EXHIBIT 10.5
AGREEMENT FOR DEVELOPMENT OF TELEPHONIC TRAFFIC BETWEEN SERVER AND
TELECOMUNICACOES DE SAO PAULO S.A. - TELESP - ADHESION AGREEMENT.
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REQUEST FOR REGISTRATION OF STANDARD OR MODEL AGREEMENT
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ILLUSTRIOUS REGISTRAR OF THE PUBLIC REGISTRY OF DOCUMENTS AND CIVIL REGISTRY OF
LEGAL ENTIITES OF THE CAPITAL
TELECOMUNICACOES DE SAO PAULO S/A - TELESP- with its address at Rua Xxxxxxxxxx
xx Xxxxxxxx, n(0) 851, in this Capital, undersigned, comes before Your Honor to
request the REGISTRATION of the attached document of: AGREEMENT FOR FUNDS FOR
DEVELOPMENT OF TELEPHONIC TRAFFIC.
It requests granting of the above.
Sao Paulo, August 22, 2003.
Signed by: XXXXXXXX XXXXX XXXXXXX
National Registry of Individuals:
Identity Card:
THREE STAMPS OF THE 2ND REGISTER OF DOCUMENTS AND CIVIL OF LEGAL ENTITIES.
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AGREEMENT
FOR
DEVELOPMENT OF TELEPHONIC TRAFFIC
BETWEEN
SERVER
AND
TELECOMUNICACOES DE SAO PAULO S.A. - TELESP
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AGREEMENT FOR DEVELOPMENT OF TELEPHONIC TRAFFIC
Through this present private instrument and in the best form of the law, the
Parties qualified hereinunder, on one side::
(a) TELECOMUNICACOES DE SAO PAULO S.A., with its main place of business in the
City of Sao Paulo, at Xxx Xxxxxxxxxx xx Xxxxxxxx, 000, enrolled in the National
Registry of Legal Entities under n(0) 02.558.157/0001-62, in this act duly
represented pursuant to its Bylaws, hereinafter simply called "TELESP",
and, on the other,
(b) SERVER, duly qualified in the Request for Services, which is an integrant
inseparable Party to this Agreement, hereinafter simply called "SERVER";
and also, individually referred to as a "Party" and when jointly, "Parties",
Whereas the conditions set forth in the Promotional Plan for Supplying of Access
Infra-Structure to Narrowband Internet Services ("Promotional Plan") that TELESP
published in the site XXX.XXXXXXXXXX.XXX.XX/XX, on July 7, 2003, subsequently
complemented on July 22, 2003; and
Whereas the SERVER's interest in joining in and in hiring under the conditions
set forth in the aforementioned "Promotional Plan", specified in the Request for
Services;
they decide, of common concord, to enter into the present Adhesion Agreement,
which shall be governed by the following clauses and conditions:
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1. OBJECT
1.1. The object of the present Adhesion Agreement is the development of the
telephonic traffic in Region III of the General Plan of Grants ("GPG"),
related to calls started at TELESP's network terminals of Commuted
Landline Telephone Service ("CLTS") and finished at the Dial Provider
Ports and/or E1s, hired by the SERVER from TELESP for users' dialed
access to the Internet in Region III of GPG, through payment of the
amounts hereinafter agreed upon.
2. SERVER'S DUTIES
2.1. These are the SERVER's duties, with no loss to the other duties set
forth in this instrument:
2.1.1 To guarantee its full fidelity to the services of Access
Infra-Structure to Narrowband Internet Services towards
TELESP, in accordance with the Promotional Plan, making sure
that all the traffic arisen from its users and geared to the
SERVER is finished at TELESP's network, through the hiring of
the sufficient and necessary Dial Provider Port(s) and/or
E1(s).
2.1.1.1. The fidelity commitment set forth in the Promotional
Plan and ratified in the terms of item 2.1.1. above,
is conditioned to the compliance, by TELESP, with the
SERVER's requests for Dial Provider Ports and/or E1s.
2.1.1.2. In the cases when TELESP states that it will not
comply with the SERVER's request for Dial Provider
Ports, the latter shall, through E1 hiring, assure
that the integrality of the dialed access connections
to the Internet in Region III of the GPG finishes at
the CLTS network or at any other TELESP network.
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2.1.1.2.1. In the hypothesis detailed in item
2.1.1.2., in case the SERVER eventually
hires E1 differently from the conditions
set forth in the Promotional Plan, it will
not be entitled to any payment arisen from
having entered into this Agreement,
related to such E1s.
2.1.1.3. With no loss to the provisions of item 2.1.1.2.,
whenever TELESP fails to comply with the service
levels ("SLA") established in the Agreements for
Providing Service and in the Agreement for Supplying
Access Infra-Structure to the Internet Services -
Dial Provider, the SERVER will be freed from the
fidelity duty set forth in item 2.1.1. above for the
localities where the ports, the service level to
which has not been complied with.
2.1.2. To keep the hiring of the Dial Provider Port(s) and/or E1(s),
pursuant to the terms of item 2.1.1. above, during all this
instrument's validity period.
2.1.3. To respect and comply with all the conditions established in
the Promotional Plan, bound to this instrument.
3. TELESP'S DUTIES
3.1. TELESP shall have the following duties, with no loss to the other
obligations set forth in this instrument:
3.1.1. To pay the SERVER for the development herein agreed upon,
pursuant to the terms of Clause 4 below;
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3.1.2. To assure the supply of the Dial Provider Port(s) and/or the
E1(s), in accordance with the terms agreed upon by the SERVER.
3.1.3. To respect and comply with all the conditions set forth in the
Promotional Plan, bound to this instrument.
4. VALUES AND PAYMENT FORMS
4.1. TELESP will monthly pay to the SERVER for the development hereby hired,
the amount corresponding to fourteen point five per cent (14.5%) of the
value of the telephonic pulses that can be charged by TELESP, due to
calls starting at TELESP's Commuted Landline Telephone Service network
("CLTS") and finished in the Dial Provider Port(s) and/or E1(s) hired
from TELESP.
4.1.1 For the purposes of this Agreement, it is understood by
telephonic pulse, the tariff unit of a call from CLTS in the
modality local (calls from conurbation areas will not be taken
into consideration), homologated by ANATEL and which can be
invoiced by TELESP from its subscribers.
4.1.1.1. The net value of the pulse homologated by ANATEL will
always be used.
4.1.2. The value of the pulse to be considered for the payment, which
item 4.1 refers to, will be calculated by the weighted
average, in accordance with the percentages established below:
4.1.2.1. For Xxxxxx 00 of the GPG, the value to be considered
will be ninety per cent (90%) of the pulse value.
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4.1.2.2. For Xxxxxx 00 of the GPG, the value to be considered
will be point nine per cent (0.9%) of the pulse
value.
4.1.2.3. For Xxxxxx 00 of the GPG, the value to be considered
will be point one per cent (0.1%) of the pulse value.
4.2. TELESP will make available to the SERVER, up to the twentieth (20th) of
the month subsequent to the invoicing cutting date of the Dial Provider
and/or E1 services, a statement report ("Statement Report"), containing
the total amount of pulses, as defined in item 4.1.
4.3. The SERVER shall invoice the amounts to be paid by TELESP, pursuant to
this Agreement, according to the Statement Report within five (5) days
subsequent to its receipt, with maturity date on the thirtieth (30th )
of each month.
4.3.1. The amounts re 18 27 lated to this Agreement's first and last
month will be invoiced PRO RATA DIE.
4.3.2. No kind of repassing of taxes will be accepted, including
related to the creation of new levying taxes or to changes in
the levying rules (whether modification of the calculation
basis or aliquots).
4.4. TELESP shall make the respective payment through credit in bank current
accounts to be informed by the SERVER in the Request for Services.
4.5. The deposit vouchers in the SERVER's favor will be considered able
documents for evidencing the acquittal of the payments due by TELESP.
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4.6. Subsequently to the invoicing of the amounts stated in the Statement
Report, the SERVER may challenge, with justification, TELESP's report
within ten (10) days, counted as of such invoicing date.
4.7. TELESP will have a (10) ten-day term, counted as of the receipt of the
SERVER's challenge to appraise and adjudge such challenge.
4.7.1. In case TELESP considers that the SERVER's challenge of the
Statement Report has grounds, the SERVER shall, in the
following month's invoice, include the amounts resulting from
the challenge verification, added of the charges set forth in
item 4.8, calculated on the basis of the overcharged
difference.
4.7.2. If, after TELESP's decision about the SERVER's challenge, the
divergence between the Parties still persists, the issue shall
be solved in accordance with the terms of Clause 10
hereinbelow.
4.8. Assuming that the payments established in this Clause are not honored
on the date herein agreed upon, there will levying on the amount of the
portion due, independently of notification, of fine for payment on
arrears of two per cent (2%) or of the maximum percentage allowed by
the legislation in force that may eventually replace it, a single time,
and fine for payment on arrears of one per cent (1%) per month or
fraction of month, as well as monetary restatement verified by the
variation of the General Index of Prices - DI (IGP-DI), released by the
Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx Foundation, as of the maturity date until the date of
the actual payment. In the absence of IGP-DI, another official index
that may eventually replace it will be applied to it, calculated PRO
RATA DIE..
4.9. In the hypothesis of ANATEL or TELESP eventually establishing
alternative remuneration plans for the dialed access traffic to the
Internet, which disregard the pulses arisen from the traffic finished
at the Dial Provider Ports and/or E1 hired by
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the SERVER, the amount to be paid by TELESP by virtue of the
development hereby hired, will be equivalent to twenty per cent (20%)
of the net amount invoiced per each of the SERVER's users that opts for
such alternative plans, being this amount added to the verified amount,
pursuant to item 4.2. above.
4.10. The Parties may come to an agreement about granting discounts over the
value of the pulse stemming from the calls started by the SERVER's
users at CLTS network and finished at the Dial Provider Ports and/or E1
hired from TELESP.
4.10.1 In case the Parties eventually agree about the discounts which
item 4.10. above refers to, the full amount corresponding to
the discounts granted to the SERVER's users will be deduced
from the total amount of the development to be paid for, in
accordance with the terms of item 4.1. above.
4.10.1.1. The provisions set forth in item 4.10.1 above, will
only be applied to the period in which the discount
granted to the users is valid, which will not be
longer than ninety-five ( 95) days, whether
uninterrupted or not.
4.10.2. Whenever the value of the discounts granted to the SERVER's
users is higher than the total value of the development,
calculated pursuant to the terms of item 4.1. above, the
SERVER will not owe any difference to TELESP.
5. VALIDITY
5.1. The present Agreement will remain in force for a period of twelve (12)
months, counted as its execution date and can be automatically renewed
until December 31, 2005, through the SERVER's previous express wish.
5.1.1. This Agreement cannot be extended pursuant to the terms of
item 5.1 above, in case the SERVER eventually fails to comply
with any of this Agreement's conditions or those of the
Promotional Plan, or in case the Agreements for Supplying
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Access Infra-Structure to the Narrowband Internet Services,
entered into by virtue of the Promotional Plan (Dial Provider
and/or E1) are eventually terminated.
6. TERMINATION
6.1. The present instrument cannot be terminated in advance by any of the
Parties, due to unjustified accusation.
6.2 Any of the Parties can terminate the Agreement in the event of:
6.2.1. Bankruptcy of the other Party;
6.2.2. Incompliance, by the other Party, with any of the duties set
forth in this Agreement, without the due remedy within a (60)
sixty-day term, counted as of the notification date;
6.2.3. Incompliance with any provision of the Promotional Plan;
6.3. In any assumption of termination, including those described in item
6.2. above, the Agreement for Supplying Access Infra-Structure to the
Narrowband Internet Services, as well as the Agreement for Availability
for Advertising Space, entered into with TELESP by virtue of the
Promotional Plan, will be automatically terminated, being the Party
which has not given reason for termination, the creditor of the
termination fine set forth in those agreements, and the aforementioned
fine will have to be paid to the creditor Party within thirty (30)
weekdays days, counted as of those Agreements' termination date.
6.4. It is hereby set forth that none of the Parties can claim any other
indemnification or compensation, including losses and damages, due to
this instrument's advanced termination, except for the penalty
established in item 6.3.
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7. CONFIDENTIALITY
7.1. By virtue of the access they have had and will have to the other
Party's privileged or confidential information, the Parties
reciprocally commit:
7.1.1. Not to allow access to the other Party's confidential
information to any third parties whatsoever, which are not
their respective administrators, employees, representatives,
agents or consultants, and to these, just in the extension
needed to allow the achievement of this Agreement's object;
7.1.2. Not to use any Confidential Information, except for the
purposes established in this Agreement and/or other deals
entered into by the Parties; to keep utmost confidentiality
regarding the received Confidential Information, including
rigorously endeavoring to prevent circulation of copies,
e-mails, faxes and other forms of private or public disclosure
of such Confidential Information, apart from those which are
strictly needed for complying with this Agreement.
7.2. The Parties acknowledge that there will be no violation to the
provisions of this clause, in the assumptions when:
7.2.1. The Confidential Information becomes available to the public
in general, through a means that does not result from its
disclosure by the Parties or their respective
shareholders/quotaholders, controlled or controlling companies
of their respective shareholders/quotaholders,
representatives, employees or consultants, which have been
previously authorized in accordance with item 7.2.3;
7.2.2. The disclosure is demanded by a governmental authority, under
the penalty of incompliance or another penalty being featured.
In such hypotheses, the Confidential Information to be
disclosed shall be object of all the applicable governmental
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or judicial protection, and the Party that is compelled to
disclose such information must notify the other Party about
such disclosure;
7.2.3. The disclosure has been previously authorized, in writing, by
the other Party, in writing.
7.3. The Parties shall advise all those to whom they provide access to
Confidential Information of the other Party about the secrecy and
non-disclosure duties herein agreed upon.
7.4. The Parties will remain under the obligation of keeping the strictest
secrecy regarding the Confidential or Privileged Information obtained
by virtue of the Agreement execution, for a (5) five-year term, counted
as of its expiration and the expiration of its possible extensions.
7.5. Violation to the duties established in this item or incompliance with
the confidentiality duties set forth in this instrument, shall subject
the infracting Party to compensate all the losses incurred by the Party
damaged by such violation, being this duty to indemnify exclusively
limited to the direct damages, duly evidenced, which such damaged Party
will eventually undergo by virtue of the incompliance with the
confidentiality duties herein agreed upon.
8. COMMUNICATIONS
8.1. Any notice, notification, request or communication related to the
present Agreement shall be sent by:
8.1.1. registered letter, hypothesis when the terms will be counted
as of the effective receipt date;
8.1.2. telegram;
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8.1.3. fax, with transmission voucher, being that, in this case, the
original counterpart shall be delivered to the addressed Party
by mail, copied and docketed within five (5) working days; or
8.1.4. personal delivery, with voucher signed by the other Party's
authorized representative.
9. MISCELLANEOUS
9.1. The present Agreement binds the Parties and their successors, on any
account.
9.2. Any amendment to this Agreement will only be valid through written
instrument, duly executed by the Parties.
9.3. Unenforceability or invalidity of any clause or provision of this
Agreement will not affect the enforceability or validity of the other
clauses and provisions, except if the combination of their provisions
makes clear that the Parties' wish would not have been to hire without
the unenforceable or invalid provisions.
9.4. None of the Parties can assign and, under no circumstances, transfer,
either fully or partially, the present Agreement, or any rights arisen
therefrom, without the written consent of the other Party.
9.5. The possible assignment or the full or partial transference of the
present Agreement or any rights and duties arisen therefrom, will not
exempt the assigning Party from any of its responsibilities or duties
arisen from this Agreement.
9.6. In case any of the Parties abstains to perform the right or power
granted to it by this Agreement, or in case it agrees with the other
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Party's delay in complying with its duties, this will not affect those
rights or power that can be exercised, at any time, at the exclusive
discretion of the Party that are entitled to them, nor will it change
the conditions contained in this Agreement.
9.7. All the periods of time set forth in this Agreement will be counted in
accordance with article 184 of the Civil Procedure Code, that is, with
the exclusion of the start date and including the maturity date.
9.8. Neither this Agreement, nor any of its provisions shall be construed as
constituting any corporate relationship between the Parties (whether a
legally existing company or a de facto company or a consortium). The
Parties commit not to perform acts that might induce third parties into
error regarding the nature of their relationship and the total
independence of one towards the other.
9.9. In the cases of service E1 hiring, TELESP, when verifying the pulses
which the present Agreement refers to, will be allowed to use the
network's occupation averages, as well as the minute/pulse relationship
to determine the amount to be paid.
9.9.1. The assumption in item 9.9. above will only be taken into
consideration in the situations when TELESP makes evidence of
the technical impossibility for pulses verification.
9.10. The present Agreement is executed in irrevocable unretractable way,
binding the Parties and their successors, on any account. For the
purposes of the present Agreement, the company that results from
merger, split-off or incorporation of any of the Parties will be
considered a successor, independently of its having the same
designation and/or corporate registers of the Parties which were
originally the Contracting Parties.
9.11. None of the Parties will be liable for losses and damages, particularly
incidental or indirect damages and loss of profit, nor will it
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indemnify commercial failure of the other Party, nor will it be liable
for claims of third parties or clients arisen from failures occurred in
the performance of the other Party's responsibility, except for the
situations of direct damages and in those cases in which deliberate
action or omission of one Party to damage the other (malice) is
evidenced.
9.12. The present Agreement comprises all the agreements and deals executed
between the Parties related to its object and substitute all kinds of
prior agreements, deals and communications, whether in writing or
verbal, carried out by the Parties, regarding the object at issue.
9.13. The present Agreement is fully bound and dependent on the terms stated
in the Promotional Plan, published by TELESP in its site:
XXXX://XXX.XXXXXXXXXX.XXX.XX/XX, on July7, 2003, subsequently
complemented on July 22, 2003.
9.14. The Parties agree that, in the event of conflict between the
Promotional Plan and the present Agreement, the provisions set forth in
this Agreement will prevail.
10.CONFLICT SOLVING
10.1. The Parties shall lend their best efforts towards solving, in a
friendly way, any conflicts that may eventually arise from the
execution of the present instrument.
10.2. The conflicts arisen from divergence regarding the Statement Report to
which item 4.2. hereinbefore refers to, will be solved in the following
way:
10.2.1. In case the difference between the minutes stated in the
Statement Report delivered by TELESP and the well-founded
verification performed by the SERVER is higher than three per
cent (3%), the SERVER will be allowed, at its expenses, to
audit the verification process used by TELESP.
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10.2.1.1. For the purposes of the auditing established in item
10.2.1 above, the SERVER shall appoint independent
auditors, chosen among the four major auditing firms
in the market, to perform such auditing.
10.2.1.2. Within thirty (30) days, counted as of the auditors'
appointment by the SERVER, TELESP shall allow the
onset of the auditing process, by complying with the
necessary conditions required for the auditing
process.
10.2.1.3. Having the auditing been concluded, the verified
amount will be compared to the amount invoiced by the
SERVER and paid by TELESP and, there being any
difference, it will be inserted in the subsequent
month's invoicing.
11. VENUE
11.1. It is hereby elected the Court of the City of Sao Paulo -SP, with
express waiver of any other, privileged as it may be, to settle any
queries or controversies arisen from the present Agreement.
Sao Paulo, July 22, 2003.
/s/ FABIO XXXXXXXXX XXXXXXX /s/ STAEL PRATA SILVA FILHO
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FABIO XXXXXXXXX XXXXXXX STAEL PRATA SILVA FILHO
VICE-PRESIDENT EXECUTIVE VICE-PRESIDENT
COMMERCIAL -RESIDENTIAL OF STRATEGIC PLANNING
TELECOMUNICACOES DE SAO PAULO- S.A. -TELESP
