This Distribution
Agreement (“Agreement”) is made September 8, 2004,
by and between Taiwan Kolin Company Limited, a company organized in
Taiwan ROC, whose address is 11/F No. 86 Section 1, Chung
Ching South Road, Taipei, Taiwan, ROC (“Kolin”), and
Syntax Groups Corporation, a California corporation, whose address
is at 20480 East Business Parkway, City of Industry, California
91789 U.S.A. (“Distributor”).
WHEREAS, Kolin
designs and causes to be manufactured and exports various consumer
electronic Products (as hereafter defined) for distribution under
and in connection with the trademarks and trade name including but
not limited to Kolin ; and
WHEREAS,
Distributor wishes to be appointed by Kolin an exclusive
distributor of Products in the Territory; and
WHEREAS, Kolin
wishes to appoint Distributor an exclusive distributor of the
Products in the Territory;
NOW, THEREFORE,
the Parties hereby undertake and make this Agreement.
1.1 In this
Agreement hereto the following terms shall, except where the
context otherwise requires, have the following meanings:
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means a day,
other than a Saturday or Sunday or legal holiday observed in the
United States of America;
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means the date
on which the last of the Parties hereto executed this
Agreement;
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means a company
together with its subsidiaries, any holding company of such company
and all other subsidiaries of any such holding company from time to
time;
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“Intellectual
Property
Rights”
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means patents,
trademarks, service marks, design rights, registered designs, trade
or business names or signs, copyrights (including rights in
computer software), and all rights or forms of protection of a
similar nature or having equivalent or similar effect to any of
these which
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may subsist
anywhere in the world of or relating to the Products;
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means Kolin and
Distributor;
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means LCD and
LCOS television sets, and other consumer electronic products
designed by and/or manufactured for Kolin and its Group, and
bearing the trademarks and/or trade name including but not limited
to Kolin ;
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means the
following calendar quarterly periods, irrespective of when the
Effective Date occurs:
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(a) 1 January
to 31 March;
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(b) 1 April to
30 June;
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(c) 1 July to
30 September; and
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(d) 1 October
to 31 December;
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means the
geographic areas of America continental including North America and
Latin America and as amended from time to time by mutual written
agreement of the Parties;
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means including
but not limited to Kolin ;
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means
Kolin’s confidential, proprietary and trade secret
information pertaining to the Products;
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unless
otherwise indicated means the period of twelve (12) months
from the Effective Date and each consecutive period of twelve
(12) months thereafter during the term of this
Agreement;
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means 9:00 a.m.
to 5:30 p.m. on a business Day.
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1.2 In this
Agreement headings are for ease of reference only and shall not
affect the interpretation or construction of this
Agreement.
2.1 Kolin hereby
appoints Distributor as its exclusive distributor in the Territory
for the sale and supply of Products, and Distributor hereby accepts
such appointment, subject to and in accordance with the terms and
conditions of this Agreement.
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2.2 During the
term of this Agreement, Kolin may not appoint another person, firm
or company as a distributor of Products in the
Territory.
2.3 Kolin shall
not supply or directly sell Products within the Territory, and may
refer to Distributor inquiries and orders received from any third
party for Products in the Territory.
2.4 Distributor
shall be entitled to describe itself as Kolin’s
“Authorized Distributor” for Products, but shall not
hold itself out as Kolin’s agent or as otherwise being
associated with Kolin in any capacity so as to legally bind
Kolin.
2.5 Distributor
shall not promote, market, distribute or sell Products outside the
Territory, and shall use its best commercial efforts to secure from
Distributor’s wholesale customers a written undertaking
obliging each such customer not to resell the Products outside the
Territory. Should Distributor promote, market, distribute or sell
Products outside the Territory or otherwise knowingly permit a
wholesale customer to sell Products outside the Territory, such
violation shall be conclusively presumed to be a material breach of
this Agreement entitling Kolin to terminate this Agreement
immediately, upon written notice and without a right to cure. For
purposes of this Clause 2.5, Distributor shall be conclusively
deemed not to have “knowingly permitted” a customer to
sell Products outside the Territory if Distributor shall have
secured from such customer a written undertaking not to do so, and
Distributor does not encourage or acquiesce in the violative
sale.
3. PLACEMENT OF ORDERS FOR PRODUCTS
3.1 Kolin shall
use its best efforts to supply Products to Distributor in
accordance with Distributor’s orders.
3.2 Distributor
shall not less than thirty (30) days before the beginning of
each Quarter place with Kolin its orders for Products to be
delivered to Distributor during that Quarter and shall give Kolin
written notice of Distributor’s estimated orders for Products
for each Year by no later than 30 days before the start of the
Year.
3.3 All purchase
orders shall be in writing and shall be deemed to have been
accepted upon Kolin issuing to Distributor a written acknowledgment
of each such purchase order.
3.4 Upon receipt
and confirmation of a purchase order from Distributor, Kolin shall
promptly notify Distributor of the estimated delivery date of the
order. Kolin shall use its best efforts to deliver
Distributor’s orders on the date specified in the purchase
order.
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3.5 The title to
any shipment of Products shall pass to Distributor upon payment by
Distributor of the invoice for such Products, plus all related
costs per Clause 4.3.
4.1 Products sold
by Kolin to Distributor shall be sold at the prices agreed in
writing by the Parties, as reflected in Kolin’s purchase
order confirmations to Distributor.
4.2 All sums
payable by Distributor for Products sold to Distributor under this
Agreement shall be paid to Kolin no later than sixty (60) days
after the date the Products are received by Distributor.
4.3 The price to
be paid by Distributor for Products under this Agreement does not
include:
4.3.1
value added tax or other applicable sales tax or duty;
4.3.2
any costs of shipping; or
4.3.3
any costs of insurance.
4.4 All sums
payable under this Agreement shall be paid in United States
Dollars.
4.5 If any sums
payable by Distributor under this Agreement are not paid when due
Kolin shall be entitled to charge interest on the outstanding
amount at a monthly rate of one and one-half percent (1
1 / 2
%) until the date of actual full
payment both before and after judgment.
5.1 All sales of
Products by Kolin to Distributor shall be on Kolin’s standard
terms from time to time, except that where Kolin’s standard
terms conflict or vary with the terms of this Agreement, the terms
of this Agreement shall control.
6. DISTRIBUTOR’S OBLIGATIONS
6.1 Distributor
shall commence marketing the Products within the Territory
immediately upon the Effective Date, and thereafter shall use its
reasonable best efforts to promote the sale of Products throughout
the Territory continuously thereafter. For purposes of this Clause
6.1, Distributor shall be deemed to have commenced
“marketing”
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the Products
when Distributor first publicizes the Products, whether by print
media, trade show or otherwise. Subject to the provisions of Clause
8, Distributor shall be entitled to promote and market the Products
in the Territory in any manner it deems commercially
reasonable.
6.2 Distributor
shall have the right to employ such personnel at such compensation
and on such other conditions as Distributor deems necessary and
proper to promote, market, distribute and sell the Products in the
Territory. The contract Distributor makes with each such personnel
shall contain an express provision to the effect that the personnel
is the employee and/or agent of Distributor, is to be paid solely
by Distributor, and is not the employee, agent or independent
contractor of Kolin.
6.3 In connection
with the promotion and marketing of the Products Distributor
shall:
6.3.1
make clear, where clarification is required by its customers, that
it is acting as a distributor of Products and not as an agent of
Kolin;
6.3.2
comply with all legal requirements from time to time in force
relating to the sale of Products;
6.3.3
at the request of Kolin, provide to Kolin at Distributor’s
expense samples of brochures, catalogues, sales manuals and sale
aids which refer to the Products; and
6.3.4
assume and pay all costs of conducting Distributor’s business
hereunder.
6.4 Distributor
shall not in any way pledge the credit of Kolin or directly or
indirectly, whether by act or omission, give any guarantee,
promise, representation or warranty in relation to the Products in
the name of or on behalf of Kolin, unless expressly authorized to
do so in writing by Kolin.
6.5 Distributor
shall have the sole right to determine the prices and the terms
upon which Distributor shall sell Products and to determine the
wholesalers and sub-distributors and other customers to whom it may
sell Products.
6.6 Distributor
shall submit to Kolin all material complaints relating to Products,
together with all available evidence and other information relating
thereto, and forward to Kolin, at Kolin’s expense, for
examination, representative samples of Products in respect of which
complaints are made, and Kolin shall, as soon as reasonably
practicable following a request from Distributor to do so, use its
reasonable best efforts to assist Distributor in dealing with such
complaints in such manner as Kolin considers appropriate. In the
event of a dispute arising between Distributor and any third party
in relation to the quality or
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characteristics
of Products sold by Distributor, Distributor shall not, without the
written of Kolin, admit liability or do anything which constitutes
an admission of liability nor take any proceedings in respect of,
or compromise, such dispute.
6.7 Distributor
shall use its reasonable best efforts to obtain and maintain in
force all such licenses, consents and approvals of any governmental
or quasi-governmental or other regulatory authority as may be
required, and otherwise at all times comply with all applicable
laws of which it is aware in connection with importing,
advertising, storing, marketing and selling the Products as
contemplated by this Agreement in the Territory.
6.8 Distributor
shall send to Kolin, upon reasonable request, such statistical
forecasts as Kolin may reasonably request for budgetary purposes
and for programming future requirements with respect to the
production of Products.
6.9 Distributor
shall indemnify and hold Kolin free and harmless from any and all
obligations, costs, claims, judgments, attorneys’ fees,
attachments and other court processes arising from, growing out of,
or in any way connected with Distributor’s activities
undertaken directly or indirectly pursuant to or in furtherance of
Distributor’s exercise of rights under this Agreement.
Distributor shall also indemnify and hold Kolin free and harmless
from all claims, demands, losses, costs, expenses, obligations,
liabilities, damages, recoveries, costs, and attorneys’ fees
that Kolin may incur as a result of a breach by Distributor of any
representation or term of this Agreement.
6.10 Distributor
shall not use the Trade Secrets, except in the performance of this
Agreement, and shall not disclose the Trade Secrets to third
parties. Distributor shall use reasonable efforts to protect the
confidentiality of the Trade Secrets, at least to the same extent
as the measures it takes to protect Distributor’s own trade
secret information.
7.1 Kolin shall
from time to time provide Distributor with such samples,
catalogues, brochures, know how and information as may be required
or desired to assist Distributor in the sale of Products in the
Territory. Distributor shall use such samples catalogues,
brochures, know how and information in order to launch and actively
promote the sale of the Products in such a manner and at
Distributor’s cost as Distributor considers
appropriate.
7.2 Kolin shall
promptly provide any technical a
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