EXHIBIT 10(al)
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MEMORANDUM OF AGREEMENT
Between
SPIRE CORPORATION
Bedford, Massachusetts, U.S.A.
And
UNI-CHEM CO., LTD.
Seoul, Korea
This Memorandum of Agreement ("MOA") entered into this 26th day of August 2009
by and between Spire Corporation, a Massachusetts corporation with its principal
place of business located at One Patriots Park, Bedford, Massachusetts,
01730-2396 U.S.A. ("Spire") and Uni-CHEM Co., Ltd., a Korean corporation with
its principal place of business located at 7 Floor, SAMWOO Building, 50-12
Bangpo-Dong, Seocho-Gu, Seoul, Korea ("Uni-CHEM"; jointly referred to as the
"Parties," singly as "Party") for the purpose of developing, for their joint and
individual benefit, the design and construction of a turnkey photovoltaic ("PV")
cell line and module line facility.
To this end, the Parties mutually acknowledge their sufficient legal capacity
for the execution of this MOA to memorialize such intentions as set forth herein
in the advent of detailed and definitive agreements into which the Parties
propose to enter in due course.
Part I
1. The Parties shall enter into and execute binding Purchase and Sale
Agreements each for a 60MW cell line for 156mm Multi Crystalline Solar
Cells, a 50MW module line, and a Utilities & Infrastructure Supply for
the Cell and Module Lines ("Purchase and Sale Agreements").
Additionally the Parties shall enter into a Project Management
Consulting Services Agreement for the management of the Module line,
Cell line, and related utility and infrastructure.
2. The Parties shall enter into and execute a binding agreement for Spire
to provide factory operation management services ("Services
Agreement") for the operation of a facility for housing the cell line
and module line discussed herein, to be located in the Hudson, NH,
United States.
3. Spire's delivery target for the module line as well as for the cell
line shall be within a mutually agreed time period, subject to
confirmed delivery schedules by the Original Equipment Manufacturers
("OEMs").
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Part II
1. Uni-CHEM shall pay to Spire a non-refundable Initial Down Payment of
USD Two Million US Dollars (US$2,000,000) ("Initial Down Payment") on
or before September 10th, 2009.
2. The Initial Down Payment shall be credited towards the total amount
owed on the Purchase and Sales Agreement for the 50MW Module line,
contingent upon, however, the successful completion of ALL of the
following:
a. Execution of the Purchase and Sale Agreement for the 60MW Cell
Line; and
b. Execution of the Purchase and Sale Agreement for the 50MW Module
Line; and
c. Execution of the Services Agreement; and
d. Spire's receipt of the first scheduled payment from each of the
above-mentioned agreements on or before October 20th, 2009.
3. Termination. In the event that any one or all of the above-mentioned
agreements is terminated by either Party for any reason, then all of
the agreements, including this MOA, shall also be concurrently
terminated by that same action.
4. The Parties understand and acknowledge that the Agreements entered
into on August 26th, 2009 for the module line, cell line, and the
utility and infrastructure agreements are contingent upon certain
technology and project execution assumptions, as defined by Spire. The
Parties acknowledge that, based upon further discussions regarding the
subject Projects, certain (non-substantive) contractual modifications,
including but not limited to pricing, may be required. In the event
that such contractual modifications become necessary, the Parties
commit to cooperating with each other in good faith towards finalizing
mutually satisfactory revised conditions.
Part III
1. Spire, in the course of its systems integration business, has
requirements for high quality PV modules. During the execution of such
systems integration business, Spire intends to procure high quality
and competitively priced modules. As such, Spire and Uni-CHEM shall
enter into discussions to further their mutual cooperation into other
areas of the solar market.
2. The Parties shall remain bound by the terms of the Non-Disclosure
Agreement entered into on June 11, 2009.
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Part V
1. The Parties agree that all press releases that pertain to this MOA,
any purchase and sale agreement between the Parties, or any other
agreement between the Parties shall be expressly mutually agreed upon
by the Parties in advance of any such potential press release.
2. Neither Party shall issue a press release about any agreement or other
relationship between the Parties unless and until the Parties
expressly and mutually agree on such a press release.
This Memorandum of Agreement shall terminate ninety (90) days from the date
first written above, unless extended jointly by the Parties in writing.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Parties hereto have set their respective hands and seals
signifying their concurrence with, and endorsement of, the foregoing in a number
of counterpart copies, each of which shall be deemed to be an original for all
purposes and effective upon the date first written above.
Spire Corporation Uni-CHEM Co., Ltd.
By: /s/ Rodger W. LaFavre By: /s/ Hochan Lee
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Name: Rodger W. LaFavre Name: Hochan Lee
Title: Chief Operating Officer Title: Chairman
Date: August 26, 2009 Date: August 26, 2009