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Menlo Park, USA, 01/01//2013

Reference : XYZ

CONTRACT AGREEMENT
TIME AND MATERIALS
Contractor Customer
Contract agreement - Technical Assistance

Contract n XYZ signed on 01/01/2013


between:
Facebook, Inc.,
Headquarters: Street, City, Country
represented by Mark Zuckerberg, Managing Director,

hereinafter The CUSTOMER

and:
MicroSoft, Inc.
Headquarters: Street, City, Country
represented byBill Gates, Managing Director,

hereinafter The CONTRACTOR

1. TERMS AND CONDITIONS

Definitions 2. ENGAGEMENT
As used in this Agreement
Customer means the customer described on Subject to the terms and conditions of this
the cover sheet. agreement, the Customer has engaged the
Contractor means the service provider Contractor to undertake and complete the
described in on the cover sheet. Project assigned to Contractor by Work Order.
Work Order will be issued according to Exhibit
Deliverable means those Services to be
B of the current agreement
provided to the Customer by the Contractor
under this agreement.
Product the Functional Requirements Study 3. COMPENSATION
for Customer's proposed solution as described
hereto, including the documents and the a. Customer Rates. The Customer shall pay
business model for the Customer's proposed the Contractor the Customer Rate as specified
solution and all materials and other items in Exhibit A for each day worked by employees
produced hereunder or necessary to complete or agents of the Contractor in connection with
the same. the project. The Customer Rates shall remain
Project means the consulting Services that valid and effective for the duration of this
are to be performed by the Contractor on Agreement.
behalf of the Customer.
Customer rates means the rates for Services b. Expenses. The Customer shall reimburse
as described in Exhibit A hereto. the Contractor for reasonable out-of-pocket
Effective date means the date this Agreement expenses incurred by the Contractor in
is duly executed by the Contractor to the connection with the performance of the Project
Customer hereunder. at cost par.
Services means the development and other All out of pocket expenses must be prior
services to be provided by the Contractor to approved by the Customer via e-mail.
the Customer. Such out-of-pocket expenses shall be for the
"Out-of-pocket expenses" means direct outlays work performed in connection with the Project
of cash which may be later reimbursed. at the Customer premises.

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4. FACILITIES c. Subject to the Customer's approval of the
Not the case. work accomplished and the invoice, pursuant
to Sections 6 and 7(b) hereof, payment from
the Customer shall be due within 45 (forty five)
5. STAFFING working days from the date of invoice. Such
The Contractor warrants that it has the Customer approval not be unreasonably
appropriate abilities and skills to complete the withheld.
Project and that its professional abilities d. The Customer shall pay interest charges of
conform to generally accepted industry 9% per year, i.e. 0.75% percent per month or
standards. The Contractor will use best part for all late payments.
endeavors to ensure that the Project is
e. The payment installments can also be
scheduled and completed in accordance with
specified in the Work Order as according to
the agreed Statement of Work.
Exhibit B.
The Contractor will use reasonable efforts to
maintain staff continuity throughout the Project.
The Contractor may not replace any employee 8. CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION
assigned to the Project without prior notice of
the Customer. The new employee shall be The Contractor and the Customer shall be
competent and have the appropriate skills and bound by the terms and conditions of the Non
abilities to complete the Project in accordance Disclosure agreement (NDA) concluded
with the agreed Statement of Work as between them and dated XXXXXXXX.
specified in Exhibit B.

9. DURATION OF AGREEMENT
6. APPROVAL OF WORK
a. Startdate. The signing date of this
Agreement
The Contractor and the Customer shall agree b. Enddate. This framework agreement would
in writing upon a schedule for the completion of be valid until 31.September.2014, unless
the Project. From the date of signature of this cancelled by Termination.
Agreement the Contractor shall, at every two
c. Upon expiration, both parties may review
weeks, send the Customer a detailed
and amend the Contract and decide whether or
statement summarizing the work performed to
not to renew.
date in connection with the Project and the
work remaining for completing the Project.
The Customer reserves the right to refuse any
work not in accordance with the agreed 10. TERMINATION
Statement of Work and the Contractor will
make the necessary corrections at their own
The Customer may, at its sole discretion
expense and the Customer may withhold
payment on the invoice. terminate this Agreement upon giving 15 work-
days written notice to the Contractor. The
Statutory law shall able regarding the liability of Contractor may terminate this Agreement on
the Contractor. 15 work-days written notice if the Customer
fails to pay any past-due invoices, unless
7. PAYMENTS payment is genuinely withheld pursuant to
Section 6 hereof. Upon such notice being
given, the Contractor shall cease to provide
a. The Contractor shall invoice the Customer Services regarding the Project and prepare a
monthly in arrears for all work performed in code listings, computer programs, work
connection with the Project. completed, work in progress and data,
b. The Contractor shall invoice the Customer regardless of storage media, related to the
monthly in arrears for all out-of-pocket Project.
expenses incurred in connection with the
Project. Proof of expenses for the particular
expenses shall accompany all invoices for out-
of-pocket expenses.

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Upon termination of this Agreement, the 13. SURVIVAL
Contractor shall return to the Customer all Paragraphs 8 and 12, shall survive termination
information regarding the Customer obtained of this Agreement.
or developed and paid in full, in the course of
this Agreement, with all working documents,
materials, Software designs, system and
program flow-charts, file layouts, source and 14. ASSIGNMENT
object code listings, computer programs, work This Agreement shall bind and inure to the
completed, work in progress and data, benefit of the successors and assigns of the
regardless of storage media, related to the parties. The Customer and the Contractor may
Project. not assign this Agreement without the prior
written consent of the other. Such consent will
not be withheld if the proposed assignment is
to a parent or subsidiary of the assignor or to a
11. JOINT VENTURE
successor firm carryout on the business of the
assignor. Any transferee of this Agreement
In making and performing this agreement, the must agree in writing to be bound by these
Contractor and the Customer act and shall act terms and conditions.
all times as independent contractors and
nothing contained in this Agreement shall be
construed or implied to create an agency,
partnership or employer and employee 15. NO WAIVER
relationship between the Contractor and the No waiver by either party of any right or
Customer. remedy whether under this Agreement or
otherwise shall be effective unless in writing.

12. NON-SOLICITATION
a. The Parties agree that both the Customer 16. SEVERABILITY
and Contractor shall not, either during the
engagement with Contractor/Customer or for a
If any provision of this Agreement is held to be
period of twelve (12) months following the
invalid or unenforceable, it will be construed to
termination of the engagement for any reason
including cancellation, directly or indirectly have the broadest interpretation, which would
contact or solicit any employees and/or sub- make it valid and enforceable. Invalidity and
unenforceability of one provision will not affect
contractors of Contractor/Customer or any of
any other of this Agreement.
its subsidiaries or affiliates with whom the
Customer/Contractor has dealt during the last
twelve (12) months prior to the contract
termination, for the purpose of working directly 17. LIABILITY
or as a freelancer with the
Customer/Contractor which are the same as or
substantially similar to, or in competition with, a. The Contractor will indemnify the Customer
the products or services sold by for direct damage to property as well as any
Contractor/Customer or any of its subsidiaries other damages under statutory law.b. The
or affiliates at the time of the termination of the Contractor's liability in respect of death or
consulting agreement. personal injury caused by its negligence shall
b. The Contractor/Customer has the obligation be unlimited.
to notify the Customer via e-mail or regular
postal service of violation of paragraph a. The
Customer/Contractor has a grace period of 10 18. INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY INDEMNITY
work-days to correct the violation of paragraph
a.
c. In case of violation of paragraph a, and
under the conditions of paragraph b, the
Customer/Contractor shall compensate
10,000 (ten thousand euros) to the
Contractor/Customer.

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The Contractor shall indemnity and save
harmless the Customer and its customers from 19. ENTIRE AGREEMENT
and against any and all actions, claims,
demands, causes of actions and/or liability
(including legal fees and disbursements) This Agreement, including the attached
arising from any suit or proceeding brought Exhibits and the documents incorporated by
against the Customer or its customers insofar reference, shall constitute the entire agreement
as it is based on a claim that the Deliverable, between the parties as to the matters
or any part thereof, provided by the Contractor hereunder and there are no other contracts,
under this Agreement constitutes an express implied. This Agreement may be
infringement of any right of intellectual modified by an agreement in writing signed by
property, including but not limited to patent or both parties.
copyright, if the Contractor is notified within
reasonable time in writing and given sole
authority to defend such claim. Upon the
20. GOVERNING LAW
Contractor request, the Customer shall provide
such information and assistance to the
Contractor (at the Contractor expense) as is It is that this agreement shall be governed by,
reasonable necessary for the defense of such construed, and enforced in accordance with
suit or proceeding. the laws of Germany.
The Customer shall make no statement,
representation or otherwise to any third party
regarding any such suit claim. In case the
Deliverable, or any part thereof, is in such suit 21. NOTICES
or proceeding, held to constitute an
infringement and the use of the Deliverables or Service of notice to either party may be made
any part thereof is enjoined, the Contractor by email to (email address), qualified mail
shall, in addition to the foregoing and at its own carrier, or fax, addressed to the Customer at
expenses and sole option, either procure for the address set forth in this Agreement or at
the Customer and its customers the right to some other address designed by the parties.
continue using Deliverable or part thereof, or Notice sent by mail carrier or fax will be
replace same non-infringing products or effective one day after the date sent. Notice
services of equivalent functionality and sent by regular mail will be effective 15 days
performance to those contracted for, or modify after the date received. Any notice provided by
the Deliverables so they become non- facsimile or other electronic means that is
infringing. received after 14:00 local time of the recipient
The Contractor shall not be liable to the will be deemed received the following business
Customer and its customers under any day.
provision of this clause if any intellectual
property infringement claim is based upon the
used of the Deliverables or part in connection
with devices not normally used with 22. RIGHTS TO DELIVERABLES
Deliverables, or in a manner for which the
Deliverables or part were not designed
All rights, title and interest to any copyrights
provided, and to the extent (1) such use does
and other intellectual property rights
not reasonably constitutes an intended or
(Intellectual Property Rights) in and to the
expected use and (2) the infringement claim Deliverables developed or produced by the
would have been avoided but for such use. Contractor solely in the course of the project
This indemnity shall continue to run until the are the sole and exclusive properties of the
Customer has received notice of any Customer, once paid for in full, the Contractor
infringement claim. hereby assigning to the Customer any and all
such Intellectual Property Rights, without
limitation as to territory, duration or otherwise.

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However no title to pre-existing material and techniques in so far as it and they do not
methods, some of which will be contained thereby breach the Contractor obligations
within the Deliverables, which is already the under NDA nor infringe Customer's Intellectual
property of the Contractor (Pre-existing Property Rights.
Contractor Intellectual Property) is transferred For the avoidance of doubt the Product shall
hereunder and, for the avoidance of doubt, all be the exclusive property of the Customer, but
rights, title and interest to any Intellectual the ideas and techniques described in the
Property Rights in any Pre-existing Contractor documents that constitutes Pre-existing
Intellectual al. Property shall be and remain the Contractor Intellectual Property remains so and
sole property of the Contractor, the Contractor the Contractor's shall be free to use such Pre-
hereby granting to the Customer, for itself and existing Contractor's Intellectual Property
for affiliates, subsidiaries, assignees and without restrictions or limitation provided
customers, an irrevocable, fully paid-up, royalty Customer (including its affiliate, subsidiaries,
free, perpetual, world-wide, transferable and assignees and customers) shall be entitled to
non-exclusive licenses to use (including to use such Pre-existing Contractor's Intellectual
reproduce, modify, sub-license, distribute or Property as part of, or in connection with
commits such other acts covered by products and/or services based on Customer's
Intellectual Property Rights) any and all such proposed solution (as the same evolves or be
Pre-existing Contractor Intellectual Property. modified).
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this
Agreement, the Contractor and its personnel
shall be free to use and employ its and their
general skills, know-how, and expertise and to
use, disclose and employ any generalized
ideas, concepts, know-how, methods,

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23. HEADINGS
The headings of this Agreement are for convenience only and shall have no effect on the meaning or
interpretation of this Agreement.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each party to this Agreement has caused it to be executed on the indicated
above.

The Contractor The Customer

______________________________________ ___________________________________
Authorized Signature Authorized Signatures

______________________________________ ___________________________________
Print Name and Title Print Name and Title

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EXHIBIT A
Reference RATES

Project Manager (PM) - daily rate for completing the Project will be 380 per work-day.
Developer (DEV) - daily rate for completing the Project will be 300 per work-day.
Tester (QA) - daily rate for completing the Project will be 200 per work-day.
Colocation fee applicable to all travelling personnel 50 / calendar day.

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EXHIBIT B
WORK ORDER SAMPLE

PURCHASE ORDER NO: NN/DD.MM.YYYY PURCHASE ORDER


According to contract RDAPRO/VPR/MBU/C2013-0017 signed on 16.08.2013.

Customer Contractor
Mark Zuckerberg Bill Gates
Facebook, Inc. MicroSoft, Inc.
Street Street
City City
VAT NO: XYZ VAT NO: XYZ
Tel: 0123456789 Tel: 0123456789

LOCATION OF THE SERVICE PERIOD OF THE SERVICE

Remotely XXXXXXXX - XXXXXXXX

RATES
COST OF SERVICE
[EUR/man-
UNIT [man-days] TYPE OF SERVICE/PROFILE [EUR]
day]

Project
XXX 380
Management

Software
XXX 300 2.000
Developement

Software Testing
XXX 200

SUBTOTAL

TOTAL
EUR
1. Scope of work
The Contractor will provide to The Customer the services of
software development for developing mobile applications.

2. Accounting and payment details


The fee associated with the delivery of the work packages will be invoiced as follows:
- Installment 1 XXXXXX, corresponding to services delivered during XXXX XXXX
3. Prices do not include VAT

Name

Signature

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