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Exhibit 10.31
Prisma Express / MetaCreations International Ltd.
Software License Agreement Amendment
The Agreement between PRISMA Express and MetaTools, Inc. for the licensing of
MetaTools products, dated December 30, 1996 and amended on March 31, 1997
herewith is amended as follows:
1. MetaCreations International Ltd. (hereinafter MetaCreations), located at
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MetaTools, Inc. and Fractal Design Corporation. MetaTools, Inc. and/or
Fractal Design Corporation shall hereinafter be referred to as
MetaCreations.
2. MetaCreations guarantees, that in addition to all MetaCreations products
licensed previously the products licensed shall also include all existing
Fractal Design products as well as upgrades and revisions thereof.
3. MetaCreations extends the original contract until December 31, 1998.
4. The minimum guarantee license fee will increase from $[**] US dollars to
$[**]US dollars. The minimum guarantee royalties remaining to be paid under
the existing agreement and amendments shall be paid as follows:
- $[**] on September 30, 1997;
- $[**] on October 13, 1997;
- $[**] on December 15, 1997
- $[**] on January 15, 1998
- $[**] on February 28, 1998
- $[**] on March 30, 1998
- $[**] on April 30, 1998
- $[**] on May 30, 1998
- $[**] on June 30, 1998
- $[**] on July 30, 1998
- $[**] on August 30, 1998
- $[**] on September 30, 1998
Licensee reaffirms and acknowledges that the licensing payments are
guarantee nonrefundable minimum royalties payable to MetaCreations due on
the payment dates as noted above and that any change to these payments must
be agreed to in writing by the Chief Financial Officer of MetaCreations.
Through September 30,
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1998, at the end of each quarter, the cumulative minimum quarterly licensing
payments to date will be compared to the licensing payments due based on
products shipped to date. If the licensing fees due on the products shipped
to date exceeds the minimum quarterly license fees paid, then within 45 days
after the end of the quarter Licensee will remit an additional payment to
MetaCreations equal to the amount exceeding the minimum payments. From
October 1, 1998 through the remainder of the agreement, licensing fees will
be paid on a monthly basis within 30 days of the end of the month.
4. The test of Section 4(d) of the Agreement is deleted in its entirety and
replaced as follows:
At any time up to one year after termination of this agreement, as amended,
MetaCreations, upon ten (10) days prior written notice, may cause an audit
to be made of the applicable records of Licensee relating to the Products in
order to verify statements issued by Licensee. Prompt adjustment shall be
made to compensate for any errors or omissions disclosed by such audit. Any
such audit shall be conducted by any so-called "big six" independent firm of
certified public accountants appointed by MetaCreations during regular
business hours at Licensee's offices and in such a manner as not to
interfere with the normal business activities of Licensee. In the event that
any such audit reveals a variance of more than $[**] US dollars in royalties
payable to MetaCreations, Licensee shall pay the cost of said audit in
addition to royalties due and any interest payable thereon.
6. Section 16 is hereby added to the Agreement as follows:
16. Inspection, Records and Reporting:
16.1 Reports.Licensee shall provide MetaCreations with monthly
operations reports of Licensee's activities in marketing the
Products in the Territory. Each such report shall be due within
thirty (30) days after the end of the month to which it relates
and shall include, among other things:
16.1.1 A summary of all of the Licensee's marketing activities
with respect to the Products.
16.1.2 Upon MetaCreations' request, a summary of competitor's
product introductions and activities in the Territory.
16.1.3 A sell-through report which details the number of Products
shipped from Licensee's warehouse to sub-distributors and
or resellers, on a monthly basis.
16.1.4 A forecast of expected shipments for the next 90 days by
product and a summary of the planned marketing activities.
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16.1.5 Upon the reasonable request of MetaCreations, any
additional information concerning the distribution of
Products within the Territory.
16.2 Registered Users. MetaCreations and/or Licensee agree to place a
user registration card into each unit of the Product shipped.
Licensee shall use commercially reasonable efforts to collect
such cards from users and register them in a reasonable
electronic format. Licensee further agrees that these registered
user databases are the exclusive property of MetaCreations and
that any copy(ies) of such data that Licensee obtains shall be
provided to MetaCreations upon thirty (30) days of written
request.
In the event that any provision of this amendment or the whole license
Agreement is unenforceable or invalid under any applicable law or to be
held so by applicable court decision, the remaining Agreement, as amended,
stays enforceable and valid and in such event, any such provision shall be
changed and interpreted so as to best accomplish the objectives of such
unenforceable or invalid provision within the limits of applicable law or
applicable court decisions.
MetaCreations International Ltd PRISMA Express GmbH
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