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FIRST ADVANTAGE CORP | First Advantage Credco, LLC | RELS Reporting Services, LLC

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Title: COMPUTER SYSTEMS AND SOFTWARE LEASE AND LICENSE AGREEMENT
Date: 7/31/2008
Industry: SVSBUS     Sector: SERVIC

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Computer Systems and Software Lease and License Agreement

EXHIBIT 10.4

COMPUTER SYSTEMS AND SOFTWARE

LEASE AND LICENSE AGREEMENT

This COMPUTER SYSTEMS AND SOFTWARE LEASE AND LICENSE AGREEMENT (“Agreement”) by and between First Advantage Credco, LLC (hereafter referred to as “Credco”), a Delaware Limited Liability Company and RELS Reporting Services, LLC (hereinafter referred to as “RELS”), a Delaware Limited Liability Company, is effective January 1, 2008.

RECITALS

WHEREAS: RELS acts as a reseller of consumer reports and other products and services to certain entities with whom RELS has a written agreement to provide such consumer reports and other products and services (“RELS CUSTOMERS”).

WHEREAS: RELS Customers are in the business of extending mortgage loans to consumers and requires consumer reports from the three national consumer reporting agencies in order to make lending decisions. Such reports are best analyzed when merged and duplicate information is eliminated and formatted in a user friendly manner.

WHEREAS: Credco is engaged in the business of developing and licensing software that produces Merged Reports and other products and services and leasing computer systems capable of delivering them.

WHEREAS; Credco is also a consumer reporting agency that provides information services to the mortgage industry.

WHEREAS: Credco now wishes to license software and lease computer systems to RELS sufficient to allow RELS to obtain Merged Reports and other products and services from the national consumer reporting agencies and other products and services from other agencies pursuant to arrangements to be made between RELS CUSTOMERS or RELS and such agencies and RELS desires to license such system and Equipment from Credco on the terms and conditions described in this Agreement.

 

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NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual promises and other valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which is hereby acknowledged, the parties agree as follows:

 

1)

Definitions

 

 

a)

Licensed Software – Licensed Software means Credco’s Software which is a program that (1) merges/combines information received from one or more consumer reporting agencies, eliminates duplicate information and presents a combined report in a standardized arrangement, and (2) receives other information from various data providers and presents such information in an easy-to-read format.

 

 

b)

Equipment - One or more dedicated Web servers and related hardware and all other tangible items, including without limitation, computers, peripherals, cables, interface devices, tools and spare parts, together with associated supplies and documentation, required to allow RELS to obtain Merged Reports and other products and services through the Licensed Software.

 

 

c)

Installation Site - Credco offices in Poway, California.

 

 

d)

Merged Reports – Consumer credit reports obtained from one or more of the national consumer reporting agencies that are combined into one report containing current and accurate information.

 

 

e)

Operative - In good working order and repair with the appropriate functionality to allow RELS the ability to obtain the Merged Reports and other products and services.

 

 

f)

Operational Failure - The failure of the leased Equipment and/or Licensed Software to be Operative during RELS’s business hours arising from causes within Credco’s control. The term Operational Failure shall not include failures caused by (1) RELS’s failure to follow proper procedures provided to it by Credco, (2) failure of RELS’s equipment, or (3) the national consumer reporting agencies or any other information provider or agency.

 

2)

License

 

 

a)

Credco, in consideration of payment of the monthly fees set forth in Exhibit A hereto, hereby grants and RELS accepts a limited, non-exclusive license, subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein to use the Licensed Software and related “bug” fixes, updates, enhancements, upgrades or re-releases, for the purpose of furnishing Merged Reports and other products and services to RELS CUSTOMERS and to no other party and for no other purpose. This Agreement, any license and any program to which it applies may not be assigned, sublicensed or otherwise transferred by RELS without the prior written consent of Credco. Any attempted assignment by RELS without such consent shall be void and this Agreement shall be terminated.

 

 

b)

Except as expressly stated herein, RELS agrees that it and its employees, shall not: (i) use Credco's Licensed Software, other than within the scope of the license granted by Credco under this section; (ii) in any way alter, change, modify, adapt, translate, or make derivative works of any Merged Reports or other products and services delivered hereunder; (iii) sublicense Credco's Licensed Software; or (iv) integrate, cross-reference or otherwise use any data contained in Credco's Licensed Software with data obtained from any third party.

 

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3)

Lease

Credco, in consideration of payment of the fee set forth in Exhibit A hereby leases to RELS all Equipment necessary to run the Licensed Software and furnish the Merged Reports and other products and services to RELS CUSTOMERS, whether such Equipment is located at the Installation Site or elsewhere, and agrees to provide RELS all Connectivity necessary or appropriate for RELS to access the Equipment and Licensed Software to enable it to furnish Merged Reports and other products and services to RELS CUSTOMERS. RELS recognizes that the Equipment may be used for other applications and on behalf of other clients of Credco and RELS shall have no claim on any particular computer Equipment or server by this lease. Credco shall not be responsible for equipment needed by RELS to receive the Merged Reports and other products and services, but only Equipment that makes the Merged Reports and other products and services available.

 

4)

Term

This Agreement is effective from the date hereof and shall remain in force and effect for twelve months and shall thereafter be automatically be renewed for additional 12 month terms until either party terminates this Agreement by giving the other three months’ written notice prior to the term then in effect; provided, however, that either party may terminate this Agreement in the event of a material breach hereof by the other party, which breach remains uncured thirty (30) days after written notice of such breach is given to the breaching party. In the event that either party hereto shall be adjudged insolvent or bankrupt, or upon the institution of any proceedings seeking relief, reorganization or arrangement under any laws relating to insolvency, or if any involuntary petition in bankruptcy is filed against such party and said petition is not discharged within sixty (60) days after such filing, or upon any assignment for the benefit of its creditors, or upon the appointment of a receiver, liquidator or trustee of any of its assets, or upon the liquidation, dissolution or winding up of its business (“Event of Bankruptcy”), then the party affected by any such Event of Bankruptcy shall immediately give notice thereof to the other party, and the other party at its option may terminate this Agreement upon written notice.

 

5)

Equipment Installation

Credco shall configure and use its current Equipment or install new Equipment and Licensed Software for RELS at the Installation Site. The cost of the hardware and software configuration and installation shall be paid by Credco. The Equipment provided for the use by RELS shall meet the current and reasonably anticipated future volume requirements of RELS as estimated in Exhibit B attached hereto and shall otherwise be sufficient for provision of Merged Reports and other products and services in accordance with the terms hereof for such estimated volume. If specialized equipment is required by RELS and/or RELS CUSTOMERS for a particular purpose, Credco may choose to charge RELS an additional fee for such specialized equipment and RELS agrees to pay such additional fee.

 

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6)

Maintenance

 

 

a)

Credco agrees to make necessary modification in the Equipment and Licensed Software, without charge to RELS, to comply with any changes that may from time to time be introduced by the national consumer reporting agencies or Credco’s other data providers. Credco agrees to make necessary modification in the Equipment and Licensed Software, with charge to RELS, to comply with any changes that may from time to time be required by RELS and/or RELS CUSTOMERS.

 

 

b)

In the event of an Operational Failure, Credco shall assign Credco’s qualified technical service personnel to resolve the Operational Failure and bring the Equipment back into operation as soon as possible. Priority shall be given by Credco to operational problems which impair RELS’s ability to obtain Merged Reports or other products and services. During Operational Failures, Credco shall provide RELS, at a point designated by RELS from time to time, with progress reports to RELS’s on-site designated person (or position).

 

7)

Warranties, Disclaimers and Indemnities

 

 

a)

Credco Warranties – Credco hereby represents and warrants to RELS as follows: (i) the Equipment and the Licensed Software shall be capable of delivering Merged Reports in the volume requirements estimated in Exhibit B attached hereto and will be free from material defects and errors; (ii) Credco has the power and right to lease the Equipment and license the Licensed Software to RELS without violating the rights of any third party; (iii) neither the Licensed Software nor the stated use thereof by RELS does nor will infringe any patent, copyright, trademark, trade secret, confidentiality or other proprietary right of any third party; and (iv) the Licensed Software shall not contain any backdoor, time bomb, logic bomb, or other code designed (A) to permit access unauthorized by RELS to any RELS system, Web site, computer or network or to any software installed on a RELS computer or network (including the Licensed Software itself), (B) to permit the Licensed Software or any RELS system, Web site, computer or network to be locked or disabled by Credco or any third party without RELS’s consent, (C) to cause the Licensed Software to cease operating after a certain period of time, or D) to cause damage to any of RELS’s hardware, software or data.

 

 

b)

RELS Warranties – RELS represents and warrants to Credco that (i) it has the right and power to enter into this Agreement and that there is no outstanding contract, commitment or legal impediment which may limit, restrict or impair its ability to perform its obligations hereunder; RELS shall use the Licensed Software and the Merged Reports and any other products and services RELS CUSTOMERS or RELS obtains therefrom on behalf of RELS CUSTOMERS in full compliance with all applicable laws, including without limitation the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) and related state laws and the Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act; (iii) RELS shall resell the Merged Reports only to RELS CUSTOMERS in connection with a permissible purpose as defined in FCRA and shall fully comply with its obligations as a reseller under FCRA; and (iv) RELS is in full compliance with all other applicable laws and regulations.

 

 

c)

Information “as is” – RELS understands that the accuracy of information processed from third parties and furnished to RELS through the Licensed Software is not guaranteed by Credco. Credco shall have no responsibility for the accuracy, currency or quality of any

 

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Merged Reports or any other products or services (or the information contained therein) or other information received through the Licensed Software and RELS accepts all such data “as is.”

 

 

d)

RELS Indemnity – RELS agrees to indemnify and hold Credco harmless from any and all expenses, costs, claims and damages, including attorneys fees incurred by Credco or its affiliated companies derived from, arising out of, or relating to, (i) any violation of the FCRA by RELS, its employees or agents, (ii) improper publishing or disclosure of information contained in a report obtained through the Licensed Software by its employees or agents or (iii) any breach of any representation, warranty or covenant of RELS hereunder.

 

 

e)

Mutual Indemnification. Both parties shall defend, indemnify and hold harmless the other, together with its officers, directors, employees, agents, parent, subsidiaries and other affiliates, from and against any and all damages, costs, liability, and expense whatsoever (including attorneys’ fees and related disbursements) incurred by reason of (i) any failure by a breaching party to perform any covenant or agreement set forth herein; (ii) injury to or death of any person or any damage to or loss of property which is due to the negligence and/or willful acts of the breaching party; or (iii) any breach by the breaching party of any representation, warranty, covenant or agreement under this Agreement; provided, however, that Credco’s maximum indemnification of RELS in connection with this Agreement, whether for breach of contract, tort or otherwise, shall not exceed $250,000.00 in the aggregate. The existence of multiple claims shall not enlarge the limit of Credco’s indemnification hereunder.

 

 

f)

Adverse Action warranty – RELS warrants that, when it obtains Merged Reports or any other product or service through the Licensed Software for resale to RELS CUSTOMERS, RELS will instruct RELS CUSTOMERS not to use Credco’s name, logo, and address or telephone number on any disclosures to the consumer, including, but not limited to, any adverse action notice under FCRA. “Adverse action” has the same meaning as the definition of that term under the FCRA. The adverse action notice provided by RELS CUSTOMERS under the FCRA shall include the name, address and telephone number of RELS.

 

8)

Limitations of Liability

In no event will Credco be liable for any lost profits, or any consequential or incidental damages alleged to be incurred or actually incurred by RELS, RELS CUSTOMERS or anyone claiming through RELS or RELS CUSTOMERS even if Credco has been advised of the possibility of damages. The cumulative liability of Credco to RELS, RELS CUSTOMERS or anyone claiming through them for any and all claims relating to the Licensed Software and Equipment or any information furnished hereunder by Credco, in contract, tort or otherwise, shall be limited to $250,000.00 in the aggregate, unless caused by Credco’s gross negligence or willful misconduct, in which case Credco’s liability for such gross negligence or willful misconduct will be limited to the amounts paid by RELS to Credco for the three (3) months immediately preceding the occurrence giving rise to such claim hereunder. The existence of multiple claims shall not enlarge the limit of Credco’s liability hereunder. CREDCO MAKES NO OTHER WARRANTIES, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, UNDER THIS AGREEMENT, AND HEREBY DISCLAIMS ALL

 

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IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING ANY WARRANTIES REGARDING MERCHANTABILITY, USAGE OF TRADE OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT ALLOWED BY APPLICABLE LAW, CREDCO SHALL NOT BE LIABLE TO RELS FOR ANY INDIRECT, SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES OR LOST PROFITS.

 

9)

Access to Source Code

RELS acknowledges that by entering into this Agreement, it is not acquiring any right, title or interest in the source code relating to the Licensed Software except for the right to use it as provided in this Agreement. The source code relating to the Licensed Software is a trade secret of Credco and is not generally known to the public or to other persons and RELS agrees to not disclose to any third person or entity said information.

 

10)

Proprietary Protection

Credco has sole and exclusive ownership of all rights, title and interest in and to the Licensed Software, all copies thereof, and all modifications and enhancements thereto subject only to the right and license expressly granted to RELS herein. This Agreement does not provide RELS with title or ownership of the Licensed Software, but only a right to use the Licensed Software as provided herein.

 

11)

Independent Contractor

The relationship of Credco to RELS hereunder shall be that of Licensor-Licensee and Credco shall be an independent contractor. Consequently, neither party nor any of its employees or agents shall have any authority to act for or on behalf of the other party or to bind the other party without its express approval in writing. Neither party nor any of its employees shall be considered employees of the other and shall not have employee status for any purpose including without limitation, worker’s compensation or any employee benefit plan applicable to either party’s employees generally. Each party shall be responsible for payment of all taxes including Federal, State and local taxes arising out of its own activities in connection with this Agreement including social security tax, unemployment insurance tax, and any other taxes or business license fees that may be applicable to its employees or agents.

 

12)

Trade Secret Information

RELS acknowledges and agrees that the Licensed Software constitutes a trade secret belonging to Credco as the term trade secret is utilized under the provisions of the Uniform Trade Secret Act, California Civil Code Section 3426 et. Seq. (the “Credco Confidential Information”).

 

13)

Ownership and Confidentiality.

 

 

a)

Confidential Information. Both parties hereto shall keep confidential, and will cause its employees to keep confidential, all Confidential Information, as defined below, obtained from the other party (the “Disclosing Party”). The parties also agree that all information related to the Agreement is presumed to be Confidential Information unless the Disclosing Party indicates in writing that the information is not confidential or proprietary. Both parties acknowledge that, in the course of its relationship with the other that it and its employees will acquire or have access to information of various kinds concerning the other party’s business, as well as the businesses of its affiliates. Both

 

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parties acknowledge that all information disclosed by the Disclosing Party to the other party, its employees and/or agents ( the “Recipient”), for the purposes of the Agreement(s), or which comes to the attention of Recipient, its employees, during the course of such Agreement(s), is confidential in nature, constitutes a valuable asset of Disclosing Party , is proprietary to the Disclosing Party, and is properly the subject of protection. Both parties also acknowledge that Rels has a responsibility to its customers to keep customers’ records strictly confidential and proprietary. Both parties further acknowledge that the Disclosing Party may have proprietary or confidential information of third parties that they may rightfully use in the course of their businesses. Both parties further agree that any entity or person who obtains or is provided access to Confidential Information (as defined below) as an agent of Recipient may obtain or have access to such Confidential Information only for the purpose of carrying out the performance of specific terms of this Agreement, and, in such case, the agent of Recipient (other than employees of the Recipient): (i) must agree in writing, independently, to be bound by the terms set forth in this Section; and (ii) must agree in writing, independently, to use such Confidential Information only for the purpose of carrying out the performance of specific terms of this Agreement.

 

 

b)

Definition of Confidential Information. “Confidential Information” shall mean and include the following:

 

 

i)

RELS Consumer Information. Any and all non public information or data, provided by, through, or on behalf of RELS, its customers or clients to Credco (or any of Credco’s agents approved by RELS in advance under this Agreement), about or relating to any client or prospective or former client of RELS (whether an individual, business entity, governmental unit, or otherwise) or any RELS customer including (without limitation) any and all nonpublic personal information of RELS or its customers (within the meaning of Title V of the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act and its implementing regulations) made available to Credco; provided, however, that the same or similar information that Credco receives of obtains from other sources shall not constitute RELS’s Consumer Information. Credco warrants and attests that it shall comply with all applicable law, including Regulation P and RELS’s privacy policy, in the performance of its Services to RELS as defined in this section.

 

 

ii)

Proprietary and Other Confidential Information. Confidential Information also includes any and all confidential business, technical or data processing information, trade secret or other proprietary information acquired from the Disclosing Party, its customers or clients, or any of its affiliates by Recipient, or its employees or agent, in the course of carrying out the tasks hereunder or as a result of access to the Disclosing Party’s Confidential Information, or any of its affiliates, whether prepared by Recipient or its employees, whether or not reduced to writing, and whether or not in human readable or machine readable form, including, without limitation, any information provided by the Disclosing party, its customers or clients, or any of its affiliates concerning the Agreement, concepts, techniques, or procedures, software in various stages of development, discoveries, ideas, inventions, operations, data, designs, drawings, diagrams, specifications, documentation, research, know-how, compilations of information, records, costs, purchasing data, financial data, accounting, marketing and development plans, sales, pricing, profits, business plans

 

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or procedures, data, employee information provided by and acquired from the Disclosing Party, or any of its affiliates in the course of the performance by Recipient of any of the tasks hereunder or as a result of this Agreement. Such information shall remain the sole property of the disclosing party. Confidential Information also includes any and all information described in this subsection (ii) which Recipient obtains from another party and treats as proprietary or designates as confidential information, whether or not owned or developed by the Disclosing Party. Proprietary and Other Confidential Information (but not Rels/client/customer/Consumer Information described in subsection (1) above) shall cease to be Confidential Information after it has been voluntarily disclosed to the public by the Disclosing Party, or independently developed and disclosed by others or has otherwise entered the public domain through lawful means. In any dispute with respect to these exclusions, the burden of proof will be on Recipient to show that the exclusion applies.

 

 

c)

Ownership. RELS acknowledges that the databases which are used in providing the services, and the software and systems used by Credco in connection with the services and related materials, and all copyrights, patents, trade secrets and other intellectual property and proprietary rights in and to any of the foregoing (“Credco Products”) are and shall remain the exclusive property of Credco and the third parties to whom Credco is acting as agent or from whom Credco has obtained the right to use the Credco Products, provided, however, that any data generated for RELS through use of the Credco software are and shall remain the exclusive property of RELS.

 

14)

Background Checks.

Prior to the performance of services hereunder, Credco will conduct, or cause to be conducted (by contract or otherwise) third-party background checks on all Credco personnel and subcontractors who will be involved in providing services hereunder which relate to RELS computer networks, information systems, Customer/Consumer Information, databases or secure facilities, or wherein modifications may be made to the RELS information systems. Credco further represents and warrants that in no event will any person who has been convicted of any criminal offense involving dishonesty, a breach of trust, or money laundering participate directly or indirectly in the provision of those services described in the foregoing sentence. Company represents that it is in compliance with Executive Order 13224 (or successor orders/legislation), that it screens its Company Personnel against the Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons list published by the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the U.S. Department of the Treasury (the “OFAC List”), and that no Consultant engaged in performing services under this Agreement is named on the OFAC List. In the event that Credco does not comply with the terms of this Section, RELS will have the right, in its sole and absolute discretion, to terminate this Agreement immediately in addition to all other remedies that may be available to RELS by law or under this Agreement. RELS may also, in its sole discretion, require that Credco provide written evidence of successful background checks on Credco personnel and subcontractors at any time.

 

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