Specimen distribution agreement (England and Wales)

This Distribution Agreement is made this [  ] day of [insert month] [insert year] between:

(a)[PARTY 1 NAME] LIMITED, a company incorporated in England and Wales with company number [number], whose registered office is at [address] (the “[Short name]”)

(b)[PARTY 2 NAME] LIMITED, a company incorporated in England and Wales with company number [number], whose registered office is at [address] (the “[Short name]”)

together herein referred to as the “Parties” or individually as a Party

(A)The Supplier manufactures the Products.

(B)The Supplier wishes to appoint the Distributor to distribute the Products in the Territory.

The Parties agree as follows:

In this Agreement, the following definitions apply:

“Agreement” means this agreement including its Schedule.

“Products” means the products described in the Schedule.

“Territory” means the territory set out in the Schedule.

The Supplier appoints the Distributor as its non-exclusive distributor of the Products in the Territory.

3.1The Distributor is free to determine its own resale prices for the Products.

3.2The Supplier may recommend resale prices, but any such recommendation is not binding on the Distributor.

4.1The Supplier shall supply the Products in accordance with orders accepted by it, at the prices in its price list current at the date of the order.

4.2Title to the Products shall not pass to the Distributor until the Supplier has received payment in full.

5.1Nothing in this Agreement limits or excludes the liability of either party for death or personal injury caused by its negligence, for fraud or fraudulent misrepresentation, or for any other liability which cannot be limited or excluded by law.

5.2Subject to clause 5.1, neither party shall be liable to the other, whether in contract, tort (including negligence), breach of statutory duty or otherwise, for any loss of profits or any indirect or consequential loss.

5.3Subject to clause 5.1, each party's total liability to the other arising under or in connection with this Agreement shall be limited to the total sums paid and payable under this Agreement in the 12 months immediately before the date on which the claim arose.

6.1Either party may terminate this Agreement immediately by written notice if the other party commits a material breach which, if capable of remedy, it fails to remedy within 30 days of written notice requiring it to do so.

6.2Termination does not affect any rights or remedies which have accrued as at the date of termination.

Any notice under this Agreement shall be in writing and delivered by hand, by pre-paid first-class post or by email to the address of the recipient set out in this Agreement, or such other address as it notifies.

This Agreement constitutes the entire agreement between the parties and supersedes all previous agreements, promises and understandings between them relating to its subject matter.

No variation of this Agreement shall be effective unless it is in writing and signed by or on behalf of each of the parties.

A person who is not a party to this Agreement shall not have any rights under the Contracts (Rights of Third Parties) Act 1999 to enforce any term of this Agreement.

This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which when executed shall constitute a duplicate original, but all the counterparts shall together constitute the one agreement.

12.1If a dispute arises out of or in connection with this Agreement, the parties shall first attempt to resolve it by negotiation between senior representatives.

12.2If the dispute is not resolved within 30 days, the parties shall attempt to settle it by mediation in accordance with the CEDR Model Mediation Procedure.

12.3If the dispute is not settled by mediation within 60 days of the mediator's appointment, either party may refer it to the courts of England and Wales.

This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of England and Wales.

This Agreement has been entered into on the date stated at the beginning of it.

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