EX-10.42 5 k18800exv10w42.htm TRANSITIONAL SERVICES AGREEMENT
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TRANSITIONAL SERVICES AGREEMENT
RECITALS
IT IS AGREED as follows:
In this Agreement, the following words and expressions shall have the following meanings:
The parties have shown their acceptance of the terms of this Agreement by executing it at the end
of the schedules.
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Exhibit 10.42 DATED 2007 BORDERS INTERNATIONAL SERVICES, INC. and BORDERS (UK) LIMIITED and BORDERS BOOKS IRELAND LIMITED AGREEMENT for the provision of transitional services in connection with the sale of the entire issued share capital of Borders (UK) Limited and Borders Books Ireland Limited Xxxxx & XxXxxxxx LLP London Ref: GF/RAK/FHT
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CONTENTS
Clause | Page | |||
1. Interpretation | 1 | |||
2. Provision and duration of Transitional Services | 4 | |||
3. Co-operation and Management | 5 | |||
4. Dispute Resolution | 5 | |||
5. Fees and Other Costs | 5 | |||
6. Invoicing and Late Payments | 6 | |||
7. Other Obligations | 6 | |||
8. Limitation of Liability | 6 | |||
9. Confidentiality | 7 | |||
10. Assignment and Sub-contracting | 8 | |||
11. Force Majeure | 8 | |||
12. Term & Termination | 8 | |||
13. Notices | 9 | |||
14. Variation, Waiver and Consent | 10 | |||
15. Rights and remedies cumulative | 10 | |||
16. Entire Agreement | 11 | |||
17. Third Party Rights | 11 | |||
18. Severability | 11 | |||
19. Currency Conversion | 11 | |||
20. Counterparts | 11 | |||
21. No Partnership | 11 | |||
22. Liability | 12 | |||
23. Governing Law and Jurisdiction | 12 | |||
SCHEDULE 1 | ||||
TERM SHEETS | 13 | |||
A — Financial Reporting | 13 | |||
B — Statutory Accounts Reporting | 15 | |||
C — Property Accounting | 16 | |||
D — Accounts Payable (A/P) | 17 | |||
E — Bank Reconciliation | 19 | |||
F — Treasury | 20 | |||
G — Lease Accounting | 21 | |||
H — Merchandise Reporting | 22 | |||
I — Margin Accounting and Reporting | 24 | |||
J — Inventory Accounting and Control | 25 | |||
K — Tax | 26 | |||
L — IT | 27 | |||
M — Merchandising | 30 | |||
N — Merchandise Operations | 31 | |||
O — Transportation | 33 | |||
P— Communications | 34 | |||
Q — Store Operations | 35 | |||
R — Management | 36 |
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DATE: PARTIES:
(1) | BORDERS INTERNATIONAL SERVICES, INC., a corporation incorporated in the State of Michigan, USA and having its principal place of business at 000 Xxxxxxx Xxxxx, Xxx Xxxxx, XX 00000 XXX (the “Provider”); and |
(2) | BORDERS (UK) LIMITED, a company incorporated under the laws of England and Wales with registered number 01580771, and having its registered office at 000 Xxxxxxx Xxxxx Xxxx, Xxxxxx, XX0X 0XX; |
(3) | BORDERS BOOKS IRELAND LIMITED, a company incorporated in the Republic of Ireland with registered number 404624, and having its registered office at 00 Xxx Xxxx Xxxxxxxx’x Xxxx, Xxxxxx 0, together parties (2) and (3) each being (the “Recipient”). |
(A) | The Seller has agreed to sell (and to procure the sale of the Irish Shares) and the Purchaser has agreed to purchase the Shares and the Irish Shares on the terms set out in the Sale and Purchase Agreement. |
(B) | In connection with the Sale and Purchase of the Shares and the Irish Shares, the Recipient desires the provision of certain Transitional Services and the Provider is prepared to provide certain Transitional Services to the Recipient for a limited period on the terms set out in this Agreement. |
1. | INTERPRETATION |
1.1 | Defined terms |
“Agreement” | this agreement and the recitals and schedules to it; | |
“Brand Licence Agreement” | the agreement entered into by Borders Properties, Inc., and the Recipient effecting the grant of a licence to the Recipient to use certain intellectual property rights of Borders Properties, Inc.; | |
“Breach of Duty” | the breach of any (i) obligation arising from the express or implied terms of a contract to take reasonable care or exercise reasonable skill in the performance of the contract; or (ii) common law duty to take reasonable care or exercise reasonable skill (but not any stricter duty); | |
“Business” | has the same meaning as in the Sale and Purchase Agreement; | |
“Business Day” | a day (excluding Saturday) on which the banks are generally open for business in the City of London and New York for the transaction of normal banking business; | |
“Commencement Date” | has the same meaning as Completion Date in the Sale and |
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Purchase Agreement; | ||
“Completion” | has the same meaning as in the Sale and Purchase Agreement; | |
“Customer Data” | means the information contained on the customer database containing details of the customers of the Recipient currently hosted by Cheetahmail; | |
“Deferred Consideration” | means the amount of additional consideration payable (if any) for the Shares and the Irish Shares pursuant to schedule 10 of the Share Purchase Agreement; | |
“Intra Group Guarantees” | means: | |
(a) the guarantee provided by Borders Group, Inc in relation to the lease between (1) Xxxxxxx Assets Limited and (2) Borders (UK) Limited relating to the property at 00 Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxx Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxx, X0 0XX; | ||
(b) the guarantee provided by Borders Group, Inc in relation to the lease between (1) Standard Life Investment Fund Limited and (2) Borders (UK) Limited relating to the property at 00-00 Xxxxxxxx, Xxxxx, Xxxx Xxxxxxxxx, XX0 0XX; | ||
(c) the guarantee provided by Borders Group, Inc in relation to the lease between (1) Superdrug PLC and (2) Borders (UK) Limited relating to the property at 000-000 Xxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxxx, X0X 0XX; | ||
(d) the guarantee required to be provided by Borders Group, Inc in respect of the completion of the agreement for lease dated 24 March 2006 between (1) Xxxxxxxx Property Developments Limited, (2) Xxxxxx Xxxxxxxx, Xxxxx Xxxxxxxx and Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxxx and (3) Borders Books Ireland Limited relating to the property at Xxxx 0X & 0, Xxxx Xxx Xxxxxx Xxxx, Xxxxxxxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxx 00, Republic of Ireland; | ||
“Irish Company” | Borders Books Ireland Limited, a private company limited by shares and incorporated in the Republic of Ireland; | |
“Irish Shares” | the issued share capital of the Irish Company; | |
“Liability” | liability in or for breach of contract, Breach of Duty, misrepresentation, restitution or any other cause of action whatsoever relating to or arising under or in connection with this Agreement, including without limitation liability expressly provided for under this Agreement or arising by reason of the invalidity or unenforceability of any term of this Agreement (and for the purposes of this definition, all references to “this Agreement” shall be deemed to include any collateral contract); |
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“Purchaser” | means Pimco 2672 Limited, a company incorporated under the laws of England and Wales with registered number 6301376 and having its registered office at 00 Xxxxxxx Xxx, Xxxxxx XX0X 0XX; | |
“Sale and Purchase Agreement” | the agreement entered into between the Seller and the Purchaser effecting the sale of the Shares and the Irish Shares; | |
“Seller” | BGI (UK) Limited a company incorporated under the laws of England and Wales with registered number 3434022 and having its registered office at 000 Xxx Xxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxxx XX0X 0XX; | |
“Service Managers” | the respective parties’ representatives responsible for managing a particular Transitional Service and identified as such by the relevant party; | |
“Shares” | the issued share capital of the Recipient; | |
“Tax Deed” | means the deed relating to Tax in the agreed form between BGI (UK) Limited and the Purchaser of even date; | |
“Term Sheet” | a particular section of schedule 1 (Term Sheets), identified as such, which describes particular term(s) relating to a particular Transitional Service(s); | |
“Termination Date” | the date specified as the end date for a particular Transitional Service in the relevant Term Sheet in schedule 1 (Term Sheets) or, where no date is so specified, the date specified in clause 12.1 below; | |
“Transitional Period” | the period of time during which a Transitional Service is provided as set out in the relevant Term Sheet or, where no period of time is specified, the term of this Agreement; and | |
“Transitional Service(s)” | each of those services described in schedule 1 (Term Sheets). |
1.2 | Recitals, schedules, etc. |
References to this Agreement include the recitals and schedules which form part of this Agreement for all purposes. References in this Agreement to the parties, the recitals, schedules and clauses are references respectively to the parties and their legal personal representatives, successors and permitted assigns, the recitals and schedules to and clauses of this Agreement. |
1.3 | Meaning of references | |
Save where specifically required or indicated otherwise: |
(a) | words importing one gender shall be treated as importing any gender, words importing individuals shall be treated as importing corporations and vice versa, words importing the singular shall be treated as importing the plural and vice versa, and |
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words importing the whole shall be treated as including a reference to any part thereof; | |||
(b) | references to a person shall include any individual, firm, body corporate, unincorporated association, government, state or agency of state, association, joint venture or partnership, in each case whether or not having a separate legal personality. References to a company shall be construed so as to include any company, corporation or other body corporate wherever and however incorporated or established; | ||
(c) | references to the word “include” or “including” (or any similar term) are not to be construed as implying any limitation and general words introduced by the word “other” (or any similar term) shall not be given a restrictive meaning by reason of the fact that they are preceded by words indicating a particular class of acts, matters or things; | ||
(d) | references to any English statutory provision or legal term for any action, remedy, method of judicial proceeding, legal document, legal status, court, official or any other legal concept, state of affairs or thing shall in respect of any jurisdiction other than England be deemed to include that which most nearly approximates in that jurisdiction to the English statutory provision or legal term or other legal concept, state of affairs or thing; | ||
(e) | any reference to “writing” or “written” includes any method of reproducing words or text in a legible and non-transitory form but, for the avoidance of doubt, shall not include e-mail; | ||
(f) | references to “sterling” or “£” or “pounds” are to the lawful currency of the United Kingdom as at the date of this Agreement. References to “Euro” or “€” are to the single currency of the European Union constituted by the Treaty on European Union; and | ||
(g) | references to times of the day are to that time in London and references to a day are to a period of 24 hours running from midnight to midnight. |
1.4 | Headings | |
Clause and paragraph headings and the table of contents are inserted for ease of reference only and shall not affect construction. |
2. | PROVISION AND DURATION OF TRANSITIONAL SERVICES | |
2.1 | The Provider shall supply or procure the supply of, and the Recipient shall pay for, the Transitional Services. | |
2.2 | Each Transitional Service shall be provided during the relevant Transitional Period. | |
2.3 | If during the term of this Agreement, the Recipient requires additional services from the Provider (other than the Transitional Services described in schedule 1), the Recipient and the Provider shall meet and discuss the Recipient’s requirements for such services. If the Provider agrees to provide such additional services and the Recipient and Provider agree on the cost of such additional services, the Recipient and the Provider shall amend this Agreement to incorporate an additional Term Sheet in schedule 1 that sets out all relevant details of the additional services. The terms of this Agreement shall apply to the provision and receipt of such additional services. |
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2.4 | In addition to the Transitional Services, the Provider, in its absolute discretion and on such terms at it may determine, may from time to time share knowledge relating to the Business (including retailing best practices, ways to exploit new channels to market (e.g. print on demand) and experience with loyalty schemes) with the Recipient. | |
2.5 | Nothing in this Agreement shall prevent the Provider from providing services of a similar nature to the Transitional Services to any other person. | |
3. | CO-OPERATION AND MANAGEMENT | |
The parties’ Service Managers shall be responsible for the parties’ respective roles and obligations, and the co-ordination of all matters, relating to the Transitional Services. All communications, documentation and materials relating to a particular Transitional Service and sent by the parties shall be sent to both parties’ Service Manager for that Transitional Service. | ||
4. | DISPUTE RESOLUTION | |
4.1 | In the event of any dispute, disagreement or difference of opinion arising out of this Agreement, its performance or its construction the Service Managers of the Provider and the Recipient shall use all reasonable efforts to negotiate an amicable resolution in good faith within twenty (20) Business Days of either party notifying the other of such a dispute, disagreement or difference of opinion. | |
4.2 | If the Service Managers of the Provider and the Recipient have not met and reached a resolution or otherwise reached a resolution amicably in accordance with clause 4.1 above, then the Chief Executives of the Provider and the Recipient shall meet in order to endeavour to resolve the dispute. If, within twenty (20) Business Days of such meeting, the parties have failed to reach a settlement, the parties shall be free to seek resolution of the dispute by the courts of England and Wales in accordance with clause 23.2 of the Sale and Purchase Agreement. | |
5. | FEES AND OTHER COSTS | |
5.1 | Subject to clause 5.4, in consideration for the provision of the Transitional Services, the Recipient shall pay to the Provider: |
(a) | the fees and other charges, if any, set out in schedule 1 (Term Sheets); and | ||
(b) | any additional third-party costs incurred by the Provider in connection with the provision of the Transitional Services by the Provider to the Recipient. |
5.2 | Unless otherwise stated, all sums referred to in this Agreement are exclusive of value added tax which shall be charged, if applicable, at the appropriate prevailing rate and shall be paid by the Recipient to the Provider. |
5.3 | In the event that a Transitional Service is terminated other than on the date in a month which, for the purposes of invoicing the Transitional Service, is deemed to be the start of the month (the “Invoice Date”), the fee for the last month of the Transitional Service shall be calculated and invoiced by the Provider on a pro-rata basis by reference to the number of days elapsed between the Invoice Date and the date on which the Transitional Service terminated. |
5.4 | The Recipient shall have a right of set-off in relation to the amounts to be paid by it under this agreement on the terms set out in clause 8.2 of the Sale and Purchase Agreement. |
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6. | INVOICING AND LATE PAYMENTS | |
6.1 | The Provider will be entitled to invoice the Recipient on or after the Commencement Date for the fees payable under clause 5.1 (Fees and Other Costs). Invoices will be issued by the Provider on a monthly basis in advance for the Transitional Services that will be provided to the Recipient in the month following the date of the invoice. The Recipient will pay all invoices within twenty (20) Business Days of receipt. | |
6.2 | All payments made under this Agreement shall be so made without set-off, deduction or withholding save as required by law. | |
6.3 | If any party which is required to pay any sum under this Agreement fails to pay any sum payable by it under this Agreement on the due date for payment (the “Defaulting Party”), it shall pay interest on such sum for the period from and including the due date up to the date of actual payment (after as well as before judgement) in accordance with clauses 6.4 and 6.5. | |
6.4 | The Defaulting Party shall pay interest at the annual rate which is the aggregate of 2% per annum and the base rate from time to time of National Westminster Bank Plc. | |
6.5 | Interest under this clause 6 shall accrue on the basis of the actual number of days elapsed and a 365-day year and shall be paid by the Defaulting Party on demand. Unpaid interest shall compound monthly. | |
7. | OTHER OBLIGATIONS | |
7.1 | Each party undertakes to the other that it will not alter, corrupt or damage in any way nor extract or add to in any unauthorised manner any data belonging to another and held on any computer or other system used for the purposes of supplying or receiving the Transitional Services. | |
7.2 | The Provider will provide the Transitional Services with reasonable skill and care. | |
7.3 | The Recipient shall only use the Transitional Services in relation to the Business9 including where a store or any other retail channel undergoes a change in name from “Borders” to “Books Etc”, or vice versa. | |
7.4 | The Recipient shall be responsible for project managing the orderly transfer of responsibility for the Transitional Services at the end of the Transitional Period. | |
8. | LIMITATION OF LIABILITY | |
8.1 | This clause 8 prevails over all other clauses and schedules in this Agreement and sets forth the entire liability of the parties, and their sole and exclusive remedies in respect of: |
(a) | the performance, non-performance, purported performance or delay in performance of this Agreement; or | ||
(b) | otherwise in relation to this Agreement or the entering into or performance of this Agreement. |
8.2 | Nothing in this Agreement shall exclude or limit either party’s Liability (i) for the tort of deceit; (ii) for death or personal injury caused by its Breach of Duty; (iii) for any breach of the obligations implied by s.12 Sale of Goods Xxx 0000 or s.2 Supply of Goods and Services Xxx 0000; or (iv) for any other Liability which cannot be excluded or limited by applicable law. |
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8.3 | Save as provided in clause 8.2 above, neither party shall have Liability to the other for (i) loss of revenue; (ii) loss of actual or anticipated profits; (iii) loss of contracts; (iv) loss of the use of money; (v) loss of business; (vi) loss of opportunity; (vii) loss of goodwill; (viii) loss of reputation; or (ix) any indirect or consequential loss, and such Liability is excluded whether it is foreseeable, known, foreseen or otherwise. | |
8.4 | Subject to clause 8.2 above, the total aggregate Liability of either party in connection with the provision of, failure to provide, or delay in providing, a Transitional Service including, for the avoidance of doubt, where the liability arises as a result of the provision, failure to provide, or delay in providing a Transitional Service by a sub-contractor of the Provider (as described in clause 8.5) shall not exceed the aggregate amounts payable in respect of the relevant Transitional Service. The limitation of Liability under this clause 8.4 has effect in relation both to any Liability expressly provided for under this Agreement and to any Liability arising by reason of the invalidity or unenforceability of any term of this Agreement. This clause 8.4 shall not apply to the Recipient’s liability to pay the charges pursuant to clause 5.1 (Fees and Other Costs). | |
8.5 | The parties acknowledge that certain Transitional Services will be provided by sub-contractors of the Provider under existing contracts between the Provider and such sub-contractors. | |
8.6 | Notwithstanding clause 14.1 below, in the event that the Recipient fails to notify the Provider of a breach of this Agreement within five (5) Business Days of becoming aware of the same, the Recipient shall be deemed to have waived such losses arising from the breach which arose prior to the date on which the Provider was notified. | |
9. | CONFIDENTIALITY | |
9.1 | Each party shall treat as strictly confidential and will not disclose any information received or obtained by it or its officers, employees, agents or advisers as a result of entering into or performing this Agreement which relates to: |
(a) | the provisions of this Agreement, or any document or Agreement entered into pursuant to this Agreement; | ||
(b) | the negotiations leading up to or relating to this Agreement; or | ||
(c) | the other party |
(together “Confidential Information”), | ||
provided that these restrictions shall not apply to any disclosure of information if and to the extent the disclosure is: |
(i) | required by the law of any jurisdiction; | ||
(ii) | required by any applicable securities exchange, supervisory or regulatory or governmental body to which the relevant party is subject or submits, wherever situated, whether or not the requirement for disclosure has the force of law; | ||
(iii) | made to the relevant party’s professional advisers, auditors or bankers or the professional advisers, auditors or bankers of any other member of the relevant party’s group of companies; or |
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(iv) | of information that has already come into the public domain through no fault of the relevant party or any other member of that party’s group of companies. |
9.2 | Upon termination or expiry of this Agreement (for whatever reason), each party shall return all Confidential Information of the other party within its possession, custody or control. | |
10. | ASSIGNMENT AND SUB-CONTRACTING | |
10.1 | Subject to clause 10.2 (below), the rights, benefits and obligations of the parties under this Agreement shall not be assigned, transferred or otherwise disposed of in whole or in part without the prior written consent of the other party, such consent not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed. | |
10.2 | The Provider may sub-contract to a third party to supply the Transitional Services provided that, subject to clauses 8.3 and 8.4 above, the Provider remains responsible to the Recipient for its obligations under this Agreement. | |
11. | FORCE MAJEURE | |
The party affected shall be excused performance of its obligations under or pursuant to this Agreement if, and to the extent that, performance of such obligations is delayed, hindered or prevented by acts, events, non-happenings, omissions or accidents (including, without limitation, acts of God, war, hostilities, riot, fire, explosion, accident, flood, sabotage, lack of adequate fuel, power, raw materials, containers, transportation or labour, strike, lock-out or injunction (provided that neither party shall be required to settle a labour dispute against its own best judgement), changes to governmental laws, regulations or orders) which affect the performance of this Agreement and which in each case are beyond the reasonable control of the party affected. | ||
12. | TERM & TERMINATION | |
12.1 | This Agreement shall commence on the Commencement Date and, subject to clauses 12.2, and 12.6 below, shall remain in full force and effect until twelve (12) months from Completion or, if earlier, the date on which all Transitional Services have been terminated. The Recipient shall be entitled to terminate each Transitional Service on the notice period, if any, set out in the relevant Term Sheet, and upon such termination the fees relating to that Transitional Service shall cease, and an appropriate adjustment to the amount payable shall be credited to the Recipient. | |
12.2 | Either party may terminate this Agreement forthwith by written notice to the other in the event that the other party: becomes insolvent; has a liquidator, administrator, administrative receiver or receiver appointed in respect of the whole or any part of its assets; has an order or resolution made or passed for winding-up; enters into a composition generally with its creditors; takes any equivalent action, or any equivalent action occurs in any other jurisdiction; or shall cease to carry on business. | |
12.3 | The Provider may terminate this Agreement immediately at any time by written notice to the Recipient if: |
(a) | either of the parties constituting the Recipient commits a material breach of this Agreement (including any breach of its payment obligations under this Agreement) which is not remediable, or if remediable, it has failed to remedy within thirty (30) days of receiving written notice requiring it to do so; | ||
(b) | the Purchaser fails to pay any of the Deferred Consideration properly due under the the Share Purchase Agreement within thirty (30) days of the due date for payment; or |
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(c) | any of the Intra Group Guarantees are enforced against any member of the Seller’s Group. |
12.4 | The right to terminate this Agreement contained in this clause 12 and the exercise of it shall not prejudice any other right or remedy of either party in respect of any breaches of this Agreement. |
12.5 | Termination or expiry of this Agreement (for whatever reason) shall be without prejudice to the respective rights and liabilities of each of the parties accrued prior to such termination or expiry. |
12.6 | All rights and obligations of the parties shall cease to have effect immediately upon termination or expiry of this Agreement save that: |
(a) | clauses which are expressed to survive its termination or expiry, or which, from their nature or context, it is contemplated that they are to survive termination or expiry; and | ||
(b) | any provision of this Agreement necessary for its interpretation or enforcement, shall continue in force following termination or expiry of this Agreement (for whatever reason). |
12.7 | Where this Agreement is terminated in accordance with clause 12.1 the Provider will arrange for all Customer Data to be transferred to the Recipient on the date of termination. The Recipient agrees that it will take such steps as are necessary to ensure that the transfer to and processing by the Recipient of the Customer Data, will comply with applicable data protection law. |
13. | NOTICES |
13.1 | Any notice, demand or other communication (“Notice”) to be given by any party under, or in connection with, this Agreement shall be in writing and signed by or on behalf of the party giving it. Any Notice shall be served by sending it by fax to the number set out in clause 13.2, or delivering it by hand to the address set out in clause 13.2 and in each case marked for the attention of the relevant party set out in clause 13.2 (or as otherwise notified from time to time in accordance with the provisions of this clause 13). Any Notice so served by fax or hand shall be deemed to have been duly given or made as follows: |
(a) | if sent by fax, at the time of transmission; or | ||
(b) | in the case of delivery by hand, when delivered; |
provided that in each case where delivery by fax or by hand occurs after 6pm on a Business Day or on a day which is not a Business Day, service shall be deemed to occur at 9am on the next following Business Day. | ||
References to time in this clause are to local time in the country of the addressee. | ||
13.2 | The addresses and fax numbers of the parties for the purpose of clause 13.1 are as follows: |
(a) | Provider |
Address: | 000 Xxxxxxx Xxxxx Xxx Xxxxx XX 00000, XXX |
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Fax: | x0 000 000 0000 | |||
For the attention of: | General Counsel |
(b) | Recipient |
Address: | 000 Xxxxxxx Xxxxx Xxxx Xxxxxx XX0X 0XX | |||
Fax: | 000 0000 0000 | |||
For the attention of: | Xxxx Xxxxxx-Xxxxx/Xxxxx Xxxxxxx |
13.3 | A party may notify the other party to this Agreement of a change to its name, relevant addressee, address or fax number for the purposes of this clause 13, provided that, such notice shall only be effective on: |
(a) | the date specified in the notification as the date on which the change is to take place; or | ||
(b) | if no date is specified or the date specified is less than five Business Days after the date on which notice is given, the date following five Business Days after notice of any change has been given. |
13.4 | In proving service is shall be sufficient to prove that the envelope containing such notice was properly addressed and delivered to the address shown thereon or that the facsimile transmission was made and a facsimile confirmation report was received, as the case may be. |
14. | VARIATION, WAIVER AND CONSENT |
14.1 | No variation (or waiver of any provision or condition of this Agreement) shall be effective unless it is in writing and signed by or on behalf of each of the parties (or, in the case of a waiver, by or on behalf of the party waiving compliance). |
14.2 | Unless expressly agreed, no variation or waiver of any provision or condition of this Agreement shall constitute a general variation or waiver of any provision or condition of this Agreement, nor shall it affect any rights, obligations or liabilities under or pursuant to this Agreement which have already accrued up to the date of variation or waiver, and the rights and obligations of the parties under or pursuant to this Agreement shall remain in full force and effect, except and only to the extent that they are so varied or waived. |
14.3 | Any consent granted under this Agreement shall be effective only if given in writing and signed by the consenting party and then only in the instance and for the purpose for which it was given. |
15. | RIGHTS AND REMEDIES CUMULATIVE |
15.1 | No failure or delay by either party in exercising any right or remedy provided by law or under or pursuant to this Agreement shall impair such right or remedy or operate or be construed as a waiver or variation of it or preclude its exercise at any subsequent time. No single or partial exercise of any right or remedy by either party shall preclude any other or further exercise of such right or remedy or the exercise of any other right or remedy. |
15.2 | The rights, powers and remedies provided by this Agreement are cumulative and are in addition to any rights, powers and remedies provided by law. |
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16. | ENTIRE AGREEMENT | |
16.1 | This Agreement constitutes the entire agreement between the parties relating to the subject-matter covered and supersedes any previous agreements, arrangements, undertakings or proposals, written or oral, between the parties in relation to such matters. | |
16.2 | No statement, representation, warranty, undertaking or promise will be taken to have been given or implied from anything said or written in negotiations or otherwise between the parties prior to the date of this Agreement except as expressly stated in this Agreement. | |
16.3 | Save for fraudulent misrepresentations, the parties confirm that in entering into this Agreement, they do not rely on and will have no remedy in relation to, any statement, representation, warranty, undertaking or promise (whether negligently or innocently made) of any person other than as expressly set out in this Agreement. | |
17. | THIRD PARTY RIGHTS | |
The parties do not intend that any term of this Agreement shall be enforceable by virtue of the Contracts (Rights of Third Parties) Xxx 0000 by any person who is not a party to this Agreement. | ||
18. | SEVERABILITY | |
If any provision of this Agreement is held by a court of competent jurisdiction to be illegal, invalid or unenforceable in any respect under the law of any jurisdiction, then such provision shall (so far as it is invalid or unenforceable) be given no effect and shall be deemed not to be included in this Agreement but without invalidating any of the remaining provisions of this Agreement. Any provision of this Agreement held invalid or unenforceable only in part or degree will remain in full force and effect to the extent not held invalid or unenforceable. The parties shall then use all reasonable endeavours to replace the invalid or unenforceable provision(s) by a valid and enforceable substitute provision the effect of which is as close as possible to the intended effect of the invalid or unenforceable provision. | ||
19. | CURRENCY CONVERSION | |
For the purpose of converting amounts specified in one currency into another currency where required, the rate of exchange to be used in converting balance sheet amounts specified in one currency into another currency shall be the New York closing rate for exchanges between those currencies quoted in the Wall Street Journal for the nearest Business Day for which that rate is so quoted prior to the date of the conversion. Income statement amounts will be converted by using the daily average New York closing rates for exchanges between those currencies quoted in the Wall Street Journal for the period in which the relevant expense or income applies. | ||
20. | COUNTERPARTS | |
This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts and by the parties to it on separate counterparts and each such counterpart shall constitute an original of this Agreement but all of which together constitute one and the same instrument. This Agreement shall not be effective until each party has executed at least one counterpart. | ||
21. | NO PARTNERSHIP | |
The parties are each independent contractors and nothing contained in this Agreement shall create or be construed as creating any partnership, joint venture or similar relationship between them and/or any other person nor authorising any such party to make any statements |
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or enter into any agreement on behalf of any other party, except as expressly set out in this Agreement. | ||
22. | LIABILITY | |
The obligations of each of the parties constituting the Recipient the under this agreement are joint and several. If any liability of one but not both of the parties constituting the Recipient is, or becomes, illegal, invalid or unenforceable in any respect, that shall not affect or impair the liabilities of the other party constituting the Recipient under this agreement. | ||
23. | GOVERNING LAW AND JURISDICTION | |
23.1 | The construction, validity and performance of this Agreement shall be governed by the laws of England and Wales. | |
23.2 | Subject to clause 4 (Dispute Resolution) above, the parties to this Agreement irrevocably agree that the courts of England and Wales shall have exclusive jurisdiction over any claim or matter arising under or in connection with this Agreement and that accordingly any proceedings in respect of any such claim or matter may be brought in such court. Governing language |
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SCHEDULE 1 TERM SHEETS A — Financial Reporting
A.1. Description | Procuring financial reporting for Borders stores — see below for more detailed description | |
A.2. Location | Borders US | |
A.3. Service Manager | Xxxxxxx Xxxxx | |
A.4. Fees/Charges | $140,000/year | |
A.5. Exceptions | N/A | |
A.6 Termination Notice | Not less than 3 and not more than 6 months written notice |
Item | Classification | Re/(O)ccurrence | Item comments | |||
Daily Flash Sales | Reporting | D | Net sales daily reporting by store | |||
Maintain FX Rates in Xxxxxx/EAP | Task | D | Enter FX rates into Xxxxxx | |||
Email Collection | Reporting | D | ||||
Paperchase Sales | Reporting | W | ||||
Fun Learning Sales | Task | W | Download fun learning sales by category | |||
Weekly Transactions | Task | W | Download weekly transactions by store for UK & IRE | |||
Category Sales | Reporting | W | Net sales by category | |||
Transaction/Units Summary | Reporting | W | Includes transaction and units counts; Gross Margin, Discounts, Net Margin per Trans and Unit | |||
Clearance (Red Dot) Results | Reporting | W | During the Clearance (Red Dot) Sales Timing | |||
Series Code (Promotional) Discounts | Reporting | W | Sales and units sold by series code | |||
Coupon Discounts | Reporting | W |
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Item | Classification | Re/(O)ccurrence | Item comments | |||
Gift Card Sales | Reporting | M | ||||
Corporate Sales | Reporting | M | ||||
AP165 Reprint | Reporting | M | ||||
ACME Returns | Reporting | M | ||||
Periodical Sales/Margin | Reporting | M | by UPC | |||
Missed Returns | ||||||
Month End Journal Entries | Task | M | Datacomm, legal expenses, Interest, taxes, error suspense, shrink, markdowns, etc | |||
VAT Reporting | Reporting | M | ||||
Forecasting | Task | M/Q | Each markets send P&L submissions to be loaded into EAP system | |||
Over/Short Report | Task | M | Send over/short amounts to LP team in UK | |||
Provide Final P&L Statements | Reporting | M | Send over final P&L statements after all journal entries are booked | |||
Store Contribution Reporting | Reporting | M | Store level P&L’s for Month and YTD | |||
Account Reconciliations | Task | M | Various accounts, are completed in the US | |||
Magazine Subscriptions | Reporting | W | ||||
Corporate Customer Sales Reporting | Reporting | W | ||||
Weekly Discount Reconciliation Reporting | Reporting | W | ||||
DVD and Music Promotional Campaign reporting | Reporting | W | ||||
Accounts Payable Lag Reporting | Reporting | M |
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B — Statutory Accounts Reporting
B.1. Description | Procuring statutory reporting for Borders and Books etc - see below for more detailed description | |
B.2. Location | Borders US | |
B.3. Service Manager | Xxxxxxx Xxxxx | |
B.4. Fees/Charges | $17,500/year | |
B.5. Exceptions | N/A | |
B.6 Termination Notice | Not less than 3 and not more than 6 months written notice |
Item | Classification | Re/(O)ccurrence | Item comments | |||
Provide Xxxxxx TB’s for all UK companies and Ireland | Task | Annual | ||||
Provide letter of support, letter of representation and intercompany confirmations | Task | Annual | ||||
Coordinate EY requests from work performed by IFD | Task | |||||
Provide supporting documents for accounts managed by IFD | Task |
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C — Property Accounting
C.1. Description | Responsible for Asset Management for Borders stores- see below for more detailed description | |
C.2. Location | Borders US | |
C.3. Service Manager | Xxxxxxx Xxxxx | |
C.4. Fees/Charges | $35,000/year | |
C.5. Exceptions | N/A | |
C.6 Termination Notice | Not less than 3 and not more than 6 months written notice |
Item | Classification | Re/(O)ccurrence | Item comments | |||
Yearly budgeting of cap-ex and depreciation expense | Task | Y | Cap-ex submissions from local office, all planning at H.O. | |||
Monthly forecast updates | Task | M | Monthly reforecast depreciation expense and cap-ex, submit into EAP | |||
Capital Spending administration | Task | Ongoing | Responsible for creation and approval, as well as subsequent tracking of CERs | |||
Tracking of Capital Projects | Task | Ongoing | ||||
Fixed asset accounting | Task | M | Record all depreciation and asset-related activity | |||
Monthly Fixed Asset Reporting | Reporting | M | Monthly variance to forecast explanations, Asset Registers | |||
Cap-ex reporting | Reporting | M | 1) Approved vs. Invoiced | |||
Cap-ex reporting | Reporting | M | 2) Project activity reporting | |||
Cap-ex reporting | Reporting | M | 3) New Store Cap-Ex | |||
GL Account Recs | Task | M | All fixed asset accounts |
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D — Accounts Payable (A/P)
D.1. Description | Accounts Payable and Accounts Receivable for Borders stores— see below for more detailed description | |
D.2. Location | Borders US | |
D.3. Service Manager | Xxxxxxx Xxxxx | |
D.4. Fees/Charges | $245,000/year | |
D.5. Exceptions | N/A | |
Department: | Accounts Payable | |
Department description: | Accounts Payable and Accounts Receivable |
Item | Classification | Re/(O)ccurrence | Item comments | |||
EDI and Paper drop ship merchandise invoice processing | Task | Ongoing | ||||
Expense invoice processing | Task | Ongoing | 10% done by IFD | |||
Warehouse receipt merchandise invoice matching | Task | Ongoing | ||||
Vendor service representatives | Task | Ongoing | Primary contact is IFD | |||
Vendor account reconciliations | Task | Ongoing | ||||
Vendor set-up | Task | Ongoing | Includes completion of vendor credit applications | |||
Debit balance recovery | Task | Ongoing | Substantial leveraging of UK resources | |||
AP Audit functions | Task | Ongoing | Includes but not limited to duplicate payment recovery and 3rd party audit recoveries | |||
Trade check runs | Task | M/W | Check runs are run and signed off by IFD | |||
Expense check runs | Task | M/W | UK controlled | |||
Wire transfers | Task | Ongoing | ||||
Year-end audit | Task | Y | Support for auditor requests |
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Item | Classification | Re/(O)ccurrence | Item comments | |||
General Ledger Balance Sheet Account Reconciliations | Task | M | All payables accounting | |||
Reserves Analysis | Reporting | M | All payables accounting | |||
Aged Accrual Analysis | Reporting | M | All payables accounting | |||
Average Days to Pay | Reporting | M | ||||
Non Top Vendor Activity | Reporting | M | ||||
Status of Reconciliations for Top Vendors | Reporting | M | ||||
Accounts Payable Ratio Reporting | Reporting | M | ||||
Vendor Debit Balance Reporting | Reporting | M | ||||
Claims on Invoices Trend Reporting | Reporting | M | ||||
AP165 — drop ship merchandise invoices reporting to stores | Reporting | M |
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E — Bank Reconciliation
E.1. Description | Bank Reconciliations for Borders stores— see below for more detailed description | |
E.2. Location | Borders US | |
E.3. Service Manager | Xxxxxxx Xxxxx | |
E.4. Fees/Charges | $21,000/year | |
E.5. Exceptions | N/A | |
E.6 Termination Notice | Not less than 3 and not more than 6 months written notice | |
Department: | Bank Reconciliation | |
Department description: | Responsible for Reconciliation of all bank/disbursement accounts |
Item | Classification | Re/(O)ccurrence | Item comments | |||
General Ledger Balance Sheet Account Reconciliations | Task | M | All Cash and Disbursement Accounts |
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F — Treasury
F.1. Description | Treasury — see below for more detailed description— see below for more detailed description | |
F.2. Location | Borders US | |
F.3. Service Manager | Xxxxxxx Xxxxx | |
F.4. Fees/Charges | $35,000/year | |
F.5. Exceptions | N/A | |
F.6 Termination Notice | Not less than 3 and not more than 6 months written notice | |
Department: Treasury | ||
Department description: |
Item | Classification | Re/(O)ccurrence | Item comments | |||
Cash Management | Task | Ongoing | Includes forecasting, funding, borrowing, overdraft facility maintenance | |||
Month-end close for bank/cash accounts | Accounting | Monthly | ID all cash activity (cash, wires, checks etc) and tie to specific General Ledger code. Monthly upload to Xxxxxx General Ledger of all activity. | |||
Foreign currency transactions for year end hedging | Task | Yearly | ||||
Credit card management | Accounting, Task, Reporting | Ongoing | Setting up and managing relationship with credit card companies, monthly entry of credit card fees, planning for credit card fees, reporting on credit card fees. | |||
Bank relationships | Task | Ongoing | Set-up and management of bank relationships, monthly entry of bank fees, planning for bank fees. | |||
Interest | Accounting | Ongoing | Monthly entry of interest, monthly reconciliations, forecasting and planning | |||
Wire Transfer Activity | Task | Ongoing | Activation of approved wire transfers. |
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G — Lease Accounting
G.1. Description | Lease Accounting for Borders and Books etc — see below for more detailed description | |
G.2. Location | Borders US | |
G.3. Service Manager | Xxxxxxx Xxxxx | |
G.4. Fees/Charges | $8,750/year | |
G.5. Exceptions | N/A | |
G.6 Termination Notice | Not less than 3 and not more than 6 months written notice | |
Department: | Lease Accounting | |
Department description: |
Item | Classification | Re/(O)ccurrence | Item comments | |||
Straight Line Rent Accounting | Accounting | On-going | Includes: initial calculation, maintenance, journal entries, monthly forecasting, yearly planning, and General Ledger reconciliations of Straight Line Balance Sheet accounts |
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H — Merchandise Reporting
H.1. Description | Merchandise Reporting for Borders stores — see below for more detailed description | |
H.2. Location | Borders US | |
H.3. Service Manager | Xxxxxxx Xxxxx | |
H.4. Fees/Charges | $70,000/year | |
H.5. Exceptions | N/A | |
Department: | International Finance | |
Department description: | Reporting on Merchandise Category Performance |
Item | Classification | Re/(O)ccurrence | Item comments | |||
Weekly Subject Range Report | Reporting | W | Weekly sales, store inventory, purchase, pending order, on order, store returns, and vendor return by subject breaks | |||
Open to Buy | Reporting | W | Units on Order (DC and Drop ship) by PO types — Actual vs. Target by buyers | |||
Not Yet Published | Reporting | W | Order of Not Yet Publish Titles by Product line by month | |||
In Stock | Reporting | W | Weekly Top Title sales by subject break 100 and In Stock percentage | |||
Top Titles | Reporting | W | Weekly Top 10 sales by product lines comparison TY vs. LY | |||
Bargain Scorecard | Reporting | W | Bargain Sales, Shipments, Inventory by Store | |||
Calendar Scorecard | Reporting | W | While Calendars are in Stock (Oct-Jan) | |||
Weekly Kids Sales | Reporting | W | Kids Subject Code Sales by Store | |||
US Binc Sales for UK | Reporting | M | Unit sales by store for US Binc | |||
Vendor Scorecard | Reporting | M | Sales, Purchase, Return, Refused Return, and inventory by vendor level | |||
Inventory Aging by Category | Reporting | M | Aging Inventory bucket by category by store |
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Item | Classification | Re/(O)ccurrence | Item comments | |||
Bargain Report | Reporting | W | Bargain Sales, Rolling 5 weeks Sales, Inventory by store | |||
Stock Aging | Reporting | M | Aging of Returnable and Non Returnable Stock by Category/Product line | |||
Stock Reserves | Accounting | M | Reserve Calculations and Accounting Entries for Aged Non Returnable Stock | |||
Deadwood Returns | Reporting | M — as needed | Manual Process | |||
RPLs | Reporting | M — as needed | System Process | |||
Buyer Action Plan | Reporting | M | Sales, Margin, Inventory, Week of Supply, Stockturn, Purchase and Vendor Claims by Buyers | |||
Location Range Report | Reporting | M | Sales, Inventory, and On Order by Location by Store | |||
Out of Stock | Reporting | M | Out of Stock reporting by store by country |
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I — Margin Accounting and Reporting
I.1. Description | Margin Accounting and Reporting for Borders stores - see below for more detailed description | |
I.2. Location | Borders US | |
I.3. Service Manager | Xxxxxxx Xxxxx | |
I.4. Fees/Charges | $70,000/year | |
I.5. Exceptions | N/A | |
Department: | International Finance | |
Department description: | Margin Accounting and Reporting |
Item | Classification | Re/(O)ccurrence | Item comments | |||
Preliminary Period Margin Statements | Reporting | W | Actual Sales vs. Forecast vs. Plan Analysis | |||
Final Period Margin Statements | Reporting | M | Final reporting of sales, cost, and margin and comparison to forecast | |||
Period Cost of Sales | Accounting | M | Calculate cost of sales for accounting posting | |||
Period Sales Adjustments | Accounting | M | Sales Audit posting | |||
Vendor Code Sales Mix | Reporting | M | Sales mix by vendors for the last 6 months with their average margin rate | |||
Period Margin by Vendor Code | Reporting | M | Avg 6 months period margin sales mix by vendors | |||
Country Mix - Purchases and Sales | Reporting | M | Sales and Shipment Mix by country by product line | |||
New Store Discount Summary | Reporting | NYO only | ||||
Periodicals | Reporting | M | Mill & Boon, US Periodical, Local Periodical, and Subscription Sales reporting by stores |
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J — Inventory Accounting and Control
J.1. Description | Inventory Accounting and Control for Borders stores - see below for more detailed description | |
J.2. Location | Borders US | |
J.3. Service Manager | Xxxxxxx Xxxxx | |
J.4. Fees/Charges | $70,000/year | |
J.5. Exceptions | N/A | |
Department: | Inventory Control | |
Department description: | Inventory reconciliation of on hand systems to financial systems and inventory reporting |
Item | Classification | Re/(O)ccurrence | Item comments | |||
Inventory at Retail | Reporting | W | Classified by Total Stores, FTC, RC | |||
Warehouse Inventory Summary | Reporting | W | Warehouse system weekly processing flow with perpetual inventory balances. | |||
Warehouse Overstock Aging and Fill Rates | Reporting | W | Warehouse system inventory aging with weekly shipping fill rates. | |||
Return Center Summary and Claim Aging | Reporting | W | Return Center system weekly inventory flow, on hand balances, with aged vendor returns claims. | |||
Warehouse Receipts and Shipments | Reporting | W | Warehouse system weekly summary processing. Details are provided upon request. | |||
Warehouse Reconciliations | Accounting | Q | Reconcile to General Ledger | |||
Physical Inventory | Accounting | Per StockTake Schedule | Includes pre-work, stock takes, post work, reconciliations, and results reporting by store and category | |||
Shrink Liabilities | Accounting | M | Monthly Accruals, Record Results | |||
Inventory Entries | Accounting | M |
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K — Tax
K.1. Description | Tax Reporting and Filing for Borders and Books etc — - see below for more detailed description | |
K.2. Location | Borders US | |
K.3. Service Manager | Xxxxxxx Xxxxx | |
K.4. Fees/Charges | $52,500/year | |
K.5. Exceptions | N/A | |
K.6 Termination Notice | Not less than 3 and not more than 6 months written notice |
* | Tax is fully dependent on transaction data support from the UK team. |
Department: | Tax | |
Department | ||
description: | Tax Returns |
Item | Classification | Re/(O)ccurrence | Item comments | |||
Provide all information necessary for the submission of tax returns | Annual | |||||
Provide VAT reporting | Report | Periodic | ||||
Support Statutory Account Tax Calculations | Accounting | Annual | ||||
Provide tax depreciation reporting | Report | Annual |
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L — IT
L.1. Description | Information Technology Support for Borders stores — see below for more detailed description | |
L.2. Location | Borders US | |
L.3. Service Manager | Xxxxxxx Xxxxx | |
L.4. Fees/Charges | $1,750,000 — Less Borders Shared Costs of Migration = $1,088,000/year | |
L.5. Exceptions | N/A | |
Department: | IT | |
Department description: | Support for all Borders proprietary systems, as well as other Borders integrated systems for merchandising, distribution, stores, and financials. |
Item | Classification | Re/(O)ccurrence | Item comments | |||
Transitional Support | Tasks provided during the term of the TSA | |||||
Provide BGIA (central stock, supplier and purchase order management) system functionality and support | Task | On-going | Provides data on on-hand inventory as well as inventory transfer data | |||
Provide BGIB (distribution management, inventory control and subsidiary financial) system functionality and support | Task | On-going | Performs AP invoice matching as well. | |||
Provide CMA (core back-list titles as well as EPOS daily data poll) system functionality and support | Task | On-going | ||||
Provide IMA (in-store inventory management - goods receipt and returns) system functionality and support | Task | On-going | ||||
Provide IT outage alerts | Task | As needed |
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Item | Classification | Re/(O)ccurrence | Item comments | |||
Provide Xxxxxx (general ledger, asset management, accounts payable) system functionality and support | Task | On-going | ||||
Provide Data Warehouse (business intelligence, the central location for most business data) functionality and support | Task | On-going | ||||
Provide DW Portal (web application to access sales, transactions, and discounting from POS) system functionality and support | Task | On-going | ||||
Provide store detail file transfers (daily FTP of key financial metrics) functionality and support | Task | On-going | ||||
Provide Outlooksoft/EAP systems functionality and support | Task | On-going | Maintain the query tool for Xxxxxx G/L | |||
3rd level helpdesk support | Task | As needed | For all IT issues that cannot be resolved via the UK IT group. | |||
Data back-ups and storage | Task | On-going | ||||
TOTAL TRANSITIONAL | ||
SUPPORT | $385,000.00 |
Data Migration/IT Transition to UK Ownership | Project management and task work to migrate data and hardware to UK ownership | |||||
Project coordination/management | Task | On-going | IT point of contact for coordination of transition to new owner to work with UK team | |||
Develop process for transition of SCM (product in the pipeline) to UK ownership | Task | On-going | Co-manage the plan to transition the SCM with a system implementation to ensure limited disruption to the flow of products | |||
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Item | Classification | Re/(O)ccurrence | Item comments | |||
Provide final inventory data to UK ownership | Task | One time | ||||
Provide final title file assortment data to new ownership | Task | One time | ||||
Provide one-time historical sales/inventory data in the required format | Task | One time | ||||
Update Outlooksoft dimensions | Task | One time | ||||
TOTAL MIGRATION AND TRANSITION COSTS | $702,875.00 | |
TOTAL IT COSTS | $1,087,875.00 |
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M — Merchandising
M.1. Description | Book and Non-Book Buying for Borders stores — see below for more detailed description | |
M.2. Location | Borders US | |
M.3. Service Manager | Xxxxxxx Xxxxx | |
M.4. Fees/Charges | $105,000/year | |
M.5. Exceptions | N/A | |
M.6 Termination Notice | Not less than 3 and not more than 6 months written notice | |
Department: | Merchandising | |
Department description: | Book and Non-Book Buying |
Item | Classification | Re/(O)ccurrence | Item comments | |||
Bargain buying, allocation & replenishment | Task | On-going | ||||
Weekly “big-buy” conference calls for information sharing purposes for Bargain, Calendars, Multi-media, Trade | Task & Reporting | W | Other information sharing activities to be negotiated. | |||
Merch Ops — Vendor Management — Weekly reporting | Reporting | W | By store listing of total OH, OO, NYP title and unit counts, retail value |
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N — Merchandise Operations
N.1. Description | Product Data and Analysis Support for Borders stores — see below for more detailed description | |
N.2. Location | Borders US | |
N.3. Service Manager | Xxxxxxx Xxxxx | |
N.4. Fees/Charges | $70,000/year | |
N.5. Exceptions | N/A | |
Department: | Merchandising Operations |
Department description: | Title file, vendor management, Point Of Sale promotions, store planning, merchandise planning |
Item | Classification | Re/(O)ccurrence | Item comments | |||
New store planning/store space and layout planning | Ongoing | |||||
Title File Department: | ||||||
Complete listing of all US titles on BGIA | Reporting | Weekly | ||||
Complete listing of all non-US titles on BGIA | Reporting | Weekly | ||||
Sales and OH info for all BINCs | Reporting | Weekly | ||||
Xxxxxx data — master title file by country | Reporting | Monthly | ||||
Title File Updates | Task | Weekly | Weekly set of macros that cleanse title file data to conform to BGI standards | |||
Title File Updates | Task | Ongoing | Manual maintenance based on vendor or in-country requests | |||
Title File Updates | Task | Ongoing | Semi-manual process for mass updates, required by in-country | |||
Titles changing to OP | Reporting | Monthly | Reporting on titles changing to out of print status | |||
Paperchase maintenance | Performed by the Paperchase(US) department |
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Item | Classification | Re/(O)ccurrence | Item comments | |||
Marketing: POS Promotions | ||||||
Promotional set-up — CMA | Task | Ongoing | Set-up all non BGIA promotions in CMA to be sent down to store POS system | |||
Promotional set-up — BGIA | Task | Ongoing | This department provides support for any changes that need to be made to these promotions | |||
Bar-code creation | Task | Ongoing | Create all barcodes needed for promotions | |||
Training and Consultation for promotion creation | Task | Ongoing | ||||
Merch Planning: | ||||||
Reporting: | Weekly | Top 200 items(sales), all stores, by country by product line | ||||
Weekly | Top items(sales), by country, by product line, by binc, by store | |||||
Weekly | Same as above, excluding items with series codes (on promotions) UK only | |||||
Weekly | Same as above, but with one report for high street stores, one for retail parks UK only | |||||
Weekly | Sales, On Hands, TY/LY, Turn, Discounts, for Paperchase and Gifts/Stationary category |
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O — Transportation
O.1. Description | Logistics/Shipping for Borders stores — see below for more detailed description | |
O.2. Location | Borders US | |
O.3. Service Manager | Xxxxxxx Xxxxx | |
O.4. Fees/Charges | $21,000/year | |
O.5. Exceptions | N/A | |
Department: | Transportation | |
Department description: | Shipping and logistics |
Item | Classification | Re/(O)ccurrence | Item comments | |||
Ship and ensure any Borders US bought bargain category is shipped to UK docks at Purchasers expense | Task | On-going | Once shipments clear customs, Purchaser will be responsible. | |||
Freight and Distribution Center Reporting | Reporting | On-going | Weekly, monthly reporting including Costs Per Unit, Output (units) Per Hour, Distribution Financials, and Freight Operating Review Meetings | |||
Freight and DC Planning | Task | Yearly | Planning at the detail Output Per Hour/ Costs Per Unit Distribution and Freight Financials |
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P — Communications
P.1. Description | Store/field communications for Borders and Books etc — see below for more detailed description | |
P.2. Location | Borders US | |
P.3. Service Manager | Xxxxxxx Xxxxx | |
P.4. Fees/Charges | $11,375/year | |
P.5. Exceptions | N/A | |
P.6 Termination Notice | Not less than 3 and not more than 6 months written notice | |
Department: | Communications | |
Department description: | Store and store manager communications |
Item | Classification | Re/(O)ccurrence | Item comments | |||
Store communications - e-mail box, news/marketing bulletins (promotions) and e-info updates. | Task | On-going | ||||
E-mail communications for Books Etc. | Task | Daily | ||||
Store manager specific communications | Task | Bi-weekly | ||||
URL set-up on proxy server (link created on e-info) | Task | As needed |
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Q — Store Operations
Q.1. Description | Store Operational Support for Borders stores — see below for more detailed description | |
Q.2. Location | Borders US | |
Q.3. Service Manager | Xxxxxxx Xxxxx | |
Q.4. Fees/Charges | $35,000/year | |
Q.5. Exceptions | N/A | |
Department: | Store Operations |
Item | Classification | Re/(O)ccurrence | Item comments | |||
Provide store operational support from US. | Task | On-going | ||||
New store set-up in legacy systems | Task | On-going |
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R — Management
R.1. Description | Management of Support Services- see below for more detailed description | |
R.2. Location | Borders US | |
R.3. Service Manager | Xxxxxxx Xxxxx | |
R.4. Fees/Charges | $105,000/year | |
R.5. Exceptions | N/A | |
Departments: | Finance, Tax, Merchandising | |
Department description: | Management Oversight of Support Services |
Item | Classification | Re/(O)ccurrence | Item comments | |||
Direction and leadership for support services employees | Task | Daily | ||||
Review of support services employee work | Task | Daily |
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SIGNED by duly authorised for and on behalf of BORDERS INTERNATIONAL SERVICES, INC. | ) ) ) /s/ Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx ) | |
SIGNED by duly authorised for and on behalf of BORDERS (UK) LIMITED | ) ) /s/ Xxxx Xxxxxxx ) | |
SIGNED by duly authorised for and on behalf of BORDERS BOOKS IRELAND LIMITED | ) ) /s/ Xxxx Xxxxxxx ) |
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