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Exhibit 99.1

EXECUTION VERSION

This Amended and Restated Master Service Agreement (the “Master Agreement”) is made as of this September 30, 2010, among POPULAR, INC. (“Popular” or “COMPANY”), a corporation organized and existing under the laws of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, BANCO POPULAR DE PUERTO RICO (“BPPR” and, together with Popular, “Popular Parties”), a bank organized and existing under the laws of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, and EVERTEC, INC., a corporation organized and existing under the laws of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, and its Subsidiaries (hereinafter referred to as “EVERTEC”).

WITNESSETH

WHEREAS, COMPANY, acting through its Subsidiaries, is a financial services provider based in Puerto Rico with operations in Puerto Rico, the United States and the Caribbean; and

WHEREAS, EVERTEC is in the business of, among other things, providing data processing, application processing, check imaging, transmission, telecommunications, credit and debit card transaction processing, and related operational, technical, and consulting services, and such other services as the parties hereto may agree to from time to time;

WHEREAS, Popular and EVERTEC previously entered into a Master Service Agreement on April 1, 2010 (the “2010 MSA”); and

WHEREAS, the parties desire to amend and restate the 2010 MSA in order to validate the services under the 2010 MSA, as well as provide for certain changes and additions to such services and revisions to the terms of the 2010 MSA;

NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of the payments to be made and services to be performed hereunder, upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in this Master Agreement and intending to be legally bound, the parties hereto agree to the following terms and conditions:

ARTICLE ONE – GENERAL PROVISIONS

 

1.1. Definitions. Capitalized terms not otherwise defined herein will have the meanings set forth in this Section 1.1:

 

  a) “Affiliate” means, with respect to any Person, any other Person, directly or indirectly, through one or more intermediaries, Controlling, Controlled by, or under common Control with, such Person. Notwithstanding the foregoing, (i) with respect to Apollo, the term “Affiliate” shall (x) include any investment fund with respect to which Apollo Global Management LLC or its Controlled Affiliates (including its and their respective successors) are the sole or, if not sole, primary investment managers and, subject to clause (y) below, each of their Subsidiaries and (y) not include portfolio companies of Apollo Global Management LLC or its Controlled Affiliates and, (ii) with respect to Popular (to the extent that at the time of determination it is engaged in a private equity or similar business), the term “Affiliate” shall not include portfolio companies of Popular or its Controlled Affiliates.

 

  b) “Agreement and Plan of Merger” means the Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated June 30, 2010, among Popular, AP Carib Holdings Ltd., Carib Acquisition, Inc., and EVERTEC, as it may be amended, restated or supplemented from time to time.

 

  c) “Apollo” means AP Carib Holdings, Ltd., an exempted company organized under the laws of the Cayman Islands.

 

  d) “Asset Acquirer” has the meaning set forth in Section 1.5(c).

 

  e) “Assignee Sub” has the meaning set forth in Section 1.5(b).

 

  f) “Authorized Locations” means the data centers and other locations owned or leased by EVERTEC, or COMPANY, BPPR, or one of their respective Subsidiaries, as the same may be amended from time to time, for providing the Services and/or maintaining, processing, or storing Company Data under this Master Agreement.


  g) “Banking Affiliate Restrictions” shall mean the restrictions imposed upon the Banking Affiliates by the provisions of Section 23A and Section 23B of the Federal Reserve Act, and by Regulation W of the Federal Reserve Board, as amended from time to time.

 

  h) “Banking Affiliate” shall refer to any banking institution, including its respective subsidiaries, that is an affiliate of EVERTEC for purposes of Section 23A and Section 23B of the Federal Reserve Act and Regulation W of the Federal Reserve Board, as amended from time to time.

 

  i) “beneficially owned”, “beneficial ownership” and similar phrases have the same meanings as such terms have under Rule 13d-3 (or any successor rule then in effect) under the Exchange Act, except that in calculating the beneficial ownership of any Person, such Person shall be deemed to have beneficial ownership of all securities that such Person has the right to acquire, whether such right is currently exercisable or is exercisable upon the occurrence of a subsequent event. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no Person (the “Initial Person”) shall be deemed to beneficially own any securities beneficially owned by another Person who is not an Affiliate of such Initial Person (the “Other Person”) (disregarding solely for the purposes of determining securities beneficially owned by such Other Person, (i) application of this sentence to any securities that have been Transferred (other than in the form of a pledge, hypothecation or similar grant of a security interest only and which shall not involve the grant of a proxy or other right with respect to the voting of such securities) to such Other Person in compliance with the Stockholder Agreement or other applicable Group Agreement and (ii) any Group Securities with respect to such Other Person), including, without limitation, another Holder that is not an Affiliate of such Initial Person.

 

  j) “Best Efforts” means the efforts that a prudent Person desirous of achieving a result would use in similar circumstances to ensure that such result is achieved in the time period expressly contemplated or, in the absence of an expressly contemplated time period, in such time period as applicable, in accordance with historical practices and, to the extent there are no historical practices, within a commercially reasonable time period.

 

  k) “Business Continuity/Disaster Recovery Plan” means the processes, preventive arrangements and measures taken by a party to be able to respond to an Event in order to be able to recuperate and continue offering its services.

 

  l) “Business Day” will be each day from Monday through Friday, except for Legal Holidays.

 

  m) “Client” shall mean any person or entity who establishes or maintains a contractual relationship with COMPANY, BPPR, or one of their respective Subsidiaries for obtaining any service or product offered by EVERTEC and/or COMPANY, BPPR, or one of their respective Subsidiaries.

 

  n) “Common Shares” means the common stock of EVERTEC, par value $1.00 per share (or the common stock of any successor or other entity holding all or substantially all the assets of EVERTEC and its Subsidiaries).

 

  o) “Company Data” means data, records and information of Company, BPPR or one of their respective Subsidiaries that is maintained or processed by EVERTEC, including all Customer Information.

 

  p) “Confidential Information” means all confidential or proprietary data, information, know-how and documentation not generally known to the public and any and all tangible embodiments thereof, including but not limited to, that which relates to business plans, financial information and projections, agreements with Third Parties, drawings, designs, specifications, estimates, blueprints, plans, data, reports, models, memoranda, notebooks, notes, sketches, artwork, mock-ups, letters, manuals, patents, patent applications, trade secrets, research, products, services, suppliers, customers, markets, software, developments, inventions, processes, technology, Intellectual Property, engineering, hardware configuration, marketing, operations, pricing, distribution, licenses, budgets or finances, and copies of all or portions thereof which in any way related to the business of EVERTEC, or of COMPANY, BPPR, or one of their respective Subsidiaries, as the case may be, whether or not disclosed, designated or marked as proprietary, confidential or otherwise. Confidential Information will include EVERTEC’s physical security systems, access control systems, and specialized recovery equipment and techniques. Confidential Information will include the Customer Information and Company Data of COMPANY, BPPR, or one of their respective Subsidiaries.

 

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  q) “Control Acquirer” has the meaning set forth in Section 1.31(a).

 

  r) “Control,” and its correlative meanings, “Controlling,” and “Controlled,” means the possession, direct or indirect, or the power to direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of a Person, whether through the ownership of voting securities, by contract or otherwise.

 

  s) “CPI” means the All Items Consumer Price Index All Urban Consumers, U.S. City Average (1982-84 – 100), which is published by the U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics.

 

  t) “Disaster Recovery Service Addendum” means the Disaster Recovery Service Addendum, dated as of the date hereof, among Popular, BPPR and EVERTEC, as it may amended, restated or supplemented from time to time.

 

  u) “Drag-Along Transaction” has the meaning set forth in Section 4(d)(i) of the Stockholder Agreement.

 

  v) “Dragged Asset Sale” has the meaning set forth in Section 4(d)(vii) of the Stockholder Agreement.

 

  w) “Encumbrances” means any direct or indirect encumbrances, lien, pledge, security interest, claim, charges, option, right of first refusal or offer, mortgage, deed of trust, easement, or any other restriction or third party right, including restrictions on the right to vote equity interests.

 

  x) “Event” means any event that requires a party to put into effect its Business Continuity/Disaster Recovery Plan.

 

  y) “EVERTEC Change of Control” means, with respect to EVERTEC, any:

(i) merger, consolidation or other business combination of EVERTEC (or any Subsidiary or Subsidiaries that alone or together represent all or substantially all of EVERTEC’s consolidated business at that time) or any successor or other entity holding all or substantially all the assets of EVERTEC and its Subsidiaries that results in the stockholders of EVERTEC (or such Subsidiary or Subsidiaries) or any successor or other entity holding all or substantially all the assets of EVERTEC and its Subsidiaries or the surviving entity thereof, as applicable, immediately before the consummation of such transaction or a series of related transactions, holding, directly or indirectly, less than 50% of the voting power of EVERTEC (or such Subsidiary or Subsidiaries) or any such successor, other entity or surviving entity, as applicable, immediately following the consummation of such transaction or series of related transactions; provided that this clause (i) shall not be deemed applicable to any merger, consolidation or other business combination, if, as a result of any such merger, consolidation or other business combination, no Person or Group of Persons that had not had “control” of EVERTEC immediately prior to such transaction, as such term is defined under the Bank Holding Company Act of 1956, shall have obtained such “control”;

(ii) Transfer (other than in the form of a pledge, hypothecation or similar grant of a security interest only and which shall not involve the grant of a proxy or other right with respect to the voting of such equity), in one or a series of related transactions, of equity representing 50% or more of the voting power of EVERTEC (or any Subsidiary or Subsidiaries that alone or together represent all or substantially all of EVERTEC’s consolidated business at that time) or any successor or other entity holding all or substantially all the assets of EVERTEC and its Subsidiaries to a Person or Group of Persons (other than a Transfer of such equity to Apollo Global Management LLC, Popular, any Permitted Ultimate Parent, or their respective Controlled Affiliates);

(iii) transaction in which a majority of the board of directors or equivalent governing body of EVERTEC (or any successor or other entity holding all or substantially all the assets of EVERTEC and its Subsidiaries) immediately following or as a proximate cause of such transaction is comprised of persons who were not members of the board of directors or equivalent governing body of EVERTEC (or such successor or other entity) immediately prior to such transaction (or are not nominated by Apollo Global Management LLC, Popular, any Permitted Ultimate Parent or their respective Controlled Affiliates) except,

 

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(X) resulting from the compliance, at the time of an initial public offering of either Holdco or EVERTEC (or any successor or other entity holding all or substantially all the assets of EVERTEC and its Subsidiaries), with the listing requirements, listed company manual or similar rules or regulations of the securities exchange on which Holdco’s or EVERTEC’s (or such successor’s or other entity’s), as the case may be, equity securities will be listed pursuant to such initial public offering, (Y) if a majority of such board of directors is not “independent” under the rules of the applicable securities exchange on the date following such initial public offering upon which Holdco or EVERTEC (or any successor or other entity holding all or substantially all the assets of EVERTEC and its Subsidiaries), as the case may be, first ceases to be a “controlled company” (or similar status) under the rules and regulations of such exchange, resulting from compliance with the rules and regulations of such exchange that first apply upon Holdco or EVERTEC (or such successor’s or other entity’s), as the case may be, ceasing to be a “controlled company” (or similar status), or (Z) the loss of directors of EVERTEC pursuant to Section 2 of the Stockholder Agreement (as in effect on the date hereof or as may be amended with the approval of Popular and BPPR) that does not result in another Person or Group of Persons having the right or ability to appoint a majority of the board of directors or equivalent governing body of Holdco or EVERTEC (or any successor or other entity holding all or substantially all the assets of EVERTEC and its Subsidiaries) as a result of such transaction; provided that, for the avoidance of doubt, this clause (Z) shall only apply to the resignation and initial replacement of such directors and not to any subsequent replacement of such directors (whether in connection with another transaction or otherwise); or

(iv) sale or other disposition in one or a series of related transactions of all or substantially all of the assets of EVERTEC and its Subsidiaries (or any successor or other entity holding all or substantially all the assets of EVERTEC and its Subsidiaries) to a Person who is not an Affiliate of EVERTEC at such time.

 

  z) “Exchange Act” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.

 

  aa) “Federal Reserve Board” means the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System.

 

  bb) “FFIEC” means the Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council.

 

  cc) Force Majeure means causes beyond a Person’s reasonable control, including, but not limited to, acts of God, acts of civil or military authority, war, terrorism, civil commotion, governmental action, explosion, strikes, labor disputes, riots, sabotage, epidemics, fires, floods, hurricanes, earthquakes, or other similar events or disasters.

 

  dd) “Governmental Authority” means the government or any agency thereof, of any nation, state, commonwealth (including the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico), city, municipality or political subdivision thereof, any entity exercising executive, legislative, judicial, regulatory or administrative functions of or pertaining to the government that have regulatory, supervisory, and/or examination authority with respect to COMPANY, BPPR, or one of their respective Subsidiaries and/or of EVERTEC with respect to the matters covered by the Services or their respective operations or financial condition, any quasi governmental entity or arbitral body, any SRO and any applicable stock exchange.

 

  ee) “Group Agreement” means any agreement governing the acquisition, holding, voting or disposition of securities of a Person; provided, that, so long as Apollo or a subsequent Permitted Controlling Holder is an Affiliate of such Person, such Person is a party to such agreement.

 

  ff) “Group of Persons” means a group of Persons that would constitute a “group” as determined pursuant to Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.

 

  gg) “Group Securities” means any securities beneficially owned by a Person solely as a result of the Stockholder Agreement or any other Group Agreement and, for the avoidance of doubt, which securities have not been Transferred to such Person or any of its Controlled Affiliates.

 

  hh) “Holdco Common Shares” means the common stock of Holdco, par value $0.01 per share.

 

  ii) “Holdco” means Carib Holdings, Inc., a corporation organized under the laws of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico.

 

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  jj) “Holders” means the holders of Holdco Common Shares who are parties to the Stockholder Agreement as set forth in Schedule I thereto, as the same may be amended or supplemented from time to time.

 

  kk) “Indebtedness” means, with respect to any Person, (a) all indebtedness of such Person, whether or not contingent, for borrowed money, and (b) all obligations of such Person evidenced by notes, bonds, debentures or other similar debt instruments.

 

  ll) “Initial Person” has the meaning set forth in the definition of “beneficially owned”.

 

  mm) “Intellectual Property” means any and all trademarks, service marks, copyrights, patents, trade secrets, commercial and/or internet domain names, software, source codes, contract forms, client lists, marketing surveys or other information, the names, features, designs, functionalities and other specifications related to the names of products or services developed or used or that may hereafter be developed offered or sold by any of the parties, and programs, methods of processing, specific design and structure of individual programs and their interaction and unique programming techniques employed therein.

 

  nn) “Jurisdiction” has the meaning set forth in Section 1.5(b).

 

  oo) “Legal Holiday” means Saturday, Sunday or any federal and/or local legal holiday in the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico that is observed by EVERTEC, except as otherwise provided in the Service Level Agreement, a Service Addendum, or as agreed to in writing between the parties.

 

  pp) “Legal Requirements” mean any applicable federal, state, Puerto Rico, local, municipal, foreign, international, multinational, or other administrative order, constitution, law, ordinance, principle of law, regulation, statute, guidance or treaty issued by a Governmental Authority, and any standards or guidance issued by the FFIEC.

 

  qq) “Loss(es)” means losses, liabilities, claims, damages, fines, expenses, penalties, interest expense, costs and fees and disbursements (including reasonable legal counsel and experts’ fees and disbursements), net of any amounts recovered with respect thereto under insurance policies covering any liability thereof if and to the extent applicable in each case, individually or collectively.

 

  rr) “Material Adverse Effect” means, with respect to any Person, any fact, event, change, effect, development, condition or occurrence that has a materially adverse effect on or with respect to any business, assets, liabilities, financial condition, or results of operations of such Person.

 

  ss) “Merger IP Licenses” has the meaning set forth in Section 1.26.

 

  tt) “Non-Controlled Public Entity” means a Person which has equity securities listed on national stock exchange and which Person’s Affiliates do not beneficially own securities representing the majority of the voting power to elect the members of the board of directors or other governing body of such Person.

 

  uu) “Other Person” has the meaning set forth in the definition of “beneficially owned”.

 

  vv) “Outsourced Processing Contracts” means the agreement(s) pursuant to which (i) Metavante Technologies, Inc. (or its successor, Fidelity National Information Services, Inc.) provides core bank processing services to Banco Popular North America and (ii) Total Systems Services, Inc. provides credit card processing services to BPPR.

 

  ww) “Permitted Assignment” means a Permitted Subsidiary Assignment or a Permitted Third-Party Assignment.

 

  xx) “Permitted Controlling Holder” means a Person that (i) beneficially owns equity securities representing a majority of the voting power to elect the directors of EVERTEC or (ii) any successor or any other entity holding all or substantially all of the assets of EVERTEC and its Subsidiaries in a transaction or series of transactions, in each case, without contravening Section 1.5 or without Popular or BPPR validly exercising their termination right pursuant to Section 1.31 provided that such Person shall be a “Permitted Controlling Holder” only with respect to the applicable entity that issues such securities.

 

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  yy) “Permitted Subsidiary Assignment” means an assignment by EVERTEC of any of its rights, duties or obligations under this Master Agreement to an Assignee Sub in compliance with the provisions of Section 1.5.

 

  zz) “Permitted Third-Party Assignment” means an assignment by EVERTEC of all its rights, duties and obligations under this Master Agreement to an Asset Acquirer in compliance with the provisions of Section 1.5.

 

  aaa) “Permitted Ultimate Parent” means with respect to a Permitted Controlling Holder, its Ultimate Parent Entity.

 

  bbb) “Person” means any individual, corporation, partnership, trust, incorporated or unincorporated association, joint venture, joint stock company, limited liability company, Governmental Authority or other entity of any kind, and will include any assignee and/or successor (by merger or otherwise) of such entity in connection therewith.

 

  ccc) “Popular Parties Change of Control” means, with respect to Popular and/or BPPR, the acquisition, by a non-Affiliate of the Popular Parties, of (i) more than fifty percent (50%) of the voting power of Popular and/or BPPR, as the case may be or (ii) the legal power to designate a majority of the board of directors (or other persons performing similar functions) of Popular and/or BPPR, as the case may be.

 

  ddd) “Region” means Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands and the British Virgin Islands.

 

  eee) “Representative” means with respect to a particular Person, any director, officer, partner, member, employee, agent, consultant, advisor, or other representative of such Person, including legal counsel, accountants, and financial advisors.

 

  fff) “Services” means any service contracted from EVERTEC by COMPANY, BPPR, or one of their respective Subsidiaries under this Master Agreement, including any System used therewith.

 

  ggg) “Solvent” with regard to any Person, means that (i) the sum of the assets of such Person, both at a fair valuation and at a present fair salable value, exceeds its liabilities, including contingent, subordinated, unmatured, unliquidated, and disputed liabilities; (ii) such Person has sufficient capital with which to conduct its business; and (iii) such Person has not incurred debts beyond its ability to pay such debts as they mature. For purposes of this definition, “debt” means any liability on a claim, and “claim” means (x) a right to payment, whether or not such right is reduced to judgment, liquidated, unliquidated, fixed, contingent, matured, unmatured, disputed, undisputed, legal, equitable, secured or unsecured or (y) a right to an equitable remedy for breach of performance to the extent such breach gives rise to a payment, whether or not such right to an equitable remedy is reduced to judgment, fixed, contingent, matured, unmatured, disputed, undisputed, secured or unsecured. With respect to any such contingent liabilities, such liabilities shall be computed at the amount which, in light of all the facts and circumstances existing at the time, represents the amount which can reasonably be expected to become an actual or matured liability.

 

  hhh) “SPV Affiliate” means with respect to any Person, any Affiliate of such Person, whose direct or indirect interest in the Common Shares constitutes more than 30% (by value) of the equity securities portfolio of such Affiliate.

 

  iii) “SRO” means any domestic or foreign securities, broker-dealer, investment adviser or insurance industry self-regulatory organization.

 

  jjj) “Stockholder Agreement” means the Stockholder Agreement among Carib Holdings, Inc. and the holders party thereto dated September 30, 2010.

 

  kkk) “Subsidiary” means, with respect to any Person, any corporation, association, partnership, limited liability company or other business entity of which 50% or more of the total voting power or equity interests (including partnership interests) entitled (without regard to the occurrence of any contingency) to vote in the election of directors, managers, representatives or trustees thereof is at the time owned or Controlled, directly or indirectly, by (a) such Person, (b) such Person and one or more Subsidiaries of such Person, or (c) one or more Subsidiaries of such Person.

 

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  lll) “System” means any hardware, software, technology, applications, or combination thereof used by EVERTEC to provide the Services.

 

  mmm) “Technology Agreement” means the Technology Agreement to be entered into by EVERTEC and Popular as of the date hereof.

 

  nnn) “Third Party” means any Person that is not a party to this Master Agreement and is not an Affiliate of any party to this Master Agreement.

 

  ooo) “Transfer” means any direct or indirect sale, assignment, transfer, conveyance, gift, bequest by will or under intestacy laws, pledge, hypothecation or other Encumbrance, or any other disposition, of the stated security (or any interest therein or right thereto, including the issuance of any total return swap or other derivative whose economic value is primarily based upon the value of the stated security) or of all or part of the voting power (other than the granting of a revocable proxy) associated with the stated security (or any interest therein) whatsoever, or any other transfer of beneficial ownership of the stated security, with or without consideration and whether voluntarily or involuntarily (including by operation of law). Notwithstanding anything to the contrary set forth in this Master Agreement, (i) each of (x) a Transfer of equity interests of Popular and (y) a Change of Control of Popular shall be deemed not to constitute a Transfer of any equity interest beneficially owned by Popular; (ii) each of (x) a Transfer of equity interests of Apollo Global Management LLC or any of its Controlled Affiliates that is not an SPV Affiliate, and (y) a Change of Control of Apollo Global Management LLC or any of its Controlled Affiliates that is not an SPV Affiliate shall be deemed not to constitute a Transfer of any equity interest beneficially owned by Apollo or such Affiliate, as applicable; and (iii) each of (x) a Transfer of equity interests of any Permitted Ultimate Parent or any of its Controlled Affiliates that is not an SPV Affiliate, and (y) a Change of Control of any Permitted Ultimate Parent or any of its Controlled Affiliates that is not an SPV Affiliate shall be deemed not to constitute a Transfer of any security beneficially owned by such Permitted Ultimate Parent Entity or such Controlled Affiliate, as applicable; provided that, for the avoidance of doubt, subject to clause (i) above, any Change of Control of an SPV Affiliate shall be deemed to constitute a Transfer of the Common Shares beneficially owned by such SPV Affiliate.

 

  ppp) “Ultimate Parent Entity” means (i) with respect to Apollo, Apollo Global Management LLC and its successors, (ii) with respect to Popular, Popular and its successors and (iii) with respect to a Permitted Controlling Holder, (x) the Person which (A)(i) Controls such Permitted Controlling Holder or (ii) if no Person Controls such Permitted Controlling Holder, the beneficial owner of a majority of the voting power of such Permitted Controlling Holder and (B) is not itself Controlled by any other Person that is an Ultimate Parent Entity of such Permitted Controlling Holder or (y) if no such Person exists, the Permitted Controlling Holder; provided that, with respect to determining an Ultimate Parent Entity (i) the Control of any entity by a natural person shall be disregarded and (ii) the Control of any Non-Controlled Public Entity by any Person shall be disregarded.

 

1.2.

Survival. Provisions relating to limitation of liability, indemnity, payment, transition services and other provisions that by their nature are intended to survive shall survive the termination or expiration of this Agreement.

 

1.3.

Relationship between the Parties. The parties hereto are independent contractors, and this Master Agreement will not be construed in any way as establishing a partnership, joint venture, or express or implied agency relationship between or among them.

 

1.4.

Non-Exclusive. Except as otherwise set forth herein or agreed to by the parties in writing, the parties hereto acknowledge that this Master Agreement is not exclusive and nothing contained herein will be construed to create an exclusive relationship between EVERTEC, on the one hand, and COMPANY, BPPR, or any of their respective Subsidiaries, on the other. As such, EVERTEC will not be limited in entering into similar agreements with other Persons to provide the same or similar services.

 

1.5.

Assignment. a) Other than a Permitted Assignment pursuant to Section 1.5(b) or (c), this Master Agreement may not be assigned by any party without the prior written consent of the other parties; provided, that any party may assign

 

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its rights, duties and obligations under this Master Agreement to its financing sources solely in connection with the granting of a security interest and the enforcement of all rights and remedies that the assigning party has against the other party under this Master Agreement, subject to the claims, defenses and rights, including rights of set off, that such other party may have against the assigning party.

 

  b)

Assignment to Subsidiaries. EVERTEC may assign any of its rights, duties or obligations to a direct or indirect wholly-owned Subsidiary of EVERTEC (an “Assignee Sub”) if (i) such Assignee Sub is identified by EVERTEC to Popular and BPPR at least 20 Business Days prior to the consummation of the proposed assignment; (ii) (A) such proposed assignment is legally required in order for EVERTEC to provide to Popular, BPPR or their respective Subsidiaries, in the country, state, territory or other jurisdiction (“Jurisdiction”) in which the Assignee Sub is organized, the specific services to be performed pursuant to the assignment of this Master Agreement, and only (x) to the extent of such legal requirement and (y) if EVERTEC provides a written opinion of qualified counsel that opines that such legal requirement is applicable and is based upon reasonable assumptions with respect to such legal requirement or (B) Popular has provided its prior written consent, such consent not to be unreasonably delayed, withheld or conditioned; (iii) such Assignee Sub will be Solvent immediately after and giving effect to such proposed assignment and Popular is reasonably satisfied with the terms and conditions of the proposed assignment; (iv) Popular is a third-party beneficiary to the assignment agreement, which is in form and substance that is reasonably satisfactory to Popular, and which provides that the Assignee Sub’s rights under the assignment agreement will be terminated if the Assignee Sub ceases to be a wholly-owned Subsidiary, directly or indirectly, of EVERTEC and (v) EVERTEC remains fully liable with respect to the performance of all its obligations under this Master Agreement and EVERTEC guarantees the performance of all of the obligations of EVERTEC to Popular assumed by Assignee Sub under this Master Agreement, which guarantee provides that, for the avoidance of doubt, after any termination of the proposed assignment, EVERTEC shall continue to be obligated with respect to any obligation undertaken by Assignee Sub prior to such termination.

 

  c)

Assignment to Third Parties. EVERTEC may assign all of its rights, duties and obligations (or those rights, duties and obligations arising after the effectiveness of the assignment) in a transaction with a third-party assignee (an “Asset Acquirer”) if (i) such Asset Acquirer is identified by EVERTEC to Popular and BPPR at least 30 Business Days prior to the consummation of the proposed assignment; (ii) such Asset Acquirer (A) acquires at least 90% of the consolidated gross assets (excluding cash) of EVERTEC and its Subsidiaries and (B) assumes at least 90% of the consolidated gross liabilities (excluding Indebtedness) of EVERTEC and its Subsidiaries (including the assignment and assumption of all commercial agreements between EVERTEC or any of its Subsidiaries, on the one hand, and Popular, BPPR or any of their respective Subsidiaries, on the other hand) through one legal entity; (iii) neither the Asset Acquirer nor any of its Affiliates is engaged, directly or indirectly, in the banking, securities, insurance or lending business, from which they derive aggregate annual revenues from Puerto Rico in excess of $50 million unless none of them has a physical presence in Puerto Rico that is used to conduct any such business; (iv) the Asset Acquirer will be Solvent immediately after and giving effect to such proposed assignment; and (v) EVERTEC reasonably believes that the Asset Acquirer, after completion of the proposed purchase and assumption transaction, will be capable of providing the Services at the level of service required under this Master Agreement.

 

  d)

Cooperation. EVERTEC shall use its reasonable best efforts to cooperate with Popular and BPPR in evaluating whether any proposed assignment pursuant to this Section 1.5 would be in compliance with the requirements of the provisions contained in this Section 1.5, including the ability of Assignee Sub or Asset Acquirer, as applicable, to comply with the terms of this Master Agreement, including, in each case, by providing any non-confidential information regarding the purposes and plans in connection with such proposed assignment other than information that would create any potential liability under applicable Legal Requirements, violate any confidentiality obligation, or that reasonably would be expected to result in the waiver of any attorney-client privilege.

 

  e)

Notice of Objection. Popular or BPPR shall notify EVERTEC in writing within 15 Business Days following receipt of EVERTEC’s notice of the proposed assignment of any objection to any proposed assignment to an Asset Acquirer under Section 1.5(c) unless EVERTEC has failed to satisfy its obligations pursuant to Section 1.5(d) and Popular or BPPR asserts such failure prior to the expiration of the 15 Business Day objection period, in which case such 15 Business Day period shall be tolled until EVERTEC satisfies its obligations pursuant to Section 1.5(d). If BPPR or Popular fails to timely object to such proposed assignment (taking into account any tolling of the 15 Business Day objection period), it shall be deemed to have consented to such proposed assignment.

 

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  f)

Implied Consent. Notwithstanding anything contained herein, if Popular, BPPR or any of their respective Controlled Affiliates votes in favor of a transaction resulting in a proposed assignment and was not compelled to do so as part of a Dragged Asset Sale or other requirement of the Stockholder Agreement or any other Group Agreement with respect to securities issued by Holdco or EVERTEC or any successor or other entity that acquired all or substantially all the assets of Holdco or EVERTEC or any of their respective successors then it shall be deemed to have consented to the assignment.

 

  g)

Invalidity of Impermissible Assignments. Any attempted or purported assignment in violation of this Section 1.5 hereof shall be null and void and the assignee’s rights assigned pursuant to any assignment made in compliance with this Section 1.5 will terminate in the event and to the extent of the termination of this Master Agreement.

 

  h)

BPPR Asset Transfer. If BPPR or any of its Subsidiaries transfers, in a single transaction or series of related transactions (including in a merger, business combination, reorganization, or similar transaction (including by operation of law)) 50% or more of BPPR’s consolidated assets in the Region as of the time of transfer, or assets that generate 50% or more of BPPR’s consolidated revenues in the Region for the full twelve-month period ending at the time of transfer, to any Person, then BPPR shall assign (or cause its applicable Subsidiaries to assign) to such Person its rights, duties and obligations under this Master Agreement in respect of the Services provided to the applicable transferors and shall cause such Person to assume its liabilities under this Master Agreement in respect of the Services provided to the applicable transferor. For the avoidance of doubt, no such assignment shall relieve Popular, BPPR or any of their respective Subsidiaries of their obligations under this Master Agreement to the extent Popular, BPPR or any of their respective Subsidiaries survive any such sale of assets, merger, business combination, reorganization, or similar transaction.

 

1.6.

Plural, Successors, Assignees, Gender, Days. Unless the context of this Master Agreement clearly requires otherwise, references to the plural include the singular and vice versa; references to any Person include such Person’s permitted successors and assignees; references to one gender, masculine, feminine, or neuter, include all genders; the term “day” refers to a calendar day, “including” is not limited but is inclusive; and the words “hereof”, “herein”, “hereby”, “hereunder” and similar terms in this Master Agreement refer to this Master Agreement as a whole and not to any particular provision of this Master Agreement, article, paragraph, section, and/or a subsection, unless otherwise specified.

 

1.7.

Binding Effect. This Master Agreement and all the provisions hereof will be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective successors and permitted assigns. The parties hereto intend that this Master Agreement will not benefit or create any right or cause of action in, or on behalf of, any Person other than the parties hereto.

 

1.8.

No Third Party Beneficiaries. Each party intends that this Master Agreement will not benefit, or create any right or cause of action in or on behalf of, any Person other than COMPANY, BPPR, and their respective Subsidiaries, and EVERTEC.

 

1.9.

Entire Agreement. This Master Agreement, the Agreement and Plan of Merger, the Technology Agreement and other “Ancillary Agreements” (as such term is defined in the Agreement and Plan of Merger) contain the entire understanding of all agreements between the parties hereto with respect to the subject matter hereof and supersede any prior agreement or understanding, oral or written, pertaining to any such matters, which other agreements or understandings will be of no force or effect for any purpose. This Master Agreement may not be amended or supplemented in any manner except by mutual agreement of the parties and as set forth in a writing signed by the parties hereto or their respective permitted successors in interest.

 

1.10.

Interpretation. The general terms and conditions of this Master Agreement and the Exhibits, Addendums, and Schedules made a part hereof from time to time will be interpreted as a single document. However, in the event of a conflict between the general terms and conditions of this Master Agreement and the terms of any Exhibit, Addendum or Schedule hereto, then the terms of the Schedules, Addendums and Exhibits will prevail and control the interpretation of the Master Agreement with respect to the subject matter of the applicable Schedules, Addendums and/or Exhibits; provided, however, that the specific provisions of each Statement of Work and other written instructions listed in Schedule 3 to Exhibit B relating to the term and termination of such Statement of Work and other written instructions shall be governed in accordance with Schedule 3 to Exhibit B. Furthermore, in the event of any conflict or inconsistency between this Master Agreement and any other document referenced herein, regarding the interpretation of the terms of this Master Agreement, this Master Agreement together with its Schedules, Addendums, and Exhibits will prevail and control.

 

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1.11.

Severability. The parties hereto intend all provisions of this Master Agreement to be enforced to the fullest extent permitted by law. Accordingly, should a court of competent jurisdiction determine that the scope of any provision hereof is too broad to be enforced as written, the parties intend that the court should reform the provision to such narrower scope as it determines to be enforceable. If, however, any provision of this Master Agreement is held to be illegal, invalid, or unenforceable under present or future law, such provision will be fully severable, and this Master Agreement will be construed and enforced as if such illegal, invalid, or unenforceable provision were never a part hereof, and the remaining provisions of this Master Agreement will remain in full force and effect and will not be affected by the illegal, invalid or unenforceable provision or by its severance.

 

1.12.

Waiver. The tardiness or failure by any of the parties hereto in exercising any right or privilege pursuant to this Master Agreement will not operate as a waiver thereof, nor will the exercise of any right by any party serve as an obstacle to the exercise of any other rights, powers or privileges, or any portion thereof. The waiver of any breach of any provision under this Master Agreement by any party will not be deemed to be a waiver of any preceding or subsequent breach under this Master Agreement. No such waiver will be effective unless in writing.

 

1.13.

Governing Law. This Master Agreement will be governed by and interpreted in accordance with the laws of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico applicable to contracts made and entirely to be performed therein.

 

1.14.

Trial by Jury. The parties hereby mutually agree that no party, nor any permitted assignee, successor, heir or Representative thereof, will seek a jury trial in any lawsuit, proceeding, counterclaim, or any other litigation procedure based upon or arising out of this Master Agreement, or any related agreement or instrument among the parties. None of the parties will seek to consolidate any such action, in which a jury trial has been waived, with any other action in which a jury trial has not been waived. The provisions of this section have been fully negotiated by the parties. The waiver contained herein is irrevocable, constitutes a knowing and voluntary waiver, and will be subject to no exceptions.

 

1.15.

Dispute Resolution; Arbitration. Except as otherwise provided in writing with respect to EVERTEC’s failure to achieve or maintain a Service Level (as such term is defined below), or except as may otherwise be agreed to in writing among the parties, any dispute, controversy or claim between EVERTEC, on the one hand, and the Popular Parties and their respective Subsidiaries, on the other, or against any Representative of one of the parties, related to this Master Agreement, and any dispute or claim related to the relationship or duties contemplated hereunder, including the validity of this clause (a “Dispute”) will be resolved in accordance with this Section. Each party will give written notice (a “Notice of Dispute”) to the others of any Dispute claimed by it within thirty (30) days of learning of the cause of such a Dispute. The Notice of Dispute will include a reasonable description of the basis of the Dispute, including, without limitation, (i) the specific charge or charges being disputed, (ii) if available and/or applicable, the supporting documentation that is reasonably required for verification of the charge or charges, and (iii) any amounts being withheld. Following delivery of a Notice of Dispute, a Representative of each party will meet and will attempt in good faith to resolve the Dispute. Any Dispute that remains unresolved for more than twenty (20) days after the receipt of a Notice of Dispute shall be referred to designated representatives of the parties hereto who shall negotiate in good faith to resolve such dispute (the “Resolution Forum”). If a Dispute is not resolved in the Resolution Forum, the Dispute shall be submitted to the consideration of a representative from the senior management of EVERTEC who shall be identified in a written notice delivered to the Popular Parties from time to time, the Chief Operating Officer, the Chief Financial Officer or the Chief Information Officer of BPPR and the Chief Operating Officer or the Chief Financial Officer of Popular. Any Disputes that may remain unresolved for more than ninety (90) days following the receipt of a Notice of Dispute may be referred to binding arbitration at the request of any party upon written notice to the other. Such arbitration proceeding will be administered by the American Arbitration Association in accordance with the then-current Commercial Arbitration Rules and will be aired in the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico. The arbitration will be governed by the United States Arbitration Act, 9 U.S.C. §§ 1-16 to the exclusion of any provision of state law inconsistent therewith or which would produce a different result. A panel of three neutral arbitrators will determine the Dispute of the parties and render a final award in accordance with the applicable substantive law. If the Dispute is between EVERTEC, on the one hand, and one or both of the Popular Parties and their respective Subsidiaries, on the other hand, each of EVERTEC and the Popular Parties shall select one neutral arbitrator and, unless those parties agree on a third neutral arbitrator, such two arbitrators shall select the third arbitrator (subject to such limitations, if any, mutually agreed by those parties). If the Dispute is between the Popular Parties, than each of the Popular Parties shall select one neutral arbitrator and, unless those parties agree on a third neutral arbitrator, such two arbitrators shall select the third arbitrator (subject to such limitations, if any, mutually agreed by those parties). Strict confidentiality will govern the arbitration proceedings, including all information submitted to the arbitrator and the decision or award entered by the arbitrator. Any court having jurisdiction may enter judgment upon the award rendered by the arbitrator. The terms hereof will

 

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not limit any obligation of a party to defend, indemnify or hold harmless another party against court proceedings or other Losses. The procedures specified in this section will be the sole and exclusive procedures for the resolution of Disputes among the parties arising out of or relating to this Master Agreement; provided, however, that a party may request temporary remedies in a court of law to maintain the status quo or to protect goods or property until the arbitration has initiated and the selected arbitrator has had the opportunity to resolve the request for temporary relief. Each party is required to continue to perform its obligations under this Master Agreement pending final resolution of any Dispute arising out of or relating to this Master Agreement, unless to do so would be impossible or impracticable under the circumstances.

 

1.16.

Cumulative Remedies. Except as otherwise expressly provided, all rights and remedies provided for in this Master Agreement will be cumulative and in addition to and not in lieu of any other rights and remedies available to any party at law, in equity or otherwise and will not serve to exclude the exercise of any right or remedy provided by law.

 

1.17.

Subcontracting the Services. EVERTEC may subcontract with Third Parties for the provision of the Services to COMPANY, BPPR and their respective Subsidiaries in accordance with the outsourcing policies and procedures set forth in Exhibit F hereto (the “Outsourcing Policy”), and which shall comply with the regulatory requirements set forth in the FFIEC’s Statement on Risk Management of Outsourced Technology Services, dated November 28, 2000. EVERTEC may amend or supplement the Outsourcing Policy in its sole discretion; provided that any outsourcing of Services will not be subject to the applicable amendment or supplement unless (a) Popular and BPPR have provided their written consent to the applicable amendment or supplement or (b) such amendment or supplement is required by Legal Requirements. Notwithstanding the foregoing, EVERTEC shall remain exclusively and fully responsible and liable towards COMPANY, BPPR, and their respective Subsidiaries for the due performance of such Services by such subcontractors and there shall be no direct relationship whatsoever between COMPANY, BPPR, or their respective Subsidiaries, on the one hand, and such subcontractors, on the other. Upon reasonable advance written notice by COMPANY or BPPR, EVERTEC will provide COMPANY or BPPR, as the case may be, with copies of any documents in EVERTEC’s possession that are related to EVERTEC’s due diligence and risk analysis of the Services to COMPANY, BPPR or any of their respective Subsidiaries; provided, that EVERTEC may redact from such copies information related solely to customers other than COMPANY, BPPR or their respective Subsidiaries.

 

1.18.

Non-solicitation. COMPANY agrees that, during the period commencing on the execution of this Master Agreement and ending upon the one (1) year anniversary of the expiration or termination of this Master Agreement, without the prior written consent of EVERTEC, COMPANY shall not, and it shall cause its Subsidiaries not to, directly or indirectly, (i) induce or encourage any employee of EVERTEC to terminate his or her employment with EVERTEC, (ii) solicit for employment or any similar arrangement any employee of EVERTEC or (iii) hire or assist any other Person in hiring any employee of EVERTEC; provided that COMPANY and its Subsidiaries shall not be restricted from (i) accepting referrals for employment made by a placement agency or employment service so long as such placement agency or employment service has not targeted employees of EVERTEC, (ii) making any general advertisement not targeted at employees of EVERTEC appearing in a newspaper, magazine, Internet sites or trade publication, or (iii) soliciting or hiring any person who has not been an employee of EVERTEC for at least 180 days prior to being solicited or hired by COMPANY or its Subsidiaries and whom neither COMPANY nor any of its Subsidiaries, subject to clauses (i) and (ii) of the proviso, have solicited over such 180-day period.

 

1.19.

Prohibition on Publicity. Neither EVERTEC nor the Popular Parties (or their respective Subsidiaries) may advertise or promote using the name or description of the other parties or party, respectively, without in each instance the express written consent of EVERTEC or the Popular Parties, as applicable.

 

1.20.

Business Days and Legal Holidays. Except as expressly agreed to otherwise for a particular Service, in the event that any action, payment, or time period, under this Master Agreement, becomes due on a day that is a Legal Holiday, such action, payment or time period will be performed and/or expire, as applicable, on the next Business Day immediately following the Legal Holiday.

 

1.21.

Notices. All notices, requests, demands, consents and other communications given or required to be given under this Master Agreement and under the related documents will be in writing and delivered to the applicable party at its main office or any other place as designated by each party in writing.

 

1.22.

Incorporation. All Exhibits, Schedules, Addendums, certificates, agreements and other documents attached hereto and to which reference is made herein are incorporated by reference as if fully set forth herein.

 

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1.23.

Headings. The headings used in this Master Agreement are inserted for purposes of convenience of reference only and will not limit or define the meaning of any provisions of this Master Agreement.

 

1.24.

Language. This Master Agreement has been executed in the English language and all Exhibits, Addendums and Schedules to this Master Agreement shall be in English, except that any Addenda in effect prior to the date hereof may be in Spanish.

 

1.25.

Counterparts. This Master Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which will be deemed an original, but all of which together will constitute one and the same instrument.

 

1.26.

Representations and Warranties. EVERTEC, COMPANY and BPPR each represent and warrant that (i) it has the power and authority to grant the rights and perform the obligations to which it commits herein; (ii) the execution of this Master Agreement by the person representing it will be sufficient to render the Master Agreement binding upon it; (iii) except for consents, approvals, waivers and authorizations relating to COMPANY’s right to assign, or EVERTEC’s right to assume or otherwise make use or benefit from, any license that is (a) the subject of Section 5.25 of the Agreement and Plan of Merger or (b) set forth in a Company IP Agreement (as that term is defined in the Agreement and Plan of Merger), in each case, to use Third Party Intellectual Property (such licenses the “Merger IP Licenses”) that has not been obtained by EVERTEC as of the Effective Date, neither its performance hereunder nor the exercise by the other parties of rights granted by the warranting party hereunder will violate any applicable laws or regulations, or the legal rights of any Third Parties, or the terms of any other agreement to which the warranting party is or becomes a party; and (iv) it has and will maintain an adequate system of internal controls and procedures for financial reporting. Each party is separately responsible for ensuring that its performance and grant of rights do not constitute any such violation during the term of this Master Agreement. Each of the foregoing representations and warranties and any other representations and warranties made throughout this Master Agreement will be deemed provided by the parties on the Effective Date hereof and will be continuous in nature throughout the life of this Master Agreement.

 

1.27.

Specific Performance. COMPANY and EVERTEC agree that if an act or omission of one of the Popular Parties or any of their respective Subsidiaries, on the one hand, or EVERTEC, on the other hand, results in a breach of Section 1.5(h), Section 1.18, Section 2.1(b), Section 2.8, Section 2.9, Section 2.10, Article 5 or Article 6, EVERTEC or the Popular Parties, as applicable, will be irreparably damaged, no adequate remedy at law would exist and damages would be difficult to determine, and that EVERTEC or one of the Popular Parties, as applicable, shall be entitled to an injunction or injunctions to prevent such breach, and to specific performance of the terms of Section 1.5(h), 1.18, Section 2.1(b), Section 2.8, 2.9, Section 2.10, Article 5 or Article 6, as the case may be, in addition to any other remedy at law or equity, without having to post bond or any financial undertaking.

 

1.28.

Limitation of Actions. No action, regardless of form, arising out of any claimed breach of this Master Agreement or the Services provided hereunder, may be brought by any party more than two (2) years after such party has obtained actual knowledge of the cause of action or after the statute of limitations prescribed by Puerto Rico law, whichever is less.

 

1.29.

Additional Assurances. The parties covenant and agree that subsequent to the execution and delivery of this Master Agreement and without any additional consideration, each will execute and deliver any further legal instruments and perform any acts that are or may become necessary to effectuate the purposes of this Master Agreement.

 

1.30.

No BPPR Guarantee. The parties acknowledge and agree that notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Master Agreement, BPPR is party to this Master Agreement only to the extent that it receives Services from EVERTEC, and BPPR shall be liable to EVERTEC only for the performance of its (and its Subsidiaries’) duties, obligations and payments under this Master Agreement. BPPR shall not guarantee or otherwise be liable for the performance of any duties, obligations or payments of any of BPPR’s Affiliates (other than BPPR itself and BPPR’s Subsidiaries) or for the performance of any duties, obligations or payments of Popular or Popular’s Subsidiaries arising under this Master Agreement.

 

1.31.

EVERTEC Change of Control.

 

  a)

EVERTEC Change of Control. Popular and BPPR shall have the right, subject to Section 1.31(c), to terminate this Master Agreement up to 30 days following the later of (i) the occurrence of an EVERTEC Change of Control or (ii) the date on which EVERTEC provides Popular and BPPR written notice that an EVERTEC Change of Control has occurred or is likely to occur (provided that if EVERTEC has not satisfied its obligations pursuant to Section 1.31(b) and that Popular or BPPR asserts such failure prior to the expiration of the 30-day

 

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period then such 30-day period shall be tolled until EVERTEC satisfies its obligations under Section 1.31(b) and provided further that if an EVERTEC Change of Control occurs, and EVERTEC fails to provide Popular and BPPR written notice thereof within 30 days thereof, then Popular and BPPR shall have an unqualified right to terminate this Agreement), unless (w) the Person or Group of Persons proposing to engage in such proposed EVERTEC Change of Control transaction (the “Control Acquirer”) is identified to Popular by EVERTEC at least 30 Business Days prior to such proposed EVERTEC Change of Control; (x) neither the Control Acquirer nor any of its Affiliates is engaged, directly or indirectly, in the banking, securities, insurance or lending business, from which they derive aggregate annual revenues from Puerto Rico in excess of $50 million unless none of them has a physical presence in Puerto Rico that is used to conduct any such business; (y) EVERTEC (or its successor, as applicable) will be Solvent immediately after and giving effect to such proposed EVERTEC Change of Control; and (z) EVERTEC (or its successor, as applicable), after the proposed EVERTEC Change of Control, will be capable of providing the Services at the level of service that is required under this Master Agreement; provided further that if Popular, BPPR or any of their respective Controlled Affiliates votes in favor of the transaction resulting in the EVERTEC Change of Control or Transfers (other than a Transfer in the context of a merger, business combination, reorganization, recapitalization or similar transaction) any equity securities in connection with the transaction resulting in the EVERTEC Change of Control and, in either case, was not compelled to do so as part of a Drag-Along Transaction, a Dragged Asset Sale or other requirement of the Stockholder Agreement or any other Group Agreement with respect to Holdco, EVERTEC or any successor or other entity holding all or substantially all the assets of EVERTEC and its Subsidiaries, then such termination right shall not apply.

 

  b)

Cooperation. EVERTEC shall use its reasonable best efforts to cooperate with Popular and BPPR in evaluating whether any proposed EVERTEC Change of Control would be in compliance with the requirements of this Section 1.31 including the ability of Assignee Sub or Asset Acquirer, as applicable, to comply with the terms of this Master Agreement, including, in each case, by providing any non-confidential information regarding the purposes and plans in connection with such proposed EVERTEC Change of Control other than information that would create any potential liability under Legal Requirements, violate any confidentiality obligation, or that reasonably would be expected to result in the waiver of any attorney-client privilege.

 

  c)

Notice of Objection. If EVERTEC provides at least 30 days’ written notice to Popular and BPPR prior to an EVERTEC Change of Control, BPPR and/or Popular shall notify EVERTEC in writing within 15 Business Days following receipt of EVERTEC’s notice of the proposed EVERTEC Change of Control of any objection to any proposed EVERTEC Change of Control on the basis that it does not satisfy the criteria set forth in clauses (w) through (z) of Section 1.31(a) (unless EVERTEC has failed to satisfy its obligations pursuant to Section 1.31(b) and Popular or BPPR asserts such failure prior to the expiration of the 15 Business Day objection period, in which case such 15 Business Day objection period shall be tolled until EVERTEC satisfies its obligations pursuant to Section 1.31(b)). If BPPR or Popular fails to timely object to such proposed assignment (taking into account any tolling of the 15 Business Day objection period), it shall be deemed to have consented to such proposed EVERTEC Change of Control and waived its right of termination under Section 1.31(a).

ARTICLE TWO – THE SERVICES

 

2.1

Services.

 

  a)

EVERTEC will provide to COMPANY, BPPR, and their respective Subsidiaries the Services which are listed in Exhibit B, attached hereto, including the additional descriptions of certain of such Services in the document Application Processing Base Prices Details included as Schedule 1 to Exhibit B.

 

  b)

Each of COMPANY and BPPR agrees to, and to cause each of its respective Subsidiaries to, receive the Services provided on the date hereof as set forth on Exhibit B (to the extent a Service is provided by EVERTEC to COMPANY, BPPR, or their respective Subsidiaries prior to the date hereof and continuing on the date hereof (except for a Service that relates to a non-recurring, definitive project), such Service shall be added to Exhibit B), including any change, modification, enhancement or upgrade of such Services in accordance with Sections 2.6 and 2.7 (collectively, the “Exclusive Services”), on an exclusive basis from EVERTEC. Subject to the terms of this Master Agreement, COMPANY, BPPR, and their respective Subsidiaries shall not, without the prior written consent of EVERTEC, use a Third Party to provide any of the Exclusive Services and COMPANY, BPPR, and their respective Subsidiaries shall not perform any of the Exclusive Services themselves or through their Subsidiaries (other than through EVERTEC); provided, however, that upon a

 

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Release Event (as such term is defined under the Technology Agreement), COMPANY, BPPR, and their respective Subsidiaries shall have the right, in accordance with the terms of the Technology Agreement, to (i) provide for themselves or (ii) use an Affiliate of COMPANY, BPPR and their respective Subsidiaries or a Third Party to provide, an Exclusive Service or Exclusive Services to which such Release Event relates. Such right of COMPANY, BPPR and their respective Subsidiaries to provide an Exclusive Service or Exclusive Services to themselves or to use an Affiliate or Third Party for the provision of the applicable Exclusive Service or Exclusive Services shall immediately cease upon (i) EVERTEC properly exercising its Clawback Right (as that term is defined in the Technology Agreement) or (ii) the rendering of a arbitral decision in accordance with Section 9.1 of the Technology Agreement pursuant to which it is determined that a Release Event did not occur.

 

  c)

If EVERTEC and the Popular Parties, or any of their respective Subsidiaries, agree from time to time upon terms and prices for certain Services, then EVERTEC, on the one hand, and the Popular Parties or any of their appropriate respective Subsidiaries, on the other hand, will execute a separate addendum (each, a “Service Addendum”) setting forth the mutually agreed upon terms and prices for such Services. Each such Service Addendum will be incorporated and, to the extent not incompatible, will be subject to the terms and conditions of this Master Agreement. Nothing herein will be interpreted as imposing an obligation upon EVERTEC to develop new Services, or upon COMPANY, BPPR, or any of their respective Subsidiaries to acquire any additional Services from EVERTEC. The parties agree that regardless if a Service is set forth in a Service Addendum or not, the pricing relative to any and all Services will be set forth in Exhibit B, which will serve as a master list of the Services and corresponding pricing. The parties agree that Exhibit B will be reviewed and updated on an ongoing basis following the Effective Date hereof. Any changes to Exhibit B shall be agreed to by both parties by executing an amended and restated Exhibit B clearly denoting the date any such changes become effective; provided that EVERTEC may amend Exhibit B upon notice to, but without the consent of, the Popular Parties in order to reflect the price adjustments provided in Section 3.1(b), or any change, modification, enhancement or upgrade of the Services permitted pursuant to Section 2.1(b), but for the avoidance of doubt subject to the consent requirements of Sections 2.6 and 2.7.

 

  d)

The Service Addenda set forth in Schedule 2 to Exhibit B are hereby incorporated into this Master Agreement by this reference.

 

  e)

Each Statement of Work (“SOW”) pursuant to which EVERTEC provides Services(s) to COMPANY, BPPR and/or their respective Subsidiaries as of the date hereof (except for any SOW that relates to a non-recurring definitive project) is set forth in Schedule 3 to Exhibit B and is hereby incorporated into this Master Agreement.

 

  f)

Each SOW to be entered into after the date of this Master Agreement, pursuant to which EVERTEC shall provide Services(s) to COMPANY, BPPR and/or their respective Subsidiaries after the date hereof shall be set forth in Schedule 4 to Exhibit B and shall be incorporated into this Master Agreement.

 

  g)

Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, COMPANY, BPPR, and their respective Subsidiaries shall not be obligated (i) to receive any service or product from EVERTEC that is not an Exclusive Service, or (ii) to grant a Right of First Refusal with respect to any service or product, that is outside the scope of the business of EVERTEC.

 

2.2

Service Personnel. EVERTEC agrees that it will use its Best Efforts to assign qualified, adequately trained, and efficient professionals and personnel who will use their Best Efforts to discharge their obligations under this Master Agreement in an efficient and timely manner and to exercise reasonable care in performing the Services subject to the terms and conditions of each Service.

 

2.3

Service Level Agreement. The Services will be rendered in a commercially reasonable manner, in accordance with the performance standards and service levels applicable to the Service in question, generally accepted industry practices and procedures used in performing services of a like-kind to the Services but no less than with the same degree of care and diligence practiced prior to the date hereof (the “Service Levels”). Unless agreed to otherwise in writing by the parties, all Service Levels will be subject to the general terms and conditions of the Service Level Agreement attached hereto as Exhibit C (together with Schedule 1 to Exhibit C, the “Service Level Agreement”), which was entered into under, and incorporated into, the 2010 MSA and is further incorporated into this Master Agreement by reference. Furthermore, the parties agree that EVERTEC’s performance levels and procedures for Services for which no Service Level or procedures have been expressly defined shall be no less than the performance levels and procedures prior to the date hereof or, to the extent any such Services have not been provided to COMPANY, BPPR, and their respective Subsidiaries prior to the date hereof, such Services shall be

 

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provided at Service Levels that are at least consistent with then prevailing industry standards or as mutually agreed to by the parties. The parties agree that regardless if a Service is set forth in a Service Addendum or not, if the Service is subject to Service Levels, such Service Levels will be set forth in Schedule 1 of the Service Level Agreement which will serve as a master list of all Service Levels applicable to the Services COMPANY, BPPR, and their respective Subsidiaries receive hereunder. The parties agree that Schedule 1 will be reviewed and updated on an ongoing basis following the Effective Date hereof. Any changes to the Service Levels set forth in Schedule 1 shall be agreed to by the parties by executing an amended and restated Schedule 1 clearly denoting the date any such changes become effective. The parties agree that they shall negotiate in good faith with respect to any disputes arising from the updating of Schedule 1.

 

2.4

Reports and Errors.

 

  a)

COMPANY and BPPR will be responsible for reviewing and reconciling, the reports, statements, files, and any notice, correspondence or communication (collectively, the “Reports”) it or its Subsidiaries receives from EVERTEC and each of Company and BPPR agrees to exercise Best Efforts to do so in a commercially reasonable time period taking into account any deadlines imposed by any Legal Requirements.

 

  b)

Each of COMPANY and BPPR shall exercise Best Efforts to detect and report errors and/or discrepancies (“Errors”) in the Reports received from EVERTEC within a commercially reasonable time period taking into account any deadlines imposed by any Legal Requirements.

 

  c)

The notice given by COMPANY or BPPR to EVERTEC shall specify and describe the Errors detected by COMPANY or BPPR, as the case may be, and the parties shall use their respective Best Efforts and cooperate with each other to obtain and/or provide to each other any available information that may be necessary, relevant and/or useful to identify the cause of any Errors and correct and resolve such Errors.

 

  d)

EVERTEC shall exercise Best Efforts to correct, resolve and/or reprocess the Errors reported to EVERTEC by COMPANY or BPPR within a commercially reasonable time period.

 

  e)

Any party may require that any controversy related to or arising under the provisions of this Section 2.4 be processed as a Dispute pursuant to Section 1.15, but in such case the Dispute shall be immediately addressed by each party’s Representative negotiating in good faith without having to comply with the Dispute Notice and time periods set forth in Section 1.15.

 

2.5

Specifications for Services.

 

  a)

Based on COMPANY’s and BPPR’s instructions, EVERTEC will establish the processing parameter settings, features and options (collectively, the “Specifications”) for the Services that will apply to COMPANY, BPPR, and their respective Subsidiaries (including all control and verification mechanisms utilized in each processing function related to the Services).

 

  b)

The parties agree that unless otherwise agreed to in writing by the parties, the Specifications will be derived from or in compliance with the respective terms and conditions established or documented by the parties using means such as, but not limited to: (i) electronic systems used to register service requests; (ii) operational manuals of COMPANY, BPPR, or their respective Subsidiaries provided to EVERTEC; (iii) SOWs; (iv) service standard forms provided by COMPANY, BPPR and/or a Client to EVERTEC; and (v) any other written instructions that may be provided by COMPANY or BPPR to EVERTEC from time to time; provided, that in the event any Specification is documented by the parties pursuant to clauses (i) – (v) in this Section 2.5 and such Specification relates to a recurring Service (as opposed to a definitive project), Exhibit B shall be amended to include such Specification and the corresponding fee agreed to by the parties.

 

  c)

COMPANY will certify and approve all Specifications and modifications thereof before their activation in the production environment. EVERTEC will perform system processing and provide the Services in accordance with the Specifications.

 

  d)

COMPANY will ensure that, throughout the Term of this Master Agreement, all communications networks and devices used by it in receiving the Services under this Master Agreement, including the Internet and any virtual private network, will conform to the Specifications as are agreed to by the parties from time to time.

 

  e)

Should the Specifications call for the use of software owned by or under license to EVERTEC, or should

 

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EVERTEC be required to procure hardware, software or other items in order to perform the Services in accordance with the Specifications, (i) COMPANY, BPPR, or one of their respective Subsidiaries may subscribe to a separate license agreement for such software; and/or (ii) EVERTEC will pass through and assign to COMPANY, BPPR, or one of their respective Subsidiaries all warranties provided by the manufacturer(s) and/or licensor(s) of such items; provided, however that all disclaimers and/or limitations of liabilities relating to such software, hardware or other items will be deemed extended to include EVERTEC.

 

2.6

Modifications to Services.

 

  a)

Subject to Section 8.2, EVERTEC reserves the right to change, modify, enhance or upgrade the manner in which it renders the Services, at any time, provided, however, that any change, modification, enhancement or upgrade does not adversely affect the functionality of the Services, the fees for such Service and/or the agreed upon Service Levels, as applicable, and provided that (i) EVERTEC provides written notice of such modification to COMPANY and BPPR at least forty-five (45) days prior to implementation of any such change, modification, enhancement or upgrade, (ii) such notice describes in reasonable detail the change, modification, enhancement or upgrade to be made by such modification and EVERTEC promptly answers any reasonable inquiries of COMPANY, BPPR, or one of their respective Subsidiaries regarding such change, modification, enhancement or upgrade and (iii) neither COMPANY nor BPPR delivers a written notice to EVERTEC prior to such implementation that it reasonably believes that such change, modification, enhancement or upgrade would be likely to adversely affect its or one of its Subsidiaries’ compliance with applicable Legal Requirements.

 

  b)

Any change, modification, enhancement or upgrade requested or required by COMPANY or BPPR that is not a Mandatory Enhancement or a Supplemental Mandatory Enhancement (a “Requested Enhancement”) will require written notice to EVERTEC. Upon receipt of such notice, EVERTEC will exercise Best Efforts to prepare and present to COMPANY or BPPR, as soon as possible, a written estimate of the costs for the Requested Enhancement and any adjustment in fees that may be necessary as a result thereof. EVERTEC’s Best Efforts will take into consideration the business needs of COMPANY, BPPR, and their respective Subsidiaries and any timeframes for implementation related thereto. The parties will have a period of thirty (30) days following the receipt of the estimate to negotiate in good faith any costs and/or price adjustments. Should the parties be unable to arrive at mutually agreed upon costs and/or price adjustments within such thirty (30) day time period, the changes will not be developed by EVERTEC and this Master Agreement will continue in full force in effect under the then current terms and conditions; provided, however, notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Master Agreement, COMPANY, BPPR, and their respective Subsidiaries may, subject to the terms and conditions of the Technology Agreement, have such changes developed by another contractor of COMPANY, BPPR, or one of their respective Subsidiaries. In cooperation with such contractor, EVERTEC will implement the developed changes into the Services.

 

2.7

Mandatory Enhancements.

 

  a)

Subject to Section 8.2, EVERTEC will provide change, modification, enhancement or upgrade to certain Services to ensure that those Services permit COMPANY, BPPR, or their respective Subsidiaries to comply with mandatory changes in COMPANY’s, BPPR’s, or their respective Subsidiaries’ Legal Requirements (the “Mandatory Enhancements”).

 

  b)

EVERTEC shall consult with COMPANY and BPPR, as well as other EVERTEC customers affected by the relevant Mandatory Enhancement, regarding the interpretation of the relevant Legal Requirements as well as the strategy for implementation of the Mandatory Enhancement. Ultimately, the design and implementation of the Mandatory Enhancement shall be based on EVERTEC’s reasonable interpretation of the relevant Legal Requirement and its understanding of the Services affected thereby.

 

  c)

EVERTEC may charge COMPANY or BPPR at the time and material rates set forth in Exhibit B, as applicable, for development hours expended on Mandatory Enhancements for COMPANY, BPPR, or any of their respective Subsidiaries on a prorated basis. The costs will be proportionately allocated among EVERTEC’s affected customers. Any such charges shall be disclosed to COMPANY and BPPR as soon as reasonably possible following the consultations described in Section 2.7(b), including a description of how they are to be calculated and allocated among COMPANY, BPPR, and their appropriate respective Subsidiaries, on the one hand, and EVERTEC’s other affected customers, on the other. If COMPANY or BPPR can reasonably demonstrate that it or its applicable Subsidiary is not subject to the Legal Requirement that is the subject of a given Mandatory Enhancement, COMPANY, BPPR, and their appropriate respective Subsidiaries shall not be charged any development fees for such enhancement.

 

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  d)

In the event that COMPANY, BPPR or any of their respective Subsidiaries requests other changes, modifications, enhancements or upgrades to the Services that are different from or in addition to, but requested in connection with, Mandatory Enhancements (the “Supplemental Mandatory Enhancements”), then, provided EVERTEC agrees to make such changes, modifications, enhancements or upgrades (which agreement shall not be unreasonably withheld), COMPANY, BPPR or any of their Subsidiaries that request a Supplemental Mandatory Enhancement, shall be charged a development fee at the time and material rates specified in Exhibit B, as applicable. EVERTEC may charge COMPANY, BPPR or any of their Subsidiaries that request a Supplemental Mandatory Enhancement, an ongoing usage fee for any new Service resulting from (i) Mandatory Enhancements to the extent charged its other customers, or (ii) Supplemental Mandatory Enhancements.

 

2.8

Non-Circumvention Covenants.

 

  a)

EVERTEC agrees that it shall not directly initiate or procure any negotiations or contacts with any Client that are designed or intended to:

 

  (i)

induce, cause, or propose to any Client to terminate any of the accounts and/or any other business relationships such Client may have with COMPANY, BPPR, or any of their respective Subsidiaries (including but not limited to accounts or relationships for which COMPANY, BPPR, or their respective Subsidiaries shall have engaged EVERTEC to provide any of the Services); or

 

  (ii)

induce, cause, or propose to any Client to seek to transfer such accounts and/or business relationships from COMPANY, BPPR, or their respective Subsidiaries to another Person.

 

  b)

The Popular Parties agree that they shall not, nor cause any of their respective Subsidiaries to, directly initiate or procure any negotiations or contacts with any of EVERTEC’s clients or service providers that are designed or intended to:

 

  (i)

induce, cause, or propose to any such client or service provider to (A) terminate any of the accounts and/or any other business relationships such client may have directly with EVERTEC, as applicable or (B) modify the terms of such client’s or service provider’s agreement(s) with EVERTEC in a manner that is adverse to EVERTEC, or

 

  (ii)

induce, cause, or propose to any such client or service provider of EVERTEC to (A) reduce or curtail the amount or type of services or goods that EVERTEC provides, sells or receives from or to such client or service provider, (B) reduce the amount of business with, prices paid to, or revenue from, a client, (C) increase the prices paid by a service provider or (D) seek to transfer such accounts and/or business relationships from EVERTEC to another Person;

provided, that the mere fact that COMPANY, BPPR, or one of their respective Subsidiaries shall have engaged EVERTEC to provide any of the Services to its Clients will not cause such Clients to be considered “clients” or “accounts” and/or “business relationships” of EVERTEC for purposes of this Section.

 

  c)

Nothing in this Section 2.8 shall be interpreted to preclude or prevent either party from (i) distributing marketing materials on its products and services to the general public; or (ii) responding to requests for products and services from the other party’s respective clients or other Persons, but, in the case of EVERTEC, subject to the limitations imposed under Section 2.9(a). In addition, nothing in paragraphs (a) or (b) of this Section shall be interpreted to preclude or prevent EVERTEC from entering into any agreement with a Person in the same industry or a similar industry which offers similar products or services as COMPANY (a “Competitor”) pursuant to which such Competitor will provide to its clients any one or more services similar to the Services; provided, however, that EVERTEC in its dealings with such Competitor shall at all times comply with its confidentiality obligations under this Master Agreement. Nothing in this Section 2.8 shall be deemed to apply to services of the type provided pursuant to the Independent Sales Organization Sponsorship and Services Agreement between BPPR and EVERTEC or services of the type typically provided by Independent Sales Organizations to merchants.

 

2.9

Non-Compete Covenants.

 

  a)

Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 2.8, EVERTEC agrees that, without Popular’s, or its relevant Subsidiary’s, prior written consent, it shall not offer, provide or market any of the Restricted Payment

 

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Processing Services (as defined below) to any of the Strategic Clients (as defined below). Furthermore, the parties agree that they shall cooperate with each other to provide, offer and market the Restricted Payment Processing Services to Strategic Clients. In the event COMPANY, BPPR, and all of their respective Subsidiaries cease to offer any service included in the definition of “Restricted Payment Processing Services” to any of its Clients, such service shall no longer be included in the list of Restricted Payment Processing Services and EVERTEC shall be permitted to offer such service without any restriction.

 

  b)

For purposes of this Section:

 

  1.

“Restricted Payment Processing Services” means the payment processing services that are currently being offered by COMPANY, BPPR, or one of their respective Subsidiaries to Clients, and that are listed below.

 

  (i)

Multi Merchant Pay

 

  (ii)

Call Center Pay

 

  (iii)

Kiosk

 

  (iv)

Check-Out Payment (v) PER/PER WEB

 

  (vi)

Lockbox Retail/Wholesale

 

  (vii)

Telepago Online (viii) IVRU

 

  2.

“Strategic Clients” means the Clients listed in Exhibit D to this Master Agreement, which shall be subject to the provisions of this Section so long as such Clients maintain an account and/or business relationship with COMPANY, BPPR, or one of their respective Subsidiaries. Exhibit D may be amended only with the prior written consent of Popular and EVERTEC.

 

2.10

Right of First Refusal.

 

  a)

For purposes of this Section the following terms shall have the corresponding meanings:

 

  1.

“COMPANY New Service” means a new service or product created or developed independently by COMPANY, BPPR, or one of their respective Subsidiaries.

 

  2.

“Development Project” means the implementation of any development, maintenance, enhancement, modification or other technology projects related to the Services.

 

  3.

“EVERTEC New Service” means a new service or product created or developed by EVERTEC internally or by a Third Party unless such service or development is created by, or at the specific request of an EVERTEC client other than COMPANY, BPPR, or one of their respective Subsidiaries.

 

  4.

“Exercise Notice” means notification by Grantee to Grantor of its desire to exercise its Right of First Refusal for a Special Service Project.

 

  5.

“Grantor” means the party granting the Right of First Refusal.

 

  6.

“Grantee” means the party receiving the Right of First Refusal.

 

  7.

“Notice of Intent” means notification by Grantor to Grantee of its intent to implement a Special Service Project.

 

  8.

“Option Period” means the period of thirty (30) days following receipt of the Notice of Intent, during which Grantee must deliver its Exercise Notice to Grantor.

 

  9.

“Outsourced Processing Service” means the services provided under the Outsourced Processing Contracts.

 

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  10.

“Right of First Refusal” means the right of the Grantee to be given an opportunity before any other Person to accept or reject an offer.

 

  11.

“Special Service Project” means collectively and individually, Development Projects, COMPANY New Services, EVERTEC New Services and Outsourced Processing Service.

 

  b)

Each of EVERTEC, on the one hand, and the Popular Parties and their respective Subsidiaries, on the other hand, shall grant to EVERTEC or the Popular Parties, as applicable, a Right of First Refusal under the following circumstances:

 

  1.

Should COMPANY, BPPR, or one of their respective Subsidiaries intend to (i) implement any Development Project, or (ii) create or offer a COMPANY New Service; or

 

  2.

Subject to Section 2.1(e), should EVERTEC intend to create or offer an EVERTEC New Service.

 

  3.

Should COMPANY, BPPR, or one of their respective Subsidiaries intend to extend or renew any of the Outsourced Processing Contracts or enter into a new agreement to provide any portion of the Outsourced Processing Services.

 

  c)

Upon occurrence of any one of the circumstances listed in paragraph (b), Grantor will send Grantee a Notice of Intent.

 

  d)

If Grantee determines it will exercise its Right of First Refusal, Grantee must send Grantor its Exercise Notice within the Option Period.

 

  e)

Upon Grantor’s receipt of Grantee’s Exercise Notice, the parties will immediately commence good faith negotiations to enter into a definitive agreement for the Special Service Project to be incorporated hereunder as a Service Addendum stating the mutually agreed upon terms and prices for such Services.

 

  f)

Grantor will be entitled to negotiate the Special Service Project with a Third Party and Grantee’s Right of First Refusal will be deemed terminated should one of the following circumstances occur:

 

  1.

Grantee notifies Grantor that it will not exercise its Right of First Refusal;

 

  2.

Grantee fails to exercise its Right of First Refusal within the Option Period;

 

  3.

The parties are unable to reach an agreement by the fiftieth (50th) day following the date of the Exercise Notice; provided, however, that in such case, the terms and conditions for the Special Service Project as offered by or to a Third Party must be as favorable or better to the Grantee than those proposed during the negotiations between the parties; or

 

  4.

This Master Agreement is terminated in accordance with Article Nine herein.

 

  g)

In the event that EVERTEC decides not to exercise its Right of First Refusal within the Option Period and COMPANY, BPPR, or one of their respective Subsidiaries contracts the Development Project or COMPANY New Service to a Third Party, COMPANY and BPPR acknowledge and agree that EVERTEC will not be liable for any errors to or impact on the Services as a result of the work performed by such Third Party and will have no obligation under this Master Agreement to correct such errors or impact, unless otherwise agreed to by the parties.

 

  h)

In furtherance of Section 2.10(b)(3), within a sufficient period of time before the expiration of any of the Outsourced Processing Contracts, COMPANY, BPPR, and their appropriate respective Subsidiaries shall provide EVERTEC and its Representatives with access to COMPANY, BPPR, and/or their appropriate respective Subsidiaries’ personnel, documents and Company Data related to such Outsourced Processing Contracts, in each case to the extent permitted under and subject to Legal Requirements and contracts with Third Parties and as is reasonably necessary for EVERTEC to evaluate the Outsourced Processing Services and make a bona fide proposal to offer the Outsourced Processing Services.

 

2.11

Equipment.

 

  a)

EVERTEC will retain all right, title or interest in any EVERTEC equipment supplied to COMPANY, BPPR, or

 

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any of their respective Subsidiaries as part of the Services (“EVERTEC Equipment”), and no ownership rights in such EVERTEC Equipment will transfer to COMPANY, BPPR, or any of their respective Subsidiaries. COMPANY, BPPR, and their respective Subsidiaries will, as applicable, provide a suitable and secure environment, free from environmental hazards, and electric power for such EVERTEC Equipment located in premises operated or controlled by COMPANY, BPPR, or one of their respective Subsidiaries, and will keep the EVERTEC Equipment free from all liens, charges, and encumbrances. COMPANY, BPPR, and their respective Subsidiaries, as applicable, will bear the risk of loss of or damage to EVERTEC Equipment (ordinary wear and tear excepted) from any cause except to the extent caused by EVERTEC or its suppliers. COMPANY, BPPR, and their respective Subsidiaries agree that they will not remove, relocate, modify, or interfere with EVERTEC Equipment, or attach EVERTEC Equipment to non-EVERTEC equipment without prior written authorization from EVERTEC.

 

  b)

Title to and risk of loss of any equipment purchased from EVERTEC will pass to COMPANY, BPPR, or their respective Subsidiaries as of delivery, upon which date EVERTEC will have no further obligations of any kind with respect to such purchased equipment, except as set forth in a document executed by the appropriate parties.

 

  c)

All ownership or leasehold interest in a party’s facilities, and associated equipment used in connection with the Services, will at all times remain with that party. If any equipment of COMPANY, BPPR, or any of their respective Subsidiaries (“COMPANY Equipment”) is used to provide the Services, COMPANY, BPPR, or their appropriate respective Subsidiaries, will grant EVERTEC a non-transferable and non-exclusive license to use such COMPANY Equipment in the manner necessary to provide the Services, except as otherwise may be provided in writing.

 

2.12

Import/Export Control.

 

  a)

The parties acknowledge that equipment, products, software, and technical information (including, but not limited to, technical assistance and training) provided under this Master Agreement may be subject to import or export laws, conventions or regulations, and any use or transfer of the equipment, products, software, and technical information must be in compliance with all such laws, conventions and regulations. The parties will not use, distribute, transfer, or transmit the equipment, products, software, or technical information (even if incorporated into other products) except in compliance with such laws, conventions and regulations. If requested by either party, the other party agrees to sign written assurances and other documents as may be required to comply with such laws, conventions and regulations.

 

  b)

In the event any necessary import or export license cannot be obtained within six (6) months after making an application, no party will have further obligations with respect to providing or purchasing and, if applicable, COMPANY, BPPR, or one of their respective Subsidiaries will return the equipment, products, software, or technical information that is the subject matter of the unsuccessful application.

 

2.13

Business Continuity/Disaster Recovery Plan and Disaster Recovery Services Addendum. Each party acknowledges that it is responsible for maintaining in effect at all times an appropriate Business Continuity/Disaster Recovery Plan (the “Plan”). EVERTEC warrants that its Plan addresses the continuation of the services it provides to its clients as specified therein, if an Event threatens to impair or disrupt EVERTEC’s delivery of such services. Furthermore, the parties agree that:

 

  a)

Throughout the Term of this Master Agreement, EVERTEC will maintain its Plan in compliance with applicable Legal Requirements.

 

  b)

EVERTEC agrees to exercise Best Efforts to resume the Affected Services (as that term is defined in the Disaster Recovery Services Addendum) within the Recovery Time Objectives established in the Disaster Recovery Services Addendum.

 

  c)

Upon COMPANY’s or BPPR’s reasonable request, EVERTEC shall make available to COMPANY and/or BPPR, for the purpose of responding to questions concerning the Plan and the Disaster Recovery Service Addendum, one or more representatives who are knowledgeable about such Plan and Disaster Recovery Service Addendum, the manner in which it is tested and the manner in which it would be implemented upon the occurrence of an Event.

 

  d)

EVERTEC shall cooperate with COMPANY, BPPR and their respective Subsidiaries on any regulatory review of the Plan and/or the Disaster Recovery Services Addendum. In the event COMPANY or BPPR determines

 

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that Legal Requirements necessitate additional disaster recovery services and/or modifications to the existing Plan and/or Disaster Recovery Services Addendum, (1) EVERTEC agrees to cooperate with COMPANY, BPPR and their respective Subsidiaries to resolve any issues raised by COMPANY, BPPR or one of their respective Subsidiaries and/or in assuring that the Plan and the Disaster Recovery Services Addendum complies with the Legal Requirements and (2) COMPANY, BPPR, or one of their respective Subsidiaries shall be charged a development fee at the time and material rates specified in Exhibit B, as applicable and EVERTEC may charge COMPANY, BPPR, or one of their respective Subsidiaries an ongoing usage fee for any new Service that results from the modifications requested in accordance with this Section 2.13.

ARTICLE THREE – PAYMENT FOR SERVICES

 

3.1

Fees.

 

  a)

In consideration for EVERTEC providing COMPANY, BPPR, and their respective Subsidiaries the Services, each of COMPANY and BPPR agrees to pay, or cause one of its respective Subsidiaries to pay, EVERTEC the corresponding fees set forth in Exhibit B, subject to adjustment as set forth in Section 3.1(b). The parties agree that regardless if a Service is set forth in a Service Addendum or not, the pricing relative to any and all Services will be set forth in Exhibit B, which will serve as a master list of the Services and corresponding pricing. The parties agree that Exhibit B will be reviewed and updated on an ongoing basis following the Effective Date hereof. Any changes to the fees set forth in Exhibit B (other than the adjustments described in Section 3.1(b)) shall be agreed to by both parties by executing an amended and restated Exhibit B clearly denoting the date any such changes become effective.

 

  b)

From and after the second anniversary of the date hereof, the fees set forth in Exhibit B shall be adjusted annually on each yearly anniversary date of this Master Agreement for changes in the CPI after the date hereof; provided that any adjustment shall not exceed 5% per annum.

 

3.2

Terms of Payment. EVERTEC will send an invoice directly to COMPANY, on or before the fifteenth (15th) day of the month following the month in which the Services are rendered, reflecting the fees and other charges to COMPANY, BPPR, and their respective Subsidiaries for the preceding month. COMPANY, BPPR, or one of their respective Subsidiaries, as applicable, will pay to EVERTEC all undisputed amounts due under this Master Agreement within thirty (30) days from the date of receipt of the invoice, unless otherwise agreed to by the parties for a particular Service in writing. Any undisputed amount due under this Master Agreement that is not paid when due will thereafter bear interest at an annual rate of interest equal to one and a half percent (1.5%), but in no event shall exceed the maximum rate of interest allowed under any Legal Requirement. COMPANY and BPPR agree that, if any properly submitted invoice remains unpaid and undisputed for a period exceeding sixty (60) days, EVERTEC may (i) refuse to provide the Services until such time as all past due amounts are paid in full or (ii) terminate this Master Agreement in accordance with and subject to Section 9.2(a)(2).

 

3.3

Services Rendered during Legal Holidays. Unless agreed to otherwise in writing, upon request of COMPANY or BPPR, and provided EVERTEC has available resources to comply therewith, EVERTEC will provide the Services to COMPANY, BPPR, and their respective Subsidiaries during Legal Holidays for the fees set forth in Exhibit B or the corresponding Service Addendum, as applicable.

 

3.4

Additional Services. Any additional services performed by EVERTEC at COMPANY, BPPR, or one of their respective Subsidiaries’ request (or as required by COMPANY, BPPR, or one of their respective Subsidiaries’ act or failure to act under this Master Agreement) over and above the Services listed in Exhibit B of this Master Agreement will be billed at EVERTEC’s standard rates then in effect and disclosed to COMPANY, BPPR, and their respective Subsidiaries for computer and personnel time, equipment, supplies, out-of-pocket costs, and other items and expenses incurred in performing such additional services or as may otherwise be set forth in writing.

 

3.5

Out-of-pocket and Third Party Expenses. With COMPANY’S or BPPR’s prior written approval, additional costs related to delivery and/or collection, telecommunications (other than the telecommunication installation and maintenance services set forth in Exhibit B) or other incidental services, as well as necessary and reasonable services to be provided through EVERTEC by Third Parties, for COMPANY, BPPR, or one of their respective Subsidiaries’ benefit, incurred during the term of this Master Agreement and that are not contemplated in any of the established fees, costs, charges, will be paid by COMPANY, BPPR, or one of their respective Subsidiaries, as applicable, when invoices and related documents are duly presented. All such out-of-pocket or Third Party charges and administration costs related to the Services will be billed by EVERTEC to COMPANY, BPPR, or one of their respective Subsidiaries at an amount equal to cost; provided that to the extent COMPANY, BPPR, or one of their respective Subsidiaries sets forth any limitations on such charges and costs, COMPANY, BPPR, and their respective Subsidiaries shall not be billed for amounts in excess of such limitations.

 

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3.6

Review of Fees. It is the intent of the parties that the fees charged by EVERTEC to any Banking Affiliate shall be in compliance with applicable Legal Requirements. The fees to be charged by EVERTEC to a Banking Affiliate under this Master Agreement shall be subject to a periodic review by the parties in order to ensure that such fees represent and remain at levels consistent with the market terms that such Banking Affiliate would pay to an independent Third Party for providing similar services. When performing such review, the parties will pay particular attention to any available information on comparable market terms for similar services, and will evaluate and take into consideration the contracting terms and the performance of the Services by EVERTEC under this Master Agreement.

 

3.7

Taxes. The fees and charges paid by COMPANY, BPPR, and their respective Subsidiaries under this Master Agreement will be inclusive of any applicable sales, use, personal property, excise, services or other taxes in existence as of the Effective Date. Each party will bear its corresponding taxes or contributions related to this Master Agreement, which may, but not be limited to, municipal, Commonwealth or federal taxes, as applicable.

 

3.8

Disputed Charges; Requests for Information.

 

  a)

Each of COMPANY, BPPR, and their respective Subsidiaries may withhold payment of specific charges within a given invoice that it in good faith disputes or for which it may require additional information from EVERTEC to verify the amounts being charged, provided that COMPANY, BPPR, or such Subsidiary delivers to EVERTEC a written statement on or before the date in which such payment is due, describing in reasonable detail (i) the specific charge or charges being disputed and the basis of the dispute, (ii) if applicable, the supporting documentation that is reasonably required for verification of the charge or charges, and (iii) the amount being withheld.

 

  b)

A charge will be deemed “undisputed” if COMPANY, BPPR, and their respective Subsidiaries do not deliver the aforementioned written statement within the time period provided in this section.

 

  c)

Notwithstanding the foregoing, the parties will have the right to review invoices generated hereunder and claim any under charged or over paid amounts. The parties shall make any such claims within one hundred and twenty (120) days following the date of the invoice.

 

  d)

Any Dispute related to the charges or fees payable under this Master Agreement, if not settled by the parties, shall be resolved in accordance with Section 1.15 hereof.

 

3.9

Supporting Documentation. EVERTEC will maintain supporting documentation for the amounts billable to, and payments made by, COMPANY, BPPR, and their respective Subsidiaries hereunder in accordance with its practices prior to the Effective Date and applicable record retention requirements. EVERTEC agrees to provide COMPANY, BPPR, and their respective Subsidiaries with such supporting documentation with respect to each invoice as may be reasonably requested by COMPANY, BPPR, and their respective Subsidiaries and with the level of detail required by COMPANY, BPPR, and their respective Subsidiaries from time to time.

 

3.10

No Right to Set-Off. COMPANY, BPPR, and their respective Subsidiaries shall pay to EVERTEC the full amount of undisputed charges and any disputed charges that are resolved in favor of EVERTEC and other amounts required to be paid by COMPANY, BPPR, and their respective Subsidiaries under this Master Agreement and COMPANY, BPPR, and their respective Subsidiaries shall not set-off, counterclaim or otherwise withhold any amount owed or claimed to be owed to EVERTEC under this Master Agreement on account of any obligation owed by EVERTEC or any of its Subsidiaries, whether or not such obligation has been finally adjudicated, settled or otherwise agreed upon in writing.

ARTICLE FOUR – DISCLAIMER OF WARRANTIES & LIMITED LIABILITY

 

4.1

DISCLAIMER OF WARRANTIES. EXCEPT AS EXPLICITLY PROVIDED IN THIS MASTER AGREEMENT, THE SERVICES AND ANY EQUIPMENT PROVIDED UNDER THIS MASTER AGREEMENT ARE PROVIDED ON AN “AS IS”, “AS AVAILABLE” BASIS. IN ADDITION, THE PARTIES ACKNOWLEDGE THAT GIVEN THE SERVICES (INCLUDING ANY EQUIPMENT) MAY DEPEND TO SOME EXTENT ON COMPANY, BPPR, AND THEIR RESPECTIVE SUBSIDIARIES’ OWN COMPUTER SYSTEMS, EVERTEC DOES NOT MAKE ANY WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO WARRANTIES OF TITLE, QUIET ENJOYMENT, QUIET POSSESSION,

 

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MERCHANTABILITY, OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE OR NON-INFRINGEMENT. FURTHERMORE, EVERTEC DOES NOT MAKE ANY WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, EXCEPT THOSE MADE IN THIS MASTER AGREEMENT, A SERVICE ADDENDUM OR EXHIBIT C, WITH RESPECT TO LOSS OR CORRUPTION OF DATA, LOSS OR DAMAGE TO EQUIPMENT AND/OR SOFTWARE, SYSTEM RESPONSE TIMES, TELECOMMUNICATION LINES OR OTHER COMMUNICATION DEVICES, QUALITY, AVAILABILITY, RELIABILITY, SECURITY ACCESS DELAYS OR ACCESS INTERRUPTIONS, NOR COMPUTER VIRUSES, BUGS OR ERRORS. EVERTEC DOES NOT MAKE ANY WARRANTIES THAT THE SERVICES WILL NOT BE INTERRUPTED OR ERROR FREE OR AS TO THE RESULTS THAT MAY BE OBTAINED FROM THE USE OF THE SERVICES AND EVERTEC ASSUMES NO RESPONSIBILITY OR LIABILITY IF TELECOMMUNICATION CARRIERS ARE NOT AVAILABLE AT ANY GIVEN TIME. EVERTEC, ITS AFFILIATES, AND THEIR RESPECTIVE REPRESENTATIVES ARE NOT LIABLE, AND EXPRESSLY DISCLAIM ANY LIABILITY FOR THE CONTENT OF ANY DATA OF COMPANY, BPPR, AND THEIR RESPECTIVE SUBSIDIARIES THAT IS TRANSFERRED EITHER TO OR FROM COMPANY, BPPR, AND THEIR RESPECTIVE SUBSIDIARIES OR STORED BY COMPANY, BPPR, AND THEIR RESPECTIVE SUBSIDIARIES VIA THE SERVICES PROVIDED BY EVERTEC. NO ORAL ADVICE OR WRITTEN INFORMATION GIVEN BY EVERTEC REPRESENTATIVES WILL CREATE A WARRANTY; NOR MAY COMPANY, BPPR, AND THEIR RESPECTIVE SUBSIDIARIES RELY ON ANY SUCH INFORMATION OR ADVICE.

 

4.2

Reliance on COMPANY Provided Data. In performing the Services, EVERTEC will be entitled to rely upon the data, information, instructions, or Specifications provided by COMPANY, BPPR, and their respective Subsidiaries and, therefore, will not be liable to COMPANY, BPPR, and their respective Subsidiaries in the same accord as set forth herein as a limitation of liability, should EVERTEC perform in accordance with such data, information or instructions received from COMPANY, BPPR, and their respective Subsidiaries. If any error results from incorrect input supplied by COMPANY, BPPR, and their respective Subsidiaries, COMPANY, BPPR, and their appropriate respective Subsidiaries will be responsible for discovering and reporting such error and supplying the data necessary to correct such error to EVERTEC, in which case, EVERTEC will exercise Best Efforts to correct the error at COMPANY, BPPR, and their appropriate respective Subsidiaries’ sole expense.

 

4.3

Force Majeure. EVERTEC will not be liable for any Loss, damage, non-performance, default, or delay under this Master Agreement caused by or due to Force Majeure. In such event, EVERTEC’s obligation will be limited to using commercially reasonable efforts to reinstate the Services within a reasonable period of time once the unforeseen event has been rectified. Except as otherwise provided for herein, EVERTEC’s time for performance or cure hereunder will be extended for a period equal to the duration of the cause.

 

4.4

Systems and/or Services Not Provided by EVERTEC. To the extent COMPANY, BPPR, or their respective Subsidiaries perform any services themselves or use their own software, hardware, communications devices, Internet services, e-mail systems or other systems or, in the alternative, retain Third Parties to provide such services and systems, the parties acknowledge and agree that terms of this Master Agreement will not be deemed to impose on EVERTEC any obligation to obtain from owners of such systems any licenses or agreements that are necessary in order for EVERTEC to interface the Services with such systems. Nor will EVERTEC have any responsibility or liability in connection with such services or systems not provided by EVERTEC. COMPANY, BPPR, or their respective Subsidiaries will be solely responsible for the installation, operation, maintenance, use, and compatibility of such systems and services. In the event that such systems or services impair COMPANY, BPPR, and their respective Subsidiaries’ use of any Services: (a) COMPANY, BPPR, and their respective Subsidiaries will nonetheless be liable for payment for all Services provided by EVERTEC, and (b) any Specifications generally applicable to the Services will not apply.

 

4.5

LIMITATION OF LIABILITY.

 

  a)

EXCEPT FOR WILLFUL MISCONDUCT OR GROSS NEGLIGENCE, EVERTEC AND ITS SUBSIDIARIES SHALL NOT BE LIABLE TO COMPANY, BPPR OR ANY OF THEIR RESPECTIVE AFFILIATES PURSUANT TO THIS MASTER AGREEMENT FOR ANY SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, PUNITIVE, CONSEQUENTIAL, REMOTE OR SPECULATIVE DAMAGES OR LOSSES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, LOSS OF PROFITS OR ANTICIPATED PROFITS, ROYALTIES, LOST DATA, COST OF PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE SOFTWARE, EQUIPMENT OR SERVICES, OR ANY OTHER BUSINESS OR OTHER ECONOMIC LOSS ARISING FROM OR RELATED TO ANY EQUIPMENT OR SOFTWARE NOT PROVIDED BY EVERTEC, ANY SERVICES, INCIDENTAL OR OTHERWISE, PROVIDED BY THIRD PARTIES (EXCEPT THOSE SERVICES PROVIDED BY A

 

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SUBCONTRACTOR OF EVERTEC UNDER ARTICLE 1.17), AND ANY THIRD PARTY CLAIM (EXCEPT AS OTHERWISE PROVIDED IN ARTICLE TEN OF THIS MASTER AGREEMENT): (I) WHETHER FOR, AMONG OTHER THINGS, SUCH PARTY’S NEGLIGENCE OR MISCONDUCT, BREACH OF WARRANTY OR ANY OBLIGATION ARISING THEREFROM; (II) WHETHER LIABILITY IS ASSERTED IN, AMONG OTHER THINGS, CONTRACT OR TORT (INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO NEGLIGENCE AND STRICT PRODUCT LIABILITY); (III) WHETHER OR NOT FORESEEABLE; AND (IV) WHETHER OR NOT SUCH PARTY HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF ANY SUCH LOSS OR DAMAGE.

 

  b)

EXCEPT FOR WILLFUL MISCONDUCT OR GROSS NEGLIGENCE, COMPANY, BPPR AND THEIR RESPECTIVE SUBSIDIARIES SHALL NOT BE LIABLE TO EVERTEC OR ITS AFFILIATES PURSUANT TO THIS MASTER AGREEMENT FOR ANY SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, PUNITIVE, CONSEQUENTIAL, REMOTE OR SPECULATIVE DAMAGES OR LOSSES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, LOSS OF PROFITS OR ANTICIPATED PROFITS, ROYALTIES, LOST DATA, COST OF PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE SOFTWARE, EQUIPMENT OR SERVICES, OR ANY OTHER BUSINESS OR OTHER ECONOMIC LOSS ARISING FROM OR RELATED TO ANY EQUIPMENT OR SOFTWARE NOT PROVIDED BY COMPANY, BPPR OR THEIR RESPECTIVE SUBSIDIARIES, ANY SERVICES, INCIDENTAL OR OTHERWISE, PROVIDED BY THIRD PARTIES, AND ANY THIRD PARTY CLAIM (EXCEPT AS OTHERWISE PROVIDED IN ARTICLE TEN OF THIS MASTER AGREEMENT): (I) WHETHER FOR, AMONG OTHER THINGS, SUCH PARTY’S NEGLIGENCE OR MISCONDUCT, BREACH OF WARRANTY OR ANY OBLIGATION ARISING THEREFROM; (II) WHETHER LIABILITY IS ASSERTED IN, AMONG OTHER THINGS, CONTRACT OR TORT (INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO NEGLIGENCE AND STRICT PRODUCT LIABILITY); (III) WHETHER OR NOT FORESEEABLE; AND (IV) WHETHER OR NOT SUCH PARTY HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF ANY SUCH LOSS OR DAMAGE, IN EACH CASE, OTHER THAN EXPECTED REVENUES (NET OF EXPECTED COSTS THAT WOULD HAVE OTHERWISE BEEN INCURRED) FOR SERVICES ANTICIPATED TO BE PROVIDED HEREUNDER.

 

  c)

EXCEPT FOR WILLFUL MISCONDUCT OR GROSS NEGLIGENCE OR TO THE EXTENT OTHERWISE PROVIDED UNDER ANY LEGAL REQUIREMENTS, EVERTEC’S LIMIT OF LIABILITY UNDER THIS MASTER AGREEMENT WILL BE THE AMOUNT OF DIRECT DAMAGES SUBJECT TO AN AGGREGATE ANNUAL LIMIT EQUAL TO THE AMOUNT OF PAYMENTS MADE TO EVERTEC BY COMPANY, BPPR, AND THEIR RESPECTIVE SUBSIDIARIES FOR THE SERVICE FOR WHICH THE LIABILITY RELATES DURING THE TWELVE MONTHS PRIOR TO THE ACT, OMISSION OR EVENT THAT GIVES RISE TO THE CLAIM FOR LIABILITY. THIS LIMITATION WILL APPLY NOTWITHSTANDING ANY LIMITED REMEDY PROVIDED HEREIN; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THAT THIS LIMITATION WILL NOT APPLY TO LOSSES RELATED TO BREACHES OF THE CONFIDENTIALITY PROVISIONS OF THIS MASTER AGREEMENT, NOR TO INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY INDEMNIFICATION PROVISIONS. EACH PARTY HEREBY WAIVES ANY CLAIM THAT THESE EXCLUSIONS DEPRIVE IT OF AN ADEQUATE REMEDY OR CAUSE THIS MASTER AGREEMENT TO FAIL OF ITS ESSENTIAL PURPOSE.

ARTICLE FIVE – CONFIDENTIALITY, PRIVACY & SECURITY OF INFORMATION

 

5.1

Confidential Information.

 

  a)

The parties acknowledge that in the course of their dealings each may receive (the “Receiving Party”) Confidential Information of the other party (the “Disclosing Party”). As such, the parties are willing to share such Confidential Information provided that the Receiving Party protects the Confidential Information of the Disclosing Party. Confidential Information will not include information that:

 

  1.

Is or becomes generally available to the public without breach of this Master Agreement;

 

  2.

Was available to the Receiving Party on a non-confidential basis prior to its disclosure by the Disclosing Party;

 

  3.

Becomes available to the Receiving Party from a Third Party, provided that the Receiving Party does not have knowledge, after reasonable inquiry, that such Third Party is subject to an obligation of confidentiality with the Disclosing Party;

 

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  4.

Is independently developed by the Receiving Party without reference to or reliance upon the Confidential Information;

 

  5.

Is approved by the Disclosing Party for disclosure; or

 

  6.

Is required to be disclosed by applicable Legal Requirements or by a Governmental Authority, but only to the extent so required and solely for such purpose, and the Receiving Party shall otherwise remain obligated to treat such information as Confidential Information pursuant to the terms of this Article 5.

 

  b)

In any dispute with respect to these exclusions, the burden of proving that information is not Confidential Information will be on the party making such assertion.

 

5.2

Privacy.

 

  a)

The Receiving Party agrees to protect and hold all Confidential Information in strict confidence and to take all reasonable steps necessary to protect the Confidential Information from unauthorized and/or inadvertent disclosure. Unless in receipt of specific written exemption from the Disclosing Party or required by any Legal Requirements, the Receiving Party will not:

 

  1.

use, reproduce, modify or disclose any of the Confidential Information for any purpose other than to perform its obligations under this Master Agreement for which the Confidential Information is being disclosed;

 

  2.

disclose any of the Confidential Information other than to Representatives of the Receiving Party who have a reasonable need-to-know in order to discharge their obligations under this Master Agreement, and only to do so when the Representatives have agreed to be bound by the confidentiality provisions of this Master Agreement;

 

  3.

remove any proprietary rights legend from the Confidential Information.

 

  b)

The prohibition against the disclosure of Confidential Information includes, but is not limited to, disclosing the substance of the negotiations of the Master Agreement and the existence and/or the terms and conditions thereof, as well as the fact that any similarity exists between the Confidential Information and information independently developed by another Person or entity, and the parties understand that such similarity does not excuse it from abiding by its covenant or other obligations under this Master Agreement.

 

  c)

The Receiving Party will be fully liable for the acts of its Representatives to whom it discloses the Confidential Information.

 

5.3

Security of Customer Information.

 

  a)

To effect the purposes of this Master Agreement, COMPANY, BPPR or one of their respective Subsidiaries may from time to time provide EVERTEC with information or access to information concerning COMPANY, BPPR, or one of their respective Subsidiaries and persons or entities who obtain financial products or services from COMPANY, BPPR, or their respective Subsidiaries, including without limitation, client account information (“Customer Information”). EVERTEC acknowledges that its right to use the Customer Information may be limited by obligations of Company, BPPR or one of their respective Subsidiaries under the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act of 1999 (Public Law 106-102, 113 Stat. 1138) (the “Gramm Act”) and its implementing regulations (e.g., Federal Reserve Regulation P, Securities and Exchange Commission Regulation S-P) and other federal and state laws and regulations regarding privacy and the confidentiality of customer records. EVERTEC shall be responsible for establishing and maintaining an information security program that complies with the Legal Requirements. To protect the privacy of the Customer Information, EVERTEC shall: (i) limit access to the Customer Information to its employees and agents who have a need to know to carry out the purposes for which the Customer Information was disclosed; and (ii) use the Customer Information only for purposes of carrying out its obligations hereunder. Furthermore, EVERTEC agrees to (i) protect and hold all Customer Information in strict confidence and to take all reasonable steps necessary to protect the Customer Information from unauthorized and/or inadvertent disclosure; (ii) give immediate verbal and written notification to COMPANY or BPPR, or one of their respective Subsidiaries, as applicable of any court order or legal action requiring the disclosure of Customer Information and, to the extent allowable under the law, hold the Customer Information in confidence while COMPANY, BPPR or one of their respective Subsidiaries seeks a protective order; (iii) give prompt notification of any unauthorized or inadvertent disclosure of the Customer Information; (iv) upon request

 

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of COMPANY, BPPR or one of their respective Subsidiaries promptly return or destroy all Customer Information belonging to COMPANY, BPPR, or one of their respective Subsidiaries, as applicable, including all copies thereof; and (v) implement security measures designed to (a) ensure the security, integrity and confidentiality of the Customer Information; (b) protect against any anticipated threats or hazards to the security or integrity of the Customer Information; and (c) protect against unauthorized access to or use of the Customer Information.

 

  b)

Interagency Guidelines. EVERTEC acknowledges the requirements of the Interagency Guidelines Establishing Standards for Safeguarding Customer Information issued by bank regulatory agencies on February 1, 2001, regarding the implementation of security measures to safeguard customer information. EVERTEC represents and warrants to COMPANY, BPPR, and their respective Subsidiaries that it has in place a comprehensive written security program that includes administrative, technical and physical safeguards to protect the security, confidentiality and integrity of Customer Information. Furthermore, EVERTEC agrees that COMPANY, BPPR, and their respective Subsidiaries, and any Third Party auditor reasonably designated by COMPANY, BPPR, or their respective Subsidiaries, may, in a manner that is consistent with practices and procedures of the parties prior to the date hereof, at any time (i) solicit a copy of the aforementioned security program and (ii) review, monitor and audit EVERTEC to confirm it has satisfied its obligations pursuant to this paragraph.

 

  c)

Unauthorized Access. EVERTEC also acknowledges the requirements of the Interagency Guidance on Response Programs for Unauthorized Access to Customer Information and Customer Notice issued by bank regulatory agencies on March 29, 2005, regarding implementing effective notification procedures in the event of unauthorized access to Customer Information. As such, the parties acknowledge and agree that EVERTEC shall be responsible for the unauthorized or fraudulent application for, access to or use of the Customer Information by any entity caused by the negligent acts or omissions of EVERTEC, its employees, subcontractors or agents. If EVERTEC becomes aware of any actual or suspected security breach involving unauthorized access (i.e., physical trespass on a secure facility, computing systems intrusion/hacking, loss/theft of a PC (laptop or desktop), loss/theft of printed materials, etc.) to the Customer Information, that either compromises or in EVERTEC’s reasonable judgment may have compromised the Customer Information, EVERTEC shall report such incident within forty-eight (48) hours in writing to COMPANY, BPPR, or one of their respective Subsidiaries, as applicable, and describe in reasonable detail the circumstances surrounding such unauthorized access (including, without limitation, a description of the causes of such breach). Any report under this Section shall include a brief summary of the steps being taken by EVERTEC to remedy such breach. Except as may be strictly required by Legal Requirements, EVERTEC agrees that it will not inform any Third Party of any such security breach without Popular’s, or its applicable Affiliate’s, prior written consent; however, if such disclosure is required by Legal Requirements, EVERTEC agrees to reasonably cooperate with COMPANY, BPPR, and their respective Subsidiaries regarding the content of such disclosure so as to minimize any potential adverse impact upon COMPANY, BPPR, and their respective Subsidiaries and their clients and customers.

 

5.4

Remedies. In the event of any court order or legal action requiring the disclosure of Confidential Information, the Receiving Party agrees to give immediate verbal and written notification of the order or action to the Disclosing Party, and to the extent allowable under the law and at the expense of the Disclosing Party, hold the Confidential Information while the Disclosing Party seeks a protective order. The Receiving Party acknowledges and agrees that it would be difficult to fully compensate the Disclosing Party for damages resulting from the breach or threatened breach of the foregoing provisions and, accordingly, that, in addition to any other remedies that may be available, in law, at equity or otherwise, the Disclosing Party will be entitled to seek injunctive relief, including, without limitation, temporary restraining orders, preliminary injunctions and permanent injunctions, to enforce such provisions without the necessity of proving actual damages or posting a bond or any other security. This provision with respect to injunctive relief will not, however, diminish the Disclosing Party’s right to claim and recover damages.

 

5.5

Term of Obligation. Unless indicated otherwise in writing, the parties’ obligations under this Section will survive this Master Agreement for a period of three (3) years following termination hereof. Upon termination of this Master Agreement for any reason, the Receiving Party’s rights to possession and use of any Confidential Information in connection with the performance of its obligations hereunder or otherwise will terminate. Upon the request of the Disclosing Party, the Receiving Party will promptly return or destroy (in either case under certification to said effect) all Confidential Information belonging to the Disclosing Party, including all copies thereof. Should the Receiving Party be required by law to retain any of the Disclosing Party’s Confidential Information for a period longer than the Term of this Master Agreement, including any extension thereof, then the Receiving Party’s obligations under this Section will remain in full force and effect until the expiration of any such legally mandated retention period.

 

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ARTICLE SIX – SECURITY, COMPANY DATA & RECORDS

 

6.1

Authorized Persons. Each party will designate one or more individuals (hereinafter, “Authorized Persons”) who can (1) carry out transactions in each party’s name; (2) receive information from the other party related to the operation of the Service, including, but not limited to, any provided access code; (3) give written instructions or inform the other party about any action or request for action by the party; (4) notify or issue any document related to this Master Agreement that the Authorized Person deems necessary or convenient. Such Authorized Persons shall be notified to the other parties in writing.

 

6.2

Security Measures.

 

  a)

The parties warrant that they have adopted, and will assume responsibility for complying with, any and all appropriate and necessary security measures required for the protection of access to their systems and to the Services by their Representatives and Authorized Persons. As such, the parties warrant that they have established commercially reasonable security procedures to minimize unauthorized access and agree that they will take the necessary measures to maintain the confidentiality of the security procedures and any access codes, passwords, instructions or security equipment. Except as may be specifically set forth in writing, each party represents and warrants to the other parties that it will not alter or disable any hardware or software security programs residing on another party’s hardware or systems. If a network connection is established between COMPANY, BPPR, or one of their respective Subsidiaries, on the one hand, and EVERTEC, on the other hand, each party represents and warrants to the others that its computing environment is free from all generally-known viruses, worms, Trojans and other “malware,” that may disrupt, damage or interfere with the other parties’ network and/or telecommunication facilities. As such, each party agrees to (1) allow the other parties to perform network assessments of its computing environment, and (2) maintain an alert status regarding the security of its computing systems, including, without limitation, all vulnerabilities and security patches or corrective actions, by subscribing to an industry-recognized service, such as CERT or CIAC. Each party understands that, should an assessment reveal inappropriate or inadequate security based on the pre-defined requirements for security, the other parties may, in addition to other remedies each may have, remove such party’s access to its network until such party satisfactorily complies with the security requirements defined.

 

  b)

COMPANY, BPPR, and their respective Subsidiaries’ Authorized Persons agree to comply with all of EVERTEC’s requirements in relation to the security of the EVERTEC computing environment and Authorized Locations, including, without limitation, any subsequently agreed security plan or information processing requirements that may be embodied in any Service Addendum. COMPANY, BPPR, and their appropriate respective Subsidiaries will execute all documents generally required by EVERTEC for access to EVERTEC’s computing environment and Authorized Locations. Further, if any Authorized Person of COMPANY, BPPR, or their respective Subsidiaries, at any time during the life of this Master Agreement, is granted remote access to EVERTEC’s network, or is telecommuting in any capacity, then such person will be subject to additional EVERTEC data security requirements.

 

  c)

Should the Services require access codes or other identification methods to gain access, each party will immediately notify the appropriate other party or parties in writing of any change of Authorized Person or the scope of his/her authority. Until such notification is received, each party may accept, without further inquiry, all declarations, instructions or representations made or issued by the Authorized Person. Furthermore, the parties will not assume responsibility, explicitly or implicitly, for questioning or verifying with the other parties whether the Person who uses or has access to the Service is in fact the Authorized Person or if he/she is acting in accordance with another party’s internal policies and procedures.

 

6.3

Ownership of Company Data.

 

  a)

Each of COMPANY, BPPR, and their respective Subsidiaries will remain the sole and exclusive owner of its Company Data and Confidential Information, regardless of whether such data is maintained on magnetic tape, magnetic disk, or any other storage or processing device. All Company Data and other Confidential Information will, however, be subject to regulation and examination by the appropriate auditors and Governmental Authorities at the Authorized Locations to the same extent as if such information were on COMPANY, BPPR, or their respective Subsidiaries’ premises. EVERTEC will notify COMPANY, BPPR, and their respective Subsidiaries as soon as reasonably possible of any formal request by any Governmental Authority to examine such information maintained by EVERTEC. COMPANY, BPPR, and their respective Subsidiaries agree that

 

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EVERTEC is authorized to provide all such information when properly required to do so by a Governmental Authority, subject to the provisions of Section 5.3 hereof. EVERTEC acknowledges that it will not have or acquire any rights in or to any Company Data or Confidential Information upon termination of this Master Agreement.

 

  b)

EVERTEC will, subject to its internal control and security procedures, permit each of COMPANY, BPPR, and their respective Subsidiaries to have or obtain (by electronic or other means) access to its Company Data, including where appropriate, access through COMPANY, BPPR, or their respective Subsidiaries’ computer terminals and equipment. EVERTEC will furnish COMPANY, BPPR, and their respective Subsidiaries with such written instructions, manuals or other documentation as will be necessary to such operation and access by COMPANY, BPPR, and their respective Subsidiaries.

 

6.4

Records and Backup. Each party will maintain its respective records related to the Services in a proper, complete and accurate fashion, and in compliance with all Legal Requirements applicable to each of them. EVERTEC will be responsible for retaining Company Data or other records pertaining to COMPANY, BPPR, and their respective Subsidiaries in accordance with COMPANY, BPPR, and their respective Subsidiaries’ Specifications for the Services, which will take into account COMPANY, BPPR, and their respective Subsidiaries’ record retention policies; provided, however, that COMPANY, BPPR, and their respective Subsidiaries acknowledge that any change in retention periods may result in additional charges and/or increases in the fees for the Services corresponding to the Company Data subject to such retention periods. Any such changes in retention periods will be subject to the provisions of Section 2.7(b) hereof.

ARTICLE SEVEN – INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY

 

7.1

Title. To the extent EVERTEC uses its own Intellectual Property to provide the Services under this Master Agreement, EVERTEC warrants that it is the owner of all right, title, and interest in and to such Intellectual Property, none of which, to EVERTEC’s best knowledge, infringes any proprietary right of any other Person. As such, the parties agree that, subject to the Legal Requirements and to existing agreements with Third Parties, or except as otherwise expressly agreed to between the parties in writing, EVERTEC is and will remain the owner of its Intellectual Property and all derivative works based thereon and that no title to or ownership of EVERTEC’s Intellectual Property or any part thereof is hereby granted to COMPANY, BPPR, or their respective Subsidiaries. Should EVERTEC use Third Party Intellectual Property to provide the Services, then EVERTEC warrants that it is duly licensed to use such Third Party Intellectual Property to provide the Services and any warranties and infringement indemnities for such Third Party Intellectual Property will be those of the Third Party license agreements with EVERTEC; provided, however, that EVERTEC shall not be obligated to make any representation or warranty that it is duly licensed to use any Third Party Intellectual Property that is the subject of any Merger IP License until the earlier of (i) such time as the COMPANY or EVERTEC, as applicable, has received a consent, approval, waiver or authorization that permits EVERTEC to make use of the Merger IP License following the Effective Date or (ii) the fifth anniversary of the Effective Date. In the alternative, COMPANY, BPPR, and their respective Subsidiaries will be given the opportunity to enter into license agreements directly with such Third Parties. The parties agree that, subject to the Legal Requirements and to existing agreements with Third Parties, or except as otherwise expressly agreed to among the parties, each of COMPANY, BPPR, and their respective Subsidiaries is and shall remain as the owner of its Intellectual Property, and all derivative works based thereon. COMPANY, BPPR, and their respective Subsidiaries’ ownership and proprietary rights shall include any and all rights in and to patents, trademarks, copyrights, and trade secret rights.

 

7.2

General. Each of COMPANY and BPPR acknowledges that in providing the Services to COMPANY, BPPR, and their respective Subsidiaries, EVERTEC is not transferring any right, title or interest in EVERTEC’s Intellectual Property, or any part or component thereof, to COMPANY, BPPR, or their respective Subsidiaries.

 

7.3

Developments. Except as otherwise agreed to in writing, any services, technology, processes, methods, software and/or enhancements to EVERTEC Intellectual Property or any Third Party Intellectual Property used or developed for purposes of delivering the Services (collectively, the “IP Developments”), whether developed solely by EVERTEC or jointly by EVERTEC and any other party, including any IP Developments requested or suggested by COMPANY, BPPR, or their respective Subsidiaries or a Client, will be the sole property of EVERTEC and will not be considered “works-made-for-hire”. Except as otherwise agreed to in writing, COMPANY, BPPR, and their respective Subsidiaries will not acquire any ownership right, Intellectual Property right, claim or interest in EVERTEC’s Intellectual Property or in any IP Developments. The parties agree that any services, technology, processes, methods, software and/or enhancements to COMPANY Intellectual Property for purposes of delivering

 

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the Services will be the sole property of COMPANY, BPPR, or one of their respective Subsidiaries, as applicable. Except as otherwise agreed to in writing, any Intellectual Property created or developed by EVERTEC as an independent product will be the sole property of EVERTEC and will not be considered a “work-made-for-hire”.

 

7.4

Cooperation. The parties will cooperate with each other and execute such other documents as may be reasonably deemed necessary by EVERTEC to achieve the objectives of this Article Seven.

 

7.5

Intellectual Property Infringement.

 

  a)

Subject to the Agreement and Plan of Merger, EVERTEC agrees to defend indemnify and hold harmless COMPANY, BPPR, and their respective Affiliates and Subsidiaries against claims that any of the Services or its Intellectual Property infringes any Intellectual Property Right of a Third Party. EVERTEC will defend COMPANY, BPPR, and their respective Affiliates and Subsidiaries and will pay the damages and costs finally awarded against COMPANY, BPPR, or their respective Affiliates and Subsidiaries.

 

  b)

If EVERTEC receives notice of an infringement claim or otherwise concludes that its Intellectual Property may infringe the proprietary rights of a Third Party, EVERTEC may in its sole discretion (i) procure the right for COMPANY, BPPR, and their respective Subsidiaries to continue using the affected Intellectual Property; (ii) modify the affected Intellectual Property to make it non-infringing; (iii) replace the affected Intellectual Property with a functional equivalent; or (iv) if EVERTEC determines that options (i) through (iii) are not practicable, terminate COMPANY, BPPR, and their respective Subsidiaries’ right to use the affected Intellectual Property and accept its return against payment of its then-depreciated value, computed on a five (5) year straight-line depreciation schedule commencing as of its installation date.

 

  c)

EVERTEC will have no liability for any claim of infringement and thus no obligation to defend and indemnify COMPANY, BPPR, and their respective Subsidiaries under this Section if such infringement claim is based on (i) COMPANY, BPPR, and their respective Subsidiaries’ continued use of the affected Intellectual Property after EVERTEC notifies COMPANY, BPPR, and their respective Subsidiaries to discontinue use because of such a claim; (ii) COMPANY, BPPR, and their respective Subsidiaries’ use of a superseded or altered release of the affected Intellectual Property or any portion thereof, including, but not limited to, COMPANY, BPPR, and their respective Subsidiaries’ failure to use updates or new releases made available by EVERTEC, but only to the extent that such claim would have been avoided but for such failure; (iii) any modification by COMPANY, BPPR, and their respective Subsidiaries or a Third Party to the affected Intellectual Property, but only to the extent that such claim would have been avoided, but for such modification; (iv) COMPANY, BPPR, and their respective Subsidiaries’ use of the affected Intellectual Property without EVERTEC’s written consent; (v) COMPANY, BPPR, and their respective Subsidiaries’ use, operation or combination of the affected Intellectual Property with information, software, specifications, instructions, data, materials or items not supplied or approved by EVERTEC, but only to the extent that such claim would have been avoided but for such combined use; (vi) use of the affected Intellectual Property in a manner not intended by the accompanying and provided documentation; or (vii) COMPANY, BPPR, and their respective Subsidiaries’ misuse of the affected Intellectual Property.

 

  d)

Furthermore, EVERTEC’s obligation to defend COMPANY, BPPR, and their respective Subsidiaries under this section is subject to all of the following conditions: (i) COMPANY, BPPR, or their respective Subsidiaries must notify EVERTEC promptly in writing after the claim is asserted or threatened; (ii) COMPANY, BPPR, or their respective Subsidiaries must give EVERTEC sole control over its defense or settlement; (iii) COMPANY, BPPR, and their respective Subsidiaries does not take a position that is adverse to EVERTEC; and (iv) COMPANY, BPPR, or their respective Subsidiaries must provide EVERTEC with reasonable assistance in defending the claim for which EVERTEC will reimburse COMPANY, BPPR, and their respective Subsidiaries for any reasonable out-of-pocket expenses that COMPANY, BPPR, or their respective Subsidiaries incur in providing such assistance.

 

  e)

COMPANY and BPPR agree to notify EVERTEC promptly in writing if any other type of Third Party claim is brought against COMPANY, BPPR, or their respective Subsidiaries regarding EVERTEC’s Intellectual Property. EVERTEC may, at its option, choose to treat these claims as being covered by this Section.

 

  f)

This Section states EVERTEC’s entire liability and COMPANY’s and BPPR’s exclusive remedies with respect to any Third Party infringement and trade secret misappropriation claims.

 

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ARTICLE EIGHT – REGULATORY COMPLIANCE, AUDIT & SERVICE REVIEWS

 

8.1

General Regulatory Compliance.

 

  a)

EVERTEC acknowledges that EVERTEC will be solely responsible for monitoring and interpreting (and for complying with) Legal Requirements applicable to EVERTEC, and as such, hereby warrants that EVERTEC will comply with all applicable Legal Requirements, present and future, relating to the conduct and operation of its business.

 

  b)

COMPANY and BPPR acknowledge that each of COMPANY and BPPR will be solely responsible for monitoring and interpreting (and for complying with, to the extent such compliance requires no action by EVERTEC) Legal Requirements applicable to COMPANY and its Subsidiaries and BPPR and its Subsidiaries, as applicable, and as such, hereby warrants that it and its Subsidiaries will comply with all applicable Legal Requirements, present and future, relating to the conduct and operation of its or such Subsidiaries’ business.

 

8.2

Legal Requirements.

 

  a)

COMPANY and BPPR shall be responsible for monitoring and interpreting (and for complying with, to the extent such compliance requires no action by EVERTEC) the Legal Requirements. Any such interpretation shall be provided by COMPANY or BPPR to EVERTEC as part of the instructions used to establish the Specifications and EVERTEC will select the technical parameters within EVERTEC’s Systems that will apply to COMPANY, BPPR, and their respective Subsidiaries. EVERTEC shall be responsible for determining that such selections are consistent with COMPANY’s or BPPR’s instructions, as applicable. COMPANY and BPPR, as applicable, shall be responsible for determining that the instructions provided to EVERTEC are consistent with the Legal Requirements and with the terms and conditions of any agreements between COMPANY, BPPR, and their respective Subsidiaries and its Clients.

 

  b)

Subject to Section 8.2(a), EVERTEC shall work with COMPANY and BPPR in developing and implementing a suitable procedure or direction to enable COMPANY, BPPR, and their respective Subsidiaries to comply with Legal Requirements applicable to the Services being provided by EVERTEC to COMPANY, BPPR, and their respective Subsidiaries.

 

8.3

Audit. EVERTEC, COMPANY, and BPPR acknowledge and agree that the performance of the Services may be subject to regulation by Governmental Authorities. EVERTEC agrees to cooperate, in a manner that is consistent with practices and procedures of the parties prior to the date hereof, with any audit or examination of the Services or COMPANY, BPPR, or their respective Subsidiaries, whether by a Governmental Authority or internal or external auditors of COMPANY, BPPR, or their respective Subsidiaries (“Audit”). Furthermore, EVERTEC agrees to provide any information or material lawfully requested during an Audit, and permitting such auditing parties to inspect or audit EVERTEC with respect to its provision of the Services; provided, however, that all such Audits will be performed at the sole expense of COMPANY, BPPR, or their respective Subsidiaries, as applicable, and each of COMPANY and BPPR agrees to reimburse EVERTEC for all reasonable fees associated with such examination with respect to it or its Subsidiaries.

 

8.4

Service Center Reviews.

 

  a)

On an annual basis during the Term, EVERTEC shall engage a reputable independent certified public accounting firm of recognized national or regional standing (the “Firm”), to conduct a review of its IT operations and application controls for the Services provided to COMPANY, BPPR, and their respective Subsidiaries, in accordance with industry-wide best practices and FFEIC Guidelines. The aforesaid review shall be conducted in accordance with the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants Statement on Auditing Standards Number 70 (“SAS 70”) or any applicable successor standard, the findings and recommendations of which shall be set forth in a report (the “Service Center Review”). The Service Center Review shall (i) include a Type II Service Auditor’s Report under SAS 70, (ii) cover, at a minimum, a period of six (6) months, (iii) be dated as of September 30 of the year in question, and (iv) be delivered to COMPANY, BPPR, and their respective Subsidiaries on or before December 15 of such year.

 

  b)

The parties agree and acknowledge that prior to the date hereof, EVERTEC periodically provided to COMPANY, BPPR and their respective Subsidiaries and to other EVERTEC customers a report of EVERTEC’s IT operations and applications controls for the services provided to COMPANY, BPPR and their respective Subsidiaries and to other EVERTEC customers (the “Previous Control Reports”). During the Term, Popular and BPPR agree to make a payment to EVERTEC for the Service Center Review within 30 days of EVERTEC’s delivery to COMPANY and BPPR of the Service Center Review. Such payment shall be an

 

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amount equal to the excess, if any, of (i) the fees or expenses paid by EVERTEC to the Firm in connection with the first Service Center Review performed during the period between the date of this Master Agreement and the first anniversary of the date hereof, over (ii) the costs, fees and expenses that EVERTEC paid in connection with the Previous Control Reports prepared during the most recent fiscal year completed prior to the date hereof (provided that any costs, fees and expenses allocated to EVERTEC by the Popular Parties in connection with the Previous Control Reports prepared during the most recent fiscal year completed prior to the date hereof shall be deemed to have been “paid” by EVERTEC for purposes of calculating the amount of such excess).

 

  c)

If the Service Center Review contains any recommendations, EVERTEC shall, at its sole cost and expense, promptly take all actions necessary to comply with such recommendations and shall advise COMPANY and BPPR when such compliance is achieved.

 

  d)

If, at any time during the Term, COMPANY or BPPR has reasonable material concerns regarding (i) the scope of the Service Center Review, (ii) any material qualification in the aforesaid report, and/or (iii) EVERTEC’s operational and application controls and such concerns are not addressed in the Service Center Review to COMPANY’s or BPPR’s reasonable satisfaction (as applicable), COMPANY or BPPR (as applicable) shall so notify EVERTEC and EVERTEC shall promptly meet with COMPANY or BPPR in an effort to resolve such concern.

 

  e)

For all other requests by COMPANY or BPPR to review all or a portion of the Services and EVERTEC’s operation controls relating thereto, outside the scope of an Audit or SAS 70, the parties will agree in writing to the terms and conditions applicable to such review, including the scope of the review and any expenses related thereto.

ARTICLE NINE – TERM & TERMINATION

 

9.1

Term. This Master Agreement will commence on September 30, 2010 (the “Effective Date”) and will end on September 30, 2025 unless there is a Popular Parties Change of Control prior to such date and EVERTEC notifies COMPANY within thirty (30) days of such Popular Parties Change of Control of its intent to extend this Master Agreement as a result of such Popular Parties Change of Control, in which case this Master Agreement will end on September 30, 2028 (the “Initial Term”), unless earlier terminated in accordance with the provisions of this Master Agreement. After the Initial Term, this Master Agreement shall renew automatically for successive three (3) year periods (each a “Renewal Period” and together with the Initial Term, the “Term”), unless either party gives written notice to the other party not less than one (1) year prior to the then applicable Renewal Period (the date of such notice, the “Notice Date”), of its intent not to renew this Master Agreement.

 

9.2

Termination for Cause.

 

  a)

This Master Agreement or any of the Services, individually or collectively, may be terminated by either the Popular Parties, on the one hand, or EVERTEC, on the other, if the other party or parties (as applicable):

 

  1.

commits a Material Breach of this Master Agreement (or series of breaches that together constitute a Material Breach), which breach is not cured within thirty (30) days following receipt of notice specifying the nature and extent of such breach; provided, however, that if such breach is not reasonably susceptible of cure within such thirty (30) day period, such period will be extended and the party will not be in default hereunder so long as it commences such cure within such thirty (30) day period and diligently pursues such cure and such failure is cured within ninety (90) days following the receipt of such notice;

 

  2.

fails to pay any properly submitted invoice providing for material amounts in the aggregate that are undisputed for a period exceeding sixty (60) days pursuant to Section 3.2 of this Master Agreement; or

 

  3.

makes any assignment of this Master Agreement, except as expressly provided herein.

 

  b)

For purposes of this Section 9.2 and notwithstanding anything in this Master Agreement to the contrary, “Material Breach” means a breach, or series of breaches, of a party’s duties or obligations (other than a failure to make a payment pursuant to this Master Agreement) that if left uncured for ninety (90) days following receipt of notice from COMPANY or BPPR detailing the relevant deficiency or failure, would result in a Material Adverse Effect on COMPANY and its Subsidiaries (taken as a whole) or BPPR and its Subsidiaries (taken as a whole), as applicable.

 

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  c)

Notwithstanding anything in this Master Agreement to the contrary, any breach or default under a particular Service Addendum will give the non-breaching party or parties the right to terminate that particular Service Addendum, subject to the cure periods set forth under Section 9.2(a)(1), and will not automatically operate as a default under any other Service Addendum.

 

9.3

Effect upon Termination. Unless indicated otherwise in the written termination notice, upon the termination of any Service, all remaining Services will continue in full force and effect; provided, however, that should this Master Agreement be terminated, all Services in effect as of the date of termination will also terminate. Except as otherwise provided for herein, upon termination, all further obligations of the parties pursuant to this Master Agreement or the particular Service that was terminated, whichever the case may be, will terminate (except the obligation of COMPANY, BPPR and their appropriate respective Subsidiaries to make a payment for any unpaid and properly invoiced amounts, in accordance with Section 3.2) without further liability of any party to the others; provided, however, that termination will not release the party that terminates from any liability which at the time of termination had already accrued to the non-terminating party or parties. No party shall be liable to the others for damages of any kind solely as a result of terminating this Master Agreement in accordance with its provisions. Furthermore, any such termination will be without prejudice to any rights or remedies any party may have arising out of any breach of any material representation, warranty, covenant or condition by any other party hereto.

 

9.4

Transition Assistance. EVERTEC agrees that during the time period between (i) the Notice Date, (ii) the date of any termination of this Master Agreement and all Services hereunder pursuant to Section 9.2 hereof, (iii) the date of termination or non-renewal of any individual Service or Services under this Master Agreement with or without the termination of this Master Agreement, or (iv) the date of a Release Event pursuant to Section 3.1 of the Technology Agreement, in the case of each of (i)-(iv) above, to the extent Transition Assistance (defined below) is requested by COMPANY, BPPR or their respective Subsidiary or Subsidiaries (each of (ii), (iii) and (iv), a “Termination Date”), as applicable, and the completion of the transition services contemplated by this Section 9.4, EVERTEC will continue to provide the applicable Service or Services under the terms and conditions that are in effect as of the Notice Date or a Termination Date, as applicable. For a period (the “Transition Period”) commencing on the earlier of (x) the Notice Date and (y) a Termination Date and ending on the earlier of (a) the 18-month anniversary of the earlier of (x) and (y) above and (b) the date on which all applicable Service or Services have been completely transitioned to another provider, EVERTEC will (i) provide COMPANY, BPPR, and their respective Subsidiaries transition support and assistance including, without limitation, providing COMPANY, BPPR, and their respective Subsidiaries or any Third Party reasonably designated by COMPANY, BPPR, or their respective Subsidiaries information and cooperation necessary to effect COMPANY, BPPR, and their respective Subsidiaries’ transition, with business continuity, of the applicable Service or Services and (ii) continue to provide the applicable Service or Services under the terms and conditions that are in effect as of the Notice Date or a Termination Date, as applicable, until such Service or Services have been completely transitioned to another service provider or to COMPANY, BPPR, their respective Subsidiaries ((i) and (ii) collectively, “Transition Assistance”); provided that COMPANY, BPPR, or their respective Subsidiary or Subsidiaries, as applicable, have used or continue to use reasonable efforts to completely transition the applicable Service or Services to another provider and reasonably continue to need such Transition Assistance, the Transition Period shall be extended until such Service or Services shall be completely transitioned to another provider. During the Transition Period, COMPANY, BPPR, and their respective Subsidiaries and EVERTEC shall use their commercially reasonable efforts to completely transition each Service requested by the COMPANY, BPPR, and their respective Subsidiaries to another service provider or to COMPANY, BPPR, and their respective Subsidiaries prior to the end of the Transition Period. In furtherance of and as a part of such Transition Assistance, EVERTEC shall assist COMPANY, BPPR, and their respective Subsidiaries to develop a plan for the complete transition of all Services requested by the COMPANY, BPPR, or their respective Subsidiaries from EVERTEC to COMPANY, BPPR, and their respective Subsidiaries or another service provider, on a reasonable schedule, which shall give consideration to COMPANY, BPPR, and their respective Subsidiaries’ need for the orderly continuation of such Services. Prior to providing any Transition Assistance, EVERTEC shall deliver to COMPANY, BPPR, and their respective Subsidiaries a good faith estimate of all projected expenses and charges. COMPANY, BPPR, and their respective Subsidiaries understand and agree that all expenses and charges for Transition Assistance shall be computed in accordance with EVERTEC’s then current standard prices for such products, materials, and Services (or to the extent such Services were provided pursuant to this Master Agreement, the expenses and charges for such Services shall be the price for such Services under the Master Agreement), which expenses and charges shall be paid by COMPANY, BPPR, or their appropriate respective Subsidiaries in accordance with the provisions of this Master Agreement. Nothing contained herein shall obligate COMPANY, BPPR, or their respective Subsidiaries to receive Transition Assistance from EVERTEC. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Master Agreement, the Transition Assistance Addendum shall survive the expiration or termination of this Master Agreement (or any portion thereof) for any reason.

 

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ARTICLE TEN – INSURANCE AND INDEMNIFICATION

 

10.1

Insurance.

 

  a)

In the event of an EVERTEC Change of Control and to the extent deemed advisable by COMPANY, BPPR, and their respective Subsidiaries, the parties agree that EVERTEC will maintain in full force and effect during the Term insurance as follows:

 

  1.

Statutory workers compensation insurance or a workers’ compensation and employers’ liability insurance, as applicable under state law, with limits to conform with the greater of the amount required by applicable state statutory law or one million dollars ($1,000,000) each accident, including occupational disease coverage;

 

  2.

Comprehensive General Liability insurance with limits not less than one million dollars ($1,000,000) per occurrence and two million dollars ($2,000,000) general aggregate including bodily injury, death, property damage, personal injury, advertising injury, contractual liability, independent contractors, broad-form property damage, employers liability stop gap, and products and completed operations coverage;

 

  3.

Automobile Liability insurance with limits not less than one million dollars ($1,000,000) each occurrence combined single limit of liability for bodily injury, death, and property damage, including owned and non-owned and hired automobile coverage, as applicable;

 

  4.

Umbrella insurance with limits not less than five million dollars ($5,000,000) covering excess of loss over primary liability insurance policies, including Comprehensive General Liability, Comprehensive Automobile Liability, and Workers Compensation and Employers Liability insurance policies, where applicable under state laws;

 

  5.

Fidelity and Crime insurance in the amount of not less than ten million dollars ($10,000,000) each occurrence and annual aggregate including Electronic & Computer Crime, Unauthorized Computer Access coverage, and employee dishonesty coverage extended to loss of third parties; and

 

  6.

Professional liability insurance (Errors and Omissions) with limits not less than ten million dollars ($10,000,000) each occurrence and annual aggregate including coverage for computer programming and electronic data processing services, network security liability, content injury, privacy injury, regulatory proceedings, dependent loss and third party custodian.

 

  b)

Certificates of Insurance. Certificates of Insurance evidencing all coverage described in this Section shall be furnished to COMPANY or BPPR upon request, and will include the following:

 

  1.

The certificate of insurance will state COMPANY, BPPR, and their respective Subsidiaries as additional insureds under its Comprehensive General Liability, Automobile Liability and any other policy protecting against bodily injury or property damage, and that COMPANY, BPPR, and their respective Subsidiaries, although named as additional insureds, shall nonetheless be entitled to recovery for any loss suffered as a result of EVERTEC’s negligence.

 

  2.

The certificate of insurance will state a sixty (60) days’ advance written notice to COMPANY and BPPR in the event that the insurance carrier, for any reason, cancel or materially restrict insurance coverage.

 

  3.

The certificate of insurance will state that the respective EVERTEC insurance will respond on a primary basis without contribution from any other insurance of COMPANY, BPPR, or their respective Subsidiaries until EVERTEC insurance limits have become exhausted.

 

  c)

All insurance carriers will maintain at all times an AM Best rating of A-VII or better for risks insured in Puerto Rico and an AM Best rating of A-VIII for risks insured outside Puerto Rico.

 

  d)

Insurance deductibles or retentions shall not exceed one million dollars per insurance policy unless approved in writing by COMPANY and BPPR.

 

10.2

Indemnity. Each party (the “Indemnifying Party”) hereby agrees to indemnify, defend, protect and hold harmless the other parties, their Affiliates and their respective Representatives, suppliers, Third Party information providers, sub-contractors and permitted assigns and successors in interest (collectively, the “Indemnified Party”) from and

 

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against any Losses incurred or suffered by, or asserted against, such Indemnified Party directly or indirectly in relation to or arising from: (a) subject to Section 2.3 of Exhibit C hereof with respect to any failure by EVERTEC to meet its Service Levels, any breach of this Master Agreement, including, but not limited to, any breach of representation or warranty, by the Indemnifying Party; (b) any claim brought by any Third Party against an Indemnified Party based on the Indemnifying Party’s use of the Services; (c) the Indemnified Party’s compliance with the Indemnifying Party’s Specifications or instructions; (d) acts or omissions of the Indemnifying Party and its Representatives in connection with the installation, maintenance, presence, use or removal of equipment or software not provided by the Indemnified Party; (e) claims for infringement of any Third Party Intellectual Property right, arising from the use of any Services or Systems not provided by the Indemnified Party; (f) the Indemnified Party’s use of the Services, Intellectual Property or data supplied by the Indemnifying Party; and (g) claims against the Indemnified Party for damage to, or loss of use of property of Third Parties and/or injury or death of any person to the extent that such damage, injury or death is caused by the negligent act or omission of the Indemnifying Party.

 

10.3

Indemnification Procedures. With respect to claims covered by Section 10.2 above, the following procedures will apply:

 

  a)

Notice. Promptly after receipt by an Indemnified Party of notice of the commencement or threatened commencement of any civil, criminal, administrative or investigative action or proceeding involving a claim in respect of which the Indemnified Party will seek indemnification pursuant to this Article Ten, the Indemnified Party will notify the Indemnifying Party of such claim in writing. The failure of Indemnified Party to so notify an Indemnifying Party will relieve Indemnifying Party of its obligations under this Section to the extent that Indemnifying Party can demonstrate damages attributable to such failure. Within fifteen (15) days following receipt of written notice from the Indemnified Party relating to any claim, but no later than fifteen (15) days before the date on which any response to a complaint or summons is due, the Indemnifying Party will notify the Indemnified Party in writing if the Indemnifying Party elects to assume control of the defense and settlement of that claim (a “Notice of Election”).

 

  b)

Procedure Following Notice of Election. If the Indemnifying Party delivers a Notice of Election relating to any claim within the required notice period, the Indemnifying Party will be entitled to have sole control over the defense and settlement of such claim; provided that (i) the Indemnified Party will be entitled to participate in the defense of such claim and to employ counsel at its own expense to assist in the handling of such claim; and (ii) the Indemnifying Party will notify the Indemnified Party before ceasing to defend against such claim, and will not compromise or settle such claim without the Indemnified Party’s prior written consent if such compromise or settlement would impose a penalty or limitation upon the Indemnified Party, including, without limitation, an injunction or other equitable relief, or such compromise or settlement does not include the release of the Indemnified Party from all liability arising from or relating to such claim. After the Indemnifying Party has delivered a Notice of Election relating to any claim, the Indemnifying Party will not be liable to the Indemnified Party for any legal expenses incurred by the Indemnified Party in connection with the defense of that claim. In addition, the Indemnifying Party will not be required to indemnify the Indemnified Party for any amount paid or payable by the Indemnified Party in the settlement of any claim for which the Indemnifying Party has delivered a timely Notice of Election if such amount was agreed to without the written consent of the Indemnifying Party.

 

  c)

Procedure Where No Notice of Election Is Delivered. If the party which is the Indemnifying Party does not deliver a Notice of Election relating to any claim within the required notice period, the Indemnified Party will have the right to defend the claim in such manner as it may deem appropriate, and the failure of the Indemnifying Party to deliver such Notice of Election will not affect the indemnification obligations of such party under this Master Agreement.

 

  d)

Cooperation. When seeking indemnification, the Indemnified Party will at all times reasonably cooperate with the Indemnifying Party in the defense or settlement of any claim which is subject to this Article Ten.

 

  e)

Entitlement to Payment. In the event an Indemnifying Party elects not to assume control of the defense and settlement of that claim, the Indemnified Party will be entitled to payment by the Indemnifying Party upon the Indemnified Party’s settlement of the claim or the adjudication of liability, whichever first occurs.

 

10.4

Subrogation. In the event that a party will be obligated to indemnify another party pursuant to this Article Ten, the Indemnifying Party will, upon payment of such indemnity in full, be subrogated to all rights of the Indemnified Party with respect to the claims to which such indemnification relates. The Indemnified Party will reasonably cooperate with Indemnifying Party, including by the execution of appropriate documents, to enable the Indemnifying Party to receive the benefit of the right of subrogation outlined in this Section.

 

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ARTICLE ELEVEN – SERVICES FOR CLIENTS

 

11.1

Scope of Services. EVERTEC acknowledges that the Services are intended to enable COMPANY, BPPR, and their respective Subsidiaries to manage effectively:

 

  a)

COMPANY, BPPR and their respective Subsidiaries’ internal operations, and

 

  b)

COMPANY, BPPR and their respective Subsidiaries’ performance and delivery of services and products for COMPANY, BPPR and their respective Subsidiaries’ respective Clients (hereinafter collectively referred to as the “Popular Services and Products”).

 

11.2

Provided EVERTEC is given the opportunity to (i) coordinate with COMPANY and BPPR and approve the Specifications for the Services, COMPANY, BPPR or one of their respective Subsidiaries proposes to offer under a written agreement between COMPANY, BPPR or one of their respective Subsidiaries and a Client that includes the provision of such Services (“Client Agreements”); and (ii) review and accept changes to any applicable operating manuals of COMPANY, BPPR or their respective Subsidiaries that impact EVERTEC with respect to its provision of the Services, EVERTEC shall use Best Efforts to ensure that the Services are provided in a manner that allows COMPANY, BPPR and their respective Subsidiaries to act in accordance with the corresponding Client Agreements and operating manuals for each of the Popular Services and Products. In the event that COMPANY, BPPR or their respective Subsidiaries make any change to any Popular Service and Product that requires a change or modification to the Services, such change shall be processed and implemented pursuant to this Master Agreement.

 

11.3

Special Representations Regarding EVERTEC’s Performance of Services under Service Agreements with Governmental Agencies.

In connection with any Client Agreement wherein the Client is a Governmental Authority of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, EVERTEC shall comply with the requirements set forth in Executive Order 1991-24 and Circular Letter 1300-25-98 of the Treasury Department, including but not limited to, certifying to the pertinent Governmental Agency that EVERTEC has filed its Puerto Rico income tax returns for the last five (5) years and has made the corresponding payments (or has entered into a payment plan).

 

11.4

Client Agreements.

 

  a)

EVERTEC will have no liability or obligation under any Client Agreement, whether through an outsourcing arrangement or through reselling of the Services; provided, however, that EVERTEC shall be responsible to COMPANY, BPPR, and their respective Subsidiaries for any Losses caused by a breach of any of its obligations under this Master Agreement. COMPANY, BPPR, and their respective Subsidiaries will have no authority to bind EVERTEC to any terms or conditions of the Service in connection with or as part of any Client Agreement, except as otherwise provided by the parties in writing.

 

  b)

EVERTEC agrees to assist COMPANY, BPPR, and their respective Subsidiaries with the investigation of any claims arising under a Client Agreement. Furthermore, EVERTEC will refer to COMPANY, BPPR, and their respective Subsidiaries any complaint that is received by EVERTEC, in which case, EVERTEC will be notified of the results of any investigation performed by COMPANY, BPPR, or their respective Subsidiaries within five (5) days following the receipt of the referral for investigation.

 

  c)

COMPANY, BPPR, and their respective Subsidiaries are responsible for any acts or omissions by Clients that, if performed by COMPANY, BPPR, and their respective Subsidiaries, would constitute a breach of this Master Agreement. COMPANY, BPPR, and their respective Subsidiaries are responsible for all fees and expenses that are payable to EVERTEC under this Master Agreement regardless if COMPANY, BPPR, and their respective Subsidiaries receive payment from the Client for the Services provided. Any charge-back or credit arrangements between COMPANY, BPPR, and their respective Subsidiaries and a Client are the responsibility of COMPANY, BPPR, and their respective Subsidiaries, and do not affect COMPANY, BPPR, and their respective Subsidiaries’ liability for the payment of such fees and expenses.

 

  d)

Notwithstanding any limit of liability herein, COMPANY hereby agrees to indemnify, defend, protect and hold harmless EVERTEC Indemnitee from and against any Losses incurred or suffered by, or asserted against, such EVERTEC Indemnitee directly or indirectly in relation to or arising from any claim brought by any Third Party against an EVERTEC Indemnitee based on (i) a Client’s use of the Services in a manner inconsistent with this Master Agreement; and (ii) any breach of a Client Agreement by COMPANY, BPPR, or their respective Subsidiaries or a Client to the extent such breach is not attributable to a breach of this Master Agreement by EVERTEC.

[Signature page follows.]

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Master Agreement to be executed by their duly authorized Representatives as of the date first written above.

 

Popular, Inc.   EVERTEC, Inc.

By:

 

LOGO

   

By:

 

 

Name:

     

Name:

 

Title:

     

Title:

 
Banco Popular de Puerto Rico    

By:

 

LOGO

     

Name:

       

Title:

       

[Signature page to Amended and Restated Master Service Agreement]


IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Master Agreement to be executed by their duly authorized Representatives as of the date first written above.

 

Popular, Inc.   EVERTEC, Inc.

By:

 

 

   

By:

 

LOGO

Name:

     

Name:

 

Title:

     

Title:

 
Banco Popular de Puerto Rico    

By:

 

 

     

Name:

       

Title:

       

[Signature page to Amended and Restated Master Service Agreement]


Exhibit A

Intentionally omitted.


Exhibit B

Services and Fees

See Attached


Master Service Agreement Exhibit B

 

**

Unless indicated otherwise in the Unit column or unless the context of the Unit Price clearly indicates otherwise, all Unit prices are “Per Month”.

Application Development and Network Services Consulting

 

Service Code

  

Service

  

Unit

   Unit Price  
3000   

Branch Technician

  

Per man hours

   $ [***]   
3003   

Applications/Modifications Tester

  

Per man hours

   $ [***]   
3004   

Business Analyst

  

Per man hours

   $ [***]   
3001   

Junior Programmer

  

Per man hours

   $ [***]   
3002   

Senior Programmer

  

Per man hours

   $ [***]   
3013   

Network Project Coordinator

  

Per man hours

   $ [***]   
3005   

System Programmer

  

Per man hours

   $ [***]   
3014   

Project Coordinator/Manager

  

Per man hours

   $ [***]   
3015   

Programmer Specialist

  

Per man hours

   $ [***]   
3006   

Web Senior Programmer

  

Per man hours

   $ [***]   
3007   

Web Specialist

  

Per man hours

   $ [***]   
3008   

Web Project Manager

  

Per man hours

   $ [***]   
3016   

Senior System Programmer

  

Per man hours

   $ [***]   
3012   

Network Technician

  

Per man hours

   $ [***]   
3011   

Network Analyst

  

Per man hours

   $ [***]   
3010   

Communication Network Specialist

  

Per man hours

   $ [***]   
3009   

Network Engineer

  

Per man hours

   $ [***]   

 

Applications Processing and Hosting

 

     

Service Code

  

Service

  

Unit

   Unit Price  
2067   

Mortgage Loans Open Accounts

  

Per account

   $ [***]   
2068   

Mortgage Loans Closed Accounts

  

Per account

   $ [***]   
2069   

Auto Loans / Lease Open Accounts

  

Per account

   $ [***]   
2070   

Auto Loans / Lease Closed Accounts

  

Per account

   $ [***]   
2075   

Human Resources Actives

  

Per employee

   $ [***]   
2076   

Human Resources - Retirees

  

Per employee

   $ [***]   
  

Financial Applications:

     
2077   

Accounts Payable

  

Per user

   $ [***]   
2091   

General Ledger

  

Total

   $ [***]   
  

BPPR

  

Per month

   $ [***]   
  

Popular Insurance

  

Per month

   $ [***]   
  

BP North America

  

Per month

   $ [***]   
  

Equity One

  

Per month

   $ [***]   
  

Popular Finance

  

Per month

   $ [***]   
  

BP US Virgin Island

  

Per month

   $ [***]   
  

Popular Leasing

  

Per month

   $ [***]   
  

Popular Securities

  

Per month

   $ [***]   
  

Popular Mortgage

  

Per month

   $ [***]   
  

BP Tortola (BVI)

  

Per month

   $ [***]   
2079   

Prepaid Verizon System (Active)

  

Per account

   $ [***]   
2080   

Prepaid Verizon System (Inactive)

  

Per account

   $ [***]   
2096   

Merchant Processing

  

Per month

   $ [***]   
2092   

Bess - Wire Transfer System

  

Per month

   $ [***]   
2078   

Personal Banking

  

Per month

   $ [***]   
2093   

Letters of Credits

  

Per month

   $ [***]   
2083   

Card Management Application Active (Commercial)

  

Per transaction

   $ [***]   
2084   

Card Management Application Inactive (Commercial)

  

Per transaction

   $ [***]   
7083   

Card Management Application Active (Retail)

  

Per transaction

   $ [***]   
7084   

Card Management Application Inactive (Retail)

  

Per transaction

   $ [***]   
2085   

Quick Loans Active (ACAPS)

  

Per account

   $ [***]   
2086   

Quick Loans Inactive (ACAPS)

  

Per account

   $ [***]   
2087   

Branches Platform System

  

Per item

   $ [***]   
2088   

Research & Adjustments - Active

  

Per item

   $ [***]   
2089   

Research & Adjustments - Inactive

  

Per item

   $ [***]   
2073, 7073   

Telepago Register Customers / active

  

Per month per active register based on quarterly evaluation of active registers

    

 

 

Tiered pricing:

[***]-[***] @ $[***]

Over [***] @ $[***]

  

  

  

2094   

Account Analysis / active

  

Per account

   $ [***]   
2095   

Account Analysis / inactive

  

Per account

   $ [***]   
2629   

Commercial Loans Open

  

Per note

   $ [***]   

 

***

   Certain information in this agreement has been omitted and filed separately with the Securities and Exchange Commission. [***] indicates that text has been omitted and is the subject of a confidential treatment request.

 


Service Code

  

Service

  

Unit

   Unit Price       
2640   

Commercial Loans Closed

  

Per note

   $ [***]      
2631   

Installment Loans Open

  

Per loan

   $ [***]      
2632   

Installment Loans Close

  

Per loan

   $ [***]      
2639   

OFAC - CIF

  

Per item

   $ [***]      
2641   

Deposits Active Accounts (Commercial)

  

Per account

   $ [***]      
2642   

Deposits Inactive Accounts (Commercial)

  

Per account

   $ [***]      
7641   

Deposits Active Accounts (Retail)

  

Per account

   $ [***]      
7642   

Deposits Inactive Accounts (Retail)

  

Per account

   $ [***]      
2643   

Savings Active Accounts (Commercial)

  

Per account

   $ [***]      
2644   

Savings Inactive Accounts (Commercial)

  

Per account

   $ [***]      
7643   

Savings Active Accounts (Retail)

  

Per account

   $ [***]      
7644   

Savings Inactive Accounts (Retail)

  

Per account

   $ [***]      
2656   

CD Active Accounts

  

Per account

   $ [***]      
2657   

CD Inactive Accounts

  

Per account

   $ [***]      
2658   

IRA Active Accounts

  

Per account

   $ [***]      
2659   

IRA Inactive Accounts

  

Per account

   $ [***]      
2752   

Web Referral - Maintenance

  

Per month per subsidiary

   $ [***]      
2751   

Web Referral - Referrals

  

Per referral received

   $ [***]      
2403   

WCM - Regular Customers

  

Per customer

   $ [***]      
2404   

WCM - ACH Customers

  

Per customer

   $ [***]      
2405   

WCM - Import Customers

  

Per customer

   $ [***]      
2406   

WCM - Validator

  

Per customer

   $ [***]      
2407   

WCM - Single Wire Customers

  

Per customer

   $ [***]      
2408   

WCM - Batch Wire Customers

  

Per customer

   $ [***]      
2409   

WCM - Information Reporting Customers

  

Per customer

   $ [***]      
2410   

WCM - Special Reporting Customers

  

Per customer

   $ [***]      
  

Web Cash Manager Transaction Charges:

        
2411   

[***] - [***]

  

Per transaction

   $ [***]      
2411   

[***] - [***]

  

Per transaction

   $ [***]      
2411   

[***] - [***]

  

Per transaction

   $ [***]      
2411   

[***] and over

  

Per transaction

   $ [***]      
2060   

Plaza Pop

  

Per month

   $ [***]      
2939   

Ticket Sales Services

  

Per ticket

   $ [***]      
2074   

Trust Applications Services

  

Per month

   $ [***]      
2730   

Internet Banking

  

Per month per active register based on quarterly evaluation of active registers

    

 

 

 

Tiered pricing:

[***]-[***] @ $[***]

[***] - [***]@ $[***]

Over [***] @ $[***]

  

  

  

  

  
2170   

Banca Móvil

  

Per message

    

 

 
 

Tiered pricing:

[***]-[***] @ $[***]

[***] - [***] @ $[***]
Over [***] @ $[***]

  

  

  
  

  
2168   

E-Mailing System Service Automatic (Lyris)

  

Per e-mail

   $ [***]      
2169   

E-Mailing System Service (Lyris)

  

Per e-mail

   $ [***]      
2703   

KVS Application - Hosting Fee

Corporate ($[***])

BPPR ($[***])

Popular Finance ($[***])

Popular Securities ($[***])

Popular Insurance ($[***])

Popular Auto ($[***])

Popular Mortgage ($[***])

  

Per month

   $ [***]      
2704   

KVS Application - Email Storage Fee

  

Per MB

   $ [***]      
2713   

KVS Licences

  

Per License

   $ [***]      
2714   

KVS Client Installation and Configuration

  

Per request

   $ [***]      
4099   

TIP Production and DRS

  

Per month

   $ [***]      
4045   

TIP Transaction Vault Developent HW and SW

  

Per month

   $ [***]      
4903   

Right Fax Hosting

  

Per month

   $ [***]      
4706   

Payroll Card - Active

  

Per account

   $ [***]      
4707   

Payroll Card - Inactive

  

Per account

   $ [***]      
4742   

Disbursement Card - Active

  

Per account

   $ [***]      
4743   

Disbursement Card - Inactive

  

Per account

   $ [***]      
4744   

BSA Upgrade Assist - Test (4.691 TB)

  

Per month

   $ [***]      

$[***] Old Fee

4745   

BSA Upgrade Assist - Production (4.5 YB)

  

Per month

   $ [***]      

$[***] Old Fee

  

Genesys Maintenace Fee (revised annually)

   Per year    $ [***]      
4765   

TSYS Processing Fees & TSYS Interfaces

  

Per month

   $ [***]      
4766   

TSYS - CACS

  

Per account

   $ [***]      
4767   

TSYS - ACAPS

  

Per booking

   $ [***]      
4765   

TSYS Security Administration Services

  

Per month

   $ [***]      

 

***

   Certain information in this agreement has been omitted and filed separately with the Securities and Exchange Commission. [***] indicates that text has been omitted and is the subject of a confidential treatment request.

 


Service Code

  

Service

  

Unit

   Unit Price  
4362   

Global 360 Hosting - (Popular Mortgage)

  

Per month

   $ [***]   
4362   

Global 360 Hosting - (Banco Popular Mortgage Servicing)

  

Per month

   $ [***]   
  

Global 360 Hosting - (Banco Popular Retail Banking)

  

Per month

   $ [***]   
4717   

Marketing Datawarehouse Application Hosting

  

Per month

   $ [***]   
4775   

BPPR ATH OFF Premises TCP/IP - Recurrent Cost

  

Per machine

   $ [***]   
4776   

BPPR ATH OFF Premises TCP/IP - Installation Cost

  

Per installation

   $ [***]   
4901   

Foreign Exchange Hosting

  

Per month

   $ [***]   
4934   

Information Security Help Desk Support

  

Total

   $ [***]   
  

Banco Popular de Puerto Rico

  

Per month

   $ [***]   
  

Popular Mortgage

  

Per month

   $ [***]   
  

Popular Auto

  

Per month

   $ [***]   
  

Popular, Inc.

  

Per month

   $ [***]   
  

Popular Securities

  

Per month

   $ [***]   
  

Popular Insurance

  

Per month

   $ [***]   
  

Popular Risk

  

Per month

   $ [***]   
4665   

SED Single Sign On - Hosting

  

Per month

   $ [***]   
4945   

Bloans Monthly Hosting Fee

  

Per month

   $ [***]   
4946   

Bloans Additional Credit Application [***]>[***]

  

Per account

   $ [***]   
4958   

Bloans Additional Credit Application [***]>[***]

  

Per account

   $ [***]   
4959   

Bloans Additional Credit Application [***] and over

  

Per account

   $ [***]   
5046   

ASSIST//ck Application - BPNA

  

Per month

   $ [***]   
5075   

E-Loans Processing (Retail)

  

Per month

   $ [***]   
5076   

E-Loan Processing (Museum)

  

Per month

   $ [***]   
5051   

Popular Net Banking - Maintenance Fees (BPNA)

  

Per month

   $ [***]   
  

Popular Net Banking - Hosting Fee (BPNA)

  

Per month

   $ [***]   
5072   

Iron Mail for BPNA

  

Per month

   $ [***]   
5410   

ATM Driving for BPNA:

  

  

ATM Terminal Driving

  

Per unit per month

   $ [***]   
  

ATM Swithced Transactions

  

Per transaction per month

    

 

 

 

Tiered pricing:

[***] -[***] @ $[***]

[***] -[***] @ $[***]

Over [***]@ [***]

  

  

  

  

  

Host Surcharging

  

Per surcharged transaction

   $ [***]   
  

Gatewary Interface Support

  

Per Gateway per month

   $ [***]   
  

FTP Access for Files and Reports

  

Per month (up to 10 days availability)

   $ [***]   
  

FTP Access for Files and Reports

  

Per month (after 10 days availability)

   $ [***]   
  

Stand in Support with Negative Usage File

  

Per month

   $ [***]   
  

Communication Expenses

  

Per line per month

   $ [***]   
  

Telecommunication Charges

  

Third party fee

     Pass Through   
  

Off-line Debit

  

Third party fee

     Pass Through   
  

Visa Check Card

  

Third party fee

     Pass Through   
  

Master Money Processor

  

Third party fee

     Pass Through   
  

ATM Driving application changes, modifications and enhancements

  

Per hour during business day

   $ [***]   
  

ATM Driving application changes, modifications and enhancements

  

Per hour during non- business day

   $ [***]   
  

Additional certification if ATM Driving specifications are modified

  

Per hour during business day

   $ [***]   
  

Additional certification if ATM Driving specifications are modified

  

Per hour during non- business day

   $ [***]   
4710   

Cognos 7 - Licensing

  

Per month

   $ [***]   
4739   

Cognos 8 - Software maintenance

  

Per year

   $ [***]   
4976   

ATH Internacional - Active Cards

  

Per card per month

   $ [***]   
4977   

ATH Internacional - Inactive Cards

  

Per card per month

   $ [***]   
TBD   

EZ-Statement Service

  

Per month per active account

    

 
 
 
 

 
 

Tiered pricing:

[***]-[***]@ $[***]
[***] - [***]@ $[***]
[***] -[***] @ $[***]
Over [***]@ $[***]

* Minimum monthly fee -
$[***]

  

  
  
  
  

  
  

4906   

ASSIST for Banco Popular (10114)

  

Per month

   $ [***]   
4157   

Right Fax Application Daily Monitoring (Pop. Mortgage)

  

Per month

   $ [***]   
4158   

Right Fax Application - Account Maintenance (Bronze) (Pop. Mortgage)

  

Per month

   $ [***]   
4800   

e-Service Management Tool

  

Per transaction

   $ [***]   
4801   

e-Service Service Center License

  

Per license

   $ [***]   
4968   

Upgrade Ewfm FROM Version 6.2 to 7.2 (30700)

  

Per month

   $ [***]   

 

***

   Certain information in this agreement has been omitted and filed separately with the Securities and Exchange Commission. [***] indicates that text has been omitted and is the subject of a confidential treatment request.

 


Service Code

  

Service

  

Unit

  

Unit Price

    
4778   

Fortis - Incorporate PF& Credit Card Imaging System (43111)

  

Per month

   $[***]   
4803   

Corsidian - Outbound Solution Installation & Implementation (30700)

  

Per month

   $[***]   

 

PC, Network and Telecommunication Installations

 

     

Service Code

  

Service

  

Unit

  

Unit Price

    
2027   

Installation and Configuration of a PC (Desktop)

  

Per equipment

   $[***]   
2028   

Installing and Configuring a LAN Printer

  

Per occurrence

   $[***]   
¿?   

Installing and Configuring a Local Printer

  

Per occurrence

   $[***]   
2029   

Installing and Configuring PC’s peripherals such as scanners, monitors, etc.

  

Per occurrence

   $[***]   
2030   

Installing and configuration PC Software

  

Per occurrence

   $[***]   
2981   

EVERnet (Branches)

  

Per month per branch

   $[***]   
TBD   

EVERnet (Regional office)

  

Per month per site

   $[***]   
4971   

EVERnet (El Señorial)

  

Per month per site

   $[***]   
2980   

VoIP Service Fees (Branches)

  

Per month per telephone

   $[***]   
2975   

VoIP Service Fees (Corporate Buildings)

  

Per month per telephone

   $[***]   
  

VoIP Service Fee for Faxes

  

Per extension /per month

   $[***]   
2038   

Activities to configure phone extensions, direct lines, voice mail and other services

  

Per man hour

   $[***]   
3507   

Telephone port

  

Per port per year

   $[***]   
2037   

Wiring, acceptance and device termination of carrier-leased lines

  

Per man hour

   $[***]   
2035   

Wiring, patching, cable routing and terminations certification

  

Per cable drop

   $[***]   
2715   

Cabling Cat. 6

  

Per occurrence

   $[***]   
2039   

Microwave Redundancy Communication Services for branches and some corporate buildings. This fee may be reviewed on a monthly basis to reflect any reduction of microwave service used by COMPANY as a result of continued migration to new communication technology.

  

Per month

   $[***]   
2153   

Desktop and Laptop OS License - Office, Xp, Antivirus and other common software

  

Per machine per year

   $[***]   
2154   

LAN Access Fee - User’s access to LAN including LAN port usage, E-mail account and usage, Internet access, antivirus for exchange, anti-spamming tool, e-mail archiving, proxies, firewalls, routers and switches.

  

Per user port per year

   $[***]   
2159   

Server LAN Access Fee

  

Per machine per year

   $[***]   
2156   

Printer LAN Access Fee

  

Per machine per year

   $[***]   
2032   

IP& LAN Ports Assignment

  

Per occurrence

   $[***]   
2034   

Usage of Mainframe system for development purposes (IBM 2064-1C7)

  

Per month

   $[***]   
4158   

Right Fax user administration

  

Per user definition / maintenance

   $[***]   
2420   

Hardware Maintenance Fee for branch Pin Pads, Ithaca Printers and scanners

      $[***]   
2420   

Printer

  

Per device

   $[***]   
2420   

Scanner

  

Per device

   $[***]   
2420   

Pin Pad

  

Per device

   $[***]   
2942   

NCR Cash Dispensers (maintenance)

  

Per month

   $[***]   
2804   

SAS Monthly Hosting Fee

  

Per month

   $[***]   
  

Blackberry Services:

        
4952   

Blackberry’s Communication Devices for BPNA

  

Per device

   $[***]   
4030   

Blackberry’s Communication Devices for BPNA

  

Per setup

   $[***]   
4952   

Blackberry’s Communication Devices (38100)

  

Per device

   $[***]   
4029   

Blackberry’s Communication Devices (38100)

  

Per setup

   $[***]   
4971   

EVERnet (Corporate Buildings)

  

Per month per site

   $[***]   
4975   

VoIP Service Fees (Corporate Buildings)

  

Per month per telephone

   $[***]    This service appears to be repeated on line 196
  

Popular Auto - Data Network Services upgrade to MPLS

  

Per month

   $[***]   
  

MPLS Cricuit for Stop 22 Building

  

Per month

   $[***]   
  

MPLS Circuit for Altamira Building

  

Per month

   $[***]   
4988   

Open System Infrastructure for STRATA/CACS Data Base Hosting (22667)

  

Per month

   $[***]   
4969   

Internet Content Management System for BPPR Collocation(10106)

  

Per month

   $[***]   
4960   

RSA Adaptive Authentication (10106) Hosting

  

Per month

   $[***]   

 

***

   Certain information in this agreement has been omitted and filed separately with the Securities and Exchange Commission. [***] indicates that text has been omitted and is the subject of a confidential treatment request.

 


Service Code

  

Service

  

Unit

  Unit Price       
  

RSA - Remote Secured Access

       
  

[***]-[***] active users

  

Per active user

  $ [***]      
  

[***] and over active users

  

Per active user

  $ [***]      
4956   

Implementation PER WEB Server Infrastructure (22301) Hosting

  

Per month

  $ [***]      
  

Popular Center DPC - Virtual Server Infrastructure

   Per month   $ [***]       * Signed but
not
implemented
(12
Servers)
4955   

Implementation Hotscan v 6.8 (32550) Hosting

  

Per month

  $ [***]      
4951   

Swift Fee Net Fase II RMA Hosting (32550)

  

Per month

  $ [***]      
4033   

Hosting Infrastructure - Altamira (26500)

  

Per month

  $ [***]      
4900   

Witness & Melita Hosting (22667)

  

Per month

  $ [***]      
4911   

FED Line Direct (38105) - Collocation

  

Per month

  $ [***]      
5018   

DSS Application Hosting for BPNA

  

Per month

  $ [***]      
4949   

Colocación Router Waste Management (29452)

  

Per month

  $ [***]      
4941   

Swift Fee Net Fase II PKI Collocation (32550)

  

Per month

  $ [***]      
4936   

Centro de Pruebas - Application Hosting Service Fee (43401)

  

Per month

  $ [***]      
  

Popular Mortgage - Power Seller Application Collocation

  

Per month

  $ [***]      
4147   

Load Balancer para Webservers de VRU (hosting)

  

Per month

  $ [***]      
4985   

Upgrade Kana to Version 9.5 (30700) - Software license and collocation

  

Per month

  $ [***]      
4907   

Backup Server for Resqnet (38105)

  

Per month

  $ [***]      
5518   

Embossers Super/CAT (10252)

  

Per quarter

  $ [***]      
4902   

Premia SAN Storage Hosting (49923)

  

Per month

  $ [***]      
4983   

Additional San Space for COGNOS (10252)

  

Per month

  $ [***]      
4953   

EDWS Hosting Fee Storage(10106)

  

Per month

  $ [***]      
4912   

Additional SAN Disc Space for EDWS (38156)

  

Per month

  $ [***]      
4908   

SAN Space Global 360 Appl (10114)

  

Per month

  $ [***]      
4908   

SAN Space Global 360 Appl (26600)

  

Per month

  $ [***]      
4938   

SAN Space - Upgrade Relius V12 (27101)

  

Per month

  $ [***]      
4904   

TSYS - Network Administration and Hosting Services

  

Per Month

  $ [***]      

Network and Systems Availability Monitoring and PC, Network and Telecommunications

 

Service Code

  

Service

  

Unit

   Unit Price       
2152   

Desktop and Laptop Maintenance Basic - May include Incident Service, Parts Replacement, Software Updates and Distribution, Status Monitoring for PCs

  

Per machine per year

   $ [***]      
2152   

Desktop and Laptop Maintenance Enhanced- May include Incident Service, Parts Replacement, Software Updates and Distribution, Status Monitoring for PCs

  

Per machine per year

   $ [***]      
¿?   

Desktop and Laptop Maintenance Premium- May include Incident Service, Parts Replacement, Software Updates and Distribution, Status Monitoring for PCs

  

Per machine per year

   $ [***]      
2155   

LAN/Local Printers maintenance Basic

  

Per machine per year

   $ [***]      
¿?   

LAN/Local Printers maintenance Enhanced

  

Per machine per year

   $ [***]      
¿?   

LAN/Local Printers maintenance Premium

  

Per machine per year

   $ [***]      
¿?   

Incident Handling for Non-EVERTEC certified PC software

  

Per man hours

   $ [***]      
3508   

Open Server Administration and Operation

  

Per machine per year

   $ [***]      
  

Server Maintenance Table:

        
TBD   

Small

  

Per machine per year

   $ [***]      
TBD   

Medium-Small

  

Per machine per year

   $ [***]      
TBD   

Medium-Medium

  

Per machine per year

   $ [***]      
TBD   

Medium-Large

  

Per machine per year

   $ [***]      
TBD   

Large

  

Per machine per year

   $ [***]      
TBD   

X-Large

  

Per machine per year

   $ [***]      
TBD   

XX-Large

  

Per machine per year

   $ [***]      
  

Switches & Routers Maintenance:

  

  
  

PP8K-L2

  

Per machine per year

   $ [***]      
  

PP8K-L3

  

Per machine per year

   $ [***]      
  

BPS

  

Per machine per year

   $ [***]      
  

BCM

  

Per machine per year

   $ [***]      
  

Nortel ARN

  

Per machine per year

   $ [***]      
  

Nortel ASN

  

Per machine per year

   $ [***]      
  

Nortel AN

  

Per machine per year

   $ [***]      
  

BLN

  

Per machine per year

   $ [***]      
  

BCN

  

Per machine per year

   $ [***]      
  

Cisco2950

  

Per machine per year

   $ [***]      
  

Sharing Device

  

Per machine per year

   $ [***]      

 

***

   Certain information in this agreement has been omitted and filed separately with the Securities and Exchange Commission. [***] indicates that text has been omitted and is the subject of a confidential treatment request.

 


Service Code

  

Service

  

Unit

   Unit Price  
  

TF1

  

Per machine per year

   $ [***]   
  

BayStack Switch

  

Per machine per year

   $ [***]   
  

Monitoring Services:

     
3506   

Servers Monitoring

  

Per monitored device per year

   $ [***]   
  

Mainframe Monitoring (CICS)

  

Per monitored device per year

   $ [***]   
  

ATM Network (BPPR) Monitoring

  

Per monitored device per year

   $ [***]   
  

POS Network Monitoring

  

Per monitored device per year

   $ [***]   
3511   

Routers and Switches Monitoring

  

Per monitored device per year

   $ [***]   
4970   

IBM Hardware Maintenance (38551)

  

Per month

   $ [***]   

 

Other Services

 

     

Service Code

  

Service Name

  

Unit

   Unit Price  
2617   

Printing & Distribution

  

Per Logical Page

   $ [***]   
2623   

Printing CLARO

  

Per Logical Page

   $ [***]   
2638   

Printing PRTC

  

Per Logical Page

   $ [***]   
2175   

Check

  

Per Logical Page

   $ [***]   
¿?   

Paper

  

Per type of paper

    
 
 
Invoice amount varies
based on volume and cost of
paper
  
  
  

 

Payments Processing

 

     

Service Code

  

Service

  

Unit

   Unit Price  
2101   

Wholesale Invoice / Detail

  

Per invoice

   $ [***]   
2104   

Wholesale Transmission

  

Per transmission

   $ [***]   
2105   

Wholesale Photocopies

  

Per photocopy

   $ [***]   
2107   

Wholesale Fax

  

Per page

   $ [***]   
2114   

Retail Lockbox Multiple Coupons

  

Per coupon

   $ [***]   
2115   

Retail Lockbox Fax

  

Per page

   $ [***]   
2117   

Retail Transmission

  

Per transmission

   $ [***]   
2118   

PRTC Coupons

  

Per coupon

   $ [***]   
2121   

Retail Lockbox Coupon 20

  

Per invoice

   $ [***]   
2123   

Encode checks - Per item encoded

  

Per item

   $ [***]   
2124   

Payment Station Substitution Coupon. Process of payment using manual operation

  

Per coupon

   $ [***]   
2125   

Payment Station Transmission

  

Per transmission

   $ [***]   
2126   

Payment station Invoice. Process of payment with one ck.

  

Per payment

   $ [***]   
2127   

Retail checks copies - Per copy.

  

Per copy

   $ [***]   
2128   

Multipago Processing Lockbox, Cyclops

  

Per payment

   $ [***]   
2129   

Payment station Unmatched. Unmatched Invoice.

  

Per occurrence

   $ [***]   
2130   

Cyclops. Truncated on branch

  

Per payment

   $ [***]   
2134   

Coupon change - Charge for changes in coupon’s layout with notification.

  

Per occurrence

   $ [***]   
2135   

Coupon change w/o notification - Coupon Charge for changes in coupon’s layout without modifications

  

Per occurrence

   $ [***]   
2140   

Multipago Notebooks

  

Per notebook

   $ [***]   
2150   

PER

  

Per transaction

   $ [***]   
2136   

PER Reinstall

  

Per occurrence

   $ [***]   
2193   

Telepago Transactions

  

Per transaction

   $ [***]   
2382   

Negative File Lockbox special processing

  

Per transaction

   $ [***]   
2141   

Image Cost Payment Retail

  

Per payment

   $ [***]   
2142   

Image Cost Document Wholesale

  

Per document

   $ [***]   
2143   

Monthly Internet Maintenance

  

Per occurrence

   $ [***]   
2144   

CD Creation

  

Per CD

   $ [***]   
2146   

External Payment Coupon [***]

  

Per invoice

   $ [***]   
2112   

Retail Checks Only

  

Per coupon

   $ [***]   
2113   

Retail Substitute Coupon

  

Per coupon

   $ [***]   
2116   

Retail Interstate Checks

  

Per coupon

   $ [***]   
2712   

Batch 600/Agency Payments or Government Payments

  

Per volume

   $ [***]   
2711   

Yellow Envolopes (AAA & PRT)

  

Per volume

   $ [***]   
2161   

City Tax Hosting Mun. Public Sector - Large Municipalities

  

Per Municipality per month

     [***] /[***] /[***]   
2182   

City Tax Hosting Mun. Public Sector - Small Municipalities

  

Per Municipality per month

   $ [***]   
2171   

IVR de Pagos

  

Per transaction

   $ [***]   
2172   

Sales Tax File & Image Municipios

  

Per file

   $ [***]   

 

***

   Certain information in this agreement has been omitted and filed separately with the Securities and Exchange Commission. [***] indicates that text has been omitted and is the subject of a confidential treatment request.

 


Service Code

  

Service

  

Unit

   Unit Price  
2177   

Sales Tax Image - Hacienda

  

Per image

     $[***]   
2167   

Sales Tax Lock Box Set-up

  

Per setup

     $[***]   
2178   

City Tax Mun. Sector Público Lockbox set-up

  

Per setup

     $[***]   
2179   

City Tax Mun. Sector Público Web-Portal set-up

  

Per setup

     $[***]   
2180   

City Tax Mun. Pequeños Web Portal set-up

  

Per setup

     $[***]   
2181   

City Tax Mun. Pequeños Lockbox set-up

  

Per setup

     $[***]   
2196   

Sales Tax Payment Station Hacienda

  

Per item

     $[***]   
2197   

Sales Tax Lockbox Items Hacienda

  

Per item

     $[***]   
2198   

Sales Tax Monthly Transmission Hacienda

  

Per month

     $[***]   
2199   

Sales Tax Image CD Hacienda

  

Per CD

     $[***]   
2200   

Sales Tax Validation Hacienda

  

Per item

     $[***]   
2224   

Sales Tax Database Maintenance Hacienda

  

Per month

     $[***]   
2398   

Lockbox Special Processing [***](Tourism Department)

  

Per item

     $[***]   
2399   

Lockbox Special Processing (Labor Department)

  

Per item

     $[***]   
  

EVERPay Kiosks Implementation Fee

  

Per Permitted User

     $[***]   
2731   

EVERPay Kiosks

  

Per transaction per Kiosk

    
 
 
[***] - [***] $[***] [***]
-[***] $[***] [***] - up
$[***]
  
  
  
2737   

EVERPay Kiosks Set-Up & Installation

  

Per Kiosk

     $[***]   
2738   

EVERPay Kiosk Monthly License and Maintenance Fee (Monthly Minimum - [***] Kiosks, includes first [***] transactions)

  

Per Kiosk

     $[***]   
  

Reimbursement Module Programming Fee

  

One Time Charge

     up to $[***]   
  

Reimbursement Module Monthly License and Maintenance Fee

  

Per Kiosk

     $[***]   
2720   

CCP Monthly Per Merchant

  

Per month

     $[***]   
2722   

Check Out Monthly Maintenance

  

Per month

     $[***]   
2734   

MMP Hosting Fee

  

Per month

     $[***]   
2735   

T-Paga Hosting Fee

  

Per month

     $[***]   
2768   

CCP Transaction Fee

  

Per month

     $[***]   
2769   

CCP Exceed Transactions

  

Per transaction

     $[***]   
2770   

Call Center Pay Set-Up Fee

  

Per setup

    
 
 
amount determined by time
and material and quoted
separately
  
  
  
2771   

Multi Merchant Pay Set-Up

  

Per setup

     $[***]   
2772   

Multi Merchant Pay Monthly

  

Per month

     $[***]   
2779   

WEB Transactions (Payment Gateway)

  

Per transaction

     $[***]   
2905   

Everpay Kiosk Minimun Trans Fee

  

Per tier

     $[***] / $[***]   
2909   

Sales Tax Payment Station F-3 (Hacienda)

  

Per item

     $[***]   
2910   

Sales Tax Lockbox F-3 (Hacienda)

  

Per item

     $[***]   
2914   

Sales Tax Payment Station

  

Per item per Municipality

     $[***]   
2915   

Sales Tax Lockbox Items Coupons

  

Per item per Municipality

     $[***]   
2933   

Sorteo de Planillas

  

Per item

     $[***]   
2940   

Announcement Sales

  

Per item

     $[***]   
2972   

Lock Box Scan Line Fix

  

Per item

     $[***]   
2973   

Lockbox PRTax Other Banks

  

Per item

     $[***]   
2974   

Lockbox PRTax Branches

  

Per item

     $[***]   
2978   

Debt Coupon Lockbox

  

Per item

     $[***]   
2979   

Debt Coupon Branches and Other Banks

  

Per item

     $[***]   
2007   

Partial reconciliation - Per reconciliation

  

Per reconciliation

     $[***]   
2008   

Consolidated Reconciliation

  

Per reconciliation

     $[***]   
2009   

Reconciliation of Deposits

  

Per reconciliation

     $[***]   
2012   

Mail Department Transmission - Per transmission requested by client

  

Per transmission

     $[***]   
2013   

Duplicated and Forced checks - Per item duplicated by the customer and forced into reconciliation

  

Per item duplicated

     $[***]   
2021   

Check Management License

  

Per licence

     $[***]   
2238   

Check Management Service

  

Per CD

     $[***]   
2239   

Check Management Reprint

  

Per duplicate original CD

     $[***]   
2708   

Payments Special Requests

  

Per agreed amount

    
 
 
amount determined by time
and material and quoted
separately
  
  
  
  

Department of Labor (DOL)

  

4332   

Salary Sheet Procesing (10 entries or less)

  

Per Salary Sheet

     $[***]   
4333   

Salary Data Entry Per Employee (10 entries or less)

  

Per Salary Sheet

     $[***]   
4334   

Salary Sheets (with more than 10 employees)

  

Per Salary Sheet

     $[***]   

 

***

   Certain information in this agreement has been omitted and filed separately with the Securities and Exchange Commission. [***] indicates that text has been omitted and is the subject of a confidential treatment request.

 


ACH Transactions

 

Service Code

  

Service

  

Unit

   Unit Price  
2061   

ACH Files Received Processed

  

Per file

   $ [***]   
2062   

ACH File Maintenance

  

Per file

   $ [***]   
2063   

ACH Batch Maintenance

  

Per batch

   $ [***]   
2064   

ACH Transaction Maintenance

  

Per transaction

   $ [***]   
2065   

Credit Union Maintenance

  

Per credit union per month

   $ [***]   
2212   

ACH

  

Per transaction

   $ [***]   
2230   

ACH Correspondent Services

  

Per transaction

   $ [***]   
2245   

ACH Auto Returns

  

Per transaction

   $ [***]   
2266   

ACH Received

  

Per transaction

   $ [***]   
2281   

EDI initial set up-standard

  

Per set up

   $ [***]   
2282   

EDI maintenance

  

Per client per month

   $ [***]   
2283   

EDI transactions

  

Per transaction

   $ [***]   
2284   

EDI input files

  

Per file

   $ [***]   
2285   

EDI output files

  

Per file

   $ [***]   
2286   

EDI input Kilo characters

  

Per kilo character

   $ [***]   
2287   

EDI output Kilo characters

  

Per kilo character

   $ [***]   
2163   

Sales Tax ACH Transactions Municipios (71010)

  

Per transaction

   $ [***]   
2226   

Addendas Origination

  

Per addenda

   $ [***]   
2290   

Sales Tax ACH Transactions Hacienda (71010)

  

Per transaction

   $ [***]   
2291   

Sales Tax ACH Returns Hacienda (71010)

  

Per transaction

   $ [***]   
2292   

Sales Tax ACH Received Hacienda (71010)

  

Per transaction

   $ [***]   
2293   

Sales Tax Addenda Hacienda (71010)

  

Per addenda

   $ [***]   
2294   

Sales Tax ACH Creation Hacienda (71010)

  

Per transaction

   $ [***]   
2719   

CCP ACH Transactions

  

Per transaction

   $ [***]   
2720   

CCP Monthly Per Merchant

  

Per merchant per month

   $ [***]   
2721   

Check Out ACH Transactions

  

Per transaction

   $ [***]   
2722   

Check Out Montlhy Maintenance

  

Per merchant per month

   $ [***]   
2723   

Epayable ACH Transactions

  

Per transaction

   $ [***]   
2724   

Epayable Check Transactions

  

Per transaction

   $ [***]   
2777   

ACH Special Request (Partial Refresh)

  

Per month

   $ [***]   

 

Mail Processing

 

     

Service Code

  

Service

  

Unit

   Unit Price  
2001   

Statement Rendering - Commercial (Automated) - Statements are folded and inserted for mailing & metered for mail. (Postage not included)

  

Per statement

   $ [***]   
2002   

Statements Checks Inserted - Commercial

  

Per check inserted

   $ [***]   
2004   

Additional pages - Commercial

  

Per page

   $ [***]   
7001   

Statement Rendering - Retail (Automated) - Statements are folded and inserted for mailing & metered for mail. (Postage not included)

  

Per statement

   $ [***]   
7002   

Statements Checks Inserted - Retail

  

Per check inserted

   $ [***]   
7004   

Additional pages - Retail

  

Per page

   $ [***]   
2003   

Other Mailings

  

Per mailing document

   $ [***]   
2053   

Statement Rendering

  

Per statement

   $ [***]   
2053   

Statement Rendering (Manual) - Special and Hold Statements

  

Per statement

   $ [***]   
2054   

Marketing Inserts

  

Per item

   $ [***]   
2011   

Additional Inserts - Per additional insert in statement promotion.

  

Per additional insert

   $ [***]   
2014   

Mail Processing CLARO - Per invoice. Fee for processing invoice and mailing average number of pages per service.

  

Per invoice

   $ [***]   
4026   

Mail Processing - Additional pages CLARO

  

Per page

   $ [***]   
2017   

Mail Processing PRTC - Per invoice. Fee for processing invoice and mailing average number of pages per service.

  

Per invoice

   $ [***]   
4018   

Mail Processing - Additional pages PRTC

  

Per page

   $ [***]   
4024   

Mail Processing

  

Per statement

   $ [***]   

Returned Items

 

Service Code

  

Service

  

Unit

   Unit Price  
2209   

Outgoing Returned Item (for non sufficient funds)

  

Per item returned

   $ [***]   
2213   

Paid Returned item

  

Per item processed

   $ [***]   
2223   

Checks Verification Large Items

  

Per item processed

   $ [***]   
2214   

Checks Verification

  

Per item processed

   $ [***]   
2215   

Stop Payment

  

Per item processed

   $ [***]   
2216   

Returned Other Reasons

  

Per item verified for return

   $ [***]   

 

***

   Certain information in this agreement has been omitted and filed separately with the Securities and Exchange Commission. [***] indicates that text has been omitted and is the subject of a confidential treatment request.

 


Service Code

  

Service

  

Unit

   Unit Price  
2217   

RDC Charged

  

Per item processed

   $ [***]   
2219   

Unpost Processed

  

Per item processed

   $ [***]   
2221   

Collection Service

  

Per item processed

   $ [***]   

 

Cash Services

 

     

Service Code

  

Service

  

Unit

   Unit Price  
2651   

Cash Requisitions

  

Per cash request

   $ [***]   
2652   

Issued Currency

  

Per bills requested

   $ [***]   
2653   

Issued Rolled Coins

  

Per rolled coins requested

   $ [***]   
2654   

Deposit Consolidation

  

Per deposit processed from branches

   $ [***]   
2650   

Commercial Deposits Process

  

Per thousand dollars processed

   $ [***]   
2066   

Commercial Bag / Envelope Handling

  

Per bag per envelope

   $ [***]   

 

Item Processing

 

     

Service Code

  

Service

  

Unit

   Unit Price  
2201   

In-clearing Capture & Microfilming. High speed capture and microfilming

  

Per item

   $ [***]   
2202   

CR Cuadre Contabilidad

  

Per month

   $ [***]   
2205   

Encoding/Capture & Microfilming. Encoding high speed capture & microfilming

  

Per item

   $ [***]   
2206   

Exception Item Pull. Items designated to be pulled and reviewed by Bank.

  

Per item

   $ [***]   
2207   

Cycle sorting. High speed sorting of items per account number.

  

Per item

   $ [***]   
2208   

Serial sorts. Sorting of items per ck number.

  

Per item

   $ [***]   
2210   

Reject Repair - In excess of [***]% rejects caused by customer deficient document

  

Per item in excess of [***]%

   $ [***]   
2051   

Reject Repair

  

Per item

   $ [***]   
2052   

Fax Request

  

Per item / side

   $ [***]   
2211   

Data Entry. Process manually at Data Entry Dept.

  

Per item

   $ [***]   
2231   

Fine Sort. High speed sorting of items per check number.

  

Per item

   $ [***]   
7201   

Inclear Capture Microfilm (Commercial)

  

Per item

   $ [***]   
7205   

Encode\Capture\Microfilm Comm

  

Per item

   $ [***]   
7206   

Exception Item Pull Comm

  

Per item

   $ [***]   
7207   

Cycle Sorting Comm

  

Per item

   $ [***]   
7208   

Serial Sorts Comm

  

Per item

   $ [***]   
7210   

Reject Repair - excess [***]% Comm

  

Per item in excess of [***]%

   $ [***]   

 

Service Continuity Management

 

     

Service Code

  

Service

  

Unit

   Unit Price  
2040   

Tres Monjitas - Sunguard Disaster Recovery includes custom fit hardware based on BPPR specific configuration to recover the essential services.

  

Per month

   $ [***]   
4040   

Business Continuity - Popular Mortgage

  

Per month

   $ [***]   
4040   

Business Continuity - Popular Insurance

  

Per month

   $ [***]   

 

Image Archive

 

     

Service Code

  

Service

  

Unit

   Unit Price  
2046   

Image Storage [***] - [***]

  

Per item

   $ [***]   
2046   

Image Storage over [***]

  

Per item

   $ [***]   
2047   

Image Retrival - First [***] calendar days

  

Per item / query

   $ [***]   
2048   

Image Retrieval - Over [***] calendar days

  

Per item / query

   $ [***]   
2050   

CD ROM Distribution

  

Per 2 CD ROM

   $ [***]   

 

Call Center Services

 

     

Service Code

  

Service

  

Unit

   Unit Price  
2055   

Collocation Suppport for Call Center Equipment

  

Per month

   $
 
 
[***] plus
communication
costs
  
  
  
2056   

Call Accounting Management, Analysis and Reporting

  

Per month

   $ [***]   
2057   

Call transfer services for incoming phone calls to business units

  

Per month

   $ [***]   
4747   

IVR Call Center

  

Per month

   $ [***]   

 

***

   Certain information in this agreement has been omitted and filed separately with the Securities and Exchange Commission. [***] indicates that text has been omitted and is the subject of a confidential treatment request.

 

 


POS & ATH Switch and Processing

 

Service Code

  

Service

  

Unit

   Unit Price  
3350   

ATH Special Request

  

Per agreed amount

    
 
amount determined by time and
material and quoted separately
  
  
3351   

POS Special Request

  

Per agreed amount

    
 
amount determined by time and
material and quoted separately
  
  
3299   

POS Special Transactions

  

Per agreed amount

    
 
amount determined by time and
material and quoted separately
  
  
  

POS and ATH Services

  

As per ATH Schedule F

     As per ATH Schedule F   

 

Dedicated Resources (Costo + 20)

 

     

Service Code

  

Service

  

Unit

   Unit Price  
3350   

Dedicated Resources (Costo + 20)

  

Total

   $ [***]   
3350   

Corporate Finance (2)

  

Per month

   $ [***]   
3351   

Corporate Risk (1)

  

Per month

   $ [***]   
3299   

Lending Applications (2)

  

Per month

   $ [***]   
  

Popular Auto (6)

  

Per month

   $ [***]   
3350   

Popular Mortgage (9)

  

Per month

   $ [***]   
3351   

Enterprise Information Management (3)

  

Per month

   $ [***]   
3299   

Popular Insurance (3)

  

Per month

   $ [***]   

 

Fleet Card Services

 

     

Service Code

  

Service

  

Unit

   Unit Price  
  

Permitted User Start Up Fee

  

Per Permitted User

   $ [***]   
  

Low Customer Start Up Fee

  

Per Permitted User

   $ [***]   
  

Issuer Transaction Processing for Permitted Users without daily settlement to merchants

  

Per transaction

   $ [***]   
  

Issuer Transaction Processing for Permitted Users with daily settlement to merchants.

  

Per transaction

   $ [***]   
  

Issuer Switch Fee

  

Per transaction

   $ [***]   
  

Portal Access Fee

  

Per every 5 passwords per month

   $ [***]   
  

Low Customer Portal Access Fee

  

Per every 5 passwords per month

   $ [***]   
  

FTP Report Access Fee

  

Per password per month

   $ [***]   
  

Special programming, additional reports, etc.

  

Per request

     To be quoted   

 

Fraud Monitoring and Hosting Services

 

     

Service Code

  

Service

  

Unit

   Unit Price  
  

Initial Card Set Up (Debit or Credit)

  

Per Card

   $ [***]   
  

Credit Maintenance Fee (A)

  

Per Card per month

    

 

[***] -[***] $[***] [***] -[***]

$[***] [***] - up $[***]

  

  

  

Credit Transaction Fee (B)

  

Per transaction

   $ [***]   
  

Credit Monthly Minimum (A+B)

  

Per month

   $ [***]   
  

Debit Maintenance Fee (C)

  

Per Card per month

   $ [***]   
  

Debit Transaction Fee (D)

  

Per transaction

   $ [***]   
  

Debit Monthly Minimum (C+D)

  

Per month

   $ [***]   
  

Falcon Trainings

  

Per training

     Pass-thru + [***]%   
  

Special files or reports creation

  

Per hour

   $ [***]   
  

Falcon Rule Request

  

Per request

    
 
As quoted /Schedule A of
the Service Addendum
  
  

 

Remote Capture Services

 

     

Service Code

  

Service

  

Unit

   Unit Price  
  

Initial Set-up for implementation of the System and Licenses for Permitted Users and COMPANY

  

One Time Charge

   $ [***]   
  

License Fee

  

Per additional Permitted User - One Time Charge

   $ [***]   
  

Maintenance Fee

  

Per Permitted User per month

   $ [***]   
  

Remote Capture Service Fee

  

Per Image per Permitted User per month

   $ [***]   

 

***

   Certain information in this agreement has been omitted and filed separately with the Securities and Exchange Commission. [***] indicates that text has been omitted and is the subject of a confidential treatment request.

 


Collocation Services

 

Service Code

  

Server/Model

  

Unit

   Unit Price*  
  

Cisco Catalyst 4948-10GE

  

Per month

   $ [***]   
  

Cisco MCS 7800 Series 3 - MCS 7835-H2

  

Per month

   $ [***]   
  

DELL-PowerEdge-2950

  

Per month

   $ [***]   
  

DELL-PowerEdge-2970

  

Per month

   $ [***]   
  

DELL-Poweredge-R900

  

Per month

   $ [***]   
  

HP-Blade-System-c7000-HP-Proliant-BL460c

  

Per month

   $ [***]   
  

HP-Blade-System-c7000-HP-Proliant-BL460c-G6

  

Per month

   $ [***]   
  

HP-Blade-System-c7000-HP-Proliant-BL465c

  

Per month

   $ [***]   
  

HP-Blade-System-c7000-HP-Proliant-BL465c-G5

  

Per month

   $ [***]   
  

HP-Blade-System-c7000-HP-Proliant-BL465c-G6

  

Per month

   $ [***]   
  

HP-Blade-System-c7000-HP-Proliant-BL465-G6

  

Per month

   $ [***]   
  

HP-Integrity-rx3600

  

Per month

   $ [***]   
  

HP-Proliant-1600

  

Per month

   $ [***]   
  

HP-Proliant-1850

  

Per month

   $ [***]   
  

HP-Proliant-2500

  

Per month

   $ [***]   
  

HP-Proliant-8000

  

Per month

   $ [***]   
  

HP-Proliant-DL180-G5

  

Per month

   $ [***]   
  

HP-Proliant-DL180-G6

  

Per month

   $ [***]   
  

HP-Proliant-DL320

  

Per month

   $ [***]   
  

HP-Proliant-DL320-G2

  

Per month

   $ [***]   
  

HP-Proliant-DL360

  

Per month

   $ [***]   
  

HP-Proliant-DL360-G2

  

Per month

   $ [***]   
  

HP-Proliant-DL360-G4

  

Per month

   $ [***]   
  

HP-Proliant-DL360-G5

  

Per month

   $ [***]   
  

HP-Proliant-DL380

  

Per month

   $ [***]   
  

HP-Proliant-DL380-G1

  

Per month

   $ [***]   
  

HP-Proliant-DL380-G2

  

Per month

   $ [***]   
  

HP-Proliant-DL380-G3

  

Per month

   $ [***]   
  

HP-Proliant-DL380-G4

  

Per month

   $ [***]   
  

HP-Proliant-DL380-G5

  

Per month

   $ [***]   
  

HP-Proliant-DL385

  

Per month

   $ [***]   
  

HP-Proliant-DL385-G2

  

Per month

   $ [***]   
  

HP-Proliant-DL385-G5

  

Per month

   $ [***]   
  

HP-Proliant-DL580

  

Per month

   $ [***]   
  

HP-Proliant-DL580-G2

  

Per month

   $ [***]   
  

HP-Proliant-DL580-G5

  

Per month

   $ [***]   
  

HP-Proliant-DL585-G1

  

Per month

   $ [***]   
  

HP-Proliant-DL585-G2

  

Per month

   $ [***]   
  

HP-Proliant-ML350

  

Per month

   $ [***]   
  

HP-Proliant-ML370

  

Per month

   $ [***]   
  

HP-Proliant-ML370-G2

  

Per month

   $ [***]   
  

HP-Proliant-ML530-G2

  

Per month

   $ [***]   
  

HP-Proliant-ML570

  

Per month

   $ [***]   
  

IBM pSeries - P630 Type 7028-6C4

  

Per month

   $ [***]   
  

IBM System p5 - Type 9110-51A

  

Per month

   $ [***]   
  

IBM System p5 - Type 9133-550

  

Per month

   $ [***]   
  

IBM System p5 - Type 9133-55A

  

Per month

   $ [***]   
  

IBM System Storage N6040 - Type 2858-A20 G

  

Per month

   $ [***]   
  

Sun Blade T6320 Server Module

  

Per month

   $ [***]   
  

Sun SPARC Enterprise M4000 Server

  

Per month

   $ [***]   
  

Sun Sunfire V480

  

Per month

   $ [***]   

 

*

Price Disclaimer:

 

  1-

[***]

 

  2-

[***]

 

  3-

[***]

 

  4-

[***]

 

  5-

[***]

 

***

   Certain information in this agreement has been omitted and filed separately with the Securities and Exchange Commission. [***] indicates that text has been omitted and is the subject of a confidential treatment request.

 


Schedule 1 to Exhibit B

Application Processing Base Prices Details

See Attached


Schedule 1 to Exhibit B

Application Processing Base Prices Details

See Attached

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

LOGO


Application Processing Base Prices Details

(Transactional Charges of Evertec to Banco Popular)

July 16, 2004


Table of Contents

 

1.

 

Purposes

     8   

2.

 

ACAPS Automated Credit Application

  

2.1

 

    Descriptions

     9   

2.2

 

    Account or Product Type

     9   

2.3

 

    Interfaces with Another’s Applications

     9   

2.4

 

    Account Transactions

     9   

2.5

 

    Reports

     10   

2.6

 

    Approval or Security Profiles

     10   

2.7

 

    Specific Details

     10   
 

    2.7.1

 

Transactions Type

     10   
 

    2.7.2

 

Down Load to Other Systems

     11   
 

    2.7.3

 

Document Development

     11   
 

    2.7.4

 

Account Purge Process

     11   
 

    2.7.5

 

Systems Tables and Maintenances

     11   
 

    2.7.6

 

Applications Runs

     12   
 

    2.7.7

 

Technical Consulting and Support

     12   
 

    2.7.8

 

Production Problems or Error Support

     12   
 

    2.7.9

 

Transactions Backup Processes

     12   

3.

 

Commercial Loans Applications

  

3.1

 

    Descriptions

     13   

3.2

 

    Account or Product Type

     13   

3.3

 

    Interfaces with Another’s Applications

     13   

3.4

 

    Account Transactions

     13   

3.5

 

    Reports

     14   

3.6

 

    Approval or Security Profiles

     14   

3.7

 

    Specific Details

     14   
 

    3.7.1

 

Closing Notes

     14   
 

    3.7.2

 

Collateral Processing

     14   
 

    3.7.3

 

Escrow Services

     14   
 

    3.7.4

 

Investors Reporting

     14   
 

    3.7.5

 

Notices

     14   
 

    3.7.6

 

Tape / Transmissions Processing

     15   
 

    3.7.7

 

Charge – Off Processing

     15   
 

    3.7.8

 

Participations

     15   
 

    3.7.9

 

Fee Processing

     15   
 

    3.7.10

 

Holds and Collateral Protection

     15   

 

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    3.7.11

 

Bank Control File

     16   
 

    3.7.12

 

CL2000 General Ledger Interfaces

     16   
 

    3.7.13

 

Technical Consulting and Support

     16   
 

    3.7.14

 

Production Problems or Error Support

     16   

4.

 

Installment Loans Applications

  

4.1

 

    Descriptions

     17   

4.2

 

    Account or Product Type

     17   

4.3

 

    Interfaces with Another’s Applications

     17   

4.4

 

    Account Transactions

     18   

4.5

 

    Reports

     18   

4.6

 

    Approval or Security Profiles

     18   

4.7

 

    Specific Details

     18   
 

    4.7.1

 

Closing Accounts

     18   
 

    4.7.2

 

Customer Statements or Coupons Books

     18   
 

    4.7.3

 

Retentions Services

     18   
 

    4.7.4

 

User Defined Notes

     18   
 

    4.7.5

 

Letter

     19   
 

    4.7.6

 

Monthly Charge Off Accounts Process

     19   
 

    4.7.7

 

Installment Loan Accounts Purge Process

     19   
 

    4.7.8

 

ILS Accounts Backup Processes

     19   
 

    4.7.9

 

Control Files

     19   
 

    4.7.10

 

Loans Application General Ledger Interfaces

     19   
 

    4.7.11

 

Applications Runs

     20   
 

    4.7.12

 

Technical Consulting and Support

     20   
 

    4.7.13

 

Production Problems or Error Support

     20   

5.

 

CACS Application

  

5.1

 

    Descriptions

     21   

5.2

 

    Account or Product Type

     21   

5.3

 

    Interfaces with Another’s Applications

     21   

5.4

 

    Account Transactions

     21   

5.5

 

    Reports

     21   

5.6

 

    Approval or Security Profiles

     22   

5.7

 

    Specific Details

     22   
 

    5.7.1

 

Letter Writer

     22   
 

    5.7.2

 

Account Purge Process

     22   
 

    5.7.3

 

Account Backup Process

     22   
 

    5.7.4

 

System Tables and Maintenances

     22   

 

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Applications Run

     23   
 

    5.7.6

 

Technical Consulting and Support

     23   
 

    5.7.7

 

Productions Problems or Error Support

     23   

6.

 

Mortgage Loans Accounts

  

6.1

 

    Descriptions

     24   

6.2

 

    Account or Product Type

     24   

6.3

 

    Interfaces with Another’s Applications

     25   

6.4

 

    Account Transactions

     26   

6.5

 

    Reports

     26   

6.6

 

    Approval or Security Profiles

     26   

6.7

 

    Specific Details

     26   
 

    6.7.1

 

Closing Accounts

     26   
 

    6.7.2

 

Customer Statement

     26   
 

    6.7.3

 

Retentions

     27   
 

    6.7.4

 

User Defined Notes

     27   
 

    6.7.5

 

Investor Accounting and Reporting

     27   
 

    6.7.6

 

Letters

     27   
 

    6.7.7

 

Monthly Charge Off Accounts Process

     27   
 

    6.7.8

 

RES Accounts Backup Processes

     27   
 

    6.7.9

 

Control Files

     27   
 

    6.7.10

 

Loans Application General Ledger Interfaces

     27   
 

    6.7.11

 

Applications Runs

     28   
 

    6.7.12

 

Technical Consulting and Support

     28   
 

    6.7.13

 

Production Problems or Error Support

     28   

7.

 

Vision Plus Application Services Agreement

  

7.1

 

    Descriptions

     29   

7.2

 

    Account or Product Type

     29   

7.3

 

    Interfaces with Another’s Applications

     29   

7.4

 

    Account Transactions

     30   

7.5

 

    Reports

     31   

7.6

 

    Approval or Security Profiles

     31   

7.7

 

    Specific Details

     31   
 

    7.7.1

 

Authorizations

     31   
 

    7.7.2

 

Interchange

     31   
 

    7.7.3

 

Stop Payment

     31   
 

    7.7.4

 

Convenience Checks

     32   
 

    7.7.5

 

Daily Batch Runs

     32   
 

    7.7.6

 

EOM Batch Runs

     32   

 

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Statement Messages (Online definition)

     32   
 

    7.7.8

 

Account Close Process

     32   
 

    7.7.9

 

Purge Process

     33   
 

    7.7.10

 

Account Charge Off Process

     33   
 

    7.7.11

 

Backup Processes

     33   
 

    7.7.12

 

Disaster Recovery System (DRS)

     33   
 

    7.7.13

 

Technical Consulting and Support

     33   
 

    7.7.14

 

Production Problems or Error Support

     33   

8.

 

Deposit Applications

  

8.1

 

    Descriptions

     34   

8.2

 

    Account or Product Type

     34   

8.3

 

    Interfaces with Another’s Applications

     34   

8.4

 

    Account Transactions

     34   

8.5

 

    Reports

     34   

8.6

 

    Approval or Security Profiles

     34   

8.7

 

    Specific Details

     35   
 

    8.7.1

 

Closing Accounts

     35   
 

    8.7.2

 

Check Ordering Online

     35   
 

    8.7.3

 

Check Account Verification – Online

     35   
 

    8.7.4

 

Customer Statement Formatter

     35   
 

    8.7.5

 

Retentions

     35   
 

    8.7.6

 

Overdraft Protection

     35   
 

    8.7.7

 

User Defined Notes

     36   
 

    8.7.8

 

Statement Message

     36   
 

    8.7.9

 

Kiting Suspect Detention

     36   
 

    8.7.10

 

Letter Writer

     36   
 

    8.7.11

 

Inactive Deposit Accounts Annual Process

     36   
 

    8.7.12

 

Monthly Charge Off Deposits Accounts Process

     36   
 

    8.7.13

 

Periodic Transfers between Deposits Accounts

     36   
 

    8.7.14

 

Stop Payments

     37   
 

    8.7.15

 

Deposit Accounts Purge Process

     37   
 

    8.7.16

 

Informative Return Annual Process

     37   
 

    8.7.17

 

Deposit Accounts Backup Processes

     38   
 

    8.7.18

 

ATH International

     39   
 

    8.7.19

 

Bank Control File

     39   
 

    8.7.20

 

Deposit Application General Ledger Interfaces

     39   
 

    8.7.21

 

Tandem Services

     39   
 

    8.7.22

 

Accounts Reconciliation Services

     39   
 

    8.7.23

 

Signature Verification System (SQN)

     39   
 

    8.7.24

 

Safe Deposit Application (SDBS)

     40   
 

    8.7.25

 

Customer Information System (CIS)

     40   
 

    8.7.26

 

Trillium

     40   

 

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On-line Services

     41   
 

    8.7.28

 

Applications Runs

     41   
 

    8.7.29

 

Envia ATH Services

     41   
 

    8.7.30

 

Technical Consulting and Support

     41   
 

    8.7.31

 

Production Problems or Error Support

     41   

9.

 

Investment Applications

  

9.1

 

    Descriptions

     42   

9.2

 

    Account or Product Type

     42   

9.3

 

    Interfaces with Another’s Applications

     42   

9.4

 

    Account Transactions

     42   

9.5

 

    Reports

     42   

9.6

 

    Approval or Security Profiles

     42   

9.7

 

    Specific Details

     43   
 

    9.7.1

 

Closing Accounts

     43   
 

    9.7.2

 

Customer Statement Formatter

     43   
 

    9.7.3

 

Retentions

     43   
 

    9.7.4

 

User Defined Notes

     44   
 

    9.7.5

 

Statement Messages

     44   
 

    9.7.6

 

Letter Writer

     44   
 

    9.7.7

 

Periodic Transfers between Deposit and Investment Accounts

     44   
 

    9.7.8

 

Informative Return Process

     44   
 

    9.7.9

 

Application Backup Processes

     47   
 

    9.7.10

 

Bank Control File

     47   
 

    9.7.11

 

Application Maintenance Menu

     47   
 

    9.7.12

 

Application General Ledger Interfaces

     47   
 

    9.7.13

 

Signature Verification System (SQN)

     48   
 

    9.7.14

 

Customer Information System (CIS)

     48   
 

    9.7.15

 

Trillium

     49   
 

    9.7.16

 

On-line Services

     49   
 

    9.7.17

 

Applications Runs

     49   
 

    9.7.18

 

Technical Consulting and Support

     49   
 

    9.7.19

 

Production Problems or Error

     49   

10.

 

Popular Auto

  

10.1

 

    Description

     50   

10.2

 

    Account or Product Type

     50   

10.3

 

    Interfaces with Another’s Applications

     50   

10.4

 

    Account Transactions

     51   

10.5

 

    Reports

     51   

10.6

 

    Approval or Security Profiles

     51   

10.7

 

    Specific Details

     51   

 

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    10.7.1

 

Customer Statements or Coupons Books

     51   
 

    10.7.2

 

Letter to Customer

     51   
 

    10.7.3

 

System Backup Processes

     52   
 

    10.7.4

 

Control Files

     52   
 

    10.7.5

 

Loans Application General Ledger Interfaces

     52   
 

    10.7.6

 

Applications Runs

     52   
 

    10.7.7

 

Daily Rental System

     52   
 

    10.7.8

 

Other Systems

     52   
 

    10.7.9

 

Technical Consulting and Support

     53   
 

    10.7.10

 

Production Problems or Error Support

     53   
 

    10.7.11

 

Communications

     53   
 

    10.7.12

 

Retentions Services

     53   
 

    10.7.13

 

LAN Support

     53   

 

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1.

Purposes

This document has a detail of the services included in the fix charge by transaction that will be collected in the following applications:

 

Fixed Charges

   

Applications

$   [***  

•     ACAPS Automated Credit Application Processing

 

•     Commercial Loans Applications

 

•     Installment Loans Applications

 

•     CACS Applications

 

•     Mortgage Loans Applications

 

•     VisionPlus Application

 

•     Popular Auto Application Services Agreement

$  [***  

•     Deposit Applications

 

•     Investment Application

 

*** Certain information in this agreement has been omitted and filed separately with the Securities and Exchange Commission. [***] indicates that text has been omitted and is the subject of a confidential treatment request.

 

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2.

ACAPS Automated Credit Application

 

2.1

Descriptions

The automatic Credit Application System is a comprehensive, on-line, instant response system that supports the capture, investigation, approval, closing, documentation and booking of credit applications. These applications included all personal portfolios.

 

2.2

Account or Product Type

 

   

Personal Loans

 

   

Credits Cards

 

   

Line of Credit

 

   

Cash Collateral Loans

 

   

Mortgage Secured Loans

 

   

Analysis and Decisions

 

   

Auto Loans

 

   

Lease Applications

 

   

Financial Loans

 

2.3

[***]

 

2.4

Account Transactions

 

   

New loans

 

   

Pre-approval Loans

 

   

New Credit Cards

 

   

Pre-approval Cards

 

   

Transfers Products

 

   

Increase Line

 

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Letters

 

   

Privacy Letters

 

   

Insurance Disclosures

 

   

Documents and Forms

 

   

Loans Documentations

 

   

Lease Documentations

 

   

Verification and Closing Panel-Auto

 

2.5

Reports

 

   

Existing and defined application reports

 

   

AMMO definition and accessibility

 

   

On line capabilities only

 

2.6

Approval or Security Profiles

 

   

Application is under the Top Secret Security profiles

 

   

Approval of Security profiles additions and changes

 

2.7

Specific Details

 

  2.7.1

Transactions Type

 

   

Personal Loans

 

   

Cash Collateral

 

   

Mortgage Loans

 

   

Credit Cards

 

   

Line of Credit

 

   

Indirect Loans

 

   

Marines

 

   

Other Good and Services

 

   

Other Secured Loans

 

   

Auto Loans

 

   

Direct Loans

 

   

Leasing Loans

 

   

Auto Lease

 

   

Equipment Lease

 

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  2.7.2

Down Load to Other Systems

 

   

Presentation List

 

   

Daily Run

 

   

HMDA – Loan Application Register

 

   

Weekly

 

   

Oracle

 

   

Consumer Transactions

 

   

Auto Transaction

 

   

Strata

 

   

Leasing Application Extract

 

  2.7.3

Document Development

 

   

Documents are define in Docugem and generated automatically or manually requested

 

  2.7.4

Account Purge Process

 

   

System generated “Inactive” transactions when the account is over the maximum defined by business archived applications are available upon user request.

 

   

The archived applications are maintained for the time regulated by Federal Agencies

 

  2.7.5

Systems Tables and Maintenances

System Wide Control Table

 

   

User Profile

 

   

Activity Code

 

   

Help Area

 

   

Help Text

 

   

Error Message

 

   

Base Rate

 

   

Local Bureau Address

 

   

Required Data Profile

 

   

Zip Code/Area Code

Local Specific Control Table

 

   

Location

 

   

Branch/Dealers/Store Tables

 

   

Dealers Class Table

 

   

Functional Area

 

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State

 

   

Document Requirements profile

 

   

Document letter

 

   

Data requirement Maintenance

 

  2.7.6

Applications Runs

 

   

Daily Runs

 

   

Monthly runs

 

  2.7.7

Technical Consulting and Support

 

   

Consulting and support regarding ACAPS applications functionality

 

   

Incident solutions

 

   

Maintenance

 

   

Modifications

 

   

Federal and local regulatory changes

 

  2.7.8

Production Problems or Error Support

 

   

Delays or communications fails with the credit reports agencies (Bureaulink) are monitored for a immediately response and solution by system administrator

 

   

Delays or communication problems with ACAPS are monitored by the system programmers and /or System administrator

 

   

Production problem and error are investigated and solved by the programmer and system administrator

 

  2.7.9

Transactions Backup Processes

 

   

The system generates a daily backups

 

   

The system generates monthly back-ups

 

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3.

Commercial Loans Applications

 

3.1

Descriptions

CL/2000 Accounting System contributes to the effective administration of the Commercial Loans portfolio of Banco Popular. This system is designed to the Commercial Loans processing and has the capability of processing the majority of transactions in an electronic way.

 

3.2

Account or Product Type

 

   

Account Types

 

   

New Customers

 

   

New Commitments

 

   

Major Commitment – Line of Credit (have a loan number Pattern NN99. They also have a Loan type 2.

 

   

New Loans

 

   

Minor Commitment – Terms Loans and Loans Tied to a Line of Credit

 

   

ABLE (Asset Base Lending) Interface in originating process

 

   

CLCS (Construction Loans) Interface in the originating process

 

3.3

[***]

 

3.4

Account Transactions

 

   

Monetary Transactions

 

   

Maintenance Transactions

 

   

Online Transactions

 

   

Batch Transactions

 

   

FTP Transactions

 

   

DDA Interface (Monetary)

 

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3.5

Reports

 

   

Existing and defined applications reports by Control – D

 

   

AMMO and Lan AMMO defined and accesability

 

   

On line capability only

 

3.6

Approval or Security Profiles

 

   

CL 2000 application top secret security profiles

 

   

User definitions

 

   

Security profiles changes

 

   

Access to the on-line mainframe, servers and other environments applications

 

3.7

Specific Details

 

  3.7.1

Closing Notes

 

   

Automatic Closing Procedure – Accounts with zero balance after 33 days. This only applies to Loan Type 3. Lines of credit remain open until it is manually deleted.

 

   

Billing transactions over 6 months and closed loans go automatically to a purge process and are stored in an archive file.

 

  3.7.2

Collateral Processing

 

   

Full collateral processing through the Scripted Data Entry Menu (SDE)

 

   

Follow-Up Flood Insurance Automatic Letters

 

   

Collateral Reports

 

  3.7.3

Escrow Services

 

   

Escrow Tax /Insurance:

 

   

Billing (customers) – Joint with Business Loan Statement

 

   

Payments (vendors)

 

   

Annual Statements Analysis

 

   

Reports

 

  3.7.4

Investors Reporting

 

   

Investors Reporting

 

   

SBA Participations

 

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  3.7.5

Notices

 

   

Business Loan Statements (Daily) (CLC001)

 

   

Business Loan Debit Advise (Daily) (CLC002)

 

   

Flood Insurance Advise (CLCAV1)

 

   

Financial Statements Follow-Up (CLCAV2)

 

   

Hazard Insurance Follow-Up (CLCAV)

 

   

Interest Paid Notification (DP629)

 

  3.7.6

Tape / Transmissions Processing

 

   

CRIM F.T.P

 

   

Access F.T.P

 

   

COGNOS F.T.P

 

   

Micronet F.T.P

 

   

C.R.A. F.T.P

 

   

Sendero / D.M.S

 

   

SBA F.T.P

 

   

CACS F.T.P

 

   

VRU CLMAST File

 

   

ABLE F.T.P

 

   

CLCS F.T.P.

 

  3.7.7

Charge – Off Processing

 

   

The system provides for C/Off processing. Double accounting for regular and shadow (C/Off Loans) accounting.

 

  3.7.8

Participations

 

   

CL200 provides for participations and syndicated loans accounting.

 

  3.7.9

Fee Processing

 

   

Fixed Fees

 

   

Miscellaneous Fees

 

  3.7.10

Holds and Collateral Protection

 

   

Interface with FISERV (Marketable Securities) to establish collateral for stock, bonds and other marketable securities

 

   

Interface with IDA to process a savings hold account

 

   

Interface with PISYS to process a certificate of deposit hold

 

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  3.7.11

Bank Control File

 

   

Access to define and modify parameters in all BCF tables.

 

  3.7.12

CL2000 General Ledger Interfaces

 

   

Daily Interface

 

  3.7.13

Technical Consulting and Support

 

   

Consulting and support regarding Commercial Loans Applications functionality

 

   

Incident solutions

 

   

Maintenance

 

  3.7.14

Production Problems or Error Support

 

   

Delays or communication problems with application are monitored by the system programmers and /or System administrator

 

   

Production problem and error are investigated and solved by the programmer and system administrator

 

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4.

Installment Loans Applications

 

4.1

Descriptions

Installment Loans application manages the accounting of consume loans. Processes payments of these loans and generates collection notices.

 

4.2

Account or Product Type

 

   

Unsecured Loans

 

   

Secured Loans

 

   

Conventional Auto Loans

 

   

Secured Credits Lines

 

   

Rehabilitation Loans

 

   

Mortgage Loans (Only Servicing)

 

4.3

[***]

 

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4.4

Account Transactions

 

   

Monetary Transactions

 

   

Maintenance Transactions

 

   

Online Transactions

 

   

Batch Transactions

 

   

FTP Transactions

 

4.5

Reports

 

   

Existing and defined application report

 

   

AMMO and LANAMMO definition and accessibility

 

4.6

Approval or Security Profiles

 

   

The applications is define under the Top Secret security profiles

 

   

Approval of users profiles

 

   

Access to the online thru, mainframe, servers and other environments

 

4.7

Specific Details

 

  4.7.1

Closing Accounts

 

   

Automatic closing procedure – Accounts with zero balances are purge automatically after 180 days of the closing date in the ILS Master File. History File is maintained for an unlimited period, or until the purge program is run.

 

  4.7.2

Customer Statements or Coupons Books

 

   

Generate the Credit Line monthly statements.

 

   

Generate Coupon Books for loans.

 

   

ACH Interface and TelePago

 

  4.7.3

Retentions Services

 

   

Auto Loans History for servicing purposes. (At least 10 years)

 

   

Local Government withholding – for interest slips

 

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  4.7.4

User Defined Notes

 

   

Delinquency notices automatically generated by the installment loan application

 

  4.7.5

Letter

 

   

Maturity letters are generated automatically one month prior to maturity date

 

  4.7.6

Monthly Charge Off Accounts Process

 

   

Automatic Charge-off loans procedure – Accounts will transfer to Charge Off Bank (170) after 120 days delinquency.

 

   

Monthly Charge Off Deposit Accounts Process

 

   

Management of Reserve Accounts, Checking and Savings Overdraft Charge-Off (overdraft over 90 days and non­ payment of reserve lines over 180 days).

 

  4.7.7

Installment Loan Accounts Purge Process

 

   

ILS Master File: system eliminates closed accounts over 180 days.

 

   

ILS History File: after the purge process a history file is generated for the inquiry screen of “Menu Administrativo”.

 

  4.7.8

ILS Accounts Backup Processes

 

   

The system generates five daily versions and perpetual monthly and yearly backups

 

  4.7.9

Control Files

 

   

Define and modify parameters in the following tables:

 

   

Bank Control Files

 

   

Report Control Files

 

   

Insurance Control Files

 

   

Description Files

 

   

General Ledger

 

  4.7.10

Loans Application General Ledger Interfaces

 

   

Daily Interface

 

   

Monthly Interface

 

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  4.7.11

Applications Runs

 

   

Daily Runs

 

   

Weekly Runs

 

   

End of Month Runs

 

   

Year End Runs

 

  4.7.12

Technical Consulting and Support

 

   

Consulting and support regarding ACAPS applications functionality

 

   

Incident solutions

 

   

Maintenance

 

   

Modifications

 

   

Acquisition and conversions of new portfolios

 

   

Sales of portfolios

 

   

Loans regulatory changes

 

  4.7.13

Production Problems or Error Support

 

   

Delays in the batch runs are monitored by the system administrator.

 

   

Production problems and errors are investigated and solved by the programmers and/or the system administrator.

 

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5.

CACS Application

 

5.1

Descriptions

The Computer Assisted Collections System (CACS) improves collections effectiveness, collector productivity, and management control by providing automated support of collection activities. Maintains complete, up-to-date account collection information on its data base.

 

5.2

Account or Product Type

 

   

Personal Loans

 

   

Auto Loans

 

   

Leasing Loans

 

   

Ideal (Checking Account)

 

   

Savings

 

   

Charge Off-Loans

 

   

Credit Accounts (VISA, Master Card, Amex, Novell)

 

   

Commercial Loans

 

   

Credit Line

 

5.3

[***]

 

5.4

Account Transactions

 

   

Promise

 

   

Notes

 

   

Letters

 

   

Receives Transactions from other applications

 

   

Debits

 

   

Payments

 

   

Financial Information

 

5.5

Reports

 

   

Existing and defined application report

 

   

AMMO definition and accessibility

 

   

On Line capabilities only

 

 

*** Certain information in this agreement has been omitted and filed separately with the Securities and Exchange Commission. [***] indicates that text has been omitted and is the subject of a confidential treatment request.

 

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5.6

Approval or Security Profiles

 

   

The applications is under the Top Secret security profiles

 

   

Approval of security profiles: additions and changes

 

5.7

Specific Details

 

  5.7.1

Letter Writer

 

   

Letter are defined and generated automatically or manually requested.

 

  5.7.2

Account Purge Process

 

   

Systems generates “Inactive” transactions when the account is not delinquency

 

   

The history of the accounts is maintained for one month after the inactivation

 

  5.7.3

Account Backup Process

 

   

The system generates a daily and monthly backups

 

  5.7.4

System Tables and Maintenances

 

   

User Table

 

   

Transaction Definition Table

 

   

Parameter Table

 

   

Function Table

 

   

State Table

 

   

State Transition Table

 

   

Location Table

 

   

Collector Assignment Table

 

   

Trans/Letter Sequence Table

 

   

Transaction / State Assignment Table

 

   

Work List Standards Table

 

   

ACP Message Table

 

   

ACP Message Sequence Table

 

   

ACP Termination Code Table

 

   

Window Script Table

 

   

Script Assignment Table

 

   

Situation Summary Table

 

   

View Sequence Table

 

   

Input TXN Assignment Table

 

   

Report Data Generation Table

 

 

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  5.7.5

Applications Run

 

   

Daily Runs

 

   

End of Month Runs

 

  5.7.6

Technical Consulting and Support

 

   

Consulting and support regarding CACS applications functionality

 

   

Incident solutions

 

   

Maintenance

 

  5.7.7

Productions Problems or Error Support

 

   

Delays in the batch runs are monitored by the system administrator

 

   

Production problems and error are investigated and solve by the programmers and/or system administrator

 

   

Modifications

 

   

Sales of portfolios

 

   

Regulatory changes

 

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6.

Mortgage Loans Accounts

 

6.1

Descriptions

Real State System (RES) application manages loans once they are adjudicated. Offers servicing for these loans.

 

6.2

Account or Product Type

 

   

Biweekly Loans Uninsured

 

   

Biweekly Loans Insured

 

   

Biweekly Loans (Conversion from FNAM Reg. To FNMA Bi Streamline

 

   

Biweekly Loans Conversion from Non Conf To Bi Non-Conform Streamline

 

   

Biweekly Loans Second Mortgage

 

   

Balloon Loans Graduated Payment Mortgage

 

   

Balloon Loans Commercial Loan

 

   

Balloon Loans Uninsured

 

   

Conventional One Year Adjustable (FHLBB Contract Rate for Rev Occupied)

 

   

Conventional. One Year Adjustable (FHLMC Rate for First Residence)

 

   

Conventional One Year Adjustable (US Treasury Security WKAV 1 YR MAT) Conventional. One Year Adjustable (Conventional Convertible 30 year Mortgage)

 

   

Conventional. One Year Adjustable (Conventional 15 year Mortgage)

 

   

Conventional. One Year Adjustable (Graduated Payment Mortgage)

 

   

Conventional One Year Adjustable (US Treasury Security WKAV 3YR MAT)

 

   

Conventional Loan (Interest Only – Conforming

 

   

Conventional Loan (Interest Only Non Conforming

 

   

Conventional (Adjustable Rate Mortgage)

 

   

Conventional (Banco de la Vivienda)

 

   

Conventional Loan (Commercial Loan)

 

   

Conventional Loan (Banco de la Vivienda – Plan de Estabilización)

 

   

Conventional Loan (FNMA Conforming)

 

   

Conventional Loan (Government Servicing Retiro ELA)

 

   

Conventional Loan (Hipoteca Uso Personal)

 

   

Conventional Loan (Insured)

 

   

Conventional (Rebatable Interest)

 

   

Conventional Loan (Construction)

 

   

Conventional Loan (Conversion From Non Conf To Non Conf Streamline

 

   

Conventional Loan (Participation With FNMA/Flexi)

 

   

Conventional Loan (FNMA Conforming)

 

   

Conventional (Interest Only/Pr Housing/ Multifamily Pm

 

   

Conventional (Interest Only)

 

   

Conventional (Uninsured)

 

   

Conventional (FNMA Expanded Approval)

 

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Conventional (Paper B Non Excellent Credit)

 

   

Conventional (Paper C Non Excellent Credit)

 

   

Conventional (Conversion from FNMA Reg. To FNMA Streamline)

 

   

FHA (Banco de la Vivienda)

 

   

FHA (UDAG)

 

   

FHA (Construction)

 

   

FHA (Conversion From FHA to FHA Streamline)

 

   

FHA (Multifamily Project)

 

   

FHA (Taxable After 08/01/97)

 

   

FHA (Regular Exempt)

 

   

FHA (HUD Subsidized Loan)

 

   

Rural Development

 

   

Farmer Home (Insured)

 

   

Personal Loans (First or Second or Balloon)

 

   

Second Mortgage

 

   

Personal Loans with Mortgage Guarantee

 

6.3

[***]

 

*** Certain information in this agreement has been omitted and filed separately with the Securities and Exchange Commission. [***] indicates that text has been omitted and is the subject of a confidential treatment request.

 

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6.4

Account Transactions

 

   

Monetary Transactions

 

   

Maintenance Transactions

 

   

Online Transactions

 

   

Batch Transactions

 

   

FTP

 

6.5

Reports

 

   

Existing and defined application reports

 

   

AMMO and LANAMMO definition and accessibility

 

   

On line capabilities only

 

6.6

Approval or Security Profiles

 

   

The application is define under the Top Secret security profiles.

 

   

Approval of users profiles

 

   

Access to the online thru mainframe, servers and other environments.

 

6.7

Specific Details

 

  6.7.1

Closing Accounts

 

   

Automatic closing procedure – Accounts with zero balances are purge automatically after 24 month of the payoff date in the RES Master File. History File is maintained for eighteen month in online files, and then the purge program is run and creates report on LANAMMO for user.

 

  6.7.2

Customer Statement

 

   

Generate the ESCROW ANALYSIS Statements.

 

   

Generate Coupon Books for loans.

 

   

End of Year Statement (IRS – 480.7A)

 

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  6.7.3

Retentions

 

   

Mortgage Loans History for servicing purposes. (At least 10 years)

 

   

Local Government withholding – for interest slips.

 

  6.7.4

User Defined Notes

 

   

Delinquency notices automatically generated by the mortgage loans applications (RES, Customer Services & Collections System – KOS)

 

  6.7.5

Investor Accounting and Reporting

 

   

Single Debit (Private Investor)

 

   

GNMA, FNMA, FHLMC

 

  6.7.6

Letters

 

   

Delinquency, Payoff, Insurance, Taxes, Legal and Investor Letters are generated automatically during run cycle.

 

  6.7.7

Monthly Charge Off Accounts Process

 

   

Charge-off loans procedure

 

  6.7.8

RES Accounts Backup Processes

 

   

The system generates five daily versions and eighteen monthly version and ten yearly backups.

 

  6.7.9

Control Files

 

   

Define and modify parameters in the following tables:

 

   

Bank Control Files

 

   

Report Control Files

 

   

Insurance Control Files

 

   

Description Files

 

   

General Ledger (Chart of Account)

 

  6.7.10

Loans Application General Ledger Interfaces

 

   

Daily Interface

 

   

Monthly Interface

 

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  6.7.11

Applications Runs

 

   

Daily Runs

 

   

Weekly Runs

 

   

End of Month Runs

 

   

Year End Runs

 

  6.7.12

Technical Consulting and Support

 

   

Consulting and support regarding applications functionality

 

   

Incident solutions

 

   

Maintenance

 

   

Modifications

 

   

Acquisition and conversion of portfolios

 

   

Sales of portfolios

 

   

Loans regulatory changes

 

  6.7.13

Production Problems or Error Support

 

   

Delays in the batch runs are monitored by the system administrator. Production problems and errors are investigated and solved by the programmers and/or the system administrator.

 

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7.

Vision Plus Application Services Agreement

 

7.1

Descriptions

Vision Plus application manages the approved credit cards portfolio.

 

7.2

Account or Product Type

 

   

VISA

 

   

MasterCard

 

   

American Express

 

   

Private Labels

 

   

Line of Credit

 

   

Merchants / Stores MBS)

 

7.3

[***]

 

*** Certain information in this agreement has been omitted and filed separately with the Securities and Exchange Commission. [***] indicates that text has been omitted and is the subject of a confidential treatment request.

 

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7.4

Account Transactions

 

   

Online Transactions

 

   

Maintenances

 

   

Blocks

 

   

Transfers

 

   

Adjustments

 

   

Plastics requests

 

   

Delinquency adjustments / Reage

 

   

Insurance setup/maintenance/cancellation

 

   

Batch Transactions

 

   

Settlement

 

   

Interchange services

 

   

Monetary

 

   

Maintenance

 

   

FTP

 

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7.5

Reports

 

   

Existing and defined application reports

 

   

AMMO and LANAMMO definition and accessibility

 

   

Letters: Online (CICS Printer) and Batch (Automatic or online request)

 

   

CardHolder (Monthly cycle)

 

   

Merchants (EOM)

 

   

Year End (Platinum only)

 

7.6

Approval or Security Profiles

 

   

VisionPlus and Top Secret security profiles

 

   

Users definitions

 

   

Security profile changes

 

   

Access to the online, mainframe, servers and other environments applications.

 

7.7

Specific Details

 

  7.7.1

Authorizations

 

   

POS / Voice / ATM

 

   

Online – Non on us

 

   

Stand-in – B24

 

   

Stand-in – Associations

 

  7.7.2

Interchange

 

   

Clearing / Settlement

 

   

Claims

 

   

Copy Request

 

   

Dispute

 

   

Charge Back

 

   

Representation

 

   

“Arbitraje”

 

  7.7.3

Stop Payment

 

   

Place, renew and remove stop payments

 

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  7.7.4

Convenience Checks

 

   

Issue (FTP to Harland for Welcome checks, Activation kits, Promotions)

 

   

Payment

 

   

POD (Teller)

 

   

Clearing (MICR)

 

   

Authorization process

 

   

Force payment / Checks return process

 

  7.7.5

Daily Batch Runs

 

   

Merchant

 

   

Deposits

 

   

Cardholder

 

   

Transaction posting

 

   

Interest accrual / posting

 

   

Account Cycle

 

   

Aging

 

   

Statements

 

   

Issue / Reissue

 

   

Reports

 

   

Interfaces

 

   

Backups

 

  7.7.6

EOM Batch Runs

 

   

Merchant

 

   

Fee calculation

 

  7.7.7

Statement Messages (Online definition)

 

   

User defined messages upon request by users.

 

   

Messages generated automatically by accounts conditions.

 

  7.7.8

Account Close Process

 

   

Automatic after 6 month of zero balance and no activity

 

   

Master and last 6 statements are maintained until purge process

 

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  7.7.9

Purge Process

 

   

Batch – Upon request (12 months after closing date)

 

  7.7.10

Account Charge Off Process

 

   

Automatic process of at 31 days delinquent delinquency over 30 days

 

   

Automatic charge off process at 180 days delinquent

 

   

Automatic charge off process at 45 days of bankruptcy set up

 

   

Automatic charge off process at 90 days of Fraud condition

 

   

Manual charge off process for delinquent accounts, bankruptcy and fraud

 

  7.7.11

Backup Processes

 

   

Process to generate the application daily and monthly backups

 

  7.7.12

Disaster Recovery System (DRS)

 

  7.7.13

Technical Consulting and Support

 

   

Consulting and support regarding applications functionality

 

   

Incident solutions

 

   

Maintenance

 

   

Development of new functionalities and products: by parameter and by special coding

 

  7.7.14

Production Problems or Error Support

 

   

Delays or communication problems with application are monitored by the system programmers and/or System administrator.

 

   

Production problems and errors are investigated and solved by the programmers and/or the system administrator.

 

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8.

Deposit Applications

 

8.1

Descriptions

Application that administrates the portfolio of existing deposit accounts, manages monetary transactions of maintenance and controls the deposit accounts conditions for individuals and commercial accounts (savings, checks and reserve).

 

8.2

Account or Product Type

 

   

DDA – Demand Deposits

 

   

Ideal

 

   

Now Account

 

   

Money Market

 

   

Savings

 

   

Reserve Line

 

8.3

[***]

 

8.4

Account Transactions

 

   

Monetary Transactions

 

   

Maintenance Transactions

 

   

Online Transactions

 

   

Batch Transactions

 

   

FIP

 

8.5

Reports

 

   

Existing and defined application reports

 

   

AMMO and LANAMMO definition and accessibility

 

8.6

Approval or Security Profiles

 

   

Deposit Application Top Secret Security Profiles

 

   

Users Definitions

 

   

Security Profiles Changes

 

   

Access to the online, mainframe, servers and other environments applications

 

*** Certain information in this agreement has been omitted and filed separately with the Securities and Exchange Commission. [***] indicates that text has been omitted and is the subject of a confidential treatment request.

 

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8.7

Specific Details

 

  8.7.1

Closing Accounts

 

   

Interface with SSDS – Accounts closed through the Branch Platform Application

 

   

Automatic closing procedures – Accounts with zero balance and without any activity by two months are closed automatically by IDA

 

  8.7.2

Check Ordering Online

 

   

Online Check Request through SSDS

 

  8.7.3

Check Account Verification – Online

 

   

Harland Telecheck Inquiry

 

   

Deluxe Check System

 

  8.7.4

Customer Statement Formatter

 

   

Format and generated the deposit accounts monthly, trimester and annual statements

 

   

Messages defined by the formatter, promotion messages by types of accounts

 

   

Statements Logo Modifications

 

  8.7.5

Retentions

 

   

Tetra – Federal withholding for non US resident

 

   

Local Government Withholding – Special retention for interest earning accounts

 

   

Holds – Regulate the deposit accounts funds availability according to Reg. CC. The contract fee should include all the modifications or changes required by the Reg. CC, including the notices.

 

  8.7.6

Overdraft Protection

 

   

Overdraft Credit Line (Matrix) – Systems generated overdraft protection calculated weekly Base on customer’s accounts activity

 

   

Saving Guaranteed Reserved Credit Line

 

   

Combined Balance Daily Process

 

  8.7.7

User Defined Notes

 

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Notices automatically generated by the deposit application:

 

   

Reg CC – Funds Availability Act

 

   

RDC – Return Deposit Checks

 

   

Overdrafts

 

   

Programs modifications when required by changes of the regulations

 

   

Others

 

  8.7.8

Statement Message

 

   

Bank Control File message upon request by user

 

   

Messages generated automatically by accounts conditions

 

   

Messages defined by the formatter, promotion messages by types of accounts

 

  8.7.9

Kiting Suspect Detention

 

   

Detention of misused accounts through established transactional parameters

 

   

Identify accounts as kiting to extend holds of deposited checks

 

  8.7.10

Letter Writer

 

   

The use of the documents already defined in the programs library

 

   

Forms Partner – Automatic generation of Christmas Club, interest and embargo-levy checks

 

  8.7.11

Inactive Deposit Accounts Annual Process

 

   

Process of sending inactive accounts to government agencies as required by law.

 

  8.7.12

Monthly Charge Off Deposits Accounts Process

 

   

Automatic process of sending to the Collection Department all the accounts in overdraft over 90 days and non payment of reserve lines over 180 days

 

  8.7.13

Periodic Transfers between Deposits Accounts

 

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  8.7.14

Stop Payments

 

   

Place, renew and remove stop payments through delivery channels (branch, VRU, customer services)

 

   

Online inquiries

 

  8.7.15

Deposit Accounts Purge Process

 

   

Process to eliminate from the system all closed accounts that have over 180 days.

 

   

AMMO y LANAMMO definition and accessibility to the report generated from the purge process.

 

  8.7.16

Informative Return Annual Process

New forms definitions or changes to the existing documents

 

   

Federal Forms (Internal Revenue Services)

 

   

1099INT – Interest Paid to USVI Deposit Accounts (January 30)

 

   

Local Forms (Treasury Department)

 

   

480.6 A – Interest paid to deposit accounts not subject to withholding (February 28)

 

   

480.6 B – Interest paid to deposit accounts subject to withholding (February 28)

 

   

480.6C – Interest paid to deposit accounts subject to withholding – Non-residents (February 28)

 

   

Laser forms definitions (Jetform) and branch transmissions

 

   

Treasury Department laser forms approval

 

   

Request of the Control Numbers to the Local Treasury Department

 

   

Programs changes or modifications according to the Treasury Department requirements

 

   

Preliminary full bank tests for all forms, including reports, forms samples and online data verification through IRS

 

   

Final full bank tests for all forms, including reports, forms samples and online data verification through IRS

 

   

Informative Return Process production runs (Scheduling Department Procedures)

 

   

Generation of the IRS Files:

 

   

Testing Files

 

   

Production Files

 

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Internal Reporting System (IRS) – Mainframe

 

   

Application Modifications related to Treasury Department requirements or changes:

 

   

Programs Modifications

 

   

Application Screens Changes

 

   

Online System Changes

 

   

Application Functions:

 

   

IR26 – Create forms not generated by the applications.

 

   

IR19 – Definition of users’ security and printers.

 

   

IRSC – Definition of the control numbers used to create amended forms.

 

   

Forms Printing Testing

 

   

Add files to the test environment to verify the application functionality

 

   

Includes application taxable information files in the production environment

 

   

Printers Availability (Network Department Procedures)

 

   

Test N33 (Test Environment)

 

   

CICSTOR (Production Environment)

 

   

Application Backups Procedures

 

   

Disaster Recovery System (DRS)

 

   

Reports

 

   

Existing and defined application reports

 

   

AMMO and LANAMMO definition and accessibility

 

   

Employees Security

 

   

Application Top Secret security profiles:

IRS Application Profiles

lIM Native Security Profiles (P1 Pisys)

 

   

Users definitions

 

   

Security profile changes

 

   

Bank wide access to the application and its functions, in test and production environments.

 

   

Application Security Modules Updates

 

  8.7.17

Deposit Accounts Backup Processes

 

   

Process to generate the application monthly backups

 

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  8.7.18

ATH International

 

   

Issue and re-issue of ATH International

 

   

Attachment of ATH International to deposit accounts reserve lines.

 

  8.7.19

Bank Control File

 

   

Access to define and modify parameters in all BCF tables.

 

  8.7.20

Deposit Application General Ledger Interfaces

 

   

Daily Interface

 

   

Monthly Interface

 

  8.7.21

Tandem Services

 

   

ATH Validation Services

 

   

Online verification and updates of the accounts balances

 

  8.7.22

Accounts Reconciliation Services

 

   

Statement reconciliation services provide to commercial or high volume customers.

 

  8.7.23

Signature Verification System (SQN)

 

   

Access to the application and not the internal process performed by the Return Deposit unit or Group.

 

   

Batch Transactions or Services

 

   

Openings Accounts

 

   

Daily Signature Capture Process

 

   

Process of daily signature file and exception detection

 

   

Signature verification for checks over $5,000

 

   

Attachment process of signatures to deposit accounts

 

   

Online Transactions or Services

 

   

Inquiry

 

   

Updates

 

   

Delete record

 

   

Add records

 

   

Reports

 

   

Existing and defined application reports

 

   

AMMO and LANAMMO definition and accessibility

 

   

Application Purge Process

 

   

Daily Backup Process

 

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Application Additional Daily Run

 

   

Correct the signature order by account

 

   

Disaster Recovery System

 

   

Application Security Modules Updates

 

   

Application Interfaces

 

  8.7.24

Safe Deposit Application (SDBS)

 

   

Application Interfaces

 

   

IDA

 

   

General Ledger

 

   

Customers letters or notices

 

   

Payment processing services

 

   

Reports

 

   

Existing and defined application reports

 

   

AMMO and LANAMMO definition and accessibility

 

  8.7.25

Customer Information System (CIS)

 

   

Maintenance Transactions Processing

 

   

Accounts Relationships

 

   

Combined Statement – Management of PMA and Popular Plus files to include related accounts selected by customers on their statements.

 

   

Bank Control File

 

   

Access to define and modify parameters in all BCF tables.

 

   

Reports

 

   

Existing and defined application reports

 

   

AMMO and LANAMMO definition and accessibility

 

   

Application Purge Process

 

   

This process must be coordinated with IDA Purge Process.

 

   

Return Mail System

 

   

Definition of the Return Mail Condition deposit accounts

 

   

Management of the deposit accounts return correspondence

 

   

Application Purge Process

 

   

Application Interfaces

 

  8.7.26

[***]

 

   

Application Interfaces

 

   

Online Validations

 

   

Reports

 

 

*** Certain information in this agreement has been omitted and filed separately with the Securities and Exchange Commission. [***] indicates that text has been omitted and is the subject of a confidential treatment request.

 

 

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Existing and defined application reports

 

   

AMMO and LANAMMO definition and accessibility

 

   

Dedupping Process

 

   

Process used to eliminate the duplicate records

 

   

Residential and Mailing Address Standardizations

 

  8.7.27

On-line Services

 

   

On-line Teller

 

   

Automatic transmission of General Ledger entries

 

   

Deposit accounts controls verification

 

   

Application Interfaces

 

   

Inquiries

 

   

Transaction Processing

 

   

Check Printing Services (Official Checks and Money Orders)

 

   

POS and Payments Services

 

  8.7.28

Applications Runs

 

   

Daily Runs

 

   

End of Month Runs

 

   

Reg. CC Runs

 

  8.7.29

Envia ATH Services

 

   

Online funds transfers services to Dominican Republic through the use of debit cards.

 

  8.7.30

Technical Consulting and Support

 

   

Consulting and support regarding applications functionality

 

   

Incident solutions

 

   

Maintenance

 

  8.7.31

Production Problems or Error Support

 

   

Delays or communication problems with application are monitored by the system programmers and/or System administrator.

 

   

Production problems and errors are investigated and solved by the programmers and/or the system administrator.

 

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9.

Investment Applications

 

9.1

Descriptions

Popular Investment System (PISYS) is the system that manages the Certificates of Deposit, IRA Accounts and Educational Contribution Account.

 

9.2

Account or Product Type

 

   

Individual Retirement Account (IRA)

 

   

Educational Contribution Accounts (EDUC)

 

   

Roth IRA (Roth)

 

   

Certificates of Deposits (CD)

 

9.3

[***]

 

9.4

Account Transactions

 

   

Monetary Transactions

 

   

Maintenance Transactions

 

   

Online Transactions

 

   

Batch Transactions

 

   

FTP

 

9.5

Reports

 

   

Existing and defined application report

 

   

AMMO and LANAMMO definition and accessibility

 

9.6

Approval or Security Profiles

 

   

PISYS Top Secret security profiles

 

   

Application Security Profiles

 

   

User Definitions

 

   

Security profiles changes

 

   

Access to the online, mainframe, servers and other environments applications

 

*** Certain information in this agreement has been omitted and filed separately with the Securities and Exchange Commission. [***] indicates that text has been omitted and is the subject of a confidential treatment request.

 

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9.7

Specific Details

 

  9.7.1

Closing Accounts

 

   

IIM

 

   

PBAN

 

  9.7.2

Customer Statement Formatter

 

   

Format and generate the investment accounts quarterly and annual statements.

 

   

Messages defined by the formatter, promotion messages

 

   

Statements Logo Modifications

 

  9.7.3

Retentions

 

   

Tetra – Federal withholding for non US residents.

 

   

Local Government withholding – Special retention for interest earning accounts.

 

   

Law 64 – Special Withholding (20%), only applies for IRA’s accounts.

 

   

Government Pension – Special Withholding (10%), only applies for IRA’s accounts.

 

   

Roth IRA Withholding – Special Withholding (12.5%), only applies for IRA’s accounts. ??????

 

   

Bank and Treasury Department penalties.

 

   

Holds

 

   

Certificates of Deposit holds are placed to guarantee the following issues:

 

   

Personal Loans

 

   

Commercial Loans

 

   

Reserve Credit Lines

 

   

Embargo-Levy

 

   

Mortgage Loans

 

   

Flexicuenta

 

   

Decease

 

   

Bankruptcy

 

   

Legal Issues

 

   

IRA’s accounts holds are placed to guarantee the following issues:

 

   

Decease

 

   

Legal Issues

 

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  9.7.4

User Defined Notes

 

   

Notices automatically generated by the deposit applications:

 

   

Capitalization Notices

 

   

Programs modifications when required by changes of the regulations

 

   

Others

 

  9.7.5

Statement Messages

 

   

Messages generated automatically by accounts conditions.

 

   

Messages defined by the formatter, promotion messages

 

  9.7.6

Letter Writer

 

   

Documents already defined in the programs library used by the application.

 

   

Maturity and Renewal Letters by product type.

 

   

Notification of Distribution Plan Set

 

   

Form Partner – Automatic generation of interest payments and IRA’s distribution checks.

 

  9.7.7

Periodic Transfers between Deposit and Investment Accounts

 

   

Monetary Transfers from deposit accounts to funds investment accounts:

 

   

IRA Ahorro – Additional deposits to funds investments accounts.

 

   

Monetary Transfers from investment to deposit accounts

 

   

Interest payments

 

   

Distribution transactions

 

   

Mature transactions

 

   

Withdrawal transactions

 

  9.7.8

Informative Return Process

 

   

Annual Process

 

   

New forms definitions or changes to the existing documents

 

   

Federal Forms (Internal Revenue Services)

 

   

1099INT – Interest Paid to USVI Certificate of Deposit accounts (January 30)

 

   

1099R – IRA’s Distributions (January 30)

 

   

5498 – IRA’s Contributions (May 31)

 

   

Local Forms (Treasury Department)

 

   

480.6 A – Interest paid to certificate of deposit accounts not subject to withholding (February 28)

 

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480.6 B – Interest paid to certificate of deposit accounts subject to withholding (February 28)

 

   

480.6C – Interest paid to certificate of deposit accounts subject to withholding – Non­ residents (February 28)

 

   

480.7 – Individual Retirement Accounts (IRA’s) activity (February 28)

 

   

480.7B – Educational Contribution Accounts (CAE) activity (February 28)

 

   

Laser forms definitions (Jetform) and branch transmissions

 

   

Treasury Department laser forms approval

 

   

Request of the Control Numbers to the Local Treasury Department

 

   

Programs changes or modifications according to the Treasury Department requirements

 

   

Preliminary full bank tests for all forms, including reports, forms samples and online data verification through IRS

 

   

Final full bank tests for all forms, including reports, forms samples and online data verification through IRS

 

   

Informative Return Process production runs (Scheduling Department Procedures)

 

   

Generation of the IRS Files:

 

   

Testing Files

 

   

Production Files

 

   

August Process – During this process, we notify to the Treasury Department the contributions made to Individual Retirement and Educational Contribution accounts for the corresponding taxable year. This process include the following forms:

 

   

Local Forms (Treasury Department)

 

   

480.7 – Individual Retirement Accounts contributions (August 31)

 

   

480.7B – Educational Contribution Accounts contributions (August 31)

 

   

Request of the Control Numbers to the Local Treasury Department

 

 

   

Programs changes or modifications according to the Treasury Department requirements

 

   

Preliminary full bank tests for all forms, including reports, forms samples and online data verification through IRS

 

   

Final full bank tests for all forms, including reports, forms samples and online data verification through IRS

 

   

Informative Return Process production runs (Scheduling Department Procedures)

 

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Generation of the IRS Files:

 

   

Testing Files

 

   

Production Files

 

   

Internal Reporting System (IRS) – Mainframe*

 

   

Application Modifications related to Treasury Department requirements or changes:

 

   

Programs Modifications

 

   

Application Screens Changes

 

   

Online System Changes

 

   

Application Functions

 

   

IR26 – Create forms not generated by the applications.

 

   

IR19 – Users’ security and printers definitions.

 

   

IRSC – Definition of the control numbers used to create amended forms.

 

   

Forms Printing Testing

 

   

Add files to the test environment to verify the application functionality

 

   

Includes application taxable information files in the production environment

 

   

Printers Availability (Network Department Procedures)

 

   

Test N33 (Test Environment)

 

   

CICSTOR (Production Environment)

 

   

Application Backups Procedures

 

   

Disaster Recovery System (DRS)

 

   

Reports

 

   

Existing and defined application reports

 

   

AMMO and LANAMMO definition and accessibility

 

   

Employees Security

 

   

Application Top Secret security profiles.

 

   

IRS Application Profiles

 

   

IIM Native Security Profiles (P1 Pisys)

 

   

Users definitions

 

   

Security profile changes

 

   

Bank wide access to the application and its functions, in test and production environments

 

   

Application Security Modules Updates

 

  *

IRS services applies to all Informative Return processes.

 

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  9.7.9

Application Backup Processes

 

   

Process to generate the application backups:

 

   

Daily

 

   

Monthly

 

   

Quarterly

 

   

Annual

 

  9.7.10

Bank Control File

 

   

Access to define and modify parameters in the following BCF tables:

 

   

Table 611

 

  9.7.11

Application Maintenance Menu

 

   

Process Control System (PCS)

 

   

Access to define and modify all product parameters

 

   

Report Preparation System Menu (RPS or RFS)

 

   

Access to define and modify systems reports

 

   

Run Request Menu

 

   

Verification of the daily application processing dates

 

   

Suspense Account Control Menu (SAC)

 

   

Verification of the rejected transaction

 

   

Accounting & Reconciliation Menu

 

   

Definition of the accounting and reconciliation processes by product type and General Ledger accounts

 

   

Maintenance History Inquiry Menu

 

   

Verification of the accounts and instruments maintenance history

 

   

Installation Manager Menu

 

   

Security profiles

 

   

Screen definitions

 

   

Mapping

 

   

Dictionary controls

 

  9.7.12

Application General Ledger Interfaces

 

   

Daily Interface

 

   

Monthly Interface

 

   

Annual Interface

 

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  9.7.13

Signature Verification System (SQN)

 

   

Access to the application and not the internal process performed by the Return Deposit unit or Group.

 

   

Batch Transactions or Services

 

   

Openings Accounts

 

   

Daily Signature Capture Process

 

   

Process of daily signature file and exception detection

 

   

Attachment process of signatures to customers accounts

 

   

Online Transactions or Services

 

   

Inquiry

 

   

Updates

 

   

Delete record

 

   

Add records

 

   

Reports

 

   

Existing and defined application reports

 

   

AMMO and LANAMMO definition and accessibility

 

   

Application Purge Process

 

   

Daily Backup Process

 

   

Application Additional Daily Run

 

   

Correct the signature order by account

 

   

Disaster Recovery System

 

   

Application Security Modules Updates

 

   

Application Interfaces

 

  9.7.14

Customer Information System (CIS)

 

   

Maintenance Transactions Processing

 

   

Accounts Relationships

 

   

Combined Statement – Management of PMA and Popular Plus files to include related accounts selected by customers on their statements.

 

   

Bank Control File

 

   

Access to define and modify parameters in all BCF tables.

 

   

Reports

 

   

Existing and defined application reports

 

   

AMMO and LANAMMO definition and accessibility

 

   

Application Purge Process

 

   

Return Mail System

 

   

Flag the customers accounts with Return Mail Condition

 

   

Management of the customers accounts return correspondence

 

   

Application Purge Process

 

   

Application Interfaces

 

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  9.7.15

[***]

 

   

Application Interfaces

 

   

Online Validations

 

   

Reports

 

   

Existing and defined application reports

 

   

AMMO and LANAMMO definition and accessibility

 

   

Dedupping Process

 

   

Process used to eliminate the duplicate records.

 

   

Residential and Mailing Address Standardizations

 

  9.7.16

On-line Services

 

   

On-line Teller

 

   

Automatic transmission of General Ledger entries

 

   

Application Interfaces

 

   

Inquiries

 

   

Transaction Processing

 

   

Check Printing Services (Official Checks)

 

  9.7.17

Applications Runs

 

   

Daily Runs

 

   

End of Month Runs

 

   

Quarterly Runs

 

   

Annual Runs

 

  9.7.18

Technical Consulting and Support

 

   

Consulting and support regarding applications functionality

 

   

Incident solutions

 

   

Maintenance

 

  9.7.19

Production Problems or Error

 

   

Delays or communication problems with application are monitored by the system programmers and/or System administrator.

 

   

Production problems and errors are investigated and solved by the programmers and/or the system administrator.

 

*** Certain information in this agreement has been omitted and filed separately with the Securities and Exchange Commission. [***] indicates that text has been omitted and is the subject of a confidential treatment request.

 

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10.

Popular Auto

 

10.1

Description

 

10.2

Account or Product Type

 

   

Vehicle Leasing

 

   

Operating Leases

 

   

Equipment Leasing

 

   

Insurance Finance

 

   

Chattel

 

10.3

[***]

 

*** Certain information in this agreement has been omitted and filed separately with the Securities and Exchange Commission. [***] indicates that text has been omitted and is the subject of a confidential treatment request.

 

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10.4

Account Transactions

 

   

Monetary Transactions

 

   

Maintenance Transactions

 

   

Online Transactions

 

   

Batch Transactions

 

   

FTP

 

10.5

Reports

 

   

Existing and defined application reports

 

   

AMMO

 

   

On line capabilities only. Printing reports are included in a separate pricing schedule

 

10.6

Approval or Security Profiles

 

   

The application is define under the Top Secret security profiles

 

   

Approval of users profiles

 

   

Access to the online thru mainframe, servers and other environments

 

10.7

Specific Details

 

  10.7.1

Customer Statements or Coupons Books

 

   

Generate Monthly Statements

 

   

Generate Coupon Books for loans

 

   

ACH Interface and Telepago

 

   

Interface with Credit Bureaus

 

  10.7.2

Letter to Customer

 

   

Notices automatically generated by the system for marketing, license renewal, insurance expired and other customer service related services

 

   

Maturity letters are generated automatically one month prior to maturity date

 

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  10.7.3

System Backup Processes

 

   

The system generates five daily versions and perpetual monthly and yearly backups

 

  10.7.4

Control Files

 

   

Define and modify parameters in the following functions:

 

   

Security

 

   

Report Control Files

 

   

General Ledger Table

 

   

Branch control file

 

  10.7.5

Loans Application General Ledger Interfaces

 

   

Daily Interface

 

   

Monthly Interface

 

  10.7.6

Applications Runs

 

   

Daily Runs

 

   

Weekly Runs

 

   

End of Month Runs

 

   

Year End Runs

 

  10.7.7

Daily Rental System

[***]

 

  10.7.8

Other Systems

 

   

Kronos

 

   

SAP (nómina)

 

   

Customer Service

 

   

Floor Plan

 

   

Autolog

 

   

Auto appraisal

 

   

Used Car Inventory

 

   

Unit Transfer

 

   

Unit Registration

 

*** Certain information in this agreement has been omitted and filed separately with the Securities and Exchange Commission. [***] indicates that text has been omitted and is the subject of a confidential treatment request.

 

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  10.7.9

Technical Consulting and Support

 

   

Consulting and support regarding Leasing and Daily Rental Application functionality.

 

   

Incident solutions

 

   

Maintenance

 

   

Sales and Marketing Reports

 

   

Modifications

 

   

Acquisition and conversion of new portfolios sales portfolios

 

   

Sales of portfolios

 

   

Sales and marketing reports

 

  10.7.10

Production Problems or Error Support

 

   

Delays or communication problems with application are monitored by the system programmers and/or System administrator.

 

   

Production problems and errors are investigated and solved by the programmers and/or the system administrator.

 

  10.7.11

Communications

 

   

Communication Installation

 

   

Communication Support

 

   

Communication Equipment Purchasing

 

   

Administration

 

  10.7.12

Retentions Services

 

   

Local Government Withholding – for interest slips

 

  10.7.13

LAN Support

 

   

Purchase Support

 

**

Additional services, processes or resources shall be included in order to fulfill applications processing Base price details as of March 2004 that may not be explicitly described above, excluding only printing and items processing.

 

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Revisions History

 

Date

  

Relevant Changes

16-Jul-04    The document was created as new.

 

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Schedule 2 to Exhibit B

Service Addenda Incorporated into this Master Agreement

 

I.

Amended and Restated 2004 MSA and 2010 MSA Service Addenda

 

  1. Amended and Restated ATM Driving and Card Management Services Addendum, dated as of September 30, 2010, between EVERTEC and Banco Popular North America.

 

  2. Amended and Restated Anti-SPAM and Anti-Virus Management Services Addendum, dated as of September 30, 2010, between EVERTEC and Banco Popular North America.

 

  3. Amended and Restated EZ-Statement Services Addendum, dated as of September 30, 2010, between EVERTEC and BPPR.

 

  4. Amended and Restated Hosting and Maintenance Services Addendum, dated as of September 30, 2010, between EVERTEC and Banco Popular North America.

 

  5. Amended and Restated Information Security Help Desk Service Addendum, dated as of September 30, 2010, by and among Popular, Inc., BPPR, Popular Mortgage, Popular Auto, Popular Securities, Popular Insurance, Popular Risk and EVERTEC.

 

  6. Amended and Restated Remote Capture Service Addendum, dated as of September 30, 2010, by and between BPPR and EVERTEC.

 

II.

Service Addenda entered into upon the date of this Master Agreement

 

  1. Dedicated Resources Services Addendum by and among Popular, BPPR, any Affiliates and/or Subsidiaries of Popular identified on the signature page(s) thereto and EVERTEC.

 

  2. Collocation Services Addendum, dated as of September 30, 2010, by and among Popular, BPPR and EVERTEC.

 

  3. Disaster Recovery Services Addendum, dated as of September 30, 2010, by and among Popular, BPPR and EVERTEC.

 

  4. Transition Assistance Addendum, dated as of September 30, 2010, by and among Popular, BPPR and EVERTEC.

 

  5. Fraud Monitoring and Hosting Services Service Addendum, dated as of September 30, 2010, between BPPR and EVERTEC.

 

  6. Fleet Card System Service Addendum, dated as of September 30, 2010, between BPPR and EVERTEC.

 

  7. EVERPay Kiosk System Service Addendum, dated as of September 30, 2010, between BPPR and EVERTEC.


Schedule 3 to Exhibit B

Statements of Work

Notwithstanding any term contained in any Statement of Work or other written instructions set forth in this Schedule 3 to Exhibit B (as it may be amended from time to time) to the contrary, (i) the Statements of Work and other written instructions set forth herein shall have a duration that is coterminous with this Master Agreement and (ii) any term contained in any Statement of Work and other written instructions set forth herein that permits a party to terminate such Statement of Work or other instruction, as the case may be, without cause or at its convenience shall be stricken therefrom.


Document Title

  

COMPANY

  

Project Description

Addendum    BPNA   

Blackberry’s Communication Devices for BPNA

Addendum    BPNA   

Blackberry’s Communication Devices for BPNA

Proposal    BPPR   

BPPR ATH OFF Premises TCP/IP (10257)

Proposal    BPPR   

BPPR ATH OFF Premises TCP/IP Installation (10257)

Proposal    BPPR   

VoIP Service Fees Branches

Proposal    BPPR   

EVERnet Branches (190 branches)

Proposal    BPPR   

EVERnet Regions (6 regions)

SOW    BPPR   

TIP 1.0, 1.1 Transaction Vault (TV) (10252)

SOW    BPPR   

TIP Production and DRS (10252)

BRC Agreement    Popular Mortgage   

Business Continuity - Popular Mortgage

PSRA    BPPR   

Premia SAN Storage Hosting (49923)

PSRA    BPPR   

eService Management Tool (38951)

PSRA    BPPR   

Service Center Licenses (3 licenses) (38951)

Proposal    BPPR   

Open System Infrastructure for STRATA/CACS Data Base Hosting (22667)

PSRA    BPPR   

Upgrade Kana to Version 9.5 (30700) - Software license and collocation (server)

Proposal      

BSA Upgrade Assist-Test 2 Storage (10114)

Proposal      

BSA Upgrade Assist-Production Storage (10114)

PSRA    BPPR   

Additional San Space for COGNOS (10252)

Addendum    BPPR   

IBM Hardware Maintenance (38551)

Proposal    BPPR   

Internet Content Management System for BPPR Collocation (10106)

Proposal    BPPR   

Upgrade eWFM version 6.2 to 7.2 (30700) collocation


Document Title

  

COMPANY

  

Project Description

Proposal    BPPR   

RSA Adaptive Authentication (10106) Hosting

Proposal    BPPR   

Implementation PER WEB Server Infrastructure (22301) Hosting

Proposal    BPPR   

Implementation Hotscan v 6.8 (32550) Hosting

Proposal    BPPR   

EDWS Storage (10106) Hosting

Proposal    BPPR   

Swift Fee Net Fase II RMA Hosting (32550)

Proposal    BPPR   

Embossers Super/CAT (10252)

BRC Agreement    Popular Insurance   

Business Continuity - Popular Insurance

Addendum   

Popular Mortgage BPPR

Popular Auto

  

Hosting Infrastructure - Altamira (26500)

Service Addendum    BPNA   

E-Loans Processing for BPNA - Retail

Service Addendum    BPNA   

E-Loans Processing for BPNA - Museum

PSRA    BPPR   

SED Single Sign On Hosting (30GB Hosting) (38104)

Proposal    BPPR   

Fortis Hosting - Incorporate PF& Credit Card Imaging System (43111)

Proposal    BPPR   

Corsidian Hosting - Outbound Solution Installation & Implementation (30700)

Proposal    BPPR   

SAS Monthly Hosting Fee (30600)

Addendum to MSA    BPPR   

Witness & Melita Hosting (22667)

Project    BPPR   

Foreign Exchange Hosting (32100)

Proposal    BPPR   

ASSIST Hosting (10114)

Proposal    BPPR   

Backup Server for Resqnet (38105)

Addendum    BPPR   

SAN Space Global 360 Appl (10114)

PSRA    BPPR   

SAN Space Global 360 Appl (26600)

Proposal    BPPR   

FED Line Direct (38105) - Collocation


Document Title

  

COMPANY

  

Project Description

Service Addendum    BPNA   

Iron Mail

Proposal    BPNA   

DSS Application Hosting

Agreement    BPNA   

ASSIST//ck Application

Addendum    BPPR   

BLoans Monthly Hosting Fee (16608)

Addendum    BPPR   

Blackberry’s Communication Devices (38100)

Addendum    BPPR   

Blackberry’s Communication Devices (38100)

Proposal    BPPR   

Hardware Maintenance Fee for CCTM

Proposal    BPPR   

Hardware Maintenance Fee for CCTM

Proposal    BPPR   

Hardware Maintenance Fee for CCTM

Proposal Amendment    BPPR   

EVERnet - Señorial (47361)

Proposal Amendment    BPPR   

VoIP Service Fees - Señorial

Proposal    BPPR   

Collocation Router Waste Management (client) (29452)

Addendum    Popular Mortgage   

Right Fax Application Daily Monitoring / $[***]

Addendum    Popular Mortgage   

Right Fax Application Account Maintenance / $[***]

Service Agreement    BPPR   

NCR Cash Dispensers (10252)

Proposal    BPPR   

Swift Fee Net Fase II PKI Collocation (32550)

Proposal    BPPR   

SAN Space - Upgrade Relius V12 (27101)

Proposal    BPPR   

Centro de Pruebas - Application Hosting Service Fee (43401)

Addendum    Popular   

Information Security Help Desk Support (10252)

Proposal    BPPR   

Additional SAN Disc Space for EDWS (38156)

Addendum    BPPR - DOL   

Salary Sheet Processing (less than 10 entries)

 

***

Certain information in this agreement has been omitted and filed separately with the Securities and Exchange Commission. [***] indicates that text has been omitted and is the subject of a confidential treatment request.

 


Document Title

  

COMPANY

  

Project Description

Addendum    BPPR - DOL   

Salary Data Entry per Employee (less than 10 entries)

Addendum    BPPR - DOL   

Salary Sheets (more than 11 employees)

Proposal    Popular Mortgage   

Popular Mortgage - Power Seller Application Collocation

Addendum    BPPR   

TSYS Processing Fees & TSYS Interfases (49914)

Addendum    BPPR   

TSYS Security Administration Services (49914)

Addendum    BPPR   

CACS Maintenance Batch TSYS (43112)

Addendum    BPPR   

ACAPS TSYS (43112)

Addendum    BPPR   

Post TSYS Service Addendum (49914)

Addendum    BPPR   

Right Fax Hosting (22603)

PSRA    BPPR   

Load Balancer para Webservers de VRU (hosting)

Proposal    Popular Auto   

Popular Auto - Data Network Services upgrade to MPLS

Request Cost Estimate    BPPR   

BSA Upgrade Assist - Test (4.691 TB) Modify fee in Exhibit B

Request Cost Estimate    BPPR   

BSA Upgrade Assist - Production (4.5 YB) Modify fee in Exhibit B

Request Cost Estimate    BPPR   

Genesys Maintenance Fee (revised annually)

Proposal    BPPR   

VoIP Service Fee for Faxes

Proposal    BPPR   

MPLS Circuit for Stop 22 Building

Proposal    Popular Mortgage   

MPLS Circuit for Altamira Building

Request Cost Estimate    BPPR   

RSA - Remote Secured Access (Tier pricing per active user)

Proposal    BPPR   

Popular Center DPC - Virtual Server Infrastructure


Schedule 4 to Exhibit B

Statements of Work Entered into after the Effective Date of the Master Agreement

[List of SOWs to be determined by parties from time to time]


Exhibit C

Service Level Agreement – General Terms And Conditions

See Attached


Exhibit C

Service Level Agreement – General Terms And Conditions

See Attached

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Exhibit C – Service Level Agreement – General Terms and Conditions

 

1.

Purpose

This Service Level Agreement (“SLA”) is effective as of April 1, 2010 (the “Effective Date”) and sets forth the general terms and conditions that will govern the Service Levels applicable to the Services provided by EVERTEC to COMPANY under the Master Services Agreement and corresponding Service Addenda thereunder (collectively referred to as the “Master Agreement”). This SLA is subject to the terms and conditions of the Master Agreement between the parties.

Each particular Service Addendum may contain more specific terms relating to its Services Levels. Furthermore, where applicable, each Service Addendum may contain the information relating to Schedule 1, such information to be incorporated herein by reference. If there is any conflict between the terms and conditions of this SLA and the Master Agreement, those of the latter will govern.

This SLA defines the roles and responsibilities of each party, specifies the Service Levels, sets forth the procedures that will be used to measure and report these Service Levels as they apply to the Services, and establishes the remedies available to COMPANY should EVERTEC fail to comply with same. All capitalized terms not otherwise defined herein shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the Master Agreement and the Service Addendum between the parties.

 

2.

General Terms and Conditions

 

2.1.

Defined Terms:

 

  a)

“After Hours” is defined as hours outside the scheduled Hours of Operation of a particular service.

 

  b)

“Availability” in general is defined as the unit to measure the availability of a particular service, system, equipment and/or component using a percentage of actual availability based on the agreed upon Service Level that establishes the benchmark for EVERTEC making such service, system, equipment and/or component available, the percentage of which will be calculated on a monthly basis.

 

  c)

“Completion Time” is defined as the time by which EVERTEC will complete its performance of a particular task relating to the services.

 

  d)

“Conditions Precedent” is defined as the conditions, terms, factors and other elements established by the parties for each Service Level that COMPANY must comply with first in order for EVERTEC to comply with the agreed upon Service Level.

 

  e)

“Cut-Off Time” is defined as the time by which EVERTEC must receive from COMPANY or any Third Party, the data, materials, instructions and/or requests necessary for EVERTEC to meet its Service Level commitments.


Exhibit C – Service Level Agreement – General Terms and Conditions

 

  f)

“Excused Performance Problem” is defined as certain events that if to occur will excuse EVERTEC from complying with the Service Levels.

 

  g)

“Hours of Operation” is defined as the agreed upon hours and times during which the Services will be provided. All times are Puerto Rico local times.

 

  h)

“Incident(s)” in general means any verifiable failure of a particular service, system, equipment and/or component to materially operate in accordance with the Specifications, unless such failure (a) results from COMPANY’s misuse or improper use of the particular service, system, equipment and/or component; (b) results from the modification by COMPANY of the particular service, system, equipment and/or component in a fashion not contemplated under the Master Agreement; or (c) directly results from COMPANY’s failure to implement in a timely manner any relevant improvements or modifications to the particular service, system, equipment and/or component as recommended by EVERTEC or any Third Party service provider.

 

  i)

“Incident Number” is defined as the number used to identify an Incident Record that has been opened in EVERTEC’s Service Desk for Support Services.

 

  j)

“Incident Record” is defined as the item used to identify an individual Support Request that has been submitted to EVERTEC.

 

  k)

“Late Transmissions” is defined as the rate between the number of files transmitted late over total files transmitted, as established with COMPANY during a specific month.

 

  l)

“Processing Incident” is defined as Incidents in processing over total items processed.

 

  m)

“Resolution Time” is defined as the time EVERTEC takes to identify the root cause, and prevent additional occurrences either by implementing a work-around, process modification, or fix.

 

  n)

“Response Time” is defined as the time that EVERTEC may take to begin resolution of a reported Incident from the moment the Incident Record is opened.

 

  o)

“Service Desk” is defined as the telephone support center that EVERTEC provides to COMPANY to receive Support Requests or to receive general requests for Services.

 

  p)

“Service Level Credits” or “SLCs” is defined as a remedy under this SLA which provides COMPANY with a credit over the fees paid for a particular Service subject to a Service Level, should EVERTEC fail to comply with such established Service Level.

 


Exhibit C – Service Level Agreement – General Terms and Conditions

 

  q)

“Services” are defined as those services under the various Service Addenda between EVERTEC and COMPANY that are subject to the Service Levels as provided herein.

 

  r)

“Support Request” means a request from COMPANY for Support Services.

 

  s)

“Support Services” is defined as the technical or maintenance support (both corrective and preventive) provided by EVERTEC to resolve Incidents.

 

  t)

“Term” is defined as the term set forth in the Master Agreement or the corresponding Service Addendum if such term is longer.

 

2.2.

Modifications to Service Levels

 

  a)

The parties mutually acknowledge and agree that this SLA and any particular Service Level may also be amended during the Term of the corresponding Service Addendum in order to, among others (i) add, delete or modify Service Levels, and Conditions Precedent and Excused Performance Problems; and/or (ii) ensure a fair, accurate, and consistent measurement of EVERTEC’s performance hereunder. Any such changes will be established in good faith by mutual agreement of the parties and will be documented in a written amendment to this SLA and the corresponding Service Addendum, as applicable.

 

  b)

In the event that (i) any applicable hardware, software or function used by EVERTEC to provide the Services is replaced with comparable hardware, software or function during the Term of the corresponding Service; (ii) COMPANY requests changes to such hardware software or function (including adding any new functions); (iii) the manner in which the Services are performed or provided be subject to material changes, including without limitation, the volume of Services required by COMPANY; or (iv) new Service Levels be established for new or existing services, then any corresponding Service Levels may be subject to test and trial periods to ensure their adequacy. The test and probation periods for replacement/modified hardware, software or function will be performed during the initial sixty (60) days of operation of such replacement/modified hardware, software or function. Any new Service Levels will be established at a level intended to achieve performance at least the same as or better than the performance under any previous Service Level associated with the replaced/modified hardware, software or function.

 

  c)

The duration of any test or trial periods will be determined by the parties. During any such test or trial period, the remedies set forth in this SLA and in any Service Addendum will be placed on hold until such time as the test or trial periods have ended.

 

2.3.

Service Level Credits (SLCs)

 

  a)

SLCs will be based on misses or actual performance as identified for each Service as “Misses” or “Performance Level” in the corresponding SLC tables in

 


Exhibit C – Service Level Agreement – General Terms and Conditions

 

 

Schedule 1 to this SLA. All SLCs are calculated at the end of the month depending on total Misses and the actual Performance Level for the current month. After determining the Misses or and/or Performance Level column that applies, cross-reference to the % Credit column to determine the credit that EVERTEC will return to COMPANY.

 

  b)

Misses may also be calculated based on reoccurrence of Misses by EVERTEC. If the Misses are incurred in a consecutive manner, the percentage may increase as the consecutive months with Misses increase. After determining the Misses column that applies, cross-reference to the % Credit column for the number of consecutive months. This percent will determine the SLC that EVERTEC will return to COMPANY.

 

  c)

SLCs will be applied only to the fees billed for the failed Service.

 

  d)

In the event that an SLC becomes payable in accordance with this section, EVERTEC will provide COMPANY with a credit in the applicable amount on the next monthly invoice after receipt of COMPANY’s election or, if there are no remaining invoices, will pay COMPANY the amount of such credit within thirty (30) days following receipt of the EVERTEC monthly report which shows that COMPANY is entitled to the SLC.

 

  e)

In order to receive the applicable SLCs COMPANY must be in full compliance with the terms and conditions of the Service Addenda and the Master Service Agreement, including without limitation the payment of all undisputed amounts thereunder.

 

  f)

In no event will COMPANY receive more than one (1) SLC attributable to a single root cause per Service Addendum per month. In such event, where multiple credits would have been payable to COMPANY, COMPANY will receive the highest of the credits to which COMPANY would have been entitled under the applicable Service Addendum for that month.

 

  g)

The crediting of SLCs is COMPANY’s sole and exclusive remedy for EVERTEC’s failure to meet any Service Level excluding the repeated failure of EVERTEC to meet such Service Levels or material negligence on the part of EVERTEC.

 

2.4.

Conditions Precedent to EVERTEC’s Obligations

 

  a)

Each Service for which EVERTEC is obligated to comply with a particular Service Level may be conditioned upon COMPANY’s compliance with the established Conditions Precedent.

 

  b)

COMPANY’s failure to perform these Conditions Precedent as required will excuse any failure of EVERTEC to achieve the Service Levels.

 


Exhibit C – Service Level Agreement – General Terms and Conditions

 

  c)

Furthermore, COMPANY agrees to notify EVERTEC immediately of any changes in its operations that may affect its ability to comply with any Conditions Precedent contained herein.

 

2.5.

Excused Performance Problems

 

  a)

In addition to any other Excused Performance Problem that may be established for a particular Service, EVERTEC will not be liable to COMPANY (and no SLCs will apply) for any failure to meet a Service Level to the extent that such failure is attributable to: (i) an Event of Force Majeure, (ii) acts or omissions of COMPANY or COMPANY’s Third Party providers; (iii) breaches of this SLA, the Service Addendum and/or the Master Agreement by COMPANY or COMPANY’s Third Party providers; (iv) problems in COMPANY’s Third Party providers of local area networks and telecommunication lines; and (v) downtime for Scheduled Maintenance (defined below) or emergency maintenance previously coordinated with and/or notified to COMPANY that is undertaken outside of Hours of Operations.

 

  b)

Scheduled hours of Availability will exclude agreed upon scheduled outages for which EVERTEC needs to perform regular technical maintenance (“Scheduled Maintenance”), which may result in downtime during this window. In addition, in cases where corrective or priority outages are necessary, EVERTEC shall provide forty-eight (48) hours’ prior notice of any such corrective or priority outage specifying the duration of same. EVERTEC will use commercially reasonable efforts to effect Scheduled Maintenance and any other planned outages during hours other than Peak Hours; provided, however, that Scheduled Maintenance during Hours of Operations will be considered “down time” for purposes of determining EVERTEC’s compliance with its obligations for a particular Service Level. Each Service will list any applicable Scheduled Maintenance that will operate as an Excused Performance Problem.

 

  c)

Furthermore, the Service Levels do not contemplate rapid increases in volume which are not previously notified to EVERTEC by COMPANY. As such, COMPANY agrees to notify EVERTEC within a reasonable commercial time period if it can reasonably foresee an increase in its production volume, so as EVERTEC may take reasonable measures to ensure its continued compliance with the Service Levels. To the extent such notice is provided within a reasonable commercial time period, such instance of increased production volume will not be considered an Excused Performance Problem. Should a particular Service cycle represent an increase in production volume of Services of 20% or more of the normal production volume, EVERTEC agrees to exercise Best Efforts to provide the Services in accordance with the Service Levels; provided, however that upon EVERTEC’s notification to COMPANY that such increase will hinder EVERTEC’s ability to meet the established Service Levels, such instance of increased production volume will be considered an Excused Performance Problem. Should the increased volume be reoccurring, the parties agree to follow the procedures for modifying the Service Levels as set forth in this SLA.

 


Exhibit C – Service Level Agreement – General Terms and Conditions

 

2.6.

Reporting & Investigations

 

  a)

Except as may otherwise be established in a Service Addendum, EVERTEC will provide COMPANY with reports comparing its actual performance of a particular Service against the corresponding Service Levels by the fifteenth (15th) day of the month following the month during which the Services were rendered.

 

  b)

COMPANY is responsible for promptly reviewing and reconciling all Service Level reports. Should COMPANY identify any omission or discrepancy between its records and the data provided by EVERTEC, or if it has any objection, it must notify EVERTEC in writing within forty-five (45) days following the receipt of the report.

 

  c)

EVERTEC will process the investigation according to its standard procedures for handling claims. EVERTEC will notify COMPANY in writing of the result of the investigation within thirty (30) days from the date the omission or discrepancy is notified to EVERTEC.

 

  d)

In the event the findings of the investigation prove that COMPANY’s claims are justified, EVERTEC will make the appropriate adjustments to the corresponding Service Level report and proceed in accordance with this SLA.

 

  e)

COMPANY accepts that its failure to report the omission, discrepancy or objection within the forty-five (45) day time period, will release EVERTEC from any liability regarding such omission, discrepancy or objection.

 

2.7.

Notifications and Escalation Procedures

All Service Level reports and any notifications or other communications to be made under this SLA will be sent to those addresses and/or email addresses which may be agreed to by the parties from time to time in Schedule 2 to this SLA. The parties agree to follow the general escalation procedures set forth in Schedule 2 upon the occurrence of any Incident under this SLA that warrants such escalation.

 

3.

Service Levels

Particular Service Levels for the Services COMPANY contracts from EVERTEC will be listed in Schedule 1 to this SLA. Such Service Level Schedules will be subject to the terms and conditions of this SLA and the Master Agreement, and will set forth the following, as applicable:

 

  1)

Description of the Service

 

  2)

Hours of Operation

 

  3)

Type of Measurement to be used

 

  4)

The Service Level that will apply to the Service

 

  5)

Applicable SLCs

 


Exhibit C – Service Level Agreement – General Terms and Conditions

 

  6)

Conditions Precedents (if applicable)

 

  7)

Excused Performance Problems (if applicable)

 

  8)

Any additional terms and conditions that may apply to a particular Service Level

 


Schedule 1 to Exhibit C

Service Level Schedule for Services

See Attached


Schedule 1 to Exhibit C

Service Level Schedule for Services

See Attached

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Schedule 1 to Exhibit C

 

1.1.

APPLICATIONS PROCESSING AND HOSTING

 

  1.1.1.

Services to be Rendered

EVERTEC will provide Applications Processing services to the Customer. This service is divided into three categories; Service Bureau, Application Hosting and Facilities Management. EVERTEC will process all of the applications listed in the Service Catalogue.

 

   

Service Bureau: EVERTEC is the owner of both the hardware and the software.

 

   

Application Hosting: EVERTEC is the owner of the hardware and the Customer is the owner of the application.

 

   

Facilities Management: The Customer is the owner of both the hardware and the software.

 

  1.1.2.

Measurements

[***]

 

   

Critical Applications

 

  1.

[***]

 

  2.

[***]

 

  3.

[***]

 

  4.

[***]

 

  5.

[***]

 

  6.

[***]

 

  7.

[***]

 

  8.

[***]

 

  9.

[***]

 

  10.

[***]

 

  11.

[***]

 

  12.

[***]

 

  13.

[***]

 

  14.

[***]

 

  15.

[***]

 

  16.

[***]

 

  17.

[***]

 

   

[***]

 

***

Certain information in this agreement has been omitted and filed separately with the Securities and Exchange Commission. [***] indicates that text has been omitted and is the subject of a confidential treatment request.


  1.1.3.

Service Level Credits

 

  1.1.3.1.

[***]

 

  1.1.3.2.

[***]

 

     Availability*

Application

   [***]   [***]   [***]
     Misses    

[***]

   [***]   [***]   [***]

[***]

   [***]   [***]   [***]

[***]

   [***]   [***]   [***]

[***]

   [***]   [***]   [***]

[***]

   [***]   [***]   [***]

[***]

   [***]   [***]   [***]

[***]

   [***]   [***]   [***]

[***]

   [***]   [***]   [***]

[***]

   [***]   [***]   [***]

[***]

   [***]   [***]   [***]

[***]

   [***]   [***]   [***]

[***]

   [***]   [***]   [***]

[***]

   [***]   [***]   [***]

[***]

   [***]   [***]   [***]

[***]

   [***]   [***]   [***]

[***]

   [***]   [***]   [***]

Business hours defined as Monday – Saturday (8:00 AM – 7:00 PM) and Sunday (11:00 AM – 3:00 PM) excluding Federal Holidays, unless otherwise specified. All the times are Puerto Rico local times.

 

**

Business hours defined as Monday – Friday (7:00 AM – 10:00 PM) excluding Federal Holidays. All the times are Puerto Rico local times.

***

Not applicable for credit

 

     % Credit for each Consecutive Month  

Performance Level

   1st month     2nd month     3rd month and over  

[***] misses

     [***     [***     [***

[***]-[***] misses

     [*** ]%      [*** ]%      [*** ]% 

More than [***] misses

     [*** ]%      [*** ]%      [*** ]% 

[***]

 

***

Certain information in this agreement has been omitted and filed separately with the Securities and Exchange Commission. [***] indicates that text has been omitted and is the subject of a confidential treatment request.

 


  1.1.4.

Conditions Precedent to EVERTEC’s Obligations

EVERTEC’s obligations to achieve the following Critical Service Levels are subject to Customer’s performance of the following obligations. Customer’s failure to perform these obligations as required shall excuse any failure of EVERTEC to achieve these Critical Service Levels.

 

   

Customer shall deliver to the designated processing center over the counter items, as detailed for Item Processing in section 4.11.4 (this applies specifically to the Refresh process).

 

1.2.

PC, NETWORK AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS INSTALLATIONS

 

  1.2.1.

Services to be Rendered

EVERTEC will provide PC, Network and Telecommunications Installations services to the Customer. These services include:

 

   

Laptop and Desktop PC’s: Includes support for the installation of Laptop and Desktop PC’s.

 

   

Peripherals: Includes support for the installation of peripherals such as monitors, digital cameras and scanners among others.

 

   

PC Software: Includes support for the installation and configuration of software for desktops and laptops.

 

   

LAN/Local Printers: Includes support for the installation and configuration of LAN and approved local printers.

 

   

Intel Servers: Includes installations for Intel Servers on the LAN.

 

   

UNIX Servers: Includes installations for UNIX Servers on the LAN.

 

   

Network Routers and Switches: Includes installations for network devices such as routers and switches.

 

   

Wiring, patching, cable routing and terminations certification: Includes cable drop, patching cable at both ends, installation of cable trays and/or raceways, face plates and labels. Termination and certification of all cable drops is performed at the end of the job.

 

   

Wiring, acceptance and device termination of carrier-leased lines: Includes the testing of certifications on all lines installed by PRT and completing the connection to the end point.

 

   

Configuration of phone extensions, direct lines, voice mail and other services: Includes the configuration (move, add, changes) of phone extensions, direct lines, voice mail and other devices.

 


  1.2.2.

Measurements

[***]

 

   

[***]

 

   

[***]

 

Service

   Installations
Resolution
Time
  Project
Criteria

Laptop and Desktop PC’s

   [***]   [***]

Peripherals

   [***]   [***]

PC Software

   [***]   [***]

LAN/Local Printers

   [***]   [***]

Intel Servers

   [***]   [***]

UNIX Servers

   [***]   [***]

Network Routers and Switches

   [***]   [***]

Wiring, patching, cable routing and termination certification

   [***]   [***]

Wiring, acceptance and device termination of carrier-leased lines

   [***]   [***]

Configuration on phone extensions, direct lines, voice mail and other services

   [***]   [***]

Business days defined as Monday – Friday (8:00 AM – 5:00 PM) excluding Federal Holidays, unless otherwise specified. All the times are Puerto Rico local times.

 

*

Installations Note: [***]

Excluded Services

 

   

The following services are outside the scope of this SLA:

 

  1.

[***]

 

  1.2.3.

Service Level Credits

[***]

 

Performance Level

   % Credit for each
Consecutive Month
 
     [***     [***     [***

[***] misses

     [***     [***     [***

[***] – [***] misses

     [*** ]%      [*** ]%      [*** ]% 

More than [***] misses

     [*** ]%      [*** ]%      [*** ]% 

[***]

 

***

Certain information in this agreement has been omitted and filed separately with the Securities and Exchange Commission. [***] indicates that text has been omitted and is the subject of a confidential treatment request.

 


1.3.

NETWORK & SYSTEMS AVAILABILITY MONITORING AND PC, NETWORK AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS MAINTENANCE

 

  1.3.1.

Services to be Rendered

EVERTEC will provide Network and Systems Availability Monitoring and PC, Network and Telecommunications Maintenance. These services include:

 

   

Intel Servers: Includes incident service, parts replacement, software updates, availability monitoring of all the file, print, and application servers for all Intel Servers on the LAN.

 

   

UNIX Servers: Includes incident service, parts replacement, software updates, availability monitoring for all the UNIX servers on the LAN. Also includes the monitoring of the Superdome (oracle, eService, ZAP)

 

   

Routers and Switches: Includes incident service, parts replacement, software updates and monitoring of all the routers and switches on the LAN.

 

   

LAN/Local Printers: Includes incident service, parts replacement, software updates for printers.

 

   

Laptop and Desktop PC’s: Includes maintenance, parts replacements, incident services, software updates and distribution for Laptop and Desktop PC’s.

 

   

Peripherals: Includes maintenance of peripherals such as monitors, digital cameras and scanners among others.

 

   

PC Software: Includes maintenance of software for desktops and laptops.

 

   

Mainframe Monitoring (CICS): Includes monitoring of all the CICS systems and applications in this environment.

 

   

TANDEM: Includes monitoring of BCF and Prod 1. Specific components are yet to be determined.

 

   

ATM Network: Includes the monitoring of all the ATM’s connections.

 

   

Midrange servers: Includes the monitoring of all AS400 machines.

 

  1.3.2.

Measurements

[***]

 

   

[***]

 

***

Certain information in this agreement has been omitted and filed separately with the Securities and Exchange Commission. [***] indicates that text has been omitted and is the subject of a confidential treatment request.

 


   

[***]

 

   

[***]

 

Service

  

System Availability

   Response
Time
   Resolution Time
    

Time

  

Uptime

   Misses          

Intel Servers

   Overall    [***]%      

[***]

  

[***]

  

Business

Hours

   [***]%-[***]%    [***]      
      [***]%-[***]%    [***]      
     

Less than

[***]%

   [***]      

UNIX Servers

   Overall    [***]%       [***]    [***]
   Business Hours    [***]%-[***]%    [***]      
      [***]%-[***]%    [***]      
     

Less than

[***]%

   [***]      

Routers and Switches

   Overall    [***]%       [***]    [***]
   Business Hours    [***]%-[***]%    [***]      
      [***]%-[***]%    [***]      
     

Less than

[***]%

   [***]      

Midrange Servers

   Overall    [***]%       [***]
  

Business Hours

   [***]%-[***]%    [***]   
      [***]%-[***]%    [***]   
     

Less than

[***]%

   [***]   

ATH Network (BPPR)

   Overall    [***]%-[***]%    [***]    [***]
      [***]%-[***]%    [***]   
     

Less than

[***]%

   [***]   

TANDEM***

  

Overall

   [***]%-[***]%    [***]    [***]
      [***]%-[***]%      
     

Less than

[***]%

     

Mainframe Monitoring (CICS)***

   Overall    [***]%    [***]    [***]
   Business Hours    [***]%-[***]%      
      [***]%-[***]%      
     

Less than

[***]%

     

Laptop and Desktop PC’s

   [***]    [***]    [***]

LAN/Local Printers

   [***]    [***]    [***]

PC Software

   [***]    [***]    [***]

Peripherals

   [***]    [***]    [***]

 

***

Certain information in this agreement has been omitted and filed separately with the Securities and Exchange Commission. [***] indicates that text has been omitted and is the subject of a confidential treatment request.

 


1.

Overall Hours: [***] hours

 

2.

Business Hours: Monday – Friday (8:00 AM – 5:00 PM) excluding Federal Holidays

 

3.

[***]

Excluded Services

 

 

The following services are outside the scope of this SLA:

 

  1.

[***]

 

  2.

[***]

 

  3.

[***]

 

  1.3.3.

Service Level Credits

[***]

 

     % Credit for each Consecutive Month

Performance Level

   [***]   [***]   [***]

[***] misses

   [***]   [***]   [***]

[***] – [***] misses

   [***]   [***]   [***]

More than [***] misses

   [***]   [***]   [***]

[***]

 

1.4.

PRINTING SERVICES

 

  1.4.1.

Services to be Rendered

EVERTEC will provide printing services including general reports, reports upon request and information restorations.

 

   

BPPR General Reports: This service includes applications balancing (this service is the accounting for each of the items obtained from the different applications and, the cost distribution according to the different cost centers) and printing & distribution of reports within the established schedule. BPPR Reports included in the 5:30 AM window include daily, weekly, monthly & quarterly reports printed for different areas of Banco Popular such as Branches, Region offices & CBCs, Commercial Banking,

 

 

***

Certain information in this agreement has been omitted and filed separately with the Securities and Exchange Commission. [***] indicates that text has been omitted and is the subject of a confidential treatment request.

 


 

Auditing, Comptroller and Collection departments. Reports are also printed for all the Puerto Rico Subsidiaries, BPNA and Equity One. The reports include information on deposit accounts, individual loans, commercial loans, mortgage loans, auto loans, general ledger and card products, among others.

 

   

Reports upon Request: This service includes the printing of reports (or jobs) requested by Customers and not included in the daily schedule.

 

   

Information Restore: This service includes Customer requests for information that is older than 18 days (time of information in Control D) or that exceed the retention period in AMMO.

 

  1.4.2.

Measurements

[***]

 

   

[***]

 

Printing Service

Criticality

   Service     Completion Time   SLA Credits     Metric Description

N/A

     [***   [***]     [***   [***]
     [***   [***]     [***   [***]

Critical

     [***   [***]     [***]

Normal

     [***   [***]    

 

 

Business days defined as Monday – Friday (8:00 AM – 5:00 PM) excluding Federal Holidays, unless otherwise specified.

All the times are Puerto Rico local times.

 

  1.4.3.

SLA Credits

 

     % Credit for each Consecutive Month  

Performance Level

   [***]     [***]     [***]  

[***] misses

     [***     [***     [***

[***] – [***] misses

     [*** ]%      [*** ]%      [*** ]% 

More than [***] misses

     [*** ]%      [*** ]%      [*** ]% 

 

***

Certain information in this agreement has been omitted and filed separately with the Securities and Exchange Commission. [***] indicates that text has been omitted and is the subject of a confidential treatment request.

 


[***]

 

  1.4.4.

Conditions Precedent to EVERTEC’s Obligations

EVERTEC’s obligations to achieve these Critical Service Levels are subject to Customer’s performance of the following obligations. Customer’s failure to perform these obligations as required shall excuse any failure of EVERTEC to achieve these Critical Service Levels.

 

   

Receive the correct data and on time from Banco Popular (in reference to Verizon and PRT).

 

   

Reports upon request must be requested before 12:00 AM the day prior to date requested and will be completed on a best effort basis.

 

   

Customer shall deliver to the designated processing center over the counter items, as detailed for Item Processing in section 4.11.4 (this applies specifically to BPPR General Reports).

 

1.5.

PAYMENTS PROCESSING

 

  1.5.1.

Services to be Rendered

EVERTEC will provide Payment Processing services to the Customer that will include Wholesale Lockbox, Retail Lockbox, Payment Station, MultiPago, PER and TelePago.

The Payments Processing services that EVERTEC will provide are:

 

   

Wholesale Lockbox: Companies send their physical payments and payments related information (deductions, invoices, discounts, credits and adjustments) to their service and product provider through this lockbox established under the provider’s name. The correspondence is picked up twice a day and all payment information is processed and forwarded to the companies electronically. The checks are deposited the same day received. Any correspondence received as well as original invoices reports, etc. is also forwarded to the company through US Postal Service unless otherwise agreed upon. In these cases, the Customer is responsible for any shipping costs.

 

   

Retail Lockbox: Clients of a company can send their physical coupon payments to this call box under the company’s name. The correspondence is picked up twice a day and all of the payments are machine processed. EVERTEC can process single and multiples, even and odd payments as well as check only payments. All of these require special handling instructions. An electronic file is sent to Banco Popular’s clients following an established schedule. Reports, correspondence, etc. is also forwarded to the company through US Postal Service unless otherwise agreed upon. In these cases, Banco Popular’s clients are responsible for any shipping costs. The coupon must meet certain specifications and there will be charges for changes made by Banco Popular’s clients.

 

***

Certain information in this agreement has been omitted and filed separately with the Securities and Exchange Commission. [***] indicates that text has been omitted and is the subject of a confidential treatment request.

 


   

Payment Station: This service is provided to Banco Popular’s clients who wish to use its branch network to collect retail (coupon) payments. Includes truncated (Payment Station) as well as non truncated payments (Bin1 or External Payments). Files containing payments received at branches are combined with payments received from other sources (such as, Lock Box, TelePago, PER, etc). Bin 1 payments are forwarded manually to Payment Processing for capturing.

 

   

MultiPago: EVERTEC will provide accounting services to Banco Popular’s clients that are small business and wish to outsource the payment handling and posting. EVERTEC will also have payment books printed and distributed to Customers’ clients. The Customers’ clients get the convenience of making their payments through TelePago, by mail or at any of the Customer’s branches through tellers, automatic teller machines, drop boxes and service windows. The file containing payments received from all sources are posted to the Multipago Application (main Frame or WEB) and reports are generated and distributed to Banco Popular’s clients either physically or at the WEB site.

 

   

PER: (Remote Payment Stations) EVERTEC will electronically receive and process the payments for different agencies (telephone, electricity, water, etc.) that are received at remote locations using a proprietary capture application. Files containing payments are consolidated by agency and combined with payments received from other sources; funds are transferred via ACH and credited to the agencies next day.

 

   

TelePago: EVERTEC will receive payment files from the TelePago Application and balance and combine with payments received from other sources. These files contain payments received by MiBanco, PC Banco, and TeleBanco VRU and Operators. This application also forwards payments truncated at Banco Popular’s branches. Reports containing payments received by agency are printed and forwarded to Customers’ clients either physically or via WEB.

 

  1.5.2.

Measurements

[***]

 

   

[***]

 

   

[***]

 

  1.

[***]

 

  2.

[***]

 

***

Certain information in this agreement has been omitted and filed separately with the Securities and Exchange Commission. [***] indicates that text has been omitted and is the subject of a confidential treatment request.

 


For all of the services:

 

Process Quality

Service

   Completion Time   Encoding Errors   Process Errors

Wholesale Lockbox

   [***]   [***]   [***]

Retail Lockbox

      

Payment Station

      

External Payment

      

PER

     [***]  

TelePago

      

MultiPago

      

 

  1.5.3.

SLA Credits

[***]

 

     % Credit for each Consecutive Month  

Performance Level

   [***]     [***]     [***]  

[***] misses

     [***     [***     [***

[***] – [***] misses

     [*** ]%      [*** ]%      [*** ]% 

More than [***] misses

     [*** ]%      [*** ]%      [*** ]% 

[***]

 

  1.5.4.

Conditions Precedent to EVERTEC’s Obligations

EVERTEC’s obligations to achieve these Critical Service Levels are subject to Customer’s performance of the following obligations. Customer’s failure to perform these obligations as required shall excuse any failure of EVERTEC to achieve these Critical Service Levels.

 

   

For Wholesale and Retail Lockbox services, Banco Popular’s clients who decide to bring the correspondence directly to EVERTEC facilities must do so before 10:00 AM in order to process those payments that same day. If it is not received before established time, the payments are processed on a best effort basis.

 

   

Banco Popular’s branches must place payments in the correct Bins.

 

   

Banco Popular’s commercial clients who send files must do so before the established times.

 

   

For Payment Station and Lockbox, Banco Popular must have their clients follow these requirements:

 

  1.

Banco Popular’s clients must use the standard coupon. All changes to these coupons must be pre approved by EVERTEC.

 

***

Certain information in this agreement has been omitted and filed separately with the Securities and Exchange Commission. [***] indicates that text has been omitted and is the subject of a confidential treatment request.

 


1.6.

ACH TRANSACTION SERVICES

 

  1.6.1.

Services to be Rendered

EVERTEC will provide Automated Clearing House (ACH) services to the Customer. The ACH Network is a processing system that provides for the interchange, distribution and settlement of electronic credits and debits between financial institutions in standard formats approved by the National Automated Clearing House Association. Transactions may contain additional payment related information.

Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) is the service in which EVERTEC receives files in standard or proprietary formats and converts them for appropriate forwarding or processing.

At the same time, account receivable transactions received through the ACH payment process are translated back from the EDI encoding protocol and sent to BPPR clients.

The services that EVERTEC will provide are:

 

   

ACH Origination: The processing of payments files and related data into the electronic payment processing system.

 

   

ACH Correspondent Services: BPPR represents credits unions during the electronic payment clearing process with their ACH files. EVERTEC will be the receiving and sending entity of the ACH files. EVERTEC will also provide the credit unions with access to their correspondent data through the Vector ACH application.

 

   

ACH Auto Returns: EVERTEC provides the automatic return services for rejected transactions generated during the electronic payment clearing process. EVERTEC will provide BPPR Customers with their data through different channels depending on the system the Customer uses (VACH, WCM, etc.).

 

   

ACH Received: Collection of files from the Electronic Payment Network and delivery to the posting application.

 

   

Remittance Advices: Collection and translation of all the payment transaction addenda from the files in order to create the receptors’ credit/debit advice notice.

 

   

EDI standard file processing: EVERTEC receives files in standard formats and converts them for appropriate forwarding or processing.

 

   

EDI non-standard file processing: EVERTEC receives files in proprietary formats and converts them for appropriate forwarding or processing.

All of these services must be completed according to schedule and quality levels.

 

  1.6.2.

Measurements

[***]

 

***

Certain information in this agreement has been omitted and filed separately with the Securities and Exchange Commission. [***] indicates that text has been omitted and is the subject of a confidential treatment request.

 


   

[***]

 

   

[***]

 

ACH/EDI Transaction
Completion Time   Process Quality   Errors Source
[***]   [***]   [***]

 

   

Business day ends at 4:00 PM from Monday – Friday excluding Federal Holidays, unless otherwise specified. Customer service hours are from 7:00 AM – 7:00 PM. All the times are Puerto Rico local times.

 

  1.6.3.

SLA Credits

[***]

 

Performance Level

   % Credit for each Consecutive Month  
   [***]     [***]     [***]  

[***] misses

     [***     [***     [***

[***] – [***] misses

     [*** ]%      [*** ]%      [*** ]% 

More than [***] misses

     [*** ]%      [*** ]%      [*** ]% 

[***]

 

  1.6.4.

Conditions Precedent to EVERTEC’s Obligations

EVERTEC’s obligations to achieve these Critical Service Levels are subject to Customer’s performance of the following obligations. Customer’s failure to perform these obligations as required shall excuse any failure of EVERTEC to achieve these Critical Service Levels.

 

   

ACH Customer obligation: Transmit the file in the format specified and agreed upon by the Customer and EVERTEC in the Service contract addendum. This agreement specifies that the request has to be made by 4:00 PM, two Federal Banking days before the effective date requested by the customer.

 

   

ACH Correspondent Services: EVERTEC has to receive return files from credit unions at the times agreed upon in the Service contract addendum.

 

***

Certain information in this agreement has been omitted and filed separately with the Securities and Exchange Commission. [***] indicates that text has been omitted and is the subject of a confidential treatment request.

 


1.7.

MAIL PROCESSING

 

  1.7.1.

Services to be Rendered

EVERTEC will provide Mail Processing services to Customers that will include printing, folding and statement rendering for retail image and check, commercial image & check, credit card, and other mailings.

Statement Rendering

 

   

Retail Image: Statement rendering with the image of cancelled checks for Banco Popular’s retail clients.

 

   

Retail Check: Statement rendering with the cancelled checks for Banco Popular’s retail clients.

 

   

Commercial Image: Statement rendering with the image of cancelled checks for Banco Popular’s commercial clients.

 

   

Commercial Check: Statement rendering with the actual checks for Banco Popular’s commercial clients.

 

   

Credit Card Statements: Credit card statement rendering of Visa, Master Card, American Express and other existing credit card products (Motor Card, Multi Mall).

Other Services

 

   

Other Mailings: Any other mails that include notification letters of credits, debits, mortgage, overdraw, TelePago, claims resolution, and other checks, among others

 

   

CD Shipments: A service provided to Banco Popular’s commercial clients that have Check Management where they receive all the cycles’ statement images (burned) on a CD.

 

   

Bank Reconciliations: Deposit accounts conciliation services for Banco Popular’s commercial clients. Includes conciliation reports, account statements and a file transmission of pay checks.

 

  1.7.2.

Measurements

[***]

 

   

[***]

 

Service

   Completion Time   Metric Definitions  and
Source
  SLA Credits

Retail Image

   [***]   [***]   [***]

Retail Check

   [***]   [***]  

Commercial Image

   [***]   [***]  

Commercial Check

   [***]   [***]  

Credit Card

   [***]   [***]  

Other Mailings

   [***]   [***]  

CD Shipments

   [***]   [***]  

Bank Reconciliations

   [***]   [***]  

 

***

Certain information in this agreement has been omitted and filed separately with the Securities and Exchange Commission. [***] indicates that text has been omitted and is the subject of a confidential treatment request.

 


   

Business day ends at 4:00 PM from Monday – Friday excluding Federal Holidays, unless otherwise specified. All the times are Puerto Rico local times.

 

  1.7.3.

SLA Credits

 

Performance Level

   % Credit for each Consecutive Month  
   [***]     [***]     [***]  

[***] misses

     [***     [***     [***

[***] – [***] misses

     [*** ]%      [*** ]%      [*** ]% 

More than [***] misses

     [*** ]%      [*** ]%      [*** ]% 

[***]

 

  1.7.4.

Conditions Precedent to EVERTEC’s Obligations

EVERTEC’s obligations to achieve these Critical Service Levels are subject to Customer’s performance of the following obligations. Customer’s failure to perform these obligations as required shall excuse any failure of EVERTEC to achieve these Critical Service Levels.

 

   

Marketing inserts must be received on time.

 

1.8.

RETURNED ITEMS

 

  1.8.1.

Services to be Rendered

EVERTEC will provide Returned Items services to the Customer that will include the processing of outgoing returned items, incoming returned items and collections process.

 

   

Outgoing returned items: EVERTEC will process Customer decisions on returned items in the Integrated Deposit Application. This service is divided in five areas:

 

  1.

Outgoing & Paid Returned Items

 

  2.

Stop Payments

 

  3.

Check Verifications

 

  4.

Unposted Items

 

***

Certain information in this agreement has been omitted and filed separately with the Securities and Exchange Commission. [***] indicates that text has been omitted and is the subject of a confidential treatment request.

 


  5.

Returned Other Reasons

 

   

Incoming returned items: EVERTEC will process and deliver returned items received from Puerto Rico Clearing House system. This service includes:

 

  1.

Returned Deposit Check (RDC)

 

   

Collection process: EVERTEC will provide collection services using the Transaction Collection Application (TCA) for non sufficient or non available funds returned deposited checks. The service includes data entry, reports and transmission of the information required by the Customer.

 

  1.8.2.

Measurements

[***]

 

   

[***]

 

   

[***]

 

Returned Items

Service

   Completion Time   Process Quality   Metrics Source

Outgoing Returned Items

   [***]     [***]

Incoming Returned Items

   [***]   [***]  

Collections Process

   [***]     [***]

 

   

Business days defined as Monday – Friday (7:00 AM – 4:00 PM) excluding Federal Holidays, unless otherwise specified. All the times are Puerto Rico local times.

 

  1.8.3.

SLA Credits

[***]

 

Performance Level

   % Credit for each Consecutive Month  
   [***]     [***]     [***]  

[***] misses

     [***     [***     [***

[***] – [***] misses

     [*** ]%      [*** ]%      [*** ]% 

More than [***] misses

     [*** ]%      [*** ]%      [*** ]% 

[***]

 

***

Certain information in this agreement has been omitted and filed separately with the Securities and Exchange Commission. [***] indicates that text has been omitted and is the subject of a confidential treatment request.

 


  1.8.4.

Conditions Precedent to EVERTEC’s Obligations

EVERTEC’s obligations to achieve these Critical Service Levels are subject to Customer’s performance of the following obligations. Customer’s failure to perform these obligations as required shall excuse any failure of EVERTEC to achieve these Critical Service Levels.

 

   

For outgoing returned items, all exception processing decisions have to be received before 9:30 AM (or 8:30 AM for local holidays) from Banco Popular’s Branches or other departments in order to be presented to the Puerto Rico Clearing House (PRCH) at 6:00 PM (or 2:30 PM for local holidays).

 

   

On Returned for Other Reasons services, the Customer must respond with a decision on any referral that EVERTEC makes in [***] or less in order for EVERTEC to continue with the service.

 

   

For Check Verification services, EVERTEC is not responsible for verifying checks less than $[***].

 

   

For Stop Payment services, the Customer must include the check amount, check number and the beneficiary information in order for EVERTEC to process the stop payment.

 

1.9.

CASH SERVICES

 

  1.9.1.

Services to be Rendered

EVERTEC will provide Cash Services to the Customer. These services are divided into two categories: currency services and commercial deposits. These services include:

 

   

Currency Services

 

  1.

Outgoing Cash Requisitions (coins and currency): ATH Off-Premises, Branches and Commercial Customers request cash in different denominations to supply their business needs. The Federal Reserve Bank (FRB) Coin Terminal is under BPPR administration. Therefore, EVERTEC has to make the coins requests to BPPR.

 

  2.

Incoming Consolidations: Receive and process all excess deposits from Branches during the night.

 

   

Commercial Deposits: Deposits received from Banco Popular’s commercial clients are processed and credited to their accounts.

 

  1.9.2.

Measurements

[***]

 

***

Certain information in this agreement has been omitted and filed separately with the Securities and Exchange Commission. [***] indicates that text has been omitted and is the subject of a confidential treatment request.

 


Cash Services

Service

   Completion Time   Process Quality

Outgoing Cash Requisitions (coins and currency)

   [***]   [***]

Incoming consolidations

   [***]   [***]

Commercial deposits

   [***]   [***]

 

   

Business days defined as Monday – Friday (7:00 AM – 5:00 PM) excluding Federal Holidays, unless otherwise specified. All the times are Puerto Rico local times.

 

  1.9.3.

SLA Credits

[***]

 

Performance Level

   % Credit for each Consecutive Month  
   [***]     [***]     [***]  

[***] misses

     [***     [***     [***

[***] – [***] misses

     [*** ]%      [*** ]%      [*** ]% 

More than [***] misses

     [*** ]%      [*** ]%      [*** ]% 

[***]

 

  1.9.4.

Conditions Precedent to EVERTEC’s Obligations

EVERTEC’s obligations to achieve these Critical Service Levels are subject to Customer’s performance of the following obligations. Customer’s failure to perform these obligations as required shall excuse any failure of EVERTEC to achieve these Critical Service Levels.

 

   

The Customer must send the cash requisitions before 10:00 AM for next day processing.

 

   

BPPR must send the coin requested before 4:00 PM for next day processing.

 

   

The customer must send deposits before 5:00 PM for same day credit.

 

   

Branches must send the incoming consolidation before 11:00 PM for next day deposit.

 

1.10.

ITEM PROCESSING

 

  1.10.1.

Services to be Rendered

EVERTEC will provide Item Processing services to the Customer. These services include:

 

   

Cash letter delivery to Puerto Rico Clearing House - Outgoing Clearing Items: EVERTEC must present to the Puerto Rico Clearing House locals transit items for the collection of funds from other banks.

 

***

Certain information in this agreement has been omitted and filed separately with the Securities and Exchange Commission. [***] indicates that text has been omitted and is the subject of a confidential treatment request.

 


   

Proof on Deposits (POD) items: EVERTEC will complete the POD processing to fulfill the target of Customer funds balance availability, see Refresh 4.1.3.1

 

   

Items Microfilming: This service includes the microfilming of all the items (checks, coupons, deposits slips, among others) and tapes preparation for the Customers’ clients. As part of the service, storage in the balancing vault will be included. The Customer is responsible for transporting the tapes to their facilities with special considerations for safety purposes.

 

  1.10.2.

Measurements

[***]

 

   

[***]

 

   

[***]

 

Item Processing

Service

   Completion Time   Process Quality

POD error Rate

   [***]   [***]

Items Microfilming

   [***]   [***]

 

  1.10.3.

SLA Credits

[***]

 

Performance Level

   % Credit for each Consecutive Month  
   [***]     [***]     [***]  

[***] misses

     [***     [***     [***

[***] – [***] misses

     [*** ]%      [*** ]%      [*** ]% 

More than [***] misses

     [*** ]%      [*** ]%      [*** ]% 

[***]

 

  1.10.4.

Conditions Precedent to EVERTEC’s Obligations

EVERTEC’s obligations to achieve these Critical Service Levels are subject to Customer’s performance of the following obligations. Customer’s failure to perform these obligations as required shall excuse any failure of EVERTEC to achieve these Critical Service Levels.

 

***

Certain information in this agreement has been omitted and filed separately with the Securities and Exchange Commission. [***] indicates that text has been omitted and is the subject of a confidential treatment request.

 


   

Customer shall deliver to the designated processing center, over the counter items:

 

  1.

[***]% of daily volume delivered by [***]

 

  2.

Remainder, if any, of daily volume delivered by [***]

 

   

Site specific deadlines to be established. All over-the-counter “one on one” transactions shall be segregated and labelled as such prior to delivery to the designated processing center.

 

1.11.

SERVICE CONTINUITY MANAGEMENT

 

  1.11.1.

Services Rendered

EVERTEC will provide Service Continuity Management services to the Customer. These services include Tres Monjitas-SunGard Disaster Recovery and Daily backup of the systems.

 

   

Tres Monjitas-SunGard Disaster Recovery: SunGard Disaster Recovery has the capability to run BPPR’s mainframe in case of a disaster with the backup data that is recovered. Includes daily backups that are generated as scheduled and stored for recovery in case needed. This service also includes spot tests to verify functionality and compliance of the backup locations established as a backup plan.

 

  1.11.2.

Measurements

[***]

 

Service

  

Platform

  

Service Description

  

Testing

Daily Backups

   Mainframe   

Will be backed up on a daily basis. There are three scheduled trips for the movements of tapes. There will be a backup before and after each batch run.

 

   [***]
   TANDEM   

Has its own backup procedure, will be backed up on a daily basis and picked up once a day. Also, there is a backup procedure for the refresh at Tres Monjitas.

 

   [***]
   Client/Service applications   

Are backed up on Storage Area Network (SAN) that exist in Cupey, Parada 22, Tres Monjitas and Popular Center. Will be backed up on a daily basis and picked up once a day.

 

  

Operational Services

   N/A   

Items Processing

 

  

[***]

 

     

Payments Processing

 

  

[***]

 

     

Mail Processing

   [***]

 

***

Certain information in this agreement has been omitted and filed separately with the Securities and Exchange Commission. [***] indicates that text has been omitted and is the subject of a confidential treatment request.

 


   

Business days defined as Monday – Friday (8:00 AM – 5:00 PM) excluding Federal Holidays, unless otherwise specified. All the times are Puerto Rico local times.

 

  1.11.3.

SLA Credits

[***]

 

  1.11.4.

Conditions Precedent to EVERTEC’s Obligations

 

   

If for any reason, the Customer will not have an application or system ready for backup, they must notify EVERTEC prior to the situation.

 

   

Application will be restored according to customer specifications stated in the plan.

 

1.12.

IMAGE ARCHIVE

 

  1.12.1.

Services to be Rendered

EVERTEC will provide Image Archiving services to the Customer. These services include imaging archiving and image retrieval.

 

   

Image Archive: EVERTEC will archive images for the retention period established.

 

   

Image Retrieval: EVERTEC will make images available for retrieval from the image warehouse during published hours. Image retrieval is divided into three categories:

 

  1.

First 120 calendar days

 

  2.

Calendar day 121 through 2 years

 

  3.

Over 2 years

 

  1.12.2.

Measurements

[***]

 

  1.12.3.

SLA Credits

[***]

 

***

Certain information in this agreement has been omitted and filed separately with the Securities and Exchange Commission. [***] indicates that text has been omitted and is the subject of a confidential treatment request.

 


2.

Appendix A

 

Revision History

Version

Number

   Date    Version Author    Version Notes
        

This document and the information contained therein are proprietary and confidential information of Popular, Inc. and EVERTEC, Inc. (the Contracting Parties). The document and the information may only be disclosed or reproduced with the prior written consent of the authorized representative of the Contracting Parties. Any person using or disclosing the confidential information without such authorization will cause irreparable harm and significant injury to the Contracting Parties and will be responsible for any damage, loss, cost or liability, including legal fees and costs incurred in any procedure to enforce their rights.

 


Schedule 2 to Exhibit C

Notification and Escalation List

See Attached


Schedule 2 to Exhibit C

Notification and Escalation List

See Attached

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

LOGO

 


Schedule 2 to Exhibit C

Notifications and Escalation Procedures

Email Addresses for Service Level Reports, Notifications and Communications related to this SLA:

 

EVERTEC:

  

[***]

COMPANY:

  

[***]

First level of Contact may be made through EVERTEC’s Service Desk using one of the following options:

 

 

WEB – Access the following link: [***]

 

 

Telephone – Authorized personnel can report an Incident by calling to: [***].

Support Requests for Priority 1 and Priority 2 Incidents must be notified via telephone.

Support Requests for Priority 3 Incidents may be notified via telephone or Web.

Authorized Representatives for Service Desk Escalation:

 

  

Regular Business Hours

Monday through Saturdays and Holidays

8:00am a 5:30pm

  

Non Business Hours

Network Operations Center (NOC)

Level One

  

[***]

Service Desk

Phone: [***]

Cellular: [***]

Email: [***]

  

[***] / [***]

Network Operations Center

Phone: [***]

Cellular: [***] / [***]

Email: [***]

Level Two

  

[***]

Service Desk

Phone: [***]

Cellular: [***]

Email: [***]

  

[***]

Network Operations Center

Phones [***]

Cellular: [***]

Email: [***]

Authorized Representatives for Service Level Escalation:

The parties agree to designate one or more Authorized Representatives for each of the Services covered under Schedule 2 of this SLA to represent the parties should an Incident need to be escalated. As a general rule, the parties should designate an Authorized Representative with direct involvement with the operations of such Services as Level One, an Authorized Representative who serves as the relationship manager as Level Two, and an Authorized Representative from each party’s executive management as Level Three. Upon the occurrence of an Incident that warrants escalation hereunder, the Authorized Representatives designated as Level One will meet to determine a satisfactory resolution. In the event such Level One Authorized Representatives cannot reach an agreement, the persons designated as Level Two shall meet to formulate a resolution. If an agreement is still not reached, the Incident will be escalated to the Level Three Authorized Representatives for resolution. Meetings of the Authorized Representatives may be in person or via teleconference as agreed to by the parties. Thereafter, any Incident not resolved by these escalation procedures will be resolved in accordance with the Dispute resolution procedures set forth Section 1.15 of the Master Agreement.

 

*** Certain information in this agreement has been omitted and filed separately with the Securities and Exchange Commission. [***] indicates that text has been omitted and is the subject of a confidential treatment request.


Exhibit D

Strategic Clients

See Attached


EXHIBIT D

List of Strategic Clients

 

Client

[***]

 

*** Certain information in this agreement has been omitted and filed separately with the Securities and Exchange Commission. [***] indicates that text has been omitted and is the subject of a confidential treatment request.


Exhibit E

Intentionally omitted.


Exhibit F

Outsourcing Policies and Procedures

See Attached


LOGO

OUTSOURCING

RISK MANAGEMENT POLICY

 

  RESPONSIBLE UNIT:    Effectiveness and Reliability Division
  APPROVAL DATE:   

 

1


I.

POLICY PURPOSE AND SCOPE

The purpose of this Policy is to establish a risk management process to manage risks related to the outsourcing of Technology Services and Critical Operating Functions with Service Providers as such terms are defined herein.

This Policy applies to EVERTEC and is to be implemented in conjunction with other applicable risk management and contracting policies and procedures in place at EVERTEC.

 

II.

DEFINITIONS

BOD – Refers to EVERTEC’s Board of Directors.

Business Units – Refers to any line of business within EVERTEC.

Critical Operating Functions – Refers to non-technology operating functions that represent an annual invoicing exceeding a threshold to be periodically determined by the Effectiveness and Reliability Division. This term includes the use of such non-technology operating functions as part of the sale or delivery of products and services to EVERTEC’s customers.

EORCO – Refers to EVERTEC Operational Risk Committee.

Policy – Refers to this Outsourcing Risk Management Policy.

EVERTEC – Refers to the EVERTEC, Inc. and its subsidiaries.

Procedures – Refers to the Outsourcing Risk Management Procedures.

Service Providers – Refers to non-affiliated third parties engaged by EVERTEC to provide certain services that fall within the scope of this Policy.

ESLC – Refers to EVERTEC senior leadership committee comprised of the President of EVERTEC and those officers of EVERTEC that report directly to the President.

Outsource or outsourcing – (including any variation of this term) Refers to the act of engaging Service Providers to perform services on a continuing basis that would otherwise be provided by EVERTEC.

Technology Services – Refers to the information technology services provided by EVERTEC wherein EVERTEC uses computer systems, hardware, software and applications to develop, implement, support and manage information systems.

 

III.

CONTENT

 

  A.

LEGAL REFERENCE

 

   

FDIC FIL-44-2008 – Guidance For Managing Third-Party Risk

 

   

FFIEC – Risk Management of Outsourced Technology Services (11/28/2000)

 

  B.

POLICY PRINCIPLES

EVERTEC is required to establish a documented risk management process for the identification, analysis, monitoring and mitigation of risks associated with the outsourcing of Technology Services and Critical Operating Functions.

 

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As part of its day-to-day operations, EVERTEC occasionally enters into third-party relationships wherein Technology Services and Critical Operating Functions are outsourced to Service Providers. This outsourcing may be necessary to support EVERTEC’s internal operations or as part of the products and services offered to EVERTEC’s customers. While the outsourcing of Technology Services and Critical Operating Functions can help EVERTEC manage costs, obtain necessary expertise, expand customer product offerings and improve services, these arrangements could also introduce unforeseen risks. In turn, the failure to adequately manage these risks can expose EVERTEC to regulatory action, financial loss, litigation and reputation damage, and it may also impair EVERTEC’s ability to establish new or service existing customer relationships.

 

  C.

PROCESS

The Outsourcing Risk Management process should include at a minimum the following components:

 

  1.

STRATEGIC RISK ASSESSMENT PROCESS:

The strategic risk assessment process is fundamental to the initial decision of whether or not to enter into an outsourcing relationship. The contracting Business Unit should analyze the benefits, costs, and potential risks associated with the outsourcing relationship under consideration. The strategic risk assessment should consider at a minimum the following risks:

 

   

Strategic Risk: any risk arising from the failure to align the outsourcing decision with EVERTEC’s strategic plans and business objectives.

 

   

Reputation risk: any risk that could harm the reputation and standing of EVERTEC in its community as a result of unsatisfied customers, inappropriate product recommendations, disclosure of customer information, or violations of laws and regulations.

 

   

Operational risk: any risk of loss resulting from inadequate or failed internal processes, personnel, or systems, including a Service Provider’s failure to perform as expected due to reasons such as inadequate capacity, technological failure, human error or fraud.

 

   

Compliance risk: any risk arising from a Service Provider’s violations of laws, rules, or regulations, or from noncompliance with EVERTEC’s internal policies or procedures.

The strategic risk assessment process supporting the outsourcing decision should be implemented in conjunction with other risk management processes in place at EVERTEC, including, but not limited to strategic planning, new product development and project management policies and procedures.

 

  2.

SERVICE PROVIDER DUE DILIGENCE PROCESS

Prior to engaging in an outsourcing contractual relationship, the contracting Business Unit must perform due diligence of the Service Provider’s qualifications,

 

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internal controls, financial condition, contingency plans and information security controls to determine the Service Provider’s ability, both operational and financial, to meet EVERTEC’s needs and to protect EVERTEC’s information. This due diligence process must be completed for all Service Providers covered by this Policy. The thoroughness of the due diligence review must be appropriate to the level of risks and exposures identified for the outsourcing service.

The contracting Business Unit is responsible for performing ongoing due diligence of the Service Provider to ensure all appropriate documentation is maintained and updated. As a standard practice, Service Provider due diligence should be performed when:

 

   

Renewing contracting agreements;

 

   

Changes to contract scope are being negotiated to include new services or products;

 

   

The Service Provider is involved in a merger or acquisition process;

 

   

Significant changes in the Service Provider’s financial condition are expected or have been reported; or

 

   

Significant adverse public news about the Service Providers has been reported.

 

  3.

SERVICE PROVIDER CONTRACTUAL CONSIDERATIONS

All Service Provider arrangements covered by this Policy must be drafted or reviewed, as the case may be, by EVERTEC’s Legal Division.

 

  4.

ISSUE REPORTING AND ESCALATION PROCESS

The contracting Business Unit must escalate significant Service Provider issues or risks to the Effectiveness and Reliability Division. The Effectiveness and Reliability Division must report unresolved significant Service Provider issues or risks to the ELSC.

 

  D.

SANCTIONS

Violations of this Policy may result in disciplinary actions, up to and including termination of employment.

 

  E.

NON-COMPLIANCE NOTIFICATIONS

Any EVERTEC employee, who violates this Policy or knows of any such violation by an EVERTEC employee, must report the violation to Our People Division or the Effectiveness and Reliability Division.

 

IV.

DELEGATION OF AUTHORITY / RESPONSIBILITIES / MANAGEMENT OVERSIGHT

 

  A.

BOD

The BOD is responsible for establishing EVERTEC’s tolerance for outsourcing risk including approving relevant policies. The BOD has established the EORCO to undertake the responsibilities of overseeing and approving EVERTEC’s Risk Management Program.

 

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  B.

EORCO

The EORCO is responsible for this Policy’s implementation and compliance oversight, as well as the creation, implementation and maintenance of the procedures relevant to this Policy.

 

  C.

ESLC

The ESLC is responsible for analyzing and resolving significant Service Provider issues or risks.

 

  D.

EFFECTIVENESS AND RELIABILITY DIVISION

The Effectiveness and Reliability Division is responsible for directing the oversight process, providing guidance regarding the interpretation of this Policy, establishing necessary thresholds, and establishing check points within EVERTEC and monitoring compliance with this Policy across EVERTEC. This Division is also responsible for the evaluation and approval of exceptions to this Policy and will maintain the list of vendor types exempted from this Policy.

 

  E.

CONTRACTING BUSINESS UNIT

The contracting Business Unit must allocate sufficient qualified staff to ensure compliance with the following responsibilities:

 

   

Conducting the initial risk assessment process;

 

   

Conducting appropriate initial and ongoing due diligence of the Service Provider;

 

   

Reporting results of risk assessments and due diligence, as well as escalating any Service Provider issues or risks to the Effectiveness and Reliability Division;

 

   

Assigning the necessary resources with appropriate expertise for its implementation; and

 

   

Preparing, maintaining and updating an accurate inventory of Service Providers and related documentation required for each Service Provider as established in this Policy and the Procedures.

 

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