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Exhibit
10.28
GUIDEWIRE SOFTWARE,
INC.
CONSULTING SERVICES
AGREEMENT
This CONSULTING SERVICES
AGREEMENT (the “ Agreement ”) is
entered into on May 3, 2007 (“ Effective
Date ”), by and between Guidewire Software, Inc.
(“ Guidewire ”) and the Customer
identified below ( “Customer”
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This Agreement consists of this
signature page, the attached Terms and Conditions, the Exhibits
listed below, and any statements of work executed by the parties in
accordance with the terms of this Agreement.
Contract Number
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Customer:
MGA Insurance
Company, Inc.
Address :
3333 Lee Parkway, Suite 1200, Dallas, Texas
75219
State/Country of
Incorporation: Texas
Exhibits :
A Insurance,
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B Consulting
Overview and Rates.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF ,
the parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be executed by
their duly authorized officers or representatives as of the
Effective Date.
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| Guidewire, Software, Inc. |
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Customer: MGA Insurance Company, Inc. |
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/s/ James M.
Delvey |
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By: |
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/s/ Glenn W.
Anderson |
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James M.
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Name: |
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Glenn W.
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CFO |
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President
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May 3, 2007 |
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May 3, 2007 |
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2121 El Camino Real, 3 rd Floor
San Mateo, CA 94403
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TERMS AND
CONDITIONS
1.1 “
Guidewire Technology ” shall mean all
information, software and data that constitutes or relates to
products or technology of Guidewire or the properties, composition,
structure, use or processing thereof, all derivative works thereof,
and all related intellectual property rights.
1.2
“Services ” shall mean any services
performed by Guidewire as specified in the Statement of
Work.
1.3 “ Work
Product ” shall mean all tangible and intangible
results and items arising out of the Services delivered to Customer
by Guidewire under this Agreement, together with all derivative
works and all related intellectual property rights.
2.1
Performance . Guidewire shall use commercially
reasonable efforts to perform the Services in accordance with any
Statement of Work executed by both parties in accordance with this
Agreement (each a “Statement of Work” or
“SOW”). Guidewire performs Services as described in the
Services methodology overview set forth in Exhibit B to this
Agreement. Customer acknowledges that Guidewire’s performance
is dependent in part upon Customer’s reasonable assistance
and performance of its prerequisite obligations set forth in the
Statement of Work. Accordingly, any dates or time periods relevant
to Guidewire’s performance will be equitably extended
automatically to account for any delays due to failure of Customer
to complete any of its prerequisite obligations or to provide such
assistance, or due to changes requested by Customer.
2.2 Changes .
Changes to any Statement of Work or the Services to be performed
thereunder shall become effective only when the parties execute a
written change order.
2.3 Additional
Statements of Work . If Customer desires to engage
Guidewire for additional services that are not included in the
initial Statement of Work, the parties shall in good faith
negotiate additional Statements of Work, subject to the
availability of Guidewire personnel and resources. Upon execution
by both parties, each additional Statement of Work shall be deemed
a part of this Agreement. Guidewire shall only be obligated to
provide Services that are set forth in an executed Statement of
Work.
2.4 Nature of
Relationship . Guidewire’s relationship with Customer
will be that of an independent contractor providing consulting
services. Nothing in this Agreement shall be construed to create a
partnership, joint venture, principal-agent or employer-employee
relationship.
3.1 Fees
. Customer agrees to pay Guidewire all fees for Services performed
under the applicable Statement of Work (the
“Fees” ). Guidewire’s current fee
structure is set forth in Exhibit B to this Agreement. Guidewire
may increase the Fees on an annual basis, provided such annual
increases do not exceed the greater of five percent or the
corresponding percentage increase in US CPI.
3.2
Expenses . Customer shall reimburse Guidewire for
travel and out-of-pocket expenses reasonably incurred in performing
the Services as provided in this Section. Guidewire has a
Professional Services travel expense policy (“Policy”)
that is comprehensive and meets IRS regulations. Under this policy
each member of the team submits an expense report, which is
approved by the immediate supervisor and reviewed by
Guidewire’s financial group for adherence to the Policy. The
Policy requires receipts for all expenses above $25. Guidewire will
bill Customer for out of pocket expenses incurred by its staff
assigned to the project as specified in Exhibit B to this
Agreement.
3.3 Payment
Terms . Customer agrees to pay all invoices for Fees and
expense reimbursement within thirty (30) days from receipt.
Customer shall pay a late fee of one percent (1.0%) per month
or the highest rate allowed under the law, whichever is lower, on
any overdue amounts.
3.4 Taxes . All
fees are exclusive of, and Customer is responsible for, applicable
federal, state, or local sales, use, excise, export or other
applicable taxes, except for taxes on the net income of Guidewire.
Guidewire may add any such taxes to the applicable
invoice.
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Intellectual Property Rights . |
4.1
Ownership . Guidewire shall retain all right, title
and interest in and to the Guidewire Technology and, unless
otherwise expressly agreed in an executed Statement of Work, all
Work Product.
4.2 Work
Product . Unless otherwise expressly agreed in an executed
Statement of Work, Customer is hereby granted a license to use all
Work Product in conjunction with Guidewire’s generally
–available software licensed by Customer pursuant to the
terms of the separate software license agreement between Guidewire
and Customer (“License Agreement”) and solely for the
internal business purposes of Customer and its corporate
affiliates. No right or licenses are granted except as expressly
provided in this Agreement.
4.3
Restrictions . Customer shall not (and shall not
allow any third party to) (a) decompile, disassemble, or
otherwise reverse engineer the Work Product, (b) remove, alter
or obscure any product identification, copyright or other notices
contained within or on the Work Product, or (c) modify, adapt
or create a derivative work of any part of any Work
Product.
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Term and Termination . |
5.1 Term
. The term of the Agreement shall commence on the Effective Date
and shall remain in effect until completion of each Statement of
Work issued hereunder, unless terminated earlier as provided
herein.
5.2 Termination
for Cause . Either party may terminate this Agreement or an
individual Statement of Work upon thirty (30) days written
notice if the other party shall be in breach or default of any
material provision of this Agreement or the Statement or Work,
unless such breach is cured during such notice period.
5.3 Effect of
Termination . In the event of termination of this
Agreement, any amounts owed to Guidewire under this Agreement
before such termination will be immediately due and payable.
Sections 1, 3, 4.1, 4.2 (unless termination is for Customer’s
breach), 4.3, 7, 8.3, and 9 through 11 shall survive termination of
this Agreement.
6.
Personnel . Customer shall have the right, in its sole
reasonable discretion, to require that Guidewire remove individual
personnel from performing services under this Agreement to the
extent any such individual’s performance fails to meet the
requirements of this Agreement or is otherwise reasonably
unacceptable. Further, Guidewire shall use reasonable efforts to
maintain continuity among its personnel that are providing Services
to Customer, and shall use reasonable efforts to give Customer
thirty (30) days prior written notice of any change in
personnel. In the event of any such personnel removal, Guidewire
shall use commercially reasonable efforts to furnish replacement
personnel with the requisite skills, training and experience,
subject to Customer’s removal rights described above. In
compliance with applicable IRS regulations, Guidewire will assign
its personnel to a project for a period not to exceed eleven
months, unless otherwise agreed by the parties in writing and upon
Customer’s agreement to pay any applicable taxes as specified
in Exhibit B to this Agreement.
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Confidential Information |
7.1 Protection
of Confidential Information . Each party (“
Receiving Party ”) agrees to keep confidential
and not disclose or use except in performance of its obligations
under this Agreement, information related to the other
party’s (“ Disclosing Party ”)
technology, finances or business that the Receiving Party learns or
obtains in connection with this Agreement (“
Confidential Information ”). For avoidance of
doubt, all Guidewire Technology is the Confidential Information of
Guidewire. Neither party shall disclose the terms of this Agreement
to any third party without the prior written consent of the other
party, except as required by law or in connection with a merger or
financing transaction. Each party shall use reasonable precautions
to protect the other’s Confidential Information and employ at
least those precautions that such party employs to protect its own
confidential or proprietary information.
7.2
Exceptions . Confidential Information shall not
include information the Receiving Party can document (a) is in
or enters (through no improper action or inaction by the Receiving
Party or any affiliate, agent or employee) the public domain, or
(b) was rightfully in its possession or known by it prior to
receipt from the Disclosing Party, or (c) was rightfully
disclosed to it by another person without restriction, or
(d) was independently developed by it by persons without
access to such information and without use of any Confidential
Information of the Disclosing Party.
7.3 Required
Disclosures . Each party, with prior written notice to the
Disclosing Party, may disclose such Confidential Information to the
minimum extent it is required to be disclosed pursuant to the
lawful requirement or request of a governmental entity or agency
(including a court order or subpoena), provided that reasonable
measures are taken to seek appropriate confidential treatment or a
protective order, or to assist the other party to do so.
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Representations and Warranties . |
8.1 Guidewire hereby
represents and warrants to Customer that the Services shall be
performed in a professional and workmanlike manner consistent with
industry practices.
8.2 Remedy for
Breach of Warranty . In the event of a breach of
Section 8.1, Customer shall promptly deliver a written notice
(a “ Notice ”) thereof to Guidewire, but
not later than thirty (30) days from the date on which such
Services were performed or such Work Product was delivered. The
Notice shall describe the breach in sufficient detail to allow
Guidewire to correct such deficiencies or errors (the “
Deficiencie
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