EX-10.5 8 d258358dex105.htm MASTER INTERCOMPANY SERVICES AGREEMENT MASTER INTERCOMPANY SERVICES AGREEMENT Among the Parties Signatory Hereto Dated as of January 31, 2008 Page -i- MASTER INTERCOMPANY SERVICES AGREEMENT
Exhibit 10.5
EXECUTION VERSION |
MASTER INTERCOMPANY SERVICES AGREEMENT
Among
the Parties Signatory Hereto
Dated as of January 31, 2008
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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1. | AGREEMENT TO PROVIDE SERVICES | 2 | ||||
2. | COST SHARING | 3 | ||||
3. | REPORTING; TIMING OF PAYMENTS | 3 | ||||
4. | STANDARDS FOR PERFORMANCE OF SERVICE | 4 | ||||
5. | ACCESS TO EMPLOYEES AND INFORMATION | 4 | ||||
6. | FORCE MAJEURE | 4 | ||||
7. | INDEMNIFICATION | 4 | ||||
8. | NEW SERVICE PROVIDERS AND SERVICE RECIPIENTS | 5 | ||||
9. | TERM AND TERMINATION | 5 | ||||
10. | GENERAL PROVISIONS | 6 |
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MASTER INTERCOMPANY SERVICES AGREEMENT
This MASTER INTERCOMPANY SERVICES AGREEMENT (this “Agreement”) is made and entered into as of January 31, 2008, by and among certain subsidiaries of PRESTIGE CRUISE HOLDINGS, INC, a corporation formed under the laws of the Republic of Panama (“Parent”) providing services (as set forth in Schedule G hereto, collectively, the “Service Providers”) and certain subsidiaries of Parent receiving such services (as set forth in Schedule G hereto, collectively, the “Service Recipients”).
1. Agreement to Provide Services.
1.4. Right to Deliver and Request Instructions.
a. Each Service Recipient, acting through any of its authorized officers, may from time to time deliver to a Service Provider instructions with respect to matters arising under this Agreement, and the Service Provider shall follow such instructions provided they are consistent with the terms and conditions of this Agreement.
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b. At any time, any Service Provider may, if it reasonably deems it necessary or appropriate, request instructions from a Service Recipient, within a reasonable period prior to the time necessary for taking action with respect to any matter contemplated by this Agreement, and may defer action thereon pending receipt of such instructions. Any action taken by a Service Provider, its officers, directors, employees, agents or representatives in accordance with the instructions of a Service Recipient, or failure to act by a Service Provider pending the receipt of such instructions after request therefor, shall be deemed to be proper conduct within the scope of service authority under this Agreement.
2.1. Each Service Recipient agrees to bear and to pay its share of the Net Costs as defined in Section 2.2 below and, as contemplated by this Agreement, make payment arrangements with the Service Provider on an arm’s-length basis for all activities covered by this Agreement for each calendar month.
2.2. Each Service Provider shall compute the costs that it incurs in connection with providing Services under this Agreement (its “Net Costs”) in accordance with the following formula:
Net Costs = Direct Costs + Indirect Costs
“Direct Costs” means the sum of all external and all internal direct costs incurred by a Service Provider and directly attributable to a particular Service provided to a particular Service Recipient.
“Indirect Costs” means all external and all internal indirect costs incurred by the Service Provider in providing the Services to the Service Recipients, which cannot be directly attributed to a particular Service provided to a particular Service Recipient, including but not limited to salaries and bonuses, wages for permanent and temporary employees, expatriate costs (where applicable), facilities charges (including office rent, depreciation, maintenance, utilities and supplies), travel costs, pension benefits, insurance benefits, depreciation of fixed assets and all expenses to third parties incurred in connection with the Services, excluding value added tax, withholding taxes and/or similar levies, which shall be paid by the respective Service Provider, if legally required.
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to such Service Recipient. Unless any such Service Recipient disagrees as to the amounts payable as set forth in the Statement, all Statements shall be settled not later than forty-five (45) calendar days following receipt by the Service Recipient from the Service Provider of such Statement relating to the Services provided. In the event of any disagreement between the Service Providers and the Service Recipients with respect to any Statement or any amounts owed thereunder, the parties hereto agree to negotiate in good faith to resolve such dispute.
5. Access to Employees and Information.
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termination or expiration of this Agreement.
8. New Service Providers and Service Recipients. Additional subsidiaries of Parent may become Service Providers or Service Recipients, as the case may be, under this Agreement. Applications shall be directed to the Parent for its consideration. If the Parent decides that the applicant fulfills the requirements to become a new Service Provider or Service Recipient, as the case may be, it shall notify the current Service Providers and Service Recipients. If none of the current Service Providers and Service Recipients object to such entry within ten (10) days of receipt of the notification, the entry is deemed to be agreed. If the current Service Providers and Service Recipients agree, the Parent shall then sign an entry agreement in the form of the sample attached in Appendix A with the applicant. In the event of any disagreement between the Service Providers and/or the Service Recipients, as the case may be, and the Parent with respect to any applicant, the parties hereto agree to consult in good faith to resolve such disagreement.
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uncured for thirty (30) days after such party receives written notice of the breach from the Parent.
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“herein,” “hereunder” and similar terms in this Agreement shall refer to this Agreement as a whole (including the Schedules) and not to any particular Section in which such words appear. All references herein to dollar amounts shall be deemed to be references to U.S. Dollars.
a. The parties hereto will periodically review this Agreement as to the reasonableness of its terms on a quarterly basis and, in any case, not later than three (3) months after the end of Parent’s accounting year. Such review may be evidenced by documentation reasonably acceptable to the Parent.
b. No amendment to this Agreement shall be effective unless it shall be in writing and signed by Parent and each party to be bound by the proposed amendment, provided that any Schedule hereto may be amended by the Parent provided that the Parent provides written notice to each party to be bound by the proposed amendment and that no such notified party objects in writing to such amendment within seven (7) calendar days of receipt of notice thereof.
c. This Agreement shall be amended in accordance with the provisions of Section 1.3.
10.9. Governing Law. This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Florida applicable to agreements made and to be performed entirely within such State, without regard to the choice of law principles of such State.
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such party.
Prestige Cruise Holdings, Inc.
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PRESTIGE CRUISE HOLDINGS, INC. | ||||||
By: | /s/ Xxxx X. Xxxxx | |||||
Name: Xxxx X. Xxxxx | ||||||
Title: Vice President | ||||||
CLASSIC CRUISES HOLDINGS S. DE X.X. | ||||||
By: | /s/ Xxxx X. Xxxxx | |||||
Name: Xxxx X. Xxxxx | ||||||
Title: Authorized Signatory | ||||||
OCEANIA CRUISES, INC. | ||||||
By: | /s/ Xxxx X. Xxxxx | |||||
Name: Xxxx X. Xxxxx | ||||||
Title: Vice President | ||||||
OCEANIA CRUISES IRELAND LTD | ||||||
By: | /s/ Xxxx San Xxxxxx | |||||
Name: Xxxx San Xxxxxx | ||||||
Title: Director | ||||||
PRESTIGE CRUISES AIR SERVICES INC. | ||||||
By: | /s/ Xxxxxx Xxxxxxxx | |||||
Name: Xxxxxx Xxxxxxxx | ||||||
Title: Director |
[SIGNATURE PAGE: MASTER INTERCOMPANY SERVICES AGREEMENT]
Index of Schedules
Administrative Services | A-l | |||
Sales and Marketing Services | X-x | |||
Technical Services | C-l | |||
Intellectual Property Licenses | D-l | |||
Other Licenses | E-l | |||
Air Travel Services | F-l | |||
Service Providers and Service Recipients | G-l |
Schedule A
Administrative Services
Term:
Scope: Each Service Provider providing Administrative Services to any Service Recipient shall provide all administrative services to the Service Recipient as the Service Recipient may from time to time request from the Service Provider, including without limitation the following:
1. | Support Services |
Such technical, marketing and business support services and assistance as may be requested from time to time relating.
2. |
Services for the administration of certain treasury functions as may be requested from time to time, which may include but shall not be limited to managing capital structure, and investment & debt portfolios; financing for operations; managing credit lines and facilities; managing compliance with financial covenants.
3. |
Tax support and tax compliance services as may be necessary to ensure that the Service Recipient complies with applicable tax laws and as may be requested from time to time. The Service Provider shall coordinate with and assist the Service Recipient’s certified public accountants (the “Accountants”) in preparing tax returns in order that such tax returns be filed as soon as reasonably practicable after the end of each fiscal year. The Service Provider shall use all reasonable efforts to cause such tax returns to be filed on a timely basis and shall, promptly after the receipt thereof from such Accountants, deposit such copies with the permanent records of the subject entity. Such tax services may also include assistance with respect to tax research and planning; tax examinations; tax provisions; sales, use, liquor, and property tax.
4. |
Legal support services as may be requested from time to time, which may include but shall not be limited to the administration of any litigation by, against or involving a Service Recipient, maintenance of trademarks and monitoring compliance with any regulatory requirements to which any Service Recipient is subject or may become subject in the future, but which shall not include any legal services the provision of which the Service Provider concludes, after consultation with its counsel, could reasonably be expected to create a conflict of interest or violate an ethical rule.
5. | Accounting/Books and Records |
Accounting support services as may be requested from time to time to assist in the maintenance of (a) a system of accounting for the Service Recipient administered in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles in the United States (“U.S. GAAP”) consistently applied and other accounting principles reasonably requested, and (b) a
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set of audit procedures that are consistent with U.S. GAAP. In addition, the Service Provider shall provide such support services for the Service Recipients as they may request from time to time to, including but not limited to:
Accounts Payable: Invoice processing, expense report processing, vendor file maintenance, 1099 reporting.
Accounts Receivable: Credit, collections, cash application.
General Ledger Accounting: GL maintenance, journal entry processing, account reconciliations, month end close financials, fixed asset accounting.
General Accounting: IBM liaison governance support.
PPM: Project Portfolio Management.
ERP: Oracle financial system.
Hyperion: Management of Hyperion reporting, planning and Essbase cubes.
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The Service Provider shall provide such assistance to the Service Recipient as may be requested from time to time by the Service Recipient in the preparation of an audited consolidated balance sheet as at the end of each fiscal year and audited statements of income and results of operations and cash flows for such fiscal year (including notes thereto) of Parent and any subsidiary requested by Parent, which set forth in each case (in comparative form) corresponding figures for the preceding fiscal year and which are accompanied by the report thereon of the Accountants to the effect that such financial statements have been prepared in accordance with U.S. GAAP applied on a basis consistent with prior years (except as otherwise specified in such report). In addition, the Service Provider shall provide other financial statements and periodic reports as reasonably requested by the Service Recipients.
The Service Provider shall provide such assistance to the Service Recipient as may be requested from time to time in the preparation of a report of Parent and any subsidiary consisting of an unaudited consolidated balance sheet as at the end of each fiscal quarter and an unaudited statement of operations, setting forth in each case in comparative form the corresponding figures for the preceding fiscal quarter. If requested by the Service Recipient, any such reports shall be certified by the Service Provider to be correct and complete, to fairly present in all material respects the consolidated financial condition of the Service Recipient, as the case may be, at the date shown and the results of operations for the period then ended and to have been prepared in accordance with U.S. GAAP consistently applied, except for year-end adjustments. The reports for each fiscal quarter shall include a narrative discussion describing the business and operations of the Service Recipient during the preceding quarter.
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The Service Provider may engage outside accountants in connection with the provision of administrative services relating to the preparation of financial statements and periodic reports, in accordance with applicable corporate policies.
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The Service Provider shall provide budgeting, forecasting, financial planning and analysis services as may be requested.
8. |
The Service Provider shall provide such support and assistance to the Service Recipient as may be requested from time to time in connection with the management of any real or leasehold property interests of the Service Recipient, including but not limited to:
Rent/Support - Minneapolis: Base rent, building management, routine maintenance and utilities, interior design and space planning, mail room.
Rent/Support - Omaha Reservation Center: Base rent, building management, routine maintenance, property taxes, and utilities, overhead support, human resources, employee relations
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The Service Provider shall provide such support services as may be requested from time to time in connection with the administration of Parent’s and Parent’s subsidiaries financing arrangements, which may include but shall not be limited to the administration of Parent’s and its subsidiaries’ respective obligations and responsibilities under any loan documents and related security and other documents related to any borrowings of Parent or any subsidiary of Parent.
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The Service Provider shall provide such support services as may be requested from time to time by the Service Recipient in connection with filings by the Service Recipient with any Governmental Authority of any periodic or other reports required to be filed by such Service Recipient under the provisions of any government rule applicable to it, including any filings or reports required under the U.S. Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and in connection with maintaining compliance with all permits, licenses and governmental approvals necessary or desirable for the conduct of such Person’s respective business. Such services may include but shall not be limited to preparing any application, filing or notice relating thereto.
11. |
The Service Provider shall provide such support services as may be requested from time to time by the Service Recipient relating to investor and public relations matters of Parent and its subsidiaries.
12. |
The Service Provider shall provide and make available as necessary all professional,
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supervisory, managerial, administrative and other personnel as are necessary to perform its obligations hereunder, which personnel may be employees of the Service Provider or any of its affiliates, or third parties. Such personnel shall be qualified and experienced in the duties to which they are assigned. In addition, the Service Provider shall provide such support and assistance to the Service Recipient as may be requested from time to time in connection with the human resources matters of the Service Recipient, including but not limited to:
Payroll Administrative: Check and direct deposit processing; vacation tracking and processing; tax set up, reporting, and compliance; W2 processing; and payroll accounting.
COBRA Administration: Administration of continued medical, dental and vision coverage pursuant to COBRA for those existing employees of the Business as of the Effective Date.
Solution Center: Payroll and benefit call center to the extent that employees have benefits pursuant to COBRA.
Communications: Employee communications and public relations.
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The Service Provider shall provide such support services as may be requested form time to time by the Service Recipient relating to strategic planning and business development matters of the Service Recipient.
14. |
The Service Provider shall provide such support services as may be requested form time to time by the Service Recipient relating to corporate finance matters of the Service Recipient, including but not limited to:
Finance Management: Corporate and Operating Group strategy development; mergers, acquisitions, joint ventures, and other business combination facilitation.
Planning and Analysis: Corporate monthly reporting, forecasting and budgeting; facilitation of capital initiatives; consolidated financials, forecasts and budgets; technical accounting support and external audit facilitation; allocations.
Sourcing: Vendor management; purchase order management.
Audit & Risk Management: Finance, information technology, and operation audits; security; business continuity safety and loss prevention; claims management; risk financing; certificates of insurance.
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The Service Provider shall provide a technical library, with information, research and business news services for the use of the Service Recipient. The Service Provider shall also perform management of records, including transfer of information to an archiving storage medium, arranging safe storage, cataloguing of information, and ensuring compliance with
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established document retention policies.
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The Service Provider shall provide such support services as may be requested from time to time by the Service Recipient relating to procurement matters of the Service Recipient.
17. |
The Service Provider shall provide such other assistance or services relating to the conduct of the Service Recipient’s business as may be requested from time to time by the Service Recipient.
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Schedule B
Sales and Marketing Services
Term:
Scope: Each Service Provider providing Administrative Services to any Service Recipient shall provide all sales and marketing services to the Service Recipient as the Service Recipient may from time to time request from the Service Provider, including without limitation the following:
1. |
The Service Provider shall provide such support services as may be requested from time to time by the Service Recipient relating to sales and marketing matters.
2. |
The Service Provider shall provide such other assistance or services relating to the conduct of the Service Recipient’s business as may be requested from time to time by the Service Recipient.
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Schedule C
Technical Services
Term:
Scope: Each Service Provider providing Administrative Services to any Service Recipient shall provide such support services as may be requested from time to time by the Service Recipient relating to information technology matters of the Service Recipient. Such support services may include but shall not be limited to:
1. Computer/ Software Support
Provision of computer equipment, software development and maintenance and other software or services necessary or appropriate for the conduct of the business of the Service Recipient
Establishing policies, implementing the necessary systems, enforcing the policies and analyze any security violations for the Service Recipient’s information assets, including maintaining protection against any virus that may impact the Service Recipient’s computer systems.
3. Infrastructure and Corporate Office Communications
designing, implementing and managing the communications systems required to interconnect the various ground segment and local area network functions within the Service Recipient’s office and corporate office facilities for business and technical operation purposes.
4. Servers / Mainframe / Infrastructure
Support of NT/Unix database, application, and utility servers and mainframe services. Database support, storage management, capacity planning, configuration planning, change management, production control and scheduling, and technical support
5. Network Services (Voice & Data)
Support of Wide Area Network (“WAN”). Local Area Network (“LAN”), voice networks (standard voice, conferencing, mobile handhelds and contract), voice and data moves, adds and changes (“MACS”), voice, web and cellular voice
6. End User Computing
Support of workstations, software and configurations. Installations, moves, adds, and changes (“IMACS”), operational support, electronic software distribution, software and configuration management, and remote system management
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7. Application Development & Maintenance
Support of core systems (primarily Oracle and PeopleSoft), including application planning and analysis, design/build, testing, implementation, maintenance and support
8. Cross Functional IT Services
Support and management of maintenance contracts, equipment and software, including license management and compliance, asset inventory, asset refresh planning and IT procurement services. Also includes security framework and compliance, disaster recovery for supported services, help desk support for infrastructure, the office of the CIO, BPO transition charges, midrange, and architecture strategy support.
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Schedule D
Intellectual Property Licenses
Term:
Scope: Each Service Provider providing Administrative Services to any Service Recipient shall provide all intellectual property license services to the Service Recipient as the Service Recipient may from time to time request from the Service Provider, including without limitation the following:
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Schedule E
Other Licenses
Term:
Scope: Each Service Provider providing Administrative Services to any Service Recipient shall provide all license services to the Service Recipient as the Service Recipient may from time to time request from the Service Provider, including without limitation the following:
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Schedule F
Air Travel Services
Term:
Scope: Each Service Provider providing Administrative Services to any Service Recipient shall provide all air travel services to the Service Recipient as the Service Recipient may from time to time request from the Service Provider, including without limitation the following:
The Service Provider shall arrange air travel (including ticketing services related thereto) in conjunction with those cruises and/or cruisetours organized by the Service Recipients for the Service Recipient’s passengers and guests, as requested from time to time by the Service Recipient from time to time.
The Service Provider shall provide such other air travel services relating to the conduct of the Service Recipient’s business as may be requested from time to time by the Service Recipient.
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Schedule G
Service Providers and Service Recipients
Service Providers
CCH
OCI
PCAS
Service Recipients
CCH
OCI
OC IRELAND PCH
Abbreviation | Legal Name | |
CCH | CLASSIC CRUISES HOLDINGS S. DE X.X. | |
OCI | OCEANIA CRUISES, INC. | |
OC IRELAND | OCEANIA CRUISES IRELAND LTD | |
PCH | PRESTIGE CRUISE HOLDINGS, INC. | |
PCAS | PRESTIGE CRUISES AIR SERVICES, INC. |
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