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AP Services, LLC General Terms and Conditions |
These General Terms and Conditions (“Terms”) are incorporated into the Agreement to which these Terms are attached. In case of conflict between the wording in the letter and/or schedule(s) and these Terms, the wording of the letter and/or schedule(s) shall prevail.
Section 1. Company Responsibilities
AlixPartners’ performance of the services in accordance with the terms of the Agreement are dependent on the Company’s timely and effective completion of the following responsibilities to the extent they are reasonably necessary for such performance: (a) provide timely, reliable, accurate and detailed information, materials, documentation; and (b) make timely decisions, gain relevant approvals, and co-operate with AlixPartners as is necessary or desirable for the performance of the services.
Section 2. Nature of the Services of AlixPartners
AlixPartners is not an accounting firm or a law firm. AlixPartners is providing advisory and consulting services only and will not (i) unless expressly stated otherwise in the Agreement, make management decisions for the Company, (ii) perform accounting audits, or (iii) provide legal services or advice. While AlixPartners may, from time-to-time, suggest options that may be available to the Company, the ultimate decision as to such options rests with the Company, and AlixPartners makes no promise or guarantee, nor gives any representations, about the outcome of the Company’s matters and/ or any decision it makes.
Section 3. Billing, Payments, and Taxes
Billing and Payments. All invoices for Fees and expenses are due as set forth on Schedule 1 (the “Due Date”) via check or wire transfer to AlixPartners’ bank account, as shown on the invoice. All amounts invoiced are based on services rendered and expenses incurred to date, and are not contingent upon future services or Work Product (as defined below), or the outcome of any case or matter.
Taxes. AlixPartners’ Fees are exclusive of taxes or similar charges, which shall be the responsibility of the Company (other than taxes imposed on AlixPartners’ income generally). If AlixPartners’ Fees are subject to any taxes, such as State sales tax or Value Added Tax, then AlixPartners will include such taxes on its invoices as separate line items.
Section 4. Use of Work Product
“Work Product” means all information, reports, materials, software and other work product that AlixPartners creates or develops specifically for the Company in the performance and/or preparation of the services that constitutes, contains and/or comprises AlixPartners’ advice, observations, assessments, evaluations, theories, formulas, methodologies, opinions, judgement, endorsements, recommendations and/ or proposals.
“Affiliate” means any entity that, directly or indirectly, controls, is controlled by or is under common control with the referenced entity, including the referenced entity’s parent. In this definition, control means the power to direct the management and policies of an
entity, directly or indirectly, whether through the ownership of voting securities, by contract or otherwise.
Except as disclosure may be required by law, regulation or regulatory process, or as allowed below, the Company agrees that the Work Product shall only be used by the Company internally solely for its own benefit and use consistent with the purpose of the services under this Agreement. The Company acknowledges and agrees that AlixPartners’ only duty of care in respect of the services and the Work Product is to the Company.
The Company may distribute the Work Product on a strictly confidential and non-reliance basis to its auditors, accountants, legal advisors, controlled and controlling Affiliates (“Authorized Recipients”) provided that the Company understands and agrees that AlixPartners does not accept any liability to any of the Authorized Recipients and AlixPartners sole duty of care is to the Company. The Company shall be responsible for any damages resulting from a breach of the terms of this Agreement by its Authorized Recipients.
Except as described above and without AlixPartners’ prior written approval (not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed), no part of AlixPartners’ Work Product may be (i) disseminated, reproduced, quoted, or referenced with attribution to AlixPartners or an unnamed consultant or (ii) disseminated to third parties without AlixPartners’ prior written consent and such third parties executing AlixPartners’ Report Access Letter.
Section 5. Confidentiality
Nondisclosure of Confidential Information. Each Party shall keep confidential all confidential information, in whatever form, relating to a Party or its finances, accounts, business, technologies, products, customers or suppliers obtained from the other Party during the performance of AlixPartners’ services hereunder (the “Confidential Information”), and neither Party will disclose any Confidential Information to any other person or entity, except as permitted below. Confidential Information includes the terms of this Agreement.
Disclosure of Confidential Information. The foregoing is not intended to prohibit, nor shall it be construed as prohibiting, either Party from making such disclosures of Confidential Information that either Party reasonably believes are required by law or any regulatory requirement or authority, including AlixPartners’ disclosures to clear client conflicts and as may be required by FedRBank P2014 in unrelated bankruptcy matters.
Either Party may disclose Confidential Information to its Affiliates, and its and their directors, officers, employees, partners, subcontractors, auditors, accountants, agents and legal advisors (collectively, “Representatives”), but only if such Representatives
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