EX-10.51 21 v72115a1ex10-51.txt EXHIBIT 10.51 1 FIRST AMENDMENT TO THE SOFTWARE DISTRIBUTION AGREEMENT THIS FIRST AMENDMENT TO THE SOFTWARE DISTRIBUTION AGREEMENT (hereinafter "Amendment") is entered into as of the 23rd day of April, 2001, by and between UBI SOFT ENTERTAINMENT S.A. which Registered Office is located at 61 rue Saint-Helier, Rennes 35000, France, and which principal office is located at 28 rue Armand Carrel, 93108 Montreuil Sous Bois Cedex, France ("UBI SOFT"), and BAM Entertainment Limited whose Registered Office is located at 17 Burlington Street, Bath, BA1 2SB ("BAM") and is made with reference to that certain Software Distribution Agreement dated as of February 21st 2001, (the "Original Agreement") by and between BAM and UBI SOFT. Unless otherwise indicated herein, capitalized terms used in this Amendment without definition shall have the respective meanings specified in the Original Agreement. UBI SOFT and BAM being hereinafter jointly referred to as the "Parties". RECITALS WHEREAS, the Original Agreement provides that UBI SOFT has been granted by BAM the exclusive license to distribute, market and sell the Products (as defined in the Original Agreement) pursuant to the terms and conditions of the Original Agreement. WHEREAS, the Parties wish to amend the terms and provisions of the Original Agreement to grant UBI SOFT the exclusive license to distribute, market and sell an additional software as hereinafter provided. THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing and of the premises, agreements, covenants, representations and warranties herein contained, and for good and valuable consideration, the receipt of which is hereby acknowledged, BAM and UBI SOFT agree as follows: 1. AMENDMENTS TO THE ORIGINAL AGREEMENT The following articles delete and supersede the corresponding articles of the Original Agreement. New Article 1.1. "Products" shall mean the four multimedia Products listed in Exhibit A hereof in English, French, German, Italian and Spanish languages for the NINTENDO Gameboy Color format developed and published by BAM and/or under licence to BAM, approved by NINTENDO and delivered to Ubi Soft as finished goods together with their packaging and manuals. NEW ARTICLE 6. Prices, Minimum Order Quantities and Delivery 6.1 Prices Ubi Soft shall pay to BAM the following per-unit purchase price for each unit of the products ordered by UBI SOFT: o "Power Puff Girls: Bad Mojo Jojo", Power Puff Girls: Paint the Townsville Green", Power Puff Girls: Battle Him": [*]; o "Dexter's Lab": [*] The Products will be delivered freight and duty paid, DDP, UBI SOFT warehouse (Route de la Gacilly, 56200 Carentoir, France). 6.2 Minimum Order Quantities Ubi Soft shall order a minimum amount of [*] units of the Products during the Term. *Confidential portion omitted and filed separately with the Commission. 2 6.3 Payment Payments shall be made upon delivery of the Products to Ubi Soft warehouse to BAM by a letter of credit the terms of which are set forth in Exhibit C hereof. 6.4 BAM shall deliver to Ubi Soft localized versions of the Products as follows: 3 PPG Titles - Fully localized English language version of the Products: Packaging, manual and in-game text in English. - Fully localized French language version of the Products: Packaging, manual and in-game text in French. - Partly localized German and Italian language version of the Products: Packaging and manual in German and Italian, and in-game text English. - Fully localized Spanish language version of the Products: Packaging, manual and in-game text in Spanish. Dexter Title - Multilingual version: packaging and manual in English, French, German, Italian, Spanish and Dutch, and in-game text in English. 6.5. BAM shall carry out any localization and translation at it own costs and submit to Ubi Soft's prior written approval, such approval not to be unreasonably withheld, the localized packaging, manual and in-game text of the Products before any manufacture. Ubi Soft shall notify BAM of its approval or disapproval within 5 (five) working days from the date of BAM's submission. If Ubi Soft does not notify to BAM its approval or disapproval within 5 (five) working days, Ubi Soft shall be deemed to have given its approval. BAM shall promptly order the Products from NINTENDO after Ubi Soft's order to enable Ubi Soft to meet the release dates set forth in Exhibit A hereof. BAM shall deliver to Ubi Soft the Product entitled "Dexter's Lab" no later than June 25th, 2001. NEW EXHIBIT A -- PRODUCTS
TITLE FORMAT RELEASE DATE ----- ------ ------------ PowerPuff Girls : Bad Mojo Jojo Game Boy Color June 28th 2001 PowerPuff Girls : Paint the Townsville Green Game Boy Color June 28th 2001 PowerPuff Girls : Battle Him Game Boy Color June 28th 2001 DEXTER'S LABORATORY : ROBOT RAMPAGE GAME BOY COLOR July 6th 2001
3 2. EFFECTS This Amendment shall take effect upon mutual execution of this Amendment and subject to the provisions of clause 12 of the Original Agreement, last for a period of 2 (two) years thereafter. If the Parties decide to renew the Term, the parties shall do so upon prior written approval only by both of the Parties. Except as specifically set forth in this Amendment, the terms, provisions and conditions of the Original Agreement shall remain in full force and effect and in all respects are hereby ratified and confirmed. The Articles expressly modified by this Amendment shall replace the corresponding Articles of the Original Agreement. 3. MISCELLANEOUS 3.1. Reference to Original Agreement as of and after the date hereof, each reference in the Original Agreement to "this Agreement", "hereunder", "hereof", "herein" or words of like import referring to the Original Agreement shall mean and be a reference to the Original Agreement as amended by this Amendment. 3.2. Counterparts. This Amendment may be executed by manual signatures and in counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original and all of which together shall constitute one and the same instrument. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the duly authorized representatives of each of the parties hereto have executed this Amendment as of the day and year first written above. MADE IN (2) TWO ORIGINAL COPIES Duly authorised for and on behalf of BAM Duly authorised for and on behalf of Ubi Soft By /s/ A. WILLIAMS By /s/ YVES GUILLEMOT -------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------ A. Williams, M.D. Yves GUILLEMOT President
4 NEW EXHIBIT C - TERMS OF LETTER OF CREDIT -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ADVISING Comerica Bank - California BANK 333 W. Santa Clara Street, 2nd Floor International Banking Department San Jose, CA 95113 Swift No. MNBDUS6S -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FORM OF L/C Irrevocable -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- APPLICANT UBISoft/Address -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- BENEFICIARY BAM! Entertainment, Inc. 333 W. Santa Clara Street, Ste 930 San Jose, CA 95113 USA -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- PAYMENT At sight - (NO DRAFTS) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- AVAILABLE WITH/BY Freely negotiable with any bank -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- PARTIAL SHIPMENT Allowed -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TRANSSHIPMENT Allowed -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- EXPIRY DATE AND PLACE (date) - negotiating bank -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SHIPMENT DETAILS Shipment from Japan to France latest on June 11, 2001 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- GOODS DESCRIPTION - Goods as per Proforma Invoice 2671126 dated March 19, 2001 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- DOCUMENTS REQUIRED - Commercial Invoice - one original and 2 copies - Packing List Following lines will be adapted to each other. - In case of ocean shipment: Full set of clean on board ocean Bill of Lading, made out to order, blank endorsed, marked freight collect, notify: (party and its address) and/or - In case of air shipment: Airway bill consigned to (party), marked freight collect, notify: (party and its address) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TERMS OF DELIVERY DDP UBI SOFT warehouse (Route de la Gacilly, 56200 Carentoir, France). -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- PRESENTATION OF DOCUMENTS Within 45 days after the date of ocean B/L or airway bill -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ADDITIONAL CONDITIONS - Insurance covered by applicant - Third party documents are acceptable - In case of shipment by sea or air, freight forwarder's ocean B/L and/or house airway bill also acceptable - In case of any multimodal transport all multimodal (combined) and freight forwarder's transport documents, consigned to (party), are acceptable - Letter of Credit is to be "Transferable" by Comerica Bank - California -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- BANKING CHARGES All bank charges are for applicant's account --------------------------------------------------------------------------------