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Exhibit 10(l)
LICENSE AND HOSTING AGREEMENT
THIS LICENSE AND HOSTING AGREEMENT (Agreement) is made effective as of the 17th day of October, 2007 (Effective Date), by and between Transaction Applications Group, Inc., a Nebraska corporation (TAG), and Legacy Marketing Group, Inc., a California corporation (LMG).
BACKGROUND. This Agreement is the License and Hosting described in Section 1.5 of the Asset Purchase Agreement between the parties dated the date hereof (the Purchase Agreement). It describes the terms and conditions under which TAG will Use and access the LMG Tools, CSC Software and Other Third Party Software until the date that is six (6) months after transition of the TPA Services for the New Customers from LMGs software and systems to TAGs software and systems. (Conversion Date) or such other date as is specified in Exhibit A. Capitalized terms used but not defined in this Agreement shall have the meaning given them in the Purchase Agreement.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual benefits to be derived and the representations and warranties, conditions and promises herein contained, and intending to be legally bound hereby, LMG and TAG agree as follows:
ARTICLE I
AGREEMENT AND DEFINITIONS
1.1
Agreement. The parties agree that the terms and conditions of this Agreement apply to the provision of LMG Tools, CSC Software, Other Third Party Software and LMG Services to TAG by LMG.
1.2
Certain Definitions. The following definitions apply to this Agreement:
(a)
Applicable Specifications means the functional, performance, operational, compatibility, and other specifications or characteristics of the LMG Tools, CSC Software and Other Third Party Software described in the applicable Documentation or necessary for TAG to provide the TPA Services to the New Customers and perform its obligations under the New Customer Contracts.
(b)
CSC Software means the computer programs identified in Exhibit A licensed by LMG from Computer Sciences Corporation (CSC), including object code (including microcode) and/or where available to LMG source code, that are provided or to be provided by LMG pursuant to this Agreement. The definition of CSC Software also includes any enhancements, translations, modifications, updates, releases, or other changes to CSC Software.
(c)
Documentation means user guides, operating manuals, education materials, product descriptions and specifications, technical manuals, supporting materials, and other information relating to the LMG Tools, CSC Software and Other Third Party Software or used in conjunction with the TPA Services, whether distributed in print, magnetic, electronic, or video format.
(d)
LMG Tools means the LMG-developed computer programs identified in Exhibit A, including, where applicable object code (including microcode) and/or source code, that are provided or to be provided by LMG pursuant to this Agreement. The definition of LMG Tools also includes any enhancements, translations, modifications, updates, releases, or other changes to LMG Tools.
(e)
LMG Services means the support, hosting and other services, functions and responsibilities provided or to be provided by LMG pursuant to this Agreement.
(f)
Other Third Party Software means the computer programs identified in Exhibit A licensed by LMG from third parties other than CSC, including object code (including microcode) and/or where available to LMG source code, that are provided or to be provided by LMG pursuant to this Agreement. The definition of Other Third Party Software also includes any enhancements, translations, modifications, updates, releases, or other changes to Other Third Party Software.
ARTICLE II
LICENSE OF LMG TOOLS
2.1
Grant of License. LMG grants TAG a worldwide, nonexclusive, irrevocable, perpetual license to load, execute, access, employ, use, store, or display (Use) the object code version of the LMG Tools and Documentation (the License) for the period specified in Exhibit A in accordance with the terms and conditions of this Agreement.
(a)
TAG may Use the LMG Tools and Documentation solely to provide TPA Services to or for the New Customers and Terminated Customers, and perform its obligations under the Administrative Services and Teaming Agreement, New Customer Contracts and Subcontracts including performing disaster recovery, disaster testing, and backup as TAG deems necessary.
(b)
The License grant includes a license under all current and future patents owned by or licensed to LMG that are applicable to the LMG Tools and Documentation or the provision or receipt of the LMG Services, to the extent necessary to exercise any of the foregoing rights.
(c)
LMG acknowledges and agrees that the New Customers may have access to and Use of the LMG Tools and Documentation under the terms of the New Customer Contracts.
(d)
The License also includes the right to Use the source code version of LMG Tools in accordance with the terms and conditions of Section 3.7.
(e)
Except as specified in this Agreement, the License does not permit TAG to sublicense, rent or allow third parties to Use the LMG Tools or Documentation.
2.2
Proprietary Markings and Duplication. TAG shall not remove or destroy any proprietary markings or proprietary legends placed upon or contained within the LMG Tools or Documentation. TAG may duplicate Documentation, at no additional charge, for TAGs Use or for Use by a TAG in connection with the provision of LMG Tools so long as all required proprietary markings are retained on all duplicated copies.
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2.3
Ownership of LMG Tools and Modifications. The LMG Tools and Documentation shall be and remain the property of LMG, and TAG shall have no right or interest therein except as set forth in this Agreement. TAG shall be entitled to modify the LMG Tools and Documentation and to develop software derivative of or interfacing with the LMG Tools. All modifications of and software derivative of the LMG Tools and Documentation developed by TAG shall be and remain the property of TAG, and LMG shall have no rights or interests therein.
2.4
Protection of LMG Tools. TAG will treat the LMG Tools and Documentation with the same degree of care and confidentiality that TAG provides for similar information belonging to TAG which TAG does not wish disclosed to the public, but not less than reasonable care. This provision shall not apply to LMG Tools or Documentation, or any portion thereof, which is (a) already known by TAG without an obligation of confidentiality, (b) publicly known or becomes publicly known through no unauthorized act of TAG, (c) rightfully received from a third party without obligation of confidentiality, (d) disclosed without similar restrictions by LMG to a third party, (e) approved by LMG for disclosure, or (f) required to be disclosed pursuant to a requirement of a governmental agency or law so long as TAG provides LMG with timely prior written notice of such requirement. It will not be a violation of this Section 2.4 if TAG provides access to and the Use of the LMG Tools or Documentation to any third party contractor so long as TAG secures execution by such third party contractor of a confidentiality agreement as would normally be required by TAG.
ARTICLE III
SUPPORT AND HOSTING SERVICES
3.1
CSC Software. LMG will maintain, through the Conversion Date, its existing license for the CSC Software and provide TAG access to and an irrevocable look access only right and license to use the CSC Software and applicable Documentation. Contemporaneously with the execution of this Agreement, TAG, LMG and CSC shall execute a nondisclosure and non-use agreement granting TAG a license in the CSC Software sufficient for TAG to perform the TPA Services and otherwise satisfy its obligations under the New Customer Contracts, Subcontracts and Administrative Services and Teaming Agreement (the CSC Agreement). TAGs use of, and LMGs rights regarding, the CSC Software will be governed by the terms of the CSC Agreement and not the terms of this Agreement. At TAGs request, LMG shall exercise and make available to TAG all rights and benefits available to it under LMGs existing license with CSC including LMGs rights to receive error corrections, support, maintenance and upgrades to or for the CSC Software.
3.2
Other Third Party Software. LMG will maintain, through the Conversion Date or such other date as is specified in Exhibit A, its existing licenses for the Other Third Party Software and provide TAG access to and an irrevocable look access only right and license to use the Other Third Party Software and applicable Documentation. LMG, with the reasonable cooperation of TAG, will obtain from the applicable third party vendors all licenses, consents, authorizations and approvals that are necessary or appropriate for TAG to so Use the Other Third Party Software for purposes of performing the TPA Services and fulfilling its obligations under the New Customer Contracts, Subcontracts and Administrative Services and Teaming Agreement. At TAGs request, LMG shall exercise and make available to TAG all rights and benefits available to it under LMGs existing license with the applicable third party vendors including LMGs rights to receive error corrections, support, maintenance and upgrades to or for the Other Third Party Software.
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3.3
Support Services. LMG shall provide the following with respect to the LMG Tools, CSC Software, Other Third Party Software and Documentation for the period specified in Exhibit A:
(a)
LMG shall provide (or will cause the third party vendor to provide) to TAG all error corrections and all operational and support assistance necessary to cause the LMG Tools, CSC Software and Other Third Party Software to perform in accordance with their Applicable Specifications. LMG shall also provide remedial support designed to provide a by-pass or temporary fix to a defect until the defect can be permanently corrected.
(b)
LMG shall provide (or will cause the third party vendor to provide) to TAG all upgrades, modifications, improvements, enhancements, extensions, and other changes to LMG Tools developed by LMG.
(c)
LMG shall provide (or will cause the third party vendor to provide) to TAG any revisions to the existing Documentation developed for the LMG Tools, CSC Software and Other Third Party Software or necessary to reflect all corrections, updates, upgrades, modifications, improvements, enhancements, extensions or other changes thereto.
(d)
LMG shall provide training to TAG with respect to the use of the LMG Tools, Other Third Party Software and Documentation as reasonably requested by TAG.
3.4
Hosting Services. LMG shall host the LMG Tools, CSC Software and Other Third Party Software at its existing data center facility in Petaluma, California for the period specified in Exhibit A. Except for downtime for scheduled maintenance, LMG shall make the LMG Tools, CSC Software and Other Third Party Software available to users between 7:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m. Eastern Time. Notice of scheduled maintenance shall be provided to TAG via email at least ten (10) days before the scheduled maintenance. LMG shall be financially and operationally responsible for the hosting environment including maintenance, repair, replacement and upgrade, and the performance, availability, reliability, compatibility and interoperability of the LMG Tools, CSC Software, Other Third Party Software and hosting environment. LMG shall provide the hosting services through a dedicated telecommunications connection to TAG. The equipment, connectivity and other items located at LMGs existing data center facility in Petaluma, California that is described in Exhibit C to the Administrative Services and Teaming Agreement are included within the hosting environment and access to be provided by LMG under this Section 3.4.
3.5
Retained LMG Personnel. LMG shall exercise commercially reasonable efforts to maintain the employment of the LMG employees identified in Exhibit B (Retained Employees) for the estimated retention period specified in Exhibit B or such other period as TAG may reasonably request (Retention Period). LMG shall cause them to devote the same amount of time and attention to the performance of the services under this Agreement as they presently devote to such services. In all events, LMG shall retain a sufficient number of qualified personnel to perform the LMG Services. The Retained Employees shall be employees of LMG for all purposes. LMG shall be solely responsible for funding and distributing benefits under the benefit plans in which the Retained Employees participate and for paying any compensation and remitting any income, disability, withholding and other employment taxes for such Retained Employees. For clarity, the foregoing shall not affect TAGs obligation to reimburse LMG for the costs specifically identified as reimbursable by TAG during the period, and under the terms and conditions, set forth in Sections 4.1 and 4.2 of this Agreement.
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3.6
Reports. LMG shall provide TAG with reports pertaining to the performance of the LMG Services and LMGs other obligations under this Agreement that permit TAG to perform the TPA Services and monitor and manage LMGs performance. Without limitation, TAG may identify reports to be generated by LMG and delivered to TAG on an ad hoc or periodic basis.
3.7
Source Code. Upon TAGs request, LMG will promptly provide to TAG one copy of the most current version of the source code for the LMG Tools. Thereafter, LMG will promptly and continuously update and supplement the source code as necessary with all revisions, corrections, enhancements, and other changes that LMG has developed for the LMG Tools. If LMG breaches this Agreement or no longer provides the LMG Services for the LMG Tools, then LMG or its authorized agent will promptly provide to TAG one copy of the most current version of the source code for the LMG Tools, the License shall include the right to Use the source code version of the LMG Tools received under this Section as necessary to modify, maintain, and update the LMG Tools in accordance with the terms and conditions of this Agreement.
3.8
Continued Performance. LMG understand that TAG requires Use of the LMG Tools, CSC Software, Other Third Party Software, Documentation and LMG Services in order to perform the TPA Services for the New Customers. Accordingly, LMG agrees that LMG will perform its obligations under this Article in a manner that does not degrade, diminish or otherwise interfere with the TPA Services or result in any default by, or liability of, TAG under the New Customer Contracts (including any default or liability with respect to service levels or quality of service). Without limitation, LMG shall not under any circumstance, even during a dispute, suspend, terminate, diminish or degrade the performance of the LMG Tools, CSC Software, Other Third Party Software or LMG Services, or attempt or threaten to do the same.
ARTICLE IV
CHARGES
4.1
Reimbursement Generally. In consideration of the LMG Services and other obligations to be performed by LMG under this Agreement, TAG will reimburse LMG for the following items.
(a)
reasonable actual salary and direct benefits, consistent with past practice, paid to or on behalf of the Retained Employees during their Retention Period; provided that the total amount to be reimbursed under this Section 4.1(a) shall not exceed $783,367 per quarter, pro-rated for the number of days in any partial quarter of the Term,
(b)
any retention bonuses, salary increases (including for replacement personnel) or other change agreed to by the parties, and
(c)
during the period between the Effective Date and the date specified in Exhibit A, the designated percentage identified in Exhibit A of the reasonable actual out-of-pocket costs for the CSC Software and Other Third Party Software provided that the total amount to be reimbursed under this Sections 4.1(c) and Section 4.2 of the Administrative Services and Teaming Agreement shall not exceed the applicable amount identified in Section 4.2 of the Administrative Services and Teaming Agreement.
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The parties acknowledge that since not all of the Retained Employees will be dedicated solely to the performance of services under this Agreement, TAG will reimburse LMG only for a pro rata portion of the above-described salary and benefits based upon the documented and verifiable percentage of their working hours spent performing services for TAG.
4.2
Conditions of Reimbursement.
(a)
TAG shall have the right to approve any changes to the salary, benefits or other compensation of the Retained Employees and any new contracts, extensions or other changes to or for the items for which it is reimbursing LMG. Such approval shall not be unreasonably withheld. LMG will advise TAG of any significant (i.e., more than ten percent (10%)) increase in any reimbursable costs, and TAG shall have the opportunity to require replacement or substitution of new or different sources for the items intended to achieve an overall lower cost. LMG shall exercise commercially reasonable efforts to minimize such costs and, as a condition to TAGs reimbursement obligations, shall provide such detail and documentation as TAG may reasonably request.
(b)
LMG will invoice TAG monthly for its reasonable estimate of the amount due under Section 4.1 for that month. The first such invoice shall be delivered within five (5) days after the Effective Date and shall cover the period between the Effective Date and October 31, 2007. LMG shall reconcile the actual reimbursable costs incurred by TAG for the applicable month with such estimate in the invoice for the next month.
(c)
TAG shall make payment within twenty (20) days after receipt of LMGs invoice. Any amount not paid when due will thereafter bear interest at the rate of one percent (1%) per month.
(d)
TAG may contest, in good faith, any portion of an invoice and withhold payment of such contested amount, provided that TAG pays the portion of any invoice that it does not contest and attempts to try to resolve the dispute. Once the matter is resolved, TAG shall pay the agreed-upon amount within five (5) days thereafter.
(d)
Except as otherwise agreed by the parties in writing, there are no other or additional charges under this Agreement. LMG shall be responsible for all expenses that it may incur in connection with this Agreement. TAG agrees, however, to reimburse LMG for all reasonable and necessary travel and other out-of-pocket expenses that have been pre-approved by TAG in writing.
4.3
Extension of Conversion Date. TAG and LMG expect that the Conversion Date will occur on or before October 31, 2009. TAG may extend the Conversion Date to a date that is six (6) months after transition of the TPA Services for the New Customers from LMGs software and systems to TAGs software and systems; provided that the foregoing shall not be construed as requiring the extension of the license to the CSC Software, which the parties acknowledge expires twenty-seven (27) months after the Effective Date under the terms of the CSC Agreement. TAG shall seek to give LMG at least ninety (90) days (but in no event shall provide less than sixty (60) days) prior notice of any such extension. If the delay was caused by TAG, the parties shall negotiate and agree upon an equitable adjustment to the reimbursable items and limits thereon based upon LMGs increased costs of performing the LMG Services during the extension.
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ARTICLE V
WARRANTIES, INDEMNITIES, AND LIABILITIES
5.1
Warranty. LMG represents and warrants that:
(a)
The LMG Tools, CSC Software, Other Third Party Software and Documentation are and shall be free and clear of all liens and encumbrances, and TAG shall be entitled to Use them without disturbance;
(b)
No portion of the LMG Tools, CSC Software and Other Third Party Software contains, at the time of delivery, any back door, time bomb, Trojan horse, worm, drop dead device, virus, or other computer software routines or hardware components designed to (i) permit access or Use of such software or TAGs computer systems by LMG or a third party not authorized by this Agreement, or (ii) disable, damage or erase the software or data;
(c)
The LMG Tools, CSC Software and Other Third Party Software and the design thereof shall not contain preprogrammed preventative routines or similar devices which prevent TAG from exercising the rights granted to TAG under this Agreement or from utilizing the software for the purpose for which they were designed; and
(d)
Each item of LMG Tools and, to LMGs knowledge, the CSC Software and Other Third Party Software (i) shall be free from defects and (ii) shall function properly under ordinary Use and operate in conformance with its Applicable Specifications and Documentation.
During the period specified in Exhibit A, LMG will provide warranty service to TAG at no additional charge and will include all LMG Services or replacement software necessary to enable LMG to comply with the warranties set forth in this Agreement.
5.2
LMG Infringement Indemnification
(a)
LMG represents and warrants that (i) no LMG Tools, CSC Software, Other Third Party Software or Documentation provided under this Agreement is the subject of any claim, dispute, demand or litigation (Claim), and (ii) LMG has all right, title, ownership interest, and/or rights necessary to provide such software and Documentation to TAG and that the License, the LMG Tools and Documentation and their license and Use hereunder do not and shall not directly or indirectly violate or infringe upon any copyright, patent, trade secret, or other proprietary or intellectual property right of any third party or contribute to such violation or infringement (Infringement). LMG shall indemnify and hold TAG, its affiliates and their respective successors, officers, directors, employees, and agents harmless from and against any and all actions, claims, losses, damages, liabilities, awards, costs, and expenses including legal fees (Losses) resulting from or arising out of any breach or claimed breach of the foregoing warranties, or which is based on a claim of an Infringement and LMG shall defend and settle, at its expense, all suits or proceedings arising therefrom. TAG shall inform LMG of any such Claim against TAG and shall have the right to participate in the defense of any such suit or proceeding at its expense and through counsel of its choosing.
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(b)






