CERTAIN CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION CONTAINED IN THIS DOCUMENT, MARKED BY [***], HAS BEEN OMITTED BECAUSE IT IS NOT MATERIAL AND WOULD LIKELY CAUSE COMPETITIVE HARM TO THE COMPANY IF PUBLICLY DISCLOSED.
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This Section 10 shall survive the termination of this Master Incentive Contract.
11. VOLUME REQUIREMENTS.
(a) The VIP Schedule set forth in this Master Incentive Contract does not cancel or supersede any volume commitments in paragraph 2(c) of the Branded Jobber Contract and Attachment A-1 and Attachment A to the Branded Jobber Contract.
(b) Volume reporting for purposes of the Volume Incentive payments hereunder shall begin on the Start Date as defined in Section 2, Contract Term.
(c) The determination of the volume of Company Product purchased during any Twelve Month Period shall be made solely by Company in accordance with its records. Company reserves the right to inspect and audit the pump meters, books and records of Jobber and/or Jobber’s dealer(s) to verify the volume of Company Product sold through the Approved Retail Sites either prior to or after any Volume Incentive payments are made. Jobber will have thirty (30) days after receiving Company’s determination of volume purchased to object thereto. If Jobber fails to object during such time period, the volume amount shall be deemed approved by Jobber. Failure to qualify for a Volume Incentive payment in any Twelve Month Period shall not affect Jobber’s ability to qualify for a Volume Incentive payment in a subsequent Twelve Month Period. Volume may only be applied to the Twelve Month Period in which it was purchased from Company, and may not be carried forward or backward.
12. Jobber is not entitled to any compensation or damages caused by Company’s failure to deliver Company Product for any reason, including without limitation, during those periods of failure or breakdown of equipment, negligence, strikes, governmental regulations, condemnation, shortage of product, or any other cause beyond Company’s control.
13. Company may, in any manner it may determine, apply any Volume Incentive payments to Jobber’s indebtedness, liability, or obligation to Company. Company’s failure to exercise this right will not be construed as a waiver of this right.
14. Company will not pay any Volume Incentive or Image Incentive payments due Jobber if the payment thereof is at any time in violation of any law, order, rule, regulation, or requirement of Federal, State, or local government or authority. Company will give Jobber written notice of the nature of this violation and Jobber may attempt to establish that the law, order, rule, regulation or requirement is invalid or inapplicable through appropriate action.
15. If Jobber has a violation of or inability to comply with any term or condition of this Master Incentive Contract, Jobber agrees Company has the right, in its discretion, to terminate this Master Incentive Contract. Company will have the right to terminate on thirty (30) days prior written notice, subject to — except in cases of fraud — a one-time fifteen (15) day right to cure. In addition to or as an alternative to the right to terminate, Company may, at its election, suspend any and all remaining Volume Incentive payments under this Master Incentive Contract.
16. Nothing in this Master Incentive Contract will be construed as a commitment by Company that any current or future branded jobber contract or other contract between Company and Jobber will be renewed at the expiration of its term. Nothing in this Master Incentive Contract will modify or amend any current or future branded jobber contract between Company and Jobber or constitute a waiver by Company of any rights Company has or may have under any branded jobber contract. Jobber acknowledges and agrees that this Master Incentive Contract is not and should not be construed as a franchise under any local, state or federal law, including but not limited to the federal Petroleum Marketing Practices Act. Jobber further acknowledges and agrees that this Master Incentive Contract is an agreement which is separate and distinct from any other agreement, contract or franchise relationship which may now or hereafter exist between Company and Jobber. This Master Incentive Contract does not create a joint venture or partnership between the parties.
17. Nothing in this Master Incentive Contract will be construed as a commitment by Company to offer for sale or to market its petroleum products in any particular geographic area or to maintain any of its Trade Identities, or any particular Trade Identity, in any particular geographic area. In addition, and notwithstanding those Master Incentive Contracts currently in force, Company will have the right at any time to change, cancel or not extend incentive and/or JOIP contracts and to change or not offer any future Master Incentive Contracts, for any reason.
18. Company, its agents and employees will not be liable for any loss, damage, injuries, or casualty of any kind whatsoever or by whomsoever caused, to the person or property of anyone (including Jobber) on or off the premises of any and all retail outlet, arising out of or resulting from Jobber’s (or Jobber’s dealers’) use, possession or operation thereof, or from the layout or design of said premises, or from defects of said premises whether apparent or hidden, or from the installation, existence, use, maintenance, condition, repair, alteration, removal, or replacement of any building, improvements, equipment, or fixtures
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