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(b) The Corporation shall remit to the Principals described in Sections 2.10(b) and 2.12(c) all
fees collected within 60 days of the date such fees are received; provided that no Principal
shall receive cumulative payments for any consecutive four quarters that exceed .1% of its
Base Year sales volume. In the event more than one Principal in a jurisdiction is entitled to
receive such fees, the Corporation shall remit to each such Principal that proportion of the fees
received that is equal to the proportion that such Principal's sales volume in the Base Year
bears to the total sales volume in the Base Year of all Principals in such jurisdiction entitled to
receive such fees. The Base Year shall be the four quarters immediately preceding the quarter
in which the first member performs functions that require the payment of fees in accordance
with this Section 2.23.
(c) A Merchant Acquirer which is a Group Member may require compensation from a new
member (other than the Equity Member) in accordance with the formula established at the
time such Merchant Acquirer was accepted as a Group Member of the Corporation or as
subsequently approved by the Board of Directors or the appropriate Regional Office.
Effective 1 October 2007 and as amended VISA CONFIDENTIAL 15 Notice: This information is
proprietary and CONFIDENTIAL to Visa. It is distributed to Visa participants for use exclusively
in managing their Visa programs. It must not be duplicated, published, distributed or disclosed,
in whole or in part, to merchants, cardholders or any other person without prior written
permission from Visa. 2011 Visa. All Rights Reserved.
for such quarter will be refunded on a pro-rata basis. Members (other than the Equity
Member) shall pay service fees in US dollars or in any other currency so designated by the
Corporation to any designated account of the Corporation.
(ii) The Board of Directors, in consultation with the applicable Regional Office, shall have the
exclusive power to establish service fees applicable to members operating within the
respective regions of the Regional Offices, and such fees may be established on any basis and
at such rates as shall be determined from time to time by the affirmative vote of a majority of
directors in attendance at any meeting of the Board of Directors at which a quorum is present.
(i) Each member (other than the Equity Member) having sales volume as defined in Section
3.03(a)) shall pay to the Corporation a capital fee in accordance with a schedule to be fixed by
the Board of Directors by an affirmative vote of a majority of the directors in attendance at any
meeting of the Board at which a quorum is present.
(ii) The Board, in lieu of requiring the payment of the capital fees referred to in Section 3.02 (a)
may, by an affirmative vote of a majority of the directors in attendance at any meeting of the
Board at which a quorum is present, authorize members to purchase loan and/or investment
certificates on such terms as the Board deems appropriate.
(b) The exchange rate applied to non-US dollar amounts to arrive at US dollar amounts shall be
determined in accordance with the provisions of the Visa International Operating Regulations.
(c) A Plus Program Card is a card that bears the Plus Service Marks.
(d) The location at which sales volume is deemed to arise shall be (i) for a Principal's card sales
volume and Visa Cash sales volume, the country from which cards are issued, and (ii) for a
Merchant Acquirer's card sales volume, the country where the principal office of the Merchant
Acquirer is located. The location of Plus Program Cards shall be the country from which such
cards are issued. Notwithstanding the foregoing, effective June 7, 1990, a Principal, Plus Issuer,
or owner or member of a Group Member that issues cards into a country located in a region
other than the region where its principal place of business is located (i) shall, within 30 days
prior to
16 VISA CONFIDENTIAL Effective 1 October 2007 and as amended Notice: This information is
proprietary and CONFIDENTIAL to Visa, It is distributed to Visa participants for use exclusively
in managing their Visa programs. It must not be duplicated, published, distributed or disclosed,
in whole or in part, to merchants, cardholders or any other person without prior written
permission from Visa. 2011 Visa. All Rights Reserved.
(e) A Group Member, pursuant to Section 2.10(b), 2.10(c) or 2.12(c), may collect service fees
from non-owners or non-members only if it grants to such non-owners or non-members
equitable voting rights in the Group Member and, if collected, the sales volume and/or
numbers of Plus Program Cards of such non-owners or non-members shall be included in the
operating certificate of the Group Member, who shall pay service fees (to the extent such
service fees thereon are payable) to the Corporation thereon.
(f) Notwithstanding 3.03(a), a Group Member shall not include in its operating certificate the
sales volume and/or numbers of Plus Program Cards of its owners or members arising outside
the country of its principal place of business and, except as provided in 3.030, such sales
volume and/or numbers of Plus Program Cards shall be reported and service fees paid thereon
by such owners or members.
such issuance, notify such region by written notice to such regional office of the nature and
scope of its issuance into such country and (ii) in the event such region determines that such
issuance is tantamount to an active program within such region, such Issuer shall comply with
the reasonable rules and regulations of that region including reporting and payment of
applicable service fees; provided, however, that this provision shall not apply to cards which
are reissued on an unsolicited basis as a renewal of cards previously issued in the region where
the issuer's principal place of business is located. Sales volume or Plus Program Cards upon
which fees are paid pursuant to the foregoing provision shall be deemed located within the
country into which such Cards have been issued. A dispute as to the applicability of the
foregoing provision may be submitted to the Board of Directors for determination by it, and
any ruling, approved by a majority of the directors in attendance at any meeting of the Board
of Directors at which a quorum is present, shall be binding.
Effective 1 October 2007 and as amended VISA CONFIDENTIAL 17 Notice: This information is
proprietary and CONFIDENTIAL to Visa. It is distributed to Visa participants for use exclusively
in managing their Visa programs. It must not be duplicated, published, distributed or disclosed,
in whole or in part, to merchants, cardholders or any other person without prior written
permission from Visa. 2011 Visa. All Rights Reserved.
18 VISA CONFIDENTIAL Effective 1 October 2007 and as amended Notice: This information is
proprietary and CONFIDENTIAL to Visa. It is distributed to Visa participants for use exclusively
in managing their Visa programs. It must not be duplicated, published, distributed or disclosed,
in whole or in part, to merchants, cardholders or any other person without prior written
permission from Visa. 0 2011 Visa. All Rights Reserved.