T3 MOTION, INC. DISTRIBUTION
AGREEMENT
THIS AGREEMENT
(the “Agreement”) is made this 19th Day of March, 2009
(the “Effective Date”), by and between T3 Motion, Inc.,
a Delaware corporation (“T3 Motion”), and Spear
International, LTD. a company incorporated under the laws of the
Bahamas (“Distributor”). T3 Motion and the Distributor
are sometimes referred to herein as a “Party” or
collectively as the “Parties.” The Parties agree as
follows:
WHEREAS, T3 Motion
is engaged in the business of providing a state of the art personal
mobility vehicle and ancillary related goods (the
“Products”), as described in Exhibit A
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WHEREAS,
Distributor desires to purchase, promote, market, sell, and
distribute the Product in a specified geographic area;
and
WHEREAS, T3 Motion
wishes to obtain the services of Distributor to act as an
authorized representative of T3 Motion for the purpose of
promoting, selling and distributing the Product in the specified
geographic area.
NOW THEREFORE,
in consideration of the promises and of the mutual agreements and
understandings below, the Parties agree as follows:
1.0
APPOINTMENT OF DISTRIBUTOR AND LICENSES GRANTED
1.1
Exclusive Appointment.
(a) T3
Motion appoints Distributor as its exclusive distributor in the
sales territory as defined in Exhibit B (the
“Exclusive Territory”) and as a non-exclusive
distributor in the sales territory defined in Exhibit B (the
“Non-Exclusive Territory,” and together with the
Exclusive Territories, the “Territory”), and
Distributor accepts such appointment. Distributor has the
exclusive, non-transferable right (subject to the
Distributor’s assignment rights as set forth in
Section 12h and the Distributor’s right to appoint
Dealers and sub-distributors as set forth in Section 4.9) and
license to promote, market, sell, and distribute the Products
within the Territory during the Initial Term and any subsequent
Renewal Term(s) (as defined in Section 10.1) to commercial,
governmental or other organizational end user markets (i.e.,
Government, Military, and Law Enforcement, only sales can only be
made to commercial or professional end users) as well as high net
worth individuals as set forth within the Territories defined in
Exhibit B.
(b) Distributor
agrees that its status as an exclusive T3 Motion Distributor in the
Exclusive Territory depends upon its meeting, and continuing to
meet, standards of performance described herein, including minimum
sales requirements, as set forth in Exhibit C attached.
During the Term of this Agreement, without the Distributor’s
prior written consent, T3 Motion shall not appoint any other
distributors in the Exclusive Territory other than the Distributor
and
will not allow
any other person or entity to provide T3 products and/or services
in the Exclusive Territory other than the Distributor, other than
in accordance with the provisions of Article 10.9 of this
Agreement.
(a) Distributor
shall not seek customers for the Products outside the Territory nor
establish or maintain any authorized branch or distribution center
outside the Territory without T3 Motion’s prior written
consent. Distributor shall not solicit orders from any prospective
purchaser with its principal place of business located outside the
Territory. If Distributor receives any order from a prospective
purchaser whose principal place of business is located outside the
Territory, Distributor shall immediately refer that order to T3
Motion. Distributor shall not accept any such orders. Distributor
may not deliver or tender (or cause to be delivered or tendered)
any Product outside of the Territory. Distributor shall not sell
any Products to a purchaser if Distributor knows or has reason to
believe that such purchaser intends to remove those Products from
the Territory. Distributor may resell the Products to, any other
distributor of T3 Motion or any other provider of T3 products and
services both in and outside of the assigned exclusive Territory
(with the exception of North America) with T3’s prior written
consent. Distributor will provide repair and maintenance services
for any sale made by distributor outside of its defined
Territory.
(b) Except
as provided in this Section 1.2(b), Distributor may alter,
modify, or otherwise make changes to the Product as long as the
changes do not alter the machinery of the product. Distributor may
only install additional electronic or mechanical assemblies onto
the Product with prior written approval by T3 Motion. Distributor
may also install sales decals and install additional aftermarket
lighting or customer requested paint and graphics only with T3
Motion’s prior written consent, which may not be unreasonably
withheld. Distributor specifically acknowledges and agrees to
purchase and distribute all Products as received without any
alterations to the T3 Motion branding.
1.3 Limited
Trademark License .
(a) Distributor
is authorized to use the T3 Motion trademarks, service marks and
trade names (the “Marks”) as identified in
Exhibit C under the terms and conditions contained therein,
solely in connection with the promotion, sale and marketing of the
Product. Any unauthorized use or misuse of the Marks or any use
which is not in compliance with T3 Motion’s procedures is a
breach of this Agreement. The Marks are and shall remain the
exclusive property of T3 Motion. T3 Motion grants Distributor only
a limited license to reproduce the Marks to promote and market the
Product during the Initial Term and any Renewal Term(s). All Logos
and markings are to remain on the Product as it is shipped by T3
Motion. Alteration(s) to any Product must receive prior approval
from T3 Motion. Any such use of a Mark by Distributor must
correctly attribute ownership of such mark to T3 Motion and must be
in accordance with applicable law and T3 Motion’s
then-current trademark usage guidelines. Distributor will not
remove or obscure any Marks on or in the Products.
Distributor
agrees that nothing in this Agreement gives it any right, title or
interest in the Marks (except the right to use the Marks in
accordance with the terms of this Agreement), and that
the
Marks are the
sole property of T3 Motion and its affiliates. Distributor shall
not contest the validity or ownership of the Marks or T3
Motion’s right to license the Marks. Distributor agrees that
any and all uses by Distributor of the Marks and the goodwill
arising therefore shall be limited to the identification of
Distributor as an authorized Distributor of Products. Distributor
will not seek to register, re-register, assert claim to ownership
of, license or allow others to use, or otherwise appropriate to
itself any of the Marks or any mark or name confusingly similar
thereto, or the goodwill symbolized by any of the foregoing without
obtaining the prior written approval of T3 Motion. Distributor will
at no time contest or aid in contesting the validity of ownership
of any Mark or take any action in derogation of T3 Motion’s
rights herein, including, without limitation, selling any product
or applying to register any trademark, trade name or other
designation that is confusingly similar to any Mark.
(b) The
obligations undertaken by Distributor pursuant to this Section
shall survive termination of this Agreement, and in the event of
such termination, Distributor agrees not to register or use any
trademarks or trade names that are the same as, or confusingly
similar to, the Marks both within and outside of the
Territory.
(c) Distributor
shall promptly notify T3 Motion of any and all infringements of the
Intellectual Property pertaining to the Products that may come to
Distributor’s attention and shall assist T3 Motion in taking
such action against said infringements as T3 Motion, in its sole
discretion, may decide. All expenses and costs of such legal
action, including those of Distributor to the extent requested by
T3 Motion, shall be paid by T3 Motion.
1.4 No
Solicitation of Other Parties .
(a) During
the term of this Agreement, T3 Motion will not intentionally target
Distributor’s customers and/or their affiliates (the
Distributor’s Customers”), nor knowingly solicit
Distributor’s Customers nor knowingly sell any products or
services to Distributor’s Customers in any manner whatsoever.
The term Distributor’s Customers shall include any person or
entity to whom the Distributor has sold products or services to,
introduced T3 Motion’s products or services to and/or
provided Product marketing and/or sales materials to, within the
Territory. Distributor will not intentionally target T3
Motion’s Customers, nor knowingly solicit T3 Motion’s
Customers on the basis of any information that T3 Motion may
provide, or which Distributor may naturally acquire through the
relationship of the Parties.
1.5
Relationship between Parties .
(a) The
relationship between T3 Motion and Distributor is that of
independent contractor and under no circumstance shall any of the
employees of one Party be deemed to be the employees of the other.
This Agreement shall not be construed as authority for either Party
to act for the other Party in any agency or other capacity or to
make commitments of any kind for the account of, or on behalf of,
the other Party, except to the extent, and for the purposes of,
expressly provided herein. Each Party acknowledges that it is not,
and shall not hold itself out as, a joint venture, franchisee,
partner or employee of the other Party. The relationship created by
this
Agreement is
not intended by the Parties to constitute the granting of a
franchise to Distributor by T3 Motion. The Agreement will serve as
a license to resell T3 Motion’s products and service.
Distributor expressly acknowledges and confirms that it has not
paid and will not pay any fee to T3 Motion in connection with this
Agreement and that none of the terms, conditions or amounts
provided for in this Agreement can be characterized to constitute
such a fee.
1.6
Competition. Distributor
shall not directly sell, contract to sell or arrange for the sale
of any products that compete with the Products. (as defined by
exhibit A). T3 understands and agrees that the Distributor may
engage sub-dealers and/or sub-distributors that sell products that
may compete with the Products. The Distributor shall not share in
any profits derived by such dealers and/or sub-distributors from
the sale of products competing with the Products.
2.0 PURCHASE
AND RESALE OF PRODUCTS AND SERVICES
(a) Distributor
shall purchase the Products from T3 Motion and shall re-sell the
Products to Distributor’s Customers subject to all applicable
T3 Motion tariffs, if any, now or hereafter filed with federal
and/or state authorities (“T3 Motion Tariffs”). T3
Motion shall have no obligation to pay any taxes on the sale of the
Products in the Territory and Distributor agrees to indemnify and
reimburse T3 Motion for any such taxes imposed on T3 Motion by any
Governmental Entity. “Governmental Entity” shall mean
any federal, state, local, international, foreign, or any other
court of competent jurisdiction, legislature, governmental agency,
administrative agency or commission or other governmental authority
or instrumentality. The Distributor shall order from T3 Motion, and
T3 Motion shall sell to Distributor, Products at the rates
described in Exhibit A. T3 Motion agrees to work with
Distributor to help facilitate achieving the minimum tax and
duties. (IE: Help define the proper harmonized codes to ensure the
lowest taxes and duties upon import into sales
territory.)
2.2 No
Proprietary Interest .
(a) Neither
Distributor nor any of Distributor’s Customers shall acquire
any proprietary interest in any of the Products, which shall remain
T3 Motion’s property. Any improvements, modifications or
changes made to the Products, either by Distributor or
Distributor’s Customers shall be assigned to T3 Motion and be
the proprietary interest of T3 Motion.
(a) On the
Effective Date, Distributor shall provide to T3 Motion a forecast
for the next three calendar months of Distributor’s
anticipated requirements of the Products and indicating the desired
delivery dates. Distributor shall update this forecast on a rolling
basis from month to month. Each update to the forecast will be due
by the close of business at the end of the first week of each
month. Distributor shall thereafter from time to time place firm
orders with T3 Motion upon receipt of orders from the
Distributor’s clients.
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Payment and Blanket Purchase Order
Call off process
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Distributor places a Blanket
Purchase order for the full contract volume.
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Distributor submitted a monthly
forecast with a rolling 90 day window of
visibility.
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Distributor submits a release to the
Blanket Purchase order (Order call off) _for the next 30 days
of volume of product the Distributor would like released for
shipment. As the lead time of product is 30 days after receipt
of call of and it would be required to meet shipment lead
time.
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Either an irrevocable bank letter of
credit (or equivalent) or process a wire transfer prior to
shipment.
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Payment for products would be made
prior to shipment as defined in Exhibit A.
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(b) Distributor
shall order Products from T3 Motion by submitting a firm written
order call off to a blanket purchase order in the form attached
hereto as Exhibit E (“Blanket Purchase Order and Order
Release/Call Off”), identifying the Products ordered,
requested delivery date(s) and any export/import information
required to enable T3 Motion to fill the order. All orders for
Products are subject to acceptance by T3 Motion at 2990 Airway,
Suite B, Costa Mesa, 92626, telephone: (714)
619-3600.
T3 Motion shall
have no liability to Distributor with respect to purchase orders
which are not accepted; provided , however , that T3
Motion will not unreasonably reject any purchase order for Products
which does not require any modifications or additions in order to
meet the specifications of Distributor or its customers.
(c) If a Firm
Purchase Order Call Off is accepted in accordance with
Section 2.3(b) above, the prices for Products covered by such
Firm Purchase Order Call Off shall be T3 Motion’s net
distributor prices Exworks for the place of origin specified in a
Firm Purchase Order Call Off which are in effect on the date of T3
Motion’s acceptance. T3 Motion may from time to time change
those prices provided such changes are directly related to actual
changes in freight costs, as freight and transportations costs are
Distributors responsibility, such change being effective
immediately upon Distributor’s receipt of notice thereof;
provided , however , that no price change shall
affect Firm Purchase Order Call Offs offered by Distributor and
accepted by T3 Motion prior to the date such price change becomes
effective. Products price may only change if mutually agreed upon
by both parties. Risk of loss and damage shall be as set forth in
Section 2 (h) below and T3 shall arrange for delivery of
Products to the place of delivery designated in the Firm Purchase
Order Call Off at Distributor’s expense as set forth
above.
(d) Distributor
shall be free to establish its own pricing for Products sold.
Distributor shall notify T3 Motion of its pricing, as in effect
from time to time.
(e) The
ultimate shipment of orders to Distributor shall be subject to the
right and ability of T3 Motion to make such sales and obtain
required licenses and permits, under all decrees, statutes, rules
and regulations of the government of the U.S. and agencies
or
instrumentalities thereof presently in effect or
which may be in effect hereafter, in particular, but without
limitation, legislation pertaining to International Traffic-in-Arms
and other export controls. T3 has obtained all permits and licenses
necessary to sell the Products to the Distributor for delivery in
the Territories. See Exhibit F
(f) Distributor
hereby agrees: (i) to assist T3 Motion in obtaining any such
required licenses or permits by supplying such documentation or
information as may be requested by T3 Motion; (ii) to comply
with such decrees, statutes, rules and regulations of the
government of U.S. and agencies or instrumentalities thereof;
(iii) to maintain the necessary records to comply with such
decrees, statutes, rules and regulations; (iv) not to
re-export any Products except in compliance with such decrees,
statutes, rules and regulations; (v) to obtain all
governmental approvals and licenses necessary to import the
Products into the Territory; (vi) not to sell, transfer or
otherwise dispose of the Products in violation of the export laws
of U.S.; and (vii) to indemnify and hold harmless T3 Motion
from any and all fines, damages, losses, costs and expenses
(including reasonable attorneys’ fees) incurred by T3 Motion
as a result of any breach of this subsection by Distributor or any
of Distributor’s customers. (NOTE: Distribution business
decision) See Exhibit F
(g) Distributor
hereby expressly acknowledges that the technical data and the
direct product thereof are subject to export controls of the U.S.
and agrees that neither the technical data nor the direct product
thereof will be transferred, directly or indirectly, to any
destination contrary to the requirements of the law of the U.S.,
including but not limited to the terms of any export license and
the terms of Part 774 (re-exports) of the U.S. Export
Administration Regulations. Further, Distributor hereby provides
its assurance that it will not participate in any transaction which
may involve any commodity or technical data, or the direct product
thereof, exported or to be exported from U.S., or in any re-export
thereof, or in any other transaction that is subject to export
controls of U.S., if a person denied export privileges from U.S.
may obtain any benefit from or have any interest in, directly or
indirectly, these transactions. Distributor to determine.
T3’s controls are defined within Exhibit F.
(h) Unless
Distributor requests otherwise, all Products ordered by Distributor
shall be packed for shipment and storage in accordance with T3
Motion’s standard commercial practices. It is
Distributor’s obligation to notify T3 Motion of any special
packaging requirements (which shall be at Distributor’s
expense). T3 Motion shall deliver Products into the possession of a
common carrier designated by Distributor, no later than the date
specified for such delivery on the relevant purchase order for such
Products and no earlier than the date three (3) days prior to
such specified date. Risk of loss and damage to a Product shall
pass to Distributor upon the delivery of such Product to the place
of delivery designated in the Firm Purchase Order Call Off . All
claims for non-conforming shipments must be made in writing to T3
Motion within ten days of the passing of risk of loss and damage,
as described above. Any claims not made within such period shall be
deemed waived and released.
(i) Products
shall be purchased and sold hereunder on the terms and conditions
set forth in T3 Motion’s standard terms and conditions of
sale attached hereto as a Exhibit as a purchase order, as in effect
at the time of acceptance of the purchase order for such
Products,
except that in
the event of any discrepancy between such terms and conditions and
this Agreement, the terms of this Agreement shall
govern.
(a) Distributor
shall promptly pay to T3 Motion all sums due (“T3
Charges”) for the Products, which amounts shall be calculated
and paid as set forth in Exhibit A. The schedule of T3 Charges
provided in Exhibit A shall remain in force during the Initial
Term (defined as 3 years) of this Agreement. Thereafter prices
payable by the Distributor for the Products will be renegotiated
either upward or downward on an annual basis upon mutual agreement
of the parties. In the event that during the Term of this Agreement
any distributor, seller and/or provider of T3 Motion products
outside of the United States (“Other T3 Seller”), has
the right to purchase Products from T3 Motion at a price less than
that of the Distributor, the Distributor’s price for the
Products shall be immediately and automatically reduced to the
lowest price charged to any such distributor, seller or provider
for Products. Such reduced price shall apply to all Products not
yet delivered by T3 Motion under pending orders and all future
orders placed by the Distributor. The foregoing price reductions
shall not apply in the event that such Other T3 Seller has
committed to purchase in excess of 6,000 T3i Series Vehicles
over a three year period.
4.0
DISTRIBUTOR’S OBLIGATIONS
4.1
Distributor Diligence .
(a) Except
as otherwise allowed under this Agreement, Distributor shall
solicit the Customers for Products for its own account and under
its own trade name(s) or under its affiliates’ accounts and
names. Distributor agrees to faithfully and diligently use its best
efforts to sell, promote and support the Products in the Territory
by commercially reasonable means.
(a) Distributor
will conduct its business in an honest, professional and ethical
manner and will not willingly commit any act or omission to act
which adversely affects T3 Motion. Distributor will comply with the
reasonable requirements and practices established by T3 Motion for
the processing of service forms, credit applications, collections,
fraud prevention, and all other administrative
functions.
(b) Distributor
will also: (i) conduct business in a manner that reflects
favorably at all times on the Products and the good name, goodwill
and reputation of T3 Motion; (ii) make no false or misleading
representations or advertisements with regard to T3 Motion or the
Products; and (iii) make no representations, warranties or
guarantees to customers or to the trade with respect to the
specifications, features or capabilities of the Products that are
inconsistent with the literature distributed by T3
Motion.
(a) Any
attempt by Distributor to use Products for an unlawful purpose will
be a material breach of this Agreement. T3 Motion may, by written
notice to Distributor, require Distributor to cancel the right to
use service of any Distributor Customer using or attempting to use
Products for an unlawful purpose, and failure of Distributor to
cancel such Distributor Customer’s service shall be deemed a
material breach of this Agreement.
4.4
Distributor Warranty to Customers .
(a) Distributor
is responsible for all warranties, expressed or implied, with
regard to any Products that differ from T3 Motion’s limited
warranty contained herein.
4.5
Distributor Responsibility .
(a) Distributor
is solely responsible for all risks and expenses incurred in
connection with its actions in the sale of the Products pursuant to
this Agreement including without limitation, all expenses of its
office, if any, and activities, and all acts and expenses of its
personnel, employees, subcontractors, agent and representatives in
the Territory.
4.6
Compliance with Law .
(a) In
performing its duties hereunder, Distributor shall materially
comply with all applicable laws, rules and regulations of any
Governmental Entity, including, without limitation, those of the
United States of America, including its export and import laws and
regulations, for Products and commercially reasonable or legally
required policies of T3 Motion communicated to Distributor, which
are now or hereafter in effect. Distributor shall have and maintain
all necessary permits or certificates required by any Governmental
Entity or agency necessary for the performance of its duties
hereunder and the conduct of its business, which may include the
necessity of filing a separate tariff to sell Products as a
distributor thereof. T3 represents and warrants to the Distributor
that (i) no approvals, authorizations and/or consents are
needed from the United States Government and/or any agency thereof
in order for T3 Motion to ship or deliver the Products to the
Distributor in any of the Territories and/or for the Distributor to
sell any Products in the Territories and (ii) to T3
Motion’s knowledge, the Distributor will not be required to
file any notice and/or other documents with the United States
Government and/or any agency thereof in order to have the Products
shipped and/or delivered to the Distributor in any of the
Territories and/or for the Distributor to sell any Products in the
Territories.
(a) Distributor
shall have the right to engage, conduct, assist, encourage,
participate or aid any other party in other form of business
however, Distributor shall not engage in any form of business that
shall constitute a competition for Products which are currently
available
for sale by T3
Motion within the attached Territories and shall maintain in strict
confidence all information regarding T3 Motion and the Products and
as more fully defined under Section 9. Without limiting the
generality of the foregoing, neither Distributor nor any of its
affiliates shall market, sell, solicit, distribute any products or
services that directly compete with T3 Motion’s existing T3i
Series products (as defined by Exhibit A). The foregoing
restrictions shall not apply to any dealer or sub-distributor of
the Distributor so long as the Distributor does not share in
profits derived by such dealer or sub-distributors sale of products
competing with the Products.
4.8
Maintenance of Regulatory Approvals, Licenses, and
Certifications .
(a) Distributor
shall be fully responsible for obtaining all necessary
certification and registration for Distributor to sell the Products
in the Territory. Distributor will be solely responsible for
maintaining all obligations required as part of any regulatory
approvals, licenses and certifications at T3 Motion’s cost.
Distributor shall also maintain in good standing all necessary
regulatory approvals, licenses, and certifications during the term
of this Agreement.
(b) Distributor
will be solely responsible for ensuring that the promotion,
marketing, sales and distribution of Products is conducted in
compliance with all regulations applicable to Products in each
country where such activities take place. Distributor commits to
ensure that all regulatory approvals, licenses and certifications
are properly maintained or obtained, as applicable, such that there
is no impairment of the good name and goodwill of T3
Motion.
(c) Distributor
will be solely responsible for communicating with pertinent
governmental agencies or other regulating bodies with respect to
all regulatory approvals, licenses and certifications in the
Territory currently issued under T3 Motion’s name.
(d) Upon
termination of this Agreement for any reason, Distributor, at the
request of T3 Motion, will use commercially reasonable efforts to
transfer any and all regulatory or governmental certifications or
approvals pertaining to Products to T3 Motion. T3 Motion shall
reimburse Distributor for all reasonable and actual costs incurred
by Distributor related to any and all regulatory or governmental
certifications or approvals pertaining to the Products, if
obtaining such certifications or approvals had been approved by T3
Motion in writing prior to being obtained.
4.9 Dealers Network . T3 authorizes the
Distributor to develop a network of Dealers and/or sub-distributors
in the Territory for the introduction, sale, maintenance, and
distribution of the Products in the Territory. Distributor shall be
authorized to sublicense the rights granted under this Agreement to
such Dealers and sub-distributors provided that any and all
agreements with such Dealers and sub-distributors shall be subject
to the terms and conditions of this Agreement.
4.10 The
Distributor undertakes to train its customers in line with the T3
training program on the operating and riding of the T3i series
vehicles, either by staff employed by the Distributor, staff
employed by its Dealers, Sub Distributors, or Agent, or by trained
trainers employed by the customers supported with a document that
the customers trainers are responsible for this training and have
been trained to do this.
(a) T3
Motion shall provide Products to Distributor, its Dealers,
subdistributors and/or any other party designated by Distributor in
writing, provided (a) Products are available, and
(b) Distributor is not in material breach of this Agreement.
Notwithstanding the foregoing in all circumstances T3 shall provide
Products to Distributor’s Customers that have been paid for
in full. T3 Motion agrees to faithfully and diligently use its best
efforts to support the distributors’ efforts to sell,
promote, and provide overall support of the products in the
territory by commercially reasonable means.
(a) Subject to the terms and conditions of
this Agreement, once a Distributor Customer has been sold a
Product, T3 Motion shall provide customer support to that
Distributor Customer without charge to the Distributor.
5.3 No Other Obligation .
(a) T3
Motion shall have no liability to Distributor or any of
Distributor’s Customers in connection with Products except as
specifically set forth in this Agreement, T3 Motion’s
Tariffs, T3 Motion’s Limited Warranty (contained herein), or
T3 Products policies communicated to Distributor.
6.0 T3
MOTION LIMITED WARRANTY
(a) T3
Motion warrants that the Products will operate and conform to T3
Motion’s published product warranty to the end user attached
hereto as Exhibit E (“limited warranty”). The
limited warranty on a T3i Series, power modules and charger is for
parts only and is limited to 1 year or 2,500 miles from date
of sale to end user, whichever comes first. Distributor will pass
through T3 Motion’s standard limited warranty to its
customers. Distributor will not modify T3 Motion’s standard
limited warranty or make any other warranty with regard to Products
without T3 Motion’s prior written consent. This section 6 in
its entirety shall survive the termination of this
Agreement.
6.2 Warranty
Exclusions .
(a) THIS
LIMITED WARRANTY DOES NOT EXTEND TO CLAIMS ARISING FROM MISUSE OF
THE PRODUCTS, CASUALTY LOSS OR DAMAGE, OR USE OF THE PRODUCTS FOR
PURPOSES OTHER THAN THOSE FOR WHICH THE PRODUCTS WERE DESIGNED.
EXCEPT FOR THE EXPRESS LIMITED WARRANTY SET
FORTH ABOVE, T3
MOTION GRANTS NO WARRANTIES FOR THE PRODUCTS, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED,
AND T3 MOTION SPECIFICALLY DISCLAIMS ANY IMPLIED WARRANTY OF
QUALITY, MERCHANTABILITY, OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR
PURPOSE.
(a) In
the event that any Product or accessory violates its limited
warranty to the end user, T3 Motion will repair, replace, or refund
the purchase price to Distributor at T3 Motion’s discretion
per the terms of the vehicle warranty. Distributor is responsible
for the administration and handling of all warranty claims and
returns to T3 Motion from Distributor’s customers within the
Territory at T3’s sole cost and expense. T3 reserves the
right to determine the manner of satisfying the warranty claim,
such as replacement, repair or refund.
(a) T3
represents and warrants to the Distributor that warranty claims for
out of box failures (Definition: Out Of Box Failure is a
take on a common quality analysis term Out Of Box Experience
, used in the electronics industries. It refers to a system that
has a major defect preventing (or severely restricting) use that is
immediately apparent upon opening the box of a new unit or first
turning the unit on.) have been made on less than 1% of Products
delivered by T3. In the event Distributor wishes to make a warranty
claim, Distributor shall notify T3 Motion in writing by telecopy of
Distributor’s desire to return a Product, stating the reason
for such return. Distributor shall not return any Product to T3
Motion without first obtaining a Return Material Authorization
(“RMA”) number from T3 Motion. Distributor shall send
to T3 Motion, at T3’s sole cost and expense, on a monthly
basis, during the term of this Agreement, all returned Products for
which an RMA has been issued. As promptly as possible, but no later
than ninety working days after receipt by T3 Motion of a properly
returned Product thereof, T3 Motion shall replace or repair, per
the terms of the vehicle warranty, the Product. Upon an RMA’s
issued by T3, T3 reserves the right to determine if the product
should be shipped back to T3 or not. T3 has the right to replace,
repair or refund the Product without having the goods shipped back
to the U.S. T3 Motion shall pay all shipping and other charges in
connection with the return and shipment of replaced Products. T3
Motion claim approval process is, generally, as follows:
Approval
process is within 24 business hours
(b) Warranty
is defined in Owners Manual (Legal Section)
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Parts only. 1 year or 4000
Kilometers which ever comes first Warranty excludes wearable items
Grips, Tires, brakes, floor mat,
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Accessories (Pannier Bag and
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(a) T3
Motion shall not be liable for any failure of Products caused by or
resulting from (a) any incompatibility of Distributor’s
Customers’ equipment (IE: After market add on equipment) or
(b) any act or event beyond the reasonable control of T3
Motion, including but not limited to wind, fire, flood, earthquake,
act of God, riot, war, strike or labor dispute, governmental acts
or orders or any other similar or dissimilar act or event not
within the reasonable control of T3 Motion.
6.6
Limitations of Liability .
(a) EXCEPT
FOR THE LIIMITED PRODUCT WARRANTY, T3 MOTION SHALL NOT BE LIABLE
FOR INCIDENTAL, CONSEQUENTIAL OR SPECIAL DAMAGES. THIS LIMITATION
SURVIVES THE FAILURE OF ANY EXCLUSIVE REMEDY. UNDER NO
CIRCUMSTANCES WILL T3 MOTION BE LIABLE FOR MORE THAN THE DOLLAR
AMOUNT OF PRODUCTS SOLD PURSUANT TO THIS AGREEMENT.]
6.7.
Warranty Notifications
The Distributor
must notify T3 Motion at the end of each calendar month the serial
numbers of all vehicles sold during that month including the name
of the customer purchasing the vehicle, and the date of sale, which
information will not be used by T3 and/or any other party for
marketing and/or sales purposes. T3 reserves the right to continue
service and support to the T3 end user clients in the event that
this agreement expires or terminates.
Distributor
agrees to maintain suitable premises for a Service Center. The
number of trained technicians (certified by T3 Motion) at the
Service Center will be determined by the Distributor based on need
and completed sales .Trained technicians shall have the ability to
travel to service the destinations covered in the Territories,
shall be available full time (normal working hours) to support
service, the service center will maintain suitable premises, space
and equipment for service within, and accessible in, the defined
territory, service staff will be prepared to travel to customer
sites as appropriate, response to customer service calls will be
within 24 hours and no longer than 48 hours, service center will
maintain minimum levels of parts inventory (TBD) to provide
service.
7.0
INDEMNITIES AND INSURANCE
(a) Distributor
shall indemnify and hold harmless T3 Motion, its officers,
directors, agents, employees, successors and assigns, from and
against losses, claims, actions, proceedings, liabilities,
obligations, damages, costs or expenses (“Claims”) ,
including the payment of reasonable attorney’s fees, arising
out of or resulting from (i) any breach by Distributor of this
Agreement or (ii) the acts or omissions of Distributor, its
employees or agents constituting gross negligence and/or willful
misconduct. T3 Motion shall notify Distributor of any such Claims
and T3 Motion shall undertake the defense thereof or require
Distributor to do so. Should T3 Motion request Distributor to
undertake such defense and Distributor in fact undertakes such
defense, T3 Motion can, at its election and at its sole cost, also
participate in the defense thereof.
(a) T3
Motion shall indemnify and hold harmless Distributor, its officers,
directors, agents, employees, successors and assigns, from and
against any and all Claims, including the payment of reasonable
attorney’s fees, arising out of or resulting from
(i) any breach by T3 Motion of this Agreement or (ii) the
acts and omissions of T3 Motion constituting gross negligence
and/or willful misconduct.. Distributor shall notify T3 Motion of
any such Claims, and Distributor may undertake the defense
there
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