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TERMS
AND CONDITIONS OF MANUFACTURE AND SALES For the purposes hereof
"the Company" shall mean AGR Manufacturing Ltd and "the Customer"
shall mean the invoicee. Every contract concluded between
the Company and the Customer shall comprise of the Invoice
with these standard Terms and Conditions which shall be attached
thereto ("the Contract"). All other conditions are hereby
specifically excluded save as may be expressly agreed in writing
between the Company and the Customer. "Goods" shall mean any
part of the constituents of vinyl records, cassettes, CDs,
CD-Rs, DVDs and any other related product, materials or other
items to be supplied pursuant to the Contract. The Company's
quotations do not constitute an offer. All and any business
undertaken by the company is transacted solely upon and subject
to these Terms and Conditions even though the Customer may
purport to modify, negate or add further terms and conditions
to the same in his order or modification of order or in any
other manner whatsoever unless the director of the Company
shall specifically agree in writing to any such variation,
modification, negation or addition. In the event of any conflict
arising between these Conditions and the conditions so added,
the former shall prevail. These Terms and Conditions override
and replace any other Terms and Conditions of the Company.
LICENCES
Orders are subject to the Company receiving any necessary
licence to purchase, process or use the required materials
and/or to manufacture the products and to the Company being
reasonably able to obtain the materials required to manufacture
the products.
PAYMENT
Unless otherwise agreed in writing, payment is due forthwith
and on presentation of the invoice. If the Customer fails
to pay the Company in accordance with the above or if any
sum be due and remain unpaid in whole or in part by the Customer
to the Company pursuant to the this Contract or any other
Contract between the Customer and the Company the Customer
shall be liable to pay and hereby fully indemnifies the Company
against all legal costs and other costs incident to and occasioned
by such failure to make due payment. In addition, interest
will be payable by the Customer from the due date for payment
until the date of actual payment ("the outstanding period")
of any such outstanding sums at a rate of three per cent (3%)
per annum above the base lending rate of the National Westminster
Bank PLC in force from time to time during the outstanding
period (after as well as before judgement ). Without limitation
of the Company's rights and remedies set out herein, the Company
shall also be entitled to suspend all further deliveries of
Goods until any outstanding payment is made in full, or cancel
the order pursuant to this Contract and any other order or
orders remaining to be fulfilled insofar as Goods remain to
be delivered. All invoice queries must be notified in writing
to the Company within 14 days of the date of the invoice otherwise
the invoice shall be deemed to be correct and the Customer
shall be bound to pay such invoice in full.
DELIVERY
AND TRANSPORT Where the Goods are delivered by the Company's
own transport or by a courier on behalf of the Company, the
risk therein shall pass to the Customer upon delivery. Otherwise
the Goods shall be deemed to have been delivered and the risk
therein to have passed to the Customer upon their transfer
to the courier named by the Customer or if the Customer is
to collect the Goods from the Company upon the Company notifying
the Customer that the Goods are available for collection.
RETENTION
OF TITLE Notwithstanding the foregoing the Goods shall remain
the sole and absolute property of the Company until the Customer
shall have paid the Company for the Goods in full and any
other debts or moneys (or the balances thereof) owed to the
Company by the Customer. Until such payment has been made
to the Company and title in the Goods has passed to the Customer
if the goods have been delivered hereunder the Customer shall
be in possession of the Goods as bailee for the Company and
if the Customer sells and delivers the goods or any part thereof
to any third party or if the Goods or any part thereof shall
be damaged, lost or destroyed then in a fiduciary capacity
the Customer shall hold that proportion of the proceeds of
sale or insurance against damage, loss or destruction referable
to the outstanding payment in respect of the Goods on trust
for the Company. The Company reserves the immediate right
of re-possession of any Goods to which it has retained title
as aforesaid and in connection therewith the Customer hereby
irrevocably authorises the Company, its employees or agents
to enter upon the Customer's premises during normal business
hours to recover any such Goods. The Customer shall be at
liberty to sell the goods at any time. If the goods are sold
before such time as title is transferred as above, the Customer
shall sell as an agent and bailee of the Company at law and
in equity. The proceeds of any such sale (together with any
interest thereon) shall be held in trust for the Company and
shall not be mingled with any other monies (whether in a bank
account or otherwise).
MASTERS AND PACKAGING The Customer shall supply copy master
tapes of recordings and designs for printed parts in accordance
with the Company's directions promptly following execution
of the Contract. The Company will then supply the Customer
with proofs of printed parts and if the Customer specifically
so requests upon delivery of the copy master tapes with test
pressings of the recordings and proofs of the printed parts.
If the Customer shall notify the Company that a test pressing
or proof is not satisfactory the Company will obtain a new
test pressing / proof at the cost of the Customer. If the
Customer fails to notify any complaints in writing within
five (5) days of delivery of any proofs, samples, lacquers
or test pressings the Customer's approval of such items shall
be deemed to have been given and the Company shall be entitled
to assume that the Customer is entirely satisfied and the
Customer shall have no claim against the Company in respect
of Goods which conform in quality to the proofs, samples,
test pressings or lacquers provided. If the Customer has not
required test pressings or proofs to be provided it shall
have no claim against the Company for any fault which would
have been revealed had the Customer made an examination of
the test pressing or proofs. If the Customer shall fail to
supply copy master tapes, artwork designs or any other materials
required to be supplied hereunder or to make payment in accordance
with the Contract then any time or date agreed for delivery
of the Goods shall be extended by three (3) days in addition
to the period of the delay in supply or payment. Notwithstanding
the foregoing or anything else to the contrary contained herein
any promises of delivery or delivery dates quoted or agreed
are given in good faith and the Company will use all reasonable
endeavours to make delivery within the stated period but such
delivery dates and periods are not of the essence of this
Contract or intended to be binding and the Company shall not
be under any liability to the Customer in respect of any failure
to delivery on any particular date or dates including any
losses or damages suffered by the Customer by reason of or
arising from any such failure or delay in delivery. The Company
will, at the Customer's cost, carry out the written instructions
of the Customer relating to the return or destruction of the
Customer's master tapes, metalwork, labels or sleeve designs,
artwork or computer discs. If no such instructions are received
by the Company within one month of the delivery of the applicable
order (or in the case of metalwork within one year of delivery
of the applicable order) the Company reserves the right to
deal with such items as it thinks fit and shall have no liability
to the Customer in relation thereto. The Company hereby specifically
excludes all liability and responsibility for any loss, damage
or destruction of the copy master tapes, metalwork, artwork,
designs or discs and any other materials supplied by the Customer
to the Company. The Customer hereby undertakes and agrees
to insure and keep insured all such materials and items in
respect of such eventualities.
SHORTAGES
AND DAMAGES If any Goods are faulty or damaged or, where carried
by the Company or on behalf of the Company, are lost or damaged
in transit, the Customer shall submit a detailed claim in
writing to the Company within three (3) days of delivery (or
in the case of non-delivery within three (3) days of receipt
of the invoice in respect of such delivery or purported delivery)
of the nature and extent of any loss or damage to enable the
Company to make any necessary claim against the manufacturer
or carrier within the relevant time limit. If the Company
shall fail to give such notice the goods shall be deemed in
all respects to be in accordance with the Contract and the
Customer shall be bound to accept and pay for the same accordingly.
The Customer will arrange inspection of the Goods in question
and the Customer must provide appropriate inspection facilities.
The Goods must not be removed from the original packaging
nor dealt with nor disposed of in any way and they must be
stored in a separate area of the Customer's premises. Minor
faults which do not affect the quality of sound production
shall not be a cause of rejection or complaint hereunder and
of records in particular (but without limitation) a tolerance
of 2mm warping or dishing is deemed to be acceptable. If the
Company accepts liability in respect of such Goods the Customer
shall return the faulty or damaged Goods to the Company and
if the Company so elects the Customer shall be obliged to
accept replacement Goods of an acceptable quality in accordance
with the foregoing, manufactured within a reasonable period
after such return, and dispatched to the Customer promptly
following completion of manufacture. Notwithstanding the foregoing
the Company hereby expressly excludes any liability which
it might otherwise have for loss or damage suffered by the
Customer (including liability for consequential loss or damage
including loss of profit) by reason of shortage of delivery
in or the quality or condition of the Goods or their loss
or damage save insofar as and in the amount recovered by the
Company in respect thereof from the manufacturer or carrier.
No aggregate liability of the Company to the Customer for
negligence, breach of contract misrepresentation or otherwise
shall in any event exceed the net price invoiced by the Company
to the Customer in respect of the defective damaged or undelivered
Goods. The Company reserves the right to deliver within ten
per cent (10%) finished product over or under the order specified
in the Contract. The Company reserves the right to deliver
up to twenty per cent (20%) printed parts over the amount
specified in the Contract (to allow for wastage). Where the
Company is holding a balance surplus to the Contract of records,
tapes, cds, printed parts or other Goods the Company will
at the Customer's expense carry out the Customer's reasonable
written instructions relating to such items. If the Customer's
instructions are not received with one month of the final
delivery of the order pursuant to the Contract relating to
the Goods in question, the Company will not accept any liability
whatsoever for any loss or damage or otherwise occurring to
such items and reserves the right to deal with them as it
sees fit. If the Customer wishes the Company to store such
material, the Company has the right to charge storage as it
sees fit.
COPYRIGHT
AND RETENTION OF TITLE The Customer hereby warrants and represents
that: it owns the copyright or is the owner or licensee of
all rights relating to the recordings supplied to the Company
hereunder by virtue of valid and binding contracts and is
not infringing the rights of any third party in relation thereto
and that all artist, producer, musician, studio costs and
royalties (including V.A.T. and any similar taxes thereon)
and any other charges of whatsoever nature payable to any
third party in respect of such recordings or any of the Goods
shall be the sole responsibility of the Customer (which responsibility
the Customer shall fully and promptly discharge when due)
and the Company shall have no liability in respect thereof.
it has and will have the right to use all names, likenesses
and photographs of any artists and any others and all other
names, trademarks or logos included in any artwork or related
materials supplied to the Company or otherwise to be used
hereunder in relation to the Goods. The reproduction or manufacture
of any product hereunder will not contravene the Trade Description
Act, any other Act of Parliament, statute or instrument, regulation
or by-law and the Company shall have no liability in respect
hereof. is under no disability, restriction or prohibition
in respect of its right to enter into this Contract and perform
its obligations hereunder it has the right to mechanically
reproduce the recordings and musical works embodied in the
master tapes supplied hereunder and with particular reference
to the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 and shall assume
all liability for any violation or contravention of copyright
in relation to the Goods. The Company hereby reserves the
right to ask for and the Customer shall provide upon the Company's
request documentary evidence of such right to mechanically
reproduce. The Customer hereby indemnifies the Company for
itself and on behalf of the manufacturer against any loss,
damages, costs, claims and expenses that either of them any
occur as a result of any proceedings brought against them,
or either of them, based on infringement of copyright or other
third party rights. The Customer shall fully indemnify the
Company and keep it indemnified against all actions, claims,
demands, liabilities, costs, charges and expenses whatsoever
(including reasonable legal fees and expenses) which may be
brought against the Company or which the Company may suffer
as a result of any breach or alleged breach or non-observance
of any provisions of this Contract or any guarantee, agreement,
warranty, representation or undertaking given by the Customer
hereunder being untrue, inaccurate or unfulfilled. The Company
shall not bear any financial or other liability to the Customer
or any third party in the event that any of the Goods or items
or materials supplied by the Customer are seized on or off
the Company's premises as a result of obscene, blasphemous,
libellous, defamatory or other offensive or illegal material
being contained in or on such items or Goods of the packaging
thereof. Notwithstanding any inability of the Company to deliver
Goods as a result of such seizure the Customer shall be liable
to make payment to the Company for the Goods at the full price
set out in the invoice. The Company shall be entitled to terminate
the Contract by notice in writing to the Customer and may
stop any Goods in transit and/or suspend further deliveries
of Goods in the event that the Customer shall have committed
or permitted any material beach of its obligations hereunder
or it an order is made or any proceeds or action taken in
relation to bankruptcy or if (being a company) an order is
made or a resolution passed for the winding up of the Customer
(other than for the express purpose of amalgamation or reconstruction)
or if a receiver is appointed of any of the Customer's asserts
or undertakings or if circumstances arise which entitle the
Court or a creditor to appoint a receiver or manager of any
of its assets or undertakings or if circumstances arise which
entitle the Court to make a winding-up order or if the Customer
takes or suffers any similar action in consequence of debt.
The Customer shall not be entitled to terminate or cancel
the Contract without the prior written consent of the Company
and it shall be an implied condition of any such consent that
the Customer shall indemnify the Company against all expenses
and loss (including loss of profit) incurred by the company
as a result of or arising from such termination or cancellation.
PROPER
LAW Neither party hereto shall be responsible or liable for
any loss or damage or for failure to fulfil any term or condition
of the Contract by reason of force majeure which shall mean
strikes, lockouts and any event or circumstances beyond the
control of either party, including (without prejudice in the
generality of the foregoing) riots, civil commotions or national
or international emergency, destruction or damage due to natural
forces, fires, floods and explosions. No amendment to the
Contract shall be effective unless made in writing and signed
by the Company. The Contract shall be governed by and construed
in accordance with English Law and the parties hereto shall
submit to the exclusive jurisdiction of the English Courts.
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