1. PERIOD
This Agreement shall be deemed effective and valid 2 Years unless
otherwise terminated in the manner provided hereinbelow. This Agreement
may be renewed thereafter as
per mutual written agreement between the parties hereto.
2. PURPOSE
The purpose of this agreement is to have a written understanding between
the parties and to
develop a cooperative work together on an agreed service upon an agreed
objective and outline the discussed terms of a new relationship.
3. TERRITORY
The rights granted Distributor hereunder are granted for the following
geographical areas and markets.
- Investment budget
- Supply chain Strategy
- Credit Development
- Radius of Supply
- Employee Management
- Logistics Management
4. PRODUCTS
The Products Supply and sold by Manufacturer (MIXIZA) or Super Stockiest
to Distributor for distribution hereunder are as follows:
5. SUBAGENTS
Distributor may appoint sub-agents, sub-distributors,
sub-representatives or other persons to act on Distributor's
behalf or to otherwise perform any of Distributor's obligations under
this Agreement within the Territory; provided that
- any compensation to such sub-agent, sub-distributor,
sub-representative or another person to act on Distributor's
behalf or to otherwise perform any of Distributor's obligations
shall be solely the Distributor's responsibility, and
- such appointment does not deprive Supplier of the essential rights
to which it is entitled under this Agreement. Any agreement with
such sub-agent, sub-distributor, sub-representative,
or another person shall not extend beyond the term of this
Agreement.
6. Relationship of Parties
The distributor is an independent contractor and is not and shall not be
deemed to be an employee, legal representative, dealer, general agent,
joint venturer or partner of Manufacturer or Super Stockiest for any
purpose. Distributor acknowledges that Suppler has not granted it any
authority to make changes to Suppliers' terms and conditions of sale,
grant any warranties in excess of those extended by Supplier or limit
its liabilities or remedies less than Supplier limits its liabilities
and remedies, sign quotations, incur obligations (expressed or implied),
or in general enter into contracts on behalf of Supplier or bind
Company in any transaction with customers, governmental agencies or
third parties.
7. Orders, Price, Terms of Sale & Payment
- Communications Pursuant to this Distributor Agreement and
Orders.Orders shall be made with Supplier. Supplier
understands that its timely acceptance of orders from Distributor
hereunder is an important element of this Agreement. Supplier shall
have 7 to 10 business days after its receipt to accept (or reject
for a legitimate business reason) any order submitted by
Distributor. Should Supplier fail to timely accept or reject an
order from Distributor in accordance with this Section, such order
shall be deemed accepted and shall become binding on Supplier. All
orders shall be fulfilled
by the Supplier within 7 to 10 business days of order acceptance.
- Prices and Shipment.Supplier agrees to sell, and
the Distributor agrees to purchase, the Products in accordance with
the Prices. Such Prices and Volume Discount Prices shall only be
subject
to increase if the Manufacturer (MIXIZA) does any changes in price.
- Supplier provides Distributor with at least 15 to 20 days
prior written notice of any such increase, and
- Any such change shall not apply for any order(s) accepted
prior to the effective date of the increase.
8. Supplier shall package the Products for shipment in accordance with
Distributor's instructions.
All shipments of Products for retailers/customer in the Territory, and
any freight and shipping costs related thereto, will be the
Distributor's responsibility.
Distributor will promptly inspect the Products upon receipt at
Distributor's facility to determine whether any Products included in the
shipment are in short supply,
defective, or otherwise not in conformance with this Agreement. Within 3
days of receipt of such Products, the Distributor will notify the
retailer/customer of any
shortages, defects, or non-conformance, and the Customer will promptly
replace such Products free of charge.
Title to the Products shall pass to the Distributor upon delivery.
9. Terms of Sale
All sales by Company shall be in accordance with the terms and conditions
of this Agreement.
10. Payment
Upon Customer's/retailer's acceptance of any order, Distributor shall
submit to Customer/retailer via wire transfer at least percent of
the total order price. Distributor shall submit to Customer via wire
transfer the remaining
balance upon receipt of the Products at Distributor's facility.
11. Resale of the Products.
Distributor shall be free to resell the Products for such prices and upon
such terms and conditions as Distributor may see fit in its sole
discretion.
Suppliers shall have no control over or any liability in connection with
the price at which Distributor resells the Products, and Distributor
shall
hold suppliers harmless and indemnify and
defend suppliers from and against any liability resulting therefrom.
12. Responsibilities of the Distributor
Distributor agrees that it will diligently perform the services and
obligations detailed in this Agreement. The operations of Distributor
are under
its sole and exclusive control, including without limitation supervision
of, and liability for expenses incurred with respect to, employees.
The Distributor will use best reasonable
efforts to distribute the Products in the Territory.
13. Responsibilities of Supplier
In addition to any other responsibilities stated in this
Agreement, Company will:
- Provide, at Distributor's reasonable request and without charge, up
to 10 hours of training with regard to any characteristics of the
Products that Distributor deems reasonably necessary for Distributor
and its employees and
agents to fulfill the purposes of Distributor's appointment,
- Provide to Distributor, without charge, reasonable quantities of
promotional literature, brochures, and commercial
and technical information regarding the Products;
- Provide sales support and technical training to the Distributor and
its personnel as deemed reasonably appropriate by Supplier.
14. Confidential & Proprietary Information
As used herein, the term "Proprietary Information" means any
information, technical data, or know-how (including, but not limited to,
information relating to products,
software, services, development, inventions, processes, techniques,
customers, pricing, internal procedures, business and marketing plans or
strategies, finances, employees
and business opportunities) disclosed by one Party (the "Disclosing
Party") to the other (the "Recipient Party") either directly or
indirectly in any form whatsoever, including,
but not limited to,
in writing, in machine readable or other tangible form, orally or
visually.
Unless otherwise expressly authorized by the Disclosing Party, the
Recipient Party agrees that it and any of its personnel
receiving Proprietary Information under this Agreement shall treat such
Proprietary Information in strict confidence with the same
degree of care applied to its own Proprietary Information of like
importance,
which it does not wish to disclose, publish, or disseminate to third
parties.
In no event will the Recipient Party divulge, in whole or in part, such
information to any third party without the prior written consent of the
Disclosing Party; provided, further, that any third party must also
agree in writing to restrictions comparable to those provided in this
Section 6. The Recipient Party may disclose the Proprietary Information
to the extent required by a valid order by a court or other governmental
body or by applicable law; provided, however, that the Recipient Party
will use all reasonable efforts to notify Disclosing Party of the
obligation to make such disclosure in advance of the disclosure so that
Disclosing Party will have a
reasonable opportunity to object to such disclosure.
Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Agreement, each party
acknowledges that Proprietary Information
shall not include any information that:
- is already known to the Recipient Party at the time of disclosure,
or becomes publicly
known through no wrongful act of the Recipient Party's part;
- is rightfully received by the Recipient Party from a third party
without breach of this Agreement
- is independently developed by the Recipient Party without the
benefit of information received under this Agreement;
- is furnished to a third party by the Disclosing Party without a
restriction on the third party's right to disclose it; or
- is explicitly approved for release by written authorization by the
Disclosing Party.
It is understood that all Proprietary Information disclosed under this
Agreement, is, and shall
remain, the property of the Disclosing Party. Upon completion of this
Agreement, or upon written notice from the Disclosing Party,
the Recipient Party agrees to return all Proprietary Information in its
possession.
The Recipient Party acknowledges that the Disclosing Party, because of
the unique nature of the Proprietary Information,
would suffer irreparable harm in the event that the Recipient Party
breaches its obligation under this Agreement and
that monetary damages would be inadequate to compensate the Disclosing
Party for such a breach. The Parties agree that,
in such a circumstance, the Disclosing Party shall be entitled, in
addition to such monetary relief as may be applicable,
to injunctive relief as may be necessary to restrain any continuing or
further breach by the Recipient Party,
without showing or proving any actual damages sustained by the
Disclosing Party.
The obligations of the Recipient Party under this Section 14 shall
survive termination or non renewal of this
Agreement for a period of 2 years. For the avoidance of doubt, the
customer and sub-distributor lists
of Distributor shall be deemed to constitute Proprietary Information
under this agreement.
15. Right of Parties at Termination
Obligations After Termination.In the event that this
Agreement is terminated or expires on its own terms,
Suppliers shall have no further responsibilities to Distributor except
that in the event the Agreement terminates for any reason other
than a breach hereof by Distributor, Supplier shall be obligated to
process orders accepted by Supplier prior to the effective date of such
termination or
expiration or within 15 days thereafter.
Survival.Notwithstanding anything to the contrary set
forth herein, no termination of this Agreement
shall relieve any Party from any obligations hereunder which are
outstanding on, or relate to matters or claims occurring or arising
prior to, the date of such termination or
which survive such termination by their own terms or nature.
16. Indemnification & Limitation of Liability
- Indemnification. Each Party ("Indemnifying Party") shall indemnify,
hold harmless and defend the other Party ("Indemnified Party")
and its officers, directors, agents, employees, and affiliates,
- from and against any and all claims, demands, actions, costs,
expenses, liabilities, judgments, causes of action,
proceedings, suits, losses and damages of any nature, which are
threatened or brought against, or are suffered or incurred by,
the Indemnified Party or any such person to the extent caused
directly by acts or omissions of the Indemnifying Party
relating to this Agreement, including without limitation
- any negligent or tortious conduct,
- any breach of any of the representations, warranties, covenants or
conditions of the
Indemnifying Party contained in this Agreement,
- any violation of applicable laws or regulations,
- infringement or violation of any patent, copyright, trade secret, or
other proprietary interest of any third party, and
- any breach of any express or implied warranties relating to the
Products, including implied
warranties of merchantability and fitness for a particular purpose.
Limitation of Liability.IN NO EVENT SHALL EITHER PARTY
BE LIABLE TO THE OTHER FOR ANY SPECIAL, INDIRECT, EXEMPLARY OR
CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES ARISING OUT OF THIS AGREEMENT OR
PURCHASE OR USE OF THE PRODUCTS.
17. Force Majeure
Neither Party shall be held liable for any failure to perform that is due
to any cause or circumstance beyond
the reasonable control of such Party, including without limitation a
demand for such Products and other
products supply by supplier which exceeds Supplier's ability to supply
them, earthquakes, fire, accidents,
floods, storms, other Acts of God, riots, wars, rebellions, strikes,
lockouts or other labor disturbances,
national or international emergencies, failure to secure materials or
equipment from usual sources of supply,
failure of carriers to furnish transportation, government rules,
regulations, acts, orders, restrictions or
requirements or any other cause or circumstance beyond the reasonable
control of such Party. No such inability
to deliver or delay in delivery shall invalidate the remainder of this
Agreement.
18. Trademarks
Distributor shall not dispute or contest for any reason whatsoever,
directly or indirectly, during the term of this Agreement and
thereafter, the validity, ownership or enforceability of any of the
trademarks of Company, nor directly or indirectly
attempt to acquire or damage the value of the goodwill associated with
any of the trademarks of Company, nor counsel, procure, or
assist any third party to do any of the foregoing. Distributor will not
institute any proceedings with respect to the trademarks of
Manufacturer/supplier either in Distributor's own name or on behalf of
Manufacturer/supplier without express written permission of the company.
Distributor shall assign to Company, with out charge, any rights in the
trademarks of Company that may inure to the benefit
of Distributor pursuant to this Agreement or otherwise. Distributor
shall execute any documents or do any acts
that may be required to accomplish the intent of this Section.