or qualification of any of the Registrable Securities for sale
under the securities or blue sky laws of any jurisdiction in the United States or its receipt of
actual notice of the initiation or threat of any proceeding for such purpose.
(f) As promptly as practicable after becoming aware of such event or development, the Company
shall notify a Holder in writing of the happening of any event as a result of which the prospectus
included in a Registration Statement, as then in effect, includes an untrue statement of a material
fact or omission to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the
statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, and
promptly prepare a supplement or amendment to such Registration Statement to correct such untrue
statement or omission, and deliver ten (10) copies of such supplement or amendment to the Holder
(or such other number of copies as such Holder may reasonably request). The Company shall also
promptly notify a Holder in writing (i) when a prospectus or any prospectus supplement or
post-effective amendment has been filed, and when a Registration Statement or any post-effective
amendment has become effective (notification of such effectiveness shall be delivered to a Holder
by facsimile on the same day of such effectiveness and by overnight mail), (ii) of any request by
the SEC for amendments or supplements to a Registration Statement or related prospectus or related
information, and (iii) of the Companys reasonable determination that a post-effective amendment to
a Registration Statement would be appropriate.
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(g) The Company shall use its best efforts to prevent the issuance of any stop order or other
suspension of effectiveness of a Registration Statement, or the suspension of the qualification of
any of the Registrable Securities for sale in any jurisdiction and, if such an order or suspension
is issued, to obtain the withdrawal of such order or suspension at the earliest possible moment and
to notify a Holder who holds Registrable Securities being sold of the issuance of such order and
the resolution thereof or its receipt of actual notice of the initiation or threat of any
proceeding for such purpose.
(h) At the reasonable request of a Holder and at such Holders expense, the Company shall use
its best efforts to furnish to such Holder, on the date of the effectiveness of the Registration
Statement and thereafter from time to time on such dates as a Holder may reasonably request (i) a
letter, dated such date, from the Companys independent certified public accountants in form and
substance as is customarily given by independent certified public accountants to underwriters in an
underwritten public offering, and (ii) an opinion, dated as of such date, of counsel representing
the Company for purposes of such Registration Statement, in form, scope and substance as is
customarily given in an underwritten public offering, addressed to the Holder.
(i) The Company shall, upon reasonable notice and during normal business hours, make available
for inspection by (i) the Holder, (ii) any legal counsel representing an Holder and (iii) one firm
of accountants or other agents retained by such Holder (collectively, the
Inspectors
) all
pertinent financial and other records, and pertinent corporate documents and properties of the
Company (collectively, the
Records
), which are requested for any purpose reasonably
related to a Holders rights and/or the Companys obligations under this
Article 6
, and
cause the Companys officers, directors and employees to supply all information which any Inspector
may reasonably request;
provided
,
however
, that each Inspector which is not a party
hereto shall agree in writing prior to obtaining access to any Records, and a Holder hereby agrees,
to hold in strict confidence and shall not make any disclosure (except to a Holder similarly bound
by the terms hereof) or use of any Record or other information which the Company determines in good
faith to be confidential, and of which determination the Inspectors are so notified, unless (a) the
disclosure of such Records is necessary to avoid or correct a misstatement or omission in any
Registration Statement or is otherwise required under the Securities Act, (b) the release of such
Records is ordered pursuant to a final, non-appealable subpoena or order from a court or government
body of competent jurisdiction, or (c) the information in such Records has been made generally
available to the public other than by disclosure in violation of this or any other agreement of
which the Inspector has knowledge. The Holder receiving the Records agrees that it shall, if
permitted by applicable law, upon learning that disclosure of such Records is sought in or by a
court or governmental body of competent jurisdiction or through other means, give prompt notice to
the Company prior to making any such disclosure and allow the Company, at its expense, to undertake
appropriate action to prevent disclosure of, or to obtain a protective order for, the Records
deemed confidential. The Holder undertaking an inspection pursuant to this
Section 6.6(i)
shall, and shall instruct its other Inspectors to, use commercially reasonable efforts to perform
any such inspection in a manner designed to not materially disrupt the business activities of the
Company. Nothing herein (or in any other confidentiality agreement between the Company and a
Holder) shall be deemed to limit the Holders ability to sell Registrable Securities in a manner
which is otherwise consistent with applicable laws and regulations.
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(j) The Company shall hold in confidence and not make any disclosure of information concerning
a Holder provided to the Company unless (i) disclosure of such information is necessary to comply
with federal or state securities laws or the rules of NASDAQ, (ii) the disclosure of such
information is necessary to avoid or correct a misstatement or omission in any Registration
Statement, (iii) the release of such information is ordered pursuant to a subpoena or other final,
non-appealable order from a court or governmental body of competent jurisdiction, (iv) such
information has been made generally available to the public other than by disclosure in violation
of this
Article 6
or any other agreement, or (v) such Holder expressly consents in writing
to the form and content of any such disclosure. The Company agrees that it shall, if permitted by
applicable law, upon learning that disclosure of such information concerning a Holder is sought in
or by a court or governmental body of competent jurisdiction or through other means, give prompt
written notice to such Holder prior to making any such disclosure and allow such Holder, at the
Holders expense, to undertake appropriate action to prevent disclosure of, or to obtain a
protective order for, such information.
(k) The Company shall use its best efforts either to (i) cause all the Registrable Securities
covered by a Registration Statement to be listed on each securities exchange on which securities of
the same class or series issued by the Company are then listed, if any, if the listing of such
Registrable Securities is then permitted under the rules of such exchange, or (ii) secure
designation and quotation of the Shares on NASDAQ. The Company shall pay all fees and expenses in
connection with satisfying its obligation under this
Section 6.6(k)
.
(l) The Company shall cooperate with the Holder who holds Registrable Securities being offered
and, to the extent applicable, to facilitate the timely preparation and delivery of certificates
(not bearing any restrictive legend) representing the Registrable Securities to be offered pursuant
to a Registration Statement and enable such certificates to be in such denominations or amounts, as
the case may be, as such Holder may reasonably request and registered in such names as such Holder
may request.
(m) If requested by a Holder, the Company shall (i) as soon as practicable incorporate in a
prospectus supplement or post-effective amendment, as necessary, such information as a Holder
requests to be included therein relating to the Holder and the sale and distribution of Registrable
Securities, including, without limitation, information with respect to the number of Registrable
Securities being offered or sold, the purchase price being paid therefor and any other terms of the
offering of the Registrable Securities to be sold in such offering; (ii) as soon as practicable,
make all required filings of such prospectus supplement or post-effective amendment after being
notified of the matters to be incorporated in such prospectus supplement or post-effective
amendment; and (iii) as soon as practicable, supplement or make amendments to any Registration
Statement if reasonably requested by a Holder holding Registrable Securities.
(n) The Company shall use its best efforts to cause the Registrable Securities covered by the
applicable Registration Statement to be registered with or approved by such other governmental
agencies or authorities as may be necessary to consummate the disposition of such Registrable
Securities within the United States.
(o) The Company shall otherwise use its best efforts to comply with all applicable rules and
regulations of the SEC in connection with any registration hereunder.
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(p) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this
Section 6.6
, at any time after
the applicable Registration Statement has been declared effective by the SEC, the Company may delay
the disclosure of material non-public information concerning the Company the disclosure of which at
the time is not, in the good faith opinion of the Board and its counsel, in the best interest of
the Company and, in the opinion of counsel to the Company, otherwise required (a
Grace
Period
);
provided
, that the Company shall promptly (i) notify the Holder in writing of
the existence of material non-public information giving rise to a Grace Period (provided that in
each notice the Company will not disclose the content of such material non-public information to
the Holder) and the date on which the Grace Period will begin, and (ii) notify the Holder in
writing of the date on which the Grace Period ends; and,
provided
further
, that no
Grace Periods shall exceed sixty (60) consecutive days and during any consecutive three hundred
sixty (360) day period, such Grace Periods shall not exceed an aggregate of one hundred twenty
(120) days and the first day of any Grace Period must be at least five (5) trading days after the
last day of any prior Grace Period (an
Allowable Grace Period
). For purposes of
determining the length of a Grace Period above, the Grace Period shall begin on and include the
date the Holder receives the notice referred to in clause (i) and shall end on and include the
later of the date the Holders receive the notice referred to in clause (ii) and the date referred
to in such notice. The provisions of
Section 6.6(g)
hereof shall not be applicable during
the period of any Allowable Grace Period. Upon expiration of the Grace Period, the Company shall
again be bound by the first sentence of
Section 6.6(f)
with respect to the information
giving rise thereto unless such material non-public information is no longer applicable. In the
event that the Company shall exercise its right to effect a Grace Period hereunder, the
Registration Period during which the Registration Statement is to remain effective shall be
extended by a period of time equal to the duration of any Grace Periods.
(q) At the end of the Registration Period the Holder shall discontinue sales of shares
pursuant to the Registration Statement upon receipt of notice from the Company of its intention to
remove from registration the shares covered by such Registration Statement which remain unsold, and
such Holder shall notify the Company of the number of shares registered which remain unsold
immediately upon receipt of such notice by the Company.
6.7
Obligations of the Holder
.
(a) At least seven (7) days prior to the first anticipated filing date of a Registration
Statement, the Company shall notify a Holder in writing of the information the Company requires
from such Holder if such Holder elects to have any of its Registrable Securities included in such
Registration Statement. It shall be a condition precedent to the obligations of the Company to
complete the registration pursuant to this
Article 6
with respect to such Registrable
Securities that such Holder shall furnish to the Company information regarding itself, the
Registrable Securities held by it and the intended method of disposition of the Registrable
Securities held by it as shall be reasonably required to effect the registration of such
Registrable Securities and shall execute such documents in connection with such registration as the
Company may reasonably request, in each case within seven (7) Business Days of being notified by
the Company of its necessity.
(b) A Holder by its acceptance of the Registrable Securities agrees to cooperate with the
Company as reasonably requested by the Company in connection with the preparation and filing of any
Registration Statement hereunder, unless such Holder has notified the Company in
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writing of such Holders election to exclude all of such Holders Registrable Securities from
such Registration Statement.
(c) A Holder agrees that, upon receipt of any notice from the Company of the happening of any
event of the kind described in
Section 6.6(g)
or the first sentence of
Section
6.6(f)
, such Holder will immediately discontinue disposition of Registrable Securities pursuant
to any Registration Statement(s) covering such Registrable Securities until such Holders receipt
of the copies of the supplemented or amended prospectus contemplated by
Section 6.6(g)
or
the first sentence of
Section 6.6(f)
or receipt of notice that no supplement or amendment
is required. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary, the Company shall cause its transfer agent
to deliver unlegended shares of Common Stock to a transferee of a Holder in accordance with the
terms of this Agreement in connection with any sale of Registrable Securities with respect to which
a Holder has entered into a contract for sale prior to such Holders receipt of a notice from the
Company of the happening of any event of the kind described in
Section 6.6(g)
or the first
sentence of
Section 6.6(f)
and for which such Holder has not yet settled.
(d) As promptly as practicable after becoming aware of such event, a Holder shall notify the
Company in writing of the happening of any event as a result of which the information provided in
writing by such Holder to the Company expressly for use in the prospectus included in a
Registration Statement, as then in effect, includes an untrue statement of a material fact or
omission to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements
therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading;
provided
,
however
, that no separate written notification shall be required for any
event disclosed by such Holder in a timely filing with the SEC relating to the Companys
securities.
6.8
Expenses of Registration
. All expenses incurred in connection with registrations,
filings or qualifications pursuant to
Sections 6.1
through
6.8
of this
Article
6
, including, without limitation, all registration, listing and qualifications fees, printers
and accounting fees, transfer agent fees and fees and disbursements of counsel for the Company, but
excluding underwriting discounts and commissions, shall be paid by the Company. The Company shall
also reimburse any Holder for the reasonable and documented fees and disbursements of its attorneys
in connection with registration, filing or qualification pursuant to
Sections 6.1
through
6.6
of this
Article 6
. The Company shall pay all of such Holders reasonable costs
(including fees and disbursements of its attorneys) incurred in connection with the successful
enforcement of the Holders rights under this
Article 6
.
6.9
Indemnification
. In the event any Registrable Securities are included in a
Registration Statement under this
Article 6
:
(a) To the extent permitted by law, the Company shall indemnify any Holder, the directors,
officers, members, partners, employees, agents or other representatives of and each Person
controlling such Holder within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act, with respect to
which any registration that has been effected pursuant to this Agreement, against all claims,
losses, damages, liabilities, fines, penalties, charges, costs, reasonable attorneys fees, amounts
paid in settlement or expenses, joint or several, (collectively,
Claims
) (or action in
respect thereof), including any Claims incurred in settlement of any litigation, commenced or
threatened (subject to
Section 6.9(c)
below), arising out of or based on (i) any untrue
statement (or
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alleged untrue statement) of a material fact contained in the Registration Statement,
prospectus (final or preliminary), any amendment or supplement thereof, issuer free-writing
prospectus, circular, or other document incident to any such registration, qualification or
compliance or based on any omission (or alleged omission) to state therein a material fact required
to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, in light of the
circumstances in which they were made, (ii) any violation by the Company of any rule or regulation
promulgated by the Securities Act, the Exchange Act, or any other law, including, without
limitation, any state securities law, or any rule or regulation thereunder relating to the offer or
sale of the Registrable Securities pursuant to a Registration Statement applicable to the Company
and relating to any action or inaction required of the Company in connection with any such
registration, qualification or compliance, or (iii) any violation by the Company of the terms of
this
Article 6
, and will reimburse any Holder, the directors, officers, members, partners,
employees, agents or other representatives of and each Person controlling such Holder, for
reasonable legal and other out-of-pocket expenses reasonably incurred in connection with
investigating or defending any such Claim as incurred;
provided
that the Company will not
be liable in any such case to the extent that any untrue statement or omission or allegation
thereof is made in reliance upon and in conformity with written information furnished to the
Company by or on behalf of such Holder for use in preparation of such Registration Statement,
prospectus, amendment or supplement;
provided
,
further
that the Company will not be
liable in any such case where the Claim results from the material failure of such Holder to comply
with the covenants and agreements contained in this
Article 6
respecting sales of
Registrable Securities.
(b) The Purchaser will indemnify the Company, the directors, officers, employees, agents,
legal counsel and other representatives and each Person who controls the Company within the meaning
of Section 15 of the Securities Act, against all Claims (or actions in respect thereof), including
any Claims incurred in settlement of any litigation, commenced or threatened (subject to
Section 6.9(c)
below), arising out of or based on any untrue statement (or alleged untrue
statement) of a material fact contained in the Registration Statement, prospectus (final or
preliminary), any amendment or supplement thereof, issuer free-writing prospectus, circular or
other documents, incident to any such registration, qualification or compliance, or based on any
omission (or alleged omission) to state therein a material fact required to be stated therein or
necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, in light of the circumstances in which
they were made, and will reimburse the Company, the directors, officers, employees, agents, legal
counsel and other representatives and each Person controlling the Company for reasonable legal and
any other expenses reasonably incurred in connection with investigating or defending any such Claim
as incurred, in each case to the extent, that such untrue statement or omission or allegation
thereof is made in reliance upon and in conformity with written information furnished to the
Company by or on behalf of a Holder for use in preparation of the Registration Statement,
prospectus, amendment or supplement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, a Holders aggregate liability
pursuant to
subsection (b)
and
(d)
of this
Section 6.9
shall not exceed the
net proceeds received by such Holder from the sale of the Registrable Securities pursuant to the
Registration Statement giving rise to such liability.
(c) Each party entitled to indemnification under this
Section 6.9
(the
Indemnified Party
) shall give notice to the party required to provide indemnification
(the
Indemnifying Party
) promptly after such Indemnified Party has actual knowledge of
any claim as to which indemnity may be sought, and shall permit the Indemnifying Party (at its
expense) to
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assume the defense of any such claim or any litigation resulting therefrom, provided that
counsel for the Indemnifying Party, who shall conduct the defense of such claim or litigation,
shall be approved by the Indemnified Party (whose approval shall not unreasonably be withheld), and
the Indemnified Party may participate in such defense at such Indemnified Partys expense, and
provided
,
further
that the failure of any Indemnified Party to give notice as
provided herein shall not relieve the Indemnifying Party of its obligations under this Agreement,
unless such failure is materially prejudicial to the Indemnifying Party in defending such claim or
litigation. Notwithstanding the foregoing, an Indemnified Party shall have the right to retain its
own counsel, with the fees and expenses to be paid by the Indemnifying Party, if representation of
such Indemnified Party by the counsel retained by the Indemnifying Party would be inappropriate due
to actual or potential differing interests between such Indemnified Party and any other party
represented by such counsel in such proceeding. An Indemnifying Party shall not be liable for any
settlement of an action or claim effected without its written consent (which consent will not be
unreasonably withheld). No Indemnifying Party, in its defense of any such claim or litigation,
shall, except with the consent of each Indemnified Party, consent to entry of any judgment or enter
into any settlement which does not include as an unconditional term thereof the giving by the
claimant or plaintiff to such Indemnified Party of a release from all liability in respect to such
claim or litigation.
(d) If the indemnification provided for in this
Section 6.9
is held by a court of
competent jurisdiction to be unavailable to an Indemnified Party with respect to any Claim referred
to therein, then the Indemnifying Party, in lieu of indemnifying such Indemnified Party thereunder,
shall contribute to the amount paid or payable by such Indemnified Party as a result of such Claim
in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect the relative fault of the Indemnifying Party on the
one hand and of the Indemnified Party on the other in connection with the statements or omissions
which resulted in such Claim as well as any other relevant equitable considerations. The relative
fault of the Indemnifying Party and of the Indemnified Party shall be determined by reference to,
among other things, whether the untrue or alleged untrue statement of a material fact or the
omission to state a material fact relates to information supplied by the Indemnifying Party or by
the Indemnified Party and the parties relative intent, knowledge, access to information and
opportunity to correct or prevent such statement or omission provided, that in no event shall any
contribution by a Holder hereunder when combined with amounts paid pursuant to
subsection
(b)
of this
Section 6.9
exceed the net proceeds received by such Holder upon the sale
of the Registrable Securities giving rise to such contribution obligation.
6.10
Assignment and Transfer
. The rights to cause the Company to register Registrable
Securities granted to the Purchaser by the Company in this
Article 6
may be assigned to a
Holder, provided that such Holder is an Affiliate of the Purchaser, in connection with a transfer
by such Holder of all or a portion of its Registrable Securities;
provided
,
however
, that such transfer must be made at least five (5) days prior to the Filing
Deadline and that (a) such transfer may otherwise be effected in accordance with applicable
securities laws, including establishing the transferees qualification as an accredited investor
within the meaning of the Securities Act; (b) such Holder gives prior written notice to the Company
at least five (5) days prior to the Filing Deadline; and (c) such transferee agrees in writing with
the Company to comply with and be bound by all of the provisions of this Agreement; and (d) such
transfer is otherwise in accordance with the applicable requirements of this Agreement. Except as
specifically permitted by this
Section 6.10
, the rights of a Holder with respect to
Registrable Securities as set out herein
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shall not be transferable to any other Person, and any attempted transfer shall cause all
rights of such Holder therein to be forfeited. Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this
Section 6.10
, no such restriction shall apply to a transfer by a Holder that is: (i) a
partnership transferring to its partners or former partners in accordance with partnership
interests; (ii) a corporation transferring to a wholly-owned subsidiary or a parent corporation
that owns all of the capital stock of the Holder; (iii) a limited liability company transferring to
its members or former members in accordance with their interest in the limited liability company;
(iv) an affiliated investment fund transferring to another affiliated investment fund; or (v) an
individual transferring to the Holders family member or trust for the benefit of an individual
Holder;
provided
that in each case the transfer is effected in accordance with applicable
securities laws, including establishing the transferees qualification as an accredited investor
within the meaning of the Securities Act, and the transferee agrees in writing to be subject to the
terms of this Agreement to the same extent as if the transferee were an original Holder hereunder.
6.11
Amendment and Waiver of Registration Rights
. The rights of any Holder under the
provisions of this
Article 6
may be waived (either generally or in a particular instance,
either retroactively or prospectively and either for a specified period of time or indefinitely) or
amended by an instrument in writing signed by such Holder. Any amendment or waiver effected in
accordance with this
Section 6.11
shall be binding upon any Holder and the Company. By
acceptance of the benefits under this
Article 6
, any Holder of the Registrable Securities
hereby agree to be bound by the provisions hereof.
6.12
Lock-Up Period
. For a period of six (6) months from the Closing Date, the
Purchaser agrees not to offer, sell, contract to sell, pledge, grant any option to purchase, make
any short sale or otherwise dispose of any Shares, or any securities convertible into, exchangeable
for or that represent the right to receive the Shares, whether now owned or hereinafter acquired,
owned directly by the Purchaser or with respect to which the Purchaser has beneficial ownership
within the rules and regulations of the SEC.
ARTICLE 7
MISCELLANEOUS
7.1
Termination
. This Agreement may be terminated at any time with respect to the
applicable parties prior to the Closing:
(a) By mutual written agreement of the Company and the Purchaser;
(b) By either the Company or the Purchaser, by written notice to the other parties (provided
the terminating party is not then in material breach of any representation, warranty, covenant or
other agreement contained in this Agreement or the Related Agreements) if the Closing shall not
have been consummated on or before December 9, 2009;
(c) By either the Company or the Purchaser by giving written notice to the other party or
parties if any governmental entity shall have issued an injunction or other ruling prohibiting the
consummation of any of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and the
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Related Agreements and such injunction or other ruling shall not be subject to appeal or shall
have become final and unappealable;
(d) By the Purchaser, if there shall have occurred an event or events constituting a Material
Adverse Effect;
(e) By the Purchaser, if the Company shall have materially breached the terms of this
Agreement and such breach is not cured within five (5) Business Days after receiving notice
thereof;
(f) By the Company if the Purchaser shall have materially breached the terms of this Agreement
and such breach is not cured within five (5) Business Days after receiving notice thereof; or
(g) By the Purchaser if the TTA has not been executed by 60 days of the date hereof.
7.2
Effect of Termination
. In the event of any termination of this Agreement pursuant
to
Section 7.1
, all rights and obligations of the parties hereunder shall terminate without
any liability on the part of any party or its Affiliates in respect thereof;
provided
,
however
, that such termination shall not relieve the Company or the Purchaser of any
liability for any willful breach of this Agreement.
7.3
Governing Law; Jurisdiction
. This Agreement will be governed by and interpreted
in accordance with the laws of the State of New York.
7.4
Counterparts; Signatures by Facsimile
. This Agreement may be executed in two or
more counterparts, all of which are considered one and the same agreement and will become effective
when counterparts have been signed by each party and delivered to the other parties. This
Agreement, once executed by a party, may be delivered to the other parties hereto by facsimile
transmission of a copy of this Agreement bearing the signature of the party so delivering this
Agreement.
7.5
Headings
. The headings of this Agreement are for convenience of reference only,
are not part of this Agreement and do not affect its interpretation.
7.6
Severability
. If any provision of this Agreement is invalid or unenforceable
under any applicable statute or rule of law, then such provision will be deemed modified in order
to conform with such statute or rule of law. Any provision hereof that may prove invalid or
unenforceable under any law will not affect the validity or enforceability of any other provision
hereof.
7.7
Entire Agreement; Amendments; Waiver
. This Agreement and the Related Agreements
(including all schedules and exhibits hereto and thereto) constitute the entire agreement among the
parties hereto with respect to the subject matter hereof and thereof. There are no restrictions,
promises, warranties or undertakings, other than those set forth or referred to herein or therein.
This Agreement and the Related Agreements supersede all prior agreements and understandings among
the parties hereto with respect to the subject matter hereof and thereof.
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Except as otherwise provided herein, no provision of this Agreement may be amended or waived
other than by an instrument in writing signed by the Company and the Purchaser, or in the case of a
waiver, by the party against whom enforcement of such waiver is sought. Any amendment effected in
accordance with this
Section 7.7
shall be binding upon the holder of any Shares purchased
under this Agreement at the time outstanding, each future holder of all such securities and the
Company.
7.8
Notices
. All notices required or permitted hereunder shall be in writing and
shall be deemed effectively given: (a) upon personal delivery to the party to be notified, (b) when
sent by confirmed email, telex or facsimile if sent during normal business hours of the recipient,
if not, then on the next business day, (c) five days after having been sent by registered or
certified mail, return receipt requested, postage prepaid, or (d) one business day after deposit
with a nationally recognized overnight courier, specifying next day delivery, with written
verification of receipt. The addresses for such communications are:
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FuelCell Energy, Inc.
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3 Great Pasture Road
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Danbury, CT 06813
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Facsimile: (203) 825-6069
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Attention: Ross Levine
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with a copy to:
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Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP
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1133 Avenue of the Americas
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New York, New York 10036
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Facsimile: (212) 336-2313
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Attention: Peter J. Schaeffer
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If the Purchaser:
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POSCO Power
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Posteel Tower 20th floor, 735-3
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Yeoksam-dong, Gangnam-gu
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Seoul 135-080, Korea
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Attention: Tae-Hyoung Kim
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Each party will provide ten (10) days advance written notice to the other parties of any change in
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7.9
Successors and Assigns
. This Agreement is binding upon and inures to the benefit
of the parties and their successors and permitted assigns. The Company will not assign this
Agreement or any rights or obligations hereunder without the prior written consent of the
Purchaser, and the Purchaser may assign this Agreement or any rights or obligations hereunder
without the prior written consent of the Company, except as permitted in accordance with
Section 6.10
hereof.
7.10
Third Party Beneficiaries
. This Agreement is intended for the benefit of the
parties hereto, their respective permitted successors and assigns, and is not for the benefit of,
nor may any provision hereof be enforced by, any other person.
7.11
No Strict Construction
. The language used in this Agreement is deemed to be the
language chosen by the parties to express their mutual intent, and no rules of strict construction
will be applied against any party.
7.12
Equitable Relief
. The Company recognizes that, if it fails to perform or
discharge any of its obligations under this Agreement, any remedy at law may prove to be inadequate
relief to the Purchaser. The Company therefore agrees that the Purchaser is entitled to seek
temporary and permanent injunctive relief in any such case. The Purchaser also recognizes that, if
it fails to perform or discharge any of its obligations under this Agreement, any remedy at law may
prove to be inadequate relief to the Company. The Purchaser therefore agrees that the Company is
entitled to seek temporary and permanent injunctive relief in any such case.
7.13
Survival of Representations and Warranties
. Notwithstanding any investigation
made by any party to this Agreement, all representations and warranties made by the Company and the
Purchaser herein shall survive for a period of one (1) year from the Closing Date. All covenants
contained herein shall survive the execution of this Agreement and the Closing of the transactions
contemplated hereby (except to the extent expressly provided in this Agreement).
7.14
Limitation on Enforcement of Remedies
. The Company hereby agrees that it will
not assert against the shareholders, limited partners or any members of the Purchaser any claim it
may have under this Agreement by reason of any failure or alleged failure by such Purchaser to meet
its obligations hereunder.
7.15
Aggregation of Stock
. All shares of Registrable Securities held or acquired by
affiliated Person or Persons under common management or control shall be aggregated together for
the purpose of determining the availability of any rights under this Agreement.
7.16
Reproduction of Documents
. This Agreement and all documents relating thereto,
including, without limitation, (i) consents, waivers and modifications which may hereafter be
executed, (ii) documents received by the Purchaser on the Closing Date (except for certificates
evidencing the Shares themselves), and (iii) financial statements, certificates and other
information previously or hereafter furnished to the Purchaser, may be reproduced by the Purchaser
by any photographic, photostatic, microfilm, micro-card, miniature photographic or other similar
process and the Purchaser may destroy any original document so reproduced. All parties hereto
agree and stipulate that any such reproduction shall be admissible in evidence as the original
itself in any judicial or administrative proceeding (whether or not the original is in
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existence and whether or not such reproduction was made by the Purchaser in the regular course
of business) and that any enlargement, facsimile or further reproduction of such reproduction shall
likewise be admissible in evidence.
7.17
Lost, etc. Certificates Evidencing Shares; Exchange
. Upon receipt by the Company
of evidence reasonably satisfactory to it of the loss, theft, destruction or mutilation of any
certificate evidencing any Shares owned by the Purchaser and (in the case of loss, theft or
destruction) of an unsecured indemnity satisfactory to it, and upon reimbursement to the Company of
all reasonable expenses incidental thereto, and upon surrender and cancellation of such
certificate, if mutilated, the Company will make and deliver in lieu of such certificate a new
certificate of like tenor and for the number of securities evidenced by such certificate which
remain outstanding. The Purchasers agreement of indemnity shall constitute indemnity satisfactory
to the Company for purposes of this
Section 7.17
. Upon surrender of any certificate
representing any Shares, for exchange at the office of the Company, the Company at its expense will
cause to be issued in exchange therefor new certificates in such denomination or denominations as
may be requested for the same aggregate number of Shares represented by the certificate so
surrendered and registered as such holder may request. The Company will also pay the cost of all
deliveries of certificates for such Shares to the office of the Purchaser (including the cost of
insurance against loss or theft in an amount satisfactory to the holders) upon any exchange
provided for in this
Section 7.18
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7.18
Draftsmanship
. Each of the parties hereto has been represented by its own
counsel and acknowledges that it has participated in the drafting of this Agreement, and any
applicable rule of construction to the effect that ambiguities are to be resolved against the
drafting party shall not be applied in connection with the construction or interpretation of this
Agreement. Whenever required by the context hereof, the singular number shall include the plural,
and vice versa; the masculine gender shall include the feminine and neuter genders; and the neuter
gender shall include the masculine and feminine genders.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have caused this Agreement to be duly executed as of the
date first above written.
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FUELCELL ENERGY, INC.
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By:
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President, CEO and Chairman
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POSCO POWER
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SIGNATURE PAGE TO SECURITIES PURCHASE AGREEMENT
EXHIBIT A
DEFINITIONS
Capitalized terms used in this Agreement and not otherwise defined in this Agreement shall
have the following meanings:
Affiliate
means, with respect to any Person, any other Person controlling, controlled by or
under direct or indirect common control with such Person (for the purposes of this definition
control, when used with respect to any specified Person, shall mean the power to direct the
management and policies of such person, directly or indirectly, whether through ownership of voting
securities, by contract or otherwise; and the terms controlling and controlled shall have
meanings correlative to the foregoing).
Allowable Grace Period
has the meaning set out in Section 6.6(p).
Board
has the meaning set forth in Section 2.3(c).
Business Day
means a day Monday through Friday on which banks are generally open for
business in New York City.
Bylaws
has the meaning set forth in Section 2.3(d).
Certificate of Incorporation
has the meaning set forth in Section 2.3(d).
Claims
has the meaning set forth in Section 6.9(a).
Closing
has the meaning set forth in Section 1.4.
Closing Date
has the meaning set forth in Section 1.4.
Common Stock
means the common stock, par value $0.0001 per share, of the Company.
Company
has the meaning set forth in the introductory paragraph.
Damages Accrual Period
has the meaning set forth in Section 6.5.
Delay Payment Rate
means during the Damages Accrual Period, an amount per week (or portion
thereof) per share of Common Stock equal to 1% of the per share Purchase Price of such Share.
Demand Registration
has the meaning set forth in Section 6.2.
DGCL
means the Delaware General Corporation Law.
SIGNATURE PAGE TO SECURITIES PURCHASE AGREEMENT
Disclosure Schedule
means the Disclosure Schedules of the Company delivered concurrently
herewith and incorporated herein by reference.
Effectiveness Deadline
has the meaning set forth in Section 6.1.
Evaluation Date
has the meaning set forth in Section 2.7.
Exchange Act
means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
FD Confidentiality Agreement
has the meaning set forth in Section 4.14(a).
Filing Deadline
has the meaning set forth in Section 6.1.
Financial Statements
means the financial statements of the Company included in the SEC
Documents.
Grace Period
has the meaning set forth in Section 6.6(p).
Holder
means the Purchaser and any Person to whom the Purchaser, in accordance with Section
6.10 hereof, transfers its rights under
Article 6
of this Agreement.
Indemnified Party
has the meaning set forth in Section 6.9(c).
Indemnifying Party
has the meaning set forth in Section 6.9(c).
Inspectors
has the meaning set forth in Section 6.6(i).
Intellectual Property Rights
has the meaning set forth in Section 2.10(a).
Investment Company Act
has the meaning set forth in Section 2.24.
Liens
means security interests, pledges, liens, charges, claims, options, restrictions on
transfer, mortgages, rights of first refusal, preemptive or similar rights, proxies and voting or
other agreements, or other encumbrances of any nature whatsoever.
Market Price
has the meaning set forth in Section 1.1.
Material Adverse Effect
means an event, change or occurrence that individually, or together
with any other event, change or occurrence, has had or reasonably could be expected to have a
material adverse effect on (a) the business, operations, assets, prospects or financial condition
of the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken together as a whole, or (b) the ability of the Company
to perform its obligations pursuant to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and the
Related Agreements.
Material Contracts
has the meaning set forth in Section 2.14(a).
Material Permits
has the meaning set forth in Section 2.5(c).
NASDAQ
has the meaning set forth in Section 1.1.
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Offering
means the offer, sale, issuance and purchase of the Shares contemplated by this
Agreement.
Non-US Person
has the meaning set forth in Section 3.2.
Per Share Purchase Price
has the meaning set forth in Section 1.1.
Person
means any person, individual, corporation, limited liability company, partnership,
trust or other nongovernmental entity or any governmental agency, court, authority or other body
(whether foreign, federal, state, local or otherwise).
Preferred Stock
has the meaning set forth in Section 2.3(a).
Purchaser
has the meaning set forth in the introductory paragraph.
Purchase Price
has the meaning set forth in Section 1.1.
Records
has the meaning set forth in Section 6.6(i).
The terms
register
,
registered
and
registration
refer to the registration effected by
preparing and filing a registration statement in compliance with the Securities Act, and the
declaration or ordering of the effectiveness of such registration statement.
Registrable Securities
means the Shares;
provided
,
however
, that securities
shall only be treated as Registrable Securities if and only for so long as they (A) have not been
disposed of pursuant to a Registration Statement declared effective by the SEC, (B) have not been
sold in a transaction exempt from the registration and prospectus delivery requirements of the
Securities Act so that all transfer restrictions and restrictive legends with respect thereto are
removed upon the consummation of such sale or (C) are held by a Holder or a permitted transferee
pursuant to
Section 6.10
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Registration Delay
means the occurrence of any of (i) a Registration Statement covering all
of the Registrable Securities is not filed with the SEC on or before the Filing Deadline or is not
declared effective on or before the Effectiveness Deadline, (ii) a Registration Statement in
connection with a Demand Registration covering all of the Registrable Securities required to be
covered thereby is not filed with the SEC on or before the deadline described in the last sentence
of Section 6.2, (iii) on any day during the Registration Period (other than during an Allowable
Grace Period), all of the Registrable Securities required to be included in such Registration
Statement cannot be sold pursuant to such Registration Statement as a matter of law or because the
Company has failed to perform the applicable time period required for such performance (including,
without limitation, because of a failure to keep such Registration Statement effective, to disclose
such information as is necessary for sales to be made pursuant to such Registration Statement, or
to register a sufficient number of Shares, or (iv) a Grace Period exceeds the length of an
Allowable Grace Period.
Registration Delay Payments
has the meaning set forth in Section 6.5.
Registration Period
has the meaning set forth in Section 6.6(a).
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Registration Statement
means a registration statement or registration statements of the
Company filed under the Securities Act covering the Registrable Securities.
Related Agreements
has the meaning set forth in Section 2.2.
Required Approvals
has the meaning set forth in Section 2.5(b).
Rule 144
means Rule 144 promulgated under the Securities Act, or any successor rule.
Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002
means the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, as amended, and the related
rules and regulations promulgated under such act or the Exchange Act.
SEC
means the United States Securities and Exchange Commission.
SEC Documents
has the meaning set forth in Section 2.6.
Securities Act
means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the rules and regulations
thereunder, or any similar successor statute.
Share
and
Shares
has the meaning set forth in Section 1.1.
Subsidiary
and
Subsidiaries
of any person shall mean any corporation, partnership, limited
liability company, joint venture or other legal entity of which such Person (either above or
through or together with any other subsidiary) owns, directly or indirectly, more than 50% of the
stock or other equity interests the holders of which are generally entitled to vote for the
election of the board of directors or other governing body of such corporation or other legal
entity.
Takeover Provision
has the meaning set forth in Section 2.27.
Technology Transfer Agreement
means the Technology Transfer, License and Distribution
Agreement dated as of the date hereof between the Company and the Purchaser.
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EXHIBIT B
PRE-CLOSING SECURITIES OWNERSHIP QUESTIONNAIRE
The undersigned (
Potential Purchaser
) hereby provides the following information to
the Company and its legal counsel and represents and warrants that such information is accurate of
the date hereof and shall be accurate as of the Closing Date:
1.
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Name.
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Full Legal Name of Potential Purchaser
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Address of Potential Purchaser.
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Mailing Address:
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Telephone:
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Fax:
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Contact Person:
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E-mail address of Contact Person:
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Residency.
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(a)
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State/Country of Residency of Potential Purchaser:
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(b)
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Is the Potential
Purchaser a US
Person as defined
in Rule 901(k) of
Regulation S under
the Securities Act?
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Yes
o
No
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(c)
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Is the Potential
Purchaser an
accredited
investor as
defined in Rule
501(a)(1), (a)(2),
(a)(3), (a)(7) or
(a)(8) under the
Securities Act?
o
Yes
o
No
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Beneficial Ownership of Company Securities Prior to the Offering.
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Except as set forth below in this Item 4, the Potential Purchaser is not the beneficial or
registered owner of any Securities of the Company.
(a)
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[
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200
[_____]
, the Purchaser owned outright (including shares registered
in the Purchasers name individually or jointly with others, shares held in the name of a
bank, broker, nominee, depository or in street name for its account),
[____]
shares of
Companys capital stock. If zero, please so state.
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(b)
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In addition to the number of shares Purchaser owned outright as indicated in Item 4(a) above,
as of
[
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200
[_____]
, the Purchaser had or shared voting power or investment
power, directly or indirectly, through a contract, arrangement, understanding, relationship or
otherwise,
[_____]
shares of the Companys capital stock. If zero, please so state.
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If the answer to Item 4(b) is not zero, please complete the following tables:
Shared Voting Power:
Number of Shares With Whom Shared Nature of Relationship
Shared Investment Power:
Number of Shares With Whom Shared Nature of Relationship
(c)
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[_____]
, the Potential Purchaser had the right to acquire the following
shares of the Companys common stock pursuant to the exercise of outstanding stock options,
warrants or other rights. If none, please so state.
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SIGNATURE
The undersigned agrees to promptly notify the Company of any inaccuracies or changes in the
information provided in this Questionnaire that may occur subsequent to the date hereof at any time
prior the Closing Date.
The undersigned understands and agrees that the information provided herein will be relied upon by
the Company and its legal counsel in evaluating the availability of certain exemptions from
registration under US federal and state securities laws and the applicability of shareholder
approval and other requirements of the NASDAQ Marketplace Rules.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF the undersigned, by authority duly given, has caused this Questionnaire to be
executed and delivered either in person or by its duly authorized agent.
Dated:
Name of Potential Purchaser:
PLEASE FAX A COPY OF THE COMPLETED AND EXECUTED QUESTIONNAIRE, AND RETURN THE ORIGINAL BY OVERNIGHT
MAIL, TO:
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Attention: [
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EXHIBIT C
FORM OF LEGAL OPINION
[Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the
meaning assigned to them in the Securities Purchase Agreement.]
(i)
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The Company is duly organized and validly existing in good standing under the laws of
Delaware, has the all requisite corporate power and authority to own its properties and to
carry on its business as now conducted. The Company has all requisite corporate power and
authority to execute and deliver the Agreement and to perform its obligations thereunder.
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Except as set forth in the Agreement, no stockholder of the Company is entitled to any
statutory preemptive right or, to the best knowledge of such counsel, other similar rights to
subscribe for shares of capital stock of the Company.
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When issued in accordance with the terms of the Agreement, the Shares will be duly
authorized, validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable shares of the Company, free of all
statutory preemptive, or to our knowledge, contractual preemptive or similar rights.
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The Company has duly authorized the execution, delivery, and performance of the Agreement and
each of the transactions and agreements contemplated thereby, and no other corporate action is
necessary to authorize such execution, delivery or performance. The Agreement has been duly
executed and delivered on behalf of the Company and constitutes the valid and binding
obligation of the Company, enforceable against the Company in accordance with its terms,
except as such enforcement may be subject to bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization,
moratorium or other similar laws now or hereafter in effect relating to creditors rights and
general principles of equity, and except that any rights of indemnification may be limited by
public policy.
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The execution and delivery by the Company of the Agreement, the performance by the Company of
its obligations thereunder and the consummation by the Company of the transactions
contemplated thereby do not require the Company to obtain any consent, approval or action of,
or make any filing with or give any notice to, any corporation, person or firm or any public,
governmental or judicial authority of the United States or the State of Delaware except such
as have been duly obtained or made, as the case may be, and are in full force and effect.
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The execution and delivery of the Agreement will not, (A) result in a material breach of any
of the terms, conditions or provisions of, or constitute a default under, any agreement filed
as an exhibit to the Companys Annual Report on Form
10-K
for the fiscal year ended
[
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, (B) violate the Certificate of Incorporation or Bylaws, or any federal or
Delaware state law, rule or regulation known to such counsel of any court or federal, state of
Delaware or other regulatory board or body or administrative agency having jurisdiction over
the Company or over its properties or businesses or (C) conflict with or constitute a
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default under any federal or Delaware State judgment, writ, decree or order known to such
counsel to be applicable by its terms to the Company.
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To the best knowledge of such counsel, there is no action, suit, investigation or proceeding
pending or threatened, against the Company or any of its properties or assets by or before any
court, arbitrator or governmental body, department, commission, board, bureau, agency or
instrumentality, which questions the validity of the Agreement or any action taken or to be
taken pursuant thereto.
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The Company is not required to, and will not as a result of the consummation of the
transactions contemplated by the Agreement be required to, register under the Investment
Company Act of 1940, as amended.
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The issuance and sale of the Shares do not require registration under Section 5 of the
Securities Act or qualification under any state securities or blue sky laws of the State of
Delaware.
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In rendering such opinion, such counsel may refrain from expressing an opinion concerning any
law other than the federal law of the United States, the law of the State of New York and the
Delaware General Corporation Law.
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Exhibit 10.1
[Execution Copy]
STACK TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER AND LICENSE AGREEMENT (STTA)
dated as of October 27, 2009
between
FUELCELL ENERGY, INC.
and
POSCO POWER
Confidential treatment requested as to certain portions
of this exhibit marked with an *. Such portions have been redacted and filed separately with the SEC.
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I. DEFINITIONS
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II. LICENSE GRANT
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2.1 FCE Technology License.
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THIS STACK TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER AND LICENSE AGREEMENT
(this Agreement) is made and entered
into this 27th day of October, 2009, by and between FUELCELL ENERGY, INC., a Delaware corporation
having a place of business at 3 Great Pasture Rd., Danbury, CT 06813, U.S.A. (FCE) and POSCO
POWER, a Korean corporation having a place of business at Posteel Tower 20th floor, 735-3,
Yeoksam-dong, Gangnam-gu, Seoul 135-080, Korea (POSCO Power).
RECITALS:
A. POSCO Power and FCE are parties to a series of agreements identified as follows
(collectively, the Transaction Agreements):
(i) the Technology Transfer, Distribution and Licensing Agreement for the transfer of Balance
of Plant technology (the Technology Transfer Agreement or TTA) and the Alliance Agreement (the
Alliance Agreement or AA), both executed as of February 7, 2007;
(ii) the Technology Transfer Program (TTP) executed as of July 11, 2007;
(iii) the Contract for the Supply of DFC Plants and DFC Modules from FCE to POSCO Power (
2008 Purchase Contract) executed as of April 22, 2008;
(iv) the Contract for the Supply of DFC Modules and DFC Components from FCE to POSCO Power (
2009 Purchase Contract) executed as of June 9, 2009; and
(v) the Securities Purchase Agreement by and between FCE and POSCO Power (the 2009 Securities
Purchase Agreement) executed as of June 9, 2009.
B. FCE has developed technology for the assembly of Fuel Cell Stack Modules from Repeating
Components, Module Components and Non-Repeating Components (Module Assembly) for use in high
temperature Molten Carbonate Fuel Cell (MCFC) power plants known as the Direct FuelCell
®
(DFC
®
), and is developing new DFC based products currently designated by FCE as DFC/T
®
,
DFC-ERG
®
and DFC/H2
®
.
C. FCE wishes to grant a license of the FCE Technology (defined below) to POSCO Power and/or
POSCO Affiliates and transfer the FCE Technology and provide technical assistance and support to
POSCO Power. POSCO Power wishes to accept such a license and receive the FCE Technology, technical
assistance and support, all in accordance with the terms of this Agreement and the other
Transaction Agreements (defined below), as applicable.
D. POSCO Power, together with the POSCO Affiliates (defined below), wishes to engage in Fuel
Cell Stack Module Assembly, Conditioning, Diagnosis and Repairing of such Fuel Cell Stack Module in
Korea under license from FCE, and to continue in the
commercialization of the DFC technologies in the Korean Market (defined below) and in the
Non-Exclusive Territory (defined below).
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E. POSCO Power wishes to grant a license of the POSCO Technology (defined below) to FCE for
the purpose of allowing FCE to further improve and modify the Fuel Cell Stack Module technologies
developed by FCE, in accordance with the terms of this Agreement and the other Transaction
Agreements, as applicable.
F. The Parties acknowledge and agree that Fuel Cell Stack Module Manufacturing in Korea
(defined below) under the license granted herein by FCE may achieve, among other things, cost
reduction, product improvement, lead time improvement and service quality improvement. It is thus
intended that POSCO Power will engage, directly or indirectly through one or more POSCO Affiliates
or independent third parties, in Fuel Cell Stack Module Manufacturing in Korea on terms and
conditions set forth herein.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing and the terms and conditions set forth below
and intending to be legally bound, the parties agree as follows:
I. DEFINITIONS
As used in this Agreement, the following terms shall have the following respective meanings
which are intended to define the scope of this Agreement:
Additional Term
shall have the meaning set forth in Section 8.2.
Applicable Laws
shall mean all applicable laws, treaties, ordinances, judgments,
decrees, injunctions, writs, orders, rules, regulations, interpretations and permits of any
Governmental Authority.
Balance of Plant
or BOP shall mean all subsystems for operation and generation of
electrical power by DFCs MCFCs in one or more stacks and including, but not limited to, fuel
pre-treatment boilers, water recovery, fuel exhaust burner, inverter, control system, utility
interface and start-up and stand-by equipment. For the avoidance of doubt, BOP shall mean all
components of the DFC Power Plant other than the Fuel Cell Stack Module.
DFC
shall mean FCEs proprietary MCFC.
DFC Components
means a quantity of Repeating Components (RC), Non-Repeating
Components (NRC) and Module Components from which a complete Fuel Cell Stack Module may be
assembled.
DFC Manuals
means the documents prepared and provided by FCE which contain, but are
not necessarily limited to, instructions for installation, operation, initial start-up, field
procedures, instrumentation and controls, diagnosis and maintenance of the DFC Power Plants.
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DFC Module Kit
shall mean a set of components comprised of Module Components, NRC,
and RC, which are manufactured wholly by FCE, in sufficient quantity for the subsequent assembly
and conditioning by POSCO Power of a complete Fuel Cell Stack Module.
DFC Power Plant
shall mean the MCFC power plant comprising the Fuel Cell Stack
Module and the BOP, and shall specifically exclude items of equipment such as foundations,
structures, enclosures, transmission/distribution lines and interconnections, fuel lines, fuel
preparation and clean-up equipment water drainage/removal, computer hardware and software and any
other items related to the foregoing.
DOE Approval
shall mean the necessary consent or approval from the U.S. Department
of Energy, in form substantially similar to the form of DOE Approval set forth in Exhibit B
attached hereto.
Effective Date
shall mean the date upon which all the obligations of FCE set forth
in Section 6.3 have been satisfied or waived.
Fuel Cell Stack
shall be comprised of RC and NRC as defined herein below.
Fuel Cell Stack Module
shall mean the Module Components and the Fuel Cell Stack.
Fuel Cell Stack Module Manufacturing in Korea
shall mean the engagement by POSCO
Power, directly or indirectly through one or more POSCO Affiliates or independent third parties, to
manufacture certain components of Module Component and NRC (as defined below) under the condition
as set forth in Section 2.9.
FCE Products
shall mean DFC Power Plants currently designated DFC300MA, DFC1500MA,
DFC1500B and DFC3000 with introductory ratings of 300 kW, 1.2 MW, 1.4 MW and 2.8 MW, respectively,
and modifications and improvements thereof, regardless of how designated by FCE, which are made
available, or in the future may be made available, for commercial use or sale by FCE during the
Term.
FCE Know-How
shall mean all technical information, know-how, inventions (whether
patented or not), trade secrets, and other technical, engineering and design information and data,
as available and/or in then current use by FCE, whether included as part of the DFC Manual or not,
including all information provided by third parties to FCE, related to the Module Assembly Process,
Module Conditioning Process, and the Module Repair Process; the Module Assembly Facility Data,
Module Conditioning Facility Data, and the Module Repair Facility Data; the Module Components; and
the NRC. It is understood that FCE Know-How shall not include: (i) information and data relating to
machines or processes used in the manufacture of RC materials, parts, and components; (ii)
information and data relating to design, manufacture and materials used for the RC; and (iii)
information and data which is subject to restriction on disclosure by a third party, provided,
however, that FCE shall exercise commercially reasonable good faith efforts to obtain the consent
needed to make such information available to POSCO Power. It is
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further understood that FCE Know-How shall not include such information which relates to New
DFC Based Products.
FCE Patents
shall mean the letters patents, and any applications for letters patent
which have a Convention Date under the International Convention for the Protection of Industrial
Property prior to the earlier of the expiration or termination date of this Agreement and which are
owned or acquired by FCE or in which FCE has or acquires a licensable interest (including without
limitation any U.S. or non-U.S. patents and patent applications that are counterparts thereof,
and/or any divisions, continuations, continuations-in-part or reissues, reexaminations, renewals,
substitutions, extensions, supplementary protection certificates in respect thereof) and which
relate to the technology being licensed hereunder to POSCO Power as listed in Exhibit C attached
hereto.
FCE Technology
shall mean FCE Patents and FCE Know-How.
Force Majeure
shall mean unforeseen circumstances beyond the reasonable control and
without the fault or negligence of either Party and which such Party is unable to prevent or
provide against by the exercise of reasonable diligence including, but not limited to, acts of God,
any acts or omissions of any civil or military authority, earthquakes, strikes or other labor
disturbances, wars (declared or undeclared), terrorist and similar criminal acts, epidemics, civil
unrest and riots.
Governmental Authority
shall mean any supranational, national, federal, state,
municipal or local government or quasi-governmental or regulatory authority (including a national
securities exchange or other self-regulatory body), agency, court, commission or other similar
entity, domestic or foreign.
Governmental Order
shall mean any order, writ, judgment, injunction, decree,
stipulation, determination or award entered by or with any Governmental Authority.
Initial Term
shall have the meaning set forth in Section 8.1.
Korean Market
shall mean the Republic of Korea.
Korean Company
shall include any corporation, company or entity established under
the laws of the Republic of Korea, including any Subsidiary thereof, wherever located or
established, other than POSCO Power and POSCO Affiliates.
MCFC
shall mean molten carbonate fuel cell.
Module Assembly Facility Data
shall mean engineering and design information and
data, as available and/or in then current use by FCE, including but not limited to the
construction, operation and maintenance of facilities, equipment, and tooling to perform Module
Assembly Processes.
Module Assembly Process
shall mean engineering and design information and data,
inventions, trade secrets, know-how, work instructions, and related information as
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available and/or in then current use by FCE, including but not limited to the assembly of Fuel
Cell Stack Modules from RC, NRC, and Module Components as well as information and know-how related
to quality assurance and quality control (QA/QC) for the assembly process.
Module Components
shall mean parts and components of the Fuel Cell Stack Module
other than Fuel Cell Stack, necessary to assemble a Fuel Cell Stack Module, including but not
limited to the catalytic oxidizer, mixer/eductor, stack enclosure vessel, enclosure insulation,
flex hoses and instrumentation tubing.
Module Conditioning Facility Data
shall mean engineering and design information and
data, as available and/or in then current use by FCE, including but not limited to the
construction, operation and maintenance of facilities, equipment, and tooling to perform Module
Conditioning Processes.
Module Conditioning Process
shall mean the first heat treatment process following
the complete assembly of Fuel Cell Stack Module, through which the initial product tests and
quality checks are performed.
Module Repair Facility Data
shall mean engineering and design information and data,
as available and/or in then current use by FCE, including but not limited to the construction,
operation and maintenance of facilities, equipment, and tooling to perform Module Repair Processes.
Module Repair Process
shall mean all processes including tear-down, diagnosis,
testing, replacing, repairing and conditioning of a malfunctioning Fuel Cell Stack Module,
excluding those portions of the diagnosis and repair process which relate to RC, to place such Fuel
Cell Stack Module in a re-operable condition.
New DFC-Based Products
shall mean, as currently designated by FCE, the DFC/T
®
, the
DFC/H2
®
, the DFC-ERG
®
, and any modifications and derivation in whole or in part of thereof,
regardless of designation.
New DFC-Based Technology
shall mean all technical information, know-how, inventions
(whether patented or not) or trade secrets, which relate to the New DFC-Based Products.
New Joint Products
shall mean products which are unique and distinct from the New
DFC Based Products and New DFC-Based Technology, and for which FCE has not, as of the Effective
Date of the STTA, commenced initial concept development, analysis or product development
activities; for example, fuel cell technology for on-site application, industrial back-up power
application, and marine application.
Non-Exclusive Territory
shall mean the jurisdictions set forth in Schedule B hereto,
it being understood and agreed that additional jurisdictions may be added, as mutually agreed by
the Parties from time to time.
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Non-Repeating Components
or NRC means parts and components necessary for the
assembly of the Fuel Cell Stack other than RC, including but not limited to supporting hardware,
manifolds, instrumentation, assembly and compression hardware.
Party
shall mean FCE or POSCO Power, or when used in the plural, FCE and POSCO
Power.
Person
shall mean any natural person, firm, partnership, association, corporation,
company, joint venture, trust, business trust, Governmental Authority or other entity.
POSCO Affiliate
shall mean each of those entities controlled by, or under common
control with, POSCO Power, which may receive all or part of the FCE Technology in connection with
this Agreement, and which are listed in Schedule A, it being understood and agreed that additional
entities may be added as mutually agreed by the Parties.
POSCO Modules
shall mean Fuel Cell Stack Modules manufactured by POSCO under license
from FCE.
POSCO Module Net Sales
shall mean the revenues generated from the sales by POSCO
Power or POSCO Affiliate of the POSCO Modules; less the POSCO Module Net Sales Adjustments, all
determined in accordance with Section 4.1(c) below.
POSCO Module Net Sales Adjustments
shall include the cost of DFC Components, DFC
Module Kit, or any components or parts of the POSCO Modules, purchased by POSCO Power and/or any
POSCO Affiliate from FCE and POSCO Products and POSCO Parts that (a) are manufactured using the
proprietary technology, engineering and design, know-how and inventions of POSCO Power and/or any
POSCO Affiliate, and (b) do not use or contain any FCE Technology and the following items incurred
in normal, bona fide, commercial transactions to the extent to which they are actually paid and
expressly included in the gross invoice price: (i) sales returned; (ii) sales discounts; (iii)
duties and taxes on sales; (iv) transportation insurance premiums; (v) packing expenses on sales;
(vi) transport expenses on sales.
Further, sales and purchases by and between POSCO Power and POSCO Affiliate to effect the
sales of POSCO Modules, to customers shall be excluded only to the extent such POSCO Modules are
not put into use or operation by such POSCO Affiliate. If such POSCO Modules are subsequently
resold to third parties, such subsequent sale to the third party shall be included.
In addition, the Parties recognize and agree that there should not be any duplicate royalties
counting for any single transaction by calculating royalties under the previous TTA and this STTA,
thus, any royalty calculation resulting from the Net Sales of POSCO Module under this STTA shall be
taken into account with the calculation of the royalties resulting from the Net Sales of DFC Power
Plants, POSCO Products and/or POSCO Parts under the TTA.
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POSCO Parts
shall mean any parts or components of POSCO Products.
POSCO Products
shall mean any products, regardless of designation, which are the
same as, or a modification or derivation in whole or in part of FCE Products.
POSCO Technology
shall mean all inventions, know-how, trade secrets, data or
information arising or developed independently, during the Term, by POSCO Power and POSCO
Affiliates and (i) by any employee of POSCO Power or POSCO Affiliate or (ii) by POSCO Power or
POSCO Affiliate vendors, subcontractors, consultants or suppliers (but only to the extent that
POSCO Power or POSCO Affiliate has obtained rights thereto), derived from or based on the FCE
Technology, including, without limitation, technical information, know-how, inventions (whether
patented or not), trade secrets, and other technical, engineering and design information and data,
detailed drawings, bill of material, system analytical models, system operating software,
manufacturing plant data, vendor qualification and selection procedures, and quality assurance
procedures.
Repeating Components
or RC shall consist of discrete fuel cell packages composed
of active fuel cell components, which include but are not limited to anodes, cathodes, current
collector plates, and matrices.
Royalty Determination Firm
shall have the meaning set forth in Section 4.4.
Stack Technology Transfer and License Agreement
or STTA shall mean this
Agreement.
Stack Technology Transfer Protocol
or STTP shall mean that certain document
containing the detailed terms and schedules relating to the transfer by FCE of FCE Technology,
including the scope of assistance and support provided, to POSCO Power and POSCO Affiliates, as
applicable, it being understood and agreed that, the STTP shall become part of this Agreement, as
Exhibit A hereto.
Subsidiary
shall mean, with respect to any Person (for the purposes of this
definition, the parent), any other Person (other than a natural person), whether incorporated or
unincorporated, of which at least a majority of the securities or ownership interests having by
their terms ordinary voting power to elect a majority of the board of directors or other persons
performing similar functions is directly or indirectly owned by the parent or by one or more of its
respective Subsidiaries or by the parent and any one or more of its respective Subsidiaries.
Term
shall have the meaning set forth in Section 8.1.
II. LICENSE GRANT
2.1
FCE Technology License
.
(a) During the Term, and subject to the terms of this Agreement, FCE hereby grants to POSCO
Power:
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(i) an exclusive right and license to use the FCE Technology to construct, assemble,
manufacture, use, sell, import, maintain, service and/or repair POSCO Modules in the Korean Market;
(ii) a right and license to use the FCE Technology to sell, export, maintain, service and/or
repair POSCO Modules in the Non-Exclusive Territory; and
(iii) an exclusive right and license to have manufactured and assembled in the Korean Market,
POSCO Modules by POSCO Affiliates in Korea, subject to the execution by POSCO Affiliates of
confidentiality agreements substantially similar to the terms and conditions set forth in
Article XI
of this Agreement.
(b) For the avoidance of doubt, the foregoing license consists of a right and license to use
the FCE Know-How, and a right and license under the FCE Patents which cover the FCE Know-How, which
are now owned or which may hereafter be acquired by, or granted to FCE and under which FCE has or
may acquire the right to grant such a right and license.
(c) At the request of POSCO Power, and upon consent by FCE, which consent shall not be
unreasonably withheld, FCE shall designate any POSCO Affiliate indicated by POSCO Power as an
additional licensee under this Agreement.
2.2
Distribution Rights
. FCE hereby grants to POSCO Power or any POSCO Affiliate, as
applicable, a non-exclusive right to distribute, sell, maintain, export/import, service and/or
repair Fuel Cell Stack Modules and FCE Products in the Korean Market and in the Non-Exclusive
Territory during the Term, subject to certain distribution rights previously granted by FCE to
other third parties; provided, however, that during the Term, FCE shall (i) not grant any new
distribution rights for FCE Products for the Korean Market; (ii) in any way extend the term of any
distribution rights granted to any third parties prior to the date hereof with respect to the
Korean Market upon expiration or termination thereof; or (iii) not sell the FCE Products in the
Korean Market or to any third party (except as permitted in the Alliance Agreement) which, in its
reasonable judgment after due inquiry, may have an intention to re-sell the same in the Korean
Market. A list of all distribution rights granted by FCE prior to the date hereof is set forth in
Schedule C attached hereto.
2.3
POSCO Technology License
. POSCO Power hereby grants to FCE a non-exclusive,
non-assignable, non-sublicensable and paid-up license to use POSCO Technology during the Term and
to manufacture, have manufactured and sell FCE Products that incorporate POSCO Technology by giving
prior notice to POSCO Power. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Parties agree that FCE may
sub-license the POSCO Technology to a third party for the sole purpose of further developing and
improving the FCE Technology, with prior written consent of POSCO Power,
provided
that any
such development or improvement shall be transferred to POSCO Power and that the third party shall
not use or commercialize the POSCO Technology, without the prior written consent of POSCO Power,
which consent shall be given at POSCO Powers sole discretion.
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2.4
License to POSCO Power Upon Expiration of the Term
. Upon expiration of the Term,
FCE hereby agrees to continue and extend the grant and license, on a non-exclusive basis, to POSCO
Power of all rights set forth under Section 2.1 of this Agreement, subject to the payment by POSCO
Power to FCE of royalties to be mutually determined by the Parties upon such expiration through
commercially reasonable good faith efforts;
provided
, that in the absence of an agreed
royalty determination within the sixty (60) day period immediately following the initial request by
either Party to determine the royalties, the Parties will submit to binding determination in
accordance with Section 4.4. Such determination shall take into account any compensation owed by
FCE to third parties.
2.5
License to FCE Upon Expiration of the Term
. Upon expiration of the Term, POSCO
Power hereby agrees to continue granting to FCE on a non-exclusive basis all rights set forth under
Section 2.3 of this Agreement, subject to the payment by FCE to POSCO Power of royalties to be
mutually determined by the Parties upon such expiration through commercially reasonable good faith
efforts, taking into consideration the contribution of each Party to the POSCO Technology;
provided
, that in the absence of an agreed royalty determination within the sixty (60) day
period immediately following the initial request by either Party to determine the royalties, the
Parties will submit to binding determination in accordance with Section 4.4.
2.6
Use of FCE Trademarks
. During the Term, FCE grants POSCO Power the right to
use FCE marks, in connection with the labeling, advertising or sale of POSCO Modules that POSCO
Modules made by it are manufactured under license of FUELCELL ENERGY, INC., U.S.A., or any other
similar statement, to the extent that such is, in fact, the case. In addition, FCE hereby grants
to POSCO Power a non-exclusive fully paid-up license and right to use, consistent with the terms of
this Agreement, any and all trademarks and trade names owned by FCE and subject to appropriate
provisions concerning protection of trademarks and trade names, including quality control.
2.7
Transfer of Technical Data
. FCE hereby agrees to provide POSCO Power, upon
completion of payment obligations described in Section 4.1(a) hereunder, technical data and other
information existing in documented form as of the Effective Date, relating to the FCE Know-How in
accordance with the terms of the STTP. FCE hereby agrees that it will supply or cause to be
supplied to POSCO Power and POSCO Affiliates, as applicable, free of any charges, except as
indicated in the STTP, full up-to-date information, to the extent available in documented form of
FCE Technology in a form (
e.g.
, drawings, standard operating procedures, blueprints, written
memoranda, training of employees or personal consultation) or non-documented form via oral or other
visual forms in a commercially reasonable manner and form that will satisfactorily and
expeditiously accomplish the transfer of FCE Know-How to POSCO Power. FCE will supply all such
information in a reasonably usable form and in the English language. In the event that POSCO Power
requests, in writing, that FCE supply such information in a technical form that differs from the
technical form in which FCE has previously supplied or offered to supply it, then POSCO Power
agrees to reimburse FCE the actual costs and expenses incurred by FCE;
provided
,
however
, that POSCO Power will not be required to
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pay the costs of obtaining any such information if it is already available to FCE in the form
requested by POSCO Power. At its sole discretion, POSCO Power may transfer to POSCO Affiliates the
technical data described in this Section, for the purpose, and subject to limitations, set forth in
Section 2.1(a)(iii) above.
2.8
Joint Committee(s).
The Parties shall form one or more joint committee(s)
consisting of at least two members selected from time to time by each of FCE and POSCO Power, for
the purposes of: (i) developing a plan for Fuel Cell Stack Module Manufacturing in Korea, as
indicated in Section 2.9 below (hereafter the Localization Plan), (ii) developing a joint
development plan and strategy with respect to the New Joint Products, New DFC-Based Technology and
New DFC-Based Products (hereinafter the Joint Development Plan), and (iii) developing a plan for
executing the technology transfer in accordance to the STTP (hereinafter the STTP Transfer Plan),
and (iv) such other matters as the Parties mutually agree.
(a) The Localization Plan shall include, but not be limited to: (i) plan for qualification of
local vendors following FCE standard vendor qualification procedures in effect from time to time;
(ii) fabrication of first article prototype POSCO Module(s); and (iii) a detailed plan to
demonstrate the quality of components and manufacturing processes incorporated in the Localization
Plan.
(b) The Joint Development Plan shall include, but not limited to: (i) plan for Parties to
jointly develop and commercialize New Joint Products, New DFC-Based Technologies and New DFC-Based
Products in Korea and other countries.
(c) The STTP Transfer Plan shall include, but not limited to the plans to: (i) draft and
finalize the initial STTP draft to be completed by the execution date of this Agreement, (ii)
monitor the transfer progress in view of the STTP as jointly deemed necessary, (iii) modify or
update the STTP, and (iv) assist and function as the communication channel between the Parties.
2.9
Manufacturing in Korea.
POSCO Power may engage one or more POSCO Affiliates and
independent third parties to perform Fuel Cell Stack Module Manufacturing in Korea upon completion
of the transfer of the Module Component and NRC technology, subject to completion of the activities
described in Sections 2.9(a) and 2.9(b) hereunder.
(a) Within 60 days of the earlier of May 31, 2011 or the completion of the Fuel Cell Stack
Module prototype manufacturing as defined in the STTP, and prior to commencing local manufacturing
of NRC and Module Components for sale to end use customers, the Parties shall work in good faith
and in a commercially reasonable manner and agree on a localization schedule and the level of
adjustment to the royalty set forth in Section 4.1(b) herein (or other form of compensation, as
mutually agreed by the Parties), which shall be based on, among other things, market conditions,
cost of local manufacturing, and the availability of qualified vendors.
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(b) The Parties acknowledge and agree that the quality of the components and manufacturing
processes incorporated in Fuel Cell Stack Module Manufacturing in Korea is critical to the success
of the continued commercialization of the DFC technologies in the Korean Market. Thus, the Parties
agree that any Fuel Cell Stack Module Manufacturing in Korea by POSCO Power or any independent
third party designated by POSCO Power shall be subject to the prior consent of FCE as to the
satisfaction of FCEs standard vendor qualification policies and procedures in effect at the time.
2.10
Regular Exchange of Technical Data
. During the Term, the Parties shall exchange
on a regular basis certain reasonably available technical data in connection with the performance
of this Agreement, in accordance with the terms of the STTP.
2.11
New product development and Improvements
. FCE acknowledges that POSCO Power will
be making efforts to develop new products and improve the FCE Technology and agrees to provide
POSCO Power with technical and related information reasonably necessary and to the extent
reasonably available to FCE for such new product development and improvement efforts. POSCO Power
acknowledges and agrees that any such new product development and improvements shall be subject to
quality review and consent by FCE (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld) before they
are incorporated into Fuel Cell Stack Modules.
III. OWNERSHIP OF INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY
3.1
Ownership of FCE Technology
. POSCO Power acknowledges that all FCE Technology in
and relating to the FCE Products, whether developed by or for FCE prior to or after the Effective
Date of this Agreement, is and shall remain the property of FCE or its third party licensors.
3.2
Ownership of POSCO Technology
. All inventions, know-how, trade secrets, data or
information made, invented, conceived, created or otherwise developed by POSCO Power and POSCO
Affiliates, as applicable, and their employees, derived or resulting from the FCE Technology shall
be considered POSCO Technology and shall be the sole property of POSCO Power or POSCO Affiliates,
as applicable. For the avoidance of doubt, it is understood and agreed that nothing contained
herein shall convey ownership to POSCO of any FCE Technology from which such POSCO Technology is
derived.
3.3
Joint Ownership
. All inventions, know-how, trade secrets, data or information
which results from joint development by the Parties hereto shall be jointly owned by the Parties.
The Parties hereby agree to cooperate in good faith in the filing of any and all patent
applications in all jurisdictions.
IV. ROYALTIES
4.1
Royalty Payments
.
In consideration of the license of FCE Technology granted herein, POSCO Power agrees to pay to
FCE the following royalty payments:
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(a) An up-front royalty payment in the amount of USD $10 million (the Upfront Payment) shall
be paid in full on the Effective Date of this Agreement. For the avoidance of doubt, POSCO Power
shall be responsible for payment of withholding taxes or other payments.
(b) A royalty of 4.1% of the POSCO Module Net Sales, which is subject to adjustment as set
forth in Section 2.9(a), during the Initial Term. The royalty payment shall be paid by POSCO Power
in cash. The royalty payment shall be paid semi-annually and within forty-five (45) days of June
30 and December 31 of each year.
(c) The Parties acknowledge that although the Royalty set forth above in Section 4.1(b)(i)
shall be applicable, it may be difficult to ascertain the royalties in certain transactions. Such
transactions may include, but are not limited to, transactions in which the POSCO Modules are
leased, loaned, bartered or exchanged for goods or services, transferred to a third party or any
entity affiliated or closely associated with POSCO Power at a price other than market price or on
terms other than in an arms length, or otherwise put into use by POSCO Power or POSCO Affiliates.
POSCO Power agrees to notify FCE within five (5) days after entering into such arrangements, and
the Parties shall subsequently use commercially reasonable good faith efforts to establish
guidelines for determining the royalties for such transactions within sixty (60) days from the date
such notice is received, taking into consideration the principles of the Korean GAAP and U.S. GAAP
and incorporating the principles of best accounting practices. If the Parties failed to reach
agreement, the Parties agree to abide by the procedures set forth in Section 4.4.
4.2
No Other Royalties, Payments, Etc
. The Parties acknowledge and agree that, other
than the Upfront Payment and the Royalty, and certain reasonable travel, per diem, and related
expenses to be reimbursed pursuant to the STTP, POSCO Power or any POSCO Affiliates shall not be
liable for any fees, royalties, expenses or payments in connection with the license rights granted
herein or the use by POSCO Power or POSCO Affiliates of the FCE Technology under this Agreement.
4.3
Royalty Report
.
(a)
Regular Reports
. When rendering payment of the foregoing royalties, POSCO Power
shall provide FCE with a written report showing the calculation of the royalty, the number of
products to which the royalty is applicable. At its expense, FCE may, by its designated
independent public accountants, audit the royalty amounts reported by POSCO Power no more than once
a year. To the extent any sales are made by any POSCO Affiliates, POSCO Power agrees to furnish to
FCE copies of relevant books and records of the POSCO Affiliates for the sole purpose of such audit
by FCE.
(b)
Final Report
. POSCO Power shall deliver a written report to FCE within sixty (60)
days of the termination or expiration of this Agreement, containing information relevant to the
calculation of the royalties due under this Agreement;
provided
that such report shall
include the Net Sales of POSCO Modules that are sold and on order by POSCO Power on or prior to
the date of termination or expiration and not previously
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reported to FCE, and such other information as may be necessary to determine the royalties due
hereunder.
4.4
Royalty Determination Firm
. The Parties agree that in case of any dispute with
respect to the determination of royalty pursuant to Sections 2.3, 2.4, 4.1(c), 9.2 and 9.3, any
such determination shall be determined by an internationally recognized independent accounting firm
jointly selected and paid for by the Parties (Royalty Determination Firm). If the Parties
dispute the royalty amount determined by the Royalty Determination Firm, then the disputing Party
has the right at its own expense to retain another internationally recognized independent
accounting firm; and in such event, the determination of the royalty shall be the average of the
two determinations, provided that, that the average of the two determinations shall not exceed by
more than 10% of the difference between the royalty amount determined by the Royalty Determination
Firm and the royalty amount determined by the independent determination firm.
V. CUSTOMER RESPONSIBILITY
5.1
End User Warranty
. For POSCO Modules assembled by POSCO Power and/or POSCO
Affiliates from DFC Components supplied by FCE, POSCO Power shall be responsible to the end user
for warranty, performance guarantees and service obligations related to the POSCO Modules. FCE
shall have no obligations under the service agreements which POSCO Power may execute with end users
for POSCO Modules, beyond the performance guarantees and warranties contained in the purchase
contracts for such products executed between POSCO Power and FCE.
VI. GOVERNMENT REGULATIONS
6.1
POSCO Power Obligations
. POSCO Power hereby agrees to comply with the U.S.
Department of Commerce Export Administration Regulations concerning exportation and re-exportation
of technical data (including computer software), direct products thereof or any components
purchased hereunder to any countries or territories. POSCO Power hereby gives FCE the assurance
required by the U.S. Department of Commerce Export Administration Regulations with respect to the
U.S. origin technical information furnished by FCE hereunder and the direct product of such
technical information.
6.2
FCE Obligations
. FCE hereby agrees to comply with the U.S. Department of
Commerce Export Administration Regulations concerning exportation and re-exportation of technical
data (including computer software), direct products thereof or any components purchased hereunder
to any countries or territories. FCE hereby gives POSCO Power the assurance required by the U.S.
Department of Commerce Export Administration Regulations with respect to the U.S. origin technical
information furnished by FCE hereunder and the direct product of such technical information.
6.3
DOE Approval
. FCE shall use its best efforts to obtain all necessary consent or
approval from the U.S. Department of Energy, in form substantially similar to the form of DOE
Approval set forth in
Exhibit B
attached hereto.
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VII. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
7.1
Representations and Warranties of FCE
. FCE represents and warrants to POSCO
Power that as of the date hereof and as of the Effective Date:
(a) It has all requisite right, power and authority, to execute and deliver this Agreement,
to perform its obligations hereunder and to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby;
(b) The execution, delivery and performance by FCE of this Agreement, and the consummation by
FCE of the transactions contemplated hereby, have been duly and validly authorized by all necessary
corporate action on the part of FCE and no other corporate actions or proceedings on the part of
FCE are necessary to authorize this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby. Assuming
due authorization, execution and delivery of this Agreement by POSCO Power hereto, this Agreement
constitutes a legal, valid and binding obligation of FCE enforceable against it in accordance with
its terms;
(c) The execution, delivery and performance by FCE of this Agreement, and the consummation by
FCE of the transactions contemplated hereby do not (i) violate any Applicable Law; (ii) violate or
conflict with any contract or agreement to which FCE is a party; (iii) violate any Governmental
Order; (iv) require the approval, consent or permission of any Governmental Authority having
authority over FCE except for the DOE Approval; or (v) violate FCEs organizational documents;
(d) Neither FCE or any of its Subsidiaries nor any director, officer, agent, employee or
other Person acting on behalf of FCE or its Subsidiaries has, in the course of its actions for, or
on behalf of, FCE or any of its Subsidiaries (i) used any corporate funds for any unlawful
contribution, gift, entertainment or other unlawful expenses relating to political activity; (ii)
made any direct or indirect unlawful payment to any foreign or domestic government official or
employee from corporate funds; (iii) violated or is in violation of in any material respect any
provision of the U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977, as amended; or (iv) made or received
any unlawful bribe, rebate, payoff, influence payment, kickback or other unlawful payment to or
from any foreign or domestic government official or employee;
(e) POSCO Powers contemplated use of the FCE Technology under this Agreement does not
infringe and is not being infringed upon by any valid rights of any third party, including but not
limited to patent rights, copyrights, trademarks or other intellectual property rights owned or
controlled by third parties in any country;
(f) The FCE Technology furnished to POSCO Power and POSCO Affiliates pursuant to this
Agreement will correspond to the FCE Technology used by FCE in the manufacture of FCE Products. If
any FCE Technology provided hereunder does not meet this requirement and POSCO Power notifies FCE,
FCE shall correct the discrepancy at its own expense, by furnishing corrected FCE Technology; and
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(g) FCE Power Plants using FCE Technology are designed with commercially reasonable safety
precautions and FCE participates in on-going safety certification programs for its plants, such as
CSA.
(h) FCE recognizes and acknowledges that maintaining the scope of protection on the FCE
Technology in the Territory is critical to the success of the continued commercialization of POSCO
Modules in Korea. Thus, FCE represents and warrants that it has been and it shall continue to take
commercially reasonable defensive and offensive measures to protect FCE Technology against
encroachment by any third parties.
7.2
Representations and Warranties of POSCO Power
. POSCO Power represents and
warrants to FCE that as of the date hereof and as of the Effective Date:
(a) It has all requisite right, power and authority to execute and deliver this Agreement, to
perform its obligations hereunder and to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby;
(b) The execution, delivery and performance by POSCO Power of this Agreement, and the
consummation by POSCO Power of the transactions contemplated hereby, have been duly and validly
authorized by all necessary corporate action on the part of POSCO Power and no other corporate
actions or proceedings on the part of POSCO Power are necessary to authorize this Agreement, and
the transactions contemplated hereby. Assuming due authorization, execution and delivery of this
Agreement by FCE hereto and thereto, this Agreement constitutes a legal, valid and binding
obligation of POSCO Power enforceable against it in accordance with its terms;
(c) The execution, delivery and performance by POSCO Power of this Agreement, and the
consummation by POSCO Power of the transactions contemplated hereby, do not: (i) violate any
Applicable Law; (ii) violate or conflict with any Contract to which POSCO Power is a party; (iii)
violate any Governmental Order; (iv) require the approval, consent or permission of any
Governmental Authority having authority over POSCO Power except for the DOE Approval; or (v)
violate POSCO Powers organizational documents; and
(d) Neither POSCO Power or any of its Subsidiaries nor any director, officer, agent, employee
or other Person acting on behalf of POSCO Power or its Subsidiaries has, in the course of its
actions for, or on behalf of, POSCO Power or any of its Subsidiaries (i) used any corporate funds
for any unlawful contribution, gift, entertainment or other unlawful expenses relating to political
activity; (ii) made any direct or indirect unlawful payment to any foreign or domestic government
official or employee from corporate funds; (iii) violated or is in violation of in any material
respect any provision of the U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977, as amended; or (iv) made
or received any unlawful bribe, rebate, payoff, influence payment, kickback or other unlawful
payment to or from any foreign or domestic government official or employee; and
(e) All work to be performed by POSCO Power in its manufacture, assembly and test activities
hereunder shall be performed in accordance with drawings, manufacturing
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practices, instructions and quality plans as furnished by FCE or as mutually agreed upon by
the parties.
VIII. TERM
8.1
Term
. The initial term of this Agreement (the
Initial Term
) shall
commence on the Effective Date and shall continue, unless earlier terminated in accordance with the
provisions set forth herein or in any Transaction Agreement, for a period of ten (10) years from
the Effective Date.
8.2
Extension
. The Initial Term may be extended for additional terms (each,
Additional Term
, and, together with the Initial Term, the
Term
), each for a
period of five (5) years, by mutual agreement on terms mutually agreed upon by the Parties. This
Agreement shall be extended only if the other Transaction Agreements are extended for the same
period.
IX. TERMINATION
9.1
Termination by Mutual Agreement
. This Agreement may be terminated, without any
further obligation or liability by mutual written agreement of the Parties.
9.2
FCE Termination by Material Breach of POSCO Power
.
(a) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein or in any other Transaction
Agreements, in the event POSCO Power materially breaches any representation or warranty or
materially fails to perform any obligation or undertaking to be performed by it under this
Agreement or any other Agreement between the Parties and such material breach or failure is not
cured within sixty (60) days after notice from FCE specifying the nature of the breach, then, FCE
shall have the right to terminate this Agreement after complying with the procedures set forth in
Article XIV below.
(b)
FCE Remedy
. In the event that FCE terminates this Agreement pursuant to Section
9.2(a):
(i) FCE may retain all POSCO Technology, including all copies and summaries thereof,
furnished by POSCO Power prior to such termination;
(ii) FCE shall have a non-exclusive perpetual license and right to use the POSCO Technology
to manufacture and sell the FCE Products, only to the extent that FCE Products incorporate POSCO
Technology, under all patents of all countries under which POSCO Power or POSCO Affiliates, as
applicable, during the Term, has or may acquire the right to grant such licenses,
provided
that any sublicensing or resale to any Korean Company by FCE shall be subject to POSCO Powers
consent in its sole discretion, and
provided
,
further
, that the foregoing license
shall be subject to the payment by FCE to POSCO Power of royalties to be mutually determined by the
Parties in a commercially reasonable good faith manner,
it being understood and agreed
that
if the Parties are
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unable to reach agreement within sixty (60) days following the initial request of FCE, the
royalties determined pursuant to Section 4.4 above shall be final and binding upon the Parties;
(iii) POSCO further agrees that POSCO shall, at the request of FCE, continue to supply POSCO
Modules to FCE, if such are in production, on terms and conditions to be mutually agreed upon by
the Parties in good faith; and
(iv) POSCO Power, on its own behalf and on behalf of POSCO Affiliates, shall pay FCE all
royalty amounts then due and owing as of the date of termination and all reimbursement amounts then
due and owing as of the date of termination and actual damages.
The foregoing provisions of this Section 9.2 represent the sole and exclusive remedy of FCE in the
event of a material breach by POSCO Power.
9.3
POSCO Power Termination by Material Breach of FCE
.
(a) In the event FCE materially breaches any representation or warranty or materially fails to
perform any obligation or undertaking to be performed by it under this Agreement and any other
Transaction Agreements and such material breach or failure is not cured within sixty (60) days
after notice from POSCO Power specifying the nature of the breach, then, POSCO Power shall have the
right to terminate this Agreement after complying with the procedures set forth in
Article
XIV
below (except as noted below in Section 9.3(b)(i)).
(b)
POSCO Power Remedy
. In the event that POSCO Power terminates this Agreement
pursuant to Section 9.3(a) above:
(i) FCE shall pay to POSCO Power actual damages, plus, if the FCE Technology has not been
fully transferred to POSCO Power, as scheduled in the STTP, FCE shall promptly and in a
commercially reasonable manner transfer to POSCO Power all of the remaining FCE Technology, and
further acknowledge and agree that POSCO Power shall be entitled to seek and obtain from FCE the
specific performance of FCEs obligations under this section in the U.S. District Court for the
Southern District of New York, or in the event that court lacks jurisdiction, in any competent
court in the State of New York, if FCE fails to transfer the FCE Technology to POSCO Power, as set
forth in the STTP;
(ii) POSCO Power may retain all FCE Technology, including all copies and summaries thereof,
furnished by FCE prior to such termination;
(iii) POSCO Power shall have a non-exclusive perpetual license and right in and of the FCE
Technology to construct, assemble, manufacture, use, sell, import, maintain, service, reconfigure
and/or repair the POSCO Modules in the Korean Market and to sell, maintain, service, reconfigure
and/or repair the POSCO Modules in the Non-Exclusive Territory; and provided, further, that the
foregoing license shall be subject to the payment by POSCO Power to FCE of royalties to be mutually
determined by the Parties in a commercially reasonable good faith manner, it being understood and
agreed that if the
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Parties are unable to reach agreement within sixty (60) days following the initial request of
FCE, the royalties determined pursuant to Section 4.4 above shall be final and binding upon the
Parties; and
(iv) FCE further agrees that FCE shall, at the request of POSCO Power, continue to supply DFC
Components on reasonable terms and conditions to be mutually agreed upon by the Parties in good
faith.
The foregoing provisions of this Section 9.3 represent the sole and exclusive remedy of POSCO Power
in the event of a material breach by FCE. For the purpose of Section 9.3(b)(i) above, the Parties
hereto consent to the jurisdiction of such court in respect of any action or proceeding thereunder.
9.4
Return of FCE Technology
. In the event this Agreement is terminated pursuant to
Section 9.1 or Section 9.2 above, POSCO Power shall return to FCE all FCE Know-How, including all
copies and summaries thereof, furnished by FCE prior to such termination and shall not be permitted
to make any further use of such FCE Technology.
9.5
Return of POSCO Technology
. In the event this Agreement is terminated pursuant
to Section 9.1 or Section 9.3 above, FCE shall return to POSCO Power all POSCO Technology including
all copies and summaries thereof, furnished by FCE prior to such termination and shall not be
permitted to make any further use of such POSCO Technology.
9.6
Survival
. Upon expiration or termination of this Agreement as provided herein,
or by operation of law or otherwise, all rights granted and all obligations undertaken hereunder
shall terminate forthwith except the following provisions:
(a) Upon expiration of the Term, Sections 2.4 (License to POSCO Power Upon Expiration of the
Term), 2.5 (License to FCE Upon Expiration of the Term,) and 4.4 (Royalty Determination Firm)
and Articles III (Ownership of Intellectual Property), IX (Termination), X (Indemnification),
XI (Confidential Information), XII (Notices) and XIII (Entire Agreement); and
(b) Upon termination of this Agreement, Section 4.4 (Royalty Determination Firm), Articles
III (Ownership of Intellectual Property), IX (Termination), X (Indemnification), XI
(Confidential Information), XII (Notices) and XIII (Entire Agreement) and the full STTP.
X. INDEMNIFICATION
10.1
POSCO Power Obligations
. POSCO Power shall indemnify and hold harmless FCE and
its affiliates, officers, directors, members, employees and agents, against any and all judgments,
damages, liabilities, costs and losses of any kind (including reasonable attorneys and experts
fees) (collectively, Losses) that arise out of or relate to (i) any breach by POSCO Power of its
representations or warranties or covenants under this Agreement, (ii) any claim, action or
proceeding that arises from defects caused by the manufacture by POSCO Power or POSCO Affiliates of
POSCO
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Modules, or (iii) any claim, action or proceeding that arises from defects caused by the
servicing by POSCO Power or POSCO Affiliates of the FCE Products;
provided
,
however
, that FCE must promptly notify POSCO Power in writing of any such claim, action or
proceeding (but the failure to do so shall not relieve POSCO Power of any liability hereunder
except to the extent that POSCO Power has been materially prejudiced therefrom). POSCO Power may
elect, by written notice to FCE within ten (10) days after receiving notice of such claim, action
or proceeding to assume the defense thereof with counsel acceptable to FCE. If POSCO Power does
not so elect to assume such defense or disputes its indemnity obligation with respect to such
claim, action or proceeding, or if FCE reasonably believes that there are conflicts of interest
between FCE and POSCO Power or that additional defenses are available to FCE with respect to such
defense, then FCE shall retain its own counsel to defend such claim, action or proceeding, at POSCO
Powers defense. POSCO Power shall reimburse FCE for expenses as these are incurred under this
Section. FCE shall have the right, at its own expense, to participate in the defense of any claim,
action or proceeding against which it is indemnified hereunder;
provided
,
however
,
that FCE shall have no right to control the defense, consent to judgment or agree to settle any
such claim, action or proceeding without the written consent of POSCO Power unless FCE waives its
right to indemnity hereunder. POSCO Power, in the defense of any such claim, action or proceeding,
except with the written consent of FCE, shall not consent to entry of any judgment or enter into
any settlement which (i) does not include, as an unconditional term, the grant by the claimant to
FCE of a release of all liabilities in respect of such claims or (ii) otherwise adversely affects
the rights of FCE.
10.2
FCE Obligations
. FCE shall indemnify and hold harmless POSCO Power and its
affiliates, officers, directors, members, employees and agents, against any and all judgments,
damages, liabilities, costs and losses of any kind (including reasonable attorneys and experts
fees) (collectively, Losses) that arise out of or relate to (i) any breach by FCE of its
representations, warranties, covenants or agreements under this Agreement (
it being understood
and agreed
that any indemnity with respect to the FCE Products shall be governed by a separate
purchase order contract), (ii) any claim, action or proceeding that arises from or relates to the
servicing by FCE of POSCO Modules or FCE Products, (iii) any claim, action or proceeding that
arises from any licensor of FCE or any third party, in or relating to the FCE Technology (
it
being understood and agreed
that this obligation includes an obligation to take all necessary
steps to ensure the continued use by POSCO Power of the FCE Technology, without interruption),
provided
,
however
, that POSCO Power must promptly notify FCE in writing of any such
claim, action or proceeding (but the failure to do so shall not relieve FCE of any liability
hereunder except to the extent that FCE has been materially prejudiced therefrom). FCE may elect,
by written notice to POSCO Power within ten (10) days after receiving notice of such claim, action
or proceeding to assume the defense thereof with counsel acceptable to POSCO Power. If FCE does
not so elect to assume such defense or disputes is indemnity obligation with respect to such claim,
action or proceeding, or if POSCO Power reasonably believes that there are conflicts of interest
between FCE and POSCO Power or that additional defenses are available to POSCO Power with respect
to such defense, then POSCO Power shall retain its own counsel to defend such claim, action or
proceeding, at FCEs defense. FCE shall reimburse POSCO Power for expenses as these
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are incurred under this Section. POSCO Power shall have the right, at its own expense, to
participate in the defense of any claim, action or proceeding against which it is indemnified
hereunder;
provided
,
however
, that POSCO Power shall have no right to control the
defense, consent to judgment or agree to settle any such claim, action or proceeding without the
written consent of FCE unless POSCO Power waives its right to indemnity hereunder. FCE, in the
defense of any such claim, action or proceeding, except with the written consent of POSCO Power,
shall not consent to entry of any judgment or enter into any settlement which (i) does not include,
as an unconditional term, the grant by the claimant to POSCO Power of a release of all liabilities
in respect of such claims or (ii) otherwise adversely affects the rights of POSCO Power.
10.3
Limitation of Damage
. In no event, whether as a result of breach of contract,
warranty, tort (including negligence), strict liability, indemnity, or otherwise, shall either
Party or its subcontractors or suppliers be liable to the other Party for loss of profit or
revenues, loss of use of the DFC Power Plant or any associated equipment, cost of capital, cost of
substitute equipment, facilities, services or replacement power, downtime costs, claims of the
indemnified Partys customers for such damages, or for any special, consequential, incidental,
indirect or exemplary damages.
XI. CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION
11.1
POSCO Power Obligations
. All written information marked proprietary or
confidential (or if oral, subsequently reduced to a writing so marked and delivered to the
receiving Party within thirty (30) days of its oral disclosure) which FCE discloses to POSCO Power
as a result of the provisions of this Agreement, whether contained in blueprints, drawings, written
reports, letters or memoranda, process descriptions, operating procedures and other written data,
shall be treated as confidential unless (a) such information shall have been in the possession
POSCO Power prior to its receipt from the FCE, (b) such information is or becomes part of the
public knowledge or literature through no fault of POSCO Power, or (c) such information shall
otherwise become available to POSCO Power from a source other than FCE, said source not being
violative of any obligation of secrecy with respect to such information. Information which is so
considered to be confidential shall be held by POSCO Power for its sole benefit and used only in
accordance with this Agreement;
provided
that POSCO Power may share proprietary or
confidential information with POSCO Affiliates for the purpose set forth in Section 2.1(a)(iii)
above; and,
further provided
, that POSCO Power shall cause POSCO Affiliates to restrict the
use so as to be consistent with the terms of this Agreement and to restrict disclosure to its
employees, on a need-to-know basis, of any confidential or proprietary information shared with
POSCO Affiliates. POSCO Power shall use all reasonable efforts to prevent the use of all or any
part of such confidential information belonging to FCE in any other connection or the transmission
thereof to third parties unless and until it has first obtained the written consent of FCE
specifically authorizing such use or transmission. The Parties understand that information may be
provided which is subject to a confidentiality agreement with a third Party. The Parties agree that
such information shall be held in confidence in accordance with the terms of the third Party
confidentiality agreement. No Party shall be obligated to divulge third party confidential
information to the other Party. POSCO Power shall require, as a
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condition precedent to any agreement for any FCE Product or POSCO Product sale, lease, or
other similar transaction, that the purchaser, lessor or customer for such transaction must agree
to accept the terms of this paragraph, including the requirement for any subsequent purchaser to
accept the terms of this paragraph. Any breach of the confidentiality provisions of this paragraph
may be considered material breach of this agreement by the non-breaching Party.
11.2
POSCO Affiliate
. The Parties agree that each POSCO Affiliate shall enter into a
confidentiality agreement with POSCO Power containing the terms that are substantially similar to
the confidentiality provision set forth above.
11.3
FCE and POSCO Power Obligations
. All obligations under this article shall apply
mutatis mutandis
to the Parties.
XII. NOTICES
All notices pursuant to this Agreement shall be in writing and will be deemed to have been
duly given if delivered personally or by internationally recognized courier service, or by
facsimile to the parties at the addresses set forth below.
if to FCE, to:
FuelCell Energy, Inc.
3 Great Pasture Road
Danbury, CT 06813
Facsimile: (203) 825-6079
Attention: Ben Toby
with copy to:
FuelCell Energy, Inc.
3 Great Pasture Road
Danbury, CT 06813
Facsimile: (203) 825-6069
Attention: Ross Levine
if to POSCO Power, to:
POSCO Power
POSTEEL Tower 20th Fl. 735-3
Yeoksam-dong, Gangnam-gu
Seoul, 135-080 KOREA
Attention: Taehyoung (TH) Kim
All notices under this Agreement that are addressed as provided in this Section (i) if
delivered personally or by internationally recognized courier service, will be deemed given upon
delivery or (ii) if delivered by facsimile, will be deemed given when confirmed. Either Party from
time to time may change its address or designee for
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notification purposes by giving the other Party notice of the new address or designee and the
date upon which such change will become effective.
XIII. ENTIRE AGREEMENT
This Agreement, including any Exhibits and Schedules attached hereto, and any other
Transaction Agreements which are incorporated into this Agreement by this reference, constitute the
full and complete statement of the agreement of the Parties with respect to the subject matter
hereof and supersedes all prior and contemporaneous agreements and understandings, whether written
or oral, between the Parties with respect to the subject matter hereof. There are no
representations, understandings or agreements relating to this Agreement that are not fully
expressed in this Agreement other than those representations, understandings or agreements
contained in the other Transaction Agreements. To the extent there is any inconsistency between
this Agreement and any other Transaction Agreements, the provisions of this Agreement shall
prevail.
XIV. APPLICABLE LAW AND ARBITRATION
14.1
Governing Law
. This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance
with the substantive laws of the State of New York, U.S.A., without giving effect to any choice of
law rules that may require the application of the laws of another jurisdiction.
14.2
Efforts to Resolve by Mutual Agreement
. Any dispute, action, claim or
controversy of any kind arising from or in connection with this Agreement or the relationship of
the Parties under this Agreement (the Dispute) whether based on contract, tort, common law,
equity, statute, regulation, order or otherwise, shall be resolved as follows:
(i) Upon written request of either FCE or POSCO Power, the Parties shall meet and attempt to
resolve any such Dispute. Such meetings may take place via teleconference or videoconference. The
Parties shall meet as often as the Parties reasonably deem necessary to discuss the problem in an
effort to resolve the Dispute without the necessity of any formal proceeding.
(ii) Formal proceedings for the resolution of a Dispute may not be commenced until the later
of (i) the Parties concluding in good faith that amicable resolution through continued negotiation
of the matter does not appear likely; or (ii) the expiration of a sixty (60) day period immediately
following the initial request by either Party to resolve the Dispute;
provided
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however
,
that this Section 14.2 will not be construed to prevent a Party from instituting
formal proceedings earlier to avoid the expiration of any applicable limitations period, to
preserve a superior position with respect to other creditors or to seek temporary or preliminary
injunctive relief.
14.3
ICC Arbitration
. If the Parties are unable to resolve any Dispute pursuant
Section 14.2 above and except as otherwise specified in Section 9.3(b)(i), the Dispute shall be
finally settled under the Rules of Arbitration (the Rules) of the International Chamber of
Commerce (ICC) by three (3) arbitrators designated by the Parties. Each
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Party shall designate one arbitrator. The third arbitrator shall be designated by the two
arbitrators designated by the Parties. If either Party fails to designate an arbitrator within
thirty (30) days after the filing of the Dispute with the ICC, such arbitrator shall be appointed
in the manner prescribed by the Rules. An arbitration proceeding hereunder shall be conducted in
London, U.K., and shall be conducted in the English language. The decision or award of the
arbitrators shall be in writing and is final and binding on both Parties. The arbitration panel
shall award the prevailing Party its attorneys fees and costs, arbitration administrative fees,
panel member fees and costs, and any other costs associated with the arbitration, the enforcement
of any arbitration award and the costs and attorneys fees involved in obtaining specific
performance of an award;
provided
,
however
, that if the claims or defenses are
granted in part and rejected in part, the arbitration panel shall proportionately allocate between
the Parties those arbitration expenses in accordance with the outcomes;
provided
,
further
, that the attorneys fees and costs of enforcing a specific performance arbitral
award shall always be paid by the non-enforcing Party, unless the applicable action was determined
to be without merit by final, non-appealable decision. The arbitration panel may only award
damages as provided for under the terms of this Agreement and in no event may punitive,
consequential and special damages (or as otherwise specified in this Agreement, including, without
limitation, Section 10.3) be awarded. In the event of any conflict between the Rules and any
provision of this Agreement, this Agreement shall govern.
14.4
Waiver of Jury Trial
. The Parties hereto hereby irrevocably waive, to the
fullest extent permitted by Applicable Law, any and all right to trial by jury in any legal
proceeding arising out of or relating to Section 9.3(b)(i).
XV. MISCELLANEOUS
15.1
Amendment
. This Agreement may not be modified or amended except by a writing
duly signed by the authorized representatives of both Parties.
15.2
Severability
. In the event any one or more of the provisions contained in this
Agreement shall be invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any respect, said provision(s) shall be
deemed severed and deleted here from and the validity, legality and/or enforceability of the
remaining provisions contained herein shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby.
15.3
Government Information
. Nothing in this Agreement shall authorize the
disclosure of, or access to, classified or restricted information, material or know-how of the
Government of the United States of America to persons not authorized or licensed to disclose or
receive such classified or restricted information.
15.4
Independent Contractors
. The Parties are independent contractors, and nothing
contained in this Agreement shall be construed as (a) giving either Party the power to direct and
control the day-to-day activities of the other, (b) constituting either Party as a partner, a joint
venture, a co-owner or a fiduciary of the other or (c) creating any other form of legal association
that would impose liability on one Party for the act or
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failure to act of the other or as providing either Party with the right, power or authority
(express or implied) to create any duty or obligation of the other.
15.5
Assignment
. This Agreement will be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the
Parties and their respective successors and permitted assigns. Neither Party may, nor will it have
the power to, assign this Agreement, or any part hereof, without the prior written consent of the
other Party, and any such unauthorized assignment shall be null and void, except that the Parties
acknowledge and agree that POSCO Power may, without the consent of FCE assign its rights and
obligations to any entity controlled by POSCO Power or a POSCO Affiliate, provided that POSCO Power
remains liable for the obligations set forth in this Agreement and in other Transaction Documents
to which it is a Party. In the event of any other assignment of this Agreement by either Party,
the assignee shall assume, in writing (in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the other
Party), the rights and obligations of the assigning Party under this Agreement.
15.6
No Third Party Beneficiary
. Except as expressly contemplated herein, this
Agreement shall be binding upon and inure solely to the benefit of each Party hereto and nothing in
this Agreement is intended to confer upon any other person or entity any rights or remedies of any
nature whatsoever under or by reason of this Agreement.
15.7
Headings
. The headings preceding the text of Articles and Sections included in
this Agreement and the headings to Exhibits and Schedules attached to this Agreement are for
convenience only and shall not be deemed part of this Agreement or be given any effect in
interpreting this Agreement.
15.8
Right to Injunction; Specific Performance.
The Parties further acknowledge and
agree that POSCO Power will suffer irreparable harm, which is not compensable by monetary damage in
the event the FCE Technology has not been fully transferred to POSCO Power at the time of the
termination of this Agreement due to a material breach by FCE hereunder. Accordingly, the Parties
agree that POSCO Power shall be entitled to an injunction or injunctions to enforce specifically
the transfer of the FCE Technology to POSCO Power in accordance with Section 9.3(b)(i) above. The
Parties further acknowledge and agree that each Party will suffer irreparable harm, which is not
compensable by monetary damage, in the event the other breaches its obligations under Article XI.
Accordingly, in the event of a breach by one Party of such obligations, the other shall be entitled
to injunction or injunctions to enforce and remedy such breach in addition to all other remedies
available at law or in equity.
15.9
Force Majeure
. Neither Party shall be liable to the other for a failure to
perform any of its obligations under this Agreement, except for payment obligations under this
Agreement, during any period in which such performance is delayed due to a Force Majeure, and if
such Party notifies the other of the delay;
provided, however
, that in the event a period
of Force Majeure restricts a Partys performance for greater than 120 days, the non-restricted
Party may terminate this Agreement without further cause and without liability for such
termination. The date of delivery shall be extended for a period equal to the period of a delay due
to Force Majeure, in addition to any additional time as may be reasonably necessary to overcome the
effect of such excusable delay;
provided,
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further
, that the Party seeking relief under this Section 15.9 shall promptly notify
the other of the Force Majeure event, the anticipated resolution of such event, the actual
resolution of such event and the actual impact on its obligations hereunder.
XVI. SALES TARGETS AND EXCLUSIVITY
16.1
Sales Targets
. The Parties acknowledge that this Agreement is based on, among other
things, the business plan as to the sales expectations set forth in Exhibit D attached hereto.
(a) In the event the cumulative sales of Fuel Cell Stack Modules in the Korean Market as of
December 31, 2013, have not reached the target figure of 112 MW as set forth in Exhibit D, the
Parties shall undertake a performance review in good faith and in a commercially reasonable manner
to determine the feasibility and desirability of the continuation of the exclusivity set forth in
Sections 2.1(a)(i) and 2.2 hereunder, as well as the Korean Market exclusivity provisions set forth
elsewhere in the Transaction Agreements. The performance review shall take into consideration,
among other things, past performance, market conditions, business prospects, profitability, bona
fide efforts by the Parties, quality issues affecting marketability and future plans. In the event
that after discussions in good faith the Parties are not able to agree, disputes shall be resolved
through Sections 14.2 and 14.3 above. The decision or award of the arbitrators pursuant to Section
14.3 shall be final and binding on both Parties.
(b)(i) It is acknowledged and agreed by POSCO Power that during the term of this Agreement,
POSCO Power shall make commercially reasonable efforts to commercialize the technology licensed
hereunder in the Korean Market; and
(ii) it is acknowledged and agreed by FCE that during the term of this Agreement, FCE shall
make commercially reasonable efforts to improve and enhance the DFC technology to maintain market
competitiveness.
The Parties shall undertake subsequent performance review(s) from time to time on dates to be
mutually agreed by the parties, starting January 1, 2014, but no more than once in two (2) year
intervals during the term of this Agreement. The performance review shall take into consideration,
among other things, past performance, market conditions, business prospects, profitability, bona
fide efforts by the Parties, quality issues affecting marketability and future plans. In the event
that after discussions in good faith the Parties are not able to agree, disputes shall be resolved
through Sections 14.2 and 14.3 above. The decision or award of the arbitrators pursuant to Section
14.3 shall be final and binding on both Parties.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Parties have caused this Agreement to be executed in a manner binding upon
them by their duly authorized officers as of the date first above written.
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FUELCELL ENERGY, INC.
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By:
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Name:
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Title:
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POSCO POWER
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By:
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Name:
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EXHIBIT A (STTP)
*
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*
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Confidential information has been omitted and filed separately with the Securities and Exchange
Commission pursuant to a request for Confidential Treatment.
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Exhibit B
October 23, 2009
Mr. R. D. Brdar
President and Chief Executive Officer
FuelCell Energy, Inc.
3 Great Pasture Road
Danbury, CT 06813
Subject:
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Approval of Transfer of Fuel Cell Technology
Cooperative Agreement DE-FC21-95MC31184
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Gentleman:
In accordance with my delegated authority, I accept the adequate recognition as set forth
in your letter dated October 19, 2009 and October 23, 2009. I hereby approve your request to
transfer fuel cell technology from FuelCell Energy, Inc. (FCE) to POSCO of South Korea in
accordance with the following conditions identified. FCE will transfer fuel cell stack
assembly and conditioning know-how, as well as design drawings and data related to
non-repeating components of the fuel cell stack module (i.e. components other than the core
fuel cell technology). Non-repeating components include stack supporting hardware enclosures,
insulation, and piping, but exclude the core fuel cell component designs, materials, and
manufacturing processes, as well as designs and manufacturing processes related to FCEs
proprietary direct internal reforming technology. Under the proposed new agreement, FCE would
continue to manufacture the core fuel cell units in Connecticut, and ship them to POSCO Power
in South Korea.
The Adequate Recognition consists of two parts:
a) Increase Cost Share for Phase II of the Office of Fossil Energy Coal Based Fuel Cell
Program from $5.2 million to $6.2 million (+ $1 million).
b) The increase in U. S. manufacturing of core fuel cell components directly related
to the increased sales outside the U. S.
This approval is provided pursuant to Cooperative Agreement DE-FC21-95MC31184 between FCE
and NETL.
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Sincerely,
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Carl O. Bauer
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Director
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626 Cochrans Mill Road, P.O. Box 10940, Pittsburgh, PA 15236
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wayne.surdoval@netl.doe.gov@netl.doe.gov
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Voice (412) 386-6002
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Fax (412) 386-4822
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www.netl.doe.gov
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EXHIBIT C (LIST OF PATENTS)
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FCE File No.
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U.S. PAT. NO.
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TITLE
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Country
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Issued
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Expires
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B429-086
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7,494,736
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Dielectric Frame Assembly and Fuel Cell Manifold
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U.S.
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2/24/2009
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2/25/2027
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B429-057 CIP
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7,393,605
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Fuel Cell End Unit with Integrated Heat Exchanger
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U.S.
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7/1/2008
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5/18/2026
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B429-051
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7,323,270
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Modular Fuel Cell Stack Assembly
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U.S.
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1/29/2008
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12/1/2025
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B429-083
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7,294,427
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Manifold Gasket Accommodating Differential
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U.S.
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11/13/2007
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7/12/2025
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Movement of Fuel Cell Stack
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B429-085
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7,276,304
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Fuel Cell System Including a Unit for Electrical
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U.S.
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10/2/2007
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6/20/2025
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Isolation of a Fuel Cell Stack
From a Manifold
Assembly and Method Therefor
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B429-057
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7,070,874
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Fuel Cell End Unit with Integrated Heat Exchanger
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U.S.
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7/4/2006
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12/24/2022
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B429-046
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6,902,840
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Fuel Cell System with Mixer/Eductor
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U.S.
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6/7/2005
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7/2/2022
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ZL03815646.6
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China
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4146427
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Japan
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B429-058
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6,964,825
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Compliant Manifold Gasket
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U.S.
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11/15/2005
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7/24/2023
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770810
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Korea
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10/22/2007
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B429-048
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6,887,611
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Flexible Fuel Cell Gas Manifolds
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U.S.
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5/3/2005
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10/3/2022
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4317132
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Japan
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5/29/2009
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B429-054
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6,797,425
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Fuel Cell Stack Compressive Loading System
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U.S.
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9/28/2004
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12/24/2022
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ZL03825719.X
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China
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8/15/2007
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4153491
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Japan
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7/11/2008
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1 590 846
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EPO
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3/11/2009
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603 26 650.0-08
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Germany
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3/11/2009
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B429-043
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6,531,237
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Manifold and Sealing Assembly for Fuel Cell Stack
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U.S.
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3/11/2003
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3/1/2021
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ZL02805816.X
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China
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3/21/2007
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4318667
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India
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5/29/2009
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B429-040
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6,514,636
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Ultra-Smooth Dielectric Members for Liquid
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U.S.
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2/4/2003
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12/13/2020
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Electrolyte Fuel Cells
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ZL01820569.0
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China
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2/7/2007
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216427
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India
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9/19/2005
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B429-038
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6,461,756
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Retention System for Fuel Cell Stack Manifolds
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U.S.
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10/8/2002
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8/21/2020
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ZL01813533.1
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China
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1/18/2006
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196,113
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India
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9/19/2005
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3736765
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Japan
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11/4/2005
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B429-035
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6,410,161
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Metal-Ceramic Joint Assembly
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U.S.
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6/25/2002
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4/15/2019
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B429-041
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6,413,665
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Fuel Cell Stack Compression System
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U.S.
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7/2/2002
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8/31/2020
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ZL01814724.0
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China
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10/5/2005
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196,112
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India
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9/19/2005
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40128
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5,110,692
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Gasket for Molten Carbonate Fuel Cell
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U.S.
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5/5/1992
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8/20/2010
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0472152
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EPO
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5/24/1995
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P69109971.5
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Germany
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5/24/1995
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Note:
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1. U.S. Patents and foreign counterparts (if any) are grouped together.
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2. Expiration dates are the same for U.S. and foreign counterpart patents.
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EXHIBIT D ( SALES TARGETS)
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Confidential information has been omitted and filed separately with the Securities and
Exchange Commission pursuant to a request for Confidential Treatment.
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SCHEDULE A (POSCO Affiliates)
POSCO Affiliates shall include the following companies:
POSCO, a Korean corporation having a place of business at 1 Goedong-dong, Nam-gu, Pohang, Kyungbuk
790-704, Korea
POSCON, a Korean corporation having a place of business at 606 Ho-dong Nam-gu, Pohang, Kyungbuk
790-719, Korea
POSMEC, a Korean corporation having a place of business at 322-4 Janghung-dong Nam-gu, Pohang,
Kyungbuk 790-714, Korea
POSCO E&C, a Korean corporation having a place of business at 568-1 Goedong-dong Nam-gu, Pohang,
Kyungbuk 790-704, Korea
POSTEEL, a Korean corporation having a place of business at 735-3 Posteel Tower Yeoksam-dong
Gangnam-gu Seoul 135-080, Korea
SCHEDULE B (Non-Exclusive Territory)
The Non-Exclusive Territory shall include all countries and jurisdictions, except as noted
below:
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Western Europe
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Eastern Europe
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Andorra
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Albania
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Austria
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Bulgaria
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Belgium
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Czech Republic
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Cyprus
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Slovakia
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Denmark
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Hungary
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Federal Republic of Germany
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Poland
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Finland
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Romania
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France
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All states of the former USSR
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Great Britain and including, but not limited to
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Northern Ireland CIS (Commonwealth of Independent States)
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Greece
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Greenland
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Yugoslavia
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Ireland
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Slovenia
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Iceland
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Croatia
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Italy
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Liechtenstein
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Luxembourg
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Asia
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Malta
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Japan
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Monaco
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Netherlands
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Norway
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Portugal
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San Marino
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Spain
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Sweden
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Switzerland
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The Vatican State
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Middle East
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Bahrain
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Yemen, Arab Rep.
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Iran
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Yemen, Peoples Rep.
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Iraq
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United Arab Emirates (UAE)
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Israel
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Jordan
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Kuwait
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Lebanon
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Oman
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Qatar
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Saudi-Arabia
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Syria
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Turkey
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North America
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United States
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Canada
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Mexico
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SCHEDULE C (FCE Previously Granted Distribution Rights)
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Distributor
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Type of Agreement
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Effective Date
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Expiration
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Rights in Korea
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BOC Limited (Linde Group)
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Market Development Agreement (MDA)
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11/2/2006
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11/1/2009
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Yes
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Caterpillar Inc.
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Purchase and Marketing Agreement
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4/26/2002
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4/25/2012
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Yes
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Marubeni (Japan)
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Alliance Agreement
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6/15/2001
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6/14/2011
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Rights in Korea Waived by Agreement
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MTU CFC Solution, GmbH
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Cell License
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12/15/1999
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12/14/2009
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No
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MTU CFC Solution, GmbH
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BOP Cross-License
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7/16/1998
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7/15/2008
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No
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Pfister Energy
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MDA
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6/26/08
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6/26/2010
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No
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American Wind Power & Hydrogen
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MDA
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1/2/08
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1/2/10
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No
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Enbridge
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MDA
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11/4/03
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10/31/10
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No
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Logan Energy
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MDA
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10/28/08
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10/27/10
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No
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Powerhouse Energy
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MDA
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11/1/07
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11/1/09
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No
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PPL Energy
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Distributor Agreement
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9/21/00
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12/31/10
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No
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Western Energy Marketers
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MDA
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11/8/07
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11/7/10
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No
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Exhibit 10.2
Execution Version
CONTRACT
FOR THE SUPPLY OF DFC
®
MODULES AND DFC
®
COMPONENTS
FROM FUELCELL ENERGY INC. (SELLER)
TO POSCO POWER (BUYER)
JUNE 9, 2009
Confidential treatment requested as to certain portions
of this exhibit marked with an *. Such portions have been redacted and filed separately with the SEC.
PURCHASE AND SALE CONTRACT
This PURCHASE AND SALE CONTRACT (the Contract) is made and entered into this 9th
day
of June, 2009, by and between POSCO Power Corporation, a corporation duly organized and existing
under the laws of the Republic of Korea having a place of business at Posteel Tower 20
th
floor, 735-3, Yeoksam-dong, Gangnam-gu, Seoul 135-080, Korea (hereinafter referred to as POSCO
Power or the Buyer) and FuelCell Energy, Inc., a corporation duly organized and existing under
the laws of the State of Delaware, U.S.A., with its principal office at 3 Great Pasture Rd.,
Danbury, Connecticut, U.S.A. (hereinafter referred to as FCE or the Seller).
Each of the parties acknowledges and agrees that all aspects of the performance by the parties
under the terms of this Contract, and all other dealings between the parties in connection
therewith, shall be governed by the principle of good faith and fair dealing. Further, each party
agrees that it will perform its functions under this Contract in cooperation with the other party
and in accordance with prevailing industry standards.
RECITALS:
WHEREAS, POSCO Power and FCE are parties to the Technology Transfer, Distribution and Licensing
Agreement (the TTA) and the Alliance Agreement (the AA), both executed as of February 7, 2007;
WHEREAS, POSCO Power and FCE are additionally parties to the Technology Transfer Program (TTP)
executed as of July 11, 2007;
WHEREAS, POSCO Power and FCE are additionally parties to the Contract for the Supply of DFC Plants
and DFC Modules from FuelCell Energy Inc. to POSCO Power (referred to hereunder as the 2008
Purchase Contract) executed as of April 22, 2008;
WHEREAS, POSCO Power and FCE intend to enter into a new technology transfer agreement under which
FCE will grant a license to POSCO Power for the assembly and conditioning of DFC Modules
incorporating DFC Components (referred to hereunder as the Module Assembly Technology Transfer
Agreement or MATTA);
WHEREAS, POSCO Power and FCE additionally intend to execute a new technology transfer protocol
agreement describing detailed procedures for compliance with the terms of the MATTA (referred to
hereunder as the Module Assembly Technology Transfer Program or MATTP);
WHEREAS, the Buyer desires to purchase DFC Modules and DFC Components as described hereunder from
the Seller for the purpose of integration with Balance of Plant to be procured by the Buyer, either
from Seller or from independent third party vendors, for subsequent operation of the resulting
Plants, or for resale of the Plants to Third Party Owners, and associated installation the Plants
and the Equipment at the Site; and
WHEREAS, the Seller desires to sell the DFC Modules and DFC Components to the Buyer, and to provide
technical advisory services and other support services to the Buyer, in accordance with the terms
and conditions herein set forth; and
WHEREAS, the Seller and the Buyers acknowledge and agree that the Buyer may, without assuming any
obligations set forth in this Agreement and the other Transaction Agreements, assign its rights and
obligations to NewCo (which has the meaning assigned in the AA), subject to the requirements of
section
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17.1 hereunder. In the event of any other assignment of this Agreement by either party, the
assignee shall assume, in writing (in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the other
party), the rights and obligations of the assigning party under this Agreement.
Now, THEREFORE, in view of the foregoing premises and in consideration of the mutual covenants and
undertakings hereinafter provided, the parties hereto agree as follows:
1.
DEFINITIONS
Unless the context otherwise requires, the following words shall have the following meanings
assigned to them in this Article 1. Where the context requires, (i) words importing the
singular only also include the plural; (ii) words importing person(s) include corporations and
vice versa; (iii) references to statutes or regulations are to be construed as including all
statutory or regulatory provisions consolidating, amending or replacing the statute or
regulation referred to; (iv) the words including, includes and include shall be deemed
to be followed by the words without limitation; the words will and shall shall be deemed
to be interchangeable; and (v) references to agreements and other contractual instruments
shall be deemed to include all subsequent amendments, extensions and other modifications to
those instruments.
1.1
Balance of Plant
or
BOP
shall have the meaning assigned in the TTA.
1.2
Balance of Plant Skid
or
BOP Skid
means structural skid(s) with all BOP
components for the Power Plant with the exception of the Fuel Cell Module.
1.3
Buyers Carrier
shall mean the freight forwarder engaged by Buyer at Buyers sole
discretion, to which Buyer shall assign responsibility for taking delivery of the Equipment.
1.4
Buyers Receiving Site
shall mean a location in the same country as the Sellers
Delivery Site for DFC Modules, Non-Repeating Components, and/or Repeating Components; and which
location shall otherwise be designated at the sole discretion of the Buyer.
1.5
Consumables
shall mean the water treatment salts, catalysts, adsorbents, purge gases,
specialty gases, filters, gaskets, o-rings, fasteners and washers which are specified in the
Service Providers maintenance manual and necessary for the Power Plant to perform its functions.
Specifically excluded from the definition of Consumables are Utilities.
1.6
Contract
means this contract and the Annexes hereto, the Specifications and all other
agreements and documents, including the amendments and supplements duly made hereto between the
Buyer and the Seller to ascertain the rights and obligations of the parties upon agreement.
1.7
Contract Price
means the total amount to be paid by the Buyer to the Seller as
provided in Annex A hereof, which shall be subject to any valid adjustments made through the
application of the relevant provisions hereof.
1.8
Commissioning Discontinuance
means the conditions that commissioning cannot be
proceeded to the next step due to improper conditions of the POSCO Plant itself and the POSCO Plant
operation.
1.9
Delivery at Site
means delivery of the Plant and the Equipment, including all
drawings and other documents provided by the Seller at the Site pursuant to Article 8.1.2 of this
Contract.
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1.10
DFC Components
means a quantity of Repeating Components (RC) and Non-Repeating
Components (NRC) from which a complete DFC Module may be assembled.
1.11
DFC Power Plants
or
DFC Plants
means the complete power plants
manufactured by Seller at the facilities of Seller or its sub-vendors, including BOP and DFC
Modules.
1.12
DFC Specifications
means the documents prepared by Seller containing performance
specifications for the DFC Plants.
1.13
DFC Manuals
means the documents normally prepared and routinely provided by Seller
which contain, but are not necessarily limited to, instructions for installation, operation,
initial start-up, field procedures, instrumentation and controls, and maintenance of the DFC
Plants.
1.14
POSCO Plant
or
Plant
shall mean the carbonate-based fuel cell power plant
which is manufactured by Buyer or POSCO Affiliate using the Direct FuelCell
®
technology of the
Seller .
1.15
Engineer
means the person designated by the Buyer as engineer, with notification of
such designation being sent to the Seller, for the purpose of the inspection and testing stipulated
in Article 9 hereof, or in absence of such notification, the word Engineer means the Buyer or its
duly authorized representatives.
1.16
Equipment
means the DFC Modules, Repeating Components, Non-Repeating Components, and
any machinery, equipment, apparatus, instruments, ship loose items, materials and other items which
are supplied by Seller pursuant to this Contract.
1.17
Facilities
means the connections, interfaces, and supporting equipment for the
Plant, including the support system, slab or pedestal on which the Plant is located, fuel supply,
electrical distribution system, and equipment connected to the Plants interface points but
excluding the Plant itself.
1.18
EXW
or
Ex Works
shall have the meaning assigned as published by the
United Nations Commission on International Trade Law in the International Commercial Terms
(INCOTERMS 2000) as amended, except as may be otherwise provided herein.
1.19
Force Majeure
shall mean unforeseen circumstances beyond the reasonable control and
without the fault or negligence of either party and which such party is unable to prevent or
provide against the exercise of reasonable diligence including, acts of God, any acts or omissions
of any civil or military authority, earthquakes, strikes or other labor disturbances, wars
(declared or undeclared), terrorist and similar criminal acts, epidemics, civil unrest and riots.
1.20
Fuel Cell Module
,
DFC Module
or
Module
shall mean those
components manufactured by Seller, which comprise the fuel cell stack itself, including the stack
enclosure vessel, the fuel cell stack, ship loose items related to the module end post and its
supporting hardware, including individual fuel cells and cell assemblies, anodes, cathodes, current
collector plates, matrixes, manifolds, instrumentation, assembly and compression hardware and/or
the stack enclosure vessel, purchased by the Buyer pursuant to this Contract, the description and
the quantity of which are set forth in Appendix A to this Contract.
1.21
DFC Module Components
or
DFC Components
shall mean one set of RC and NRC
components necessary for the assembly of one complete DFC Module.
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1.22
Service Agreement
means a long term service agreement in respect of the Plant
between Seller and the Buyer or, in the case the Plant is resold to the Third Party Owner, among
Seller, Buyer (or its designee) and the Third Party Buyer.
1.23
Site
means the land upon which the Plant and the Facilities will be located,
installed and erected in accordance with the specifications and requirements of which are set forth
in Appendix A (Specifications).
1.24
Module Specifications
mean the Specifications attached to this Contract as Appendix
A.
1.25
Non-Repeating Components
or
NRC
means parts and components of the DFC Modules
other than RC, necessary to assemble a DFC Module.
1.26
POSCO Affiliate
shall have the meaning assigned in the AA.
1.27
POSCO Plant Specifications
means the documents prepared by Buyer or POSCO Affiliate
which contain performance specifications for the POSCO Plant, as further described in paragraph
3.4.6 hereunder.
1.28
POSCO Plant Manuals
means the documents prepared by Buyer or POSCO Affiliate which
contain instructions for installation, operation, and maintenance of the POSCO Plant.
1.29
Pre-Shipment Tests
shall mean the testing procedures to be carried prior to delivery
from FCE facilities, as indicated in Article 9 hereunder.
1.30
Repeating Components
or
RC
shall consist of discrete fuel cell packages assembled
from active components, excluding NRC, which are necessary for the assembly of DFC Modules.
1.31
Sellers Delivery Site(s)
shall mean the point of EXW delivery of the Equipment.
1.32
Site Technical Advisory Services
means the services to be performed by the Site
Technical Advisors in connection with the installation, erection, commissioning and acceptance test
of the Equipment in accordance with Article 5 hereof.
1.33
Site Technical Advisors
means the persons authorized by the Seller to perform the
Sellers obligations regarding the Site Technical Advisory Services under the Contract.
1.34
Target Date
means, the day on which, in accordance with the construction schedule,
the POSCO Plant/Facilities are to be put into initial operation.
1.35
Third Party Owner
means any company or other entity that purchases the Equipment
from the Buyer and operates the Facilities at the Site.
1.36
Utilities
shall mean air, water, wastewater, fuel and electric startup power
required to operate the Power Plant.
2.
EFFECTIVE DATE OF CONTRACT
The Contract shall become fully effective and binding upon both parties hereto on the date (the
Effective Date) this Contract is executed by their duly authorized representatives.
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3.
SCOPE OF CONTRACT
3.1 The division of responsibility between Seller, Buyer and POSCO Affiliate for the manufacture,
testing, and warranty of the DFC Plants and POSCO Plants for which equipment shall be supplied
under to this Agreement, shall be as described in this section.
Manufacturing Category 3 (MC-3)
: Shall be as described in the 2008 Purchase Contract.
Manufacturing Category 4 (MC-4)
: Seller Supplies DFC Module Components, Buyer and/or POSCO
Affiliate assembles DFC Module Components into DFC Modules under separate license from Seller,
POSCO Affiliate supplies BOP. In this stage Buyer and/or POSCO Affiliate will establish a facility
in Korea for stack assembly and conditioning activities to complete the manufacture of DFC Modules
using DFC Module Components and technical assistance provided by Seller.
3.2 [Reserved]
3.3 Responsibilities of the Parties Under Manufacturing Category 3 (MC-3) shall be as described
in section 3.3 of the 2008 Purchase Contract.
3.4 Responsibilities of the Parties Under Manufacturing Category 4 (MC-4)
3.4.1 The Seller agrees to sell the DFC Components as set forth in Annex A hereunder, and the Buyer
agrees to purchase and take delivery of the DFC Components according to the schedule indicated in
Annex A. In addition, the Seller shall provide the following materials, parts, documents, supplies,
assistance, support and advisory services as specifically set forth herein:
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Design, engineer, and manufacture the DFC Components, in the quantities and shipped to
Buyer according to the schedule indicated in Annex A, conforming to the DFC Components
Specifications provided in Appendix B;
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Transfer technology and provide technical assistance in accordance with the MATTA and the
MATTP for the assembly and conditioning of DFC Modules using DFC Components purchased from
Seller;
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3.4.2 As a prerequisite of Sellers guarantees under Paragraphs 3.4.4 and 3.4.5 hereunder, all work
performed by Buyer in the procurement of BOP components and in the assembly and test of DFC Modules
shall be performed in accordance with Seller drawings, manufacturing practices, instructions and
quality plans; and all variations therefor which may have an impact on performance shall be subject
to prior written approval by Seller. Failure to strictly adhere to the above requirement shall void
Sellers warranties.
3.4.3 During all stages of manufacture of DFC Modules by Buyer, Seller shall have the right to have
its technical representative(s) present at Buyers Plant for the purpose of inspecting the
materials used and the work performed by Buyer. The Seller technical representative(s) shall have
the right to reject and require correction of any work and procedures which do not meet Seller
quality standards. The performance of the aforesaid functions by the Seller technical
representative(s) shall in no way relieve Buyer of its obligations under this Agreement.
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3.4.4 With respect to DFC Components provided to Buyer by Seller under this Agreement, Seller shall
be responsible to Buyer as set forth hereunder. In the event that the results of tests made under
conditions to be agreed upon in advance between Seller and Buyer indicate that any DFC Components
manufactured and assembled into a complete DFC Module by Buyer under this Agreement, fails to
perform as stipulated by Seller in Appendix B, and if any such failure is due solely to the
improper performance of components supplied by Seller, then Sellers sole responsibility to Buyer,
and Buyers sole remedy, shall be as set forth in the performance guarantee described in section
9.2, and the warranty referred to in Article 10.
3.4.5 With respect to each DFC Module assembled by Buyer incorporating DFC Components manufactured
by Seller, and consistent with the provisions of section 7.1(vi) of the TTA, Seller shall be
responsible to Buyer as set forth hereunder. In the event that the results of tests made under
conditions to be agreed upon in advance between Seller and Buyer indicate that any DFC Module fails
to achieve the performance levels indicated by the DFC Module Specifications provided in Appendix A
of this Contract, and if any such failure is due solely to incorrect drawings or data furnished and
specified to Buyer by Seller, then Sellers sole responsibility to Buyer, and Buyers sole remedy,
shall be to furnish corrected drawings or data to Buyer, and to consult with Buyer with respect to
correcting the performance of the DFC Module. In the event that the Parties are not able to agree
as to the cause of failures, then the procedures outlined in Article 15 hereunder shall apply.
3.4.6 In no event shall Sellers liability under this Article exceed the price of the DFC
Components paid by Buyer to Seller for the POSCO Plant involved.
3.4.7
Sellers Responsibility Under End User Long Term Service Agreements
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DFC Modules Manufactured by Seller
: Sellers obligations for complete DFC Modules
manufactured by Seller shall be as described in the 2008 Purchase Contract.
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DFC Modules Assembled by Buyer from DFC Components Supplied by Seller
: For DFC
Modules assembled by Buyer and/or POSCO Affiliate from DFC Components supplied by Seller,
Buyer shall be responsible to the end user for warranty, performance guarantees, and service
obligations related to the DFC Modules. Seller shall have no obligations under the service
agreements which Buyer may execute with end users, beyond the performance guarantee
described in section 9.2, and the warranty referred to in Article 10.
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3.5 General Conditions
3.5.1 The Parties may change the designation of manufacturing categories shown in Annex A, by
mutual agreement, up to the time of material purchasing.
3.5.2 The Sellers services, including its design and engineering services, shall be performed (i)
with care and diligence, (ii) in accordance with generally accepted international professional
standards, and (iii) as expeditiously as is consistent with the preceding standards of professional
skill, care and diligence. The Seller represents, covenants and agrees that all persons who will
perform or be in charge of the professional, architectural and design work under the Contract shall
have experience with a type of project similar to the Facilities and that whenever required by
applicable law, such persons shall be licensed to practice under such law.
3.5.3 Independent Contractor. In performing its duties and obligations hereunder, the Seller
shall, at all times, act in the capacity of an independent contractor, and shall not in any respect
be deemed (or act as) an agent of the Buyer, except as otherwise provided under this Contract.
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3.5.4 Seller agrees to provide Documentation (Sellers operating instruction manuals, drawings,
graphs, tables, exhibits and other documentation) in metric units to the extent available and in
use at Sellers factory.
3.5.6 Buyer shall be responsible for establishing the POSCO Plant Specifications and the POSCO
Plant Manuals. Buyer agrees that the POSCO Plant Specifications and Manuals shall use as a guide
the DFC Specifications and Manuals. Buyer additionally agrees that the POSCO Plant Specifications
and Manuals shall not exceed the performance levels established in the DFC Specifications and
Manuals, nor shall such POSCO Plant Specifications and Manuals allow operating conditions any less
stringent than contained in the DFC Specifications and Manuals, without the prior written approval
of Seller.
4.
CONTRACT PRICE AND PAYMENT TERMS
4.1 The Contract Total Price set forth in Annex A covers the Scope of Contract set forth in
Article 3 above.
4.2
Expected Output
. The expected MW output rating for the DFC Modules and DFC
Components to be sold to Buyer under this Contract is shown in Annex A. Seller expects to introduce
new technology resulting in an increase in power output per Module from 1.2 MW to 1.4 MW beginning
with shipments commencing in 2009. In the event that the increase in power output from 1.2 MW to
1.4 MW is not achieved according to the anticipated schedule, Seller and Buyer agree that the
pricing indicated in Annex A will be adjusted proportionally to reflect the increase or the
shortfall in output.
4.3
Payment Terms
4.3.1
Initial Downpayment
. Buyer agrees to make a downpayment to Seller in the amount of
10% of the Contract Total Price indicated in Annex A, which shall be received by Seller within 30
days after the Effective Date.
4.3.2 Payments for DFC Modules and DFC Components sold to Buyer as indicated in Annex A, shall be
made by the Buyer to the Seller in accordance with the following schedule:
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The first payment in the amount of ten percent (10%) of the price of individual DFC
Modules or DFC Components shall be allocated from the Initial Downpayment.
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The second payment in the amount of twenty percent (20%) of the price of individual DFC
Modules or DFC Components shall be invoiced at time of Sellers actual material order, but
no sooner than five(5) months after the Effective Date of this Contract.
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The third payment in the amount of twenty percent (20%) of the price of individual DFC
Modules or DFC Components shall be invoiced twelve (12) weeks prior to EXW shipment date.
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The fourth payment in the amount of twenty-five percent (25%) of the price of
individual DFC Modules or DFC Components shall be invoiced four (4) weeks prior to EXW
shipment date.
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The fifth payment in the amount of twenty-five percent (25%) of the price of individual
DFC Modules or DFC Components shall be invoiced at the EXW shipment date.
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4.4
Payment Default Rate
. Payments invoiced by Seller shall be due within 30 days after
the date of invoice. In the event that any payment due from Buyer under this Contract is not paid
when due, Buyer shall pay Seller interest on such overdue payment during a period commencing on
such due date until the date that such overdue payment is actually made to Seller, the annual rate
of interest being equal to two percent (2%) above the highest commercial prime rate as published in
the Wall Street Journal on the day the payment first became due. Nothing in this paragraph shall
prevent the Seller from exercising other remedies available under this Contract.
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5.
TECHNICAL ADVISORY SERVICES
5.1 Buyer acknowledges that technical advisory services provided by the Seller are not
included in the price indicated in Annex A. Seller agrees to provide a reasonable amount of such
services at the request of Buyer, subject to payment by Buyer at Sellers then current per diem
rates, and otherwise subject to the provisions of the MATTA.
6.
DELIVERY; TITLE TRANSFER; INSPECTION
6.1
Delivery
.
6.1.1 Shipment Terms for the Equipment. Seller agrees to supply, and Buyer agrees to purchase,
the Equipment in the quantities and prices as indicated in Annex A hereunder, on the basis of EXW
Sellers Delivery Sites. For the avoidance of doubt, Seller shall be responsible for crating and/or
otherwise preparing the Equipment for shipment in compliance with Article 7 of this Contract; and
the cost for preparing the Equipment for such shipment is included in the pricing as indicated in
Annex A hereunder.
6.1.2 Shipment in Place. In the event that Buyers Carrier has not been designated by Buyer or
otherwise is unready to take delivery of the Equipment on the EXW delivery dates as indicated in
Annex A, Seller may ship any such shipment in place, or ship to storage at Buyers expense; and,
Buyer agrees to make payments for such shipments according to the payment schedule indicated in
Article 4 hereunder.
6.1.3 Designation of Sellers Delivery Sites. Seller agrees to notify Buyer within 60 days
after the Effective Date of this Contract, of the Sellers Delivery Sites for the Equipment. The
Sellers Delivery Sites shall not exceed four (4) physical locations (including the location(s) in
FuelCell Energy Site in Connecticut). Any and all deliverables to the Buyer shall be shipped to
such four (4) locations at Sellers expense. After the execution of this Contract, the parties
shall negotiate in good faith to minimize any inland shipping expenses and ensure the quality of
the Equipment during the inland shipping.
6.1.4 Additional Shipping Services. At the request of Buyer, Seller agrees to provide
additional shipping services to Buyer, including trucking and insurance services necessary to
transport the Equipment from the Sellers Delivery Site to the Buyers Receiving Site. For the
avoidance of doubt, such additional shipping services are not included in the pricing indicated in
Annex A, and shall only be arranged by Seller upon receipt of written request from Buyer, which
shall include costs which Buyer shall reimburse to Seller upon completion of the additional
shipment services.
6.1.5 Partial shipments shall be permitted.
6.1.6 If either the Buyer or the Seller wishes to adjust the delivery schedule set forth in
Annex A, the parties shall, after agreeing to an appropriate price adjustment in a good faith and
commercially reasonable manner, cooperate to adjust the delivery schedule.
6.1.7
Liquidated Damages for Delayed Delivery
. In the event the EXW delivery date of
the Equipment is delayed more than 30 days beyond the EXW shipment dates indicated in Annex A,
solely through the fault of the Seller, and unless the parties mutually agreed to an extension
thereto, the Buyer is entitled to claim liquidated damages per day of delay in an amount equivalent
to 0.15% of the price for the delayed Equipment. Such liquidated damages shall not exceed five
percent (5%) of the price of the affected unit(s). In the event that the liquidated damages under
this section reach 5% of the price of the affected unit(s), Buyer shall have recourse to Article
16.4 below. Prior to implementing the provisions of Article 16.4 pursuant to this section, Buyer
agrees that it shall discuss with Seller alternate remedies in good faith.
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6.3
Communication
6.3.1 The Seller shall provide to the Buyer, by facsimile or email, the information necessary
for the Buyers vessel arrangement and necessary insurance pursuant to Article 6.6 at least 40 days
prior to each shipment, including the name of Equipment, the approximate number of packages, total
weight and measurement, the loading date, the loading port and other pertinent information
(including information for customs clearance and inland transportation). The Buyer shall inform, by
email or telefacsimile, the Seller of the status of vessel arrangement seven (7) days prior to the
date of shipping.
6.3.2 The Seller shall, immediately after the completion of each shipment, notify the Buyer by
facsimile or email of the contents of cargo shipped and expected date of arrival and other
pertinent information.
6.4
Title Transfer
. Title to the Equipment and risk of loss shall transfer to Buyer at the
time EXW delivery is completed at the Sellers Delivery Site,
provided
, that nothing in
this Contract shall (i) limit the Buyers right to reject defective or deficient Equipment or (ii)
otherwise limit the Buyers rights under Articles 9 and 11.
6.5
Inspection; Rejection
6.5.1 The Seller or its designated representative shall inspect the Equipment at the loading
port for quality assurance. The Buyer will have the right to be present at the time of such
inspection, and the Seller shall provide Buyer with reasonable prior notice of any such inspection.
6.5.2 The Buyer may reject from any shipment any Equipment which is defective or deficient, or
which does not otherwise conform to the Specifications.
6.6
Insurance
. Seller shall bear the cost of insuring the Equipment prior to the time that
it passes the ships rail in the loading port. Buyer shall bear the cost of insuring the Equipment
from the time that it passes the ships rail in the loading port.
7.
PACKING
7.1 The Equipment to be shipped to the Buyer shall be packed and shipped in accordance with the
Specifications and if not specified therein, shall be packed in sea-worthy packing conditions
according to usual international commercial and industrial practice; that is, the packing of the
DFC Modules and DFC Components shall utilize proper anti-corrosion and/or anti-rust compounds or
coatings and protective water proof wrapping and/or packing as the case may be. In case of wood
packaging materials, the Seller shall comply with the quarantine requirements set forth in Article
7.3 hereof. Such packing shall be sufficiently strong including skids so that it will not break or
fall apart under normal handling.
Interior blocking, bracing and cushioning shall be provided where necessary to absorb shocks,
prevent rattling and relieve destructive forces. Additionally the Equipment should have proper
devices on it to record any shock during transportation. Packing containing fragile materials
should be so marked in bold stout letters.
In accordance with good packing practices, the Equipment shall be packed in the smallest possible
approved containers since steamship freight is usually based on cubic measurements.
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7.2 Marking shall include the following information and any other information reasonably requested
by Buyer:
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For: POSCO Power;
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Contract number or name of Contract;
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Port of destination;
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Item number, package number in sequence and quantity per package;
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Commodity description;
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Net weight, gross weight, dimension and cubic measurement;
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Shippers marks;
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Origin of the Equipment/Port of Export;
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Caution marks, if necessary; and
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Shipping mark.
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7.3
Wood Packaging
. In case of wood packaging materials, the following conditions should
be met:
The Quarantine Requirements on Wood Packaging Materials of Imported Consignments
Respective packing list shall be attached on each wood packing container.
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Regulated Articles: All non-manufactured wood packaging materials such
as pallets, crating, dunnage, packing blocks, etc.
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Exempted Articles: Manufactured wood packaging materials such as
plywood, particle board, oriented strand board, veneer, etc.
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Regulated Areas : All countries.
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Requirements: All imported wood packaging materials should be treated by
following methods, and present the mark which certifies the approved
treatment on two opposite sides of the article.
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Treatment methods : Heat Treatment (HT) or Methyl Bromide (MB)
fumigation according to the Annex I of ISPM No. 15.
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The mark should contain the valid symbol approved by IPPC, country code, unique
number of the producer/treatment facility assigned by the NPPO of exporting countries,
treatment methods (HT, MB).
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Only HT is accepted as a proper treatment for coniferous wood packaging materials
from pine wood nematode distributed countries.
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Subjected countries : Japan, China, Taiwan, US, Canada, Mexico, Portugal,
Vietnam (pine wood)
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Treatment, Disposal or Return to the origin at the expense of the Seller.
7.4 In case that special arrangements are required for unloading, packing, handling, storage and
operation of the Equipment, Seller shall recommend to Buyer the required method and procedures
to facilitate Buyers suitable arrangement. In that case Buyer may, if necessary, establish
the method and procedures under consultation with Seller.
8.
DRAWINGS AND DOCUMENTS
The Seller shall provide to the Buyer:
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In the case of manufacturing category MC-4, appropriate drawings, reports,
guidelines, manuals, programs, software, and data which are described in the MATTA and
the MATTP for assembly of the DFC Components into DFC Modules;
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All drawings, manuals and reports shall be complete, neat and legible, for the
purpose of their use to permit adequate review, and operation as applicable;
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All drawings, manuals and reports shall be in accordance with the
Specifications provided in Appendix A.
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9.
PERFORMANCE GUARANTEES AND ACCEPTANCE TESTS
9.1 Standard Pre-Shipment Factory Inspection and Testing Procedures
9.1.1
Pre-Shipment Factory Test Procedures for DFC Modules
. The Seller agrees to
provide 30 days advance written notice to Buyer for pre-shipment testing of Modules to be shipped
to Buyer pursuant to this Contract. The Seller also agrees to provide written procedures
documenting the Sellers standard pre-shipment factory test for DFC Modules.
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The Seller shall conduct normal and standard tests of all materials and the workmanship of all
DFC Modules to be supplied under this Contract in accordance with Sellers standard pre-shipment
factory test for DFC Modules. Seller shall prepare a Test Report documenting results of the
standard pre-shipment factory test for DFC Modules, documenting pass/fail status for each Module as
compared with standard acceptance test criteria. The Engineer shall be entitled, at all reasonable
times, to witness the Test and to inspect the procedures and results of the Test for the Modules to
be supplied under the Contract, and to inspect the packing and marking of such Equipment. The
Engineer(s) have the right to reject the failed DFC Stack Module as per the test results. One copy
of the Test Report for each Module provided pursuant to this contract shall be supplied to Buyer
prior to shipment. A standard form of the Test Report is included hereunder as Appendix C. Such
inspection, examination or testing, if made, shall not relieve the Seller from any obligations
under the Contract.
9.1.2
Pre-Shipment Factory Inspection Procedures for DFC Components
. The Seller agrees
to provide 30 days advance written notice to Buyer for pre-shipment inspection of Repeating
Components to be shipped to Buyer pursuant to this Contract. The parties shall negotiate in good
faith to agree on the standard pre-shipment factory inspection procedures for DFC Components which
will be included in the MATTA.
The Seller shall conduct normal and standard inspections of all materials and the workmanship
of all DFC Components to be supplied under this Contract in accordance with the standard
pre-shipment factory inspection procedures for DFC Components. Seller shall prepare an Inspection
Report documenting results of the standard pre-shipment factory inspections for DFC Components.
One copy of the Inspection Report for each set of DFC Components provided pursuant to this contract
shall be supplied to Buyer prior to shipment. A standard form of the Inspection Report is included
hereunder as Appendix D. Such inspection, examination or testing, if made, shall not relieve the
Seller from any obligations under the Contract.
9.2
Performance Guarantee for DFC Modules and DFC Components
9.2.1 The guaranteed power output and efficiency for the POSCO Plant final acceptance test at the
customer site (FA Test) shall be set forth in the POSCO Plant Specifications. If after repeated
FA Tests over a period of six (6) months from the first FA Test, the POSCO Plant fails to achieve
the guaranteed power output and/or efficiency set forth in the POSCO Plant Specifications, for
causes solely attributable to the DFC Module or the DFC Components provided by Seller, but achieves
at least 95% of the guaranteed power output and/or efficiency, the Contract Price for the DFC
Module or DFC Components shall be reduced to reflect the shortfall in either the power output or
the efficiency proportionally, whichever shortfall amount is higher.
9.2.2
Liquidated Damage
. In the event the POSCO Plant fails to achieve at least 95% of the
guaranteed power output and/or efficiency solely due to the fault of the DFC Module or DFC
Components after repeated FA tests, Seller shall notify Buyer in writing of the reason for such
failure. If the reason is solely attributable to causes related to DFC Module or DFC Components
provided by Seller, then Seller shall have a period of six (6) months from the first FA test to
take necessary corrective actions and repeat the FA test to achieve greater than 95% of the
guaranteed power output and/or efficiency. If at the end of such time period 95% of the guaranteed
power output and/or efficiency is still not achieved, then Buyer shall have recourse to Article
16.1 below.
9.2.3
Additional Liquidated Damage Applicable Only to DFC Modules Wholly Manufactured by
Seller
. In the event that during the commissioning period, excluding the FA test, the
commissioning of the POSCO Plant is discontinued due to causes solely attributable to defects of
DFC Modules wholly
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manufactured by Seller, the Buyer is entitled to claim liquidated damages per day of Commissioning
Discontinuances in an amount equivalent to 0.15% of the price for the total Equipment (e.g in case
of 2.4 MW plant, the total equipment is two DFC Modules) provided by Seller. The total amount of
liquidated damages payable by Seller to Buyer under this paragraph shall not exceed five percent
(5%) of the price of the total Equipment. In the event of Commissioning Discontinuance caused by
the defects of DFC Modules wholly manufactured by Seller, Seller should exercise commercially
reasonable efforts to eliminate the defects at Sellers own cost; and Buyer shall support Seller to
eliminate defects in the most efficient manner. Seller shall provide Buyer with action plans, root
causes and corrective actions before and after taking actions.
10.
WARRANTIES
10.1
Warranties Against Defects, Etc
. The Seller warrants, for a period of eighteen (18)
months from the date of EXW shipment, or twelve (12) months from the date of first operation at the
installation site, whichever occurs first, that (i) the DFC Modules and DFC Components to be
delivered hereunder shall be free from defects in material and workmanship; and (ii) the DFC
Modules and DFC Components conform to the DFC Module Specifications and DFC Component
Specifications and other requirements set forth in this Contract. If the DFC Modules experience
reduction in power output below 90% of rating, averaged over any consecutive 30-day period during
the warranty period, for causes solely attributable to Seller, Seller shall use its reasonable best
efforts to take corrective actions as provided by the warranty provisions hereunder, to increase
the average power output above 90% of rating.
10.2
Remedies for Breach of Warranties Against Defects, Etc.
10.2.1 If any DFC Modules or DFC Components delivered do not meet the warranties set forth in
Article 10.1 during the warranty period, the Buyer shall promptly notify the Seller in writing.
The Seller shall, at its own expense and cost, correct the defects by: (i) repairing the defective
parts of the Equipment, (ii) replacing the defective parts if repair is impossible; or (iii)
providing an equitable adjustment of the Contract Price. For the avoidance of doubt, the Seller
shall bear all costs and expenses incurred in connection with any of the above corrective measures,
including customs clearance at a Korean port, inland transportation from the port to the Site and
field labor.
10.2.2 If the Seller does not commence the correction of such defects within 30 days from the
date of receipt of notice from the Buyer, and Sellers acceptance of such notice, or does not
complete the said correction with reasonable diligence and within a reasonable time, the Buyer may,
at its option, correct the defects at the Sellers risk and expense. The Seller shall reimburse the
expense incurred by the Buyer for remedy of such defects within thirty (30) days from the date of
receipt of the Buyers invoice.
10.3 Downtime Warranty. If a complete DFC Module wholly manufactured by Seller is forced to
continuously or intermittently decrease power output below 50% of the power output at final
acceptance (Downtime), and if such Downtime is due to causes solely attributable to Seller, then
Seller shall be subject to liquidated damages as outlined in this section.
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In the event that the cumulative number of days of Downtime for the DFC Module
exceeds forty-five (45) days during the warranty period, Seller shall pay to Buyer an
amount of zero point one percent (0.1%) of the applicable individual unit price as
indicated in Annex A, for each day of such Downtime exceeding forty-five days as
liquidated damages. Liquidated damages for Downtime pursuant to this section shall not
exceed ten percent (10%) of the applicable individual unit price as indicated in Annex
A. Seller agrees to pay such liquidated damages within thirty (30) days after receiving
Buyers invoice reflecting such claims. Buyer
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agrees that the Liquidated damages shall not be duplicated with the Liquidated damages
of the Performance Guarantee of LTSA. During the Warranty period, only the Liquidated
damages of Downtime shall be applied.
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Any Downtime attributable in part or in full to the following causes shall not
be considered as Downtime attributable to Seller: (i) corrections, modifications and
repairs undertaken pursuant to Sellers maintenance obligations; (ii) causes not
attribute to Seller which delay commencement or execution of corrective measures; (iii)
causes which cannot clearly be identified or proven by the Parties; (iv) failure of the
Third Party Owner to comply with the Specifications, Manuals, or with the conditions of
the warranty; or outage time wholly or partially due to causes beyond the reasonable
control of the Seller.
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10.4 General Warranty Provisions
10.4.1
Title Warranty
. Seller shall warrant that the Plant(s) and any Equipment and
related services are delivered hereunder free from any and all rightful, legitimate and proven
claims, demands, liens and/or encumbrances of title. If any failure to comply with this warranty
appears at any time, Buyer will give prompt written notice to Seller, and Seller shall defend the
title thereto and save Buyer harmless from or reimburse all losses, damages and liabilities of
every kind, arising in connection with such failure. This warranty shall be extended during the
period of such title defense without limit as to time.
10.4.2
Assignment of Warranty
. This warranty may be assigned by the Buyer to the Third
Party Owner upon final sale, provided that the terms of the warranty shall be determined in
accordance with this Article without regard to any such sale.
10.4.3 Seller shall not be responsible for removal or replacement of any structure or part of the
Facility required to perform Sellers warranty obligations under this Contract.
10.5 The Seller does not warrant the DFC Module or DFC Components or any repaired or replacement
parts against normal wear and tear including that due to expected degradation in accordance with
the Module Specifications, environment or operation, including excessive operation at peak
capability, frequent starting/stopping, type of fuel, or erosion, corrosion or material deposits
from fluids. The warranties and remedies set forth herein are further conditioned upon (i) the
proper storage, installation, operation, and maintenance of the Module and conformance with the
Module Specifications and instruction manuals (including revisions thereto) provided by the Seller
and/or its subcontractors; (ii) the proper operation and maintenance of the POSCO Plant in
accordance with the POSCO Plant Manuals, or in the absence of such POSCO Plant Manuals, the DFC
Plant Manuals as applicable; and (iii) repair or modification pursuant to Sellers instructions or
approval. Buyer shall keep proper records of operation and maintenance during the warranty period.
These records shall be kept in the form of logsheets and copies shall be submitted to Seller upon
its request. Seller does not warrant any equipment or services of others designated by Buyer where
such equipment or services are not normally supplied by Seller.
10.6 The Seller shall have no obligation to correct, repair and/or replace the DFC Plants, DFC
Modules, DFC Components, or any Equipment to the extent a defect or non-conformance is the result
of improper assembly, installation or damage resulting from the Buyers failure to comply with the
Specifications, instructions and documentation regarding installation, operation and maintenance of
the Module.
10.7 Changes, modifications or alterations by the Buyer or its vendors, suppliers, employees or
agents, to the Buyer Plant or its components provided herein, without the written approval of
Seller, shall void all
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Sellers obligations and warranties hereunder, and may void third party equipment certifications,
including safety, environmental and interconnection.
10.8
Exclusive Remedy
. Except as otherwise set forth herein, the remedies set forth in
this Article 10 are the exclusive remedies for all claims based on failure of or defect in the
Equipment provided under this Contract, whether the failure or defect arises before or during the
warranty period and whether a claim, however instituted, is based on contract, indemnity, warranty,
tort (including negligence), strict liability or otherwise. THE FOREGOING WARRANTIES ARE EXCLUSIVE
AND ARE IN LIEU OF ALL OTHER WARRANTIES AND GUARANTEES WHETHER WRITTEN, ORAL, IMPLIED OR STATUTORY.
NO IMPLIED STATUTORY WARRANTY OF MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE SHALL APPLY.
11.
LIMITATION OF LIABILITY
11.1 Each party (Indemnitor) agrees to indemnify and hold harmless the other party (Indemnitee)
from and against any and all losses, obligations, liabilities, damages, claims which may be
asserted against or sustained or incurred by the Indemnitee arising out of or related to any breach
of any of the representations, warranties, agreements and covenants made by Indemnitor in this
Contract; any bodily injury or death suffered by anyone; any property damage of any third parties;
or any wrongful and negligent act of Indemnitor that occurs under this Contract, in an amount not
to exceed such plants Contract Price; provided, any claim under Section 15.1 shall not be subject
to any such limitations set forth in this Article 13.1. In no event, whether as a result of breach
of contract, warranty, tort (including negligence), strict liability, indemnity, or otherwise,
shall either party or its subcontractors or suppliers be liable to the other party for loss of
profit or revenues, loss of use of the Plant or any associated equipment, cost of capital, cost of
substitute equipment, facilities, services or replacement power, claims of Indemnitors customers
for such damages, or for any special, consequential, incidental, indirect or exemplary damages.
If Seller furnishes Buyer with advice or assistance concerning any products, systems or work which
is not specifically required by the Specification, the furnishing of such advice or assistance will
not subject Seller to any liability, whether in contract, indemnity, warranty, tort (including
negligence), strict liability or otherwise.
11.2 If Buyer transfers title to the Facilities to a third party, Buyer shall obligate such third
party to be bound by the provisions of this Article to the same extent as Buyer is obligated. In
the event Buyer cannot obtain the foregoing for Seller, Buyer shall indemnify, defend and hold
Seller harmless from and against any and all claims described in the preceding paragraphs of this
Article made by any such third party against Seller.
11.3 The provisions of this Article shall prevail over any conflicting or inconsistent provisions
contained in any of the documents comprising this Contract, except to the extent that such
provisions further restrict any partys liability.
12.
COSTS AND CHARGES
12.1 In case the repair, making good, replacement or modification is required hereunder, the Seller
shall at its own expense make available at the Site the replacement parts necessary for the
performance of the above.
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12.2 In the event that non-commercial cargo must be shipped due to reasons attributable to Sellers
error, e.g. errors in preparation of transport documents, or incorrect negotiation against the
transport documents; the Seller shall deliver such cargo to the Site and shall pay all costs
including the ocean freight, premium, expenses for inland transportation to the Site, importation
taxes, and custom duties.
12.3 In case any vessel arrangement made by the Seller without prior consent by or consultation
with the Buyer, the Seller shall bear all associated costs and expenses including the ocean and/or
air freight. In cases where Buyer is arranging shipment of equipment, Seller agrees to submit to
Buyer in a timely manner the packing lists necessary for Buyer to arrange ship and/or shore cranes.
13.
PATENTS, INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY AND CONFIDENTIALITY
13.1 The Seller shall indemnify and hold the Buyer or the Third Party Owner, its employees,
engineers and agents harmless against all proximate costs, actions, claims and demands brought by a
third party by reason or in consequence of any infringement by the Module or parts thereof, or by
the use of process that have been supplied by the Seller as a result of engineering services, any
patent, design patent, trade mark or copyright.
13.2 In the event that any claim is made or action is brought against the Buyer or the Third Party
Owner, including its employees, engineers and/or agents, relating to such infringement, the Buyer
shall promptly notify the Seller thereof and the Seller at its expense and option may request the
assistance of the Buyer and shall conduct, on behalf of the Buyer all negotiations for settlement
of such dispute or litigation as may arise therefrom.
13.3 If, in such a suit or proceedings, the Module or parts thereof are held to constitute an
infringement and the use thereof is enjoined, Seller promptly shall, at its option and expense,
either procure for Buyer the right to continue using such Module, or replace such infringing Module
with non-infringing Module which are equal to or better than the previous Module, or modify the
infringing Module so that they become non-infringing without impairing the quality, performance or
any guarantee on the original Module, provided, however, that nothing contained herein shall be
deemed to relieve Seller from its warranty obligations under the Contract.
13.4 Intellectual property and confidentiality
A. Terms and conditions for ownership of intellectual property will be according to Article
III of the TTA.
B. Use of Confidential Information. Confidential Information may be exchanged between the
parties in accordance with Article XI of the TTA.
C. FCE Fuel Cell Stack Module Integrity. The provisions of Section 2.6(e) of the AA shall
apply to all Fuel Cell Stack Modules provided hereunder.
14.
FORCE MAJEURE
14.1 Should either party be prevented wholly or in part from fulfilling any of its obligations
under the Contract for reasons of force majeure, such obligation shall be suspended to the extent
and for as long as such obligation is affected by Force Majeure and the party claiming under this
Article shall be entitled to
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such extension of time to fulfill such obligation as may be reasonably necessary in view of
circumstances, subject to the provisions of notifying the other by fax or email of the date when
such delay commenced, and reasons therefore within a reasonable period. The party so affected
shall try to use its commercially reasonable efforts to avoid or remove such causes of the force
majeure, and to complete performance of its obligations under the Contract with the reasonable
promptness whenever such causes are removed.
14.2 If, after ninety (90) days from the date of giving the aforesaid notice, the notifying party
shall still be prevented, for the reasons beyond its control, from continuing to perform its
obligations under the Contract, then either party shall be entitled to terminate this Contract,
without any liability to each other.
14.3 In the event of change in the Contract and/or termination of the Contract under Article 16.3
hereof, the Buyer and the Seller shall agree upon the costs to be borne by either party.
15.
DISPUTES AND ARBITRATION
15.1 Any dispute, action, claim or controversy of any kind arising from or in connection with this
Contract (the Dispute) whether based on contract, tort, common law, equity, statute, regulation,
order or otherwise, shall be resolved as follows:
(i) Upon written request of any Party, the Parties shall meet and attempt to resolve any
such Dispute. Such meetings may take place via teleconference or videoconference. The
Parties shall meet as often as the Parties reasonably deem necessary to discuss the problem
in an effort to resolve the Dispute without the necessity of any formal proceeding.
(ii) Formal proceedings for the resolution of a Dispute may not be commenced until the later
of (i) the Parties concluding in good faith that amicable resolution through continued
negotiation of the matter does not appear likely; or (ii) the expiration of a sixty (60) day
period immediately following the initial request by either party to resolve the Dispute;
provided, however, that this Section will not be construed to prevent a party from
instituting formal proceedings earlier to avoid the expiration of any applicable limitations
period, to preserve a superior position with respect to other creditors or to seek temporary
or preliminary injunctive relief.
15.2 If the parties are unable to resolve any Dispute pursuant Section 15.1, shall be finally
settled under the Rules of Arbitration (the Rules) of the International Chamber of Commerce
(ICC) by three (3) arbitrators designated by the parties. Each party shall designate one
arbitrator. The third arbitrator shall be designated by the two arbitrators designated by the
parties. If either party fails to designate an arbitrator within thirty (30) days after the filing
of the Dispute with the ICC, such arbitrator shall be appointed in the manner prescribed by the
Rules. An arbitration proceeding hereunder shall be conducted in London UK and shall be conducted
in the English language. The decision or award of the arbitrators shall be in writing and is final
and binding on both parties. The arbitration panel shall award the prevailing party its attorneys
fees and costs, arbitration administrative fees, panel member fees and costs, and any other costs
associated with the arbitration, the enforcement of any arbitration award and the costs and
attorneys fees involved in obtaining specific performance of an award;
provided
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arbitration panel shall proportionately allocate between the parties those arbitration expenses in
accordance with the outcomes;
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of enforcing a specific performance arbitral award shall always be paid by the non-enforcing party,
unless the applicable action was determined to be without merit by final, non-appealable decision.
The arbitration panel may only award damages as provided for under the terms of this Agreement and
in no event may punitive, consequential and special damages be awarded. In the event of any
conflict between the Rules and any provision of this contract, this Contract shall govern.
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16.
TERMINATION AND ASSURANCE
16.1
Termination by Breach
16.1.1 If either the Buyer or the Seller should substantially breach the provisions of this
Contract, which breach is not cured within sixty (60) days following receipt from the other party
of notice of such breach, the other party may, at its sole discretion, immediately terminate this
Contract by providing written notice of the party in breach. In addition, if there exist
reasonable grounds to doubt either the Buyers or the Sellers ability to perform its obligations
under this Contract in full, then the other party shall have the right to demand assurances for
adequate performance. If no such assurances are provided within sixty (60) days of the request,
then the party demanding assurances may terminate this Contract on written notice to the other
party.
16.1.2 In the event of a payment-related material breach of this Contract by Buyer which extends
longer than thirty (30) days after the date payment is due, then Seller may, at its option and
subject to stay pending the outcome of any dispute resolution proceeding initiated pursuant to the
Article entitled Disputes and Arbitration hereunder, either (i) stop work, terminate the Contract
for breach and initiate suit for collection of outstanding balances; or (ii) stop work, invoice
Buyer in advance for all remaining payments due under this Contract, and continue performance of
this Contract upon receipt of such payments from Buyer, with appropriate schedule adjustments
needed for any delay;
16.2 The Buyer may terminate all or part of this Contract (or cancel any purchase orders) in the
event the parties, in their exercise of good faith and commercially reasonable efforts, fail to
enter into the MATTA within 60 days from the date hereof, unless such 60-day period is extended by
mutual agreement. In the event of termination (or cancellation) under this Section 16.2:
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4.3.1 hereunder shall be non-refundable;
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Seller acknowledges and agrees that in the event that only part of the Contract
is terminated (or cancelled) pursuant to Section 16.2, the Initial Downpayment may be
used to set off any payments required for any portion of the Contract that is not
terminated (or cancelled) by the Buyer; and
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Seller further agrees that with the exception of the Initial Payment as
described in this Section, the Buyer shall not be liable for any costs incurred by the
Seller or any other payments required under this Contract.
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16.3 When termination of the Contract due to the breach attributable to the Seller becomes
effective, Seller shall be responsible for direct costs and non-cancelable commitments (if
any) related to installation and assembly of the Module into a complete Plant, which is
incurred by Buyer prior to the date of termination. Buyer shall take all reasonable steps to
minimize termination costs. In no event, however, shall Seller be obligated to pay Buyer any
amount in excess of the total estimated costs up to the time of termination to support the
work.
16.4 In the event that the liquidated damage due to the delay in delivery of any Module(s) or any
Equipment under Article 6.1.4 has reached the maximum amount, then the Buyer may terminate
this Contract upon at least thirty (30) days written notice to Seller. In full discharge of
any obligations to Buyer in respect of this Contract and such termination, Seller shall refund
to Buyer all payments theretofore made to Seller. Buyer shall take all reasonable steps to
minimize Sellers expenses and shall cooperate with Seller.
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17.
ASSIGNMENT AND SUB-CONTRACTING
17.1 Neither party shall, without the consent in writing of the other party, which shall not be
unreasonably withheld, assign or transfer the Contract or the benefits or obligations thereof or
any part thereof to any person. Any such placing of sub-orders shall not relieve the Seller from
its obligations under the Contract.
18.
TAXES AND DUTIES
18.1 The Seller shall pay all the taxes, charges, customs duties and tariffs for sale or export of
the Modules assessed or imposed on the Seller by the government or other competent authorities of
the Sellers country in relation to the Contract, subject to the provisions of Article 6.1.1 above.
18.2 The Buyer shall pay and bear all the taxes, charges, customs, duties and tariffs for the
purchase or import of the Modules assessed or imposed on the Buyer by the government or other
competent authorities of the Republic of Korea in relation to the Contract.
18.3 In case the Seller is required to collect the VAT from the Buyer, the Seller shall invoice to
the Buyer. The Buyer shall then pay such VAT amount to the Seller within thirty (30) days after
receipt of the invoice, or shall reimburse the Seller within thirty (30) days after receipt of the
Sellers invoice and evidence of payment in case the Seller is required to pay the VAT in advance.
18.4 The Buyer shall bear and pay any kind of taxes, charges and/or commissions (fees) levied on
the Seller by Korean Tax Authority in relation to the Modules and/or materials and related services
of the Seller. The Buyer shall bear any and all import duties and related taxes imposed by the
Korean Government on the imported Modules and/or Materials, and it shall be responsible for any and
all matters relating to customs clearance.
19.
GOVERNING LAW
The Contract shall be governed, interpreted and construed under the laws of the State of New York.
20.
LOCAL LAW COMPLIANCE
20.1
Local Law Compliance
20.1.1 The Seller shall comply with, and cause the Site Technical Advisors to comply with, all
applicable laws of the Republic of Korea and any political subdivision thereof, in the performance
of its duties under this contract in the Republic of Korea.
20.1.2 The Buyer shall be responsible for obtaining the necessary licenses, permits and
authorizations from the applicable Korean governmental authorities to perform its obligations under
this Contract.
20.1.3. The Buyer shall be responsible for obtaining all the permits, licenses and
authorizations required by the applicable Korean governmental authorities to perform its
obligations under this Contract. The parties acknowledge and agree that the FCE Technology (as the
term is defined in the TTA) is a new generating technology, with codes and standards still under
development; therefore, securing the applicable permits and other authorizations may require
significant interaction with and education of the applicable Korean regulatory authorities. The
Seller agrees to provide commercially reasonable cooperation to Korean regulatory authorities
pursuant to this section.
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21.
ADDITION AND AMENDMENT
No modification, alteration, addition or change in the terms hereof shall be binding on the parties
hereto, unless it is reduced to writing in the English language and duly executed by the parties
hereto in the same manner as the execution of the Contract and subject to such government approval
as may be required under the applicable laws and regulations of the countries concerned.
22.
NOTICE
All notices pursuant to this Contract including daily communication to be given to either party
will be deemed to have been duly given if delivered personally or by internationally recognized
courier service, or by facsimile, to the addresses set forth below. Either party may change its
address by giving prior notice to the other party in the same manner set forth hereinabove.
For the Buyer:
Commercial Matters
Mr. Tae-Hyoung Kim
Dept. Manager
Strategic Planning Department
POSCO Power
Posteel Tower 20
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floor, 735-3, Yeoksam-dong
Gangnam-gu, Seoul 135-080, Korea
phone 82-2-3469-5950
facsimile 82-2-3469-5959
tahykim@poscopower.co.kr
Technical Matters
Mr. Ki Suk Chung
Dept. Manager / Ph. D.
Research & Development Department
POSCO Power
Posteel Tower 20
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floor, 735-3, Yeoksam-dong
Gangnam-gu, Seoul 135-080, Korea
phone 82-2-3469-5966
facsimile 82-2-3469-5959
kisukch@poscopower.co.kr
For the Seller:
Mr. Ross Levine, Esq.
Director of Contracts
FuelCell Energy Inc.
3 Great Pasture Road
Danbury, CT 06813
phone 203 825 6000
facsimile: 203 825 6100
rlevine@fce.com
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ENTIRE AGREEMENT
The Contract sets forth the entire agreements and understandings between the parties as to the
subject matter of this Contract. It supersedes upon effectiveness of the Contract all prior
discussions, agreements and understandings of any and every nature between them.
24.
PUBLICITY
Neither party shall engage in any advertising, sales promotion, press releases, public
announcements, articles for journals or any other publications, or presentation material for any
meeting, seminar or conference, or any other publicity matter relating to this Contract wherein the
name of the other party, its logo and/or trademark, or that of its parent company or any of its
affiliates is mentioned or otherwise identifiable; or wherein any aspect of this project is
mentioned or identified, without the prior written consent of the other party.
25.
CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES
In no event shall either Party be liable to the other for any incidental, indirect, special or
consequential damages, however caused, and based on any theory of liability, arising out of or
related to the performance of this Contract.
26.
INSURANCE
Each Party shall maintain the following insurance coverage written with carriers authorized to
insure risks at the Site location, with the other Party named as additional insured, providing
thirty (30) days written notification of cancellation:
27.1 Workers Compensation providing statutory limits and coverage and Employers Liability, in an
amount not less than $500,000 policy limit; and,
27.2 Commercial General Liability covering bodily injury (including death) and property damage in
an amount not less than One Million Dollars ($1,000,000) per occurrence; including Premises
Operations, Contractual Liability, Products and Completed Operations, and Broad Form Property
Damage.
27.3 Commercial Automobile Liability in an amount not less than One Million Dollars ($1,000,000)
combined single limit per accident, covering all owned, non-owned, leased, rented or hired autos
used in connection with the performance of this Contract.
27.
COUNTERPARTS
This Contract may be executed by the parties hereto in separate counterparts, by facsimile or
electronically, each of which when so executed and delivered shall be an original, but all such
counterparts shall together constitute but one and the same instrument.
28.
SEVERABILITY
In case any one or more of the provisions contained in this Contract is adjudged to be invalid,
illegal or unenforceable in any respect, the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining
provisions contained herein shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby, except to the
extent necessary to avoid an unjust or inequitable result.
29.
WAIVER
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No waiver shall be deemed to have been made by any party of any of its rights under this Agreement
unless the same shall be in a writing that is signed on its behalf by its authorized officer. Any
such waiver shall constitute a waiver only with respect to the specific matter described in such
writing and shall in no way impair the rights of the party granting such waiver in any other
respect or at any other time.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have executed this Contract on the day and year above written.
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POSCO Power Corporation
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FuelCell Energy, Inc.
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R. Daniel Brdar
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President & CEO
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President & CEO
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ANNEX A
Equipment Description, Contract Price and Delivery Schedule
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APPENDIX A
Specifications for DFC
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Stack Modules
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APPENDIX B
Specifications for DFC
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Standard Pre-Shipment Factory Test Report for DFC
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APPENDIX D
Standard Pre-Shipment Factory Inspection Report for DFC
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