SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED MASTER SERVICES AGREEMENT

EX-10.3 4 sync-ex103_689.htm EX-10.3 sync-ex103_689.htm

CONFIDENTIAL TREATMENT REQUESTED                               EXHIBIT 10.3

 

SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED MASTER SERVICES AGREEMENT

 

Whereas Qwest Corporation (“Client”) and Synacor, Inc. (“Synacor”) entered into that certain Amended and Restated Master Services Agreement (the “ARMSA”) dated effective April 1, 2012 (the “ARMSA Effective Date”) whereby Synacor provided Services for use by Client’s customers; and

 

Whereas the parties desire to amend and consolidate the ARMSA and the amendments thereto documenting the relationship Synacor and Client and Client’s Affiliates (as defined herein), under the terms of this Agreement

 

Now, therefore, Client and Synacor hereby agree as follows:

 

1.  PARTIES and EFFECTIVE DATE

 

 

Attention: [*]                    Attention: [*]

Buffalo, New York 14202                                 Denver, Colorado  80202

Telephone:[*]           Telephone:  [*]

Fax:                       ###-###-####Fax:             [*]

Email: [*]Email: [*]

 

Copy of Notices to:

SynacorQwest Corporation

Attention: Synacor Legal Department                     Attention: CenturyLink Law Department

Buffalo, New York 14202                                 Denver, CO 80202

Fax:                     716-332-0081Fax:             [*]

 

1.2 Effective Date. June 1, 2017.

 

2. SYNACOR SERVICES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

 

2.1 Services.  

 

(a)Services and Users.  Subject to the terms and conditions of this Master Services Agreement (the “Master Agreement”), as may be amended pursuant to the provisions of Section 13 hereof, Synacor shall provide the services described in this Agreement (collectively, the “Services”) in accordance with the terms and conditions set forth herein and those set forth in the Schedules attached hereto and incorporated herein, and any other addenda, schedules, and exhibits as may subsequently be agreed to and signed by each of the parties hereto and attached to this Master Agreement from time to time (collectively, the “Supplements” and, together with the Master Agreement, the “Agreement”).  Synacor may provide the Services directly to Client, or indirectly using contractors or other third party vendors or service providers, provided that in any event, Synacor shall remain primarily responsible for the delivery of the Services to Client in accordance with this Agreement.  Each party shall provide the other with reasonable cooperation, assistance, information and access as may be lawful and necessary to initiate and thereafter provide Client’s and its registered users’ use of the Services (such as, for example, developing any content, user interfaces or appearance specific to the Services contracted for by Client).  Residential mass market consumer and small business customers of Client and its Affiliates who have entered into a subscription agreement with Client or any of its Affiliates for Client’s (or its Affiliates’) high speed Internet access service (including broadband service) in the Service Area (“HSI Subscribers”), as well as, at Client’s election and in Client’s sole discretion, Client’s (and its Affiliates’) other customers and other public users (“Guests” and together with HSI Subscribers, “Users”), will have access to the Client Branded Portal.  The parties agree that Synacor shall provide to Client the Client Branded Portal through which Users will access content and/or services, except as otherwise set forth herein.  Synacor shall provide the Services in a manner designed to minimize errors and interruptions.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Services may be temporarily unavailable for scheduled maintenance or for unscheduled emergency repairs, by

 

Page 1 of 51

[*] = CERTAIN INFORMATION HAS BEEN OMITTED AND FILED SEPARATELY WITH THE COMMISSION.

CONFIDENTIAL TREATMENT HAS BEEN REQUESTED WITH RESPECT TO THE OMITTED PORTIONS.

---

CONFIDENTIAL TREATMENT REQUESTED                               EXHIBIT 10.3

Synacor or by third-party providers, or because of other causes beyond Synacor’s reasonable control; Synacor shall notify Client in all such events in accordance with Schedule F.  “Affiliate” means any corporation or other legal entity that directly or indirectly, through one or more intermediaries, controls, is controlled by, or is under common control with such corporation or other legal entity as determined by the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of such entity, whether through the ownership of voting securities, by contract, management agreement or otherwise.

(b) Migration of Legacy Email Boxes.  The parties agree that Synacor will, provide services to assist client with migrating  Users’ email boxes from their current location in Client’s data center [*] and an additional data center in [*] where such Users’ email boxes reside as of the Effective Date to [*] (as defined below).  Email boxes being migrated from [*] to [*] will be migrated without additional cost.  For email boxes being migrated from [*] to [*], it will be mutually agreed by the parties what, if any, fee is due for such migration once further information is known about the scope and timing of such migration. Until Client directs Synacor to destroy such email boxes in [*] and [*] data centers because they have been replaced by email boxes in the new data center anticipated to be in [*] all such legacy email boxes shall, for the Email Fee set forth in Section 1(F)(ii) of Schedule A, be maintained by Synacor hereunder.  If Client directs Synacor to maintain such legacy email boxes after the migration to [*], Client shall continue to pay the Email Fee set forth in Section 1(F)(ii) of Schedule A until Client authorizes Synacor to terminate such Activated Email Boxes and any data related thereto.  For the avoidance of doubt, in the event Synacor provides additional migration services during the Term, the parties will mutually agree what, if any, fee is due for such migration services.

(c) Business Portal.  The parties further agree that unless and until Client terminates the requirement of Synacor to provide the Business Portal (and associated Users) pursuant to Section 2.b. of Schedule A, Synacor shall continue to provide the Business Portal, pursuant to the terms of this Agreement. In the event Client terminates the requirement of Synacor to provide the Business Portal, Synacor shall assist and cooperate with Client to migrate such Users of the Business Portal.   The parties will mutually agree upon a fee, if any, due for such assistance and cooperation.  

 

2.2 Additional Services.  Upon mutual agreement of the parties, Client may engage Synacor to provide additional development services or other professional services (“Additional Services”).  Such Additional Services shall be provided pursuant to a separately executed professional services statement of work for an additional fee, if any, agreed to by the parties and shall be provided as part of the Services.  From time to time, Synacor may also offer other services to Client that are beyond the scope of this Agreement.  All such other services shall be provided upon terms and conditions as the parties may mutually establish in writing.  Each professional services statement of work shall specify whether any resulting deliverable or service is owned by Synacor or will be considered a work made for hire and owned by Client.  In the event the professional services statement of work is silent as to the ownership of the deliverables or service, the parties agree that such deliverables or service will be owned by Synacor.  As an example of Additional Services, Client may request Synacor to provide [*]

services, and such services would require a statement of work mutually agreed upon by the parties,

 

2.3 Technical Support. Synacor will operate the Services at the levels of performance and provide Client with technical support services in accordance with standard industry practices, each as described in Schedule F - Service Level Agreement attached hereto, provided however, that Client’s remedies for Synacor’s failure to meet the service level agreement in Schedule F shall be those remedies specifically set forth in such Schedule.  

 

2.4 Limitations.  Synacor will not be responsible for, nor liable hereunder in connection with, any failure in the Services due to or resulting from: (a) any Client Materials (as defined in Section 3.2) or other content provided by Client or any of its agents; (b) Client’s willful or negligent acts or omissions (provided that Client has an affirmative and clearly stated obligation to act, and notice thereof, or reasonably should have known that it had an obligation to act); (c) failures of Client-operated or -controlled telecommunications services or equipment, the Internet, or any telecommunications services or equipment not owned or operated by Synacor, its agents or vendors; (d) scheduled maintenance (provided that Client is given adequate notice in accordance with Schedule F); or (e) unauthorized access, breach of firewalls or other hacking by third parties of Synacor’s systems (provided that Synacor has used measures in accordance with prevailing industry standards and practices to prevent the same).  Synacor shall use industry standard practices to insure that the Services are free from any viruses, worms, or other code that could damage, interrupt or interfere with any software, content, data or hardware, and Synacor shall follow industry standard practices with respect to the retention of all User data (including e-mail and searches).

 

 

Page 2 of 51

[*] = CERTAIN INFORMATION HAS BEEN OMITTED AND FILED SEPARATELY WITH THE COMMISSION.

CONFIDENTIAL TREATMENT HAS BEEN REQUESTED WITH RESPECT TO THE OMITTED PORTIONS.

---

CONFIDENTIAL TREATMENT REQUESTED                               EXHIBIT 10.3

2.5 Data.  As between Synacor and Client, Client shall own all User names, login IDs, passwords, other User registration information, and subscriber data, provided by Client or Users in connection with the Services (“Account Information”).  Unless otherwise agreed to by Client in advance and in writing, Synacor shall not disclose to third parties or use any Account Information except as reasonably necessary to perform its obligations under this Agreement or to comply with any legal or regulatory requirement, and, except if otherwise agreed, Synacor shall not interpret, store or replay any User passwords collected for authenticating the User against Client’s (or its Affiliates’) lightweight directory access protocol (“LDAP”).  To avoid uncertainty, Client acknowledges and agrees that Synacor may disclose aggregate measures (not personally identifiable) of multiple Synacor clients’ (as opposed to Client specific measures) Users and Service usage and performance derived from Account Information to Synacor Providers, Synacor investors and other Synacor clients or potential clients for the purposes of permitting such persons to evaluate potential business relationships with Synacor, to maintain and/or improve the Services, or to develop relationships with or obtain investments from investors.  Synacor will only use information gathered in the Service installation and User registration process for User validation and authentication or as otherwise set forth in this Agreement; Synacor will not use any information gathered in such installation and registration processes to target advertising to Users, and to the extent Synacor gathers any “year of birth” information during these processes, such options will not include any years associated with anyone under age 13.  To the extent Synacor gathers information during these processes that could be or will be used to target content, Synacor will disclose that fact to the User at the time and in close proximity to the place at which the information is gathered, and Users will be presented with the ability to decline providing this information by clicking a ‘No Thanks’ (or similar) button.  

 

3. CLIENT RESPONSIBILITIES

 

3.1 Client Support; Synacor Status.  Client acknowledges that the continuing performance of certain Services may depend on Client’s provision of cooperation, assistance, information and access to Synacor, all as specifically outlined in this Agreement or reasonably anticipated by this Agreement.  If Client fails to timely provide any of the foregoing, then Synacor will not be liable for any corresponding delay in its performance (but Synacor may be liable for delays that are not corresponding).  The parties’ Contacts (designated in Section 1.1) are responsible for facilitating communication between Synacor and Client regarding all technical and business matters, except as provided in Schedules F and I.

 

 

 

 

3.3Marketing.  Client shall have sole responsibility for and editorial control over marketing materials related to the Services to Users and prospective Users.  The foregoing does not extend to day–to-day publishing of the Client Branded Portal or other Services.

 

Page 3 of 51

[*] = CERTAIN INFORMATION HAS BEEN OMITTED AND FILED SEPARATELY WITH THE COMMISSION.

CONFIDENTIAL TREATMENT HAS BEEN REQUESTED WITH RESPECT TO THE OMITTED PORTIONS.

---

CONFIDENTIAL TREATMENT REQUESTED                               EXHIBIT 10.3

 

4. LICENSE; INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY.

 

4.1 License Grant.  Client hereby grants to Synacor a nonexclusive, worldwide and royalty-free right and license to use, reproduce, modify, distribute, perform and display the Client Materials and the Client Marks (as such term is defined below) provided to Synacor hereunder solely in connection with the Services and in a form solely as approved by Client (such approval not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed).

 

4.2 Ownership.  Except for the limited rights and licenses expressly granted herein, Synacor shall retain all right, title and interest in and to: (i) the Synacor Sourced Content (as such term is defined in Schedule E hereto); (ii) Synacor’s existing and subsequently-developed, legally valid and protectable logos, trademarks, service marks, and domain names (collectively, the “Synacor Marks”); (iii) the tools, templates, frameworks or other software owned or licensed by Synacor and used to provide the Services (collectively, the “Software”); (iv) all other materials (excluding any Client hardware, software or intellectual property of any kind), information, ideas, inventions, know-how, methods, processes, templates, tools, works of authorship, trade secrets and technologies that are owned or licensed by Synacor and that may be used in the performance of the Services; and (v) all intellectual property rights or other proprietary rights in and to any of the foregoing (all of the foregoing being referred to as “Synacor Property”).  Client shall not use Synacor Property in contravention of this Agreement.  All Software, hardware and other technology used to provide the Services will be installed, accessed and maintained only by or for Synacor and no other license therein is granted to Client.  Except for the limited rights and licenses expressly granted herein, Client shall retain all right, title and interest in and to the Client Materials, Client Marks and Client equipment, including any intellectual property rights or other proprietary rights therein and thereto.

 

4.3 Escrow.  Throughout the Term of this Agreement, Synacor shall, [*], deposit the Synacor-owned software, in source code form, that underlies the Residential Portal and related documentation (the “Escrow Materials”) in an escrow account with an escrow company pursuant to an industry standard escrow agreement.  Additionally, Synacor shall within a reasonable time after the Effective Date, [*], deposit and maintain in escrow throughout the Term (except that with respect to the Business Portal software, such escrow is only required until the date, if any, that the Business Portal is terminated by Client in accordance with this Agreement) the Synacor-owned software, in source code form, that underlies the Business Portal and the Residential Portal into the same escrow account, and such source code and associated documentation shall also be considered Escrow Materials.   The Escrow Materials will be released to Client by the escrow company in the event that Synacor fails to function as a going concern or operate in the ordinary course, or Synacor is subject to voluntary or involuntary bankruptcy.  Upon a release of the Escrow Materials, Client shall have a non-exclusive, non-transferable right to use the Escrow Materials solely for the purpose of continuing to provide the Service to Users for the remainder of the then-current Term of the Agreement or until Client transitions to an alternative provider of similar services, whichever is earlier.

 

4.4 Synacor Marks.  

 

(a) Synacor hereby provides a limited, non-transferable, non-exclusive license for the Term and any agreed extensions thereof to Client to use the Synacor Marks only to the extent necessary for the provision and/or advertising of Services under this Agreement and subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement.  All uses of the Synacor Marks must first be approved by Synacor and must be in accordance with Synacor’s guidelines, which may be amended from time to time. Synacor shall at all times remain the sole owner of the Synacor Marks, and all goodwill associated therewith, and Client’s use of the Synacor Marks shall inure to the benefit of Synacor.  

 

(b) Except as provided herein, this Agreement does not grant either party any right, title, interest, or license in or to any of the other party’s names, logos, trade dress, designs, trademarks or other indication of origin.

 

4.5 Restrictions Related to Synacor IP.  Except as specifically permitted in this Agreement, Client shall not, directly or indirectly: (a) use any of Synacor’s Proprietary Information (as such term is defined in Section 5.1) to create any software that is similar to any of the Software used under this Agreement or to provide any service which is similar to any of the Services; (b) decompile, disassemble, reverse engineer or use any similar means to attempt to discover the source code of the Software or the trade secrets therein, or otherwise circumvent any technological measure that controls access to the Software or Services; (c) encumber, transfer, rent, lease, or time-share the Software or Services (except with any Affiliate of Client, subject to Synacor’s prior written consent) , or use them in any service bureau arrangement or otherwise for the benefit of any third party; (d) access, copy, distribute,

 

 

Page 4 of 51

[*] = CERTAIN INFORMATION HAS BEEN OMITTED AND FILED SEPARATELY WITH THE COMMISSION.

CONFIDENTIAL TREATMENT HAS BEEN REQUESTED WITH RESPECT TO THE OMITTED PORTIONS.

---

CONFIDENTIAL TREATMENT REQUESTED                               EXHIBIT 10.3

manufacture, adapt, create derivative works of or otherwise modify any Software; (e) remove any proprietary notices; or (f) permit any third party to engage in any of the acts proscribed in clauses (a) through (e) above.  Nothing herein shall prohibit Client from performing or procuring similar services from another provider during Wind-Down or after termination or expiration of this Agreement, provided that Client does not use or share any Synacor intellectual property or other Proprietary Information with any third party who is not an Affiliate in connection therewith, except to the extent necessary to effect such transition, and then only after discussing with Synacor the information to be shared and the identity of the recipient(s) and after receiving approval from Synacor (which approval shall not be unreasonably withheld) and a written commitment from the third party to keep such information strictly confidential and to use it only for the purposes of the transition.  

 

4.6 Client Marks.  Client hereby provides a limited, non-transferable, non-exclusive license for the Term and any agreed extensions thereof to Synacor to use Client’s and Client’s affiliates existing and subsequently-developed, legally valid and protectable logos, trademarks, service marks, and domain names identified to Synacor by Client (collectively, the “Client Marks”) only to the extent necessary for the provision of Services under this Agreement and subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement.  All uses of the Client Marks must first be approved by Client and must be in accordance with Client’s guidelines, which may be amended from time to time.  Client shall, as between Client and Synacor, at all times remain the sole owner of the Client Marks, and all goodwill associated therewith, and Synacor’s use of the Client Marks shall inure to the benefit of Client.

 

4.7 Restrictions Related to Client IP.  Except as specifically permitted in this Agreement, Synacor shall not, directly or indirectly: (a) use any of Client’s Proprietary Information (as such term is defined in Section 5.1) to create any software that is similar to any of the Client Materials used under this Agreement or to provide any service which is similar to any of the Client Materials; (b) decompile, disassemble, reverse engineer or use any similar means to attempt to discover the source code of the Client Materials or the trade secrets therein, or otherwise circumvent any technological measure that controls access to the Client Materials; (c) encumber, transfer, rent, lease, or time-share the Client Materials (except with other entities which are controlled by, under common control with or controlling Synacor, subject to Client’s prior written consent), or use them in any service bureau arrangement or otherwise for the benefit of any third party; (d) access, copy, distribute, manufacture, adapt, create derivative works of or otherwise modify any Client Materials; (e) remove any proprietary notices; or (f) permit any third party to engage in any of the acts proscribed in clauses (a) through (e) above.

 

4.8 Content.  Synacor will include Synacor Sourced Content, as that term is defined in Schedule E to this Agreement, on the Client Branded Portal as set forth in Exhibit 1 to Schedule A.  All licenses, rights, title, interest and intellectual property rights of any kind in and to the Synacor Sourced Content are entirely owned by and reserved to Synacor or the applicable Synacor Provider, as that term is defined in Schedule E to this Agreement.  No title to or ownership of any Synacor Sourced Content and/or any part thereof is transferred to Client or to any third party.  While Synacor has the right to include the Synacor Sourced Content on the Client Branded Portal, nothing herein shall grant Client a right to display or otherwise use the Synacor Sourced Content for any purpose. Additionally, no license is granted to Client to use any trademarks, service marks or logos of any of the Synacor Providers.  Client agrees that it will not, and will not assist any third party to register or attempt to register any trademark, trade name or other intellectual property right related to any Synacor Sourced Content or any derivation or adaptation thereof or any work, symbol design or mark which is so similar thereto as to suggest a relationship with any Synacor Provider.  Each party agrees that it will not, nor will it assist any third party to, challenge the validity or ownership of any patent, copyright, trademark or other intellectual property registration of any Content.   Further, Synacor shall determine the look, feel, size and placement of any Content on the Client Branded Portal.  Client shall be responsible to provide terms of use it wishes to include on the Client Branded Portal.  However, Synacor may provide terms of use to be included on the Client Branded Portal related to the rights and restrictions associated with use of the Synacor Sourced Content, and Client agrees to incorporate such terms into either its terms of use or otherwise allow Synacor to include them on the Client Branded Portal where appropriate.  Client acknowledges and agrees that Synacor shall have the right to remove any Content immediately upon notice to Client: (i) if Synacor reasonably believes the distribution of such Content exposes it to potential legal liability or (ii) in the event that a Content Provider ceases to operate a site, or produce or distribute such Content.  Additionally, the right to display the Synacor Sourced Content on the Client Branded Portal shall expire upon the expiration or earlier termination of the agreement pursuant to which distribution rights and license to such Synacor Sourced Content were obtained.  Neither Synacor nor a Synacor Provider shall have any liability in the event Synacor Sourced Content is removed from the Client Branded Portal for any of the reasons set forth in this Section.  Client may advertise the Content and use the Synacor Provider’s marks only as strictly authorized in writing by Synacor in advance.

 

 

Page 5 of 51

 

---

CONFIDENTIAL TREATMENT REQUESTED                               EXHIBIT 10.3

5. CONFIDENTIALITY.

 

5.1 Proprietary Information.  Each party (the “Receiving Party”) understands that the other party and its Affiliates (the “Disclosing Party”) or their representatives has disclosed or may disclose information relating to the finances, business, marketing plans, clients (including Users), operations, technology or software of the Disclosing Party.  “Proprietary Information” means any of the foregoing information (including all originals, copies, notes, analyses, digests and summaries) which is either (a) disclosed in writing and marked as confidential at the time of disclosure or (b) disclosed in any manner such that a reasonable person would understand the nature and confidentiality of the information.  The parties may also receive confidential or non-public information directly from Users (“User Information”) in performance of this Agreement, which information will likely not be marked confidential but should nevertheless be treated confidentially and not used or shared without consent of the User.  Proprietary Information and User Information shall not include any information that the Receiving Party can demonstrate by its written records (i) is or becomes generally available to the public without breach of this Agreement, (ii) was in its possession or known by it prior to receipt from the Disclosing Party (or, in the case of User Information, from a User), (iii) was rightfully disclosed to it by a third party not under an obligation of confidentiality, or (iv) with respect to Proprietary Information, was independently developed without reference to or use of any Proprietary Information of the Disclosing Party.

 

5.2 Non-Disclosure.  The Receiving Party shall keep all Proprietary Information and User Information strictly confidential and shall not disclose such Proprietary Information or User Information to any third party except to its directors, officers, employees, independent contractors and subcontractors who have a need to know such information and who are bound by similar obligations of confidentiality.  The Receiving Party shall not use the Proprietary Information of the Disclosing Party or User Information except to the extent necessary to perform its obligations under this Agreement.  The Receiving Party shall use a commercially reasonable degree of care to protect the Proprietary Information and User Information.  Each party shall bear the responsibility for any breach of confidentiality by its employees and contractors.  Each party may disclose the general nature, but not the specific terms, of this Agreement without the prior consent of the other party, except that either party may provide a copy of this Agreement or otherwise disclose its terms in response to any legal or regulatory requirement, financing transaction or due diligence inquiry, provided that, if permitted by law, such party notifies the other of its intent to do so.

 

5.3 Required Disclosure.  Nothing herein shall prevent a Receiving Party from disclosing the Disclosing Party’s  Proprietary Information or User Information as necessary pursuant to the lawful requirement of a governmental agency or when disclosure is required by operation of law or by court order; provided that, prior to any disclosure of Disclosing Party’s Proprietary Information, the Receiving Party shall: (a) promptly notify the Disclosing Party in writing of such requirement to disclose; (b) cooperate fully with the Disclosing Party (at the Disclosing Party’s expense) in protecting against any such disclosure or obtaining a protective order; (c) disclose only that portion of Proprietary Information that Receiving Party is advised in writing by counsel it is required to disclose; and (d) the Receiving Party uses reasonable efforts to obtain safeguards that confidential treatment reasonably acceptable to the Disclosing Party will be accorded to such Proprietary Information.

 

5.4 Return/Deletion of Proprietary Information, User Information.  All Proprietary Information shall remain the property of the Disclosing Party and the original and all copies thereof, on whatever physical, electronic or other media such Information may be stored, shall be returned or destroyed (at the Disclosing Party’s option) within 10 business days of the Disclosing Party’s request or the termination or expiration of this Agreement.  At Client’s request, Synacor shall remove or delete, and certify such removal or deletion of, all User Information from any hardware or software owned or under the control of Synacor or its agents, but excluding any hardware or software owned or operated by Client and Client’s hosting facility (such as, for example, Client’s e-mail storage and account hardware).

 

5.5 Relief.  Each party agrees that any breach of the obligations in this Section 5 regarding the Disclosing Party’s Proprietary Information will cause irreparable harm to the Disclosing Party for which money damages will not be an adequate remedy.  Therefore, the Disclosing Party shall, in addition to any other legal or equitable remedies, be entitled to seek an injunction or similar equitable relief against such breach or threatened breach of this Section 5 regarding such Disclosing Party’s Proprietary Information without the necessity of posting any bond.

 

 

 

Page 6 of 51

 

---

CONFIDENTIAL TREATMENT REQUESTED                               EXHIBIT 10.3

5.6 Client’s Supplier Privacy Requirements.  None of the foregoing in this Section 5 withstanding, Synacor shall comply with the version of Client’s Information and Security Requirements and Privacy Requirements applicable to its suppliers in effect as of the Effective Date, found at http://www.centurylink.com/Pages/AboutUs/CompanyInformation/DoingBusiness/ which are incorporated herein by this reference, as if Synacor was “Supplier” as that term is used in such Requirements.  To the extent there is any conflict between the terms of this Agreement and such Requirements, the Requirements shall prevail, provided however, that Synacor shall not be required to perform credit checks as part of its screening procedure.  If, during the Term, Client makes any material changes to the Supplier Privacy Requirements, Client shall notify Synacor of those changes and such changes shall be binding on Synacor unless, within 30 days of such notification, Synacor informs Client of its election, in its reasonable discretion, to remain bound by the original language.

5.7 Responses to Criminal and Civil Demands/Process.  If Client is served with a criminal or civil subpoena, investigative demand, request for the production of documents or things or any other similar process (inclusive of requests under the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, as amended), regarding or related to the Services, and the information being requested is in the possession of Synacor or its agent or vendor, Client shall inform Synacor’s Security Department thereof as soon as practical under the circumstances and shall direct Synacor as to how and when to respond to such request, and Synacor shall comply with such direction (at Client’s expense).  If Synacor is served with such a request, Synacor shall, to the extent permitted by the request, inform Client thereof immediately and shall refer the person or entity entitled to receipt of the information requested to contact Client’s Information Security group at [*] (or such other number as may be provided in advance to Synacor), and to the extent permitted by the request Synacor shall not otherwise respond to the person or entity entitled to receipt of the information demanded unless and until (and then only as) directed by Client; provided, however, if Client does not provide direction on how to respond within a timely manner, or Client’s provided direction would put Synacor at risk of non-compliance with the request or otherwise increase Synacor’s legal risk, Synacor shall, to the extent permitted to do so, raise such concerns to Client immediately, and Synacor and Client shall, to the extent permitted to do so, work together in good faith to devise a lawful response that minimizes the legal risk to both parties.  In the event no such response can be agreed in a timely manner, Synacor may respond as advised by its counsel.

6. SYNACOR FEES, PAYMENT TERMS AND TAXES.

 

6.1 Fees.  The fees and payments for the Services are set forth in the Product & Pricing Schedule attached hereto as Schedule A and made a part hereof.

 

6.2 Payment Terms.  Payment terms shall be set forth in Schedule A.  All payments shall be made in full in United States Dollars, at the recipient’s usual business address or to an account designated by the recipient.  Other than amounts disputed in good faith, any amount not paid when due shall bear a late payment charge, until paid, at the rate of one percent (1%) per month or, if less, the maximum amount permitted by law.  Either party, in its sole discretion, may terminate this Agreement, or in the case of Synacor cease providing Services, if the other fails to pay any invoice within thirty (30) days after receipt of notice from the other that it has failed to pay an invoice and such invoice is not in dispute.  The recipient of an invoice must notify the other in writing of any disputed invoice amounts (including an explanation for such dispute) within 30 days of receipt of the disputed invoice.  The parties shall attempt to resolve invoice disputes according to the disputes resolution process in Section 14, below.

 

6.3 Taxes.  All payments to a party hereunder are exclusive of federal, state, local and foreign taxes (other than taxes assessed on the recipient’s income), duties, tariffs, levies and similar assessments, and the paying party agrees to bear and be responsible for the payment of all such charges.

 

7. TERM AND TERMINATION.

 

7.1 Term.  This Agreement shall be effective as of the Effective Date and shall continue thereafter in full force and effect through May 31, 2020 (the “Initial Term”).  Thereafter the Agreement shall automatically renew for up to five (5) periods of one (1) year each (each, a “Renewal Term”, and together with the Initial Term, the “Term”), provided however that either party may prevent such automatic renewal by providing the other party with at least 180 days prior written notice of non-renewal.    

 

7.2 Termination for Cause.  In addition to any of its other remedies, either party may terminate this Agreement: (a) in the event that the other party breaches any material provision of the Agreement and the breaching party fails to

 

Page 7 of 51

[*] = CERTAIN INFORMATION HAS BEEN OMITTED AND FILED SEPARATELY WITH THE COMMISSION.

CONFIDENTIAL TREATMENT HAS BEEN REQUESTED WITH RESPECT TO THE OMITTED PORTIONS.

---

CONFIDENTIAL TREATMENT REQUESTED                               EXHIBIT 10.3

cure such breach within 30 days after receiving written notice of such breach from the non-breaching party; or (b) immediately upon written notice to the other party in the event any assignment is made by the other party for the benefit of creditors, or if a receiver, trustee in bankruptcy or similar officer shall be appointed to take charge of any or all of such other party’s property or if a voluntary or involuntary petition under federal bankruptcy laws or similar state statutes is filed against the other party, or if it dissolves or fails to operate in the ordinary course.

 

7.3 Effects of Termination.  Upon any expiration or termination of this Agreement, all rights and obligations of the parties shall cease, except that: (a) all obligations that accrued prior to the effective date of termination (including without limitation all payment obligations) shall survive termination; (b) each party shall destroy or return to the other party all of the other’s Proprietary Information in its possession or under its control, and Client shall instruct Synacor as to the disposition of User Information (provided such instruction is reasonable); and (c) Synacor shall, after providing Client with an electronic copy of such information and data in a mutually agreeable format, delete archived account information and other transaction data.  All terms of this Agreement that by their sense and context are intended to survive the termination of the Agreement will survive.

 

7.4 Wind-Down.  Upon the expiration or termination of this Agreement for any reason, Synacor will continue providing the Services (the “Wind-Down Services”) for a period of at least [*] months and not to exceed [*] months from the date of such expiration or termination if resulting from non-renewal by either party or termination by Client due to uncured breach by Synacor, and not to exceed [*] months if terminated by Synacor due to uncured breach by Client, in order that Client may achieve an orderly transition of such Services to another vendor (such period of time to be the “Wind-Down Period”).  The terms and conditions upon which Synacor shall provide such Wind-Down Services shall be the same terms and conditions as shall have been in effect on the day preceding the date of such expiration or termination of this Agreement, subject to the modified fee structure specified in Schedule A for the Wind-Down Period, and Client commits that for the first [*] months of the Wind-Down Period, neither Client nor anyone on Client’s behalf, will redirect any traffic or migrate any users away from the Services.  Synacor shall also, during any period in which it is providing Wind-Down Services, use commercially reasonable efforts to provide such other reasonable transition assistance as may be required from time to time.  In the event that Synacor terminated this Agreement for cause due to Client’s failure to pay any amounts due and owing to Synacor, then Client shall be required to pay any outstanding amounts prior to Synacor providing such Wind-Down Services unless such amounts are in dispute, in which case Client shall be required to place all outstanding amounts in escrow with an independent third party pending resolution of such dispute.  Synacor will cooperate in good faith with Client to transition Client to a new provider during the Wind-Down Period.

 

8. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES; INDEMNITIES.

 

8.1 Synacor Representations and Warranties.  Synacor represents and warrants to Client that (a) it has all rights necessary to enter into and perform this Agreement and to grant the rights and licenses granted herein, including without limitation all necessary rights in the Services and the Synacor Sourced Content, (b) the use of Services by Client in accordance with the rights granted hereunder will not violate (i) Synacor’s obligations under any other agreement or to any third party, or (ii) any applicable laws or regulations, provided however that such warranty shall not cover Client’s use of the Services to the extent such use violates the restrictions set forth in Section 7 of Schedule C, (c) to Synacor’s knowledge, the Synacor Sourced Content is not defamatory, obscene, or otherwise unlawful in any jurisdiction and does not infringe or interfere with any intellectual property, contract, right of publicity, or any other proprietary right of any individual or entity, and (d) during the Term, the Services provided by Synacor under this Agreement shall be provided in accordance with applicable laws and regulations and by qualified personnel in a professional and workmanlike manner.  EXCEPT AS EXPRESSLY PROVIDED HEREIN, SYNACOR MAKES NO WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND AND EXPRESSLY DISCLAIMS ALL OTHER WARRANTIES, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NON-INFRINGEMENT.   SYNACOR DOES NOT MAKE ANY WARRANY REGARDING THE ACCURACY, ADEQUACY OR COMPLETENESS OF THE SERVICES OR ANY CONTENT PROVIDED TO CLIENT OR THE RESULTS TO BE OBTAINED FROM THEIR USE.  SYNACOR DOES NOT WARRANT THAT THE SERVICES WILL MEET THE REQUIREMENTS OF CLIENT OR THOSE OF ANY THIRD PARTY AND, IN PARTICULAR, SYNACOR DOES NOT WARRANT THAT THE SERVICES WILL BE ERROR FREE OR WILL OPERATE WITHOUT INTERRUPTION.

 

8.2 Client Representations and Warranties. Client represents and warrants that (a) it has all rights necessary to enter into and perform this Agreement and to grant the limited rights and licenses granted herein, including without

 

Page 8 of 51

[*] = CERTAIN INFORMATION HAS BEEN OMITTED AND FILED SEPARATELY WITH THE COMMISSION.

CONFIDENTIAL TREATMENT HAS BEEN REQUESTED WITH RESPECT TO THE OMITTED PORTIONS.

---

CONFIDENTIAL TREATMENT REQUESTED                               EXHIBIT 10.3

limitation all necessary rights in the Client Materials, (b) the use of any Client Materials in accordance with the rights granted hereunder will not violate (i) Client’s obligations under any other agreement or to any third party, or (ii) any applicable laws or regulations, provided however that such warranty shall not cover Synacor’s use of the Client Materials to the extent such use violates the terms of this Agreement, (c) to Client’s knowledge the Client Materials are not defamatory, obscene, or otherwise unlawful and do not infringe or interfere with any intellectual property, contract, right of publicity, or any other proprietary right of any individual or entity, and (d) Client will maintain throughout the Term a privacy policy on the Services that (i) is compliant with all applicable laws, (ii) discloses that third parties may serve advertising within such Services, (iii) discloses the type of information collected by such third parties, and (iv) provides a clear and conspicuous link to the opt-out page of the Network Advertising Initiative (which is currently located at http://www.networkadvertising.org/managing/opt_out.asp), and Client will abide by such privacy policy throughout the Term.  Client shall be fully responsible for, and shall reimburse Synacor for, any and all liabilities of Synacor arising out of any misrepresentation concerning the Services or the capabilities of the Services made by Client or by an employee, agent or authorized representative of Client to any User, prospect or other third party, except to the extent Synacor has made such representation to Client hereunder or if an agent of Synacor has otherwise made the same commitment to Client.  EXCEPT AS EXPRESSLY PROVIDED HEREIN, CLIENT MAKES NO WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND AND EXPRESSLY DISCLAIMS ALL OTHER WARRANTIES, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NON-INFRINGEMENT.

 

8.3 Synacor Indemnifications.  Synacor shall indemnify, defend and hold Client and its affiliates harmless from and against any and all judgments, costs, damages, suits, actions, proceedings, expenses and/or other losses, including reasonable attorney’s fees (collectively “Claims”), suffered or incurred by Client or its affiliates from any third party claim arising out of or relating to (a) Synacor’s breach of any of its representations or warranties set forth herein, or (b) any claim that the Services, Software or the Synacor Sourced Content infringe the intellectual property rights of any third party.  Synacor’s obligation to so indemnify and defend applies to any infringement caused by any combination of the Services,  Software or the Synacor Sourced Content with any other product, system or method if and only if: (a) Client or its affiliate or User is reasonably expected (by Synacor) to use the Services,  Software or the Synacor Sourced Content in combination with the product, system or method; or (b) the product, system or method is (i) provided by Synacor or its affiliates, or (ii) reasonably required to use the Services,  Software or the Synacor Sourced Content in their intended manner.  

 

8.4 Client Indemnifications.  Client shall indemnify, defend and hold Synacor harmless from and against any and all Claims suffered or incurred by Synacor from any third party claim arising out of or relating to (a) Client’s breach of any of its representations or warranties set forth herein or (b) any claim that the Client Materials infringe the intellectual property rights of any third party.

 

8.5 Claims. In case any Claim is brought by a third party for which a party (the “Indemnifying Party”) is required to indemnify the other party (the “Indemnified Party”) pursuant to this Section 8, the Indemnified Party shall provide prompt written notice thereof to the Indemnifying Party (provided, however, that any failure or delay in notice shall not excuse the Indemnified Party of its obligations hereunder) of such Claim, and the Indemnifying Party shall assume the defense of such Claim.  The parties shall cooperate reasonably with each other in the defense of any Claim, including making available (under seal if desired, and if allowed) all records reasonably necessary to the defense of such Claim, and the Indemnified Party shall have the right to participate in the defense of such Claim with counsel of its own choosing at its own expense.  The Indemnifying Party shall not enter into any settlement of any Claim without the prior written consent of the Indemnified Party (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld) if Indemnified Party’s rights would be directly and materially impaired thereby.  Without limiting the foregoing, in the event of any Claim or threatened Claim of infringement involving a portion of any Software and/or Services provided by Synacor or the Client Materials, the Indemnifying Party may (at such party’s option): (i) procure the right or license for the Indemnified Party to continue to use and otherwise exploit in accordance with the terms hereof such portion of the Software and/or Services or Client Materials, as the case may be, on commercially reasonable license terms; or (ii) modify or alter (to the extent that the Indemnifying Party has rights to so modify or alter), or delete any such portion of the Software and/or Services or Client Materials, as the case may be, so as to make such portion non-infringing while maintaining substantially comparable functionalities and capabilities of such parts of the Software and/or Services or Client Materials, as the case may be, that are material to the Indemnified Party’s then-current or demonstrably anticipated use hereunder.  If options (i) and (ii) are not available on commercially reasonable terms, either party may terminate this Agreement or the rights and licenses granted

 

 

 

Page 9 of 51

 

---

CONFIDENTIAL TREATMENT REQUESTED                               EXHIBIT 10.3

hereunder, and if it is the Synacor Software or Services that are infringing, Synacor will provide reasonable assistance to Client to remove and replace the infringing item.

 

9.  LIMITATIONS OF LIABILITY.

 

EXCEPT AS EXPRESSLY PROVIDED IN THIS AGREEMENT, (I) NEITHER PARTY SHALL BE LIABLE TO THE OTHER PARTY, ITS AGENTS, AFFILIATES, CLIENTS, OR ANY OTHER PERSONS, FOR ANY LOST PROFITS OR INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, PUNITIVE, CONSEQUENTIAL OR SIMILAR DAMAGES, EVEN IF ADVISED IN ADVANCE OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES, AND (II) EXCEPT FOR LIABILITY ARISING FROM A BREACH OF SECTION 5, A PARTY’S PAYMENT OBLIGATIONS, OR A PARTY’S INDEMNIFICATION OBLIGATIONS RELATED TO INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY INFRINGEMENT OR VIOLATION OF LAW, IN NO EVENT WILL EITHER PARTY’S LIABILITY FOR ANY AND ALL CLAIMS, IN THE AGGREGATE, ARISING OUT OF, RELATING TO OR IN CONNECTION WITH THIS AGREEMENT OR THE PERFORMANCE OF ITS OBLIGATIONS HEREUNDER EXCEED [*].

 

10.  OPEN APIs AND RSS FEEDS.

 

10.1From time to time, Synacor may include certain functionality on the Client Branded Portal that Synacor has integrated via publicly available open APIs, RSS feeds, or similar technology.  The providers of open APIs and RSS feeds often (i) do not include product representations, warranties or indemnifications in their terms of use, (ii) make no commitment that the functionality will continue to be available, and (iii) disclaim liability associated with such products.  Synacor will pass through to Client any warranties or indemnities related to such products that Synacor is not prohibited from passing through to Client, but Synacor shall have no obligation to do so where Synacor is not permitted to do so or where no express warranty or indemnity is provided to Synacor.  Synacor shall also inform Client promptly, but at least within 2 business days, if it learns or believes that any such products would not work properly on the Client Branded Portal or could cause harm to Client or Users or disruption or harm to any of the Services.

 

10.2If Client elects to have Synacor include functionality made available through open APIs, RSS feeds, or similar technology on the Client Branded Portal, notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, the following will apply thereto:

 

A) such functionality is provided on an "as is" basis, and Synacor makes no representations or warranties of any kind, whether express, implied, statutory or otherwise, with respect thereto and any use or inability to use such functionality.  Synacor disclaims all warranties related thereto, including but not limited to, any implied warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, and non-infringement, AND CLIENT MAY ONLY LOOK TO THE PROVIDERS OR OWNERS OF SUCH FUNCTIONALITY FOR WARRANTIES (IF ANY);

B)  EXCEPT TO THE EXTENT SYNACOR HAD PRIOR KNOWLEDGE OF THE LIKELIHOOD OF ANY SUCH FUNCTIONALITY TO BE UNUSABLE OR CAUSE DAMAGE OR DISRUPTION TO THE SERVICES, AND unless Client KNOWINGLY (AFTER NOTICE FROM SYNACOR) chooses TO ASSUME THE RISK OF SUCH FUNCTIONALITY BEING UNUSABLE OR CAUSING DAMAGE OR DISRUPTION TO THE SERVICES, Synacor disclaims any liablity for any damages of any kind arising from use of, or inability to use, such functionality, or from any removal of such functionality from the client branded portal, including but not limited to direct, indirect, incidental, punitive, consequential or exemplary damages, including without limitation lost data, business or anticipated profits; and

C)  EXCEPT TO THE EXTENT SYNACOR HAD PRIOR KNOWLEDGE OF THE LIKELIHOOD OF ANY SUCH FUNCTIONALITY TO BE UNUSABLE OR CAUSE DAMAGE OR DISRUPTION TO THE SERVICES and unless Client KNOWINGLY (AFTER NOTICE FROM SYNACOR) chooses TO ASSUME THE RISK OF SUCH FUNCTIONALITY BEING UNUSABLE OR CAUSING DAMAGE OR DISRUPTION TO THE SERVICES notwithstanding any indemnifications set forth in this agreement,

 

 

 

Page 10 of 51

[*] = CERTAIN INFORMATION HAS BEEN OMITTED AND FILED SEPARATELY WITH THE COMMISSION.

CONFIDENTIAL TREATMENT HAS BEEN REQUESTED WITH RESPECT TO THE OMITTED PORTIONS.

---

CONFIDENTIAL TREATMENT REQUESTED                               EXHIBIT 10.3

Synacor will not indemnify client (or any other party) for any claims related to such functionaLity or any use thereof.  If at any point client has concerns about the functionAlity or any use thereof, client SHALL remove or request removal of the functionality from the client branded portal.

 

11. PUBLIC RELATIONS.  Except as it relates to Client’s marketing of the Client Branded Portal and related matters to Users or prospective Users or as permitted in Section 5.2, above, neither party will issue any press release, nor otherwise disclose any information concerning this Agreement, without the prior written consent of the other.  The parties may agree that a joint press release regarding the establishment of their relationship is appropriate (and if so, the parties shall use good faith to arrive at a mutually agreeable press release), or either party may elect to create and disseminate a press release on its own, but such press release may not mention the other party unless the other party gives prior written consent thereto (and in the case of Client, such consent must come from a Vice President or higher officer).  

 

12. RECORDS AND AUDIT.  

 

(a)Each party shall have the right to audit the books and records of the other party solely relating to this Agreement upon reasonable notice and at its’ expense, not more frequently than annually for a period of 6 years after each payment and to take extracts from and/or make copies of such records (provided that such extracts are treated as Proprietary Information).  Each party shall maintain for a period of 6 years after each payment all books, records, accounts, and technical materials regarding its activities in connection herewith sufficient to determine and confirm all amounts payable to the other party and all compliance with all other material obligations hereunder.  Upon a party’s request and with reasonable notice, the other party will permit one or more representatives of an auditor or agent of the requesting party’s choice to examine and audit, during normal business hours, such books, records, accounts, documentation and materials, and take extracts thereof or make copies thereof (provided that such extracts or copies are treat as Proprietary Information) for the purpose of verifying the correctness of payments made pursuant hereto and/or compliance with the other material obligations hereunder.  Unless otherwise agreed by the parties in writing, such examination shall be in material accordance with generally accepted accounting principles.  To the extent such examination discloses an underpayment not disputed as set forth in 12(b), below, the audited party shall pay any unpaid delinquent amounts within ten days of the other party’s request.  To the extent such examination discloses an underpayment of the greater of 5% or $15,000, the audited party shall fully reimburse the other party, promptly upon demand, for the reasonable fees and disbursements due the auditor for such audit; provided that such prompt payment shall not be in lieu of any other remedies or rights available to such other party hereunder.  In all other events, all fees and expenses of the auditing party’s auditor or agent under this Section shall be paid by auditing party.  If an audit reveals an overpayment, the auditing party shall promptly notify the other and shall pay the amount of any such overpayment to the other party within ten days thereafter.

 

(b)If any report of an audit under the provisions of subsection (a) of this Section discloses to the auditing party any underpayments or overpayments, a copy of such audit report shall be promptly delivered to the audited party.  Unless the amount of any underpayment or overpayment shown on such report is disputed by the audited party, in writing (a “Notice of Dispute”), within 10 days after receipt of the audit report, the audit report shall be deemed accepted and all amounts due thereunder shall be paid pursuant to subsection 12(a).  In the event that Client and Synacor have not resolved all disputed items to their mutual satisfaction within 30 days after a Notice of Dispute has been received by the auditing party, they shall promptly submit such audit report and all supporting work papers to an independent accounting firm of national stature in the United States selected by mutual agreement of Client and Synacor for binding review of any disputed items.  All costs and expenses of such review shall be apportioned between the parties on the basis of each party bearing the expense of that portion of the review which shall be related to disputed items that are resolved against such party.  If Client and Synacor are unable to agree upon the selection of an independent accounting firm of national stature in the United States to perform the binding review of any disputed items, the determination and selection of the independent accounting firm of national stature shall be settled by arbitration in accordance with the rules and regulations of the American Arbitration Association in Buffalo, New York if the arbitration is brought by Client and in Denver, Colorado if brought by Synacor.

 

13.   INSURANCE.

 

13.1 Synacor shall, during the Term, at its own cost and expense, carry and maintain insurance coverage with insurers having at minimum a “Best’s” rating of A-VII as specified herein.  It is expressly understood that Synacor is ultimately responsible for its subcontractors, whether or not insurance is maintained by its subcontractors.

 

Page 11 of 51

 

---

CONFIDENTIAL TREATMENT REQUESTED                               EXHIBIT 10.3

13.2 Workers’ Compensation Insurance.  Synacor will maintain workers’ compensation insurance with statutory limits as required in the state(s) of operation and providing coverage for any employee entering onto Client premises, even if not required by statute, and employer’s liability or “Stop Gap” insurance with limits of at least $500,000 each accident.

13.3 Commercial General Liability Insurance.  Synacor will maintain commercial general liability insurance covering claims for bodily injury, death, personal injury or property damage occurring or arising out of this Agreement, premises-operations, products/completed operations, and contractual liability with respect to any liability assumed by Synacor.  The limits of insurance must be at least:

Each Occurrence$1,000,000

General Aggregate Limit$2,000,000

Products-Completed Operations Limit$2,000,000

Personal and Advertising Injury Limit$1,000,000.

13.4 Commercial Crime, Employee Dishonesty Insurance or Fidelity Bond.  If (a) the Services involve access to Client customer accounts or customer information, (b) Synacor accepts payment from third parties for Client products and services, (c) Synacor has access to Client or Client customer premises, or (d) Synacor provides storage for Client-owned property, Synacor will provide employee dishonesty insurance or a fidelity bond covering all loss for which Synacor is legally liable, arising out of or in connection with any fraudulent or dishonest acts including theft, destruction, wire transfer, computer fraud or fraudulent manipulation of accounting or personnel records resulting in loss of money, securities or other property with limits of at least $1,000,000.

13.5 Professional Liability.  Synacor will maintain errors and omissions liability insurance covering acts, errors and omissions arising out of Synacor’s operations or Services, including coverage for the acts or omissions of its subcontractors, and, if applicable, including loss arising from unauthorized access or use that results in identity theft or fraud, with limits of not less than $2,000,000 per claim.  Such insurance will provide a retroactive date prior to the date of the Agreement and either (a) continuous insurance coverage for a period of 1 year after termination of the Agreement, or (b) an extended reporting period of not less than 1 year after termination of the Agreement.

 

13.6 Insurance Limits and Certificates.  Synacor may obtain all insurance limits through any combination of primary and excess or umbrella liability insurance.  Synacor will forward to Client certificate(s) of such insurance upon request.  The certificate(s) must provide that: (a) for commercial general liability insurance, Client be named as an additional insured(s) as their interest may appear with respect to this Agreement; (b) 30 days prior written notice of cancellation, material change or exclusions to the policy be given to Client; and (c) coverage is primary and not excess of, or contributory with, any other valid and collectible insurance purchased or maintained by Client.

14. DISPUTE RESOLUTION.  The parties shall use commercially reasonable efforts to promptly resolve any claim, dispute, controversy or disagreement (each a “Dispute”) between them under or related to this Agreement or any of the transactions contemplated hereby.  If the parties cannot promptly resolve the Dispute, the parties shall refer the Dispute for resolution by appropriate Vice Presidents of each company.  If such Vice Presidents are unable to resolve a Dispute within 10 business days, such Dispute shall be immediately referred to the appropriate Executive Vice Presidents of each party.  If such Executive Vice Presidents are unable to resolve a Dispute within an additional 10 business days, such Dispute shall be referred to the Chief Executive Officers of each party for resolution.  If the Chief Executive Officers of each party are unable to resolve the Dispute within 5 business days after referral to them, each party may pursue, subject to the terms of this Agreement, any remedy available at law or in equity.

 

15. ASSIGNMENT AND CHANGE OF CONTROL.  This Agreement is not transferable by either party without the other’s prior written consent (which shall not be unreasonably withheld), except that each party may (without consent) assign its rights and obligations hereunder to any of its affiliates or to any successor to all or substantially all of its business (by sale of equity or assets, merger, consolidation or otherwise) unless such sale, merger or consolidation is to or with a competitor of the other party or to a company otherwise included on the list attached

 

 

 

Page 12 of 51

 

---

CONFIDENTIAL TREATMENT REQUESTED                               EXHIBIT 10.3

hereto as Schedule I1. Client may choose to terminate this Agreement at any time if a successor in interest to Synacor changes the Services in such a way that it causes a material adverse effect on the Service or materially increases Client’s legal or regulatory risk.  This Agreement will be binding upon, and inure to the benefit of, the successors, representatives and permitted assigns of the parties.  In the event there is a change of control of Client or the entity with a controlling interest in Client, this Agreement shall continue to apply to the provision of Services to all Users in the Service Area.

 

16. AMENDMENT AND RESTATEMENT/CONSOLIDATION OF AGREEMENTS/ ENTIRE AGREEMENT. Client and Synacor hereby agree that the ARMSA is hereby Amended and Restated in its entirety by this Agreement, and that as of the Effective Date of this Agreement the ARMSA shall be of no further force and effect. Liabilities incurred under the ARMSA prior to the Effective Date shall survive termination of the ARMSA and shall be governed by its terms.  This Agreement constitutes the entire agreement, and supersedes all prior negotiations, understandings or agreements (oral or written), between the parties concerning the subject matter of this Agreement.

 

17. GENERAL PROVISIONS.   No change, modification or waiver to this Agreement will be effective unless in writing and signed by both parties by an authorized representative of each party.  In the event of any conflict or inconsistency between the terms and conditions in the Master Agreement and any Supplement, the terms and conditions of the Master Agreement will prevail unless such Supplement expressly provides that such term shall override the terms of the Master Agreement.  Any different or additional terms contained in any purchase order, confirmation or similar form, even if signed by the parties after the date hereof, shall have no force or effect.  The parties hereto are independent contractors, and no agency, partnership, joint venture, or employment relationship is created as a result of this Agreement and neither party has any authority of any kind to bind the other in any respect.  This Agreement is intended for the sole and exclusive benefit of the parties hereto.  Except for the parties hereto or as may be expressly provided in any Supplement, no third party shall have any right to rely upon this Agreement for any purpose whatsoever.  The failure of either party to enforce its rights under this Agreement at any time for any period shall not be construed as a waiver of such rights.  In the event that any provision of this Agreement shall be determined to be illegal or unenforceable, that provision will be limited or eliminated to the minimum extent necessary so that the Agreement shall otherwise remain in full force and effect and enforceable.  A party’s non-performance under this Agreement shall be excused if and only to the extent that such non-performance is due to an act of God or other cause beyond such party’s reasonable control; if such non-performance continues for such a period of time as to materially undermine the other’s party’s enjoyment of the expected benefits of this Agreement, such other party may, after giving the non-performing party 30 days to renew performing in all material respects (and if no such renewal of performance occurs), elect to terminate this Agreement.  All notices under this Agreement will be in writing and will be deemed to have been duly given (a) when received, if personally delivered; (b) when receipt is electronically confirmed, if transmitted by facsimile or e-mail; (c) the day after being sent, if sent for next day delivery by recognized overnight delivery service; or (d) upon receipt, if sent by certified or registered mail, return receipt requested.  Notices should be directed to the attention of the person named on the first page of this Master Agreement, and a copy must be sent to the attention of the Legal Department, attention: General Counsel.    This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York, USA without regard to the conflicts of laws provisions thereof. Exclusive jurisdiction and venue for any action arising under this Agreement is in the federal and state courts located in Buffalo, New York if the claim is brought by Client and in Denver, Colorado if brought by Synacor, and both parties hereby consent to such jurisdictions and venues, as applicable, for this purpose.  Headings are for convenience of reference only and shall in no way affect interpretation of the Agreement.  

 

18. Affordable Care Act

 

For so long as the Affordable Care Act is in effect if Supplier Employees will be performing Services in connection with this Agreement, Synacor must offer Affordable Care Act and regulations (“ACA”) compliant medical coverage to all of its Supplier Employees who are assigned to such engagements with CenturyLink for 30 hours a week or more, no later than 90 days of the start of the engagement in accordance with ACA. Such medical coverage shall be “affordable” and “minimum value” as those terms are defined in the ACA. If Synacor receives notice from a government agency that such medical coverage is noncompliant or that a penalty will be assessed, Synacor  must provide written notice to CenturyLink [*]. The parties acknowledge that the fee paid to Synacor  for Services under this Agreement contemplates the cost to the Supplier to provide ACA compliant medical coverage to employees enrolled in the Synacor’s medical plan.

 

 

Page 13 of

[*] = CERTAIN INFORMATION HAS BEEN OMITTED AND FILED SEPARATELY WITH THE COMMISSION.

CONFIDENTIAL TREATMENT HAS BEEN REQUESTED WITH RESPECT TO THE OMITTED PORTIONS.

---

CONFIDENTIAL TREATMENT REQUESTED                               EXHIBIT 10.3

Synacor will indemnify and defend Client from and against all damages arising out of a claim by a third party against Client resulting from or alleged to have resulted from a breach of the foregoing Affordable Care Act provision.

 

Supplier will [*] under this Agreement. Thereafter, upon written request by CenturyLink, Synacor shall provide, pursuant to a reasonable deadline provided to Synacor in the written request, [*].  CenturyLink provides a secure portal with instructions for the provision of this report.

 

If Synacor uses subcontractors to provide professional services work hereunder, Synacor will contractually require the subcontractor to (i) comply with all applicable laws and (ii) if the subcontractor is a company, to maintain reasonable levels of insurance based on the work to be provided.  

 

“Supplier Employees” means Synacor’s W-2 employees, who perform Services, act on Synacor’s behalf or are paid by Synacor in connection with the Agreement.

 

“Supplier Personnel” means Supplier Employees, subcontractors or agents who perform services, or act on Synacor’s behalf in connection with the Agreement.  

 

19. Business Code of Conduct and Anti-Corruption

 

As of the Effective Date, Synacor agrees to comply with the terms of the Client’s Supplier Code of Conduct ("Supplier Code") found on the Supplier Portal at the following url

http://www.centurylink.com/aboutus/docs/CenturyLink_Supplier_Code_of_Conduct.pdf:.    

 

Supplier will comply with the terms and conditions of Client’s Corporate Ethics and Compliance Program, as is more fully described in Exhibit A.  If Synacor becomes aware of any violation of the Ethics and Compliance Program Synacor will notify Client.  

 

Synacor and Supplier Personnel's obligations under this Agreement include compliance with the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (“FCPA”), and all applicable anti-bribery and anti-corruption laws of other nations,  which may include but not be limited to the UK Bribery Act (collectively, “Anti-Corruption Laws”). The FCPA prohibits U.S. issuers, such as Client and its affiliates (e.g., Savvis), from providing or offering to provide a payment or anything of value to a foreign (non-U.S.) government official, foreign political party, or candidate or other “foreign official” as defined under the FCPA, to influence an act, or decision of the official or of his government, or to secure an improper advantage, in order that Client obtain or retain business for itself or another.  In performance of this Agreement, Synacor, its employees, contractors and affiliates will not (i) make or arrange any contact with or (ii) make or cause to be made, any payment or offer of anything of value to any foreign (non-U.S.) government official or political party, or candidate without prior written approval from Client Corporate Ethics and Compliance.  If, in connection with the performance of this Agreement, anyone, including a government official or an agent thereof, requests or solicits Synacor to provide a payment or anything of value to influence an act or decision of the official or his/her government, or to secure an improper advantage, in order that Synacor or Client obtain or retain business for itself or another, Synacor will refuse to make such payment or provide such thing of value and will immediately report the incident to Client. Synacor further represents, warrants and certifies that to the best of its knowledge, it, and its Supplier Personnel, , currently comply with, and shall continue to comply with, all applicable Anti-Corruption Laws in all countries in which it provides Services hereunder and will not take any actions that would result in a violation of Anti-Corruption Laws by Client or an affiliate.  Any written approvals, incident reporting and/or questions regarding the obligations of Synacor hereunder shall be directed to ***@***.  

 

20. Counter Parts

 

This Agreement may be executed in two or more counterparts, each of which will be deemed an original but all of which together will constitute one and the same instrument.  The Parties agree that signatures that are faxed,

 

 

 

 

 

 

Page 14 of

[*] = CERTAIN INFORMATION HAS BEEN OMITTED AND FILED SEPARATELY WITH THE COMMISSION.

CONFIDENTIAL TREATMENT HAS BEEN REQUESTED WITH RESPECT TO THE OMITTED PORTIONS.

---

CONFIDENTIAL TREATMENT REQUESTED                               EXHIBIT 10.3

photocopied or electronically stored or transmitted will be deemed to be originals, and both parties agree to accept and be bound by them.

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have executed this Agreement as of the Effective Date.

 

 

SYNACOR, INC.                          QWEST CORPORATION on behalf of itself

and as agent of its Affiliates

 

                

 

By: ________________________________By: ________________________________

 

 

 

Name:Name:

 

 

 

Title: Title:

 

 

 

Date: Date:

 

Page 15 of 51

 

---

CONFIDENTIAL TREATMENT REQUESTED                               EXHIBIT 10.3

SCHEDULE A

TO

MASTER SERVICES AGREEMENT

 

PRODUCT & PRICING SCHEDULE

 

 

 

 

Page 16 of 51

[*] = CERTAIN INFORMATION HAS BEEN OMITTED AND FILED SEPARATELY WITH THE COMMISSION.

CONFIDENTIAL TREATMENT HAS BEEN REQUESTED WITH RESPECT TO THE OMITTED PORTIONS.

---

CONFIDENTIAL TREATMENT REQUESTED                               EXHIBIT 10.3

Synacor with the count of applicable HSI Subscribers for which Platform Fees are due as of the last day of such month, and the Platform Fee for that month will be calculated by multiplying such number by the applicable rate.

 

 

 

Page 17 of 51

[*] = CERTAIN INFORMATION HAS BEEN OMITTED AND FILED SEPARATELY WITH THE COMMISSION.

CONFIDENTIAL TREATMENT HAS BEEN REQUESTED WITH RESPECT TO THE OMITTED PORTIONS.

---

CONFIDENTIAL TREATMENT REQUESTED                               EXHIBIT 10.3

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Page 18 of 51

[*] = CERTAIN INFORMATION HAS BEEN OMITTED AND FILED SEPARATELY WITH THE COMMISSION.

CONFIDENTIAL TREATMENT HAS BEEN REQUESTED WITH RESPECT TO THE OMITTED PORTIONS.

---

CONFIDENTIAL TREATMENT REQUESTED                               EXHIBIT 10.3

[*]

 

 

Page 19 of 51

[*] = CERTAIN INFORMATION HAS BEEN OMITTED AND FILED SEPARATELY WITH THE COMMISSION.

CONFIDENTIAL TREATMENT HAS BEEN REQUESTED WITH RESPECT TO THE OMITTED PORTIONS.

---

CONFIDENTIAL TREATMENT REQUESTED                               EXHIBIT 10.3

 

 

Page 20 of 51

[*] = CERTAIN INFORMATION HAS BEEN OMITTED AND FILED SEPARATELY WITH THE COMMISSION.

CONFIDENTIAL TREATMENT HAS BEEN REQUESTED WITH RESPECT TO THE OMITTED PORTIONS.

---

CONFIDENTIAL TREATMENT REQUESTED                               EXHIBIT 10.3

 

 

 

a.   Premium Products as identified in Schedule D and subject to the terms and conditions of Schedule E.

b.   Distribution of Client Sourced Content as identified in Schedule E.

d.  Start App – Synacor offers an application for iOS and Android platforms that serves as a compliment to the Client Branded Portal, and includes curated short-form video, advertising, news articles and other content.  Synacor will make the standard Start App available to Client [*].  [*] any customization or integrations requested by Client may require additional fees.

[*]

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Page 21 of 51

[*] = CERTAIN INFORMATION HAS BEEN OMITTED AND FILED SEPARATELY WITH THE COMMISSION.

CONFIDENTIAL TREATMENT HAS BEEN REQUESTED WITH RESPECT TO THE OMITTED PORTIONS.

---

CONFIDENTIAL TREATMENT REQUESTED                               EXHIBIT 10.3

Exhibit 1

To

Schedule A

Of the

Master Services Agreement

 

Included Content

The below-listed types of Content will be provided by Synacor and integrated into the Client Branded Portal initially after the Effective Date.  Such initial Content may change from time to time as Synacor modifies its Content suppliers and Content mix.  Client will be notified in writing of any changes to Content suppliers and Content mix.  Synacor will provide quarterly review of the offered content and changes in providers.  

 

 

 

Page 22 of

 

---

CONFIDENTIAL TREATMENT REQUESTED                               EXHIBIT 10.3

Exhibit 2

To

Schedule A

Of the

Master Services Agreement

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Page 23 of 51

[*] = CERTAIN INFORMATION HAS BEEN OMITTED AND FILED SEPARATELY WITH THE COMMISSION.

CONFIDENTIAL TREATMENT HAS BEEN REQUESTED WITH RESPECT TO THE OMITTED PORTIONS.

---

CONFIDENTIAL TREATMENT REQUESTED                               EXHIBIT 10.3

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Page 24 of 51

[*] = CERTAIN INFORMATION HAS BEEN OMITTED AND FILED SEPARATELY WITH THE COMMISSION.

CONFIDENTIAL TREATMENT HAS BEEN REQUESTED WITH RESPECT TO THE OMITTED PORTIONS.

---

CONFIDENTIAL TREATMENT REQUESTED                               EXHIBIT 10.3

SCHEDULE B
TO

MASTER SERVICES AGREEMENT

SEARCH SERVICES

 

The following establishes the terms and conditions by which the Parties will work together to facilitate the delivery of search related Services to Users.  

 

1.Definition of Search Services and Selection of Search Services Provider.Synacor shall be the exclusive provider of search Services on the Client Branded Portal and any other Services that enable Users to receive descriptions and links associated with search results from search boxes (“Search Services”) placed within the Client Branded Portal or other Services, through its agreement with one or more Search Services providers (“Search Services Provider(s)”).  As of the Effective Date, the sole Search Services Provider for the Residential Portal and the Business Portal is Google Inc. with complementary Search Services provided by Ask.com as the Complimentary Search Services Provider (as defined herein).   [*]

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

“Search Services” are a subset of “Services” for all purposes of this Agreement.  Search Services do not include searches or other entries in an address bar or mis-typed URLs in an address bar, and none of those shall be subject to the exclusivity provisions of this Schedule.

 

a.Operation of Search Services.Each time a User enters a search request in a search box (a “Search Query”), Synacor shall return to such User a set of up to 10 search results (each such set being referred to as a “Search Results Set”) and additional paid links (“Sponsored Links” or “AFS Ads”) as agreed to by the Parties.  A Search Query will only return search results (including Sponsored Links) unless otherwise authorized in writing by Client; information entered as a Search Query may not be used to or for User profile-building by Synacor or the Search Services Provider.

 

b.Hosting and Control. At all times during the Term Synacor shall: (a) deliver and manage any and all pages that comprise the Client Branded Portal on which Search Services are provided; (b) maintain complete technical and editorial control of such Client Branded Portal (provided that the Client Branded Portal complies with Section 7 of Schedule C, with the exception of certain Content as provided in Section 1 of Schedule D); and (c) act as the intermediary for all transmissions between Search Services Provider and such sites.

 

2. Disclaimers.Client understands and agrees that, to the extent permitted by law, Search Services Provider shall not be liable for any damages, whether direct, indirect, incidental or consequential, arising from the Client Branded Portal’s access to or use of the Search Services.

 

3. No Warranties.Client understands and agrees that notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the Agreement Synacor disclaims any and all warranties and liabilities, express or implied, with respect to the Search

 

Page 25 of 51

[*] = CERTAIN INFORMATION HAS BEEN OMITTED AND FILED SEPARATELY WITH THE COMMISSION.

CONFIDENTIAL TREATMENT HAS BEEN REQUESTED WITH RESPECT TO THE OMITTED PORTIONS.

---

CONFIDENTIAL TREATMENT REQUESTED                               EXHIBIT 10.3

Services, including without limitation, warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, and non-infringement.

 

4.Client Not Third Party Beneficiary.Client expressly acknowledges and agrees that Client is not a third party beneficiary under any agreement between Synacor and Search Services Provider.

 

5.  Search Bar.  Client expressly grants Synacor permission to include a search bar on the Client Branded Sites above the fold in a location mutually agreeable to the parties, such search bar to be of a reasonable size and positioning as optimized by regularly occurring multivariate testing.

 

6.Competitive Search Results.  Synacor will use commercially reasonable efforts to filter and block paid search results related to Client’s competitors listed in Schedule I2.  However, Client understands and agrees that such filtering may not block out all paid competitor-related search results; however, Synacor shall take down any such paid competitor-related search results as soon as practical after discovery thereof (either on it own or by notice from a third party or Qwest).  As of the Effective Date, Synacor is not able or allowed pursuant to its agreement with its Search Services Provider to filter or block non-paid search results.  If, during the Term, Synacor is able and allowed to do so, Synacor shall use commercially reasonable efforts to filter and block non-paid search results related to Client’s competitors listed in Schedule I2.  Just as with paid search results, Client understands and agrees that such filtering may not block out all non-paid competitor-related search results, but Synacor will take down any such paid competitor-related search results as soon as practical after discovery thereof.

 

Page 26 of 51

 

---

CONFIDENTIAL TREATMENT REQUESTED                               EXHIBIT 10.3

SCHEDULE C

TO

MASTER SERVICES AGREEMENT

ADVERTISING

 

The following establishes the terms and conditions by which the parties will work together to facilitate the delivery of Advertising Services to Client.

 

 

 

 

Page 27 of 51

 

---

CONFIDENTIAL TREATMENT REQUESTED                               EXHIBIT 10.3

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Page 28 of 51

[*] = CERTAIN INFORMATION HAS BEEN OMITTED AND FILED SEPARATELY WITH THE COMMISSION.

CONFIDENTIAL TREATMENT HAS BEEN REQUESTED WITH RESPECT TO THE OMITTED PORTIONS.

---

CONFIDENTIAL TREATMENT REQUESTED                               EXHIBIT 10.3

of viruses, worms, corrupted files, cracks, hackz or other materials that are intended to damage or render inoperable software, hardware or security measures of Client, any User or any third party.

  

 

       9.    Competitive Advertising Limitations.  Synacor shall use commercially reasonable efforts to filter and block all ads for any of the companies set forth on Schedule I2 on any page within any of the Services.  Client may only place companies on the list in Schedule I2 which market, promote, or advertise products or services that are competitive with Client’s long distance services, local telephony services, broadband access services, ATM Services, frame relay services, private telephone line services, business website hosting services, multi-channel video, VoIP, or wireless voice telephony services.  Client may, upon written notice to Synacor, update Schedule I2, provided that Client understands and agrees that any additions to the list will not take effect for 15 business days from Synacor’s receipt of the notice. In the event a competitive advertisement is not appropriately filtered, it will be promptly removed upon identification of such advertisement.

 

Page 29 of 51

 

---

CONFIDENTIAL TREATMENT REQUESTED                               EXHIBIT 10.3

 

SCHEDULE D

TO

MASTER SERVICES AGREEMENT

PREMIUM PRODUCT & PRICING SCHEDULE

 

The Premium Products and related fees payable by Client to Synacor pursuant to the Agreement are set forth below.

 

1.Premium Products and Associated Fees For Residential Portal.  

 

As of the Effective Date, Client is not actively marketing or selling Premium Products to its customers.  However, Client has in the past sold Premium Products to its customers, and some of those customers continue to pay for and/or use the Premium Products, and Client wishes to allow such continued use.  For any Premium Products still in use by any customers of Client, Synacor shall bill Client each month for an amount determined by multiplying the number of Subscription Accounts (as defined below and as reported by Client to Synacor monthly) in a given month (based on the number of Subscription Accounts existing on the last day of the given month) by the monthly fees relating to the pertinent Premium Product(s) subscribed to by the specific Subscription Account, as applicable.  Client shall have the right at any time to terminate any given Subscription Account, including, but not limited to, in the event the User has not paid for the applicable Content.  For purposes herein, a “Subscription Account” is defined as an account that allows a User of a Residential Portal access to the identified Premium Products, Client Sourced Content for which Client requires authentication, and/or Synacor Sourced Content from the Residential Portal or other location as may be agreed to by the parties.  

 

 

 

 

 

 

Page 30 of 51

 

---

CONFIDENTIAL TREATMENT REQUESTED                               EXHIBIT 10.3

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Monthly Subscription Fees (the fees identified below are the sole and only fees payable by Client to Synacor for the following Premium Products; no other costs, such as content delivery network costs, etc., shall be payable by Client to Synacor related to such Premium Products):

 

 

 

 

Page 31 of 51

[*] = CERTAIN INFORMATION HAS BEEN OMITTED AND FILED SEPARATELY WITH THE COMMISSION.

CONFIDENTIAL TREATMENT HAS BEEN REQUESTED WITH RESPECT TO THE OMITTED PORTIONS.

---

CONFIDENTIAL TREATMENT REQUESTED                               EXHIBIT 10.3

 

2. Premium Products for the Business Portal:  Synacor hereby agrees to continue to make the Premium Products set forth below available, subject to Content Provider approval and the terms and conditions herein, to Users who have previously purchased such Premium Products from Client through Synacor’s offering.  However, each party agrees that Client is not and will not market or sell the Premium Products below to additional customers after the Effective Date.  For purposes herein, a “Business Subscription Account” is defined as an account that allows a User of the Business Portal access to the identified Premium Products, Client Sourced Content for which Client requires authentication, and/or Synacor Sourced Content from the Business Portal.  Synacor shall bill Client each month for an amount determined in accordance with Section 2(b) of this Schedule D.  Client will report the number of Business Subscription Accounts in any given month to Synacor by the second business day of the following month.  Client shall have the right at any time to terminate any given Business Subscription Account, including, but not limited to, in the event the Business User has not paid for the applicable Content.  

 

 

 

 

 

 

Synacor will provide monthly reporting to Client specifying the total Activated Business Users and total Active Business Users in the relevant month. e. Support.  The party shall have the following product-specific support obligations with regard to the Business Packs:

Moonfruit

 

• Client will provide first level support.

• Synacor will provide second level support

 

3. Client Reporting: Client acknowledges and agrees that in instances where it is required to report information to Synacor upon which payment amounts shall be determined, it must notify Synacor of any disputed or revised information within [*] days of the date that the information was first reported.  After the expiration of said [*] days, Client shall not have any recourse against Synacor for information that was inaccurately reported by Client.

 

 

Page 32 of 51

[*] = CERTAIN INFORMATION HAS BEEN OMITTED AND FILED SEPARATELY WITH THE COMMISSION.

CONFIDENTIAL TREATMENT HAS BEEN REQUESTED WITH RESPECT TO THE OMITTED PORTIONS.

---

CONFIDENTIAL TREATMENT REQUESTED                               EXHIBIT 10.3

SCHEDULE E
TO

MASTER SERVICES AGREEMENT

CONTENT DISTRIBUTION TERMS AND CONDITIONS

 

1. Definitions

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2.0 Delivery of Premium Content.

 

Upon Client’s consent, Synacor will make the Premium Offerings set forth in Schedule D available to Users to purchase Subscription Accounts related thereto.   Access to such Premium Offerings will be restricted to those Users who have paid for a Subscription Account to such Premium Offering.  Client will report to Synacor all of those Users who have purchased Subscription Accounts to each Premium Offering and all users who have

 

Page 33 of 51

 

 

---

CONFIDENTIAL TREATMENT REQUESTED                               EXHIBIT 10.3

disconnected from such Premium Offerings.   Client’s Users will be required to use a username/password to login to get access to the Premium Offerings, and will be limited to accessing the Premium Offerings through the Client Branded Portal.   Synacor or the applicable Synacor Provider will host the Synacor Sourced Premium Content Products.  Client or Client Providers will host the Client Sourced Premium Content Products unless otherwise agreed to by Synacor and Client.

 

If the Client chooses to have  Premium Content Products made available on the Client Branded Portal, the Client agrees to allow  End User License Agreements (“EULA”) related to such Premium Content to be displayed on the Client Branded Portal, which EULAs will need to be agreed upon by the User  before obtaining access to such  Premium Content Product.

 

The terms and conditions set forth in the main body of this Agreement with regard to Content also apply to Premium Content Products.

 

Client shall have the right to request that Synacor no longer make a given Premium Offering available on the Client Branded Portal for new subscribers to purchase, and upon such request, Synacor will remove the ability for Users to purchase subscriptions to such Premium Offering from the Client Branded Portal as soon as reasonably practicable.  In such event, subject to Content Provider approval and the terms and conditions herein, the parties will work together to ensure Users who have previously purchased such Premium Offerings will continue to have access thereto.

 

3.0 User Billing.  User billing shall be the sole responsibility of the Client unless otherwise agreed upon by the parties.

 

4.0 Premium Content Requirements.

 

Client will not, without the consent of Synacor:  (i) send any interstitials, pop-up windows, or other messages or files to the User during the time in which any Synacor Sourced Premium Content is displayed or (ii) sell any advertising in, on or related to any Synacor Sourced Premium Content Product, including but not limited to, banners, buttons, links, streaming audio or streaming video advertisements.  

 

Client and Synacor expressly acknowledge and agree that to the extent any Synacor Provider has required as a condition of providing its service that it must be a third party beneficiary to this Agreement, such Synacor Provider shall be considered a third party beneficiary solely for purposes of the enforcement of the provisions of this Agreement relating to such  Synacor Sourced Content made available by such Synacor Provider and that such  Synacor Provider may, in its sole discretion, take any and all action, including but not limited to, commencing any legal action to enforce its rights pursuant to this Agreement.

 

 

 

Page 34 of 51

 

 

---

CONFIDENTIAL TREATMENT REQUESTED                               EXHIBIT 10.3

SCHEDULE F

TO

MASTER SERVICES AGREEMENT

SERVICE LEVEL AGREEMENT AND CUSTOMER SUPPORT PROCEDURES

                          

SERVICE LEVELS

 

 

I. General – Subsections A and B of this Section I apply to, and so long as, email continues to be stored at [*] and [*].  Thereafter neither paragraph shall be of any force or effect.  The remaining Subsections of this Section I continue throughout the Term.

 

A.Client wishes to host Synacor’s Software and Client data related to the Service within a data center it designates on hardware purchased or leased by Client.  Synacor will provide Client a list of recommended hardware which Client may purchase or lease.  Client will procure and provision all hardware reasonably necessary to support and maintain the Services.  Client will ensure that (i) the hardware and equipment associated with the Services are dedicated solely to the Service (unless otherwise agreed to by the parties), and are located in a caged, dedicated space within the data center, (ii) subject to reasonable facility access rules and restrictions and emergency or exigent circumstances during which access may be denied entirely, Synacor has authorized remote access to the data center and the relevant hardware 24x7x365 and physical access to the data center as necessary, and (iii) Client and any of its employees, agents or representatives will not access, modify, move, or otherwise disrupt the hardware or equipment related to the Service, either in person or remotely, except in emergency situations or when otherwise agreed to by the parties.

 

B.Client will be responsible for any outage of the data center or portions thereof caused by Client, its employees or agents and not caused by the equipment, Software or personnel (or agents) of Synacor.  Synacor will perform daily onsite backups of all data to ensure recoverability of data in the event of an outage; Client will archive the images of such backups and store offsite in accordance with Client’s current business continuity/disaster recovery practices.  Additionally, Client will be responsible to obtain and maintain 24x7x365 support for all hardware throughout the Term.  Client will upgrade the hardware as reasonably necessary, including in the following instances: (a) if the Software stack that Synacor is maintaining, whether it is Synacor Software or other Software used in the provision of the Services, is no longer compatible with the underlying hardware or operating system (provided that Synacor is making the same or similar upgrade to similar equipment it uses to provide hosting for other clients for services similar to the Services).  Synacor will provide Client with the appropriate new hardware bill of materials (“BOM”) for Client to procure and provision; (b) if the hardware vendor no longer supports the underlying operating system or firmware on such hardware, then Synacor will provide a recommended new hardware BOM for Client to procure and provision and Client will upgrade such hardware accordingly; and (c) if any of the hardware components fail, Client will be responsible to replace the failed component or ensure that its hardware vendor has access to the failed hardware for replacement, such replacement to occur as soon as reasonably practicable after notice from Synacor or when Client otherwise becomes aware of the hardware failure.  In the event any hardware has failed, Client will ensure that it or its hardware support vendor works in good faith with Synacor to transition any Software or data to the new hardware as necessary.  

 

C.Synacor shall provide, 7x24x365, the service levels in this Service Level Agreement (“SLA”), as follows, as measured on a monthly basis.

 

D.Contact Information:  

Synacor Technical Service Support: 866 ###-###-#### or ***@***

Synacor Network Operations Center: [*]

Client Technical Services Support: [*]

Client NOC: [*]

Client hosting center (for escalations only): [*]

 

Each party will use commercially reasonable efforts to provide the other party at least 30 days’ prior notice if the foregoing contact information changes.

 

 

Page 35 of 51

[*] = CERTAIN INFORMATION HAS BEEN OMITTED AND FILED SEPARATELY WITH THE COMMISSION.

CONFIDENTIAL TREATMENT HAS BEEN REQUESTED WITH RESPECT TO THE OMITTED PORTIONS.

---

CONFIDENTIAL TREATMENT REQUESTED                               EXHIBIT 10.3

II. Monitoring and Reporting

 

A.In an effort to detect potential problems before they impact the availability and performance of the Services, Synacor continuously monitors the status of the systems using both automated and manual tools employed in its 24 by 7 network operations center (“NOC”).  Synacor shall report to Client, via email to [*] and via phone call to Technical Support Jeopardy Management at [*], immediately after discovery, all instances (however brief) of failures to meet Portal Availability (as defined below), Email Service Availability (as defined below) and all other instances of incidents, outages or downtime affecting the User registration and login system or the Service (or portions thereof), regardless of whether or not Synacor bears responsibility for such failures, incidents, outages or downtime.  

 

B.Synacor shall also provide Client monthly reports providing detailed information regarding incidents, outages or downtime affecting the Client Branded Portal (inclusive of Synacor provided Portal Content that is hosted by Synacor in a Synacor or QCC data center) and Email Service, the duration of such, resolution and impact to monthly SLAs.  Client will provide Synacor monthly reports providing detailed information regarding incidents, outages or downtime affecting the Client managed network infrastructure (network hardware and Internet connectivity).  Synacor’s monthly reports to Client shall also include the following information:

1.  MTA email server connections (measuring of the number of connections dropped due to email IP blacklists or reputation services):

(i)  Accepted Connections - Total number of connections made to Synacor email servers for Users; and

(ii) Blocked Connections - Total number of connections dropped that are made to Synacor email servers for Users.

2.  Email statistics (measuring the effectiveness of spam filtering);

(i)  Legit Messages - Total number of emails accepted for Users;

(ii)  Blocked Messages - Total number of messages blocked for content.

(v)  Total number of messages delivered and marked as spam by the user.

3.   Compromised Account Volume - Total number of compromised User accounts of which Synacor becomes aware; and

 

C.The parties will schedule a standing monthly operations review meeting that will cover all metrics covered in the monthly report (which schedule of meetings may be modified upon agreement of the parties).

 

III. Portal Availability

 

A.“Portal Availability” means that the Client-Branded Portal (inclusive of Synacor provided Portal Content that is hosted by Synacor) is fully functional with [*] average uptime in any calendar month.  As an example, Content Synacor includes on the Portal from STATS and Grab Networks is not currently hosted by Synacor and therefore not covered by the Portal Availability metrics, but Content from AP and Events Media is hosted by Synacor.  For these purposes, “Fully Functional” means that the applicable Service is continuously operable, available, and responsive to Client’s Users without delay or malfunction, [*]. Portal Availability excludes:

(iii) the inability of Client Providers to update or deliver Content, provided that the inability is not due, in whole or in part, to Synacor.  

(iv) downtime or degradation due to a security intrusion event as described in Section VI SECURITY, below, or a ‘denial-of-service’ attack from external sources outside Synacor’s control;

 

 

 

(v) downtime or degradation due to problems with Client-provided data APIs, authentication mechanisms or similar services (except to the extent that such problem is due to an act or

 

Page 36 of 51

[*] = CERTAIN INFORMATION HAS BEEN OMITTED AND FILED SEPARATELY WITH THE COMMISSION.

CONFIDENTIAL TREATMENT HAS BEEN REQUESTED WITH RESPECT TO THE OMITTED PORTIONS.

---

CONFIDENTIAL TREATMENT REQUESTED                               EXHIBIT 10.3

omission of Synacor or its agents, provided Synacor knew or reasonably should have known that it had an obligation to act);

 

 

 

[*]

 

 

IV. Email Service Availability

 

A.  “Email Service Availability” means that the Email Services provided to Client, as described in subsections (i) through (iv) below, are Fully Functional with 99.9% average uptime in any calendar month.

 

(i). Webmail – core webmail features, including login, folder view, message view, and message composition.

 

(ii). Post Office Protocol (“POP”) – POP and Internet message access protocol (“IMAP”) access will be subject to the [*] Portal Availability measurement.  

 

(iii). Incoming SMTP – [*] of incoming email will be delivered to the recipient’s mailbox within [*] minutes of receipt at Synacor’s SMTP servers, except where Synacor is receiving substantially more email than is normally received a denial-of-service attack or a severe increase in the amount of unsolicited email.

 

(iv). Outgoing SMTP – delivery of outgoing messages can be affected by a number of factors, including deferrals or rejections by receiving SMTP servers, faulty mail exchanger (“MX”) records, and Internet transit.  However, Synacor guarantees that [*] of all outgoing email will be sent to its destination within [*] minutes, provided, however, that Synacor shall not be responsible for whether emails are received or accepted by the destination email.

 

B.  For all email transactions and processing, Synacor shall, for security reasons, use Port 587 and exclude the use of Port 25.

 

C.  Email Service Availability excludes the following situations (to the extent beyond Synacor’s reasonable control) provided, however, that sections (v), (vi), (vii), and (ix) shall only apply for so long as and with regard to email stored in [*] or [*]:

 

 

Page 37 of 51

[*] = CERTAIN INFORMATION HAS BEEN OMITTED AND FILED SEPARATELY WITH THE COMMISSION.

CONFIDENTIAL TREATMENT HAS BEEN REQUESTED WITH RESPECT TO THE OMITTED PORTIONS.

---

CONFIDENTIAL TREATMENT REQUESTED                               EXHIBIT 10.3

(v)  downtime or degradation due to Client’s or its data center’s failure to permit Synacor remote access to the data center or the hardware on which the Service related Software and data reside;

(vii) downtime or degradation due to Client’s failure to comply with its obligations under this Schedule F or Schedule G; and

(viii) downtime or degradation due to Client’s failure to provide notice as set forth in Section V, below.

(ix)   downtime or degradation due to a failure of Client’s data center (including, but not limited to, any failure related to power or cooling) not resulting from the act or omission of Synacor or its agents.

 

D.  Due to the distributed architecture Synacor uses to deliver Email Services, it is likely that downtime (email system unavailability) or degradation may only affect a subset of the total user base.  In the event of a failure of one or more mail-drop servers, downtime (system unavailability) will be calculated based on the affected Users as a percentage of the total User base.  For example, if 10% of the User base was affected by the email system unavailability for 30 minutes, the official downtime would be 3 minutes.  

 

E.  Email Service Availability Credits.   If Synacor fails to meet the monthly SLAs above for any month during the Term (inclusive of the Wind-Down Period), as identified in the automated monthly report given to Client,   and if Client makes a request to Synacor within 30 days of the end of the month in which Synacor failed to meet the SLA, the Email Service Availability credits set forth below will be applied to Client’s account for each instance of Synacor’s failure to meet the required Email Service Availability.  To the extent possible, the credits will be applied during the billing period following the month in which such failure occurs and shall be detailed as a separate line item on the invoice.  For example, if SLA credits are due for failures that occurred in the month of September, such credits will be applied to the October billing period.

 

 

[*]

 

V. Client Changes and/or Actions

 

Prior to taking any of the actions identified below, and unless different (or no) notice requirements with respect to any such actions are agreed upon in a written implementation plan, Client shall give Synacor notice, as set forth below, with respect to the various actions set forth below:

 

 

 

 

Page 38 of 51

[*] = CERTAIN INFORMATION HAS BEEN OMITTED AND FILED SEPARATELY WITH THE COMMISSION.

CONFIDENTIAL TREATMENT HAS BEEN REQUESTED WITH RESPECT TO THE OMITTED PORTIONS.

---

CONFIDENTIAL TREATMENT REQUESTED                               EXHIBIT 10.3

 

VI. Security

 

A.Synacor’s security team proactively evaluates network security risk, inclusive of risk to the system and Services, develops and implements policies and incident prevention programs, educates management and staff about security policies, and handles computer security incidents.

 

B.System Intrusion. In the event of a system intrusion by an unauthorized person or malicious code, affected parties will be notified and a solution will be implemented.  Notification of such events to Client by Synacor will occur upon confirmation by Synacor’s security team that there was a bona fide intrusion event, but in no event later than 3 days after the event.

 

C.Network Security.  Synacor will at all times during the Term maintain network firewalls, load balancers and intrusion detection devices to prevent, among other problems, unauthorized access to the network infrastructure and systems.  Network attacks such as denial-of-service attacks are logged.  Synacor will notify Client when such attacks are detected and collaborate with Client to assess the validity of such attacks.  Synacor shall at all times during the Term encrypt data during the Client authentication process and Synacor shall update Client should changes occur to such process.

 

D.Physical Security.  As between the parties, for [*] Client and for [*] and [*] Synacor, shall be responsible to ensure the physical security of the data center and the hardware and equipment dedicated to the Services and system.  With regard to any failure to maintain security of the hardware in the respective data centers, the other party shall be entitled to relief from the applicable SLAs as outlined above.  

 

E.Phishing Attacks/Attempts.  In addition to the foregoing, Synacor shall promptly notify Client’s security team, at a number or e-mail address (Client may request that these notifications occur via email) as provided by Client to Synacor, of all instances of phishing identified by Synacor and directed at Users.

 

 

VII. Maintenance Windows

 

A.Synacor may reserve one or more windows for weekly application revision/infrastructure maintenance, should the need for such maintenance arise.  Typically Synacor conducts maintenance in a 4 hour window from 1:00am to 5:00 am Mountain Time every Monday (“Scheduled Maintenance Window”) and will use commercially

 

Page 39 of 51

[*] = CERTAIN INFORMATION HAS BEEN OMITTED AND FILED SEPARATELY WITH THE COMMISSION.

CONFIDENTIAL TREATMENT HAS BEEN REQUESTED WITH RESPECT TO THE OMITTED PORTIONS.

---

CONFIDENTIAL TREATMENT REQUESTED                               EXHIBIT 10.3

reasonable efforts to perform such maintenance during times of least impact to Users.  However, Synacor may move or add maintenance windows as necessary.  In the event maintenance will be needed during the Scheduled Maintenance Window, Synacor will notify the Client no less than 2 business days prior to the window.  In the event a maintenance window needs to be moved or added, Synacor will gain written approval from Client of the day and specified window of time for such maintenance prior to conducting such maintenance.  If it is determined during the conduct of any maintenance that the maintenance will run over the allotted or agreed window, Client will be notified immediately via e-mail to [*] and via phone call to Technical Support Jeopardy Management at [*] and be asked to provide, at its reasonable discretion, approval for the extension, and receive regular updates until the maintenance is complete.  During these maintenance windows and any approved extensions thereof, the system and Services may be unavailable to Client and Client’s Users.  Scheduled Maintenance Windows and any approved extensions thereof are not counted against Portal or Email Availability percentages.  

 

VIII. Emergency Maintenance Notification

 

A.In the event that maintenance is required outside of the Scheduled Maintenance Windows and it will adversely affect Client’s Users, Synacor will notify Client about the emergency maintenance window as soon as Synacor determines such emergency maintenance window is needed.  Notification will detail the expected degree of adverse effect on the applicable Service or availability thereof.  Emergency maintenance windows are counted against Portal or Email Availability percentages (as applicable), unless Synacor and Client mutually agree otherwise in writing (email being sufficient for this purpose).  

 

IX. Customer Support Procedures

 

A.Incident Management.

 

Tier 1 – Client will provide first level support to Users, consisting of: (i) handling questions from Users regarding customer/technical support, order processing, and use of the Service; and (ii) accepting and responding to problem calls from Users relating to the Service; (iii) supporting User devices and underlying Client systems and architecture; and (iv) providing notification to Synacor of changes, maintenance, and outages of underling systems that may affect Service.

 

Tier 2/Tier 3 – Synacor will provide second level support to Client, consisting of: (i) accepting and responding to problem escalations reported by representatives of Client with regard to problems that cannot be resolved by Client; (ii) resolving reported problems; (iii) providing notification to Client of changes, maintenance, and outages of underlying systems that may affect Service.

 

Synacor will provide Client the following:

 

 

B.Priority.  Client will estimate the priority at the time the incident is reported.  The priority can change at any time during the process.  Incidents will be categorized by product category, with the following priorities definitions:

 

Priority 1 (P1) means that the system or Service is substantially non-operational such that it causes severe commercial impact and there are no known workarounds.

 

 

Priority 2 (P2) means a problem with the system or Service that causes significant commercial impact which cannot be resolved (temporarily) by workarounds.

 

Page 40 of 51

[*] = CERTAIN INFORMATION HAS BEEN OMITTED AND FILED SEPARATELY WITH THE COMMISSION.

CONFIDENTIAL TREATMENT HAS BEEN REQUESTED WITH RESPECT TO THE OMITTED PORTIONS.

---

CONFIDENTIAL TREATMENT REQUESTED                               EXHIBIT 10.3

Priority 3 (P3) means a non-critical problem or incident with the system or Service where Client is able to continue to utilize the system or Service and a workaround is not available.

Priority 4 (P4) means an incident that is not a P1, P2, or P3 incident, is non-critical, and for which an applicable workaround is available.

“Support Response Time” means the elapsed time between the incident escalation by Client and the time within which Synacor begins support as verified by a verbal or email confirmation to Client.

Standard Support Response Times are as follows:

A chronic failure to meet these timeframes, other than P3 and P4 fix and workaround timeframes (with “chronic” defined as 5 failures in any 3-month rolling period), shall give rise to a Client right to terminate the Agreement on 30 days’ written notice.

C.Synacor will be responsible for the control and management of incident calls and assignment of priority and escalation to resources within Synacor in its sole and absolute discretion.  Client reserves the right to escalate as reasonably required should stated response times not be met or response is not detailed enough for Client to manage overall customer response (IVR, internal escalation, etc).  

X.  Escalation Path

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Page 41 of 51

[*] = CERTAIN INFORMATION HAS BEEN OMITTED AND FILED SEPARATELY WITH THE COMMISSION.

CONFIDENTIAL TREATMENT HAS BEEN REQUESTED WITH RESPECT TO THE OMITTED PORTIONS.

---

CONFIDENTIAL TREATMENT REQUESTED                               EXHIBIT 10.3

 

 

 

 

 

 

Page 42 of 51

[*] = CERTAIN INFORMATION HAS BEEN OMITTED AND FILED SEPARATELY WITH THE COMMISSION.

CONFIDENTIAL TREATMENT HAS BEEN REQUESTED WITH RESPECT TO THE OMITTED PORTIONS.

---

CONFIDENTIAL TREATMENT REQUESTED                               EXHIBIT 10.3

SCHEDULE G

TO

MASTER SERVICES AGREEMENT

 

HOSTING SERVICES

 

1.General.  This Schedule G shall apply solely with respect to hosting services and equipment provided by Client for either [*] or [*].  

 

(a)All aspects of where the hosting of the Services will be provided and how the hosting of the Services will be provided shall be determined in Client’s reasonable discretion, provided that Client will discuss any proposed changes thereto with Synacor to the extent such changes have the potential to impact delivery of the Services; Client may change the where or how of hosting on reasonable advance notice to Synacor.  The hosting provided by Client includes a high-speed network connection to the Internet via an Ethernet LAN connection from the CPE to the Qwest Communications Corporation (“QCC”) backbone through which Synacor will have continuous access, subject to the Hosting SLA set forth in Exhibit 1 to this Schedule G.  Neither QC nor QCC exercises any control over Synacor’s content (e.g., text, data, images, sounds, programs, code, etc.) and other materials transmitted through the hosting services hereunder.

 

2.Hosting Terms.  

 

(a)Premises.  

 

(i)License Grant.  Client hereby grants Synacor a limited, personal, non-exclusive, non-transferable license (“License”) to, when invited by Client, access the area within a QCC CyberCenter (the “Premises”) where the System and Services equipment and Software are hosted, as reasonably necessary in order to install, maintain and operate the System, Software and Services resident in or provided via equipment located in the Premises.  Synacor, through its Authorized Representatives (with “Authorized Representative” meaning one of no more than 6 individuals (e.g., employee, contractor, etc.) that Synacor designates in writing as having authority to access the Premises on Synacor’s behalf), may, when permitted, access and use the Premises only for the foregoing purposes and to interconnect with QCC’s network.  

 

(ii)Direct Physical Access to Premises.  Whenever accessing the Premises, Synacor and its Authorized Representatives will comply with the requirements of any lease, policies, rules and regulations of QCC or its lessor, including, but not limited to, the Qwest Standards for Facility Security and Rules of Conduct (the “Standards”) to the extent provided to Synacor by Qwest.  Such Standards are subject to change at QCC’s sole discretion, and Qwest will provide Synacor with updates as changes are made.  The following items are prohibited in the Premises: explosives, tobacco-related products, weapons, cameras (e.g., video, web, etc.), video tape recorders, hazardous materials, flammable liquid or gases or similar materials, electro-magnetic devices, or other materials or equipment that QCC, at any time and at its sole discretion, deems prohibited.  Only Authorized Representatives are permitted to access the Premises on Synacor’s behalf.  QCC, at its sole but reasonable discretion, may refuse to allow an Authorized Representative to enter the Premises.  If refusal of Authorized Representative is unreasonable and is the cause of Service downtime or degradation, Synacor will not be liable for SLA credits under Schedule F to the extent of Client’s cause of the downtime or degradation.  Authorized Representatives entering the Premises may, at QCC’s sole discretion, be required to be accompanied by an authorized employee or agent of QCC (the “Escort”).  All of Synacor’s work in the Premises will be performed in a safe and workmanlike manner.  Synacor and its Authorized Representatives will not alter or tamper with any property or space within the CyberCenter.  Synacor’s work operations in the Premises may be suspended if, in Escort's sole discretion, any hazardous conditions arise or any unsafe or insecure practices are being conducted.  In order to provide Synacor with physical access to the Premises and proximity to equipment owned by third parties, Synacor will at all times during which it or its agents access(es) the Premises, at its own cost and expense, carry and maintain the following insurance coverage with insurers having a minimum “Best’s” rating of A VII (A-7): (a) commercial general liability insurance covering claims for bodily injury, death, personal injury, or property damage (including loss of use) occurring or arising out of the license, use or occupancy of the Premises by Synacor, including coverage for premises-operation, products/completed operations, and contractual liability with respect to the liability assumed by Synacor hereunder, with limits not less than $2,000,000 for each occurrence, $4,000,000 for general aggregate, $2,000,000 for products/completed

 

Page 43 of 51

[*] = CERTAIN INFORMATION HAS BEEN OMITTED AND FILED SEPARATELY WITH THE COMMISSION.

CONFIDENTIAL TREATMENT HAS BEEN REQUESTED WITH RESPECT TO THE OMITTED PORTIONS.

---

CONFIDENTIAL TREATMENT REQUESTED                               EXHIBIT 10.3

operations, and $2,000,000 for personal and advertising injury; (b) workers’ compensation insurance with statutory limits as required in the state(s) of operation and providing coverage for any employee entering onto the Premises, even if not required by statute; (c) employer’s liability or “Stop Gap” insurance with limits of not less than $100,000 each accident; and (d) comprehensive automobile liability insurance covering the ownership, operation, and maintenance of all owned, non-owned, and hired motor vehicles used in connection with travel to, from and around the CyberCenter and Premises, with limits of at least $1,000,000 per occurrence for bodily injury and property damage.  The insurance limits required herein may be obtained through any combination of primary and excess or umbrella liability insurance.  Synacor will forward to Client certificate(s) of such insurance upon the effectiveness of this Schedule and upon any renewal of such insurance during the term.  The certificate(s) will provide that: (x) Client and QCC be named as additional insured; (y) 30 days prior written notice of cancellation, material change or exclusion to any required policy will be given to Client; and (z) coverage is primary and not excess of, or contributory with, any other valid and collectible insurance purchased or maintained by Client or QCC.  If Client moves the hosting services to a different facility, Synacor may be required to obtain different or additional insurance and/or to have additional parties named as additional insureds.

 

(iii)Remote Access.  Subject to subsection (iv), below, Synacor will be given by Client the continuous ability to remotely access the System, Software and Services resident in or provided via equipment located in the Premises.  Such remote access shall be conducted at all times in accordance with industry standard practices with regard to the safety, security and integrity of the System, Software and Services and all equipment in the Premises.  Synacor’s remote access may be suspended if, in Client's sole and reasonable discretion, any hazardous conditions arise or any unsafe or insecure practices are being conducted.  

 

(iv)Synacor may not use any Client or QCC equipment or the Premises for any purposes other than as minimally necessary to do so in order to fulfill its obligations under the Agreement.  SYNACOR UNDERSTANDS AND AGREES THAT, TO THE EXTENT IT DISTURBS, INTERRUPTS OR DAMAGES ANY QCC OR CLIENT EQUIPMENT OR PROPERTY IN THE PREMISES WHILE ACCESSING (DIRECTLY OR REMOTELY) THE PREMISES OR THE SOFTWARE OR SYSTEMS OR EQUIPMENT IN THE PREMISES UPON WHICH THE SERVICES RESIDE OR ARE PROVISIONED, SYNACOR SHALL HAVE FULL RESPONSIBILITY AND LIABILITY FOR SAME AND SHALL NOT BE RELIEVED OF ANY OBLIGATIONS IN THE AGREEMENT RELATED TO THE PERFORMANCE OF THE SERVICES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE OBLIGATIONS IN SCHEDULE F.  Synacor will defend, indemnify, and hold harmless Client and QCC and their Affiliates and contractors from any third party Claims arising out of or related to any damages caused by Synacor, its Authorized Representatives, employees, agents or contractors to any part of the CyberCenter or the equipment, data or networks of Client, QCC or QCC's customers.

 

(b)Maintenance.  QCC will conduct routine, scheduled maintenance within its CyberCenters, during which time the Premises and equipment, Software and Systems therein may be inaccessible by Synacor or unable to transmit or receive data.  QCC or Client will notify Synacor at least 2 business days prior to such maintenance being performed, and of the potential implication or impact thereof.  Client shall not be entitled to any credits under Schedule F to the extent any downtime or degradation of the Software, Systems, or Services occurs as a result of such maintenance.  Client and/or QCC may periodically enter the Premises to conduct routine or emergency inspections of the space and all equipment located therein.

 

(c)Disclaimer of Warranties.  CLIENT AND QCC DISCLAIM ALL EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, WARRANTIES OF TITLE, NONINFRINGEMENT, MERCHANTABILITY, OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, RELATED TO THE HOSTING AND OTHER SERVICES PROVIDED UNDER THIS SCHEDULE.    

 

(d)Escalations.  Initial hosting escalation calls/requests shall be made to QCC’s First Touch Response (“FTR”) desk at [*].  FTR will escalate as necessary with a QCC manager.  [*] should also be contacted or copied on all calls/requests.  Additional escalation contacts may be provided by Client, as appropriate, at installation of Synacor software/equipment in the CyberCenter.  When making escalation calls/requests, Synacor shall define the nature of the emergency in accordance with the following tables:

 

 

Page 44 of 51

[*] = CERTAIN INFORMATION HAS BEEN OMITTED AND FILED SEPARATELY WITH THE COMMISSION.

CONFIDENTIAL TREATMENT HAS BEEN REQUESTED WITH RESPECT TO THE OMITTED PORTIONS.

---

CONFIDENTIAL TREATMENT REQUESTED                               EXHIBIT 10.3

 

Table 1: Trouble Ticket Severity Level Definitions

 

 

 

 

 

Page 45 of 51

 

---

CONFIDENTIAL TREATMENT REQUESTED                               EXHIBIT 10.3

Table 2: Request, Informational, and Question Ticket Types and Severity Levels

Request, Informational, and Question tickets are all coded as severity 4.  All service requests are coded as Requests; Informational Tickets are company records of events that serve to inform the organization of non-service impacting issues.  Table 2 shows examples of each ticket type.  Although NTM allows users to open Question tickets, Hosting Operations does not recognize them and all customer questions or requests for information should be opened as Request tickets.  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Page 46 of 51

 

---

CONFIDENTIAL TREATMENT REQUESTED                               EXHIBIT 10.3

Exhibit 1

To

Schedule G

of the

Master Services Agreement

 

Hosting and Network SLA

 

1.Definitions.  Unless defined herein, capitalized terms will have the definitions assigned to them in the Agreement or as defined in an applicable Schedule thereto.

 

2.Hosting SLA.  The Service Level Agreements (“SLAs”) applicable to the hosting services obtained by Client are as set forth below.  Client will provide Synacor with dedicated bandwidth to access the hosting facilities provided by Client and Client’s equipment therein dedicated to the Synacor Services (as described in this Schedule) with 99.9% average service availability (uptime) measured during each calendar month (the “Hosting SLA”).  

 

3.   Service Credit Exceptions; Maximum Credits.  Service credits will not be available in cases where the Hosting SLA is not met as a result of: (i) the negligence, acts, or omissions of Synacor, its authorized representatives, employees, contractors, or agents, including, without limitation, any breach of the obligations of Synacor under the Agreement; (ii) the failure or malfunction of equipment, applications or systems not owned, leased, licensed, or operated by Client; (iii) scheduled maintenance, alteration, or implementation (provided that Client provides prior notice as required by the Agreement); or (iv) the inability of Synacor to access Client’s equipment or the dedicated bandwidth used to access the hosting facility attributable to problems with the Synacor APIs, internal systems, software, hardware not hosted within the Client obtained hosting facilities, third party attacks of any kind, or internet failure.  The Hosting SLAs only apply to dedicated bandwidth and hosting services obtained by Client for the hosting of Client equipment dedicated to the Client Branded Portal and e-mail Service.  Accordingly, Synacor is solely responsible for administering and managing all aspects of its application(s).  There are no SLAs associated with the availability (or unavailability), administration, or management of Synacor’s applications, database tables, or other internal features.  Synacor’s remedies for any and all claims relating to the hosting services provided by Client will be limited to those set forth in this Hosting SLA.  

4.  Credits.  If Client fails to meet the Hosting SLAs, as measured by Synacor or QCC, Synacor shall be entitled to a service credit in the amount of: [*].  Additionally, Synacor shall be relieved of its obligation to pay credits under Schedule F to the extent such obligation would otherwise result from Client’s failure to meet the Hosting SLAs.

5.  Credit Requests.  To receive Hosting SLA credits, Synacor must request such credit from Client (based upon monthly reporting to be provided by Client during the monthly service quality meetings) within 30 calendar days from the date the relevant Hosting SLA goal was not met.  A credit will be applied only to the month in which the event giving rise to the credit occurred.  Outages spanning month-end will be handled as a single outage and credited appropriately.

 

Page 47 of 51

[*] = CERTAIN INFORMATION HAS BEEN OMITTED AND FILED SEPARATELY WITH THE COMMISSION.

CONFIDENTIAL TREATMENT HAS BEEN REQUESTED WITH RESPECT TO THE OMITTED PORTIONS.

---

CONFIDENTIAL TREATMENT REQUESTED                               EXHIBIT 10.3

SCHEDULE H

TO

MASTER SERVICES AGREEMENT

 

User Experience

 

[*]

 

 

 

The Parties will maintain a persistent visible feedback mechanism on centurylink.net. Client will [*] perform the initial feedback review and analysis.  The Parties will evaluate these feedback analyses monthly, and identify and appropriately prioritize projects for improving the products.

 

[*].  Synacor and Client will actively track and report to each other customer experience enhancements. [*] the parties will review customer experience projects implemented [*].  Projects should be associated with corresponding customer feedback [*] when applicable.  

 

Synacor and Client will incorporate customer experience and retention metrics in a standard scorecard that will be reviewed [*].

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Page 48 of 51

[*] = CERTAIN INFORMATION HAS BEEN OMITTED AND FILED SEPARATELY WITH THE COMMISSION.

CONFIDENTIAL TREATMENT HAS BEEN REQUESTED WITH RESPECT TO THE OMITTED PORTIONS.

---

CONFIDENTIAL TREATMENT REQUESTED                               EXHIBIT 10.3

SCHEDULE I1

TO

MASTER SERVICES AGREEMENT

 

List of Competitors

 

 

[*]

 

Page 49 of 51

[*] = CERTAIN INFORMATION HAS BEEN OMITTED AND FILED SEPARATELY WITH THE COMMISSION.

CONFIDENTIAL TREATMENT HAS BEEN REQUESTED WITH RESPECT TO THE OMITTED PORTIONS.

---

CONFIDENTIAL TREATMENT REQUESTED                               EXHIBIT 10.3

SCHEDULE I2

TO

MASTER SERVICES AGREEMENT

 

List of Competitors

 

Suppress ads and paid search results from the following Client competitors:

 

[*]

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Page 50 of 51

[*] = CERTAIN INFORMATION HAS BEEN OMITTED AND FILED SEPARATELY WITH THE COMMISSION.

CONFIDENTIAL TREATMENT HAS BEEN REQUESTED WITH RESPECT TO THE OMITTED PORTIONS.

---

CONFIDENTIAL TREATMENT REQUESTED                               EXHIBIT 10.3

 

EXHIBIT A

Supplier Acknowledgement and Certification

Corporate ethics and Compliance Program

 

CenturyLink has adopted various policies and procedures that govern CenturyLink and its employees’ interaction with its contractors and vendors.  The general intent of these policies is to ensure that all our vendors are treated fairly and equally and that CenturyLink receives the most competitive bids for the products and services it purchases, without the inappropriate influence of either personal or financial relationships.

 

As a vendor partner, you play an important role in helping us assure compliance with these policies.  CenturyLink’s corporate compliance policies can be fairly summed up by two simple propositions:  (i) no CenturyLink employee should seek or accept, and no vendor should offer or be put at any competitive disadvantage by failing to offer, any compensation or other material benefit or favor and (ii) no CenturyLink employee should have any interest, whether directly or through family or business relationships, in any work any vendor performs on behalf of CenturyLink without having first fully disclosed and received approval of such interest from CenturyLink Corporate Ethics and Compliance.  The policies themselves are detailed in the Code of Conduct, which can be obtained on-line at http://www.centurylink.com/static/PDF/AboutUs/Governance/Code_of_Conduct.pdf (If you do not have access to the Internet, a hard copy of the CenturyLink Code of Conduct can be obtained from CenturyLink upon written request).  

 

We expect our employees to conduct themselves with the highest degree of honesty and integrity.  IF YOU SUSPECT ANY VIOLATIONS OF THESE PRINCIPLES YOU SHOULD IMMEDIATELY CONTACT THE centurylink integrity line AT [*].  YOUR COMMUNICATION WILL BE TREATED CONFIDENTIALLY.

 

To further assist CenturyLink in its monitoring of its compliance programs, the undersigned contractor (“Supplier”) hereby: (i) acknowledges that it has obtained a copy of CenturyLink’s Code of Conduct and Supplier Code of Conduct  located at url; http://www.centurylink.com/aboutus/docs/CenturyLink_Supplier_Code_of_Conduct.pdf, (ii) agrees to conduct its affairs with CenturyLink in full conformity with the terms and principles of the Supplier Code of Conduct, (iii) agrees to refrain from soliciting or encouraging any other person to violate the terms or principles of CenturyLink’s Code of Conduct or Supplier Code of Conduct, and (iv) agrees that it will promptly report to CenturyLink’s Integrity Line any violation of CenturyLink’s compliance policies of which it may become aware.

 

Supplier also understands that it is a violation of CenturyLink policies for any CenturyLink employee or any person who is affiliated with any CenturyLink employee through family or business relationships to conduct business with CenturyLink, or have any direct or indirect economic interest in any work performed on behalf of CenturyLink, without having received explicit approval from CenturyLink Corporate Ethics and Compliance to have such interest.  

 

 

We appreciate your assistance in helping us achieve CenturyLink’s objectives, and we greatly appreciate your assistance in helping us ensure the quality and effectiveness of our Compliance Programs.  If you have any questions about this form or the information which it requests, please feel free to contact members of the Ethics and Compliance team by contacting the CenturyLink Integrity Line at [*].

 

 

 

Page 51 of 51

[*] = CERTAIN INFORMATION HAS BEEN OMITTED AND FILED SEPARATELY WITH THE COMMISSION.

CONFIDENTIAL TREATMENT HAS BEEN REQUESTED WITH RESPECT TO THE OMITTED PORTIONS.