Agreement - Adobe Systems Benelux BV and Sykes Europe Ltd.
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Under 17 C.F.R. §§ 200.80(b)(4)
200.83 and 240.24b-2
AGREEMENT
between
ADOBE SYSTEMS BENELUX B.V. a company incorporated in The Netherlands and having a place of business at Europlaza, Hoogoorddreef 54a, 1101 BE Amsterdam ZO, The Netherlands ("Adobe")
and
SYKES EUROPE LIMITED, a company incorporated in Scotland under the Companies Act with registered number 86519 and having its registered office at Nether Road, Galashiels, Selkirkshire, TD1 3HE (hereinafter called "Sykes")
WHEREAS:
NOW THEREFORE IT IS AGREED AS FOLLOWS:
(a) | "Adobe Databases" | shall mean the Adobe databases from time to time made available by Adobe to Sykes or created by Sykes pursuant to the provision of Services hereunder; | ||
"Adobe Direct" | shall mean Adobe's direct sales organisation designed to allow Registered End Users to acquire Adobe product upgrades, selected Adobe retail products, Adobe type and complementary Third Party Products and to provide Registered End Users with the latest information on Adobe upgrades and offers; |
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"Adobe Financial Month(s)" | shall mean the period(s) of four or five weeks Adobe uses for its internal financial accounting purposes, a list of all such months to be provided by Adobe to Sykes at the beginning of the relevant Adobe Financial Year while this Agreement is in force; | |||
"Adobe Financial Quarter(s)" | shall mean the period(s) of thirteen (13) weeks Adobe uses for its internal financial accounting purposes, a list of all such quarters to be provided by Adobe to Sykes upon commencement of this Agreement and at the beginning of the relevant Adobe Financial Year while this Agreement is in force; | |||
"Adobe Financial Year" | shall mean 4th December 1999 to 1st December 2000 for financial year 2000 and, for subsequent years, such period as Adobe designates as its financial year for its internal financial accounting purposes; | |||
"Adobe Group" | shall mean Adobe Systems Incorporated and its subsidiaries and affiliates, including Adobe; | |||
"Adobe Products" | shall mean Direct Sales Products and ASN Products but excluding Third Party Products; | |||
"Agent(s)" | shall mean ASN CSRs and/or CSRs as the case may be; | |||
"Agreement" | shall mean this Agreement between Adobe and Sykes; | |||
"ASN" | shall mean the Adobe Solutions Network set up and operated by Adobe; | |||
"ASN CSR" | shall mean a customer services representative allocated to the provision of ASN Services and forming part of the ASN Team; | |||
"ASN Countries" | shall mean all countries in the world other than the United States of America, Canada, Japan, China, India, Australia, New Zealand, Iran, Iraq, Cuba, Libya and North Korea and the countries comprised in South East Asia and Latin America, and such other countries as the parties may agree in writing from time to time (such agreement not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed); | |||
"ASN Database" | shall mean the database of ASN Members and their registration, programme and other details; | |||
"ASN Members" | shall mean members from time to time of the ASN; | |||
"ASN Products" | shall mean the products distributed or provided through the ASN as identified by Adobe from time to time; | |||
"ASN Programmes" | shall mean the individual programmes to which ASN Members subscribe, as more particularly detailed in the Statement of Work; | |||
"ASN Schedule" | shall mean Part 3 of the Schedule; | |||
"ASN Services" | shall mean the services to be provided by Sykes in terms of this Agreement in operating the ASN on behalf of Adobe; | |||
"ASN Team" | shall mean the Sykes employees allocated to the provision of ASN Services (including but not limited to the ASN Management Team and all ASN CSRs); |
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"ASN Training" | shall mean the training for the provision of ASN Services identified in the Statement of Work; | |||
"Call Centre Facility" | shall mean Sykes' Call Centre facility at Calder House, 599 Calder Road, Edinburgh EH11 4GA or such other premises as may be approved in advance by Adobe from time to time; | |||
"CC Sheet | shall mean a customer care sheet for Adobe Direct describing policies and/or procedures or information in relation to specific issues/problems and/or products to be used in the first instance by CSRs in the provision of Direct Sales Services; | |||
"CCS" | shall mean the call centre software owned by Sykes and used in the co-ordination and management of the Services by Sykes and used by Adobe for Adobe's use in connection with the ASN and Adobe Direct, as installed at the Effective Date at the Call Centre Facility and as upgraded or modified with Adobe's prior written approval and development requirements from time to time; | |||
"Charges Schedule" | shall mean Part 4 of the Schedule; | |||
"Client Group Manager" | shall mean in relation to the relevant Management Team, the person identified as having those responsibilities in the relevant Part of the Schedule; | |||
"Commercial Practices" | shall mean accepted industry practice regarding the nature of work to be done and the timescales in which it is to be carried out; | |||
"Confidential Information" | shall have the meaning given to it in Clause 9; | |||
"Contract Term" | shall mean the period beginning on the Effective Date (as hereinafter defined) and ending at 12:00 midnight GMT on 1st December 2000, unless terminated earlier in accordance with the provisions hereof; | |||
"CSN" | shall mean the customer service number allocated to all Registered End Users and ASN Members; | |||
"CSR" | shall mean a customer service representative allocated to the provision of Direct Sales Services forming part of the Direct Sales Team; | |||
"Direct Sales Countries" | shall mean the United Kingdom, Eire, France, Germany, Austria, Sweden, Switzerland, the Netherlands, Belgium and Denmark and such other countries as the parties may agree in writing from time to time (such agreement not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed); | |||
"Direct Sales Forecasts" | shall mean the forecasts of anticipated orders for Direct Sales Products produced by Adobe in accordance with the Statement of Work; | |||
"Direct Sales Languages" | shall mean English, French, German, Dutch and Swedish and such other languages as the parties may agree in writing from time to time (such agreement not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed); |
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"Direct Sales Products" | shall mean the products and upgrades from time to time made available by Adobe through Adobe Direct comprising selected Adobe retail products, Adobe product upgrades, Third Party Products and Adobe type as detailed from time to time in LifeLine and as varied from time to time by Adobe; | |||
"Direct Sales Schedules" | shall mean Parts 1 and 2 of the Schedule; | |||
"Direct Sales Services" | shall mean the services to be provided by Sykes in relation to Adobe Direct pursuant to Clause 3 and the Direct Sales Schedules including but not limited to the provision of Type On Call Services; | |||
"Direct Sales Team" | shall mean the Sykes employees allocated to the provision of Direct Sales Services (including but not limited to the Direct Sales Management Team, the Direct Sales data entry and database personnel and all CSRs) ; | |||
"Direct Sales Training" | shall mean the training for the provision of Direct Sales Services identified in the Statement of Work; | |||
"Effective Date" | shall mean 4th December 1999; | |||
"End User" | shall mean a licensee of the Product(s) who acquires such products for its own use rather than distribution, and shall exclude distributors, dealers, value added distributors, original equipment manufacturers, third party vendors, system integrators and other parties who have licensed the Product(s) for distribution or for any purpose other than for their own use; | |||
"Finance Services" | shall mean the finance services which Sykes shall provide in relation to the Direct Sales Services and the ASN Services as more particularly specified in the relevant Statement of Work; | |||
"Fulfillment Facility (ies)" | shall mean Sykes' warehousing facility located in Galashiels (together with such facilities as it may use from time to time for Sweden); | |||
"Incoming Request" | shall mean an incoming request from any person by fax, phone, post, e-mail or other media from time to time specified by Adobe for any of the Services, as the case may be; | |||
"Intellectual Property" | shall mean all intellectual property rights, similar and/or neighbouring rights and sui generis rights, of whatever nature anywhere in the world and all rights pertaining thereto including but not limited to all present and future title to and/or interests therein whether recorded or registered in any manner or otherwise, including without prejudice to the foregoing generality, trade marks and service marks and applications therefor, patents and patent applications, copyright, database and unfair extraction rights, designs, design rights both registered and unregistered, design right applications, trade secrets, know-how, information, production methods, data, source codes and object codes, discoveries, specifications, diagrams, technology, research, methods of formulation, results of tests and field trials, specifications of materials, composites of materials, formulae and processes; |
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"Lifeline" | shall mean the Adobe intranet known as Lifeline which contains details of policies and procedures for Adobe Direct with which Sykes is expected to comply or such other intranet or other system as Adobe may from time to time use for such purpose; | |||
"Management Team" | shall mean the management team(s) set up by Sykes to manage each of the Services under this Agreement (as more specifically detailed in the relevant Parts of the Schedule), the terms "ASN Management Team" and "Direct Sales Management Team" being construed accordingly; | |||
"Performance Metrics" | shall mean the measurements in relation to each of the Services as set out in the Statement of Work on which Sykes shall provide reports in terms of Clause 2.6; | |||
"Performance Standards" | shall mean in relation to each Service, the binding performance standards identified in relation to that Service in the Statement of Work; | |||
"Products" | shall mean Adobe Products and Third Party Products; | |||
"QBR" | shall mean the quarterly business review in relation to each quarter to review performance of the Services in the preceding quarter, problems encountered and to set goals and objectives for Sykes for the following quarter to be held by the parties in terms of Clause 2.10; | |||
"Registered End Users" | shall mean End Users who have been Verified and entered into the Sales and Registration Database or Type On Call Database, as the case may be; | |||
"Sales and Registration Database" | shall mean the database held by Sykes and containing among other information, details of all Registered End Users in the Direct Sales Countries and Italy and product registrations for such Registered End Users; | |||
"Schedule" | shall mean the Schedule in four (4) parts appended hereto which shall form part of this Agreement; | |||
"Services" | shall mean the services to be provided by Sykes to Adobe and on behalf of Adobe to End Users pursuant to this Agreement and comprising Direct Sales Services, ASN Services, and Finance Services together with any and all other services which may from time to time be provided under this Agreement in terms of Clause 2.5 (whether as improvements or additions to existing Services or as new Services), references to a "Service" being construed accordingly; | |||
"Services Schedule" | shall mean the Direct Sales Schedules, the ASN Schedule and/or such other Schedule or part thereof as may be drawn up in accordance with Clause 2.5 from time to time; | |||
"Services Team" | shall mean as the case may be the ASN Team, the Direct Sales Team and such other teams as may from time to time be set up to provide Services in accordance with Clause 2.5; | |||
"SKU(s)" | shall mean the stock keeping unit numbers allocated to stock held by Sykes, as detailed in the Statement of Work; |
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"Statement of Work" | shall mean the Statement of Work which relates to Direct Sales Services or ASN Services as the case may be, annexed as appendices to this Agreement and which shall form part of the Agreement, as updated from time to time by Adobe in terms of Clause 2.2; | |||
"Sykes Associated Company" | shall mean any group undertaking of Sykes as such term is defined in Section 259(5) the Companies Act 1985 and whether or not such undertaking is registered in the United Kingdom; | |||
"Third Party Products" | shall mean products developed by third parties which Adobe elects to make available from time to time through Adobe Direct; | |||
"Trade Marks" | shall have the meaning given to it in Clause 13.3; | |||
"Type On Call Countries" | shall mean United Kingdom, Eire, France, Germany, Austria, Netherlands, Sweden, Belgium, Switzerland, Algeria, Australia, Botswana, Brazil, Bulgaria, Burkina Faso, Channel Islands, China, the Commonwealth of Independent States, Corsica, Crete, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Czechoslovakia, Denmark, Egypt, Estonia, Faroe Islands, Finland, Gibraltar, Greece, Guadeloupe, Hong Kong, Hungary, Iceland, India, Israel, Italy, Ivory Coast, Jordan, Kenya, Kuwait, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Martinique, Mexico, Monaco, Mongolia, Namibia, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, South Africa, Spain, Tanzania, Tunisia, Turkey, United Arab Emirates, Yemen, Yugoslavia, Zambia and Zimbabwe and such other countries as the parties may agree in writing from time to time (such agreement not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed); | |||
"Type On Call Database" | shall mean the database held by Adobe to which Sykes has access in terms of this Agreement which holds, among other information, details of all Registered End Users who have registered Type On Call Products; | |||
"Type On Call Languages" | shall mean English, French, German, Dutch and Swedish and such other languages as the parties may agree in writing from time to time (such agreement not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed); | |||
"Type On Call Product" | shall mean the Adobe Product available from Adobe Direct (as amended from time to time by Adobe) containing various Adobe fonts which require to be unlocked for use by End Users following registration using the Type On Call Services; | |||
"Type On Call Services" | shall mean the services forming part of the Direct Sales Services under which Sykes will register End Users for Type On Call Products and provide unlocking services to Registered End Users to allow them to unlock fonts within the Type On Call Product, in accordance with the Statement of Work; | |||
"Updates" | shall mean updates, patches, bug fixes and/or workarounds which Adobe may from time to time make available in relation to Adobe Products (whether on the Internet or otherwise); |
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"Verified" | shall mean that the customer services number of the End User in question has been verified in accordance with the procedure for verification set out in the Statement of Work; | |||
"Working Day" | shall mean each weekday (i.e. Monday through Friday inclusive) during the Contract Term other than Christmas Day and New Year's Day, and such weekend days (i.e. Saturday and Sunday) as the parties may agree in writing from time to time (such agreement not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed). |
2.1 Non-exclusive appointment
Adobe hereby appoints Sykes and Sykes hereby accepts appointment as a non-exclusive provider of the Services during the Contract Term, subject to the terms of this Agreement. As at the Effective Date, Adobe hereby instructs Sykes to provide all the Services detailed in this Agreement but, consistent with the non-exclusive nature of this appointment, Adobe shall be entitled at any time to discontinue and/or suspend the provision by Sykes of any or all of the Services by giving a reasonable period of notice which shall not be less than forty-five (45) days.
If Adobe, during the Contract Term, seeks (1) any extension to the existing Services provided under this Agreement, or (2) the provision of new services similar to the services provided by Sykes which are not covered by this Agreement, Sykes shall have the opportunity to tender for the provision of such new services.
2.2 Performance
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acting reasonably. Sykes shall be entitled to request amendments to the Statement of Work where such amendments will not affect the nature or quality of the Services but all such amendments will require to be approved in advance in writing by Adobe, acting reasonably.
2.3 Resources
Without prejudice to specific obligations elsewhere in this Agreement, Sykes shall at all times devote sufficient resources and teams of sufficiently qualified personnel to enable it to provide the Services efficiently and professionally. Without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing, or any Performance Standard or Performance Metric set in relation to the Services, Sykes shall provide the Services to the standards which would reasonably be expected of a competent company which is providing the Services on an arms length basis and Sykes shall at all times perform the Services courteously and in such manner as not to injure Adobe's name or damage Adobe's goodwill.
2.4 No breach
Sykes hereby represents to Adobe that Sykes will not be in breach of any existing obligation binding on Sykes by reason of its entering into this Agreement.
2.5 Other Services
Sykes undertakes and agrees that it will upon request provide Adobe with such additional Services as Adobe may from time to time require during the Contract Term as long as the request conforms with Commercial Practices and at prices to be agreed by the parties. If such Services are requested and included in this Agreement, the parties shall agree the terms of a Services Schedule in relation to such Services (or such amendments to existing Services Schedule(s) as may be appropriate) together with such additions and/or amendments to the Statement of Work as may be appropriate.
2.6 Reporting and Performance Metrics
Sykes shall provide such reports, information and data as Adobe shall from time to time reasonably require in relation to the performance of this Agreement. This shall include but is not limited to reports on the Performance Standards and Performance Metrics which shall be produced by Sykes in relation to each Service in the terms set out in the relevant Services Schedule and/or the Statement of Work and the production by Sykes of all other reports, information and data more particularly specified in the Schedule and the Statement of Work. Reports on the Performance Metrics shall include all reports on the Performance Standards. Sykes shall ensure that all reports on the Performance Metrics and Performance Standards contain charts which show sufficient historical data to identify trends, clearly understood titles and labels, the goal or objective, a clear indication of which direction is good and which is bad and a scale which does not distort trends. Sykes shall ensure that all Performance Standards are drawn to the attention of all relevant employees. Sykes shall ensure that all Direct Sales and ASN
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Performance Metrics and Performance Standards are broken down as detailed in the relevant Services Schedule and/or the Statement of Work. Without prejudice to the foregoing, Sykes shall use all reasonable endeavours to inform Adobe without delay of any matter which comes to the attention of Sykes which is likely to affect materially the provision of the Services.
2.7 Services provided in Adobe's name and Grant of Licence
All Services provided shall be provided by Sykes in the name of Adobe. So far as required by Sykes for the proper performance of its duties hereunder during the Contract Term and for no other purpose whatsoever, Adobe shall use its reasonable endeavours to procure for Sykes a non-exclusive royalty-free limited licence to use specified trade marks, service marks, trade names and logos belonging to or licensed by Adobe or any member of the Adobe Group pertaining to the Products. Such licence shall automatically terminate on the date of termination or expiry of this Agreement howsoever terminated or expiring and with effect from such date Sykes shall have no further right to use any such trade marks, service marks, trade names or logos of Adobe or any member of the Adobe Group pertaining to the Products or their licensors.
2.8 Intellectual Property
It is hereby expressly agreed that Adobe shall be the sole and exclusive owner of all Intellectual Property rights in all work carried out by Sykes (or on behalf of Sykes) in the provision of the Services including but not limited to copyright in reports, manuals, electronic files and technical notes authored by Sykes, copyright and database rights in any and all databases created or updated and copyright and related rights in any and all software developed by Sykes in the performance of the Services, to the extent that such software is bespoke software commissioned from Sykes by Adobe and charged to Adobe. Where Adobe has funded such software development, Sykes shall only be entitled to use such software for the exclusive benefit of Adobe during the Contract Term, and any transitional period described in Clause 14.6(a). In the event Sykes develops any other software under this Agreement for the benefit of Adobe and other Sykes clients, the parties shall agree how, if at all, the development costs of such software shall be apportioned. In any event, Adobe shall be entitled to a licence to use such software on terms to be agreed between Adobe and Sykes, provided that such terms shall include, as minimum terms, an irrevocable, worldwide, royalty free licence to use, sub-license to any member of the Adobe Group, and reproduce such software in connection with the Services during the Contract Term, and any transitional period described in Clause 14.6(a). Sykes hereby assigns as legal and beneficial owner to Adobe, by way of future assignation any and all such Intellectual Property rights which are capable of future assignation and on Adobe's request shall assign as legal and beneficial owner all other such Intellectual Property rights. Sykes shall procure the waiver by all persons involved in the creation or development of any such works of such moral or similar rights as such persons may from time to time have in or in relation to such works. Without prejudice to the foregoing, Sykes undertakes to do all such things and execute (or procure the execution of) all such documents as Adobe shall from time to time require in order to perfect Adobe's title to same and obtain any applicable protections in Adobe's name and to confirm such waivers including but not limited to procuring assignations and waivers in Adobe's favour from contractors and consultants. Sykes warrants and represents to Adobe that it is entitled to assign such Intellectual Property to Adobe and that such Intellectual Property does not infringe the Intellectual Property rights or moral or similar rights of any third party.
2.9 Hardware, software and systems
Sykes shall ensure that it has available to it all hardware, software and other technical resources required from time to time for the provision of the Services all of which shall be at the responsibility and risk of Sykes and Sykes shall maintain and update the same to standards consistent with Sykes' obligations to meet the Performance Standards and Performance Metrics
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stated in this Agreement. Without prejudice to the foregoing generality this shall include but not be limited to the personal computers, peripheral devices, equipment and software necessary to:
Without prejudice to the foregoing, Sykes shall ensure that it has available to it the infrastructure identified in Part 5 of the Schedule and any and all specific hardware, software and technical resources identified in the Statement of Work in relation to each of the individual Services (which shall have no less than the functionality described in the Statement of Work, where specified) and shall not make any material change to any specifications or configurations so described without Adobe's prior written consent, acting reasonably.
2.10 Management Teams and Reviews
Sykes shall set up and maintain effective Management Teams primarily dedicated to Adobe which shall comprise the individuals and reflect the structures contained in the Statement of Work in relation to the relevant Services. Sykes shall ensure that the relevant members of the Management Teams shall attend and hold such meetings as Adobe shall from time to time reasonably require including but not limited to the QBR (which will be held in the month following expiry of each Adobe Financial Quarter during the Contract Term) and the other regular meetings scheduled in the Statement of Work in relation to each of the Services.
2.11 Quality Control
In addition to any specific quality control mechanisms included from time to time in any Services Schedules and/or the Operation Manual and without prejudice to the Performance Standards, Adobe shall be entitled:
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3.1 Services to be supplied
Subject to the terms of this Agreement, Sykes agrees to provide Adobe with the Direct Sales Services and the Finance Services during the Contract Term for the sums set out in the Charges Schedule and in accordance with the terms set out in the Direct Sales Schedules and the Statement of Work.
3.2 Recruitment, Training and Teams
Sykes shall recruit CSRs and other members of the Direct Sales Team meeting the profile contained in the Statement of Work and shall ensure that the Direct Sales Team at all times meets the requirements in all material respects (which shall mean that there are no adverse or detrimental effects on the Performance Standards) in terms of numbers, structure and seniority set out in the Statement of Work and the forecasted requirements of Adobe from time to time, in the terms set out in the Statement of Work. Sykes shall ensure that all members of the Direct Sales Team undergo and satisfactorily complete the Direct Sales Training and without prejudice to the foregoing, that the Direct Sales Team is at all times adequately trained and resourced in accordance with Adobe's reasonable requirements from time to time. Sykes shall monitor all CSRs and obtain training evaluations from such CSRs as detailed in the Statement of Work. Sykes' compliance with this provision shall not relieve Sykes of its obligation to achieve the Performance Standards.
3.3 Performance Standards
Sykes shall perform the Direct Sales Services to the Performance Standards set out in the Direct Sales Schedules and/or the Statement of Work. Sykes further acknowledges and agrees that a consistent failure to meet the standards, goals and objectives identified in the Performance Standards and/or the Performance Metrics shall be deemed to be a material breach of this Agreement as specified in Clause 14.3. Without limiting the foregoing, Sykes agrees to use all reasonable endeavours to achieve the performance standards described as "Targets" in the Statement of Work.
3.4 Adobe's responsibilities
Adobe shall provide the services detailed in the Direct Sales Schedules to support Sykes in the provision of Direct Sales Services together with such other services as may be specifically identified as a responsibility of Adobe in the Statement of Work;
4.1 Services to be supplied
Subject to the terms of this Agreement, Sykes agrees to provide Adobe with the ASN Services and the Finance Services during the Contract Term at the prices set out in the Charge Schedule in accordance with the terms set out in the ASN Schedule and the Statement of Work.
4.2 Recruitment, Training and Teams
Sykes shall recruit ASN CSRs meeting the profile contained in the Statement of Work and shall ensure that the ASN Team at all times meets the requirements in all material respects (which shall mean that there are no adverse or detrimental effects on the Performance Standards) in terms of numbers, structure and seniority set out in the Statement of Work. Sykes shall ensure that all members of the ASN Team undergo and satisfactorily complete the ASN Training and without prejudice to the foregoing, that the ASN Team is at all times adequately trained and resourced in accordance with Adobe's reasonable requirements from time to time. Sykes shall
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monitor all ASN CSRs and obtain training evaluations from such ASN CSRs as detailed in the Statement of Work. Sykes' compliance with this provision shall not relieve Sykes of its obligation to achieve the Performance Standards.
4.3 Performance Standards
Sykes shall perform the ASN Services to the Performance Standards set out in the ASN Schedule and/or the Statement of Work. Sykes further acknowledges and agrees that a consistent failure to meet the standards, goals and objectives identified in the Performance Standards and/or the Performance Metrics shall be deemed to be a material breach of this Agreement as specified in Clause 14.3.
4.4 Adobe's responsibilities
Adobe shall provide such services as may be specifically identified as a responsibility of Adobe in the Statement of Work.
5.1 Invoicing
5.2 Withholding Payment
Without prejudice to its other rights hereunder Adobe shall not be obliged to make payment of any sums pursuant to Clause 5.1 if:
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5.3 No expenses
Except as specifically provided herein Sykes shall not be entitled to receive any remuneration or be reimbursed in respect of any expenses incurred by it in the performance of its duties hereunder.
5.4 VAT
All payments due hereunder shall be exclusive of Value Added Tax or its equivalent and shall be made in Sterling.
5.5 Accounts and Records
5.6 Interest
Interest shall be payable on all sums which are due and payable hereunder to or by Adobe (other than amounts which are the subject of a bona fide dispute between the parties) from the due date for payment as specified herein until payment in full is made at the rate of 2% per annum above the Base Rate from time to time of the Bank of Scotland.
5.7 Review
Without prejudice to the other provisions of this Clause 5 but subject to the provisions of Clause 5.8, the parties agree that the Charges Schedule shall be reviewed by the parties on an annual basis with the first such review occurring one (1) year after the Effective Date. Such reviews shall be conducted in order to ensure that the Charges Schedule is competitive. If, following any such review, the parties are not able to agree a new Charges Schedule, the last Charges Schedule shall remain in force until the next review subject to this Clause 5. It is acknowledged and agreed between the parties that, notwithstanding each such review, there is no obligation on Adobe to instruct Sykes to provide Adobe with any Service during the Contract Term.
5.8 Most favourable terms
If at any time during the Contract Term Sykes or any Sykes Associated Company provides services similar to the Services or any of them to any third party on terms which are more favourable in respect of such services than the terms provided herein then the parties agree that the terms applying to provision of such Services hereunder shall at the request of Adobe be amended to provide for such favourable terms but nothing contained in this Clause 5.8 shall
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oblige Sykes to disclose the identity of any such third party. Sykes shall be bound to inform Adobe immediately if any such circumstances arise.
5.9 Disputes referred to expert
The parties agree that any dispute regarding sums due to or by Sykes in terms of this Agreement shall be referred for final settlement to a Chartered Accountant nominated jointly by the parties or failing agreement as to such nomination within seven days after either party's request to the other therefor as nominated at the request of either party by the President for the time being of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Scotland. Such expert shall be deemed to act as an expert and not as an arbiter. His/her decision in the absence of clerical or manifest error shall be final and binding on the parties and his/her fees for so acting shall be borne by the parties in equal shares unless he/she determines that the conduct of either party is such that such party should pay all or a major part of such fees.
In order for Adobe to monitor and review the Services, Sykes undertakes and agrees to appoint one individual to be primarily responsible to Adobe for the Services who shall be the Client Group Manager. The Client Group Manager shall meet with such of Adobe's management as Adobe shall deem necessary no less frequently than once each month during the Contract Term, or more frequently if this is required by the relevant Performance Standard or by Adobe at any time during the Contract Term. In addition, Sykes undertakes and agrees to appoint a separate service manager for each or any of the Services, if requested by Adobe. For the avoidance of doubt this Clause 6 is without prejudice to any other managing structure requirement or reporting requirement specified in any Performance Standards or Performance Metrics or elsewhere in this Agreement or the Statement of Work.
7.1 Adobe property
Sykes agrees that all property of Adobe to be held in the possession of or under the control of Sykes pursuant to this Agreement shall be held at the risk and liability of Sykes, notwithstanding that title to such property shall at all times remain with Adobe.
7.2 Insurance
Sykes shall obtain and maintain product liability, public liability and professional indemnity insurance policies with caps of not less than [*] in respect of each of such policies with a reputable insurance company in respect of Sykes' liabilities hereunder both during the Contract Term and for a period of five years after its expiry or termination. For as long as such insurance is required as aforesaid, upon request by Adobe, Sykes shall submit to Adobe:
8.1 Good faith
Each party undertakes at all times to perform its obligations and exercise its rights hereunder with the utmost good faith (which includes in the case of Adobe the right to assign).
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8.2 Press releases
The parties agree that neither of them shall make any press release or originate any other publicity regarding this Agreement or the Services or make any announcement or publication whatsoever which involves the name of the other party without the prior written consent of the other party hereto. Without prejudice to the foregoing generality, neither party shall at any time without the prior written consent of the other party make or cause or give permission to any employee or any third party to make any untrue or misleading statement in relation to Sykes, any Sykes Associated Company, Adobe and/or any member of the Adobe Group, nor in particular after the termination of this Agreement represent or cause or permit any representation to be made that Sykes is connected with Adobe and/or any member of the Adobe Group in relation to the provision of the Services save as required by law or as is publicly available.
9.1 Confidential Information and Materials
9.2 Property of Adobe
All Confidential Information and/or Confidential Materials, and any Intellectual Property rights embodied therein, shall remain the sole and exclusive property of Adobe. Upon termination or expiry of this Agreement, all Confidential Materials, including any copies thereof which Adobe has authorised Sykes to make shall be returned to Adobe immediately.
9.3 Restrictions
Sykes agrees that it shall not make use of, disseminate or in any way disclose the Confidential Information or the Confidential Materials to any person, firm, business, company or organisation, except to the extent necessary to strictly comply with its obligations hereunder. For the avoidance of doubt, (a) Sykes shall not be entitled to use the Confidential Information and/or the Confidential Materials for any purpose other than to the extent strictly necessary to comply with its obligations hereunder. Sykes shall not circulate (by fax, electronic mail or any other method) any of the Confidential Materials to any End User and (b) the Confidential Materials are provided to Sykes to use as a resource in providing the Services and Sykes shall not publish any of the Confidential Materials.
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9.4 Degree of Care
Without prejudice to any other obligation under this Agreement, Sykes agrees that it shall treat all Confidential Information and all Confidential Materials with the same degree of care as it accords to its own confidential information, and Sykes represents that it uses best efforts to protect its confidential information. Sykes may disclose the Confidential Information and the Confidential Materials only to Sykes' employees who have a need to know such Confidential Information and/or need to use such Confidential Materials and who have previously agreed in writing to be bound by the terms and conditions of this Agreement as they relate to Confidential Information and Confidential Materials.
9.5 Sykes' Confidential Information
Adobe agrees to treat as confidential any information which is proprietary to Sykes and is made available to Adobe during the Contract Term at Adobe's request, and to ensure that all appropriate precautions are in place to ensure that all such confidential information is treated as confidential by it, its officers and employees. The foregoing obligation shall cease when the said information enters the public domain, provided that this was not the result of a breach of the foregoing obligation by Adobe. Adobe reserves the right to disclose information provided by Sykes in the event of any legal or administrative authority in any relevant jurisdiction so requesting such information, as well as in the event of any proceedings, either legal or administrative, in order to preserve Adobe's interests PROVIDED THAT Adobe shall use all reasonable efforts to ensure that Sykes is notified before such disclosure (if possible) or immediately thereafter.
10.1 Undertakings
Sykes hereby agrees that during the Contract Term it will:
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10.2 Third Parties
For the purposes of this Clause 10, "third party" shall include, without limitation, any Sykes Associated Company.
11.1 Errors or omissions
Sykes agrees to indemnify and hold harmless Adobe and its successors, officers, directors and employees from all and any costs, expenses, liabilities, losses, damages, injunctions, interdicts, suits, actions, fines, penalties, claims, proceedings and demands of every kind or nature (including but not limited to Adobe's reasonable legal fees) made against or incurred by the indemnified party as a result of misrepresentation, wilful or negligent act, error or omission on the part of Sykes, its employees or sub-contractors arising out of or in any way connected with Sykes' performance of the Services.
11.2 Data corruption
Without prejudice to Sykes' obligations hereunder, Sykes shall take all reasonable steps in the performance of the Services to secure that any data (which is made available to and/or processed by Sykes) and the Adobe network do not suffer from any corruption, deterioration or alteration or addition to them (other than as specifically provided for in terms of this Agreement) or the generation of any errors, defects or malfunctions therein caused by:
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11.3 Other Liabilities
Without prejudice to the provisions of Clause 11.1 Sykes hereby agrees to defend, indemnify and hold harmless Adobe and its successors, officers, directors and employees from all and any costs, expenses, liabilities, losses, damages, injunctions, interdicts, suits, actions, fines, penalties, claims, proceedings and demands of every kind or nature (including but not limited to Adobe's reasonable legal fees) made against or incurred by the indemnified party arising from:
11.4 Notification of claims
If any action or claim shall be brought against Adobe in respect of which indemnity may be sought from Sykes under this Agreement, Adobe shall promptly notify Sykes in writing, specifying the nature of the action and the total monetary amount sought or other such relief as is sought therein. Adobe shall co-operate with Sykes at Sykes' expense in all reasonable respects in connection with the defence of any such action. Sykes undertakes to conduct all proceedings or negotiations in connection therewith, assume the defence thereof, and shall also undertake all other required steps or proceedings to settle or defend any such action, including the employment of counsel which shall be satisfactory to Adobe (acting reasonably), and payment of all expenses. Adobe shall have the right to employ separate counsel and participate in the defence thereof. As part of the indemnity contained in this Agreement, Sykes shall reimburse Adobe upon demand for any payments made or loss suffered by it, based upon the judgement of any court of competent jurisdiction or pursuant to a bona fide compromise or settlement of claims, demands or actions, in respect of any damages to which the foregoing relates.
11.5 No indemnity
Nothing in this Agreement shall render Adobe liable to indemnify Sykes or any third party in respect of any liability of any kind incurred by Sykes to any third party.
11.6 Survival of terms
The indemnities given by Sykes pursuant to this Clause 11 shall survive the termination or expiry of this Agreement however caused.
11.7 Maximum liability
Subject to the provisions of Clause 11.8, the maximum aggregate liability of Sykes under this Agreement or otherwise (whether or not caused by the negligence of Sykes, its employees or sub-contractors) arising out of or connected with the provision or purported provision of or failure in the provision of the Services to Adobe including the indemnities given hereunder, but specifically excluding any breach or breaches by Sykes of any obligation to collect, remit or pay to Adobe any sums owed to Adobe by Sykes or any third party in connection with the Services (in which case Sykes' liability shall be unlimited), shall in no circumstances be greater than [*].
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11.8 No exclusion for death/personal injury
Neither party excludes or limits its liability for death or personal injury to the extent only that the same arises as a direct result of the negligence of that party or its employees.
11.9 Exclusion for Adobe default
Sykes expressly excludes and/or limits its liability hereunder to the extent that such liability arises by reason of any default (whether wilful or negligent) by Adobe in the performance of its obligations hereunder.
12.1 Technical information
Provided all necessary security is in place prior to any access, Adobe agrees to make available to Sykes all information, technical knowledge, product sales information, documentation and support which may be reasonably required by Sykes to provide the Services but that on the understanding that Sykes shall be deemed to have the expertise and ability of a reasonably skilled provider of services similar to the Services. Adobe shall ensure that Sykes has access to all necessary networks and Adobe Databases for the purpose of providing the Services hereunder. For the avoidance of doubt, any and all information provided by Adobe to Sykes hereunder shall be deemed to be Confidential Information of Adobe.
12.2 Data protection registrations
Sykes, as the data processor, hereby warrants that it has, and undertakes to maintain, all data protection registrations necessary to enable it to access and use the Sales and Registration Database in order to perform its obligations under this Agreement. Where required by applicable law, Adobe shall take, so far as it reasonably can take, all steps to secure that Sykes is included in Adobe's own registration(s) with the relevant data protection authorities.
12.3 Licence of Products
Without prejudice to the other provisions hereof, Adobe undertakes and agrees to grant or procure for Sykes a non-exclusive, non-transferable, royalty-free limited licence to use such number of copies of each Adobe Product as Adobe may deem necessary for Sykes to perform each of the Services PROVIDED THAT Sykes shall not use any such Adobe Product for any purpose other than the performance of the relevant Service for which the relevant licence is granted, and further provided that (without prejudice to Clause 13) Sykes shall at all times comply with the terms and conditions of Adobe's or Adobe Systems Incorporated's End User licence agreement for such Adobe Products.
13.1 Restriction
Sykes agrees not to translate any Adobe Product into another computer language, in whole or in part. Sykes shall not make copies or make media translations of any Adobe Product including without limitation any user documentation supplied herewith in whole or in part without Adobe's prior written approval. Sykes agrees that if, for any reason, it comes into possession of any source code or portion thereof for any Adobe Product not generally provided by Adobe or its licensors as a part of an Adobe Product it shall not use or disclose such source code and it shall immediately deliver all copies of such source code to Adobe. Nothing contained in this Agreement shall be interpreted so as to exclude or prejudice the rights (if any) of Sykes or any End User under the European Directive on the Legal Protection of Computer Programs (as implemented in the relevant jurisdiction) with respect to the Adobe Products.
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13.2 Safeguarding products
Sykes agrees to take all reasonable action to safeguard the Products while in its possession against all probable or foreseeable risks or wrongful obtaining by others and shall take such security measures as are reasonably necessary for those purposes.
13.3 Adobe's Intellectual Property
13.4 Intellectual Property Infringement
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parties. Adobe shall pay any resulting damages, costs and expenses finally awarded or as a result of a settlement made by Adobe to a third party but Adobe is not and shall not be liable for such amounts or for settlements incurred by Sykes without Adobe's written authorisation. If such claim, suit or proceeding has occurred or in Adobe's opinion is likely to occur, Adobe may at its election and expense either obtain for Sykes the right to continue performing the Services with regard to such allegedly infringing Adobe Product, replace or modify the Adobe Product so it is not infringing or remove such Adobe Product from this Agreement;
13.5 Maximum liability of Adobe
The maximum aggregate liability by Adobe to Sykes under this Agreement including but not limited to the indemnity contained in Clause 13.4(a), but specifically excluding any breach or breaches by Adobe of any obligation to pay Sykes the fees for the Services (where such fees are not in dispute), shall be [*]. Nothing contained herein shall prejudice Adobe's right to withhold payment or make deductions or exercise its right of set-off as specified under this Agreement.
14.1 Term
Notwithstanding the date or dates of execution hereof, this Agreement shall be deemed to be effective as of the Effective Date and subject to the provisions of Clause 17.2 shall continue for the Contract Term whereupon it shall automatically expire. There shall be no automatic renewals of this Agreement. This Agreement may only be renewed by the written agreement of both parties.
14.2 Termination
Each party shall have the right at all times by giving notice in writing to the other to terminate this Agreement forthwith on the occurrence of any of the following events:
(a) (i)
if the other party commits a material or persistent breach of any of the terms of this Agreement and fails to remedy the same within 14 days of written notice from the first party requesting remedy of such material or persistent breach and so that for this
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purpose a breach by any employee, agent or sub-contractor of either party of any of the terms of this Agreement shall be deemed to be a breach by that party;
14.3 Material breach by Sykes
It is hereby acknowledged and agreed that the following shall amount to a material breach of a term of this Agreement by Sykes, such that Adobe would be entitled to terminate this Agreement pursuant to Clause 14.2 (a):
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including but not limited to the disclosure of any product plans of Adobe where such disclosure falls within the confidentiality obligations contained in Clause 9; or
and, for the avoidance of doubt, time will be of the essence in meeting the various dates specified in paragraphs (a) and (b) of this Clause 14.3. For the avoidance of doubt (i) meeting the Performance Standards by Sykes shall not be conclusive of Sykes being in compliance with its obligations under this Agreement (other than its obligations to meet the relevant Performance Standards) and (ii) the making of any and all deductions which may be applied by Sykes in terms of this Agreement shall be without prejudice to any and all other rights which Adobe may have in respect of any breach including but not limited to the right to terminate this Agreement.
14.4 Change of Control
Adobe shall be entitled to terminate this Agreement (i) if there is any change of control (as defined in Section 40 of the UK Income and Corporation Taxes Act 1988) in Sykes or any Sykes Associated Company which results in Sykes being controlled by another commercial competitor of either party or (ii) in the event of a sale by Sykes of 75% or more of its business which is involved in providing the Services.
14.5 Termination for Convenience
Notwithstanding the provisions of Clauses 2.1 and 14.1 of this Agreement, either party may terminate this Agreement at any time without cause and without judicial intervention and without prejudice to the rights and obligations of the parties which have accrued as at the date of termination upon ninety (90) days' prior written notice to the other party by registered mail with notice of receipt.
14.6 Consequences of Termination
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damages in the event of termination arising from any breach of this Agreement by Sykes. Without prejudice to the foregoing, Sykes shall do all things required to transfer the Sales and Registration Database and all data contained therein to Adobe or its replacement contractors, as above.
14.7 Survival of Terms
Termination or expiry of this Agreement shall not affect the obligations of the parties in terms of Clauses 2.8, 5.2, 5.5, 5.9, 7, 9, 10.1(g), 11, 13, 14.6, 14.10 and 15 of this Agreement which shall continue notwithstanding termination or expiry.
14.8 Accrued Rights
Termination or expiry of this Agreement shall not affect the rights of either party accrued against the other up to the date of termination.
14.9 Other rights
Each party's right of termination as herein provided shall be without prejudice to any other rights and remedies it may have under this Agreement.
14.10 No compensation
Each party understands that the rights of termination or expiry hereunder are absolute. Without prejudice to any right to claim damages for breach of contract, neither party shall incur any liability whatsoever for any other damage, loss or expenses of any kind (with the exception of damage, loss or expense which is the result of wilful misconduct or gross negligence of such party's senior managerial personnel) suffered or incurred by the other arising from or incidental to any termination of this Agreement by such party or any expiry hereof which complies with the terms of the Agreement whether or not such party is aware of any such damage, loss or expenses in such circumstances. In particular, without in any way limiting the foregoing, neither party shall be entitled to any damages on account of prospective profits or anticipated sales. Where applicable, Sykes hereby irrevocably agrees to waive the benefit of any law or regulation providing compensation to Sykes arising from the termination or expiry or failure to renew this Agreement. Sykes also agrees to indemnify and hold harmless Adobe from any and all claims for compensation asserted by Sykes' employees and sub-contractors.
15.1 Fair and reasonable
Sykes acknowledges that in the course of this Agreement it is likely to obtain knowledge of Adobe's trade secrets and other Confidential Information and will have dealings with certain of the customers and suppliers of Adobe and that it is fair and reasonable for Adobe to seek to protect its interests by the provisions of this Clause.
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15.2 Non-solicitation
Both parties hereby agree that (without prejudice to any other duty implied by law) they will not (whether alone or jointly with or as principal, manager, employee, partner, agent or consultant of or for any other person, firm or company):
16.1 Entire agreement
This Agreement (together with the Statement of Work) constitutes the entire agreement and understanding between the parties hereto relating to the subject matter hereof and this Agreement cancels, terminates and supersedes any prior agreement or understanding relating to the subject matter hereof including but not limited to the statements of work agreed by the parties prior to the Effective Date. The relationship between the parties is as herein described and no partnership, joint venture or agency relationship save as provided herein shall be deemed to subsist between the parties and neither shall have the power to bind the other or to pledge the credit of the other. Sykes shall not say or do anything that might lead any third party to believe that Sykes is acting as the agent of Adobe (except insofar as is required in the proper performance of the Services hereunder).
16.2 No variation
None of the provisions of this Agreement may be varied, waived, extended or modified except expressly in writing and signed by each of the parties hereto.
16.3 No waiver
Any omission by either party to exercise any right or remedy available to that party under the terms of this Agreement shall not be taken to signify acceptance of the event giving rise to the right to exercise such right or remedy and shall be without prejudice to the rights of either party which may arise in the future.
16.4 Severability
Any provisions of this Agreement which in any way contravene the law of any state or region in which this Agreement is effective shall in such state or region to the extent of such contravention of laws be deemed severable and shall not invalidate any other provision or provisions of this agreement. Without prejudice to the foregoing, where practicable, the parties hereto shall negotiate with a view to replacing any such severed provisions with enforceable provisions to the satisfaction of both parties.
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16.5 Set-off
Adobe will be entitled to set off all sums due to Sykes pursuant to this Agreement against all sums due by Sykes to Adobe.
17.1 Definition
For the purpose of this Agreement "Force Majeure" shall be deemed to be any cause affecting the performance of this Agreement arising from or attributable to acts, events, omissions or accidents beyond the reasonable control of the party failing to perform and without limiting the generality thereof shall include the following:
17.2 Suspension
If either party to this Agreement is prevented or delayed in the performance of any of its obligations under this Agreement by Force Majeure, and if such party gives written notice thereof to the other party specifying the matters constituting Force Majeure, together with such evidence as it reasonably can give and specifying the period for which it is estimated that such prevention or delay will continue then the party in question shall be excused the performance or the punctual performance as the case may be as from the date of such notice for as long as such cause of prevention or delay shall continue up to a period of 30 days from the date of service of the said written notice and upon expiry of the said period of 30 days either party may by written notice to the other summarily terminate this Agreement without prejudice to the then accrued rights of each party hereunder;
17.3 Non-payment not force majeure
For the avoidance of doubt any failure by Sykes to supply the Services due to any non-payment by Sykes to any of its vendors shall not constitute a "Force Majeure" under this Clause. In such circumstances Sykes shall be required to make arrangements such that it is able to provide the Services.
Sykes shall not be entitled to assign, sub-contract or sub-license any or all of its rights or obligations hereunder without the prior written consent of Adobe; such consent shall not be unreasonably withheld provided such assignment is to a Sykes Associated Company and it shall be conditioned, inter alia, on Adobe's reasonable belief that the performance of the Services as originally undertaken by Sykes shall not be adversely affected by the proposed assignment, sub-contract or sub-licence. Adobe's rights and obligations under this Agreement. in whole or in part, may be assigned by Adobe.
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Save as otherwise expressly provided, all notices and notifications permitted or required under this Agreement shall be in writing and shall be delivered in person or by reputable international courier service to the respective addresses set out on the first page hereof and shall be deemed duly served:
This Agreement shall be governed by and interpreted in accordance with the laws of Scotland. The parties hereby submit to the jurisdiction of the Court of Session in Scotland but this Agreement may be enforced in any court of competent jurisdiction.
It is understood and agreed that notwithstanding any other provisions of this Agreement, a breach by Sykes of Clauses 2.7, 2.8, 9.1 to 9.4 and 13.1 to 13.3 of this Agreement will cause Adobe irreparable damage for which recovery of money, damages and/or specific implement or any other remedy would be inadequate, and that Adobe shall therefore be entitled to obtain an injunction to protect Adobe's rights under this Agreement in addition to any and all remedies available at law in any jurisdiction.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF these presents consisting of this and the preceding forty (40) pages together with the Schedule annexed hereto are executed in duplicate as follows:
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Adobe Systems Benelux B.V. | Sykes Europe Limited | |
/s/ Hal Covert Authorised Signature |
/s/ Scott J. Bendert Authorised Signature |
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Hal Covert Printed Name |
Scott J. Bendert Printed Name |
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EVP and CEO Title |
Sr. VP and Director Title |
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1-28-00 Date |
January 26, 2000 Date |
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SCHEDULE
PART 1
DIRECT SALES SCHEDULE—ORDER MANAGEMENT
Services
As provided in the Agreement and as more particularly detailed in the Statement of Work, Sykes shall provide Order Management for Direct Sales Services which shall comprise the following services and those detailed in the Statement of Work:
Availability
Sykes shall ensure that CSRs are available to accept Incoming Requests on all Working Days between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. in the relevant Direct Sales Country and that calls will be answered in the relevant Direct Sales Language and that the Fulfilment Facilities are sufficiently maintained to meet the requirements for fulfilment set out in the Statement of Work.
Adobe Responsibilities
Adobe shall subject to appropriate security arrangements being in place, provide Sykes with the following services to support Sykes in the provision of Direct Sales Services:
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Performance Standards
Sykes shall meet the Performance Standards for the provision of Order Management for Direct Sales Services as detailed in the Statement of Work. Sykes shall report on its performance in relation to the Performance Standards in arrears on the Tuesday of the following week or the first Tuesday of the following Adobe Financial Month, as the case may be.
Reporting
Sykes shall provide Adobe with reports on the provision of Order Management for Direct Sales Services as detailed in the Statement of Work. This reporting will be delivered to the schedule as outlined in the Statement of Work.
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SCHEDULE
PART 2
DIRECT SALES SCHEDULE—ORDER FULFILMENT
Services
As provided in the Agreement and as more particularly detailed in the Statement of Work, Sykes shall provide Order Fulfilment for Direct Sales Services which shall comprise the following services and those detailed in the Statement of Work:
Availability
Sykes shall ensure that Order Fulfilment staff are available to accept and process Direct Sales Products orders on all agreed Working Days set out in the Statement of Work.
Adobe Responsibilities
Adobe shall subject to appropriate security arrangements being in place, provide Sykes with the following services to support Sykes in the provision of Direct Sales Services:
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Performance Standards
Sykes shall meet the Performance Standards for the provision of Order Fulfilment for Direct Sales Services as detailed in the Statement of Work. Sykes shall report on its performance in relation to the Performance Standards in arrears on the Tuesday of the following week or the first Tuesday of the following Adobe Financial Month, as the case may be.
Reporting
Sykes shall provide Adobe with reports on the provision of Order Fulfilment for Direct Sales Services as detailed in the Statement of Work. This reporting will be delivered to the schedule as outlined in the Statement of Work.
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SCHEDULE
PART 3
ASN SERVICES
Services
As provided in the Agreement and as more particularly detailed in the Statement of Work, Sykes shall provide ASN Services which shall comprise the following services and those detailed in the Statement of Work:
Availability
Sykes shall ensure that ASN CSRs are available to accept Incoming Requests on all Working Days between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. UK local working time and that calls will be answered in English.
Performance Standards
Sykes shall meet the Performance Standards for the provision of ASN Services as detailed in the Statement of Work. Sykes shall report on its performance in relation to the Performance Standards in arrears on the Tuesday of the following week or the first Tuesday of the following Adobe Financial Month, as the case may be.
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SCHEDULE
PART 4
CHARGES SCHEDULE
Adobe Direct—1999-2000 Cost Model
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Adobe Solutions Network
Cost Model—1999/2000
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SCHEDULE
PART 5
INFRASTRUCTURE TO BE PROVIDED BY SYKES
1.6 Disaster Recovery
In order to ensure that Sykes is able to meet the Performance Standards and the Performance Metrics with respect to the Services provided under this Agreement, Sykes shall have and maintain during the Contract Term (and until the transfer of all relevant materials to Adobe in terms of Clause 14.6 of the Agreement) fault tolerance and disaster recovery capabilities and plans which will allow it to recover from any and all hardware, software, communications and/or power failure(s) used by Sykes from time to time in each case within a maximum of 24 hours of the relevant failure(s) occurring. For the avoidance of doubt, such plans and capabilities shall
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cover all infrastructure required to provide the Services, including but not limited to all computer, telephony and other systems.
2. Infrastructure to be provided by Adobe
Adobe shall provide and Sykes shall make use of the following the provision of Services:
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