FEI Company 7451 NW Evergreen Parkway Hillsboro, Oregon 97123Koninklijke Philips Electronics Nv • May 22nd, 2001 • Electronic & other electrical equipment (no computer equip)
Credit Suisse First Boston Corporation Prudential Securities Incorporated Wells Fargo Van Kasper Needham & Company, Inc. c/o Credit Suisse First Boston Corporation Eleven Madison Avenue New York, NY 10010-3629
8,000,000 Shares FEI COMPANY Common Stock UNDERWRITING AGREEMENTKoninklijke Philips Electronics Nv • May 22nd, 2001 • Electronic & other electrical equipment (no computer equip) • New York
Credit Suisse First Boston Corporation Prudential Securities Incorporated Needham & Company, Inc. Wells Fargo Van Kasper, LLC As Representatives of the Several Underwriters, c/o Credit Suisse First Boston Corporation, Eleven Madison Avenue, New York, N.Y. 10010-3629 Ladies and Gentlemen:
Philips Business Electronics International B.V. Building VO-1, P.O. Box 218 5600 MD Eindhoven, The Netherlands NOTIFICATION OF WAIVERKoninklijke Philips Electronics Nv • May 22nd, 2001 • Electronic & other electrical equipment (no computer equip)
Reference is made to section 5.17 of the Combination Agreement, dated as of November 15, 1996 (the “Combination Agreement”), between FEI Company, an Oregon corporation (“FEI”), and Philips Business Electronics International B.V. (“PBE”), a Netherlands corporation formerly known as Philips Industrial Electronics International, B.V., which reads in relevant part:
