iLEARN DEVELOPMENT AND INTERACTIVE SERVICES AGREEMENT
This iLearn Development and Interactive Services Agreement (the
"Agreement") is made and entered into this 17th day of June, 1998, by and
between iXL, Inc., a Delaware corporation ("iXL"), and Endeavor Technologies,
Inc., a Georgia corporation ("Endeavor").
RECITALS
WHEREAS, Endeavor desires to retain iXL to provide interactive services
using iXL's proprietary software iLearn (defined below) in developing:
A. A knowledge management system or engine for on-line Web-MD training that
will include an administration/tracking system (the "Knowledge Management
System"); and
B. Content for multimedia, on-line training courses for healthcare
professionals (the "Web-MD Courses") as described in more detail herein;
and
WHEREAS, iXL is willing to provide such services on the terms described
herein and in performing such services will:
A. Refine and develop a content integration system (the "iLearn Content
Integration System") that will allow iXL to process and convert a large
number of courses relatively quickly for use in a multimedia format on
engines similar to the Knowledge Management System; and
B. Develop certain generic production templates that will be used with the
iLearn Content Integration System (the "iLearn Templates") in processing or
converting existing course content; and
WHEREAS, iXL, with input from Endeavor, will develop a graphic design for
the iLearn Templates for use by Endeavor with the Knowledge Management System
(the "Web-MD Template Design");
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual covenants and benefits
described in this Agreement, and other good and valuable consideration, the
receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties agree as
follows:
1. DEFINITIONS. For purposes of this Agreement, capitalized terms shall have
the following meanings:
"CHANGE ORDER" is defined in Section 3 below and shall be substantially in
the form attached hereto as Exhibit A.
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"CODE" means computer programming/formatting code or operating instructions
either previously developed by iXL or developed pursuant to this Agreement
and used in connection with iLearn, used to create any portion of the
Custom Works, incorporated into a Custom Work, or used to operate a Custom
Work or a Web Server in connection with a Custom Work (such as, for
example, HTML, Perl, C, C++, Java, Java Script, UNIX Shell, Visual Basic
Script, and VRML code). Code shall include (a) any files necessary to make
forms, check-boxes, and similar functions and underlying technology or
components, such as animation templates, interface programs which link
multimedia and other programs, customized graphics manipulation engines,
and menu utilities, whether in database form or dynamically driven; (b)
navigational elements, including buttons, graphics, synchronization
gateways, links, PERL and CGI scripts; (c) configuration profiles; (d) tags
or code added to templates in order for them to be used; (e) tags that
assign relational attributes to data elements allowing such elements to be
used as "smart content"; (f) dynamic content calls embedded in the HTML;
(g) all code related to the administrative, tracking, and other functions
of the Knowledge Management System; and (h) all source code related to any
of the items described in the proceeding clauses (a) through (f) or
otherwise related to iLearn.
"CONTENT" means all graphics, photographic images, marks, logos, data,
text, and information provided by Endeavor or any party other than iXL, in
connection with the Web-MD Courses. "Content" for the purposes of this
Agreement will not include any Code.
"CUSTOM WORKS" shall mean (a) the Knowledge Management System (excluding
all Code developed by iXL that relates to the administrative, tracking, and
other functions of the Knowledge Management System); (b) the Content of the
finished multimedia form of the Web-MD Courses produced by iXL under this
Agreement; and (c) the graphic design for the Web-MD Template Design.
"DELIVERABLES" means each form of (a) the Custom Works described as being
designed hereunder; and (b) the Physician Web Sites described as being made
available to Physicians in the "Project Timetable and Deliverables
Schedule" in the Statement of Work. "Deliverables" for purposes of this
Agreement will not include any Third Party Software, Web Browsers, or
hardware.
"ENDEAVOR MARKS" mean any and all trademarks, logos, or similar matters
relating to Endeavor or Web-MD provided by Endeavor or its agents to iXL
for use in any Custom Works or otherwise hereunder.
"ERROR" means any error, problem, or defect resulting from: (a) an
incorrect functioning of Code that affects the functionality of a
Deliverable; or (b) any failure of a Deliverable to meet the specifications
in the Statement of Work or the Phase I Engineering Requirements Document
to be developed thereunder.
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"FINAL DELIVERABLE" means the final version of any Custom Work that will be
delivered to Endeavor after successful completion of iXL's final testing
and quality assurance procedures.
"iLEARN" means iXL's proprietary software for multimedia on-line learning,
course development, and management and shall include (a) iXL's Content
Integration System; (b) the iXL Templates to be developed hereunder; and
(c) all Code related to the administration, tracking, and other functions
of the Knowledge Management System.
"iLEARN CONTENT INTEGRATION SYSTEM" is defined in the recitals of this
Agreement.
"iLEARN TEMPLATES" are defined in the recitals of this Agreement.
"INTERNET" means the world-wide network of computers which provide access
to the World Wide Web.
"KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM" is defined in the recitals of this Agreement.
"PERMITTED USES" shall mean use by Endeavor in providing on-line training
to health care professionals through (a) use and modification of the
Knowledge Management System, including making it available on the Internet
to such health care professionals; (b) use, display, copying, and
modification of the Web-MD courses; and (c) use of any other courses
developed by other parties for Endeavor for health care professionals
consistent with the terms of this Agreement. iXL will use reasonable
commercial efforts to effect a strategic alliance between Endeavor and the
Thomson Corporation ("Thomson") or terms that are reasonably acceptable to
Endeavor. Endeavor will keep iXL advised of the progress of the
relationships with Thomson and, if possible, work with iXL to develop any
educational or training content. "Permitted Uses" shall not include (i)
any use of iLearn, Code or the Knowledge Management System or (ii) at a
time when fees or other compensation due to iXL hereunder have not been
paid. "Permitted Uses" will not include any decompiling, preparation of
derivative works, or re-engineering of any portion or any version of iLearn
or Code.
"PHASE I DOCUMENT" is defined in Section 6 of this Agreement.
"STATEMENT OF WORK" shall include Statement of Work No. 1, which is defined
in Section 3 below, and any additional Statements of Work attached to this
Agreement with the written consent of both iXL and Endeavor.
"THIRD PARTY SOFTWARE" means any software or other material (for example, a
standard authoring program or platform or off-the-shelf software) which is
specifically identified in the Statement of Work as being owned by a
company or individual other than iXL, will be used under this Agreement
pursuant to a license or other arrangement, and is generally available to
the public, including Endeavor, under published licensing terms.
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"WEB BROWSER" means software designed to allow interactive access to the
World Wide Web, including Navigator, Explorer, Mosaic, MacWeb/WinWeb,
Cello, and Lynx.
"WED-MD COURSES" are defined in the recitals of this Agreement.
"WEB-MD TEMPLATE DESIGN" is defined in the recitals of this Agreement.
"WORLD WIDE WEB" means all of the Web Pages that are accessible to a
typical computer user with appropriate access to the Internet using a Web
Browser.
The definitions in this section will apply to all plural and singular forms
of the defined terms used in this Agreement.
2. DEVELOPMENT AND INTERACTIVE SERVICES.
(a) DEVELOPMENT OF CUSTOM WORKS. Endeavor hereby retains iXL to develop
the Knowledge Management System, the graphic design for the Web-MD
Template Design, and the Web-MD Courses as described in the attached
Statement of Work. Endeavor agrees to pay iXL fees for such services
as described in the attached Statement of Work in accordance with the
payment terms set forth therein and in this Agreement.
(b) USE OF iLEARN FEATURES. In performing the services required under
this Agreement, iXL will use iLearn, the iLearn Content Integration
System, and the iLearn Templates providing the functionality described
in the attached Statement of Work.
(c) VERTICAL MARKETS. iXL will have no obligation under State of Work
No. 1 or the Phase I Document to be developed thereunder in connection
with adaptation of courses for vertical markets.
3. STATEMENT OF WORK; CHANGE ORDERS; ADMINISTRATION. Attached hereto as
Exhibit B is a more detailed description of the development and interactive
services to be provided hereunder ("Statement of Work No. 1"). If there is
any difference between the terms of the Statement of Work attached hereto
and any other portion of this Agreement, the terms of the Statement of Work
shall control, with the exception of Section 10(a) (concerning iXL's
ownership of iLearn, the iLearn Content Integration System, the iLearn
Templates, and Code) and Section 22 (which confirms that no joint venture,
partnership or other relationship has been created in connection with this
Agreement). In the event of a conflict between Sections 10(a) and 22 of
this Agreement and any language in a Statement of Work, Sections 10(a) and
22 of this Agreement shall control.
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Any modification to the specifications in the Statement of Work or to a
Custom Work after acceptance by Endeavor hereunder shall require execution
of a written change order by both parties to this Agreement (a "Change
Order"). Each Change Order complying with this section shall be deemed to
be an amendment to the applicable Statement of Work and will become part of
this Agreement.
In the attached Statement of Work, Endeavor and iXL have each designated a
qualified individual as project manager to serve as the point of contact
for all communications relating to the performance under this Agreement.
4. COMPENSATION; EXPENSES; INVOICES. Endeavor shall pay iXL the amounts set
forth in the Statement of Work.
Except for amounts due upon execution of this Agreement, iXL will submit to
Endeavor invoices for the amounts payable to iXL as described herein and in
the applicable Statement of Work. Unless otherwise provided in the
applicable Statement of Work, Endeavor will pay to iXL the amount of each
invoice immediately. Invoices will be deemed to have been received on the
earlier of the date of actual receipt or five (5) days after mailing to
Endeavor. If Endeavor disputes an invoice, Endeavor is required to pay the
undisputed portion of the invoice according to the terms of this Section
and to give notice to iXL that specifies in detail the disputed items and
the reason for the dispute.
5. SOURCE OF CERTAIN MATERIALS. The Content for the Web-MD Courses and the
Endeavor Marks used in the Custom Works or otherwise in connection with
this Agreement will be obtained and supplied by Endeavor or its agents
other than iXL.
Development and operation of the Knowledge Management System and the Web-MD
Courses may involve use of Third Party Software. Endeavor will be
responsible for payment for, and entering into appropriate licensing
agreements concerning, use of such Third Party Software unless otherwise in
the Statement of Work.
6. GENERAL SPECIFICATIONS. The initial technical specifications applicable
hereunder appear in the attached Statement of Work and will be refined in
the Phase I Engineering Requirements Document to be developed thereunder
(the "Phase I Document").
7. METHOD OF PERFORMING SERVICES. Unless otherwise set forth in the Statement
of Work, iXL shall determine the method, details, and means of performing
the services to be performed hereunder, subject to the standards set forth
in the Statement of Work. During the Term and thereafter, iXL shall retain
the right to perform any and all services for other clients, including
clients in the healthcare field, and Endeavor shall retain the right to
cause work of the same or a different kind to be performed by its own
personnel or other contractors.
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8. TIMETABLE. iXL and Endeavor will develop a mutually agreeable "Project
Timetable and Deliverables Schedule" as contemplated in Section 7 in
Statement of Work No. 1 (the "Project Timetable") as soon as practicable
after execution of this Agreement.
Endeavor will provide to iXL the media elements, materials, timely
approvals, and assistance necessary for iXL to complete the Custom Works
and other services on the Project Timetable. Any delay by Endeavor in
providing materials, approvals, and assistance to iXL shall extend the
deadline for the subsequent tasks of iXL under the Project Timetable by a
period at least equal to Endeavor's delay. In addition, for any Endeavor
obligation described as time-sensitive or critical in the Statement of
Work, failure of Endeavor to meet its deadline will entitle iXL to prepare
a revised Project Timetable based on a realistic estimate of the effect of
the delay on the completion of the project, taking into account other work
scheduled by iXL.
In addition to providing progress reports and arranging project planning
meetings to the extent required under the Project Timetable, iXL agrees
that the current prototype of the Custom Works shall be accessible to
Endeavor throughout the development phase at the URL identified in the
Statement of Work.
9. DELIVERY AND ACCEPTANCE. Unless otherwise provided in the Statement of
Work, the following provisions will apply for delivery and acceptance of
(i) the prototype, alpha and beta versions, and Final Deliverable for the
Knowledge Management System; (ii) the graphic design for the Web-MD
Template Design; and (iii) each of the Web-MD courses developed or
processed hereunder:
(a) Endeavor will accept or reject the initial version and any corrected
version within ten (10) business days of receipt, notifying iXL in
writing of the specific nature of any Error, deficiencies or
inadequacies in the initial draft. If Endeavor does not reject the
initial version or corrected version of any Deliverable in writing in
the manner and time period described herein, it will be deemed to be
accepted.
(b) If Endeavor rejects the initial version or any corrected version, iXL
shall have a period of ten (10) business days from receipt of the
written rejection to correct all Errors, deficiencies or inadequacies
specified by Endeavor and submit a revised version. Unless Endeavor
rejects the revised version in writing in the manner and time period
described in paragraph (a) above, it will be deemed to be accepted.
10. ALLOCATION OF INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS. The various aspects of
ownership and rights to use iLearn, the Knowledge Management System, the
iLearn Content Integration System, the iLearn Templates, Code, the Custom
Works, the Endeavor Marks, Third Party Software, and Content of the Web-MD
Courses shall be governed by this Section 10.
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(a) RIGHTS CONCERNING iLEARN AND iLEARN FEATURES. iLearn, all Code
relating to the administrative, tracking, and other functions of the
Knowledge Management System, the iLearn Content Integration System,
the iLearn Templates, all other Code, and all rights therein including
any patent, copyright, trademark, trade secret or any other
intellectual property right associated with iLearn, all Code relating
to the administrative, tracking, and other functions of the Knowledge
Management System, the iLearn Content Integration System, the iLearn
Templates, or Code shall be owned exclusively by iXL. Except as stated
herein, Endeavor shall have no claim of ownership in, or any patent,
copyright, trademark, trade secret, or any other intellectual property
rights in connection with, iLearn, all Code relating to the
administrative, tracking, and other functions of the Knowledge
Management System, the iLearn Content Integration System, the iLearn
Templates, or Code, except for the limited license described in
Section 10(d) below. Endeavor (ETI) retains the rights to reuse or
adopt the software. iXL and ETI agree not to give, market or license
the software to any direct competitor of either party. Both parties
will exercise reasonable commercial efforts to jointly market within
the healthcare industry.
(b) RIGHTS IN THE WORKS (WORKS FOR HIRE AND ASSIGNMENT). Subject to
certain rights of iXL described in Sections 10(a), 10(e), and 10(g)
below, (i) the Custom Works shall constitute "works made for hire" for
Endeavor as that concept is defined in Sections 1010 and 201 of the
Copyright Act of 1976 (Title 17, United States Code); and (ii)
Endeavor shall be considered the author and shall be the copyright
owner of the Custom Works.
If any of the Custom Works does not qualify for treatment as a "work
for hire" or if iXL retains any interest in the Custom Works for any
other reason, iXL hereby grants, assigns and transfers to Endeavor,
ownership of all United States and international copyrights and all
other intellectual property rights in the Custom Works, subject to
certain rights of iXL described in Sections 10(a), 10(e), and 10(g) of
this Agreement. The ownership rights assigned under the preceding
sentence shall include all the rights of use with respect thereof
which are intended to be conferred upon Endeavor under this Agreement,
free and clear of any and all claims for royalties or other
compensation except as stated in this Agreement.
(c) RIGHTS IN CONTENT AND MARKS. Endeavor represents and warrants to iXL
that iXL is authorized to copy, use, modify and publish as
contemplated hereunder (i) all Endeavor Content; and (ii) all Endeavor
Marks and to make derivative works using such content and marks as
contemplated hereunder. iXL acknowledges that the Endeavor Marks and
any goodwill appurtenant thereto shall be owned exclusively by
Endeavor.
(d) LIMITED LICENSE TO ENDEAVOR FOR USE OF iLEARN, iLEARN FEATURES, AND
CODE. iXL hereby grants to Endeavor a limited, non-exclusive,
worldwide
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license. Endeavor's limited license hereunder will allow it to use
iLearn, the iLearn Templates, and Code solely for Permitted Uses
hereunder. This limited license gives Endeavor any right to alter, add
to, subtract from, arrange, rearrange, revise, modify, change, adapt,
decompile, or re-engineer iLearn, the iLearn Templates, or any portion
of the Code or to prepare any derivative works therefrom. Endeavor
(ETI) retains the rights to reuse or adopt the software. iXL and ETI
agree not to give, market or license the software to any direct
competitor of either party. Both parties will exercise reasonable
commercial efforts to jointly market within the healthcare industry.
(e) LIMITED LICENSE TO iXL IN CONNECTION WITH ITS PERFORMANCE HEREUNDER.
Endeavor hereby grants to iXL the limited, nonexclusive right and
license to copy, distribute, transmit, display, perform, create
derivative works, modify and otherwise use and exploit the Custom
Works, any Endeavor Content, and any Endeavor Marks provided hereunder
solely for the purposes of rendering iXL's services and as otherwise
authorized under this Agreement consistent with the Statement of Work.
Such limited right and license shall extend to no other materials and
for no other purposes.
(f) THIRD PARTY SOFTWARE. If applicable, iXL has identified in the
Statement of Work certain Third Party Software which may be used in
connection with the Knowledge Management System or otherwise
hereunder. Except to the extent described in the Statement of Work,
iXL represents and warrants to Endeavor that there are no restrictions
or royalty terms applicable to use of such Third Party Software as
contemplated under this Agreement so long as Endeavor pays all
required license fees.
(g) NON-EXCLUSIVE ARRANGEMENT; DEVELOPMENT OF OTHER WEB SITES AND PROJECTS
BY iXL. iXL shall retain the right to reuse or incorporate iLearn,
the iLearn Content Integration System, the iLearn Templates, Code,
including Code developed before or after execution of this Agreement
and including, without limitation, Code used in the Knowledge
Management System for administration, tracking and other functions, in
interactive, multimedia, or other projects for other clients,
including clients in the healthcare field, provided that iXL shall use
for the benefit of other clients the engine for on-line Web-MD
training to be developed hereunder, or the Code developed therefor
after the execution of this Agreement as long as the service is not
provided for a direct competitor of Endeavor or Web-MD. iXL shall
refer any clients seeking to develop online medical training courses
to Endeavor for inclusion in and participation in Web-MD. No fees,
royalties, or other compensation will be owed by iXL to Endeavor in
connection with the right described in this paragraph.
(h) ENDEAVOR'S EXCLUSIVE RIGHTS CONCERNING CONTENT OF WEB-MD COURSES.
Endeavor shall have the exclusive ownership of the Content of the Web-
MD Courses produced hereunder, including the right to modify, re-use,
or create
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derivative works based on such Content, subject only to iXL's limited
rights described in Sections 10(e) and 13 of this Agreement.
11. DEFENSE OF INFRINGEMENT ACTIONS. If any action, claim, suit or proceeding
is brought against Endeavor, alleging that any of the Custom Works, iLearn
Code, or any portion thereof (other than any Endeavor Content, Endeavor
Marks, or Third Party Software) infringes on a patent, copyright,
trademark, trade secret, or other intellectual property rights of any third
party, iXL will defend such action, claim, suit or proceeding at its own
expense and shall indemnify and hold Endeavor harmless from and against all
damages, liabilities, losses, expenses and costs incurred by Endeavor
arising in connection therewith.
If any action, claim, suit or proceeding is brought against iXL, alleging
that any of the Endeavor Content or Endeavor Marks used in the Custom Works
or otherwise by iXL as permitted under this Agreement infringes on a
patent, copyright, trademark, trade secret, or other intellectual property
rights of any third party, Endeavor will defend such action, claim, suit or
proceeding at its own expense and shall indemnify and hold harmless from
and against all damages, liabilities, losses, expenses and costs incurred
by iXL or arising in connection therewith.
12. DELIVERABLES. Within ten (10) business days after Endeavor's approval of
an item described as a Deliverable on the Statement of Work, iXL will
deliver a copy thereof or make the Deliverable available to Endeavor.
Transfer of electronic materials will be accomplished by copying them to
media to be supplied by Endeavor or by modem, FTP transfer, LapLink, or
electronic mail transfer. iXL shall maintain its back-ups and one set of
the Deliverables provided to Endeavor for a period of six (6) months after
the approval of each Final Deliverable.
13. DEMONSTRATION OF CUSTOM WORKS. In connection with the Program, (i) iXL
may list Endeavor as a client of iXL on iXL's Web Site and in all other iXL
marketing materials; (ii) iXL will be authorized to create screen shots of
the Custom Works and incorporate those screen shots into iXL's digital and
print marketing materials; (iii) iXL will be authorized to demonstrate the
Custom Works in presentations to other or potential clients; (iv) a credit
and logo will be included on each of the Custom Works similar to "developed
by iXL" or "developed using iLearn" and (v) unless otherwise provided in
the Statement of Work, iXL may include either a URL or plain text link to
the Custom Works on iXL's web site, which may, at iXL's option include
Endeavor Marks. For the purposes of this Section 13, iXL shall include iXL,
Inc. and its affiliates. In the event that Endeavor substantially changes a
Custom Work using its own employees or a company other than iXL, Endeavor
may notify iXL that the rights under this Section 13 shall not apply to the
new version of that Custom Work.
14. CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION. In connection with iXL's performance of its
duties hereunder, iXL and Endeavor may gain access to certain information
concerning the business, affairs, operations, products, intellectual
property, employees or clients of the
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other party to this Agreement that is of a nonpublic, confidential, or
proprietary nature (the "Confidential Information"). Each party after
receiving such Confidential Information (in such role, the "Recipient
Company") agrees on behalf of itself and on behalf of its directors,
officers, employees, and agents (collectively, "Related Parties") that it
will (a) treat the Confidential Information as strictly confidential; (b)
use the Confidential Information solely for the purpose of performing under
this Agreement and not, directly or indirectly, for any other purpose; (c)
not disclose any Confidential Information to any person or entity (other
than its Related Parties to the extent required for performance hereunder)
without the prior written consent of the other party; and (d) not copy any
Confidential Information other than as required to perform under this
Agreement.
For purposes of this Agreement, Confidential Information shall mean
information that is maintained in confidence by the other party to this
Agreement or any of its Related Parties and that is not generally known by
persons other than the other party or its Related Parties or, if known by
any other such persons, is maintained in confidence by them. Confidential
Information shall include, without limitation, the specifications delivered
hereunder to contemplated hereby.
The restrictions in this Section 14 shall not be construed to apply to (i)
information generally available to the public, (ii) information generally
released by the other party to this Agreement without restriction; (iii)
information independently developed by a Recipient Company or its Related
Parties without reliance in any way on confidential information of the
other party to this Agreement or acquired from a third party without
similar restriction, without breach of this Agreement, and with no reason
to believe the third party has breached any similar confidentiality
agreement; or (iv) information that the other party to this Agreement
agrees in writing is approved for the use and disclosure of the Recipient
Company or its Related Parties without restriction.
Notwithstanding the foregoing restrictions, a Recipient Company and its
Related Parties may use and disclose any information to the extent required
by an order of any court or other governmental authority but only after the
other party to this Agreement has been notified in writing sufficiently in
advance of the date of compliance to permit the other party to seek
reasonable protection for such information in connection with such
disclosure.
15. NON-SOLICITATION. During the Term and for two (2) years after the
termination of this Agreement, neither party shall directly or indirectly,
induce or attempt to induce any employee of the other party to leave the
employ thereof or hire any employee of the employing party, other than an
employee whose employment was terminated by the employing party. For
purposes of this Section 15, "party" shall include the party and its
affiliates.
16. iXL'S REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES. iXL represents and warrants to
Endeavor that:
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(a) With the exception of any Endeavor Content or Endeavor Marks included
therein, any and all Custom Works delivered to Endeavor under this
Agreement and any and all Physician Web Sites prepared under this
Agreement will be prepared by iXL or its employees or agents on a
"work for hire" basis;
(b) With the exception of any Endeavor Content or Endeavor Marks included
therein, all Deliverables delivered to Endeavor or to Physicians
hereunder do not and will not infringe any patents, copyrights,
trademarks, or other intellectual property rights, including trade
secrets, privacy or similar rights of any person or entity, nor has
any claim of such infringement been threatened or asserted against
iXL;
(c) The Final Deliverable of the Knowledge Management System will
function, on the dates of delivery and acceptance and throughout the
Term of this Agreement with properly configured Web Browsers described
in the Statement of Work;
(d) The Custom Works accepted by Endeavor will comply with the
specifications in the "Scope of Work" section of the Statement of
Work, the Phase I Document, and any Change Orders;
(e) all services iXL performs under this Agreement will be performed in a
workmanlike manner in accordance with applicable industry standards
for development and interactive services; and
(f) iXL represents and warrants to Endeavor that the design of the
Knowledge Management System and the Web-MD Courses developed hereunder
will allow processing of 4-digit years and that their design is and
will be, accordingly, Year 2000 compliant on the server and with the
applications being used when iXL delivers those Custom Works for
acceptance hereunder. iXL does not make any representation or warranty
hereunder concerning (i) the extent to which data maintained by
Endeavor or its agents and any Endeavor Content provided for input
into, or display in connection with, the Custom Works includes 2-digit
or 4-digit years, or (ii) whether the Knowledge Management System and
the Web-MD Courses will operate in a manner that is Year 2000
compliant after any modifications are made to the Endeavor Content, to
the type of equipment on which the Knowledge Management System and the
Web-MD Courses are hosted or accessed, or to the applications used in
connection with the Knowledge Management System or the Webb-MD
Courses.
17. ENDEAVOR'S RESPONSIBILITIES; REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES;
INDEMNIFICATION. Endeavor hereby agrees to take full responsibility for
obtaining clearances and authorizations from all necessary parties in
connection with the following material to be provided to iXL for use in
connection with the Program: (i) any and all Endeavor Content; and (ii) any
and all Endeavor Marks.
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Endeavor represents and warrants to iXL that:
(a) Endeavor is fully authorized to enter into and fully able to perform
under this Agreement, to furnish the materials and to grant the rights
and licenses provided for in this Agreement, and Endeavor is not
subject to any conflicting obligations that will or might prevent
Endeavor from furnishing such materials or from granting that the
rights and licenses provided for in this Agreement.
(b) Endeavor either owns or has the right to authorize the use as
contemplated herein of the Endeavor Content and the Endeavor Marks.
Endeavor further represents and warrants that use of the Endeavor
Content and of the Endeavor Marks as contemplated hereunder does not
and will not infringe upon or violate any patent, copyright,
trademark, trade secret, or other proprietary or intellectual property
rights of any third party.
Endeavor hereby indemnifies and holds iXL harmless from any claims
that use of any such Endeavor Content or Endeavor Marks was infringing
or not authorized.
18. NO REPRESENTATIONS OR WARRANTIES RELATING TO E-COMMERCE. The parties
acknowledge and agree that no electronic commerce features will be included
in the Phase I Document. Endeavor has made all decisions concerning whether
and how the Custom Works will operate. If Endeavor decides to add e-
commerce features under subsequent phases, Endeavor accepts the inherent
risks involved with on-line commercial transactions and the responsibility
for approving all encryption and other security measures that will be used.
iXL will not be responsible for, or have any liability in connection with,
the operation of any of the Custom Works with respect to on-line commercial
transactions and shall not have any responsibility or liability for misuse
of or failure to protect credit card or other information provided by
customers of Endeavor in connection with the Customer Works. In addition,
Endeavor assumes the risk of loss and absolves iXL of any liability due to
(a) Endeavor's offering any products for sale in connection with the Custom
Works that constitute "soft" goods, for example, telephone usage cards, for
which customers are given authorization codes that are effective with or
without physical delivery of the goods sold; or (b) Endeavor's maintaining
personal identification numbers or other authorization codes in connection
with any of the Custom Works.
19. TERM AND TERMINATION.
Unless terminated earlier pursuant to this Article 19, the term of this
Agreement (the "Term") shall begin on the date hereof (the "Effective
Date"), continue for a one-year period after the Effective Date.
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(a) TERMINATION FOR BREACH. In addition to such other rights and remedies
as may be available in law or in equity, each party shall have the
right to terminate this Agreement by written notice to the other party
if the other party has materially breached any provision of this
Agreement and such breach remains uncured for a period of ninety (90)
days after written notice of such breach is received by such other
party.
(b) FORCE MAJEURE. Neither party shall be liable to the other for failure
or delay in the performance of a required obligation if such failure
or delay is caused by strike, riot, fire, flood, natural disaster, or
other similar cause which, in the exercise of prudent business
practices, is beyond such party's reasonable control, provided that
such party gives prompt written notice of such condition and resumes
its performance as soon as possible, and provided further that the
other party may terminate this Agreement if such condition continues
for a period of 180 days.
(c) EFFECT OF TERMINATION; SURVIVAL. Termination will terminate each
party's obligations under this Agreement (except for the provisions
concerning allocation of intellectual property rights in Section 10,
defense of infringement actions in Section 11, demonstration of the
Custom Works and related matters in Section 13, Confidential
Information under Section 14, non-solicitation of employees under
Section 15, representations and warranties in Sections 16, 17, 18, and
23, indemnification, damages, and attorney's fees in Section 20, and
the relationship of the parties in Section 20, all of which shall
survive termination). Unless otherwise provided in the applicable
Statement of Work, upon termination by either iXL or Endeavor,
Endeavor shall be obligated to compensate iXL for all work to date,
and Endeavor shall be entitled to receive copies of all Deliverables
in existence at that point for which iXL has been fully compensated.
20. INDEMNIFICATION; DAMAGES; ATTORNEY'S FEES. Each party (the "Indemnifying
Party") will indemnify and hold the other party and its affiliates,
officers, directors, employees, agents and representatives harmless from
and against all damages, costs, expenses, and liabilities arising as a
direct result of a breach of this Agreement by the Indemnifying Party,
including without limitation, reasonable attorneys' fees and expenses, and
provided, that, in no event shall either party's liability under this
Section or under Section 11 exceed the total amount of payment due under
the Statement of Work under which Endeavor's claim is made. IN ADDITION,
NEITHER PARTY SHALL BE LIABLE TO THE OTHER PARTY FOR ANY INCIDENTAL,
CONSEQUENTIAL, SPECIAL, OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES OF ANY KIND OR NATURE,
REGARDLESS WHETHER EITHER PARTY HAS WARNED OR BEEN WARNED OF THE
POSSIBILITY OF ANY SUCH LOSS OR DAMAGE.
21. NOTICE. Any notice required or permitted to be given under this Agreement
shall be in writing and deemed given and effective upon delivery if sent by
personal delivery or by
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facsimile transmission or five (5) days after posting if sent by certified
United States mail, return receipt requested, with postage pre-paid and
addressed as follows:
If to iXL: iXL, Inc.
1888 Emery Street, N.W.
Atlanta, Georgia 30318
Attn: Doug Pendergast
Fax: (404) 267-3801
With a copy to: Minkin & Snyder
One Buckhead Plaza
3060 Peachtree Road
Suite 1100
Atlanta, Georgia 30305
Attn: James S. Altenbach, Esq.
Fax: (404) 233-5824
If to Endeavor: Endeavor Technologies, Inc.
3399 Peachtree Road, Suite 400
Atlanta, Georgia 30326
Attn: Jeffrey T. Arnold
Fax: (404) 479-7651
A copy to: ETI
3399 Peachtree Road, Suite 400
Atlanta, Georgia 30326
Attn: Michael Heekin
Fax: (404) 479-7651
22. RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN PARTIES. The parties intend that an independent
contractor relationship shall be created by this Agreement. Nothing in this
Agreement shall be construed as establishing a partnership, joint venture,
or employer-employee relationship between the parties.
23. EXCLUSION OF IMPLIED WARRANTIES. iXL has made certain express warranties
concerning the Custom Works in the preceding sections of this Agreement.
APART FROM THE SPECIFIC WARRANTIES SET OUT HEREIN OR IN THE STATEMENT OF
WORK ATTACHED HERETO, ALL IMPLIED WARRANTIES AS TO MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS
FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, OR CORRESPONDENCE WITH DESCRIPTION, AND ANY OTHER
IMPLIED OR EXPRESS WARRANTIES, ARE HEREBY DISCLAIMED AND EXCLUDED WITH
RESPECT TO ALL GOODS AND SERVICES PROVIDED UNDER THIS AGREEMENT.
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24. MISCELLANEOUS.
(A) BINDING EFFECT. This Agreement shall be binding on, inure to the
benefit of, and be enforceable by the parties and their respective
heirs, successors and valid assigns.
(B) GOVERNING LAW. This Agreement shall be governed by, construed under
and enforced in accordance with the laws of the State of Georgia.
(C) COUNTERPARTS. This Agreement may be executed in multiple counterparts
and by facsimile, each of which shall be deemed an original but all of
which together shall constitute one and the same instrument.
(D) ASSIGNMENT. This Agreement may be assigned by either party only with
the prior written consent of the other party, which shall not be
unreasonably withheld.
(E) ENTIRE AGREEMENT. This Agreement, including the attached Statement of
Work, supersedes and cancels all prior negotiations, communications,
understandings and agreements between iXL and Endeavor. No oral
agreements, before or after execution of this Agreement, shall be
binding until they are in writing and signed by an authorized officer
of both iXL and Endeavor.
(F) SEVERABILITY. In the event that any provision of this Agreement is
held void or unenforceable, the entire balance of this Agreement shall
remain in full force and effect.
(G) HEADINGS. The section and subsection headings contained in this
Agreement are for reference purposes only and shall not affect in any
way the meaning or interpretation of this Agreement.
[SIGNATURES APPEAR ON FOLLOWING PAGE]
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this Agreement was executed by the parties as of the
date first written above.
iXL, Inc.
By: /s/ Steve Floyd
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Name: Steve Floyd
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Title: President, iXL Learning
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Sr. Vice President, iXL
Endeavor Technologies, Inc.
By: /s/ W. Michael Heekin
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Name: W. Michael Heekin
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Title: Chief Operating Officer
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EXHIBIT A
CHANGE ORDER TO STATEMENT OF WORK NO. 1 TO
iLEARN DEVELOPMENT AND INTERACTIVE SERVICES AGREEMENT
BETWEEN iXL, INC. AND ENDEAVOR, INC.
DATED JUNE ___, 1998
(THE "STATEMENT OF WORK")
Date of this Change Order:
The parties agree that the Statement of Work is hereby modified as follows and
that this Change Order shall be attached as an exhibit to and incorporated in
the Statement of Work.
Resulting changes to "Project Timetable and Deliverables Schedule" in the
Statement of Work.
iXL, Inc.
By: /s/ Steve Floyd
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Name: Steve Floyd
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Title: President, iXL Learning
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Sr. Vice President, iXL
Endeavor Technologies, Inc.
By:
Name:
Title:
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EXHIBIT B
STATEMENT OF WORK NO. 1
TO iLEARN DEVELOPMENT AND INTERACTIVE SERVICES AGREEMENT
BETWEEN iXL, INC. AND ENDEAVOR TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
The following is Statement of Work No. 1 (the "Statement"), made as of June ___,
1998, to the iLearn Development and Interactive Services Agreement (the
"Agreement") executed on June ___, 1998, between iXL, Inc. ("iXL") and Endeavor,
Inc. ("Endeavor"). Except as specifically stated herein, each capitalized term
used in this Statement shall have the same meaning as is assigned to it in the
Agreement.
1. GENERAL DESCRIPTION OF SERVICES AND BASIC TERMS. This agreement describes
the basic concept for the Endeavor on-line training and education project.
iXL will design and create online training content and provide an
administration/tracking system. While iXL's initial focus will be to
provide accredited CME/CEU courses to enhance Endeavor's healthcare service
(WebMD), iXL also proposes to provide the content management/production
templates and build online content that could be used in Endeavor's
subsequent vertical market initiatives, which are beyond the scope of work
for this Statement.
BASIC TERMS
. This pricing assumes no exclusivity for iLearn or Code which may be used
by iXL for other clients in the healthcare industry. However, Endeavor
will have exclusive rights to the on-line training content itself.
. The initial HTML text-based CME/CEU content will already be accredited.
Any additional accreditation fees required after conversion to online
multimedia courses or for obtaining accreditation for new or original
content will be paid separately by Endeavor or the content provider and
will not be considered part of iXL's compensation hereunder or affect
delivery and acceptance of Web-MD Courses hereunder.
. iXL will use reasonable commercial efforts to effect a strategic
alliance between Endeavor and the Thomson Corporation ("Thomson") on
terms that are reasonably acceptable to Endeavor. Endeavor will keep iXL
advised of the progress of its relationships with Thomson and, if
possible, work with iXL to develop any educational or training content.
. Any electronic commerce solutions required for the online sale of
educational content will be built and charged separately and are beyond
the scope of this Statement of Work.
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. Any system development, licensing fees or maintenance costs for the
hardware, system software, or hosting of the online courses for
distribution/delivery will be the responsibility of Endeavor.
. After the initial management/tracking engine and production templates are
built, the content creation model could apply to other vertical markets
with some modification to the original engine/templates. (Such
modification goes beyond the scope of work under this Statement and will
not be included in the Phase I Document).
. Any unique Web-MD specific hardware, software or net work licenses,
equipment and support needed for development will be provided by
Endeavor.
2. PAYMENT. Subject to the terms herein and those contained in the Agreement,
Endeavor agrees to pay iXL the following amounts:
(a) Upon execution of this Agreement, the up front portion of $ ***
the contract amount
(b) Seven monthly payments on remainder of the $ *** $ ***
amount (beginning on June 1, 1998, and ending with
payment on December 1, 1998)
The contract amount under this Statement was based on the following
analysis and estimates of the fixed and variable costs of this project and
performance hereunder by iXL.
*** Omitted pursuant to a request for confidential treatment and filed
separately with the Commission.
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ESTIMATED FIXED COSTS TO BUILD WEB-MD
INTERFACE, iLEARN CONTENT INTEGRATION SYSTEM,
AND KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM
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Initial Costs Annual Costs Number of
(updates, enhancements) Years
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Design and creation of $ *** per vertical $ *** per interface 2*
Endeavor training interface
templates
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Development of a content $ *** $ *** 2*
integration system to
standardize and streamline
the creation or conversion of
the courses to iLearn format
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Development and licensing of $ *** $ *** 2*
knowledge management system
for tracking, testing, and
administration of training
content
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Subtotal $ *** $ *** 2*
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* At Endeavor's option, iXL will update and enhance the Knowledge and
Management System at the fees set forth above; 2 years from the initial
agreement, Endeavor and iXL will review and possibly renegotiate these fees
for new Internet technology and playback/distribution hardware that will be
available.
*** Omitted pursuant to a request for confidential treatment and filed
separately with the Commission.
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ESTIMATED VARIABLE COSTS
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Source of Content
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Design and creation of online-enabled Existing/HTML Text-based New Online Courses from
training content existing print content
(i.e. Thomson, Emory, etc.)
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- Audio, text and graphics only $ ***/hour of training $ ***/hour of training
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- Video, audio, text, and graphics $ ***/hour of training $ ***/hour of training
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Development of "local" online training $ ***/hour of training $ ***/hour of training
programs (iLearn Templates)
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In exchange for the payments described above, the scope of work hereunder
shall include:
50 hours of training content in 1998, includes access to iLearn Content
Integration System and Knowledge Management System.
1998 50 hours of course content at $ ***/hour (all audio and all
conversion of existing content)
$ ***/year for converting and building new courses
$ *** for engine/template development
Subtotal: $ ***
Contract total: $ ***
3. START DATE. iXL's services shall begin on the Effective Date.
4. SCOPE OF WORK. The scope and definition of services to be provided under
the Agreement and this Statement will be more clearly defined in the Phase
I engineering requirements document to be developed by iXL hereunder. At
that time, the allocation of specific resources and costs may be reassigned
with the consent of both parties to meet the terms and scope of the overall
project.
At this time, the parties have agreed on the following description of the
services and functionality to be provided hereunder:
*** Omitted pursuant to a request for confidential treatment and filed
separately with the Commission.
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DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF SERVICES
iLEARN FUNCTIONALITY
The content for CME/CEU training for Web MD will be delivered using Java
Applets and Servlets, allowing for any computer, NC or Desktop, to be able
to access the online training.
The iLearn functionality that will be available to users of each of the Web
MD training courses are:
. Secure Login Environment
. Graphically branded environment
. Online driven Menu Navigator
. Content delivered via timed slides and Streaming Audio
. FAQs
. Glossary
. Threaded discussion
. Accredited Testing
. Search capabilities within the course
KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM
There are three distinct components to the future Endeavor Training system:
. The server component that stores the training content and is primarily
responsible for the management and delivery of the content
. The client component, whether browser-based, player-based or some
hybrid thereof, that serves as the user interface that the Trainee
uses for training
. A Knowledge Management System, the component that is primarily
responsible for the tracking of delivered content to the extent
defined in this document. Other responsibilities of Knowledge
Management System include validating users before they begin training
sessions, determining the training modules that are available or
mandatory for a user, etc.
The Knowledge Management System will run as a database application on a
central server. This implies that all end-users must have connectivity, and
the required level of access to the Knowledge Management System.
Endeavor subscribers may also take training from non-hospital locations,
such as their homes, by dialing in. In order to enable the transfer of
content as well tracking data between the server and client, the dial-in
user must remain connected to the Internet for the duration of the Lesson.
The Knowledge Management System administration Web content developed must
work with Netscape Navigator 3.0 and Microsoft Internet Explorer 3.02 or
greater.
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The Knowledge Management System will capture and store CME/CEU training
information. The following information should be captured:
. Trainee ID
. Course name
. Course description
. Name of offering institution
. Date/time started
. Date/time ended
. Name of certificate or degree
. Score or grade received
. Credit hours received
. Additional comments
The Knowledge Management System will allow a standard reporting solution
for accreditation purposes for those taking the courses. In addition, it
will provide reports for content publishers and providers to monitor the
usage of their courses.
5. CONTENT AND DESIGN INPUT FROM ENDEAVOR. As soon as possible after
execution of the Agreement, Endeavor or its representatives will provide
iXL with the following:
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MATERIALS TO BE PROVIDED IMMEDIATELY BY ENDEAVOR
(CONTENT, GRAPHICS, MARKS)
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Specify Whether for Required Content Detailed Format Party Date Due
Knowledge Management Description Responsible
System, iLearn
Template, Web-MD
Template Design, or
Web-MD Courses
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Information on volume Detail concerning Endeavor July 1, 1998
issues concurrent access
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Sample of Content Most complex training Endeavor July 1, 1998
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Network Topology Information on Endeavor July 1, 1998
whether it is a
controlled environment
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Client Platforms All NC machines or Endeavor July 1, 1998
desktops?
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Bandwidth How will content be Endeavor July 1, 1998
served?
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6. THIRD PARTY SOFTWARE. Listed below are any items of software from third
parties required for any other purpose in connection with the Program until
termination of the Agreement. Unless otherwise noted, license fees for
this software are not included in the payments to iXL under this Statement
and will be the responsibility of Endeavor:
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Estimated license fees to be provided by iXL as soon as practicable
after execution of this Agreement.
7. PROJECT TIMETABLE AND DELIVERABLES SCHEDULE. The parties will agree on a
mutually acceptable timetable for major milestone and completion of
Deliverables hereunder as soon as practicable after execution of the
Agreement.
8. COMPLETION DATE. iXL agrees to use all reasonable commercial efforts to
complete the Custom Works on the timetable agreed to above.
9. DELIVERABLES. "Deliverables" that will be subject to delivery and
acceptance by the Endeavor under the terms of the Agreement are: (a) the
graphic design for the Web-MD Template Design; (b) the Phase I Engineering
Requirements Documents; (c) the Graphics Design, first Prototype (Alpha
version), Prototype with engineering components (Beta version), and Final
Deliverable of the Knowledge Management System; and (d) a draft and Final
Deliverable for each Web-MD Course developed hereunder.
10. DEVELOPMENT SITE. The URL for the development site which Endeavor may use
to review progress under this Statement is: [URL]
11. PROJECT CONTACTS.
iXL Project Manager:
Endeavor Project Manager:
12. SITE INDEXING. The payment to iXL under this Statement does not include
any submissions to index sites or other similar marketing services.
13. iXL'S HOURLY RATES AND OUT-OF-POCKET EXPENSES. Any work performed by iXL
for Endeavor that is outside the Scope of Work hereunder will be paid for
by Endeavor on a time and materials basis in accordance with iXL's then
current rate card.
Endeavor further agrees to reimburse iXL for certain out-of-pocket
expenses as follows: (a) travel with the Endeavor's previous approval,
based on coach fares when available, and reasonable meals and lodging;
and (b) overnight courier and other expedited delivery costs, not to
exceed a total of $300 for all deliveries under this Statement without
prior approval of Endeavor.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have caused their duly authorized
representatives to execute this Statement of Work No. 1 as of the date stated
above.
iXL, Inc.
By: /s/ Steve Floyd
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Name: Steve Floyd
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Title: President, iXL Learning
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Sr. Vice President, iXL
Endeavor Technologies, Inc.
By: /s/ W. Michael Heekin
---------------------
Name: W. Michael Heekin
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Title: Chief Operating Officer
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CONFIDENTIAL TREATMENT REQUESTED
EXHIBIT 10.26
LICENSE AGREEMENT
This License Agreement ("Agreement") is between Network Computer, Inc., 1000
Bridge Parkway, Redwood Shores, California 94065 ("NCI") and Endeavor
Technologies, Inc., 3399 Peachtree Road, Suite 400, Atlanta, Georgia 30326
("ENDEAVOR"). The parties agree as follows:
1. DEFINITIONS
1.1 "INTERNET SERVICES" shall mean the Internet applications and services
offered to Subscribers (as defined below) by ENDEAVOR through ENDEAVOR's
server or by ENDEAVOR through an ISP Partner's server, which applications
and services utilize the NCI Server Software and which applications and/or
services are described on Exhibit A.
1.2 "ISP PARTNER" shall mean a third party internet service provider that has
previously entered into a separate written license agreement with NCI for
the NCI Server Software to provide the Internet Services to Subscribers to
whom Subscriptions are granted by ENDEAVOR. ISP Partners shall have no
right to grant Subscriptions hereunder.
1.3 "HOSPITALS" shall mean non-contiguous in-patient medical facilities or
single main in-patient medical facilities with Satellites that are validly
licensed to provide the Web-MD Hospital Services (as defined below)
pursuant to Hospital Sublicense Agreements (as defined below).
"Satellites" shall mean in-patient medical facilities which in total have
less than fifty percent (50%) of the bed capacity of the main in-patient
medical facility and share the same computer data network as the main in-
patient medical facility.
1.4 "NC CARD" shall mean a card which may be distributed to Subscribers through
which Subscribers are authorized to access the Internet Services. ENDEAVOR
shall control the look of the NC Cards provided to ENDEAVOR provided that
such look shall be subject to the review and approval of NCI consistent
with the then-current NCI NC Card Elements and Usages guidelines (which
approval shall not be unreasonably withheld). ENDEAVOR acknowledges that,
once activated for a Subscriber, NC Cards may not be reused and/or
reactivated for another Subscriber.
1.5 "NCI APPROVED NETWORK COMPUTER DEVICE" shall mean a network computer device
distributed under a Network Computer Manufacturer's and/or ENDEAVOR's label
which is approved by NCI as conforming to the applicable NCI set-top box
design standards and contains a validly licensed copy of the software
identified as NCI Client Software on Exhibit A hereto.
1.6 "NETWORK COMPUTER MANUFACTURERS" shall mean third parties, excluding ISP
Partners, authorized in advance by NCI who manufacture and distribute NCI
Approved Network Computer Devices.
1.7 "NCI SOFTWARE" shall mean, collectively, the NCI Custom Connect
Server(TM) software (the "NCI Server Software") described on Exhibit A
attached hereto, as may be amended by the parties from time to time; the
user guides and manuals for use of the software provided to ENDEAVOR
hereunder ("Software Documentation"); and Updates provided to ENDEAVOR
hereunder. Unless expressly provided herein, references to the NCI Server
Software shall not include the SDKs or Betas (as defined below).
1.8 "PROGRAM ERRORS" shall mean one or more reproducible deviations in the NCI
Server Software or SDKs from the applicable functional specifications set
forth in the Software Documentation or SDK Documentation, as applicable.
1.9 "SDKS" shall mean, collectively, (i) NCI Server Software development kit,
(ii) the NCI TV Navigator software development kit, which shall be modified
by NCI to connect to ENDEAVOR's, a Hospital's, and/or ISP Partner's
website, (iii) the NCI TV Navigator Content development kit; (iv) the user
guides and manuals for use of the SDKs provided to ENDEAVOR hereunder ("SDK
Documentation"); and (v) Updates provided to ENDEAVOR hereunder. Unless
expressly provided herein, references to the SDKs shall not include the
Betas (as defined below).
1.10 "SUBSCRIBER" shall mean each end user customer that acquires a
Subscription from ENDEAVOR to access the NCI Server Software using the NCI
Client Software through the NC Card and/or through an NCI Approved Network
Computer Device as part of the Internet Services or Web-MD Hospital
Services (as defined below). ENDEAVOR shall only grant Subscriptions to
Subscribers located in the Territory.
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1.11 "SUBSCRIPTION" shall mean a nonexclusive, nontransferable, cancelable
right granted by ENDEAVOR to a Subscriber to access the NCI Server
Software using the NCI Client Software through the NC Card and/or through
an NCI Approved Network Computer Device solely as part of the Internet
Services or Web-MD Hospital Services.
1.12 "TECHNICAL SUPPORT" shall mean the technical support provided by NCI
solely to ENDEAVOR under NCI's standard policies in effect during the term
hereof, a current copy of which is attached hereto as Exhibit C.
1.13 "TERRITORY" shall be the United States, Canada and Mexico.
1.14 "UPDATE" shall mean minor updates of the NCI Server Software and/or SDKs
which are made generally commercially available by NCI to its customers for
no additional fee.
1.15 "WEB-MD HOSPITAL SERVICES" shall mean the Internet applications and
services offered to Subscribers in the Hospital's in-patient rooms by a
Hospital through such Hospital's server which applications and services are
tailored for Hospital patients utilize the NCI Server Software and which
applications and/or services are described on Exhibit A.
Subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, NCI hereby grants to
ENDEAVOR a license to use, solely at the address set forth above, five (5)
NCI Custom Connect Server SDK developer seats, three (3) NCI TV Navigator
SDK developer seats and the NCI TV content development kit in accordance
with the terms and conditions set forth herein and in the applicable SDK
license agreements as included with the applicable SDK, and incorporated
herein by reference. ENDEAVOR shall have no rights to market and/or
distribute the SDKs.
2.2 NCI SERVER SOFTWARE LICENSE
Subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement and in consideration
of the fees set forth herein, NCI grants ENDEAVOR a nonexclusive,
nontransferable license in the Territory to use NCI Server Software:
(a) for internal testing and demonstration purposes solely in
connection with the Internet Services and Web-MD Hospital Services on
NCI Approved Network Computer Devices;
(b) to copy, install, and use copies of the NCI Server Software for
purposes of deployment of the Internet Services on NCI Approved
Network Computer Devices (and deployment of the Web-MD Hospital
Services on NCI Approved Network Computer Devices in connection with
2.2(c) below), and to grant Subscriptions to access the NCI Server
Software to Subscribers optionally through NC Cards and as set forth
herein (including, without limitation, as set forth in Section 2.2);
and
(c) to sublicense (subject to Hospital Sublicense Agreements
described in Section 2.5 below) solely to Hospitals the right to (i)
to copy, install, and use copies of the NCI Server Software for
purposes of deployment of Web-MD Hospital Services on NCI Approved
Network Computer Devices in such Hospital's in-patient rooms and (ii)
to grant Subscriptions to allow Subscribers who are patients in the
Hospital to access the Web-MD Hospital Services through the NCI Server
Software.
NCI shall deliver to ENDEAVOR's address following execution of this
Agreement, a master copy of the NCI Server Software and the SDKs. ENDEAVOR
shall be responsible for, and shall ensure that the Hospitals are
responsible for, copying and deploying the NCI Server Software as part of
the Internet Services and the Web-MD Hospital Services, respectively.
ENDEAVOR shall, and shall require each Hospital to, grant Subscriptions to
Subscribers in the Territory with respect to the NCI Software solely
through written agreements (e.g., written shrinkwrap or electronic wrapper
agreements) as provided in this paragraph ("Subscription Agreements").
Upon NCI's request, ENDEAVOR shall, and shall require that each Hospital,
provide NCI with copies of ENDEAVOR's standard Subscription Agreement.
Every Subscription Agreement shall include, at a minimum, contractual
provisions which:
1. Prohibit title to the NCI Software from passing to the Subscriber or
any other party;
2. Disclaim, to the extent permitted by applicable law, NCI's liability
for any damages, whether direct, indirect, incidental or consequential,
arising from the use of the NCI Software;
*** Omitted pursuant to a request for confidential treatment and filed
separately with the Commission.
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3. Prohibit the reverse engineering, disassembly or decompilation of the
NCI Software by either the Subscriber or any other party; and
4. Require the Subscriber, at the termination of the relevant
Subscription Agreement, to discontinue use of the NCI Software and either
destroy the NCI Software or return the NCI Software to ENDEAVOR.
ENDEAVOR shall not grant access to the NCI Server Software through any
process other than Subscription as described herein.
2.3 ADDITIONAL LICENSE
Subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement and in consideration
of the fees specified in Article 4, NCI grants ENDEAVOR a nonexclusive,
nontransferable license in the Territory, and ENDEAVOR hereby agrees, to
distribute to Subscribers, directly or indirectly through ISP Partners and
Hospitals, the resulting NCI client software and updates thereto created by
ENDEAVOR using the NCI TV Navigator SDK pursuant to the applicable SDK
license.
2.4 BETA LICENSE
NCI may, at its discretion deliver ENDEAVOR experimental versions of the
NCI Software or SDKs in the form of beta or pre-release versions ("Betas")
subject to the following terms:
(i) Subject to all restrictions set forth in this Agreement, NCI
grants solely to ENDEAVOR a limited, non-exclusive and non-transferable
license to use the Betas solely at address set forth above and only for the
purpose of evaluating and testing such Betas. Except as expressly set forth
herein, the license granted to ENDEAVOR in this Section 2.4 ("Beta
License") shall not be for any other purpose, and any other use by ENDEAVOR
shall constitute a material breach of this Agreement.
(ii) ENDEAVOR will supply NCI with an evaluation report every two
(2) weeks, with the first evaluation report due two (2) weeks after NCI
delivers the applicable Beta (collectively, the "Evaluation Reports"). The
Evaluation Reports shall set forth in reasonable detail the tests
performed, the results of those tests, problems or deficiencies encountered
in the testing process, suggested solutions to the problems and recommended
action for modification of the Betas based on ENDEAVOR's test results. The
Evaluation Reports shall be delivered via electronic mail to the following
email address: eval@nc.com (or as otherwise agreed to by the parties).
(iii) ENDEAVOR shall cease using and destroy all copies of any Betas
provided hereunder upon the earlier of (a) NCI's delivery of the production
version of such software; (b) NCI's written notice to ENDEAVOR; and (c)
termination of this Agreement.
2.5 HOSPITAL SUBLICENSE AGREEMENTS
All sublicenses by ENDEAVOR to Hospitals shall be subject to written
agreements executed by ENDEAVOR and such Hospital ("Hospital Sublicense
Agreements") and shall include the minimum terms and conditions set forth
on Exhibit G hereto and terms at least as restrictive and protective of
NCI's rights as the following Sections: 2.2 ("NCI Server Software
License"), 2.5 ("Hospital Sublicense Agreements"), 2.6 ("Title"), 2.7
("Limitations on Use"), 6.4 ("Effect of Termination"), 7 ("Indemnities,
Warranties, Remedies"), and 8 ("General Terms"). ENDEAVOR shall, and shall
require each Hospital to, protect NCI's proprietary rights, shall enforce
each Hospital Sublicense Agreement, and shall use, and shall require each
Hospital to use, commercially reasonable efforts to enforce each
Subscription Agreement. ENDEAVOR shall notify NCI, and shall require each
Hospital to notify ENDEAVOR, in writing of any breach of a material
obligation under a Hospital Sublicense Agreement or a Subscription
Agreement affecting the NCI Software, the SDKs, Software Documentation or
SDK Documentation of which ENDEAVOR or the Hospital, as applicable, is
aware or should be aware. ENDEAVOR will reasonably cooperate, and will
require each Hospital and ISP Partner to reasonably cooperate, with NCI in
any legal action to prevent or stop unauthorized use, reproduction or
distribution of the NCI Software, SDKs, Software Documentation or SDK
Documentation.
2.6 TITLE
NCI shall retain all title, copyright, and other proprietary rights in the
NCI Logo, the NCI Software, the SDKs, the Betas, and any modifications or
translations thereof. None of ENDEAVOR, the Hospitals, the ISP Partners or
the Subscribers acquire any rights in the NCI Logo, the NCI Software, the
SDKs or the Betas other than those specified in this Agreement.
*** Omitted pursuant to a request for confidential treatment and filed
separately with the Commission.
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2.7 LIMITATIONS ON USE
A. ENDEAVOR shall not use or duplicate the NCI Software, the SDKs or the Betas
for any purpose other than as specified in this Agreement or make the NCI
Software, the SDKs or the Betas available to unauthorized third parties.
ENDEAVOR shall not, and shall ensure that the Hospitals do not, cause or
permit the reverse engineering, disassembly, or decompilation of the NCI
Software. ENDEAVOR may copy the NCI Server Software, the SDKs and the
Betas solely for archival or backup purposes.
B. In marketing the Internet Services and Web-MD Hospital Services, ENDEAVOR
shall not, and shall take commercially reasonable steps to ensure that the
Hospitals do not, engage in any deceptive, misleading, or illegal practices
that may be detrimental to NCI or to the NCI Software and shall not make
any representations, warranties, or guarantees to Subscribers concerning
the NCI Software that are inconsistent with or in addition to those made in
this Agreement or by NCI.
C. ENDEAVOR shall not, and shall take commercially reasonable steps to ensure
that the Hospitals do not, make any representations with respect to the
content and/or ownership of the NCI Software, the SDKs or the Betas.
D. ENDEAVOR shall, and shall require that the Hospitals, provide the following
disclaimer to each Subscriber: This service/product is not fault-tolerant
and is not designed, manufactured or intended for use or resale as on-line
control equipment in hazardous environments requiring fail-safe
performance, such as in the operation of nuclear facilities, aircraft
navigation or communications systems, air traffic control, direct life
support machines, or weapons systems, in which the failure of this product
could lead directly to death, personal injury, or severe physical or
environmental damage.
2.8 HARDWARE ACQUISITION ASSISTANCE
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3. TECHNICAL SERVICES
3.1 TECHNICAL SUPPORT
NCI shall provide only to ENDEAVOR the Technical Support services with
respect to the NCI Software and SDKs specified in Exhibit B and in Exhibit
C which are ordered by ENDEAVOR, subject to the payment by ENDEAVOR of the
fees set forth in Exhibit B and pursuant to the procedures set forth in
Section 4.2 below. ENDEAVOR is solely responsible for providing all
technical support to Hospitals and all Subscribers.
3.2 TRAINING OR CONSULTING SERVICES
NCI will provide training services as described in Exhibit B hereto,
subject to NCI's terms and conditions in effect when ordered by ENDEAVOR
and subject to NCI's training class schedule. All training shall be held at
NCI's facilities. NCI or NCI's agent will provide consulting services as
described in Exhibit B hereto, subject to NCI's or NCI's agent's terms and
conditions in effect when ordered by ENDEAVOR and subject to availability
of appropriate personnel of NCI or NCI's agent.
4. FEES AND PAYMENTS
4.1 LICENSE FEE, REPORTS AND FORECASTS
A. LICENSE FEE
In consideration of the rights granted by NCI to ENDEAVOR under this
Agreement, ENDEAVOR shall pay NCI the non-cancellable, non-refundable
license fees and activation fees as set forth in Exhibit B hereto.
ENDEAVOR shall not be relieved of its obligation to pay fees owed to NCI by
the nonpayment of such fees by Subscribers. All activation fees due to NCI
hereunder shall be paid to NCI Quarterly in arrears based on the number of
active Subscribers during the previous Quarter.
The parties acknowledge and agree that ENDEAVOR is free to determine
unilaterally its own price to all Subscribers, Hospitals, and ISP Partners.
B. REPORTS
Within thirty (30) days after the end of each calendar quarter ("Quarter"),
ENDEAVOR shall send NCI a report detailing (a) the total number of active
Subscribers for each month during such Quarter broken out by ENDEAVOR, ISP
Partner and Hospital; (b) the Max Subs Current Quarter (as defined below).
(c) the Max Subs Previous Quarters (as defined below), (d) the Net-New
Subscriptions (as defined below), (e) the number of NC Cards activated by
ENDEAVOR during such Quarter broken out by ENDEAVOR, ISP Partner and
Hospital;(f) the total fees broken out by types of fees (e.g., license
fees, fees for Technical Support, etc.) due (the "Subscription Report").
At the time it provides this report, ENDEAVOR shall also pay all fees due
under such Subscription Report.
*** Omitted pursuant to a request for confidential treatment and filed
separately with the Commission.
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C. NC CARD FORECASTS
In addition, beginning with the first day of the third month after the
month of the Effective Date and on the first day of each month thereafter,
ENDEAVOR shall provide to NCI (i) written rolling forecast information with
regard to the anticipated volume of NC Cards that ENDEAVOR anticipates
purchasing over the following four (4) month period; (ii) the amount of NC
Cards that ENDEAVOR commits to purchase on the date sixty (60) days from
the relevant report (the "Commitment Amount") provided that each such
Commitment Amount must be at least five thousand (5,000) NC Cards; and
(iii) the final artwork (as described in Section 1.4) for the NC Cards for
the relevant Commitment Amount. All artwork for NC Cards requires a lead
time of at least sixty (60) days. The amount payable by ENDEAVOR with
regard to each Commitment Amount shall be non-cancelable. ENDEAVOR shall
purchase and pay for the NC Card fees specified in Section 4.2.C for each
Commitment Amount within thirty (30) days following delivery of such
Commitment Amount.
4.2 TECHNICAL SUPPORT FEES, SERVICES FEES AND NC CARD FEES
A. TECHNICAL SUPPORT FEES
ENDEAVOR shall pay to NCI the non-cancellable, non-refundable Technical
Support fees set forth in Exhibit B hereto in accordance with the terms set
forth therein. In the event that ENDEAVOR discontinues Technical Support
for the NCI Server Software and/or any of the SDKs and subsequently desires
to reinstate Technical Support, such reinstatement is subject to NCI's
Technical Support reinstatement fees in effect on the date Technical
Support is re-ordered.
B. SERVICE FEES
ENDEAVOR shall pay NCI the non-cancellable, non-refundable service fees for
training and consulting services set forth in Exhibit B. For any agreed
upon services to be provided by NCI at any location other than NCI
facilities, ENDEAVOR shall reimburse NCI for reasonable travel and other
expenses incurred, including meals.
C. NC CARD FEES
NCI will provide the NC Cards to ENDEAVOR at NCI's cost for such NC Cards;
plus any costs associated with all artwork (as described in Section 1.4) on
the NC Card including additional charges required for any artwork over and
above four (4) colors; and NCI administrative expenses (such as shipping
charges) related to procurement of the NC Cards for ENDEAVOR.
4.3 GENERAL PAYMENT TERMS
Fees and royalties due by ENDEAVOR shall not be subject to set off for any
claims against NCI. Except as otherwise provided in this Agreement, all
payments made shall be in U.S. currency, at NCI at the following address:
Network Computer, Inc., Dept. 44224, P.O. Box 44000, San Francisco,
California, 94144-4224 or at such other address as NCI may from time to
time indicate by proper written notice hereunder, and shall be made without
deductions based on any taxes or withholdings, except where such deduction
is based on gross income. Any amounts payable by ENDEAVOR hereunder which
remain unpaid after the due date shall be subject to a late charge equal to
1.25% per month from the due date until such amount is paid. ENDEAVOR
agrees to pay applicable media and shipping charges. All invoices shall be
sent to ENDEAVOR at the address set forth above Attn: Chief Financial
Officer (Rob Draughon). All wire transfer information shall be sent to
ENDEAVOR at the address set forth above Attn: Chief Financial Officer (Rob
Draughon).
4.4 TAXES
Fees listed in this Agreement do not include taxes; if NCI is required to
pay sales, use, value-added, or other similar taxes based on the licenses
granted under this Agreement or the Subscriptions granted by ENDEAVOR, then
such taxes shall be billed to and paid by ENDEAVOR.
5. RECORDS
5.1 RECORDS INSPECTION
ENDEAVOR shall maintain correct and accurate books and records in
connection with activity under this Agreement. Such records shall include,
without limitation, the information required in or related to the
Subscription Reports. NCI may audit the relevant books and records of
ENDEAVOR to ensure compliance with the terms of this Agreement upon
reasonable notice to ENDEAVOR. Any such audit shall be conducted during
regular business hours at ENDEAVOR's offices and shall not interfere
unreasonably with ENDEAVOR's business activities. If an audit reveals that
ENDEAVOR has underpaid fees to NCI, ENDEAVOR shall
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be invoiced for such underpaid fees and ENDEAVOR shall remit payment of
such invoice within thirty (30) days of the date of such invoice. If the
results of such audit establish that inaccuracies in ENDEAVOR's books and
records have resulted in an underpayment to NCI in an audited Quarter of
more than the greater of five percent (5%) of the amount actually owed per
audited Quarter or fifteen thousand dollars ($15,000) of the amount
actually owed per audited Quarter, ENDEAVOR shall bear the reasonable out-
of-pocket costs of the audit as to that Quarter.
6. TERM AND TERMINATION
6.1 TERM
This Agreement shall become effective on the Effective Date of this
Agreement and shall continue for a period of three (3) year(s) (the
"Term"), unless terminated as provided in the Agreement. Any renewal of
this Agreement shall be subject to renegotiation of terms and fees.
6.2 TERMINATION FOR MATERIAL BREACH
Either party may terminate this Agreement upon forty-five (45) days written
notice to the other party of a material breach of this Agreement, the
breaching party fails to cure such material breach during the forty-five
(45) day period following delivery of such notice. Such notice shall
include, in reasonable detail, the alleged material breach, and the start
and end dates of the forty-five (45) day cure period. Any termination of
this Agreement shall not relieve either party of its obligations as
specified in Section 6.4.
6.3 FORCE MAJEURE
Neither party shall be liable to the other for failure or delay in the
performance of a required obligation if such failure or delay is caused by
strike, riot, fire, flood, natural disaster, or other similar cause which,
in the exercise of prudent business practices, is beyond such party's
reasonable control, provided that such party gives prompt written notice of
such condition and resumes its performance as soon as possible, and
provided further that the other party may terminate this Agreement if such
condition continues for a period of 180 days.
6.4 EFFECT OF TERMINATION
A. Upon expiration of this Agreement or termination by ENDEAVOR of this
Agreement in accordance with Section 6.2, (i) all ENDEAVOR's rights to
market and grant Subscriptions to new Subscribers for the NCI Software
shall cease, and (ii) provided ENDEAVOR continues to pay to NCI the
Technical Support Fees as set forth in Section 2 of Exhibit B, all licenses
granted herein to ENDEAVOR shall continue solely for the purposes of
providing the Internet Services and Web-MD Hospital Services to Post
Termination Subscribers for the duration of the term of such Post
Termination Subscribers' Subscription Agreement. A "Post Termination
Subscriber" shall mean a Subscriber who, as of the effective date of such
expiration or termination of this Agreement, has executed, and is not in
breach of, a valid non-renewable Subscription Agreement. As of the
effective date of such expiration or termination of this Agreement by
ENDEAVOR, all Subscriptions shall become non-transferable and shall not be
permitted to be transferred from one Subscriber to another Subscriber.
Thereafter, upon the termination of any Subscription Agreement, ENDEAVOR
shall require the applicable Subscriber to cease using the NCI Software.
After all of the Subscription Agreements have terminated, all licenses
granted herein shall terminate and ENDEAVOR shall cease using the NCI
Software, the SDKs, and the Betas and shall require the Hospitals to cease
using the NCI Software and shall either destroy or return to NCI, at NCI's
option, all copies in all forms of the NCI Software, the SDKs, and the
Betas.
B. Upon termination by NCI of this Agreement, in accordance with Section 6.2
all licenses granted herein shall terminate and ENDEAVOR's rights to
fulfill, market and grant Subscriptions for the NCI Software (as set forth
in this Agreement) shall cease, and ENDEAVOR shall cease using the NCI
Software, the SDKs, and the Betas and shall require all Subscribers and
Hospitals to cease using the NCI Software and shall either destroy or
return to NCI, at NCI's option, all copies in all forms of the NCI
Software, the SDKs, and the Betas.
C. The termination of this Agreement or any license shall not limit either
party from pursuing any other remedies available to it, including
injunctive relief, nor shall such termination relieve ENDEAVOR's obligation
to pay all fees that have accrued or that ENDEAVOR has agreed to pay under
this Agreement, any ordering document under this Agreement, or any
Subscription Reports required.
D. The parties' rights and obligations under
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Sections 2.6, 2.7 and Articles 4, 5, 6, 7 and 8, excluding 8.3, shall
survive termination of this Agreement.
7. INDEMNITY, WARRANTIES, REMEDIES
7.1 INFRINGEMENT INDEMNITY
NCI will defend and indemnify ENDEAVOR against a claim that the NCI Server
Software or the SDKs infringe a copyright, provided that: (a) ENDEAVOR
notifies NCI in writing within ten (10) days of ENDEAVOR's receipt of a
written claim and within a reasonable period after notification of a verbal
claim; (b) NCI has sole control of the defense and all related settlement
negotiations; and (c) ENDEAVOR provides NCI with the reasonable assistance,
information and authority necessary to perform NCI's obligations under this
Section. Reasonable out-of-pocket expenses incurred by ENDEAVOR in
providing such assistance will be reimbursed by NCI. NCI shall have no
liability for any claim of infringement based on (x) use of a superseded or
altered release of the NCI Software if the infringement would have been
avoided by the use of a current unaltered release of the NCI Software which
NCI provides to ENDEAVOR, (y) the combination, operation or use of the NCI
Software or SDKs with software, hardware or other materials not furnished
by NCI if such infringement would have been avoided by the use of the NCI
Software or SDKs without such software, hardware or other materials; or (z)
related to the Betas in any way. In the event that portions of the NCI
Software are held or are believed by NCI to infringe, NCI shall have the
option, at its expense, to (i) modify the NCI Software to be noninfringing;
(ii) obtain for ENDEAVOR a license to continue using the NCI Software. If
NCI is unable to effect either (i) or (ii) above, NCI may, in its
discretion, terminate the license for the infringing NCI Software and
refund to ENDEAVOR all amounts paid hereunder with respect to the
infringing NCI Software, reduced on a straight-line pro-rata basis over
five (5) years from the Effective Date. This Section states NCI's entire
liability and ENDEAVOR's exclusive remedy for infringement.
7.2 WARRANTIES AND DISCLAIMERS
NCI warrants only to ENDEAVOR for *** (***) days from delivery of the NCI
Software that it will be capable of performing the functions substantially
as described in the Software Documentation when operated as described in
the Software Documentation. NCI warrants only to ENDEAVOR that the
Technical Support and consulting services will be performed consistent with
generally accepted industry standards, which shall be valid for ninety (90)
days from performance of service. THE SDKS AND THE BETAS ARE PROVIDED "AS
IS." THE WARRANTIES ABOVE ARE EXCLUSIVE AND IN LIEU OF ALL OTHER
WARRANTIES, WHETHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF
MERCHANTABILITY, NONINFRINGEMENT, AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
ENDEAVOR shall not make any warranty on behalf of NCI.
7.3 EXCLUSIVE REMEDIES
For any breach of the warranty for the Technical Support services and
consulting services, ENDEAVOR's sole and exclusive remedy, and NCI's entire
liability, shall be, in NCI's discretion, either the reperformance of the
applicable services or a refund of the portion of the fees paid to NCI
applicable to such services. For any breach of the warranty for the NCI
Software, ENDEAVOR's sole and exclusive remedy, and NCI's entire liability,
shall be, at NCI's option: correction of the Program Errors that cause
breach of the warranty, or termination of this Agreement and a refund to
ENDEAVOR of the portion of the fees paid to NCI with respect to affected
NCI Software.
7.4 INDEMNIFICATION OF NCI
ENDEAVOR will defend and indemnify NCI against: (a) all claims and damages
to NCI arising from any use by ENDEAVOR, ISP Partners, Hospitals and/or
Subscribers of any product or service not provided by NCI but used in
combination with the NCI Software if such claim would have been avoided by
the exclusive use of the NCI Software; and (b) all claims and damages to
NCI caused by ENDEAVOR's failure to include the required contractual terms
set forth in Section 2.5 ("Hospital Sublicense Agreements") hereof in each
Hospital Sublicense Agreement, or ENDEAVOR's or a Hospital's failure to
include in each Subscription Agreement the required contractual terms set
forth in Section 2.2; (c) all claims and damages to NCI caused by a
Hospital's breach of any of the applicable provisions required by 2.6
("Hospital Sublicense Agreements") or Exhibit G hereto;
***Omitted pursuant to a request for confidential treatment and filed separately
with the Commission.
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and all claims and damages to NCI caused by a Subscriber's breach of the
Subscription Agreement.
8. GENERAL TERMS
8.1 NONDISCLOSURE
By virtue of this Agreement, the parties may have access to information
that is confidential to one another ("Confidential Information").
Confidential Information shall be limited to the NCI Software, the SDKs,
the Betas, the terms and pricing under this Agreement, and all other
information clearly identified as confidential.
A party's Confidential Information shall not include information that: (a)
is or becomes a part of the public domain through no act or omission of the
other party; (b) was in the other party's lawful possession prior to the
disclosure and had not been obtained by the other party either directly or
indirectly from the disclosing party; (c) is lawfully disclosed to the
other party by a third party without restriction on disclosure; or (d) is
independently developed by the other party. In the event a party is
required by law to disclose the other party's Confidential Information, the
receiving party shall provide the disclosing party with reasonable notice
to allow the disclosing party to obtain a protective order. In the event
that ENDEAVOR is required to disclose the terms of this Agreement pursuant
to the rules of the Securities Exchange Commission ("SEC"), ENDEAVOR shall
promptly notify NCI in writing and ENDEAVOR shall use best efforts to
obtain confidential treatment of the terms which NCI reasonably designates
as confidential. All pricing terms, including without limitation,
activation fees, license fees, Technical Support fees and training and
consulting services fees shall be deemed confidential terms.
The parties agree to hold each other's Confidential Information in
confidence during the term of this Agreement and for a period of two years
after termination of this Agreement. The parties agree, unless required by
law, not to make each other's Confidential Information available in any
form to any third party. Each party agrees to take all reasonable steps to
ensure that Confidential Information is not disclosed or distributed by its
employees or agents in violation of the terms of this Agreement.
8.2 COPYRIGHTS
The NCI Software, the SDKs and the Betas are copyrighted by NCI or its
licensor(s). ENDEAVOR shall, and shall require that the Hospitals, (i)
retain all NCI copyright notices on the NCI Software, the SDKs and the
Betas used by ENDEAVOR under the licenses granted hereunder, and (ii)
comply with all third party licensor restrictions, a current list of which
is set forth on Exhibit E hereto. ENDEAVOR shall include a reproduction of
NCI's copyright notice on all copies of the NCI Software, the SDKs and the
Betas deployed by ENDEAVOR in whatever form.
Such notices (i) shall be placed on the bottom of the introductory splash
screen for the Internet Services and the Web-MD Hospital Services in a
readable font which may be smaller than the font for the rest of the page
and (ii) shall provide a click-through to a page where all relevant notices
may be included. Notwithstanding any copyright notice by ENDEAVOR to the
contrary, the copyright to the NCI Software included in any such Internet
Services and the Web-MD Hospital Services shall remain in NCI.
8.3 TRADEMARKS
NCI trademarks, logo and tradename set forth on Exhibit A hereto
(collectively, the "NCI Logo") belong to NCI; ENDEAVOR will have no rights
in such marks except as expressly set forth herein and as specified in
writing from time to time. ENDEAVOR shall use and is hereby granted a non-
transferable, non-exclusive, non-assignable and restricted license (with
the right to sublicense solely to the Hospitals) during the term of this
Agreement and in the Territory, to use the NCI Logo on all uses and/or
copies of the NCI Software and Software Documentation made in accordance
with this Agreement and on all marketing and promotional materials
referencing the NCI Software, Internet Services or Web-MD Hospital
Services, subject to NCI's prior written approval in each instance.
ENDEAVOR shall use, and shall require that the Hospital use, the NCI Logo
shall be in accordance with (i) NCI's Signature Guidelines in effect at the
time as updated from time to time by NCI, a current version of which is set
forth in Exhibit D attached hereto and (ii) NCI's branding requirements in
effect at the time as updated from time to time by NCI. . ENDEAVOR shall
not, and shall ensure that the Hospitals do not, use the NCI Logo or any
NCI trademarks or any other
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mark likely to cause confusion with the NCI trademarks as any portion of
ENDEAVOR's
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tradename, trademark for the NCI Software, or trademark for any other
products of ENDEAVOR. All such usage shall inure to NCI's benefit. ENDEAVOR
shall not, and shall ensure that the Hospitals do not, register any NCI
Logos without NCI's express prior written consent. ENDEAVOR shall not, and
shall ensure that the Hospitals do not, contest NCI's ownership of, or
rights in, the NCI Logos. From time to time, at NCI's request, ENDEAVOR
shall, and shall require the Hospitals to, supply a reasonable number of
samples of the NCI Software, Software Documentation, and all other
materials bearing any of the NCI Logo so that NCI may conduct quality
control reviews to ensure that usage of the NCI Logo complies with the
terms of this section including, without limitation, NCI's trademark
policies, branding requirements and other NCI standards for such usage. In
the event that NCI notifies ENDEAVOR that ENDEAVOR or a Hospital(s) has
failed to comply as set forth herein, ENDEAVOR shall, and/or shall ensure
that the Hospital, suspend distribution and use of the NCI Software until
ENDEAVOR has satisfied NCI that the foregoing requirements have been met.
ENDEAVOR agrees with respect to each registered trademark of NCI, to
include, and shall require the Hospitals to include, in each advertisement,
brochure, or other such use of the trademark, the trademark symbol "circle
R" and the following statement:
______is a registered trademark of Network Computer, Inc., Redwood Shores,
California Unless otherwise notified in writing by NCI, ENDEAVOR agrees
with respect to the NCI Logo trademark of NCI and to every other trademark
of NCI, to include, and shall require the Hospitals to include, in each
advertisement, brochure, or other such use of the trademark, the symbol
"TM" and the following statement:
__(NCI Logo/trademark)__ is a trademark of Network Computer, Inc., Redwood
Shores, California
ENDEAVOR shall not, and shall ensure that the Hospitals do not, market the
NCI Software in any way which implies that the NCI Software is the
proprietary product of ENDEAVOR or of any party other than NCI. NCI shall
not have any liability to ENDEAVOR or the Hospitals for any claims made by
third parties relating to ENDEAVOR's or the Hospitals use of NCI's
trademarks.
8.4 PUBLIC ANNOUNCEMENTS
NCI and ENDEAVOR shall cooperate with each other so that each party may
issue a public announcement concerning this Agreement within thirty (30)
days following the Effective Date of this Agreement; provided, that both
parties approve any such public announcement in writing prior to its
release. Such public announcement shall include a quote attributable to an
executive officer of each party.
8.5 MARKETING
NCI will use reasonable good faith efforts to participate and/or facilitate
the promotional activities set forth on Exhibit F.
8.6 RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN PARTIES
In all matters relating hereto, ENDEAVOR and NCI will act as independent
contractors to each other. The relationship between NCI and ENDEAVOR is
that of licensor/licensee. Neither party will represent that it has any
authority to assume or create any obligation, express or implied, on behalf
of the other, nor to represent the other as agent, employee, franchisee, or
in any other capacity. Nothing in this Agreement shall be construed to
limit either party's right to independently develop or distribute software
which is functionally similar to the other party's product, so long as
proprietary information of the other party is not included in such
software.
8.7 ASSIGNMENT
Neither party may assign or otherwise transfer, any rights under this
Agreement without the other party's prior written consent, such consent not
to be unreasonably withheld, except in the event of a merger, acquisition
or sale of all or substantially all of such party's assets in which case
prior written consent is not required for such assignment. The parties
acknowledge and agree that it is reasonable for a non-assigning party to
withhold consent in the event the assigning party wishes to assign this
Agreement to a direct competitor of the non-assigning party.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, prior written consent will not be required
in the event of an initial public offering.
8.8 NOTICE
All notices, including notices of address change, required to be sent
hereunder shall be in writing and shall be deemed to have been given when
deposited in first class mail to the address of the applicable party listed
above. To expedite order processing,
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ENDEAVOR agrees that NCI may treat documents faxed by ENDEAVOR to NCI as
original documents; nevertheless, either party may require the other to
exchange original signed documents.
ENDEAVOR will promptly notify NCI's legal department, (Attention: General
Counsel)in writing of any claim or proceeding involving the NCI Software
that comes to its attention and any material change in the management or
control of ENDEAVOR.
8.9 GOVERNING LAW
This Agreement, and all matters arising out of or relating to this
Agreement, shall be governed by the substantive and procedural laws of the
State of California without regard to the conflicts of laws provisions
thereof.
8.10 SEVERABILITY, WAIVER
In the event any provision of this Agreement is held to be invalid or
unenforceable, the remaining provisions of this Agreement will remain in
full force and effect. The waiver by either party of any default or breach
of this Agreement shall not constitute a waiver of any other or subsequent
default or breach.
8.11 EXPORT
ENDEAVOR agrees to, and shall require the Hospitals to, comply fully with
all relevant export laws and regulations of the U.S and any other
applicable jurisdiction, as promulgated from time to time ("Export Laws")
to assure that the NCI Software, the SDKs, the Betas and any direct product
thereof, are not (a) exported, directly or indirectly, in violation of
Export Laws; and (b) intended to be used for any purposes prohibited by the
Export Laws, including, without limitation, nuclear, chemical, or
biological weapons proliferation.
8.12 LIMITATION OF LIABILITY
IN NO EVENT SHALL EITHER PARTY BE LIABLE FOR ANY INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL,
SPECIAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES FOR LOSS OF PROFITS, REVENUE, DATA OR USE,
INCURRED BY EITHER PARTY OR ANY THIRD PARTY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION IN
CONTRACT OR TORT, EVEN IF THE OTHER PARTY OR ANY OTHER PERSON HAS BEEN
ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES. NCI'S LIABILITY FOR A CLAIM FOR
DAMAGES SHALL IN NO EVENT EXCEED ***. NCI'S CUMULATIVE LIABILITY FOR
DAMAGES HEREUNDER SHALL IN NO EVENT EXCEED US$***. The provisions of this
Agreement allocate the risks between NCI and ENDEAVOR. NCI's pricing
reflects this allocation and the limitation of liability specified herein.
8.13 SEGMENTATION
ENDEAVOR acknowledges that any services acquired hereunder were bid by NCI
separately from any NCI products. ENDEAVOR understands that ENDEAVOR has
the right to acquire any services without acquiring any NCI products, and
that ENDEAVOR has the right to acquire the services and any NCI products
separately.
8.14 ENTIRE AGREEMENT
This Agreement constitutes the complete agreement between the parties and
supersedes all prior or contemporaneous agreements or representations,
written or oral, concerning the subject matter of this Agreement. The Beta
Program and Evaluation Agreement shall be incorporated herein by reference,
and to the extent that there is any conflict between the terms of this
Agreement and the terms of the Beta Program and Evaluation Agreement, the
terms of the Beta Program and Evaluation Agreement shall control. This
Agreement may not be modified or amended except in a writing signed by an
authorized representative of each party; no other act, document, usage or
custom shall be deemed to amend or modify this Agreement. It is expressly
agreed that the terms of this Agreement shall supersede the terms in any
ENDEAVOR purchase order or other ordering document.
9. YEAR 2000
For a period three (3) years following the Effective Date, NCI warrants
only to ENDEAVOR that the NCI Software will include year fields of data
codes that are in a four digit format and calculations which permit the
software to accurately handle date information for the change of the
century.
*** Omitted pursuant to a request for confidential treatment and filed
separately with the Commission.
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The Effective Date of this Agreement shall be May 29, 1998.
Executed by ENDEAVOR: Executed by NCI:
Authorized Signature: /s/ W. Michael Heekin Authorized Signature: /s/ David Roug
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Name: W. Michael Heekin Name: David Roug
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Title: Chief Operating Officer Title: Chief Executive Officer
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EXHIBIT A
NCI SERVER SOFTWARE:
NCI CUSTOM CONNECT SERVER(TM) software, Version 1.2
Designated System: Sun Solaris
SDKS:
NCI CUSTOM CONNECT SERVER(TM)SDK Version 1.2
Designated System: Sun Solaris
Development Seats - 5
NCI TV Navigator SDK, Version 1.1
Designated System: Windows NT
Development Seats - 3
NCI TV Navigator Content Development Kit
Designated System: Windows NT
INTERNET SERVICES/WEB-MD HOSPITAL SERVICES
Internet Services and Web-MD Hospital Services shall each refer to those
Internet, and ENDEAVOR's services (utilizing the NCI Server Software) and
content accessible by Subscribers. "NCI Client Software" shall mean the NCI TV
Navigator(TM) software. ENDEAVOR hereby represents and warrants that the
Internet Services and the Web-MD Hospital Services (and related customer
support) provided to Subscribers by ENDEAVOR shall be of equal or greater
quality, availability, and responsiveness as all other similar services provided
by or on behalf of ENDEAVOR (and in no case less than the comparable industry
standards) and (ii) shall be consistent with NCI's reasonable criteria as
determined by periodic quality evaluations performed from time to time by or on
behalf of NCI based on industry standards and comparable applications and
services, if any.
NCI LOGO
NCI(TM)
n|c design logo
NCI Custom Connect Server(TM)
NCI TV Navigator(TM)
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EXHIBIT B
ROYALTIES AND FEES
1. LICENSE FEES
A: INTERNET SERVICES:
A.1 INITIAL LICENSING: ENDEAVOR shall pay to NCI a non-refundable, non-
cancellable license fee of *** dollars ($***) upon execution of this Agreement
via wire transfer for:
(i) The three (3) NCI TV Navigator SDK developer seats;
(ii) The five (5) NCI Custom Connect Server SDK developer
seats; and
(iii) The one-time activation fee for the first *** (***)
Subscriptions granted by ENDEAVOR to access the Internet
Services, through ENDEAVOR's server or through an ISP
Partner's server
A.2 ADDITIONAL SDK DEVELOPER SEATS: ENDEAVOR may license additional NCI TV
Navigator SDK developer seats and additional NCI Server Software SDK developer
seats at a cost of $*** each, not including Technical Support with respect
thereto.
A.3 SUBSCRIPTION ACCOUNTING:
At any time during the Term of this Agreement, ENDEAVOR shall license from NCI
at least as many Subscriptions as ENDEAVOR grants to Subscribers of the
Internet Services at any given time. However, once a Subscription activation fee
has been paid by ENDEAVOR to NCI, that Subscription can be re-assigned to a new
Subscriber if the original Subscriber's Subscription Agreement has been
terminated and the new Subscriber executes a Subscription Agreement..
"Max Subs Current Quarter" shall mean the maximum number of active Subscriptions
during the just-ended Quarter. "Max Subs Previous Quarters" shall mean the
greater of the maximum number of Subscriptions activated during any previous
Quarter, or ***. "Net-New Subscriptions" shall mean Max Subs Current Quarter
*less* Max Subs Previous Quarters. If Net-New Subscriptions is greater than
zero, then an additional Subscription activation fees shall be due to NCI as
outlined below. If New-New Subscriptions is equal to or less than zero at any
time, then no fees are due to NCI and no refunds shall be provided to ENDEAVOR.
A.4 ADDITIONAL SUBSCRIPTION ACTIVATION FEE: When the number of Subscriptions
exceeds ***, and during the term of this Agreement, ENDEAVOR may activate
additional Subscriptions to access the Internet Services as follows:
(i) Through an ISP Partner's Server: For any Subscriptions
activated by ENDEAVOR to access the Internet Services
through the ISP Partner's servers, ENDEAVOR shall pay NCI a
non-refundable, non-cancellable activation fee in the amount
of *** dollars ($***) per Net-New Subscription.
(ii) Through ENDEAVOR's Servers: For any Subscriptions
activated by ENDEAVOR to access the Internet Services
through ENDEAVOR's servers, ENDEAVOR shall pay NCI a non-
refundable, non-cancellable activation fee as follows:
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MAX SUBS PREVIOUS ACTIVATION FEE PER EACH NET-NEW
QUARTERS SUBSCRIPTION
-----------------------------------------------------------------
*** $***
-----------------------------------------------------------------
*** $***
-----------------------------------------------------------------
*** $***
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*** $***
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In addition, one (1) NCI Server Software training class
credit (one (1) ENDEAVOR customer service and technical
services employee per class credit) shall be provided for
every *** Net-New Subscription activation fees paid after
the first *** Subscriptions, and subject to a maximum of ten
(10) training class credits.
B. ENDEAVOR's WEB-MD HOSPITAL SERVICES:
For the licenses granted pursuant to Section 2.2(c), ENDEAVOR shall pay NCI the
non-refundable, non-cancellable license fees set forth below. ENDEAVOR shall
receive one (1) NCI Server Software training class credit (one (1) ENDEAVOR
customer service and technical services employee per class credit) for every
third NCI Server Software license licensed by ENDEAVOR.
(i) ***dollars ($***) for a NCI Server Software license which
supports the first seven hundred fifty (750) Average Daily
Census in each Hospital; and
(ii) ***dollars ($***) for each additional NCI Server Software
license supporting five hundred (500) Average Daily Census
in the same Hospital.
"Average Daily Census" shall mean the daily average count of in-patients at a
particular Hospital for the prior calendar year.
2. TECHNICAL SUPPORT FEES
A. In consideration for the Technical Support to ENDEAVOR provided hereunder,
ENDEAVOR shall pay to NCI a fee in the amount of *** dollars ($***) per
Subscriber per month, which amounts shall be paid to NCI Quarterly in arrears.
B. In consideration for the Technical Support to ENDEAVOR provided hereunder
for the NCI Server Software, ENDEAVOR shall pay to NCI a non-refundable, non-
cancellable annual fees, in advance, equal to *** percent (***%) of license fees
for NCI Server Software as set forth in this Exhibit B (which fees shall be pro-
rated as applicable).
3. SERVICE FEES
CONSULTING SERVICES:
ENDEAVOR commits to pay to NCI a non-refundable, non-cancellable
consulting services fee in the amount of ***dollars ($***) within the
one (1) year immediately following the Effective Date of the
Agreement. All such consulting services provided by NCI shall be
charged against the $*** commitment set forth above at $***per day
plus reasonable travel and expenses for a standard consultant, which
amounts shall be payable within thirty (30) days of the date of NCI's
invoice. At the end of such one (1) period, ENDEAVOR shall pay to NCI
the difference, if any, between $***and the amounts invoiced for such
consulting services. All such consulting services shall be mutually
agreed upon in writing in advance and shall be provided by NCI or
NCI's designated agent and all such consulting services shall expire
if ENDEAVOR fails to use them within eighteen (18) months after the
Effective Date: As part of such consulting services, NCI may establish
a consulting team in Atlanta or another city designated by NCI, in
NCI's sole discretion, to reasonably assist with consulting services
mutually agreed upon by NCI and ENDEAVOR. The following services are
*** Omitted pursuant to a request for confidential treatment and filed
separately with the Commission.
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examples of consulting services that may be provided by NCI and are in
no way to be construed as deliverables by NCI:
. Development of technical rollout plans, including: Setting up the Web-
MD ENDEAVOR "NCI Custom Connect Server(TM) Hospital Package" for
deployment of in-hospital, Web-MD NC-based services;
. Implementation of and support for ENDEAVOR's customer
service systems;
. Implementation of and support ENDEAVOR's billing systems;
. Implementation of and support ENDEAVOR's enrollment and
system maintenance;
. Connectivity to existing legacy systems such as hospital
accounting, food service, etc.
NCI shall provide additional consulting services at NCI's then current
standard rates, which amounts shall be payable within thirty (30) days
of the date of NCI's invoice.
TRAINING: In the event ENDEAVOR requires training in addition to the
NCI Server Software training set forth in Section 1 of this Exhibit B,
NCI will provide such additional training for a fee of ***dollars
($***) per person per training class credit to ENDEAVOR's customer
service and technical personnel, which amounts shall be payable within
thirty (30) days of the date of NCI's invoice.
4. *** Pricing
*** Omitted pursuant to a request for confidential treatment and filed
separately with the Commission.
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EXHIBIT C
TECHNICAL SUPPORT
1. Maintenance and SDK Updates. In consideration of the Technical Support Fees
set forth in Exhibit B, during the one year term of this Technical Support
addendum, NCI will provide to ENDEAVOR (i) any Updates to the NCI Server
Software and the SDKs made generally commercially available by NCI and (ii) the
Technical Support set forth in Article II below.
2. Technical Support. NCI will provide ENDEAVOR with NCI's back-end technical
support services, as further described herein.
a) Back-end Support. NCI will provide back-end support to ENDEAVOR for
Programs Errors not resolved by ENDEAVOR pursuant to ENDEAVOR's support policies
and in accordance with subsection (b) below. This support includes efforts to
identify defective source code and to provide corrections, workarounds and/or
patches to correct Program Errors. NCI will provide ENDEAVOR with a telephone
number and an e-mail address which ENDEAVOR may use to report Program Errors
during NCI's local California business hours (8am-5pm Pacific time). For
priority 1 or 2 failures, ENDEAVOR agrees to notify NCI via both telephone and
e-mail. ENDEAVOR will identify two (2) members of its customer support staff and
an alternate to act as the primary technical liaisons responsible for all
communications with NCI's technical support representatives. Such liaisons will
have sufficient technical expertise, training and/or experience for ENDEAVOR to
perform its obligations hereunder. Within one (1) week after the Effective Date,
ENDEAVOR will designate its liaison(s). Notification will be in writing and/or
e-mail to NCI. ENDEAVOR may substitute contacts at any time by providing to NCI
one (1) week's prior written and/or electronic notice thereof.
NCI will use all reasonably diligent efforts to correct significant Program
Errors that ENDEAVOR identifies, classifies and reports to NCI and that NCI
substantiates. NCI may reclassify Program Errors if it reasonably believes
that ENDEAVOR's classification is incorrect. ENDEAVOR will provide
sufficient information to enable NCI to duplicate the Program Error before
NCI's response obligations will commence. NCI will not be required to
correct any Program Error caused by (a) ENDEAVOR's incorporation or
attachment of a feature, program, or device to the NCI Software, or any
part thereof; (b) any nonconformance caused by accident, transportation,
neglect, misuse, alteration, modification, or enhancement of the NCI
Software; (c) the failure to provide a suitable installation environment;
(d) use of the NCI Software for other than the specific purpose for which
the NCI Software are designed; (e) use of the NCI Software; (f) ENDEAVOR's
use of defective media or defective duplication of the NCI Software; or (g)
ENDEAVOR's failure to incorporate any Updates previously provided to
ENDEAVOR that corrects such Program Errors.
Provided Program Errors reports are received by NCI during NCI's local
California business hours (8am-5pm Pacific time), NCI will use its
commercially reasonable efforts to communicate with ENDEAVOR about the
Program Error via telephone or e-mail within the following targeted
response times:
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Priority Failure Description Response Time
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1 Severe Impact (functionality disabled): errors which result in a lack of 24 California business hours
application functionality or cause severe system failure (8am-5pm Pacific time)
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2 Degraded Operations: errors causing malfunction of non-critical functions 5 working days
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3 Minimal Impact attributes and/or options to utility programs do not Future release, on business
operate as stated justifiable basis
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4 Enhancement Request When applicable
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NCI will use all reasonably diligent efforts to resolve each significant
Program Error by providing either a reasonable workaround, an object code
patch, or a specification plan for how NCI will address the problem and an
estimate of how long it will take to rectify the defect. NCI reserves the
right to charge ENDEAVOR additional fees at its then-standard rates for
services performed in connection with reported Program Errors which are
later determined to have been due to hardware or software not supplied by
NCI. Notwithstanding the foregoing, NCI has no obligation to perform
services in connection with Program Errors (i) resulting from hardware or
software not supplied by NCI; or (ii) which occur in the NCI Software
release which is not the then-current release.
b) Front-line Support. ENDEAVOR, and not NCI, will provide front-line, or
first and second level, technical support to Subscribers. Such support
includes call receipt, call screening, installation assistance, problem
identification and diagnosis, efforts to create a repeatable demonstration
of the Program Error and, if applicable, the distribution of any defective
media or minor updates. ENDEAVOR agrees that any end user documentation
distributed by ENDEAVOR will clearly and conspicuously state that end users
should call ENDEAVOR for technical support for the Internet Services/ Web-
MD Hospital Services and NCI Software. NCI will have no obligation to
furnish any assistance, information or Software Documentation with respect
to the NCI Software to any Subscriber or other end user. If NCI customer
support
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representatives are being contacted by a significant number of ENDEAVOR's
Subscribers or other end users then, upon NCI's request, ENDEAVOR and NCI
will cooperate to minimize such contact.
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EXHIBIT D
NCI BRANDING REQUIREMENTS
1. On ENDEAVOR's default root page, default personalized root page, and
bookmark lists, the NCI n|c design logo or other NCI Logo designated by NCI as a
selectable icon shall be placed in a prominent location and shall be visible at
all times without further navigation and, if the background is dynamic, must be
visible for at least 30 seconds each visit or until the user leaves the page. A
prominent location is defined as not requiring the user to scroll or otherwise
navigate in order to see the logo on entrance to the root page.
2. The content provided through the NCI selectable icon or NCI Content Portals
(TV Bar) shall not be blocked or restricted in any fashion except by user-
elected restrictions (e.g. parental control filters).
3. On all NC Cards distributed by ENDEAVOR targeting an NCI Approved Network
Computer Device, the NC Card will display the NCI n|c design logo or other NCI
Logo designated by NCI on the top side of the card in accordance with the then-
current NCI signature guidelines.
4. On all major marketing and communication materials presented by ENDEAVOR
that specifically target NCI Approved Network Computer Device ENDEAVOR will
include the NCI n|c design logo or other NCI Logo designated by NCI in a
prominent location in accordance with the then-current NCI signature guidelines.
5. Whenever a navigational or application toolbar is displayed in conjunction
with a NCI application, the NCI Logo shall be present on such toolbar. The NCI
Logo that is displayed will be presented in a form that is in accordance with
the NCI signature guidelines.
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EXHIBIT E
THIRD PARTY RESTRICTIONS
The following third party restrictions apply to Internet Services and Web-MD
Hospital Services to the extent that they incorporate any of the third party
software listed below. Any capitalized terms that are not defined herein have
the same definition as in the Agreement.
1. REGARDING BITSTREAM SOFTWARE - In the event that the Internet Services/Web-MD
Hospital Services include Bitstream software sublicensed from NCI, you must
comply with the following restrictions and obligations:
1.1. Licensee must reproduce each Bitstream copyright, trademark and/or
patent notice, as applicable in its entirety, in the same location as
it appears, in electronic or printed form, on the NCI Software or
SDK(s) as delivered to Licensee.
2. REGARDING RSA SOFTWARE - In the event that the Internet Services/Web-MD
Hospital Services includes RSA software sublicensed from NCI, you must comply
with the following restrictions and obligations:
2.1. Licensee should include within the splash screens, user documentation,
printed product collateral, product packaging and advertisements for
the Internet Services/ Web-MD Hospital Services, the RSA "Licensee
Seal" from the form attached hereto as Appendix "A" along with a
statement that the Internet Services/ Web-MD Hospital Services contains
the RSA Software. Licensee agrees not to remove or destroy any
proprietary, trademark or copyright markings or notices placed upon or
contained within the software or documentation provided by NCI.
2.2. Licensee must in all proposals and agreements with the United States
government identify and license the Internet Services/ Web-MD Hospital
Services, including any RSA object Code, as follows: (i) for
acquisition by or on behalf of civilian agencies, as necessary to
obtain protection as "commercial computer software" and related
documentation in accordance with the terms of NCI's or Licensee's
customary license, as specified in 48 C.F.R. 12.212 of the Federal
Acquisition Regulations and its successor regulations, or (ii) for
acquisition by or on behalf of units of the Department of Defense, as
necessary to obtain protection as "commercial computer software" as
defined in 48 C.F.R. 227.7014(a)(1) of the Department of Defense
Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement (DFARS) and related
documentation in accordance with the terms of NCI's or Licensee's
customary license, as specified in 48 C.F.R. 227.7202.1 of DFARS and
its successor regulations.
2.3. In the event that Licensee includes an "About Box" or similar reference
in the Internet Services/ Web-MD Hospital Services, Licensee agrees to
insert and maintain in the "About Box" (1) the RSA "Licensee Seal"
indicated in Appendix "A", and (2) a hypertext link to RSA's homepage
at an RSA-designated URL (currently www.rsa.com), which logo and
pointer shall appear on the first page of such "About Box" and in no
less prominent location and size than any other third party logo
included therein.
2.4. Licensee further agrees to include in any Security Advisory made
available to third parties, whether in printed or electronic format,
the RSA "Licensee Seal" indicated in Exhibit "A" and a brief
description of the RSA software sublicensed hereunder and its relevant
applicability to the subject matter of the Security Advisory. For the
purposes of the Agreement, "Security Advisory" means any tutorial, FAQ
or similar manual or instructional documentation describing data
security used by or available in the Internet Services/Web-MD Hospital
Services.
3. REGARDING HEADSPACE SOFTWARE - In the event that the Internet Services/Web-MD
Hospital Services include Headspace MIDI software or music content
sublicensed from NCI, you must comply with the following restrictions and
obligations:
3.1. In the event that the Internet Services/Web-MD Hospital Services
includes an "About Box" or similar reference, Licensee must include
references to Headspace, Inc. and the RMF logo, as well as a link to
the Headspace, Inc. web site, in the area designated by Licensee for
such "About Box". The RMF logo is included as Appendix "B", attached
hereto, and incorporated herein by this reference.
4. REGARDING PROGRESSIVE NETWORKS SOFTWARE - In the event that the Internet
Services/Web-MD Hospital Services includes Progressive Networks software
sublicensed from NCI, you must comply with the following restrictions and
obligations:
4.1. Licensee must use Progressive Networks' (PN) marks in accordance with
PN's usage policies attached hereto as Appendix "C" and incorporated
herein by this reference. Such marks may be used solely in connection
with Licensee's advertising, marketing and distribution of the Internet
Services/ Web-MD Hospital Services incorporating PN's software.
4.2. To the extent the Internet Services/Web-MD Hospital Services includes
an implementation of an "About Box" or similar reference, Licensee must
include a reference to "Progressive Networks" and "Real Audio" as
follows:
"The RealAudio Player is included under license from Progressive
Networks, Inc. Copyright 1995-1997, Progressive Networks, Inc.
RealAudio and the RealAudio logo are registered trademarks of
Progressive Networks, Inc. All rights reserved."
4.3. Licensee acknowledges that use, duplication or disclosure of the PN
software by the Government is subject to restrictions set forth in
subparagraphs (a) through (d) of the Commercial Computer-Restricted
Rights clause at FAR 52.227-19 when applicable, or in subparagraph
(c)(1)(ii) of the Rights in Technical Data and Computer Software clause
at DFARS 252.227-7013, or in similar clauses in the NASA FAR
supplement. Contractor/manufacturer is Progressive
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Networks, Inc.; 1111 Third Avenue; Suite 500; Seattle, Washington,
98101.
5. REGARDING JAVA SOFTWARE--In the event that the Internet Services/Web-MD
Hospital Services include Java Software from Sun Microsystems, Inc. ("Sun")
or Javasoft, you must comply with the following restrictions and obligations:
5.1. The Internet Services/Web-MD Hospital Services containing Java software
that you distribute shall include in the documentation, or in other
terms and conditions of sale, notices substantially similar to those
contained on and in the NCI Software, SDKs and related documentation.
You shall require an end user license agreement for each unit of the
product providing access to the Internet Services/Web-MD Hospital
Services shipped, including without limitation, warranty, limitation of
liability, restricted rights for government, no transfer of title, High
Risk Activities, etc. If you use a package design for the Internet
Services/Web-MD Hospital Services, such package design shall include an
acknowledgment of Sun as the source of the Java software and such other
notices as specified below.
5.2. Java Applets in any hypertext markup language (HTML) or standard
generalized markup language (SGML)-based browser which is shipped as
part of the Internet Services/Web-MD Hospital Services shall use the
Document Type Definition ("DTD") as specified by Sun Microsystems..
5.3. The following disclaimer must be provided to each user of the Internet
Services/Web-MD Hospital Services:
This product is not fault-tolerant and is not designed, manufactured or
intended for use or resale as on-line control equipment in hazardous
environments requiring fail-safe performance, such as in the operation
of nuclear facilities, aircraft navigation or communications systems,
air traffic control, direct life support machines, or weapons systems,
in which the failure of this product could lead directly to death,
personal injury, or severe physical or environmental damage.
5.4. The following notices and acknowledgments must be provided to each user
of the Internet Services/Web-MD Hospital Services as described below:
5.4.1. On Licensee's web site that describes such Internet
Services/Web-MD Hospital Services, Licensee must include the
following: Java logo, Java Applet Interoperability Mark*, and
message "Powered by Java (TM) from Sun Microsystems, Inc." with
a hypertext link to `http://java.sun.com'.
5.4.2. In any Internet Services documentation, splash screen or other
location where notices, attribution and proprietary markings
are listed, Licensee must include the following: Java logo,
Java Applet Interoperability Mark, the message "Powered by
Java(TM) technology from Sun Microsystems, Inc." and applicable
copyright notices associated with a hypertext link to the
`http://java.sun.com'. The splash screen, if any, should be a
minimum size of twelve (12) square inches.
5.5. Licensee shall not remove any copyright notices, trademark notices or
other proprietary legends of Sun or its suppliers contained on or in
the software or any documentation provided by NCI. Licensee shall
comply with all reasonable requests by Sun to include Sun's copyright
and/or other proprietary rights notices on the Internet Services/Web-MD
Hospital Services, documentation or related materials as specified in
this section.
5.6. Licensee must comply with Sun's standard Trademark and Logo Usage
Policies. Specifically, Sun's marks must only be used in the text of
any materials (not in headlines or graphics) and in the same typesize
and typestyle as the surrounding text; the marks must be used as
adjectives, not as nouns; and Sun's marks must be identified with the
applicable (R) or (TM) notices and attributed to Sun in an appropriate
location in any materials, as stated above. Information regarding Sun's
web logo trademark policies can be found at
www.sun.com/logos/trademark.html.
*The Java Applet Interoperability Mark has not been designed by Sun
Microsystems, Inc. but may include such designation as "Java 1.0 Applet
Compatible." Sun may change such logo, message and hypertext link on reasonable
advance notice.
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APPENDIX "A" TO EXHIBIT E
RSA SEAL AND TRADEMARKS
RSA Licensee Seal:
[LOGO]
You are also permitted to use the following RSA trademarks, as applicable, in
ads, product packaging, documentation or collateral materials, provided that you
use the correct trademark designator, depicted below, and identify RSA as the
owner of the mark.
1. When using a Progressive Networks' trademark ("PN Mark"), use the
registered trademark symbol (R) or the (TM) symbol, as indicated in the above
example, on the most prominent (or if none is prominent, the first) appearance
of a PN Mark. For any PN Mark that is not registered, the (TM) symbol should be
used in place of the registered trademark symbol (R). Once marked, it is not
normally necessary to mark subsequent appearances of the trademark in the piece.
Every appearance of PN Logos in stylized form should always appear with the
appropriate (R) or (TM) symbol, and may be used only under license with PN
unauthorized use is strictly prohibited. Shown above are a list of current PN
Marks that reflects the registration status of the PN Marks. This list will be
updated from time to time.
2. When using a PN Mark, never vary the spelling, add or delete hyphens, make
one word two, or use a possessive or plural form of the PN Mark. PN word marks
must always be used as adjectives followed by a generic term (such as "software"
or "system"), and never as nouns or verbs.
3. Progressive Networks is the owner of all right, title, and interest in the
PN Marks and Licensee agrees that it will not challenge the validity of
Progressive Networks' ownership of the PN Marks. Licensees shall not reproduce
or use (or authorize the reproduction or use of) the PN Marks in any manner
other than expressly authorized by Progressive Networks.
4. Progressive Networks may from time to time modify the PN Marks. Progressive
Networks will use commercially reasonable efforts to give licensees advance
notice of such modifications.
5. In order to assure compliance, you will, upon request from Progressive
Networks, provide samples of any marketing and advertising materials that
include the PN Marks.
6. In any place where they appear together, the PN Marks and any associated
text must be at least as large as the trademark and text of another vendor.
IMPORTANT INFORMATION ABOUT USING THE TEXT FORM
OF THE WORD REALAUDIO(R)
1. When using the word RealAudio, use the registered trademark symbol (R)
symbol, as indicated in the above example, on the most prominent (or if none is
prominent, the first) appearance of its use on a page. For any PN Mark that is
not registered, the (TM) symbol should be used in place of the registered
trademark symbol (R). Once marked with the (R) symbol, it is not normally
necessary to mark subsequent appearances of the trademark in the piece.
2. When using the word RealAudio, never vary the spelling, add or delete
hyphens, make one word two, or use a possessive or plural form of the word.
RealAudio must always be used as an adjective followed by a generic term (such
as "software" or "system"), and never as a noun or verb.
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EXHIBIT F
PROMOTIONAL ACTIVITIES
1. Cooperate with each other to coordinate mutually agreed upon joint
visits with ENDEAVOR's senior management and NCI's senior management to
Hospitals such as National Jewish Research and Medical Center l in Denver.
2. Introduce ENDEAVOR to third parties that NCI, in its sole discretion,
determines may be interested in ENDEAVOR's healthcare-based content.
3. Notify ENDEAVOR of Oracle Corporation initiatives, such as Oracle
Promise Foundation, of which NCI is aware.
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EXHIBIT G
MINIMUM TERMS AND CONDITIONS FOR HOSPITAL SUBLICENSE AGREEMENTS
In addition to the terms and conditions set forth in the Agreement,
ENDEAVOR shall include, at a minimum, the following terms and conditions in
the Hospital Sublicense Agreements:
1. The Hospital acknowledges that, once activated for a Subscriber, NC
Cards may not be reused and/or reactivated for another Subscriber.
2. Hospitals shall only grant Subscriptions to Subscribers located in the
Territory. Once a Subscription is granted to an end user, such
Subscription is specific to such end user and shall not be regranted or
reused in any way.
3. The Hospital shall have no right to market and/or distribute the SDKs.
4. The Hospital is granted a non-exclusive, non-transferable license (i)
to copy, install, and use copies of the NCI Server Software for purposes of
deployment of the Internet Services and or the Web-MD Hospital Services on
the NCI Approved Network Computer Device in the Territory, and (ii) to
grant Subscriptions to access the Internet Services through the NCI Server
Software to Subscribers in the Territory optionally through NC Cards and as
otherwise limited in this Agreement.
5. The Hospital shall not grant access to the NCI Server Software through
any process other than Subscription as described in this Agreement.
6. Neither the Hospital nor the Subscribers acquire any rights in the NCI
Logo, the NCI Software other than those rights specified in this
Agreement.
7. The Hospital disclaims, to the extent permitted by applicable law,
NCI's liability for any damages, whether direct, indirect, incidental or
consequential, arising from the use of the NCI Software.
8. The Hospital shall not use or duplicate the NCI Software for any
purpose other than as specified in this Agreement or make the NCI Software
available to unauthorized third parties.
9. The Hospital shall not use the NCI Software for its internal data
processing or for processing customer data except as required to facilitate
the Internet Services and/or the Web-MD Hospital Services and only as
specified under this Agreement.
10. The Hospital shall not cause or permit the reverse engineering,
disassembly or decompilation of the NCI Software by either the Subscriber
or any other party.
11. The Hospital must account to ENDEAVOR Quarterly and shall provide the
following information within 20 days following the end of each Quarter: a)
the total number of active Subscribers for each month during such Quarter;
(b) the number of NC Cards activated by Hospital during such Quarter (c)
the total activation fees due, (d) and any other information reasonably
requested by NCI.
12. The Hospitals shall purchase all NC Cards in accordance with the terms
set forth in this Agreement
13. NCI is a named third party beneficiary of all Hospital Sublicense
Agreements.
14. Upon termination of this Agreement each Hospital shall either destroy
or return to NCI, at NCI's option, all copies in all forms of the NCI
Software.
15. The Hospital shall not make any warranty on behalf of NCI.
16. The Hospital shall include a reproduction of NCI's copyright notice on
all copies of the NCI Software deployed by the Hospital in whatever form.
17. The Hospital represents and warrants that the Internet Services and
the Web-MD Hospital Services (and related customer support) provided to
Subscribers by the Hospitals shall be of equal or greater quality,
availability, and responsiveness as all other similar services provided by
or on behalf of the Hospitals (and in no case less than the comparable
industry standards) and (ii) shall be consistent with NCI's reasonable
criteria as determined by periodic quality evaluations performed from time
to time by or on behalf of NCI.
18. The Hospital Sublicense Agreements cannot be assigned.
19. The Hospitals agree to comply fully with all Export Laws.
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EXHIBIT 10.27
AMENDMENT NO. 1
to the
LICENSE AGREEMENT
This Amendment No. 1 ("Amendment No. 1") to the License Agreement between
Network Computer, Inc. ("NCI") and Endeavor Technologies, Inc. (now known as
WebMD, Inc.) ("CUSTOMER") dated May 29, 1998 (the "License Agreement"), is made
and entered into between NCI and CUSTOMER as of this 11th day of November, 1998
(the "Amendment No. 1 Effective Date").
RECITALS
A. CUSTOMER has been granted a license to certain NCI technology under
the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in the License
Agreement.
B. The parties agree to amend the License Agreement as set forth in this
Amendment No. 1.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual covenants and agreements
contained herein, and other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and
sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereby agree as
follows:
1. Exhibit B, Section 3 ("Service Fees") of the License Agreement is hereby
amended by inserting the following after the second sentence of the
definition of Consulting Services:
"Notwithstanding the foregoing, all consulting services provided by
NCI from September 1, 1998 to the end of one (1) year immediately
following the Effective Date shall be recouped against the $***
commitment set forth above at the following rates plus reasonable
travel and expenses. Such amounts shall be payable within thirty (30)
days of CUSTOMER's receipt of NCI's invoice, which shall mean the
earlier of (a) actual receipt by CUSTOMER of NCI's invoice or (b) five
(5) business days after NCI deposits the invoice in the mail, postage
prepaid. NCI's invoices will include the following back-up materials:
consultant time sheets and expense reports in a mutually agreed upon
format.
Senior Consultant $*** per hour
Junior Consultant $*** per hour
Trainee $*** per hour"
2. CUSTOMER represents and warrants to NCI that it has changed its name from
Endeavor Technologies, Inc. to WebMD, Inc. The parties hereby agree that
all
*** Omitted pursuant to a request for confidential treatment and filed
separately with the Commission.
references to Endeavor Technologies, Inc. or CUSTOMER in the Agreement and
in this Amendment No. 1 shall now be interpreted to include references to
WebMD, Inc.
3. CUSTOMER hereby acknowledges that it has received from NCI a Windows NT
version of NCI's Custom Connect Server software, that use of such software
is for testing purposes only, and that upon CUSTOMER's deployment of the
Solaris version of NCI's Custom Connect Server software, CUSTOMER shall
promptly return the Windows NT version and any copies thereof to NCI.
4. All capitalized terms not defined herein shall have the meanings given them
in the License Agreement. This Amendment No. 1 shall be deemed to be
incorporated into the License Agreement and made a part thereof. All
references to the License Agreement in any other document shall be deemed
to refer to the License Agreement as modified by this Amendment No. 1.
Except as modified by this Amendment No. 1, the License Agreement shall
remain in full force and effect and shall be enforceable in accordance with
its terms. In the event that the terms of this Amendment No. 1 conflict
with the terms of the License Agreement, or its exhibits, as amended, the
terms of this Amendment No. 1 shall be deemed to govern.
5. This Amendment No. 1 may be executed in counterparts, each of which shall
be deemed an original, but all of which shall constitute one and the same
document.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have caused this Amendment No. 1 to be duly
executed as of the Amendment 1 Effective Date.
"NCI" "CUSTOMER"
Network Computer, Inc. WebMD, Inc.
By: /s/ David Roug By: /s/ W. Michael Heekin
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Print Name: David Roug Print Name: W. Michael Heekin
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Title: Chief Executive Officer Title: Chief Operating Officer
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EXHIBIT 10.28
PHYSICIAN SERVICE
LICENSE AND SERVICE AGREEMENT
This AGREEMENT is made as of the date of signing of the Agreement, July 15, 1998
by and between Thomson Healthcare Information Company, Inc. ("THIG") as Licensor
and Endeavor Technologies, Inc. ("Endeavor") as Licensee.
Licensor: Thomson Healthcare Information Company, Inc.
Five Paragon Drive
Montvale, New Jersey 06754
(201) 358-7500
Licensee: Endeavor Technologies, Inc.
400 The Lenox Building
3399 Peachtree Road, N.E.
Atlanta, Georgia 30326
WITNESSETH
WHEREAS, THIG has developed and copyrighted certain proprietary healthcare
content ("Content"), as more fully described in Appendix A ("THIG Content"), and
in conjunction with delivery of this Content, THIG shall provide a Content
Service ("Content Service"), as more fully described in Appendix B ("Content
Service").
WHEREAS, Endeavor intends to engage in the marketing and provision of healthcare
content to physicians and wishes to license the Content, and make use of Content
Services to make the Content available through "WebMD", Endeavor's World Wide
Web site, as more fully described in Appendix C ("Endeavor Service"), and known
in this Agreement as the "Service".
WHEREAS, the parties acknowledge that the Internet is neither owned nor
controlled by any one entity; therefore, THIG can make no guarantee that any
given End-User shall be able to access the Content Service at any given time.
THIG represents that it shall make every good faith effort to ensure that its
Content Service is available as widely as possible and with as little service
interruption as possible.
DEFINITIONS
For purposes of this Agreement, the following definition of terms shall be used:
Advertising. Payments by a third party for placement of an advertisement in
conjunction with Content.
Subscription. Payment by a third party or End-User for End-User access to
Content.
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Sponsorship. Payment by a third party for subscriptions for End-User access to
Content involving placement of a company trademark or notification of a company
identity in conjunction with Content.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises, mutual covenants, and promises
set forth herein, the parties hereto agree as follows:
ARTICLE I - DUTIES OF LICENSOR
1.1 GRANT. THIG hereby grants to Endeavor for the term of this Agreement the
nontransferable and nonexclusive right and license to make available the English
language editions of the Content to authorized registered "End-Users" of the
Service. "End-Users" shall be defined as physicians who are subscribers to and
continue to have access to the Service via Endeavor's World Wide Web site,
WebMD.
1.2 PROVISION OF SERVICES. THIG agrees to provide Content Services as
described in Appendix B and undertake a Fast Start Program as described in
Appendix D.
1.3 NONEXCLUSIVITY. This Agreement does not impose any obligation of
exclusivity upon either party.
1.4 MARKETS. End-Users of Content are limited to physicians. Endeavor agrees
that on an introductory Service screen which End-Users must view prior to
entering the actual Service, End-Users shall be required to agree that, as
further defined in Section 2.6 below, use of the Content in the Service is
limited to individual use and may not be recommercialized in any way for any
purpose.
1.5 ADVERTISING AND SPONSORSHIP. While advertising and sponsorship may from
time to time occur in conjunction with the Content, advertising and sponsorship
shall not be the primary source of Endeavor's sales revenue. Endeavor may sell
sponsorship of an entire electronic publication as listed in Appendix A after
first consulting with THIG.
1.6 DISTRIBUTION TERRITORY. Use of Content is limited to physicians in the
United States.
1.7 ACCESS TO CONTENT. THIG grants authorized end users of the Service (see
Section 2.1 below) access to the Content through use of an industry standard Web
browser.
1.8 SUPPORT FOR CONTENT AND CONTENT SERVICES. All support questions from
Endeavor management and technical staff regarding Content and Content Services
shall be directed to a support liaison designated by THIG from time to time.
This includes prompt reporting of unscheduled disruptions to Content Services.
THIG may designate a new Support Liaison at any time and shall promptly notify
Endeavor of any such decision in writing. THIG shall provide to Endeavor up to
twenty (20) hours of support, during the sixty (60) business days following
delivery of new or updated Content. Additional support shall be made available
at
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Endeavor's reasonable request as to time, place and manner. Additional support
shall be charged by THIG to Endeavor on a time and materials basis according to
THIG's then-current rates. Notwithstanding the foregoing, THIG shall guarantee
its service rates for the first year of this Agreement at $*** per hour of
requested technical service.
1.9 UPDATES TO CONTENT. For purposes of this Agreement, any change, update,
enhancement, revision, correction or replacement of Content and/or of
Documentation released by THIG is an "Update." To provide Endeavor with fair
and equitable treatment, Updates shall be available to users of the Service
simultaneously with their release to any other commercial electronic vendor of
the Content serving the professional market. Specifications may change over
time as improvements occur in the normal course of business that require THIG to
change the layout and/or format of the Content delivered to Endeavor. In such
instances, THIG shall provide Endeavor with written notice not less than forty
five (45) days prior to the delivery of an Update to the affected Content to
Endeavor.
1.10 ACTIVITY REPORTING. THIG shall maintain and provide Endeavor with
quarterly usage statistics of Endeavor End-Users on its hosted site.
1.11 NOTICE OF CONTENT CESSATION. THIG shall have the right to cease normal
production or updating of any of the Content, provided that such cessation by
THIG is not with respect to Endeavor alone but is part of a program by THIG to
cease production or updating of such Content on or through other electronically
accessed networks, including but not limited to the same or similar On-line
Distributors on which the Service is available. THIG shall give Endeavor six
(6) months' written notice prior to THIG's requesting Endeavor to cease use of
any Content set, as described above. Upon receipt of such notice and subsequent
removal of the subject THIG Content from the Service, Endeavor shall have the
right in its discretion: (a) to obtain from THIG promptly substitute Content
acceptable to Endeavor and THIG as a replacement; or (b) to reduce the Payments.
In the event that THIG resumes production and/or updating of Content that THIG
previously ceased producing or updating, Endeavor shall have the right but not
the obligation to again use such formerly discontinued or non-updated Content in
the Service. If Endeavor does so, it shall be under the same terms and
conditions as such Content was formerly used hereunder.
ARTICLE II - DUTIES OF LICENSE
2.1 AVAILABILITY OF THE CONTENT TO END-USERS. Endeavor shall provide a
security mechanism to identify the End-User and authorize the use of the service
by an End-User. The security mechanism shall also deny entry to unauthorized
users.
*** Omitted pursuant to a request for confidential treatment and filed
separately with the Commission.
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2.2 CONTENT INTEGRITY. Endeavor shall not edit or otherwise effect an
editorial change in the Content without THIG's consent, which shall not be
unreasonably withheld. It is agreed that GUIs created by Endeavor shall not
violate the rights of THIG hereunder. The foregoing shall in no way prohibit
Endeavor from interlinking and cross-referencing the Content with material from
other Content providers.
2.3 PROPRIETARY INTEREST. Endeavor acknowledges that THIG has proprietary
rights in and to the Content. Endeavor shall not, by virtue of this Agreement
or by virtue of its access to the Content, obtain any proprietary rights in or
to the Content except the right specifically granted to Endeavor herein.
Endeavor shall not use or transmit the Content except as specifically authorized
by this agreement.
2.4 AUDIT AND REVIEW. As long as this Agreement is in effect, and for a one-
year period thereafter, Endeavor shall maintain and supply to THIG every
calendar quarter records that are used to calculate payments to THIG. This
includes records on use and distribution of the Content, and logs maintained by
web servers that record end user activity. THIG understands and agrees that all
of Endeavor's financial records and statements are confidential and subject to
the Confidentiality Agreement between the parties effective upon signing of this
Agreement.
(a) Upon a minimum of twenty (20) business days' notice to Endeavor, and
during business hours, THIG may itself or through an agent at its expense,
audit relevant books and records of Endeavor for the sole purpose of
determining that Endeavor is in compliance with all of the terms of this
Agreement and that the proper payment, as described in Section 3 below, has
been paid to THIG. Such an audit may not be made more frequently than once
every twelve (12) months and once within the twelve (12) month period
following conclusion or termination of this Agreement.
(b) In the event THIG determines that payments are due from Endeavor, it
shall so notify Endeavor and provide Endeavor with a calculation and
supporting explanation. Endeavor shall thereupon have fifteen (15)
business days within which to pay the claim. In the event Endeavor does
not pay the claim, the parties shall resolve their dispute by arbitration
in the City of New York in accordance with the Rules of the American
Arbitration Association. Endeavor shall promptly pay any payment thus
determined to be due and unpaid.
2.5 COPYRIGHT NOTICE. When making the Content available to End-Users as
permitted by this Agreement, Endeavor shall cause a notice comprised of the
following elements to be conspicuously displayed during every End-User session
as appropriate to protect THIG's intellectual property rights: (a) the word
"Copyright" or the symbol (C) (the letter c in a circle), (b) the year of first
publication of such document as specified by THIG, (c) the name of the copyright
holder or, if space constraints require, an abbreviation by which the name can
be recognized or a generally known alternative designation, and (d) the words
"All Rights Reserved" (or, if space constraints require, an abbreviation by
which such phrase can be recognized that is reasonably acceptable to THIG).
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2.6 END-USER AGREEMENT. When making the Content available to End-Users as
permitted by this Agreement, Endeavor shall cause to have included in the terms
and conditions of the applicable End-User agreement: (a) a provision
prohibiting use of materials retrieved through the Service in any fashion that
may infringe upon any copyright or proprietary interest therein; (b) a provision
prohibiting storage of materials retrieved through the Service in a searchable,
machine-readable database; (c) a provision limiting the liability of THIG in a
manner similar to that contained in its electronic products, especially as it
applies to the use of healthcare information by professionals; (d) a provision
prohibiting use of all the Content from any commercial use, resale, or mailing
list database development, utilization or application. Endeavor shall grant
neither to On-Line Distributors, nor to any End-User of the Content or any third
party, any additional rights to reproduce the Content retrieved through the
Service (by photocopying, electronic transmission or otherwise) without THIG's
prior written consent. The Endeavor End-User Agreement shall in all manner be
consistent with, and cover the items contained in MedEc Interactives' User
Registration Agreement (see Appendix E) and its updates in the ordinary course
of business.
Furthermore, Endeavor shall place a notice relating to all the provisions
described above on one of the first introductory screens that End-Users must
view upon entering or using the Service in all available media. Such notice
shall require End-User acknowledgment and acceptance to become an authorized,
registered End-User.
ARTICLE III - PRICING AND PAYMENT TERMS
3.1 PRICING.
(a) In consideration of THIG's grant to Endeavor of the right and license
to access the Content and for provision of Content Services in
accordance with Article I above, throughout the term of this Agreement
Endeavor shall pay THIG an annual minimum fee of:
$ *** for year one
$ *** for year two
$ *** for year three
(b) Plus, $ *** per month per End-User for all End-Users in excess of ***
(***) End-Users.
*** Omitted pursuant to a request for confidential treatment and filed
separately with the Commission.
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(c) Plus, ***% (*** percent) of all Net Revenue from advertising and
sponsorship occurring in conjunction with the Content. "Net Revenue"
shall be defined as gross receipts less any End-User credits or
commissions paid by Endeavor to third parties.
(d) Payments shall be adjusted annually and become effective upon the
Execution Date of this Agreement to reflect any escalation or decline
in costs as indicated by the change in the US Bureau of Labor
Statistics Consumer Price Index, as published by the US Department of
Labor for the most recent calendar year. THIG shall provide written
notice of any such escalation or decline 30 days prior to each
Agreement anniversary date.
3.2 PAYMENT TERMS.
(a) A first payment of $ *** due on signing of this Agreement.
(b) Pro-rata minimum payments shall be made in equal quarterly
installments of the guaranteed minimum annual totals as indicated
below:
DUE DATE AMOUNT DUE
-------- ----------
Nov. 5, 1998 $ ***
Feb. 5, 1999 $ ***
May 5, 1999 $ ***
Aug. 5, 1999 $ ***
Nov. 5, 1999 $ ***
Feb. 5, 2000 $ ***
May 5, 2000 $ ***
Aug 5, 2000 $ ***
Nov 5, 2000 $ ***
Feb 5, 2001 $ ***
May 5, 2001 $ ***
(c) Incremental payments for subscribers in excess of *** (at the rate of
$ *** per such subscriber) shall be paid on the dates noted in section
3.2.b., with a final payment during the term of this Agreement
occurring on August 5, 2001.
(d) Payments for advertising and sponsorship shall be paid on the dates
noted in section 3.2.b., with a final payment during the term of this
Agreement occurring on August 5, 2001.
*** Omitted pursuant to a request for confidential treatment and filed
separately with the Commission.
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3.3 NEW CONTENT. Five months (150 days) prior to the end of the first year and
each successive anniversary of the Agreement, both parties agree to meet to
determine and identify additional Content, pricing of additional Content,
and delivery of that Content to Endeavor. Both parties shall use their
best efforts to finalize an addendum for additional content to this
Agreement for the upcoming year three months (90 days) prior to the
initiation of the Agreement to allow for technical development and planning
to occur.
ARTICLE IV - TERM AND TERMINATION
4.1 TERM. This Agreement shall be effective for an initial term beginning upon
the Effective Date and ending July 31, 2001, unless sooner terminated pursuant
to this Article IV.
4.2 FAILURE TO PERFORM. If either party to this Agreement shall fail to
perform or observe any material term, covenant, agreement or warranty, or if any
material representation contained herein is untrue, the other party may
immediately terminate this Agreement if such failure is not corrected (if
reasonably correctable) within thirty (30) days of delivery of written notice
thereof to the other party.
4.3 BANKRUPTCY AND BUSINESS TERMINATION. If either party shall cease doing
business, become insolvent, or if a petition in bankruptcy shall be filed with
respect to a party, or upon an attempted assignment not permitted under Section
6.7 below, the other party shall have the right to immediately terminate this
Agreement upon written notice to the other party. The right and license granted
by THIG to Endeavor herein with respect to the Content is deemed a software
license for purposes of Section 605(n) of the Federal Bankruptcy Act, and
Endeavor shall have the full rights of a protected licensee thereunder.
4.4 SERVICE CESSATION. Endeavor shall have the right in its sole discretion to
cease production of the Service upon ninety (90) days prior written notice to
THIG. Upon such cessation of the Service, this Agreement shall terminate, and
neither party shall have obligation to the other under this Agreement except
Endeavor shall remit all Payments that accrued prior to such cessation.
4.5 CONDUCT UPON TERMINATION. Upon termination of this Agreement for any
reason, Endeavor shall cease solicitation for and use of the Content.
ARTICLE V - LIABILITY LIMITATION AND INDEMNIFICATION
5.1 LIMITATION OF LIABILITY. NEITHER PARTY MAKES ANY WARRANTY, EXPRESS OR
IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO ANY WARRANTY OF MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS
FOR ANY PARTICULAR PURPOSE WITH RESPECT TO THE MARKETING AND SALE OF THE Content
OR THE Service.
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NEITHER PARTY SHALL HAVE ANY LIABILITY TO ANY THIRD PARTY RESULTING FROM ITS
PERFORMANCE UNDER THIS AGREEMENT OR FOR ANY FAILURE TO PERFORM HEREUNDER.
NEITHER PARTY HERETO, NOR THEIR RESPECTIVE OFFICERS, DIRECTORS, AGENTS AND
EMPLOYEES, SHALL BE LIABLE TO THE OTHER PARTY FOR ANY INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL OR
CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING LOST PROFITS) INCURRED IN CONNECTION WITH
SERVICES PERFORMED OR PRODUCTS PROVIDED UNDER THIS AGREEMENT. NEITHER PARTY
SHALL BE LIABLE FOR DAMAGES CAUSED OR ALLEGEDLY CAUSED BY ANY FAILURE OF
PERFORMANCE, ERROR, OMISSION, INTERRUPTION, DELETION, DEFECT, DELAY IN OPERATION
OR TRANSMISSION, OR COMMUNICATIONS LINE FAILURE INVOLVING THE Service, AND
NEITHER PARTY SHALL BE LIABLE FOR ANY ACT OR INACTION OF END-USERS REGARDING THE
Content, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO MISUSE, ABUSE, INFRINGEMENT, THEFT OR
DESTRUCTION OR UNAUTHORIZED ACCESS TO, ALTERATION OF, OR USE OF THE Content,
WHETHER FOR BREACH OF CONTRACT (INCLUDING BREACH OF WARRANTY, LOST PROFITS OR
OTHER ECONOMIC LOSS), TORTIOUS BEHAVIOR (INCLUDING STRICT LIABILITY) NEGLIGENCE
OR UNDER ANY OTHER CAUSE OF ACTION.
5.2 FORCE MAJEURE. Neither party shall be liable in damages for any delay or
default in performing its obligations hereunder if such delay or default is
caused by matters beyond the reasonable control of the non-performing party,
such as but not limited to power failures, wars or insurrections, acts of
government, strikes, fires, floods, earthquakes, work stoppages, embargoes
and/or inability to obtain material; provided, however, that the party
experiencing such occurrence shall notify the other party at the earliest
possible date and take reasonable steps to mitigate and/or cure the cause of
such delay.
5.3 INDEMNIFICATION.
(a) HIG shall indemnify and hold harmless Endeavor, its affiliates, and
its and their directors, officers, employees, agents, successors and
assigns against any and all judgments, settlements, penalties, costs and
expenses (including reasonable attorneys' fees) paid or incurred in
connection with claims by any party which are attributable to: THIG's
negligence or misconduct in collecting, collating and compiling the Content
from THIG's original data sources (including but not limited to drug
manufacturers); a material breach of any warranty or representation made or
obligation undertaken by THIG under this Agreement or infringement or
misappropriation by the Content of any copyright or other proprietary right
of any third party.
(b) Endeavor shall indemnify and hold harmless THIG, its affiliates and
its and their directors, officers, employees, agents, successors and
assigns against any and all judgments, settlements, penalties, costs and
expenses (including reasonable attorneys' fees) paid or incurred in
connection with claims by any party which arise from Endeavor's
distribution of the Content under this Agreement and are attributable to a
failure of the hardware or software of Endeavor's computer system (other
than the
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Content) or to a material breach of any warranty or representation made or
obligation undertaken by Endeavor under this Agreement.
(c) If any claim or action is instituted or threatened by a third party
against a party to this Agreement for which it believes it is entitled to
be indemnified pursuant to this Agreement, it shall promptly give notice
thereof to the other party, and cooperate fully with the indemnifying
party. The indemnifying party shall solely control the defense and
settlement of such claims. The indemnified party shall be permitted to
participate in such defense and represent itself at its own expense and to
use counsel of its own choosing.
5.4 LAWFUL PURPOSE. Endeavor and the authorized users of the Content Service
may only use the Content Service for lawful purpose. Transmission of any
material in violation of any Federal, State or Local regulation is prohibited.
This includes, but is not limited to copyrighted material, material legally
judged to be threatening or obscene, pornographic, profane, or material
protected by trade secrets. This also includes links or any connection to such
materials.
5.5 REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES. THIG makes no warranties or
representations of any kind, whether expressed or implied for the Content
Service it is providing. THIG also disclaims any warranty of merchant-ability
or fitness for particular purpose and shall not be responsible for any damages
that may be suffered by Endeavor and the End-Users of the Content Service,
including loss of data resulting from delays, non-deliveries or service
interruptions by any cause or errors or omissions. Connection speed represents
the speed of a connection and does not represent guarantees of available end to
end bandwidth. THIG expressly limits its damages to the Endeavor and End-Users
of the Content Service for any non-accessibility time or other down time to a
pro-rata credit of THIG's charges during system unavailability. THIG
specifically denies any responsibilities for any damages arising as a consequent
of such unavailability.
Under no circumstances, including negligence, shall THIG, its offices, agents or
any one else involved in creating, producing, or operating the Content Service
be liable for any direct, indirect, incidental, special or consequential damages
that result from the use of or inability to use the Content Service; or that
results from mistakes, omissions, interruptions, deletion of files, errors,
defects, delays in operation, or transmission or any failure of performance,
whether or not limited to acts of God, communication failure, theft,
destruction, or unauthorized access to THIG's records, programs, or services.
Endeavor hereby acknowledges that this paragraph shall apply to all content on
the Content Service.
THIG represents and warrants that it is authorized to grant the license herein
to Endeavor, and covenants that Endeavor's exercise of the license herein shall
infringe no copyright or other right of any person or entity. If any portion of
the Content furnished to Endeavor under this Agreement becomes (or, in the good
faith judgment of THIG, is likely to become) the subject of a claim for
infringement or misappropriation, THIG may, upon notice to Endeavor, request
that Endeavor remove such portion of the Content from the Service, and Endeavor
shall
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comply with such request promptly; provided however, that THIG shall not have
the right to request such removal unless such materials are required to be
removed from the services of all other similarly situated on-line vendors (if
any) to whom they are made available by THIG; and provided that in the event of
such removal, Endeavor shall have the same rights described in Section 1.10
above. THIG represents and warrants that it is not aware of any pending,
threatened or possible claim or action by any third party with respect to a
possible violation of that third party's rights.
The parties agree that Endeavor makes no warranty or representation regarding,
nor is Endeavor responsible for, the Content, which Endeavor is obtaining from
THIG under this Agreement, and as to which Endeavor has a duty not to edit or
change (Section 2.2 above).
ARTICLE VI - MISCELLANEOUS
6.1 ENTIRE AGREEMENT AND AMENDMENT. Together with all written amendments,
exhibits and appendices, this Agreement constitutes the entire agreement between
THIG and Endeavor with respect to the subject matter addressed herein. This
Agreement can only be modified or supplemented by writing signed by duly
authorized representatives of both parties. This Agreement shall be binding
upon the parties, their successors, legal representatives and permitted assigns.
Endeavor and THIG intend this Agreement to be a valid legal instrument and no
provision of this Agreement which shall be deemed unenforceable shall in any way
invalidate any other provision of this Agreement, all of which shall remain in
full force and effect.
During the term of this Agreement, the parties may under mutual consent reach a
new agreement on license of Content and provision of Content Services to
Endeavor. At such time, this Agreement will be amended to reflect any new
understanding between the parties.
6.2 USE OF TRADE NAMES, TRADEMARKS OR SERVICE MARKS. Neither party shall use
any trade name, trademark, or service mark of the other party in advertisements,
promotions, publicity releases or the like, except as expressly authorized in
writing by the other party and in conformance with the quality control
guidelines of the owner of such name or mark which have been communicated to the
other party. Endeavor acknowledges THIG's ownership of and title to the
copyrights, trademarks, and service marks of the Content. THIG shall be
attributed as the source of the Content in sales literature, in End-User
documentation (if any), and THIG shall not unreasonably withhold the
authorization to use its trade names, trademarks, and service marks by Endeavor
in connection with Endeavor's distribution of the Service. Endeavor shall be
attributed as the source of the Service in all material produced by or for THIG
where reference is made to the use of the Content as part of the Service
hereunder. Endeavor shall not unreasonably withhold authorization for use of
Endeavor's trade names, trademarks, and service marks by THIG in connection with
THIG's providing Content to Endeavor and the Service. All trade names,
trademarks, and service marks, and attendant goodwill, now owned by each party
shall remain its sole property and all rights accruing from their use shall
inure solely to the benefit of such party.
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6.3 CONFIDENTIALITY. Each party shall preserve the confidential information of
or pertaining to the other party and shall not, without first obtaining the
other's written consent, disclose to any person or organization, or use for its
own benefit, any confidential information of or pertaining to the other party
during and after the term of this Agreement, unless such confidential
information is required to be disclosed by a court of competent jurisdiction or
by any governmental or self-regulatory organization or authority.
6.4 NOTICES. All notices, requests, demands and other communications or
payments under this Agreement shall be in writing, and shall be deemed to have
been duly delivered if delivered by hand or sent by traceable carrier or prepaid
registered or certified mail addressed as follows (or to such other address as
may be designated by a party, in writing, pursuant hereto):
Endeavor:
Endeavor Technologies, Inc.
400 The Lenox Building
3399 Peachtree Road NE
Atlanta, Georgia 30326
Attn: Executive Vice President
THIG:
Thomson Healthcare Information Company, Inc.
Five Paragon Drive
Montvale, New Jersey 06754
Attn: Senior Vice President, Corporate Business Development
6.5 OFFER TO SELL. If at any time during the Term of this Agreement Endeavor
desires to cease production of the Service and/or sell the Service, Endeavor
shall notify THIG and permit THIG to make an offer to purchase the Service.
Endeavor shall have no obligations to sell the Service to THIG.
6.6 GOVERNING LAW. This Agreement is made and entered into in the State of New
York and shall be construed according to internal laws, and not the laws
pertaining to choice or conflict of laws, of that State. The parties hereto,
their successors and assigns, consent to the jurisdiction of the courts of the
State of New York with respect to legal proceedings that may result from a
dispute as to the interpretation or breach of any of the terms and conditions of
this Agreement.
6.7 RELATIONSHIP AND ASSIGNMENT. Nothing in this Agreement shall be deemed to
create an agency, joint venture, or partnership relationship between THIG and
Endeavor. Except as expressly set forth in this Agreement, neither party shall
have authority to act on behalf of or bind the other party in any way. Neither
Endeavor nor THIG may assign this Agreement or delegate any rights or
obligations hereunder without the prior written consent of the other party
except to an affiliated entity controlled by or under common control of a party
hereto. In the
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event of a third party acquiring the assets of Endeavor, this Agreement is not
transferable. Any attempted assignment by either party without such consent
shall be of no effect.
6.8 DUE AUTHORIZATION. Each of Endeavor and THIG represents and warrants that
it is authorized to enter into this Agreement and that there are no outstanding
commitments, agreements, or understandings, express or implied, which may or can
in any way defeat or modify the rights conveyed or obligations undertaken by it
under this Agreement.
6.9 HEADINGS. The heading of each Article, Section, and Appendix of this
Agreement is for the purpose of convenience only and shall not affect the
interpretation of any provision hereof.
6.10 SURVIVAL OF OBLIGATIONS. Articles III, IV, V and VI shall survive the
termination or expiration of this Agreement.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each of the parties hereto has caused this Agreement to be
executed by its duly authorized officer as of the day and year first above
written.
Thomson Healthcare Information Company, Inc. Endeavor Technologies, Inc.
By: /s/ Raymond Zoeller By: /s/ Bruce A. Springer
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Printed Name: Raymond Zoeller Printed Name: Bruce A. Springer
Title: Senior Vice President Title: Executive Vice President
Date: July 15, 1998 Date: 7/16/98
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APPENDIX A
THIG Content
Content to be made available to Endeavor each year for use within the Physician
Service consists of:
1. The following electronic publications available on the Medec Interactive
Website, MedecInteractive.com:
The Physician's Desk Reference (PDR)
Medical Economics
Patient Care
Contemporary OB/GYN
Contemporary Pediatrics
Internal Medicine
Drug Topics
RN
Business and Health
Directory of Hospital Personnel
HMO/PPO Directory
Red Book
The PDR Family Guide to Women's Health
The PDR Family Guide to Prescription Drugs
Stedman's
2. Content freely available on the American Health Consultants website,
AHCpub.com. Content available to the End-User on a "pay per view" basis is
not included in this Agreement.
3. One set of 50 Continuing Medical Education (CME) courses available in HTML
format. THIG shall host this material, perform testing, grading, and issue
of certificates to physicians who successfully complete a course.
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APPENDIX B
CONTENT SERVICE
The THIG Content Service enriches the Content made available to Endeavor. The
THIG Content Services provides access to the Content through multiple indices,
search mechanisms, page linking, and logical and useful navigation. During the
term of this Agreement, the THIG, Content Service shall continue to be enhanced,
improved, and updated.
The THIG Content Services shall be operated and maintained by Medical Economics
with professional diligence and skill and in a manner consistent with high
industry standards. The THIG Content Service currently experiences 98%
reliability. However, server outages not related to THIG hardware,
configuration, or network are excluded from this Agreement. In order to ensure
a high level of reliability, the THIG Content Services shall be redundantly
hosted and include a "hot backup" (a fully operational server running
concurrently to the main server). This redundancy shall occur on or before
October 31, 1998. Because of the time it takes to set up this redundant
environment, THIG shall not be able to offer this as part of the Fast Start
Program (see Appendix D).
In order to improve and maintain the THIG Content Service, THIG designates time
periods ("Scheduled Maintenance Windows") during which it may limit or suspend
the availability of the hardware and/or software involved in providing its
Services and Products (an "Outage") to perform necessary maintenance or
upgrades. Scheduled Maintenance Windows currently are each Tuesday and Friday
between the hours of 4:00 am and 12 noon and the third Saturday of each month
between the hours of 4:00 am and 12 noon, Eastern Standard Time and Pacific
Standard Time. By or before the conclusion of the Fast Start Program, the
Scheduled Maintenance Window for major systems component updates shall only
occur between the hours of 1:00 am and 7:00 am, and normal content updates shall
occur only between the hours of 1:00 am and 10:00 am. THIG shall make every
reasonable effort to ensure that End-User access is maximized and disruption
minimized during the content update and systems maintenance/upgrade processes.
If planned maintenance has the possibility of making the server or servers
utilized by Endeavor inaccessible to the Internet during a Scheduled Maintenance
Window, THIG shall provide not less than twenty-four (24) hours prior electronic
mail or other notice to Endeavor of the Scheduled Maintenance Window during
which the Outage is planned. In addition, THIG reserves the right to perform
any required maintenance work outside of the Scheduled Maintenance Window with
prior notice to Endeavor.
It is the duty of Endeavor to report unscheduled service outages of the Content
Service to the Support Liaison. For the purpose of this Agreement, a service
outage means that THIG's standard hardware, software, or operating system is
functioning in a manner that prevents http message receipt by Endeavor's
Internet server. In the event of an extended Unavailability, remedies shall be
limited to the pro-rata credit specified in Section 5.5, Representation and
Warranties.
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APPENDIX C
ENDEAVOR PHYSICIAN SERVICE
WebMD offers physicians a one stop, "desktop solution" to consolidate key
information and communications services necessary for optimum practice
management and patient care. WebMD is an online medical community and Internet
gateway providing access to vital information and communication services. WebMD
consolidates into a customizable Internet portal fragmented services such as:
proprietary healthcare content and publications, real time processing of
eligibility and referral authorization, answering service, customized physician
web sites, chat and bulletin board sessions, and an online universal inbox for
single source messaging.
WebMD shall offer the following services and content for use by physicians:
. Virtual receptionists, call center, centralized messaging and voice
conferencing services
. Telemedicine data; cardiac telemetry
. Specialized physician references
. Continuing medical education
. Patient education
. Electronic Data Interchange services
. Forums and affinity chat
. Custom built physician web sites and pages
These services and content are bundled into product offerings for sale to
physicians only on a subscription basis.
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APPENDIX D
FAST START PROGRAM
WHEREAS, Endeavor has stated that a beta trial of WebMD shall begin on 15 July
1998, and deployment is planned on the following schedule:
. *** thin clients shall be deployed from 15 July to 15 August 1998,
. *** additional thin clients shall be deployed from 15 August to 15
. *** additional thin clients shall be deployed from 15 September to
15 October 1998.
And, THIG is willing to highly compress the time needed to provide this Content
and the associated Content Services and use its best efforts under a "Fast Start
Program". Content shall be delivered to Endeavor and the End-Users of the
Service approximately three (3) weeks from the date of signing of this
Agreement. The Fast Start Program shall provide a custom view of the web pages
housed with the Content Service to authenticated Service End-Users. The Fast
Start Program differs from delivery of Content and Content Services after
October 31st, 1998 in the following ways:
. During the Fast Start Program all content described in Appendix A,
Section One, shall be made available to authenticated Service End-
Users.
. During the Fast Start Program End User access to the Content
Service shall be granted to those End-Users who provide a valid
user name and password. Endeavor shall provide a mechanism for
supplying THIG with this user name and password. It is expected
that End-Users shall be referred to the Content Service only from
the WebMD website. A unique, user name and password shall be
authenticated by Endeavor and the End-User session shall be sent to
the Content Service. Based on the referring URL, the Content
Service shall allow the End-User access.
. During its existence, the Content Service platform has achieved
greater than 98% reliability, but lacks the redundancy to
confidentiality state that this level of reliability can be
maintained. THIG shall use its best effort to maintain 98%
reliability during the Fast Start Program and on or before October
31, 1998 THIG shall provide the level of reliability and quality of
service described in Appendix B.
*** Omitted pursuant to a request for confidential treatment and filed
separately with the Commission.
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. While Endeavor and THIG have tested the delivery of web pages
between their facilities, it is reasonable to assume that there are
undiscovered technical and management challenges, and that, despite
mutual best efforts, Content may not be available to End-Users of
the Service as expected during the course of the Fast Start Program.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises, mutual covenants and promises
set forth above and therein,
ENDEAVOR AND THIG agree the Fast Start Program shall initiate upon signing of
this Agreement and terminate on or before October 31, 1998. Content shall be
delivered to Endeavor and the End-Users of the Service approximately three weeks
following the execution of this Agreement.
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APPENDIX E
USER REGISTRATION
Please read the license agreement, then click the "Accept" button at the end of
the agreement to continue the registration process. Click the "Cancel" button to
terminate the registration process.
LICENSE AGREEMENT
By completing your registration to become a user of MedEc Interactive, you (the
"User") agree with Medical Economics Company, Inc. ("MECI") to be bound by the
term and conditions set forth in this Agreement. Read this Agreement carefully.
You will be bound by its terms whenever you use MedEc Interactive.
1. LICENSE
MECI grants, and the User hereby accepts, a nonexclusive, nontransferable,
revocable license to use the software, data, and documentation contained in
MedEc Interactive on the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement.
2. TERMINATION
The User may terminate this license at any time by notifying MECI in writing.
MECI may at its sole discretion terminate this license any time, with or without
prior notification, in the event the User fails to comply with the terms and
conditions of this agreement, by deactivating the User's username and password
or suspending operation of the system.
3. COPYRIGHT AND RESTRICTIONS
All data on file in MedEc Interactive, and all documentation and software
therein, is the property of Medical Economics Company, Inc. or its Licensors,
and is protected by copyright and other intellectual property laws. Information
received through MedEc Interactive is to be used solely for individual purposes.
None of the content of MedEc Interactive may be reproduced, transcribed, stored
in a retrieval system, translated into any language or computer language,
retransmitted in any form or by any means (electronic, mechanical, photocopied,
recorded, or otherwise), resold, or redistribute without the prior written
consent of MECI, except that the User may reproduce limited excerpts of the data
for personal use only, provided that each such copy contains a copyright notice
as follows.
For information obtained from MECI sources or database:
"Copyright (C) 1998 by Medical Economics Company Inc. at Montvale, NJ 07645.
All rights reserved."
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For information obtained from Licensors the User is solely responsible for
compliance with any copyright restrictions and is referred to the publication
data appearing in bibliographic citations, as well as to the copyright notices
appearing in the original publications.
4. PROTECTION AND SECURITY
The User shall like all reasonable steps to ensure that no unauthorized person
shall have access to MedEc Interactive. The User shall not divulge, sublicense,
assign, or transfer to any third party the username and password established
during registration. The User understands that provision of the username and
password will be required prior to each use of MedEc Interactive.
5. WARRANTY DISCLAIMER
User recognizes that MedEc Interactive is to be used only as a reference aid. It
is not intended to be a substitute for the exercise of professional judgment by
the User.
Information on MedEc Interactive is generated not only through internal
resources of MECI, but also through external consultants and third party
sources. Inherent hazards of electronic distribution may result in delays,
omissions or inaccuracies in such information and MedEc Interactive.
Medicine is an ever-changing science. In view of the possibility of human error
or changes in medical science, Users are advised to confirm the information in
MedEc Interactive through independent sources.
ALL DATA, SOFTWARE, AND DOCUMENTATION IN MEDEC INTERACTIVE ARE PROVIDED "AS IS"
WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED. MECI AND ITS
AFFILIATES, AGENTS AND LICENSORS CANNOT AND DO NOT WARRANT THE ACCURACY,
COMPLETENESS, CURRENTNESS, NONINFRINGEMENT, MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR A
PARTICULAR PURPOSE WITH RESPECT TO MEDEC INTERACTIVE OR THE USE THEREOF.
NEITHER MECI NOR ITS LICENSORS SHALL BE LIABLE UNDER ANY CLAIM, DEMAND, OR
ACTION ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THE PERFORMANCE OF MEDEC INTERACTIVE OR THE
LACK THEREOF UNDER THIS AGREEMENT FOR DIRECT, SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL, OR
CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, LOSS OF PROFITS OR OTHER
DAMAGES CAUSED BY THE INABILITY TO USE MEDEC INTERACTIVE, WHETHER OR NOT MECI OR
ITS LICENSORS HAVE BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH CLAIM, DEMAND, OR
ACTION. NEITHER MECI NOR ITS LICENSORS MAKES ANY WARRANTY THAT MEDEC
INTERACTIVE IS COMPATIBLE OR OPERABLE WITH THE USER'S COMPUTER EQUIPMENT OR
SOFTWARE, THAT MEDEC INTERACTIVE WILL PERFORM WITHOUT INTERRUPTION OR FREE OF
ERRORS, OR THAT THE INFORMATION CONTAINED THEREIN SATISFIES GOVERNMENT
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REGULATIONS REQUIRING DISCLOSURE OF INFORMATION ON PRESCRIPTION DRUG PRODUCTS.
No salesperson or other representative of any party involved in the distribution
of MedEc Interactive is authorized to make any warranties with respect to the
service beyond those contained in this Agreement. Oral statements do not
constitute warranties, shall not be relied upon by the User, and are not a part
of this Agreement.
6. FEES AND PAYMENTS.
If accessing MedEc Interactive through a standard subscription, User agrees to
pay all fees, and all charges incurred for MedEc Interactive in connection with
User's username and password at the rates in effect when incurred. Fees and
charges will be billed to the credit card the User designates during the
registration process. If User wishes to change the credit card to which MECI
bills for MedEc Interactive, User may call MECI at the number listed for
Customer Service at the MedEc Interactive web site.
If accessing MedEc Interactive through a physician subscription, User agrees to
pay all fees, and all charges incurred for additional cost services available
through MedEc Interactive including, but not limited to, fees and charges for
Continuing Medical Education (CME) credits, document delivery, and items ordered
through the PDR Bookstore.
MECI SHALL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY AMOUNTS BILLED TO USER'S CREDIT CARD BY A THIRD
PARTY
7. DATABASES MAINTAINED BY MECI
While great care has been taken in organizing and presenting the material in
MedEc Interactive, MECI does not warrant or guarantee any of the products
described, prices supplied, or medical device information contained, and does
not perform any independent analysis in connection with any of the product
descriptions. MECI does not assume, and expressly disclaims, any obligation to
obtain and include any information other than that provided to it by its third
party sources. It should be understood that by making this material available
MECI is not advocating the use of any product described in MedEc Interactive,
nor is MECI responsible for misuse of a product due to typographical error.
Additional information on any product may be obtained from the manufacturer.
8. DATABASES NOT MAINTAINED BY MECI
MEDLINE is a bibliographic database maintained by the National Library of
Medicine (NLM). NLM databases are produced by a U.S. government agency, and as
such the contents are not covered by copyright domestically. They may be
copyrighted outside the U.S. Some NLM-produced data are from copyrighted
publications of the respective copyright claimants. Users of the NLM databases
are solely responsible for compliance with any copyright restrictions and are
referred to the publication data appearing in bibliographic citations, as well
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as to the copyright notices appearing in the original publications, all of which
are incorporated herein by reference. Users should consult legal counsel before
using NLM-produced records to be certain that their plans are in compliance with
appropriate laws.
Organizations or institutions may download NLM-produced citations and reuse
these records within their organization or institution. NLM suggests that
organizations limit the number of records to 1,000 per month. Since NLM makes
corrections and enhancements to, and performs maintenance on these records at
least annually, you should plan to replace or correct the records once a year to
ensure that they are still correct and searchable as a group.
All NLM-produced records must be identified as being derived from NLM databases.
9. MEDEC INTERACTIVE FORUMS
MedEc Interactive Forums is provided solely for education and informational
purposes, and is not meant to provide professional medical advice, counseling,
or services.
MedEc Interactive does not verify the credentials of individuals representing
themselves as medical professionals, nor do the views expressed by our MedEc
Interactive members necessarily reflect the views of Medical Economics Company.
If you need medical services always contact a licensed professional in your
area. Always follow the advice of your physician or other health care
professional in regard to treatment information and considerations.
You are entirely liable for all activities conducted through any names
registered to your e-mail address ("Account"). The. following Rules apply while
using MedEc Interactive Forums.
A. You may post messages to MedEc Interactive Forums containing only content
("Content") that does not contain scandalous, libelous or unlawful matter,
is not subject to any patent, trademark, copyright or other proprietary or
privacy rights of a third party ("Rights"), or Content in which any holder
of Rights has given you express authorization for distribution on MedEc
Interactive Forum. By submitting Content to any part of MedEc Interactive
Forum, you automatically grant or warrant that the owner of such Content
has expressly granted MedEc Interactive a royalty-free, perpetual,
irrevocable, worldwide, non-exclusive right and license to use, reproduce,
modify, adapt, publish, translate, create derivative works from,
distribute, perform, transmit and display such Content (in whole or part)
and/or to incorporate it in other works in any form, media, or technology
now known or later developed for the full term of any Rights that may exist
in such Content. MECI will remove personal information that in any way
identifies the user to any third party without the registered user's
consent.
B. You and any persons who have access to your Account, must evaluate and bear
the risk associated with the accuracy, completeness, or usefulness of any
Content.
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C. In cases where you have allowed any other individual to use your Account,
or have negligently made your password publicly available, you recognize
that you are fully responsible for: (i) the online conduct of such user;
(ii) controlling the users access to and use of MedEc Interactive; and
(iii) the consequences of any misuse. You further recognize that you, as
the holder of the Account, are entirely responsible for activities
conducted through such Account.
10. PRIVACY POLICY/DISCLOSURE OF MEMBER INFORMATION TO THIRD PARTIES
For visitors to both the public and private areas of our Web site, our Web
server automatically recognizes only the consumer's domain name, but not the e-
mail address (where possible).
We collect the e-mail addresses of registered users, those who post messages to
our bulletin board, the e-mail addresses of those who communicate with us via e-
mail, aggregate information on what pages consumers access or visit and
information volunteered by the consumer, such as survey information and/or site
registrations.
The information we collect is used to improve the content of-our Web page, used
to notify consumers about updates to our Web site and used by us to contact
consumers for marketing purposes. We will not use the information in any way
that identifies registered users individually to any third party without the
registered user's consent.
MECI is not currently sharing the postal addresses, phone numbers or e-mail
addresses of users with third parties. In the future, MECI may contract with a
bulk e-mail provider who may have the right to share the e-mail addresses of
MedEc Interactive's registered users with third parties. MECI will not share
users' credit card numbers, DEA numbers, Social Security numbers, or any other
personally identifiable information.
Occasionally, MECI sends e-mail messages to registered users to inform them of
features and services available on MedEc Interactive. MECI acknowledges that
some users may not want to receive such e-mail. Future registration forms will
allow users to "opt-out" of this feature upon registration with MedEc
Interactive. In the meantime, users who do not want to receive e-mail messages
may visit the User Profile page to change their e-mail address to "nomail." E-
mail cannot be delivered to this invalid address.
If you supply us with your postal address on-line you may receive periodic
mailings from us with information on new products and services or upcoming
events. If you do not wish to receive such mailings, please let us know by
sending a request via e-mail to medecinteractive@medec.com.
Persons who supply us with their telephone numbers on-line may receive telephone
contact from us with information regarding orders or inquiries they have made
on-line. If you do not wish to receive such phone calls, please let us know by
sending email to medecinteractive(@medec.com.
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11. GENERAL
If any provision of this Agreement is determined to be invalid under any statute
or rule of law, the same shall be deemed omitted and the remaining provisions
shall continue in full force and effect.
This Agreement shall be deemed to be made in the State of New Jersey and shall
in all respects be interpreted, construed, and governed by and in accordance
with the laws of the State of New Jersey applicable to contracts executed and to
be wholly performed therein.
This Agreement constitutes the entire agreement between the parties with respect
to the subject matter hereof and supersedes all prior agreements, oral or
written, and all other communications relating to the subject matter hereof. No
amendment or modification of any provision of this Agreement will be effective
unless set forth in a document that purports to amend this Agreement and that is
accepted by both parties hereto.
This Agreement is personal to you and you may not assign your rights or
obligations to anyone.
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS USER AGREEMENT
This Service (including, but not limited to text, content, photographs, video
and audio) is for your personal, noncommercial use and is protected by a
copyright as a collective work or compilation under U.S. copyright and other
laws. You must abide by all additional copyright notices or restrictions
contained in this Service.
YOU MAY NOT COPY, REPRODUCE, DISTRIBUTE, PUBLISH, DISPLAY, PERFORM, MODIFY,
CREATE DERIVATIVE WORKS, TRANSMIT, OR IN ANY WAY EXPLOIT ANY PART OF THIS
SERVICE, EXCEPT THAT CORPORATE GOVERNMENT AND INSTITUTIONAL SUBSCRIBERS MAY USE
PORTIONS OF THE SERVICE FOR INTERNAL PRINTED COMMUNICATIONS AND MEMORANDA.
YOU MAY NOT DOWNLOAD AND STORE MATERIAL FROM THIS SERVICE IN ANY PERMANENT FORM,
WHETHER ARCHIVAL FILES, COMPUTER-READABLE FILES AND ANY OTHER MEDIUM.
WITHOUT LIMITING THE GENERALITY OF THE FOREGOING, YOU MAY NOT DISTRIBUTE ANY
PART OF THIS SERVICE OVER ANY NETWORK, INCLUDING A LOCAL AREA NETWORK, NOR SELL
NOR OFFER IT FOR SALE. IN ADDITION, THESE FILES MAY NOT BE USED TO CONSTRUCT ANY
KIND OF DATABASE.
NEITHER THE ASSOCIATED PRESS NOR ANY OF ITS AFFILIATES SHALL BE LIABLE IN ANY
WAY TO YOU OR ANY THIRD PARTY OR TO ANY OTHER PERSON WHO MAY RECEIVE INFORMATION
IN THIS SERVICE, OR TO ANY PERSON WHATSOEVER, FOR ANY DELAYS, INACCURACIES,
ERRORS OR OMISSIONS
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THEREFROM OR IN THE TRANSMISSION OR DELIVERY OF ALL OR ANY PART THEREOF OR FOR
ANY DAMAGE ARISING THEREFROM OR OCCASIONED THEREBY.
IN NO EVENT, SHALL THE ASSOCIATED PRESS OR ANY OF ITS AFFILIATES OR THE THOMSON
CORPORATION OR ANY OF ITS AFFILIATES BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, CONSEQUENTIAL,
PUNATIVE, SPECIAL OR ANY OTHER DAMAGES ARISING IN ANY WAY FROM THE AVAILABILITY
OF THE SERVICE REGARDLESS OF THE FORM OF ACTION.
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CONFIDENTIAL TREATMENT REQUESTED
EXHIBIT 10.29
Virtual Internet Provider (VIP) Agreement
This Virtual Internet Provider Agreement (the "Agreement") is made in the city
of Fairfax, Virginia, this 11th day of September, 1998 (the "Effective Date"),
between UUNET Technologies, Inc., a Delaware corporation, whose address is 3060
Williams Drive, Fairfax, Virginia 22031 ("UUNET"), and WebMD, Inc., whose
address is 3399 Peachtree Road, Suite 400, Atlanta, Georgia 30326 ("Reseller").
The parties hereto agree and bind themselves as follows:
1. SERVICE. UUNET will sell, and Reseller will purchase, services for the
interconnection of Reseller's end users with the Internet. UUNET agrees that
its Internet access services provided to Reseller will be of a quality usual and
customary in the industry for similarly situated companies, and if UUNET
consistently fails to meet this standard, Reseller's sole remedy shall be to
terminate this Agreement without penalty upon 30 days' written notice if UUNET
has not improved service quality during this notice period. UUNET agrees to
provide Reseller with a toll-free number to report problems relating to network
integrity. This number is to be used only by Reseller and may not be released
to Reseller's customers. UUNET's relationship under this Agreement is solely
with Reseller and not with any of Reseller's end users. Reseller is responsible
for all end-user customer support, billing, and collections.
2. PRICING. The prices set forth in the attached Schedule A apply to PPP dial-
up traffic and VIP radius server interoperability. For all other services,
UUNET's list prices apply unless other prices have been specifically
established. Reseller agrees to pay the Minimum Amount of $/***/ as set forth in
Schedule A if billing is based on actual service charges, as calculated pursuant
to Schedule A, would be less than the Minimum Amount.
3. TERMS and CONDITIONS. Reseller agrees to comply with the Network Services
Terms and Conditions set forth in the attached Schedule B and the Technical
Agreement for Network Interoperability, as set forth in the attached Schedule C.
Reseller further agrees to require its end users to comply with and acknowledges
the terms and conditions in substance identical to those in Sections One, Two,
Three, Four and Five of Schedule B. Reseller shall defend, indemnify, and hold
harmless UUNET against any claims resulting from Reseller's or its customers'
use of UUNET's services.
4. TESTING. The full effectiveness of this Agreement will be contingent upon
the completion of technical testing to the mutual and reasonable satisfaction of
both parties during
*** Omitted pursuant to a request for confidential treatment and filed
separately with the Commission.
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the period of 15 days beginning on or after August 15, 1998. If either party
shall reasonably declare the testing results to be unsatisfactory at the
conclusion of the 15-day period, the parties shall have another ten days to
correct the problem. If such correction is not completed at the end of such ten
day period to the mutual and reasonable satisfaction of the parties, this
Agreement will terminate with no further liability to either party. If no such
declaration is made, acceptance of technical testing shall be presumed, and the
Agreement shall remain in effect. Commercial service under the Agreement shall
begin on or after September 1, 1998. Monthly minimum amounts as set forth in
Schedule A will begin to accrue from the date of the satisfactory completion of
technical testing. If testing is completed during the course of a month, the
first month's minimum amount will be prorated to reflect the number of days in
the month for which the monthly minimum amounts shall accrue.
5. TERM. The term of this Agreement is one year from the Effective Date, which
term shall be automatically renewed for additional sixty day terms, provided
that neither party has delivered to the other a written notice of intent not to
renew for the forthcoming term. Such notice of intent shall be given not less
than 60 days in advance of the end of the then-current term. In the sixty days
prior to completion of the initial term, the parties shall negotiate, in good
faith, all appropriate revisions to Schedule A as well as a possible extension
of this Agreement's term.
6. TERMINATION.
(a) For Cause. Either party may terminate this Agreement for cause without
penalty in the event that the other party breaches any material term of this
Agreement. Prior to such termination, the party intending to terminate shall
first give the other party written notice of its intent to terminate which shall
clearly describe problem(s) constituting cause. The other party will have 30
days from the date of receipt of such notice to correct the problem. If the
problem is not corrected within such period, the party intending to terminate
may terminate this Agreement on such 30th day. Reseller shall cooperate with
UUNET in enforcing the Acceptable Use Policy in Section 2 of Schedule B. If
Reseller shall violate such acceptable use policy, or permit such violation, and
does not immediately act to remedy such violation when it becomes aware of it,
UUNET may after good faith discussions of the violation with Reseller's
management, terminate this Agreement without penalty with ten days' written
notice. If any amounts due and owing by Reseller remain unpaid 60 days after
date of invoice, UUNET may terminate this Agreement immediately upon written
notice without penalty.
(b) For Convenience. Reseller may terminate this Agreement for convenience
90 days after giving UUNET written notice. In the event of such termination,
Reseller will pay UUNET *** % of the amount obtained by subtracting the charges
paid for service prior to termination from the Minimum Amount set forth in
Schedule A, in addition to paying all amounts due and owing as of such
termination.
7. CONFIDENTIALITY; NO PUBLICITY. The prices and terms of this Agreement shall
*** Omitted pursuant to a request for confidential treatment and filed
separately with the Commission.
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be held confidential by each party, as shall each party's confidential or
proprietary information, the parties' respective performance under this
Agreement, the quality of UUNET network performance, and any data provided by
UUNET to Reseller regarding performance of the UUNET network. Neither party
shall disclose any such information to third parties, except as permitted
pursuant to this Section 7, and each party shall disseminate such information
among its employees only on a need-to-know basis. To the extent a party wishes,
or is required by applicable law or regulation, to disclose the existence or
terms of this Agreement or performance thereunder, such party shall notify the
other party in advance of such disclosure and shall provide the other party, to
the maximum extent practicable, the opportunity to comment upon such proposed
disclosure. Each party shall be entitled to all available legal and equitable
remedies in the event of a breach of this Section 7. In addition, either party,
may terminate this Agreement for cause upon ten days' notice and without penalty
in the event of any breach of this Section.
8. NO USE OF UUNET TRADEMARKS. Reseller may not use the name, logo or any
other trademarks or service marks of UUNET in any advertising, signage,
marketing materials, brochures or any other materials in any medium without
UUNET's express advance written permission. Any such permitted use shall be only
within guidelines provided by UUNET. Reseller's breach of this Section 8 shall
be a material breach of this Agreement constituting cause for termination
pursuant to Section 6(a) by UUNET.
9. FORECASTS. Reseller recognizes UUNET's reliance upon the reasonable
accuracy of usage forecasts for network expansion and engineering. During the
first week of each calendar month during the term of this Agreement Reseller
shall provide UUNET with its best forecast of users and hours for the next six
months. Reseller shall also provide UUNET with any information as to marketing
programs which will be helpful in determining expected future loads,
particularly any information relevant to expected loads in particular
geographical locations POPs. Reseller's failure to provide such forecasts at
such specified times shall be a material breach of this Agreement constituting
cause for termination pursuant to Section 6(a) by UUNET in its absolute
discretion.
10. RELATIONSHIP OF PARTIES. No agency, partnership, joint venture or
employment is created as a result of this Agreement. Neither party is authorized
to bind the other in any respect whatsoever.
11. LIMITATION OF LIABILITY. NOTWITHSTANDING ANYTHING ELSE TO THE CONTRARY
STATED OR IMPLIED HEREIN, NEITHER PARTY SHALL HAVE ANY LIABILITY WHATSOEVER FOR
ANY INCIDENTAL, CONSEQUENTIAL OR SPECIAL DAMAGES SUFFERED BY THE OTHER OR BY ANY
ASSIGNEE OR OTHER TRANSFEREE OF THE OTHER, EVEN IF INFORMED IN ADVANCE OF THE
POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES, EXCEPT IN CONNECTION WITH THE INDEMNIFICATION
PROVISIONS OF SECTION 3 OF THIS AGREEMENT AND SECTION 2 OF SCHEDULE B.
12. ASSIGNMENT. This Agreement shall not be assignable by either party hereto
without the prior written consent of the other party.
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13. BINDING EFFECT. Except as herein otherwise specifically provided, this
Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties and
their legal representatives, heirs, administrators, executors, successors and
assigns.
14. FORCE MAJEUR. No party shall be liable by reason of any failure or delay in
the performance of its obligations due to strikes, riots, fires, explosions,
acts of God, war, governmental action or any other cause which is beyond the
reasonable control of such party and which such party addresses with reasonable
diligence and speed.
15. GOVERNING LAW. This Agreement and the rights of the parties hereunder shall
be governed by and interpreted in accordance with the laws of the Commonwealth
of Virginia, excluding its laws relating to conflicts of laws.
16. ENTIRE AGREEMENT; AMENDMENT. This Agreement and the attached Schedules
constitute the entire understanding and agreement between the parties and
supersede any and all prior or contemporaneous oral or written communications
with respect to the subject matter hereof. This Agreement shall not be modified,
amended or in any way altered except by an instrument in writing signed by the
parties.
17. WAIVER. No failure on the part of either party to exercise, and no delay in
exercising, any right or remedy hereunder shall operate as a waiver thereof; no
shall any single or partial exercise of any right or remedy hereunder preclude
any other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right or
remedy granted hereby or by law.
18. NOTICE. Each notice required or permitted under this Agreement shall be
given in writing. Such notice shall be sent by first class mail, postage prepaid
and marked for delivery by certified or registered mail, return receipt
requested, addressed to the parties listed below at their respective places of
business, or at such other addresses of which notice has been given to the
addressing party:
If to Reseller: If to UUNET Technologies, Inc.:
WebMD, Inc. UUNET Technologies, Inc.
3399 Peachtree Road, Suite 400 3060 Williams Drive
Atlanta, Georgia 30326 Fairfax, Virginia 22031
Attention: General Counsel Attention: General Counsel
Fax: 404-479-7651 Fax: 703-206-5807
Such notice shall be deemed delivered upon personal delivery; five days after
deposit in the U.S. mail, one day after deposit with such overnight courier, and
upon actual confirmation of receipt of a facsimile.
19. PLURAL/GENDER. Whenever from the context it appears appropriate, each term
stated in either the singular or the plural shall include the singular and the
plural, and pronouns
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stated in the masculine, the feminine or the neuter gender shall include the
masculine, feminine and neuter. The term "person" means any individual,
corporation, partnership, trust or other entity.
20. SEVERABILITY. If any provision of this Agreement, or the application of
such provision to any person or circumstance, shall be held invalid, the
remainder of this Agreement, or the application of such provision to persons or
circumstances other than those to which it is held invalid, shall not be
affected thereby.
21. COUNTERPARTS. This Agreement may be executed in several counterparts, each
of which shall be deemed an original, but all of which, when taken together,
shall constitute one and the same instrument. It shall not be necessary for all
parties to execute the same counterpart hereof.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have signed this Agreement as of the date first
above written.
WebMD, Inc. UUNET Technologies, Inc.
By: /s/ Bruce A. Springer By: /s/ Clint Heiden
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Name: Bruce A. Springer Name: Clint Heiden
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Title: Executive Vice President Title: Vice President Sales
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SCHEDULE A
Dial-Up and VIP Radius Server Interoperability Pricing; Minimum Monthly
Amount
1. Dial-Up Pricing
By the fifth calendar day of each month Reseller shall notify UUNET of the total
subscribers to Reseller's service in the prior month ("Subscribers"). Reseller
will be charged $*** per month for each Subscriber to Reseller's service as
reported by Reseller, verified by the network identifier used by UUNET and (if
necessary) ultimately confirmed by the audits provided for in Section 4 below.
If in any two consecutive calendar months the "Average Usage" derived by ***,
the parties will engage in good faith renegotiation of the pricing terms in this
schedule, and UUNET shall have the right to terminate this Agreement upon ten
days' written notice if new pricing terms are not promptly agreed upon by the
parties.
The above rates are for PPP dial-up traffic in the continental United States
only.
ISDN connectivity, toll-free access, international and non-continental US
service will be provided upon Reseller's request and only if UUNET is able to
offer such services, and pricing for such services shall be attached to this
Agreement as an additional schedule.
2. Annual Minimum Amount
Reseller agrees to pay UUNET a Minimum Amount of $*** for service provided in
the twelve months following September 1, 1998. In the event that actual service
charges during the period are less than $***, then Reseller shall pay UUNET in
September 1999 the difference between the Minimum Amount and the actual service
charges.
For purposes of determining whether billing based on actual service charges
exceeds or is less than the Minimum Amount, actual service charges will include
billing for dial-up (including international, ISDN and toll-free usage, if any),
but will not include one-time billing fees, VIP radius server interoperability
or charges related to leased lines.
3. VIP Radius Server Pricing
Reseller will pay a one-time installation charge of $*** due upon execution of
this Agreement and a $*** per month fee for Radius server interoperability
(includes use of one user realm/suffix).
*** Omitted pursuant to a request for confidential treatment and filed
separately with the Commission.
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4. Audits
UUNET shall have reasonable access to Reseller's data and records during normal
business hours to verify that Reseller's Subscriber reports are accurate and
complete.
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SCHEDULE B
Virtual Internet Provider Terms and Conditions
1. UUNET exercises no control over the content of the information passing
through UUNET's host computers and points of presence ("UUNET's Network").
Except as otherwise provided for in Section One of the Agreement, UUNET makes no
warranties of any kind, whether express or implied, for the service it is
providing. UUNET also disclaims any warranty of merchantability or fitness for a
particular purpose. UUNET will not be responsible for any damage Reseller
suffers. This includes damages resulting from loss of data due to delays,
nondeliveries, misdeliveries, or service interruptions. Use of any information
obtained via UUNET's Network is at the user's own risk. UUNET specifically
denies any responsibility for the accuracy or quality of information obtained
through its services.
2. All use of the UUNET Network and the service must comply with the then-
current version of the UUNET Acceptable Use Policy ("Policy") available at the
following URL: www.uu.net/usepolicy. UUNET reserves the right to amend the
Policy from time to time, effective upon posting of the revised Policy at the
URL. UUNET reserves the right to suspend the service or terminate this Agreement
effective upon notice for a violation of the Policy. Customer agrees to
indemnify and hold harmless UUNET from any losses, damages, costs or expenses
resulting from any third party claim or allegation ("Claim") arising out of or
relating to use of the service, including any Claim which, if true, would
constitute a violation of the Policy.
3. UUNET offers two B channel ISDN connectivity, but both B channels may not
be able to be used in conjunction with each other on every session.
4. Resale to other individuals and organizations is permitted, but they may
not further resell the services.
5. Payment is due 30 days after date of invoice. Accounts are in default if
payments is not received within 30 days after date of invoice. Accounts unpaid
60 days after date of invoice may have service interrupted. Only a written
request to terminate service relieves Reseller of the obligation to pay the
monthly account charge. Accounts in default are subject to an interest charge
equal to the lesser of 1.5% per month, or the maximum rate permitted by law, on
the outstanding balance.
6. These Terms and Conditions supersede all previous representations,
understandings, or agreements and shall prevail notwithstanding any variance
with terms and conditions of any order submitted. Use of UUNET's Network
constitutes acceptance of these Terms and Conditions.
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SCHEDULE C
Technical Agreement For Network Interoperability
1. Reseller agrees to secure a minimum TI connection from UUNET and operate
its own Radius server. Such server will perform user validation functions and
will be maintained in a secure environment. Reseller also will maintain this
server with reasonably current versions of the Radius protocols as provided by
UUNET.
2. Reseller agrees to use software and procedural safeguards to insure that
only accurate routing for networks to be used by Reseller's customers is
transmitted from Reseller's Radius server into UUNET's network, and to use best
efforts to immediately remedy any problems leading to transmission of incorrect
routing information.
3. Reseller agrees to assign each end user customer a unique identification
number for billing purposes, and to reasonably cooperate with UUNET in
establishing the structure of this identification number.
4. Reseller and UUNET each agree to cooperate with the other in identifying
and resolving any security infringements which involve Reseller's customers and
UUNET's Network, in accordance with UUNET's policies as in effect from time to
time.
5. Reseller acknowledges and agrees that any billing data supplied by UUNET on
an interim basis (more frequently than monthly) is an estimate and may not be
relied upon for 100% accuracy.
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EXHIBIT 10.30
(Medical Space)
LEASE AGREEMENT
THIS LEASE AGREEMENT ("Lease") is made and entered into this 16th day
of September, 1996, by and between Landlord and Tenant.
W I T N E S S E T H :
1. CERTAIN DEFINITIONS. For purposes of this Lease, the following
terms shall have the meanings hereinafter ascribed thereto:
(a) LANDLORD: PAVILION PARTNERS, L.P.
(b) LANDLORD'S ADDRESS: LANDLORD'S ADDRESS FOR PAYMENTS:
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1100 Lake Hearn Drive 1100 Lake Hearn Drive
Atlanta, GA 30342 Atlanata, GA 30342
(c) TENANT: QUALITY DIAGNOSTIC CARDIOLOGY SERVICES, INC.
(d) TENANT'S ADDRESS:
1100 LAKE HEARN DRIVE
ATLANTA, GA 30326
(e) BUILDING ADDRESS:
1100 Lake Hearn Drive
Atlanta, Georgia 30342
(f) SUITE NUMBER: 370
(g) RENTABLE FLOOR AREA OF THE DEMISED PREMISES: Approximately 2,093
rentable square feet (representing 1,842 usable square feet which
shall be subject to adjustment in accordance with the Tenant
Improvement Agreement attached hereto as EXHIBIT "D").
(h) RENTABLE FLOOR AREA OF THE BUILDING (1100 AND 1150): 237,715
rentable square feet.
(i) TENANT'S PERCENTAGE SHARE: The proportion that the Rentable Floor
Area of the Demised Premises bears to ninety-five percent (95%)
of the Rentable Floor Area of the Buildings or the average
percentage of the Rentable Floor Area of the Buildings actually
leased in the Project if such average is greater than ninety-five
percent (95%) of the Rentable Floor Area of the Buildings. The
average percentage of the Rentable Area of the Buildings actually
leased shall be determined by adding together the total leased
space on the last day of each month during the calendar year in
question and dividing such sum by twelve (12).
(j) LEASE TERM. Commencing on the Commencement Date and terminating
on March 31, 2001.
(k) BASE RENTAL: $18.36 per square foot of Rentable Floor Area of
Demised Premises per year.
(l) COMMENCEMENT DATE: The earlier of (x) November 1, 1996, (y) the
date upon which Tenant takes possession and occupies the Demised
Premises or (z) the date upon which the Demised Premises are
ready for occupancy and delivered to Tenant, subject to
adjustment pursuant to the Tenant Improvement Agreement attached
hereto as EXHIBIT "D".
(m) RENTAL COMMENCEMENT DATE: The Commencement Date, provided that if
the Demised Premises are not ready for occupancy by the date set
forth in Article 1(l)(x) above, due to delays not caused by
Tenant or its employees, agents or contractors, the Rental
Commencement Date shall be postponed one (1) day for each day of
such delay.
(n) TENANT IMPROVEMENT ALLOWANCE: See Special Stipulation #1, Exhibit
G, page G-1.
(o) RENTAL DEPOSIT: 3,202.29 $
(p) BROKER(S): Williams-Adair Realty Corporation
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Meadows & Ohly, Inc. representing Landlord
(q) INCREASE MULTIPLIER: The term "Increase Multiplier" shall mean a
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fraction:
THE NUMERATOR: The Consumer Price Index, as herein defined,
published for the month which is three (3) months prior to the
month in which the Increase Multiplier is being calculated.
THE DENOMINATOR: The Consumer Price Index published for the month
which is fifteen (15) months prior to the month in which the
Increase Multiplier is being calculated, provided however, in no
event shall the Increase Multiplier be less than 1.00.
(r) CONSUMER PRICE INDEX: The revised Consumer Price Index, Atlanta,
Georgia, All Items (1982-1984=100), issued by the U.S. Department
of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics. If the Consumer Price Index
published by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics is discontinued,
another index recognized as authoritative shall in good faith be
substituted by Landlord.
2. LEASE OF PREMISES: Landlord, in consideration of the covenants
and agreements to be performed by Tenant, and upon the terms and conditions
hereinafter stated, does hereby rent and lease unto Tenant, and Tenant does
hereby rent and lease from Landlord, certain premises (the "Demised Premises")
in the building known as 1100 Lake Hearn Drive (the "Building") located on that
certain tract of land, more particularly described on EXHIBIT "A" attached
hereto and by this reference made a part hereof (the "Land"), which Demised
Premises are outlined on the floor plan attached hereto as EXHIBIT "B" and by
this reference made a part hereof, with no easement for light, view or air
included in the Demised Premises or being granted hereunder. The "Project" is
comprised of the Building, the other building located on the Land, known as 1150
Lake Hearn Drive (the "Other Building"; the Building and the Other Building
being hereinafter sometimes collectively called the "Buildings"), the Land, the
Buildings' parking facilities, any walkways, covered walkways, tunnels or other
means of access to the Building and the Buildings' parking facilities, all
common areas, including any lobbies or plazas, and any other improvements or
landscaping now or hereafter located on the Land. No rights to any parking
spaces are granted under this Lease; however, Tenant and Tenant's employees,
invitees and licensees shall be entitled to use, on a non-exclusive basis in
common with other tenants of the Building or adjacent buildings, the surface
parking facilities located from time to time adjacent to the Building and owned
by Landlord. Such use of the parking facilities shall be subject to any and all
rules and regulations established by Landlord with respect to the parking
facilities. Landlord, at Landlord's sole discretion and upon completion of a
parking deck, with ninety (90) days prior written notice, may charge parking
fees for deck parking at rates commensurate with those charged by comparable
office buildings with parking decks in the area, and Tenant and Tenant's
invitees and licensees shall be required to pay such fees, provided that surface
parking shall remain free of charge for Tenants, and invitees and licensees of
Tenant. Anything to the contrary in this Lease notwithstanding, Landlord
reserves the right and privilege to, from time to time, alter, increase and
reduce the location, structure and layout of the Project, including, but not
limited to, the parking areas and other common areas.
3. TERM. The term of this Lease (the "Lease Term") shall commence on
the Commencement Date, and, unless sooner terminated as provided in this Lease,
shall end on the expiration of the period designated
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in Article 1(j) above. Promptly after the Commencement Date, Landlord shall send
to Tenant a Tenant Acceptance Agreement in the form of EXHIBIT "C" attached
hereto and by this reference made a part hereof, specifying the Commencement
Date, the Rental Commencement Date, the date of expiration of the Lease Term in
accordance with Article 1(j) above and certain other matters as therein set
forth.
4. POSSESSION. The obligations of Landlord and Tenant with respect
to the initial leasehold improvements to the Demised Premises are set forth in
the Tenant Improvement Agreement attached hereto as EXHIBIT "D" and by this
reference made a part hereof. Tenant agrees to comply with all of the terms and
provisions of the Tenant Improvement Agreement. If, for any reason whatsoever,
the Demised Premises are not substantially completed by the Commencement Date,
or if Landlord, for any reason whatsoever, cannot deliver possession of the
Demised Premises to Tenant on the Commencement Date, this Lease shall not be
void or voidable, nor shall Landlord be liable to Tenant for any resulting loss
or damages. No delay in delivery of possession shall operate to relieve Tenant
of Tenant's obligations to Landlord, except where such delay results in an
adjustment of the Commencement Date and the Rental Commencement Date pursuant to
the Tenant Improvement Agreement. Landlord shall be deemed to have delivered
possession of the Demised Premises for Tenant's occupancy on the date upon which
Landlord has notified Tenant that the "Work", as that term is defined in the
Tenant Improvement Agreement, is substantially complete, subject only to
completion of items customarily classified as "punchlist items" in the
construction industry and delays or incomplete items caused by Tenant (such date
hereinafter referred to as the "Occupancy Date"). Within ten (10) days after
the Occupancy Date, Tenant shall execute and deliver to Landlord a Tenant
Acceptance Agreement in the form attached hereto as EXHIBIT "C". Tenant may
state in such Tenant Acceptance Agreement any defects in the Demised Premises
remaining to be repaired or completed by Landlord ("Punchlist Items"), provided,
however, that acceptance by Landlord of the Tenant Acceptance Agreement with a
statement of Punchlist Items shall not constitute the agreement of Landlord to
repair or complete any Punchlist Items not included in the "Working Drawings,"
as that term is defined in the Tenant Improvement Agreement. Upon the earlier
of delivery of the Tenant Acceptance Agreement by Tenant or occupancy of the
Demised Premises by Tenant, Tenant shall be deemed to have waived objection to
any defects not enumerated in a Tenant Acceptance Agreement, except for latent
defects not discoverable by reasonable diligence of Tenant and of which Tenant
gives Landlord written notice within one (1) year after the Occupancy Date.
Tenant shall be deemed to have waived objection to any defects of any nature if
a Tenant Acceptance Agreement is not executed and delivered within ten (10) days
after the Occupancy Date.
5. BASE RENTAL.
(a) Tenant covenants and agrees to pay to Landlord during the Lease Term
the amounts specified in Article 1(k) (as adjusted from time to time, the "Base
Rental") as base rent for the Premises. The Base Rental shall be paid in equal
monthly installments in advance, without demand, deduction or set off, on the
first (1st) day of each and every calendar month during the Lease Term. A
prorated monthly installment shall be paid in advance on the Rental Commencement
Date for any fraction of a month if the Rental Commencement Date occurs on any
day other than the first day of any month and on the first day of the final
month of the Lease Term for any fraction of a month if the Lease Term shall
expire or terminate on any day other than the last day of any month.
(b) The Base Rental for the first year of the Lease Term is set forth
in Article 1(k) above. On each anniversary of the Commencement Date, the Base
Rental shall be increased to an amount equal to the product of: (i) the amount
of Base Rental for the previous calendar year (or portion thereof adjusted to
reflect an annual rental) multiplied by (ii) the Increase Multiplier.
(c) Tenant covenants and agrees to pay to Landlord during the Lease
Term such sums as are referred to herein as "Additional Rental" when due,
without demand, deduction or set off. As used herein, the term "Rent" shall
mean Base Rental, Additional Rental, and any other amounts due from Tenant
hereunder. Any sums payable to Landlord by Tenant hereunder shall be deemed
Additional Rental, and Landlord shall have all of the remedies upon default as
it does for failure to pay Base Rental.
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6. RENTAL DEPOSIT. Landlord acknowledges that it has received from
Tenant the amount specified in Article 1(o) above (the "Rental Deposit"), which
sum shall be retained by Landlord, without obligation for interest, as security
for the performance of Tenant's covenants and obligations under this Lease.
Landlord shall have no obligation to segregate such Rental Deposit from any
other funds of Landlord. The Rental Deposit shall be returned to Tenant within
thirty (30) days after the expiration of the Lease Term, if Tenant has fully
performed its obligations hereunder. Landlord shall have the right to apply any
part of said Rental Deposit to cure any default of Tenant and if Landlord does
so, Tenant shall upon demand deposit with Landlord the amount so applied so that
Landlord shall have the full Rental Deposit on hand at all times during the
Lease Term. If there is a sale or lease of the Building subject to this Lease,
Landlord shall transfer the Rental Deposit to the vendee or lessee, and Landlord
shall be released from all liability for the return of such Rental Deposit.
Tenant shall look solely to the successor Landlord for the return of said Rental
Deposit. This provision shall apply to every transfer or assignment made of the
Rental Deposit to a successor Landlord. The Rental Deposit shall not be
assigned or encumbered by Tenant without the prior consent of Landlord and any
such unapproved assignment or encumbrance shall be void.
7. ADDITIONAL RENTAL. Tenant shall pay, as Additional Rental, Tenant's
Percentage Share of the amount, if any, by which Operating Expenses (as
hereinafter defined) for any calendar year exceed $1,545,147.50 ($6.50/rentable
square foot of the Buildings). The Additional Rental payable pursuant to this
paragraph shall be determined, and paid in accordance with the following
procedures:
(i) During each December of the Lease Term, or as soon thereafter as
practicable, Landlord shall give Tenant written notice of its estimate of
Additional Rental payable under this Article 7 for the ensuing calendar year.
On or before the first day of each month during the ensuing calendar year,
Tenant shall pay to Landlord one-twelfth (1/12) of such estimated amounts
together with the Base Rental, provided that if such notice is not given in
December, Tenant shall continue to pay such Additional Rental during the ensuing
calendar year on the basis of the amounts payable during the calendar year just
ended, until the month after such notice is given.
(ii) As soon as practicable after the close of each calendar year
during the Lease Term, Landlord shall deliver to Tenant a statement of the
adjustments to be made for the calendar year just ended. Such statement shall be
final and binding upon Landlord and Tenant absent manifest error. If on the
basis of such statement Tenant's Percentage Share of the actual increase in
Operating Expenses for such calendar year is an amount that is less than the
estimated payments actually made by Tenant for such calendar year, Landlord
shall credit such excess to the next payments of Additional Rental coming due.
If on the basis of such statement Tenant's Percentage Share of the actual
increase in Operating Expenses for such calendar year is an amount greater that
the estimated payments actually made by Tenant, Tenant shall pay as Additional
Rental the deficiency to Landlord within thirty (30) days after delivery of the
statement.
(iii) If this Lease shall commence, expire or terminate on a day other
than the last day of a calendar year, the amount of Additional Rental payable
during the first or final calendar year of the Lease Term, as the case may be,
shall be prorated based on the actual number of days of the Lease Term during
such calendar year. The expiration or termination of this Lease shall not
affect the obligations of Landlord and Tenant to be performed after such
expiration or termination, pursuant to this Article 7.
8. OPERATING EXPENSES. For purposes of this Lease, "Operating Expenses"
shall mean all costs and expenses of the ownership operation, maintenance,
repair, ad valorem taxes, management, and security of the Project of every kind
and nature (including, without limitation, all amounts, including interest
thereon if such amounts are borrowed, spent by Landlord to reduce Operating
Expenses, comply with government regulations, promote safety or maintain the
status of the Project, calculated on an accrual basis. Operating Expenses shall
specifically include an annual replacement reserve ("Annual Replacement
Reserve"). For the calendar year 1995, the Annual Replacement Reserve shall be
$142,629.00 ($.60/rentable square foot of the Buildings). Each calendar year
thereafter the Annual Replacement Reserve shall be increased by the Increase
Multiplier. Operating Expenses shall not include (i) depreciation on the
Buildings and personal property, (ii) Tenant Costs (as defined in
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the Tenant Improvement Agreement), (iii) payments by Landlord of interest and
principal on any mortgage secured by the Project or any portion thereof, (iv)
the cost of special services rendered to a particular tenant of the Buildings,
which are paid or reimbursed by such tenant, and (v) leasing commissions. If the
average occupancy level was less than ninety five percent (95%) of the total
Rentable Floor Area of the Buildings during a calendar year, the Operating
Expenses for that calendar year shall be adjusted to an amount equal to
Landlord's computation of Operating Expenses had ninety-five percent (95%) of
the total Rentable Floor Area of the Buildings been occupied, and the amount so
computed shall be deemed to be "Operating Expenses" for the purpose of computing
Additional Rental.
9. SERVICES BY LANDLORD. Landlord agrees to provide to Tenant the
following services:
(a) General cleaning and janitorial service required as a result of
normal, prudent use of the Demised Premises and only on Mondays through Fridays,
inclusive, with New Year's Day, Memorial Day, Independence Day, Labor Day,
Thanksgiving Day, Christmas Day and such other holidays which are observed
locally by national banks (herein collectively called the "Holidays") excepted.
(b) Heating and air-conditioning service daily on Monday through Fridays,
inclusive, with Holidays excepted, from 8:00 A.M. to 6:00 P.M. and on Saturdays,
if not a Holiday, from 8:00 A.M. to 1:00 P.M. Landlord reserves the right to
prohibit the use of machines and equipment that generate excessive heat in their
operation. Should Tenant desire either heating or air-conditioning at times
when such services are not furnished by Landlord under the terms of this Lease,
Landlord will furnish such services as requested by Tenant upon not less than 24
hours notice from Tenant, at Tenant's expense and at such hourly charge as is
from time to time determined by Landlord. Payments for such additional services
shall be deemed Additional Rental due from Tenant and shall be due and payable
on demand;
(c) Elevator service daily on Mondays through Fridays, inclusive, with
Holidays excepted, and 8:00 A.M. to 6:00 P.M. and on Saturdays, if not a
Holiday, from 8:00 A.M. to 1:00 P.M. At least one elevator shall be operative
at all other hours; and
(d) Electric current for lighting and reasonable facilities for furnishing
usual and normal electric power for medical office space. Tenant shall not,
without Landlord's prior written consent, use any equipment, including,
diagnostic equipment, X-ray machines, or any other machines which use electric
current in excess of 110 volts, which will increase the amount of electricity
ordinarily furnished for the use of the Premises as medical office space or
which requires clean circuits or other special distribution circuits.
Landlord's consent for Tenant's use of such equipment shall be conditioned upon
Tenant and Landlord agreeing upon the amount Tenant shall pay each month for
increased electrical consumption.
(e) Water shall be provided to the Demised Premises in an amount
sufficient for private toilets and for hand washing. The cost of any water used
in excess of such amount shall be reimbursed to Landlord on demand as Additional
Rental, with the amount and cost of such excess determined by Landlord in its
reasonable discretion.
(f) Landlord reserves the right to install separate metering devices, at
Tenant's expense, and to charge Tenant for the cost of all excess or after-hours
use of services.
10. TENANT TAXES. Tenant shall pay promptly when due all taxes directly
or indirectly imposed or assessed upon Tenant's gross sales, business
operations, machinery, equipment, trade fixtures and other personal property or
assets, whether such taxes are assessed against Tenant, Landlord or the Project.
In the event that such taxes are imposed or assessed against Landlord or the
Project, Landlord shall furnish Tenant with all applicable tax bills, public
charges and other assessments or impositions and Tenant shall forthwith pay the
same either directly to the taxing authority or, at Landlord's option, to
Landlord.
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11. PAYMENTS. All payments of Rent and other payments to be made to
Landlord shall be made on a timely basis and shall be payable to Landlord or as
Landlord may otherwise designate. All such payments shall be mailed or
delivered to Landlord's Address for payments designated in Article 1(b) above or
at such other place as Landlord may designate from time to time in writing. If
mailed, all payments shall be mailed in sufficient time and with adequate
postage thereon to be received in Landlord's account by no later than the due
date for such payment. Tenant agrees to pay to Landlord Fifty Dollars ($50.00)
for each check presented to Landlord in payment of any obligation of Tenant
which is not paid by the bank on which it is drawn, together with interest from
and after the due date for such payment at the rate of eighteen percent (18%)
per annum on the amount due.
12. LATE CHARGES. Any Rent or other amounts payable to Landlord under
this Lease, if not paid by the fifth day of the month for which such Rent is
due, or by the due date specified on any invoices from Landlord for any other
amounts payable hereunder, shall incur a late charge of Fifty Dollars ($50.00)
for Landlord's administrative expense in processing such delinquent payment and
in addition thereto shall bear interest at the rate of eighteen percent (18%)
per annum from and after the due date for such payment. Notwithstanding
anything to the contrary contained in this Lease, in no event shall the rate of
interest payable on any amount due under this Lease exceed the legal limits for
such interest enforceable under applicable law.
13. USE RULES.
(a) The Demised Premises shall be used for executive, general
administrative and office space purposes and no other purposes and in accordance
with all applicable laws, ordinances, rules and regulations of governmental
authorities and the Rules and Regulations attached hereto as EXHIBIT "E" and the
Building Moving Policy attached hereto as EXHIBIT "F" and made a part hereof.
Tenant covenants and agrees that it will, at its expense, comply with all laws,
ordinances, orders, directions, requirements, rules and regulations of all
governmental authorities (including Federal, State, county and municipal
authorities), now in force or which may hereafter be in force, which shall
impose any duty upon Landlord or Tenant with respect to the use, occupancy or
alteration of the Demised Premises (including, without limitation, the Americans
With Disabilities Act ["ADA"]) or any unique aspect of Tenant's use, occupancy
or alteration thereof, and of all insurance bodies applicable to the Demised
Premises or to the Tenant's use, occupancy or alteration thereof. Tenant
covenants and agrees to abide by the Rules and Regulations and the Building
Moving Policy in all respects as now set forth and attached hereto or as
hereafter promulgated by Landlord. Landlord shall have the right at all times
during the Lease Term to publish and promulgate and thereafter enforce such
rules and regulations or changes in the existing Rules and Regulations as it may
reasonably deem necessary in its sole discretion to protect the tenantability,
safety, operation, and welfare of the Demised Premises and the Project.
(b) No rights to any parking spaces are granted under this Lease; however,
Tenant and Tenant's employees, invitees and licensees shall be entitled to use,
on a non-exclusive basis in common with other tenants of the Building or
adjacent buildings, the parking facilities located from time to time adjacent to
the Building and owned by Landlord. Such use of the parking facilities shall be
subject to any and all rules and regulations established by Landlord with
respect to the parking facilities. Landlord, at Landlord's sole discretion and
upon completion of a parking deck, with ninety (90) days prior written notice,
may charge parking fees for deck parking at rates commensurate with those
charged by comparable medical office buildings with parking decks in the area,
provided that surface parking shall remain free of charge for Tenant and
Tenant's invitees and licensees.
14. ALTERATIONS. Except for any initial improvement of the Demised
Premises pursuant to Exhibit "D", which shall be governed by the provisions of
said Exhibit "D", Tenant shall not make, suffer or permit to be made any
alterations, additions or improvements to or of the Demised Premises or any part
thereof, or attach any fixtures or equipment thereto, without first obtaining
Landlord's written consent. Any such alterations, additions or improvements to
the Demised Premises consented to by Landlord shall be made by Landlord or under
Landlord's supervision for Tenant's account and Tenant shall reimburse Landlord
for all costs thereof (including a reasonable charge for Landlord's overhead),
as Rent, within ten (10) days after receipt of a statement. All such
alterations, additions and improvements, shall become Landlord's property at the
expiration or earlier termination of the Lease Term and shall remain on the
Demised Premises without compensation to Tenant unless Landlord
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elects by notice to Tenant to have Tenant remove such alterations, additions and
improvements, in which event, notwithstanding any contrary provisions respecting
such alterations, additions and improvements contained in Article 32 hereof,
Tenant shall promptly restore, at its sole cost and expense, the Demised
Premises to its condition prior to the installation of such alterations,
additions and improvements, normal wear and tear excepted.
15. REPAIRS.
(a) Landlord shall maintain in good order and repair, subject to normal
wear and tear and subject to casualty and condemnation, the Building (excluding
the Demised Premises and other portions of the Building leased to other
tenants), the Building parking facilities, the public areas and the landscaped
areas. Notwithstanding the foregoing obligation, the cost of any repairs or
maintenance to the foregoing necessitated by the intentional acts or negligence
of Tenant or its agents, contractors, employees, invitees, licensees, tenants or
assigns, shall be borne solely by Tenant and shall be deemed Rent hereunder and
shall be reimbursed by Tenant to Landlord upon demand. Landlord shall not be
required to make any repairs or improvements to the Demised Premises except
structural repairs necessary for safety and tenantability, the necessity for
which (i) Landlord is notified in writing by Tenant, and (ii) is not brought
about by any act or neglect of Tenant, its agents, employees or contractors,
licensees, or invitees.
(b) Tenant covenants and agrees that it will take good care of the Demised
Premises and all alterations, additions and improvements thereto and will keep
and maintain the same in good condition and repair, except for normal wear and
tear. Tenant shall at once report, in writing, to Landlord any defective or
dangerous condition known to Tenant. Landlord's liability with respect to any
defects, repairs or maintenance for which Landlord is responsible under any of
the provisions of this Lease shall be limited to the cost of such repairs or
maintenance or the curing of such defect. Landlord shall not be liable to
Tenant for damage to person or property caused by any latent defects in the
Building or the Demised Premises, defects in the cooling, heating, electric,
water, elevator or other apparatus or systems or by water discharged from
sprinkler systems, if any, in the Building or the Demised Premises, nor for the
theft, mysterious disappearance, or loss of the Building. To the fullest extent
permitted by law, Tenant hereby waives all rights to make repairs at the expense
of Landlord or in lieu thereof to vacate the Demised Premises as may be provided
by any law, statute or ordinance now or hereafter in effect. Landlord has no
obligation and has made no promise to alter, remodel, improve, repair, decorate
or paint the Demised Premises or any part thereof, except as specifically and
expressly herein set forth.
(c) Tenant shall at its own cost and expense keep and maintain the Demised
Premises and all parts thereof in good repair and tenantable condition and
indemnify Landlord against any loss, damage, or expense arising by reason of any
failure of Tenant so to keep the Demised Premises in good repair and tenantable
condition or due to any act or neglect of Tenant, its agents, employees,
contractors, invitees, or licensees. If Tenant fails to perform, or cause to be
performed, such maintenance and repairs, then at the option of Landlord, in its
sole discretion, any such maintenance or repair may be performed or caused to be
performed by Landlord and the cost and expense thereof shall be charged to
Tenant, and Tenant shall pay the amount thereof to Landlord on demand as
Additional Rental. Tenant shall not install X-ray machines or other equipment
which emits radiation in the Demised Premises without Landlord's approval, which
approval shall not be unreasonably withheld. Landlord's withholding of consent
shall not be unreasonable if, by way of illustration and not limitation,
adequate protection for the safety of people is not installed in connection with
such equipment. Tenant hereby accepts the risks of and all responsibility for
any injury or damage which may result from the operation or failure of operation
of any such X-ray equipment or other equipment which emits radiation. All
equipment owned or operated by Tenant must be installed and protected in a
manner satisfactory to Landlord and in compliance with all governmental
regulations. Tenant will be obligated to obtain and maintain at its expense any
permits, licenses or approvals required in connection with its use of the
Demised Premises or in connection with any equipment of Tenant in the Demised
Premises.
All repairs, replacements and clearing of stoppages from plumbing fixtures
within the Demised Premises, as well as repair or replacement of special or non-
standard electrical fixtures, lights and light bulbs within the
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Demised Premises (other than standard 2x4 lights), and the furnishing of toilet
paper and paper towels to toilets and sinks located within the Demised Premises
shall be at Tenant's expense.
(d) Tenant agrees to conform to Landlord's signage program for the
Building; however, all costs and expenses for any sign, sign installation,
removal and repair shall be paid by Tenant. Tenant shall obtain the written
approval of Landlord prior to placing and maintaining, or causing or permitting
to be placed and maintained, any sign, advertising matter or other thing of any
kind, on the exterior of the Demised Premises, or any decorating, lettering or
advertising matter on any exterior door to the Demised Premises. Tenant shall
not affix or attach anything to windows in the Demised Premises.
16. LANDLORD'S RIGHT TO ENTRY. Landlord shall retain duplicate keys to
all doors of the Demised Premises, and Landlord and its agents, employees and
independent contractors shall have the right to enter the Demised Premises at
reasonable hours to inspect and examine same, to make repairs, additions,
alterations and improvements, to exhibit the Demised Premises to mortgagees,
prospective mortgagees, purchasers or tenants, and to inspect the Demised
Premises to ascertain that Tenant is complying with all of its covenants and
obligations hereunder, all without being liable to Tenant in any manner
whatsoever for any damages arising therefrom; provided, however, that Landlord
shall, except in case of emergency, afford Tenant such prior notification of an
entry into the Demised Premises as shall be reasonably practicable under the
circumstances. Landlord shall be allowed to take into and through the Demised
Premises any and all materials that may be required to make such repairs,
additions, alterations or improvements. During such time as such work is being
carried on, in or about the Demised Premises, the Rent provided herein shall not
abate, and Tenant waives any claim or cause of action against Landlord for
damages by reason of interruption of Tenant's business or loss of profits
therefrom because of the prosecution of any such work or any part thereof.
Tenant shall give written notice to Landlord at least thirty (30) days prior to
vacating the Demised Premises.
17. INSURANCE. Tenant shall procure at its expense and maintain
throughout the Lease Term a policy or policies of commercial property insurance,
issued on an "all risks" basis insuring the full replacement cost of its
furniture, equipment, supplies and other property owned, leased, held or
possessed by it and contained in the Demised Premises, together with the excess
value of the improvements to the Demised Premises over the Tenant Improvement
Allowance (with a replacement cost endorsement sufficient to prevent Tenant from
becoming a co-insurer), and workmen's compensation insurance as required by
applicable law. Tenant shall also procure at its expense and maintain
throughout the Lease Term a policy or policies of commercial general liability
insurance, written on an occurrence basis and insuring Tenant, Landlord and any
other person designated by Landlord, against any and all liability for injury to
or death of a person or persons and for damage to property occasioned by or
arising out of any construction work being done on the Demised Premises, or
arising out of the condition, use or occupancy of the Demised Premises, or in
any way occasioned by or arising out of the activities of Tenant, its agents,
contractors, employees, guests or licensees in the Demised Premises, or other
portions of the Building or the Project, the limits of such policy or policies
to be in combined single limits for both damage to property and personal injury
and in amounts not less than Three Million Dollars ($3,000,000.00) for each
occurrence. Such insurance shall, in addition, extend to any liability of
Tenant arising out of the indemnities provided for in this Lease. Tenant shall
also carry such other types of insurance in form and amount which Landlord shall
reasonably deem to be prudent for Tenant to carry. All insurance policies
procured and maintained by Tenant pursuant to this Article 17 shall name
Landlord and any additional parties designated by Landlord as additional
insured, shall be carried with companies licensed to do business in the State of
Georgia reasonably satisfactory to Landlord and shall be non-cancelable and not
subject to material change except after twenty (20) days' written notice to
Landlord. Such policies or duly executed certificates of insurance with respect
thereto, accompanies by proof of payment of the premium therefor, shall be
delivered to Landlord prior to the Rental Commencement Date, and renewals of
such policies shall be delivered to Landlord at least thirty (30) days prior to
the expiration of each respective policy term.
18. WAIVER OF SUBROGATION. Landlord and Tenant shall each have included
in all policies of commercial property insurance, and business interruption and
other property insurance respectively obtained by them covering the Demised
Premises, the Building and contents therein, a waiver by the insurer of all
right of
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subrogation against the other in connection with any loss or damage thereby
insured against. Any additional premium for such waiver shall be paid by the
primary insured. To the full extent permitted by law, Landlord and Tenant each
waives all right of recovery against the other for, and releases the other from
liability for, loss or damage to the extent such loss or damage is covered by
valid and collectable insurance in effect at the time of such loss or damage or
would be covered by the insurance required to be maintained under this Lease by
the party seeking recovery.
19. DEFAULT.
(a) The following events shall be deemed to have events of default by
Tenant under this Lease: (i) Tenant shall fail to pay any installment of Rent
or any other chare or assessment against Tenant pursuant to the terms hereof
within five (5) days after the due date thereof; (ii) Tenant shall fail to
comply with any term, provision, covenant or warranty made under this Lease by
Tenant, other than the payment of the Rent or any other charge or assessment
payable by Tenant, and shall not cure such failure within forty-five (45) days
after notice thereof to Tenant; (iii) Tenant or any guarantor of this Lease
shall make a general assignment for the benefit of creditors, or shall admit in
writing its inability to pay its debts as they become due, or shall file a
petition in bankruptcy, or shall be adjudicated as bankrupt or insolvent, or
shall file a petition in any proceeding seeking any reorganization, arrangement,
composition, readjustment, liquidation, dissolution or similar relief under any
present or future statute, law or regulation, or shall file an answer admitting,
or fail timely to contest the material allegations of a petition filed against
it in any such proceeding; (iv) a proceeding is commenced against Tenant or any
guarantor of this Lease seeking any reorganization, arrangement, composition,
readjustment, liquidation, dissolution or similar relief under any present or
future statute, law or regulation, and such proceeding shall not have been
dismissed within fifteen (15) days after the commencement thereof; (v) a
receiver or trustee shall be appointed for the Demised Premises or for all or
substantially all of the assets of Tenant or of any guarantor of this Lease;
(vi) Tenant shall abandon or vacate all or any portion of the Demised Premises
or fail to take possession thereof as provided in this Lease; (vii) Tenant shall
do or permit to be done anything which crates a lien upon the Demised Premises
or the Project and such lien is not removed or discharged within fifteen (15)
days after the filing thereof; (viii) Tenant shall fail to return a properly
executed instrument to Landlord in accordance with the provisions of Article 27
hereof within the time period provided for such return following Landlord's
request for same as provided in Article 27; or (ix) Tenant shall fail to return
a properly executed estoppel certificate to Landlord in accordance with the
provisions of Article 28 hereof within the time period provided for such return
following Landlord's request for same as provided in Article 28.
(b) Upon the occurrence of any of the aforesaid events of default,
Landlord shall have the option to pursue any one or more of the following
remedies without any notice or demand whatsoever: (i) terminate this Lease, in
which event Tenant shall immediately surrender the Demised Premises to Landlord
and if Tenant fails to do so, Landlord my without prejudice to any other remedy
which it may have for possession or arrearages in Rent, enter upon and take
possession of the Demised Premises and expel or remove Tenant and any other
person who may be occupying said Demised Premises or any part thereof, by force,
if necessary, without being liable for prosecution or any claim of damages
therefor; Tenant hereby agreeing to pay to Landlord on demand the amount of all
loss and damage which Landlord may suffer by reason of such termination, whether
through inability to relet the Demised Premises on satisfactory terms or
otherwise; (ii) terminate Tenant's right of possession (but not this Lease) and
enter upon and take possession of the Demised Premises and expel or remove
Tenant and any other person who may be occupying said Demised Premises or any
part thereof, by entry (including the use of force, if necessary), dispossessory
suit or otherwise, without thereby releasing Tenant from any liability
hereunder, without terminating this Lease, and without being liable for
prosecution or any claim of damages therefor and, if Landlord so elects, make
such alteration, redecorations and repairs as, in Landlord's judgment, may be
necessary to relet the Demised Premises, and Landlord may, but shall be under no
obligation to do so, relet the Demised Premises or any portion thereof in
Landlord's or Tenant's name, but for the account of Tenant, for such term or
terms (which may be for a term extending beyond the Lease Term) and at such
rental or rentals and upon such other terms as Landlord may deem advisable, with
or without advertisement, and by private negotiations, and receive the rent
therefor, Tenant hereby agreeing to pay to Landlord the deficiency, if any,
between all Rent reserved hereunder and the total rental applicable to the Lease
Term hereof obtained by Landlord
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re-letting, and Tenant shall be liable for Landlord's expenses in redecorating
and restoring the Demised Premises and all costs incident to such re-letting,
including broker's commissions and lease assumptions, and in no event shall
Tenant be entitled to any rentals received by Landlord in excess of the amounts
due by Tenant hereunder; or (iii) enter upon the Demised Premises by force, if
necessary, without being liable for prosecution or any claim of damages
therefor, and do whatever Tenant is obligated to do under the terms of this
Lease; and Tenant agrees to reimburse Landlord on demand for any expenses
including, without limitation, reasonable attorneys' fees which Landlord may
incur in thus effecting compliance with Tenant's obligations under this Lease
and Tenant further agrees that Landlord shall not be liable for any damages
resulting to Tenant from such action, whether caused by negligence of Landlord
or otherwise. If this Lease is terminated by Landlord as a result of the
occurrence of an event of default, Landlord may declare the entire amount of
Rent and other charges and assessments which in Landlord's reasonable
determination would become due and payable during the remainder of the Lease
Term (including, but not limited to, increases in Rent pursuant to Article 7
hereof), discounted to present value by using a discount factor of eight percent
(8%) per annum, to be due and payable immediately. Upon the acceleration of such
amounts, Tenant agrees to pay the same at once, together with all Rent and other
charges and assessments theretofore due, at Landlord's address as provided
herein; provided, however, that such payment shall not constitute a penalty or
forfeiture but shall constitute liquidated damages for Tenant's failure to
comply with the terms and provisions of this Lease (Landlord and Tenant agreeing
that Landlord's actual damages in such an event are impossible to ascertain and
that the amount set forth above is a reasonable estimate thereof). Upon making
the entire such payment, Tenant shall receive from Landlord all rents received
by Landlord from other tenants renting the Demised Premises or any portion
thereof during the Lease Term (with appropriate allocations of such rents in the
event such other tenants lease space in addition to the Demised Premises),
provided that the monies to which Tenant shall so become entitled shall in no
event exceed the entire amount actually paid by Tenant to Landlord pursuant to
the preceding sentence, less all of Landlord's costs and expenses (including,
without limitation, Landlord's expenses in redecorating and restoring the
Demised Premises and all costs incident to such reletting, including broker's
commissions and lease assumptions) incurred in connection with or in any way
related to the reletting of the Demised Premises.
(c) Pursuit of any of the foregoing remedies shall not preclude pursuit of
any other remedy herein provided or any other remedy provided by law or at
equity, nor shall pursuit of any remedy herein provided constitute an election
of remedies thereby excluding the later election of an alternate remedy, or a
forfeiture or waiver of any Rent or other charges and assessments payable by
Tenant and due to Landlord hereunder or of any damages accruing to Landlord by
reason of violation of any of the terms, covenants, warranties and provisions
herein contained. No reentry or taking possession of the Demised Premises by
Landlord or any other action taken by or on behalf of Landlord shall be
construed to be an acceptance of a surrender of this Lease or an election by
landlord to terminate this Lease unless written notice of such intention is
given to Tenant. Forbearance by Landlord to enforce one or more of the remedies
herein provided upon an event of default shall not be deemed or construed to
constitute a waiver of such default. In determining the amount of loss or
damage which Landlord may suffer by reason of termination of this Lease or the
deficiency arising by reason of any reletting of the Demised Premises by
Landlord as above provided, allowance shall be made for the expense of
repossession. Tenant agrees to pay to Landlord all costs and expenses incurred
by Landlord in the enforcement of this Lease, including without limitation, the
fees of Landlord's attorneys as provided in Article 25 hereof.
20. WAVIER OF BREACH. No waiver of any breach of the covenants,
warranties, agreements, provisions, or conditions contained in this Lease shall
be construed as a waiver of said covenant, warranty, provision, agreement or
condition or of any subsequent breach thereof, and if any breach shall occur and
afterwards be compromised, settled or adjusted, this Lease shall continue in
full force and effect as if no breach occurred.
21. ASSIGNMENT AND SUBLETTING. Tenant shall not, without prior written
consent of Landlord, assign this Lease or any interest herein or in the Demised
Premises, or mortgage, pledge, encumber, hypothecate or otherwise transfer or
sublet the Demised Premises or any part thereof or permit the use of the Demised
Premises by any party other than Tenant. Consent to one or more such transfers
or subleases shall not destroy or waive this provision, and all subsequent
transfers and subleases shall likewise be made only upon obtaining the
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prior written consent of Landlord. Without limiting the foregoing prohibition,
in no event shall Tenant assign this Lease or any interest herein, whether
directly, indirectly or by operation of law, or sublet the Demised Premises or
any part thereof or permit the use of the Demised Premises or any part thereof
by any party if such proposed assignment, subletting or use would contravene any
restrictive covenant (including any exclusive use) granted to any other tenant
of the Building or would contravene the provision of Article 13 of this Lease.
Subleasees, assignees or transferees of the Demised Premises for the balance of
the Lease Term shall become directly liable to Landlord for all obligations of
Tenant hereunder, without relieving Tenant or any guarantor of Tenant's
obligations hereunder) of any liability therefor, and Tenant shall remain
obligated, as a principal and not as surety, for all liability to Landlord
arising under this Lease during the entire remaining Lease Term including any
extensions thereof, whether or not authorized herein. If Tenant is a partnership
or limited liability company, a withdrawal or change, whether voluntary,
involuntary or by operation of law, of partners or members owning a controlling
interest in the Tenant shall be deemed a voluntary assignment of this Lease and
subject to the foregoing provisions. If Tenant is a corporation, any
dissolution, merger, consolidation or other reorganization of Tenant, or the
sale or transfer of a controlling interest in the capital stock of Tenant,
whether in a single transaction or in a series of transactions, shall be deemed
a voluntary assignment of this Lease and subject to the foregoing provisions.
Landlord may, as a prior condition to considering any request for consent to an
assignment or sublease, require Tenant to obtain and submit current financial
statements of any proposed subtenant or assignee and such other financial
documentation relative to the proposed subtenant or assignee as Landlord may
reasonably require. In the event Landlord consents to an assignment or sublease,
Tenant shall pay to the Landlord a fee to cover Landlord's accounting costs plus
any legal fees incurred by Landlord as a result of the assignment or sublease.
The consent of Landlord to any proposed assignment or sublease may be withheld
by Landlord in its sole and absolute discretion. Landlord may require an
additional security deposit from the assignee or subtenant as a condition of its
consent. Any consideration, in excess of the Rent and other charges and sums due
and payable by Tenant under this Lease, paid to Tenant by any assignee of this
Lease for its assignment, or by any sublessee under or in connection with its
sublease, or otherwise paid to Tenant by another party for use and occupancy of
the Demised Premises or any portion thereof, shall be promptly remitted by
Tenant to Landlord as additional rent hereunder and Tenant shall have no right
or claim thereto as against Landlord. No assignment of this Lease consented to
by Landlord shall be effective unless and until Landlord shall receive an
original assignment and assumption agreement, in form and substance satisfactory
to Landlord, signed by Tenant and Tenant's proposed assignee, whereby the
assignee assumes due performance of this Lease to be done and performed for the
balance of the then remaining Lease Term of this Lease. No subletting of the
Demised Premises, or any part thereof, shall be effective unless and until there
shall have been delivered to Landlord an agreement, in form and substance
satisfactory to Landlord, signed by Tenant and the proposed sublessee, whereby
the sublessee acknowledges the right of Landlord to continue or terminate any
sublease, in Landlord's sole discretion, upon termination of this Lease, and
such sublessee agrees to recognize and attorn to Landlord in the event that
Landlord elects under such circumstances to continue such sublease. Upon
Landlord's receipt of a request by Tenant to assign this Lease or any interest
herein or in the Demised Premises or to transfer or sublet the Demised Premises
or any part thereof or permit the use of the Demised Premises by any party other
than Tenant, Landlord shall have the right, at Landlord's option, to exercise in
writing any of the following options: (a) to terminate this Lease as to the
portion of the Demised Premises proposed to be assigned or sublet; (b) to
consent to the proposed assignment or sublease, subject to the other terms and
conditions set forth in this Article 21; or (c) to refuse to consent to the
proposed assignment or sublease, which refusal shall be deemed to have been
exercised unless Landlord gives Tenant written notice providing otherwise.
22. DESTRUCTION.
(a) If the Demised Premises are damaged by fire or other casualty, the same
shall be repaired or rebuilt as speedily as practical under the circumstances at
the expense of Landlord, unless this Lease is terminated as provided in this
Article 22, and during the period required for restoration, a just and
proportionate part of Base Rental shall be abated until the Demised Premises are
repaired or rebuilt.
(b) If (i) the Demised Premises or the Project are damaged to such an
extent that repairs cannot, in Landlord's judgment, be completed within one
hundred eighty (180) days after the date of the commencement of
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repair of the casualty, or (ii) the Demised Premises or the Project are damaged
or destroyed as a result of a risk which is not insured under the insurance
policies required hereunder, or (iii) the Demised Premises are damaged or
destroyed during the last twelve (12) months of the Lease Term, or (iv) if the
Project is damaged in whole or in part (whether or not the Demised Premises are
damaged) to such an extent that the Project cannot, in Landlord's judgment, be
operated economically as an integral unit, then and in any such event Landlord
may at its option terminate this Lease by notice in writing to Tenant within
sixty (60) days after the day of such occurrence. If the Demised Premises are
damaged to such an extent that repairs cannot, in Landlord's judgment, be
completed within one hundred eighty (180) days after the date of the
commencement of repair of the casualty or if the Demised Premises are
substantially damaged during the last twelve (12) months of the Lease Term, then
in either such event Tenant may elect to terminate this Lease by notice in
writing to Landlord within fifteen (15) days after the date of such occurrence.
Unless Landlord or Tenant elects to terminate this Lease as hereinabove
provided, this Lease will remain in full force and effect and Landlord shall
repair such damage at its expense to the extent required under subparagraph (c)
below as expeditiously as possible under the circumstances.
(c) If Landlord should elect or be obligated pursuant to subparagraph (a)
above to repair or rebuild because of any damage or destruction, Landlord's
obligation shall be limited to the original Building and any other work or
improvements which were originally performed or installed at Landlord's expense
as described in Exhibit "D" hereto or with the proceeds of the Tenant
Improvement Allowance. If the cost of performing such repairs exceeds the
actual proceeds of insurance paid or payable to Landlord on account of such
casualty, or if Landlord's mortgagee or the lessor under a ground or underlying
lease shall require that any insurance proceeds from a casualty loss be paid to
it, Landlord may terminate this Lease unless Tenant, within fifteen (15) days
after demand therefor, deposits with Landlord a sum of money sufficient to pay
the difference between the cost of repair and the proceeds of the insurance
available to Landlord for such purpose.
(d) In no event shall Landlord be liable for any loss or damage substained
by Tenant by reason of casualties mentioned hereinabove or any other accidental
casualty. In no event shall Landlord be required to rebuild, repair, or replace
any tenant improvements or any personal property, equipment, or trade fixtures
which belong to Tenant.
(e) Any insurance which may be carried by Landlord or Tenant against loss
or damage to the Building or the Demised Premises shall be for the sole benefit
of the party carrying such insurance.
(f) If any such casualty stated in this Article 22 occurs, Landlord shall
not be liable to Tenant for inconvenience, annoyance, loss of profits, expenses,
or any other type of injury or damage resulting from the repair of any such
damage, or from any repair, modification, arranging, or rearranging of any
portion of the Demised Premises or any part or all of the Building or for
termination of this Lease as provided in this Article 22.
(g) Anything in this Article 22 to the contrary notwithstanding, for
purposes of this Article 22, Landlord shall not be obligated to commence any
repair or restoration unless and until insurance proceeds are actually received
by Landlord, and Landlord's restoration obligations shall be limited to the
extent of the insurance proceeds actually received by Landlord therefor and
which the holder of any mortgage or deed to secure debt encumbering any portion
of the Building, or the ground lessor under any ground lease affecting any
portion of the Building, permit Landlord to apply toward the restoration of the
Building.
23. LANDLORD'S LIEN. Landlord shall at all times have a valid first lien
upon all of the personal property of Tenant situated in the Demised Premises to
secure payment of Rent and other sums and charges due hereunder from Tenant to
Landlord and to secure the performance by Tenant of each and all of the
covenants, warranties, agreements and conditions hereof. Said personal property
shall not be removed from the Demised Premises without the consent of Landlord
until all arrearage in Rent and other charges as well as any and all other sums
of money due hereunder shall first have been paid and discharged and until this
Lease and all of the covenants, conditions, agreements and provision hereof have
been fully performed by Tenant. Tenant shall from time to time execute any
financing statements and other instruments necessary to perfect the security
interest granted herein. The lien herein granted may be foreclosed in the
manner and form provided by law for the
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foreclosure of security instruments or chattel mortgages, or in any other manner
provided by law. This Lease is intended as and constitutes a security agreement
within the meaning of the Uniform Commercial Code of the State of Georgia.
24. NOT USED.
25. ATTORNEY'S FEES AND HOMESTEAD. If any Rent or other debt owing by
Tenant to Landlord hereunder is collected by or through an attorney-at-law,
Tenant agrees to pay an additional amount equal to fifteen percent (15%) of such
sum as attorneys' fees. If Landlord uses the services of any attorney in order
to secure compliance with any other provisions of this Lease, to recover damages
for any breach or default of any other provisions of this Lease, or to terminate
this Lease or evict Tenant, Tenant shall reimburse Landlord upon demand for any
and all attorneys' fees and expenses so incurred by Landlord. Tenant waives all
homestead rights and exemptions which it may have under any law as against any
obligation owing under this Lease, and assigns to Landlord its homestead and
exemptions to the extent necessary to secure payment and performance of its
covenants and agreements hereunder.
26. TIME. Time is of the essence of this Lease and whenever a certain day
is stated for payment or performance of any obligation of Tenant or Landlord,
the same enters into and becomes a part of the consideration hereof.
27. SUBORDINATION AND ATTORNMENT.
(a) Tenant agrees that this Lease and all rights of Tenant hereunder are
and shall be subject and subordinate to any ground or underlying lease which may
now or hereafter be in effect regarding the Project or any component thereof, to
any mortgage now or hereafter encumbering the Demised Premises or the Project or
any component thereof, to all advances made or hereafter to be made upon the
security of such mortgage, to all amendments, modifications, renewals,
consolidations, extensions and restatements of such mortgage, and to any
replacements and substitutions for such mortgage. The terms of this provision
shall be self-operative and no further instrument of subordination shall be
required. Tenant, however, upon request of any party in interest, shall execute
promptly such instrument or certificates as may be reasonably required to carry
out the intent hereof, whether said requirement is that of Landlord or any other
party in interest, including, without limitation, any mortgagee. Landlord is
hereby irrevocably vested with full power and authority as attorney-in-fact for
Tenant and in Tenant's name, place and stead, to subordinate Tenant's interest
under this Lease to the lien or security title of any mortgage and to any future
instrument amending, modifying, renewing, consolidating, extending, restating,
replacing or substituting any such mortgage.
(b) If any mortgagee or lessee under a ground or underlying lease elects
to have this Lease superior to its mortgage or ground lease and signifies its
election in the instrument creating its lien or lease or by separate recorded
instrument, then this Lease shall be superior to such mortgage or lease, as the
case may be. The term "mortgage", as used in this Lease, includes any deed to
secure debt, deed of trust or security deed and any other instrument creating a
lien in connection with any other method of financing or refinancing. The term
"mortgagee", as used in this Lease, refers to the holder(s) of the indebtedness
secured by a mortgage.
(c) In the event any proceedings are brought for the foreclosure of, or in
the event of exercise of the power of sale under, any mortgage covering the
Demised Premises or the Project, or in the event the interests of Landlord under
this Lease shall be transferred by reason of deed in lieu of foreclosure or
other legal proceedings, or in the event of termination of any lease under which
Landlord may hold title, Tenant shall, at the option of the transferee or
purchase at foreclosure or under power of sale, or the lessor of the Landlord
upon such lease termination, as the case may be (sometimes hereinafter call
"such person"), attorn to such person and shall recognize and be bound and
obligated hereunder to such person as the Landlord under this Lease; provided,
however, that no such person shall be (i) bound by any payment of Rent for more
than one (1) month in advance, except prepayments in the nature of security for
the performance by Tenant of its obligations under this Lease
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(and then only if such prepayments have been deposited with and are under the
control of such person); (ii) bound by any amendment or modification of this
Lease made without the express written consent of the mortgagee or lessor of the
Landlord, as the case may be; (iii) obligated to cure any defaults under this
Lease of any prior landlord (including Landlord); (iv) liable for any act or
omission of any prior landlord (including Landlord); (v) subject to any offsets
or defenses which Tenant might have against any prior landlord (including
Landlord); or (vi) bound by any warranty or representation of any prior landlord
(including Landlord) relating to work performed by any prior landlord (including
Landlord) under this Lease. Tenant agrees to execute any attornment agreement
not in conflict herewith requested by Landlord, the mortgagee or such person.
Tenant's obligation to attorn to such person shall survive the exercise of any
such power of sale, foreclosure or other proceeding. Tenant agrees that the
institution of any suit, action or other proceeding by any mortgagee to realize
on Landlord's interest in the Demised Premises or the Project, or any portion
thereof pursuant to the powers granted to a mortgagee under its mortgage, shall
not, by operation of law or otherwise, result in the cancellation or termination
of the obligations of Tenant hereunder. Landlord and Tenant agree that
notwithstanding that this Lease is expressly subject and subordinate to any
mortgages, any mortgagee, its successors and assigns, or other holder of a
mortgage or of a note secured thereby, may sell the Demised Premises or the
Project, or any portion thereof in the manner provided in the mortgage and may,
at the option of such mortgagee, its successors and assigns, or other holder of
the mortgage or note secured thereby, make such sale of the Demised Premises or
Project subject to this Lease.
28. ESTOPPEL CERTIFICATES. Within ten (10) days after request therefor
by Landlord, Tenant agrees to execute and deliver to Landlord in recordable form
an estoppel certificate addressed to Landlord, any mortgagee or assignee of
Landlord's interest in, or purchaser of, the Demise Premises or the Project or
any part thereof, certifying (if such be the case) that this Lease is unmodified
and is in full force and effect (and if there have been modifications, that the
same is in full force and effect as modified and stating said modifications);
that there are no defenses or offsets against the enforcement thereof or stating
those claimed by tenant; and stating the date to which Rent and other charges
have been paid. Such certificate shall also include such other information as
may reasonably be required by such mortgagee, proposed mortgagee, assignee,
purchaser or Landlord. Any such certificate may be relied upon by Landlord, any
mortgagee, proposed mortgagee, assignee, purchaser and any other party to whom
such certificate is addressed.
29. NO ESTATE. This Lease shall create the relationship of landlord and
tenant only between Landlord and Tenant and no estate shall pass out of
Landlord. Tenant shall have only an usufruct, not subject to levy and sale and
not assignable in whole or in part by Tenant except as herein provided.
30. CUMULATIVE RIGHTS. All rights, power and privilege conferred
hereunder upon the parties hereto shall be cumulative to, but not restrictive
of, or in lieu of those conferred by law.
31. HOLDING OVER. If Tenant remains in possession after expiration or
termination of the Lease Term with or without Landlord's written consent, Tenant
shall become a tenant-at-sufferance, and there shall be no renewal of this Lease
by operation of law. During the period of any such holding over, all provisions
of this Lease shall be and remain in effect except that the monthly rental shall
be double the amount of Rent (including any adjustments as provided herein)
payable for the last full calendar month of the Lease Term including renewals or
extensions. The inclusion of the preceding sentence in this Lease shall not be
construed as Landlord's consent for Tenant to hold over.
32. SURRENDER OF PREMISES. Upon the expiration or other termination of
this Lease, Tenant shall quit and surrender to Landlord the Demised Premises and
every part thereof and all alterations, additions and improvements thereto,
broom clean and in good condition and state of repair, reasonable wear and tear
only excepted. If Tenant is not then in default, Tenant shall removal all
personalty and equipment not attached to the Demised Premises which it has
placed upon the Demised Premises and which Tenant is entitled to remove in
accordance with the provisions of this Lease, and Tenant shall restore the
Demised Premises to the condition immediately preceding the time of placement
thereof. If Tenant shall fail or refuse to remove all of Tenant's
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effects, personalty and equipment from the Demised Premises upon the expiration
or termination of this Lease for any cause whatsoever or upon Tenant being
dispossessed by process of law or otherwise, such effects, personalty and
equipment shall be deemed conclusively to be abandoned and may be appropriated,
sold, store, destroyed or otherwise disposed of by Landlord without written
notice to Tenant or any other party and without obligation to account for them.
Tenant shall pay Landlord on demand any and all expenses incurred by Landlord in
the removal of such property, including, without limitation, the cost of
repairing any damage to the Building or Project caused by the removal of such
property and storage charges (if Landlord elects to store such property). The
covenants and conditions of this Article 32 shall survive any expiration or
termination of this Lease.
33. NOTICES. All notices required or permitted to be given hereunder
shall be in writing and shall be deemed to have been fully given, whether
actually received or not, when delivered in person, or deposited with an
overnight commercial courier, or deposited, postage prepaid, in the United
States Mail, certified, return receipt requested, and addressed to Landlord or
Tenant at their respective address set forth hereinabove or at such other
address as either party shall have theretofore given to the other by notice as
herein provided. Tenant hereby designates and appoints as its agent to receive
notice of all distraint proceedings and all other notices required under this
Lease, the person in charge of the Demised Premises at the time said notice is
given or occupying said Demised Premises at said time; and, if no person is in
charge of or occupying the said Demised Premises, then such service or notice
may be made by attaching the same, in lieu of mailing, on the main entrance to
the Demised Premises.
34. DAMAGE OR THEFT OF PERSONAL PROPERTY. All personal property brought
into the Demised Premises by Tenant, or Tenant's employees, agents, or business
visitors, shall be at the risk of Tenant only, and Landlord shall not be liable
for theft thereof or any damage thereto occasioned by any act of co-tenants,
occupants, invitees or other users of the Building or any other person.
Landlord shall not at any time be liable for damage to any property in or upon
the Demised Premises, which results from gas, smoke, water, rain, ice or snow
which issues or leaks from or forms upon any part of the Building or from the
pipes or plumbing work of the same, or from any other place whatsoever.
35. EMINENT DOMAIN.
(a) If all or part of the Demised Premises shall be taken for any public
or quasi-public use by virtue of the exercise of the power of eminent domain or
by private purchase in lieu thereof, this Lease shall terminate as to the part
so taken as of the date of taking, and, in the case of a partial taking,
Landlord shall have the right to terminate this Lease as to the balance of the
Demised Premises by written notice to Tenant if, in Landlord's judgment, the
taking would prevent or materially impair the use of the Project or the Demised
Premises or if an adequate award is not made available to Landlord for
restoration. If title to so much of the Project is taken that a reasonable
amount of reconstruction thereof will not in Landlord's sole discretion result
in the Building being a practical improvement and reasonably suitable for use
for the purpose for which it is designed, then this Lease shall terminate on the
date that the condemning authority actually takes possession of the part so
condemned or purchased.
(b) If this Lease is terminated under the provisions of this Article 35,
Rent shall be apportioned and adjusted as of the date of termination. Tenant
shall have no claim against Landlord or against the condemning authority for the
value of any leasehold estate or for the value of the unexpired Lease Term
provided that the foregoing shall not preclude any claim that Tenant may have
against the condemning authority for the unamortized cost of leasehold
improvements, to the extent the same were installed at Tenant's expense (and not
with the proceeds of the Tenant Improvement Allowance), or for loss of business,
moving expenses or other consequential damages, in accordance with subparagraph
(d) below.
(c) If there is a partial taking of the Project and this Lease is not
thereupon terminated under the provisions of this Article 35, then this Lease
shall remain in full force and effect, and Landlord shall, within a reasonable
time thereafter, repair or reconstruct the remaining portion of the Building to
the extent necessary to
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make the same a complete architectural unit; provided, that in complying with
its obligations hereunder, Landlord shall not be required to expend more than
the net proceeds of the condemnation award which are paid to Landlord, to the
extent the holder of any mortgage or ground lessor under any ground lease
permits such award to be applied to restoration. Upon any such partial taking,
Landlord shall have the right to reduce the rent-stop figure described in
Article 7 hereof by an amount equal to the product of (x) the amount of tax
savings arising from such partial taking, as determined by Landlord in its sole
but reasonable discretion, divided by the number of square feet of Rentable
Floor Area of the Building, multiplied by (y) the number of square feet of
Rentable Floor Area of the Demised Premises.
(d) All compensation awarded or paid to Landlord upon a total or partial
taking of the Demised Premises or the Project shall belong to and be the
property of Landlord without any participation by Tenant. Nothing herein shall
be construed to preclude Tenant from prosecuting any claim directly against the
condemning authority for loss of business, for damage to, and cost of removal
of, trade fixtures, furniture and other personal property belonging to Tenant,
and for the unamortized cost of leasehold improvements to the extent the same
were installed at Tenant's expense (and not with the proceeds of the Tenant
Improvement Allowance); provided, however, that no such claim shall diminish or
adversely affect Landlord's award.
(e) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Article 35,
if, during the Lease Term, the use or occupancy of any part of the Project or
the Demised Premises shall be taken or appropriated temporarily for any public
or quasi-public use under any governmental law, ordinance or regulation, or by
right of eminent domain, this Lease shall be and remain unaffected by such
taking or appropriation and Tenant shall continue to pay in full all Rent
payable hereunder by Tenant during the Lease Term. In the event of any such
temporary appropriation or taking, tenant shall be entitled to receive that
portion of any award which represents compensation for the loss of use or
occupancy of the Demised Premises during the Lease Term, and Landlord shall be
entitled to receive that portion of any award which represents the cost of
restoration and compensation for the loss of use or occupancy of the Demised
Premises after the end of the Lease Term.
36. PARTIES. The term "Landlord", as used in this Lease, shall include
Landlord and its successors and assigns. It is hereby covenanted and agreed by
Tenant that should Landlord's interest in the Demised Premises cease to exist
for any reason during the Lease Term, then notwithstanding the happening of such
event, this Lease nevertheless shall remain in full force and effect, and Tenant
hereby agrees to attorn to the then owner of the Demised Premises. The term
"Tenant" shall include Tenant and its heirs, legal representatives and
successors, and shall also include Tenant's assignees and sublessees, if this
Lease shall be validly assigned or the Demised Premises sublet for the balance
of the Lease Term or any renewals or extensions thereof. In addition, Landlord
and Tenant covenant and agree that Landlord's right to transfer or assign
Landlord's interest in and to the Demised Premises, or any part or parts
thereof, shall be unrestricted, and that in the event of any such transfer or
assignment by Landlord which includes the Demised Premises, Landlord's
obligations to Tenant hereunder shall cease and terminate, and Tenant shall look
only and solely to Landlord's assignee or transferee for performance thereof.
37. LIABILITY OF TENANT. Tenant hereby indemnifies Landlord from and
agrees to hold Landlord harmless against, any and all liability, loss, cost,
damage or expense, including, without limitation, court costs and reasonable
attorneys' fees, imposed on Landlord by any person whomsoever, caused in whole
or in part by any act or omission of Tenant, or any of its employees,
contractors, servants, agents, subtenants, assignees, representatives or
invitees, or otherwise occurring in connection with any default of Tenant
hereunder. The provisions of this Article 37 shall survive any termination of
this Lease.
38. RELOCATION OF THE PREMISES. Landlord reserves the right at any time
or from time to time, at its option and upon giving not less than thirty (30)
days' prior written notice to Tenant, to transfer and remove Tenant from the
Demised Premises herein specified to any other available rooms and offices in
the Project (or other building in the development of which the Building is a
part). Landlord shall bear the expense of said removal together with the
reasonable expense of replacement business cards and stationery and the expense
of any necessary renovation or alterations to said substituted space, as
calculated by Landlord. If Landlord exercises
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such option, then the substituted space shall for all purposes hereof be deemed
to be and to constitute the Demised Premises under this Lease and all terms,
conditions, covenants, warranties, agreements and provisions of this Lease
including but not limited to the same Base Rental Rate per square foot of
Rentable Floor Area shall continue in full force and effect and shall apply to
the substituted space. Tenant agrees to vacate the Demised Premises herein
specified and relocate to said substituted space promptly after the substituted
space is ready for Tenant's occupancy as provided herein, and Tenant's failure
to do so shall constitute an event of default by Tenant under this Lease. If
Tenant has not relocated its premises within sixty (60) days after Landlord
first notifies Tenant of Landlord's desire to relocate Tenant, Landlord shall
have the right to terminate this Lease by giving notice of such termination to
Tenant. Such termination shall be effective upon any date selected by Landlord
in the Termination Notice which is at least ten (10) days after the Termination
Notice is given by Landlord to Tenant. Tenant hereby further covenants and
agrees to promptly execute and deliver to Landlord any lease amendment and other
such document appropriate to reflect the changes in the Lease described or
contemplated above.
39. FORCE MAJEURE. In the event of strike, lockout, labor trouble, civil
commotion, Act of God, or any other cause beyond a party's control (collectively
"force majeure") resulting in Landlord's inability to supply the services or
perform the other obligations required of Landlord hereunder, Landlord's
performance shall be excused for the period of force majeure, this Lease shall
not terminate and Tenant's obligation to pay Rent and all other charges and sums
due and payable by Tenant shall not be affected or excused and Landlord shall
not be considered to be in default under this Lease. If, as a result of force
majeure, Tenant is delayed in performing any of its obligations under this
Lease, other than Tenant's obligation to take possession of the Demised Premises
on or before the Rental Commencement Date and to pay Rent and all other charges
and sums payable by Tenant hereunder, Tenant's performance shall be executed for
a period equal to such delay and Tenant shall not during such period be
considered to be in default under this Lease with respect to the obligation,
performance of which has thus been delayed.
40. LANDLORD'S LIABILITY. Landlord shall have no personal liability with
respect to any of the provisions of this Lease. If Landlord is in default with
respect to its obligations under this Lease, Tenant shall look solely to the
equity of Landlord in and to the Building and the Land for satisfaction of
Tenant's remedies, if any. It is expressly understood and agreed that
Landlord's liability under the terms of this Lease shall in no event exceed the
amount of its interest in and to said Land and Building. In no event shall any
partner of Landlord nor any joint venturer in Landlord, nor any officer,
director or shareholder of Landlord or any such partner or joint venturer of
Landlord be personally liable with respect to any of the provisions of this
Lease. In any action or proceeding brought to enforce this obligation of
Landlord to Tenant under this Lease, Landlord and Tenant agree that any final
judgment or decree shall be enforceable against Landlord only to the extent of
Landlord's interest in the Building, as aforesaid, and any such judgement or
decree shall not be capable of execution against, nor be a lien on, any assets
of Landlord other than its interest in the Building, as aforesaid.
41. LANDLORD'S COVENANT OF QUIET ENJOYMENT. Provided Tenant performs the
terms, conditions and covenants of this Lease, and subject to the terms and
provisions hereof, Landlord covenants and agrees to take all necessary steps to
secure and to maintain for the benefit of Tenant the quiet and peaceful
possession of the Demised Premises, for the Lease Term, without hindrance, claim
or molestation by Landlord or any other person lawfully claiming under Landlord.
42. GUARANTY. In order to induce Landlord to execute this Lease, and for
other consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby
acknowledged, the undersigned parties identified as "Guarantors" on the
signature page of this Lease (collectively, jointly and severally referred to as
the Guarantors") agree to enter into and simultaneously with the execution of
this Lease have entered into a Guaranty in the form attached hereto as Exhibit
"H".
43. HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES. Tenant hereby covenants and agrees that Tenant
shall not cause or permit any "Hazardous Substances" (as hereinafter defined) to
be generated, placed, held, stored, used, located or
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disposed of at the Project or any part thereof, except for Hazardous Substances
as are commonly and legally used or stored as a consequence of using the Demised
Premises for general office and administrative purposes, but only so long as the
quantities thereof do not pose a threat to public health or to the environment
or would necessitate a "response action", as that term is defined in CERCLA (as
hereinafter defined), and so long as Tenant strictly complies or causes
compliance with all applicable governmental rules and regulations concerning the
use or production of such Hazardous Substances. For purposes of this Article 43,
"Hazardous Substances" shall mean and include those elements or compounds which
are contained in the list of Hazardous Substances adopted by the United States
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) or in any list of toxic pollutants
designated by Congress or the EPA or which are defined as hazardous, toxic,
pollutant, infectious or radioactive by any other federal, state or local
statute, law, ordinance, code, rule, regulation, order or decree regulating,
relating to or imposing liability (including, without limitation, strict
liability) or standards of conduct concerning, any hazardous, toxic or dangerous
waste, substance or material, as now or at any time hereinafter in effect
(collectively "Environmental Laws"). Tenant hereby agrees to indemnify Landlord
and hold Landlord harmless from and against any and all losses, liabilities,
including strict liability, damages, injuries, expenses, including reasonable
attorneys' fees, cost of settlement or judgment and claims of any and every kind
whatsoever paid, incurred or suffered by, or asserted against, Landlord by any
person, entity or governmental agency for, with respect to, or as a direct or
indirect result of, the presence in, or the escape, leakage, spillage,
discharge, emission or release from, the Demised Premises of any Hazardous
Substance (including, without limitation, any losses, liabilities, including
strict liability, damages, injuries, expenses, including reasonable attorneys'
fees, costs of any settlement or judgment or claims asserted or arising under
the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act
["CERCLA"], any so-called federal, state or local "Superfund" or "Superlien"
laws or any other Environmental Law); provided, however, that the foregoing
indemnity is limited to matters arising solely from Tenant's violation of the
covenant contained in this Article. The obligations of Tenant under this Article
shall survive any expiration or termination of this Lease.
44. SUBMISSION OF LEASE. The submission of this Lease for examination
does not constitute an offer to lease and this Lease shall be effective only
upon execution hereof by Landlord and Tenant and Guarantors.
45. SEVERABILITY. If any clause or provision of the Lease is illegal,
invalid or unenforceable under present or future laws, the remainder of this
Lease shall not be affected thereby, and in lieu of each clause or provision of
this Lease which is illegal, invalid or unenforceable, there shall be added as a
part of this Lease a clause or provision as nearly identical to the said clause
or provision as may be legal, valid and enforceable.
46. ENTIRE AGREEMENT. This Lease contains the entire agreement of the
parties and no representations, inducements, promises or agreements, oral or
otherwise, between the parties not embodied herein shall be of any force or
effect. No failure of Landlord to exercise any power given Landlord hereunder,
or to insist upon strict compliance by Tenant with any obligation of Tenant
hereunder, and no custom or practice of the parties at variance with the terms
hereof, shall constitute a waiver of Landlord's right to demand exact compliance
with the terms hereof. This Lease may not be altered, waived, amended or
extended except by an instrument in writing signed by Landlord and Tenant. This
Lease is not in recordable form, and Tenant agrees not to record or cause to be
recorded this Lease or any short form or memorandum thereof.
47. HEADINGS. The use of headings herein is solely for the convenience of
indexing the various paragraphs hereof and shall in no event be considered in
construing or interpreting any provision of this Lease.
48. BROKER. Broker(s) (as defined in Article 1[p] is [are] entitled to a
leasing commission from Landlord by virtue of this Lease, which leasing
commission shall be paid by Landlord to Broker(s) in accordance with the terms
of a separate agreement between Landlord and Broker(s). Tenant hereby
authorizes Broker(s) and Landlord to identify Tenant as a tenant of the Building
and to state the amount of space leased by Tenant in advertisement and
promotional materials relating to the Building. Tenant represents and warrants
to Landlord that (except with respect to any Broker[s] identified in Article
1[p] hereinabove, which has [have] acted as agent for Tenant [and not for
Landlord] in this transaction) no broker, agent, commission salesperson, or
other person has
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represented Tenant in the negotiations for and procurement of this Lease and of
the Demised Premises and that (except with respect to any Broker[s] identified
in Article 1[p] hereinabove) no commissions, fees or compensation of any kind
are due and payable in connection herewith to any broker, agent, commission
salesperson or other person as a result of any act or agreement of Tenant.
Tenant agrees to indemnify and hold Landlord harmless for all loss, liability,
damage, claim, judgment, cost or expense (including reasonable attorneys' fees
an court costs) suffered or incurred by Landlord as a result of a breach by
Tenant of the representation and warranty contained in the immediately preceding
sentence or as a result of Tenant's failure to pay commissions, fees or
compensation due to any broker who represented Tenant, whether or not disclosed,
or as a result of any claim for any fee, commission or similar compensation with
respect to this Lease made by any broker, agent or finder (other than the
Broker[s] identified in Article 1[p] hereinabove) claiming to have dealt with
Tenant, whether or not such claim is meritorious. The parties hereto do hereby
acknowledge and agree that Meadows & Ohly, Inc. has acted as agent for Landlord
in this transaction and shall be paid a commission by Landlord in connection
with this transaction pursuant to the terms of a separate written commission
agreement. Meadows & Ohly, Inc. has not acted as agent for Tenant in this
transaction. Landlord hereby warrants and represents to Tenant that Landlord has
not dealt with any broker, agent or finder other than Meadows & Ohly, Inc. in
connection with this Lease and, Landlord hereby agrees to indemnify and hold
Tenant harmless from and against any and all loss, damage, liability, claim,
judgment, cost or expense (including, but not limited to, reasonable attorneys'
fees and court costs) that may be incurred or suffered by Tenant because of any
claim for any fee, commission or similar compensation with respect to this Lease
made by any broker, agent or finder claiming to have represented Landlord.
49. GOVERNING LAW. The laws of the State of Georgia shall govern the
validity, performance and enforcement of this Lease.
50. AUTHORITY. If Tenant executes this Lease as a corporation, each of
the persons executing this Lease on behalf of Tenant does hereby personally
represent and warrant that Tenant is a duly incorporated or duly qualified (if a
foreign corporation) corporation and if fully authorized and qualified to do
business in the State in which the Demised Premises are located, that the
corporation has full right and authority to enter into this Lease, and that each
person signing on behalf of the corporation is an officer of the corporation and
is authorized to sign on behalf of the corporation. If Tenant signs as a
partnership, joint venture or sole proprietorship or other business entity (each
being herein called "Entity"), each of the person executing on behalf Tenant
does hereby covenant and warrant that Tenant is a duly authorized and existing
Entity, that Tenant has full right and authority to enter into this Lease, that
all persons executing this Lease on behalf of the Entity are authorized to do so
on behalf of the Entity, and that such execution is fully binding upon the
Entity and its partners, joint venturers or principals, as the case may be.
Upon the request of Landlord, Tenant shall deliver to Landlord documentation
satisfactory to Landlord evidencing Tenant's compliance with this Article, and
Tenant agrees to promptly execute all necessary and reasonable applications or
documents as reasonably requested by Landlord, required by the jurisdiction in
which the Demised Premises is located, to permit the issuance of necessary
permits and certificates for Tenant's use and occupancy of the Demised Premises.
51. JOINT AND SEVERAL LIABILITY. If Tenant comprises more than one
person, corporation, partnership or other entity, the liability hereunder of all
such persons, corporations, partnerships or other entities shall be joint and
several.
52. SPECIAL STIPULATIONS. The special stipulations attached hereto as
Exhibit "G" are hereby incorporated herein by this reference as though fully set
forth (if none, so state). To the extent the special stipulations conflict with
or are inconsistent with the foregoing provisions of this Lease or any exhibit
to this Lease, the special stipulations shall control.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have hereunto set their hands and seals as
of the day, month and year first above written.
LANDLORD:
PAVILION PARTNERS, L.P.
By: Bentley Investments, Inc., general partner
By: /s/ Katherine D. Andres
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Title: Secretary
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[CORPORATE SEAL]
TENANT:
QUALITY DIAGNOSTIC CARDIOLOGY SERVICES, INC.
By: /s/ Jeffrey T. Arnold
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President
[CORPORATE SEAL]
(if appropriate)
GUARANTORS:
(SEAL)
Name: /s/ Jeffrey T. Arnold
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(SEAL)
Name: ___________________________________________
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EXHIBIT "A"
LEGAL DESCRIPTION
TRACT ONE:
All that tract or parcel of land lying and being in Land Lot 17 of the 17th
District, Fulton County, Georgia, and being more particularly described as
follows:
To find the point of beginning, begin at a point located at the intersection of
the northern right of way line of Lake Hearn Drive (60-foot right of way) and
the line dividing Land Lot 17 of the 17th District, Fulton County, Georgia, and
Land Lot 329 of the 18th District, DeKalb County, Georgia; thence running along
the northern right of way line of Lake Hearn Drive south 89 degrees 39 minutes
30 seconds west, 254.49 feet to a point and the point of beginning; thence
running along the northern right of way line of Lake Hearn Drive south 89
degrees 39 minutes 30 seconds west, 590.38 feet to an iron pin; thence leaving
the northern right of way line of Lake Hearn Drive and running north 00 degrees
01 minutes 35 seconds west, 420.26 feet to an iron pin located on the
southeastern right of way line of Interstate Highway No. 285; thence running
along the southeastern right of way line of Interstate Highway No. 285 the
following courses and distances: north 56 degrees 56 minutes 10 seconds east,
86.42 feet to a point; north 69 degrees 19 minutes 30 seconds east, 184.42 feet
to a point; north 69 degrees 20 minutes 30 seconds east, 89.0 feet to a point;
north 69 degrees 32 minutes east, 290.8 feet to an iron pin; and south 76
degrees 29 minutes 30 seconds east, 54.11 feet to a point; thence leaving said
right of way line of Interstate Highway No. 285 and running south 21 degrees 12
minutes 15 seconds west, 66.10 feet to a point; thence running south 00 degrees
25 minutes 28 seconds east, 466.17 feet to a point; thence running south 58
degrees 48 minutes 27 second west, 50.14 feet to a point; thence running south
00 degrees 22 minutes 59 seconds east, 95.70 feet to the point of beginning.
All as is more particularly described and delineated in that survey prepared by
Watts & Browning Engineers, dated December 5, 1985, last revised November 8,
1993, bearing the seal of G.M. Gillespie, Georgia registered land surveyor no.
2121.
Together with those easements as set forth in that Easement and Maintenance
Agreement Peachtree Dunwoody Pavilion, dated August 31, 1992, by and between
Trustees under Declaration of Trust, dated October 8, 1984, as amended, of EQK
Realty Investors I, a Massachusetts Business Trust, and Computer Generation
Incorporated, a Delaware Corporation, recorded at Deed Book 15695, commencing at
page 208, records of the Clerk of the Superior Court, Fulton County, Georgia.
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EXHIBIT "B"
FLOOR PLAN
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EXHIBIT "C"
TENANT ACCEPTANCE AGREEMENT
This Agreement made this _____ day of __________, 199___ between PAVILION
PARTNERS, L.P., a Georgia limited partnership (hereinafter referred to as
"Landlord") and QUALITY DIAGNOSTIC CARDIOLOGY SERVICES, INC. (hereinafter
referred to as "Tenant").
W I T N E S S E T H:
WHEREAS, Landlord and Tenant entered into a Lease, dated ____________, 199____,
(hereinafter referred to as the "Lease") for Suite 370 (hereinafter referred to
as the "Premises") in the building located at 1100 Lake Hearn Drive, Atlanta,
Georgia 30342.
NOW, THEREFORE, pursuant to the provisions of the Lease, Landlord and Tenant
mutually agree as follows:
Capitalized terms not defined herein shall have the meanings set forth in the
Lease.
The Commencement Date of the Lease Term is November 1, 1996. The Expiration
Date of the Lease Term is March 31, 2001. The Rentable Area of the Premises is
2,093 Square Feet.
Tenant is in possession of, and has accepted, the Premises demised by the Lease,
and acknowledges that all the work (including the Work) to be performed by the
Landlord in the Premises as required by the terms of the Lease has been
satisfactorily completed, except for the items set out on the attached Exhibit
C-1. Tenant further certifies that all conditions of the Lease required of
Landlord as of this date have been fulfilled and there are no defenses or
setoffs against the enforcement of the Lease by Landlord.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have duly executed and sealed this
Agreement, as of the date and year first above stated.
LANDLORD:
PAVILION PARTNERS, L.P.
By: Bentley Investments, Inc., its general partner
By: _____________________________________
Title: ______________________________
(CORPORATE SEAL)
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TENANT:
QUALITY DIAGNOSTIC CARDIOLOGY SERVICES, INC.
By: _____________________________________
Jeffrey T. Arnold
As of this _______ day of ___________, 199___, the following punchlist items
remain to be completed: (If "none", so state.)
Tenant Name: Initial:
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QUALIT DIAGNOSTIC CARDIOLOGY SERVICES, INC. ________Landlord
Suite Number: 370 ________Tenant
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EXHIBIT "D"
TENANT IMPROVEMENT AGREEMENT
THIS AGREEMENT made as of the 16th day of September, 1996 between Pavilion
Partners, L.P., Georgia Limited Partnership ("Landlord") and Quality Diagnostic
Cardiology Services, Inc. ("Tenant").
Reference is made to the Lease Agreement dated September 16, 1996 (the
"Lease") for premises known as Suite 370 (the "Premises"), located at 1100 Lake
Hearn Drive, which property is more particularly described in the Lease.
The terms "Plans", "Work", "Space Plan", "Working Drawings", "Finish
Selections" and "Landlord's Space Planner" are defined in Section XIII, below.
Capitalized terms not defined in this Agreement shall have the meanings set
forth in the Lease.
I. BASIC TERMS
A. Space Planner: Helmer Ropp Design Associates, Inc.
B. Date to Complete Planning: September 15, 1996 (including any
Space Plan, Working Drawings and Finish Selections).
C. Date to Substantially Complete Work: Commencement Date under
the Lease, as adjusted pursuant to this Agreement.
D. Improvement Allowance Provided by Landlord: As per Paragraph
1(n) of the herein Lease.
E. Number of Space Plan Revisions included in the Improvement
Allowance: Two.
F. Number of Working Drawing Revisions included in the Improvement
Allowance: One.
II. BASIC AGREEMENT. On or before the "Date To Complete Planning"
described above, Tenant shall: (a) provide Space Planner with all information
concerning Tenant's requirements in order for Space Planner to prepare the
Plans, and (b) arrange for Space Planner to prepare the Plans, and obtain
Landlord's written approval thereof. However, Tenant shall not be responsible
for delays caused solely by Landlord or Landlord's Space Planner, as further
described in Section III, below.
On or before the Commencement Date set forth in Article 1 of the Lease,
Landlord shall substantially complete the Work shown on the final approval
Plans. However, Landlord shall not be responsible for delays caused by Tenant
or Tenant's agents or employees and as further described in Section IV, below.
As a part of the Improvement Allowance, Landlord shall bear the cost of the
Plans (including any engineering reports, or other studies or tests in
connection therewith, but excluding any furniture planning) provided that the
cost of the Plans together with the costs of Space Plan Revisions (as stipulated
I.E. above) and Working Drawing Revisions (as stipulated in I.F. above) shall
not exceed the Improvement Allowance. Tenant shall bear any costs of the Plans
over the Improvement Allowances set out above, all costs in connection with
designing non-building standard items, and all costs of subsequent changes,
additions, and modifications to the plans.
Landlord shall bear the cost of the Work (including the cost of building
permits and sales tax) up to the Improvement Allowance described above (if any),
less that part of the Improvement Allowance (if any) applied to the cost of the
Plans, and Tenant shall bear any costs over such amounts.
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III. DELAYS IN PLANNING. The Commencement Date under the Lease shall be
postponed on a day for day basis by the number of days occurring after the "Date
to Complete Planning" described above until the date the Final Plans, including
any revisions reasonably required by Landlord pursuant to Section V and
revisions by Tenant to reduce Tenant's Cost pursuant to Section IX, are approved
(collectively called "Delays in Planning"). However, the Rental Commencement
Date shall be postponed only to the extent that substantial completion of the
Work is delayed beyond the Commencement Date set forth in the Lease Summary of
the Lease as a result of one or more of the following events (collectively
called "Landlord Delays"):
A. Landlord takes more than five (5) working days to approve or
disapprove the Plans or revisions thereof after receiving the
same (or such longer time as may be reasonably required in order
to obtain any engineering or HVAC report or due to other special
or unusual features of the Work or Plans);
B. Landlord's Space Planner takes more than five (5) working days
to meet with Tenant after receiving a written request for a
meeting, or takes more than seven (7) working days to prepare or
revise the Plans after meeting with Tenant and receiving all
information from Tenant required in order to do so (provided
this provision shall apply only if Tenant uses "Landlord's Space
Planner" as described in Section XIV below to prepare the
Plans); or
C. Landlord takes more than thirty (30) working days to provide
Tenant with cost estimates after receiving Plans sufficiently
detailed for such purposes (provided this provision (c) shall
only apply if Landlord elects to provide cost estimates under
Section IX below).
IV. DELAYS IN CONSTRUCTION.
A. Lease shall be postponed for each day that Landlord fails to
substantially complete the Work thereby as a result of strikes, acts of God,
shortages of materials or labor, governmental approvals or requirements, the
various causes set forth below, or any other causes beyond Landlord's reasonable
control.
B. The Commencement Date, but not the Rental Commencement Date,
shall be postponed as a result of one or more of the following (collectively
called "Tenant Delays"):
(1) Delays in Planning as described above (except for Landlord
Delays);
(2) Tenant's requests for changes to the Work or Change Orders under
Section VIII, or
(3) Tenant's failure to furnish an amount equal to Landlord's
reasonable estimate of Tenant's Cost (if any) within 10 days, as
described in Section IX (which shall give Landlord the absolute
right to postpone the Work until such amount is furnished to
Landlord);
(4) Tenant's requirement of any upgrades, special work or other non-
building standard items, or items not customarily provided by
Landlord to office tenants, to the extent that the same involve
longer lead times, installation times, delays or difficulties in
obtaining building permits, requirements for any governmental
approval, permit or action beyond the issuance of normal
building permits (as described in Section VI), or other delays
not typically encountered in connection with Landlord's standard
office improvements;
(5) The performance by Tenant or Tenant's agents or employees of any
work at or about the Premises, or
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(6) any act or omission of Tenant or Tenant's agents or employees,
or any breach by Tenant of any provision contained in this
Agreement or in the Lease, or any failure of Tenant to cooperate
with Landlord or otherwise act in good faith in order to cause
the Work to be designed and performed in a timely manner.
V. LANDLORD'S APPROVAL OF PLANS. Landlord shall either approve any
Plans or revisions submitted pursuant to this Agreement or disapprove the same
with suggestions for making the same acceptable within the time required under
Section III. Except as otherwise provided herein, Landlord shall not
unreasonably withhold approval if the Plans provide for a customary office
layout, with finishes and materials generally conforming to building standard
finishes and materials currently being used by Landlord at the Building, are
compatible with the Building's shell and core construction, and if no
modifications will be required for the Building's electrical, heating, air-
conditioning, ventilation, plumbing, fire protection, life safety, or other
systems or equipment, and will not require any structural modifications to the
Building, whether required by heavy loads or otherwise. Landlord may request
that Tenant approve Landlord's suggested changes in writing (such approval not
to be unreasonably withheld), or Landlord may arrange directly with Space
Planner for revised Plans to be prepared incorporating such suggestions (in
which case, Tenant shall sign or initial the revised Plans and/or Landlord's
notice) concerning the suggested changes, if requested by Landlord). Landlord's
approval of the Plans shall not be deemed a warranty as to the adequacy or
legality of the design, and Landlord hereby disclaims any responsibility or
liability for the same. Anything to the contrary notwithstanding, Landlord may
in its absolute discretion elect to disapprove any proposed Plans which show (i)
the rentable area of the Premises being more than ten percent (10%) smaller than
the Rentable Floor Area of Demised Premises, as defined in Article 1 of the
Lease; and (ii) any reduction in the rentable area of the Premises from the
Rentable Floor Area of the Demised Premises indicated in Article 1 of the Lease
where such reduction results in a space remaining between Tenant's space and any
other party wall, exterior wall or corridor partition, which in the sole opinion
of Landlord, would leave an unusable or unleaseable area due to its size,
configuration or location. Furthermore, in the event that the proposed Plans
show a rentable area of the Premises greater than the Rentable Floor Area of the
Demised Premises as set forth in Article 1 of the Lease, Landlord may, in its
absolute discretion, elect to disapprove such Plans if the configuration of the
Premises shown on such Plans infringes on any area of the Building reserved for
others, being designed for others, or being constructed for others, or to the
extent that such increase leaves a remaining unleased area which, in the sole
opinion of Landlord, would be unleaseable due to its location, size or
configuration.
VI. GOVERNMENTAL APPROVAL OF PLANS. Landlord shall apply for any normal
building permits required for the Work which are issued pursuant to a local
building code as a ministerial matter. If the Plans must be revised in order to
obtain such building permits, Landlord shall promptly notify Tenant. In such
case, Tenant shall promptly arrange for the plans to be revised to satisfy the
building permit requirements and shall submit the revised Plans to Landlord for
approval as a Change Order under Section VIII. Landlord shall have no obligation
to apply for any zoning, parking or sign code amendments, approvals, permits or
variances, or any other governmental approval, permit or action (except normal
building permits as described above). If any such other matters are required,
Tenant shall promptly seek to satisfy such requirements or revise the Plans to
eliminate such requirements. Delays in substantially completing the Work by the
Commencement Date as a result of requirements for building permits or other
governmental approvals, permits or actions shall affect the Commencement Date
and the Rental Commencement Date to the extent provided in Section IV(B).
VII. CHANGES AFTER PLANS ARE APPROVED. If Tenant shall desire any
changes, alterations, or additions to the final Plans after they have been
approved by Landlord, Tenant shall submit a detailed written request or revised
Plans (the "Change Order") to Landlord for approval. If reasonable and
practicable and generally consistent with the Plans theretofore approved,
Landlord shall not unreasonably withhold approval, but all costs in connection
therewith, including without limitation construction costs, permit fees, and any
additional plans, drawing and engineering reports or other studies or tests, or
revisions of such existing items, shall be paid for by Tenant as a Tenant's Cost
under Section IX.
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VIII. UNUSED IMPROVEMENT ALLOWANCE. If all or any portion of any
Improvement Allowance shall not be used, Tenant shall be entitled to the savings
and Tenant shall receive a credit therefor to Base Rental.
IX. TENANT'S COST.
A. Any amounts that Tenant is required to pay under this Agreement
shall be referred to as "Tenant's Costs" herein. Tenant's Cost shall be deemed
Additional Rental under the Lease. Tenant shall deposit the estimated amount of
such Additional Rental with Landlord within 10 days after requested by Landlord.
In connection with submitting any cost analysis to Tenant under this Section,
Landlord may request Tenant's written approval of such analysis. Tenant shall
not unreasonably withhold such approval, and shall approve or disapprove the
same in writing within five (5) days after requested by Landlord. If Tenant
reasonably disapproved any such analysis, Tenant shall meet with the Space
Planner and eliminate or substitute items in order to reduce Tenant's Cost.
B. Any cost analysis based on a Space Plan or so-called "pricing
plan" will be preliminary in nature to the extent that: (1) Tenant thereafter
makes changes in the Working Drawings or the Work, (2) overtime labor is
required in order to substantially complete the Work by the Work Completion
Date, (3) concealed conditions are encountered on the job site, (4) new legal
requirements become effective following preparation of the estimate, or (5)
there are strikes, acts of God, shortages of materials or labor, or other causes
beyond Landlord's reasonable control.
X. COMPLETION.
A. Landlord shall be deemed to have "substantially completed" the
Work for purposes hereof if Landlord has caused all of the Work to be completed
substantially except for Punchlist Items.
B. Landlord reserves the right to substitute comparable or better
materials and items for those shown in the Plans, so long as they do not
materially and adversely affect the appearance or function of the Premises.
XI. WORK PERFORMED BY TENANT. Landlord, at Landlord's discretion, may
permit Tenant and Tenant's agents and contractors to enter the Premises prior to
completion of the Work in order to make the Premises ready for Tenant's use and
occupancy. If Landlord permits such entry prior to completion of the Work, then
such permission is conditioned upon Tenant and Tenant's agents, contractors,
workmen, mechanics, suppliers and invitees working in harmony and not
interfering with Landlord and Landlord's contractors in doing the Work or with
other tenants and occupants of the Building. If at any time such entry shall
cause or threaten to cause such disharmony or interference, Landlord shall have
the right to withdraw such permission upon twenty-four (24) hours oral or
written notice to Tenant. Tenant agrees that any such entry into the Premises
shall be deemed to be under all of the terms, covenants, condition and
provisions of the Lease (including, without limitation, all insurance
requirements), except as to the covenant to pay Rent thereunder, and further
agrees that Landlord shall not be liable in any way for any injury, loss or
damage which may occur to any items of work constructed by Tenant or to other
property of Tenant that may be placed in the Premises prior to completion of the
Work, the same being at Tenant's sole risk.
XII. LIABILITY. The parties acknowledges that Landlord is not an
architect or engineer, and that the Work will be designed and performed by
independent architects, engineers and contractors. Accordingly, Landlord does
not guarantee or warrant that the Plans will be free from errors or omissions,
nor that the Work will be free from defects, and Landlord shall have no
liability therefor.
XIII. CERTAIN DEFINITIONS.
A. "Work" herein means the construction of the improvements shown
on the final approved Plans, and any demolition, preparation or other work
required in connection therewith, including
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without limitation, any work required to be performed outside the Premises in
order to obtain building permits for the work to be performed within the
Premises (if Landlord elects to perform such work outside the Premises).
B. "Landlord's Space Planner" herein means the space planner (if
any) regularly used by Landlord and with whom Landlord has a written contractual
arrangement for space planning services at the Building.
C. "Finish Selections" herein means the type and color of floor and
wall coverings, wall paint and any other finishes.
D. "Plans" herein means, collectively, any Space Plan, Working
Drawings, or other plans, drawings or specifications, and Finish Selections (and
in the event of any inconsistency between any of the same, or revisions thereto,
the latest dated item approved by Landlord shall control). The Plans shall be
signed or initialed by Tenant, if requested by Landlord.
E. "Space Plan" herein means a preliminary floor plan, generally
showing demising walls, corridor doors, interior partition walls and interior
doors. The term "Space Plan" for purposes of this Agreement shall also refer to
any so-called "pricing plan", i.e. a more detailed Space Plan, drawn to scale,
showing: (1) any special walls, glass partitions or corridor doors, (2) any
restrooms, kitchens, computer rooms, file rooms and other special purpose rooms,
and any sinks or other plumbing facilities, or other special facilities or
equipment, (3) communications system, indicating telephone and computer outlet
locations, and (4) any other details or features reasonably required in order to
obtain preliminary cost estimate as described in Section IX above, or otherwise
reasonably requested by Landlord or Landlord's Space Planner.
F. "Working Drawings" herein means fully dimensioned architectural
construction drawings and specifications, and any required engineering drawings
(including mechanical, electrical, plumbing, air conditioning, ventilating and
heating), and shall include any applicable items described above for the Space
plan, and if applicable; (1) electrical outlet locations, circuits and
anticipated usage therefor, (2) reflected ceiling plan, including lighting,
switching, and any special ceiling specifications, (3) duct locations for
heating, ventilating and air conditioning equipment, (4) details of all
millwork, (5) dimensions of all equipment and cabinets to be built in, (6)
furniture plan showing details of space occupancy, (7) keying schedule, (8)
lighting arrangement, (9) location of print machines, equipment in lunch rooms,
concentrated file and library loadings and any other equipment or systems (with
brand names wherever possible) which require special consideration relative to
air conditioning, ventilation, electrical, plumbing, structural, fire
protection, life - fire safety system, or mechanical systems, (10) special
heating, ventilating and air conditioning equipment and requirements, (11)
weight and location of heavy equipment, and anticipated loads for special usage
rooms, (12) demolition plan, (13) partition construction plan, (14) Finish
Selections, and any other details or features reasonably required in order to
obtain a more firm cost estimate as described in Section IX, above, or otherwise
reasonably requested by Landlord or Landlord's Space Planner.
XIV. INCORPORATION INTO LEASE; DEFAULT. THE PARTIES AGREE THAT THE
PROVISIONS OF THIS AGREEMENT ARE HEREBY INCORPORATED BY THIS REFERENCE INTO THE
LEASE FULLY AS THOUGH SET FORTH THEREIN. In the event of any express
inconsistencies between the Lease and this Agreement, the latter shall govern
and control. Any default by a party hereunder shall constitute a default by that
party under the Lease and said party shall be subject to the remedies and other
provisions applicable thereto under the Lease.
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LANDLORD:
PAVILION PARTNERS, L.P.
By: Bentley Investments, Inc., its general partner
By: /s/ Katherine D. Andres
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Title: Secretary
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(CORPORATE SEAL)
TENANT: QUALITY DIAGNOSTIC
CARDIOLOGY SERVICES, INC.
By: /s/ Jeffrey T. Arnold
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Jeffrey T. Arnold
Title: President
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Attest: /s/ A. Nichols
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Title: Secrertary
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(CORPORATE SEAL)
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EXHIBIT "E"
RULES AND REGULATIONS
1. No sign, picture, advertisement or notice visible from the exterior of the
Demised Premises shall be installed, affixed, inscribed, painted or otherwise
displayed by Tenant on any part of the Demised Premises or the Building unless
the same is first approved by Landlord. Any such sign, picture, advertisement
or notice approved by Landlord shall be painted or installed for Tenant at
Tenant's cost by Landlord or by a party approved by Landlord. No awnings,
curtains, blinds, shares or screens shall be attached to or hung in, or used in
connection with any window or door of the Demised Premises without the prior
consent of Landlord, including approval by Landlord of the quality, type,
design, color and manner of attachment.
2. Tenant agrees that its use of electrical current shall never exceed the
capacity feeders, risers or wiring installation.
3. The Demised Premises shall not be used for storage of merchandise held for
sale to the general public. Tenant shall not do or permit to be done in or about
the Demised Premises or Project anything which shall increase the rate of
insurance on said Project or obstruct or interfere with the rights of other
lessees of Landlord or annoy them in any way, including, but not limited to,
using any musical instrument, making loud or unseemly noises, or singing, etc.
The Demised Premises shall not be used for sleeping or lodging. No cooking or
related activities shall be done or permitted by Tenant in the Demised Premises
except with permission of Landlord. Tenant will be permitted to use for its own
employees within the Demised Premises a small microwave oven and Underwriters'
Laboratory approved equipment for brewing coffee, tea, hot chocolate and similar
beverages, provided that such use is in accordance with all applicable federal,
state, county and city laws, codes, ordinances, rules and regulations. No
vending machines of any kind will be installed, permitted or used on any part of
the Demised Premises without the prior consent of Landlord. No part of said
Project or Demised Premises shall be used for gambling, immoral or other
unlawful purposes. No intoxicating beverage shall be sold in said or around the
Project or Demised Premises without the prior written consent of Landlord. No
area outside of the Demised Premises shall be used for storage purposes at any
time.
4. No birds or animals of any kind shall be brought into the Building (other
than trained seeing-eye dogs required to be used by the visually impaired). No
bicycles, motorcycles or other motorized vehicles shall be brought into the
Building.
5. The sidewalks, entrances, passages, corridors, halls, elevators and
stairways in the Building shall not be obstructed by Tenant or used for any
purposes other than those for which same were intended as ingress and egress. No
windows, floors or skylights that reflect or admit light into the Building shall
be covered or obstructed by Tenant. Toilets, wash basins and sinks shall not be
used for any purpose other than those for which they were constructed, and no
sweeping, rubbish or other obstructing or improper substances shall be thrown
therein. Any damage resulting to them, or to heating apparatus, from misuse by
Tenant or its employees, shall be borne by Tenant.
6. Only one (1) key for the Demised Premises will be furnished to Tenant
without charge. Landlord may make a reasonable charge for any additional keys.
Only one (1) access card for the Building will be furnished to Tenant without
charge. Landlord may make a reasonable charge for any additional access cards.
No additional lock, latch or bolt of any kind shall be placed upon any door nor
shall any changes be made in existing locks without written consent of Landlord
and Tenant shall in each such case furnish Landlord with a key for any such
lock. At the termination of the Lease, Tenant shall return to Landlord all keys
and access cards furnished to Tenant by Landlord, or otherwise procured by
Tenant, and in the event of loss of any keys or access cards so furnished,
Tenant shall pay to Landlord the cost thereof.
7. Landlord shall have the right to prescribe the weight, position, and manner
of installation of heavy articles such as safes, machines and other equipment
brought into the Building. No safes, furniture, boxes, large
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parcels or other kind of freight shall be taken to or from the Demised Premises
or allowed in any elevator, hall or corridor except at times allowed by
Landlord. No deliveries shall be made in passenger elevators. Tenant shall make
prior arrangements with Landlord for use of freight elevator for the purpose of
transporting such articles and such articles may be taken in or out of said
Building only between or during such hours as may be arranged with and designed
by Landlord. The persons employed to move the same must be approved by Landlord.
No hand trucks, except those equipped with rubber tires and side guards, shall
be permitted in the Building. No hand trucks shall be permitted in any passenger
elevator. In no event shall any weight to be placed upon any floor by Tenant so
as to exceed the design conditions of the floors at the applicable locations.
8. Tenant shall not cause or permit any gases, liquids or odors to be produced
upon or permeate from the Demised Premises, and no flammable, combustible or
explosive fluid, chemical, substance or item (including, without limitation,
natural Christmas trees) shall be brought into the Building.
9. Every person, including Tenant, its employees and visitors, entering and
leaving the Building may be questioned by watchman as to that person's business
therein and may be required to sign such person's name on a form provided by
Landlord for registering such person; provided that, except for emergencies or
other extraordinary circumstances, such procedures shall not be required between
the hours of 7:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m., on all days except Saturdays, Sunday, and
Holidays. Landlord may also implement a card access security system to control
access during such other times. Landlord shall not be liable for excluding any
person from the Building during such other times, or for admission of any person
to the Building at any time, or for damages or loss or theft resulting therefrom
to any person, including Tenant.
10. Unless agreed to in writing by Landlord, Tenant shall not employ any person
other than Landlord's contractors for the purpose of cleaning and taking care of
the Demised Premises. Cleaning service will not be furnished on nights when
rooms are occupied after 6:30 p.m., unless, by agreement in writing, services is
extended to a later hour for specifically designated rooms. Landlord shall not
be responsible for any loss, theft, mysterious disappearance of or damage to,
any property, however occurring. Only persons authorized by Landlord may furnish
ice, drinking water, towels, and other similar services within the Building and
only at hours and under regulations fixed by Landlord.
11. No connection shall be made to the electric wires or gas or electric
fixtures, without the consent in writing on each occasion of Landlord. All
glass, locks and trimmings in or upon the doors and windows of the Demised
Premises shall be kept whole and in good repair. Tenant shall not injure,
overload or deface the Building, the woodwork or the walls of the Demised
Premises, nor permit any noisome, noxious, noisy or offensive business.
12. If Tenant requires wiring for a bell or buzzer system, such wiring shall be
done by the electrician of Landlord only, and no outside wiring persons shall be
allowed to do work of this kind unless by the written permission of Landlord or
its representatives. If telegraph or telephonic service is desired, the wiring
for same shall be approved by Landlord, and no boring or cutting for wiring
shall be done unless approved by Landlord or its representatives, as stated. The
electric current shall not be used for power or heating unless written
permission to do so shall first have been obtained from Landlord or its
representatives in writing, and at an agreed cost to Tenant.
13. Tenant and its employees and invitees shall observe and obey all parking
and traffic regulations as imposed by Landlord. All vehicles shall be parked
only in areas designated therefor by Landlord.
14. Canvassing, peddling, soliciting and distribution of handbills or any other
written materials in the Building are prohibited, and Tenant shall cooperate to
prevent the same.
15. Landlord shall have the right to change the name of the Building and/or the
Project and to change the street address of the Building, provided that in the
case of a change in the street address, Landlord shall give Tenant not less that
180 days' prior notice of the change, unless the change is required by
governmental authority.
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16. The directory of the Building will be provided for the display of the name
and location of the tenants. And additional name which Tenant shall desire to
place upon said directory must first be approved by Landlord, and if so
approved, a reasonable charge will be made therefor.
17. Tenant, in order to obtain maximum effectiveness of the cooling system,
shall lower and close the blinds (at not less than a 45 degrees angle) or drapes
when the sun's rays are directly in windows of the Demised Premises. Tenant
shall not remove the standard blinds installed in the Demised Premises. Tenant
shall not place items on window sills in the Demised Premises.
18. Smoking is prohibited in the main building lobby, public corridors,
elevator lobbies, service elevator vestibules, stairwells, restrooms and other
common areas within the Building.
19. Landlord may waive any one or more of these Rules and Regulations for the
benefit of any particular lessee, but no such waiver by Landlord shall be
construed as a waiver of such Rules and Regulations in favor of any other
lessee, nor prevent Landlord from thereafter enforcing any such Rules and
Regulations against any or all of the other lessees of the Building.
20. These Rules and Regulations are supplemental to, and shall not be construed
to in any way modify or amend, in whole or in part, the terms, covenants,
agreements and conditions of any lease of any premises in the Building.
21. Landlord reserves the right to make such other and reasonable Rules and
Regulations as in its judgment may from time to time be needed for the safety,
care and cleanliness of the Buildings and the Land, and for the preservation of
good order therein.
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EXHIBIT "F"
BUILDING MOVING POLICY/RULES AND REGULATIONS
The following rules pertain to (i) moving Tenant's furniture, equipment and
supplies into or out of the Building, and (ii) the delivery of substantial
amounts of equipment, furniture or supplies to existing tenants in the Building.
Any movers that do not adhere to the following rules will not be allowed to
enter the Building or will be required to discontinue the move.
1. No move into or out of the Building shall take place during normal
business hours of the Building. Moves must be scheduled after 5:30 p.m. on
weekdays or during weekends and holidays.
2. Building management must be notified at least ten (10) days prior to
your proposed moving date in order to coordinate dates and the details of the
move. A representative of the moving company must contact the management office
at least five (5) days prior to the proposed moving date. The service elevator,
which must be used for your move, will be available only if the management
office has been timely notified.
3. All moving company employees should be in uniform or wear some form of
identification. All moving company employees must be bonded.
4. There will be no smoking inside of the building by any employee of the
moving company.
5. Prior to the move, the moving company must submit a Certificate of
Insurance naming Landlord as an additional insured. The moving company must
carry insurance with at least the following coverage:
(a) Worker's compensation insurance in the amount of $100,000.
(b) Comprehensive General Liability insurance shall include coverage for
hazards on premises-operation, elevators, products and completed operations
and also personal injury coverage and contractual liability coverage
designating the assumption of liability under performance of the act of
moving. Such insurance shall be in limits no less than $500,000 per person
bodily; and $500,000 per occurrence for property damage. Property damage
insurance shall be in broad form, including completed operations.
(c) An umbrella policy with a limit of $1,000,000 per occurrence.
Each moving company transporting supplies, furniture, and/or equipment
through the Building shall secure and present to the building manager a
certificate reflecting these coverages at least twenty-four (24) hours before
the move takes place. Please make sure your moving company meets the above
requirements so they will be permitted to move your practice to the Building.
6. The route to be followed in the Building during the move must be
approved by Landlord. The moving company must provide and install adequate
protective coverings on all vulnerable corners, walls, door facings, elevator
cabs and other areas along the route to be followed during the move. These areas
will be inspected for damage after the move.
7. Clean masonite sections must be used as runners on all finished floor
areas where heavy furniture or equipment is being moved with wheel or skid type
dollies. The masonite must be at least one-fourth inch think. All sections of
masonite should be taped to prevent sliding.
8. Do not stick duct tape onto the floors, walls, door jambs, or doors.
9. All vendor and moving company boxes and cartons are to be removed from
the premises by the vendor or moving company. They are not to be disposed of in
the dumpster.
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10. It is the Tenant's responsibility to notify Landlord of items to be
moved which are unusually large or heavy (in excess of 3,500 pounds) or which
may require review by Landlord. Dimensions and weight may prohibit the safe
transport and placement within acceptable structural guidelines. Any large items
that cannot be placed in the service elevator will require special hoisting
arrangements which will be made through the Landlord. Tenant's Moving company
should include in the bid price to the Tenant any additional charges required
for extra services which may need to be provided by the moving company to hoist
large items.
11. Access control personnel will be notified as to the move-in schedule
and will monitor the progress of the move. Any changes in the move-in schedule
must be reported to Landlord or Landlord's representative immediately. An
emergency phone number will be required by the access control personnel for the
moving company's supervisor and for the Tenant's representative responsible for
coordinating the move.
12. When ordering equipment, furniture, supplies, etc. at any time before
or after your move, please specify "Inside Delivery" to your suite, because
Landlord is not responsible for deliveries to your suite.
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EXHIBIT "G"
SPECIAL STIPULATIONS
1. Tenant Improvement Allowance. Landlord shall provide a Tenant Improvement
Allowance in the amount of $0.208 per usable square foot of space per month
of the Lease term occurring from and after the Commencement Date. For
example, if the Commencement Date is November 1, 1996, the Tenant
Improvement Allowance will be Twenty Thousand, Three Hundred Six and 21/100
Dollars ($20,306.21) [$20,306.21 = 1,842 u.s.f. x $0.208/u.s.f./month of
term x 53 months]. The Tenant Improvement Allowance shall be applied to
the cost of space planning and for construction improvements. Any
additional costs of the Tenant Improvements or Space Planning shall be
payable by Tenant. The payment to be made by Landlord pursuant to this
paragraph 1 shall be deemed to satisfy in full Landlord's obligation to
provide a Tenant Improvement Allowance under the Lease.
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EXHIBIT "H"
STATE OF GEORGIA
COUNTY OF FULTON
GUARANTY
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS:
In consideration of the letting by Pavilion Partners, L.P.
("Landlord") to QUALITY DIAGNOSTIC CARDIOLOGY SERVICES, INC. ("Tenant") pursuant
to a Lease Agreement dated _________________________ (the "Lease") of premises
described therein, the delivery of which lease is conditioned upon the execution
and delivery of this Guaranty, and the payment of One Dollar ($1.00) to the
undersigned by Landlord, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby
acknowledged by the undersigned, the undersigned (hereinafter collectively
called the "Guarantor") does hereby unconditionally guarantee the full, prompt
and complete performance by Tenant of all of the terms, covenants, conditions
and agreements contained in the Lease on the part of Tenant to be performed,
including specifically, without limitation, the obligation to pay all rents and
any other charges or obligations therein set forth, together with any and all
renewal or renewals, extension or extensions, modification or modifications
thereof, and substitution or substitutions therefor( all such obligations being
hereinafter called the "Obligations").
Guarantor waives presentment, demand, dishonor, notice of dishonor,
protest, and all other notices whatsoever, including, without limitation,
notices of acceptance hereof, of the existence or creation of the Obligations,
and of all defaults, disputes or controversies with Tenant, and of the
settlement, compromise or adjustment thereof. Guarantor agrees that Landlord
shall have full authority, without obtaining the consent of, giving notice to,
or affecting the liability of Guarantor, to make changes of terms, to extend
time to pay, to release the whole or any part of the Obligations, to settle or
compound differences for less than the full amount owing under the Lease, to
accept notes, trade acceptances or any other form of obligation for the
Obligations, to make arrangements or settlements in or out of court in the case
of receivership, liquidation, readjustment, bankruptcy, reorganization,
arrangement or an assignment for the benefit of creditors and to do anything,
whether or not herein specified, which may be done or waived by or between
Landlord and Tenant. The making of such arrangements, settlements, compromises,
adjustments, extensions of time and so forth shall not diminish, discharge,
modify, reduce extinguish or otherwise affect the liability of Guarantor
hereunder for the full amount owing under the Lease. Guarantor further agrees
that no act or omission on the part of Landlord shall in any way affect, impede
or impair this guaranty.
This guaranty shall be enforceable without Landlord having (i) to
proceed against Tenant (any right to require Landlord to take action against
Tenant as required by O.C.G.A. (S) 10-7-24 being hereby expressly waived) or
against any security for any payments due under the Lease, or (ii) to exercise
any of Landlord's remedies under the Lease; and shall be effective regardless of
the solvency or insolvency of Tenant, any reorganization, merger or
consolidation of Tenant, any change in the composition, nature, personnel or
location of Tenant, or any bankruptcy, receivership, liquidation, reorganization
or other proceeding involving Tenant.
This guaranty shall be binding upon and enforceable against each
person and entity executing this guaranty and upon the respective heirs, legal
representatives, successors and assigns of each such person and entity. The
liability of each person and entity executing this guaranty and the heirs, legal
representatives, successors and assigns of each such entity and person hereunder
is joint and several, primary and unconditional, and shall not be subject to any
claim of offset, counterclaim or defense of Tenant.
This guaranty shall be irrevocable, absolute and unconditional and
shall remain in full force and effect as to Guarantor until such time as all of
the Obligations shall have been paid or satisfied in full. No delay or failure
on the part of Landlord in the exercise of any right or remedy shall operate as
a waiver thereof, and no single or partial exercise by Landlord of any right or
remedy shall preclude other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any
other right or remedy. Guarantor agrees that this guaranty shall not be
affected by reason of
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assertion by Landlord against Tenant of any rights or remedies reserved to
Landlord in the Lease, or by reason of any summary or other proceedings against
Tenant, or by the amendment or modification of the Lease with or without notice
to, or consent of, the Guarantor.
This guaranty shall remain in full force and effect, and Guarantor
shall continue to be liable for the payment of all amounts owing under the Lease
in accordance with the original terms of the documents and instruments
evidencing the same, notwithstanding the commencement of any bankruptcy,
reorganization or other debtor relief proceeding by or against Tenant, and
notwithstanding any modification, discharge or extension of the Obligations, any
modification or amendment of any document or instrument evidencing any of the
Obligations, any stay of the exercise by Landlord of any of its rights and
remedies against Tenant with respect to any of the Obligations, or any cure of
any default by Tenant under any document or instrument evidencing any of the
Obligations, which may be effected in connection with any such proceeding,
whether permanent or temporary, and notwithstanding any assent thereto by
Landlord.
Landlord may, without notice of any kind, sell, assign or transfer the
Lease, and in such event each and every immediate and successive assignee,
transferee or holder of the Lease shall have the right to enforce this guaranty,
by suit or otherwise, for the benefit of such assignee, transferee or holder, as
fully as if such person were herein by name specifically give such rights,
powers and benefits, but Landlord shall have an unimpaired right to enforce this
guaranty for its benefit as to so much of the Obligations as Landlord has not
sold, assigned, or transferred.
This guaranty has been made and delivered in the State of Georgia and
shall be governed by, construed under and interpreted and enforced in accordance
with the laws of the State of Georgia. Wherever possible, each provision of
this guaranty shall be interpreted in such manner as to be effective and valid
under applicable law, but if any provision of this guaranty shall be prohibited
by or be invalid under such law, such provision shall be ineffective to the
extent of such prohibition or invalidity, without invalidating the remainder of
such provision or the remaining provisions of this guaranty.
Guarantor hereby submits to personal jurisdiction in the State of
Georgia for the enforcement of this guaranty and waives any and all personal
rights under the laws of the State of Georgia or the United States to object to
jurisdiction within the State of Georgia for the purposes of litigation to
enforce this guaranty. In the event that such litigation is commenced,
Guarantor agrees that service of process may be made, and personal jurisdiction
over Guarantor obtained, by the serving of a copy of the summons and complaint
upon Guarantor at the following address:
344 DeClaire Way
Marietta, GA 30067
Nothing contained herein shall prevent Landlord from bringing any action or
exercising any rights against any security given to Landlord by Tenant or
Guarantor, or against Guarantor personally, or against any property of
Guarantor, within any other state. Commencement of any such action or
proceeding in any other state shall not constitute a waiver of the agreement
that the laws of the State of Georgia shall govern the rights and obligations of
Guarantor and Landlord hereunder or of the submission made by Guarantor to
personal jurisdiction within the State of Georgia. The aforesaid means of
obtaining personal jurisdiction and perfecting service of process are not
intended to be exclusive but are cumulative and in addition to all other means
of obtaining personal jurisdiction and perfecting service of process now or
hereafter provided by the laws of the State of Georgia.
Guarantor warrants and represents to Landlord that any financial
statements heretofore delivered by Guarantor to Landlord were true and correct
in all respects as of the date delivered to Landlord. At any time this Guaranty
is in effect, Guarantor shall, upon ten (10) days prior written notice from
Landlord, provide
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Landlord with a current financial statement and financial statements of two (2)
years prior to the current financial statement year. Such statements shall be
prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles and, if
such is the normal practice of Guarantor, shall be audited by an independent
certified public accountant.
Guarantor agrees that Guarantor shall have no right to recover against
Tenant by way of subrogation to the rights of Landlord on account of any payment
by Guarantor to Landlord until all of the Obligations have been paid and
satisfied in full, and Guarantor hereby waives, releases and relinquishes any
such rights of subrogation to such extent.
If Guarantor is a corporation, Guarantor and the persons executing
this guaranty as officers of the Guarantor represent that Guarantor has full
corporate authority to execute this guaranty and that the officers executing
this guaranty are duly authorized to execute this guaranty on behalf of the
corporation, and that there is no provision in its charter or bylaws that in any
way conflicts with or prevents the execution, delivery or performance of this
guaranty by Guarantor. Guarantor further represents that there is no provision
of any other agreement by which Guarantor is bound that in any way conflicts
with or prevents the execution, delivery or performance of this guaranty by
Guarantor.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, Guarantor has executed, sealed and delivered this
guaranty, all this 16th day of September, 1996.
INDIVIDUAL
**Signed, sealed and delivered in the /s/ Jeffrey T. Arnold (SEAL)
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presence of:
Name: Jeffrey T. Arnold
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/s/ Jeanine M. Magnon
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Unofficial Witness Address: 344 DeClaire Way
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Marietta, GA 30067
/s/ Vicki Baker
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Notary Public
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My Commission Expires:
Notary Public, Gwinnett County, Georgia
My Commission Expires March 9, 1999
(NOTARIAL SEAL)
**SIGNATURE IS TO BE WITNESSED BY AN INDIVIDUAL (AS UNOFFICIAL WITNESS) AND BY A
NOTARY PUBLIC WHO SHOULD AFFIX HIS OR HER NOTARIAL SEAL AND INDICATE THE
EXPIRATION DATE OF HIS OR HER COMMISSION BELOW THE SIGNATURE LINE
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EXHIBIT 10.31
SUBLEASE AGREEMENT
THIS SUBLEASE AGREEMENT (this "Sublease') is made and entered into as
of the 30 day of March, 1998, by and between QUALITY DIAGNOSTIC SERVICES, INC.,
a Georgia corporation, formerly known as Quality Diagnostic Cardiology Services,
Inc., (the "Sublandlord") and CARD GUARD USA, INC., a Georgia corporation (the
"Subtenant"), to be effective as of the "Commencement Date", as hereinafter
defined.
WITNESSETH:
WHEREAS, Sublandlord, by Lease Agreement dated September 16, 1996,
(the "Master Lease"), leased from Pavilion Partners, L.P. (the "Landlord") Suite
370 comprising 2,093 rentable square feet (the "Premises"), of that certain
building located at 1100 Lake Hearn Drive, Atlanta, Georgia (the "Building"),
such Premises being more particularly described on Exhibit B to the Master Lease
(a copy of which Master Lease is attached hereto as Exhibit "A" and made a part
hereof); and
WHEREAS, Subtenant desires to sublease the Premises on the terms and
conditions set forth below;
NOW THEREFORE, for and in consideration of the sum of TEN and NO/100
Dollars, the mutual promises set forth below, and other good and valuable
consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which is hereby acknowledged, the
parties hereto, intending to be legally bound, do hereby agree as follows:
1. Premises; Term
Sublandlord hereby subleases to Subtenant, and Subtenant hereby subleases
from Sublandlord, the Premises for a term (the "Sublease Term") commencing on
the date (the "Commencement Date") which is the earlier of (i) the date of
occupancy agreed to by Sublandlord and Subtenant, or (ii) March ____, 1998, and
ending March 30, 2001 (the "Expiration Date") unless sooner terminated according
to the terms hereof.
2. Subordination
This Sublease is hereby expressly made subject and subordinate to the
Master Lease and shall be upon the same terms, covenants and conditions provided
in the Master Lease as applicable to the Premises (except such as by their
nature are inapplicable to or inconsistent with this Sublease or as otherwise
provided herein). Subtenant acknowledges that its possession and use of the
Premises shall at all times be subject to the rights of Landlord set forth in
the Master Lease. Sublandlord shall have no liability to Subtenant for any acts
of the Landlord pursuant to the Master Lease. The provisions of the Master Lease
pertaining to the Premises are deemed included herein and made a part hereof
("Sublandlord" being substituted for "Landlord" and "Subtenant" being
substituted for "Tenant"), except that Subtenant's obligations for each subject
addressed in this Sublease, including rental obligations, are limited to the
terms of this Sublease.
3. Obligations Under Master Lease
For the purposes of this Sublease only, from and after the Commencement
Date, and only with respect to matters first accruing thereafter, Subtenant
hereby assumes all of the responsibilities and obligations to be performed on
the part of Sublandlord as tenant under the Master Lease with respect to the
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Premises for the entire Sublease Term (other than the obligations to pay rent
and additional rent and other amounts which are governed by this Sublease).
Subtenant covenants and agrees not to do, permit or allow, by anyone under
Subtenant's control, any act which would violate or constitute a breach of or a
default under the Master Lease. Upon any breach by Subtenant of any of the
terms, covenants, or agreements to be performed or observed under this Sublease
by Subtenant, which breach is not cured within the applicable notice and cure
period under the Master Lease, Sublandlord may exercise any of the rights given
to the Landlord under the Master Lease, subject to the limitations thereof and
hereof, and the exercise thereof shall not be in derogation of, but shall be in
addition to any other remedies available to Sublandlord, hereunder or under law
or equity.
4. Termination
In the event the Master Lease is terminated pursuant to its terms prior to
the expiration of the term of this Sublease, this Sublease shall automatically
cease and terminate as of the date upon which the Master Lease is terminated.
Upon any such termination of the Master Lease, all rent due hereunder shall be
prorated from the first day of the month of termination. Neither party, provided
it is not responsible for a default causing such termination, shall have any
further obligation or liability to the other arising out of this Sublease except
for the payment by Subtenant of such amounts of rent as so prorated and any
other amounts accrued as of the date of termination, and except for rights or
obligations that had accrued prior to the effective date of the termination of
this Sublease. To the extent that Sublandlord has over (30) days' notice of such
termination, Sublandlord agrees to give Subtenant reasonable notice at least
thirty (30) days prior to any such termination date, and shall in any event
forward any such notice of termination to Subtenant promptly upon receipt.
5. Rent
A. Base Rental
Subtenant shall pay Sublandlord the Base Rental, as defined in the Master
Lease, for the Premises during the Sublease Term which, as of the date hereof,
is $3,328.00 per month. The Base Rental shall be payable in advance in equal
monthly installments beginning on the Commencement Date and continuing on the
25th day of each and every month thereafter ("Due Date"), during the Sublease
Term, without demand, deduction, set-off or abatement whatsoever. Said payments
of Base Rental shall be made directly to Sublandlord at the address of
Sublandlord set forth herein. Appropriate prorations shall be made in the event
the Commencement Date is not a Due Date or in the event that the Sublease
terminates prior to a Due Date.
B. Additional Rental
Subtenant shall also pay Sublandlord, any and all Additional Rental, as
defined in the Master Lease, as and when the same shall become due and payable
under the provisions of the Master Lease. Subtenant shall remit the Additional
Rental for each month to Sublandlord on the Due Date of the successive month
which, as of the date hereof, is $0.00 per month. Any year-end adjustment of
Additional Rental pursuant to Section 7(ii) or (iii) of the Master Lease shall
be prorated between Sublandlord and Subtenant based on Commencement or
Termination Date, as the case may be and at the time of adjustment between
Landlord and Sublandlord for any full calendar year.
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C. Late Charge
Any rental amounts not received within five (5) days of when due shall bear
interest at the rate of one and one-half percent (1.5%) per month until paid.
6. Condition of Premises
Subtenant represents that it has made a thorough examination and inspection
of the Premises and is familiar with the condition of such property, and
Subtenant agrees to accept the Premises in their "as is" condition, as of the
date of this Sublease. Subtenant agrees that it enters into this Sublease
without any representations or warranties by Sublandlord, its agents,
representatives, servants or employees or any other person, as to the condition
or use by Subtenant of the Premises.
7. Exclusion from Master Lease
The following Articles or Sections of the Master Lease are expressly
excluded from this Sublease and shall not apply to Subtenant: any renewal
options, or options to lease additional space in the Building, or rights of
first refusal with regard to space in the Building. Subtenant acknowledges and
agrees the such rights are personal to Sublandlord and that Subtenant shall have
no rights to exercise such options and renewals, if any, contained in the Master
Lease.
8. Services, Utilities, Maintenance and airs
Subtenant acknowledges and agrees that Sublandlord shall provide, only via
the Landlord, maintenance or repair of the Premises, utilities or services
described as being provided by the Landlord in the Master Lease. Subtenant
agrees that, in cooperation with the Sublandlord, it shall look solely to the
Landlord and not to Sublandlord for the rendition of all such services and the
performance of all obligations required to be furnished and performed in the
Premises. Subtenant shall receive directly from the Landlord all services and
utilities and the performance of all obligations which the Landlord is required
to provide in and for the benefit of the Premises, and Sublandlord shall have no
liability whatsoever in the event that Landlord fails to furnish or perform any
such services or obligations during the Sublease Term. However, Sublandlord
agrees to cooperate with Subtenant in good faith, in dealings with and notices
to Landlord regarding services, utilities, maintenance and repair of the
Premises.
9. Additional Services
Subtenant covenants and agrees to pay any fees and expenses assessed by
Landlord pursuant to the Master Lease resulting from Subtenant's use and
occupancy of the Premises. In addition, if other services not provided by
Landlord (the "Other Services") are obtained for the benefit of Subtenant,
Subtenant shall bear all of such costs, and Sublandlord agrees to cooperate with
Subtenant, to the extent reasonably requested, in obtaining such Other Services,
provided same are at no cost to Sublandlord.
10. Use of Premises
Subtenant shall use the Premises only for the "Permitted Use" as defined in
the Master Lease, and shall not use the Premises for any use or purpose which
would violate the Master Lease. Subtenant shall not change the use of the
Premises without the prior written consent of the Sublandlord, in its reasonable
discretion and Landlord, in the manner provided in the Master Lease. During the
Sublease Term, Subtenant agrees to assume any responsibility previously borne by
Sublandlord in its capacity as tenant under the Master Lease regarding the
Occupational Safety Health Act, the Americans with Disabilities Act,
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and the legal use or adaptability of the Premises and the compliance thereof to
all applicable laws and regulations enforced during the Sublease Term; provided,
however, that Sublandlord shall be responsible for and shall indemnify and hold
harmless Subtenant with respect to all such compliance of the Premises up to the
Commencement Date.
11. Alterations
Subtenant shall make no alterations, additions, installations or
improvements of any kind ("Alterations") to the Premises without the prior
written consent of Landlord (in accordance with the Master Lease) and
Sublandlord, in its reasonable discretion. Any Alterations made to the Premises
with consent shall be at the sole cost and expense of Subtenant, and Subtenant
agrees to restore the Premises to their condition as of the Commencement Date at
its sole cost if so requested by Sublandlord or Landlord at the end of the
Sublease Term. Any and all approved Alterations shall be made in conformity with
the applicable terms and conditions of the Master Lease. Subtenant shall submit
its proposed Alterations, simultaneously to Landlord and Sublandlord for
consent, subject to the provisions of the Master Lease.
12. Assignment and Subletting
A. Consent Required
Subtenant shall not voluntarily or by operation of law assign, transfer,
mortgage, sublet, or otherwise transfer or encumber all or any part of
Subtenant's interest in this Sublease or the Premises without the prior written
consent of the Landlord (in accordance with the apple provisions of the Master
Lease) and Sublandlord, in Sublandlord's reasonable discretion. Any actual or
attempted assignment, transfer, mortgage, encumbrance or subletting without such
consent shall be void, and shall constitute a breach of this Sublease, subject
to the applicable notice and cure provisions of the Master Lease.
B. No Release
Regardless of any consent by Sublandlord, no subletting or assignment shall
release Subtenant of Subtenant's obligation, or alter the primary liability of
Subtenant to pay the Base Rental, Additional Rental, and to perform all other
obligations to be performed by Subtenant hereunder. The acceptance of rent by
Sublandlord from any other person shall not be deemed a waiver by Sublandlord of
any provision hereof. Consent to one assignment or subletting shall not be
deemed consent to any subsequent assignment or subletting. In the event of
default by any assignee of Subtenant or any successor of Subtenant in the
performance of any of the terms hereof, Sublandlord may proceed directly against
Subtenant without the necessity of exhausting remedies against said assignee or
such additional sublessee.
C. Fees
In the event Subtenant shall assign or sublet the Premises or request the
consent of Sublandlord to any assignment or subletting, or if Subtenant shall
request the consent of Sublandlord for any act that Subtenant proposes to do,
then Subtenant shall reimburse Sublandlord for any fees Sublandlord is required
to pay as tenant pursuant to the Master Lease, by reason of such act. Should
Sublandlord be required to pay any sums to Landlord to obtain Landlord's
approval of this Sublease, Subtenant shall not be required to reimburse
Sublandlord for any such sums.
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13. Consents and Approvals
Sublandlord shall not be liable for any damages if Sublandlord withholds or
delays any consent or approval requested by Subtenant, and as to any consent or
approval which the Sublandlord has agreed in writing not to unreasonably
withhold or delay, Subtenant shall have only the remedy of specific performance
or injunction.
14. Indemnity
Subtenant shall indemnify and hold harmless Sublandlord and the Landlord
from and against any and all claims arising from Subtenant's use of the
Premises, or from the conduct of Subtenant's business or from any activity, work
or thing done, permitted or allowed by Subtenant in or about the Premises or the
Project (as defined in the Lease), and shall further indemnify and hold harmless
the Sublandlord and the Landlord from and against any all claims arising from
any breach or default in the performance of any obligation on Subtenant's part
to be performed under the terms of this Sublease, or arising from any negligence
of Subtenant or any of Subtenant's agents, contractors, or employees, and from
and against all costs, attorneys' fees, expenses and liabilities incurred in the
defense of any such claim or any action or proceeding brought thereon. Subtenant
agrees that should any action or proceeding be brought against Sublandlord or
the Landlord by reason of any such claim, upon notice from Sublandlord or the
Landlord, Subtenant shall defend the same at Subtenant's expense by counsel
reasonably satisfactory to Sublandlord.
Subtenant, as a material part of the consideration to Sublandlord, hereby
assumes all risk of damage to property or injury to persons, in, upon or about
the Premises arising from Subtenant's use of the Premises, and Subtenant hereby
waives all claims in respect thereof against Sublandlord. Subtenant hereby
agrees that Sublandlord shall not be liable for injury to Subtenant's business
or any loss of income therefrom, or for damage to the goods, wares, merchandise
or other property of Subtenant, Subtenant's shareholders, employees, invitees,
customers or any other person in or about the Premises, nor shall Sublandlord be
liable for injury to any person including Subtenant's shareholders, employees,
agents or contractors, whether such damage or injury is caused by or results
from fire, steam, electricity, gas, water or rain, or from the breakage,
leakage, obstruction or other defects of pipes, sprinklers, wires, appliances,
plumbing, air conditioning or lighting fixtures, or from any other cause whether
the said damage or injury results from conditions arising upon the Premises or
upon portions of the Building, or from other sources or places, and regardless
of whether the cause of such damage or injury or the means of repairing the same
is inaccessible to Subtenant. Sublandlord shall not be liable for any damages
arising from any act, omission or neglect of the Landlord or any tenant of the
Building.
15. Insurance
Sublandlord shall have no obligation to provide insurance or perform any
repair, replacement, or any other requirement imposed upon the Landlord as
landlord pursuant to the Master Lease in the event of damage to all of or any
part of the Building. Subtenant shall obtain and maintain insurance policies
identical to those required to be maintained by Sublandlord as tenant pursuant
to the Master Lease and Sublandlord and Landlord shall be named as additional
insureds. Subtenant acknowledges and agrees that the Landlord and Sublandlord
shall not be responsible or liable to Subtenant for any loss or damage at the
Premises.
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16. Estoppel Certificate
A. Requirements
Subtenant shall, at any time, upon not less than ten (10) days' prior
written notice from Sublandlord, execute, acknowledge and deliver to Sublandlord
a statement in writing (i) certifying that this Sublease is unmodified and in
full force and effect (or, if modified, stating the nature of such modification
and certifying that this Sublease, as so modified, is in full force and effect)
and the extent to which the rent and other charges are paid in advance, if any;
and (ii) acknowledging that there are not, to Subtenant's knowledge, any uncured
defaults on the part of Sublandlord hereunder, or specifying such defaults if
any are claimed. Any such statement may be conclusively relied upon by any
prospective assignee or mortgagees of the Premises.
B. Failure to Comply
Subtenant's failure to provide such statement within such times shall be a
default by Subtenant under this Sublease, and shall be conclusive upon Subtenant
(i) that this Sublease is in full force and effect, without modification except
as may be represented by Sublandlord; (ii) that there are no uncured defaults in
the performance by Sublandlord or Landlord; and (iii) that not more than one
month's rent has been paid in advance.
17. Eminent Domain
In the event of any condemnation of the Premises, all awards and
compensation, or proceeds payable to Sublandlord pursuant to the Master Lease
shall be the property of Sublandlord. No part of any condemnation awards,
compensation or proceeds shall be payable to Subtenant.
18. Rules and Regulations
Subtenant shall faithfully observe and comply with all rules and
regulations described in or annexed to the Master Lease, as amended from time to
time.
19. Tax on Tenant's Personal Property
Subtenant shall pay all taxes levied or assessed upon Subtenant's personal
property and shall deliver satisfactory evidence of such payment to Sublandlord,
if requested.
20. Right to Additional Space
Subtenant acknowledges that it shall have no rights under this Sublease to
lease any other space in the Building.
21. Guaranty
In order to induce Sublandlord to execute this Sublease, and for other good
and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby
acknowledged, the undersigned party identified as "Guarantor" on the signature
page of this Sublease agree to enter into and simultaneously with the execution
of this Sublease has entered into a Guaranty attached hereto as Exhibit "B".
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22. Arbitration
Any dispute arising out of this Sublease shall, at the option of either
party, be settled by arbitration. Within ten (10) days after either party shall
have requested arbitration in writing, the parties shall agree on an impartial
arbitrator, and failing agreement, such arbitrator shall be selected by the
American Arbitration Association at the request of either party. The arbitration
shall be conducted in accordance with the then current rules of commercial
arbitration of the American Arbitration Association, and judgment upon the award
granted by the arbitrator may be entered in any court having jurisdiction
thereof. Fees, costs and expenses of the arbitrator shall be borne by the party
against whom the arbitration shall be determined, or in such proportions as the
arbitrator shall designate.
23. Abatement of Rent
Should Sublandlord receive an abatement of rent under the Master Lease,
such abatement shall be passed through and inure to the benefit of Subtenant.
24. Severability
The invalidity of any provision of this Sublease as determined by a court
of competent jurisdiction shall in no way affect the validity of any other
provision hereof.
25. Time of Essence
Time is of the essence of this Sublease.
26. Captions
Captions of Articles or subdivisions thereof are not a part hereof and are
intended for reference purposes.
27. Notices
All notices or demands given or required to be given hereunder shall be in
writing and shall be sent by hand delivery, overnight courier, or by certified
or registered mail, return receipt requested, addressed to the parties'
addresses set forth below or to each other address as either party may specify
in writing in accordance with this notice provision. Any such notice so given
shall be deemed given and shall be effective on the day of its receipt by the
respective party. Sublandlord shall promptly forward copies of notices from
Landlord to Subtenant upon receipt.
PRIOR TO OCCUPANCY:
Sublandlord: Quality Diagnostic Services, Inc.
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3399 Peachtree Road, N.E., Suite 400
Atlanta, Georgia 30326
Attention: W. Michael Heekin
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with a copy to:
Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough, L.L.P.
First Union Plaza, Suite 1400
999 Peachtree Street, N.E.
Atlanta, Georgia 30309
Attention: James Walker, IV
Subtenant: Card Guard USA, Inc.
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229 Peachtree Street, N.E.
Atlanta, Georgia 30303
Attention: Michael Rosenzweig
With a copy to:
Rogers & Hardin, L.L.P.
2700 International Tower
229 Peachtree Street, N.E.
Atlanta, Georgia 30303
Attention: Michael Rosenzweig
AFTER OCCUPANCY:
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Sublandlord: Quality Diagnostic Services, Inc.
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3399 Peachtree Road, N.E., Suite 400
Atlanta, Georgia 30326
Attention: W. Michael Heekin
with a copy to:
Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough, L.L.P.
First Union Plaza, Suite 1400
999 Peachtree Street, N.E.
Atlanta, Georgia 30309
Attention: James Walker, IV
Subtenant: Card Guard USA, Inc.
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1100 Lake Hearn Drive, Suite 370
Atlanta, Georgia 30342
Attention: Michael Elias
With a copy to:
Rogers & Hardin, L.L.P.
2700 International Tower
229 Peachtree Street, N.E.
Atlanta, Georgia 30303
Attention: Michael Rosenzweig
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28. Brokers
Subtenant warrants and represents to Sublandlord that it has dealt with no
broker or real estate agent or made no agreement or created any liability with
respect to this Sublease and/or the Premises or in connection with the payment
of brokerage or other commissions to anyone, and Subtenant hereby agrees to
indemnify, defend and hold Sublandlord harmless from and against all liability,
cost, or expense arising out of the claims of any other broker or real estate
agent claiming by, through or under Subtenant for a commission in connection
with this Sublease and/or the transaction contemplated by this Sublease.
Sublandlord warrants and represents to Subtenant that it has dealt with no
broker or real estate agent or made no agreement or created any liability with
respect to this Sublease and/or the Premises or in connection with the payment
of brokerage or other commissions to anyone, and Sublandlord hereby agrees to
indemnify, defend and hold Subtenant harmless from and against all liability,
cost, or expense rising out of the claims of any other broker or real estate
agent claiming by, through or under Sublandlord for a commission in connection
with this Sublease and/or the transaction contemplated by this Sublease.
29. Consents Required
This Sublease is expressly conditioned upon the written consent of the
Landlord. Upon execution of this Sublease, Sublandlord will promptly request
such written consent. If such consent has not been received by Sublandlord
within (30) days from the date of hereof, then, at the option of either party,
upon written notice to the other at anytime after such 30-day period, this
Sublease shall be deemed canceled, null and void and of no further force and
effect, and neither party shall have any claim of any kind or nature against the
other provided such notice is sent before the Landlord's written consent is
delivered to Sublandlord. In no event shall Sublandlord be obligated to deliver
possession of the Premises to Subtenant until the date upon which Sublandlord
notifies Subtenant that it has received the written consent of the Landlord;
however, there shall be an equitable abatement of rent until delivery of
possession of the Premises to Subtenant. Subtenant shall have no liability if
this Sublease is terminated due to such lack of consent.
30. Condition of Premises on Termination
Upon the expiration or other termination of the Sublease Term, Subtenant
covenants and agrees that it shall quit and surrender the Premises in the
condition existing as of the Commencement Date, shall remove all of Subtenant's
personal property therefrom (except such items, including, without limitation,
such fixtures, equipment, improvements and Alterations, which are required to
remain a part of the Premises pursuant to the Master Lease), and shall make any
repairs or restorations required by reason of each removal to put the Premises
in such condition.
31. Waivers
No waiver by Sublandlord of any provision hereof shall be deemed a waiver
of any provision hereof or of any subsequent breach by Subtenant of the same or
any provision. The consent or approval by Sublandlord of any act shall not be
deemed to render unnecessary obtaining subsequent consent or approval from
Sublandlord or any subsequent act by Subtenant. The acceptance of rent hereunder
by Sublandlord shall not be a waiver of any preceding breach by Subtenant of any
provision hereof, regardless of knowledge by Sublandlord of such preceding
breach at the time of acceptance of such rent.
32. Recording
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Subtenant shall not record this Sublease, and such recordation shall, at
the option of Sublandlord, constitute a non-curable default of Subtenant
hereunder.
33. Holding Over
Subtenant shall have no right to hold over at the Premises beyond the
Expiration Date or earlier termination of this Sublease. If Subtenant remains in
possession after the expiration or earlier termination of the Sublease Term
without the express written consent of Sublandlord, such occupancy shall, at the
Sublandlord's option, be deemed an act of trespass. In the event of any such
holdover, Subtenant shall pay as liquidated damages (and not as rent) all
amounts payable by Sublandlord to Landlord incurred as a result of such
holdover, including but not limited to all amounts payable by Sublandlord to the
Landlord pursuant to the Master Lease as a result of such continued occupancy by
Subtenant. Nothing herein shall be deemed to limit Sublandlord's rights to
forcibly evict Subtenant, or any other rights or remedies available to
Sublandlord. No receipt of money by Sublandlord form Subtenant after expiration
or termination of this Sublease shall reinstate or extend this Sublease.
34. Cumulative Remedies
No remedy or election hereunder shall be deemed exclusive but shall,
wherever possible, be cumulative with all other remedies at law or in equity.
35. Covenants and Conditions
Each provision of this Sublease performable by Subtenant shall be deemed
both a covenant and a condition.
36. Choice of Law
This Sublease shall be governed by the laws of the State of Georgia without
regard to conflicts of laws.
37. Attorneys' Fees
In the event Sublandlord, without any fault on its part, is a party to any
proceeding, including litigation, commenced by or against Subtenant or by or
against any parties in possession of the Premises or any part thereof claiming
under Subtenant, Subtenant shall pay to Sublandlord all costs, including,
without limitation, reasonable attorneys' fees incurred by or imposed by or upon
Sublandlord in connection with such proceeding, and the costs of enforcement of
this Sublease against Subtenant.
38. Sublandlord's Access
Sublandlord and its agents shall have the right to enter the Premises at
reasonable times, upon reasonable notice to Subtenant, for the purpose of
inspecting the Premises and showing the Premises to prospective assignees,
lenders or lessees, all without undue interruption to Subtenant's business. In
addition, Sublandlord shall have the right to enter the Premises to perform such
actions as are required of it as tenant pursuant to the Master Lease. Subject to
the above, and provided Subtenant is not in default hereunder (subject to any
applicable notice and cure period under the Master Lease) or under the Master
Lease, Sublandlord covenants that Subtenant shall have the right to possession
and quiet enjoyment of the Premises during the term of this Sublease.
Sublandlord shall take no action or fail to take a required action
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which would cause a default under the Master Lease and shall indemnify and hold
harmless Subtenant from all loss, cost, damage, action, liability and expenses
incurred by Subtenant as a result thereof.
39. Security Deposit
Upon the execution of this Sublease, Subtenant shall pay to Sublandlord the
sum of $0.00 as security for Subtenant's performance of its obligations under
this Sublease. Upon termination of this Sublease, provided Subtenant is not then
in default of any of the terms hereof, the security deposit shall be returned to
Subtenant, without interest, less any amounts due Sublandlord upon termination.
40. Corporate Authority
Each individual executing this Sublease on behalf of Subtenant or
Sublandlord represents and warrants that he is duly authorized to execute and
deliver this Sublease on behalf of such party.
41. Amendments
This Sublease may be modified only in writing, signed by the parties in
interest at the time of the modification.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have set their hands and seals as of
the day and year first above written.
[SIGNATURES CONTINUED ON NEXT PAGE]
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Signed, sealed and delivered SUBLANDLORD:
this 30 day of March, -----------
1998, in the presence of:
QUALITY DIAGNOSTIC SERVICES, INC.,
/s/ W. Michael Heekin a Georgia corporation
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Witness By: /s/ Blake Whitney
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/s/ Michele M. Riddick Title: President
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Notary Public
My Commission Expires [CORPORATE SEAL]
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[NOTARIAL SEAL]
SUBTENANT:
Signed, sealed and delivered
this _____ day of March, CARD GUARD, USA, INC.,
1998, in the presence of: a Georgia corporation
---------------------------------- By: /s/ Michael Elias
Witness -------------------------------
Title: Executive Vice President
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Notary Public
[CORPORATE SEAL]
My Commission Expires
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[NOTARIAL SEAL]
GUARANTOR:
Signed, sealed and delivered ---------
this _____ day of March,
1998, in the presence of: CARD GUARD SCIENTIFIC SURVIVAL, LTD
---------------------------------- By: /s/ Michael Elias
Witness -------------------------------
Print Name: Michael Elias
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---------------------------------- Title: Executive Vice President
Notary Public ----------------------------
My Commission Expires
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[NOTARIAL SEAL]
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LANDLORD CONSENT TO SUBLEASE
The undersigned Landlord does hereby consent to the subleasing of the
Premises by Sublandlord to Subtenant pursuant to and in accordance with the
provisions of the within and foregoing Sublease, subject to the following terms
conditions:
1. Landlord's consent shall not in any manner release Sublandlord
from, or relieve Sublandlord of, any of the terms, covenants, conditions,
agreements, requirements, provisions or restrictions set forth in the
Lease, or from the full and complete payment and performance of all duties,
obligations, liabilities and responsibilities of Sublandlord under the
Lease, whenever arising, for which Sublandlord shall remain liable and
responsible in all respects, as principal and not as surety.
2. Sublandlord and Subtenant acknowledge and agree that the Sublease
is, and shall at all times be and remain, in all respects, subject and
subordinate to the Lease and all of the terms, covenants, conditions,
agreements, requirements, provisions or restrictions set forth in the
Lease.
3. Upon a default by Sublandlord in the payment of any base rental,
additional rent or other amounts due under the Lease, or upon any other
default by Sublandlord under the Lease, Landlord shall have, in addition to
its other rights and remedies under the Lease, the right to collect and
receive from Subtenant, upon written demand from Landlord to Sublandlord
and Subtenant at the addresses for notices set forth in the Sublease, any
rental due and payable under the Sublease by Subtenant to Sublandlord. Any
such sums so collected and received shall be applied by Landlord to any
amounts due from Sublandlord under the Lease in such order as Landlord
elects and in furtherance of the foregoing. Sublandlord hereby assigns to
Landlord the rent and other sums due from Subtenant and hereby authorizes
and directs Subtenant to pay such rent directly to Landlord; provided,
however, that, until the occurrence of a default under the Lease,
Sublandlord shall have the license to continue collecting such rent from
Subtenant; and, provided further, however, it is agreed that for all
purposes Landlord is not a party to the Sublease. Landlord shall not have
the right to demand payment from Subtenant of any amounts paid by Subtenant
to Sublandlord prior to receipt of notice from Landlord as provided herein.
4. Upon default by Sublandlord under the Lease and the subsequent
termination of the Lease by Landlord, at the option of Landlord, Subtenant
shall be bound under the terms and conditions of the Sublease with the same
force and effect as if Landlord were the original sublessor, and Subtenant
agrees to execute any attornment agreement requested by Landlord not in
conflict herewith.
5. The consent by Landlord to the Sublease shall not be deemed an
approval of any future assignment of the Lease or the Sublease, or of any
subsequent subletting of the Premises or any portion thereof; and any such
future assignment or subletting shall be made subject to Landlord's prior
written consent, which consent may be withheld in Landlord's sole
discretion, and any such assignment or subletting without the written
consent of Landlord shall be null and void. No assignment of the Lease or
the Sublease, and no subletting of the Premises or any portion thereof,
shall in any manner release Sublandlord from, or relieve Sublandlord of,
any of the terms, covenants, conditions, agreements, requirements,
provisions or restrictions set forth in the Lease, or from the full and
complete payment and performance of all duties, obligations, liabilities
and responsibilities of Sublandlord under the Lease, whenever arising,
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for which Sublandlord shall remain liable and responsible in all respects,
as principal and not as surety.
6. By consenting to the Sublease, Landlord in no way agrees to
perform or to be obligated to perform any services for the benefit of
Subtenant under the Sublease, but Landlord shall continue to provide
services to the Premises (as part of the Premises) in accordance with the
terms and conditions of the Lease. Subtenant shall have no rights or claims
against Landlord, but shall instead look solely to Sublandlord for any such
claims, except as may arise after Landlord exercises its rights under
Section 4 hereof.
7. This Consent shall not be deemed to create any contractual or
other relationship between Landlord and Subtenant.
8. Sublandlord and Subtenant agree by their acceptance of this
Consent that the Sublease shall not be amended or modified without the
prior written consent of Landlord, and that the Lease remains in full force
and effect without modification and is binding on Sublandlord, as lessee
thereunder, and Sublandlord hereby ratifies and affirms the same. This
Consent and Agreement does not constitute recognition of any deviations,
alteration or substitutions from the terms and conditions of the Lease.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned Landlord has executed this Consent
under seal this _____ day of April, 1998.
LANDLORD:
PAVILION PARTNERS, L.P., a Georgia limited
partnership
By: Bentley Investments, Inc., a Georgia
corporation, its sole general partner
By: /s/ Lawrence R. Cooper
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Name: Lawrence R. Cooper
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Title: President
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(CORPORATE SEAL)
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EXHIBIT "A"
MASTER LEASE
(See Exhibit 10.30 to Registration Statement)
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EXHIBIT "B"
STATE OF GEORGIA
COUNTY OF FULTON
GUARANTY
KNOWN ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS:
In consideration of the subletting by Quality Diagnostic Services, Inc.
("Sublandlord") to Card Guard USA, Inc. ("Subtenant") pursuant to Sublease
Agreement dated March ____, 1998 (the "Sublease") of the premises described
therein, the delivery of which Sublease is conditioned upon the execution and
delivery of this guaranty ("Guaranty"), and the payment of One Dollar ($1.00) to
the undersigned by Sublandlord, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby
acknowledged by the undersigned, the undersigned (hereinafter collectively
called the "Guarantor") does hereby unconditionally guarantee the full, prompt
and complete performance by Subtenant of all of the terms, covenants, conditions
and agreements contained in the Sublease on the part of Subtenant to be
performed, including specifically, without limitation, the obligation to pay all
rents and any other charges or obligations therein set forth, together with any
and all renewal or renewals, extension or extensions, modification or
modifications thereof, and substitution or substitutions therefor (all such
obligations being hereinafter called the "Obligations").
Guarantor waives presentment, demand, dishonor, notice of dishonor,
protest, and all other notices whatsoever, including, without limitation,
notices of acceptance hereof, of the existence or creation of the Obligations,
and of all defaults, disputes or controversies with Subtenant, and of the
settlement, compromise or adjustments thereof. Guarantor agrees that Sublandlord
shall have full authority, without obtaining the consent of, giving notice to,
or affecting the liability of Guarantor, to make changes of terms, to extend
time to pay, to release the whole or any part of the Obligations, to settle or
compound differences for less than the full amount owing under the Lease, to
accept notes, trade acceptances or any other form of obligation for the
Obligations, to make arrangements or settlements in or out of court in the case
of receivership, liquidation, readjustment, bankruptcy, reorganization,
arrangement or an assignment for the benefit of creditors and to do anything,
whether or not herein specified, which may be done or waived by or between
Sublandlord and Subtenant. The making of such arrangements, settlements,
compromises, adjustments, extensions of time and so forth shall not diminish,
discharge, modify, reduce, extinguish or otherwise affect the liability of
Guarantor hereunder for the full amount owing under the Sublease. Guarantor
further agrees that no act or omission on the part of Sublandlord shall in any
way affect, impede or impair this Guaranty.
This Guaranty shall be enforceable without Sublandlord having (i) to
proceed against Subtenant (any right to require Sublandlord to take action
against Subtenant as required by O.C.G.A. (S) 10-7-24 being hereby expressly
waived) or against any security for any payments due under the Lease, or (ii) to
exercise any of Sublandlord's remedies under the Sublease, and shall be
effective regardless of the solvency or insolvency of Subtenant, any
reorganization, merger or consolidation of Subtenant, any change in the
composition, nature, personnel or location of Subtenant, or any bankruptcy,
receivership, liquidation, reorganization or other proceeding involving
Subtenant.
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This Guaranty shall be binding upon and enforceable against each person and
entity executing this Guaranty and upon the respective heirs, legal
representatives, successors and assigns of each such person and entity. The
liability of each person and entity executing this Guaranty and the heirs, legal
representatives, successors and assigns of each such entity and person hereunder
is joint and several, primary and unconditional, and shall not be subject to any
claim of offset, counterclaim or defense of Subtenant.
This Guaranty shall be irrevocable, absolute and unconditional and shall
remain in full force and effect as to Guarantor until such time as all of the
Obligations shall have been paid or satisfied in full. No delay or failure on
the part of Sublandlord in the exercise of any right or remedy shall operate as
a waiver thereof, and no single or partial exercise by Sublandlord of any right
or remedy shall preclude other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of
any other right or remedy. Guarantor agrees that this Guaranty shall not be
affected by reason of assertion by Sublandlord against Subtenant of any rights
or remedies reserved to Sublandlord in the Sublease, or by reason of any summary
or other proceedings against Subtenant, or by the amendment or modification of
the Sublease with or without notice to, or consent of, the Guarantor.
This Guaranty shall remain in full force and effect, and Guarantor shall
continue to be liable for the payment of all amounts owing under the Sublease in
accordance with the original terms of the documents and instruments evidencing
the same, notwithstanding the commencement of any bankruptcy, reorganization or
other debtor relief proceeding by or against Subtenant, and notwithstanding any
modification, discharge or extension of the Obligations, any modification or
amendment of any document or instrument evidencing any of the Obligations, any
stay of the exercise by Sublandlord of any of its rights and remedies against
Subtenant with respect to any of the Obligations, or any cure of any default by
Subtenant under any document or instrument evidencing any of the Obligations,
which may be effected in connection with any such proceeding, whether permanent
or temporary, and notwithstanding any assent thereto by Sublandlord.
Sublandlord may, without notice of any kind, sell, assign or transfer the
Sublease, and in such event each and every immediate and successive assignee,
transferee or holder of the Sublease shall have the right to enforce this
Guaranty, by suit or otherwise, for the benefit of such assignee, transferee or
holder, as fully as if such person were herein by name specifically give such
rights, powers and benefits, but Sublandlord shall have an unimpaired right to
enforce this Guaranty for its benefit as to so much of the Obligations as
Sublandlord has not sold, assigned or transferred.
This Guaranty has been made and delivered in the State of Georgia and shall
be governed by, construed under and interpreted and enforced in accordance with
the laws of the State of Georgia. Wherever possible, each provision of this
Guaranty shall be interpreted in such manner as to be effective and valid under
applicable law, but if any provision of this Guaranty shall be prohibited by or
be invalid under such law, such provision shall be ineffective to the extent of
such prohibition or invalidity, without invalidating the remainder of such
provision or the remaining provisions of this Guaranty.
Guarantor hereby submits to personal jurisdiction in the State of Georgia
for the enforcement of this Guaranty and waives any and all personal rights
under the laws of the State of Georgia or the United States to object to
jurisdiction within the State of Georgia for the purposes of litigation to
enforce this Guaranty. In the event that such litigation is commenced, Guarantor
agrees that service of process may be made, and personal jurisdiction over
Guarantor obtained, by the serving of a copy of the summons and complaint upon
Subtenant, as agent for Guarantor, at 1100 Lake Hearn Drive, Suite 370, Atlanta,
Georgia, and with a copy to its counsel, Rogers & Hardin, L.L.P. at 2700
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International Tower, 229 Peachtree Street, N.E., Atlanta, Georgia 30303,
Attention: Michael Rosenzweig. Nothing contained herein shall prevent
Sublandlord from bringing any action or exercising any rights against any
security given to Sublandlord by Subtenant or Guarantor, or against Guarantor
personally, or against any property of Guarantor, within any other state.
Commencement of any such action or proceeding in any other state shall not
constitute a waiver of the agreement that the laws of the State of Georgia shall
govern the rights and obligations of Guarantor and Sublandlord hereunder or of
the submission made by Guarantor to personal jurisdiction within the State of
Georgia. The aforesaid means of obtaining personal jurisdiction and perfecting
service of process are not intended to be exclusive but are cumulative and in
addition to all other means of obtaining personal jurisdiction and perfecting
service of process now or hereafter provided by the laws of the State of
Georgia.
Guarantor agrees that Guarantor shall have no right to recover against
Subtenant by way of subrogation to the rights of Sublandlord on account of any
payment by Guarantor to Sublandlord hereunder until all of the Obligations have
been paid and satisfied in full, and Guarantor hereby subordinates any such
rights of subrogation to such extent.
If Guarantor is a corporation or other business entity, Guarantor and the
persons executing this Guaranty as officers or representatives of the Guarantor
represent that Guarantor has full corporate authority to execute this Guaranty
and that the officers executing this Guaranty are duly authorized to execute
this Guaranty on behalf of the Guarantor, and that there is no provision in
Guarantor's charter, bylaws or other governing document that in any way
conflicts with or prevents the execution, delivery or performance of this
Guaranty by Guarantor. Guarantor further represents that there is no provision
of any other agreement by which Guarantor is bound that in any way conflicts
with or prevents the execution, delivery or performance of this Guaranty by
Guarantor.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, Guarantor has executed, sealed and delivered this
Guaranty, all this ______ day of March, 1998.
Signed, sealed and delivered this _____ day CARD GUARD SCIENTIFIC SURVIVAL, LTD
of March, 1998, in the presence of:
By: /s/ Michael Elias
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Witness Print Name: Michael Elias
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Notary Public Title: Executive Vice President
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My Commission Expires
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[NOTARIAL SEAL]
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EXHIBIT 10.32
EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT
THIS EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT (the "Agreement") is made as of the 30th day
of September, 1998, by and between WebMD, INC., a Georgia corporation ("WebMD")
and JEFFREY T. ARNOLD, an individual (the "Executive"), and is effective as of
the date hereof.
WHEREAS, Executive has made and is expected to continue to make a
significant contribution to the success and development of WebMD in his role as
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of WebMD; and
WHEREAS, Executive is willing to render services to WebMD on the terms
and subject to the conditions set forth herein.
NOW, THEREFORE, for good and valuable consideration, the receipt and
sufficiency of which is hereby acknowledged by Executive and WebMD including,
without limitation, the promises and covenants described herein, the parties
hereto, intending to be legally bound, hereby agree as follows:
ARTICLE I
EMPLOYMENT
SECTION 1.1 Term of Employment. The term of Executive's employment
hereunder shall continue for a period of two (2) years from the effective date
hereof, unless earlier terminated as provided in this Agreement. At the end of
the second year of the initial two-year term, and at the end of each year-long
extension hereof, this Agreement shall automatically be extended for an
additional one-year term unless either party hereto shall give written notice of
its or his intent to terminate three
hundred sixty (360) days prior to the end of the initial two-year term or any
year-long extension hereof.
SECTION 1.2 Duties and Responsibilities of Executive. Executive is
hereby employed full time as the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of WebMD,
shall do and perform all services and acts necessary or advisable to fulfill the
duties of such offices, and shall conduct and perform such additional services
and activities as may be determined from time to time by the Board of Directors
of WebMD. During the term of this Agreement, Executive shall devote his full
time, energy and skill to the business of WebMD and to the promotion of WebMD's
interests, and Executive acknowledges that he has a duty of loyalty to WebMD and
shall not engage in, directly or indirectly, any other business or activity that
could materially and adversely affect WebMD's business or the Executive's
ability to perform his duties under this Agreement.
In his capacity as an officer of WebMD, Executive shall report to the
Board of Directors of WebMD. Executive's authority and responsibility in WebMD
shall at all times be subject to the review and discretion of the Board of
Directors, who shall have the final authority to make decisions regarding the
business of WebMD.
SECTION 1.3 Compensation. For all services to be rendered by
Executive under this Agreement, WebMD shall pay Executive as follows:
(a) Base Salary. Executive shall be paid an annual gross salary of
$180,000 payable bi-weekly. At the sole discretion of the Board of Directors of
WebMD, Executive's annual gross salary may be increased, from time to time,
throughout the term of this Agreement, the amount of any such increase to be
determined by the Board of Directors (or by the Compensation Committee thereof).
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(b) Annual Bonus. Executive shall be paid an annual bonus in an
amount approved by the Board of Directors of WebMD (or by the Compensation
Committee thereof).
SECTION 1.4 Benefits.
(a) Vacation. Executive shall be entitled to four weeks paid vacation
annually. Any vacation not used during any calendar year shall be forfeited
except that one week's unused vacation may be carried forward to the year
following the year in which such vacation entitlement accrued.
(b) Life, Disability and Retirement Programs. Executive shall be
entitled to participate in any life, disability and retirement programs that are
generally offered to or provided for the senior management personnel of WebMD,
said programs to be approved by the Board of Directors.
(c) Group Insurance. Executive shall be entitled to participate in
such group health and dental insurance programs (including family coverage) as
may from time to time be offered generally to all of the other members of the
senior management personnel of WebMD and its subsidiaries. Executive's
participation shall be on the same basis (including cost provisions) as such
other members of senior management.
SECTION 1.5 Stock Options. WebMD shall grant Executive options to
purchase One Million (1,000,000) shares of Common Stock, Series D, of WebMD (the
"Options"), such Options to be subject to the terms and conditions set forth
below. The Options shall be adjusted for any change in the total issued common
shares of WebMD (of any class) due to stock splits, stock dividends and similar
transactions.
(a) Grant, Vesting and Exercise. Options to purchase One
Million (1,000,000) shares of Common Stock, Series D, shall be granted as of the
effective date of this Agreement and at
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the exercise price of fifteen dollars ($15.00) per share. Said Options shall
vest and become exercisable in accordance with the following schedule and shall
remain exercisable through the fourth anniversary of the effective date of this
Agreement, at which time such Options shall expire unless earlier terminated in
accordance with the provisions hereof.
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OPTIONS FOR NUMBER OF SHARES DATE VESTED AND EXERCISABLE
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333,333 September 30, 1998
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166,667 September 30, 1999
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166,667 September 30, 2000
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333,333 September 30, 2001
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At the effective time and date of a registration statement filed under
the 1933 Act for a public offering of any series of WebMD's shares, one-half (
1/2) of the Options held by Executive which then have not vested and become
exercisable under the above vesting schedule will immediately vest and become
exercisable. All Options shall vest and become exercisable upon a Change of
Control of WebMD. For purposes of this Section 1.5(a), a "Change of Control"
shall mean a change of the possession, direct or indirect, of the power to
direct or cause the direction of management and policies of WebMD, whether
through ownership of voting securities, by contract (other than a commercial
contract for goods or non-management services), or otherwise. Without
limitation, a Change of Control shall be deemed to have occurred if any person
or entity that is not on the date hereof the beneficial owner of any securities
of WebMD becomes the beneficial owner, directly or indirectly, of 20% or more of
the combined voting power of WebMD's outstanding voting securities ordinarily
having the right to vote for the election of directors of WebMD.
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(b) Return of Options and Repurchase of Shares.
(i) In the event that Executive voluntarily resigns his
employment with WebMD prior to September 30, 2000, other than in a resignation
following a Constructive Termination (as defined in Section 3.2(b) below) all
then outstanding Options that have been issued to Executive shall be canceled as
of the date of Executive's notice of voluntary resignation. In the event that
Executive voluntarily resigns his employment with WebMD after September 30,
2000, or if Executive resigns his employment with WebMD prior to September 30,
2000 in a resignation following a Constructive Termination, all then outstanding
and exercisable options shall remain exercisable in full for a period of 120
days after the date of such notice of voluntary resignation. WebMD shall have
the option at its sole discretion to purchase any unexercised Options from the
Executive at a price per share equal to the difference between the exercise
price of such Options and the per share Fair Market Value of the shares of
Common Stock underlying such Options determined as of or before the thirtieth
(30/th/) day following the date such notice of voluntary resignation was given,
with the Fair Market Value of such shares of Common Stock to be determined in
the manner set forth in clause (iv) of this Subsection 1.5(b) set forth below.
Furthermore, in the event Executive voluntarily resigns his employment with
WebMD and no registration statement filed under the 1933 Act for a public
offering of any series of WebMD's shares has become effective, then WebMD in its
sole discretion may repurchase any shares of Common Stock purchased by Executive
through the exercise of any Options for an amount equal to the Fair Market Value
of such shares of Common Stock. Any such repurchase of shares by WebMD shall be
accomplished within 180 days after such receipt of such notice of resignation.
(ii) In the event that Executive's employment with WebMD shall be
terminated by WebMD for Cause (as defined in Section 3.1) after September 30,
1999 or at any time without Cause, all then outstanding and unexercised Options
shall become exercisable in full as of the date such notice of termination was
given by WebMD and shall remain exercisable in full for a
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period of 120 days after the date such notice of termination was given by WebMD.
WebMD shall have the option at its sole discretion to purchase any unexercised
Options from the Executive at a price per share equal to the difference between
the exercise price of such Options and the per share Fair Market Value of the
shares of Common Stock underlying such Option determined as of or before the
thirtieth (30/th/) day following the date such notice of termination was given
by WebMD, with the Fair Market Value of such shares of Common Stock to be
determined in the manner set forth in clause (iv) of Subsection 1.5(b) appearing
below. Furthermore, if no registration statement filed under the 1933 Act for a
public offering of any series of WebMD's Common Stock has become effective, then
WebMD in its sole discretion may repurchase any shares of Common Stock purchased
by Executive through the exercise of any Options for an amount equal to the Fair
Market Value of the shares of Common Stock. Any such repurchase of the shares of
Common Stock shall be accomplished within 180 days after the date such notice of
termination was given by WebMD.
(iii) In the event Executive's employment with WebMD shall be
terminated by WebMD for Cause on or before September 30, 1999, all then
outstanding Options will be canceled.
(iv) The Fair Market Value of a share of Common Stock, Series D,
on the date specified by WebMD shall mean (i) the closing sales price of the
Common Stock of WebMD on such date on the national securities exchange (treating
the Nasdaq National Market System as a national securities exchange) having the
greatest volume of trading in the Common Stock during the thirty (30) day period
preceding the day the value is to be determined or, if such exchange was not
open for trading on such date, the next preceding date on which it was open;
(ii) if the Common Stock is not traded on any national securities exchange, the
average of the closing high bid and low asked prices of the Common Stock on the
over-the-counter market, in arms-length transactions not involving an affiliate
of WebMD, on the day such value is to be determined, or in the absence of
closing bids on such day, the closing bids on the next preceding day on which
there were bids; (iii) if
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the Common Stock also is not traded on the over-the-counter market, the average
net proceeds per share received or the price paid by WebMD with respect to
shares of Common Stock of any series sold or purchased by WebMD in arms length
transactions during the ninety (90) days preceding the day the value is to be
determined; or (iv) if no such purchases or sale transactions by WebMD have
occurred within such ninety (90) day period, the Fair Market Value as determined
in good faith by the Board of Directors of WebMD based on (a) such r