EX-99.5 5 a06-10172_1ex99d5.htm EX-99

Exhibit 99.5

 

BAKER & MCKENZIE

 

Substitution Agreement to ASPA

 

 


 
SUBSTITUTION AGREEMENT
 

 

dated April 13, 2006

 

regarding the Asset and Share Purchase Agreement dated December 12, 2005

 

regarding the sale and purchase of

 

the assets of

 

EPCOS’ Tantalum Business
 

including

 

all shares in

 

EPCOS - PEÇAS E COMPONENTES ELECTRÓNICOS, S.A.

 

 

BAKER & MCKENZIE LLP
Bethmannstraße 50 - 54
60311 Frankfurt am Main
Germany

 



 

SUBSTITUTION AGREEMENT
 

by and between

 

1.                                                       EPCOS AG, a stock corporation (Aktiengesellschaft) under German law, having its domicile in Munich

 

- “Seller” -

 

2.                                                       KEMET Electronics GmbH, a limited liability corporation (GmbH) under German law, having its domicile in Munich

 

- German Purchaser-

 

3.                                                       KEMET Electronics S.A., a stock corporation under Swiss law, having its domicile in Geneva

 

-                    Original Purchaser-

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4.                                                       KEMET Electronics Corporation, a stock corporation under the laws of the State of Delaware, United States, having its domicile in Simpsonville, SC/USA

 

- “New Purchaser” -

 

5.                                                       KEMET Corporation, a stock corporation under the laws of the State of Delaware, United States, having its domicile in Simpsonville, SC/USA

 

- “Purchasers’ Guarantor” -

 

Seller, German Purchaser, Original Purchaser, New Purchaser and

Purchaser’s Guarantor a “Party

and collectively the “Parties

 

PREAMBLE

 

A.                                   EPCOS, German Purchaser, Original Purchaser and Purchaser’s Guarantor entered into an Asset and Share Purchase Agreement dated December 12, 2005 under which Seller sold (i) to German Purchaser certain assets and liabilities related to the German Tantalum Business in Heidenheim and Munich and (ii) to Original Purchaser Seller’s shares in EPCOS Portugal (the “ASPA”).

 

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B.                                     In pursuit of a strategic decision of Purchaser’s Guarantor, New Purchaser shall be substituted for Original Purchaser as party to the ASPA.

 

NOW, THEREFORE, the Parties agree as follows:

 

1.                                     Substitution of Original Purchaser by New Purchaser

 

New Purchaser hereby assumes Original Purchaser’s position as “Purchaser II” under the ASPA and thereby becomes a party to the ASPA in substitution of Original Purchaser (befreiende Vertragsübernahme) with all rights and obligations to the ASPA. Accordingly, New Purchaser assumes all current and future claims, obligations and liabilities of Original Purchaser arising out or in connection with the ASPA as if New Purchaser had been a party to the ASPA instead of Original Purchaser at all times.

 

2.                                     Release of Forgoing Purchaser

 

Original Purchaser hereby ceases to be a Party to the ASPA and is hereby fully discharged and released from all obligations or liabilities arising out of or in connection with the ASPA.

 

3.                                     Restatement of Purchaser’s Guarantor’s Guarantee

 

Purchaser’s Guarantor hereby expressly consents to the substitution set out above in Section 1 and 2. For the avoidance of doubt, Purchaser’s Guarantor expressly confirms that the guarantee by Purchaser’s Guarantor under Section 18A of the ASPA remains unaffected and that Purchaser’s Guarantor irrevocably and unconditionally guarantees on first demand the fulfilment of all obligations of New Purchaser under or in connection with the ASPA.

 

4.                                     Final Provisions

 

Section 16 of the ASPA shall apply to this Agreement mutatis mutandis.

 

Capitalized terms used in this Agreement shall, unless otherwise defined herein, have the same meaning as in the ASPA.

 

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EPCOS AG

 

 

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KEMET Electronics GmbH

 

KEMET Electronics S.A.

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KEMET Electronics Corporation

 

KEMET Corporation

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