addresses) in connection with its business relationship anywhere it does business.
(E)Changes in Law. Supplier may, on written notice to Customer, adjust pricing to account for any change in law that materially affects Supplier’s costs related to the services. If any such adjustments exceed, in the aggregate, 5% of the charges payable under an SOW, the parties will discuss in good faith alternatives, such as changes in delivery locations, to mitigate adjustments in price. If the parties are not able to agree on a mutually acceptable alternative, either party may terminate the affected SOW upon 90 days’ prior written notice. In the event of such termination, in addition to other amounts payable hereunder, Customer will reimburse Supplier for its reasonable and actual wind-down costs.
11.4Publicity. Supplier may refer to its relationship with Customer in internal communications and in connection with its sales and marketing activities. Otherwise, neither party grants the other the right to use its (or any of its Affiliates’) trademarks, trade names, or other designations in any promotion or publication without prior written consent.
11.5Severability. In case any one or more of the provisions contained in this Agreement shall for any reason be held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any respect, except in those instances where removal or elimination of such invalid, illegal, or unenforceable provision or provisions would result in a failure of consideration under this Agreement, such invalidity, illegality or unenforceability shall be severed and shall not affect any other provision hereof. Furthermore, the severed provision shall be replaced by a provision which comes closest to such severed provision, or part thereof, in language and intent, without being invalid, illegal or unenforceable.
11.6Force Majeure and Impairment of Performance.
(A)Except for payment obligations, neither party shall be liable to the other for any delay in performance or failure to perform, in whole or in part, due to labor dispute, strike, war or act of war (whether an actual declaration is made or not), insurrection, riot, civil commotion, act of public enemy, epidemic, accident, fire, flood, earthquake, or other act of God, act of any
governmental authority, judicial action, or other causes beyond the reasonable control of such party. If any event of force majeure occurs, the party affected by such event shall promptly notify the other party of such event and take all reasonable actions to avoid the effect of such event.
(B)Supplier shall be relieved from its obligations under this Agreement to the extent performance is impaired by the Customer’s failure to perform its obligations under this Agreement or by the acts or omissions of the Customer’s employees or representatives.
(C)Customer is responsible for ensuring that its systems are adequately secured against unauthorized intrusion. Supplier will not be responsible for any losses or damages to the extent arising from Customer’s failure to implement and maintain reasonable data security and transaction monitoring measures in systems under its control or supervision. Customer will promptly advise Supplier if it identifies any activity that may indicate an issue within any of Concentrix’s systems or operations.
11.7Relationship of the Parties. Supplier and Customer are and shall be independent contractors to one another, and nothing herein shall be deemed to cause this Agreement to create an agency, partnership, fiduciary relationship, or joint venture between the parties. This Agreement does not create any right or cause of action for any third party.
11.8Disputes. Both parties agree to negotiate in good faith the settlement of any disputes that may arise under this Agreement. If necessary, such disputes shall be escalated to appropriate senior management of each party. All negotiations pursuant to this clause are confidential, will be treated as compromise and settlement negotiations for purposes of applicable rules of evidence, and shall not be admissible in any proceeding between the parties. Except for disputes arising under Section 5 (Proprietary Rights), Section 6 (Confidentiality), and Section 7 (Staffing), in the event that such good faith settlements fail, any and all disputes and controversies of every kind and nature between the parties arising out of or in connection with the existence, construction, validity, interpretation, or meaning, performance, non-performance, enforcement, operation, breach, continuance, or