DIRECTORY AGREEMENT
DATE
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This
directory agreement (the “Agreement”)
is made on the 1st of May, 2003 between:
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THE
PARTIES
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1.
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Vodafone
Global Content Services Limited (CRN: 04064873) a
company incorporated in England and whose registered office is Xxxxxxxx
Xxxxx, Xxx Xxxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxx XX00 0XX (“VGCS”)
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2.
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Name:
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The
WAAT Corporation
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Address:
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00000
Xxxxxxx Xxxx, Xxxxx #000 Xxxxxxx, XX 00000
X.X.X.
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(the
“Directory
Partner”),
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each
a “Party”
and together the “Parties”.
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RECITALS
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(A)
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Vodafone
manages a directory service within “Vodafone live!” that facilitates
access to mobile content and services.
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(B)
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The
Directory Partner owns or has the rights to the Content, which it
wishes
to place in the Directory for the purposes of sale to
Customers.
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(C)
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The
Parties have agreed that VGCS shall place the Content on the Directory
on
the terms and subject to the conditions contained
herein.
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AGREEMENT
STRUCTURE
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This
Agreement comprises: (1) Operative Key Terms - Part 1 (2) the Terms
and
Conditions - Part 2 (3) the Definitions - Part 3 and any schedules,
annexures or addendums which may be attached to it from time to
time.
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PART
1
OPERATIVE
KEY TERMS
1. The
Content:
Content
description
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The
Content to be made available under this Agreement relates to certain
Adult
/ Erotic, details of which are set out in Schedule 1 and shall also
include such other content as may be agreed by the Parties from time
to
time.
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The
Content will be supplied in the languages and for the Specified Mobile
Phones listed in Schedule 1.
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VGCS
shall be authorised to provide the Content to Customer in accordance
with
this Agreement in the Territories listed in Schedule 1.
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Content
specifications
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The
Content will comply
with the Guidelines.
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Placement
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VGCS
shall be entitled to place the Content in any section of the Directory
as
it reasonably considers appropriate having regard to the Directory
proposition as a whole and the impact on the Customer experience
or
otherwise remove the Content from the
Directory.
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Branding
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The
Directory Partner must display its own brand (or, with the consent
of
VGCS, such other third party brands as it has the rights to display)
on
the Content such that it is clear that the Content is being provided
by
the Directory Partner and not VGCS or Vodafone. The Content will
be
provided to and sold by the Directory Partner to the Customer pursuant
to
the Directory Partner’s standard terms and conditions. The Directory
Partner will ensure that: (1) its terms and conditions are easily
accessible to the Customer at all times the Customer is accessing
the
Content; (2) such terms make it clear that VGCS will xxxx and collect
all
payments for the downloading and provision of the Content as the
Directory
Partner’s marketing and billing agent; and (3) that the Customer is
required to accept such terms and conditions as a precondition of
the
Content being made available to the Customer.
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For
the purposes of this Clause, VGCS consents to the Directory Partner
branding the Content Peach, VIVID Interactive, or any other brands
represented by Directory Partner.
The
Directory Partner will supply to VGCS a copy of the Directory Partner
branding materials without charge which VGCS will be authorised to
use in
connection with any marketing or promotional activities which may
be
carried out by VGCS in relation to the Content from time to
time.
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Advertising
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Except
as instructed from time to time by VGCS, the Directory Partner shall
ensure that the Content shall at all times not contain any form of
advertising of any goods or services and the Directory Partner agrees
that
it shall have no right to include any form of advertising on such
Content
without Vodafone’s express prior written
approval.
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2. Content
testing:
Delivery
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The
Content will be made available to VGCS for testing on the dates set
out in
Schedule 1 or as otherwise agreed from time to time by the Parties
in
writing.
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Testing
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Prior
to the Content being placed on the Directory by any Vodafone Group
Company
the Content shall to be tested to ensure that it is suitable in each
of
the Territories.
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3.
Customer
Support:
Customer Support
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VGCS
shall be responsible for dealing with all First Line Customer inquiries
concerning the Content and the Directory Partner shall be responsible
for
dealing with all Second Line Customer inquiries and authorises VGCS
to
refer such inquiries to the Directory Partner’s nominated contact
number(s) specified in Section 8 of Part 1.
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The
Directory Partner shall, if requested by VGCS, document and agree
in good
faith, appropriate operational processes for the transfer of any
Customer
from First Line Customer Support to Second Line Customer
Support.
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“First
Line” and “Second Line”
Customer
Support
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“First
Line”
customer support shall include all Customer inquiries relating to
billing
and payment collection, connection to the mobile internet, access
to the
Content and any non-Content specific issues relating to the
Directory.
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“Second
Line”
customer support shall include all Customer inquiries other than
First
Line Customer support, including, but not limited to any Content,
delivery
related and/or Technical Support
enquiries.
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4.
Hosting:
Hosting
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The
Directory Partner will be responsible for hosting the Content on
the
Platform and for making available, operating, supporting and maintaining
the Platform in accordance with the further provisions of this Agreement
and will ensure that all such services shall meet or exceed the KPIs
for
such services at all times.
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5.
Pricing,
Revenue and Billing:
Pricing:
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The
Directory Partner may in its reasonable discrection determine the
price at
which the Content is sold to Customers in the Territories. However,
nothing shall prevent VGCS from rebating or otherwise crediting part
or
all of the Directory Fee to Customers so as to effectively reduce
the
price which Customers pay for the Content.
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Directory
Fee:
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VGCS
shall be entitled to be paid a Directory Fee equivalent
to [INFORMATION OMITTED AND FILED SEPARATELY WITH THE COMMISSION
UNDER RULE 24B-2] of the Net Revenue.
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Billing
and Reconciliation:
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VGCS
as agent for the Directory Partner, shall be responsible for the
billing
of and collection of revenues from the Customers in respect of Chargeable
Events.
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The
Directory Partner shall provide to VGCS all relevant financial
information, in particular, details of all value added tax, turnover
tax
and other sales taxes which may be payable on supplies of Content
within
each Territory (collectively “VAT”) to enable VGCS to comply with its
billing, collection and financial obligations under this Agreement.
For
the avoidance of doubt, the Directory Partner remains wholly responsible
for payment of any such VAT to the relevant tax
authorities.
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VGCS
will generate monthly reports showing the calculation of the Directory
Partner Revenue and the Directory Fee for the relevant
month.
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Within
30 days of the end of each month VGCS will remit to the Directory
Partner
the report together with VGCS’s invoice for the Directory Fee for that
month. VGCS shall pay to the Directory Partner the Directory Partner
Revenue within 60 days of the end of the month in which the Chargeable
Event occurred. VGCS shall also be permitted to set off the sums
billed to
the Directory Partner in respect of its invoice for the Directory
Fee
against the Directory Partner Revenue owed to the Directory
Partner.
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Where
a Deduction arises as a result of a refund issued or credited to
a
Customer, VGCS shall deduct that part of the Directory Partner Revenue
paid to the Directory Partner in respect of the refunded Chargeable
Event
against the calculation of the Directory Partner Revenue in the report
for
the month following the refund or credit.
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The
monthly reports shall be sent to:
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The
Waat Corporation
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Mail:
00000 Xxxxxxx Xxxx Xxxxx #000 Xxxxxxx, XX 00000 X.X.X.
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Fax:
0-000-000-0000 Email: Xxx@xxxxxxxxx.xxx
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Payment
Terms:
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Payment
by VGCS to the Directory Partner shall be made by BACS to the following
bank account:
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EAST
WEST BANK
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00000
Xxxxxxx Xxxx. Xxxxxxx, XX 00000
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Account
Name: The Waat Corporation
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Account
Number: 8270-2648
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ABA#
000000000
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The
currency of this Agreement shall be Euros. All financial reports,
statements, invoices, charges and payments made by one Party to the
other
shall be in Euros. In respect of revenues generated in a country
that does
not have the Euro as its primary currency (a “Non-Euro Amount”), VGCS
shall convert such Non-Euro Amount to Euros using the UK Financial
Times
average middle market exchange rate calculated for the applicable
month.
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6. Term:
The
Initial Term:
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The
Initial Term shall be [INFORMATION OMITTED AND FILED SEPARATELY WITH
THE
COMMISSION UNDER RULE 24B-2] commencing on the date on which the
Agreement
is signed by both Parties.
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7. KPIs
and Technical Support:
Availability:
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percentage
of 97% throughout each period of 30 consecutive days.
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Capacity:
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The
Content must be able to handle a minimum of 50 simultaneous Customer
requests per second.
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Response
Time:
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The
Content will not exceed an average Response Time of 1 second] over
any
24-hour period, excluding any Downtime.
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Additional
KPIs:
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None
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Technical
Support
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The
Directory Partner shall provide appropriate support when requested
by VGCS
in accordance with this Agreement. The Directory Partner will proactively
monitor all aspects of performance and not rely upon VGCS for notification
of faults.
The
following guidelines will be used to determine the priority of incidents
and the Directory Partner’s corresponding obligation to respond and
resolve such incidents involving the Content and other services delivered
or under the responsibility of the Directory Partner.
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Priority
1 (Critical):
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Complete
failure of the Content or a significant part of the Content or the
problem
creates a definite business or financial exposure or affects a large
number of Customers. Response within 10 minutes and resolution within
4
hours
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Priority
2 (High):
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Content
not totally down, but the affected components form a significant part of
the functionality of the Content and the problem creates a possible
business or financial exposure. Response within 30 minutes and resolution
within 8 hours
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Priority
3 (Medium):
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The
Content is largely available and the problem has little or no effect
on
the services provided by the Content and the problem creates no business
or financial exposure. Response time within 3 hours and resolution
time
within 2 business days
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8.
Reporting:
KPI
Reporting:
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By
the fifth day of each calendar month for the first six months of
this
agreement and quarterly thereafter during the term of this Agreement,
the
Directory Partner shall provide to VGCS’s commercial and technical contact
by email (or to such other contacts and in such other formats as
VGCS may
reasonably request from time to time) a report in relation to the
performance of the Directory Partner against the KPIs in the preceding
month.
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Relevant
Contacts:
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The
relevant contacts for this Agreement are as follows:
The
Directory Partner:
Technical
- Camill
Sayadeh Tel (000)000-0000 Mobile (000)000-0000 fax (000)000-0000
Email
Xxxxxx@xxxxxxxxx.xxx
Commercial
- Adi McAbian Tel (000)000-0000 Mobile (000)000-0000 fax (000)000-0000
Email xxx@xxxxxxxxx.xxx
VGCS:
Technical
- Xxxxxxxxx
Xxxxxx Tel (x00 000 000 0000); Email
xxxxxxxxx.xxxxxx@xxxxxxxx.xxx
Commercial
- Ion
Valaskakis Mobile x00 0000 000 000; Email
xxx.xxxxxxxxxx@xxxxxxxx.xxx
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SIGNED
on behalf of Vodafone Global Content
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Services
Limited
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/s/
Xxx Xxxxxx
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on:
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Name:
Xxx Xxxxxx
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Title:
Commercial Director
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SIGNED
on behalf of The Waat Corporation
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(the
Directory Partner)
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on:
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/s/ Adi McAbian | ||
Name:
Adi McAbian
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Title:
Vice President
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*WE
HAVE REQUESTED CONFIDENTIAL TREATMENT OF CERTAIN PROVISIONS CONTAINED IN
THIS
EXHIBIT. THE COPY FILED AS AN EXHIBIT OMITS THE INFORMATION SUBJECT TO THE
CONFIDENTIALITY REQUEST.*
PART
2
TERMS
AND CONDITIONS
1. |
ASSIGNMENT
AND THIRD PARTIES
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1.1 |
The
Directory Partner acknowledges that all rights granted to VGCS hereunder
are for the benefit of VGCS and for the additional purpose of conferring
the same benefit on the Vodafone Group. The Parties agree that VGCS
may
assign, transfer or sub-contract any or all of its rights and/or
obligations under this Agreement to any company in the Vodafone Group
without the Directory Partner’s prior written consent provided that where
it sub-contracts it remains the contracting party and responsible
for all
obligations hereunder.
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1.2 |
Subject
to Clauses 1.1 and 1.3, this Agreement is made solely and specifically
between the Parties hereto for the benefit of the Parties and the
Vodafone
Group Companies and is not intended to be for the benefit of or
enforceable by any other person, whether under the Contracts (Rights
of
Third Parties) Xxx 0000 or otherwise, and neither Party can declare
itself
a trustee of the rights under this Agreement for the benefit of any
such
person.
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1.3 |
The
Directory Partner acknowledges that the rights of VGCS and the obligations
of the Directory Partner under this Agreement are also respectively
rights
of and obligations owed to the Vodafone Group Companies and that
any loss,
damage, cost or liability incurred by any member of the Vodafone
Group
Companies shall also be and shall be deemed to have been incurred
by VGCS
as if VGCS had incurred the same. Accordingly, VGCS may institute
and
maintain legal or other proceedings in its own name against the Directory
Partner for compensation, damages and all other remedies specifically
related to any breach of the terms & conditions of this agreement by
Directory Partner, subject to any applicable limitations contained
in this
Agreement. VGCS and the Directory Partner may by agreement amend
this
Agreement without obtaining the consent of the Vodafone Group
notwithstanding that such amendments may relate to benefits conferred
on
the Vodafone Group hereunder.
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THE
CONTENT
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2.1 |
The
Directory Partner will provide the Content to VGCS in accordance
with this
Agreement and in particular the requirements set out in Section 1
of Part
1. The Directory Partner hereby appoints VGCS as its non-exclusive
agent
in the Territory to promote, advertise and offer for sale Content
in the
Territory on the Directory and to provide billing and payment collection
services to the Directory Partner. The Directory Partner further
gives
authority to VGCS to offer for sale the Content to Customers and
to xxxx
and collect payment in respect of sales made by the Directory Partner
of
the Content in accordance with the terms of this
Agreement.
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2.2 |
The
Directory Partner will deliver the Content by the Delivery Date ready
for
testing by VGCS.
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2.3 |
The
Parties will carry out testing in accordance with Section 2 of Part
1.
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2.4 |
Unless
otherwise agreed in writing, the Content will not require a Customer
to
register separately with the Directory Partner in order to access
the
Content.
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2.5 |
The
Directory Partner shall not change or vary materially the Content
or the
Format without VGCS’s prior written consent. The Content shall comply with
the Guidelines as updated by VGCS from time to time upon reasonable
notice
to the Directory Partner.
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2.6 |
Where:
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2.6.1 |
the
Content (or any part thereof) breaches any of the Guidelines or any
Code
of Practice;
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2.6.2 |
VGCS
receives complaints regarding any of the Content or the Directory
Partner
which it considers to be of such seriousness or number as to be materially
prejudicial to the brand or reputation of VGCS or Vodafone;
and/or
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2.6.3 |
the
Content (or any part thereof) breaches any other provision of this
Agreement,
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Without
prejudice to its other rights and remedies, VGCS may require the Directory
Partner to and the Directory Partner shall use its reasonable endeavours to
amend or to replace the Content with Content which, in VGCS’s reasonable
opinion, satisfactorily deals with the matters set out in sub-Clauses 2.8.1
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2.8.3 above. VGCS, without prejudice to its other rights and remedies, reserves
the right to temporarily suspend or disconnect the Directory Partner or remove
or bar access to all or any part of the Content from the Directory until such
time as the replacement or new Content is provided in accordance with this
Clause 2.8.
2.7 |
As
between VGCS and the Directory Partner, the Directory Partner accepts
responsibility for all matters relating to the provision or non-provision
of the Content to Customers. For the avoidance of doubt VGCS shall
be
under no obligation to review any of the Content to ascertain if
it
complies with the terms of this Agreement and any legal, regulatory
or
other applicable requirements.
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2.8 |
Where
VGCS receives any complaint from a Customer in relation to the Content,
it
may in its sole discretion decide to make a refund or issue a credit
to
such Customer in respect of the Chargeable
Event and such amount shall be treated as a Deduction and dealt with
in
accordance with the provisions of Section 5 of Part
1.
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2.9 |
VGCS
may, with the written agreement of the Directory Partner, offer to
Customers promotions in respect of the Content and such offers shall
not
be treated as a Chargeable Event (unless otherwise expressly agreed
in
writing with the Directory
Partner).
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2.10 |
The
Directory Partner will use its best efforts to rectify bugs associated
with any Content made available to Customers on the Directory at
its own
expense and in accordance with the response and fix times set out
in the
KPIs. Where a particular error cannot be fixed the Directory Partner
will
provide an amended version free of
charge.
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VGCS
OBLIGATIONS
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3.1 |
VGCS
shall make available the Content to the Customers in accordance with
the
terms of this Agreement and in particular the requirements set out
in
Section 1 of Part 1 subject to the Content being Accepted by
VGCS.
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3.2 |
As
soon as reasonably possible following the execution of this Agreement,
VGCS will provide to the Directory Partner a copy of each of the
relevant
Guidelines and all relevant Codes of Practice and will use its reasonable
endeavours to provide such other reasonable information and materials
as
reasonably requested by the Directory Partner which are necessary
to
enable the Directory Partner to comply with its obligations under
this
Agreement.
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3.3 |
The
Directory Partner acknowledges and agrees that nothing in this Agreement
requires VGCS to place the Content (whether in whole or in part)
on the
Directory, to make the Content available to Customers in all of the
Territories and/or actively to market and promote the Content to
Customers.
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4. |
HOSTING
OBLIGATIONS
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4.1 |
The
Directory Partner will:
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4.1.1 |
host
the Content on the Platform in accordance with the terms of this
Agreement;
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4.1.2 |
provide
Second Line Customer support and general customer support (in respect
of
its hosting obligations which shall include application monitoring,
application support and fault and change management, in accordance
the
with the terms of this Agreement);
and
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4.1.3 |
make
available, operate, support and maintain the Platform in accordance
with
in accordance with the terms of this Agreement; and will ensure that
all
such services shall meet or exceed the KPIs for such services at
all
times.
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4.2 |
Where,
the Directory Partner materially or persistently fails to meet any
of the
KPIs Levels or any Codes of Practice relating to the services to
be
performed under Clause 4, without prejudice to its other rights and
remedies, VGCS shall be entitled to temporarily suspend or disconnect
the
Directory Partner or remove or to bar access to the Content (or any
part
thereof) on the Directory to its Customers until such time as the
Directory Partner, can show to VGCS’s reasonable satisfaction the it has
taken reasonable steps to resolve the
problem.
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4.3 |
VGCS
shall on and from Acceptance, use its reasonable endeavours to maintain
the Directory on which Content displayed is 24 hours in every day
on every
day of the year but VGCS shall not be liable for any failure to maintain
the Directory in such manner whether this arises from a technical
or other
failure in the Directory, the Vodafone Networks or otherwise. VGCS
does
not warrant that the Directory or the Vodafone Networks will be fault
free
or free of interruptions. VGCS reserves the right from time to time
to
improve or alter the Directory as it deems appropriate (including
changes
to the category structure or channels). Further VGCS reserves the
right to
suspend the operation of the Directory for the purposes of remedial
or
preventative maintenance or improvement of the
Directory.
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4.4 |
The
Directory Partner acknowledges and agrees the Directory and the
distribution of Content may depend on factors beyond VGCS’s control
including but not limited to factors affecting the operation of the
Vodafone Networks and the public networks. VGCS is not obliged to
provide
the Directory where such factors prevent
it.
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4.5 |
VGCS
reserves the right to suspend or disconnect the Directory Partner
or
remove or bar access to any Content without prior notice or liability
of
whatsoever kind to the Directory Partner, in the event
that:
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4.5.1 |
a
fault occurs (including for the avoidance of doubt any fault connected
with the Content) that is considered by VGCS in its sole discretion
to
affect or be likely to affect the performance of the Directory or
any
associated charging or payment mechanism or the Vodafone Networks
or any
mobile access devices; or
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4.5.2 |
the
capacity of the Directory or the Vodafone Networks is or is likely
to be
exceeded; or
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4.5.3 |
it
is reasonably requested to do so by
Vodafone.
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4.6 |
VGCS
shall not be liable to the Directory Partner for barring access to
the
Directory or any part thereof or for ceasing to make available or
distribute any Content to Customers pursuant to this
Clause.
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5. |
INTELLECTUAL
PROPERTY RIGHTS
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5.1 |
The
Directory Partner shall be responsible for clearing all Intellectual
Property Rights in the Content for use by VGCS pursuant to this Agreement
and the payment of any royalties thereon and the Directory Partner
shall
indemnify and hold harmless VGCS against any loss or damage of whatsoever
nature arising from a failure to do
so.
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5.2 |
The
Parties agree that all Intellectual Property Rights in the Content
shall
remain with the Directory Partner and its licensors. In so far as
required
for VGCS to perform its obligations as agent under this Agreement,
the
Directory Partner grants VGCS a non-exclusive royalty-free licence
in the
Territory to display, broadcast and otherwise make available to the
public
the Content on or through the Directory for the term of this Agreement,
including without limitation the right to distribute the Content
through
various technologies (including without limitation SMS, MMS and IM)
to
Customers.
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5.3 |
In
so far as is required for VGCS to perform its obligations as agent
under
this Agreement, the Directory Partner grants to VGCS a non-exclusive
royalty-free licence for the term of this agreement in the Territory
to
use those of its trade marks, brands and other intellectual property
(including the Directory Partner Branding) as are necessary to brand
the
Content in accordance with Part 1 and/or for the purposes of performing
its obligations as the Company’s agent under this
Agreement.
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5.4 |
The
Directory Partner shall procure that all moral rights in the Content
are
waived to the extent necessary for the purposes of this
Agreement.
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5.5 |
The
Directory Partner grants VGCS an irrevocable royalty free license
to keep
a copy of the Content for the purpose of archiving internal analysis
and
pursuant to Clause 6.4.
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5.6 |
Vodafone
shall be entitled, without the consent of the Directory Partner,
to
appoint other companies within the Vodafone Group (the “Vodafone
Sub-Agents”)
as its sub-agent for the purposes of this Agreement which have the
same
rights and obligations as Vodafone provided that Vodafone shall remain
liable for all of its obligations set out in this
Agreement.
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6. |
REPORTING
AND AUDITING
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6.1 |
The
Parties shall comply with the reporting requirements set out in Part
1.
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6.2 |
Each
Party shall during the term of this Agreement, deliver to the other
upon
its reasonable written request access to and copies of such information
that the other may reasonably require to perform its obligations
under
this Agreement, including without limitation any technical information
required to assess the Content, and any financial or statistical
information required to verify the number of Chargeable Events and
use of
the Content by Customers.
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6.3 |
Both
Parties shall, at their own expense and upon 30 days’ notice to the other
Party, have the right to have the other Party’s relevant books and records
examined during the ordinary course of business by an independent
auditor
solely for the purposes of verifying the accuracy of any financial
report
or statement made under this
Agreement. If such Party subsequently discovers any discrepancy,
the other
Party will rectify such discrepancy within 30 working days after
notification of the discrepancy. The Parties shall only be entitled
to
utilize this provision once in any three-month
period.
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6.4 |
If
VGCS maintains a repository within a particular Territory containing
details of Content purchased by a Customer in such Territory, VGCS
shall
be entitled to download Content free of charge to any Customer in
that
Territory where such Customer has already been charged for such Content
on
a one-off basis by VGCS.
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7. |
PAYMENTS
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7.1 |
The
Parties shall make all payments which may be required to be paid
to each
other in accordance with the provisions of Section 5 of Part 1. Unless
otherwise expressly set out in this Agreement or unless such amount
is
bona fide in dispute, the Parties shall pay all sums owed to each
other
under such arrangements within 30 days of receipt of a valid invoice
for
the relevant sum.
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7.2 |
The
Directory Fee is exclusive of value added tax (if any) chargeable
thereon
and the Directory Partner shall pay to VGCS in addition to the Directory
Fee an amount equal to any value added tax chargeable
thereon.
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7.3 |
VGCS
and any Vodafone Group Company shall be entitled to make any deduction
or
withholding required by law from any payment payable under this Agreement
or any agreement between Vodafone Group Companies entered into for
the
purposes of this Agreement.
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7.4 |
VGCS
shall not be obliged to make any payment for any Content that is
in breach
of Clause 8.1 or 8.2.
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8. |
WARRANTIES,
INDEMNITY AND LIABILITY
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8.1 |
The
Directory Partner warrants and undertakes to VGCS
that:
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8.1.1 |
it
has full right and authority to enter into this Agreement and that
its
entry into this Agreement does not breach any third party’s rights or any
other Agreement to which it is a
party;
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8.1.2 |
it
shall implement and comply with the Codes of Practice and any other
reasonable policies provided by VGCS or Vodafone to the
Directory
Partner from time to time which address anti-social, fraudulent or
unlawful use of Directory, the Content, the Vodafone Networks and/or
any
mobile device;
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8.1.3 |
it
shall not act in a way which will impair the operation of the Directory,
the Vodafone Networks or any part of them, or put them in
jeopardy;
|
8.1.4 |
it
shall comply with all relevant requirements of the Data Protection
Legislation and will not reproduce, sell, publish or otherwise
commercially exploit any information or data obtained by it under
this
Agreement;
|
8.1.5 |
it
has the necessary licences, consents, permission or approvals to
operate,
and to grant the rights to use the Content as permitted by the terms
of
this Agreement;
|
8.1.6 |
it
will use reasonable skill and care in carrying out its obligations
and
exercising its rights under this Agreement;
and
|
8.1.7 |
The
Company and the Platform shall comply with the KPIs and the Platform
shall
otherwise be fit for he purpose set out in this
Agreement.
|
8.2 |
The
Directory Partner warrants and undertakes to VGCS that the
Content:
|
8.2.1 |
be
of satisfactory quality, be fit for purpose, and be kept fresh, updated
and current (with reference to the nature of the Content’s subject matter)
at all times;
|
8.2.2 |
will
comply with the Format, the Content Description and all relevant
Guidelines;
|
8.2.3 |
will
not infringe any third Party’s rights (including Intellectual Property
Rights);
|
8.2.4 |
will
not be defamatory, racist, materially inaccurate, be so violent or
abusive
in nature as to be reasonably likely to cause serious offence to
any
material group of people, or otherwise be in breach of any applicable
law,
regulation or code of conduct or result in VGCS or any part of the
Vodafone Group or Vodafone Group being in breach of any
law;
|
8.2.5 |
will
not contain any Content that promotes a Competitor or criticises
VGCS or
Vodafone or brings VGCS or Vodafone into
disrepute;
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8.2.6 |
shall
not, and the Platform shall not, contain any computer viruses, logic
bombs, trojan horses and/or any other items of software which would
disrupt the proper operation of the Directory or any mobile device;
and
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8.2.7 |
it
is tax resident in the United States and will be deemed to remain
tax
resident in that territory unless it notifies VGCS of a change of
tax
residency on 30 days prior written notice. The Company shall immediately
provide any documentation required by VGCS evidencing its tax residency
in
such territory.
|
8.3 |
VGCS
warrants and undertakes that:
|
8.3.1 |
it
has full right and authority to enter into this
Agreement;
|
8.3.2 |
it
shall comply with all relevant requirements of the Data Protection
Legislation; and
|
8.3.3 |
it
will use reasonable skill and care in carrying out its obligations
and
exercising its rights under this
Agreement.
|
8.4 |
Each
Party will immediately notify the other in writing of any claim or
action,
actual or threatened,
by a third Party as a consequence of this Agreement or any of the
Content.
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8.5 |
The
Directory Partner shall indemnify Vodafone and all members of the
Vodafone
Group from and against all loss, damage, expense or cost (including
legal
costs calculated on a solicitor-client basis) sustained by Vodafone
or any
Vodafone Group company because of any claim or allegation that the
provision, use, receipt or possession of any Intellectual Property
Right
or materials provided by or on behalf of the Directory Partner to
Vodafone
or a Vodafone Group Company infringes the Intellectual Property Rights
of
a third party.
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8.6 |
Nothing
in this Agreement excludes either Party’s liability with respect to death
and personal injury resulting from the negligence of that Party,
its
employees, agents or subcontractors, or either Party’s liability for fraud
or any other liability which may not be excluded or restricted by
law.
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8.7 |
Except
under Causes 8.5 and 8.6 in no circumstances will either Party be
liable
for any indirect, special or consequential damages or loss of profits
arising from breach of contract, negligence or other liability even
if the
other Party had been advised or knew (or should have known) of the
possibility of such damages.
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8.8 |
Both
Parties agree that they carry and will maintain throughout the term
adequate insurance to cover such of their liabilities under this
Agreement. In particular Directory Partner agrees to keep and maintain
products/liability insurance to the value of [INFORMATION OMITTED
AND
FILED SEPARATELY WITH THE COMMISSION UNDER RULE 24B-2] million and
third
party intellectual property rights insurance to the value of [INFORMATION
OMITTED AND FILED SEPARATELY WITH THE COMMISSION UNDER RULE
24B-2] million (and if requested to do so will note the Vodafone’s
interest on the policy) and will not do anything to vitiate such
insurance
during the term of this Agreement and a period of 1 year
thereafter.
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8.9 |
The
Parties acknowledge that their respective obligations and liabilities
are
exhaustively defined in this Agreement and that the express obligations
and warranties made in this Clause 8 are in lieu of and to the exclusion
of any warranty, condition, term, undertaking or representation of
any
kind, express or implied, statutory or otherwise relating to anything
supplied or provided or services performed under or in connection
with
this Agreement including (without limitation) as to the condition,
quality, performance, satisfactory quality or fitness for the
purpose.
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9. |
TERM
AND TERMINATION
|
9.1 |
This
Agreement will commence on the day it is executed by the Directory
Partner
and will continue for the Initial Term set out in Part 1 unless it
is
otherwise terminated earlier in accordance with this Agreement. Following
the expiry of the Initial Term, this Agreement shall automatically
continue unless either Party gives to the other at least thirty (30)
days
prior written notice to terminate the
Agreement.
|
9.2 |
Either
Party may terminate this Agreement immediately on written notice
(such
notice not to be made by email) if:
|
9.2.1 |
the
other is in material breach of its terms and such breach is incapable
of
remedy or, if capable of remedy, fails to remedy that breach within
14
days’ notice from the non-breaching Party requiring remedy;
or
|
9.2.2 |
the
other ceases to carry on its business or has a liquidator, receiver
or
administrative receiver appointed to it or over any part of its
undertaking or assets or passes a resolution for its winding up (otherwise
than for the purpose of a bona fide scheme of solvent amalgamation
or
reconstruction where the resulting entity will assume all of the
liabilities of it) or a court of competent jurisdiction makes an
administration order or liquidation order or similar order over the
other,
or the other enters into any voluntary arrangement with its creditors,
or
is unable to pay its debts as they fall due or suffers any similar
or
equivalent act in another relevant
jurisdiction.
|
9.3 |
VGCS
will be entitled to terminate this Agreement immediately on written
notice, without prejudice to its other rights and remedies, in the
event
that:
|
9.3.1 |
the
Format for the Content set out in Part 1 is changed by the Directory
Partner in such a way that is, in VGCS’s reasonable opinion, incompatible
with the Directory;
|
9.3.2 |
the
Directory Partner materially or persistently fails to meet any of
the
KPIs, the Guidelines and/or the Codes of
Practice;
|
9.3.3 |
VGCS
receives complaints regarding any of the Content or the Directory
Partner
which it considers to be of such seriousness or number as to be materially
prejudicial to the brand or reputation of VGCS or Vodafone;
and/or
|
9.3.4 |
in
our reasonable opinion the continued use of the Content (or part
thereof)
or the performance of any of its obligations under this Agreement
relating
to the use of the Content will infringe third party rights, be illegal,
or
not in compliance with or will otherwise be in breach of any applicable
laws, regulations or statutory
enactments.
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9.3.5 |
where
the access to the Content has been barred pursuant to Clauses 2.8,
4.2 and
12.5 and the Directory Partner has failed to resolve the problems
identified by VGCS to VGCS’s reasonable satisfaction by the date specified
by VGCS pursuant to those Clauses.
|
9.4 |
VGCS
shall be entitled to terminate this Agreement without cause at any
time,
either in full or in relation to particular Territories or items
of
Content (or both), by giving 30 days’ written notice to the Directory
Partner, without prejudice to its other rights and remedies. Any
partial
termination shall not affect the validity or enforceability of this
Agreement in respect of the remainder of the
Agreement.
|
9.5 |
Termination
of this Agreement does not affect the accrued rights, obligations
or
liabilities of the Parties prior to
termination.
|
9.6 |
Upon
termination or expiry of this Agreement for whatever
reason:
|
9.6.1 |
VGCS
will remove the Content from the Directory and cease providing access
to
the Content to its Customers;
|
9.6.2 |
each
Party will return to the other any confidential information or materials
provided to it by the other within 30 days of the date of
termination;
|
9.6.3 |
each
Party will remove all references to the other’s trade marks from any
marketing and promotional
materials;
|
9.6.4 |
the
Parties shall settle all outstanding sums either may owe the other
within
60 days of the date of termination;
and
|
9.6.5 |
all
licences granted under this Agreement will immediately
cease.
|
9.7 |
VGCS
may request and the Directory Partner will agree to extend the operation
of this Agreement for a period of not more than three (3) months
beyond
what would otherwise be the effective date of termination or expiration
to
give VGCS an opportunity to replace the Content and rebrand its marketing
materials.
|
10. |
CONFIDENTIALTY
|
10.1 |
Except
as may be required by law or any applicable regulatory body, or as
is
strictly required to perform its obligations under this Agreement,
each
Party shall keep secret and confidential and not use, disclose or
divulge
to any third party any information that they obtain about the other
concerning the business, finances, technology and affairs of the
other,
and in particular but not limited to this Agreement and its subject
matter. This Clause does not apply to information that has come into
the
public domain other than by breach of this Clause or any other duty
of
confidence or is obtained from a third Party without breach of this
Clause
or is required to be disclosed by law. The obligations under this
Clause
10.1 shall continue for period of five (5) years only following the
date
of expiry or termination of this
Agreement.
|
10.2 |
The
Parties agree that VGCS shall be entitled to share any or all information
it receives from or generates on behalf of the Directory Partner
pursuant
to this Agreement with the Vodafone
Group.
|
11. |
DATA
PROTECTION
|
11.1 |
Each
Party agrees that any personal data used by the Parties in connection
with
this Agreement in their business and/or transferred beyond the European
Economic Area for the purposes of this Agreement shall be processed
in
accordance with the requirements of the applicable Data Protection
Legislation and each Party agrees to do all such acts and things
(including entering into any necessary agreements) at their own expense
to
ensure that they so comply.
|
11.2 |
All
personal and traffic data will remain the exclusive property
of Vodafone.
The Directory Partner shall be entitled to receive, on written
request
from time to time, aggregated user information for the limited
purpose of
analysing the effectiveness of the
Content.
|
11.3 |
To
the extent that the Directory Partner is required in connection
with the
performance of its obligations under this Agreement to gather
personal
data relating to any Customer, then the Directory Partner shall
not make
any use of that data for any reason other than to perform its
obligations
hereunder and in particular shall not make any use of the personal
data
for marketing purposes.
|
11.4 |
To
the extent that the Directory Partner handles personal data for
which
Vodafone are responsible, the Directory Partner undertakes to
use all
reasonable endeavours to ensure that it has in place appropriate
technical
and organisational security measures (in addition to those set
out in
Clause 12 of this Agreement) in respect of the relevant data
as far as
such endeavours are necessary to comply with the same or equivalent
obligations as those imposed on VGCS under applicable Data Protection
Legislation.
|
12. |
BACKUPS,
ARCHIVING AND SECURITY
STANDARD
|
12.1 |
The
Directory Partner will provide sufficient redundancy in services
and
infrastructure in order to maintain the Content to the standards
set out
in this Agreement. The Directory Partner shall perform daily
backups of
all data regarding Chargeable Events and be able to recover to
the last
backup. Backups will be treated in accordance with the industry
standard
security.
|
12.2 |
Notwithstanding
the obligations under the Data Protection Legislation all facilities
associated with the hosting of the Content, the Content data
and the
transmission of that data will be provided with physical protection
in
order to ensure security commensurate with the sensitivity of
the data
being processed and the service being provided. The Directory
Partner is
responsible for obtaining and maintaining the Content and the
Platform.
|
12.3 |
The
Directory Partner
shall:
|
12.3.1 |
ensure
that viruses are not introduced to the
Platform;
|
12.3.2 |
respond
without delay to all virus attacks, destroy any Virus detected,
document
each incident and report the details to VGCS as soon as practicable
in the
circumstances; and
|
12.3.3 |
scan
all incoming computer media for viruses before they are read
by any
hardware associated with the
Content
|
12.4 |
The
Directory Partner will take all reasonable measures to prevent
unlawful or
unauthorised access to the Directory Partner computer systems
associated
with the Content and the Content data and Content backups (including
measures designed to prevent unlawful or unauthorised use, copying
or
redistribution of the Content data by Customers). Where appropriate
this
will include use of locking devices, firewalls, shared secrets,
digital
certificates, password protection, and content filtering, encryption
and
intrusion detection.
|
12.5 |
Where
the Directory Partner materially or persistently fails to meet
any of the
KPIs and/or the Codes of Practice relevant to the provisions
of this
Clause or any of its obligations under this Clause 12, without
prejudice
to its other rights and remedies, VGCS shall be entitled to temporarily
suspend or disconnect the Directory Partner or remove or to bar
access to
the Content (or any part thereof) on the Directory to its Customers
until
such time as the Directory Partner, can show to VGCS’s reasonable
satisfaction the it has taken reasonable steps to resolve the
problem.
|
13.
|
GENERAL
|
13.1 |
Neither
Party shall issue any press statement or other announcements
relating to
this Agreement or the subject matter thereof without the prior
written
consent of the other
Party.
|
13.2 |
No
variation of this Agreement or of any of the documents referred
to in it
shall be valid or effective unless it is in writing and signed
by or on
behalf of each of the
Parties.
|
13.3 |
This
Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts, each
of which,
when executed and delivered, shall be an original, and all the
counterparts together shall constitute one and the same
instrument.
|
13.4 |
Any
notice or other communication required to be given or made under
this
Agreement will be in writing and addressed to the receiving Party’s
principal contact at the address of the receiving Party as set
out in the
Agreement or such other person or address as notified from time
to time in
accordance with the terms of this Clause 13.4. Any such notice
or
communication may be delivered by hand, first class post (if
both Parties
are within the UK), airmail (If one of the Parties is overseas),
fax or
email and shall be deemed to be given or made if: (a) sent by
hand, upon
receipt; (b) by first class post, on the second working day following
the
date of posting; (c) by airmail, on the seventh working day following
the
date of posting and (d) by fax or email, when dispatched provided
that a
confirmatory copy is immediately dispatched by first class post
or airmail
(as appropriate).
|
13.5 |
This
Agreement represents the entire understanding between the Parties
in
relation to its
subject matter and supersedes all agreements and representations
made by
either Party, whether oral or written. This Clause shall not
affect either
Party’s liability for
fraud.
|
13.6 |
Failure
or delay by either Party to enforce any provisions under this
Agreement
will not be taken as or deemed to be a waiver of its rights or
operate as
a waiver of any subsequent
breach.
|
13.7 |
If
any part of this Agreement is held to be void, voidable, illegal
or
unenforceable, the validity or enforceability of the remainder
of this
Agreement will not be
affected.
|
13.8 |
Except
as otherwise may be expressly permitted by this Agreement, neither
Party
shall assign, transfer or sub-contract to any other person any
of its
rights or obligations under this Agreement without the other
Party’s prior
written consent (which shall not be unreasonably
withheld).
|
13.9 |
The
Parties will use all reasonable endeavours to procure that any
necessary
third party will do, execute and perform all such further deeds,
documents, assurances, acts and things as may reasonably be required
to
carry the provisions of this Agreement into full force and
effect.
|
13.10 |
Any
termination of this Agreement for any reason shall be without
prejudice to
any other rights or remedies a Party may be entitled to at law
or under
this Agreement and shall not affect any accrued rights or liabilities
of
either Party nor the coming into force or the continuance in
force of any
provision of this Agreement which is expressly or by implication
intended
to come into or continue in force on or after such termination
including
without limitation Clauses 1.2 (Contracts (Rights of Third Parties)
Act
1999), 5 (Intellectual Property Rights), 6 (Audit), 8 (Warranties),
8.10
(Insurance), 10 (Confidentiality), 13.1 (Publicity), 13.5 (Entire
Agreement), 13.6 (Waiver), 13.7 (Severability), 13.11 (Survival
of Terms),
and 13.16 (Law).
|
13.11 |
VGCS
and the Directory Partner may amend this Agreement by mutual
agreement in
writing.
|
13.12 |
In
the event of any conflict between these Terms and Conditions
and Part 1
(Content Description) then, to the extent of such inconsistency
only, Part
1 shall prevail.
|
13.13 |
Neither
Party shall be liable for any delay or failure in performing
any of its
obligations under this Agreement if such delay or failure is
caused by
circumstances outside the reasonable control without limitation,
any delay
or failure caused by any act or default of the other
party).
|
13.14 |
In
this Agreement:
|
13.14.1 |
reference
to persons shall include legal as well as natural persons and
(where the
context so admits), references to the singular shall include
the plural
and vice versa;
|
13.14.2 |
reference
to clause, paragraphs and section numbers and to schedules and
parts,
shall be those
of this Agreement unless the contrary is
stated;
|
13.14.3
|
reference
to this Agreement shall include reference to any schedule and to
this
Agreement as the same may be amended, novated or supplemented from
time to
time in accordance with its terms;
|
I3.14.4
|
paragraph,
section and clause headings in this Agreement are for ease of reference
only and shall not affect its interpretation, validity or
enforceability;
|
13.14.5
|
in
the event of any conflict between the terms of this Agreement and
its
Schedules, the Schedules shall
prevail;
|
13.14.6
|
Reference
to any statute, act, directive or other regulation includes a reference
to
that statute, act or directive or other regulation as re-enacted
or
amended from time to time.
|
13.14.7
|
the
words “include” and “including” shall be construed without limitation to
the words following.
|
13.15
|
Any
times, dates or periods specified in the Agreement may be extended
or
altered only by agreement in writing between the Parties. Time shall
however be of the essence of this Agreement, as regards the obligations
of
the Directory Partner both as regards times, dates and periods specified
in the Agreement and as to any times, dates or periods that may by
agreement between the Parties be substituted for any of them.
|
13.16
|
This
Agreement will be governed by and construed and interpreted in accordance
with the law of England and Wales and the Parties to this Agreement
submit
to the exclusive jurisdiction of the English
Courts.
|
PART
3
DEFINITIONS
“Acceptance”
means
acceptance of the Content by VGCS in accordance with the terms of this Agreement
and “Accept”
and
“Accepted”
shall
be construed accordingly.
“Acceptance
Criteria”
shall
have the meaning given in Section 2 of Part 1.
“Application
Submission Criteria for Java QA”
means
those guidelines relating to the standards of Content produced and amended
from
time to time by VGCS and provided to the Directory Partner in connection with
the Vodafone certification process.
“Availability”
is
defined as the period of time the Content are accessible to VGCS or VGCS
Customers within each period of 30 (thirty) consecutive days and will be
measured using the following formula:
100
x MP-D
=
% Availability
MP
|
“Chargeable
Event”
means
any use of the Content by a Customer for which the Customer will be charged
by
VGCS or any Vodafone Sub-Agent(which for the avoidance of doubt shall not
include use of the Content for demonstration, testing or for any other purpose
which has been expressly excluded under the terms of this
Agreement).
“Codes
of Practice”
means
(1) all codes of practice (including any generally recognised voluntary codes
of
practice regulating the operation of the internet), all applicable laws
Including the Data Protection Legislation), regulations, any government
recommendations and/or any recommendations of any regulatory body and (2) any
rules of procedure (including technical or quality control procedures),
guidelines, directions, policies and/or other requirements made or adopted
by
VGCS from time to time which relate to the operation of the Directory, the
participation of directory partners in the Vodafone Live! service, the provision
of content for use on the Directory and/or the subject matter generally of
this
Agreement.
“Competitor”
means
any third party competitor of the Vodafone Live! service including without
limitation any consumer focused multi-access internet portal, wireless portal
or
online service provider focused on the provision of wireless content services
including but not limited to any operator, or any company affiliated with such
operator, of a public mobile telephony network.
“Content”
means
the information, text, data, graphics, moving and still images and sound
recordings (including the music and lyrics on such recordings) and/or services
as described in the Agreement and where the context so requires, includes the
link supplied by the Directory Partner to VGCS to be placed in the
Directory.
“Content
Charge”
mean
VGCS’s and/or each Vodafone Group Company’s specific charge to the Customer
including any value added tax, turnover tax or other local sales or other taxes
for the use of the Content excluding for the avoidance of doubt the Network
Charges.
“Contract
Year”
means
each calendar year of this Agreement commencing on the date of this agreement
and on each subsequent anniversary thereof.
“Customer”
means
a
user of the Directory.
“Data
Protection Legislation”
means
any applicable national data protection and privacy legislation in force
anywhere in the Territory.
“Deductions”
means:
(1) all Customer refunds (or credits which may issued to a Customer in lieu
of a
refund,) in respect of a Chargeable Event; (2) any deductions or withholdings
which VGCS or any Vodafone Sub-Agent may be required to make by law from any
payment payable under this Agreement or any agreement between Vodafone Group
Companies entered into for the purposes of this Agreement; (3) any value added
tax, turnover tax or other local sales taxes or other taxes (other than such
taxes included in the Content Charge) paid by VGCS or a Vodafone Group Company
as a result of arrangements entered into for the purposes of this Agreement;
and
(4) such other deductions which the Parties may agree from time to time in
writing.
“Delivery
Date”
means
the date(s) agreed by the Parties for the delivery of the Content (if any)
as
set out in Schedule 1.
“Directory”
means
the mobile content directory operated for and on behalf of or in conjunction
with Vodafone that is accessible by Customers of the Vodafone Networks and
which
lists various mobile content and services.
“Directory
Fee”
means
the amount payable to VGCS in respect of the provision of its advertising and
billing and collection services under this Agreement as set out in Section
5 of
Part 1.
“Directory
Partner Branding”
means
the branding, layout, Format, “look and feel” and style (including all copyright
works and trade and service marks and names included therein) to be used in
relation to the Content, as set out in Section 1 of Part 1.
“Directory
Partner Revenue”
means
the Net Revenue less the Deductions.
“File”
means
each individual file comprising the Content which has been developed for use
on
each Specified Mobile Phone.
“First
Line Customer Support”
has
the
meaning ascribed to such term in Section 2 of Part 1.
“Format”
means
the technical format of the Content as set out in Section 1 of Part
1.
“Gross
Revenue”
means
the aggregate Content Charges billed by Vodafone to Customers in respect of
Chargeable Events.
“Guidelines”
means
the Style Guidelines, the Application Submission Criteria for Java QA (if
applicable) and the Integration Guidelines.
“Initial
Term”
shall
have the meaning given in Section 6 of Part 1.
“Intellectual
Property Rights”means
all
intellectual and industrial property rights including registered trade and
service marks, letters patent, utility models, registered designs, unregistered
trade and service marks, trade and business names (including rights in any
get-up or trade dress), domain names, rights in domain names, topography rights,
copyright, database rights, unregistered design rights and all other similar
proprietary rights in every case which may subsist in any part of the world
including any registration of any such rights and applications and any rights
to
make applications for any of the foregoing.
“Integration
Guidelines”
means
the technical performance and format requirements relating to the Content
produced and amended from time to time by VGCS and provided to the Directory
Partner for use in accordance with the terms of this Agreement.
“KPI”means
the
key performance indicators used to measure the operational and technical
performance of the Directory Partner as set out in Section 7 of Part
1.
“month”means
a
calendar month and “monthly” shall be construed accordingly.
“MP”or
“Measured
Period”means
the
total number of hours in the period of 30 consecutive days less any Scheduled
Downtime registered with VGCS. “Scheduled Downtime,”means
agreed downtime which is not included in the calculation of the Measured Period.
Scheduled Downtime is subject to a maximum
of 2 hours in any period of 30 consecutive days, and not less than five working
days’ notice to VGCS, otherwise it shall be treated as Downtime. “D”or
“Downtime”means
downtime of the Content which is not Scheduled Downtime.
“Net
Revenue”means
the
Gross Revenue less any value added tax, turnover tax or other local sales or
other taxes tax charged to Customers.
“Network
Charges”means
Vodafone’s or its service providers’ Network charges to the Customers in
connection with the access, carriage and use of the Content.
“Platform”means
the
system, including the equipment, the link and the software used by the Directory
Partner to host and maintain the Content.
“Response
Time”is
defined as the time period between (1) when the Directory Partner receives
a
request from a Customer or VGCS and (2) when the Directory Partner has
successfully recognised that request and responded to that request in accordance
with the Content agreed method of operation.
“Second
Line Customer Support”has
the
meaning ascribed to such term in Section 2 of Part 1.
“Specified
Mobile Phone”means
the
mobile phones on which the Content will be supplied as specified in Schedule
1
of the Agreement.
“Style
Guidelines”means
those guidelines relating to the style of Content, produced and amended
from time to time by VGCS and provided to the Directory Partner for use in
accordance with the terms of this Agreement.
“Territory”means
all
of those
countries in respect of which VGCS is authorised by this Agreement to provide
the Content to Customers as set out in Schedule 1 and “Territories”
shall
mean any such country or countries.
“Vodafone Group”or
“Vodafone”
means
Vodafone Group plc and each company or entity in which Vodafone Group plc has
a
shareholding or interest, directly or indirectly of 15% or more or has the
right
to exercise, directly or indirectly 15% or more of the voting rights and all
Vodafone Partner Networks and “Vodafone
Group Company”
shall be
construed accordingly.
“Vodafone
Partner Networks”means
any
company or corporation with which a Vodafone Company has entered into a
co-operation agreement with regard to the development and supply of new products
and services and other related matters, and Vodafone Group Plc (or such Vodafone
Group Company as Vodafone Group Plc has nominated) has entered into a brand
licence agreement in relation to the licensing and use of the Vodafone name
and
brand.
“Vodafone
Networks”means
the
wireless communications systems operated and/or provided for and on behalf
of
Vodafone within the Territory.
SCHEDULE
1
1.
|
Content
Description
|
Images
and videos (when technically possible and permitted by law) of erotic
/
adult content subject to VGCS guidelines and
restrictions
|
2.
|
Vodafone
Certification
|
Not
applicable
|
3.
|
Languages
|
English
and such other languages as agreed by the Parties from time to
time.
|
4.
|
Territories
|
Worldwide
|
5.
|
Specified
Mobile Phones
|
Sharp
GX10 and GXl0i and any other type of mobile appliance, machine or
device
that inter alia can be used to connect to the Directory as agreed
by the
Parties from time to time.
|
6.
|
Delivery
Dates
|
As
of May 15th
2003
|
GUIDELINES
FOR ADULT CONTENT v.1.1
These
are
an initial set of Guidelines issued by VGCS as of 1 May 2003. Updates and
further Guidelines will be issued from time to time by VGCS and Vodafone
operating companies.
The
following elements are classified as hard core, illegal or defamatory and as
such must not form part of the Content provided by content partners for access
via the vodafone live! service:
·
|
The
portrayal of explicit sexual activity (i.e. contact,
intercourse)
|
·
|
Female
Genitalia / Aroused male genitalia
|
·
|
Ejaculation
images
|
·
|
Masturbation
|
·
|
Oral-genital
contact of any kind
|
·
|
Penetration
(including anal, oral or vaginal) by finger, penis, tongue, or any
object
|
·
|
Fetish
material –
die whips,
chains, bondage materials and dress
|
·
|
Hosted
material (including dialogue) likely to encourage an interest in
abusive
sexual activity (e.g. paedophilia, incest) which may include depictions
involving adults role-playing as
non-adults.
|
·
|
The
infliction of pain or physical harm, real or (in a sexual context)
simulated or otherwise.
|
·
|
Depiction
of the use of any form of physical restraint, for example, gags and
bonds.
|
·
|
Activity
which is degrading or dehumanising (examples include the portrayal
of
bestiality, necrophilia, defecation,
urolagnia).
|
·
|
Child
pornography or material that provides or depicts incest or the abuse
of
children.
|
·
|
Any
material which depicts a person that appears to be under the age
of 18 in
sexual activity, or presenting in a sexually provocative
way.
|
·
|
Material
containing racial, religious or ethnic hatred or abuse, material
containing discriminatory or defamatory
abuse
|
·
|
Any
material which is in breach of the law, including copyright laws,
criminal
laws, obscene publications etc.
|
These
guidelines apply equally to both heterosexual and homosexual activities. For
written materials, similar care should be taken to limit hard core content
(educational materials that are not erotic in nature may be considered
acceptable if agreed through sign off process).
In
addition, and without prejudice to any obligation contained in the agency
agreement between the parties, the content partners must adhere to the following
rules, in addition to any which may be imposed by applicable Vodafone operating
companies:
·
|
The
Directory Partner must implement a warning screen, notifying the
Customer
in the language native to the particular territory that they are
leaving
the vodafone live! service to go to a site controlled by the Directory
Partner and which contains adult content which they must be 18 years
of
age to view.
|
· |
The
Directory Partner shall proactively implement industry best practice
as
regards the protection of children.
|