RESTATED AMENDMENT TO FABCO FOUNDRY VENTURE AGREEMENT
This Restated Amendment to Foundry Venture Agreement and
Foundry Capacity Agreement ("Amendment") is entered into as of February 28, 1997
("the Effective Date") by and amongst United Semiconductor Corporation, a Taiwan
corporation having its principal place of business at Xx. 0 Xx-Xxxx Xxxx,
Xxxxxxx-Xxxxx Xxxxxxxxxx Xxxx, Xxxx Xxx City, Taiwan, R.O.C. ("USC"), United
Microelectronics Corporation, a Taiwan corporation having its principal place of
business at Xx. 00, Xxxxxxxxxx Xxxx 1, Science-Based Industrial Park, Xxxx Xxx
City, Taiwan, R.O.C. ("UMC"), S3 Incorporated, a Delaware corporation ("S3") and
Alliance Semiconductor Corporation, a Delaware corporation ("Alliance"). By this
Amendment, S3, Alliance, UMC and USC agree to increase the percentage of shares
which UMC may transfer to employees of USC and to employees of UMC in order to
provide further incentives to those employees in connection with their efforts
to contribute to USC, and to allow S3 and Alliance the right to tranfer certain
shares they hold in USC to employees of S3 and Alliance in connection with their
efforts to contribute to USC. Except as expressly amended below, the terms of
the Foundry Venture Agreement (as amended) remains in full force and effect.
1. DEFINITIONS
1.1 "Technology Transfer and License Agreement," "Foundry Venture Agreement,"
"Foundry Capacity Agreement" and "Foundry Venture Memorandum of Understanding"
shall mean the agreements having those titles as entered by and between UMC, S3
and Alliance in connection with the business of FabCo.
1.2 "FabCo" is the name which was given to the entity now known as USC under the
Foundry Venture Agreement, the Foundry Capacity Agreement, and the Technology
Transfer and License Agreement.
1.3 All definitions of the Foundry Capacity Agreement and Foundry Venture
Agreement are incorporated by reference.
2. AMENDMENT OF FOUNDRY VENTURE AGREEMENT
2.1 The Venturers and USC agree to amend the Foundry Venture Agreement to
provide (i) that UMC may transfer up to 9.75% USC standard shares to employees
for incentives, and (ii) that each Venturer other than UMC may transfer up to
9.75% of that respective Venturer's USC standard shares to employees of that
Venturer for incentives.
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2.2 Accordingly, the notes accompanying the table of Paragraph 4.1(b) of the
Foundry Venture Agreement are amended to state as follows:
*For purposes of this Foundry Venture Agreement, "UMC Affiliates" shall mean
those entities: (i) nominated by UMC and approved by the Venturers in writing,
(ii) which UMC directly and/or indirectly controls, and/or (iii) in which UMC
directly or indirectly owns a majority interest; provided that no UMC Affiliate
which is a competitor of S3 and/or Alliance may hold shares in FabCo pursuant to
rights granted to UMC Affiliates under this Foundry Venture Agreement without
the prior written consent of the Venturer involved. In addition: (a) UMC may
transfer up to 9.75% of USC's standard shares to UMC employees and/or to
employees of USC for purposes of providing additional incentives in connection
with USC business without necessity for any prior written consent from USC or
from any Venturer, and (b) Each Venturer other than UMC may also transfer up to
9.75% of the USC standard shares which that Venturer committed to purchase under
the Foundry Venture Agreement (as amended) to employees of that Venturer for
purposes of providing additional incentives in connection with USC business
without necessity for any prior written consent from USC or from any Venturer,
provided that such shares shall be subject to any voting trust obligations of
the Venturer under the parties respective agreements. **UMC employees who intend
to become (and who later become) regular employees of USC will be among the USC
shareholders pursuant to this table. The UMC employees and the eligible USC
employees shall be required to pay in cash upon issuance the value shown in this
table for their standard shares.
ACCORDINGLY, each Party to this Amendment represents and warrants that the
representatives signing on their respective behalf is authorized to enter into
this Amendment and to bind that Party to its terms.
ALLIANCE SEMICONDUCTOR S3 INCORPORATED
CORPORATION
/s/ N. D. Reddy /s/ Xxxx X. Xxxxxx
______________________________ _________________________________
N. D. Xxxxx Xxxx X. Xxxxxx
President Acting Chief Financial
Officer
UNITED MICROELECTRONICS UNITED SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION
CORPORATION (formerly known as "FabCo")
/s/ Ingdar Liu /s/ Xxxxx Xxxxx
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