Exhibit 10.21
Execution Version
CERTAIN CONFIDENTIAL PORTIONS HAVE BEEN REDACTED FROM THIS EXHIBIT BECAUSE THEY ARE BOTH (i) NOT MATERIAL AND (ii) A TYPE THE REGISTRANT TREATS AS PRIVATE OR CONFIDENTIAL. INFORMATION THAT HAS BEEN OMITTED HAD BEEN IDENTIFIED IN THIS DOCUMENT WITH A PLACEHOLDER IDENTIFIED BY THE MARK “[***]”.
FPL COMMITMENT AND EXTENSION AGREEMENT
This FPL COMMITMENT AND EXTENSION AGREEMENT (this “Agreement”) is made as of October 20, 2015, by and among Toshiba Corporation, a Japanese corporation (“Toshiba”), SanDisk Corporation, a Delaware corporation (“SanDisk”) and SanDisk (Cayman) Limited, a company organized under the laws of the Cayman Islands (“SanDisk Cayman” and, together with Toshiba and SanDisk, the “Parties”).
WHEREAS, the Parties have entered into that certain Flash Partners Master Agreement, dated as of September 10, 2004 (as amended, the “FP Master Agreement”), and the other FP Operative Documents, which collectively provide for the management and operation of Flash Partners Limited, a Japanese tokurei yugen kaisha (“Flash Partners”) and which by their terms are set to expire as of December 31, 2019;
WHEREAS, in light of the Parties’ long history of successful collaboration in Flash Partners, the Parties desire to extend the term of Flash Partners, the FP Master Agreement and the other FP Operative Documents, and to specify the terms and conditions on which such extension is hereby agreed;
WHEREAS, each Party’s firm commitment to Flash Partners until December 31, 2029, on the terms and conditions set forth herein, is the primary inducement for the other Party’s entry into this Agreement;
WHEREAS, in light of the foregoing, the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement are fair, reasonable and necessary to protect the Parties’ interests; and
WHEREAS, on even date herewith, (a) the Parties and certain of their respective affiliates are entering into a New Y2 Facility Agreement providing for the joint operation of the New Y2 Facility and production of BiCS Products (in each case as defined therein) by the Parties and their respective affiliates, and (b) SanDisk and Toshiba are entering into an Information Security Agreement setting out certain terms and conditions relating to information security measures and protection and treatment of Toshiba Confidential Information (as defined therein);
NOW, THEREFORE, on the terms and subject to the conditions and limitations set forth in this Agreement, with reference to Section 2.1 of Appendix A to the FP Operative Documents and Section 2.4 of the FP Operating Agreement, the Parties hereby agree as follows:
1. | RELATION TO FP OPERATIVE DOCUMENTS |
1.1 Application of Appendix A. Appendix A to the FP Operative Documents, as amended by this Agreement (“Appendix A”), shall apply to this Agreement. The capitalized terms used but not defined in this Agreement shall have the respective meanings assigned to them in Appendix A (or, if not defined in Appendix A, the respective meanings assigned to them in the FP Master Agreement) and the rules of construction and documentary conventions set forth in Appendix A shall apply to this Agreement as if set forth herein.