What comes next for this: This Amendment is entered into effective October 1,1996 ("Amendment Date") by and between NETGEAR, Inc. ("NETGEAR"), a wholly owned subsidiary of Bay Networks, Inc., and Ingram Micro ("Distributor") acting on behalf of itself and its affiliates.
NETGEAR and Distributor having previously entered into a Distributor Agreement ("Agreement") with an Effective Date of March 1,1996, now mutually agree to amend that Agreement as follows:
1. Subject to the terms of this Amendment, the Territory listed in Section 2 of the Agreement is amended to be the United States and [*].
2. During the initial one year period beginning on the Amendment Date, Distributor shall be the only distributor appointed by NETGEAR in [*], subject to Distributor conducting mutually agreed to marketing activities as described in the Marketing Plan for [*] to be developed and agreed to by and between the parties and which shall be attached to and made a part of this Agreement as Exhibit 4a. For the purposes of this provision, distributor shall mean a company acquiring products directly from NETGEAR for resale or license to dealers or other second tier resellers which in turn resell or license the products to end use customers. The foregoing notwithstanding, during the [*] and any subsequent period, NETGEAR reserves the right to sell or license Products in [*] to customers other than distributors such as, but not limited to resellers who procure Products at centralized locations for resale to end-use customers solely through their wholly or majority owned retail outlets, both store-front and catalog. Following the [*], for any extension or renewal term, Distributor's appointment as Distributor shall be non-exclusive and NETGEAR may appoint other distributors in [*] at its sole discretion.
3. The terms and conditions of this Amendment, shall amend and supersede any conflicting terms of the original Agreement. All other terms of the original Agreement shall remain unchanged.