Common use of Substandard Quality Clause in Contracts

Substandard Quality. Portions of this exhibit were omitted and filed separately with the Secretary of the Commission pursuant to an application for confidential treatment filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 24b-2 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. Such portions are marked by a series of asterisks. (a) If the quality of any particular Licensee-Made Licensed Product falls below the requisite quality level set forth in Section 8.1, Licensee shall, upon written notice from Goodyear, have 60 days to either (i) return the quality level of such Licensee-Made Licensed Product to the requisite quality level or (ii) provide Goodyear with a plan reasonably acceptable to Goodyear to return the quality level of such Licensee-Made Licensed Product to the requisite quality level. If Licensee fails to do either (i) or (ii) within the 60 day period, then Licensee shall immediately discontinue the production, sale, distribution and marketing of such Licensee-Made Licensed Product until such time the Licensee-Made Licensed Product is brought up to the quality standards described in Section 8.1. (b) Without limiting the requirements of Section 8.6(a), a particular Licensee-Made Licensed Product will be deemed to have fallen below the requisite quality level set forth in Section 8.1 if returns of such Licensee-Made Licensed Product due to substandard quality exceed *** of Licensee’s Net Sales of such Licensee-Made Licensed Product in any Contract Period (the “Return Rate”). Licensee shall promptly notify Goodyear in writing if returns of any Licensee-Made Licensed Product exceed the Return Rate.

Substandard Quality. Portions of this exhibit were omitted and filed separately with the Secretary of the Commission pursuant to an application for confidential treatment filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 24b-2 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. Such portions are marked by a series of asterisks. (a) If the quality of any particular Licensee-Made Licensed Product falls below the requisite quality level set forth in Section 8.1, Licensee shall, upon written notice from Goodyear, have 60 days to either (i) return the quality level of such Licensee-Made Licensed Product to the requisite quality level or (ii) provide Goodyear with a plan reasonably acceptable to Goodyear to return the quality level of such Licensee-Made Licensed Product to the requisite quality level. If Licensee fails to do either (i) or (ii) within the 60 day period, then Licensee shall immediately discontinue the production, sale, distribution and marketing of such Licensee-Made Licensed Product until such time the Licensee-Made Licensed Product is brought up to the quality standards described in Section 8.1. (b) Without limiting the requirements of Section 8.6(a), a particular Licensee-Made Licensed Product will be deemed to have fallen below the requisite quality level set forth in Section 8.1 if returns of such Licensee-Made Licensed Product due to substandard quality exceed ****** of Licensee’s Net Sales of such Licensee-Made Licensed Product in any Contract Period (the “Return Rate”). Licensee shall promptly notify Goodyear in writing if returns of any Licensee-Made Licensed Product exceed the Return Rate.