PCS 2011 Q3 (Exhibit 10.1)






Exhibit 10.1




AMENDMENT NO. 6 TO GENERAL PURCHASE AGREEMENT




This Amendment No. 6 to General Purchase Agreement ("Amendment 6") is made and entered into this __  day of September, 2011 (the “Sixth Amendment Date"), by and between Alcatel-Lucent USA Inc. (formerly known as Lucent Technologies Inc.), a Delaware corporation (“Alcatel-Lucent” or “Seller”) having an office at 600 Mountain Avenue, Murray Hill, New Jersey 07974, and MetroPCS Wireless, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“Customer”), having an office at 2250 Lakeside Boulevard, Richardson, Texas 75082.




RECITALS




WHEREAS, Customer and Seller entered into that certain General Purchase Agreement, effective as of June 6, 2005 (as amended, the "Agreement"); 


WHEREAS, Customer and Seller entered into an Amendment No. 1 to the Agreement, dated September 30, 2005 (“Amendment No. 1”); and


WHEREAS, Customer and Seller entered into an Amendment No. 2 to the Agreement, dated November 10, 2005 (“Amendment No. 2”);


WHEREAS, Customer and Seller entered into an Amendment No. 3 to the Agreement, dated December 3, 2007 (“Amendment No. 3”);


WHEREAS, Customer and Seller entered into an Amendment No. 4 to the Agreement, dated March 23, 2011 (“Amendment No. 4”);


 WHEREAS, Customer and Seller entered into an Amendment No. 5 to the Agreement, dated June 15, 2011 (“Amendment No. 5” and together with Amendment No. 1, Amendment No. 2, Amendment No. 3, Amendment No. 4, Amendment No.5 and this Amendment No. 6, the “Amendments”);


WHEREAS, Customer and Seller wish to amend the Agreement by extending the Extension Term of the Agreement on the terms and conditions hereinafter set forth.




NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual promises contained herein and other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the undersigned Parties, intending to be legally bound, hereby agree to the foregoing and as follows:




1.    INCORPORATION OF RECITALS; DEFINED TERMS.  The foregoing recitals are hereby incorporated into this Amendment 6 and made a part hereof.  Capitalized terms used herein but not defined herein shall have the meanings ascribed to them in the Agreement.











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2.    AMENDMENTS.


2.1    Section 1.2(a), Initial Term, and Section 1.2(b), Renewal Terms.  Notwithstanding anything to the contrary under Section 1.2(a), Initial Term, and Section 1.2(b), Renewal Terms, of the Agreement, the Parties desire to extend the Initial Term of the Agreement to November 30, 2011 (the Initial Term as extended herein, the “Extension Term”).  Should at the end of the Extension Term the parties agree to further extend the Extension Term of the Agreement, then the terms of the Agreement, including the Amendments shall continue for any further extension unless otherwise agreed in writing. Notwithstanding anything contained herein to the contrary, at the end of the Extension Term should the Customer elect to renew the Agreement in accordance with Section 1.2(b) of the Agreement, Customer may do so pursuant to the terms of Section 1.2(b) and the terms of the Agreement shall continue for any such renewal unless otherwise agreed in writing.  


3.    MISCELLANEOUS.  Except for those provisions of the Agreement which are expressly modified herein, all of the other terms and conditions of the Agreement, including all Attachments thereto, shall remain unmodified.  In case of any conflict between the provisions of this Amendment 6 and those of the Agreement, the provisions of this Amendment 6 will take precedence.  This Amendment 6 and the non-conflicting terms of the Agreement constitute the entire agreement between the Parties with respect to the subject matter hereof and supersede all prior and contemporaneous understandings (both written and oral) between Seller and Customer with respect to such subject matter.


IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Parties have caused this Amendment 6 to be executed by their duly authorized representatives as of the Sixth Amendment Date.




	
			
	METROPCS WIRELESS, INC.
	 
	ALCATEL-LUCENT USA INC. (formerly known as Lucent Technologies Inc.)

	By:  /s/ Roger Linquist
	 
	By: /s/ Matthew Keil

	Name:  Roger Linquist
	 
	Name:  Matthew Keil

	Title:  Chairman & CEO
	 
	Title:  Sales Director

	Date:  9/30/11
	 
	Date:  9/30/11









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