By Clicking on “I Agree”, you are entering into an agreement
(the “Agreement”) between Alternate Channels, LLC, a New
Jersey limited liability company, with offices located at 4400 Route
9 South, Suite 1000, Freehold, NJ 07728 (“Alternate Channels”)
and the company designated in your online application (“Agent”)
as of today’s date (the “Effective Date”), subject
to written approval and acceptance by Alternate Channels. During the
term of this Agreement, Agent will provide certain Programs specified
and approved by Alternate Channels and ADT Security Services, Inc. or
ADT Security Services Canada, Inc. (as applicable, “ADT”)
in advance in writing in consideration for which Alternate Channels
will pay Referral Fees to Agent under the terms and conditions of
this Agreement which are as follows:.
Definitions:
- “Referral
Fee(s) ” shall mean the amount
payable to Promoter (excluding any taxes) by ALTERNATE CHANNELS for
each Completed Sale based on a consumer response to a Promotional
Offer containing ADT promotional material for ADT Equipment and
Services (“Promotional Offer”) delivered by Promoter
under this Agreement. Promoter shall obtain the Promotional Offer,
which shall contain a specific ADT telephone number and Promotion
Code, through ADTpays.com. The amount of the Referral Fee will be
made known to the Promoter, upon written approval in accordance with
Section 6 of this Agreement. Promoter is obligated to pay its own
federal and/or state income or other tax on any moneys earned
pursuant to this Agreement. Any Referral Fees due to Promoter
hereunder shall be payable by ALTERNATE CHANNELS within thirty (30)
days of ALTERNATE CHANNELS’ receipt of payment from ADT for
such Completed Sale. No Referral Fees shall be payable to Promoter
hereunder if a Lead does not call the specific ADT telephone number
in the Promotional Offer obtained by Promoter through ADTpays.com.
- “Completed
Sale(s) ” shall be defined as
Installed Sales from Lead(s) that has: (i) executed a standard ADT
Residential Services Contract (Form 5104) , and the three (3) day
right of rescission has expired, or standard ADT Small Business
Commercial Sales Agreement or any other Residential or Small
Business Commercial Electronic Security Services Contract then
authorized by ADT for use by ADT for the provision of Electronic
Security Services to ADT residential/small business commercial
customers (hereinafter referred to as the “ADT Residential
Services Contract” or “ADT Small Business Commercial
Sales Agreement”) in response to a Promotional Offer
containing ADT promotional material for ADT Equipment and Services,
as obtained through ADTpays.com either via downloaded PDF or request
of printed materials and made part of this Agreement (Contract
Sales); and (ii) the installation of the residential/small business
commercial security system by ADT that includes the initial payment
by Customer to ADT (Installed Sales) .
- “Programs”
shall mean the advertising campaigns, approved in advance in writing
by ADT and ALTERNATE CHANNELS, that Promoter will perform, and
deliverables, if any, which Promoter will deliver.
- “Promotional
Offer” shall mean the discount or
rebate provided by ADT for the specific ADT product or service being
sold by ADT.
- “Lead(s)
” shall mean consumers responding
to a Promotional Offer from Programs by calling a specific ADT
telephone number in the Promotional Offer, as set forth in this
Agreement.
- “Promotion
Code” shall
mean a unique series of numbers and/or letters that will be assigned
by ALTERNATE CHANNELS to a specific Promoter for the purpose of
tracking Leads and Completed Sales.
- Promotions:
ADT will be promoted by Promoter in ADT advertising Programs for the
purpose of generating sales Leads to be exclusively delivered to ADT
through the promotion channel(s) set forth in Section 3. ADT will
provide ALTERNATE CHANNELS with the offer available to the consumer
directly from ADT. ADT may change the content, description of
equipment and services and pricing at anytime in its sole
discretion, but not prior to the expiration date of any current
promotion, except earlier if ADT is required by law to make such
change prior to the expiration date of any current promotion, as it
may affect printed and electronic materials already distributed.
- Lead
Generation: During the Term (as defined in
this Agreement), Promoter will promote ADT to consumers in
accordance with Section 3. Leads will respond in inbound calling to
the specific ADT telephone number contained in the Promotional Offer
(prospect calls ADT inbound call center and requests appointment).
ADT, in its sole discretion shall evaluate each Lead generated as a
result of the marketing efforts and determine whether each Lead
satisfies ADT’s credit and other requirements for the
provisions of any ADT Products or Services. ADT’s negotiation,
acceptance, or rejection of any ADT Customer contract shall, in each
case, be within ADT’s sole discretion. Without limiting the
generality of the foregoing, ADT reserves the right in its sole
discretion to do any of the following (i) reject any contract
proposed by any Lead; and (ii) negotiate, refuse to negotiate, or
terminate or suspend negotiation of any contract with any Lead. Each
Lead that is evaluated by ADT with respect to entering into a
contract with ADT which becomes a Completed Sale shall be referred
to herein as an “ADT Customer.” The names, addresses,
telephone numbers and account numbers of ADT Customers, all
contracts with ADT Customers, marketing research, marketing
solicitation and advertising materials that have been created,
developed for or by, or are acquired, by ADT are proprietary, owned
by ADT and are to be considered and treated as trade secrets. All of
the foregoing shall remain the exclusive property of ADT and shall
not be used for any purpose or divulged by Promoter to any third
party, without the specific written consent of ALTERNATE CHANNELS
and ADT, which may be granted or withheld by ALTERNATE CHANNELS AND
ADT in their sole discretion. This provision shall not apply to the
extent that such information is independently discernible or is in
the public domain or the disclosure of such information is required
by law. This provision shall survive termination of this Agreement.
- Specific
Program Conditions:
- In-Office/
Design Center / Showroom / Retail Location/ In-Home Lead Generation
Programs. When Promoter, through its
employees, is interacting with a customer in the Promoter’s
office, design center/showroom/retail location or in the customer’s
home to sell or install Promoter Services, Promoter may promote the
ADT Promotional Offer for ADT Products and Services directly to the
customer. ADT will provide Promoter, for Promoter’s use when
making such referrals a toll free number in the Promotional Offer
for the customer to inquire about, order, and purchase from ADT the
ADT Products and Services covered by the ADT Promotional Offer.
Promoter may provide prospective customers with information
regarding various ADT Services during Promoter’s pre-set
appointment or, at Promoter’s discretion, door to door sales
of Promoter Services, at a customer’s home. If customer is
interested in any ADT Products and Services, Promoter will
facilitate a telephone call from the prospective customer to the
ADT toll free number in the Promotional Offer for customer to speak
to an ADT call center operator who will offer the ADT Products and
Services to customer (“Warm
Transfer”). The ADT call center
operator will place the order on behalf of the customer. In the
event of any licensing or other governmental requirements
prohibiting Promoter from providing prospective customers with
information regarding various ADT Products and Services, Promoter
shall cease providing same. Promoter is not engaged in and shall
not represent themselves as being engaged in the sale of ADT
Products and Services, only the promotion of ADT Products and
Services. Promoter shall certify that all employees entering
Promoter customer homes have successfully passed a criminal
background check. Promoter utilizing the
ADTpays.com website to order material or download self-printable
material containing the ADT Promotional Offer shall be limited to
the distribution of such materials to their respective customers in
the Promoter’s office, design center/showroom/retail
location, or in the Promoter customer’s home and the Promoter
shall not engage in any other form of distribution of the ADT
Promotional Offer, including but not limited to, not engaging in
any form of internet advertising, doorhanging, hand placement in
mailboxes, faxing, telemarketing or e-mailing of the ADT
Promotional offer.
- Promoter
Referral Program (“Promoter Referral Program”).
- Definition.
The Promoter Referral Program is available for Promoters whom
ALTERNATE CHANNELS and ADT, in their sole discretion, have
accepted in writing into the Promoter Referral Program. The
Promoter Referral Program Referral Fee is available for Completed
Sales resulting directly from residential customer Leads generated
as a result of referrals by a local business recruited by the
participating Promoter through an Introductory Letter secured by
Promoter from the ADTpays.com website; provided, that such local
business becomes an Alternate Channels, LLC. Promoter bound by the
terms of this Agreement, promoting the ADT Promotional Offer under
the ADTpays.com website (“Referred
Promoter”).
- Terms.
In order to be eligible for the Promoter Referral Program Referral
Fee from ALTERNATE CHANNELS, Promoter must:
- Be
an active ALTERNATE CHANNELS’ Promoter under this Agreement
and have been issued an individualized 6-digit code. Promoter
will download an Introductory Letter of the ALTERNATE CHANNELS
Promoter Program and HAND DELIVER ONLY the Introductory Letter
when recruiting local businesses to become an ALTERNATE CHANNELS’
Promoter under the ADTpays.com website. Referred Promoters must
be business entities (e.g., corporations, partnerships, or sole
proprietorships), and not individuals. The Introductory Letter
provided by Promoter to Referred Promoters must contain
Promoter’s individualized 6-digit code for Promoter
- Referred
Promoters must register with ALTERNATE CHANNELS at
www.ADTpays.com using Promoter’s individualized 6-digit
code. Promoter will only be eligible for Promoter Referral
Program Referral Fees from ALTERNATE CHANNELS for Completed Sales
resulting from referrals by Referred Promoters, referred by
Promoter, who use Promoter’s individualized, 6-digit code
when registering at www.ADTpays.com.
- No
Telemarketing, E-Mailing or Other Non-Approved Form of
Distribution of the Introductory Letter. In
utilizing the ADTpays.com website to order or download the
self-printable Introductory Letter provided in the ALTERNATE
CHANNELS’ Promoter Referral Program, Promoter
shall be limited to the hand-distribution of such materials to
Promoter’s respective contacts and Promoter may not engage
in any other form of distribution of the Introductory Letter or
the content contained therein, including but not limited to, not
engaging in any form of telemarketing, internet advertising, door
hanging, hand placement in mailboxes, faxing or e-mailing of the
Introductory Letter. Promoter is expressly prohibited from making
any outbound telemarketing calls, directly or indirectly, on
behalf of ADT, or using any trademark, service mark, or trade
name of ADT in any outbound telemarketing campaigns or outbound
telemarketing activities. Promoter understands its failure to
adhere to this provision will, in ALTERNATE CHANNELS’ sole
discretion, result in termination of Promoter’s Agreement
with ALTERNATE CHANNELS.
- Promoter
Referral Program Referral Fee. Promoter
understands and agrees that the Promoter Referral Program Referral
Fee is not earned until a Lead generated by the Referred Promoter,
referred by Promoter, is generated through the ADTpays.com program
and results in a Completed Sale. Upon a Completed Sale, Promoter
shall be paid a Promoter Referral Program Referral Fee. The amount
of the Promoter Referral Program Referral Fee will be made known
to Promoter, upon written approval in accordance with Section 6 of
the Agreement.
- Promoter
Termination. Upon expiration of this
Agreement or termination of this Agreement by Promoter or by
ALTERNATE CHANNELS, with or without cause, Promoter shall cease
the recruitment of any Referred Promoters. Promoter further agrees
it will not be eligible for receipt of payment of Promoter
Referral Program Referral Fees for any Completed Sales, resulting
from any customer Leads generated by a Referred Promoter, referred
by Promoter, occurring after the date of expiration or termination
of this Agreement by Promoter or by ALTERNATE CHANNELS, with or
without cause. Promoter will also not be eligible for receipt of
payment of Promoter Referral Program Referral Fees upon expiration
or termination by ALTERNATE CHANNELS, with or without cause, of
the agreement between ALTERNATE CHANNELS and any Referred
Promoter, referred by Promoter.
- ADT
Property. All ADT promotional materials,
including the Introductory Letter of the ALTERNATE CHANNELS
Promoter Referral Program, supplied to Promoter through the
www.ADTpays.com website remain the property of ADT. This ADT
Property must be returned to ALTERNATE CHANNELS or ADT upon demand
by ALTERNATE CHANNELS or ADT or upon expiration or termination of
this Agreement by ALTERNATE CHANNELS, with or without cause.
- Promoter
Website Banner Program (“Promoter Website Banner”
Program”)
- Definition.
The Promoter Website Banner Program is only available for active
Promoters under this Agreement who ALTERNATE CHANNELS and ADT, in
their sole discretion, have accepted in writing into the Promoter
Website Banner Program. Upon acceptance into the Promoter Website
Banner Program, Promoter may log into ADTpays.com and shall be
provided with the functionality by ALTERNATE CHANNELS to place an
ADT Promotional Offer HTML banner on the Promoter’s publicly
accessible website homepage and link it to an ALTERNATE CHANNELS’
hosted landing page for the purpose of having customer’s of
Promoter who visit Promoter’s website respond to the ADT
Promotional Offer banner by clicking on it and being linked to an
ALTERNATE CHANNELS’ landing page with a specific ADT
Promotional Offer 800 telephone number to call.
- Terms.
The Promoter Website Banner Program is available for residential
customer Leads generated as a direct result of a visit by a
Promoter’s customer to the Promoter’s website and the
customer clicking on the ADT Promotional Offer banner and linking
to the ALTERNATE CHANNELS’ landing page and such Lead
becoming a Completed Sale. The amount of the Promoter Website
Banner Program Referral Fee will be made known to the Promoter,
upon written approval in accordance with Section 6 of this
Agreement (“Promoter Website Banner
Program Referral Fee”).
- Promoter
Termination. Upon expiration of this
Agreement or termination of this Agreement by Promoter or by
ALTERNATE CHANNELS, with or without cause, Promoter shall
immediately cease the use of and remove the ADT Promotional Offer
banner from Promoter’s website. Promoter further agrees it
will not be eligible for receipt of payment of Promoter Website
Banner Program Referral Fees for any Completed Sales, resulting
from any customer Leads generated from the ADT Promotional Offer
banner on Promoter’s website, occurring after the date of
expiration of this Agreement or termination of this Agreement by
Promoter or by ALTERNATE CHANNELS, with or without cause.
- ADT
Property. All ADT promotional materials,
including the ADT Promotional Offer banner on Promoter’s
website, supplied to Promoter through the www.ADTpays.com website
remains the property of ADT. Promoter shall cease use of and
remove the ADT Promotional Offer banner from Promoter’s
website upon demand by ALTERNATE CHANNELS or ADT or upon
expiration or termination of this Agreement by ALTERNATE CHANNELS,
with or without cause.
- Promoter
Warranties. Promoter represents and
warrants that:
- all
persons employed by, or acting on behalf of Promoter are and shall
be the employees and agents of Promoter and not of ALTERNATE
CHANNELS or ADT. Promoter shall be solely responsible for the
acts, negligence and omissions of its employees and agents, and
shall have sole responsibility for their supervision, direction
and control. Promoter understands and agrees that as an
independent contractor engaged in its own business, Promoter’s
employees are not, and shall never become eligible for, nor
entitled to participate in, any plans or arrangements that
ALTERNATE CHANNELS or ADT or any of their respective affiliates
maintain for the benefit of their employees, including, without
limitation, pension, profit sharing, health, welfare benefit or
other fringe benefit plans, if any. Further, Promoter’s
employees are not entitled to worker’s compensation benefits
from ALTERNATE CHANNELS OR ADT or any of their respective
affiliates, and each such employee shall be obligated to pay their
own federal and/or state income or other tax due in respect of any
monies earned pursuant to this Agreement.
- Promoter
acknowledges and agrees that it is not selling and shall not sell
ADT products or services to homeowners in Promoter’s Design
Center(s) or in its residential developments or other properties,
and that Promoter is providing and shall provide only promotional
services on behalf of ALTERNATE CHANNELS and ADT.
- Reporting:
ALTERNATE CHANNELS will be responsible for receiving detailed weekly
reports from ADT including number of Leads, Appointments, and
Completed Sales by Phone Number and Promotion Code. ALTERNATE
CHANNELS will provide such report to Promoter within three (3)
business days of receipt of same from ADT. ALTERNATE CHANNELS will
be the single point of contact for all reporting for Programs
between ALTERNATE CHANNELS and ADT.
- Accounting:
ALTERNATE CHANNELS will be the single point of contact for all
Referral Fee payments to Promoter for Programs managed by ALTERNATE
CHANNELS.
- Approval:
ALTERNATE CHANNELS will approve Promoter’s online application
and provide details of online Promoter applications to ADT for
approval. Such approval may be withheld by Alternate Channels for
any or no reason in its sole discretion. A response will be provided
by ALTERNATE CHANNELS to Promoter within fifteen (15) business days
of request receipt (the “Approval Date”)
- Tax
Information: On the application to become a
Promoter with ALTERNATE CHANNELS, Promoter will choose if they want
Referral Fee checks made payable to “My Company” or
“Me”:
- MY
COMPANY - When an applicant chooses "My Company", checks
will be made payable to the duly incorporated corporation or
validly formed Limited Liability Company listed on their
application. The Promoter will be required to supply a valid tax
identification number for “My Company”.
- ME
- When an applicant chooses "Me", they must provide a
Social Security number for tax purposes.
- You
represent and warrant that the social security number or tax
identification number you provide on your application is your
accurate social security number or your company’s accurate
tax identification number, as applicable, and you agree to timely
file with the appropriate federal, state, local, foreign or other
tax authorities all income and other tax returns required to be
filed by you or your company, including, but not limited to, a
Form 1099 provided by Alternate Channels, LLC
for any commissions you receive during a calendar year in excess
of Six Hundred Dollars ($600). You agree to indemnify, defend and
hold harmless Alternate Channels, LLC,
its members, managers, officers, agents, employees, successors and
assigns from and against any losses, liabilities, damages, costs
or expenses, including interest, penalties and attorneys' fees,
based upon, arising out of or otherwise resulting from any
inaccuracy or breach by you of any representations, warranties or
obligations set forth herein, including, but not limited to, the
foregoing representation and warranty..
- Compliance:
Promoter will comply with and perform all the terms and conditions
listed in this Agreement. Promoter agrees it does not have a
pre-existing business relationship with ADT.
- Authority:
Promoter agrees that Promoter’s authority under this Agreement
shall be strictly limited to the advertisement and promotion on
behalf of ADT of ADT Offers for ADT Equipment and Services set forth
in the Promotional Offer. Promoter will not have the authority to
change any offer or provisions of any offer without the prior
written agreement of ALTERNATE CHANNELS and ADT. Promoter is not
engaged in and shall not represent Promoter as being engaged in the
sale of ADT Products and Services, only the promotion
of ADT Products and Services.
Promoter shall not have the right or authority whatsoever to make any verbal
or written representations, promises, conditions, inducements or
warranties, express or implied, with regard to ADT Product or
Services. Promoter shall not have the right or authority to create
any obligation of any kind on behalf of ADT. In particular, Promoter
shall not have the right or authority to enter into or modify any
materials provided by ADT under this Agreement, nor include pages
from ADT website for use on Promoter’s website (if such website
use is specifically permitted) , including but not limited to framing
or outlining such pages with Promoter’s logo, site name or
other material. Promoter may not otherwise include or adopt the look
and feel of ADT website.
Promoter will not include any material on their Web Sites (if such website use
is specifically permitted) or other marketing materials that is
obscene, pornographic, libelous, slanderous or defamatory.
Promoter will not make payments or gifts (monetary or otherwise) to anyone for
the purpose of wrongfully influencing decisions in favor of ADT,
directly or indirectly. Promoter shall not compensate or charge in
any manner end users on the basis of visits to the Promoter’s
websites (if such website use is specifically permitted).
Nothing contained in this Agreement shall be construed as creating a joint
venture, partnership or employment or franchise relationship between
ALTERNATE CHANNELS/ ADT and Promoter. Promoter understands and agrees
that Promoter’s status under this Agreement is that of an
independent contractor of ALTERNATE CHANNELS and that Promoter’s
status shall in no way be deemed to be that of a Promoter or employee
of ALTERNATE CHANNELS or ADT. Therefore, in dealing with the public,
Promoter shall at all times identify Promoter’s capacity as an
independent contractor of ALTERNATE CHANNELS authorized only to
present the ADT Promotional Offer to customers. At no time shall
Promoter hold itself out as ADT or represent, in any fashion or
nature whatsoever, that Promoter is ALTERNATE CHANNELS or ADT or a
Promoter of ALTERNATE CHANNELS or ADT.
All persons employed by, or acting on behalf of Promoter are and shall be
the employees and Promoters of Promoter and not of ALTERNATE CHANNELS
or ADT. Promoter shall be solely responsible for the acts, negligence
and omissions of its employees and Promoters, and shall have sole
responsibility for their supervision, direction and control. Promoter
understands and agrees that as an independent contractor engaged in
its own business, Promoter’s employees are not, and shall never
become eligible for, nor entitled to participate in, any plans or
arrangements that ALTERNATE CHANNELS or ADT or any of their
respective affiliates maintain for the benefit of their employees,
including, without limitation, pension, profit sharing, health,
welfare benefit or other fringe benefit plans, if any. Further,
Promoter’s employees are not entitled to worker’s
compensation benefits from ALTERNATE CHANNELS OR ADT or any of their
respective affiliates, and each such employee shall be obligated to
pay their own federal and/or state income or other tax due in respect
of any monies earned pursuant to this Agreement.
- Creative
Materials: ADT shall be responsible for
supplying ALTERNATE CHANNELS with creative artwork and promotional
offers ready for print to be used as buck-slips, bill inserts, Web
banner promotions, and other marketing communications. Camera-ready
and Web-ready artwork from ADT including logo shall be included in
the marketing communications materials (“Creative Materials”).
ALTERNATE CHANNELS retains control over the creative execution of
any marketing communications containing a Promotional Offer, subject
to approval by ADT. ALTERNATE CHANNELS and ADT shall have the right
to review, modify, and approve or object to any promotional
materials prepared by Promoter pertaining to ADT’s Equipment
and Services with a response expected within fifteen (15) business
days of receipt of said materials.
In the event Promoter or ADT prepares promotional materials pertaining
to ADT’s Equipment and Services containing Promoters trademark
or trade name, Promoter hereby grants ALTERNATE CHANNELS and ADT a
royalty–free license to use the trademarks, service marks,
trade dress, logos, trade names and corporate names (collectively,
“Promoter Marks”) of Promoter as contained in the
promotional materials prepared by Promoter or ADT, during the term
hereof for purposes of ADT marketing, selling, installing and
providing electronic alarm and security services to customers of
Promoter.
Upon demand, ALTERNATE CHANNELS may at any time in its sole discretion,
require Promoter to immediately return all ADT’s Creative
Materials. Promoter shall immediately comply with such request after
receipt of demand therefor. In the event of termination of this
Agreement or the Program for any or no reason, and without the need
for a demand, Promoter shall immediately return all Creative
Materials in Promoter’s possession to ALTERNATE CHANNELS.
- Limited
License: ADT has granted ALTERNATE CHANNELS
a limited, non-exclusive, non-transferable license, through
permission granted from ADT Services AG, Schaffhausen, Switzerland,
the owner and licensor of the trademarks, to use and for Alternate
Channels’ Promoter to use the trademarks of ADT (collectively,
“ADT Property”) solely as contained in the ADT Creative
Materials that promote the Program during the Term of and solely for
the purpose of participating in this Agreement. Promoter shall not
in any way modify ADT Property without ADT’s advance written
approval. ADT shall have the right to terminate Promoter’s
right to use this limited license immediately for any or no reason
and with or without cause and ALTERNATE CHANNELS or ADT shall
immediately enforce such termination by way of seeking an
injunction, if necessary, against Promoter and Promoter expressly
agrees to this right of termination.
- Keyword
Search Engines: Promoter will not use pay
per click or any other financial purchase of Search Engine keyword
placement
- Publicity:
Promoter may not issue or release any press release, promotional
material, announcement or other statement relating to this Agreement
or the terms of this Agreement without the prior written consent of
ALTERNATE CHANNELS and ADT, which consent shall be given or withheld
by the exercise of ALTERNATE CHANNELS’ and ADT’S sole
discretion.
- No
Telemarketing Services: The Programs
contemplated in this Agreement do not include any telemarketing
services. Promoter will not make any outbound telemarketing calls,
directly or indirectly, on behalf of ADT, and Promoter will not
reference ADT in any of Promoter’s Programs or those of
Promoter products or services or use any trademark, service mark, or
trade name of ADT in any outbound telemarketing campaigns or
outbound telemarketing activities.
- Indemnification:
ALTERNATE CHANNELS agrees to indemnify, defend and hold harmless
Promoter, from any damages, claims, costs and expenses, including
attorneys’ fees and other legal costs, in connection with any
claims or actions arising in any way out of ALTERNATE CHANNELS’s
duties or obligations set forth in this Agreement or with respect to
any of ADT’s Products or Services, whether or not included in
the Promotional Offers, including, but not limited to, consumer
complaints or product liability claims. Promoter agrees to
indemnify, defend and hold harmless ALTERNATE CHANNELS and ADT from
any damages, claims, costs and expenses, including attorneys’
fees and other legal costs, in connection with any claims or actions
arising in any way out of Promoter duties or obligations set forth
in this Agreement or with respect to any of the Promoter’s
products or services, including, but not limited to, consumer
complaints or product liability claims or in any manner related to
any act or omission of Promoter.
- Representation
and Warranty: Promoter represents and
warrants that (i) the performance of its obligations under this
Agreement will be conducted in compliance with all applicable laws,
rules and regulations and that they will be of a professional
quality and will conform to generally accepted industry standards
and practices; and (ii) neither its execution and delivery of this
Agreement nor its performance of this Agreement is a violation on
its part of any contract, indenture or other agreement or
relationship to which it is a party or by which it is bound.
- Term
and Termination: The term of this Agreement
shall commence on the Approval Date and shall continue until this
Agreement or the Program is terminated by ALTERNATE CHANNELS or ADT.
ALTERNATE CHANNELS may terminate this Agreement or terminate
Promoter’s participation in a particular advertising Program
at any time for any or no reason (with or without cause), in its
sole discretion. Upon termination of this Agreement for any or no
reason, Promoter shall immediately cease any and all advertisement
and promotion on behalf of ADT for ADT Equipment and Services.
Promoter fully agrees to the above ALTERNATE CHANNELS’ rights
to terminate Promoter, this Agreement, or any Program. In no event
will either party be liable for loss of any consequential, indirect,
exemplary, special, or incidental damages, including any lost
profits, arising from or relating to this Agreement or its breach.
- Contract
Relationship: Promoter agrees with Alternate
Channels that this ALTERNATE CHANNELS / Promoter Agreement is solely
between Alternate Channels and Promoter; that any claims, disputes
or lawsuits in any manner related to this Agreement or the
relationship between ALTERNATE CHANNELS and Promoter shall be
governed exclusively by this ALTERNATE CHANNELS/ Promoter Agreement;
and that Promoter agrees not to institute any claims or litigation
in any manner related to this Agreement or the relationship between
ALTERNATE CHANNELS and Promoter against ADT Security Services, Inc.,
its parents, affiliates and subsidiaries. Promoter expressly
acknowledges and agrees that ADT is not a party to, but is an
intended third party beneficiary of this Agreement and ADT has the
benefit of all Alternate Channels rights, remedies and redress
against Promoter; that Promoter shall have no rights, remedies or
redress against ADT at law, equity or under this Agreement; and that
Promoter will not assert a defense based upon lack of privity
against ADT in the event ADT seeks to enforce its third party
beneficiary rights hereunder against Promoter, including but not
limited to Promoter’s indemnification of ADT and any
disclaimers, limitations regarding damages and claims, or
limitations of liability contained herein.
- Jurisdiction:
This Agreement is governed by the laws of
New Jersey. Promoter hereby consents to the exclusive jurisdiction
and venue of courts in Somerset County, New Jersey, in all disputes
arising out of or relating to the Agreement between Alternate
Channels and Promoter and to the use of this site.
- Limitation
Regarding Damages and Claims:
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this
Agreement, ALTERNATE CHANNELS shall not be liable in any manner
whatsoever on account of termination by ALTERNATE CHANNELS, with or
without cause, or termination by Promoter or expiration of this
Agreement for any reason even though thereafter ALTERNATE CHANNELS
or any other party may complete any transaction inaugurated by
Promoter. ALTERNATE CHANNELS’ right of termination as provided
herein is absolute and Promoter has considered the possibility of
expenditures necessary for the performance of the terms of this
Agreement and the possible loss or damages incident to Promoter in
the event of expiration or termination by ALTERNATE CHANNELS, with
or without cause, or termination by Promoter of this Agreement. It
is hereby acknowledged and agreed that ALTERNATE CHANNELS shall not
be liable to Promoter for damages in any form or of any kind that
arise from or are related to the expiration or termination by
ALTERNATE CHANNELS, with or without cause, or termination by
Promoter of this Agreement or arrangement at any time and for any or
no reason.
- Promoter
hereby waives, abandons, disclaims, forbears, relinquishes,
forfeits, surrenders and agrees not to assert against ALTERNATE
CHANNELS, or its affiliates, any claim ( expressly including any
claim for the breach of the implied contractual duty of good faith
and fair dealing) , cross-claim or counterclaim, or other claim
for any compensation or damages whatsoever, whether based on
goodwill established, customers created, expenditures incurred or
investments made by Promoter or anticipated profits or revenues of
Promoter related to this Agreement or for any direct damages,
special damages, indirect damages, incidental damages,
consequential damages and/or punitive damages which arise from or
relate to the expiration or termination of this Agreement by
ALTERNATE CHANNELS, with or without cause, or termination by
Promoter or for any other reason, or arise from or relate to any
other claim. In addition, Promoter hereby knowingly waives and
relinquishes any right to seek equitable relief, which may relate
in any way to the termination or expiration of this Agreement. In
the event Promoter institutes legal process in breach of this
section, Promoter shall pay ALTERNATE CHANNELS on demand all legal
fees, costs and expenses, both for in-house corporate and outside
counsel in responding to such legal process.
- ALTERNATE
CHANNELS and Promoter hereby waive, abandon, disclaim, forbear,
relinquish, forfeit, surrender and agree not to assert against one
another any claim for breach of the implied contractual duty of
good faith and fair dealing and/or punitive damages based upon any
act(s) which arises from or is related to this Agreement.
- Assignment
–This Agreement is personal to
Promoter and Promoter may not assign or delegate any of its rights
or obligations hereunder. This Agreement may be assigned by
ALTERNATE CHANNELS to any third party at any time without notice to
or the consent of Promoter.
- Entire
Agreement: This Agreement represents the
entire Agreement between the parties and supersedes any prior oral
or written agreement. ALTERNATE CHANNELS may modify this Agreement
in its sole discretion by giving Promoter thirty days prior notice
of such modification by mail or e-mail. If Promoter objects to such
modification, then Promoter’s only remedy shall be to
terminate this Agreement without liability to either party or the
modification shall be deemed effective upon the expiration of the 30
day notice. If Promoter fails to object to such the modified
Agreement, then the Agreement as modified will be effective as of
the expiration of the 30 day notice and shall supersede all prior
versions of the Agreement.
- The
parties hereto have expressly requested that this contract and all
documents and notices contemplated thereby be drawn up in the
English language. Les parties aux présentes ont expressément
demandé que ce document et tous les documents et avis qui y
sont envisagés soient rédigés en langue
anglaise.
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