Document:

Placement Agency Agreement November 2002

Exhibit 10.17 
 
October 23, 2001 
 
CONFIDENTIAL 
 
Mr. Robert V. Dickinson 
President and Chief Executive Officer 
California Micro
Devices Corporation 
215 Topaz Street 
Milpitas, CA 95035 
 
Dear Bob: 
 
This letter agreement (this “Agreement”) confirms the understanding and agreement between Needham & Company, Inc. (the
“Placement Agent”) and California Micro Devices Corporation (the “Company”) as follows: 
 
 
1. The Company hereby engages the Placement Agent as the Company’s exclusive placement agent in
connection with the proposed private placement to accredited investors of securities of the Company (the “Offering”). The Placement Agent hereby accepts such engagement upon the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement. It is
currently contemplated that the Offering will be structured as a private offering with a planned maximum of 2.0 million shares of Common Stock of the Company (the “Securities”). The final terms of the Offering will be determined by
negotiation between the Company and interested investors in consultation with the Placement Agent. This Agreement shall not give rise to any commitment or obligation by the Placement Agent to purchase any of the Securities or, except as provided in
Section 2 below, to find purchasers for the Securities. 
 
2. The Placement Agent will provide the following services: 
 

	  	 (a)	  	 Advise the Company with regard to the size of the Offering and the structure and terms of the Securities that might be realized in the current market environment;

 

	  	 (b)	  	 Work with the Company to prepare a private placement memorandum (the “Memorandum”) and, if deemed desirable, create an investor road show concerning the
Company for use with qualified investors. The Memorandum would not be made available to or used in discussions with prospective qualified investors until such Memorandum and such prospective qualified investors have been approved by the Company. The
Memorandum that will be initially circulated will incorporate publicly available documents and will not include any non-public material information about the Company; 

 
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	  	 (c)	  	 Assist the Company in identifying and evaluating prospective qualified investors; 

 

	  	 (d)	  	 Approach prospective qualified investors regarding an investment in the Company; and 

 

	  	 (e)	  	 Work with the Company to develop a negotiating strategy and assist in negotiations with potential qualified investors. 

 
The Placement Agent will have no authority under this
Agreement to bind the Company in any way to any party. In addition, nothing contained in this Agreement will require the Company to accept the terms of any proposal. The Company agrees to coordinate any discussions regarding any investment in the
Company with the Placement Agent and agrees to instruct Company directors and officers that if they receive any inquiry or are otherwise aware of the interest of any third party concerning an investment in the Company during the term of this
Agreement, they should notify the Company CEO who, on behalf of the Company, will promptly notify the Placement Agent of the prospective investor and its interest. The prior sentence will not apply to potential strategic investors who have, or are
proposing, commercial business relationships with the Company (“Strategic Investors”) if such Strategic Investors express an interest in investing in the Company separate from the Offering being placed by Placement Agent. 
 
3. The Offering will be made by means of the Memorandum, which
shall be prepared and approved by the Company and its counsel. The Company will also be responsible for updating and supplementing the Memorandum prior to closing to reflect developments affecting the Company. The Memorandum and any amendment or
supplement thereto will be in form reasonably acceptable to the Placement Agent. The Company agrees that the Placement Agent may rely on the information contained in the Memorandum and shall have no responsibility for any information contained
therein except for any information concerning the Placement Agent supplied by the Placement Agent in writing to the Company for inclusion therein. All other documents and materials to be used for circulation to investors (collectively “Investor
Materials”) in connection with the Offering will be provided by the Company to the Placement Agent in advance, and no such documents or materials will be provided to investors without the Placement Agent’s prior approval. The Memorandum
and all Investor Materials shall be the sole responsibility of the Company. The Memorandum will include all information required to be provided to accredited investors pursuant to Regulation D under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the
“Securities Act”). Neither the Memorandum nor any of the Investor Materials shall contain an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances
under which they were made, not misleading. 

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4. Each of the Company and the Placement Agent agrees to
conduct the Offering in a manner intended to qualify for the exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act provided by Section 4(2) thereof and Regulation D thereunder and in a manner intended to comply with the applicable state
“blue sky” laws and applicable securities laws of other jurisdictions. Other than as provided in the prior sentence, the Company will be responsible for compliance with the Securities Act and Regulation D and with applicable state and
other securities laws with respect to offers and sales made by the Company and for compliance with the filing requirements and other actions required under such laws. 
 
5. The Company will, at each closing of the Offering, furnish Needham & Company with an opinion of
counsel relating to the Company and the Offering in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Needham & Company and its counsel. Such opinion shall include legal assurances regarding compliance with applicable corporate and securities laws
and comfort with respect to the accuracy and completeness of the disclosure in the Memorandum and the Investor Materials as well as those of the matters addressed in the opinion such counsel renders to the purchasers in the Offering as Needham &
Company shall request. In addition, at each closing the Company will provide Needham & Company with the same certificates of the officers of the Company, comfort letters and other documents and certificates as are furnished to the purchasers in
the Offering. 
 
6. The Company agrees to pay the
following fees to the Placement Agent for its services rendered under this Agreement: 
 

	  	 (a)	  	 An advisory fee of $50,000 payable in cash upon signing of this Agreement, which advisory fee, to the extent paid and to the extent the Placement Agent’s out
of pocket expenses specified in Section 7 total less than $50,000, shall be credited against the fee described in 6(b) below; 

 

	  	 (b)	  	 A fee equal to 6.0% of the gross proceeds on all sales of Securities made in the Offering, payable in cash upon the closing to which such fee relates except that
the fee shall be equal to (i) 3% of the gross proceeds on such sales to persons who are currently Company shareholders or their affiliates if such persons invest in the Company separate from the Offering being placed by Placement Agent; (ii) 3% of
the gross proceeds on such sales to persons who are friends and family of Company management; and (iii) 0% of the gross proceeds on such sales to Strategic Partners if such Strategic Investors invest in the Company separate from the Offering being
placed by Placement Agent; 

 

	  	 (c)	  	 Warrants (the “Warrants”), issuable at the first and any subsequent closing of the sales of the Securities, to purchase such number of Securities equal to
one-half 

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of the percentage specified in 6(b) of the Securities sold in
the Offering. The Warrants shall be exercisable at an exercise price equal to the price per share of the Securities sold in the Offering and shall contain other customary provisions, including anti-dilution provisions and demand and
“piggyback” registration rights similar to those contained in warrants issued to investors in the Offering. The Warrants shall have a term identical to that of warrants issued to investors in the Offering and if, but only if, the
investor warrants have a net issuance (cashless exercise) provision, then so shall the Warrants; provided however, that if no warrants are issued to investors in the Offering, then the term of the Warrants shall be five (5) years and the Warrants
shall contain a net issuance (cashless exercise) provision; and 
 

	  	 (d)	  	 If during the nine-month period following the expiration or termination of this Agreement other than by the Company for cause (cause shall be deemed to exist if
Placement Agent has not cured a material breach within five (5) business days notice thereof) or by the Placement Agent for convenience, the Company sells any equity securities to any investor (i) that the Placement Agent identified to the Company
prior to such expiration or termination and which the Company approved to receive the Memorandum, (ii) as to which the Placement Agent advised the Company prior to such expiration or termination, or (iii) with which the Company or the Placement
Agent had discussions prior to such expiration or termination, the fees payable pursuant to clauses (b) and (c) of this paragraph; provided, however, that if no Securities were sold in the Offering, no fees shall be payable in connection with the
sale of equity securities to any investor who was not brought to the initial attention of the Company by the Placement Agent. In these regards, within thirty (30) days of the expiration or termination of this Agreement, the Placement Agent shall
notify the Company of those persons (A) the Placement Agent so identified, advised the Company, or had discussions with prior to expiration or termination of this Agreement and (B) if there were no securities sold in the Offering, the Placement
Agent brought to the initial attention of the Company. 

 
7. In addition to any fees that may be payable to the Placement Agent under this Agreement, whether or not there is a closing of the Offering, the Company agrees to reimburse the Placement Agent, upon request made from time
to time, for all its reasonable out-of-pocket expenses incurred in connection with this engagement that exceed a total of $50,000 and are less than a total of $100,000, including the reasonable fees and disbursements of its legal counsel.
The foregoing costs, expenses and charges will be paid by the Company to the Placement Agent promptly upon receipt by the Company of an invoice(s) from the Placement Agent. 

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8. (a) The Company will furnish or cause to be furnished to
the Placement Agent such information as the Placement Agent believes appropriate to its assignment and to satisfy its due diligence requirements (the “Information”). The Company recognizes and confirms that the Placement Agent (i) will use
and rely primarily on the Information and on information available from generally recognized public sources in performing the services contemplated by this Agreement without having independently verified the same, (ii) does not assume responsibility
for the accuracy or completeness of the Information and such other information, and (iii) will not make an appraisal of the Company or its business or assets. To the best of the Company’s knowledge, the Information to be furnished by the
Company, when delivered, will be true and correct in all material respects and will not contain any material misstatement of fact or omit to state any material fact necessary to make the statements contained therein not misleading. The Company will
promptly notify the Placement Agent if it learns of any material inaccuracy or misstatement in, or material omission from, any Information theretofore delivered to the Placement Agent. 
 
(b) All such Information, whether oral or written, will be kept confidential by Needham & Company except
for Information (i) that is already or becomes public through no breach of this provision, (ii) that is in the Memorandum or in materials delivered by the Company to prospective investors, or that the Company agrees may be disclosed, (iii) that
Needham & Company is required to disclose by applicable law, regulation or legal process, or (iv) that becomes available to Needham & Company on a non-confidential basis from a third party who is not bound by a confidentiality obligation to
the Company; and provided, further, that the Information may be disclosed to Needham & Company’s directors, officers, employees, agents, advisors and representatives in connection with its engagement hereunder with a need to know such
Information, who shall be informed of the confidential nature of the Information and that such Information is subject to a confidentiality agreement or if, on the advice of counsel, Needham & Company is compelled to disclose such Information.

 
9. The Company agrees to indemnify the Placement
Agent as set forth in the Placement Agent’s standard indemnity provisions attached hereto as Addendum A; provided, however, that if a third party asserts a claim against the Placement Agent related to the Offering, the Company shall not
be liable for fees or expenses of counsel or investigators of the Placement Agent which are incurred prior to the Placement Agent giving notice to the Company of such claim. 
 
10. The Placement Agent’s engagement hereunder may be terminated by either the Company or the Placement
Agent at any time upon written notice to that effect to the other party, it being understood that the provisions of paragraphs 6, 7, 8(b), 9, 11 and 12 of this Agreement shall survive any such termination. The Company may in its discretion postpone,
modify or abandon the Offering prior to closing. The Placement Agent may decline to participate in the Offering if the Placement Agent reasonably determines that the Offering has 

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become impractical or undesirable. 
 
11. The invalidity or unenforceability of any provision of
this Agreement shall not affect the validity or enforceability of any other provisions of this Agreement, which shall remain in full force and effect. 
 
12. This Agreement constitutes the entire agreement and understanding of the parties concerning its subject matter, superseding all prior
oral or written agreements and understandings concerning its subject matter. This Agreement may not be amended or modified except in writing signed by each of the parties. This Agreement shall be governed by and construed and enforced in accordance
with the laws of the State of New York without giving effect to principles of conflicts of law. The Company and the Placement Agent hereby irrevocably and unconditionally consent to submit to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of the State of
New York and of the United States District Courts located in the City of New York for any lawsuits, claims or other proceedings arising out of or relating to this Agreement and agree not to commence any such lawsuit, claim or other proceeding except
in such courts. The Company and the Placement Agent hereby irrevocably and unconditionally waive any objection to the laying of venue of any lawsuit, claim, or other proceeding arising out of or relating to this Agreement in the courts of the State
of New York or the United States District Courts located in the City of New York, and hereby further irrevocably and unconditionally waive and agree not to plead or claim in any such court that any such lawsuit, claim or other proceeding brought in
any such court has been brought in an inconvenient forum. Any right to trial by jury with respect to any lawsuit, claim or other proceeding arising out of or relating to this Agreement or the services to be rendered by the Placement Agent hereunder
is expressly and irrevocably waived. 

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Needham & Company, Inc. 
 
Please confirm that the foregoing is in accordance with our
understanding by signing and returning to us the enclosed duplicate of this letter. 
 

	  Sincerely yours,
   
  NEEDHAM & COMPANY, INC.

	
	  By:
	  	   

	  	  	  Chad W. Keck
  Managing Director

 
Agreed to and Accepted 
as of the date set forth above: 
 
CALIFORNIA MICRO DEVICES CORPORATION

	
	  By:
	  	   

	  Name:
	  	   

	  Title:
	  	   

Addendum A 
 
This Addendum A is attached to and incorporated by reference into the foregoing letter agreement (the
“Agreement”). Capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings assigned to such terms in the Agreement. 
 
The Company agrees to indemnify and hold harmless Needham & Company and its affiliates, the respective directors, officers, employees
and agents of Needham & Company and its affiliates, and each other person, if any, controlling Needham & Company or any of its affiliates within the meaning of the federal securities laws (Needham & Company and each such other person or
entity are hereinafter referred to as an “Indemnified Person”) from and against any and all losses, claims, damages, expenses (including fees and disbursements of counsel) and liabilities (or actions or proceedings in respect thereof)
(collectively “Losses”) caused by, relating to, based upon or arising out of (i) Needham & Company’s engagement under the Agreement, any transaction contemplated by such engagement or any Indemnified Person’s role in
connection therewith (all of the foregoing are collectively hereafter referred to as the “Engagement”) or (ii) any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in any offering materials, including but not
limited to private placement memoranda used to offer securities of the Company in a transaction subject to Needham & Company’s engagement under the Agreement, as such materials may be amended or supplemented (and including but not limited
to any documents deemed to be incorporated therein by reference), or caused by any omission or alleged omission to state therein a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they
were made, not misleading; provided, however, that with respect to clause (i) above, such indemnification obligation shall not apply to any such Loss to the extent it is found in a final judgment by a court of competent jurisdiction (not subject to
further appeal) to have resulted primarily and directly from the gross negligence or willful misconduct of the Indemnified Person seeking indemnification. The Company agrees to reimburse each Indemnified Person for all expenses (including fees and
disbursements of counsel) as they are incurred by such Indemnified Person in connection with investigating, preparing, defending, paying, settling or compromising any claim, action, suit, proceeding or Loss, whether or not in connection with an
action in which any Indemnified Person is a named party. The Company also agrees that an Indemnified Person shall not have any liability (whether direct or indirect, in contract or otherwise) to the Company or its affiliates, directors, officers,
employees, agents or shareholders, directly or indirectly for or in connection with the Engagement, except for any Losses that are found in a final judgment by a court of competent jurisdiction (not subject to further appeal) to have resulted
primarily and directly from such Indemnified Person’s gross negligence or willful misconduct. In no event, regardless of the legal theory advanced, shall any Indemnified Person be liable for any consequential, indirect, incidental or special
damages of any nature. 
 
If any action, suit,
proceeding, or investigation is commenced, as to which such Indemnified Person proposes to demand such indemnification, such Indemnified Person shall notify the Company with reasonable promptness; provided, however that any failure by such
Indemnified Person to notify the Company shall not relieve the Company from its obligations hereunder, except as and to the extent the failure of such timely notice materially prejudices the Company. If the Company so elects or at the request of an
Indemnified Person, the Company will assume the defense of such action, suit, proceeding or investigation, including the employment of counsel reasonably satisfactory to such Indemnified Person and the payment of all fees and expenses of such
counsel. In the event, however, that such Indemnified Person reasonably determines in its judgment that representation by common counsel would be inappropriate due to actual or potential differing interests or if the Company fails to assume the
defense of the action, suit, proceeding or investigation in a timely manner, then such Indemnified Person may employ separate counsel to represent or defend it in any such action, suit, proceeding or investigation and the Company will pay the fees
and disbursements of such counsel; provided, however, that the Company will not be required to pay the fees and disbursements of more than one separate counsel for all Indemnified Persons in any jurisdiction in any single action or proceeding. In
any action or proceeding the defense of which the Company assumes, an Indemnified Person will have the right to participate in such litigation and to retain its own counsel at such Indemnified Person’s own expense. The Company shall not be
liable for any settlement of any action or proceeding effected without its written consent, but if settled with such consent the Company agrees to indemnify the Indemnified Party from and against any Loss by reason of such settlement. The Company
shall not settle any claim, action, suit or proceeding related to the Engagement or the Agreement unless the settlement also includes an unconditional release of all Indemnified Persons from all liabilities arising out of such claim, action, suit or
proceeding. 
 
If the indemnification sought by an
Indemnified Person hereunder is found in a final judgment by a court of competent jurisdiction (not subject to further appeal) to be unenforceable, even though the express provisions hereof provide for indemnification in such case, then the Company
shall contribute to the Losses for which such indemnification is held unavailable in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect the relative benefits received by the Company, on the one hand, and Needham & Company, on the other hand, in
connection with the Engagement reflected in the Agreement, or if such allocation is not permitted by applicable law, in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect not only the relative benefits but the relative fault of the Company on the one hand
and Needham & Company on the other hand, in connection with the statements, acts or omissions which resulted in such Losses, as well as any other relevant equitable considerations. The respective relative benefits received by the Company and
Needham & Company in connection with any transaction shall be deemed to be in the same proportion as the aggregate fee paid or payable to Needham & Company in connection with the transaction bears to the total value of the transaction. The
relative fault of the Company and Needham & Company shall be determined by reference to, among other things, whether the statements, actions or omissions to act were by the Company or Needham & Company and the parties’ relative intent,
knowledge, access to information and opportunity to correct or prevent such action or omission to act. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in no event shall the aggregate contribution of all Indemnified Persons for all Losses in connection with any
transaction exceed the amount of fees actually received by Needham & Company pursuant to the Agreement. 
 
If multiple claims are brought against an Indemnified Person in an arbitration, with respect to at least one of which indemnification is
permitted under applicable law and provided for under the Agreement, the Company agrees that any arbitration award shall be conclusively deemed to be based on claims as to which indemnification is permitted and provided for, except to the extent the
arbitration award expressly states that the award, or any portion thereof, is based solely on a claim as to which indemnification is not available. 
 
The obligations of the Company referred to above shall be in addition to any liability which the Company may otherwise have and shall be
binding upon and inure to the benefit of any successors, assigns, heirs and personal representatives of any Indemnified Person and the Company. Neither termination of the Agreement nor completion of the Engagement shall affect these indemnification
provisions which shall then continue in full force and effect.Form of End-User License Agreement

EXHIBIT 10.1 

	  

	  	  Artisan Components End User License Agreement
  For Standard Cells, I/Os and Memory Generators
  Optimized For [Foundry]
Processes

 

	

	
	  “Licensee”
	  	  “Artisan”

	
	  Name:                                    
                                        
                                     
	  	  Artisan Components, Inc.

	
	  Address:                                    
                                        
                                 
	  	  141 Caspian Court

	
	                                       
                                        
                                        
         
	  	  Sunnyvale, CA 94089

	
	                                       
                                        
                                        
         
	  	  License Agreement
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	  Licensee’s Main Contact
	  	  
	
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	  Licensee’s Contact for Section 2.3 Quarterly Reporting
	  	  
	
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	  Products To Be Licensed: Standard Cell Library, Memory Generators and I/O
Cells for the [Foundry         ] processes.

	

	
	  Ship-To Address (if different from above):
	  	  
	
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	  Licensee elects to obtain Support:      (yes) or     
(no). If yes, complete and attach the AccessFirst Support Agreement, AccessBasic Support Addendum, or AccessCustom Support Addendum, as applicable.

	

	
	  This First Page and the attached Artisan Components End User License Agreement Terms and Conditions make up
a binding agreement between Licensee and Artisan. The effective date of this Agreement is the date last signed below (“Effective Date”).

	
	  Accepted and Agreed To:
	  	  
	
	  LICENSEE
	  	  ARTISAN

	
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	  PLEASE COMPLETE ALL OF THE ABOVE, HAVE AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF YOUR COMPANY SIGN
TWO COPIES OF THIS COMPLETED AGREEMENT, AND SEND THE TWO SIGNED COPIES TO THE ABOVE ARTISAN COMPONENTS ADDRESS, ATTENTION: END USER LICENSES.

	

 

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Artisan Components End User License Agreement Terms and Conditions 
 

	 1.	  	 Definitions: 

 
1.1    “Back-End Views” means the library element physical design and related documentation deliverables, whether in
object code, reconfigurable binary, ASCII data, binary data, or any other form. Typically each Product delivered hereunder will come with a list identifying the Back-End Views deliverables, and such deliverables will typically include GDS II and
SPICE. 
 
1.2    “Front-End
Views” means the library element timing, simulation models, logical symbols, floor planning abstracts and related documentation deliverables. Typically each Product delivered hereunder will come with a list identifying the Front-End Views
deliverables, and such deliverables will typically include Verilog files. 
 
1.3    “Product(s)” means the Product(s) identified on the first page of this Agreement, and any Products added to this Agreement per a request by Licensee pursuant to (a) an addendum to this
Agreement signed by both parties; or (b) an e-mail from an authorized representative of the Artisan End User Group sent to Licensee’s Main Contact that references the License Agreement Number of this Agreement. Where applicable, each Product
licensed hereunder will consist of both Front-End Views and Back-End Views. 
 
1.4    “Foundry” means
                                . 
 
1.5    “Confidential Information” means
(a) the Products and (b) the confidential or proprietary information delivered under this Agreement except for information which (i) was known to recipient at the time of disclosure; (ii) is or becomes publicly available without fault of recipient;
and (iii) is lawfully obtained by recipient from a third party without confidentiality restriction. 
 
1.6    “Part Number” means a unique alphanumeric sequence used by Licensee and Foundry for ordering and tracking Licensee’s integrated circuit designs through
the Foundry manufacturing and/or delivery processes. “Part Number” includes any prefixes or suffixes that indicate the current revision or version of a particular IC design. If Licensee does not use a sequence for ordering and tracking
integrated circuits that meets the preceding definition of “Part Number,” then this definition shall be deemed to include whatever sequence, designation or system is in use by Licensee. 
 

	 2.	  	 License: 

 
2.1    License Grant.    Artisan grants Licensee a non-exclusive, non-transferable license to use the
Products internally solely to design and layout integrated circuits for manufacture at Foundry’s manufacturing facilities. To the extent elements of the Products are intended to be, and are made, part of any integrated circuits developed using
the Products, Artisan further grants Licensee a non-exclusive, non-transferable license to use, import, export, market, offer for sale, sell, and otherwise dispose of such elements solely as part of any such integrated circuits. There is no charge
to Licensee for the licenses granted hereunder. 
 
2.2    Limitations.    Licensee may not disclose or distribute, except as set forth in Section 2.4, or modify the Products. The manufacture of any integrated circuits containing or based
upon any portion of the Products or output from the Products (e.g., memory instances) may occur only at Foundry’s manufacturing facilities. Licensee agrees to ensure that tags identifying the Products as Artisan’s royalty-bearing products
will be included in and will not be removed from the integrated circuit database developed using the Products, and further agrees that it shall include, and shall not alter, modify or remove the tagging located at special text layer 63 in the GDSII
format. In addition, Licensee shall notify Foundry at the time of submission of a design for manufacturing that Artisan Product(s) have been used in the design. Licensee acknowledges that 

(a) its receipt of the Products does not guarantee a business relationship with Foundry, (b) a separate
agreement between Foundry and Licensee must be in place to cover foundry services to be provided by Foundry to Licensee, and (c) it has entered, or shall enter, into such separate agreement with Foundry based upon its own judgment and expressly
disclaims any reliance upon statements made by Artisan to Licensee, if any, with regards to such separate agreement with Foundry. The Products are Confidential Information of Artisan (and/or its licensors) and, except as set forth in Section 2.4,
they may not be disclosed to any third parties and they may be used as authorized hereunder only by Licensee’s employees (and its individual independent contractors working on site at Licensee and who are under a written agreement with Licensee
sufficient to ensure compliance with this Agreement) with a need to know in order to design and layout integrated circuits using the Products for eventual manufacture at Foundry’s manufacturing facilities. Certain elements of the Products may
be provided in files/data formatted for use with or by certain third party tools/products. No license to any third party tools/products is granted to Licensee by Artisan. Licensee must ensure that it has the necessary licenses and rights to use the
third party tools/products necessary to utilize the Products. Licensee may not reverse engineer (except to the extent any prohibition on reverse engineering is not allowed in the jurisdiction in which Licensee is located) any of the Products.

 

	 2.3	  	 Material Condition. 

 
(a)    Quarterly Product Usage Reports. As a material condition to the license granted hereunder and to all the
benefits to Licensee of this Agreement (including but not limited to Artisan’s indemnification of Licensee pursuant to Section 8 hereof), Licensee must provide quarterly Product usage reporting to Artisan. These quarterly reports must be
submitted to Artisan no less frequently than seven (7) days after the end of every calendar quarter indicating the current status of all designs that contain or are based upon any portion of the Products or output from the Products (e.g., memory
instances) using the Quarterly Product Usage sheet found at http://www.artisan.com/usage-report.html (a substantially similar example is attached hereto as Exhibit A). Such quarterly reports must identify, by Part Number, each integrated
circuit design that was delivered to Foundry during the prior quarter for use in manufacturing integrated circuits. Each quarterly report must include all Part Numbers in wafer fabrication at Foundry during that quarter, regardless of whether or not
the Part Number(s) have also been submitted in prior quarters. If Licensee’s designs have not taped out to Foundry at the time a quarterly report is due, Licensee can indicate “in-design” status on the form. 
 
(b)    Use of Quarterly Product Usage
Reports. Artisan acknowledges the reports delivered by Licensee are the Confidential Information of Licensee or its Affiliates and agrees not to disclose, except to Foundry, (and will cause its employee, agent, or whoever obtain the information
hereof not to disclose) the Confidential information of Licensee or its Affiliates without Licensee’s prior written consent. With respect to each such employee, agent or other person to whom Artisan discloses the Confidential Information of
Licensee or its Affiliates, Artisan shall be responsible for such party’s compliance with the confidentiality obligations of this Agreement. 
 
(c)    Audit. For so long as Licensee has an obligation to provide Quarterly Product Usage Reports and for a period of
one (1) year thereafter, Artisan or its designee shall have the right to conduct up to one (1) audit per year of Licensee’s relevant books and records solely to verify (a) status of designs made with the Product, and (b) amounts payable from
Licensee to Foundry in connection with the manufacture of designs made with the Product. Such audits may, at Artisan’s discretion, include the use of a third party auditor to audit Licensee’s wafer volume, 

in order to correlate such wafer volume information with Foundry. Audits pursuant to this Section shall be
conducted (i) with reasonable prior written notice to Licensee, (ii) during normal business hours, (iii) pursuant to a mutually agreed-upon nondisclosure agreement, and (iv) at Artisan’s sole expense. 
 
2.4    Sharing Products With Authorized Recipients.
Under one or more programs Artisan authorizes certain service provider, EDA vendors and other third party entities (“Authorized Recipients”) to receive and use certain Artisan Products with and for end users such as Licensee. Artisan will
make the names of Authorized Recipients for the Products hereunder known to Licensee via Artisan’s web site or other means. Licensee may disclose/distribute the Products to “Authorized Recipients” and may receive the Products from
Authorized Recipients to assist Licensee directly or indirectly with the design and layout of integrated circuits using the Products for eventual manufacture at Foundry’s manufacturing facilities. If Licensee desires to disclose the Products to
a third party that is not an Authorized Recipient, Artisan’s prior written consent shall be required and any such consent shall require that such entity be under a restricted use/non-disclosure agreement satisfactory to Artisan (such entity may
seek to become an Authorized Recipient with Artisan). If Licensee desires to disclose/share the Products with another existing end user licensee of the Products (i.e., a licensed end user of the Products who is not a service provider, EDA vendor or
other service vendor and who is not already an Authorized Recipient), Licensee should first obtain Artisan’s confirmation that such third party is an authorized end user licensee of the Products, and upon such confirmation such end user
licensee shall be an Authorized Recipient for the Products as to Licensee. Products shared with an Authorized Recipient remain subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement. 
 
3.    Ownership; No Implied Licenses: Subject to the licenses granted herein to Licensee, Artisan
and its licensors retain all rights, title and interest in and to the Products and all patent rights, trademarks, trade secrets, copyrights, and all other proprietary rights therein. Artisan and its licensors reserve all rights not expressly granted
to Licensee hereunder. The only licenses granted hereunder are those expressly stated in this Agreement, and there are no implied licenses granted hereunder. 
 
4.    Warranty Disclaimer: The Products are being provided hereunder “AS IS.” Licensee may obtain technical support
and be eligible for receiving updates to the Products by entering into a support agreement/addendum – concurrently with this Agreement – with Artisan under Artisan’s standard terms and conditions for support. ARTISAN AND ITS LICENSORS
DO NOT MAKE ANY EXPRESS, IMPLIED OR STATUTORY WARRANTIES, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT RELATING TO THE PRODUCTS OR THIS AGREEMENT, OR ARISING FROM A COURSE OF
DEALING, TRADE USAGE OR TRADE PRACTICE, AND ANY AND ALL SUCH WARRANTIES ARE HEREBY DISCLAIMED. 
 
5.    No Support Obligation. Artisan has no obligation under this Agreement to provide technical support to Licensee, and Artisan cannot be held liable to Licensee for the
failure to render such support and assistance. Licensee may obtain support pursuant to a separate support agreement/addendum under Artisan’s standard terms, conditions and annual fees for support (a “Support Addendum”).
Notwithstanding the foregoing, Artisan may, at its sole option, provide support to Licensee, such as responding to questions regarding the installation and use of the Products submitted via the customer support pages on the Artisan website
(http://www.artisan.com). 

If Artisan chooses to respond to questions from Licensee, such questions will be given a lower priority
than questions posed by licensees with an existing Support Addendum with Artisan, and questions posed by Licensee’s Main Contact shall be given priority over questions submitted by others. Subject to this prioritization, Artisan will generally
respond to questions submitted via Artisan’s website on a first in, first out basis. 
 

	 6.	  	 Term and Termination: 

 
6.1    This Agreement shall have an initial term of two (2) years from the Effective Date, and shall automatically be renewed for
successive one (1) year terms, unless either party gives at least sixty (60) days’ written notice of cancellation to the other party prior to the expiration of the term (including the initial term) then in effect. 
 
6.2    This Agreement may be terminated earlier by either
party if the other party (1) breaches any material provision of this Agreement, or of any addendum or amendment hereto, and does not cure or remedy such breach within thirty (30) days after receipt of the written notice of breach from the other
party; (2) becomes the subject of a voluntary or involuntary petition in bankruptcy or any proceeding relating to insolvency, receivership, liquidation, or composition for the benefit of creditors if such petition or proceeding is not dismissed with
prejudice within sixty (60) days after filing. 
 
6.3    Termination of this Agreement for any reason shall not affect (1) the obligations accruing prior to the effective date of termination; and (2) any obligations under Sections 2.3, 3, 4, 6.4, 7, 8, 9, 11 and
12, all of which shall survive any termination or expiration of this Agreement. 
 
6.4    Upon the effective date of termination, Licensee shall cease use of the Products and promptly shall either destroy or return to Artisan all of the Products in Licensee’s possession or under
Licensee’s control, any related documentation, and copies thereof in whole or in part, together with Licensee’s written certification by a duly authorized officer, that the Products stored in any tangible or non tangible form in
Licensee’s possession or under Licensee’s control, and all related documentation and all copies thereof in whole or in part are no longer in use and have been returned to Artisan or destroyed. Notwithstanding the foregoing, so long as this
Agreement is not terminated due to material breach by Licensee, Licensee shall be entitled to retain a secured archival copy of the Products solely for the purpose of (i) correcting any production problem with integrated circuits being manufactured
by Foundry, which were designed using such Products, such as yield or reliability, and (ii) to complete any design which has been started by a Licensee and has reached the point of physical layout of any part of the design. Licensee shall not have
the right to use the Products to modify the functionality of any existing integrated circuit product or commence the design of any new integrated circuit product. Any such continued use of the Products as allowed above must be consistent with and in
accordance with all restrictions under this Agreement on use of the Products, all of which restrictions shall survive any termination of this Agreement. Licensee must certify in writing to Artisan within fifteen (15) days of termination any such
anticipated continued use and the specific integrated circuit products for which the Products will continue to be used. Quarterly reporting of product usage under paragraph 2.3 explicitly survives termination of this agreement for as long as designs
are being manufactured that contain or are based upon any portion of the Products or output from the Products. 

6.5    Termination of this Agreement under this Section shall be in addition to, and
not a waiver of, any remedy at law or in equity available to either party arising from the other party’s breach of this Agreement. 
 
7.    Export: The Products are subject to any and all laws, regulations, orders or other restrictions relative to export,
re-export or redistribution of the Products that may now or in the future be imposed by the government of the United States or foreign governments. Licensee agrees to comply with all such applicable laws and regulations. 
 

	 8.	  	 Patent Indemnification: 

 
8.1    Indemnity Obligation: Artisan shall, at its option and own expense defend or settle any third party claim, suit or
proceeding brought by a third party against Licensee alleging direct infringement of any valid United States patent issued prior to the Effective Date of this Agreement of such third party by the Products, as delivered under this License Agreement
(“Claim”). If Artisan declines to assume defense of a Claim, then Licensee may assume the defense, and may settle the claim subject to Section 8.2. If Artisan declines to assume defense of a Claim and it is determined that the Claim arose
from infringement by the Products as delivered, then Artisan will reimburse Licensee for its actual and reasonable attorneys’ fees that are incurred in defense or settlement of the Claims and that are reasonably approved in advance by Artisan.
In addition to the obligation to defend or settle, Artisan shall pay any damages, costs or expenses finally awarded in adjudication of a Claim, to the extent such damages, costs or expenses were based on infringement by the Products as delivered.
Artisan also shall pay any amounts agreed to in a written settlement of the Claim that are based on infringement by the Products as delivered, so long as the terms of the settlement are reasonably approved in advance by Artisan. 
 
8.2    Artisan has no obligation under the foregoing
unless Licensee: (a) promptly notifies Artisan in writing of such claim, suit or proceeding, (b) gives Artisan sole control over the defense and/or settlement of such claim, suit or proceeding; (c) reasonably cooperates and provides all available
information, assistance and authority to defend or settle the claim, suit or proceeding; and (d) fully complies with the notification and audit provisions set forth in this Agreement (see Section 2.3 of this Agreement). 
 
8.3    Exclusions: Artisan will have no liability
for any Claim to the extent it (i) is based on modification of a Product other than by Artisan, with or without authorization; or (ii) results from failure of Licensee to use an updated version of a Product; or (iii) is based on the combination or
use of a Product with any other software, program or device not provided by Artisan if such infringement would not have arisen but for such use or combination; or (iv) results from compliance by Artisan with designs, plans or specifications
furnished by Licensee; or (v) is based on any products, devices, software or applications designed or developed through use of the Products. 
 
8.4    Alternatives; Rights in Event of Potential Claim: If the Product(s) is, or in Artisan’s opinion is likely to become
the subject of a claim, suit, or proceeding alleging infringement, Artisan may: (a) procure, at no cost to Licensee, the right to continue usage of the Product; or (b) replace or modify the Product, at no cost to Licensee, to make it non-infringing,
provided that substantially the same function is performed by the replacement of modified Product(s), or (c) if the right to continue usage cannot be reasonably procured for Licensee or the Product(s) cannot 

be replaced or modified to make it non-infringing, terminate the license of such Product(s), and remove
the Product(s). 
 
8.5    The foregoing
states Artisan’ sole obligations and entire liability with respect to any claimed infringement of the Product(s) of any intellectual property or other rights of any third party. 
 

	 9.	  	 Limitation of Liability: 

 
9.1    IN NO EVENT WILL ARTISAN, OR ITS LICENSORS BE LIABLE FOR ANY LOSS OR DAMAGE TO REVENUES, PROFITS, OTHER ECONOMIC LOSS OR
GOODWILL OR COSTS OF REPLACEMENT GOODS OR SERVICES OR ANY OTHER SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL, EXEMPLARY, INDIRECT OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES OF ANY KIND, ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT OR THE PRODUCTS, HOWEVER CAUSED AND WHETHER BASED IN BREACH
OF CONTRACT, BREACH OF WARRANTY, TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE) OR ANY OTHER THEORY OF LIABILITY. THE FOREGOING LIMITATIONS SHALL APPLY EVEN IF ARTISAN HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES AND NOTWITHSTANDING THE FAILURE OF ESSENTIAL
PURPOSE OF ANY LIMITED REMEDY STATED HEREIN. 
 
9.2    EXCEPT WITH RESPECT TO ARTISAN’S OBLIGATIONS UNDER SECTION 8 (“PATENT INDEMNIFICATION”) OF THIS AGREEMENT, IN NO EVENT WILL ARTISAN’S LIABILITY HEREUNDER EXCEED $1,000.00. WITH RESPECT
TO ARTISAN’S OBLIGATIONS UNDER SECTION 8 (“PATENT INDEMNIFICATION”) OF THIS AGREEMENT, IN NO EVENT WILL ARTISAN’S LIABILITY HEREUNDER EXCEED THE AMOUNT OF ROYALTIES RESULTING FROM LICENSEE’S USE OF THE PRODUCT(S) IN QUESTION
THAT ARE ACTUALLY RECEIVED BY ARTISAN FROM FOUNDRY DURING THE THREE-YEAR PERIOD PRIOR TO THE DATE AN INFRINGEMENT CLAIM IS BROUGHT AGAINST LICENSEE. THE EXISTENCE OF MORE THAN ONE CLAIM WILL NOT ENLARGE OR EXTEND THIS LIMIT. 
 
10.    Right To Identify Licensee As Artisan
Customer: Artisan shall have the right to identify publicly that Licensee is a customer of Artisan using the Artisan owned Products licensed to Licensee hereunder, including but not limited to identifying Licensee as a customer in Artisan
marketing materials and in sales calls. 
 
11.    Performance Comparisons: Licensee shall not distribute externally or to third parties, any reports or statements that directly compare the speed, functionality or other performance results of the
Products with any similar third party products without the prior written approval of Artisan. 
 

	 12.	  	 Miscellaneous: 

 
12.1    Governing Law and Venue. This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of
California, without regard to the conflict of laws provisions thereof. This Agreement will not be governed by the United Nations Convention of Contracts for the International Sale of Goods, the application of which is hereby expressly excluded.
Venue for all disputes arising out of or relating to this Agreement shall lie exclusively 

with the state and federal courts sitting in Santa Clara County, California, and Licensee hereby consents
and waives any objection to the jurisdiction of such courts for such disputes. 
 
12.2    Assignment. Neither this Agreement nor any rights or obligations hereunder, in whole or in part, shall be assignable by operation of law or otherwise, or otherwise transferable, by Licensee except
upon prior written approval of Artisan Components. Such approval shall not be unreasonably withheld. Any unauthorized attempt by Licensee to assign or transfer this Agreement or any rights or obligations hereunder shall be null and void. Artisan may
assign this Agreement and/or delegate its rights and obligations hereunder, in whole or in part, with respect to one or more of the Products, to Foundry at any time upon prior written notice to Licensee. Subject to the foregoing, this Agreement will
be binding upon and inure to the benefits of the parties hereto, their successors and assigns. 
 
12.3    Limitations on Use. The Product(s) are not specifically developed or licensed for use in the planning, construction, maintenance, operation or other use of any
nuclear facility, or for the flight, navigation or communication of aircraft or ground support equipment, or for military use, medical use or in any other inherently dangerous activity. Licensee agrees that Artisan Components shall not be liable for
any claims, losses, costs or liabilities arising from such use if Licensee or its distributors or customers use the Product(s) for such applications. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, Licensee agrees to indemnify and hold Artisan
Components harmless from any claims, losses, costs, and liabilities arising out of or in connection with the use of the Product(s) or integrated circuits designed or manufactured using the Product(s) in any such applications. 
 
12.4    Government Restrictions. Use,
duplication, reproduction, release, modification, disclosure or transfer of this commercial product and accompanying documentation, is restricted in accordance with FAR 12.212 and DFARS 227.7202, and by a license agreement. Contractor/manufacturer
is: Artisan Components, Inc., 141 Caspian Court, Sunnyvale, California 94089. 
 
12.5    Attorneys’ Fees. The prevailing party in any action to enforce the terms of this Agreement shall be entitled to reasonable attorney’s fees and other costs and expenses incurred by
it in connection with such action. 
 
12.6    Severability and Waiver. The invalidity or unenforceability of any particular provision of this Agreement shall not affect the other provisions of this Agreement and shall be construed in all
respects as if such invalid or unenforceable provisions were omitted. The waiver by either party of any default or breach of this Agreement shall not constitute a waiver of any other subsequent default or breach. 
 
12.7    Equitable Relief. Licensee acknowledges
that due to the unique nature of the Products, there may be no adequate remedy at law for any breach of the obligations hereunder, and that any such breach may result in irreparable harm to Artisan. Therefore, that upon any such breach Artisan may
seek appropriate equitable relief in addition to whatever remedies it might have at law. 
 
12.8    Entire Agreement and Facsimile Copies. This Agreement, including any Exhibits attached hereto, constitutes the entire agreement between the parties regarding the subject matter hereof and
supersedes any other agreements, promises, representations or discussions, written or oral, concerning such subject matter. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, if 

Licensee received, or receives concurrently with this Agreement, a CD-ROM that contains the Front-End
Views licensed hereunder along with a “Foundry Front-End Views License Agreement,” this Agreement supersedes in its entirety such Foundry Front-End Views License Agreement. This Agreement may not be amended except by a written agreement
signed by authorized representatives of the parties. The parties may execute and deliver via facsimile an executed copy of this Agreement to one another, and such executed copy(s) sent/received via facsimile shall be deemed an original and binding
copy. 

Exhibit A 
 
Quarterly Product Usage Report 
 
Below is a list of fields from Artisan’s on-line, web-based Quarterly Product Usage Report. The on-line form can be
found at http://www.artisan.com/usage-report.html 
 
Company Information 
Company Name 
Address 
Location/Site 
 
Contact Information 
Contact Name 
Phone 
E-mail address 
 
Product Details
(required for each active part number) 
Foundry Part Number 
Internal Project Code (optional) 
Design status 
Design in progress 
New tape out 
Existing design 
Product revision 
Quarterly wafer volume (optional)

Foundry name 
Foundry process 
Artisan IP used

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