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“ Eff ec t i v eDa t e ” )b et we en[LEGAL NAME OF COMPANY] ( t he“ Company ” ) ,al i mi t ed l i abi l i t yc ompany [JURISDICTION CTION STATE] a e x i s t i n gu nd ert h el a ws o ft h e St a t eo f[JURISDI nd h av i n gi t sp r i n c i p alo ffic e s [COM OMPA PANY NY'S 'S at[C
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“ Cont r ac t or ” ) ( c ol l ec t i v el y ,t he“ Par t i es ” ) . WHEREAS,t h e Co mp mp a n yr e q ue s t st h e Co n t r a c t o rt op e r f o r ms e r v i c e sf o ri ta n d ma yr e q ue s tt h e Cont r ac t ort oper f or m ot hers er v i c esi nt hef ut ur e;and WHEREAS,t h e Co mp mp a n ya n dt h e Co n t r a c t o rd e s i r et oe n t e ri n t oa na g r e e me me n t ,wh i c h wi l ld e fi n e r es pec t i v er i ght sanddut i esast oal l s er v i c est obeper f or med, WHEREAS,t h e Co nt r a c t o ra ffir mst h ath eo rs h eu nd er s t a nd sa l lo ft h ep r o v i s i o nsc o nt a i n edi nt h i s Agr e eme nt ,an di nt h ec a set h ath eo rs h er e qu i r e sc l a r i fi c at i ona st oo neo rmo r eo ft h ep r o v i s i o ns c ont ai nedh er ei n,heors heh asr eques t edc l ar i fi c at i onoro t her wi s es oughtl eg al gu i danc e, NOW,THEREF ORE,i OR nc o n s i d er a t i o no ft h ec o v e n an t sa nda g r e eme nt sc on t a i n edh er e i n ,t h ep ar t i e s her et oagr e easf ol l ows : 1 . 0Se r v i c es . Be gi n ni ngont h eEff ec t i v eDat e,a ndr emai ni ngi neff ec tf ort hed ur at i onoft hi sAgr eeme nt , t heCont r ac t ors hal l pr ov i det heCompanywi t ht hef ol l owi ngs er v i c es ,wi t houtl i mi t at i on.
Des c r i b eal lo ft hes er v i c est hec ont r ac t ori se xpec t edt oper f or m undert hi sagr eement ,or
o t h er wi s er e f e r e nc ea na t t a c hme nt ,a dd en du mo ra pp en di x .
2 . 0Cont r a c t orRe pr e s e nt a t i onsa nd Wa r r a nt i e s . Be gi n ni n go nt h e Eff ec t i v eDa t e ,a n dr e ma ma i n i n gi n e ffe ctf o rt h e du r at i o no ft h i s Agr e eme nt ,t h e Con t r a ct o rma ma k es t h ef ol l o wi n gr e pr es e nt a t i o ns a nd war r ant i es . 2. 1Thatheo rs h ei sf ul l yaut hor i z edan dempower edt oent eri n t ot hi sAgr e ement ,andt ha th i sor h erp er f or ma nc eo ft h eo bl i g at i o nsun dert h i sAg r e eme ntwi l ln otv i o l a t ea nya gr e eme ntb et we ent h e Cont r ac t oran dan yo t herper s on,fi r m oror gani z at i onoran yl a w org ov er nment al r eg ul at i on. 2. 2Thatheo rs hei smo mor et h anei ght een( 18)y ear sofagea ndno to t her wi s ei nc ap ac i t at edatt he t i meo ft h eAg r e eme nt .
2 . 3Tha th eo rs h ewi l ln ot i f yt h eComp an yo fa nych an ge ( s )t ot h eCo nt r a ct o r ’ ss c he dul et h at c oul dad ver s el yaff ec tt hea v ai l abi l i t yoft heCont r ac t or ,whet herk n ownoru nk nownatt het i meoft hi s Agr e eme nt ,n ol at e rt h antwo (2) week p r i o rt os uc hc ha ng e( s ) .I ft h eCon t r a ct o rb ec ome sa wa r eo f s uc hc ha nge ( s )wi t hi nt hetwo (2) week per i o d,t heCont r ac t ors hal lpr omp t l yno t i f yt h eComp an yof s uc hch an ge ( s )wi t h i nar e as on abl eamo un to ft i me . 2. 4Th atheors hewi l l be aral l e xp ens esi nc ur r e di nt heper f or ma nc eo ft hi sAgr eeme nt ,i nc l udi ng butnotl i mi t edt o, l i s touts omef eesand/ ore x pens est h att hec on t r ac t orma yi nc urwhi l eper f or mi ng
u nd ert h i sa gr e eme nt .
3 . 0Company Repr esent at i ons and War r ant i es.Be gi n ni n go nt h e Eff ec t i v e Da t e ,a n dr e ma i n i n gi n e ff ec tf o rt h ed ur a t i o no ft h i s Ag r e eme nt ,t h e Co mp an y ma k e st h ef o l l o wi n gr e pr e s e nt a t i o ns a nd war r ant i es . 3 . 1 Th ati ti sf u l l ya ut h or i z e da nd e mp owe r e dt oe nt e ri n t ot h i s Ag r e eme nt ,a nd t h ati t s p er f o r ma nc eo ft h eo bl i g at i o ns u nd ert h i s Ag r e eme ntwi l ln otv i o l a t ea ny a gr e eme ntb et we en t h e Co mp an yan da nyo t h erpe r s o n,fi r mo ro r g an i z at i o no ra nyl a wo rg ov e r n me nt a lr e gu l a t i o n. 3. 2Thati ti si nf ul lc ompl i anc ewi t hanyandal ll awsand/ ors t at ut esappl i c abl et ot hes er v i c es d es c r i b edher e un de r . 4 . 0Compensat i on.Th e wo r kp er f o r me db yt h e Co nt r ac t ors h al lb ep er f or me da tt h er at es e tf o r t hi n Ap pe nd i xA,a ndn ote x c e edt h et o t a le s t i ma t e da mo un ts p ec i fi e di nAp pe nd i xA. 5 . 0I nde pe nde ntCont r a ct orSt a t us . 5 . 1 Th e Co n t r a c t o ri sa ni n de pe nd en tc o nt r a c t o ro fCo mp an y .No t h i n gc o n t a i n ed i nt h i s Agr e eme nts h al lb ec o ns t r u edt oc r e at et her e l at i o ns hi po fe mp l o y era n de mp l o y ee ,p r i n ci p ala nda ge nt , par t ner s hi porj oi ntv ent ur e,oranyot herfi duc i ar yr el at i ons hi p. 5. 2TheCont r ac t ors hal l hav enoaut hor i t yt oac tasagentf or ,oronbehal fof ,t heCompany ,ort o r e pr e s e ntt h eCo mp a ny ,o rb i n dt h eCo mp an yi nan yma nn er . 5. 3TheCont r ac t ors hal lnotbeent i t l edt owor k er ' scompens at i on,r et i r ement ,i ns ur anc eorot her b en efi t sa ff o r d edt oemp l o y e e soft h eCo mp an y . 6 . 0Confide nt i a lI nf or ma t i on.
6. 1TheCont r ac t orandhi sorherempl o y eess hal ln ot ,dur i ngt het i meofr ender i n gs er v i c est o t h e Co mp an yo rt h er e af t e r ,d i s c l o s et oa ny o neo t h ert h ana ut h or i z e de mp l o y e esoft h e Co mp an y( o r p er s o nsde s i g na t e db ys u c hd ul yau t h or i z e de mp l o y e esoft h eCo mp an y )o ru s ef o rt h eb en efi to ft h e Co nt r a c t o ra ndh i so rh ere mp l o y e eso rf o ra nye nt i t yo t h ert h ant h e Co mp an y ,a nyi n f o r ma t i o no fa c onfi dent i alnat ur e,i nc l udi ngbutnotl i mi t edt o,i nf or mat i onr el at i ngt o:anys uc hmat er i al sori nt el l ec t ual pr op er t y ;an yoft heCompan ypr oj ec t sorpr ogr ams ;t het ec hni c al ,c ommer c i alora nyot heraff ai r soft he Co mp an y ;o r ,a nyc on fi de nt i a li n f or ma t i o nwhi c ht h eCo mp an yh asr e ce i v e df r o m at hi r dp ar t y . 7 . 0I nt el l ect ualPr oper t y . 7 . 1Th e Co nt r ac t o rr ep r es e nt st h ata l lc o nt e ntpr o v i d edb yt heCo nt r ac t ort ot h e Comp an y ,i n f ur t her anc eoft hes er v i c esdes cr i bedher eunder ,i nc l udi ng,wi t houtl i mi t at i on,i mages ,v i deosandt e xt , i nc l udi ngan yi nt el l ec t ualpr oper t y ,s uc hasc opy r i ght sort r ademar k s( t he“ Cont ent ” ) ,i sowneds ol el yand l egal l ybyt heCont r ac t or . 7. 2Th e Cont r ac t org r ant st heCompa nyanone x c l us i v e,t r ans f er abl e,s ubl i c ens abl e,r o y al t y f r ee,wor l dwi del i c ens et ou sean yCont e nti nc on nec t i onwi t ht hes er v i c esdes c r i be dher eu nder . 7 . 3An yma t e r i a l sde v e l o pe db yt h eCo mp an y ,ma k i n gu s eo fCo nt e nt ,r e ma i n st h es o l ep r o pe r t y oft heCompanys ubj ec tt oal l appl i c abl el awsand/ ors t at ut es . 7 . 4 Du r i ng t h ec o ur s eo fp er f o r mi n gu nd ert h i sAg r e eme nt ,t h e Co nt r a ct o ran di t sd i r e ct o r s , o ffic er s ,e mp l o y ee s,o ro t h err e pr e se nt a t i v e sma y ,i n dep en de nt l yo ri nc on j u nc t i o n wi t ht h e Co mpa ny , de v el opi nf or ma t i on,pr oduc ewor kpr oduc t ,orac hi e v eo t herr es ul t sf ort heCompan yi nc onnec t i onwi t h t hes er v i c esi tper f or msf ort heCompan yund ert hi sAgr eement .Theco nt r ac t or a gr ee st h ata nys uc hi n f o r ma t i o n,wo r kp r o du ct ,a nd o t he rr e sul t s ,s y s t e msa nd i n f o r mat i o n de v el opedb yt heCont r ac t oran d/ ort h eCompa nyi nc on nec t i onwi t hs uc hs er v i c es( h er ei n af t err ef er r edt o c ol l ec t i v el yast he" Wor kPr oduc t " )s h al l ,t ot hee xt entper mi t t edbyl aw,bea" wor kmadef orh i r e"wi t hi n t h ed efi n i t i o no fSe c t i o n1 01o ft h e Co py r i g htAc t( 1 7 U. S. C.§1 01 ) ,a nd s h al lr e ma i nt h es o l ea nd e x c l u s i v ep r o pe r t yo fCo mp an y .No t et ha tt h i sp r o v i s i o ns ha l lh av en oe ffe cto nt h es t a t u so ft h e r e l a t i o ns hi pb et we ent h eCo mp an ya ndt h eCo nt r a ct or ,a ss e tou ti nSe ct i o n5a bo v e. 8 . 0Li abi l i t y . 8 . 1Th e Co mp an ys h al ln otb er e sp on si b l ef o ran yc o st si n c ur r e db yt h e Co nt r a ct o r ,i n cl u di n g, wi t houtl i mi t at i on,an yandal l f e esande xpens es ,s uc hast hos ede sc r i bedi nSec t i on2. 4ab ov e. 8 . 2 Th e Co mp a n y ma k e sn og u ar a n t e e sr e g a r d i n gt h ep h y s i c a la n d / o rme n t a lfi t n e s so fa n y Cl i ent .TheCont r ac t ors hal l per f or mt hes er v i c ess etouti nt hi sAgr eementathi sorherownr i s k.
8. 3EXCEPTWI THRESPECTTOTHEPARTI ES’ I NDEMNI FI CATI ONOBLI GATI ONS,NEI THER PARTY SHALLBE LI ABLETO THEOTHER FOR ANYSPECI AL,I NDI RECT ,I NCI DENT AL,PUNI TI VE, ORCONSEQUENTI ALDAMAGESARI SI NG FROM ORRELATEDTO THI SAGREEMENT ,I NCLUDI NG BODI L YI NJ URY,DEATH,L OSSOFREVENUE,ORPROFI TSOROTHERBENEFI TS,ANDCLAI MSBY ANYTHI RD PARTY,EVEN I FTHEPARTI ES HAVEBEEN ADVI SED OFTHEPOSSI BI LI TYOFSUCH DAMAGES. THE FOREGOI NG LI MI T ATI ON APPLI ES TO ALL CAUSES OF ACTI ON I N THE AGGREGATE,I NCLUDI NG WI THOOUT LI MI T ATI ON TO BREACH OF CONTRACT ,BREACH OF WARRANTY, NEGLI GENCE,STRI CTLI ABI LI TY, ANDOTHER TORTS. 9 . 0Di s c l a i me ro fWa r r a nt y . 9. 1THEWARRANTI ESCONTAI NEDHEREI NARETHEONL YWARRANTI ESMADEBY THE PARTI ES HEREUNDER.EACH PARTY MAKES NO OTHER WARRANTY,WHETHER EXPRESS OR I MPLI ED,AND EXPRESSL YEXCLUDESAND DI SCLAI MSALLOTHER WARRANTI ES AND REPRESENT ATI ONS OFANY KI ND,I NCLUDI NG ANY WARRANTI ES OFMERCHANT ABI LI TY, FI TNESSFORAPARTI CULARPURPOSE,TI TLE,ANDNONI NFRI NGEMENT .COMPANYDOESNOT PROVI DE ANY WARRANTY THAT OPERATI ON OF ANY SERVI CES HEREUNDER WI LL BE UNI NTERRUPTEDORERRORFREE. 1 0. 0I nd emni fic a t i on. 1 0. 1Th eCo nt r a ct o ra gr e est oi n de mn i f yan dh ol dh ar ml e sst h eComp an y ,i t saffil i a t es ,a ndi t s r es p ec t i v eo ffic er s ,d i r e ct or s ,a ge nt san de mp l o y ee sf r o ma nyan da l l c l a i ms ,d eman ds ,l o ss es ,c a us esof ac t i on,damage,l aws ui t s ,j udgment s ,i nc l udi ngat t or ney s’ f eesandc os t s ,ar i s i ngoutof ,orr el at i ngt o,t he Cont r ac t or ’ sser v i c esundert hi sAgr eement .Thi spr ov i s i ons hal l s ur v i v et hedur at i onoft hi sAgr eement . 1 0. 2Th eCo nt r a c t o ra gr e est od ef e nda ga i n s ta n ya nda l lc l a i ms ,d ema nd s ,c a u s eso fa c t i o n, l aws ui t s ,and/ orj udgment sar i s i ngoutof ,orr el at i ngt o,t heCont r ac t or ’ ss er v i c esundert hi sAgr eement , unl es sex pr es s l ys t at edo t her wi s eb yt heCompan y ,i nwr i t i ng. 1 1. 0Dur a t i on,Sc opeandSe v er a bi l i t y . 1 1. 1 Th i sAgr e eme nts h al lt ak ee ffec ti mme di at el y ,an ds ha l lr e ma i ni nf ul lf o r c ea nd e ffe ct i ndefi ni t el y , orunt i l t er mi nat edpur s uantt oSec t i on11oft hi sAgr eement . 11. 2 The Company may t er mi nat et hi s Agr eement f or any r eason upon !o"t#$e%&t h ou r sn ot i c et ot h e Co nt r a ct or . Ei t h erp ar t yma yt e r mi n at et hi sAgr ee me ntf o rc au s ei mme di a t e l y () uponno t i c et ot hebr eac hi ngpar t y . 1 1. 3Th i sAgr e eme nt ,a nda nya c co mpa ny i n ga pp en di c es ,d up l i c at e s,orc o pi e s,c on s t i t ut e st h e e nt i r ea gr e eme ntb e t we en t h e Pa r t i e s wi t hr e s pe c tt ot h es u bj e c tma t t e roft h i s Ag r e eme nt ,a n d
s uper s edesal lpr i ornego t i at i ons ,agr eement s ,r e pr es ent at i ons ,an dun der s t andi ngsofan yk i nd,wh et her wr i t t enoror al ,bet weent hePar t i es ,pr ec edi ngt hedat eoft hi sAgr eement . 1 1. 4Th i sAg r e eme ntma yb ea me nd edon l yb ywr i t t e na gr e eme ntd ul ye x e c ut e db ya na ut h or i z e d r epr es ent at i v eofeac hpar t y . 11. 5I fan ypr o vi s i o no rp r o vi s i onso ft hi sAgr eements hal lbehel du nenf or c ea bl ef oran yr eas on, t hen s uc h pr ov i s i ons hal lbemodi fi edt or efl ec tt hepar t i es ’i nt ent i on.Al lr emai ni ng pr ov i s i onsoft hi s Agr eements hal l r emai ni nf ul l f or c eandeff ec tf ort hedur at i onoft hi sAgr eement . 1 1. 6Nomo di fi c a t i o nst ot h i sAg r e eme nts h al l b eb i n di n gu po nt h eCo mp an ywi t h ou tt h ee x pr e s s , wr i t t e nc on se ntoft h eComp an y . 1 1. 7Thi sAg r e eme nts ha l ln otb eas s i g ne db ye i t h erp ar t ywi t h outt h ee x pr e ssc o ns e nto ft h e ot herp ar t y . 1 2. 0Go v er ni ngLa wa ndJur i s di c t i on. 1 2. 1Thi sAg r e emen ts ha l l b eg ov e r ne db yan dc on s t r u edi nac c or d an cewi t ht h el a wsoft h eSt a t e of[JURISDICTION STATE] wi t houtr ef er enc et oan ypr i nc i pl esofc onfl i c t so fl a ws ,whi c hmi ghtc aus e t he appl i c at i on oft he l awsofa not hers t at e.Anyac t i on i ns t i t ut ed byei t herpar t yar i s i ng outo ft hi s Agr eements hal lo nl ybe br ou ght ,t r i ed andr es ol v ed i nt h e appl i c abl ef e der alors t at ec our t sh av i n g j ur i s di c t i oni nt heSt at eof[JURISDICTION STATE].EACH PARTY HEREBY CONSENTS TO THE EXCLUSI VE PERSONAL J URI SDI CTI ON AND VENUE OF THE COURTS,ST ATE AND FEDERAL, HAVI NG J URI SDI CTI ONI NTHESTATEOF [JURISDICTION STATE]. 1 3. 0Wa i v e rofRi ght s . 13. 1Af ai l ur eordel a yi ne xer c i s i nganyr i ght ,powerorp r i v i l egei nr es pec toft hi sAgr eementwi l l no tb epr es umedt oo per at easawai v er ,a ndas i ngl eorpar t i ale x er c i s eofan yr i g ht ,powero rp r i v i l eg e wi l l notbepr es umedt opr ec l udeanysubs equentorf ur t here xer c i s e,oft hatr i ght ,powerorpr i v i l egeort he ex er c i s eofanyot herr i ght ,powerorpr i v i l ege. I N WI TNESSWHEREOF ,t h ePa r t i e s ,i n t e n di n gt ob el e g al l yb ou n d,h a v ee ac he x e c ut e dt h i sa gr e eme nt a so ft h eEff ec t i v eDa t e.
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APPENDI XA:PRI CI NG ANDCOMPENSATI ONGUI DELI NES
1 . 0Th es er v i c esper f o r me db yt h eCo nt r a c t o ru nd ert h i sAg r e emen ts h al l b ep er f o r me da tt h er a t e s p ec i fi edb el o w,a nds h al l n ote x c ee dt h et o t a le s t i mat e da mo un ts pe ci fi edb el o w.
De sc r i b et hec omp l e t ep r i c i n ga nd / o rc o mp ens a t i o np l a nh er e .
2. 0Th eCompan ys hal lno tber es pons i bl ef orf ed er al ,s t at ean dl oc alt a x esder i v edf r om t h eCont r ac t or ' s ne ti nc omeorf ort hewi t hh ol di ngand/ orp ay mentofan yf eder al ,s t at ea ndl oc ali nc omeando t herpa yr ol l t ax es ,wor k er s ' c ompens at i on,di s abi l i t ybenefi t sorot herl egal r equi r ement sappl i c abl et ot heCont r ac t or .