Exhibit 10.17
AMENDMENT TO THE DISTRIBUTION AGREEMENT
By this private instrument:
On the one part,
I) EDITORA ÁTICA S.A., a joint-stock company with its principal place of business at Avenida das Nações Unidas, 7221, 3rd floor, sector A, Pinheiros, Postal Code 05.425-902, in the City of São Paulo, State of São Paulo, enrolled with the National Corporate Taxpayers Register of the Ministry of Finance (CNPJ/MF) under No. 61.259.958/0001-96, EDITORA SCIPIONE S.A., a joint-stock company with its principal place of business at Avenida das Nações Unidas, 7221, 1st floor, sector D, Pinheiros, Postal Code 05425-902, in the City of São Paulo, State of São Paulo, enrolled with the CNPJ/MF under No. 44.127.355/0001-11, and SARAIVA EDUCAÇÃO S.A., a joint-stock company with its principal place of business at Rodovia Presidente Dutra, km 136, block 4, module 5, Eugênio de Melo, Postal Code 12247-004, in the City of São José dos Campos, State of São Paulo, enrolled with the CNPJ/MF under No. 50.268.838/0001-39, herein represented in the form of their By-Laws, hereinafter jointly referred to simply as “PUBLISHING HOUSE”:
and, on the other part,
II) SAMPAIO E OLIVEIRA DISTRIBUIDORA DE LIVROS LTDA., a private company with its principal place of business at AVENIDA FILOMENO GOMES, 670—JACARECANGA, FORTALEZA/CE, Postal Code: 60010-281, enrolled with the CNPJ/MF under No. 22.534.185/0001-57, herein represented in the form of its Articles of Association, hereinafter simply referred to as “DISTRIBUTOR”.
the PUBLISHING COMPANY and the DISTRIBUTOR are hereinafter jointly referred to as “Parties” and individually and indistinctly as “Party”.
WHEREAS:
A) the PUBLISHING HOUSE and the DISTRIBUTOR executed, on August 1st, 2018, the Distribution Agreement (“Agreement”), for distribution, by the DISTRIBUTOR, of the PUBLISHING HOUSE’s Products in the Area of Operation encompassed by all municipalities of the State of Ceará;
B) the term of the Agreement shall end on July 31, 2019, and therefore the Parties mutually agree to extend the term for another year, from August 1st, 2019 to July 31, 2020.
NOW, THEREFORE, the Parties resolve to execute this Amendment to the Agreement (“Amendment”), which shall be governed by the following terms and conditions they mutually agree, as follows:
SECTION I- TERM
1.1. By means of this Amendment, the Parties agree to renew the term of the Agreement for another year, as from August 1st, 2019.
SECTION II—AMENDMENT TO THE SECTION ON THE SUBJECT MATTER AND EXHIBIT I
2.1. The Parties mutually resolve to amend item 1.1.2, for it to read with the following wording:
“1.1.2. During effectiveness of this Agreement, the Product catalogue, which is contained in Exhibit I attached hereto, may be amended at any time, at the sole discretion of the PUBLISHING HOUSE, or the inclusion or exclusion of Products, upon change of the Product in the distributor portal. The new catalogue may be consulted by means of the electronic address http://portaldodistribuidor.abrileducacao.com.br, which contains the entire portfolio of the publishing houses and which shall be effective immediately, substituting the previous catalogue(s) and becoming an integral part of the Agreement as the new Exhibit I.”