<SEC-DOCUMENT>0000895419-17-000025.txt : 20170307
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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0000895419-17-000025
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	8-K
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		2
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20170306
ITEM INFORMATION:		Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
ITEM INFORMATION:		Termination of a Material Definitive Agreement
ITEM INFORMATION:		Financial Statements and Exhibits
FILED AS OF DATE:		20170307
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20170307

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			CREE INC
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000895419
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	SEMICONDUCTORS & RELATED DEVICES [3674]
		IRS NUMBER:				561572719
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			NC
		FISCAL YEAR END:			0627

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		8-K
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	000-21154
		FILM NUMBER:		17671958

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		4600 SILICON DR
		CITY:			DURHAM
		STATE:			NC
		ZIP:			27703
		BUSINESS PHONE:		9194075300

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		4600 SILICON DR
		CITY:			DURHAM
		STATE:			NC
		ZIP:			27703-8475

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	CREE RESEARCH INC /NC/
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19940224
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<DESCRIPTION>FORM 8-K MARCH 7 2017
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style="line-height:120%;text-align:center;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:center;font-size:18pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:18pt;font-weight:bold;">FORM 8-K</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:center;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:center;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-weight:bold;">CURRENT REPORT </font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-top:16px;text-align:center;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;font-weight:bold;">Pursuant to Section 13 OR 15(d) of The Securities Exchange Act of 1934</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:center;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:center;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-weight:bold;">Date of Report (Date of Earliest Event Reported): March 6, 2017</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:center;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:center;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:center;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:center;font-size:18pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:18pt;font-weight:bold;">CREE, INC.</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:center;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-weight:bold;">(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:center;font-size:10pt;"><font 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style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">[ ]&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">[ ]&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">[ ]&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">[ ]&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;padding-left:96px;text-indent:-96px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div><div><br></div><div><div style="line-height:120%;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div></div><hr style="page-break-after:always"><div><a name="sec53ccf0162046d8978002edc04e14a4"></a></div><div><div style="line-height:120%;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div></div><div><br></div><div style="line-height:120%;font-size:12pt;"><div style="padding-left:0px;text-indent:0px;line-height:normal;padding-top:10px;"><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;width:72.64957264957265%;border-collapse:collapse;text-align:left;"><tr><td colspan="2"></td></tr><tr><td style="width:18%;"></td><td style="width:82%;"></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:top;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;"><div style="text-align:left;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;font-weight:bold;">Item 1.01</font></div></td><td style="vertical-align:top;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;"><div style="text-align:left;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;font-weight:bold;">Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement</font></div></td></tr></table></div></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;text-indent:48px;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;"></font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">The disclosure set forth below under Item 1.02 of this Current Report on Form 8-K is incorporated by reference herein.</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:11.5pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11.5pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;text-indent:48px;font-size:11.5pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11.5pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;font-size:12pt;"><div style="padding-left:0px;text-indent:0px;line-height:normal;padding-top:10px;"><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;width:72.64957264957265%;border-collapse:collapse;text-align:left;"><tr><td colspan="2"></td></tr><tr><td style="width:18%;"></td><td style="width:82%;"></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:top;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;"><div style="text-align:left;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;font-weight:bold;">Item 1.02</font></div></td><td style="vertical-align:top;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;"><div style="text-align:left;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;font-weight:bold;">Termination of a Material Definitive Agreement</font></div></td></tr></table></div></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;text-indent:48px;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">As previously disclosed, on July 13, 2016, Cree, Inc. (the &#8220;Company&#8221;) and Cree Sweden AB, a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company, entered into an Asset Purchase Agreement (the &#8220;APA&#8221;) with Infineon Technologies AG (&#8220;Infineon&#8221;), pursuant to which the Company agreed to sell certain assets to Infineon, and Infineon agreed to assume certain liabilities, comprising the Company&#8217;s Wolfspeed Power and RF division, including the silicon carbide substrate business for power, RF and gemstone applications (the &#8220;Transaction&#8221;). On March 6, 2017, the Company and Infineon entered into a Termination Agreement (the &#8220;Termination Agreement&#8221;), pursuant to which the APA, including all schedules and exhibits thereto, and all ancillary agreements contemplated thereby or entered pursuant thereto, including that certain Non-Disclosure Agreement between the parties dated August 20, 2015 (the &#8220;Confidentiality Agreement&#8221;) (collectively, the &#8220;Transaction Documents&#8221;), were terminated effective immediately as of March&#160;6, 2017. Under the Termination Agreement, Infineon agreed to pay the Company the CFIUS Reverse Termination Fee (as defined in the APA) of $12,500,000 in cash on or before March 13, 2017. The parties also agreed to release each other from any and all actions, causes of action, suits, debts, accounts, bonds, bills, covenants, contracts, controversies, obligations, claims, counterclaims, setoffs, debts, demands, damages, costs, expenses, compensation and liabilities of every kind and any nature whatsoever, in each case whether absolute or contingent, liquidated or unliquidated, known or unknown, and whether arising at law or in equity, that the applicable party had, has or may have based upon, arising from, in connection with or relating to the APA, any Transaction Document or the Transaction, or the transactions contemplated therein or thereby, subject to certain exclusions set forth in the Termination Agreement. The Termination Agreement also includes customary confidentiality and other provisions in place of those included in the APA and the Confidentiality Agreement. </font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;text-indent:32px;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-indent:48px;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">The foregoing descriptions of the APA and the Termination Agreement do not purport to be complete and are qualified in their entirety by reference to the full text of the APA, which was filed as an exhibit to the Company&#8217;s Current Report on Form 8-K, as amended on July 18, 2017, and the Termination Agreement, which is attached hereto as Exhibit&#160;10.1, each of which is incorporated by reference herein.</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:11pt;"><font 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<div><a name="s1a70fd6c59e24c19aa6665a38c5d4af9"></a></div><div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:right;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-weight:bold;">Exhibit 10.1</font></div></div><div><br></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:8px;text-align:right;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;font-weight:bold;">Execution Version</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:16px;padding-top:16px;text-align:center;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;font-weight:bold;">TERMINATION AGREEMENT</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:justify;text-indent:48px;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">This TERMINATION AGREEMENT dated as of March 6, 2017 (this &#8220;</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;text-decoration:underline;">Agreement</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">&#8221;) is entered into by and between Infineon Technologies AG, a stock corporation (</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;font-style:italic;">Aktiengesellschaft</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">) organized under the laws of the Federal Republic of Germany (the &#8220;</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;text-decoration:underline;">Buyer</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">&#8221;) and Cree, Inc., a North Carolina corporation (the &#8220;</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;text-decoration:underline;">Parent</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">&#8221;).  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All notices and other communications under this Agreement shall be given in accordance with the provisions of </font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;text-decoration:underline;">Section 10.1</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">&#32;of the APA, which are incorporated herein by reference.  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To the fullest extent permitted by applicable Law, the Parent, on behalf of itself, its subsidiaries and Affiliates and the respective future, present and former directors, officers, employees, licensees, representatives, advisors, agents, attorneys, successors, assigns and any and all Persons claiming by or through each of the foregoing (collectively, the &#8220;</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;text-decoration:underline;">Parent Releasing Parties</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">&#8221;), hereby unequivocally, knowingly, voluntarily, unconditionally and irrevocably waives, fully and finally releases, remises, exculpates, acquits and forever discharges the Buyer, each of its subsidiaries and Affiliates and the respective future, present and former directors, officers, employees, licensees, representatives, advisors, agents, attorneys, successors and assigns of each of the foregoing (collectively, the &#8220;</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;text-decoration:underline;">Buyer Released Parties</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">&#8221;) from any and all actions, causes of action, suits, debts, accounts, bonds, bills, covenants, contracts, controversies, obligations, claims, counterclaims, setoffs, debts, demands, damages, costs, expenses, compensation and liabilities of every kind and any nature whatsoever, in each case whether absolute or contingent, liquidated or unliquidated, known or unknown, and whether arising at Law or in equity, which such Parent Releasing Party had, has or may have based upon, arising from, in connection with or relating to the APA, any Transaction Document or the Transactions; </font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;text-decoration:underline;">provided</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">, </font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;text-decoration:underline;">however</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">, that the foregoing shall not limit the rights and obligations of the parties hereto (i) with respect to any Buyer Released Parties&#8217; liability for fraud with respect to any facts relevant to the Buyer not being able to obtain CFIUS Approval or DSS Approval on terms consistent with </font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;text-decoration:underline;">Section 5.2(e)</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">&#32;of the APA or (ii) under (x) this Agreement, (y) the Confidentiality Agreement or (z) any agreements entered into between the parties following the date hereof.  Each Parent Releasing Party shall refrain from, directly or indirectly, asserting any claim or demand or commencing, instituting, maintaining, facilitating, aiding or causing to be commenced, instituted or maintained, any legal or arbitral proceeding of any kind against any Buyer Released Party based upon any matter released under this </font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;text-decoration:underline;">Section 2(a)</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">. </font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-left:0px;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:justify;text-indent:48px;"><font style="padding-bottom:16px;text-align:justify;font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;padding-right:48px;">(b)</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;text-decoration:underline;">Buyer Release</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">.&#160;&#160;To the fullest extent permitted by applicable Law, the Buyer, on behalf of itself, its subsidiaries and Affiliates and the respective future, present and former directors, officers, employees, licensees, representatives, advisors, agents, attorneys, successors, assigns and any and all Persons claiming by or through each of the foregoing (collectively, the </font></div><div><br></div><div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:center;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">2</font></div></div><hr style="page-break-after:always"><div></div><div><br></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:justify;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">&#8220;</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;text-decoration:underline;">Buyer Releasing Parties</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">&#8221;), hereby unequivocally, knowingly, voluntarily, unconditionally and irrevocably waives, fully and finally releases, remises, exculpates, acquits and forever discharges the Parent, each of its subsidiaries and Affiliates and the respective future, present and former directors, officers, employees, licensees, representatives, advisors, agents, attorneys, successors and assigns of each of the foregoing (collectively, the &#8220;</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;text-decoration:underline;">Parent Released Parties</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">&#8221;) from any and all actions, causes of action, suits, debts, accounts, bonds, bills, covenants, contracts, controversies, obligations, claims, counterclaims, setoffs, debts, demands, damages, costs, expenses, compensation and liabilities of every kind and any nature whatsoever, in each case whether absolute or contingent, liquidated or unliquidated, known or unknown, and whether arising at Law or in equity, which such Buyer Releasing Party had, has or may have based upon,  arising from, in connection with or relating to the APA, any Transaction Document or the Transactions; </font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;text-decoration:underline;">provided</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">, </font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;text-decoration:underline;">however</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">, that the foregoing shall not limit the rights and obligations of the parties hereto (i) with respect to any Parent Released Parties&#8217; liability for fraud with respect to any facts relevant to the Buyer not being able to obtain CFIUS Approval or DSS Approval on terms consistent with </font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;text-decoration:underline;">Section 5.2(e)</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">&#32;of the APA or (ii) under (x) this Agreement, (y) the Confidentiality Agreement or (z) any agreements entered into between the parties following the date hereof.  Each Buyer Releasing Party shall refrain from, directly or indirectly, asserting any claim or demand or commencing, instituting, maintaining, facilitating, aiding or causing to be commenced, instituted or maintained, any legal or arbitral proceeding of any kind against any Parent Released Party based upon any matter released under this </font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;text-decoration:underline;">Section&#160;2(b)</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">.</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;padding-left:24px;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">Section 3.&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;text-decoration:underline;">Mutual Non-Solicitation</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">.</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;text-indent:48px;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-left:0px;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:justify;text-indent:48px;"><font style="padding-bottom:16px;text-align:justify;font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;padding-right:48px;">(a)</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;text-decoration:underline;">Parent Non-Solicit</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">.  The Parent agrees that, during the two (2) years following the date hereof, it will not, and it will cause its subsidiaries not to, without the prior written consent of the Buyer, directly or indirectly, solicit for employment or enter into any employment agreement (conditional or otherwise) with or employ any employee of the Buyer or its subsidiaries, except that the Parent and its subsidiaries shall not be precluded from hiring an employee who has been terminated by the Buyer or any of its subsidiaries, or has terminated his or her employment with the Buyer or any of its subsidiaries, in each case, prior to commencement of employment discussions between the Parent or its subsidiary and such employee; </font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;text-decoration:underline;">provided</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">&#32;that such hiring is consistent with such employee&#8217;s contractual obligations to the Buyer and its subsidiaries; </font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;text-decoration:underline;">provided</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">&#32;</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;text-decoration:underline;">further</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">&#32;that in the event there, is:  (i)&#160;a&#160;merger, consolidation, share exchange, business combination or other similar transaction of or by the Parent involving all or substantially all of the assets related to the Business (other than a transaction that (A) is conducted merely for internal reorganization or (B) results in a change of jurisdiction of organization, but, in each case, does not result in a change of control); (ii)&#160;the acquisition by any Person (other than Parent or an Affiliate of Parent) of a majority of the issued and outstanding voting equity interests of any entity or groups of entity holding the assets related to the Business or otherwise results in a change of control of such an entity; or (iii) the sale, lease, transfer, exclusive license or other disposition of all or substantially all of the assets related to the Business, this </font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;text-decoration:underline;">Section 3(a)</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">&#32;shall terminate in its entirety and shall be of no further force and effect.  The placing of an advertisement of a position by the Parent or its subsidiary to members of the public generally, such as through the internet, newspapers, radio or television, or general mass mailing to the public, or the engagement of recruiting firms or similar Persons who are not specifically instructed or requested to solicit any of the employees described above and the employment of any employee described above who either responds to the solicitation </font></div><div><br></div><div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:center;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">3</font></div></div><hr style="page-break-after:always"><div></div><div><br></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:justify;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">described in this sentence or otherwise contacts the Parent on his or her own initiative and without solicitation by the Parent, shall not itself constitute a breach of this </font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;text-decoration:underline;">Section&#160;3(a)</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">. </font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-left:0px;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:justify;text-indent:48px;"><font style="padding-bottom:16px;text-align:justify;font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;padding-right:48px;">(b)</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;text-decoration:underline;">Buyer Non-Solicit</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">.&#160;&#160;The Buyer agrees that, during the two (2) years following the date hereof, it will not, and it will cause its subsidiaries not to, without the prior written consent of the Parent, directly or indirectly, solicit for employment or enter into any employment agreement (conditional or otherwise) with or employ any employee of the Parent or its subsidiaries, except that the Buyer and its subsidiaries shall not be precluded from hiring an employee who has been terminated by the Parent or any of its subsidiaries, or has terminated his or her employment with the Parent or any of its subsidiaries, in each case, prior to commencement of employment discussions between the Buyer or its subsidiary and such employee; </font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;text-decoration:underline;">provided</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">&#32;that such hiring is consistent with such employee&#8217;s contractual obligations to the Parent and its subsidiaries; </font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;text-decoration:underline;">provided</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">&#32;</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;text-decoration:underline;">further</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">&#32;that in the event there, is:  (i)&#160;a&#160;merger, consolidation, share exchange, business combination or other similar transaction of or by the Parent involving all or substantially all of the assets related to the Business (other than a transaction that (A) is conducted merely for internal reorganization or (B) results in a change of jurisdiction of organization, but, in each case, does not result in a change of control); (ii)&#160;the acquisition by any Person (other than Parent or an Affiliate of Parent) of a majority of the issued and outstanding voting equity interests of any entity or groups of entity holding the assets related to the Business or otherwise results in a change of control of such an entity; or (iii) the sale, lease, transfer, exclusive license or other disposition of all or substantially all of the assets related to the Business, this </font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;text-decoration:underline;">Section 3(b)</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">&#32;shall terminate in its entirety and shall be of no further force and effect.  The placing of an advertisement of a position by the Buyer or its subsidiary to members of the public generally, such as through the internet, newspapers, radio or television, or general mass mailing to the public, or the engagement of recruiting firms or similar Persons who are not specifically instructed or requested to solicit any of the employees described above and the employment of any employee described above who either responds to the solicitation described in this sentence or otherwise contacts the Buyer on his or her own initiative and without solicitation by the Buyer, shall not itself constitute a breach of this </font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;text-decoration:underline;">Section 3(b)</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">.</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;padding-left:24px;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">Section 4.&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;text-decoration:underline;">Mutual Confidentiality</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">.</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;text-indent:48px;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-left:0px;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:justify;text-indent:48px;"><font style="padding-bottom:16px;text-align:justify;font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;padding-right:48px;">(a)</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">Effective immediately upon the execution of this Agreement by each of the parties hereto, the Confidentiality Agreement shall terminate and be superseded by this </font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;text-decoration:underline;">Section&#160;4</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">; </font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;text-decoration:underline;">provided</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">&#32;</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;text-decoration:underline;">that</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">, for the avoidance of doubt, the Confidentiality Agreement shall continue to govern the period of time prior to the effectiveness of this </font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;text-decoration:underline;">Section 4</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">&#32;and nothing contained herein shall release any Buyer Released Party or any Parent Released Party with respect to breaches of the Confidentiality Agreement which occurred prior to the execution of this Agreement. </font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-left:0px;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:justify;text-indent:48px;"><font style="padding-bottom:16px;text-align:justify;font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;padding-right:48px;">(b)</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">During the five (5) years following the date hereof, the parties will treat and hold as confidential (and will cause their Affiliates and any director, officer, employee, agent, consultant, advisor or other representative of either party or any of their respective Affiliates (in each case, &#8220;</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;text-decoration:underline;">Representative</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">&#8221;) to treat and hold as confidential) and will not use or disclose (or permit its Affiliates or its Representatives to use or disclose) any and all information or materials disclosed to or received by the receiving party, any of its Affiliates or its Representatives (including, but not limited to, prior to the date hereof), including, but not limited to, </font></div><div><br></div><div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:center;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">4</font></div></div><hr style="page-break-after:always"><div></div><div><br></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:justify;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">manufacturing processes and equipment, product specifications and designs, technical know&#8209;how, business and marketing plans, financial information, customer and supplier data and research and development activities, concerning or relating to the disclosing party or any of its Affiliates (in each case, the disclosing party&#8217;s &#8220;</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;text-decoration:underline;">Confidential Information</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">&#8221;) and including all data and information generated by the receiving party or any of its Affiliates or Representatives with respect to the disclosing party&#8217;s Confidential Information.</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-left:0px;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:justify;text-indent:48px;"><font style="padding-bottom:16px;text-align:justify;font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;padding-right:48px;">(c)</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">Except to the extent (and only for so long as) any Confidential Information of the disclosing party is reasonably necessary for the receiving party to comply with applicable Laws or applicable rules or regulations of a securities exchange or market, promptly following the date hereof each receiving party will (and will cause its Affiliates and Representatives to), destroy all embodiments (and all copies) of Confidential Information of the disclosing party which are in the possession of such receiving party, any of its Affiliates or any of its Representative; </font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;text-decoration:underline;">provided</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">, </font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;text-decoration:underline;">however</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">, that the receiving party need not (and need not cause its Affiliates or Representatives to) locate or destroy archival materials maintained electronically in the Ordinary Course of Business.</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-left:0px;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:justify;text-indent:48px;"><font style="padding-bottom:16px;text-align:justify;font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;padding-right:48px;">(d)</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">For a period of five (5) years from the date hereof, in the event that any receiving party (or any of its Affiliates) is requested or required (by oral question or request for information or documents in any legal proceeding, interrogatory, subpoena, civil investigative demand, or similar process) to disclose any Confidential Information of any disclosing party, unless prohibited by applicable Law, such receiving party will notify the disclosing party promptly of the request or requirement so that the disclosing party may seek an appropriate protective order or waive compliance with the provisions of this </font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;text-decoration:underline;">Section&#160;4</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">.  If, in the absence of a protective order or the receipt of a waiver hereunder, the receiving party (or any of its Affiliates) is, on the advice of counsel, compelled to disclose any Confidential Information of the disclosing party to any tribunal or else stand liable for contempt, such receiving party (or any of its Affiliates) may disclose such Confidential Information to the tribunal; </font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;text-decoration:underline;">provided</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">, </font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;text-decoration:underline;">however</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">, that the receiving party (or any of its Affiliates, as applicable) that is compelled to disclose shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to obtain, at the reasonable request of the disclosing party, and at the disclosing party&#8217;s cost, an order or other assurance that confidential treatment will be accorded to such portion of such Confidential Information required to be disclosed as the disclosing party shall designate.</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-left:0px;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:justify;text-indent:48px;"><font style="padding-bottom:16px;text-align:justify;font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;padding-right:48px;">(e)</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">The obligations in this </font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;text-decoration:underline;">Section 4</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">&#32;will not apply to the extent that it can be demonstrated that any Confidential Information of the disclosing party (i) is or becomes generally known to the public through no fault of or breach of this Agreement or the Confidentiality Agreement by the receiving party, any of its Affiliates or its Representatives, as the case may be; (ii) was rightfully in the possession of the receiving party, any of its Affiliates or its Representatives, as the case may be, at the time of disclosure, without an obligation of confidentiality (including, for the avoidance of doubt, an obligation under the Confidentiality Agreement); (iii) is independently developed by the receiving party, any of its Affiliates or its Representatives, as the case may be, without use of the disclosing party&#8217;s Confidential Information; (iv) is rightfully obtained by the receiving party, any of its Affiliates or its  Representatives, as the case may be, from a third party without restriction on use or disclosure, or (v) relates solely to a commercial arrangement between the Buyer and the Parent or any of their respective Affiliates, unrelated to and not provided in connection with the Acquisition, the </font></div><div><br></div><div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:center;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">5</font></div></div><hr style="page-break-after:always"><div></div><div><br></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:justify;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">Transaction or any similar transaction.</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:justify;text-indent:24px;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">Section 5.&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;text-decoration:underline;">Entire Agreement; No Third party Beneficiaries</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">.  This Agreement constitutes the entire agreement among the parties with respect to the subject matter hereof and supersedes all prior agreements and undertakings, both written and oral, among the parties, or any of them, with respect to the subject matter hereof, including the Confidentiality Agreement.  Except as provided in </font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;text-decoration:underline;">Section 2</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">&#32;(which are intended for the benefit of only the Persons specifically listed therein), this Agreement shall be binding upon and inure solely to the benefit of the parties and their respective successors, heirs, legal representatives and permitted assigns, and nothing in this Agreement, express or implied, is intended to confer upon any Person any rights, benefits or remedies of any nature whatsoever under or by reason of this Agreement.</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:justify;text-indent:24px;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">Section 6.&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;text-decoration:underline;">Counterparts</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">.  This Agreement, and any amendments hereto, may be executed in one or more counterparts, each of which when executed shall be deemed to be an original, but all of which taken together shall constitute one and the same agreement.  Signatures delivered by facsimile transmission or other electronic means (e.g., PDF) shall be binding for all purposes hereof.</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:justify;text-indent:24px;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">Section 7.&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;text-decoration:underline;">Governing Law; Consent to Jurisdiction</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">.  This Agreement shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the Laws of the State of Delaware without reference to principles of conflicts of law.  Each of the parties hereby irrevocably and unconditionally submits, for itself and its assets and properties, to the exclusive jurisdiction and venue of the Court of Chancery of the State of Delaware (unless the federal courts have exclusive jurisdiction over the matter, in which case the United States District Court for the District of Delaware), and each of the parties consents to the jurisdiction of such courts (and of the appropriate appellate courts) in any such action or proceeding and waives any objection to venue laid therein.  Process in any action or proceeding referred to in the preceding sentence may be served on any party anywhere in the world using any of the means described in </font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;text-decoration:underline;">Section 10.1</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">&#32;of the APA, which the parties agree shall constitute effective service of process.  Nothing herein is intended or shall be deemed to waive any right of the Buyer or the Parent to enforce the requirements of its respective applicable forum selection bylaw, if any, in connection with any litigation by any shareholder of such party arising from the Transaction, this Agreement or that is otherwise within the scope of any such bylaw.</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:justify;text-indent:24px;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">Section 8.&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;text-decoration:underline;">Amendment</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">.  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