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AFFILIATE LETTER OF AGREEMENT
This letter of agreement last updated April 13, 2005 is made
between the Affiliate and Global Biotechnologies, Inc. (Global)
Manufacturer of health care products (www.globalbio.com),
sets forth the points of a strategic partnership between the
two parties.
1. Description
of the Program
If we accept your
application, you will be able to participate as an affiliate
("Affiliate") of the Program. As an Affiliate, you
will be permitted to establish links from your Web site ("Your
Site") as designated by you, to our Web sites at the
locations designated by us ("Our Site"). We will
provide you with the appropriate URL(s) once your application
has been accepted by us. By establishing links from Your Site
to Our Site, you will have the opportunity to earn commissions
on the sales of Global products available at the Global website
consumers follow the links from Your Site to Our Site and
purchase Our Products. [top]
2. Applying to Become an
Affiliate in the Program
To become an Affiliate
in the Program, you must submit a complete Program application
via our site. We will evaluate your application and will notify
you of our acceptance or rejection of Your Site as an Affiliate.
We may reject your application if we determine (in our sole
discretion) that Your Site is unsuitable for the Program for
any reason (including without limitation, because Your Site
contains material that is violent, threatening, harmful, obscene,
pornographic, unlawful, discriminatory, defamatory, infringing,
harassing, offensive or otherwise objectionable or inappropriate).
If we reject your application, you are welcome to reapply
to the Program at any time. You should understand that even
if we accept your application, we may later determine (in
our sole discretion) that Your Site is unsuitable, in which
case we may terminate this Agreement. [top]
3. Establishing Links from
Your Site to Our Site
Once you have been
notified that Your Site has been accepted into the Program,
you may begin establishing links from Your Site to Our Site
as described in this paragraph. You may then feature a brief
description or banner on Your Site as supplied by Global.
You will also provide a link for Our Product, directly from
the promotion on Your Site to the ordering page of Our Site
using the URL(s) designated by us.
You will be responsible
for the maintenance and placement of Our Promotional Materials
on Your Site. You may not alter, modify or change in any way
Our Promotional Materials without our prior written approval,
and you will be responsible for any inaccuracies or other
changes when posting Our Promotional Materials on Your Site.
We may modify Our Promotional Materials at any time in our
sole discretion, and you will make any such modifications
promptly upon our request. You agree to immediately delete
or remove Our Promotional Materials, along with any copies,
from Your Site (or any other media under your control) upon
our request or upon termination of this Agreement.
You will be responsible for setting up the links connecting
Your Site to the ordering page of Our Site at the URL(s) designated
by us, and for ensuring that the links are in good and working
order. [top]
4. Earning Referral Fees
for Qualifying Orders
We will pay you
referral fees ("Referral Fees") on the sale of Our
Product to consumers if (a) the consumer follows a link from
Your Site to the ordering page of Our Site at the URL designated
by us, (b) you correctly use Our Promotional Materials as
designated by us, (c) the consumer purchases Our Product using
the ordering system on Our Site, We will not pay Referral
fees to you when a consumer purchases Our Product after entering
Our Site other than through a link from Your Site or Our Site
(even if the consumer previously followed a link from Your
Site to Our Site). [top]
5. Amount of Referral Fees
We will pay you
Referral Fees on Qualifying Orders according to referral fee
schedules to be established by us from time to time. We will
make the referral fee schedule available to you upon your
request. Our current fee schedule is as follows:
For each Qualifying Order for Global products, we will pay
you 20% of the order price less shipping and handling charges;
All amounts specified in this Agreement are in United States
dollars.
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6. Payment of Referral Fees
We will pay you
the Referral Fees on a monthly basis. We will send you a check
for the Referral Fees earned by you on Qualifying Orders made
during the previous calendar month (less any taxes that we
are required by law to withhold). However, we reserve the
right to withhold any monthly payment that in the aggregate
amounts to less than the payment threshold set forth below
("Payment Threshold"), and to continue withholding
any monthly payments until the aggregate amount reaches the
applicable Payment Threshold or this Agreement terminates
(whichever is earlier). [top]
The Payment Threshold is
as follows:
For Global Affiliates,
commission checks will be issued to the affiliate when the
minimum commission threshold of $ 50.00 dollars is met in
a given month. In the event the affiliate meets the minimum
threshold of $50.00 dollars in less then 12 months of a fiscal
year but more then one month, the affiliate will receive the
combined monthly commission in the given pay period for the
month that the threshold is met. Affiliates who have not met
the minimum commission threshold of $50.00 dollars but have
earned some commissions in a fiscal year, will receive a check
during the given pay period of the last fiscal month for their
total annual earned commissions. We will be responsible for
tracking Qualifying Orders made through links from Your Site
to Our Site. We will use commercially reasonable efforts to
make available to you reports summarizing this sales activity.
The method of delivery, form, content and frequency of these
reports may vary from time to time at our discretion. Our
records will be the determinative evidence of the Qualifying
Orders that entitle you to the Referral Fees. These reports
will be updated daily. [top]
7. Order Processing
We will be responsible
for processing and fulfilling all orders for Our Product placed
by customers who follow links from Your Site to Our Site as
described in this Agreement (including without limitation,
preparing order forms, processing payments, shipping Our Product,
cancellations and returns, and handling customer service).
We reserve the right to reject orders that do not comply with
any requirements that we may establish from time to time.
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8. Policies, Procedures and
Pricing of Our Product
Consumers who buy
Our Product through this Program (regardless of whether the
purchase is made through a link on Your Site to Our Site or
directly through Our Site) will be deemed to be our customers.
Accordingly, our rules, policies and operating procedures
concerning customer orders, customer service, and products
sales will apply to these customers. We may change our rules,
policies and operating procedures at any time. For example,
we retain sole discretion over Our Product that are sold as
part of this Program and may modify this selection at any
time at our sole discretion. As another example, we retain
sole discretion over the prices to be charged for Our Product
that are to be sold as part of this Program in accordance
with our own pricing policies and may modify the pricing at
any time at our sole discretion. You may not offer any discounts,
rebates or premiums that would change the prices of Our Product
as designated by us. The prices and availability of Our Product
may vary from time to time, and we do not guarantee the prices
or availability of Our Product. [top]
9. Public Statements
You agree that
we may identify you or Your Site as an Affiliate of the Program
as long as you participate in the Program. We may make this
identification orally, in writing or electronically, including
without limitation, in press releases, public announcements
and promotional materials publicizing, advertising or promoting
the Program.
You may not issue
any press release or public announcement, distribute any marketing
or promotional materials or otherwise make any public communications
regarding this Agreement or your participation in the Program
without our prior written consent or except as expressly permitted
in Section 9 of this Agreement. [top]
10. Limited License
We grant you a
limited, nonexclusive, nontransferable, revocable right during
the term of this Agreement to use (a) the graphic image and
phrase identified in Section 9 solely for purposes of identifying
Your Site as an Affiliate of the Program in accordance with
Section 9, (b) Our Promotional Materials described in Section
3 solely for purposes of establishing links between Your Site
and Our Site in accordance with Section 3, and (c) any other
proprietary materials for which we grant you express permission
in writing solely for purposes of your participation in the
Program in accordance with the terms of such writing (collectively,
"Our Proprietary Materials"). You may not alter,
modify or change any of Our Proprietary Materials in any way.
We reserve all of our rights (including without limitation,
our copyright, trademark, patent or other intellectual property
rights) in all of Our Proprietary Materials. We may revoke
your license at any time. [top]
11. Responsibility for Your
Site
You will be solely
responsible for the development, operation and maintenance
of Your Site and all materials that appear on Your Site (including
without limitation, the technical operation of Your Site and
all related equipment used to operate Your Site; creating,
posting and maintaining the links from Your Site to Our Site;
the accuracy and appropriateness of materials posted on Your
Site (e.g., Our Promotional Materials); ensuring that materials
posted on Your Site do not violate or infringe upon the rights
of any third party (e.g., copyrights, trademarks, patents,
privacy, publicity or other personal or proprietary rights);
ensuring that materials posted on Your Site are not libelous
or otherwise illegal). [top]
12. Term and Termination
of the Agreement
The term of this
Agreement will begin upon our acceptance of your application
to become an Affiliate of the Program and will end when terminated
by either party. Either you or we may terminate this Agreement
at any time, with or without cause, for any reason, by giving
the other party written notice of termination.
Upon termination
of this Agreement for any reason, you will immediately cease
any use of, and remove from Your Site, all links to Our Site
and any of Our Proprietary Materials appearing on Your Site,
and you will immediately destroy or return any of Our Proprietary
Materials within your possession or control.
You are only eligible
to earn Referral Fees on Qualifying Orders that occur during
the term of this Agreement, and Referral Fees earned through
the effective date of termination will remain payable only
if the applicable Qualifying Orders are neither canceled nor
returned. [top]
13. Modifications to this
Agreement
We may modify any
of the terms and conditions of this Agreement, at any time
and in our sole discretion, by posting a change notice or
a new agreement on Our Site or by sending you a written notice
by email or other delivery. Modifications may include (but
are not limited to) changes in the scope of available Referral
Fees, the amount of the Referral Fees, the payment procedures,
and rules of the Programs.
If any modification
to this Agreement is unacceptable to you, your only recourse
is to terminate this Agreement. Your continued participation
in the Program following our posting of a change notice or
new agreement or our written notice to you will constitute
your binding acceptance of the change. [top]
14. Relationship of the Parties
You and we are
independent contractors, and nothing in this Agreement will
create any joint venture, agency, franchise, sales representative,
or employment relationship between the parties. You will have
no authority to make or accept any offers or representations
on our behalf. You will not make any statement, whether on
Your Site or otherwise, that reasonably would contradict anything
in this Section. [top]
15. Representations and Warrenties
WE MAKE NO EXPRESS
OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES OR REPRESENTATIONS WITH RESPECT TO THE
PROGRAM, ANY OF OUR PRODUCT, OR ANY OF OUR SITE (INCLUDING
WITHOUT LIMITATION, ANY WARRANTIES OF FITNESS, MERCHANTABILITY,
NON-INFRINGEMENT OR ANY IMPLIED WARRANTIES ARISING OUT OF
A COURSE OF PERFORMANCE, DEALING OR TRADE USAGE). IN ADDITION,
WE MAKE NO REPRESENTATION OR WARRANTY THAT THE OPERATION OF
OUR SITE OR ORDERING PAGES WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED OR ERROR-FREE,
AND WE WILL BE NOT LIABLE FOR THE CONSEQUENCES OF ANY INTERRUPTIONS
OR ERRORS [top]
16. Disclaimers and Indemnification
We specifically
disclaim all liability concerning Your Site and all materials
that appear on Your Site. You will indemnify and hold us (and
our affiliates, subsidiaries and parent company, and their
directors, officers and employees) harmless from any and all
claims, liabilities, damages, costs and expenses (including
without limitation, attorneys' fees) relating to the development,
operation, maintenance, use, and materials of Your Site. [top]
17. Limitation of Liability
WE WILL NOT LIABLE
TO YOU OR ANY THIRD PARTY FOR ANY INDIRECT, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY,
PUNITIVE, INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES, FOR ANY LOSS
OF PROFITS, REVENUE, DATA OR SERVICES, ARISING IN CONNECTION
WITH THIS AGREEMENT, THE PROGRAM, OUR PRODUCT OR OUR SITE,
REGARDLESS OF WHETHER SUCH DAMAGES WERE FORESEEABLE OR WHETHER
WE HAVE BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES IN
ADVANCE. FURTHER, OUR AGGREGATE LIABILITY ARISING WITH RESPECT
TO THIS AGREEMENT, THE PROGRAM, OUR PRODUCT OR OUR SITE WILL
IN NO EVENT EXCEED THE TOTAL REFERRAL FEES PAID OR PAYABLE
TO YOU UNDER THIS AGREEMENT. [top]
18. Governing Law and Jurisdiction
This Agreement
will be governed by the laws of the State of Maine, without
reference to rules governing choice of laws. Any action relating
to this Agreement must be brought in the federal or state
courts located in Portland, Maine and you irrevocably consent
to the jurisdiction of such courts. [top]
19. Assignment
You may not assign
this Agreement, by operation of law or otherwise, without
our prior written consent, and any attempted assignment in
violation of this Agreement shall be null and void. Subject
to that restriction, this Agreement will be binding on, inure
to the benefit of, and enforceable against the parties and
their respective successors and assigns [top]
20. Waiver
Our failure to
enforce any provision of this Agreement will not constitute
a waiver of our right to subsequently enforce such provision
or any other provision of this Agreement. [top]
21. Confidentiality
Neither the you
nor us shall disclose any of the terms and conditions of this
Agreement to any third party without the express written consent
of the other party. Neither party shall disclose to any third
party the Confidential Information of the other party and
shall not use any such Confidential Information for any purpose
other than the purpose for which it was originally disclosed
to the receiving party. "Confidential Information"
means any information of a party disclosed to the other party,
which is identified as, or should be reasonably understood
to be, confidential to the disclosing party, including, but
not limited to know-how, trade secrets, technical processes
and formulas, software, customer lists, unpublished financial
information, business plans, projections, and marketing data.
"Confidential Information" shall not include information
that (a) is known to the receiving party at the time it receives
Confidential Information (b) has become publicly known through
no wrongful act of the receiving party; (c) has been rightfully
received by the receiving party from a third party authorized
to make such communication without restriction; (d) has been
approved for release by written authorization of the disclosing
party; or (e) is required by law to disclose. [top]
22. Entire Agreement
This is the entire
agreement between the parties regarding the subject matter
of this Agreement and supersedes all prior and contemporaneous
agreements, understandings, negotiations and discussions between
the parties. This Agreement may only be modified by a written
instrument signed by both parties. I understand and agree
that if I am under 13 years of age, I CANNOT participate in
this affiliate marketing program. If I am between 13 and 18
years of age, I certify that my parent(s) or legal guardian(s)
has read this Agreement. [top]
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