FINANCIAL INFORMATION
EXHIBIT 10.02
*CONFIDENTIAL TREATMENT REQUESTED
AGREEMENT FOR PURCHASE OF INTUIT-OWNED INVENTORY FOR
FSG AND P-TAP NON-IMPRINTABLE PRODUCTS
This Agreement For Purchase of Intuit-Owned Inventory For FSG and P-TAP Non-Imprintable Products (this Buyback Agreement) is made and entered into as of October 25, 2001 by and between Intuit Inc. (Intuit) and the John H. Harland Company (Harland).
RECITALS
A. | Intuit and Harland are parties to a Supply Agreement made and entered into as of January 1, 2000 (Supply Agreement). | |
B. | Intuit and Harland are parties to the Term Sheet For Fulfillment Products and Services for FSG and P-TAP Non-Imprintable Products (the Term Sheet) made and entered into as of October 25, 2001 to be replaced and superceded by an addendum to the Supply Agreement (Addendum) by November 30, 2001. | |
C. | The parties are entering into this Buyback Agreement for the purchase by Harland from Intuit of certain additional Intuit-owned inventories to support fulfillment activities pursuant to the Term Sheet and the Addendum; in particular, Harland will purchase or buyback the inventory for FSG and P-TAP non-imprintable supplies products owned by Intuit for which Harland will provide warehousing and fulfillment services. These products are the ProSeries and EasyACCT products (P-TAP) and the specific FSG non-imprintable products listed in Exhibit A, Intuit Owned Supplies Inventories for Purchase by Harland along with recent estimates of inventory quantities (collectively Inventory). |
NOW THEREFORE, the parties hereby agree as follows:
1. | INVENTORY PURCHASE EFFECTIVE DATES. The purchase amounts for the different Inventories will be determined by verifying the quantities owned by Intuit and on hand at Harland on the following effective dates: | |
(a) | For P-TAP Inventory products, the effective date will be end of day, September 30, 2001; | |
(b) | For other Inventory products, the effective date will be the day that the Inventory shipped from Intuit and Intuits suppliers have been received into inventory at Harland. |
i. | For FSG envelope Inventory products, the target date for Harland to have inventory available and ready to sell to customers will be October 22, 2001. | ||
ii. | For other FSG Inventory Products excluding storage boxes, the target date for Harland to have inventory available and ready to sell to customers will be November 5, 2001. | ||
iii. | For FSG storage boxes Inventory Products, the target date for Harland to have inventory available and ready to sell to customers will be February 4, 2002. |
Intuit reserves the right to adjust the ship dates or target completion dates for certain products. Title will transfer upon receipt.
* We have requested confidential treatment for certain portions of this document pursuant to an application for confidential treatment sent to the Securities and Exchange Commission (the SEC). We omitted such portions from this filing and filed them separately with the SEC.
2. | INVENTORY PURCHASE COSTS. The costs of the Inventory to be purchased by Harland will be based on the following: | |
(a) | For P-TAP Inventory products, the costs will be based on Harlands product prices, which are referenced in Exhibit A. | |
(b) | For FSG envelopes Inventory products, the costs will be based on Harlands product prices, which are referenced in Exhibit A. | |
(c) | For other Inventory products, the costs will be based on Intuits Inventory costs, which are referenced in Exhibit A, excluding the prices for the storage boxes. The storage box prices will be calculated closer to the date on which the products are available to sell to Intuit customers at Harland, which is scheduled to be February 1, 2002. | |
Intuit reserves the right to change the cost basis of the other Inventory products referenced in subsection (c) above to Harlands costs, based on Harlands future pricing of these products. | ||
3. | INVOICING. Once Harland purchases the Inventories from Intuit, Harland will invoice Intuit for these products as the products are shipped to end customers at the product prices referenced in Exhibit A, plus fulfillment fees as defined in the Addendum. Payment terms for such invoices will be as specified in Section 42 (Payment Terms) of the Supply Agreement, subject to the following exception. The exception to Section 42 (Payment Terms) is the two percent (2%) discount for early payment as it may apply to P-TAP non-imprintable products listed in this Buyback Agreement. Such P-TAP products will not receive this discount, and will be billed on a separate invoice from the other FSG products. All other FSG products will receive the two percent (2%) discount. | |
4. | INVENTORY QUALITY. Harland is not responsible for the quality of the Inventory products, or the shelf life of these Inventory products owned by Intuit and/or Intuits suppliers, as received by Harland as part of this Buyback Agreement. | |
5. | VERIFICATION AND PAYMENT TERMS FOR INVENTORY PURCHASE. | |
(a) | Harland shall provide Intuit with the physical count of on-hand Inventory quantities for any FSG and P-TAP non-imprintable Inventory products owned by Intuit as of the effective dates referenced in Section 1 above within 5 business days after the applicable effective dates. | |
(b) | Intuit will verify the Inventory quantities. This includes reconciling the Inventories shipped and received amounts, and accounting for any discrepancies. In lieu of Intuits on-site verification of counts, Intuit will not contest Harlands Inventory counts. | |
(c) | Using the cost basis referenced in Section 2, Intuit will provide Harland with the invoice amounts for the Inventories. | |
(d) | Harland will verify the invoice amounts. | |
(e) | Intuit will send Harland an invoice for the total amount of the Inventory quantities, minus a 2% discount based solely on the amounts for FSG envelopes and other FSG products. | |
(f) | The Intuit invoice to Harland will be sent effective November 30, 2001 with a payment date for the entire amount 30 days after this. | |
(g) | Harland will submit to Intuit the entire amount of the November 30 invoice by December 30, 2001. |
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6. | INVENTORY MANAGEMENT. For Inventory that Harland purchases from Intuit that remains in storage past [ * ] from the applicable effective date of Harlands purchase (Excess Inventory), Intuit has the option(s) to do one or more of the following: | |
(a) | [ * ] and [ * ]. | |
(b) | [ * ] and pay Harland for the [ * ] Inventory that is not Intuit-owned at a cost not to exceed [ * ] | |
(c) | Pay Harland a [ * ] per pallet per month storage cost for the Inventory in excess of [ * ] age until these particular Inventories are no longer in stock. | |
7. | PRIVACY AND SECURITY STANDARDS. Harland and Intuit agree that Harlands performance under this Buyback Agreement and the Supply Agreement will be subject to Harlands compliance with Intuits then-current privacy and security standards. | |
8. | CONFIDENTIALITY OF TERMS OF AGREEMENT AND PURCHASE INFORMATION. The terms of this Buyback Agreement, including without limitation prices and order volumes, is confidential and may not be released by either party to anyone (other than employees, counsel or others having a bona fide need to know who have signed confidentiality agreements with the party in question) without the prior written consent of the other party; except that, to the extent that a party to this Buyback Agreement is legally required to disclose terms of this Buyback Agreement under applicable law, rule, regulation or order of any court or governmental authority (including but not limited to disclosure made to comply with applicable state and federal securities laws and securities reporting requirements, disclosure required by Court order or otherwise legally required), such party may disclose such terms and information that are, in the good faith opinion of its legal counsel, legally required to be disclosed without obtaining the other partys prior written consent to such disclosure. If such disclosure is legally required, the disclosing party shall use reasonable efforts to restrict such disclosure to the extent reasonably practicable, given the circumstances. The provisions of this Section shall bind Harland and each of its present and future affiliates. | |
9. | CONFIDENTIALITY OF SUPPLY. Harland, on behalf of itself and its present and future affiliates covenants with Intuit that it will not disclose to any Intuit customers the source of supply of products that Harland produces and ships for Intuit. Specifically, no reference to Harland, any affiliate of Harland, or any party other than Intuit may appear on any of the Intuit products or on any shipping container, shipping label, reorder form or any other material the customer may receive or perceive in connection with delivery of his/her order. | |
10. | DIRECT ORDERS AND INQUIRIES. Neither Harland nor any of its affiliates will sell Inventory products to anyone other than Intuit, unless specific advance written permission is given by Intuit. Harland and its affiliates will not accept orders or reorders for Inventory products from any party other than Intuit or any of its affiliates and will refer all inquiries for same to Intuit. | |
11. | NO CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES. Neither party shall be responsible to the other for any claims for any special, incidental, or consequential damage, including lost profits, or loss arising from breach of warranty or any other default on the part of such party. | |
12. | MODIFICATIONS TO THIS BUYBACK AGREEMENT. No modification or amendment to this Buyback Agreement shall be effective unless it is executed in writing by both parties. |
* We have requested confidential treatment for certain portions of this document pursuant to an application for confidential treatment sent to the SEC. We omitted such portions from this filing and filed them separately with the SEC.
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13. | ASSIGNMENT. This Buyback Agreement will bind and inure to the benefit of each partys permitted successors and assigns. Harland may not assign this Buyback Agreement, in whole or in part, without Intuits written consent. Any attempt by Harland to assign this Buyback Agreement without such consent will be null and void. During the Term of this Buyback Agreement Harland agrees not to sell its interest in all or substantially all of the assets required to perform its obligations under this Buyback Agreement without the prior written consent of Intuit. The parties agree that, in the event of Harlands breach of the provisions of this paragraph: (i) Intuit will have the right to terminate this Buyback Agreement without penalty at any time following such breach; and (ii) Intuit will not have the right to prevent a corporate-wide sale of Harlands assets to a third party. | |
14. | GOVERNING LAW. This Buyback Agreement will be governed by and construed in accordance with the internal laws of the State of California applicable to agreements entered into, and to be performed entirely, within California between California residents, without regard to principles of choice of law or conflict of laws. | |
15. | SEVERABILITY. If any provision of this Buyback Agreement is found to be invalid, unlawful or unenforceable, then, if possible, that provision will be modified to the extent possible to reflect the parties intentions and remain valid, lawful, and enforceable, rather than being voided, and whether or not such provisions is voided or so modified, the other provisions of this Buyback Agreement will nevertheless remain in full force and effect. | |
16. | NOTICES. All notices under this Buyback Agreement will be deemed to have been given for purposes of this Buyback Agreement when such notice is (i) delivered personally, (ii) sent by confirmed facsimile transmission, or (iii) sent by certified or registered U.S. mail or nationally-recognized express courier, return receipt requested, to the address of the receiving party shown below or to such other address for notice under this Buyback Agreement as may otherwise be specified by either party to the other by a written notice given in accordance with the provisions of this Section: |
If to Intuit: | Intuit Inc. 2650 Casey Avenue Mountain View, CA 94043 Attn: Vice President and General Manager, Financial Supplies Group Fax: (650)  ###-###-#### | |
with a copy to: | Intuit Inc. 2550 Garcia Avenue Mountain View, CA 94043 Attn: General Counsel Fax: (650)  ###-###-#### |
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If to Harland: John H. Harland Company
300 E. Meridian Street
Milton, Washington 98371
Attn: Martin Kerner
Fax: (253)  ###-###-####
with a copy to: John H. Harland Company
2939 Miller Road
Decatur, GA 30035
Attn: General Counsel
Fax: (770)  ###-###-####
17. | INDEPENDENT CONTRACTORS. The parties to this Buyback Agreement are independent contractors. There is no relationship of partnership, joint venture, employment, franchise, or agency between the parties. Neither party will have the power to bind the other or incur obligations on the others behalf without the others prior written consent. | |
18. | WAIVER. No failure of either party to exercise or enforce any of its rights under this Buyback Agreement will act as a waiver of such rights. No waiver of any rights hereunder will be effective unless set forth in a writing signed by the party granting such waiver. | |
19. | ENTIRE AGREEMENT. This Buyback Agreement together with its Exhibit constitutes the complete and exclusive agreement and understanding between the parties with respect to the subject matter hereof, and this Buyback Agreement shall supersede and replace any and all prior agreements, communications, and understandings (both written and oral) regarding such subject matter. |
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, Intuit and Harland have executed and entered into this Buyback Agreement by their duly authorized representatives.
JOHN H. HARLAND COMPANY INTUIT INC By: /s/ MARTIN E. KERNER By: /s/ LORRIE M. NORRINGTON
Printed Name: Martin E. Kerner Printed Name: Lorrie M. Norrington
Title: VP, General Manager Title: SVP, Small Business
Date: October 29, 2001 Date: November 6, 2001
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EXHIBIT A
Intuit Owned Supplies Inventory for Purchase by Harland
P-TAP BUYBACK PROPOSAL
(estimated inventory values effective 9-30-01) $[ * ]
On Hand
as of Sell Price
Per Proposed
Purchase Brand 9-30-01 Basis Item Price [ * ] Harland [ * ] [ * ] [ * ] Harland [ * ] [ * ] [ * ] Harland [ * ] [ * ] [ * ] Harland [ * ] [ * ] [ * ] Harland [ * ] [ * ] [ * ] Harland [ * ] [ * ] [ * ] Harland [ * ] [ * ] [ * ] Harland [ * ] [ * ] [ * ] Harland [ * ] [ * ] [ * ] Harland [ * ] [ * ] [ * ] Harland [ * ] [ * ] [ * ] Harland [ * ] [ * ] [ * ] Harland [ * ] [ * ] [ * ] Harland [ * ] [ * ] [ * ] Harland [ * ] [ * ] [ * ] Harland [ * ] [ * ] [ * ] Harland [ * ] [ * ] [ * ] Harland [ * ] [ * ] [ * ] Harland [ * ] [ * ] [ * ] Harland [ * ] [ * ] [ * ] Harland [ * ] [ * ] [ * ] Harland [ * ] [ * ] [ * ] Harland [ * ] [ * ] [ * ] Harland [ * ] [ * ] [ * ] Harland [ * ] [ * ] [ * ] Harland [ * ] [ * ] [ * ] Harland [ * ] [ * ] [ * ] Harland [ * ] [ * ]
*We have requested confidential treatment for certain portions of this document pursuant to an application for confidential treatment sent to the SEC. We omitted such portions from this filing and filed them separately with the SEC.
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EXHIBIT A
Intuit Owned Supplies Inventory for Purchase by Harland
(estimated inventory values)
Envelopes estimated as
of 10-20, Other Sell Proposed Products as of 11-04 Pricing Basis Selling Price Harland Harland Harland ENV 250-PACK DOUBLE WINDOWS INVOICE Harland Harland Harland +Harland Harland Harland Harland Intuit Intuit Intuit Intuit Intuit Intuit
+ Harland pricing for this product was derived utilizing a weighted average calculation based on months of inventory for forecasted unit sales of 250 and 100 packages
* We have requested confidential treatment for certain portions of this document pursuant to an application for confidential treatment sent to the SEC. We omitted such portions from this filing and filed them separately with the SEC.
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