EXHIBIT
10.3
LETTER OF AGREEMENT FOR
DESIGN SERVICES
between
CELESTICA IRELAND
LIMITED
And
MORE ENERGY
LIMITED
dated 6 th May
2005 (the “Effective Date”).
This Letter of
Agreement for Design Services (“Agreement”) confirms
that Celestica Ireland Limited (AMS Division), whose registered
office is at Parkmore Business Park West, Ballybrit, Galway,
Ireland (“Celestica”) and More Energy Limited with its
principal place of business at 4 Yodfat, Global Park, Lod
Israel (“Customer”) have entered into a relationship
whereby Celestica or its affiliates will provide the design
services and Deliverables to Customer as requested by Customer and
agreed to by Celestica, and Customer agrees to purchase such design
services and Deliverables.
At the time of
signing of this Agreement, it is envisaged that the services to be
provided by Celestica or its affiliates may include: design
services, testing and prototype development, deliverables as well
as other services requested by the Customer and agreed to by
Celestica (“Services”), as further outlined in the
written quotation provided by Celestica (“Quotation”).
The Customer understands and acknowledges that a written purchase
order (“Order”) is required by Celestica prior to
commencement of any Services or provision of any Deliverables.
Celestica will acknowledge receipt of Orders as soon as reasonably
practicable and notify the Customer of acceptance or non-acceptance
of Orders within five business (5) days of receipt. However,
Celestica shall be under no obligation to accept Orders.
1.
PROFESSIONAL SERVICES
1.1
It is the intent of the parties that
Services will be performed and the Deliverables will be provided in
accordance with the statement of work, as mutually agreed to in
writing by the parties (“Statement of Work”), which
shall form part of this Agreement and be deemed incorporated herein
by reference. The Statement of Work represents both parties’
good faith estimates of the schedules, scope of work and level of
effort required to be expended on the Services. Both parties
acknowledge, however, that the performance of the Services and
provision of the Deliverables cannot be accurately determined at
the outset of the Services and depend on many factors, such as
co-operation of the Customer, accuracy of Specifications or
Customer Information, completion of certain Customer tasks or
adherence to Customer schedules within the Customer’s or a
third party’s control. Accordingly, Celestica and Customer
shall report to each other at agreed to regular intervals as to the
progress being made by each of them in relation to meeting the
schedules, any delays or anticipated delays or other issues that
are being encountered that may affect the Statement of Work.
Consequently, the Quotation and/or Statement of Work may requite
adjustments or changes, which may result in additional charges and
schedule updates.
1.2
Celestica shall use commercially
reasonable efforts to meet the schedules and time of performance of
the Services as set forth in the Statement of Work or as otherwise
agreed to in writing. Customer agrees to co-operate in good faith
to allow Celestica to achieve completion of the Services in a
timely and professional manner. Celestica shall not be responsible
for delays in the provision of Services or any portion thereof
caused by the Customer’s failure to complete a
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Customer task
or adhere to a Customer schedule. Celestica will provide such
resources and utilize such employees, sub-contractors and/or design
consultants as it deems necessary to perform the Services, subject
to the Customer first having provided Celestica with all applicable
input as necessary for the provision of the Services including, but
not limited to, drawings, documentation, data, software, firmware,
information and know-how (“Customer Information”). The
customer’s specifications will be set out in the Statement of
Work or otherwise agreed to in writing
(“Specifications”). The accuracy and completeness of
the Customer Information and the Specifications provided by the
Customer are the Customer’s responsibility. Celestica will
perform the Services upon its receipt and acceptance of an Order
from the Customer during the term of this Agreement. The manner and
means used by Celestica to perform the Services desired by the
Customer are in the sole discretion and control of Celestica. All
work will be performed at Celestica’s various global
facilities unless otherwise agreed by the parties.
1.3
From time to time during the
performance of the Services, Celestica may provide certain
information, recommendations or recommend to Customer certain
materials, technology or other elements for use in the development
of the Deliverables. While Celestica uses its reasonable efforts to
determine the accuracy of any information provided or
recommendations made Celestica makes no warranties or
representations as to their accuracy. Customer understands that the
availability or suitability of any information, recommendations or
recommended items are dependent on numerous factors that are not
under Celestica’s control (such as, but not limited to, a
supplier’s adherence to product roadmaps or general market
conditions). Customer understands that any reliance on any
information provided or any recommendation made or use of any
recommended items is solely at Customer’s discretion.
Consequently, Celestica will not be liable under this Agreement or
otherwise for any decision made by Customer based on any
information provided, recommendations made or any recommended items
or for any impact on the Services or Deliverables due to any such
information, recommendations or recommended items.
2.
DELIVERY
2.1
In performing the Services,
Celestica shall design, develop and/or make for the Customer any
tangible output resulting from the performance of the Services
including any data, designs, specifications, or like material and
any training, sample, or prototype product
(“Deliverables”) as set forth in the Quotation and/or
Statement of Work. Any prototypes provided to Customer as part of
the Deliverables are for non-commercial use. Except as agreed
otherwise, Deliverables sold to the Customer are delivered Ex Works
(Incoterms 2000) at Celestica’s premises with Customer
accepting responsibility for freight, insurance and customs fees.
Title and risk of loss shall pass to Customer upon delivery. Except
in accordance with Clause 3 below, refusal to accept a
delivery will be treated as a cancellation in accordance with
Section 11 herein.
2.2
Customer authorizes Celestica to
procure such materials to fulfil Services and/or Orders, including,
but not limited to long lead-time items, materials subject to
minimum order quantities, unique materials, non-cancellable and
non-returnable items and Customer agrees to be responsible for all
costs incurred by Celestica to procure all such materials, which
Celestica is unable to mitigate. Customer also agrees to be
responsible for the cost of all finished goods and work in progress
for prototype products or other Deliverables or products
manufactured in accordance with Customer’s requirements.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, all amounts incurred
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by Celestica
under this provision shall be reasonable in the context of the
Statement of Work package and agreed price for same
hereunder.
3.
ACCEPTANCE/EC CONTROL MANAGEMENT
3.1
Celestica shall provide to the
Customer the Services and Deliverables and other items as detailed
in the Statement of Work and in conformance with the
Specifications. The Customer may review such Deliverables for a
period no greater than ten (10) business days from delivery and
shall provide written notice of its acceptance or rejection within
such ten (10) business day period. If the Customer rejects the
Deliverables, Customer shall provide written details as to the
reason(s) for which the Deliverables are not in conformance with
the Specifications. If the Customer does not provide written
notification of acceptance or rejection within such ten (10)
business day period, the Deliverables and Services will be deemed
accepted by the Customer.
3.2
Where Celestica, in its reasonable
determination, agrees that the Deliverables are not in conformance
with the Specifications, Celestica shall, as soon as commercially
reasonably practicable, correct the Deliverables and resubmit such
Deliverables for Customer approval. The same process as described
in this Clause 3 will apply to the acceptance of the reworked
Deliverables. Celestica will use its commercially reasonable
efforts to correct such reworked Deliverables, however if the
reworked Deliverables are continuously rejected and Celestica
determines that such reworked Deliverables cannot be corrected the
parties shall mutually work towards an agreeable solution for such
reworked Deliverables. Should the parties not be able to find a
solution, Celestica shall be entitled to provide a full refund of
all the payments made for such Deliverables to Customer. Customer
agrees and acknowledges that this shall constitute Customer’s
sole remedy for such Deliverables hereunder or otherwise at law or
in equity.
3.3
Upon acceptance of the Deliverables
and with the exception of Celestica’s warranty obligations
set forth in Clause 7 below, Celestica will have no further
responsibility for the correctness or completeness of the
Deliverables or Services. Following Customer’s acceptance,
Celestica shall proceed to develop the next milestone of the
Statement of Work.
3.4
Except for corrections required due
to non-conformance to the Specification or warranty issues, all
other changes will be addressed through a formal engineering change
control process as outlined below or other documented process as
agreed to by the parties.
3.5
Either party may at any time propose
changes to the relevant Services or Deliverables by a written
Engineering Change Notice (“ECN”) to the other party.
Any modifications to the Deliverables as recommended by Celestica
or as requested by the Customer will be priced and pre-approved by
the Customer prior to implementation.
3.6
The recipient of an ECN will use all
reasonable efforts to provide a detailed response within fourteen
(14) Days of receipt. Celestica will advise Customer of the likely
impact of an ECN, including but not limited to, time of
implementation and fees.
3.7
In the case of an ECN requested by
Customer, Celestica will not unreasonably withhold or delay
agreement to an ECN and the parties will endeavor to agree and
implement the ECNs as soon as practicable. Customer at its
discretion may reject an ECN proposed by Celestica.
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3.8
Until an ECN and any associated
impact and costs have been agreed to in writing, the parties will
continue to perform their obligations without taking account of
that ECN.
3.9
All costs of implementing ECNs,
including without limitation, costs of materials, handling charges,
process and tooling charges, administrative charges, engineering
charges and evaluation and testing costs will be the responsibility
of Customer.
4.
PRICES AND PAYMENT
4.1
The charges for the Services and
Deliverables shall be indicated in Statement of Work Annexes signed
by both Parties and attached to this Agreement from time to time
(“Charges”). Celestica shall invoice the Customer for
Charges in accordance with the agreed to milestones as set forth in
the Statement of Work or otherwise upon completion of the Services.
Customer agrees and acknowledges that the Charges are estimated and
may be subject to change during the course of performing the
Services if the scope of work of such Services changes. Any changes
to the Charges will be agreed to in writing by the parties and will
amend the Charges in the applicable Statement of Work. In the case
of expenses, Celestica shall invoice on the last business day of
the month of expenditure.
4.2
Customer shall reimburse Celestica
for actual and reasonable travel and accommodation expenses. Prior
to incurring any such expenses, Celestica will obtain the approval
of Customer’s representative.
4.3
Payment is due, without any set-off
or deduction, thirty (30) days from date of invoice. Except for any
income-related taxes for which Celestica is directly liable, the
Customer will be solely responsible for and will pay all taxes,
including value-added taxes, duties or other governmental or
regulatory charges, unless evidence of exempted status is provided.
All payments by Customer to Celestica under this Agreement shall be
in the currency quoted by Celestica in the relevant Quotation. If
the Customer fails to make any payment by the due date Celestica
may, in addition to its other rights and remedies, charge interest
on any overdue amounts at a rate of annual LIBOR plus four percent
(4.0%) paid on a pro rata monthly basis or the maximum interest
rate permitted by law (whichever is the lower) together with any
legal fee incurred by Celestica in collecting the overdue payment.
Celestica may also elect not to perform any further obligations
until payment is received.
5.
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS
5.1
Except as otherwise set forth
herein, neither this Agreement nor the provision of Services
hereunder shall give either Celestica or the Customer any
ownership, interest in, or rights to the intellectual property of
the other party. All intellectual property that is owned or
controlled by a party at the commencement of the Services, or
obtained independently during the performance of the Services,
(“Pre-existing IP”) shall remain under the
ownership or control of such party throughout the performance of
the Services and thereafter.
5.2
As used herein, the term
“Innovations” shall mean any improvements, inventions,
developments or modifications conceived or developed by Celestica
solely or jointly with the Customer during the performance of the
Services. Subject to Celestica’s rights as set forth in this
Clause 6.2, the Customer shall be assigned ownership and sole
intellectual property rights to any and all Innovations that are
derived from or which contain any of the Customer
Information,
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and/or the
Customer Pre-existing IP therein (the “Customer
Innovations”). Celestica shall retain all ownership and
Intellectual Property rights to all other Innovations (the
‘‘Celestica Innovations”), whether or not jointly
conceived, which:
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derive in whole
or in part from Celestica’s Pre-existing IP, proprietary
information, materials and/or intellectual property;
and/or
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relate to the
business of electronic design automation, the provision of printed
circuit board or semiconductor design, generic manufacturing or
design know-how, generic design processes, or generic design
consulting services. For clarity sake, the term
“generic” is meant to exclude innovations with specific
application to fuel cell products or related technologies, which
innovations, if any, will be the sole property of
Customer.
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5.3
To perfect a party’s
(“IP Owner”) ownership of its Pre-existing IP
or Innovations in accordance with Clauses 5.1 and 5.2 above,
the other party agrees, at the IP Owner’s expense, to
assign to the IP Owner all rights the other party may have in
the Pre-existing IP or Innovations and, if requested, to
assist and co-operate with the IP Owner in all reasonable
respects, execute all documents, and take all further acts
reasonably necessary for the IP Owner to acquire, transfer,
maintain and enforce its right in such Pre-existing IP or
Innovations. Each party hereby waives, and shall secure the waiver
of its employees, agents, and subcontractors relating to, any moral
rights in such Pre-existing IP or Innovations in favour of the
IP Owner, its successors and assigns to the fullest extent
permitted by law.
5.4
Each party agrees not to directly or
indirectly reverse engineer any tangibles resulting from the
Pre-existing IP or Innovations of the other party. Each party
agrees not to alter, remove or destroy any proprietary markings or
confidentiality legends or notices placed upon or contained within
the Pre-existing IP or Innovations of the other party. Nothing
in this Agreement gives either party the right to use the other
party’s name, trade mark(s) or refer to or disclose the
content hereof, whether directly or indirectly, in connection with
any marketing or other activities, without the other party’s
prior written consent.
6.
LICENSE GRANT
6.1
Subject to Celestica’s
compliance with Clause 5 above and 12.1 below, any separately
agreed to confidentiality provisions and the license terms hereof,
the Customer hereby grants Celestica and its affiliates a royalty
free, non-exclusive, non-transferable, world-wide license with
sub-licensing rights to parties performing work on
Celestica’s behalf in furtherance of its obligations
hereunder to use the Customer Information and any Customer
Pre-existing IP, Customer Innovations, including any
intellectual property therein, in order for Celestica to perform
the Services and fulfil its Obligations hereunder. The Customer
agrees to obtain for Celestica the right to use, for the purpose of
performing the Services, such third party information, materials
and technology, and the intellectual property therein, as Celestica
reasonably requires in order to perform the Services and fulfil its
obligations hereunder. The Customer represents that, to the extent
the Customer provides to Celestica any Customer or third party
intellectual property hereunder, it has obtained all necessary
permissions, licenses, consents and has the authority to provide
such intellectual property to Celestica.
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6.2
In providing the Service, Celestica
will exercise and utilize certain of its intellectual property.
Subject to payment in full of the amounts owed to it hereunder and
Customer’s compliance with Clause 5, above and 12.1
below, any separately agreed confidentiality provisions and the
license terms hereof and any other applicable obligations herein,
Celestica grants to the Customer a world-wide, non-exclusive,
non-transferable, fully paid license under Celestica Innovations
and Celestica’s Pre-existing IP used in creating or
manufacturing or incorporated in the Deliverables to make, have
made, use and sell products derived therefrom for the purposes set
forth in the Statement of Work. To the extent that a third party is
utilizing the Deliverables to make products on behalf of the
Customer, Customer shall be permitted to sublicense (with no
further sublicensing rights) the necessary right in this paragraph
to enable such third parties solely to perform the required work
with respect to the Deliverables, provided that Customer shall
ensure that such third parties comply and abide by these licensing
terms and provided that such sublicense is exclusively for the
benefit of Customer.
7.
LIMITED WARRANTIES AND EXCEPTIONS
7.1
Celestica warrants that the Services
will be performed in a good and workmanlike manner in accordance
with applicable industry standards and general practices in
existence at the time of performance of the Services. Celestica
further warrants for a period of ninety (90) days from the date of
delivery of the final Deliverables that the Deliverables will be
free from defects in workmanship and will conform substantially to
the Specifications.
7.2
Subject to Clause 7.3, the
Customer’s sole remedy and Celestica’s entire liability
under the warranty obligations of Clause 7.1 shall be to have
Celestica, at its option:
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re-perform the
affected Services, within the original scope of the Services, that
Celestica confirms are affected;
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repair or
replace the affected Deliverables; or
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refund the
Customer for the pro rata amount of Charges relating to the
affected Service or affected Deliverables, as
applicable.
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7.3
Celestica shall have no warranty
obligation under this Agreement in the following
circumstances:
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failure of the
Customer to report and identify to Celestica a non-compliance with
the warranty set forth in Clause 7.1 within ninety (90) days
of the completion of the Services or delivery of the final
Deliverables, whichever is applicable; or
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deficiencies or
defects solely caused by the Customer, any error, omission, design
inaccuracy or fault in any Specifications or Customer Information
provided to Celestica, or in any information, drawings,
documentation, data, firmware, tooling, software or technology
specified or furnished by the customer; or
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deficiencies or
defects that solely result from any third-party supplied designs or
technology; or
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misuse,
modification, damage, placement in an unsuitable physical or
operating environment, or improper maintenance of any Deliverable,
so long as such causes are not directly attributable to Celestica;
or
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failure of any
Service or Deliverable subjected to any use, repair, addition,
deletion or modification not authorized by Celestic
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