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INDEPENDENT CONTRACTOR
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THIS MASTER AGREEMENT FOR SERVICES ("Agreement"), dated May 6, 2013
is between []("Customer") a Delaware registered limited liability partnership with
an office at [] and [] a
Delaware registered corporation with an office at [] ("Contractor").
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1. PURPOSE OF ENGAGEMENT.
The term of this Agreement shall begin on the date hereof and shall continue until
the first of the following to occur: (i) termination pursuant to Paragraph 7
hereof, or (ii) the
second anniversary of the date hereof.
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3. CONTRACTOR'S COMPENSATION.
During the term of this Agreement, Customer agrees to compensate Contractor at the
hourly or other billing rate or on a fixed price basis as identified in the
applicable Statement of
Work for the Services. In addition, Customer shall reimburse Contractor its
reasonable and
necessary actual out-of-pocket expenses incurred in connection with performance of
Services
under this Agreement; provided that any expenses for an amount greater than five
hundred
dollars ($500.00) shall be submitted to Customer for its prior written approval.
Contractor shall bill
Customer at monthly intervals. Invoices shall be mailed to:
Customer LLP
PMP # 714
The parties agree that all ideas, know-how, processes, information, drawings,
documents, designs, models, inventions, copyrightable material and other tangible
and intangible
materials authored, prepared, created, made, delivered, conceived or reduced to
practice, in
whole or in part, by Contractor in the course of providing the Services, including
without
limitation computer programs, computer systems, data and documentation,
(collectively, the
"Works") are the sole and exclusive property of Customer and shall be considered
works made for
hire. In the event any such Works do not fall within the specifically enumerated
works that
constitute works made for hire under the United States copyright laws, Contractor
hereby
irrevocably, expressly and automatically assigns all right, title and interest
worldwide in and to
such Works to Customer, including, without limitation, all copyrights, patent
rights, trade secrets,
trademarks, moral rights and all other applicable proprietary and intellectual
property rights. If
Contractor has any rights to the Works that cannot be assigned to Customer,
Contractor
unconditionally and irrevocably: (1) waives the enforcement of such rights; and (2)
grants to
Customer during the term of such rights, an exclusive, irrevocable, perpetual,
worldwide, royalty-
free license to reproduce, create derivative works of, distribute, publicly perform
and publicly
display such Works, by all means now known or later developed, with the right to
sublicense
such rights through multiple levels of sublicensees. Contractor agrees to render
all reasonably
required assistance to Customer to protect Customer’s rights hereinabove described.
In the event that
Customer is unable to secure Contractor’s signature on any documents deemed
necessary by Customer
to carry out the purposes of this paragraph, Contractor hereby irrevocably
designates and
appoints Customer or its designee(s) as Contractor’s agent and attorney-in-fact,
which appointment
is coupled with an interest, to act for and in Contractor’s behalf to execute,
verify and file any
such documents.
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5. COMPLIANCE WITH Customer POLICIES.
(b) Contractor has full authority and sufficient right, title, and interest in and
to the Works, to grant and convey the rights accorded to Customer under Paragraph 4
hereof;
(c) For a period of twelve (12) months following installation (the "Warranty
Period"), any software (and associated documentation) delivered to Customer
hereunder shall: (1)
be free from significant programming errors and from defects in workmanship and
materials; and
(2) conform to the performance capabilities, characteristics, specifications,
functions and other
descriptions and standards applicable thereto as set forth in The applicable
Statement of Work.
In the event that any such errors or defects are discovered during the Warranty
Period, Contractor
shall promptly remedy such defects at no additional cost to Customer;
(e) Contractor has conducted a background check with respect to each of the
its personnel performing the Services that includes, at a minimum, items with
respect to an
individual’s civil, criminal, litigation, and educational background, and that
there were no
adverse results to that background check in any aforementioned area. Contractor
will maintain
an inventory of the results of those background checks and will provide copies to
Customer upon
Customer’s request.
Contractor hereby agrees to indemnify, hold harmless and defend Customer and any
partner, principal, employee or agent thereof (each of the foregoing being
hereinafter referred to
individually as an "Indemnified Party") against all claims, liabilities, losses,
expenses (including
attorney's fees and legal expenses related to such defense), fines, penalties,
taxes or damages
(collectively Liabilities") asserted by any third party where such Liabilities
arise out of or result
from: (1) the negligence of Contractor in the course of providing any Services
hereunder; or (2)
the representations or warranties made by Contractor hereunder, or their breach.
Customer shall
promptly notify Contractor of any third party claim and Contractor shall, at
Customer's option,
conduct the defense in any such third party action arising as described herein at
Contractor's sole
expense and Customer shall cooperate with such defense.
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9. Customer OR CLIENT CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION.
All information, documents, software, reports, data, records, forms and other
materials developed by Contractor for Customer or obtained by or disclosed to
Contractor in the
course of performing the Services are the proprietary, confidential and trade
secret information of
Customer. Contractor will deliver to Customer all tangible forms of such
proprietary confidential and
trade secret information and all copies thereof (and all other property obtained
from or through
Customer) when Customer requests the same or immediately upon termination of this
Agreement,
(b) Except as set forth in Exhibit “C”, neither Contractor nor any of its
Substantial Equity Owners (as defined below) is, and without Customer’s prior
written approval
will at any time during the term of this Agreement become, a partner, executive
officer, or
member of the Board of Directors or an Equity Owner (as defined below) of any
Securities and
Exchange Commission-registered company (a “Registrant”). A “Substantial Equity
Owner” is an
individual who owns 20% or more of the outstanding equity securities of a legal
entity. An
“Equity Owner” is an individual or entity who owns 5% or more of the outstanding
equity
Contractor shall not assign, transfer, or subcontract this Agreement or any of its
obligations hereunder without Customer's prior written permission.
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13. NON-EXCLUSIVITY.
During the term of this Agreement, Customer may engage the services of any
individual or entity that competes with Contractor or offers services similar to
those offered by
Contractor, and any such engagement shall not be considered a breach of this
Agreement.
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14, SEVERABILITY.
In the event that any term or provision of this Agreement shall be held to be
invalid, void or unenforceable, then the remainder of this Agreement shall not be
affected,
impaired or invalidated, and each such term and provision of this Agreement shall
be valid and
enforceable to the fullest extent permitted by law.
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15. GOVERNING LAW.
This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws
of the State of New York, without regard to the conflict of laws provisions
thereof. The parties
hereby submit to the exclusive personal and subject matter jurisdiction of the
state and federal
courts located in the City and County of New York.
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16. INTEGRATION.
This Agreement, including the Exhibits hereto and Statements of Work entered
into hereunder, constitutes the entire agreement of the parties hereto with respect
to the subject
matter hereof and supersedes all prior and contemporaneous representations,
proposals,
discussions, and communications, whether oral or in writing. This Agreement may be
modified
only in writing and shall be enforceable in accordance with its terms when signed
by each of the
parties hereto.
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17. INSURANCE.
All notices permitted or required under this Agreement shall be in writing and
shall be by personal delivery, a nationally recognized overnight courier service,
facsimile
transmission or certified or registered mail, return receipt requested. Notices
shall be deemed
given upon the earlier of actual receipt or one (1) day after deposit with the
courier service,
receipt by sender of confirmation of electronic transmission or five (5) days after
deposit with the
U.S. Postal Service. Notices shall be sent to the addresses listed below, or to
such other address
as either party may specify in writing.
If to Customer:
Customer LLP
Customer LLP
Office of General Counsel
345 Park Avenue
Metricstream, Inc
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, between the hours of a.m. and p.m. (Add all further details of
description of services. For example, include individual performance requirements
for Services)]
Contractor's personnel performing the Services and their applicable billing rates
shall be
as follows:
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EXHIBIT B
CONTRACTOR PRIVACY STANDARD
Processing of Personal Information
“Data Security Breach” means the unintentional loss of Personal Information, the
inadvertent
disclosure of Personal Information, and/or the unauthorized access to or unlawful
or
unauthorized acquisition, processing, transfer or disposal of Personal Information
or any other
type of information through a security breach, loss or corruption involving
Personal Information.
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Customer retains all existing right, title, and interest in and to any Personal
Information transferred
to Contractor. Contractor shall undertake Processing of al! Personal Information
obtained from
Customer during the course of this Agreement on behalf of, and solely under the
direction and
control of, and pursuant to the instructions of, Customer. Customer grants
Contractor a limited,
revocable and non-exclusive license for Processing Personal Information transferred
from Customer
to the Contractor for those purposes necessary for Contractor to perform its
obligations under this
Agreement and for no other purpose, and provided that Contractor will have no right
to create or
maintain data which is derivative of such data.
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Contractor agrees that at any and all times during which it is Processing Personal
Information
from Customer, or otherwise having access to such Personal Information, it will:
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e Take all reasonable steps to return, securely destroy, or arrange for the secure
destruction of Personal Information received from Customer at the termination of
this
Agreement or when there is no longer any legitimate business need to retain such
Personal Information;
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e Make the Personal Information available only to its employees or sub-contractors
who
have a legitimate business need to access the Personal Information in order to
assist
Contractor carry out its agreement with Customer, who are bound by legally
enforceable
confidentiality, privacy and data security obligations at least equivalent to those
provided in this Privacy Standard, and who have received training in the
appropriate
Processing of Personal Information; and
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e Assist and cooperate with Customer with any necessary or appropriate disclosures
and
other investigative, remedial and monitoring measures as a result of any Data
Security
Breach.
Contractor shall immediately inform and without unreasonable delay notify Customer,
in writing
AND by e-mail to us-privacy@Customer.com or by telephone to 1-800-Customer HELP
Option 3,
Option 7 or 1-201-505-6365:
e Ofany request for access to, or information about, any Personal Information from
any
government official (including any data protection agency or law enforcement
agency);
e Of any Data Security Breach, including all relevant facts with respect to the
Data
Security Breach, which Contractor knows or has reason to believe has or may have
occurred or is investigating;
VI NO (proceed to Question 2)
1 YES (please answer each of (a) and (b) below, after which this questionnaire is
complete)
(1) NO
CZ YES (If yes, please complete).
(1 NO
(J YES (if yes, please complete).
Name of SEC
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J NO (questionnaire is complete)
OO YES = (please answer each of (a) and (b) below, after which this questionnaire
is
complete)
(a) Are any of such individuals a partner, executive officer or member of the board
of directors of an SEC Registrant?
(J No
OC YES (If yes, please complete).
Name of Individual Name of SEC Capacity Served —
Registrant Partner, Officer or
Director
(b) Are any of such individuals a direct or indirect Substantial Equity Owner of an
SEC Registrant?
ONO
CZ YES (If yes, please complete).