Terms & Conditions

THIS AGREEMENT GOVERNS YOUR ACQUISITION AND USE OF OUR SERVICES. IF YOU REGISTER FOR A FREE TRIAL FOR OUR SERVICES, THIS AGREEMENT WILL ALSO GOVERN THAT FREE TRIAL.

BY ACCEPTING THIS AGREEMENT, EITHER BY CLICKING A BOX INDICATING YOUR ACCEPTANCE OR BY EXECUTING AN ORDER FORM THAT REFERENCES THIS AGREEMENT, YOU AGREE TO THE TERMS OF THIS AGREEMENT. IF YOU ARE ENTERING INTO THIS AGREEMENT ON BEHALF OF A COMPANY OR OTHER LEGAL ENTITY, YOU REPRESENT THAT YOU HAVE THE AUTHORITY TO BIND SUCH ENTITY AND ITS AFFILIATES TO THESE TERMS AND CONDITIONS, IN WHICH CASE THE TERMS “YOU” OR “YOUR” SHALL REFER TO SUCH ENTITY AND ITS AFFILIATES. IF YOU DO NOT HAVE SUCH AUTHORITY, OR IF YOU DO NOT AGREE WITH THESE TERMS AND CONDITIONS, YOU MUST NOT ACCEPT THIS AGREEMENT AND MAY NOT USE THE SERVICES.

You may not access the Services if You are Our direct competitor, except with Our prior written consent. In addition, You may not access the Services for purposes of monitoring their availability, performance or functionality, or for any other benchmarking or competitive purposes.

This Agreement was last updated on March 27, 2020. It is effective between You and Us as of the date of You accepting this Agreement.

1. DEFINITIONS

“Affiliate” means any entity that directly or indirectly controls, is controlled by, or is under common control with the subject entity. “Control,” for purposes of this definition, means direct or indirect ownership or control of more than 50% of the voting interests of the subject entity.

“Agreement” means this Master Subscription Agreement.

“Beta Services” means Our services that are not generally available to customers.

“Content” means information obtained by Us from Our content licensors or publicly available sources and provided to You pursuant to an Order Form.

“Documentation” means Our online user guides, documentation, and help and training materials, as updated from time to time, accessible via fivetier.com or login to the applicable Service.

“Malicious Code” means code, files, scripts, agents or programs intended to do harm, including, for example, viruses, worms, time bombs and Trojan horses.

“Non-fivetier.com Applications” means a Web-based or offline software application that is provided by You or a third party and interoperates with a Service, including, for example, an application that is developed by or for You or by a similar designation.

“Order Form” means an ordering document specifying the Services to be provided hereunder that is entered into between You and Us or any of Our Affiliates, including any addenda and supplements thereto. By entering into an Order Form hereunder, an Affiliate agrees to be bound by the terms of this Agreement as if it were an original party hereto.

“Purchased Services” means Services that You or Your Affiliate purchase under an Order Form, as distinguished from those provided pursuant to a free trial.

“Services” means the products and services that are ordered by You under a free trial or an Order Form and made available online by Us, including associated offline components. “Services” exclude Content and Non-fivetier.com Applications.

“User” means an individual who is authorized by You to use a Service, for whom You have ordered the Service, and to whom You (or We at Your request) have supplied a user identification and password. Users may include, for example, Your employees, consultants, contractors and agents, and third parties with which You transact business.

“We,” “Us” or “Our” means the fivetier.com company described in Section 13 (Who You Are Contracting With, Notices, Governing Law and Jurisdiction).

“You” or “Your” means the company or other legal entity for which you are accepting this Agreement, and Affiliates of that company or entity.

“Your Data” means electronic data and information submitted by or for You to the Purchased Services or collected and processed by or for You using the Purchased Services, excluding Content and Non-fivetier.com Applications.

“Marketplace” means an online directory, catalog or marketplace of applications that interoperate with the Services, and any successor websites.

2. FREE TRIAL

If You register on our website for a free trial, We will make one or more Services available to You on a trial basis free of charge until the earlier of (a) the end of the free trial period for which you registered to use the applicable Service(s), or (b) the start date of any Purchased Service subscriptions ordered by You for such Service(s). Additional trial terms and conditions may appear on the trial registration web page.

Any such additional terms and conditions are incorporated into this Agreement by reference and are legally binding.

ANY DATA YOU ENTER INTO THE SERVICES, AND ANY CUSTOMIZATIONS MADE TO THE SERVICES BY OR FOR YOU, DURING YOUR FREE TRIAL WILL BE PERMANENTLY LOST UNLESS YOU PURCHASE A SUBSCRIPTION TO THE SAME SERVICES AS THOSE COVERED BY THE TRIAL, PURCHASE UPGRADED SERVICES, OR EXPORT SUCH DATA, BEFORE THE END OF THE TRIAL PERIOD. YOU CANNOT TRANSFER DATA ENTERED OR CUSTOMIZATIONS MADE DURING THE FREE TRIAL TO A SERVICE THAT WOULD BE A DOWNGRADE FROM THAT COVERED BY THE TRIAL; THEREFORE, IF YOU PURCHASE A SERVICE THAT WOULD BE A DOWNGRADE FROM THAT COVERED BY THE TRIAL, YOU MUST EXPORT YOUR DATA BEFORE THE END OF THE TRIAL PERIOD OR YOUR DATA WILL BE PERMANENTLY LOST.

NOTWITHSTANDING SECTION 9 (REPRESENTATIONS, WARRANTIES, EXCLUSIVE REMEDIES AND DISCLAIMERS), DURING THE FREE TRIAL THE SERVICES ARE PROVIDED “AS-IS” WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY.

3. OUR RESPONSIBILITIES

3.1 Provision of Purchased Services. We will (a) make the Services and Content available to You pursuant to this Agreement and the applicable Order Forms, (b) provide Our standard support for the Purchased Services to You at no additional charge, and/or upgraded support if purchased, and (c) use commercially reasonable efforts to make the online Purchased Services available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, except for: (i) planned downtime (of which We shall give at least 8 hours electronic notice and which We shall schedule to the extent practicable during the weekend hours between 6:00 p.m. Friday and 3:00 a.m. Monday Pacific time), and (ii) any unavailability caused by circumstances beyond Our reasonable control, including, for example, an act of God, act of government, flood, fire, earthquake, civil unrest, act of terror, strike or other labor problem (other than one involving Our employees), Internet service provider failure or delay, Non-fivetier.com Application, or denial of service attack.

3.2 Protection of Your Data. We will maintain administrative, physical, and technical safeguards for protection of the security, confidentiality and integrity of Your Data. Those safeguards will include, but will not be limited to, measures for preventing access, use, modification or disclosure of Your Data by Our personnel except (a) to provide the Purchased Services and prevent or address service or technical problems, (b) as compelled by law in accordance with Section 8.3 (Compelled Disclosure) below, or (c) as You expressly permit in writing.

3.1 Our Personnel. We will be responsible for the performance of Our personnel (including Our employees and contractors) and their compliance with Our obligations under this Agreement, except as otherwise specified herein.

3.2 Beta Services. From time to time, We may invite You to try Beta Services at no charge. Beta Services are for evaluation purposes and not for production use, are not considered “Services” under this Agreement, are not supported, and may be subject to additional terms. Unless otherwise stated, any Beta Services trial period will expire upon the earlier of one year from the trial start date or the date that a version of the Beta Services becomes generally available. We may discontinue Beta Services at any time in Our sole discretion and may never make them generally available. We will have no liability for any harm or damage arising out of or in connection with a Beta Service.

4. USE OF SERVICES AND CONTENT

4.1 Subscriptions. Unless otherwise provided in the applicable Order Form, (a) Services and Content are purchased as subscriptions, (b) subscriptions may be added during a subscription term at the same pricing as the underlying subscription pricing, prorated for the portion of that subscription term remaining at the time the subscriptions are added, and (c) any added subscriptions will terminate on the same date as the underlying subscriptions.

4.2 Usage Limits. Services and Content are subject to usage limits, including, for example, the quantities specified in Order Forms. Unless otherwise specified, (a) a quantity in an Order Form refers to Users, and the Service or Content may not be accessed by more than that number of Users, (b) a User’s password may not be shared with any other individual, and (c) a User identification may be reassigned to a new individual replacing one who no longer requires ongoing use of the Service or Content. If You exceed a contractual usage limit, We may work with You to seek to reduce Your usage so that it conforms to that limit. If, notwithstanding Our efforts, You are unable or unwilling to abide by a contractual usage limit, You will execute an Order Form for additional quantities of the applicable Services or Content promptly upon Our request, and/or pay any invoice for excess usage in accordance with Section 6.2 (Invoicing and Payment).

4.3 Your Responsibilities. You will (a) be responsible for Users’ compliance with this Agreement, (b) be responsible for the accuracy, quality and legality of Your Data and the means by which You acquired Your Data, (c) use commercially reasonable efforts to prevent unauthorized access to or use of Services and Content, and notify Us promptly of any such unauthorized access or use, (d) use Services and Content only in accordance with the Documentation and applicable laws and government regulations, and (e) comply with terms of service of Non-fivetier.com Applications with which You use Services or Content.

4.4 Usage Restrictions. You will not (a) make any Service or Content available to, or use any Service or Content for the benefit of, anyone other than You or Users, (b) sell, resell, license, sublicense, distribute, rent or lease any Service or Content, or include any Service or Content in a service bureau or outsourcing offering, (c) use a Service to store or transmit infringing, libelous, or otherwise unlawful or tortious material, or to store or transmit material in violation of third-party privacy rights, (d) use a Service to store or transmit Malicious Code, (e) interfere with or disrupt the integrity or performance of any Service or third-party data contained therein, (f) attempt to gain unauthorized access to any Service or Content or its related systems or networks, (g) permit direct or indirect access to or use of any Service or Content in a way that circumvents a contractual usage limit, (h) copy a Service or any part, feature, function or user interface thereof, (i) copy Content except as permitted herein or in an Order Form or the Documentation, (j) frame or mirror any part of any Service or Content, other than framing on Your own intranets or otherwise for Your own internal business purposes or as permitted in the Documentation, (k) access any Service or Content in order to build a competitive product or service, or (l) reverse engineer any Service (to the extent such restriction is permitted by law).

4.5 Removal of Content and Non-fivetier.com Applications. If We are required by a licensor to remove Content, or receive information that Content provided to You may violate applicable law or third-party rights, We may so notify You and in such event You will promptly remove such Content from Your systems. If We receive information that a Non-fivetier.com Application hosted on a Service by You may violate Our External-Facing Services or applicable law or third-party rights, We may so notify You and in such event You will promptly disable such Non-fivetier.com Application or modify the Non-fivetier.com Application to resolve the potential violation. If You do not take required action in accordance with the above, We may disable the applicable Content, Service and/or Non-fivetier.com Application until the potential violation is resolved.

5. NON-fivetier.com PROVIDERS

5.1 Acquisition of Non-fivetier.com Products and Services. We or third parties may make available (for example, through a Marketplace or otherwise) third-party products or services, including, for example, Non-fivetier.com Applications and implementation and other consulting services. Any acquisition by You of such non-fivetier.com products or services, and any exchange of data between You and any non-fivetier.com provider, is solely between You and the applicable non-fivetier.com provider. We do not warrant or support Non-fivetier.com Applications or other non-fivetier.com products or services, whether or not they are designated by Us as “certified” or otherwise, except as specified in an Order Form.

5.2 Non-fivetier.com Applications and Your Data. If You install or enable a Non-fivetier.com Application for use with a Service, You grant Us permission to allow the provider of that Non-fivetier.com Application to access Your Data as required for the interoperation of that Non-fivetier.com Application with the Service. We are not responsible for any disclosure, modification or deletion of Your Data resulting from access by a Non-fivetier.com Application.

5.3 Integration with Non-fivetier.com Applications. The Services may contain features designed to interoperate with Non-fivetier.com Applications. To use such features, You may be required to obtain access to Non-fivetier.com Applications from their providers, and may be required to grant Us access to Your account(s) on the Non-fivetier.com Applications. If the provider of a Non-fivetier.com Application ceases to make the Non-fivetier.com Application available for interoperation with the corresponding Service features on reasonable terms, We may cease providing those Service features without entitling You to any refund, credit, or other compensation.

6. FEES AND PAYMENT FOR PURCHASED SERVICES

6.1 Fees. You will pay all fees specified in Order Forms. Except as otherwise specified herein or in an Order Form, (i) fees are based on Services and Content purchased and not actual usage, (ii) payment obligations are non-cancelable and fees paid are non-refundable, and (iii) quantities purchased cannot be decreased during the relevant subscription term.

6.2 Invoicing and Payment. You will provide Us with valid and updated credit card information, or with a valid purchase order or alternative document reasonably acceptable to Us. If You provide credit card information to Us, You authorize Us to charge such credit card for all Purchased Services listed in the Order Form for the initial subscription term and any renewal subscription term(s) as set forth in Section 12.2 (Term of Purchased Subscriptions). Such charges shall be made in advance, either annually or in accordance with any different billing frequency stated in the applicable Order Form. If the Order Form specifies that payment will be by a method other than a credit card, We will invoice You in advance and otherwise in accordance with the relevant Order Form. Unless otherwise stated in the Order Form, invoiced charges are due net 7 days from the invoice date. You are responsible for providing complete and accurate billing and contact information to Us and notifying Us of any changes to such information.

6.3 Blended Rate. You acknowledge that We provide media, distribution, data, support, and other program services on a blended rate model which may include additional markup, commissions, or fees which may be required for access, optimization, or other general business purposes.

6.4 Overdue Charges. If any invoiced amount is not received by Us by the due date, then without limiting Our rights or remedies, (a) those charges may accrue late interest at the rate of 1.5% of the outstanding balance per month, or the maximum rate permitted by law, whichever is lower, and/or (b) We may condition future subscription renewals and Order Forms on payment terms shorter than those specified in Section 6.2 (Invoicing and Payment).

6.5 Third Party Engagement. If You are not directly engaged with Us but have engaged a third party to utilize our software, placements, distribution, data, support and other program services, your legal agreements are with such third party, not with Us, and we do not agree to sequential liability with any third party.

6.6 Suspension of Service and Acceleration. If any amount owing by You under this or any other agreement for Our services is 14 or more days overdue (or 10 or more days overdue in the case of amounts You have authorized Us to charge to Your credit card), We may, without limiting Our other rights and remedies, accelerate Your unpaid fee obligations under such agreements so that all such obligations become immediately due and payable, and suspend Our services to You until such amounts are paid in full. We will give You at least 10 days’ prior notice that Your account is overdue, in accordance with Section 13.2 (Manner of Giving Notice), before suspending services to You.

6.7 Payment Disputes. We will not exercise Our rights under Section 6.3 (Overdue Charges) or 6.4 (Suspension of Service and Acceleration) above if You are disputing the applicable charges reasonably and in good faith and are cooperating diligently to resolve the dispute.

6.8 Taxes. Our fees do not include any taxes, levies, duties or similar governmental assessments of any nature, including, for example, value-added, sales, use or withholding taxes, assessable by any jurisdiction whatsoever (collectively, “Taxes”). You are responsible for paying all Taxes associated with Your purchases hereunder. If We have the legal obligation to pay or collect Taxes for which You are responsible under this Section 6.6, We will invoice You and You will pay that amount unless You provide Us with a valid tax exemption certificate authorized by the appropriate taxing authority. For clarity, We are solely responsible for taxes assessable against Us based on Our income, property and employees.

6.9 Future Functionality. You agree that Your purchases are not contingent on the delivery of any future functionality or features, or dependent on any oral or written public comments made by Us regarding future functionality or features.

7. PROPRIETARY RIGHTS AND LICENSES

7.1 Reservation of Rights. Subject to the limited rights expressly granted hereunder, We and Our licensors reserve all of Our/their right, title and interest in and to the Services and Content, including all of Our/their related intellectual property rights. No rights are granted to You hereunder other than as expressly set forth herein.

7.2 License by Us to Use Content. We grant to You a worldwide, limited-term license, under Our applicable intellectual property rights and licenses, to use Content acquired by You pursuant to Order Forms, subject to those Order Forms, this Agreement and the Documentation.

7.3 License by You to Host Your Data and Applications. You grant Us and Our Affiliates a worldwide, limited-term license to host, copy, transmit and display Your Data, and any Non-fivetier.com Applications and program code created by or for You using a Service, as necessary for Us to provide the Services in accordance with this Agreement. Subject to the limited licenses granted herein, We acquire no right, title or interest from You or Your licensors under this Agreement in or to Your Data or any Non-fivetier.com Application or program code.

7.4 License by You to Use Feedback. You grant to Us and Our Affiliates a worldwide, perpetual, irrevocable, royalty-free license to use and incorporate into the Services any suggestion, enhancement request, recommendation, correction or other feedback provided by You or Users relating to the operation of the Services.

7.5 Federal Government End Use Provisions. We provide the Services, including related software and technology, for ultimate federal government end use solely in accordance with the following: Government technical data and software rights related to the Services include only those rights customarily provided to the public as defined in this Agreement. This customary commercial license is provided in accordance with FAR 12.211 (Technical Data) and FAR 12.212 (Software) and, for Department of Defense transactions, DFAR 252.227-7015 (Technical Data – Commercial Items) and DFAR 227.7202-3 (Rights in Commercial Computer Software or Computer Software Documentation). If a government agency has a need for rights not granted under these terms, it must negotiate with Us to determine if there are acceptable terms for granting those rights, and a mutually acceptable written addendum specifically granting those rights must be included in any applicable agreement.

8. CONFIDENTIALITY

8.1. Definition of Confidential Information. “Confidential Information” means all information disclosed by a party (“Disclosing Party”) to the other party (“Receiving Party”), whether orally or in writing, that is designated as confidential or that reasonably should be understood to be confidential given the nature of the information and the circumstances of disclosure. Your Confidential Information includes Your Data; Our Confidential Information includes the Services and Content; and Confidential Information of each party includes the terms and conditions of this Agreement and all Order Forms (including pricing), as well as business and marketing plans, technology and technical information, product plans and designs, and business processes disclosed by such party. However, Confidential Information does not include any information that (i) is or becomes generally known to the public without breach of any obligation owed to the Disclosing Party, (ii) was known to the Receiving Party prior to its disclosure by the Disclosing Party without breach of any obligation owed to the Disclosing Party, (iii) is received from a third party without breach of any obligation owed to the Disclosing Party, or (iv) was independently developed by the Receiving Party.

8.2 Protection of Confidential Information. The Receiving Party will use the same degree of care that it uses to protect the confidentiality of its own confidential information of like kind (but not less than reasonable care) (i) not to use any Confidential Information of the Disclosing Party for any purpose outside the scope of this Agreement, and (ii) except as otherwise authorized by the Disclosing Party in writing, to limit access to Confidential Information of the Disclosing Party to those of its and its Affiliates’ employees and contractors who need that access for purposes consistent with this Agreement and who have signed confidentiality agreements with the Receiving Party containing protections no less stringent than those herein. Neither party will disclose the terms of this Agreement or any Order Form to any third party other than its Affiliates, legal counsel and accountants without the other party’s prior written consent, provided that a party that makes any such disclosure to its Affiliate, legal counsel or accountants will remain responsible for such Affiliate’s, legal counsel’s or accountant’s compliance with this Section 8.2.

8.3 Compelled Disclosure. The Receiving Party may disclose Confidential Information of the Disclosing Party to the extent compelled by law to do so, provided the Receiving Party gives the Disclosing Party prior notice of the compelled disclosure (to the extent legally permitted) and reasonable assistance, at the Disclosing Party’s cost, if the Disclosing Party wishes to contest the disclosure. If the Receiving Party is compelled by law to disclose the Disclosing Party’s Confidential Information as part of a civil proceeding to which the Disclosing Party is a party, and the Disclosing Party is not contesting the disclosure, the Disclosing Party will reimburse the Receiving Party for its reasonable cost of compiling and providing secure access to that Confidential Information.

9. REPRESENTATIONS, WARRANTIES, REMEDIES AND DISCLAIMERS

9.1 Representations. Each party represents that it has validly entered into this Agreement and has the legal power to do so.

9.2 Our Warranties. We warrant that (a) this Agreement, the Order Forms and the Documentation accurately describe the applicable administrative, physical, and technical safeguards for protection of the security, confidentiality and integrity of Your Data, (b) We will not materially decrease the overall security of the Purchased Services during a subscription term, (c) the Purchased Services will perform materially in accordance with the applicable Documentation, (d) subject to Section 5.3 (Integration with Non-fivetier.com Applications), We will not materially decrease the functionality of the Purchased Services during a subscription term, and (e) the Purchased Services and Content will not introduce Malicious Code into Your systems. For any breach of an above warranty, Your exclusive remedies are those described in Sections 12.3 (Termination) and 12.4 (Refund or Payment upon Termination).

9.3 Disclaimers. EXCEPT AS EXPRESSLY PROVIDED HEREIN, NEITHER PARTY MAKES ANY WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, WHETHER EXPRESS, IMPLIED, STATUTORY OR OTHERWISE, AND EACH PARTY SPECIFICALLY DISCLAIMS ALL IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING ANY IMPLIED WARRANTY OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE OR NON-INFRINGEMENT, TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW. CONTENT AND BETA SERVICES ARE PROVIDED “AS IS,” EXCLUSIVE OF ANY WARRANTY WHATSOEVER. EACH PARTY DISCLAIMS ALL LIABILITY AND INDEMNIFICATION OBLIGATIONS FOR ANY HARM OR DAMAGES CAUSED BY ANY THIRD-PARTY HOSTING PROVIDERS.

10. MUTUAL INDEMNIFICATION

10.1 Indemnification by Us. We will defend You against any claim, demand, suit or proceeding made or brought against You by a third party alleging that the use of a Purchased Service in accordance with this Agreement infringes or misappropriates such third party’s intellectual property rights (a “Claim Against You”), and will indemnify You from any damages, attorney fees and costs finally awarded against You as a result of, or for amounts paid by You under a court-approved settlement of, a Claim Against You, provided You (a) promptly give Us written notice of the Claim Against You, (b) give Us sole control of the defense and settlement of the Claim Against You (except that We may not settle any Claim Against You unless it unconditionally releases You of all liability), and (c) give Us all reasonable assistance, at Our expense. If We receive information about an infringement or misappropriation claim related to a Service, We may in Our discretion and at no cost to You (i) modify the Service so that it no longer infringes or misappropriates, without breaching Our warranties under Section 9.2 (Our Warranties), (ii) obtain a license for Your continued use of that Service in accordance with this Agreement, or (iii) terminate Your subscriptions for that Service upon 30 days’ written notice and refund You any prepaid fees covering the remainder of the term of the terminated subscriptions. The above defense and indemnification obligations do not apply to the extent a Claim Against You arises from Content, a Non-fivetier.com Application or Your breach of this Agreement.

10.2 Indemnification by You. You will defend Us against any claim, demand, suit or proceeding made or brought against Us by a third party alleging that Your Data, or Your use of any Service or Content in breach of this Agreement, infringes or misappropriates such third party’s intellectual property rights or violates applicable law (a “Claim AgainstUs”), and will indemnify Us from any damages, attorney fees and costs finally awarded against Us as a result of, or for any amounts paid by Us under a court-approved settlement of, a Claim Against Us, provided We (a) promptly give You written notice of the Claim Against Us, (b) give You sole control of the defense and settlement of the Claim Against Us (except that You may not settle any Claim Against Us unless it unconditionally releases Us of all liability), and (c) give You all reasonable assistance, at Your expense.

10.3 Exclusive Remedy. This Section 10 states the indemnifying party’s sole liability to, and the indemnified party’s exclusive remedy against, the other party for any type of claim described in this Section 10.

11.LIMITATION OF LIABILITY

11.1 Limitation of Liability. NEITHER PARTY’S LIABILITY WITH RESPECT TO ANY SINGLE INCIDENT ARISING OUT OF OR RELATED TO THIS AGREEMENT WILL EXCEED THE AMOUNT PAID BY CUSTOMER HEREUNDER IN THE 12 MONTHS PRECEDING THE INCIDENT, PROVIDED THAT IN NO EVENT WILL EITHER PARTY’S AGGREGATE LIABILITY ARISING OUT OF OR RELATED TO THIS AGREEMENT EXCEED THE TOTAL AMOUNT PAID BY CUSTOMER HEREUNDER. THE ABOVE LIMITATIONS WILL APPLY WHETHER AN ACTION IS IN CONTRACT OR TORT AND REGARDLESS OF THE THEORY OF LIABILITY. HOWEVER, THE ABOVE LIMITATIONS WILL NOT LIMIT CUSTOMER’S PAYMENT OBLIGATIONS UNDER SECTION 6 (FEES AND PAYMENT FOR PURCHASED SERVICES).

11.2. Exclusion of Consequential and Related Damages. IN NO EVENT WILL EITHER PARTY HAVE ANY LIABILITY TO THE OTHER PARTY FOR ANY LOST PROFITS, REVENUES OR INDIRECT, SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, COVER OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES, WHETHER AN ACTION IS IN CONTRACT OR TORT AND REGARDLESS OF THE THEORY OF LIABILITY, EVEN IF A PARTY HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES. THE FOREGOING DISCLAIMER WILL NOT APPLY TO THE EXTENT PROHIBITED BY LAW.

12. TERM AND TERMINATION

12.1 Term of Agreement. This Agreement commences on the date You first accept it and continues until all subscriptions hereunder have expired or have been terminated.

12.2. Term of Purchased Subscriptions. The term of each subscription shall be as specified in the applicable Order Form. Except as otherwise specified in an Order Form, subscriptions will automatically renew for additional periods equal to the expiring subscription term or one year (whichever is shorter), unless either party gives the other notice of non-renewal at least 30 days before the end of the relevant subscription term. The per-unit pricing during any automatic renewal term will be the same as that during the immediately prior term unless We have given You written notice of a pricing increase at least 30 days before the end of that prior term, in which case the pricing increase will be effective upon renewal and thereafter. Any such pricing increase will not exceed 10% of the pricing for the applicable Purchased Service or Content in the immediately prior subscription term, unless the pricing in the prior term was designated in the relevant Order Form as promotional or one-time.

12.3 Termination. A party may terminate this Agreement for cause (i) upon 30 days written notice to the other party of a material breach if such breach remains uncured at the expiration of such period, or (ii) if the other party becomes the subject of a petition in bankruptcy or any other proceeding relating to insolvency, receivership, liquidation or assignment for the benefit of creditors.

12.4 Refund or Payment upon Termination. If this agreement is terminated by either party in accordance with Section 12.3, You will pay any unpaid fees covering the remainder of the term of all Order Forms. In no event will termination relieve You of Your obligation to pay any fees payable to Us for the period prior to the effective date of termination.

12.5 Your Data Portability and Deletion. Upon request by You made within 7 days after the effective date of termination or expiration of this Agreement, We will make the Your Data available to You for export or download as provided in the Documentation. After that 30-day period, We will have no obligation to maintain or provide Your Data, and will thereafter delete or destroy all copies of Your Data in Our systems or otherwise in Our possession or control as provided in the Documentation, unless legally prohibited.

12.6. Surviving Provisions. The Sections titled “Fees and Payment for Purchase Services,” “Proprietary Rights and Licenses,” “Confidentiality,” “Disclaimers,” “Mutual Indemnification,” “Limitation of Liability,” “Refund or Payment upon Termination,” “Portability and Deletion of Your Data,” “Who You Are Contracting With, Notices, Governing Law and Jurisdiction,” and “General Provisions” will survive any termination or expiration if this Agreement.

13. NOTICES, GOVERNING LAW AND JURISDICTION

13.1 General. Who You are contracting with under this Agreement, who You should direct notices to under this Agreement, what law will apply in any lawsuit arising out of or in connection with this Agreement, and which courts have jurisdiction over any such lawsuit, depend on where You are domiciled.

You are contracting with: Five Tier, Inc., a New York Corporation.

Notices should be addressed to: Five Tier, Inc., 39 West 38th Street 3rd Floor, New York, NY 10018

The governing law is: New York and controlling United States Federal Law.

The courts having exclusive jurisdiction are: New York, NY, U.S.A.

13.2 Manner of Giving Notice. Except as otherwise specified in this Agreement, all notices, permissions and approvals hereunder shall be in writing and shall be deemed to have been given upon: (i) personal delivery, (ii) the second business day after mailing, (iii) the second business day after sending by confirmed facsimile, or (iv) the first business day after sending by email (provided email shall not be sufficient for notices of termination or an indemnifiable claim). Billing-related notices to You shall be addressed to the relevant billing contact designated by You. All other notices to You shall be addressed to the relevant Services system administrator designated by You.

13.3 Agreement to Governing Law and Jurisdiction. Each party agrees to the applicable governing law above without regard to choice or conflicts of law rules, and to the exclusive jurisdiction of the applicable courts above.

13.4 No Agency. For the avoidance of doubt, We are entering into this Agreement as principal and not as agent for any other Five Tier company. Subject to any permitted Assignment under Section 14.4, the obligations owed by Us under this Agreement shall be owed to You solely by Us and the obligations owed by You under this Agreement shall be owed solely to Us.

14. GENERAL PROVISIONS

14.1 Export Compliance. The Services, Content, other technology We make available, and derivatives thereof may be subject to export laws and regulations of the United States and other jurisdictions. Each party represents that it is not named on any U.S. government denied-party list. You shall not permit Users to access or use any Service or Content in a U.S.-embargoed country (currently Cuba, Iran, North Korea, Sudan or Syria) or in violation of any U.S. export law or regulation.

14.2 Anti-Corruption. You have not received or been offered any illegal or improper bribe, kickback, payment, gift, or thing of value from any of Our employees or agents in connection with this Agreement. Reasonable gifts and entertainment provided in the ordinary course of business do not violate the above restriction. If You learn of any violation of the above restriction, You will use reasonable efforts to promptly notify Our Legal Department.

14.3 Entire Agreement and Order of Precedence. This Agreement is the entire agreement between You and Us regarding Your use of Services and Content and supersedes all prior and contemporaneous agreements, proposals or representations, written or oral, concerning its subject matter. No modification, amendment, or waiver of any provision of this Agreement will be effective unless in writing and signed by the party against whom the modification, amendment or waiver is to be asserted. The parties agree that any term or condition stated in Your purchase order or in any other of Your order documentation (excluding Order Forms) is void. In the event of any conflict or inconsistency among the following documents, the order of precedence shall be: (1) the applicable Order Form, (2) this Agreement, and (3) the Documentation.

14.4 Assignment. Neither party may assign any of its rights or obligations hereunder, whether by operation of law or otherwise, without the other party’s prior written consent (not to be unreasonably withheld); provided, however, either party may assign this Agreement in its entirety (including all Order Forms), without the other party’s consent to its Affiliate or in connection with a merger, acquisition, corporate reorganization, or sale of all or substantially all of its assets. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if a party is acquired by, sells substantially all of its assets to, or undergoes a change of control in favor of, a direct competitor of the other party, then such other party may terminate this Agreement upon written notice. In the event of such a termination, We will refund to You any prepaid fees covering the remainder of the term of all subscriptions. Subject to the foregoing, this Agreement will bind and inure to the benefit of the parties, their respective successors and permitted assigns.

14.5 Relationship of the Parties. The parties are independent contractors. This Agreement does not create a partnership, franchise, joint venture, agency, fiduciary or employment relationship between the parties.

14.6 Third-Party Beneficiaries. Our Content licensors shall have the benefit of Our rights and protections hereunder with respect to the applicable Content. There are no other third-party beneficiaries under this Agreement.

14.7 Waiver. No failure or delay by either party in exercising any right under this Agreement will constitute a waiver of that right.

14.8 Severability. If any provision of this Agreement is held by a court of competent jurisdiction to be contrary to law, the provision will be deemed null and void, and the remaining provisions of this Agreement will remain in effect.

Service Level Agreement

This Agreement was last updated on March 27, 2020. It is effective between You and Us as of the date of You accepting this Agreement.

1. DEFINITIONS

“Agreement” means this Service Level Agreement.

“We,” “Us“, “Our” or “Agency” means Five Tier, Inc., affiliated companies, and/or independent contractors used by Five Tier, Inc.

“You“, “Your“, or “Client” means the company or other legal entity for which you are accepting this Agreement, and Affiliates of that company or entity.

NOW, THEREFORE, the parties agree as follows:

2. ENGAGEMENT

Client hereby engages Agency to provide, and Agency hereby agrees to provide, either itself or through independent contractors or Agency representatives (each, a “Representative”), the marketing services set forth on an Order Form.

3. FEES AND PAYMENT SCHEDULE

Client shall pay Agency the project Fees set forth on the Order Form in accordance with the payment schedule set forth therein. Prior to rendering services, Agency must be in receipt of the first initial payment, in full, as outlined in the payment schedule. Commencement of Work shall not begin until the Agency has confirmed receipt of the first scheduled payment. In addition to project Fees, Agency must receive all outlined pass-through fees prior to purchasing any pass-through items on behalf of the Client. All original invoices will be emailed to Client at Client request. If payments of engagement fees are past due or unpaid, all Representatives performing any work whatsoever for Client shall cease work immediately and shall not recommence such work until all past due project Fees are paid in full by Client. Additionally, an interest charge at the rate of two and one-half percent (2½%) compounded per ten (10) day period where payments are outstanding or the maximum legal rate, whichever is less, will be assessed on all undisputed payments that are past due.

4. INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY

Both parties recognize that each owns significant intellectual property rights. The parties do not, by their execution of this Agreement or their activities in furtherance of any initiative contemplated hereby, intend to confer any rights of ownership or use or license of any kind in the intellectual property owned by either party or any third party prior to the date of this Agreement, other than such rights to use as are specifically provided for hereunder.

(a) As between the parties, except for the Client’s IP, Agency shall own all right, title and interest in and to the copy, films, photographs, artwork, layouts, concepts, ideas, names, logos, trademarks, messages, themes, action programs, and other materials related to the preparation and production of marketing communications in connection with the project, whether produced by Agency or by freelancers, independent contractors or other third parties retained by Agency on Client’s behalf, or otherwise purchased by Agency for the Client’s account and whether or not such material was published, displayed, distributed, broadcast, or otherwise presented (collectively, the “Work”). The Work shall also include all work product generated from a production shoot or similar activity and all concepts and materials presented by Agency to the Client, whether in storyboard or comparable form or otherwise.

(b) As between the Client and Agency, the Client shall retain unrestricted rights with respect to any and all of the Work, for use in any and all media now existing or hereafter created, including but not limited to, print, internet, cellular, and satellite, whether or not used by Client in any marketing communications, subject to all third party rights, restrictions, limitations.

(c) Upon project completion, Agency shall transfer an unrestricted license, free of any and all encumbrances or time limitations, of the final Work product to Client.

5. CONFIDENTIALITY; NON-DISCLOSURE

“Confidential Information” means all information, including without limitation data, technology, samples and specimens relating to both the Company and the Client and their respective products, product concepts, technologies, businesses, financial, clinical or regulatory affairs, manufacturing processes and procedures, or those of any third party from whom the Company or Client receives information on a confidential basis, whether written, graphic or oral, furnished to Company or Client by or on behalf of Client or Company, either directly or indirectly, or obtained or observed by Company or Client while providing services or receiving services hereunder, and the services to be provided by Company and received by Client hereunder, with the exception only of the following: (a) information that is now in the public domain or subsequently enters the public domain without fault on the part of the party, Company or Client, obligated to maintain confidences pursuant to this agreement; (b) information that is presently known by Company or Client from Company or Client’s own independent sources as evidenced by prior written records; and (c) information that Company or Client receives from a third party not under any obligation to keep such information confidential.Any combination of features or disclosures shall not be deemed to fall within the foregoing exclusions merely because certain individual features are published or available to the general public or in the rightful possession of Company or Client unless the combination as a whole falls within any of the above exceptions.Except as required in Company’s duties to Client and Client’s duties to Company under this agreement, Company and Client agree not to disclose or use at any time or for any purpose, either during or subsequent to the Term of this Agreement, any Confidential Information, without the prior written consent of Company or Client, to be given or withheld in Company or Client’s absolute discretion.

6. TERM AND TERMINATION; SURVIVAL

This Agreement shall take effect upon the Effective Date and shall continue to be in full force and effect until such time as all obligations of the parties relating to the Order Form have been satisfied, yet in no event shall this Agreement continue to be in full force and effect beyond one year, or 365 days from the date of acceptance (the “Term”) unless otherwise noted and agreed upon. Either party may terminate this Agreement if the other party is in material breach or is in default of any obligation that is not cured within 30 calendar days. Upon termination of this Agreement by Client before the end of the Term for any reason other than due to breach of this Agreement by Agency, Client shall compensate Agency for all services both rendered and to be provided by Agency for the minimum term of the Agreement.Further, upon expiration or termination of this Agreement, Agency shall destroy or return to Client, at Client’s expense, all of the Client’s IP as directed by Client. The provisions of Sections 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, and 10 of this Agreement shall survive the termination or expiration of this Agreement.

7. NON‑SOLICITATION OF PERSONNEL

During the Term of this Agreement, including extensions or modifications thereto, and for one (1) year thereafter, neither Agency nor Client, without the prior written consent of the other party, which may be withheld at that party’s sole discretion, shall directly or indirectly solicit for employment, employ or subcontract work to any Representative or professional employees of the other that are or have been assigned to work on the Project.

8. SERVICE INTERRUPTION

Client acknowledges that the services provided hereunder by Agency is of such a nature that service can be interrupted for many reasons other than the negligence of Agency and that damages resulting from any interruption of service are difficult to ascertain. Therefore, Client agrees that Agency, its affiliates, agents, employees, or licensors (including third party service providers) (collectively, the “Affiliates”) shall not be liable for any damages arising from such causes beyond the direct and exclusive control of Agency; or that results from mistakes, omissions, interruptions, deletion of files, errors, defects, delays in operation, or transmission or any failure of performance through no fault of Agency; or for failures caused by third party hardware or software (including Client’s own systems); third party misuse of any website created by or at the direction of Agency for the benefit of Client; or the negligence or willful misconduct of Client. Further, neither Agency nor the Affiliates shall be liable for failure to perform any obligation under this Agreement if such failure is caused by the occurrence of any contingency beyond the reasonable control of such party, including without limitation, any act of Force Majeure, communication failure, theft, Denial of Service (DoS) attacks, destruction or unauthorized access to Agency records, programs or services, strike, and other industrial disturbance, failure to transport, accident, riot, insurrection, order of governmental agency or any other act of God.

9. LIMITATIONS OF LIABILITY; EXCLUSIONS

TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, NEITHER PARTY SHALL BE LIABLE TO THE OTHER PARTY FOR INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, SPECIAL OR EXEMPLARY DAMAGES (EVEN IF THAT PARTY HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES), ARISING FROM ANY PROVISION OF THIS AGREEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL AGENCY’S TOTAL LIABILITY EXCEED THE AMOUNT EXCHANGED IN CORRELATION WITH THIS AGREEMENT. THIS EXCLUSION OF LIABILITY DOES NOT APPLY TO EITHER PARTY’S LIABILITY TO THE OTHER FOR VIOLATION OF ITS CONFIDENTIALITY OBLIGATION, THE OTHER PARTY’S INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS, OR IN THE EVENT OF FRAUD, GROSS NEGLIGENCE OR INTENTIONAL MISCONDUCT OR FOR DEATH OR PERSONAL INJURY CAUSED BY THAT PARTY’S NEGLIGENCE.

10. MUTUAL INDEMNIFICATION

Each party shall indemnify and hold the other party harmless, including without limitation, its officers, directors, employees and agents from and against any and all loss, liability, damage or expenses (including reasonable attorneys’ fees and expenses), whether arising out of a claim involving a third party or between the parties to this Agreement that either party may suffer as a result of any claim of breach, negligence, property damage, personal injury or death arising from or related to the acts of the indemnifying party connected with Work.

11. ARBITRATION

If any dispute arises under this Agreement that is not settled promptly in the ordinary course of business, the parties shall seek to resolve any such dispute between them; first, by negotiating promptly with each other in face‑to‑face negotiations. Any controversy or claim arising out of or relating to the interpretation, enforcement or breach of this Agreement or relating to the Project or the services to be provided pursuant to the Order Form (other than actions for injunction or other equitable relief) that cannot be resolved within 20 business days (or such period as the parties shall otherwise agree) through face‑to‑face negotiations shall be resolved by binding arbitration in accordance with the Commercial Arbitration Rules of the American Arbitration Association. The arbitration shall be held in such place in New York, New York, as may be specified by the arbitrators (or any place agreed to by the parties and the arbitrators). The decision of the arbitrators shall be final and binding as to any matters submitted under this Section 11 and such decision may be enforced in any court having jurisdiction over the subject matter or over any of the parties to this Agreement. All costs and expenses incurred in connection with any such arbitration proceeding (including reasonable attorneys’ fees and expenses) shall be borne by the party against which the decision is rendered. If the arbitrators’ decision is a compromise, the determination of which party or parties bears the costs and expenses incurred in connection with such arbitration proceeding shall be made by the arbitrators on the basis of the arbitrator’s assessment of the relative merits of the parties’ positions.

12. PUBLICITY

Client agrees that Agency may use its name and trademarks in any news release, public announcement, advertisement, client list or other form of publicity that Agency creates, generates and/or distributes, written or oral, which describes the services performed by Agency for Client and refers to the existence of an arrangement between Client and Agency.

13. MISCELLANEOUS

This Agreement constitutes the parties’ entire Agreement concerning the subject matter hereof, and supersedes any other prior and contemporaneous communications. All notices, authorizations, and requests given or made in connection with this Agreement must be sent by post, express courier, or facsimile to the addresses indicated by both parties. Notices will be deemed delivered on the date shown on the postal return receipt or on the courier, or facsimile confirmation of delivery. You may not assign this Agreement without written consent, which consent will not be unreasonably withheld. This Agreement is governed by the laws of the State of New York. The sections regarding fees, ownership and license, confidentiality, termination, non-solicitation, limitation of liability, mutual indemnification, publicity and miscellaneous of this Agreement will survive any termination or expiration of this Agreement. In the event any of the provisions or portions or applications thereof of this Agreement are held to be unenforceable or invalid by any court of competent jurisdiction, such invalid or unenforceable provision shall in no way affect the validity or enforceability of the remaining provisions or portions or applications thereof.

14. MODIFICATION

Any and all modifications, addendums or amendments to this agreement must be made in writing and signed by both parties or their authorized representatives.

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