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Exhibit 10.24
Agreement
By and Between
GTECH CORPORATION
10 Memorial Boulevard
Providence, Rhode Island 02903
AND
TransAct Technologies Incorporated
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One Hamden Center
2319 Whitney Avenue Suite 3B
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Hamden, CT 06518
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For the Purchase of
GTECH Corp’s Next Generation Printer
Accutherm Ultra
GTECH Representatives: Vendor Representatives:
Dennis Hultzman Mark Bauer
GTECH CORPORATION OEM PURCHASE AGREEMENT
1. Terms and Conditions
1.1 Products
1.2 Services
1.3 OEM Purchases
1.4 Minimum Commitment; Exclusivity
1.5 Spare Parts
2. Ordering
2.1 Purchase Orders
2.2 Lead Time
2.3 Priority Orders
2.4 Rescheduling
2.5 Cancellation for Convenience
2.6 Forecast
3. Shipping, Packaging, Delivery
3.1 F.O.B.; Title; Risk of Loss
3.2 Shipment
3.3 Packaging
3.4 International Shipments
3.5 Early Arrival
4. Price
4.1 Unit Prices
4.2 Price Reduction
4.3 Price Reduction on Spare Parts and Repairs
5. Payment
6. Taxes and Duties
7. Changes
7.1 Product Changes
7.2 GTECH Changes
7.3 Enhancements, Successor Products
8. Cooperation in the Lottery and Gaming Market
8.1 Transfer of Equipment
8.2 Non-Compete Clause
8.3 Vendor Outside Requirements
9. Product Quality and Reliability Requirements
9.1 Quality and Reliability Requirements
9.2 Reliability Plan
9.3 Reliability Test
9.4 Reliability Test Report
9.5 Vendor Survey
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9.6 Test Equipment and Procedure Correlation
9.7 Final Test and Inspection Data
9.8 Source Inspection
9.9 Receiving Inspection
9.10 Field Reliability Reporting
9.11 Failure Analysis and Corrective Actions
9.12 GTECH's Rights with Respect to Non-Conforming Goods
9.13 Failures of Consequence
10. Insurance
10.1 Vendor Insurance Coverage
10.2 Workers Compensation and Employers Liability
10.3 Automobile Liability
10.4 Public Liability
10.5 Umbrella Policy
10.6 Crime Insurance
10.7 Proof of Insurance
11. Indemnity
12. Repair Support
12.1 Repair Orders
12.2 International Repair and Support
12.3 Failure Analysis
12.4 Repair Capabilities
12.5 Test Equipment
12.6 Qualified Vendor List
12.7 Diagnostics
12.8 Documentation
13. Training
13.1 Initial Training
13.2 Component Level Training
13.3 Future Training
14. Warranties
14.1 Vendor Standards
14.2 Authority
14.3 Title; Infringement
14.4 Conformance; Defects
14.5 Freight Costs on Warranty Repairs
14.6 Freight Charges on Non-Warranty
14.7 Warranty Terms
15. Tooling
16. Force Majeure
17. Confidentiality
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18. Public Announcements
19. Notices
20. Assignment
21. Terms and Termination
21.1 Term
21.2 Termination by GTECH
21.3 Termination by Vendor
21.4 Obligations on Termination
22. Conflicting Provisions
23. Manufacturing Rights
24. Liability Limits
25. Miscellaneous
Attachments
1 - Products Specifications
2 - Pricing
3 - Spare Parts Pricing
4 - Non-Warranty Repair Costs
5 - General Packaging Specification
6 - Tooling
7 - Manufacturing Rights
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GTECH OEM PURCHASE AGREEMENT
THIS AGREEMENT between GTECH CORPORATION, a Delaware corporation, with offices at 10 Memorial Boulevard, Providence, RI 02903 ("GTECH") and TransAct Technologies Incorporated a Delaware corporation, with offices at One Hamden Center, 2319 Whitney Avenue Suite 3B, Hamden, CT 06518 ("VENDOR") sets out the terms and conditions under which VENDOR will sell the Products and provide the Services described in this Agreement and Attachments to GTECH.
1. Terms and Conditions
1.1 Products. As used in this Agreement, "Products" means the thermal printer, as well as the VENDOR's recommended spare parts, subassemblies, operating supplies, maintenance kits, and options, if any, produced in accordance with the specifications and any subsequent modifications authorized in accordance with the terms of this Agreement attached hereto as Attachment 1 ("Specifications").
1.2 Services. As used in this Agreement, "Services" means the ancillary services, if any, to be provided by VENDOR in accordance with the terms of this Agreement including without limitation, those services described in Sections 12 and 13 of this Agreement.
1.3 Purchase Commitment and Conditional Exclusivity. There is no minimum quantity of purchases under this Agreement unless a Blanket Order is placed under the terms of Attachment 2. VENDOR will furnish Products and Services on an as-ordered basis or as specified in Attachment 2. It is expressly understood and agreed that GTECH is not obligated to purchase any or all of the Products and Services from VENDOR, unless otherwise specified in Attachment 2.
1.4 Spare Parts. VENDOR shall provide a Recommended Spare Parts List (“RSL”) for all Products covered by this Agreement within three months of shipment of the first production order. The RSL shall include all parts and assemblies necessary to repair and maintain the Products purchased under this Agreement. The RSL shall include a non-binding, best estimate forecast of parts that must be repaired and/or replaced over the first three years of service. A separate RSL shall be supplied for each product model or configuration, identifying all common parts.
a. Non-Standard Spare Parts. If the Product contains a part not readily available in the marketplace (“Non-Standard Spare Parts”), VENDOR shall make such part available to GTECH in accordance with Section 1.4(c).
b. Emergency Stock. VENDOR shall identify priority parts listed on Attachment 3 and shall maintain an adequate supply of spare parts at its facility to support Priority Orders, as described in Section 2.3.
c. Spare Part Support. VENDOR shall make all spare parts including Non-Standard Spare Parts as described in Section 1.4(a) above, available during the Term of this Agreement and for a period of five (5) years thereafter. In the event VENDOR is unable to fill GTECH's Purchase Orders for spare parts promptly, VENDOR shall make available, at no charge to GTECH, VENDOR's manufacturing drawings and specifications, list of suppliers, and information necessary to purchase and/or manufacture all parts and/or assemblies or subassemblies for the parts that are not available from the VENDOR, and VENDOR shall be liable for the difference between GTECH's cost of manufacture and VENDOR’s sales price.
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2. Ordering
2.1 Purchase Orders. All purchases under this Agreement will be made under purchase orders (“Purchase Orders”) referencing this Agreement issued by GTECH or by any subsidiary or affiliate of GTECH. Purchase Orders will be deemed accepted by VENDOR unless rejected in writing by VENDOR specifying the reasons for rejection within seven (7) calendar days after receipt of the Purchase Order. VENDOR may reject purchase orders only if a Purchase Order does not comply with the terms and conditions of this Agreement.
2.2 Lead Time. Unless otherwise agreed, Purchase Orders shall specify a delivery date with the normal lead-time of * (“Lead Time”). Lead time for first releases against a blanket Purchase order is *. Lead time for subsequent releases against a blanket Purchase Orders is *. VENDOR will make best efforts to respond to additional demand over the blanket Purchase Order quantity in less than *. Vendor will maintain a minimum stock of 2,500 finished goods units of the thermal printer Product at a US distribution site to support immediate delivery requirements. In the event that Products ordered within the Lead Time are overdue for delivery to GTECH, VENDOR shall ship Products to GTECH at no additional cost to GTECH, and any premium airfreight charges shall be prepaid by, and borne by VENDOR.
2.3 Priority Orders. GTECH Purchase Orders for any spare parts identified as "Priority Orders" and Purchase Orders for Products from VENDOR’s domestic inventory identified as “Priority Orders”, when in stock and when ordered at current revision levels, shall be shipped within two business days after receipt by VENDOR.
2.4 Rescheduling. At 31-60 calendar days before scheduled shipment date, an order may be rescheduled up to 30 calendar days later than the scheduled shipment date or to the end of the calendar quarter, whichever is greater. Within 30 calendar days of scheduled shipment date, GTECH may reschedule within the scheduled month. Each order may be rescheduled a maximum of two times, once with each method listed in this section. Rescheduling of Blanket Orders will comply with this Paragraph 2.4 and also with Paragraph 2 of Attachment 2.
2.5 Cancellation for Convenience. Within 60 calendar days of scheduled shipment date no cancellation is permitted. At 61 + calendar days before scheduled shipment date, GTECH may cancel any or all Purchase Orders. This does not include Blanket Orders as defined in Attachment 2, which are non-cancellable.
2.6 Forecast. Any forecast, which may be provided, is a good faith estimate of GTECH's anticipated requirements for the Products for the periods indicated based on current market conditions and does not constitute a commitment to purchase any quantity of Products or Services.
2.7 Expedited Orders. If GTECH requests delivery to meet a special requirement, VENDOR will use all commercially reasonable efforts to expedite delivery; including, without limitation, giving GTECH first priority with respect to all Products in stock or on order, provided however, that GTECH will pay any additional charges or costs for expediting after such charges or costs have been accepted in writing by GTECH.
* = Portions of this exhibit have been omitted pursuant to a confidential treatment request. An unredacted version of this exhibit has been filed separately with the Commission.
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3. Shipping, Packaging, and Delivery
3.1 F.O.B., Title, Risk of Loss. Unless otherwise agreed, delivery of Products will be made F.O.B. Ithaca, NY from Vendor’s continental U.S. facility or F.O.B. Hong Kong from Vendor’s International facility. Subject to proper packaging, title and risk of loss shall pass to GTECH upon proper tender of the Products to the carrier. VENDOR will provide proof of delivery upon request and will provide reasonable assistance to GTECH at no charge in any claim GTECH may make against a carrier or insurer for misdelivery, loss or damage to Products after title has passed to GTECH.
3.2 Shipment. VENDOR will ship Products in accordance with GTECH's instructions as specified in the Purchase Order. In the absence of any other instructions, Products will be shipped by common carrier commercial land freight for delivery in the continental United States and by ocean freight for deliveries elsewhere, insurance and shipping charges collect.
3.3 Packaging. VENDOR shall affix to the outside of each shipment a list of contents, including serial numbers, to allow for review of contents upon receipt. Products shall be packaged in accordance with GTECH’s General Packaging Specifications as specified in Attachment 5.
3.4 International Shipments. If GTECH specifies delivery for international shipment by GTECH or GTECH's freight forwarder, VENDOR will be responsible for obtaining any necessary U.S. Department of Commerce export licenses, permits or approvals. GTECH will be responsible for any licenses, permits or approvals of the country of import.
3.5 Early Arrival. GTECH reserves the right to reject Products shipped from a US location arriving at GTECH's facilities more than five (5) calendar days before the delivery date specified in the Purchase Order. Products shipped FOB Hong Kong will be delivered to GTECH’s specified carrier no more than five (5) calendar days before the scheduled closing or shipment date.
4. Price
4.1 Unit Prices. All pricing will be specified in Attachment 2. All pricing shall remain in effect * which are agreed to by both parties.
4.2 Price Reduction. *
5. Payment
VENDOR may issue invoices no earlier than the shipping date of the Products or Services. Payment will be made within thirty (30) calendar days of receipt of proper invoices.
* = Portions of this exhibit have been omitted pursuant to a confidential treatment request. An unredacted version of this exhibit has been filed separately with the Commission.
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6. Taxes and Duties
GTECH will pay as a separate invoiced item only such sales, use, value-added or similar tax listed therein (all other taxes are excluded, including, without limitation, taxes based upon VENDOR's net income), lawfully imposed on the sale of the Products or provision of Services to GTECH. Taxes, duties or like charges imposed on the Products after title has passed to GTECH will be paid by GTECH unless such charges are the result of a trade sanction imposed on VENDOR's Products, as specified in Section 21.2, below. In lieu of taxes, GTECH may furnish to VENDOR a tax exemption certificate. VENDOR agrees to provide reasonable assistance to GTECH, without charge, in any proceeding for the refund or abatement of any taxes GTECH is required to pay under this Section 6.
7. Changes
7.1 Product Changes. VENDOR shall submit evaluation samples of all Products changes that affect form, fit, function, maintainability, repair ability, reliability or appearance at least ninety (90) calendar days before such changes are targeted to be implemented. VENDOR shall forward (2) copies of all requests to make the changes generally described above to:
GTECH Corporation 1372 Main Street Coventry, RI 02816.
GTECH may, at its option, decline to have such changes incorporated into the Products. Proposed changes will not be incorporated into the Products until accepted in writing by GTECH. GTECH shall make best effort to respond in writing to VENDOR within fifteen (15) calendar days of GTECH’s receipt of change notification. In no event will GTECH ever be deemed to have accepted any change in the price or delivery schedule without its prior written consent.
7.2 GTECH Changes. GTECH may request changes in the Products at any time or times during the Term of this Agreement. If such changes in the Products will require changes in the prices and/or delivery schedule, VENDOR must respond promptly with a written change proposal setting forth the changes in prices and/or delivery schedule. Such proposal, when signed by an authorized representative of GTECH and VENDOR, will become part of this Agreement. VENDOR shall not unreasonably withhold implementing changes proposed by GTECH. Any changes that require Tooling, which is paid for by GTECH, are and shall remain the property of GTECH, and VENDOR may not use such changes or disclose them to others without the prior written consent of GTECH.
7.3 Enhancements, Successor Products. If during the Term of this Agreement, VENDOR offers improvements, options, additional functionality or other enhancements ("Enhancements") to the Products not available at the time this Agreement is signed or other products which substantially replace the Products ("Successor Products"), VENDOR will offer such Enhancements and/or Successor Products to GTECH at prices *. If GTECH elects, in writing, to purchase such Enhancements or Successor Products, the Enhanced Products or Successor Products will be ordered separately from any orders which may be open at that time. No substitutions or changes will be made on open purchase orders with delivery within one-hundred twenty (120) calendar days lead-time. If GTECH requires changes implemented within 120 days, GTECH will cover the cost of rework, excess and obsolete material when agreed to in advance in writing by GTECH and VENDOR. In any event, GTECH may, at its option, elect to continue to purchase Products as originally specified for the Term of this Agreement and any extensions thereafter.
* = Portions of this exhibit have been omitted pursuant to a confidential treatment request. An unredacted version of this exhibit has been filed separately with the Commission.
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8. Cooperation in Lottery and Gaming Market
8.1 Supply of Equipment. Subject to Section 8.2, during the Term of this Agreement and any extensions thereof, VENDOR shall not without GTECH’s prior written consent, supply the Products provided herein to any other person or entity for use in connection with the operation of public or private on-line or in-lane lotteries in the U.S. or abroad.
8.2 Non-Compete Clause. VENDOR further agrees that during the Term of this Agreement and any extensions thereof, and for the one (1) year period after the expiration or earlier termination of the Agreement VENDOR shall not (a) directly or indirectly, become engaged in or financially interested in, any on-line or in-lane lottery business which is in competition with the on-line or in-lane lottery business of GTECH, its subsidiaries or affiliates, provided, however, that nothing contained herein shall prevent VENDOR from supplying products or services to competitors of GTECH so long as such products or services do not compete against GTECH’s on-line lottery business or (b) purposely and knowingly engage in or participate in any effort or act to induce any of the customers or employees of GTECH or its affiliated companies to take any action which is in direct conflict with the on-line or in-lane lottery business of GTECH its subsidiaries or affiliates. The limitations set forth in Sections 8.1 and 8.2 shall not apply from and after the earlier to occur of (i) GTECH or an affiliated company enters into an agreement with a third party to purchase a thermal printer for GTECH’s Altura GT1100, GT1200 and any successor on-line lottery terminal products developed during the term of this Agreement, (ii) GTECH or an affiliated company purchases a new thermal printer that competes with VENDOR’s product from a third party, or (iii) GTECH or an affiliated company commences manufacturing (itself or under contract with a third party) a new comparable thermal printer that competes with VENDOR’s product. The limitations set forth in Sections 8.1 and 8.2 shall also no longer apply if Vendor has terminated this Agreement pursuant to Section 21.3 hereof.
8.3 VENDOR Outside Requirements. VENDOR agrees that it shall advise its distributors outside the U.S. of the covenants and responsibilities set forth in this Agreement.
9. Quality and Reliability Requirements
9.1 Quality and Reliability Requirements. GTECH requires that the VENDOR have in place at its manufacturing facility, adequate quality and reliability safeguards to ensure that all Products shipped to GTECH meet or exceed all parameters specified in the Product Specification, and that the Product is not subject to any infant mortality.
9.2 Reliability Plan. The VENDOR will submit to GTECH Quality Assurance (“QA”) a reliability test plan for the Products, which will include the VENDOR’s reliability requirements based on the Products Specification and test schedule. GTECH QA will review the reliability plan for the Product, provide comments and approve the plan when satisfied that all design requirements will be adequately tested.
9.3 Reliability Test. The VENDOR will conduct a reliability test on the Products to ensure that the Products meet or exceed all parameters specified in the Product Specification. GTECH may participate and/or monitor the VENDOR’s reliability test on the Product at the VENDOR’s facility.
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9.4 Reliability Test Report. The VENDOR will submit to GTECH QA a formal reliability test report for the Products based on the results of the Product reliability test within six months of first production shipment of the Product. The reliability test report will contain all data necessary to verify and confirm that the Products meet all the design requirements identified in the Product Specification and any resultant design changes and corrective action to resolve any test failures. GTECH QA must approve the VENDOR’s reliability test report for the VENDOR to continue shipping Products to GTECH. Such approval shall not be unreasonably withheld by GTECH.
9.5 Vendor Survey. The VENDOR will allow GTECH to perform a vendor survey at the VENDOR’S facility or at any subcontractor of the VENDOR with reasonable written notice. This survey will include, but is not limited to, an audit of the manufacturing process, reviewing the yields at each inspection and test point in the manufacturing process, review of the on-going reliability test data, Product design changes, corrective action, and field reliability performance and repair data. The cost of GTECH travel to the vendor survey will be borne by GTECH.
9.6 Test Equipment and Procedure Correlation. The test equipment and procedures used in the VENDOR's final inspection and test, will correlate with the test equipment and procedures used by GTECH. If correlation is not achieved within 30 days prior to the first production shipment, the VENDOR agrees to obtain additional test equipment and/or develop procedures that are capable of correlation. Said test equipment and procedures will be mutually agreed upon by both VENDOR and GTECH Purchasing, QA and Test Engineering.
9.7 Final Test and Inspection Data. The VENDOR will provide GTECH with inspection and/or test data based on the mutually agreed upon test equipment and procedures with each lot of Products delivered to GTECH. The VENDOR will make final test and inspection data (yield information), on-going reliability test data, field reliability performance data, and repair data available at the reasonable request of GTECH throughout the life of the Products.
9.8 Source Inspection. The VENDOR will allow GTECH (or its representatives) to perform source inspection at their facility, using mutually agreed upon test equipment and procedures. It is GTECH’s plan to source inspect the initial lots of Products scheduled for shipment from VENDOR’s manufacturing facility to GTECH production or field sites. To do this in a timely fashion, the VENDOR will notify GTECH (or its representative) that source inspection is available within a reasonable amount of time prior to the requested source inspection date. Source inspection activity will continue, at the discretion of GTECH QA.
9.9 Receiving Inspection. GTECH plans to conduct receiving inspection and test on all OEM components. GTECH will 100% inspect and test the first seven (7) consecutive lots of VENDOR Products for visual, mechanical, electrical and other types of compliance as specified. After the initial seven (7) lots have been qualified, GTECH plans to conduct receiving inspection using MIL-STD-105E, General Inspection Level I, with an AQL of 1.0 for normal sampling inspection. If Product performance fails to meet this level of compliance at receiving inspection, GTECH may (a) recover all costs associated with continued unacceptable quality by taking a credit against the purchase price of the Products or (b) allow VENDOR the option of providing timely resources on-site at GTECH to correct the unacceptable quality condition. These costs are typically related to sorting, testing, packaging, handling, freight and source inspection expenses in support of receiving and in-process inspection and test.
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9.10 Field Reliability Reporting. The VENDOR agrees to supply GTECH QA with field reliability performance data for the Products purchased by GTECH. The field reliability data is to be structured in the following manner and made available on electronic mail:
a.) Rolling twelve month data - Four charts (2 each for US based and UK based repair facilities) displaying 12 month rolling, and monthly total count of repair codes by region and number of printers returned for repair. The data for the US facility may include more than one repair code per printer. The chart will display the region, the count of the repairs per region, and the grand total of the number of printers repaired.
b.) Regional repair codes - Broken out by regional identification, the repair codes by 12 month rolling, and monthly totals. The chart will display the repair description and the total number of repairs per description and the grand total per region.
9.11 Failure Analysis and Corrective Actions. The VENDOR agrees to supply, within 15 calendar days, written notice of non-conformance, written failure analysis and corrective actions for any in warranty devices failing to meet any and all form, fit, function, quality or reliability requirements called out in the Products Specification.
9.12 GTECH's Rights with Respect to Non-Conforming Goods. The testing procedures available to GTECH are discretionary and not mandatory. In the event GTECH chooses not to perform any or some portion of such testing, or such testing would not reasonably reveal a non-conformance in the Products, GTECH reserves its right under the Uniform Commercial Code to reject any shipment of Products prior to deployment and to seek reasonable remedy to the non-conformance in the Products from VENDOR.
9.13 Failures of consequence: If GTECH’s customers world-wide experience excessively high failure rates (> or equal to 20% annualized) during the warranty period in any given jurisdiction that is determined by both parties to be VENDOR’s responsibility, GTECH may recover all costs associated with this unacceptable Product performance by taking credit against the purchase price of the Product or VENDOR can, at its discretion assume all costs directly by providing required support services to repair, upgrade or replace defective Product in a timely manner to GTECH’s satisfaction. These additional costs are typically related to screening, sorting, testing, packaging, handling by a third party and airfreight to expedite any of these activities.
10. Insurance
10.1 Vendor Insurance Coverage. VENDOR shall purchase and maintain throughout the life of this Agreement, such insurance as will protect it and GTECH from claims set forth below which may arise out of or result from the VENDOR’s operations under this Agreement whether such operations be by it or by any subcontractor or by anyone for whose acts any of them may be liable. VENDOR shall cause GTECH to be additional insured under all coverages except Workers’ Compensation. Appropriate endorsements will be attached to state that the VENDOR’s policy will be primary to any other policies that may be in effect.
10.2 General Liability. Policy will provide a minimum of $2,000,000 per occurrence for Products and Completed Operations.
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10.3 Proof of Insurance. Evidence of said insurance will be in the form of a certificate of insurance and will be provided within ten (10) calendar days from the date of this Agreement. Notification to GTECH will occur within thirty (30) calendar days of any cancellation or material change in coverage. In the event of a failure to furnish such proof or the cancellation or material change of such insurance, without prejudice to any other remedy GTECH may have, GTECH may terminate this Agreement, or at its option, charge the cost of required insurance to the VENDOR. Coverage will be in effect with insurance carriers licensed to do business in any state that the VENDOR will perform its services and will be rated no less than A by the AM Best Company. All Certificates of Insurance are to be forwarded to: GTECH Corporation, 55 Technology Way, West Greenwich, RI 02817. ATTN: Risk Management Department.
11. Indemnity
In addition to, and not in limitation of, any other indemnifications, warranties and covenants set forth herein, VENDOR hereby agrees to indemnify and hold GTECH harmless with respect to any and all costs, expenses and liability, including without limitation reasonable attorney’s fees, arising out of any claim or action based on a failure of the Products or Services to meet the specifications set forth herein, or the failure of the VENDOR to meet any of its obligations hereunder.
VENDOR shall defend, indemnify and hold GTECH, its subsidiaries, affiliates, distributors and customers harmless from any and all costs, expenses and liability, including reasonable attorney's fees, arising out of any claim or action based on actual or alleged infringement by the Products or any patent, copyright, trade secret or other proprietary interest related to such Products. GTECH shall give VENDOR prompt written notice of any claim or action and shall provide reasonable assistance, at VENDOR'S expense, in defending any such claim or action. If an injunction is issued which prohibits the use or sale of the Products by reason of any matter covered by this Section 11, then VENDOR shall, at its expense, either: (a) procure for GTECH, its subsidiaries, affiliates, distributors and customers the right to continue using the Products; (b) modify the Products so they become non-infringing; (c) substitute equivalent non-infringing products; or, (d) if neither (a) through (c) are reasonably available, GTECH may return the Products to VENDOR and VENDOR will refund the purchase price to GTECH less depreciation based upon the straight line method and a product life of five (5) years.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, VENDOR shall have no liability to GTECH for actual or claimed infringement arising out of: (a) compliance with detail designs, plans or specifications furnished by GTECH unless such infringement would arise independent of such designs, plans or specifications; (b) use of the Products in combination with other equipment or software not reasonably contemplated by VENDOR; (c) use of the Products in any process not reasonably contemplated by VENDOR or (d) GTECH’s negligence in making repairs of the Products. VENDOR acknowledges that the Specifications in Attachment 1 is not a "specification" which excuses or releases VENDOR from performing its indemnity and other obligations hereunder.
In addition to, and not in limitation of, any other indemnifications, warranties and covenants set forth herein, GTECH hereby agrees to indemnify and hold VENDOR harmless with respect to any and all costs, expenses and liability, including without limitation reasonable attorney’s fees, arising out of any claim or action based on a failure of GTECH to meet any of its obligations hereunder.
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12. Repair Support
12.1 Repair Orders. In addition to VENDOR's obligations under Section 14, VENDOR agrees to repair all “in warranty” and “out of warranty” failures within twenty (20) calendar days from the receipt of the Products, or else replace such Products with new Products that shall conform to the Specifications.
12.2 International Repair and Support. VENDOR will identify or establish international repair locations as required by GTECH and within ninety calendar days of written notice by GTECH of new jurisdictional requirements to support the repair of products and subassemblies. In the event that those international facilities are not wholly owned subsidiaries of the VENDOR, then VENDOR shall procure for GTECH the right to have repairs on the Products performed at the international locations whether the failure occurs within the warranty period as specified in Section 14 or otherwise. If VENDOR fails to comply with this section 12.2, *.
12.3 Failure Analysis. VENDOR shall provide a failure analysis on Products that are returned for repair under warranty per section 9.10. On request by GTECH, VENDOR will provide failure analysis for serialized units returned for a specific failure mode or region.
12.4 Repair Capabilities. GTECH reserves the right to repair any of the assemblies, subassemblies, or other items comprising the Products purchased under this Agreement to the recommended spare parts (RSL) level. The RSL level is defined as the lowest part level repairable without special tools and fixtures. VENDOR will supply GTECH with the necessary support to repair the Products, including the information listed under Sections 12.3, 12.5, 12.6, 12.7 and 12.8.
12.5 Test Equipment. VENDOR shall make available to GTECH, upon written request by GTECH, any of VENDOR’s test procedures, special tools, jigs, fixtures, diagnostics, programs, test equipment or supplies necessary to repair the unit, any of the assemblies, subassemblies, piece parts, or other items comprising the Products purchased under this Agreement to the recommended spare parts level. GTECH agrees to pay reasonable costs to VENDOR for hardware test equipment only. Other items such as procedures, schematics, diagnostics, programs etc. will be made available at no charge.
12.6 Diagnostics. VENDOR shall provide to GTECH its diagnostics, test programs and test routines, necessary to repair to the recommended spare parts level, the unit, any of the assemblies, subassemblies, piece parts, components, or other items comprising the Products purchased under this Agreement.
* = Portions of this exhibit have been omitted pursuant to a confidential treatment request. An unredacted version of this exhibit has been filed separately with the Commission.
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12.7 Documentation. In consideration of the purchase of Products under this Agreement, and at no additional cost, VENDOR hereby grants onto GTECH the unlimited right to use, reprint, and distribute VENDOR's Product manuals and documentation ("Documentation"), including but not limited to user's manuals, schematics, maintenance, theory of operation and troubleshooting guides, and any other Documentation that VENDOR shall make available during the Term of this Agreement. Upon request, VENDOR shall provide electronic copies of the Documentation to GTECH at no additional charge. GTECH agrees to display copyright notices in accordance with VENDOR's reasonable written instructions.
13. Training
13.1 Initial Training. VENDOR agrees to provide, at no charge to GTECH, up to three (3) training classes with up to twelve (12) students per class at a GTECH-designated site during the term of this Agreement. Pursuant to the above, GTECH shall: (1) reimburse VENDOR for instructor's reasonable transportation and living expenses and, (2) provide equipment (or reimburse VENDOR for equipment transportation) as required to support training classes. VENDOR shall provide the instructor and instructional materials for the above referenced classes. Training classes may be video taped for future use by GTECH.
13.2 Future Training. GTECH may schedule a maximum of six (6) students per year in VENDOR’s regularly scheduled class, at VENDOR’s location, during the Term of this Agreement. If no regularly scheduled classes are conducted, then GTECH may request VENDOR to conduct one (1) class per year in which GTECH may schedule a maximum of six (6) students. The cost of travel for training will be paid for by GTECH.
14. Warranties
14.1 VENDOR Standards. VENDOR represents and warrants that all Products delivered to GTECH under this Agreement will comply with applicable UL, CSA, CE, TUV and VDE standards and will comply with the applicable FCC rules for the type of Products involved, including type acceptance or certification where required. VENDOR will obtain and maintain at its own expense all applicable listings, certifications and approvals in VENDOR's name. VENDOR will provide all necessary information and assistance to GTECH with respect to listings, certifications and approvals that are required to be in GTECH's name.
14.2 Authority. VENDOR warrants that: (a) it has the right to enter into this Agreement; (b) all necessary actions, corporate and otherwise, have been taken to authorize the execution and delivery of this Agreement and the same is the valid and binding obligation of VENDOR; (c) all licenses, consents and approvals necessary to carry out all of the transactions contemplated in this Agreement have been obtained by VENDOR; and (d) VENDOR'S performance of this Agreement
will not violate the terms of any license contract, note or other obligation to which VENDOR is a party.
14.3 Title; Infringement. VENDOR warrants that: (a) it has and shall pass to GTECH good title to the Products free and clear of all liens and encumbrances; (b) the Products do not infringe any patent, trademark or copyright or otherwise violate the rights of any third party; (c) no claim or action is pending or threatened against VENDOR or, to VENDOR's knowledge, against any licenser or supplier of VENDOR that would adversely affect the right of GTECH or any customer of GTECH to use the Products for their intended use.
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14.4 Conformance; Defects. Unless otherwise specified in Attachment 1, VENDOR warrants that the Products will: (a) be new; (b) conform to the Specification; (c) be free from defects in materials and workmanship for a period * from shipment to GTECH or a customer. Upon written notice from GTECH of a Product or part that fails to meet the foregoing warranty, VENDOR will promptly repair or replace such Products within five (5) calendar days of receipt by VENDOR of the failed or non-conforming Products or spare parts.
14.5 Freight Costs on Repairs. All Products returned to VENDOR for repair under warranty shall be shipped to VENDOR by standard ground service, freight collect, FOB from wherever failed Product is located. VENDOR shall return all Products repaired under warranty, freight prepaid by VENDOR to same location. Shipping of warranty repair units to/from VENDOR and from/to GTECH’s field operations by any means other than standard ground service or equivalent for international locations will be paid by GTECH.
14.6 Freight Charges on Non-Warranty Repairs. Freight charges directly associated with the repair of non-warranty products and/or spare parts shall be borne by GTECH.
14.7 Warranty Terms. VENDOR shall detail all pertinent information upon production release in Attachment 4.
15. Tooling
There is no GTECH owned tooling in the initial development of the Product. Any subsequent tooling purchased by GTECH for the manufacture of the Products (“Tooling”), whether kept at GTECH's, VENDOR's or VENDOR’s vendor’s premises, shall remain the property of GTECH for GTECH's exclusive use. The Tooling purchased by GTECH and used by VENDOR in the manufacture of the Products shall be stored and maintained by VENDOR but may be removed from the VENDOR's location at any time by GTECH, without notice, and at no additional cost to GTECH. VENDOR shall take such steps to protect GTECH's title to the Tooling as GTECH may reasonably request. At a minimum, VENDOR shall cause a sign to be affixed to such tooling stating "Property of GTECH Corporation". VENDOR will immediately notify GTECH of any change in the location of the tooling.
16. Force Majeure
For the purposes of this Agreement, a “Force Majeure” shall mean an event or effect that cannot be reasonably anticipated or controlled, including but not limited to an action of the elements, or any other cause which, by the exercise of reasonable diligence, said Party is unable to prevent. Neither GTECH nor VENDOR shall be liable to the other for any delay in or failure of performance under this Agreement due to a “Force Majeure” occurrence provided that the Party claiming Force Majeure notifies the other in writing within five (5) calendar days of the commencement of the condition preventing its performance and its intent to rely thereon to extend the time for its performance of this Agreement.
* = Portions of this exhibit have been omitted pursuant to a confidential treatment request. An unredacted version of this exhibit has been filed separately with the Commission.
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17. Confidentiality
17.1 Each party agrees not to disclose or use (except as permitted or required for performance by the party receiving such Confidential Information (as defined below) of its rights or duties hereunder) any Confidential Information of the other party obtained during the Term of this Agreement. Each party further agrees not to disclose or provide any of such Confidential Information of the other party to any third party and to take appropriate measures to prevent any such disclosure by its present and future employees, officers, agents, subsidiaries, or consultants during the Term.
Each party acknowledges and agrees that all documents, data, software or information in any form which is provided by either party (hereinafter “Confidential information”) is the property of the disclosing Party. Each Party will receive and maintain all Confidential Information in the strictest confidence and except as provided herein, shall not use Confidential Information for its own benefit or disclose it or otherwise make it available to third parties without prior written consent of the disclosing Party. Each party agrees to limit the use of Confidential Information of the other party to only those of its employees who need the Confidential Information for the purpose of this Agreement and to advise all of its employees of the other party’s rights in the Confidential Information. Nothing in this Agreement shall be construed as granting or conferring any rights by license or otherwise in any Confidential Information, trademarks, patents or copyrights of either party to the other party, except for the limited purposes of either parties performance hereunder.
17.2 For purposes of this Agreement, “Confidential Information” means all information relating to a party, its business and prospects (including without limitation, know-how, trade secrets, business plans), disclosed by such party from time to time to the other party in any manner, whether orally, visually or in tangible form (including, without limitation, documents, devices and computer readable media) and all copies thereof, created by either party. The term “Confidential Information” shall be deemed to include all notes, analyses, compilations, studies, interpretations or other documents prepared by a party which contain, reflect or are based upon the information furnished to the receiving party by the disclosing party under this Agreement, but shall not include information which is: (a) in the public domain; (b) already known to the Party to whom it is disclosed (hereinafter “Recipient”) at the time of such disclosure; (c) subsequently received by Recipient in good faith from a third party having prior right to make such disclosure; (d) independently developed by Recipient without use of the information disclosed pursuant to this Agreement; or (e) approved in writing for unrestricted release or unrestricted disclosure by the Party owning or disclosing the information (hereinafter “Discloser”). In the event Recipient is required or legally compelled to disclose any of the Confidential Information as a result of a legal process or pursuant to governmental action, the Discloser may seek a protective order or other appropriate remedy and/ or waive compliance with the provisions of this Agreement, At the request of a Discloser, and in any event upon the expiration or termination of this Agreement, each Recipient shall promptly deliver to Discloser all products, components and equipment provided by Discloser as well as all records or other things in any media containing or embodying Discloser’s Confidential Information within its possession or control which were delivered or made available to each Recipient during or in connection with this Agreement, including any copies thereof.
18. Public Announcements
VENDOR agrees not to make any public announcements regarding this Agreement or to disclose any of the terms and conditions hereof to any third party without prior written consent of GTECH, except as required by law.
19. Notices
All notices required or contemplated by this Agreement shall be deemed effective if written and delivered in person or if sent by registered mail, return receipt requested or recognized overnight
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delivery service, fax or electronic mail, to GTECH at the address shown above to the attention of GTECH's Representative or to VENDOR at the address shown above to the attention of VENDOR's Representative; or such other persons or addresses as may hereafter be designated by the respective Parties. A copy of all Notices sent to GTECH shall be addressed to the Office of General Counsel at the address shown above.
20. Assignment
This Agreement and the disclosure of Confidential Information hereunder are made in reliance upon VENDOR's reputation, skill and expertise. VENDOR agrees not to assign this Agreement or any right or obligation hereunder without the prior written consent of GTECH in each instance. Any attempted assignment shall be void. This covenant not to assign without consent shall include assignments to parents or subsidiaries of VENDOR or any transfer of a majority interest in VENDOR. The consent by GTECH to any assignment shall not constitute a waiver of the need for consents for any further assignments. GTECH may not unreasonably withhold consent to an assignment, and shall restrict its basis for withholding consent to the proposed assignee’s status as a competitor to GTECH, an entity of inferior financial status to VENDOR or an entity whose business practices are such that the likelihood of breach is increased.
GTECH may assign its rights and/or obligations hereunder, in whole or in part, to any parent or subsidiary corporation, or any affiliate, without the consent of, but upon notice to, VENDOR.
21. Term and Termination
21.1 Term. This Agreement will commence on the 20th day of November, 2009 (“Effective Date”), and shall continue for five (5) years (“Term”) unless terminated earlier as provided in this Agreement. Unless either Party notifies the other in writing at least sixty (90) calendar days before the end of the Term of its intent to terminate this Agreement at the end of the Term, this Agreement will be extended automatically and will continue in effect without any volume commitment until terminated by either Party on ninety (90) calendar days prior written notice. Unless otherwise agreed in writing, the prices for the Products during any such extension shall be the same prices in effect at the end of the Term.
21.2 Termination by GTECH. GTECH may terminate this Agreement at any time if (a) VENDOR fails or neglects to perform any of its obligations hereunder and such condition has not been cured within forty five (45) calendar days of written notice thereof by GTECH; (b) VENDOR, or VENDOR's parent or a wholly owned subsidiary of VENDOR, is the subject of trade sanctions by the United States government, or any other government, or quasi-governmental agency which materially affects GTECH's ability to sell, lease, or maintain the Product; (c) VENDOR attempts to assign this Agreement or any obligation hereunder without GTECH's consent; (d) any assignment is made of VENDOR's business for the benefit of creditors, or if a petition in bankruptcy is filed by or against VENDOR and is not dismissed within ninety (90) calendar days, or if a receiver or similar officer is appointed to take charge of all or part of VENDOR's property, or if VENDOR is adjudicated a bankrupt; or (e) the Products are infringing and the VENDOR is unable to procure a right for GTECH to continue to use the Products as set forth in Section 11 hereof.
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21.3 Termination by VENDOR. VENDOR may terminate this Agreement if: (a) GTECH fails to perform any of its obligations hereunder and such condition has not been cured within forty five (45) calendar days of written notice thereof by VENDOR; provided that, VENDOR may not terminate this Agreement for reason of non-payment by GTECH of any disputed amounts, or (b) if any assignment is made of GTECH's business for the benefit of creditors; or,
(c) if a petition in bankruptcy is filed by or against GTECH and is not dismissed within ninety (90) calendar days, or if a receiver or similar officer is appointed to take charge of all or part of GTECH's property, or if GTECH is adjudicated a bankrupt.
21.4 Obligations of Termination. Upon expiration or termination of this Agreement for any reason, VENDOR shall promptly deliver to GTECH all tools, equipment, software documentation and other materials furnished to VENDOR by GTECH hereunder. VENDOR's obligations under Sections 8, 10, 11, 12, 14, 17, 18 and 24 hereof shall survive expiration or earlier termination of this Agreement or its extensions regardless of the manner of termination.
22. Conflicting Provisions
In the event of a conflict between the terms and conditions of this Agreement and the terms and conditions of any Purchase Order, the terms and conditions of this Agreement will supersede any contrary terms set forth in such purchase order or VENDOR’s acceptance, confirmation, invoice or other document, unless as mutually agreed upon by both parties.
23. Manufacturing Rights
Attachment 7 will govern Manufacturing Rights.
24. Liability Limits.
IN NO EVENT, EXCEPT AS PROVIDED FOR HEREIN, WILL EITHER PARTY BE LIABLE TO THE OTHER PARTY FOR ANY INCIDENTAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, SPECIAL, OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES ARISING OUT OF THIS AGREEMENT OR ITS TERMINATION, OR THE BREACH OF ANY OF ITS PROVISIONS, WHETHER OR NOT THE PARTIES HAVE ADVISED OR BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF ANY SUCH LOSS OR DAMAGE. NOTWITHSTANDING ANY PROVISION OF THIS AGREEMENT TO THE CONTRARY, THE LIMITATIONS OF THIS PARAGRAPH WILL NOT APPLY WITH RESPECT TO THE BREACH OR NONPERFORMANCE OF ANY PROVISION OF THIS AGREEMENT RELATING TO INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS OR CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION, ANY INFRINGEMENT OF INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS OR MISAPPROPRIATION OF CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION BY A PARTY, OR DAMAGES RESULTING FROM A PARTY’S GROSS NEGLIGENCE OR WILLFUL MISCONDUCT.
25. Miscellaneous
This Agreement and Attachments and Purchase Orders issued and accepted hereunder set forth the entire understanding of the Parties with respect to the Products and merges all prior written and oral communications relating thereto. It can be modified or amended only in a writing signed by a duly authorized representative of each Party. Section headings are provided for the convenience of reference only and shall not be construed otherwise.
No failure to exercise, or delay in exercising, on the part of either Party, any right, power or privilege hereunder shall operate as a waiver thereof, or will any single or partial exercise of any right, power or privilege hereunder preclude the further exercise of the same right or the exercise of any other right hereunder.
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This Agreement is made pursuant to and shall be governed by the laws of the State of Rhode Island, without regard to its rules regarding conflict of laws. The Parties agree that the courts of the State of Rhode Island, and the Federal Courts located therein, shall have exclusive jurisdiction over all matters arising from this Agreement.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, THE PARTIES HERETO HAVE EXECUTED THIS AGREEMENT ON THE DATES MENTIONED BELOW.
VENDOR GTECH CORPORATION
By /s/ Bart C. Shuldman By /s/Donald Stanford
Print Bart C. Shuldman Print Donald Stanford
Title CEO Title CTO
Date 12/01/2009 Date 11/18/2009
By /s/ Steven A. DeMartino
Print Steven A. DeMartino
Title EVP and CFO
Date 12/01/2009
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Attachment 1
Products Specifications
1. Products Specifications and Services Description.
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Attachment 2
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* = Portions of this exhibit have been omitted pursuant to a confidential treatment request. An unredacted version of this exhibit has been filed separately with the Commission.
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Attachment 3
Spare Parts Pricing
VENDOR will provide GTECH with a complete spare parts list with prices within six (6) months of first production shipment. It is agreed that the cost to GTECH of a complete set of spare parts will not exceed *.
* = Portions of this exhibit have been omitted pursuant to a confidential treatment request. An unredacted version of this exhibit has been filed separately with the Commission.
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Attachment 4
Non-Warranty Repair Costs
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Attachment 5
General Packaging Specifications
The shipping container shall be designed to meet GTECH packaging specification 96-0321-01
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Attachment 6
Tooling
There is no GTECH owned tooling in the initial development of this Product. In the event that GTECH pays for tooling for any future enhancement of the Product, the tools for the enhancement will be property of GTECH.
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Attachment 7
Manufacturing Rights
1. Manufacturing Documentation Package. Within six (6) months of placement of GTECH’s first Purchase Order for production volume of Products, VENDOR agrees to deliver to GTECH, or to a mutually agreed upon escrow agent, all of the documentation and other information used by VENDOR and required to manufacture, test, maintain and support the Products (herein, the "Manufacturing Package") including, without limitation, the full and complete schematic diagrams, assembly drawings, structured Bills of Materials, printed circuit board artwork, parts and vendor lists, test specifications, assembly aids and software in both machine readable source and object forms. As a part of the Manufacturing Package, VENDOR also agrees to provide unrestricted access to and joint control of vendor toolings, agency approval files (FCC, UL, CSA, VDE, etc.), a complete description of any special tools, fixtures and test equipment that are required but are not readily available in the marketplace. Neither GTECH nor escrow agent will have any right to use the "Manufacturing Package" except as set forth in Section 3 below or as otherwise authorized by VENDOR.
2. Updates; Verification; Expenses. VENDOR agrees to update the "Manufacturing Package" as necessary to keep the package current with the latest version of the Products delivered to GTECH under this Agreement. If the "Manufacturing Package" is delivered to any person or entity other than GTECH, GTECH shall have the right to inspect the package to verify the contents of the "Manufacturing Package" and VENDOR's compliance with this Section. VENDOR will pay all costs and expenses of any kind associated with the preparation and maintenance of the “Manufacturing Package”, as well as any fees of any person other than GTECH holding the “Manufacturing Package”.
3. Right to Manufacture. If any one or more of the following events occurs, GTECH shall have the right, including the rights under any of the VENDOR's applicable patents and copyrights, to use the "Manufacturing Package" to manufacture or have manufactured the Products for a period not to exceed eighteen (18) months from the occurrence of the triggering event.
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If GTECH has a commercially reasonable and documented basis for believing that VENDOR has become unable to materially perform the material provisions of this Agreement and VENDOR fails to provide GTECH commercially reasonable assurances of future performance within sixty (60) calendar days of GTECH’s written request for such assurances (which request will specify the assurances required);
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VENDOR has materially failed to fulfill its delivery obligations, including but not limited to, repeated late deliveries. GTECH will notify VENDOR in writing that GTECH intends to exercise this clause. GTECH shall not have the right to manufacture pursuant to this clause if VENDOR, during the sixty (60) calendar days after receipt of notification, takes commercially reasonable steps to correct the recurrence of delivery problems to reasonable satisfaction of GTECH.
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Except as provided in this Section or as otherwise authorized by VENDOR, neither GTECH nor the escrow agent shall have any right to use the "Manufacturing Package" for any purpose and this Attachment 7 shall not be construed as a transfer or assignment of VENDOR’s intellectual property rights, except as specifically necessary for the manufacture and sale of the Products under this Agreement.
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