Free Meters. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision herein, in a purchase order or in any separate agreement for Free Goods to the contrary, BD agrees that throughout the Term of this Agreement, BD shall provide and deliver to Distributor, at no cost to Distributor, the cumulative minimum quantity of BD Meters as indicated and under the conditions set forth in Exhibit B-2 and in this Section 2.4. BD shall be required to deliver all of the cumulative minimum number of free BD Meters for a Specified Date (as defined in Section 3.2(a)) by or prior to such Specified Date, as determined by Distributor in its sole discretion. [Confidential Information—Intentionally Left Blank].
(b) BD shall also advance the delivery of free BD Meters such that BD delivers free BD Meters in a cumulative amount higher than required under Exhibit B-2 by a Specified Date ("Advance Meters"), provided that Distributor also commits to purchase BD Strips in excess of the cumulative minimum number of boxes at the same Specified Date required under Exhibit B-2 [Confidential Information—Intentionally Left Blank] if Distributor desires to obtain Advance Meters from BD, then Distributor shall indicate such quantity of Advance Meters in a rolling forecast submitted to BD as described below. No later than the fifteenth day of any calendar month during the Term, Distributor shall provide BD with a rolling six-month forecast of its requirements for the Advance Meters and Advance BD Strips broken down by catalogue number. Each forecast shall constitute (i) a firm, binding obligation (the "Binding Forecast") on the part of Distributor to purchase its estimated monthly requirement for each of the first three (3) months of such forecast for Advance BD Strips and (ii) a non-binding estimate of its requirements for Advance BD Meters and Advance BD Strips for the last three (3) months of such forecast. Any such rolling forecast provided by Distributor hereunder shall be accompanied by a purchase order for Distributor's forecasted requirement for Advance Meters and Advance BD Strips for the first, second and third month of any such rolling forecast; provided, however, that to the extent any calendar month covered by any such rolling forecast overlaps with a calendar month covered by a prior rolling forecast, Distributor acknowledges and agrees that the Binding Forecast for such calendar month in a rolling forecast shall be consistent with any prior Binding Forecast for the same calendar month. BD agrees to use comm...
