Exhibit 10.3
*Portions of this marked Exhibit have been omitted pursuant to a request for
confidential treatment and filed separately with the Commission.
OPERATING AGREEMENT
BETWEEN
FS2 LIMITED
AND
INTERNATIONAL AIR TRANSPORT ASSOCIATION
Index
1. Parties 2. Recitals
3. Interpretation
4. Confidentiality of Information
5. Exclusive Appointment
6. Duties and Obligations of FS2
7. Duties and Obligations of IATA
8. Data
9. FS2 Intellectual Property Rights
10. IATA Intellectual Property Rights
11. Remuneration, Invoicing and Tax
12. Annual Review
13. Variation to Services
14. Audit
15. Defective Failure to Perform Services/Lost Data
16. Indemnification
17. Exclusion of Liability and Liability
18. Force Majeure
19. Term and Termination
20. Amendments
21. Waivers
22. Entire Agreement and Language
23. Severability
24. Authorisation and Permits and Relations between Parties
25. Cumulative Rights
26. Assignment
27. Governing Law and Dispute Resolution
28. Communications
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OPERATING AGREEMENT
1. PARTIES
The Parties to this Agreement are:
1.1 FS2 Limited, a company organised and existing under the laws of
England and Wales, registered in England with number 4102584 whose
registered office is at Carlton Tower, 00 Xx Xxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxx, XX0
0XX Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx ("FS2"); and
1.2 INTERNATIONAL AIR TRANSPORT ASSOCIATION, incorporated by Special Act
of Parliament in Canada, having its head office at 000 Xxxxx Xxxxxxxx,
XX Xxx 000, Xxxxxxxx, Xxxxxx, X0X 0X0 Xxxxxx, and a business address
at Route de l'Aeroport 33, X.X. Xxx 000, XX-0000 Xxxxxx 00 Xxxxxxx,
Xxxxxxxxxxx ("IATA").
2. RECITALS
2.1 FS2 is a limited liability company duly incorporated in England and
Wales, which has been set up to develop and market a range of on-line
travel information, booking, and settlement services ("Service") to
customers in the travel and tourism industry.
2.2 IATA is an international association which acts as a neutral services
provider, intermediary and facilitator for transactions between
various entities in the air transport, travel and tourism industry,
including travel agents accredited to it, its member airlines, non
member airlines and other persons active in the air transport, travel
and tourism industry.
2.3 The Parties wish to collaborate in order to enable FS2 to develop and
market the Service for the travel and tourism industry, for which
purposes: (a) IATA will provide access to, and FS2 will utilise [*]
Billing & Settlement Plans ("BSPs") [*]; (b) customers and/or
prospective customers of the Service will be offered the IATA BSPLink
[*]; (c) [*] and; (d) IATA will license FS2 to use the IATA brand and
logo in marketing the Service, subject to the approvals and controls
defined in this Agreement.
2.4 IATA will be compensated (a) through transaction fees for the services
it provides; (b) through royalties, for the use of the IATA brand &
logo as well as in recognition of the value of its investment in
software and other facilities; [*].
3. INTERPRETATION
3.1 In this Agreement, the following definitions will have effect and any
industry terms not defined will have the meaning given to them in the
IATA Resolutions, attachments and any manual issued consequential
thereto but prior to the date hereof as the same may be amended,
withdrawn, revoked and/or replaced from time to time, and in the event
of any inconsistency the definitions contained in this Agreement will
prevail.
"Agents" means any travel agent accredited by IATA or such other
non-IATA travel agents or other intermediaries who are using BSP
and/or signed up as FS2 customers.
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"Agreement" means this Agreement together with the Schedules and
Recitals as incorporated herein. In case of any discrepancy between
the Schedules and the Agreement, the provisions of the Agreement will
prevail.
"Airlines" means all those airlines who are members of IATA from time
to time and any non IATA member airline which may receive certain
services from IATA from time to time;
"B2B means an e-commerce based business to business model whereby the
Service is not directly available to retail customers (B2C)
"B2C" means an e-commerce based business to consumer model whereby the
Service is accessible by those retail customers that will directly use
the travel and tourism products offered through the Service.
"BSP" means the IATA Billing and Settlement Plan provided to BSP
Airlines and BSP Participants in accordance with IATA Resolutions and
any agreements entered into by IATA with BSP Participants.
"BSP Participant" means those Airlines and other travel suppliers that
use the BSP.
"Business Day" means any day other than Saturday and Sunday or a
public holiday in England.
"BSPlink" means the IATA owned web-based platform and interface that
is available for access by Airlines and Agents to a range of BSP
services. "Confidential Information" means, any and all information
disclosed by either of the Parties (and so that for the purpose of
this definition a reference to either of the Parties shall include any
of its customers and/or suppliers) and includes, without limitation,
(i) any and all information relating to either of the Parties, or any
subscriber to any ISS anywhere in the world, which is disclosed
or received by either of the Parties during the Term of this
Agreement;
(ii) any and all versions of IATA proprietary computer software,
hardware, firmware and documentation;
(iii)any and all versions of FS2's proprietary computer software,
hardware, firmware and documentation;
(iv) proprietary software, hardware, firmware, and documentation
developed, produced or distributed by IATA, subject to relevant
licences, but owned by third parties;
(v) proprietary software, hardware, firmware and documentation
developed, produced or distributed by FS2, subject to relevant
licences, but owned by third parties;
(vi) business methods and practices of either of the Parties;
(vii)compilation of data or information concerning either of the
Parties or its business;
(viii) compilations of otherwise public information such as the names
of any IATA customer and/or any IATA supplier subscribers, and
clients thereof in a form not publicly known;
(ix) the nature of IATA, any IATA customer relationships with IATA
and/or any IATA supplier;
(x) FS2's operating system and methodology and any improvements
enhancements modifications or developments thereof whether or not
pursuant to this Agreement.
Confidential Information does not include information which:
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(i) is publicly known at the time of disclosure by either of the
Parties to the other;
(ii) after disclosure by either of the Parties, becomes publicly known
otherwise than through a breach of this Agreement;
(iii)the Parties can show was known to it prior to its disclosure by
the disclosing party;
(iv) either of the Parties can show was developed independently after
its disclosure by the disclosing party;
(v) either of the Parties can show was made available to it by a
third party who had a right to do so and who has not imposed on
that Party any obligation of confidentiality or restricted use in
respect thereof;
"Commencement Date" means 1st May 2002.
"Domestic-only Non-IATA Agents" means a domestic only non-IATA agent
approved by ISS management to participate in BSP(s).
"FS2 Systems" means those systems developed for and operated by or on
behalf of FS2.
"FS2 Suppliers" means those systems and technology suppliers with whom
FS2 intends to conclude operating agreements, namely Webb&Flo
Incorporated, Videcom International Limited and Thermeon Corporation.
"XX0 Xxxxxxxx" means the amounts invoiced to FS2 Travel Vendors for
transactional processing in accordance with the Services Agreements,
such sum to be net of credit notes and sales taxes (VAT) and accounted
for by FS2 in its monthly management accounts in accordance with
accepted international accounting standards and subject to audit by
the external auditors of FS2 for the purpose of its annual report and
accounts.
"FS2 Travel Vendor" means those travel and tourism suppliers and
service operators that have or will in the future contract for the
Service.
"General Sales Agent" means a general sales agent nominated by an
Airline for BSP participation.
"IATA Customers" means any Airlines, Agents, General Sales Agents, Non
IATA Sales Intermediaries, Non IATA Domestic Sales Agents, IATA
suppliers and ISS Participants.
"IATA Supplier" means any person which provides services to ISS, the
IATA Currency Clearing Services, the IATA Clearing House.
"IATA Systems" means the proprietary software utilised by IATA for the
purposes of the ISS and the IATA BSPlink and Treasurylink services.
"ISS Data" means any and all data that IATA processes or uses in the
IATA Settlement Systems on behalf of IATA Customers
"ISS" means the IATA industry settlement systems (BSP and ITSS) and
services owned, operated, administered and developed by IATA, as
applicable to the sale of passenger air transport services and other
travel and tourism related services.
"ISS Participants" means all persons or entities active in the air
travel and transport industry who may be in contract with or
associated with IATA from time to time, and including those
non-Airline and Agent customers that are using BSP or ITSS as at the
Commencement Date.
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"Implementation Plan" means the implementation plan developed jointly
between FS2, IATA and the FS2 Suppliers to be agreed in writing
between the Parties, regularly monitored and updated, detailing all
actions and matters necessary to be addressed by both Parties for the
purposes of implementing the development, marketing, sale and
operation of the Service.
"Insurances" means crime insurance (including Internet crime),
directors' and officers' liability insurance, e-commerce insurance
(including against viruses), employers' liability insurance, errors
and omissions insurance, general liability insurance (including with
respect to copyright), negligence insurance, and product liability
insurance.
"Intellectual Property Rights" means patents, trade marks, service
marks, domain names, designs, applications for any of the foregoing,
copyright, design rights, know-how, confidential information,
methodologies, processes, trade and business names and any other
similar protected rights in any country.
"ITSS" means the electronic xxxx presentment and payment service
provided by IATA for the settlement of travel related financial
transactions between travel agents and travel suppliers.
"Non-IATA Sales Intermediaries" means non-IATA sales intermediaries
which may participate in BSP(s) based on the eligibility to receive
STDs in accordance with IATA Resolutions.
" Operational Date" means the date upon which FS2 commences the
handling of live Operational Transactions.
"Operational Transaction" means the financial transaction generated by
FS2 for each Travel Sector booking that is passed to the ISS for
collection from an Agent and for subsequent payment to one or more FS2
Travel Vendors.
"Other Services" means the development of services other than those
included within this Agreement.
"Pricing Schedule" means the remuneration payable by FS2 to IATA
detailed in Schedule 1.
"Services" means the range of on-line travel information, booking and
settlement services that are developed, marketed and provided by FS2
to customers in the travel and tourism industry for which FS2 has been
set up to develop and market.
"Services Agreements" means the agreement to be concluded between FS2
and its customers which will be developed by FS2 and will be subject
to approval by IATA prior to being offered to any customer, which
approval shall not be unreasonably withheld.
"Term" has the meaning given in clause 19.1.
"Third Parties" means any other person participating in a BSP
including without limitation railways, shipping organisations, rental
car organisations and insurance companies.
"Travel Sector" means a non-air travel and tourism product or service
that may be booked as stand alone or as part of a booking encompassing
several such different products or services.
"Treasurylink" means the IATA web-based treasury management system
that includes the IATA Currency Clearance Service.
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3.2 Unless the context or express provision of this Agreement otherwise
requires:
(i) words importing the singular will include the plural and
vice versa;
(ii) all references to Clauses, articles, sections and schedules
are references to Clauses, articles and sections of and
schedules to this Agreement;
(iii)all references to this Agreement or any other document(s)
include all amendments, assignments, variations,
replacements and novations hereof and all supplements,
schedules and exhibits hereto;
(iv) "hereunder", "herein", "hereto" and similar expressions will
mean "under", "in" or "to" this Agreement and will not be
restricted to the Clause, article or section in which they
appear
(v) any gender shall include the other genders;
(vi) natural persons shall include legal persons and vice versa;
(vii)reference to an enactment is to that enactment as at the
date of signing hereof and as amended or re-enacted from
time to time;
(viii) the headings of clauses in this agreement are for
reference purposes only and shall not be taken into account
in construing the contents hereof;
(ix) when any number of days is prescribed in this Agreement, the
same shall be reckoned inclusively of the first and
inclusively of the last unless the last falls on a day other
than a Business Day, in which case the last will be the
immediately following Business Day.
4. CONFIDENTIALITY OF INFORMATION
4.1 Each of the Parties agrees to hold the Confidential Information of the
other in the strictest confidence and not to disclose the Confidential
Information to any person whatsoever except as is necessary to perform
each of their respective obligations under this Agreement or to their
respective professional advisers and subject always to obligations of
confidentiality or as authorised in writing by the disclosing party or
as required by applicable law.
4.2 FS2 will establish all necessary technical and administrative measures
to ensure compliance with its obligations of confidentiality
hereunder.
4.3 FS2 and any person employed or engaged by FS2 in connection with this
Agreement, including any Subcontractors of FS2 (including any person
employed or engaged by any such person and/or Subcontractor) will use
such Confidential Information only as expressly authorised under this
Agreement.
4.4 FS2 will not, and will ensure that any person employed or engaged by
FS2 in connection with this Agreement, including any Subcontractors of
FS2 (including any person employed or engaged by any such person
and/or Subcontractor) will not, disclose any Confidential Information
to any third party except as is necessary to perform the obligations
of FS2 under this Agreement.
4.5 In addition to any indemnity or liability to IATA, any IATA customer
and/or any IATA supplier as provided for in other Clauses of this
Agreement and notwithstanding any limitations of liability as may be
provided thereby FS2 will indemnify IATA, any IATA Customers and/or
IATA Supplier for all loss and/or damage including any indirect or
consequential loss and liability which IATA, any IATA customer and/or
any IATA supplier may suffer by reason of FS2's disclosure of
Confidential Information other than in accordance with this Agreement.
4.6 In addition to any indemnity or liability to FS2 as provided for in
other Clauses of this Agreement and notwithstanding any limitations of
liability as may be provided thereby IATA will indemnify FS2 for all
loss and/or damage including any indirect or consequential loss or
liability, which FS2 may suffer by reason of the disclosure by IATA,
any IATA customer and/or IATA supplier of Confidential Information
other than in accordance with this Agreement.
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4.7 The foregoing obligations as to confidentiality will survive any
termination of this Agreement.
5. APPOINTMENT OF IATA TO PROVIDE SETTLEMENT SERVICES
5.1 IATA shall make available the IATA Systems to FS2 as described in this
Agreement for the purposes of operating the Service.
5.2 FS2 shall use the IATA Systems in accordance with the terms and
conditions of this Agreement, exclusively for the development,
marketing and sale of the Service to customers of FS2.
5.3 FS2 will utilise exclusively the ISS, including BSPs and ITSS for the
settlement system component of the Service.
5.4 For the purposes of the collaboration between the Parties pursuant to
this Agreement, each of the Parties shall appoint and shall be
entitled to replace from time to time two representatives, who shall
meet together at such intervals and on such a basis as they may agree.
The initial representatives of each of the Parties shall be:
5.4.1for IATA Xxxxxx Xxxxxx and Xxx Xxxxxx.
5.4.2 for FS2, Xxxx Xxxxxx and Xxxxx Xxxxxx.
6. DUTIES AND OBLIGATIONS OF FS2
Development of the Service and its operation
6.1 FS2 will develop and implement with all reasonable skills, speed,
accuracy and due diligence, the software, systems, infrastructure and
interfaces to the ISS in order to provide the Service to its customers
with effect from the Operational Date in accordance with the FS2
Services Agreements.
6.2 Within 60 days of signing this agreement FS2 will provide to IATA in
an acceptable form a plan (the "Implementation Plan") which will
document all the activities and tasks that each of XX0, XX0 Xxxxxxxxx
and IATA are required to undertake, together with timescales for
completion, in order to develop, test and implement the Service. IATA
shall use reasonable endeavours to co-operate with FS2 in developing
the Implementation Plan, and shall have the right to approve the
Implementation Plan and/or request any reasonable modification to the
Implementation Plan necessary for its approval by IATA. Once the
Implementation Plan has been developed and agreed and approved by
IATA, FS2 will monitor the plan on a regular basis and immediately
notify IATA of any circumstances which may give rise to delays, or
changes to the plan.
Personnel and Facilities
6.3 FS2 shall ensure that the Implementation Plan, and the Service will be
performed and supplied by appropriately experienced, qualified and
trained personnel.
6.4 FS2 will take all necessary steps for selecting suitable suppliers,
personnel, facilities, equipment, telecommunication networks and
hardware and software for the delivery and performance of the Service
in accordance with the Services Agreements provided that IATA will
provide access to the ISS for the purposes of collecting monies from
Agents for transactions processed by the Service and for making
payments to FS2 Travel Vendors.
Service Testing
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6.5. For the purposes of the implementation of the Service, and prior to
putting it into operation, FS2 will carry out necessary tests to
demonstrate to IATA that the FS2 Systems interface into each BSP, and
the ITSS without causing problems or difficulties in relation to the
operation of any BSP(s) or ITSS. All technical requirements necessary
in order to achieve that interface will be communicated by IATA to FS2
in a timely fashion. The parties agree to co-operate with one another
for the purpose of carrying out the tests and any necessary repeat
tests. FS2 will comply with any technical specifications necessary for
that interface as required by either the BSP(s), or the ITSS. The
parties will agree on the procedures for carrying out all such tests,
and for resolving any problems as a part of the Implementation Plan.
Service Operation
6.6 FS2 agrees that it will use its best endeavours to ensure that each of
the FS2 Suppliers co-operates with IATA and provides all assistance,
including the provision of data, that IATA may reasonably require
(other than any Confidential Information of FS2), to any other IATA
supplier, including without limitation, for the purposes of the pilot
testing, live implementation and ongoing operation of the Service.
6.7 IATA shall have right of veto over any proposed expansion of the
Service from a B2B business model to a B2C business model.
FS2 Board of Directors and Officers
6.8 Without limiting any other right or remedy under this Agreement, IATA
shall have the right to terminate this Agreement, with immediate
effect by giving written notice to FS2, if (a) Xxxxxx Xxxxxx or any
other person whose name is notified to FS2 in writing by IATA in place
of him ("the IATA nominee") is not appointed as a director of FS2
within 21 days of the date of this Agreement; or (b) the IATA nominee
is removed from office pursuant to section 303 of the Companies Xxx
0000; or (c) the IATA nominee ceases to be a director of FS2 for any
other reason, and a person whose name is notified to FS2 in writing by
IATA in place of him/her is not appointed as a director of FS2 within
21 days of the notification; or (d) FS2 commits a breach of the Option
Agreement unless following written notice FS2 fails to remedy the
breach within 45 days. IATA will in addition initially designate the
individual who shall serve as CEO of FS2.
Option Agreement
6.9 It is the intention of the parties that, within the period of ninety
(90) days from the date of this Agreement, FS2 shall enter into an
agreement with IATA in a form to be agreed between them (the "Option
Agreement") under which IATA shall have an option to acquire
thirty-five percent (35%) of the initial authorised share capital of
FS2 at a nominal strike price. IATA shall have the right to exercise
this option at any time, but for the purposes of the IATA License Fee
Income calculation it shall be assumed that IATA will have exercised
that option on or before 1 January 2004. The parties shall negotiate
in good faith and use their best endeavours to agree upon the terms of
the Option Agreement, on a basis consistent with this clause, within
such period of ninety (90) days, and upon such terms being agreed the
parties shall forthwith enter into the Option Agreement, but if
notwithstanding such endeavours they are unable to agree upon such
terms within such period, IATA shall be entitled to give written
notice to FS2 whereupon this Agreement shall become null and void and
neither party shall have any further liability to the other.
Warranty as to Services Agreement.
6.10 FS2 warrants that the Service will in all respects meet the Services
Agreements.
Sub-contracting
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6.11 FS2 will not sub-contract the performance of all or part of its
obligations hereunder to any other person without the prior written
consent of IATA not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed.
6.12 FS2 will not be relieved of any of its obligations hereunder by
entering into any sub-contract for the performance of all or part of
its obligations hereunder and will remain fully liable to and
indemnify IATA for all acts and/or omissions of its Sub-contractors.
Ability to perform
6.13 FS2 is not aware as at the date of this Agreement of any matters
within its reasonable control which will adversely affect its ability
to perform its contractual obligations under this Agreement.
Disaster Recovery Plan
6.14 FS2 will develop and submit a Disaster Recovery Plan to IATA by 31
December 2002 for its approval. The Parties will seek to agree the
Disaster Recovery Plan on or before 1st February 2003
6.15 , and in any event shall do so prior to the time that the operation of
the Service commences.
Systems Integrity
6.16 FS2 will put in place appropriate systems security and firewalls,
including levels of encryption, to ensure the integrity of FS2
Systems, and IATA shall be permitted to validate the adequacy and
appropriateness of such systems.
7. DUTIES AND OBLIGATIONS OF IATA
7.1 IATA will:
7.1.1use reasonable endeavours to co-operate with FS2 in developing
the Implementation Plan, as described in 6.2 above.
7.1.2actively endorse and promote the Service within IATA in
particular as well as at regional and local ISS levels.
7.1.3actively recommend the Service to travel agents [*].
7.1.4 [*].
7.1.5 [*].
7.1.6communicate to FS2 on a regular basis full details of any
Conferences or meetings that IATA is involved in such that FS2
and/or IATA may market and sell the Service.
7.2 IATA will accept transactions from FS2 in file formats to be mutually
agreed.
7.3 [*].
7.4 [*].
7.5 [*].
7.6 [*].
8. DATA
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8.1 IATA for and on behalf of the IATA Customers and IATA Suppliers shall
be exclusively entitled to control and manage the ISS Data received
from any IATA Customers and/or any IATA Supplier in whatever format
that the same is inputted by, received and/or outputted by the ISS
whether by IATA or on behalf of IATA.
8.2 FS2 will not utilise any ISS Data, in any manner except in the
operation of the Service and will not supply ISS Data to any other
person whatsoever, except to satisfy the terms and conditions of the
Service Agreements.
9. FS2 INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS
9.1 IATA agrees that FS2 is the owner of the Intellectual Property Rights
in the Service as the same may be amended, modified, developed and/or
enhanced from time to time whether pursuant to this Agreement or
otherwise.
9.2 FS2 will indemnify IATA and keep IATA fully and effectively
indemnified against all claims, demands, costs (including legal
costs), expenses and liabilities of whatsoever nature arising from any
claims, alleged or actual, made by any person against IATA, including
without limitation any IATA Customers and/or any IATA Supplier, that
the Service infringes the Intellectual Property Rights of third
parties. The limitations on liability set out in this Agreement shall
not apply to the provisions of this clause.
9.3 IATA will give to FS2 prompt notice in writing of any claim being made
or action threatened or brought against IATA in connection with the
Intellectual Property Rights in the Service and IATA will grant FS2 at
FS2's expense the exclusive right to conduct any litigation which may
ensue and all negotiations for a settlement of any claim, giving FS2
all reasonable assistance at FS2's expense, and IATA agrees not to
make any admission or to take any other action which might be
prejudicial thereto without the express written consent of FS2.
9.4 The conduct by FS2 of any such litigation or negotiations will be
conditional upon FS2 taking over such conduct within a reasonable time
after being notified of the claim in question.
9.5. FS2 hereby grants to IATA for the purposes of the marketing and sale
of the Service a license fee free, world wide, non-exclusive,
non-transferable license without rights to sub-licence, in respect of
the FS2 logo and any domain names registered by FS2 for the purposes
of the Service.
10. IATA INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS
10.1 FS2 agrees that IATA and/or IATA Suppliers are and shall remain the
exclusive owner of the Intellectual Property Rights in the ISS and the
IATA Systems as the same may be amended, modified, developed and/or
enhanced from time to time whether pursuant to this Agreement or
otherwise.
10.2 IATA will indemnify FS2 and keep FS2 fully and effectively indemnified
against all claims, demands, costs (including legal costs), expenses
and liabilities of whatsoever nature arising from any claims, alleged
or actual, made by any person against FS2, including without
limitation any IATA Customer and/or any IATA Supplier, that use of the
ISS in accordance with this Agreement infringes the Intellectual
Property Rights of third parties. The limitations on liability set out
in this Agreement shall not apply to the provisions of this clause.
10.3 FS2 will give to IATA prompt notice in writing of any claim being made
or action threatened or brought against FS2 in connection with the
Intellectual Property Rights in the ISS and FS2 will grant IATA at
IATA's expense the exclusive right to conduct any litigation which may
ensue and all negotiations for a settlement of any claim, giving IATA
all reasonable assistance at IATA's expense, and FS2 agrees not to
make any admission or to take any other action which might be
prejudicial thereto without the express written consent of IATA, and
to take all steps reasonably requested by IATA to mitigate any loss or
liability which gives rise to a claim for indemnification hereunder.
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10.4.FS2 agrees that nothing in this Agreement will result in the transfer
or assignment of IATA's pre-existing Intellectual Property Rights.
10.5 IATA hereby grants to FS2 during the Term for the purposes of the
development and marketing of the Services a license fee paying,
world-wide, [*], non-transferable licence, without rights to
sub-license, to use and modify the IATA Systems on the following
conditions:
(a) FS2 shall only be entitled to use the IATA Systems to the extent
necessary in order to develop and provide the Service;
(b) FS2 shall not publish, sell, rent, lease, sub-license, part with
possession of or otherwise transfer any part of the IATA Systems
or use the same for any other purpose except as expressly
provided for herein;
(c) FS2 shall not remove or alter any trade xxxx, logo, copyright or
other proprietary notices, legends, symbols or security features
in the IATA Systems;
(d) FS2 shall comply with all applicable laws and regulations
concerning the use of the IATA Systems;
(e) FS2 shall take all necessary technical and administrative steps
to ensure the security and integrity of the IATA Systems.
10.6 IATA hereby grants to FS2 during the Term for the purposes of the
marketing of the Service a license fee paying, world wide, [*],
non-transferable license without rights to sub-licence, to use the
IATA logo, as produced herein ("the Logo"), and any domain names
registered by IATA for the purposes of the Service , on the following
conditions:
(a) all uses of the Logo must strictly conform to the specifications
adopted by IATA in terms of form, design, colour, spacing, etc;
(b) no IATA trade xxxx or logo other than the Logo may be used;
(c) first prints of any proposed use of the Logo on any promotional
material and products whatsoever must be submitted to IATA for
approval, such approval to be either given or withheld at IATA's
complete and unfettered discretion, prior to the use and
distribution of such items;
(d) FS2 will not use the Logo as part of a corporate, business or
trading name, except as contemplated by this Agreement, and will
not register the Logo or any other trademark which is, in IATA's
opinion, identical or confusingly similar to the Logo or
otherwise suggests any association with IATA;
(e) FS2 will not wilfully or unwilfully do anything which may impair
or damage the goodwill or reputation associated with the Logo, or
which may adversely affect the value or validity of the Logo; and
(f) all intellectual property rights in the Logo will remain the sole
property of IATA.
10.7 Upon termination of this Agreement, the licence granted to FS2 under
this Agreement shall automatically terminate and FS2 shall
immediately:
(a) cease to use the Logo or any domain name of IATA in any manner
whatsoever;
(b) delete all links to any IATA web site from any web site of FS2;
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(c) return to IATA any copies of the Logo in its possession or under
its control, and any material on which the Logo appears; and
(d) if requested by IATA, confirm by letter signed by a director of
FS2 that it has complied with all of its obligations under this
clause.
11. REMUNERATION,INVOICING & TAX
11.1 In consideration of the services provided by IATA under this Agreement
and the licence granted by IATA to FS2 under Clause 10.1, FS2 shall
pay to IATA the amounts detailed in and invoiced in accordance with
[*].
11.2 In the event that either Party terminates this Agreement for whatever
reason, the consideration paid by FS2 to IATA prior to and up to and
including the date of termination of this Agreement, will not be
refunded by IATA to FS2.
12. ANNUAL REVIEW
12.1 IATA and FS2 will meet on an annual basis, within sixty days of each
anniversary of the Commencement Date to review the Service. Additional
meetings may be held at any time on the request of either party. Such
additional meetings shall be held at a date and location to be agreed
within 14 days of the requesting party notifying the other party of
the need for such meeting.
13. VARIATION TO SERVICES
13.1 Either Party may at any time propose a variation to the Service
("Variation"), but no such variation may be made without the agreement
in writing of the Parties.
13.2 Any Variation agreed in writing between the Parties will be provided
and performed by FS2 under the terms of this Agreement and in
accordance with the Implementation Plan, which Implementation Plan
will be deemed incorporated into and subject to the terms and
conditions of this Agreement.
14. AUDIT
14.1 FS2 will permit IATA or a third party of its choice (who is reasonably
acceptable to FS2) to carry out audits at FS2's premises in relation
to the Service, including without limitation, an audit of all
financial records relating to the Service and proper discharge of
FS2's other obligations under this Agreement. IATA will give not less
than forty-eight (48) hours' written notice to FS2 before commencing
such audits. FS2 will give IATA all reasonable assistance to carry out
this task but without disrupting the business of FS2. FS2 will permit
IATA to perform site inspections in order to check the security
systems. IATA will give not less than twelve (12) hours' written
notice to FS2 before commencing such security systems inspections.
IATA agrees that such inspections will be limited to a maximum of
three (3) per year. Each Party will be responsible for its own costs
and expenses in carrying out such audits and inspections unless a
material error on the part of FS2 is revealed as a result of such
audit or inspection (which will be deemed to include underpayment by
at least 5% in any [year]) whereupon FS2 shall be responsible for the
costs of any such audit or inspection. For the avoidance of doubt IATA
will pay any auditor's costs should IATA appoint such person in
accordance with this clause 14 unless a material error on the part of
FS2 is revealed as a result of such audit or inspection by such
person.
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15. DEFECTIVE FAILURE TO PERFORM SERVICES/LOST DATA
15.1 If any files of IATA, any FS2 customer and/or any IATA Supplier are
lost, destroyed or impaired by FS2, the latter will attempt to recover
a prior version from the files of back-up media, which will be
maintained by FS2 at all times. If, for any reason, FS2 is unable to
restore any such files, FS2 will perform such restoration as can be
reasonably performed using data sources furnished by IATA. Restoration
of files will be made at no charge to IATA. FS2 is liable (to the
extent that it is responsible for the loss, destruction or impairment)
for the cost of re-constitution of that data and/or the reasonable
costs and expenses properly incurred by IATA in re-creating any such
data. Payment of costs by FS2 in accordance with this Clause will not
prejudice or affect any other right of action or remedy which will
have accrued or will thereafter accrue to IATA.
15.2 If any files of IATA, any FS2 customer and/or any IATA Supplier are
lost, destroyed or impaired by IATA, any IATA Customer and/or any IATA
Supplier, any restoration of files carried out by FS2 shall be made at
IATA's expense. IATA shall be liable (to the extent that it, any IATA
Customer or any IATA Supplier is responsible for the loss, destruction
or impairment) for the cost of re-constitution of that data and/or the
reasonable costs and expenses properly incurred by FS2 in re-creating
any such data. Payment of costs by IATA in accordance with this clause
will not prejudice or affect any other right of action or remedy which
will have accrued or will thereafter accrue to FS2.
16. INDEMNIFICATION
16.1 In addition to any other indemnities provided by either Party under
this Agreement FS2 and IATA each will indemnify the other and hold the
other harmless from and against any and all damages, liabilities,
costs and expenses arising directly by reason of any breach of
contract, tort (including negligence (whether by act or omission)) or
breach of statutory duty on the part of the indemnifying Party, its
employees or agents or any claims by any person arising out of the
performance or non-performance of this Agreement, including without
limitation in the case of FS2, claims made by any IATA Customers
against IATA in relation to the performance or non-performance by FS2
of the Services Agreements, provided that that the non-indemnifying
Party gives the indemnifying Party prompt notice in writing of any
matter in respect of which indemnification is sought hereunder and the
non-indemnifying Party grants the indemnifying Party at the
indemnifying Party's expense the exclusive right to conduct any
litigation which may ensue and all negotiations for a settlement of
any claim, giving the indemnified Party all reasonable assistance at
the indemnified Party's expense, and the non-indemnifying Party agrees
not to make any admission or to take any other action which might be
prejudicial thereto without the express written consent of the
indemnifying Party.
16.2 Notwithstanding the provisions of clause 16.1, the Party seeking to
enforce the indemnity shall take all reasonable steps to mitigate any
loss or liability which gives rise to a claim for indemnity under the
above provisions. For the avoidance of doubt the indemnity provided
for in this Clause 16 is not subject to the limitation of liability
provided for in Clause 17.2.
17. EXCLUSION OF LIABILITY AND LIABILITY
17.1 Other than as provided for in relation to Confidential Information and
Intellectual Property Rights neither Party will be liable for any loss
of profits and/or contracts or any indirect or consequential loss or
damages suffered by the other howsoever arising. For the avoidance of
doubt any loss of interest by IATA Customers relating to the non
receipt of settlement monies shall be deemed to constitute direct loss
as between IATA and FS2 for the purposes of any liability and/or
indemnity provision provided for in this Agreement.
17.2 The exclusion provided herein will not apply to any liability for
death or personal injury arising from negligence or liability caused
by the fraudulent misrepresentation of either of the Parties.
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17.3 IATA will have no liability whatsoever to any FS2 customers in
relation to the performance or non-performance by FS2 of the Services
Agreement and FS2 will indemnify IATA in relation to any such
liability in accordance with Clause 16.1.
17.4 In the event that FS2 has failed to furnish the Services in accordance
with Clause 6 and the Services Agreements and where such failure has
directly delayed or prevented the transmission of data and/or funds to
one or more BSP Airlines and/or BSP Participants, and without
prejudice to any other rights or remedies of IATA, FS2 will pay to
IATA an amount equivalent to the interest on the delayed settlement
amount for the BSP Airline and/or BSP Participant so affected as
detailed in the sales summary for that BSP Airline and/or BSP
Participant for the duration of the delayed or prevented transmission
computed at the overdraft lending rate charged by the Clearing Bank of
the relevant BSP to commercial accounts of the BSP Airlines and BSP
Participants so affected by the delay.
17.5 FS2 and IATA will only be liable to each other in respect of this
Agreement to the extent expressly provided for herein.
17.6 Before the first Operational Transaction has been processed by XX0,
XX0 undertakes to ensure that it will have in place all relevant
Insurances, in terms previously approved by IATA and in an amount of
not less than one million US Dollars, required to cover liability
and/or indemnities provided for pursuant to the terms of this
Agreement or to cover usual risks arising from the operation of the
Service, and shall ensure that all such Insurances will be maintained
in force during the continuance of and for a minimum period of two (2)
years following termination of this Agreement for whatever reason.
IATA shall be named as an additional assured on all such Insurances.
FS2 will make available to IATA on IATA's written request copies of
all Insurances together with evidence of the payment of all premiums,
and shall not change the terms of such Insurances without the approval
of IATA. The minimum amount of insurance coverage required will be
reviewed and new levels mutually agreed based upon current transaction
volumes, two years after the date the first Operational Transaction
has been processed by FS2, and every two years thereafter. FS2 shall
not do or omit to do anything which (or the omission of which) would
vitiate any such Insurances.
18. FORCE MAJEURE
18.1 Neither Party will be deemed to be in breach or liable for failure to
perform any of its obligations under this Agreement as a result of a
Force Majeure Event being an event beyond the reasonable control of a
Party including without limitation and to the extent beyond the
reasonable control of a Party, acts of God, war, riot, civil
commotion, malicious damage, compliance with any law or governmental
order, rule, regulation or direction or any overriding emergency
procedures, accident, fire, flood, storm and strikes or any industrial
action by employees of any Party other than the Party relying on the
Force Majeure Event.
18.2 If either Party is prevented, hindered or delayed from or in
performing any of its obligations under this Agreement by a Force
Majeure Event then:
18.2.1 that Party's obligations under this Agreement will be
suspended for so long as the Force Majeure Event continues and
to the extent that Party is so prevented, hindered or delayed;
18.2.2 as soon as reasonably possible after commencement of the Force
Majeure Event that Party will notify the other Party in
writing of the Force Majeure Event, the date of commencement
of the Force Majeure Event and the effects of the Force
Majeure Event on its ability to perform its obligations under
this Agreement;
18.2.3 that Party will use all reasonable efforts to mitigate the
effects of the Force Majeure Event upon the performance of its
obligation under this Agreement; and
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18.2.4 as soon as reasonably possible after the cessation of the
Force Majeure Event that Party will notify the other Party in
writing of the cessation of the Force Majeure Event and will
resume performance of its obligation under this Agreement.
18.3 If the Force Majeure Event continues for more than 30 days after the
commencement of the Force Majeure Event the non prevented Party may
terminate this Agreement by giving not less than 30 days notice in
writing to the other Party.
19. TERM AND TERMINATION
19.1 This Agreement will enter into force on the date of second signature
and, subject to clauses 19.3 and 19.4, and to earlier termination
pursuant to clause 6.8 or the following provisions of this clause 19,
it will remain in force for a period of ten (10) years commencing on
the Commencement Date ("xxx Xxxx").
19.2 This Agreement is conditional on IATA receiving from FS2 within nine
months from the date of this Agreement, a certificate by the auditors
of FS2, in a form reasonably acceptable to IATA, that FS2 has received
binding and unconditional commitments from one or more persons to
provide funding within a further three months by way of subscription
for fully paid up equity share capital of FS2, or debt financing, of
an amount of not less than seven million United States Dollars. For
the avoidance of doubt, the funding may be comprised partially of
equity and partially of debt, or entirely of equity, or entirely of
debt, but in any event the total amount of the funding received by FS2
must equal or exceed seven million United States Dollars.
19.3 FS2 shall have the option to extend this Agreement on conclusion of
the Term for a further period of ten (10) years provided that FS2 has
in all material terms complied with the obligation placed upon it
pursuant to the terms of this Agreement and gives IATA not less than
one year's notice of its intention to exercise such option, and
subject to written agreement between IATA and FS2 as to the commercial
terms which will apply to such extended period, which each of IATA and
FS2 shall use their reasonable endeavours to agree upon.
19.4 During the Term the Parties shall by mutual consent be entitled to
vary the length of the Term such that the Term may be extended (and
not reduced) on any basis agreed, subject to agreement between the
Parties both of whom shall use their reasonable endeavours to agree
upon the commercial terms applicable to the Agreement as extended.
19.5 Either Party may terminate this Agreement in the event of a material
breach by the other of any of its obligations under this Agreement
which (if the breach is capable of remedy) the other Party has failed
to remedy within 45 days after receipt of notice in writing giving
particulars of the breach and requiring the other Party to do so.
19.6 In the event of either Party becoming insolvent or bankrupt or have an
administrator or liquidator appointed (other than for the purpose of a
corporate reorganisation of that Party), or go into receivership, or
in the event either Party should discontinue its business for any
reason, the other Party may terminate forthwith this Agreement by
notice in writing to the affected Party.
19.7 IATA shall have the right to terminate this agreement upon six (6)
months written notice in the event that FS2 fails within six months
from the Commencement Date to conclude operating agreements with its
other major FS2 Suppliers, or such agreements are subsequently
terminated for whatever reason, unless alternative suppliers
satisfactory to IATA are contracted to FS2 to deliver the services
provided by the previous FS2 Supplier.
19.8 All rights and obligations of the Parties save for each Party's
obligations as to Confidentiality will cease to have effect
immediately upon termination of this Agreement except that termination
will not affect the accrued rights and obligations of the Parties at
the date of termination, or obligations expressed to take effect on
termination.
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20. AMENDMENTS
20.1 This Agreement or any of the Schedules may only be amended by
agreement in writing signed by both Parties
21. WAIVERS
21.1 The failure of any Party to insist in any one or more instances upon
the performance in part or otherwise of any of the terms and
conditions of this Agreement will not be construed as a waiver or
relinquishment of its right to insist upon performance of those or
other terms and conditions of this Agreement at other times except to
the extent specifically waived in writing.
21.2 The failure to exercise or delay in exercising a right or remedy under
this Agreement will not constitute a waiver of the right or remedy or
a waiver of any other rights or remedies and no single or partial
exercise of any right or remedy under this Agreement will prevent and
further exercise of the right or remedy or the exercise of any other
right or remedy.
22. ENTIRE AGREEMENT AND LANGUAGE
22.1 This Agreement contains the entire agreement and understanding between
the Parties with respect to the subject matter hereof and supersedes
all contemporaneous and previous agreements and understandings,
whether written or oral, in relation thereto. This Agreement has been
executed in the English language only. It may be translated into a
language other than English for internal use by IATA, however, in case
of any dispute over the interpretation of any Clause, the English
version will be authoritative.
23. SEVERABILITY
23.1 In the event that any part of this Agreement is declared invalid or
unenforceable by a judgement or decree by consent or otherwise of a
Court or other tribunal of competent jurisdiction from whose decision
no appeal is or can be taken, the Parties will endeavour to agree such
amendment that will as far as possible validly give effect to their
intentions as expressed herein and nothing shall affect the validity
or enforceability of the remainder of this Agreement.
24. AUTHORISATION & PERMITS & RELATIONS BETWEEN PARTIES
24.1 The Parties will each ensure that all governmental and/or fiscal
authorisations or permits are obtained as applicable to the Parties'
respective obligations under this Agreement, and each Party shall make
available to the other any information it has which may assist the
other in obtaining such authorisation or permits.
24.2 No Party shall have the authority to bind or to make any commitment on
behalf of the other Party unless such authority is expressed in
writing by the Parties jointly or by a Party individually as the case
may be.
24.3 The Parties agree that no relationship of agency and/or partnership is
created by this Agreement, express or implied, and that the Parties
will each remain independent contractors. None of the Parties will be
considered as principal or agent, or hold itself as the legal
representative of the other Party.
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25. CUMULATIVE RIGHTS
25.1 Except as expressly provided in this Agreement the rights and remedies
contained in this Agreement are cumulative and not exclusive of any
rights or remedies provided by law.
26. ASSIGNMENT
26.1 Neither Party may assign or transfer or purport to assign or transfer
any of their rights or obligations under this Agreement except that
this restriction will not prevent FS2 and/or IATA from assigning or
transferring such rights or obligations within the group of companies
and/or association of which they are each respectively part provided
always that in the event of the transferee leaving the
group/association the rights and obligations are re-transferred to
another member of the group/association.
27. GOVERNING LAW AND DISPUTE RESOLUTION
27.1 This Agreement shall be governed by, and will be construed in
accordance with, the laws of England and Wales.
27.2 Other than in respect of any breach or potential breach of this
Agreement which justifies an application for specific performance of
this agreement and to injunctive relief, whether mandatory or
prohibitory, any dispute arising out of or in connection with this
Agreement will be resolved by mutual agreement in default of which, by
arbitration in English in London (save where the Parties agree to
submit to expert determination instead) pursuant in each case to the
arbitration rules of the International Chamber of Commerce by one
arbitrator.
27.3 Each of the Parties hereto hereby irrevocably waives any objection
which it may have now or in the future to the jurisdiction of the
Courts of England and Wales and the law of England and Wales being
nominated for the purposes of this Agreement on the ground of venue or
otherwise and agrees not to claim that any such court and/or law is
not a convenient or appropriate forum in the event that any claim
and/or dispute arises in any country other than England.
28. COMMUNICATIONS
28.1 Any notice, communication or other document required or permitted to be
given to a Party hereto will be in writing, and any such notice,
communication or other document, will be given by delivering or mailing the
same by prepaid registered mail, return receipt requested, to the following
address:
To XX0 Xxxxxxx ___________________
___________________
___________________
To IATA Address ___________________
___________________
___________________
or at such other address as such Party will have communicated to the other
by notice given as aforesaid. Any notice, communication or other document
delivered as aforesaid will be deemed to have been given and received at
the same time it is so delivered.
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AS WITNESS WHEREOF on behalf of the Parties hereto by their duly authorised
officers on their behalf, in duplicate.
SIGNED SIGNED
for IATA For FS2
By By
Signature: _____________________________ _____________________________
Name: _____________________________ _____________________________
Title: _____________________________ _____________________________
Date: _____________________________ _____________________________
Signature: _____________________________
Name: _____________________________
Title: _____________________________
Date: _____________________________