TEAMING AGREEMENT
THIS
AGREEMENT, entered into this 6th day of June, 2008, e-RADLIK,
Inc. a Delaware corporation with a principal place of business at 000 Xxxxxxx
Xxxx Xxxx, Xxxxx Xxxxxxxxxx, XX 00000 (hereinafter “e-R”) and Material
Technologies, Inc., a corporation located at 00000 Xxx Xxxxxxxx Xxxx., Xxxxx
000, Xxx Xxxxxxx, XX 00000 (hereinafter “MATECH”)
(individually, a “Party”; collectively, the “Parties” or the
“Team”).
RECITALS
WHEREAS,
e-R has extensive experience and contacts, as well as technical expertise, in
shipbuilding metal fatigue sensing requirements;
WHEREAS,
MATECH has experience in metal fatigue technology system, support and
integration and has been exploring and evaluating such systems; and
WHEREAS,
General Dynamics Corp. may be interested in pursuing a program for the
development of improved technology and methodology relating to ship yard and
ship building applications as a supplement to or alternative to current
radiograph practices for the sensing of metal fatigue and related structural
examination (“THE PROGRAM”);
WHEREAS,
each Party further believes that their combined experience and technology
related to THE PROGRAM will permit them to design, develop and/or produce the
technology to achieve the desired performance, cost and schedule parameters for
shipbuilding metal fatigue sensing; and
WHEREAS,
each Party will work together to develop a business plan to support the
commercialization and post Program resale of the THE PROGRAM and related
technology for shipbuilding metal fatigue sensing and monitoring.
NOW,
THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing recitals and the mutual promises,
covenants and conditions set forth herein, the Parties agree as
follows:
1. | INCORPORATION OF RECITALS |
All
recitals set forth above are hereby incorporated by reference and form a part of
this Agreement between the Parties.
2.
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CONTRACTOR-SUBCONTRACTOR
RELATIONSHIPS
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The
Parties agree to participate, under a teaming arrangement as that term is
defined in Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) 9.601(2), in order to submit
proposals to, and, if successful, perform contracts with commercial customers,
prime contractors or governments related to THE PROGRAM and its use as a
stand-alone system or integrated into a larger system. In any such proposal
efforts and resulting contracts, it is understood and agreed
that
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e-R shall
serve as prime contractor for the Team and that MATECH shall serve as its
subcontractor for that portion of the effort under THE PROGRAM falling under
MATECH’s area of responsibility as identified in Exhibit
A attached hereto and made a part hereof.
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RESPONSIBILITY
OF THE PARTIES
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A.
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e-R’s
Responsibilities
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Notify
MATECH of any contacts received from any commercial customer, prime
contractor, or the government concerning THE PROGRAM and provide MATECH
with copies of any correspondence when such contacts have been in writing.
MATECH shall also be notified of, and allowed the opportunity to
participate in, any meetings with any commercial customer, prime
contractor, or the government concerning the Parties’ efforts in
developing THE PROGRAM and the feasibility of obtaining a contract or
contracts from any commercial customer, prime contractor or the government
for THE PROGRAM either as a stand-alone system or as a component of a
larger integrated system.
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Exercise
its best efforts to secure a prime contract or contracts for THE PROGRAM
which includes the work identified in Exhibit
A as falling within MATECH’s area of responsibility and to secure
acceptance of MATECH as subcontractor for that
effort.
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Furnish
MATECH with a copy of all procurement solicitations issued to e-R relating
to THE PROGRAM.
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Issue
to MATECH a solicitation(s) for that portion of any solicitation(s) from
any commercial customer, prime contractor, or the government for THE
PROGRAM that relate to MATECH’s area of responsibility as set forth in
Exhibit
A herein.
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Prepare
and submit proposals or bids, as applicable, on behalf of the Team for the
development and/or integration requirements for all phases of THE PROGRAM
to all commercial customers, prime contractors, or the government, with
such proposals or bids to include the work identified as falling within
MATECH’s area of responsibility as defined in Exhibit
A and to include, unmodified, the provisions of MATECH’s proposal
input relative to those areas of
responsibility.
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If
and when awarded a prime contract or contracts relating to THE PROGRAM,
award a subcontract to MATECH for the work identified as falling within
MATECH’s area of responsibility as defined in Exhibit
A, subject to agreement following good faith negotiations as to
delivery schedules, price and other terms and conditions. Any such
subcontract shall be the same contract type as the prime contract (for
example, Cost Plus Fixed Fee, Cost Plus Incentive Fee, Firm Fixed Price,
etc.) and include those terms
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and
conditions which are required by government regulations to be flowed down
to major subcontractors.
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If
and when awarded a prime contract or contracts related to THE PROGRAM,
provide overall Program Management.
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Cooperate
with MATECH in a reasonable and practicable manner to facilitate the
successful competition of the Team for all contracts relative to THE
PROGRAM.
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B.
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MATECH’s
Responsibilities
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Provide
qualified personnel to participate in any meetings e-R may hold with: (i)
any contractor seeking or acting in a role of prime contractor concerning
the use of THE PROGRAM as a part of a related system or bid; or (ii) a
commercial customer or the government concerning the feasibility of
obtaining a contract or contracts with such contractor, commercial
customer, or the government related to providing the requirements for all
phases of THE PROGRAM.
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Respond
in a timely manner to all solicitations received from e-R relating to
MATECH’s area of responsibility for THE
PROGRAM.
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Provide
qualified personnel, as requested, to assist e-R in any discussions and
negotiations with prospective or actual commercial customers, prime
contractors, or the government relating to the development, submittal or
negotiation of proposals relating to the requirements for THE
PROGRAM.
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Accept
subcontracts from e-R for the work identified in Exhibit
A as falling within MATECH’s area of responsibility, subject to
agreement following good faith negotiations as to delivery schedules,
price, and other terms and conditions. Any such subcontract shall be the
same contract type as the prime contract (for example, Cost Plus Fixed
Fee, Cost Plus Incentive Fee, Firm Fixed Price, etc.), and include those
terms which are required by government regulations to be flowed down to
major subcontractors. MATECH’s commitment is further subject to the
following:
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In
the event that any prime contract awarded omits more than 10% of the work
identified in Exhibit
A as falling within MATECH’s area of responsibility, MATECH shall
have the option of: (i) negotiating a subcontract for such lesser effort;
or (ii) terminating this Agreement, as it relates to that prime contract
effort only, upon written notice to
e-R.
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b)
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Termination
of this Agreement, in whole or in part, as provided in this paragraph,
shall not relieve the Parties from their obligations with respect to the
other Party’s proprietary information and
such
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obligations
to survive such termination. Excepting this limitation, upon termination
of any part of THE PROGRAM efforts hereunder, either Party may pursue that
program effort so terminated independent of the
other.
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Cooperate
generally with e-R, in a reasonable and practicable manner, to facilitate
the successful competition of the Team for all contracts relative to all
phases of THE PROGRAM.
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RELATIONSHIP
OF THE PARTIES
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A.
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To
encourage the exchange of proprietary information between the Parties and
a mutual dedication of effort to accomplishing the objectives of this
Agreement, each Party agrees that it will not participate with any other
party in pursuit of THE PROGRAM contemplated by this Agreement. As a team,
each of the Parties hereto agrees to offer its fullest support and
cooperation to preserve in good faith the spirit of the teaming concept
evidenced by this Agreement. It is understood, however, that neither Party
shall be precluded from its normal marketing efforts in connection with
the sale of its standard products and services. It is further understood
and agreed that, should any prospective or actual commercial customer or
prime contractor identify or define its system requirements so as to
require only products/technology fully within one of the Parties’ area of
expertise, then either Party may terminate this Agreement as to that prime
contractor, and the Parties shall be free to pursue contracts with that
prime contractor independently, subject only to the provisions of
paragraph 6 below concerning proprietary
information.
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B.
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This
Agreement is not intended to constitute, create, give effect to, or
otherwise recognize a joint venture, partnership, or formal business
entity of any kind. Each Party shall act as an independent contractor and
neither Party shall act as an agent or partner of the other Party. The
rights and obligations of the Parties under this Agreement are limited to
those expressly set forth herein.
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C.
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Nothing
contained in this Agreement is to be construed as providing for the
sharing of profits or losses arising out of the efforts of either or both
Parties. Neither Party will be liable to the other for any costs,
expenses, risks, or liabilities arising out of the other Party’s efforts
in connection with this Agreement or the preparation and submission of any
proposal(s) for THE PROGRAM.
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EXPENSES
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Except
for the compensation which may be paid to the Parties in accordance with any
contract or subcontract relating to THE PROGRAM, each Party shall bear its own
expenses incurred in its respective participation in meetings between the
Parties and/or with prospective prime contractors or the government, as well as
any proposal preparation, submission and negotiation activities.
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6. | LICENSES |
Unless
otherwise stated in this Agreement, no license to the other Party under any
patents or copyrights is granted or implied by conveying proprietary or other
information to that Party. None of such information which may be transmitted or
exchanged by the respective Parties shall constitute any representation,
warranty, assurance; guaranty or inducement by either Party to the other with
respect to the infringement of patents or other rights of others.
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INTELLECTUAL
PROPERTY RIGHTS
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A. | For purposes of this Section 7, the following terms are defined as follows: |
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“Background
Intellectual Property Rights” shall mean, with respect of each
Party, the Intellectual Property Rights, excluding Foreground Intellectual
Property owned by, used by, or otherwise in the possession or control of
that Party, as of the date of this Agreement and which relates to, is or
will be used in connection with or on THE
PROGRAM.
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ii.
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“Documentation”
shall mean all written text including, but not limited to, manuals,
brochures, specifications and hardware or software descriptions, in
electronic, printed and/or camera ready form and related materials
customarily needed to use, provide service for, or otherwise support THE
PROGRAM.
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“Foreground
Intellectual Property” shall mean all Intellectual Property Rights
resulting from the work undertaken by MATECH and e-R under this
Agreement.
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“Intellectual
Property Rights” means all intellectual property rights worldwide
arising under statutory or common law, whether or not perfected, including
without limitation, the following:
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(a)
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all
patents, patent applications and patent rights, including divisions,
continuations, renewals, reissues, continuing prosecution, and extensions
of the foregoing (as and to the extent applicable) now existing, hereafter
filed, issued or acquired;
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(b)
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all
rights associated with works of authorship including copyrights, copyright
applications, copyright registrations, mask works, mask work applications,
and mask work registrations;
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(c)
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all
rights relating to the protection of trade secrets and confidential
information; and
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(d)
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all
rights related to utility models, database rights, design rights, service
marks, conductor topography rights, moral rights, logos (in all cases
whether registered or not and all applications or rights
of
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application
for any of the foregoing), and Know-How, whenever and however
arising.
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v.
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“Know-How”
shall mean information, data, inventions, trade secrets, or experience,
whether patentable or not, including, but not limited to, all design or
manufacturing techniques, operating instructions, machinery designs, raw
material or product specifications, formula, recipes, drawings, blueprints
and any other technical and commercial information relating to research,
design, development, manufacture, assembly, use or
sale.
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B.
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e-RADLIK
Background Intellectual Property Rights. e-R grants to
MATECH a non-exclusive, non-assignable royalty free license to use e-R’s
Background Intellectual Property Rights strictly insofar as may be
necessary to enable MATECH to carry out its obligations under this
Agreement. MATECH shall not use the e-R Background Intellectual
Property Rights for any purpose other than the performance of MATECH’s
obligations under this
Agreement.
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C.
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MATECH
Background Intellectual Property Rights. Prior to MATECH
utilizing any of its Background Intellectual Property Rights in THE
PROGRAM, MATECH will notify e-R that it intends to do so. e-R
will then have the option of accepting the Background Intellectual
Property Rights, suggesting an alternative to such use, or terminating the
Agreement. If e-R accepts the utilization of MATECH Background
Intellectual Property Rights for THE PROGRAM, MATECH will grant a license
of the utilized Background Intellectual Property Rights in accordance with
terms to be agreed upon at that
time.
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Foreground
Intellectual Property. Taking into account MATECH and
e-R’s Background Intellectual Property Rights, the Parties do not
anticipate the creation of substantial Foreground Intellectual Property
during the term of this Agreement. If at anytime MATECH feels
that Foreground Intellectual Property is being created, MATECH shall
notify e-R of such development. All Foreground Intellectual
Property shall be wholly owned by e-R. e-R grants to MATECH a
non-exclusive, non-assignable royalty free license to use the Foreground
Intellectual Property subject to e-R approval and review to ensure that
the proposed use does not conflict or compete with any of e-R’s current or
future applications of its Intellectual Property Rights, such approval not
to be unreasonably withheld.
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Ownership
of THE PROGRAM. e-R shall own all right, title and
interest in the proposed aviation system, excluding any MATECH Background
Intellectual Property Rights therein. MATECH shall execute such
documents, render such assistance, and take such other action as e-R may
reasonably request, at e-R's expense, to apply for, register, perfect,
confirm, and protect e-R's rights
therein.
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Ownership
of Foreground Intellectual Property Rights. e-R shall
own all right, title and interest in the Foreground Intellectual Property
Rights in the proposed aviation system including any derivatives,
improvements or modifications of THE PROGRAM made by MATECH for e-R under
this Agreement. MATECH
shall
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execute
such documents, render such assistance, and take such other action as e-R
may reasonably request, at e-R's expense, to apply for, register, perfect,
confirm, and protect e-R's rights
therein.
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G.
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Infringement
on Third Party Intellectual Property. If a Party believes that any
activities within this Agreement infringe any Intellectual Property Rights
of a third party, that Party will promptly notify the other Party, and
will seek to agree upon the appropriate response to be
taken.
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8. | TERMINATION |
This
Agreement shall terminate upon the first occurrence of the following
events:
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A.
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Mutual
consent of both Parties by execution of a rescission
agreement;
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Inability
of the Parties negotiating in good faith to reach agreement on the terms
of a subcontract;
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Upon
award of a subcontract to MATECH based substantially upon MATECH’s
proposal for THE PROGRAM, but only as to the subject matter and customer
identified in that subcontract only. This Agreement is to
remain in effect for any other potential customers for the same phase of
THE PROGRAM and/or resultant system, as well as with respect to all
customers for any follow-on development and/or production contracts for
the requirements of THE PROGRAM;
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D.
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Ten
years after the effective date of this Agreement;
or
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Material
breach of this Agreement, at the option of the non-breaching
Party.
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MUTUAL
INDEMNIFICATION
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Each
Party (the “Indemnifying Party”) agrees to indemnify, defend, and hold harmless
the other Party (the “Indemnified Party”) from and against any and all claims,
damages, and liabilities, including any and all expense and costs, legal or
otherwise, caused by the negligent act or omission of the Indemnifying Party,
its subcontractors, agents, or employees, incurred by the Indemnified Party in
the investigation and defense of any claim, demand, or action arising out of the
work performed under this Agreement; including breach of the Indemnifying Party
of this Agreement. The Indemnifying Party shall not be liable for any
claims, damages, or liabilities caused by the sole negligence of the Indemnified
Party, its subcontractors, agents, or employees.
The
Indemnified Party shall notify promptly the Indemnifying Party of the existence
of any claim, demand, or other matter to which the Indemnifying Party’s
indemnification obligations would apply, and shall give them a reasonable
opportunity to settle or defend the same at their own expense and with counsel
of their own selection, provided that the Indemnified Party shall at all times
also have the right to fully participate in the defense. If the
Indemnifying Party, within a reasonable time after this notice, fails to take
appropriate
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steps to
settle or defend the claim, demand, or the matter, the Indemnified Party shall,
upon written notice, have the right, but not the obligation, to undertake such
settlement or defense and to compromise or settle the claim, demand, or other
matter on behalf, for the account, and at the risk, of the Indemnifying
Party.
The
rights and obligations of the Parties under this Article shall be binding upon
and inure to the benefit of any successors, assigns, and heirs of the
Parties.
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PUBLICITY
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All
publicity and advertising in connection with THE PROGRAM will be subject to
prior approval by both e-R and MATECH. Further, all publicity and
advertising concerning the existence of this Agreement will be subject to the
mutual prior agreement of the Parties prior to publication, except that this
Agreement may be disclosed by either Party to any governmental entity, including
all required filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
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ENTIRE
AGREEMENT AND AMENDMENT
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This
Agreement and the exhibit hereto contain the entire agreement between the
Parties, which supersedes any prior oral or written agreements, commitments,
understandings, or communications with respect to teaming in pursuit of THE
PROGRAM. This Agreement shall be subject at any time to amendment upon the
written agreement of both Parties.
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APPLICABLE
LAW
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This
Agreement and the rights of the Parties hereunder shall be governed by and
construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Delaware including all
matters of construction, validity, performance, and enforcement and without
giving effect to the principles of conflict of laws.
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EXCLUSIVE
JURISDICTION AND VENUE
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The
Parties agree that the Courts of the State of Delaware shall have sole and
exclusive jurisdiction and venue for the resolution of all disputes arising
under the terms of this Agreement and the transactions contemplated
herein.
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ATTORNEYS’
FEES
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In the
event any Party hereto shall commence legal proceedings against the other to
enforce the terms hereof, or to declare rights hereunder, as the result of a
breach of any covenant or condition of this Agreement, the prevailing party in
any such proceeding shall be entitled to recover from the losing party its costs
of suit, including reasonable attorneys’ fees, as may be fixed by the
court.
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15. | CONFORMITY OF LAW |
In
furtherance of this Agreement, both Parties shall comply with all U.S.
government laws and regulations, including conformity with the Foreign Corrupt
Practices Act.
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POINTS
OF CONTACT
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For all
purposes of coordination and communications required by this Agreement, the
Parties will be represented as set forth below. The persons named may be changed
by either Party providing written notice of such changes to the other
Party.
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e-RADLIK:
Title:
Phone:
Email:
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Xxxxxx
X. Xxxxxx
Chairman
& CEO
(000)
000-0000
xxxxxxxxx@xxx.xxx
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MATECH:
Title:
Phone:
Fax:
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Xxxxxx
Xxxxxxxxx
CEO
(000)
000-0000
(000)
000-0000
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ASSIGNMENT
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This
Agreement may not be assigned or otherwise transferred by either Party in whole
or in part without the express prior written consent of the other Party, which
consent will not unreasonably be withheld.
18. EFFECTIVE
DATE
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The
effective date of this Agreement is the last date of execution shown
below.
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IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, the Parties hereto have executed this Agreement as of the
Effective Date.
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e-RADLIK:
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MATECH:
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Name: Xxxxxx
Xxxxxx
Title: CEO
Date: June
5, 2008
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Name:
Xxxxxx Xxxxxxxxx
Title: CEO
Date:
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EXHIBIT
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MATECH
will participate and support and have a major scope of work in:
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Definition
of operational requirements for metal fatigue testing in shipbuilding
applications;
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Metal
fatigue technology trade off studies for applications of metal fatigue
sensing in shipbuilding;
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Metal
fatigue technology integration with shipyard and shipbuilding testing and
monitoring software systems &
displays;
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Shipbuilding
test and evaluation procedures; and
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Development
of sustainment documentation and materials for logistics management,
training development and integrated maintenance and diagnostics necessary
to achieve initial operational capability (IOC) milestones for metal
fatigue sensing and monitoring in shipbuilding
applications.
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