SETTLEMENT AGREEMENTSettlement Agreement • June 9th, 2005 • Credence Systems Corp • Instruments for meas & testing of electricity & elec signals • California
This Settlement Agreement (the “Agreement”) is entered into as of this 26th day of May 2005 (the “Effective Date”), by and between Schlumberger Technology Corporation, a Texas corporation (“STC”), Schlumberger Technologies, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“STI”), and Schlumberger B.V., a corporation organized under the laws of The Netherlands (“SBV” and, together with STC and STI, the “Sellers”) on the one hand, and NPTest Holding Corporation, a Delaware corporation (“NPTest Holdings”), NPTest Acquisition Corporation, a Delaware corporation (“NPTest Acquisition”) and Credence Systems Corporation, a Delaware corporation (“Credence” and, together with NPTest Holdings and NPTest Acquisition, the “Acquirors”) on the other hand (collectively, the “Parties”).
