Confidential
treatment has been requested for portions of this document. This
copy of the document filed as an exhibit omits the confidential
information subject to the confidential treatment request.
Omissions are designated by three asterisks (***). A complete
version of this document is being filed separately with the
Securities and Exchange Commission.
AMENDED AND RESTATED LICENCE
AGREEMENT
THIS AMENDED
AND RESTATED LICENCE AGREEMENT MADE as of January 1,
2006
WAL-MART CANADA CORP.
(formerly, WAL-MART CANADA INC.)
(hereinafter called the
“Licensor”)
PCA PHOTO CORPORATION OF CANADA,
INC.
(hereinafter called the
“Licensee”)
(hereinafter called the
“Guarantor”)
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the
Licensor is the owner and operator of a discount department store
chain under the trade name/trade mark Wal-Mart at several
locations within Canada;
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the
Licensee, the Licensor and the Guarantor entered into a licence
agreement made the 9 th day of February, 1996, as amended
and supplemented, wherein Licensor agreed to grant to the Licensee
licences to operate portrait studios in certain of the
Licensor’s stores (the “Original
Agreement”);
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the
Licensor, the Licensee and the Guarantor wish to enter into this
Agreement for the purposes of amending and restating the framework
within which the aforesaid licences shall operate;
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the
Guarantor has executed this Agreement for the purpose of
guaranteeing the obligations of the Licensee under this
Agreement.
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NOW
THEREFORE THIS AGREEMENT WITNESSES that in consideration of the
mutual covenants, conditions and agreements herein contained, other
good and valuable consideration and the sum
of Five Dollars
($5.00) paid by each party to the other (the receipt and
sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged), the parties hereto
do hereby covenant and agree, each with the other, as
follows:
1.00
Definitions and Recitals
1.01 For the
purposes of this Agreement the following terms shall have the
meanings hereafter ascribed to them:
“
Business Day ” shall mean any day of the week except a
Saturday, Sunday, or a statutory holiday in the Province of
Ontario;
“
Commencement Date ” shall have the meaning ascribed to
it in section 4.10 hereof;
“
Gross Sales ” shall mean the entire amount of all
revenue and receipts, whether from cash, cash equivalent, credit,
or otherwise, of all sales of merchandise (including gift and
merchandise certificates), services provided, and any other
business activity conducted in connection with the Licensee’s
Businesses, including mail or telephone orders received or filled
in connection with any of the Licensee’s Businesses, deposits
not refunded to purchasers, orders taken, although said orders may
be filled elsewhere, sales to employees, sales through vending
machines or other devices, and sales by a concessionaire, licensee,
third person or otherwise in relation to the Licensee’s
Businesses. Each sale upon installment or credit shall be treated
as a sale for the full price in the week during which such sale was
made, irrespective of the time when the Licensee receives payment
from its customer. No deduction shall be allowed for uncollected or
uncollectable credit accounts, unless and until same have been
incapable of collection by the Licensee for a period of six
(6) months following the occurrence of such sale, provided
that in the event that same is subsequently collected, whether in
whole or in part, such collected amount shall be added to Gross
Sales as at the date of collection. “Gross Sales” shall
not include, however, (i) any sums collected and paid out for
any sales or goods and services tax imposed by any duly constituted
governmental authority on any sale effected in connection with the
Licensee’s Businesses; (ii) the exchange of merchandise
between the various locations of the Licensee, if any, where such
exchanges are made solely for the convenient operation of the
business of the Licensee and not for the purpose of consummating a
sale which has theretofore been made in connection with one of the
Licensee’s Businesses and/or for the purpose of depriving the
Licensor of the benefit of a sale which otherwise would be made in
connection with one of the Licensee’s Businesses;
(iii) the amount of returns to shippers or manufacturers, nor
the amount of any cash or credit refund made upon any sale where
the merchandise sold, or some part thereof, is thereafter returned
by purchaser and accepted by the Licensee; or (iv) sales of the
Licensee’s trade fixtures;
“
Licence Fee ” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in
section 4.01;
“
Licence Schedule ” shall mean the executed licence
schedules forming Schedule “A” attached hereto and
forming a part of this Agreement, together with any New Store
Licence Schedules;
“
Licensed Premise ” shall mean such physical area
within a Store as the Licensor shall designate from time to time in
its sole, absolute, and unfettered discretion for the
Licensee’s Business, with
respect to
those Stores for which a Licence Schedule has been executed by the
parties from time to time. For greater certainty “
Licensed Premise ” shall not include any Licensed
Premise with respect to which the application of this Agreement has
been terminated save and except as referred to in any
Article 12.00 and any other provision of this Agreement
expressed to survive the termination of this Agreement; and “
Licensed Premises ” shall mean more than one or all of
the Licensed Premises collectively, as the case may be;
“
Licensee’s Business ” shall mean the operation
of a portrait studio department under the Trade Name within a
Licensed Premise, whereby only the following merchandise is sold,
and/or the following services are provided to the public: the
taking and sale of portrait photographs and of passport and
citizenship photographs, the sale of photography-related
accessories, picture frames and other portrait accessories that do
not compete with those sold by the Licensor from time to time in
its stores, the sale of photographic plaques, the copying and
restoration of old photographs, and the provision and sale of
photographic lamination services, together with such other services
and/or merchandise as may be approved by the Licensor in writing
from time to time, in its sole absolute and unfettered discretion,
which approval may be withheld for any reason whatsoever; and
“ Licensee’s Businesses ” shall mean more
than one or all of the Licensee’s Businesses collectively, as
the case may be;
“ New
Store Licence Schedule ” shall mean a new store licence
schedule executed by the parties in substantially the form set
forth in Schedule “B” attached hereto and forming part
of this Agreement;
“
Stores ” shall mean those retail establishments owned
and operated by the Licensor from time to time (including, without
in any way limiting the generality of the foregoing, any indoor or
enclosed mall area within which the Licensor is entitled to sell
merchandise) as more particularly set forth in Licence Schedule;
and “ Store ” shall mean any one of the
Stores;
“
Term ” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in
section 3.01;
“
Trade Name ” shall mean “Wal-Mart Portrait
Studio”;
“
week ” shall mean the period commencing at the opening
of business each Saturday and ending at the close of business on
the immediately following Friday.
1.02 The
recitals hereinbefore contained are true and correct and form an
integral part of this Agreement.
1.03 This
Agreement hereby supercedes and replaces the Original Agreement,
including all amendments and supplements thereto and licence
schedules created thereunder. For greater certainty, the Original
Agreement and all related licence schedules are hereby terminated,
subject to any provisions expressly intended to survive termination
thereof.
2.01 Subject to
the provisions of this Agreement, the Licensor hereby grants to the
Licensee and the Licensee does hereby accept the non-exclusive the
right and licence to carry on the Licensee’s Businesses in
the Stores during the Term for the purposes set forth in section
5.01. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the
sales area of
the Licensee is to be an integral part of each Store, and neither
party shall limit access thereto or the flow of customer traffic
through such area. For greater certainty, the Licensor shall at all
times maintain care, control and access to the Licensed
Premises.
2.02 The
Licensor shall be entitled from time to time to unilaterally
relocate a Licensed Premise within a Store for any reason
whatsoever acting reasonably, by the delivery of written notice to
that effect to the Licensee. The Licensee shall comply with the
said notice and effect such work as the Licensor stipulates is
necessary for it to make the Licensed Premise comply with the said
notice, and where such relocation is at the request of Licensor,
the Licensor shall reimburse the Licensee for reasonable
construction costs actually incurred to effect such relocation
(which for greater certainty shall not include any charge for
administrative work or overhead of the Licensee connected with such
move, or for any loss of business or lack of trade during any
period within which the Licensee’s business operations are
interrupted by the Licensor). Notwithstanding the foregoing, the
Licensee will be responsible for all costs related to flooring,
wall-covering materials and millwork in respect of such work and
for all non-construction related costs. Further, where the
relocation is at the request of the Licensee, Licensee shall be
responsible for all construction related costs as well.
The Licensor shall
be further entitled if the Licensor ceases operation of a Store and
commences the operation of a new Store in the same market area, to
unilaterally relocate the Licensed Premise of the old Store to the
new Store, by the delivery of written notice to that effect to the
Licensee. The Licensee shall comply with the said notice and effect
such work as the Licensor stipulates is necessary for it to make
the Licensed Premise comply with the said notice at
Licensee’s sole cost and expense.
In the event that
any such relocation precludes the Licensee from operating its
business as a result of work necessary to be effected by the
Licensor to facilitate such relocation, the Licensee shall not be
required to pay the Licence Fee in connection with the affected
Licensed Premise for the period of such interruption. The Licensor
shall be entitled, acting reasonably, to designate the time and
manner within which the aforesaid work shall be effected by the
Licensee by the inclusion of same in the aforesaid notice, in which
case the Licensee shall comply with same. The Licensee covenants
and agrees to effect such work in a diligent and expedient fashion
and to ensure that the area wherein the Licensed Premise was
formerly located is restored to its original condition.
2.03 The
Licensee, its employees, agents, contractors, service personnel,
and customers shall have, subject to section 2.04, in common with
all other persons entitled thereto, free access to and use of all
entrances, stairways, aisles, corridors, washrooms, and other areas
open to the public within a Store from time to time as the Licensor
shall designate during such time(s) as the Licensee shall operate
its business within the Licensed Premise in such Store.
2.04
Notwithstanding section 2.03, the Licensee, its employees, agents,
contractors, and service personnel shall only have access to such
portions of a Store as the Licensor or its Store manager shall
designate from time to time for the purpose of transporting
supplies, equipment, merchandise, goods, trade fixtures, and/or
such other chattels as the Licensee may require from time to time,
to and from the Licensed Premise. The Licensor shall retain
exclusive possession and control of all keys and security codes to
the Store and its security systems.
2.05 The
Licensor shall have the right to install through or upon the
Licensed Premises such pipes, aisles, conduits, wires, apparatus,
and other physical installations in connection with any service
system as may be proper or useful for the Licensor’s
operations, but the same shall be installed so as to interfere as
little as possible with the Licensee’s use of the Licensed
Premises.
2.06 The
Licensee acknowledges that it has examined the Licensed Premises in
the Stores and is thoroughly familiar with the condition thereof
and accepts each Licensed Premise in the condition existing as at
their respective Commencement Dates.
2.07 In the
event that the parties shall from time to time desire that this
Agreement shall extend to any additional retail premises operated
by the Licensor, the parties shall give effect to same by executing
a New Store Licence Schedule.
3.01 Subject to
section 3.02, this Agreement and the licences created pursuant to
this Agreement shall commence on the date hereinabove set forth
and, subject to earlier termination as provided for in this
Agreement, continue in effect for a term ending at 12:00 midnight
on the day which is five (5) years following the date of this
Agreement (the “Term”).
3.02
Notwithstanding the provisions of section 3.01, in the event that a
Licence Schedule stipulates a later or earlier date of expiration
than that set forth in section 3.01, the “Term” in
respect of the Licensee’s Business governed by such Licence
Schedule and the application of this Agreement thereto, shall
commence on the Commencement Date set forth in such Licence
Schedule, and end at 12:00 midnight on the date set forth in such
Licence Schedule.
3.03 The
Licensor shall have the option to unilaterally renew the Term with
respect to any of the Licensee’s Businesses for two
(2) renewal periods of two (2) years for each such
renewal, by delivery of written notice to that effect to the
Licensee on or before the date which is thirty (30) days prior
to the expiry of the Term with respect to such Licensee’s
Business. The terms of this Agreement and the license(s) created
pursuant to this Agreement shall be continued for the renewal
period, upon the exercise of any such option to renew by the
Licensor.
4.01 The
Licensee shall pay a licence fee (the “Licence Fee”) to
the Licensor in respect of each of the Licensee’s Businesses
in:
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amount equal to *** of the total Gross Sales made by the Licensee,
its employees, concessionaires, agents, licensees, contractors,
successors and assigns in connection with each Licensee’s
Business located within the front area of the respective Store;
and
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amount to *** of the total Gross Sales made by the Licensee, its
employees, concessionaires, agents, licensees, contractors,
successors and assigns in connection with each Licensee’s
Business located other than within the front area of the respective
Store.
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For greater
certainty, determination of whether a Licensed Premise is located
within the front area of a Store shall be set out in the applicable
Licence Schedule.
The Licensee
covenants and agrees to pay the Licence Fee to the Licensor for
each of the Licensee’s Businesses weekly, on the date which
is ten (10) Business Days following the end of each
week.
4.02 In
addition, the Licensee shall bear the cost of and pay to the
Licensor all applicable sales, goods and services, value added and
other taxes (the “Taxes”) exigible from time to time
with respect to any payment by it under this Agreement, in
accordance with the provisions of the legislation imposing such
Taxes. The Licensee shall pay the Taxes to the Licensor on the date
that it is required to make the payment to the Licensor to which
such Taxes apply.
4.03 The
Licensee shall deliver to the Licensor together with each Licence
Fee payment on the date which is ten (10) days following the
end of each week, a sales report (the “Sales Report”)
for the immediately preceding week containing such information and
in the format set forth in Schedule “C” attached hereto
and forming a part of this Agreement. For greater certainty, the
parties acknowledge and agree that the Sales Report shall be
prepared individually for each of the Licensee’s Businesses
and shall specify the Gross Sales for the immediately preceding
week, and all preceding weeks in the year, together with year to
date totals shown adjacent to the budgeted amounts for same
previously agreed to with the Licensor, Licence Fee, and Taxes for
the applicable Licensee’s Business, together with a summary
indicating the totals of same for all of the Licensee’s
Businesses collectively. The Licensee further covenants to provide
a Sales Report detailing the foregoing information for the
immediately preceding year applicable to the Licensee’s
Businesses, on the date which is thirty (30) days following
the completion of such year. The Licensee covenants and agrees to
make all of its records pertaining to the Licensee’s
Businesses available to the Licensor and its agents for inspection
and/or audit forthwith following the receipt by it of one
(1) Business Day’s prior written notice from the
Licensor and/or its agents requesting same. The Licensee covenants
and agrees to retain all such records for a minimum of two
(2) years following the end of each year of the Term. The
Licensee shall provide the Sales Report to the Licensor prepared
using Microsoft Excel™ and providing such file electronically
as instructed by Licensor as well as on paper.
4.04 The
parties covenant and agree to re-adjust any under or over payments
of the Licence Fee, and/or Taxes payable under this Agreement with
respect to the immediately preceding year of the Term, within
fifteen (15) days following any of the delivery by the
Licensee to the Licensor of the annual Sales Report referred to in
s. 4.03, the date that a legitimate written request therefor by the
other party based on a reporting error and/or other failure to
comply with this Agreement, and/or the date that the Licensee
becomes aware that it has effected an underpayment or overpayment
to the Licensor. If a statement of Gross Sales submitted by the
Licensee in respect of one of the Licensee’s Businesses is
found to be incorrect, so that such error resulted in an
under-reporting of Gross Sales to the Licensor which is greater
than 3.5% of the Gross Sales for such Licensee’s Business for
the applicable year, the Licensee shall pay all costs incurred by
the Licensor with respect to any audits of the Licensee’s
books and records for all of the Licensee’s Businesses for
such year, including, without limiting the generality of the
foregoing, the costs of any internal auditors accountants and/or
associates of the Licensor involved in such process.
4.05 The
Licensee shall pay to the Licensor interest on any monies owing to
the Licensor which are past due under this Agreement at the rate of
the annual rate of interest announced from time to time
by
TD Canada Trust
as a reference rate then in effect for determining interest rates
on Canadian dollar commercial loans in Canada plus 2%. Such
interest shall accrue from the date such monies first become due
and payable to the Licensor and shall be calculated and compounded
semi-annually.
4.06 The
Licensee covenants and agrees to deliver to the Licensor at the end
of each quarter of each of the Licensor’s fiscal years
(i.e., February 1 — January 31) and, if requested
by the Licensor from time to time, contemporaneously with its
execution of a New Store Licence Schedule, copies of all of its
most current financial statements, including without limiting the
generality of the foregoing, balance sheet, income statement,
statement of retained earnings, and cash flow statement, whether or
not same have been independently audited and/or prepared by a
chartered accountant. In addition to the foregoing, in the event
that any of such financial statements shall be audited and/or
prepared by a chartered accountant from time to time, the Licensee
shall forthwith deliver copies of any audit report or other report
as to the adequacy of such financial statements to the Licensor.
The Licensor covenants and agrees to maintain any financial
statements and/or other information provided to it under this
section 4.06 in confidence and shall not disclose any of same to
any other person except to the extent that such information is
publicly available or required to be disclosed by law.
5.00 Use of
Licensed Premises
5.01 The
Licensee shall be entitled to use each Licensed Premise for the
purpose of carrying on the Licensee’s Business and for no
other purpose, save and except for such other purpose as the
Licensor may approve in writing from time to time following the
receipt of a written request therefor from the Licensee which
approval may be withheld for any reason whatsoever.
5.02 The
Licensee shall carry on each of the Licensee’s Businesses on
such days and during such hours as are specified in Schedule
“D” attached hereto and forming part of this Agreement.
For greater certainty, nothing in this Agreement shall prevent the
Licensee from extending the studio hours of operation on a province
by province or individual studio basis, provided that the Licensee
must first review such change with the Licensor and receive the
Licensor’s approval to extend such hours of
operation.
5.03 The
Licensee hereby acknowledges that its business reputation, intended
use of the Licensed Premises as set forth in section 5.01,
potential for payment of Licence Fees and ability to generate
patronage to the Licensed Premises and the Stores were all relied
upon by the Licensor and served as significant and material
inducements contributing to the Licensor’s decision to enter
into this Agreement with the Licensee. The Licensee hereby
covenants and agrees: (i) to carry on the Licensee’s
Businesses only under the Trade Name and under no other name or
trade name whatsoever without the Licensor’s prior written
consent which may be withheld for any reason whatsoever,
(ii) to commence on the Commencement Date and thereafter
continuously use the Licensed Premises for the retail sale of its
goods or services in accordance with its permitted use set forth in
section 5.01, during the hours designated by the Licensor pursuant
to section 5.02.
6.00
Operating Standards / Customer Complaints
6.01 The
Licensee shall operate its business in an efficient, high class and
reputable manner. In addition, the Licensee will conduct all
business in conjunction with and abiding by the Licensor’s
philosophies, culture and standards in force from time to time. The
Licensee agrees with the Licensor that
the
Licensee’s Businesses will be operated in a diligent and
business-like manner in conformity with the Licensor’s
standards and policies as may be amended from time to time. The
Licensee’s employees will at all times, while on the
Licensor’s premises or otherwise interacting with
Licensor’s customers, maintain a pleasant and courteous
attitude toward customers. While on the Licensor’s premises,
the Licensee’s employees shall be subject to the
Licensor’s rules and regulations as may be amended from time
to time. No smoking, food or drink will be allowed on the sales
floor. The personal appearance of the Licensee’s employees,
agents and workmen must be neat and clean and all attire must be
consistent with attire worn by the Licensor’s sales floor
associates. The Licensee will instruct each employee to refer to
the Licensor’s Store management for details on all such rules
and regulations. The Licensee shall not permit any odours or noise
which are objectionable or unpleasant to the Licensor or its
customers to emanate within a Store nor take any other action which
would constitute a nuisance or would disturb or endanger the
customers or occupants of the Store, nor do anything which would
tend to injure the reputation of the Store or the
Licensor.
6.02 The
Licensee shall not conduct within the Licensed Premises any
“fire”, “bankruptcy”,
“going-out-of-business,” “liquidation,” or
other similar sale, and/or operate within the Licensed Premises a
“wholesale” or “factory outlet” store, a
“cooperative store”, a “second hand” store,
a “surplus” store or a store commonly referred to as a
“discount house”.
6.03 The
Licensee shall maintain all its displays in a neat, and attractive
condition at all times.
6.04 The
Licensee shall be solely responsible for the control and management
of its operations, employment practices and labour relations
concerning the Licensee’s employees and other persons
rendering services to it. For greater certainty, the Licensee shall
have the sole and exclusive control over its employees, including
ensuring that its employees have proper work authorization to work
in the occupation and location specified by the Licensee, employee
relations policies and policies relating to wages, hours of work,
working conditions, and conditions of its employees, and the sole
and exclusive right to hire, transfer, suspend, lay off, recall,
promote, assign, discipline, adjust grievances, and discharge said
employees.
6.05 If the
Licensor has any complaint concerning any employees of or persons
rendering services to the Licensee, the Licensor shall inform the
Licensee of said complaint. The Licensee shall forthwith thereafter
take such actions as the Licensee deems appropriate to rectify the
subject matter of such complaint and to prevent any similar
recurrence in the future. The Licensee acknowledges and agrees that
the Licensor’s store managers and assistant store managers
shall be entitled to settle any customer complaint pertaining to
the Licensee and/or make any payment to any customer to give effect
to such settlement, and the Licensee shall forthwith reimburse the
Licensor for same upon receipt of a request to do so from the
Licensor.
6.06 All
customer complaints involving the Licensee that are received by the
Licensor shall be referred to an employee of the Licensee who shall
be designated by the Licensee as its designated corporate
representative. The Licensee shall use its best efforts to respond
to these complaints within a reasonable period after receipt of
same by the Licensee and the Licensee shall make a diligent effort
to promptly resolve complaints or otherwise satisfy
customers’ concerns and, if so requested by the Licensor,
shall advise the Licensor of the status of any complaint and the
efforts made to resolve or satisfy same.
6.07 The
Licensee shall not, without the Licensor’s prior written
consent which may be withheld for any reason whatsoever, keep
anything within a Licensed Premise or use a Licensed Premise for
any
activity which
increases the insurance premium cost or invalidates any insurance
policy carried by any person with respect to a Store or any part
thereof. All property kept, stored or maintained within the
Licensed Premises by or on behalf of the Licensee shall be at the
Licensee’s sole risk.
6.08 The
Licensor shall maintain and repair the Stores within which the
Licensed Premises are located to the standard that it deems
acceptable, acting reasonably, so as to permit the Licensee to
operate its business therein.
6.09 The
Licensee covenants and agrees to provide a 20% discount on all
merchandise and services offered for sale in connection with the
Licensee’s Business which is not “on sale” or
offered at a “special promotional price” to all persons
entitled to use and who present at the time of purchase a valid
Wal-Mart associate discount card. Further, the Licensee may from
time to time extend such 20% discount to defined persons for
promotional purposes, subject to Licensor’s prior written
approval. For greater certainty, such Licensor’s approval may
only be granted by Licensor’s Director of Licensing, or by an
officer of the Licensor.
6.10 The
Licensor hereby grants the Licensee a licence to operate the
Licensee’s Businesses under the Trade Name, and the
Licensee’s advertising may specify the local address of the
Store in which a Licensee’s Business is situate. The Licensee
shall, subject to the terms of this section, be permitted to
advertise the Licensee’s Businesses in all forms of media as
the Trade Name. The Licensor shall make all reasonable efforts to
assist the Licensee in obtaining any advertising or media discount
that may be available to the Licensor from time to time. Upon
termination of this Agreement with respect to a Licensee’s
Business or in its entirety (as the case may be), the licence
granted by this section shall be automatically terminated and of no
further force or effect with respect to the applicable
Licensee’s Business(es). Any advertising by the Licensee
using the Trade Name, Licensor’s name, and/or the
mark/trademark “Wal-Mart”, must be approved in advance
in writing by Licensor. Notwithstanding anything herein contained
all dealings by the Licensee with its creditors, suppliers,
workmen, contractors, agents, employees, and other similar persons
shall be conducted exclusively in the Licensee’s name, and
the Licensee shall not in any manner obligate the Licensor on
account thereof.
6.11 The
Licensor warrants that the Licensee’s conduct of the Licensed
Businesses under the Trade Name in conformity with this Agreement
does not and will not infringe or violate any trademark, trade
name, or other intellectual property rights of any other licensee
of the Licensor. Provided that the Licensee complies with its
obligations under this section 6.11, the Licensor hereby agrees to
indemnify, defend, and hold the Licensee and its parent and
affiliated corporations, employees, officers, agents, successors,
and assigns harmless from all losses, damages, and expenses
(including attorney’s fees incurred by such indemnified
party) which such indemnified party may suffer as the result of any
breach of the Licensor’s warranties under this section 6.11.
The indemnity contained in this section 6.11 shall survive the
termination of this Agreement. The Licensee hereby grants and
covenants and agrees to cause the other indemnified parties to
grant the Licensor the exclusive right on behalf of the aforesaid
indemnified parties to defend, compromise, settle, retain and
instruct counsel, and/or otherwise deal with any claim, demand or
other assertion made of any of them with respect to the matters for
which the Licensor has agreed to indemnify any of them under this
section 6.11.
6.12 The
Licensee acknowledges that the Licensor is the operator of discount
stores featuring a full stock of quality merchandise at low,
competitive prices and that the Licensor’s reputation for
competitive pricing
and customer
satisfaction are imperative to its successful operation. The
Licensee agrees that each of the Licensee’s Businesses must
reasonably conform to that image. The Licensee agrees to use its
best efforts to offer to its customers the ability to obtain
photographic services (including portrait packages) from each
Licensee’s Business at values equal to or better than
verified, bona fide prices offered by competitors in the
market within which the applicable Licensee’s Business is
carried on.
7.00
Construction/Alterations
7.01 The
Licensee shall not make any replacements, improvements, alterations
or renovations to any part of a Licensed Premise (save and except
for the installation and removal of non-affixed movable trade
fixtures which may be installed without drilling, cutting or other
physical alteration of any part of the building within which the
Store is located (referred to in this Agreement as “trade
fixtures”)) from that approved by the Licensor pursuant to
this Agreement, without the prior written consent of the Licensor
which may be withheld for any reason whatsoever.
7.02 All
alterations, additions, improvements and fixtures (save and except
for trade fixtures, unattached readily movable furniture and office
equipment) which may be made or installed by the Licensee within a
Licensed Premise shall remain upon and become the property of
Licensor upon the termination of this Agreement with respect to
such Licensed Premise, unless the Licensor requests their removal
in which event the Licensee shall remove the same and restore such
Licensed Premise to its original condition at its sole cost and
expense.
7.03 All
construction work done by the Licensee within a Licensed Premise
shall be performed in a good and workmanlike manner to a standard
which is acceptable to the Licensor, in its sole, absolute and
unfettered discretion, in compliance with all governmental
requirements, and in such manner as to cause a minimum of
interference with other construction in progress and with the
transaction of business in the Store.
7.04 The
Licensee covenants and agrees not to permit any construction lien,
claim for lien, or other lien to arise and/or be registered against
the title to the property upon which a Store is located as a direct
or indirect result of any work undertaken by it or on its behalf in
respect of a Licensed Premise. In the event that any such lien
shall arise, the Licensee covenants and agrees to, forthwith
following becoming aware of same, take all possible action,
including without limitation the payment of the monies claimed into
court, in order to have such lien removed from the title to the
property upon which a Store is located within five
(5) Business Days thereafter. In the event that the Licensee
defaults in the aforesaid obligation, the Licensor shall be
entitled, if it so chooses, to undertake the Licensee’s
obligations on its behalf and to invoice the Licensee for all
costs, including without limitation legal fees in their entirety,
associated with same, which shall be payable by the Licensee to the
Licensor forthwith upon receipt by the Licensee of a written demand
therefor from the Licensor. The foregoing remedy of the Licensor is
in addition to and not substitution for any other remedies
available to the Licensor under this Agreement, at law, or in
equity.
7.05 The
Licensee shall furnish, at its own expense, all affixed fixed
improvements, and trade fixtures (including without in any way
limiting the generality of the foregoing, cabinets, counters,
displays, seating, tables, cash registers, cameras, computer
equipment and all other furniture and equipment which it may
require in to carry on each Licensee’s Business (hereinbefore
and hereinafter referred to as the
“Equipment”). The Licensor may from
time to time require the Licensee to refurbish or update any of the
foregoing (save and except for any cameras or other photographic
equipment which are not on display to the public) and it is
specifically agreed and understood that the Licensor may remodel or
refixture its retail sales floors from time to time during the term
hereof, and in the event the Licensor does so, the Licensor may
require the Licensee, acting reasonably, to remodel and/or
refixture a Licensed Premise at the Licensee’s expense as
necessary to reflect the remodelled or refixtured look of the
Licensor.
8.01 The
Licensee shall, at its sole cost and expense, take out and keep in
full force and effect at all times during the Term, with an insurer
which is acceptable to the Licensor, a comprehensive commercial
general liability insurance policy for bodily injury and property
damage with limits in an amount of not less than Two Million
($2,000,000.00) Dollars per occurrence. Such policy of insurance
shall include coverage for personal injury liability, bodily injury
liability, contractual liability, business interruption relating to
the Licensor’s operations in the Store, liability for damage
to or losses relating to the Licensed Premises and any chattels,
property, merchandise, trade fixtures, or monies located therein
from time to time, and “all-risk” liability insurance,
such coverage to include the business operations conducted by the
Licensee on the Licensed Premises. Such policy of insurance shall
be endorsed with an endorsement providing that no cancellation of
such policy will be effective unless the Licensor shall have
received at least thirty (30) days prior written notice of
such cancellation. The Licensee shall cause such policy of
insurance to name the Licensor as an additional insured and be
endorsed with a waiver of subrogation provision in favour of the
Licensor. The Licensee shall cause a certificate of insurance
executed by the insurer named in the applicable policy or policies
of insurance or an insurance broker duly authorized by such insurer
to execute such certificate with respect to such policy of
insurance and endorsements, to be delivered to the Licensor
concurrently with the Licensee’s execution of this Agreement
and/or from time to time following the receipt of a written request
therefor from the Licensor.
8.02 The
Licensee covenants and agrees to register itself and all persons
engaged for service by it under the workers compensation
legislation applicable to a Licensed Premise and to maintain such
coverage(s) in good standing throughout the Term.
9.00
Compliance with Laws
9.01 The
Licensee shall, at its sole cost and expense, promptly comply with
all statutes, regulations, ordinances, rules, laws, and other legal
stipulations of any governmental authority having jurisdiction with
respect to a Licensed Premise, pertaining to the Licensee’s
occupancy of, work undertaken within, and/or business operations(s)
within a Licensed Premise. For greater certainty, the parties
acknowledge and agree that the Licensee shall be solely responsible
to procure and maintain at all times during the term of this
Agreement or any renewal thereof, any and all permits and/or
approvals of any governmental authority having jurisdiction with
respect to the Licensed Premise required in order to occupy,
undertake improvements, and operate its business therein, and the
Licensor shall have no obligations in this regard
whatsoever.
9.02 Without
limiting the generality of section 9.01, the Licensee covenants,
warrants and represents that throughout the Term and any renewal
thereof all persons who work from time to time within a
Licensed
Premise
employed by the Licensee or any of its sublicensees or franchisees
(a “Licensee Employee”), shall at all times while
working within such Licensed Premise, be legally entitled to work
in Canada for the Licensee and/or such sublicensee or franchisee
(as the case may be) at such Licensed Premise in the specific
occupation which such Licensee Employee performs at such Licensed
Premise. The Licensor may at its sole, absolute and unfettered
discretion, and at any time during the term of the Agreement and
any renewal thereof, demand from the Licensee, and the Licensee
covenants and agrees to provide to the Licensor forthwith, a
certification of compliance with applicable immigration laws in
such form as the Licensor in its sole, absolute, and unfettered
discretion may require. The Licensor may at its sole, absolute and
unfettered discretion, and at any time during the Term and any
renewal thereof, demand from the Licensee, and the Licensee
covenants and agrees to provide to the Licensor forthwith, a
detailed description of such policies and procedures as the
Licensee employs from time to time to ensure that the foregoing
covenant, warranty and representation set out in this section 9.02
is and remains true and correct at all times.
9.03 If at any
time during the Term and any renewal thereof, the Licensor suspects
that a Licensee Employee may not be authorized to work legally in
Canada for the Licensee and/or its sublicensee or franchisee (as
the case may be) at such Licensed Premise in the specific
occupation which such Licensee Employee performs at such Licensed
Premise, the Licensee shall forthwith investigate the matter to the
full satisfaction of the Licensor and confirm the results of the
investigation to the Licensor within forty-eight (48) hours
from the time the Licensor requests that the Licensee investigate
the matter. The Licensor may also in its sole, absolute and
unfettered discretion, demand that the Licensee provide in a form
that is satisfactory to the Licensor, certification that the
Licensee Employee is authorized to work legally in Canada for the
Licensee and/or such sublicensee or franchisee (as the case may be)
at such Licensed Premise in the specific occupation which such
Licensee Employee performs at such Licensed Premise. Whether or not
the Licensee may have investigated the matter or provided
certification, if the Licensor is satisfied at its sole, absolute
and unfettered discretion, that the Licensee Employee is at any
time not legally entitled to work in Canada for the Licensee and/or
its sublicensee or franchisee (as the case may be) at a Licensed
Premise in the specific occupation which such Licensee Employee
performs at such Licensed Premise, then the Licensee shall
forthwith cause such Licensee Employee to no longer work at such
Licensed Premise, and forthwith provide the Licensor with written
confirmation to that effect.
10.01 The
Licensee acknowledges and agrees that certain information made
available to it from time to time by the Licensor, including
without limiting the generality of the foregoing, information
disseminated at any management or other meeting(s) held by the
Licensor at the Stores, is confidential in nature. For the purposes
of this Agreement, such confidential information (hereinafter
referred to as “Wal-Mart Confidential Information”)
shall be defined as information received by the Licensee, its
agents or employees which is not generally known in the industry in
which the Licensor is engaged, or which would logically be
considered confidential and/or proprietary, or which would do the
Licensor harm if divulged, or which is marked
“Confidential” or “Proprietary” by the
Licensor. Wal-Mart Confidential Information shall not either
directly or indirectly be disclosed to others or used in any way by
the Licensee or those for whom it is responsible at law, without
the prior written permission of the Licensor, which may be withheld
for any reason whatsoever. The provisions of this section shall
survive and remain in full force and effect following any
termination of this Agreement and/or the application of this
Agreement to any of the Licensee’s Businesses.
10.02 The
Licensor acknowledges and agrees that certain information made
available to it from time to time by the Licensee, including
without limiting the generality of the foregoing, Gross Sales of
any or all of the Licensee’s Businesses, is confidential in
nature. For the purposes of this Agreement, such confidential
information (hereinafter referred to as “PCA Confidential
Information”) shall be defined as information received by the
Licensor, its agents or employees which is not generally known in
the industry in which the Licensee is engaged, or which would
logically be
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