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Associated Materials Incorporated
AGREEMENT
This Agreement, which together with the Land Sale Contract described in
paragraph 1 below, represents the entire agreement of the parties hereto with
respect to the subject matter hereof, is between Shintech Incorporated
("Seller") and Alside Division of Associated Materials Incorporated ("Buyer").
The parties hereto agree as follows:
1. Seller agrees to sell to Buyer, and Buyer agrees to purchase
from Seller, approximately 20 acres of land outlined on Exhibit "A" at
Seller's plant site in Freeport, Texas, at a selling price of $[ ]
per acre. Such sale is contingent upon, and Buyer agrees to use
said land for, the construction of an extrusion facility to be
operated by Buyer. Seller and Buyer agree to enter into a Land Sale
Contract separate from this Agreement to consummate this part of the
transaction, which will contain the foregoing terms and such other
terms as may be mutually agreeable to Seller and Buyer. The
transfer of the land to Buyer shall be completed within 60 days
from the date of this Agreement. Buyer estimates that the
construction of the extrusion facility will be completed and ready
to commence production by December 31, 1998.
2. Seller agrees to grant Buyer an appropriate right-of-way easement to
obtain access to Highway 332 and to work with Buyer to obtain a
right-of-way from Xxxxxxx XxXxxxx, Dow Chemical, and, perhaps, others
for a rail spur from the existing Union Pacific line. If Buyer is
unable to obtain an acceptable right-of-way for a rail spur from such
companies, Seller will use best reasonable efforts to locate another
20-acre site with rail access adjacent to or nearby Seller's plant site
for Buyer's use, in which event Buyer will construct its plant on such
substitute site. In the event that Seller is not able to locate such
substitute site, Buyer and Seller acknowledge this Agreement shall
become null.
3. Seller will sell and deliver to Buyer, and Buyer will purchase from
Seller, for Buyer's own use and consumption at Buyer's West Salem, OH,
Ennis, TX, and Freeport, TX plants on the terms and conditions stated
herein, Seller's current Suspension Type PVC SE95OEG or Type SE950W
resin ("resin").
4. Buyer will provide Seller, thirty (30) days prior to each calendar
quarter, its best estimate of the amount of resin to be purchased for
each plant during the ensuing quarter.
5. Delivery of resin to Buyer's West Salem, OH and Ennis, TX plants shall
be by rail car unless otherwise agreed to by the parties. Delivery of
resin to Buyer's Freeport, TX plant shall be by xxxxxx trailer, unless
otherwise agreed to by the parties. Title and risk of loss shall pass
from Seller to Buyer as the rail car or xxxxxx trailer containing the
resin arrives at Buyer's plants.
6. During the term of this Agreement and subject to force
majeure, Buyer agrees to buy and Seller agrees to sell approximately
sixty percent (60%) of Buyer's entire resin requirements in each of
1998 and 1999, and approximately seventy percent (70%) of Buyer's
entire resin requirements thereafter, which
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entire resin requirements, per year are estimated to be 114 million
pounds in 1998, 129 million pounds in 1999, 143 million pounds in
2000, and 157 million pounds thereafter. Seller shall ship and Buyer
shall take resin in reasonably uniform monthly quantities,
acknowledging the seasonality of Buyer's production requirements.
Buyer and Seller agree that Seller will provide approximately all of
Buyer's resin requirements at Buyer's Freeport, TX, and West
Salem, OH plants. Notwithstanding the foregoing, (i) upon Buyer
giving Seller [ ] calendar days prior notice, Seller agrees to
supply Buyer up to [ ] pounds per month in excess of the monthly
quantities stipulated above, and (ii) to the extent that Buyer's
purchases are less than [ ] of Seller's obligation to supply based
on the above estimates for three consecutive months, Seller shall have
the right to reduce Seller obligation to supply to [ ]% of the actual
average monthly usage for the previous [ ] months.
7. Pricing for the sale and purchase of the resin shall be as follows
a. Every month during the term of this Agreement, Seller and
Buyer shall discuss and determine in good faith the Base Price
("BP") on a mutually acceptable basis for such month, taking
into account changes, if any, in the resin market conditions
for such month. BP does not reflect any contractual discounts,
allowances, or other price adjustments, but does include
applicable taxes. [
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c. Except as provided in subsection (d) below, all pricing is
F.O.B. point of destination.
d. The following freight charges will be added to the MSP to
arrive at the monthly selling price for deliveries to Ennis,
TX and West Salem, OH.
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The freight charges may be adjusted on an annual contract
basis based upon changes in tariff rates.
e. For all rail shipments to Ennis, an additional discount of
[ ] shall be allowed.
f. For each calendar year during the term of this Agreement,
if Buyer purchases the following volumes from Seller:
o [ ] million in 1998;
o [ ] million in 1999.
o [ ] million in 2000; and
o [ ] million thereafter,
an additional discount of [ ] will be allowed on all
resin purchased by Buyer from Seller hereunder
("End- of-Year Discount")
8. Payment terms for resin purchases shall be net sixty (60) days
from date of shipment from Seller's Freeport plant.
9. In the event that in any month during this Agreement Buyer
receives a commercially reasonable quotation from Occidental
Chemical Corporation or Xxxxxx Plastics and Chemicals for shipment
that month to Ennis, West Salem or Freeport of like quantities of
a product of equal quality to the same destination(s) upon
substantially the same payment and shipment terms as herein provided
that is lower than the price determined pursuant to paragraph 7
hereof (net of all discounts contemplated hereunder) for such month,
Buyer shall give Seller an opportunity to review the pricing
hereunder for such destination(s) for the particular month. Seller
agrees to give every reasonable consideration to such lower price
offer for such month, based upon Seller's knowledge of the then
current market conditions. If Seller meets such lower price, no
further discounts shall apply to such volume. If Seller elects not
to meet such lower price, whether or not such lower price offer was
commercially reasonable, Seller and Buyer shall be relieved from their
respective obligations under paragraph 6 above for such
destinations only for the particular month. However, for
End-of-Year Discount calculation purposes, the amount purchased at
such lower price will count toward the volume described in paragraph
7 above, whether or not Seller elects to meet such lower price.
Buyer agrees to provide Seller with a copy of the quotation
confirming such lower price or other documentation of such lower
price acceptable to Seller.
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11. EXCEPT AS EXPRESSLY SET OUT IN THIS AGREEMENT, SELLER MAKES NO OTHER
WARRANTIES WITH RESPECT TO RESIN SOLD PURSUANT TO THIS AGREEMENT. THE
WARRANTIES SET OUT IN THIS AGREEMENT ARE MADE EXPRESSLY IN LIEU OF AND
EXCLUDE ANY IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A
PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND ALL OTHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED REPRESENTATIONS AND
WARRANTIES.
12. Buyer agrees to indemnify Seller from liability for damage to persons
or property resulting from the use of the resin in manufacturing
processes, or in combination with other substances, or otherwise. Buyer
represents to Seller that it has used its own independent skill and
expertise in connection with the selection and use of the resin
purchased pursuant to this Agreement, and that it possesses skill and
expertise in the handling, storage, transportation, treatment, use and
disposal of the resin.
13. Neither Seller nor Buyer shall be liable hereunder for special,
incidental, indirect, punitive, or consequential damages.
14. Except as may be compelled by a court or governmental agency of
competent jurisdiction, or when written approval is given by the other
party, neither party hereto will disclose the contents of this
Agreement to any third party with the exception of the portions of this
Agreement.
15. This Agreement will commence on January 1, 1998, for all orders placed
after December 31, 1997, and shall continue until December 31, 2002,
and from year to year thereafter unless either party shall give written
notice of termination at least ninety (90) days prior to the end of the
expiring contract year
Agreed and Accepted: Agreed and Accepted:
SHINTECH INCORPORATED ALSIDE DIVISION OF ASSOCIATED
MATERIALS INCORPORATED
By: /S/ XXXXXXX XXXXX /S/ XXXXX X. XXXXXXX
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Xxxxxxx Xxxxx Xxxxx X. Xxxxxxx
Secretary President
