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5. Major management contracts
(1) Technology license agreements
Name of contracting
company Name of other party Country Type of contract Contract period
Seiko Epson
Corporation Agere Systems Inc. U.S.A. License to use patents relating to
semiconductor equipment
January 1, 2005 to
December 31, 2009
Seiko Epson
Corporation
Research Corporation
Technologies, Inc. U.S.A. License to use patents relating to
printing technologies for printers
December 22, 2000
until the expiry of the
patents
(2) Reciprocal technical assistance agreements
Name of contracting
company Name of other party Country Type of contract Contract period
Seiko Epson
Corporation Hewlett-Packard Company U.S.A. License to use patents relating to
inkjet printers
January 1, 2005 until
the expiry of the patents
Seiko Epson
Corporation
International Business
Machines Corporation U.S.A. License to use patents relating to
information-related equipment
April 1, 2006 until the
expiry of the patents
Seiko Epson
Corporation Microsoft Corporation U.S.A.
License to use patents relating to
information-related equipment and
software used by such equipment
September 29, 2006
until the expiry of the
patents
Seiko Epson
Corporation Eastman Kodak Company U.S.A. License to use patents relating to
information-related equipment
October 31, 2006 until
the expiry of the patents
Seiko Epson
Corporation Xerox Corporation
U.S.A.
License to use patents relating to
electrophotography and inkjet
printers
March 31, 2008 until
the expiry of the patents
Seiko Epson
Corporation
Texas Instruments
Incorporated
U.S.A.
License to use patents relating to
semiconductors and
information-related equipment
April 1, 2008 until
March 31, 2018
Seiko Epson
Corporation Canon Incorporated Japan License to use patents relating to
information-related equipment
August 22, 2008 until
the expiry of the patents
(3) Share exchange contract
A Seiko Epson Corporation board of directors’ meeting held on April 30, 2009, decided to hold a share
exchange by which Seiko Epson would become a 100% parent company of Epson Toyocom Corporation.
The share exchange contract was concluded on the same day.