This Exclusive Supply Agreement (the “Agreement”) is effective on [DATE],
BETWEEN: [NAME OF THE BUYER], (the “Buyer”), an individual with their main address located at OR a Company organized and existing under the laws of the [State/Province] of [STATE/PROVINCE], with its head office located at:
[COMPLETE ADDRESS]
AND: [NAME OF THE SUPPLIER], (the “Supplier”), an individual with their main address located at OR a Company organized and existing under the laws of the [State/Province] of [STATE/PROVINCE], with its head office located at:
[COMPLETE ADDRESS]
Collectively, the Buyer and Supplier shall be referred to as the “Parties.”
WHEREAS, the Supplier is the owner of [SPECIFY PRODUCTS] which he intends to sell and supply to the Buyer on an exclusive basis;
WHEREAS, the Buyer is desirous of obtaining those Products from the Supplier, and the Supplier is willing to grant the Products, upon the terms and conditions hereinafter set forth;
WHEREAS, the Buyer and the Supplier desire to enter into an exclusive Agreement with regard to the sale and purchase of the products listed in Appendix A, hereinafter called the “Products;”
WHEREAS, the Buyer and the Supplier are entering into this Agreement in good faith and are relying on its terms;
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration and as a condition of the Parties entering into this Agreement and other valuable considerations, the receipt and sufficiency of which consideration is acknowledged, the Parties agree as follows:
SCOPE OF AGREEMENT
The scope of the present Agreement is to exclusively supply the Products to the
Buyer
,
and the Buyer shall
purchase
the
P
roduct
s
.
The
P
arties hereto acknowledge and agree that the
Supplier
may sell other products to any third party upon the prior written consent of
the
Mentor
, which consent may be withheld by
the
Mentor
at
the
Mentor
's sole and absolute discretion.
The "Products" shall mean the goods or services specified in
Exhibit A
attached hereto, which may be modified from time to time by mutual written agreement of the
P
arties.
Each Party warrants that it has the right to enter into this Agreement and that its performance will not violate any agreement between it and any third party.
ORDER,
SUPPLY OF PRODUCTS
AND DELIVERY
The
Buyer shall submit purchase orders to
the
Supplier for the Products. Purchase orders shall include the type and quantity of Products requested by
the
Buyer, the requested delivery date, and any other specifications required by
the
Supplier.
The
Supplier shall use its best efforts to fill purchase orders in a timely manner and shall notify
the
Buyer of any anticipated delays.
The prices for the Products shall be as set forth in Exhibit
A and
shall remain fixed during the Term of this Agreement. Payment terms shall be as set forth in Exhibit A.
All
m
aterials delivered to
the
Buyer shall be set forth in each written purchase order.
The
Supplier
shall use its best efforts and the latest and most efficient delivery systems to deliver the
m
aterials no sooner than [
NUMBER OF
DAYS] days prior to the applicable
d
elivery
d
ate and no later than the applicable
d
elivery
d
ate
.
RELATIONSHIP
It is understood
by both the
P
arties
that
nothing in this Agreement will be construed as creating a relationship of partnership, joint venture, agency or employment between the Parties.
PAYMENTS
For providing the Products to the
Buyer
, the
Buyer shall pay to
the
Supplier
the
price of the Products ordered through the
p
urchase
o
rder
. It is agreed that the terms of this Agreement shall prevail over any terms that may be included on the
purchase order.
Payment
s
hall be due and payable
within
[
NUMBER OF
DAYS]
days of the date of an invoice from
the
Supplier
.
If the Buye
r fails to
make any payment due to
the
Supplier
under this Agreement by the due
date for payment, then
the
Supplier
may
suspend the
s
upply of
the
Product
s
.
All
c
harges and taxes or any other applicable sales tax shall be paid by the
Buyer
at the rate and in the manner for the time being prescribed by law.
TERM AND TERMINAT
ION
TERM: The
T
erm of the Agreement is
until
the [DATE] from the Effective Date of this Agreement.
TERMINATION:
In the event of a noncompliance with any material term or condition of this Agreement by either Party, the other Party
,
in addition to any other remedies it may have, may terminate this Agreement by a written notice to the breaching Party
,
specifying such non-compliance. This Agreement shall terminate automatically
after
[
NUMBER OF
DAYS]
days unless the breaching Party cures the breach within such
[
NUMBER OF
DAYS]
-
day period
.
The present Agreement shall be automatically terminated at the expiration of the period
of
the present Agreement unless the Agreement is renewed at the end of the mentioned
T
erm.
However, both the
Parties
shall have the right to terminate the present Agreement by providing each other with a prior written notice of
[
NUMBER OF
DAYS]
days
.
Termination of this
A
greement shall not release either
P
arty from its obligations arising under this
A
greement prior to the
E
ffective
D
ate of
the
termination.
Termination by any Party shall not affect the rights and obligations of either Party which accrued before the Effective Date of the termination and does not affect any obligations of confidentiality covered by this Agreement.
LIABILITY
In no event shall
the
Supplier
be liable for any incidental, special, indirect, punitive or consequential damages, lost revenue, lost profits, or lost or damaged data, whether arising in contract, tort (including negligence) or otherwise, even if
the
Supplier
has been informed of the possibility thereof.
Notwithstanding anything else herein, all liability of
the
Supplier
for claims arising under this
A
greement or otherwise shall be limited to the money paid by
the
Buyer
to
the
Supplier
for the
Products or
services in the
[
NUMBER OF
DAYS]
days
preceding the event or circumstances
giving rise to such liability. T
his limitation of liability is cumulative and not per incident.
EXCLUSIVITY
Subject to the terms an
d conditions of this Agreement
,
the
Supplier
shall supply the Product
s
(or services)
to the Buyer in the
Territory exclusively to
the Buyer
during the Term; and
the
Supplier
shall
not, directly or indirectly, market, solicit orders for, sell, offer for sale, import, distribute, commercialize or otherwise provide
the
Product
s
to any other party in the Territory.
The
Supplier
s
hall not enter into any agreement with any
third party that would
conflict or interfere with its obligations under this Agreement, or result in its violation or breach of the terms, conditions or provi
sions of this Agreement
,
or
violate or conflict with
a
pplicable
l
aw.
CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION AND NON-DISCLOSURE
The
P
arties
understand
that some information may be of a confidential and sensitive nature.
The
P
arties
agree
not to discuss or disclose information
associated to
this
Agreement
.
Definition: “Confidential Information” means any proprietary information, technical data, trade secrets or know-how of the
Supplier
, including, but not limited to, research, business plans or models, product plans, products, services, computer software and code, developments, inventions, processes, formulas, technology, designs, drawings, engineering,
b
uyer
lists and
b
uyer
s (including, but not limited to,
b
uyer
s of the
Supplier
on whom
the
Buyer
called or with whom
the
Buyer
became acquainted during the Term of his performance of the Services), markets, finances or other business information disclosed by the
Buyer
either directly or indirectly in writing, orally or by drawings or inspection of parts or equipment. Confidential Information does not include information which: (a) is known to
the
Supplier
at the time of disclosure to
the
Supplier
by the
Buyer
as evidenced by written records of
the
Supplier
, (b) has become publicly known and made generally available through no wrongful act of
the
Supplier
, or (c) has been rightfully received by
the
Supplier
from a third party who is authorized to make such disclosure.
Non-Use and Non-Disclosure.
The
Buyer
shall not, during or
after
the Term of this Agreement: (i) use the
Supplier
’s Confidential Information for any purpose whatsoever other than the performance of the Services on behalf of the
Supplier
, or (ii) disclose the
Supplier
’s Confidential Information to any third party. It is understood that said Confidential Information is and will remain the sole
property of the
Supplier
.
The
Supplier
shall take all commercially reasonable precautions to prevent any unauthorized use or disclosure of such C
onfidential Information.
The
Buyer
, his/her servants, agents, and employees shall not use,
disseminate,
or distribute to any person, firm or entity, incorporate, reproduce, modify, reverse engineer, decompile or network any Confidential Information, or any portion thereof, for any purpose, commercial, personal, or otherwise, except as expressly authorized in writing by the Manag
er then appointed by the
Supplier
. Upon completion of the Services, or termination of this Agreement, or
at any time thereafter,
the
Buyer
and his/her servants, agents, and employees shal
l promptly return to the
Supplier
, or
upon the request of the
Supplier
shall destroy or delete, all such tangible and intangible Confidential Information, including, but not limited to, any and all devices, records, data, notes, reports, proposals, lists, correspondence, specifications, drawings
,
blueprints, sketches, materials, equipment, other documents or property, or reproductions of any aforement
ioned items developed by
the
Buyer
pursuant to his/her performance of the Services or ot
herwise belonging to the
Supplier
. If requested by
the
Supplier
, upon the termination or expiration of
this Agreement with the
Supplier
,
the
Buyer
agrees to and shall execute and deliver a termination certification attesting to the performance of the terms an
d conditions of this
s
ection,
which may be provided by
the
Supplier
in its sole discretion and timing
.
SEVERABILITY
If any term, covenant, condition or provision of this
Agreement
is held by a court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, void or u
nenforceable, it is the
Parties
’
intent that such provision be reduced in scope by the court only to the extent deemed necessary by that court to render the provision reasonable and enforceable
,
and the remainder of the provisions of this
Agreement
shall in no way be affected, impaired or invalidated as a result.
MODIFICATIONS
The
Buyer
shall not make any m
odification or changes to the
A
greement
in any situation
.
Such changes or alteration will be treated as a material breach of this
A
greement.
The
Buyer
shall provide a
[
NUMBER OF
DAYS]
-
day written notice and request to
the
Supplier
prior to any modification or changed use of the IP Rights
,
and the failure on the part of
the
Supplier
to respond within that
[
NUMBER OF
DAYS]
-
day period shall be presumed to operate as a rejection of such request.
NOTICES
Any notices or delivery required here shall be deemed completed when hand-delivered, delivered by agent, or
[
NUMBER OF
DAYS]
days after being placed in the post,
postage prepaid, to the
Parties
at the addresses contained in this
Agreement
or as the
Parties
may later designate in writing at the
address
es
provided by the
Parties
.
FORCE MAJEURE
For purposes of this
s
ection, "force majeure" means an event beyond the control of either
Party
, which by its nature could not have been foreseen by such
P
arty
, or, if it could have been foreseen, was unavoidable, and includes without limitation, acts of God, storms, floods, riots, fires, sabotage, civil commotion or civil unrest, interference by civil or military authorities, acts of war (declared or undeclared) and failure of energy sources.
N
either
P
arty
shall be under any liability for failure to fulfill any obligation under this
Agreement
, so long as and to the extent to which the fulfillment of such obligation is prevented, frustrated, hindered, or delayed as a consequence of circumstances of force majeure
,
provided that such
P
arty
shall have exercised all due diligence to minimize to the greatest extent possible the effect of force majeure on its obligations hereunder.
WAIVER
In the event that any provision of this Agreement is deemed invalid or unenforceable, in whole or in part, that part shall be severed from the remainder of the Agreement and all other provisions should continue in full force and effect as valid and enforceable
.
GOVERNING LAW AND JURISDICTION
This
Agreement
shall be construed and enforced in accordance with the laws of
[STATE/PROVINCE].
The
Parties
submit to the jurisdiction of the courts of
[STATE/PROVINCE]
for the enforcement of this
Agreement
or any arbitration award or decision arising from this
Agreement
.
MEDIATION AND ARBITRATION
In the event a dispute arises out of or in connection with this
Agreement
, the
Parties
shall attempt to resolve the dispute through friendly consultation.
If the dispute is not resolved within a period of [
NUMBER OF
DAYS] days
,
then any or all outstanding issues may be submitted to mediation in accordance with any statutory rules of mediation. If mediation is not successful in resolving the entire dispute or is unavailable, any outstanding issues shall be submitted to final and binding arbitration in accordance with the laws of
[STATE/PROVINCE]
.
The arbitrator's award shall be final, and judgment may be entered upon it by any court having jurisdiction within
[STATE/PROVINCE].
INDEMNIFICATION
Parties
shall be indemnified and held harmless by
the
other
P
arty
from and against any and all claims of any nature wh
atsoever, arising out of
the
other
Party
's
performance.
A
Party
shall not be entitled to indemnification under this section for liability arising out of gross negligence or
wilful
misconduct of the
Party
or the breach by the
Party
of any provisions of this
Agreement
.
ENTIRE AGREEMENT
This
Agreement
contains the entir
e
Agreement
between the
Parties
. All negotiations and understandings have been included in this
Agreement
. Statements or representations which m
ay have been made by any
P
arty
to this
Agreement
in the negotiation stages of this
Agreement
may in some way be inconsistent with this final written
Agreement
. All such statements are declared to be of no value in this
Agreement
. Only the written terms of this
Agreement
shall bind the
Parties
.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Parties have executed this Agreement on [DATE].
SUPPLIER BUYER
Authorized Signature Authorized Signature
Print Name and Title Print Name and Title
EXHIBIT A
PRODUCTS AND PRICE